The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-12
THE CITY OF RIO De JANE|RO
THE BIG PACIFIC NAIL STEAM
SHIP COMPANY'S LINER IS
PROBABLY LOST.
DUE At YOKOHAMA ON FEBRUARY q
Nothing Has Been Heard of Her Since
She Left San Francisco, February
GA Few Passengers and
Big Crew Aboard

Big Crew Aboard.
San Francisco, March S.-The Pacific
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 ar
rived at Yokohama on the 23rd of Feb
ruary, yet not word has been heard
from her. AT least, the agents of the
company declare they have received in
formation of no sort regarding the
steamers whereabouts since she gided
out of the bay on the afternoon of Feb
ruary 6. The New York Office of the
company has been wired necessarily by
the local agents, but the reply comes
regularly and monotonousiy that as yet
nothing has reached them by cable con-
corning the vessel The City of Rio de
JaneirO left here with 15G people on
board -Four of these were cabin pas
sengers and there were in the steerage
10 Europeans, 10 Cinnamon and 20
Japanese. The crew consisted of 80
white people and 70 Chinese.
Following is list of the passengers
Cabin:
J. Fisher.
w. Sylvester.
Lamar Linden.
Mrs. Lamar Lindon.
Storage:
A. Bodelson.
J. Rosenfeld, Sr.
j. Rosenfeld, Jr.
j. A. Biddle.
A. V. Garlandc.
Mrs. Anna Burgess and family of
three.
f.. Gallard.
The names of the Chinese and lam
anese are not registered. The list of
the City of Rio de Janciro's white crew
is as follows:
W. j. Russell. captain.
j. II. Robinson, chief officer
}. II. Matthew'S chief engineer.
o. X. Freeman, purser
\. L. Tichenor, freight clerk.
W. Nj. Terrell, surgeon
). q. johnson. second officer.
/" =. Newgard, third officer.
): Anderson, carpenter.
VIM. Bray, main deck Waterman.
w. J. Palmer.
ID. G. White.
+. C.. Smith.
III. {. Mullin, first assistant engineer
j. f.. Chandler second assistant cngi-
nccr.
Charles Smith, third assistant engi-
nccr.
Il. McCabc
j. :. Lardc.
John Reilly.
Walter Lenders.
X. c. Read.
John Cavanaugh, oiler.
A. Burrell. steward
). Hailin, StOrekeepcr.
Mrs. NJ. j. Derman, stewardcss.
George Lancashire, butcher
KODert X. Kelly, saloon Waterman.
): I. spencer, Storage Waterman.
\. q. Owens, and 20 Chinese.
Inc one theory upon which the COM
pahlcS agree in basing their greatest
hopes is that the Rio, by force of bad
weather or other circumstances. was
compelled to pass Yokohama without
making her usual stop there. This
would not he considered an altogether
unusual occurrence. 1t has happened
several times during the past II years
to other steamers in the service of the
company. Should this be the case there
will be Il still longer period of anxiety.
for nothing can possibly be heard from
her i'll that event until she reaches Hong
Kong
New York shipping men feel hopeful
that she will shortly be reported from
the Chinese port
The Rio de Janero is one of the hand
soonest and largest vessels engaged in
the trans-Pacifc service of the Pacific
Mail company. She is four-master,
amply provided with sails, so that in case
of damage to her engines while at sea
there would be nothing to prevent her
weathering her way TO some nearby port
with the use of her canvas alone. If this
were the case, however. she would doubt
less be long delayed and it might be even
weeks before she would be heard from.
The Rio was built ut Chester, Pa, in
1878. She is of steel and is equipped
with the most modern machinery, and
has the reputation of being fairly fast
and staunch vessel ut sea. When the
Rio left this port she carried Il cargo of
general merchandise and bullion valued
at nearly S1.000.000.
The merchandise, which was consigned
to various Japanese and Chinese ports,
was valued at S152,12 The major por-
ton of this cargo comprised flour for
China. cotton for Japan and canned
goods and sugar for both countries.
Pacific Mail company stated the COM
pany had not yet begun to lose hope for
the safety of the Rio.
OF course. said he, we can not help feel
ing somewhat anxious. We are hopeful
and have good reasons for entertaining
that hope. We know that there has been
very rough weather between the Ha-
waiian Islands and Japan of late. 1t is
not improbable that the Rio got into the
worst of this weather and decided to take
plenty of room and not antagonize the
storm. even though she might lose much
time in reaching Yokohama. 1t is posi-
BILE that she even found it compulsory to
skip by Yokohama entirely. That has
happened before. The Rio is good boat
and capable of taking care of herself I'M
der the good management she received
in any kind of weather. She was only
recently overhauled and put into thor
oughly good condition. She was at that
time pronounced to be about as good n
sea boat as we had on our line. Our en-
gines are in perfect condition so far as
we know. and, in fact, everything about
her was in fit condition for any kind of
Il voyage.
CRESPO THANKED.
New York, March S.-A special to the