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Mr. Chamber lain, who has arrived at Madeira, was re ceived then with much ceremony, accord ing to the Tribune's London correspond ent. He has suite red severely from his old enemy, gout, during the passage. A Daily Mall representative says that the Colonial Secretary Is personally satisfied .with the results of his tour. The Cape situation Is at least as satisfactory as he expected, and he is still hopeful of tho future, pro vided the Dutch promises of loyalty and conciliation are kept. Turbulent Russian Students. BERLIN, March 1L The correspondent of the Tageblatt at St. Petersburg says ecrlouB student disturbances have broken out at Tomsk. Siberia, which is the seat of a university. Opposed to 'Jlm Crow" Car. JEFFERSON CITy. Mo., March IT In the House today by a vcke of 13 to 70 the separate railroad coach f or. colored people bill failed of final passage. NGJkND KINDS OF RUBBER GOODS America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT J. "W. BLAIN, Sec. and Treaa. 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Some important resolutions were presented by various delegations, one of them condemning "roping contests," another memorializing the Legislature to abolish county animal Inspection; another urging a spirit of mutual conciliation upon the part of both shippers and rail road companies. The resolutions were passed, 'unanimously. R. Conley, foreman of the "bar X" outfit at Big Springs, broke the world's record for roping And -tying steers. His time was HVi sec onds. Fort Worth will be selected. as the place for holding the next convention. More Tynpoli at Ithaca. ITHACA, N. Y., March 1L The report of Health Officer Hitchcock shows five Knew cases of typhoid during the past 24 nours. mm All Doubt as to Panama .Canal Ended. V MORCAN GETS HIS OWN WAY Will Be Allowed to Publish Speech Against it. DEMOCRATS NOT OF ONE KIND Many "Will Vote for Treaty Fate of Cuban Treaty Undecided Demo crats Almost Solid Against It With Republican Aid. The ratification of the Panama C&nal treaty is assured, as the Democrats will divide on it and not make It a party question. The -fate of the Cuban treaty Is un certain, as the, Republicans are divided and the Democrats are almost all op posed. Speaker-elect Cannon's prediction that public opinion would compel a change In the Senate rules was supported yes terday by Senator Allison's motion that a committee Investigate the subject. Land Commissioner Richards will al low cattle and sheepmen to graze their herds this season on land withdrawn from entry 'preliminary to Its addition to forest reserves. Adjutant - General Corbln says the Dcoartment of the Columbia will be It moved "to Portland, If at all, but no move Is. contemplated. dREGONLVN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 11. The passage of the canal treaty as It was negotiated Is as sured. It has been known all along that It would pass, but the exact date was not .known before, and for a few days past there has been some fear that the Demo crats might be lined up under Gorman's lead to defeat. lt.Jhe. solid- Democratic vote could easily defeat any treaty, -hut upon Inquiry since the special session be gan It was found that there were at least half a dozen Democrats who could not see their way clear to vote against the treaty, even if it was made a party ques tion. This practically settled the matter, and since that time the efforts of the Democrats have been simply to give Morgan all the show he wanted, either in talk or in getting his speech printed as a public document. This has Anally pre vailed, and Morgan's objection to the canal treaty will be made public The situation of the Cuban treaty is different. It would not be surprising. If that treaty might be postponed until the regular session of Congress. Several Re publicans who opposed Cuban reciprocity in the last session are. talking in that line. while the Democrats are getting lined up pretty solidly against the measure. There are perhaps half a dozen Democrats who are not yet lined up, and If they still hold out. It would mean that the treaty could be ratified. The public declaration of Sanguilly in Havana that neither the United States consumers nor tho Cuban planters would get the benefit of the reduction has had the effect of bracing up" the oppo nents of the treaty. The declaration that the sugar trust will be the principal ben efactor seems to have offered the Demo crats a reason for opposing the treaty, and the Indorsement from the Cuban side lends some color to this claim. The Republican leaders believe that only one or two members of their party will dar vote against the treaty, -when It comes to a vote, especially as many of them said, when they opposed the re ciprocity bill, that they would support a treaty. But that does not mean that they cannot give Indirect aid and encourage ment to the opposition, and the Indica tions are that such work is going on. The beet sugar men have not organized as such, and Oxnard declares that he is making no opposition to the treaty, but it is noticeable that a number of Sen ators who opposed the Cuban treaty yin the last Congress 'are perfectly willing that the pending treaty shall go over, or that It should be defeated by Democratic votes. CONCESSION TO STOCKMEN. They May Graxe Herds on lands Withdrawn From Entry. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton, March 1L Commissioner Rich ards, In view of the many demands made upon his office, has issued a general or der, authorizing sheep and stockowners who heretofore grazed their stock on lands that have, within the past year. been withdrawn from entry with a view to their permanent reservation, to graze on these lands during the coming season. as if no withdrawals had been made. He finds that to prohibit grazing on these areas xm such short notice would work hardship to many' stockmen, and has de cided on the liberal course. His order applies to the withdrawals In the Blue Mountain regions of Eastern Oregon, and to withdrawn areas In Wash ington and Idaho. EFFECT OF PUBLIC OPINION. Allison Propose Investigation o Senate Rule, ax Cannon Urged. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash lngton, March 1L In replying- to Reprei sentatlve Cannon's criticism of the Sen ate rules. Senator Allison said that the Illinois member's declaration that public sentiment would compel- a change of the rules of the Senate would not stand, and if the Senate found It necessary to change its rules, it would do. so of its own voli tion. At the same time Allison's action today in introducing a resolution propos ing an investigation of the subject .would indicate that public sentiment is having some sway. There is a good "deal of crit icism floating about the country, and Senators are being ,asked by -their, friends why they maintain rule's which prevent them from passing necessary bills -and treaties. The proposition of Senator Allison to day will come to .nothing,", as, when the Senate meets again with unlimited time before it there win" be -no occasion tc change the rules. It is only under a pinch. 1 like the .close of a short session that the demand for cloture is ' made, and, of course, it is then too late to take any action. DELEGATION IX WASHINGTON. Still Considering: Oregon Postoffices . and Land OIIIccn. OREGON1AN" NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 1L Senators Mitchell and Fulton regularly attend the executive ses sions of the Senate each day, as do Sen ators Foster, of Washington, and Hey- burn, of Idaho, but none have so far taken any part In the discussion. Senator Ankeny is still confined to his room with grip and a rheumatic knee, but expects to get up tomorrow. Representative Williamson is busy with matters of minor importance in the de partments, and each night confers with the two Senators over local patronage, principally postofflccs and the land office appointments. "Senator Fulton ' said to day that the delegation had yet been un able to agree on any of the land office appointments, and probably most; if not all, would be allowed to stand -until the delegation returned to Oregon. The new Senators have not yet been assigned office rooms. For the present Fulton is (occupying a part of his col league's room in the Capitol terrace, while Ankeny's clerk is sharing Foster's offices In the Maltby. Heyburn will pro cure a room tomorrow; for the present his office Is at his hotel, the Normandie. The Cochran Hotel Is Oregon headquar ters, the two Senators being there, while Williamson Is at the Dewey, . Just a square away. Senator Simon Is on his way home. PORTLAND IS PREFERRED. If Army Headquarters Leave Van couver, They. Will Come Here. OREGONIAN NEWS'i BUREAU, Wash ington, March 1L Senator Fulton today called on Adjutant-tieneral Corbln and laid before him a communication from the Portland Board of Trade, protesting against the rumored' removal of the head quarters of the Department of the Co lumbia from Vancouver Barracks to Se attle. General Corbln told the Senator, as he has periodically stated to Senator Mitchell and all other Inquirers, that the department does . not contemplate a change: In-fnctrhdi-givThoatter1131? W-!he leve system .Ishlgh any consideration! 'He Is at a' loss to un derstand where thjumors start. They have no foundation in the War Depart ment. Senator Fulton took occasion to rec ommend to General Corbln that head quarters be removed-to Portland. He said the officers at headquarters preferred to be In the city and away from the post, and that in Portland they would have facilities not afforded at Vancouver Bar racks. He said the entire delegation joined him In recommending this change. General Corbln gave no assurance if the transfer could be made, but Intimated that If headquarters were to be removed from Vancouver, he would be disposed to have them taken to Portland. He, how ever, contemplates no change. VESSEL IN DISTRESS. Seen Off Point Reyes, hut Her Name Is tnknown, SAN FRANCIS'" ), March 1L A vessel was reported in distress about one mile south of Point Reyes tonight. Her Iden tity has not yet been established. The weather observer at Point Reyes tele phoned to this city that he thought it was a large steam schooner. After displaying distress .signals the vessel disappeared in the darkness. The tug Defiance has gone from this city to the rescue, and it will probably be some, hours before the name of the vessel is as certained. The schooner Chlco, from Eureka; the James Dollar, from Seattle, and the steamer Columbia are all due, and are thought to be In the vicinity of Point Reyes tonight. The Columbia does not an swer the Incomplete description given by the observer at Point Reyes, who Is of the opinion that the vessel is a schooner. PROMINENT SEATTLE OFFICIALS INDICTED Ex-Prosccatlng Attorney Fnlten. DREAD OFuELUGE Seizes Dwellers in Mis : sissippi Valley. . . FLOOD WILL BEAT RECORD Army of Men Employed in Strengthening Levees. MANY PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS House Washed Away in Lowland! Game Flees to Hills River at New Orleans Within a Foot of Record-Mark. The flood in the Mississippi Valley is expected to break all records. The river at Xew Orleans last night was only a foot below the high-water record. ( Superhuman efforts are being made all along the river to strengthen the levees, and they are guarded day and night. t Tho low lands are flooded, houses have been washed away and great dam age Is done to crops. . The flood In Nebraska Is receding, but It will be a week before the railroads can be operated. XEW ORLEANS! -March 1L Ibis gener ally admitted by Government, state .and city authorities that theMlssissIppi River will In all probability break all records before the present flood begins to recede. The gauge here tonight shows the river to be just one foot below the high water lecord and every precaution Is being taken to prevent serious damase and to prepare for emergencies. All the le;vee lines are being Inspected and large forces of men are at work day and night. Though all the authorities ad mit that a record stage Is probable, 'they" and stronger- than ever before and that the banks are prepared to withstand the extra straiu. .... The most unfortunate condition at pres ent is the continuance of the rainy weather. This is having the effect of soft ening the levees and all Louisiana Is pray ing for a return of sunshine. Six hundred men are at work today at various points sacking weak points and raising the line of embankments. Thousands of sacks of sand are being distributed along the river. The engineers report the levees between South Port and Carrollton in excellent condition. The United States Engineer of ficials have .promised their co-pperatlon with the authorities In carrying on the fight against the flood. All the levee boards of the state may be in continuous session and every foot. of levee on the river and Its tributaries is under .the surveillance of armed guards. HOUSES SWEPT AWAY. River Above Danger Line at Natcher anil Causes Devastation. NATCHEZ, Miss., March 11. A report reached here today that the Texas Pacific Railroad embankment at Bougere, about 33 miles south of VIdalla, had broken, bnt the Sheriff of the parish could not verify the report. Officers on the mall steamer Betsy Ann arc authcrLy for the statement that frame buildings In' the lowlands have been washed away. - Residences have been torn from their foundations and some have been caught and held by the trees. The owners and occupants were glad to es cape with their lives. Deer, bears and other animals have been driven to the highlands and are being slaughtered in large numbers. The river gauge Is 2.5 feet above the danger line, and rising. - Every mile of levee, on both sides of the river Is belns patrolled. The prospects for making an early crop this year have been effectually killed. HURRYING SACKS TO LEVEES. Great Efforts to Strengthen Them i A yen lnst Rising River. t VICKSBURG. Miss., March 11. At a conference of levee engineers and freight officials of the Valley road In this city today, the levee men urged the railroad men to give a big shipment of sacks and r-iher materials the right of way from New Orleans. The material Is' badly needed for strengthening weak places in the. embankments along-.the Louisiana side. The water is rising steadily here at -the rate of nearly half a foot in 24 hours. FLOODS IN NEW ENGLAND. AH Rivers Rising, Paper Mills Stopped and Loosing? Hindered. BOSTON, March 11. Rivers of Eastern New, England are beginning to show the effect of the warm rains which have prevailed for several days. The Merrlmac, the cotton mill river of New Hampshire and 'Massachusetts, and the Penobscot and Kcnneoec in Maine are rapidly rising and threatening serious damage. At Lawrence, Mass., the height of the river Is causing Inconvenlenqe to the local mills and a portion of the. plant of the. Champion Paper Company has been forced to shut down. In Maine there is apprehension in the lumbering sections. There are 20,000,000 feet of logs ready to be hauled to the rivers, which, it Is said, will have to be left In the yards unless the floods subside and freezing weather comes. WORST OVER IN NEBRASKA. Ice Gorires Go Wlthont Damage, hut Railroads Are Crippled. LINCOLN. Neb., March 11. The flood situation In 'Nebraska is Improved tonight and the worsV Is believed to be over. For la years railroads have suffered no such damage as during the past four days and It will require a week with favorable weather to put the roadbeds in as good condition as before the flood. The ice gorge nt Plattsmouth has gone our, leaving two Burlington bridges in tact, but the Rock Island Is still without a bridge across the Platte between here and Omaha, the water at South Bend to day being too high to permit repair work. A gorge In the. Elkhorn, near Norfolk, .gave way last night, causing a rush of water, and the fire bell was rung to warn the people. Little damage, however, re sulted. Country roads over a wide district are flooded and impassable. Arkansas River on the Rampage. LITTLEROCK. Ark., March 11. The . Ark'ansas River will pass the danger line AlnT-tHV-Tiert- 24. houre. Thbanks-ot'-thct stream are reported to be. badly caving ini "Factories at Duvalls Biuff have been compelled to close. GREAT ALARM AT MEMPHIS. River Rising, Sentries Patrol Levees ' and Engineers Busy. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 1L The Mis sissippi River Is rising steadily at this point, the gauge this morning marking 33.2 feet. This Is a rise of five-tenths of a foot In the past 24 Tiours. It is believed that the river will reach a mark of 33 feet at Memphis, Reports from Mississippi and Arkansas today Indicate that the gravest apprehension" prevails regarding the flood situation. In some districts armed sentries are patrolling the levees. All streams and rivers In Arkansas are overflowing. In North Memphis the flood has already begun encroaching at certain points and it will take but a few Inches more to render work impcesible at many of the lumber Industries in this state. At Greenlaw and Second streets the back waters have reached the latter thorough fare and the occupants of cabins have been compelled to flee to higher ground. The steamer Georgia Lee arrived from Cairo today and reports all landings to be In untoward, condition. The steamer's of ficers say refugees from the lowlands are to be seen everywhere. The dovernment Engineers have augmented thelrforces and the steamers are carrying sacks of sand and other supplies to the more dangerous places. LAKE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. Farmers Flee to Hills Hard at Worlc on Levees. EVANSVILLE, March 1L Considerable drift Is floating by this city. At Rahm's Station the water is two feet de'ep In houses and business Is suspended. Sev eral shanty boats on the Wabash and Green Rivers have been crushed In the flood and loss ot life Is feared. Farmers (Concluded on Second Page.) BY GRAND JURY. Mayor Thomas J. Humes. GOOD HUMOR Mayor Humes Jokes About His Indictment NO CRITICISM FOR JURY Says All Who Voted for Him Must Be Indicted, Too, ARRESTS EXPECTED TODAY It Is Said Jury Considered Allega tions of More Serious Nature, but Evidence Was Insufficient Other Indictments Made. SEATTLE, Wash., March 11: Mayor Humes, la discussing the Indictment, paid! t"The grand Jury should now In dict every man that voted for me, I told them how I would run the town, and I tare done Just .as I promised." Chief of Police Sullivan "refused to talk, while ex - Prosecuting Attorney Fulton considers the charges far fetched. It Is reported that true bills have also been voted against Samuel Rosenberg, Steven G. Meek, H. D. Smith and A. Hawthorne. SEATTLE, Wash., March. 1L (Special.) "If the grand jury has Indicted me it may as well Indict every man that ever voted to put ine in this office." This Is the statement mat Mayor Thomas J. Humes has repeated dozens of times today when asked to discuss the true bill voted agalrTst him for malfea sance In office. He takes the matter good humoredly and offers no criticism of the action of the jury- i The Mayor's statement la in line with his attitude at all times during his years ot service as chief executive' of Seattle. His offense, in thconlnlon of the erand Juryt consista'.ii? faTlureio "enforce the ordinances against gambling and kindred .view. Humes points to his platform declama tions in the municipal campaigns of 1833. 1900 and 1902, to the fact that the wide open town was the triumphant issue In each election, and says he has simply followed the will of the people. Jurymen Supported Hnmes. An odd circumstance much discussed to- (Concluded on Second Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. National Affairs. Senate fixes a day for vote on canal treaty, and It Is sure to be ratified. Pages 1 and 2. Cuban Senate ratifies reciprocity treaty, but Its fate in United States Senate is doubtful. Pages 1 and 2. Question of citizenship of Porto mean in court. Page 2. Domestic. Northern Securities makes answer to Govern ment suit. Page 2. War between Federation and Knights of Labor causes lawsuit. Page 12. Ex-Mayor Ames fighting- extradition proceed ings. Page 2. ' Greatest flood ever known -predicted in Missis sippi Valley. Page 1.' Proof that Pennell's death was accidental. Page 2. Keene Interests have Issued a circular Inviting proxies to be voted against Union Pacific at Southern Pacific annual meeting next month. Page 5. Foreign. French foreign policy defined by Delcasse. Pago 3. Hazing of army officers causes hot debate in British Parliament. ' Page 3. Argentine Government' proposes extension of Monroe Doctrine- Page 3. Bolivia protests against sale of ,Are conces sion to Brazil. Page 5. Labor candidate elected to British Parliament. Page 3. - Pacific Coast.- Mayor Humes makes statement about his in dictment by Seattle grand Jury. Page 1. Senator Miller argues for more simple school course. Page 4. . Fire In Pendleton causes loss of $10,000. Page 4. Northwest Legislatures, Washington Legislature may yet give $50,000 to lUOSFalr. Pact 4. Lawmakers at Olympla will quit work today. Page 4. Sports. McGovern - Corbett and" Fltzslmmons - Ryan .fights' to take place In San Francisco. Page 11. Portland Browns to play Stanford today. Page 11. Multnomah Rod and Gun Club reorganizes. Page 11. Quarrel between. McCloskeyand Hlckey. Page; 11. ' . Commercial anil Marine. Review of the week jn Portland markets. Page 13. Improvement In wheat at Chicago. Page 13. Contemplated Government measures for relief of money market. Page 13. Orange market strong at San Francisco. Page 13. Pilot Commissioners' will not sell the San Joee. Page 12. Pirt'culars of the long voyage, of the Duaearn. Page 12. Cholera on an Anchor liner at New York. Page 12. - Portland and Vicinity. First District Congreslonal Committee will meet in Portland today. Page 10. Port of Portland will discuss drydock site to day. Page 14. State Grange Institute ends Its SJjslons. Page 11. Police search for firebug. Page 10. Packer Fry of Seattl. meets Packer Swift In "Portland: their deal and the Northwest field. Page 14. Water Committee to law many new. mains. Page 7. James E. White on trial for kidnaping. Page 8. W. J. Brown, of Ogden, Utah, missing; Page 10