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.THE OREGON DAILY JOTJimAW PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JSVJaayG. MARCII 21, 1903. ...
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THE lEOFiN
s a WTSTTHtMr WIT 1 T"TTT TTT
) AlNUtiNi MAKilNLK
For More Than Half a Century He Has
Plowed Through Stormy Seas
O'er All the World.
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Ther li an ancient mariner now In
tMa city who hai been a Mi lor for M
year. Ho has sailed around Cap Morn
mora than a acora of times and has
plowed through the choppy waters OS
Good Hope on many voyages. Ha has
visited (.'very deep water harbor this
side of Paradise, and for years has been
a friend of the famous "Flying Dutch
man." The wanderer's name Is George
Smith; at least, that la what his nam
has been during- the past half century;
he was christened Adolph Leopold Otto
Schmidt, but this waa too much for I
sailor.
Smith's first voyago waa from Namel,
Prussia, to Scotland. Ha was IS years
old. The trip waa a rough on and he
noon became sick of It. Hut having left
school to co to sea. he mnde the best;
nf a bad job. This first voyage was In
1M7, and wns made on the brig "Han
nah." Tortny, his long, white beard
makes him look like some church patrl
arch Instead of a sailor. But the sea
still calls him her son.
JEaa Been Many Harbors.
'My boy," began Smdth. "I have been
through the mill pretty hard. I've seen
vary port th re Is; have been Bhtp-
wrecked several times- have been In
les that blew the paint off the masts
and lieie I urn. I wish to God I'd stayed
at school. My first passage was a bad
one, but I stayed by the brig. After
few short European trips, I shipped for
New York.
"In the early '50s, I was In the coast
ing trade on the China coast. It was
dangerous business those days, as
I'rates were thick and very desperate.
We ofttn had to light our way Into
hurbor. I once saw II of the bloody
devils hanged In a row at Singapore.
They wire captured near that city, tak
en ashore and strung up. They were a
scared that they had to be held up. while
the neckties w$re being put on them.
We never had much trouble near Singa
pore after that.
hlpwraokad Three Times.
"Yes, I have been shipwrecked,"' h
continued, "and It's no fun, either. Th
first -thlp I was on that went down waa
the Empress Eugenie in 185R off the
Newfoundland banks; all hands were
taken off by a passing ship. The other
ships sank In the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
the John Banyan, in 1S71, and the Van
Dykr-. In lHiS. the latter occuting within
a short distance of the place where the
Hunyan went down 14 years before. All
hands were saved both times, but, sir,
we got awful wet.
"I was the last man to leave the John
Hunyan. Somehow we got a rope to
the shore and fixed a sort of bucket by
which the men were hauled to land. The
skipper wanted to go first. He said he
would manage yie shore end of the line.
When he landed he ran inland. I sup
pose th poor man waa hungry and
didn't give a how we got along."
American Ihlps Bast.
This Ancient Mariner has sailed In
every kind of craft known since the
daya of Noah. He has been under flags
of every hue and stripe. And thla Is bis
verdict on the best on th seas:
"I like American shlpo better than any
ether. They work the men hard, but
they feed 'em. And they make sailor
out of farmers, too. A man can get'
along In a Yankee ship if he works and
behaves himself. I have never been
struck on board a ship. If you do as
you are told no one will touch you. I
hav been everything except skipper
and cook, and have kept out of trouble
with th captuns.
"Boys on board an English ship ar
treated too well: on a Uerman vessel
they ar worked too hard: Yanke boys
work hard but haw a nice time some
times."
Several tranr Happening-
Smith baa been baptised time with
out number, but he says a llttl dunk
ing Uon't hurt a man. Still, ha h
been in the very Jaw of death on sev
eral occasions such as he doe not wish
to hav repeated. On his first passage
across th "herring pond" th whole
watch, with th exception of hlmaelf
and th captain, were washed over
board. The worst gal he ever encoun
tered was off the Horn about 26 years
aro. Her is the yarn:
"1 sailed from Orenby on th Ship
San Tona 'bound for Valparaiso. Every
thing waa smooth sailing until w re
ceived the Cap Horn sea. Then th
winds began to blow great guns; the
soas rolled aa high a our main royal
yard and hug block of lc nor In
sight. The storm kept up for aU weeks
and during that tlm th captain never
took off his clothes. Of our, w
started to round the corner under reefei
lower topsails, but these were soon car
rled away. We then bent other can
vas, but every stitch on all th yards
was blown off. We wer under bare
poles for several daya. At last, a jib
was rhrged up to keep us a bit steadier.
Yes, we were off th bloomln' Cape for
six weeks. I'll never forget that pas
sage.
"Another time I nearly went to Davy
Jones' locker was when I fell off the
main yard Into a mess of shark. The
captain threw me over a large plank
that happened to be on deck, and I
crawled onto It before th aa wolves
got ma Put they cam awful close. I
felt one grab my foot, but all he got
waa a boot heel. Ttoay kept awlmming
all aroand me and their mouths looked
as big as a mainsail. At last I was
picked up by th ship's boat.
"I was sallmaker of a ship one time
that ran out of grub. We had too many
people aboard, a crew of a shipwrecked
vessel having been picked up. Th pas
sage was delayed by calms and soon all
the stores were gone. Then w ate
anything that could b eaten. A man
would fight over a biscuit crumb. After
several days of this starvation, we
sighted a passing steamer, and got
more stores.'
Kem embers Xdnoola's Death
Smith says that he remembers the
time President Lincoln waa assassin
ated. He waa in Liverpool at the time.
and says that for a couple of weeks af
terwards all the ships comttig to that
port from America wer searched for
accomplices of Booth in this crime.
The hero of this yarn tacked Into
Paris a few months after the Franco
Prussian war. He was spotted as a
Uerman and had to get out of the city
at a 40-knot speed, or another Mr. Smith
would have been playing a golden harp.
Th old man of the sea has been In
mutinies and typhoon and fever ships.
He has sailed from the Arctic Ocean to
the Horn and from the Baltic to the
Yellow Sea. To him th nor'west winds
are the sweetest lunaDya ana tne
stars of th Southern sales his best
friends.
Preferred Stock Canned Oooda.
Allen & Lewis' Best Brand.
POPULAR WITH THB PEOPLE
CORDRAY'S THEATRE
JOHN F. CORDRAY, Manager.
ONE WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, MARCH 22
hypnotism;
lured two :
girls away
Brideand Sister Abducted
Thro'Strange Power
Matinee at 2:15
Tomorrow
Evening at 8:15
HISS BOYX.E.
Tha Eminent Cerman
Comedian
CHAS. A. (Karl) GARDNER f
In jLlncoln J. Carter's
New Sensational Scenic Drama
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The
Darkest ii
Brother Accuses Wife's Old Sweet
heart of Luring the Young
Woman Away . s
NEW YORK. March B.-A atranga
tale of hypnotism, abduction and deser
tion was related to the police yesterday
by Benno Behrendt, who saya ha la a
broker and who occupies apartments at
No. 266 West Ninety-seventh street
Behrendt' bride of two months and
his year-old deter hav been missing
alno Monday, and he declares tney
have been hypnotised - and abducted by
a former admirer of Mai wife. Not until
after ha had spent two days searching
for them with the aid of Ave private
detective did Behrendt Inform the po
lice, and then only when called upon by
Central Offloe Detective Lynch.
Behrendt was married laat New
Year's eve In a romantic fashion. He
went with hla bride to Jersey City,
where the marriage waa performed. He
says hla honeymoon was Ideally happy
until he returned home Monday to find
hla wife gone and a little later received
a message by telephone Informing- him
that he would never see bis wife or sis
ter again.
"When I left my wife Monday she
kissed me," said Behrendt yesterday,
"tihe waved me a good-bye from the
window and watched me out of eight.
I'm sure she has been hypnotised by a
former lover, who la an ex-convict. She
is hypnotised and kept somewhere by
this man and I am sure that if I tried
to find them I would be killed.
"I have not ventured out of door
since I discovered my wife was gone. I
learned today Just where she waa, but
I did not go to find her for fear I would
be harmed."
For some reason Behrendt at first re
fused to tall bis story to any save one
newspaper, to which he had confided It
early In the day. Wkth representatives
of this paper he remained in his apart
ments all the afternoon, denying him
self to all other callers.
Bald Tney Were Coming Soma.
He sent down word about the middle
ol the afternoon that be had received
word that his wife and sister would re
turn home within two hours. When
they did not come, hla nervousness and
anxiety seemed to Increase. When he
was finally Induced to appear he showed
signs of having passed through a
severe mental ordeal. His hair waa
rumpled, his eyea were red, his face
was unshaven and he wore no collar.
He told the story of his fife's disap
pearance reluctantly, saying he wished
to avoid any further scandal.
'I am sure they are hypnotised." he
said, "but a woman detective In my em-
play has found them, and they will re
turn here Inside of two hours. It will
be all right."
Asked where the two women were, he
said: -
"I would hate to have It known where
my sister is, on account of the reputa
tion of the place."
Behrendt was disinclined to talk about
himself. He said at first that he had
been in New York but a Bhort time.
and that he waa an European. Later he
said he had lived n New York several
years, "off and on." He raid he was a
broker, with offices In Nassau street,
but refused to say any more about him
self. His bride, he said, was a Miss
Bailey of Syracuse.
'The night before our marriage." he
said, "my wife told me all about this
man, who has hpnotic power, and who
Is an ex-convict. I understood the whole
story. After we were married we came
here to live, and my sister Viola, who
IP. came to live with us. Mv wife
waa exceedingly fond of her. Now they
have disappeared together. I waited
here at home for hours, thinking they
would return, and then I was called on
the telephone and a male voice told mo
I would not see my wife or sister again.
That made me frantic and I tried to
find out where they were. I employed
five detectives to search for them. They
were located today, and I expect them
home at any moment.
''I mean to pursue this man who has
abducted them to the last, even if I
have to go to jail for It. My wife and
sister are being held by force."
MARQUAM GRAND THEATRE
CAL.VIN KlLja,
Manactr,
THREE NIQHTS, COMMENCINQ MONDAY, MARCH 23.
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Lat ilme of tht sreatoat play of thl generation, presented by the original Louise.
Dig company. Including Gthelyn Palmer. Sumptuous Scenic Production.
K
rmiCI Sntlr arqatt $lMi.
Beats ar sow selling
nttr rarauatta Oirol tlM.
Carriage at 10 iM o'oloek.
Balooay, flrat raw T5o laat row BO. OaUery SSo and M. Boas and zga flOOO.
Hour
A POWERFUL DRAMATIC STORY
MAGNIFICENTLY STAGED
BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL SCENERY
A PLAY THAT THRILLS
SEE-The Fight in the Dark; The Disappear
ing Train, and the Grand Electrical Finale
SunsetThe Acme of Stage Realism
Special Matinee Saturday
P BICES EVEWriTGB, SSo and 600.
Or THB HOUSE.
MATINEES, 0 So TO
CBTLDBEB-, 100.
AMY VAT I
Next Attraction -THE PATAU WEDDINQ
India and the United State.
In 1902 India exported roods worth
$403,000,000 and imported goods worth
$264,000,000.
The United States bought from India
last year goods valued at $48,421,218 and
old to India goods valued at only $4,
a,876. India's leading import is cotton goods,
of which she buys about $100,000,000
worth a year.
India's leading Items of yearly export
are: Grain, $00,000,000; seed for making
oil, $30,000,000; raw cotton, $,000,000; jute
and its manufactures, $50,000,000; cotton,
yarn and cloth, $30,000,000; hides and
skins, $25,000,000; opium, $25,000,000; indigo,
$6,000,000; tea, $25,000,000; coffee, $4,000,000.
India's area Is a little more than one
half that of the United States.
India's population Is 300.000,000 one
fifth of all the people In the world.
The trade of India with the-world baa
Increased eightfold since 1840. Great
Britain at present has two-fifths of It.
United States' trade with India will be
Immensely Increased by the cutting of
the Panama Canal.
At present our chdef export to India
Is mineral oil, of which we sold her $1 -500,000
worth last year.
MARCH 27-28
Friday and Saturday
MATINEE SATURDAY
11 inli&
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BOOK BY HARRY 8. SMITH
Marquam Theatre
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PRESENTED IN BURLESQUE, BY
MARCH 27-28
Friday and Saturday
MATINEE SATURDAY
IZARP
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MUSIC BY VICTOR HERBERT
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ultnomah Amateur Athletic Club
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TWO NIGHTS AND A MATINEE
sxKzcnov or b. d. allxit
THE PRINCIPALS
Kibosh, th Wizard ....BOB McCRACKEN
King Ptol&.... GEORGE EASTMJW
Queen Simeona LOUIS BRUCE
Princets Cleopatra LOU GERLINGER
Cheops STUART McGUIRE
Ptarmigan NICK ZJiN
Jtbydos ED WARNOCK
Obtliska SAM JORDAN
Netocrls -RUSH DRAKE
Myrta - HARRY GAYLORD
Famous Opera j& Spectacular Production
New Scenery j& Striking Costumes
100 Male Voices
14 Boy Sopranos and Altos
12 Ballet Dancers-
Original Costumes
Orchestra of 20 Pieces
CEOBTTS DBXbUSD BT W. E. BOTZB
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BiUBT INBTBTJOTID BT BOBS BVCKXBMXTBB
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v.n fX3 O . - Boxes and loges, $9.00; lower floor and first six rows of balcony, ft.OO; last tlx rowt of balcony, 75c; gauy330-
r IXlVsE'O and 25c. Coupon tickets redeemable one day before regular box office opening. Now on sale at Club, B. B.JCtant,
Schiller's, Levy & Kolinsky's cigar stores, Atdrlch Pharmacy and M. Slchel.
If (OUT i
ma mm
Residents Make Improve
ments to Farms,
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY,
Jeremiah Barnhart of Pendleton, whose
liabilities are J 12,000. and Nathan H
Sams of Milton, against whom creditors
are clamoring- for f 1,107, hava flled peti
tions In bankruptcy In the Federal Court.
Waks Ton.
A new calling device la belne intro
duced In hotels, where g-uests require to
be awakened at special times to catch
more or less early trains. A clock Is
act up In the office and la so constructed
that it can be made to give a calling1
ring In any room at any time; it can "
be set to the required times, and it will
do It duty faithfully, without over
sleeping Itself, aa porters and others
sometimes do.'
Tour wife will aoDreolate Monooola
Try It ,
Whit Newcomers Arc Being Of
fered in the Way of.
Investments.
(Staff Correspondence.)
EUGENE, Ore.. March 20. Lane
County haS an area of 2,784,760 acre,
of which 126,000 are under cultivation.
Of the remainder, a vast extent is
arable, and there Is an enormous quan
tity of land ion which stands 28,000, 0p0.
000 feet of timber. Production In the
county during- 1902 waa: .
Wheat, bushels
Oata, bushels
Barley and rye, bushels ......
Corn, bushels
Hay, tons
Potatoes, bushels
Butter and cheese, pounda . .
Hops, pounds
Apples, bushels
Pears, bushels .
Prunes, bushels
Lumber, feet . .
Wool, pounda .
Gold dUBt
7i 0,000
. 625.000
28,000
25,000
102,000
260,000
690,009
1,200,000
300,000
?n ono
75,00
.145.Ouu.uuo
165,000
$200,000
Were one to assert "-that Lane County
is aa large as the Willamette Valley, the
assertion would seem at first blush, to
the uninformed, extravagant. Yet the
county runs 150 miles inland from th
Pacific Ocean to the summit of the Cas-
cade mountains, and -extends 60 miles
from north to south, averaging 50 mllea,
including the upper end or the Willam
ette Valley and the greater part of the
Umpqua Valley, the second largest val
ley in Western Oregon. This constitutes
an area of 7,
Willamette 7
1 CgVII. AU. VUUBVliyiH
square miles, .find the
.a muoa If any
larger. It I 123 miles via rail from
Eugene to Portland, which represents
almost precisely the Willamette Valley's
length. The latter has approximately
9,000 square mllea.
The VoasiblUtUa.
When one considers that, from all this
Imperial possibility, only $6,281,021 ap
pears upon the assessor's books as the
1902 valuation of property of all kinds,
the conclusion Is Irresistible that the
more than 50 years of settlement here
have sufficed only to Induce a trifle of
exploration. ,
When one comes here, sees the re
newal of life, the stir of industry, the
plans for the future, the things already
actually accomplished In the renaissance
of Lane County activity, he concludes
that the course of events is towards
better things for this part of the valley.
A general observation in a previous
letter was that the Willamette- valley
needs paint. The observation applies to
Lane County, although not to Eugene.
Kugene ia bright, up-to-date, and Is sub
ject to few if any adverse criticisms.
So, were one to go through Lane County,
as would be the case In the other valley
oountles, he would well supply himself
with a bucket of red paint and go
swashing it onto barns and buildings
that were not even painted when the
carpenter originally finished his work.
Hiding along the country roads the
other day with John P. Jones, the
Southern Pacific traveling passenger
agent, the paint habit was witnessed In
Its Incipient stages.
Th Teno Corner.
Not only doe one see the farmer's son
plying the paint brush, and' experience
Joy in seeing It, but he also notices that
the Lane County farmer begins to
"sweep the corners and under the -bed."
His fence corners are looking as though
he had achieved the conclusion that he
owes something to the esthetic" j' sense,
and that it Is his duty to rememtpr that
people who ride along the country road
enjoy their Journey much more if they
pass farms that look spick and span.
And. too, he knows incidentally that
if one of the country-road riders chances
to be a home-seeker, he will be more
apt to buy that farm If It presents a
cleap, well kept appearance.
"See that fence corner." said Mr.
Jones. "I have passed It during many
years and groaned at the appearance.
Now, as you see, It Is good enough for
a city lawn on a corner."
Judging from what I have learned
during the past few days, that same
John P. Jones Is' doing much to induce
the better conditions.
Lane County thanks to the oncoming
boom 1 ordering her Easter bonnet,
and' proposes to send not to some vil
lage mUllnar but to gay Paris for a
really, truly "creation," for Lane County
has determined to be ready for the army
of homeseekers.
What th County Offers.
What does Lane County offer to the
homeseeker?
An empire of 7,000 square miles
more than Is ruled by many a European
prince In which are lumbering, live
stock, farming, dairying, fruit raising,
mining and the other incidental Indus
tries. Agricultural land range in value
from $8 to $60. A year ago, the range
was $5 to $35, acoordlng to some litera
ture gotten out by the Eugene Immigra
tion Committee. Farm lands are advanc
ing In price; advancing too rapidly to
suit the future good of the county.
Over - capitalisation ia exactly what
drives Eastern people to the Pacific
Coast, though some well-to-do people
come who have lots of money and can
aford to pay any price. But this up
ward tendency is natural and cannot bo
checked. And, during the ensuing five
years, there is bound to be a regulation
boom in the Lane County part of the
valley.
The homeseeker finds a range of op
portunity in this county that enables
him to find what suits him somewhere
from salt water on the west to the
mountains on the east. J. E. L.
T
HAYWOOD CLUB
BEGINS BUILDING
Work on the foundation for the Hay
wood Club's new building opposite the
postoffice at University Park has been
completed and work on the. upper struc
ture will begin at once.
The new building will be 46 feet 'In,
length and 72 feet In width. It will con
sist of two stories, the upper fl,oor be
ing finished for entertainments and
dances and the lower section divided
Into store rooms.
The upper floor will be ; beautifully
furnished and will have a gallery with
sufficient space to seat 150 people. The
main floor will also be fitted up In fine
style and the hall will have a capacity
for about 500 people.
The entire building will coet, when
completed, about $4,000, and will be
foimullj dedicated by th Haywood
Club by presenting the delightful
operetta, "The Haymakers," on the
evening of June L '
sar ikta jtoiivoxn -jmxn
hojj x(i v iao no (hit xsvja
iv.nH.ior iuva noduuo hhx asa
BROOKLYN WANTS
SEWER DISTRICT
Brooklyn residents ar clamoring 4ut
a new aeweraga dlatifct for 11m f nttr.
of the city.
The demand baa become gaMrakaaft It
is quite likely that a m41nj of t))
residents of the vicinity will be fcaV l ,
uie near future to awaken pubiia to
terest , in the project, ,
The entire Brooklyn district la now)
without Bewerage facilities of any kind
and In consequence, that eotion of th
city has more sickness per reaktett
than any portion within the oity1 Um
Its.
Residents of Brooklyn have ban trying-
for some time to get th ctfy
authorities to look Into th matter and. .
devise some plan for a new sewec dla
trlct without making the coat of coa-r
struction too expensive.
The Brooklyn district embrace all
that portion of the city lying between
the raver, East Twentieth, Powell atreet
and the Crematorium. Th district la
fairly well populated and la making?
some wonderful stride in growth at thai
present time. As soon aa the Oregon ;
Water Power , & Hallway Company oa - -structs
its new car shop at the edge
of the district that section of th city;
trill receive additional growth.
QUARIES TO BE INSPECTED
The Council committee who hav In
charge the rock crushing plant, met .
yesterday afternoon. ' The principal
business before the commute was the:,
consideration of a suitable location for .
a quarry. Rumelln reported that there -was
little or no difficulty in obtaining
a quarry, but. there might be aom dlffl- .
culty experienced In getting Just th
right kind. ' - r
The owner of quarrie at Weber ;
Butte, Marquam Qulch, Bt Helen' Road,
Bunker Hill on the Columbia River.
Oswego, and other localities, deair to
have their properties inspected by th
committee. ' '
It was especially recommended that
no quarry be considered upon th merits
of lta sample alone, and that a personal
visit to , th properties b th only
method of Judging. .
A representative '. of the O. R. A K.
appeared and expressed a dnstr to hav
th commute Inspect a quarry which
la situated along his company's line
I near this city. Thl was agreed t and
i on next Tuesday at t a. m. th Junkst
I will b made, . ,-
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