The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-09

enttYgrtsi1g spirit
Tho regular election ct Officers " As
tor l.odCN X, " T.. was held last even.
Ing, and the officers were Installed by II
n O. G Herman Wise; r. r. shaw,
& C.. Harry Larsen, V c. Thee 10
syphSoN, NJ. ot w, Jerry Reuben, pro
late, J. G. Ross, NJ OF n; August nan
iclscn. NJ 90 - ~ Il. Rlouut, X Of Y
and :; & a. NcrEwits, NJ at A. L. An
dcrson. l. C.. G. e. patmberg. o G AZ
ter the installation the officers and mcr,
hers retired 10 Jcn's restaurant where 4;
Sumptuous repaSt was served.
Petcr Brown. a Greek fisherman Twins
near Nuappa. died yesterday on IN,
steamer Miller white on hts way to entCl
the hospital here He had been troubled
with a disease Of the lungs Tor som,
time. which developed into an acUte ar
fcctiou a few DAYS since. Coroner rOhI
took chargc " the remains upon the az.
rival u the Miller hut did not hold AT
inquest. as the cause Of death was very
plainly the result % the hemorrhagc with
which he mas sctzcd On the boat Tn,
deceased was well known Ia Astoria and
was about q years Of agc
The hay was 50 rough Yesterday thai
the contractors were unable 10 DO any
thing towards rtghtine the overturned
yilc-drlvcr Mir Jacobsen Is diSsustco,
After spending SSN rcpairinS the ma
chine only last week. 81 now becomes
necessary 10 do the work over again
he Will make another e0ort. however
and will rebuild the entire deck Of the
Sow this time ratsirg Il SiNtccO o;
eighteen inches higher than the pUsenl
levsi This, he hopes viii oeviate much
OF the present trouble and II there comes
a little good weather Il viii not take
long Z, catch up with the delayed work
Mr. J. ". Darling. lincman % the West.
ern Union Telegraph Co, while repair
ing the wire three miles east Of Tongue
Point yesterday. saved an unknown mar
from drowning Mr.. Darling happened to
notice an upturned row boat dancing on
the waves some distance from the shor,
and remarked 10 his assistant that IL dt
not look all right Investigation fur
Their revealed the form OF a man in IN,
water near the boat. THIS was enough
for DARLING. who left his work AZ ono
and went TO the assistance OF the mar
In the water IN his boat used Tor repair
work. He succeeded In saving both thS
man and his boat. the latter being towet
10 shorn. The man was not much ths
worse Tor his cold bath. and the last seer
Of him he was walking up the river hank
towing his treachercus boat
one OF the railroad men. who had just
made a trip TO the bridge. says h a En-
sincsr Hamilton. during Mondays storm.
saved a mans life Mr.. Chance. one OF
the men In charge OF the pile driver, /,
seems. was attempting 10 pole the scow
away from the trcstle work by the use
Of a lonc boat hook. when the hook slipp'
al oN the pile and 5ir Chance Tell into
the water. The tide was running swift.
IL and the water was rouEht from the
gale. The only ore who saw the acct
dent was Engineer Hamilton, wh1 was
on a ~neighboring scow Just below. As
Mr.. Chance rose and was being carried
by. Mr.. Hamilton leaned over and cansht
him by the collar and with the hclP OF
another man hshed him out. \ strange
thing about the accident was that Mr..
Chances clothes above h waist were
not wet by q drop OF water. He was
dressed In long rubber boots and oil skin
coat. His boots. Of course, hlltd with
water but otherwise he was dry. The
thing occurred so quickly, he thinks,
there was no time 10 get soaked.