The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-28

up the river to Portland last night.
The Man7anita leaves out on her Puget
Sound trip early tomorrow morning.
The Rathdown loaded a thousand cases
Of salmon from Seaborg's cannery at IL
waco yesterday.
The Truckee arrived in from San Fran
cisco yesterday morning and left up the
river in the afternoon for Portland
The Surprise, after laying at anchor
off Sand Island all day yesterday, left
out last evening for Tolsti Bay, Alaska.
Engineer Hendricks, of the Alarm is
laid up with an injury to his arm. Bud.
Goodell has taken his place temporarily.
The steamer Beltisloe, the last of the
South African liners to depart, which left
Port Blakeley March 25 has arrived
at Delagoa Bay.
The steamer Signal will be down from
Portland on Saturday, and after taking
on a load of salmon will leave out for
Vancouver, B. c.
The Lincoln started in yesterday morn
ing sounding the shoal places above
Tongue Point, and will gradually work
her way up the river.
Captain Pease has been exchanged
from command Of the dredger Ladd to
the Lincoln, and Captain McFarlane has
taken his place on the dredger.
The sealing schooner Kate & Ann has
been hunting sea otter near Foulweather
and Otter Rock during the past few
days, with very little success so far.
The Eclipse will be placed on her reg
ular Gray's river run on Tuesday, and
the Rich, which has filed her place since
she went on the beach, will be taken off.
The Electric took bargeload Of hay
from Warrenton to Knappa yesterday
morning. From there she took the barge
on to Clifton where she will load wood
for this city.
The North Pacific, beginning today, will
make two round trips from Ilwaco to
this city, laying up on the Washington
side over night and leaving there on her
first run at a. m.
The head gear of the Rathdown's bow
spirit is now being set, and the whole
piece riveted together. The bobstays will
be put in place today, and 1t will be
back in the condition it was in before the
collision, by tomorrow night.
The steGmer Harrison leaves out for
Tillamook tomorrow morning, laden with
many things to make the good people of
the county south of Clatsop happy on the
glorious Fourth. She has aboard 40 kegs
of beer, several cases Of fruit and confec-
tionery,, and a very large quantity of
fire-crackers from the humble Chinese
squib to the stately rocket.
The Ocean Wave has been leased by
the C. R. S. N. Co. for the summer from
the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Co.
President Loomis, of the latter company,
arrived from Portland yesterday after
having made all arrangements for the
renting of his boat. The Ocean Wave
will run regularly from Portland to this
city and then across to Ilwaco, beginning
next week.
The Astoran is authorized to announce
the following important list of changes
in officers of various river steamers Pr
lot Larkins of the Telephone to be cap
tain Of the Telephone; Captain Crang, of
the Telephone, to be captain of the CAT
zert; the pilot of the Cascades to be
pilot of the Telephone; Mate Gates, of tine
Cascades, to be pilot of the Cascades;
Captain Massery, of the Electric, to be
mate of the Cascades Mate Hamilton,
of the dredger Ladd to be mate of the
Gatzert.
The Tacoma News says editorially: ut
seems rather odd to speak of the steam
ship Oscar II. as 'she,' yet the time-hon-
ored style of the sea will not allow the
use of 'lle,' in strict accordance with the
gender of the name. To refer to an ocean
vessel as 1T would no doubt be regarded
as an insult by seafaring men, who
are always more or less romantic In their
rotions. Therefore, in order to keep on
good terms with the aforesaid sea-faring
men, we will respectfully refer to the
Oscar as She
The examination into the causes lead
irg up to the recent collisions between
the steamers Harvest Queen and Lur-
line, and the placing of the blame, is
now going on in the office of United
States Inspectors Edwards and McDer-
mott. There is much feeling displayed
between Captain j. r. Gray, of the Lur
Zine, and Pilot Turner of the Harvest
Queen. Judging from the number Of
witnesses present in the ante room, says
the Telegram, the examination will last
two or three days.
In the window of the Canadian Pacific
office, on Third and Alder streets, Port
land, has been placed a perfect model Of
the steamships of the Empress line. The
model is Is feet in length and shows
every detail of hull and deck, even to the
representing of the eight quick-fre guns
carried by the ship. On a brass plate
attached is a. description of the Empress
steamships as follows: Burthen, GOOO
tons; length, 4S5 feet; breadth, 81 feet;
depth, 81 feet; twin screw, triple expan-
sion engines, Of 10000 horsepower. Speed,
10 knots. Water-tight bulkheads and dou-
bic bottoms. The model is a splendid
piece of work and cost $780,
CAPTAIN Walbran, of the Canadian gov
ernment steamer Quadra, during his last
northern cruise. located and examined
the following rocks in Barclay Sound,
not marked on the Admiralty chart: A
dangerous rock entering the anchorage Of
Village Island bay, Just eastward Of the
position where % fathoms is marked on
chart 592, with seven feet over It at low
watsc; and two dangerous rocks in
Coaster channel. The northern rock,
which dries at low water, bears from the
northernmost point Of owens island E.
"a N. magnetic, distant AZ cables, and
go feet from the nearest rock TO the