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'ij-tist& " ) . s J..S- , & N6(fl &. .".' lis Juv 'I'! . ; 7s' ' i a GUl 1 w Age. .t ; - Jftt)ffi1rjptfl j-.t au.ru;J,.'.v' ?.-" "- JM TWl;Hr' -f"f -s.-. -Vi. VOL. VI. PORTLJUSD, OREGON, SATUltDAY, NOVEMBER 1(5, 1001. NO. 33. -&&t4Sktef K m arBBW .trv: x The V Eiawwia uersuiap j tupwiww'1 -,-r 1 r- r- k l "v, r. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OFS??JD Detlgantd Depa.ltary and tlu.icll Agatit of lit UnlUd Slat... Pratldtnt. H. W. Corbstt! eiehlir, B.Oj Wlthlneten Militant cuhlir, J. V. Newklrkj second Milsunt easlilcr, W. C. Alrord. Letters el credit limed, available In Ktrepe end the Jl.itrrn states. Blthl exchange tnd teleuriulilotrBMil.rnoldon Nrw York, Hoiton, Chicago, Omaha, bt. Fl, iin VrkticiMo afcd the T.rluclp.l points In the Northwest. Mcht mil tlm. Utlli drawn lu iuiuji to mil ou Loudou. Paris, Berlin, TnkIoTt-on-tbe-Mlu, Hop Koug. ColteeUeni made on favorable t.riai at all aoce.slble points. LADD TILTON, KltablltUxd TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections in iid e at all points on favorable tense. Letters of credit Issued ftvallablo in Europe and the Kastern etetefl. Sight exchange and Telegraphlo Transfrs sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, St. louip, Dcnvc, Omaha, 8an Francisco and various points in Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. Exchange sold on London,' Paris, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong. Portland Trust Company of Oregon INCOItrOKATKD Al'IUL . 1F87. i09 THIRD STREET, - PORTLAND, OR. - SAVINGS .DEPARTMENT. A Savings Fund (or Everybody. Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. Open a iivlnci account by depositing a small amount with u. and we will lend you one of our Home Saving, llanki. Take It with you and make It a rule to dcpoilt something In It every day, no matter how tmall. lrult credit fnr onr first depoilt will I e given jrou upon your Tax Hook. Ilrlng In your Homo Bavlnci Hank at Interval! and wo will place In con ton 1 1 to your credit upon your I'ats Book, aa well a. inch ctticr amount. iou maybe ablo to live. Wage, earner, and person, receiving Income at Irregular Intervals iliould take ad ntit.ee otthlipUn. It I. alio well adapted to teaclt children habit, of economy and to imprest upon their mlndi the value of money. Call at our Hank and full explanation! rerardlng title plan of living motitr will lie cheerfully Riven to you, or If desired, our representative will call upon you Willi one of the Home Savins llanki. I)o not delay. A KIMY AB IS A FKMMY lAIMED. DENJ. I. COHEK, Preildent. i II. I riTTOCK, Vice-President THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE With Which I. Amalgamaied . THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Capital Paid Up, $8,000,000 Rtserve, $2,000,000 Transacts Qeneral Banking Business. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Accounu opioid (or sum. ol flu and upwardi, sad Inttreit allowed on Minimum monthly balance. Itatei oa application. 9AA WASHINQTON STREET. FIRST NATIONAL, BANK It alia vyall., Wuhlngton. (First National Bank In the Btnte.) Transacts a Qeneral Banking Business. , capital 1100,000. Buuri.ua 1100,000. " LEVI ANKKNV, rnildint. A. II. HEVnOLDS. Vice President.' A. It. DUP-FORI), Cashier. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pniiltn, Ormgmn. Capital, 170,000.00. Snrplua anal Undivided Proite, fOO.OOO.OO. RESERVE AOBNTS First Natloaal Baak. Ohlcafe. HI.; Fin National Bank, Portland, Orenen; Cneaalral Katloaal Bank. New York, IT. Y. OFFICERS AMD DIRKJTOR8 Lvl Ankeay, Pieeldeot; W. F. MaWock, Vice President; C. B. Wade, Oaskier; H. O. Onerensy, Assistant Cainler; J. 8. McLeod, W. 8. Byere, W. K. Matleck, H. F. Johnson. THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK FENDLKTON, OREQON. Organized March I, 1880, Capital, S5P.OOO. Surplus, 865.000. Interest allowed on time deneslts. Enchaage bought and sold on all prin elpal points. Ppecial attention given to collections. W. J. Fornleh, President; J. N. Teal, Vice-President j T. J. Morris, Cashier. NEW LIFE TO nS!n"mZ,of, Anchor Great CombUatlon ol Strength and Beauty "Tmi Tib That Burp. See Our Anchor Clamp Yon would be mrprlied It you knew bow Utile It would cost you to fix up that old fence. Vetter nad for some Anekor Clampi and Upright!, and a pair of ur rlnehera, and make your old Wire fence fa.k like a new one, ANCHOR rXMCX look. .0 nice and Is se itrong tkat f.rnir. .ometlmei think that It aiuit be high priced. It Isn't, though. cuxr Bbvobb Usno. Cattle, Sheep FARM, RAILROAD Write lor Price, and Catalogue, Aginti Wanted la Ivery Town. The 74a Willamette Iron and Steel Works. Founders, Machinists and Boiler Makers, PORTLAND, OREGON. DESIGNERS AND SUILDKRS OF... Marin and Stationary Engines and Boilara. aw Mill, Logging and Mining Machinery, Roll Grinding and Corrugating Machinery, Powar Transmission Maohlnary. Wn am constantly developing Modern Machinery fer special purposes, , which f,w w w . . . B.a. " .I.l i.a m sWisilfJ rnrsitlu sifirl arannmlffallif. smsti tin tn.dsts I pisuil vnsuiB w PORTLAND COON.... la 1B3U. These handsome, oxidized steel heme savings banks with Yale locks are loaned free of charge Jo our savings depositors. E. A. WYLD, Manager OLD FENCES1 Clamps and Uprights. Tbi Old Fixe. Tbs Ahchob Fanes. and Hot; Tight, it ksvsb sura after cloelag. AND LAWN FENCE. Portland Anchor Fence Co. NicoUl St., PORTLAND, Oregon. wwm --. . .- ........., BANKERS S2 -- EVENTS OF THE DAY PROM THE FOUR QUARTER8 OF THE WORLD. Comprehensive Review of the Important Htppenlnjs of the Past Week PruenUd In a Condentcd Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Firo In Boston destroyed property valued at $100,000. Tho secretary of tlio interior lias created it bureau of forestry. President Iloosovolt has pledged tho Lewis nml Clark Ccntennnial his hearty support. Firo destroyed ovcry mercantile and Bovoral flno houses in Pucwash, N. 8. Loss, f50,000. Latest advices from Miss Stono's place of conllnenicnt stnto that her Smpri8onmont is affecting hor reason. lUirglars blew open tho safo of tho bank of Chatham, 111., and secured $1,G00. Tho burglars escaped on a handcar. , Three, persons woro killed and 25 others injured in a mining accident at Stitssuro, Prussia, Thirteen nro still entombed. Tho owners of tho potrolcum works in Cnllioia, Austro-llungary, havo decided to form a trust to end tho reckless competition. A How of oil has been struck in "a well at Dobequc, Colo., at a dopth of 200 feet. A gushing oil field la ex pected to bo dovolopcd. King Edward has decided to havo tho colcbruted Koh-I-Noor diamond mounted in tho crown of Queen Alex andra for tho coronation. A rebel signal station in Loyto has been broken up. Tho prcsidento of Taoloban, Loyto, has been arrested for treason. Count von IIayz(oldt, German am babsador io England has retired. A Colombian soldier shot at, but missed, United States Minister Hart. Wind, rain and, snow nro playing hnvoa with tho shipping of tho Brit ish isles. " - .-nMa Tho business portion of Berlin, Md., was practically destroyed by firo. Loss, $30,000. Tho United States Steel Corpora tion is endeavoring to onlargo by buy ing up tho independent companies. Hereafter Australian mail for Lon don will go via San Francisco and Now York instead of tho Suez canal. A London anarchist meeting to "commemorato tho legal murder of anarchists" was prohibited by tho police A Gorman oleortic railroad has at tained a speed of 105 milos an hour and tho oflloialti boliovo that ovon thig upeod can bo beaten. Tho bank of Plymouth, la., was dynamitod. Fifteen hundred dollarH was secured. This is tho seventh bank robbery in Iowa within a month. Tho vault of tho bank at Trenton, Ky., was blown open with nitro gly cerino by robbers, who scoured (ho posto'fllco deposit box, containing $300. Tho first day of tho deer season in Wisconsin was marked by threo casu alties, tho men in each instanco bo ing taken for deer. One of them will dio and tho other two crippled for life. ThoJFrench squadron has with drawn from tho Turkish ports. Board of visitors to naval obnorva tory reports in favor of civic contu 1. Tho Haguo council of administra tion will meet November 27 to con sider Boers' appeal. Filipinos attomptwl to ropent tho Sumar tactics, but wcro completely routed by tho Americans. One more of tho four Kansas escap ed convicts has been taken, making one-half of them recaptured. Columbia university has asked Wu Ting Fang, Chineso minister to tho United States, to fill tho chair of Chi neso literature. William P. Sullivan, Jr., head of tho San Francisco polico.is dead from a complication of diseases caused by worry and over work. Chun Yen Tung will bo tho 'now covernor of Shan Tunc province.- China, the position held by Li Hung Chang at tho time ol his death. A now dynamito gun has been test ed by tho United States government. It shows better powers of destructive ne88 than any previous gun tried. SUge Hujinj. Miss Julia Marlowo, writing in the Dramatic Number of Collier's Weekly, says that she was onco asked If an actress did not sacrifice hor finer na turo by permitting "stage embraces." In reply she declares with Bome spirit: "Such a question demands tho appli cation of only a fair degree of com mon sense to ensure a negative answer." GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. 4 - Proclaims November 28 to De Day of Thanksgiving. Salotn, Nov. 13. Governor Goer today issued a Thanksgiving procla mation, designating November 28 as tho day to bo observed. Tho procla mation follows: "Although not yet passed from beneath tho Bhadow of tho great national tragedy which took from us tho prcsouco and counsol of our ho loved chief magistrate, wo find reason for national thanksgiving in tho uni fying ciTect tho great ailliction has hndlupon tho different sections of our common country, and for tho prospect of n continued era of good feeling. At no time- within 50 years hosTparty feeling been less bitter, or our country so harmonious in mat- tors, concerning its domestic wolfaro. Every department of our state gov- ornrjicnt is performing tho duties for which it was created, with prompt- .HAm...I A.I..1!.... lt. 1 .1 ,.f .t,...J.. has jpmvidcil tho necessaries of life in uuuudanco 111110111; our nconlo, all olassvs of whom are ongaged in ro- murierutivo employment, and tho name of our fair statu in other sec tione'cf our great country in synony mous with steady progress and an assuredly prosjiorous future. 'Recognizing in all theso thing) tho hand and mind of an overruling Providcnco who douth all thintis well. undlhata spirit of gratitude ring gests an - acknowledgement of the many nivora enjoyeu iy us 11 s a com monwealth. I huieby lccommend, in conformity with tliu proclamation of 1110 president. 01 1110 unneu mines, that j Thursday, tho 28th of Novem ber, 1001, bo observed as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and that all our iMioplu on that day, whilo re membering tho poor with appropriate gifts 'anil cheerful words, desist from .l...JJ. 1 .1 I I.. !!...! uiuiriUBum vuciiiriuiiB, nun, 111 vnuit usual, places of worship, or elsewhoro, civo praiso to Almighty God, upon whom our fathers so firmly relied for national as well as individual guid ance, for tho past mercies, and in voke tho Diviuo uid along tho path way o( national righteousness hb our country assumes tho lending position in power and inllucncoamong tho notion; of tho earth. 'In witness whereof, I havo here unto sot, my hand and caused the great seal xjf tho state of Oregon to bo amv&,"afcWiecapltoVinvBalonvthis 13th day of November, 1001. T. T. GEER, Governor. F. I. DUNBAR, Secretary of Stnto. FIFTY VE8SEL8 WRECKED. Recent Gales on the British Coast Have Cost Over 180 Lives. London, Nov. 15. It is still im possiblo to cstimato with any exaati tudo tho total loss of life and proper ty resulting from tho protracted galo, an'l probably tho full extent of tho damage will never bo known. Much wroskagc of unidentified vcssols is still boing thrown up. Altogether, it is known that sonio 50 vcssols lmvo bcoti wrecked along tho British coasts. Thirty-four of theso havo been abso lutely wrecked, involving, it is bo Moved, a loss of inoro than 180 drowned. Tho Yarmouth lifeboat disaster alono leaves 44 fatherless chil dren. Tho lifeboat was on its way to tho rcscuo of a distressed vcssol whon it was struck by a great wave and capsized. Tho crow was impris oned and only three mon succeeded in making their escape. a Innumerable causalties contiuuo to bo reported on all the coasts of tho United Kingdom, marking tho storm as tho most disastrous that has oc curred in many years. Tho Nor wegian bark Erratic, of Christiauia, has boon wrecked in tho vicinity of Saltburn and eight of hor crew drownml, A winter snnp has succeeded tho gale, which has subsided, whilo a bliz zard which is raging over Scandinavia is expected to striko tho shores of Great Britain tomorrow. Today thero is a heavy snow storm in Scot land and a fall of snow generally throughout the. United Kingdom, especially in the hilly districts, whero several shepherds lost their lics. Panic at Chicago Fire. Chicago, Nov. 15. Firo tonight cleaned out tho five story building at 254 Madison street, indicting a total loss of about $50,000, divided among half a dozen small firms. Five hun dred girls working ovortimo in the Schultz paper box factory wcro thrown in a panio by tho firo, In tho scrum bio that followed 11 scoro or more wero trampled on and severely bruised, but all wore finally taken out of tho build ing without serious injury. GimboaU for the Philippines. Washington, Nov. 15. Tho report from Japan that tho United States government had placed an order for six gunboats with tho Urga Boat Company In' not strictly accurate, Some timo ago, tho secretary of war authorized tho Philippino commis sion to purchase 30 or 40 gunbouts, to bo used among tho islands for revenue and police patrol purposes. They wero to be bought at Hong Kong and other places where they could be obtained at tho best advantage- ' NEWS OP THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im. portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report Material is being hauled for a new eaw mill near Oregon Uity. Gold worth 50 cents was takon from tho craw of a ihiek raised at Scotts Mills. Tliiovcs broke into it Eugeno storo and stolo n number of small articles of little value. A rccovlcr has been appointed for tho Columbia Logging Company, near St. Holons. Superintendent Brown, of tho Falls River fish hatchery, says tho outlook there is very favorable. Practically nil tho lions about Dallas havo been shipped. Prices wero from 8 to 10 cents per pound. Sonator Mitoholl has announced that he will endeavor to havo a now federal court district established in Eastern Orogon. Roscburg's city council has let tho contract of. grading 11 ml surfacing with oriiyhcd rook about 10 blocks of tho principal streets. Thirty dwelling houses havo been built in Dallas since January 1. Every dwelling and business house in tho town is occupied. Nino carloads of wool loft Harris burg tho other day for tho East. Tho shipmont weighs 103,000 pounds and is 0110 of tho largest individual Bales over mado in that valley. Tho Indian "war veterans of Lauo county met ut tho court houso in Albany and began arrangements to ward securing legislation by tho noxt congress granting pensions to all veterans entitled to them. Tho fall run of sllvorsido Boltnon in Roguo river is greater than for 10 years. W. T. Grior has sold his fruit farm of 10ncree, twp'miles from La Grande, for $3,000. Tho Hodson farm of 225 acres, threo miles southeast of Salom, has been sold for $0,500. About 75 mon of tho coast artillery will complete their tonus at Fort Stovons next month and will rccolvo their discharges. A mystorious burglar got away with u largo amount of goods from Pendleton cigar storo and loft all fastonings undisturbed. A receivor will bo asked for tho Baisloy-Elkhorn mine at Baker City, so tthat it may bo worked and mudo to pay up its indebtedness. A movement is under way to or ganizo 11 company composed wholly of Astorio biisiuosH men to operate it froight steamer InHween that city and Portland, in consequence of ex cessive freight charges by tho trans portation linos, A syndioato, of which tho principal is a millionaire lumberman of Minne apolis, is about to acquire tho im monso lumber, railroad and sawmill holdings of tho Siskiyou Lumber fc Mercantile Company, including tho MoCloud River Railroad, for a sum reported to bo $3,000,000. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, nominal, 5555.MiO?; blucstem, 5(Jo; Valley, 5555Xc. Flour Best grades, $2.G53.50 perburrol; graham, $2,00. Oats Nominal 0$1.00 pr cental. Barlov Food. 15ft 16.50: browing. $10.00 per ton. MillstufiH Bran, $1718; mid tiling, $2021; shorts, 11)020; chop, 910. Huy Timothy. $ll13; clover, $70.50; Oregon wild hay, $5H per Hon. Butter Fnncv crenmcrv.25t327 !fo : dairy, 1820o; storo, ll16o twr poumi. Eggs Storago, 20o; fresh, 2324o; Eastern 2021. Cheeso Full cream, twins, 12)4 13o; Young America, 13llo. Poultry Chickons, mixed, $2.50 3.00; hens, $1,00; droxscd, 10llo per pound springs, $2.50 3.00, per dozen; ducks, $3 for old $3.00 4.00 for young; gecno, $(l7 per dot en; turkeys, live, 10llo; dressed, 810a per pound. Mutton LambH,3Mo gross; dressed flfi)o per H)iind; Hhcep,$3.25 gross; dressed, (So jor pound. Hogs Uross,neavy,$u(30.zo; iignt, $1.755; dreeaed, 77Jo per pound, Veal Small, 88Ko;largc,77X per pound, Beef Gross top steers, $3.504.00: cows and heifers, $3.00(83.50; dressed beef, SXQOo per pound. Hops 810Jo jor pound. Wool Valley,ll13o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 I'lfio', .mohair, 2021o per pound, Potatoes 06(8 85 per Bac SWEPT BY STORMS. Steamer AI-KI Arrives Prom Alatkan Ports and Reports Heavy Gales. Port Townscnd, Wash., Nov. 15. Tho coast of Southeastern Alaska con tinues to bo swept by storm, accord ing to reports brought by tho steamer Al-Ki early tonight, 10 days from Skagway. Strong winds and snow storms havo prevailed almost contin uously during tho past two weeks, and considerable floating ice is in tho channels. Tho Al-Ki, in at toptnting to cross Qucon Charlotte sound, was forced to turn back, ow ing to tho fury of tho gale and high seas. Hor decks wcro Bwcpt with immense waves, and Pilot laradloy, who has been continuously on tho Alaska routo during tho past 13 years, says tho storm on Queen Char lotto sound was tho most furious ho had witnessed during that period. Ice floes, ho says, are much larger than over known beforo, and hu ac counts for it as being tho result of tho severe earthquake of two years ago, which shattered various gla ciers, and since that timo sloughing of icebergs from glaciers has been very great and channels aro filled with them, which renders naviga tion harardoiiH during tho long, dark nights of winter. Tho Al-Ki biought down n remark ably big cargo, consisting of 000 tons of concentrate from tho Tread well mine on Douglas Island and 700 tons of salmon from various fishing stations, and this cargo praotically cleans up tho paok along tho lower coast of Alaska. The Al-Ki brought 0 passougors, most of whom woro from fishing stations. Sho also brought $80,000 in treasure BUREAU OF FORE8TRY. Created by an Order of the Secretary of the Interior Department's Policy. Washington, Nov. 15, Tho secre tary of tho interior today issued an order creating a bureau of forestry, undor tho interior department to bo in ohargo ofFiliburt Roth, of Now York, Edward T. Allot), of Washing ton, boing appointed forest inspector. In his letter of instructions to tho now bureau tho socrotaryAouUjues,the department's torestry policy ;tiio 'favors the immodiato croution of ad ditional resorvos dosigned to liborato tho smallest possiblo amount of scrip. "Tho wido oxteiibion of tho forest re serve arou Is, in my judgment." ho says, "tho most vital need of our Western forests, and of tho vast inter ests which depend upon them, Tho uno of real agricultural laud within forest reserves for agricultural pur poses should he encouraged, and every other rosorvo or reserves should bo mudo available foi conservative use. Eaoh resorvo should bo dealt with on its own merits. Tho present sys tem of rules for diverso conditions is simply destructive." DELAY IN NEGOTIATIONS. Danish West Indies Treaty May Not Come Before Next Congress. Washington, Nov. 14. It is doubt ful whether tho projected treaty of cession of tho Danish West Indies to tho United States will bo completed in timo to submit to cougrcsHwheu it reassomhles next mouth. Tho delay appears to liuvu arisen through tho last change in tho ministry at Copen hagen, with tho stnto department, practically having reached an agree ment with tho Danish government ou the treaty whon tho entry into power of a now ministry not well dis posed towaid tho treaty mado it nec essary to liegin tho work all over again. Tho issues do not touch tho price to bo paid ho much as tho con ditions 11 ti to tho future of tho citizen ship of tho Danish West Indies, sought to ho Imposed by Denmark. Demand Reduction of Hours. Appleton, Wis., Nov. 15. Between 5,000 and 8,000 employes of tho 50 to (10 paper mills located in tho Fox and Wisconsin river valleys, represented by tho Paper Mill Employes' UnLn, today united in a demand upon tho manufacturers to close tho mills from Saturday oteuing to Monday morn ing, instead, as at present, from Sun day morning until .Monday morning. This means a reduction of tho work ing hours 10 per cent without a re duction of pay, Tho muntifaqturors aro given until December lOtouuswer tho demand. Kitchener Has Located Dewet. Loudon, Nov. 14. Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, presents his wcolky report and incidentally locates General Dowet in tho north eastern part of tho Oiango River Colony. Ho says tho Boors have re cently bco.i collecting under his lead ership, anil that tho British aru now moving to disporso him. Lord Kitclioner gives tho Boor casualties siuco November 4 as 03 killed, 105 wounded, 101 captured and 45 surrendered. 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