The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-02-05

nee ~ the British wee consul IN Thurs
day Recently the Heurlc'tc dragged
her anchors ~ Astoria hnrb,r and
grounded IN rocks sinking near the
o. Il 4 n wharf She 'E,a been At
m" bottom ~ he river ever t'noc
Az II wlll BE- very difficult 20 f,at
her the bidding Tor the yc7sc. locs
not promise to be- spirited
The rrumship columbia which ar
|utrd yesterday morning from San
ranolsco. had very pl-u |au trip
until she reached tho mouth pf the
columbia when q hard h.,H nas en-
ouunIcrcd The Columbia mI % large
quantity NJ Iron aboard pui 'nN pur-
ton u her cargo shifted during the
m'rhng ~ the vessel THE iron was
shifted over onto tho fruit riu'o Dni
murR ~ that consigned 20 astoria
merchants was ruined Tn, shifting oi
The cargo gave the rulumbH 81 blk
usi and she was wen over go l. rlIr
IWa.r she reached h"r in.k
a, q recent meeting ur CenJa' Ia
tor Council the Invitation ~ ltov Mr.
p.ll WIS accepted tu attend 10, First
Congregational church Of this ri'y In
% body next SUNDAY evening 50 that
time Mr Dell wlll speak on Labor
Nn labor union men Ia the riN are
also requested 20 be- present The FOL
lowing standing committee we're al
ap appointed for the ensuing term
Organization. wclch Williams and
claHc. executive. Anderson Nriaon.
Reed IlouFh and Jorgcnscn arbItra-
uun Hannafprd Jacobson Lorntsrn.
lluppcr and kinney legislation Lorni.
.,n. Tyler Mrl4uu. i>in"nwrhr~ ana
Miller press L"yens G"rira and
inrntrn
Judge Goodman. Auditor N'ls"u ans
County clerk whcrIly yesterday drew
the following list Of jurors POP sr'Ne
iu the police and Justices cour, dur
Ina the ensuing year 'ht.lrs Nc.
Evan. 4 J & Schroeder ole Jrlincss,
$ A. Miller " y sharpe. Al,N Pen.
.llu Alex Tagg Hans christensen. II
Spriir,rr J.. H. s,rucm"yer e.
Turner e = Johnson Fldvd Dement,.
rtzlng-r George JpnnH,d. $ NJ.
Gallagher Fred sherman. William
Edgar FNnk Wilson Thomas Mel
son James Robertson =. A stokes
" r Chut,er II Zapf Frcd narkcr
Gcorgr fIndstrom + 9 lewis VIM
Ross Gus Holmes. Inhr .4ph'rs. Erik
Mannna. @ q Mocn 7 o Trullln-
ger ban Gamble Louis \grcn. l.. Le'
beck. chris Gramms. + Gilmore @,
" Sanbdrn. Grorgr II icorgr. 4 J.
Taylor. Il n CASTOR Alex Brcmner
: schmidt A. McPharHHl. e. kcar-
ncy. Harry Gray. Louis Iclmcr. 9. c.
g. Rosenberg T. NJ stuart
\ brief rablcgram received ycs,er-
day by = L. cherry. The British vice
ronsul az this port announces the
scanding oi the fine steamship knight .
Companion which has been plying
regularly between this port and the
Orient The cablcgram Is to the rt-
feet that the steamship is asho& In
Japanese waters and that she iFn-Eft'-fr
very serious position Her officers
and men reached shore In safety Il
is believed from the cablcgrom that
the knight Companion viii prove a .
total loss The stranded steamship /
sailed from this port for the orient I
January 10. carrying thc most valuable
cargo ever shipped from the Colum- .
hn river. The total value of the mcr- /
chandisc carried by the vessel was /
500. .375 She took N.96i barrels OF |
flour, worth N25.5t, and large |
quantity Of cotton and general mer- ;
chandisc Whether or not any Of the /
cargo can be saved is prohlemau- ,
cal. but II the steamship is In as bad !
condition as is believed here It is like !
~ the cargo win be- lost. The Knight .
Companion is comparatively new
vessel and one OF the finest carriers
plying between the coast and the ORR .
ent