Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-15
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF BODY
OF DROWNED MAN.
Belief That Disappearance of CO1ored
Deckhand May BE Explained
General Matters.

steamer Newport News, who disappeared
from the steamer one night last week as
the vessel was making q trip to Norfolk.
1t is SAID that the description of the body
ound at the Beach tallies in many respects
with the missing man. The last seen of
him alive was about the time the vessel
was off Colonial Beach. His wife. who
lived on NJ street near the wharf, is now in
Norfolk. and no one from this city has
seen the body.
There is one thing said to be needed bad
ly along the river front. and that is a
wharf where the steamers can go to be
coaled up. Each steamboat company do
ing business out of Washington has, under
existing conditions, to devote part of its
wharf room to a coal storage place, and
this takes up valuable room that could De
well utilized in some other way, If the coal
piles could be done away with. Aside from
this. the coal dust blows all about the
wharves and keeps them dirty, necessitat-
ing almost constant cleaning.
The four-masted schooner Rachael w.
Stevens Capt. l.. j. Stevens, which has
just completed discharging cargo of 1,250
tons of ice at the 9th street wharf. is pay
ing her first visit TO this port She Is one
of the handsomest vessels that has ever
come here. being about a year old. modern
in all her appliances. and fitted with the
latest type of steam HOSTS and steam
pumps. She has electric call bells through
out and has house over her wheel, an
lutt tltDOidNeu ny Ndpt- soktNtiiS- iiei
cabins and state rooms are fitted up in ee-
giant style, and her galley and mems quar-
tiers forward are br ght, large and airy.
Capt. Stevens is proud Of his vessel and
takes pleasure in exhibiting her good points
to visitors
About forty thousand watermelons were
received by Messrs Richardson & Co. and
Capt Frank Evans at the fish wharf this
morning and last night, mainly from the
lower counties of Virginia. though there
are some Maryland melons among them.
They were brought to port on the Emola,
VIM r., John p. Human. Allie White, Jag
gle B. Parker. Beecham. Maggie F. Culon.
Eva Gibson. B. F. Marsh, Kate. VIM. Ellis.
S. J. Landon and V. V. Jackson.
In consequence of the large number of
melons arriving, prices are still low this
morning. selected stock melons selling at
from So to SIG per hundred, primes from
81 to $40 per hundred and culls at 81 to 81.
The indications are that prices Will go still
lower.
Yacht Sylvia Arrives.
The yacht Sylvia. the practice vessel of
the Baltimore Naval Militia Battalion. has
arrived at the navy yard, where extensive
alterations to fit her for the uses of the
naval militia will be made. 1t is expected
she will be ready to return to Baltimore
Saturday or Monday next. The Sylvia,
while in port. will be visited by many Of
the members of the Washington Naval
Militia.
Banks steam pile driver returned yester-
day evening from Alexandria, where 1t had
been engaged in drawing number of old
piles on which the ferry steamer Belle
Haven ran few days ago while going into
her dock. A number of new plies We're also
driven to brace and strengthen the ferry
slip.
Fish from the shores along Chesapeake
bay and al Virginia Beach continue to ar
rive on the Norfolk steamers. and those
from Delaware bay by rail. This morning
forty barrels We're received from the first
named shores and ten from the latter
Trout this morning sold al $50 to 81 per
barrel: tailOrs and bluefsh. 3 cents per
pound; mackere,, II cents per pound, and
sea bass. 4 to ) cents per pound.
Only one barrel of fish was received from
the nets in the river, and rock and perch
sold al 10 cents to II cents per pound. Hard
crabs are somewhat scarcer this morning
but no changes of prices are to be noted
-Four iCe-laden vessels have arrived in
port since yesterday. The four masted
schooner Stella B. Caphi in, with 1873
tons. arrived in tow of the tug Camil-
la. and the schooners Henry S. Little, with
40 tons; the Henry C. May, with 1,1s3
tons. and the Melville. with about LOO
tons. were brought up by the tug NJ. NJ.
Davis.
The first three schooners are consigned
to the American Ice Company, and the last
to the Purity Ice Company. The Caph in
is locked at the 10th street wharf, the
Little at 9th street, the May at I'd street
southwest and the Melville in Georgetown
The schooner Edw. Briery. with a cargo
of ice, is due here, and the tug Camilla
has gone to the lower river to bring her up
Passing to and Fro.
The big fourmasted schooner Augustus
Hunt will complete the discharging of her
cargo of ice to day, and will sail for Balti
mere or Norfolk for a cargo.
The lighthouse engineer steamer Jessa-
mine. Capt. Wyatt, has completed the re-
pairs to Jones Point lighthouse. below
Alexandria, and has returned to Baltimore.
The schOoners r. r. Pettigrew and
George f. Walcott, from this port, have ar
rived at Newport News to load coal for
Boston.
The schooner Chimmie Travers has ar
rived at Norfolk from this city
The tug Juno, which has been on the
marine railway at Alexandria, has been put
overheard, the repairs to the hull and wood
work having been completed.
The signal corps of the District National
Guard will have its annual excursion to
River View next week.
Hundreds Of crates of cantaloupes are
now arriving here each trip of the
steamers from the down-river wharves
The schooner Ida May, with a cargo Of
ceGar posts for johnson x Wimsatt and
cord wood for Garter & Clark. is in port
The Father and Son. VIM. Turner. j. D.
Bell and Agnes have arrived with cargoes
of pine wood for Carter & Clark
The fatie Flying Arrow has completed
the discharging of its cargo and has sail
ed for the lower river to reload.
The schooner Sidney Jones' laden with
lumber from Norfolk. has arrived in port.
The three-masted schooner Virginia A.
Hawley is in port with a cargo of North
Carolina lumber for Louis Dill & Co
The schooner A III. Quinby is at T. w
Riley's wharf loading cargo of fertilizing
material for Norfolk.
The schooner Charles II. Dagger Is in port
with large load of Virginia pine lumber
from Norfolk.
The tug NJ. NJ. Davis sailed this morning
with the big SchoOnerS Hattie L. Simpson
and Rachel w. Stevens in tow for Balti-
more to load.
The Messrs Graham Of Alexandria owners
of the Inflated tug TempIar which blew up
in Baltimore harbor, have not yet deter
mined whether to send divers down to ex-
anime the hull and raise her or to have her
blown up with dynamite.
The schooner John Martin has arrived in
Georgetown with a cargo of white sand
The steamer Potomac of the Weems line
and the Harry Randall Of the Randall line
both sailed yesterday evening with good
freights and large passenger lists for lower
river points.
The schooner Ruth Price is in port with
cargo of lumber from Norfolk for Major
BiscOe
The schooner Magnolia is unloading a
of INRr,, ID