The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-15

With all her passenger accommoda'
tions occupied the steamer Alliance went
up the river and arrived in Portland yes
terday morning. Most of her % pass,
engers are here to see the fair. Captain
Hardwick reports having encountered Il
heavy Northwestern all the way from
Eureka. but ut the same time his yes.
sci did not suffer from the blow.
She left Eureka Saturday evening and
arrived at Coos Bay the following morn
ing. She remained there in order to con
meet with the trains and lost some time
thereby, but made up by getting all the
passengers She could carry,
When the Alliance was at Eureka the
steamer Newport was there undergoing
some slight repairs, This will probably
explain the Newport's slow progress up
the coast. for. according TO calculations.
she should he in port by this time.
The Alliance brought little freight this
time, but one package was in the nature
Of freak. Ii was spotted hair seal.
from Coos Pay, addressed to A, II. Bald
win who has charge OF the fisheries ex'
hibt in the government building ut the
Lewis and Clark fair. The seal is "A
Young one and was captured by the crew
OF the tug Arago. II will prove n val
liable acquisition to the government eN'
hibit, for It is said that spotted seals or
leopard seals, a. they are sometimes
known, are very scarce. The Alliance al
so brought & shipment of monster clans
and crabs for exhibit at the Coos county
building
Major ". c. Langftt, United States
engineer, today received advice from the
department in Washington to the effect
that his specifications for work on the
Dalles. Cello canal have been approved.
Proposals will now be advertised for in
few DAYS, and this will mean that work
on the cannal will be commenced.
The oil barge Monterey and the tug
Dauntless cleared at Portland yesterday
for San Francisco, the former in ballast
and the latter with 5000 feet OF lumber.
The tug and barge arrived a couple o.
days ago with oil for the station down
the river.
Captain Thomas Popham was today
enrolled at the customs house a. master
of the ferry Tacoma, which operates he.
tween Kalama and Goble for the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company. Captain
Popham fills a vacancy caused by the
death of Capt. g. A. Gore, who died tho
2sth OF last month.
The schooner Gerald c. was sold yes
terday by A. G. and +. A. Fisher to
Walter W. Ridehalgh, for the Elmore
Packing Company. The schooner will
be kept on the same route she is now on
and also will be used as tender for his
company's canneries during the fishing
season.
The L. S. cruiser Marblehead arriv.
ed down the river yesterday and sailed
for Puget sound where she will engage
in target practice. The cruisers Chicago
and Boston are due today from Sar
Francisco
The steamer Homer leaves out thi
morning for Eldreed Rock, Alaska, witt
cargo of building material which vii
be used in constructing a new lighthous
at that point.
The brigantine Lurline arrived in froI
San Francisco and will take a load {
lumber at the Tongue Point Lumber @
mill.
The tug Dauntless with an oil barp
in tow, lett out last evening for POI
Hanford.
The steamer Toledo arrived in lai
evening from Gray's Harbor points.
The. bark Hecla is in the lower ha
Dor and will sail for Manila today.
The steamer Elmore sailed for Till