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

the BRAZILIAN eolbrs. The English faS
Is not tolerated, particularly since the
rebellion Every body seems to be In
favor of giving The most cordial reception
TO seanen from the United States enter
ing Brazilian harbors. Since khe excste-
meIjt following the rebellion has suhsided
busineus is beginning 10 resume It's for
tner activity, and 1t is GAINED ts'-t Brsza
VIII soon be more prosperous thhn ever
number of PhEadelpilIans arrived in
Rio Janeiro a few days before our de-
parture and made preparations for START
ing into THE dnkeqdor country, where some
had purchased coffee plantations and 9TH
ems were about TO begin the construction
of % branch railroad"
''I clhriSten thee Lucero" were the words
with which Mrs. r. II. EngeJbrecht, vlgor-
ously swinging ther right ann, flung bot
lie of champagne against the bow of
Charles l.. Fairs new yacht yesterday
afternoon, and The cheers of 800 specta-
tors we're the response. AT 4:S5 p. M,
the first wedge wals STRUCK and at 4:55
Mrs. r, r. Engel5recht, wife of the build
er. stepped upon the platform, leaning
upon the arm of her husband, and sent
the sparkling baptismal fluid coursing
down both sides Of the vessels stem,
an omen OF a lucky voyage. "A Wild cheer,
waving of hats, parasoAs and canes, the
traditional si1out "She starts! She
moves!" and at exactly O'Clock THE Lu-
cero wns in THE CLASSY waiter. The lower
end of the ways uponw hlcih she shd was
five feet above the water, and on the
plunge the stern dipped in the port side,
and three seeemen have the honor of the
first drendhing on the new boat. The
deafening cheers of the great crowd were
responded to by two reports from the Ag-
gies signal gun, which, with a big party
on board, lay beside the Myers cannery,
400 feet away, and many steam whistles
ioined the horus. All the flags in the
code, two pennants and the stars and
stripes, waved gaily above. Having seen
the announcement of THE launching in
Yesterdays Post-Inteligencer, the peo-
pie BEGAN to collect ait the wharf between
Dearborn and Charles Streets AN hour
before the time announced. The Front
stl Get cable road to its southern terminus
lad Its cars loaded and Commercial street
was thron2ed with people, all moving
south. by AIS every foot of space on the
three sides of the wide slip was packed
with men, women and children. Several
freight cars were covered with men and
boys. and two locomotives were lined with
eager on-lookerts. The wharf on the north
side which leads to the cannery was espe-
ciaily crowded. and THE great slab pies
and tine terminal rlafway tresiGe and em-
inences at a distance were black with
people. That Seattle is interested in
nautical matters is thoroughly demon
strated. 1t was last May that Robert II.
EngeIbrecht learned that Charles L. Fair
intended building a pleasure launch, and
he went at once to San Francisco ana
submitted plans and a bid in competition
with the Union Iron Works and the Fu--
ton Iron Works, of that city. BY June
2, the conItnaidt having been awarded him,
the keel was laid, and In a week the Lu-
cero will be entirely completed. Her
,engbh over all is 100 feet, beam 16 feet
and II feet draft. The hull is Of Wash
ington fir, and is coppered to the water
line. The rudder, shoe, propeller and
stern band are all of Tobin bronze.