PROMISE NOT KEPT
0. R.& N. SteamersDpydocked
at San Francisco.
WHAT THE 'PBE81DENT SAID
Bay City Vessel-Owners Patronize
the .Port of Portland Dock
Heavy Travel on Upper
Columbia Boats.
The O. R. & N. steamer Geo. W. Elder
amveJ at San .Francisco yesteraay
morning- and as soon as her cargo la dis
charged will go on the drydock at the
umra xron worKs ior cer annual over
hauling. Kho win n-ntv mlKR nnft trio.
Her place will bo taken by the steamer
-osia .ttica, or the Paclnc Mail company
which hns hoon hartorwl for the nur-
pose. The Costa Rica may later make a
few trips between Portland and Ban
Francisco, carrying freight.
criticised by some of the members of the
jtoti oi Portland Commission, wno say
the company Is not doing the fair thing
toward the Portland dock. They believe
that if Mr. Mohler were, still at the helm
things would be different. Mr. Mohler
way'one of the original promoters of the
drvdoeJc Rrhm hpr nnrt nrnmlsAl tho
members of the Legislature in 1501 that
if the dock were built here, it would get
all of the company's business. Instead of
that, the company is now giving its bus
iness to a San Francisco concern. The
only one of its boats offered to the Port
land dock was the Olympian, and that
offer Trail withdrawn when it urajs frmnd
that the work would not be done for
nouimg.
In marked contrast to the company's
policy Is the action of the San Francisco
owners of the schooners W. H. Talbot
and "William Bowden, which had these
two vessels docked here, and have prom
ised other business to the Port of Port
land. The Mable Gale, another San
Francisco schooner, is to go on the Port
land dock on her next visit, and the Vir
ginia, which arrived at Astoria yesterday,
will probably be lifted before she leaves
port.
The largest contract that the St Johns
drydock has in sight is the raising of the
British ship Beacon Rock. Captain
Hughes, the skipper, says the ship will
be ready for the operation next "Wednes
day. She dented her plates on the trip
around the Horn and will require more
or less repairs. The slowness of dis
charging the Beacon Rock's cargo Is due
to the poor condition In which she Is
landing the cement, which she brought
from Antwerp. The cement was packed
in barrels made from green wood, which
dried out during the voyage, and when
the hatches were ppened here resembled
sieves rather than barrels. The dock
man down at Greenwich refused to re
ceive the cement in that condition, and
tho shipowners, therefore, have to re
cooper all of it before it can be landed.
The stevedores are only able to work
half a day at a time. Ballast Is being
put In the ship as the cargo comes cut.
so that when all the freight Is unloaded
the Beacon Rock will be ready to go on
the drydock.
HEAVY STEAMBOAT TRAVEL.
Upper Columbia Lines Doing Good
Business.
Business was rushlne on thn tinner Co
lumbia yesterday. The breaking up of
the G. A. R. Encampment and the. homeward-bound
travel of the berryplckers
from the same place gave the steamboats
about all they could handle. The decks
of both the Bailey Gatzert and the Chas.
R. Spencer were swarming with passen
gers when they reached their docis in
m:s city, ana uie trains also brought in
large numbers.
Tho Gatzert returned to Hood River
irom TJie ualles Friday night and lay
mere an nignt, leaving the through bus
iness to be attended to by tho Dalles
City. The chansrc was nrlneln.illv tn n.
able the Hood River campers to get their
Daggago ana outnts aboard the Gatzert
in good season. At daybreak they began
loading their traps and by the time the
steamer was ready to start, all the avail
able space on the lower deck was filled
wltii tents and other camnlntr naranhor-
nalia. Although tho strawberry season
i nui enuea, me oerrypicKers who re
turned yesterday said that many of the
growers had discharged their help, owing
to the low prices paid for berries, and
that thousands of tons of fruit would be
aucwed to rot In the fields.
Nearly all the Grand Armv
returned from the encampment, the fear
of rain sending home many who contem
plated staying over until Monday. About
1000 of them left the day before, and as
tho big boats were going the other way
Friday, they taxed the capacity of the
trains to the limit, and even then many
were left behind. The Gatzert's passen
ger list numbered 2S3, one of the largest
crowds she has carried this season. The
bpencer brought in 230 passengers.
DREDGE CLEARS A PASSAGE.
Depth at Mouth of the Columbia In
creased Two Feet in Places.
ASTORIA. Or., June IS. The bar dredge
Chinook has not missed a day at work on
the Columbia entrance excepting the time
consumed In coaling, since her return
from Portland, and has accomplished very
much in that .time. Testerday the dredge
made a record performance, taking 6003
cable yards, or more than 9000 tons, of
snnd from the bar. This Is the greatest
Jay's work ever done by a vessel of her
(lass, and the performance has been
highly gratifying to tne officers. The big
vessel has materially deepened the river
entrance, and pilots state that the depth
has Increased two feet in some places.
Columbia Again Dredging.
The dredge Columbia resumed opera
tions yesterday after a shutdown of a
week. The delay, was caused by the
breaking of an iron truss that supports
the cutter. The Columbia is making a
J-Mip channel In the lower part of the
harbor that will be 300 feet wide and SO
f ,et deep at low water. The dredge Port
land is working on the upper end of the
channel, depositing the material on tho
low part of North Front street, between
Fourteenth and Seventeenth. '
South Bend SHlpping Matters.
SOUTH BEND, "Wash., June IS. Spe
cial The steamer Acme sailed for San
Pedro Friday with a cargo of lumber from
tho Slier mill. The schooner "Western
Home arrived Friday and will load cargo
at the Siler mill.
Captain Lawson has relieved Captain
Simpson, as master of the barkentlne Che
halis. nov- loading At the Simpson mllL
Captain Simpson will try the hot springs
In California for rheumatism.
Forage Contract Finally Awarded.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 18.-SpeciaL)-connrming
the news previously wired The
Oregonlan. the Quartermaster's Depart
ment officially announced that the con
tract for furnishing about C00O tons of oats
forshlpmont to the Philippines has been
awarded to Scott & Magner, of this city.
Deliveries are to be extended over a pe
riod or several -months, which will enable
newrop red oats, now being harvested, to
be taken and will allow the transports
now here and .soon to arrive to also move
the hay already contracted for. The price
for the oats is understood to be 7Li3
double-sacked.
Queer Action by lermlngham.
PORTLAND. June IS. CTa thi TVHtnr
I see today, quoted from San Francisco,
a statement of Inconsistent action that
could hardly be credited to any sane man.
According to said statement John
Bermlngham, Supervising Inspector, ap
proves the finding of Inspectors Bolles
ana uuiger as 10 ine utter carelessness
and incompetence and the arrant coward
ice of Captain Mclntyre of the South
Portland, and then instantly proceeds to
cut down his term of suspension from
tnree years to two. The fact is that-according
to the evidence and thn flnlr.
the men should have been convicted of
manslaughter and sent to the peniten
tiary, and the Initial sentence was ridicu
lously lenient. He himself testified that
In a fog, on a rockbound coast, he was
going at full speed, and that neither he
nor any of his officers knew where they
were. Furthermore, although half en
hour elapsed before the vessel went down
time sufficient to have saved the lives
of all on board), the. only two women pas
sengers were lost, while he survives to
tell the tale. Such a contemptible pol
troon should never be given another snip,
and even should he succeed in finding a
shipowner fatuous enough to place one In
his charge, none but a born idiot would
ever sail on It either as passenger or as
a member of the crew.
W. E.TYRRELL.
Overdue Steamer Arrives.
COLON. June 18. The overdue KtMmo
Advance, of the Panama Railroad Steam-
snip company, which sailed from New
York June 9 for this DorL arrived hern
this morning. She has been
bad weather and new machinery.
Marine Notes.
The schooner Mabel Gale cleared fnr-
San Francisco yesterday with 930.000 feet
of lumber.
The steamer Aurella sailed fnr Ran
Francisco last nltrht with 2anoon feet f
lumber and 4S0 tons of wheat.
The steamer Nebrask&n nf th tt0t
iian-Amerlcan Steam shin line, in
New Tork via San Francisco, this even
ing. Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. June 18. Arrived nt k. if
up at 7 A. M. Steamer Columbia, from San
Francisco. Arrived at 10 A. IS.. Steamer El
more, from Tillamook. Arrived at 2?2ft -p. m.
Schooner Virginia, from San Francisco. Ar
rive a aown and sailed at 6 P. M. Steamer
Aberdeen, for Ean Francisco. Att-wa An-am
at 0 P. II. Northwest. Condition of the bar
at 5 P. M., smooth; wind northwest; weather
cloudy.
San Francisco. June 18. Arrived tT A. vr
Steamer Geo. "W. Elder, from Portland. Balled
last night Steamer Kebraskan. from
York, for Portland. Arrived Steamer-San Jose,
irom fanama. sailed City of Fekln, tor Pan
ama; British steamer Lothian, tor Sallna Cruz;
ateamer SVInfleld, for Nanafcno.
Tacoma. June 18. Arrived Steamer rttv nf
Puebla, from San Francisco.
Hoqulam. wash.. June IS. Sailed Rrhnmi.
Melrose, from Aberdeen, for San Francisco;
schooner Marlon, from Aberdeen, for San
Francisco. Arrived Schooner Fred J. "Wood,
from Guaymas, for Hoqulam; steamer New
berg, from San Francisco, for Aberdeen.
beattle. June 18. Arrived Steimor firv.
kane, from Skagway; steamer Humboldt.
irom tojeagway. Balled Btcamer Dlrigo, for
Skagway; steamer Rainier, for San Fran
cisco.
Hong Kong. June 18. Arrived nrini,.iv
Chuna, from San Francisco, via Honolulu.
Banquet for American Fleet.
LISBON. June IS. Minister nf -Kn.sat
Affairs Lima and Marine Minister Gorl.
gave a farewell banouet lnst i
honor of the American fleet The banquet
was attended by Admiral Barker and his
stan, the captains of the American ves
sels, American Minister Bryan and the
Portuguese Admirals and Captains. The
fleet will sail today for Gibraltar en route
for Athens.
How "Republican Party Started
B7 George H. Fiey, Sr., in Harper's Weekly.
Mr. rrey is one of the Ave dele
gates now living who took part la
the first Republican National Conven
tion, at which tho Republican party
wa organized.
THE Republican party had its birth
at Pittsburg in February, 1S56. Luck
ily, I had tho good fortune to be
present I was a newspaper publisher at
the time, and kept in close touch with
politics, and especially National politics.
Of those who attended that Initial con
vention of the party there are, as near
as I can estimate, but five now living.
Those Ave are General R. O. Brinkerhoff.
of Mansfield, Ohio; Judge Rush Sloan, of
Sandusky, Ohio; Judge Upaom, of Akron,
Ohio; Senator Joseph Hawley, of Con
necticut and myself.
The convention had In it many discord
ant elements. I-argely through the efforts
of Horace Greeley, who abandoned the
ultra position ho occupied, order was
brought out of chaos, and tho foundations
of a great party were laid. The first
meeting .to select delegates to attend a
convention which was to be called In
Pittsburg In February of that year for
the purpose of organizing a National Re
publican party was held In Clark County,
Ohio, in February, 1S56. The call was by
a body of men, mamly members of Con
gress, for delegates from either states or
districts.
The delegates selected npn Tifchnrd
Rodgers, General Charles Anthony, R. D.
Harrison. Mr. Martin, Mr. Algernon, Paige
A. Baker, E. D. Baker, Perry Stewart, F.
King, Dr. R. Houston. C. M. Clark, Jo
seph Carst, and myself, and, as I remem
ber, all those who were selected attended
the convention.
A large number of delegates came with
written platforms, among them Henry J.
Raymond, of the New York Times and
Francis P. Blair, of the "Washington
Globe. After Greeley's speech, which came
as a great surprise in its conciliatory
tone, the convention favored a brief,
plain and straightforward expression of
the platform of the nartv. fron from t,t
less words and phrases. The cardinal ea-
iiura ui me convention were opposition
to the extension of slavery in the terri
tories then free, homesteads free to the
actual settlers in the public domains, and
the extension of the railway to the Pa
cific During the progress of the con
vention a delegation arrived from Kan
sas, where there had been a bushwhack
ing contest with the pro-slavery advo
cates and border ruffians.
There were Ave different clntsfvs nf mon
Free-Sollers. Abolitionists. Democrats
Whigs, and Know-Nothlngs represented
in the Pittsburg convention, which was
called for the specific purpose of effect
ing a national organization and giving it
a name. The name chosen BpnnhHoan
It Was felt WOUld not arniwd tVi -lenlrma
of any of the others.
Tne feeling that pervaded the body was
one of extremp anxletv. lt
parties would feel that in the making
up of the platform it might not be "ul
tra" enough. Horace Greeley, known all
over the country as an ultra W"hr- Ttr
among the first to take the platform and.
make an address. "With all the ability he
could command he urced moderation and
conciliation. There was- he claimed, one
chief purpose in the alllne of that c.
sembly to organize a party opposed to
the extension of slavery, in the territories
then free. TTn nrrnwl that tfcarcs ni), -
be unanimity on a point of 'thai? 'kind;
THEY STUDY BIRD LIFE
W. L. FINLEY AND H. T. BOHL
MAN BACK FROM CALIFORNIA.
The Feathered Creatures Are Photo
graphed in Nests and on Wing
for Magazines and Books.
. "William Ii. Flnley, youngest son of J.
P. Finley, and Herman T. Bohlman, both
of Portland, have returned from an ex
tended trip in California, where, they have
been preparing data for books and maga
zine articles on. bird life
The study of bird life they fliid exceed
ingly interesting, and the hundreds of ex
cellent photographs they have taken
under the greatest of difficulties are little
less than marvelous, showing as they do
the wonderful improvement in photog
raphy during the past few years.
Both Mr. Finley and Mr. Bohlman are
photographers; who collect data on bird
COMPLETED LITERARY COURSE AT PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Miss Mabel Hoge, B. L.
- PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove, June 18. The class which completed the
literary course at Pacific this year has but two members Miss Harriet Toder and
ilisa Mabel Hoge. They received the degrees of A. B. and B. i, respectively. Miss
Toder has taken the entire seven years' course at Pacific She registers from Oak
land. CaL Miss Hoge Is a daughter of the Mayor of Forest Grove, and first came to
Pacific as a Junior. Her previous work was done at the University of NebrasRa.
The size of the class does not Indicate a falling off In attendance at the uni
versity, as the total enrollment Is larger'thls year than ever before. It la Interesting
to note, too, that while this Is one of the smallest classes ever graduated here. Indi
cations are that next year's class will be the largest In- the history of tEe echool.
life by practical study of the birds In
their native resorts and photograph the'
different birds, both male and female, as
well as the ne3t, eggs and young birds In
all the different stages of their growth
until they fly from the nest St. Nicholas'
Magazine has secured several articles pre
pared during the past few months by
them, as has also Farm Life, In both of
which and many other magazines Mr.
Flnlev's and Mr. Bohlman's articles ha-A
appeared at different times. C. Hart Mer
riam, chief of the United States Biological
Survey, who saw a series of photographs
taken last year, sava ther 'aro the best
pictures of the kind he has ever seen.
.air. jjimey is a graauaie or tne university
oi uaiuornia, where he did a great deal
of this kind of wark. and was editor of
the Dally Callfornlan. the university
paper.
An interesting Series of pictures was
there must be. If any one entertained any
hope or desire of ultimate suecesH.
The platform as finally adopted was a
Mmpie declaration of hostility to the ex
tension of slavery and hostility to polyg
amy; besides favoring free homesteads
for the people and the building of the
then projected transcontinental railroads.
After the adoption of the platform the
next business of the convention was to
constitute a Republican National commit
tee with authority to call a National con
vention for the purpose of nominating a
President of the United States.
Each Congressional district was entitled
to three delegates, and at a convention
held In Springfield, Ohio. Judge Phelps, of
Marysville. "W. T. Crltchfleld. of Colum
bus, late reporter for the Supreme Court
of Ohio, and myself were chosen.
I started for Philadelphia, where the
convention was to ba held, on June 12,
going through Columbus, where I met
Governor Chase at the station. He
wanted mo to stop over and go with
George Hoadley, later Governor of Ohio,
who was en route from Cincinnati, but
as some friends at Canton, who were go
ing on to Philadelphia, were waiting for
mo. I did not stop. I arrived at Canton,
and then proceeded with my friends to
Philadelphia.
On arriving at Philadelphia we found
the city crowded, and I was assigned to
quarters at the St Lawrence Hotel, on
Cherry street The only Ohioans with
mo were George Spauldlng. of Cleveland;
Christopher P. 'Wolcott, then Attorney
General of the State of 0"h!o; Robert
Neal, Sr.. of Columbus, and Judge Swain,
late of the United States Supreme Court
Anions the dozen or sn dplo-?it frnm
Pennsylvania was Thaddeus Stevens, of
Lancaster, Pa., one of the most interest
ing characters I have ever met The
club-footed statesman was a great power
In Congress. He urged the Ohio delegates
to do their state the honor of supporting
for President Judge McLaln. of Cincin
nati, at that time a Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, but It was soon
found that the majority of the conven
tion was in favor of Fremont
James A. Saxton. father of Mrs. Will
iam McKlnley. attended tho convention;
also Henry J. Raymond and Preston
King, at one time a Senator from New
York, and Judge Keeley, for years a tariff
leader In the House. Another conspicu
ous figure at the convention was "Abo"
Lincoln, of Illinois. He had not yet risen
to prominence. The Incident way recalled
that his first public employment had been
given him by John Calhoun, then Surveyor-General
of Kansas. In six weeks'
time Lincoln prepared himself to do sur
veying. He was afterward made County
Surveyor of Sangamon County, Illinois.
George Hoadley, ex-Governor of Ohio, oc
cupied a seat upon the platform, and
while trying to make an address broke
down from the excitement of the occa
sion and took his seat
On the nomination of Fremont, the Cal
ifornia delegates felt inclined to a Jollifi
cation, and old Mr. Suloyer. formerly of
Ohio, asked me for the use of my room
at the St Lawrence, I consented, as I
was to leave that night at 12 o'clock,
and Mr. Saxton had gone ahead of me. A
general lunch was the principal feature
of the jollification, and as the majority
of those present were not regular drink
ers the results came somewhat as a sur
prise. Some of the Pennsylvania and Ohio del
egates were not very cordial In yielding
to the Fremont supporters. However, the
convention passed off in a thoroughly
good spirit There were marked Indica
tions even at that time that the Atlantic j
States would support Buchanan, who In
the election was the successful candidate.
THE SUNDAY OREGOtflAS, P0RTLA2O. JUNE 19,
taken last year when a. trip was made
down the Oregon Coast, and photographs
of sea birds taken.
The inexhaustible patience necessary for
the work, is the greatest requisite, al
though it requires nerve to scale the cliffs
where a misstep would send photographer
and camera tumbling hundreds of feet to
the rocks below.
The last series taken was in California,
wherathe photographers have been ior
the pastthree montha The principal
work in California was done on golden
eagles. One nest was located -40 miles
from where they were working on an
other species, and after the nest-was dis
covered six trips were made to the nest
to get the entire series. Thirty miles of
the distance was covered by rail and ten
miles by trail through the mountains. The
nest was located In an immense sycamore
tree, 15S feet from the ground, and. In
order to ascend it another tree had to
be felled against 1L. when with climbing
Irons and ropes the ascent was made.
This scries Is little short "of. wonderful and
will be published in. book form at a later
date.
Much work was also done on the. Great
Slue Heron, the Black Crowned Night
Heron, the Barn Owl and Screech Owl. The
Miss Harriet Toder, A. B.
latest make of the Goertz reflex camera
with a fine lens has been used this year
with great success, taking birds In the
most rapid flight as the exposure can be
adjusted to 1-1S0O part of a second, so as
even to catch a perfect photograph of the
humming bird's wings while In flight
The patience required for such work
may be Imagined from the fact that the
photographers often become so well ac
quainted with their feathered subjects
that both old and young birds will light
on their hands and hats to be caressed
and fed. This seemingly doubtful story
is proven by photographs taken of the
birds flying to and from the photograph
ers, as well as while the birds were
perched on the artists.
CENSURED BY B00KBENDEES.
Brotherhood Considers Action of
Roosevelt In MHfer Case.
ST. PAUL, June 18. The International
Brotherhood of Bookbinders today adopt
ed resolutions censuring President Roose
velt for his action In the Miller case, .In
connection with the public printing office
in "Washington. The resolution says:
"Your committee feels that the Inter
national Brotherhood of Bookbinders, now
in convention, should take this, the first
opportunity, to add their protest against
the pronouncement of President Roose
velt declaring the open shop to be In the
public interest We submit that the
open shop, menacing as it Is, in the light
of experience, a weakening and ultimate
demoralization of the reforming influence
of organized labor, Is not in the Interest
of public welfare.
"We therefore submit that the-sense
of this convention is that the declaration
of the open shop by President Roosevelt
was not In the Interests of the peoDle
of the United States."
W. E. Taum, of Chicago, was elected
president John Pleger. of Butte, was
among those elected district organizers
M. G Peterson and William C. Booth
of San Francisco, were elected members' I
of the executive council.
First Work With the Telephone
PfrJlander Who Was Present Tells of Inventor
Bell s Earliest" Practical Demonstration, J
THB very Interesting sketch of Dr.
Alexander Graham Bell In last Sun
day's Oregonlan vividly recalled
him to me as I "knew him in London in
1S78. But alas, time, thought and work
have changed the dark-haired, slender,
eager-eyed man whom I knew to the vet
eran shown in your -Picture. 'Piiritr tn
1STS he was brought to me In my London
omce uy a legal counsel whose- firm had
undertaken the formation of the -RnHfsh
Telephone Company, but who thought It
best that the inventor snould haye Inde
pendent legal advice, especially In the law
suits -which "were Inevitable In sustaining
nis rights to his daring Invention. T
remember well the incredulity with which
I received his account of his ability to
transmit eounas py wire to long distance;
and that even without the agency of tho
electric battery. He had nireorir. cm,M
Introductions to Mr. Preecc, the-electrical
engineer to the postoffice, and was accom
panied by Mr. Preece on his next visit
Litigation followed close on the heels of
tne puDiication or the Invention and of
the efforts to bring It Into common use.
Illustrating the difference of National
character, -we tried to arrange to Install
telephone service between several offices
In the City of London and the? nri-.
or factories in other parts of the metropo
lis governed from those central offices.
With much difficulty
though whether hesitation proceeded from
tear lest tne new wires would set the
factories on fire, or from the imp-no .He.
like to being moved out of well-tried lines
of business, I cannot say. This I know,
that I would have better hope of secur
ing SO installations of a startlingly new
apparatus in Chicago than of five In T.rm-
don. However, we succeeded in eetMnf
trials made on both large and small
scales.
The first considerable trlumnh won
when the telegraph wires along the South
western itaiirpao rrom London to the
Isle of Wight were connected from the
Queen's palace, at Osborne, to my own
private office near the Mansion Home
I was one of a -small ctoud who fi ret
heard the bugle note3 of "God Save th
Queen," and then of American National
CANALS OF THE PLANET
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES OF LIFE
ON MARS.
American Astronomer Advances The
ory That Irrigation Ditches Ara
Visible to the Earth.
Manchester Onnrdtnn
"Mars and Its Canals" was the title of
a lantern lecture delivered to the mem
ben of the Manchester Astronomical So
ciety in the Municipal School of Technol
ogy, by E. V alter Maunder, of the Green
wich Observatory. Mr. Maunder pro
pounded a theory to account for the "ca
nals" which throws an Important light on
the vexed, question of the existence of In
telligent life on the planet Having given
a brief account of the history of the ob
servation of Mars, he described the con
ditlons which scientific knowledge teaches
are likely to exist upon its surface. The
discovery of the two moons of Mars bad
"tn&da nosslble an exact estimate of the
force of gravity on the planet compared
-with the force of gravity on the earth.
We are led t6 believe than on Mars cur
rents of air move very slowly: that water
vaporizes -very quickly and that the at
mosphere Is extremely rare. . Owing to
Its comsaratlve distance from the sun.
Mars receives about half the light .and
heat that the- earth receives. Coming to
the canals, ilr. Maunder said that as far
back as 1862 long narrow streaks were de
tected on the surface, and they wer
called by tne first observer by a nam
which was equivalent to "channels. Un
fortunately the word "canal3 was after
ward annllpd nnd th! wai to h dpnlored.
because It suggested that they were of
artificial construction an Idea outside the
mina or tne nrst observer. The total
number of these canals now registered
was over 200.
The astronomer who was responsible for
tne latest theory as to the canals was an
American, Mr. Lowell, who had observed
them under the most favorable conditions
from a hlrrh altltudo In Arizona. Mr.
Lowell's luporv was that n! thprA mi
very little water on tha planet the Inhabi
tants naa j.o aistriDute uie water over its
sunace Dy means or a system or canals
What we saw was not the nornnl water.
ways, but green, fertile strips on either
side of them. These canals, according to
Mr. Lowell, chanced with the seasons.
just as did the polar caps. Mr. Maunder
showed lantern pictures of the canal pic
tures or Mars as drawn Dy sir. .uoweii.
according to which the canals are ex
tremelv symmetrical In annearanee. ron
slstlng of straight lines of the same
Dreaatn, use a series or railway metais,
and meeting in Junctions which might be
lake?. It seemed, on the fare, of !t hard
to escape from- Mr. Lowell's conclusion
mat tne canais were aue to tne worK or
intelligent beings. But in 1SSS Mr. Lowell
took to pramlnlnf' thn rwlnnnt Venna and
he found canals there also, a fact which
rather threw doubt upon his earlier work
on Mars. Mr. Maunder elaborated an in
teresting theory of his own to account for
the canals. It was to the effect that there
are upon the surface of Mars various in
distinct lines and markings, which were
hardly distinguishable apart hut which,
when viewed from a certain distance, ap
peared to the eye In the form of straight
lines. In support of this explanation he
showed drawings of Mars made by other
prominent observers, which were entirely
tree irom tne so-canea canais. anese
were. Indeed, due to the ninnln? toff-ether
by the eye of minute details, not straight
or symmetrical, but too small for the
eye, even unaer tne Dest circumstances,
to see them very clearly
Mr. Maunder described an experiment
he carried out at Greenwich to test this
theory. Accurate drawings of the surface
of Mars, without the canals, were placed
before a number of schoolboys, and they
were set to cony them. The result was
that most of the resulting drawings
snowea canais similar to those of Mr.
Lowell, owing, Mr. Maunder contended, to
tho natural running together of small
spots into lines wnen viewed at a dls
tance. "It may be." he said, "dlsannnlnt.
Ing to have to give up the Idea of there
being Intelligent neighbors of ours across
the little gulf of 40,000,000 or 50,000,000 miles,
who are Industriously engaged In digging
ranama or auez canais, Dut it is better to
be sure of all we know. or. in other wnrdc
'It Is better not to know so much than
to know so many things that, are not so
Valuable Dog Strangely Lost.
The strantre dlsaDnearanea of a yalnaMo
dog kept two of the city detectives busy
last nignt, dui up to a late nour no trace
of the missing canine was found. The
dog", which Is merely a puppy, followed
its master, james .Monks, rrom-hl3 resl
dence at 631 Pettltrrove street, down town
and Mr. Monks dispatched a messenger
ooy rrom the city Messenger Company
to take tho doer home. When Mr. MnnVs
telephoned to his home to see If the dog
had arrived safely, he was told that no
messenger boy had put In an appearance.
The messenger boy was found, however,
but gave a poor explanation of the dog's
loss, saying that he loosed the dog, think
ing it would follow him, but that It ran
away. The detectives have a good de
scription of the dog. and will make a spe
cial effort to locate It today.
airs, brought over this temporary wire
from Osborne House to London.
I was present also at the famous meet
ing at the Society of Arts' rooms In Lon
don when Dr." Bell" expounded publicly for
the first time in England his marvelous
invention to a crowded audience of the
cream of British scientific men. On the
table stood an enlarged model of the
human ear, with its receiver and its drumf
The walls were hung with diagrams,
showing the range and varieties of vibra
tion of different sounds; models of the
earlier apparatus tried and abandoned;
models of the suggested apparatus of
other inventors; models qf the varieties
of diaphragms in the apparatus. All this
the audience was examining and discuss
ing in a hum of voices when Professor
Bell appeared behind the table and an
Immediate hush followed.
"We heard then the story how his studies
qf the vocal apparatus and the functions
of Its constituent parts had followed his
Interest In teaching the deaf and dumb
to speak; then how he learned to esti
mate the effects of different vibrations
on the ear drum, and then his attempt
to imitate the ear drum by mechanical
means and to lengthen out the distance
at which the vibrations would be effective.
And so, by slow degrees and with Infinite
patience to that dramatic moment re
ferred to In last Sunday's paper, when
Dr. Bell In the cellar and his assistant
In the attic of his house heard articulate
words transmitted by the wire.
Since that time slight Improvements
and developments have doubtless been
effected. But as I take down my re
ceiving telephone from its hook today
and listen for my friend's voice I am us
ing an Instrument In all material points
Identical with the magical black, rubber
shortened tube, with Its wire connections
and vibrating disc which 26 years ago 1
have unscrewed and taken to pieces In
and out of court, and before judges and
lawyers and witnesses in abundance.
Every time It Issued triumphant, and so
the scientific experiment of 1878 has taken
Its place as the necessary adjunct to the
city home, the factory, the- municipality,
the office, the mine, and now to the soli
tary farm and ranch.
WALLIS NASH.
Portland, June 17, 1S04.
SHE IS DUE
Great Steamship "Nebraskan" With Her Cargo of
Pianos Reported in the Columbia.
It Is the Biggest Shipment Ever Received by a Single House, and
We Are Getting Ready for It Cut Out the Coupon.
t This is the first large shipment of pianos to come round the Horn and
is for the Eflers Piano House. Why? Because the Eilers is always
-working to further save on the cost of pianos, so that a- still hetter piano
can "be sold for the price. And fcy bringing pianos here "by water, we are
saving thousands of dollars in. freight alone. The pianos are so carefully
packed that they will come in better condition than if they had traveled by
rail. -v
To make room for all these new instruments and to clear out our old
warehouse, in order to permit the Portland General Electric Company to
occupy it, wa are now making gigantic cuts on our entire line of fine pianos
and organs. "
THE PIANOS
Ohickerings, Webers, Kimballs, Hazeltons, Lesters, Hobart M. Cables,
Crowns, Haddorffs, Schumanns, Baileys, the Heinze, Bicca and many more
that ara the highest grade and very popular.
PRICES
The prices are the lowest at which we have ever offered these instru
ments, because we never before had such necessity for disposing of such
a large number in so short a timev 128, $142, 164, i86 and 218 will
buy pianos highly satisfactory in every sense of the word. These prices
stand for ju$t about half of the usual selling prices of the instruments and
mean a saving to you of from 100 to 165.
COME (NOW
A large number of pianos and fine parlor organs have already been sold
at these prices. But a warehouse with a capacity for 700 instruments can
not be cleared out in a short time. There are plenty of as great bargains now,
as any that have been secured.
m If you are thinking of buying come now. It won't take long to con
vince you that this is your time. Scores of people who have called here
since this sale began now possess the piano they have wanted.
The sooner you come, the better we will like it. We must get these
pianos out of the way. and everv reasonaWft rnnrpn!inn in tho t,
payments will be arranged in order to
xiem.em.Der xne nuacnea coupon is good for just what it states on all
these pianos, so do not forget to cut it out and bring it along.
Every instrument is fully guaranteed and money back if it fails to provo
exactly as represented and does not suit. Eilers Piano House, 351 Wash
ington street. -Store open evenings during sale. Inquiries by mail promptly
and carefully attended to.
CUT THIS OUT
WORTH S25 IN
6-19-'W Oregonlan ?G030.
$25
Advertising Test
of Eilers
This coupon will be received at Eilers Plana House. Xo. 251 Washington
street Portland,, and Is good for the first or cash payment of
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
Toward the purchase price of any one of our pianos during our advertising
te3VSSCel&ratl0n SJile- . , EILERS PIANO HOUSET
fcOTE. TVe agree to accept this coupon exactly the same as cash on any
piano in this sale, and monthly or weekly payments for the balance may be
arranged for to suit the convenience of the buyer. Delivery of the instru
ment will be made immediately or at any time In the future.
9 9
H E MISSED HISMINT JULEP
Colonel John P. Irish Attacks Management of Yosemite Park
Abe Ruff Builds Up Tammany Organization in San Francisco.
AN FRANCISCO. June 15. (Special
correspondence.) Colonel John P.
Irish has come forward this week
with an attack upon, the management of
Tosemlte Park and Valley. The belligerent
Colonel spared neither the Government
nor the state in his Invective before 'the
State Board of Trade. The words of
Irish are bound to have effect, as he is
strangely influential at Washington. This
was demonstrated to the California Rep
resentatives at Washington recently when
they endeavored to have him removed
from the position of naval officer at the
Port of San Francisco, a position which
entails no duties but pays $6000 a year,
Colonel Irish charged the present State
"Valley Commissioners with allowing a
saloon to operate in the Park, a saloon,
moreover, the Colonel declared, at which
he had been unable to get the only drink
he cared for. a mint jule"p. Irish also
told of the man who complained to the
Federal authorities that the spruce trees
were being cut for seed. The man, by
the way, had been denied the privilege
of erecting a sawmill In the Valley. De
spite the absurdity of . the accusation.
Irish declares the Government spent over
investigating. "It would have been
just as sensible," said the Colonel, "to
complain tnat tne pine trees were, being
cut down for pineapples."
Abe Ruef, who has been styled the "dic
tator of San Francisco," has departed for
the East, where he will spend some weeks
studying political methods. Ruef expects
to oe present at the St. Louis convention
as a spectator and at Chicago as a dele
gate. He Is an alternate to the Republi
can convention and may serve In place
of John D. Spreckels, who Is at present
ill at his home in Southern California
and unable to travel Ruef was given a
farewell banquet by his friends on Tues
day night. In many respects it was
unique. The largest hall In the city was
chosen for the event, the Mechanics Pa
vilion, and over 800 men sat at table. It
was a reunion of the Ruef machine, and
It was the magnitude of the body which
has caused general surprise. - Looking
over the faces ranged along the banquet
board, one might have beheld scores of
city officials, from the Mayor down to hall
Janitors. San Francisco has come to real
ize that a second Tammany has grown up
In her midst. Three years ago Ruef was
not known in the political world.
It Is claimed for San Francisco at the
present time that her population Is 460.000.
'ine basis for this Is the new directory.
just Issued, which contains' almost 300.000
names. The ratio of the census of 1900 to
the numerical size of the directory of that
year Is applied in the present case. These
figures are reinforced by the estimate of
the Spring Valley Water Company, which
early In the year placed the population of
the city at between 450.000 and 400,000.
The strange death of Captain Frederick
Wild, U. S. A., has revealed further facts
that throw a doubtful light on Presidio
morals. It was given out at first that
Captain Wild, who was a handsome bach
elor, had accidentally shot himself, but a
subsequent Investigation led to the conclu
sion that he had committed suicide. Ever
since his return from the Philippines, two
years ago. Captain Wild had been a very
close friends of Mrs. Evelyn Pittman, a
dashing young woman. Mrs. Pittman lived
In a beautifully furnished flat. Captain
Wild and often spoke to his fellow offi
cers of the heavy expense he was under
and said that he had "hit up too hot a
pace for an Army salary." The Captain
was also a devoted friend of Mrs. Edith
May Madden, the wife of Captain John
Madden. Mrs. Madden figures in the most
sensational divorce suit the state has
known for several years. Among the co
respondents named In Captain Madden's
application for divorce. are "several offi
cers unknown to petitioner."
It Is well known that Captain Wild was
driven to his death by his fear of certain
revelations in connection with his man
ner of Jlfej
A cablegram from London has told of 1
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TOMORROW
aid you further in your purchase.
CASH FO$ A PIANO
and Closing-Out Sale
Piano House
25
the climax of a love story of more than 13
years of devotion and constancy. Miss
Anna Head, of San Francisco, only daugh
ter of the late Addison Head, a multi-millionaire
mining man, has become the bride
of Lieutenant A. J. Mounteney-Jephson. a
London society favorite, who was Stan
ley s nero ana ngnt-hand man In the
second relief expedition Into the heart
of Africa in 1SS7. Jephson is also known
as the author of several books on Afri
can travel and exploration.
The engagement of the explorer and tha
San Francisco belle was announced In
1S92. It was at the time that Stanley was
on the Coast on his lecture trip. But Miss
Head's father would not allow her to
many a foreigner, and the engagement
was broken. At the time MLss Head was
22 and Mr. Jephson 31. - A few months
ago Mr. Head, on his death bed; realizing
that the two continued to love each other,
gave his consent to the marriage. The
Lieutenant was at the time seriously 111
In England, and it was decided that Miss
Head should cross the water for the cere
mony. She went with her mother and
helped to nurse Mr. Jephson back to
health. Now, at the age of 43 and 34. the
two have been united. At the ceremony
were many Callfornlans, who chanced to
be In London. Among them were Mra.
Phoebe Hearst, Major and Mrs. Blacken
bury and Orrin Peck, the artist.
Biddy Bishop, the well-known fight pro
moter, was married this week in Berke
ley to Mis3 Ada Glendon, of -Seattle.
Biddy will leave soon .for Dawson, where
he will match a bunch of boxers. HI3
bride will go with him as far as Seattle
and there await his return.
The managers of the Toyo Klsen Kalsha
Steamship Company are somewhat wor
ried over the affairs of the line at this
port. It has been found Impossible to run
ships during the war because of the ex
cessive rates. General Manager Shlralshi
Is at present in this country making ar
rangements for the resumntlon nf trnfflr.
The problem is more complex than he be-
nevea ic wouia oe. Tbere has all along
been an understan flint hotTrnon tho tv-.-.-.
Klsen Kalsha, the Occidental & Oriental'
ana tne .FaclHc Mall as to wharfage and
sailing dates. There has also been an in
side asrreement of -which tht nnhiii. tir
not exact knowledge. The Toyo Klsen
n-aisna, wnen it was forced to discon
tinue Its . service, relpospfl thoroW nil
claims to consideration under the agree
ment. The Occidental & Oriental and the
Pacific Mail have been working In the
meantime under a new arrangement, and
are not disposed to take the Toyo Kisen
ft.aisna in on equal footing. Manager
Shlralshi has lpff- fnr- Npot VnrV -mhar-a
he will confer with Harriman.
Influences are at work on the Coast at
the same time with thp vtew nf ochk.
lishintr here an International hnnlrtnr m-.
poration, which shall deal in American
and Japanese securities. It Is generally
belle-ed that the Toyo Klsen Kalsha
Steamship Company Is financing the Jap
anese end of the concern. I. W. Hellman,
the well-known capitalist. Is credited with
being Interested In the project.
It anDears that there Is to ho nn lof-nn
In railroad work In California, for the
present at least. When It was thought
that the hlcrh-tlde had been renfhrH nou-i
was received from Southern California
that Harriman had ordered construction
begun on a line in San Diego County, to
connect with his Mexican road. This new
line will be about 65 miles in leneth. and
work on it will begin at once. The de
cision to build at the present time was
reached after the Mexican government
had given Its assurances that certain
franchises which Harriman desired would
be grajoted.
Fun for Jerome.
New Haven Register.
"Rezcle" Vanderbllt trill thfnlr -Phila
delphia cold and heartless. His horses
failed to take blue rblbona at ti imroo
show yesterday, and he and his wife
were socially ostracised. This nHii mov.
District Attorney Jerome smile.
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