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La SlBSEBtVfri ifWia'SgM ! TTTSF tvivtcwt vvwpf nHH3K i --1 --.-,- -.iniiniBa-TJ..iiii jaj-r-. .. - "i,1.r "t-i 'mil amiKjs'x--UMi r - . -- i - .Tarirvwv 'j. - r-j HlsaMsl I' II I P -" "- ----" - - - - j iAiMHHPiaVV. . , ;.. .3S3EX3Sfv - ;?E?w.''. .PSBfvfrr r rrvrA - Tnfer1-; ..n:rafrv - - ,:iftsMfcMv ""HTf -v v '- ;:? - . Or-. j, ' .w&'wwr yti!1"' ' y fr-&afl sd'i?ultM' , The New Age. T i VOL. VII. PORTLAND, OllEGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1U, 1902. NO. 2. A L V ' FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF58Kfca?D' Designated Depositary and rinnnoUl Agent of tfca nutted State. rrwMUnt, H. W. Corbetii cuhler, B. O. Wlthlngton: assistant cashier, J. W. Newklrkj second mliUnt cashier, W. C. Alvord. Letter of credit Issusd. Tllble In Europe and the Haatern iUIm. Blfht exchange and taltgraphto transfers sold on New York, Boston, Chlcaco, Omaha, Bt. Paul, Ban FraneUco and the principal points In the Northwest, ilf ht and time bill drawa In sums to suit on London, rerli, nerlln, Franktort-on-the-Matn, lions; Konf. Collsotlons made on larorable terms at all accessible point. LADD TILTON, BANKERS SESSS. Xitabllshed In 18B9. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections made at alt points on favorable terms. Letters ef credit issued available in Europe and the Eastern states. Sight exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, St. Louie, 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. BAINK OF COMMERCE, LIMITED. BOISE, IDAHO. opriCrrtBt B. P. OI.DRN, President; M. ALEXANDER., Vice President; II. N. COF- TIN, Cnnhlorj J. M. HAINKfl, Assistant Caihler. mitKOTOIlHt Ilobt. Noble, Thou. Darin, II. H. Olden, J. M. Haines, J. E. Yates, J. 11. Morrow, T. Regan, M. Alexander, F. It. Collin. mf Rank. Flrmm, Omrpormtton mnd IntHvldumta JfejeerVeaf ei thm AtmU Ukmrmt Tmi-mm Omnmlmtmnt With Smvnd Banking. lack schmit G0L) MNES AND INVESTMENTS BAKER OITY, OREGON. TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE EASTERN OREGON GOLD FIELDS. EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS A SPECIALTY. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. FIRST NATIONAL BANK W alia Walla, Washington. (First National Dank In tho State.) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAPITA?. 1100,000. 8URPLU8 IIOO.KX). LEVI ANKENY, President. A. It. KKYNOLDS. Vlco President. A. R. BUIIFORD, Cashier THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pendleton. Oregon. Capital, $70,000.00. Surplus and Undivided Profits, fGO.000.00. RESERVE AGENTS First National Bank. Chicago. HI.; First National Bask, Portland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, New York, N. Y. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Lvl Ankeny, President; W. F. Matlock, Vice President: 0. B. Wade, Cashier; H. 0. Gnerensr, Assistant Cashier; J. 8. McLeod, W. S. Byers, W. F. Matlock, H. F. Johnson. ".2L THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLETON, OREQON. Organized March I, 1880. Capital, $60,000. Surplus, $66,000. Interest allowed on time deposits. Exchange bonght and sold on all prin cipal pointB. Special attention given to collections. W. J. Furnish, President; J. N. Teal, Vice-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. DR. B. E. WRIGHT DENTIST. 842J Washington Street, corner Seventh, Ofncc Phono North 2101. Residence Phono Pink 571. sBseHBSSBsesftBsttsseWIJsjW ot something nice In a ring? and at a reasonable price? Hare you ever looked at my stock? Juststopln. You know my entire stock Is new, and vrioas I am sure can't be beat, .. . """ E. J. JAEQER, Jeweler. Willamette Iron and Steel Works. Founders, Machinists and Boiler Makers, PORTLAND, OREGON. OE8ICNERS AND BUILDERS OF... Marine and Stationary Engines and Boilers. Saw Mill, Logging and Mining Machlnory, Roll Grinding and Corrugating Machinery, Power Transmission Machinery. w .r. conatsntlv developing Modern Machinery for special purposes, which 55JtoXt plant enaolea us to build accurately and economically. Don't Ask Us About tho merits of our wares and work lot them do tho talking. They aro good campaign speakers, by tlio way, and have made uh many now friends. Won't you join tho ranks? Everything electric, from a puBh button to a glnnt dynamo. Orders filled with electric speed. Wire and wiring ; telephone and telegraph instruments. Western Electric Works, 305 Washington St., PORTLAND, OREQOtf POATLAND, OREQON. A Good Play Cannot be enjoyed with a poor pair of glasses, and as a result you go home dissatisfied. Why not get a good pair of Opera Glasses? I have them In White and Oriental Pearl from 13.G0 up. Handles to match from 3.S0 up. Are You m0m Luooking: .8C& 230 Morrison Street, bet. Fourth and Fifth. 'JUNTB OB1 THE DAY ROM THE FOUR QUARTER8 OF THE WORLD. Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In a Condensed Form, Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Ruder. Unconfirmed statement)) aro in circu lation in London to tho effect that tho Doer leaders have accepted tho Brit Mi terms of peace. Tho body of Cecil Rhodes has neon placed in its last resting placo. Fire at Columbus, Cm., destroyed property valued at $260,000. Rear Admiral Norman 8. Farquhar has retired. His rotiroment promotes Captains Joseph D. Coghlan and James II. Sands to bo rear admirals. While at tho Charleston exposition tho presidont declared his intention of visiting tho Northwest at an early date Dr. Tnlmago is much worse Ho is now troubled with congestion of tho brain, Socialists mobbed King Leopold, of Rolgium, and ho had a difllcult timo in escaping. Tlio Danish landathlng, or upper houso, voted in favor of selling the West Indies to tho United States. The treaty will now go to tho lower house. Oholora is increasing in tho Philip pines. Tlio Manchurian treaty has been signed at Pckin. Flro in Now York dostroyod a six story building. Loss, f 150,000. Fighting botweon Christians and Turks is reported in Northern Turkoy. President Roosovolt received a hearty wclcomo at tho Charleston exposition. Tho houso's first voto on Cuban reci procity showed both parties to bo divided. Major General V. R. Shatter, United States army (retired), is a candidate for governor of California. Rioting studonts at Moscow, Russia, sot flro to a.prlhon whero a. number .of thoir comrades wcro confined. Tho leaders wore eovoroly beaten by tho polico. Colonol John McKco, of Philadel phia, who is thought to bo tho wealth iest colored man in tho co ntry, is dead. His ostato is estimated at about $1,600,000. Tho shah of Persia will visit Emporor William. Tlio houfio has passed tho Chinese exclusion bill. Vonozuela robols aro gaining ground nnd tho govornmont is in a bad way. Striking minors in Pennsylvania have rejected the off or of tho mlnoown ors. A third attempt has been mado to assassinate tho Moscow protect of polico. The war revenue repeal bill has boon passed by tho houso and gono to thn piesidont. A now verso to "God Save tho King" has boon writton for tho coronation coiomonics of King Edward. Although tho administration regards the Chinese exclusion bill as too dras tic, it will placo no opposition in its way. ' Tho St. Imis fair may bo postponed until 1904. Cocil Rhodes' fortuno amounts to 5,000,000 pounds. President Diaz, of Mexico, is plan ning a visit to the United States this summor. Throe men woro killed and seven wounded in an attempt to arroBt an Alabama negro. Tho battleship Wisconsin is at San Francisco after a visit to Samoa, Hon olulu and a number of South American ports. Miss Ellen M. Stone has rignod a contract for a horles of 100 lectures, to bo given in the principal cities of tho United States. The bill providing a form of govern ment for tho Phillppinos will follow tho Chinese- exclusion bill in tho ronatn. After that tho. canal measure will bo taken up. Tho hoiuo has begun tho considera tion of tho oxclusion bill. The last quarter's imports to tho United States from all Germany amounted to 123,780,004, an increase of 11,297,600. In an all day fight botweon part of General Kitchener's force and Hit forces of Generals Dolarey and Kemp, the Boers were repulsed. The loss was heavy on both sides. The bulk of Cecil Rhodes' property is left for education. It provides two American pcholarrhips at Oxford to each of tho present states and territories of the United States. FOR CELILO CANAL. Senate Makes $614,000 Available tor Carrying on the Improvements. Washington, April 12. Tho sonato commorco committee has dealt very lib erally with tho Upper Columbia river. Senator Turner has secured tho adop tion of tho Harts canal project for over coming tlio obstruction at Tho Dnllos and Cclilo, and, nsido from tho truiis for for immcdlato usa of tho romnining $214,000, tho bill authorizes tlio secre tary of war to enter into n contract for prosecuting tho work to tho extent of $400,000 additional, making an ex penditure of about $014,000. Tho senate committee, unliko tho houso, was readily convinced that Cap tain Harts' estimate is not too high, and saya that tho improvement is ono of such importanco that it should no longer bo delayed. Thonmount carried by the sonato bill is suiflcient to con tinuo tho work until tho noxt river and harbor bill is pnsHod, and if it is not poBsiblo at this timo to have tho work placed tindor tlio continuing contract system, it is probablo this can be dono two years lieuco, when tlio work has got well undor way Thuro is reason to bollovo t:Jjt tho sonato amendment will bo retained in tlio bill, although it may bo necessary to mnko a slight reduction irtHlio expenditure author ized. Senator Turner has secured an in crenso lu tho appropriation for tho Hnnko river' to $40,000, of which $25,000 is to bo expended above Lewis ton. ForPend d'Oreilloand tho Okan ogan ho Kocu red an increaso from $10, 000 to $25,000. Tho Taconm harbor appropriation was increased from $75, 000 to $300,000. Now Whutcnm gets $40,000 instoad of $25,000 allowed by tho houso. Tho appropriation for Pu get Sound is increased from $15,000 to $20,000, with $15,000 additional for tho removal of a log jam In tho Nook sack. Tho anpropi iation for tho mouth of the Columbia romalns tlio sumo as in tho Iioubo bill. MI83 STONE IN NEW YORK. A Ssys the Brltnds were Not Fierce, but were Insulting. Now YorkApr'll 12. Miss Ellon M. Stone, tho missionary, arrlvod today on tho Doutschlnnd from Southampton. Miss Stono said tlio brigands were not so florco as might have been imagined. They said many insulting things, hut novor struck or beat oithor hor or her companion, Mmo. Tsilka. "?ovoral reports luivo boon printed which stated that Mmo. Tsilka had been hold for ransom by our captors," raid Miss Stono, "but it is a mistnko. I was the ono thoy wanted, and they always tnko a married lady to diaper ono a single ono, no matter how old tho latter may b. Sevon weeks before wo weto released a baby w.: born to Mmo. Tsilka. Tlio brigands had by this timo becomo so insulting nnd cruel in their romarks that it was becoming unbearable. Tho appearance of tho baby stopped all this, for tho rcaton that tho brigands of Tur koy believe that a cttrso will f-ottlo on ono of them if they do harm to a child or its mother. Our treatment after tho birth of tho baby was excellent. Wo began to get bettor food, although I must admit that it was not very good, and tho encoring remarks stopped." Miss Stono will goat onco toCholsoa, Mass., to too her mother, who is more than 90 years old. Torpedo Boat Builders Lose Money. Washington, April 12. Tho building of 20 torpedo boats for tho United Statoi government cost tho contractors something ovor $2,000,000 more than tho price thoy received from tho gov ernment, according to tho roport of tho torpedo boat board which has just been eubmittod to Secretary 1mg. The builders themselves declare that their losses nggregato ovor $3,000,000. Tlio contractors want congress to make good thoir looses. Secretary Long does not indorse this application. 'Ho has simply collected tho Decennary informa tion for tho guidance of cangross, if It ontortains tho appeal, First Assistant Postmaster General. Washington, April 12. Kobert J. Wynno, tho Washington correspondent of tho New York Press, has been offered and has accepted tiio ofilco of first as sistant postmaster general. Tlio nom ination will probably bo submitted to the ronato immediately after tho pres ident's return from Charleston. Tho change will tako effect May 1 or earlier. The Cholera Record. Manila, April 12. In tho provinces, up to date, totals of 224 cases of chol era and 1 (50 deaths from that disease have been reported. In Manila tlio cholera totals aro 200 cases and 100 deaths. Sale of Transports. Washington, April 12. Tlio secre tary of war has directed the salo of tho transports KglwrC nnd Rofecrans, now at San Francirco, to tho higlienst bid der, in order to reduce the transporta tion expenses. NEWS OP THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREQON. 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. Polk county is now prnct'cally out ol dobt. Tho postoffice at Mabel, Lane county, has been moved one-half milo to the south. Tho postofllro at Rldgo, Umatilla county has beon moved half a milo to tho southwest. A postolilco has been established at Drew, Douglas county. Tho otllco will bo supplied with special eorvico from Porduo. Frultmon of Polk county predict an immenso crop this year. Tho con tinued cold, backward spring weather bus retarded the development of buds which aro not affected by tho pretont severe cold and chilling rains. Considerable anxiuty lias been ex proved by fruitgrowers in the Hood river valley concerning thu probable damage to fruit by the bovoro froezu in January and February. From prefont indications, however, the yield will be average, unless bomu further damage occurs. Tho Polk county Mohair "Association has sold its pool of 3b, 000 pounds at 26 conts per pound. Mrs. Eliza Jano Wrisley, nn Oregon pioneor of 1862, has passed u way at hor homo in Medford. Deceused was born in 1820. City elections wero hold in many towns throughout tho stato this week. Party lines woro observed In but a very few cases. A railroad is to Iks built in Southern Oregon from Grunts Pass to Croscent City. It will bo known as tho Oregon & Paciflj Railway. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ackerman-fltaton that aftor six months of use tho now Orciton text books liavo proven satisfactory. Tho fishing season nn tho Columbia river opens April 15. Tlio prospccti aro moro favorable for a large pack than at this timo taut year. March customs receipts at Portland woro $77,212.00. The larger part of these receipts wero from duties paid on inward cargoes from thp.Orlont. Tho Columbia River Fishermen's Protoctivo Union, at a meeting in Astoria, fixed tlio price of salmon for tho coming season as follows: Six cents per ound for fish weighing 25 pounds or ovor, unci 5 conts for smaller fish. No price for stoellioads or bluobucka was mentioned. Tho Willamotto Pulp & Paper Com pany, which employs over 500 men in Oregon City, has mado a voluntary ad- vanco in tlio wages of about .100 of its employes. All tho men who have been receiving $1.00 por day will in futuro get $1.75, and all of tho $1.75 per day men will gut an advance of 10 per cent. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, C404Kj; bluestem, 0fi(l5KJ. Valley, 04U5c. Iiarley Food, $2021.; browing, $K121.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white. $1.1601. 22K: gray, $1.101.20. Flour Rest grades, $2.853.40 per barrel; graham, $2.602.80. Millstuffs Ilran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $20; shorts, $20; chop, $10.50. Hay Timothy, $12(313; clovor, $7.508; Oregon wild hay, $60 per ton. Potatoes Best Iturbanks, $1.101.25 percental; ordinary, 7080o percen tal; Early Rose, $1.250160 por cen tal, growers' prices jsweets, $2.262.60 per cental. Iluttor Creamery, 2225c; dairy, 1820c; storo, 1316c. Eggs 1314o for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13Kc; Young America, 1416c; fac tory prices, llKo loss. I'nultrv Chickens, mixed. I3.60& 4.60; hens, $4.606.60 pur dozen, 11 llc per ixjurxli springs, neglige por pound, $304 per dozen; ducks, $507 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12013o, dressed, 14010c per pound; geese, $0 07 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dress ed, 7070 per pound. Hogs Gross, 6?i'c; drossed, 6J07c per pound. Veal 708 for small; 007 for largo, 15eef Gross, cows, 3404c; stoers, 44(Jc; dressed, di47io per pound. Hops 1213o per pound. Word Valley, 13015c; Eastern Ortv gon, 8012Xc; mohair, 210210 por pound. PHILIPPINE, GOVERNMENT BILL. Measure Perfected by the House CommMtas New Currency Regulations. Washington, April 10. Tlio hoeto bill establishing civil government in tho Phillppieus was finally perfected -day by tho Republican members of tko insular committee, and in its complete form was ro-tntroduced by Chalnna Cooper. Thero is littlo doubt that it will bo reported to tho house by ih full committee in a day or two. Tho house bill is unliko that of the senate in that it provides a complete form of govornmont for tho Islands, to go into effect when tlio war terminates, tlio provision being as follows: "Whenovor tho existing insurrectloa in tho Philippines shall have ceased nnd n condition of general nnd complete peace shall have been established therein, and tho facts shall have bees certified to, tho presidont shall Instruct tho commission to call a general elec tion, for tho choice of deleimtcs to a popular assembly of tho pcoplo of the Philippine islands, to bo known as the Philippine assembly." It is further provided that all tho ex ecutive power then shall bo vested in two housoH tho Phllippino commission nnd the Phllippino nssembly. Provis ion is mado for taking the census with in 30 days aftor tho promulgation of peace. Thoroaftor the islands are to be divided into oloution districts and the regular machinery for electing n legis lature is provided. Section 12 of the bill providos that all residents of the Philippines shall havo the samo protec tion from tho United States in thoir re lations to foreign governments as is accorded to citizens of tho United States. For tho purchnso of tho friar lands the bill makoB provision for tho issuance of insular bonds at 6 per cent, interest payablo in gold, tho total amount not being specillod. Tho regulation of franchises, timber lands, mineral lands., etc., is piovided for. Tho system of colnago differs from that in the senate bill, as it makes gold tho standard, with Philippine token money of silver . maintained at n partly with gold. " The peso is to bo of tllvor. It will equal our silver dollar In size, and will be worth half as much. FIGHT WITH MOONSHINER8. One Was Killed and a Revenue Collector Nsr rowly Escapes Death. Louisville, Ky., April 10. A fight tins taken place Ixitwcon moonshiners and revenue ofllcurs near Dig Meeting Creek postofllco, in Hardin county, during which ono man, nn alleged moonshiner, was killed and a donuty revonuo collector, who was leading the pursuing posso, narrowly escaped doath, a rillo ball grazing his head. Tho rev onuo olllcers had information that a still was located in n bottom neat 1 Meeting creek. They surrounded the still and called on tho threo mon who were operating it to surrender. The moonshiners answered witli a volley of shots, and the revenue olllcers promptly returned the fire. Two of tho moon shiners then lied from tho still, fir Ins; as they ran, and made their orcape. When tho smoke hud cleared ono man was lying dead inside tho i-tlll. It 1st -thought ono of the men who escaped was wounded. Ilawallsns Appeal for Exclusion. Washington, April 10. Senator Pat terson, of Colorado, today presented a momnrial signed by ovor 300 American citizens residing in Hawaii, praying the enactment of legislation completely ex cluding Chiiiot'O and Japanese from any American territory, and providing that all labor of every description proformed for tho federal government shall be dono only by citizens of tho United. States. Tlio petitioners my that 75 per cent of the labor in Hawaii is per formed by Orientals, to thu exclusion of American labor, and they call atten tion to the fact that 87,000 of the 160, 000 population of tho islands aro Jiom. Cniua and Japan. Accepts Philippine Judgeship. Santa Fo, N. M., April 10. William II. Pope, of Atluuta, On., for tho past eight years a resident of Santa Fe, United States Attorney of tho Puoblq Indians nnd Assistant United State Attorney of tho court of private claims, today accepted a judgeship of a court of first instance In the Philippine Islands, tendered him by Governor Taft. Ho will sail in Juno. He is a gold Demo crat, 31 years of ago. Dlx Arrives at Nagasaki. Washington, April 10. Quarter master General Ludlngton is informed ni the arrival of tho transport Dlx at Nagasaki with freight from Seattle for the army in tho Philippines. The vee tel wus several days overdue. 3 V -m 'j CORKSSrUnuanua vuiim fcftK,, .,i.'.v s.rf-jjifciiJtliu1"ki."Ji3 i fciJ 'jf ui i "Jf.'u J -oLji'jk il, -.-J jLA. A. feiUi&t4ba.utuiu( , frr.'felWs.toA