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Bank at The Dalles Closed. THE DALLES, July 31.-The First National Bank closed its doors this morning. The suspension was due to the closing of the Commercial Bank, Portland. The First National bank of East Portland, Oregon, failed to open its doors Monday. Officers of the bank say the suspension is temporary. The statement published July 12, shows resources to be 8300.000; deposits, $150,000.
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TO PREVENT HOARDING. New York Savings Banks Require the Time Limit. NEW YORK, July 31.-This morning the savings banks of the eit% as a rule, began to take advantage of the sixty-day time classe, where largo amounts are concerned. to check the withdrawal of money for boarding or in senseless fright. but while nearly all the banks claimed the privilege of the time olanse, still in comparatively few instances was is applied. There did not seem to be any run anywhere. In Brooklyn the effect was somewhat different and the notice caused several rans. The greatest was on the Brooklyn Savings bank. When the doors opened this morning an enormous orowd were waiting to draw money. Threats were made. but as these were of no avail the crowd went away in an ugly mood. There were slight rune also on the South Brooklyn Savings institution and the Dime Savings bank. KANSAS CITY, July 31.-The Missouri National bank resumed business this morning, having fully recovered from the effects of the senseless panic which caused its suspension two weeks ago. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iows, July 81.-A. Daniels & Co., private bankers at Marion, have made an assignment. It is believed all will be paid in full and the bank be open in a few days. PORTLAND, Ore., July 81.-The First National bank of East Portland failed. Officers say the suspension is temporary. Resources, July 12, $325,000, deposits $160,000. AKRON, O., July 31.-The Akron Savings bank went into the hands of a receiver this morning. Capital $200,000, reserve $50,000, surplus $18,000. Will pay in full. THE DALLES, Ore., July 31.-The First National bank failed this morning, due to closing of the Commercial National bank of Portland. HORNELLSVILLE, N. Y., July 81.-N. M. Craneland, a private banker, failed this morning. Assets ar said to exceed liabilities. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 31.-The Springfield Savings bank failed this morning. Deposits $100,00. capital $25,000; will pay in full. PENDLETON, Ore.. July 31.-The Pendleton Savinge bank has temporarily suspended. Assets $250.000, liabilities $135,000. ASHLAND. Wis., July 1.-The First National bank failed this morning, owing to the steady drain on deposits.
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Temporary Suspensions, PORTLAND, OREGON, July 31.-The First National Bank of East Portland failed to open its doors this morning. The officers of the bank say the suspension is temporary. s statement published July 12 shows the resources of the bank to be $825,000; deposits $150,000. THE DALE, OREGON, July 31.-The First National Bank closed its doors this morning. The suspension is due to the closing of the Commercial Bank of Portland. PENDLETON. OREGON. July 31.-The Pendleton Savings Bank has temporarily suspended. R. Cox has been appointed receiver. Assets $250,000; liabilities $135,000.
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IT WAS BLUE MONDAY. Long List of Banks That Couldn't Keep Up. THE DALLES, Ore., July 31.-The First National bank failed this morning, due to the closing of the Commercial National bank of Portland. AKRON, July 31.-The Akron Savings bank went into the hands of a receiver this morning. Capital. $200,000; reserve, $50,000; surplus. $18,000. Will pay in full. PENDLETON, Ore., July 31. The Pendleton Savings bank has temporarily suspended. Assets, $250,000; liabilities, $135,000. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 31. - The Springfield Savings bank failed this morning. Deposits, $100,000; capital, $25,000. It will pay in full. The other banks are not affected. No further trouble is expected. ASHLAND. Wis.. July 31. - The First National bank failed this morning owing to a steady drain on deposits. Its re. sources of July 5 were $396,489. A run on other banks is III progress. PORTLAND, Ore., July 31. The First Na. tional bank of East Portland, Ore., has , failed. The officers say the suspension is temporary. Resources July 12 were $325,000; deposits. $160,000. ) EUGENE. Ore., July 31.-The Commercial bank of Cottage Grove has decided to go into liquidation. All depositors will be 1 paid in a few days and the bank will go out of business. A ASTORIA. Ore July 31. -The private I bank of J. W. Case closed this morning on account of a constant withdrawal of $ deposits. A notice on the door states I that the depositors will be paid in full. $ WHATCOM. Wash., July 31. The Belt lingham National bank did not open this : morning. The temporary suspension was I caused by a constant withdrawal of deI posits for the past 90 days. The assets , are $270,000: liabilities, $160,000. , CEDAR RAPIDS, la., July 31. -A. Daniels & Co., private bankers at Marion, made I an assignment. The property is valued I at $200,000. It is believed all depositors I will be paid in full and the bank will be I opened in a few days. No statement of e assets or liabilities has been made. NEWARK. N.J., July 31. -The run on the I Howard Savings institution continued tot I day. The crowd in front of the building I was so large that the aid of the police was necessary to keep the anxious people in order. I
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IN THE NORTHWEST. Several More Bank Failures on the Pacific Coast. WHATCOM, Wash., July 31.-The Bellingham Bay National bank did not open its doore this morning. Its temporary suspension was caused by the constant withdrawal of deposits for the past 90 days. Its assets are $250,000; liabilities, $160,000. The bank expects to resume in a short time. PORTLAND, Ore., July 31.-The First National bank of East Portland failed to open doors this morning. The officers of the bank say the suspension is temporary. A statement published July 12th shows that the resources of the bank were $325,000; deposits, $160,000. I. W. Case's bank also suspended today. THE DALLES, Ore., July 31.-The First National bank closed doors this morning. The suspension is due to the closing of the Commercial National bank of Portland. PENDLETON, Ore., July 31.-The Pendleton Savings bank is temporarily Buspended. R. T. Cox has been appointed receiver. Assets, $250,000; liabilities, $135,000.
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FAILURE IN EAST PORTLAND. Portland, Or., July 31. The First National Bank of East Portland failed to open its doors this morning. The officers of the bank say the suspension is only temporary. A statement published July 12th shows the resources of the bank to be $325,000; deposits, $160. 000.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Pendleton, Or., savings bank has temporarily suspended. Assets $250,000; liabilities $135,000. N. M. Craneland, a private banker of Hornellsville, N. Y., has failed. Assets said to exceed liabilities. At Dallas, Or., the First National bank has failed, due to the closing of the Commercial National bank of Portland. At San Francisco last night the build ing and stock of Reich & Co., wholesale Lancy goods, was damaged $100,000 by fire. W.A. Lynch has been appointed rereceiver of the Pittsburg, Akron & Western railroad. The road has a capital stock of $3,600,000. The First National bank of East Portland has failed. Officers say the suspension is temporary. Resources July 12, $325,000; deposits $160,000. At Swansea, S. C., Handy, the third negro engaged in the outrage on Mrs. Sighters, was hanged on the same tree as the other two yesterday. Chapman Bros., publishers. and managers of two World's fair hotels in Chicago, confessed judgment of $25,000. Assets at $600,000; liabilities $257,000. Advices from Chicago say that the First National bank in that city has ordered a half million in gold in London, and two other banks smaller amounts. The Commercial bank of College Grove, Or., has decided to go into liquidation. All depositors will be paid in a few days and the bank go out of business. biz The Akron, Ohio, Savings bank went into the hands of a receiver yesterday morning. Capital, $200,000; reserve, $50,000; surplus, $18,000. It will pay in full. At Ashland, Wis., the First National bank failed owing to a steady drain on deposits. Resources on July 15 were $396,489. There was a run on other banks in consequence. The Springfield, Mo., Savings bank has failed. Deposits are $100,000; capital, $25,000. It is said they will pay in full. Other banks are not affected and no further trouble is expected.
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THE DAY'S BANK FAILURES. Three Suspensions in Oregon and Others in Ohio and New York. PORTLAND, Ore., July 31.-The First national bank of East Portland failed to open its doors this morning. The officers of the bank say the suspension is temporary. A statement published July 12 shows resources of the bank to be $325,000; deposits on hand, $60,000. DALLES, Ore., July 31.-The First national bank closed its doors this morning. The suspension is due to closing of the Commercial national bank of Portland. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., July 31.-A. Daniels & Co., private bankers at Marion, made an assignment to C. H. Kurtz of property valued at $200,000 for the benefit of all their creditors. The cause is the lack of immediate cash. ASHLAND, Wis., July 31.-The First national bank of Ashland failed to open its doors this morning. There has been a steady draw on the bank's deposits for a month past. Its resources, according to the statement filed July 15. were $396,488. Dr. Edwin Ellis is president and ex-Governor Sam S. Fifield, vicepresident. The other banks are experiencing runs in consequence of the First national failure. PENDLETON, Ore., July 31. -The Pendleton savings bank has temporarily suspended. R. T. Cox has been appointed receiver. Assets, $250,000; liabilities, $135,000.
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TELEGRAPHIC BY ASSOCIATED PRESS TO JOURNAL-MINER. The Daily List of Bank Failures. Akbon, O., August L-The Akron Savings bank has failed. PORTLAND, August 1.-The First National Bank in East Portland and the First National Bank at the Dalles have failed. ASHLAND, WIS., August 1.-The First National Bank here has failed. Runs are being made on other banks but it is thought they can stand the pressure. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.August 1-The Springfield Savings bank has failed. Judge Ross Hits the Geary Act. Los ANGELES, August 1.-United States Judge Ross has decided that the part of the Geary Act prescribing punishment for Chinese illegally in the United States, is contrary to the constitution and void. He decided that the deportation clause is legal. A Big Fire in Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-A fire last night destroyed Buyer & Reich's dry goods store. The loss is estimated at $100,000. The Silver Convention in Session. Chicago, Aug. 2-The National Convention of bi-metalic leagues began here this morning. Prominent silver men from all parts of the continent are in attendance. Burned Out the Chinamen. DENVER, Aug. 2.-The white miners at Como burned the headquarters of the Chinese miners. Eight Chinese miners are supposed to have burned to death. It Will Make Good Pork. TOSTORIA, OHIO, Aug. 2.-On account of the low price of wheat, farmers here are feeding wheat to hogs. Another Failure. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 2-The Philadelphia Packing Company has failed for a large amount.
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FOR WANT OF CASH. Portland and other Oregon cities have become sufferers from " the stringency of the money market." On the 27th, ult., the Oregon National bank and the Northwest Loan and Trust Company Savings bank failed to open for business. George B. Markle is president of both these banks. The Ellensburg (Wash.) National bank, of which Mr. Markle was also president, suspended on the same day. A large amount of Multnomah county funds is tied up in the institutions. The failure of these banks created further uneasiness and a run was begun upon other banks. The result was that the Commercial National, the Portland Savings and the Ainsworth National banks closed their doors on Saturday morning. It is reported that these will resume shortly. Frank Dekum is president of the Commercial National and of the Portland Savings. D. P. Thompson is vicepresident of the latter. Leander L. Hawkins is president of the Ainsworth bank. At Forest Grove the private bank of C. M. and Thomas Keep suspended payment on the 29th. On Monday the First National bank of East Portland suspended. Like other banks it was unable to realize on its securities, and expects to resume soon. - Richard Williams is its president. In the United States circuit court, July 31st, Levi Ankeny filed a complaint against the Pendleton Savings bank, asking for the appointment_of a receiver, because, owing to the general depression the bank is unable to convert money due it or otherwise provide money for the continuance of its business. At Astoria on the same date the private banking house of I. W. Case closed its doors. The First National of The Dalles also suspended temporarily. The Commercial bank of Cottage Grove has decided to suspend. business on account of the financial condition of the country, but does not do so under force. It is paying off depositors and will wind up its business as promptly as possible.
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SEVERAL BANK FAILURES. The Stringency Cyclone Strikes Conservative Oregon a Body Blow. PORTLAND, July 31.-The First National bank of East Portland closed its doors today. It is said $15,000 would have tided it over, but they could not raise it. The resources July 12 were $325,000; deposits $160,000. The capital stock is $100,000; surplus $20,000. Richard T. Cox, of Pendleton, was appointed receiver of the Pendleton Savings bank today. Assets, $125,000; liabilities, $185,000. The First National bank of The Dalles also closed its doors today. Capital stock, $50,000; surplus, $19,000. The I. W. Case, the oldest bank of Astoria. failed to open this morning, but the owner declares his suspension will be only a matter of a few days. The Commercial bank of Cottage Grove, Lane county, decided to go into liquidation. All the depositors will be paid in a few days and the bank will go out of business. PORTLAND, July 29.-The Commercial National and Portland Savings banks failed to open their doors at 10 this morning. Fifteen minutes later the Ainsworth National closed its doors, which it had just opened. As soon as the news spread in regard to these the smaller depositors began a quiet run on the First National and Merchants' National. At Ladd & Tilten's there was a quiet run, but at the other banks only ordinary business was transacted. PORLAND, Or., July 27.-The Oregon National bank and the Northwest Loan and Trust company failed to open their doors this morning. Notices were posted on the doors stating that the banks were compelled to suspend owing to their inability to realizt on securities rapidly enough to meet immediate demands. George B. Markle is president of both banks. In an interview he states that depositors will be paid full, as the banks' assets are two to one over the liabilities. No statement of the banks is given.
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National Banks Resume. WASHINGTON. Sept. 16.-The following national banks which recently suspended payment have been permitted to reopen their doors for business: The First National Bank of East Portland. Or., the First National Bank of Decatur. Ala., and the Lemars National Bank of Lemars. Ia.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES QUEENSTOWN. Sept. 18.-The ship St. Monan, from Tacoma, Wash., arrived here. reports encountering a fearful hurricane and meeting a number of icebergs in the south Atlantic. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18.-The First National bank, of East Portland, resumed business to-dar. This makes the third of the seven banks of the city which suspended last July to reopon. ROME. Sept. -The pope has sent a let. ter to Satolli in which he treats of American religious questions and expresses satisfaction at the union of the American elergy through the efforts of Satolli. DENVER, Sept. - Crippen, Lawrence & Co. filed a deed of assignment this nfternoon. The firm is one of the largest Ican concerns in the city or the weat. They have done business running up into the millions. ST. PAUL, Sept. 18.-The dry spell was broken to-day by n furious thunder sto m. accompanied by heavy rain. Then came a downpour of hail. During the storm two people were killed by lightning while sitting in the house. Some damage was done by bail.
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Another Bank Resumes. PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 18.-The First National bank of East Portland resumed business to-day. This makes the third of seven banks in the city which suspended last July to reopen. The remaining five are making good progress toward resumption.
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Another Bank Resumes. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 18.-The First National Bank of East Portland resumed business to-day. This makes the third bank of seven which suspended last July to reopen. Itis expected that the four remaining will open soon.
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A Bank Heopens. PORTLAND, Or., Sept 18.-The First National Bank of East Portland resumed business today. This makes the third of the seven banks of the city which suspended last July to reopen. The remaining four are making good progress toward resumption.
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NORTHWEST NEWS. The First National bank, of East Portland, has resumed business. Four Portland banks are still closed. The Oregon state fair at Salem last week was s financial failure, running $2,000 behind. The Portland exposition next month will also probably lose money. Samuel McLean Grapp, an official of the El, lensburg National bank, which suspended recently, is in jail, charged with embeazling $1,500 of the bank's money. D. C, Cerbin, president of the Spokane & Northern railway, is suing settlers owning land around beautiful Loon lake, Stevens county, to prevent them from draining the lake. Diversified farming pays best. D. G. Littooy, of Summer, has thirty bee hives. Last year he sold $700 worth of honey from fifteen hives. Farmer Ridge, of Maplewood, Pierce county, has & vineyard of about thirty acres, and will make A fortune out of it.
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ELECTRIC FLASHES. Brief Telegrams From Various Sections of the Globe. The President has nominated T. L. Stoddard to be Postmaster at Alameda, Cal. The First National Bank of East Portland has resumed business. This makes the third bank of seven which suspended last July to reopen. It is expected that the four remaining will open soon. A barrel head with a message written on it. picked up at the mouth of Halifax harbor, says the schooner Senator Frye from Gloucester, Mass., is lost, and the crew of fourteen were all drowned. F. A. Dinsmore, who was tried in the Superior Court at Bakersfield and convicted on the charge of criminal assault, was sentenced by Judge Conklin to serve filty-one years in the Folsom Penitentiary. Vissible supply of grain Wheat, 57,331,000 bushels, an increase of 1,191,000; corn, 6,462,000, an increase of 821,000; oats, 3,185,000, a decrease of 967,000; rye, 338,000, a decrease of 14,000; barley, 392,000, an increase of 36,000. A bottle containing two slips of thin wood, on which were written, "All hands lost, Naronic; no time to say more," was found in the Mersey. It is thought this may refer to the lost White Star steamship, but it is believed to be an alleged joke. The report sent out from Denver yesterday morning that the Pacific Express Company had been robbed of a large
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AT Washington park, Chicago, Directum lowered the stallion record to 2:06 1/4 and Flying Jib paced a mile in 2:04, equaling Mascot's record. FOOTPADS waylaid some twenty employes of a St. Louis firm on pay day and robbed them of their earnings. Two MASKED men held up the stage near Tahlequah, I. T., and after robbing the passengers carried off the mail pouches. LYDIA BULLIVANT shot her husband fatally at Spokane, Wash., and then shot herself. No cause was known for the deed. THE Cleveland, Canton & Southern railroad was placed in the hands of receivers. STAPLES GREEN. a negro, was hanged at Livingstone, Ala., for murder. He prayed and sang on the scaffold and confessed his guilt. BUSINESS failures to the number of 814 occurred in the United States in the seven days ended on the 15th, against 821 the preceding week and 154 during the same time last year. a FIRE at Cynthiana, Ky., destroyed livery stable and fifteen horses were cremated. FOREST fires still raged in northern Wisconsin and hundreds of persons were homeless. The loss to forests alone was estimated at $6,000,000. WILLIAM JACKSON. a negro, was taken from jail at Nevada, Mo., and hanged to a tree for assault. FIRE destroyed the Benton club stables at St. Joseph, Mo., and 100 vehieles and eleven valuable horses were burned. NEARLY 100,000 persons made the race for land in the Cherokee strip and in the run six persons were known to have been killed and many others were injured. FOREST fires were still raging in northern Wisconsin, covering an area of nearly 200 square miles, and many lives had been lost. FIVE highwaymen held up fifteen harvest hands near Fargo, N. D., killing one of the workmen and terribly pounding three. REDMOND BURKE was murdered at Breckinridge, Mo., by white caps. He had been charged with frequently beating his wife. VOLSIN. Baslie and Paul Julian (colored), brothers of Roselius Julian, who murdered Judge Victor Estopinal in Jefferson parish, La., were lynched by mob. JAMES WICKS at Niagara Falls fatally injured two Italians and barely escaped lynching. THE flouring mill at Patterson, O., caught fire, and before the flames could be checked over a third of the town was destroyed. AN open switch caused an accident on Paul at and Charles the George St. Heddings, W. road Remsen, fireman, Oliver, engineer, and Minn. Anthony Brewer, brakeman, were instantly killed. All lived in Minneapolis. NEARLY the entire business portion of Bunker Hill, Ill., was destroyed by fire. THE First national bank of East Portland, Ore, and the Le Mars national bank of Le Mars, Ia., were permitted to reopen for business. WHILE the family of G. M. Raney, of Decaturville, Tenn., was asleep, robrs entered and robbed them of $4,700 and their jewelry. effigy of President Cleveland was found dangling to a tree in Sacramento, Cal. YELLOW fever is epidemic in Brunswich, Ga. The residents refilled with terror but cannot leave the city. LEADERS at Pittsburgh, Pa., were taking toward the formation of a new national association embracing all labor societies. HENRY S. COCHRANE, who had worked for the government forty-three years, confessed to stealing $134,000 in gold from Philadelphia's mint. TWELVE business houses at Manistique, Mich., were destroyed by fire, the loss being $150,000; partially insured. Ex-CITY TREASURER ISENOEE, of Whateom, Wash., was arrested on the charge of embezzling $47,000 of city money. INSANE patients to the number of 300 were given a picnic in Buckeye grove, near Columbus, O. FOR twelve consecutive hours Chicago firemen fought a prairie fire covering of twenty the world's Columbian an Seven adjoining area nearly guards fair blocks were grounds. in over- part come by the intense heat and smoke, and two will probably die. IN a collision between two sections of a Big Four train at Manteno, Ill., seven persons were known to have been killed'and twenty injured and it was probable that many bodies were buried under the wreck. IN a fight between Hungarian and American workingmen at Benwood, W. Va., five of the former were fatally hurt. THE Wayne iron works of Brown & Co. at Pittsburgh resumed operations as a nonunion mill. The plant employs 600 men and has been one of the strongest in the Amalgamated association. A GALE swept the Cherokee strip, laving low many of the tented towns.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK. The per capita indebte iness of Oregon is $73, being less than in any Western state. The First National bank of East Portland Oregon, has been permitted to r open. The suspended Merchants' Nationa bank of Tacoma will pay its depositors dollar for dollar. Russia has issued a ukase that no foreign silver can be imported to be coined into money. Fire in lumber on John Welsh's docks at West Bay City, Mich., Wednesday, caused $100,000 damage. A boomers' vigilance committee and thugs at Orlando, Kan., resulted in the deaths of three of the committee. All the manufacturing establishments in Trenton, N. J., except the American saw works, have resumed operations. Twelve new cases of smallpox of a malignant character were reported to the police in Brooklyn, N. Y., Monday. Canada has refused to adopt the United States agreement for inspection of immigrants to this country and Canada. Riely Gulley, a negro 23 years old, was lynched at Pineapple, Ala., Monday, for attempting to rape Mrs. Nored, wife of a farmer. The residence of Mrs. M. Burg was burned in Walla Walla Sunday afternoon. The loss is $2000 with insurance of $800. At Niagara Falls, Monday, James Cressbury and Isaac Roland fell from a scaffold a distance of 70 feet and were instantly killed. Guy C.Phinney, one of the well-known men of the Northwest, died at home in Seattle on Wednesday. He had been ailing for some time. Burglars opened the safe of Wilbur & Co., grain dealers, at Phillips, Mo., Monday night, and secured cash and papers valued at $30,000. James Hiller was shot and instantly killed at Alpena, Michigan, Tuesday, by Wellington Scrimshaw. The men were having trouble over a woman. Of the 19,000 pilgrims who left Tunis and other ports in may last for Mecca only half have returned, the others having fallen victims to the cholera. The Southern Pacific Company has decided to issue $89,000,000 in bonds, to be exchanged for old bonds, and the excess is to be used in constructing new lines. The Santa Fe railroad is incensed because the Southern Pacific has made a cut in through rates, announces a reduction itself, and a lively war is probable. W. H. Thomas, a prominent lawyer and well-known politician, committed suicide at Los Angeles Tuesday. He had long been a sufferer from consumption. In a fight between negroes and whites at Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, two negroes were killed and one white man fatally injured. Further trouble is apprehended. At Philadelphia, Tuesday, Henry Farrell, aged 25, abducted the 6-year-old daughter of Mrs. Eliza Lasaloe, and after outraging the child committed suicide to escape arrest. Samuel Andolph, an old resident of Salem, was injured in a rupaway accident Sunday night and died Monday morning. He leaves a large family and considerable property. It is estimated by the Canadian authorities that at least 100,000 pounds of opium are refined in British Columbia annually and smuggled across the border into the United States. The boiler in the Kelley saw mill at Couley creek, S. C., exploded Tuesday