The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-03
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enced on the lakes as for east as lake
Erie last night and fears are enter
tanned that many vessels are wrecked.
The lake here is so rough that 10
vessel dared leave port this morning.
Rain with traces of snow driven by
northern gale made the weather
most disagreeable.
GREAT STORM.
SANILAC, Mich, Oct 2.-There has
been a terrible storm raging here
since early last evening. At o'clock
last night the life saving crew from
Sand beach started out and at II
P. NJ. rescued crew of six men and a
woman from the barge st. Clair. As
the boat passed to the end of the
dock on her return a high breaker |
struck the boat, turning her COM
pletely over. The entire crew be-
longing to the boat reached the shore,
towing two of the other crew with |
them. The remaining four men and
women were drowned.
ANEW IDEA.
WAsHINGToN,O Oct. 2.-It is reported
that company has been organized
with ample capital to manufacture
railway cars, constructed entirely of
sheet steel, under patents of G. W. M.
Smith of San Francisco.
The company is said to be negoti-
ating for the purchase of large tract
Of land near Chicago, where the cars
can be built. 1t is claimed for the
new vehicles that they are absolutely
indistructible, noncombustible, and
can be built as cheaply as wooden
coaches.
BIG EXPLOSION.
AsPINwALL, Oct. "A terrible ex-
plosion occurred on board a large
mud carrying steamer. There were
on board in addition to the crew
Grover, master mechanic of the Pan
anna railroad, Hugh Graham and An
drew Mcintyre, the later recently
captain of the Hume Ameri
can dredge city Of Paris. Eight
souls in all. The safety valve blew
out and an explosion followed, caus-
ing the loss of six lives and the de-
struction of the vessel and another
in the vicinity, while an iron lighter
near by was cut in two as if by
knife.
AN OCEAN COLLISION.
New YORK, Oct. 2.-The ship Greed
more, of st. Johns, N. B., from Ma
nilla May %. is expected here in n
few days. On board the vessel is
Capt. ColquehOn, of the ship Earl
WemySs, and portion of the crew of
the ship A1dencGple. The vessels
collided off Pernambuco on Septem-
ber Doth. The wife of Capt. Col
quhon and three children went down
with the ship. A number of seamen
were also drowned. The ATdencdpIe
was badly damaged, but managed to
reach port at Fernando.
MAY BE Conceded.
MoNTEvIDEo, Oct. 2.-The law con-
gress of Spain has addressed a COM
munication to the Uruguayan gov
ernment asking recognition of own
ership of Spanish literary and artistic
works in Uruguay. The United
States claims similar recognition. of
respect to American patents aud
trade marks. 1t is probable that
both requests will be conceded.
WILL PROBABLY NOT WRITE IT.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. I'm view
of his speech of acceptance when he
met the notification committee and
his full expression of his views on the
stump, and in view of the fact that he
has been very busy, the impression Is
that judge Thurman will not write
his letter of acceptance. He has not
said so positively, but he has said
that he cannot see the necessity o it.
GOVERNMENT AID.
WASHINGTON, Oct. DIR Hutton,
at Camp Perry has been authorized
to furnish transportation on govern
ment vouchers to healthful persons,
who are too poor to pay their own
way from camp.
Jackson, Miss, telegraphs, asking
immediate aid for colored people
held there by quarantine. The sup
ply of food is limited.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 2.-Very
few new cases were reported this
morning.
GoULD's LATEST PURCHASE.
New YORK, Oct. 2.-The Central
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rail
roa1 has passed practically into the
hands of the Missouri Pacific railway
company. A syndicate headed by
Jay Gould and Russell Sage has
bought about $7,000,000 of second
mortgage bonds and will replace the
members of the bondholders' COM
mittee of five with persons of its own
selection. The change involves a
complete change in the management
1t is understood three of the new
members of the committee will be
Russell Sage, Louis Fitzgerald, of
Troy, and George J. Gould. They
will name the board of directors.
ARIoToUs MOB.
BERNE, Oct. "A mob at Neuf-
chatel made savage attacks on the
salvation army, blockading the meet
ing houses, pouring petroleum on the
buildings and firing pistols. Riots
ensued and several persons were in
jured.
| GERMANS IN AFRICA.
ZANZIBAR, Oct. 2.-The steamer
from Kilva brings news that two Ger
mans. eleven of their servants and
twenty-one native insurgents have
been killed at that place. The insur-
gents had renounced allegiance to
the sultan. The German company