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Newspaper Page Textw -1F' tli fffV V i -. i4 VV- " ' The New Age. , aut&S, T s XV i ' W ( H " 1? a 4 " n " . '31 VOL. V. POUHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1900. NO. 30. r'. ruA O2 i r v' N k ' V ifjf V : V.' j Ml? fcV f FIRST NATIONAL BANK "cToLAND' Designated Depositary unci Financial Agent of the United States. rnetdeat, H. W. Corbett; cashier, E. G. Wlthtngton; ss-.lr.tant cashier, J. W. Newktrksseoaas' nKnlaiKnt cashier. W. C. Alvord. littdrsof eredtt lssaed, available In Europe and the Kastera Prates. Bight exchange ana teltgraphlo translers tolil on New York, Ronton, Chicago, St. I'aui, Omaha, Su FrancUco, an the wlixHnal points In the Northwest. Sight and time bills drawn In iuui to suit on London, farlf, Berlin, Frankfort-on-the-Maln, Hong Kong, Colleotlons made an favorablo terms at all accessible points. LADD TIL TON, BANKERS ESSE established In 18511. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Intmit allowed an time deposits, Collections toads at all point! on favorable ter'mi. Letten ot credit leaned available in Earope and the Eastern elates. Bight exchange and Telegraphic Tranifere eold on New York, Washlnjtce, Ohloago, St. Louie, Denver, Omaha, San Francisco and various pointa lb Oie gea, Washington, Idaho, Montana mid British Columbia. Exchange sold on Loudon, Paria, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Pendleton, Oregon. Capital, 170.000.00. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $00,000.00. RESERVE AGENTS First National Bank, Chicago, III.; First, National Bank, Portland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, New York. N. Y. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Levi Ankeny, Pres.; W. F. Matlock. Vice Pres,; O. B. Wade, Cashier: II. G. Guernsey, Ass'l Cashier; J. S. McLeod, W. S. Byers, W. F. Matlock, II. F. Johnson. THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLETON, OREGON. Organized Match I. 1880; Capital, $50,000; Surplus, 903. SOO. Interest allowed on timo deposits. Exchange bought and sold on all princi pal points. Special attention given to collections. W. J. Furnish, President; J. N. Teal, Vico-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. AIIMSWORTH NATIONAL BANK Oor. Third and Oak 8tsM PORTLAND, OREGON. J. 0. AIN8WORT1I, President. W. W. PHILLIPS, Cashier. Transacts a general banking business. Exchange bought and sold on all the principal ert Its In Europe. Also factllllr for teieiraphtu transfers. Collections made on favorable terms on all accessible points. SAFE DKP08IT DKFAKTMKNT connected with the bank. Portland Mining stock exchange. No. 126 First Street. ' OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. TYLER WOODWARD, L. B. COX, Vice-President. Pres. U.S.National Bank, President. J. FRANK WATSON. P. L. WILLIS, E8Q., Secretary. Pree. Merchant's National Bank, Treaa, BENEOA SMITH. FRANCIS I. MoKENNA, RUFU8 MALLORY, SAMUEL CONNALL. W. H. GRINDSTAFF. SECURITY SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY, RegiaUr of Stocks and Bonds Cost ol Membership liuu; Box 728 Dealings in Local Securities, State read Securities and Mining .Stocks. e We Know a Stock Handled on the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange that is making steady advances, and an invest ment in this stock will make a good profit. Whatever you buy, get something active, something you can sell at any time, See WACY, HENGEN &, WACY Member Oregon Mining Stock Exchange. Tempi rary Offices: 533-535 Chamber of Commerce. WM. MILLER, LA GRANDE, OR. PKAL8 IN GRAIN, BEET AND FRUIT LAND8 IN THE BEAUTIFUL GRAND RONDE VALLEY IN EASTERN OREGON After a continuous residence of over 10 years in this Famous Valley, and a close study of the Tat aciompllihments and future possibilities of Its sell, and a personal knowledge ol Its) ell. mate, 1 feel that no onr, seeking a'home, will make any mistake In locating here. Your Correspondence la Solicited, and All Questions ....Cheerfully Answered.... E. C. ATKINS 5 $ Brmnoh, WILLAMETTE IRON FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS PORTLAND, AM miHLBEM OF mm Jtatar MUM. Inmmlmm mmfmRSmm MmmMmmi. HmM trimdtmg mm Omfrmgmtlmm Pmwmr TrmmtmH 1 mrm mmmtimmttv duvmlmmlmm Mmdmrm Mmmhlmmry frni. jajMMMyuAe saslsasaas aaaaa DasawssaMaasisBi aaasusi aaAadai Aaai esjsaaeasawjasjsrias'p .w.. r .ft mZm efwegera7 tm $m kmtmmntmrmttfy rnmtt maommmlmmlly. Dues per annum, sou. 0. L.PARKER, Manager. and Municipal Bonds, Bank Stocks, Rail A COMPANY .PORTLAND, OREGON Mmmufmcturers ot PACIFICO PERFECTION PACIFIC STAR INDEX CROSS CUT SAWS No. BO First St. & STEEL WORKS AND BOILER MAKERS OREGON. WE From All Parts of "the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS OomprohonaUc llovlow of thn Import- nnt Ilnppcnlnga of the rast Weak Culled From tho Tolcffrnph Ooluinni. Natural ens has boon discovered neat Bpokiftio, Wash. Amoricn approves of tho AngloGcr man agreoment. Tho miners' strike will bo ended off when nil tho companion post noticcD. Imperial troops hitvo suffered ro vorses in southorn provinces of Clilnn. Robbers attempt to blow open n pitto of the First Natlonul bunk at Union, Or. Tho antMinpcrinliRtB issue an ad drons to tho iudopeudout voters to sup. port Bryan. Four flrotuon woro killod nnd prop, erty vnluod at $460,000 dcHtioyod iu a St. Pnul firo Europonu papers indulgo in niunli critlcnl uisauRsiou of tho Ait,lo-(iur-mail ngrootmmt. , Aguimtldo is snid to lmvo written n lottur directing ceoHittiou of politlunl attompts for pnciUoiitioii. A scoro of criiiilnal lrciino pntiontf overpower their kcoporH- uud escape from a Now York HKylniii. Tho Spnnisli enhinet resipnod ns n to bo cnptiiin-goucrol of Madrid. Cholera is inorouHlng to such nn ex tent in Jnpnn thnt ptonnicrfl thenca lmvo boon qunrautlnod. Thmo uro u number of (leuthu aboard steamers coming from NiiKasakl. Hon. John Fhornuiu, ropresontatio iu tho lioueo, for a louu term a uiein bor of tho seuato uud twice lioldin cnbinot positions, dlod at IiIh resident in Wuuhiugton, D. C, in tho 78th yeA" of his ngo. Tho transport Bolglitn King, whlc. broko down soon after luavlnu' Ma niln in coutequenco of nu aecidout to her machinery, linH put into lion;: Kong for repairs. Tho Argylo was at Nnuasakl on hor way from Manila to Taku with nuimals. Tho Aruu has loft Kobo for Manila with anlinalH. jThe Thomas loft Naiznsnki the 20th lust for Manila, Tim Ilrocomthiro left Kobo tho L'L'd inst. lor Manila, with n Inrgo caryo of lumber and forapo. Thf Sumnor,'Athoniau uud l'ak Ling were nt Nngasaki tho -'Otli. Tho Atlionlan was bound for Tnku with animals, nnd tho Pak Ling was taking animals to Manila. Tho Port Albert is at Naga saki, v Roosovelt spoke Iu Ilnltlmore. Tliero uro 03 casus of yellow fever is Havana. ' The total registration in Greater New York for 1000 is 050,151. Bryan closed his campaign in New York with n Bpeeoh iu Buffalo, Tho sproad of yellow fever in Ha vana is said to be due to Spanish im migration. , General Weyler, ex-onptaln-general of Cuba, has been appointed captplu general of Madrid! v ,f Mr. Stovenson'a forecast ot theeleo lion is JU8 for MaKluluy, 180 for' Dry an and 120 doubtful. Many American and European' mis. sionaries in Shan Si province have been killed by Boxers. -, The Dutch cruiser Geldorlaad; with Presideut Kruger on board, has wiled from Lourenco Marques for Europe, One man was killed lu a traia wreck on the Northern Pacific near Missoula, Mont., and a ton of mall neat into a river. Gnarlea Dudley Warner, the aathor, and one of the owners of the Hartford Courant, died suddenly at flartford, Conn., aged 71. The New York Herald's forecast of the presidential election is that Mo Kiuley will have 281 and Bryaa 106 votes in the electoral college. Fire in St. Paul destroyed a ticking house, a locomotive nnd U0 box cars. caused the death of five mou by tailing walls and entailed a loss of ,411)0,000. j A special dispatch from Count inti ' nople says new and frightful massacres j of Armenian hate just occurred iu the district of DiarhuMr. The MuihiiI mans, it is awaited, pillaged, out raged and killed during live daye with out the intervention of Tiirkisa troops. Eight villages, it is added, were entire ly destroyed and burned. , ' According to a correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury, lilshop Poatomti, in South Honan, was tortured four hours by Chinese, Differeat members of bis body weru removed siayly. Two priests were covered with eeal oil ami placed on a pile ol sticks which were then aeet fire to. liishop Peseta was disemboweled, and others were fright fully tortured. Three tbowsaad con verts, led by French priests), fa defend. lag their church, ware waisasesd. LATER NEWS. Amnrtcan troops lmvo withdrawn from Pokiu. Roosovolt wns met by big crowds in tho state of Now York. Tho business ponton of tho town ot Dnunvnut, Kansas, was destroyed by Uro. . Tho Unitod Stntos is holding hack Its answer to tho Anglo-Gorman ngrco mouf. , Bryan pays, if oloctod, ho will im medintoly withdraw tho army from Uio Philippines. Thomas Walsh, tho Colorado mil lionaire, forms n partnership in com mercial onterprlbos with King Leopold, of Volglum. Groat uneasiness was creatod in pal nco circles, says tho Constantinople crrespondeut of tho London Daily Mail, by a reprt that an American squadron was approaching nnd tho censor was instructed to prohibit tho press from mentioning tho subject. Another feud tins broken out in Clny county, Kentucky, betweou tho Phil pots and Davidsons Recently David Dav'dsou, father of Folix Davidson, tho deputy who was killed by a Phil pot a fow woosk ngo, was killod nnd sovoral others wouudod iu n fight. On the othor side, David Phllpot was killod nnd two others badly wouudod. i SkirintBhcH continuo hotwoon the Russinns nnd tho Chinoso at various points along tho Mnuahurlau railway. Tho Amur Gazette, at IHngovoet Hchonsk, assorts that tho Chiueso bank of tho Amur river will bu oiTcrod to Russian settlors. It is roportod that tho construction of a railway botweun .lllngovostchousk and Tsllnikur has beou decldod upon. Colonol l'lcquart's suit for llbol ngaiust Lo Journal of Paris, nrlsiug from tho Drcyfutt polomics, was do olded iu his favor. Tho court com manded tho manager of tho paper, M. Pouch, to pay it flno ot 2,000 francs, nnd M. l'ossidon and Gnlli, tho writ ers ot tho articles, woro sentuncod to six months' and ono months' imprison ment, respectively, nnd all three woro sentenced to pay j 80,000 frauca dam ages. William Hammer Piper, ot Chicago, on behalf of tho Zion church has sent tvlegratis to J'rosldout McKiuloy nud Govornor Nnsh, ot Ohio, protesting ngninst tho treatment of tho rcprosen tatlvoH of tho douomiuntion nt .Mnus Hold, O., nnd nppealiug for their pro tection, Mr, I'ipor sasy thoso minis tors liavo not broken a singlo statuto df tho stuto, nud tin tight to preach tho pospol ot Jesus Christ Is ouohsafod to thorn by tho laws of Ohio uud tho con stitution ot tho Unitod Stntos. A New York bunk tollor stolo $700, 000 and osoaped. lloor guerrilla attacks glvo tho Brit ish much troublo. A rovoltlng or! mo wns unearthed by Patorsou, N. J., dolecthes. Presideut Mitchell thinks this is tho last week ot tho miners' strike. Twenty-five carloads ot Oregon fruit trees will be shipped to othor stutos. Tho British steamship Royalist will enter the transport tervico of the Unit ed States. The Paolflo Coast Company in three years has risen from bankruptcy to 11,000,000 surplus. Thitteou-year-old school girl, Lulu Jonos, was tho victim ot u mudorous assault at Jefferson, Or. Baron von Richthofou is Count von RuIow'h successor as minister ot for eign affairs for Germany. Tho Kentucky miners' strike has been declared off. Klght hundred men will return to work ut once. The Russian minister ot finance, M. Do Witt, authorizes denial of the story (hat Russiu began negotiations in Now York in tho middle of October tor a 160,000,000 loan. General Charles M. Serra, ot the Co iomblan republic's army, announces that his government hud purohused Goorgo Gould's yacht, Atlanta, and would use her in suppressing the rebel lion. Near Yicksburg, Mies,, Glester Barnes, colored, was lynched by a mob of his own people. In a drunken fury Barnes murdered his wife, stabbed ami badly wouuded a negro who interfered, jnd engaged in a rit'o duel with a white man who attempted to arrest him. Tho murderer was shot to death. The citizens of Oklahoma and In dian Territory wunt siugle statehood for the two territories. The formation ot leagues to promote this eud has com menced. The first league was organ ized at Wagoner, I. T. Determined effort in this direction are being made by the leading people ot thos) territor ies. The Russian battleship Ketzivan has been launched at Cramps' shipyard, Ho wine was used at the christening, the Russian ceremony being observed. The new battleship is tin largest ever built in this country. Her total cost will be S,000,000. Tho ship is 87? feet in length, has a breadth of 72 feet 2 inches, a displacement of 12,700 tons, and a draught of 26 feet. She will have a speed of 18 knots. 1 81 IfllflBSWS Took $700,000 of the Bank's Money With Him. COVERED HIS TRACKS WELL Charles L. Alvnrtt, rthe First Nntlcmal of Isaw York, the t)offnlti I'robab. IF Kicap.tl to South America). New York, Oct. 26. Charles L. Al- rord, noto teller ot tho First National Bank, of this city, is a fugltlvo and a defaulter to tho extent of $700,000. Tho announcement of tho defalcation, which was mado this afternoon, cre ated the utmost exoitomout iu lluunclul olrolos in this city, but tho woll-knowu stability of tho First National and a statement issued by tho bank had a quieting effect. The statement was as follows: "Tho noto teller, who Imd been in the employ ot tho First National Bank (or many years, is a defaulter to a large amount. His operations have contin ued for a considorablo period, nnd huvu boon skillfully concealod through n manipulation ot his balance books. The discovery wan mado by ono ot tho bank's employes a tow days after tho completion of tho examination nt tho bank by tho Unitod Statos examiners. During tho contiuunnco of his pecula tions periodlcul examinations have boon mado by ttovoral distinct corps df oxnmluors, representing tho controller's department, all export accountants, and tho bank has also had frequent iu dopeudout examinations, nouo of which has developed any Irregularities. Tho aggregato of tho falso entries, amounting1 to .f .00,000, ' hits been charged off on tho books ot tho batik out ut the rosorvo fund without dimin ishing tho btirpluH uud profits ot 'the bauk, us reported lu tho Inst published statement. Alvord has beon with tho hunk for 20 years, and was ono ot tho most trusted men in tho institution. His stealings extond over p.loug period bat ao suspicion ' of -the Wtlf wm known until 10 days ago, when be sonl word that ho was ill ut his homo. At tor ho had beon uwny for n day or two tho bunk put experts ut work nud somu Iriogularitios wuro found. As tho ex ports delved dooper nnd deeper iutu Alvord'a books, tho extent of tho rob bnry begun to dawn on tho olllcors un til they woro overwholmed to find that It rouchod tho enormous figure of $700, 000. There wns n rumor that Alvord took a Btenmer for South America. DENVER BUSINESS MEN Want Larcn Appropriations for Movant meiit Irrlculloii Hiiryttys. .Denver, Oot. 35. Colorudo bust unsH mou rocognizzo tho benefit that attaches to their stuto through the work of tho government along thu lluei ot irrigation investigation uud surveys (or reservoir sites. Tho Denver cham ber ot commerce and board of trade last month adopted rigorous resolutions falliug attention to thu groat develop ment possible iu Colorado, through ir rigution, uud to the geuerully acceptou opinion that only by tho storugo ol flood waters can tho future problem affecting successful funning iu tho arid region bo solved, nnd pledging support to tho Unitod States goologloul survey In securing lurgo congression-il appro priations for carrying on their work fot surveys ot reservoir sites, uud othei preliminary Irrigation work. Waste of the Forests. Many sections of tho West are be ginning to reap the bitter fruits ol forest destructlou. A few years ago the snow would drift, and pile up iu the mountain gulches, thickly studded f with pine uud other trees, forming un almost impenetrable (forest protection, aud these gradually meltawuy, supply ing water for tho streams until lato in the season. This, uow, has ton often changed. The timber has gradually, but surely, been out aud burnt uway, until now some of tho finest forests ol the mountuius have dsnppeared, nud where the snow banks would remain until lato lu thu season, thoy now dis appear mouths earlier, and instead ol melting gradually, the flood-waters come with a rush, and then ceuso when most needed. There is scarcely any thing more Important than forest pro teotion aud preservation, which mean, a guarding of tho water supply; and every state na I every section should rouse to active local organization aud national co-operation. The Philudelhpla Pnbllo Lodger, au old and conservative Eastern journal, speakiug of the arid public lands, ar gues forcibly, that in order that the may be redeemed the nation should assume the task ot irrigation. Nouth Carolina Kiposltlon, Charleston, 8. O., Oot. 26. The di rectors of the South Carolina Inter state and West Indian expot-tlon have received the designs aud drawings (oi buildings and grounds. Tho plans In clude about 15 important bulldiutfs, the largest to bo the cotton palace, which will bavo an area ot 60,000 square feet. For the government building it is proposed to have a replica of th White House. CHINA'S TERMS. Proposal by I'rlnrn Chins; nnd Lt Ilnnfc Chans;. Now York, Oct. 20. A dispntoh to tho Herald from Pekin pays: A preliminary convention between China nnd tho ootnbinod powers has beon proposod by Prlnco Chlng nnd Li Hung Chang. Itlsns follbws: y "Artlolo I. Laying slogo to tho lega tions ot foreign ministers is n high of onso ngaiust ono of thn important prin ciples of international law. No conn try can possibly tolerato suoh a thing. China acknowledges hor grout fault In this respect aud promises that it will novor ooour again. "Artlolo II. China admits Iter lis bility to pay an indemnity for the var ious losses snstatuetl on this occasion, and tho powers will each appoint offi cials to examine and present nil claims for a final conanltatiounnd settlement. "Article III. Ah to futnro trade and goneral international rotations, each power should designate how these matters are to be doalt with, whether tho old treaties should continue or new conventions should bo mado, slightly adding to tho old treaties or oauooling tho old treaties aud neogtinting new onos. Any of thoso plans may be adopted nnd whon China has nppiovod thorn, further spooinl regulations can bo made in onch en so ns required, "Artlolo IV. Title convontlon will bo mado by Ghlmi with tho cotnbluod poworn to covor tho goneral prinaiplos which apply nliko to nil. This sot tied, tho forolgu minletma will romovo tho seals thoy caused to ho plnuod in various partH of tho Tnuug It Ynmuu, nnd tho Ynmun ministers may go to tho Yumun nud attend to business as usual. And furthor, each power Bhould urrnngo its own special tffalnt with China, so that scpnmto troatios may be sottlod iu duo older. Whon tho vari ous itomiAjf indemnity uro all arranged properly, or nu understanding has Coen reached' about them, tho powers will successively withdraw their troops. "Artiulo V. Tho troops sout to China by the powers uro (or tho protec- ; .! .l.n .MlHln.nad m.ii M . .!.. .i.... iiuu ui iiiu iii.uinfruie. nun uu v.nui jiui- i , poso, so wiion tne negotiations aegis for treaties of peace' each sowar taoalu urst (leoiaroaa armHee." ur RAN INTO 'A' LANDSLIDE.' - . " v i I Near tlstllurct. Seattlo, Wash., Oct. 20. OnO ot the most disastrous nciMontH that has oc curred in this vicinity happened about threo miles north of Ballard, on the Grout Northern milroitd, last ulght, at t 11 o'clock, whon train No. IU, with 81 freight oars, easthound, while running at a good ruto ot spood, ran into a land slide. Two mou woro killod nnd three badly injured. Ton cuih woro burned , up uud tho locomotive demolished. ,' Tho killed nre: A. J. Cicopor, eugi ( noer; Roy Archer, n pnusougor. The Injured nre: Allwrt Mlchaelsoti, ear torn off, hand burned anil probably in ternally injured. Ho is a brakeaan. A. T. Drlndloy, supply mun, face and shoulders burned until scarcely recognizable; may dlo. D. J. Allmau, fireman, slightly in jured. , Tho train struck tho landslide almost without Warning, and thu engine nnf i a number ot cars were piled iu it heap without tho engineer having a ohance ' to jump. The wreck took tire almost '"" immodiutoly. j SEATTLE RUNAWAY ACCIDENT ' , One Woman Killed, Another Fatalljr Injured and a Third llHilly llrulsed. Seattlo, Oct. 20. As a rosult of a runaway uculdent hero this evening, ono woman was killod, another fatally injured und a third badly out about tho head aijd body. Tho runaway oc curred ut 0 o'clock, at a time when the streets woro unusually crowded, owing to tho number wultiug to go home on tho curs to dinner. Tho team wus hituhof to a delivery wagon standing in front ot a grocery store on Socoud avenue, while the driver went Insldo to deliver some goods. The driver says that he put the brake on tho wheels aud tied tho horses with a weight. A few moments later thoy took fright at something and dashed down Second aveuuo. The street is a down grade, and they at, tainod fearful velocity by the time they reached James street, where the wo men stood. They were waiting te catch a oar. Mrs. O. Jacobson, aged 70, was struck by the horses and knocked down! and run over by tho wagon, two whools passing over her head. She dlod almost intsautly. A Mrs. Arm itcad waa knocked down and the horses stepped on her chest, inflicting serioas injuries. She is1 not expeotod to live until morniug. The third woman, Mrs. Alberta Jacobson, was severely cut about the head and body, but ia not in danger. She is a daughter la law ot the dead woman. Vlre In a Mlnuasot Town. Wabasha, Miun., Oct. 30. The ea- tiro business part of Miunelska waa burned today, including the postofflce. ' The farmers' oloavtoruud several Inari. ed curs were ulso burned. Loss. t7S.. 000. A Virginia Assassination, Bristol, Teuu., Oct, 20. Josef Cheser. a'leadiuu lumber dnular .. assassinated ut Norton, Vu., last ulght ' wruie guiug otii oi a notei. ine aseasi, sin has not been srrestad , U H' h iv a,' j-j