Evening star., 1901-06-03
Flies the Pennant of New York Yacht
CIub-MOvements of Freight
Handlers.

| vessel is a new one, having ptel puilt III
! New York last year.
The three -nlastcd schooner John B.
| Coyle. with cargo of about $50 tons OF
| ice from Bath, Maine, for the American
| Ice Company, arrived in port IN tow
| of the tug Edith Of Baltimore. Saturday
afternoon She was doclted at the 9th
| street wharf and is disCharging cargo. Ihe
| Coyle sailed from Bath May -, ana with
| the northesstcriy gale behind her made an
eXceutiOnally quick voyage down the coast
and into the cnpes of the Chesapeake She
left several large vessels in the kennehec
loading for this port The schooner Lyula
NJ DcerinE, it is stated, loaded l,'ii tons
of lee for this port, but when she tried 10
get ont of the kenncbec it was found she
vas drawing too much water and a por-
tion of her cargo had to be thrown over
board to tighten her. she Is now at sea-
bound down the coast
The market at the 11th street fish wharf
was fairly we'll supplied with all varietles
of fish this morning. Some lew shad any
herring lre being received at the Wnta VIZ, |
from the gilling nets below Alexandria
Prices this morning were, with lew eNc'l-
tions the same as last week. Shad S"id 't
Zoe 70 zoe each: gray trout, VI per b''t t't,
croakers, 81 per barrel: butter Ush' y ~ -
pcr barrel; blue fish. large, &c to &C. per
pound: small. &c. to Sc. per pound; salmon
trout &c per pound: rock. loc to l"c- per
pound: carp. &c. per pound; Whlte hcr'h
5c to- 1Oc. per pound: honndcfS. &c F's
pound and catfish, eels. yellow ptrch an"
mullcts from Zoe. to 2uC. per hEnCh.
The pungy boat which ran ashore at FER
sjmulun Point beach about ten DAYS ago
and was SO badly damaged that no cnor'
was made to save her. is rapidly being
beaten to pieces by the waves. 1t is st'd
she was named the NcNCna. and was own
ed by parties living on the Coan river, Va
Movements of Vessels.
The schooner Zacchacs sherman is at
Enckport. Maine loading 4 cargo Of ice for
the Purity Ice Company here.
The Quick Time. with cargo OF cord
wood from the lower river. arrived in port
Saturday evening.
The schooner Grace G.. Bennett, laden
with about $4,000 feet of lumber from
Nswbern y. &. for Johnson Il Nlmsat'
has arrived. ,
The Isaac Solomon Is in port with full
rargo OF railway ties from the Occoquan
neiShborhood for Garter & Clark.
The Annie Willett is at Alexandra ana
will load general cargo for lower river
The schooner Brookland has arrived in
port with a cargo of Virginia pine lumber
for Frank Libbey & Co.
The barge George b. Roberts, with car
20 Of hard coal from Pe-ryville, Md, has
arrived al Alexandria for VIM A smoot
6; 60.
The Ida NJ. Sidney Jones. Seaoright
Thomas X Carroll and NavahOe are all in
port with cargCes ot pine wood for Garter
* Clark.
The twu-rnasted schooner Harriet z. Ford,
with q cargo OF salt herring in barrels from
Reedsvile, Va, for King & Son has ar
rived at Alexandria.
The schooner Alice Guy, with cargo of
pine boards, came into port yesterday even
ing for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooner May Brown arrived this
morning with cargo of cordwOod for Car
ter & Clark.
The schooner Thos. II. billiard. with a
cargo of about 10000 feet of lumber from
- u f,1ly has iN-aH 10
& Wimsatt.
The Iongboat Gilman Dove is unloading
cargo of railway ties on the James Greek
canal.
about 15,0o0 feet of pine boards from Co
lOnial Beach for DeWilton, AitchesOn & Co
The steamer Harry Randall took an extra
large cargo of miscellaneous freight to low
er river points yesterday morning.
Matters of General Interest.
The large iron barge Centipede, now dis
charging a cargo of fertiizing material for
Herbert Bryant, was formerly the steam
ship of the same name, and hailed from
Philadelphia, from which port she sailed
for foreign shores. Becoming too small for
foreign service. the steamer was cut down
to sailing barge and put into the coasting
trade The Centipede is of 416 tons burden,
16J feet long. 2Jia feet wide and has II feet
5 inches depth Of hold. She was built at
Chester, Pa. in 1863
1t is stated that the plant Of the Wash
ingtOn Tile and Terra Gotta Company, on
the Eastern branch, which was destroyed
by fire about a month ago, is to be rebuilt
on Buzzards' Point, near the foot of Sd
street southwest the company having re-
Gently acquired property there for mat pur-
pose.
The steam launch Americus, belonging to
parties here, is laid up at Alexandria for
Overhauling
The tug Camilla is having her house re-
a rtrG
is being done to her by Captain Henry
Davis.
The two-masted schooner S. B. Palmer is
at Alexandria, awaiting the arrival of a
new crew from Baltimore. 1t is stated she
will load stone at Georgetown for Fort
Monroe.
The new purchasers of the wharves and
/ hotel property at Colonial Beach are ship
ping large quantities of lumber and other
material there for the rebuilding of the
wharves, which are to be put in thorough
order for service this summer
The Baltimore tug Favorite sailed Satur-
| day evening with tow of four light coal
| barges.
| The steamer WestmOreIand of the Weems
| line yesterday had in her cargo from Alex
| andria, about 300 bundles OF spokes and ak
handles from the factory there for Balti-
| more, whence they will be shipped to Liv-
| erpOol and other foreign ports
! The launch Allie Moore, which has been
| sold TO the Columbia Boat Club of this
! city, was out for a trial off Alexandria
! yesterday evening. She will be turned over
| to her new owners today.
| The pungy James Black is laid I'D at
| Alexandria.
| The light house tender Maple Is on a
! cruise among the light houses In the bay
| and the Potomac river.
| The heavy current which has been run
! ming in the river for ten days past has
Stacked up considerably, and is giving the
| vessels but little trouble.
| The Colonial Beach town council has re-
| appointed Chief of Police Weaver and Chas
| Rawley has been made an additional mem
| Der of the police force. Mr. Edward Geese
! the town clerk. was also reelected.
| Mr.. Elsie Phillips. who has been quite
sick at his home in Alexandria, has re-
covered and is out again.
GEN. GROSVENOR'S VIEWS.
The Insular Decision From a Political
Standpoint.
l EenreSeut atiYe GrOSNe ennr Of Ohio DaSSeC