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FIRST NATIONAL BANK cToS?.ND'
, DeilKtiateil nepoaltnrr and Financial Afc-ent of the United States.
rraatdent, II. W. Codett: cuhler, K. 0. Wlthlngtont aaslatfknt caihler, J. W. Kewklrki mcb4
aeilitant cashier. W. C. Alvord.
Letter of eredlt lisaed, aralUble In Europe and the Eastern glutei, Bight exchange and
leltcrapbla trannteri lold en Now York, Bolton, Chicago, St. raul, Omaha, San Franclnco, and
the principal point! In the Norlhncit. Sight and time bllU drawn la lumi to lult on London,
rarlt, Berlin, Frankfort-on-the-Maln, Hong Kong.
Collection! made on larorable termi at all acceulble polnti.
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Eitabllihert In 1800.
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Comprehensive Review of the ImporUnt Hap
pcnlngs of the Past Week In J
Condensed Form.
Dowet is tho guiding goniua of the
Boors.
Miuistor Wu tiiiuka tho joint noto
dotnauds too much.
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Minnesota tins axporioncod her flisl
l blizzard of tho year.
Tho Jnpnnoso minister of communi
' cation has resigned.
Spokuno hits dooidod to hold a min
eral fair during 1002.
V Oregon hits paid out nearly $100,000
in scalp bouutios durina 1800.
Publio attontlon in Germany is oc
cupied with crimo in high circles.
Kitchonar reports that Boor invasion
Into Capo Colony hits hoou chookod.
Gurmany wnutH tho sultan to pay its
bill boforo buying uu American wur
ship. i Robola aro acattorod in tho pro
vinces of Pauay and Cobu, Philipplno
islands.
Inland will buy 00,000 horses and
muli in tho Uultod Statoa for army in
South Africa.
Dolay in negotiations has caused
groat chango of aoutiiuunta aa regards
China in Japan.
A tornado did pront damago in Ala
$72,000 bnnm. News ia monger, owing to all
.. wires being down.
II. Pholpa Whltmarsh ban been ap
poiucod governor of tho province of
Bonguot, Philippine ialauds.
Forty-flvo insurgonta woro killed and
ono American wounded in an encounter
near Gunubatan, Philippine islands.
E. II. Southern, the well known av
tor, who ha been laid up for aomo tirtUy
by an aooidont, is entirely reooveredl
A largo portion of tho Philppinea
must bo abaudonod unlof.8 the relief ol
the army ia immediate, says Secretary
Root.
Tho police are working on the case
of Lonn, the Portland burglar rocently
arrested. It U thought that a charge
I of murder will bo laid at his door.
i Firo which atartod in a Pennsylvania
coal initio 42 years ago is undor control,
and it is said that the uoxt two yeara
will eoo It extinguished. The tiro has
' coubumed about i)5 acres of the finest
i coal land iu tho uuthraoito region.
Cougor was iuatruotot1 to sign the
noto.
Thoro ia auothor hitch in tho Chinese
negotiations.
Troops aro bolng concentrated in
Northern Capo Colony.
Tho English war oflke has arranged
to reiuforco Kitchener at once.
Nicholas Damoll, u pioneer of East
ern Orogou, ia cloud, uged OB years.
I Senator Mcllrido Iihh uskod for large
appropriation for customs serviuo
launch at Astoria.
, Tho Ilooth'KolIy Lumber Company
will change itn headquartora from Sag
inaw to Eugene, Or.
Governor Geeraska Pacific Northwest
status to join Oregon In colobrution of
Lewia and Clarke centennial.
A mob at Gulf Port, Miss., lynohed
a nogro. It now appears that he waa
the wrong man.
Tho supremo court of Ohio has dis
missed flvo cases brought under the
trait laws of that state.
It is probable that the president will
visit Portland and the Pugot sound
cities on bis trip in May.
Stato of Washington pays $11,300
sugar bounty to local sugar beet fac
tory for Spokano county crop,
i The striking telegraph operators oa
, the Santa Fo have given up tho tight,
i Their places have been tilled ' by new
1 men.
Over 1,000 Christians are reported to
have been massacred by Turks. The
Turkish authorities show the utmost
indifference.
Tho controller of the currenoy has
appointed a receiver for the American
National Bank of Baltimore. It ia
thought that depositors will bo paid in
full.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin says:
"Priuce Cbing asserts that Emperor
Kwang Hsu, unaccompauled by the
i Empress Dowager, left Slnun Fu De-
J cember 10, bound for Pekin."
The dead body of Peter F. Johnson
Mas found iu h water ditch on Park
menue, Puyallup. The presumption
ia that Johnson ell into the ditch and
was uualile to rescue himself.
A coal mine nnder the city of Pitta-
I burg, Pennsylvania, has partially
, cmed in, allowing part of the principal
street of the town to fall into the mine.
It ia feared other sections will alae
sink.
LATER NEWS.
Three children at Olymplu wore cre
mated alive.
There aro said to bo 30,000 lopors in
tho archipelago.
Massacrcfis of nativo Christiana in
China continue.
Clomonts caunot forco tho Boors
tram juagauna uerg.
Tho lumber industry in Kastorn Oro- I
gon is rapidly growing.
A Bquadron of Yeomnnry ia said to
havo boon captured by Boors.
Whltmarsh, tho now governor of
I Bonguot, ia u Brltisii subject.
Stocks of wool in tho United Statoa
oxceod 860,000,000 pounds.
' A receiver was appointed for tho
Old Town bunk, nt Baltimore
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Tho trial of Alvord, the defaulting
noto tollor, has boon postponed.
Tho grandson of ox-Attoruoy-Gonoral
Miller was abducted by his mothor.
Kitchonor is making littlo progress
in driving tho Boors from Cape Colony.
Robort Taylor, a woll known resi
dent of Ashland, committed auiolde.
Tho holliday rush at tho Now York
postolllco was tho greatest ever known.
Throo huudrod students havo been
arrostod in St. Petersburg for propagat
ing Socialist doctrines
Fontola, n Filipino rofugoo, eaya tho
United Statea vill uevot succeod iu
subduing tho Philipplno ialauda.
Congrof a will bo asked to recognlzo
Ilobson'a gallantry in sinking tho Mor
rimao in tho harbor of Sautlago.
Firo partially destroyed tho Mothod
1st Episcopal church (colored) of Prov
idonco, Mo. Tho pastor wua fatally
burnod.
In tho ovont of England rojooting tho
Ilay-Pauucefoto treaty it now ono may
bo nogotluted nt tho noxt session of
congrosa.
Boxers numbering 2,o00 men at
taokod a French column. They woro
repulsed with heavy loss, leaving be
hind thorn 1,000 dead and wounded.
Inquiries iuto quarters most Hkoly
co bo correctly informed show that
nothing is known in Paris to justify
the report circulated in the United
I States that Paderewaki, the pianist,
was killed in a duel in France.
A baud of probably 60 men forcod
an eutranco to tho Green county, 111.,
jail, with tho intention of lynching a
prlsoHMr, but wore foiled. The prison
er had beou seemly removed to an
other jail.
A creamery will bo founded at Eu
geuo, Or.
Prinoo Tuau and Princo Chung havo
boon urrottod.
Now Zealand will send mora troops
to South Africa. ,
Yn Hslen waa ordorod to return to
Sinan Fu to bo oxocitod.
Two men wero killed aa tho result of
au explosiou in tin Itkho mine, i
Tho adavneo guard of Eastern ahoup
buyers have arrived at Heppuer,
Tho foreign ministers bolleve China
will accept tho terms of tho uoto. .
Fifty-two Poles havo been arrested
in Vieuuu for alleged political couspl.
raoy.
Firo in Kau Olairo. Wis., destroyed
half tho busiuesa section. The loss la
$160,000.
The Weston, Or., school will ask tho
legislature to grant normal g aduatea '
diplomus undor foimer conditions. ,
An unsuccessful uttumpt was mudo
to blow up a hotel in Oklahoma terri
tory. A huspeot has boen arrested. J
Two notod Chicago scientists deolaro
after loug experiments, that tho boat
ing of tho heart ia caused by common
salt in tho blood.
James Patterson, for tho past four
years city treasurer of Aberdeen,
Wash., Is dead at his home iu that
city, aged 07 years,
A shooting affray occurred at Burke,
Idaho, and us u result Peurley Gordon
and Charles Beck uro in the hospital
suffering from shot wouuda.
Alfred Ilarrusworth, editor and pro-
Srletor of the London Dally Mail, pro
lets a complete revolution in journal
ism duiiug the comiug century.
John Tiger, a full blooded Indian,
living in Indian territory, while iutox-1
lea ted, shot and killed three men and J
wounded a boy. Ho waa captured. I
A eerious race war In expected at
Comeutville, a email Indiana town.
The troable was cuunod by two negroes!
getting intoxicutfd und trying to iu-
timidate all tho whites they met.
A French detachment of 100 mon on
their way from Tieu Tsin to Hung Tsu, I
were fired upon by Boxera as they ap-1
nroached a small villHgo. Ono ofllcer
wa killed and another wounded.
French burned the village.
Tho
Webb Jay, Indianapolis manager for ,
the Flick .Muuulacturing company, ol
Wintboio, 111., and u prominent bowl
tr, waa arrested on a charge of embez
sleraent, preferred by S. B. Rlnehart,
resident of the company, Mr. Rlne-
tart state, that the alleged shortage
trill not exceed 1 8,000.
UU Will ACCCPT
Envoys Believe She Will Con
cede Powers' Demands.
RINGLEADERS HAVE DEEN ARRESTED
'Princes Tuan and Chun Taken Into Custody
In the Interior Yu Hslen Ordered (o
Return to Slrun Fu to Be Executed.
London, Deo. 37. Tho Shanghai
correspondent of tho Standard tolo
graphing Duo. 20, says:
"Tho government has arrested Princo
Tuan and Princo Chung on tho borders
of tho Shan Si and Shou Si provinces.
Yu llsleu has beou orderod to returu
to Sinan Fu forthwith, to bo oxocutod,
It la supposed.
"It ia inferred from thoso roporta
that tho imperial autliorltlvs aro pre
paring to coucodo tho domand of tho
joint noto for tho punishment of tho
instigators of tho troublo in China."
According to a uows agonuy'a dls'
patch from Pokln dated Deo. 20, tho ' cultios that will face Lord Kitchener
forolgn ministers there uro uuituimoua- in patrolling and policing a-uoh itu
ly of tho opinion that China will ac- monso tracts of country, ovon when
copt
tho conditions imposod by tho
noto of tho powers within a
'joint
mouth. Tho note was started on ita
way to tho dowager empress and tho
omporor immediately after Its presen
tation, but communication la alow, nud
it probably will not reach thoiu uutil
I Doc. 27.
J "Vice-Admltal Alloxoff." saya tho
be. Petersburg corretpoudont oi tne
Times, "has issued orders to the inon
undor IiIb command in China to mako
dotailed lists of tho Chinosu proporty
money, cattle, provisions, etc., token
by them, aud whoro such property now
la." Tho correspondent also says that
detachments of itussluua iu Southern
aud Southeastern Mauchuila continue
tho work of extermiuatlug disorganized
Chlnoso troops and brigands.
A dlapatch from Pokln to a nowa
agouoy hero dated Dec 20, naya mia
stouarios stato that Boxers 1)5 miles east
of Pokin killed 12 Catholics and burned
eight in the temples'.
MAY TURN DISLOYAL.
The Position of Cspe Colony Is Nanjing Iu
the Balance.
Loudon, Doo. 37. Tho position of
Capo Colony la hanging iu tho balance
According to tho Morning 1'obt'n Capo
Town correspondent everything depends
upou tho quant ty of ammunition in
the possession of tho disloyal Dutch
residents, 100 of whom havo joined tho
Doors iu tho Phlllipstown district
alone. Etiergetio measures havo been
takoti to Ntoru the Invasion, but thoro
ia unquestionably danger that parties
of Boora will get through luto parta of
tho Colony and gradually raitm tho
whole Capo iu rebellion, ltelnforco
inenta can arrivo none too noon.
Most of tho dispatches from Capo
Town stato that tho rnidora uro doing
littlo harm, and art) being rapidly en
closed by Lord Kitchuner'a combina
tion. Lord Kitchener Is iu tho heart
of tho disaflectud districts. I Iu has
tho advantage of being personally ac
quainted with local conditions. Laht
March ha supervised tho suppression
of thu rl-lng which occurred then. Ho
ia bringing down thouutuda of troop
from tho North.
Tho Standard's Capo Town corre
spondent says tho loyalists demand
that uiaitlal law ahull bo proclaimed
throughout Capo Colony, but aibh:
8 2 .. . IV "ovv ,IW. o w '
tho lack' of bufllrieiit troops to on- ,
to
force
it.'
FOR THREE ARMORIES.
Desired That Wathlnglon So Honor Spokane,
Seattle and Tacoma.
Seattlo, Doo.
ofllcers of tho
''7-mA nntiiiTilttAn nf j
National Guard of thu
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B1UIU UI II lRIIIII(.IUI4 IIIIO UIIIIIJJIUIUII II
revision of the stato military code,
which ia to bo presented to tho legis
lature next mouth for formal accept
ance. Thla code makes the guard con
form In all respocta to similar organ
izations in the regular serviuo, Tho
strength of tho guard is to bo consid
erably iurceuned, and examinations
for commissions mudo much more
rigid.
Special appropriations to build three
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armories, at hpokuuo, lacomu and So
uttto, will bo uskod for. It
is also '
hoped to secure a small appropriation
for installing a buttery and moderuu-
log omo equipments
suld to bo out of
dute.
Released From Prison.
, Montreal, Ueo. -7. J
ormerly of Chicago, aud
James Baxter,
ml latoly of New
York, who was sentenced hero fome
timo ugo to flvo yeara iu tho peniten
tiary for his connection with tho Hunk
Villa Marie frauds, has lieon roloused
on "conditional purdon" from St. Vin-1
cent do Paul penitentiary. Ilia wife Ogloaby, drivor of tho LukovlKW-l'uh-uud
friends havo heeu working inooi ' ley stage, waa arrested tonight by
auntly for hia pardon on account of 111-, Postmaster Wilcox for tho robbery of
health, ever since his conviction. Ila that stage DocouiDOr 21. Money that
is suffering from dropsy uud hia coudl- .) took from the mall haa beeu i'dutui
1 lion ia uerlous. , k
KITCHENER'S TASK.
Unable Yet to Drive Doers From Cape
Cet
ony Disturbed Area Growing.
London, Dec. 28. Tho pauolty and
obscurity of tho diapnt olios from Soutba
Africt glvo riso to rouowed anxiety.'
Apparently tho disturbed area of Capo
Colouy extends further south than it
, did last Docombor,
and Loitl Kltoh-
, enor does not uppoar to
liavo imich
success aa yot in driving
buck tho in-
1 vndors.
I Tho war ofllco had rooolvod no now.
, last evening of tho roportod oapturo ot
yoomaury noar Bristown.
I A Burghesdorp dispatch hud a mya
1 toriona roferonco to au "unfortunate
mistaking of tho cnotny for Brabant'a
I Horso, which resulted in tho sounding
of 'coaso llriug and enabled tho Boon
to occupy tho coiumnndlug positions.
tho British rotiriug from a dllllcult
1 prodlcamout." v
4 General Clomonts' incceaa aoainaa
tho Boora iu tho Magaltcs Borg region
I ia also doubtful, tho last dispatch re
porting that "it waa considered ad via-
' Mlalj M & .n .taj tlnaa. . hn M ,(..K1
huid uui bu turuu uv uvvtm i.wtu .,vis
position."
The British pross ooutiuuea in the ,
main optimistic, but tho condition of
affairs brings homo tho onormous dilh-
tho Boors shall bo dually subdued,
'Tho Dally Mall, which makes a strong-
appeal to tho govorumont to "faco the
' facta nud send Lord Kitchonor more
troops," says: "Thoro ian roal risk
in bolng lullod to aloop by carefully
conaorod messages."
Lord Kitchonor, according to a dis
patch from Johannesburg, lias issued a
proclamation, datod Protorla, Docom
bor 20, imuounclng that hurghors who
voluntarily surrender will bo allowed
to llvo with their families iu tho guv
otutnunt laagora uutil such timo ue
guorllla warfare has sullloletitly abated
to admit of their returning iu safety to
their homes. Tho proclamation also
promlsoa that all proporty and stock
brought in at tho timo of surrender
will ho respoctod nud paid for, If requi
sitioned by the military, authorities.
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THE SCRANTON STgJKE
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More Imported Men Cccd lo Change Tacir
Minds and Join the Strikers.
Scranton, Pu Doo. 28. Fifty-three
tnoro men rooruitod in Now Yurk to
tako the placoa of tho strlkora on the
I Scranton Railroad Company arrived,
tonight, but boforo tho train had come
to a full stop tho strlkora aud their
sympathizers bourdod tho tar, and by
using arguments aud oxhortutloua in
duced all but 18 of them to agree to re-
( turn to Now York. Thoy uro being;
I carod for nt striikers' headquarters,
and will lo furnished transportation
homo. Thoro wac no vlolenco aud uu
angry words, although not lufrcqueutljr
1 tho company'., agonts and tho strikers'
nilsslonarlus would bo working ou the
satno men ut tho sumo time.
Thu comnany hud ouly 12 men left
" ( to ruu tho carri toduy. Flvo cars were
run out, out "ovv passengers woro car
ried. Tho company ia fitting up an impro
vised hotel in tho Linden stroot car
burn for tho accommodation of tho im
ported piou. Tho hotels rafuso to re.
coivo thorn, and tho merchants refuse
to furnish supplies. Thruo men went
coaxed off tho cars thla afternoon ami
sout away by tho strikers. General
Manager Slllimuu suya tho company
will havo cars running ou all tho lines
tomorrow.
Wilcox's Big Mileage.
Washington, Dec. 28. Robort II.
Wll-ox, .leleguto in the house of ropn,.
on."!" .?"'. i "r.,,,,ttU.l,J?,i: ":
I linn junv ui'uii jhiiii ii uiiiiiii ui Bi,uuif
for mileage. It was tho largest claim
of tho kind ever made, but it wuh paid
jiromptly by tho borgeuut-Hl-urma ol'
: tho house. Every congressman ia en
titled to mlleugu at thu rate of 20 cents
i por mile, "by thu most direct urn!
, practicable routo from his home to
Washington aud returu," The dta-
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tuuco between Honolulu und Washing
ton is figured ut 6,000 miles. Mr.
Wilcox will draw $500 muro (or hU
return trip.
Cashed Worthless Checks.
Aberdeen, Wuah,, Doo. 28. L. D.
Savage, stenographer iu tho ofllco of
City Attorney J. O. Croat., yesterday
swindled muuy biislnom men by induc
ing them to cash worthless chocks iu
suma ranging from . 16 to $40. Huv
ago madu out tho ohocks payablu tn
himself. Uu had but littlo trouble iu
gutting them cashed.
Pardons for Forto Rlcani.
Now York, Doo. 27. A dispatch to
tho Herald, from Sun Juan, 1'orto
Rico, says: Governor Allen has eclu
brutud the holiday season by extending
executive clemency to 21 prisoners In
Porto Iticuu jails. Ho has pardoned
17 murderers nud homicides und buveu
thieves.
Arrested for Stage Robbery.
Lakovlov, Or,, Doo. 28. Iloh
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