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L , sA-rt' -? jLjr-izt j 1 Ml j & A .$ Pnrtkttb Jfaro H ." r-l - 4 . -4 ? TOL. XT. rORTIiAOT), OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1907. NO. 52. t .. .dSM-J UCIMCVI " - cjisc "7 , v Ag? 0.' v ' :' ',' ' - VJ Y A y f 'A. !M d- THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KALISPELL KALISPELL, MONTANA D. IU PEELEIt, I're , F. J. I.EnEllT, V. Pre., 11. E. WEIlSTEIl, Cash., W. D. LA.WS0N, A. Cah, TrnsactRcncrid tanking-biulnefi. DrafU Irsued, available In all cities ot th United State and Kuropo, Hong Kong ami Manila. Collection mado on favorable terms. LADD &, TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon Fstabliihed In 18M. Transact a Ooneral Ilanklng IluslnoM. Interest allowed on time de posits. Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Utters of Credit Issued available In Europe and tho hastcrn States, bight Exchange and Telegraphic 'I ransfors sold on Now York, Washington, Chicago, Ht Louis, l)oncr. Omaha, Ban Tranclsco and various points In Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and lirltlsh Columbia. Exohange sold on London, 1'arls, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong. " ' UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND, OREGON. J. C. AINBWOttTlt, Prosldout. W. 11. AYEIt, Vlco-l'resldont. K. W. 8C1IMEEK, Cashier A. M. WHIUIir, Assistant Cashier. Transacts general banking business. Drafts Issued, available In all cities of tho United btatesaud Europe, Hong Kong and Manila. Collections made on favorable terras. MOUTH WEST CONNER THIRD AND OAK STREETS. THE PENINSULA Capital, fully paid up, $25,000.00. Surplus and undivided profits, 93,000.00. Commenced Business June 5, 1005. OFFICERS : J. V. FOIIDNEY, President j It. T. I'LATT, Vice President: C A. WOOD, Cashlor. OA11I) OF MKECTOHH: J. W. Fordnoy, II. T, l'latt, F. C. Knapp, W. A. Browcr, II. L. rowers, Thos. Cochran, M. L. Ilolbronk. C. A. Wood. "Oldest Hank In tho Btato of Washington." DEXTER, HORTON & CO. Capital 20u, oo 3 AlNIkTF?! Surplus and undivided Deposits 17,MO,000 pMlliVCirCO prollts, l,000 Accounts of Northwo't Faclflo Hauls solicited uixin terms which will grant to them tho most liberal accommodations consistent with tholr (alanccs and responsibilities. Wm.M. Ladd, rresldent; N. II, LattinMsaaiiager; M. V, 1'eierson, Cashlor. Seattle, Washington. THB PIRBT NAaVnAL, BANK OP PORT TOWN8END KstabllshedBg Collections promptly mado and remitted. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Capital, $000,000 Surplua, $1,000,000 .FIRST NA TIONAL BANK of North Ymklmm, Wash, OmnHal mn Suntlum 0130,000 OO UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY W.M LADD 1'rrsldont CHAB, CAUI'KNTEK VICo 1'restdent FIRST NATIONAL BANK V alia Walla, Washington. (First National llnuk In tho Btato.) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAPITAL 100,M. BUIU'LUS 1IW,UM. LEVI ANKKNY. President. A. H. UEVNOLD& Vice I'reildonL A. It. nUUFOUD, Cashier THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE TAOOMA, WASH. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY CmmHml $900,000 Stintlum $200,000 SAVINNS OFFICEHft Chester Thornc. President: Frederick A. Itlce. Aslstant Cashier; Dellwrt JNO. C. AINHWOItTH, Prcs. JSO. a 1IAKEK, Vlco Pres. P. C. KAUFFM AN, 8d Vlco Pros. A. U. PltlCHAItD, Cashier. F. P. HASKELL, Jit., Assistant Cashlor. THE FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY BANK General Banking CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $390,000 Safe Deposit Vaults SAVINGS DEPARTMENT! Interest at tho Itato of S per cent per Annum, Credited Beml-Annually TACOMA. WA8HINQTON ALFltED COOMDUK, Pres. A. F. McCLAlNE Vlco Pres AAHON KUH.V, Vice Pres, CHAH. E. BCHIIIEIl, Cashier. D. C. WOODWAHD, Asst. Cashier. THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Oolf x Wash. Oapltal, $120,000.00 Trnncncta n genoral banking btiHitiudi. Special facilities for handling Kaatorn WanliliiKton nud Itlalio itcniH. VANCOUVER NATIONAL BANK Vancouver, Wash. Leading Financial Institution In Southwestern Washington UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS, $50,000 ASSETS, $1,000,000 LEVI ANKEKY l'lisjdont; E.Q. OltAWKOItl), Vlco I'rcslilcnti W. 1". CO.NNAWAY, Cashier WitKKTOKS LoWAnU'ii)'. Hurry Lmltl Corbctt, W. I'. Crawford, E.G. Craw ford, W. W, McCredle THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Moorehoud, MlnnoMota JOHN I.AMT1, 1'resldent DAVID AHKKOAAUD, Vice rresldent Interest Paid on FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Farm Loans Negotiated. Kiro and uonerai iiniiKing isuhkioss. Capital, $30,000 E. AltNKbON.I're. 0, It. JAC0I1I Cashier A Per Gmnt Interostt FiilU on Time Oepossltsa THE FIRST INATIOINAL, BAINK OP DULUTH, MINNESOTA. CAPITAL, HOO.OOO SURPLUS and PROFITS (1,100,000 U. Sm Qovernment Depository. We Solicit Vour Dustiness OEOKOE I'AI.MEH 1'resldent P. UMEYEItH Cashier La Grande National Bank liSSSE 1 Ommitml and SurRlum, $120,000 DIRECTORS: J. M. llerry. A. U. Conler. K. J. Holmes, K. M. Hjrltit, F. L. Meyers. Geo. h Cleaver, Geo. Palmer. The Merchants National Bank: Of St. Paul, MlnncMttt UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital, 1,000,000.00 Surplus, $500,000.00 Trnnancta a uunarul bunklnic busslnestit. Corresspondence Invited OFFICERS-KENNETH CLARK, President: OEO. II. PRINCE, Vice President; II. W. PARKER, Cashier; II. VAN VLECK, Assistant Cashier. ' DIRECTORO-Crawford Livingston. Kenneth Clark, J rrlnce, v. u. Bigulow. it.u. Noyes, v, f Vl'a.lrltw j nomas A.wanow, W. 11. Parsons, J ..M. Hannalord, Charles P, Noyes. Our new plant on Front St., between Seven teenth and Nineteenth Sti ., is the most modern Engineering Plant on the Pacific Coast Work placed with us will be executed with efficiency and despatch. BANK ST- JOHNS ORE- Of POR11.AND omzaorN Depoalta, $13,000,000 W. L, BTKINWKO, Cashlor A. 11. CLINK Assistant Cashier DEPARTMENT Arthur Alborlsom Vice President and Cashlor: A. Young, Assistant Cashier. tSTAUUSMtO 1881 LEW A. HUNTOON, C'athler AHTIUIR II.COSTAIN, Asat. Cashier Time Deposits East Grand Forks, Minn Cyclone Insurnneo Written. Does a UEO. L. CLEAVEIl V. L. 1JHKKII0LT8 Asst. Cashier Asst. Cashier n. Bklnncr. Louts W. Hill. Geo. II. f. I) rtnu..v W U ITnllo.. V V U.nnila.a NEWS OF THE WEEK In Condensed Form for Bosy Readers. Our HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. A St. Louis couplo will bo married soon at tho agos of 101 and 100. Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York bavo boon visited by a snow storm. Early fiult in Tcnnosseo is reported to bo sovcrsly damaged by cold weather. A slighfcarthquako shook nt Charles ton, S. 0., throw tho pooplc Into a panic. There is no chance for tho election of a senator from Rhode Island tho present session ol tno legislature. Chlncso famlno sufferers aro dying by hundreds and tlioro is dlfllculty in securing tho dead suitablo burial. Tlie Austrian "premier declares, every eclony of tho various nations should bo mado an Independent government. President Roosevelt lms about mado up liis mind Hint tho best way out of tho national campaign trouble is for the government to pay tho Icgltlmato ex penses of all candidates. San Franoieco street railway employ es aro receiving back pay. Tho arbitra tion board granted tho men an increaso from the tiino tho troublo began last fall and now $415,000 is being distrib uted. Dr. Kcnnard, an American agent In Russia, cays the suifedrlng tlioro from famlno is appalling. Not less than 20,000,000 aio dopondonton aid until another harvest. Epidemics of disease add to tho suffering. Hearst is Bald to bo building up a third party. Tlioro is a deadlock in tho Wisconsin eonatoria) contest. I Joromo Is investigating a chargo of tampering with a Thaw juror. The vlco president of tho New York Central railroad fuvors government control. Tho Drltish budget propones a pen sion for old ago and increased taxon on tho rich. Southern cotton inanugttcturers com plain of rato discrimination by tho iitilroiuls. Captain Goorgo Curry has been in augurated governor of Now .Mexico in plnco of F. C. Hagerman, who resigned. Tho thief who etolo 125,000 from tho Not them Puoifio PixpreMS company at St. Paul Iiuh been captured and tlio money recovered. Tho Illinois Supremo court has de cided tho municipal ownership law in valid and Chicago will not bo able to own hor own street railway Byetom. Regis II. Post has been inaugurated govornor of Porto Rico in succession of Uoekman Winthrop, who resigned to become assistant secretary of tho treas ury at Washington.' The Hermann trial Is approaching the end. Ban Francisco street car employes may strlko for 8 hours and f 3 a day. Coal miners at Coleman, Alberta, havo struck for an increaso of 10 per cent in wages. Tho Chicago & Allton railroad has been fined $00,000 for granting rebates in moat shipments. Spain lias outlined a program for a new navy which calls for an appropria tion of $04,000,000. Robbers hold up tho Northern Pacific Express company's oIUco at St. Paul and secured $25,000. Portland piolce have capturod the "pink domino," a bold burglar who has terrorized the Nob Hill district for doveral weeks. Snow storms and freezing weather prevail from Wisconsin down intc Kan sas. In places tralas aro delayed on account of the snow. The United States census bureau lias placed Seattle's population in 10no at 104,100. Senator Piles Is indignant and declares the city has over 20U,(JQ0. Governor Buchtel of Colorado, has asked tho governors of all states con. taining public land to Join him in a conference June 18, 10 and 20 at Den ver to discuss tho question of public land laws. A Northern Pacific train was wrecked near Jamestown, N. D., and five per sons injured. Russia and Japan have completed the evacuation of Manchuria, leaving only a few railway guards. Oflicials cf the Zortman, Mont., rninse deny that the stage robber got $28,000 for his work. DEEP SNOW ON PRAIRIES. Six Inches Ruins Fruit Prospect. But Benefits Wheat. Omaha, April 10. Fivo Inches of Bnow foil during tho night, and tho storm continued during tho forenoon. Tho fall wns general over Eastern Ne braska, and is the heaviest knewn in Aprjl for many years, Tho extent of dnmngo is not known. Opinion as to tho storm's offect upon fruit and early vegetables varies. In sotno counties along tho eouthorn and central bolts cherries, poaches, plums, and berries aro said by sotno authorities to have boon ruined almost, entirely, while other growois repcrt that fruit was not far enough advancd to becomo seriously ondangeted. In grain circles it is bolievcd tho snow will kill nil the green bugs that havo been threatening tho winter wheat crop and spreading over tho central portion of the Btato. A Norfolk dispatch fays Northern Nebraska, Southern South Dakota, Northeastern Wyoming and tho Black Hills nto covered with n blanket of snow six inches deep upon tho level, which is still falling. At Northwestern railroad headquarters hero it was said tho storm was practically over tho en tiro system west of tho Missouri rivor. DEATH LIST GROWING. Mexican Earthquake Proves to Have Been Most Disastrous. City of Mexico, April 10. Today the Associated Press wns In direct commu nication with a number of towns in tho district a fleeted by Sunday's earth quake. From tho telegrams received it is certain that tho death list will ex ceed 100. Tlioro aro a number of small towns yet to bo hoard from, but up to iluto tho average number of fatalities at these places has mimed from 0 to 12 and the number of injured from 30 to 40. In Chilana 33 persons woro Iniurcd and 770 buildings destroyed. Nobody was killed, as reported yesterday. After tho ill at great shock tho air was filled for many miles with a thick, sickening, sulphurous odor. This caused great distress to tho survivors. Tlioro aro many speculations as to tho caueo ol tho peculiar freak of nature and Boino consider It a proof that tho earthquuko had its origin in eomo sub terranean explosion. FIRST ANNIVERSARY. San Francisco Remembers Earthquake Year Age. San Francisco, April 10. Whllo (hero was no general cessation of the work of rehabilitation, tho first anni versary of the earthquake and tho firo which loft this city tt mass of ruins yus olisorvcd yesterday by appropriate re ligious services and commcmoiatlvo ex ercises by tho lluildlng Trades Council and other organizations. Tho crowning event of tho day was tho hauquot of tho Moiuhants' associa tion at tho Hotol Fulrmount, nt which tho mitlerlal and civio regonemtion of the city was amply discussed and faith oxprested in a now and grtulor San Franc It co. Tho principal buslncsa streets woie" decorated with bunting and incandescent lights. Flags were Hying every w hero and tho domo of tho city hall, still in a partly wieckod con dition, was illuminated as on gala occa sions "beforo the firo." WILL QO FOR SIX-BITTERS Frisco Policy Holders Bring 1,800 bults for Payment. San Francisco, April 10. Moro than 100 suits ogainBt insurance companies for the payment of policios hold during tho great firo a year npo wore filed to day at the county clerk's oUlce, bring ing the total woll over 1,800. At 5 o'clock, whou tho olllcu closed, tliero was a long Hue of attorneys, olerks and messengers waiting, and it took three clerks nearly an hour to dispose of the overflow, Today was practically the last day for tho filing of such suits, although in some cases the year ullowcd will not expire until tomorrow. During the Kst two days tho county clerk's ofiico is taken in nearly $3,000 in fees on these cases alono. After Men With Guns. ( New York, April 10. While squads of detectives are scouring tho foreign quarters, working under tho direct or ders of Police Commissioner Ulngham, arresting all the armed men they find, tho judicial olllceiB aro showing evidenco of their intention to cooperate with tho police in breaking up tho practlco of carrying deadly weapons. District At torney Jerome has prepared 50 cases against men charged with carrying con cealed weapons, and will present them to the giand jury tomorrow. In all, 215 men liavo been locked up. Volcano Erupts In Andes, Valparaiso, Chile, April 10. Newt has reached here that the Ren I hue vol cano, in the provinco of Valdlvia, is In violent oruption. The eruptions aro accompanied by awful subterranean rumblings, earthquakes, intense dark ness, electrical displays, ashes and boiling water. Tho flowing )aa has set lire to the surrounding forests, and the Inhabitants arc fleeing in terror. FIRE IN PHILIPPINES Uo Ho, Second Town In Islands, Suffers Heavy Loss. TYPHOON IN CAROLINE ISLANDS One-Fourth the Population of One of the Islands Dead and Rest Are Starving. Manila, April 20. Latest reports from Hollo say the firo has been checked. The native quarter of tho city was destroyed. Tho property loss is estimated at $100,000 gold. Tho busi ness section of the city was untouched, it being saved by tho military and con stabulary. ' Soven hundred houses were destroyed and 800 or 1,000 natives made homo loss. Adoquato roliof measures havo bcon taken. Tho homleess havo been housed In schools and othor buildings. Tho provinco and tho city wli! provide for tho refugees and no physical suffer ing iu feared. Tlioro was no loss of lifo by tho earthquakes. Tho shocks, whllo tho most sovoro oxperionced in 1C years, woro not violent enough to emu? much destruction. Dispatches from points, iu several provinces report sovoro shocks but llttlo damage. Tho total damauo caused bv tho earthquakes in the untiro archipelago will not oxecod $10,000. Typhoon Sweeps Caroline Islands. Uorlln, April 20. Colonial Director Dcrnburg informed tho budgot commit tee of the rolchstag today that n cablo messago had been received from tho govornor of (ho island of Yap, an nouncing that a disastrous typhoon swept over the Carol I no Islands on Good Friday, March 20, and that 230 cf tho 800 natives of tho Ululthl group woro drowned, that tho cocoanut trees woro destroyed, and that famlno threat ens tho surviving natives. , Tho steumor Planet, of tho German navy, which has been engaged in geo dotio work, and tho learner Muni, of the Julult company, proceeded to Ulul thl islands, taking food and help. It wits proposed to bring as many of tho suffering natives as posslblo to the Pe low and Jjulrono IbIuikIs. Lett Than 100 Lives Lost. Mexico City, April 20. Communica tions have now been .opened with all tho Important points In tho section mast affected by tho eaithquako. Tito latest reports liullwito that tho loss of life will not reach 100. but mam' ihtsoiih havo boon Injured and tho propoity lntri ib very great. VIch President Corral, In a commu nication publlthed hero today, declares that tho wholo of tho statu of Guoirero Iihh boon devastated. Thousands of dollars aro belnir sub- bcribcd to tho fund Iwlng raised in this city for tho relief of the earthquake sufferers. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. Bryce Speculates on Result If Revolu- , tlon Had Failed, Philadelphia, April 20. James Ilryco, ambassador from Great IlriUtlu, in an address at tho bunquot of tho Trans-Atluntlu society of Amorloa horo tonight, declared that, if America hud remained ai u colonial ward of Kng land, Presidont ltoofovolt would not have boon confronted with such world Important problems as ho Is now called to solve. Had tho countries not boon separat ed, Mr. liryce said, tho development of tho United Htatcs would havo been moro gradual. Ho was of tho opinion that sluvery would not hao endured so long and would havo gono, perhaps, without bloodshed. There would havo Iwen fewer railroads, less intur.'ial strife and consequently fewer big economic problems to soho. Build Terminals at Oakland. San Francisco, April 20. Tito West ern Paolfio railroad has divided to com mence immediately tho construction of its trnns-baj terminal along the north retaining wall of the Oakland estuary. This work will involvo the filling in of a molo 1,000 feet in width and between 4,000 and 5,000 feet in length. The construction of tho molo, together witli tho erection of a modern depot building and slip approaches at its western end, will take about 17 or 18 months, and will involve a 11 nunc la I outlay of some thing like $2,500,000. Georgia Peaches Killed. Atlanta, "Ga., April 20. Stato Km tomologlst Smith today received rejiorls from the various ptach growing dis tricts of tho stute, u summary of which shows that at louxt 75 tier cent of the crop lm been killed by tho recent cold wtatner. WILL FIGHT HENEY. Big Corporations Have Banded To gether In San Francisco. San Francisco, April 17. A conspir acy which puts into tho shado the $5, 000,000 affair that recently aroused the Inmates of tho White Houso has evolv ed from tho graft proceedings in Satt Francisco, and, Itko tho conspiracy in Washington, it has its hoadquartors in Washington. Moreover, ono of the leadors of the $5,000,000 conspiracy is ono of tho chief actors in this latest plot. .. In short, tho big corporations, which havo sighted the specter of indictment, have banded together against tho com mon foo. Combined they rcprosonb ono of tho most powerful forces that America has known, and they are pre pared to expend a largo shore of tho un limited capital they control. Tho United Railroads, an $80,000,000 cor poration; tho Faclflo States Tolophono & Tolcgraph company, tho Homo Tolo phono company, and lastly tho South ern Pacific company, have joined hands to fight down tho graft prosecution. Tho head and front of tho plot aro reputed to be Patrick Calhoun and E. II. Harrlman. It Is no secret that above all othors it is (he dcslro of Mr. Honoy to direct the firo of tho prosecu tion agaliiBt Calhoun and tho men who occupy tho seats of tho mighty in the councils of the Southern Pacific. Har riman'a representative on the Pacific, W. F. Ileriln, is one of tho chief ob jects of Mr. Hcnoy's Investigation. Mr. Horrln bus always roftiBcd to como into tho opon and oven now, with publia attention centered upon him, ho re mains in tho background. MEXICAN 8HOOK8 CONTINUE Destruction Grows at Reports Com From Outlying Districts. City of Mexico, April 17. Heavy carthquako shocks continued on tho west coast until 4 o'clock this morning. Late news of tho earthquake shows that the devastation wrought was greater than al first supposed. Rcsldo tho de struction of Chilpancingo and Chllapa, it is now said that Tixtla also was lev eled. Messongors reaching Ghilpanoln go say tho towns of Ayutla and Omoto pro havo been wiped out. Tho population of Ayutla is small, and It is thought tho loss of lifo tlioro will bo Insignificant. Ometepro is a town of about 4,000 inhabitants and tho lose of lifo probably is largo. Tlapa, near tho bonier line of tho stato of Oaxaca, is also reported to bo wiped out. A report from Chllpunoln gosayatho wholo of tho west coast from Acapulco south of Salina Cruz hats bcon badly damaged. The damaged places aro romoto, and now s from the stricken district conse quently is Incomplete Only ono wire is working to Chllpunalugo. Standard Dodges Taxes. Chicago, April 17. Taxing authori ties of Lake county, Indiana, liavo in stigated aiuictlon against the Standard Oil company of Whiting us a result of investigations in charge of County As sessor William K. lilack and his assist ant, Towns Assessor Ilort Kscher, of Hammond. They havo discovered, they say, that tho company fpr four yeais has sequestered millions of dollars' worth of valuable property from tax duplicates. It Is estimated by the officials that tho Standard Oil company should bo paying taxes on $40,000,000 worth of property when it is assessed on tho tax duplicates for only $3,000, 000 worth. Will Test the 10-Hour Law. llulto, Mont., April 17. A Helena special to tho Miner statea that Attor ney General Albert J. Galen in an opinion rendered today ftates that he holds tho recent onaqtmont by tho leg islature of the statuto limiting tho hours of employment of railway em ployes to 1(1 hours to bo valid. Wil liam Wallaco, Jr., counsul for tho Northern Paolfio, has served notico upon tho board of railway commission ers that tho company will Ignore tho now statute. Mr. Galen has advised tho commissioners to at once begin a test caso against tho lallwuys. Accused of Taking Bribe. Chicago, April 17. Perry I.. Hed rlck, chief sanitary Inspector of tho city Health department, was arrested today on charges of soliciting and ao ceptlng a bribo. It is alleged tho $200 paid to him by George A. lieckway, an inventor, was found iu his pooket when ho wits arrested. Hedrick was released on $10,000 bonds. According to the charges made against Hcdrlck, ho agreed with lieckway that on payment of the inonoy ho would recommend Heck way's invention to tho Health du partmtnt. Wisconsin Central Is Guilty, WMinneapolis, April 17. A jury iu tho Unjted htatcs District court luab night found tho Wisconsin Central mil rood and two of its officials guilty of rebating, iiurton Johnson, genoral freight agent, and G. T. Huey, hltt usslstant, were convicted on all the ,17 couuuj named in tho Indictment, " V