Rock Island Argus., 1896-03-09
STEAMER MISSING.
Has on Board ls6 Persons and
Cargo Worth a Million.
0ITY OF RIO JAHE1Ro OVERDUE.

oa11eN from 0an rrane1sco Over . MootA
Ago and Csnnos Bs located. Nething
Havisg Since Been Heard from Her
bhsuld Have Touched 81 1okohsma, bot
Has Noe besa seen Thsrs-rorty-six q
Thoss On Beard Passsngsra
SAN Francisco, March 9-The Pacific
Mail Steamship company's big liner, the
City Of Rio de Janoiro. which left this
port for the Orient heavily laden on tho
Och Of last month, should have arrived ut
Yokohama on the 23d Of February, yet
not word has been heard Of her. The
agents Of the company declare they have
received information Of no sort regarding
the steamers welfare or whereabouts
since she glided out Of the bay on the
afternoon Of Feb. o. Tho New York Office
Of tho company hns been wired inccssant-
ly by the local agents, but the reply comes
regularly and monotonously that a. yet
nothing has reached them by cable con-
cerning the vessel. The Rio left here
with l66 people on board all told. OF
thcsc four werc cabin passengers and
there wcrc in the stccrage ten Europeans,
ton Japanese and twenty-five Chinese.
Hope Based On One Theory.
Tho crew consisted Of thirty white peo-
plc and seventy-ninc Chinese. Following
IL list Of the passengers: Cabin-J.
Fisher. w. T. Sylvester. Lamar Lyn.
don md Mrs. Lamar Lyndon. Steer.
ngc-A. Bodclscn, J. Roscnfeld, ST..
j. Rosenfcld, Jr., J. A. Blddlc, A. v.
Garlando. Mrs. Anna Burgo and family
nf fhr,o ao.V u CotIt.t~s m. s..--
OF tho Chinese and japanese nrc not reg.
istcrcd The captain Of the Rio 10 in.
nciro was w. J. Russell. Tho one theory
upon which the companies agrce In has.
Ing their greatest hopes Is that the Rio, by
force OF bad weather or circumstances,
was compelled to pass Yokohama without
making hcr usual stop thers. This would
not bc considered an altogether unusual
occurrence. II has happened several times
during the past twelve years to other
steamers In the service Of the company.
May Have Damaged Her Ensines.
Should this bc the case there will be q
still longer period Of anxiety, for nothing
can possibly bc hcari from her In that
event until she reaches Hong Kong.
Many shipping men feel hopeful that she
viii shortly be reported from tho Chinese
port. Tho Hio de Jnneiro Is one Of tho
handsomcst and larguss vessels engaged
In the trans Pacific service Of tho Pacific
mall She is n four-mastcr, amply pro-
vidcd with sails, so that In caso Of damage
to her engines while at son there would be
nothing to prevent her weathcring her
way to some noarby port with the use Of
her canvas alone. II this wero tho case,
however, sho would doubtless bo long de-
laycd and IL might be even weeks before
sho could bc heard from.
Had . Very Valuable Cargo.
When the Rio left this port she carried
q cargo Of general mcrchahdisc and bull.
lion valued mt nearly ei,Ooo.voo. The mer.
chandisc, which was consigned to vari-
Gus japanese and Chinese ports, was val.
ucd mt tis,,233 The major portion Of
this cargo comprised -four for China, cot.
ton for Japan, aud cannod goods and
sugar for both countries. General Su-
pcrintendcnt Center, Of tho Pacific Mail
company, stated that the company had not