The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-08-29
TELEGRAPHIC.
Specials to The AstOrian.
The Fishermen's Strike at Florence.
Various News Items from Various Places

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FLORENCE, Oregon, Aug. 28.-The
Fisherman's Protective Union here
are on strike. They want forty and
sixty cents. The Gamers offer twenty
five and forty cents.
SURVEYORS AND THE LAND OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, Aug 28.-The general
land Office is inclined to push with
some persistency the investigation in
to the payments made to deputy
surveyors on their vouchers by
the authorities of the treasury depart
ment. There is something of a dis
position TO push the treasury officials
on this matter in view of the fact that
Judge Durham, as first comptroller,
made something of a reputation as an
economist for the government by
closely scrutinizing all accounts that
passed through his hands, and at the
same time authorized the payment of
these accounts after the general land
Office had disallowed them, a specimen
account will show how the fraud was
managed: ]. r. Glover was given a
contract for surveying ten townships
in California under specific appro-
priation. He put in a bill for 81
1851. Investigation showed that he
had surveyed but two out of ten town
ships, and his bill for these, S663.4f
was paid and $1,871.67 disallowed.
These townships were surveyed in
1877, and subsequently the contract
for surveying the other eight town
ships was LET and complied with and
the work paid for in 1879, comptroller
Durham, however, proceeded to allow
the account of Glover, and last year
he was paid the full amount of his
bill, S2,535.51 without consulting with
the general land office.
This is but sample of fifty other
cases that have been passed in the
same way, and it seems probable that
the government has paid out about
$4,000 for alleged duplicate surveys
In the past ten years simply for want
of proper communication between the
interior and the treasury departments.
NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE ENGLISH.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Acting sec
retary Wharton of the state de-
partment, speaking of the Behring
sea complications says: "We have
had up to this time no communication
with the English government upon
the subject of the seal fisheries in the
Behring sea. The recent seizures of
sealing vessels are matters with which
the treasury department alone must
deal, as they have been made by YES
sells of the revenue marine service.
The state department can become
interested only when international
questions affecting the rights of these
sealers arise. | can only say that up to
this time they have not been presented
We have had no communication with
the British government upon this
question since Mr.. Bayard was secre-
tary of state, and the matter stands
exactly as it did when he left the de,
partment. Until these questions are
brought forward as involving points
of international law the state depart,
ment has no action to take and has
of course officially no opinion upon
the subject to express. We have had
no communications from minister
Lincoln or from the British govern
ment upon the question"
|. THE CONGO RAILROAD.
New YORK, Aug. 2S.- Since G. P
Huntington sailed on the TentOnic il
has been learned that one of the oh.
iects of the trip is to consult with the
king of Belgium about the Congo
railroad enterprise. The project
seems to have taken a deep hold on
Huntington. He, it is said, intends
to build a Congo railroad for his son,
or rather let his son build it. Young
Huntington is a siX-foOter who has
been out of college a couple of years
| When c. p. Huntington sold out
his Cincinnati and Ohio control to the
Vanderbilts a short time since it was
with the Congo road in view, and he
is going abroad to see about it. 1t is
estimated that the road will cost from
SAC, 100000 to $50,000000 to builC
and equip, of which $6,400,000, has
been subscribed under the auspices
of the Belgium Stock company, which
is the great trading concern of the
4 OOHSO L IISC OGdIc. Lie lOHtT OOIlBC
country is in the enjoyment of com
plete system of government which has
its headquarters at Brussels, and {
full set of resident officials, courts,
IpostOffices, a custom house, standing
army, etc.
1t is the connection of this lower
Congo region with the upper Congo
country for which a railroad is sought
The upper Congo country has large
population and a vast trade can be
opened up there, of which the Belgi
ans wish to reap the benefit.
This is the reason that Huntington
it is reported, intends to sell all his
interest in this country that lies east
of the Mississippi river
AMERICAN FISHING SCHOONER FINED
OTTAWA, Aug. 28.-The owners of
the American fishing schooner Matte
Wt1Shtp, caught poaching in Can
adian waters, paid the government
$4,000 fine and the expenses for con-
viction.
| DECREASE IN IMMIGRATION.
New YORK, Aug. Statistics fol
six months show "a, ,0O0les immigrants
| arrived at This MORT than dI1rin0 tha