The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-09

The ManEanlln took aboard a load Of
coal VI the bunsora yesterday.
Az The days succeed ons another fears
for Tho safety Of tho steamer Hhoaina
arc becoming more pronounced.
Tbs Relief went down 10 tho mouth Of
ihr fiyur yesterday hut returned carly
without having passed OUTSIDE
a ulurgeOn Weighing 90 pounds vas
taken from the fraser river by u naher-
mnn recently, This II the largest caught
this season.
Tho tug Escort II laying down nj Fort
stevens with steam UP ready for ac-
cl1oni that may happen among the fleet
of vessels lying at anchorage In that VI
entity,
Tho gannrkand. Ponnrhyn Castle. An
drola, and Riverside. are all down nj
Rand Island. The Mowhan and Vaaco dc
Cana arc remaining At their upper an
ch0ragcg.
Tho wind averaged forty miles an hour
on the mouth Of the river yesterday.
The sea was very rough and the same
conditions will no doubt prevail to-day.
preventing any OF the waiting vessels
from passing out
Tho cruiser Kwan.ping. one OF the
waruhlpH captured from China by the
Japanese during tho recent war. was
wrecked on tho Pcacadore Islands De-
ccmber II. Nearly all her deck officers
and sixty men are missing.
Captain Pope. surveyor for Lioyd's
Register. has inspected the new anchors
and chain Of tho German bark Edith and
has given tho vessel a clear certificate,
Neither the hun nor rigging are In any
way impaired. She will have her nc-
counts settled up and be ready FOR sea
by tomorrow afternoon.
The tin plate II being unloaded from
tho Andrcta into he bonded warehouse
between squalls and Il has be0n found
TO be- IN excellent condition. with none
of tho boxes showing the least sign Of
rust. Twenty.One thousand cases are
consigned to this city. Tho balance. eight
thousand casra. viii 80 TO Portland.
The schooner Sara H.. Captain Silva. dur.
INK a recent heavy gale was blown 20
miles on to the southeaH, Of the Georges.
where they struck tho Gulf stream.
rhey wore out OF food aud coal. Tho
steamer Wnkommsn. OF Philadelphia,
furnished them with what was necessary.
This probably saved suffering and loss
of Ne.
4 report from l.ouisburg. c, b.. an
nouncca that tho New York diver en-
gagged In examining tho positions OF old
punkcn vessels near that port has been
prevented from further examination by
tho Canadian authorities. This action
~ based on the Law which forbids foreign
corporations carrying on operations In
British waters. 4 number OF New York
men ana several residents OF i.ouisbrrg
were also interested In tho project.
Thu Flotbcck il getting dangerously
near losing her charter. II expires In
Portland at midnight on the 18th inst
Just ak days more. With fair weather
she ought to make this city from VILLA
pa in eight hours lin tow ami from here
TO Portland tho trip can be made In six
teen h~oura-an even t~wenty-four hours
from her present anchorage 10 her char
ter port So TO ave her charter she must
leave Wlllapa at the latest At midnight
OF Tuesday next. Under present weather
conditions the chances are nil against
her.
The British consul at G%othenburg re-
ports TO the fishery board for Scotland
that The winter herring fishery on this
coast between his port and the Nor
wcglan frontier. which commenced dur
Ing the early part OF october last. Is
now very abundant, large shoals OF fish
having come into tho fjords. The quota
ucns for fresh fish at Gothcnhurg are at
present from IL M to Is per %hectolitre.
II Is reported that the recent gales
have for the time being put a stop to
the herring fishing both on the east and
west coasts OF Scotland.
The following Is from the last issue OF
the Fishing Gazette: The fishing boat
Fillmore, on exhibition in the Machinery
Hall at the Atlanta Exposition. is one OF
the largest OF It's kind ever used on the
Pacific coast. II formed n part OF the
oregon fishery exhibit at the Worlds |
Fair In Chicago, and attracted much at
tcntion from Eastern visitors. who were
surprised to learn that salmon fishing
MAS conducted In such frail-appearing
craft. The Gilmore is u typical repre-
Of her class, and there Is moth
aux lEAll VI lIhkAf ABOUT NtEs /
The fishermen OF this country nave al
ways been a great factor In recruiting
the navy, and in case OF war would be
called upon again. for without them Il
would he impossible to man all the ships
necessary TO equip u navy that would
he large enough to protect our coasts;
but there viii be no war, hence no reason
for calling upon the fishermen. The
OF Great Britain now exceeds that
of the United States, France and Russia
combined The British navy has L.lb7. 40
tons, Russia 2N6,bSi. Unietd States !2a,NSi.
The total tonnage OF Russia and tn
United States Is less than 90 per cent OF
Of Great I,itain. England would
100000 men for her navy In case
OF war,
The contract was yesterday let to Mo
ran Bros, for furnishing the new spars,
pipe rails and pin rails for the United
States revenue cutter Grant, the entire
OF tho various contracts, which
were let separately, amounting to $4,000, |
a y the Telegraph. The Grant, which
IL now at the bunkers. IL laid up for ex-
tensive repairs and alterations, which
viii REQUIRE from two to three months
TO complete, and win result in an ex-
penditure OF nearly 10000. The con-
tracts We're originally let to the Tacoma
Dry Dock Company, but owing to that
company's inability to carry out the
the contracts were subsequently,
turned over to Patrick ]. sullivan. pro-
of the Queen City Boiler Works.
who Is busily engaged in fitting and put
ting In the new boilers.
The first Of twelve lifeboats the govern
ordered arrived recently in New
York from Port Huron. Mich. 1t Is 81
feet long and S feet beam. fitted for oars
or sails, 1t Is called the Sand Hook,
and will be stationed at Sandy Hook un-
der Skipper Trevonian Patterson's con-
troll. Six of the new boats are for this
coast, and six for the Pacific coast and
tho Great Lakes. The new boat Is self
bailing and she cannot upset, Captain
Thomas d. Walker. an Inspector in the
life-savlng service. is enthusiastic over
her. "Fll her with water" he said.
and she can BAH herslf out In fifteen
seconds, She cannot be kept In any
position but right side up. Fifty per-