The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-03-26

Agent Lounsberry. OF the o. r 4 n.
yesterday commenced cleaning house in
the Offices on the dock. All the furniture
from the freight department and Mr..
Lounsberry's private Office was moved
into the passenger department and force
OF men put TO work In the freight Offices
cleaning and painting
Northern Pacific railroad trains leave
Portland daily at II o'clock a. m. FOR Ia
coma. Spokane. and the east. Close con- /
nection made at Spokane for Rossland,
Nelson, sandOw and British Columbia
mining camps. For maps and information
call on or address c. W. Stone. Astoria, |
Oregon.
Shares Of the Alaska Transportation
and Development company OF Chicago |
are the most desirable investment before
the public Safer than savings banks and
bank stock. Paying large dividends. /
Shares one dollar. For information ad-
dress W. l. Dudley, general agent. Hal
Ter building. Seattle. Wash.
Clark Bell. who left on the oregon yes
terday for Dyea. to go into business. re-
ceived Thursday evening a send-ot from /
his friends which must have been very /
pleasant to him A gathering was held |
at the rooms Of Ed Hansen and every ]
thing good under the sun or moon made |
its appearance on the festal board.
Otis Hockensmith the well known fish !
erman, arrived from Tillamook yesterday. |
He reports game plentiful in that locality \
and shortly before leaving he killed five |
ducks in one shot. Mr.. Hockensmith Is /
making arrangements for his marriage, |
which takes place soon the young lady |
being Miss Josephine Adams. Of Tilla-
nook
and ordered lot Of goods to be delivered
at certain address. but when the team
sters arrived at the designated place no
one was known there by that name or
claimed the goods. One wagon left 70
cents worth OF ginger-snaps which have
not been heard from, but the other goods
were taken back 10 the stores II IS be-
lieved the man was playing bunco
game
deck hand on the Lurline while en-
gagged in landing freight at Near City,
early yesterday morning on the trip down
the river was accidentally thrown into
the water by the slipping Of the gang
plank under a truck load Of heavy freight
and was drowned. The body was recoy-
cred soon afterwards by his companions
and was returned to Portland on the up
triD Of the boat
The Alaska steamer City Of Topeka ar
rived in yesterday morning via Nanamo.
She had u passen myers. two Of whom. q
W. Morton and F. G. Reed were for this
city. Besides the coal On board her freight
was very light. There was sack of coin
on board containing &3lO shipped from
skagway by j. A. Burkhardt TO the Lon
don and San Francisco Savings Bank.
The money was obtained through the
regular channels Of trade and had no
connection with any new discoveries.
Contractor F. C. Reed. who returned on
the City Of Topeka yesterday from Dyea.
stated to an AstOrian representative that
he had finished building the Ross. Hig.
gins & Co.. s store at that place and that
he believed the rush and excitement was
oyer, but later there would be a steady
stream Of gold hunters going over the
passes. "There is not very much sickness
at Dyea. there being more trouble A.
Skagway. No gold is coming out from
the interior now. but people are going
over the trails into Klondlke as fast as
they can every day. The cable tramway
over Chilkoot pass from The Scales to
the summit Is out Of order, the cable hay
ing broken after few buckets had been
hauled up. Packing for the most part has
to be done on the backs Of men. The
worst part Of this work Is before you get
to The Scales / would advise any one
who has a job here to stay here. Dyea
Is no place to go to looking for work
Hundreds rushed in mere with the gold
having no money and expecting |
10 get work at high prices Wages i'm
nediately dropped and there are many {
die men there today"