The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-09
SHIPPING DAYBYDAY
Marine Matters, Here, There aid
Everywhere.

The bark vlde,,e was towed to sea yes
terday
The Narclssus is on her way to this
port from Antwerp,
The Fio,beck and Glcngaber leave Port
land today for this port
Tho orcolla. wheat laden from this sIori.
arrived In London February T.
Tho steamer State OF California sailed
yesterday morning for San francisco
Tho schooner Helen n. '<imball left
San Francisco Wednesday for this port
Tho scow Maud yesterday brought a
load Of puln down from tho Young's
river mills
Matters along the waterfront nro very
quiet The Yarana is now the only ves-
sci In the harbor
Fifty vessels have sailed from this port
with wheat for Europe since the begin
ming OF the crop season.
The steamship Columbia Is rapidly bc-
Ing repaired IN Portland. She VIII mob
ably be- ready 10 sail in ton days.
Tho feaicr Favoritc. Captain ~ Nc
Lean. cleared from Victoria on her an-
nuAl cruise Thursday She carries u
crew OF seven whites and 80 Indians and
intends hunting along this coast
The lighthouse keepers are moving 10
have an amendment TO the bill now be-
fore congress. providing for the pension
ing OF llfe-savers 30 ms TO include the
former In It's provisions. Coast Seamcn's
Journal
The British steamer Tynehead says
the Coast Seamens Journal. has been
chartered to carry the twenty remaining
locomotives OF the order being filled by
tho Baldwin works NJ Philadelphia, Pa,
for tho Russian government.
Unfortunate Bcdfordshirc, Yesterday Il
was expected she would surely g0 10 sea,
but. owing to the roughness OF the bar
ana the disposition OF the crew. she is
stlll at Sand Island anchorage. The four
men who mutinied and attempted 10 de-
scrt on Wednesday, succeeded In causing
q general mutiny, and yesterday. as the
vessel was about TO put 10 sen, they In
formed Captain Hugo that they would
positively not 20 to work Deputy United
states Marshal Stuart was sent for, and,
with the assistance OF eight or ten long
Hhorcmen. restrained the men from
leaving the vessel The four men who
were at the bottom OF the mutiny were
placed IN irons Once outside, Captain
Hugo thinks he will have no trouble. hut
hr cannot cross out with the men IN irons
aa. under such conditions. his charter
would be impaired. The Bedfordshlre
IN now the only vessel at Sand Island.
the schooner Glide having sailed.
The New York Fishing Gazette has tho
following notes;
The foreign salmon pack OF 1895 along
the Pacific coast was the largest In the
history OF the trade, Nearly a million
cases were shipped TO European ports
during the season.
The pilots OF Portland, Or. have given
orders TO builders for steam pilot boat
to cost $4,000.
Tho North Pacific Fish Company, OF
Tacomn, wash, was reorganized on Jan
uaiy Ia =, Mr. Bigelow retiring, The
members OF the company now are W, L.
Reynolds. president; Miles Rely. treas
urer, and Edw. a. Chase, secretary and
general manager,
According to Fish Commissioner Mo
Gulre OF Oregon. the total pack OF Co
lumhia river salmon for the past seascv
amounted TO CI7 isO cases. II is also
stated that the total value of the Column
bia river salmon catch OF 1856 TO iS!5, in
elusive was SG5,O59oOO,G
The steamship Strathnevis. says the
Tacoma Ledger OF the 7th, win today
begin taking on the cargo which she dis
charged into the Eureka dock warehouse
before going ON the dry dock. II is ex-
pected she win be loaded by the begin
ming OF the week and ready TO sail on
Wednesday. One OF her officers ycster-
day ta'd that about 6O0O sacks of her
-four cargo. which was taken from her
hold In n slightly damaged state. would
he sold AT auction. The date OF the sale
has not been set. There Is additional
cargo for tho Orient at the Northern Pa
cinc ocean dock warehouse which the
3trathnevis win take In place OF that sold.
Minor repairs are still being made to the
steamer The work on the new shaft
is not yet completed. The other ma
chlnery Is being cleaned up. The new
propeller has not been tried as yet ana
though II Is an exact model OF the old one
the officers are anxious to see how IL will
work, Though they have been In port
for long time, the officers of the ship
are not very anxious TO go to sea. They
have been making friends, visiting and
enjoying themselves while In port, and
their stay has been anything rather than
tedious.
An exchange says; The Anglo Cana
dian Fresh Salmon Company has been
formed In London and has purchased the
plant Of the Texas Lake lee and Cold
Storage Company operating In British
Columbia. with headquarters at vancou-
yer. The price paid was 100000 The
company will ship frozen fish to London
and Australia. 1t has monopoly of the
| refrigerator apparatus on the Canadian
steamships. The buyers estimate IL they
handle only eight hundred tons Of Ash
the profits win be $4,000. which would
pay u handsome dividend on the invest
ment.
To the gentlemen who think canal
unnecessary at Nicaraga, attention Is
drawn TO the above Item The frozen
nsh are shipped almost three-fourths of