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About The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1899)
w JtM. TheN sT' VOL. IV. PORTLAND, OREGON, SJHU11DAY, DECEMBER 1(, 1891). FIRST NATIONAL BANK orSSSSiA Designated J)crin.titrjr unil Flnnuclnl A Kent of the United States. President, II. W.Corbctt; cashier, E. (1. WltliliiRton: BRslstntit cashier, J. V. Kcwklrk; tecond n.ltant cashier, W. C. Alvorcl, Letters of credit Usrted, aTsllabls In Enrop and the Eastern Rtatei. Sight exchnngfl and telciraphlo trauafern told on Now York, rtoston, Chicago, St. raul, Omaha, San Francisco, and the principal points In tho Northwest. Sight and tlnieblll drawn In sums to suit on Loudon, Paris, Berlin, Frankfort-otithe-Maln, Hong Kong, Colleotlont made on favorable terms at all accessible points. LADD TILTON. BANKERS KKME? Established In 1850. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collodions in r do at till points on favornblo terms, Letters of orodit Issued Available In Europo nnd tho Eastern states. Hlght axahange nnd Tolegraphlo Transfers sold on Now York, WnBhingten, Chicago, St. Louis, Douvor, Omahn, San Francisco nnd various points In Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbln. Exchange sold on Loudon, Put is, Berlin, Frankfort nnd (long Kong. The United States National Bank Transacts a General Banking Business. Drafts issued avallablo in nil cities of the United States nnd Europe. TYLER WOODWARD, President. JACOB KAMM, Vico-Prcaldont. F. C. MILLER. Cashier. Blumauer-Frank Drug Co., Wholesale Distributor;. OF ALL Wonr Mill ana wareiouse Macliiuerv Silk and Wire Bolting; Cloth of all numbers. Cotton, Leather and Chain Belting- of all sizes. The only Exclusive Mill Supply House. CROFUT, M'AYEAL & CO., Telephone Grant 86. 49 FIRST STREET. "KUSALANA" Is the very finest grade of CEYLON TEA. Other brands are not JUST AS GOOD. KUSALANA is packed in one pound lead packages, put up in Ceylon, while the tea is still FRESH and AROMATIC If your dealer has not got it he can pt it from us. Corbitt Macleay Co., Te Importer. Laud and Immigration Agouti Loan and Insurance Agents M. L. CAUSEY, General Manager. The Causey Real Estate Go. Farm, Fruit and Timber Lands, Stock Ranches, Mining- Properties. j j o o d Office: Foley-Roche Building. LA GRANDE, OR. NO MORE BACKACHE! OREGON KIDNEY TEA Cures llackache. Kidney, Liver and Hladder troubles. Non.iletentlon of Urine. nrlck-Pu-t Tie. pnslt, Lcucorrhcen, I'nlnful or Suppressed Menstruation, Urlo Acid I'oltons, Iervouiiie", Mil; fousnem, Constipation, and all complaints arising from a debilitated or dUeased condition ol the Stomach, Kidneys or Urliwry organs of either sex. . Purines the Blood brelimlnntlnKa.il poisonous matter, stimulating the secretions, regiilatlni the bnwe's and aiding nature In throwing off that which makes u yellow Win. The effect on the COMPLEXION is quite pronounced, as a few days' use will demonstrate. OVERLAND WAREHOUSE Finest and Most Central Storehouse in the City. A GENERAL STORAGE BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Cheap Insurance. Storage Rates Reasonable. SPENCER-CLARKE CO., Lessees. Cor. Fourth and Davis. TATUIY1 BOWEN Beau Brummel The Best 5 Cent Cigar Made For Sale bg All Dealers. 144-146 Fourth Street, PORTLAND, OR. KIINDS, PORTLAND, OR. ENGINES.BOILERS, MILL SUPPLIES. WORTHINGTON STEAM PUMPS, Pumping- Plants of any Capacity, Wilfrey Concentrators, S.F. Air Compressors and Giant Drills, Mining- Hoists, Cars, etc., Hoe Chisel Tooth Saws. Saw Mills, Shingle Mills and Woodworking Machinery. Pittsburg Boiler Scale Resolvent, (No charge If not satisfactory). ALBANY CREASE. 29 to 85 First Street. PORTLAND 84 and 86 Fremont St., S. F. I NEWS Of HE WEEI From All Parts of the Ne World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READER Comprehensive. Kevlow at the Import nnt Happening of tho fnst Wfiektr Oullotl l'rom tho Telegraph Co 3oluinnir.1 Tlio transports Shoriduu nud nro it Seattle ST. AK- Grant? - Emrineora nud firemen of tho Unio: Pnciilc lmvo nuked for more pay. Tho Piioiflo Express olllco ut Omnli wns robbed of from $5,000 to .$20,000 Tlio British ship Glonholm will b' fumigated at Astoria for fear of yollo fover. A nromlubnt Frenchman snya thrf England 1h ready for war with t whole world. A uogro wna shot nt Lewlston, Idf Tho bullot flattened on hlfr-aknll nudf ho wiih comparatively unlnjurod. Washington oflluials nro anxious ovot tho possiblo fato of tho American priw( oners in tho hands of Aguiualdo. Tho football team of tho Univorslt; of California will play tho Cnrlialo I dlaus on Christmas day, in Sun Frn cisco. Commnnder E. P. Wood. U. S. N is dead of typhoid fover at Washington Ho commanded tho Petrel in tho bntt rf Afinilln linv "' J . To increase Admiral Dowoy troubles Minnestoa people will present him with a largo black bear recently captured. JC Tho supremo court of Oregon hris finally passed uou tho ensu of tlio state vs. Mugors, tho petition for a re--hearing being denied. Congressman Bailey will protest ngalust tho entrance of General Jo'o Wheeler into congress on hia roturn from tho Philippines. ; "Governor of Cuba" will bo tho oft cial designation of tho olllco to which Major-General Leonard Wood will bo nssigned early in tho now yoar, , Colonel James Graham nnd William P. Cnnneou, prominent politicians of St. Marys, Kan., drank from a disin fectant bottlo which tlioy supposod to contain whiskey, nnd aio not oxpootod to llvo. Tho prcsidont will soon soml a spoo ial messago to congress rognrdiiig re wards for olllcera and men from tho At lautlo squadron who distinguished thomsolvos during tho war with Spain, nnd whoso gallantry has not yet beon recognized. Tho controller of tho currency has declared the fifth dividend of 10 per cout iu favor of tho creditors of Tho Dalles National bank, making 05 per cout paid on tho claims proved, amounting to $20,1118.20. Spain will build a now uavy. Englishmen aro depressed by tho sit uation iu Africa. Arizona will apply for stntohood to tho present congress. Tho Americans lmvo occupiod Bung nod, proviuco of A bra. Steamers will leavo Portland ovoiy 10 day a for Capo Nomo. A gas oxploslon killed many coal minora at Carbonado, Wash. Tho Kentucky election commission gives Taylor's plurality as 2,388. Tho Filipinos' treasury was captured by tho Americans nt Manga tarom. Tho government's herd of roindeer in Alaska is rapidly increasing and now uumborM 2,000. Bishop Henry Pottor, of Now York, has nrrivod in Manila on n briof visit to study tho Philippines. Tho British artillery nrm in South Africa has boon materially strength ened by tho arrival of six big guus. Commandor Charles I. Howell is dead at New York city. Ho wits chiof engineer of tho Mniue when sho was blown up. Lady Francis Cook, fonnorly Tonnle Clafllin, announces hor intention to forsako England and take up hor rosi douco in Now York. Two hundred miners aro on a strike nt tho Tesla coal mines, California, because of a dispute with the superin tendent ovor tho wage schedule. Tho horticultural commissioners of Southern California proposo to estab lish u qunrantiuo uguinst infected uur Eery stock imported from foreign coun tries. General Gregorio del Pilar wnH killed in a fight with the Thiity-third infantry, 1 8 miles northwest of Cor vantes. Tho insurgents lost 70 men in the engagement. Tho Vuuanda group of mines near Baker City was sold for $1,600,000. The property Is to bo extensively devel oped by tho now owners, who are Brit ish Colnmbia capitalists. Genral Grant's expedition in Luzon has visited Oranl nnd sovernl Western towns, meeting small bands, fie killed several of tho rebels and cap tured a quantity of munitions of war, LATER NEWS. The provlnco of Cayan, Luzon, has irronuorod to Captain McCalln. Cotninumior Tllloy may bo given phnrgo of our possessions in Samoa. Amorieans lmvo destroyed Again Jnldo's body guard mid tho robol chief has tied in dlsgulso. MucArthur hits captured Muhiui, ouo of tho nblestof insurgents, and founder of their government. Protlliueitt Ofllclllls will gO to Wlisll lugton to lobby for tho udtnisaiou of Now Mexico to Btiv statehood. Owing to tho British rovorsca in South feoutn A'ricn it is sunt uussut nun yfllrnuco uro getting restless. The army nud navy nro ench urging different routes for tho Pacific cable Prlvnto companies uro also nftor it. Alaska is after better government. Hor special envoy is in Washington to present u petition for favors desired. Ladysmlth rollof forco'B ndvnnco column has readied a position within y thrco miles of Coleuso without opposl tiou. General Mothuou attacked 12,000 Boers on tho Modder river, but found tholr position too strong for him. Ho rexirts great lossos. Major-Gonoral Andrew G. Wauchopo was killod iu action at Modder river. Ho was n veteran of tho Auhautco and Egyptian campaigns. A rocont decision of tho customs de partment lu regard to tho shipment of goods iu bond works a great injury to Secretary Gago doclares ho has no preseut intention of further action to reliovo the money stringency, but if tho situation guts worse ho may nut. G or m any lias inquired us to our in tentions regarding tho Danish Wost Indies. It is beliovcd Germany would liko to lmvo them, but this would not suit Undo Sam. Two Americans woro killod, appar ently without provocation, in Fan Pedro, Spanish Honduras. Tho kill ing, us reported, was of u particularly aggravating typo. Major-Geuural Edward Ferrcro is dead ut Now York. Iu 1801 ho raised tho "Shopnrd Hilles," of which ho was mado colonel. Ho took tho first forti fied redoubt captured in tho war. Another gigantic corporation is now organizing to opiMWo tho sugar trust in tho islands. A former member of tho sugar trust is believed to bo ono of tho leading spirits. Tho capital will bo J $100,000,000 and may ho known us tho Colonial Sugar Refining Company. A Washington dispatoh to tho Cleve land Leader says that MoKinloy and Hoot will head the Republican tickut. Loading Republicans favor their tiunii J uation by acclamation. Tuesday, Juno 12, is suggested us the most likely ditto for the convention. An anti-British mooting was hold iu Omaha. Gatacro doos not blamo tho guides for hia disaster. Otia has beon instructed to open ports in tho Philippines, A colony of 1)0 Michigan pcoplo will eottlo near Fuirhaveu, Wash. Five stores woro burned out on Sixth street, near Alder, Portlaud, Or.: loss, $10,000. It is said that South Africa has al ways been n graveyard for tho British generals' reputations. Tho British bark Intllnn Emprie, laden with coal, was burned to tho wator's edgo near Limn, Peru. Our iron oro supply Is short. It will tako 200 vessels to handle tho cargoes of irou engaged for importation. Two prominent Portland physicians have boon Biiod by a lady who claims uegllgeucu in diagnosing hor case. A roport comes from Astoria, Or., that tho puckers' combiuo will operato only thrco of its cannorles noxt season. Brltishors acknowledge that they lost ovor 700 men at Stormborg,. and Boor roport.H apparently ngreo with thoso from British sources, Nearly 2,000,000 bushols of wheat aie stored in warehouses of Tacoma nud not a ship is loading, tho owners of tho wheat holding for bolter prices, . A company has been organized in Eastern Oregon to build a railway line from Hilgard to tho John Day country. Tlio O. H. & N is said to Jones of Washington hns i introduced , in thu houso a bill for a cablo to tho Philippines, to cost not to exceed $8, 000,000, and tho creation of a cablo commission. rerrlflo gales wero reported from ,WH H)UH(!(1 jIlturt.Ht i ,i,() fllturo of ports on the Great Lakes luesday, and t,0 0,llirch jjy thu .Klrt,. fllHt be fenra wero felt for the safety of a fleet uv0 tM0 III0m,J0r f our congregation o steamers which hud left tho Straits ,mv() ,)e(, br0llf,,,t uloHOr together, for of Mucklimo. t,J0 mHtim, jmH IU1 oiomont of suffering Crocker denies that ho has given up hia Southoru Pacific job. Ho will con tinue aa a director in the company until tho Crocker stock just bought by tho 8peyef syndicate Is paid for. l Otia reports that 2,000 additional Spanish prisoners have been secured iu Northern Luzon, making over 11,000 released within a mouth, Seven huu dred aro now en routo from Vigan, and -r ho RoHoublutt clothing houso is cor transports will bo Bent for tho ro- talnly one of the most liberal plucos of mainder. I ita kind on tho coast. IE MEANS TO 6 T MONEY Thirty-Five Women Three Days. Fasted GAVE PASTOR THEIR SAVINGS To lt A1I"1 "Olllnc, 1'IiikUtIiik anil Wi'iitticrhoiirillitK I lit) Clitirvh" SiivruMN of tlio l'liiit. Thlrty-llvo women of tho St. Mary'H African Methodist church, -1020 Dear born street, jointly agreed on Thursday to fast for three days. They woro neither to cat nor drink. According to tholr plan, tho money usually ro quired for victuals during that period was to bo presented Sunday morning to tho How H. L. King, pastor of tho church, and tho sum was to bo usod to holp dofray tho expense of "colling, plastering and woather boarding tho church." Tho women started in bravely nud confidently to fulfill tho. agreement, but after n dozen hours most of them suffered so severely from thirst and hunger that tho plan of ab solute fast was abandoned. Many of those who ngreed to tho plan, however, hold out tho whole of tho threo days Thursday, Friday and Saturday -with sennt nourishment, confined to broad and weak coffee. In thus cutting off tholr moro expensive food some of tho poorer women wero able, oven without real fasting, to save as much us HOo a tiny, which was given to tho "weather board lug fund." "Wo all would lmvo starved to death or diud of thirst if we had carried out tho plan of a fast," said Mrs. Sadio Bowman, BOOH Armour uvonuo, who wns one of tho parties to tho agree ment. "Tho womon woro enthusiastic In their wish to holp the church nud did not realize at tho time that threo days without either food or water would have serious results. "Tho church was put to hard straits, and our financial condition was des perate. Wo had tried every possible moans to raise funds to keep tho church going, and when our minister, Mr. King, suggostod that wo fast for threo days and nso tho tnonoy that might bo spent for food to fix up tho church wo women did not hesitate. It was figured that tho monoy which wo might other wise have spent for food would mako a fund suliloiont materially to holp pay for plastering our now church which is now without weather-boards nud too cold to bo comfortable. Wu soon found, however, that hunger and thirst could not bo fought off, and tho idea was partly droppod, although soino of tho members uro living on short ra tions." The pastor, Rev. It. L. King, said tho fast had boon proposed by mum burs of tlio congregation, it appeared to him as a good idea, and ho had favored it. At his suggestion tho matter was laid before the public iu an advertise ment, us follows: "A Christian colored woman's throo days' fast, without eating or drinking, anil praying to God to direct tho dear people of Chicago to our church Sundiiy nnd assist us toward a fund to hulp do fray tho expenses of ceiling, plastering and weather boarding our ohureh, which wo aro unable to do ourselves; our church is located on Dearborn street, between Forty-ninth and Fif tieth; I shall be there to thank thoso that help us. "(.Signed) A meiiibur of tho St. Mary's A. M. K. Church." Among tho womoit who agreed to fast were tho following: Mrs. Mary Robinon, BO 10 Dearborn streut; Mrs. Fanny Battle, -IKill) Ar mour uvumiu: Mrs. It. L. King, 1010 Dearborn; Mrs. Anna Bradshaw, 18I1U Fiftli avenue; Mrs. Mary Leo, ldtlB Fifth avenue; Mrs. G. W. Green, 1717 Armour avenue; Mrs. Huuuah Thomas, Bill) Armour uvonuo. "While none of tho women lmvo fully carried out tho fast," wild Rev. King, "many of tho most earnest church workers lmvo dono so partly, and as u result wo will obtain some money by tho plan. 1 have been upend ing the last few days with tho mem bers, and I find the women lmvo dis pensed with table luxuries. Among the poor members I found that wiino had denied themselves oven common table edibles. Some of tho women I ui.rt-n.I lint . MMitnr iiiutimd nf cllfl'nn nt thuir twl)lo8 ,mtl b()IIl0 aispeiibed with I butter. J "I nm hourtily pleased with tho ro- l suits. I find that besides raising I nw.Miiu tint t.ftlf.iliuiiiil rif tint iiiiiinhiirS about it which brings people into cum mou sympathy." Chicago Tribune, Ouo of tho leading clothing houses iu tho Northwest is that of Mr. Sam Ros enblatt, corner of Third and Morrison. Mr. Rosenblatt is a liberal patron of Tho Now Ago, through which ho makes a fair bid for tho trado of our neuiile, GOVERNOR BRADY't Devotes n Couslilnrnbltt Portion to of Aliinku. Governor Brady, of Alaska, in hia nnuuiil roport, pleads for statehood, government establishment and tho op eration of cablo and telegraph Hues nnd tho persistent branding of femalo scala and tho cessation of killing them for at least 10 years. An appropriation of $110,000 iH asked lor a penitentiary nnd suitnblo public buildings at Sitka. Tho governor wiys that to prosorvo tho heals tho United States should own ft property riglit in tho seals and brauil tho letters "U. S." four inches long on every femalu senls thus spoiling thom for fur seals. Tho governor's roport is an Important document, making a pamphlet of 57 pages. It is a complete roport uiou tlio industries and prospects of tho im mense northern empire Naturally ho devotes a considerable portion of his re port to tho mining situation. Ho de votes particular attention to gold quart mining, of which ho says: ytmrtx. Mining In Aln.kn. "Tho year's progress In this Industry has been most gratifying. The man agers of tho Treadwoll plant felt that llfo is too short for tho treatment of that immense muss of oro with n 240 stamp mill, which had been doing duty no long nud well. Accordingly they lmvo constructed other mills nnd need ful accessories thereto, nnd now have iu operation a total of 880 stamps. "Back of Juneau, in Silver Bow basin, quartz mining is going on vigor ously. Tho 110 stumps of the Juneau Alaska mill have been steadily at work during tho season, "Ketchikan, on Tongas narrows, ii now tho center of a district in tho ex treme southeastern portion of Alaska, wherein is a keen interest iu quutrz mining. Thu sen level claims aru now ready for operation nud a milling plant will soon Im) erected. "Tho Apiollo Consolidated on Ungn island, one of the Shumagin group, haa been kept steadily at work throughout tho year and has been a pretty steady producer, with a -lO-stamp mill, at tha rate of alKiut $1)0,000 pur month. "All tho district north of Juneau, along the mainland, is rich in qnurta ledges and in thu neighborhood of Iter uor'H bay there are sovoral mills ut work. i - The Fisheries. Tho governor refers to tho fisheries at length and nftor describing the exten sive salmon caunorios says: "Tho cod wlM always bo our standby. "Wu probably have the grandest banks in tho world. It is a safe calcu hit ion that wo have not less than 126, 000 square miles of cod fishing iu con nection within tho Alaska coast, Hero is an immonso wealth simply waiting for development." Imltix mill Ailjiioi'iit Cum pi. Tho Summit mine, seven miles from Index, has just completed a soven-milo horse tram and 1, 100-foot wire tram, iml uro now making regularshipmeutH. They lmvo ulxmt 1B0 feet for stuping ground uliovo tho preseut tunnel. Stoio shows nlsmt 10 feet of oro. They nro also sinking a winze on oru body, in which thoy uro getting some high grade Ixirulto oro. The Golden TunnuL Company, whoso property is near Bar ing, nro just completing their mill, which is a centrifugal inuchino called tlio Montgomery pulverizer. It is sup posed to hiiudlo !I0 tons of oro jmr duy. In addition to this thov aro putting in Hungarian riflles and Wilfluy concen trator. Tho Vulcnn Iron Works of Seattle lmvo tho contract and aru put ting in n 1,700-foot wiro tramway from thu miuo to tho mill. Tho Golden Tunnel property is something entirely different from anything olsu iu thu country. It has never had any devel opment work done on it toaioak of and still they have sovernl thousand tonn of oro iu sight, most of which lius loose iu a largo cave, the main clmmlmr of which is 7B feet high nud 2B feet wide, extending something like 75 feet into the mouuatin. Tho oro looks liko i. pile of white sand or cement finely pul verized. It is said this oru has moro metals iu it than anything iu tho coun try, containing gold, silver, copjKir, lead, zinc, iron, aluminum, tellurium and a number of others. At Skvko mish the Cleopatra people are putting in aw lie tramway and aro piepariiu to ship Mime of their high-grade ore. In their loner tunnel, at a depth of BOD feet, they aro taking out a Ifl-luch streak of gray copper and autimoiiiai hi I or ore, which runs very high. A crew of HO men is ut work on tho Mona, a property on Miller rlor, about four miles from Skykoinihli. t.'lnxHxt A ltnr'H Cottly l'lrr. Monday night, December 1, Closset & Devers, the oldest and largest coffee ami spice houso iu tho Northwest, wero completely binned out at Portland. The loss was about $05,000 and insur auco $11,500. They lmvo already a new gas roaster iu operation, as thoy had an oxlra maohiuo iu reserve. Roast coffee orders can be filled now. For other goods they will bo iu shapo in alwut it week. Their loss was heavy, but they have energy and determination and lmvo Ixhui much touched by tho numerous offers of sympathy and en courugomont from all their friends iu every quarter. Chicago Pollcomen's Bouovolont As sociation realized $!U,000 by thoreceuk . uunuul benefit at tho Auditorium,