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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, LAY 12, 190G.
NO. 3.
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THE' FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KALISPELL
KALISPELL, MONTANA
D. K. PEKLKU, Prcs., K. J. I.KnEHT, V. I'rci., It. E. WEJ1STEH, Cnsh., V. D. LAWSON, A. Cnsh.
Trnnsncta nRcnotnl onnkliig butlncM. Drnfti lued, avnttablc In nil cities of tho United
States and Europe, Hung Kong nud .Manila. Collections made an fuvorablo terms.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
LADD & TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon
Established In IBM. Transact a General Hanking Iltlstncss. Interest allowed on Umo do
posits. Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Letters o( Credit Issued available In
Kuropo and the Eastern Htatcs. Mght Exchatigo and Telegraphic Transfers sold on Now York,
Washington, Chicago, Ht Iouls, Denver. Omaha, San Francisco and various tolnts In Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and llrltlsh Columbia. Exchatigo sold on London, l'arls, Uerlln,
Frankfort and Hong Kong.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND, OREGON.
J. C. AINBWORTH, ITusldont. V. II. AYEll, Vlce-i'rcildcnt. It. W. BCllMEEIl, Cashier
A, M. WIllUItT, Assistant Cashier.
Transacts a general banking business. Drafts Issued, avallablo In all cttlos of the United
States and Eurojxi, Hong Kong and Manila. Collections mado on favorable terms.
NORTHWEST CORNER THIRD AND OAK STREETS.
In a
Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
PARLIAMENT MEETS.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
Rosumo of the Less Important bbt
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
.FIRST NATIONAL BANK of NorthYaklma, Wash.
Capital and Surplua' $130,000 OO
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
W. M.I.AM)
l'rcsldont
C1IA8. CAIU'ENTEK
Vtco l'rrsldont
W. L. BTE1MVEO,
Cashier
A. 11. (JUNE
Assistant Cashier
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
W alia Walla, Washington. (First National Hank In tho Hlnto.)
Transacts a General Banking Business.
CAl'lTAI, IIOU.OOJ. BUItl'LUS 100,W.
IJ5VI ANKENV, 1'rcsldcnt. A. II. l'.EYNOI.DS. Vice l'rcsldont. A. It. IIUKFOHI), Cashier
JOHN D. IIYAN. I'res. D.J. HENNEStiEY, Ylco l'res. JOHN 0. MOKONY, Cashlor
E. J. JIOWMAN, Asst. Cashier. MAHK HKINNKIl, Asst. Cashier.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF GREAT PALLS, MONTANA
Capital, $200,000. UNITCD STATES DEPOSITARY Deposits $1,200,000
APBOCIATK 1IANKH: Daly 1'alik ,1 Trust Co., Iltllto; Daly Ilnnk & Trust Co,, Anaconda
THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
TAOOMA, WASH.
UNITED STA TES DEPOSITARY
Capital $300,000 Surplua $200,000
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
OFFICKItB Cluster Thnrno, President: Arthur Albortsou, Ylco 1'rctldent and Cashlor;
Frederick A. Itlio Aislstaut Cashier; Helton A. Young, Assistant Cashier.
JNO. C. AINBWOIITH. I'roi. JNO. B. llAKElt, Vlro I'res. 1'. O. KAUFK.MAN, Sd Ylco l'ron.
A, U. l'JtlCIIAItl), Cashier. F. 1'. HASKEI.I,, Jlt Assistant Cashier.
THE FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY BANK
General Dunking CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe Deposit Vault
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT! Interest at tho Itate of 3 ior cent cr Annum, Credited Boml-Annuully
TACOMA. WA8HINQTON'
ALFItEI) COUI.IDOK, I'tes. A. F. McCl.AINK Ylco l'res AAltON KUIIN, Ylco l'res.
CIIAS. K. HCUIUKlt, Cashlor. I). C. WOODWAHD, Asst. Cashier.
THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Oolf ax Wash.
Capital, $120,000.00
Transacts n general banking business. Spocinl facilities (or handling Eustorn
Washington and Idaho itcniH.
W. F. KKTTKNH.VCII, l'res. J. ALEXANDElt. Ylco l'res. oEO. II. KF.BTKIt, tasl.lor
LEWISTON NATIONAL BANK
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $215,000.00
Capital recently Increased from ',0,000 to 1100,000 Surplus Increased from tWXW to 1 03,000
WltK(TOUK-Jn. AleJtan.lor, O. V. Iluuuell. J. II. Morris, Oraro K". I'falllln. It. C. Hunch,
O. II. Koster, W. F. Kotttnbach, O. K. (Juorusoy, Win, A. Ubort, Juo. W, (livens, A. Froldourich,
Twcnly-two Years a National Bank. Oldest Bank In Lcwiston, Idaho.
Send Your Washington, Idaho and
Montana Business to the
OLX NATIONAL. BA1NK
Spokane Washington
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK "'W'0
Moorclicucl, Minnesota
JOHN I.AM I!,
President
DAVID ASKKOAAltD,
Ylco 1'rosldeul
I.KW A. lll'.NTOON,
CnXilur
AHTHUIt II. C08TAIN,
Astt, Cashlor
IntorUMt Pntcl on Tlmo DupoHltu
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn.
Tho first steamer ot the Benson has
left Buattlo lor Nonio. ,
Tho withdrawal of troops from San
Frnncleco has begun.
Tho first step of tho Russian lower
houso will bo to demnnd amnesty.
Tho Stnto department has forwarded
$200,000 to Japan for ubo by tho starv
ing people.
Senator Ankeny wantB the govern
ment to tiso nil homo material for the
Panama canal.
Great Britain will ndvocato disarma
ment at tho coming sessions of The
Haguo couforonco.
Tho United States will not allow n
revolution in Panama. Conditions
thoru are now boidcrlng a revolt.
Dowle and Vollvn nro said to havo
rcnciivd nil agreement for n joint ninu-
agomont of tho aflairs of Zlon City.
Governor Pardeo says Santa Rosa
suffored more proportionately than San
Francisco and that conditions thero now
ure heartrending.
M Gorky, tho Russian author, do
clareB the douma a farco and says the
Russian people know tlioy must have a
revolution in ordor to be freo.
Shouts reports progress on tho Pan
amu Cntiii!.
Import ntntistics show that tho Chi
uoso boycott is waning.
Hopubllcnn Sonators havo ngrood to
support n limited court roviow of rntcs.
Anthracito miners havo formally no
copted nn ngroomont with tho operat
or s.
Thoro is talk of Tuft for President,
witlt Roosovolt as his Socrotarv of
State.
Roosovolt lias asked Congress for nn
otlior $500,000 for roliof work lu Cal
ifornia. Klnborate. nicnstircs havo boon tnkon
to protoct tho Cznr ut tlio oponlng of
parliament.
Measures havo been tnkon to protect
San Francisco nroporty from foroclos-
Elect or Russian People Assemble In
Open Sosslon.
St. Petersburg, May 11. Without a
flinglo hitch and with only n minor in
cident to mar tho memorable day, tho
Russian parliament was inaugurated
yesterday. The emperor's message in
reality was lees n throno rpeech than a
grcoting, and required only three min
utes for its delivery. Umiwror Nicho
las read slowly. Tho admirable and
even cordlat tone of tho sovereign in ro
nowing his pledges and Peking tho co
operation of parliament for tho regen
eration of tho country was only nega
tively satisfactory.
Courtiers and spectators other than
members of tho national parliament led
tho cheering, but the members were
ominously silent. What rankled most
wan tho failuro of the emperor to men
tion amnesty, nnd later, when the
members assembled in the Taurido pal
ace, away from tho spoil of tho throno
room, many of them woro with dlfll-
culty restrained from precipitating
matters by offering resolutions on tho
subject. The Constitutional Democra
tic leaders, however, who dominated
everything, wero anxious not to weaken
tho reply which tho lower houso will
prepare to tho speech from tho throne,
in which issues with tho crown will bo
joined, and succeeded in staving off
premature action.
By tho Irony of fate, Ivan Potrttnko
vitcli, whoso first mention of tho word
constitution 12 years ao waH dismissed
by Emperor Nicholas II ns "a foolish
d wiiii," today stood In tho front rank
uf tho members of tho representative
chamber, while Kmperor Nicholas put
His olllclal seal upon tho Kussian par
liament.
GIVES MANY BRIBES.
AFTER STANDARD OIL
Witness to Give Details of Bjlb
ery ot Railroad Men.
MAY TRY MANAGER FOR PERJURY
Testified Boforo Interntato Commorco
Commission That Money Was Not
Boing Used to Bribo Railroads.
LOOT RELIEF CABS.
Farm IMinn Negotiated. Firo ami Cyclone Insurnnod Written.
General Hanking Uusidoss.
Capital, 30,0O0 K. AltNEfeON, I'rei. O. It. JACOIII Ccihler
A Por Cunt IntoroMt RnlU on Tlmo DupohKh
Docs a
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
B ISM ARK, NORTH DAKOTA
E.tabH.h.d In 1070. Capital, $100,000. Inlmremt Paid an Tlmo DapaaNa
C. H.I.ITTI.K. I'rotliti-iii. V. D. KKNDIUCK, Vlco rrectont.
H. M. l'YK, I'aibler. J. U IIKI.I.. Aat. Cashier.
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
THE JAMES RIVER NATIONAL BANK
Of JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA.
The Oldest and Largest Banking House in Central North Dakota
Collections made on all points in North Dakota. Foreign and domestic exchange bouh
and sold. Telegraph transfers to all parts of America.
THE FIRST INATIOINAL, BAINK
OF DUL.UTM, MINNESOTA.
CAPITAL. 0HOO.OOO 8URPUUS 7311,000
U. S. Government Depositary.
OEOItQK I'ALMKH F.UMEYKItS OKO. I.. CI.EAVKIt W U IIIIKNIIOI.TH
l'relilei)t Cathlor At. Caihler At. t'aahler
La Grande National Bank lAoSSSc
Capital and Surplus, $120,000
DIllKfTOItS: J. M, Iierry, A. II. Conley, l J. Holtnei. r. M. 1 rklt, F. U Meyen, Geo. h
Cleavur. flen. I'almer.
DAVID II. IIEKCHi:it, SIDNEY CiaitK,
rnsMont. caabler.
Union National Bank
Incorporated 1890
CAPITAL $100,000
Pays Interest on Time Deposits
THE OLD BANK CORNER
Grand Forks,
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tiro of iiiort,'iio,
8nn Trancisco nutliorltlea nro driving
nlilo-liodied men from the lircnd linen
with tho iden ot compelling thorn to
work for u living.
Tttrko.v hnH flolr.cd moro Kgyptlnn ter
ritory nnd declnres bIio will ilght Orent
Britain. Tho latter country in sendinc
wnrNhips nnd soldiers to light tho Sul-
tnn.
Vollvn ha8 orcanlzcd n strlko ncainat
Dowio in Kion.
Tho nnthrncito minors and onorntors
hnvo flnnlly ngrood.
Jlritnln nnd Turkoy each stand firm
and prejinro to fight.
Iliissinn domocrnts propono to glvo
nu iiinci to mo peasants.
Freo rostnurnntH aro proposed to food
tho destituto of San Francisco,
Tho president will co-opornto with
tho sevoral states in Standard Oil nroxa.
ctition.
Lcndinc nrcliitccts ostimato tlmt tlm
rebuilding .of San Francisco will tako
but ono year.
Heavy frosts in "Wisconsin, Iowa nnd
Nebraska havo groatly damugod gar
dons nnd early fruit.
A Newport Nows, Va., man klllod his
wlfo because it was hor wish. Sho had
boon released from an insano asylum
but a short Umo and was again losing
hor mind.
Franz E. Crofflold, chiof of tho Holy
Rollers. hnH been shot nml killn,i
Seattlo by doorgo Mitcholl, brothor of
two of tho women tho solf-Htylod
"Joshua" led astray two years ago,
when oxcitomont ovor tho now rollnion
was high at Corvallis.
Tropoff nnd tho
now rulo tho czar.
Innor Workings of Standnrd Oil Mado
Public by Formor Employo.
Olilcsgo, May 11. Corruption of
rnilroad employee nnd ngonts of inde
pendent oil compinleR, diahonon meth
ods of procuring Inud lenaca, tbu giving
of short moasure, tho selling of three
different kinds of oil out of the same
tank and misrepresentations as to tho
quality of oil sold, wero charged ngninrt
tho Btamlardl Oil company at todny'h
hearing boforo the Intcrethto Commorqe
commiBsion. Ineidentnlly, it was
clmrgod that tho Frisco road gives a
rate of 2 cents a hundred pounds to the
Standard Oil company when it charges
competitors of that corporation 10 timcB
ns much for tho snmo haul.
Tho inquiry wan held under nn order
of congress nnd this eecsion held hero
today vns nlnng the same lines up that
hold noino timo ngo in Kansas Oitv,
TMu principal witnesses todHv wero K.
M. Williolt, of fpringflold, Mo., form
erly for ten years agent of the Standard
Oil company at Tnpekn. but now nu in
dependent operator; If. 0. Derail, of
Fremont, 0.; E. P. Itiploy, president
of the Atchison, Topokn nnd Santa Fo
road, nnd M. Mnxon, n formor ngont of
the Standard Oil in Illinois.
PUT OVER HEAD OF HART.
Chicago, May 10 Tho government
lias n rod In picklo for tho Stnndnrd
Oil Compnny, when tho investigation
into rebates nnd other methods is tak
en up hero tomorrow by tho interstate
eoinmcrco commission. It was learnod
tonight that n wittiosa lmd been secured
who is in n position to toll, giving nil
nocessary data, dates, amounts, etc., of
how tho Standard Oil Company ongngod
In wholesnlo bribery of railroad em
ployes In ordor to crush out tho Inde
pendents. Tills man wns employed by
Mnnnger Mnyer, of Knnsas City, who
has chargo of tho tremendous distribut
ing Ktntions in Knnsas nud Missouri.
It in said ho was entrusted with tho
work of buying up information from
railroad oiuployos, who told of orders re
colvod by Independents, of tholr pinna
for shipments in ndvnnco. nnd various
other details, so thnt tho Standnrd Com
pany wns in n position nt nny momont
to tako such Btop us woro nocossary to
crush or hopelessly crlpplo its small ad
versary. Tho nntno of this highly Importnnt
witness Is closely guarded, but it is said
his testimony will cronto a trcmondouH
sensation nnd bring boforo tho federal
grand jury n largo numbor of wostorn
rnilroad men who havo boon in tho
secrot employ of tho Stnndnrd.
Mr. Mayer, it is also intimatod. is
01)011 to lirosoctltion for norlurv. im ).n
sworo boforo tho interstate commorco
commission, whon it sat nt Kansnn City,
vum. i,u luiu iiuvct gtvon nny ot nis
agents monoy to bo usod In bribing rnil
road or otlior uion. Tho tostlmony will
show, it is said, that tho rnilroad spies
wero on tho secret Stnndnrd Oil pay
roll nt from $10 to $30 n month, depend
ing UPOII how much lllformiltlnn tlmv
could give.
Toughs Break Opou on Bocks and Tako
Much of Goutonts.
Onklnud, Cal., May 0. A now nnd
horetoioro unsuspected loopholo for
wholesnlo grafting of supplies intondod
for relief work wns this morning dis
closed by Colonel Mnus, of the Quarter
master's Dopartmout, who has boon su
perintending tho distribution of food
stuffs. Soinowlioro botweon people who
load cars of BtufT at outsldo points nnd
dispatch them to San Francisco nml tlm
nutnorltiea who should recolvo them.
wholosalo looting has boon dono.
Colonel Mnus stntcB thnt ho linn ro.
ceived bills of lading for cars of Btuff
which ho has found on opening to bo
entirely empty. Thin information hns
been laid boforo both tho civil and mil
itary authorities, and nn offort will bo
muilo to looato tho lootors nud confls
onto their ill-gotten goods.
Thoru is no thought in tho minds of
tho authorities now thnt tho thofta havo
been by resportslblo parties, but Blmply
by hoiiio of tho many gangs of tougliH
which havo tholr hendquartors on tho
water front. It is bollovod that theso
lieonlo havo broken into tho earn on tho
docks while in transit across tho bay.
A thorough search of tholr camps will
bo made, and it is oxpoctod n gront
amount of Btolott property will bo un
covered. Ooiiornl Grcolv fools that tlin food
situation is rapidly becoming hotter.
The kitchen system will bo given n
trial, nud Major Foblgex is superin
tending tho establishment of flvo lioud-
quarters in various parts of tho city,
wuoro cooKoti toon will no distributed,
rather than tho customary bread nnd
canned Bluff.
Tho net is grndually being drawn
tighter to decreaso tho number of free
eaters. All aptiilcauts for rations uro
now challenged and tho enscs of nil
suspicious ehnracters thoroughly invert
tlgated. Men miming wages nro re
fused freo supplies nnd free monl tick
ets, THREE MORE ARRESTED.
dowager empress
Turkey is riishine trnnnn in Slnnl
fight Groat Britain.
Ohio is protmrini? to mmr !, mn,i.
ard Oil from that state.
Advocates of intornntlnnnl nrl.tf.n.
tion opposo a larger navy.
Attorney-Conoral Moody is at work
on Standnrd Oil indictmonts.
Anthracito coal miners will avoid
a strike by accepting tho old waco
scale. b
Smallpox has broken out in Zlon
City, and tho Dowle party calls it Di
vine punishment.
Twenty-one students at nn Indiana
college have been suspended for haz
ing ono of tho professors.
Losses by tho San Francisco
have caused the bankruptcy of
Traders' Insurance Company of
cage '
China Appoints New Officials to Man
ago Customs Service.
Pekln, May 11. An Imperial edict
which may rnditally nffoct the ntntua
Sir Robert Hart, director genornl of the
Chinese customs nnd the customs estab
lishment, was published today, as fol
lows:
"Tieli Liang, president of the board
of revunuo, la liorohy appointed super
intendent of customs affairs. Tnng
Shao, Junior vice president of the For
eign board, is appointed neporiate min
ister of Customs rffairj. All Chinese
and foreigners employed in the various
customs are placed under their control."
Both theso offices aro new creations
in the customs service, Hitherto tho
customs have been nominally under tho
direction of the ForeJun board, but
practically Sir Robert Hart 1ms exer
eiced absolute control.
Tho diplomats hero are unwilling to
comment on the edict until its inten
tions and full force aro nrpaiont. If It
means a stop toward active ChineFo
management of tho customs, the foreign
government are expected to resist it.
London Companies' Instructions.
Loudon. May 11. At a meetlm? to-
day of maiiBgerB of Insurance companies
hero involved in the San Francifco dis
aster, it was voted to telegraph the fol
lowing instructions to tho rompanel'
representatives at Kan Francifco: "Wn
desire a committee to net with Ameri
can companies in adjusting losses in
strict conformity with each company's
separate policy conditions, acting on
legal and expert advice, referring homo
disputed cases which involve import
ant principles and doubtful to legal
ability."
Will Make Jefferson Statue.
Washington, May 11. Secretary
firn "OOt announced tolav that Augustus
the St- Gaudens had been secured as eculp-Chi-
tor for the proposed Thomas Jefferson
I monument to bo erected in Washington. I Iirussolu.
SOLD SECRETS TO AMERICA.
Two Qprmans Sontcncod for Treason to
Empire.
Loipnle, Oornmny, Mny 10 Boforo
tho imperial supremo court hero today
Otto Soiiftonlobon, nn ex-clerk in ono
of tho government dopnrlmoiits In Ber
lin, nud Konrnd, u mechanic, woro found
guilty of treason in soiling to represen
tatives of tho American legation nt
UriissolK n submarino mine with an
choring npparatus and drawings belong
ing to them,
Tho lirlsonors woro nlso ehari?nd wit It
soiling similar drawings to Russia, and
with having constructed u mitto in Hm.
seis, wiiicli was bought from them
through u French Intermediary.
Sitnftoiiloben wan Hontoncod to four
mo nuiiriiu to tltrco years nt penal
servitude nnd flvo yoars' lom of civil
rights and to police supervision. Aucko,
u commercial traveler, wiih acquitted.
GREAT DAMAGE TO STEAMERS.
Columbia Needs $100,000 of Repairs,
Puobla $1G,000.
San Francisco, May lO.Considomblo
damago was dono by tho cnrtliquako to
ossein on tlio ways or in course of con-
Htruction nt tho Union Iron Works.
Besides thu freighters Moxlcau and
Columbia, boing built for tho Hawaiian.
American Steamship Company, which
wero dnmagod nbout $15,000 each, tho
Columbia, which has boon long on tho
Portland run, and tho City of l'uoblu, a
Seattlo boat, woro damaged.
.''I'0 damago to tho Columbia will bo
100,000. Tho boat Is now submerged,
having Hunk with tho dock on which it
rested. Tho City of I'uobla was less
seriously damaged: $lfi,000 will cover
her Josses.
Anothor Bag Among Onhkosh Lumber
men for Fraud in Oregon.
Oshkosh, Wis., May . Throo moro
Wisconsin lumbermen havo been Bcrved
with warrants charglntr them with com
plicity in Oregon timbor-lnml frnuds,
the wnrrants bolnir issued on indict
monts formulated bv u Fedornl urand
.ltiry sitting in Portland during April.
Tho last men to bo served woro Joseph
Black, John 0. Black nnd August An
doriton, nil of Shnwno. Klght Wiscon
sin men uro now under arrest as tho
result of Federal capiases issued nt
Portland. The Shnwno men woro ex
pecting tho indictments, nnd accepted
service through their nttornoy, M. .T.
Wnllrlch, who furnished ball for tholr
apnoaraneo with tho OhIiIcohIi mon bu-
foro Federal Court Commltjsiouor Mo-
Donald In thlH city Frldny.
In tho indictment it Is clmrgod that
tho Blacks and Anderson conspired with
Sumner A. IV.'kor, of Ashland, Or., to
omnia lauii iy means oi jiroviug up on
false stntemeiitH of alleged Hcttlorri in
the Lakeview district, nnd that theso
lauds wero obtained for tho OhIi1ohi
Land & Lumber Comimuy. of which thu
Oshkosh dofemluiits wero meniburs.
STEVEDORES QO ON STRIICE.
Works for Philippines.
Washington, May 10 Secretary Taft
by a iierf)iml canvass of tlm Rnnntn in.
day endeavored to revive sentiment in
invor ot J'IiIIIjipiiio tariff logislutlon at
tho prosont Hussion of congruss. Ho mado
argiimonti in favor of u reduction of
HclteduloH on sugar, tobacco nnd rice to
.10 por cent of tho Dingioy ratos. Tho
moasuro left sleeping in tho donate Phil
ippine committoo providos for a reduc
tion on thewo articles to i.'5 jior cent of
oxisting schedules. Ho wns willing to
go further and to eliminate the oronn.
sitlon for eveutuul free trado with the
riiillppliies.
Paid Full Wagos, Thoy Rofuso to Sottlo
for Thoir Meals". j
Oakland, Cal., May 1. A situation
hiiinoroiiH and kci'Ioiis nt once was cre
ated today by n group of some f50 stove
lores who wero at work on thu Folsom
street dock liiilonillrii; Gnvorninent relief
Hiipplies. Whllo other men nro donat
ing their NervireH nud Hitcrilieing tholr
husluoHsen to aid in tho relief work,
theso sons of toll havo been receiving fi
bright half dollar for oacli hour of work
they havo done.
Now, when the Government ofllclals
nsk these men lo pay 10 cents for tlio
three ineali they eat each day on tho
transport Ciook, the laborers aro In
censed and withdraw their services. In
a word, tho htovedores have goon paid
tho samo wages as they recolvod before
tho fire, ho any tho Government olllclnls.
and they strike when nskod to pay for
tneir iiieais n moro miction or what It
would cost them at other pIucch.
ino wnrK or unloading in as a conso
qiteuru at a standstill, but if the strik
ers do not return, men from tho refugee
cainpi will im impressed Jnto sorvlco.
LESSONS OP THE DISASTER.
Discredited in Washington.
Washington, May 10. At the war do-
partment it was stated today that noth
ing was known of tho roportod surrep
titious purchase at Brussels of plana for
a sulJinarino nil no. Attontlon was nlso
called to tho fact that thoro is no mill
tary attache to the Amorican legation at
Merita of Stool and Worthlossnoss of
Granito, Says Motcnlf.
Washington. May 0 Rocretarv Mot.
calf returned to Washington today from
Han Francisco, In discussing the situ
ation today with n repretentatlvo of
tho AsHoclnted i'ross, Mr. Metcalf Bald
the destruction of Han Francisco nml
other California cities nud towns fur
nished tlio best object losson to nrehi.
tects and buiJderH in this country nud
in tho world. It wiw proven conclu
sively, ho said, that steel structures had
best withstood tho shock and firo, and
that granito, under intonso heat, wan
practically worthless.
Another point which impressed him
considerably was the fact that tho sit
uation disclosed n Jess proportion of
poor porsons in San Francisco than gen
erally had been supposed. It was found
that thoro was on deposit on tho day
of tho calamity in savings hunks over
$105,000,000, or nn nvorngo of $0.'100 por
capita for overy citizen of tho city.
Vosuvius Breaks Out Again.
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donso column of smoko is arising from
tho crater nnd spreading liko an urn
brolla, accompanied Vy loud detona
tions and oloctrical dlschnnro wi,ini.
are especially noticonblo from 'itesinn.
I ho main crntor is discharging sand and
cinders.
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