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"SEP gi? ?"1 '"- " .3 r- ViJW-fflgo -' - 'vfVvW,fl!f!W!Sl:!: THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18; 1900. IARS0R BUIKHEAD Not (Necessary Now, but it May " Come in Time. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FIRST Portland's Prime Xeeds Are Deep Channels to the Sea and a Suitable Drydock. Property-owners and exporters have of late given consideration to the practic ability of building a bulkhead or seawall as a further protection to Portland's har bor. It Is the opinion in -well-informed quarters that an improvement of this char acter will ultimately be necessary, but the project Is not Indorsed as a present neces sity. Portland requires many things more important than a seawall. The almost general opinion Is that the ehannels to the aea should first be permanently deepened oefore thought should be given to any plan to protect river banks by means of a seawall or bulkhead. "If our shipping should be shut out," said President Mc Craken, of the Port of Portland commis sion in an article published in The Ore gonlan last fall, "we might as well give up hope of Delng a city of the first class. If it should come to pass that the products of this country ehould be denied an outlet through the Columbia river, a serious problem would confront the entire coun try." No project of ultimate improvement will turn the people of Portland from their determination to have deep channel to the sea. To test public sentiment in regard to a seawall or bulkhead, The Oregonian has collected the opinions of a number of per sons interested in river improvement Sev eral whose views were sought declined to make statements, for the reason that they Iiad not given the subject sufficient inves tigation. Captain J. A. Brown, of Brown & Mc Cabe, the oldtlme stevedores, is decidedly opposed to present consideration of a proj ect for a seawall or a bulkhead. "The prime needs of Portland," said Captain Brown yesterday, "are a 30-foot channel to Astoria and a 40-foot ohannel at the mouth of the Columbia. -Next in importance Is a drydock. People have no idea of how badly Portland needs a drydock. Some shipowners prefer to send their vessels to ports which have drydocks and take less for carrying a cargo rather than fiend them to Portland where there is no dry dock. "When we get the deep channels and the drydock, it will be plenty time to talk about a bulkhead or seawall." Keep the Channel Open. "I do not see how there can be two opinions on this matter of preventing dredged material from finding its way back into the river." said Captain "W. C L-angfltt, United States engineers. "Un doubtedly, it is better that dredged mate rial should be so placed that it cannot return to the river again when the cir cumstances are such that the cost of so doing is not prohibitive. "Every yard of dredged material so placed and every foot of caving bank that Is protected so that further caving is pre vented, Is a distinct gain. In fact, If we had a river which, throughout its extent, possessed banks and bottom that were stable and not eroded, or, in other words, if the stream were nonsedlment-bearlng, its improvement would be much simpli fied. "It should be the aim of all persons in terested in the river, or owning property abutting thereon, to do all In their power to" obtain the ideal slate suggested, and this throughout the whole extent of the main river and tributaries. "In any particular case of dredging, the course to pursue must, be decided by local circumstances." Captain Pope Favors It. Captain George Pope said: "I have long ago advocated an improve ment like a bulkhead or seawall. No well regulated harbor deserving of the name can, well be without It, whether that har bor is on a bay, an estuary or a river. Our waterfront is the most wretched por tion of our city. A quarter of a century ago, when Portland was a mere village, our wharves were built in a higgledy-piggledy manner. Each property-owner laid out a wharf line for himself, and trusted to chance to have it rectified. The result was tfcat we have the moot unsightly wharf line to be found anywhere. I men tion this merely to draw attention to the fact that by the construction of a seawall the beauty of our already lovely city would toe enhanced by remedying one of the greatest defects. "The necessity for this Improvement must be patent to everyone capable of rendering a reason, when I state that it is my opinion that fully two-thirds of the shoaling of the water along our wharves is due to the detritus that is thrown into the river for about six months of every year by the very natural process of sur face wash of our streets which lead to the waterfront. It apears to me that the Port of Portland dredge i very extensively employed in keeping a sufficient depth of water at the docks, and I have no doubt that the commission, can give actual fig ures as to the cost of this item, of expen diture. I think, therefore, that the sea wall for the harbor of Portland will event ually be considered a necessity. If the seawall is "built by a competent engineer, and the ground behind it properly filled from the obstruction in the harbor, we shall have little trouble in future from shallow water at the docks and in the channel of the river. "I now come to the question of taxa tion for this improvement. The city of. Portland depends, in a large measure, for its welfare on its accessibility to the sea. In order to handle the products of our In land Empire and the "Willamette valley, we must have an open river. For this purpose the people of Portland liave created tha Port of Portland commission, which l charged with the duty of making a chan nel and maintaining a depth of 25 feet from Portland to the sea. Should tho exigencies of the situation demand a deep er channel, ways and means must be found to procure it, and I venture to say that it is quite within the range of engi neering skill to do it I, therefore, think that all that is necess&ry is to enlarge the powers of this body and get to work, for it clearly comes within the sphere of its duty. As to the apportionment of the cost of this improvement, it would seem but fair that owners of abutting property fehould be taxed for the betterment they receive from the creation of It, but what moiety they should be taxed for extra ordinarily I am unable to say. If I may venture a suggestion, I would say float bonds for a long period, and let our chil dren bear a portion of the burden that we will have to carry for the present In conclusion, I will say that I trust the work will not be long delayed, for it Is high time that Portland take 'tenf if she wants to be in the race." Docks n Public Benefit. George Taylor, jr., president of the Chamber of Commerce, said: "I am hardly prepared, on short notice, to give an opinion as to the proposed harbor seawall. On general principles I am, and always have been, opposed to the deposit in the river of any debris or other, matter that will help to shoal the channel. I firmly believe that, after a dock-owner has once deep water at his dock, the au thorities (In this instance the Port of Port land commission) should maintain the requisite depth of water for all demands of deep-water shipping. In the case of the waterfront being owned by the state or the city, there is no question that this would be done, but in the case of the front being owned by private Individuals, as it Is here, I think that doclts, while they provide a" proper inoome for their owners who have erected them at considerable expense, I should be looked upon as a public benefit, because the enterprise of "building them enables shipping to "be conducted in a man ner that Is conducive to the-Tjenefit -of the community." Bulkhead Not Needed Jfovr. J. CouehrFlanders said: - "I have no decided opinion -one-way or the other as to tho necessity of a bulk head or seawall in this harbor. I do think that dredging without-removing from the river what has been excavated affords hut temporary relief, and that the proper and only permanent thing to do is to put on land the material that has been taken out of the river. I see very serious diffi culties in the way of a bulkhead. The por tion of the river where dredging must be done extends from, say, the Alblna ferry to the flouring mills. On the East Side the river is now lined with wharves as far down as Oceanic dock, baring scattered places. On the West Side are located the mills of the North Pacific Lumber Com pany, Western Lumber Company, Eastern Lumber Company, besides some scattered ballast docks. To deposit under these such material would be attended with much expense, and no benefit to the wharf owner, as far as I can see. "Tho best method of dredging the harbor Is quite a subject for consideration. The Bowers dredge is the only means of plac ing on land material excavated, but every foot of pipe required makes the work cost more. It Is difficult, except In the north ern end of the work, to find places to de posit the excavation, and my own opinion Is that the most economical method to be accepted would Te to use, -at the south end, a clam-shell dredge, tow the material in barges to some suitable dumping ground, and there pump it on shore by means of the Bowers dredge. Individually, I do not see why property-owners should be com pelled to pay for this. Incidentally, to some extent, tney may De Denemeu, dui the city, as a whole, Is the real gainer. In the present state of the waterfront I don't see how it Is possible to create a system of bulkheads at an expense com mensurate with the "benefit to be derived." A Question for Engineers. L. A. Lewis, of Allen & Lewis, said: "The question of a bulkhead or seawall is one that should be answered largely by an engineer. I believe that all Improve ments In the way of dredging the harbor, etc, should be borne by the county, If no aid can be obtained from the general government or the state. I do not believe individual property-owners should have to pay, as they are not responsible for the general filling up of the channel. If the building of a bulkhead or seawall would improve the value of the land adjoining it, the property-owners should be charged for the improvement If the county has any land to reclaim, it, of course, should be reclaimed. From my limited knowledge of funds, etc., available, it seems to me at present the proper course to pursue is dredging from time to time as" obstruc tions come up." Bulkhead Not Necessary." Theodore B. "Wilcox said: "I was not aware that the question of building a seawall and bulkhead had been raised. It certainly Is not necessary or advlsahle. and I see no occasion for a dis cussion' on trie subject." Fill IJp the Low Lands. Charles E. Ladd said: "I have not given the subject of a sea wall or bulkhead much thought, but from casual observation it would seem to me that at the present time a bulkhead Is not required. I, for one, am not suffi ciently Informed as to now much of the material dredged out of the harbor and placed on the shore is washed back Into the harbor, and until we can get sufficient' data. It would seem to me quite unwise to raise this question. With the low lands lying adjacent to the harbor, especially at the north end of the town, it would seem as if the material dredged from the harbor should be placed on these and thus obvi ate any of it returning to the river. "While, of course, these low lands may be covered with water at times, yet it is at such sea sons when there is comparatively" little current in the Willamette river." DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. ?W. H. Holder and wife to E Hollo way, lots 1, 4, 5, block 3, Wyncoop Villa; January 17 .....$1400 R. L. Durham, trustee, and R. B. Curry, by R. L. Durham, his at torney, to Annie Beers, W. Yt of W. of SW. Ya of SW. Yi, section 14, T. 1 S., E. 3 E., excepting a strip two rods wide off north side; Jan uary 17 175 Thomas R. Turnbull to Nancy Turn bull, undivided one-third of block "W. of block 24, on the water front. East Portland April 25, 1533 1 Thomas R. Turnbull to Nancy Turn hull, lots 7, S, block 157, East Port land; April 25, 1S99 1 Charlotte H. Schoepfel to A. S. Pat tullo, N. lot 4, block 22, Alblna; November 21 100 David Harkins et al. to Rachel Wln chell, lot 5. block 9, Glencoe Park; December 26, 1S99 ,.... . 375 C. B. Bennett and wife to Jennie M. Powell, lot 4, block IS, Kinzei Park; November 28 1 Louis Blumauer and F. M. Blumauer to C. E. Bennett, same; October 28, 1S97 1 C. Christensen, N. Simmonsan and Hans Larsen and wife to C. G. Fred eriksen, lots 13. 14, block 26, Sunny side; January 11 1 "W. M. Owen and wife to M. L. Keith, lots 1. 2. 7. S, block 17, Tlbbetts' ad dition: January 16 1400 C. C. Harlow to C. H. Light, lots 6, S. block 18, First addition to Trout dale; November 24, 1899 SI R. L. Durham, trustee, and R. B. Curry by R. L. Durham, his attor ney, and W. M. Beers and wife to C. Cleveland, parcel of land George Schriver D. L. C; January 17 625 Deaths. January 15 John Henry Karg, age 33 years; Sixteenth and North Front streets; acute peritonitis. January 14 Flora H. Krider, age 51 years; Good Samaritan hospital; perni cious anaemia. January 15 Albert L. Pulllam, age 33 years; Good Samaritan hospital; gunshot wound of leg. January 17 Melina Pearl "Van Leer, age 4 years; 1000 Macadam street; scarlet fe ver. Mnrrlase Licenses. James Boyd, aged 34; Jane Jones, aged 22 years. Durand Whittle, 37; Mary E. Berry, 32. Jacob H." Emmert,' 27? Marguerite A. Menth, 2L Births. C January 12 Boy, to the wife of Harry DImick, 292 East Eighth street January 7 Boy, to the wife of Frank Colllnson, 524 East Thirty-sixth street a B Smith Family nt Circle City. A letter has just been received from Circle City, December 5, by her father from Mrs. Charles Smith, which contains information pleasing to the friends of the family on the East' Side. The family has now been at Circle City for about a year, and have become acclimated and recon ciled to living there Even in that far away place they have found much of In terest in the way of diversion in public meetings. There Is quite a social In terest there. Mrs. Smith writes that they are spending a pleasant winter. The days are short and quickly pass. Mr. Smith had just returned from a prospecting trip which had taken three weeks, and Mrs. Smith notes that he came back with ici cles hanging to him six inches long. Mrs. Smith is postmistress and Mr. Smith dep uty collector at Circle City. The former is very kindly remembered by Sumner Relief Corps, of which she was a prom inent member, and she, in her far-away home, recalls the pleasant times she had at the gatherings of the corps. It Is con sidered probable that she and some others of the family will come back here on a visit next summer. c SMITH'S 'DANDRUFF POMADE Never fails to stop itching scalp, cure dan druff or stop falling hair. Try it Price 50c, at all druggists. Sample free. Ad dress Smith Bros., Fresno, CaL IN THE SEVERAL COURTS STOCKHOLDERS OF LINNTON SMEL TER ARE SUED. Interesting Testimony in a. Divorce Case Verdict for Mrs. Wager , Flannignii Jury Disagrees. Yesterday Judge Cleland was engaged In hearing evidence in the case of John Kier nan, trustee, against T. Patterson, J. C. Bayer. Julius Ordway. James Lotan. George Pope, Ira B. Sturgls, A. E. Borth-J w:ck, Joseph- N. Teal, executors of the will of L. E. Wallace, deceased, and Will iam M. Ladd, administrator of the estate of A. H. Johnson, deceased, to compel the defendants to pay their share of the in debtedness of the Portland Smelting & Re- nning works. , The only persons defending are J. C. ' TROPHY FOR THE SECOND OREGON REGIMENT, ON EXHIBITION IN FRONT OF GENERAL SUMMERS' STORE. Portland beheld yesterday for the first time one of the ancient bronze cannon mounted in Manila at the time of the surrender of the city to the American forces, August 13 last. The specimen to a small 0eld piece, muzzle-loading, mounted on a low, heavy carriage, and has been selected by the chief ordnance officer of the Eighth army corps as the gun to be presented to the Second Oregon volunteers, that the members may have badges made of metal from captured cannon. It attracted much attention during the day. especially -when Its history and object m rortiand were known, itetooa in the otreet in rronit or General Bummers' store, to whom It was addressed by the quartermaster officer at San Francisco. General Summers will have the required metal for badses taken from the cannon by boring the caliber larffer, eo that the gun may be preserved as an ornament for th monument to be 'erected to the memory of fallen volunteers. The present caliber is 3& Inches. Esti mates made by the chief ordnance officer at Manila were that 119 pounds of metal could be procured by enlarging the caliber one Inch. This will in no manner impair the value of the gun as an ornament, and It" could be used for firing salutes If reduced charges were loaded. When the monument shall be erected, its base will doubtless be the final station of this ancient weapon, as all the soldiers are united in this purpose. The design for badges agreed upon between Governor Geer and the committee representing the soldiers is about ready for forming the die or mold. Until It is ready, the cannon will be left in front of General Summers' store for the Inspection of the public. Then he will at tend to having It bored, out, after which it will be held subject to the work on the monument. Some interesting designo and figures arc found on the cannon. It wao christened by the manufacturers "Leal which name is engraved on a scroll near the muzzle. The date of its manufacture, 1776, is also indicated on the gun. The date has especial value to all Ameri cans, of course. The coincidence of the Declaration! of Independenoa and the cannon's manufacture, considered with the use now made of the gun by one of the states ultimately growing out of that little document giv.en to a skeptical world. Is quite striking. The cipher of the king reigning at the date of th gun, its weight and a few other matters are indicated on the gun or carriage. Bayer and T. Patterson. The other de fendants are either Insolvent or in default. The contention of the plaintiff as recited in tho complaint filed, is that on Febru ary 8, 1S92, the following persons signed notes In amounts as stated to secure an overdraft In the Bank of British Colum bia, which was to be allowed by the bank to the extent of $100,000: Honeyman, DeHart & Co., $5028; J. McCraken, $5231; L. W. Wallacet $5763; E. G. Harvey, $5028; A. E. Bortfiwick, $470o; I. B. Sturgls, $2388; G. Pope, $5028; F. Wolff, $482; John Kiernan, $7669; G. W. Staver, $4799; R. B. Knapp, $4799; Charles Hegele, $5510; J, C. Bayer, $482; J. W. Cook, $4799; H. A. Hogue, $5763; K. A. J. Mackenzie, $4799; A. H. Johnson, $7669; W. W. Spauldlng, $5028; J. Ordway, $4799; T. Patterson, $5281; James Lotan, $4799. The money was to bo used In the operation and business qf tho Portland smeltlnff and refining works. The bus'ness proved unprofitable, and an overdraft was Incurred in the sum of $41,058, and tho bank required divers of tho persons whose notes it held to make payments on accounts, which was done, as follows: J. McCraken, $579; Charles Hegele, $302; J. W.' Cook, $263; F. Wolff, $26; J. Kiernan, $120; Honeyman, DeHart & Co., $275; R. B. Knapp, $263; H A. Hogue, $316; J. C. Bayer, $26; W. W. Spauldlng, $275. In August, 1894, the business was aban doned, and the bank required payment of the balance due, which was made as fol lows: Honeyman, DeHart & Co., $4752;, Charles Hegele, $5203; F. Wolff, $455; J. McCraken, $4701; John Kiernan, $7248; J. W. Cook, $4535; E. G. Harvey, $5028; ty. W. Spauldlng, $4752; K. A. J. Mackenzie, $250; R. B. Knapp, $4535. The amounts in aggregate exceeded'the amount actually due the bank by the sum of $2S45, which sum was pro-rated among and paid to the credit of the persons who made such payments. The property was sold on January 21, 1895, consisting of 15 acres of land at Llnnton, and the plant and structure constituting the works, and the plaintiff, as trustee for the persons who paid the debts of the corporation, bid in the property for $8550. There was a "note of A. L. Davenport for $3500, on which $3700 was afterward realized, and distrib uted among the persons who paid tho debts. It is stated that at the time the in debtedness was paid' to the bank the following-named persons were insolvent: A. E. Borthwick, Ira B. Sturgis, G. Pope, G. W. Staver, J. Ordway, J. Lotan "and the estate of L. W. Wallace, deceased, but that Borthwick, Sturgls, Pope, Ordway and Lotan may hereafter acquire proper ty. It is also stated that after payment made to the bank of the indebtedness, K. A. J. Mackenzie and H. A. Hogue re paid to said persons the respective amounts which they should have contributed to ward the liquidation of the Indebtedness. The plaintiff alleges that he represents in this suit the persons who paid the indebt edness, including Hogue and Mackenzie, as assignee and trustee. Eliminating from consideration the Insolvent members of the syndicate, Kiernan alleges that the amount which should be paid by the sol vent defendants is: T. Patterson, $2136; J. C. Bayer, $16S, and the estate of A. H. Johnson, deceased, $3102, and asks judg ment. Judgment Is asked also against the alleged Insolvents-as follows: A. E. Borth wick, $1312; I. JB. Sturgls, $653; G. Pope, $1375; J. Ordway, $1312; J. Lotan, $1312". The court Is asked to decree that such of the defendants who may hereafter satisfy the judgment awarded against them, in whole or in part, shall have an Interest In the judgments to be awarded by the court in favor of the insolvents, In proportion to the amounts paid in by the first-named defendants. The defense Interposed is that the land and works sold to Kiernan as trustee for the stockholders for about $9000 were worth at least $40,000 to $50,000, and that the same ought to have sold for much more than enough to have disposed of all of the in debtedness of the company, and to have fully relieved these defendants. THREW LIGHTED LAMPS. How Two Defendants In Divorce Salts Cnressed Their Wive. Two husbands are Charged in divorce suits with using lighted lamps as weap ons against their wives, hut the allega tion Is not an entirely new one, as it has before figured here in such cases once or twice In recent years. Mary Graham, who has brought suit against John R. Graham for a( dissolution of the matrimonial bonds, avers that ho threw a lighted lamp at her in the year 1S95, in an attempt to kill her or do her great bodily harm. She alleges that he beat and choked her, and threatened to take her life, drank to excess, and she was forced to leave him in May, 1S96. -She asks for the legal .custody of their child. They were married at Butte, Mont., in 1SS5. Mary S. Toung has sued Charles B. Young for a divorce on the ground of cruel treatment, and charges him with attempt ing to throw a lamp at her, December 27, 1899, and says ho struck her In the face" and threatened to kill her, Mrs. Young alleges that while they were out riding together In July, 1898, he struck her three times and drove the buggy to the edge of a precipice and threatened to throw her over. In November, 1ES9, she asserts that her husband falsely accused her of acting improperly with Gordon Stratton. Tho plaintiff further states that. she Is the uwiici, in nci uwu ugiik uuui net luuiuci, SPANISH CANNON IS IN PORTLAND. of two lots at University Park, containing a house, and that the defendant caused to bo deeded to her two other lots, one at Mdunt Tabor and one at Portsmouth. She avers that he is occupying the house, and she asks a temporary injunction by the court restraining him from so doing, or visiting the same pending this suit. Mrs. Young also alleges that the defendant Is" possessed of a great deal of real estate, and she is without means to pay an attor ney or to prosecute this proceeding, and asks that he be made to supply the neces sary funds. She requests to be restored to her maiden name, Byl. The litigants wee married in 1893, and have no children. In the divorce suit of Edith Hunt against George W. Hunt, Judge Cleland yesterday made permanent the order restraining the defendant from going upon the premises occupied by his wife. Judfje Cleland dismissed the divorce suit of Rachel Hill against Fred Hill, on the ground that the evidence was not suffi cient to base a just decree upon. His hon or remarked that some of the testimony In behalf of the plaintiff was unreliable, and, in fact, not worthy of belief. Mrs. Hill was Miss Bloch. Thr evidence showed that Hill supported her well and gave her $1700 in cash, with $1000 of which she bought a pawnshop which her father man ages. She charged the defendant with cruel treatment, and he answered In effect that they could get along well enough together If his wife's parents would per mit. Did Not Prove Relationship. Tho petition of Fred Wills for a share of the estate of George Wills, deceased, amounting to about $600, and which has been in the hands of Referee Miller for about 10 years, was denied by Judge Cle land yesterday, who concluded that the relationship had not been established. Fred Wills is a boy 17 years old resid ing in Indiana, and It was alleged that he is a great-grandson of George Wills, who died In Multnomah county, leaving a con siderable estate. George Wills was-married in 1839 or 1840 and had about 12 children, more or less, among them one Joseph, who was born In 1S59, and the petition alleges left one child out of four, named Hardon Wills, whoso only son Fred Wills claims to be. Judge Cleland reviewed the testimony at length, and concludes that it is insuffi cient to prove that Joseph Wills had a son named Hardon Wills, the father of the petitioner. Several witnesses, among them three old ladles, who knew the Wills family back in Indiana, testified in favor of the petitioner to some extent, but In some points they were uncertain and contradictory, and Mrs. Campbell, a daughter of George Wills, who had mar ried twice in that country before she be came Mrs. Campbell, and lived In that vicinity from the time of the alleged Har don Wills' birth till he was of age, testi fied that her brother, Joseph Wills, had no such son. In consideration of this testimony the court felt constrained to deny the petition. Thieves Convicted. Two young men, Thomas Wilson and Edgar Blanding, were tried and convicted in the criminal court yesterday on an in dictment charging them with larceny of a trunk and contents and blankets be long lng to R. M. Hutchinson. The prop erty was taken from the Merchant hotel. Hutchinson is a pioneer, 81 years old, and is seven feet tall. His home Is at Oak land, Or. The evidence disclosed that he had been to Rltzville, Wash., to visit his son and was on his homeward journey. On his arrival in Portland, he went to the Merchant hotel, and soon afterwards discovered his baggage had been stolen. The things were taken to a lot back of the Seandia House, and an effort was afterwards made to pawn some of the ar ticles. The property was definitely traced to the accused by reliable witnesses. Decisions hy Jndgc Cleland. Judge Cleland decided in the suit of Irv ing Park Association against Virginia Watson, in favor of tb plaintiff. Twenty persons were associated together, and were to divide a tract of-land equally. They formed a corporation and Issued stock, and Mrs. Watson gave a note; everything was regular, and legal, and she is legally bound to pay the note. 1 In the case of Julia Richardson vs. Rev. B, Orth et al., a motion for a rehearing was denied, and the plaintiff gave notice of appeal to the supreme court. A new trial was denied In the suit of Hans Larsen vs. A. W. Botkin et al. In the suit of B. "Montgomery vs. F. B. Jones et al., a demurrer to the thhd amended complaint was sustained, the court deciding that damages arising in tort cannot be pleaded as an offset to a ciaim. arising on a contract. Probate "Court. The inventory of the estate of Nellie Cohn, deceased, was filed. The valuation is $403. Ira O. Shattuck, guardian of L. A. Freeze, an insane person, petitioned for authority to lease five acres of land for $25 for one year. The report of the estate shows $19 on hand, and the land, which is valued at $500. The Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Jacob Schwartz, deceased, was filed. The valuation is $498. Ella B. Foley, administratrix of the estate of Stephen Charles Foley, her hus band, deceased, was authorized to settle a claim against the, O. R. Si N. Co. on account of his death on the payment of $300. Foley was killed November 17, 1899, by falling from the upper chord of a bridge at which he was at work, and the O. R. & N. denies negligence, but offered to pay the amount here stated. The at torney for the administratrix gave it as his opinion that she would be unable to recover In an action for damages. S. W. Church, administrator of the es tate of Lucina Oatman, deceased, was authorized to lease the home place com prising 35 acres, for one year for $20 per month. To Determine Status of Poundmasier. The suit of A. Caswell against W. Pat terson et al.. to determine the right of title to tho office of poundmaster of tha city of Portland, was" heard by Judge Sears yesterday. The case was presented by George W. Joseph as attorney for the plaintiff, and F. P. Mays appeared as coun sel for the defendants. Caswell was ap pointed poundmaster by Mayor W. S. Ma son, and after the death of Mayor Mason, was removed, W. A. Storey, as president of the common council and acting mayor, appointing W. Patterson to the place. Storey, after he became mayor of the city, reappointed Patterson. The point sought to be made in behalf of the plaintiff is that his removal and the appointment of his successor were irregular, and that Storey had no authority to act. Verdict for Mrs. "Wagrer. Averdict for the defendant was returned by the jury in the suit of Otto Schuman against Phoebe Wager to recover $60 bal ance due on a tombstone. This is the second time Mrs. Wager has won the case, the supreme court having granted Schu man a new trial after his first defeat The defense of Mrs. Wager to the action was that the stone In the monument has not stood the ravages of the weather well. The plaintiff was allowed the usual 10 days' time to move for a new trial. Mrs. Wager paid $85 on the tombstone, but the costs in the case which Schuman has had to stand, amount to more than that sum, so he is out altogether, and more too. Unalile to Agree. The jury was unable to agree In the case of Ed Flannigan, who was tried for larceny of $60 from William Stewart. The charge against Frank Esham, the man who actually committed the theft, was dismissed because It was said Flannigan led Esham to steal the money. The dis charge of the latter Influenced some of the jurors to believe that Flannigan, who has been in jail two months, had been suffi ciently punished. The testimony was that Esham gave Flannigan $20 of the money. The jury at first stood 10 for acquittal and two for conviction, and subsequently eight to four. Petitions In Bankruptcy. John Warren Conn, of Astoria, druggist, yesterday filed a petition In bankruptcy. His liabilities amount to $21,SS120. His assets, including policies of insurance for $12,000, amount to $15,234 50. Charles M. Kellogg, of Baker City, ex press agent, yesterday filed a. petition In bankruptcy in the United States court. His liabilities amount to $15,834 09, and his assets to $270, exempt. Court Notes. Judge George will announce a decision in the Schmidt children habeas corpus case today. John P. Wilson, a subject of the king of Sweden, was admitted to citizenship by Judge George yesterday. I. B. Byl has begun cult in the state cir cuit court againsf C. B. Young, to recover $425 balance alleged due on a note exe cuted April 25, 1S99. It Is stated that $175 was paid on the instrument. The damage suit of Albert Featherstone against the Mutual Warehouse Company was submitted to the jury by Judge Fra zer about 5 o'clock P. M. yesterday, with Instructions to return a sealed verdict. "Two jewels time and good advice." Two boon companions. Hood's Sarsapa rilla and pure blood. J$ y :aw wheat shipments PORTLAND CLEARING A CARGO A DAY THIS WEEK. Twenty-Ships Now In the River The Magdalene's Troubles Mon mouthshire Due Today. The German ship Alsterkamp was cleared yesterday by G. W. McNear for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, with. 112,040 bushels of wheat, valued at $58,260. This is the fourth vessel to clear this week, and some of the others are far enough along so that It Is not improbable that we will turn out a cargo a day this week. The Cralgmore and the Cambrian Warrior are both nearly ready for sea, and the Scottish Isles is not far behind them. There are now 20 grain ships in the river, six of which are loaded and ready for sea. Of the others, 13 are under charter and will finish loading this month or early in February. The St. Enoch, which lost her charter on account of her long passage from Panama, is alone in'her glory on the disengaged list. Of the late arrivals In the river, the American ship Clarence S. Bement left up yesterday afternoon, and will reach Portland this afternoon. Tho Colony and the Chile will leave up seme time today. It will be a few days before any of the en route fleet Is due at the mouth of the river, and the list is so small that arri vals will be few in number for several weeks. There are five ships on Puget sound loading or under charter to load grain, but not more than two or three of them will get out in January. No new ton nage engagements are reported, and from present indications there will need be con siderable more life in the wheat market than is now apparent before there will be much business. For anything near by 40 shillings Is asked, and for next season's loading as high as 36s 3d Is demanded. THE MAGDALENE LIBELED. O. R. & N. Co. Aslc Damages for In jnries Sustained by the Thompson. Troubles are thickening for the big ship Magdalene, which caused so much dam age in a couple of short cruises around the harbor Monday evening and Tuesday morning. The vessel was libeled yesterday by the O. R. & N. Co., to recover dam ages for Injuries sustained by the .steamer R. R. Thompson, mention of which was made In yesterday's Oregonian. When the Magdalene forced the steamer against the barge, the latter was thrown against Co lumbia dock with such, force that several piles wero broken, and the dock otherwise damaged. To recover this, Mrs. Clemen "tine F. Lewis has intervened In the above mentioned suit, asking for $750 damages. To date, these are the only actions that have been commenced against the, vessel. Tho agents of the Margretha, the vessel which was so seriously injured, will first endeavor to secure a settlement before appealing to the courts. As the damage to the Margretha will amount to about $7000 or $8000, the total damage wrought by the Magdalene will foot up to-over $10, 000. As she was In charge of a licensed state pilot each time, the tugboat company is relieved from all blame in the matter. Captain Andrew Hoben, the marine sur veyor, held a survey of the damage done on the Margretha, and the detailed report of the damage Is as follows: "Wo find one shear plate badly broken, and one plate below the shear plate broken, and the third plate down bent. One of the frames Is badly broken and two frames are bent. One main deck beam is broken at tho after part of the main hatch. The waterway plate Is badly broken, and the deck In the vicinity Is strained, and two of the deck plates started. The deck abreast of the main hatch is broken, and a hole is punched through the iron deck; 44 feet of teakwood pin-rail are broken, and also the angle Iron attached to It; 25 feet of bulwark above the pin-rail and the iron rail are broken; 25 feet of bulwark plate below the pin-rail Is broken and twisted; three bulwark stays are broken, and there are three more bulwark stays that will have to come off. The iron bands on the lower foretopsall yard are started, and a part of the truss 13 broken, the port fore braces and topsail braces being carried away. The starboard bulwark plate and rail above the pln-rall are bent. One starboard port Is broken; Jwo plates, six Inches down from the shear plate, appear to be bent some from the chains that went around the ballast logs, and need to be further examined, -when the wheat lining Is removed from the lnslde.,, TO REGULATE PILOTS. Bill Introu-uced in Congress by Rep resentative Daly. A bill regulating pilots has been intro duced in congress by Representative Daly and referred to the committee on merchant marine and fisheries. It provides that "the government licensing and controlling of all pilots throughout the United States on bays. Inlets, rivers, harbors and ports of the United States heretofore exercised by the various states, wherein such pilots may be, shall be placed solely In the United States steamboat inspection service, and that the United States revised statutes as to the government of pilots shall apply to all pilots now licensed by the various states; and all pilots heretofore licensed by authority of the laws of any state shall be permitted to practice their profession as though they had been licensed by virtue of the laws of the United States." Lightship Now For on the Beach. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 17. The stranded lightship now lies head to the sea, a little east of where she first struck, and is hlgn and dry at low tide. A portion of her rail was carried away by the breaking or a chain. A scow, with a 5000-pound mush room anchor on board, lies at Fort Canby wharf, and at the first favorable opportu nity will be taken around the cape over the bar, and the anchor dropped near shore; but close enough to enable the tugs to get a hawser to the ship, which will bo kedged out to the anchor with her windlass. A line will then be shot ashore from the anchor, but nothing will be done toward floating the vessel until the 5000- pounder Is placed In position. Contractor Robert Mcintosh is now praying- for fino weather. Gray's Harbor Lumber Shipments. HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 17. Shipments of lumber by water from Gray's harbor during December, were as follows: Feet. From Aberdeen, 17 cargoes 6.7SS.G0J Hoquiam, 8 cargoes 3,226,01)0 Cosmopolls, 3 cargoes. 1,175,C0J Total. 28 cargoes 11489,000 Shipped from Wlllapa harbor during De cember, seven cargoes, 2.422,000 feet. Monmouthshire Due Today. The Oriental liner Monmouthshire is due this morning, and unless she has met with unusually rough weather on the voyage across, she will be on hand about high tide today. The Arab, outward bound. Is still at Astoria, as usual experiencing more de lay at that port than on the river. When Portland starts In to Improve the channel to the sea, she will know where to make a beginning. Arab to Talce on Coal. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 17. The steamship Arab will be shifted tomorrow morning from the lower harbor to the Pacific Coast Company's bunkers, where she will take on 120 tons of coal. Stevedores are at work tonlsht shifting her cargo so as to have her ready to receive the coal. Domestic and Foreign Port. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 17. Arrived In, at 11:20, and left up at 1:20, steamer Homer, i from San Francisco, via coast ports. Ar-, rived down, at 10:50. British bark Criff el. Left up, at 1:20, American ship Clarence S. Bement. Condition of bar at 5 P. M., rough; weather, clear; wind, northeast. Tacoma, Jan. 17. Sailed United Statea steamer Sheridan, for Manila. Seattle Arrived, Jan. 16 Japanese steamer Riojun Maru, from Yokohama. San Francisco, Jan. 17. Sailed Schoon er Jennie Stella, for Gray's harbor, steam er Bertha, for Unalaska. Arrived Steam er Geo. W. Elder, from Portland; steamer Walla Walla, from Victoria. Coos Bay Barbound, Jan. IS Steamer Empire. Port Los Angeles Sailed, Jan. IS Steam er MIneola, from Nanalmo. Fleetwood Arrived, Jan. 16 British ship Kllmory, from Oregon. Yokohama, Jan. 17 Arrived British steamer Glenogle, from Tacoma. Port Pirie Arrived, prior to Jan. 17 British ship Balelutha, from Port Blake ley. Hoquiam, Wash. Sailed. Jan. 16 Schooner San Buenaventura, from Aber deen for San Francisco. Southampton. Jan. 17. Arrived St. Louis, from New York. New" York, Jan. 17. Arrived Friesland, from Antwerp. IE SACRED SONG. Great Bass Arias From "EUJah" Sons' hy Dr. Morrison. Trinity church was crowded to its ut most capacity last night for the recital of sacred music a pleasant Innovation, In troduced by the new Tector Dr. Morrison. It proved no less delightful thau had been anticipated by such as were acquainted with Dr. Morrison's rich, highly trained voice, for "his singing of the great bass solos from "Elijah" were the leading feat ure of the evening. These were given with superb effect, though to those wo were familiar with his voice, It was a parent that he was laboring under the dis advantage of a cold, and was not, there fore, really at his best. His first solo was the plaintive. "How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me. O Lord?" by Mietzke. Following this came the impres sive and beautiful prayer from "Lord God of Abraham." overflowing with quiet and serene faith. In strong contrast to thJs was the splendid aria, "Is Not His Word. Like a Fire?" which, in point of difflcul y and grandeur of effect, can. be comparia with nothing except Handel's great bas aria. "Why Do the Nations," from tl.a "Messiah." Both may be taken as a crucial test of the capabilities of the voice. Dr. Morrison's rendering of Mendelssohn s aria was characterized by dramatic fervir of a high order.its sweeping crescendos, is surging unrest, and passionate vehemence of utterance were all admirably expressed. The mournful strain, "It Is Enough," with its pathetic, despairing misery, made an effective foil to the succeeding number, "For tho Mountains Shall Depart." full or power and freshly revived strength. Tia next solo, "O Rest in the Lord" (the an gel's song), breathing peace and solace, was very happily selected to close tno numbers from "Elijah." Mr. Lighter gave several organ ntfmbqfc that showed to good, effect his skill on. that Instrument, but the character of the selec tions wero hardly suitable for a place on. the same programme with those from ''Elijah." The Intermezzo from "Caval lerla Rustlcana," the "Serenata," by MoszkowskI, the "Hymn of tho Nuns.' by Wely, the florid Bastlte offertoire. ara none of them up to the same elevated piano of the great Mendelssohn arias, and made the words on tho title page of tha programme. "An Evening of Sacred Mu sic." something of a misnomer. Gustav Mueller, who was down, for soma violin numbers, was unable to be present. At 9:30 o'clock the big audience left tha church In a very satisfied frame of mind, and many cordial hopes were expressed that this pleasant recital would be fol lowed by others of a similar character. a Almost a Had Fire. A fire alarm wad turneoT in 'from box; 213, East Morrison and East Water streets last night at 9 o'clock, to which, the de partment responded promptly. Fortunate ly there was nothing for the firemen to do. The fire- was in the boiler-room of George Kilner's iron works, on East Water street, between East Alder and East Morrison streets. Some one had placed kindling on the top of the boiler to dry, when It caught fire from the heat of the boiler and was biasing briskly when the lig t was Been by some one from the second story of the bjlldlng occupied by tha East Portland Fence Company, and J. W. North, who runs a lodging-house on tho corner of East Morrison and East Watr streets, was informed of the fire. He broko open the boiler-room door and rxjliv gulshed the fire before it had spread to the roof. A moment more and the depart ment would have had a bad fire to con tend with. 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