The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-21

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ed the strong box 10 the tune OF about
5000. There iB absolutely no clew 70
the burglars The office of the com
pany n AT H7 Stark street, q block
and half from the police station.
The lighthouse tender Columblne will
20 10 TlllamoOk rock as soon - the
weather mOderates to take OF the two
mechanics recently put ashore there.
The Columblne was the tender that
sighted the sunken steamer Sarah
Dixon. on hsr return from an up-river
trip. Instead OF the Manzanlta, as In
adyertently stated.
The barge Defender Is lying Just be-
low the Parker House dock with a
load OF piles for the railroad trestle
across Youngs bay. The barge arrived
down from Stella In tow of the Callen-
der but the weather was too rough In
the bay 10 unload the piles at the
treBtle. and the work Will be deferred
I'll the weather moderates.
The break In the arc circuit Of the
West Shore Mills Company was not lo-
Gated TN about 3 o'clock last evening
and was found % be on the hin near
the cemetery. where the whipping
branches Of a tree had chafed a wire
on one Of the lnsulatorB. The break
was soon repaired and an hour later
the lights were again In operation.
The British steamship Glenlochy.
loaded with wheat. sailed from the
Sound for Europe by way Of the Suez
canal. The original intention OF the
Glenl0chy was 10 go around the Horn,
but late Monday evening orders were
received from the owners OF the vessel
in London directing Captain Hill 10
take his boat by way Of the Suez canal.
An adjourned session OF the circuit
court VIII be held In the courthouse to-
morrow. with Judge Mcbride on the
bench. a number Of civil cases win
be set for hearing az the next regular
session. During the session II Is prob
ssble that Judge Mcbride viii name the
citizens who are 10 serve on the park
commission. There will be no criminal
cases 20 come up In today's session.
The Great Northern Railroad will
issue through tariff before the open
Ing OF navigation from all points IN
American Alaska to st. Paul. This
Will be done In conjunction with the
Pacific Coast Company and they will
also issue a new tariff to California
via Puget sound and the Pacific Coast
Company. The main object Is 10 secure
the immense Alaska trade for the cum
ing season.
The lodge Of Eagles win have a
Christmas tree at their regular meeting
NJ 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Every
Eagle attending. whether short or long.
lean or fat golden or bald-headed.
will receive present from the tree. A
number Of birds are expected 10 soar
away from their eyrie al Portland and
Join with the denlzens of AstOrlas for
est heights In the celebration OF that
event which comes but once a year.
The board OF directors OF the Salem
Y. NJ. C.. A. on Wednesday decided TO
purchase a site and erect a building
al a cost OF $4,000. 10 be raised by
subscription. Pendleton. not to be left
behind. viii also have a building for
the local Y. NJ. c. A. At a meeting
OF committee Of business men in
that place recently. II was decided to
give the city a Christmas present OF
5000 for a side and building for Y.
NJ. e. a. purposes.
]. II. Johnson. at Portland, is build
ing a small steamer for the Portland
Alaska Packers Association. The craft
Is 10 be completed by April /. and is
understood 10 be intended for opera
ton as a freight towboat in Alaskan
waters She Is to be 1856 feet long. Is
feet beam and will have a depth OF
hold OF eight feet. She Is to be pro-
peller craft and will be fitted with
fore and aft compound engines. l0xl2,
with a l4-inch stroke.
II Is reported that the British ship
Castle Rock has been charted to load
ore at Victoria, r. c., for the United
Kingdom. This will be the first full
cargo OF ore 10 be shipped around the
Horn from the North. The Castle Rock
was Offering at this port and the Sound
for wheat charter and her new depart
ure came as a surprise She Is now
out 81 days from Hong Kong for Brit
lsh Columbia. and Is being quoted for
reinsurance at the rate Of is per cent.
The steamer Oswego which was lying
at the Astoria Iron Works slip was
discovered to have sunk at her moor
ings early yesterday morning. She was
known to be leaking some forward and
she bumped quite a considerable in the
rough weather OF Wednesday night and
probably strained her hull. She Is an
old craft and has been In service on
the upper river for q great many years.
She lies on the bottom close up by
the end of Leathers' boat building es-
tabllshment so that she is almost entire
~ exposed at low tide and she can
be easily floated. She had Just tied
up there the day before for repairs.
The steamship Robert Dollar, which
put into this port In distress a few
weeks ago and was compelled to wait
several days for repairs, went 10 San
Francisco and lately returned to the
Sound. She has been the subject Of
number OF libel suits since her return
from Alaska and on Tuesday she was
llbeled again at the instance OF the
North American Transportation and
Trading Company for SS,4S2.ST. The IL
bel states that when the Dollar was
at st. Michael last September her mas
ter engaged the plaintiff company to
do a large amount Of lighterage work.
The bill for this was as stated. and
no payments have ever been made. A
surety company is said to be arrang-
ing a sediment of all the libels now
standing against the Dollar,
The comedy event of the season in
Astoria will be the appearance on We'd
nesday night, Dec. 26th. Of Harry Cor
son Clarke, who Is well remembered
here from the hit he scored last sea-
son in what Happened to Jones'" sup
ported by a New York company in q
brand new farce entitled What Did
criticism, Mr.. Clarke has scored hit
Of huge proportions In his latest at