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faro Aa? H f .fi VOL. XI. POKTIiAT), OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 190G. NO. 20. ai. kL u COT rtf THE FII7Sr NATIONAL BANK OF KALI SPELL KALISPELL, MONTANA V D, It. I'EELEtl, I'rci., K. J. I.EnEUT, V. I'rea., It. K. WEII8TER, Cain., V. D. LAWBON, A. Cah. Tmn'tct a general banking buslneri. Drafts pued, available In all cities tif the United States itid Europe, Hung Kung and Manila. Collections made on favorable terms. LADD & TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon Kitabllahcd In I860. Transact a General Hanking Iluslncss. Interest allowed on tlmo de posits. Collections made nt nit points on favorablo torins. letters o( Credit Issued avallablo In Kuropo and the. Eastern States, bight Kxchango and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, "Washington, Chicago, Ht touts, Denver. Omaha, Ban Francisco and various points in Oregon, Wnshlngton, Idaho, Montana and llrltlsh Columbia. Exchange sold on London, l'arls, Ilcrlln, Frankfort and Hong Kong. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND, OREGON. J. C, A1NBW0IITH, President. W. 11. AY Kit, Vice-President. It. W. BCHMEEIl, Cashier ' A. M. WltlUIIT, Assistant Cash lor. Transacts a general hanking business. Drafts Issued, available In all cities ol the United States and Europe, Hong Kong and Manila. Collections made, on favorablo terms. NORTHWEST OONNEN THINO ANO OAK STREET. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ,SggS,6ND Capital, $800,000 Surplus, $1,000,000 Deposits, $13,000,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK qf NorihYmklmm, Wmmh. OmmUml mntl Surptum $130,000 OO UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY W.M.I.ADD President CIIAH. CAtlPKNTEH Vlco President FIRST NATIONAL BANK Walla Walla, Washington. (First National Hank In tho Btato.) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAPITAL $100,000. BUItPLUB 100,0U0. LEVI ANKENY, President. A. II. 11KYN0LD& Vlco President. A. It. BUHFOIID, Cashier THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE TAOOMA, WASH. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY OmmUml $300,000 Surplum $200,000 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, OITICKItS Chester Thnrno, Prtsldont: Arthur Albertsoti, Vlro Proildent and Cashier; .I'rcdiTlclc A. ltlco, Anslstaut Cashlor; llollxjrt A. Young, Assistant Cashier. JNO. C. AINHWOltTH, Pros. JNO. & DAKEIt, Vlco Pros. P. C. KAUKKMAN, Id Vlco Pros. A. U. PitlCHAltD, Cashier. K. P. HA8KKM., JK., Assistant Cashlor. THE FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY BANK General Banking CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe Deposit Vaults SAVINGS DCPAHTMCNTi Interest at tho llato of 3 per cent per Annum, Credited Beml.Annualljr TACOMA, WASHINGTON ' AI.KUEI) COOUDOK, Prcs. A. F. McCLAINK Vice Pres AAUOS KUIIN, Vice Prei. CIIAB. K. 8CUIUKK, Cashier. I). 0. WOODWAKD, Asst. Cashier. THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Oolfmx Wmmh. OmmUml, tto,ooo,oo Transacts n gonoral bunking business. "Washington nnd Idaho items. W. F. KETTEN'HACII, Pres. J. ALKXANDEIt. Vlco Pres. LEWISTON NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $215,000.00 Capital rcrentlr Increased from t-Vi.OOO to Jioo.ooo Hurpliis Increased from fvyioo to 11 00,000 DIltKCroiio-Jos. Alexan er, O. U. Iluuuull, J. II. Morris, draco K. Pfatlliu. It. O. Ileach, Q. II. Kester, W, F. KotUnbach, ). K. Uuernicr, Win. A. l.lbori, Jno. W. Ulvens, A. hreldonrlch. Twenty-two Years National Bank. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Moorehoud, JOHN I.AM II, President DAVID ABKKOAAHD, Vice President LEW Interest Paid on FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn. Farm limits Negotiated. J'lro nnd Cyclono Insurnneo Written. General Banking Busidoss. Capital, 50,000 K. AllNEbON, l're. G. It. JAC01II Cashier 4 Pur Cent Intertmt Iuld on Tlmo Dopottltt FIRST NATIONAL BANK BISMARN, NORTH DAKOTA Emtmbllmhma In 1S7B. OmmMml, $100,000. Intmrwmt PmM en Tlmm OmpmmHi C. II. LITTLE. President. P. 1). KES'DltlCK, Vlco President. B.-M. PVE, (ashler. J. I . IIKI.L, Asst. Cashier. GENERAL BANNING BUSINESS TRANSAOTED. THE FIRST NATIONAL, BAINK OP DUUUTM, MINNESOTA: CAPITAL, HOO.OOO SURPLUS 7311,000 U. S. Government Depository. QEOIIOK PALMEU President F. L. MKVKKS OEO. Cashier La Grande National Bank lA0S?SSSE Ommltml and Surplus, $120,000 DIItET0R8! J. M. Iterry, A. U. Conley, P. Cleat er, Geo. Palmer. THE W. G. M'PHERSON COMPANY Heating, Ventilating WARM AIR "NOTHING BUT THE BEST" 47 PORTLAND FUEL COMPANY Successor to PIONEER, C R. DAVIS and PHOENIX tUEL CO. PHONE EAST 26 287 E. MORRISON ST. COAL Rock Springs, Diamond, Richmond, Roslyn, New Cas tle, New Castle Nut, Franklin, Carbon Hill, Coke. WOOD 4-Foot Fir, 4-Foot Oak, 4-Foot Ash, Sawed Oak, .Sawed Fir, Sawed Ask, Sawed Knots. The Merchants National Bank Ol at. Paul, Minnesota UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital, $1,000,000.00 Surplus, $800,000.00 TranaaoUageneral bs nk Inn bust natats. Corroapondanc Invltatd 0FFICER8-KENNETH CLARK, President; OEO. II. PRINCE, Vice President: II. W PARKER, Cashier; II. VAN VLKCK, Assistant CjuMerl ' '' " ,Y DIRECTORS Crawford Urlncston, Kenneth Clark, J. H. Bklnner, Louis W. nil). Oeo. II. Prince. C. H. Blgelow. D. H. Nejea, V. M. Watklns. L. P. Ordwar. K. B. KelioSa, N. Saunders Jtaoma A. Marlow, W. B. Parsons, J .M. Ilannalord, Charles v'iiojti. "' unars, A. H. OUNE Assistant Cashier Special facilitlos for handling Eaatorn GEO. II. KKHTKIt, Cashier. Oldest Bank in Lewbton, Idaho. CSTABltSHtD 1081 Minnesota A. IIUNTOON, Cannier AUTIIUK II.C0HTA1N, Asst. Cashier Tlmo Deposits Dook a I CLEAVKIt W. U IIHENH0LT8 Asst. Cashier Asst. Cashier J, llulmes, p. M. Hyrlcll, F. L. Meyers, Oeo. L and Drying Engineers FURNACES First Street PORTLAND, OREGON W. L, BTEINWEO, Cashier NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Lets Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week Taft baa reported In peraon to the preaidont on Cuban affaire.' The sunken French cubmarine haa been located and all on board are dead. The gunners of the battleship Maine have broken rail previous recoida in target practice. The prealdent will aoon appoint a vice governor of the Phlllplnes and a aupreme judge. Owing to the failure of the potato crop a famine is threatened in West Ireland this winter. Republicans claim Hugbea is galn ingg over Hcarat in the New York gubernatocrlal fight, Oblof Wllkle, o the Uni ed States Jecrot aorvlco, ia inveatlgatlng tho al egel ahortage at the subtreaaury in Bt. Louis. British stockholders of companies whoeo money la inveated in Cub leel safe now that the United fJtatea haa takon charge tboro. In the teats of the Uritl e battleship Ureadt aught all lvht. of her iO and 12-lnrh guns wore fired at once with out damage to the vessel. William Scully, tho greatest land owner in Amorica, la doad. Ilia for Inns ia?atlmi,tefl sit atinnt 150.000.000. Including 200,000 acres of 'land in Illi nois, Kansas and Nebratka. Bursts is preparing for another gen eral strike. Japan's pride is burh by the anti Japanese aentlment in America. Richard Oroker, former leader of Tammany hall, Net York, will soon vlait his old home. Should Hughes be elected governor of New York, he may use the office as a stepping stone to the presidency. The preaidont of the Onlcage elevator truat haa admitted grain men only technically obey the spirit of the law. The earnlnia of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad for the year ending June SO showed an increase of more than 12,000,000 over the previous year. In the trial of the Standard Oil for couapiracy at Findlay, Ohio, one of the company's lawyers declared the corpor ation to be the only good truat in exist ence. Ouban rebela have petitioned for the retention of Commander Colwol! in Havana, aa he ia liked by all and a good officer. Colwell is commander of the U. S. cruiser Denver. A Federal grand Jury at Jackson, Tenri., line indicted the Standard Oil company on 1,524 counts. The mnx Iraum One would be $30,480,000 and the minimum $1,624,000. Wholesale dealers in diamonds have announced an advance inn prices of 20 per cent. Congress ia very likely to approve a plan to advanco the salaries of postal employes. Chicago commission mn have lodged a protest with Secretary Wilson, claim ing the new meat inspection law createn a monopoly. The threatened lockout in the build Ing trades at Oakland is on. Nearly all the mills are closet) and building is almost at a standstill. Senator Burton, of Kansas, has been denied a rehearing by the Supreme court and will have to go to Jail for six months and pay a fine of $2,500. Independent grain dealers of Chicago have told the Interstate Commerce commission how they have been ruined by rebates being given the favored. 8am Jones, the well known evange list, dropped dead of heart failure on his way from Olahoma City to his home In Georgia. Death came on his fifty ninth birthday. An explosion in a coal mine near Durham, England, killed 26 and en tombed 200 miners, Rescue parlies are working to reach thei mprisoued men, who may not survive, China will ask all powers to make Japan give op Manchuria, Moody says he has evidence to con vict tbe Standard Oil company. Ad explosion on a government steam er on tbe Ohio river killed three men, Military supplies for use by the American army in Csba are admitted free of duty. Magoea has aeaamed tbe government of Caba and Taft and Bacon have re turned borne. CYCLONE IN SOUTH. Cuba and Florida Swept by Heavy Qalo All Wires Down. Fort Plerco, Fla., Oct. 19. Tho con ductor on train No. 98, Just In from Miami, reports terrible destruction there by the hurricane yesterday. Ful ly 100 houses wero blown down, and the city la in a demoralized condition. Tho handsome churches of the Episcopal and Methodist denominations wero both blown down. Tho concrete Jail was leaning, with danger of turn ing over, and the prisoners had to be removed, Tho car abeds are blown down nnd tho top as blown of! the pen insula and Occidental ateamer sheds. A two-story brick building collapsed. Houses Ruined at Key West. St. Augustine, Fla, Oct. 10. Fre quent messages were received at the wireless telegraph station here yester day giving the progreaa of a severe hur ricane, which awept from Cuba to the lower eaal coast of Flordla. Early In the morning the storm was reported in the vicinity of Havana, doing great damage there, but details are lacking. Later the storm rescind Key West, blowing down small houaea and troea, being particularly severo along the water front. Havana Totally Isolated. Now York, Oct. 19. At 2 o'clock this morning cable communication with Havana had not 'been restored and the Westorn Union company was unable to got in connection with Miami or Key West, the land linea throughout 8outhorn Florida having been pros tratnd.' It ia Imposalhlo to got Information that will glvo aliy basis for an estimate ol tho damage In Havana. Tho cablo lines on tho wostern Cuba end aro con nected with Havana by land wires and tho presumption Is that these wires hnvo boon put out of commission, a alnglo dispatch rccolved by tho Asso ciated Press from Santiago de Cuba stating that tho weather there la clear. This dispatch came by way of Bermuda, but Santiago de Cuba, which ia nearly 600 mllea from Havana, re ports tLat all wires to the capital are down. ' GUILTY AS CHARGED. Verdict of Jury Against Standard Oil In Ohio Case. Findlay, Ohio, Oct. 10. After de liberating 92 hours the Jury In tho case of the State of Ohio agalnat tho Stand ard Oil company, of Ohio, returned a verdict of guilty on the charge of con spiracy agalnat trade In violation of tho Valentine antl-truat law. The verdict waa rendered at 4:36 o'clock this morning, tho Jury having announced ita readiness to report exact ly at 4 o'clock. The court and attor neys arilvod In a half hour, when the vordlct waa rendered. As the Jury waa leaving the room Mr. Troup stepped up to the court and said he wished to make a motion for a new trial of the case. Judge Banker assured him that all such motions would be entertained, as a matter of course, Tho court at once adjourned nnd five minutes niter the verdict had been rendered the building waa dark nnd deserted, NO CHINESE ON CANAL. Chairman Shonts Soys None of These Menials Will Bo Employed. Chicago, Oct, ID. Chinese labor is not being employed In the Panama canal zone, nor will it ho, according to Chairman Shonts, of the canal commis "ln, who is in the city to attend th celebration of his mother's eighty-third birthday. Mr. Shouts said sanitary conditions on the canal zone are excel lent and work prrgreesing eter.d!ly, "I cannot imagino how tho report waa started," he said, "that Ohlnnse were being employed as laborers on the canal, I have never contracted for Chinese labor, but simply invited hide. There are no Chinese employed in Pan ama, to my knowledge, except, per haps, as lauudrymen, and none will bo, The published stories that 6,000 of them are at wurk in tho canal zone la absurd." Tracks Full of Cars. San Franoisco, Oct. 10. Freight shipments to lan Franchco over the Southern Pacific hav again been tied up. The new embargo will become effective tomorrow and no more freight will be received for ehipment to Han Francisco or Oakland yards or forward The congestion has rapidly been in creasing aince the embargo waa remov ed. At present over 3 600 cars are standing idle on the tta ka, Cars have been coming into the city at tho rate of over 400 every day and all efforts to gt them unloaded have proved of no avail. Japanese Sealers Claim Damages. Victoria, B. 0 , Oct. 10 According to advices from JaDan. directors of the Tori Fishinn comnanv. of Wavakama. owners of the schooner Toye Maru No. 5, which had five men killed and 12 captured when raiding the Bt. Paul la. iana rookery in Uerlng sea, last July, havo aDDroached tfie JanunnsA urwrn. roent asking that a claim for damages te lodged with the American government. IS GUILTY OF CRIME Jury Says Vanderbllt Road Gave Sugar Men Rebates. LAWYER BLAMES PUBLIC OPINION Company and Its Traffic Manager May Each Be Fined In Sum of $120,000 for Offense. New York, Oct. 18. A verdict of guilty of granting rebates on sugar shipments wes returned by a jury in the United States court here today agalnat the New York Central Railroad company and Frederick L. Pomeroy, tho company's general traffic manager. Sentence was deferred until Friday to permit the attorneys for the defense to file motions with the court. In dlscuaaing the Jury's verdict, Aus tin G. Fox, counael for the defendanta, placed the reapoaibillty for tbe convic tion of his clients upon public opinion. "Yon can't defend rebate cases Jin tbe present state of public opinion." said he. According to the provisions of the Elkins act, undor which the convictions were secured, tho maximum penalty Is a fino of $20,000. Aa both the Central and tho personal defendant, Fredorlck L. Pomoroy, nte convicted by tho deci sion of the Jury on all of the counts charged In the Indictment, the total fine for each can be $120,000. Letters from Lowell M. Palmer, manager of the trnflJc bualnesa of the sugar refining company, to Mr. Pomo roy, acknowledging the receipt ol drafts amounting to thousands of dollars, were admitted. It ia charged that thoao drafts represented the payment of a rebate of 6 cents per hundredweight on shipments of sugar to W. H. Edgai Sc Bon. CHINA ARMING FOR FIGHT. Increasing Army and Revenue Under Two Great Statesmen. Washington, Oct. 18. Conditions in China, which were generally supposed to have Improved since the ceaaatlon of the boycott on American gooda and Its conaequent agitation, are really much woreo, and the anti-foreign feeling Is greater than It ever waa. Information of an absolutely trustworthy character has raoched Washington to this effect. The Chinese army, under the guid ing baud of Yuan Shin Kal, conaldbred by those who know China to be the greatest man in the country, ia being Increased at a tremendous rate, and the government is putting a great deal of money into ita main fighting fnrco, Yuan la viceroy of the province of Chi li, in which Pekln la altuated. He has yery great Influence and his main poll, cy seems to bo to Increaso the army. Thia fact, coupled with the show of foi elgn hatred, which ia becoming more nnd more apparent, makea the Situation sbrlous. Tank Shao Yl la rapidly becoming one of the most powerful men in China. Not only haa ho an enormous salary as viceroy, but he la also vlco president of the foreign office, and director general of the railway between Hankow and t'ekln, and occupies the sima position in regard to tho railroad from Pekln to N'lu Ohwang. PLOTTING AGAINST ALLY. Charge Is Made by Russian Writer Against Japan. fit. Petersburg, Oct. 18. The Bt. Petersburg Telegraph Agency has re ceived a dispatch from Tokln saying that the anti British movement in In dia la receiving murh enr-ouraitemant from Japan, where every effort Is being made to foster a feeling of kinahlp he tween the two dark races and to preach the lessons of the Ilnsso Japanese, war The Hindoo students now In Tokio, the correspondent of the agency contin ues, have Just published an address, In which they appeal to India to heed tho rail ol "Asia for the Asiatics," and to rise and caot off tin British yoke. For United Tariff Revision. Logansport, Iud,, Oct. 18 Senator Reverldue spoke here lonlubt. ImfnrH n larue audleru'e, making his first politi cal speech in the Indiana campaign. The senator devoted the mot of lm nd dress to u dlscnsslnn of tho tariff. He made a plea for a limited tariff revis ion, lie said there should he chamres in some tariff schedules lieranm the conditions under which they were made havo changed and it would he better not to imperil the whole pro tective system hy putting of: admitted ly needed changes. Militia Ordered Out. Columbia, 8 0., Oct. 18. Governor Heywrd hns ordered out thn militia to prerjrit a threatened diMnrham-H Ht the hr.nglnic Friday at Conway of Com mander Jidinsnn, a whit man ol means, accsned ol havinz murdered Rev. Harmon I). Grainger. MRS. DAVIS DEAD. Widow of Prosldent of Confederacy Passes Away. Now York, Oct. 17. Mrs. Jeff or sen Davis, widow of the president o( the Confederacy, v ho ' aa been ill for u woex at the Hotel Majestic in this city, died at 10:26 last night. Death waa duo to pneumonia induced by a severe cold which Mrs. Davis con tracted upon her return from the Ad Irondacks, where she had spent tho summer months. Although grave fears wero felt from the fiist, Mra. Davis' wonderful vitality, which brought her aafely through a similar attack n year ago, gave hope of ultimate recovery until Monday night, when a decided change for the woise waa evdlent and the attending physician announced that the end waa near. It waa then believ ed that Mra. Davia could not survive tho night, but alio rallied slightly dur ing the early hours of yesterday. Shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday morning she had a similar spell and Rev. Nathan A. Seagle, rector of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal church, waa hurriedly autnmoned to give rellgi- oua comfort to the natlent In her laat momenta of consciousness. Tho clergy man remained some time and an hour later it waa announced that Mrs. Davis bad lapsed into a state of coma. The period of unconciousness lasted to the end. Mrs. Davis has for some years made her home In this city, where she had a wide cirile of friends. Throughout her Illness solicitous Inquirlea regarding her condition wore continually made at her apattments. STAYS UNDER SEA. Another French Submarine Boat It Lost Off" Blaarta. Blaerta, Tunla, Oct. 17. Tho French aubmarlne Lutln left this port this morning for plunging experiments. Signals received at 10 o'clock tonight reported her disappearance Two tor pedo boats and three tugs went out In search of the submarine. It now appears almost certain, ac cording to the news received at a late hour tonight, that tbe crew of the Lu tln has suffered a fate similar to that which overtook the crew of tbe subma rine Fat fade t here laat year. The crew of the Lutln numbered 14 men. Admiral Bellue, commander of the Tunis naval division, who went oat on board a tug, returned at a late hour to night and said that, owing to the heavy seas and tho obscurity, it was impossi ble to continuo talvago operations until day. The tugs and torpedo boats, bow- ever, will remain through the night near the place where tho Lutln made her final plunge. One of these boats reports that ita drag encounters reslatane aa though a vessel were lying at tho bottom. The government ealvage steamers belonging to thia port, will return In the morning and participate l: the work. The British consul general here pro posed to the French reaidont general to telegraph to the British admiralty at Malta for salvage and asslatance. This offer waa accepted. Tho Lutln was a single errew steel marine boat built at Rrchefort in 1001, She was 135 feet long hhiI had a dis placement of 186 tons. SEAL RAID DELIBERATE. Japanese Crew Compelled Captain to Consent to Slaughter. Victoria, B. 0 Oct. 17. Clear evi dence Is forthcoming hy advices receiv ed today hy the ateamer Krnpress of Ja pan that the raid on St. Paul Island hy Japanese sealers was premeditated, and tho statement that' tbe Japanese landed for water and wero treacherously fired upon hv the Americans, as reported by the Japanese government by directors of tho raiding schooner, Is shown to be untruo Hunters of the raiding schoon er, Toye No, 2, which appeared off St, Paul island two days before the raid, wont to the captsln with the ultimatum that unless he permitted them to go aahore and tint) seals on the rookery, they would refine to work nnd compel him to return, The maeter ngreed. Further discussion took place aa to the division of prospective spoils, and knives wero drawn. At midnight a boat was lowered with the oarb'ikH mnflled and sent In, the vessel being hut a mile from the rookery In the fog. Four other boats followed. Make the Oregon New Ship, Washington, Oct. 17. Tho Naval Construction hoard today approved es timates lor repairs to the battleship Oregon, which tsll Inr an expenditure ol nearly $ 1 ,000,000. When tho secre tary of the navy approves this report work will btgln at Piiyut sound navy yard and will probably require two jears to complete. One hundred thou sand dollars Is to he expended for new guns, $260 000 for repairs to machin ery, about $400,000 for general repairs to the hull and superstructure, aud $145,000 for new equlpmnt. Secede From New Union. Perth, Australia, Oct. 17. The leg isatllve assembly today, by a vote of 10 to 8, adopted a motion that the state of Western Australia secede from the rest of the commonwealth. . v. - -Jk w