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-THE VOL. XLVI NO. 14,189. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 31. 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LOSS IN UMATILLA IVIAYREACHMILLION Swollen Rivers Sweep ing Rich Lowlands. PART OF PENDLETON FLOODED Levee Breaks and Goods in Cellars Are Ruined. LIGHT AND POWER CUT OFF Repairs Caonot Be Made to the Plant of the Northwest Gas & Elec tric Company Inside of , Sixty Days. AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD. rENDLETON, OR. Levea of Uma tilla River breaks. Inundating the lower nd of town. Light and power cut. Goods of merchants damaged by water. Fine residence falls Into river. Mounted patrols guard empty houses. WALLA WALLA, WASH. Mill Creelc overflows banks, flooding busi ness places, tearing up sidewalks and destroying lawns. Loss Is, probably 1.10,000. Light and power cut off. ECHO, OR. Bridge over Umatilla wrecked, rart of O. R. N. grade washed out. Great loss of crops and stock. Two families resoued with difficulty. ENDICOTT. WASH. Cloudburst floods cellars and much goods are damaged. MILTON. OR. Plant of Northwest Gas & Electric Company, supplying light and power to a number of towns and cities. Is damaged to the extent of 1(10,000. It will take 60 daya to repair. Strawberry crop ruined. FREE WATER. OR. Thousands of dollars' worth of property destroyed. About 600 people take refuge In hills. SPOKANE, 'WASH. In the Palouso and In the country about Spokane great benefit Is derived from heavy rain. RAILROADS Nearly all bridges between Bingham Springs and Pen dleton are carried away or badly damaged. Between Pendleton and Nolan the track Is In bad shape. Bridges washed out on both railroads leading Into Walla Walla. PENDLETON. Or.. May SO. (Special.) The floods whloh have been sweeping; over Umatilla County are receding, but have by no means abated. Danger of further dam age has passed, unless the river should commence to rise again. The heaVy clouds have broken and the moon can be faintly oen struKKllng through the mist. The Umatilla River Is falling slowly, and all Indications point to the passing of the crUls of the flood. It is now time for the residents of flood ed districts to begin to total their losses, find these will run over the county Into six figures, If not into seven, but there Is yet too much water sweeping through the lowlands for any estimate to be made. Darkness Hides Flood's AVork. Pendleton Is a city of inky darkness to night, and In the downtown district a mel ancholy silence prevails. Crosswalks In the business district have been torn away by the flood, and are sprawling here and there where the retreating waters flung them aside, while the streets are filled with holes and hidden caves, belly deep to a horse and dangerous to any traffic Where the gas company-laid Its mains a few weeks ago are great trenches and holes, while the surface of the streets Is cut and scarred by the rushing 'currents. The water has now gone from the streets, however, drained off by the breaking of the lower levee, which flooded the entire western end of the town, toppled one two-story $4000 residence owned by Irving Ladow Into the river, and damaged many more. Goods In Basement9 Ituined. All the basements of the downtown business-houses are flooded, and thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise and stocks, from plows to rice, have been ruined. The tipper levee stood the test, and, though se verely strained, saved the town from be ing buried under from two to four feet of water. Six -blocks of the lower levee washed out, and the whole valley forming the west end of the town Is a lake from hill to hill. Power Plant Badly Damaged. Perhaps the heaviest loser, aside from the O. R. & N.. Is the Northwest Gas & Electric Company. By the wrecking of Its power station on the Little Walla "Walla, the towns of .Milton, Athena, Ireewater. Weston. Adams, Helix and others, will be deprived of light and power. The flumes and headgates, part of the station and much of the machinery have been ruined. The dynamos are soaked and submerged, the transformers are hurled Into the bed of the river, and It will take JSO.000 to rebuild, and perhaps 60 days to resume operations. The worst hit of all is the O. R. & N., and it may be three weeks before trains can get through to the East without transferring. Beginning: at Bingham Springs, bridge after bridge -went out. while long reaches of track have been washed away. The bridge across the Umatilla just above Pendleton Is dam aged, and It will take weeks and hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair the dam age. Xhe line Is open from Portland to Nolin, about 14 miles below Pendleton, but be tween there and here the track is In bad shape. The bridge below town stood the test, but several hundred feet of the ap proach are gone, leaving the rails sus pended some 30 feet In the air above the flood. Several other bridges are washed out and the track Is undermined. Three construction trains are now wait ing at Nolin, ready to begin to recon struct the line. The loss cannot be est! mated, however, as the officials have not had time or opportunity to judge the full extent of the damage. Five hundred people at Milton and Free water were forced to take to the hills to escape the floods. Great damage has been done to the entire valley. Many houses have been swept away. The railroad track has been undermined and has sunk In places as much as three feet. Irrigation Dam May Go. The immense dam of the Little Walla Walla River Irrigation Company is badly strained, and should it break would wreck the great Irrigation project which has made Milton Valley so productive. Here the alfalfa fields are swept away, .the strawberry fields Inundated and cut out and the orchards flooded and trees swept out. The damage here will be very heavy but cannot be estimated. At Echo the wagon bridge has gone, but not much other damage has been done. The water has covered the entire valley, however. No new information has come from the McKay Creek or Bingham Springs districts. Alfalfa and Gardens Under Water. Great damage has been done to alfalfa and garden crops, but no reports can be compiled at this time of the amount de stroyed, as much of the land Is still un der water. No additional loss has been sustained, however, it is believed, and the falling water will soon disclose the amount of damage done. Pendleton Is not only In the dark to night, but it Is also in the hands of the law. Owing to the darkness and to the many houses standing vacant and flood ed, yet full of valuables, deadlines have been marked out and armed horsemen are patrolling these districts. People are not allowed beyond the lines unless well Identified, and all wanderers' are being sent off the streets. So far there has been no disorder of any kind, and the peo ple, though anxious, have been cheerful and have worked as a unit for the safety of life and property. e at mm mm CKLLARS OP BUSINESS-HOUSES FLOODED AND GOODS SOAKED. Great Garden Tract Are Destroyed and City Is AVithout Light and Power. WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 30. (Spe cial.) The greatest storm and flood In the history of the city and county reached Its senith this morning. At 3:30 the rain stopped and soon the water In Mill Creek, which had been doing so much damage, began to recede. As yet the damage cannot be safely estimated, but it will, without doubt, exceed $100,000. Although the rain has ceased and the city Is in darkness, without a single street light, normal conditions are once more being resumed. All the business houses not supplied with gas have re sorted to lamps and candles. The water in Mill Creek has fallen three feet since 4 o'clock and it Is believed all danger is past. Early estimates of the loss do not seem exaggerated, although It Is next to Im possible to Judge exactly. Wherever one goes evidence of the water's ravages are apparent. Sidewalks He in the middle of the street, crossings are out of position and lawns and shrubbery are torn up. Fences, sheds and buildings were washed away in great numbers. So far as can be ascertained there wa no loss of life. All memorial services were postponed and business was suspended. At an early hour this morning the banks of Mill Creek were lined with thousands of per sons watching the water. The people were unable to realize the effects of the torrents until too late to prevent many losses. Reports from Milton, Pres- cott and neighboring towns state the same. The power plant of the Northwestern Gas & Electric Company, on the Walla Walla River above the town of Milton, Is damaged to the probable extent of $50,000. A great part of their reserve plant on Mill Creek above this city Is badly damaged. The preliminary excavation on the new water supply system for the city Is rendered practically valueless. The basements of the business houses and residences in the city were flooded in many sections, bridges were washed out and all business is practically par alyzed. All day long three engines of the city fire department have been lined up along Alder street, pumping the water out of the basements of several business Institutions. The hardest blow to the city Is the damage done to the electric light sys tem. Manager Allen, of the Northwest ern Gas & Electric Company, said this morning that, from what Information he has received from the power plant, it would require fully 60 days again to place It in operation. He thinks that they can supply a limited amount of light and power within two weeks from their old reserve plant on Mill Creek. The crippling of the power plant of the Northwestern Gas & Electric Com pany has stopped operations in the fol lowing establishments which deoended upon electric power: Gilbert Hunt Company, Dement Bros.' mill, the Jute mill at the penitentiary. Walla Walla Brick & Stone Company, city pumping stations. Walla Walla Creamery and a dozen other smaller In stitutions in this city. The Athena Mills at Athena. Or., and numerous institu tions In Umatilla County, will have to remain Idle. Two bridges in the residence part of the city went out this morning, and be fore daylight Alder street was a raging river. The residents along that street began leaving their homes soon after midnight. Several buildings along the bank of the creek were undermined- and toppled over. The back part of one building In the red-light district was the first to topple over. One woman is 'missing, and it Is believed she was drowned. All establishments In the city copend ing upon electric power are at a stand still, except the newspaper offices, which today Installed gasoline engines and will not miss an issue. The greatest handicap is In the matter of light, as a large por- OREGON CHAMP ON DFTHENDRTHWEST Kelly Covers 220 Yards in Even Time, Making a New Record. EUGENE STRONG IN WEIGHT Ont of a Possible 125 Points, Ore gon -Wins 6 7, Washington 89 and Idaho 1 9 in Track Meet at Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash., May 30. (Special.) In the most, sensational track meet ever held In Seattle, the athletes of the Uni versity of Oregon today defeated the teams of Washington ' and Idaho, " and thereby established an undisputed title to the championship of the Pacific North west. Out of a possible 125 points, Ore gon scored 67, while Washington stood second with 39, and Idaho third) with 19. Oregon was represented by the best ag gregation of athletes-ever 'seen In this city, and .the great exhibition of apeed and skill on the part of Hayward's men aroused unbounded admiration among the large crowfi of spectators. Kelly Does Fast Sprints. Dan Kelly, the flaxen-haired Oregon sprinter, was the bright particular star of the day. He won first place in both the short sprints, clipping a fifth of a second from Joe Pearson's Northwest record of 22 1-5 seconds for the 220-yard dash. Kelly ran the 100-yard dash In 101-5 seconds, running uphill and against a fairly strong wind. The same conditions existed in the 230-yard dash, where Kelly and Gordon Moores both defeated Cap tain Smith, of Washington. In this event Moores was set back two yards, but he overtook Smith and beat him out on the home stretch. The track on the Washington campus where today's meet was held is hard and uneven, and It is generally believed that under favorable circumstances Kelly could run with the fastest men In Amer ica. The sprints wore Kelly out, and he was unable to duplicate his recent record in the broad Jump, which was won by Frlessell,. who cleared 23 feet 414 inches. Easy for Big McKinney. Captain George Hug, of Oregon! defeat ed Tom McDonald, of WTashington, In the hammer throw, and established a new Oregon record of 132 feet inches. McKinney had no trouble winning the shot put for Oregon, and Moullen was an easy first in the pole vault. Moores did splendid work In the sprints and hurdles, but was so fatigued when the final heat of the 220-yard hurdle came that he lost, the race by a neck to King, of Washington. Shirley Parker, a Washington freshman, won both the mile THE PLUTOCRATIC IDEA OF 1 -.. ss.es ........,.... ijliiiJJ.i.JULWXOUJJJJ.'iil)-l.'J-M.ilIJ. and half-mile races, and Captain Rex Smith won the high Jump, besides run ning the final lap In the relay race, which was won by Washington. Kelly Taken With Cramps. Prideaux, of Oregon, showed a great burst of speed in the relay, and Kelly, who ran against Smith In the last lap, was running neck and neck with his rival when he was taken with a cramp and forced to leave the track. The Idaho man, who was running a poor third, fol lowed Smith in for second place. Fawcett of Idaho won the 440-yard dash," hut Matthews and Edrfiunson failed to come up to expectations. The meet was a success in every way and . was attended by 2000 people. The best of feeling prevailed throughout. Oli ver Cutts,' the famous Harvard athlete, acted as referee. There were five official timekeepers. The Summary. 100-yard dash Kelly (Oregon), Smith fWashington). Moores (Oregon): time, 0:10 1-5. 220-yard flash Kelly (Oregon), Moores (Oregon). Smith (Washington); time, 0:22. 440-yard dash Fawcett (Idaho). Will (Washington), Oberteuffer (Oregon); time, 0:63.- 880-yard run Parker (Washington). Mat thews (Idaho), Edrounson (Idaho); time, 2:14. Mile run Parker (Washington), Mat thews (Idaho). McCrosky (Washington); time. 4:54. Mile relay race Won by University of Washington team (Tlbbals, Will, Parker and R. Smith). Idaho second, time, 3:3-4 2-5. 120-yard hurdles Moores (Oregon). Kuy kendall (Oregon) and Frlessell (Oregon) tied for first place; time. 0:16 3-5. 220-yard hurdles King (Washington), Moores (Oregon), Frlessell (Oregon); time, 0:28 2-6. Shot-put McKinney (Oregon). 43 feet -inch; Hug (Oregon). 41 feet B inches, Reeser (Washington), 89 feet. Hammer-throw Hug (Oregon). 132 fset 'H-lnch; McKinney (Oregon), 118 feet; Moullen (Oregon). 113 feet. Discus-throw Hug (Oregon). 108 feet; H. Smith (Idaho). 104 feet 44, Inches; Moullen (Oregon), 98 feet. Pole vault Moullen (Oregon), 11 feet 2H Inches; Harrison (Washington). 10 feet 2 Inches: Hill (Washington). 10 feet 2 inches. High Jump Smith (Washington). 5 feet 8 Inches; Kelly (Oregon), 6 feet 6 Inches; King (Washington). 5H feet. Broad Jump Frlessell (Oregon). 23 feet 4 Inches: Kelly (Oregon), 23 feet H-lnch; Frazler (Idaho). 21 feet 2 ft Inches. WILL RUSH TO CROW LAND Thousands of Homeseekers Expected at Billings and Sheridan. OMAHA. May SO. Arrangements are complete for the registration' for the open ing of the Crow agency at Sheridan and Billings, from June 14 to 2S, and the larg est crowd in the history of Government openings is expected. The rate from the Missouri River will be $20 for the round trip. The Mayor of Billings has wired General Passenger Agent Wakeley, of the Burlington, that everything will be done to take care of the registration crowds, and he will take personal charge of the police force. The best sanitary arrangements will be made. The Mayor. says that Billings will be able to take care of 10,000 people at any one time. Sheridan has also advised the Burling ton that complete arrangements are be ing made to take care of the crowds for registration. The police force Is taking measures to eliminate all undesirable ele ments, such as thugs and gamblers. Study Ownership In Glasgow. DUBLIN, May 30. The committee of the National Civic Federation on the op eration of public ownership, which ar rived at Queenstown May 29 from New York, reached this city tonight and will leave for Glasgow tomorrow, after in specting the tramway system. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF MR. BOURNE SHALL BE DEFEATED MANY CHANGES NEAR IN SENATE Sixteen of- Thirty Who Retire Next March May Not Return. MUCKRAKE RESPONSIBLE? 6everal Have Been Already Defeated and Others Have Hard Fight Ahead Cullom and Elklns Find Seats in Danger. WASHINGTON, May 29. (Special.) Whether the "muck rake" or something else is to blame, the fact remains that there will be a bigger upset in the next Senate than has occurred for many years. The terms of 30 members expire on March 4 next. Sixteen of these men have already been turned down by their constituents or else conditions are such that their chances of being returned are regarded as dubious. Here Is the list of the men who are probably serving their last term In the Senate: Those Who Will or May Retire. Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, has al ready announced that he is not a candi date, and a score of aspirants are in the field. J. Frank Allee, Republican, of Dela ware was elected as an Addlcks man three years ago. With the elimination of Addlcks and his money, the Democrats expect to carry the state. Allee has so many enemies that It is doubtful If he could win, even with a Republican Leg islature. James H. Berry, Democrat, of Arkan sas, was defeated in the Democratic pri maries by Governor Jefferson Davis. Sen ator Berry served 22 years in the upper house and is only ranked among the Dem ocrats by Morgan of Alabama and Teller of Colorado. J. C. S. 31ackburn, of Kentucky was beaten In the primaries by Judge T. H. Paynter.' Blackburn has served ten years in the House and 18 in the Senate. The successor of Joseph R. Burton, of Kansas, will not be announced until Jan uary, but of course Burton, who is under sentence of six month's' Imprisonment for receiving an Illegal fee, Is not a candi date. Edward W. Carmack, Democrat, of Ten nessee, ran second in the primaries to "Fiddling Bob" Taylor, the ' ex-Governor. Some Republicans hope to can j-. the Leg islature. Whether they do or not. Car mack will not come back. William A. Clark. Democrat, of Mon tana, Is not a candidate. Anyway, the Republicans expect to name his succes sor. Cullom Has Fight Ahead. Shelby M.- Cullom, who has held public office since 1866, and has been a Senator from Illinois since 18S3, has the hardest battle of his life this year. Governor Deneen and ex-Governor Richard P. Yates lead the opposition to him. Yates expects to- be the Senator, and the fight is re garded as a desperate one. Jonathan P. Dolliver, Republican, of Iowa, finds his political fences In a bad way. Governor Cummins and other lead ers are out for his scalp and declare they will get it. Mr. Dolliver, although hope ful. Is working hard. John F. Dryden. Republican, of New Jersey, finds himself handicapped by the fact that he .is president and practical owner of the Prudential Life Insurance company, and life Insurance companies are not . popular nowadays. George L. Record, corporation counsel of Jersey City, is the anti-ring candidate, and is backed by Mayor Fagan of Jersey City, Senator Colby of Newark and others. A lively battle Is on all over the; State. Fred T. Dubois. Democrat, of Idaho, has his own troubles, as his state will probably go Republican again this year. A Republican who has the "Dubois worry la Stephen B. Elklns of West Virginia If he can carry the state, he will doubtless be re-elected, but the chances are said to be very dubious. Gearin Has No Chance. John M. Gearin, Democrat, of Oregon, does not expect to be here after the State Legislature meets, of course. He and everybody else looks for a Republican Senator. Joseph H. Millard, of Nebraska, has only slight hopes of a second term- Who his successor will be has not yet developed. Thomas M. Patterson, Democrat, of Colorado, will undoubtedly tie succeeded by a Republican. George Pea body Wetmore, of Rhode Island, la Involved In a three-cornered fight, which looks bad for him. .The ob jection raised la that he simply votes as Aldrtch tells hlra. "Little Rhody" Is said to be more stirred up than It ever has been tn Its history. One Senator has already been elected for a new term. He Is A. J. McLaurln, Democrat, of Mississippi. The other 13 who expect to be victorious when the time comes are: These Will Be Re-Elected. Augustus O. Bacon, Georgia; Joseph W. Bailey Texas r Henry B. Burnham, New Hampshire; W. Murray Crane, Massachu setts; Murray J. Foster, Louisiana; Will- lam P. Frye, Maine; Robert J. Gamble, South Dakota; TUomas S. Martin, Vir ginia: John T. Morgan, Alabama; Knute Nelson Minnesota; F. M. Simmons, North Carolina; Benjamin F. Tillman, South Carolina, and F. E. Warren, Wyoming Of course It Is not a certainty that all of these will be elected, for there is plenty of time between now and the con vening of the Legislatures to organize successful fights. The unexpected defeats of Berry of Ar kansas, Carmack of Tennessee and Black burn of Kentucky have mightily worried their colleagues, and an extra amount of attention will be paid to political fences all over the United States this Fall. , And again It is in order to ask: What has caused this upheaval? Is It the muck rake, or what? AUTO HITS STREET- BURNING OIL SPRINKLED OVER MANY PASSENGERS. Tank Blows Up In Collision at Cin cinnati and Injures Seventeen Persons, One Fatally. CINCINNATI, May 30. Seventeen per sona were Injured, one fatally. In a col llslon between an automobile owned by Dr. J. C. Atkins and two street-cars on Vine street hill here today. The chauffeur tried to pass between a Mill Creek Valley car, southbound, and a Vine and Norwood car, northbound. Immediately after the collision the storage tank of the automobile exploded, throwing the burning oil over both cars as well as the automobile. - Dr. J. C. Atkins, Bertha and Eugenia Neulson, sisters, and Chauffeur Walter Levall, colored, who were in the auto mobile, were seriously burned. Dr. At kins was burned about the face and head and probably will die. Thirteen passengers on the Mill Creek Valley car were slight ly burned. Both cars and the automobile were completely destroyed. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY' S Maximum temperature. 5T; trace. ' TODAY'S Fair and warmer. Xorthwest Foreurn. Michael Davitt, the Irish patriot, diee. Pare 4. En a. Page 4. Anarchist plot to kill Alfonso. Page a. Russian Parliament adopt a plan of attack on Cabinet. Page 4. AJlkhanofT, butcher of Caucasus, teo-rfblr wnnnHsil Kw Knm'Ksa T A. Austrian Parliament denounces Emperor's. Guatemalan rebels e;aln victory. Page 5. British wershlo on rocks and may be total wrsrk 10 crss. IK Rational. . Tawney accuses Secretary "Wilson of violat ing law In erection of agricultural building-. Page 5. Shonts ' eays canal must have locks to be useful to this generation. Page &. Politics. Many Senators defeated for re-election, next March. Page 1. -Democratlo factions In Tennessee will flg-bt - again today. Page 14. Domestic. President Roosevelt speaks to negroes ana1 veterans in Virginia- Page S. Ohlc&go fears, effect of meat inspection bIH. Page 14. Fatal automobile accidents at New York and Cincinnati. Page 1. How Relnke spent stolen money. Page 6. 8 port Gilbert, of Portland, breaks world's pole vaulting record. Page 7. Burgomaster wins Belmont stakes. Pare f. Spearmint wins Gnglf&h Derby. Page 7. Seventh annual bench show of Portland Ken nel Club opens. Page 14. Beavers win morning game from Commuters; give away one In afternoon. Page 7. Oregon wins championship in meet at Seattle with Washington ana la&no. x-ag a. Pacific Coast. Vast havoc wrourht by floods In the vicinity of Walla Walla and Pendleton. Page 1. Judge Smith will decide on action In Bteu nenberg murder trial today. Page 0. .Decoration day to observed la town and cities of Oregoa and Washington. Page 6. Eloise Mulhoff, assaulted and fnurdre4 near home at Ren ton. Wash. Page 6. James Stewart, pioneer capitalist of Aber deen, Wash., Is dead. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Mrs J. Frohman writes Interestlnr letter home from China. Page 16. Adjutant-General Flnzer brings National Guard Into politics; asks subordinates to support Chamberlain. Page 11. If Bellwood goes "dry Monday, The Oaks may share same fate. Page 16. Oregon Volunteer monument unveiled in Plara Park ; Memorial day exercises in Portland and suburbs. Page 10. Woodmen lay corneritone for new temple. ' Page 15. Special meeting of Council tomorrow to con sider Front-street franchises. Page 15. Equal suffragists to have women workers at polls on election day. Page 9. Steamship line between Portland and Hono lulu assured; service begins next month. Fa X3. PORTLAND GETS HONOLULU LINE Steamers Will Be Run ning July 1. SAILINGS EACH MONTH Matson Navigation Company Announces Plans, IN BUSINESS TO STAY San Francisco Concern Now Operates Six Vessels to Hawaii Attracted . to This City (Solely by .j , , . Superior Advantages, Portland is to have a steamshtp line to Honolulu and it will be put into operation next month. This announce ment was made yesterday by Captain William Matson, of San Francisco, president of the Matson Navigation Company. Within four weeks the steamer Hilone, which has a capacity of 4503 tons of freight, will leave Port land for Hawaii and will make monthly trips thereafter. If the volume of busi ness Justifies, and Captain Matson Is Inclined to believe it will, the steamer Enterprise, which now plies between Ban Francisco and Honolulu, will also be put on the line. Yesterday morning- at the office of W. A. Mears, secretary of the trans portation committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Captain Matson met aboift 20 representative business men of Portland, to whom he stated that the company of which he is the head would establish a line between this city and Honolulu with the understand ing that it is to be permanent. He also said that while the line would start with but one steamer another would probably be added within a short time. Later Captain Matson made" the same statement to an Ore gonlan representative. Steamer Is New and Fast. The steamer Hilone was recently purchased by the Matson Navigation Company at an Atlantic coast port and started on its initial trip on the Pa cific when it left Seattle for Honolulu Tuesday. It will not return to Seattle, but will come to Portland. The ves sel is practically new and fast. It has accommodations for 35 first-class passengers. The steamer Enterprise is about the same size and has about the same capacity and accommodations as has the Hilone. The vessel will make the trip to Honolulu from Portland, then to San Francisco and return to this city. Business men who attended the meet ing with Captain Matson yesterday afternoon are enthusiastlo over the establishment of the new line. Much enthusiasm was shown at the meeting, when it was stated that the line would be put In operation, and all those pres ent assured Captain Matson thaj his company would receive their heartiest support. Ho was much gratified over the encouragement he received, and stated that he was greatly pleased with the outlook. Captain Matson did not arrive in Portland until late Tuesday night, and Mr. Mears did not have much time In which to call a meeting of the busi ness men of Portland. But he did ex ceedingly well considering the circum stances, and the assemblage was thor oughly representative of the business interests of the city. Yesterday being a holiday it was impossible to com municate with all or the meeting would have been much larger. Credit Due Mr. Mears. Mr. Mears was largely instrumental in securing for Portland the line. Last week he was in San Francisco and called upon Captain Matson for the express purpose of interesting him In such an enterprise. He explained' in detail the advantage of a line running from Portland instead of the Sound, as Captain Matson had first contemplated. Captain Matson then stated that he had long been considering the advis ability of establishing a line from this port and that he would visit Portland this week and make known his plans. Business men have long contended that Portland should reach out and secure part of the trade of the Ha waiian Islands, which they regard as a legitimate but a neglected field for this city, the same as is Alaska. Cap tain Matson is of a similar opinion. It is believed that extensive and re munerative trade relations can be es tablished with the Hawaiian Islands. Large Interests In Hawaii. Captain Matson is representative of and is heavily Interested In the Honolulu Plantation Company, which will do much of Its trading in Portland as soon as the new line is established. It is understood that the steamship company and its af filiated concerns in the Hawaiian Islands will purchase large consignments of goods. Thus the burden of furnishing all the cargo for vessels of the line will not devolve upon the merchants of Port land. 'We come to Portland with the inten. tionof making the line permanent, but of course it Is not a certainty that we will do so," said Captain Matson at the Hotel Portland yesterday afternoon. "We be- XCoocludsd on Pace S.) i