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r 12 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESPAY, JULY, 8,1902.' BLUE FOR PORTAGE Board of Trade Report on Paul Mohr Road. SAYS PORTLAND IS TO BLAME Negotiations for Control by Ontslde Influences on Small Investment Prospect for Alaska Steamer Service Car Wheel Factory. Considerable Interest was manifested In the Board of Trade meeting held last night. The most Important matter -was the report of the committee on railroads reciting: what had been done toward re habilitating the Paul F.' Mohr transpor tation enterprise and placing- the blamo for non-success at Portland s door. Chairman Austin, of the committee hav ing in charge the matter of promoting a steamship line to Alaska, reported the prospect favorable for getting that en terprise on its feet If responsible people would take an Interest in It. President Beach, Secretary Moore and Mr. Austin were appointed a committee to get re sponsible leadership for the ship line. The secretary's pay was rateed from $100 to $150 a month. Several communications were received, among them one from a manufacturer of car wheels at Knoxvllle, Tenn.. making Inquiry about the condi tions for establishing his industry here. These were referred to the proper com mittees. There was some discussion about a proper location for the proposed drydook, and Secretary Moore and Messrs. Bankln. Gulnean, Rountree and Fisk were appointed to Investigate the matter and report to the board. Status of The Dnlles-Portng-e Road. Joseph Gaston, chairman of the com mittee on railroads, made the following statement of the condition and prospects of the Paul Mohr portage' railroad around the dalles of the Columbia River: I greatly repret that I am unablo to report the success of the Board of Trade plan to complete the portage railroad, and that there are no prospects of the Immediate completion of that road on any other plan. The plan this board proposed was a good one. It prqposed to adjust, harmonize and satiety all the con flicting interests in that property by an ar rangement that should liquidate al old claims and vest the property In a new company. It provided a contract with both the old com panies which should cancel all the old mort gages and retire all the stocks and bonds of the Columbia Railway & Navigation Company and pay off and discharge all the claims of the Central Navigation & Construction Company. This last named company had failed In Us con tract to complete the road; but as it had ex pended a large amount In grading, bridging and for ties and rails and other materials, It had a claim at deast in equity which was entitled -to consideration. And besides this, the construc tion company was In tlebt to various persons, subcontractors, laborers and merchants, foun dryraen and mlllmen In this city who had per formed labor on the road or furnished materials for it on the steamboats that were built. These creditors were unpaid, and although most of them had 'no legal recourse against the rail road Itself, as thoy could file no Hens on It. yet they had acted In good faith towards the enterprise, and not only this bosrd, but also Mr. Mohr. thought that the reorganization of the concern should be so shaped as to provide for these unsecured creditors, and the plan adopted did so provide for them. And besides these claims there were chattel mortgages on the rails In the track, contractors liens on the right of way, bankers who had advanced money to both the old companies on their bonds and notes, and general creditors of the construction company for merchandise, materials and serv ices, all of which had claims Justly, If not le gally, entitled to consideration; and which. It appeared to this board, should be merged in the new deal and by funding them In a long bond, make the enterprise pay and settle up and clear off everything, as it was well able to do if the road was completed as proposed. To carry out this Idea of the board, articles of Incorporation were prepared and signed to incorporate a new icompany, to be called The Columbia River Company, with a capital stock of ?1.000,000. For stock In this new company, the contract provided that the owners of the portage road should sell and transfer the road and all Its rights, property and franchises of every description to the new corporation; that the new company should thereon Issue $300,000 first-mortgage bonds, bearing Interest at 6 per cent, and, being a first lien on all the prop erty so received from the old company, and on all additions to such property in the way of terminals, extensions of the line and steam boats 'built; which $300,000 of bonds were to be disposed of at par to the people of Portland, Lewiston and towns In the Inland Umpire, and with $133,000 proceeds of the bonds, pay off all the claims of the lien creditors, chattel mortgages and bank debts, and with the re maining $1C7,000 of such proceeds, to complete the portage road to Columbus, provide equip ment, terminal facilities and one steamboat and four barges on the upper river. To settle the claims of the unsecured t cred itors 'or the construction company (who were mostly Portland merchants and mlllmen), the contract provided that they should have second mortgage bonds or stock of the new company, or If they preferred to do so, to have first mortgage bonds equal to the amount of their claims, provided they would take and pay for an additional amount of first-mortgage bondB equal to their claims. To give the bond purchasers a voice In man aging the road, the contract provided they should have a bonus of $50 stock given with each $100 bond, and that none of the stock in the new company should ever be sold or trans ferred to any competing railroad company or its officers or agents; and that all the stock issued to the present owners of the road in payment of their Interests should be placed In escrow for three years, subject to an option to the purchasers of the bonds, and to the Board of Trade. --whereby the bond purchasers or the public- could, through the Board of Trade, pur chase the entlro Interest of the present owners of the property, the first-mortgage bonds being received at vox as cash; and that from the opening of the road the freight rates, by the road and connecting boats, should be at least 25 uer cent less than existing rates between same points and- distances, and that the river line should meet any future cut in rates which competing roads might make. Of course, there was a time limit on the ex ecution of this plan, which would be enforced by expiration of equities of redemption under the Sheriffs sales of the property in the State of Washington. But there was ample time to have carried it out and protect all the rights, equities and Just claims of every creditor of the road If there had been any real hearty financial support given it In Portland. This was the second effort to Interest the business men of Portland In this Important work, ana it cannot be said that an earnest effort was not made. All the details of the plan were given to capitalists of commanding influence In the city, and submitted to the public for dis cussion, and everybody had a chance to make suggestions, all through the months of March, April. May and June. A canvass of leading capitalists was made In the towns of Lewistqn, Spokane, Walla. Walla, Pullman, Genesee, Takluia and" other towns Interested In the up pefountry. and suoh encouragement was given by those people that the work was sure to be a success If Portland would do half as well. Xiewlston people alone offered to take $05,000 v of the bonds at par. and had the cash ready. And after canvassing the subject with the business men of eastern Oregon and Washlng ton.vand receiving so many assurances of sup port, a canvass was made amog the capitalists and business men of. Portland. Numerous meetings were held with leading capitalists, merchants and property-holders of Portland; ana Messrs J. F. Watson. Walter F. Burrell, A. L. Mills and J. Couch Flanders, and others gave freely of their time and energy to an effort to arouse an Interest In the matter and bring Portland capital to support It. It was soon discovered that there were many objec tions anddlfficultlcs in the way of successful consummation of the plan agreed upon, or of any other plan. A larze number of people were unwilling to subscribe to what seemed to them to be a pub lic donation after having pressed their resources in behalf of tho Lewis and Clark Exposition. The apathy, if not opposition, of a strong financial elemont to any portage road because It might Interfere with the Lyle and Goldendale Railroad. In which they had already Invested considerable money. , The Indifference, If not opposition, of another Influential financial element, voiced by a lead ing bank, who objected to the proposition, be cause it was not a good bargain, and because it called fcr too much money and stock to settle with the lien creditors and old stockhold ers, and because they held that It was a scheme to pull chestnuts out of the fire for some body. The holding back of a third class of men who believed that procrastination was tho best pol icy to 'freeze out" the old company and get the property on better terms than now offered. The discouragement produced by the pessim ists who argue that the portage railroad hav ing already failed, will be sure to fall again, and that any money put into it would be wasted rfhd lost. And finally the opposition of the optimists, who pretend to believe that, on account of the recent Congressional appropriation tho country will get the benefits of an open river in a few months by a Government canal and locks, and, therefore, it is useless to have a portare road at alL It was objected also that certain of the old stockholders should have the management. This objection was promptly met by offering, the management and expenditure of all money to Messrs. Watson. Burrell. Mills and Flanders and better names than these cannot be found anywhere. And so the time In which this Important enterprise should have been financed and work commenced was wasted In meetings; apathy and indifference, and for want of a trifling out lay, Portland has lost its greatest opportunity at the most critical period In the career of the city to control the means of dominating and controlling the commerce of the North Pa cific Coast for all the future. On May 17, the rails In the track were sold under a decree of the court: on May 24, the property and rights of way of the company were sold by the Sheriff to satisfy contractors' liens, and the further effort to Interest cap italists to take the property and hold It to pro ttcj the interests of this city, has been aban doned. A few individuals, not heretofore in terested In the matter, are now taking steps to purchase In the Sheriff's titles to the port age railroad property, buy ui the outstanding bonds and foreclose the existing mortgages, so as to get a clean title to the property for the least possible outlay of cash. This proceeding may tak& years of litigation, but In the end it will wipe out all the floating debt, unsecured creditors and old stockholders, and give the purchasers the most Influential and valuable piece of property In this country, for its cost. It will then be Independent of all' other In terests, and will be operated or, sold out so as to make the most money for lu. owners, without regard to the interests of Portland. This report was looked upon as ending the service of the Board of Trade In the project for the present. It was filed with out further action. GOULDS AND COOS BAY. Intimation From Chicago That Is Old in Portland. CHICAGO, July 7. Renewed activity in completing the surveys of the propooed line of railroad to Coos Bay, with an ex-, tension probably to Portland, Or., and the acquirement of options on properties at the former place that will be very valua ble only in the event of the completion of the road, have started, speculation as to the interest behind the proposed line. It is being pointed out that the railroad sit uation west of the Rocky Mountains fa vors the supposition that the Gould inter est would profit most largely by the con struction of a new line from Salt Lake to Coos Bay, and the Eastern Oregon coun try. Such a line would rive the Goulds a route through to the Coast. Complaint About Machinery Itntcs. CHICAGO, July 7. Complaint has been made the rates on machinery to the North west over the Northern Pacific and Great Northern have not been taken Into con sideration in the recent reduction of gen eral freight rates to the distributing points Irt that territory. Fully SO per cent of the machinery which goes to the Northwest is from Chicago. Fanners at intermedi ate points between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Coast say that the carload rates on this class of. freight to Spokane, one of the interior distributing points, is $96 more than the rate, of Coast points. It Is also made apparent that while there is a fiat rate from Eastern terminals of these roads to the Coast of $1 25 per 100 pounds on agricultural machinery, the rate from Chicago to the interior distributing points of the Northwest is $1 C5; that from St. Louis and from Upper Missouri River points Is 20 cents lower than the Chicago rates, but still 20 cents above the through rates. Competition for through business is the alleged cause of the higher rates to intermediate points. "Western Union Ordered t6 Vacate. PHILADELPHIA. July 7. President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, announced today that the Western Union Company had been notified to remove Its property from the railroad company prem ises not later than September 30. Presi dent Cassatt said: "We have given the Westeren Union Company until Sptember 30 to remove its instruments and other property from our offices. We do not look for any trouble. The contract with the Western Union has expired, and we made a new one with the Postal Telegraph Company." The Postal Telegraph Company began today to handle business over the Penn sylvania wires east of Pittsburg and Erie. To Qnild Electric Rond. H. Mellmann, of San Francisco, who Is constructing an electric railway from Pendleton, Or., to Walla Walla and Day ton. Wash., went to Walla "Walja last evening, accompanied by electric and hy draulic engineers, for the purpose of In specting the water and power sites in the different localities on the line of road in order to ascertain the most desirable point at which to erect the power-house. The company has a number of options on different properties, and ono water site on the Walla Walla River has been presented to them, by tho City of Milton, Or. Work will be commenced im mediately. Xotv xv Line Down the Slnnlmv. EUGENE, Or.. July 7. Colonel J. A. Straight left today for the East, and it Is reported that his mission is in connec tion with a new railroad to cross the Cas cade Mountains by the McKenzle Pass and reach the coast at Florence. He has been here In company with James Archi bald, of Pennsylvania, and A. E. Fitch, of New York, a lawyer and a civil engineer, said to be In the employ of the Gould interests. They have been examining property along the proposed line. Sale of Arkansas &: Choctaw. ST. LOUIS. July .7. The Arkansas & Choctaw Railroad has been purchased by the St. Louis & San Francisco, giving the Frisco road S5 miles of newly constructed track through the Red River district, in Indian Territory. It Is stated the consld-' eratlon was about $5,000,000. The formal transfer will take plfice July 10. Hopeful of Alnskn's Farms. COLUMBUS. 0.. July 7. Secretary Wil son delivered the principal address at the formal Inaugural exercises of the grad uate school of agriculture at the chapel of Ohio State University tonight. Speaking of the agricultural possibilities in Alaska, he predicted that the day is not far dis tant when the value of Its agricultural products will exceed that of its mlnesv New York Navy-Yard Will Baild It. WASHINGTON. July 7. Secretary Moody, after consultation with his bureau chiefs, gave "orders that one of the battle ships authorized at the last session of Congress be constructed at the New York navy-y&nL PILES CURED WITHOUT THE ICNIFE. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. No Cure. No Pay. Druggists are autaorlted by manufacturers of Faro Ointment to refund money where It fails to cure any case of piles, no matter of how long standing. Cures ordi nary cases in six days; the worst cases In four teen days. .One application gives ease and rest Believes Itching instantly. This is a new dis covery and is the only pile remedy sold on Positive guarantee, no cure no pay. Price, 50a. f your druggist don't keep It in stock send u 50c in stamps and we will forward same by mall. Manufactured by Paris Med. Co., St Louis. Mo., who alio manufacture the celebrat ed cold cure. Laxatlv Bromo-Qulalno Tablets. BIG SHIP AND SMALL RATE MAMMOTH GERMAN VESSEL CHAR TERED FOR 1003 LOADING. Small Vessel Chartered, for Flour Loading Work Began on New Tub for the Government. Advices from New York yesterday re port the charter of the German bark Al ster to load at Portland In January, 1503. at 2Ss. The Alster is a mammoth craft of 2935 tons net register, and is accord ingly the largest craft yet listed for new-season loading. The vessel is now at Antwerp discharging a cargo of wheat from Puget Sound, and it is not known whether she is coming direct to Portland from Antwerp or by way of California ports. Local exporters 'disclaim knowl edge of the charter, and regard it as a speculative venture, or possibly an en gagement made by Fowler &. Ca, JTcw York exporters, who have announced their Intention of operating In this fleld during the coming season. The German bark Werra, one of the smallest of last season's grain fleet, has also been char tered to load flour at this port In No vember or December. She is a vessel of S57 tons net register, or less than one third the size of the mammom Alster, and Is the only vessel on the en route Hat smaller than 1000 tons net register. The Alster has never visited Portland, but a number of other ships of the same line have been here, among them being the Alsterufer, Alstcrkamp and Alsterschwan, the latter again heading for the Coast under charter to load at either Portland or Puget Sound. , Unless the Alster brings outward cargo from Europe, the rate will not prove very remunerative for her owners. Rates on oil to the Orient have fallen so low, how ever that It hardly pays a vessel to cross the Atlantic In ballast to secure a cargo and then repeat the performance on the Pacific before she can find another one. The British ship King David, well known in this port, has been chartered to load oil at New York In August-September at 17 cents one port or IS cents two ports In Japan. This is 10 cents per case under the rate prevailing a year ago, and makes a difference of nearly $10,000 in the profits of a single voyage of the ship. Nitrate freights are also very dull, and It Is re ported that the German bark Aster, now bound to the west coast of South America with cargo, is unable to secure a cargo at the nitrate ports, and will come north to load wheat. FRIEND OF THE SAILOR. Judge Hanford, of Seattle, Awards Wages to a Deserting Seaman. Judge Hanford, In the United States District Court at Seattle, has Just rendered a decision which will be of considerable Interest all along the coast, where sailor desertions are of every-day occurrence during the shipping season. The Judge has given a judgment for a libellant In the action of an American seaman, him self practically a deserter, to recover wages for services on a foreign ship. Similar action has been commenced against a great many ships in Portland at various times, but the decision of Judge Hanford's is said to be the first rendered In favor of the sailor. The Brit ish ship Troop was the vessel which Is held responsible for the desertor's wages, and as her owners are pretty good fight ers, the case may be appealed. In the course of his written opinion Judge Hanford calls attention to the fact that rigorous laws have ljeen enact ed by the United States for the sup pression of schemes and devices by sharp ers, crimps and boarding-house men to cheat sailors out of their wages, and these laws, the court declares, by their own provisions, apply as well to foreign vessels as to vessels of the United. States. Michael Blake, an American citizen. Joined the British ship Troop at Phila delphia. He claimed to haVe been put aboard the vessel without his consent; jn fact, "shanghaied." On the shipping ar ticles a signature purporting to be his ap peared, and he was classed as second mate. The articles also showed that he had been paid one month's wages In ad vance, such payment Itself being In vio lation of the Federal statutes. Blake went with the Troop from Phila delphia to Corea, acting as second mate. From Corea the Troop came to Puget Sound and secured charter to take lum ber from Tacoma to Melbourne, Aus tralia. When the vessel arrived at Ta coma Blake left her. Having again reached American shores, he did not wait to be discharged, but quit the x vessel without leave. He demanded payment of wages from the time the ship left Philadelphia. Captain A. F. Kenney, master of the Troop, refused payment, whereupon Blake began suit, and through his attorney. A. W. Buddress, of Port Townsend, libeled thehlp. LOWER YUKON ABANDONED. Big Transportation Companies Will Ship by the Upper Route. According to advices from Dawson re ceived from arrivals by the steamers Princess May, says" the Victoria Colonist, the lower river Is being abandoned alto gether by the North American Trading & Transportation Company. That company," according to a report current at Dawson, will tie up its lower-river steamers and ship all Its freight into the district over the White Pass and by the upper river. The Northern Commercial Company, which Is an amalgamation of the two companies, Alaska Commercial and Alaska Exploratlonvarc still doing tho greater percentage of the trade, and the means they adopt shows why the Victoria and Vancouver houses have a declining trade with the northern district. If a retailer at Dawson needs a carload of canned goods from SImcoe, Ont, or a carload of brooms from Oshkosh, the big Northern company will sell to him at 10 per cent on the In voiced cost, with the addition of $40 per ton freight, or 2 cents a pound, which is at least as good, if it Is not better, than he could do by getting the goods In Vic toria at the Initial cost. The business which this company does Is. enormous, and at least $50,000 a month Is turned over. The Ladue company and other northern companies, which, although smaller, have a very large business, also have adopted a similar arrangement with the small' dealers, and this adds to the advantage they maintain over the outside dealers. i LOST A CYLINDER-HEAD. Steamer Regulator Meets With Ac cident Near Cascade Locks. Honors are easy with the rival j team boat lines on the Portland-Dalles zoute. A few. weeks ago the steamer Metlako, of the ' White Collar Line, blew out a cylinder-head, damaging the boat and slightly injuring a passenger. Yesterday the Regulator, of the Regulator Line, un derwent a-elmllar experience with similar results. The accident to the Regulator happened between the cannery and the locks, and there was a large crowd on board at the time. The steamer Dalles City was sent to the rescue i nd the pas sengers transferred. The latter steamer will take the run of the Regulator today, bringing the delegates to the food and dairy convention. STOLEN FROM THE SHIP. Relics Intended for King Edward Are Missing. NEW YORK. July 7. There is much ex citement on board the ship Attractor, moored at the Morris-Street Dock. Jersey City, owing to the stealing of the most precious thing on board part of an old ship's bell, bearing the inscription, "Prince of Wales, 1740," and consigned to King Edward of England. The bell, or rather the pieces of It, were Intrusted o the carej oi captain scotc accoraing to nis story, by the British officials of Kingston, Ja- malca, the captain promising: to forward them to the King upon his arrival in port here. The relic, together with coins, valued at more than $10,000, had been recovered from the sea by native fishermen, at a point near Kingston, and turned' over to the British officials, who, upon discovering the inscription, decided to send it to King Edward as a coronation gift. Captain Scott was about to sail and he agreed to bring the bell to New York. The relic was in two parts, having been broken by the blasting necessary to re lease it from the rocks. 'Captain S.cott told the story of the bell, and a few hours laier it was mysteriously removed from the ship's hold. NEW GOVERN3IENT STEAMER. Contractor Joseph Sapple Preparing to Start Work on the Craft. Joseph Supple, who received the contract for building the new steam Government tender for Forts Stevens and Canby. Is making preparations at his boatyard to commence work. The lines of the vessel have been laid out on the floor surface, and the heavy, timbers are on hand. The boat Is to be completed in five months. The ship carpenters' strike has no- effect on Government work, as all em ployes work eight hours per day. The new boat will be S5 feet long, IS Ject wide, and 8 feet deep. She will be provided with fore-and-aft compound engines, 10- and 22 bore cylinders, with 14-lncb stroke, and with a water-tube boiler. The boat will have capacity for 100 passengers. The contract price is $23,0C0. Owing to the strike, Mr. Supplo says he does not ex pect to do much private work at present. Tup? Swnmncd nt Vnncdnver. VANCOUVER. B. C. July 7. The tug Superior. Captain Marchant, was lost In the harbor at 4 o'clock this' afternoon. Her crew of seven were all rescued by boatti from H. M. S. Shccrwatcr. The Superior was towing in a boom of logs and, getting in the tideway, was swamped. She will probably be a total loss. The vessel was owned by Captain French. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, July 7. Sailed at 10:40 A. M. Steamer Columbia, for San Francisco. Condi tion of the bar at 4 P. M., smooth; wind west; weather clear. . Antwerp. Sailed July 4 British ship BIdston Hill, for Portland. Callao. July 7. Arrived prior to July 7 Barkentlnet Chchalls, from Astoria. New Tork. July 7. Arrived Anchorla, from Clascow. Plymouth, July 7. Arrived Kronprlnz Wll helm, from New York. Gibraltar, July 7. Arrived Allcr, from New York for Naoles and Genoa. West Hortlepool. Salltd July 5-Mathllda, from Tacoma. Plymouth. July 7. aSlled Patricia, from Hamburg for New York. San Francisco. July 7. Sailed Steamer Coro- nAdrv for firnv TTnrhiAr rnmihv- CZn W TT-IH- er. for Portland. Arrived Schooner Advent. irom uiapa naroor. Glasgow. Arrived July C Austrian, from Boston; Carthagenlan and Columbia, from New York. Sailed July 5 Arcadian, for Montreal. Seattle. July 7. Sailed July 0 Steamer Cen tennial, for Nome; steamer City of Topeka. for Skagway. Arrived Steamer Despatch, from San Francisco; steamer Indiana, from Nome; steamer City of Seattle, from Skagway; steam er Dolphin, from Skagway. Hoqulam. Sailed July 0 Schooner Charles Hanson, from Aberdeen for Bristol Bay. Alas ka; schooner Charles R. Wilson, from Aberdeen for San Kranclsco. AGAINST BUCKET-SHOP. Decision in Kansas City Stock Brok 1 ers' Case. KANSAS CITY, July 7. Judge Hook. In the United States District Court today. In handing down a decision In the suit brought by the Chicago Board of Trade against the Christie Grain & Stock Com pany of Kansas City, to prevent the use of the Chicago board's quotations, held against the bucket chop on almost every point. An appeal to the United States Supreme Court will be taken. In Its suH filed a year ago the Chicago Board of Trade claimed a proprietary right In Its quotations and under theNiew bucket shop law sought to compel grain speculators In different states to pay for the use of them. The Christie Company fought the case on the ground that the Chicago Board of Trade Itself was a bucket shop without standing, and further, that Its quotations were public property. The suit was in the form of an application by the Board of Trade for a temporary injunction. Judge Hook grants the temporary In junction. Christie's attorneys announce that a supersedeas bond would be given which would operate to 6tay the execu tion of the decrees pending appeal. With the injunction stayed it will be possible for Christie to continue getting his quotations by secret means, as he has been doing, without rendering himself lia ble for contempt of court. The suit also enjoins the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Postal Tele graph Company from distributing or giv ing the Chicago board's quotations to the Christie Company. The decision was something of a surprise to Mr. Christie and hla attorneys. It had been expected that it would be in line with the rulings of the United" States Courts at Cincinnati and Indianapolis re cently, which declared that the Chicago Board of Trade was without standing In court because of Its own violations of the anti-bucket shop law. . The question of property right was not decided In those cases. Receivers for Match Plant. TRENTON, N. J.. July 7. Judge Klrk patrlck. In the United States Circuit Court, today appointed Henry L. Holmes, of Camden, and E. J. Patterson, of Plalnfleld, receivers for the Atlantic Match Com pany, of Camden. The receivers were appointed upon application of Frank Til ford, of New York, who declares that the l.abllities'of the company are about $180,000 In addition to a largo mortgage of $250,00j on Its plant The company, It Is charged, i3 being operated at a loss of about $7000 a month. Medal for Professor Rell. MINNEAPOLIS. July 7. The London Society of Fine Arts has awarded to Alex ander Graham Bell Its 1902 medaL Mr. Bell, who Is here In attendance at the educational convention, received word of the honor. Each year selection is made of a person who has distinguished himself In promoting art, manufactures or com merce. Bell Is the fourth American to receive the prize. James B. Eads. Thomas A. Edison and David Edwin Hughes have been selected for the honor heretofore. 0 Ex-Senntor Horsey Married. NEW YORK. July 7. Ex-Senator Steph tn W. Dorsey, of Arkansas, was married today to Miss Laura BIgelow, at Grace Church, by Rev. Dr. William K. Hunting ton. Mrs. BIgelow. widow of John BIge low, who was financial agent of the Unit ed States Government In London 25 years, gave the bride away. After a tour of European cities, Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey will make their home at Los Angeles. White Clothes I have used Pearl ne for the last ten years. Always satisfied with it. It never turns the clothes yellow. Mrs. Rev. R. G; One of the Millions. d;' GOVERNOR SAVAGE HERE NEBRASKA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND STAFF IN PORTLAND. After Witnessing Laying of Battle Ship's Keel in Seattlet Party Starts on Its Home-ward Trip. Governor Ezra P. Savage and staff, of Nebraska, arrived on the 11:10 o'clock train last evening from Puget Sound, where they went to witness the ceremony of the laying of the battle-ship Nebras-ka'-s keel. The party spent the night In their private car at the Union Depot. Gov ernor Savage, who was considerably fa tigued with the day's travel, retired early, before the train reached Portland, but a member of the Gubernatorial staff was seen last evening and gave out the fol lowing statement: "We were royally entertained while In Seattle, the people there doing everything possible to make our visit a pleasant one. On Saturday we were escorted to the Puget Sound navy-yard, where we saw the famous battle-ship Oregon and the Wis consin, the latter being In the drydock. The party boarded the big ship, which was floated out into midstream. This was a decidedly novel experience, us most of us had never been on board of a real warship On Sunday we lunched on the transport Warren, as guests of Captain Cannon, and at 2:30 P. M. became guests of the Knights Templar of Seattle, for a delightful ride on Lake Washington. "On Friday, evening we were given a sumptuous banquet at the Hotel Rainier Grand, by the Seattle Chamber of Com merce, ex-Senator John B. Allen acting as toastmaster. On Saturday evening the party attended the Grand Theater, as guests of the Seattle Dally Times. The laying of the keel of the Nebraska was .indeed an- Interesting ceremony, and one that will be remembered for a long time. We spent today at Tacoma as guests of the Chamber of Commerce, and were given a delightful reception. Our whole trip has been a pleasant one, i and we appreciate the genuine Western hospitality that has been .accorded us. This Pacific Northwest is -a great country with a great .future." The party will spend the day in Portland, breakfasting at the Hotel Portland, and afterwards viewing the sights of the city. Their special car Leicester will .be at tached to this evening's Southern Pacific overland, the party going to Los Angeles, thence back tofSan Francisco, and from there to Salt Lake City, before returning to Nebraska. The personnel of the party Is as follows: Governor Ezra P. Savage and wife. Brigadier-General L. W. Colby, AdJutant-General and Chief of Staff; Colo nel G. E. Jenkins, Quartermaster anj Commissary-General, and wife; Colonel C. D. Evans, Surgeon-General, and wife: Colonel Charles J. Bills, Inspector-General, wife and daughter; Colonel Samuel Mellck. aid. and wife; Colonel H. P. Sutton, aid, and wife; Colonel J. W. Thomas, aid, and wife; Coloqel C. F. Scharmann, aid, and wife; Colonel John B. Watklns, aid, and wife; Colonel James G. Martin, aid, and wife; Colonel F. E. Moores. aid, and wife; Colonel I. W. Waynlck. aid, and sister; Colonel Frank M. Rublee, aid. attache to staff, and wife, and Thomas H. Benton. ex-Auditor of Nebraska. Adjufant-Gerieral James A. Drain, of Washington, accompa nied the party to this city. The party is thoroughly representative of Nebraska, and Includes many of the leading citizens of the state. Colonel James G. Martin Is In the livestock com mission business, and Is one of Nebraska's largest ranch-owners. He Is one of Gov ernor Savage's warmest supporters. 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