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About The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1901)
"Wrrt y Jl.Ji.Jt ttlU. .l-i. ll , v--" .ra i- . . t s, A ,j. -j' -t4sws .. . - y'." ' .V JW n-&aLs -c7' n. .,m j ' i oLsi -p.V ' M " '4 J" The New Age n i" ' MflitfMr " jr .l 1 -! VOL. VI. PORTLAJST), OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1901. NO. 27. ti J? -.y U4xyn LmK"'' "m y t; r i. r t r 1 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Sffififl!1 Designated Depositary and Financial Agent of the United Statas. President, H. W. Corbett; cuhler, K. 0. Wlthlngton; assistant CMhler, J. W. Newklrks second - assistant CMhler, W. C. Alrord. Letters of credit Issued, available In Europe and the Eastern itatei. Bliht exchange and telegraphlo transfers told on New York, Bolton, Chicago, Omaha, St. Taul, San Francisco and the principal points lu the Northwest. Sight and time bill drawn In sums to tult on London, Paris, Berlin, Franklort-on-the-Maln, Hong Kong. Collections made on larorable terms at all accessible points. LADD TILTON, BANKERS 11? Established tn 183B. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections made at all points on favorablo terms. Letters of credit leaned available in Europe and the Eastern ttittts. 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 Columbia. Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong, THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OP POKTLAHO, OHEOON. Transacts a General Bauk Jliislnes". Drafts Issued Available In all cities of the United States and Europe. President Vlce-t'rcsldeut.. Cashier THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE With Which Ik Amalgamated THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Capital Paid Up, $8tooo,ooo Reserve, $3,000,000 Transacts a Ocncral Banking Business. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Accounts opontd for sums nf f 10 and upwards, and Interest allowed on minimum monthly balance, itatcs on application. 344 WASHINGTON STREET. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Wnlla Walla, Washington. (First National Hank la the State) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAPITAL 1100,000. SURPLUS IIOO.HOO. LEVI ANKENY, President. A. II. REYNOLDS. Vlco President. A. R. DURFORD, Cashier. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pendleton. Oregon. Capital, 170,000.00. Surplus and Undivided Profits, 100.000.00. RESERVE AGENTS First National Bank. Chicago. III.; First National Bank, Portland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, New York, N. , OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Lvl Ankeny, President; W.-F; Matlock, Vice President: O. B. Wade, Cashier; H. C. Guerensy, Assistant Cashier; J. S. McLeod, W. S. Brers, W. F. Matlock, II. F. Johnson. THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLETON, OREGON. Organized March I, 1880. Capltnl, $5ra000. Surplus, 9356.000. 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. 'Wool, Vice-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK ...LA GRANDE, OREGON. 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C Street TttephoaM Mala ajp. , - ..TYLER WOODWARD JAC0I1 KAMM F. C. MILLER E. A. WYLD, Manager PORTLAND. SAN FRANCISCO. ALSO.... "Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Co." Celebrated line of Boots, Shoes and Druggist Sundries TACOMA, WASH. Jbz5JsZ5 sHiJrw EVENTS OF THE DAY PROM THE, FOUR QUARTER8 THE WORLD. OF Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Presented In Condensed Form Which Is Moil Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Secretary liny mny resign. Martini law will bo declared nt Capo ports. In attacks on two British forts 250 Boers wero killed. Anarchist Johium Most was dis charged from custody. President appointed Col. Win. II. Biubco a brigadier general of tho regu lar army. " ' Tho Teamsters' and .Longshore men's striko nt Sau Franoisoo lias beon settled. Tho Industrial commission has is sued a report on labor legislation nt homo and abroad. Boers attacked Kokowioli's camp near Pretoria and woro repulsed, with heavy loss on both sides. .. Harrowing details woro connected with tho slaughter of Americans in Samar. Tho president of Balangiga led tho assault in person. A heavy force is being sunt to punish tiio robols. Tho Turks nro preparing tonttack Kowoit. Tho cabinet discussed Mckay's Pa ciflc'cablo scheme . Vcnozuola is sending moro troops to tho Goajira frontior. Pro-Doors in Bermuda aided Dutch war prisoners to escape. Duko and Duchess of York began thoir homeward journey. Prominent names aro mentioned in connection with tho Jlclstano afTair. Gorman owners christen their ships in honor of Oregon and tho 'Colum bia. Plans nro, about, oomplotcd for tho opening of tho Fort Hall, Idaho, Indian reservation. Important decision regarding tho salo of lands, on which payments nro overdue, by tho Oregon Stato Land Board. American ship Iroquois dismasted. Dining car robbed of $400at Ash land. Colombia has a cabinet crisis on hand. Heavy increase in visible grain supply. Sovoral minors killed in a mino ex plosion near Victoria,B . C. Official investigation begun of tho alleged Manila hemp combination. Tho Duko and Duchess of York woro royally entertained by Vancou ver, B. O. Sontiuol was deceived in thinking Micro wore intruders at tho tomb of McKinloy. A new branch of a society to slaughter' whites discovered in tho Philippines. Venezuela's finances aro in bad shapo.and tho feeling against Presi dent Castro is growing. Benjamin J. Goo confesses tho murdor of Edward Molntyro, in Cow litz county, Wash., last wcok. Admiral Evans, Captain Jowoll and Commander Miller woro tho new wit nesses beforo tho Schley court. Officers did not cscapo ,in tho dis aster nt Samar, as at first reported. Two soldiers from tho fight bring tho news. Princo Chun has started for homo, Roosevelt was brevettcd a brigadier general. Tho London autumn season is in full swing. Tho Chicago elevated railroad striko was a failure. ' American theatres in London aro do ing a good business. Prowlers attempted to stab tho guard at tho McKinley vault. English yachtsmen admit that tho American yacht is a marvolously good one, A bloody fight occured at Beirut, Syria, between Mussulmans and Christians. Tho secretary of tho American em bassy at Paris has writton a work on Columbus. Police and strikors fought a pitched battle in San Francisco, and seven men were wounded. Forty-eight Americans wore killed by insurgents in Southern Samar. Tho troops were attacked while at breakfast, and lost their ammunition and stores, United States transport Rosecrans arrived from St, Michaels with 427 soldiers. Stowaway on the Rosecrans gives gloomy account of conditions at Capo Nonio. A MONTANA LYNCHING. Masked Men Took a Brute Out of Jail and Hung Him to a Telegraph Pole. Helena, Mont., Oct. 4. James Edward Brady, tho man who com mitted an unusually brutal assault upon 6-year-old Ida Pugsloy, in Hel ena, was takou from tho jail and hanged to'a tolcgraph polo in tho hay market square, about three blocks fr.om tho jail. Tho crowd was orderly and .after tho man had been hanged quietly dispersed. There wero about 200 men engaged in tho all'air, and they wero all masked. J hoy at tacked tho ja.il door with a battering ram mid it s'odn yielded. On gaining admittance, tlioy demanded tho keys of tho jailer at tho point of a gun, and threatened) that if ho did not yield the man up they would kill him. Tho jailer then got tho man out of his cell and ho was given to the mob. When they first took him, Brady asked: "What is it gentlemen?" .Tho inarch to tho hanging place was quiet. Brady was given a chance to say a word. Ho declared that they had tho wrong man, although he had been positively identified by his vic tim and a score of other pcoplo who had seen him with the child. Ho also nsked that some money that was duo him from tho Montana Central railroad bo sent to a niece, and then ho was pulled up. Tho end of tho ropo was tied to tho polo and tho crowd dispersed. Later Sheriff Mo Council cut tho body down and placed it in a coffin. Thcro will bo an in vestigation today. MORE "j LAND FOR SETTLERS. r7t Hall Reservation Soon to Be Opened Qulnalt Reserve Will De Next. . Washington, Oct. 4. Tho interior dopartmet is rapidly completing plans for tho opening of Fort Hall, Idaho, Indian reservation. Tho date for tho opening has not been fixed, as tho preliminary work has not been completed, but it is expected that tho reservation, which contains 400,000 acres, will bo thrown open to settle ment within a fow weeks. Tho Quin inltVfec,rYtttion in WaHliinRtpjicmU; prising 300,000 acres, will probably bo thrown open to settlement next spring. Tho contract for surveying tho reservation is about to bo award ed. Commissioner Hermann, of tho gonoral land office, said today that it was probahlo tho old "sooner" sys tem would bo adopted at tho opening of both theso reservations. MORE KLONDIKE GOLD. Steamer Humboldt Brings (he Second Larg:st Shipment of the Season, Seottlo, Oct. 4. Tho steamer Hum bolt arrived' from Skagway today with 210 passengers and about $1,000,000 in gold, half of it in caro of the Alaska Exprens Company. It is the second largest shipment of tho sea on from tho Klondike. Among tho passengers woro well-known Klondike claim-owners, and Lieutenants Cam- ding and Blake, of tho revenue service. J ho Humbolt bringB tho news that Sept. 26, tho first day on which the press dispatches readied Skagway from tho States, was rogarded as an epoch in Alaskan history. All tho telegraphic nows was strongly feat ured. Tho story is also told of a fabulously rich quartz striko in tho Atlin district, assaying $26,000 in gold to tho ton. DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION, Causes a Loss of Nearly Half a Million Do. Iirs Entire Business Section Threatened, St. Louis, Oct. 4. Firo that broke out at 10 a. m. in tho plant of tho Standard Milling company, on the river front at Alton, III., destroyed that and several other buildings, ensuing a loss of about $400,000. A high wind blew tho sparks broad cast, threatening tho destruction of tho business section of Alton, and St. Louis was appealed to for help. A special train carried two engines from here, and they, with tho local depart ment, got tho flro under control at 1 o'clock. Fivo Bluff Lino freight cars loaded witlr wheat, tho freight houso of tho Diamond Jo steamship line, and seven buildings of minor importance were also destroyed. Mission Burned By Boxers. London, Oct. 4.- A cablegram to tho Times from Hong Kong says tho Busol Mission nt Piung Tong, north ern Kwang Tung, has been burned by members! of tho Triad Society of Rebols. Tho Missionaries escaped and liavo arrived, at Kia Ying Chow. f ! . ... m. London, Oct. 4. "Thousands of rebels," says a dispatch to tho Dally fliaii from lloni: Komr. "after sackint; tho German Mission at Piang Tong, uttacked Hin Nun, acity near Cochin, They were repulsed, but they then attached Shaknia, whero they wero again repulsed. Two thotisuud Chi nese troops have beon sent to suppress inem, NEWS OF THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portanceA Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. Thrco prisoners escaped from tho Lano county jail. General prosperity is reported from tho Grand Rondo valley. Chincso phcrfsauts aro unusually plentiful in Linn county. Farmers about Salem refuse to jell wheat at 46 conts a bushel. Tho business portion of Grcsliam was almost wiped out by flro. Rich strikes aro becoming frequent in tho Cubic Cove district. A Roseburg Chinaman has had both legs amputated below tho knee. A drunken man was robbed of $100 in tho dopot waiting room at Rose burg. Hops about Woodbum aro begin ning to niovo freely at about 10 cents per pound. Astoria has not school room enough to accommodate her increased school population, Placer minors on Hungry crock near Grants Pass mako from $6 to $10 por day. Great interest is manifested by Um atilla farmers in tho fair to bo hold at Pendleton. Tho men who robbed tho dining car at Rosohurg have been arrested in Sun Francisco. At tho government fish hatchery on tho Clackamas over 240,000 salmon eggs woro taken in ono day. A 4-ycar-old child was kicked on tho head by a horso near Switzerland, Marion county, and instantly killed, Tho Haruoy County Stockmen 'h assKoiation has passed strong resolu tions' . conderrtriJrnftho leasing of ranges. Several teams nro busy hauling tho now maciiinory to the JMnUIon's Dream mine, seven miles northwest of Similiter. A 12-year-old boy near Wood burn accidentally shot and probably fatally wounded his l.year-old brother with a gopher gun. The steamer Altoua made her first trip of tho season to Independence. Tho Golden Standard mino on Galls creek near Ashland has been sold for $40,000. Maehiiiory is on tho ground for a lOManip mill for tho Gem mine, uoiu Sparta, John Hart, aged 22 years, was killed by his horse falling on him near Ashland, Tho Aurora flouring mills woro to tally destroyed by fire, supposed to be iucondiary. Oil prospectors in Southeastern Oregon report unmistakable evidences of oil in abuiidanco. Tho total assessed valuation of Polk county is $3,771,447, or $041,060 greator than last year, Closo investigations reveal that tho feed prospeots for tho interior stock districts aro very poor. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, nominal 6363o,' blucstcm, 51a; valley, 64, Flour lCBt grades, $2.053.60 per barrel: graham, $2.00, Oats Old, 00 $1 percental. Barley Feed, $1615,50; browing, $10.00 por ton. MillstufTs Bran, $17 18; mid dlings. $20021: shorts, $lU20:ehoi. $10. Hay Timothy, $ll13; clover, $70.60; Oregon wild hay, $60 per ton, Butter Fancy creamory,2627Jaj duiry, 1820g;storo, 12K16o per pound. Eggs Storage 20o; fresh 2326o. Chccso Full cream, twins, 12 13o; Young Amorica, 1314c per pound, Pnultrv Chickens, mixed. Jtf.OOra 4.00; hens, $4.0004.60; dressed, 10 Ho per pouuu; springs, 9Z.uu3.bU per dozen; ducks, $3 for old; $3,00 mi 00 for voune: tret-no. ((tb'.) inr dozen ; turkeys, livo,1216o; dressed, 10 12o per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3mo, cross: dressed, 06o icr pound; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, Go per lb. Hogs uross. ncuvy, fUu.zo; light, $4.7o5; dressed, 77o per pound. Veal Small, 89o; largo, 7 7Ji0 per pound. Itppf Gross ton steers. S3.60riM.00- cows and heifers, $3.003,60; dressed beef, 60o per pound. Hops KytO Pr pound. Wonl Vullov. llO 13 W?o- Eastern Oregon, 812Ko; mohair, 2021o per pound. Potatoes $I fl.io per sack. PRO-BOERS IN BERMUDA. Aided Dutch Prisoners of War to Escape from the British Camps. ' Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct. 3. Tho pro-Boers in Bermuda aro excelling tliemsolvcs over tho cscapo of boiiio prisoners of war whom they mado very olfort to aid in their attempts to regain thoir freedom. Last Satur day night thrco men a nophow of the lato Commandant Joubert, Alfred Martiuas Joubert, and two brothors, named Indomar mado their cscnpo from tho prison nt Darreil's Island and awam over to tho Princess hotol, whero tlioy dressed thomsolvcs in clothing carried over, tied in bundles, on a plank. Then, making thoir way to a livery stablo in Hamilton, they hired a trap and drovo to tho rcsidonco of Dr. Outorbridgo, nt Bailey's bay, and then retired to a placo of concealment in tho neighbor hood. The soarch continued for two days and nights, soldiers, sailors, mil itary and civilians taking part in it, boforo tho men woro captured. Tho affair lias caused great excitement here, not meroly becauso tho men succeeded in making nn escape, but becauso of tho apparent exhibition of tho pro-Boor spirit hero. CABLE TO PHILIPPINES. Proposed Scheme o( John W. Mackay Is Dis cussed at a Cabinet Meeting. Washington, Oct. 3. Fivo of eight members of tho cabinet were present nt today's meeting, Tho prinoipal subject discussed was that of n cablo to Hawaii, Guam and tho Philip pines. A proposal has been mado to lay a commercial cablo from San Francisco to connect these islands, ami the question under discussion was whether, under our pcaco treaty with Spain, tho United States could authorize or in any way encourage tho laying of such a oablo by privato persons. The question now nt issuo is whether permission to land tho pro poned cablo at Manila or somo othor Philippine port would bo a violation of the tonus of tho Paris treaty, Tho attorney gonoral will proparo a fltntnnmtit: fnr tlm nrenlilnnfc pnvnrlno" 1 BlUho'qu'oationgJqvolvcdrsjss STRIKE ON 8CRANTON ROAD. Line Covering (he Entire Lackawanna Valley Is Completely Tied Up. Sorantou, Pa., Oct. 3. Tho striko of the employes of tho Scranton rail road company is now on, covering tho entire Lackawanna Valley from Pitts burg t( Forrest City. Not a car started. Tho men refused to accept tho olfer of Gen', Manager Stillman to leave tho question involved in thodis ohargo of tho two Carbondalo conduc tors to the arbitration of Bishop II o ban, or one of the priests of tho dio coso whom ho might namo, becauso tho olfer did not give tho employes tho representation they domaudod. Nearly 000 men nro involved in tho strike. Besides tho reinstatement of the men discharged, tho men demand tho forming of a new agreement in place of the one they claim has been violated by the company, and a uni form scale of 20 cents por hour. Dcfiat of Invaders Confirmed. Colon, Oct. 3, Arrivals horo from' tho coast bring no news from Rio Ilaolia, hut they confirm tho news previously cabled to tho Assooiated Press of the defeato of tho Venuz ueliau invaders at tho peninsula of Goajira by Colombian troops, unassist ed by Vouozuoliau invaders. Sev eral guns, somo mitrailleuses and rifles and a largo quantity of am munition wero captured. After this defeat, tho Indians who inhabited Goajira captured the returning Von- ezuelians, among the prisoners being thrco Veiiozueliau robol ohiofs. The invaders lost many killed. General Orbi, who formorly sorved under General Alban, wan also killed, Coita Rica's Neutrality. Washington, Oct. 2. Roforring to nows in regard to the Colombian re volution in which it is said that tho liberal party has organized in San Jose, Conta Rica, for tho purpose of carrying on tho revolution now in progress in Colombia, tho Costa Ricau minister states that liisgovormeut has observed and will strictly observe tho laws of neutrality, Oil In the Kitchen Stove. Pittsburg, Oct. 3. As a result of using oil to hurry along tho kitchen flro, Mrs, Barbara Sturgont is dead, her husband and their son aro dying, and two other children aro very badly burned. The Sturgents lived in a tenement house. Tho building caught flro and other families had to lie rescued by firemen, Textile Workers May Strike, Fall River,Mass.,Oct. 3. At a meet ing hern today of tho textile council at which every union in this oity was represented it wiib iinanmously agreed to order a strike etfeotvo October 7 if tho manufacturers refused to grant tho 6 percent increaso in wages do, inandcd recently, r i .,