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THE,- MOJRNIqK ..PEGONIA, .THUESDAY,., SEPTEMBER.. 20, 1900.
LAND GROWN FAT
Our Condition Now Compared
' With That of 189 6.
GEEATER PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE
"Debtor Have Become Creditors,
BuisinesB I TarlvinK and the Peo
ple Are in Easy Clrcamntattcei.
NEW YORK, Sept 9. The Republican
National Committee, In order to secure
Borne up-to-date facts of interest relative
-to financial conditions in the great agri
cultural sections of the United States
west of the Alleghany Mountains, sent
xjut letters to several hundred business
men in the large cities and in country
towns of these sections.
They were asked how the bank deposits
of their communities compared with four
years ago; to what extent there had been
improvement In the credits of their mu
nicipalities or townships; and what bet
terment. If any, was noticeable inthe
condition of the borrowing classes.
The business men to whom letters were
sent were selected without any reference
to, .and without knowledge of, their po
litical affiliations. In several Instances ex
tremely interesting replies came from
bankers having a National reputation In
Democratic party circles, euch as John R.
"Walsh, president of the Chicago National
Bank.
The general substance of the replies
show that savings and commercial de
posits have Increased 50 to 120 per cent
Blnce 1895; that municipalities are able to
borrow money at a rate averaging more
than one-half of one per cent less than In
ilSSG; that farm values In most sections
have almost doubled; that about 50 per
cent of farm mortgages has been paid
iup, and the remainder renewed only with
'prepayment" privileges and at lower in
terest rates; and that 20 to 25 per cent
of the debtor classes, to whom Bryan
four years ago vainly appealed with his
dishonest propositions for cutting in two
.the value of money legal tender In pay
- xnent for debts, is now actually lending
.money in competition with the business
jnen writing these letters.
Out of all the answers thus far received
the only note" discordant with a story of
remarkable prosperity among all Inter
ests and In every community has come
from a banker in the town of B-eadwood,
S. D. The principal business there is gold
mining, and the complaint Is that gold
is worth no more than It was four years
ago, while coal, coke, iron, and copper
have doubled in value. Of course this
interesting instance only goes the more
to prove the utter absurdity of Bryan's
talk of four years ago to the effect that
the gold standard was making "gold go
up" and ""man," incidentally with) com
modities and wages, "go down."
Some of the strongest replies have come
right from Bryan's own state of Nebras
ka. The prosperity there has been so
wonderful that Bryan can have had no
excuse for being unobservant of It. The
town of Lincoln, in which Bryan is a
taxpayer, now has 4 per cent bonds selling
at a premium, whereas four years ago It
experienced difficulty in floating loans at
6 -per cent. Adlai B. Stevenjjon -as a tax
payer has also had a chance to see evi
dences of prosperity right in his own
town, for the city of Bloomington, 111.,
has recently sold Its bonds on a "basis of
8.40 pr cent, which Is lower than a mu
nicipality In the United States could get
in 1896.
The letters will ultimately be printed in
full and given wide circulation. Follow
ing are a few that the National commit-
tee made public last night:
'" "James 'B. Forgan, president First. Na
tional Bank of Chicago, Chicago, 111.:
"I submit the following comparlso'n of
tfte deposits of the Chicago banks In
1896 and in 1900:
National banks 189G. 1SO0.
Individual deposits .V? 61,070,143 $103,813,967
Cbuntrybank deposits 49,228,226 12',23,670
, State and savings banks
-Individual deposits .. :8,130,846 66,429,371
Savings deposits 20,949,874 54,740,610
Country bank deposits 7,852,625 . 13,9S5,3S6
Total deposits 5177,261,714 $361,992,904
"In regard to the Improvement of Chi
cago municipal bonds during the last
four years, as shown by comparative out
standing bond values, the City of Chicago
bonds sold In 1896 at a price tbnet the
investor 3 per cent, while they are
now selling at a price to net the investor
only 3 per cent, a very decided Improve
ment In the value, of course. -The enor
mous Increase in bank deposits and In
aent In the. value, of course.' The' enor
bank business .generally is the best evi
dence of the increased prosperity of Chi
cago, of whiqh there cannot be a shadow
of a, doubt,"
.H. H. Matteson, cashier of the First
National Lank of" Great Falls, Great
Falls, 'Monfc:
"Bank deposits show an increase In our
community as compared with four years
ago of 118 per cent. Of this? Increase
about 85 per cent is due to new business
and 33 per cent to increase In balances on
accounts that we had at that time.
'"Four years ago the bonds -of this city
pold' on -a basis of about 590 recent sales
have been made on a basis of 465.
'Four j?ars ago our sheep Interests,
which comprised almost wholly cur bor
rowing class, were hea'Ily In, debt. To
day, while they have not become Ioaners
of money, they are far less In debt, and
as a general -rule are carrying increased
flocks. If their flocks were reduced to the
average of four years ago they would
probably be out 'of debt,
""We expect, however, that within the
course of a short time the new currency
-law-will quite materially reduce the rates
cf interest in this section. The current
rate here now is 10 per cent. We antlci-
v pate that within two or three years rates
will fall to 7 or 8 per cent."
J. R, Walsh, president of the Chicago
National Bank. Chicago, HL:
"The rate of interest on municipal
bonds has declined per cent (from 4
to 3M) since 1896.
"I never knew a time when commer
cial paper was paid more promptly than
today; our notary complains that he has
no protesting to do.
'In reference to the new currency law.
In my opinion it will have the effect of
making- New York the financial center
of the world within the next 10 or 15
years.
"The rates of interest are now very low;
this nd doubt is due to the additional
currency issued under the new law, the.
enormous production of gold in this coun
try and more prosperous times generally."
J. H. Dight, cashier of the First Na
tional Bank of Duluth, Duluth, Minn.:
""The following indicates comparative
deposits of the two chartered banks of
j-uiutn at dates of Controller's calls:
In July, 1896 $3,510,000
In-July, 1900 7,711,000
"A number of our people In mercantile
pursuits, who had borrowed money and
were unable to pay four years ago, have
largely reduced or wiped out their debts.
Some who were In good financial condi
tion have become very much better off.
We do not know of any merchants of
business capacity who have not very ma
terially Improved -their position.','
"M- L. Williams, vice-president of the
Commercial National Bank. Itetrolt
Mich.:
"Both savings and commercial deposits
have lncreacd with us about 50 per cent
respectively, during the last four years;
while credits of this district have in-
creased about 23 per cent. The Improve
ment In the condition of the debtor class
has been very material,
i "Our merchants report vast -lroprove-,'mpnts
in collections!"
- ft. E: Burnham, president of the First
National Bank of Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb.:
"Bank deposits have increased in-.the
banks of this city during the past five
years 64 per cent,
"The credit of this municipality has im
proved. We were paying 6 per cent -on
our city Indebtedness , four years ago.
Our bonds are selling at a premium, at
4 per cent today. There yas- a large
amount of floating warrants four vyears
ago", while now warrants are cashed on
presentation.
"Never in the history of this state has
money been at so low a rate on good
securities as It is at the present time.
Farmers- can borrow all the money they
want on first mortgages on their farms
at 5 per cent interest, while four years
ago it was difficult for them to get It at
all. Four years ago It was almost Im
possible for a business man to borrow
a dollar from any bank-In the CJtyof
Lincoln, while today we are loaning as
low as 5 per cent y
'A very large percentage of mortgages
has been paid, or at least -& portion, re
funded at a much lower rate of' Interest.
The merchants and business men in'this
city, almost without an exception, are
making money, and never in the history
of the city was there a" better condition
prevailing than at the present time.
"Unless I am greatly mistaken, there
will be a very material change In the po
litical results In this state this Fall. I
make It a point to talk with farmers
coming from different precincts, and from
different sections of the state, and al
most without an exception they tell me
they know of many In their different lo
calities who are going to let well enough
alone and vote for McKInley. Many of
them voted for Bryan four years ago
The general feeling here Is tlat the Re
publicans can elect a Governor, carry the
Legislature and secure the electoral vote
for McKInley."
THE PROHIBITION VIEW.
I air. Crafts on the War Department's
Offense and Defense.
WASHINGTON, Sept 12. (To the -Editor.)
Newspaper courtesy entitles me, as
the author of the anti-canteen law, to
a reply to the defense of the canteen
(really a defense of the nullification of
the anti-canteen law), that recently ap
peared In your columns.
The republication at this time of argu
ments In behalf of the canteen previous
ly given to the whole country by Gen
oral Corbln and others Is gratifying evi
dence that the people have refused' to
accept these explanations. The real Issue
before the War Department Is not whether
Its canteen system Is a good thing, but
whether Its alleged nullification of the
law of Congress can be justified.' T.he
opinions of lcrwyers as to that, rather
than of military officers, should 'be gath
ered. It is a matter of history that -when
the Alger-Griggs "Interpretation" ap
peared, of the many lawyers In Con
gress and out that expressed"an opinion,
the only ones that defended that Inter
pretation were liquor-dealers' attorneys,
and the only papers which defended It
were liquor organs.
I now challenge an investigation of the
following facts, which seem to me. to
shpw that the War . Department's de
fense is a twin of the original offense -In
that Its alleged poll of the opinion , of
Army officers was not an impartial poll
of all officers of the ranks , Inquired of,
but only of selected persons (presum
ably such as would favor Its own view),
from each rank canvassed. The Impres
sion has certainly been conveyed thatthe
weight of military opinion among our offi
cers Is on the side of the canteen, but
the report itself on Its face by no means
proves this. Only three Generals ar.e
polled Anderson, Wade and Merrlam un
known men comparatively, .save as the
Idaho bull pen has made the last-named
familiar. Thirty officers of corresponding
or higher rank In Army and Navy had
previously published anti-canteen opin
ions, such well-known men as Miles,
Shafter, Wheeler, Sternberg,. Henry, Lud
low, Boynton, Howard, Long, -Sampson,
but these w.ere Ignored', and also General
Miles' opinion In his last annual repor.t,
which condemned the canteen as an al
lurement to drink to the 75 per' cent, of
young soldiers In our Army. Chaplains,
except two or three favorable to the can
teen, were also left out. Of the com-"
missioned officers, only one-third were
polled. There Js nothing to rove the
.other two-thirds are not against 'the can-'
teen. To make a good showing In num
bers, a selected list of- about 500 Cor
porals and Sergeants Inexperienced boys,
naturally anxious tp please their superi
ors Is added. The report does not prove
that even a majority favor the canteen,
and'certalnly If the witnesses be weighed
rather than .counted, the weights of ex
pressed military opinion Is decidedly
against the canteen.
When 'the question is put on a world
background and the recent strong anti
canteen course of the' French and British
Armies Is considered, the canteen stands
unqualifiedly condemned. The statistics
given for one army of alleged reductions
of desertions, disorder and disease since
the canteen was. established will not bear
examination. It Is the old fallacy of
"after" therefore "because of." TherBrlt
ish Army has kept exact statistics- for
3'ears as to the number of abstainers per
1000 In .hospital and guardhouse, as coni
pared to drinkers, and also records of
tests In .hard marches, all so favorable
to abstinence that lt-ls made cojripulsory
In campaigns, and urged by. all the great
Generals even in peace camps. The Brit
ish Generals have temperance "canteens
In. garrisons, and urge the men to. choose
them rather than the others.
The sophistries of the War -Department
defense that "soldiers wlll.drlnk" Is an
swered not only by British success in
promoting abstinence, voluntary and en
forced, but also" by the success of rail
roads In securing abstinence from their
employes. And as to cante'ens "keeping
from worse places," let lbe noted that
where most of our Army have beenthat
Is In Islands under military control, the
War Department has had full control of
saloons outside the Army' as well as In
side. WILBUR F. CRAFTS, .
Superintendent of trie Reform Bureau.
BnHtern Oregon's Gold.
The passenger department of the O. R.
& N. has Issued a new folder on the gold
fields of Eastern Oregon that Is particu
larly valuable because It Is accompanied
by a map on, a scale large enough to show,
the location and name of the individual'
mines, as well as the grou'ps and districts,
railroad and wagon roads, irrigation
ditches and rivers, towns, and 'the county
boundaries. The producing mines t are
shown, and placers and quartz claims' are
differently designated. It takes ,in Can
yon City and John .Day, on the west, and
the Seven Devils district of Idaho, on'the
east The relief features.of the country
are also Indicated. Several columns-of de
scriptive matter, cut Into short and read
able chapters, comprise the letter text ot
the folder, which, altogether, tells an in
terestlng tale.
Bryan's Cnre-AIL
Walla Walla Union. '
Bryan and his friends are telling , the
people that all of their Ill-luck is dtie
to the errors of the McKInley Admin
istration, and he leads them to Infer that
they would all be corrected, by him.
Bryan is like the vender of the patent
medicine which, he said, was capable of
curing all the Ills of the flesh, from
warts on the face to spinal menlnglltjs.
The vender's ability to explain what the
medicine would accomplish was all right,
and there was nothing wrong wlth the
glass composing the bottle," but the. "med
icine" was only diluted molasses, capable
of catching flies.
Pnddlers Strike Failed.
'LEBANON, Pa., Sept 19. At a meet-'
lng today of about three-quartersof the
1200 men employed by the American Iron
& Steel Company, who .struck August 1
against a reduction of wages from Jlto.
a ton for puddlers, it was agreed to go
back to work at the rate offered, $3 a
ton.
HIS TOUR AT AN END
BRYAK .COMFLETESHia KAKSAS
MISSOURI TRIP.
: - i
Speeches at Leavenworth, 'Atchison
and St. Joseph Returns -
io Lincoln.
LEAVENWORTH, Kao., Sept. 19. A
special train . over the Missouri Pacific,
under the charge of Mr. F. M. Baker, a
Democratic leader of Atchison, bore Mr.
Bryan out of Kansas City today. ; The,
change from the regular coaches, with'
their accompanying' crowds and endless
chain of handshakings, was evidently
.most welcome" to the 'Presidential can
didate for, although he has made no com
plaint. It has been evident that the strain
of the past few days, .with no opportu
nity for rest or retirement, has not had
AN
THE THRILLING COMBAT SCENE IN THE TRAGEDY OF "IMPERIALISM."
MACBETH WELLINGTON (the new star) Lay en, Macduff! And damned be he who first cries: "Hold! Enough!"
MANAGER BRYAN Here! Here! Be careful how .you slam that dummy of Imperialism around' I made It, and I
know how flimsy It. Is. Be more -gentle with itl(It has got' to last the , whole season, and it is almost worn out now.
Baltimore American.
an agreeab.le effect upon him. .This' ia
the last of .the 'three days' Kansas-Missouri
border tour, and it was begun-at
S o'clock. ' .
The first stop was made at this his
toric city and here Mr. Bryan sppko for
half, an hour from, the rear-platform of
his train, .. jMr," Bryan's attention was
called to a speech made, attDelphi, Ind.,
by Senator Hanna, chairman of the Re
publican National committee, 'In -which
he'sald.he was ready to debate the ques
tion of imperialism with Mr. Bryan or
any other Democrat . -
In reply to' the question whether he
would accept a challenge from Mr. Han
na,' Mr -Bryan said:
"No. challenge has been received, and
I' would 'not accept It-if it was. While
I-would .be glad tor debate public ques
tions with the Republican candidate -for
the Presidency, I would not be- willing
to 'debate with one' whose responsibility
is less than my own. If I am elected, I.
shall, be President If the Republican
committee will certify that Mr. -Hanna is
to be President In case of Republican
success, I' shall willingly meet 'him in
joint -debate." ,
Mr. Bryan was asked If he had any
thing -to .say in -reply to Mr. Hanna's
charge that he was influenced by sinis
ter motives in securing the ratification of
th treaty with Spain. To this he" re
plied: ."I have given my reasons for believing
it better-to ratify the- treaty and declare
the Nation's policy byi reason, and the
voters have an opportunity to pass Judg
ment upon .my reasons.. I must confess,
however, that Mr. Hanna Is an expert
when he discusses sinister motives, but
I can stand.hls;crltlclsm If -Senator Hoar
can endure his praise."
At Atchison. .
ATCHISON. Kan., Sept. 19. At Atchison
Mr. Bryan said: ' , ,
."I notice that the Republicans try .to
make the paramount Issue that of pros
perity, and as I came down the street
I 'noticed that next to a tombstone estab
lishment very properly Republican head
quarters" are located. There Is sometimes
great significance In, accidents; some
times It seems, as. if there is -a divinity
that shape's our ends, and- brings Into
close conjunction those things that natur
ally ought, to go together."
In' speaking of the effects, ot-the trusts,
Mr. Bryan warned the farmers not to get
caught in the -barbs, as-the barbed wire
went " up under the , influence of tho
barbed-wire trust Discussing the plea
that the ' acquisition of the Philippines
had divine sanction. -,Mr. Bryan said:
"I have seen Republicans going -up and
down' the land telling what God wanted,
when everybody who.knows-them knows
that God would never let them know
what he was going ,to do, for fear they
would forestall the market. Who speaks
with, divine authority? Who is in power
to. reveal tho'authorlty, to reveal the will
ot-the Almighty?"
At St.. Joseph. ,.
ST.JOSBPH, Mo., Sept 19. There were
three times as many present at 'Baseball
Park this afternoon' as could hear Mr.
Bryan. He declared that the Republicans
were disposed to make a great deal over
a rise in farm products and to'glve've'ry
little attention to the Increase of price
ln'-whaf.the farmer has to buy. "If wheat
goes up, all attention Is," he said, "di
rected" to wheat, while if wheat goes
down and cattle goes up. attention ts
directed to ".cattle and diverted ttom
wheat So with potatoes. If potatoes
rise, every Republican orator In the coun
try has. his .pockets -full of potatoes.
These orators ' conveniently forget that
all, prices are-fixed by tho trust and that
there Is an advance In the price of-every-thlng
the farmer has to buy,
"Every time you send a telegram now
you puton al-cent stamp for.the 'benev
olent Assimilation' of the Filipinos. Who
pays it? The telegraph company? No;
the man who sends the telegram. You go
Into tho bank -and draw av check and put
on. Jt a 2-cent stamp "But while every
man . has been" compelled to pay a tax
on his telegram and his bank checks,
the Republican party has reduced the tax
on. National bank circulation one-hair,
This has been done while the taxes of
the "itfasses- have Increased instead of 'de
creased," 'Mr. Bryan said that if God was re
sponslblefor our position with the Fili
pinos and commanded us to govern them,
the command should be evinced either by
the BIbleor--by special dispensation. He
asserted that the Bible -did not, justify,
our taking the Filipinos,, and Bald if th.5re
was a special dispensation he 'would like
to know to whom He had revealed his
plans.
Concluding, Mr. Bryan made an appear
for a large popular majority, saying that
a majority In the electoral college alone
(would not make the admlnlstratlQn'strpng
with the people. "In lS96,;the peqple who
were called anarchists bowed to the. will
of the majority, and not a complaint was
heard," he said. "I wonder sometimes
whether the great syndicates would havo
bowed to. the will of the majority then
as our people did. I want you ' to make
the majority so large this tline that not
'a single syndicate will dare to resist the
power of the public vote." ,"
Mr. Bryan' concluded his , present ."tour
with his speech here, leaving at6:40 P.
M. for his home at Lincoln. ' , .
SWEDEN A BORROWER. ;
'United States Is Becoming: ttie
World's Banker.'
NEW YORK, Sept. 19. The-"terms of
UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION.
the 2,000,000 Swedish bond Issue "which
Is being placed in part In the 'United
States, through the National ParkBank,
have been announced as follows: ,
The Issue consists of bonds bearing In
terest for 10 'years from August 15, 1900,
to August 15, 1910, at 4 -per cent per
annum, and after that data at 3" per
cent per annum, the Swedish -National
Debt Office' binding Itself not to redeem
the said loan before August 15, '1920, - on
and after .which date the loan may be
redeemed at par, subject to three months'
notice. ' "
President Delafleld. of the National
Park Bank, says that the portion of, the
loan to which that bank-has undertaken
to receive subscriptions In this country
will not be offered to the -public, but to
private bankers and brokers, who will in
turn interest their own clients In the
matter.
The German Socialists.
MAYENCE, Germany, Sept. 19. The
Socialist Congress today, after, a- heated
discussion, adopted resolutions protesting
strongly against Germany's course in
China. Herr Schoenlank said the worst
feature of the general political situation
was the fact that Germany was now In
the midst of absolutism, with a mock
Chancellor and a mock Reichstag.
Threatened the Exposition.
PARIS, Sept. 19. A large'' number of
concession holders of the 'exposition and
proprietors . of side shows, restaurants,
etc., who allege that they are threatened
with ruin owing to the excessive demands
of the authorities and the" failure of the
latter to fulfill their original engage
ments, announced their decision today to
close their . establishments tomorrow un
less the authorities would consent to sub
mit their claims to arbitration. .Arbitra
tors were appointed.
SpnrgeoB and Sanlrey.
LONDON, Sept. 19. The Metropolitan
Tabernacle was reopened today by the
Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, a son of. the late
Charles H. Spurgeon. Ira D. Sankey, the
American evangelist, participated In the
services.
GRAIN TRAFFIC POOL.
Agreement
Reached by
Railroads.
Eastern
NEW YORK, Sept 19.-The Journal of
Commerce says:
The railroads coming to this
port have entered into an agreement
the effect of which will be to' pool all
their grain traffic. The agreement Is not
officially termed a pool, and It "will un
doubtedly be conducted In. such a way as
to avoid a violation of the Interstate
commerce law. But In practice It will
amount to the Vanderbllts getiing over
the New York Central and .West. Shore
roads about 55 per cent of all the lake
and rail grain coming to New York from
Buffalo, while .the Erie will -get '25 per
dent, leaving 20 per cent to be distributed
between the Lehigh Valley and the Lacka
wanna in the proportion of 16 percent for
tho Lehigh Valley and 4 per cent for
the Lackawanna. "
The two roads last named are striving to
secure a slightly larger percentage of
the business, and it is just possible, in
view of tho fact"' that the Vanderbllt
roads are the initiators of the new pool,
that they will grant the Lehigh Valley
and the Lackawanna from their, own
share a slightly better percentage. Be
yond this all details have been arranged.
Frank Harriot, until recently general
freight agent of the Erie road, has been
appointed manager of the lako and rail
.grain trafflo, and will, in a day or two,
Issue a circular announcing to -Western
shippers' and all others Interested the'hew
rates east of Buffalo. Mr. Harriot has
full power to change these rates,from time
to time as the exigencies of the situation
may require, and will, in fact, have 'au
tocratic control of the railroad grain sit
uation east of Buffalo.
' National Bnnlc Failure.1'"'
WASHINGTON, Sept 19. The ' Con
troller of the Currency, today received a
telegram stating that by order of Its
board of directors, the South 'Dnvers
National Bank, of Peabody, Mass?, had
closed Its doors. TITS capital of the. bank
Is $150,000; surplus and undivided profits,
$70,463; Individual deposits, $233,529; due
tp other National banks4 $15,449;, bor
rowed money, $106,276.
HAVOC WROUGHT BY GALE
LIST OF VESSELS "WRECKED OR
DRIVEN ASHORE AT NOME.
Number of Tents and Buildings
Swept A-pray Captain Taclcaberry,
of Portland, Victim of Storm.
SEATTLE, "Sept. 19. The steamer St
Paul brings full advices of the terrible
havoc wrought at 'Nome by the recent
storm. The following is a complete list
of the vessels either wrecked or driven
ashore:
Hulk Catherine Sudden, broken In pieces
on the sand spit; schooner Sequoia, 334
tons, blown on beach. . Captain Banks
slipped his cable during the night and at
tempted to beat out to sea, but failed and
was driven ashore.
Schooner Harriet, owned by Chicago
parties, driven on beach.
Schooner Edith, driven on beach one
mile west of tho depot
Schooner Arthur B., driven on beach.
Tug Arrette, driven on beach at Penny
River.
Tug Governor Stoneman, driven on
beach near Penny River.
In addition... any number of tents and
buildings, situated on .the beach were en
tirely swept away. The Alaska Com
mercial Company's wharf and Captain
Gelger's Latrlnla.aro a mass of wreckage.
I. S. Doud, of San Francisco, and a
Captain Johnson, are both said to have
been drowned during the storm.
Captain .J. D. Tackaberry, of Portland,
Or., aged 60 years, who has been navigat
ing the Alaska run for thd past 10 years,
was another victim of the storm. His
body will be sent down on one of the first
steamers. .
INCREASED FISH PRICE GENERAL.
Few Salmon Being: Caught on Lower
River Run of Sllversides.
ASTORIA, Sept. 19. The rise in the
price of fish by F. M. Warren, yestor
day, has been met by tho other cannery
men, but there are few fish being caught
in the lower river. There is reason to
believe that there Is a run of sllversides
beginning to enter, the Columbia, as the
traps in Baker's Bay are commencing to
do considerably bettor.
The bark Harry Morse was shifted to
day to the Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad dock, and began to discharge
her cargo of 40,090 cases of canned, and
517 casks of salt salmon. A greater por
tion of the salmon will be shipped East,
and the entire cargo will fill over 100 cars.
WILL INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK.
Wfishingrton Power Company to Be a
s 92,000,000 Concern.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Sept. 19. The stock
holders of the Washington Water Power
Company have voted to Increase their cap
iat stock from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. New
stock has already been subscribed. The
company now owns Lower Falls, of the
Spokane River, also the street railway
system of th.e city and electric plant The
Increase of capital Is for the purpose of
purchasing Upper Falls from the Amster
dam Kantoor Company. The option se
cured on the Kantoor property expires
January L
FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Weiser Voted $45,000 for Water
Works and Electric Llffht Plant.
WEISER, Idaho, Sept. 19. At the spe
cial election Tuesday Weiser voted $45,000
bonds for waterworks and electric light
plant This will give Weiser municipal
ownership of waterworks and light and
power plant The taxpayers voted solid
for It, and It carried by an overwhelming
majority.
The P. & I. N. Railroad extension to
Council is being pushed vigorously, and
90 days will complete the work.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY.
Most Old Students Present at Open
ing:, Besides Many New Ones.
FOREST GROVE, Sept 19. The new
college year at Pacific University opened
this morning with a, public exercise in the
chapel. The address was delivered by
Rev. A. W. Ackerman, "of Portland. A
large number of new students are in at
tendance, in addition to the old ones, most
of whom aro back In their places.
MONMOUTH NORMAL SCHOOL.
Enrollment a Large One for Opening
Day Much Enthusiasm.
MONMOUTH, Or., Sept 19. The State
Normal School commenced the new year's
work today under the most favorable con
ditions.' The enrollment is a large one for
the opening, and much enthusiasm Is
manifested by students and faculty.
WhitwortU College at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 19. Whltworth
College, moved to this city fromSumner,
was opened today, several pupils being
from Oregon.
Saw Mill Being: Moved.
OREGON CITY, Sept 19. Bagby Bros
who have been operating a saw mill near
Wllholt for the past year, supplying the
Portland market with oak lumber, and
later-sawing ties for the Southern Pacific
Company, are moving their mill to Rook
Creek. In -Needy precinct. The new loca
tion will be only six miles from the rail
road, and they will run the mill to its
full capacity on ties.
Health Conditions at Nome.
WASHING-TON, Sept. 19. The follow
ing dispatch has been received at the
War Department:
"Fort St. Michael, Alaska, Sept 5, via
Seattle, Sept 19. General health con
ditions at Nome much Improved since last
report. Order prevails. Situation among
natives slightly better."
La Center Drawbridge Accepted.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept 19. The La
Center drawbridge, the subject for con
siderable difficulty between the commis
sioners and the contractors during the
past month, has finally been accepted by
the county. A final Inspection was made
of the structure yesterday.
Varioloid in Arlington.
ARLINGTON, Sept 19. Dr. Rendy,
City Health Officer, has notified the City
Council of the presence of one case of
varioloid hero. The. disease was contract
ed In Boise, Idaho. A strict quarantine
prevails, and further spread of the dis
ease Is not thought possible.
Wheat Sales nt Monmouth.
MOIsTMOUTH, Or., Sept 19. Ten thou
sand bushels of wheat have been pur
chased hero In the last few days, at 50
cents.
Oregon Industries.
Gold quartz is reported having been
found In the vicinity of Meacham.
The Bandon woolen mills have been
working the past two weeks on an order
for 2000 blankets.
A well-doflned ledge of gold and silver
bearing ore Is said to have been discov
ered back of Clallam Bay.
It is rumored that Marshfleld capital
ists have Invested In the RIverton coal
mine and will start It up at once.
A number of Clackamas County farmers
have sold their hay at Jll per ton. de
livered at the nearest railroad station.
Cattle are selling In Klamath Crfunty
at ?35 per head on foot, and at 6 to 6"4
cents per pound estimated dressed weight.
The Camp Carson placer mines, together
with ditches, flumes, pipes and other Im
provements In Union County, have been
purchased by J. E. Foley.
Eleven hundred men are employed on
railroad work between The Dalles and
Hood River, and 100O more are wanted,
says the Times-Mountaineer.
James Wilkinson, who lives south of
Corvallls, recently cut 130 tons of timothy
hay from 26 acres. Last week he sold
102 tons for a sum approximating $1000.
Ranchers In the vicinity of Jumper
Flat, In Wasco County, will build a flume
from White River to the Flat this Fall.
It will be nine miles long, and will cost
J9000.
The latest sensational strike about
Baker City was made last week at the
'Frisco mine, six miles northeast of town.
Ore from a new ledge Is said to yield 73
cents to the pan.
The Deputy State Fish Commissioner
has. sworn out a warrant for the arrest
of B. A. Seaborg, manager of the Puget
Sound Packing Company. The company
Is charged with having traps nearer than
three miles to the mouths of the Hob and
Elwha Rivers In violation of state law.
Contract for construction of the new
dam at Oro Dell for the La Grande Light
& Power Company has been awarded to
J. L. Slater. An order for new machinery
has been placed by the company. The
new plant will arrive by the 1st of .No
vember. The Improvements will cost from
$12,000 to $15,000
Washington Industries.
A goid 'nugget has been found near Lib
erty weighing 243 ounces, and worth $330.
New brick buildings to tho value ot
$5C0,0C0 are under construction at Spo
kane. Tacoma Is to have a $10,000 box factory
soon. Constructive work will begin Im
mediately. Eighteen double-deck stock cars, loaded
with sheep, left Eastern Washington this
week, over the Northern Pacific, for St
Paul and Eastern markets.
L. B. Klnyon, one of the prominent
fruitgrowers of North Yakima, has on ex
hibition specimens of Wolf River apples
weighing two pounds each and measuring
IIS inches In circumference.
x urosnen, tne big potato rancher on
leased Indian lands at Toppenlsh, has
completed the buildings of a frost-proof
warehouse. 0x150 feet. In it he will store
his large crop of potatoes and onions.
The Alaska Packers' Association, main
taining traps at Semlahmoo and Point
Roberts, has discontinued work for the
season and closed the cannery at the for
mer place. The aggregate product of both
canneries amounts to about 40,000 cases.
Both canneries will be enlarged before
Spring.
The new bunkers for the Issaquah coal
mines are now well under way. They
will be 250 feet long by 40 feet wide by SO
feet high, and will contain about 400.000
feet of lumber. The handling capacity
will be 2000 tons per day and the storage
capacity 4000 tons. They will be equipped
with the latest improved washing plant,
and will have a hoist so that mine cars
will run to and from the bunkers by
gravity.
Washington Notes.
A Merchants' Carnival, to be. held at
Seattle the middle of October, has been
proposed by the women of Plymouth
church.
The Centralla Shingle Mill Company has
been sued for $6000 damages by Frank
Lang, for the loss of part of a hand in a
bandsaw a few months ago.
A grip stolen from a man named Le
land at Walla Walla, several weeks ago,
has been found In a field with contents In
tact It contained goods worth $200.
The tramway of the Northwood Cedar
Company, running four miles east from
Clearbrook to Northwood, was operated"
Sunday for the first time with tho steam
locomotive.
Tho Astoria & Puget Sound Packing
Company has shipped from Falrhaven 1000
cases of salmon to Pittsburg, Pa. In a
few days 1000 more cases will bo shipped
to the) same place.
The programme for the convention of
the Fire Chiefs' Association of the North
west, which will hold Its annual meeting
In Spokane from October 2 to October 5,
has been completed.
James Moynahan ha3 filed suit at Spo
kane against the Inter-State Mining. Mill
ing & Development Company to recover
salary alleged to be due, and damages for
breaking of contract He compIans he
was discharged without 60 days' notice,
contrary to agreement
M B. Alles, a representative of the
Treasury Department, was In Seattle this
week, investigating the somewhat sum
mary discharge of John Van Horn, a well
known local politician, from the United
States assay office by Assayer Wing. Mr.
Van Horn's discharge occurred during
tho most heated period of the late Humes-Frlnk-Gule
contest in this county, and It
was flatly charged by his friends that Van,
Horn's dismissal was due to the fact
that ho had failed to support J. M. Frlnk,
the candidate of the WIIson-McGraw Fed
eral ring for Governor, but had preferred
to support E. Helster Gule Instead. The
Investigation will probably not lead to
anything serious.
Organization of the Washington Mining
Association was perfected at Tacoma re
cently bj- election of the following offi
cers: President, General J. M. Ashton.
Tacoma, Summit. Methow and Twlsp dis
tricts; vice-president, A. A. French, Ta
coma, Pierre Lake and Mount Baker;
second vice-president, John Wllmot, of
Spokane, Republic and Coeur d'Alene dls
trlcts; third vice-president, T. C. Van
Epps, of Olympla. Cle-Elum and Okan
ogan districts; fourth vice-president C.
A. Riddle, of Seattle, Sllverton and Index
districts; secretary. Captain J. T. Thomp
son,. Everett Sllverton and Olympic dis
tricts; treasurer. E. T. Messlnger. Ta
coma, Okanogan and Pierre Lako districts.
MORE TROUBLE WITH TURKEY
Release of an Armenian Demanded
by America.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept 19. Lloyd
Grlscom. United States Charge d'Affalres,
has made verbal representations to the
Porte, demanding the release of an Arme
nian., who. It Is claimed. Is a naturalized
American citizen, and who was arrested
upon the charge of belonging to the Ar
menian revolutionary committee. An In
vestigation has been ordered and If the
prisoner I3 found to be an American
citizen he will be released.
COLLEGE AT IIARPOOT.
Americans Given Permission to Re
build It.
BOSTON,. Sept. 19. The board of trus
tees In Boston of Euphrates College, sit
uated at Harpoot. Eastern Turkey, has
received a cablegram from President C
Frank Gates, at Harpoort, that permis
sion to reconstruct the buildings de
stroyed by the Turks in the Autumn ot
1S9S has ju3t been given by the local
government.
Five months ago It was announced from
Constantinople that the government, af
ter more lhan four years' delay had
granted permission to rebuild. The docu
ments were forwarded from Constanti
nople to Harpoot. a distance of 1700 miles.,
and there put into the hands ot a local
provincial Governor. A document pur
porting to be a copy of the Imperial per
mission was handed President Gates giv
ing permission to build "a few teachers
rooms," which was Interpreted by the
local officials as meanfng no more than
five. The Charge d'Affalres at Constanti
nople took the matter up vigorously, and
after most earnest diplomatic effort tho
original permission has reached the col
lege authorities. It Is said to bo a very
sratifjlng- document, apparently granting
all that was asked with one unimportant
exception.
The college schools. In all their de
partments. Including the primary, havo
enrolled this year more than 11C0 pupils
Little less than 100 of these are In tho
college department proper.
BrnsIIIan Bnnlc Crisis.
NEW YORK. Sept. 19. A dispatch to
the Herald from Rio de Janeiro says:
The official journal publishes today facta
concerning the origin of the bink crisis.
It snys that one year ago the directors
of the Bank of the Republic Informed
the govprnment that the situation was
very critical. The government aided tho
bank by making deposits amounting to
1.300,000.
The Herald's correspondent In Manos
reports that the Bolivian forces have oc
cupied Puerto Alonzo, the stronghold of
the revolution In Acre.
Voted for Creed Revision.
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Sept. 19. The pres
bytery of Buffalo, at its full meeting held
In East Aurora, voted 32 to 19 In favor of
a change In the Westminster Confession
of Faith. The vote was an affirmative re
ply to the third Question submitted by
the general assembly, asking if a shorter
creed "of the things most surely be
lieved amonar us" was desired.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
M C Isaacs, Chicago
Mrs Smith. Salem
F T Barlow. N" T
H S Stebblns Seattlo
F A Rauch. Chicago
Ceo VT Reynolds &. wf.
Ira. P Good. St Louis
II J Ottenhelmer S F
D W Johnston. Clcvold
Mrs G Lownsdale, Sa
lem Mrs V II Snook. N Y
Sam White. N Y
Mr A Mrs R B Slnnott,
New York
.AV K "Wyman. New Yk
unicago
N H Latimer. Seattle
A N Jacobs, N T
J II Hayman & wife,
Murray
C W Iiett3. Murray
F H Herstle. Chicago
J A. Cranston, city
J II Small, Jr. WaBh-
lnffton. D C
M E Ahes. do
Julius GeHIcr. Clncln
Frank 3t Leland. S P
Jan P Adair. Chicago
F N Dowey. N Y
"V E Holcomb. N" Y
A R Vcrmllyed. Chgo
Jas Durham. Chicago
S S Samphler. Cleveld
C F Fischer. San Fr
W Johnson, San Fran
Mr & Mrs C Wado.
Ptttsburs
Mrs & MIsh Levy, S F
S Rowak. N Y
W "W Duncan. S C
Mrs C F Furness &
nurse. N Y
C II Callander & wf.
Knappton
Mrs B R Pusoy. Ky
Dr Hill Hastings. As
toria !
S S Gordon, Aitorlo.
V H Ooodwln, N Y
R D Spencer Chicago
R E Lyon. N Y
Dudltar Holland & wf,
New York
M C Bennett. N Y
James J Justice, N Y
"VV N Dill. Decatur. Ill
James iiryan. N Y
C A Field. N Y
Livingston Farrand, do
Arthur L Pease & w.do
Mrs Bailey Gntzert.
Seattle
Mrs Emll Lobe. Seattla
L F Cooke & wife,
Dawson. N W T
H Y Ross. San Fran
Chan T Sprlnger.Denvr
F r Field & w. Engld
F L Mntthes. Plttabrc
Geo W Sanborn & wife.
Astoria
Geo "W Oeorgo & w, do
Harry F George, do
Richard W Good, Wash
ington, D C
Columbia River Scenery.
Rearnlntor Line steamers, from OaX
stroet dock dally, except Sunday, 7 o'clocli
A. M. The DnllcH. Hood River. Can
cade Loclci and return. Call on, or 'lone
Agent for further Information.
THE PERKINS.
S E Messlnger. XV
W N Brown. Condon
Mrs "W N Brown, do
Frank Gibson, Rick-
reall. Or
L A. Hoag, Suver
F A Douty. Indp
John A Dltter. Sub
limity. Or
W T Matlock. LoneRk
Miss Laura Brown, do
Miss S Brown. do
II Minor. Heppner
Miss Etta Minor, do
Miss Nellie Minor, do
Miss Etta Rogers, do
Miss E M Llndahl.
Cathlamat
W H H Dufur, Dufur
Mrs Mary E Vincens,
Mrs S E Messlnger.do
C H Race. Now iork
S O Arnold. Toronto
II R Arnold. Toronto
E M Robinson. Oak
land. Cat
D S Aerstornell. Los
Angflea
Mrs C C Coombes,
Elmo. Wash
Miss Coombes. do
S F "Watts. Spokane
Frank Fulton. LosArg
Mrs Frank Fulton, do
Ja-s A Beard. Buena
Park. Col
Andy Olsen, Toledo,
Wash
Mrs Rose Toro, Marlon
YvaitsDurg
Robt E Nichols. K C tW F Bridges. Heppnr
R Krebs. Nehalcm
VT F Matlock. Pendlln
M B Everett. Hlllsbro
M H Jones, Baltlmor"
H Gooby. San Fran
J A Carter. San Fran
J D Ron. Seattle
L Du Bols, Vanev,Wn
F Edwards. do
Edgar T Cutter. K C
Mrs E T Cutter. K C
G F Steele, De Smet.
Idaho
Mrs Matlock. do
D Rice, Roseburg
Mrs Rice. Rosebur
Mrs J Rosensteln, Gen
esee. Idaho
J B Eddy. Forest Orv
W E Reynolds, Oak
land. Cai
P Scbansen. HUlsboro
E Shelly Morgan, city
J R Rogers, Olympla
SteDhen C Cook. St Pt
Hnttlo B Steele, do
Mary Steele. do
Fred S Cook, do
Miss Hoult. San Fr Mrs I M Newman.
Emma Nixon. Harris- 1 Minneapolis
burg. Or I Mrs E M Moore & dtr,
E G Cochran. NY Tacoma
Master Cochran, do fc T Pitman. Tacoma
H C Bell. St Paul Mini n o Dunbar & wife.
Matt L Berry. NY ff Olympla,
J L Morris. Seattlo MIs3 Stella Johnson, do
Miss II Levy. Sacmnto c E Moulton. Tacoma.
D A McAIIster. LaGrum W Holley. Mexico
L J Rowan. Enterprise iT D McGowan. Cos
R B SL.nott. D-illes ',monoT.s
Mrs R B Slnnott. do IT E Perrln. Mt Vernon.
Geo Romey. Utnh
Wash
lAle-c Bremner & wife,
I Astoria
Clara G Barker, do
IA Shayles. Astoria
IW D Deal. Baker City
1J H James. San Fran
W J Colwell. Seattlo
E J Doty, Tacoma
L B Thomas, Dufur
Mls Kie Wlnklln.
KalamO; Wash
M E Nichols, do
S R Thompson. La Gr II O Traeger, San Fr
Mrs S R Thompson, do
THE IMPERIAL.
C W. Knowles, Manager.
Samuel White. Bak Cy! E B Wolff. San Fran
J T Ronald. Seattle E M Rands, Vancvr
Geo G Pickett. Idaho I C Wolcott. Chej enno
Mrs S L Redgrave. (Mrs Wolcott. Cheyenne
Victoria (C Schm.dt. Astoria
Mrs Pondell, Victoria I Mrs J E Hunt, Astoria
Cha Burden. Eugene Mrs E Marsh, Astoria
W S Magladry. Wend-IW T Wright. Union
ling
Tllmon Ford. Salem
J Hettinger. Belmont
C H Gough. N Haven
E E Young. .Sumpter
Miss A Schanno, The
Dalles
T J Redhard, Hutch
inson Mrs Redhard. do
Grant Mays. Dalles
1 Sylvester, Omaha.
Geo C Anderion, Chgo
Chas B Runnell. Port
age, Wis
Robt J Ryan. Mlnnpls
J H Johannsen, Scaslda
Mrs Johannsen. do
Mrs E Johannsen. S F
Albert Dunbar, Astoria
Bamford Robb, city
Hotel ErunsTvielc. Seattle.
European; first class. Rates, 70c and up. On
block from dopot. Restaurant noxt door.
Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma.
American plan. Rates. $3 and up.
Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma.
European plan. Rates. 60c and up.