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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1905)
THE MORNING AS TOMAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. FRIDAY, HOVKMBIB 17, 1905. LIVELY SEA BUDGET Senator Enters Upon the Portland San Francisco Run. money on the table in his cabin. IV Itectivea are working on the case, but up to a late hour yeterdy had not found the robber. The skippers nay -the thief must have been thoroughly fa miliar with the vessel and the habit of the officer and crew. KING FOG RULES ALL HANDS Lott of Vessels Due Down from Port land and in from Sea Local Steamer! Making Fair Time T. J. Potter Meets With a Mishap. Old Junk Sold. Ilids wers opened in Major Rockier office at Portland yesterdsy for a lot of junk and condenmed lioiler and en gine belonging to the Government mooring opposite. St. John, Fort Stev en and Cascade Lock. The property was divided into seven mparate lots, and bids were accepted on ajl of them except the one marked ''No. T," consist ing of seven engines, one boiler and one hydraulic ram. The highest bid made for this lotwa fclJWO, by John Kier nan, of Portland. The steamship Senator, after combat-1 Time-Ciller Indeed. ting the dense, fog on both sides of the: Captain Thomas, of the Euphrosyne. bar for 24 hours, reached the O. R. & N.'now in Portland was undoubtedly right tembrr 8 on Coos Ray bar, and who is now in San Francisco, has appealed to Supervising Inspector John Bcrmingham from the decision of the United States local insectors, llolle and Bulger, sus pending his license a master for six month. In hi application Captain Thompson refers to the fact that the license of Captain ZaddaiL of the steamship Santa Barbara, waa suspend ed for onlv three months. He contends that Captain ZadJart waa a much to blame for stranding the Santa HarWa as he waa for stranding the Kilburn. and he allege that the damage done to the Santa Barbara was much greater thas that done to the Kilburn. Where fore he pray tha he may be given what he consider to !e a square deal. pier yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. She had a mall passenger list, and a fair manifest of freight The Senator is a sister-ship to the St. Paul, recently wrecked at Punta Gorda: their dimen sions of length, width and depth being precisely the same, length, 2S0 feet; width, 38.1 feet; depth, 19.6 feet. The Senator is 31 tons the lightest on net measurement, being of 1833 tons to the St Paul'a 1806; the latter carried CI in her crew while the Senator has 70. They both carried indicated horse-pow- j er of 1800, and both were built in San j rranasco in tss'S. ine Senator is a splendid ship and will run opposite to the Columbia, in the service of the San Francisco-Portland Steamship Com pany. She will be back here, on her San Francisco voyage on Saturday mornig next Wharf Rats Busy. Xhe wharf rata of Portland who have been annoying wharf owners with their petty stealing of goods left on the docks survey was made in September, 1905, when he laid .the blame for the slow time he mad coining up from San Francisco to the condition of the ves sel's bottom. Few ship have ever re vealed the condition shown on the Eu phrosyne when placed in drydock yes terday. Barnacles and grass from six to eight inches deep covered her entire bottom. Over 12 ton of the growth were taken off the ship, and had to be carried awav. so large a pile was there. Navigators say that they would not have believed such a condition possible. A cample of the growth was taken to Tavlor. Young 4 Co.'s, where it has been viewed with euriouitv by many people. Notice to Mariners. Commander U C. Heitner has Issued the following: "Clatsop Spit buoy No. 8, a red first class nun, ut adrift, tMoU-r 30 by,a shot from Fort Stevens, Oregon, was replaced November 1. Oh Novem ber 6 the buoy wa found out of Hi tion and replaced' the same day." Bonner IVrry, on the Kootenai river, to inspect the steamer Errand Boy. The barkentinc Portland did not leave down from Portland, Wednesday! as scheduled, on account of the fog. She wa to have gone down with the Mary Winktcman, but owing to the condition the risk' wa considered too groat The Portland carried MO.OO0 feet of lumber for San Francisco, The French ship Duchess l)u Barry lying at San Francisco, i reported char tered for the Sound to load for F.uroje. No name were given out, but the rate is announced at 2tl 3d, The shin I of 2lt tons, net register. The steamer W. II. Kruger will sail Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Portland, instead of Friday. Kxtra cargo caused the otonemciit of Uie start BETWEEN ICEBERG Young Northern Explorer Nar rowly Escapes Death. COMRADE SAVES HIS UEE Work for Heather. The report of the engineers engaged in surveying the new rock discovered on the south side of the entrance to Rodman's Bay, Parallel Straits, has been filed with Commander Ileilner. The rock wa discovered in 1003, and the over night, are getang bolder. Tbey entered the cabins of the barkentine Portland and schooner Virginia at In man, Poulsen's mill- Wednesday nijjlit and stold 180 in eoinl from Captain Chirk, of the former, and a valuable watch and chain from Captain Milsonn, of the schooner. The robberies occur red after 11 o'clock, as Captain Clark retired at 10:30 o'clock and left his by the coast survey steamer Oedney. According to the survey the rock is only six feet under the surface of low water. A buoy will be placed at that point by the tender Ileather on her next trip North. Want Square Treatment. Captain A. Thompson, of the steamer F. A. Kilburn, which was stranded Sep- ggaMgM J Gre I Great Collection I of Children's Dainty Made FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Ocean, bay 'and river men are talking nothing but fog. It i something ex traordinary, not so much as to density, which is heavy enough, but as to terri tory covered and the length of its stay. The whole const for over W miles in- hind. hn been subject to thi fog for the lat !HI hours, ami at midnight U4 night, it was as dens a ever. All ma rine schedules are knocked endwise and cannot be resumed until it lifts. The handome steamer T. J. Potter on her way to I'orHnnd day l'fore yesterday, stuck her nose in tlie sand near St. Helens and did not reach her Porrlopid berfJi until yet-tenlay a 3 o'clock a. She left down for As toria lust evening and will be here in due time this mornig, if she doesn't re- epat the action in the still heavy fog. If Captain Anderson's new little daugh ter is responsible for such doing she'd The French bark Vanhan ha cleared at the custom house at Portland, with lOOtfaJ bushels of wheat, valued at $7t..Vm. She sails to (Jueenstown for order. Clifford Hamilton Easton Mounts Ice berg, Which Breaks and Precipitates Him Into the Water Saved from Watery Crave by Comraite. New York, Nov. 1(1. Word wa re cWvrd in this city yesterday that f'lif ford Hamilton Huston, the young Italti more student, who i I a It 011 Wallace' sole com pun inn now in the remote le gion of laihrador, narrowly rcapn drowning off Ihe coast of St. Johrot, N F. U. W. Itichard, the young Colum- The st mer F.ureVa will ail today jhia student, who left th expedition and frimi Portland, foe San Francisco with a cargo of wheat amounting to 21MN) ton. She will also have a full passeng er lit. 1 Fog permit ting, the steamship Oly tu ple will m down from Portland today, en route, to San Francisco and Is An geles. She will disk at the Cnlletider pier for a heavy line of freight. The l.urline made it on good time from Portland last ulgliHj and went Imck at It o'clock with a good wad of freight and several passenger. Sella More of Chamberlain's Couth Remedy Than of All Others Put Together. Mr. Thos. ieorge, a merchant at Mt. Elgin, Ontario, sayst "I have had the loyal agency for Charuberlalifs Cough Remedy ever since it wss introduced in to Canada, and I sell as much of it as better hurry out of her babyhood end 1 1 do all other lines I have on my shelve take a hand in .regulating her Dad's big put together. Of the many downs sold steamboat. under ruarantee. I have not had one bottle returned. I can personally recom mend this medicine as I have used it myself and given it to my children and always with the best results." For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggist. JUST RECEIVED Al OTHERS who are now busily engaged with preparing for Xmas and haven't the time to devote to the work of making the chil dren's clothes will wel come this announcement. BRING along the girls mothers, we can fit any size from 6 to 14 years of age and fit them with a style that will please them at a price that will you. please THE FOARD & STOKES CO. WHERI THI ITEW THUGS ARE FIRST INTRODUCED. The steamer TelegTaph came down yesterday on gsd time, none the worse for her tie-up on the hard sand of the Willamette Tuesday and her collision with the l.urline on Monday. One of the best and oldest captain on this river and its bar, said yesterday, that the Columbia liar wa about as nasty, for a few hour in the afternoon, a he hwl, ever seen.it, in. windless wea ther. He said the steamer Whit tier, wheih crossed out about 1 o'chsk p. in., was a sight going over; that alio seemed to stand on ber Very stern post a, the heavy Pacific swell swung her into the air, and looked like a "hell-diver'' going for tom-cod, when she reversed her self. It made this old salt feel a bit thankful that nothing called him down there in the way of business. 1 1 The steamer Alliance, for F.ureka, bar 0 bound here since Tuesday night, came up from the lower bay, yesterday, to the Callender dock, for fresh; water. She then returned to the bar, and in company with tlie oil-tanker Atlas, crossed out at 1:'V, in a thundoring smudge of breaking water on the bnr. They weathered it all right and went South on the smooth sea beyond. For a brief half hour yesterday, shortly after noon, tlie blamed fog lift ed, and there were two sipiiire-riggcr in view on the Pacific horizon; a four masted ship, supposed by those versed in rig and sailing dates, to be the l!riti"h ship Falls of IVe, days out from Hamburg, Captain Doty in command; and a three-masted ship, accounted the British ship Eskasoni, 170 days out from Antwerp, Captain Townscnd on the bridge. Both conjecture may be wrong, but they are made by men who know the cut and style of both vessels, and the presumption is in favor of the cor rectness of their guesses. For' four day the fog whistle of the lightship No. 67, off the Columbia river bar, has been shreiking it fog warnings to passing and hovering vessel. The tom-codder and the seagulls were doing most of the business on the waterfront yestenfla. Thid. wasn't' much for anyone else to do. The fog put a stopper on most of the long dis tance traflic, but the tom-cod were schooling" in great shape and the A toria Ikey Newton's wjere out in great number. It's a poor day in Astoria that isn't good for something. J X5fe, iJU BEElflJfnVE Steamboat Inspector Edwards and Fuller have returned from Coos Bay, tfe Coquille river and L'mpqua river to Portland, where they inspected- 20 steamers. After inspecting the Lillian B., the inspectors leave tomorrow for Special i a Sale of Ladies Wool Shirtwaists For This Week All colors. All wool Albatross $3.70 to $3.20. Alapscas, $3.00 to $2.60 Fancy weaves $2.20 to 2.00 $1.95 to $1.50 i now on hi way home, saved Kaston' life. Thi fact i corroborated by young Kaston father, Roliert T. H. KnsUm, an attorney here. When they were about two day out of St. John, the pnrty saw a huge h. Is-rg outlined against Ihe sky. r'sitoii burning for excitement, jumped into a skilf and pulled against the tide. He wa determined to see a real lleig at close ((waiters, ami bent every muscle to reach it Several time hi skiff wa whirled arotlud by the current, but he turned against it again and wa tost to view for more than a quarter of an hour. Wallace ordered the vessel turned b' ward the Iceberg, and five minute later with the aid of glasses they U-lield Kaston on top of the huge iccls-rg. Hie party at first Mievcd the ice mountain to Is solid, but they soon aw Kaston raising a distress signal. Tlii- next moment the icelierg split in two, Katon slipped into the middle and wa lost to sight' Kaston' father sav: Young Mr. Itichard saved my son's life. He jUUiHd into a skiff, dodged the lloating ice and pushel his Umt right to the middle of the collapsed Iceberg, He wa in danger of (sing crushed at any moment. My son wa then strug gling In the water, lull, Itichard hauled him into the Ixmt." PEBSOlfAL Minnow - Mi M. K. Mcfree returned front a Portland visit on last night's express. A. King Wilson, a well known Port land attorney was in the city jester day . J. W, tJrlflln wss a homing psengrr from Portlsnd on the 10:33 train la-t nltfit. II. M. HransforiL of South Bend, earn down fnun Portland, via the A. A C. evpre. last evenlg. Ml ,la n I Palmer, relumed from a year's sojourn at Helena, Montana, on lat night's .rxpra from Portland. A. It, Miller, who ha been visiting hi broUwr, 11. J. Miller, returned to hia home in tiranHe Fall, yestenkiy morning. I Hoy Tucker, traveling pas-engrr agent for the tireat Northern railway waa business visitor In Astoria ye. ten-day. (eorgc W, larner, immigrant inect. r at AaUirla, returned from a ten day' vacation and ry'ifted charge of the lo cal immigration station. Link C. Burton, deputy fih warden of the Stale of Washington, rame down on at nfglit' expr from Portland, lie ha just made an ofliclal trip to Wa h ngton coast poiut m tlie interest of I service. .1. H. Peterson, late of St. Paul, and recently from Oakland, Califuraia, the father of A. K. Peterson, the genu! pio- rletor of tlie Occident barber shop, ha arrived in the city, and will make hi future home in the City by-the-Sea, fol lowing the same line of buslnesa as, and with, hi son. BECAUSE HE HAD MONET Man Arrested in Chicago Hotel Labor log Under Delusion. Chicago. Nov. 10. A man giving the name of John Carlon, 05 years old, liv ing at Morris, ill.,' wa arrested rarly today after the police had been notified by the manager of the Congress hotel,' 271 Clark street Carlon, who asserts he is a cattle buyer, when taken to .tin station was- sentchod.t and in hia po-r-feion the policif found chr)k and cash to tlie amount of $47,270. '' Carhm entered the hotel last night and was assigned a room, hu( remained in the rending room, muttering to him self and pining the flisir. The clerk attempted to quiet him but was unsiic- ssful. Carlon was under the delusion that he was in Morris and asserted Uiaf he. had In-cii arrested by a Morris mi liceinan. When asked what had caused his arrest he said .lie la-lieved.it wa U'cause he hud money. At the station later Carlon said he wa a entile Imycr anl had Is-en in Chicago tu dav selling cattle arid making some purchase. The Astoria Restaurant. GOOD, CLEAN MEALS EXCELLENT SERVICE OPtN All NIGHT 399 Uond St., cor. Ninth We have the "Black Cat nose, ev ery boys mother's friend. A reduction of J5 per cent, on all suits and alterations made without charge BEE o HIVE Cured Consumption. Mrs. B. W. Evans, Clearwater, Kans., writes: "My husband lay sick for three months. The doctors said thst he had quick consumption. We procured a bottle of Ballard's Horehound Syrup, and it cured him. That was six years ago. Since then we have always kept a bottle in the house. We cannot do without it For coughts and colds it has no equal." 25c, 60c, and $1.00. Sold by Hart's drug store. Accordion. Sunburst and Knife Pleating To ...Order v V 8TIAM PROCESS. ; IJ pot Iron. 1 . Xe Bitting of Ceda. lMlss O. Gould EJghth"' Ploer, '-Mtrtum , Ba&ilaK. 7mtuhd. Prompt and Cartfa) AttenUot pivei ' to ail Out-of-Town Order. A Fine Display of Cloisone Vases Ranging hi price from ANOTHER BLOODLESS DUEL. .Sydney, N. S., Nov. 18. News resch ed here from St. Pierre, Miuuelon, yea terday that a duel was recently fought between Loul l,egaa and M. Caperon, a former chief justice of the island. The weapons used are said to have been pistols and the distance forty-it vie paces. Neither was Injured. The duel was the result of sh old election feud. A Diaaitroo Calamity.' It is a disasterous calamity, whea you loss your heslth, Mcausei indigestion and consumption have snapped It away. Prompt relief can be had In Dr. King's New Life Tills. The build up your di gestive organs, and cure headcahe, dis tiness, colic, constipation, t. Guaran teed at Charles Rogers' Drag storsj 25o. t) .' r . m $1.25 to $2.00 I can be seen at the n Yokohama Bazar Q IJ8:Commerelal Street, Aitorl H I mmm That's what the The Ball Band Brand goods are made fromu and we carry complete line, too. .t jUsp'. th'. best la ladle, men and children shoes. s. A. gimr, j 543 feond Street Opp. So HIin &Co. ; ; ' ' 7 '