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VOL. XT.
POllTLAXD, 011EG02T, SATURDAY, lJSCU3MJJJ31t 22, 1900.
No. as.
ffnrtlatti
JS5J-
77T FlfTCr NATIONAL BANK OF KAUSPELL
KAUSPELL, MONTANA
I). It. l'KKI.Klt, I'rcs., K. J. I.KnKIlT, V. i'rc., It. U. WOSTKIt. Ciuh., W. D. I.AW80N, A. Csih.
TrnnnctK nRcnotnl intikltiK buslncpR. Draft lulled, nvntUblc In alt eltlei of the United
'Ctntca nd Kurotifl, Hung Kong nnd Mntilln. Collections mado on favorable terms.
LADD & TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon
Kntnbllticd In IR.V.1. Trimnct n (ionenil Dunking llnslncss. Intercut nllowcd on tlmo do.
posits. Collections made nt nil points on fnvnniblo tonus bettors of Credit issued available In
r.uropc mid thu Kastern Htiito. sight KxctutiiKi) and Telegraphic Transfers sold on Now York,
WHshliiKton, t;hlengo, Ht Units, Denver, Omaha, Hun Francisco nnd various ikiIiUs lti Oregon,
'Washington, Idaho, Montana and llrltlsh Columbia. Kxchnngo sold on 1-oiulon, t'arls, llorltu,
iJ'nitikfort and Hoiik Kong.
UNITED STATES
OF PORTLAND, OREGON.
J. C. A1N8WOIITII, I'rosldcnt. W. II. AYKIl, Vko-I'rcsldcnt.
a. ji. wiuuur, Assistniu casnior.
Trnnsncts n tumoral bunking business. Drafts Issued, avallablo In nil cities ol the United
BUtcs ami Etirotc,lliinK Knug nml Manila. Collections mailo on favorable terms.
mouth wear corner third and oak streets.
THE PENINSULA BANK ST-JOHNS' ORE-
Capital, fully paid up, $25,000.00. Surplus and undivided profits, $3,000.00.
Commenced Business June 5, 1905.
OITICKItS-J. W.roilDXI'.Y, President! It.T PI.ATT, Vice 1'resldelll (' A. WOOD, l'ndiler.
llOAItDor DlltlX'TOIIS. J. W. l'nrdney, It T. I'latt, Y l Kniipp, W. A. brewer, II. I. Powers,
Thos. Coeliran, M. I,. Ilollironk, C. A. Wood.
"Oldest Hank In tho (Hate of Washington."
DEXTER, HORTON & CO.
Cni'"n'$!'Z ww BANKERS "" 'IU
Aeconnts of ,Sorthct Paclllo Hanks solicited upon terms which w 111 grant to them the
most liberal acrommoda Ions ei n Istcnt with tholr inlnuri and rcspouslMlltli's. Win. M
l.add, President; N II. I.atlmor, Managor, M W. Pu cmuti, Cashier. Seattle, Washington.
THE PIR8T NATIONAL UANK Ol? PORT TOWNSUND
hstabllshed 1RM. Collections promptly uinde and remitted.
FIRST NATIONAL
Capital,
SurpluH, $1,000,000
.FIRST NA TIONAL BANK of North Yakima, Wash.
CmpHal mnd Surplum $130,000 OO
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
W.M I.AItl)
President
ciiah. caui'i:nti:ii
Vice Prorldonl
RIRST NATIONAL BANK
Walla Walln, WnihliiRton. (First National Hank In the Htalo.)
Transacts a General Banking Business.
CAPITAL 1100,00). BUHPI.UH HW,IO0.
I.KVI ANKKNV, President. A. It. ItKYNOI.DS. Vice President. A. It. IIUHKOIlt), Oiihlcr
THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
TAOOMA, WASH.
UNITED STA TES DEPOSITARY
Cmpllml $200,000 Surplum $200,000
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
OKKlOKItH Chester Thnrno, Pruldeiit; Arthur Alborlson, Vlco President and Cashier;
Frederick A, Wee. Atslttaiit (.ashler; ivllert A. Young, Aislstant Cashier.
JNO. C. AINHWOItTII. Pros. JNO. 8. HAKP.lt, VI10 Pres. P. C. KA UKKM AN, id Vice Pros.
A. U. PltlCIIAItl), Cashier. Y. P. HAHKKI.I., JK., Assistant Cashier.
THE FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY BANK
General Hanking CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe Oepotlt Vaults
SAVINGS DCPAHTMCNTi Interest at tho Itale of 3 mr cent per Annum, Credited Bernl-Annually
TACOMA. WA8HINQTON
AI.FltKI) CODI.IDOi:, Pres. A. V. McCLAINK Vlco Pres AAltON KUIIN, VIco Prei
CIIA8. i:. BUllllKIt, Cashier. 1). C. WUOllW'AltD, Ant. Cashier.
THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Colfax Wash.
Oapltal, $120,000.00
Transacts n general hanking IiuhIiiohh. Special facilities for handling Kastorn
'Washington nml Idaho iteuiH.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK CSTWtD
Moorolioiict, MlnnoHotu
JOHN I.AMH, DAVID ASKKOAAltD,
Iresldent Vice President
I.KW
Intcroflt Pulcl on
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn.
Farm latins Negotiated. Tiro nml Cyclone InHtiranea Written. Dooi a
General Hanking Husliloss.
Cpttnl. .10,XM K. AIINKM)N, Pro. (). It. JACOIll Cashier
4 Pur Cunt IntcroMt PdlU on Tlmo DupohIIh
THE
FIRST INATIOINAL,
OF? DULUTH, MINNESOTA.
CAPITAL tfrtOO.OOO SURPLUS 73B.OOO
U. S. Government Depositary.
OKOHQK PALMKlt
President
V. L. MKVKHS aKO.
Cashier
La Grands National Bank lSSSSS
Capital and Surplus, $120,000
HMWTOItB J. M Horry. A II. Conley. Y J llolnios, Y. M. Hjrlt, Y L Meors, fico. I.
Cleaer. Geo. Palmer
THE W. G. M'PHERSON COMPANY
Heating, Ventilating and Drying Engineers
WARM AIR
"NOTHING BUT THE BEST"
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PORTLAND FUEL COMPANY
Successors to PIO.NtfR, C. R. DAVIS and I'MOENU TUEL CO.
PHONE EAST 26
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
Or St. Puul. MlnnuHoto
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Capital, $1,000,000.00 Surplus, $800,000.00
TrnnaucU u itonerul bunk.lriir hualnoHM. Cnrroaponduncu Invltucl
OKFICEKS-KKNNETH CLAltK, President: GEO. H. PIIINCE, Vlco President; II. W.
I'AltKEIt, Cashier; II. VAN VLECK, Assistant Cashier.
DIKECTOIIS-Crawford Livingston, Kenneth Clark. J. II. Skinner, Louis W, Hill, Oeo. H,
Prince. C. tl. Illgolow, It.D. Noyes, V. M. Watklns. L. P. ()rd ay. Y. II. Kellogg, E. N. faaunders.
Ihomas A.Marluu-, W . 11. Parsons, J .It. Hsunaford, Charles P. Noyes.
NATIONAL BANK
It. W. 8CHMEKK, Cashlor
BANK
Of PORTLAND
OR UO ON
$500,000
DupoMltM, $13,000,000
w. i.,bTi:iNwi:(t,
Cashier
a. ii.ci.ini:
Asslitaut Cashier
A. IIUNTOON, AUTIIUIt II. COSTA IS,
t'anlor At. Cashier
Tlmo OcpowltM
BA1NK
L. CI.KAVKIl W I IlltKNIIOl.TH
AksI. Cadiler At, Cashier
FURNACES
Firit Sfcet
PORTLAND, OREGON
287 E. MORR SON ST.
A SPECIAL MESSAGE
President Sends Communication
to Congress on Jap Question.
Tho following communication linn
been trntiHinlttcd to both Iiouhcs of Con
grcas by tho I'rcnlilcnt:
"I Incloxa herewith for your Informa
tion tho final report intido to mo or
soiially by Secretary Mctcalf on tho lt
untlon nffoctliiK tho JniianoRc In Ban
I'-ranclBCo. Tho report deals with throo
matterH of contiovory first, tho ex
clualon of tho JnpanoHO children from
tho Kan KranclMco hcIiooIh; bocoihI, tho
boycottliiK of JnpancMo roHtauruntu, nnd,
thltd, ucIh or vlolenco committed
iKaliiHt tho JnpnnoNc
"Ah to tho llrut matter, I cull your
hdccImI nttuntiou to he vcrv mini 1 1
iiumber of JapancHo chlldien who at
tend hcIiooI, to the tOMtlmony iih to
the brlKhini'HH, vIcaullncxH and Kood be
aavlor of thoxo Japanese children In tho
cIiooIm. and to tho fact that, owlnir to
tholr boliiK ccattorcd throughout tho
city, thu rcuulreiuoiil for them all to
o to ouo Hpecial achixd Ih ImpoMidbto
it fulflllmuut nnd nioium that they can
not liavu mcMooI iacilltleH. Lot mo point
Jilt rurtht'r that thero would be no ob
jection whatever to excluding from tho
icIiooIh uny Jupanoau on tho hcoio of
me. Jt Im obvloiiMly not ilenlrnblo that
youiiK men nliould go to hcIiooI with
children. Tho only point Ih tho oxclu
ilon or tho children themnolvcH. Tho
number of JupuucHu children attending
tho public hcIiooIh In Han FrnnclHco was
vory. hiiiiiII. Tho government hns nt
ready directed tlint Hiilt bo brought to
toHt thu coiiHtltutlonallty or thu act In
iliicHllon; but my very oarncHt hopo Is
that hucIi hiiI t will not bo ncccMHiiry,
ind that iih a matter of comity tho cltl
ceiiH ot Man KrnnclHco will rcltiMo to de
prlvu thexu young JapaneHU children of
education and will permit them to go to
thu hcIiooIh. ....
"Thu uiioHtlou ns to the vlolenco
tgaliiNt tho JnpancMo Ih mont admirably
put by Keorelnrv Motcalf, and 1 have
nothing to add to bin Htatemcnt I am
entirely confident that, as Secretary
Mutcalf Hayn, tho overvhelmlng Henll
ment of thu dtato of California Ih for
law and order and for tho protection of
ilio JapancMU In their permuiH nhd prop
erty, lintli thu chief or pollco and the
.icting mayor of San KriuiclHCo iiHHiired
Secretury Mctcalf that uverythlng poh
4llilt would bo done to protect thu Jap
jiichu In tho city. I authorized and di
rected Secretary Mctcalf to atato that
if theru wan failure to protect pernonH
nut pioperty, then tho entlru power of
dio lVderal government within thu Hin
ts or tho coiiHUiimnii wouiii no nuru
..rnitiniii- nml vluoroiiHlv to wnforcu tho
oliHcrvmico of our treaty, thu mipromu
law of tho land, which trcnty guaraii
teed to JapancHo rcHldentH overywherc In
thu I'nlon full and perfect protection
for their pornoim and property; and Jo
this end everything In my power would
ho done, and all tho forcen of tho United
HlateH, both civil and military, which
I could lawfully uuiPloy would bo em
ployed. 1 cull HHpcclnl attention to tho
concluding Hcntonco of Socrotary Mot
calf's report of November 2t. W,
Secretury Metciiirn teport Ih nil
drcHiii'd to tlu 1'roHldent under (Into of
November 2fi Inst, and la part Is oh fol-
"Iii my previous report I wild noth
ing iih to tho causes leading up to tho
ictlon of tho school board In passing
the resolution of October 11, and tho
affect of such action upon Japaneso
.hlldien, residents of tho city of San
Frnnctscn, desiring to nttend the publ c
schools of that city. A report on this
matter will now bo made,
"It seems that for several years tho
hoard of education of Han Francisco had
been considering tho advisability or os
tabllshlug separate schools for Chinese,
Inpniiese nml C'oreau children, nnd on
May ti, 1905, passed thu following reso
lution: , ...
'llesolved, That tho bonrd of odiicn
tlou Is determined In Its efforts to ef
fect the establishment of soparato
hcIiooIh for Chlneso nnd Japanese pupils,
not only for tho purposo of rollevlug tho
congestion nt prosont prevailing In our
ichnols. but also for the higher end
that our children should not Imi placed
In nny position wliero their youthful Im
pressions mnv b affected by association
with pupils of tho Mongollnn rnce,'
"And on October II tho bonrd passed
tho following resolution: , ,
"llesolved. Thnt In acenrdnnco with
irtlcio X, section 1fi2, of tho school
inw of California, principals nro horoby
llrected to send nil Chinese, Japanese
ir Corean children to tho Oriental pub
Mo school, situated on tho south side
tt Clay street, between Powell nnd Ma
4ou streets, on nnd after Monday, Oc
tober 15, 1900.'
"Th action of tho board In tho pass
igo of tho lesolutlons of Mnv 0. liio.'i,
mil October 11, 1900, whs undoubtedly
nrgoly Influenced by the activity of
tho Japanese and Oorenn Kxoliislnn
league, nn organization formed for the
purposo of securing cnnctinent by tho
congress of tho United StntPS of it law
extending tho provisions of tho oxlst
lug Chinese exclusion act so its to ex
cludo Japaneso and Coronas,
"Thu number of schools In San l'rnn
Ihch prior to Anrll IS wns 70. Of this
iumber 2K primary or grammar schools
ind two high schools wero destroyed bv
fire, and one high school won destroyed
by earthquake, leaving IS schools, Slnco
April IK, : temporary structures have
been erected, making the total number
if school buildings at tho present tlmo
72.
"Tho Oriental school, the school sot
ipnrt for tho Chinese. Jnpnncpo nnd Co.
renn children, Is In tho burned section
There Is only ouo Jnpanuse stildnal at
'ending this school at tho present time,
tnd there mo no Jiitmnose children nt
'ending nny of tho other public schools
I visited the OrJentnl school In com
oany with tho Japaneso consul and
found It to t'omparo favorably with
winy of the now temporary structures
rected In tho city. The courso of In
struction Is exactly the tmnio as nt the
thor publlo schools, nnd competent
teachers nro nsslgued for duty In this
icnoni, .oariy an or mo pupils at
tending this school have to bo taught
tho Kugllsh langungo.
"I found tho sentiment In tho state
very strong ngalnst Japanese young
neii attending the prlmnry grades, Man)
f the people were outspoken In their
onuemnation or this course, saying
'U iliu wiuiu utnv uxuciiy tile N,iro
ituiiii against American young men of
Hlmllar ages intending the prlmnn
rrndes I nm frank to snv that this
ibjectlnn seems to me n most reasonilt'e
lie. All of the political parties In the
itnte havo Inserted In their platforms
planks In favor of Japaneso and Co
rean exclusion, nnd on March 7. 1905, the
stato legislature passed a Joint resolu
tion urging that action be taken by
treaty or otherwise to limit and dimin
ish the further Immigration of Japan
eso laborers Into the United Htntes.
"Tho. press of San Francisco pretty
generally upholds the action of the
board of education. Of the attitude of
the more violent and radical newspapers
It Is unnecessary to speak further than
to say thnt their tone Is the usual tone
of hostility to 'Mongol hordes,' nnd tho
burden of their claim Is that Jnnaneso
are no better than Chinese, nnd that
the same reasons which dictated tho ex
clusion of the Chinese call for the ex
clusion of the Japanese as well.
j he temper and tone of the more
conservative newspapers may better be
Illustrated by nu cpltomo of tholr ar
gument iipiiu the public school iiucs
lloii. la it argument practically Is us
tollows i lie public bcIioIh or California
aio a stiite and not n Federal Institu
tion. 1 lie stato has tho power to abol
IhIi those n ii.ioih entirety, nml the Fed
eral I government would have no right
to llrt Its olco In protest. Upon the
other hand, tho Btnto mnv extend tho
privileges nf us ncIiooIh to nllens upon
such terms ai It. tho state, may elect,
and the rederal government has no
right to question ItH notion In this re
gard, 1'runnrlly and essentially tho
public schools aro designed lor tho edu
cation or the citizens of tho state. Tho
stato is Interested In tho education of
Its own citizens uloiic. It would not
for a moment maintain this expensive
Institution to educate foreigners and
aliens who would carry to their coun
tries the fruits of such education. There
fore. If It should bo held that there was
a discrimination operating In vlolntlon
of tho tlenty with Japan In tho state's
treatment or .lapnneso children, or oven
If n new treaty with Japan should bo
framed which would contain on behalf
of Jnpanexo subjects the 'most-fnvorcd-nation'
clauie, thlH could nnd would bo
met by tho state, which would then ex
clude from tho lino of Its public schools
nil alien children of every nationality
and limit the rights of free education to
children of Its own citizens, Tor whom
tho system Is primarily designed nnd
maintained, and IT the 'state should do
tilth the Federal troverninenl roulil nut
complain, slnco no treaty right could bo
violated wnen tho children or Jnpauesc
were treated precisely as tho chlldien
of alt foreign nations.
"Tho reeling In tho statu Is further
Intensified, especially In labor circles,
by the report on tho conditions In tho
Hawaiian Inlands iih contained In Hill
letln CO or the llureau of Labor, De
partment of Commerce nnd Labor. The
claim Ih made that white labor Iiiih been
almost entirely driven from thu Ha
waiian Islands, nnd thnt tho Japaneso
aro gradualy forcing uveu thu small
whlto traders out of business.
"Many of thu foiomost educators In
thu state, on tho other hand, nro strong
ly opposed to thu action ot tho Han
Francisco hoard of education. .lapnn
eso aro admitted to tho Unlvorslty of
California, an Institution maintained
and supported by tho state. They are
also admitted to, and gladly welcomed
at, Stanford I'nlvurslty. Han Francisco,
so tor as known, Ih thu only city which
lias discriminated ngalnst Japaneso chil
dren. I talked with u number of promi
nent labor men. and they all said that
they had no objection to Japaneso chil
dren attending tho primary grades; that
they wanted Japaneso children now In
tho Called States to have the same
school prl lieges us chlldien of other
nations, but that they were unalterably
opposed to Japanese young men attend
ing thu primary grades.
"Tho objection to Japaneso men nt
tending the pilmury grades could very
readily be met by a simple rule limit
ing tho a lies of nil children attending
those grades All of tho teachers with
whom I talked while In Sail Francisco
spoku III the highest terms of thu Jap
aiicsu children, saying that they were
iiinonir thu verv best of their liunlls.
cleanly III their persons, well behaved,
studious, and remarkably bright.
"The board of education of San Frnn
Cisco declined to rescind Its resolution
of October 11. claiming that, having es
tablished a separatu school for Chinese,
Japanese and Corean children, tho .pro
visions of section MO'J of thu political
cudu, became mandatory."
'Itesiuno of Japauesii attending public
schools In San Francisco as mentioned
III thu fnreyoiug communication:
Number of pupils 93
Number or schools they attended 23
Number of pupils at
It voiirs filil 2
years old . .
ii
U
! 3
S years old . .
ti years old . .
10 years old . .
1 1 vi.nrs old
12 years old jj
ill years oni . .
1 1 years old
15 years old
10 years old
17 years old
18 years old
Ill years old
20 years old
Number of pupils at
First grado
Second grado
Third grade
Fourth grado ....
Fifth grade
........
, 7
, 10
12
, 1i
11
. . .... .....
..........
i.........
Sixth grado
,13
Seventh grado '
KlKlitli gradi '
Number of pupils bom In
Japan ;J
Fnlted States
Number of ,.
Olrls "
"toys or'
"A boycott wns maintained In San
Francisco from October 3 to October 2i
bv membors of tho Cooks and Walters
I'iiiou ngalnst Japaneso restaurants do
ing business In that city. Nearly all of
tho leaders of labor organizations In
San Francisco Interviewed on this sub
jeet disclaimed any knowledge of any
formal action being taken for tho boy
cottuig of theso restaurants
As a mnttor of fact, a most effect
le boycott was maintained against
nearly all of tlm Japaneso restaurants
Im tiled in San Francisco for at least
three weeks. Pickets were stationed In
froi, t of these restaurants anil every of
fun wuh mado to iirovont peoplo from
patronizing them. At times stones wero
ti,i..wi and windows broken, and In one
r tso Instances the proprietors of tho
restaurants wero strucK bv themi stones.
I am satisfied, from Inquiries mado
by mo nnd from statements mndo to
m iy tho Japanese restaurant keepers,
tlint tho throwing nf stones nnd break
inn 'f windows was not done by the men
pi. ki-ilng the rostaiirnnts. but by young
nm, and hoys who had gathered In fionl
f 'i e restniirautH as soon as tho boycott
mi-, instituted.
vssaults have from time to tlmo
he i mado upon Japaneso subjects resl
dnit hi tho city of San Fraiu Ism. I
u . - informed by tho chief of polh-u thnt
receipt of a communication from
i l,i lupniicse consul ho at onre Instruct
i 'I 'Plains of pnliio to make every ef
( i to stop those assaults, mid. If noc
. - iv. to assign men In Illens' clothes
I,- ompllsh tho purioM
oeso iittncks. so I am Informed,
i but one exception were umdo when
i , i 'illcemau was In tho luiiuediato
i, hnrhnod. Most of them v-ie made
i,i i 'is and young men, manv of them
,f vicious In charncter. and only oni
u i .rs to have boon mado with a view
f i ibblng tho persons attacked. AH
ill. e assaults appear to have been made
ut, rquent to thu fire and earthquako
i, Sin Francisco, nnd my attention wns
' ailed to nnv assaults made hrlor to
u isth day of April. 1900
I know thnt theye assaults upon tho
nt iceso are universally condemned by
i 'i good citizens of California. For
id. -'.ihs tho citizens of San Francisco
ii .i Oakland have been terrorized by
numerous murders, assaults and rob
hn i-s, both nt day and night. Tho po
int have been powerless. Tho assaults
ui i, the Japanese, however, wero not
mule. In tny Judgment, with a view of
robbery, but rather from a feeling of
r.uial hostility, stirred up possibly by
newspaper accounts of meetings that
h.iio been held at different times rein
live to the exclusion of Japanese from
the I'nlted States.
While thu sentiment of the state of
Cnl fomla, as manifested by the publlo
utterances of the Japanese and Corean
1:xmihIoh league, by articles in many
of the lending newspapers In the state,
by declarations of the political parties
In their platforms, and bv the pussage
of a Joint resolution by the state legis
lature on Marob 7. 1905. Is in favor of
'the exclusion of Japanese coolies, yet
the overwhelming sentiment In tho stnto
Is for Inw and order and for the pro
tection of Jupancsc In their persons and
their property.
"Tho chief of police of tho city of San
Francisco, aH also tho acting mayor of
tho city, nssured mo thnt everything
puMslblo would bo done to protect tho
JiipancRO Htibjects In San Francisco, and
they urgently requested that all cases
of assault and all violations of law af
fecting the Jnpanesu bo ut onco reported
to tho chief of pollco,
"I Impressed very strongly upon tho
acting mnyor of tho city, as ulso upon
tho chief of police, tho gravity of the
situation, nnd told them that, as offi
cers charged with tho enforcement of
tho law and tho protection of property
nnd person, you looked to them to sco
that all Japaneso subjects resident In
San Francisco wero afforded tho full
protection guaranteed to them by our
treaty with Japan.
"If, therefore, tho pollco power of San
Francisco Is not sufficient to meet the
sltiintlnn and guard and protect Japan
ese residents In San Francisco, to whom
under our treaty with Japan wo guar
antee 'full and perfect protection for
tholr persons nnd property.' then, It
seems to me, It Is clearly the duty of
tho Federal government to nfford such
protection. All considerations which
tuny move a nation, every consideration
of ilutv In tho preservation of our treaty
obligations, every consideration ornmpt
oil by 50 years or more of close filcnd
slilp with tho umplru of Japan, would
unite In demanding, It scorns to me, of
i lie t'tiiicii Mimes government ami nil
Its people, tho fullest protection nnd tho
highest consideration for tho subjects of
Jnpnn."
Four rich Xubriiskitna luivo boon con
victed of land friuulH.
Oregon minors will ask tho noxt. log
Islnttiro for n ntnto mining Inspector.
ltnilrond men and Hhlpj tsrn attribute
much of tho cur HhortitKO to excessive
prosperity.
CrcdltorH of Ion I'lly aro inaklnjr
strenuous efforts to get affairs of tho
Dowiu city Eottlod.
Tito popn him Hoot it protest npiinst
tho French church policy to alt tho
pupal roprcHontutivcH abroad.
Tho Pan FrnnclHco school bonrd tie
ctiHCM liiMHevelt of meddling mid mis
reprcHciitittlou in tho Japnne.Mo ipicH
tion. 0. A. I'routy, of Vermont, niuiubor
of thu Interstate commission, hiivh
freight rntcH will hooii bo reduced till
over tho country.
Hilary Herbert, e.-Hccretiiry of the
Navy, snyn tho president ditl nothing
more In tho discharge of tho negro
troops than (Iraut and I at both did.
Testimony beard by tho Interstate
Coiiimerco couiiniHslou indicates Unit
trullle conditions nro much worse In thu
South than In uny other part of tho
country.
In Hh annual report tho l'aniuna
Canal commission Hiiys preliminary
work Iiiih boon completed and actual
construction of thu ciiiial will go for
ward rapidly.
Tho Chlneao famlnu ih growing
worno.
There Ih it inovo to put it llrltish
prince on tho Servian throne.
All Italian shipping Iiiih been tied up
by tho general Htrlko of neainen.
At Norllok.X eh,, tho temperature Ih
;l bulow zero with coal at ?U0 per ton.
.Japanese wnrsliip.s will avoid Han
Francisco for it tlmo lest tho Mitluo ills
aster recur.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Mutter Fancy creamery, .'I0.'iro.
I'ggs Oregon ranch, !iro per dri.en.
Poultry Average old hens, 11 & 12c
per K)untl; mixed chickens, llQlUc;
Hpring, lll-'oj old roosters, t)llcj
dressed chickens, 11 IGu; turkeys,
llvo, 17 0 175&c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, i.'0ti-'c; gecso, live, 10ej
ducks, lriQKIc.
Fruits Apples, common to cholco,
i0(27fio Mr box; choice to fancy, $1(3
2.50; pears, $1 1 .00; crunlierricH,
lM)'2,M) por barrel; persimmons,
jl.fil) per Ihix.
Vegetables Turnips, l)()c$l per
nick; carrots, llOcfgl per Mick; heels,
1 1. '.'& 1.A0 iM-rsack; horsenidlsli, ll
l()e per pound; sweet (santocs, 2'ufjr
ajjeper pound; cublmgc, lfJll ls..c
por pound; cnullllower. fl.25 per do.
en; celery, f ll.ril) per eruto; lettuce,
head, !U)ii per do.en; onions, Wol'.'Juc
M-rdo.en; pumpkins, Hu per ixhiuiI;
spinach, -lefto er jHiunil; Hipinsh H
1 Hv per ixnmd.
Onions Oregon, 7Cc('V;fl per hun
dred. Potatoes Oregon lluilmnks, fancy,
$lfl.I0; common, 7rfi H.r;.
Wheat Club, lirjMHIu; bluesteiii,
7fSc; valley, IIOY.i 07c; red, (We.
Oats No. 1 while, H'ifo 20 ; gray,
$2I.Mle2.'.
Ilurley Feed, $ 21(,-'l .0 per ton ;
brewing, 22.50; rolled, sa.OOfeLM.
Itye fl.lOeijl.lfi por cut.
Corn Whole, 20; cracked, $27 jwr
ton.
I lay Valley timothy, No. 1, lllfi.
12 tier ton; iJistern Oregon timothy,
Mf,10; clover, $7r 8; cheat, 70
tXS.fiO; grain hay, .fiOfeH.CO; alfalfa.
$11.50; vetch' buy, VdJM.
Veal Dressed, ofi'iHo jn-r fioiind.
Jleof Dressed hulls, lOV.'o isr
pound; cows, -I tj Go; country steers,
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8f,l)o per
pound; ordinary, 0(ii 7c,
Fork Dressed, 0( Hu per jKnind.
Hops llf,lro K-r pound, according
to finality.
Wool Kahtern Oregon averago IjcsI,
1U(i18, according io shrinkago; val
ley, 202;tf, according to fineness; mo
hair, choice, 20&28O.
THE REASON WHY
Bourne Should Not
Be Elected U.
S. Senator
The New Arje has s.ild before and It
now says again that It does not be
Heve that the next legislature will
elect J. Dourne, Jr., to the United
States senate. It has been said that
our opposition to Mr. Bourne is In
spired by prejudice, and that we can
give no good reason for opposing him
Ince he was regularly named by tho
republican voter) for the office.
We opposed Mr. Dourne during tho
primaries for the reason that we knew
him to be unfit for the high office to
which he aspired.
First That he Is not a loyal and
consistent republican.
Second That he Is a traitor and
political black-leg.
Third That he could not be depend
ed upon to support Roosevelt,
If he had been a loyal and consistent
republican he would not have deserted
his party In the hour of Its dire dis
tress, when the blight of Dryanlsm and
populism overshadowed the country In
1006. Out aB a true and loyal repub
lican would have put self aside and
rendered whatever sorvlco he could
for his party and his republican
friends. If Bourne's will had prevailed
and Bryan had been elected who can
say that thorn would have been today
a strong, Invincible republican party
In Oregon to honor him for his perfidy.
The legislative session of 1895 was
the most spectacular In the history of
Oregon and the King Pin of that ses
sion was J, Bourne Jr., whose mal
odorous record Is even yet a stench in
the nostrils of decent people. With a
goodly supply of money and other cor
rupting Influences the trick of thwart
ing the will of the people and debauch
ing the honor of the citizenry was the
special mission of this political monte
bank, who, now, ten short years after
ward, has the brazen affrontery to seek
this high and honorable position at
the hands of the party, whose murder
he conspired to bring about,
In the light of the past record of
Mr. Bourne, who Is so unsuspecting as
to trust-him In the future? Does any
one who knows him, save his hired
henchmen, think for a minute that ho
can be depended upon to stand up for
republican principles and policies In
the United States senate, and to up
hold the hands of Hfe-long, true and
tried republican leaders In that body,
and to "stand pat" with the party's
matchless leader, mose profound
stateman, patriot and humanitarian
since the days of Lincoln Theodore
Roosevelt