The herald., 1896-03-08
Concerning the Big Pacific Liner,
Long Overdue
THE CITY OF RIO JANEIRO
Bound From San Francisco for Ports Ia
the Orient
Hundred and Fifty-sIx People and Million
Of Treasure Aboard. .0reat Anxiety
Felt

Associated Press Special wira.
SAN Francisco, March THE Pacific
Mail Steamship company's big liner, the
City of Rio Janeiro, which left this port
for the Orient, heavily laden on February
6, should have arrived at Yokohama on
February 23, yet no word has been heard
from her. The agents of the company de-
clare that they have received Information
of no sort regarding the steamers welfare
or whereabouts since she glided out of tn :,
bay on the afternoon of February 8.
The New York Office of the company has
been wired necessarily by the local agents,
but the reply comes regularly and monoto-
nously that as yet nothing has been heard
by cable concerning the vessel.
The Rio Janeiro left here with 1876 pao-
pls on board all told. OF these four were
cabin passengers, and there were in the
steerage ten Europeans, ten Japanese and
twenty-five Chinese. The crew consisted
of thirty white people and seventy-nine
Chinese. Following is the list of the pas
sengers: Cabin--J. Fisher, w. T. Syl-
vester, Lamar Lindon, Mrs. Lamar Lin
don.
Steerage-A. BodeIson, j. Rosenfeld, sr.
J. Rosenfeld, jr., J. A. Biddle, A. V Gar
lando. Mrs Anna Burge and family of
three, f. Gaillard.
The names of the Chinese and Japanese
are not registered.
is as follows: w. j. Russell, captain; j.
+. Robinson, chief officer; j. H. Mathews,
chief engineer: o. X. Freeman, purser; a.
X. Tichenar, freight clerk S. M. Terrlll,
surgeon; j. c. johnson. second officer; l..
c. Newgard, third officer; j. Anderson,
carpenler; William Bray, main deck
watchman; w. J. Palmer, d. C. White,
f. Smith, quartermas.ers: II. McMul-
lin, first assistant engineer; j. e.
Handley. secol.d assistant engineer; !;
Charles Smith, third assistant en-
gineer; r. McCabe. J. S. Marble, John
Riley, water tenders; G. c. Reade, John
Cavanagh, oilers; A. Burrell, steward; S.
keeper; Mrs. j. G. Dorman, stewardess;
George Lancashire, butcher; Robert r..
Kelly, saloon Waterman; j. G. Spencer,
steerage watchnan; G, Wyo and seventy
nine Chinese.
One theory upon which the company e
agents base their greatest hopes is that the
Rio, by force OF bad weather or circum.
stances, was compelled to pass Yokohama
without making her usual stop there.
When the Rio left this port she carried a
cargo of general merchandise and bullion
valued at nearly a million dollars. The
merchandise, which was consigned to
various japanese and Chinese ports, was
valued in all at $152,233. The major por.
ton of this cargo comprised -four for
China, cotton for Japan and canned goods
and sugar for both countries. The coin
shipment comprised 103.172 Mexican dol
lars for Hongkong and 627,OOO more for
Shanghai. There were $13 900 worth of
silver bars also consigned to Shanghai
merchants.
General Superintendent Center of the
Pacific Mail company states today that the
company had not yet begun to lose hope
for the safety of the Rio.
''Of course" said he, 1--WE cannot help
feeling somewhat ANXIOUS. In fact we
have learned to feel some anxiety when a
vessel is only overdue as much as four or
five days. We have had so much bad luck
that we cannot be blamed for that. But
in this case I am free, to state that our
anxiety has not reached a condition that
could be called alarm. We are hopeful
and have good reasons for entertaining
that hope,