How They Propose to Evade the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Takes Up the B. I. IIBVBI, Pubi!«»«»- OREGON. M c M innville . MATS Of w ■■ of Items From the InterestinS Coll»c,,’pr„tnted |n , Two '■ tóiíht . h «“1"' Ten Menk «I M»»V Exclusion Law—Stock Companies Organizing. Pacific Cable Matter. Seattle. Dec. 21—The matter of Items of General Interest From telegraphic communication with All Parts of the State. Alaska and the Orient has lieen re­ cently presented by Attorney Joseph COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL NOTES, ETC Shippen to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, which unanimously re­ Brief Review of the Growth and Improv*, solved “that the governmental and A ments of the Many Industries Through­ commercial interests of the United out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Form. „ ,, - ion Germans are unem- Half a nr ployed. , . f ... , threaten to expel Americans rom^’ explosion SCHEME OF CHINESE. TO ASIA VIA ALASKA. The drill of the oil well being bored icar Springfield, Las encountered gold n small quantities. A farmer near The Dalles was robbed of $1,400 recently. The money was concealed in the barn. in Port Townsend, Wash., Dec. 25.— The Chinese seem determined t» evade the exclusion law, according to information received here by niem- liers of the local Chinese colony. The information is to the effect that a large number of stock companies are being organized in the southern provinces with capital stocks of $1,- 000,000 and upwards, and stock to the amount of $500 will be issued to Chinese coming to America so they can show upon being examined by the customs officials at a port gi entry that they belong to the exnnpt class, or merchants. . - * This actum ’ «»Ai to be the result of t1»‘agitation for a more stringent exdusion law at the expiration of the I proent law next May. The Chinese inmigration brokers in the southern prwinces believe that the new law wil exclude all except merchants or menbeis of mercantile firms who have heretofore been admitted upon sbow- ingthat they are interested in firms to the amount of $500, and that large numbers will soon start from the Orient armed with stock in the new companies. • « " S “ P* ;i C^ , Dec.21.-Ten Pittsbur] th andhjlji^ Plans of the National Memorial burned to «lt^B Association. an explosion oi’gafc af ! MEMORIAL ARCH ASSOCIATION TO HELP The People of the will Have United States an Opportunity to Help Build an Ap. priate Monument at Hit Tomb. Cleveland, Dec. 23.—Judge William 1. Day, president of the McKinley L I National Memorial Association, has issued the following statement to the public, adopted by the trustees at their recent meeting in Washington: -■H /■H nace of Jones «fc Laughlin day. The explosion y, slip in the furnace, at)(j flames belched upward fjlro ki bell. The men were on ( be platform 85 feet above the There were 19 men on th when the explosion occurred, fl of them were caught m the | in two of them escaping with slifl jury. The other four men wJ regular men employed as tod and escaped without injury, ■ lie plosion was caused by the gas gecom’ ing encased in a crust of cindeu ¿formed at the bottom of the furnaea. A wheelbarrow containing ore hafi been sent up to the men and when they went to dump it into the bell lof the furnace, they pushed it over wo far and it rolled into the hoppers Tlya barrow weighed 900 pounds and was too heavy for the four men to raise. The 15 laborers, all Hungaritujs, wer* then sent up to assist them. Had it not been for the barrow accident no one would have been hurt. B|| ^.e Schley court of inquiry has The McKinley National Memorial Associa­ n dissolved. tion was organized by the immediate personal Senator Mitchell has secured an al­ friends of President McKinley io afford an Argentine people are preparing for lowance of $400 per annum for addi­ opportunity for the people of me United states rar with Ulule. to express their personal love and devotion to tional clerk hire at the Whitney post- the late President by the erection of a fitting Forty-five lives were lost in a fire in oflice. memorial at his grave. The trustees were ap­ pointed by the President of the United Stairs, i Mexican town. The new »melter at «-,le Standard the first meeting for organization having been Germany threatens forcible meas­ Held at Cleveland, October 10th. it is the dis­ mine, Baker cou>*vy> ’las been run­ tinct purpose of the Association to erect such ures against Venezuela. ning some tit«”-’ UIld has proved a great a memorial as will fittingly vypiiy those ex­ alted qualities of character, simplicity, dig­ SUCCJ*C' The battleship Indiana has lieen nity, devotion to duty and high ideals that were so eminently exemplified in hjs life and irdereil to La Guayra. Venezuela. A rich quartz ledge has been un­ purposes. This memorial is to rise above the covered on Tip Top mountain, of the [ Governor Crane, of Massachusetts, gravi* at Canton, Ohio, where he will finally rest in accord with his own expressed wish. China creek district, a few miles east mis been offered the treasury port­ In bringing the purposes of this Association of Grants Pass. before the people, the earlier work has been vol io. ii""• ••-Hiil\ on«-of organization. This Ims i r«>- I General Miles has been reprimand- Coyote hunting is a very profitable gressed rapidly ana satisfactorily. It is desired ¿í that an organization be perfected in every slate (1 for meddling in the Schley contro- employment in the eastern part of ^JSKPH jJHtPPKN. and territory, and local organization in cities, FOUR BOILERS BLEW UP- ersy. the state, the law allowing $2 for towns and rural districts with a committee in charge, working in connection with the state each scalp taken. I’&nama canal shareholders want to auxiliary, is urged. The public should be Another Bad Accident at Pittsbi require submarine electric given the fullest opportunity to subscribe. TRAVELERS IN CHINA. i'll their property to the United The new 25 stamp mill of the The trustees desire to express their deep Men Killed and Twelve Injure®- ■ initiation from Puget sound to sense of obligation to the press of the country Itates at any price. Hoosier Boy Mining Company, laska, Manila and the centers of Prairie Diggings district, has lieen Precautions Necessary to Insure Their Per­ for its earnest support thus far, and to recom­ Pittsburg, Dec. 24.—Thre«' or four Secretary Long lias approved mend that ail newspapers act as agents for the 'Asiatic commerce.’’ receipt of subscriptions. installed and is running constantly. men were killed and 12 injuM by a iiUiogs of the majority report^’ sonal Safety. By a resolution passed by the American This has led to the careful drafting cliley c«.ilrt of inquiry. 4. Bankers’ Association, all banks have been des­ The new strike at the Lucky Boy Washington, Dec. 24.— Minister ignated depositories for subscriptions. All terrific boiler explosion at tlie Black ukv ‘¿X‘‘th.“P±S^i who*com" ’ of a bill about to be introduced in mine, in the Blue river district, is will receive and forward monies Diamond Steel Works today, and Conger has reported to the state de­ postmasters and all express companies will issue money another man is missing. congress by Senator Foster, providing even richer than estimated at first. free of charge, and, when necessary, .auded the squadron has for the laying and maintaining by The ore assays from $600 to $900 to partment certain correspondence be­ orders forward money free. Reuben Miller, Jr., superintendent tween himself and the Chinese gov­ In foreign countries, the ambassadors, min­ >en «leni* the United States of an ocean cable, the ton. isters and consuls of the United states will re of the plant, states that thei-iboiler» »y* conditions are good for ernment regarding the precautions to ceive and forward subscriptions. or rather a series of connecting cables, A new hydraulic mine has just been lie taken by foreigners traveling in In every ease the name and address of the were examined last week and pro« J b in the Philippines. subscriber should be forwarded to the treas­ to Alaska ami the Orient by the started up on Louse creek, Southern urer, Myron 1. Herrick, Cleveland, Ohio, for nounced to be in excellent condition. A Cbinese cruiser called at Manila northern route. It is earnestly hoped Oregon. The grounds are very rich the inland districts of China to in­ preservation in the permanent archivesol the No known cause can be given for the honor General Chaffee. sure their personal safety. The board Association, and in order that souvenir certifi­ that despit«' the pressure of manifohl and the new mine promises to become cates may be sent to each. The souvenir cer­ explosion, but a thorough investiga­ Appraiser Wakeman, of New York, of foreign affairs has requested that, an important placer gokl producer. tificate adopted by the trustees will be worthy business, this measure may be adopt­ < f preservation ns a work of art and a« evi­ tion is now in progress. jt'ieen removed from office. Chief Justice R. 8. Bean, of « the in accordance with treaty provisions, dence of the holder’s participation in the ed and speedily carried into execu­ It was about 4:15 o’clock,, as the erection of the national memorial. It has en­ 'Fire at Clarksville. Ark., destroyed travelers in the interior of the coun ­ Oregon supreme court, has been tion. graved upon it a portrait of President McKin­ night crew was about to turn over the roperty valued at $100,(MX). chosen to represent this state at a try and away from the vicinity of the ley, and in shadow pictures of the President’s at Canton, the Capitol and White House. mill to the day forMC, gathering of lawyers at the Louisiana treaty ports should always be provid­ home (The transport McClellan has sailed TREASON IN MINDANAO. The public is . specially Caundtred against era in the 10 incUbv Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in any enterprise attempting tq.makv capital out nm Berumda for New York. ed with passports. It is further de­ of the sentiments Trie mill of affection which inspired ploued with U rrific for, roe. 1903. the desire to rear at the grave of our late was coixrpietelyJ^I Jked and th* debris Fire in Baltimore, M«L, caused a Davis Asks for Military Control of a Prov­ sired that travelers give the local au­ President a memorial which shall fittingly iss of $210,000. fully covered by feet The Boring for oil has been commenced thorities notice in advance of their honor his memory. It is the desire of the piled from 50 to TO To "itat feel high. ince-Several Recent Engagements. trustees that all contributions shall be the boiler works of J»n>ei McNeill, ad­ lsurance. near Springfield. intention to go further, in order that free-will offering of the people, and they re ­ Manila, Dec. 25.—General George request the public to discourage all joining the BTiteJF'lMtfmand mill, was The first ground for the St. Louis Secretary of State Dunbar has re­ the authorities of the province toward spectfully propositions which mav seem to have as their also destroyed. A force of men went position was broken with imposing W. Davis, commanding at Zambo­ turned from a trip East. which they are traveling may be not­ object the obtaining of money by giving all or to work as quickly as possible after anga, island of Mindanao, has re­ part of the proceeds to the memorial fund. Vernon ies. quested that the province of amis, Oregon City treasurer has issued a ified and suitable guard be dispatched The public are hereby notified that The Mc­ the explosion, searching in the debris Engineer who caused the recent .Mindanao, again be placed under call for warrants up to January 1, 1900. with them to protect them from harm. Kinley National Memorial Association has no for the bodies. connection with or relation to any other asso­ lifornia train wreck, says he forgot military control. General Davis has ciation or to any enterprise of a commercial The mill had 60 men on eaeh turn, nature. Salem city council, in order to stop i orders. proof that the recently elected presi­ Bank» in the Orient. and it is thought the numerous hold-ups, has increased After a conference at this meeting men. both cre .The American Lumber Company, dent and vice councilors and the lead­ New York, Dec. 24.—Three distinct with representatives of the William tin1 time of t qlitjil $8.000,000,was incorporated in ing men of Cagayan de Misamis, are the police foroe. movements are at the moment under guilty of treason in furnishing am­ McKinley Memorial Arch Association lured and the ’ cw Jersey. The O. R. & N. steamer Ruth sunk munition to the insurgents within in the Willamette river near Cor­ way, having in view the establish­ of Washington, the following resolu­ neath the wrec Fire at Huntington, Pa., destroyed the past month. The fiscal of the vallis. The accident was caused by ment of American banking facilities tion was adopted : where they hl ie opera bouse block, including sev- province of Misamis is also impli­ striking a snag. in the Orient, says the Journal of RESOLVED, That it be the sense of the for life. ail stores. Loss, $150,000 Trustees of the McKinley National Memorial cated. The evidence shows that all One of the hoi that the field of popular subscri?" The industrial building at the state Commerce. These include first, the Association I The Atlantic Rubber Shoe Co., of these men are members of the tion should be h it to it for raising the s,,m the street and establishment of branches at Shang ­ necessary to provide a suitable memorial to house. ipital, $10,000,000, has been incor­ secret Katipunan society. General reform school at Salem burned, The the late President at Canton, where his 1’2‘Jy prated at Trenton, N. J. Loss, hai and Manila, by the Guaranty lies; James F. Wade, commanding the cause of the fire is unknown. and that this Association should i°*n with the William McKinley Memorial Arch Trust Company; second, the estab­ GAGE WO The bodies of two shepherds, partly American forces on Cebu island, con­ $25,000, with $8,000 insurance. Association of Washington in memorie‘,zin* curs in and endorses the request of lishment of a bank particularly organ ­ congress to erect a national memorial flt th® limed, were found at Cabra Springs, Port of Portland commissioners have of our country to commemo,dte Secretary Anxious to Leave Roo^^H . M. They were murdered and their General Davis, and reviewing the practically decided that it will be ized for Oriental business by a syndi­ capital services to the nation. situation in Mindanao, says he is sat­ economy to build a wooden dry dock cate of which Edward H. Cragin is Dcks stolen. inet at Earliest Possible Daye The Arch Association acqui« sce d in. isfied that the ends of justice, peace at a cost of $225,000, and renew it A St. Petersburg capitalist has the head, and third, the establishment this resolution and has cease 1 to 80_ Washington, Dec. 24.—It it^ and good government will soon la* every 15 years, than to spend $540,- tomised to supply 140.000 roubles by a New York national bank of a licit subscriptions, leaving Hi® field tary Gage’s intention to re^L^^^ obtained by the restoration of mili­ 0 for a steel structure. ir the expense of a north polar ex­ branch at Manila, as soon as suitable to the McKinley National Memorial the treasury portfolio as soon *» fre*4 tary control to the province of Mi lori ng party, which will leave next satnis and the overcoming of all re Association, through which the peo­ legislation can be secured. iar. ple of the United States "’ill build a ident Roosevelt can find a suitable* Portland Markets. »¡stance to that authority. It is ex­ memorial of affection i*t the last successor, and he basso inforflNd th«* Hall of Tara to Be Sold. A pro-Boer orator caused a riot at pected that the United States Philip­ Wheat—Walla Walla,59@60c ;blue- resting place of their beloved presi­ president. Mr. Gage would'to Irmingham, England. pine commission will refuse this re­ stem, 61c; valley, 591aC American army in the kmo» ii t,, I I;.' po < Major Heinz, a medical officer, is Philippines is having little effect, dlings, $20; shorts, $18; chops, $17. about the spot, and authentic records After the cabinet meeting show that the monarchs of Ireland men were cremator and another ser­ known. Commended for his bravery in owing to th»« increase of army sta­ Hay—Timothy, $ll(er pound; sheep, weth­ —was rejected and it has been reserved yesterday at Lit -le Suamico. “What I may or may not de event­ The first train had reached Little ually I am not prepared to -»¿i ’he navy department has am | ment in many towns, which has ers, 3L4(ounil. A Farmhouse Fire. main track tund. a curve near the depot and crashed merville yesterday, the home of John (crai more changes in Pi'esident | countered 60 insurgents last week at would ask, and I would de into the fir*t train. The two men Veal — 8@9c per poutui. Ashbaugh, a farmer, was destroyed «osevelt’s cabinet in the near in Alaminos. in l.aguna province. Four anything he might ask.’’ Beef—Gross, cows, 3t>j; steers, by tire and four persons burned to who were killed were trainmen off a re. of the enemy were killed and several passenger train who were traveling death. One other was burned in 3 ’ 2(3* 4c; d American officers to reorganize four. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.50(3 bound stage between Laytonville and l:e f’-nally escaped from the burning minimum temperature reading». As Lieutenant John D. Hartman, of 3; liens. $3.5O(<( I. 8’.,(,iJ»c per pound: S navy. Eight cars were telescoped far south as Louisiana and« khegtilf Willits was robbed this morning, half wreck. Upon the termination of the Boer tl>«' First cavalry, during an e.xpt'di- springs 9(31(ie |>er pound. $2.50(33 a mile alstve the latter place. A reg­ and soon burned. The bodies of the border intense cold prevails though tion, encounU'red the enemy six sep ­ G |s'r dozen ; «lucks, $5(36 for young; r, drab will l>e subtituted for khaki istered pouch and the express box two men were burned beyond recog­ no serious damage to vegeta tun has the working costumes of the Brit- arate tinn's without losing one of his geese, $6.50(37.50 per dozen; tur­ were taken. A suspect is in custody. nition. been reported. men. He d«>stroyed several barracks. keys, live, 11(312*2; 13(3 14 dressed i soldier. General Bell, who is in command |H'r |H«und. Held Up a Bank. Inveiting in Gushers. Triinmen Must T«lk Spanish. IVitbin 10 days at Constantinople, of th«' American forces in Batangas Chees«-—Full cream, twins, 13(3 [ Turks have been denounce»! by province. Luzon, has prais«'«! Lieu­ Fayetteville, Ark., Dec. 21—AV Beaumont, Tex., Dec. 25.— The Mexico City, Dec. 24.—The govern­ 13*2«': Young America. 14(315c. li's as hostile to the present regime. representative of an English syndi­ noon today the bank of Spril tenant James D. Tilford, who, while l'otati'i's— Best Burbanks, 85c(3 ment lias issued the long contenyplat- cate, who refuses to give out the 10 miles from here, was r< Jef them were arrested. scouting with tr«x>p D. of the first e«i order that all railway employes in names of his principals, has secured one man. No one was in til «e bank ■wo sentries were frozen to death at cavalry, routed an insurgent fore«' in $1.10 |«er cental; ordinary, 70(3.80e. contact with the public shall be able options on 10 completed gushers in except the assistant cashio. r. Tl>« Hops—Si,« |0e |>er pound. ■bon. that province. Lieutenant Tilford \\ ool— \ alley, I let 1 le . Eastern to sjs ak Spanish in such a qii*nner as this field and the trade is to l>e closed robber drove up in a bufl •»■»ere earthquakes have occurred locati'd a rebel stronghold on top of a hill near the town of Batangas. 11«' Oregon. 8(3 12 **0; mohair, 21«21’2c to be able to deal dir«vt,’/y with the January 1. It is believed that he walk«! to the cashier’s desl View Zealand. er to g<>¡ [>er p«'und. passengers and the publyC in general. repremnts the Roche-Stuart people compelled the assistant cash^^^^^ ■lie deb ite on the Philippine tariff surrounded the enemy under cover of Th«' order will probably’ affect Pull­ in London, who are also negotiating to the vault and give birlall the night and attacked them at daylight. Pll in tiie house. White this At the international sanitary con­ man Company emplcA’cs. It is assert- w ith the Hogg-Swayne syndicate for money, about $7,000. Nine­ Kruger may abando* his demand Their surprise was complete teen insurgents wet«' kills'«! while at­ gress to l>e held in Paris in February «hl that many ac.'iJIents of late have a portion of its holdings. The price was taking place the cashie w'vBterf, "Bis r independence. tempting to «seal«'. Lieutenant Til- a leading subject of discussion will la­ been du«’ to th«' iiy&bility of trainmen fixed on the gushers is not published, into the bank. He was at once co*- ^r.o In ,. , (pt IH ed B< < i fort! captures! 16 rifles and 5 rounds the spread of yellow fever and malaria to speak Spanisl». causing a mistak­ but a gusher was sold last week for cred by the robber’s rev«»1” ■ J 11. $25,000. ing of orders. , robl-er then hurriedI-' by moM|uit,H-s. of ammunition. landant Kirtxinger. I J Invasion of England by American Will Command Philippine Marines. wower for the 8t I out* exposition shoes raises a plaintive protest from I» lw generateti by the use of Texas Washington, lhv 25. — Colonel British makers. las fuel. James Forney, of th«- marine corps, who is now in command of the rhe official report of the finances marines at the League island navy yard, has been onlertal to Cavite, to li - that t I assume command of the Philippine i.’<; ill brigade of marines. Tin- transport i new office lias been createti by Crook sailed from Gibraltar yestenlay temor Yates oí Illinois . Its in- for Manila, and the transport War­ iibent is entitled “orderly to the ren arrived at Nagasaki with triops ternor,’’ anti his general duties art from the Philippine* for San Fran­ , Me of a detective and policeman. cisco. I Earl Lij» American Secretary. l’< kin. ' 21.—William H. Peth- f vate seenjrary and diplomatic adviser t«' Li Haf 4 Chang r 30 year-, di««! hen* t< ay. Mr. Pethick inspired most f Li Hung Chang's progressive / anti vpium manifesto. He leaves an . ¡11.« variable revelations concerning re- cXiit Chinese diplomacy. Sweat Shop Burned. New York. Dec. 25—Two men 10*1 their lives at a tire that destroyed a four story sweat shop building in Clinton street last night. Four j«eo- ple were injured, none of them fa­ tally. About 40 men and women were at work in tho building. The tire started in the Imsement and gained such headway that escape was -ut off. The people jumped from the windows to save themselves. The property loss will be small. Ordered to ' San Francisco, De letin says: “Rush received front Wash fl that the cruiser front here tomorrow for Panama. ‘ '*• are approac' and Gern two of di» importer intere»*’ e- I