The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-14

Marine Matters, Here, There aid
Everywhere.
The river Is nov bare OF outgoing ships.
The mouth OF tho river was smooth all
day yesterday.
The German bark Flotbeck left up for
Portland on Sunday morning.
Two more days will complete the dis.
! charge Of tho Andrada's cargo.
Tb, Seattle tug Wanderer brought the
Forfarshlro up TO her anchorage yeSter-
day.
The Alaska Packers Association viii
pay n dividend Of 70 cents per share today
In Aan Francisco.
A storm was reported yesterday with
lta center on the coast Of Washington
and coming south.
IL Ia not known when the Elder VIII
mike another start on her interrupted
run 10 San Francisco. Her injuries are
reported to be slight.
The steamer Harrison has taken one
load OF salmon from Alsea 10 Yaqdina
and left the latter port yesterday morn
ing for a second cargo.
PILOT OraRman was put aboard the
British bark cadEow Forest twelve days
ago on the mouth OF the river. and moth
Ing has been seen OF the vessel tlnce.
Tho British ship Anirina. Captain
Smith. arrived on this port. ISL days
from Galveston, Texas. she was spoken
by an agent on the pilot boat and or
dcrcd to Port Townsend, for which place
she sailed Chronicle.
For one can OF Magnolia salmon make
a dressing OF four hard boiled eggs, the
raw yolks Of two eRgs. salt. pepper. mus
tard. oil and vinegar TO taste; mix sal
mon with celery and tho dressing, then
place on tender salad leaves.
Sunday say another big movement %
vessels bound out. The Mowhan. Edith.
Vasco de Cana and Bannockburn all got
away under favorable weather conditions
and are now well on the "a on their
journey 20 the United Kingdom.
The British bark Western Monarch. es
days from Valparaiso. In ballast. arrived
In port at . o'clock yesterday morning.
She will Immediately proceed TO Portland
for n cargo OF -four. Her skipper reports
a fair uneycntful passage with all well
on board.
Tho British ship City OF Florence ar
rived at Antwerp yesterday after a very
long passage. She left Vancouver. n.
C. July 3 last. and at one time 2 per cent
reinsurance was paid on her. The gam
blcrs are therefore happy over her safe
arrival,
The British ship Noel Tryvan. Captain
Jones. arrived 80 days from Dunkirk.
and the British ship Samaritan. III days,
from Hamburg. On September q John
IInqulst. seaman. n native OF Sweden.
aged q years. fen overheard from the rail
II mas acknowledgements,
The British ship Camhrian King. arriv-
cd In port on Sunday afternoon. 30 days
from Rio JaneIro In ballaabr She left for
Portland yesterday and will arrive there
today Just In time TO save her charter.
which expires tomorrow night. She will
begin TO load wheat Immediately :or
England.
The American ship Edward o'Brien.
Captain Oliver. came In last evening. IA
go. -. L.
latitude Is deg. 5 min. south, and longt-
t0de @ deg " min, west. Thomas Dent.
u rntlve VI Swansea, England, aged u
years, died OF heart failure. and was
buried at sca.-Call.
The bureau OF navigation has assigned
official signal letters and official numbers
10 the following Pacific coast vessels dur.
Ing the week ended December 2SIh
Steamer George LOOMS, OF San Fran
cisco. 69l.0S tons. gross 40i 90. net, X. NJ.
N, O.. $3.50; schooner Gerald c., also @
San Francisco, 3i,S3 tons gross, 2tSs net
number S6,SS9,
The British bark Lorton, 60 days from
Mazatlan, Mexico, arrived in port yes
terday afternoon thirteen days TOO late
for her charter. She arrived on the
mouth OF the river two weeks ago, hut
was blown north by a seriea OF heavy
gales and has had a hard time getting
back again. She Is In ballast, Her flu
turo movements are as yet unknown.
Freight carriers for coal are scarce and
consequently charters have advanced .
cents a ton, The first to secure the adj
vance Is the American ship Levi s. Bur
! CESS. A number OF other ships are being
negotiated for, and the chances are that
tho advance rate will rule between San
Francisco and the Puget Sound coal
mines for the remainder OF the winter.
The British bark Forfarshire, which
lost her charter several days age by
being unable to get out OF Puget Sound
n the Straits OF Fuca, arrived In port
yesterday morning, with a considerably
battered appearance. Her several at
tempts to get out into the Pacific have
been before described In this column.
She will lay here till she receives orders
from her wners
Captain Archer. OF the Lorton, which
arrived yesterday reports passing q large
quantity Of wreckage a week ago In the
vicinity OF Cape Flattery. 1t consisted
of several sticks Of cut lumber and what
looked like q large vessel bottom side up.
The weather was so rough that 1t was
impossible to make close observations,
and the wreckage quickly passed out OF
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