The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-30
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.

ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
The steamer Gilmore arrived in iron
Tlllamook last night with a full carg'
of salmon.
The water front will be bare of ship
today, though several are looked for be
fore tho end of the present week.
The American bark Colorado and tn,
German ship Fischer were towed up tn
rlevr yesterday morning by the tug Ock
lahama.
The largest shipment of salmon evel
taken from this port went out on th'
ship GSensrlcbt, sailing Wednesday. The
cargo Is valued at 1921 COG, and Was com
posed of 1851 cases. The ship alsC
carried 10,725 cases of canned fruit
valued at $35,43S. The Glenericht b
destined for Liverpool.-Herald of Trade
The American ship William II. Macy is
ashore on rthe Japanese coast near
where the Belgic vas almost wrecked,
She was IN her way to Yokohama with
q cargo of kerosene when q British
steamer cut her down. She was run
ashore to prevent her from sinking. The
Macy Is an unfortunate ship. A few
years ago when entering the Golden Gate
sire went ashore at Fort Point. She was
towed off, but her owners had to pay
salvage.
Thomas Smith and John Gade, the fish
ermen arrested several days ago for vio-
sottnor tn.o aenfw,r Ia,,e ,1aaJaI r,,iIk,,
before Justice McElwain yesterday and
were each fined $50 and casts. Their
offense was catching salmon in the Du-
vanish river with a net after the close
season went into effect. The law on
the matter says any person catching fish
or fishing in any stream emptying into
Puget sound between October / and No
vember 15 will be guilty of a misde-
meanor The purpose of the Gaw is to
protect the salmon in the spawning sea-
son, and 1T vas drawn up two years ago
by Justice McElwain, then a. member of
the legislature, at the request of the
NiShermen's Union.-Seattle Times.
Persia does not\ occupy a very promi-
nen position among the naval powers of
The world. In fact, it will be news to
most people that she possesses a navy at
all. She has, however, q fleet, which
consists of one solitary ship, called the
Persepolds, and is now lying at anchor in
the port of Bombay. proudly flying the
flag of tine shah. For many years the
Persepo;is was a tramp steamer famed
fer the extraordinary number of misGnaps
which she had encountered. But since
the Persian government has acquired her
and fitted her with guns and with a
ram, which, being only insecurity fixed
to her bow, has q knack of slipping its
mcorings and diving downward, she has
become a very powerful and magnificent
man-of-war-that is to ssy, in the eyes
of patriotic Pensians.
The American shtp Benjamin F. Pack
ard arrived from Swansea yesterday
"a most tempestuous y To-
ward the latter part of the run the water
began to give out and the donkey engine
had to be brought into use in order to
condenSe enough of the fluid to go
Off Cape Horn the Packard
encountered a succession of gales that
lasted fifteen days. The running gear
froze OF the blocks, and for forty-eight
houns 1t was impossible to work the ship.
Ice WA encountered in great quantities,
and on several occasions the crew thought
their East hour had come. During the
succession of storms the foretopgallant
mast, fnaintopgaEhnt yard, upper fore
yard and lower m~aintopsail yard
carried away. No one was injured,
however. and Captain Allen says that
"all Is well that ends we.I."-San Fran
Call.
Large c~onsignments of salmon for
transihipment on the barks Ladas and
Jose were brought from the north
by the steamer Danube, which arrived
yesterday ait noon. The cargo comprised
1856 cases, and is made up of the follow
ing shipments: 4,021 cases from the In
cannery; 2.12O from the Balmoral
3,+9 from the North Pacific
Packing Company; S.627 from the British
Columbia Packing Company; 1859 from
The Royal Canadian Packing Company;
and 500 from the Good Hope n
The Inverness. Palmoral and Royal Ca
Packing cannery salmon will be
be 1oaded into the bark UadDls and will
within 5000 cases of completing that
vessels cargo. When finished loading It
8 Thought the bark viii have about
1000 cases aboard, and what Is required
10 complete the cargo will come from
the Fraser river.-Coronist.
Yesterday the steamer City Of Kings
on took 80 tons of Chinese merchandise
Tacoma to Seattle which came
,ver on the siner Victoria from China.
The hist contained a Thousand and one
of commerce known only 10 the
Chinese merchants. Although tho ships
manifest on which the various articles
we're recorded would make a volume not
ltllf the delGcacies and stapbS known to
1he acknowledged fraternity were enumer-
lted there. Among the most unique
1~elicacies mentioned were: salt fish
With fins. heads and tails dismembsred;
green ine.orS. urarte-ed and sliced;
olives picked and dried; salt beans for
residents OF Boston; flatfsh for
balls: medicine tea and Oolong
bea; vermicelli, new crop; tobacco for
pipes; shrimp sauce for rice pud-
ling; ground nutmegs; water nuts, wine.
lrecrackers. ginger, coffee, mushrooms
and Fly root for holiday use.-Seattle
Pos. Intelligence.
q. Cosio, secretary Of communications
and public works Of Mexico, has issued
the following notice to mariners through
Consul-General Coney, referring to a
new lighthouse at Acapulco: This de-
partment has decided that from this date
1he lighthouse at the port of Acapulco
shan be in operation. 1t is situated
on the island of Raqueta on a square
skeleton. The geographical Do
sition Is: Longitude, west Of Greenwich,
% deg. IS min. 50 See.; latitude, north,
Is deg. 40 min. 10 sec. The light is of
Dhe fourth order. white, fixed, of 50 Car
eel lamp intensity. 1t can be seen in
toggy weather 6.75 marine miles (v1si-
oibtty annually 80 per cent?. It can be
at a medium distance Of 12.65 marine
niles Visibility annually so per cent?.
Gear weather 1t can be seen 21.12
marine miles Visibility annually 50 per
,entl. Distance of Cvhfch N can ha aaan