The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-13
MATTERS MARINE,
NioVso,ent. OF NssseIs 81 Hoa,e
a0d Elsewhere.

aod Ei-s~hsre.
The steamship Columbia wili arrly,
down from Portland and sail for Hni
Francisco ihls morning
The ptcamor AruatR made an prori 4,
set nut early yuutur,iay morning, but the
weather NaH too severe, Bho viii sal
uIz morning
There aro now twenty song vessels ef
route To this port. three ~ ghlrh ar,
due this month The total On route
tonnage Ia bi.10
Tho collier Willamette IL duo from Bc,
attic with q cargo OF coal This will
~ the mrs, trip OF this steamer 10 this
port for several months. Tho steamer
has been on tho Panama run.
Tho HritlAh bark farlncoutJ sailed from
Newcastle. n \, W. Tor Astoria. April
S Tho british barkn clydoadals and
Doohra, and tho british Hhip Hatfield
werp at Newcastle for this port April a.
awaiting an opportunity to load
Tho nritiHh four mAHtrd bark Australia
boEan dlHoharEinE tin at tho bonded
warehouse yesterday, Fourtcen thoua.
and one hundred AMI scvonty-ons cRspa
have bCon entered at tho customs house
for discharge at this port
The oripnlal liner Allmore sailed from
Yokohama Tor this port April " and
Wlll bo due about May q Hho brings a
fun cargo OF Japanese AMI Chlnvso mcT-
chai'dlsg. Included In which 10 small
portion OF this years tea crop.
II 10 stated that tho HritAh bark Fern.
bank has bcUn chartered TO load Nheal
for South Africa shu viii begin load.
lnE an soon aA her present cargo II dis
charged This will make the nth south
African cargo from the Columbia river
during tho past thrce months.
Tho steamer Allco blanchard arrived
yesterday from Ban Francis % and other
coast points, leaving w for Portland In
tho Afternoon Rho discharged the fol.
lowing fright hero Five barrola vine
Ear. Foarl a Stokes Co 100 packp rolled
barley. Ross, Higgins 8 Co, 10 packages
ChinSsc soods. wo koo, 10 baleH salt. a.
v. Alien
The lighthouse tcntor Mansanita made
An attempt yesterday morning to land
supplies at Destruction island. but tho
weather would not permit OF such action,
Another attempt viii DO made today
workmon arc now busy nttlns the Man
kaniIa out with an electric light system.
which will add greatly to tho tenders
general usefulness,
The schuoncr Robert ScArlra. Captain
ltltG. cleared from Seattle lumber laden
from Fort ulakrloy for Shanghai on
Wednesday. says tho Victoria ColOnlHL
ilolor, pclnk out from Port blakelry
twenty miles the CROW mutinird, think
INK that ~ tho schooner cleared she
would not put IA at any point. In this
thuy wvru mistaken, aH Captain fiitA and
thr other officers drove tho mutinoua
crew at with firearms and kept them
there until the schooner reached Fort
Townsend whore she put In Hnd landed
her GROW, shipped new men and put to
sea for Shanghai. The mutinOuA crew.
which shipped from Seattle. claimed that
misrepresentation had been made aud
hence the mutiny,
Much anxiety II folt for the safety OF
tho American bark Colorado. which sail
cd for Hongkong, China, December y,
with cargo OF lumber, rho vessel In
now out iB days Sho has bcun sighted
but once. and that when she was but u
fow days out from this port Tho Colo
RADIO Ia commanded by Captain Jones.
quito II youthful skipper. and IL Of l,UjG
tons register The average run from
Astoria To iionskong requires from ~ to
70 days, consequently. fears are enter
talncd for the safety OF the Colorado,
"A sho was lumber laden she has not,
IN all probability moot II similar fate
to that OF tho Cndzow Forest, but has
likely been driven to tho north, She
carries u crow OF fourteen men and IN
we'll supplied with provisions. so II the
CROW has been caat ashore .hcra II 90
danger Of starvation,
An amusing story In told on tho steam
schooner Signal, now lying ut tho Ocean
dock. which In vouchcd for 10y u number
Of old salts and steamboat men. Sew
oral years ago the boat was making q
run from Astoria to Victoria, II. c., and
In passing over the Columbia bar on
Countcrcd "A sale and the terrific sea
that makes the bar 40 dangerous at
nearly all seasons OF the year, Tho
captain ala not kho" Wheth.r 10 Keep
on or put ABOUT Out no hhelIy decided
10 20 over ABOUT this umo IL huBe sea
struck tho schooner ana tore away
portion OF her guard ra'l rms piece
OF timber was tossed ABOUT hNe CORK
but hmllly got into the motion OF the
waves ana began II race 10 sea win inc
boht' ana, according 10 some people on
board actually beat the steamer 10 sea-