The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-18

sugar and is in ballast.
The British ship Kelat, which left San
Francisco on July % last, was in col
lision with the British steamer Ca'rnteck
Sunday last at Gloucester The damage
has not yet been ascertained.
The British ship Ben Lee, 14S days from
Antwerp in cement ballast was towed in
by the Escort yesterday morning. The
Ben Lee carries a crew of 2l men, all
well. Her skipper, Captain Donaldson,
reports a fair and uneventful passage
Some CLEANS of light have been thrown
rpcn the recent wreck at Auckland ISL
ands Captain Fairchild, OF the govern
ment steamer IIinemoa, is positive, from
the wreckage discovered, that it is the
lark Stoneleigh which left Melbourne for
London with a cargo of wool on February
9th last.
The steamer George w. Elder came
down from Portland yesterday morning,
and after taking on 250 tons of freight at
the company's dock in this city left out
for San Francisco. She has been put on
the run to clean up the freight that has
been accumulated in San Francisco since
TIE cut rates went INTO eIeSl.
The British ship Nineveh, 70 days out
from Sydney, N. s. W., and the Chlena
ship Hindostan, 81 days out from Iquique,
passed up to Vancouver B. c., Monday in
ballast, both under charter to load lum-
ber cargoes. The Nineveh, Captain Brad
ford, loads a return cargo, while the
cargo of the Hindostan Captain Welsh,
is destined for Valparaiso.
The steamer Augusta is being rapidly
fitted out to enable her to prOce, d to
Siuslaw, where she will take on a load
of salmon for Elmore, Sanborn & Co.
The Harrison, which should have made
the trip, has been so long delayed at Ne
halem owing to the shallow condition of
the channel that 1t has become impossible
to await shipments from Siuslaw any
longer. The Augusta will start out as
soon as she is ready for the voyage
A number of interested people are won
dering where the schooner Elwood is
According to Captain Swan of the bark
Theobald, now in San Francisco, the FL
wood left Cooks Inlet on september 20
last for Glacier bay At that point she
took on beard some mail and number
of miners for Seattle or San Francisco.
Since that time she has not been heard
from. The chances are that the captain
has gone halibut fis hing. and that he VIII
turn up in few days with full load
The new schooner Okanogan, built az
Port Blakeley by Hall Bros. for Pope &
Talbot, arrived yesterday on her maiden
voyage, says the journal Of Commerce of
Friday. She was three days making the
run. The Okanogan was launched on
October 3d. and is four-master, 1SS
feet long, with 3Sh feet beam and "A Q
feet depth of hold She is capable Of
carrying 100000 feet of lumber, and is in
command of Captain w. II. Moore, for
merly of the American bark Arkwright.
The steamer Elmore arrived in last
night from Tllamook with $50 boxes Of
butter nd $50 cases of salmon. She un-
loaded her cargo last night and will leave
out early this morning on her return trip.
Captain Tatton will take charge of her
when che goes out this morning. Cap
tain Schrader of the Elmore, will walt
'isea, in the meantime experimenting
tn citing out Of the Augusta. Captain
Latham will take the Augusta TO Siuslaw.
The following firms are preparing to
operate salmon canneries on Puget sound,
The locations are also given. The first
four on the list are British Columbia
people: r. P. Rithet e Co, Lopez ISL
and, Wash. Winch & Bowers, Anacortes
Packing Co, Anacortes Wash; Fidalgo