The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-12
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.


The China steamer is due On the 20th.
The steamer Harrison left out for Til.a-
lmook yesterday morning.
The steamers State of California and
Alice Bgancnard went out to sea yestcr-
day.
The British ship Derbrdge, British bark
Glenafton and the Schooner Queen passed
out to sea yesterday.
The British Ship Genesta was busi.y en-
gagged yesterday in taking on the 46O
tons of wheat that had to be Jghtered
down the river.
The schooner Ruby A. Cousins. Capt.
Knudsen, of Eureka, CAL, arrived In
port at $50 yesterday evening, ten days
from San Francisco. This is one Of the
Quickest trips on record. The Cousins
is in ballast and tied up at the Parker
dock. She will probaiy go to Portland
today for a cargo of lumber.
The Steamer Al-Ki arrived at San Fran
cisco on the nth from Seattle. She was
ashore on Point No Point, in Puget
Sound, but sustained no damage, and
is now apparently as sound as when she
saEed from here. She will be docked
and am examination of her bottom made
before she goes to sea again, however.
The century of science triumphant is
our own The fishermen who go down
to the sea in ships need no longer die oil
thirst when Cast adrift. Before Tong they
ml[l be able to drink the fog right out of
its own g(ho5t-Kke banks. With "a simple
fog-condenslng can which Prof. Bell has
invented, they inlay always turn fog into
waiter by the action of the waves.
AT the sales of British steam and sail
ing vessels tlJalt haNe for some time past
taken place ait Liverpool, by auction, for
eign buyers lhave been almost without ex-
ception the only buyers. On September
18th "a number of Vessels were sold, and
ar were secured by Eng[fsh ship owners.
Among Them was the steel ship Sieve
Donard, which is well known on the Pa,
cific coast. The bidding for her com,
menced at $1,000, and WAS soon raised Ito
f7,9OO, ait which she was withdrawn. AT
the close of Uhe auction she was disposed
OF lat $780, TO Liverpool owners.
The ST. Paul's trial "trip took place
and in spite of unfavorable weather con-
dftions, the new ocean elmer seems ia
have made AN average speed of 2O.50 knots
and more THAN fulfilled the contract re-
quiremerlts. In other words the st. Paul S
builders have maintained their record for
doing better than they agreed to in the
construction of this mammoth ocean
steamer. The successful trial trip of the
St. Paul Indicates THAT the ST. Louis is
TO flave q running matte of high speed
and THAT an additional modern steamer
is about to be added to THE fleet of ocean
greyhounds, of wthlch both the builders
and THE country have good reason to be
proud.
The residents of upper Rogue river are
not ais short on salmon as THEY would
have THE public believe every time the
legislature convenes. 1t lis "a wonder, how
ever, that the fish are not wholly e2ter-
minated, judging by the wholesale man.
ner in which spawning fish are being
captured. AS a good instance of how
fish traps and selnes are getting in their
deadly work, read THE following items
from the Jacksonvf.e Times of Septem-
ber %: "The fish trap near Bybee' $
bridge is catching numbers of fish of first
class quality H. 1sh hars been making
some successful hau.ls with a seine in
Rogue river. His melt is six hundred feet
long, and he cauglt $50 fish ait one time
last week.
The fo!lolwing taltCe shows THE popu-
,ltion of cities in Japan of over $4,000,
according ITO 1.-THE census taken ait the end
of last year: Tokyo, 1,9OS,S76; Osaka,
4S4, ,409; Kyoto, 1928, ,403; Nasoya, 2O0,72O;
Yokohama, 100, S66; Kobe, 1929; Kanaz-
AVA, S9,593; HIROSHIMA, S472O; Nagasaki,
| 67O35! Sendai, 61,2O4; Tokushima, 6O232;
Kumamoto, 5S,S62; Toyaana, jS,145: Fu-
kuooka 56,371; Kagoshima, 55,925; Waka-
yama, 55423; Okayama, 5l,693. Kobe, 1t
will be observed, comes sixth in the list,
and HAS only about 1900 fewer people than
Yokohama. If the population of Kobe
continues to increase ait THE rate cred
itel to recent yea that port before the
| close of the century will doubtless take
precedence of Yokohama in point of popu-
| latfon ais Iwen as in volume Of trade.
! The returns of THE United States ship
ping commissioners for the year ended
| June 30, 1895, leave lgttle room for con-
! gratu1atfons to the citizens of thas coun-
try who earnestly hope that in the near
! future American merchant ships, manned
| by men of Amerncan birth, will be a
! power to be reckoned wlthfn the ocean
carrying tr1ade. OF THE 79, 9,415 men shipped
| during the IL months there were "a 2,1S2
Scandinavians, 21,SS1 Americans, II ,552
| British, 11,OJ7 Germans. 871 French, 1870
IbaIlians, 1917 R:.-tian Fins, and 7455 OF
| other rIItiorlNlties. AS compared with
the previous L months, go fewer Ameri-
can+born seamen and 1000 more Scandi-
navlans were shipped. New York, a
| fairly cosmopolitan port, ships two Scan-
dinavfans for every American, and Bos-
ton, the hub of the universe, curiously
enough ships u ScandinavAns for every
| A4iaerfcan.
Captain Sawyer, of the American shiI
Kennebec, who arrived iAteiy with his
vessel ait Philadelphia, from Soutf
American cruise, HAS been teIing tbs
Ighiladelphia papers Sme impreBsioni
gained at Rio Janeiro Brazil. The cap
tain says that in his thirty-eight year,
as saflor he never experienced such ;
pleasant voyage from a South American
pert He was in Rio Janeiro when d.
CANA, the admiral of the rebel forces
was executed, and said that after tn
execution the body was dragged ttroug1
THE streets by a force of mounted po
ice, followed by 10000 excited people
Who kept cheering for the republic an,
shouting death to all trastors The reea
tives Of the dead admiral asked for tn,
body so that 1t could be given Chre:ial
burial, but the government officials re
fused 1t. There is the most kindly feed
ing cherished by Brazfslans towards tn
people Of the United States and thei
flag" said Captain Sawyer, land l an
impressed very much with the belief tina
this Is due 10 the action of Admiral Rren
ham during the rebellion, wi1ale in caarg
Of the American warshlps in the bay O
Rio Janeiro. At pubic celebrations tn.
Graara md Carfr,n, fn.nA -. -. LII.