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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 1901.
PROFITS OF POLTALLOCH
RECEIVES ?13,800 MORE THAX ON
' PREVIOUS VOYAGE.
Steamship Adato Goes to Sea After
Quick Dispatch More April Ships
Arrive Oat Marine Xotes.
The Pacific Coast Elevator Company
yesterday finished loading the British
hark Poltalloch, -which has won for her
self undying fame as one of the very few
ships that ever escaped after going ashore
on the Washington coast- If the Poltal
loch suffered any from her six months'
stay on the beach, she shows but few
outward signs, and as a matter of fact,
she has aboard exactly one ton more
wheat than she carried from Portland on
her last outward trip from this port. "While
the owners lost a few thousand dollars
by a decline of freights while their big
carrier was resting on the beach, they will
receive nearly J14.000 more for carrying
the present cargo to Europe than was
paid for the last one from this port, and
nearly $10,000 more than was paid on a
former voyage in 196: The figures of
the former voyages show quite plainly
where the shipowner Is securing hand
some profits out of the business of carry
ing wheat to Europe.
On her first visit to this port in 1S96 the
Poltalloch was dispatched by Balfour,
Guthrie & Co., and carried 3766 long ton
of whe.-it, for which her owners were paid
SO shillings per ton. the freight money
amounting to 517,152. The Poltalloch came
"h- tk n p. hruary. 1S93. and was loaded by
Blbsbn & Kerr, at 24s 9d. which was pret
ty well J&wn toward low wotrr mirk for
freights. She improved slightly in her
carrying capacity and was cleared with
S770 long tons, the freight on which
amounted to 522,293. This trip she has
aboard 3771 long tons, and at her 40-shlU
llng rate she will earn 536.20L While thcr
is undoubtedly a pretty heavy margin of
profit for the shipowner, with freights at
40 shillings and upwards. It is stated that
the ship's balance sheet rhowed a loss
when she went out of Portland under a
24s 9d rate. With the exception of the
Brabloch, the Poltalloch will be the last
vessel to clear this month, as all of the
others in port were chartered for Sep
tember loading.
HEAVY RIVER TRAFFIC.
Steamer Bailey Gatzert Carried
Xenrly 400 PaunenBersfen Sanday.
The steamer Bailey Gatzert on Sunday
carrjed 375 passengers to The Dalles and
on the round trip served 6S0 meals on
board. This is the largest crowd of pas.
sengers that has been taken out on the
regular run of a steamer on that route
since the days of the O. S. N. Company,
when there were no railroads to carry
passengers bound cast of the mountains.
The Seventh Infantry band, of Vancouver,
accompanied the crowd, and according
to the passengers the band was quite gen
erous with Its beautiful music. All of the
other boats running out of Portland on
Sunday carried big crowds, which would
indicate that the people are at last be
ginning to appreciate the beauties of the
various river routes leading out of this
city.
I-EWISTOX WAS GRATEFUL.
Commercial Clnb Adopts Some Reso
lutions RcxardinK Its Gnests.
The Congressional rivers and haroors
committee received no more appreciative
wslcome or finer treatment anywhere on
their extended tour than was given theni
by the Lewlston Commercial CluS. In
keeping with the rest of their work In
connection with the visit of the commit
tee, the club has Just sent out the follow
ing resolutions adopted in commemoration
of the vlsltj
Whereas, The honorable rivers and har
bors committee of the Congress of the
United States In the persons of Theodore
E. Burton, of Ohio, chairman; Walter
Reeves, of Illinois; Roswell P. Bishop, of
Michigan; Ernest F. Acheson, of Penn
sylvania; DeAlva S. Alexander, of New
York; Thomas H. Tongue, of Oregon,
George P. Lawrence, of Massachusetts.
James H. Davidson, of Wisconsin, Rufus
E. Lester, of Georgia; Philip D. McCul
loch, of Arkansas; Albert S. Berry, of
Kentucky: Thomas H. Ball, of Texas, in
conformity with the determination ex
pressed by Its chairman in correspondence
with i.he Lewlston Commercial Club, un
der date of April 17, 1901. has visited Lew
lston to meet representatives of the Inland
Empire, under the auspices of this organ
ization for a business conference upon the
oubject of the resources and conditions of
the Columbia River basin east of the Cas
cade Mountains, known as the Inland Em
pire of Eastern Washington, Eastern Ore
gon and Idaho, with reference to the rela
tion thereof to the proposed opening of
the rivers to navigation from Lewlston
to the sea. chiefly by the construction of
canals and locks to overcome the obstruc
tions lo navigation between Celllo and
The Dalles Or., said canals with locks
being known collectively as the Dalles
Celllo .Canal; and
Whereas, The Congressional delegation
tof the Pacific Northwest were ably rep
resented by Invitation In the persons of
United States Senator Heltfeld, of Idaho;
Congressmen W. L. Jones and F. W.
Cushman, of Washington; Malcolm A.
Moody, of Oregon, and T. L. Glenn, of
Idaho; and
Whereas, In response to the Invitations
of the Lewlston Commercial Club, the
commercial organizations of the leading
towns of the Columbia River basin. In
cluding Spokane, Portland, Walla Walla,
The Dalles, Pendleton, Baker City, Col
fax, Pullman, Moscow, Kendrlck, Grange
ville, Dayton, Pomeroy, Asotin, Clarkston
and Oro Flno, In the persons of their
leading citizens; and
Whereas, The most Influential newspa
pers of the Pacific Northwest, including
particularly the Portland Oregonlan, the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Spokane
Spokesman-Review and the Portland Tel
egram, were represented at this confer
ence by their editors and reporters, who
have in their columns most intelligently
andably set forth the needs and condi
tions of and for the opening of these
rivers to navigation; and
Whereas, The Oregon Railroad & Nav
igation Company, and the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company most courteously
and generously provided transportation
to Lewlston and down the Snake and Co
lumbia Rivers for the rivers and harbors
committee and the delegates, entirely at
the expense of said transportation com
panies, now, therefore, be It
Resolved. That the Lewlston Commer
cial Club hereby desires to express its
heartiest appreciation to the rivers and
harbors committee of Congress of the
thorough manner In which Its members
have investigated and made themselves
familiar with the conditions of the Inland
Empire, its vast resources in cereals, live
stock, fruits, timber, ores and minerals,
and the needs of- this great territory,
covering large portions of three mighty
states, for the opening of the rivers to
navigation.
To the Senator and Congressmen not
members of the committee for their dis
interested advice and courteous assistance
in many ways.
To the delegates from the commercial
associations of the Columbia River basin
and to said associations for the devotion
which they have shown to this cause by
attending this conference at their own
time and expense, thereby greatly aiding
in the work of furnishing desired infor
mation to the rivers and harbors com
mittee. To the newspapers above named for
their fidelity to the great work of devel
opment of this interior country, for their
reports and discussions of the said con
ference and the trip by the rivers and
harbors committee for the inspection of
the Tlvers: and
To Mr. A. L. Mohler, president of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
and to Mr. Thomas Cooper, assistant to
the president of the Northern Pacific
Railway Company, for the courtesies
from them as above set forth, and par
ticularly also for their assurances that
their respective companies do not antag
onize the opening of the rivers, but on
the contrary that they are friendly to all
measures for the broad development )f
the rich resources of -the Inland Empire.
The foregoing resolutions were passed
by the governing board at Its regular ses
sion July 30, 1901, ordered to be spread
upon the minutes and a copy thereof to
be forwarded to eacn person and organi
zation at and represented at the said con.
ference.
By order of the governing board: ,
LEWISTON COMMERCIAL CLUB,
E H. LIBBY. President.
ADRIAN SWEET. Secretary.
PLANT LINER WRECKED.
Steamer Halifax Strikes the Rocks
in a Fo&
BOSTON, Aug. 12. The Plant line
steamer Halifax, Captain Pye, from Char
lottestown. Port Hawkesbury and Halifax.
N. S., struck a ledge off Mlnot's light
while coming Into port in a thick fog,
early today. She freed herself, however,
and was beached In a sinking condition on
George's Island.
The steamer left Halifax last Saturday
night, and was due here today.
Sho is a steel screw steamer, sailing un
der British register. She is 250.3 feet long,
35 feet beam and 21.5 feet deep. Her ton
nage is 958. She was built at Glasgow in
18S8.
Lato this afternoon tugs reached here
with passengers from the stranded steam
er, including the famous scullers, Mc
Guire, Whitehead and Wray, and mem
bers of the Philadelphia cricket team.
The Halifax carried 250 passengers and a
cargo of miscellaneous freight. There was
little or no excitement among the pas
sengers. The steamer Is believed to be in little
danger of further damage, unless a north
eastern storm should set in.
HAD QUICK DISPATCH.
Steamship Adato "Was in the River
Less Than Two "Weeks.
The British steamship Adato, which left
down at noon on Sunday, arrived at As
toria at 11 o'clock yesterday morning,
and passed on out to sea an hour later.
Portland can hustle out a wheat steam
ship or an Oriental liner with a mixed
cargo in less than a week, without doing
any particular striving for a record, but
as a usual thing, lumber cargoes are not
so easy to manage, and some very fast
work has been done on the Adato. She
arrived in the river at 8 o'clock on the
evening of July 30, n& was accordingly In
the river less than 14 days, In which time
she loaded 2,S0S,000 feet of lumber. The
Thyra received her cargo in less time
than was taken by the Adato, but as she
took ties exclusively, was loaded In much
less time.
More Fast April Ships.
If the April grain fleet from Portland
keeps up the average runs which It Is
starting with, it will prove the banner fleet
of the season. Two more of the ships, the
Helga and the NIobe, arrived out Sunday,
the former In 122 days, and the NIobe in
124 days. This makes Ave April ships to
arrive out. and the average passage is a
bare fraction over 120 days. The Ferdi
nand Fischer made the run in 115 days,
the Swanhllda in 117 days, and the Dlms
dale 123 days. But one April ship from
San Francisco has arrived out, the French
bark Cape Horn, with a run of 125 days
to her credit. Fuget Sound's April fleet
and half of her March fleet Is still on the
way.
Sncccssfnl Wireless Telegraphy.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The Herald has
received a dispatch by Marconi wireless
telegraph from on board the Lucania, via
Crookhaven, giving an account of the
voyage of the Lucania. a distance of 60
miles oft shore and away down the sta
tion. The report says among other things;
"Mr. William Muloch, Postmaster-General
of Canada, is on board, and Is greatly
interested In wireless telegraphy.
"Louis Mann and Miss Clara Llpman are
sitting in corners, studying a new Boer
play."
Darkentlnc Wrecked.
HALIFAX, N. S., Aug. 12. The captain
and part of the crew of the barkentlne
Prlscllla have landed at Cape Sable, re
porting that the vessel struck a ledge off
Barington last night. A boat containing
14 men is missing. The Prlscllla was
bound for England from New York with a
cargo of chalk.
River Steamer Struck Snag.
EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 12. The river
steamer Lily struck a snag and sank In
Swlnomlsh Slough. The tug Lady Lake,
wlfh scows, is trying to raise her.
Marine Notes.
The tugs tatoosh and Holyoke arrived
at Astoria from Puget Sound yesterday,
and will tow the log raft that has been
under construction at Westport to San
Francisco.
The steamer Columbia arrived up from
Astoria at 5 o'clock last evening with a
moderate list of passengers and some
freight. The latter will be discharged this
morning, and the steamer will then be
laid up until the strike troubles are over
In San Francisco.
The British bark Dumfrleshlre arrived
down at Astoria Sunday noon, going
through without difficulty, drawing 23 feet
of water. In spite of the fact that the
river is now at a very low stage.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Aug. 12. Arrived in at 9:30.
Steamer Elmore, from Tillamook. Left up
at 9 A. M. Steamer Columbia. Arrived
down at 11 A. M. and sailed at 12 noon.
British steamship Adato, for Taku. Ar
rived In at 12 noon. Tugs Tatoosh and
Holyoke, from Port Townsend. Condition
of the bar at 5 P. M smooth; wind,
northwest; weather, clear.
Bristol In roads Aug. 10. British ship
DImsdale, from Oregon.
San Francisco, Aug. 12. Sailed Steamer
Tltanla, for Nanalmo.
Falmouth Arrived Aug. 10. German
ship NIobe, from Oregon.
Umpqua Sailed Aug. 9. Schooner Lucy,
for San Pedro.
KInsIe Arrived July 2G. Barkentlne
Gleanor, from Newcastle, Aus.
Nagasaki Arrived Aug. 10. British
steamer Chlng Wo, from. Tacoma. Sailed
Aug. 7. German ship Renee Rickmers, for
Oregon.
Honolulu Sailed July 25. Schooner
Henry Wilson, for Puget Sound.
Seattle Sailed Aug. 10. Steamer Berth,
for Valdes.
Port Townsend Sailed Aug. 11. Barken
tlne Northwest, for San Pedro.
Honolulu Arrived July 26. Sehooner W.
J. Patterson, from .Gray's Harbor.
Port Townsend, Aug. 12. Arrived
Schooner Fred E. Sander, from Cape
Nome; schooner Endeavor, from Hono
lulu: schooner James Rolph, from Suva.
Yokohama, Aug. 12. Arrived previously
Nippon Maru, from San Francisco, via
Honolulu, for Hong Kong.
Liverpool. Aug. 12. Arrived Lake On
tario, from Montrtal.
Suez, Aug. 12. Arrived Ping Suey,
from Seattle, via Manila, for London.
Glasgow, Aug. 12. Sailed Sardinian, for
New York.
Hamburg Sailed Aug. 10. Patricia, for
New York.
St. Johns, N. F.,'Aug. 12. Arrived Co-
rean. from Glasgow and Liverpool, for
Halifax.
New York, Aug. 12. Arrived Zeeland,
from Antwerp; Cevlc, from Liverpool.
Liverpool. Aug. 12. Arrived Cufic, from
New York.
Movllle. Autr. 12. Arrived Mongolian,
from New York.
Hoqulam Arrived Aug. 9 Schooner
John A., from San Pedro for Aberdeen.
Sailed Aug. 11 Schooner Laura Madden,
from Aberdeen for San Pedro; schooner
Esther Bahnne, from Aberdeen for San
Francisco.
MOUNT ADAMS GLACIERS
PROFESSOR REID TELLS OF HIS
OBSERVATIONS.
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Made a. Complete Circuit of the
Mountain and Finds the Gla
ciers Retrograding.
Professor Harry Fielding Reld, of Johns
Hopkins University, returned to Portland
yesterday from his visits to Cloud Cap
Inn and Mount Adams, where he was en
gaged in examining the glaciers, on which
he is one of the foremost authorities in
the United States. At the request of the
offlcero of the Mazamas, whom he ac
companied on the Mount Hood trip, he
will deliver a popular lecture, Friday
evening, on "Glaciers," under the auspices
of the society. Professor Reld Is an en
thusiastic mountaineer, and the 'observa
tions he made on the glaciers of Mount
Hood are of great interest and scientific
Importance.
Regarding his trip, Professor Reld said
yesterday: VI left Portland three weeks
ago for Cloud Cap Inn. and my stay
there was most delightful. I have never
found a more charming place in the
mountains than Cloud Cap Inn, and I
was given every attention there. I ex
amined four glaciers Eliot, Coe, Ladd
and Newton Clarke. I did not get around
far enough to see closely the Sandy River
and the Zigzag glaciers on this trip.
On these glaciers I foun'd evidences of
the retreat of the ice. The glaciers are
growing smaller, and there Is no doubt
that the movement is continuing at the
present. The glaciers are much smaller
than they have been in the past. Of
course, this Is only a temporary move
ment. Glaciers shorten and then lengthen
again.
"The cause of this? It is due to climatic
variations. The climate grows warmer
and drier, and then colder and wetter.
These changes alter the quantity of the
snowfall, and the average goes up and
down. In Europe, these changes have
been observed for a period of years, so
that it Is known that these changes occur
at the rate of about three a century. In
this country the observations have not
been made for a sufficient length of time
to calculate their frequency. This is an
important field of observation, and will
be followed out closer in the future than
It has been In the past.
"After leaving Cloud Cap Inn I went
lo Mount Adams, by way of Trout Lake,
with C. E. Rusk, of Goldendale. At Trdut
Lake we were Joined by Dr. Goddard and
Mr. Brookes, of Goldendale. We followed
the White Salmon River to the foot of
the mountain, camped at the snow line at
about the 6000-foot level, and made the
ascent. The climb Is totally different from
that of Mount Hood. The latter is wholly
a snow climb, while that of Adams is a
rock climb. The last thousand feet is
over a gentle snow slope. The ascent
was as easy as could be. It was not
difficult climbing over the rocks, almost
as simple Indeed as going up steps. Of
course, the mountain Is 1000 feet higher
than Hood, and you have that much more
work to do. The last part of the climb
was tiresome, as the snow is rough and
the walking hard. But the ascent is In
no way dangerous.
"Mount Adams has no sharp and well
defined summit like Hood. Its summit Is
broad and long, the middle part being
about SOO feet higher than the two ends.
We had a fine, clear day and a magnifi
cent view. We saw Hood, St. Helens, Jef
ferson and Rainier. Hood stands up a
beautiful peak from that direction.
"After that, Mr. Rusk and I spent about
two weeks making a complete circuit of
the base of the mountain, keeping about
at the level of the snow line. There Is a
trail all the way If you can keep on it,
and we took a pack horse and saddle
horses with us. Mount Adams has eight
glaciers, many of them large ones larger
than those of Mount Hood and fed di
rectly from the summit. This high col
lecting ground gives them a great volume.
The retrograde movement of the glaciers
Is also apparent on Mount Adams. There
has been a great fall of snow this year,
which obscures the observation In many
places, but where wo could see clearly
there are plenty of evidences of this back
ward movement. There Is no evidence of
an advance on any of them.
"Mr. Rusk has been a careful observer
of the glaciers on the mountain. He made
the first ascent in 1S90, and has made very
good observations. Indeed.
"The north and east sides of the moun
tain are the finest, and these are the least
often seen. Klickitat glacier Is the largest
and gives rise to the Big Muddy River,
a stream that rushes down a steep de
scent of about 500 feet to the mile. An
other branch of the stream rises from
Rusk glacier. The stream Is muddy and
turbulent, and has been very appropri
ately named.
"We found a fine glacier on the north
side that had not been named, and we
called it Adams glacier. This comes
straight down from the top, and widens
out at the base.
"The mountain itself Is volcanic, but has
not the symmetry of Mount Hood. It
has several main craters, and many small
parasitic cones. These were the small
craters of volcanoes, of later action, prob
ably not more than a few hundred years
ago. We visited four of these, which lay
at a height of from 6000 to 7000 feet.
Mount Adams has a much greater lava
spread than Mount Hood, while Mount
Hood has more cinders.
"We found glacial scratches that Indi
cate that the snow area was once much
greater In extent than at the present time.
I am confident that these marks were in
the glacial age, when the mountain was
covered with a mass of snow that ex
tended for several miles down the slope.
We returned by way of Glenwood,
drove to White Salmon, crossing over to
Hood River."
Professor Reld will make a trip to Vic
toria and Vancouver this week, returning
to Portland for his Friday evening lec
ture. This will be given In Cordray's The
ater, and will be Illustrated with stereop
tlcon slides.
RESCUED HIS BEST GIRL.
But Doughty Lover Found Guilty
of Defacing Building.
An acrimonious hearing took place yes
terday In the Municipal Court, before a
jury. In the case in which John Sweeney
was accused of defacing a building at
Seventh and Couch streets, on the com
plaint of T. E. Earle. Sweeney was found
guilty, and sentence was suspended.
The evidence was that Sweeney had a
room at the Earle home, and that he had
paid attentions to Miss Amelia Earle,
Mrs. Earle's 16-year-old daughter, but that
the parents frowned on his suit. Mrs.
Earle testified that when her daughter,
Sweeney and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle all came
home together, last Friday night, she
took her daughter In her own room and
pleaded with the girl not to keep com
pany with Sweeney. Her husband came
Into the room Just then, the door was
locked, and her daughter called out to
Sweeney: "Jack, kick in the door." Swee
ney came up, broke open the door, usea
abusive language toward witness, and
was ultimately arrested, when Policemen
Bailey and Gibson arrived. Witness ad
mitted having locked the door on her
daughter, so that the girl could not go
out. Sweeney had threatened to kill every
person In the house. Witness had known
Sweeney for 19 years, and did not wish
him to keep company with her daughter.
''Then why did you rent him a room In
your house?" asHed P. L. Olson, the at
torney for the defendant.
"In order to get along, I must rent my
rooms, and if a man pays his rent and
behaves himself I do not object to his
presence In the house," returned the wit
ness. "Sweeney's room rent Is paid up
to the 21st Inst I did not touch my girl
after Is got her into the room." Mr.
Earle testified that when Sweeney came
into the house, witness said: "Sweeneylt
you come into my house I will kill you."
Sweeney, In return, threatened to kill
every one In the house. The defendant Is
not rooming at the house now.
Sweeney was then examined In his own
defense, and he admitted having broken
down the doofwhen he heard Amelia's
call for help, but denied having abused
Mrs. Earle or her husband, and did not
threaten to kill any one. Before he broke
the door down he heard the girl scream.
"Don't hurt me." Sweeney Is about 35
years old, and is a respectable-looking
man. He drives a team.
Amelia Earle testified that she Is 16 years
old, and that she had called to Sweeney
for assistance.
Lawyer Olson made an appeal to the
Jury for the defendant, and asked for a
verdict of not guilty on the ground that
the door was not badly Injured; that the
damage was done by a lover springing t
rescue an imprisoned sweetheart, and that
It was probable Sweeney might marry the
girl some day. Mrs. Earle shook her head
In dissent.
SUED ON HIS BOND.
Bicycle Company Seeks Restitution
for Alleged Shortage.
Charges of dishonesty and fraudulent
misappropriation of funds are urged
against W. B. Kernan. a local bicycle
merchant, as the basis of a suit filed
yesterday by the Miami Cycle & Manu
facturing Company against the United
States Fidelity & Guaranty Company.
The amount mentioned In the suit Is
$1837 98, which it is alleged that Kernan
appropriated when acting as an agent of
the company in Portland. The Miami
Cycle & Manufacturing Company seeks to
recover this sum from the United States
Fidelity & Guaranty Company, whicn
bonded Kernan for 53000. Kernan, when
interviewed last evening, stated that he
was Indebted to the bicycle company for
an amount considerably less than $1500,
and denied that he had appropriated -this
or any other sum from the company.
In the complaint it Is alleged that while
the bond was in full effect, the plaintiff,
the bicycle company, shipped and deliv
ered to Kernan a large number of bi
cycles and bicycle parts, known as "re
pairs"; that Kernan sold and disposed of
the bicycles and repairs, so 'received by
him, and fraudulently and dishonestly
converted the proceeds thoreof to his own
use, and also a large number of the bi
cycles and repairs; that he has ever neg
lected and refused to pay the plaintiff for
the same, the amount of which Is said to
be $1837 98. In an affidavit made by Harry
Walburg, treasurer of the company, the
statement Is further made that the com
pany authorized and instituted through
W. K. Thomas an investigation as to
Kernan's status and condition, and that a
subsequent investigation by Judge L. R,
Webster and Thomas G. Greene, completed
October 11, 1900, disclosed, after all re
coveries and credits were allowed Ker
nan, a shortage in his accounts amounting
to $1837 98, caused by his alleged dishon
esty. This state of affairs was submitted
to the notice of the guaranty company,
according to the complaint, but the lat
ter has failed to comply with the terms
of the bond Issued for Kernan. The bi
cycle company therefore seeks to recover
the amount mentioned, $1837 9S, with Inter
est from November, 1900.
W. B. Kernan said last evening: '"I do
not deny that I owe the bicycle company
some money, considerably- less, however,
than $1800, for the company failed to al
low me all the credits that It should have
done. Through a combination of unfor
tunate circumstances, one of which was
the bicycle trust cutting me oft from a
profitable business that I had built up, I
failed, and was unable 'to meet my obliga
tions. I went Into business for the Miami
Company, and was bonded by the guar
anty company. Before I had the business
well established they closed down upon
me. All this happened without any dis
honesty or fraudulent appropriation of
funds on my part, as charged. I have
been in communication with the guar
anty company, which is the defendant in
the suit, and a defense will be made in
which my affairs will necessarily figure
largely. In that defense, the charges
against my honesty will also be de
fended." Court Notes.
The petition of Sallle C. Long to change
her name to Sallle C. Stenner was grant
ed In the County. Court yesterday.
W. L. Brewster was discharged as ad
ministrator ,pf the estate of Fred A.
Stevens, having filed his final accounts.
Anna E. Lee, executrix of the estate of
Samuel H. Lee, was discharged from her
trust as executrix, her final accounts hav
ing been approved. "
The will of Mazaire Pelland was ad
mitted to probate yesterday In the County
Court, and William Foley appolnte dexec
utor. The will bequeathes all the property
and estate of the deceased, valued at $1000,
to the "Sisters of Charity of Providence,
St. Vincent's Hospital."
H. E. Noble has filed an -equity' suit in
the State Circuit Court against B. M.
Lombard, G. H. Thomas, executor of the
estate of D. W. Lichtenthaler and F.
M. Lichtenthaler et al., helrs-at-law of
that estate, seeking the division or sale of
block 14, North- Portland, in which the
plain tl: has a fourth Interest. B. M.
Lombard has a fourth interst, and the
estate has a half Interest.
Albert U. Smith and Ethel Smith, min
ors, through their attorney G. C. Moser,
and Annie J. Davis, heirs in the estate
of Charles O. Smith, have filed a counter
petition In the County Court against a
certain sale of real estate petitioned for
by the administrator, F. K. Arnold, for
the purpose of paying a claim against the
estate, a promissory note of $2500, held
by George Gibson. This, the petition
urges. Is not a vajld claim against the
estate, having expired according to the
statute of limitations. The petitioners
ask that the administrator be removed
and that he be personally compelled to
pay the costs of the suit.
THE CANADA THISTLE.
Warning From Xew York Against
This Pest.
RANDOLPH. N. Y.. Aug. 8. To the
Editor.) In an issue of recent date you
mention that the Canada thistle is getting
a foothold In Oregon. This is a lament
able thing, for where the thistle goes it
carries disastrous results. It is the pest
of Western New York, but as this part of
the country, Is used for dairy purposes, it
is not as bad as where general cropping
Is followed. The Canada thistle does not
thrive on a well regulated dairy farm.
One hundred miles north of here, where
large quantities of wheat, oats, corn and
beans are raised, this pest causes much
trouble, as every time a root is broken
a fresh, healthy plant springs up.
There is no great amount of wheat
raised here, so most of the trouble is ex
perienced In raising the oat crop. The
method here to keep this pest in check
is to cultivate the land as little as possible
and not let the thistle seed. Pastures
here are seldom plowed, but when the
land is cultivated, it Is reseeded as soon
as possible. For Instance, a large meadow
that is getting thin Is taken and a few
acres, say five to seven, Is put to oats
and corn, and that portion in oats Is
seeded at once. That part In corn may
be worked down and reseeded In the
Fall, or kept for oats the next Spring.
A good deal of corn Is sowed for the silo.
Generally, it is put in with a drill, with
every alternate tube being used, and
sowing from one-fourth to three-fourths of
a bushel to the acre. This leaves it in
rows 14 Inches apart, and it soon shades
the ground. Sowed corn is considered an
excellent crop to seed after, and where sod
is turned under it Is rolled firmly down
and a heavy seeding of timothy and clover
Is put on when the corn Is sowed. Per
haps seeding In corn would not do as
well In Oregon, because of the dry Sum
mer, but here we get frequent showers
In July and August.
It is stated here as a fact that if the
thistle is cut for two or three years In
July or August it will kill It. In this
way pastures are kept temporarily free
from it.
The writer has seen in. a heavily seeded
meadow thistles wilt and die, and others
that appeared to ripen and had no seed
in them.
If this pest gets a firm foothold In Ore
gon there will be trouble, for the soil
there Is very rich, the Winters are mild,
and wheat, oats and barley are among
the staple crops. But there Is a bright
ray of hope in the fact that the thistle
Is not really at home on a dairy farm.
Another thing, -strange as It may seem.
If hay containing a small per cent of
thistles Is cut before the thistle gets
tough and woody, horses and cattle eat It
as readily as they do the hay. This is
about the only redeeming feature In the
whole situation, but it Is so slight as to
amount to nothing when compared to the
other side of the question.
So. fight the Canada thistle as you
would a rattlesnake, and In doing so the
rotation of wheat after wheat In Ore
gon will be seriously Interfered with.
Make it a crime to let one go to seed,
and keep the land well seeded to timothy
and clover, and cut early. Farmers here
put on no less than 12 to 16 quarts per
acre, and often a little red top is used.
The writer of this, who was a resi
dent of Glencoe, Washington County, 10
years ago. and while there was In the
employ of John J. Fowler, also H. S.
Carten (now of Peninsular), and has many
farmer acquaintances there, among whom
are B. P. Cornelius. O. G. Barlow, Con
nell Bros., Meek Bros., N. T. Barrett, Alex
Gordon, J. W. Goodln, J. J. Meacham and
others: and I take pleasure In stating
the methods used in New York to keep
the ambitious Canada thistle In check.
W. H. JOriNSON.
WITTENBERG'S GOOD OFFICES
He Is to Interpose and Settle the
Strike in San Francisco.
PORTLAND, Aug. 12. (To the Editor.)
In Saturday morning's Oregonlan there
appeared an Item containing Intelligence
of momentous Importance to San Fran
cisco, the Pacific Coast and by reflected
glory, Portland. The item referred to con
tains the outline of an Interview with
Herman Wittenberg, manager of the Pa
cific Coast Biscuit Company, member of
School Board, etc., etc., In which several
things are stated. According to Mr. Wit
tenberg, the strike in San Francisco is
"foolish and uncalled for." Of course, If
he says so, that settles it. But the really
Important part of the item is yet to
come. Mr. Wittenberg "thinks that a
settlement can be speedily brought about,
should the right leaders take hold," and
then naively adds that he expects to leave
for the Bay City In a few days, and when
he reaches that place will offer his serv
ices. The Inference Is that now that the small
fry, like Mayor Phelan and the Governor
of California, have failed, Mr. Witten
berg will come to their rescue. The Board
of Trade should wire San Francisco that
Mr. Wittenberg Is coming, and so put
them out of the suspense they must be
in at present. We would also suggest that
as soon as he settles the little difficulty
in San Francisco it would be the right
and proper thing for him to go East and
straighten out the Amalgamated Associa
tion and the steel trust. Our distinguished
townsman will thus not only confer a
great favor on the commercial Interests
of the United States, but once more call
attention to Portland and Oregon as pro
ducers of truly great things.
A. A. i.atiEY,
Secretary, Federated Trades.
Negroes In Congress.
POMEROY, Wash., Aug. 10. (To the
Editor.) Was a negro or Indian ever
elected to the Senate or House of Repre
sentatives of the United States? If so,
who were they? When and from what
state elected? Please answer through The
Oregonlan and oblige, OSCAR D.
OSCAR D.
During the reconstruction period
Blanche K.. Bruce and Jerome Revelss
served terms In the United States Senate
from Mississippi. P. S. Pinchback was
Senator from Louisiana. John R. Lynch
was Congressman from Mississippi. Rob
ert Small was Congressman from South
Carolina. George H. White represented
the Second North Carolina District in the
56th Congress. The late John M. Lang
ston was once a member of Congress from
Virginia. These were colored men. There
was never a pure-blood Indian elected rb
the House or Senate, but David Monroe,
a Creek Indian, was graduated from West
Point Military Academy, and was among
the Army officers that were killed in the
Seminole War. John Randolph, of Roa
noke, United States Senator from Virginia,
was proud of his descent from the fa
mous Inttian heroine, Pocahontas.
Bomb Exploded in a Saloon.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12. A dynamite bomb
or a botttle of nitroglycerin, presumably
the latter, was exploded in the rear of
George Little's saloon on South Clark
street late last night killing VIncenzo
Alflno, aged 30, and Injuring five others.
Alflno's head and right arm were blown
entirely off.
Those injured are: Ruby Fox, cut about
head 'and body by glass; may die, George
McConnell, coachman, Injured about head
and body; will recover. Peter Diamond,
cut about hands and arbs. Thomas 'Little,
bartender, bruised. Edward Black,
brurised.
When the explosion occurred a score or
more of persons were in the saloon, but as
far as known none besides those men
tioned was Injured. The rear part of the
saloon was wrecked. While mystery sur
rounds the affair, the police are Inclined
to believe that .the man who was killed
caused the explosion. He was Jealous of
McConnell's attentions to Ruby Fox.
"Bad Man" Killed in Street Duel.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 12. A special
to the Deseert News from State Line,
Utah, says that Jim Hedges, a well
known character of that place, was killed
in a street duel yesterday by Jim Glen
denning, a miner, who was afterward
arrested and placed In Jail at Cedar City.
Hedges for years had the reputation of
being a "bad man," and during hi3 20
years' residence In the border town killed
three men In street encounters. Yester
day Hedges and Glendennlng got Into a
controversy as to their respective merits
as revolver experts, and as a result
Hedges challenged Glendennlng to a fight.
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throgh Hedges' heart within half an inch
of each other.
The Swan Xevcr Sings.
Gentleman's Magazine.
A vulgar error means merely a, wide
spread error, such as even the most re
fined may easily share, and do sometimes
share, maybe yielding a little to their
taste, In sp'.te of their better knowledge.
The belief that the swan sings herself
to death is one of these, widespread er
rors which poets and their next of Intel
lectual kin are loath to forego nay, do
their best to keep alive. Tennyson, for
instance, speaks of the death song of the
swan. So. too, does Phlneas Fletcher,
who in the days of Charles I penned an
allegorical poem called "The Purple
Island," wherein he sings:
The beech shall yield a cool safe canopy
While down I sit and chant to the echoing
wood.
Ah! singing might I live, and singing die!
So by fair Thames or silver Medway's flood.
The dying swan, when years her terries pierce,
In music-strains breathes out her life and
verse:
And, singing her own dirge, dies on her wa
ter)' hearse.
But truly the difficulty is to name a
poet who does not, so to speak, sing
this selfsame song. You may find It In
Byron. Campbell. Wordsworth. Pope,
Dryden, Thomson, Milton. Shakespeare,
Spenser and Horace, and I know of only
one writer who takes the trouble to tell
us that this Is all moonshine: and that
writer's name la Pliny, who In plain
prose says that he had seen swans die,
but never heard them sing.
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