The San Francisco call., 1906-08-24

transportation Company fell ten feet and his left
arm was fractured near the elbow.
Loaded with lumber, the schooner William
Olse1 sailed down the river this afternoon bound
for California ports.
The Columbia and Cowlits Navigation Company
mas let contract for the building of a new
Willamette rivers.
ASTORIA, Aug 23.-The steamer HiIonian
left this port today for Honolulu She takes
about 20oo tons of freight and twenty-six head
OF horses, to be used on the plantati in the
The schooner A F. Coates. lumber laden
Tor san francisco sailed today. She carries
over half million feet Of lumber. The steamer
Alliance arrived today with a general cargo
and a large passenger list.
The steamer Whittier arrived today from
California with a cargo of oil.
The big log raft that will be taken to San
Diego is ready for sea and will probably leave
TACOMA Aug 2s-sixteen vessels carrying
10000 600 feet of lumber, most Of which is for
California cities. is barbound in Grays Harbor
ana waiting for favorable conditions to get out.
The condition Of the bar is rougher than during
the winter months.
headed by William Gohl. formerly agent of the
Seamen's Union, succeeded in inducing two
sailors on the schooner Watson A West, lumber
laden from Grays Harbor TO California, to leave
the vessel. The men were promised free trans
portation to San Francisco and came with Gohl
and party peaceably. The German steamer
Anubis arrived here three weeks behind time.
Officers of the vessel believe they will be able
to take cargo and get back to Europe in the
making the round trip.
The handsome steam yacht El Primero with
her new owner, ChesterThorne, arrived here today
from Astoria. Captain John Panton for years
captain on the Oriental line, brought the vessel
around from the mouth of the Columbia.
The United States gunboat Princeton. Com
mander Sherman, arrived today with the body
of Rear Admiral Charles ]. Train, who died at
Chefoo August 4 The remains were sent to
New York for interment
Sound shipping interests are having serious
difficulty in getting warehouse to work.
These following the example set by
the deckhands on sound steamers. For a month
past steamers have been compelled to go out
short-handed and warehousemen have grown
tired The big demand for and high prices paid
common labor is responsible.
VANCOUVER, B. c.. Aug. 23.-The steam
ship Boveric reached Smith Cove Puget Sound.
today from Sydney, Cape Breton. with 5000 tons
of steel rails from the Dominion Iron and Steel
mills to the order of the Great Northern Rail
way The rails will be used on construction In
British Columbia. Originally the Boveric was TO
destination changed because the rails could
be easily handled at the Great Northern
Smith Cove docks.
After lying in port four days and losing two
charters for San Francisco, the steamship Du-
neric sailed this afternoon for Union Bay to
load bunker coal and put in time awaiting or
ders Because the British Columbia Govern
ment refused to allow the expectation of piles
to San Francisco the steamer missed charter
and another calling for the delivery of a cargo
of lumber from New Westminster at San Fran
cisco fell through owing TO a hitch In connection
with the charter party.