The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-01

mako the round trio IN thirty days the
owners VIII Riye him ncy suit OF
clothes. and should he mako Il BY Febru.
ary he viii get 500 and tho suit OF
clothes also,
Mf. Walter RldehRlsh Yesterday re-
eclfod COPY of the Liverpool Mercury OF
January 10, containing the announcement
of the marriage of Captain cason. OF the
iirltish bark cupich, 10 Miss Catherine
cuffie, OF Arran. Scotland The wedding
was celebrated IN st. Mary's church. Dlr-
konhca0, The bride h a step sister Of
Captain Mcmillan. Of the Errol. who IA
very well known In this port The many
friends Of Captain Cnsson. both here ana
IN Portland Will wish him and his wife
long life and happineaa CAPTAIN Caason
IL leaving the cupica. and viii take
charge Of n larger and newer vessel be-
longing TO the same company.
Tho harkenline Cleaner arr4yed IN from
san Francisco yesterday afternoon. ana
was towed over 90 Knappton By the Es-
cort She II twenty-fonr days from her
last port, and has not. as has been
foollshly rcportcd. been on the mouth OF
this river for the same iongth OF time
as tho cadaow Forest As tho vessel
went over TO knappton without any
chance OF communicating even with Pilot
Matthews. who brought her In. the exact
length OF limo that she has hccn laying
on the Cape. has not yet been ascertain
cd, but Il Is known that she left San
Franeisco on tho 9Th Of January. ana
has probably not hoen abreast OF the Col
umhla more than ten days. SO Il APP
pears that tn, people who have been |
gathering hope for the missing cadzow
NAVAsstfh Aa sftttN Al ha
Cleaner. had no real foundation for their |
surmiscs,
Port Townsend special raya: Cap |
tain Francis Tuttle. OF this city has
hc,sa assigned TO the command OF the |
revenue cutter Bear. vice ilcaly. under
eOurt-martiai In San Francisco. The
Bear. In charge OF Captain Tuttle, will
accompany the whaling fleet to the Arctic |
ocean this spring For ten years this
duty has devolyed upon Captain iIealy. |
Captain Tuttlc has accompanied him for
several seasons, and Is regarded as an
experienced and careful Arctic navigator,
Captain Il, Y, Tozler. OF the revenue cut
ter Grant. stationed ON the Sound, sue
cecds Tuttlc as superintendent OF con-
struction OF revenue launches at Port
Townsend. Captain ToEiers assignment
for shore service is for three years"
During sundays storm the British ship
Hyderahsd and the four-mastsd schooner
Alexander had very lively experience
says the Call The former was lying al
Harrison street wharf ana the latter Ri
liathaway's Both We're exposed to the
full fury OF the southeaster and had 70
suffer accordingly. The iiydcrRbad wns
In the worst position, and had Il not been
- ~.
Wharhnger RoGt considerable damage
would have been done In this connection
too much praise cannot be given to the
harhor commissioners and their employees.
Whenever a sudden change OF weather
Is tolephoncd from the weather bureau
they at once notify the captainc. In the
case Of vessels south of Market they even
no further and help them out as far MS
possible While Sundays storm was
raging Chief wharhnger Root and Chief
Assistant Ed Short were around the front
helping out and sending for assistance
wherever II was needed, The Hyderabal,
at Harrison street wharf. was swept fore
and aft by the seas. Almost every wave
that came along broke over the vessel,
but the only injury done was to the can
tain's cabin, which was gutted. The
Alexander was at the Hathaway bulk
head and received the full bulk OF the
SWELL Her 'fender-guard" was torn
away and her hun was badly chafod be-
fore she was towed away, During last
Saturdays gale the Alexander was In
trouble also. At that time she was thrown
against the ship Roderlck Dhu and lost
her bowsprit. This second damage win
necessltate her being doelSed Tor repairs.
Tho umatllla left Victoria, q. G., last
Friday, and from the start experienced
heavy weather, ON Sunday last II blew n
perfect hurricane, and the vessels decks
were almost constantly under water The
captains room, which Is IN the forward
part OF the ship, was almost constantly
flooded, and the carpets and chairs were
floating around In sea OF water when
ever Captain Green attempted to reach
his lockers. The wind gradually Increased
during the afternoon, and about p. IN.
n squall struck the ship that made her
heel over Hike a sinking ship. A wave
swept her .rorn stem TO stern and one OF
the boats anidshlns was carries away.
1t was then Captain Green showed his
According To the officers,
who were the only ones on deck, he never
for an instant lost his head, and gave
his commands as coolly as when tho vcs-
sci was leaving the wharf at Port Towns
end The Umatlla behaved like The good