The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-05-21

the Columbia, his first trip having been
made on the "City Camp" and his Sec
ond on the ship Lady Cairns" The
vessel will leave up at 5 O'Clock this
morning. She is in ballast.
Reports from all the canneries yester-
| day show an excellent run Of fish, and
several very large catches were made.
Many Of the canneries were so stocked
with the raw material on Saturday night
that 1t became imperahve tnat tney
should pack on Sunday. The fish con-
tinue to increase in size, and averaged
yesterday fully % pounds, with the quail
ity quite up to the best spring standard.
feet each, the general average being
from Is to 20 to a boat. All old fishermen
agree that the present run is the ordi-
nary June catch, and the fish show every
sign of June salmon.
Though 1t is now generally calculated
that the steamer Lincoln is to make
a survey of the river channel on line
from Scarborough Head to Fort Stevens
and out over the mouth of the river,
the Masters and Pilots Association Of
this city are taking steps to impress on
the authorities the necessity of contin-
uing the work and surveying the chan
nels fronting the city, from Tongue
Point, and in between. 1t is very import
ant that shipping men should know the
exact conditions that prevail in this To-
cality, and that the new charts should
contain the result of an up to date sur
vey of the whole of the sands and chan
nels from Tongue Point down.
Captain Reyfelds new siren whistle
has turned out a hoodoo. He took the
Dwyer up to Cathlamet on Sunday to
get a raft of logs for McGregor's Mill,
secured his tow, and started back home
again. At about 1880 on Sunday night
when half way down, his propeller ran
into fish net, winding it up like a
spinning top, and preventing the steam
vr's progress. 1t was found impossible TO
disengage the net, so yesterday morning
the Dwyer was drifted onto the sands ana
men worked on her all day cutting the
net away, Captain Rehfeld came down
during the morning and arranged for the
Queen to take his regular run. He says
the corks and net were wound around
the propeller in such a manner as to
form compact mass, and 1t Is doubtful
ii the steamer will be freed of it before
this morning.
The American ship Alameda, ITO days
from Rio, reached here on Sunday after
noon with the dead body OF her master,
captain A. C. Otis, on board. Captain
in 50 degrees south, and at once went to
bed. For several days his wife, who
accompanied the vessel, was unable to
ascertain the cause of his illness, but
it soon developed all the symptoms of
cancer in the stomach, and 1T was in the
tnroes of this terrible malady tnat the
unfortunate man breathed his last on
Wednesday, four days from this port.
Though in great pain for several weeks
Captain OTIS managed to give the orders
for the guidance of the ship, but early
in the present month he was forced to
give the command into the hands Of his
first mate, Mr.. T. j. Halcrow, who
himself fully capable of taking charge.
Captain Otis, whose home was in Maine,
was 70 years of age and had been a
sea-going captain for many years. His
last voyage to the Pacific was made in
1891, on the American ship Tacoma, from
Philadelphia to San Francisco. His loss
is greatly deplored by every sailor
aboard the Alameda, and yesterday many
of them bore witness to his unfailinG
kindness and exemplary treatment OF
them during the voyage. Mrs. Otis is
greatly prostrated, and is hardly in a
condition to speak of her husbands sad
death. She has accompanied him to sea
for long time, She will take the body
to Portland on the vessel, and from
there accompany it overland to BRUINS
wick, Maine, where 1t will be buried
The Alameda left Rio where the repairs
to her rudder already spoken Of In these
columns were made, on the 3lst OF jan
uary and experienced fair weather down
to 50 degrees. From 80 Ito 5O," while
rounding the horn, adverse Winds were
met with continuously and 50 degrees in
the Pacific was made in 20 days. From
there to the equator the ship made the
distance in another % days, and was "a
days from the equator to Astoria. The
Alameda carries % men all told, and
draws % feet She will leave up the river
on Thursday morning, having to wait till
then for favorable tides Her cargo con-
slsts of 1000 tons of general merchandise
consigned to Sutton & Beebe. Her log
reports having spoken the ship Elwell
bound to Port Discovery
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