The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-15

cut away yesterday, and as soon as the
bids for her repairs are opened and the
contract awarded the work of refitting
will commence.
Warnings were sent all along the coast
yesterday by the San Francisco branch
of the weather bureau warning vessels
not to leave. port till further reports an
nounced the passing of a furious gale now
coming up from the south.
This months cargo gives the Miowera
the distinction, it is said, of bringing the
largest consignment of wool ever sent by
steamer to this side of America. Her
freight capacity was taxed to the utmost,
and of the 1900 packages beneath her
matches the bulk was the golden fleece
of Australia, Consigned to Boston. The
rest was made up of skins, hides, etc.
besides the usual oonsignments of fresh
fruit from Sydney, Suva and Honolulu.
John Stuart, a sailor on the British
ship Ancaios, has sworn out a warrant
for the arrest of Captain Fulton, says the
Examiner. He says the latter was brutal
in the extreme and dubbed the men on
the slightest provocation. When the
Anacaios arrived in port Stuart demanded
his pay and the captain refused to pay
him. Tuesday night the sailor deserted,
and yesterday when he met Fulton again
demanded his money. Instead of paying
up the skipper assaulted him. An at
tempt was made to serve the warrant
upon Captain Fulton yesterday, but he
was not on board. He will be arrested
today. His bail has been fixed at $3.50
cash.
The Chicago Times Herald says: "The
addition of the first ten days of December
to the season of navigation by the UNDER
writers on Al boats and their cargoes
without additional charge is keeping the
fleets moving in an unprecedented way.
1t is a great boon to the coal companies,
which will at last be enabled to fill out
their winter stocks by lake. In the
grain trade the ten days will be utilized
in moving grain which would have other
wise gone to the seaboard by rail At
the prevailing rates of freight boats with
good luck will clean up a fair profit,
which swell the years income in a satis-
fastory way and increase the dividends
by some 2 per cent
If the project for an Atlantic steam
ship pool goes through there will be con-
mer than there was last The majority
of people who go abroad are probably
able to pay a few dollars more for their
passage than they have been paying of
late years, since competition brought the
rates down. But there is a goodly
minority of summer travellers who are
obliged to count every penny and to cut
their expenditures closely in order to go
at all. Amy appreciable raise in the pas
sage price would act as a check on this
class of travel and would still more seri,
ously affect the steerage passenger.
The tug Alice has been sold to the Pa
cifc Stem Whaling Company For years
she has Len thorn in the side of the
Spreckels and Shipowners and Merchants
towboat lines, and the news of her with.
drawal is glad tilings to them. The
little tug has been a free lance and rates
on her have always been considerably
lower than On the other vessels. Shc
was owned principally by j. C. Wilson
the Tubbs Cordare Company, Captain G.
Enos and Engineer Willis Lamb. The
two latter will now be out of a Job. The
whaling company will completely over
haul the Alice and will build deckhouses
on her She will then be sent to Alaska
and will ply as a tender between the
company's canneries
Pilot McVicker, VINO was put aboard
the German ship Flotbeck at the mouth
of the river last Sunday, has evidently
been having an exciting time of 1t since.
Notl has been seen of the vessel, and
1t v,- erally supposed that she had
stood away 20 the north to get out OF
the prevailing gales and that she was
now in the vicinity of Caep Flattery.
Early yesterday morning, however,
~ re was received in this city from
McVicker at Shoalwater Fay an
ing that the Flotbeck had arrived
th, e safe and sound. These meagre par
tculars have caused a great deal OF spec
ulatlon as to the reason why the vessel
was taken into that port, one OF he most
dangerous on the coast, and It is believed
that the pilot took the chances Of running
her in there rather than fact the heavy
storm that was raging along the Wash
ington coast on Thursday and lfr day
morning. 1t is probable that the Relief
will be sent round to Shoalwater lay to
bring the F1otbeck into port.
Lewis & Dryden's Marine History OF the
Northwest. a copy Of which has been re-
ceiyed by the Astorian and briefly referr-
ed to in these columns before, is work
that for completeness and beauty Of ap-
pearance cannot be excelled. II IS a
splendidly bound volume printed orO the
finest paper made, gold edged, and highly
finished. The book, as its name implies,
is full and accurate pres sntation Of
every fact of interest In connection with
the marine history Of the .SOrth Pacific
Coast, from the time Of Vancouver down
10 the present day. The book Is OF es-
peclal interest to Astorians. II contains
several beautiful half lone engrayilgs Of
well known local salts" from Captain
Edward Howard "the Oldest II them all, o.
down to the skppers Of the Telephone.
Potter. Thompson. and all the river