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8 THEKPJRmq 0REGSIA1, FTtlIAX NOVEMBER J 8, 19J)! . NGREA8E IN OREGON Ji" Census i Figures foe. Jlaau factures in ttiftSfatei .:: COMPARISON FOR FIVE DECADES : TraccsVof ke? Portland Boom of 1800 Mar Be Fonndln tlie Report Way Cetffclnf indjuitries.lii Tills City r, Show o Gain. ' a: . " ',::--- s ? . J Director? .Merrlam, ofjthe Census -Office, lias just Issued a bulletin forHheStabs of Oregon. It is shown that the total value or the, manufactures ,of tihe .state In 1900 was ;J46!X)dS5S7S -pf Multnomah County, , $24,750;79, and of the City of Portland, . 528,451,132. Among: the more Important In dustrie's -In which trains were made are the following: Industries. 190. 1900. Ftsh, canning and pre serving $1,643,324 51.7S8.S09 Flouring and grist-mill products .1 . 4,184,173 6,364.023 Lumber and timber products ........ 6,530,757 10,352,167 Ship and, boat-building, wooden 320TtS S54.3S5 Slaughtering and .meat packing, wholesale 1,570.935 1,638,480 Woolen-goods 614,932 937,824 In his summary Statistician North says: Although agriculture Is the most important Industry of Oregon, the development of man ufacturing and mechanical Industries during cated In table L has been very marked. The I ine naif century from 1S50 to 1000. as lndt- increase In the value of the products was greatest during the decade from 1S80 to 1S00, amounting to 270 per cent, while during the decade from 1590 to j 1000 the Increase was but 11 per cent, the -smallest per cent or in crease during any decade since 1S50. The average number of wage-earners engaged in manufacture constituted 4.2 per cent of the population of the state In 1000, as compared with 2.1 per cent In 1850. In the City of Portland there have been decreases In 'several of the industries renrjssented in the jeport. These are due to the fact that the statistics for IKK) were collected at the height of the boom, when there was- abnormal activity In building operations, and In some other branches of manufacture. -Also In INK) comparatively little attention was given to getting the figures that accurately represented! manufacturing. For example. In' the case of W. -C. Noon Company the entire business was reckoned in the list of "manufactures, whereas, as a matter of fact, but a small part was really In that classification. The result of this sort of gathering made a magnificent showing for 1S00, but In the absence of similar In flation 'now the comparison Is unfavor able jor the later year. The reasons for the unfavorable showing In several I lines in 1900 are further shown In cor respondence between the Census Office and C. H. Mclsaac, secretary of the Man- tifacturers' Association. Last August, be- J fore the publication of the statistics, the J Census Office called the attention of Mr. 1 Mclsaac to the shortage in these partlcu- I lars-and asked for ,an explanation of them, as the figures for Portland were compiled under his direction. He wrote the following statement: I COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF OREGON MANUFACTURES, 1350 TO 1900 -WITH ,f -n'jvi- Number of establishments Capital Salaried officials, clerks, etc., number ; Salaries . Wage-earners, average number Total wages i Men, 16 years and over -. Wages . Women, 16 years and over : Wages v Children, under 10 years , "WfllTBS Miscellaneous expenses.!.!!"!!""!""!.!""."" Cost or materials used Value of products, Including custom work r.nd - repairing Total population Wage-earnera engaged In manufactures , Pr cent of total population Asessed value of real estate Value of land and buildings Invested In manu factures ; Jer cent of assessed value.. !.!... includes proprietors and firm members, with their salaries: number only reported in 1900. Not reported separately. -Decrease. "JNpt. reported. Exclusive of 4251 Indians and other persons on Indian reservations, which classes were not Included at previous cen- J As given for the, year 1900 in Dana's supplement, "State and City," to the' Commercial and Financial Chronicle, under date of April 13,, 1901. . Does not Include value of rented property. The decrease In building trades in this city "In 1900, as compared with 1S00, was caused by ajboom in the building line. Several large office and store buildings were erected In 1800, apd.jthfl city for. miles around was plat tea 4a town' lets and sold and hundreds of new 'buildings were erected. New street-car lines -wore' built to reach these suburban dis tricts; railroad building was pushed and streets were improved, and many improvements were j made all over the city. All these operations employed large r'nnber of mechanics and laborers, as also building materials. Thpse lmjHyvjBmznts, of course, afteatea factory and machine shop products, furniture factory pro ducts, planing mill products, Including sash, doors and. blinds; also carpentering, brick and etone maVonry, house and sign painting, pa per changing, -paving -and paving materials. plastering and stucco work, plumbing goods and steam fitting, roofing and roofing ma- iron working. " ' ' -I "With Tegtrd lo awnings, tents and sails, the decrease sbown is an error. Two concerns I in the city that made reports in 1SO0 In- eluded their bag buMness andalso their Jgb- ' bmg business, wnicn. is ponauctea in connec- tlon with their manufacturing business. 1 With regard to the decrease In wagons and carriages: In 1890, during the boom, there vra.s a big demand for all kinds of7 wagons and wagon materials. Since then large man ufacturers or these v goods in the East have come into the inarket and our home manu facturers have been unable to compete with the product of the. Eastern factories. Tho resultls Jhat the wagon factdries 'of lSSO" are now 'practically only repair shops. "With regard to clothing men's and women's Eastern concerns can secure cheaper labor said manufacture such large "qu&tltles that it la haxd for our people to compete, and, of board also decided that donations for the caurecC the demand In 1890 for goods man- i home would be received between Decem ufactured was greater than It was In 1000, her 18 and January 1, 1902. WJlih regard to malt liqubrsrUn 1890 ?ort- , Dr "Williamson was appointed chairman land furnisnea -ail cmos ana xowns in me Tferthwest -with beer, Dut since that time breweries have been built In various portions of the Northwest, which has materially re duced the output of this product " Another factor in connection is that in 1800 beer .sold fQjr?W a barrel and in 1900 for $7 50. My knowledge from conditions as stated abovS'Would account for the great foiling qft. la tproductronjn these several Industries, but I do not believe there was any such depression In the build'ng trade In Portland as' the fig ures would Indicate I know positively that the BtafMicar for' 1000 were fairly, honestly and conscientiously taltcn. My inytructlons from the Census Office were to secure only the manufacturing portion of such establish ments as we reported, and not to report whole tale "or Jobbing trade In connection -with Furh manufacturing, establishments. I am inclined to think that such was the case with the tent and awning burners reported In 1800. enlylng to the foregoing letter. 8. A. , D. North, chief statistician for manutac- turers, wrote v- ,' J v 1 I cannot scw xne convicuon. in view- 01 .V , .. V.I . ITT . . . the fa-ta ymi recite, that the respUs 'shown in authorisation of the letting of a contract wr tabulatlonsr the' City of Portland are 1 r the painting and.papefingof the bulld pracUcally carecv', 'We havoKadlthe same -ing throughout completed the routine bus- ?! experience -with the City of Denver. Colo., and j (he special agent in this place has furnished us -with an explanation of the decrease Which closely- resembles that siren- by you for Port land. I wm unwilling to m&tfe public the (statistics in either case until I was satisfied oy a competent iocait auutomy mat tne ac cllne In the volume of the several Industries had actually taken place, and was locally recognized and understood. I feel ,safe In relying upon your assurance that the statistics lor 1B00 were fairly, hon estly .and conscientiously taken under your supervision, -Thus it appears that other- towns than Portland suffer from the comparison made with the inflated and Inaccurate figures -of 1SS0. But the present showing, taken independently, is creditable to Portland and to Oregon, under the conditions that prevail here. The entire Pacific North west Is too- new to "be .compared with the old Communities of the Bast in the num ber or volume of its manufactures. The showing for this year would be much better than that-of 1900. .POLICE COURT REPARTEE. Lively Tilt Led by Deputy District Attorney' Spencer. - ' There was a lively exchange of repartee between -witnesses and. Deputy District Attorney Spencer yesterday in the Munic ipal Court, In the case where Charles Schmidt, an Bast Side landlord, accused his tenant, Thomas Hickel, a carpenter, with' having made threats to kill him. "Hickel came to my place Wednesday and asked me to pay a bill of $S, In half an hour, or he would kill me," testified Schmidt, bitterly. Hickel vsnlffed,. con temptuously. ''Are you afraid of him, Schmldtr askea Mr. Spencer. "Huh, If he comes back at me In my house, I will put something through him," replied Schmidt. "He picked up a piece of wood, five feet long and three Inches thick, caljed me names that I'm ashamed to repeat before YoW Honor, and then he said he 'would take It out of my skin." "I see. And you didn't wish your cut- cle turned into greenbacks?" asked Mr. Spencer. "I do not," snapped the witness. "I don't owe Hickel anything. Hickel owes me for two months' rent. Hickel fights his wife and fights the nelghbors."f "Did you ever see me strike my wife 7" suddenly asked Hickel. ''No;" replied Schmidt, unwillingly. "But I've been told ." "You must not repeat what you nave been told. That isn't evidence," ruled Judge Cameron. Mrs. B. Lewis testified that she knows the Hlctfels intimately, and that she was present when the alleged difficulty took i place, but did not hear Hickel utter any threats, and that she did not sec him take up a piece of wood. "What were you doing therei? Did you go down expecting to see trouble7". de manded Mr. Spencer. "I went down for the bracing air," re turned the witness. "And Hickel did not abuse Schmidt?" "No. Young man, I would tell you more about this if I had you at home," said the witness, threateningly. Mrs. Hickel was called, and she cor roborated Mrs. Lewis, and went on. to say: "My husband Is not a dangerous man. I have lived with him as his wife for 15 years and he hasn't hurt me." Hickel denied Schmidt's charges, and asserted that Schmidt had caused the Hickel good and chattels to be placed on the sidewalk because of two months' rent being in arrears. "i told Schmidt that I wanted the $8 for work I did to his house, and he told me he would go and bring me the money, He never did so. I ain't afraid of that Schmidt. If I wanted to get at him 1 PER CENT OF INCREASE FOR EACH DECADE. Date of census. 1900. 1830. 1S80. 1870. 3,0SS ; 23,422,2li3 1.523 1.0S0 $ 32,122,051 $ 6,312,056 1,250 112,038 IJ1.9I5.49S 16,760 51.320.150 17,236 J8.333.4S3 3,473 $1,667,046 " 3,280 2.8S4 $1,120,173 2,753 S9.5a9.734 15,120 $7,820,584 1,821! S4S2.939 15,754 S9.232.60S S061 $294,496: 96! C7 235 200 97 C4 $49,900! $32,630 S 2.242.795 $ 2.1(ft.G6g 326,003,855! $21,793,578 $ 6,954,436 $ 3,419,756; J46.O0O.5S7 $41,432,174$10,93r,232 $6,877,38' $409,25 313,767 174,768! 90,923 2.8S4 17.Z36 4.2 16.7GOJ 5.4 3.473 2.0 3.2 5JU7.804.S74 $107,640,259; $12,528,214 $3Z,Dtri,lHJj $17,674,202 510,2S2,4i3 8. 11.6 wouldn't take a stick to do It," asserted Hlcn.el. Schmidt was recalled, and. .he said: "Yes, I'm afraid of Hickel. He's a dan gerous man. Look at him now. Isn't ne dangerous?" Hickel laughed hoarsely. Judge Camer on decided to continue the case Indefinite- r and warned Hickel to keep away from Schmidt. Determined on revenge, Hickel conferred with his 'attorney, B. w. Smith, and a$ the result of that confer ence, suit was begun before Justice of the Peace Kraemer against Schmidt, ask ing that he pay Hickel $13 75 for carpen ter work performed. .DEDICATION ON JANUARY 15. dd Fellovra Will Then Open Their . Xew Home, 1 The Odd Fellows' Home, which Is being 1 constructed In this city on the East tsiae, hy the order of the urana Lodge or the State of Orecon. will be dedicated January 15. 1902. The date was fixed at ! meeting of the 'board of trustees held at the Imperial Hotel yesterday afternoon. Those present were: Dr. W. T. William son, of Salem; Richard Scott, of Mllwau kle, and Judge T. F. Ryan, on the part of the Odd Fellows, and Mesdames Jean ette Weatherford, of Albany, and Mrs. N. P. Tomllnson, of Portland, on behalf of the Rebekah degree. Mrs. Ella T. Metzer, the other member of the Rebekah board, was unavoidably absent. The or tne committee .on. programme In con- nectlon with the dedlcatlonn of the home. It will be remembered that the home question has been before the Grand Lodge for several years. A few years ago, a home was erected, and it was helleyed the question was settled for all time. A disappointment was In store, however, and two years ago the. Grand Lodge or dered the building and grounds sold, and the proceeds applied to the purchase of the old Riley property, on the Oatman road, near Kenllwo'rth, which is- being remodeled on the lines of Odd Fellows homes in other states. The meeting of the board yesterday was callled to consider the report of the special bulldlncr committee, Richard Scott and Judge T. F. Ryan. The committee reported that It had had the building raised, the rear part made longer, and the basement enlarged so it would .serve as a dining-room and vitenpn. Th rnort W ntd. Th e - MHMMMMM()(HtH OFFICERS OF A. T. Lcirla. A. T. Lewis, president of the new East Side Union Republican Club, organized permanently Tuesday evening, is a conserv ative citizen and well-known Republican. In 1884 he went to Alaska as Clerk and ex-offlclo Secretary of that territory, by ap pointment from President Arthur. In that capacity he served 2 yeans, the last two years being under Cleveland's adminis tration, by whom he was removed because he was a Republican. He came to Portland In 1887, where he has since lived, and engaged in the practice of law. Mr. Lewis has not mixed In the factional fights within the Republican party, but has been known as a Gold Republican through the Oliver spljt. Ho declares that he will endeavor to keep the new club entirely free from all factlonardlfferences. ' A, XV. Lambert, treasurer, is cashier of the Citizens Bank, and ex-County Treasurer. He was one of the prime movers In organizing the old Multnomah Republican Club, which had a long and successful career. His Idea is that the new club shall be semi-social and essentially straight Republican, with no factionalism of whatsoever kind, and will strenuously urge that the new organization be entirely free of all entanglements. "There Is demand and room for this club," said Mr. Lambert, yes terday, "and I am anxious that it should prosper, and I believe it will. I trust other clubs, started before the heat and ex citement cf campaign warps men's Judgment, will be organized in the city." v Oscar Miller, secretary. Is deputy In the office of City Treasurer Ed Werleln, and la especially fitted for the place. Mr. Mil ler is a well-known East Side resident, the son of Rev. J. W. Miller, pioneer Methodist minister. He has alwaj'3 been known as a consistent Republican. The four vice-presidents, representing the four wards on the East Side, are well known. J. T. Gregg Is principal of the Central School, and lives at Woodlawn. J. T. Thompson, of the Tenth "Ward, was formerly In the drug business In Lower Al blna, XV. XV. Terry Is a business man of the Eighth Ward. He received appointment of Fire Commissioner from Mayor Frank, but declined. J. E. Hunt, fourth vice-president, of the Ninth "Ward, is State Senator. lness of the board, which adjourned to meet early In December at the call of the president. Regarding the matter of donations sev eral lodges In the state are. anxious to furnish rooms In the new home. .Colum bia Rebekah Team.of Portland, has raised J $250 which is to be devoted (o the furnish ing or tne .reception-room, joaner v,nj, Ashland, Roscburg and a number of other points have signified a desire to furnish rooms. In this connection tho board has decided that only single bed steads will be accepted, and that they must be of Iron, or brass. A circular letter covering this point, and giving the requirements for admission to the home, will be mailed to all the subordinate and Rebekah lodges in the state at once.. At the next meeting of the board, a superlntendant and matron will be elected. Many applications are on file, and every mall brings more. ' TRIBUTE TO GLADSTONE. Rev. B. J. Hondley on the British. Statesman' Achievements. SALEM. Nov. 3. (To the Editor.) The Percent of Increase. t 1890 jlSSO J1R70 !1860 1850. I860 1S50. to to to to to 1900. 1S90 1SS0, 1S70. 1860. 309 102.8 41.0 11.5 44.2 213.6 227.3 $1,337,238 4.0 40S.9 137.2! J33.0 978 $635,256 968 i.b 382.6 473.5 380.3 20.4 1S1.9 243.2 tl2.8 48.8 76.3 63.5 T4.0 19.1 184.4 239.7 H5.2 52 $843,600 ""2So $388,620 2S5 125.9 739.6 43.3 si'.fl 570.0 53.8 47.5 52.9 6.4 19.8 iooiz $1,431,952 $2,976,761 $ S09.560I 213.4 103.4 58.9 13S.8 76.9 33.1 $2,236,640 11.0 279.0 121.0 52.465' 13,294 285 2.1 30.4 2.S 79.5 32.2 73.3! 294.7 243.2 978 382.6 20.4 194.9 1.9 $6,279,602 $3,997,332 9.4 236!3 84.4 181.5! 57.1 IW.9, editorial article concerning Gladstone's fading fame as a statesman, has prompt ed me to ask: May we not fall to see the wheat In Gladstone's statesmanship, while we give the chaff to the winds? I admire the ability Gladstone had of changing his opinion as new glimpses of situations came to his mind. He began public life a tory or a Peelite, and ended a Liberal. He had the courage to admit at the close of the North-South War that he wa3 completely wrong In his estimate of the strength of the Southern Confed eracy. Mr. Gladstone was a mighty help to his chief, Mr. Peel, In revising the tariff, and In making lighter the Import duties, and when the corn laws were repealed the way that led to such repeal could be seen in this preparatory work. That the House of Commons sanctioned free trade was largely due to the directing I mind of Gladstone. Nations In their ln- fancy hug the doctrine of protection, but the time came when England was old enough to proclaim free trade. Gladstone inspired England on to this position. He was the chief agent In 1860 In making a most successful commeicial treaty with France. Although the House of Lords opposed, lie finally was able to abolish paper duty. The Oregonlan did not too strongly praise Gladstone's statesmanship In dis establishing tHe Irish Church. In 1870 Gladstone's Irish land bill .carried, and in 1871 the House of Lords was most cleverly putwltted by Gladstone In the overthrow of purchase In the army. As the system was of royal regulation, he advised the Queen to cancel the royal warrant by which the purchase of commissions was overthrown. In 1872 Gladstone was able to carry tho ballot bill by which Parlia mentary elections were no longer made by open voting, and thus a great approach i6 our own political system was secured. That Gladstone did not carry home rule for Ireland was due to the moral lapse of Parnell. I am, of course, aware that many friends of the human family have not favored home rule for Ireland. Glad, stone's statesmanship was directed to ward matters at home, so if he was weak in dealing with outside affairs, he was strong in making England better at home. Gladstone was a great financier, and while an orator he was a mathematician at home In the most bewildering figures. Dry details were lighten up by his genius. B. J. HOADLEY. When the head feels dull and heavy, the skin appears sallow and greasy, and the stomach refuses food, take . Carter's Little Liver "Pills. Don't forget this. '. , .- . Thousands whom it-nasvcured vouchtoj the value of Hood's SaTsaparllla, as a cure lor catarrh. io !!!!!!! NEW EAST SIDE UNION REPUBLICAN CLUB. A. W. Lambert. NEW BURLINGTON BOARD ALL BIG NOIVTHQIlN LINES REPRE SENTED. IN DIRECTORY. First Tangible Evidence of the Set tlement of the Northwestern Railway Situation. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The Times will say tomorrow: . "The tangible evidence of the settlement of the Northwestern situation became known yesterday, when It leaked out that E. H. Harrlman, James Stlllman, Jacob H. Schiff, Norman B. Ream, Robert Ba con and H. McK. Twombley had been elected Into the board of directors of the Chicago, B,urllngton & Qulncy Railroad at the stockholders' annual meeting held last week In Chicago. An attempt was made to withhold the names of the di rectors elected at this meeting until the adjourned meeting of the board to be held next Thursday. A report that the above-named had been elected directors was circulated In Wall street early in the day. but lacked confirmation until late In the afternoon, when one of those Interested In the Northwestern railroad situation said that the names mentioned f will prove to be correct when the compo sition of the full' board Is announced this month. "All the various Interests are repre sented In the list given. E. H. Harrl man and Jacob H. Schiff represent the Union Pacific Interests. James Stlllman is generally supposed to represent the Interests of the Rocekefellers, who are closely Identified with the Harrlman syn dicate. Norman B. Ream represents the Interests of James J. Hill and the. Great Northern, Robert Bacon Is a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.. and H. McK. Twombley Is the personal repro sentative of W. K. Vanderbllt." 1 MAY BE GETTING TOGETHER. Clark and Harrlman Interet in Ne vada Right of "Wayi SALT LAKE, Nov. 7. By agreement between attorneys of the Oregon Short Line and the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railway, all hearings In right . of-way contests which were to begin next week at Carson, Nev., have been postponed 90 days to allow the engineers of each company time" to make a survey through the narrow defile of Meadow Val ley, Washington where It Is said but one road can build and the right of way Is claimed by both roads. The maps are to be used In the trial. As a United States statute provides that a road having the right of way through a narrow defile, such as the Meadow Val ley, Washington, shall allow joint track age arrangements wltn roads- seeking bright of way, It Is believed this postpone ment Is the preliminary step in an ar rangement for joint trackage over the 140 miles to be surveyed, an arrangement which will greatly simplify the final set tlement of the right-of-way contest be tween the two roads. ' TO RUN FASTER TRAINS. Independent Line Starts in to Fisht "Trust" Roads. CHICAGO, Nov. 7.A time war Is in sight among railroads operating between' Chicago and St. Paul. Vice-President Bird, of the Milwaukee & St. Paul road, has given written notice to the managers of .the other Chlcago-St. Paul lines that the St, Paul Company would consider It self no longer a party to the agreement for the time of passenger trains between the two cities. This is the first break that has occurred In the time agreement, and railroad men consider It the open ing gun of a fight to be expected between the , combination and the Independents. It is expected that In the event war Is Inaugurated, as threatened, time between Chicago and St. Paul will be reduced from 13 hours 20 minutes to 10 hours. GOULD TAKES OFFICIAL CONTROL. Succeeds Coppell ns Clinirman. of the Rio Grande. SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 7. A special to the Herald from New York says: At the meeting of the directors of the Denver & Rfo Grande system tho fol lowing officers were elected: George J. Gould, of New York, chair man of board; E. T. Jeffery. of Denver, president; Stephen Little, of New York, controller and secretary; J.' B. Andrews, of Denver, assistant .secretary; J. W. GlHuly, of Denver, treasurer; Jesse White, of New York, assistant treasurer. J. B. Andrews' election applies only to the Denver & Rio Grande road, all others to both systems. COMPLETION OFjSIBERIAN'ROAD. - Last Rail Laid Last MondayGap at Lake Baikal. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Additional ad vices received, by -the-, London Times and .the New. York Tlra'es from St. Peters burg announce that the' last -rail of the Northern Manchurlan Railway .was laid on Monday, the anniversary of the coronation- o Emperor Nicholas. The line con nects Vladlvostock with the great Slberi Ian Railway. It la expected, that it swlll ' ' t Oscar Mil!. be opened In a few months, and it will greatly shorten the journey to the far East. The only break in the journey from Moscow to Vladlvostock will be Lake Baikal. The construction of the railroad around the lake will not be finished for some years. The line connecting Port Arthur with the Northern Manchurlan Railway is now open. BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILROADS. Application Before Dominion Com mitteeLine New Commenced. OTTAWA, Nov. 7. At the Railway Com mittee today the application of the Van couver, Victoria & Eastern Railway and Navigation Company for permission to construct a branch line from Its main line, extending to Columbia and Grand Forks, B. C, and an application for per mission to construct a branch from the main line to the Granby smelter, near the City of Grand Forks, was held over for the present. Hon. Mr. Blair, Min ister of Railways, said there was no main line and he did not see very well how a branch line could be constructed from a main line which did not exist. VICTORIA, B. C.7Nov. 7. Ground was broken today for the Island connection of the Victoria Terminal Railway and ferry, which Is to give Victoria connec tion' by railway ferry with the Great Northern system. Abcrdccn-Hoqninm Electric Line. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 7. The pro moters of the electric street railway, OREGON NATIONAL BANKS WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. The 25 National banks of Oregon, exclu sive of those of Portland, are moving steadily in the right direction, as evidenced by a statement just received by the Controller of the Currency, showing their condition on September 30. Their condition on that date, as compared to their condition on July 15, when the pre vious report was rendered, Is very favorable. The total of loans and discounts shows an advance from $4,239,392 to $4,563,296, although the gold reserve shows a falling off from $656,875 to $619,725. The total resources have advanced from $9,275,556 to $9,543,106, and individual de posits have crept up $200,000, or from $6,701,479 in July to $6,906,636 In September. The amount of outstanding National bank notes was $440,750 in July,' and $455,280 according to the last return, while un divided profits show an Increase from $333,138 to $366,292, and the cap ital stock paid in has advanced from $1,293,830 to 1,295,000. proposed to be built between this city and -Hoqulam, and to the ocean front, appear to have a definite purpose n view. They have secured from the Council of Hoquiam the franchise asked for, and It Is probable that the Council of Aberdeen will pass the ordinance now before that body giving the men at the head of the railway enterprise the privileges asked for in the document which has been un der consideration for two weeks. Forty thousand dollars has been subscribed to wards the railway by local business men, but at least $100,000 will be secured be fore the road Is started. It looks as If the scheme would be carried out. No Santa Fc-Pennsylvanln Alliance. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Nov. 7. President E. P. Ripley, of the Santa Fe Railroad, said today, in reply to a query on the subject: "No alliance exists between the Santa Fe and the Pennsylvania Railroad and none Is contemplated. This alleged news has made its appearance periodically for the last three years. There Is nothing in It." He and those In his party left Los Angelcs today for Phoenix, where they wlll make a thorough Inspection of the santa a e, irrescoit x-noenix. St. Paul Not to Rnsfa. Extensions. CHICAGO, Nov. 7. The Chicago Chron icle, In reference to the threatened exten- zclwood Ha As they arc aathcrcd every morning and placed In cartons furnished by us for that purpose. They are then delivered with the milk to our nearest creamery, hence we have 110 hesitancy In recommending, them to those desiring a superior article. Ask yoar grocer for them. HazeSwood BOTH PHONES 154, THE BUSINESS THAT PROSPERS Is that which pleases the customers. This will ex plain, no doubt why we are always busy, but we never refuse more work, and we turn it out on time. Ask for Locomobile tickets with your purchase. We make the Celebrated Anti-Rust Umbrella Frame. sl'on .of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Into Montana, today says: 'A -St. Paul Insider says the Stl Paul has, no Immediate Intention as reported of extending Into Montana. Tho man agement Is. satisfied to develop the road's local traffic and exchange business with competitors on equal terms with other roads. Should competitors ever attempt to freeze out the St. Paul, then the man agement might consider building further westward, perhaps even to the Pacific Coast, but this will probably be a mat ter of years io determine. To Abolish Passes. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. A resolution abolishing the Issue of all exchange passes after January 1, 1902, was adopted today by the presidents of the railroads belonging to the Trunk Line Associa tion. The resolution will be effective only in the territory of the Trunk Line Association and will not apply to ex change passes with roads running west of Buffalo or Pittsburg. It applies only to passes heretofore given in courtesy by one road to the employes of another road. The exchange of passes -with West ern roads will continue. The Canadian roads belonging to the association de cline to abide by the resolution so far as their lines in Canada are concerned, but otherwise they will accept the de cision. "Mornrnn Met Vandcrbilt. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The Evening Post says: "J. P. Morgan met W. K. "Vandcrbilt at the Grand Central Station end their conference revived the reports that a , definite announcement In regard to the settlement pf the Northern Pacific con troversy would promptly be made. There does not appear to be good ground for this opinion, however, and all concerned In the negotiations repent that no an nouncement is likely for some days." HEAVY DAMAGE BY WATER No Accurate Estimates of Damage PoHslble in Front-Street Fire. , When the smoke had cleared away from yesterday mornlng'3 fire at Corhett, Fall ing & Robertson's wholesale hardware store, 84-90 Front street, It was seen that, apart from burned wood-ware, the streams of water sent Into, the burning building to quench the fire had afterward rusted most of the stock of hardware In the center building. From every fioor was heard the drip, drip of the water as It found Its way to other quarters. One of the representatives of the firm said to an Oregonlan man: "We really cannot say what the loss-Is, as the Insurance1 ad justers have not been here yet. If the fire had started In the building to the northward and had been confined there, the loss would not have been so great, as tho most of our heavy Iron and brass goods are kept In that section. Water will not materially harm brass goods so very much. But small Ironware rusts easily when water Is poured on It." From an outside source It was learned that the firm's stock Is valued from $150,000 to $2-30,000, and that they carry Insurance of about $150,000. Carpenters were busy yes terday making a temporary roof across the top story of the burned building to keep the rain from further spoiling tho stock. Those who thought that the fire had been started by a badly insulated electric light or telephone wire changed their opin ion yesterday, when, on close examina tion, It was discovered that no wires passed Inside the corner where the blaze began. Chief Campbell said that he could not account for the origin of the fire. Lowengart & Co. have suffered a small loss from smoke. Mr. Ignatz Lowengart, I head of the firm, was slightly Indisposed yesterday as the result of the excitement attending the fire, which at one time threatened to spread to his store. Mr. Lowengart was able afterward to attend to business, and the report which was sent around that he was seriously 111 Is Incor rect. From present accounts It appeara STEADILY FORGING AHEAD that the estimate of the loss sustained, $20,000, as glvon In yesterday's Oregonlan, Is trustworthy. PrCBerves In a Trust. PITTSBURG, Nov. 7. Seventeen of the largest preserve manufacturers of the country, at a meeting In this city, formed a combination to be known as the Ameri can Association of Manufacturers' and Distributers of Food Products. The object of the organization is to regulate prices and sales territory, and to secure a more just Interpretation of the pure food laws. The companies represented at the meeting are to have a combined capital of $3,900, 000, nnd control about three-fourths of the total production of the country. A cen tral office will be established either In Pittsburg or Chicago. Accident in a Horse Show. CHICAGO, Nov. 7. At the horse show last night, Peter Roche, a rider, was seri ously Injured. He attempted to force his horse over a six-foot three-Inch hurdle. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the horse carried down bars and jockey In a hati. the animal fallinc uuon and crueh- j ing the rider. The accident caused a seml- panlc, and several women fainted. Three Trainmen Killed. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Nov. 7. Three trainmen, all of Springfield, were killed In the Frisco yards in North Springfield last Eggs areFsiTtly 5 Fresh ! Cream Co. 382 WASHINGTON STREET JOHN. ALLESINA 809 MORRISON STREET Opposite Postofflce. night dn a collisions between ja switch en gine and a double-header. The dead are: WILL NICHOLS, engineer of switch englna. HARRY ROSIN, fireman of switch en- glBS. JOHN TYRNER. switchman. The engineer and fireman were caught between the rank and the boiler of the rear engine df the double-header and scalded to death. The swltfhman. was so badly mangled that It was necessary to plek him up In pleoes. JUMPED FROM MOVING TRAIN Insane linn Leapt From Cnr-WIudotr in Umatilla County. Elwood A. Chenoweth, of Potowka, Wallowa County, while being conveyed to the state Insane asylum. Jumped from a moving train while passing through Umatilla County Wednesday night, and made good his escape. Sheriff D. Y. K. Deerlng. of Union, and a deputy were conveying Chenoweth and another Insane patient to Salem. When the train was passing through Nolin, a small station about IS miles west of Pendleton, Cheno weth asked to go to the toilet room and was granted permission to do so. Sheriff Deerlng directed his deputy to place his foot against the door, so that It could not be closed, but Just then the other pa tient became violent, and the attention of both officers was required to subdue him. When they went to get Chenoweth he was gone, and an open window plainly told the story of his escape. The train had been running at a high rate of speed, anl had gone several miles befdre Chenoweth's abcnce was noccd, so it was Impossible to search for him. The officers supposed he had been killed, anl thought that they could recoyer his remains by telegraphing back to the sec tion boss. "When, the train reached Portland yes terday morning word whs a toncc stnt to Nolln and parties were sent out to muko a search of the track and roadbed. No trace of the Insane man could be found, and It Is tl.ought that he t6caped into the sagebrush country towards the nortli. The officials of Umatiila County have been notified, and are now on the lookout for the missing man. Chenoweth Is a married man. 2S years old. He has been In the asylum twice, but recently has been living on his farm in Wallowa County. He is violently In sane, and imagines that he was sent to redeem U2 world. Ran Into a Trolley Car. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 7. A Chicago Groat Western freight train ran Into a trolley car at the James stret intersec tion of the Kaw River In Kansas 'City, Kan., early today, injuring six pcoplr, two of whom may die. The most seri ously Injured are: Roland H. Williams, conductor of trolley car; Charles Law rence, aged 71, a pHssenger. The trolley car was overturned, pushed up against a big fence and badly wrecked. Fire in a Pest Ho.ipltnl. DES MOINES, la.. Nov. 7. Tracey Home, a hcgpltul In which li smallpox patients were quarantined, was badly damaged by fire this morning. The In mates were rescued, the firemen and po lice risking exposure to the contamina tion. Many forms of nervous debility In men yield to the use of Carter'3 Little Liver Pills. Valuable for nervous weakness, night sweats. Try them. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Nov 7.-8 P. it. Maximum temperature. 55; minimum temperature, 42; river reading at 11 A. M., 1.5 feet; change la the pa?t 21 hours. 0.4 foot; total precipitation. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M., 0.2 i Inch; total precipita tion since Sept. 1, 1001. 5.07 Inches; normal precipitation alnce Sept. 1, 1B01. 7.02 Inches; deficiency. l.W Inches; total sunshine Nov. 0, 3:22; possible sunshine Nov. u, 9:54. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. K ? -Wind. p p2 a o - -'3 2. 5" 3 g-B O O o o C CO v; o : 33 : ? I- STATIONS. Astoria 5UI0.00 V Clear Baker City 4i-, 0.00 N Cloudy Bismarck :WO.0O CtsE Clowly Blh 50 0.00 NW Cloudy Hureka 54 O.uo N Cloudy Helena 000.00 12 W Cloudy Kamloopa. B. C 0.00 00 CIm Clear Neah Bay 52 0.51 W Clar Pocatello 620.00 18 S Cloudy Portland 55 0.1C W Clear Red Bluff 70 0.00 XV Cloudy Rosebur? 52 0.02 N"W Cloudy Sacramento 08 0.0O 6 S Clear Salt Lake 58 0.00 NW Clouuy San Francisco MfO.OO 10 SV Cloudy Spokane 48 XV Pt. cloudy Seattle 15010.04 8 NE Clear Walla Walla 51 8 SW Clear Llpht. Trace. "WEATHER CONDITIONS. Light ralna have falln In "Western "Washing ton and "Western Oregon, and the weather Is cloudy and threatening In the eastern por tions of there states and In Idaho. It Is decidedly cooler In Northern California, and correspondingly warmer In Southeastern Idaho. Montana, and North Dakota. The Indications are for fair weather In this district Friday, with frosts In the early morn ing. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 hours ending at midnight Friday, November 8: Portland and vicinity Probably fair, with froet In the early morning; northwesterly winds. Oregon and Washington Fair, with frost In the early morning, except near the coast; northwesterly winds. Idaho Generally fair; westerly winds. EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast Official. NEW TODAY. A BARGAIN-$i:H-9-ROOM HOUSE AND lot, situate 8St! Everett St.; houso coat $5000. Frank E. Hart, Sherlock building. New Crop Persian Dates First car on the Coast received today by Page & Son, oor. Front and Washington sts. ' COUNTY WARRANTS Netting 5 per cent, for sale. J. W. Cruthers & Co., 314 Chamber of Comrmree. MORTGAGE LOANS On improved city and farm property. R LIVINGSTONE. 224 Stark t. $500.00 to $50,000.00 For loans on most favorable terms. Municipal and school bonds purchased. XV. H. Fear, 34IC-7 Falling building. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improved city and farm property, at lowest current rates Building loans. Installmoat Inans. MacMaster & BlrrelL 311 Worcester bile J. XV. OGILBEE. ROOM 11. 145 FIRST ST. $925 One fine building lot on Grand ave. Ths cheapest property In the market, for tew days only. ALLEN'S CASH MARKET The best place to buy your poultry, fish, oys ters, butter, eggs, cheese, fruit and vegtables. Right price and prompt delivery. Telephone Oregon White 400. 300 East Morrison. Chickens Saturday Chickens, geese, turkeys, at your own price .......... 25o up Se what you can nave oft this month's, bill All beet makes creamery butter..... 50c and 55c Extra choice creamery 43,5 Fancy dairy 35c and 40c 500 Young America cheese, full cream. .40c each Swiss cheese 50c each Eastern sugar-cured hams 13Hc lb Bacon 12c and 15e Ham and eggs Eggs, 2 doz ..........45o COc tea for 35c Arbuokle's or Lion coffee. 2 for 25c All goods retailed at wholesale price. Com pare our prices with your last month's bllL We can save you 23 per oent. See the LAGRANDE CREAMERY CO. 201 Yamhill. Both phones.