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NEW YORK DENTISTS Fu--' SUMMER SUITS AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE Examine our Unclaimed Tailor Made Garments which we'are selling for the cost of the workmanship. FARNSWORTH-HERALD TAILORING CO. SJ8 WASHINGTON STREET, Near Third. The Pianola Manufactured and for sale only by Panama Canal Bill Is Almost Sure to Pass. MEMBERS WANT NO MORE DELAY Antl-Cnnnl People Probably Passed Spooner Amendment "With Idea of Disagreement nnd Thns Having Bill Tied Up. I " Represontath es Tongue and Moody, of Oregon, will ote for the Spooner sub stitute providing for the Panama Ca nal, provided there Is no show for the Nicaragua bllL They are strongly op posed to further delay In the construc tion of a canal. i- WASHINGTON, June 20. The Spooner bill providing for the Janama route Is almost suro to win In the House. A strong sentiment for a canal -will induce members to support a motion to concur in the Senate amendment rather than to prolong the fight. There is quite a wide spread belief that the Panama route was adopted In order to kill an canal, and that a strong fight by the House In favor of Nicaragua would put the conference over until the short session, and this Is just what the anti-canal people desire. In order to head off this movement, it is probable after the conferees have met that a disagreement will be reported to the House, and someone will move to concur in the Senate amendment. By the unusual course taken yesterday the papers in the case wilj be In possession of the House, and in case the conferees disagree will go back to the House first. This was probably done with the very Idea in view that, .should a disagreement ever be reported to the Senate, the anti canal Senators might be able to prevent a vote at this session and tie the bill up. The Republican Representatives in the House do not want to return to their constituents without having enacted canal legislation, and they feel that they will b safe in accepting the Panama route, In view of the report of the canal commis sion, especially as the Spooner bill pro vides for the Nicaragua canal if Panama negotiations fall. The two Oregon Representatives, like Senator Mitchell, believe thatt every prop er moans should' be taken to secure the adoption of the Nicaragua Cinal bill at 'this saMion, but if it is shown beyond question that that cannot be done, they think the opportunity now presented should not be lost, nnd that the Spooner substitute should be accepted by the House, rather than have no canal. They both assert that further delay should be avoided If possible, and If the conferees, after honest effort, find that they cannot secure the adoption of the House bill, the Senate amendments should be accepted. WHAT THE CONFEREES SAX. Fletcher Believes Panama Amend ment "Will Carry. WASHINGTON, June 20. Soon after the House had sent the canal bill to con ference today reports gained circulaUon among members that there was not likely to be a protracted struggle In conference, and that the Senate amendment would probably be the basis of the ultimate agreement. One of the Houso conferees, Fletcher of Min nesota, frankly stated to his associates that he thought an agreement would be reached on the Panama amendment. Chairman Hepburn was not prepared, however, to concede that the fight was over. He cited the fact that the vote in the House had been practically unani mous in favor of the Nicaragua bill, only two diverse votes being cast. The Demo cratic conferee, Judge Davey, of Louisi ana, also was counted on as strongly favoring the Nicaragua route. At the same time the lateness of the session and the prevailing desire to avoid further complications in the Senate led to a rather general feeling among the members of the House that the Senate amendment had something of an advantage in the. con ference. After the bill had been sent to confer ence Hepburn went to the Senate to ar range for a meeting, but as this wes Senator Morgan's birthday, the arrange ment was deferred. . ter, for the present at least. It was the general feeling that Admiral Crownin shleld's comment on the course of Cap tain Dayton In not attending personally to the defense of his officers called for crIous consideration, and that some ac Uon should be taken to secure for him either a report on this phase of the affair or an explanation of a formal character. Just what acUon should be taken was not determined. THE AEOLIAN COMPANY, M. B. Wella, Sole North-treat Agt. 353-353 Washington at., cor. Parle General Wood Answer Hill. WASHINGTON, June 20. General Wood, ex-Mllitory Governor of Cuba, today au thorized the following statement In re gard to the criticism of his administration made by David B. Hill at the Tilden Club reunion In New York last night: "The statement made by Mr. Hill shows either a most profound Ignorance of the subject to which he refers or an absolutp disregard for the truth. If he had ascer tained the facts and desired to state the truth, he would not have made, the state ment which he is credited with having made.' Diplomats Off for Vacation. WASHINGTON. June 20. The usual Summer exodus of the diplomaUc body Is about to begin In earnest. Ambassador Cambon will depart for France Sunday next. Ambassador Aspiroz will go to Mexico some day next week, and Minister Pioda for Switzerland about the same Ume. Minister Wu has received Chinese .newspapers containing copies of the edict which announced his appointment as one of the Ministers to adapt a code of foreign laws to tho Chinese practice, but ho has not yet received the edict Itself. The Min ister Is not sure the assignment would in volve his return to China, as much of the work might be .done here. WHY TAGOMA GAINS Heayy Wheat Shipments From Puget Sound. PLANCHES STILL INVESTIGATING. Minister Cables to Italy for Facta About Venice Inoldent. WASHINGTON, June 20. Slgnor Mayer des Planches, the Italian Ambassador, was again at the State and Navy De partments today to consult tho officials in regard to the publlcaUon of the findings of the court of inquiry which investi gated the affair In which officers from tho cruiser Chicago were Involved at Venice. None of the principals in the conference cared to make any statement a3 to the nature of them. Secretary Moody expressed his earnest regret to the Ambassador that the findings had been made public, and assured him that the officials at Washington were In no way responsible for and did not approve of it The Ambassador Inclines to the view that both governments should make public the records of proceedings in the case. Secretary Vbody. however, already " ciscu xiia uesire noi wj mane the American court's record public, and here the matter hangs In the balance. The Ambassador will call at the State De partment tomorrow to confer with Sec retary Hay, who was absent when he called today. Until then Slgnor Mayer does not care to make any formal state ment as to what course he Intends to pur sue. In view of the attitude of the Amer ican press in regard 'to the imprisonment of the officers at Venice, Slgnor Mayer some days ago cabled his government for all the official reports possible concerning the aiTCSt. imprisonment nnrt trontrriAnf nf the officers. They are now at hand, but tho Ambassador declines to make them public at present. However, it Is.under stood that from ' the Italian standpoint the papers do not disclose the fact that tho Americans were treated harshly at any time after their arrest, but, on the contrary, special privileges were accorded them during their Imprisonment. The Ambassador cabled yesterday to Rome, Informing his government of the char acter of Admiral Crownlnshield's review of the naval court's proceedings. Respecting the propriety of the publica tion of the report of the court of inquiry by Admiral Crowninshleld, if indeed he gave it publicity, it is said at the Navy Department that unless specially enjoined as to the disposition of such a report, the commander-in-chief of a naval sta tion always has been allowed to exercise his own discretion in such matters. So that as far as Admiral Crowninshleld 3s concerned, much depends upon whether ho was specially Instructed to keep his report from publicity. The Navy De partment Itself has no hard-and-fast rule on the subject. olney's candidacy. The ex-Secretarj's Letter to Mem phis Democrats. MEMPHIS. Jlin 2fL Tn mervinu n, Invitation from prominent Memphis Democrats, members of a club formed to promote the candidacy of Hichard Olney, of Massachusetts, for the Presidency, urging him to deliver an address here, Mr. Olney has sent the following letter, which is self-explanatory: "I have yours of the 7th Inst., inviting me to deliver an address at Memphis upon the political conditions of our republic, in closing the call for the formation of a club In the Interest of myself as "the next nomi nee of the Democratic party for President,' and asking for a reply upon both sub jects. Not being a candidate for the Presi dency, I cannot, of course, encourage the formation oX a proposed club. For the same reason, and because my appearance at Memphis In answer to the Invitation would inevitably be misconstrued Into a desire to be a candidate, in spite of all disclaimers, I must ask to be excused from discussing Uro matter in question. "In thus answering your note with en tire frankness, I think I ought to be equally frank in saying that the favor able sentiments of yourself and those you represent are highly appreciated and give me sincere pleasure." Congressional Nominations. HUNTINGTON. W. Va. .Tim. publicans of the Fourth District renomi nated Congressman James A. Hughes... WYNNE. Ark., June 20. R. B. Mason was nominated for Congress on the SSOth ballot by the Democrats of the First District. LARGELY DUE TO RAILROADS Tributary Territory Has Been Rapid ly Developed Grent Activity of Flour Mills Portland Capital Interested. (Staff Correspondence.) TACOMA. June 2a Puget Sound, which means Tacoma when you are near Commencement Bay, and Seattle when the scent of Elliot Bay tide flats is in your nostrils, will this season export more wheat than will be shipped from CABINET JS SANGUINE. Believes Legislation Will Be In Fa vor of Panama Route. WASHINGTON, June 20. There was a very sanguine feeling expressed at the Cabinet meeting today as to the success of the canal proposition. Secretary Hay had a long conference before the meeting with Senator Morgan and othor Senators, and all the advices that had come to the White House before the Cabinet meeting went to assure the President that some new National legislation at the pending session is certain, and almost as strong was the evidence that the legislation would be in favor of the Panama route. So well assured is the Administration of the outcome that the discussion already has taken place of the steps to be taken to carry out the purposes of the act, and It Is understood that the State Department will deal with the diplomatic features xt the canal project Involving, of course, the consummation of the Colombian treaty, while the Attorney-General will pass upon the question of sufficiency of title to the Panama Canal. The Chicago Court of Inquiry. The case of the American naval offi cers Imprisoned at Venice was discussed at the Cabinet meeting, but the officials decline to make any statement in regard to It. It is known, however, that Sec retary has assured the Italian Ambassa dor that tho publication of the findings of the court of Inquiry was entirely un authorized, and that the department would not have consented to it had it been ad ; vised. Probably this will end the mat- C0NTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Congress. House is almost suro to pass Panama canal bill. Page 1. The House sent the Philippine bill to confer ence. Page 2. Kahn spoke In the House for the Philippine bill I'age 2. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Cap tain Crozler to be CMef of Ordnance. Page 2. Another conference was held on the Cuban bill without action. Page 3. " Philippines. The chief of the ladrone band which killed American soldiers was caught. Page p. No trace of the missing American teachers has been found. Page 2. Ci government has been established in Sa mar. Page 2. The Vatican accepts Governor Taft's proposals. Page 2. General. Beresford criticises . the British Admiralty. Page 3. Fle persons wre killed In a train wreck In Minnesota. Page 3. Anarchists are to be run out of Patersoir, N. J. Pago 2. Pacific Coast. Tacoma's gain In wheat exports largely due to railroad Influence. Page 1. Prominent Northwest men arc Involved In a scandal at Nome. Page 1. Forest nres work great damage on Puget Sound. Page 4. Lively row In Colfax. Wash., militia over al leged assault of private by Captain. Page i. Further complication in the famous Tillamook County land contest. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Wheat trading more lively in East than for some time. Page 13. Stock market again lapses into dullness. Page 13. Weekly trade reviews. Page 13. German bark Glade given up for lost. Page 12. Schooner Ariel arrives up to load lumber for the Orient. Page 12. Schooner Llrxle Vance left down. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Louis Bargus.'a laborer, murdered by unknown persons. Page 10 County Clerk Swetland will refuse to give Clerk-Elect Fields an election certificate. Page 10. , Max Wiley throws 'Joe Acton in wrestling bout. Pago 5. Hose show opens .with great display of Cowers. Page 11. A-'O. U. W, Supreme Lodge adjourns. Par 8. llles Into the immediate vicinity of hist merchandise stores, and that all of them were growing rich in wheatgrowlng. "We are not real estate men nor rail road men," said he, "hut when we opened our first store at Wilbur there were not enough settlers in the country to make It profitable for us, so we began bringing, them In. Tho railroad company ap proved of our work, and soon began to help U3 in the way of special rates. Then others showed their approval of our scheme by rustling for settlers, and this year we shall turn out from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels of wheat from a terri tory that a few years ago was 'producing nothing." My Interview with the Big Bend mer chant was called forcibly to mind today, when the manager of a large warohouse system, who operates extensively In the Big Bend country, showed me some fig ures detailing receipts of wheat at a number of points In that country. These figures In the aggregate exceeded 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, and It all came out of territory which five years ago was pro ducing nothing. This is the factor in tho increased wheat shipments from Puget Sound which take3 precedence over all others. Summarized, It may be termed Increased development In territory direct ly tributary to Puget Sound, and not tributary to Portland. It was probably SENSATION AT NOIVi United States Marshal Guilty of Fixing Juries." COUNCILMAN IN THE SAME BOAT CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN OREGON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. vj&lvL :Srai9iHsnHB9HHHsfsEliy&' -.- i 'diiwtSsS ysvjgSy; J, 31CyryTv t i'sWTlMflWlsMsHsssa&'S"fr'v " EWSrSiaWSs Blik ii3flrHsBfiBKEilslsflisHH Proven by Inference That Convicted. Men Acted With Law Firm to Corral Law Business and Hand Out Justice to Suit. Prominent Northwest men are in voUcl in a new scandal at Nome. This time It Is for fixing Juries. United States Marshal Frank H. Richards, who was formerly State Senator from What com County, la the principal. Another Important person under a cloud 13 P. C. Sullivan, In 1S93 Republican candidate for Goernor of Washington. The Act ing Prosecuting Attorney was John L. McGinn, of Portland, a brother of State Senator Henry McGinn. The trial Judgo was. James A. Wickersham, of Tacoma. PROFESSOR B. F. MULKEY, OF MON3IOUTH. ASHLAND, Or, June 20 Goernor T. T. Geer, Secretary of State F. I Dun bar and Superintendent ot Public Instruction J. II. AcKerman. met with tke Board of Regents of the Southern Oregon State Normal School at their annual meeting, this afternoon. Professor B. F. Mulkey, of Monmouth, was elected pres ident of the school, and the election of the members of the faculty was left -with the executle committee of the Institution, which will meet In a few das. Tho people of Ashland and of Southern. Oregon feel themselves fortunate In the selec tion of the new president, and are rejoiced to leam that hewill accept the position. MONMOUTH, Or, June 20. Professor "B. F. Mulkey, who has accepted the call to the presidency of -the Southern O regon State Normal School, at Ashland, was educated ln the Christian College and the Mbnmouth Normal School. He has boen an Instructor In the latter Institution for the past five jears, having ben tnlce promoted, and held at the time of his election the chair of mathematics and phys ics. Mr. Mulkey Is an educator of ability, con ersant w 1th the most approved theo ries of teaching. He has a large acquaintance with the public He servd In the Oregon State Senate In '07, 'OS, '09 and "01, and was a loader In that body. the Columbia River. Tacoma's wheat shipments alone are nearly equal to those of Portland, and when iho ship ments from Seattle and Everett are in cluded, the figures will show the three Puget Sound cities to have exported ap proximately 5 per cent. more wheat than was shipped from Portland. This remark able showing made by the three young clue's of Washington is due to a number of causes, and the one contributing in the greatest degree to the result which is so creditable to the Evergreen state re ceives but small mention irt the newspa- of very small consequence to the Big Bend merchant, who was primarily re sponsible for the production of consid erable of this Tacoma wheat, what route to tho sea it took, and had it been any where within the limits of Portland ter ritory, the regular proportion of it would have floated seaward down the Columbia. With this preliminary discussion to show why Puget Sound has for once led Portland as a wheat exporter, I will now get back to the extent of the difference. In actual wheat, the Puget Sound cities will have shipped by the close of the sea- NOME, Alaska, June 10. via Seattle, June 20. Sentence will be passed tomor row upon United States Marshal Frank H. Richards and City Councilman Joseph D. Jourden, a prominent saloonkeeper of this city, who were found guilty of con tempt of court by Judge Wickersham last week. While no one knows what the sen tence will be, the general Impression Is that they will get the limit, which Is six months In jail and a fine of $300. Richards and Jourden were arrested on the afternoon of May 29 upon a citation issued by Judge Wickersham on the filing of an affidavit by John L. McGinn, As sistant District Attorney, charging them with conspiracy and willful attempt to fix the Jury in tho case of the United States vs. Joseph H. Wright, whose trial and ac quittal took place in April. Thore are five charges set up in the complaint, the court finding the defendants guilty of them all. Arrest Causes Sensation. The arrest of Marshal Richards and Jourden caused a great sensation, and when the trial was called on the morn ing of June 2 the courtroom was filled to its utmost capacity. The defendants were represented by P. C. Sullivan, the well- known Tacoma attorney, who was defeat ed for Governor of Washington by John R. Rogers, and Albert Fink. Acting Dis trict Attorney McGinn and S. T. Jeffreys conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Government. A jury was. waived and the case occupied two days. Charge Against Marshal. The complaining affidavit of Acting Dis trict Attorney McGinn alleged misconduct on the part of Marshal Richards. In this connection an attempt was made to show, that collusion existed between the United States Marshal's office and the law firm of Sullivan & Fink and Joseph Jourden. Sullivan & Fink occupy offices in Jour den's building, and are the regularly em ployed attorneys of the Marshal. Interro gations put to Marshal Richards showed that pritoners of the Federal jail who are boarded by Brogan at a cost to the Gov ernment of 51 50 a day each are employed in the building of houses for Brogan's benefit, the explanation given by the Mar shal being that the prisoners were willing to do this In consideration of a little food. The arrest of two such prominent fig ures, one a high official of the court, has naturally caused a sensation, and public feeling runs high. At this time, unfortunately, comes the news that Judge Wickersham is to be returned to his former post at Eagle City, pers and from the real estate boomers of son. June 20, appro tlmately 13,250.000, com pared with 3,000,000 bushels for the same period a year ago. Portland's shipments will be approximately 12.S00.000 bushels, compared with 13,250,000 bushels for last season. Puget Sound's flour shipments will approximate 1,300.000 barrels, com pared with 1.050,000 barrels last season. Portland will this season ship about 875,000 barrels of flour, compared with 1,00000 barrels- last year. It will be noted that Portland has made a relatively poorer showing in flonr shipments than she has made In wheat. This Is due in a large degree to the- South African business in flour. That trade has. always demanded a superior article of blue3tcm wheat, or flour made from, wheat of that variety, and but very little territory where this variety 13 produced is tributary to Port land, compared with that which is tribu tary to Puget Sound. Some idea of the extent of this South African flour busi ness at this time is shown by the figures to date. Tacoma and Seattle have shipped to South Africa this season over 175,000 barrels of flour, compared with 20,000 barrels last season, and the Port land' Flouring Mills Company alone has engagements for 75,000 barrels more to go forward from their Puget Sound mill within the next 30 days. "" The Oriental flour shipments t om Taco ma, Seattle and Everett show a slight In crease for the season, due to the fact that a steamship service with a fair de gree of regularity was maintained be tween Puget Sound ports and Siberia. The Siberian ports were heavier pur chasers of flour, and, as frequently men tioned In The Oregonlan, Portland ship pers at times found It convenient to send flour by rail from Portland to Tacoma or Seattle for reshlpment to Vladivostock and Port Arthur. The disbursements at tendant on taking this flour from the car to the ship may have placed a limited amount of money in circulation along the water front here, but tho actual business and tho emoluments thereunto appertaln- thls railroad town. If we are to believe the reports which are printed in the Ta coma papers about 353 times per year, Puget Sound has made this gain at the expense of Portland, and on account of superior facilities as a shipping port, and yet the presence of truth in a statement of this kind can be detected only In very mild degree. The Tacoma exporters ex plain or excuse this seeming misrepre sentation on the grounds that the news paper -writers are not familiar with the situation, and yet the men who handle the grain, whether on their own account or for the Portland exporters, who, by the way, control the bulk of the grain business on Puget Sound, are perfectly familiar with the actual causes, and do not hesitate to set them forth when they are consulted. The Northern Pacific, at a cost of a few millions of dollars, has built for Tacoma a harbor that is nearly as good in soma respects as tha of Portland. In making this wonderful Improvement, the paternal railroad company has contributed to a de gree in Increasing the wheat exports from Puget Sound. If, however, the work of the company which brought Tacoma along from the incubator stage down to the present time had been confined to building a harbor and teredo-proof docks around Its borders, Tacoma would show no such Increase in business as will be presented by the final figures for the season now drawing to a close. The Northern Pacific and the Great North ern have been working the colonization business 'to the limit for the past 1C years, and In their commendable efforts they have had the direcf and indirect as sistance of an army of rustlers. Some of these rustlers were under regular salary to the railroad company, but an equally effective corps of workers engaged In other enterprises could be found in everyi county" and almost every township in the state. I met a typical colonizer of the latter class In the Big Bend last Fall. Thhj gentleman acknowledged that he had been the means of bringing over 200 fam- CAUGHT IN ICE-PACK. Steamer Portland Drifting Through Behring Straits to Arctic. NOME, June 7. via Seattle, June 20. The steamer Portland, Captain Lindqulst, the pioneer of the Northern Commercial Company's fleet, was June 4 caught in the ice-pack and being carried up Behring Straits to the Arctic Ocean at the rate of from two or three miles an hour. The Nome City came near being caught in the same manner, and when she found a lead and bucked through the pack to the west ward, the Portland could be plainly seen drifting, northward past the Diomede Is lands. Three whalers were also in sight, but they were in the lee of the Dlomedes and in no danger of being carried into the Arctic by the floating pack. When Captain Daniels brought the word to Nome that the Portland wa3 fast In the Ice and drifting toward the Arctic, the Northern Commercial Company and peo ple having friends aboard were greatly worried, and as soon as the Thetis ar rived, a petition well signed was presented to Captain Healy, requesting him to go to the relief of the Portland. Tho Thetis left the same evening, and if any one can render the Imprisoned ship any assistance, Captain Healy is that man. There Is some danger of the ship being crushed In the straits. If she got through the straits and failed to find a lead to the eastward or westward by which she could get clear of the pack, she wilt be carried Into the Arctic Ocean, and failing to get clear of the Ice, may ultimately be wrecked by heavy floes farther north. In the event of her not getting crushed, she will be greatly delayed, and no doubt run short of supplies and fresh water. Concluded on Second Paze.) BILLION DOLLAR TRUST. Big Packing Compnnies of the Conn, try to Combine. CHICAGO. June 20. The Chronicle will say tomorrow: "A New Jersey corporation rivaling the United States Steel Corporation in mag nitude is projected. It plans to be a bJJ-llon-dollar concern. It may be called tha American Meat Company. It is an nounced that a gigantic consolidation has been decided unon. The nnrklntr-iirmcoc that have agreed to form the big combine are what Is known as Tho Big Four.' and are Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Nelson Morris &, Co. and the G. 11. Hammond Company. Other concerns may be ad mitted. Even without additions, the com bination of tho capital of the four firms will make a stupendous centralization of wealth." Fire In North Dakota. RUGBY, N. D.. June 20. Fire early to day destroyed the business portion of the town. Loss, 540,000.