The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-24

The steamer Harrison left out yeStcr
day afternoon for coast cannerie5 with
full cargo OF tin plate.
The Britkh bark Beeswfng saEed yes
tenday wheat laden for Queenstown
where she will await orders.
The French bark Vile de Rouen came
down the river from Portland yesterday
morning and anchored down below the
ely. She win erave out today"
The steamer Columbia came in from
San Francisco yesterday morning and
after dlschhrglng a smaif quantity OF
freight at the o. r. nd N. dock left ur
the river for Portland.
The British ship Fart of Scotland, 1861
tons, Capt Gradnger arrived in from
San Diego yesterday afternoon in ballast
after a trip of Is days She had slow
and uneveutful passage with very light
winds the whole way. She leaves Up for
Portland this afternoon.
Me5srs. Bull and George Woods were
granted their branches yesterday under
the new Washington P'ots' law and are
now full-hedged members of that body,
ready to begin work. Their first employ
ment wiil probably be to take to sea the
British vessel Dovenby Han, which Is
now due here from Poq'tlnd.
The steamer Alice Blanchard came in
from San Francisco via Coos Bay yes
ter1ay morning, with large cargo and
thirty passengers. After discharglng 90
tons Of miscellaneous freight at Finlay-
al f1ka Vlrr
There were two passengers for tthis city.
The lalfbut fishing schooners from the
Sound will not bring their catches TO
port themselves this season. They will
put them aboard ths steamers plying be-
tween Tacoma and Juneau and ship them
south. This will cave the Schooners
from making Nong trips to and from the
home port and give them much more
time on the banks.-News. 'H
Manager Edwin Stone, of the Oregon
Central & Eastern railroad, was In this
city yesterday. The company's river
boats arc being overhauled and rebuilt
preparatory to going into service on the
Willamette. The Hoag will be ready ITO
run as soon as the river rises, and the
Bentley will be ready by December L.
Albany Herald.
The schooner Okanogan Is now being
Completed at Port Baireiey by Ha,r Bros.
The new vessel is a four-ma5ter, 1864
feet long, 80 feet beam, 1879 feet depth OF
hold Her gross tonnage Is 7M.39 tons
and net 606.09. The OlSanogan is larger
than the Nolcomss OF the ]. A. Camp
ben, which preceded her on the stocks
She is owned by the Puget Sound Com
mercial Company.
The Florence West says: 1.-The Siue-
law fishermen's strike is still on, and wdll
probably continue for this season. 1t
is not likely that fishing on the SiuKIaw
river will be resumed this season. The
strikers will not fish, neither win they
permit others to fish. Lawiessness
holds full sway, and one attempting to
cast net does so at the risk OF his
life." The West was a little premature
In it's dismal forebodlngs.
The o. r. & N. Co.'S Elmore is on the
ways at Portland undergoing a general
overhauitng preparatory to the work re-
quired OF her after the winter rains SET
in. A complete electric lighting system
wLl be added to her machinery. Her
sister ship. the Ruth, will be ready for
operations about The 10th of November
when her trial trip will be made On the
lower river, and she will await the IN
crease of water above the fails prepara-
tory to regular runs with the other craft
aLs far UP as Corvallis.
Some complaint is hoard among steam
boat men about piles being allowed to
stand in the chanAec south OF the new
Eleventh street bridge. The piles were
placed there to hIord the old floating foot
bridge in position. The bridge has been
taken away, but the board of public |
works, under whose duties the same
comes, have not removed the piles Cap |
tains of steamers say the piles give them |
not little trouble In passing that point |
in the Channel, and that the steamers
may sometimes be thrown out Of their
course while trying to pass In the night,
and run into the boat houses or floating |
dwellings, in the bay and cause a serious
wreck. k."-Tacoma News
The original models of the first sailing
vessel and the first steamboat ever bui;t |
in the Pacific Northwest are now on ex-
hlbttlon at the Washington state horti- |
cultural rooms In Tacoma They were
placed there by Captain Grounds, de-
slgner of the schooner and owner Of both
modes The steamer was cacced the Co |
iumbia. She was built in this city in |
1S49 by Frost G. Adaar. She Is of The
sidewheel type, and not unlike the side
w'heeiers to be seen on the Columbia to- |
day. She was used for carrying freight |
and passengers on Gr.s river. The |
schooner Was called the Ca:dpoiah. She |
xtrakz haVaaf In
Cook. She was Go feet long, 10 feet BEAM
and feet hold, being fiat bottomed. the
two models are attracting considerable
attention. They are not Of the finest
type, but superior In build to many
J:ea.ners of the present generation. Cap
tain Grounds now resides In Tacoma
Schooner Elsie, Captain Bray. direct
from the halibut banks of Kodiak ISL
and. is in port and brings additional in
teDllgence concerning the loss Of the WAL
ter Earfe and the tervtble fate Of her
crew, says Tuesdays Poet-
-Four more bodfee Of the
awful wreck have been found. II wfa be
that when the steam
schooner Excelsior arrived from Unasaslta
on August q she brought the news thai
the steam schooner Francis Cutting had
picked up the Walter Earle. upturnedl
* sea and had towed her into Kodiak.
where 1t was found that eleven Indsans
were entombed in the forecastfe. The
Cutting then proceeded to Unacaska, but
IN about two weeks the four bodies were
discovered in the hold and hId1en in the
oaZast. Tney were decayed beyond
recognition. and there is lite doubt
these we-e white men. The Earle had a
crew OF eighteen men, eleven Indians
and seven whites. The quarters Of the
iormer was the forecastie, and With theft L
fear Of storms It Il but naturai that thew
remained there. Tue four probably es-
caped to the hold to avoid the fury OF
the storm. and the other three were sweet
beneath the waves The Blsie went
north under a charter OF z. A. Card
ner owner Of the Lizzie a -V7hen tshal