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r - IhawssniMMi V!MWft(IWJ1W)MlJWHMK 0 ; y; sbdS iiK -v&tJ&f -li 'Mi' ' 4 The New Age. t, ;,. -", I "v VOL. TI. PORTLJLND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1902. NO. 41. . 4f ir t'tfV FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SSKifi?0' Dealcnntad Depositary itd Financial Agont of the United States. rrMldent, H. V. Corb.tt; cashier, E.G. Wlthlnstons asslMsnt cashier, J. W. Kewklrki second assistant cusliler(" W.C.Alvord. LeHers of credit Isiued. available In Earopo and the Eastern state. Rlfht exchange and teleitratihlo transfers sold on New York, llotton, Ulilcneo. Omaha, Bt. raul, Han KrancUco and the principal point. In the Northwest. Bight and time utile drawn la auuii to iult on Londou, ParK Berlin, rrankrort-on-the-Maln, Hotij Kong. Collections mad on lavorablo terms at all accessible points. LADD TILTON, BANKERS SSElflK Katabllshml in 18S9. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest' ullowcd on tlmo deposits. Cotlectiona made at all points on favorable terms. Letters of credit issued available in Europo and the Eastern states. Sight exchange and Telegraphic 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. Portland Trust Company of Oregon , INCOItrOUATKU Ai'llILZI. 1S87. W THIRD STREET, - PORTLAND, OR. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Fund for Everybody. Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. Open a savings account by depositing a small amount with us and we will lend you ono of our Home Bavlnzs Hanks. Take It with you and mako It a rule to deposit tometlilim In It every day. no mailer how small. Full credit (or)oiir flrstdcpostt will bo given you upon your 1'ats IlooV. llrlng In your Homo Bavlnes Hank at Intervals and wo will placo its contents to your credit upon your Pass nook, as well as snch other amounts as you may bo ablo to save. Wage, rumors and persons receiving Income at Irregular Intervals Miould tako advantage ol this plan. It is also well adapted to tench children habits of economy and to Impress upon tiietr minds the value of money. Call at our Hank and full explanations regarding this plan of saving montv will bo cheerfully given to you, or If desired, our representative will call upon you Willi ono of mo iiumo caving. wan, uu nut uoiny. A PENNY SAVED It ilKN'J. I. COHEN, President. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE With Which Is Amalgamated ' THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Capital Paid Up, $8,000,000 Reserve, $a,ooo,ooo Transacts a General Banking: Business. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Accounts opened for sums of tlu and upufcrdr, and Interest allowed on minimum ' monthly balance. Hales on application, 1 y- 4A WASHINGTON STREET. E. A. WVLP, Manager FIRST NATIONAL BANK , alia Walla, Washington. (First National Hank In the State.) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAPITAL ftOO.OOO. SUM'MJS 1100,(00. LEVI ANKENV, President. A. II. ItKY.N0I.D8. Vice President. A. It. IHJItFORD, Cashier. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pendleton, Oregon. Capital, $70,000.00. Surplus and Undivided Profits, ,60,000.00. RESERVE AGENTS Flnt National Bank. Chicago. 111.; First .National Bank, Portland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, New York, N. Y. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS L-vl Ankenjr, President; W. F.Matlock, Vice President: O. B. Wade, Cashier; II. O. tiaerensy, Assistant Cashier; J. 8. KcLeod, W. S. Byers, W. F. Matlock, II. F. Johnson. THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLETON, OREGON. Organized March I, 1880. Capital, $50,000. Surplus, S6G.OOO. Interest allowed on time deposits. Exchange bought and sold on all pri sipal points. Special attention given to collections. W. J. Furnish, President; J. N. Teal, Vice-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. NEW LIFE TO "o.,iu'b"Si:,0o'u; Anchor Great Combination of Strength and Beauty. 'T Tia That Burns." See Our Anchor Clamp Yon would be surprised it you knew bow Utile It would cost you 10 fix up that old fence. Vetter send for some Anchor Clamps and Uprights, and a pair of our pinchers, and make your old wire feace foes; Ilka a new one. ANCHOR rSNCE looks so nice and li so strong that farmsra sometime think that it must be high priced. It isn't, though. IHh Giutr BxroBX Uimo. Cattle, Sheep and FARM, RAILROAD Write for Prices and Catalogue, Agents Wauled In Every Twn, Willamette Iron and Steel Works. Founders, Machinists and Boiler Makers, PORTLAND, OREGON. DESIGNERS AND BUII.DKR8 OF... Marin and Stationary Engines and Bollsrs, taw Mill, Logging and Mining Machinery, Roll Grinding and Corrugating Machinery, Powar Transmission Machinery. Wm ara constantly developing Modern Machinery for special purposes, which ur upU-data plant enables us to build accurately and economically. BW CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. - These handsome, oxidized steel home savings banks with Yale locks are loaned free of charge to our savings depositors. A PENNY GAINED. II. U riTTOCIC, Vice-President OLD FENCESI Clamps and Uprights. Thi Quo Fxkcb. Thi Anchor Fkncb. Hog Tight, it Nvi sun after closing. AND LAWN FENCE. - The Portland Anchor Fence Co. 74a Nicolal St., PORTLAND, Oregon. EVENTS OF TEE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. Comprehensive Review of the Important ttippinlngs of the Ptit Week Presented In a Condensed Form Which It Moil Likely to Prove of Interest to OurMsny Readers. Russia is determined to hold onto Manchuria. Governor Shaw will succeed Secre tary Gago January 25. Now York has appropriated $50,000 to represent that stato at tho St. Louis fair. , Relations between Americans, Brls lsh and Russians at Nlu Clnvnng aro strained. Rear Admiral Wildes has been or dcrod to tako command of tho Asiatic squadron. Sovcral senators propose to light tho Indiscriminate passage of pension bills by congress. A charter has boon granted to a now corporation whono object It is to build a railroad In Missouri. It is announced that tho East St. Louis bnnk robbers obtnlned $10,400, instead of $3000, as first given out. Should Germany bo successful in obtaining money duo her from Vcno zuola, Franco will try to obtain pay ment of French claims. Another Door langor, guardod whol- lv hv wnmnn hna fnllnti lnlft Tlifl hands of tho British. A largo num ber or cattio woro tanon. 1 I GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER. Advertising is like providence it I helps those who help themselves. It will never take the place of brains, ; business ability or Industry, but ft will, inevitably, help their possessor : to realize larger dividends upon I them. Printers' Ink. Tho population of tho entire United States Is 84,233,060. " . Tho Door lossos up to date, have been twlco" as hoavyra3theBrlth; A Southorn Pacific train at 'Hous ton Toxas, ran down and killod two mon. Ex-Prosldont Cloveland has almost ontlroly recovered from his recent ill ness. Thoro will bo a strong fight In con gress against tho now Chlnoso exclu sion bill. Schloy haB requested tho prcsldont to rovlow tho findings of tho court of inquiry; Roosovolt has given his con sont. A special train, carrying 300 ro emits, bound for tho Philippines, wus partially wrecked In tho suburbs of Chicago and throo soldlors Injured, Vladivostok Is anticipating tho ar rlvul thoro of tho roprosontntlvo of nn American railway, which Intends, to buy land nlong tho Siborian rnllroad and orect factories, A bill granting to Mrs. McKlnloy tho postal franking prlvllogo for all, her correspondence has boon favor ably reported by tho houso committee on postoniccs und postroads. Tho Chlnoso court has roturnod to Pekin. Canada has sent another batalllon to South Africa. Unltod StateB troops aro being with drawn from Cuba. Lord Pauncofote, tho British ambas sador Is seriously nick. Mormons nro moving from Utah to Montana in great numbers. Tho old liberty boll has boon taken from Philadelphia to tho Charleston exposition. Whllo driving an artesian well at Evorott a heavy flow of natural gas wob encountered. Senator Mitchell Introduced threo amendments to tho Phlllpplno tariff bill passed by tho houso. A bill providing a temporary form of government for tho Philippines ha been Introduced In congress, A project is on foot to run a sub marina tunnel under San Francisco bay from Oakland to San Francisco. Negotiations aro ponding for tho es tablishment of a wireless telegraphy lino from Soattlo to Nomo City, Alas ka. A train carrying 279 troops and nino officers loft Columbus, O. fow days ago for San Francisco. They aro en routo to tho Philippines. Oil has been struck at Whatcom, Wash. Doors will try to tiro out Drltlsh taxpayers. General Doll Is conducting a vigor ous campaign In Dataugas. Conditions on tho Island of Samar aro still very unsatisfactory. Tho Carnegie Institution haB been Incorporated at Washington. Lord kitchener has asked thai Canadian scouts bo furnished him. Tho Denver flro and police board will not permit prize fights In that city. Number of missing and dead in steamer Walla Walla disaster now numbers 47. SMASH IN A TUNNEL. Fifteen Persons Killed and Thirty or More Injured In a New York Wreck. Now York, Jnn. 10. In tho Now York Central tunnel, that burrowB un der Park nvonuo, UiIb city, two local trains collided today. Fifteen passen gers wero killed and twlco that mini bor wero Injured. A dozon of tho lat ter woro Borlously hurt, and tho roster of the dead may bo oxtended. It wns a rear-end collision between tho South Norwnlk local, that ran over tho Now York, Now Haven & Hartford load, and wns halted by block signals at tho Bouthorn entrance of tho tunnel, and a Whlto Plains lo cal, that came by tho Harlem branch of, tho Now York Central. Tho wreck occurred at 8:17 a. m at which hour tho trains ere crowdod by suburban ites. Most of tho deaths, injuries J and damngo was caused by tho englno of tho Whlto Plains train, which plunged into tho rear car of tho mo-; tlonlcss train, and was driven through . to tho mlddlo of tho car, smashing tho ' seats and splitting tho sides as It moved forward. Tho victims either woro mangled in tho mass of wreck ago carried with tho pilot, crushed In tho space between tho boiler and enr sides, or scalded by steam), which camo hlsBlng from brokon pipes and cyllndors. Tho englno, In Its final plungo of forty feet, carried tho rour car forward and Bent twisted iron, brokon tlmbors and splinters crashing into tho coach ahead. Lights wero ex tinguished nnd from tho wreckage and darkness camo tho cries of Injured and calls for uHsIstanco by thoso who osenped. Within a fow minutes tho work of rcscuo, marked by heroism and sacrlflco, began. Alarms that brought every avnllablo ambulance In tho city, tho pollco resorves of flvo proclncts and tho ilromon of tho cen tral castorn district of Manhattan woro sounded at once. Wjth pollco, flromon and surgeons camo n score of volunteer physicians and half a dozon clergymen. Laddors woro run down the tunnel air shafts and tho flromon nnd pollco nttnckod tho dobrls with ropes and axes. Tho passongors al ready had rallied und wero trying to reteaso thoso imprisoned In tho do brta. ALA8KA 8HIP LOST. In and Six of Crew Went Down with Iter-Was a Collier. ancouvor, D. 0., Jan. 10. News ol her marlno disaster wns brought 0. northv.thlB evening by , the uuy'er. ' Beanw, tarnivingtiroin fikngway. Tho Rtcamor Bristol, ono of tho oldest and best-known carrlors of tho coast, lies a wreck on tho end of Groon bland, forty miles from Port Simpson, nnd her captain, with six members of tho crow, hnvo gono to tho bottom with hor. Tho stoamor was on hor way from LndyBtnlth, Van couver Island, to tho Trcndwol! mine on Douglas Island, Alaska, with 2C00 tons of coal. Sho wns wreckod on tho night of January 2, and Is now j nearly out of sight nt high tldo. Pas songors arriving tonight by tho So- nttlo glvo completo accounts of tho disaster. Green Island lies right In tho routo of Alaska ctenmorn, 'and, being low nnd small, is Impossible to see on a dark night. Tho stoamor was trying to mnko Dixon ontrnnco in a rough sea when sho wont aground. It wns 11 o'clock whon sho struck, and sens washed over hor'ntern. Tho captain ordorod out tho boats. Threo woro snfoly launched and got away in tho darknoso. Thq fourth wnB probably smashed against tho sldo of tho ship. It has not been found, and thoro 1b no trnco of it, or of tho sovon men who woro to havo gono aboard, and for whom nil hopo has been given up. No Reply from Cistro. Berlin, Jan. 10. Tho attontlon of tho forolgn oflico has boon directed to tho rocurronco of statements to tho effect that Germany is about to send nn ultlmntum to Venezuoln. Tho for eign oflico has again Informed tho correspondent horo of tho Associated Press that a reply from Prosldont Castro, of Venezuela, to tho noto hand ed him January 2 by tho Gorman chnrgo d'affaires at Caracas has not yot been received; that Germany will give Castro a reasonable tlmo In which to roply, nnd that sho haB no disposition to unduly press tho prcsl dont of Venezuela. M'KINLEY MEMORIAL. Only One National Movement Now on Poot. Cloveland O., Jan. C Thoro Is but ono national movement in tho Unltod States for a memorial for William Mc Klnloy, to bo built by popular sub scription. That memorial will bo erected over tho gravo of tho late president at Canton. Tho work of bo curing subscriptions Is in tho hands of tho McKlnloy National Memorial As sociation, with headquarters In Cleve land. Ohio Somo confusion In tho public mind has resulted becauso thoro oxlsted an organization In Washing ton, D. C, known as tho "Washington Arch Association." Its object wns to build a memorial bridge over tho Poto mac rlvor. Tho Arch Assdclatlon no longer exists, having voted to go out of business and lenvo tho field to tho national organization having head quarters In Cloveland. Cuban Reciprocity Hearing. Washington, Jan. 10. Tho ways and moans committee today fixed Jan uary 15 us tho tlmo for beginning hearing on Cuban reciprocity and It waa trio provalllng vlow In the com mitteo that tho hearing should not ox tend beyond February 15. jm w 9sf NEWS OF THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS "OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portanceA Drlef Review of the Orowth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report Navigation on tho Yamhill rlvor ban been closod to Lnfayotto. A fine body of cinnabar has been dtscovored In Josophlno county. Tho Clntsop county tax lovy for 1901 has boon fixed at 31 mills. Lnno county court has fixed tho 1901 tax lovy for that county nt 24 mills. Tho Oregon Stato Livestock associ ation mot at Salem and elected offi cers. Polk county's treasurer has Issued n call for warrants issued prior to October C, 1899. Captain Wnltcr Lyon has resigned his position as captain of Company K, Fourth regiment, O. N. G. Tho now flouring mill nt Wasco has started. Powor Is furnished by oloc trlclty obtained from u plant on Whlto rlvor. Tho early closing movoment on tho pnrt of Eugono grocors haB gono Into effect nnd tho stores now closo at 7 p. in. Tho entiro dobt against Pnclflo col lege, at Nowborg, has been paid off, and tho institution Is In n prosperous condition. A proposition mndo by citizens of Astoria to tho can fnctory of that placo haB boon nccoptcd nnd tho plant will bo enlarged and run for flftcon years. Tho 1901 tax lovy for Portland will bo ono-third higher. Work Is progressing favorably on tho oil well near Myrtlo crcok. Tho official total of Lowls and Clark subscriptions is about $332,000. A successful and woll attended farmors' Instltuto was hold at Sum morvlllo last week. More mnrrlngo llconscs were Issued tn,umatllia county tnls year tnaneywr before,--The nurator.-reRched.164,';-! Two mon havo boon nrrestod at Jacksonville, chargod with broaklcg into a storo thoro a short tlmo ago. Etna Oil Company, with headquar ters at Baker City, has filed articles of Incorporation with tho socretary of stato. Capital CO,000. Now hoisting machinery hns arriv ed for tho Lo Roy Mining Company in tho Dohomin district. Tho ownnrs nro pushing work vigorously on both tho Lo Roy and Laura properties. A numbor of hogs died n fow days ago on McKay creek, Eastorn Oregon, It wns supposed that an opldomlc of cholorn wus taking thorn off, but tho stato stock Inspoctor pronounced It rheumatism. Tho output of coal from tho Dcavor Hill mlno, near Marshflold, avoragos GO tons n dny, Tho slopo Is now down 1C00 feet nnd will not bo oxtondod any further for tho present. An oloc trlc plant Is to bo Installed for powor and light. A strlko rocontly mndo on Jones' creok near tho Dry Diggings, Southorn Oroeon. promlsoB to bocomo ono of Inrgo Importanco ns woll ns great productiveness. Tho And Ib located at tho hoad of a gulch that was workod years ago and paid richly. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 593G0c; blue stem, Clc; valloy, 59V&SC0c. Darloy Feed, $17017.50; browing, 17.50S18 per ton. Oats No. 1 whlto, $101.10; gray, 9Cc0$l. Flour Best grades, J2.7O03.3O per barrel; graham, 2.50. Mlllstuffs Bran, $17 por ton; mid dlings, $20; shorts, $18; chops, $17. Hay Timothy, $11012; clovor, $7 07.50; Oregon wild hay, $506 per ton. Mutton Lambs, 3,403c, gross; drosaod, 0e por pound; sheop, woth ors, 303c, gross; dressed, C06'&c per pound; owes, 3'i03'c, gross; dressed, C0Oc per pound. Hogs Gross, 6Vc; dressed, C06c per pound. Veal 809c per pound. Beef Gross, cows, 3Vc; steers, 3V&04c; dressed, 307c por pound. Buttor Creamery, 25027c por pound; dairy, 18020c; storo, 120 15c. Eggs 2O022V4o for cold storage; 22025c for Eastorn; 28030c for fresh Oregon, Poultry Chickens, mlxod, $2.5003; hens, $3,5004; 809c per pound; springs, 9010c per pound, $2.5003 por dozon; ducks, $500 for young; gceso, $0,5007.50 por dozen; turkoys, live, 11012'c; dressed, 13014c por pound. Cheeuo Full cream, twins, 130 13c; Young America, 14015c, PotatooB Beat Burbanks, 85c0$l.lO per contal; ordinary, 70080c, Hops 8010c por pound, Wool Vnlloy, 11014c; Eastern Qr egon, 8012iC; mohair, 21021c per pound. EIQHTY-FOUR MILLION8. Census Report Places United States Fourth In the World. Washington, Jan. 9. Tho consus bureau today lssuod a report announc ing that tho population of tho onttro Unltod States .including all outlying possessions, wub 84,233,009 In tho cen sus yenr 1900. This Is Hemdzod as fol lows: Continental United States or United States propor 75,994,575 Philippines 6,901,339 Porto Rico 953,234 Hawaii 154,001 Alaska 03,592 Guam 9,000 American Samoa 6,100 Porsons In tho military and naval service of tho United States outsltlo of tho ter ritory of tho United States propor 91,219 Thoso figures aro based on tho enu meration of Juno 1, 1900. Tho report says: "A census of tho Phlllpplno islands wns In progress In 1896, whon tho in surrection broko out and returns for ovor two-fifths of tho population woro found stored In Manila. Thoso woro carefully tabulated, and tho forogo Ing ostlmnto Is based upon tho result. Tho figures for Porto Rico nro taken from tho census of 1899 mndo by tho war department In consultation with tho census oflico. TJ10 figures for Ha- wall and Alaska nnd for porsons nbrond In tho military and naval sor vico aro from tho results of tho twelfth census. Thoso from Guam aro an estimate .mado In n roport of tho war department, nnd that from Ameri can Samoa an cstlmnto roportod to tho census oflico by tho acting secre tary of tho navy. "Tho total population of tho Unltod States nt tho closo of tho nlnotoonth contury wns nbout 84,250,000. As tho population of tho Unltod States at tho beginning of tho contury wns about 5,333,000 tho nation hns grown noarly slxtcon-fold In 100 yoara. "Thoro nro but threo countries which now hnvo a groator population than tho Unltod States, namoly, China, tho British ompjro and tho Russian omplro." ' HAWAII MU8T CUT EXPEN8ES. Only Way to Avoid an Extra Session el 'Ww Mi!f ' Honolulu," Jan. 2, via San Frnnclsco? Jan. 8. At n mooting of tho oxocutlvu council this morning It wns docldod that n gonornl roductlou of tho scale of oxpondlturos In tho various govorn mont departments would bo nocoBBnry In order to run tho government with out getting funds by an extra Bosslon of tho loglslnturo. A schedulo for tho noxt threo months was ngrood upon to govorn nil tho bonds of depart ments, Tho Homo Rulers nnd sumo Republicans continue to ngltnto for an extra session, VobboIb arriving horo roport unusu ally rough weather, and Honolulu hns been visited by n heavy trado wind of tnoro thnn ordinary velocity for aomo days. Tho ship Charles E. Moody ar rived on tho 27th, nftor n voyngo of twonty-flvo days, from Pugot Sound, during which sho lost alovon salln. Tho ship Benjamin Bewail, bound for Australia from Pugot Sound, hns put In horo for water, aftor n torrlblo ox porlcnco of fifty-four days at sou. Sho had nlno snlls carried away, nnd hor docks wero so wnshod by sons that hor wator supply wub partly spoiled. Sho has boon found to, bo leaking slightly, nnd n board of survey has bcon nppolntod to oxnmlno hor boforo sho loaves Honolulu, Tho British ship Langdnlo arrived today aftor n voyngo of 154 days from London, Sho lost n sailor named Tudor Anders during rough wonthor off tho Horn. BAD FOR THE CANAL. Strong Feeling Against Nicaragua Route as Result ol Panama Oiler. Washington, Jan. 10. A very strong tldo has -eon sotting against deflnltoly fixing tho Nicaragua routo In tho pro poned Isthmian canal legislation. Tho debate In tho houso has boon tho sur prise to thoso favoring Nicaragua be causo so many men, champions of tlio canal, havo given heed to tho now of for of tho Panama Canal company. It was stated tonight that if tho dobato should run much longer In tho Iioubo, there is a prospect that tho Morrln amendment would bn adopted, In tho senato tho tnlk Is decidedly in favor of considering tho now offor of Pnnn ma, and thoro Ib a feeling nmong tho friends of tho Nicaragua bill that tho sontimont hnB grown bo strong that It will rosult In reforrlng tho whole question back to tho commission for further roport, and that somo proposi tion like tho Morris amendment will bo ndopted. Thoro Is somo possibil ity that legislation may bo defeated, although tho sontimont for a canal Is so strong that It Is Insisted that this congress cannot adjourn until somo canal Is deflnltoly authorized, oven If a further report Is received from tho commission. Cuban Election Returns. Havana, Jan. 9. Full returns from tho elections held In Cuba December 31 will not bo In before tho end of January. In all of tho Cuban provinces oxcept tho provlnco of Puorto Prln cipo, tho senators nnd roprosontntlvca will bo adhoronts of Toinas Estrada Pnlma, tho prosldont-eloct of Cuba, ... :h PC ii.-'x. awl fa SmtUKMtMMtSSwittisaKVR'wT VF . , ! - 'V'irtpj T l 8" 4-