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VOL. III. NO. 29.
- PORTLAND, vOREGON, SATURDAY EVENINGAPRIL 9 1804.
-PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILL HAKE SPECIAL
THE RECENT SULLV INVESTIGATION.-
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EXPOSITION TRIPS
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Oregon Delegation
. tempt to Gain Increase of Appropri-
ation
Measure Is Then Hurried
-4:30
Would Merely Prove Futile.
, Carrying the ; $475,000 Named;
ii nuiu,wu uui aiu, aye, wuHtuaitf
... Washington. April 8.--The house bill
.' for the Lewis and Clark exposition, ap
i. proprlating 476. 000, war passed by the
-United States senate thla afternoon, un-
changed 1 atid without comment There
now remains - but the i president's sig
nature to flnlsh the government's action
and make the money available through
.'the regular channels and by the regular
coure of procedure provided. ;-, J. j- v "
,: - The Oregon delegation held a rneet
ilng this morning and decided to accept
the house amendment to the senate bill
for the JUewls and Clark exposition. It
- was recognised that the amount fixed
" In the house amendment was the ex
' treme limit of appropriation that could
be aeeured. An effort was decided upon
'to call the bill up In the-senate - thla
afternoon and get It to concur Inr the
houae amendments. s the bill could go
to President Koosevetr at"6noe-for:iins success. ' " " " r
signature. . - , V :' . ' With this In view ell attempts to gain
' Accordingly all endeavora were pui
'forth this direction" with" the result
that at 4 :10 this afternoon the bill was
' called Ufl In the senate and aaed ,wlth-
' It will be. Immediately- sent to the
'president for its final ratification. This
ENEMY
HlTCIiCOai GALLED
Bourke Cochran of ' New York : Arraigns the
Secretary of , 'Interior - and Gains Applause ::
" : From All Sides of Housei' .
- ' (Jouraal 8peclat Service.)-"
. Washington. IX C AprU , .rVot tot
many years In congress haa such brll
r 'lianl oratory been heard a that of Con-
greasman Bourke Cochran of New Tork
V In ft BpeecU made, today. The galleries
.were packed with, people Who had been
' attracted by the announcement that the
"Tammany man , would . apeak today on
. his resolution calling on .the Judiciary
committee . to investigate -the right of
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior de
- partment to Issue bis recent pension, or-
"der. '":''Vv-J"K:"';"'i
y As Cochran : arose ; he waa greeted
' with applause from both sides of. the
house. Smiling pleasantly; he returned
; " the gracious salutation and then began
In a low voice to explain the unusual
proceedings on the part of Hitchcock.
- To Tladioate Dlgialty.
"r "As' he wae dtChTa subject, he aaldj.
It waa his aesire.to simpiy .vinaica.i
the dignity ; of the house, and turning
to the Republican side he, said, "And
' you will aid me.- Applause.)
- "I, like all; who hear me," continued
Mr.. Cochron,"wiahJ,to 'see a generoua
' provision made for the old soldieri'for
i him who has fought the battles of hia
country, but I want that." work done by
' . congress,, and not by any self-constl-,
tuted 1 authority.' : Qreat Democratic
' applause Joined by many Republicans.)
"If this money I paid on. the flimsy
- order of the secretary; of ; the Interior,
' what shadow of a power la left this
i house of congress. .' The purse of the"
' people of thla country is held In the
sacred keeping of the house by the con
f stltutton. Disbursements are under Its
1 control. '1- But whea f M.OOO.OOO Is taken
' from the treasury by the stroke of , a
rn .Jieldln the hands of an executive
fflcerA : tn theit we $re at" the -j"!"
-:ot'''h.efWaja2S;:;;,ii'W;.;;Ui:r
." ."i advocate, the repudiation v of .the
Hltcbcock order -as a measure menacing
the safety of our country." . .
ENGLISH
-.
NEGRO REBELS
. (Journal Special Be-rfce.) 7: : J I
London, 'April . News ofrg serloua
- nature was received at the foreign Of
' flee here this afternoon, which proves
to the ministry , that -aetlve and con
" certlve measures must at once be-taken
to protect British ' soldiery which Is
; fighting hordes of barbarous nativea In
Nigeria,' Africa.
The report received States that a Brit
ish force proceeding against the, Okpo
'tos of Nigeria encountered the engmy
In full battle array and fn a fierce en-
- counter that ensued the -English - were
repulsed with a loss of four killed and
48 seriously injured. -
Decides Any At-
tcr Senate Wfier2 :at
will end the question whloh for many
months lias been one of the most. Im
portant ' to the northwest and which
marks the actual commencement Of the
great western exposition,
nanned. Voa-Coaoarraiwe.
r Testerday when the Uill was first
passed through ' the house, the Oregon
delegation, was of the Opinion that the
best plan would be to have the senate
non-concur in the house bill, thus bring
ing It to a conference r where - It.. was
hoped the else of the appropriation
might be materially Increased. Promi
nent members of the upper house had
assured the friends or the Oregon Dm
that they were willing to take any ac
tion that the westerners might wUD.
"It Is admitted by the delegation that
while the appropriation la smaller than
desired. It is still sufficient- to meet tn
needs of .the faff association and assure
an Increase were today formally aban
doned. It Is probable that but one other
bill for an exposition wiU.be passed for
at. least a few years to come, tne ex-
caption being made Jo, the case of the
Jamestown exposition,' whiek -has been
urging, Its claljis or some time. ;
OF
thundering" applause "from the Demo
crat and from the galleries. -: J 4-'-.-"
In continuing Mr. Cochran spoke of
the gradual decline and decay of the
house of representatives and ended by
saying, ours la the right to make war,
and the constitution gives us the power
to declare war when we so agree, Dut
the, executive makes war whenever ... be
chooses.' . 1 ' f - f '
. In discussing the rules' of the house
Mr. Cochma - said :-r"If -we -are - not- to
be trusted we ought to be abolished."
-; By . u nanlmous , coijBent.th.eoratQC'
time was extended. i . . . ,
Beginning again he was urgent that
the house adopt a resolution appointing
a omratttee to frame a new regulation
of rights.--
The Republicans joined - in - the out
burst.' . ' .
At the conclusion of his remarks an
informal receotton followed.:'
A-motlon from .the committee on rules
to lay the first Cochran resolution on the
table carried by a rising vote of ISO to
12, McCall of Massachusetts, and Little
field of Maine, Republlcana.'yotlng with
the Democrats.
A yea and nay vote was demanded, and
the- roll call resulted In 10 J to 100 and
the motion to lay the former resolution
on the table carried. . ' ,
Vresldant geads Xomlnatloijs. f '
.". Ther president sent to the senate today
the nomination of A. N. Kepoikal to.be
Judge of: the second circuit court in
Hawaii, and J, R. Parsons, Jr., of New
York . to be consul general, at the City
of Mexico.
Xt , roBTaasTmssa at ajlaqo. A ri
' (Washington Bareaa of The Joornal.) '
Washington, D. C.t.. April .-Mrs.
Edith , Woodward, .has t. been appointed
postmistress at Are go,
i ': HZW OAPXTAZi 1ST milFlfUi JSC.
, (Journal Spedtt Bervloe.) fs ti -.
Manila, April 8. The Philippine com
mission next week removed to Bagula,
the new capital of the Philippines,. -
LOSE TO ;
.To add to the seriousness of. the con
ditions in the Warlike country, the
British after retreating sent out scoilts
and orie returned with . the bead of an
English officer who had been, murdered
several days .ago.;;Jf;L'J, fv'i-i''v'l;
...It Is Inferred by . the wording of the
dispatch that the British forces will be
mobollsed and attach the nativea with
the , purpose of exterminating them ; If
necessity" requires. -'- '-'
It is believed. here tRat reinforcements
will be at once dispatched : to Nigeria
which wilt .have' a wholesome effect of
stopping the bloody strife.
' . Ml.
PEOPLE
(San Francisco Bureau
Journal.) - " . "
Ban,' Francisco. April . -The ,
Southern Pacific expects a large ;
traffic through southern Call-
fornla and "central California for;
Portland during, the Lwis and
Clark exposition. It will arrange
- to make-special rates and side,
' trips extending from eastern clt-;'
tea to Los Angeles, " thence via
San Francisco to Portland. ' "fa
; Special rates will also be made ,
. over the Central Pacific railway.
Although it is too far ahead to
'predict, the officials: of the com
pany think the attendance la go
ring to-be very largA a the nor--;
elty of traveling weat tp see a
tvpleal western exposition Is sure
to bring great crowds from all ;
; parts, of the Wnlted States. Of-
flclals whekleave for. .the north,"
; tonight :wlll. study .the situation. ,
It la probable that many side ,
trips will be arranged for Oregon .
and Washington points, that vls
' itors may be enabled to - become
thoroughly , acquainted , with In
terior conditions in those siaiea
iiffii
(;!
Former Queen of f
Is at Rest; After :a - i
'StornlylLiflfll
Parls, April .. Former jQueen , Isa
bella of Spain, who has been in for sev
eral daya with influenza and a' compli
cation of ' other ; ailments,- died this
morning. -r'V?: ''v; J;"". '
Isabella VXX wagi born at Madrid In
1810 and was queen of Spain from 1833
until 18S8. Her life was a.atormy one-
She: assumed, personal control of the
government In 114 J- and from then: until
he-reig-eaine"toey-cleeought polit
leal parties and revolutionists. She was
finally deposed and banished by a revo
lution "which broke out In Cadis In
1868: Two years later she resigned her
claims to the throne In - favor of her
eldest son, : who afterward became king
of Spain under, the title of Alfonso XII,
the father of the present king of
HERMANN STRONG IN
ASHLAND CONVENTION
-:". (Special btspatch to The Journal.)
Ashland, On, April 9. The Republican
county convention met here at 1 o'clock
this afternoon with a large attendance.
A vigorous fight is on In the county but
the conventionale strongly for Hermann
and Hermann' men control , the state
delegation; which Is named as follows:
Thomas .Cameron, H. J3. - Ankeny. D. T,
Lawton. W.' J. Freeman, Emll Brltt, J.'E.
Thornton. WiUUm E. Fox. C, If. ! Gil
lette, A.- Ii Krombling," S. N.? Nealon, &
O. van Dyke and M. E, McCpwn,-
. SSJTATOB OBEBW-S HBAJUirO. ;
'(Journal Special Bervtce,
New Tork, April 9. The case of State
Senator George E. Green was up - for
hearing, today ' before . . Judge - Edward
Thomaa of the ' United States circuit
court Senator Green' Is charged with
being Implicated In the postofflce con-J
tract irauas. una case nas Been post
poned a number of times, but it Is prob
able that the trial will proceed before
Judge Thomaa next week. . . t ,
I Mf'Ai. U f . v,,---:x. . ? Bffllto? Ucense
1 MM.M.MMwww e MM.
$50
for
the
Asking
of Th. y::-'
twmz& - fete
1 At the top .e
t i i
examining jvir. nawiev, at. uc vouum ai uib.kihb ouunu i ioiuk- i
?H?Rayana; at jthe rigrir ig;Paniel Sully-:fey:
CoundlmanMorses Hovement' oft East Siders
think a 1-een fare across the Mor
rison street bridge ,whlle it 7 la ciopea
would be -lust, both to the City' &
Suburban Railway cpmpany and to the
public,".,, said Councilman John kPi
Sharkey' today.. , "However,. . consider
the matter, out of my official province,
inasmuch as it Is up to the executive
boardrBurTTavof ,s;reducedf rate," as
stated, and am willing, to do what I can
to help secure the .reduction wv1? a -
This is simply s, matter or ousmess.
If a man. la running a store of any kind
and wishes to renovate, . he must; close
and expeCU to lost trade. So 1t Is with
the City at Surburban; whjle keeping the
bridge closed, they ought to be willing
to haul passengers across for one cent-
think this would be perrectiy rair .to
CAT'S scratch .kills:;
- ; PROMINENT, GROCER
- ' . - . . ,
. .:'i ..(Special Minatch to The Jooraal.) , . ,
Tacoma, Wash., . April . William
Johnson, of the firm of Iove, Johnson A
Co., - the well-known" wholesale grocer
of the northwest died today. of ? Wood
poisoning, as , the - result , t of ' a ' cat's
scratching his hand two weeks ago. "
SgCTCTABYT TATT TO tTZAJC' t
' (Joarnal Special gerrlca.) ' ''.
Chicago, HL. April .The Hamilton
club has completed arrangements on an
elaborate scale for Its Appomattox day
banquet at .t the " Auditorium ; tonight
; Sounds easy doesn't it? .Tis easy. .Fifty dollars will
be given for uttering six words. The six words necessary to
get the money will be printed in cold type tomorrow morn
ing. No test of skill or endurance required you do noth
ing but 'ask a question and the $50 is yours; providing, of
course, you ask the question of the proper person. - , , '
' We will provide.the money and the person and tell you ?
Where and when to meet them.' , We've got you guessing
haven't we ?.-. Read The Sunday Journal tomorrow morning,
for the answer." " ' 1 " ' '
,v
l.u..' i i.r1:. .u'. t?t. ,'
them and to the public, according to. the
earning capacity xet the. cars." : : i 1 ':'
President - 8 wlaert. of the 4 City. A
Suburban 'would, make rno 'statement; re-
eardlna the 1 -cent fare oroposltlortT He
said he had said all. be cared to, regard-
It-Is known 'thatTa'Targe numbery and
jfrobablr erTnajortty-otrtsidenta orf"thw
east side,- favor. a;reaucea iare,;ana ii
expected that, at the tnext- meeting , of
the executive . board ? a petition will, be
presented, . asking . that body .'to -again
take up. ther matter and secure,- If. -pos
alhle. a reduction..-, t- r j . ..
4 President- Swlgert has W stated that
should a proposition: be 'laid before him,
ha : wlir immediately tcall i a meeting of
directors and see what may ,be done, r
' ,. , - .
Secretary Taft will deliver Ihe principal
address, taking --as his vaubject, !"New
American Duties." The" other speakers
of - the evening will,' be:, General Charles
F. Manderson ; and Senator v, John :i W.'
Daniel of sVlrglnlav ' " - ' '
P0PEtP1US:WILL
; CREATE CARDINAL
. ' '; '. - - , -,- ' .-tt--1 , . -o-i "-'V- -
:, i'.. J- -i - - nmiisni'iiii't " T':-' -'-)' '
. -' f - in ; - - j, t
. , - ( Jonrnl Special Service.) V.' '"i
Rome, April " . Pope Piua . Is pre
paring a Hat of all foreign candidates
for the red hat of t,he "cardinal and has
requested' that all available Information
be sent him regarding "Ryan, Ireland,
Parley and Chapelle. - : v..
MMIMMMt
ThefMayorj: Disapprove?
BUI: to
'BasebalLi
f As ' predicted ; exclusively la yester
day'g.tasue; of iJTheXJournalj. Mayor
George H. WiU!ama this -morning vetoed
the ordinance paased at the last meeting
of the city council imposing a tax of
f 10 a game' on baseball." and gave- his
reasons for so doing. ' It waa" 1 10:15
o'clock when he left his office on ; the
third floor of the city ball and walked
down the spiral suirway to City Audi
tor Devlin's office to file the veto mes
sage, together with, two ethers. He re
turned to his office 'at once, and it was
but a few minutes until Councilman
John P. Sharkey, who introduced the
ordinance, strolled In. '-vA - .f A ;
,'T have" come tO" ask a Tavor-I gweaa
you. will easily be able to" grant me, for
understand you have already : done
what I came to ask you to do," said Mr.
Sharkey.,: "My mission here this morn
ing Is to ask you td veto the baseball
ordinance," . . ' :' : ;.
Tea, -1 have already : done ' o," re-
piled .the mayor.,, - v - - -
v :. str. Saarkey Is Contrite.
'I have'' been asked by " numbers1 of
business men to lend my aid' to secure
gretd."Taa Id 'Mr3 Sharkey. ," "The ordi
nance was the result .of .conferences Jiad
with me last season by prominent peo
ple,' who ' thought the games; should be
licensed. ' It came Tip-In the license com
mlttee meeting three weeks : ago, . and
was . favored.' -; It . was i, expected re
monstrances would be made and that-. It
would have , to be "reduced ' to- at least
tSrsgame,utntnieema "Senirmeht 'Is
against any license, ! so I wish : to , lend
my Support" to- repeal 'it y I ; have no
douH your Veto will -be sustained." X
"I am a baseball fiend, " said Mayor
Williams, "lind I lovs5 the - game . too
much to aid in Its discouragement ' .In
fact,' I am a lover and firm advocate of
all healthful sports.' When' I'' waa a
young j man . our - chief sport was
wrestling, and at 11 years of age I knew
of no one who could, throw me," -ir
''-'.'w. To draft 1 for raaseaC
"There Is only one unpleasant thing
about this,", said Mr. Sharkey.- "It has.
been hinted c that ' the ordinance .went
through for the purpose of . securing
passes. for the 1 councilman, ..which. '-of
course;, is not true. I went to 35 games
last year, often - taking ' friends,' and
never went without paying my way, and
Aa rwt tWant ' to da otherwise ' now." .'
Vou! must -pay - no- attention to what
the newspapers say," said .'the mayor,-
laughingly.1 . They : sometimes w -aay.
things about me, too." .
'The mayor's veto message folio we tt
(Continued on Page Two.)
BARELY ESCAPES
; UNTIMELY DEATH
Journal Special Service.)
New Tork, April. t. Armed to the
teeth, James W. Goodman, from Arizona,
came down town thla morning with. W.
C Greene, president of the Consolidated
Copper': company. - For several blocks
In Broadway passersby observed that
the two men were engaged In, a heated
discussion. ' ' ..:
The dispute grew Jnto an. open alter
cation when a corner on lower Broadway
was reached, - and, angry words spoken
had the- effect of drawing a, crowd
around the disputants. Suddenly Good
man drew a revolver and waa !n the
: tf shooting Greene when a police
.n, who v, as watching the disturb
Mrs. tson, Alleged Land
ISwindler, Arrives with ;
.. unicer.
DENIES HIDING FROM LAW
FaIr.Jlenibcr -AllffcCd land ; RInit Rc
t: leased on S4000 Cash Bail
Sl"She,;-.Wanted j to ;X::::
Return. ;r : ::
Vivacious, gay "and. daintily attired,,
Mrs... Emma I Watson,' tor whom fed
eral officers have searched the continent
since January In connection with n"
indictment returned against her for al--leged
complicity in the land swindles
cnarsea against orace aaciuniey, 0. A.
D. Puter and Marie Ware, appeared be
fore the United States court this morn
ing where bonds had been deposited for
her release. The sum of 14,000 In 20
gold pieces was sent to District Attor
ney Hall yesterday afternoon, and the
woman was released this morning as
soon. as a formal return. was made by
the deputy , marshal who accompanied
her. . 1 , -n: '
Mrs.. Watson reached the' city last
night In the custody of Thomaa Middle-ton,-
a deputy United States marshal
of Chicago. She was delayed a few
hours en route by a swollen '. mountain
stream wnicn swept away a rauroaa
bridge. To those who- were Interested
In her arrival, last night the name of
E. Li' Watson,' written in- a masculine,
hand on the .register of the Imperial
hotel, gave no hint of her presence,
- At - o'clock thla morning Mrs. Wat
son, in the custody of the Chicago offi
cers, went to the government building
and inquired tor the marshal's office.
".WeaM Kany jewels. :
She was neatly attired in a light bluo
traveling costume -with'-a light,, veil
partlyi concealing; her features..: She
wore many jewels,' On her fingers were
a number of' large diamonds and other,
jewels and a large diamond was pendant
from each ear. '-. '. . ...
t- "Is this the marshal's r office?" she
said as she stepped Into the room where
a single deputy waa on duty. He glanced
up quickly as . he heard the woman's
voire. "I am Mrs. Watson and I want
to fttid the marshal's office, or it wants
to find me. which Is It?" she continued,
smiling....;.--.'": 'T--;f.-- m
District Attorney Hail was summoned
and announced that bonds had been
provided and Mrs.. Watson ,was ordered
released. A formal-return. f hla pris
oner was made by the officer and the
woman, was told that she waa at liberty
' Btrs. WatsoB Talks, ,l. .
Indeed!" she said. "Why, t hardly
knew that I had been otherwise. It
didn't seem like being under arrest com
ing up here with Mr. Middletoti. And I
really enjoyed the , trip. The weather '
waa fine and there - waa nothing dis
agreeable except the delays. There waa
a bridge washed away and we had to
waltra few'&oursrTThaf s tn" reason we ""
fj4i4M --'aunl,. laAiaak Ai -molaaajt nl wlvnaa las mi
vtu is s ivavu ayivaw vi pvwmmw hi a no w
'night'i't-v'. f.'C'l;''i;' s-v""-1 ;-''?,
; "No,-the officer didn't make any ef
fort to aiard against-my-escape while -on
the road. He didn't take my clothing
away after I had retired nor did he take
my- Jewels, and you are Impertinent for
ajsklng. -1 ' wouldn't have tried to es-
caper If. -I - had had the- ehanee. 1 , had
plenty of chance for that matter, for
I ' don't" think - he kept any particular
watch over me because he knew I wanted
to come back. va- v : v-v"
"I have nothing to say to the people
of Portland through the papers. In fact,'
I don't see -why they have been saying :
so- much about me, anyway. I am sura;
I am not seeking any notoriety.
' 1 Vrvsr Triad to Bam Away.
,"How did '.. the Officers v happen to
catch me in Chicago? Why, I never made
any attempt to elude them. - When they
say I did, they are telling something
that is not true. And I didn't run away
from Oregon.-' just wanted to go east
and so I went I was living, in Chicago
and madeno effort to conceal the. tact
Of course' I didn't send word to the of
fleers nor to anyone else, for that mat
ter, .that I was, there, because it waa '
none of their business esDeciaJIr where
'"Did they keep me in Jail last night
I '-guess -;not v.'Mr friends in Chlcaga.
telegraphed the money here yesterday
and I was taken to a hotel, Mo. I don't
' (Continued, on Page Two.)
ance, knocked the weapon from the an
gry man's hands.
Goodman was 1 arrested and when
searched in the station house two
calibre revolvers were found upon hl
person. In addition to the one he leveled
at Greene. ;
' The cause of the dispute Is not known,
but it lsk believed to have ln ovr a
claim. Goodman would h.ive nothit tf t
say except that h wjw a m" ; '
born In Calif rrit:i, sntl 1 t O
used him wronufuny.
In the arrr.i, 1 1
a l;ir;e sum t t
nny jiiodcr.it .)
demandci.