The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
shipping News.


 The Spanish steamship Ida reached port yesterday afternoon from Liverpool. via Cuban ports. The steamer has about two thousand logs in transit for Liver pool and comes here to load q large mis- ceilaneous cargo for the English port. This is sister ship to the Gracia. which sailed out as the Ida came in.
 A valuable cargo was taken out today by the German steamship Portonia, Cap tain Hickman. This vessel, loaded by Xix M. Robinson, carried to London l. S67, 900 superficial fet of lumber, valued at $26,0 ,000 This is a record cargo of lumber
 The Italian steamship vincenzo Bonan- no, Captain Bologna, took out clearance papers. this morning for q valuable cargo to Genda and Cette. The cargo consists of 2.2s1 tons phosphate rock. 800 barrels rosin, 445.OOo superficial feet of lumber, all valued at 2,O0o An aditional cargo will be taken out perhaps by this same steamer. s
 A regular clearance transaction of the British steamship August Belmont was made at the customhouse last afternoon before the hours of closing. This steam CT, which is owned by the Louisville and Nashville and which is engaged in the regular carrying trade between here and Tampico, cleared this trip with over 6.oOo tons of coal, valued at $13,317.
 The Russian bark Ymer sailed yester- day for Buenos Ayres.
 When the battleship Alabama passed over the bar in the forenoon of yesterday her draught was 24 feet and some inches, and still. by actual measurement, the hull had eight feet of water between 1t and the sandy bottom. This goes to show the safety of the Pensacola bar. and espe- talv (Dn aa raf fha
 The quartermaster department at Fort Barrancas Is expecting a new vessel with in a short time to replace the steamer General French. which is now operated between the city and Forts Barrancas, Pickens and McRae. The new steamer will be much larger than the one now in use and the French, according to known plans will go to Jefferson Bar racks. on the Mississippi River. Since the placing of additional companies at the local reservation the bulk of business has been too much for the smaller steamer to handle.
 The torpeod boat destroyers whipple and worden, which were despatched to l Galveston two weikes ago. returned to Pensacola last evening and joined the | battleship fleet. These vessels, in the ab- sence of other more serviceable steam | ers are used as despatch boats to the | ships on the target range.
 Today the British steamship Lowlands | moved into the stream and began to load | a cargo of timber and lumber. This | steamer brought a cargo of iron pyrites | to Pensacola from Lisbon
 A sailor named Billy Dalton on the | Machias has dog he procured at Alex | andia, Egypt, while that vessel was in | that part of the world. and the canine | has shown an intelligence that is sur ! prising This dog will come ashore with | its very kind master and remain an hour or more. All at once a notion will strike l the canine to get back to the ship and down to the docks he goes with the speed | of an arrow. There he will await the arrival of steam launches from the ships. | and no amount of pursuasion will coax the dog away. The attention of many | shippers and workmen along the water front has been attracted many times to this animal.