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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY iSSOClMIOIi 1 EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL1II, NO. 139. ASTORIA. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. . . .4 - . Jit. m r irii i fn .air-si i in m. a. n a Bk. -a Found at Last WING i Will be the exclamation of the future discoverer of the North Pole, and "Found at Last" is the expression of each one in search of a good overcoat a reasonable price also Men's Boys' Clothing, Furn ishing Goods, Hats, Gaps, Boots. Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc From lGlf to 33 percent less than elsewher. Osgood PwtiiiE go. The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. CALL and look us over. -l Chrisimas is drawing near anJ it is well to bear this in mind and make your selection while our stock is complete Our selections were made this year to suit the times We have neat and pretty hand painted novelties fit to gface any ones parlor for very little money. Our book department is filled with well selected Mtle's in neat and tasty bindings. Our juvenile stock is soire thing simply immense both in regard to selection and prices. In fact we have the best and cheapest stock of Holiday goods ever displayed in Astoria. In our TOY DEPARTMENT Opposite Halm's shoe store you will find every thing that goes to make up a well assorted stock of Dolls, Toys, Games, Books, Wagons, Carts, We call especial at tention to our line of Dolls, not trashy stock, but good kid bodies ser- r. 'IT l V I Hi in j l )ki mz tjM! I viceable dolls, little money. for very Remember we do not carry all our stock in our windows, you must come inside. Parties purchasing for Sunday schools are invited to come and see us. GRIFFIN & REED. ODDITIES and NOVELTIES for CHRISTMAS, 2 c 3 O. a 8 CHRISTMAS GIFTS in GOLD or SILVER. The Terrific Windstorm of Sat urday and Sunday. THE FEARLESS AND BREIDABLIK. Both Tug: and Ship are Nearly Lost in the Monster Seas that Were Running. Captain Arnesen and Captain Hask ell Tell Interesting talcs of Their Fortunate Escape. c o CO a o . c C 3 S (a 2 -S U lu U NEW YORK KOVELTY swje Opposite the Occideipi:. ASTORIA, - - OREGON 3 o E C USEFUL and BEAUT1EUL CHRISTMAS CARDS. 2 u c is (A 3 a. E o o A FINE LINE OF TOYS, DOLLS, JUVANILE BOOKS, ALBUMS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, prffffilaps the worst btorm that ha teen jexperdenced at and off the motith of the OoluinVbta river, struok this eec- tlon early Sunday morrtlng and con tinned with all Its fury until Iartc In the afternoon of the same day. Here In the city the force of the wind was not felt as It was down at Uie bar and off the oonat where nothing less than a hurricane was blowing. The ttdle ait 9 o'clock Sunday morning was within a few Inches of the top of the docks, and in the channel opposite the city great waves rollel, but not enougli to seriously disturb 'the vessels lying at anchor. The Bntwh ships Hankow and Primrose Hill swayed to and fro with each freaah squall, and the wind blow ing through the nigging made a most dismal eouwd. The barkewtlne Cathe erlne Sudden, heavily ladfen wltih lum ber, was at anchor off the O. R. and N. dtock, and didn't seem to notice the wind, lying all the time as If In. the Snwuit.-st kind of waiter. A few hun dred yards further east several govern ment barges, loaded with rock, were dangerously near one another, but the Mendell soon had steam up and separat ed them far enough to avoid any mis hap. One light barge dragged Its an chor quite a dls'tainae, but was towed Into a place of Safety by the tug. Cap tain Brown before nigtatllall, arranged so thfait iby a signal from the barges at any time during the night, ha could put oft to their assls'tance. All along the waterfront more or less damage was done by the wind and wa ter. About 11 o'clock a. m., Clinton's scow, which was being used at Elmore's new cannery, broke from lis moorings and started at a twelve-knot gadt for the Wlaishllngitan side. She was soon tost sight of In the flying mists, and nothing more wias known of her until yesterday morning, when she was found by the Wenona bottom side up near Paint Ellis. It Is supposed she struck a sand spit and went over, end first. She was towed into Hungry Harbor and miadie fast. TrulHnger's scow, lying near th Clait sop Mill, broke loose and crashed Into the crossing at 2Sth street and Franklin avenue, carrying away tlwee of the pil ing. i The nCtracks at several of the canner tes, the Seaside, Eagle, Anglo-American Lelnenwebej-, and others, were carried away, and various other damage done The roadway In Unlonitown was mode unsafe by the tide carrying away some of the piling. The waiter main in Aulerbrook was badly damaged by being broken In several places, and reservoir waiter will have to be depended upon for several days. DeForce's naphtha launch was sunk near Smith's point early Sunday, but K Is thought she can ba raised without trouble. Down at the Jetty at ithe extreme out er end a great gap waj made by the heavy seas piling over it. Captain Pohlman, with the steamship Oregon, had a hard experience coming up. Sunday he got in the trough of the sea and heaxled Inshore during the gale and was unable to handle his ves sel. He was In a bad fix, and had the storm kept up a few hours longer, he would probably have brought up on the beach. He arrived in yesterday morn' Ing. The Truckee and Fearless went down to the bar yesterday morning, but ittumed on account of nasty weather outside. A large crowd of people stood on the docks Sunday In the shelter of the butldQnga, and watched the vessels In the bay as they rolled with, the mon ster swells. Speculation was rife re garding the fate of the Fearless and her tow, the Norwegian ship" Brldabllk, Which was due off the mouth of the river SunJay morning.. Th appearance of the splendid tug wUh the vessel I yesterday morning quieted all fears for their safety, but when the ship came to anchor down in Young's bay, listed badly to starboard. It was plainly evi dent she bad been through some pretty rough weather. The Fearless looked unlike the vessel that was here a few days ago, for she showed evidences of a, tough voyage. When Captain Arne. sen, of the Breldabllk, came ashore, he gave the following story of the terri ble storm: "We left San Francisco, at 7 a, m. Wednesday, and on account of the bad weather, the services of two staemers were necesaary to take the vessel out of the dock. Immediately after get ting outside we encountered a furlouB sWm, which continued until Friday morning. At 10 a. m. that day the steamer's hawser panted and we set three staysails and a Jib to steady the ship, as she was rolling very much and the ballast had shiflted. The sails, which were all new, were blown to ribbons, and everything movable on deck started. About 1 o'clock we lost sight of ithe steamer, but at 8 o'clock the weather moderated and ait 11:45 the steamer was again alongside', and gave us another hawser the nexlt morning. (Saturday) at 7 o'clock. Up to noon the weather moderated, but at that hour the barometer fell with alarming' ra pidity and we took In the topsails. At 10 that night it was blowing a hurricane aMd the Fearless blew two long whis tles for us to starboard helm and heave to.,, When we came to we gave her 20 fathoms mora chain, making the haw ser easy for a few minutes. Then a heavy' squall struck us and the tow rope again parted, this time on board the steaimer. We were then lying to under bare poles, and the ballast shift ed again, the vessel shipping many heavy sas and several times careening aS if she were about to capsize. At 2 o'ylocik Sunday morning the weather moderated slightly and as we had steam up In the donkey we hove In the chain. As It was impossible to get the ring of the huge hawser1 on board without lifting It. over the ship's mil, it was necessary for someone to go over the ton's and pass a line through the haw- ver ring, for upon that hawser, the last one the Fearless had; depended our fats. I was unwilling to order any ot the men to attempt this perilous feat, find as none of them volunteertid,, tho IMi nule, Mr. TbHefaen, tttacSfed line to his waist and went over the bow, fo what appeared certain de-.;h. went forward to order hlro aboard, but when I reached there he had sue' ceeded in making fast a four inch line to the hlaiwaer ring and was being haul ed on board.1 As he reached the rail the ship took a heavy pUnge, and had Tollefsein been a moment iater in get ting oult of his perilous position, he would undoubtedly have beea lost We had the hawser all in and coiled at S a. m. i i . i , The hurricane watr raging more fur iously than ever, and as It was Impossi ble to set any sail the Ship was drifting at the mercy of wind and sea. At 7- o'clock the Fearless was about a ca ble's length or two to windward, but two hours later we lost sight of her altogether. At noon that day, we got a peep of tine sun In latitude 46 degrees 14 minutes, and found we were about 12 miles off the Columbia river. The ship was Still drifltlng and we were un able to help ourselves. At 2 the storm her head was carefully wrapped up. Throwing a rug down In the chart room the captain led his wife thither and told her to lie down. Then he Med to her waist one end of a small line, and se cured to himself the other end; thus, whlile in the rigging they were bound to one another, though some distance apart. "I told my wife," related the captain that If It came to the worst we would make an aittempt to reach, the shore through the breakers, though my heart sink within me when I gazed at the awful boiling sea around us. Mr wife has sailed with me many times, and I have never known her to break down until on this occasion. I have a good, faithful crew. They are nearly all home boys, and do their work well. My first mate, a fine, stal wart young man, is one of the bravest men I have ever met" . ON BOARD THE FEARLESS. Oaptfaln Dan Haskell, lot the tug Fearless, gives a graphic aocount of tWeir voyage up from Sam Francisco. of albated somewhat, and we hove the lead, and took soundings In 61 fathoms of water. The wind was then about west southwest, ,trd we set four top sails and a foresail, with the aid of the steam wlnoh, getting the ship around on the starboard tack, as she had a terrible list to port. The weather continued to moderate to a slight ex tent, and we spread more sail, but still she was drifting1 shoreward, and it seemed as If there was no hope of sivlng her. Between 6 and 6 o'clock tthait evening we passed the lightship, standing to the northward up to mld ntght. We then tacked ship, the weath er being comparatively good and the wind moderate. More sail was spread, but during the night I was compelled .o send a crew dawn In the hold to trim battast so as to get steerage way on. Then we reached to about 5 miles west of the light ship, hove to, put topsails back, and burned blue lights all night for a pilot, but saw none. At 6 o'clock this morning we saw a bright light to seaward, and upon signaling, found K to belong to the Fearless. The steamer was soon alongside, got the hawerer fast again, and towed im over a very rough bar to safe anchorage In the barbor at 11:30." Captain Arnesen speaks In highly complimentary term of the able man ner In which Captain Haskell handled the Fearless and looked ailtr the safe ty of the Bretdabllk, under circum stances which would have appalled many men with less stout heart. Cap. tain Arnesen, who has been at sea for over 35 years, says that never before has he encountered such a terrible ex perience. In speaking of tl.s OfnDUon of his vewel Oannotn Arnesen said that on Sunday when the ship was rolling bad ly and the entire crew were down In Dhe hold shifting ballast, he alone re mained on deok. The situation, was oritlia!, and ha realized that the chances were aruinst them In saving the vessel. Going Into the cabin he Instructed his' wife to dress In dl k1ns, over which! she drew on a thin dress, after which In the main It tallies with that Captain Arnesen, and his story of the Fearless' battle with wind and waves Is filled with thrilling incidents. "When the hawser parted on Friday, said Captain HasWall, "lit was found necessary to out it with an axe from the top of the house to keep It clear of tha propeller, rt was, Impossible to re main on deck as she was flooded aft all the time. I never have witnessed suah seas in all my life, and I expected on several occasions, to find the Breld' abllk bottom up, for she rolled and p'tlcned1 before the awful hurricane that was blowing. Two hour after the hlawaer was out, I put the Fearless tc tea, and soon lost sight of the ship and did not sight her again until next morning. We got hold of her again on Saturday, but at 7 o'clock .that night tht hawser parted near the tug's bits, and we stood head on . to, the sea again, under a slow bell. The seas were run nlng mountains high, and. It seemed each BuccaecLid wave would go over the entire vessel, t , - 1 "Sunday monnWig dawned with the furious hurricane blowing even stronger than the night before. It was Imposnt ble to see any great distance from the vessel, as the wind seemed to catch the crest of the monster combers and car ry them to great sheets into the air, All day long the sea was something ter rible. The rail of the tug was under waiter the whole time, making it Im possible to got out on deck. "Once about 10 o'clock Sunday morn lng we had a norrow escape from be ing buttled In the sea. We were run. nlng before ' the sea, and going over waves that seemud miles h'Igh. The tug was ollmibing one of these monsters, with her head high In,. the air, when a aala broke over our stem, crawling dean up even wDth the top of thle house. 1 was standing Just aft of the pilot house, and I must confess that my heart was In my mouth at that mo- ment, for I realized that If another sea like the one Just on us, struck before the Fearless recovered, It would send us down stem first. I at once put her head to the sea and steamed about a knot an hour. It was not long before a big fellow came over her bow, and striking the steel house forward, broke the deadlights and washed away every- thing on deck. You can get n Idea of the terrific force of the blow from the sea, when I tell you that the front of the house was bent In so that the water oloset frame, which s'.'amds free from the wall fully two inches, was forced from its fastenings and smaaftVed Into frag ments. Water poured through every Joint, and flooded the whole Inside ot the vessel. The sea that took ua astern flooded the private apartmenfts of Mr. SprecWles, ruining the costly uphol stered furniture and completely demot Wlilng the closet Jn that part of the vessel. My room, aft of the pilot house, at times had a foot -of water In It and nearly everything I had was drenched. There was so muoh pressure on the Iwlavy teak wood doors of the house that water was forced through In tor rents. The galley was flooded and the grub ruined. She wan leaking badly through the deck by this time, and down below, where the big engines were doing their work faithfully, they were In a continual rain. When I took a look at my steamer yesterday morn ing, she was a sad sight to behold, ind I doul if her owners would have been abJe to recognize her. "We did not sight the ship all day Sunday. I fully expeoted to learn later thlait she was upon the beach some where, for when I hove to on Saturday night she was lying broudHlde to the sea, headed west by south, making a northwest drift with bare pules, and rolling badly. Once she went over so that her cross Jack yard went under water, and her decks were flooded to the hatches. You may be able to real ize how far over she went, when I tell you that her oross Jack yard stands fully 60 fwet above the watsr when the vessel Is righted. I could see the sail ors on her deck slide from one side to the other as the vessel rolled, and 1 do not understand how they ever man aged to keep from going overheard. On Sunday the wind was Wowing so hlardi thlat the heavy brass covering of the Sir WlllJam standard oompass on the top of the house was lifted bodily and carried into the boiling Bea. "I consider the manner In which the Breldlaibllk was handled during that awful hurricane as being something re markable, and I cannot speak too high ly of her captain and first mate for the courageous manner in ,wh!oh they acted during the whole voyage. I dare say there is not one captain In 50 that would have brought his vessel through In Birfety as. old Captain Arnesen." In speaking of the damage to the Fearless, Captain Haskall said: "We are out fully $1,500 on the two hawsers, for while one of them was saved, It is so badly chafed that It Is worthless. The one that we cut was a 22-lnah Coir, 150 fathoms long, and cost it Calcutta, where 'they are speoWlly made for the Sprsckles Compmy, about F800. The other damage to the vessel have not attempted to estimate. "No," said Captain Dan in oonoliiaton, 1 "None of the crew were sj-lok, but I'll venture to say that they were all pretty sick of the sea." Captain Ifaskall will remain In port until the weathere moderates. He says tihiait he does not fancy bucking any more gales Just at present, Oolng hack he will keep a sharp lookout for dis abled vessels, as several are known ta Wave been out In the storm. The Nor wegian bark Stjorm, the Scottish Dales, and Red Rock arexall on their way from Stin Francisco to this port. Cap tain Kaskall sUys this storm wos equal If not worse than the storm three years ago when he brought the Klncora up from 'Frisco, arriving here on New Year's Day. LOST AND FOUND. . ' The following from the Eugene Reg. later will be agreeable news to the many friends' in this vicinity of Thorn- . as Mulkey: Thomas Mulkey strayed away from Cha residence of J. H. Harris In this city Wednesday morning. Since he was brought bade from Arizona he has been cared for here, and on account of hJg weak-mllndedmesB was watched careful- ' ly, but escaped the vigilance of Ms watchers and got away. A search was ' Instituted as soon as it was learned that he was gone, and Thursday he was found at the residence of Ben Mulkey, about eight miles west of town, where he Wad wandered. He was all right and will be cared for there '. for the present at least. The opposftilon steamer line to AN 1 aska Is a certainty, says tho Seattle : Post-Intelligencer, and the steamer Wlllapa is to be the pioneer of the new undewttaktng, with the result that a large proportion of the products of Alaska whldh are now being carried fV i San Francisco and from there East . ovsr the Southern Paolllc will be landed ait Seattle and go Bust over the Nor. Chen Pacific, Great Northern, or Ca- rtadllm rtwiflo road, Tho promoters are CapMn George Iloborta, of the steamer Kingston; Chief Engineer Geo. H. Lent, of the same steamer: and Chark 13. Pesibody, a well-known Port TiWrwend bunmeeM man. It Is the In tention to start out the Wlllapa on her nraiden trip for the new company on MarrJh 1, from this purl, whlnh Is to be' tho headquarters of the cdmpany. The Wtllapa Is now being extensively over hauled for the mute. Ex-Governor Not.Un.rn, cS 'Qeorgfa, Is devoting his time and abundant en ergy to the colonisation of his state by northern immigrants. He expects soon to open an olfioe In New York for the purpose of capturing new citizens for Georgia, and he has sent an' agent to the fur west on a proselyting tour. Governor Northern is a physician. farmer, and, above all, a "promoter" of his state. Highest of all in Leavening Power Latest U. S. Gov't Report. 1 dmm