ror. 'r-iAUgritt.-jaT.-.-wazKmHg, :..a -j : ' Ifctf TO WI J F a " ' J? I 1 14 , .A tt . fc f -M jjVN"I The Npw Age I' 2i: ' TOf jV- ."IV" -'. w, VOJj. VI. PORTLAjND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1901. NO. 22. jt yriPTCTTI MJ, J JUUlu"'lJlVJg ' V iiKl 1 lOKZll rv ' .,' " . am v i . FVSHlV w- it ;ri a .V i ?. . v L.I.J& .' P", ii'ft ', . .syv' E.TJR "" Wty iW? - tr:: K: p; v K ' V " FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF5!?KSa?D' I)eil(niktel Depositor and financial Agent of the United Stntei. President, II. W. Corbctt; ciuhlcr, K. 0. Wlthlngton; assistant cashier, J. W. Ncwklrk: second assistant cashier, W, C. Alvord. Letter of credit tssned, available In Knrops nnd tho Eastern state. Bight exchanno nd telegraphic transfers sold on New York. Uoston, Chicago, Omaha, St. Paul, Hun Francisco and the principal points In the Northwest. Bight and time bills drawn In sums to suit on London. Paris, Berlin, Krankfort-on-the-Maln, Hong Kong. Collections made on favorable terms at all acccsilblo points. LADD TILTOIM, BANKERS SE2SE Katablished In 18B9. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Letters of credit issued avallablo in Europe and the Eastern states. Sight exchange and Telegraphlo Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Omaha, San Francisco and various points In Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Colunibia. Exchange sold on London, Parle, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong. THE UNITED F PORTLAND, OKBGON. Transacts a General Bank Baslnett. Drafts Issued Available In all cities ot the UnlUd States and Europe. ''Ident....... ..... -.. . TYLKR WOODWARD vice-President.....-... ........., . .JACOB KAMM asalcr............... ....m.w. ...............-...-- .....mF. C. M1LLBR 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 Qcncral Banking Business. SAVINGS BANK A (.counts openml for sums of monthly mspf tin ni.d monthly balonco. 344 WASHINQTON STREET. FIRST NATIONAL BANK alia Walla, Washington. (First National Hank In the State.) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAPITAL flOO.000. BUKI'LUS 100,(O0. LEVI ANKKNY, President. A. If. KKYNOLDS. Vice President. A. It. nUUFOKD, Cashier. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pendleton, Oregon. Capital, $70,000.00. Surplus and Undivided Profits , $00,000.00. RESERVE AGENTS First National Bank. Chicago. III.; First National Bank, Fortland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, New York. N. y. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS L-vi Ankeny, President; W. F. Matlock. Vice President; O. B. Wade, Cashier; II. C, Guerensy, Assistant Cathier: J. 8. McLeod, W. S. Byera, W. F. Matlock, II. F. Johnson. THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLETON, OREGON. Oranlzod March I, 1880 Capital, $60,000. Surplus, S65.000. Interest allowed on time deposits. Exchange bought and sold on all prln ipal points. Special attention given to collections. TV. J. Famish, President; J. N. Teal, Vice-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK ...LA GRANDE, Capital ami Surplus SEATTLE. TACOMA. t R,XJ Boots arid" Shoes, Sundries and Cil Coining. "Apsley" ...Brand "Hudson" ...Brand . aATgAlJIZ?7sLi ajgaHS'SsaarXa wwA. sV avssk Aasmv akaaW aW TaaaiaV NOW is the time to place your order nnd pet absolute pro tection. We guarantee the quality and prltes, and give prompt service. DON'T place your order before you see us. Pacific Coast Rubber Co. JOHN A. GRAM, K. N.WHKKI.KK, Managers. 41-43 Willamette Iron and Steel Works. Founders, Machinists and Boiler Makers, PORTLAND, OREGON. DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF... Marin and Stationary Ertglnos and Boilers, aw Mill, Logging and Mining Machinery, Roll Grinding and Corrugating Machinery, Powar Transmission Machinery. We ere constantly developing Modern Machinery for special purposes, which our up to-date plant enables us to build accurately and economically. SBF- OORRE8PONDENOE SOLICITED. - Columbia Brewing CoJs Celebrated Beer. THE BEST IN THE NORTHWEST. Bottle Beer a Specialty. Tetephoae Main 229. TACOMA, WASH. STATES NATIONAL BANK DEPARTMENT upward, nnd Interna alloivcd on minimum Hales on iiimllriition. E. A. WYLD, Manager OREGON... - - $72,000 PORTLAND. SAN FRANCISCO. ALSO.... "Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Co." Celebrated line of Boots, Shoes ami Druggist Sundries First St., Portland, Ore. JzzSJzzi MiaJrvsy EVENTS 0 TEE DM FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. i A Comprehcrulve Review of the Important tUprxnlngi of the Past Week Presented In a Cane'tnud Form Which Is Most Likely, to Prove of Interest ( OurMsnV ; 1 Kudert. Prlnco Chun's mission will bo hur ried to Berlin. .,?, Shamrock had another satisfactory, trial In Now York bay. Kitchener reports another case ot Boom shooting prisoners. Tho Chinese are again dictating terms In regard to tho protocol. Nino persona lost their lives by the explosion ot a Delaware steamor. Nebraska Republicans .denouncod Governor Savago tor paroling Bartleyj A Missouri negro murdcror Is being" pursued, and may bo burned If caught. Santo Fo lino negotiating with Pa clflc Mall for trans-Pacific connec tions. Tho list of witnesses to appear be foro tho Schloy court of Inquiry is made- public. Burns, of tho Window OlnHS Work- era, has n plan for settlement ot the' stoel strike. A gang of thieves stolo a thrco masted schooner from her moorings In Sharptown, Md., and got away with her. A Chicago policeman shot and kill ed a boy, and says it wns In self-defense against a gang of young hood lums. New York yachtsmen aro afraid of Shamrock II. Inland Empire farmors aro having a prosperous season. Sampson will bo a wltnoss at the Svhlcy court of Inquiry. MembcrB of tho Nomo bar petition McKlnloy to romovo Judgo Noyes. Trans-Atlantic frolght buslncssout of Now York Is very light. Tho expiatory mission of Prince) Chung has been delayed at Basle. Nicaragua and Colombia promts not to mix In tho Isthmian trouble. Rothschilds deny any knowledge of, the- rocent roported combine In cop per. r aY4 t. ?W 02 Tlnplato officials deny that negothv tlons aro under way to settlo thb Btrlko. Tho worst opldomlo of plague In years Is now rampant In parts ot Canton, China, One hundred follows wero eloctod to tho Association for tho Advance ment of Science General Fablus M. Mead, a veteran of tho Civil War, and a friend ot Logan, Grant and McCIollan, Is dead. Whllo two mon woro out hunting In Montana, 0110 mistook tho othor for a boar and shot htm through the heart. Tho French Minister to Turkoy has loft Constantinople, which act breaks off friendly rotations botwoon tho two nations. , B. 0. Westfall,' chlof of tho money ordor bureau at Havana, will be prosecuted for criminal carelessness In allowing $4,000 to bo Btolen from him. As a result of litigation ovor min ing claims near Cape Nomo, a mob ot 70 masked mon attackod tho holdors of-Bomo claims and fatally wounded ono man. B, F. Jossey, United States cus toms Inspoctor at Tucson, Arizona, under arrest for smuggling Chlnoso Into tho United States, was killed by tho accidental dlschargo of his re volver whllo looking for chicken thloves on his own promises. Tho United States gmibout Mnchias is ut Colon. A largo stipar hept crop 1,8 expected is Southern Washington. Michael Rorry, n noted Colorado burglar has been arredted. Relations, aro still disturbed be tween France nnd Turkey. Two men wero killed whllo trying to shut otr a new Texas oil gusher. Colombians generally expect tho revolutionary niovomont to succeed, SlialTer says tho inovo to settlo tho steel strike is without official sanc tion. Englishmen aro confident that Sir Thomas Linton is going to win tho America's cup. Howard, who deserted tlio Amer icuns to become a Filipino leader, has been captured. Cardinal Gibbons was given a royal welcome on his return to Hal tirnoro from Europe. Ry tho explosion of a lomb in New Jcrsoy threo men wero seriously in jured and several women and children slightly. A vessel was stolen from a dock in Maryland and tho thieves tried to escape with hor. They wero over taken later. Department of justico upholds the secretary of tho navy in withholding tho royalty on tho Harvey steel-hard-ning patent. TO STUDY AMERICAN METHODS. Twelve Worklngmen Arrive rrom England to Tour Ihe United States. Now York, Aug. 29. On tho Anchor lino steamship Ethiopia tonight camo 12 worklngmon, who havo boon sent to tour this country and study trades by an English paper. Tho mon woro solcctod by popular vote. They aro: H. J. Humphrey, coach bulldor, Loy ton store, Essoxj Frank Harris, pot tery and glass decorator, Doxiicbs, Scotland; F. A. Scott, electrical and mechanical onglncor, Glasgow; C. J. Jackson, englneor, Stratford; Thomas Graham, minor, Yorkshire; W. E. Grant, stevedore Llvornool: George SNutley, painter, Kingston Hill, Sur rey: Thomas Fleming, mason, Peebles; John Scuttor, englnodrlvor, Motherwell; Kenneth Kenzle, uphol sterer, Invernoss) George Ethells, weaver, 8tockport; J.- G. Gowan, ham merman, Gateshead, and A. Nlchol Simpson, who will act as conductor of tho expedition. Mr. Simpson said: "We will visit Washington, Pitts burg, Philadelphia, Cleveland, East Liverpool, O., Buffalo, Ottawa and Montreal. We shall remain a few days In each city. Tho dologates camo over hero to gather Information and study questions In which tho British artisan is vitally Interested. Wo will inqulro Into tho conditions of tho American wago-oarnorB; how they nro housed and llvo; their hours, unions nnd other things of Interest to us on tho othor sldo." SURROUNDED BY BOERS. British Lost One Man Kilted and Pour Wounded London, Aug. 29. A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria today, says: "Thrco olllcors and 05 mon who wero sent north of Ladybrand, Orango River Colony, on tho right of Elliott's column woro surrounded on unfavorablo ground and capturod'by a suporlor force, August 22nd. Ono man was killed nnd four woro wound ed. Tho prlsonorB woro roloaBod. Am holding an Inquiry. "Havo received a long lottor from Stoyn containing an argumentative statement of tho Door caso, and say ing ho will contlnuo to fight: also a short lotter from Dowott to tho samo effect. "Hotha writes acknowledging tho receipt of my proclamation and pro testing aijalntt It, and stating that the Doers Intond to go on fighting. Ob ..the other hand, .the surrenders ikteik! have "Increased considerably." WyntHheY 'dispatch from Lord Kltchi "Slnco August itn, sz uoers navo been killed. 139 motlo prisoners and 18S have surrendered. Including Kruger, a nephew ot tho ox-Prosl-dent." . FATAL BRIDGE ACCIDENT. Palling of Bridge Girders Caused the Death of Pour Men. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 29. An accl dont at tl.2 now brldgo which tho Southern Railway Is constructing at Congarco River today caused tho doath, of four mon. Ono othor was fatally and two moro Borlously In Jurod. The falling of tho stool gird ors about sovon foot long, weighing 14 tons oach, caused tho accldont. Tho girders woro holstod about mid way of tho rlvor abovo tho brldga The rains of tho night provlous prob ably had caused tho ropos holding thorn In nlaco to Blip. Tho crash camo without the slightest warning. Thoro woro 7C people on tho brldgo, spectators .and workmen. Tho brldgo Is being built by tho Phoonlx Drldgo Company of Phila delphia. Tho structure was not ma terially damaged by tho accldont, though Bomo of tho Iron work was strained, NEQROE8 CANNOT BE IN IT, First Cuban Artillery Will Be Composed ol Natives. New York, Aug.28. Tliut Negroes are barred from enlistment in tho First Cuban artillery is stated by tho Tribunn correspondent at Havana. Ono hundred and fifty "Cubans" will bo enlisted. All must bo 21 years old or moro, and white. Negroes will not bo icceivcd as candidates for en listment. Enlistment will bo mado similarly as in tho United States, nnd will bo for tho term of two years. One of the first questions tourisu con cerning tho enlibtment is us to who aro "Cubans" within tho terms of tho order. In the abaonco of General Wood, Acting Military Governor Scott explained that "in order to bo eligiblo tho candidato must bo a Cuban oition by birth or adoption." Thoro seems to bo some doubt as to how Cuban citizenship is fixed until tho now constitution gcs into ell'cct. Miser Starved to Death. New York, Aug. 29. An old man named Paddy Kcams died yestorday In Tarrytown, literally of starvation and neglect. In tho house In which ho had lived alone for moro than CO' years, bank books showing deposits j ot 97,000 woro found. The old man Is bolleved to have had a considerable, amount of ready money and some. Jewelry hidden around tho houso, Hoj camo to this country from Ireland la 1849. Drowned In the Spree. London, Aug. 29. Lady Smith, wlfo ot Sir Archibald Lewln Smith, Mas ter of tho Rolls slnco 1900, was found dead today, floating In tho River Spree, it la not knowu how sbo waaj drowned. I NEWS OP THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A Drltf Review of Ihe Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Litest Market Report. Hop picking has begun In sovoral Oregon yards. Another contest has bcon fllod In tho Tillamook timber land case. Cattlcmon fired about 100 shots Into a band of snoop In Eastorn Oregon. Important chnnges will bo mado among tho traffic mon ot tho O. Rl & N, Railway. Hop pickers aro said to bo very scarco In many sections ot tho- Wil lamette Valloy. Richard Downoy has been appoint ed marshal of Vale, vice Robort Drapor, rcBlgnod. . Construction of tho Lakovlow-Sllvor Lako tolcphono lino will bo begun about Soptombor 1st. A band of countorfolter's captured at Huntington had ono of tho most comploto outfits ovor found. A branch of tho Sonn ot St. Goorge has boon organized by tho Drltlsh American cltlzons of Mnrshflold. A doad Infant was found In a mill raco at Salem, but tho presence wan explained satisfactorily to tho cor oner. W. S. Walker's threshing crow run llvo daya on spring grain and aver aged 2G00 hushols. Tho largest run In ono day was 3100 bushels. That Is something big, and Mr. Walker would like to hear of tho thresher that equals It. Vorno Hopkins nttomptod to broak jail at Lakovlow last week. Ho ro moved threo slats from tho Jail floor with an Iron bar, making an aporturn through which ho could paBB to tho ground beneath tho building. Onco underneath ho procoodod to dig a trench to tho south end of the build ing, and when tho hour came for his cscapo ho would havo nothing to do but romovo a board from bonoath the sills. Tho aporturo In the floor was covered by a blanket from tho bod, aad the officer, noticing this, thought k'straafe.'1 Lifting, the blanket' from the -floor,' the means 'of ther'trlssutfr'a escape was discovered, and a Jail broak avortod. Prunes are beginning to movo in earnest ot Tho Dalles. Tho Jaoksonvillo publio schools will opon September 2. A raco meeting will probably bo held in l'ondleton this fall. Tho Klamath county wheat crop will not lo as largo as it was last year. HopgrowerH at Woodburn complain of a Hcaroity of help to harvest the crop. Tho wheat crop of Jackson county is turning out much bolter than ex pected. Tho Sherman county Horso Fair Association will hold u fair at Wasco some timo this full to encourage tho breeding of good horses of all kinds. Tho first orop of alfalfa in Klamath has been cut and cured for. The sec ond crop, which will bo cut next month, promises to lo much larger than tho first. Tho following foliools in Polk coun ty aro without teachers, and in each caso a good 0110 is wanted ; Concord, Lincoln, llridgoport, and tho primary department ut Fulls City, Portland Mark'eta. Wheat Wullu Walla, nominal f)Ga per bushel; blucstom, Mv($ 67oj valley, fiiJrIJ. Flour best grades, $2.(l.'i3.u0 por barrel; grulium, .$2.(11). Oats Old, $l.l()r?l.ir nor cental. Hurley Feed, iMfiQllUO; browing, f lfi.fiO er ton. MillstulTrt Ilrnn, $27 per ton; mid dliugs, I'il.fjt); shorts, $20; chop, .fill. Hay Timothy, $lll.'l; clover, $7D.r0; Oregon wild hay, $i5(3ll per ton. flutter Fuiicv cmuiiory,22 !(J 25c ; dairy. 1820c;" store, ll12o por pound. Eggs 17(3 17 Jtfc per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 liyic, Young America, 12J-o per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $.1.00(3 3.7i; lions, f l.fiOftfl.oO; dressed. 10(3 Ho per iound; springs, flfiO.'l.fiO per dozen; ducks, $3 for old; ifllOO (33.60 for young; geese, $i(3(l per dozen; turkeys, live, 810o; dream), 1012Jo per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3c, gross; dressed, fi7o per pound; sheep, $3.2.r), gross; dressed, 00,j(C per lb, Hogs Gross, heuvy, $.r),7O0(; light, fl.75f; dressed, 737Jo icr pound. Veal Small, 80o; largo, 7 7o jcr pound, Reef Gross top steers, $3.fi(J4.00; cons and heifers, $3. 2fj 3. CO; dressed beef, nMlo per pound. Hopi 12 Ho Ir pound. Wool Valley, ll3l3Jo; Eastern Oregon, 8l2o; mohair, 2021o per pound. Potatoes $lf 1,10 per sack. BOXERS AGAIN DRILLING. Preparing For More Trouble In Shaun Tunj Province. Vlctorlo, D. C, Aug. 29. Chlneso pnpors received by tho Empress ot China contain accounts of a massacre of Chlneso In tho Kwan Tien Hlon district of Manchuria, tho Russians excusing tho massacro by tho state ment that tho peasants killed woro mistaken for lnsurgonts. Fow do tails aro given. Further troubles In Mongolia and Manchuria aro roported, and, accord ing to tho North China Dally News, tho Russians havo placed 20,000 men on tho Manchurla-Coroan frontlor to copo with tho rebels. Tho Shanghai Mercury publishes a lottor from Rev. Frank Herman, of Chou Ping, who has boon Journeying through North Shan Tung, to tho ef fect that tho Boxors aro drilling and proparlng for a rising In that prov ince Christians havo bcon openly threatened. A Doxer placard has boon found posted at Canton, de nouncing foreigners and calling upon tho Chlnoso to rlso and rofuso to pay tho Indemnity to tho foreigners. Tho Chlnoso papers contain long accounts of tho floods caused by tho overflowing of tho Yangtso Klang, nnd stories nro told c tho drowning of hundreds of villagers, of tho broak lug of tho ombankmont, tho flooding of millions of acros of rlco fields, and of great destruction gonerally by tho flood B. The allies havo returned to tho Chlneso Government tho warship Halyang, flagship of Admiral Ylh, which was takon during tho bombard ment of Taku. A bloody affray Is roportod from a Chlnoso vlllngo lf mllos from Klang SI, whoro Protestant and Cathollo convortfl qunrroled and camo to blows, with tho result that 30 Pro testants wero klllod. HE HEAD8 THE LI8T Sampson Will Be a Witness at the -ihley In- qulry Brooklyn's Officers Alio, Washington, Aug. 29. It Is under stood that Admiral Sampson la to bo roprosonted boforo tho Schloy court ot Inquiry by counsel, though tho Navy 'officials say thoy havo no of ficial knowledge on tho subject, and point to tho fact that tho court ot Inquiry Is tho only body authorized to admit or debar counBol In such casos. It may, at Its ploasuro, dony tho ponsou under Investigation tho Srlvllege of having counsel present efore the court; or, on the other,, hand, it may go the length-of per mitting porsona In secondary interest tho privilege of employing counsol bo foro tho court. So tho officials say thoy havo no knowlodgo officially ot tho rotontlon ot counsol by Admiral Sampson, but privately It Is ndtnlttod tlint ho oxpocta to bo so roprosontod. Tho Navy Department today, through Captain Lomly, tho Judgo Advocato of tho court of Inquiry, hup piled counsel for Admiral Schloy with a tontatlvo list of witnesses to bo called boforo tho court by tho Gov ernment. Tho dopartmont docllnos to mako thh) list public, but It Is un derstood that It contained, and In fact Ib lioadod by, tho namo of Roar Admiral Sampson. Somo tlmo ago Admiral Schley, In Bonding IiIb list of witnesses to tho dopartmont, Included a roquost for all tho offlcera of tho Drooklyn. Tho de partment ropllod that a number of tho offlcors of tho Rrooklyn would bo on tho list propared by tho dopart mont, and asked to navo speciucaiiy named tho Drooklyn'B officers ho do nlrod. Tho Admiral rcBpondod to day throuKh Captain Parker, of hla counsol. Ho gavo tho namoH of tho principal officers of the, Rrooklyn, and also of Bovon potty ofllcora, Includ ing tho quartormaBtorfl who woro at tho whool during tho uctlon off San tiago. FLOOD OF OIL IN TEXAS. Another Gusher It Going Wild Great Danger In Caie of Fire. Roaumont, Tex., Aug. 29. Two mon aro dead and ono or tho largest oil gushors In tho world Is going abso lutely wild, utterly defying tho mo rhantcnl skill of man to stop It. Tho famous oil Hold presents tonight tho possibility of ono of tho dlrost calamities which ovor vlsltod Toxns. should flro Join foreo with the gush era. Tomorrow tho gusbor will still bo spilling Itsoir on tho pralrlea und Hooding tho country with oil. James Smith died trying to shut off tho gusher, nnd John McDanlola dlod trying to save Smith. Doth nhowed groat heroism. Tho wild gusher Ih In the Hogg-Swuyno syn dicate tract. Hook fllncJety Girls Strike. Chlrngo, Aug. 29. All tho girls of tho llookblnders' Union omployod by tho W. II. Conkoy Company, at Ham mond, Ind., numbering about 250, struck today boruuso their offlcera, who had beon discharged yeBtorday, woro not reinstated, Trouble huts boon browing Blnro Saturday, whou an Injunction from tho Federal Court prohibited tho workera from picket ing or holding piass meetings to in llmlduto nonunion employes. lUnm Will Tak: the Slump. Cleveland, O.. Aug. 29. It Is an nounced authorltatlvoly that much of Senator Hanna's tlmo during tho state campaign will ho spent on tho stump, especial attention being given to tho close counties. Tho Sonatof returned homo todny much rostod after a weok'H trip up tho lakes, and will leave tomorrow for North Solon, whoro ho will npoak to tho annual ro union of tho Western Resorvo Association. f wm n 11 'yy? ?S3HHHT WBBw