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Panama Canal Bill Is Almost
Sure to Pass.
MEMBERS WANT NO MORE DELAY
Antl-Cnnnl People Probably Passed
Spooner Amendment "With Idea
of Disagreement nnd Thns
Having Bill Tied Up.
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Represontath es Tongue and Moody, of
Oregon, will ote for the Spooner sub
stitute providing for the Panama Ca
nal, provided there Is no show for the
Nicaragua bllL They are strongly op
posed to further delay In the construc
tion of a canal.
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WASHINGTON, June 20. The Spooner
bill providing for the Janama route Is
almost suro to win In the House. A
strong sentiment for a canal -will induce
members to support a motion to concur
in the Senate amendment rather than to
prolong the fight. There is quite a wide
spread belief that the Panama route was
adopted In order to kill an canal, and
that a strong fight by the House In favor
of Nicaragua would put the conference
over until the short session, and this Is
just what the anti-canal people desire. In
order to head off this movement, it is
probable after the conferees have met
that a disagreement will be reported to
the House, and someone will move to
concur in the Senate amendment. By
the unusual course taken yesterday the
papers in the case wilj be In possession
of the House, and in case the conferees
disagree will go back to the House first.
This was probably done with the very
Idea in view that, .should a disagreement
ever be reported to the Senate, the anti
canal Senators might be able to prevent
a vote at this session and tie the bill up.
The Republican Representatives in the
House do not want to return to their
constituents without having enacted canal
legislation, and they feel that they will
b safe in accepting the Panama route,
In view of the report of the canal commis
sion, especially as the Spooner bill pro
vides for the Nicaragua canal if Panama
negotiations fall.
The two Oregon Representatives, like
Senator Mitchell, believe thatt every prop
er moans should' be taken to secure the
adoption of the Nicaragua Cinal bill at
'this saMion, but if it is shown beyond
question that that cannot be done, they
think the opportunity now presented
should not be lost, nnd that the Spooner
substitute should be accepted by the
House, rather than have no canal. They
both assert that further delay should be
avoided If possible, and If the conferees,
after honest effort, find that they cannot
secure the adoption of the House bill, the
Senate amendments should be accepted.
WHAT THE CONFEREES SAX.
Fletcher Believes Panama Amend
ment "Will Carry.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Soon after
the House had sent the canal bill to con
ference today reports gained circulaUon
among members that there was not likely
to be a protracted struggle In conference,
and that the Senate amendment
would probably be the basis of
the ultimate agreement. One of the
Houso conferees, Fletcher of Min
nesota, frankly stated to his associates
that he thought an agreement would be
reached on the Panama amendment.
Chairman Hepburn was not prepared,
however, to concede that the fight was
over. He cited the fact that the vote in
the House had been practically unani
mous in favor of the Nicaragua bill, only
two diverse votes being cast. The Demo
cratic conferee, Judge Davey, of Louisi
ana, also was counted on as strongly
favoring the Nicaragua route. At the
same time the lateness of the session and
the prevailing desire to avoid further
complications in the Senate led to a rather
general feeling among the members of the
House that the Senate amendment had
something of an advantage in the. con
ference. After the bill had been sent to confer
ence Hepburn went to the Senate to ar
range for a meeting, but as this wes
Senator Morgan's birthday, the arrange
ment was deferred. .
ter, for the present at least. It was the
general feeling that Admiral Crownin
shleld's comment on the course of Cap
tain Dayton In not attending personally
to the defense of his officers called for
crIous consideration, and that some ac
Uon should be taken to secure for him
either a report on this phase of the affair
or an explanation of a formal character.
Just what acUon should be taken was not
determined.
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General Wood Answer Hill.
WASHINGTON, June 20. General Wood,
ex-Mllitory Governor of Cuba, today au
thorized the following statement In re
gard to the criticism of his administration
made by David B. Hill at the Tilden Club
reunion In New York last night:
"The statement made by Mr. Hill shows
either a most profound Ignorance of the
subject to which he refers or an absolutp
disregard for the truth. If he had ascer
tained the facts and desired to state the
truth, he would not have made, the state
ment which he is credited with having
made.'
Diplomats Off for Vacation.
WASHINGTON. June 20. The usual
Summer exodus of the diplomaUc body Is
about to begin In earnest. Ambassador
Cambon will depart for France Sunday
next. Ambassador Aspiroz will go to
Mexico some day next week, and Minister
Pioda for Switzerland about the same
Ume. Minister Wu has received Chinese
.newspapers containing copies of the edict
which announced his appointment as one
of the Ministers to adapt a code of foreign
laws to tho Chinese practice, but ho has
not yet received the edict Itself. The Min
ister Is not sure the assignment would in
volve his return to China, as much of the
work might be .done here.
WHY TAGOMA GAINS
Heayy Wheat Shipments
From Puget Sound.
PLANCHES STILL INVESTIGATING.
Minister Cables to Italy for Facta
About Venice Inoldent.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Slgnor Mayer
des Planches, the Italian Ambassador,
was again at the State and Navy De
partments today to consult tho officials in
regard to the publlcaUon of the findings
of the court of inquiry which investi
gated the affair In which officers from
tho cruiser Chicago were Involved at
Venice. None of the principals in the
conference cared to make any statement
a3 to the nature of them. Secretary
Moody expressed his earnest regret to
the Ambassador that the findings had
been made public, and assured him that
the officials at Washington were In no
way responsible for and did not approve
of it The Ambassador Inclines to the
view that both governments should make
public the records of proceedings in the
case. Secretary Vbody. however, already
" ciscu xiia uesire noi wj mane
the American court's record public, and
here the matter hangs In the balance. The
Ambassador will call at the State De
partment tomorrow to confer with Sec
retary Hay, who was absent when he
called today. Until then Slgnor Mayer
does not care to make any formal state
ment as to what course he Intends to pur
sue. In view of the attitude of the Amer
ican press in regard 'to the imprisonment
of the officers at Venice, Slgnor Mayer
some days ago cabled his government for
all the official reports possible concerning
the aiTCSt. imprisonment nnrt trontrriAnf nf
the officers. They are now at hand, but
tho Ambassador declines to make them
public at present. However, it Is.under
stood that from ' the Italian standpoint
the papers do not disclose the fact that
tho Americans were treated harshly at
any time after their arrest, but, on the
contrary, special privileges were accorded
them during their Imprisonment. The
Ambassador cabled yesterday to Rome,
Informing his government of the char
acter of Admiral Crownlnshield's review
of the naval court's proceedings.
Respecting the propriety of the publica
tion of the report of the court of inquiry
by Admiral Crowninshleld, if indeed he
gave it publicity, it is said at the Navy
Department that unless specially enjoined
as to the disposition of such a report,
the commander-in-chief of a naval sta
tion always has been allowed to exercise
his own discretion in such matters. So
that as far as Admiral Crowninshleld 3s
concerned, much depends upon whether
ho was specially Instructed to keep his
report from publicity. The Navy De
partment Itself has no hard-and-fast rule
on the subject.
olney's candidacy.
The ex-Secretarj's Letter to Mem
phis Democrats.
MEMPHIS. Jlin 2fL Tn mervinu n,
Invitation from prominent Memphis
Democrats, members of a club formed to
promote the candidacy of Hichard Olney,
of Massachusetts, for the Presidency,
urging him to deliver an address here,
Mr. Olney has sent the following letter,
which is self-explanatory:
"I have yours of the 7th Inst., inviting
me to deliver an address at Memphis upon
the political conditions of our republic, in
closing the call for the formation of a club
In the Interest of myself as "the next nomi
nee of the Democratic party for President,'
and asking for a reply upon both sub
jects. Not being a candidate for the Presi
dency, I cannot, of course, encourage the
formation oX a proposed club. For the
same reason, and because my appearance
at Memphis In answer to the Invitation
would inevitably be misconstrued Into a
desire to be a candidate, in spite of all
disclaimers, I must ask to be excused
from discussing Uro matter in question.
"In thus answering your note with en
tire frankness, I think I ought to be
equally frank in saying that the favor
able sentiments of yourself and those
you represent are highly appreciated and
give me sincere pleasure."
Congressional Nominations.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va. .Tim.
publicans of the Fourth District renomi
nated Congressman James A. Hughes...
WYNNE. Ark., June 20. R. B. Mason
was nominated for Congress on the SSOth
ballot by the Democrats of the First
District.
LARGELY DUE TO RAILROADS
Tributary Territory Has Been Rapid
ly Developed Grent Activity of
Flour Mills Portland Capital
Interested.
(Staff Correspondence.)
TACOMA. June 2a Puget Sound,
which means Tacoma when you are near
Commencement Bay, and Seattle when
the scent of Elliot Bay tide flats is in
your nostrils, will this season export
more wheat than will be shipped from
CABINET JS SANGUINE.
Believes Legislation Will Be In Fa
vor of Panama Route.
WASHINGTON, June 20. There was a
very sanguine feeling expressed at the
Cabinet meeting today as to the success
of the canal proposition. Secretary Hay
had a long conference before the meeting
with Senator Morgan and othor Senators,
and all the advices that had come to the
White House before the Cabinet meeting
went to assure the President that some
new National legislation at the pending
session is certain, and almost as strong
was the evidence that the legislation
would be in favor of the Panama route.
So well assured is the Administration of
the outcome that the discussion already
has taken place of the steps to be taken
to carry out the purposes of the act, and
It Is understood that the State Department
will deal with the diplomatic features xt
the canal project Involving, of course, the
consummation of the Colombian treaty,
while the Attorney-General will pass upon
the question of sufficiency of title to the
Panama Canal.
The Chicago Court of Inquiry.
The case of the American naval offi
cers Imprisoned at Venice was discussed
at the Cabinet meeting, but the officials
decline to make any statement in regard
to It. It is known, however, that Sec
retary has assured the Italian Ambassa
dor that tho publication of the findings
of the court of Inquiry was entirely un
authorized, and that the department would
not have consented to it had it been ad
; vised. Probably this will end the mat-
C0NTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Congress.
House is almost suro to pass Panama canal
bill. Page 1.
The House sent the Philippine bill to confer
ence. Page 2.
Kahn spoke In the House for the Philippine
bill I'age 2.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Cap
tain Crozler to be CMef of Ordnance. Page 2.
Another conference was held on the Cuban bill
without action. Page 3. "
Philippines.
The chief of the ladrone band which killed
American soldiers was caught. Page p.
No trace of the missing American teachers has
been found. Page 2.
Ci government has been established in Sa
mar. Page 2.
The Vatican accepts Governor Taft's proposals.
Page 2.
General.
Beresford criticises . the British Admiralty.
Page 3.
Fle persons wre killed In a train wreck In
Minnesota. Page 3.
Anarchists are to be run out of Patersoir, N. J.
Pago 2.
Pacific Coast.
Tacoma's gain In wheat exports largely due to
railroad Influence. Page 1.
Prominent Northwest men arc Involved In a
scandal at Nome. Page 1.
Forest nres work great damage on Puget Sound.
Page 4.
Lively row In Colfax. Wash., militia over al
leged assault of private by Captain. Page i.
Further complication in the famous Tillamook
County land contest. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat trading more lively in East than for
some time. Page 13.
Stock market again lapses into dullness. Page
13.
Weekly trade reviews. Page 13.
German bark Glade given up for lost. Page 12.
Schooner Ariel arrives up to load lumber for
the Orient. Page 12.
Schooner Llrxle Vance left down. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Louis Bargus.'a laborer, murdered by unknown
persons. Page 10
County Clerk Swetland will refuse to give
Clerk-Elect Fields an election certificate.
Page 10. ,
Max Wiley throws 'Joe Acton in wrestling bout.
Pago 5.
Hose show opens .with great display of Cowers.
Page 11.
A-'O. U. W, Supreme Lodge adjourns. Par 8.
llles Into the immediate vicinity of hist
merchandise stores, and that all of them
were growing rich in wheatgrowlng.
"We are not real estate men nor rail
road men," said he, "hut when we opened
our first store at Wilbur there were not
enough settlers in the country to make
It profitable for us, so we began bringing,
them In. Tho railroad company ap
proved of our work, and soon began to
help U3 in the way of special rates.
Then others showed their approval of our
scheme by rustling for settlers, and this
year we shall turn out from 5,000,000 to
10,000,000 bushels of wheat from a terri
tory that a few years ago was 'producing
nothing."
My Interview with the Big Bend mer
chant was called forcibly to mind today,
when the manager of a large warohouse
system, who operates extensively In the
Big Bend country, showed me some fig
ures detailing receipts of wheat at a
number of points In that country. These
figures In the aggregate exceeded 1,000,000
bushels of wheat, and It all came out of
territory which five years ago was pro
ducing nothing. This is the factor in tho
increased wheat shipments from Puget
Sound which take3 precedence over all
others. Summarized, It may be termed
Increased development In territory direct
ly tributary to Puget Sound, and not
tributary to Portland. It was probably
SENSATION AT NOIVi
United States Marshal Guilty
of Fixing Juries."
COUNCILMAN IN THE SAME BOAT
CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN OREGON
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
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Proven by Inference That Convicted.
Men Acted With Law Firm to
Corral Law Business and Hand
Out Justice to Suit.
Prominent Northwest men are in
voUcl in a new scandal at Nome. This
time It Is for fixing Juries. United
States Marshal Frank H. Richards, who
was formerly State Senator from What
com County, la the principal. Another
Important person under a cloud 13 P. C.
Sullivan, In 1S93 Republican candidate
for Goernor of Washington. The Act
ing Prosecuting Attorney was John L.
McGinn, of Portland, a brother of State
Senator Henry McGinn. The trial Judgo
was. James A. Wickersham, of Tacoma.
PROFESSOR B. F. MULKEY, OF MON3IOUTH.
ASHLAND, Or, June 20 Goernor T. T. Geer, Secretary of State F. I Dun
bar and Superintendent ot Public Instruction J. II. AcKerman. met with tke
Board of Regents of the Southern Oregon State Normal School at their annual
meeting, this afternoon. Professor B. F. Mulkey, of Monmouth, was elected pres
ident of the school, and the election of the members of the faculty was left -with
the executle committee of the Institution, which will meet In a few das. Tho
people of Ashland and of Southern. Oregon feel themselves fortunate In the selec
tion of the new president, and are rejoiced to leam that hewill accept the position.
MONMOUTH, Or, June 20. Professor "B. F. Mulkey, who has accepted the call
to the presidency of -the Southern O regon State Normal School, at Ashland, was
educated ln the Christian College and the Mbnmouth Normal School. He has boen
an Instructor In the latter Institution for the past five jears, having ben tnlce
promoted, and held at the time of his election the chair of mathematics and phys
ics. Mr. Mulkey Is an educator of ability, con ersant w 1th the most approved theo
ries of teaching. He has a large acquaintance with the public He servd In the
Oregon State Senate In '07, 'OS, '09 and "01, and was a loader In that body.
the Columbia River. Tacoma's wheat
shipments alone are nearly equal to
those of Portland, and when iho ship
ments from Seattle and Everett are in
cluded, the figures will show the three
Puget Sound cities to have exported ap
proximately 5 per cent. more wheat than
was shipped from Portland. This remark
able showing made by the three young
clue's of Washington is due to a number
of causes, and the one contributing in the
greatest degree to the result which is so
creditable to the Evergreen state re
ceives but small mention irt the newspa-
of very small consequence to the Big
Bend merchant, who was primarily re
sponsible for the production of consid
erable of this Tacoma wheat, what route
to tho sea it took, and had it been any
where within the limits of Portland ter
ritory, the regular proportion of it would
have floated seaward down the Columbia.
With this preliminary discussion to
show why Puget Sound has for once led
Portland as a wheat exporter, I will now
get back to the extent of the difference.
In actual wheat, the Puget Sound cities
will have shipped by the close of the sea-
NOME, Alaska, June 10. via Seattle,
June 20. Sentence will be passed tomor
row upon United States Marshal Frank
H. Richards and City Councilman Joseph
D. Jourden, a prominent saloonkeeper of
this city, who were found guilty of con
tempt of court by Judge Wickersham last
week. While no one knows what the sen
tence will be, the general Impression Is
that they will get the limit, which Is six
months In jail and a fine of $300.
Richards and Jourden were arrested on
the afternoon of May 29 upon a citation
issued by Judge Wickersham on the filing
of an affidavit by John L. McGinn, As
sistant District Attorney, charging them
with conspiracy and willful attempt to fix
the Jury in tho case of the United States
vs. Joseph H. Wright, whose trial and ac
quittal took place in April. Thore are five
charges set up in the complaint, the court
finding the defendants guilty of them all.
Arrest Causes Sensation.
The arrest of Marshal Richards and
Jourden caused a great sensation, and
when the trial was called on the morn
ing of June 2 the courtroom was filled to
its utmost capacity. The defendants were
represented by P. C. Sullivan, the well-
known Tacoma attorney, who was defeat
ed for Governor of Washington by John
R. Rogers, and Albert Fink. Acting Dis
trict Attorney McGinn and S. T. Jeffreys
conducted the prosecution on behalf of
the Government. A jury was. waived and
the case occupied two days.
Charge Against Marshal.
The complaining affidavit of Acting Dis
trict Attorney McGinn alleged misconduct
on the part of Marshal Richards. In this
connection an attempt was made to show,
that collusion existed between the United
States Marshal's office and the law firm
of Sullivan & Fink and Joseph Jourden.
Sullivan & Fink occupy offices in Jour
den's building, and are the regularly em
ployed attorneys of the Marshal. Interro
gations put to Marshal Richards showed
that pritoners of the Federal jail who are
boarded by Brogan at a cost to the Gov
ernment of 51 50 a day each are employed
in the building of houses for Brogan's
benefit, the explanation given by the Mar
shal being that the prisoners were willing
to do this In consideration of a little food.
The arrest of two such prominent fig
ures, one a high official of the court, has
naturally caused a sensation, and public
feeling runs high.
At this time, unfortunately, comes the
news that Judge Wickersham is to be
returned to his former post at Eagle City,
pers and from the real estate boomers of son. June 20, appro tlmately 13,250.000, com
pared with 3,000,000 bushels for the same
period a year ago. Portland's shipments
will be approximately 12.S00.000 bushels,
compared with 13,250,000 bushels for last
season. Puget Sound's flour shipments
will approximate 1,300.000 barrels, com
pared with 1.050,000 barrels last season.
Portland will this season ship about 875,000
barrels of flour, compared with 1,00000
barrels- last year. It will be noted that
Portland has made a relatively poorer
showing in flonr shipments than she has
made In wheat. This Is due in a large
degree to the- South African business in
flour. That trade has. always demanded a
superior article of blue3tcm wheat, or
flour made from, wheat of that variety,
and but very little territory where this
variety 13 produced is tributary to Port
land, compared with that which is tribu
tary to Puget Sound. Some idea of the
extent of this South African flour busi
ness at this time is shown by the figures
to date. Tacoma and Seattle have
shipped to South Africa this season over
175,000 barrels of flour, compared with
20,000 barrels last season, and the Port
land' Flouring Mills Company alone has
engagements for 75,000 barrels more to go
forward from their Puget Sound mill
within the next 30 days. ""
The Oriental flour shipments t om Taco
ma, Seattle and Everett show a slight In
crease for the season, due to the fact
that a steamship service with a fair de
gree of regularity was maintained be
tween Puget Sound ports and Siberia.
The Siberian ports were heavier pur
chasers of flour, and, as frequently men
tioned In The Oregonlan, Portland ship
pers at times found It convenient to send
flour by rail from Portland to Tacoma
or Seattle for reshlpment to Vladivostock
and Port Arthur. The disbursements at
tendant on taking this flour from the car
to the ship may have placed a limited
amount of money in circulation along the
water front here, but tho actual business
and tho emoluments thereunto appertaln-
thls railroad town. If we are to believe
the reports which are printed in the Ta
coma papers about 353 times per year,
Puget Sound has made this gain at the
expense of Portland, and on account of
superior facilities as a shipping port, and
yet the presence of truth in a statement
of this kind can be detected only In very
mild degree. The Tacoma exporters ex
plain or excuse this seeming misrepre
sentation on the grounds that the news
paper -writers are not familiar with the
situation, and yet the men who handle
the grain, whether on their own account
or for the Portland exporters, who, by
the way, control the bulk of the grain
business on Puget Sound, are perfectly
familiar with the actual causes, and do
not hesitate to set them forth when they
are consulted.
The Northern Pacific, at a cost of a few
millions of dollars, has built for Tacoma
a harbor that is nearly as good in soma
respects as tha of Portland. In making
this wonderful Improvement, the paternal
railroad company has contributed to a de
gree in Increasing the wheat exports from
Puget Sound. If, however, the work of
the company which brought Tacoma
along from the incubator stage down to
the present time had been confined to
building a harbor and teredo-proof docks
around Its borders, Tacoma would show
no such Increase in business as will be
presented by the final figures for the
season now drawing to a close. The
Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern have been working the colonization
business 'to the limit for the past 1C
years, and In their commendable efforts
they have had the direcf and indirect as
sistance of an army of rustlers. Some of
these rustlers were under regular salary
to the railroad company, but an equally
effective corps of workers engaged In
other enterprises could be found in everyi
county" and almost every township in the
state. I met a typical colonizer of the
latter class In the Big Bend last Fall.
Thhj gentleman acknowledged that he had
been the means of bringing over 200 fam-
CAUGHT IN ICE-PACK.
Steamer Portland Drifting Through
Behring Straits to Arctic.
NOME, June 7. via Seattle, June 20.
The steamer Portland, Captain Lindqulst,
the pioneer of the Northern Commercial
Company's fleet, was June 4 caught in
the ice-pack and being carried up Behring
Straits to the Arctic Ocean at the rate of
from two or three miles an hour. The
Nome City came near being caught in the
same manner, and when she found a lead
and bucked through the pack to the west
ward, the Portland could be plainly seen
drifting, northward past the Diomede Is
lands. Three whalers were also in sight,
but they were in the lee of the Dlomedes
and in no danger of being carried into
the Arctic by the floating pack.
When Captain Daniels brought the word
to Nome that the Portland wa3 fast In the
Ice and drifting toward the Arctic, the
Northern Commercial Company and peo
ple having friends aboard were greatly
worried, and as soon as the Thetis ar
rived, a petition well signed was presented
to Captain Healy, requesting him to go to
the relief of the Portland. Tho Thetis
left the same evening, and if any one can
render the Imprisoned ship any assistance,
Captain Healy is that man.
There Is some danger of the ship being
crushed In the straits. If she got through
the straits and failed to find a lead to the
eastward or westward by which she could
get clear of the pack, she wilt be carried
Into the Arctic Ocean, and failing to get
clear of the Ice, may ultimately be
wrecked by heavy floes farther north.
In the event of her not getting crushed,
she will be greatly delayed, and no doubt
run short of supplies and fresh water.
Concluded on Second Paze.)
BILLION DOLLAR TRUST.
Big Packing Compnnies of the Conn,
try to Combine.
CHICAGO. June 20. The Chronicle will
say tomorrow:
"A New Jersey corporation rivaling the
United States Steel Corporation in mag
nitude is projected. It plans to be a bJJ-llon-dollar
concern. It may be called tha
American Meat Company. It is an
nounced that a gigantic consolidation has
been decided unon. The nnrklntr-iirmcoc
that have agreed to form the big combine
are what Is known as Tho Big Four.' and
are Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Nelson
Morris &, Co. and the G. 11. Hammond
Company. Other concerns may be ad
mitted. Even without additions, the com
bination of tho capital of the four firms
will make a stupendous centralization of
wealth."
Fire In North Dakota.
RUGBY, N. D.. June 20. Fire early to
day destroyed the business portion of the
town. Loss, 540,000.