ran a general merchandise store on the upper deck, where she was reportedly an "excellent hand at making a shrewd bargain." In October 1889 Gov. Newell was in operation on the lower Columbia river, bringing barges down to Astoria. Later operations James D. Miller, a well-known steamboat captain, served on Gov. Newell during 1891-92. On September 24, 1893, when a fire broke out the Pacific Coast grain elevator in Portland, Oregon, and two ships loading grain were moored at the elevator's dock were threatened with destruction, Gov. Newell and the sternwheeler Wm. G. Hoag pushed them out away from the docks, saving the ships. In September 1895, the Hills, on Gov. Newell, were buying fish in the Columbia River, near the mouth of the Cowlitz River. In early July 1897, when the Vancouver ferry was out of service for several days, its place was taken by Gov. Newell. Gov. Newell could carry passengers, but there were complaints by drovers because the steamer could not accommodate teams. Alienation of affections lawsuit In early 1896, Frederick Clifford Mossman and his wife, Jennie May, were living on the Gov. Newell. Jennie May Mossman was reported in newspaper reports of the time to have been the sister of Capt. Minnie Hill. Some months later, Frederick Mossman brought suit against Charles O. Hill, alleging that Hill had alienated the affections of Mossman's wife. Specifically, Mossman sought $25,000 from Hill, claiming that "his wife was induced to be unfaithful to her marriage vow, through the arts, flattery and persuasion of the defendant" on account of which Mossman claimed to have "suffered great mental distress and that his happy home and the honor and good name of his family have been forever ruined." In defense, Charles O. Hill admitted that he had had improper relations with Jennie May Mossman, but it was she who tempted him rather than the other way around, and that the whole affair was an attempt by the Mossmans to get Hill to pay them a large amount of money. The case went to trial in July 1896. Capt. Minnie Hill was in San Francisco, California at the time of the trial. Disposition According to a non-contemporaneous source, Gov. Newell was abandoned in 1900. According to a contemporaneous newspaper account, in 1902 Charles O. Hill, owner of Gov. Newell, had a new sternwheeler built at Johnson's shipyard in Portland. Engines for the new