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Newspaper Page TextTVIT TQr JL JLJLJLL ViLllO VOL. XVIII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FBIDAY, MAY 31, 1901. NO. 24. riiOFEmoxAL; S. H. GRUBER, iiiiuw with R. I?. (Illicit, ST. HKI.KNd, ! t " UHKUOM. I.KNH, S I OHKUOM. rut twrMiiml ttiiilim fc alt laaal lister) to nm. Will pracltc lu all l ulled Slaw Courts, Wlllllv l"1 Ilia mala i YV. H . POWELL, jlTT01lXEYdT-LAY. tlKI'l'TV IlIHIWl'T ATTOHNgT. HT. IIKLKNA, I I ORrWON. B, V. Okaiiasi. T, J, Clkktum. Attoruoys-at-Law. (iA Mriinm tiMlltltaic, Porttiwl Orayon, C.himhl CVuutjf btuliwot will rerwlv prompt IIUMllull' : , (V, PAY ; ' W. B. KILI.AHD DILLAUI) & DAY, ATT01WEYS,iT-LAW Officii nevl flour l Conrthtiua, Hi. II hl.fe.SH, OKr.i.oN. Dm. nil profiler In muni of Orotn or Wah tiiiu. AUtrarl mad dltwtly from county word.. . ' Dr. Edwin Eohs, Ph ysician and Surgeon, gT.IIELESS.ORKOON. Dr. II. R, Cliff, Physician and Surgeon. ST. II Kf.KN8, OREGON. Dr. J. E. Hall, Physician and Surgeon. CI.AT8KANIK, OREGON. 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Rlparla anaka Blrar, I.r.Iow'lon :40a. m, dally at , rt.lly I Blrmrla to r.awllon. ami a.m. A. L. CRAIQ, OonnrHl renger Agt., Portund, Okk. WHITE COLLAR LINE Jtidl V 'V 'V i TUB COLUMBIA RIVER AND FUCiKT U0VHV NAVIOATIONOO. - VUIUUIIU UU1UU11A UUUttll Steamer Hercules In place ot Bailey Gatzert . Undlnr Font of Aldr Hlroal. Tnrlland. "Arinl'arUaiiil rtiillv (cxixntHiinilnvlut ? A, M t i.aiiiiinit rtuiituiitf tlotik, A.tnria. "aro, Aatnrla rlnlly (i-c(,t Hiimliiv) 7 P. M . W. fltli.'H ids, Aittnt, I'liillaiid. A. J. TAI'LUR, A.oiil, A.turla. Ik fw i i 1 "from i P 00 RH 0USg p ALACE CUAI'TKR VI. Mry hod Uva at tlm poorhoitao about tlirua wfk when Ml. Uruntly nno day onlrreil bar to tt on bor itin-himuit anil run acroaa the nioailow anil tbroiiith tlio wooda until ah rame to a rya atubble, lhn follow the footpath along tho fc-Dre mull ah came to another atrip of wooda, with brook running throuxh It. "Anrl Juat on th fur edg of them wootla," aal.l ahe, "you'll a tha nwn folka to work;'' and do toll m to roma to their dinner quick." It wa mild September day, and Mary doternjlned not to hurry. 8h bod not gon far when ah came eiuldeiily upon boy and two little clrla, who ai-ciH- ed to b playing near tha brook. In the featurea ot the boy ahe recoguiaed Henry Lincoln, and remembering what Hilly bad aald of him, ahe wai about turning away when th amolli-at of tha girla eapled bar, and called out: "Ixwik bore. Iloa. I reckon tbat'a Mary Howard. I'm going to apeak to her." "Jenny Lincoln, you muain't do any aurb thing. Mather won't like It," aa awared th girl called Itune. Hut whether "mother would like It" or not, Jenny did not atop to think, and going toward Mary ahe aaid: "Hare yon coma to play In the wood" "No," wa Mary'a reply. "I came to call tb folka to dinner," "Ob, It waa yon that reamed ao loud. I couldn't think who it waa, but It can't be dinner-timer" "Yea, "tie; It's noon." "Well, we don't bar dinner until 2, and w ran Hay here till that time. Won't you play with nr "No, I can't; I mint go bark and work," aald Mary. "Work!" repeated Jenny. "I think It'a bad enough to bar to lire In that old boua without working; but come and aea our flab pond;" and taking Maw' band, ahe led her to a wide part of the atream where the water bad been dam med up nntil It waa nearly two fwt deep and clear aa cryatal. looking In, Mary could ae the prbldea on the bottom, while a Sab occaaloually darted out and then disappeared. "I mad thl almoAt all myaclf," anid Jenny. "Henry wouldn't help me be caua b'a ao ngly, and Itoae waa afraid of blacking her fingera. But I don't care. Motber aaya I'm a great-great I'ra for gotten th word, but It mean dirty and careleaa, and I gueaa I do look like a fright, don't IF Mary now for the flrat time noticed the appearance of her companion, and readi ly gneaaed that the word which ahe could not remember waa "atattern," She wa a fat, chubby little girl, with round, aunny face and laughing blue eyea, while her brown hair hung around ber fore bead In abort, tangled curia. Altogether ah waa juat tha kind of little girl which on often find In th country awlugiug on gate and making mud plea. Mary waa naturally ery neat; and in reply to Jeony'a question aa to whether ah looked Ilk fright, ah anawered, "I Ilka your face better than I do your dreea." becauae It la clean." "Why, ao waa my dree thia morning," aald Jenny, "bnt there can't anybody play In tb mud and not get dirty." Jenny drew nearer to Mary and aald: "If you'll nerer tell anybody aa long aa yon Mr and braeathe, I'll tell jou aurae thing." Mary gar th required promlae, and Jenny continued: "I ahotiliiu't like to bar my mother know It, for ah acolda all th tlm now about my 'vulvar taateV though I'm aur Itoae llkea the aam thing that I do, eicept Billy Ben der, and it'a about him I waa going to tell you. II waa ao pleaaant I couldn't help loving bim, if mother did aay I mustn't. He used to talk to me about keeping clean, and once I tried a whole week, and I only dirtied four dreaaea in all that time. Oh I how handaome and funny bla eyea looked when I told him about It. II took me In hi lap, and aald that waa more than he thought a littl girl ought to dirty. Did you ever ae any boy yon loved aa well aa you do Billy BenderV Mary healtated moment, for, much a ah liked Billy, there waa another whom ah Iced better, though be bad neeer been one-half aa kind to her aa Billy had. After a time ah anawered: "Yea, I Hk. or I did Ilk, George More land, but I ahall never aee hltn again;" and then ah told Jenny of her home lu England, of th long, dreary voyage to America, and of her father'a deatbi but when ahe came to the aAd night when her mother and Franky died, ahe could not go on. and laying bor face In Jenny'a lap aha cried for a long time. Jenny'a tear flowed, too, and ahe, aoftly caresnlng Mary, aald: "Don't cry ao, for I'll love you, and we'll have good timea together, too. Wa Hv in Boston every winter, but It will ba 'moat ai weeka before w go, and I mean to aea you every day. ' "In Boston?" aald Mary, Inoulringly. "George Uvea In Boston." Jenny waa allent a moment, and then anddenly clapping ber hnnda together, aha eiclalmedi "I know George More land. He Uvea Juat opposite our house, and la Ida Boldon'a cousin. Why, bee most aa handsome aa Billy Bender, ouly ha teaaea you mow. I'll tell him about tou, for mother aaya he'a got lota of money, and perhapa he'll give you aome Mary felt that ahe wouldn't for the world hava George know she waa In the poorhoua. and aha quickly answered. "No, no. Jon mustn't tell blm a word about me. I don't want you to. Prom la that you won't." CIIAPTKH VII. One afternoon about the middle of Oc tober Mary aat under an apple tree In " ...,.in hitter y. It was In vain that A1U. who waa with her. and who by this tune was w -"' alone, climbed up to her aide, patting uiom-i ,-viiia. In various ways Twin her attention. She still J wpt on, unmindful of the apuuu vi "rv. " aU-ps udoo th graaa, nor until twica re peated did she hear the words, "Why, Mary, what la the matter Wbat'a hap pened V Then looking up she aaw Billy Bender, who raised her In hla arms, Laying her head on hla shoulder, h sobbed out: "She's gonehe' gone, and there's nobody left but Sally. "Oh dear, oh dear!" "Gone! Whose goner asked Billy. "Jenny," waa Mary' reply. "Hhe'e gone to Boaton, and won't com back till next May; and I loved her ao much." "Oh, yea, 1 know," returned Billy. "I met them all on their way to th depot; but I wouldn't feel so badly. Jenny will come again, and besides that, I'v got some real good news to tell you." "About Kllar aald Mary. "No, not about Ella, bnt about myself; I'm coming her to live with you." "Coming here to live!" repeated Mary with astonishment. "What for? Are your folka all dead?" Billy smiled and anawered, "Not quit ao bad aa that - I went to School ber two years ago, and I know I learned more than I ever did at home in two seasons. The boy, when Henry Lin coln I away, don't act half as badly aa they do In th village; and then they usu ally have a lady teacher, because it'a cheaper, I suppose, for they don't pay them half aa much aa they do gentle men, and I think they are a great deal th best. Anyway, I can learn the moat when I go to a woman." "But what mokes you come here, and what will your mother do?" asked Mary. "She's got a sister come from th West to atay with her, and aa I shall go home every Saturday night, abe'll get along well enough. I beard Mr. Parker in the store one day inquiring for a boy to do chores. So after consulting mother I offered my service and wa accepted. Won't we have real nice time going to school together?" Three weeka from that time the winter school commenced, and Billy took up bis abode at the poorhonse, greatly to the satisfaction of Sally and Mary and great ly to the annoyance of Mia Grundy. "Smart ideal" aaid ahe, "to bav that great lummox around to be waited on I" and when ahe aaw bow happy hla pres ence seemed to make Mary, ah vented her displeasure upon ber in various ways, conjuring up all aorta of reasons why she should stay out of school aa often aa pos sible, and wondering "what tha world waa coining to, when young onea hardly out ot the cradle begun to court! - It wasn't ao In ber younger days, goodness knows!". . . . Much as Mary had learned to prise Sally's friendship, ' before winter was over ah had caus to value it atill mora highly. Wretched and deatitut aa tb poor craned creature now waa, ah allow ed plainly that at some period or other of her life ah bad bad rare advantage for education, which ah now brought into na for Mary'a benefit. Each night Mary brought bom her book, and the rapid Improvement which ah mad In ber atudiea waa aa much owing to Sally's useful hints aud assist ance aa to ber own untiring persever ance. One day when she returned from acbool Sally saw there waa something the matter, for .her eyea were red, and her cheeks were flushed as If with weep ing. On inquiring of Billy, ahe learned that some of the girls had been teasing Mary about her teeth, calling them "tushes." - Aa It happened, one of the paupers waa si k, and Dr. Uilbert waa at that time in the house; to him Sal immediately went, and after laylug tb case before bim asked blm to extract the offending teeth. Stilly waa quite a favorite with the doe tor, who readily consented, on condition that Mary waa willing, which he much doubled, as such teeth came hard. "Willing or not, ahe ahall bar them out. lt'a all that makes her ao homely," aald Sal. and, going in quest of Mary, she led her to the doctor, who asked to look in ber month. There waa a flerc struggle, a scream, and then one ot the teeth waa lying upon the floor. "Stnnd atlll," aald Sal, more sternly than she had ever before apoken to Mary, who, halt frightened out of her wits, stood still while th other one was ex tracted. "There," said Sal, when th operation waa finished, "you look a hundred per cent hotter." For a time Mary cried, hardly know ing whether she relished th Joke or not; but when Billy praised her improved looks, telling her that "her mouth was real pretty," and when she herself dried her eyes enough to see that it waa a great Improvement, sh felt better, and wondered why ahe had never thought to have them out before. Rapidly and pleasantly to Mary that winter passed away, for the presence of Billy was In Itself a aufftclent reason why she should be happy. Ho waa so affec tionate and brother-like in hla deport ment toward her that she began question ing whether she did not love him aa well, If not better, than she did ber sister Ella, whom ahe aclilom saw, though she heard that ahe had a governess from Worcester, and waa taking music lessons on a grand piano, which had been bought a year bo fore. Occasionally Billy called at Mrs. Campbell's, but Ella aeemed ahy and un willing to apeak ot her aister. "Why ia there this dlfferencer h thought more than once, aa he contrast ed the situation of th two girls th one petted, caressed and surrounded by every luxury, and the other forlorn, desolate, and th Inmat of a poorhouse; and then he built caatles of a future when, by th labor of his own head or hands, Mary, too, should be rich and happy. CHAPTER VIII. As spring advanced Alice began to droop. Sally'a quick ey detected in her lufitlUblo signs of decay. But ahe would not tell it to Mary, whoso life now seem ed a comparatively happy one. Mr. and Mrs. Parker were kind to her. Unci Peter petted her, gnd oven Mis Grundy bad mora than one admitted that "ah waa about a good as young ones would average." Billy, too, had promised to remain and work for Mr. Parker during the summer, intending with tha money thus earned to go the next fall and win ter to the academy In Willbrahatn. Jem ny was coming back ere long, and Mary's atep wa light and buoyant aa aba trip- ?ed, ainglng, about the house, unmlnd ul of Mr. Grundy' oft-expressed wish that "she would stop that clack," or of th anxious, pitying eyes Sal Furbusb bent upon ber, as dsy after day the faithful old creature rocked and tended little Alice. At last Msry could no longer be de ceived, and one day when Alice lay gasp ing in Sally's lap ah aaid, "Aunt Sally, Isn't Allc growing worse? She doesn't play now, nor try to walk." Sally laid her band on Mary's fare and replied: "Poor child, you'll soon be ail alone." -- s- There waa no outcry no sadden gush of tears, but nervously clasping her ban upon her heart, as If th (hock bad entered there, Mary sat down upon her bed, and burying ber fac In the pillow, sat there for a long time. But ahe said nothing, and a careless observer might have thought that ahe cared nothing, as It became each day more and more evi dent that Alice wa dying. But these knew not of the long night when with untiring love the eut by her sister' cra dle, listening to ber Irregular breathing, pressing her clammy bands and praying to be forgiven if ever, In thought or deed, she had wronged the little one now leav ing her. -And all thia time there cam no kind word or message of love from Ella, who knew that Alice wa dylug, for Billy had told her so. The end cam peacefully. There was some talk of burying the child in the poorhouse Inclosure, but Mary pleaded so earnestly to bav her laid by her mother that ber request was granted, and that night when the young spring moon cam out it looked quietly down upon the grav of little Alice, who by her mother' side was sweetly sleeping. ..". .' Three week had passed away since Alice's death, and affairs at tb poor house were beginning to glide on as usual. Mary, who had resumed ber post aa dish washer in the kitchen, wss almoat daily expecting Jenny; and one day when Billy came In to dinner be gave ber the joy ful intelligence that Jenny had returned and had been in the field to see him, bidding him tell Mary to meet her that afternoon in the wood by th brook. Mary bounded joyfully away to th woods, where she found Jenny, who era braced her in a manner which showed that ahe had not been forgotten. - "Ob," said she, "I'v got so much to tell yon, and so much to hear, though I know all about dear little Alice's death didn't yon feel dreadfully?" Mary'a tears were a aufflcient answer, and Jenny, as if suddenly discovering something new, exclaimed, "Why, what have you been doing? Who pulled your teeth r Mary explained the circumstancea ot the tooth-pulling and Jenny continued: "You look a great deal better, and if your cheeka were only a little fatter and your akin not quite ao yellow, you'd b real handaome; but no matter about that I saw George Moreland In Boston, and I wanted to tell him about you, but I'd promised not to; aud then at first I felt afraid of him, for yon can't think what a great big fellow he'a got to be. Why, he'a awful tall and handsome, too. Ros likes him, and so do lots of the girls, but I don't believe he cares a bit for any of them except hia couain Ida, and I gues he doea like her." Here the chatterer waa Interrnpted by Henry Lincoln, who directly in front of ber leaped across th brook. He was evidently not much improved in his man ners, for the moment be was safely land ed on terra firms he approached Mary, and, aeiaing her round the waist, ex claimed, "Halloo, little pauperl You're glad to see me back, I dare aay." Then drawing her head over so that he could look into her face, he contin ued, "Had your tuska out, haven't you? Well, it'a quite an improvement, so much so that I'll venture to kiss yon." Mary struggled, and Jenny scolded, while Henry said, "Don't kick and flounce so, my little beauty. If there's anything I hate it'a aeelug girla make believe they're modest. That clodhopper Bill kisses you ovejy day, I'll warrant" (To be continued.) New Idea. The Kafllrs have had an opportunity to learn something of the art of surgery since the soldiers and the military doc tors have overrun Africa, Possibly ad vanced methods will not altogether supersede primitive aurgery among these people, however, for they are not fond of change. Time was when n Kaffir with broken leg.submltted to peculiar treat ment It was customary to place the limb In it bole dug in the earth, and keep it there till the bones were knit together again. , The Leisure Hour tells of a case in which the bones of a certain Kaffir lnd, having been set by Enropenn aid, tho Kaffir father dlsseuted from the meth od employed. He bad the splints re moved, carried the boy home on horse back, and then took the usual course of setting the limb In the earth. The consequence waa that It took six months to effect a cure. Kaffir doctors are hereditary, the cle verest son in the doctor's family being usually chosen to succeed his father. There are other modern thlnga that a Kaffir has to learn besides the newest mehods in surgery. In his language there is no such term as "Thank you." He is beginning to learn It however, although he does not think It becoming to show any emotion whether of grat itude ot auythlng else. When two Kaffirs meet one lays, "I see you," which la answered by "Yes." More poetical la hla parting word, "May peace go with you," to which cornea the response, "May peace stay with you." Aa Effect Spoiled. "After the ceremony the bride wept" "Grief at leaving her home?" "No; she forgot herself, and held up her beautiful long satin train going down th a'sle." EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. K Comprthentlv Rtvkw of the lmpermi Happenings of th Past Week Prett ted la a Cofldenstd form Which la Most ' Likely to Prov of mtcrtst to Our Many Readers. The America's cup race will begi September 21. France wants her treaties with Tu nis abrogated. Mrs. Mckinley is standing the re turn trip well. An unknown man committed sui cide near Kalama, Vah. Three prisoners escaped from the county jail at Salem, Or. Anny frauds have lieen discovered in Lcyte, Philippine islands. Suicide of a Rusttiiui financier may embarrass many institutions. Senators Tillman and McLaurin, of JJouth Carolina, have resigned. Caillesand Malver, Filipino lead ers, have been forced to surrender. Thirty-two bodies have so far been recovered form the Sengheny colliery. Oregon ores are being collected for the International Mining Con- President McKinley has pardoned Alexander McKenxie, the Nome re ceiver. The output of the Sumpter, Or., mining district was never so great as now. The American legation guard at Pekin is having trouble with the Germans. Publication of the St. Petersburg Novoe Vremyra baa been prohibited for a week. Five persons were killed and 40 injured in a trolley car collision near Albany, N. Y. The cases against Carman, Car ranza and other insurgent leaders, -have been abandoned. The steward of the German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm waa arrested for stealing gold burs. Washington capital question has been settled by the purchase of Thurs ton county courthouse. The- last of the American troops have left Pekin. President McKinley reviewed the troops at the Presidio. Bresci. the assassin of King Hum bert, of Italy, committed suicide. The expelled West Point cadets will appeal their cases to the secretary of war. ,. There is a mysterious steamboat plying on the Columbia river without a license. Two men were held up at Midway, B. C, and robbed of 150. The rob bers escaped. Flood in Elixabethtown, Tenn., drowned three people and destroyed 11,000,000 worth of property. The cup challenger, with a royal party on board, including King Ed ward, was struck by a squall and wrecked. The yacht is badly dam aged. No lives were lost. The report of the examiners of the suspended Vancouver, Wash., bank shows its liabilities to be $232,465.53 and aaseta 249,373.84. Depositors will receive about 50 cents on the dollar, as many of the assets are valueless. The naval board of construction has recommended the construction of a battleship of 16,000 tons displace ment,. This would give the United States the largest vessel afloat, as the present largest one has only a little over 15,000 tons displacement. Mrs. McKinley continues to im prove slowly. Ex-Congressman Boutelle, of Maine, is dead. Nearly 1,000 firms have signed the new machinists scale. The old Shamrock boat the new by half a minute in the last trial. The striking machinists have gained many recruits to their ranks. The coal tax in England is injur ing the manufacturing interests of the nation. The receut punitive expeditions of Germany in China are now pleasing to the Russian ruler. : Nearly 2,000 more United 1 States volunteers are now on the way home from the Philippines. Interior regions of British Colum bia are threatened with serious floods by reason of tha late spring. A band of fifty-seven gypsies seeking admission to the United States from Germany have been deported. A clerk in the adjutant general's office at Manila is charged with forg ing General MacArthur's name. The party of - Ohio oongressmnen who accompanied President McKinley to the West are now in Portland. Two missionaries who made for tunes in the Nome district are to build hospital in Chicago. Beoent census statistics in Italy show that the proportion of popula tion not able to read or write has de creased to 39 per cent. ' The faculty of Stanford University in California has directed that saloon and cafe advertisements must be omitted from tho Daily Palo Alto, .1 !!..... I hid vvi u-jjo jiMim , ,, RACED FOR A 8WITCH. Ttrribl " Accident Caused by Metomwn's Careleitncs. ' Albany, N. V May 27. -Electric cars racing for a switch while run ning in opposite directions ' at the rate of 40 miles an hour cost five lives yesterday afternoon by a terrific collision in which over 40 prominent people were injured, some fatally and others seriously. The lobby of the local -postofiice, filled with dead and wounded, hysterical women and children looking for relatives and friends, surgeons administering tem porary relief, and ambulance racing through the city taking the wounded to the hospitals, were the early in timations of the accident. . The scene of the accident was at a point about two miles out of Gicen busch, on the line of the Albany dc Hudson Railway. The poii.t where the cars met on tho single track wo at a sharp curve, and so fast were both running and so sudden was the collision that the motormen did not have time to put on the brakes be fore south bound car No. 22 had gone almost clear through north bound car No. 17, and hung on the edge of a high bluff with its load of shriek ing maimed humanity. One motor man was pinioned up against the smashed front of the south bound car, with both legs severed and was killed instantly, while - the other one lived but a few moments. The few women and children who had escaped injury were hysterical and added their cries to the shrieks of the dying and mutilated. Men with broken arms and bones, with dislocated joints and bloody heuds and faces, tried to assist others who were more helpless. Help had beer, summoned from East Greenbusch and vicinity, and in, a little time the bruised mass of humanity, with the mutilated dead, were loaded on empty cars and taken to Albany. The ambulances and physicians had been summoned and the postofiice turned into morgue and hospital. As far as the physicians could tem porarily attend the wounded they were taken to their homes or to the hospitals. With both motormen killed it was hard to get at the real cause of the accident, but it is pretty well de termined that it was caused by an attempt of the south bound car to reach a second switch instead of waiting for the north bound car at the first siding. The cars weigh 16 tons each and are the largest electric cars built, , and so frightful was the crash that both cars were torn almost to splinters. . SEVERE W HO STORM. Caused Widespread Devastation in Five West r State. Salt Lake, May 28. The wind storm which swept over Nevada, Utah, Southern Idaho, ;.-: Wyoming i-nd Colorado, did damage that will run into the . hundreds of thousands of dollars. It resulted in almost complete prostration of telegraph and telephone service in the states affect ed and for nearly 24 hours during the height of the storm, the inter moun tain region was practically cut off from the rest of the world. The storm was severest in Eastern Nevada and Utah, and in the fertile valleys in the northern part of Utah wide spread devastation resulted. When the storm was at its height, the wind at some points reached a velocity of 50 miles an hour. . At Ogden the storm was felt worst. Here the wind tore roofs from a num ber of buildings, including the Bap tist church, completely demolishing barns and outbuildings, and scattered them far and wide, uprooted many shade trees and tore others to pieces, blew in plate glass windows in busi ness blocks and prostrated electric light wires, so that the city was in darkness. " The damage in Ogden will probably reach $100,000. At Five Points, Logan, Smithfield, Hooper and other p'.aces the damage was very great. Hundreds of fruit trees were completely stripped. The force of the wind waa so terrific around Logan and Hooper that to mato vines were swept entirely from fields. It is estimated- that fully one half of the crops were destroyed. Around Hooper, the sweep of the wind blew away the ploughed ground to the full depth that the plows had entered the earth, rendering the land practically useless. Along tho north shore of the Great Salt Lake the wind picked up the dry sand in great clouds and . hurled it across the country with terrific force, half burying the railroad tracks for miles. .. New Mexico Mln Accident Santa Fe, N. M., May 28. One man was instantly killed ami several seriously hurt at the Santa Bita cop per mine, in Grant county, while cleaning out blasts which had failed to explode. Sailed for Nome. San Francisco, May 28. Three steamers sailed today for Nome the. CneniAiiirli with 2 600 tuna of con- era 1 freight but no passengers; the Portland witn 4U0 passengers, tiiren tons of mail and a full cargo. Nearly hulf nf the iiS8enr'crs are enmlovc of the Northern Commercial com pany, bound for Unalaska, Dutcl. harbor, St. Michael and Nome. The steamer Valencia, with about 2tX) passengors and supplies. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A Brief Review of of th Growth and Improvement of th Many Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com monwealth Latest Market Report There was a $3,500 fire at Oregon City the first of the week. Arrangements are being made to selebrate the Fourth at Baker City. The Grand lodge of Odd Fellows held their encampment at Baker City. Efforts are being made to develop the Kaolin deposits, near Huntington. The people of Forest Grove and vi jinity are trying to secure a Sunday train service. Farmers near Salem say grain is looking aa well as it ever did and they axpect a large crop this year. Mrs. Thomas Campbell, aged CO years, an old resident of Oregon, died at her home in Monmouth last week. The Baldwin Sheep & Land Com-, pany, of Hay Creek, will sell at pub lic auction, June X, 1,000,000 pounds Df wool. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Columbia River Pack ers' Association it was decided to raise the price of canned goods. Beports from Willamette ' and Clackamas river fishermen, near Ore gon City, say this is the best season for their work for several years. The board of trustees of the State Reform School has let bids for the laying of 4,500 square feet of concrete work, for basement floors and walks. The cost of repairing the Albany bridge amounted to $1,837.57. The new ice plant at Baker City will be in operation by July 1. The annual meeting and barbecue of Wheeler County Pioneers will bo held at Bicbmond on June 12 and 13. The advance in the price of- pota toes has caused the planting of more potatoes t han ever before in the vicin ity of La Grande. The Albany council has resolved to turn over the bridge across the Wil lamette at that place to Linn and Benton counties or to Linn county, when the city shall be reimbursed for the recent improvements. k rural mail delivery route from Eugene will be recommended to the postal deparrtment. The route will be as follows: From Eugene north on river road to the Miller fruit dryer and return to Santa Clara school house, thence west to Irving road, thence southeast to Siuslaw stage road, thence west to' Kemp school house thence south to foot hills by way of Martin brick yard and return to Eugene via Hawkins road. The trip will be made six times a week. . Service will not be established before July. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 60c.: val ley, nominal; bluestem, , 6162c. per bushel. Flour Best trrades, $2.90(83.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats V hite,$1.35(gl.40 percental ; grav, $1.30(1.S2 per cental. Barley Feed, $17(17.50; brewing, $17(317.50 per ton. Millstiiffg Bran, ?1 perton ; miutl lines. $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, $16. Hav Timothy, $12.5014; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Hops 12 14c. per ib. Wool Vullev. ll13c: Eastern Oregon, 7 10c; mohair, 2021c. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, li09 17&C ; dairy,' 13 14c. : store, 11 12 c. per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212'c. per doxen. Cheese full cream, twins, i;J( 13Jsc. ; Young America, 13)'14c. ler pound. Poultry Chickeii8,mixed,$3.50(ai4; 'iens, $45.00; dressed, lll2o. per ixnind; springs, $35 . per dozen; lucks, $5(6; geese, $6(37; turkeys, ive, 1012c; dressed, 1416c. per pound. Potatoes Old, $11.15 per sack; new, 243l24'o. per pound. Miitt.m l.iiin ls 4?..' (3 5c. ner pound gross; best sheep, wethers, with wool, $4.254.50; dressed, 637o per pound. Hogs Gross, neavy, lawo; light, $4.755; dressed, 77&rj. per pound. Veal Larrro. 6f7c. oer wound: mall, 7i8o. per pound. Heel uross, top steers, faijso.za; 'nws and heifers. $4.504.75: dresaed beef,. 8i8Mc. per pound A dispatch from Tangier says the French commercial attache recently rold 100,000 rifles to the Shereefiun government. A tcWrnm of 12 words is sent to my part of New Zealand by simply mixing lO 11 ou stamp li teius. .nnlomnlnlMl in Vun, Vltrlf fMfxf will cost the tremendous sum of fZi.,ew,wo. TY. YTnUnl QlnlA. Ittcwld all nttior nations in the matter of fruit grow ing, strawberries were vaiueu at $80,000,000 last vear ana grapes at $100,000,000.