Tins' OKEGOK DAILT JOUIWAI V0UTLA3?Th MONDAY EVEKIKO, AmtLl 13. .1903.
r
Cut of a Half Cent Made
in Quotations Today,
First Half of the Week Closes With
Eggs la a Weak Condition
and Meats Higher.
CXAVOES Or HALT WESK.
Coal oil declines V, cent.
B.tf and pork higher.
Eggs at a standstill.
Hops doll though stronger.
Potatoes WMk, bnt iodj sell
ing. Onions slightly better.
Wheat stronger.
Bnttit lower.
3
it
Tht Standard Oil Company announce
n drop of a hulf cent on the price of Ita
various grades of conl oil. The new
quotation Ko into effect at once and
are a follow: Case. 21c; tank,
wuter white. 16c net; tank, headlight,
lsc.
"There I an excellent demand ror
both freh beef and pork on Front
Btreet." said John Toft of Toft. Hi lie &
Co. Receipt of beef. especially, have
been much too mull during the ast
few nirki and even at the advanced
quotation the tock 1 not coming In
In the right proportion." I'ork receipt
are too small Tor tile uemanu i wi..
time. and everything In cleaned up on
the street. Prices are on the advance.
1 oriil It in quite likely that further ad
vanccH will noon occur. The demand
' for lambs with pelt before Euitter was
enormous, but today there Is no call for
the stock at all and with fairly lurge
ncelpts prices are on the downward
move. Veal. too. In in too large receipt
unci during the past few day has seen
a ahurp decline In quotation.
What Happen to Errs.
The first half of the week clone with
' he receipt of egg increasing at an
ilarmlng rate, and the demand at bed
ock. The sajea of tock during the
raistcr .seusoi waa rather large, but
dill whs not up to the expectation of
Front street commission men, on ac
count of the extreme slowness of re
ceipts during the fore part of the week.
Today the market was hardly opened
at all and retailers were unwilling to
make a quotation. Most of the com
mission men are trying to hold prices
in, to lij cents, but It Is likely that quo
tatt.jns will drop before the close of
business today.
Poultry In Pair Demand.
Although the receipts of poultry were
extra large during the fore part of the
week, all the stock received by commis
sion men was cleaned up on Saturday
nt prevailing quotations. Quite a large
lot of roosters arrived, but were hard
to dispose of at any figure. Today th
poultry market was not really opened
and quotations are nominal.
Th Butter Situation.
As was told In The Journal last KYI
day. the quotations on butter are weak
and the drop of '1 St cents a pound went
Into effect today, the quotations on the
best creamery being 25 to 27 He. THere
is still some California In the market
but with the cheapening of the local
tock there Is no active demand for for
etgu goods. The California stock was
received several weeks ago and the ship
pers will not make any more shipments
this season. Dairy ana store ure in
nominal receipt.
Potatoes Still Weak.
Aa time elapses, the potato situation
becomes worse for local holders of
stock. The California market, which Is
at present the only outlet for Oregon
Burbanka, Is showing' additional wean
ness and there la now certainly no hope
for any advance during the few remain
Ing weeks of the season. New stock is
fast becoming the leading supply and
it is a question of but a few weeks at
the utmost before the old stock is
driven out of the market altogether,
Onions are slightly better, but their
condition Is yet unsatisfactory to local
shippers.
Valley Wheat Xtooks Stronger
There Is a better feeling in the local
Wheat market, and Valley grade is
Ihowlng additional activity, although
Very few buys are reported. Millers are
piaklng quiet attempts to secure sup
biles and yet make the farmers believe
(hat there Is nothing doing, so that they
Will not become excited and hold for
till higher prices. Walla Walla and
Bluest em are unchanged in either tone
ir price and the buys are only nominal.
Oreg-on Salmon In Market.
The fish commissioner seized 1.800
bounds of Chinook salmon while en
route from the Clackamas River to this
Bity yesterday, and the entire stock was
disposed of by that officer to Malarkey
Co. Prices on Chinook of both the
oea.1 and Sacramento variety stands at
cents a pound. Some Puget Sound
erring Is arriving and is quoted at 4
ents a pound.
Pope on the Hop Situation.
Captain Oeorge Pope of Elliot Pral-
Jie. formerly a well known broker of
his city, says:
"The outlook for the 1903 crop is very
encouraging. Spring plowing and grubbing-
have never to my knowledge been
Bo far advanced as It Is this season. The
Bold snap during February has had a
beneficial effect on the vines In retard
ing their early growth, and thus giving
the grower ample time to put the hills
jn good condition. If all other condi
tions continue favorable growers will be
ble to lay their hop yards by a month
earlier than usual, and this will In all
probability have the effect of matur
ing the crop from S to 10 days earlier
Jhan usual.
"In regard to the hops held by the
growers, all I can say js that If the
growers stand together and are firm,
they will be repaid for their trouble be
fore ' the hops of the new crop can be
put on the market. There will be such
s material shortage In supplies that
brewars will scramble to get sufficient
stocks.
English Hop Market Firm.
"My English advices confirm my views
f the situation, notwithstanding the
bear element of the market appears to
have the upper hand at present, owing
to the fact that the California growers
lave been free sellers of late. People
here should remember that this is
necessary, owing to the California hop
not having the keeping qualities of the
Oregon's. This fact point its own
Mkonl Afid X hay evry reason to believe
that price Will advance Within th
next 0 days."
Today's quotations, a revised, are
follows:
PORTLAND WHOLESALE MICE.
Oral, Flour sad Feed.
Wheat Wall Wall. 7Bc; bmeetem, Mcf
Valley. ISftv.
Barley wd, 121.00; rolltd. 123.00.
OaU No. 1 white, tl.17hUl.au; gray, Jl.lftU
I.17s.
' riou'r Baatera Oregon: Patent, t4:l0Q:e)
Diaoiuud w f:bu; straights. JJ.6oiU4.2u;
Vilify. 3.00Q3,1lk; grauaw, . J.J0, lua,
UUIstnffe- Bran. $18.00 per too; middlings,
124. oo; abort. 11V 00; chop. ls.ou.
liar 'IlutoUy. flV-OU; t-luver, J14.00.
Hops, Wool aad Hid.
liopa &Ule fur choice; lv03 contract.
10c.
Wool Nominal. Valley, lSUlSHc; Eastern
Oregon, lule.
hueepeklue biiearlugs, 14ftU18c; abort
wool, XiU'Uvl medium wool. Hoc; king wool, OU
ul.ee each.
Tallow i'rlme, per lb, Vei No. 2, and
jrue. IKuXfec.
Uidue r bide. No. 1, 10 pound and up.
lSUlbbc per lb; dry kip, No. 1, 0 to 10 Ita.
12c; jry calf, No. i, uuder 0 Iba, lbc; dry
Baited, bvlU aud stags, 1-S lea llian dry Dim;
suited uljes, steer, aouud, 00 pouuda or orer,
'iU '-'; DO to 00 tba, 7Vu!c; under 00 Iba,
aud cowa, 7c; stags aud bulla, aouud, OttOfcc;
kip. aouud. 15 to JW lba, Je; aouud, 10 to 14
Um, 7c; cult, aouud, under 10 Iba, 8c; green
iuuaalledi, lc lb less; eulla, 1 lb U, liora
Uld.es, aalted. each, Sl.lBUl.IS; dry, eacu, II. uu
Ol.bu; tul la' bide, each, SI&W&Oc; goal an lua,
common, each, louilov; Augora, wltii wool uu,
each. zfe.iutl.OU.
Butter, Egg Poultry.
Butter Oregon ereamwy, 2&u,Xlc: Califor
nia. liWc; dairy, (; a lore, 17 H.
Kgga htwu urrgou, w;
fitif OB
Results in May Advance
of Six Cents
Crown Feared to Follow Bearish
. Inciinations-Whcat Crop
Ycry Large.
lba.au Full cream, twin. lTttlTUc: Youix
Amerli-a, lU0Hc; taatern, luullc; talifurula.
I6i
Poultry -t'iilcken, ml led, 104UUc per It);
beua. li'al; rooetera. KWIUt- lb; brollera,
HH(ll7i- hi; aiirluga. U HI 14c lb; durka, HUI2c
Bi; turke)a. five, UUluc; draeaed, IVU'Juv lb;
geeav, S'UWf B. .
Orooarlaa, Muta, Eta,
Suaar 'Hack baala." cube. J.02U: oowd-
arvd. (5.40V; dry granulated. J..U; extra
( . l m, ijoldeu C, f 4. T ; barrel. 10c;
barrel. 0c; boiea. OOc adeaueu eu aack baaU,
U-aa &(! per cwt. for caab, 10 uaya; maple, 14W
lur lb.
llouey HHuloc per frame.
CifT.-e -Ureen Mocha. 2UiAf. Jara. fanrr.
l4i:iMc. Java, good, ItuUliOc; Jaea, ordinary. 10
good, Illy lie. I'oata Klca, ordinary. MillZc
ID; luiunioia roaai. fio.oo; Aruucaiee
Teaa -Ooloiur different gradea.
0.v, Uuata Una, faucy, lu4c; Coat Ulca
rT m:
ill 20 ilat; Ll..ii.Jll liat: Cordeea. fll.K.
leaa Uoloiur. oiuereai grauea, miuuh'; uuu
nowder. zsbDtUJoc: biiauan nreaaiuai. uu
fereiit irruili. l'-,c-(a '!'"; Spider U-g. uucokired
Japau, jouuoc; green japan, eery acarce, ouej
K-.
Halt Ualea. 2a. 3a, 4a. be. loa. .iu; nne
table, dairy, Ooa. 3bc; luu. 74c; Imported Liv
erpool, ol. 4.V.
Null w umirr eau, euia, i'tii. . oah, eJ.uu
Wr..,-.l,r. 140 2. 15.011; Worceeter. 1UO 3a.
S.5u; Won-eater. 3D 0a, 3 2o, M) 10a, i.OO;
Uiieu aacka. Ooa. k.m.
Suit t'oanw. buir CTuuug, nam. per lou.
14. U0; Ooa, per ton. 14 oo; LIvitkkiI. lump
nxk. 120. uu per lou; oKi-id roc. hi, I'Ja,
ll:i .V).
Grain Baaa Calcutta, au.uuao.ai per iou tor
Auaual delivery.
- . . . . . .
ttlee imperial japan, no. t, e-c, i'o. 4,
KUc Vr ffrliina. head. TUC.
Breuktnat Food Premium, 30-2V4C 2 0O;
Fur,-.. 11 Oo: II tl oata. M.10.
HalinoD folunim KiTer. im tana. i.io. z-
Ib tulla. 2.4i; fancy. 1-fh Uata. 1.H0; Mi 'b
fancy data. I 20; Alnakt tall, pink, soc; red,
1 iL', : 2 lb taUa. I2.IIU.
roal IM1 1 aeee, i:ic per ehi, lauaa. nnn-r
U'hlte. Ilk- lut: tank. Heedllubl. inc. tur
peutlue. 77c net; guHollne, irou barreU. 1SS;
aK'H. 24)C.
Hvana -Small white. 4.0: large white, 14 25;
pink. $3.75: bayou. 14.00: l.lmae. SV
looarco riug cut amoiing, a, . j-a pvi-
ifiD- Seal of North Carolina. 71c lb: Maa
tllT, OHe n; Klllc yueen, 41c lt; Ked Hell. '
lb; Pedro. 0Oc lb; Uoldeu Scepter. H 10 lb. Due
rut ( amen. 41c lb; aoetau. ! ho id; nuae a
Mixture. 4ic It; Hull Durham, OOc It: Old i-.ng-llh
Curve Cut. 74- lb; Marlnuil ( lull. 71c lb;
Mall I'oiii-b. 3Ji- tb: Ynle Mixture, $1 4o tb.
I'lrfg Tobaei-o Druinuiond a Natural Leaf. OMc m;
Piper lleidaleek. OOf It); Souietblng lioolt. 45c
lb; Staudurd Navy, aic fb; T. h B., 03c lb;
Hnear Head. lb; Star. 41c lb. Tine Cut
Chewing Uoldeu Thread, Obc tb; Kaat Mall. 7oc
lb.
rruita and Vegetable.
Pot toe 4."50i-; new. 4c; aweet. H'jC tb.
Onloiia Oregon. UOtt-Mc; gnrllc. U(it7c lb.
Krcah Krulta Apple, fauiy Oregon, 7Bc4i
I1.0O; cooking, Oli'd 75c bol. Orangi-a. naval",
il.7:ill box; California tnngerliiea. $1H1.23
box: bananua. f2.0o4(:i '"' buncb; i rauberrlea.
Jerxey. ill.oo nr bbl.
Vegetaulea -Turulpa. 11(a) auck : oarrota. 11 .00
mi.lu uik: beeta. II.So oik; raillhe.
2.c jut dm; cabbuge. California. 2c lb; lettuce,
bead, 25e per do, green M-pMTi. 4N Iti;
boraeradlnh. e Hi; celi-ry. dot; bcanx.
atrtug. 10c tb: aapuritgu. s'ubH-; rhnburb, 1 25
box; tomatia-a. I'lorlda. 15.70 40-lb crate; pura
ulpt. 11.70; plneapplin, .) iloa.
brled Krulta Applea. exaporated. Tiliie
lb; Hprlcotn. 7'a7Sc lb; peailiea, "VjUMC lb;
rsara. Se !b; pruue. Italian. 4H(u5Sc It);
reucb. 3Wi444c lb; dga. California blatka. U
0c; do white. 7Mie tb: pluma. pitted. Out
Oc; ralalna. aeeded. fancy 1 lb cartona. bo paik-agi-
to caae. HUj,- pkg; aeeded. 12-oa cartona.
7Sc; looa Muairatellea. Ml lb boxea, 0V(U7l4c
lb; Londtui Uyera. l. 704(2.00.
Nuta t'eanuta, 0(7c 'r lb for raw. BrcilOc
for roaated; cocoanuta. SOtiUOc ier dm: wal
nuta, UVjUlOc per lb; pine nutn. liiiiic
per lb; hickory nuta. 10c per lb; cheatnuta,
Kaatern. 15WHk' per lb;"Braail nuta. 10c per
rt; alberta. 15((10e per ro; funcy pefuua, 1444
10c per tb; aluiouda. l4iuioc per id.
Mast and Provision.
Freah Meat P.eef. prime. 7(1-; bulla.
4'n.)c: cowa. OMH'nc: ra'rk. f'a,c; veal.
Oys'c; mutton, dude. groaa; dreaeed, S'ttlH.-;
lamna. witu pi'ita, uiuiii-.
llama. Hacon. etc. -Portland Dark (local)
name. 10 to 14 Iba. l."c. 14 to 10 Iba. 10c:
brrakraat bacon. 101tllc; plcnb-a, 11 He; cot-
aage, line; aalted aide. I2c id. amoxeu aiuea.
i:Ujc; dry aalted back. IZVic; bacon baika.
12c: butts, aalted. ti'-jo; amnked. liV,c lb.
Kaat ern packed llama tinder 14 tba. 10-tic;
over 14 Iba, 16c; fancy. lOVc; picnic. 12c;
ahouldera. 12c; dry aalted aide, uuauioked.
12: breakfaat bacon, 16(fl7c; fancy. lc;
butt. 12 'a i:i4c.
lxcal Lard Kettle leal. oa. isc; 10a c;
Sa. 13V!(C; 00-tb tlua. l,H4e; ateam rendered.
Hi. i:syc; m. lawr; sua, 13c id; coinpouuu
tierce. ijC; tuba. 9i'.
Eastern Lnrd httle leaf. 10-m tlna. 13c;
Sa, l'-I'm", 00-lb tlua. lJli". ateam rendered.
loa. 13c; 0. 13H,c; 00a, 12Vfec.
Above packing nouae pricea are net caan, 10
da? a.
Fish Rock cod. 7c; noundera. 0c: halibut.
4c: line. cod. 7c: ernba. $1.00 do: raor cluina,
Ik' dor.; atrliel Imaa. 1 2 ij c ; aiilmon, Ciillforula
chluiriik. freah. Ic: aolea. Sc; lolietera. 10c:
abrtuipa. 1'uget Sound. 10c; catOah, 0c tb; I'uget
isoui d Herring, 4c id.
From epeeial wires aad babies to
Molton, Ae Kuytar A Uo. .
CHICAGO, April U. TheT Record
Herald suy: Am a result of startling
contruHt in wheut there ha evidently
developed a very sensational speculative
situation. Within a fortnight there ha
been an advance In the May price of
about cent, and In the July of about 4
cent. Hut the advance here have put
Chicago out of a natural relation wrth
the other markets, and have also .put
the futures here In a very queer rela
tion with each other. Within a week
there liaa been a taking on of a great
line of Muy and July wheut by Armour.
Within this Hume period the splendid
wheat prospect has been further height-',
ened by perfect weather. The situation
la now that Armour holds for May and
July a line of wheat probubly larger
than can be delivered. Hut at the same
time the whole trade has been made
radically bearish by the government an
nouncement of an almost perfect crop
condition. Indicating a winter wheat yield
vastly larger than any ever harveted.
The crow 1 feared to follow Its bearish
Inclination so long us there :is evi
dence of Armour buying. The Instant
there wn a sign of Helling by that In
terest, there wus n general rush to do
the ame thing. May broke 3 cent and
the July i cents almost Instantly. There
has existed for some time a speculative
wheat opportunity. The contract mock
here has bee!) low. and there hus been
the possibility of it control by any rich
operator. There was no evidence of an
effort to control, however,' up to a week
ago. (Suddenly Armour appeared as a
greut buyer uml within a few days ac
cumulated 11 line of May and July prob
ably live times the contruct stock. Jf
there is any sustained bull deal lasting
during the next nil days it will need to
be of vast proportions. If the opera
tion Involve uiily the .May the un
dertaking would not be so huge. If It
should take In the July, the man at the
head of It might need to spread his
operation over the Southwest as well
as the Northwest. Kveii a campaign
covering only the May would need to ex
tend to Duluth, for there is a line of
wheat there that would conic here if
that market shoMld be permitted to drop
to a discount as It was n Sal unlay. Hut
the speculator who proposed to control
the July probubly would be compelled to
look after the Ht. I.ouls market and tlie
whole wheat country tributary to that
point. The whole range In corn last
week was within 1 cent of May and
within less than that of more distant
futures. The week closed with the mar
ket about where it started. There is an
Idea that there exists still an Armour
July line, but it is probably not an Im
portant one. There Is supposed to be a
July line belonging to the Wells party
Such bulls as are In the market are mak
ing a move to help the price They ap
parently exct some favorable devel
opment after t lie germinating period has
passed. The fatten party is bullish on
orn.
OREGON BIRDS
TALKED ABOUT
Iwo lnttitstloj Papers Read Be-
fort the Ma Burroughs Club.'
At the meeting of the John Burroughs
Club held last Butui.l., .nlng. Miss
Mry Frances Isom 1 a very Inter
eating' paper ou-JJie I mi mlug bird. It
la now about trmeVoi tic bright col
ored "will o the wip t , make Its up
pearance. and the pap, 1 i,ad by Mis
Isom cave such information as win
oause every member of ihe club to watch
with snore than .uaua! interest the ar
rival and movements ..f bird during
It brief stay. On account of the hum
ming bird's alse. one easily Imagines
It to be a tropical bird, hut such Is not
the Case, according to .t: Isom, for
the little creatures are u,, found dart
ing" about "th regions f the fur north.
The fondness' of tin so bird for any
crlmaon flower was ai-o brought out, as
Was tllalr lighting qualities, it being
suld that ju two mule bii.is ever met In
the afr without a battle
The article read by Thoma Elliot on
warblers wae also much enjoyed.' Of
the 40 kaoWn' species, eight or nine are
seen in the vicinity of Portland.
Expressions of smmw were heard
from all1 present upon 1 1 , , - death of Mrs.
Rosa F. BurrelLjehi. wum a member of
the advisory board Ti. tough the gen-
ftousity of Mr. Hun.,, the club has
fo the past three jmn been able to
offer its annual rash prize to th school
Children oC Oregon.
GYPSIES' KING
PAYS LICENSE
w IP
Howling Winds and Jack
Frost Cut Capers
And Tells His. Woes in Eleven Dif-
fefent Languages.
LOCAL STOCK RECEIPTS.
PORTLAND UNION STOCKYARDS.
April 13. Today's receipts of live stock
were light and consisted of only 600
hogs and 75 cattle. Quotations are
stiff at the following figures:
Large hogs, $7,2547.50; small, fat.
J8.50M 6.76.
.Cattle Kastern Oregon. $4.75(, 5.00.
Sheep Kastern Oregon, fat, J5'i5l'c.
Sheepherders right.
A few days ago two young men, Dave
Tucker and Young Huffman, were graz
ing their flocks In close proximity to
each other over on the Big Sheep Creek
range. By some cause their sheep got
into a bad mlxup.
This brought' the boys together.
Blows quickly followed, accusations of
It was your fault and not mine" and
the disputants got into an ugly mlxup.
away up among the rimrocks. For
about 10 minutes honors (?) were equal.
Then Tucker showed signs of being
Indod. Huffman saw ills Opportunity
and embraced it. His heavy rights and
fts forced Tucker downward toward
the verge of a 110-foot precipice.
Tucker's great danger of "selling out
to the full' prompted him to force his
antagonist. He caught two of Huffman's
fingers between his teeth with the snap
of a steel trap. This made Huffman
sctucnl an it would any man.
Tucker came out of the mlxup with
two black eyes and Huffman with two
sore fingers. Their flocks were still
mixed at hist account. Joseph Herald.
Is Her to Stay.
NEW YORK, April 13. The London
market is closed today. Looking for
ward one spells prosperity with capital
letters, since it is here to stay. The
railroads will continue to do a big busi
ness, and will make more money than
ever. Industrie:; are thriving. The win
ter wheut crop Is tlie largest in history.
There arc facts that must govern val
ues. Keep long on Steels. Tractions and
(Jas stocks. Remember that long before
Northern Securities Company was formed
St. Paul sold above 1 o. it Is worth
more than ever. Buy Leather common.
Oeorge J. Oould is bullish.
King MltcheiVof the Bulgarian gyp
sies now Iri the city, and three of hi
trlhe paid an 'Official visit to th City
Hull and paased'over 145 for fortune
teller' licensee; to Treasurer Werletn.
The King, or 'big man a he is known
to' his follower. Pid the fee with many
11 soufrk and squirm and bow. and while
the licenses were being made out ho en
tertained the treasury official with his
wuea in 11 .different languages, all of
Which he seemed to speak fluently. Tho
linguistic effort apparently carried no
ttaxdhlp wtth.lt for the King, and after
the last sentence which was spoken In
excellent EnglUJJ, he offered to leach the
other 10 languagp to any city officer
who might Wish' to become a student.
No one felt disposed to accept his gen-
erou . tender,, eo'.At is not likely thut
the unknown -foreign tongue will cause
any great commotion in the city hall,
except when the King makes another
Nlslt and his words again rattle the
r.i 1'tcrs.
The King's tale, as told In the 11 dif
ferent languages ami translated by him
self, was that he was an American citi
zen, having been naturalized In Birming
ham, Ala., a year ago Birmingham was
tlie home of hls trlhe. and they were
traveling around ,tyu' country for profit
and pleasure. They were having a hard
lime in 1'oitland lkr they had been un
able to secure a permanent location, and
were not well patronized. Their total
receipts yesterday were only' Hun
dreds of people visited them out of
ruriosity. but only a few wanted to delve
into the future. He expiets seven more
families from California this week, and
If they get a location they will stay
hero three months. They were not beg
gars. They hae plenty of money anil
the King exhibited a roll that led some
to believw that he waa I'lerpont Morgan
in disguise.
WJieri the -details were completed the
King, witli a bow. the extreme politeness
of which would have put upper's crea
tions to shame deaprted.
Four Sails Carried Away Mates
Assaulted by Sailors-Passengers
oa Board.
The British four-masted ship prum
burtoh arrived Saturday evening, after
a pasaage that will long be remembered
by the officers of the vel There
seemed to have been a "hoodoo" cast
over the ship during It stay In Asiatic
waters. Two matee were stabbed by a
sailor several days before the windjam
mer sailed from Japan. On the passage
over four large sail were carried away
by one of the fiercest typhoons that
ever wpt across the North Pacific
The weather almost all the wny acros
waa bitter cold and half the crew were
laid up With the grip. The Japanese
cabin boy slipped' on the froty deck
and broke his rlarbourd arm. But with
nil tna many worrle. Captain Wil
liam Tbornaa made a good passage
aero the pond, and rtacbexl this clty
with his ship In Bristol fashion.
Winds Boob Beraa to Blow.
The Drumburton aalled from Hako
date, Japan, on the evening of March
12. For nine days she had strong south
east winds, but on the 21st the wind
shifted to the northeast and began to
blow an SO-knot gal. The next day
the wind whipped clear around the
compass, and then the typhoon proper
started. For 14 hour the officers ami
men did not know If their ship would be
alii to weather the storm,
li, When the first sign of the approach
Ink gal Was shown by the barometer,
tm royals and topgallant sails were
taken In, Later the main and mlzzen
canvass were hauled up. During the
worst part of the- gale, the foresail, fore
lower topsail, spanker and Jigger stay
sail wre carried away. Throughout the
storm, the weather waa very cold and
many of the crew were made quite sick.
For a tlms, ChlPf Officer Norman Ba'ker
had only two men In his watch.,:
After the typhoon had spent Its fury,
tho wind changed to the nor'west and
then to the westerly. The last half of
the passage was made through pleasant
seas.
Seooad sad Third Kates Assaulted.
Several days before the ship sailed
from Japan, Second Mate L Hookes ami
Third Mate C. Wheeler were attacked
on the deck of the ship by two sailors
Both officers wen stabbed In the back
and arms, the would-be murderer using
a large pocket knife. Hookes received
the most severe wounds, the knife miss
ing his spinal cord by a fraction of an
Inch.
The officers were sent to a Japanese
hospital The sailors were turned over
to the local authorities and were given
a Jail sentence. The last reports re
ceived by Captain Thomas sta'ted that
the wounded men were recovering.
Bvrl Passngrs aa roard.
There were live passengers on board
the ship C. (J. Stimpson. wife anil
two children, of port Townseiid. were
on their way home. Mr Stimpson has
bu n manager of a large American store
at (Juam Island John Anderson, also
of Port Townsend. was returning from
a cruise In Kastern waters; he was for
merly a sailor on the Drumburton.
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BROUGHT TO TRIAL
BIRTHS.
Bear Part? Seek CcntroL
NEW YORK. April 13. Town Topics
says: While outside selling and (he hear
party wiii operate for depression In the
stock market today on account of the
Northern Securities decision, we under
stand that Standard oil and Morgan sup
port will he extended. We do not he
lleve that the decision should he Inter
preted as affecting other railroad com
panies owning stock in competitive lilies.
The progress of so-called community of
interest Is only temporarily checked hy
the Northern Securities decision, for
concentration Is the tendency of the
times, and the anti-trust law will be re
pealed If necessary. Intrinsic value Is
not destroyed and the news could not
have come at a betWjUffle for the stock
market, which Is oversold and has a big
decline and contains no public Interest.
LIVELY ROW IN
MARQUAM GULCH
Three Italians Engage in Gun and
Razor Duel.
April 5 lrl to the wife of W. N.
Hays, 763 Horthwlck street.
April S Uirl to the wife of J. D. M.
Abott, EOS Tucoma avenue.
April 6 Hoy to the wife of V. Vogt.
Montavllla.
April "--Hoy to the wife of R. A.
I'orthell. Sa North Kast Twelfth street.
April B Hoy to the wife of S. Hartio.
57Ji North Front street.
April 5 Hoy to the wife of A. II.
Hanilall. III!- I nlon avenue.
Apill 2 -Hoy to the wife of U. A.
Stepbaii. 74 Seventh street.
April Hoy to the wife of W. Trevor.
ill Sixth street.
Anna Roth, Medium, Is Charged
With Fraud.
Cattle and Hogs.
CHICACJO, April 13. I'nlon Stock
Turds:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Chicago . 30.0(10. 26.000 16.000
Kansas City 4. baa 4.foo 5.000
Omaha 3,800 4.000 6.500
Hogs Opened slow and steady: 3.500
left over Saturday: receipts hpgs vear
ago. 37.000. Mixed. $7. 1 0 (ff 7.55 : good
heavv. 17 40'ii7 60: rough heavy. $7,151'
7.35; light. Jfi.90fft7.35.
Cattle Strong.
Sheep Steady.
CROWN OF INDIA LOADED.
CASTOR I A
For Infant! and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
The British four-masted bark Crown
of Indln finished loading Its cargo of
lumber Saturday evening. The vessel
Is expected to leave down the river next
Wednesday. Sho carries 1.750.000 feet
of lumber, all of it being of one size.
3x9 inches. The boards are a Selected
lot. being free from knots and of th
finest timber. They are to bo used its
barricades In the gold and diamond'
mines of South Africa. Rumber with
knots In it Is considered unsafe for this
purpose.
The vessel sails to Cape Town. The
officers expect that the ship will b.e
sent from the Cape to Australia to. load
coal for this Coast. Fifteen months
ago. the Crown of India sailed from
here with a cargo of grain for Hamburg.
She returned with general freight to
San Francisco.
John Bell, second mate of the baric,
was a. seamair on the Kearsarge when
that vessel sank t.he Alabama. His fam
ily reside In Cape Town, On his arrival
home he will stay at his own fireside
the remainder of his earthly day.
AIariuam Jiii li was the scene of a
lively uiix-uii : tcrduy afternoon in !
which three Italians played parts.
Ciena ro Amotui:;:o. one of tin- men. was
badly cut; Krai.k Destufano. who wield
ed a razor, admits doing the cutting;
Clutono I.iestataiio. his brother, played an
unimportant r Arootuzzo tired three
idiots from a icvolver, but fortunately
none of t ! : rti took efrect.
The dlstuibei-s of the peace were ar-
icsted, and wln-n the circumstances were
related to Caj tain Parker, he refused
them bail. 'I N.- morning they were tak
en before Municipal Judge Hugue. Am
otuzzo and 11. ink Destafuno were
Chulged wila u'-nult with a dangerous
weapon, while liutono Destufano was
charged Willi licliting. All plead not
guilty. Their bonds were placed at J2,"ii)
each, which was furnished. Their hear
ing will occur tomorrow.
Whisky tbe Cause.
Several Italians, friends of the fight
ers, were i ii t r vie wed at the police sta
tion tills morning. They all agreed that
it was a case of too much whisky. As
far as could be learned the men had
never been in trouble before, and at the
time of the rlirht all were drunk.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
April 11 Mrs. H. A. Huffman. C56
Third street. Measles.
pril 11 Klmo Huffman, 656 Third
street Measles.
Apill la 1, nora Blaesing. 2S4 College
street. Diphtheria.
April 11 J. M. roomer. East Twenty
F.lxth and Kast Taylor. Measles.
April 11 A. C. Olson. 641 Kast Fif
teenth street. Measles.
April 11 Helen Oalbreath, 6MV3 East
Morrison street. Measles.
April Mathilda. Hazel. Kdlth. Ralph
and I'oiey. 464 Mill street. Whoop
ing cough.
April 9 Jennie Browning. 164 Mill
street. Scarlet fever.
"Itching hemorrhoids were tlie plague
of my life. Was almost wild. 1 man's
Ointment cured me j 1 1 1 K v and perma
nently, after doctors had ailed." C. K.
Coi nwell. Valley street. Haugert ies. N. V.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following marriage licenses have
been issued at the County rierk's office:
Samuel A. Mclvever, aged 23 years, and
Carrie I.ucy. aKed 18 years, both of
Portland. Chauncy Bush, aged 23 years,
and Jessie K Hadloy, aged 21 years,
both of Portland; Fred P. Fuchs. aged
22 years, and Bessie McBrian, aged 26
years, both of Portlarid.
DEATHS.
EU.LDING PERMITS.
C. a. Gibson. Carl, between Milwaukie
and Eleventh, two-story dwelling. J1000.
A. O. Itushlight. Hawthorne and
Grand avenues, jine-stpry house, J2500.
David Henshaw, WhTtJaker. between
Corbett anil Water, one-story cottage,
J 1000.
J. Blanc, repairs. Clay, between Six
teenth and Seventeenth, J200.
rOK GUABAJfTEED TITLES
See Pacific Coast Abstract. Guaranty A
Trust Co.. 204-6--7 Failing Building.
Get your title Insurance and abstracts
to real estate from tbe Title Guarantee
A. Trust Co., Chamber of Corainmerce.
April 10 Barbara Youngken, 67 years.
4 months, 5 days. 24 East Eleventh
street. Hernia.
April 10 Solomon Fisher, SI years.
St. Vincent's Hospital. Pneumonia.
April .9 J. L. Mclrvin. 43 years, IS
days. Good Samaritan Hospital. Frac
ture of skull.
Apill '.1 Kutherine S. Bdrls. 2H years.
7 months. 1 day, 2iS Twelfth street.
Asphyxiation.
April 9 'William Wachlln, 31 years.
10 months. 22 days, 175 Myrtle street
Diabetes.
April 10 Alice E. Peterson, 324 North
Sixteenth street. Broncho pneumonia.
The Edwaru Holuuui Undertaking Co.,
funeral directors and enibaluiera, 200
Yamhill. Fhone 507.
J. P. rinjey ft Son, funeral directors
and einbaliners, have removed to Uieuc
new estab-.nment, corner Third and
Madison streets. Both phones Ho. 9.
Crematorium, on Oregon City car
Una, near Bell wood; modern, saientiao,
complete. Charges Adults, $35; child
ren. 35. Visitors, 9 to 5 p. in. Portland
Cremation Association. Portland, Or.
DEATH NOTICE.
THOMPSON April 12. 13. Thim Hernhnrd
Thompson, age 6 years, 2 month. 2 Uaya. be
loved eon t TtlouiM. sail Leun Thumpeua;
funeral Tuwdaj, April 14. llKtt. st 2 u. m.,
from late resMaee. No. ISO X utreet. frleuds
Invited. Interment Lone t'lr Cemetery.
In the German capital politics are for
gotten, and the center of universal inter
est Is transferred for the moment, says
tlie London Dully Telegraph, to the law
court, where the meugur and listless, but
sharu-eved. "flower medium," Anna
Kothe. looking worn after 12 months'
preventive Imprisonment. Is on trial
for having perpetrated fraud on 61 oc
casions, and attempted to do so on nine
more. It1 Is a lady's case, and therefore,
spring bonnets and fashionable dresses
predominated in the crowd that pressed
eagerly toward the entrance to the tri
bunal on the morning when all the 1
witnesses, besides the experts, duly put
In an appearance. The court was crowd
ed to overflowing, and feeling ran high
among the audience.
Few among the witnesses considered,
themselves defruuded by the prisoner,
and many explained to the court In the
picturesque phraseology of the spiritual
istic dialect how the 153 flowers and
enormous oranges which were found hid
den away In the ample folds of tho Wid
ow Kothe s dress could have been the
results of sudden materialization.
One witness went so far as to affirm
that they were all suddenly materialised
in consoiiuetiee of a nervous shock ex
perienced by the medium when caught
red-handed, so to speak, by the police
officers. The witnesses were of all ages
ami professions, old men and women,
young girls, lads pursuing their studies,
presidents of occultist societies, editors
of spiritualistic periodicals.
One married lady deposed that the me
dium summoned the spirit of her brother-in-law.
who horrilicil her hy volun
teering the Information tliat he was
undergoing exquisite tortures In the
nethermost depths of the lee regions
In Kingdom Come. Desirous of doing
good from the far-distant sphere, he
gave detailed directions to his sister-in-law,
who seemingly anticipated quite a
different temperature in the regions al
luded to. nobody in her kinsman's posi
tion ever having before complained of
cold.
Answers Court's Questions.
The defendant, an elderly person of
slight build, was dressed In black. Her
glittering dark eyes revealed intense
nervousness. Answering the court's
question. Kothe told how the spirits
first began to appear to her at the age
of 10. Long afterward her deceased
brother-in-law visited her one day, sat
on the sofa beside her and advised her
to arrange seances.
She disclaims all knowledge of what
happened during the sessions, because
she was always In a trance. Eveu the
finding of the flowers and oranges hid
den In her clothes at the time of her ar
rest she pretends to know nothing of.
but the female detective who searched
her testifies that Rothe fought mudly
wHth her. using hands and feet.
The medium told the court that her
most favorite friends from the other
world were the religious reformer
Zwlngll. the poet Paul Flemming and
the spirit of a little boy named Siegfried.
She was unable to explain how the flow
ers and bric-a-brao materialised at tbe
seances; no one knew but God. If any
thing was wrong about the seance the
lmpressurlo Jentsch was responsible. He,
however, has disappeared.
Paid Klffh Pee.
Commissary Leonhart testified that
Rothe s dupes had paid high fee for
admission to the seances. He had visit
ed several, and became convinced tha
a fraud was being carried on. He no-.,
tlced that while the medium frequently
changed the tone of her voice, accordlnf
to the age and sex of the spirit who
were supposed to be using her as their
mouthpiece, yet all the ghost would
talk broad Saxon dialect, even Zwlngll,
of Switzerland, and Napoleon of Corsi
ca. Oe day he noticed that the medium
was unusually stout, and suspecting the .
presence of a fresh consignment ol
"souvenir from the other world." de
ruled to arrest her. When he took hold
of the medium's hands the whole audi
ence went to her defense and he n
nearly mobbed.
Explains Medium's Inaotloa.
The vice-president of the Spiritualists'
Society deposed that the medium con
ducted the seance In a perfectly orthodox
manner and that her trance was genuine
because it was accompanied by cata-
lepsy, loss of sensibility and rolling ot
the eyes. Asked by the president to ex
plain the sudden appearance of a glasa
egg. he' answered that it had doubtless
been an invisible atom which suddenly
became manifest to the eyes of all la
the medium's hand.
Questioned as to why, during her It ,
months' arrest, the widow's supernatur
al powers had remained paralysed, be la- ,
formed the court that Intercourse with
the unseen world depends on the medium
feeling In good condition and in soulful
sympathy with the surroundings, which,
was not the case within the stone walls
of a prison; but. he added. If the lady
were set free the course of spiritual
communications would again run smooth.
He saw flowers glistening with dew
suddenly materialise In the Widow
Rothe's hands In a well-lighted restaur
ant, and himself took the flowers and
preserved them, but he disavowed ths
theory that nervous shock caused roses,
violets, narcissi and tulips to material
ize wholesale on the approach of the po- .
lice.
A woman deposed that the medium wu
searched before the seance, but nothing
was detected, and. among other things
which subsequently became materialized,
were nii-knacks, thimbles, breloques, ,
which hovered promiscuously In the Kir.
"Did you believe that?"
"Yes."
"Then do you suppose models of such
things are manufactured in ths other
world?" -
"I know that you can get then t Ber
lin for sixpence."
The witness further declare! that ths
medium could not possibly have aeercted
these articles la her garments, adding
that the tulips were fresh, and With
roots, so that she planted one.
The owner of a bakery deposed thst
at one seance the reformer Zwlngll, be
ing summoned from the other world, de
livered an unctuous address to the com
pany, and then during the supper ths
spirit of an old stonecutter asked to b '
heard, but merely expressed regret that
he could not sit at such - an abundant
table and enjoy the good things.
The holy ghost plant, product of
Mexico. Central and South America, I
so called because of ths shape of th
flower, which has th appearance of a
dove with expanded-Wlngs,
A scheme for establishing distributing
kitchens has been adopted -la Mel-bourne.