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i.iiitifcifcif n nUi'n ii m A' nHMMIHIWIH(iM ttsarmsmiJmMW)mmmw ijgtnRstrVtTnNiKSiiMi JJIWWK Lttrrir:s-t;r.T;!Hiairgiimjimwxi Wim,WWilMIMStmiMIW ' llliMl'tfSsSH iipi4j,ii.pi.ii frt-UZA' a. y 1 v The New Age. ? ''K. . ',.' I. ' ., 7 ' ' . i ti I .i "t..4l A 1 1 t H VOL. IX. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1905. NO. 41. 1 m ii i wiww i winniMMiwiwwowiwiMiww mwi . w qpHpip ijuiiiMMnsWwiffl Tf f ' il ' ' ' .. r . . r Ky NPcaJc azu; v-t, rtruri j 7 "1 sjt V II p- ,J Vv $1 ,4) LADD TILTOIM, BANKERS 5SS5M , Kititbllihed In 1SBS. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections made at all points on farorable terms. Letters of credit issued available in Europe snd the Eastern states. Sight exchange and Tolcgraphio Transfers sold on New York, Washington, 'Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Omaha, San Francisco and various points in Or foa, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlia, Frankfort and Hong Kong. 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THE CONRAD NATIONAL BANK "Jjg&kW- DapHml mm SmmurHImm, $850,000.00 W. G. CONRU1 President 1, II. EDWAKPS Vice President ALSO KAUSPELL TOWNSITE COMPANY Lmtm Im KmHsswU, ism H. r. MEAL, Omrnhfrnf FAY D. TOUKB, Ammt Ummk'r INUOHI'OUATICI) 1HU7. II, W DICKKV Cashier A.N.TOniB Asst Cashier Ommty Smmt ml Ism Ft NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Bnsy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Lest Interesting Events of the Past Week. Tho governor of Wnranw hns been killed by Polish strikers. Grnnd Duke NIcholiiH Ih reported to be going to Mnnchurin to help Kuro patkin. John Darrctt, minister to l'nnnma, pays that thero nro but few cimes of yel low fever on tho intliinuH. Tho Amcrlunn Tobncco company has declared nti Initial dividend of '24 por cent on its common Block for n period not yet stated. A conference of 100 ministers in New York has decided to start a crusade against vlco by holding a series of mass meetings. In Now York in a single quarter last year, with n total population of 3,838, 824, there were 24,034 births mid 21, 058 deaths, a natural increase of 2,050 in the popultloti of tho city. Albert T. Patrick, who is tinder sen lencu of death for the murder of Wil liam M. Ulco in Now York, hopes to cscapo by proving nt a second trial that embalming causes congestion of thu lungs. Tho prosecution proved that Hlco died by chloroform adminis tered by 1'atrick. Tho Industrial General Trust com pany, of Ixmdon, has asked tho New York supremo court for 11 special Jury (n irv Hm mitt for nvnr S 1.0110.000 . .. .... ...- -, ,-, , against J. Kennedy Tod and others for damages lor unautnorir.eu puio 01 uonus for the lllrmingham, Shellleld A Ten- uecsseo railroad company, thu ground being that an ordinary jury would not understand tho casu. 1 Tho reported resignation of Kuropat- kln Is denied by St. Petersburg ofllcials. Hugo ico floes All New York harbor, making navigation difllcult and 'almost impossible. Tho assassin of tho procurator of Finland has been captured. .Ilojs a medical student. Tho ocean steamer Damarn has been wrecked off thu coast of Nova Scotia and many lives lost. Governor Folk, of Missouri, recom mends additional appropriation for tho .Lewis and Chirk exposition. St. Petersburg workmen threaten to renew tho strike unless thosu engaged in tho previous striko are taken back to work. Thu National Editorial association, which meets in Guthrie, Okla., in June, will visit tho Portland fair after Its session is closed. Rapid lire guns mounted on automo bllu ears aro to be used by tho Russians for tho protection of tho TratiS'Slberlan railroad. Six of these cars lutvo been ordered in Chicago. A blizzard Is raging over Northern and Eastern Texas and rain and sleet falling in many sections of Southern Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Thousands of cat tin aro reported to bo suffering and in many cases totally de void of water. Tho strike lias spread to Transcau casia. The reign of terror continues In Poland. Another Russian squadron is to sail for tho Far East in May. German mino owners have rejected overtures from tho strikers. Heavy rains in Houthcrn California have washed out railway tracks. A n agreement has been made for a parcels Kst and quick mail service with Uritain and Franco. All tho smaller harbors of tho New England coast aro frozen over and oth ers aro blocked with ico floes. Soisalon Solninen, procurator general of Finland, has been assassinated by an unknown emissary of the terrorists. A storm of snow and sleet has swept over tho South, stopping communiea tion and killing cuttle and fruit. Another great storm is raging in New York state and cold weather is predict ed for tho entire section east ot tho Rocky mountains, Henry 11. Miller, consul general at Niuchwung, China, will bo promoted to one ol tho best Oriental Ksts on uc count of his good work during the Jap-anese-ltusslnn war. An insurrection has broken out in Argentine. Fire in Birmingham, Alabama, de stroyed property worth not Icsh than 1500,000. Taft recommends a revision of the Philippine tariff. Tho weather has greatly moderated in tho middle states. Atlantic coast ports are blocked with ire and navigation is stopped. The crews of the Russian Black sea fleet are on tho verge of mutiny, Tho governor and a committee of Massachusetts solons will visit the Lewis and Clark fair. DOINGS iN CONGRESS. Frida-, February 3. Tho houso today, passed tho poatofllco appropriation bill, carrying $180,787,415. In tho senato today Judgo Swnyno mado formal responso.to tho articles of impeachment against 'him. Tho an swer was a formtdablo document In point of sizo. In every caso tho charge was admitted, but explained from Judgo Swnyno's point ' of vlow, they were not of a charnctorto Justify pro ceedings for impeachment, Tho sonato issued an order requiring the houso to fllo its reply by next' Monday, and di rected that all plcadlnpTBliall bo in by February 9, that tho trial may proceed on February 10. Tho senate sitting as a court, then adjourned and resumed legislative consideration ' of tho Joint statehood bill. That Uoplc occupied the rest of tho day. 3f Saturday, February 4. Long occupied most of tho time given by tho senato today to., tho statehood bill with a speech in support ol the bill as it stands. Thero was an extended donate on a provision lit' tho agricul tural appropriation bill relating to for est reservations. Tho houso today passed tho diplo matic nnd consular appropriation bill, carrying $2,107,047, which Is nn in crease of 78,71.1 over tho concurrent appropriation. A number of minor bills wero disposed of,4by unanimous consent. m.. e.u...i., I !WL Following weeks of hearings and, con- sideraton by tho committee on inter state and foreign commerce, tho houso today began debating tlioi proposed leg islation looking to tho , regulation of freight rates. Vj Deoato on tho Joint .statehood bill closed in tho senate today. Tuesday, February 7. After a continuous session of nine hours the senate toniuht passed tho Joint statehood bill. An passed tho bill provides for tho admission of thu states of Oklahoma, to ho comprised of Indian Territory nnd Oklahoma and New Mexico accordingio tho present boundaries, with Arizona eliminated. Thu houso duvotud thjejentiro day to debate on thu railroad freight bill, with tho exception of a lew miatitcsjust be fore adjournment, when svmessago from thu president was read recommending n board of survey for Hti Philippine archipelago. (, .Wednesday, Fsbni&'V, Although tho result ot tho presiden tial election was known early in the evening of November 8, it was not until today, when tho house met in Joint session, that Theodore Itoosevelt and Charles W. Furllmuks wero olllolally declared to be elected. An immenso audience gathered to witness thu cere mony. Tho houso devoted fivo hottrH today to debate on thu railroad freight bill. A number of the members spoke on both sides of tho question. Very little business waH transacted in tho houso today. Kearus, of Utah, claimed to have voted agalnut tho Joint statehood bill, and his voto is recorded for It. Discussion as to whether it should bo changed was lengthy. Friends of tho statehood bill claim it will pass in tho house. Thursday, Fobruary 0. After nearly four days' discussion tho houso today, by a votu of 32(1 to 17, passed tho bill piovldlngfortho regula tion of freight rates. The senato devoted today's scslon to tho agricultural appropriation bill. There was a renewal of thu discussion pf tho policy of distributing thu appro priation bills among a number of com mittees. After tho passage of thu freight rate bill by thu houso a spirited discussion was indulged in over tho deadheads carried by transports. A resolution was adopted approving of the carrying of schoolteachers and members of thu families of ollicers and men 011 trans' ports. Must End War. Loudon, Feb. 10. Tho Kt. Peters burg correspondent of the Chronicle semis an interview with u Itussian who Ib In tho confidence of M. Witto, in the course of which thu Russian asserts that M. Wltto recently said that peace in the Far East must bo obtained at any cost. This Ittissiun says Itussin is willim: to evacuate Manchuria and al low China to grant Japan u (lll.year leaso of Manchuria and thu Liaotung peninsula. Itussiu would retain Sag- lialien, Vladivostok and thu Ururi dis trict. She would pay no indemnity. May Accept the Goldsborough. Washington, Feb, 10. Tho senato today passed u bill authorizing the sec retary of the navy to accept tho torpedo lKMtUnldrihorough, constructed by Wolff fi ', wicker iron works, of Portland, which lias repeatedly failed to stand tho government test. Tho bill author izes the secretary of tho navy in his discretion to waive the 30-knot require ment and to accept tho (loldsboroitgliut a reduced price, to bo governmed by tlio speed. Shakes the Whole Country. Birmingham, Alabama, Feb. 10. A tcrriulu explosion nt tlio dynumitu plant of tho Dtipont I'owder company at Iioyles' Gap, five miles north of thin city, tonight, wrecked the plant and broke windows and extinguished all lights within a radius of two miles, but so far as learned no una was killed. Tho shock was distinctly felt from one end of Jones' valley to the other, a dis tance of 25 miles. GRAND JURY SPEAKS Brings More Indictments In Con nection with Land Frauds. MITCHELL'S LAW PARTNER NAMED Perjury Is Crime Charged Against Him Brother of State Treas urer Also In Tolls. Portland, Feb. . Judgo Albert II. Tanner, law partner of John II. Mitch ell, nnd ono of tho most prominent at tornoys nnd cltlzons of Portland, was Indicted yesterdny afternoon by tho Federal grand Jury for tho crlmo of perjury alleged to have been committeo on January 31 while before tho itrnnd jury as a witness in relation to tho dealings of Senator Mitchell with Fred erick A. Kribs, tho land speculator. At tho samu tlmo this Indictment was returned three others wero also re ported to tho court, ono against Ham ilton II. Hendricks for subornation of perjury, one against Gcorgu 0. Brown ell in amendment of tho indictment for subornation of perjury returned n week ago, nnd thu last against Henry Mel drum, Gcorgo Waggoner, David W. Kinnalrd, Rpfus 8. Moore, a brother ot State Treasurer Charleu 8. Moore; John W. Hamakurand Frank J. Van Winkle, for conspiracy to defraud tho govern ment. Tho Indictment of Judgo Tanner Is tho most sensational returned for soino time, for It brings before tho public with unexpected suddenness tlio name ot a man heretofore entirely unconnect ed by rumor or fact with tho far-reaching frauds now being unearthed. Tho indictment further charges that it was loyalty to his partner, Senator Mitch oil, and a wish to spare him from tho shamu of thu second indictment re turned a week ago which caused him to attempt to hide, according to the al legations of tho indictment, thu truo statu of affairs as existing in thu busi ness of their law ollleo. It Is alleged in thu indictment that Judgo Tanner, whilu a witness before thu grand jury on January 31, 11)05. and whilu under oath, said that tho Arm had received moneys and other compensation or work, done or Fred erlck A. Kribs, in expediting claims through tho general land ollleo and passing them tp patont, but that of ineso sums received riunntor Mitchell had not received any part for himself. 'this tlio government thinks 1b untrue, and it will attempt to prove that Sen ator Mitchell did receive money, placed to his account by Judge Tanner at the expiration of each month. RECOVERED AFTER MANY YEARS Ono of $3,000,000 of Stolon Bonds Causes Three Arrests. New York, Feb. 0. Dr. Lewis 0. Wilcoxson, who is under arrest hero, together with Joseph A. Taylor, of Whitu plains, N. Y., and James A. Smith, of this city, In connect ion witli tho recovery of a $10,000 United States government bond stolen from tlio Man-' hattau savings institution in 1878, has resided with his wife n.ul child at ono of tlio leading up-towu hotels hero for nearly three years. lit) claims Chicago as his native city, says ho owns exten sive mining interests in Alaska, nnd has an iucomu of $5,000 a month. Nevertheless he spent tho night in prison In default of $10,000 bonds re quired by the Fcdoiul authorities. Tho recovery of tho Isiud was mado through tho subtreasury in Wall street, where it had been delivered by 11 bank mes senger. Thirty of tho same series wero taken in the Manhattan robbery, and this Is only tho third ono found. Two others were recovered in 1880. The jxilicu urn now searching for Samuel Waren Miller, from whom Wil coxson says ho received tlio bond In part payment for some Alaska mining property last Monday, Hecovery of tho bond recalls the rob bery, 27 yeurs ago, of the Manhattan bunk, one of the richest hauls over Hindu in America, Tho burglars se cured nearly $3,000,000 in cash and negotiable securities. Red Cross Is Reorganized. Washington, Feb. II. In pursuance of tlio terms of thu act of congress pro viding for thu reorganization of tho Ited Cross, tlio incorporators of the Ameri can National Ited Cross met at thu State department today. About two dozen persons wero present, but Miss Clara Barton was absent. Secretary Taft called tho incorporators to order. The following permanent officers were elided: President, William II. Taft; treasurer, Charles 11. Keep, assistant secretary of the treasury; councilor, I. A. Pradt; wcretary, Anita N. MiGeo. South is Still Demoralized. Ijuisvillo, Feb. II. -- With rain and Nlcet. f.illiiiL' over nearlv every mile of country from Ohio to New Orleans, the usual avenues 01 wiro communicatou, which have been demoralized since Ktinduv. today went from bail to worse, Nearly every branch of commercial life felt the Interruption, I'loudy weather, with rain, sleet or snow, prevails from tho Dakotas to the Guli of Mexico. where, with warm weather, a heavy rain has Dcen lulling mr in nours. Japanese Seize More Coal. Tokio, Feb. 0, Tho British steamer Eastry, bound for Vladivostok, with coal, was captured off Hokkaido yester day. She is being brought to Yoko- saka. STRIKE CAUSES DEADLY RIOTS. Poland In State of Anarchy nnd Con dition In Caucasus Worse. St. Petersburg, Fob. 8.For tho mo ment the startling crlmo in Holsingfora has withdrawn attention from tho striko situation throughout Russia. Today's events in Poland and tho Caucnuaus, however, aro qulto serious enough to avail themselves. Disorders In tho smaller industrial towns' of Poland havo nddod moro than a score to tho total of tho killed, nnd troops havo been sent to Warsaw nnd Kutno, 83 miles west of Warsaw, to quell upris Inirs thero. Tho striko continues in tho Caucasus and conditions nro becoming worse, nnd trndlc on tho Trans-Caucaa inn railway is interrupted. Tho central committeo of tho Social Democratic Workmen's party has issued a violent proclamation, which has been widely circulated In tho factories of St. Petersburg, calling on tho opera tives to array themselves under tho red Hag of the Socjal Democracy nnd pro- paro lor at armed renewal 01 tno Janu ary demonstrations. Tho proclamation bitterly assails church nnd stato and tho higher classes, nnd concludes: "In order to gain victory, wo must orRnuizo a vast workmen's army. Then again wo will start for thu palaco to present our demands, not liko ikons nnd not with supplications, but with arms in our hands, under tho blood red standard of tho Russian Soolal Democratic party." RULES THE LAND. Rockefoltsr Interests Gain Control of Moro of Country's Railways. Now York, Feb. 8. Positive Inform ation camo to light in certain favored quarters today that Standard Oil, through Edward II. Hnrrlman, has se cured control of thu Atchison, Topckn & Santa Fo railroad and would bo in a position to practically dominate tho transportation facilities of thu country. By this tremendous coup, nnd others of qulto recent date, tho Rockefeller In terests now control a total of 72,740 miles ot railway, representing in stocks and bonds $3,805,320,000. This vast network of tracks stretches over thu East, West, Northwest nnd Southwest, tapping thu very choicest territory in every direction. Tho only portion of thu United States not included in thu now map is tho Southeastern Atlantic states. Prior to securing control of tho Santa Fu, thu Vanderbllt-Harrimnn interests bad a total mileage of 40,840. Tho Gonld-Pnciflo group ndds 13,780 miles, the Rockefeller group proper 10J203 miles, and tho Barrta-FebrifiBsMn'flWr miles more. MUST HAVE PEACE. Czar Tells General Kuropntkin of His Decision to End War. London, Feb. 8. Additional Inform ation indicating that Russia is making ready for peace is cabled to thu Loudon Dally Chronicle by Its St. Petersburg correspondent and published in Wed nesday morning's issuu. As in his former dispatch, thu corres pondent claims tho highest authority for his statements. Ho wires that tho government lias within tho past few days cancelled a large order which pro vided for tho mobilization of a now army corps, In addition to this, the correspond ent assorts that special instructions wero sent to General Kuropatkiu on Tuesday by tho war, In which ho is in formed of tho decision to terminate tho war. EXILES THREATEN TO FIGHT Defeated Dominican Faction Protests Against Protocol with America. Turk's Island, Feb. 8. According to advices received hero from Sauto Do mingo, under date of February 3, Gen eral Cespedes, governor of Puurta Plata, has resigned ami gouu to Porto Itlco. Thoteamor Cherokee which will leave Lent today, will carry a protest itgaiuA the United States-Dominican inocol to tho United States congress roin ex-VIco President Deschamps, of Santo Domingo, and his followers, now hero, who say they aro ilUjxMud to re sort to arms in furtherance of their cause and remove the present govern ment of Sauto Domingo if it does not resign. Panama Canal Act Sustained. Washington, Feb. 8. Justico Staf ford, of the Euulty court, today decided against Warren B. Wilson, a Chlcugo lawyer, who sued for an injunction to restrain tho secretary of the treasury from paying to thu republlu of Panama any of tho amounts of money provided for under thu treaty of tho United Stntes with Panama, Mr. Wlson, in his suit, which, ho said, ho brought on his own Initiative, alleged that tho Panama canal act was unconstitutional anil that thu United States was without tlio right to acquire foreign territory, Goodnow Resigns Consulate, Washington, Feb. 8. John Good- nough, consul geuural at Shanghai, called ut the statu department today, and after a conference with Assistant Secretary Pierco it was announced that the consul 'cncral had tendered his resignation to tuko effect March 31, Mr, Goodnough will return to Shang hai, to turn over the business to his succcpsor uud will remain in China to engage in private business. His suc cessor bus not yet been named. Many Killed in Strike Riots. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. 8, According to a report from Random, 20 workmen havo been killed or wounded in strike disorders there today. READY FOR PEACE Grand Dakes Admit Inability to Cope with Japan. TOO MUCH TROUBLE AT HOME With Nation In Rebellion Reserves Cannot Bo Sent to Cope with Those Sent by Japan. London, Feb. 7. Tho highest au thority Is claimed by tho St. Petersburg correspondent of tho London Daily Chronlclo for tho statement that tho grand dttcnl party has suddenly decided that Russia must suo for peaco. Tho correspondent states that tho grand dukes and tholr supporters havo hold frequent conferences of lato at which they discussed tho Far Eastern war and camo to tlio conclusion that tho country could not afford to con tinuo tho wnr under tho present condi tions. Tho immcdlato cause for this change of mind on tho part of tho very men who have right along stood in the way of peaco is said to havo been the recent disaster to tho Russian arms on tho Hun river. Coupled with tho news of this defeat has como'to tho grand dukes tho reali zation that they cannot compote with Japan's ability to throw army after army into Manchuria, especially in view of tho internal situation, which may render further mobilization of reservist troops almost ImjwBslblo. Tho correspondent states that, ac cordingly, tho Russian embassy at Paris has been asked to gain tho good will of Great Britain with a view to mitigating tho terms which Japan is likely to Impose STREET CAR OVERTURN8. Portland Wreck Causes One Death and Thirty-one Injuries. Portland, Feb. 7. Ono man was killed and 31 persons Injured, some of them fatally, by tho wrecking of a car of tho Portland Consolidated railway company on thu Montavilla lino, at tho corner of hast Twenty-eighth and East Gllsan streets, at 7:20 o'clock yes terday morning. Tho acctdont oc curred on a shr.rp curvo at the base of a stocn incline. The car's momentum ,siOFirMt'tbat U.WMLtUtsbtyto Mftktv tho turn and was overturned. There wuru 00 passengers on thu car at the tlmo of thu uccldent, tho majority be ing business men and employes on tholr way to work in tho heart of tho city. It Is a question whether thu motor man lost control of thu car or whether ho did not usu thu usual precautions until It was too lato. Fivo. blocks from tho scene of the accident tho car was running nt 11 speed greatly in excess of thu ratu Hpcclllcd in tho city ordinances governing street cur trufllc. Onu pus seuger, who stood on tho front platform of thu car beside thu motormun, de clares that 110 effort was mudu to gov ern thu speed of tho car until It was nlmost rounding tho curvo, Thu street car company says thu brakes had been sot as shown by thu fact that tho wheels wero worn smooth by sliding, READY TO FIGHT. Warlike Talk of High British Official Causes Kaiser to Anger. Berlin, Feb. 7. At tho foreign ollleo It was said tills aftoruoon that Ger many would ask England for an ex planation of tho provocative anti-Ger-mnii speech made ut East Leigh, Feb ruary 2, by Arthur ii. Ia.o, civil lord of thu admiralty, in which ho said that Britain would smash un unnamed en emy in thu North sen before that enemy had tlmo to realize that war had been declared. Thu foreign ollleo said: "Wo hope that nothing will result from Leo's speech. Wo prefer to be lieve ho spoku moro as u naval exiicrt than us a statesman or cabinet nfllcer. Yet It is linixissihlo not to put a polit ical construction upon his utterances. Wu shall, of course, tuku up the mat ter." Will Fight Near Sandepas. St. Petersburg, Feb 7. Military operations in Manchuria continue at a standstill. No importance is attached by the war ollleo to thu Japanese move ments on thu Russian center and left, which nro regarded us merely demon strations. General Heismau, a wnr critic, uxpresses the opinion that thu Russians are not likely to surrender thu Hisitlons captured northeast of Sande pas, nnd that u series of encounters thero will probably continue until the weather is favorable (or a general ad vance. Rivers and Harbors Next Week, Washington, Feb, 7. Although the river and harbor bill was reixirtcd to the houso today, it will probably not bo considered before next week, Tho naval appropriation hill is ahead of it and will bo called up Thursday, when thu railroad bill is disposed of. Thu nayal bill will remain under considera tion three or four days, shoving tho river nnd harbor bill over until next Tuesday or Wednesday. Probably it will ho passed aliout reh. If). Russia Wants More Money. London, Feb. 7. It Is stated In well informed financial circles in Ixindon that negotiations havo been completed for floating a now Russian loan ot $200,000,000 in Purls, Tho loan will bear interest nt tho rate of 5 per cent per annum. Tho date ol tno issue haa not yet been fixed. 4 $ ill 1 .1 m . i i.-t " ' ' 1 -i );ini