The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-05

cific coast, and the Japanese government
will shortly consider the advisapiity OF
subsidizing the new line to aid IN lts
establishment and maintenance. Seattie
hopes to become the port OF entry on the
Pacific coast.
| Canta5n Hawley, of the Spreckels Tug
boat company, asks $1OO for saving the
sloop Yacht Norma, swept out to sea
by the wind Friday night. This Is halr
the value of the boat and the owners
have declined to pay. The s0oop Is the
property of two young men in the Home
| insurance companys office, but Is now
held in the Sip at Folsom street by the
tugboat company.-CommerciaI Herald
Washington dispatches report the IN
ability of the navy department TO secure
men to man the ships now In com mission,
it is believed that 1t is on this account
| that the Maine and Texas VIII De uhapie
! to take part in the coming maneuVres oiL
| Newport This crisis has threatened our
| NAVY for a great many years, but until
the present time the full force OF It's
influence on this country as naval pow
er has never been realized.
The British ship Eudora sailed last
Tuesday for London with a cargo Valued
at $S26, ,127. The shipments are prlncipaaiy
made up of barley, canned fruit ana
canned salmon. The barley consists or
IA 911. .91O centals, valued at H7,9OO; canned
fruit ISIS cases, valued at $lOl, l,VfS' anu
canned salmon, 1851 cases, valued az
500, ,174. Under the heading hApor,s
From San Francisco" will be found tull
| paTticulars as to her cargo.-NeWs.
When the Baf1ey Gatzert was prepar-
ing to leave her Portland dock on Thurs-
day night all her cabin boys struck ana
left her. EARLY in the day the company
had announced that in future the wages
of cabin BOYS would be reduced from go
a month to SIS, and the lads would not
stand the cut. One of their number,
however, refused to quit. They got MN
off the boat few minutes before she
left and beat him unmercifully, He was
rescued by constable and put ABOARD
again. None Of his assallants were ar
! rested.
The Matheson fish curing works at AN
acortes is now unloading schooner OF
100000 pounds Of Goldfish, most OF which
| were taken in Alaska, and has as darge
| a quantity in process of curing Captain
| Matheson has conducted this institution
for several years and has been emlnentiy
successful in demonstrating not only tnat
as fine cod can be put up on Puget Sounu
as anywhere else, but that there Is a
ready market for the product. There Is
no reason why this branch OF the nsnlns
industry should be so long in deve.oplng
into greater proportions. The conditions
are favorable for returns for capital COM
bined with experience.
! IN of tho CfaQnnpF Hllm-
boqdt have not been abandoned and Cap
tain Bruce, the surveyor and Max Kali
ish, the popular agent OF the line, were
to leave on the steamer Pomona this
morning for the scene of the disaster,
states the Examiner of Tuesday. If 1t Is
found that the vessel Is damaged to any
great extent or cannot be got off, an
other steamer to take her place will at
once be chartered. A larger, better, and
speedier craft for the trade VIII then
be built at Eureka. In the meantime
Goodai1, Perkins G. Co. have changed
the time table OF the Pomona, and she
will, in future, make trip every fve
DAYS, instead of once a week, as here
tofore This will, in measure, make
up to the residents of Humboldt county
for the loss Of a steamer a week.
The entire crew OF the British shiI
Lansing win be paid off at the BEtist
consulate tomorrow, says the Call The
men signed in Australia for voyage
to San Francisco and all OF them were
entitled to their rdy as soon as the shiI
docked. This fact many OF the sailors
with their usual carelessness overlooked
and before the ship was twenty-foul
hours in port at least ten Of them desert
ed. A drink of whisky from a bottl
brought aboard by runners for sailo
boarding houses was enough to set then
, goirg, and they dropped over one at
time into waiting whltehalos, and on get
ting ashore laughed at the idea Of havlni
given the "o,d man" the slip. Captaii
Hatfield has the best Of the joke, how
q ever, and would only have been too glai
! to have seen them all desert. AS 1t I
the ship will be 800 or 500 ahead on tn
transaction.