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Deilstintucl Uitpotlturjr nnii IMiixiiclitl Agitat of the United States
President. U. W. Corbcttj cashier, E. 0. Wlthlngton; assistant caihlcr, J. W. Kcirktrk; second
' assistant cmhler, W.U. Alvord.
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teleeraphle transfers sold on Now York, Iloston, CIiIchko, Omaha, St. Paul, San Kranulrco and
the principal points In the Northwest. Right nnd time bill drawn lu sums to suit on London,
Paris, iloriln.Franklort-on.the-Maln, Hong Kong.
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' Established In 1800.
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gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
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READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap-
ptnings oi trie fait ween in a
Condensed Form.
Tho senate nnHsod tho war tnx bilL?
Tho Boers hne cut tho
railway.
Nntliurlanda
Queou Wilholtnina and Duko Henry;
were uiarriod. f
Thirty thousand inon will bo sent te)'
rolulorco Kitohonor. , i
Two loading Mauiln tnerchanta were
arrostod for aiding insurgents.
Tho governiuent has taken steps to
porfoct titlo to inlets north of Luzon.
Tho foreign envoys doiuand tho death
poualty ho iiiiposutl on 112 Chinese oill
uiitls. '-
Tho snlo of tho Cnrucglo Company
to tho Morgan syudiuato is an acooia
plished fuot.
Tho prcHidnnt has sent to tho sonata
the nomination of lrn J. Stilos, to be
postmaster nt Sodro-Wolloy, Wash.
Nichhis Michaels, n saloonkeeper,
and IiIh wifp, were brutally hoaton by
thugs, in Chicago, and rubliud of $2,1)00.
In n froight train colllson noAr Rip
ley, Tonu., tho engineer and it tramp
iworo killed. Tho Illinois Central's
I loss is$i60,ooo.
1 Arbitration committees reachod an
agreement which will moan tho end of
tho buidliug trades striko that has ox
isted in Chicago for over n yoar.
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Mnrool L. Silvormuu, n juwelor. whs
. was shot throuKh tho head in Newi
York, tiled. Thu jwlieo nro inveatigat
' inn suicide and murder theories.
A sorious uloction riot hits ocuured aii
wnssnr Mtpseruoiij, uuiitiuy. ijars;)
orowtls of pooplo threatened the bob
(Innnoi, nnd tlio lattor tired, killl;
ilirnn nurl wnmiflliii. Dtl iinrtimia.
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Lorenzo 1'riori, who murdorod Via
oeuzo Garjzo, in New York City, Dtv:
comber 11, 181)8, was put to death ill
tho oloctrio chair ut &lui Sinir. It r
quirod two shocks to kill him.
Tho sitloonkeoporri of Wichita, Kan.,
nro oxpoutiiiK another raid.. Several
women linvo houuht hatoheta to use ia
loinollshln tho "joiuts."
k'tiards with donuty shoriff
ThlrM
com mis
t-itius havo heuu apioiJted.
llutylura bound and itob'fod the post
miatroKs at Itossfonl, u suburb of To
ledo, O., and robhod tlo olllco of $160
iu stampH and $5 in coin. Lighted
matohoH wore upplitul to hor feet, nnd
elio was struck ovor tho houd nnd hru
tally kicked iu tho sldo.
Kmporor William has returned
homo.
Airs. Nation wroekort auother Topoka
saloou.
Miles is prompted to be lieatonuaat
general.
I'roparatioiis continue at The Hague
for tho royal wetldim;.
Gorman expeditions nro still bolug
sent out from 1'oklu.
Ihn transport Mcl'lierfon is nshore
near Mntauzas, and will be a total lots.
Cslonol Albert IlartzufT, assistant
surucou'geuural, U. H. A., has been re
tirtd. .
Iho Chinese nnd forelRU envoys met
at 1'okiu to discuss the quesliou of pen
altics,
I Yontsey was sonloncnd to life irn
prisonmetit for complicity iu the Goo
' bel murder.
An Athena, Or., electria company
may build a plant which will supply
power to four towns.
The Utah legislature passed a resolu
tlon favoriug the olectlon of United
States senators by direct vote.
lllackford, a small town in northern '
Kentuokv. on tho Illinois Cntrl rail..
road, has been wiped out by Are.
Northern I'aciflo freight train in
Cascade mouutalus ran away, killing
cue man anu lujuiing several others.
Patents for 1,500 acres of timber
land in Clatsop county, Or,, have been
filed for record. The property hasjtll
been purclmsed by an Astoria company.
ltearAilmiral F. Holers has been
detached from duty as presldont of the
board of Inspection and suivey. He
is to take command of one ot tho two
divisions of the Asiatic squadron.
John Hathaway, a resident of North
Yakima, Wash., mysteriously disap
peared from his home last week, H
! left saving that ho was going fishing.
! and nothing has been heard of him
l since.
J. Pierpont Morgan and his asso
ciates have purchased from Andrew
Carnegie a controlling interest of the
Carnegie Company. Whilo the por
j chase price ia unknowu, it is thought
I to be not lets than f 85,000,000.
OUR LAWMAKERS.
Dolnji of Importance at the State Capital
Bills Passed.
Aid for Orphanages.
' Tho house committoo on corpora
tions Wcduosthty rondo red n favorable
report on thu bill by Ilolcomb provid
ititf itato aid for nil orphan asylums of
not to oxceod $10 por annum por in
mate.
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Dills Passed.
Tho houso AVodnosday passod hills as
follows: l)y Mtilkoy, to pivo old bor
rowers of school funds tho beuoilt of
fia tn o rnto of intorost ns givon to now
liorrowers; by Smith, of Yamhill, to
li.nond tho cliarter of Sheridan; by
Masters, to reduce fees of wituosses
nnd jurors in Douglas, Jackson and
.losephino oountios; by l'ortor, to ro
nuco tho salary of Clackamas county
judgo from $1,200 to $720, beginning in
1002,
The senato Wcdnosday pnBSod the
following bills: Senate bill No. 77. ro
quiring that sontonco of 'death bo exe
cuted at the penitoutlary, by tho super
intondont or a warden; senato bill No.
83, relating to tho proof of writings;
senate bill No. 8(1, to croate the olllco
of stato bacteriologist, without pay;
senato bill No. 85, relating to title of
floating logs; ponuto bill No. 103, to
Huthorl7o district and county high
schools; sonato bill No. 115, n substi
tnte for tho original, to fix tho foos to
ho paid county clorks; souato bill Nq.
,188, to amutid tho charter of Vornonia,
Loinmiiin county; Mtuato out xso. nrj,
to iucorpoiato Grass Valley; senato
(bill No. 108, to amend the scalp boun
ty law.
Passed by Doth Mouse.
Bills passod by both hausos aro as
follows: Senato hill 12, providing for
sale of school lands; Hotiuto bill 110,
amending charter of Sheridan; sonato
bill 17, fixing fcos of witnossos in
Douglas, Jackson and Josophiuo conn
tie in criminal actions; senato bill 05,
tlxiag salary of judgo of Clackamas
cooftty.
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Signed by the Governor.
i governor Wednesday signed tho
tag bills: House bill 207, re
sad to United States for
I-i?'. I in. .Ant
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0. ameadiasT Med ford
Ml bill 3. nrnendiue Albany' bridge
JJaet; houso bill 4, appropriating $45,
WO' for Oregon Agricnltuial Cnllego;
hoasa bill 26, uppropraliug $47,000 to
Oregon State University; souate hill
103, amending Sumpter cliartor; sen
.ate bill 104, removing luollno at Cas
cade locks.
The Vote.
Tho voto Wednosduy stood: II. W.
Corbet t, 30; George W. Mcllrido, 21;
William Smith, Domoarut, 20; lllugor
Hermann, 7; O. W. Fulton, 2; F. A.
Moore, 1; S. A. Lowell, 1; not votiug,
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Bills Passed.
The bills passing the sonato Tuosday
wore as follows:
lly Fulton, tlxing the rato of interest
at (I por cent.
liy Stolwor, relating to tho time of
holding court iu tho Soveuth judicial
district.
Ily Smith, of Multnomah, regulating
thu practice of dontlstry.
lly Daly, relating to selections and
salo of swamp and oxorflowod lauds.
Senate bill No. 170, by Woliruug, to
amoud tho charter of CoruolitiH.
Semite bill, No 177, by Johnston,
to incorporate Wasco,
llotifio bill No. 220, to amond cliartor
of Stayton.
Semite bill No. 68, by Urownell, for
holding a constitutional convention.
Senato bill No. 08, by Mulkey, to
amend the harbors' commission bill.
Senato bill No. 70, by Hwook, to
amend the Wndo hill as to taxation,
Senato bill No. 101, by Johuston, to
iucorporato Hood Itivcr.
Pan-American Exposition.
Oreirou'a l'lin-Aiiiorican commission.
er)i ,nBt with the ways and means com
,jttee Tuosday morning for tho pur
pose of pressing the appropriation of
H0.000 sked for tho Oregon exhibit.
Hut tno members of the ways aud
means commitlHo appeared to bo in
fin or of a smaller appropriation, be
lieviug that $20, .100 would bosuflicient.
As the importance of a creditable Oro
B0II oxj,il,it at HufTalo, however, ia
generally recognized, tbero is every
' " -0 believe that tho full amouut
B"K0(' lor Wl" " sonetiuteu in mo gou
oral appropriation bill.
County Scit Fight.
Whilo the reports that will be made
by the houso committee ou counties on
tho Malhour county seat fight aro
known, it is by no means certain that
thufe reports will settle tho contest, I
The majority report, signed by Mc
fircer, I'earce, Allen and Harris, is in
faor of Ontario. The minority re
port, signed by Ortou nloue, favors
Vale, the present county seat. The
Vale people, however, aro by no means
discouraged, claiming to hate both the
majority of the taxpayers of the county
and tho property buck of their position.
The fight therefore piomlses to be an
interesting one.
iii lira ro nit
Sentence Was Pasesd on Henry
E. Youtsey.
rOR AIDIN0 IN Tlta GOEDEL MURDER
Prisoner Protested Ills Innocence, Declaims, Mil
Conviction Was Accomplished by
Subornation of Perjury.
Georgetown, Ky., Feb. 7. -Honry
. Yontsey was sontencod by Judge
Cuntrill this afternoon, and tomorrow
will bo taken to Frankfort to outer
upon his term ot life Imprisonment.
Youtsey was palo and weak when he
stood up to teceivo the sentence of tho
court. His wife sat near by and hoard
the sentence of tho law consigning hor
husband to tho pouitentiary for life,
bnt bore up under the ordeal bravely.
Briefly, Judgo Cautrill outlined the
progress ot the case from the time of
the indictment until tho returning ol
the verdict.
"Now," continued tho judgo, "have
you any reason to give why sentence
should not bo pronounced upon you?"
Youtsey shtftod his ositloii slightly
aud olearod his throat. Ono hand
olntohcd tho lapol of his coat nnd tho
other rested on tho tablo. Tho court
room was porfeotly quint. Iu n low
but nutliblo touo Youtuoy spoke thoso
words:
"I havo nothing to say, oxcopt that
I am innocent, and that my conviction
watt accomplished only by baso and In
famous subornation of porjury"
Then ha quietly wit down. For a
niomout no ono sjioko.
"That was n subject which yon
should havo addressed to tho jury
whioh conviotod you," nnswoiod tho
judgo. "it is the judgment of this
court that you bo removod by tho
sheriff of Soott county to the stato pon
itoutlary at Frankfort, aud thero be
coutluud at hard labor for the period of
your natural life."
Tho caio uf llarliour Weaver, aootisod
of perjury in tho Powers care, was
called for trial iu the circuit court
this morning, but, owing to the ab
nets NHsH kwlt tH.tua witnesses
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faulty to prepare aaalMriavit otwht
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the absent witnesses will testily tp.
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Oreat Northern Seems to De Proceeding on
Extensive Plans.
Vnncouvor, II. C Fob. 7. -Options
on $500,000 worth of property iu tho
east end of Vancouver havo just beeti
secured by tho Oroat Northern rail
way. Thn pioporty is a water front on
Falso crick, a branch of F.ugltsh bay,
Tho company Intends building a ciimil
from deep water on tho main harbor
sldo of tho oity to tho site that has teen
secured.
Two weeks ago tho Groat Northorn
acquired the charter of thu Victoria,
Yancouor& Kastern railway, Whose
projected line is 2100 inilos iu length,
from the Kootenai mining cities to
Vancouver. Tho plan is for tho east
em end of tho lino to connect with tho
Great Northorn system ruuulug out of
Kpokauo, which will give a separate
outlet at the cast, ht'Hidrs Scuttle, To
crotw thu Fraser river at Westminster
is another feature of thu project, aud
Irom thero to Vancouver, 12 miles, u
road will bo built.
TRANSPORT WRECKED.
McPherson Ran 9n ""' Near Matanzas
There Is No Hope of Saving Her.
Havana, Feb. 7. Tho United States
transport Mol'hersou run about half
her length on a roof eight miles west
ot Mntanzus in a fog this morning,
whilo ou hor way from Now York to
Mautanseas. All thn pasiengers wore
transferred in tho ship's bouts, aud the
freight was uuloaded,
A heavy westerly wind swung tho
Mnl'herson broadside to the shore this
afternoon, She pounded a large bole
amidsnips, her englues shifted and tho
shaft has sprung. There is no hopo of
saving her, us sho will sink if pulled
off, She fs rolling in tho heavy seas
aud is pounding badly, and will go to
ploces if tho wiud increases,
t Meeting of Uoer Sympathizers.
Frankfurt, Feb. 7. -At a meeting ol
the Hoer sympathizers hero todav, at
tended by some 5,000 people, n resolu
tlon was adopted uppeullng to Giout
ilrltuiu to stop the wur in f-outh Africa.
Christian Dewet, a nephew of the Hoer
commander, was present, and wus car ,
rled around tho hall ou the shoulders
of tho promoters ol tho meeting, j
Robbed of His Purse.
North Yukima, Feb, 7. A new ar '
rival from Cuuada, a young man named
Ferrov,e, was robbed of his purfe iu his
room in the Lowe block this morning,
'Iho loss was small, amounting to only
nout $15, but as this was all the young
man had with him in a strange laud,
it was quite serious to him.
AIEIED THE REBELS.,
Twt Prominent Manila Merchants Arrestee)
An, American and a Spaniard.
Manila, Fob. 8. Theodoro Cnrranza,
n prominout and wealthy Spanish mor
chaut, nnd hemp and cocoannt buyer,
wan uirested this afternoon, charged
with furnishing supplios to nid tho
inBurgeuts. Carranzn is a partner oi
D. M. Carmen, an American contractor
and owner of boats, who has considers
bio transportation con ti acta with the
government.
The provost marshal nnd eooret ser
vico olllcials have been watching
number of merchants nnd transporta
tion mod for some time past. The)
police olllcials had a long interview
with Carranzn and at the closo of the
iutorviow tho lattor was placed in con
ilnoraeut in tho Anda stroot police sta
tiou. Carman was arrested tonight,
and after considerable questioning was
sent to tho same station.
'iho men aro chargod jwlth oouduot
ing tho business of buying copra (the
dried kernel of the coconnut, broken up
for oxport), from insurgent president
at I'agfaujau, on the eastern extremity
of Laguna do Day, and also with pay
ing assessments to tho insurgent cause.
Tho evidcuco adduced tonight was
to tho effect that the prisoners have
supplies ot the striped clothing used
for insurgont uniforms, llotb insurg
ent presldontcM who claim to havo dealt
with Cairauza and Carman aro now
imprisoned iu Manila. Ono of thorn.
Fnbolla, fears hanging, bocnuso ho was
oaptuiod as an insurgont nftoi having
. sworn nllolauco to tho United (Mates.
I llo made strong stntomonts lutonumf
, to impltcatu Carman nnd Carranzn, and
coullrmiug tho stiitomonts of ltolob,
who been mo presltlouto of Pngsanjau
I after Fabolln's ariost. Thn police
havo lotters nnd verbal statements
I from Carman, who sought Fabolla'ti
ruloaso assorting that ho wai a patri
otlo American Hubjeot. Aocordlug to
papers found, both prosldoutos are
oulpahlo usurgouts. Cnrranza aud
Carman admit doaling with tho lusurg
cuts, hut dony oontrlbutlug to their
I oauso or furnishing thorn with supplies.
Carman is ono of the best known
Americans in Manila, llo has a mo
nopoly of carrying goods golug through
the customs house ashore, from the
ships, and has inado a great deal ot
motier. He possessed the ooBlUlenee
el Usjaesel- Otis. .Other
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I Have Twenty Lives Lost,
j Iluku, Hussinn Transcaucasia, Fob.
8. A lire broko out yestorday iu the
i magazluoti of tho Caspian & Hlack Sea
Company, whloh contained 0,000,000
' pood uf petroleum, 'the coullugra'tlon
I resultod in great loss of life and wido
I snrcad damage. Tho flamos spread to
other depots baling a capacity of IV
000,000 poods of naphtha, whloh pour
ed out like a stream, Inundating and
sotting fire to tho dwolliuga uf the
workmen, which were totally destroy
' eii, Many persons perished. Twenty
! charred bodies havo boon found, aud
upwards of CO pooplo are terribly
burned. Four hundred families lost
uory thing tlioy possessod. The maga
zines aro stilt burning, aud neighboring
rosorvolrs are iu great danger. A gen
em I panto prevails. Kight naphtha
springs bolouglug to tho Mellkoff,
Italski and Caspian Companies, caught
tiro February 11.
Earthquake at Sta.
San Francisco, Feb. 8. A violent
outhquaku threw tho steamer Guatemala
partly out uf tho water and cuuhqiI thu
ostul to tromblu from stein to stern for
at least a minute utf thu coast of Kouu
dor during her last trip. Tho shock
took place when thn Gmitomuhi was
lite miles off tho roust, ubout 1(10 miles
south of Guayaquil, at 7:16 o'clock ou
tho otoulng of .January 10. On roach
list (iiuviiutiil it wus learned that the
I most violent earthquake iu the history
of tho plu-o liutl taKun piuco at mo
moment when thu Guutomala hud beau
so Nhukou. No serious dumage was
done,
Earnings of Ihe Diamond Match Company.
Chlcugo, Feb. 8, -At tho annual
meeting of the stockholders aud d I rec
tors of tho Diamond Match Company,
which was held lu this city today, the
old ofllcer and board of directors wore
elected. The annual statement showed
that not earnings equal to 1U.3 pot;
cent on the $15,000,000 capital stquk; ,
huvo been earned. President llarber
stated that tho company's progress (n
Kuglaud is very sutisafotory, 40 per
cent having beou earned in 11)00,
ngaiust 10 per cent iu 18U0. The 1'oru
factory was also roportod to bo operat
ing satisfactorily.
Nominations Conlirmed.
Washington, Fob. 0, -Tho senate, ia
executive session, mado tho following
confirmations: Franklin Moses, of
Alaska, to bo register of tho land olllco
at Kt.Michael, Alaska. 1'ostmastorR
Oregon, C, J. Howard, Cottage Grove;
Washington, l-'ruuois M. Hchobolo,
Weuutchiu.
German Capital In China.
Tho amouut of German capital la
vested lu China is over $70,000,000.
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