The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-26
ALONG THE WAfER FRONT.

ALONU InE WAIEh rhONls
The eour-masted bark 'DruInmuir left
out for Queenstown, wheat laden, yes
terday morning. F
The Alice Blanchard leaves out Sor Sar
Francisco and way ports this morning
with $50 tons of cargo.
The Co.oma sailed ait daylight yesterday
morning for Hongkong. Captain Noyes
is determined to make ais fast a trip as
ne possibly can, and hopes to be back
nere with return cargo early In 1896.
Tales of disaster keep pl1ng up, and
THE underwriters are afraid to open 9
telegram for fear 1t contains the news ot
another coss. The news arrived yester-
day THAT The British bark Glenclune, be-
fore reported ashore, had become a total
wreck. She was on her way from Ham
burg to Port Los Angeles with a cargo
of cement for the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company Examiner
Admiral L. "A. BeardSlee, commanding
the Pacific squadron, writes to the Cham
Der of Commerce from the flagship Phtla-
delphfa, now at Port Angeles" says the
Tacoma Ledger "thanling the chamber
and citizens of Tacoma for proffered
hospitality. He sltajtes that the Phfla-
derphla Will remain at Port Angeles at
least "a week yet and will then come to
the Sound, visiting each port as the flag
ship reaches 1T"
An enterprlsing citizen of Fulton, Fla.
MIR. Hole, is a pioneer in new industry
for that state-diamond-back terrapin
farming. In his pen, built in the weiter,
he has 1000 terrapins, and next year
hopes to have five times that number.
The Florida terrapin are Df the same
species as the Maryland terrapin. There
is said to be no difference In the taste
of the precious morse,s, but there Is a
great difference in the price paid for
fer them. While Florida terrapin bring
only $40, those taken from the waters of
Bay sell at from SSG to $50 a
Dozen Mr.. Hole expects to make the
business a paying one.-Ex.
Since last mail from Australia wheat
freights have advanced about 3s Cd per
ton, and large carriers can now be
quoted firm ait fl Is Cd, orders, less lis
Sd direct, a rate quoted for metal ves-
sels, there being no suitable wooden Ships
in port disengaged. This advance. has
been caused by a Slight Improvement
abroad in grain, but chiefly by light ar
rivals of disengaged tonnage, which COM
PEELED exporters to meet, part way at
least, the views of owners. There are
still many engaged ships due, and that,
with the fact that some Of the spot ton
mage was engaged on speculative ac-
fla, t4ka Ao
be seen, "a firm that has held aloof from
the grain export business for some years
is again in, the field. This should be an
augury of better business in future.
There is some inquiry for lumber ton
mage but no material change in values
since last report.--San Francisco Com
merciaC News, '"'1-
,s.s --A24
Last year four million Holsters were
caught on the Maine coast and the num-
ber will be exceeded this year" said the
Hon. %. b. Whitten, state commissioner
Of Maine's sea,Shore tisheries.A C. That of
maekerel will not be as large as a year
previous, but with other species 1t with
be about the sama, cod being very
plentiful In regard to the lobster the
are beginning to realize that
1t pays them to allow them to develop.
nhe dast Legislature, You know, made the
for tihe year round 1917 inches,
wChf.e before that for portion OF the
year the length was 9Ls inches. Last
year large quantities were captured and
disposed of ait 8 and cents, while had
they been Allowed to develop the price
received by the fishermen would have
been nearer 10 cents. Much more atten-
Lron lis being paid eada year to Manies
Jlashore fisheries which is one of the
states leading industries. Last year more
Holsters vera taken along our shores
than at al of the coast from Maine to
Florida" 5 tHhk4
The San Francisco Cali says: "Tne
bark Merom arrived form ;Karluk yester-
lay afternoon with 1856 Chinese and 497
white fishermen. During the run down
the coast the skipper had almost a riot
On his hands. The Chinese got up the
over two of their compan-
ons who died at sea, and had it not
been for their boss there would have
been trouble. A few days after leaving
F<arluk one of the Mongoliaus died. His
body was placed in pickle and the
coolies were satisfied. : On September 80
4 heavy gale came up, however, and
on deck was awasd. The
foresaE Was carried away, the forecastte
door stove in and the sailors quarters
Hooded 1.-THE cask in which the dead
Cbinese was picked broke ad1ft, and
when the head came off the dead Finer
man was washed Into the scuppers. The
sailors did not know what to do. but
finally. one Of them fastened weight to
the remains and overheard 1t went. The
gale Continued, and tine Merom was con-
stantly swept by heavy seas Another
Chinese died, and When 1t was proposed
to throw him overheard howl went up.
The boss exp sined matters, however,
and the Monaghan was given a. white
mans BURIAL as the chief officer of the
Merom put 1t. That is, he was sewed
UP in a piece of canvas, with a lump of
lead at his feet. The captain read the
prayers, and as the words 'TEl the sea
give up it's dead, were uttered the plank
was tiJted, and the remains of the CHI
nose shot into the depths. In order to
prevent the seas from breaking aboard
while the ceremony, was going on, Oil
was poured over the bows of the bark,
and 1t proved very effective. All the
fishermen did well this season, and in
consequence an were in good t1umor
when the Mercm got into port satur-
day"
''The schooner Kodiak arrived from
Cooks Inlet yesterday says Tuesday, s
Chronicle, "and reported the total loss
of the Seattle gasoline schooner Crystal.
The latter was on her way from Cook s
Inlet for Sitka with a number OF miners
aboard. A heavy gale sprang up and
the vessel headed for Yakutat. In at
tempting to make the ha-bor the Crystal
lost lheadway on the bar and in few
moments was thrown high and dry on
the beaioh. The passengers and crew
naclaged to get ashore, but lost their
effects, and in few hours the vesseg
was total wreck. Captain Peterson,
OF the Kodiak, could not do anything for
the shfpwrecked men, 90 they waited for
the steamer Dora, which will bring them
20 San Franciseo. The steamer was mon
due at Sitka until the 7th inst, and Inc
miners and saicrs had a long wait
They were made comfortable at YalN41.at
hoSever, and the Indians lid everything
in their power TO help them. Very Jew
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