The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-04

Ihn HritlhH bhft AtnulT"e WIN i'"f'
up for Portland In TOW OF tho H. II
Thompson this morning.
A large quantity OF behring's were land
"a NJ ExmOuth recently. hut could not Ds
sold. aa there were no purchaser
Smells are running unusually large thlt
year In New Brunswick. The finest oil
them como Ia tho n~0lghborhood of H.
Louis,
both the pilot schoonorB oamo In from
outside yesterday TO provision They
rode out the gales without fDiahhp ana
report all well.
Tho Mowhan In alongside tho O. w.
and ". dock Her anchors foulcd before
daylight yesterday morning and she was
taken into the wharf by n tug
The british bark Andrnda was taken
alongside the bonded warehouse dock
yesterday. She viii begin unloading her
cargo OF Tin plate on Monday,
The schooner LrtitlA came In from San
Francisco yesterday afternoon In sand
ballast. Che IL dischhrging her sand nj
parker'a wharf and viii 20 up 10 Port
land on Monday.
The termination OF the London fur nalo
was satisfactory. The Hudson Ray Com
pany's Offering Of 200 nklna maintained
the % per cent advance In Northwest
skins attained al tho last sale.
Tho American ship 1roquoia, says the
Examiner. has 600 toni OF railroad Iron
--a -. -. NF.NI.a .aaaawa will
be loaded on the barge Jersey and towcd
to stockton by ono Of the California
Navigation and improvement company's
steamers.
The new list OF Canadian shipping
shows a total OF 7.gt5 vessels. ag%grcgating
yG9. 90 tons. a decrease Of tg.si5 tons from
tho previous year. OF this total there
aro i.tso vessels a-ggrcgHting in.i3 tons
On tho Great Lakes. or course all are
under the British nag
Heavy gales are doing great damhge on
tho north coast Of Newfoundland TWEEN
ty.two lives wsre lost In the wreck OF
the schooner Victory and fourteen IN thf
wreck Of the schooner Goldnnch. a boat
named Peri pampei was picked up on the
Grand Banks. believed to have belonged
70 u ANAAAAANA tAhNAA stsftAft fN""NH
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Tho owners OF the Costa Rico are deter.
mined to have their steamer properly
nt,ed out should she ever run across a
dcrciict like the Strathnevis again. Yes
terday n iA.inch steel hawser was put
aboard. and now the captain Of the Costa
Rlca says he n ready for any vessel In
dlatreas hat may CONT along Chronicle
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Captain Manuel Cation. from the fishing
schooner Sea Fox. while flshing on the
Georges Banks. fell overheard In the gale
and came very near losing his life. For
~tunatoiy a rope was thrown him by one
Of tho crew. but. because he weighed
80 pounds. be could not be hauled aboard.
A dory was launched. and, two men
jumping In. the captain was finally saved
TIL Japan Herald says; The O.. & O.
e. =. Bclgic. which IL now at Hongkong
for repairs. has been examined. Rnd up
wards OF sixty plates Of her hull are
found damaged. by being either cracked,
ndcnted or twisted u OF shape, II II
calculated that Il will take some six
weeks TO effect all that IN necessary. and
that the cost viii be likely to amount
TO 100000. more or less.
The schooner Chetco from Coos hay 20
San Francisco was caught In a gale on
Cape Blanco ana lots part OF her rudder.
She was sieered TO port by means OF two
beams and some chains. and was docked
at Howard No, 2 by the tug Lena l.. In
docking the tug got In collision with the
schooner John Magic. and had u hole
stove In her deck house. The chetco
was also slightly damaged.
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Some anxiety Is felt at Dundee over the
non-arrivnl OF the whRicr pRlaena. The
rest OF tho Dundee whaling fleet ave re-
turned and the Balaena Is expected daily,
II Is conjectured that her homeward pass
sage has been delayed by the heavy
weather which has prevailed in the North
Atlantic for two weeks past, The ice
pack Is reported exceptionally heavy this
year In the Davis Straits, and this may
have delayed her.
The British ship Thurland Castle has
been sold to a Hawaiian syndicate and
rechristened the Iolani. She viii be put
In the freight and passenger trade between
Honolulu and San Francisco. The Iolani
was originally built for the Australian
passenger trade and has splendid accom-,
modationy. She Is a fine vessel OF 1901
toni burden. 226 feet long. 81 feet S inches
nroau ~ ~ teet . ihehes deep. she
was ouu' by harlNhu u Woit IN 1876
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Yesterday AZ $50 n. M says the Call,
winter ~ Caitoh. mead OF the local
nrahen OF inc hrm OF W. IL. Trace " Co
passed over 10 inc great majority. lie
uleo at MS home IN Oakland. AFTER a long
s'rusRIe WIN inc dreau consumption
leaving u iamiy II a large circle OF
soclal ana business friends as sincere
Tor ne was a man whose rec;i-
ana general disposition attracted
10 ,cars 90 zoe ne ~" Ins. ~ ~ uu'
l,Ind 10 no onNto1 h,, 80, u.oSs. ~
senior Ills career 30 ~ eio"us ns
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