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A Sfaro &? ,t.j & vi VOL. XT. FORTIiAND, OHEG02T, SATURDAY, OCTOBER G, 1900. NO. 24. . P V v kh THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KALISPELL KALISPELL, MONTANA D. II. I'EELKH, rrc , V. J. LKHEltT, V. I'res.. K. E. WEBSTEU, Cash., V. D. I.AWSON, A. Cash. Trnacts aReneral (tanking bnslnors. Draft Issued, avallablo In all cities ot the United States aiut huropc, Hong Kong ami Manila. Collections made on fnvorablu terms. LADD &, TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon Established In 18M. Transact n Goneral Hanking Hitstncss. Intercut nllnwoil on tlmo do- Jxislts. ColloUInn tnniln nt nil points on favnrablo terms. Loiters of Credit Issued avallablo In Curnpe and tho Eastern Btatcs. bight Kxchanga and Tclegraphlo Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, Bt Louis, Denver. Omaha, Ban Francisco ami various taints In Oregon, "Washington, Idaho, .Montana and llrltlsh Columbia. Kxchango sold on London, 1'arls, llorlln, .Frankfort and Hong Kong. UNITED STATES OF PORTLAND, OREGON. ... j ninonuntii, i iijmuuiii. 11. J. A I r.ni t n i lVDUuirif ttu.i.i..... ttr ft ivitt A. n. wiiium, Transacts a ccnaral banking btislnnss. States and Kuroa, Hong Kong and Manila. Collections made on favorable terms. NORTHWEST CORNER THIRD AND OAK STREETS. FIRST NATIONAL BANK olSSHND Capital, $000,000 -Surplus, $l,000,OOb Deposits, $13,000,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK of NorthYaklma, Wash. CmpHml ascr Surplum $180,000 OO UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY W.M.I.ADD CHAD. CAKPENTEIt 1'rcsldent Vlco l'reslrient FIRST NATIONAL BANK W alia Walla, Washington. (First National Hank In tho State) , Transacts a General Banking Business. CAl'lTAL 1100,00). BUHI'MJfl IllM.UUO. tEVI ANKENY, I'rcsfdent. A. II. KEYNOLDS. Vlco I'rcsldont A. It. IIUUPOHD, Caihlor THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE TAOOMA, WASH. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY CmpHml $200,000 Surplum $300,000 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OHKICKUB Chester Thorno, President! Arthur Alborlson, Vlco President and Cashier) J'rodvrlck A. Hlco, Assistant Cashier) Dclbvrt A. Young, Assistant Cashier. JNO. C. AINHWOItTH, I'res. JNO. a llAKKIt, Vlro Pris. P. (J. K AUFKM AN, Sd Vlco Pros. A. U. PllICIIAltD, Cashier. K. P. 1IABKKM,, Jit., Assistant Cashier. THE FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY BANK General Hanking CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe Deposit Vaults SAVINGS DCPARTMCNTi Interest at tho Hato of 8 or cent per Annum, Credited Boml-Annuallr TACOMA, WAHHINOTON AM'ltKD COOI.IDOE, Pros. A. K. McCLAINK Vlco Pre AAHON KUHN, Vice Pros. CIIAS. E. HCHIIIEIl, Cashier. 1). C. WOODWAHD, Assl. Cashier. THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Oolimx Wmmh. Ommltah $120,000.00 Transacts n goneral bnnking business. Spcclul facllitics'for handling Eastern "Washington nnil Idaho items. Am ' ft. , W. T. KBTTKNHACII, I'res. J. ALEXANDEIt, Vice I'm. LEWISTON NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $215,000.00 Capital recently Increased from f.V),UM to f 10O.OOO Hurplus Increased from MO.OOO to 1100,000 llllthcroitri-Jos. AUxaiKier, O. O. llunuull, J. II. Morris, (Irace K. Pfalllin. It. V. Itcach, O. II, Kester, W. I". Ketttntmch, 0. K. (Itiernscy, in. A. Mberi, Jno. W, Ulyns, A. Freldonrlch, Twenty-two Years a Notional Bank. Oldest Bank In Lcwiston, Idaho. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Moorehoud, JOHN I.AM It, DAVID ABKEOAAUD, President Vice 1'resldviit Intorcdt Paid on FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn. Farm LoatiB Negotiated. I'lro and Cyclono Insurant!) Written. General Hanking llusidoss. Capital, M,000 K.AHNEhON, Pre.. 0. It. JACOIll Cashier 4 Pjr Cent IntorcMt PitlU on Tlmo DopoHlt FIRST NATIONAL BANK BISMARH, NORTH DAKOTA Blmmllmhmtl At 1S7B. Ompltml, $100,000. Intmrmml Pmld cm Tlmm DmtmmMt C. II.I.ITTI.E. President. K. I). KKNDltICK, Vice President. H. M. PYK, Cashier. J. I- IIK1.I.. Asst. Cashier. GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. THE FIRST INATIOINAL, BA1NK OP DUL.UTM, MINNESOTA. CAPITAL, HOO.OOO SURPLUS 73H.OOO Jm S. Government Depositary. aKOKOK PAI.MEIt President V. U MKVKUS Cashier La Grande National Bank lASSSE Omnltml una Surplus, $120,000 DIKEC-ronS: J. M. liorry. A. II. Conley, V. J. Holmes. K. M. UjrWIt, F. UMejers, Geo. h dealer, Geo. Palmer. THE W. G. M'PHERSON COMPANY . Heating, Ventilating and Drying Engineers WARM AIR FURNACES' "NOTHING BUT THE BEST" 47 First Street PORTLAND, OREGON PORTLAND FUEL COMPANY Successor to PIONEER, C. R. DAVIS and PHOENIX TUEL CO. PHONE EAST 26 287 E. MORRISON ST. COAL Rock Spring, Diamond, Richmond, Roslyn, New Cas tle, New Cattle Nut, Franklin, Carbon Hill, Coke. WOOD 4-Foot Fir, 4-Foot Oak, 4-Foot Ah, Sawed Oak, Sawed Fir, Sawed Ak, Sawed Knots. The Merchants National Bank: Of St. Puul, Mlnncaota UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital, $1,000,000.00 Surplus, 000,000.00 TrnrwacU a general banking buslnMs. Correspondence Invited OFFICERS-KENNETH CLARK. President: PARKER, Cashier; r; II. VAN VLECK, Assistant . W RECTORS-Crawlord LIrlnKston, Kenneth Clark. J. IT. Skinner, Louis W. Hill, Geo. H. Prlnee. C. H. Blgelovr. D. R. Noyes, V. SI. Watkins. U 1-. Ordwajr. F. B. Kello, E. U. Baunders, Thomas A. Marlow, W. B. I'arsons, J ,M. Uannaford, Charles I". Nojes. NATIONAL BANK tu ii.-l.l.. ? ivul 1 i-piuuiit. It. V. 8CIIMEEK, Cashier Assistant i-asinor. Drafts Issued, avallablo In all cities ot the United W. L, BTKINWEO, Cashier A. II. CMNE Assistant Cashier GEO. II, KKSTKK, Cashier. CSTADIISMCD isai Mlnnuttotn I.KW A. HUNTOON, AHTHUU II. COSTAIN, Cashier Asit, Cashier Tlmo Depoailtis Doom a GEO. L. CLKAVEIt W. L. URBNIIOLTH Asst. Cashier Assl, Cashier OEO. II. PRINCE. Vice President: If. W. Cashier. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Oar Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Rosumo of tho Loss Important but Not Loss Interesting Events of tho Past Week Tho governor of Slmbirr-k province, Rusela, was wounded by n bomb. Tho czar has roturned to his glided prison Iroui his 7rcht, keeping a sharp lookout for bombs. Roosevelt says tho enlargement of the powers of the national sovernment Is the only remedy for the trust evils. An emigrant steamer plying between Iioihowjauil Hongkong loundered. The captain anu uu passengers were lost. The coroner's jury believes that Carey M. Snyder, whose body vat found in the wtoJs near Ilillsboro, was murdered. A strong dcslro for annexation by the Cuban cltizons of nil natlonalllie Is oponly expressed ncd talk is indulged In of tatklng a voto on the question. An Oregon minister has lnid himself liable to n flno for marrying a couplo on tho Vancouver ferry whilo It was moored on the Washington aide. The iiinrrlnjo license was procured In Van couver. A window gloss trust is being formed. Oonoral Funston has been placed in command of the Amorican forces In Cuba. Seattle subscribed tnoro than $500, 000 In ono day (or tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair. An Alabama mob shot Iwo.of its own members by mistake while searching for s negro. Ex-Governor Msgoon, of the FansBas canal zone, is to be provisional gover nor of Cuba, Forty-four light houses were wrecked by the recent Gulf ttorm and four light keepers drowned. President Pal ma was in tears when ho doparted from Havana with his fam ily for their country home. President Roosevelt says it will ba his' aim not to annex Cuba, but to restore the fallen republic Three of the largest packing houses In Chicago were convicted of selling short-weight lard and fined $25 each. Thieves hive stolon many valuablo treasures from the Vatican at Rome. 8omo of the pluudor has been sold in England. Four persons had bones broken and ono girl was killed by street cars in San Francisco in one day, all in sepa rate accidents. Disarmament of Cubans Is progres sing rapidly. Cuban Moderates accuse the Ameri cans of forcing intervention. Heavy rains are adding to the misery of the homoless people on the Gulf coast. President Smith, of the Morron church, has been anested for poly gamy. The landing of American marines was welcomed as a great relief by the Cu ban people. Baron Rosen, Russian ambaesador to the United States, had a narrow eecape from injury in an automobile collision. A hot wave has badly damaged the California grape crop. Thousands of tons of fine grapes are now fit for noth ing but wine or raisins. Cienfuecos wan surrounded by 4,000 armed rel els when the American cr ila er Des Moines arrived and landed a foice which saved the city from pillage. The body of Carey M, Snyler, nho disappeared from Ilillsboro lust Decem ber, war found in tho woods with a bullet bole through the skull, telling the story of suicide. The Japanese war department lias aked the government for $135,000,000 to be uphiI for the building of a new navy, including the repairing of several captured Itu's an ships, John D, Rockefeller Is missing from his Foreat Hill home. The steamer Mongolia has started for San Francisco, leaking badly. The Cuhvt situation adds many com plications to Mr. Roosevelt's already strenuous Job. The Russian government is now tak ing final action towards the distribution of land to peasant. Bernard Shaw says the new spelling reform is not much of a reform, con sisting mostly of abbreviations. The nxent report of the killing of 20 United States soldiers by Cuban insur g;aU is declared absolutely untrue. NINETEEN t30DIES RECOVERED. Virginia Coal Mine Still Holds Many More Victims. Pocnliontns, Vn Oct. 5. Nineteen known ilond mul from 30 to 40 more men entombed, and doubtless nil dead, Ib tho situation up to n into hour to dny nt tho West Fork mlncB of tho Pocnhontns Collcrles Company, where nn explosion occurred Into Wednesday afternoon. The bodies of theso men were recov ered from tho mines ns the result of heroic work of n band of 3G men con stituting n rescue pnrty thnt worked Incessantly through tho hours of tho night nnd day. It wns not until 7:30 o'clock Inst evening thnt tho rescuers reached a point nonr Paul entry, whero tho ex plosion occurred. Toward tho middlo of tho evening tho hopo wna expressed thnt nil tho bodies would bo recovered by midnight. Tho authorities nntlclpnted tho fenrful extent of tho cnsualtlcs by or dering n cnrlond of oofuns nnd burin! Biippllcs, which nro now on tho way. Tho order Is being rushed nt nine field nnd tho burial supplies, which Includo GO coffins, nro expected to reach PocahontaB early tomorrow morning. Tho West mlno has ovor 700 acres of "worked out" or abandoned work ings. Tills fact nlono mndo it dlfllcult for tho men to get to tho pnrt of tho mlno whero tho explosion occurred. All tho brattices In thoso old work lugs had been blown out. Tho sccno of the disaster Is ovrr two miles from tho drift mouth. In tho opcrntlon of tho tolcphono system of tho mlno n number of boys nro employed, and tho greater number of theso nro snld to hnvo mot denth In tho explosion or wore caught by tho nftcrdntnp. It Is said that shortly nftcr the explosion ono of tho boys cnlled up tho ofllco outside, but wns overcome boforo ho gavo his mcsBngo. Tho hoy probably died nt tho tolo phono. The cnuso of tho explosion ennnot bo definitely nscortnlnoil as yet, but It Is thought to be duo to a gns explosion followed by nftcrdnmp. Tho mines wero considered tho snfest nnd best vcntllntcd In this section nnd tho com pany hns been nt enormous oxponso In equipping and ventilating them. NEW8 AMAZING TO CUBANS. Pa I ma's Early Request for Interven tion Surprises Them. Havnnn, Oct. 5. Tljot ox-Prcsldcnt Pnlnm onrly In 8optomhor nsked for Amorican Interferonco In tho Interest of foreign Hvcb and proporty Is not considered surprising hero, In vlow of his subsequent request to Mr. Sleeper. tho American Charge, and Commondor John C. Colwoll, of tho cruiser Donvor. Hut thnt ho suggested cnlllng Congrcfls to nsk for Amorlcnn Intervention nB onrly ns Scptombor 8 Ib considered surprising nnd that on September 13 ho ofllclally asked for Intervention nnd hnd then Irrevocably decided to resign causes amazement. Tho corrospondonco botwocn the Stato Department f.nd Conflul-Genoral Stolnhart In connection with Cuban Intervention rovenls tho truth of the rumors curront hero nt tho tlmo, which woro persistently denied at tho palnco, Palma declining to speak for Interven tion. On Soptombor 13 Mr. Dncon received a dispatch which told of tho Irro vocable Intention of President Palma to roslgn nnd to turn over tho govern ment to nn nppolntco of President Roosovolt In order to provent comploto nnarcliy. It la added that It may bu nccessnry to Innd n forco to protect Americun property. Thla mossnge wob sent upon tho day that American marines first landed In Cuba, but woro ordered hack to tho vessels by Secretary Uonnparto. On tho day following It was announced thnt Secretory Taft, nnd Dncon would hO'Bfnt to Cuba, and upon that samo day a messugo wns recolved Buying that tho Cuban Congress could not meet for lack of n lender, neither tho President nor Vlco President being willing to retnln their olllco. Pronounce Dreadnaught a Success. London. Oct. 5. The battlrship DrtadnaiiKht today etnrted a 30-hour consecutive steam trial. In several preliminary short trials she is said to have proved a distinct miccpsb from the point of view ol handlnefes in inanmi verlnu. This in spite of the weather conditions, which were far from favor able. As the Dreadnanght Ib the first example of the uee of turbine engines In a warship, her rucrecs Is' regatoii with Kreat satisfaction in naval circles. and is attributed entirely to her double rudders. Weird Evidence of Slaughter. New York, Oct. 6. A spclal cable to the Times from St. Petersburg says that nine or pees, with escks over their bead and bu let holes in their breasts have floated ashore near the palacs of Peterhot. They are presumably those of sailors recently executed at Kron-stadt. INSURGENTS Pacification of Cuba Proceeds Without a Hitch. MARINES GUARD LARGE CITIES Guerrera's Troops Being Sent Home by Tralnloads Fighting Was Mostly by Gamecocks. Hnvnnn, Oct. 4. Tho alacrity with which tho robcls aro laying down their nrms to tho commission appointed to superintend that Important phnso of tho termination of tho revolution Is tho greatest surprlso tho provisional has yet encountered in tho smoothly working program. This operation is now well under way In tho vicinity of Havana, 700 of Gucrra's men with their horses having already been on trained for PInnr del Rio, whllo bno hrlgndo inn relied to Gunnnjay toddy without a sign of disorder. Hundreds of persons from Havnnn went out to Santiago do las Vegas and Illncon today to vlow tho disarma ment. Thoy wero disappointed nt not seeing tho rebels nctunlly surrondur tholr guns, but nevertheless thoy wit nessed nn Interesting sight. As a con cession to tho men Gcnornl Funston nnd Major Ladd pormltted them to tnko tholr arms to PInnr del Rio, whero most of tho mon joined tho Insurgent nrmy. Tho rifles, howovcr, woro first counted by olllcors of marines under tho direction of Mnjor Indd nnd tho mon will bo required to Burrondor them beforo leaving tho train nt PInnr del nio. It Is reported that somo of Del Cas tlllo's followers woro reluctant to dis arm, but nil tho hrlgado commandcrB hnvo Informed Mnjor Ladd that all tholr mon will dlsnrm nnd disband when ordered to do bo by Gcnornl Del Cnstlllo. Wodnosdny nftcrnoon Gon oral Cnstlllo gavo Major Ladd an or der directed to all his subordinate com ninndors nnd tolling thorn to comply with every TCqucst mndo by tho Amor lcnn oRlccrB. Major Ladd will work to night to carry out tho disbanding nr rnngomentfl. According to tho tostlmony of nn Amorlcnn named Harvoy, a former IlooHovolt Rough rider, who has been with tho Insurgents, tho amount of nctunl fighting during this rovolutlon wna really very small. Harvoy snyH that most of tho fighting ho had Bcein was between gamo cocks. About 10 por cent of auorrn'H men cnrrled fighting cocks tied to tholr Baddies. YELLOW JACK IN HAVANA. Full Details Concealed and Health Officers Working Hard. Koy West, Fin., Oct. 4. An opposi tion mnny times mora sorlouH than tho Insurrection In Cuba Is awaiting Undo Sam'8 nrmy of Intorvontlon, nccordlng to a wlrolosa mossngo recolved hero Into tonight from Hnvnna. Tho now onomy Is yollow fevor. According to tho dispatch ten now pnanH woro ronortcd todnv and dozons of suspicious caaoB nro holng closoly wntched. Tho flrHt roports fioni out, tending to mlnlmlzo tho oxtent of tho, onldomlc. nro now acknowledged to hnvo boon purposely toned down. It Ih Bnld that tho American rorcos will nml Hnvnnn. In n. much different sanltnry condition from that which ob tained under Gonornl Wood'H rulo. Thoro Is Bald to hnvo been n decided lnnsn toward tho old. lnnillclcnt condi tion undor Spanish rulo. Major Jef forson R. Keeno, who left horo tonight for Hnvnnn. oxnrcsscd no surnrlBO at tho report of tho serious condition of affairs, but declared that tho sanitary department of tho army of occupation Ih rendv to meet tho situation nnd will doubtless ho doubly reinforced ns Boon as Washington can bo acquainted with tho rem gravity or tno situation. Freight Steamers Tied Up. Port Arthur, Ontario, Oct. 4. A dozen blif freight steamers are tied up at Fort William and entrances to the frelvht sheds and docks of the Canadian Pacific railway are guarded by police nnd members of the Ninety-sixth regi ment. Six hundred infuriated strikers mostly Greeks and Italians, surround the district, whero 900 imported strike breakers workod all the afternoon un loading vessels. All the striker are heavily armed and more than lOOfhote have been fired, but no furious injury done. Loss by the Gulf Storm. Mobile', O.-t. 4. Prominett inur anre men Htltnt the storm loss here at 11,000 000. The total Joes ot life will not exceed 100, PLATT IN HOT WATER. Fearing Divorce Suit Gives His Wealth to His Sons. Now York, Oct. 3. Fearing a Buit for dlvorco nnd in order to prevent his wlfo from obtaining a lnrgc settlement, Sonnlor Thomas C. Plntt, In tho InBt few months, It Is declared, hns given nwny nearly nil his fortune, so thnt hla flnnnclnl resources aro no greater than thoso of n man of moderate means. From nuthorltatlvo quartors tho fur ther statement comes that Mrs. Piatt has boon acquainted with hor hus bnnd'B procedure for somo tlmo and Ib striving to ward off tho possible loss of a financial adjustment in hor favor. At Tioga Lodgo, tho Piatt villa at Highland Mills, tho former Mrs. Jnno way said she was tho victim of n con spiracy nnd ono of tho most abused women of tho tlmos. "Thcro nro other Mao WoodB In this case," sho said; "dozens of them." Miss Wood is tho young woman who recently threatened to suo Mr. Piatt on a chnrgo of breach of promise to marry. Mrs. Piatt nlBO Bnld It wns only her Intervention thnt provontcd tho wlfo of another Sonntor prominent In Wnshlngton from being In tho party on tho much talked of trip to San Francisco. "Sonntor Piatt wanted a beautiful wlfo and ho got ono, Now ho must pay for mo," sho declared angrily. CABINET CHANGES. Attorney General Moody nnd Secre tary 8haw Will Resign. WnBhlngton, Oct. 3. Two retire ments from tho Presidents Cabinet nro Blnted for tho coming winter. They nro thoBo of Attornoy-Gonornl Moody, whoso resignation will becomo effec tive nbout December 1, nnd Secretary of the TrcnBiiry Shaw,' who, according to present Intentions, will rotlro In February. For ono of tho vncnnclca tho President will nomlnnto Gcorgo Von L. Moyor, Amorican Amhnssndor to Russia, hut for tho other ho Is not yet roady to announco a successor. Mr. Roosovelt has nought to provall ' on Mr, Moody to remnln In tho Cnh Inct, but tho latter, becnuso of busi ness arrangements, Iiub found it Im possible to do so. IFo would nlso llko to hnvo Secretary nonnpnrto tako Mr. Moody's placo when tho lnttor retires, but tho former profors tho position nt tho bond of tho Nnvy Dopartmont. Somo suggestions hnvo boon mndo thnt Secrotnry Mctcnlf, of tho Dopart mont of Commcrco nnd Lnhor, tnko ono of tho positions, but ho nlso hns ex pressed n prcforonco to remnln whero ho Ib. REBATE8 GIVEN ON GRAIN. Elevator Men Say Railroads Drove Them Out of Business. Chicago, Oct. 3. William II. Suf ferns, of Dccntur, III., wub tho flrnt wltnoss at today's session of tho Inter stato Commcrco Commission wlilch la Investigating tho alleged robnto enson. SiiffeniH entered tho grain exporting business over nlno yoars ago. Throa yonrs ago, ho discovered that Harris, Scotcn & Co., gralnmon of Chicago, and Rosonbnurn & Co. woro rocelvlng an olovntor allowance nt Now OrleniiH of 2 cents por hundred pounds from tho Illinois Control railroad. "Tho rato on grain for oxport via Now Orleans waH 12 cents por hun dred," snld tho witness. "Two contn of thnt wont to tho oxport olovntor In toroBt, nnd tho Tomnlndor to tho rnll rond. Tho robnto allowed theso flrniH provontod me from competolng with them In tho Kuroponn mnrkot. I dlB covored thoy wero offering grain In Kuroponn markets at what It coBt horo. Thoy had an actual advnntngo of VA cents. "I quit tho export business last win tor, bocnuso I could not llvo, lot nlono mnko anything." R. J. Ilnrr, of Now Orleans, told a Blmllnr story. Win Race Against Tariff. Yokohnmn, Oct. 3. Tho ocenn rnco against tho now and heavily Increased customs tariff which wont Into effect at midnight, September 30, wns easily won by tho Amorican, fiom San Fran cisco, Soptombor 14, for this port, and tho Denbighshire, from Middlosbor ough, Knglnnd, July II, hut tho Se quoia bioko down nt Slugnporo nnd la bolatod. Tho heaviest advances In duties aro chiefly on wlnos, liquors, watches and metal manufactures, Kills Judge Advocate, Askabnd, Russia ,Oct. 3. During tho trial yoBtordav of tho second section of tho troons who mutinied hero in Juno, an unknown man entered tho courtroom and killed tho Judgo-Advo- cute, General Rlukovltch, and attempt ed to Bhoot tho president of tho court, General Ushukoffskl. Tho assassin was shot down by an officer. I f ' ft. - u 'm&tli iiii.itiiln6i't... HiA-. .J&Hr-