The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-11-23
A RAY OF HOPE YET.
Bark Ivanhoe Again Said to be Headed
for the Orient.
(Oregonian.)

NOTeBOnldn.)
Mr.. Albert Taylor, we'll known in
Seattle political and newspaper circles,
was in the city yesterday, and he re-
wives a theory once before published
and denied about the supposed loss Of
the bark Ivanhoe, that the merit at
least of being novel and interesting.
He says:
My impression, which is shared in
by many Seattleites, is that the bark
Ivanhoe. upon which Hon. Fred J..
Grant, editor of the Post-Intelligencer,
of that city, took passage to reinvigor-
ate his fast failing health, as a guest
of her MASTER Captain Griffin, is not
at the bottom of the ocean, as surmis-
ed. Instead, believe she is en- route
for some port of either of the two
warning nations, China or Japan. The
fact that leads to this belief is. that
several times during the present strug-
gle between the respective squadrons
of these countries, vessels of war con-
nected Herewith, have been obliged to
call in at foreign ports for coal and
have been obliged to pay exorbitant
prices for this much needed article.
One instance, according to cable ad-
vices, is known, where China in secur-
ing fuel was charged $50 per ton. 1t
is reasonable to believe that while the
owners Of this ship ostenslbly cleared
at the custom-house for San Francisco,
her usual destination, secret compact
may have been entered into between
both owners, master and passengers,
and she sailed for either China or Japan
with this cargo which exceeded her
limit several hundred tons, it is said.
"A further fact that gives plausible
ity to this theory, is that l.. S. j. Hunt,
former owner of the Post-Intelligencer,
of Seattle, is said to have recently
allied himself with George M Pullman,
the car-builder, in constructing rail-
road through Japan. He has recently
departed for that country to supervise
the undertaking for the latter. AS Mr..
Grant is and always has been the for
mer's confidential adviser, both in bus
mess and political transactions, it fol-
lows that he might have been a party
to the scheme or possible originator, to |
prearrange by his arrival on the scene
the disposal of the Ivanhoes cargo in
Japan.
"P. B. Cornwall, who is one of the |
owners of this vessel, in an interview |
a few days since, with a reporter of
the Seattle Telegraph said he was not |
at all apprehensive of the ultimate ar
rival of this ship, as she had not long
since been repaired at cost Of several |
thousand dollars, and he considered her
seaworthy and capable of weathering
any storm, especially with such nav
igator as Captain Griffin, whose record
is considered first-class
another fact, also which causes
Seattleites to wonder, is the apparent
appathy of the Post-Intelligencer in
failing to comment on the matter, and
it is quite solicitous to have other jour-
nails refrain from mentioning the mat
ter either by referring to her prob
able fate or publishing obituaries with
respect to the memory of Mr.. Grant
An air of mystery surrounds the whole,
which hundreds await with expectancy
to be cleared up.
"Mr Grants absence has proved to
be quite badly felt, not alone by his
associates, but from a political stand
point He is a staunch Republican, and
the head of an important Washington
daily. His influence with the party in
King county was great, indeed, and
the recent campaign demonstrated this
very forcibly. Without his presence
and advice the Republican party there
became badly demoralized. AS result
several of the Republican nominees
were successful only by small plurali-
ties; and several of the most important
nominees suffered defeat simply
lack of leadership"