The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-03-04


the high seas on board the schooner Rio
Ray, came up before Commissioner Thom-
son yesterday, The captain did not want
20 prosecute as IN doing 81 the crew ot
the schooner would be held as witnesses
TO the grand jury and the matter was
settled BY the defendant payins the costs
and leaving the schooner
The case of the State of OREGON vs. ), y
nonkol. charged with the larceny " a
pair of wagon scat springs was called IN
the clrcun court yesterday afternoon
The unlawful possession o; the property
was not proven against the defendant ana
the jury returned a verdict Of not Ee"'y
without leaving their seats
Tho Interest which Is taken in the work
OF growing naN fibor IN oregon and WASH
ngton Is not confined TO these states The
American Volunteer. newspaper pub
lished at Carlisle. Pa. recently published
half column article ON lax and linen
which calls special attention TO the el-
for, now being made In oregon to essah-
lish the linen manufacturing industry,
This effort is highly commended and q
hearty wish for It's success Is eNpr'ssed,
The same paper contains a letter nom
r. s PaEue. chief OF the oregon weather
bureau. which gives an excellent report
! OF oregon's prodUcuvcneSs from an agr's
cultural standpoint.
At the reception rooms Of the Astoria
Football club last night the members in
I dulged In a smoke social An exhaustive
program had been prepared and every
thing possible done to make the a0air a
success. Good cigars and better fellow
shin prevailed and the entertainment was
pronounced the most SUCCESSFUL In the
| clubs history one 0f the most enjoy
able numbers was the rendition of My
/ Pearl Is the Bowery Girl by several
members OF the Chrysauthcmum club
Each member OF the A. F. {. was called
| up0n for a performance aud responded
with songs and recitatons
A young English apprentice on board
the British ship CyprOmene which ar
rived here yesterday. deserted the vessel
before leaving Portland and was a stow
away on board the Elder when she ar
/ rived here yesterday Word was sene
/ from Portland to arrest the lad on the ar
rival OF the steamer but he was seen to
! jump through the portfolio Just as the
I steamer hauled into the dock, ana nothing
| has been seen of him since. u Is not
known whether he was afflicted with the
| Klondike craze or not, the instructions to
the police department being very meagre
He probably took TO the woods for safe
keeping and headed for the Nehalem, but
/ II he keeps in the middle OF the road the
probabilities are that he will not become
4 citizen Of Clatssop county.
The second officer " the Tenkic Maru
stated yesterday to an Historian reprcsen-
/ tative that when ne left Yokohama there
was unusual interest IA the eastern situ.
alton and that II war should cnsue he
would Immediately return for service for
/ his country. Japan does not want war
/ but will fight if necessary. In japan
I those who intend 10 follow the sea must
[ serve as apprentices when very young
I study navigation and when through school
/ serve on warship from which they are
! promoted 20 the rank of second otticer on
a merchantman. Several OF the officers
on the Teukio Maru speak good English
and an are navigators- The captain Is
! an intelligent officer. and hiss "a crew Of
good men. The mate said further that
{ coolies IN Japan earn about o. cents Uni-
Z ted States money per day and that while
since the china war prices OF food had
{ very materially advanced. and are siil
I on the rise. wages had not been increased.
I That is one thing Il cost Japan Meat in
( Japan costs about what ii dos in As
toria The japanese are also learning 20
use American -four The Japs are noted
for their cleanliness and on board the
{ Tenhio Maru is q boiler IN tho forcastle
I heated by the charcoal which supplies
{ the sailors with their daily BATH
The steamship George w Elder sailed
T. yesterday afternoon for Skagway. An
enormous crowd was az the wharf 10 see
her on She carried f0 passengers fifty
I Of whom were from this city. The Astor-
fans who left for the north were princi-
/ pally fishermen An the afternoon the
crowd thronged the dock. waiting for the
steamer TO sail There were about seven
ty-dve tons OF freight from Astoria. most
OF which was consigned 20 branch houses
Of local firms. The passengers were a
very well-appearing lot Of men and vo-
men. there seeming 10 be an absence Of
tough" faces II was 3:3o before the FL
der got under headway. Some one on
board shouted last farewell 10 Annie. &"
very near and dear friend no doubt.
and about twenty Of the passengers took
Up the cry. all crying "good-bye' to An
ME As the fine vessel steamed down the
bay she presented remarkable appear
ance. She was lined on both sides with
passengers. all Of whom were frantlcally
waving hats and handkerchisfs. the salu-
tations from the dock being quite as en-
thuslastic. Among the passengers were
several women, one of whom carried an
infant In her arms bystander who
noticed the babe remarked that the 'spi-
nal meningitis won't do a ting to de kid. q"
Besides the large number OF passengers
the Elder also carried about 100 tons of
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