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Show DEPRIVED OF OPIUM, CHINESE LEAVE SHIP PORTLAND, Or.. Sept. 14. Whether longing for freedom or opium, a launch load of Chinese sailors from tho British steamer Harlow made a break for tlio shoro early today ln an eighteen-foot launch run by a white man. The harbor har-bor polico caught two after a stern chase. The white man and six Chinese got away. Tho Harlow, recently touching at San Francisco, was searched for opium and the supply reserved for the use of the crew -was confiscated. The boat left port -without It. although, orders from Washington, Tocelverl after the Harlow sailed, were that the crew's private stock should bo restored. |