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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1902.
RALLY AT BANQUET
Good-Cheer at Annual Dinner
of Commercial Club.
OUR PROGRESS THE KEYNOTE
Speeches on Fatnre of Pacific Count,
Extexixion of Commerce, to Orient
and Levi In and Clark Fair
AruuHe EnthuKlamn.
Eighty men sat at the eighth annual
dinner of the Portland Commercial Club
last evening and there were eight num
bers on ihe Interesting programme that
followed. These were addresses by Presi
dent H. M. Cake. D. D. Oliphant. J. M.
Long, Colonel C. E. Coolldge, W. U
Boise. H. W. Scott and Judge C. B. Bel
linger, and a &ong by X. H. Alexander.
All were greeted with enthusiasm.
The dining-room of the club on. the top
floor of the Chamber of Commerce build
ing and the tables, which were In the
shape of the letter E, were tasteiully
adorned. Cedar and smilax drooped from
electroliers to columns and trailed about
the tables; pinks and geraniums, palms
and ferns were scattered In profusion,
large flags were draped at the end of the
room, and a fine American eagle spread
his wings over the chair of the presiding
officer. Steward Emil Coteon had every
thing drebsed Invitingly, and the menu
added to the fame of the Commercial
Club service. The orchestra discoursed
appropriate music from an alcove.
President Cake rapped for order shortly
after 9 o'clock and proposed the healtn
of the President of the United States,
which was drunk standing. Then he made
a short address, reviewing somewhat the
career of the club and outlining soiro of
Its plans for the future. After speaking
of Its scope and purpose he touched upon
the Immediate. Imperative needs ot the
club, specifically mentioning improvement
In the club quarters. To make the change
necessary it had been estimated that fritXW
would be necessary, and he was glad to
announce that $3150 of that sum had been
raised and half of the membership had
not yet been seen. He said the sphlt man
ifested in taking gorous hold of tho
problems that pressed for solution In this
community would make the club an honor
to Its membership and the pride of the
city and state. President Cake spoke of
the commercial opportunities opening in
the Pacific and of-the necessity for having
such a body as the Commercial Club to
organize public effort In the oirection of
taking advantage of those opportunities.
The business tone oZ President Cuke's
address did not cause It to be taken cool
ly. Hi. received hearty applause, and his
health was drunk. D. D. Ol.phant was
then announced to speak on "The Day
We Cc.ebrate," which wa& understood, ot
course, to be the anniversary of the club.
He promised to talk an hour and a quar
ter, but he didn't do so, and when he had
finished it seemed but five minutes. He
spent much of his time In poking fun at
President Cake, for being too seriously
commercial In his remarks, and himself
wound up by making a p'ca tor the Im
provement of the club and extension of Its
influence and power for serving the best
interests of the community. He read a
w'tty telegram from Governor Geer, and
told several humorous-stories of his own
and of others, which pleased everybody
immensely.
"The 'Orient" to American Enterprise,
the 'Far West' of Today," was the sub
ject of an eloquent address by City At
torney J. M. Long. He spoke of the fact
that but 15 per cent of the imports and 8
per cent of the exports of the United
States were to and from the Pacitlc
Coast, and then historically reviewed the
course of civilization from the shores of
the Mediterranean 000 years ago, in its
irrcslstable march westward. The ex
ploration expedition of Lewis and Clark
v.as noted as an Important step In the
progress that shall take the Anglo-Saxon
to all the lands of the Pacific and turn
"Western progress and energy back upon
the effete cradle-lands of the East. "It
is time to assert ourselves as the greatest
wor.a power." said he. "Our flag must
be backed up wherever It goes. We will
plow the yakhllls of China as -we did the
prairie-dog fields of the United States.
The Pacific Coast will have 40.000.000 peo
ple, who will trade with COO.000.000 on the
Orient. We shall never leave any land
the posses'on of which Is necessary for
our National welfare. The Lewis and
Clark Fair will be one means of bringing
to us the trade of the Orient."
Helped to Open Chlnn.
Colonel C. E. Coolldge, United States
Army, the officer who succeeded to the
command of the Ninth United States In
fantry when Colonel Liscum fell before
Tien Tsln. got an especially cordial re
ception, and told "How the American
Army Opened China," as follows:
A year and a half ago rumors reached
Manila that the foreign Ambassadors In
Pekin were in danger of their lives by
reason of the Boxer movement, and when
.it was determined to send a regiment of
United States troops from the Philippine
Islands to China to protect and rescue
our American Legation, every soldier
and officer In Luzon was eager and de-
s.rous to form a part of that expedition.
' "When the Ninth Infantry was selected
and ordered for that service every man of
the regiment was anxious to Join tho
colors, and hundreds of invalids in the
hospitals Insisted they were sufficiently
well enough to rejoin their companies.
When we arrived in Pe Chi Li Bay and
beheld over 30 war vessels of eight na
tionalities, we realized that the civilized
power of the world were at the gates of
China, and that a momentous question
was staring us in the face. We heard the
wails of the Tien Tsln refugees, whose
homes had been bombarded for days and
their habitations demolished or rendered
unsafe. It seemed very dubious with the
men and armament that the allied forces
had at hand, whether we could speedily
reduce the Immense walls of the Chinese
city and rout the hordes of the Chinese
garrison that held it, in time to be of
any use to succor our Legations in Pe
kin. The morning dawned most brightly on
July 13, when the guns of the allied forces
hammered against the massive walls of
the Chinese city of Tien Tsln, which ech
oed back from every bastloned height with
its Krupp, Mauser, Mannllcher and Jingall
until the world seemed one vast tumult of
cannonading. Far to the North the Rus
sians and French on the other side of the
river were battering and being battered
in return, and though at 7 o'clock the
arsenal of the Yamen exploded with
clouds of circling smoke, lifted high up
Into the heavens, all day long the Chi
nese shells wrought destruction against
their serried ranks.
To the south of the walled city of Tien
Tsln the Ninth Infantry, under the gal
lant Liscum, who fell mortally wounded
before 9 o'clock A. M., and the United
States marines from our American Navy
were being decimated (twice over), as
they held the right of the line and stood
shoulder to shoulder for the first time
since the Revolution with their British
brethren In battle array. The Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, who assaulted 'us at
Bunker Hill In Jure, 1776, fought with us
on July 13, 1900, In the cause of civilization
and humanity, while the sturdy little Jap
anese soldiers proved their right to be
considered worthy warriors and valiant
comrades with the soldiers of any of the
allied armies there. To their bravery and
the pertinacity of their commanding Gen
eral, Fuklsimu, was largely due the
speedy and "rather unanticipated capitu
lation of the Chinese garrison of Tien
Tsln, July 14, and later the opening of the
road to the capital of the Flowery King
dom. For 15 long, weary hours the American
Army was under a hall of flro from the
Chinese city. With the dead and wound
ed lying "around them, they were im
mersed In the muddy waters of the grand
canal surrounding the city, with the hot
sun beating down upon them, unable to
move either forward or back, lest their
ranks should be obliterated. War corre
spondents have criticised the Axrierlcan
Army for not having the stamina of for
eign troops on the march from Tien Tsln
to Pekin. But when we remember that
these Americans had had two years of
severe service In the Philippines, that one
fourth of them had left the hospitals of
Manila in order to join the expedition, is
it any wonder that after the hardships
of Tien Tsln they should later falter and
fall on that terrible march, beneath the
burning Chinese sun and the dusts of the
roads through the tall corn fields?
I cannot consume time to narrate all
the details of that frightful march up the
Pel Ho to Pekin, or describe the battles
of Yangstnu and Ho Se Woo, or the
assault upon Pekin Itself. It seemed chi
merical to attempt with our 17,000 allied
troops to march upon Pekin and hope to
drive back the hundreds of thousands of
Chinese Boxers and regular troops that
could oppoue us. But the Legations were
reported to be still living and holding
out.
To Adjutant-General Barrow, of the
British staff, more than to any other one
man do I ascribe the persistence and en
ergy which carried forward the allied
forces on. August A, though all were de
sirous of marching forward as soon as
there might be any expectation of be
ing able to relieve our beleaguered and
starving Legations In Pekin. But scarcely
any officer thought It was possible to move
with less than 73.000 men. The want of
generalship, the military mismanagement
and cowardice of the Chinese, who, though
they feared not to die, yet fled with terror
at the sound of explosives. Is the only
reason that accounts for the easy ac
complishment of our purpose, and our
rapid conquering of the ancient city of
Kublai Khln.our entry into the gates of
Pekin, the rescue of our Legations and
hundreds of Christianized Chinese who
had sought refuge within those com
pounds. Pekin had fallen, the Emperor and
Dowager Empress, with their army, had
fled, the gates of the Forbidden City were
opened by the American Army on August
15, 1900, and guarded by them and Jap
anese until the return of the court, Jan
uary. 1902. The Emperor and Dowager
Empress have returned, but the latter
person still seems to be the dominant
power In the government, with much of
her old dictatorial and arrogant author
ity If the Chinese can Imitate the Japanese
and Institute an era of reform and im
provement it may yet be well with her,
and she may be able to stave off the par
titioning of the empire. But if the Dowager
Empress attempts to carry out her policy
of the past. It may result in an opportun
ity for greedy foreign devils to increase
their foothold and absorb the land of the
heathen as well as Christian Chinese.
It seems Incredible to realize that less
than a year ago I was inhaling the ac
cumulated dust and dirt of ages and the
sands blown down by the siroccos of the
Gobi Desert In the City of Pekin,
instead of breathing the pure pine-perfumed
atmosphere of Portland, clarified
by the fog of the Pacific
But what interest has Portland with
China and the Philippines? Muoh In the
way of commerce If rightly handled. The
American Army has declared that the
"Eastern world Is mine oyster, which 1
with sword will open." It has! Now Is tho
time for you civilians, commercial men,
to keep the oyster open until you get the
pearl. Portland has a chance if she does
not allow San Francisco and Seattle to
absorb all the contents of the bivalve.
Our Pilgrim Fathers were colonialists;
we inherit their proclivities. It Is neces
sary that you' should be as Indefatigable.
It will not do for you to let your com
mercial interests He dormant until the
Nicaragua Canal is open. Had you seen
the wealth of the Philippines and China as
I have, had you realized the vast pos
sibilities of the commercial future of those
countries awaiting American capital and
enterprise. Is might stir your souls to
draw upon- the purse strings of the
future.
The Pacific Coast Is the natural en
trepot through which the treasures of
the East must be distributed. But it
will not walk of Itself; It must be coaxed.
And if Portland desires her share she
must provide the facilities by steamships
and sail lines. The commercial trav
eler travels only by steam, though heavy
freight may be willing to await Its trans
fer by sail.
Business can only be enhanced by bank
ing and financial agents, and if these
deal direct only with San Francisco and
Seattle, Portland will be at a disadvantage
and lose her share of the trade. Com
mercial agents are also required abroad
to advertise and facilitate trade transac
tions, and this matter Is one that may
be worthy your consideration. If the prod
ucts of your section of the country are to
compete with those from other ports.
Portland starts out In the race somewhat
hampered, and It will be necessary for It
to exert Itself If It does not desire to
prove a laggard. The "open door" is there
for those who have the energy to take
advantage of It.
The American Army has opened the
door to China and the Philippines. Will
the Portland merchants aid in keeping It
open with Portland ships, commercial and
financial agents, banks and commerce?
Commercial Clnb a Necessity.
W. L. Boise spoke on "A Commercial
Club a Necessity to a Business Communi
ty," and after an eloquent reference to
the trade expansion that had recently
brought the Pacific Coast Into great com
mercial prominence, he continued as fol
lows: "If we had failed In accomplishing the
results for which we were brought Into
existence, and, for the sake of telling
the truth, I was compelled tonight to
say that there was no necessity for a
commercial club in a business community,
then, in order to be considerate of your
feelings, I would be In honor bound to
speak of the failures of such organiza
tions in minor and unimportant places
like Seattle, Tacoma or Astoria, whose
newspapers attempt to make their mis
guided citizens believe they are rivals or
Portland. But, as commercial clubs,
when properly organized, so as to repre
sent the best Interests of any business
community, have been a great success,
and especially our own, which I firmly
believe in the Pacific Northwest has been
tho leader and the best of them all. I
am both delighted and proud to speak of
the splendid results achieved by this or
ganization, and the magnificent prospects
ahead of us for future accomplishment. 1
deem it a great honor to be given an op
portunity to act as historian of our past
and a prophet of our future.
"This club denies no man membership
by reason of his birth or religion. It
only asks that he be a reputable business
man, and has the best interests of our
city and tributary country at heart. In
the language of another, 'It stands for
the catholicity of brains and the univer
sality of good-fellowship.'
"Before our organization this city was
rent with jealousy, our business men were
working at cross-purposes, the knocker
with his 'hammer was the most Indus
trious man In the community. But,
thanks to this club, through Its promo
tion of a better acquaintance and good
fellowship, that jealousy has almost
ceased to exist. We are working at
cross-purposes no longer, and the ham
mer has fallen from the nerveless grasp
of the knocker and what few still exist
are the most heartily despised men In the
community, and well they deserve to be.
The longer I live the more charitable 1
become In my judgment of others, and
the more I feel that I am right In thst
judgment. In every successful man then
Is more good than evil, none are perfect,
and membership in an organization ot
this character fosters that sentiment:
"Each year since this club came into
existence our business men have become
better acquainted. The spirit of good- J
fellowship has been strengthened. Unity
of purpose and unity of action is every
where apparent, and the year just closed
has witnessed the greatest triumph In our
history.
"When on last Thanksgiving morning
the wires flashed the news to the world
that in 48 hours Portland, our .own Port
land, had more than raised the $300,000
necessary to start the great ball rolling
for our Lewis and Clark Centennial, otir
friends were struck with wonderment
and admiration, and our detractors put to
flight, and our own people realized, as
they never had before, our greatness, our
power and our determnlatlon to stand to
gether In the future. Portland had a
new birth that morning, and may the
anniversary of that Thanksgiving day
ever be the proudest In our history as a
city.
"Now, as to our future: Portland, In
spired by this grand success, firmly
backed by its loyal citizens, with unity
of purpose and unity of action, which
this club has done so much to foster and
encourage, located at a gateway to tho
Orient, with an open river to the sea,
with a country directly tributary to us
NEW HOME OF THE
BOISE, Jan. 14. The accompanying Illustration shows the new home of the
Boise Young Mpn's Christian Association, which was dedicated Sunday. The
building Is complete In all Its department, and provides attractive quarters for
the organization, which is flourishing and progressive. Among those who took a
prominent port In the dedication were R. Livingstone and H. W. Stone, of
Portland.
that Nature made us a distributing cen
ter for, unparalleled on earth for Its pos
sibilities of production and favorable cli
matic conditions, with more undeveloped
resources than any other country left In
the temperate zones, and with an oppor
tunity and determination to see that the
balance of the world ascertains that fact,
with the United States supreme among
nations, and prosperity at hand, I leave
our future to your Imagination."
N. H. Alexander was called on for a
song, and he sang "A Three-Leafed Clo
ver" so well that he was comoelied to
appear again, with "Annie Laurie."
American-Pacific Commerce.
H. W. Scott was. at the last moment,
unavoidably detained by Illness, but his
address on "The Dominion of the Pa
cific by American Commerce" was read
by Colonel Jackson, as follows:
"It is a great theme it Is a theme for
the Imagination the Idea of the domina
tion of American commerce on the Pa
cific, greatest of oceans.
"Yet It is realizable. Our position on
the Pacific Coast of the United States,
supported by the vast power of this giant
of the Western Hemisphere, not only fur
nishes us with our opportunity to lead In
this development of Pacific Ocean com
merce, but. In connection with the ad
vantages of our new position In the Ori
ent, It enables us to reverse the move
ment of past centuries, change the route
of commerce round the world from the
Indian and Atlantic Oceans, to a new
route across the Pacific, across the
American Continent and across the At
lantic to Europe; and the canal to be
opened at the Isthmus of America will
bear a great part In this great scheme.
"Open upon the mind a map of the Pa-,
clflc. Note what the new movements In
dicate and portend. Atlantic commerce
can scarcely present new features,
through progress of time. It Is fixed In
conditions which have been for centuries
In process of formation and adjustment.
But Pacific commerce, whose develop
ment Is Just at the beginning, will pre
sent features almost wholly new; and the
magnitude and Importance to which it Is
destined will be the surprise of the world.
"It belongs to the United States to
possess the Pacific Ocean. For the United
States Is the greatest ot the nations that
now border upon It.
"It belongs to us to reverse the cur
rents of the world's commerce with the
Orient. Hitherto It has moved round the
earth toward, the West. We are now to
turn It toward the East, through our own
doors.
"It becomes a matter of highest Im
portance to this new movement that the
people of our Eastern States shall see and
understand what It means, and shall co
operate with us. We want them to real
ize that the United States has a frontage
on the Pacific as well as on the Atlantic
Ocean: that trade with countries border
ing on the Pacific may be turned through
our ports and built up to great propor
tions; that the islands and archipelagoes
of the Pacific are rich In the opportunities
of industry and commerce, and that our
Pacific ports of the United States may
become through this development as im
portant as the line of great ports on the
Atlantic seaboard. Through It we shall
double the commercial power of the
United States.
"It will mean great things In all these
Pacific States, to their local growth. We
shall have within this century a popula
tion of 25,000,000, where now we have not
more than one-tenth of the number; and
all the Interests of a varied Industrial
civilization will be multiplied In propor
tion. "Our possession of the Philippine Is
lands Is one of Immense value to this de
velopment or transformation. It gives us
a position wherein we can foster, and In
large measure direct, the commercial
movements of the Orient. Hawaii and our
Island stations in the seas between Amer
ica and Asia are directly in the line ot
the transmission of Intelligence. Growth
of our commerce will give us virtual do
minion over this greatest of oceans. The
solitude that has dwelt there since Crea
tion's dawn beheld it will be dispelled.
No more will It be dread, unknown, es
tranging sea!
"The men who constitute the Commer
cial Club of Portland see this prophecy
and the Interpretation of It In events al
ready of dally occurrence. Quick trans
mission of Intelligence and rapid move
ments of commerce produce results now
In a few years that the centuries once
waited for In vain." .
An Absent Gentleman.
Judge Bellinger spoke entertainingly
on "An Absent Gentleman," miking hu
morous references to various gentlemen
who were absent, but finally letting the
term rest upon the hardy pioneer of 50
years or more ago. Him he described
with quaint faithfulness, and paid an
indirect tribute of praise.
"We have,' . said the Judge, "an Ore
gon Historical Society, of which I am
vice-president. Of all -the honorable po
sitions which a man may hold In mun
dane institutions, of course you know the
office of vice-president is chief. Now
that society has collected about it a
varied assortment of old junk old wag
ons, old trunks and other things but
the most precious of all Its relics is the
shin bone of an ox that hauled a wagon
across the plains half a century or more
ago. I have no doubt the time will come
when this relic will be used to cure dis
eases, particularly the diseases pioneers
were subject to when they arrived at
years of Indiscretion. That ox belonged.
to 'An Absent Gentleman,' who came to
Oregon In the early 'iOsJ
And so the Judge went on adverting
to many of the foibles and peculiarities
of "the absent gentleman." He said
it was the love of adventure that brought
the absent gentleman to this country,
and he would have reached the Pacific
shore if it had been a thousand miles
further. The absent gentleman left
prayers to the missionaries, who were
willing he should, and so they got along
well together. Judge Bellinger honored
the commercial sentiment that had been
expressed by other speakers, but wished
to add the declaration that the Ameri
can flag would never be removed from
any place, under whatever sun, wherever
American valor had placed It, which
declaration drew forth vociferous applause.
Scb.Trab.SaTB He Did Not Gamble.
NEW YORK. Jan. 14. The following
cable dispatch from Charles M. Schwab,
president of the United States Steel Cor
poration, is self-explanatory:
"NICE, France, Jan. 14. To the Asso
ciated Press, New York: I have today
itt
BOISE Y. M. C. A.
learned of the sensational statements re
garding gambling at Monte Carlo. I
have been on an automobile trip through
the South of France with a party of
friends. I did visit the Casino at Monte
Carlo, but the statements of sensational
gambling are false."
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND
Phil J Brady. Seattle
H O "White. Dener
AV H Romalne. X Y
I Vancouver Bks
w L. Kenly, do
Ed J Dlven. N Y
W T Solomon." N Y
S Slnshelmer, Chgo
Col Tully McCrea, U
.3 A
R G Ebert, USA
H E Tutherly. USA
S S Savage, Winnipeg
Lewis Gower, N Y
A T Towler, Chicago
John Arnett, San Fran
W A Bethel, USA
C Stelnbach. X Y
A M Somcrneld, St L
V H Wolf, San Fran.
J A Goodln. USA
R B Rothschild, S F
M W Schnabell, N Y
Lou Mayer. Cincinnati
John C Domln. San Fr
JCLe Due. N Y
Morris Ansell. London
A Mlllman. San Fran
Geo A Crux, San Fran
J A Clark. N X
H Dallemayne. S F
W R Zullcn. Clnclna
J A Llghtplpe. S F
Geo Wllktns. San Fr
G I Kinney, Seattle
W St Whlttaker
H G Ashbr
J C Flak. St Louis
"W N D Turner & wf,
Mont
Mrs Sara W Healy,
Seattle
Ed Cudihee. Seattle
"W P Crawford & wife.
Vancouver
Hy Ellers. city
Vic Staadecker. St PI
Geo IV Reld. St Paul
Colin Campbell, Montrl
J R Carrlck. SanMateo
W P Richardson, Vane
H Enier, San Fran
u. a cooiiage & wire.
THE PERKlfcS.
G L Llndoey, Rldgefld
Ed Dorgan. Albany
A Reval. city
Mrs "Walter Cummlngs,
city
E C McReavy, Tacoma
W H Murphy. Colum
bus. O
J M Lee. Cle-Elum
Miss Cardwell, Seattle
Miss Bowden. Vancvr
Miss Lizzie Stephens,
Salem
Mlas Frances Hope.
Stella, Wash ,
Chas Cleveland, Greah-
am. Or
Sadie Whitney, Aber
deen E S Collins, Ostrander,
J A Bcrly. Ostrander
I J Beck. Ostrander
Wm Beck, Ostrander
Emma Everett. Roscbg
W H Harell. Seattle
L H Jeannot. Spokane
Miss Barr, Spokane
R H Klpp, Colfax
A J Goodman, Indp
J Hlgglns. Medford
C J Joy. Idaho
Mrs G L Hammond.
Missoula, Mont
Fred Wright, Seattle
T Payne
L B Fqrdlck, SUverton
Mrs M1Kesler, Hub
bard C E Judd, Marquam
T A Hyland, Astoria
Mrs Hyland. Astoria
- a iicrnee. Alamo
Frank Ashley. Alamo
W S Cone. Bay City
W F Slaughter. StHlns
Airs biaugnter. do
E S Collins. Ostrander
J A Byerly, do
Lyman it Lee, Cle
Elum T WIgman. city
k ureene, Seattle
O M Johnson. San Fr
O E Edson. Harrison,
Or
Mrs Langman. Echo
Wm N N'lms, Kelso
J L Ord. San Francisco
J M Well & fray, Au-j
rora
Fred H Kiddle, Island
M Howall, Tacoma
O H Flthlan, Chicago
W J Davis
Mrs Ord. do
S Mlnchtn. Falrhaven
J B Anderson, Omaha
Mrs Anderson, Omaha
Miss Davis
f aictjermott. Ireland
C K D Greffer,SumpterGeo L Spencer. St Paul
E C Ashbaugh, Heppnr
F R Swan. Olymola
A u uartnoiomew. do
l Alien, Portland
J Waterhouse. Clatoap
Thos Cbrlstensen, As
toria F L Darrow, Corning,
Iowa
F C Okey, Corning. la
L L Llndsley, Ridge 1
W P Scrlmm. Heppner
can scnott. walla w
H Franks, Oregon
G W Nlnemlre, Mon-
tesano. Wash
Mrs Nlnexnlre. . do
Mrs E M Nlnemlre, do
J T Gleason. do
THE IMPERIAL.
C. W. Knowlea, Manager.
W H Roach, Salem
H W Thompson, Eu
gene W W Stone. St Paul
T C Clayton, N Y
John Adair, N Yakm
M Morton. do
H J Yorranse, Dayton
E C Lewis. Astoria
C H Johnson, Mlnnpls
Mrs Johnson. Mlnnpls
N Ford, Colo
R X Doherty, Raxten,
N B
W McGrath, San Fran
H M Smith. Astoria
T Callaghan, Rutledga
jonn ueaton. Kan Cy
J B Smith, La GrandeAlex Wood, Spokane
-ti uiuiw, iu. urajiuc. oiepireir A iowell.
L H Schenback, Great)
Pendleton
.tans
Mrs Schenback, do
F W Dlckman. S F
F W Branson. Spokn
Mrs W A Howe, Carl-
ion
Miss Alice H Howe, do
Mrs W E C Howe; do
Mlse M Howe, do
J M Sponsel. St Paul
B G Baker. Spokane
J M Young, Astoria
Fred Stone, Spokane
A G Anderson. 8t Paul
A H Huntington. Salem
L F Albee, Salem
H J Bigger. Salem
H P Creswell, Chicago
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RECEIVER IS DISCHARGED!
PORTLAND SAVINGS . BANK IS NO
MORE.
Rlcaard Nixon's -Final Accounts Are
Approved $3000 la Paid Into
Conrt to Be Ddstribated.
The hearing on the final report of Rich
ard Nixon, receiver of the Portland Sav
ings Bank, took place in Judge Fxazer's
Court yesterday morning. The report was
approved and the receiver discharged and
his bondsmen exonerated.
The report of R. B. Lamson, appointed
by the court to examine the books, ac
counts, etc., of the receiver is as fol
lows: That he has examined all of said financial
statements of said receiver, together with the
books of account kept by said receiver; that
he has checked all of the items (about 3000)
of cash received, as shown by said financial
statements, with the books kept by said re
ceiver showing the same, and finds that said
receiver has duly accounted for all of the
moneys coming Into his hands, with the excep
tions hereinafter stated; that ho has also ex
amined all of the vouchers (about 4000) for
disbursements covering the expenses of said
receivership, and finds that said vouchers cor
respond with the disbursements stated in said
financial reports, with the exceptions herein
after noted; that he Is satisfied, from an ex
amination of such disbursements and vouchers
therefor and of the orders of court relating
thereto, that the payments made were either
for the ordinary and necessary expenses relat
ing to said receivership and the care of the
property coming Into the hands of said receiv
er, or were made under the express order and
direction of this court; that be has also ex
amined the claims against said bank, presented
to said receiver (about 2400), and the disburse
ments of said receiver credited In said finan
cial reports as dividends paid to the creditors
ot said Portland Savings Bank upon said
claims, and finds that said disbursements havo
only been made upon valid claims against said
.bank, tnd for tho amounts to which said
claimants were entitled, under the orders of
the court directing the payments of dividends
upon such claims.
That the Items of receipts and disbursements
which do not appear to be properly accounted
for by said receiver consist of an Item of $3
In his receipts, and three small Items of dis
bursements, amounting In all to $10 SO.
That the accounts of said receivership and
the books of said receiver have been kept In a
clear, accurate and systematic manner, and
show that ald receiver has la all respects
properly accounted for and disbursed the mon
eys coming into his hands, as shown by tho
financial statements by him "filed, with the ex
ceptions above noted.
Mr. Nixon, as shown by his reports, has
received and disbursed about $400,000 dur
ing his receivership.
C. A. Dolph appeared as counsel for the
receiver, and asked that his reports bo
approved and that he be discharged. The
court asked If there had been any ob
jections to tho receiver's report
had been filed, and on being in
formed that there had not, it
was ordered that the reports be .ap
proved, the receiver discharged and his
bondsmen exonerated, upon his turning
into court the balance ot funds remaining
in his hands, amounting to nearly J3000,
the greater part of which is dividends
which have not been called for.
Several petitions have been filed to se
cure portions of this "surplus."
W. A. Munley appeared for the United
States Trust Company and asked that 52000
of the sum be applied In payment of a de
ficiency judgment against the Savings
Bank, arising from tho foreclosure of a
mortgage on the bank building.
An application was also made for divi
sion of the sum among depositors who had
not received the full amount they were
entitled to during the time the bank was
reopened, and notice was given that other
applications would be filed by creditors
for a share In the division of this "sur
plus." Judge Fraxor announced that he would
hear all such applications on January 28
and decide what disposition should be
made of the money, and wind up the
business. The depositors will be repre
sented on this occasion and ask that the
money be left In the registry of the
court to pay the dividends for which It
was intended.
HISTORY OF THE BANK.
It Owed Depositors $2,345,050 It
Paid $1,472,000 Loss, $003,000.
A sketch of the htetory of the Portland
Savings Bank, Its organization, rise and
downfall, the saddest financial event in
the history of Portland, will be Interest
ing at this time. The bank was organ
ized in 1SS2 with a capital stock of $100,0CO,
only 20 per cent of which was in cash.
Its phenomenal success from the start
made It -possible to pay up the stock from
Its- earnings, and also to Increase the
stock to J26O.00O, also from Its earnings.
The bank continued to be a financial suc
cess, and paid large dividends to its stock
holders, sometimes as much as 50 per cent
a year, up to the early part of 1S93. Dur
ing this time the bank was paying 6 per
cent Interest on deposits, aggregating at
times over $3,000,000. When the financial
panic of 1S33 came the bank was unable to
withstand the heavy withdrawals, and
was forced to close Its doors. It was sup
posed at that time that Its assets were
sufficient to pay the depositors in full, and
that the bank would be able to resume
business.
"When the bank closed, July 29, 1S33, Its
deposits amounted to $2,435,050. D. P.
Thompson, one of the organizers and for
mer managers of the bank, but who had
previously disposed of his interests In It,
was appointed receiver, and acted as such
until May 1, ISM, when the bank was re
opened. During his receivership he paid
a dividend to the depositors of $304,000,
amounting to something over 10 per cent.
The bank was open the second time from
May 1 to November 19. 1S94, during which
time it paid to depositors $971,000. Depos
itors who agreed to an extension in order
to allow the bank to open received three
10 per cent dividends, amounting to $730,
000, and the remaining $241,000 was paid to
depositors who had not "signed off" and
who received the amount of their claims
in full. This shows that about $350,000 of
deposits were paid In full. The deposits
at the time the bank finally closed
amounted to $1,159,869. During the time
the bank was reopened It borrowed $150,000
on Its building and about $130,000 on its
best collaterals.
Judge Denny was appointed receiver of
the bank after it closed a second time,
November 19, 1S94, and during his admin,
lstratlon all the funds he collected were
applied toward paying the notes of the
bank secured by collaterals. He resigned
November 20. 1S96, and was succeeded by
J. N. Dolph, who served until the time
of his death, March 10, 1S97, when Richard
Nixon was appointed. Mr. Nixon finally
succeeded In paying off the notes of the
bank, with the exception of the one se
cured by a mortgage on the bank build
ing, and secuted the return of the valua
ble securities held as collateral.
During Mr. Nixon's administration he
has paid IS per cent m dividends, amount
ing to $195,000, on the deposits which the
bank owed when It closed the second time.
The amount the bank owed depositors
at the time It failed was $2,435,050. On
this there was paid by D. P. Thompson,
while receiver, $304,000. While the bank
was reopened It paid depositors $971,000,
and Receiver Nixon has paid in dividends
$155,000, making a total of $1,470,000. leav
ing a total loss to depositors of $965,000.
The percentage received by depositors on
their claims varied greatly, those who did
not "sign off" being paid In full, while a
number who failed to present their claims
for the dividends paid while the bank
was reopened eacured only the 18 per cent
paid by Receiver Nixon. On the total
amount of deposits, however, about 55
per cent was paid.
The costs of the various receiverships.
Including attorneys' fees, receivers' ex
penses and salaries, insurance and a very
large amount of back taxes on property
held by the bank, amounted to about $200,
000, much the larger portion of which went
to pay back taxes. When Receiver Nixon
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came to examine the titles to the real
property held by the bank and obtained
by him on foreclosure proceedings, he
found that in a large number of instances
no taxes had been paid for as much as
10 years, either by the mortgagors or the
bank, and In making sales of such prop
erty he was compelled In many cases to
apply as much as one-half of the money
received to the payment of delinquent
taxes In order to clear the title. One
glowing Instance was the sale of a piece
of property In Spokane for $10,000 on which
the back taxes amounted to over $5500.
Tho largest single loss was on the loan
of $210,000 made by the bank to Sam
Coulter, the property given as security
for which netted the bank only $15,000.
but there were a number of loans of 510,
000 and upwards on which nothing what
ever was realized.
Among the assets sold at auction by Re
ceiver Nixon was a judgment against one
of the directors of the bank for $20,000,
which brought $4500. A claim against an
other officer of the bank for 517,000 sold
at auction for $77. A note of the Walla
Walla Savings Bank for $20,000 sold for
$25. Many similar instances might be
quoted. It Is such an old, old story that
everybody" will be glad to hear the last
of It. but the matter has left scars on
many which are not yet healed nor shall
as long as the sufferers live.
Crime of a Policeman,
NEW YORK, Jan. 14. William H. En
nla, a Brooklyn policeman, shot and
killed his wife and fatally wounded her
mother, Mrs. Alice Gorman, at Mrs. Gor
man's home, early today. Ennls was
nrrested several hours after the shooting.
The policeman had separated from his
wife, and had refused to support h.er,
and she had him arrested recently.
Governor Voorhes' Annual Message.
TRENTON, N. J.. Jan. 14. In his an
nual message to the Legislature, Governor
"Voorhes lays stress upon the urgent need
of legislative action looking to the pres
ervation of the forests. The last Install
ment of the Civil War debt, amounting to
$71,000. fell due January 1, 1902, and Its
payment marked the extinguishment of
the "entire Issue of war bonds, which
amounted In 18S6 to $3,395,200. The prev
alence of anarchy In America receives
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