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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, .1001.
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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
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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
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. APRIL 1st .
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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.
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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
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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.
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POLICE DRIVE BOYS
FR0!,I THE OBERON
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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. :
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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."
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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
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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." , .
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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.
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"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."
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