y-K I ( TfVWnu MmM A- ?AVsm b The New Age. fe. VOL. Til. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1902. NO. 33. 'J uw t O&&0? k I m FJkw r FIRST NATIONAL BANK "SffiJM!1 Daelgnated Depositary and Financial Agent of the United States. freaident. H. W. Corbctti caahler, B. O. Wlthlngtoni assistant cashier, J. W. Nowklrki second assistant cashier, W. C. Alvord. Letters of oredlt Issued, available In Kuropo and the. Eastern etates. Bight exchange and elagraphlo transfers sold on New York, Boston, Chicago, Omaha, St. Paul, Ban Francisco and lb prinolpal points In the Northweit. Sight and time Mill drawn la turns te suit on London, ftrfr, Berlin, Wanktort-on-the-Maln, Hong Kong. Collections made on favorable terms at all accessible point. LADD TILTON, BANKERS SSEifiE Katabllihed In 1800. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on tlmo deposits. Collections made at alt points on favorable terms. Letter! of credit lssneel Available in Kuropo and the Eastern states. Sight exchange and Tologrnphlo Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, Donvor, Omaha, San Francisco and various points in Ore ton, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfort and Ilong Kong. COFFMAN, DOBSON & CO., BANKERS. CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON. Founded 1884. Oldest and Largest Bank in Southwest Washington BANK OF COMMERCE, BOISE, IDAHO. OFFICICIlHt D. F. OM)KN, President; M. ALEXANDER, Vice rroildent! H. N. COP- KIN, Cashier) 1. M. II AINK8, Assistant Cashier. DIItKUTOHMi ItobU Noble, Thou. Davis. l. P. Olden, J, M. Ualncf, J. K. Yatoe, 3. D. Morrow, T. Regan, M. Alexander, V. it. Co (tin. Ammmunim of Bank. Flrmm, Oornormllonm nnd Indtwldnmlm ltmmhrmd nn thn Mnnt Ubmrml Tnrmn Omnmlmlmnt With Sound Banking. LACK & SCHMITZ, Brokers. BAKER Oirr, OREOOH. TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE EASTERN OREGON GOLD FIELDS. EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS A SPECIALTY. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Walla Walla, Washington. (First National Bank In the State) Transacts a Qeneral Banking Business. CAPITAL 1100,000. SURPLUS 100,000. LEVI ANKENY, Prosldont. A. II. REYNOLDS. Vico President A. R. DURFORD, Cuhler THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Pendleton, Oregon. Capital, $70,000.00. Surplus and Undivided Profits, 100,000.00. RESERVE AGENTS First National Bank. Chicago. III.; First National Bask, Portland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, Now York, N. Y. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Levi Ankenr, President; W. F.Matlock, ice President: O. B. Wado. Cashier t H. O. Gnorensr. Assistant Cashier: J. S. MoLeod, W. S. Brent, W. F. Matlock, THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK PENDLF.TON, OREGON. Organized March I, 1880. Capital, $50,000. Surplus, 8C6.000. Interest allowed on tlmo doposits. Exchange bought and sold on all prin cipal points. Special attention given to collections. W. J. Furnish, Prosldont J. N. Teal, Vice-President; T. J. Morris, Cashier. OUR OPTICAL DEPARTMENT HAS PROVEN TO BE A BIG SUCCESS Five Reasons for it 8 Count 'Em. 1. No chnrgo for testing. s 2. Thorough cxnminntlons with modern scientific instruments. 3. Courteous trcatmont, We don't hurry patlonts. 4. Our Glasses improve the looks. 8 Count 'Era. 5. Very Roasonablo prices. Remember the Place Willamette Iron Founders, Machinists and Boiler Makers, PORTLAND, OREGON. DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OP... Marin and Stationary Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill. Logging and Mining Machinery, Roll Grinding and Corrugating Machinery, Power Transmission Machinery. Wa art constantly developing Modern Machinery for special purposes, which ur up-to-date plant enables us to build accurately and economically. KB- CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. -VTA NEW LIFE TO !&'"" SSnSSi Anchor Qreat Combination ot Strength and Beauty. Thi Tib That Botes." H Turn Old Fxkcs. Tub Anchor Fxnca, wjUMLm p l j 1 1 d See Our Anchor Clamp You would ba turprlstd It you knew bow little It would cost jou 10 fix up that old fence. Better send for some Anobor Clamps and Uprights, and a pair ot our pinchers, and make jrour old wire fence look like a nw one, ANCHOR FENCE looks so nice and la so strong that larmtn sometimes think that It must be high priced. It Isn't, though. RM Biromi Uhjio. Cattle, Sheep and FARM, RAILROAD Write for Prices and Catalogue. AgeaM Wanted la Jtrerjr Tewa. JUIMITED. GOLD MINES AND INVESTMENTS II. F. Johnson. JAEOER BROS., Jewelers and Opticians. 290 Morrison St., bet. Fourth and Fifth and Steel Works. OLD PENCES1 Clamps and Uprights. Hog Tight, n Kim Slim alter cloala AND LAWN FENCE. I i 'IULiT The Portland Anchor Fence Co. 74a NIcoUl St., PORTLAND, Oregoa. ANOTHER PCLEQ DISASTER. Little Doubt that Thousands Were Killed by n Volcnno In duntcmnln. San FrnnclHco, Nov. 15. That tlrousands of lives linvo boon lost na n rcBitlt of the outbreak of tho Gunlo tnrtlan volcnno 8nntn Mnriu is tho bo liof of coffco morebnnta of this city, bneod on tho dofinito hows of n terrific explosion, brought last ovoning by tho atenmor Newport. Tho stonmor got tho news of tho disaster at various points nlong tho const, and while oxnet infor mation is lacking, all indications nro that tho cntn8tropho Is of tho most tor riblo nnturo. Whilo tho Nowport waB at Chnmpor ico, n letter was received from tho factor of thnt district, a German named Knuffinan, announcing that tho vol canic peak of Santa Maria, 40 nilloa inlnnd from thnt port, was in oruptiou, and that all tho coffco districts on tho eastern slopo of tho rango, in tho im mediate neighborhood of tho mountain, had boon utterly destroyod, and that thousands of lives had, in nil proba bility, been lost. Tho lottor continued: "Tho towns of Palmar, San Folipo, Colombia and Contepoc nro nil ruined. Ashes aro bo von foot dcop in tho linens and towns. Mud, stones and lava havo fallon all over tho country. Houbob linvo boon crushod by tho weight of tho volcanic matter thnt hna fallon upon thorn. Rntnlhulou, Mnzntonnngo nnd Quozaltenango linvo not Btifforcd so much, but this calamity la ouly begin ning. Wo hnve mud and ashos in Rotnlhulou. Thoro is great loss of lifo. Cnttlo nnd horses aro dond by tho thousands, famine nnd poet nro ap proaching. God hIp us." Lnto in tho afternoon of October 25 tho pcoplo of Santa Mnrln tologrnphod to tho president of Guntomaln, saying thnt they woro groping in totnl dnrknoss that had rushod upon thorn at noon. Ashes woro falling thick. Tlioy nskod tho president what was happening. Tills dispatch was sent, apparently, just boforo tho oruptiou, nnd not n word hna boon sont sinco. Tho wiroB oi tho tologrnph havo been destroyod, nnd tho fato of thoso who asked thnt question of tho proeident of Guntomaln is n mys tery profound and ominous. It 1b thought in Ghamporico thnt there nro no survivors in tho town of Snntn Mnrln, nor yet in any of tho towns thnt lio upon tho eastern slopo of that mountain of belching mud and lava and smothering gases. It uiny bo a second Feloo. Tho nren in which those towns nro situated covers 30 miles in a half circle, and it 1b estimated that tho aggregate population is 30,000. Tho town of Snntn Mnrin contains 10,000 inhab itants nnd tho other villages uro said to n vertigo 0,000. UOILUR EXPLODED. Pour Men Killed, Forty Injurcd-Uulldlng nnd Contents Wrecked. Lebanon, Pn., Nov. 15. Tho ox plosion of a lnrgo boilor, without warning, in Scrnp Puddle furnnco No. 3, at tho west works of tho American iron nnd steel company's plant today caused tho death of four workmon, and about 40 othora were more or loss Burl ouBly injured. Tho phvsicinns nt tho hospital express tho opinion that sever al of tho injured will dio. In nn iuatant after tho oxplosion tho entire place was blnck with debris. Tho wrock of tho nino immodinto pud dling furnaces wns comploto. Phjsl cianH woro called from ovory quartor of tho city, and hospital ambulances and other vohiules woro hurried into service. Tho ofllcea of tho worka were nt onco convortod into a hospital, and a corps of nurees from tho Good Samaritan hospital woro brought to the sceno. Into this tomporary hospital tho maimed and scalded woro carried nnd given nttonlon. Some havo thoir eyes burned out, othora thoir hands blown off. It it feared tho list of dead will bo materially increased when tho ruins of tho nino wrocked puddlo furnaces nro explored. The IkIIoi, which wna n 200-horeo power, broke pquaroly in half. Tho roof collapsed from tho Bliock, nnd the flntnes from tho puddlo furnaces under tho wrecked boiler eot fire to thodobris, Tho firo force of tho company, however, had tho flames extinguished in 15 min utes. . Wants Foreign Soldiers to Leave. Shanghai, Nov. 15. Unusually strong nrticloa aro appearing in tho Chinoso uowppapors doclating that by. tho withdrawal of tho British troops from Shanhal to Wei Hnl Woi, and the withdrawal of tho German forces from ' bore to Kino Ohou, tho indopendonco of tlio lan;tbo valley is still menaced. Tho Chinoso want tho Britlrh and Germans to got out of China altogether, Instead of merely evacuating Shanghai and withdrawing to their respective garrison stationa in China. Successful Airship Trial. Nantes, franco, Nov. 15. The air ship built for tho brothers Piorro nnd Paul LoEaudy mado u ery Hticcessful trial today in this neighborhood. Sev eral free wcenta nnd descents were effected, accompanied by evolutions in nil directions over tho flelda and woods. Tho flying machine returned each tiino to ita point of departure nt tho rate of 25 miles an hour. There were four persons in tho cur. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Renders. Members of tho Gorman roichetng ennio to blows in n dobnto over n bill. General Chnffeo was tondorod n re ception in San Francisco by tho busi ness men. Southern Pacific locomotivo onginoors linvo aBkod for an ndvanco of 20 por cent in wngos. The war department baa nnnounccd that additional bnrrnckH to hold 410 mon will bo built at Vancouver ntonco. Genornl Bliss hna gono to Hnvnnn, where ho will work for tho early adjust ment o! differences on tho reciprocity treaty. Tho war department will reduce tho cavalry down to GO mon to tho troop. At prwont about 00 enlisted mon nro in each troop. A porter in a Now York hotel has been found guilty of robbing tho guests tor n number oi years. Ho jiaa about 115,000 in stolon owlcry. President Gomport, of tho American Federation of Labor, says thnt unlcsa trndoa unions change thoir courso tho day is not far distant whon thoy will all go to pieces. Tho troublo in Morocco promises to bocomo a eoriouB nffalr boforo Buttled. Tho country is without n cabinet. Sev eral powers nro sending warships to protoct their interests. Klmor D. Bryan, formerly of Illinois, hna been appointed superintendent of oducntion for tho Philippines. Tho monitor Wyoming, nenring com pletion at San Francisco, willbo turned ovor to tho government November 20. Tho secretary of tho navy has direct ed that tho army transport Hancock procood to Now York, whoro sho will bo usod as a rccoiving ship. All Christmas prosonts entering tho Philippines will bo subject to thn same duty us other gooda, according to nd vicoa issued by tho wnr department. Forty prisoners in tho Arizona ponl tontiary rjvorppworod tho guards nnd escaped. This is thn second del Ivory in n month. A now prison is being built in tho solid rock of a mouutniu side. Tho 28th annual convention of thn American Bankora' association is in session in Now Orloans. Thoro are about 100 delegatos and 500 visitors present. Soattlo wants the next meet ing. General Owen Summora has boon mndo commander-in-chief of tho Span-iHh-Amurlcan wnr votornna. Tho Nntlonnl hondquartora will be moved to Portland. Colonel VK. II. Savage, olectod commandor-in-cliief, was com pelled to resign on account of ill health and the honor Jell to tho vico com mander, General Summora. Genornl Chnffeo hns ronchod Snn Frnncleco from tho Philippines. The chiof of ordnnco of tho navy roc ommends tho estnbliflhmont of wirolesa telegraphy along tho entire Pacific const. Tho annual report of Assistant Post master Gonoral Wynno favors a greator appropriation for tho rural tmnil deliv eryjroutes. No trnco can bo found of B, F. lvgnn, the Great Northern rnilrond man who was loet in tho mountains near Bolton, Mont., a week ago, All tho monoy necessary for irriga tion week at Portlnnd hna been raised nnd the committeo has tho pinna of en tertainment nlmost completed. The main issue between tho negotiat ors of the Cuban-United States reci procity treaty is tho rate of rebate to bo ullowed on sugar nnd tobacco enter ing tho United States. WiscoiiHln capitalists havo purchmod 221,308,000 feet of yellow plno timber In Idaho for 81 cents p-"" thoiiFaud. Tlio timber sold ia on lands eelcctod by the statu along tho North Fork and It" tributaries between Smith's Ferry and tho upper end of ttio lakos. Thoco lands cover 32,580 acres. Tiro at Camden, N. J., doMroycd three blocks, valued at $200,000. Trust legislation is almost euro at the short or long tossion of congress, Dr. Nnnsen, tlio Arctic explorer, will start on another expedition In 1003. Major General MnuArthur has been ordered to tho command of the Depart ment of tho Lakes. ' Much anxiety is felt concerning the condition of tho emperor of ItUKsia. He is greatly depressed in mind and is melancholy. Minister Wu, Chinese representative at Washington, will not await tho ar rival of his successor, but will return home at onco, THANKSaiVINQ PROCLAAIATION. Governor AlcDrldc, of Washington, Asks People to Observe Nov. 27. Olympln, Wash., Nov. 14. Stato of Washington, Kxocutivo Department, Olympin, Proclamation by tho Govor nor: "Whereas, tlio president of tho United States, following n time lion orod custom, hns designated Thursday, tho 27th day of November, 1002, na n dny of festival and national thanks giving for the manifold blessings of tlio past yonr, now, therefore, I, Henry McBrido, governor cf tho state of Washington, in accordanco with custom and by virtuo of tho power vested in mo by law, do horoby appoint Thurs day, tho 27th dny of Novombor, 1002, na n dny of thanksgiving nnd prayer throughout tho stato of Washington, and do earnestly recommond that tho pcoplo, in grateful recognition of tho ninny blessings wo nro now enjoying, cease from thoir tiBtial avocations nnd dodicnto tills dny to deeds of charity and brotherly love, nnd in thoir churches and thoir homes render prnlso nnd thanksgiving to tho Giver of nil good. "In witness whereof I hno horeunto set my hand nnd caused tlio senl of tho stato to bo affixed, this 12th day of Novombor, A. D. 1002. "HENRY McliRIDE." ROFORM PHILIPPINE FINANCES. Vico fJovcrnor Wright Discusses Situation and Makes Suggestions. San Francisco, Nov. 14. Luko E. Wright, of tho Philippines, speaking of financial affairs in tho islands, said in nn intorviow thnt tho monoy mnrkot la continually fluctuating. "A bill to afford tho necessary relief wnB presontod to congress, but not paseod," said ho. "I think that tor the bonollt of tho commorco tho mattor should again bo takon up nt tlio noxt session of congress. It hns been sug gested that a Fillpin) dollar of silver should bo introduced into tho islniulB. This dollar should bo worth nctunlly 50 cents of our gold monoy. I think such n coin would remedy tho prosont flnnnclnl situation. Such n monetmy system would bo similar to tho ono now in uso in Japan." "It has boon suggested that a limited numbor of Chinoso say 100,000 bo allowed to laud in tho Philippines. Do you think their presence would relievo tho present labor shortage?" was askod. "I would not iiko to poo tho doors thrown open to tho Chinese. Skilled labor, yea, if limited, would ceitainly prove beneficial. Some of tho Chinese nro very elovor, and they would bo nblo to teach the Filipinos many of tho In dustries." Governor Wright, nccompnniod by his wlfo, loft for tho East Thursday night. POLITICS IN HAWAII. Republicans Win a Sweeping Victory All Through the Islands. Honolulu, Nov, 7, via Snn Francisco, Nov. 14. Tlio oloctlona yosterdny re sulted in n victory for tho Republican ticket. Prince Jonah Kuliio Kalani anolo, tho Republican nominee, ia eloctod na doleato to congrosa, and tho legislattiio will Im) Republican in both houses, in spito of five homo rulo sen ators holding ovor from tho last legis lature, to three Republicans. Tho result of tho election, itiatlinuht by Republicans, will ho tho end of tho homo rule party. A division ot tho voters along the lines of Republicanism and Democracy, as on tho mainland, Is now expected. It is nlso regarded as disposing largely ot tho raco ismio and tho Issue of royallsm in Hawaiian politics, fr tho enmpain of tho defeat ed candidate, Delegato to Congress R, W. Wilcox, wan largely bapod on Ids record us a royalist and on race feeling. Will Search for Lost Treasure. San Francisco, Nov. 14. Tho Chronicle s.tya that there ia no longer any doubt that tho object of tho ' a 'hoouur Louisa I)., about readv to sail ' for tho South, is to attempt to recover ' n part of tho treasure lost in 181(2 by' tho burning of the Pacific Mail Hte.imor Golden Gate off .Manziinlllo, on tho Mexican coast. The wreck of tho. Golden Gate caused the loss of 200 Uvea and n property loss of $ 1,750.000. ' Much of this amount was in tho form of bullion, and a considerable quantity of it with never recovered. Pennsylvania Mine on Fire, Shamokln, Pa., Nov. 14. Tho Burn side shaft, which employs 700 mon nnd boys, was discovered on firo today. All of tho employes got out in safety. Tho mino is owned by tho Philadelphia & Reading coal and iron company, Tho flames were extinguished this evening, and tho mino will resume work tomorrow. NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Commercial nnd Financial Happenings ot tho Past Week Drlcf Review of tb Growth and Development of Various Industries Throughout Our Common wealth Latest Market Report. Tho burglars who blow open tho eafo at Helix a few days ago havo boon cap tured and n portion of tho stolon monoy nnd goods rocovorod. Twonty thousand of tho 75,000 book lots advertising Lnno county havo boon printed nnd nro Jin tho hands of th advertising department of tho Hnrriman company for distribution in tho Enstorn states. Goorgo Smith, colored, who murdered lils whito wlfo in Portland, hns been sentenced to hang on December 10. Fifteen dny a' tlmo hna boon granted to propnro n bill of exceptions to bo tiBod in an appeal to tho supremo court. Gcorgo L. Dlllmnn, stnto engineer for tho oxnminntinn of land nppllod for under tho Cnroy nrid land net, expresses tho opinion thnt private oporntlona will not provont government work, ns tho amount roclnlmcd in small com pared with tho totnl nroa ot nrid land in tho state. Suporintendont of Public Instruction Ackorman has decided that na soon aa n pnrent or guard Inn moves into a school district with tho Intention of mr.klng it his bonn fldo rosidonco, a child of such parent or gunrdinn la en titled to free tuition from tho tlmo ho moves into tho district. Linn county fnrmera nro nropnring a protest to bo presontod to tho noxt leg. islnturo ngninsl tho proposed change ot tho gamo law, under which upland birds may bo shot from Soptombor 15, instend of from October 1. Open sons- on befoio October 1 moans nt a time whon tho fnrmera nro busy with har vesting nnd they dceiro to hnve nn ovon chance with huntora from tho cities. Tho Tliroo RiBtora canal company hna filed in tho ollico of tlio stato land board an application for contract for tlio reclamation of JO, 000 acres of nrid land lying in tho woBtern part of Crook county. Tho tract ia located botwoon tho mountains known ns tho Throo Sistora and tho Deschutes river. It ia proposed to irrignto tho tract with wator from tributarily of tho Deschutes. Tho Tallant-Grnnt packing company, of Astoria, has filed nrticloa of incor poration. Thn Multnomah county delegation to tho legislature, at n meeting hold Inst week, indorsed a 500,000 appropria tion for tlio Lewis ami Clark fair. Eugene has nskod for nn increase In mail carriers to meet the growing de mand for frco del ivory. Two million feot of logs woro swopt nwny in a Lewis river freshet causedjjy tho recent heavy rains. Tlio work of installing tho now ma chinery nt tho Mountain Viow mi no, near Baker City, will soon bo com pleted. Tho 1002 hop crop In this stato will amount to about 85,000 bales. ' Of thin amount loss than 20,000 bales remain in tho hands of the growers. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat WnllaWnlht, O88OO0; bluo etom 73i74c; valley, 70e. Barley Feed, $21.00 por ton; brow lug, f 22.00. Flour Rest grade, 3.60Q3.70; grah am, $3.003.50. Mlllstuffs Dran, $10.00 por ton; middlings, $23.50; shorts, $10.50; chop, $17. Oats No. 1 whito, $1.12J1.15; gray, $1.101.12 percental. Hay Timothy, $10(311; clover, $8.00; cheat, $800 per ton. Potatoes Rest Burbauks, 0080o ttormtck; ordinary, 6O055o per cental, growers' prices; Merced awoeta, $1.75(1$ $2 per cental. Poultry Ohlokena, mixed, $3.50 4,25 ; per pound, 10c; hens, $4 1,50 por dozen; per iHiund, lie; springs, $3.00 ?$3.50 per doen; fryora, $2. 50Q3.00; broilers, $2.(0(j2.50; ducks, $4,50(0 (i. 00 por dozen; turkeys, young, 12J6 013c; geese, $0,000(1.60 por tloscon. Oheeso Full cream, twiiiBj 16 10c; Young America, 15K01OK; factory prices, 101 ko loss. Butter Fancy crenmory, 3032)iio per pound; extras, 30u; dairy, 20 22o; store, 15018. Kgga 25030c per dozen. Hops New crop, 22025o por pound. Wool Valley, 12416o; Eastern Oregon, 8MKc; mohair, 2028o. Roof Gross, cows, 33o per pound; steers, 4o; dresaed, O07e. Veal 708c. Mutton Gross, 3c per pound; drossod, uc. Lambs Gross, 3Jo per pound; dressed, Oc. Hogs Gross, 00o por pound; dreseed, 77o. -. iTJafi'i iWaifni. ff r" 4A--i.l -ft. fc . m