The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-09
AMISSING STEAMER,
The city Of f,Io de Janeiro Two Weeks
Overdue, with 1oG Passengers ON Board
Great AnxIety.

The city Of i,Io de Janeiro Two Weeks
Overdue, with IDG Passengers ON Board.
Great Anxlety.
SAN FRANCISCO. March s.-The Pa
oific mail steamship company's big
liner. the city Of Rio de JaneIro, which
left this port for the Orient heavily
laden on the sixth OF last month, should
have arrived at Yokohama on the 2Sd
OF February. yet not a word has been
heard from her
At least the agents OF the company
declare they have received information
OF no sort regarding the steamers wei.
fare or whereabouts since she Sldea
out OF tho bay on the afternoon OF
February G. The New York ONCE OF the
company has been wired necessarily py
the local agents, but the reply comes
regularly and monotonousiy that az yet
nothing has reached them py caple con-
cerning the vessel.
The Rio left here with 156 people on
board ali told. OF these four were cab
In passengers and there were In the
s,eerage ten Europeans, ten Japanese
and twenty-five Chinese. The crew
consisted OF thirty white people and
seyenty.nIne Chinese. The following Is
list OF the passengers:
Cabin:
j. Fisher.
". 7. Sylvester.
Lamar Lyndon.
Mrs. Lamar Lyndon.
steerage: A. Bodelson. ]. Rosenfelt.
ar ]. Rosenfelt, jr., j. A. Biddle. A. v.
Garlahdo, A Mrs. Burge and family OF
three. and r. Gaillard.
The names OF the Chinese and Japa-
peqa nra mt registered
The list OF the Rio de Janeiros white
crew Is as follows: w. j. Russell, cap
tain: ]. u. robinson. chief officer; J. II.
Matthews. chief engineer; o. X. Free
man. purser; A. T. Tychenar. freight
clerk; S. NJ. Terrell, surgeon; ]. g.
Johnson, second officer; l.. c. Newgard,
third officer; ]. Anderson, carpenter;
william Bray, main deck Waterman
". J. Palrmer, ID. G. White. +. Smitn,
p. C. Mullin. first assistant engineer;
l. Il. Handler, second assistant enBt-
neer: Charles Smith, third assistant en-
gineer; r. MacCabe, J. s. Lardte, John
Reilly, Walter Lenders. r. c. Read,
John Cavanaugh. oilers: a. BurrelI,
steward: 8. Kidd. steerage steward; 5.
HaikIn, store-keeper; Mrs. j. G. Dor
man, stewardess; George Lancashire.
butchger: Robert r. Kelly, saloon
watchrnan: ]. c. Spencer, steerage
watchmnn; n. G. Vow. and seventy
nine Chinese.
The one theory upon which the COM
panles agree in basing their greatest
hopes Ia that the Rio. by force OF bad
weather or other circumstances, was
compelled TO pass Yokohama wlthods
making her usual stop there This would
not be considered an altogether unusu-
nj occurrence II has happened sever
al timeg during the past twelve years
to other steamers in the service OF the
company. Should this be the case.
there will be still longer period or
anxiety. for nothing can possibly be
heard from her in that event until she
reaches Hong Kong. Many shipping
men feel hopeful that she will shortly
be reported from Chinese ports
The Rio de Janeiro Is one OF the hand
soonest ind largest vessels engaged IN
the Trans Pacific service OF the Pacihc
Mail. She Is a four-master. amply pro-
yIded with sails, so that In case OF dam
age 10 her engines while at sea there
would be nothing to prevent her wealth
ering her way to some nearby port
with the use of her canvas alone. II
this were the case, however, she would
doubtless bel ong delayed. and 1t might
be even weeks before she would be
heard from. The Rio was built at Ches-
ter, Pa, in 1873. She is OF steel and Is
equipped with the most modern ma
eifinery and has the reputation OF be-
ing a fairly fast and staunch vessel at
sea. When the Rio left this port she
carried cargo OF general merchan-
disc and bullion valued at nearly a
million dollars. The merchandise,
which was consigned TO various Japan
ese and Chinese ports, was valued In
all at $l52,233, The major portion OF
this cargo was comprised OF -four for
China, cotton for Japan and canned
goods and sugar for both countries.
General Superintendent Center, OF the
Pacific Mail Company. stated the COM
pany had not yet begun to lose hope
for the safety OF the Rio. "Of course"
said he, I'VE canot help feeling some
what anxious. We are hopeful and
have good reasons for entertaining that
hope. We know that there had been
very heavy weather between the Ha-
yaiIan Islands and Japan OF late. 1t
IL not improbable that the Rio got into
the worst OF this weather. and that
Captain Russell decided to take plenty
OF room and not antagonize the storm,
even though he might lose much time
in reaching Yokohama.
ut is possible that he found It COM
pulsory 10 even skip Yokohama en-
tirely. That has happened before.
THE Rio ls a good stout boat and
perfectly capable Of taking care OF her
self under the good management she
receives in any kind OF weather. She
was only recently ovehauled and put
into thoroughly good condition. She
was as the time pronounced TO be about
as good a sea boat as we had on our
line. Her engines are in perfect condi-
ttoa an Fnr na wa know and in fact
everything about her was in fit con-