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ASTORIA, OREGON:
MAY IT. 18S9.
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iHers the largest circulation of any newspa
per published on the Colombia rlTer.
Telegraphic news on first page.
A light run of fish is still reported.
Terpsichorean social at Pythian
castle to-night
The Alaskan disaster was the sole
topic ou the streets yesterday after
noon. The British bark Brandon, from
Panama via Esquimalt, arrived yes
terday. The schooner Maid of Orleans ia
on the way down with six cars for the
Ilwaco railroad.
The closing exercises at Miss
Emma Warren's private school will be
at 2 p. M. to-day.
No more upper town stages, con
necting or otherwise. Beginning to
day the cars go right along.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church had a pleasing entertainment
at Liberty hall last evening, which was
well attended.
The steamer Columbia arrived from
San Francisco at noon yesterday with
a large passenger list for Portland
and 80 tons of freight for Astoria.
Princeton college, New Jersey, will
this summer send a scientific expedi
tion to Oregon to collect fossils. Don't
run. They won't be here 'til August.
At 11 o'clock on Saturday morning
B. S. AVorsley will dispose of a full
restaurant outfit, and a large assort
ment of general merchandise at his
sales room.
The government steamer Gen.
Wright got a rope in her wheel yes
terday morning disabling her. She
was beached at high water and the
rope removed.
Mrs. Capt. Hiram Brown and Mrs.
C. H. Page returned on the Columbia
yesterday from an extended trip to
California. Mrs. Brown h much im
proved in health.
Messrs. Moore and Warden are go
ing to start a paper at Hoquiam,
Gray's harbor. Two other news
paper men are going to start another
newspaper at Tillamook.
The steamers Gen. Miles and A. J3.
Field attempted to go to sea yester
day; the former for Gray's harbor and
the latter for Tillamook, but owing
to the rough bar returned
The Clara ParJ;er arrived down
last evening from Klaskanino with
2,000 ties for the Astoria and South
Coast railway company. She will take
them down to Skipanon this morning.
A Taeonia man named William
Whalon, who was worth about $40,000
was found dead in bed last Tuesday
morning in that city. It ia thought
that he died from the effects of strong
annk.
Capt J. W. Brown, of the trovern-
ment steamer Gen. Wright, received
a telegram yesterday from Portland
to bring up the Wright and take
charge of the new government boat,
Col. Mendel.
Tho horse attached to car No. 1 ot
the street car line had a little circus of
his own at upper Astoria yesterday
afternoon. He got loose from the car
and ran away, being captnred with no
resultant damage.
Superintendent Tliielsen, of the A.
& S. C. railway, has let the contract
for grading from Skipanon creek to
the west shore of Young's bay to Chas.
H. JSwing, distance two miles, work
to begin at once.
"I have no cold water to throw on
the project nor water warm enough
to thaw the ice," is what a large As
toria property holder told the rail
road committee yesterday when re
fusing to take any stock.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the A. & S. C. E,R. held yesterday, in
the ohamber ot commerce rooms, it
was unanimously agreed to raise the
capital stock to 3500,000, a majority
ot the stock being represented and
voted.
Last evening about 7:30 o.clock
while Sherman & Ward's stableman
was riding a big black horse and when
near Elmore & Sanborn's office it sud
denly reared, throwing the young man
to the ground, he fortunately escaping
injury.
TheBteamer State of California
sailed for San Francisco with the fol
lowing freight from Asteria: 9,668 ft
lumber, 1,995 bdls shooks and 129 ska
oysters. On her way down she was
instructed to keep a sharp lookout for
the missing boats of the illfated Al
askan.
To-day is the anniversary of Nor
wegian independence. From 1397 to
1814' it was a dependence of Denmark.
In the latter year tho Danes at
tempted to cede it, when the Norwe
gians protested, and 75 years ago, to
day, secured a constitution and an
independent form ot government
The captain ot the British bark
Brandon, which arrived in yesterday
afternoon, reports that ho felt last
Monday afternoon, the hurricane which
proved so disastrous to the steel
steamer Alaskan. Other marine cas
ualties may be reported later on. as
the path of that serial disturbance was
a wide one.
Will Vang, of boat No. 59, of the
Eagle Canning Co., had a tussle with
a sea-lion whiio in his boat off the bell
buoy yesterday morning. The brute
made three several attempts to get
into the boat, and only gave up after
receiving four shots. The carcass lies
on the cannery dock and looks as if it
would weigh about 600 pounds.
General Adna Anderson, formerly
second vice president and chief en
gineer Northern Pacific railroad, com
mitted suicide in Philadelphia last
Wednesday, by shooting himself
through the head. He will be remem
bered by several of our citizens who
had a railroad conference with him at
the Occident hotel, March 5th, 1887.
The Benton Leader says: "Albany
is raising S1.000 to advertise that city
in the east If she will spend about
one hundred dollars in putting a small
advertisement in the principal weekly
papers of the western states for a few
weeks, nnd give her local papers the
balance of the thousand dollars, she
will be putting her money where it
will do the most good.''
SheriffSmall, of Albany, while about
to lock the prisoners in their cells as
usual last Monday night, was over
powered by two of them, Jos. Bow
man, a bank.robber, and John Weber,
a petty burglar. The sheriff was bound
in the corridor and the prisoners
escaped. He was released in a short
time and started in pursuit. Weber
was recaptured, but they could find
no trace of Bowman.
William Whitford, of Gray's river,
lost three sheep last Friday night; it
was supposed to be a wild cat that
killed them. T. S. Barr, hearing of it
in the morning, shouldered his rifle,
and accompanied by Mr. Whitford,
started for the scene of the action.
They did not go far before the dog
treed a panther. Mr. Barr, with un
erring aim, brought the panther to the
ground. It measured six feet from
tip to tip.
A sad caso was brought to our at
tention yesterday in the person of
Mrs. A. W. Johnson, of Wahkiakum
Co., who is in a delicate state of health
and who was brought to the city to
escape the cruel treatment of her hus
band, who, it is claimed, has threaten
ed the lives of her and their chidren.
He was charged with insanity some
time ago, but was released, and the
county declines to have anything fur
ther to do with the matter. It is a
case appealing to the charity of our
citizens.
Alittlo argument: Anythinif that
helps Astoria, helps an Astoria insti
tution that depends upon Astoria s
prosperity. The Astoria building and
loan association depends for success
upon Astoria's prosperity. The com
pletion of tne Astoria and South
Coast road will help Astoria's pros
perity. Thereore, the Astoria build
ing and loan association, a prosperous
and praise-worthy institution, should
take say, 35,000 in stock in the Asto
ria and South Coast road. Is the ar
gument defective?
Arrangements have been made to
have all the pupils of the public
schools attend the electric clock exhi
bition next Saturday afternoon. Tick
ets will be distributed at the schools
to-day that will admit all pupils at a
reduced price ot admission, 10 cents.
A lesson in astronomy, horology and
electricity will, be given. A grand
tour around tha world with the stere-
opticon. The floating .head illusion
and the miniature gleS3 works and
Jkjr. and Mrs. Punch will be special
matures, it win oe a rare neat to tne
little folks.
Ketnrns from Tuesday's election for
delegates in the' 18th Washington
territory district in addition to those
previously given, nre as follews: Wah
kiakum ceunty: Cathlamet, Burke,
43, Fvowen, 40, Whealdon, 81, Van
Name, 36: Skaraokawa. Burke, 27,
Bowen, 91, Whealdon, 2, VanName,
64: Brookfield, Burke, 17, Bowen, 17:
Cowlitz Co. : Kalama, Burke, 29, Bowen,
36, Whealdon, 35, VanName, 3a Pacific
Co., Oysterville: Burke, 16, Bowen, lb,
Whealdon, 16, VanName, 11. Total,
so far as heard frem: Burke, 209,
Bowen, 282, Whealdon, 100, VanName,
155.
How people Jive in New York is a
subject of general' interest, and it is
fully treated of, from the lowest hov
els to the palaces on Fifth avenue, in
a beautifully illustrated article in
Demorest's Monthly Magazine for
June. It takes you, by way of illus
trations and descriptions, from the
squalor of the five-cent lodging houses.
through the various phases of life to
the gorgeous modern flats and the
palatial homes of the Astors and Yan
derbilts. In this number is found
also "Amusements in. Japan," which,
differing so radically from our amuse
ments, are amusing to read about, es
pecially as the article is so finely illus
trated. "How to form a Club," by
"Jennie June," is necessarily well
written, and in a chatty way gives
much good advice. There are nu
merous other interesting articles and
amusing stones, and a full-page water
color ot "Water-Lilies" is well worth
framing. It is a beautiful number
and will no doubt have an immense
sale. Published by W. Jennings
Demorest, 15 East 14th street, New
York.
Tender, Juicy Steal! at Jeff's.
Coffee and cake, ten cents, at the
Central Restaurant
Meals Cooked to order.
Private rooms for ladles and families:
at Central Itestaurant, next to Foard &
Stokes'.
o to Jeff's for Oysters.
AN AWFUL DISASTER.
WRECK OF THE "ALASKAN."
Eighteen MilesSouth of CapeBlanco
Deplorable Loss of Human Life.
Statements of Three of the Survivors.
The Bide-wheel, steel steamer Alas
lean belonging to the O. B. & N. Co.,
broke and went to pieces in a storm
eighteen miles south ot Cape Blanco
at 2:30 last Monday morning, and
several lives were lost
Following are the particulars.
Immadiatelv nnon the arrival ot the
steamer Columbia from San Francis
co at 11:45 yesterday morning, news
quickly Bpread that the Alaskan was
lost and the survivors were aboard the
Columbia.
The first nathentic statement was
received from-1 quartermaster J.. W.
Brown who came to The AstobtaX of
fice at noon. He Baid:
The weather was fair until Sunday
morning when the wind blew with
terriflo force. Sunday afternoon a
terrible hole was made oft, just for
ward of "the rudder, and the sea
poured in. Over 82,000 worth of
blankets and bedding were stuffed in,
but you might as well have spit in the
hole. The water had every thing its
own way, and there was no doing any
thing."
"About two o'clock the next (Mon
day) morning, the storm was the
werst: the vessel had been laboring
heavily all night, and as she lifted on
a tremendous wave
SHB SNAPPED IN TWO
In the middle, .then parted. Just be
fore there was a cry of all hands on
deck, the vessel was sinking and the
officers had to go down in the hold
and bring up at the point, ot a pistol
some of the men who were so badly
frightened that they could scarcely
walk.
"When the final crash came I ran
up on the rigging and got over on the
pilot house. Three boats and a life
raft put off tossine on the . water, full
of men. I saw-second officer Weeks
and a sailor go into the forecastle and
they weren't 8en again; I saw Al
Rahls, the steward, drown, and ohiet
engineer Swains drown. I clung to
where I was for sixteen hours, and
after tossing about a good deal, was
taken on board'the tug Vigilant and
from there to- the steamer Co
lumbia, and ' so here. Those
who were saved are Captain
Howes, pilot Geo. Wood, myself, O'.
Graham, Foley and Unde'rman, (two
stoaways) Barney Bertrand. Walfred
Johnson, and another man, eight al
together.
"We neither saw nor heard of the
others, but I think they must have
been drowned. - We couldn't have
lasted much longer if the tug "hadn't
come along.
THE EXHAUSTED 8DBVIV0RS.
When the Columbia reached her
dock yesterday noon the terrible con
dition ot Capt Howes, pilot Wood and
the other men showed plainer than
words could tell the dreadful exper
ience through which they had just
passed. -
They could barely get ashore from
the vessel and after a hearty expres
sion of congratulations at their mirac
ulous escape and regrets for the sad
fate ot so many of their comrades they
left at one o'clock on the Columbia
on her way to Portland.
PILOT WOOD'S STOBT.
Though terribly exhausted, and
scarcely able to speak, Pilot Wood
gave a representative oi the asto
man the following account ot the dis
aster. uWe left Astoria at 11 Saturday
morning, the 11th inst, crossed the
bar and headed south in good shape,
the ship behaving well: we had a
tolerably pleasant trip, though rough,
till four o'clock Sunday afternoon,
when a terrible hurricane came up and
the vessel was found to be making
water fast, there soon being consider
able water in the hold. The men who
were firing were standing in the
water from that time on till the water
rose so high as to put the fires out,
In the meantime the storm getting
worse.-- The wind was dead ahead
and blew with tremendous; force, ' the
waves running high, and the outlook
very gloomy. .
"It -Was evident as tho night wore
on that there was no change ot saving
tne snip. J called Uapt. jiiowes at
tention to the advisability ot trying
to save himself "and the- crew. He
agreed with me as to the hopelessness
of the caso and suggested that I do
all I could to get the men into the
boats. As for him he was going to
STAND BY. THE SHIP.
Accordingly I got the three boats
down from the davits all right, and
oft to the stern of, the vessel, and got
as many as possible aft 'X explained to
the men that our only hope was to get
into the boats arid try to keep afloat
till we were picked up or could make
Bhore, and told them the best way to
do was to slip down hand over hand
on the painter. --"We can't go down
that way," said ene: "Your go ahead
and show us how you ore going to
get down that way; it's sure drown
ing," said another. Accordingly I
went down and four after me the
same way. Before I left I told Howes
I would stay by.
Just before I went down over tho
painter I saw the second officer Sey
mmi TVmlra lio aaii? TXTw1 T nv rrs.
ing to take to the life raft' Better not,
I said; better take a boat
As soon as I got into the boat with
the four who followed me. a poor fel
low they called Dutch George called
out to me from the ship: 'Wood take
me too.'
The day before the vessel had given
a lurch and threw this man whose
name was Geo. Shurman, against the
walking beam and broke his leg. It
was a fearful sight; it was broke just
above the ankle, the bone crushed,
and the toot banging on by the mus
oles and skin. His foot was cut off,
and the stamp bound up. The men
aboard, in answer to his earnest re
quest flung him into the sea.He struok
out and with astonishing grit. He
swam toward me and I pulled him in
to the boat, and set his stump into a
keg and bed it so the salt water
couldn't beat on it
"Then I took two of the oars and
made a drag of them to keep the boat's
head to the wind. The moon was
ahinine dimly through the clouds and
I could see that many of the crew had
piled pell mell into the boats and were
pulling away."
"Wo had no provisions of course, ex
cept a few crackers and no water: we
were in that boat for all those weary
hours, and to my dying day I can
never forget "that terrible experience.
I am too exhausted to describe these
things in detail."
"I stood by 'till dawn that morning,
and as soon as things got plain
enough to see I looked and , looked,
but could see no trace of the vessel."
"The first I saw of Captain Howes
again was just as the tug Vigilant -was
coming up to take us off. He was
sitting on a sort of float, the water up
above his knees and his back toward
me. The men on the tug shouted to
h'rri to get into the boat and then he
turned and saw me. I got alongside,
got him into the boat and shortly
afterwards we all got on the tug, more
dead than alive. We steamed slowly
along. George Shurman, the man
with the foot cut off, died soon after
we got aboard."
"We made Tillamook rock at eight
o'clock last night, when we lay to for
the Columbia to which we transferred
this morning, and here we are; thank
God."
OAPT. HOWES' STATEMENT.
Capt Howes, who had charge of the
vessel, was next interviewed. So far
as hardship and exposure went he had
about as tough a bit of experience as
any of them.
Ho stood by his ship till the very
last: staid there with his hand on tho
wheel, with the storm sounding in
his ears and the spray dashing over
him, and death staring him in tho
face, till the vessel broke in two and
sank in the sea. He sank too.
"I don't know how far I went down."
said he to an Astobian reporter
on the U. II. & a. dock as he
landed from the Columbia yes
terday noon, "but I know I held on to
something and wnen 1 came to tne
surface of the water, I got hold of a
bit of the upper deck, where I built a
sort of a float The chief engineer
Swains got on with me, and we hung
together though nearly drowned. As
day broke we picked up boards that
tossed by, and I reached and got a
ladder on which Staims and I crept
and kept alive. When the vessel broke
and went down I saw three others get
on another float, and three more get
on the wheelhouse. Wo never again
saw the three poor fellows that were
on the float, but shortly after sunrise
we saw the wheel house with two of
the men still on it Staims said: 'I
guess Til go there.' You'll drown, I
told him, but he struck out, saying
its dryer with them' than it is here, so
ril try it' With that ho struck out.
I never saw him again, but the men
on the wheelhouse said he didn't make
it, hut was swept past .them byr- a big
sea. As he went past they tried to
reach him, but were too exhausted,
and he looked sideways at them as he
disappeared.
"I do not think it probable that the
others who are still missing are
saved."
It was useless to attempt further
interviewing of either Capt. Howes or
pilot Wood, as they were thoroughly
broken down and spoke with great ef
fort All those who were aboard were tel
egraphed for by the O. K. &N. author
ities in Portland and went up, though
Messrs. Howes and Wood were very
sick men and needed rest and refresh
ment more than further travel.
Concluded on Second Page.
Eupepsr.
This Is what you ought to hove, in
fact, yon must nave it, to fully enjoy
life, Thousands are searching for it
daily, and mourning because they find
it not Thousands upon thousands of
dollars are spent annually by our peo
ple in the hope that they may. attain
this boon. And vet It inav be had bv
all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters,
if used according to directions and the
use persisted In, will bring you Good
Digestion and oust the demon dyspep
sia and instead Eupepsy. We recom
mend .Electric miters lor uyspepsia
and all diseases of Liver, Stomach and
Kidneys. Sold at BOc. and 81.00 per bot
tle by J. W. Conn, Druggist
Wclahard's Beer.
Aud Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa
loon, 5 cents.
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Combines the juice of the Blue Figs of
California, so laxative and nutritious,
with tho medicinal virtues of plants
known to be most beneficial to the
human system, forming the ONLY PER
FECT REMEDY to act gently yet
promptly on the
KIDHEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS
AMD TO
CteansetuB System Effectually,
SO THAT
PURE BLOOD,
REFRESHING SLEEP,
HEALTH and STRENGTH
Naturally follow. Every one is using it
nnd all are delighted with it. Ask your
druggist for SYRUP OF FIGS. Man
factored only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.,
Sax Fkancisco, Cai.
LgtJHYiUI , Kr. NW Yoxs, N.
White Goods Department ! !
New and Seasonable Goods
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India Linens,
Venetian Stripes,
French Lawns,
Margate Piques,
Figured Piques,
Persian Lawns,
Cable Cords,
French Batiste,
Checked Swiss.
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Leading Dry Goods and Clothing
A 1-4 Section
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Timber Land
Is much harder to Ret than
a chance in
Lot No. 2, Block No. 43,
Shively's Astoria.
To secure the former you
Must first locate your
claim, file on it
and pay
$500. Gold Coin!
While you need simply to
buy $10 worth of goods of
HERMAN WISE in order
to get a chance in the lot;
and what will please you
more, I can show you such
an immense assortment of
Pretty Things
And sell them to you so low
that yon will he wondering
why you haven't put on a
little more style long ago.
I profit by the mistakes of
my high priced clothing
friends, profiting by the
great amount of goods I sell
rather than by holding fast
to high prices; while you
will profit by trading with a
man who believes in quick
sales and small profits.
HERMAN WISE,
The reliable dealer in
Clothing, Hats, Furnishing
Goods, Boots, Shoes, etc.
Occident Hotel Building.
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Seaside Boarding.
Parties desiring Good Board and Clean,
Comfortable Lodging at Reasonable
Terms, can be accommodated at
Mrs. May Ross' Private Boarding
House,
Three blocks below Grimes' Bridge, Sea
side, Oregon.
Astoria Gallery.
FOR THE BEST
PHOTOS, TINTYPES
Or any Kind of Photographic Work,
Call at the
ASTORIA GALLERY,
Good Work and Reasonable Prices
Guaranteed.
Misses C. &. Z. CARRUTHERS,
(Successors to H. S. Sinister.)
John 0. Dement.
DRUCCIST.
Successor to W. E. Dement & Co.
Carries Complete Stocks of
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries.
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.
I Agent for
Mexioan Salve and
Norwegian File Cure
Prices of Lumber.
On and after this date, until further no
tice, we will furnish lumber at the Mill, at
mo luuowing prices :
Rough Lumber...............$ 8 per M ft.
Flooring and Rustic .?15 " "
WEST SHORE MILLS.
J.C.TRULLINUER,
Proprietor.
Astoria, April 10, '9.
Net Floats
IN LOTS TO SUIT AND OF THE
BEST QUALITY,
At WILSON & FISHER'S
COOPER
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French Danity,
Corded Piques,
EnglishNamsook
Victoria Lawns,
Ferdinand Cloth,
Indian Demity,
Bishops Lawn,
Welt Pique,
Embroidered Swiss.
House of Astoria.
Morgan & Sherman
GROCERS
And Dealers in
Caieryjiilies!
Special Attention Given to Filling
Of Orders.
A FULL LINE CARRIED
And Supplies furnished at Satis
factory Terms.
Purchases delivered in any part ot the city.
Office and Warehouse
In Hume's New Building on Water Street.
P. O. Box 153. Telephone No. 37.
ASTORIA, OBEGOIV.
Carnahaii & Go.
SUCCESSORS TO
T. W. CASE,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Corner Cbenamus and Cass streets.
ASTORIA ----- OREGON
J. C. CLINTON
DEALER IN
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
FRUITS, NUTS,
Candles. S inkers' Articles, Etc.
New Goods Received Dally,
OppoHltn City Book Store.
To Ganners.
Jensen's Patented Can Capping
Machine.
Will Cap and Crimp 95 CANS per HISUTE.
It has proved to Reduce the Leakage more
than so per cent. less than band capped.
Price, SC00. Orders complied wltlt by
The Jensen Oan-IilUng Machine Oo,
A Tine and Well SelccfeH Stock
OF
Watches, Jewelry,Clocks, etc.
AT
H. EESTROM'S
Jewelry Establishment.
, 'All goods warranted, as guaranteed.
Opposite Crow's gallery. Astoria, Oregon,