'rmw -TfeeaM'fl-!VTp- W vawm&Bfft WTWiVfY THE SUNDAY OftEGONIAlT, PORTLAND, HAY 26, 19QI. 11 NEARLY HALF A MILLION FORTLAKD HAS MADE HEAVY SHIP- MEKTS jOP WHEAT. Total Amount to South America (Flour Included) Is Xcarly l,O0O,- OOO Bushels Marine Here. The failure of the wheat crop on the west coast of South Africa has given Oregon and "Washington a. market for nearly 1,000,000 bushels of -wheat -within the past six months, and considerably more than Half of it has been shipped from Portland. The British ship Fulwood sailed this morning with 120,496 bushels for Talcahuano, making the total ship ments from Portland for west coast ports 4S0.5S0 bushels of wheat, and 21.200 bar rels of flour, which was shipped direct. A large quantity of flour has also been shipped to San Francisco for re-shipment to the South American ports on the regular liners plying out of the Bay City. Balfour. Guthrie & Co. have shipped all of the wheat that was sent to those ports, and the same firm has shipped from Ta coma during" the past six months 263,889 bushels of wheat, making the total ship ments from Oregon and "Washington 744, 469 bushels. Balfour, Guthrie & Co. yesterday char tered the Chilean bark Yosemlte to take a cargo of wheat from Puget Sound to the west coast, it being impossible to secure any other vessel in time to fill the engagement. The Yosemlte is a di minutive iron bark, built a third of a century ago, and -was for many years sailing In the lumber trade. Her charter for wheat loading was somewhat of a surprise, as she has never been regarded as anything but a lumber drogher in recent years-. The trip down to the west coast at this time of year Is an easy cne. though, and she will probably answer every purpose. PASSING OF A FLEET. Old-Time Ships, Which Loe Their Identity Under 5eiv Flags. Every year the list of shipping en route to the Columbia River shows up with a (ot of v new names, which have never been aeard of In this port, and many of the ld-timers drop out of sight- and are never heard of again. Not more than nethird of the vessels now listed for Portland are known In this port by the names they are now sailing under. Df course, "the new ones bloom and tha old ones decay" to a certain extent, but the identity of most of the old-tliriers is lost under a new name and flag. The lat tst of the well-known old traders out of this port to go out of existence so far as her ld name and flag Is concerned, Is the famous clipper Mlstley Hall. This good Bid craft has about as many fast passages to her credit as any vessel that ever tailed in the -round-the-horn trade. She jailed on her last trip from Portland In lune, 1899, and, after a fast run to Eu rope, loaded outward for San Francisco. ut was dismasted off the horn, and put back to Montevideo. She was repaired there, and was sold a short time ago io E Beraldo, of Genoa, and will hence forth" be known as the Italian ship As censions. The little Ben More, which used to tome out here for small cargoes of wheat way back In 'the "70s, after nearly a third of a century under the British flag, has passed into the hands of A. Nilsson, f Helsingborg, and Is now the Swedish Dark Anders. The British ship Cabll, which has carried many cargoes from the Columbia River and Puget Sound, was purchased last month by the Germans, ind, under her new flag, will be known IB the Aster. The old Balaklava, which was famous in Pacific Coast trade as be ing' about the Slowest thing that ever hap pened In the sailing line, in April became the Italian bark Nonno Angelo. " RUSSIAN TRANSPORTATION. Superintendent oC Trans-Siberian Road Confers With. Hnrrlman. NEW YORK, May 25. A. Bostleman, reneral superintendent of the trans-Sl-oerian Railroad's Asiatic division, and Ihe 19 steamships connected with the railroad service In and around Port Arthur, has had an important conference with E. H. Harrlman. Mr. Bostleman represents the Russian Government in a lemi-offlclal capacity, and his mission in New York Is-omderstood to be to pro mote amicable traffic arrangements with the Union. Pacific lines and the steamship interests controled by the Union Pacific .Mr. 'Bostleman said last night that in bis opinion there -Is little hope for a speedy development of American com merce, between San Francisco and Chi nese ports until the freight rate of $11 t ton is lowered. It is understood that tia and Mr. Harrlman went over the sub ject carefully, and that Mr. Bostleman told Mr. Harrlman that the Russian Gov ernment desired the most cordial relations to exist between Its railroad and steam ship lines and the lines leading to the Pacific seaboard. Mr. Bostleman also taw men identified with the Great North ern interests, and made particular In quiry about the great freight ships being built for that company at New Londoif. Mr. Bostleman said: "I will have to ask to be excused from Blscusslng official affairs. We are doing nicely with the railroad, across Siberia knd Manchuria, and hope to have an all rail route within the next 15 months. SAILORS MAKE TROUBLE. -in Men on the Cypromene Involve the Craft in Needless Delays. The British ship Cypromene, which was given such quick dispatch In loading, has not yet left port, and is in a fair way to be delayed for a few days. Two dif ferent sailors took a turn at libelling her, one of them on the ground that he had "been shanghaied aboard the vessel at a port In Australia and taken to Pisagua against his will. The grievance of the other man-before-the-mast was alleged brutal treatment aboard the ship while on the voyage to Portland. To add to the troubles ot the vessel, one of the crew oet fire to the ship yesterday morning, but fortunately the blaze was extin guished before much damage was done. British "Vice-Consul Laidlaw is investi gating the matter, and will take proper steps for the punishment of the offend ers. GRANT WILL SOON BE FLOATED. It Turns Out That Reports of Dam nire Were Exaggerations. TORT TOWNSEND. Wash., May 25. The United States revenue cutter Rush, Captain Kllgore, arrived this evening from the 6cene of the wreck of the cutter Grant., iaving left there thia morning. Captain Kilgore reports that the damage sustained was not so serious as first re ported, according to the statement of the diver who examined the vessel. The rev enue cutter Perry is at the scene of the wreck. Pumps are working, and It Is ex pected that the Grant will soon be float ed. The rock on which the Grant struck was not on the British charts of Sanich Inlet, and It is said that Captain Tpzler was using one of the British charts. The Hmerlcan charts, however, give the rock. Fast and Slow Trips. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the Elder, bound down from Portland, got all of the good out of the one that was blowing for the past two days, as it fanned her into San Fran cisco at 3:30 yesterday morning. The same favoring breeze that was pushing her down the Coast, was prolonging the vovajre of the Columbia, and it was 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon before that J craft reached Astoria. She leit Astoria at 6 o'clock last evening, and will, reach Portland at an early hour this morning. C. H. Wntjen Arrives Out. fcThe C H. Watjen. the third vasssel of trio of German ships that sailed out of the Columbia River January 17, ar rived out at Queenstown Friday, after a good passage of 127 days. This is three days under the average passage credited to Columbia River ships, but it Is about 10 days slower than the time made by the Alsternfer and Wlllkommen, which sailed- out of the Columbia the .same day as the C. H. Watjen. The January fleet sailing from the Columbia Included 24 ships, and 12 of them have already ar rived out after fast average passages. If there are any record-breakers among the .February ships, they will need to show up within a few days, as June is nearly here. Launching "of Lightship Delayed. ASTORIA, May 25. No effort was made to launch the lightship today on ac count of the breaking of some of the gear that was being used to pull her off. This will cause only a short delay, and it is expected that the work will be resumed tomorrow. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., May 25 -Sailed at 6:30 A. M., British ship Fulwood, for Talca huano. Arrived at 2:15 P. M. and left up at 6 P. 1L steamer Columbia, from San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M. smooth, wind northwest, weather clear. Hoqulam. Wash.. May 24, Sailed Schooner Mawee"ma, from Aberdeen, for Santa Rosalia; schooner C. R. Wilson, from Aberdeen, for San Francisco. Ar rivedSteamer Coronado, from San Fran cisco, for Aberdeen; arrived May 25, steamer Grace Dollar, from San Fran cisco, for Hoqulam. San Francisco, May 25. Sailed Steamer Portland, for St Michael; steamer Va lencia, for Seattle. Arrived Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Portland; steamer South Portland, from Tacoma; steamer Mackinaw, from Seattle. Seattle-Sailed May 24, U. S. S. Eg bert, for Tacoma. Tacoma Arrived May 24. U. S. S. Sa moa, from Seattle. Seattle Sailed May 24. Steamer Czar ina, for Tacoma; steamer Farallon, for Skagway. Neah Bay Passed May 24. Steamer Progreso, from San Francisco, for Ta coma: bark Tidal Wave, for Port Los Angeles. Queenstown Arrived May 24. German ship C. H. Watjen, from Oregon. Nanaimo Arrived May 24 Steamer San Mateo, from Port Los Angeles. Yokohama Arrived May 2L British steamer Indravelll, from Astoria. Yokohama Arrived prior to May 25 Steamer Nippon Maru, from San Fran cisco, via Honolulu, for Hong Kong. New York, May 25 Sailed Steamers Mesaba, for London; La Gascogne, for Havre: Amsterdam, for Rotterdam; Ura bria, for Liverpool: Pretoria, for Ham burg; Astor, for Glasgow. WHEELS HIS MONEY TO BANK Aged Canadian Makes a Yearly De posit at Syracuse, N. Y. New York World. An old man came tolling into Syracuse the other day pushing a wheelbarrow. He stopped in front of the Salt Springs Bank, took two large satchels from the barrow, and went in. Approaching the re ceiving window, he began to produce pocketbooks. He took one from his hat, another from his boots, a third from his pocket, a fourth from the heavy collar of his long, tattered overcoat, and four others from inner, pockets and linings of his many coats. He emptied them of money, which he gave the clerk. to count. Then he gathered It all up in his hat and retreated to a corner" of the room, where he remained for two hours, fondling the bills and coins and recounting them. Finally he appeared at the window again and handed the pile In with a sigh. Tak ing his two old satchels on his wheel barrow, the qu er old-man went on to the Onondaga County Savings Bank and re peated the programme, except that this time he took the money from one of the satchels." Thus he went to every bank in the city, depositing t-what appeared to tp a large sum at each one. It was late in the afternoon when he finished and start ed back trundling his empty barrow. At the banks the old man is known as George W. Todd. For the last SO years he has made one trip a year to Syracuse to deposit his money, and In all that time has given no other information concern ing1 himself. Years ago a bank official, pressing old Mr. Todd to give his place of residence, was told that he lived at "Four Corners, Canada." All the money he deposits in Canadian, and it is be lieved that he walks from Canada. Mr. Todd Is a picturesque figure. He is apparently about SO years old, tall and gaunt, with long white hair falling over the collar of an overcoat which he has worn since his first appearance here. The coat Is held together at the top with a large horse blanket pin, and his heavy trousers are stitched together on the out side "With twine. He wears immense heavy felt boot legs and felt overshoes. He has many thousands of dollars In the Syracuse banks. n DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage License. John Erlckson, 43, and Augusta 01 sterdt, 39. Building Permits. M. Devaney, repairs, Chapman street, between Mill and Montgomery, $500. W. R. Barrett, one-etory cottage. Kerby street, between Morris and Stanton, $700. W. H. Boot, two-story dwelling, Twenty-second and Kearney streets, $2500. Birth Returns. May 23. girl to wife of J. M. Churchley, 47 Everett etreet. May 6, gin io mo wue ui vx. w. -u.u.n-,j, 13 East Thirtieth street May 15, boy to the wife of R. W. Thomp son, East Fourteenth and East Alder May X. girl to the wife of F. L. Smith, 449 Tenth street May 17, girl to the wife of C. Daflle- meyer, 741 Mississippi avenue. May 16, boy to the wife of C. Hughes, 647 Second street May 21, boy to the wife of V. D. Smith, 564 Qulmby street Death Return. May 24, Elizabeth Munly. 4 years, 440 East Nineteenth street North; diphtheria. Contagions Diseases. Clarence Bell, 111 Revere street; diphthe ria. Robert Munly, 440 East Nineteenth street North: diphtheria. Child of John Alstadt, 324 Nineteenth street; scarletlna. Rhoda Turple, 801 Savler street; scarlet fever. One case of measles. Real Estate Transfers. Louis F. Christ to William B. Christ, KW. of SW. of section 15, T. 2 N., R. 2 W., May 25 $ 1 Percy H. Blyth et ux. to H. Enke, west 40 feet of east half of lots 2 and 3. block 45, Couch's Addition, May 24 2500 J. C. Mayo and wife to Conrad Rind laub, lot 9. block 13. Mount Tabor Villa Annex, April 15 475 Pacific Coast Abstract Guaranty & Trust Company to Frederick Scheel, lots 3 and 4, block 3. Williams Ave nue Addition, May 7 1100 Commercial & Savings Bank to Ed ward Halloway. lots 3, 5 and 6, block 4, Hanson's Addition, May 23 1000 Albert B. Cousin and wife to Edward Hollow ay, lot 4, bloc!; i, Hanson's Addition. May 22 1000 Margaret Sutton Alnsworth et al. to the Alnsworth National Bank, lots S to 14. inclusive, block 49, Carter's Addition to Portland, excepting 50x 100 feet March 15 ...................... 1 Charles Bryan to John Ellis, lot 9, block 9, York, May 22 250 Pacific Coast Abstract Guaranty & Trust Co. Abstracts, trusts ' title insurance, loans. 204-5-6-7 Failing bldg.. 3d and Wash. A tax of 10 per cent on all theater tickets sold In France Is used to maintain the lndi nnt ooonlo ot that countrr. INDICATIONS OF- OIL OF WHAT THEY CONSIST vAND WHERE THEY ARE FOUND. ssayer Fish: Gives His Opinion of the Livelihood of Discovery of Petroleum In Oregon. PORTLAND, May 25. To the Editor.) In reply to many Inquiries in regard to the probable discovery of oil in Oregon, and as a- further explanation of a. for mer article, which appeared in jour pa per some time ago. " . I would say those accustomed to petroleum well boring look for cer tain natural signs as indications which point to the fact that petroleum is to be found in the region. These are not infallible criteria by which they may be assured of its presence in sufficlnet quantity to prove remunerative, but experience has shown that where cer tain phenomena present themselves, the existence of oil in the region is rendered a very strong presumption. These signs we may characterize as geological, and oil indications proper. Among the former it is necessary to take into account the formation, and to consider whether in other places of the same formation oil has been produced in abundance, and if the upheavals of strata which Is likily to have left cavities and gaps serve as reservoirs of oil. "With these we might alBO class the (presence of" salt water springs, which are nevertheless al most constantly found in all the great oil regions; and in fact, as we Know, mo first accounts we have of petroleum in America mention Its discovery when bor ing for salt water. The more Important oil indications are the gas springs, oil springs, surface col lection of bitumen, either impregnating the soil or floating upon the stagnant pools; and before any gas springs are held as evidence of the presence of ol! it must be shown that it is Inflammable, and will flash when heated at the proper temperature and lit with a match. Marsh gas is a very frequent exhalation from the boggy marshland, and It is this con nection between the two that makes its presence valuable as a sign. Again, the probability is that oil may be found In the rocks below any Inflam mable jet, but this is not necessarily the case, for gas is believed to travel lat erally in fissures for some distance. On this account it Is necessary to consider well the surrounding and subjacent rocks so as to determine the most probable oil fissure or basin. The surface bitumen found in oil springs, which may be flowing or have ceased, and the springs themselves, whether oil simply or water springs with which oil also ascends, are considered indications of more or less value, but though they certainly show that oil has been or Is accumulating somewhere be neath the surface, they do not say any thing as to the distance at which such supply may be, or at what depth It may be found. Formerly It was considered a valuable Indication to obtain a little oil from the upper strata, when boring the well. Now. however, in consequence of the fact that large wells have often had no preliminary show of oil, while other cases, when "show" has been abundant, It was merely superficial, and unconnect ed with the deeper and larger supplies, this is not regarded as at all decisive of a successful result. Yet for. all this Ore gon may be a good coal and oil-producing state, for many parts of the state afford good geological formation, favorable to both coal and oil anticlinal line in which is the greatest Assuring of the rocks. Of the little part of Oregon and Wash inotnn that T am familiar with. I mleht mention, .a ( f ew places as geologically favoraoie tor on Dormg, ana uie&e uie. Chehalls, Thurston and Lewis Counties, in Washington. Columbia, Washington, Yamhill" and Tillamook Counties in Oregon, and per haps many other counties further south, and many places in Eastern, Oregon equally as favorable as along the foot hills of the Blue Mountains: but' I 'do not wish this to be taken as authority to bore for oil until a thorough examination is made of the country. No discussion of the subject of petroleum can fall to bring up the question of its origin. The ques tion Is not settled, neither Is It likely, to be settled In the near future, owing to the preponderance of theory over facts. The three theories advanced are: First. Ascribe its origin to be from vegetable remains. Second. That, based upon the decomposition of animal oil. Third. That based upon chemical action. The last two show that hydrdcarbon can be derived from the reaction of or ganic substance, such as metallic car bides acting upon water. Experience also shows that It Is easy by the action of calcium carbide upon water to produce a gas closely related to petroleum. Carbide of aluminum when treated with water yields a natural gas. I have noticed that in the analysis of Iron when treated with hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid or boiling .water even an oil like petroleum will be produced on the surface when filtering. There Is no doubt in my mind what ever that in the deep-seated chemical ac tion "the oil is now being formed in the laboratory of nature for future ages to use. Not only Is petroleum a mixture of many oils, but It is the exception for one to find two oils alike. The products of a thousand wells are all different, more or less, in one form from another. Opinions of an Expert. Dr. David T. Day, of Washington, has this to say of petroleum: "Keep one general fact in mind. Given a sample of petroleum we And that it is not easily changed In its character by ac tion of chemicals. It Is the most remark able Inert mixture' in the whole field of organic chemistry, though it is readily affected by heat. The name given to the parafflne series signifies lack of affinity for anything else, or rather opposition to combination with other substances, but It fails to emphasize the equally Important characteristic Its great susceptibility to the action of heat We cannot separate any crude petroleum into even a compar atively few products by the ordinary dis tillation method and then so put the parts together as to produce the, original substance. It Is hopelessly lost" By this we see there is no synthetical reaction. It is like sugar which we ana lyze and find that it is composed of char coal and water. But no man has yet syn thesised it by taking charcoal and water and manufacturing sugar with it Oregon Is Old Geologically. Oregon Is much older, geologically speaking, than has heretofore been sup posed. In the Coqullle River coal meas ures, which I spoke of in a former article, I classed as Eocene tertiary. If not older. In consulting the latest United States geological survey of 188S-1899, I find that country has been gone over by Professor Dlller and Messrs. Todd and Storrs, who found the fern leaves of the Jurassic and Trlasslc period. These ferns were sub mitted to- Professor Fontaln, who pro nounced them Jurassic. Professor DIHer speaking of Buck Mountain, which forms part of the watershed between Cow Creek and Looklngglass Creek, In Douglas Coun ty, says: "The general fact seems established that the Jurassic' and Trlasslc beds are of un known extent and of considerable thick ness, and trend through the mountains from north to south, which can no long er be overlooked In treating the geology of Oregon." If this be true, of which I have not the least doubt, it" means much to Oregon. There is no reason why carboniferous coal may not be found in Oregon. Those little fern leaves mean much. They embody a tale as legible as the sculpture or hieroglyphics of Egypt, and far more comprehensive. That tiny stem; that reed once luxuriated in a primeval marsh r that delicate rock impression was a fern, that once waved In the sunshine: fffffffffffffffffffBc HisVssaHBv $ every trace becomes a letter, every frag ment a word, every perfect fossil a.chap ted In the history of Oregon," and each tells of. races .that lived and ..died. There 'are no sharply drawn 'lines be tween the geological ages. They fade into each other, as the mountain blends with the plain, 'yet each chronicles a grand transactlpn In the world's history. The print of a leaf, a petrified shell, a Jurassic Fern. tooth, the fragment of a bone or a flsh scale, even may teach us a great lesson in geological history. Professor N. H. WInchell, of the Uni versity of Minnesota, and former state geologist, after making a thorough exam ination of the coal property at Cokedale, in Skagit County, Washington, says: "Regarding the Western Washington coal fields, they are vaster and richer than the people of the state imagine. The geological formation is the same as those that exist about the oil beds In Texas and California, and I believe that if there has come since the making of thes.e forma tions no loosening up of the overlying rocks, oil and gas can be found in West ern Washington. The coal of Washington was formed during the cretaceous period With the settling of this section many new beds will be discovered. I know from what I have seen of the coalbeds about Cokedale and elsewhere that those which are now being developed are only a few of niany. Others exist between these. For coal, like other minerals, extends In lines," From the amount of bituminous sub stance brought to me from that part of Washington, I believe it to be true. Dr. W. K. Smith tells me that when his father and others first settled in In diana fuel was scarce, and timber Tiad to be hauled a great distance, and that they all became discouraged and moved to Texas. That some 20 years afterwards he returned to the same place in Indiana, where he found it a great, thriving manu facturing center, with abundance of coal and Iron of the best quality, taken from the same land, which they had abandoned only a few jears before. May we not be living over coal, iron and oil, that "will add to our wealth a hundred fold? Boring for coal and oil is the most noble and beneficent Industry that capital can b.e employed in for the benefit of our state For what we need most is cheap fuel for manufacturing purposes. J. H. FISK. When Ijelpsic Smiled at Verdi. A national artist "Verdi was to the core. Z ' " I FIRST 'PRIZE, -- $15,000 FOURTH PRIZE, ,". $2,000 --iJS nfiNvfty'iP m Isf iisV jlr JHr IsF sailfl m f mf w r m m mr A HTfMsTHlr tf Jf m Kf BP B m. HH7 iw m m m Jr m A Mi m Jm JKr issv Im ,sb 36,400 in Given the first and foremost; as such did he be gin, and his great triumphs In youth and in later manhood, among which are the now less-known operas "Nabucco" and "I Lombardl," and a decade later the celebrated "Rigoletto," "II Trovatore," and "La Traviata," Indicate all a na tional standpoint. Then came to pass the remarkable thing that Verdi as a fully matured man greatly widened his horizon, though retaining at the same time what was national In his art; he became a cos mopolitan. Even In the "Traviata" he treads personal characteristics apart in many respects, in the footprints of his compatriots. He belonged to a school which in the muslcland of our century was treated -with contumely. At the Leipsic Conservatorium, Verdi's music met with nothing but a contemptuous shrug of the shoulders or the smile of M alicious An A Liberal arrest of any Reward Prizes Away superiority. In learned circles his music j was considered meretricious, because the national element in It was disregarded, I and neither Mendelssohn nor Schumann j was able to see Verdi's art as a true ex pression of the emotional life of his coun try people. It was Wagner who not only ! saw this, but who honestly confessed I how much he had learned from the Ital- lans, and chief among them from Bellini, i Since those days the Germans have gone ! so far, even, as to acknowledge thafthe Verdi of this period should be heard in Italy1 in order that the truly national ele ment in his art may be fully appreciated. A Jfeeded Municipal Reform. Boston Herald. Municipal reformers urge, with no lit tle force, that before we can begin the practical work of gecurlncr tWtT --" Act of An Insane Person One Who Holds Malice. Cash will be paid for the viction or the party or parties wno threw stones through our Glass Door in office on glass show case at entrance of office, or for the party found destroying property Dental Parlors A. C. FROOM; Manager. X)t to be . 1 1 - t ernments we must establish an easily un derstood basis of Ananclal accountabil ity. To know whether a government 13 economical or extravagant a clearly pre sented record of what it has received and what it has disbursed must be shown. There is nothing idealistic, and Impracti cal In a. work of this kind; It Is simply Insisting that In financial matters and this forms a large part of the responsi bilities of the munlcipallty-a city gov ernment shall adopt those methods which obtain in the conduct of all industrial corporations. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting Teeth, Be sure and use that old andFelntrtfd remedy Mrs. Wlnslow'i Soothlnff Syyup. ,ipr children teething. It oothea the child. sottenS the sum, allays all pain. cur wind nllr and illarrh". or arrest and con- of our office.