The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-05
MATTERS MARINE.
Notes rished Up Aloaq the Water tfont
Yesterday.
NOTICE 70 MAnINERs

NOTICE 10 MARGNERa
Straits Of Juan dc Fucp. Washington
Neah Hay whlstiing Buoy.
Portland. or. March ~. 1896.
once Of 4. \. Lighthouse Inspector
Notice II herby given that the Nchh
hay whintilng buoy. painted red. marked
with the letters 'NrBh hay" In white.
has been replaced on It's Iii bearings
about one and one quarter miles north
east by east from Koitiah point
This notice Affects the list VI Beac0nB
and Buoya. Pncihc Coat, is1j. page u.
iy order OF the lighthouse board.
O. W. FARENiiOLT.
Commander u. 3 Navy, inspector Thir-
teculh Lighthouse District
Tho British bark Airlie sailed yesterday
Tor Cape Town. South Africa. with about
i.9n.0o feet OF lumber.
steamer Fillmore arrived yesterday from
Tiiihmook. and docKed at tic o H. A n.
wharf. whore she discharged freight for
Astoria merchants
Tho schooner Edward PArkc sailed yes
terday for San Franchise. She carries
5000 feet OF lumber for the Humboldt
Lumber Company,
The inyorneSn-nhirc shifted from the
stream yesterday 10 the Hollywood dock.
where SHE will discharge M.5D cases OF
tin. commencing tomorrow.
The Pathfinder made another trip 90
narkcr's bay yesterday. returning In the
afternoon. The object OF this expedi.
ton was TO pull a number OF piles. which
were sawed on below the water, No
moro traps were molcsted,
The Columbine. which arrived from the
Sound Friday evening. came down from
the buoy station yesterday afternoon.
Captain Richardson. who has been ~
for some time past. IL again Ia charge,
looking ~ well as ever.
, Despite tho fact the Yarona has no
charter. Captain Robertson IN improving
his idle moments and putting his vessel
In excellent condition. The Yarana's
newly. painted sides. which are high out
OF water. make n pretty picture,
Tho British bark iortun cleared ycster-
day for Rucnos Ayrcz Her cargo on
FisiA OF I.01,7 gi feet OF lumber, III. rs
feet OF which IL on deck, The shipment
il valued AZ E.seI.& Yesterday mora
Ing seven sailors arrived down Tor the
i.or,on. and she will probably sail to.
morrow,
Tho trim little gasoline launch Triton
came across the river yesterday. and
was the object OF much admiration, The
Triton Ia uwifter. perhaps, than any
launch OF Its kiLd on the river, Sumer-
GUS launches arc making their appear
ancc along the water trent. most OF
them being for eanncry work.
The little steamer Hattie Gage left for
Alaska today. but before she got out OF
the hRrbor she was >vCrhgulcd by the
revenue cutter Hartley, Word had been
received by tho customs house authorities
that the stcamcr had OF board some
whisky which did not appear on the
manifest, and Deputy surveyor OF the
Port Ruddoil went out TO intercept the
vessel. Twenty gallons OF prims liquor
was discovered and taken by the deputy
surveyor. Notwithstanding the pleading
OF the men that the stun was for medici-
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The customhouso people do not think
that an attempt was being made TO
smuggle the whisky TO the natives OF
Alaska, but they have learned hat
every vessel that has gone north this
season has carried spirits that have not
appeared on the manifest. and they are
determined TO put n stop 10 The practice.
II will be very dry sailing on the Hattie
Gagc,-ENnminer.
\ dispatch from PHILADELPHIA, dated
April ., says; II the latest adviccs from
Puerto Cortcs, which comc by private
cable, arr trustworthy. the flihustoring
steamer Bermuda Is in u very sorry
pltght She is reported TO have been
seized by the government Of Honduras
for violation Of the neutrality laws, and
TO have suffered :he coniscation OF her
entire cargo OF arms. powder. dynamite,
machctcs and other munitions OF war In
tented for the Cubans, The messages
which bring this disheartening uews to
the Cuban sympathl2crs explain very
briefly why the bermuda failed to land
her cargo. An attempt was rNadc TO
and on the southern coast of cuba, near
Cape Corientes, at night. She was dis,
covered, however. by the crews of Span
ish gunboats. which, like the Bermuda,
had hidden all their lights from view and
were patrolling the very vicinity where
she was to have made the landing, In
formation as to the exact plan OF land
ing had been procured from persons on
board the Bermuda and was cabled to
Havana, and was known to General Wey-
Ter before the vessel left Somers Point,
N. j. What has become OF the 40 pas
sengers OF the Bermuda Is not known,
but II Is claimed they were landed on
the coast OF the province of Pinar del
Rio, This is not credited, however, as
1t Is plainly stated In Puerto Cortez that
all hands left the vessel there. and none
OF them were able to disembark In Cuba.
Moreover, II would have been practi-