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-i i. A. t THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1904. TO GO INTO CHARGES President to Learn All in Cases of Alaskan Judges. APPOINTMENTS ARE HELD UP Wickersham and Brown Are Placed Under a Heavy Cloud by ex-Coi- Iector Ivey and Other Men From the North. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 9. President Roosevelt has determined to find out whether there is anything- in the charges that have been preferred against Judges Wickersham and Brown in Alaska be Xore appointing their successors. The terms of both men will expire June 6, but new appointments will probably be delayed until late in the Summer, as the President will soon send to Alaska some man la whom, with Attorney-General Knox, he has confidence, in the hope of ascertaining the true state of affairs. It is probable the in vestigation will be made by some spe cial agent of the Department of Jus tice, and that the report will not be submitted to the President until the latter part of Summer. Ex-Collector J. W. Ivey and other Alaskans who were In Washington during the recent session of Congress waged a persistent -war on both Wick ersham and Brown, and personally pre sented charges to the President. So fiagrant are th violations of law al leged to have been committed by the Judges that the President believes the accusations cannot be passed by with out an investigation by some man com petent to pass upon the facts. FIND HIS METHODS LOOSE. Inspectors at Chemawa Make Prelim inary Report on Potter's Case. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 9. Preliminary reports received by Secretary Hitchcock from Inspector Nesler and Supervisor Hol land, who are conducting an investiga tion into the affairs of the Chemawa Indian School state that Superintend ent Potter's methods have been very loose and anything but in accordance with the requirements of the depart ment. No details are given, but it is stated that the situation Is so complicated, and the details so interwoven that con siderable time will be required to com plete the investigation. WORD SPOKEN FOR PORTLAND Government Is Informed of Work New Drydock Can Handle. OREGONIAN NEWS -BUREAU. Wash ington, May 9. Senator Mitchell today sent to Quartermaster-General Hum phrey an Oregonlan of recent date, de scribing the new Portland drydock. Its capabilities and the success attending its trial. Accompanying the paper. Senator Mitchell sent a letter calling General Humphrey's attention to the fact that Portland is now in a position to dock and repair Government vessels, as well as commercial ships, and tell ing him that hereafter when ships need -docking they need not be sent to Puget Sound or San Francisco. Aspirant for Consul Must Speak Out. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 9. Because he will not come out And say what post In the Consular service he desires, M. J. MacMahon of Portland may get none. MacMahon filed his application over a year ago, and it was indorsed by the Oregon delegation. The matter has dragged along ever since, and unless MacMahon comes out and says what ho wants or can get the ear of the President, his chances cannot be said to be flattering. Brady Looking After His Fences. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 9. Governor Brady, of Alaska, arrived in Washington today and called on the President. The Gov ernor came East to attend the opening of the St Louis Exposition. He is in Washington on matters pertaining to Alaska, and incidentally to look after his fences. He Is a candidate for re appointment, his present term expiring June 6. PROMINENT RUSSIAN DIES. M. Pleske, Who Succeeded M. WItte as Minister of Finance. IONDON. May 9. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from St. Petersburg announces the death there at 9 o'clock this morning of M. Pleske, ex Mlnister of Finance. M. Pleske, who was born in 1S32, was the son of a Russian General of German extraction. He entered the Ministry of Finance when 20 years of age, and was credited with being a disciple of M. de Wltte, whom he succeeded as Minister of Finance. In December last. M. Pleske became se riously ill as the result of an Injury to his spine In a carriage accident some time previously, and was obliged to undergo an operation, and in January of ht year was said to be dying, peritonitis having set In. He was at that time relieved from his duties as Minister of Finance and transferred to the Council of the Empire. QTTAED OVER BODY OP WENTZ Remains of Millionaire Will Not Be Moved Until Brothers Arrive. BRISTOL. Vjl. tirntr o t, j,j E. L. "Wentz, discovered in the moun tains near Kellv irinii- irtc. r--.. .. Va., Sunday afternoon, by a miner em- uu "i- -macKwooa, va., lies tonight Identically as It was first seen, and around It stand a guard of 25 men un dr command of e superintendent of the Osaka plant of the Virginia Iron . -w- wvjiMimuj. ine Doay &as not been disturbed in any way. and will Wentr and J. L. Wents, brothers of the dead man. arrive on the scene. They IT .! J, ,""""- " a special train from Philadelphia. No inquest has been As to the amount of the reward. It Is generally believed that the man who discovered the body will receive 15000. MrtnritTi. -..7." sPhn , ouujecu xnis amount was offered by the Virginia Iron & Coal Company as a substitute lor a similar amount at first offered by the Wentz family. , As no examination of the body has been made, little so far has been learned as to the cause of death. All seem to agree that the man was shot, but whether it was suicide or murder is tho question. Two of his front teeth are gone, presumably shot out. and holes, thought to be bullet holes, are found through the coat and vest Just below the ribs on the left side. FROWN ON CRITIC. (Continued from First. Page.) conference to seek to have tho gates closed on Sunday and requested that the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington be asked to interpret the act of Congress appropriating for the purpose of the Expo sition on this point. On motion of Senator McClellan, of New York, the matter was laid over for one day. It is probable that the book concern committee will report to the conference within two or three days Its recommenda tion regarding the proposal to consolidate the various publishing houses of the church into one great central institution. Inasmuch as there is an almost equal di vision of sentiment upon the advisability of this action, a lively debate will surely follow the reading of the committee's rec ommendations. The committee on itinerancy is also ex pected some time during the week to make some sort of report to the confer ence on the all-absorbing question of re storing the pastoral time limit. It is not probable that the episcopacy committee will have ready Its recommendations on the retirement of bishops and the choos ing of others before the last days of the week." Selected for Colored Bishop. If a colored bishop is to be named by the present conference, it now seems to be practically settled that the man will be Rev. W. E. Bowen, professor of syste matic theology In the Gammon Theologi cal Seminary, of Atlanta. Ga. The col ored delegates to the conference, of whom there are 79, in addition to three white delegates representing colored confer ences, have met in caucus, and by what amounted to a unanimous vote agreed to concentrate their strength upon a single candidate, that candidate to be Ir. Bowen. The selection of the colored can didate by tneir own people meets with the approval of a majority of the white dele gates who favor the election of a colored bishop. Dr. Bowen, who is 48 years of age, graduated with high honors from the Bos ton School of All Sciences and Theology, and has held important pastoral posi tions in Boston, Newark and Washington. The immense pavilion in which the conference sessions are being held was entirely redecorated for this morning's session by the ladles of the Los Angeles Methoaist congregations with the choicest of California foliage and flowers, and pre sented even a more striking scheme of color than on the opening day. The first hour of today's session was devoted to prayer and song service and the reading of future days programmes. Another matter which aroused consid erable feeling among the delegates was a resolution by a delegate from Ohio, ask ing that a detailed statement of salaries, traveling expenses, house rent and all other expenditures of bishops and other General Conference officers be prepared and presented to the conference. Dr. Bristol, of Washington, D. C, protested against this effort to Inquire Into the pri vate business of the General Conference officers. He was followed by State Sen ator McClellan, of New York, who wished the resolution adopted. He said the church elected bishops and other officers to de vote their time to the church and not to making money by writing books. If they were writing books and having them pub lished by .the book concerns, he thought the conference should know how much money was being made by them. Dr. Boyle, of Pittsburg, did cot think the General Conference "should lower its dignity" by going into the private busi ness of its general officers and investigat ing their private accounts. The resoluton was finally adopted and telegrams are to be sent out asking for specific details of expenditures In each case, so that the information that Is al ready In the hands of the book concern and other auditing committees shaii be put In tho hands 5f every member of the conference. .t Correct Clothes for Men RETURN OF TRIO. (Continued from P&ga One.) This proposal was made first in Seattle by a steering committee representing the McBrlde counties of Eastern Washing ton, headed by J. H. Merrltt, of Spokane. Included in the bunch of legislative votes that the McBride men proposed to turn over were the 14 from Spokane County. When this proposal was made in Seat tle, the Piles representatives told the Eastern Washington men that they would consider the matter in Tacoma, declaring that the delegation would be brought to gether In that city. But the only mem bers of the King County steering com mittee disposed to be friendly toward the McBrlde proposal are Governor John H. McGraw and Scott Calhoun. When Mc Graw presented the offer to the steering committee, he urged that the proposed 30 McBrlde votes together with 24 from King would control any Republican cau cus held at Olympia next Winter. Other members of the King County committee riddled the McBrlde offer. They showed that the eastern Washington com mittee proposed to trade votes from close districts that might be lost to the Re publicans and that the committee prob ably had no authority to bind future nominees. If the offer were to be ac cepted. It was shown that the hold-over Senators opposed to McBride would fight Piles, beginning a campaign at once. These men are certain of votes and the McBride offerings are of doubtful quan tity. No definite action was taken by King County on the offer, but the chances are that it will be turned down. Other Names Mentioned. In the Pierce and King County nego tiations the names that have been used most frequently in connection with the gubernatorial nomination are those of D. B. Crocker and G. H. Baker. Both men are declared to be acceptable to the two counties. A report that. J. D. Farrel favored Crocker above Baker was circulated tonight and caused somo members from King County to advocate holding up the question until Farrel made a definite statement of his posi tion, something that no one has ob tained. The gubernatorial booms of B. W. Coiner, of Lewis, and D. T. Ham, of Spokane, are punctured. The fight of Whatcom on behalf of A. E. Meade may change the gubernatorial aspect. Whatcom abandoned the con gressional fight yesterday and took up Meade for Governor. Today efforts were made to induce McBride to deliver his strength to Meade, but McBrlde is still in the belief that he can win the fight. Tonight the Meade following Is endeavoring to Induce the Pierce and King County steering committees to agree to Meade's nomination. They have met with some success, developing the fact that both counties are friendly, but this does not necessarily indicate that Meade can be agreed upon. Neither county will take any action on the gubernatorial question until the outcome of the negotiations to settle the fight between them Is known. If Pierce and King do get together the fight will be over. With strength that can be picked up by the mere process of accepting, it will name the entire ticket and allow the managers of the fight to distribute offices throughout the state as they see fit. Whatcom has stedfastly remained out side the Northwest combination. What com would not go into a caucus with Snohomish, as long as Brownell remained In the fight declaring that two years ago, bl ljv OUBLE duty the jApuaptnj? Rain Coat per forms. Be it I storm or sun shine, at anv sea- CoF7xJgnUe,4.2.&Co. on Of the VtXT, it is ever your friend and pro tector. This label pdenjamins(o MAKERS 3S? NEWYORK and the word Zfaupfff' iden tify America's finest rainproof overcoat Your wardrobe is in complete without it Era! to fine castonMBwfe in ill bat price. The makers' guarantee, and ours, with every garment. We are Exclusive Datrkutor hi thk city. Buffum & Pendleton 311 Morrison St, opp. Post Office when Brownell was a candidate for Con gressman he agreed. If defeated, to step out this year In favor of C. W. Howard, of Whatcom. Howard does not want the nomination now, but insists Brownell was bound by his pledge to support a Whatcom man. Snohomish's contention Is that the pledge only ran to Howard and with him out of the way Brownell was free to do as he pleased. Even Brownell's withdrawal tonight has failed to harmon ize the two counties. Caucus at Midnight. About midnight a caucus of the north western counties outside Whatcom and Skagit was held, at which were Indorsed S. H. Nichols, of Snohomish, for Secretary of State; C W. Clausen, of Kitsap, for State Auditor, and C. E. Coon, of Jeffer son, for Lieutenant-Governor. A steering committee of three, with J. Will Lysons,. Perry Nlles and Tom Alwell as members, was sent out to do business. This committee Is endeavoring to bring Whatcom into line, but refused to stand by any agreement that recognizes a Northwest candidate for Governor. In these circumstances, an understanding with Whatcom Is impossible. The Northwestern counties claim to have a tentative alliance with the South west under way. If E. W. Boss can de liver, this combination would carry E. W. Ross, of Cowlitz, for Land Commissioner; R. B. Bryan, of Chehalls, for Superintend ent of Public Instruction, and a Thurston County man for State Treasurer; A. B. Eastham, of Clark County, has been sug gested as a candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, but his is not an insistent can-' didacy. If Pierce and King get together, an alli ance with the Northwest and Southwest will follow as a matter of course. Natur ally, Yakima, K -ckltat, Walla Walla, Co lumbia, franklin and such others where McBrlde has a following In Eastern Washington will be appended. This ap pears to be the solution of the fight that will be made. All day the McBrlde fol lowing has claimed to have a victory In sight, but their claims are built on the cry that King County will listen to the pro posal to trade legislative strength of a character later to be demonstrated by the elections In return for the substantial support of 115 delegates given McBride. If the sentiment of the King County steering committee has been correctly shown and the manner of making up the delegation indicates anything, McBrlde's chances are already gone. Whatcom, threatened for a time today to make trouble in King County. The men at the head of the Whatcom delega tion are those that control the Whatcom County Committee. They had positive as surances from Congressman Humphrey that he would recognize them In the dis tribution of Whatcom County patronage. But Whatcom County men Insist that in stead of doing so, Humphrey not only Ignored their Tecommendatlons, but re turned the letters they wrote to the Mc Brlde leaders In Whatcom. After threat ening for two days to draw up a "bill of Indictment" against Humphrey, showing these facts, the Whatcom delegation finally abandoned the Idea entirely. Some Platform Talk. There has been little talk thus far of the platform, but there Is a strong un dercurrent of sentiment In favor of a declaration in favor of dividing the state Into Congressional districts. It Is rea sonably certain that a declaration In fa vor of a tax commission will be made, and the railroads show a disposition to accept some kind of a railroad commis sion plank. As a matter of fact, the railroads are Inclined to keep their hands off the fight pretty well. They are demanding that the nominee for Governor shall be fair a friend, if possible but they are willing party leaders should settle the contro versy as a party matter so long as they prevent the nomination of an anti-railroad man, particularly McBrlde. The number of delegates In the city is nearly equal to that of the number en titled to seats in the convention. The gathering is earlier than at any time In the history of the state, for delegates be gan arriving last Saturday. On Sunday all the leaders were here. THH OYEITWORKED EYE, The faded Eye, the red and inflamed Eye, the "Eye that needs care, relieved by Mur ine Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago. ojgrM - "s. The amount of energy in a food doesn't count so much as the amount you can get out with the least effort. "FORCE" is easily digested, and it is likable beyond description. SPECIAL MAY SALE ; ; ' ;:" FINE-"'"' :'; BEDROOM FURNITURE For the next three days we shall hold a Special Sale of fine Bedroonu Sets that will present exceptional opportunities to careful buyers. We have decided to make a move" in these goods and for three days we shall keep our corner window filled with tempting bargains. They are all high-grade, artistically designed pieces of furniture and their real values are the original price-marks, but it's a matter of floor space with us. New goods come in so rapidly that we have to clear our floors even at a sacrifice. Is there a bedroom in your house that needs refurnishing or are you just about to fufnish a new home? In either event don't make your decision until you bave seen the sets in our corner window. As fast as one set is sold another takes its place. Handsome modern designs in solid quartered oak, dainty French and American patterns in fine birdseye maple and rich old colonial and Directoire effects in fine mahogany. At the end of three days you'll have to pay the regular prices, but there's a great chance for you in those thveh days. Reduced from 20 per cent to 40 per cent We're Going to Give Away A Handsome Mahogany Chiffonier on the . 23d day of this month to the person who is lucky enough to own the key that fits the lock in the top drawer. Here's a chance to secure a beautiful, mahogany Chiffonier worth $50.00 absolutely free of cost. You can see the Chiffonier in our corner window today. If you'd like to own it just watch our windows and advertise ments. We'll tell you more about it every day. Don't overlook this opportunity, you may be the lucky one. 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