The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-02

tons OF cAnnery machinery.
s,cnmer Sarah Dixon arrived down YEN
torday ON the Telephones run. ns lhe
old fnyortp IL being ovcrhRuled pr, part.
tory TO the summer rush 10 III. SEA
hoarhCH.
Tn, o. II A n. China steamer Mount
/ ,hanon /, due 10 arriy, this week from
-IIongkong. Via Honolulu. she brings a
nuiI cargo OF tea, rice. mating and ORR
cn,ai c~ommodItie. The chiItAgoug n
mot due before the middle OF April.
body sailed yesterday for Queenstown or
Falmouth for orders. with H.EH Jacks
Of wheat, valued nj ITf.Boo. Not having
secured a suitable charter. tho Light
body loaded on her owners account
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Yesterday the steamer Elmore was dis
covered In A disabled condition ssven
miles northwest OF Tillamook. and word
was sent 90 tbs city over the government
telegraph line. The pilot achoone-. TN
unknown steamer, and the Augusta went
to the assistance OF the Eimote. but the
latter evidently found hat nothing ser
ious was the matter. although she put
back TO I1llAinook.
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Tho four.maAted bark inverness .rhi-s.
giU tons, arrived yesterday afternoon.
ISL days from Liverpool Her passage
was a fair one. although she met with
considerable calm weather. IN bark
showed n clean bill OF health. Two or
three Of the sailors are sick and viii
probably b. taken TO tho hospital They
arv not afflicted with amy contagious dla.
eAnn. but are victims OF severe colds.
The -fnvefneHs.Hhirc has about p.0co cases
OF tin. which will be discharged nj the
bonded warehouse.
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Hope for the missing barksnilne Dis
oovury has been revived by the report
OF Captain Meilin. Of the schooner Hal
cyon. which arrived NJ Tacoma sunday
evening from San Pedro. Captain Mel
lin states that on March 4. whiel In iati-
tudo ~ degrees 10 minutes. and longituds
las deEreu~ ~ minutes west, which II
nearly opposite Point Arm mia, on the
nu-thern coast OF California, n barken-
tine carrying double topgallant sails
hove down on the IIalcyon as though in
distress. and wanting to speak Some
thing seemed wrong with the barken-
compelled to keep before the wind. on
board the Halcyon every effort was made
to reach the vessel, but before she could
he o~Ycrhaulch In the heavy gale and
cross sea running at the Tine. darkness
came on and the two vcupe,s were part-
ed. Those on board the ta,ksnttnc en-
doayorcd 20 communicate with the Hal
cyon by means OF chalk marks on a
black board. but the dlstnncs was 100
great for the message 10 be read Cap
tain NtllIn SAYS tho barkentlno few no
signals Of diatrcaa, but q was evident
from her efforts TO communicate with
the Haloyon that something was wrong
abonrl the shIn. The descrlption OF the
bark entlne tallies with that OF the Dis
cuvrry. out nearly 20 laws from Puget
sound for San Francisco. and which has
boen given IN for lost. The strange
craft also resembles almost oxactly ,he
hRrkeutipe KntIc Fllcklnger Captain Nc
Rae, which recently scaled from Puget
sound for shanghai lumber laden. Thls
theory is weakened. however, by the fact
that tho bArkenttuc sighted was far from
tho Shanghai course, and shlpplng lnen
alo,,g the wafer front think Il must he
some vcss, bound for Mexico OF South
Amerlca.-Telcgram.
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DEPUTY Collector Drum has written a
letter no h~oabouartera al Por, Townsend
asking how he shall treat REQUESTS made
nv pcrsons wishing To take guns to Alas
ka. saws the Ledger. lie expects an
answer TODAY. To several persons who
have anpllcd 10 him. whom he halhves
would moi abuse the privilege. he has
given lcttera 10 customs oGlo,rs I'm Alas
ka r-NcommendlnR that they he allowed
10 keen their arms. The customs cfic RS
arr MOI nltocether sure as 10 the exact
mcnnInr of tha law govtrnlng the mat
tor Article lks OF the regulations Is
sued hv the treasury department in 1892.
reads ns follows. vessels clearing for
anv nort or ports. Intending TO touch.
trade or mass within the waters of Alas