The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-27

car shops Tor une BeaVer dla Mine
The Alice Blanchard came down the
river yesterday afternoon and left out
in the evening for San Francisco and
way ports.
Word was Drought in last night from
outside that the British ship Drumb.air
was off the mouth of the river with
Captain Stream aboard. She Will prob
ably be in this afternoon.
The Gardiner City Mil Co. sold two of
fits Old sdhooners laltely-the ]. B. Leeds
and the Una. The latter was bought by
Captain Thomas Harbins, who is fixing
her Up for the southern coast trade.
THE lumber business must be Cooking
ND in the city. The Simpson Lumber Co.
have sent orders to their mill at North
Bend to saw AIN the lumber possible and
the mill is now running on full time.
Five vessels are on the way from the
city to load There
The American ship VIM. II. Macy,
| Amesbury, from New York forY Yokohama,
was in collision with the British steamer
Isis, from Aliddlesborough, and COM
pel:ed to run ashore to prevent sinking
in Tateyama bay. The bottom is sandy,
and she win probably get off after light
ering. The Isis also sustained damage
The number of immigrants that arrived
in the United States during the month
of September were: Mates 1888, females
l9, ,266ffi total, $3.50. The total arrivals
| for the nine months ended September
we're 1892, of whom 145,50S were males
and ,S24. For the nine months ended
September, 1894, the arrivals were only
| 191, Ass.
During the past year Japan has ac-
quired from the United Kingdom "a
steamers having an aggregate tonnage
Of 61912. This makes an enormous diff
ference to the total tonnage of THE Japa-
nese mercantile marine. and 1t Is in
dependent of a considerable amount ac-
quired durting the same period from
otbAr countries
v British ship Thomas Stevens, Cap
| tain BeJding, arrived in port last evening
| to load wheat here for the United King
dom. The Stevens recently brought a
cargo of coal from Wales to Vancouver.
The Stevens is 263 feet Tong % feet beam,
| 23 feet depth of hold, and 1928 tons regis
tered. She was bullt in Liverpool in 1869,
She Is now lying at the buoy opposite
South Fourth street.-Tacoma News.
During the week ended October 12
| 1885, THE bureau of navigation assigned
official numbers to the Following Pacific
coast vessels: At Portland, schooner
Ella Uarirena, gross tonnage 62S2O, net
607.5S, No. 1858, and signal letters X. M.
L. H., and steamer II. G. Grady gross
1854, net A4.04, No. 96,3l6; at Seattle,
Steamer Lucero, gross 5972, net A.79, No.
III ,405; ait San Francisco, steamer Fruit
vale gross 1872, net 321S, No. 1H,OO3.
The British ship Rhflomene, 1852 tons,
Captain HaswCll arrived in last night
from Newcastle, N. s. W., with 2SOO tons
of coal aboard, She was picked up by
the Washington pilots and brought in by
Captain Malcolm. The PhEomene made
magnificent trip, running from port to
port in 81 days. This for a 14-year-old
vessel with a heavy cargo Is extraordi-
nary time. She will discharge 500 tons OF
her coal in this city before going up the
river to Portland.
The British steamer Indrani and the
America ship Alameda, from Moodyville,
B. c., for Sydney, N. 3. W., colllded yes
ter,day near THE heads. Both vessels were
passing through the heads when the
steamer struck the Alameda and cut her
down three feet below the water line.
The ship had to be run aground to pre-
vent her from sinking. The Alameda
was bullt In Bath, Me-, in 1876. She is
2l1 feet inches Tong, 40 feet beam and "a
feet deep. She has been in the lumber
trade on the coast for some time.-CaI1.
The British bark Beemah, Captain
Bridge. 13G days from Santos, in ballast,
arrived in port Fast night She was pick
ed UP by the Oregon pilot schooner. The
Beenah Is consigned to the Portland
IFf)ourdng mills and will load for the
United Kingdom. She is we'll known on
this coast. On her last voyage out of
here three years ago for Queenstown.
she was wrecked on the south of Ireland
and all her cargo was jettisoned, though |
the vessel was subgequeDtry foated Off |
unharmeL
Four INDIAN sealing sShooners have
returned to the Sound from Bering sea. |
They have made an catches far beyond
the ordinary white mems seaiers. The
Indians belong to the Neah Bay tribe |
The catch of the Indian feet is: The |
Swan, 1850 skins; the Berlng Sea, $50;
the Deeahks 592; and the Columbia, 544. |
sea. Other sealers made their largest
catches off the Japan and Copper island
coasts. The summers hunt lasted fifty
days on an average. Eech schooner
carried ten or uwe.ve cano,s, in each OF
which q bcat1wain and a Epearsman
were in service.
Capt. Hans Reed arrived from Coqui.leI
Friday, on his way to San Francisco
where he goes to close the contract for
The building of a steam schooner, with a
Carrying capacity of 100000 feet of Ium.
ber, and he also has another contract
in view. Should everything prove salts
factory me win reopen his old shipyard
in MardIhe1d, having been offered liberaI
Inducements to do 50, by the owners OF
the property, Z. B. Dean & Co. The re-
opening OF the ship yard would be or
great financial benefit to the town, anal
would be hailed with JOY by the citizens.
Capt. Reed is much pieased with the great
Improvement accomplished on the Coos
bay bar by the government work, and
looks forward TO increased activity in the
shipping line in rhgs harbor in the near
future.
Yesterday the schooner Fawn arrived
Alongside the wharf at the railroad bridge
ard her skins, 776 In number, were landed
and got ready for shipment. Her crew
gave additional information concerning
the wreck OF the American schooner Le-
roy Somers. They state that the vessel'sl
forward gear Is pretty much all gone,
and that her stern 10 badly crushed with
the rocks. The Fawn had spoken her
about ten minutes before the accident,
and after its occurrence the FaWn's mattel
pulfcd over TO her to see what could be
done. The only hep asked for was the
conveyance OF the news OF the snlshao
TO RothschEd & Co., San Francisco, own.
ers Of the vessel; tnis the mate Of the
Fawn undertook 20 do II was early