The morning call., 1893-11-19
A YEARS RECORD.
Operations of the Haytian
Republic.
Argument on the Appeal in the Case
Against Her to Be Heard in
Few Days.

As the trial Of the celebrated Lotan
smuggling cases will be begun, nothing
hInderiDg, on the first of next week, IN the
Federal court al Portland. Or, the argu-
ment which is TO he heard in day or Two
in the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals in this city in the Portland case
against the steamer Haytian Republic may
be of interest.
This steamer has had quite record. if
the allegations in the llbels of information
which have been filed IN the c0nfscation
cases against her are true.
She splied between Puget Sound and
Portland, Or. touching at Victoria, B. c.,
on the way, and il was because of his be-
ing mixed up in ner smuggling operations
that Nat Blum was arrested in this city
some months ago. The Portland Federal
Grand jury returned sixteen indictments.
Blum being one of The persons indicted.
There is another investigation now being
made by that body, and 1t Is said more in
dctmeDts have resulted.
The Lotan and Gaytian Republic scal-
dalS have attracted great deal OF atteD-
tion owing to Lotan's political standing in
| Oregon and the business and social con-
nections of The other parties implicated,
| and II has become quite common TO speak
| of them as the cases against the Portland
| opium ring"
The HaytIan Republic was twice seized
! this year, the first time by Collector of
Customs Andrew Wasson at Seattle.
| Wash, May %, the second by Collector I.
| J. Black at Portland, Or, July 3. Her
record for q year as gathered by the llbes
OF information filed against her by Federal
| Attorneys Daniel K. Murphy of Oregon
and w. Il. Briuker of Washington, was as
! follows:
On the night of July %, 1892. she landed
| $500 worth of opium near Swan Island, in
| the Willamette River; early on the morn
ing of August 49, 1892, $500 worth along
| the Coum BID River, near the mouth Of the
| Willamette; about IL P. NJ, on September
| 2, 1892. SIS. 400 " Orth again at point near
| Swan Isl nj on October 20, S9o40 worth OF
| the drug aud sumo Chinese laOorers; on
| December q, $4,000 worth at place
| called ST.. JohUs Oh The Willamette River
at midnighG of January q, this year,
! S11, go worth at Portland and al midnight
OF February %, $4,000 worth, also at Port
| land.
| All the stuff was marked "GingeT" and
came from either Victoria or Vancouver,
| B. c. John Ross Was her captain In
charge during these trips and w. b. Jack
ling her Chief engineer.
The smuggling in of Chinese was also
charged, as follows: On June Is OF this
year, Captain H. K. Strive being then her
master, batch Of fifteen at Portland, aud
on a previous trip, viz. June ii, batch of
thirteen.
Such was the story as officially told by
| the Portland libelS, OF which there were
two, one supplementary to the other. Tue
libel flied by tue Puget Sound authorities
also charged the smuggling OF Doth opium
and Chinese.
In general way it alleged that between
October s and Dece mDer IL, 1892. about
5000 worth of opium was struggled into
aud landed in the Willamette Collection
! District, and quite number OF CnlneSe
besides; also a batch of Chinese on Sep
TEN Der IS of that year at Portland and one
on November 1, aud a large number OF
Chinese at various times between Febru-
airy 2 and May IS of this year.
&Specifcally il is alleged that on Novem.
ber &c, 1892, SO, eco worth of opium was
landed. and number OF Chinese laboreT:
besides, at Portland; on December T.
$1,000 worth of opium at 81. Johns. Oh
the Columbia; on January of this year
Ii. Z. Strive being her master, a batch OF
thirteen Chinese at Portland; on January
26 twenty-five Chinese, and on May II
| five Chinese.
The value of the vessel was estimated at
$4,000, and the Government had lie 5
against her when she was seized at Port
land amounting to SEQ. coo. Accordingly,
| proceedings were brought for her con-
demnation and forfeiture. her claimant
! appeared in the person of j. l.. Hartman.
receiver of the Northwest Loan and Trust
Company.
Claimant Hartman and Captain Strive,
by their counsel, set up the Seattle seizure
against the Portland seizure, and filed 4
number of exceptions to the original Port
land libel and the subsequent amendatory
one, their grounds being that the United
States. having taken a bond at Seat tie
from the claimant in full value of the
vessel on the former arrest, and having re-
| leased her from such arrest. could rot have
recourse to the vessel again except for of
lenses committed since such release. Her
| bill of exceptions was allowed.
The appeal is really taken, however
by Mr.. Murphy from Judge Bellinger's
action dismissing the original libel of the
Portland authoritieS-the one alleging the
smuggling in of the Chinese last June.