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THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1903.
CAPTAIN IS MISSING
Master of the George C Perkins
Dsappears Utterly.
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FAMILY FEARS HE DROWNED
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Marine Matters aa They Developed yes
terday ia This Port and Abroad Al
liance and All Craft in Columbia River
Battle With Dense Fof.
'the morning train of yesterday. If he
I was drinking, almost any theory will
Captain P. B. Hansen, of the babrken- take the color of prolmbility not ex
tine George C. Perkins now lying at eliding that of hi death by drowning.
anchor off the 0. R. 4 X. pier, in this
harbor, lumber Wen for San Pedro, is
missing from his ship and his family,
for his wife and daughter are aboard
the Perkins for the voyage.
He oanie ashore on Friday afternoon
about 5 o'clock in quvst of a sea-cook
to ship for the voyage, lie came ashore
in one of tbe ship's small boats and land
ed at tbe 0. R. & X. dock slip just
east of Fourteenth street where the boat
waa found later by the first mate of the
Perkins, who came ashore at the .be
hest of Mrs. Hansen to look up lier hus
band and bis superior officer. The mat?
made dillingent search on hi own hook,
and that proving unavailable he invoked
the aid of the police at 3 o'clock yester
day afternoon. Every man on the
force from Chief Hallock down, took a
hand in locating Captain Hansen, but up
to midnight no trace of him nad been
discovered.
Mrs Hansen and her young daughter
are nearly frantic with apprehension,
the conclusion being that the husband
and fat&er is drowned; that in taking
his boat for return to tbe vessel late
at night be has fallen into the bay and
been' swept away by the tide.
' The Hansen family and that of Mar
tin Foard, of this city, are old and inti
mate friends, and as Mr. Foard is in
Tl4l J 1 ! 1 u
x ut luuiu uu uuaiurss ma cvuiu on as
sist in tbe search, Mrs. Foard, upon
learning the sore distress of her friend,
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Watch this space and wait for aa an
nouncement of the biggest sale ever in
augurated in Astoria.
THE FOARD &
WHERE THE NEW THINGS
sent an urgent Invitation to the Cap-
i tain's wife and daughter to coin ashore
and niak tfieir home with them until
the real fact of the mystery should bp
known. The invitation was accepted by
Mr. Hansen yesterday afternoon, but
,t a late hour" last night, he was sun
hi board the Perkins, standing by far a
happy issue from the stress she i
laboring under.
Officer Thompson and OWrg both
Is c"',uinf u"r
sen an liiiUr evening, the former
about 3:30 p. 111. and the latter a few
hour later. Since then no new has
been received of any sort
There are numberless theories out a
to what has become of Captain Hansen.
Among them the probability that be
took sudden notion to go to Port
land on the niirht boat on Friday or
'At all event be is a missing man yet
missing men are not necessarily dead
men. The hope is still tenable that he
is in Portland, or laying quietly hidden
until the Tect of the course shall have
worn off, these suggestions", depending
of course, on the fact that he w as 1
drinking man, prooff of which is want
ing in his case.
In the meantime the loaded ve.d is
awaiting almost instant dispatch on
favorable bar, and his family is suffer
ing torment for want of knowledge of
the truth, a situation that commends
them to the utmost consideration of the
community, and the unstinted efforts of
the police department is solving the
problem of his disappearance,
New 01 Fleet.
The steamers Lansing, Washknaw
Argyle and Roma, lately the property of
the Michigan Steamship Company, of
Detroit, hare been purchased by the
Union Oil Company , of Santa
Paula, California, and will be placed
in the oil trade between Portland and
Valparaiso, Chili, as soon as they can be
brought out to the coast ( the Argyle
being now out here). The Union Steam
ship Company will have the manage
mem 01 une neeu iney win add an
export service of 125,000 barrels per
voyage to tbe already big business of
the Union Company,
STOKfcS C0,
ARE FIRST INTRODUCED.
Lost and Found.
There is a certain tine vessel laying
at anchor in the peaceful ateiw of
this harbor shmewherv between Fort
Strvens and Tongue Point, whose cap
tain became the object of great solici
tude yesterday. It seoiu he left Ms
ship in on of her smsll boat on Thurs
day night and at 4 o'clock yesterday hi
crew and their interested people on
board bis craft had se-i nothing of
him nor heard from him. One of his of
ficers cams! ashore and after a water
frant search found the missing host, but
no sign of Uhe master was at hand there,
nor elsewhere about tlr city after dil
ligent inquiry, so the aid of the police
was involved and it did not take them
very long to trace him out and turn
him over to those nearest him, a very
fortunate conclusion of an unfortunate
episode, for the man, his family, ship
and employer.
One Hundred Miles of Fof.
The steamer Alliance Urn ml for Coos
Bay and Kuivka, left Portland at 12:30
o'clock a. m. yesterday, and from the
moment she rounded Into the Columbia
river, she encountered a solid hank of
fog lasting from there till she rounded
Tongue Point into the sunlight lltioding
this harbor at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
She was mid. slow Ml atl the way
down and fifteen hours en route. She
got away to sea at 5 o'clock with fifty
one paengvrs and her hold full of
freight.
A
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
The four-masted schooner Kxpansion.
2! day from San Pedro has arrived here
and i at anchor off Tongue Point.
TJs? ship diaries K. Moody is du
to le the French bark Hoclie, Captain
under tow of the Harvest Queen.
The steamer Costa Rica from San
Francisco is due at the O. R. A X. pier
here, this morning early.
The steamer Czarina from San Fran
cisco was an curly "arrival yesterday
morning. Sh proceeded directly to Port
land where she will load foodstuff s
outward cargo.
The steamer Telegraph butted down
through the big river fog yesterday in
good season with a small list of people
and some freight for this city, return
ing up in good season.
The steamer Whittier came down
from Portland yesterday morning en
route to Santa Paula, California,, and
left out oh the evening tide.
The steamship Aragona, the ship Ore
gon, and the barkentine Oo. C. Perkins,
are bar-bound in this port, but will
probably cross out during the next 24
hours if present weather holds.
The steamer Lurline is so busy now-
a days she has in ignore her schedule.
She got away two hours late, last night,
with plenty of stuff for up-river de
livery and a good grist of passengers.
Two square-riggers were noted to
seaward of the bar at sundown last
evening and one of them is reported
to be the French bark Hoeh, Captain
Ramel, from Rotterdam. She is of 1728
tons, and left for this port on May 28th
last.
Word has been received of Uie Port
land-Asiatic liner Xumanita from Yoko-
ha ma. The XurnaniU has, beside gen
eral cargo, a consignment of raw silks
and silk goods for the east. She is due
here about the middle of this month.
The Allan Lino steanr-r Davarian,
outward bound from Montreal for
Liverpool, went on tho rocks near Wye
rock, not far from Grosae Island, in a
snowstorm Thursday. Slie. cannot be re
leased for some time. The passengers
are being brought back to Quebec.
It is reported that the liritish tank
steamer Appallashec, from San Fran
cisco, September 30, for Shanghai, went
ashore, Xovember 3, near Wu Sung,
China, after having bin in collision
near that point with the steamer Yu
shun, of the China Merchant' Com
pany. The Yushun was badly dam
aged. The British ship Carradale will sail
today for Dublin. The Carradale was
dispatched by the Portland Flouring
Mills, and cleared at the custom house
yesterday with 26,778 budiels of wheat,
valued at $21,450; 17,500 barrels of flour
valued at Gl,2.-(0, and 40.940 bushels of
barley, valued at $23, 450, a total value
of $100,150.
Thirty-five big steam. at Amstert
dam, loaded with grain, are unable to
discharge their cargoes because of a
strike of the Society of Grain Measurers
and Weighers. The strike is due to
the introduction of grain elevators, Wad
ing to a reduction in the wage of the
measurer and weigher.
Word was reeeiwsl yesterday that
amher truss would have to be secured
in the work of raising the Mamtenita.
The men employed on the vessel found
that the truss titled up to replace the
one that broke last week I too short.
Tb. extra work will cause a further de
lay and Government officials do not
know when to expect the lightship In
Portland.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING
Matters of Extraordinary Novelty and
Intrest to be Introduced.
T1h Chamber of Commerce of Astoria
is not.s.1 among kindred organisation in
tin state, a one of the most active and
alert agencies of the sort, and the peo
ple of this city ought to know this
better than anyone beyond hT limit.
Hut if they know it they are somewhat
slow in giving it contenancc by apiear
ing at it session jn any overwhelm
ing nuniliers.
Tomorrow night is an oppoitunity for
such an exhibit of real interest and the
businesH men are especially invited to
come out and take a hand in the pro
jivts, discussion and business detail will
le brought to the fsont.
The chamber is in ocion of full
and final rejMirls from lr. I). T. Ihiy.
now duy verified, as to the exact re--lilts
obtained by him in the reduction
of Itlack Sand from the Clatsop plains,
together with .ample of all the varied
products, with estimates of amount
of raw material, proportinate sum of
product and value thereof; and tJiese
things wilt lx put Mt Mm members
tomorrow night, and fortified by a
demonstration of the processes. ii-m an
electrical machine esiiccially demised for
Mm purisisc, and operated by one fa
miliar with the mechanism.
If anytime is left after the novel
and absorbingly interesting matter is
diptwe of the new hotel project will
receive due attention, and this, of itself,
should move every citizen to be on the
ground for Uie ultimate good of the city,
lie on the spot gentleman, it may be
greatly to your advantage.
FOR COUCH AND COLD.
Nothing is better than yrup tar and
wild cherry. 25c and 50c a bottle. Sold
by the Owl and Kagle Drug Store.
4$ t?ie
Special This Week
Reductions in
Raincoats
Ladies' Crayen
nette Coats in
Tan and Oxford
$30.0 OtO $l8.00
$18.00 to $16.00
$16.00 to $14.00
Special for this
Week
Ladies' Suits
$35.00 to $28.50
$25.00 tO $21.00
Ws have a grand line of Ladies'
suits from $10.00 to $35.00 in all the
newest styles.
's Bear
Skin Coats
All Colon at . . . .$3.50
Millinery
Reductions in all street hats.
4vQ t5hc jjt
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; I lib UbU I urmumiuu r
t of the Season absolutely given
; away this week at '
m o r S E'gj
15c Pillow Case , ., 10c
OOc lied Slhts .. t , ,, ,, ,, ,, 43c
Me fiolf Clows 13c
U.00 Kid Clove , 48c f
1.V ladies' Hose, three- Pair ijc
20e Men's Wool Sox, three Pair 15c
J IH Press Good , , ,, ... 4C A
J 35c Pre Goods , tic 4
15c Flaunek'tt .., 10C
X 7c Ginghams ...... , 3c
.V- hint 3c
10c Outing Flannel , ,,,, 4c
; 3,000 yards of Fancy Ribbon
t 25c quality at lOc. s ;
j Morse Dept. Store.
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BOY SLEUTH WINS
SUIT OF CLOTHES
Catches Commercial Traveler at
Milwaukee Depot
READS AD IN THE STAR
Arthur ButterworU Picks Joe Schmauss
as Representatiro of Ederheimcr,
Steia k Co.
From the Rock ford, Illinol Morning
Star; Sunday, October 22. IWtt
Kvery train coming Into Rock ford In
the past few days ha been watched by
a crowd of small boy who ran to the
platform, pushing each other aside a
if their live depended upon being the
llrst to board the train. When the pa
smger dropjs-d off one by one- the
youngst mrut ini-eed them with dis
criminating eyes, passing the women by
nd the old men and the hoy, but
hailed each passenger who gave any evi
dence of la-ing a commercial traveler
with a jargon of words in which "Xthra
gMMl cliitliew" and "Kdcrbeiiiicr' were
most plainly heard.
A representative group of Isiy a
at the Milwaukee depot last evening
alien the nYJO train pulled in. Most of
t'leiil were on the depot side of the train
the rest and lay in wait on the op
posite side. When a big man looking
something like doe S'hmauss tried to
sni-uk olT the train the youngsters,
stammering ith excitement, jerked out
the words: "You are from Kdcrhelmer,
Stein A Co., and sell Xtragood clot has."
And -lis-, for it was he said, "Hight you
are, my 1iy ; the snit of clothes is
yours."
The youth who had read V. F, Henry's
ad in the Star and in the show windows
was Arthur llutterworlh, son of a former
Alderniun and Mrs, W. ('. Huttei worth,
residing on North Main Street. A hap
pier boy than he could not have lieen
found in Ilockford hist evening. It was
a triumph of SherKsk Holmes detec
tive work.
Mr. Schmauss said last evening to a
representative of thn Star that this ad
vertising scheme haa been in use by the
company for several months and has
proved remarkiibly successful, especial
ly in the smaller towns where there are
fewer railroads and more chance's of be
ing in the right place at the right time.
It is modeled on tho "Raffles" idea which
is Iteing worked successfully in many
ciliea of the country,'
The drummer representing the milk
ers of the Xtragood cleabea for boys will j
l in Astoria soon to show his spring
line to Herman Wise. The Isiy who first 1
locates him in Astoria will receive a 1
flue suit of clothes at the expense of the !
manufacturers, who have adopted this !
method to advertise this famous line
of clothing. 1
H II HI J PV
Just received a shipment of
Sweet Apple Cider
Try package of
TRISCLIT
the shredded whole wheat craoker, they
am delicious.
Only a few more boies of thoao fancy
Waxen Apples J
65c per Dox
4ST0RIAGR0CERY
123 Commercial 81
Phono Mala) Ml
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LADIES !
D0NT FAIL TO ATTIND TBI CRXAT
Millinery Sale
at
THE FAIR
Star Theatre, building. Too tttlrt
Stock Must Bo Sold by November 10th.
MRS. A. JALOrr, Prop.
TBE LEADING MILLINERY.
6tar Theatre Bldg. Astoria, Ore.
WE SELL
B0ES FOR CHILDREN.
HOES FOR iMEN,
s
B0ES FOR LADIES,
A Complete Line of Rubber Goods.
The Ball Band Brand
A Few of our Leaden Art:
THE W. J. DOUGLAS SHOE, and tho
STILS0N SHOE, for Lotzera.
S. A. GIMRE,
543 Bond Street 0pp. Ross Hifgins A; Co.
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