The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-31

Emerlin n very prominent attorney of
PHILADELPHIA, is on board. He is making
the trip for his health. Being a recog-
nized authority on international law, he
was very much interested in hearing OF
the Venezuelan dispute. and took the first
opportunity of getting hold Of the papers.
The~local harbor of the American Assoc
citation of Masters and Pilots of Steam
Vessels have elected Captain J. t. Gray
as a delegate to attend the grand harbor.
which in Washington, ID. c.
next month, says the Telegram. The as
~sociation is a strong fraternal organiza-
ton, and a power for good in maritime
interests, embracing among its members,
hardly without an exception, the steam
boatmen Of the United States. Captain
Gray will leave for Washington about
January l..
A special telegram from Porto Costa,
Cal, says: Captain c.. C. Peterson, OF the
schooner Maxim. met with a fatal acct
dent neal this place today. ~ strong
north wind was beating the vessel against
the wharf, and while attempting to a v
a small boat from destruction Captain
Peterson was caught between the
schooner and the wharf and was crushed
to death. Captain Peterson was one OF
the oldest and best known captains on
the coast, having been in the lumber trade
for many years. He leaves q wife and
five children, who reside in West Berke-
ley.
All the coasters that have arrived dur
ing the past forty-eight hours ave tales
of head winds and heavy seas to tell
saws the Examiner. The T~opgallant had
the worst experience of any of them, but,
nevertheless, the ships Spartan and
Louisiana did not escape. Both OF them
came in with lists to port, and with con-
siderable damage abou the decks and
upper works. The storm was the heaviest
off the Columbia river, and 1t was there
that the cargo shifted in both instances.
The Louisiana was thirteen days and the
Spartan fifteen days from Seattle with
coal.
The steamer China encountered her first
really heavy gale during the last voyage.
1t blew a hurricane and for twenty-eight
hours the vessel was hove-to. The United
States cruiser Baltimore was in the same
storm, and when the officers of the China
last saw her she was making heavy
weather of II. Commander Impey, OF
the United States steamer Monocacy,
came over on the China and will report
for duty at the Brooklyn navy yard. He
says that everything was quiet in China,
and that in Japan the war spirit had
disappeared and he people were return
ing to mercantile pursuits.-Journal of
Commerce.
The following ships were spoken by the
Pactolus during her voyage here from
New York:
Aug. 10th, Lat. S4.OS N, Long. 42.O5 W.,
spoke Am. bark James A. Wright from
New York for Santos. Capt. Freeman
came on board.
Ang. 10th, Lat. 81 N. Long. AZ w, sig'l
British ship NJ. s. N. ", from San Fran
cisco.
Aug. 2Sd, Lat. 1853 N, Long. 1852 w,
sig. Am. bark Addie Marcel, from Port
land for Montevideo.
Aug. 9th, Lat. 7.16 N, Long. 2.37 W.,
sig. British bark County of Anglesea,
from Iquiqui.
Sept. 4th, Lat. 6.O7 s., Long. 30 w, sig.
American ship Dechamont, from Iquiqui.
Sept. 4th, Lat. $40 s., Long. 80 W., sig.
Am. ship Kennebec, from Rio de Janeiro
for Baltimore.
Sept. 18th, Lat. 34.SS s., Long. 81 W., sig.
German barkentine Donna Evelina, from
Malaga for Guayaquail, with a cargo of
wine.
Oct. End, Lat. Abs s., Long. 6S,S1 X,
sig. German barkentine Donna Evelina
again.
Oct. 18th, Lat. a.1S S., Long. 6S.46 w,
sig. French ship X. S. ]. NJ, from North
Shields for Valparaiso.
Oct. 18th, Lat. 1888 N, off Cape Horn,
Donna Evelina still in company.
Nov. 18th, Lat. 2S.14 s., Long. 9O,53 w.,
sig. French ship H. K. +. p, from Iqui-
qui for Dunkirk. :