The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-23
DAYBY A
Marine Matters, Here, There aid
Everywhere.

The phliomcne viii probably leave ouI
for England early this morning
The lumber bark yideite and tbs
schooner Falcon were towcd up to Port
land yesterday morning,
Tho weather outside the Cape was vory
rough all day yesterday but moderated
considerably towards evening
Tho work on the light house at Cape
Arago has been abandoned for the pres
net, owing TO rough weather.
The German bark MAthilde Denasen.
wheat laden for Europe. came down tho
river from Portland this morning.
Material has arrived az Bandon for the
lights and fog horns az the HIGHT house
there. The tower fixtures are now bclnG
placed.
There are now four ships waiting in the
hatbor ready 20 so out. They are tbs
Phllomcnc. Glcncairn, Powys Castle. and
Mathilde DensAen. and they viii leave
In the order named.
Tho British bark dlengaber completed
dlaoharging her Newcastle coal AT the can
factory dock yesterday afternoon and
VIII leave up the river for Portland at
daylight this morning.
The steamer Signal came In from Van
couyer. B. O., yesterday afternoon and
got TO her dock al . o'clock. She crossed
la .sfaN tAa e.nfaNN, 80 gha rlss.e az Z aFaf..fs
In the morning, but was compelled 10 go
outside again. being unable 10 run up
10 tho city against tho strong current.
She crossed In u second time nj 2 p, m.
\ Santa Cruz telegram says: 'sTho
phenomenal run Of salmon In the bay OF
Monterey continues, The fishermen ana
sportsmen who went out today bagged
an aggregate catch OF moro than pg,
There were twenty boats out. In spite
ofthe steady rainfall that began early
this morning. and the greater part or
these carried i've or three persons. The
nsh have been running since last Thurs
day, but todRy's catch 81 the biggest.
and would no doubt have been doubled
had the weather not driven many OF the
fishermen In early in the afternoon. There
Is no guessing when tho salmon VIII
leave, As 10 a diminuiion OF them, they
could not all be taken In n week II all
the sportsmen In the state were hero.
There Il plenty OF feed and the bay e.
fun OF sardlnes. Fish Commissioners
Murdoch and Emerlc. who returned 10
San Francisco today, said they believed
the fish would remain here until HE
water In tho Sacramento river became
muddy from the rains. The whole coun-
try Ia enthusiastic over the fishing. as Il
Is the first heavy run OF salmon for i've
years. and Is attracting visitors from San
Francisco and other points.
The Evening News OF Wednesday ana
the Evening Telegram OF Tuesday con
tained the following item;
This Is n hot one on Dunraven: The
following telegram, the cost being sub
scrlbed by some OF the members Of the
stock exchange, was sent to New York
on Wednesday; TO the President OF the
New York Stock Exchange; The mem
bors OF the London Stock Exchange trust
that In event OF hostillties supervening
between the two countries, special pains
win be taken so that the excursion steam
ors Will not hamper the operations OF the
British men-of-war,'"
TIT telcgram referred "a as having
been sent 10 New York last Wednesday
was in reality. sent about a month ago.
and the above item appeared In this col
umn at that time. The Coos Bay News
took 1t from the Historian, a San Franz
cisco commercial paper took Il from the
Coos Bay News, and the Evening Tcle
gram and Evening News clipped II from;
the San Franci r o paper. 1t took just
"a days 10 make the round. A whole lot
OF time could have been saved by the
Astorian's Columbia river contemporaries
II they had taken the interesting little
anecdote from this paper at first hand.
The chances are now. according to the
expressed opinion OF the most conserva-
tive men along the water front, that the
CadEow Forest win never get back to the
mouth OF this river without steamer as
~sistance. and, further. that the proba-
hility that she has %foundered Is every
day becoming more certain. She has
either gone ashore on the rocks that lie
along the coast between Cape Flattery
and Destruction Island, or her ballast has
shifted and she Is drifting along In the
Vicinity OF the Aloutlan Islands. Speaking
Of the chances of the vessels turning up
the captain of the Glengaber said yester-
day that some years 6 the British bark
foWys ChStle, now IN the river, passed n
ship homeward bound twenty hours Il
Of Falmouth, both being bound for that
port. The Powys Castle got in next
morning, and the vessel she had spoken
and reported at the Exchange did not put
In IN appearance for %thlrty-three days
afterwards, when she got in safe and
sound. During the whole period she had
not been spoken once TIT Cadzow For
est Is an iron bark 1il6 tons register, ana
LOGS tons below deck, She was In this
river nine years age commanded BY Cap
tain ]. NJ. lines, her present skipper. Her
last survey vas made at Belfast In De-
cember, 1891, when she was rated A / at
Lloyd's. She was built by Russell &
Co. at Glasgow, In 1878, Her dimensions
are as follows; J angth, 20i feet; beam, "a
feet; depth, p feet.
DON'T BE IMPOSED UPON.