The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-07

paired at Portland and will probably De
roady for her "trip February l2th.
Tho senate bin 10 roconvcne the dele
gates Of the United States 10 tho inter.
national marine conference OF ltA5 passed
the senate on the 2iat inst
River pilots report that the beacons NJ
the head OF Swan island and n Postoiiice
bar have been carried away. one by the
frrshet hnd the other by the Potter
Tho Oriental steamer Aitmoro left up
the river for Portland AZ ;:D this morn
ms n was intended 20 take ner up We'd
neslay night. but she laid over until
ThurFdRy
scnaior Ftyc has introduced = bill TO
promote the efficiency OF the revenue cut
ter rcryico" by poyidlng for system OF
retirement OF officers for lncapaeiiy' LONG
service, etc.
The convention Of marine engineers at
Washington, u. C., reelected all the onl-
GERS OF last year on the 22d inst. inelud-
ms j. J. seary. OF ookland. Cal. as Vice
prcaidont by unanimous vote,
The largos, consignment OF oars ever
received In this city has lain on the Tole-
phone dock for several days past There
are 1871 oars In the lot, which Is con-
signed to Elmorc. Sanborn & co.
Representative Wilson. OF New York,
hns introduced a naval engineering per
sonnel blll." which proposes TO give
commissions IN the nnw engineering
corps TO the enlisted men Of that branch.
Tho pilot schooner Jessie. which was
nconsrd by the Washington pilot COM
mssionera on Tuesday, ls now at sea.
and IL supposed TO be hunting for the
Cadzow Forest The owners OF the Jes-
slo have contracted TO keep her In serv-
Ice ror fourteen months,
The coastlng bark Vldettc arrived down
from Portland yesterday morning, She Is
lumber laden. and carries t+0oo0 feet.
all OF which was loadsd In Portland. Her
captain said yesterday that she VIII leave
out as son as the weather permits She
ls lying In the stream opposite FlaveIs
wharf
The steamer Hankow. says the Ledger
arrived yesterday at n. m. from Esqui-
malt. after being on the dock there, hav-
ing leak on her starboard bow repaired.
All day yesterday shc was lying az the
ocean dock taking cotton aud Hour at
her two forward hatchos. She Is due TO
Fail tomorrow.
Latest charters In San Frarclsoo are
as follows; British iron ship Fannie
- ,.sA. - - al kinN1Afn
HnNre. Antwerp OF Dunkirk, Il Is 6d, dl-
rect port nothing less. prior to arrival
Dcwar & webb. Bark ractoms, i,5S
now at Portland. sugar from Honolulu
TO New York;. d. Spreckels & Co.
Schooner Csar. Isl, merchandise 10 Mexi-
can ports--W. Olsen,
The MANAGEMENT OF the schooner W.
II. Talbot and the bark Colusa has passed
from the hands OF George +. Smith 4
Co The owners OF the Talbot are ask
ing for settlement. 1t Is rumorod
along the water front that there viii ne
"A change OF management In the schooners
Irmgard. 3 c. Wilder Mary Winkleman
and tho hark Sonoma, which are at pres
tnt handed hy Smith S Co.--ENaminer.
Several small steam schooners had n
hard time trying 90 cross out yesterday,
The Augusta went down TO the bar In
the morning, hut came back. and Is lying
Mt Flavel's wharf The Gilmore went
tbrourht tho same performance. and will
lenyo out tujs". The South Coast mad
nn nttempt 70 yioas out, but returned to
sand Leland an, horage. She made an
other attempt IN the afternoon. and was
successful. The Alice Blanchard sailed
for San Francisco and way ports.
The captain OF the barkentine Modoc,
which arrived at Seattle yesterday. re-
norts that on January g, about 10 miles
west OF Cape Flattery, he saw a large
vessel on IRE. II was impossible to tell
whether IL WIS ship or bark, as the
rlgging had been burned away. His Tes-
sci stood by for twenty-four hours, but
he saw no sign OF life about the burning
craft. Tho crew had evidently left the
vessel. The vessel Is supposed to be the
british ship Nineveh, which sailed from
Vancouver January II for Sydney, Aus
tralla,
Port Townsend advlces state that the
opinion Is expressed generally In shipping
circles that the British bark Cadzow For
est has gone ashore on Vancouver island,
Nothing further has been heard Of the
square-rlgged vessel which was recently
reported by two coastlng schoonecs as
being In dangerous proximity to the
breakers In Clayoduot and may believe
that to have been the missing bark, Com
manders of revenue cutters say their In
structlons prohibit them from going out
side seeking disabled craft except upon
special orders from the department.
The British bark Bedfordshire yester
day went down to Sand Island anchorage
and win probably sail today. The trou-
bles of this vessel are many. and another
has been added to the lengthy list. Will,
in Portland the bark shipped crew
four Of whom refused to go TO work Wed.
nesday claiming the vessel unscaworthy
and stating that they wn~c not as ",
ready to visit r'avy Jones' locker. Despite
the protests OF Captain Hugo, they left
the vessel. Deputy United states Marsha
stuart kept an oye on the men until q
warrant for their arrest as deserter
could bo sworn out before Justice Aber-
cromble, after which they were taken 4
the county jail. They were given
hearing yesterday attrnoon, bur persisted
that the vessel was In no condition 10 pu