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12 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, .1001. " ; TRUE STORY OF CITY'S 0 RIG it... i. . FOKTLAND'8 FIRST "What's all this talk I hear about a new fire boat?" asked the oldtimer, peer ing out from beneath his weather-beaten hat' at the group of whlttlers,' sitting In front of engine house No. 1. "Why, we wui dlacussin' the George H. Williams, the first fireboat the city ever owned," remarked the tall fireman, who was busily engaged In chopping down a telephone pole with a Jackknife. "She's a beaut, too. . Jest, been com missioned." ' . "Say, sonny," drawled the old man, "do yer know what yer talkin' about T Portland's fust fireboat! Why, the George IL Williams ain't no more the fust fireboat this town ever owned than you're the chief." , The ancient inhabitant eyed th withering-scorn the half dozen firemen In front of him, and the six 'returned his gaze with silent wonderment. Nor the t SULLY'S METEORIC FLIGHT IN COTTON BTOBT O EH MAjnFUI.TI0 V 01 THE . MAEXET DXTaUTO. TWO TSABS SAXD TO XATB CX.ZAXED $6,000,000 thi roxTvn DB- EXBT0 The announcement last Friday , that TV J. Bully, the cotton king, bad been made a bankrupt, did not create as much surprise among speculators In this city as had . been anticipated. v Indeed, for the most part the failure of Sully was anticipated by men who speculate In the southern staple. According to stock exchange brokers, the Portland speculators have sold cot ton short for some time with the ex pectation that the boom , would soon end. By selling cotton short Is meant that Mr. A. could sell in January to his friend, Mr. B., 1,000 bales of cotton for March delivery. Mr. A. has until that time to give Mr, B. his cotton and if . the market should go lower than the price be -sold for he is that amount ahead of the game. If, on the other hand,- the. price of cotton goes beyond the figures sold by Mr. A, he ; would be compelled to 'pay Mr. B. the difference between what the cotton was bargained for and the price for' which It could be obtained at the end of the stated' period.1 Highest Price Blaos War.:. The swaying of the cotton market un der the bull leadership of Bully was amusing.' Under his 'guiding the price touched: 18 cents a pound the . highest figure since the Civil war, when - it reached the dollar mark, j The . lowest . price of cotton since that time was in V T7 77 n n li iii, il lfil AT CUT RATES UNTIL . . APRIL 1st . -'"TFCTH The Boston Painless Dentists are doing all dental work for cost of material to introduce our lata discov eries and painless methods., 1'alnlesa Extracting ......Free 1 : x smlnat Ions .... ,& . Free Silver ttlltngs 39 old Fillings ir.Vv.. ...... .75 ;.li Crowns . ................... 300 fridge Work , 3.00 Full Set Teeth . ... ...,........ 3.00 NO STUDENT8 EMPLOTE1X Come at once and take advantage of Inw rates. All work dune by specialists, WITHOUT PAIN and guaranteed TEN TEARS. Our late botanical discovery to apply to the gums for extracting, filing end Ofownliig TEETH WITHOUT I'AlN is known and used only by , Boston Pdnless Dentists Corner Fifth and Morrison streets. En trance JSlW Morrison, opposite Meier h Fiank's. Hours :80 a, m. to t p. m.; feundays till L r. I N A lFI RE- FIRE-BOAT, A REMINISCENCE ; OF first flreboatT" That was " strange, in deed. . . i ' , ; "Welt uncle," said one of the boys, "you appear to know so much about this subject; please give us a little Informa tion." "I see you boys never can remember anythfng," he began, "an for two cents I wouldn't tell you. But I will. It was during the big flood of '94," and the old man mentioned the dale In a faraway voice that would have done for 1864. "The water In June, If you'll remember, come up so high that people had to be taken out of the second story of the chamber of commerce In boats,' People went to the Marquam theatre In steam launches and the Baker theatre was used for a bathing tank. . "The water got so high at the police station that officers on duty had to re port In by means of a breeches buoy. - ' ' ' THE "GEO. IL WILLIAMS.- the season of 1898-99 when it reached $178 per hundred pounds. ? It is difficult t0 describe the' cam paign that was waged-by the bulls In the cotton market during ... 1903 and 1904. The bears were ' ajl along great losers In the game,1 as they thought, like most ' of the American people did, that the price of cotton was too high, and, therefore, they sold. They realised their mistake ' too late, for t when the time - came around for them to-deliver the goods the price-had gone sky-high. In this manner many thousands of dol lars were . lost ; by the too-confident bears, but this is always th case in the speculative markets. For a single man or firm to buy up or control most of the cotton in the world is a big proj ect and costs money. It takes besides money a vast amount of nerve and en ergy; but the almighty dollar Is the principal factor in all such deals. . Hewspaper Kan in the dame, A newspaper man, Theodore H. Price, was the first one to take a strong hand In the game. Mr, Price is a very young man but last fall he thought that cot ton prices were not as high as they should be so he bought cotton for fu ture delivery, trice's large buying caused the price of January cotton go sky-high, as he practically- con trolled the product of the world for that month. , Those who have sold cot ton short to Mr. Price paid him in cot ton and not' In money as speculators generally would like It. The deliveries became so large that he became fright ened and soon began to sell. Just at this time McFadden, .the cotton man of Philadelphia, stepped into the ring and began buying some of the cotton which Price was forced - to , sell. Then Mc Fadden boomed the market ' - -e j Bully Enters the Tiglix'-;ti'i -Daniel J. Sully was the 'next man to enter the ring. - Mr. Sully like Price and McFadden, was, a 'firm believer in the upward tendency of the' cotton -market and - he began to .buy. He bought cotton - from .every one who 'wanted to sell 'it. Cotton from all over the world was piled upon him while the price ad vanced, but Bully never -refused to buy. . He i bought . continuously, and' as; the price advanced . his '.holdings ; Increased. The report . of .a short . crop helped ; to boost the price along, and . as. the time for, delivery approached -. the - frantic shorts, who had sold - to 'Sully, were forced' to pay hint 1 for .. the undelivered goods all that he asked. ' Some of the leading (financial men in the country were the short - sellers . and ' while ; the boom ' campaign was In full swing Mr. Sully had these millionaires .begging him not to be too hard on them. Sully did not want to take the cotton so he compromised with the shorts at a good substantial i profit' in. cash. , l, - : During his manipulation of the cot ton market Mr.? Sully . Is supposed to have made a profit of at least $8,000. 000, but according to late reports this sum has entirely disappeared In his ef forts to keep the price from slumping during the past two months. . Torch-Pilferer. ; From the Chicago News. "Say, pard," whispered Gritty George, as he helped' himself to the handsome cottage thermometer, "I can't help but feeling like a great physician." "Why so?" asked .Sandy Pikes. "Because lam taking dls man's tem perature.". - - And then even the mercury tumbled. Taea or xrerer. . - From the Chicago News. Miss Willing Should a girl allow her fiance to kiss her before they are mar ried? ' : -; ',-.. ' : , Mrs. Wdderty Well. If she wants him to kiss ber at all she should. ' STEAM ER V FLOOD , TIMES. The fire station next door was flooded and the engines were saved only by placln' , them on scows. Tou young fellers may think I don't know what I'm talkin' about, but them steam en glnesused to' puff around, the' streets and put out fires." -. - . : Waxing eloquent, the oldtimer told of how the fire chief was dubbed commo dore and the engine drivers were called bo's'ns, and commands were given With an aye,' aye, sir and cuss words, ports, sta'bbards, and lists' were common talk, . "Ah, what yer glvln us?" broke In an incredulous listener. "Look at that picture," then snapped the old man, fishing out a photograph from his ragged, pocket It was that of two fire engines working from scows at Oak and Second streets. : "Tag, you're It," . weakly replied the chagrined fireman. r . . . t POLICE DRIVE BOYS FR0!,I THE OBERON BXTEOTXTS WXXXXX VOTZTIZS FXO nUZTOXS TO . OBBT TKM XJkW AOAXWiT . SELUWO XJQtXOB TO unrou oxavs ' jtjxt , itesti- OATXS XZJCiEOAXi PACTIC.: Those naughty little boys who have been accustomed ' for some time to fre quent the Oberon, tickle their ears with the 'inspiring notes of the "coon shout rs," ,, and admire the Jdance artists," clothed . in abbreviated skirts and - a "oome-baclt-to-the-greenroom smile," are in mourning. The edict- or BbamDroon ft Mathena baa gone forth henceforth those same little boys must shine as "gallery gods" or seek some ; variety house the proprietor of which is willing to risk breaking the law relative to (min ors for ths price of a few glasses of beer every evening. The Oberon pepple are not looking for a session with the grand Jury. . By the advice of City Detective Welner, about a doien of the youngsters were notified to leave the Oberon last nighty None demurred, but two little fellows aged about 14, . one wearing a very . small , cap and the other; a blue sweater as distinctive articles of ap parel, slipped back when r they thought nobody in authority was watching. ; They were promptly collared toy the, watchful Bhambrook and forcibly ejected. Detec tive Welner followed them' outside and threatened them with 'arrest in 'case ha found ttem in the theatre . again. , - ften Outalda to CooL ' . ' ' When the detective entered 'fully a dozen youths were scattered around the room.V He walked to -the reari and noti fied Proprietor F. Bhambrook. ; The lat ter - explained that he Is rarely around the front of the house and had been kept so busy in the. rear that ' he had over looked . the . lads. ,. No time was ' wasted in sending them out into the cold night air., where blue-coated guardians of ths peace are supposed to watch a chance to enforce the curfew ordinance. x-rT v'T threw a number of these boys out the other night I-happened to notice them while I was out in front talking to - the v cashier," said Bhambrook. "I have notified all the waiters to keep boys out of my place., ' ' Many Witnesses Called. ' ' The grand Jury had 20 or 80 persons before it as witnesses last week, while conducting an examination into the prac tice of saloonkeepers in allowing min ors' to frequent their places. Grimes & Schneider, who are accused of selling liquor! without a license at Montavllla, and v of permitting ' minors : to frequent their saloons, may be Indicted. The evi dence 'secured against them was said to be strong. The grand Jury : will con tinue work on this line. : C ASTOR I A For Infant! and Children. s Ttia Kind Too Have Always Eouilit Blgnaturt of MINISTER APPROVES RDM PASTO Or '. KZZPAH PaXSBTTTB XAJT CHTTXCK SAYS STSBET X.OZT- ' rnro pbepaxss sots ::' Ton " CnUMZXAZi JWTES CHXISTIAW - BOXES ITEEOED 70X CBXU)XES. Bev. Jerome R. McGlade, pastor of the Mlspah Presbyterian church, on Powell street, preached a strong sermon last algbt on "The Curfew Ordinance.? His subject had been suggested by ths meeting of the mother's club held at hit church last Friday night when the ordinance was discussed. -f; .p '- Mr. McGlade said that he would not attempt to defend the curfew as orig inally carried out In England and New England for the ' reason that modern conditions are entirely different from those of two centuries ago. "I do not be lieve that the old law instituted by Wil liam the Conqueror nine centuries ago and more, or les followed until a hun dred years ago was Just," he safd. "It demanded that when the ourfew sounded at an early hour in the evening all fires should be covered and the people retire to their homes. It could not obtain now. I do believe, however, that our city law which compels children under 10 years of , age to leave the streets at 8 o'clock on winter evenings and at 9 o'clock dur ing the summer months, is a good one. ' . "The night school of the streets is a preparatory one for the reform school and for the penitentiary. ' The teachings of home, ils that which io required for our boys and girls. God pity those who have no homes and. it is the duty of Christian people to provide them." ; .-v. - - r- ; AXBAiairS VKB SAXOOITS. . A. Foster Ston a W. C' T.' U. lec turer, delivered two addresses -In Port land . yesterday. In the ? morning VJhf spoke at the Hassalo-street . Congrega tional church and was very forcible in his arguments against the liquor traffic; He said that Christian 'citizens, or rather members of .churches,, held the balance of power If they would only turn out at the polls. He called attention to the primary elections held in the city last Wednesday and asked where' the church vote had -been placed, " Answer ing the question himself, he declared that It was a stay-at-home vote regard less of the fact that the issue was to determine questions vital to the' city. ! Last night Mr.' Stone spoke at,, the Cumberland Presbyterian - church' on practically the same subject At both lectures large audiences greeted him. Tonight he .will .lecture, at the Second Baptist church, at : East . Seventh - and Ankeny streets. Wednesday he will go to Astoria en route tOi California... j . , SET. W. B. OXX.B EXITS 8ESK0JT. The Garment Hem" was the subject of the sermon preached by Rev. W. 8. Gilbert at Calvary Presbyterian church yesterday morning. . Mr. Gilbert dis cussed the story of the teachings of Christ and his - wanderings and trials. He said In part: , "Christ talked to crowds and multitudes. He saw not the people; he saw only their hearts. A poor woman broke through a crowd and touched the hem' of his garment that she might be pure.' To Christ the act was nothing. He saw the woman's heart and knew that she was repentant When weary of aln we offer a prayer. We touch the hem of Christ's garment ! 1AVE CURFEW 0 11 i w$k ft 7 Ai J OUR EXCHANGE SLIP SYSTEM enables you to take records home and try them, bring back thoke you don't like and get others in their place. They are guaranteed to fit any machine using cylinder records. WE ALSO .HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF RECORDS FOR ALL DISC TALKING MACHINES. Our prices and terms (cash or installment) on both Cylinder and Disc Machines, cannot be. equaled by any other concern in the city, because WE ARE MANUFACTURERS and sell our own goods. 'COUUMBI 128 Seventh Street ....................................................................................................... and we are saved if our hearts are honest, which; our. Heavenly . Father sees." ,' - .-'. Mr. Gilbert . told the story of "Helen Hollar's life. Horn deaf, dumb and blind the girl - at last became able to read,- wrlt and converse in signs. She became a devout believer in Christianity and preaches in her silent way today, Mr. Gilbert closed ty saying: "We must keep in touch with God. We may be blind, deaf and dumb but we may all touch the garment hem of the In finite Creator." - ' AS TO SEmSATIOJrALISK. . Bev, George Croswell Cressey, D. D. of the Unitarian church took for his topic yesterday morning, "Dignity vs. Sensation In the Pulpit" He began by saying: "The growing tendency to sen sation In the pulpit is, not Incidental or fortuitous; it la not chiefly the result of personal caprice or desire fpr cheap conspiculty. ; It has a psychological basis and a definite occasion. This oo caslon Is found in the waning belief in the creeds.-.:-v.v.:: .'..::." "It is the tendency of some institu tions to seek to- intrench and perpetuate themselves at the expense of human welfare, ' All institutions 'of - a per manent character rest upon some neces sity or truth of human nature, but their efforts for self-preservation or aggran dizement are often at the expense of the essential truth for which they stand." After a lengthy discussion In which examples bearing out the above " argu ments were given, pr,', Cressey said; "Dignity and decorum always char acterize the pulpit True pulpit dignity is always free from self-assumption and self -exploitation. '.Reverent,- humble, decorous should be the words and man ner of him who. speaks to others of the mysterious, the inscrutable, the divine." ' CSZBXSB All BAPTISED. . Two Chinamen Lung wlng"and Jack Kan., were baptized at 6a. Mark's Epis copal church last night Rev. J. E. N. Simpson, pastor of St Mark's was as sisted in the ceremonies , by Rev. Lee To, in order that both the Chinese and English services might be given. The young converts are from 'the Episcopal mission, where baptisms , of this char acter, were formerly held. A large number of converted Chinese were pres ent .,. '- CXOTtCK DEBT BEDVOE9.' ' A debt of 81,799 which has hung over Memorial Evangelical church, at East Eighteenth . and Tlbbetts streets since 1893, is fast being wiped out Yester day morning at the beginning of his ser mon, Rev. P. J. Green announced that $600 of the debt had been paid and that $809 more had-been pledged. Sichard Seylsed. From: the Chicago News. King Richard had Just offered his kingdom for a horse. "You are behind the times," shouted the wit in the gallery. "Why don't you offer your kingdom for an automobile 7" But Richard was not to ba caught napping. "What do I want with an automobile V he sneered. "I have a saw and want a horse to saw wood upon." . . A foolish Mora. ' ' From the Philadelphia Press. . ."You seem nervous and restless this morning," said Merchant .a . ."Yes," replied his partner. "I asked Borroughs to drop In today and pay me what he owes me." : "Ah! And you're afraid he won't comet" ' "I'm- afraid ha will coma and borrow more." , . U ATAyG MACGE? 1 ' 'WHAT ARE ,' YOU: PAYING t FOR v RECORDS?; ' Did you know that we are selling the finest GOLD MOULlJEb CYLINDER RECORDS, super-hardened by a special process and put up in a patent felt-lined box that does away with the nuisance of the old-style cotton wrapping, for Cent WHY PAY TWICE AS MUCH GOOD WORK DONE BYnHECHIN00K Government Dredge Withstands Heavy Seas Nicely Huch Progress to Be Made During Summer tlonths A Deeper Channel , - While the government dredge Chinook is the largest In the world, there are others having greater power. But her capacity;. Is sufficient to do all the work required of her at the bar. She Is the only dredge of the kind in existence. All-others were made for dredging, while she was built from a government transport, and in general appearance Is entirely different from the numerous vessels engaged in similar work. The ordinary-sized dredge would be of little avail : at the Columbia river bar. Her great length 445 feet en ables her to extend over three seas and in a moderate storm she retains her equilibrium . with ease. Shorter craft would be swept in the trough of the seas, And after bumping on . the bottom of the bar wonid likely receive dam ages to place them out of commission. Captain Dunbar says that a dredge shorter than the Chinook would be of comparatively little use at the mouth of the river. - In order to keep from dipping a vessel must necessarily be of great length. - ".:."".-.-.'..',.... . I ; Touched Bottom Ones. "During the time I have operated the Chinook at the bar," said he, "she has only touched the bottom once, and then U was such a slight bump as to be hardly perceptible. The bar was rough and a strong sea was raging. There was some danger of ber being swept in the trough between the waves. She was gradually being turned around, but bo fore she had gone far one of the en gines was reversed. After that she was quickly righted and again stretched out over the breakers, holding perfectly level and drawing a uniform depth of water. Had she been . lengthwise be tween the seas the vessel would have pounded on the bottom and been badly damaged. PXXi UXTSCXAV. Pres. r The Imperial Hotel PORTLAND, '' ...European Rate from $1 to $2.50 per day. . "Perfect" The "Acme" the w.g. Mcpherson co. ' 47 First Street Portland, Oregon 'Eacfa FOR INFERIOR RECORDS? 345 Washington "TT", . "We nave dRedged across tha bat when the seas swept the decks. The Chinook is of Just the right size to lap nicely over three seas, and in thai she has- an advantage over almost any other dredge . that could possibly ba pro cured." -- - ,-'--,- : Since her arrival there has not been a day when the Chinook could bo operated full time. She has made several trips across the bar, but there has never been a time when she could hot be operated steadily, ' even for half a day. During the time that she could not work on the bar she was employed In deepening the channels over the shoal near Smith's Point, below Astoria. The pumps and pumping engines have been thoroughly tested and it has been determined that the capacity of the pumps, under favor able conditions, is about 15 to 18 oublo yards a minute. ; , ?..:''... . . t , "The best day we 'have had so far," said Captain Dunbar, "was on March 4. On that date we got in four hours' work, and during that time successfully han dled 4,700 tons of sand and gravel.. By putting in a full day on an,- average smooth bar we would be able to handle about 10,000 tons.. We have lifted as much as (25 cubic-yards a minute. ' Zrimf Sours la Bnmme. "In the summer wa will not only b4 able to work every day, but wo can put in long hours. I think thera Is no doubt that by the end of this season the bar will hava an average depth of 30 feet. It Is now estimated to be about 20 feet In another year or so It Is my opinion that a 40-foot channel will have been secured. At this depth tha bar will not become so rough as It la now during a storm. In fact the largest sized vessels will experience no diffi culty In crossing out to sea at any tliua. Ships will no longer be bar-bound." 0. W. XHOWUSS, Kga, 9 ORCQOIS, Plan Only..: Seventh end Washington Sta. Furnaces of Perfection M n CO Street