The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-07
SHIPPING DAYBYD
Marine Matters, Here, There aid
Everywhere.

The Harrison leaves for siuslaw this
morning.
Inc Indiana will he here from Port
land tomorrow morning. St4 is all ready
for sea.
The Eclipse is having TWO of her pro-
pellor blades repaired at the Astoria Iron
Works.
The Tasmania will probably go to sea
tomorrow. She is now fully laden with
her cargo.
The British bark Pass of Brander left
out for Queenstown yesterday morning
laden with wheat.
The American ship George Curtis left
out at noon yesterday, wheat laden for
the United Kingdom.
The British ship Earl Burgess, pre-
vlouSly reported at Montevideo, was sold
at auction on the Sd of October for
5000. The purchaser will make that
much money out of the old iron.
The China steamer Asloun may be look
ed for this afternoon. She will lose no
time in d~ischarglng her cargo at river
points and proceeding on her outward
voyage. she is some days behind schedule
time.
The photographic office sends out the
following notice: Notice is hereby given
that, on account of the scarcity of water
and until the rainy season sets in, Cape
E1otforv fnp eional mill hIAu, h,,f ar,o
in five minutes, except when hearing q
vessels whGstleeo or horn, when the fog
signal will blowsregularly until the vessel
has PASSED"
The bark Cape Horn Pigeon arrived
from the OchotSk sea yesterday with 50
barrels rwHIaNe oil, $40 barrels sperm oil
and 5000 pounds bone. When off Point
Reyes a school of sperm whales was OBJ
served twenty-five miles away. This is
the first of the whaling fleet to return.
Others will follow in during the next
thirty days.-Cail.
Negotiations that have been under con-
sideration for some time looking to an
amfcable adjustment of the troubles be-
tween the Pacific Mail and the Panama
railroad have been declared off. It is
said the railroad company will continue
to maintain am independent steamship
line betweeen San Francisco and New
York via Panama.
The Ship Benjamin f. Hunt, Jr., which
arrived In New York from Calcutta Sat-
urd1y, Is well known in Astoria shipping
circles. She had a trying time OF 1t and
came near to being cast away. She was
on her beam ends and labored so heavily
that 1t was Thought the masts would be
pulled out. Finally the captain put her
before the wind and ran until all danger
was past.
Captain Thonagel, of the schooner
Queen, leaves for Scotland today to SUI
perintend the building of a new four
masted schooner. She will be placed
under the Hawaiian flag and be named
the Stranger. She is to be all of steel
and wifi have no topmasts. She will
carry 1,2OG2OO feet OF lumber. She will
be built on the Clyde and will be owned
by the same PARTIES that had the John
Ena built.-S. F.. Chronicle.
Three vessels arrived from ports in
Alaska yesterday with salmon, as fol-
lows: Harvester, 1900 cases; john c..
Potter, $3.50 cases; L. ]. Morse, 81 900
cases. No more vessels are expected,
and 1t Is presumed the entire pack in
tended for the market has been sent
down. There have been twenty-seven
vessels direct from the canner.es and
five consignments by the Victoria steam
ers. Total receipts for the season are
6SO,65S cases. 1t is presumed some Tots
have been shipped from points at the
north direct overland. -Bulletln.
Captainy McDousall and Sproule who
left out yesterday for England with their
speedy and beautiful vessels, the Pars
OF Brander and George Curtis, have made
a wage OF a small amount, which will
give the skipper of the Ship making the
longest passage the privilege of raging
500 and three suits Of clothes to his cp-
ponent. Both vessels are fast saiers and
both have made the passage to The United
Kingdom in very quick time. TIE Curtis
seems to be the more general favorlte
Trough there are many along the water
front who believe that the Pass of Bran
der will win the race.
The last OF The salmon fleet arrived
yesterday. says lie Examiner of Sum-
day. The Jchn C. Po9ttr, Lpewelyn ].
Morse and Harvester al arrived from the
fisheries, but none of them brought big
catches. The Morse and Harvester were
loaded, but the Potter was light. She
had IAN earthquake experience on the
2tth OF October. The strip was tossed
a5out like a cork, and the Chinese pas
sengers from the cannery were ALMOST
scared to death. 1T made the ship
shake as If she jumped over a coral reef
In a heavy swell" said the captain yes
terday.
Today, IL the weather Is favorable, the
British bark Ladas, Captain Messenger,
Will be dispatched by Turner. Becton &
Co. with a cargo of 1885 cases of Sal-
Liverpool, England. The cargo was all
tho fourth sent forward thus far this
season. Tire Attn will follow almost
Immediately. an the Dutch bark Mary
jose Is reported 10 have been loaded On
the Fraser river Nfta in the neieclbor-
hood OF 5000 cases. She Is the smallest
OF the 1896 feet, and win, so far as Ii
known, be the last vessel but one TO gail.
viz. the British bark John GAMBLE
Colonist-
"A Tacoma special to the Seattle p. l..
says; "A clipper EMP race from
Tacoma to Adelaide. on a bsg wage q
about 10 take place. The contestants
VIII be the Hawaiian bacx Mauna Ala,
Captain Smith. and the German bark
Bertha. Captain Rasch, bOr1 nov load
Ing humber at the Tacoma mill. The
bet wac made several days ago, but the
amount has not been made puzzle. BY