The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-17

Tne ManZanita should arrive IN from
the north today.
The Alice Blanchard Will BE- in port on
Friday from San Francisco.
The steamer Harrison arrived IN from
| TlllGmook yesterday afternoon with ten
tons of dairy produce.
1t has been decided to run the Potter
right through to this city on her Satur-
day afternoon trips, making no stops
on the river.
! Fish were running very lively again yes
| terday and the cannertes packed on the
average fully 700 cases each. The aver
| age weight of the salmon was 20 pounds.
| Last night the Harrison towed the FL
| more down to the Astoria Iron Works.
| The latter steamer will be laid on the
| gridiron and thoroughly clulked in all
| her seams.
The British bark Gulf Stream, Captain
| Empken, arrived down the river from
Portland last night in toW of the Har-
vest Queen. She has aboard 200 tons
of wheat and is bound for Queenstown
old crew aboard, and expects to leave
out for sea today.
People along the water front are ex-
recting a big tumble in freight ami pas
senger rates to Portland and river points
very soon. Mr.. Kamm has taken the I'm
dine off the Vancouver run and is now
refitting her ait the bone yard prepara-
tory to running her to this city. 1t is
believed that he will drop the passenger
ticket rate one way to fifty cents on
the start and keep it going
The Santa Rosa Democrat says: A
new gasoline schooner, the Four Sisters,
has just been completed and will make
regular trips between the Embarcadero
of Sonoma creek and San Francisco.
The vessel is of fifty tons burden, and
will be of great service to the farmers
of lower Sonoma valley. Captain Hauto
has long ago taught these people the
advantage of cheap transportation while
captain of the sloop Gazelle.
There are now no wooden sailing ships
being built in the United States or Can
ada The last wooden ship built in the
United States was the Aryan, which
sailed from San Francisco on April 21st
last for New York with a general cargo,
She was launched July 49, 1893, from the
yard of Charles V. Minott Phipsburg,
Me- She is owned by her builders, J.
w. Elwel1 & Co., New York, and Captain
w. r. Dickinson is her commander.
The first steel sailing vessel ever built
on the great lakes, says an exchange,
was launched some weeks ago at the
yards of the Chicago Shipbuildlng COM
pany, on the Calumet river at Chicago
The new boat is owned by the Minnesota
Steamship company, and is named Malta
The Malta is 9O2 feet keel, 800 feet over
40 feet beam, and "a feet deep. On a
draught of 1415 feet it will carry 5000 tons,
and when the 2O-foot channel Is completed
its carrying capacity will exceed 1000
tons.
Word was brought to Astoria yesterday
to the effect That the Morgan oyster Co.,
of San Francisco, heavy stockholders in
the I. r. & N. Co., and a very wealthy
firm, had come to the aid Of President
Loomis in his fight against Mr.. Kamm,
and had bought out completely the claim
of the latter against the Ocean Wave.
That boat therefore viii be run this sum-
ner by the Telephone company as was
originally intended, and will leave Port
land for this city tomorrow morning on
her first trip
This c. r. & P. S. N. Co. has deter
mined not to run behind in this city for
lack of enterprise, and yesterday Mr.. r.
B. Wilson, late travelling freight agent of
the Northern Pacific railroad, bsgan work
here as the companys Commercial
a1rey11
came to Astoria to represent the o. r. &
N. in this capadty, it has been expected
that the Telephone people would follow
suit. They have at length done so and
competition to secure freight VIII. now no
doubt be livelier than ever.
The American Iron steamer Saturn,
which has been running between Pan
anna and this port ( a year or more,
having completed her Engagement with
the Panama Steamship company, sailed
today for London with mixed cargo of
barley and Alaska canned salmon. This
is the first steamer hence with grain for
Europe since February a. 1898, when the
steamer Bendo left for st. Vincent with
4,SS2 short tons wheat. The steamer for
Europe previous to the Bedo left h5re
September "a, 1891. The steamer Port
a
here for Great Britain.-Sa1 Franc scj
Billetin.
Salmon, box lumber and furs, made up
the freight brought form the north by the
steamer Danube to Victoria Saturday.
When the Danube left the Skesla the
sockeye run continued good, but the
spring fish had not yet made its appelr-
ance. OF the former the packs reported
are as follows: Inverness, $500; Glrlisle,
1000; North Pacific, 1900; B. A. P. Co.,
400; Balmoral, $500; Cunningham's, 1900;
Claxton, 2,10O and Standard, 1000. At
Rivers inlet the trouble between the can
merry managers and the Indian fishermen
en- the matter Of wages has been settled
but one days fishing, however, was lost.
This spring the run here is exceptionally
good; in fact, at each Of the canneries,
other than those mentioned, good catches
are being made. The packs to the date
Of the Danube's departure are about as
follows: Lowe Inlet, 1000; Wannock,
1000; Royal Inverness cannery, 5,4OO; Good
Hope, 5000; Spencer's, Alert Bay, 1000
cases; and Namur, 800.
The London Times says: ''At the recent
meeting of the Indo-China Steam NaU-
CATION company the president said: ''The
war in China had made comparatively
little difference in their trade. The total
result had been exceedingly satisfactory
and IL 1895 continued as Il had commenced
they would certainly have no cause to
be dissatisfied. With regard to the de-
struction Of the Kowshing, It might be
thought that, as the Japanese destroyed
that vessel, the latter should pay for 1t,
but that was not the view that was taken
Of the matter, and in making their claim
the directors were acting under the
direction OF the foreign Office In London
The Japanese authorities arrested
another OF the .company's steamers, ow-