The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-22

\ peculiar incident occurred in tho or
ing yesterday. An American ship. sup
posed TO be the Henry Willard. arrived
on the mouth " the river and procecdcu
north. sending word to shore near Ocean
Grove that she wanted pilot The mes
sage was delivered by wire in Astoria
from llwacO.
Shsres OF the Alaska Transportation
and Development company OF chicago
sre the most desirable investment before
ne public. Safer thai cavings banks ana
bank stock. Paying larse dividends
shares one dollar For Information ad-
dress W, I. Dudley. general agent, Hal
Ter building. Seattle, Wash.
The Progressive Association held an en-
thuSiastic meeting last night The com-
mittee on public parks reported large
money subscriptions II a suitable site
was secured. and the workers were much
encouraged. Plans for dry dock were
opened and discussed. and many other
matters OF Importance were considered
When the magnificent steamer Veto
rian. now on her way 20 the Sound. passcl
down the harbor yesterday morning. she
presented a truly beautiful sight She
will be the pride Of the Sound as she has
been of the Columbia river. The Nicto-
rian is swifter than either OF the san
Francisco steamers and will do good ser
vice in the Alaska trade.
In his new Office on the Parker House
dock. William Edwards. agent of the
Borthwick Lumber Company said YES
terday that there was considerable &C.
tivity in building already manifested ana
that II was difficult 10 supply the de-
mand for lumber. Charles Johnson Is
rushing US for the material for his new
house at Blind Slough. and the railroad
company is pushing the building OF the
tine large tool houses. bunk huose. water
tank and other buildings at Clifton. ana
the bridge tenders houses az RUna
Slough and John Days. other residences
and buildings are in contemplation for
the early spring.
Articles OF incorporation OF the Yukon
Repairing and Dredging Company were
filed yesterday In the county clerks office.
The objects OF the company are the own
ing and operating Of boats on the Yukon
and its tributaries, the operation OIL
plants for the manufacture and repairing
OF machinery, etc. The incorporators are
John W, welch, W F. Ray and c. r.
Thomson. The capital stock Is $1,000. di-
vided into 100 shares Of 500 each. The
company proposes TO also attach
dredger and sluice-box for handling the
sands from the bottom OF the river.
which are no doubt rich in gold. They
will also be prepared 10 build boats ana
saw lumber. Two thousand dollars OF
stock has already been subscribed.
The Oysters. captained by NJ =. Bo.
zarth, played against Herman wlse's
Crabs. and F. NJ. Gunn's Halibut against
c. II. Cooper's Smelt, at the A F.. c.
last night. Mr. Bozarths team took two
games from the Crabs, the scores being
lS3 to III and Isl to I75. The Halibut ana
Smelt broke even: the former took the
first game the scores being 2G TO ~. while
the latter won the second-l54 to az. Mrs.
Fisher. playing for the Halibut as a sub
stitute, made the best score in the tourn-
ament-i5. The high score for the gentle
men yesterday was S. which was made
by c. X. Higgins and c. II. Cooper A
feature Of the evening was "Crackajack'.
Cooper's wonderful work. In the first
game against the Halbut he had uins
in the fifth frame. finishing with q.
The British ship Auckland Captain C..
James, arrived yesterday in ballast. .
days from Port Adelaide. In speaking
Of his voyage Captain James said: we
left Adelaide Christmas day On the 18th
day out We passed the Antipodes Islands
and several icebergs. Strong westerly
winds prevailed until We reached Pit
| cairn island, p days out. From there We
had days Of very light winds and calm
We took the southeast trades In = south.
and We had 1t very strong. The equator
was crossed in l3l west and then We ran
from the southeast trades which carried
us to . north with a good steady breeze.
Light winds were the rule from then to
20. On the 18th we encountered a heavy
| hurricane from the southwark. the shin
| labOring under a lower main topsaU. The
wind shifted to southwest and we nut the
ship on her course again. picking up
| Pilot Gunderso1 at s o'clock this morn
| ing, arriving in port about noon. We
/ did not sight sail or vessel en- route.
and had it not been for calms would have
made crack passage The Auckland
| registers 1915 tons and is Il fast shin
Mrs. James, who always travels with the
captain. is with him on this voyage.
| HarbOr Master Reed went 10 s-a with
Captain James "A years ago
! I'm the justice court yesterday Emil
Johansen was tried for assaultlng John
Johnson while coming from school The
two boys are under II years of age and
their parents, who were present in court.
are residents Of UppcrtOwn. Several wit
nesses were examined Including meIiral
testimony TO show that the johnson bov
Is suffering from ST. Vitus dance and gr
a very nervous ,emporamcut Mr.
Johnson, the mother Of m. HY. testified
to the behavior Of her sou aul the abuse
he was subjected to among hi. scroo,
mates. Her testimony was conclusive OF
The Johansen boys guilt If no other tos-
timony had been introduced Her son
testified how Emil had thrown stick M
MIN on the way from school and !, wa.
regarded with more truth than that Civ
on by his parent Emil Johau.,n saln
he picked up a small stick and nit inc
Johnson boy and ran away as Mrs John
son came in sight. Witnesses were ex-
amined as 10 Mrs JOhnson's sohriety
and her responsibility in regard TO the
raising Of her family. Tho testimony OI
her ncighbors was TO the effect tha. she
drank 10 excess and usually urged hen
son 10 do mischief Justice Abercrombi,
dismissed the case and incidentally gave
Mrs. Johnson some sound advice. Prose.
cutting Attorney Curtis asked hor II she
was not willing to have her SON placed
In the reform school at Salem and she
replied that she would not let him 60
there at present.