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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1900)
THE MOENING OREGONIAN, SATUKDAY, FEBRUABY 3, 1900. IN THE" SEVERAL COURTS MOTHBR-IX-LAW CHARGED AVTTH BKTICEiG A WIFE ATVAT. H0S9 ledger accounts. From the latter the assignee collected $518. and he alto gether received $681 and disbursed $148. - The machinery was taken by the North west Loan & Trust -Company, which held. IC A nr&ftn RUWC PAflMTHV Astor, Henry M. Flagler, D. IJi lUUn MAI O LUUn-IIll J. Jullliard. President Richard A. muis. a. Tur AcniriM r.fvuw.nixcT mc- i lie Artuuin unun i llli S Curdy, of the Mutual Life Insurance, and, ex-Governor Morton, while members or the "Whitney syndicate dominant In the 'iutipNtiiir Answer of. Charles .B.J Ye'aBE to Mm. Byl Criminal Matters Court Aotes. Charles B. Young, whose mother-in-law, Mrs. J. B Byl, sued him to recover $4tE alleged balance due on a promlssocy Mt ka filed an answer alleging that the note was executed without considera tion, and he also charges Mrs Byl, with having enticed his wife from him, and wita doing numerous other unkind tUnge The plaintiff has filed a reply to the answer, denying each and all of tho accusations made by her son-in-law, and says she once loaned him $700, and that he Has only repaid $275. In hie answer Young sets forth that In April, 18W, he was living happily wlh Me wife at University Park, when her aether Influenced and persuaded her to aesert him and come to Portland, and prevailed upon .her to sue for a divorce. Young- alleges that there had been no serious trouble between him and Mrs. Young, and when they met matters were easily arranged, and she readily oeaeeated to withdraw the proceedings te dissolve the matrimonial bonds. His mother-in-law, he asserts, had been re siding with them as one of the family, and In order to get her to go away and abstain from Interfering between him and his wife, he gave her his note for $550, payable $26 each month. She left, he avers, but recently again took his wife away and caused a second divorce suit te be instituted, which Mrs. Young again as willingly abandoned. Young asserts that he is under no obligation whatever te support Mrs. Byl as a member of the household, and states that it Is her duty te keep away and refrain from encourag lag his wife to leave him, and also that there was no consideration whatever for the note. Mrs. Byl's story, told in her answer, is entirely different. She alleges that the $M note was received by her In part payment of a loan of $700 which she made te her son-in-law. She states that she placed the claim in the hands of J. C. Moreland, her attorney, for collection, prior to the bringing of the divorce suits by her daughter, and Young effected a settlement by paying $150 cash and the giving of the $550 note, on which there remains $425 still due. Mrs. Byl denies specifically having ever wrongfully en ticed her daughter to leave her husband, aad asserts Mrs. Young left and com menced the divorce suits of her own voli tion. Mrs. Byl further explains that when she was at the home of Young she paid for any support she received by her labor. a mortgage for $2500. -and the company SUCCESSFUL MIXER PRAISES CAFE -M-,.wAm .t -.w,tf. on n also held 1.23 acres of land in Clackamas wmm ' )r nw of wtrio mnwms. in- tuuuiy, wurui uui mile, loe assignee reports that there was some litigation. (and he paid $125 attorney's -fees. He asks pany'a strength. R. A. C. Smith and Sec retary Ellhu Boot, who Is counsel for the ' eluding besjdes Mr. "Whitney. Thomas F. Ryan and P. A. B "Wldener, represent ,a ..U ... "i r , Thomaii Soniherlniid. Oni- of th Fint 'laree Part ot tne Btaie vtruai v,om- assignee, and the halarice due the -attdr- ' "White Men There, Tells of x tticnness Metropolitan, also considerably associated i with the Whitney Interests, are on the i hoard of trustees Thomas Southerland, one of the first e ney. -This will consume aTsout all that, la left The Empire Manufacturing Com- , pany was engaged In the business of mak- ing furniture, etc f In the Criminal Court. , 9TiC&&tel , MARCUS DALY INTERVIEWED The second trlalof Ed Flannlgan, ex- He has nine placer claims up there, and policeman, on a charge of-larceny of J60 -is preparing to return on the first voy- Declares He I Not Fighting Senator iruui wiiuaui oiewan un uvemucr j.o, age .oi tne .uiaer irom .roruana-, wnere ' - r:inii; 1SS9, was begun In the criminal, cotirt he wltt take several tons of miners' sup-- yesterday, and will be concluded today, plies back with him. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. A report has been The evidence Is that Stewart was" in a - "Nome Is a poor man's country," he received in this city to the effect that BRITISH SHIP MACDUFF MAKRS LONG PASSAGE. A Australian Wheat Noxr Competing "With -the Oresroa Product Nitrate Freights Marine Notes. Two of the vessels of the grain fleet which Portland dispatched for the seat of war in South Africa have reached their destination, arriving out within 24 hours of each other. The British ship Macduff, 4wh'chmade- the longest passage on record between Calcutta -and .Portland, is ap- ? parentry still reaching out for more rec- PORTLAND'S NEW POSTOFFICE. rrn. Probate Court. The wHl of Jacob Bloom was admitted te prebate yesterday, and Sol Bloom was appointed executor without bonds. The es tate consists of Teal and personal prop erty. The estate is devised to the wife, Hannah Bloom, and the children, Mary, Jennie, Tiliie and Sol Bloom. Robert IJvIngstone, administrator of the estate of Kenneth Macleay, deceased, re ported the sale of real property as ordered by the court, comprising lots in Johnson's, Caruthers', Lincoln Park Annex and ether additions. The prices obtained In some instances were rather low. The inventory of the estate of Thomas Grenfell, deceased, was filed. The valua tion was $159 The Inventory of the estate of George M. Stroud, deceased, was filed. The appraised value le $9975. The final account of Jasper Battler. executor of the will of Anna Voos, de ceased, was filed. The property Is prin cipally in Portland Savings bank certifi cates, amounting to $2939. Charles H. Payne, administrator of the estate of Kit C. Pav ne, deceased, reported that among the property of the estate is M,009 shares of the Sulphite Mining & Milling Company, of the state of "Wash ington, of no present value. He furthe stated that Payne, in his lifetime, agreed to turn over to J. M. Smith, of Chewelah, 4000 shares of the stock in settlement of a debt of $200, but the transaction was not oeaewnmated. The administrator was em powered to surrender the 4000 shares to Smith, and to distribute the remainder of the stock, 29,200 shares each, to the heirs, as follows: Mrs. S. F. Scott and Mrs F. C. Barnes, Portland, and Mrs. Flora C. E. Fraser, San Francisco, and J. M. Pajne, Deer Island, Or., and Charles H. Payne, Portland, sisters and brothers of the deceased. ci: u u H - - ' r A - 1 D " ' .", f 1- " . ' . ' -k,zl-z - v v. ; ''- i' 1 ' i' V " 4, "V1 - ' ' .CoKcntTC5 rWAt.i v i -1 i i ,x I ffl nT I ccmiMooK m "nteB "l m 1 1 1 1 ( Cpfwo0 1 1 connitsani1 ', i ' tli 111.1 jammD. Ltm mB f Tf 19 I Puaiic-o acjc Ki m ii iHl J ff e SI H I n I Jl I IVUj-Zjtfl IB I HI 1 I III ' -'. TH ! I ' Stamp ncOM V atnznux. ffl Qinnioon ; JSoxts JB" i n Si4 B ecLivBw n m a cottzd uta ikoicktc ou wmiES: uj- ,i 'j iiiiFSJ(TmiiiHiFilll fl Jintf I III I H PErn,v I If " L ' "N fr " 1 I MAiLtwe "tvoom -Cak .tens"-.noM 111 1 .S I 1 ' i an SI h si j ' ,- ,- . CITY DI5Tn.ooTioM m 5 I ' lilt ------.- (fl U a I -"HI Is II rtiTremM' i I P " t .ATro-.M I ' o O f I , , . r ' -' " w J . ( " . , -i -' - (: ' - 0 ' - a ' n C3 -3 it would cost the governmeat a foriuan for o'l3. buoys, etc The Post-Iatetttgeneoc further eay&: , "There are no pilots ca the Sound, .because there is ne buetnese 'or them. The most cautious deep-water teamshlp captain, with the charts and calling directions before hto. would reject a pilot's services If offered." The same issue of the paper, la aa ac count of the disaster to the Oriental ttaer Goodwin, says: "Pilot Getter, who baa been in the service of the Northern Pa cific Steamship Company for years, takes all the responsibility of the accident upon himself. His only excuse te that he either lost his bearings or a swift current set him further inshore than he reaii-ed. It was Pilot Gatter who was directing the course of the Glenogle last April when she collided with the City of Kingston." All of the steamers which eater the Sound (except coasters) take pilots when ever they can get them, and the Miami, the loss of whioh called forth the comment I at which the Post-InteWgeneer takes ex ception, was in charge of a pilot when she struck. A comparison of marine dis asters on the Sound with those of the Co lumbia does not show the windy porta ot the north to their best advantage. Japan te the latter pert ever 989 Japa aaa aee&y lew teas or eoal. BOOMING NITRATE TRADE. Oae ot the Bier Factors la Frcseat High- Rates for "Wheat Vessel. Tho British ships Mooltan and Astra cana, and the German bark Selene, to gether with several other vessels which had previously been reported as coming up from the west coast for wheat, have all taken nitrate charters. The nitrate business seems In a fair way to reach un precedented proportions. The annual nitrate freight report of Lloyd. Lowe & Co , of London, dated December 31. 1889, which la just to hand, shows there are now sailing vessels of 200,400 tons dead-weight capacity, which are already chartered or to load on owner's account, nitrate, between Jan uary 1 and April 30, 1900. There are aleo sailing vessels of 90,220 tons dead-weight capacity, which are yet unchartered, but will go to the "West Coast for nitrate cargoes. The freight report mentioned says: "The nitrate freight market has again shown a rise in the average rate of freight over past year, the figure for the period under review working out at 28s 3d per ton, as against 27s 9d In 1803. 21s in 1867, 26s 9d In 1S96. 24s 3d in 1895 and 1884. 25s 8d la 1893, and 20s In 1892. The minimum rate was 25s, paid In January, and the maxi mum 31s 3d In November. "The estimated total export of nitrate for the year represents 1.360.0GO tons, be ing again an Increase over former figures of 1,260,000 tons last year, 1,060,000 la MK, l,07o,000 in 1896, 1,210,000 In 1895 and l,2,i tons In 1894. The year's total might have been slightly increased had shipping facili ties not suffered from above causes. "Of the quantity of sailing vessels dis patched with nitrate, about 300,000 tons ar Deiaestie aad Sarelsa Forti ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 2. Arrived and soiled, at 32S A. M ateanuhpl ittmhia, for sen Franetsco arrive at A. M.. eteamer Fatten, for San cieco at 3d P. M , British banc ilii Hall. Coadttton of bar at 5 P M, r J weather, cloudy: wind, soathwes' Sao Francisco, Feb. 2. Arrived Sci or Daisy Rows, steamer Areata, fom bay, schooner Sequoia, nom Grays bor. Sailed Tug Astoria, steamer H-ml foe Coos bay; schooner Beulaa. f r lapa harbor. Outside, bound In 3a tine Monitor, from Gray's harbor Brl bark Aacyra, Bxm Portland for QiS town, in distress. Saa Francisco, Feb. 2. Arrived S' era South Fortlaad, from Oyster .ar Mackinaw, from Seattle, barker Quickstep, from Tacema; bark L. G gees, from Tacoma. Sailed S j Bristol, for Naaahae; State of Cifd for Portland. Nanaimo Arrived, Fob. 1 Hiwa steamer Saa Mateo, from Por Los geies; bark Onward, from Honolulu New York. Fob. 2 Arrived D'- from Bremen, Menominee, from Lo: Saale, from Bremen, Cluden, from sterdam. Qneenetown. Feb. 2. Arrived Beii land, from Philadelphia for Uvsri Campania, from Liverpool. Spelcea. Far sMp Lyten, December 30 latld south, longitude W west. British ship pannie. irom Oregon, for Queen3 r-er steamer Mackinaw. February 1J Font Gordo, passed ship Occidental, Seattle, for Saa Francisco COPPER-SELLING COMPi Seme Particulars About the Mae Recently Formed. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Th TTnlted Md Selling Company, which was lncorporl a. iw aays ago under New Jersey with a capital of ft.0da.0Gd is h important organization it Is earned the company will absorb the 1' lewfsoBn Bros., of this city, and taJ will handle the entire output of the M gamated Copper Company, as weu a3 Qtner large businesses now conducted Lewisohn Bros. A member of the firm of Lewisohn confirmed the report that the firm wl be absorbed by the new company new concern will la effect be aa expai of the business of the firm with the JlJ ence that other capitalists In the Ama mated Copper Company will also be ested. The new company It wis s would not acquire any other lnfre3' this city than the firm of Lewisona xne e,w,w capital all in ca-nl patched with nitrate, aoout 3W,ww tons ar- stock. The directors of the company rived on the coast during the year in bai- William Rockefeller. Henry H Ri last, ana every year xuriner rev-.ie hj Lumber Company's Answer. The City Lumber Company has filed an answer to the suit of E. T. Wlll'ams te reoever a dividend of $200 per share on six and one-half shares of stock, amount ing to $1809, stating that there Is only $MS due. Judgment for the latter sum Is offered. The answer recites that the City Lumber Company was a trust composed of the various lumber mills in this city. Wtitfams, it is alleged, signed the stock in his name as trustee for the North Pa olnc Lumber Company, and this company Is said to be the real owner. In October, 1167, it is asserted, the defendant allowed the North Pacific Lumber Company to furnish lumber to J. B. Bridges used in the Construction of the Meier & Frank butMing, at the sol'cltatlon of the plain tiff, although for convenience the same was billed in the books of the City Lum ber Cempanv. In the settlement with the North Pacific Lumber Company by the CHy Lumber Company for amounts be coming due for materials sold and de Mvered to the City Lumber Company, the North Pacific Cempanv, it is alleged, was credited with lumber for the Melr & Frank lHritdtog at the retail Instead of the whole sale rates, and in the settlements there was overpaid $1054. This, deducted from the $UM dividend which it -s admitted was declared, it is said, leaves $245 due, which the, defendant Is ready to pay. fact that the tonnage destined to the West Coast with outward cargoes from various directions is not sufficient for homeward requirements. "For next year a large proportion of tho early tonnage has already been taken up at 27s 6d to 2Ss, and a number of ships have also been chartered for autumn Ijadmg at 2Ss to 28s 9d. It would appear that a rate of freight of about 27s Gd la a work- I able one as a basis for future negeiav tlons." VIEW OF"THE BUILDING, "WITH THE PROPOSED ANNEXES. The above la a view of the Portf and postofflce as it will appear when the proposed annexes are completed, and a plan of the eround floor of the building when the annex on the west side is built. It Is proposed only to build the annex on the west side afpresent as it la Intended to have a station established In the south end and another In the north end of town, where carriers will rendezvous, and which will to some extent relieve the congested condition of the. postofflce building'. The prospects are very favorable for having the west annex built this season, aa a bill has been introduced in congress to provide the necessary appropriation, and the plans, specifications and estimates have been prepared by Architect Lazarus and forward ed to Washington. Postmaster Croasman has been using his best endeavors for some time to secure this addition to the postofflce, which Is much needed, and the estimates Included a new roof to the building and numerous alterations and Improvements to the Interior, such as a tile floor, marble wainscoting In the halls, new heating apparatus, etc. As will be seen by the plan of the ground floor, the changes to be made include an extension of the THaln corridor Clear through the building from Morrison street to Yamhill. On entering from Morrison acreet the offices of the assistant postmaster and clerk and the private office of the postmaster will be on the left. On the same side, at the south end, will be the money order office, thS lobby for patrons being at the extreme south end, with an entrance from the main corridor. The registry department will remain where It Is at present, but a public lobby will be placed adjoining the corridor, and the office will be enlarged by extending It back Into the annex, and on the west side will be a. room for the mailing- clerks, and a eounter where they can transact their business with the registry clerks. The greater part of the annex will be occupied by the mailing-room and carriers' room, which extend onto the platform on the west side, where the wagons will deliver and receive malls The stamp room will be where the present mailing-room Is, and a corridor will extend between It and the registry department to the mailing-room. The stamp window will be lnu a rounded corner, opening into the corner, and there will be an extra stamp window for busy times. The boxes will be located at the south end of the building, opening on a corridor, and connected with the mailing-room. Thus arranged, the office will be very convenient and roomy enough for the present. Decisions Today. The following motions and demurrers ycM be decided bj Judge Sears this morn ing, at 9:88 o clock: The Singer Manufacturing Company vs. T. J. Driver, demurrer to reply. Puffer, Dooly & Co. vs. American Cen tral Insurance Company; motion to refer to a referee M. "W. Patton vs. Charles A. Kalus; motion to open up Judgment by default. James Tamerlane et al. vs. Otto J. Kraomer et al.; motion to reopen judg ment. W. A. Cleland et al. vs. Cyrus "W. Bar Sr ot al ; demurrer to complaint Sal Hlrsch et al. vs. Salem Flouring MUte Companv , motion to strike out parts of complaint. James C Stuart vs. Wilson P.eid & Co t al.; motion to strike out parts of an war: demurrer to answer. -Aa RlwiAetech vs Michael Bindflelsch; aenntrrer to answer C "W. Catber vs. v R. Burt; demurrer to amended answer - s i: H. Ah'gren vs H. H. Emmons et aL; ecnurrer to amended complaint I K. Cullison vs Downing. Hopkins & On . motton for a new trial, etc North End saloon in an intoxicated con dition, and Fred Esham, also known as Clough, stole the $60 and gave Flannlgan $20 of it. This is not disputed by either side. The case against Esham was dis missed, as the prosecution contends that Flannlgan led him to commit the crime This Flannlgan denies. The jury at the former trial disagreed. "Walter Leotard, charged by information with larceny of $190 from the store of I. Benjamin, pleaded guilty in the criminal court yesterday and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. L. H. Woodress, convicted of larcenyof tools valued at J15 from M. C. Martin, was sentenced to eight months in the county jaU. Cited Before Referee. John Gibbons, jr , who holds a judgment against F. L. Stinson for $2559, originally obtained In the state of "Washington, and transferred here, yesterday caused Stin son to "be cited to appear before "W. L Brewster, referee, to show cause why he does not pay the Judgment. Gibbons avers that Stinson Is agency director for the New York Life Insurance Company, and that he believes the defendant has property liable to execution, and money due from the company, which "he declines to apply upon the judgment. The defend ant Is to answer concerning tho same, and Brewster will submit his findings to the court. Verdict for Plaintiff. A verdict for the plaintiff for $225 was returned by the Jury yesterday in the suit of George Ainslle vs Lipman, "Wolfe & Co., In Judge Frazer's department. The sum sued foe was $418. The jury was re quired to answer the question whether the veneering on top of the counters was done In a first-class manner. The answer was "No." said yesterday, "and no man need go broke. Anyone can take a tin nan and wash out gold enough to pay Tor a meal's victuals In a few minutes. There is gold along the beach in great quantities, and gold In the hillsides, from the grass roots down. There are fully 100 miles of beach where gold is plentiful, though the min ing was last summer confined to that portion of the seashore lying between Nome and Cripple creek, a distance of 20 miles. This stretch of beach paid an average of $16 a daj to the man, last season, when worked by crude rocker process. I left $20 a day to prospect on the creeks, and think uome of my claims on Cripple creek and Snow creek will prove richer than the beach when fully prospected "Of course any country can be over estimated, but I don't think Cape Nome has been. The Klondike in its palmiest days isn't In It with Nome, and the 41 ference In the government Is also vastly In the miners' favor at Nome. I look for fully 20,000 people to be on hand, early In the summer, and I think every one of these can better hla condition by going there." Mr. Southerland's home is at Caribou, Maine, and his former occupation of lum berman in the plney woods of that state. has made him rugged and inured him to rigorous weather, which he says hu enjoys hugely at Cape Nome. "When the Klondike rush began, he was "a. poor man, but his large accumulations of wealth at Dawson and Nome are well known in thqse localities. He is a single man, and therefore has no compunction about spending another season or two In the far north, before settling dqwn to enjoy life in the effete East His first purchases of claims at Nome were from Laplanders AfcMsrnec's Report. The final account of F. "W Berry, as mrne of the Bmpire Manufacturing Com imnv an insolvent debtor, was filed In the -te circuit court sesterday. The as- -ment was filed in August 1S92. The -rt shows that the general creditors receive little or nothing The prop was appraised as follows. Furnl--nd materials. $7S, machinery, $2340; MAneoos $1487. total. $917. The fur c nd machinery were taken by E. ' Sarreat on a chattel mortgage for " 16 The expense of selling the property was $956, Be previously collected $105 and $lGs . accounts, and $2845 on sale He tunteiT over 36" to the .assignee. $15 worth of property which remained, and pealed. Conrt Notes. In the suit of R. Kraft Vs. M Kraft an. order of default was entered Tiy Judge Cleland jesterday, Joseph Delaney has begun suit In the state circuit court against Addle P. Swain Delaney for a divorce, because of deser tion. They were married In Portland in September, 1S92. and he says she aban doned him In 1894. She lsvuow at Ta coma. Years ago the domestic Infelicities of this couple wore considerably paraded in the newspapers. The appeal from the counts court In the matter of the estate of Martha Tay lor, a minor, was heard by Judge Cleland vesterday and taken under advisement Martha Taylor is now Mrs. Laisner. She objected to the final report of her guar 1lan, Benjamin I. Cohen, as to certain Investments made by him, represented by notes, etc She refused to accept the se curities, and Judge Cake sustained her objections in part, and the guardian ap- TRUST COMPANIES COMBINE Ex-Governor Morton's Concern and the State Trnst Co. Consolidated. NEW YORK, Feb. 2. According to, the Times, the Morton Trust Company, which was incorporated last July, with ex-Governor Levi P Morton at Its head, 'Is' to absorb the State Trust Company. The merger was virtually settled at a meet ing of the men who have been carrying the negotiations through The consoli dated company, which will hear the name of the- Morton Trust Company, will have a capital stock of $2,CO0 000, and a surplus and undivided profits of well over $2t590,C0,3. The negotiations have been conducted principally, it Is understood, by ex-Secretary of the Navy "William C. Whitney, who is a director in the Morton company, as well as a trustee In the State Trust Company; by ex-Governor Morton and by George G. Haven, a trustee In the Morton company. On the side of the Morton. Trust Com pany figure such names as John Jacob Marcus Daly had resigned the presidency of the Amalgamated Copper Company, that he had been succeeded by G. M. Hyams, general manager of the Boston & Montana, and that a settlement at an early date of the extensive litigation now going on among the copper companies of Montana was likely. Mr. Daly was inte viewed in this city upon the subject He said: "I don't know where this rumor orig inated. I am certain nothing 13 known about it at the offices of the American Company or of the Amalgamated Com pany. It Is not true. The Amalgamated Company Is running along satisfactorily. It is paying dividends. The stock is all right. It has suffered, perhaps, like all other securities, but It will be better." Questioned regarding "W. A. Clark, he said: "You have read in the papers about the fight between the multi-millionaires, Daly and Clark, but It is mostly nonsense. If Mr. Clark's fortune and my fortune were rolled Into one, I doubt If it would come to antbing near figures Often mentioned. The tight against Mr. Clark In Montana Is being made by the young men. I have nothing to do with it" Mr. Daly was asked about his pros pects for racing next season. He rep led: "I don't know yet what I shall do. I have a number of horses, but the experi ences of the last year or two have not tended to make me an enthusiast. I will see later about a trainer and other de tails, but I am somewhat undecided yet" o Steamer Elmore Goes to the Sound. ASTORIA, Feb. 2, The steamer R. P. Elmore has been sold to Seattle parties, who will take possession of her tomorrow and take her around to Puget sound. The bill of sale has not yet been placed on file, and the price has not been made pub lic. The steamer was built here in 1890, and has been principally in the trade be tween the Columbia river and Oregon coast ports. Captain. Archie Pease was In Astoria to day making arrangements to secure the anchor pf the steamship Monmouthshire, that was lo3t while she was anchored at Brookfield, a few das ago. c CALLED EAST IN A HURRY. ords of a similar nature, as she did net show up at Algoa bay until Wednesday, 116 days from this port The Powys Cas tle, which left Portland 12 dajs later than the Macduff, arrived at Port Natal Thurs day, after a passage of 102 days, which is also longer than usual. The Macduff was dispatched by Balfour, Guthrie & Co , and carried 26,133 bushels of wheat, 11,506 bar rels of flour, 1550 cases of fruit and 1100 cases of salmon. The Powys Castle, which was dispatched by Kerr, Gifford & Co , carried a straight flour cargo 23,795 bar rels. The South African scrap which has since become so Interesting had not reached a serious stage when the vessels left Portland, and the cargoes of Oregon products have undoubtedly Increased In value quite rapidly since leaving here. There are still three other Portland ships en route for the dark continent from Portland. They are the British bark Lor ton, hence November 5; British ship Bly theswood, hence November 14, but since reported at "Valparaiso with cargo shifted, and the Verajean, hence December 15. It Is possible that another cargo may be sent to tho Cape from Portland this sea son, but hardly probable, as Australia, which has practically corralled that trade for years, is now offering wheat to South Africa to better advantage than It can be obtained from this coast There is al ready on berth, or chartered to load at Australian ports for South Africa, several sailing vessels, most of which have loaded wheat at Portland in past years. Among them are the British ship Benmore, Brlt teh ship Grasmere, Btlsh bark Pltcairn Island, British ship County of Pembroke, German bark Hans Wagner, British ship Indian Empire, British ship Samarkand and British bark Magwen. IX PERIL OFF FLATTERY. Big Collier "WaahtenaTv Broken Dovra Tuffs Hastening- to Assist. SEATTLE, Feb. 2. The big Iron collier Washtenaw, plying between San Fran cisco and Nanaimo, Is In grave peril near Cape Flattery. Her machinery has broken down, and she lies helplessly at anchor off Carroll rocks at the mercy of the storm. Tugs are hastening to her assist ance. The following announcement of the Washtenaw's mishap was received tonight by Captain Llbbey, manager of the Pu get Sound Tugboat Company, by tele graph from Neah bay: "Lakme reports that the Washtenaw broke down and Is anchored in 28 fathoms of water six miles west of Carroll rocks. The second officer Is here, wiring Saa Francisco for instructions. He can get no answer from San Francisco tonight." The dispatch was sent by H. H. Morri son, captain of the tugboat Tacoma. That tus and the tug Sea. Lion were at once ordered to the Washtenaw's assistance. The Washtenaw is a vessel oi awe tons gross, 315 feet long. 42 feet beam, and was built In 1887 by the Saginaw Steel Steamship Company. She Is operated by Jerome, of San Francisco. ANCVHA Iltf COLLISION. Run Into by the Hcathfleld Off the California Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2. The British ship Ancyra, 13 days from Astoria, bound for Cork for orders, put in at this port tonight in company with the British bark Heathfleld, bound from Newcastle, N. S. W., for San Francisco. The two vessels were in collision January 29, at 1.39 A. M., about 150 miles from here. The bark struck the ship In the stern, stovlng it in and carrying' away the steering gear. The stem of the bark was started from its place, two of her bow plates stove in and her headgear damaged. Captain Frazer, of the Heathfleld, stood by the Ancyra. His offer to take her officers and crew with the captain's family on his own vessel was not accepted, but he decided to ac company the Ancyra. to port The latter ship will be repaired and proceed en her voyage. THE FLYIJfG DUTCHMAN. Death of the If you should be called East in a hurry, be sure to Investigate the iwo routes of fered by the O. R. & N. This company will ticket you through to Chicago by way of Spokane and the Great Northern, or via Huntington and Omaha, to Chicago The time by either route Is only three days. Call on V. A. Schilling, at 254 Washing ton street, for full information. i a When you smoke Zarina you are smok ing the best cigarette. "WHERE "WRECKS ARE MANY. Tiot Enough Lights and Buoys In Pnget Sound "Waters. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer take ex ceptions to The Oregonian's remarks on the perils of. navigation in the uncharted and unmarked waters of the Sound and adjacent waterways, where fog, storms, tide rips, and contrary currents play such havoc with shipping. To prove that The Oregonlan is wrong in its criticism, the Post-Intelligencer cites tle fact that the government has provided 60 lights and 78 buoys on the Columbia and Willamette rivers, while In certain portions of Puget sound and Straits of Fuca there are but 14 lights apd 15 buoys This undoubtedly accounts for there being no wrecks on the Columbia and Willamette rivers, although even If a vessel grounded here she would be uninjured, while Puget sound and ad jacent waters have been strewn with wrecks which, owing to the dangerous character of that locality, are nearly al ways total losses. If there was -a light or a buoy on every spot where there has I been a wreck In the waters north of us. of Successful Raider Seal Rookeries. Captain Hanson, the "Flying Dutch man," whose death by drowning near Vic toria was reported in the telegraphic col umns a few days ago, gained his sobriquet through conducting extensive seal-poaching operations under the shelter of the German flag. Hanson was caught raiding the Russian rookeries, and also the Amer ican, islands. He was on both occasions sailing- the German schooner Adele. after ward wrecked off Queen Charlotte island. and that he was not punished is ascribed to the fact that the Russians and Ameri cans were not anxious te draw Germany into the sealing controversy. Hanson, after the loss of the Adele, made other trips to Behrlng sea, but luck failed htea, and he turned bis attention to raining: His kindness to shipwrecked mariners oft the West Coast won for him many kind words in his declining years. Leonard Lewisohn. Adolph Lewiaohn j Charles C. Beaman. Of these gentlemen, the first two rai are known to be heavily interested Inl Amalgamated Copper Company Leoil and Adolph Lewisohn are of the Art Lewisohn Bros., and Mr Beaman. member of the law firm of Evarts, hl & Beaman. Officers will be elected few days. Messrs. Lewisohn B aside from their large business fn and other metals, are the largest hare of copper in the country Among I mines whose output is sold through tl and which will now, it is understood sold through the united Metals Se Company, are the following Lake Superior mines The Tamar Isle Royal, Arcadian and Osceoia solidated. the latter including the Tamarack, jr., the Osceola and the Kl sarge Montana mines The Amalgamated : ner Comoany (including the Anacoa Washoe. Parrott and Colorado Smell and probably others), tb- Boston & tana and Buttp & Boston. Arizona mines United Verde to oriaeieaUv by Senator W. A. Clark) Old Dominion, and the Arizona. CO Company. Utah The Utah Consolidated, other known as the Highland Boy The amount of copper sold through! firm named at the present time Is sail be nearly 78 per cent ot the entire oul of this country, or over 3W 000 000 po annually. Among the mines for wj Lewisohn Bros have not been the sel agents and which It is believed wlll sell through the new company, are following The Calumet & Heola, which nexi the Anaconda is the largest produce copper in the world. The interests 11 tifted with the Amalgamated Copper pany are said to have made a formal of $M0,G0,w9G for this mine, Dut it wa fused. The Quincy Mining Company, also Lake Superior region. This compani largely owned in Boston and it Is geni ly agreed that the owners are oppose selling out to the capitalists wno co the Amalgamated Copper company The Stanton group of mines, Inlul the Wolverine. Atlantic, Baltic, iaona Michigan. Winona and others In Montana the principal outside mil properties are those controlled Dy Heinzes, especially tne jaomana ure chasing Company, whicn is en gage a niv miration with several mil companies in which the owners of Amalgamated Copper company are ested. In Arizona are the 3o-caUed Fb TVxlra mines. Including the Copper Qt These are also supposed to be wholly dependent of the new company as as of the Amalgamated copper m Ever since the organization of the Al gamated Copper Company it has oees ported that the leading interests in sfflL60.eo cornoration had a far v amalgamation m view and the orgal tina of the new sell'ng company is r?ri ed by many as strong confirmation such retvortg It Is wider believed that the control ii l. lu imalrnmAIfd ' C mii-ui in .re ....... o rnniiMnv now own large amounts or : i tho "Roston & Montana the Butl ). ond the Utah Consoliaated that these orooetties may eventuall! merged with the Amalgamated with aj ther large increase m tne cyvt"--iv the latter a Insurers Refuse to Pay Losses. SEATTLE, Feb. 2. The insurance com panies that took risks on the ill-fated steamer Laurada have refused to pay the policies. They decline to pay the loss mainly upon the ground that the vessel was unseaworthy Other contentions are raised, however, namely, that the steamer was overloaded, and that she did not take the usual course in going from Seattle te Cape Nome. Marine Notes. The Columbia crGssed out ior San Fran cisco yesterday morning. The State left San Francisco at noon, and is due tomor row morning. The American ship Marion CMIcett, es route from Chemainus for Adelaide, kst about 40,000 feet of her deckload of lumber in a terrific gale. The steamer Fulten, which arrived up yesterday morning, brought about 89Jfo feet of redwood lumber. Oregon ftr htmae. wlll comprise a portion of her outward cargo. The list of disengaged tonnage la Sac Francisco is again down to ene lone snip the Pass of Kllliecrankie. There are T vessels loading or chartered to load gsat" at the Bay City. The Japanese steamship Doya MaTi which Is now due at this port from th Orient, by way of Honolulu, brought Iron. 1 ..-o-.i.,.- i -ro-ftll than live long' may experience both If you take Hd Sarsapariua. I B I A very superior cigarette in eve apect zatma. wc tor w BADLY MBTEOROLOGICAL REPC PORTLAND, Feb. 2. P M Ma temperature. 46. mtnhnura temperature! river reading at 11 A. M., 5 ft feet the last H hems, eo; total precipitation,! Jt. t 3 P. M.. ft8 inch total prec'pW from Seat 1. lSW. 28.97 mchea normal j eltttatkm (rem Sept 1. ISM 38.94 Inches.S deary, 3 2? inches, total sunshine Feb l. poaotblc flMRohma Fee, t 9 42 WBATHER SYNOPSIS Rata has faHen la the past 24 hours Mgien west of the Cascades in Oregonl WasMiKloa an hi 3rthern California. bee fallen m Kaetera Washington aa4 We vfeataaa The rata was heaviest at Ag where a.94 of aa iaeh has fallen in ae hows. The tMraure has risen sllghtlj Oregon. WaeMagton and Idaho The rain : t a bw-Kwuf aea which is now jver British CohtniMa and moving sstward. Oa aeeount of the rapidity movement and the srobabie northwarl -neat ef a fckrh that Is sow on tbe m rwus. only eeaaioftdl rata 1s likely ati with Mr weather a pertloa of the aay WXATHKR FOKCASTS Feroasts atade at Portland for the 28 ml to ii at mMnleht Saturday Feb. J t Oraann and Western WasblO -ne(ea! rata, brisk south to soutbwt Bukra Ommb aad Southern Xuro onai rata, southerly winds high at Poca Tastem Washington and Mortnem iaa clonal rata warmer: southerly winds. ortland aad vldntty-Oeeaslonal rata. porttoa of the day fair, bcttfc twbr S. X. aAliKBOKT. Sectiea