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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUXDAY MORNING,
W. D. JENKINS DIES
Secretary of State of Wash
ington, 1897-1901.
POPULIST LEADER AND EDITOR
Snpervlnor of the Censns for "Wnnli
IiiKton in 1S!K End AVim Not Un
expected, nnd Cn in c in Snn
Frnncisco.
OLYMPIA, Fell. 15. A telegram was re
ceived here todny from San Francisco
statins that ex-Secretary of State Will D.
Jenkins died In that city this morning.
Mr. Jenkins left Olympia a year ago for
California, where he wis interested in an
oil company.
Will D. Jenkins was one of the promi
nent men of Washington. lie was a
native of Indiana, being born In Tippeca
noe in isn. At an early age he came
West and settled In Kansas, where at 1C
years of ago he established a weekly
newspaper called the Clarion. Some few
years later he established the Smith
County Pioneer, which Is now one of the
leading county papers of that state. In
1SSI Mr. Jenkins came to Washington and
located at Seattle. He aided in establish
ing the Daily Chronicle and helped edit
that paper when It was the leading state
Journal. In 1SS3 he removed to Whatcom
and with others established the Dally
Reveille. Later, he served three terms as
Mayor of that city, having been elected
by the Republicans. In 1S90 he was cen
sus supervisor for Western Washington.
Shortly after the formation of the Popu
list part-, in 1S92, Mr. Jenkins became
one of Its leaders. He edited a Populist
paper for some time known as the Cham
pion, and in 1S95 he was nominated by
tint party for Secretary of State and was
elected. Since retiring from ofllce a year
ago, he had interested himself in oil ven
tures. About two years ago he was
stricken with a malady that puzzled the
physicians, but later It was diagnosed as
an abscess, and from this he never re
covered. Mr. Jenkins was a thirty-third
degree Ma.on, past grand chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias of Washington
and an Odd Fellow. His family, which
consists of a wife, three girls and two
boys. Is well provided for, as he carried
about 520.000 life insurance.
OKGAXIZC TO ADVANCE JOSEPH.-
Burliness Men Form n Commercial
Club nnd Elect OHlc'crs.
JOSEPH. Or.. Feb. 1.". The business men
of this place have organized under the
name of the Joseph Commercial Club.
The Interests of the town and community
are being looked after, and It goes with
out saying that Joseph will be heard from
in tho near future. The town is ad
mirably situated at the foot of the famous
Wallowa Lake, and surrounded by some
of the finest farming country In Eastern
Oregon. In addition there are fine min
ing prospects In the mountains a few miles
distant. The following named, who are all
wide-awake, energetic business men. were
elected ofilcers and appointed on working
committees:
President, Albert Wurfcwellcr; first vice
president, C. E. Jennings; second vice
president, F. F. McCully; secretary, W.
J. Roup; treasurer, George Mack; board
of managers. Albert Wurzweller (chair
man), C. E. Jennings, William Weber,
George Mack, G. F. Conley; committees
city Interest and public policy, F. D. Mc
Cully (chairman). Peter O'Sullivan, C. E.
Jennings, Scott Z. Henderson; immigra
tion and transportation, Lee C. Hender
hon (chairman), J. D. McCully, J. A. Rum.
ble; public highways, F. F. McCully
(chairman), Frank Stevenson, A. A. Mil
ler; mines and mining, George Mack
(chairman), M. R. Hibbs, A. E. Donnelly;
social entertainment and advertising,
Scott Z. Henderson (chairman), H. B.
Royce, C. E. Atcherson.
The secretary of the club will he glad
to furnish any Information to homeseek
ers or those desiring business locations.
All communications should be addressed to
the secretary, W. J. Roup.
NEW OREGON CORPORATIONS.
Article Filed nt Snlem Dnrlnjr tho
Tast "Weelc.
SALEM, Feb. 15. Articles of incorpora
tion were filed In the ofilce of the Secre
tary of State this week as follows:
Peoria Gold Mining Company, Grant
County (no postofiico address), $1,000,000;
Robert Francis, Orange S. Tullis, Henry
W. Wells.
Oregon Mercantile Company, Portland,
$20,000; Charles J. Schnabel, A. F. Smith.
A. P. Johnson.
F. B. Dallam & Co.. Portland; 23.000;
F. B. Dallam, J. E. Cormack, J. Cormack,
Jr.
The Medford Drug Company, Medford;
53000; A. H. WHIett, Fronla D. Willett,
Ivan Humason.
Sand Hollow Oil Company, Vale; $20,000;
A. W. Thayer, Thomas Richards, J. F.
Meikle, W. "P. Dunham, Eben Smith.
Willow Springs Oil Company, Vale;
$20,030; A. W. Thayer. Thomas Richards,
J. F. Meikle, W. P. Dunham, Eben Smith.
Falls City Lodge No. 14S. I. O. O. F.,
Falls City, Polk County; John J. Colwell.
R. M. Wonderly, John J. Brown.
The Whirlwind Gold Mining & Explora
tion Company. Union; $100,000; C. S. Dun
phy. E. S. McComas. Joslah Wright.
Pleasant Valley Cheese Association,
Pleasant Valley, Tillamook County; $1000;
I. E. Moore, E. P. Schild, B. W. Turner.
Gofchawk Mining Company, Portland;
$7300; A. W. Anthony, Ross Nicholas, A.
K. Anthony.
IlllAVE AXD SELF-MADE "WOMAN".
Kill Coyotes nnd Thus Makes Money
to Take Teacher Exnmtnntlon.
BAKER CITY, Feb. 15. Miss Augusta
Jett, a niece of Assessor George W. Jett,
of Baker County, has distinguished her
self by killing a number of coyotes in
the neighborhood of her home on Burnt
River. Miss Jett is a young school teach
er who Is anxious to secure a state cer
tificate. She Is here now taking tho
examination before the State Board.
She earned enough money, by killing
coyotes, to pay her expenses while tak
ing the state oxaminaUon. She brought
In six, somo of which she trapped while
she killed others with a club.
FIIcm on Eale Creelc "Waters.
A. B. Frame has filed on 10,000 inches
of water of Eagle Creek, in addition to
that already secured, which will be used
to furnish power for the electric light
ing and power plant, soon to bo erected
for the purpose of supplying Baker City
and other Eastern Oregon towns with
electric power and light.
May Pnt In Paper Mill nt Pendleton.
PENDLETON. Or.. Feb. 15. Fred Wal
ters, owner of the Pendleton Custom
(Mills, has been considering a plan to put
.in a paper mill, to be operated with mo
tive power obtained from the flume now
used by his flouring mills. He believes
ho can run the flume a. Quarter of a
mile lower down tho river, install an
electric" plant, generate electricity enough
to operate the flouring mills, and also
furnish enough power to run a paper
mill. The plan is entirely tentative, and
depends upon further investigation as to
Its feasibility. Mr. Walters proposes to
manufacture straw paper.
Prisoner E.icnprx From Officers.
ST. HELENS, Or., Feb. 15. Andrew
Kevonsky, under arrest for cattle-stealing,
escaped from ofilcers In this city
yesterday and has not been seen since.
He was being brought to the County Jail
with J. H. Moreback. suspected of the
same crime. The Sheriff has offered a
reward of $25 for the capture of Kenov
sky. THE METROPOLITAN MERGER
Directors' Statement of the Plain of
Securities Company.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. In their an
nouncement to tho stockholders, the di
rectors of the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company state that an agreement has
been entered into between the Securities
Company and the Inter-Urban Company,
into which the Northern Mount Vernon,
Wtvt Chester and Connecticut People's
Traction and Westchester electric lines
recently were consolidated, by the terms
of which the Securities Company is to
pay Into the treasury of the Inter-Urban
at least JU,000,COO in cash, and will receive
in return stock at par and debentures
bearing interest at not more than 4 per
cent a year The agreement further "pro
vides that tho Securities Company shall
acquire any further jtock and securities
that the Inter-Urban may hereafter Issue.
If the stockholders of the Metropolitan
ratify the lease, the Inter-Urban Company
agrees first to assume the fixed charges of
the Metropolitan Street Railway Company
and unconditionally guarantee 7 per cent
per annum upon the entire amount of its
capital stock, and second, to "pay $23,000,
000 Into the treabtiry of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company in return for
tho securities liberated by the payment
of the unrefunded debt and other assets
now almost entirely unproductive, said
sum to be expended In liquidating tho un
funded debt and in completing the electri
cal equipment of the Metropolitan system
and to be paid as required for those pur
poses." Tho stockholders of the Metropolitan
are, under the plan, to be accorded the
privilege of subscribing at par for an
amount of the stock of the Metropolitan
Securities Company equal to 45 per cent
of the par value of the Metropolitan Com
pany's stock, which would amount to ?23,
4W.O00 out of a total issuo of f30.000.000. It
also was announced that the Metropolitan
would create a refunding mortgage to se
cure an unauthorized issue of tC5.000.COO of
4 per cent 103-year refunding bonds, of
which about $54,000,000 would bo reserved
to retire and refund the 27 Issues of exist
ing bonds secured by lien from various
parts of the Metropolitan system, exclu
sive of the Third-Avenue line, as they
mature, and also for refunding In advance
of maturity such of the bonds as can be
advantageously acquired by purchase out
right or in exchange for new refunding
bonds.
The Incorporators of the Metropolitan
Securities Company arc: William H. Bald
win, Jr.; Edward J. Berwlnd, Paul S.
Cravat, Thomas P. Fowler. George G.
Haven, James H. Hyde, Augustus D.
Julllard and Mortimer L. Schiff, and the
corporation took the usual powers of such
companies under the laws of this state.
Its Issue of $30,000,000 of stock has been
underwritten at par, conditional upon the
ratification of the lease.
Pea Cnnncrles to Combine.
MILWAUKEE. Feb. 15. Practically all
of the pea canneries of Wisconsin, Illi
nois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, as well
as about half of those in the East, are
said to be Included In the proposed trust,
which was discussed here during the ses
sion of the National Canners' Association.
After the adjournment of the convention
last night. It was stated that options on
all but two of the canneries that have fig
ured In tho proposed combination, have
been renewed until December 1 next
Mnrblc Men Talli of Combining.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. A meeting of
quarry ofilcers and marble dealers In this
city has just been held, with a view. It
Is stated, of combining Interests. Whether
or not the meeting had any relation to
that held in Omaha Friday is unknown.
Only preliminary plans were discussed.
rMmKMm '-m&& &m Oteiir
FEBRUARY 16, 1902.
FUTURE OF ISLANDS
Should Not Be Discussed at
Present Time, Says Taft.
BAD EFFECT ON THE NATIVES
TurntnB tlie Government Over to Fil
ipino Control "Would Soon Re
sult in Foreign Ownership
of the Areltlpclnso.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. The hearing
of Governor Taft on the Philippines by
the Senate committee on Philippines, be
gan today with a series of questions by
Senator Patterson in regard to the fitness
Though he calls himself a4merchant.
Or a manager, or dork.
lie Is just a Chinese coolie,
And a foe to honest work.
HE SEES THE SHAM.
of the Filipinos for Jury duty. Patterson
asked whether the native population on
which the voting franchise, is bestowed
could not be trusted to do Jury duty. The
Governor replied in the negative, saying
they are so used to corruption In the ad
ministration of justice that they could not
be trusted.
"They need to be trained." he said, "to
have examples; they are not ready for
Jury duty."
Referring to tho code of procedure In
the islands. Governor Taft said in reply
to a question by Senator Culberson that
It Is an American code rather than a Span
ish code. Under the Spanish regime, said
Governor Taft. the courts were not only
sluggish, but notoriously corrupt, and the
first courts established by General Otis
wero no better.
Referring to the petition of the Federal
party Governor Taft said all the cases of
imprisonment referred to were for mili
tary and not civil offenses. Practically
thero are no civil prosecutions for political
offenses at this time. Governor Taft Eald
the original draft of the Federal party
platform had been submitted to the com
mission and that the declaration for state
hood was then more explicit and was ulti
mately adopted.
My recollection," he said, "Is that we
said to the representatives of the party
that this must be far In the future and
that we could make no promises one way
or tho other."
"Is not tho commission responsible for
tho formation of tho Federal party?"
asked Senator Dubois.
"No, it Is not," Governor Taft responded.
He gavo tho names of several prominent
Filipinos who had assisted in .the organi
zation. They had, he said, consulted the
members of the commission and the lat
ter had encouraged tho formation as far
as possible because tho party was for
peace. Tho promise of statehood had been
no prominent part of the mission work of
the leaders.
Senators Patterson, Carmack and Cul
berson asked numerous questions based
upon the memorial from the Federal party,
calculated to bring out Governor Taft's
Idea as to what. If any, promise had been
made to the Filipinos In the way of gov
ernment for the future. Governor Taft
advocated the establ'shment of a stable
government for the present, with the un
derstanding that some time In the future
the Americans and the Filipinos could
reach an agreement as to what should be
done In the way of government or in
maintaining relations. "But," he said,
"whether the Islands should have their
Independence,, whether they should be
given a quasl-independence, or whether
they should be made a state of the Union.
In so far as the future Is concerned, I
liavo reached no conclusion. The great
evil of the present time with reference
to the Philippine Islands is the current
discussion of their future so long be
fore that can be fixed."
In reply to a number of questions by
Senator McComas, based upon the Dem
ocratic substitute for the Philippine tariff
bill. Governor Taft said that to turn the
government of the archipelago over to
the Filipinos, as therein proposed, would,
in his opinion, result In anarchy and In
the disturbance of vested rights to such
an extent as to render it necessary for
the United States to resume Its control
with all the work to do over again that
had been dono in the last two years. Ho
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had no doubt, however, that the Filipinos
could form a government, as they had
done under Aguinaldo.
"Would the condition be such," asked
Lodge, "as to lead to the acquisition of
the islands by foreign powers?"
"That is a matter of opinion," respond
ed the Governor. "The Philippines are
called by the foreigners 'the gem of the
Orient. The records will show the In
terest that Japan has taken in the isl
ands, and the Investments made by cit
izens of other countries Indicate what is
thought of them. Both the Germans and
English have considerable capital invested
there."
RIOTS AT TRIESTE.
Demands of Strikers "Will He Con
ceded Yesterday's Flhtiii;?.
TRIESTE, Austria, Feb. 16. Crowds
thronged the streets this morning, but
military patrols keep the strikers and
public moving. All the squares and pub
lic buildings are occupied by soldiers and
large contingents of the military forces
are In readiness for Immediate action.
Business Is suspended.
A number of those who were wounded
when tho troops on the Plaza Grande
fired a volley Into a mob yesterday have
since died.
Many" black flags were flying this after
noon, and mobs paraded the streets,
smashing the windows of those who did
not display mourning. The result was
that there were repeated encounters be
tween the rioters, soldiers and police,
and many arrests were made. One de
tachment of troops, which was attacked,
retaliated by firing on the rnob. Three
of tho rioters were killed and four were
wounded. The street lamps have been
broken off and the gas has been Ignited.
Tho police and troops are pelted from
the housetops witn tiles and slate.
Tho Burgomaster, who Is president of
the arbitration tribunal, announced that
It had been decided to comply with the
demands of the striking stokers. The
town Council protests against the action
of tho government authorities, and has
asked for the liberation of those persons
who have been arrested. The government
hns applied a special regime to the
Trieste district, and has suspended tho
ordinary civil rights.
The announcement that It had been de
cided to concede the demands of the
strikers had a tranquillzlng effect this
evening. The total number of persons
killed Is six and a score wero injured.
Mormon Gaining Dnnlsli Convert!!.
COPENHAGEN. Monday, Feb. 3. The
Mormons are making strong efforts to gain
a permanent foothold in Denmark. It is
notorious that this little country has fur
nished a large quota of Immigrants for
Utah, whero there are thousands of Dan
ish Mormons. Some of the most prom
inent leaders of this sect are Danes.
Danish missionar es who have been sent
to work in their native land have not
been well received In Denmark. Most of
them have been banished from the coun
try as soon as it was discovered that
they wero here to gain converts to their
religion and to encourage people to im
migrate to Utah. For this reason their
work has often been carried on secretly.
Croker'n Mont House Finns.
NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Richard Crok
er"s plans respecting the future of tho
Moat House property are now being de
veloped, says a Wdrld dispatch from
Wantage, England. The extensive dairy
plant he has established Is for tho bene
fit of his son, Bertie, who Is to be made
a dairy farmer, nnd large returns are
expected from supplying milk and but
ter to the London market. The land
around Moat House is admirably adapted
to cattle farming and raising, and Mr.
Croker intends to Introduce some of the
best strains of milch cows obtainable,
as well as fat cattle.
Funeral of Lord Daitcrln.
BELFAST, Feb. 15. The remains of
the Marquis of Dufferln, who died Wed
nesday last, were Interred this afternoon
at Clan-de-Boye. There was a large
gathering of mourners. Tho Duko of
Argyle represented King Edward.
Fresh Itevolt in Cono.
ANTWERP, Feb. 15. A steamer which
arrived here from the Congo reports that
a fresh revolt recently occurred In the
Wells district, and that the Batetela reb
els have been annihilated.
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HOLD IT OVER AGAIN
Doubt as to Legality of Re
cent Council Meeting.
MEMBERS MEET THE MAYOR
Llnuor Licence Ordinance for JfGOO
May Ilnvc to Be- I'nsied Once
More, If it Majority Can j
Be Mnstered. . L. iil
There was a lively conference at ths
City Hall yesterday afternoon, at which,
the legality of the special Council meet
ing held last Monday was the subject o
discussion. Those in tho conferenco
were Mayor Rowe. Auditor Devlin and
Councllmen Branch, Brnnaugh. Masters
and Merrill. The upshot of the session
was practical agreement to do over again,
all the proceedings of that meeting, in
order to remove any question as to tho
validity of the transactions involved. On
this understanding the matters before
last Monday's meeting will be brought up
again at the coming meeting of the Coun
ell. and dlspos-ed of as if they had not
been dealt with before.
The chief interest attaches to the pas
sage of the ordinance increasing the an-'
nual saloon license from $100 to $500. Re
ports that the liquor dealers would con
test the new Hcen.-e on the ground that(
the meeting at which it was passed waaj
not legal had reached the Councllmen.
Examination into that question showed a
state of circumstances that was deemed
by several to ca?t doubt on the legalltyi
of the meeting. The only notico giveni
was by publication, and that, in this
case, was conceded to be defective be
cause it was not published the required
time. No notices were sent by mail,
as It is not customary to do so. Still,
If all the Councllmen had been present
there could have been no doubt that all
wero duly notified, their presence estop
ping a claim of lack of notice. All wero
present but one Nealond. It so hap
pens that his vote, had It been opposed
to all the" measures passed, would not
have defeated any of them, but somo
contend that the law presumes that his
eloquence or his pursuaslve logic might
have changed other votes, and this view
of the case fs that the special meeting
was not legal. Councilman Nealonu's
constituents wero not represented, on tho
legal presumption that his absence was
duo to lack of notice; hence doubt on all
the proceedings of that special meeting.
Incidentally a discussion of the saloon
license was Injected into tho conference,
and It was the chief subject of consider
ation for a considerable time. Council
man Merrill set forth his views as to
the rights of "one class of business men"
with much force, giving it to bo under
stood clearly that he did not believe in
tho ordinance for Increasing the license
nnd expressing the conviction that It
would not hold water in tho courts. Ho
nrgued tho merits of the question, not
merely the legal hitch as to the legality
of tho Council meeting. He declared
that If It should be attempted to pass
the ordinance again ho was assured that
It would fail; that the present license of
$400 would stand or it would bo put
away up to $1000 so the small dealers
would know they had to go out of busi
ness. The Mayor agreed with Merrill
on some points but the other Councllmen
held distinctly different views.
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT!
Record-nrenliing: Maximum in Item I
of Loans nnd Deposits.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. The Financier
says:
The statement of the New York Asso
ciated Banks this week showed a record
breaking maximum In the Items ot loans
and of depos'lts, and this, too, notwith
standing a loss of cash. The official re
turn of the cash was entirely at variance)
with the estimates based upon the trace
able movements of money between tho
banks and tho Treasury and the Interior,
the official statement showing a net loss
of $6S6,100, made up of a gain of $1,51G,700
in specie, and a loss of 52.202.SC0 in legal
tenders, while the estimated movement
showed a gain of $2,619,100 cash. This
discrepancy may be accounted for by an
outward movement of legal tenders
through the mall to Boston and Phila
delphia, which shipments were not re
ported by the bank tellers who confined
their reports to the amount of money
which was delivered- to or received, from,
the express companies. The loans wero
expanded last week by $13,49S,7C0. This
makes a total expansion since the second
week in January of $57,767,900 and tho
loans now are $932,001,700. or $13.21o.l0O
greater than the largest amount of loans
on record, which was $91S,7S9.600, March,
9, 1901. Deposits were increased by $11,-
597,100, showing that the statement Is out,
of harmony. The surplus reserve was
reduced $4,335,375 to $13,560,850. or only!
$701,400, above the surplus at the corre
sponding date a year ago. Then tho
cash holdings of the banks were $265,654,
700, whereas now they are 5267,3S0,SCO.
Comparisons of changes in the item of
loans and of cash by seven of the Wall
street banks show that six out of tho
number increased loans by $12,400,000,
while one bank showed a decrease of $1,
400,000, making a net gain of $11,000,000.
Two of the six banks expanded loans by;
$9,000,000.
The statement of the associated banka
for the week ending today, shows:
Loans. $931,004,S00; increase. $13,49S,7CO.
Deposits, $1,015,279,000; increase, $14,
597.100. Circulation. $31,214,100; decrease. $67,600.
Legal tenders, $72,825,000; decrease, $2,
202.S00. Specie, $191,553,400; increase, .$1,516,700.
Reserves, $267,3SO,600; decrease, $626,100.
Reserves required, $253,S19,750; Increase,
$3,619,275.
Surplus, $13,560.S50; decrease, $4,333,375.
Tolstoi Is Better.
YALTA, Crimea, Feb. 15. Count Tolstoi
Is somewhat Improved today. His pulso
Is 90 and his temperature is satisfactory.
The change for the worse In his condi
tion which occurred last evening was
caused by a spread of the pulmonary in
flammation to the right lung. The Inflam
mation Is beginning to subside.
Transfer of Chinese- Customs.
HONG KONG, Feb. 15. Orders havo
been received from Pekin to transfer the
native customs at Canton to the Im
perial customs. As, however, the prefer
ential duties in favor of the junks aro
retained, the value of the transfer to
foreign trade is nullified. It is believed
this will be corrected.
Daily Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Today's Treas
ury statement shows:
Available cash balances $173,664,023
Gold 86,455,813
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