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"T. "Y" V 2iMC WU-.zZi -, c t-"i r .. en The New Age. ff1 1' ISJ ., ' i J , l v,' VOL. VI. PORTIjAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1901. NO. 19. i 'i. ft- isSsot". r .. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OFSS22biPD' Designated Depositary and sTlnnnolal Agent of the United States. rrecident, H.W. CorbeUt cashier, K.O. Wlthlnitonj aatlstant cashier, J, W. Newkltki Mcond Militant cashier, W. C. Alrord. Letters of credit Issued, available In Europe- and the Eastern states. Bliht exchanre and telecraphlo transfers sold on New York, Boston, Chicago, Omaha, at. Paul, San FranoLco and the principal point Itt the Northwejt. Bight and time bills drawn In iuma to tuit en London, ruin. Berlin, Krenktort-on-the.Maln, Ilenr Kong. Collections made on. farorable terui at all accessible points. LADD TILTON, BANKERS SSBE XeUblUhed In lSSt. TRANSACT A GENERAL .BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on timo dapoalto. Collections made at all points on favorable termi. Ltten of credit limed available In Europe and the Eastern states. Sight exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, Denve-, Omaha, San Francisco and various points in Ore god, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong. THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK Or FOIITXAND, OHEOON, Transacts a General Bauk Iiuslnesa. Drafts Issued Available In alt cities of the United States and Europe. President ............................. - -..TYLER WOODWARD T 1C1 rCBauGta'leeeeeeeeeeeeteseeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeeeeeeeeee J AvUli KAM M Cashier , F. C. MILLER THE CANADIAN BANK OF' COMMERCE With Which In Amalgamated THE BANK OP BRITISH COLUMBIA Capital Paid Up, $8,000,000 Reserve, $3,000,000 Transacts a Qencral Banking Business. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Accounts opened for sums of 111) and upwards, and Interest allowed on minimum monthly balanco. Hates on application. 1U WASHINGTON STREET. E. A. WYLD, Manager FIRST NATIONAL BANK atla Walla, Washington. (First National Dank In tho Stato.) Transacts a General Banking Business. , CANTAL $100,000. SUItt'LUS 1100,10. IKVI ANKKNY, President. A. II. REYNOLDS. Vlco I'rcsldont. A. It. nuilFOKD, Cashier. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pendleton, Oregon. Capital, $70,000.00. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $00,000.00. RESERVE AGENTS First Nat nal Bank. 'Chicago. 111.; First National Bank, Portland, Oregon; Chemical N uional Bank, New York, N. Y. OFFICERS AND DIREOTOR8 I. vl Ankeny, President; W. F.Matlock, Vice President; 0. B. Wade, Cashier; II. O. tinerensy. Assistant Cashier; J. S. McLeod, W. 8. fivers, W. F. Matlock, II. F. Johnson. THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLETON, OREGON. OrxnnlzeH March I, 1889 Capita , $50,000. Surplus, $55,000. Interest allowed on time deposits. Exchange bought and sold on all prin cipal points. Special attention given to collections. W. J. Furnish, President; J. N. Teal, Vice-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. FRENCH & COMPANY, BANKERS ' THB DAI.LK8, OBSOON. S TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Letters of Credit Issued erallable lu the Eastern Slates. Bight Exchange and Telegraph!! Transfers sold on New Ytrk.tiblrago. 81. Louis. Han Francisco, rortland. (ire., Seattle. Wwiii. a -rtmn wilr ts In Oregon and Washington. Collections made at all polntson ferorsbla term SEATTLE. TACOMA. R,TJ Boots and Shoes, Sundries and OH C.'othing.' "Apsley" ...Brand "Hudson" ...Brand jK5s7sU T( LePSBBsk BBSBmST SBBBBMeW' BBBV VBBBBBB )pss NOW is the time to place your order and get absolute pro tection. We guarantee tho quality and prices, and give prompt service. DON'T place your order before you see us. Pacific Coast Rubber Co. 4?".Nwii?BBLAij&; I 41-43 First St., Portland, Ore. WM. MILLER, LA GRANDE, OR. 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Celebrated line of Boots, Shoes and Druggist Sundries EVENTS 01 TEE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprthsiulve Rviw of the Important Happenings ef the Past Wk Presented In a Cendtrutd Ferm Which Is' Most Likely fe Preve of Interest le Our Many Readers. Tho stool trust is preparing to start up its idlo mills, Anothor Negro was burned at the stake by an Alabama mob. Thousands were drowned by the overflowing of tho Yangtso river. Two hundred Band teamsters at Ban Francisco liavo joined tho strikers. Polieo working on tho Solbysmoltor robbory Imvo mndo ono arrest on sus picion. Tho gunboat Mnchias has been or dered to Colon to protect Amorioan interests. Tho Germnn army has been ordered o go into mourning for six wcoks for tho Into empress. Franco lias warned Turkey that tho porto must sottlo claims or Franco's mlnistor will bo recalled. Foreign men on wnrships of Colom bia quit and Imvo left tho country, being afraid of being murdered, Patterson, N. J., anarchists will produco a play depicting the tragedy connected with tho assassination of Humbert I, of Italy. A bad wreck was caused on tho Great Northern in Washington. A burnt treo fell across tho track, wreck ing tho engino and killing tho en gineer. Soveral others wero injured. A general striko has been ordored in all tho mills of tho stool trust. Tho English minister at Pokln re fused to sign tho sottlcmont protocol. Admiral Howiifon will bo tho third member of tho Schloy court of in quiry. Governor Gago will bo asked to mediato bctwoon tho contestants in tho San Francisco strike. St. Paul's cathedral, in London, is settling from tho vibrations caused by passing underground trains. Thirty Turks wore killed in ,a but tlo between Bulgarian bandits and Turkish govcrnmont troops. Tho Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, is trying to cngago non union workmon in Now York. As a result of tho rccont breaks, plans havo boon mndo to convert tho Brooklyn bridgo into a doublo deckor. Moro raw cotton was oxported dur ing tho fiscal your just closed than ever boforo in tho history of tho coun try. Tho Washington supromo court re fuses to grant u writ of habeas corpus for Ebon Boyco, tho Tucoma mur derer. Owing to tho death of tho empress dowager, the program for' tho recep tion of Von Wulderseo will be very simple Tho National Wholesalo Grocory Company is tho latest trust about to be formed. It will havo a capital of 1100,000,000. Bobbers at Vallejo, Cal,, entered tho vuult of tho Solby Smelting Works through a tunnel and secured $280,000 in gold bricks. No clow has been found to tho perpetrators. Rockefeller is going to build a pal aco to cost 11,000,000. The steel trust succeeded in opening a mill at. Lecchburg, Pa. Relations between France and Tur key are somewhat strained. Striking garment inakora at New ark, N. J., have won their strike, ' A company hns been organized to construct a trolloy system from Now York to Boston. Colombian insurgents havo been successful in several engagements against the government troops. Quarantine officials at Victoria, B. 0., havo been warned to guard against possible introduction of bu bonic plague, Empress Frederick, mother of em peror of Germany and sister of King Edward of England, died after a lin gering illness. The recent murders of miners on Nunivak island are said to havo been committed by whito deserters from a fishing schooner. An explosion of gasoline in a gro cery store in Philadelphia caused a destructive tiro and resulted in tho death of about 20 persons. Owing to a fire which bus been rag ing for months, tho owners of tho Jersey coal mine at Plymouth, N. J., will bo compelled to abandon tho mine. The request of shipowners and mas ters of vessels that foreign Chinese bs allowed to unload vessels ut San Fran cisco during tho strike has bton do nied by the treasury department. UPHELD MONROE DOCTRINE. Zelya Touched Popular Chord In Ills An nus! Mtitsge. No,v York, Aug. 8. General San tos Zclaya, president of Nicarauga, Juia touched i popular chord in his messajo to tho Nicaragunn congress, just assembled, by ndvocating tho Monroo doctiino and declaring bis anxiety for tho construction of tho Nicaraguan canal by tho United States, says tho Managua, Nicaragua correspondent of tho Journal and Ad vertiser. "At tho hend of our contiwnt ap pears, " ho said, "tho grand republio of tho United Stntes, with tho Mon' roe doctrine on its forehead, tho grand international principle that forbids European colonization of American Boil. With that government tho friond and protector of tho weak na tions of our continent, wo maintain, as is natural, close and cordial rela tions. "Wo have, moreover, with tho great American republic, tho common in terest of our respective lands in tho oponiug of tho inter-ocean canal through our territory, which to hor means tho realization of her dear pur pose tn occupy among tho nations of tho earth hor proper position tu i maritime power of tho first class, and to us means tho iucalculablo benefits which wo will obtain by our future progress and aggrandizement If tho realization of this is as it promises, Nicaragua and tho United States will come closer imd travel united in tho future, beciluso of this wonderful link that entwines in a positive way their national interests" TUNQ FUH'8 REBELLION. Chinese Court Alsrmed by the Rebels' Ap proach Upon Slnjan. Victoria, B. C. Aug. 8. The steam er Queen Adolaido brings nows that tho Tion Chuan Lui rising is grow ing, A report reached tho French force in Pckin from Cheng Ting Fu to ho effect that a largo number of dofoated soldiers of Tung Full Siang, combined witli Lian Chwang Hui, havo unfurled in tho govcrnmont premises of Shon Chow many banners with tho motto, "Sweep China and destroy tho aliens." 'VOn'reoelptof a report that, Tung Fuh Siang has started a reboUion'ririd is mnrvhing upon Singnti." says a Shanghai paper, "tho Chiucso court has enlisted braves in onlcr to prevent him, tho number of tho present im perial bodyguard being imulcquato to meet this forco. Tho braves of tho two provinces of Shon Pi and Ho Nan havo now gathered, and their number has reached 15 or 10 battalions, but they are devoid of good weapons. Tho governors und other officials of tho two provinces are therefore or dored by tho court to procure arms for thorn at ouco." Great loss of lifo occurred in Japan because of Hoods, In ono colliery 00 were drowned, und loss of lifo is also reported from many places, us woll as destruction of property, GEN ERALSTRIKe" ORDER. All Union Men In the Employ of the Steel Trust Are Called Out. Pittsburg, Aug. 8. After weeks of preliminary skirmishing, at lust tho great buttlo between tho giguutio steel trust and tbu thousands of men marshalled under tho banners of tho Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel A Tin Workers is fairly on. Tho long talked of general striko ordor has lccn issued bv President 'Shaffer, to tako ofYcot after tho last turn of tho mills August 10. What tho result will bo no man can fore tell, but, judging by tho expressed determination of both parties to tho controversy, tho battlo will Ihj waged to tho very last ditch, Much money will bo lost, thousands upon thous ands of mon will bo idle, great stiflcr ing is looked for, und oven bloodshed and death are possible and feared. Tlio strike includes pructiully nil Amalagmatcd men in tho United Stutcs Steel Corporation's employ not now on striko, FRANCE AND THE PORTE. Preach Ambassador at Constantinople It Said to Have Demanded Recall. Paris, Aug. 8. The foreign office here refuses either to confirm or douy tho advices from Constantinople say ing tho French Ambassador there, M. Constaus, has handed over tho ques tion of tho right of a French com pany, known us tho Quuys company, to enjoy rights claimed under u con vention with his government, ut tho same timo recommending his own re call and that tho passports of tho Turkish ambassador at Paris, Sahib Bey, bo dolivered to him. Tho Temps says there is reason to believo the foreign offico is considering tho recall of M. Constans und giving tho Turkish ambassador his passports. Tho Kruncaiao thinks that instead of breaking diplomatic relations with Turkey tho French foreign office will suspend them by giving Constaus an unlimited leavo of ubsonco. An im mediate decision is impossible, as M. Celcasse and other cabinet officers aro absent on their holiday vacations. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A Drlel Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. Over 1,000 tons of fruit and hops were shipped from Eugene tn tho last fiscal year. A big natatorium has been finished at Baker City, with two largo tanks, 30x110 and 15x30 feet. Buyers aro offering Hood Rivor apple growers 1.25 a box for apples, to bo dolivered in tho fall. A rattlesnake was killed near Ash laud recently. It measured sovon feet ono inch in longth and had 27 rattles. A German farmer residing on tho Nccunioum is reported to havo discov ered a three foot vein of gold bcar'ng quartz. Douglas county growers are already lookine for labor to pick thoir prunes. 'Wages to bo paid aro not yet an nounced. Threshing mnchino operators of tho Powder valley havo formed a thresh ers' union, and fixed tho pi ices to bo paid for this work. A largo gray timbor wolf, of tho genuine tpyo, was killed near Elgin recently. It measured, 05 inches from tip to tip and 38 in height. A 20 day run of tho 15 stamp quartz mill at tho Lucky Boy mino, in tho Blue rivor district, yielded over 02 pounds of gold, valued at about $13, 000. Tho first shipment of Oregon early potatoes to tho East bus Won made. Counterfeit 5 gold pieces and hall dollars aro in circulation in Baker City. Tho Eugouo creamory turned out over five and a half tons of butter dur ing July. Veteran farmers say Lano county will havo more wheat this year than over boforo. A largo forest flro is reported to Ik) burning in tho neighborhood of Diamond Peak. A largo uttondnuco of students is oxpectcd at tho Mt. Angolcollego dur ing tho coming year, A postoffico has been established at Luda, Coos county, to bo supplied by special service from Dora. Wallowa stookmon are protesting vigorously against tho presence of Umatilla county sheep bonis on tho government ranges in tho former district. J. Bull, a Seattlo cattlo buyer, was in Camas valley last week. Ha offer ed $3,00 per hundred pounds for beet cattlo, but could not get unything at that prico, An exporlmontal prune dryer, now being built at tho Oregon Agricultural Collcgo farm, will havo tho trays laid vertically in stacks after tho Cun ningham system. Tho special government plat of tho abandoned Fort Klamath military and hay reservation bus been com pleted. It covers nn area of about 2,200 acres. Application for entry on tho lauds will bo recolvedat tho Luko view land olllco on und after August 22. Portland Markets. Wheat Wulla Wulla, export value, oTiQfilio per bushel 'blucstom, 5758o; valley, nominal. Flour best grades, $2.003.40 per barrel; graham, $2.00, Oats $1.1501.20 per cental. Bnrloy Feed, $1010.50; browing, $1(1.60017 per ton. MillstuffH Bran, $27 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $10. Huy Timothy, $1113; clover, $70.50; Oregon wild huy, $50 per ton. Butter -Pancy crenmory,17I'20o dairy, M15c&j store, ll12o per pound. Eggs 17c per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 ll)$Qi Young America, 1212)o per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.0() 3.75; hens $3.7S4.75; dressed. 10 lie jer pound; springs, $2. 50(3; 1.00 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $2.50 3,1)0 for young; geese, $44 50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 810o; dressed, 10 12XJ ier pound. Mutton Lambs, 3c, gross; dressed, 07o per pound; sheep, $3,25, gross; dressed, 00o per lb. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75M; light, fl.755; dressed, 07o per pound, Veal Small. 80c; largo, 7 7)o jcr pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3.6001.00; cows and heifers, $3.253.60; dressed beef, GK7K I pound. Hops 12 Mo per pound. Wool Valley, ll13Jo; Eastern Oregon, 8l2'j,o;mohuir, 2021o per pound. Potutoes 90c$1.00 per saok, AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE Thousands Drowned by Flooding of Yangtsa River. Victoria, II. 0 Aug. 0. Groat Hoods caused by tho overflowing of tho Yangtsc, havo caused tho death of many thousands in China. Tho river hns rison 40 feet, and for hun dreds of miles tho country is a groat lake, with only tho tops of trees nnd an occasional roof showing. At Anking tho town is flooded, some of tho houses to thoir roofs. At Kiu Klang, the nativo town is flooded, and two feet of water stands in tho foreign settlement. Lower down tho river towards Wuhu, the destruc tion was greater, and boatmen esti mate tbnt 20,000 wcro drowned in that district. Chong Teh was wiped away by tho flood, and 10,000 wore drowned there and many other points ' havo boon inundated, involving awful loss of life and great destruction to property. It was feared tho embank ments built by Chong Choh Tung, near Wu Chang, would break, and if they did, tho flood would drown hundreds of thousands, Tho Hong Kong polieo seized, in house in Queen's road, West, many hundreds of now Mausers, old ham mer and needlo guns, several hundred revolvers and Chinese horso pistols with ammunition of every kind and reloading ami recapping tools. A Chinese junk owner said his vessel had been chartered by Europeans to land tho arms secretly in Samai, CLOUDDUR8T8 IN UTAH. Cauied Loss of Two Lives and Damaged Much Property. Salt Lake, Aug. 0. Cloudbursts and heavy rains in various parts of Utah last night caused tho loss of two lives and rcutltud in considerable dumiigo to railroad and othor prop erty. Hundreds of minors are idlo at Winter Quarters, tho railroad tracks being swept away, necessitating temporary suspension of mino opera tions. At Ereka, Utah, tho flood swept through tho principal street of tho town, flooding collars of business houses and doing other damage. Both tho Rio Grando und the Short Lino tracks wore washed away for considerable distanco, causing a sus pension of traffic for several hours. A landslide near Morgan, Utah, de layed train sorvico on tho Union Pu ciflu for over four hours. Salt Lako's water supply was great ly curtailed today, owing to a land slide in Purloy's Canyon, which sup plies a portion of tho city's wator. Shortly before midnight a sovoro electrical storm broko ovor tho oity, seriously interfering with tho tele graph and tolophouo service. Tho plant of tho olectrio light company was disabled soon after tho storm commenced, tho oity being loft in darkness. MAY BE INVESTIGATED. Chsrgcs Likely to Be Made Against Judge Humphreys, of Hawaii Washington, Aug. 0. Judge A. II. Humphreys, of tho First circuit United States court, Hawaii, today hud a conforonco with Attorney Gen oral Knox. Somo timo ago tho bar association of Hawaii filed a com plaint with Judgo Humphreys, al leging, among other things, arbitrary and unjutt treatment of momborn of tho bar and specifying tho arrest of three woll known attorneys upon a charge of contempt of court. Tho fonteuco, however, was not executed, and subsequently tho accused wero pardoned by tho governor On tho other hand, it is said a largo number of letters havo been received here tes tifying to tho uprightness and integ rity of Judgo Humphreys, and othor testimony bearing upon tho case is expected vory soon. It is oxpoctctl that tho Bar Association of Hawaii will follow its complaint by formal charges und then tho mutter will be taken up by tho department of justico and disposed of. It is intimated by persons in a position to havo know ledge on tho subject tbnt the com plaints against Judgo Humphreys aro u result of tho antagonism that has existed for somo time between tho new federal officials and tho old regime. Judgo Humphreys will re main somo days. , Ordered to Colon. Washington, Aug.0. The navy de partment has ordored tho gunboat Mucliias, now ut Boston, to proceed to Colon to look after American in terests there. This is in connection with tho reports of disturbances and interruption of trufllo ut tho isthmus. The Brooklyn at Manila. Manila, Aug. 0. Tho United States cruiser Brooklyn flying tho Aug ot Rear Admiral Remoy, has arrived here from Australia, where tho vessel took part in tho celebrations attend ing tho ojxming of tho first Austral ian parliament. Gold Strike In Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 0. Samples of ore, accompanied by attested affida vits, have been received in Atlanta showing u romurknbly rich striko of gold in Wilku county, near Washing ton, Ga. j&m 'y'rara