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THE OREGON iWlY JOURNAL. ' PORTLAND, THURSDAY! EVENING, t MARCH : 19, 1M3.- ffitlTI I' Ill LATOOICTUBK 01 HAEJ1Y ORCHARD.' ' Sojttth American Country i Will Deal In Futures and Keep Prices of Wheat Up ; ; l --Xo Flood of Grain to I JJreak )farkct Hereafter. f raenl ef her J", really- cash H (Special Correapondcnca) . ' Calrago, March 14. The announee- l laent cabled from Argentina to the Chl t eggs board of trade that In Buenoa ,Ayree the grain exchange thla week In 4 anguraied a system modeled after that ' of the United States. Including the buy- Ing and selling of grain and seeds for "future delivery, promiaea greater sia '. bllity In the world's market a. Thla new departure haa the aanctlon of the gov .'eminent, merchants, ahlppera and pro ducers. al evidently believing It essen. . "ttal te the beat Interests of that grow. $ What that country moat needs now la k. elevator ana storage capHcuy. - "thins- very likely .to follow the enlarge ner .xciunifl auunii iruui at to a future maraei. i no 7 auiiin nn tnnnClnir or ner enormou i-crop, beginning early in January, emssh- i lna orlcea suddenly tne wona over, was riua 'to her Inahilltv to atore the Kraln !' and sell It for future delivery. She I was absolutely forced to aell because of tithe lack of these two essentials. The i rrog will ner ear tor be more largely sum aa reuulred. for Immediate or future delivery.. which will out an end to an- L'Diul "hirriln oriea'r offered In Euro. peaa markets by Argentine because of an Inability to hold back what was not '" immediately seeded by consuming coun- ! Tka strides Argentine haa mads In 10 years In wheat production makes thla change In far-away South America im . porUnt to every wheat farmer and 1 miller In the United 8tatss. Only a t breaking down of the future delivery system of the United Btatea could af- feet them more directly. By the prea- 2 nt American system much of the crop .of 157. was aold at good prices for eaot and future delivery before Argen " tine s big shipments caused the slump. This put many extra millions In farm- era' bank accounts ' throughout the United States, and ' K could not have i occurred had not selling for future as well as spot delivery been possiDie. Chisago Crowded. Three persona per aore Is the density of population in Chicago's meat thickly No ' aettled wa 4-compili allowance In this la made for streets, so nninlliitf f compiled ny tne city figures just statistician. that In reality the ratio la much higher. Other novel facta are brought out by the t figures. One ward alone, the Twelfth, haa a population of 0.l09, or . enough to put It well up on the Hat of J the first 60 cities In the country. The Seventh ward scores another big total, . on account of the University of .Chicago, a wmcn is wunin its pounaaries. The total populatlo Jlrul is put at Z,6B,0U0. aitnoug I . if. . .: 1 I . : ::': x i -' . . . i Harry Orchard, whose evidence was depended upon to convict Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone of the Western Federation of Miners of conspiracy to murder former Qorernor Bteunenberg of Idaho, having entered a plea of guilty of murder In the first degree In connection with the crime, was sentenced to death at Caldwell, Idaho. TELEGRAMS BELONGED TO WOMAN WHO EXISTED AND YET SHE DIDN'T lthouch thla Is unicago nas on of Chicago for Iv an overestt: 2 definitely passed Berlin In population, knaftViF mnA i murlnan fan tutor rltitm 4 two out of the largest four cities in 7 the world. The Influx of foreian Im migrants has continued unabated dur- i lna- the past year. Over 170.000 Ger mans now reside In this city, and ao- cording; to the latest figures half tho t Bohemian population of the United HUtee is contained within Its boun- darlta. I . ' Konietpal Ownership. 1 Munlclnal ownerahiD has at last be come a subject of Investigation by the unuea oiaies goverpmeni. a general j ukaae has been laaued to this country's consular agents In Europe and else 1 where Instructing them to report on the , conduct of public utilities In the cities 4 "Where they are stationed. The first of ?ort nave already begun to ooma . the conditions tnev disclose are uterestlng in the. extreme. In Oer- 4 many, for example, municipalities are 1 generally allowed to engage in almost ; any business which the council may re' . Rard as for the public welfare. Some 4 of them operate mines and factories. 4 while bakeries and butcher shops are of T common occurrence. 1 - In Belgium there sre no state laws governing municipal corporations. The icuy or Brussels aiont nas nine separate 1 municipalities, which are autonomous Yesterday and the day before tele gram after telegram arrived at the Ho tel Portland for Mrs. Edward Canfleld. There was no such person In the house. Yesterday afternoon Miss Agnes W. Deardorff arrived at the Portland on ene of the belated trains of the O. R. ft N. Last evening she became Mrs. Edward Canfleld. The telegrama were then delivered to their rightful owner. The mtfrrlaae of Miss Deardorff to Lieutenant Edwrd Canneld Jr. of the coaat artillery atatloned at Fort Stev ens was to have taken .place, at the Ho tel Portland last Monday. Lieutenant Canfleld came to the city and made every preparation for the wedding and completed all arrangement for the rt eeptlon of his bride-to-be. Then came the news of the delayed tralna on the O. R. & N. Mlas Deardorff did not arrive at the time appointed. Later It developed that she was one of the many others who had been Incon venienced and delayed owing to the landslides near Pendleton. Bo the wedding was poatponed until Tueaday. Tuesday It was put oft until Wednesday. And yesterday Miss Dear dorff arrived and lust evening the much poatponed ceremony was solemnised. Lieutenant and Mrs Edward Canfleld are now at the Hotel Portland and all the telegrams of congratulations and messagea of good will have been de livered. Lieutenant Canfleld Is from New York and waa appointed to WMt Point In 1897. Later he waa Instructor In law and history at the academy. BITTER FIGHT Oil HEW RATE UM Defunct Railroad Blames liecent Legislation for Failure to JIakc Good. . -wuers ii j the repo , I In and 1 J Interest) and have the right to grant franchises wunin inair respective urnus. shore service is operated The tele- entlrelv by felty of Brussels alone haa nine separate ... i TV the irovernment. however, aa will short 'ly be the caae In England In regard to ' I tpe long distance lines. 4 The v principal feature about the flatter country appears to be the gen y. oral alarm at the enormous Increase in (, municipal indebtedness. The reverse is the case tn Saxony, t where the gas plants operated by the cities of Lelpalg, Drenden and Chemita J; have proved so profitable that the Oer r, mas) eubllc is clamoring for a reduo t tion . J n rates. The gas plants were ' started over 70 years ago and are among U'tbe earliest municipal ventures of this m kind In the world. j apotkC Pnoks In Towa. . The shooting of a brace of wild ducks ag they were Swimming and diving in fa front dooryard in Oage Park marks ii the culmination of a period of flood and distress that has turned that modest r suburb of Chicago upside down and won for t the tltla f ''Little Venice." t ' Hetty Green, the focentrio mUllon alress who recently refused to loan " money on - diamonds and heirlooms of ? Mew Tork'a "four htmdred," is respon- t slbla for the conditions that have con verted the town Into a temporary lake and obliged the. business men of the place to get to their offices by boat In stead of afoot At least the lake because she has for years opposed and Srevented the- building of sewers to rain off surface water In times Of spring flood like this. The case is now being fought out in one of the courts before a presiding Judge whose name is aDDrourlatel v enough Judae Pond. The ducks were introduced as evi dence of the if looded conditions. They were a DluniD . pair or bluebells, snot near the shore of one of the temporary lakes. It developed that flocks of bluebells, mallards and even canvass backs are besrlnnlna to pause In their northern fllaht and drop Into the vast expanse or water north or Arcner ave nue and within a few miles of the heart of the city. Moanwnlle the flood Is abating somewhat, though the ground rioors or tne nouses are sun partly submerged and many of the children are yet obliged to raft themselves to school. BaUoa4 Froblsm. Railroad nrobiems of the world will advance another , step toward solution as a result of disousslon by railroad presidents and engineers from the four corners or tne earm wno were present at the ninth annual convention of the American Engineering and Maintenance of Way association sessions In this city this week. This is really an Interna tional organisation. ' Its membership represents nearly 186,000 miles of the total 220.000 miles of railroad in the United States and Includes officials of stems In Canada, Ma Icq. England, ermany, - Russia, Japan, Australia, Africa, New Zealand and the Philippine islands. This vear particularly important problems are to the front. The grow- na scarcity ' of Umber for ties has caused universal alarm. Suggestions Oe" were made that the railroads buy forest lands and trow their own timber. A uniform system of railway signaling was also discussed. Probably tha most Interesting feature of the conference, however, was the re port of a committee of experts who have been experimenting with tne atrenata of bridges. In a unique series of ex- neavy rreigni ana lem. "We may aa well admit it. What we must do now Is to Incorporate In our educational system some recog nition ox tne fact mat tne girls or to day are going to be the great spenders of the nation and give them some training that will equip them for this sort or lire. Otner speakers urged a campaign of education te teach Amarl can women how and when and what to ouy. "Art has no chance with the Chicago women," waUed one of them. "Cliib members bewail the fact that they can not buy more. pictures, but a glance at their costumes explains the lack of funds. The shoooina mania in lika tha small boy's paaalon for orammlna his sockets. No woman with 'grown up dens' has It." The rla-id lnnulrv Into the nht r schoolhouses, resulting from the Collin wood, -Ohio, fire disaster in which so many children lost their lives. In Chi cago has resulted in a clash of authori ty wet ween tne city ana the school The city has ordered fire escapes upon fireproof buildings, but the school board says that It Ih nnr amsniki. orders of the city officials because the Bcnuut system is supported hv tn taxes. An Illinois Statute that In r.n old haa been dlecovered requirlnr fire escapes on every building more thsn two stories hlah. According in Presi dent Schneider of the school board, the eniQrcement or mis statute literally would close every down towi, hotel - , - By John H. Lathrop. , r (Waaolngtss Bursas ef Th Journal.) . Washington, D. C March !. The new rate law waa blamed for the neces sity of thbwlng the Western Maryland Railroad company into the hands or re celvers; yet the road haa only 440 mlloa of line and has le,00,000 of common stock and a funded debt of 167,465,000. making a total securities Issue of IUT.46i.SOO. or 1217.(01 a ml la This road was fairly stagaerlng under a capitalisation of such slse as to maae other railroad manipulators turn green with envy. Having overcapitalised their properties beyond all reason, they ap ply to the federal courts for a-receiver, and hand out an official statement by Uhe president, who says the commodity ciau ui in new rate m w mrvun ble for the disaster of the road. It Is the common. Impression here that vast Quantities of matter 'now being aiven out rearardin the railroads an the stock market emanate from enemies of Drogreaalve legislation, and much of it rrom those Who would, it iney eouia, take from tha statute books laws lately enacted under the present sentiment in the coming - presidential election, and some of tha most adroit literary aa en cles of the country have been employed to carry on tats Pro-rail roau ana anu- progresstvs propaganda. Bepert Is Biases. Almost every New York Stock Ex change dally report which baa gone out has been tinged with this same senti ment Close watchers of current pollt leal drift sometime ago followed one honestly aaaresslve newspaper, which was doing yeoman service for the cause of the forward march, was rective editorials and VIIIWIIIK kill UUfllUU, MV VMVIW campaign had thoughtlessly been print- ing reports irom wan street every aay which were subtly and insidiously based on the assumption that all business troubles ef late were chargeable to the radicals who had brouaht to pass rate laws and proposed other laws to remedy corporate abuaes. Newspaper publishers have been of fered a fine assortment of literary ma terial from multltudinoua sources, In some of which haa been expertly dis guised matter calculated to Influence public opinion to turn towards the re actionary governmental program, and every conceivable oontnvance or the pol iticians who work underground has been brought Into use for these ends. To some extent, the same methods te being followed In congress, where honest, earnest members are compelled mors than at ordinary times to watch for Jokers and guard against the sub terranean means employed to defeat good bills and pass bad bills. It la well understood here that those concerns which have earned the desig nation of "predatory wealth." of course not Including honestly-conducted busi nesses of any sort, have not determined to revise their methods tn the slightest degree, unless they have to; that they are Just aa rebellious today as they were two years ago; and that. If they can win the coming presidential fight by the eleotlon of a reactionary on eith er ticket, they will so far as they can reinstate the same old reglma and re vel In the same old loot. In both the Republican and Demo cratic partlea theae Influences are at wqrk, money In Plenty Is available to accomplish the desired ends, and the money Is being expended with a lib eral hand. My Easter Suit Will DO ice tor tne cause was printing ef gatherlng con ngnout the entire Tailored HALF YEAR OFFICERS FOR AD CLOB ELECTED Organization Favors $125, 000 Appropriation for State University. half of the office and manufacturing ounuinirs in buildings have rire proof, to In Chlcaro. The school been built abaolutely make them mfA nn.i President Schneider lndlanamiv hu. fld. Tnerer? 240 chool buildings in Chicago which have rooms on the third and fourth floors. There are in these buildings 1.500 such room. rnm. plian.ee with this law would call for the erection of 1,600 outside sta! rca n. at an average expense of $100 each, cr fUVl,VVV. perlments, engines w lected brid, passenger d over se- ges oa the Illinois central. Rock Island and other railroads, while engines were run at top speed over se ;es on the mm TWO LEADERS t ' Our double- breasted SaUqr Suit and our Rus " : sian Sailor Blouse full ; knee pants: .I.;JWit.iiithc improve-. ; ments we have added, these new Spring Suits J are. the most graceful garments little boys can ' 2uon ; CLOTHfHG CO . , . Cu-iKuhnPrcp 155-168 Third Street. " parts recorded with specially de vised instruments, the effect of the moving loads. The results have led to a better understanding of bridge build in principles and should help in re ducing the annual death roll, of acci dents which now make American rail ways the most unsale in the world. Courses to Saoppl&a;- High school courses in shopping and university training In the selection and purchase of materials la the latest sug gestion in the way of higher education for women. The plan is advocated by a member of the University of Chlcaro, and several public spirited women who do not think their sisters dress well enough have contributed, money to give the experiment a trial next year at Northwestern University. If the de partment proves to be a success the university will appoint a permanent instructor. With this beginning there is no tailing how far the movement may spread. If the slopes of the Chicago women who are urging It, are realized. - "Wa have our fads and our foibles and have been led around all our lives by the fashion plate and the shopping mania," declared a member of the Chi cago Woman's club at an afternoon i session devoted to this . burning prob- Tomorrow, rriaay, will positively he the last day for discount on east side gas dims, ruruuna us company. UNIONS MAY TAKE PART IN CAMPAIGN Washington, March 19. Just how ac tive a part union labor will take In tha coming presidential election will depend on the attitude congress assumes toward the pro-labor bills now belne drafts by the national convention of union la bor representatives now in session here. Representatives of Hearst's Independ ence league are very aotlve here, in an effort -to line union labor up with that organisation. President Gomoers stated today that the oonference will conclude its work tonight, OMAHA INVITES PORTLAND CLUB An invitation from tha Omaha Com msrclal club has been received by the Portland Commercial clUb, Including any Portlander who may be commissioned by the latter organisation, to attend a gathering of the Omaha business men who visited the Pacific coast last year on the Omaha trade excursion train. The meeting is to be held at Omaha March 28, and the purpose la to recall memories of the trln and discuss re sults. l A full set of officers to serve for the ensuing half year was elected at last night's meeting of the Portland Ad elub In the rooms of the board of trade. The new president Is C. N. Black, form erly of . the Head-Black Advertising agency, who has retired from that con cern to became business manager of the Spectator. The other officers chosen last night are: First vice-president, XV J. Jaeger; second vice-president, D. C. fcTeeman; secretary, Scott Bosartb; treasurer, Fred Johnson. following an address by F. E. Beach, the club unanimously adopted a reso lution favoring the $135,000 appropria tion for tha Stats university, which comes before the voters at the June election under the referendum law. Among the other speakers wers W. Buell Orr of London, general manager of the British-Colonial Press associa tion; Colonel W. H. Garland of New York, who . spoke on "Advertising Banks," In which he advocated the pub lication of weekly statements; Fred Johnston, C. N. Black, E. J Jaeger and D. C. Freeman. The incoming president announced the following committee appointments: Press, Bury I. Dasent; membership, Charles F. Berg, R. R. Routledge and J. M. Reeves: entertainment, u M. Head, H. W. Little and W. J. Tucker. C. N. Black, the newly elected presl dent, came to Portland from Chicago in 1896 and became associates witn tne Flankers' magazine and afterward with the Board of Trade Journal, in 190 he was sent as special delegate from the Pacific Coaat Advertising Men s asso ciation to the national convention at Cincinnati. He had charge of the Pub Hcity work of the Rose Festival last year and is associated with Mr. Mc Murray In the same woak for this years Rose Carnival. HOG UNEARTHS BOMB AND REVEALS PLOT There is no hesitancy on the , part ' of the. man who wears Columbia Tailored Clothes to tell where he had them made. Thef . man , who buys ready-made clothes is reluctant about saying so. '- It costs.no more to dress right. , It will be An Economical Decision "t For you to buy your next suit where you get a dollar s worth of cloth, fit, style and wear for every dollar you spend. Columbia Tailors know their business, and it will be a good stroke of business judgment for you to- wear Columbia Clothes. Salts $20 to $50 Trousers $4 to $13 Dress Suits from 945 Up t ''I'."'' II . . . ...... . r.- - .it f. ; . I - 4 m v: . ii m w-"sw"bj i. 1 sVaT vi rw m m. v t m aTw m a f 4 w,m n . . I gsmt mt, m '. imm s eeMaisV r . tub. and info, fayniztw&t: a nuMsib etuxVi U food to Scan, Sack and in. a nW- onz vh6 ittatw youk boom Cook bvMtS too. . we want you to come in and tez the mm specials t m offik fiom 5-75 -5- f wM Suy ifi you do. will buv a Mor ris Chair in solid oak. weathered fin ish, loose velour cuihioni, regular value $11.50. $5.75 GRANT PHKQLET, Mgr. Elks' BuUdlng Seventh and Stark $11.50 will buy a Mis sion design Morris Chair, with spring seat and back, uphol stered in chase leather, reg. $16. $12.75 will buy a Mor ris Rocker in the weathered oak. loose velour cushions, regular value $22. $9.5 5 will buy a Mis sion design weath- red oak Morris Chair, loose velour or corduroy cushions, regular value $17.50. MRS. EMfilA GALLOWAY INSTRUCTS LODGES McMinnville Woman Trav els All Over State in In terest of Order. Thcro Only Ono That la LaiiQllivo Bromo Quits tne OSCB THt WORLD OYOt TO CURK A COLO IH OKB DAT, (Spaclal Dispatch te Tb Journal.) Odessa March It A wandering ho has done an important patrlotia wor as a detective In Akerraaif, where, in rooting up the ground for rood. It ex osea a oomo, wnicn expioaea, auiing he poor beast ana destroying: me win dows of the college in whose campus it was round. a runner searcn posed a great quantity of bombs, lead lna to the arrest of a number of tha Btudents of the college on suspicion oi being Implicated in a rebellious plot K0UGH HOUSE AMONG DEPUTIES AT VIENNA AJwajs remember for this stgnaturt the fuU name. took ' J& flTlf fa m )Ty box. v o. fJJ yZft gpeetal Dlapatrh to Th. Josrnal.) Vienna, March 19. In the chamber ef deputies, during the discussion of some obstructionist projects carried to adop tion toy tne Huiiiemans, a deputy struck at tne preaiaeni, v liter, witn a heavy cane, which missed Its object and hurt two deputies wno stooa near him, whereupon the Socialists attacked the Ruthenians with chairs. Two Slav member were badly Injured in tha squabble. It became necessary to ad journ tne sitanr. To Improve Hotel. (Spadal : Dispatch to The Journal.) The Dalles, Or., March It. The Hotel Albert In this city will be Improved and made large by an extension of 44 feet The Albert Is of brick and the proposed extension will be of the same material, The . proposed Improvements' will begin (gpsdal Ditpatch te Tha Joeraal.) North Powder, Or., March 19. Mrs. Emma Galloway of McMlnnvllle, presi dent of the Rebekah assembly of Ore gon, passed through here today, having virtually finished what was deemed at the outset a most remarkable undertak ing, particularly at this season of the year in eastern Oregon, via: The visita tion and Instruction of the 174 Rebekah lodges in the state and holding con ventions, or schools of instruction in 130 districts. She was thus enabled to meet with the same lodges individually and collectively. Only two lodges were not visited, Hums and Drewsey, being reported as inaccessible at this time by stage. As these conventions are held In Ore gon for the first time much unexpected misapprehension of their so one and In tention was manifested In the several districts by the presence of one of more delegates from lodges whlcn would fladVy have been represented by their nil membership had they been Informed that every member of every lodae In each dlstrlot was expected to attend and oarticipate in mo work or their non- vention and all Rebckahs from any dis trict or Jurisdiction welcome vlsitora Mrs. Galloway, who Is returning home, will visit with Imbler and Elgin lodges on the -way. India Canals Dry. (Special Ditpatch to The Journal.) Lahore, British India March 19. We have to note a great diminution in the acres sowed to wheat in consequence of the prolonged drought Many irriga tion canals are run dry. $11.75 will buy a ml- . hosrany finish- ed Morris Chair, loose velour cushions, heavy claw feet, regular valuffl8. $17.50 will buy a large room; Morris Chair in early English finish, embossed verona cushions, reg. val. $28.50. $10.50 will buy a Mor ris Chair in quarter sawed golden oak or early English fin-r ish, regular value $17.50. ' $11.75 will buy gold en oak Morris Chair, .has shaped leg. claw foot, upholstered in verona, regular value $19.50. $24.50 will buy a Mor ris Chair in Mission design, upholstered in finest Spanish leather, regular value $40. $13.50 will buy a Mor ris Chair in golden or weathered oak, upholstered in rich erona velour, regular $22.60. $9.50 weathered fir cushions, regular value $16.50. will oak i n finish, buy a solid Morris Chair golden or pretty velour $38.50 will buy a Mor ris Chair in quarter - sawed golden oak. upholstered in best olive leather regular value $0. Don't Let Your Piles Grow Every Hemorrhoidal Ulcer Is a Fer tile Field for Cancer and Other Deadly Diseases. 5 TRIAL PACKAGE FBEB. Constipation unchecked brlnrs in. nammation. inflammation hea-Ata niina and plies too often superinduce tumors m ma.iig-nn.nt nature. Files (or hemorrhoids) raralv vili hn they cause more agony in a few minutes man mucn more serious troubles. They are easy to cure If vnn arn at t right An operation with the. knife is dan gerous, agonizing, ana rarely a perma- There is Just one way to ba cured one sure way. painlessly and nrlvatelv jnq ui( is who ryramia rue Cure. We mail a frea trial package to U WUQ wrjii, . It wUl give you instant, relief, and start you well on the way to a perfect vuro, - - Then you can get a full-slied box from any druggist for SO cents and Often one box eurea . . .Insist on having what you call for.v Just Betid your name and addreea tn Pyramid Drue Co.; 17 Pyramid Building, Marshall, Mien., and receive free by re turn mail the trial package in a plain wrapper. ' All drurrlsts. 60 cents. WHtetoay 5000 APPLE TREES Mostly Spitzenbergs j.jitfifiifjtdViriri imtwm mvitmitmtimtfvm 3000 PEACH TREES Finest Varieties 25,000 ROSE BUSHES 1 We supplied ail the Rosebushes for the park blocks SPIREA THUIIBERGI KfeS ' BAY TREES AZALEAS RHODODENDRONS J. B. 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