MILLION AND HALF
PROFIT ON DEALS
Wheat Men Figure Bull Leader
Made Profit of 15 Cents
on Each Bushel.
WHEAT SCARCE IN CHICAGO
If Immediate Icllvcrlcs Were le
nu.nrirtl. Big Northwest Supply
n Which Millers Rely Would
Have to Be Tapped.
..MICAGO. April 23. f Special.) Indl
, t'?nsco"ne. according to members
of the Board, that Mr. Patten has made
a tidy profit on the" wheat market, al
though heavy trading by the Patten peo
ple showed that they still had a good
quantity of the May aereal. How much
r this belongs to Mr. Patten himself,
and how much to the firm or its custom
ers, could not be learned.
According to Mr. Pattens statement
he had at one time 10.000.000 bushels of
May wheat. -and it is estimated that it
cost him on the average $1.10. As the
market has been up to $1.29V. and even
closed last night at 11.21. it is thought
that J1.25 would bo a safe estimate of
the price at which he sold a great deal
of this grain.
Had Mr. Patten disposed of all the
wheat at this price, a profit of 15 cents
per bushel. It would have netted $1 -600.000.
leaving a blg margin for possible
losses in the disposal of any wheat he
ftill may have on hand.
There are In Chicago only about 7.
000.000 bushels of the grain, and to make
Inrge deliveries wheat would have to be
brought In from Duluth and Minneapolis.
This variety of wheat is in such great de
mand that millers will pay for it from
five to six cents above the May de
livery prices.
To deliver this wheat to Mr. Patten,
it is said, would not only give him the
benefit of the difference in the price, but
would take from the Northwest the wheat
on which the millers are depending to
carry them over into September. Were
a large proportion of this wheat brought
down to Chicago, the Northwestern mil
lers, it is said, would have to come to
Mr. Patten to buy it back.
PATTEN PURSUES W1XEY TROUT
Wheat King Cuts Off Communica
tion AVith Business AVorld.
TRINIDAD. Colo., April 23.-Not satis
fled with putting a 25-mile strip of desert
between himself and the sound of the
ticker and the telegraph Instrument.
James A. Patten, the bull leader of the
wheat pit, deserted the home ranch at
Aermljo Park, N. M., today and placed
an additional 15 miles between himself
and the telephone that forms the sole
means of communication between the
ranch and the outside world.
Wearied of dealing with the wily
shorts of the market, he turned his at
tention to the equally wily trout of the
New Mexican streams, and spent the day
In whipping the mountain brooks with
rod and fly.
Mr. Patten has established headquar
ters in a lonely cabin 15 miles from the
home ranch and will spend several days
In the hills. y"
Mr. Patten, according to H. W. Adams
a business associate, has made no state
ment regarding his attitude toward the
market and has reiterated his refusal to
do so. .
Apparently the broker has succeeded
In casting aside the cares of the finan
cial campaign which he has waged for
the last few months, for he slept 13
hours last night. P
The game preserve of the Bartlett estate,
where the broker is taking his unexpectl
ed vacation, a'fords the finest trout fish
ing .in the West. There Is an army of
servants always at hand; together with
horses and guides innumerable. The es
tate comprises 300.000 acres In i. natural
PIU complete,y isolated from the out-
P.VRT OF LOSS IS REGAINED
AVlieat Recovers After Early De
clines Slump Extends to Corn.
CHICAGO, Apri 23.-Demorallzat!on
"n"al today in the grain pits on the
Board of Trade, heavy liquidation whl-h
caused the sensational slump l" wheat
prices yesterday having extended to
coarse grain. During the first few minion?-
.,";aKin-Juiy wheat 8oij to
1 OS-,, which was o fcelow the low point
of the preceding session.
. C,JJ! i0S MaV divery broke more than
4 cents from the best mark of the pre
vious day. declining early tn the day to
67c per bushel.
At this point there was a momenfs 'hes
itation and a fractional recovery. Then
iuhKt,ro.k.furwh'r to 66c- May ".
which at fhe best point yesterday sold
at (-c, declined today to 7c on early
trades. May wheat tumbled to Jl.atWi
The slump In wheat was checked on
profit-taking by shorts and in the ab
sence of particular pressure. May wheat
closed lHc and July c over yesterday.
Corn declined heavily early, but re
rained most of the loss late In the
session.
WHEAT GAMBLING HIS RUIN?
Unidentified Suicide In Denver Had
Market Quotations in Pocket.
DENVER. April 23. The recent sky
rocketing in wheat and flour may have
been responsible for the suicide, early
this morning, of an unknown German,
aparently about 60 years of age, who de
liberately threw himself under the wheels
of a streetcar at Fifteenth street and
Cleveland place. The man was dragged
nearly a block, his body being terribly
mangled. Clippings from Chicago pa
pers but a few days old were found in
his pockets, all of them containing ar
ticles on the wheat and flour situation.
Kansas AVlieat Acreage Decreases.'
TOPEKA. April 23. Secretary P. D.
Coburn. of the State Board Agricul
ture. In a statement issued today, says
that there has been a decrease of 400.000
acres In wheat in Kansas compared with
last year. He placed the acreage at
6.000.000. and the average condition at
S prr cent. There are few insect pests
in the fields, and the conditions are
highest In the eastern and southern sec
tions of the state.
CONDENSED NEWS BY WIRE
...li,,'""th,' K EKht Conference of
Middle West .'olleites has Invited 123 unl
eritles end colleges In the Wert to par
ticipate In the trick meet here June 6.
l.onport. Ind. -A purse containing
I'JOOrt In bills and negotiable securities
found in the gutter on April 1 by Dr
William DeHart. and constant advertising
has failed to locate any claimant.
Redding, Cal. A Southern Pacific freight
train was wrecked Friday morning between
IJelta and Smlthson. Fourteen cars went off
the track. Two tramps who were stealing
rides are missing.
Chicago Workmen excavating a tract
for playgrounds on the South Side have un
earthed two. human skulls, which bad been
burled In chloride of lime. Detectives have
been detailed on the case. -
Santa Rosa, Cal. Edward S. Rowland,
former cashier of the Bank of Healdsburg.
was sentenced Friday to six years In San
Quentln by Judge Bnmel Seawell. Row
land confessed to a shortage of f 120.000,
then pleaded not guity and stood trial.
...Manila Captain James D. Reams, of the
Thirtieth Infantry, will be tried by general
court-martial, of which Colonel Granger
' Adams Is president, on a charge of having
failed to pay his personal Indebtedness.
Captain Reams is a native "of Kentucky.
Christlania Nineteen persons were
drowned off Christlania Thursday night by
the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Edith
after collision with the British steamer Ox
ford. Those who went down In the Edith
are the captain and his wife, one pas
senger and Its members of her crew.
Chicago A big building in course of
erection on the West Side was badly
wrecked Friday by the explosion of a bomb
Kaveral adjacent structures were also dam
aged. A strike has been in progress on the
building and the police attribute the crime
to labor troubles.
.-New lorn Several men were clubbed
and 12 persons were arrested in a raid made
Fr day by the police on the Carlisle Ath
letic Club In Brooklyn. Three boxing bouts
had already been fought when the police
rushed in with their night sticks and
clubbed many of the spectators.
Jefferson City. Mo. Governor Hadley has
sent a special message to the Legislature,
asserting that there is urgent need of an
Inheritance tax law in Missouri, and also
on providing a license tax on wholesale
liquor dealers and clubs. The message said
that the present revenue laws will yield an
income of 18.000,000 within the next two
years, while the needs of the state will
total $11,000,000.
Chicago Mr. Emily Gross has been
granted a decree of divorce by Judge Gib
bons from Samuel Eherly Gross, author and
real estate dealer. The decree slmplv sets
forth the date of the marriage and the de-
cree. making no provision concerning the
property rights of either. It Is reported that
Mr. Gross will attempt to retrieve his shat
tered fortune in the theatrical field.
MANY MslPPOSED
SEN ATE AVI LI, BEG IX REAL BAT
TLE OF TARIFF MONDAY.
Completer First Reading, but Re
serves Many Schedules Un
der Objection.
Washington, April 23. Th first
reading of the tariff bill for considering
committee amendments was concluded
when the Senate adjourned today. Ac
cording to an announcement made when
the reading began, every paragraph of
the bill will be subject to amendment
when it is taien up for final considera
tion next Monday. All concede, however
that substantia; progress has been made!
There vill be a return to many of the
schedules.
There was comparatively little debate
today. s.s Aldrich postpened answers to
many questions asked of him in order to
hasten 1 h O. roilnv XT.. Ijm -
1 r ,7 . " a.iu ne would
make full explanations when the amend-
""",u icccivea nnai consideration Many
provisions, lncluriinf t V. 1
. . . - . " TTuuu iuip ana
wool schedules were passed over today
BOTH BOYLES INDICTED
Trial Begins Next Friday Woman
Refuses to Testify.
MERCER. Pa.. April M.-Inc'ictments
were returned here toniSht by the grand
Jury against James H. Boyle and his
wife-in connection with the abduction of
Willie Whitla, of Sharon. Pa. The bill
against I-oylo charges kldirspin. The
maximum sentence h :
iitj;i!winment
Ihe woman is similarly indict ed, w'th an
um cuarging aiding, assisting ani
abetting in the kidnaping. The trial will
be begun next Friday.
New Oregon Postmasters.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 23. Oregon postmasters
were appointed today as follows: North
Powder, Union County, Gerald C
Scheurer; Wedderburn, Curry Countv'
Charles J. Keene
Rent free,
papre 11.
See Gregory's ad.
Saturday Is
Hosiery Day at
jTenftan's
Women's Hosiery
Values to 75c per pair o
for Saturday Only OZJC
that" 'will Ufoloc' SSkB
Women's Imported Lisle ThriUE,ay:
including sil lisles Insolld Mack "th"
luste.Lthat cannot be told from a?!
sheer thin gauze lisle beautifniil, k;
broidered with silk n de:
lace openwork lisles- two-lsna j
solid color lisles. Not a pair In ?h.aw
worth less than 75c nair- ni,.Ul ,ot
$1.00. Every desirable color "and W,?,h
represented In this lot at th I tyle
extraordinary low price Q.
r. pair OJC
Women's 25c Hosiery, double" mm
heels and toes; black and 1 E
tan; pair 1 Jfj
navy gray reseda, old rose,
lavender pink. sky. etc., pair. . C
v,i.narens regular 25c Ribbed
15c
"woe, uK&vtk una tan, at
the pair
Glove Specials
Women's regular $1.25 quaJlty M
trench Wash Chamois, QC.
at, pair.. J J V
16-button length Real Kid'.'ifV'i -v mm
in tan and brown, 13.50 S QE
quality, pair t P M. v&J
Elbow-length Genuine Ka- - mm
san Cape Glove, $4.00 V I EZ.
quality, pair ymmfSJ
Complete Assortment of Parasols In All
the New Shapes Now In.
'.ration's InterchauReable Glove Orders
for. Sale. ' .
Mail Orders Receive Special Attention.
C. F. Berg, Manager.
SO Morrison Street, Opposite Postofftc
remum's
"J ffSi 6LOVSSAHD lMBftUAs7
TIIE MORNING
WILLSQN CLOSES
GOEBEL TRAGEDY
Pardons Taylor, Finley, John
Powers and Other
Refugees.
Y0UTSEY ONLY ONE GUILTY
Governor of Kentucky Disposes of
Famous Murder Cases by Pardon
ing Eleven Accused Several
Others to Be Cleared.
FRANKFORT. Ky.. April 23. Gov
ernor Willson late this afternoon
granted pardons to ex-Governor W. S.
Taylor and ex-Secretary of State
Charles Finley. both refugees in Indi
ana, charged with compliicty in the
murder of William Goebel in 1900.
Pardons were granted also to John
Powers, brother of Caleb Powers, who
is believed to be in Honduras; to Hol
land Whittaker, John Davis and Zach
Meeie, under Indictment and who did
not flee the state.
Those over whom indictments are left
hanging are: Wharton Golden, now In
Colorado: Frank Cecil, a railroad de
tective in St. Louis, and William H.
Culton, said to have died in the West a
few months ago. These cases, with the
possible exception o( that of Cecil, will
be dismissed, leaving Henry E. Yout
sey, now serving a life sentence in the
State Penitentiary, the only person to
surfer for the killing of Governor Goe
bel. Reiterating the belief he expressed
some months ago when he pardoned
Caleb Powers and James B. Howard,
that no one but Toutsey had part in
the murder, and that it was not a con
spiracy. Governor Willson said he be
lieved that to pardon Taylor was "a
sacred duty which I must no longer de
lay to carry into effect."
RUSSIA SEEKS ALLIANCE
CZAR WOCLD LIKE AGREEMENT
AA ITH AMERICA.
Japanese Question Hinted as Basis
on Which Negotiations AA ill
Be Brawn.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 23. The
Novoe Vremya today published a leading
editorial article,- bearing evidence of in
spiration, in which the prospective nego
tiations in the matter of Russo-American
accord are approved and welcomed. The
paper points out that Russian public
opinion already has shown itself in full
sympathy with closer relations between
Russia and America, end that a con
clusion of an understanding at the time
of William H. Taft's visit at St. Peters
burg would have been welcome.
The paper says that such an under
standing would imply no hostility to
Japan, since Russia's political conflict
with her Eastern neighbor has passed,
but wojjld merely serve to insure the
agreements already concluded with
Japan.
ARMY OFFICER IS SUICIDE
Lieutenant Brunzell, of Marine Brigade,-Bead
in Philippines.
MANILA. April 23. Lieutenant Albert
N. Brunzell. of the First Brigade Ma-
INSIST ON YOUR ROUTE
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Insist on your ticket reading via the
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The Overland Limited, Omaha to Chicago, and The
Southwest Limited, Kansas City to Chicago, are
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General Agent
134 Third Street, Portland
The ideal food for school or workshop is
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Crisp, delicious shreds of baked wheat
Try it for breakfast with milk or cream.
OREGON IAN. SATURDAY,
rines. was found dead in the rear of his
quarters at Olongopo with his throat cut.
It Is not known whether the young officer
committed suicide or met with foul play.
The naval authorities are Investigating
both theories. Lieutenant Brunzell had
just successfully passed an examination
for promotion to a captaincy. He was
appointed to the Marine Corps from
Idaho, his native state, in February, 1900.
WASHINGTON. April 23. A dispatch
received at marine headquarters con
cerning the death of Lieutenant Brunsell
said he had committed suicide. His father
has been notified and the body will be
brought to the United States..
Lieutenant Brunzell- is a member of a
well-known family of Silver City. Idaho.
He was a student at the University of
Idaho at the outbreak, of the Spanish
War and enlisted in Company D of the
Idaho Regiment, which was recruited
from the University Cadet Battalion. He
participated In all the movements in
which his regiment was engaged around
Manila against the Spaniards and later
against the insurgents In 1888-1S89. He
was mustered out of the service in No
vember. 1899. In the following year he
was appointed to be a Lieutenani in the
Marine Corps.
TEMBLOR SHAKES LISBON
A'IOIjENT EARTHQUAKE THROWS
CITY IXTO PANIC.
Many Fires Break Out in Ruins of
Old Buildings, but AH Peo
ple Escape Injury. .
LISBON, April 23. There was a violent
shock of earthquake here today. The
ground rose and fell in wave-like mo
tions, buildings swayed and a number of
them were partly demolished. The pop
ulace fled In panic to the streets.
For a time fears were entertained of
a repetition of the great earthquake of
1755, which demolished the city. No one
was hurt, but fires broke out and great
alarm prevailed.
King Manuel appeared and took a'
prominent part in encouraging the fire
men and reassuring the terrified peo
ple. The House of Lords, which was sitting
at the time, was panic stricken. Sev
eral members were' thrown to the floor.
PANIC IS 'GENERAL IS SPAIN
Earthquake Felt Throughout En
tire Peninsula.
MADRID, April 23. The seismic disturb
ances, which were general throughout the
Iberian peninsula this evening, caused
little damage here. A few old buildings
in the suburbs were wrecked and two
fires broke out.
Following the first shock the people
rushed into the streets, women fainted,
and for a time there was a pa'nic; but
the shocks that followed consisted merely
of a far-away rumbling.
Dispatches frbm Cordova. Seville and
other cities report shocks varying from 10
to 20 seconds, but little damage was done.
BAY CITY TO REPAY JAPAN
Reception of Jap Training Squadron
Will Be Elaborate Affair.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. This city
will in some measure repay the Japanese
people for the cordial reception tendered
A.dmlral Sperry and his officers and men,
when the Atlantic battleship fleet lay in
Japanese harbors on its around-the-world
cruise. This was the feeling expressed
today at a meeting of Army and Navy
officers, municipal officials and repre
sentatives of all civic organizations to
prepare for the reception of Admiral
Ijichi, commanding the Japanese train
ing squadron now en route to this port.
With the programme as outlined, the
visiting sailors from across the Pacific
will be elaborately entertained. Ban
quets, balls, excursions to every nearby
point of interest, athletic carnivals, street
illuminations and every other variety of
amusement that the minds of the recep
tion committee can devise will be crowd
ed into the days the ships stay in this
port.
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' 'Coming events cast
their shadows before
them." The Alaska Ex
position and the "North
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draw the East nearer to
the North Pacific Coast
The Burlington, Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern roads
have felt the stimulating mo
tion of this advance, and have
arranged, effective May 23, for
all kinds of new and elaborate
through train service, both via
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between Chicago, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Omaha,' Denver,
the Lakes and the Mississippi
Valley on the east, and Puget
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When planning an Eastern
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Does not continuity of service
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mean a great deal to you? Con
sult any agent of the Burling
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The gasolene car holds first place for
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stands first for use by the physician visit
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ping. The Electric Car requires little at
tention, no mechanical abilitv, no chauf
feur. It is clean, free from vibration and
requires no cranking.
v i 'the Iast five ?'cars tho Electric
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terprise shown by its manufacturers. In
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iab7e fi the Prress and popularity
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battery. ' &
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to you by the Electric Light Company or
vehicle manufacturers.
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