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About The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1900)
If f FIRST NATIONAL BANK ofo',1?e"ctolAnd' Designated Depodtarr Financial Agent of tha United State. rnaldtnt, H. W. Corbtt; cashier, K. 0. Wlthlnrtonj ainUtant cashier, J. W. Ntwktrkstaesrt iltnt caihler. W. C. Alvord. Lattrri of rdlt lisaed, aTallaale In Kurp and tha Eutera Btate. Bight xehanc ana 'Mlttraphlo traiufer told New York, Boston, Chlcajo, St. Paul, Omaha, Ban Franclico, an h principal point lb the Northweit. Slfhtand time bills drawn In turns te suit on London, rarfi, Berlin, rranklert-on-the-Maln, Honf Koni. . CalUotlona mad an farorakl UrmS at all accaulbU point. LADD TILTON, BANKERS SSSSE; ttabllihart In 1SB. ' TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. InUreit allowed on time deposit!. Collection inade at all pointi on favorable termi. Letter! of oredlt limed reliable in Europe and the Baitern itatei. x flight exchange and Telegraphic Tranifera told on New York, vyashingtsa, Chicago, St. Louie, Denver, Omaha, San Franclico and various pointa is Ore gea, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. Exchange told on London, Parla, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Pendleton. Oregon. Capital, $70,000.00. Surplus and Undivided Prr.fits, (60,000.00. RESERVE AGENTS Firat National Bank, Chicago, 111.; Firat National Bank, Portland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, New York, N. Y. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Levi Ankeny, Tree.; W. F. Matlock, Vice Pre.; C. B. Wade, Cashier: H. C. Guernsey, Aas't Caahier; J. S. McLeod, W. S. Byera, W. F. Matlock, H. F. Johnson. THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLETON, OREGON. Organized March I, 1880; Capital, SOO.OOO; Surplun, 903.000. Interest allowed on tlrao deposits. Exchange bought and sold on all princi pal pointa. Special attention given to collections. W. J. Furnish, President; J. N. Teal, Vice-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK La Crande, Oregon. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS .... $72,000 Loewenberg & MANUFACTURERS WM. MILLER, LA CRANDE, Kl .liw Si iVl!2H& lev lira SlJr DEALS IN GRAIN, BEET AND FRUIT LANDS IN THE BEAUTIFUL GRAND RONDE VALLEY IN EASTERN OREGON Afttr a contlnnon residence of orer 10 yean In thti Famoui VUr. nd a clot itudr ol tht patt accomplishment and future poilbllltlei ot It toll, and a personal knowUdg et lUell. mate, I (eel that no ouv, seeking a borne, will mak auy snUlakt In locating her. Your Correspondence Is Sollolteet, anal All Questions ....Chesrfully Anawsrsd.... v e. 7. 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Salem, Or., ro-electod its reform mu nicipal officers. The ship subsidy bill will displaw the Philippine bill. ' Kroger wept at Emperor William 'a refusal to meet him. Five taon vroro killed by the blowing up of a power houso in Chicago. The short session of tho f ifty-sixlh congress waa successfully opouod'. , Colorado game wardens arrested 18 Mormons who had killed SO deer. Robbers blow up n Silverton, Or., bank, but failed to cot at tho cash. s A strango woman is exciting tho Fa pngo Indians to bo guided by their dreams. Congressman Lacey and Sunntor Tel ler are in favor of offering homos to the Bonra. Occar L. Doozo, a West Point cadet, is dying from tho effects of n burning drink glvon him by huzors. A drunken man was killed and his body derailed huuvy locomotive on the O. It, & N., noar Hood itivor, Ore gon. Colonel John St Williams, third au ditor of the treasury nnder President Cloveland, died at La Fayette, Ind., aged 77. Rev. William Howard Day, D. D., general secretary of the A. M. E. Seo ond oburch, dhd at Harrlsburg, Pa., ased 78 years. Rev Patrick Feehan, archbishop of the Catbolio archdiocese of Chicago, will retire from the active manage ment of his office with the olose of tht present year. .General W. L. White, ex-quarter mastorgeneral of the Michigan Na tional guard, pleaded guilty to oompliu ity in state milintry clothing frauds, and waa sentenced to 10 years in prison. John Uaiuen, a constable, was mur derod ut Dallas, 'fox., by burning. Ilia clothing had boen saturated with tur pontlne and ignited. Iloth eyos woro burned out. John dhapmau and Ed Faulknor, saloon kcopers, wero arrost ed, charged with tho murder. Boxers are acthu around Tioii Tsin. The Guam typhoon wus the worst in 40 yearn. House Domoorata will offer a new army bill. Secretary Hay signed a canal treaty with Nicaragua, The United States gunboat Monocacy will winter at Taka. The Chinese court has lost confidence In Earl Li and Prince Chlug. Twelve hundred bolotnen nuirendor ed to the Americans at Yigun. An Austrian field marshal critloizea tho British army organization. An Amorican warship will mako a demonstration against Morocco. Six nien were drowned in a feny boat disaster on Spokane river. Texas' vote for presidential electors was: Bryan, 207,432; MoKluley, 131, 678. University of Oregon defeated Uni versity of Washington iti football by 43 toO. Fulton, Kentucky, was visited by a Are which deatroyd 20 establishments and caased a loss of $250,000. A Snmpter, Or., miner was badly in jured by the explosion of giunt powder which be placed on a stove to thaw oat. Fred W. Bahsnell, for several years city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, died at that city of cancer of the atom ach. The population of Indian Territory is 891,060, as against 100,163 in 1800, an increase of 211,775, or 117.6 'per cent. The population of Wisconsin, as an nounced by the census bureau, is 2,060, j 040,88 against 1,680,880 in 1800, an, increase of 883,142, or 22.6 per cent. Two steamer collided on the river about 20 miles above Huntington, W. Vtt., sinkiug SO ooalbouta containing 600,000 bushels of coal, entailing a loss of $100,000. Advices from Australia state that the volcano on Beach island, in the New Britain group, has again become active, causing a great upheaval oa land and sea. Many natives have bees killed. Tho award of the Swisa government in the Franco-Brazilian boundary dis pute gives Brazil 147,000 square miles of the contested territory. Francs gets about 8,000 square miles north ot the TuHBuo Usemao range. .LATER NEWS. Tho ministers nt Pokin liavo reached an ngroomout. Tho now war rovenuo bill will roduct taxation $40,000,848. Tho pension roll for tho coming year will call for 142,0,)0,000. Tho governor of Shanghai publicly oxocutod 80 Boxer loaders. Secretary Gago's ostimato for govern ment oxpenso is $020,741,702. i Goorgo von L. Moyer, ot Boston, will be appointed ambassador to Italy. Charles A. Towno aocoptod the ap pointment of senator from Minnesota. McCall tnado a sensational speech in tho house against holding tbo Philip pines. A small Amorloan forco toutod a band of rebels at Santo Domingo, Luzon. Contract for erection of Salem, Or., postofllce has been awarded to a Chi cago firm. In a street duol in n West Virginia town a minister waa killod by a prom inent lawyer. It Is estimated that taxablo valuation of Oregon for 1000 will bo about $2, 000,000 loss than In 1800. Firo in tho Cambridgo, Ohio, works of tho Amorican Tiuplato Company, joausod a'loss on finished tin nlone of 'botwoou $176,000 and $200,000. I John Luko Holy-Hutchlnson, fifth earl of Donoghmoro, r.t ouo tlmo assist ant commissioner in Eastern ltou mania, died of puralysls, In Loudon. Ilobbors raidod tiio olllco of tho West ern Lumbor Company in Portland, Or., just before tho omployos woro roady to roooivo tholr November wages in coin, and Huourod $4,700. At Now -York, the Faslg-Tlpton Com pany closod tho most successful auction sale of trotting and pacing horsos in Its history. Tho proceeds of tho tialo woro I $852, 180 for 702 horses, an average of 'about $600 a head. Fire in tho upper storeroom ot Hay Jwfpd Bros, and tho Wakefield Ruttun Ciiupany at Boston, caused a loss of 1 $R0,000. of which $76,000 was to tho stock and building of Haywood Bros. , audi the Wakefield Company and the reajftte the building adjoining. A serious cave-in occurred at the Rav'Aug. mine, sear Duaore, Pa, Fif Aes Bssa wars tMiswbsd, Tlie res'tl iag;'paf 7i Alter uearlythfee hours' haryf jwork, succeeded in digging into the ukamuor in wnlcti tlio men woro entolxd All worn rcsuuud, not one being seriously Injured. Cdnsul-Geueral Stowo saya the Boor war Is nearly endod. Krugor's mission to Europe was frus trated by tho KultMr. Nine mou wero killod in a train wreck uear Suisuu, Cut. Tho Isthmian canal commission tecouinends the Nicaragua route Senator Fairbanks, of 'Indiana, in trodaced n bill to admit Oklahoma as a state, with tuo repieseutativos. A report comes from Quoon Charlotte island 'that the Indians thoro are short of food. Their wuuta will be uttendod to. It is reasserted in Tien Tsin that the ' nttrnaan. lrwt ''() Idllnil iinil ninnv ' ' woHBo'ed west of Pao Ting Fu, whoie I they were attacked by 3,600 Boxers. ' Congressman Drlgga introduced a resolnKon in the houso requiring the secretary of war to investigate tho praoties ot "hazing" ut West Poiut. "Senator Pettigrew iutroducod a reso lution in the senate calling upon tho I poatBMter-geuoral to seud to the sonate any Information be may have iu his poaseeaioB concerning postal frauds in Cabs. 'Taag Wang Huang, author of the outrages upon tho Pao Tiug Fu mission Arise, waa paraded through tho street of Tism Tsin in a cart under a strong Genaaa guard, previous to being haud sd over to tbo provisional governmeunt (or decapitation. ' The state of Louisiana established a quarantine station at El Paso, Texas, to guars' against the possible introduc tion of irabonlo plague into that state from tss far East by way of tho Pacific coast. The Louisiana health office will wwk in conjunction with the Texas Inspector. Frank Hawley, an American electric promoter, is now in London in tho in-1 tereat oi aa A'norican synuicnie. .-ir. Hawley aaya the capitalists he repre seats are ready to send no loss thua 4,000,000 in the construction of elet trie aarfacs roads in Loudon ami to tho suburbs to a radius of 30 miles. Not a penny of British capital will be asked. He expresses hluuelf as conll dent that the undertaking will be a financial success, Major Wood, commanding the Cana dian moaated police iu tho Yukon ter ritory, who collects the royalties on gold, reports the collections this year oa the Klondike output as amountiug to nearly $000,000, about $100,000 more thsa was received last year. Ten per csatyof the gold mined is supposed to be aaif to the government, which would iatMeate the Klondike output for the aeasoif to have been only $0,000, 000, bat tM general eatlqnte baa placed it At ! $20,000,000. 1 UIUL MT Commission Recommends Nicaragua Route. the THE PANAMA LINE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE Estimated Cost of the Canal It Over Two Hun drcd Millions Ten Yuri Required to Complete It Washington, Doc 6. Tho report of the isthmian canal commission, sub mitted by tho president to congress to day, gives as the unanimous conclusion ol that body that "the most practica ble and feasiblo route for an isthmian canal under tho control, management and ownorship of the United States la that known as the Nicaragua route." The commission estimates tho coat of this canal at $200,640,000. This esti ma to is much in excess of any horeto foro mado and ia due to increased di mensions and other features not here tofore considered. Tho commission Also estimates tho cost of a canal by tho Panama route at $142,343,670, no cording to ouo routo, or $160,378,358 According to another routo. Ab botwoou tho Nicaragua and Pana ma routes, tho commission sums up n number of ndvanlngos favorablo to tho former. It states also that under tho concessions glvon by tho government of Colombia to tho Panama Canal Company that govornmont is not lroo to grant tho nocoisary rights to tho Unltod Statos oxcopt upon conditions mado by tho company. POPULATION OF RUSSIA. New Calculated to Be More Than 136,000,000 by the Minister of Finance. St. Petersburg, Doc. 0. The popu lation of Russia waa estimated at about 76,000,000 in 1801, the year ot the emancipation of tho serfs. It ia bow calculated to bo more than 186,000,000, according to a statement just published by the minister of finance. This esti mate is obtained by adding the calcu ew; lated annual excess of bitttis deaths, which ia 9.000,000, te tb taMuHm !i.i' et 120,000,009 glvea by the se January 28,1807, whioh was 136,000, 000, without the gruud duchy of Fin laud, or 130,000,000 iuuludlng Kin laud. Tho Slavic population is 73 per cont ot tho wholo, Rnsidans alone numbering 86,000,000, or1 7-Tpor cent. Tho total Finnish population is ovor 6,000,000, and tho Lithuanians nlmust reach tho 6,000,000. imino llguros, numbering ' "u "IB" n""f unmpaign uu VarioiiH Turkish poonlo of oxnmplod for severity, mors than 14,- tho Volga!, tho Crimea, tho Caucasus and Siberia number ll, 000,000, or about U per cont of tho wholo. Thoro arc 4,000,000 Hobrows, unil about 1,000,000 porsons of Gorman descent or birth. RAN INTO A WORK TRAIN. Co,.U.con the Southern Pacific Near Su.sua, Cal., Kills Nine Men. Suisun, Cal., Deo. 0. -During a very heavy fog this morning, fi eight train N. 201, west bound, collided with a work train of five cars and un engiuo, going east, in a deep cut About 600 yards beyond Vunden station, caus ing the death of nlno workmen and in juries of a more or less severe character to about 20 others. The victims ot tho ' disaster wero asleep iu their bunks in j ouo of the cars of the work train whou the trains came together. Anglophobia at Cologne. Cologne, Dec, 0, An Anglophone demonstration took place today in front of tho British consulate here. Mounted police dlspersod tho rioters and arrested tho leaders. Serenades and ovations of Mr. Krugor planned by various societies have been forbidden in the interests ot publio safety. Los Angeles Election. Los Angeles, Cal,, Deo, 6, Com plete returns of yesterday's election in this city show that M, P. Snyder, the Doraocratio nominee for mayor, waa uicuurn vy R yiuiaui vvvi jiortuau on nlAsttn.1 lin a .! 4.altStjtf .& II AitiM .a aa U It " ver, tho Republican candidate, of 2,000. The Republicans elected seven) of the nlno councllmeu and five of the eight otbor municipal officers. , Castle Rock Assassin. I Kalama, Wush,, Deo. 0. Stickel was arraigned in -Martin Justice Smith's court tonight at 11 o'clock tor tne muraorot wiiuam ji.moniciin at Kelso a year ago, and with the murder of Cornelius Kuapp and wife at Castle .. ... . . Rook last Wednesday night. The prls-1 oner waived examination and was held for trial in the superior court. Trains Crash Together, Seattle, Deo. 0. A special to ths Fost-Iutelllgeucer from Spokune says; A light engine on the Great Northern crashed into the rear end of a special freight at Chhvaakum, ueui Leaven worth, this uiorulug. Conductor Sick afoos, who was riding iu the caboose, waa instantly killed, and Brakemen Forgey and Dlrah were severely in jared ROBBED OF $4,700. Western Lumber Company Held Up Sccststf the Monthly Pay Roll. Portland, Or., Doo. 7. Five masked mon, by tho oxorciso of tho coolest kind, of nerve and daring, robbod the Weet em Lumber Company of $4,738 shortly, before 0 o'olook last evening. The deed was planuod and exeouted with the moat consummato skill. In a flash the men had entered the main office of tho lumber company, at the foot of Seventeenth street, oompolled all the omployos to hold up their aaada. dumpod tho till, containing the pay ea volopoa full of money intoagaaay sack, and vanishod In the darkness and murky fog that admirably covered their retreat. The men ' had chosen their time well. It was the oomyaay's monthly payday. The men oa the night crow had been Almost entirely paid off. In a few minutes ths rash of the day workers for their hard-ssned coin would have commenced. Bstwssa these two timea of danger the masked robbers acted, And -Acted quietly and quickly. FIGHT IN THE WOODS. Small American Force Routed a Band ef FW plnos Sixteen Were Killed. Manila, Doo. 7. A dispatch has boon roootvod from General Funstou giving an aocount of a two-houra' fight in tho woods of Santo Domingo be twoon nn Amorican forco and 800 reb els couunnndod by Sandioo. The American forco, consisting of 80 native scouts, commanded by Lloutenaut Jolulgan, attackod tho robola, who re troatod, leaving on tho Hold '16 men killod, including tho robot loader Aul lar nud an Amorican negro. It waa nt first thought tho latter was a man namod 'Fagin, a deserter from Mis Twenty-fourth infantry, but this turned out to bo a mistake Not one ot JoIbI gan'a mon was wounded. STILL INDECISIVE. General Kitchener's RsssH sf Against GutrrWss. New York, Deo. 7.A dispAteh ths Tribune from London say: Lord KitnhaBM-'a nam- at Ka gle' .aad.. VH'$$kimim toiAjft tae or.. stM;aaM tMjSBSiHt alaa aaaelW eyatsia aM'sti?. iads- olslvo. While .Jewel ass bssa headed off in one direction he bsa doubled in nnothor. I Tho text of Lord Roberts' farewell order to tho army ia eloquent enough to atir to enthusiasm today's leader writers. It is tho strongest possible summary of tho sufforintra and heroism uuu uuiuura nun muu Having uiou irum vouuds, fovor and oxposure. General Clory, who commanded a division under Gonorul Bullor iu the Ladysmith campaign, has roturned to 1 Ta-illflntl. iltlrl la ntlinvltw- Mia linanltul. ity ol liis Aldornhot friends. While ho did not redeem his reputation as chief strategist of tho itaff college, he ei- J- en in "the ,T; period of tho war. Dr. Jamteson still ment at London, remains in retire- Hatchery on Ohanah River. Oregon City, Deo. Q.E. R. Green man, superintendent of the Upper Clackamas natohery, is home from Sea side, where he assisted State Fish Cow- miseionor Rood to locate a salmon hatchery, about one mile north ot that plaue, on the Ohanah river. Mr. Groenman will return the latter part of this week and take charge of the work at the now hatchery. A temporary atruoturo will be ereoted and if the catch of salmon egga justifies the ex penditure, a permanent atrnotars will be ereoted. Guatemala Railroad Damaged. New York, Deo. 7. The Herald's correspondent at Gautemala City. Gautemala, telegraphs that only 60 miles of the Northern railroad remain in operation, 40 miles having been rendered inaccessible owing to broken bridges. As tbo part in working order is situated at either end, the line it thx middlo seotions being damaged by tne Heavy rains ana swollen rlverx, the road in almost useless for traffic ut presont. No repairs are being effected, and tho whole Hue is in a deplorable condition. Charged With Bigamy. San Francisco, Deo. 7. Mrs. Kva Hza .lnhniinii. n( Willi Walla. Wu.h " w - ...-. ,..., ,....,, today secured a warrant for the arrest 0 ),er husband, William J. Johusou. 0D tj,e 0hare of blaaniv. She allene... that he was married in tin. cltr W September to Minute O. Winters, ot Seaside, Or. Johnson waa for several I years iu tho oonfeotionery business at ! waua yvaiia. Rich Strike In Yukon District Vlotoria, I), C Deo, 7. A rich strike Is reported on the Yellow river, 800 miles from Holy Gross Mission, oa the Yukou. Two Swedes are said t( ( have brought out $84,000, There are oaly 12 men in the district aad all era i said to nave clone well. t J :. u jlbatLiatkaf Mr.x JSH v i.. &Jk v Jfli. 'Wf ''( 'J'" 'UT' fi- " "V .jf-. i .. ...ft. n.im.i-nijm'..,ljiilii1iilfriii)li'i im" w jPll fi'ejpartr Tm)MMil SUM1 W rSMMBSSiWiWMr Jll'llVaW'li B IIL.