The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, July 05, 1901, Image 1

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N"" K.euu.ly r..oiinnay o.n, ay-lutl . - a. m. . :aop m, Tiiaa.Thur. Cortallla and Wa- Moti. Wl. and Hat, l.aailhiK and rrl. 7. WIHamaMa anal Yam- T.i',;TT,;it.n h'""- , MimWed. ami Hat, Omtmi CHr. lYton, ! yri, and Way-laudinga. ).. Klparla Anaka Rlvar. Lt.Mw'l"" a:40a. in, ala.ll' at !!"JlyRljiarta to t.ewl.lnn. ao a. in A. L. CRA1Q, General Pasianger Agt., roBTMsn, 0, Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG Uav I'ortlanrl on Tu.l, Thurwlay and Sat , urday at 7 . in. lor W. Hhn$, Kalamo, Carroll' fomt, Rainitr and Ktlto, v Arrlvlntat Portland Monday, Woi- ' UtMiday and Friday at it p. Hi. tfhar! foot ol Balmon 81. II. HOIMAN. Afent. filillPiii CflAPTKfl XTV Mary ri'turm.d buuie and a fw Aajt itwr waa auni iiMii u, tana charge of a iniall met acbool, lint Mr. Maaoa IbotiKht It beat fur bar to rrtiiru to Mount Hulynkt and areunliugly ibf d clliwj Mr. Knlnhft offer, graatly to bii dl.Aiiioliitmut, and tbnt of many othera. On raornlug about a wek aftr ber rt'turo h announmd bnr iuttntloa of rlilllng bur motbor'i rore. "I am ae ctialonied to to murb kWflae," aald aha, "that I can clly walk thrt nilla, and twirbapa on my way bom I iball gat a ride." Mra. Maaori mailt 00 objection, and Mary waa auu on bur way. 8b waa a rauld walkiir. ami alinoat Iwfort aht waa await of It rvaohml tbt vlllagt. Aa abe cama rn-af Mr. (!ampbrll'a tht wiab nat urally ariMe that Ella ahould accompany br, I.iHklii( up, abe aaw bur fluti'r In lh tonli-n and caltd to her. 'Vha-a-tr' waa tht ry loud and nn rlrll anawi-Kwhli b cam bark to her. tnd In a moment Klla appaid round tht Cor nar of tha bouao, ranltaly twinging bar atraw hat and bumming a faahlonablt aoug. On wving br alatur aht draw bark tba rornera of her mouth Into aomo tblng wbli-h ab Intrndfd for a amlla, and aitbl, "Why, I thought It wat Bridget oalllng me,, yon looked ao much llkt her In that gingham atinbonnet. . Won't you coma Int" : "Thank you," rettirni-d Mary. "I waa going to mother', grare, and thought per bana yon would like to accompany ni." "Oh, no," aald Klla, In her naual drawl ing tone, "I tlim't kuow aa I want to go. 1 waa thar Uat week, and taw tht mon ument." "What monument?" aakad Slary. and Klla replied: "Why, didn't you know that Mra. Ma on, or tht town, or Homebody, had bought a monument, with moiher'a and fat her' a and Franky't and Allle'i namaa en Itr Mary, hurrying on, aoon reached tht grareya.nl, where, aa Klla had aaid, there tood by her parrnta grtTea a large, handsome monument. William Bender waa the Hrat permin who came Into her mind, and aa abe thought of all that had paaaed between them, and of thla laat proof of bla affection, abe aeated heraelf among tha tall graaa and flowera whleb grew upou ber motber'a grave and burat Into teara. hhe had not aat thert long ere aht wat ronaed by the aound of a footatep. l-ooklng up, ahe aaw before her the yottng gentleman who tbe year pre rloua had laitd ber w-hool in Klce Cor ner. 8eallng bimaelf rcappct fully by her aide, ht apoke of tha three grarea, and ked If tbey were her frlenda who alept there. There waa tomethlng ao kind and affectionate In bla rolce and manner that Mary rould not reprem her teara, and, matching up ber bonnet, which abe had thrown a ld. abe hid her face In it and gain wept 1'or a lime Mr. Stuart auffered her to weep, and then gently removed the ging ham bonnet, and, holding her hand be tween hia, he tried to divert her mind by talking upon other topira, taking her how abe had been employed during tbe year, and appearing greatly pleated when told that the had been at Mount Molyoke. Obaerving at length that her eyet con atantly rested upon the monument, he poke of that, praialng Itt beauty, and aaking if It were her taste. "So," Mid ahe. "I bever eaw It until to-day, and did not even know It waa here,"-,. . . "Someone wished to furprlae you, I dare aay," returned Mr. Stuart "it waa manufactured In Boston, I tee. Have yon friendt there?" ..... . , Mary replied tunc aue naa one, a r. Bender, to which Mr. Stuart quickly re joined. "It It William Bender? I havt heard of hlin tlirougn our mutual menu, tieorge Moreland, whom you perbapi hive teen." Mary felt the earnett gat of the large, dark-eyetw which 'Were fixed npnn her face, and coloring deetily, ahe replied that they came from Kugland la the eamt vet- eel- . " . . . . Indeed" laid Mr. Btuart. "wnen 1 return to the city shall I refreah his mem ory a little with regard to you?" I d rather you wouia not," anawerea M.rr. "Our natht In life are very dif ferent! and he, of course, would feel no Interest in me. "Am I to conclude that yon, too, reel no intercat In him?" returned Mr. otuarr. ml a mi In hit htriie erea reacted ou Marv'a fHCt with a curlout expretalon, But the made no reply, ana, toon rwug up aaw 11 wae time ior uer w u v ,.- ., - Vacation wat over, and again In tht hall of Mount Holyoke waa beard tho ,-n.d af nianr feet, and the aound of youthful voicea aa one by one the puplla came back to their accuatomed placea. Jfor a time Mary waa undecided whether to return or not, for much ai ahe dealred an education ahe could not help feeling delicate about receiving It from A ttron ger, but Mra. Maaon, to whom all her thoughts and feellnga were confided, id vlaed her to return, and accordingly tbe first liny of the trra found her again at Mount Holyoke, where ahe waa wirmly welcomed by her teachera and compan ions Still, It did not aeem like the olden time, for Ma waa not there, and Jenny'i merry laugh wai gone. . , - i..,l..n. ami neraever nirlv tlirougn tne year abe atudled, atorlng ber mind with useful knowledges and when at last the annunl oxtimiiitttlon came, not one in the enior claw atood higher, or waa grad uated with more honor tnan no-. .... -1 -.... tvaa thorn, listened with all a parenfi pride ami fondnesa to ber adopted child, aa ane prompur to every qneatlon. But It waa not Mra. Maaon't pretence alone which Incited ... .1., wall. Among the crowd of ipectntort ibe cauglit a gllmpee of a face which twice before ahe had aeen once Id the avhool room at Klce Corner lonce in the graveyard at Chlcopee. Turn which way ahe would, ahe fel t rath er than aaw bow 11 teiiuy . ...1 k... .t,a when at laat the exer- wau'iieo " clsee were over, and the with, other.! aroit to receive her diploma, ahe Invol untarily glanced In the direction whence be knew he aat. For an Instant their eyet met, and In tba ezpreaslon of hit he reid 10 ipprovil warmer than worda could hart txpretaed. That night Miry tit alone In ber room, listening almost nervoutly to the sound of tvery footstep, tnd half-starting np If It cimt neir her door. But for certain reasona Mr. Stuart did not think proper to call, tnd whilt Mary wat confidently expecting him he wit several mliea on hie way home. Id day or two Mary returned to Chlc opee, but did not, like Ella, lay her books aide ind oooalder her education finished. Two or three hours each morning were devoted to ttudy, or reading of eomt kind. For teveral weeka nothing wat allowed to Interfere with thie arrange ment, but at the tnd of that time tht quiet of Mra, Maaon't boose waa dis turbed by tht unexpected arrival of Aunt Martha and Ida, who came up to Chlco pee for the purpose of luducing Mra. Ma son ind Miry to spend tbe coming winter In Boston. At first Mra. Mason hesitat ed, but evtry objection which either the or Miry raised was so easily put aslda that tht finally contented, saying tht would be ready to go about the middle of November. ' CHAl'fKiTXV. "Come thlt wty, Miry. I'll ahow you your chamber. It't right here next to mine," said Ida Selden, at on the evening of her friend' arrival she led her up to a handsomely . furnished ipirtment, which for many week bad borne the title Of "Mary'a room." "Oh, bow pleasant!" waa Mary'a excla mation, at aht aurveytd the room in which everything wte arranged with euch perfect taate. Miry wit too happy to speak, and, dropping into tht easy-chair, the burat Into teara. In a moment Ida, too, wat aeated In the aame chair, with her arm around Mary't neck. Then, as her own eye chanced to fall upon some vatea, the brought one of them to Mary, laying, "See, these are for yon a present from one who bade me present them with hit compllinenta to the tittle girl who nursed him on board the Windermere, and who cried because be called her ngly!" Mary't heart wat almoat audibla In Itt beating, and her check a took on tha hue of the cuablont on which tbe reclined. He turning the vita to tbe mantelpiece, Ida came back to her aide, and, bending cloae to her face, whispered: "Cousin lieorge told me of you years ago, when be first came here, bat I forgot all about it, and when we were at Mount Holyoke I never auspected that yon were the little girl he need to talk so much about. But a few days before he went away he reminded ma of It again, and then I understood why ht waa to much Interested in you. I wonder yon never told me yon knew him, for, of course, you llkt him. You can't help It." Mary only heard a part of what Ida aald. "Just before be went away." Waa he gone, and ahould ahe not aee hint af ter all? A clond gathered upon her brow, and Ida. readily divining Its rauae, re plied, "Yee, O corset It gone. Either he or father must go to New Orleans, tnd so George, of course, went. Isn't It too bad? I cried and fretted, but he only palled my ears, and said ht thould think I'd be glad, for be knew wt wouldn't want a six-footer domineering over us, and following us everywhere, tt he would inrety do were he at home." - Mary felt more disappointed than she wit willing to icknowledge. tnd for a moment aht half-wished herself back in Chlcopee, but toon recovering her cum nlmlty, tht ventured to ink how long George wat to be gone. "Until April, I believe," aald Ida; "but nywty yon art to ttay until ba com.s, for Aunt Martha promised to keep yon. I don't know exactly whit George said to her about you, but they talked together more thin two hours, and aht says you are to tike music lesaona ind drawing lessons, and all that ueorge I very fond of music." The next morning between 10 and 11 the doorbell rang, and in a moment Jen ny Lincoln, whose father' house wit Just opposite, came tripping into bo par lor. She hid lost In a measure tbut 10 tundity of person to offensive to her mother, ind It teemed to Mary that there waa a thoughtful expression on her face never teen there before, but in all other respects ahe waa tbe aame affectionate, merry-hearted Jenny. "I just thlt minute heard you were here, tnd Came over Just a I was," aald he. After liking Mary if she wasn't torry George hid gone, and If the ex pected to find Mr. Stuart, ahe aald, "I tuppose you know Klla la here, and breaking everybody'a heart, of course. She went to a concert with na last even ing, and looked perfectly beautiful, Hen ry says aha 1 tht handsomest girl he ever aaw, and I do hope she'll make something of him, but I'm tfraid be hi only trifling with her." If there waa person tn the world whom Mary thoroughly detested It waa Henry Lincoln, and her eyea parkled and flashed to Indignantly that Ida no ticed It, and secretly thought Jhnt Henry Lincoln would for once find hla match. After 1 time Mary turned to Jenny, lay ing, "Yon haven't told me a word about about William Bender. Is he well ?" , Jenny blushed deeply, and, hastily re plying that he waa the laat time ahe aaw him, atarted up, whispering In Mary'a ear, "Oh, I've got ao much to tell you but I mut go now." Ida accompanied her to the door, and asked wby Boae, too, did not call. In her usual frank, open way Jenny answer ed, "You know why. Bote is so queer." Ida understood her, ind replied, "Very well; but tell her that If the doean't aee fit to notice my visitors I certainly ah a 11 not be polite to her." Thla message had the dealred effect, for Rose, who was dally expecting a Miaa King from Philadelphia, felt that nothing would mortify her more than to be neg lected by Ida, who waa rather leader ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, among the young fashionable. Accord. Ingly, after a long consultation with her mother, ibe concluded It beat to call up on Mary. In tha course of tht afternoon, chancing to be near the front window, the saw Mr. Helden'i carriage driv way from hia door with Ida and her visitor. "Now I my time," thought ahe; and without a word to ber mother or Jenny abe threw on her bonnet and thawl, tnd in ber thin French slip pert stepped cross the ttreet and rang Mr. Belilen' doorbell. Of course tha wat "ao disap pointed not to find tbe young ladle at home," and, leaving ber card for tbem, tripped back highly pleased with her own clevernesa. Meantime Ida and Mary were enjoying their ridt about the city, until, coming suddenly upon an organ grinder and monkey, tbe spirited horse became frightened and ran, upsetting tha car riage ind dragging It tome distance. For tunately Ma was only bruised, but Miry received a severe cut upon her head, which, with the fright, caused her to faint. A young man who wi passing down the street, and saw the accident, immediately cam to the rescue; and when Mary awoke to consclousnesa Billy Bender waa supporting ber and gently pushing back ' from her face the thick braids of ber long hair. "Who is ahe? Who I she?" aaked the eager voicea of the group around; but no one tntwered until young gentle man, issuing from one of tht fasbioua bla saloons, came blustering up, demand ing "what tht row was." Upon teeing Ida, hia manner changed Instantly, and he ordered tha crowd to "stand back," at tbe aamt time forcing hit way forward nntil ht caught a tight of Mary't face. "Wbew! Bill," (aid he, "your old flame, tht Dancer. Isn't It?" It wat fortunate for Henry Lincoln that Billy Bender't armt were both In use, otherwise he might have measured his length upon the sidewalk. A it waa, Billy frowned angrily upon him, and In a fierce whisper bade him beware how he used Mi Howard' name. By thi time the horse were caught another carriage procured, and alary, etill aupported by Billy Bender, was carefully lifted into tt and borne back to Mr. Selden a house. Many of Ida'a friend, hearing of the accident flocked in to ee and to Inquire after the young lady who waa injured. Among the first who called wa lAttAe Upton from Chlcopee. On her way home ahe stopped at Mrs. Campbell's, where she wis Immediately beset by Ella, to know "who the beautiful young lady was that Henry Lincoln had so heroically aved from a violent death dragging bar out from under the horses' heels!" Utile looked at her a moment In tar prise, and then replied, "Why, Miss Campbell, is it possible you don't know It wa your own istcr?" It waa Henry Lincoln himself who bad given Klla her information, without, how ever, telling the lady name; and now, when abe learned that 'twas Mary, ahe waa too much urprised to answer, and Linio continued: "I think yon art labor ing under a mistake. It wa not Mr. Lincoln who saved your sister's life, but a young taw student whom you perhaps have aeea walking with George More land." Ella replied that she never taw George Morelnnd, he left Boston before the came; and then aa the did not teem at all anxious to know whether Mary was much Injured or not, Lizxie soon took ber leave. Long after she waa gone Ella sat alone In the parlor, wondering why Hen ry should tell her such a falsehood, and It be really thought Mary beautiful. Poor, simple Ella I She waa fast learning to live on Henry Lincoln' smile, to believe each word that he aaid; to watch nerv ously for his coming, and to weep If he stayed awiy. , (To be continued.) MAKING GIRLS HAPPY ON FARMS Mrs. Meredith Telia About the School for Farm ra' W'lvea tn Minnesota. What the West Is doing in the way of training girl to live happy Uvea on farm wa very ably shown at Hunt ington hall, Boston, recently by Mra. Virginia C. Meredith, preceptress of the school of agriculture of Minnesota uni versity. :. V '.! Mrs. Meredith has herself conducted A successful stock farm for many years, and she believes thoroughly in the farm life for young people. "The farm borne," ghe said, "Is to my mind the Ideal home, and. I am glad to say the thought In our school Is always to educate tbe girl for the life ihe will have to live. "At first we had only boys In the school, but when these, noticing that their sisters and sweethearts needed to learn Just what they were learn ing, begged us to take girls, too, We did so, and now for four years we have been training farmers' daugh ters to make happy 'arm homes. "Our girls study side by side with the boys the different breeds of live stock and the various developments of plant life. A farmer's wife needs to know bow to tell a shorthorn from a longhorn, and what season Is best for planting corn. "We have been heating In the past much about the man's desire to get away from the farm. Tbe reason for bis restlessness lies In the dissatisfac tion of his women folk with farm life. They needed to be taught that It was Interesting to make a fnrm home. "We give our girls special work adapted to women In the home, such as cookery, which extends through tbe tbree years, dairy chemistry, and plant life. Butter-mnklng Is not drudgery to the girl who understands the why of It, and sewing Is rapidly ceasing to become a lost art now that girls see that patterns are comprehensible things and not Chinese puzzles. "Tbe girl Is taught, too, about tex tiles, a most Interesting subject from the farmer's standpoint; and she at tends lectures on household Art In which suitability Is shown to be the desideratum of a purchase of furniture. 'Tbe application made in our school of mechanical drawing that of design ing model farmhouses will: have a great Influence on the coming farm home of Minnesota. When the present generation build houses they will be convenient ones." . JULY B, 1001. CVEUT5 Or Till: DAY! From All Parts of the New World 1 and the Old. Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Ceinprthtnflvt Review of the Important Hap. ptnlnjf of tht Past Week in a Condensed Form. There is no break in the hot wave In the East, Oil has been discovered near Baker City, Oregon." Fiftffl thousand steel workers have gone on strike. : The City National Bank, of Buffa lo, N. Y., has failed. The Perry monument at Yokohama will be dedicated July 14. South Caronlinft is seeking to have taxti 011 dispensaries refunded. General Shatter, in command at San Francisco, Iihs been retired. Philippine trade in 1900, showed a great increase over previous years. Prince Chusn will return from Ger many by way of the United States. There were CO0.O0O deaths from the plague in India during the past five years. Four regiments from the Philip pines have been mustered out at the Presidio. Officials at Washington, D. C, and Ottawa, Ont., attach no importance to Skagway flag incident. The transport Thyra, from the Philippines, with the Thirty-eighth volunteer regiment, arrived at Port land. The troops went by rail to Ban Francisco, where they will be mus tered out. , . " ' Religious riots continue in Spanish towns. J. P. Morgan gave over fl.OOO.OOO to Harvard university. General Ludlow returned from the Philippines on tbe transport Buford. Harold M. Pitt was acquitted at Manila of the charge of buying gov ernment stores. An immense grain fire is raging in California hy which thousands of dol lars will lie lost. - Speaker Henderson, who has just visited Europe, says King Edward is America's friend. Thirteen persons were killed and about 50 injured in the Wabash train wreck in Indiana. The transports Thomas and Buford arrived at San Francisco with four volunteer regiments. The I033 of life in the northern part of the West Virginia flood dis trict was greater than at first re ported.'.':; ; One thousand striking laborers in Rochester, N. Y., attacked the police and in the fight which ensued, 11 officers and 20 rioters were injured. Miners of Alaska have formed union; Three hundred French converts were massacred in Corea. The Forty-fourth volunteers have arrived at Sau Francisco. The body of Adelbert S. Hay waa buned at Cleveland, Ohio. Generals Corbin, Sternberg and Mc- Kibtien left ban Jrancisco for Manila. The Republicans of Ohio have re nominated ueorge K. Nash for gov ernor. ' ' The United States government ia not in favor of destroying the forts of China. A project has been set on foot to build a railroad from Valdes to Eagle City, Alaska. - By a train wreck on the Wabash railroad in Indiana, IS persons are reported killed. One person was killed and several severely injured in a St. Louis tene ment house fire,- ; '.'. There is much discouragement in Englnnd over the military situation in South Africa. An attempt to raise the transport 1 11 gal Is resulted in her sinking deeper in tbe water than before. A detachment of 202 men and three officers are on their way to Portland, Or., from Columbus, 0, They will be assigned to duty at Vancouver Barrack's, Wa,sh. A Chinese company has filed a claim of 400,000 taels against the United States, claiming that when our marines were camped at Tien Tsin, they ' appropriated furs, rugs and jewels worth that amount. There are , about 27,000 Chinese, in Hawaii. Secretary Hay has started another canal treaty.- ; An American deserter who acted as Cailles' lieutenant has been placed in irons. . -. Fire destroyed - business buildings and warehouses in Portland, Or., to the value of $G0, 000. , : Florence Nightingale, who has so long been an invalid and confined to her London house, recently celebrated her 81st birthday. Willow furniture, mattings, etc., may be cleaned with salt and water applied with a nail brush. Rinse well and dry thoroughly. To waflh silk handkerchiefs soak them in cold salt and water for 10 or 15 minutes; wash them in the same water and iron immediately. TIEN T8IN CROWDED. City Full of Soldiers and Officers Returning . .. Home. - Tien Tsin, July 1 The city of Tien Tsin is now more crowded than ever. Officers of all nations are here en route for their home, and the hotels are placing cots in every avail able place. Apartments have been prepared at the University of Tien Tain for Prince Chuan and his suite of 40, who will remain there for three days before leaving for Germany to make formal apology for the murder of Baron von Ketteler. - Mr. Denby, who, when the foreign troops arrived, was appointed by the Chinese Merchants' Company to pro tect its property, says the company, in ita claim against tbe United States government, did not use the word "loot" against the marines, but mere ly held them responsible. The greater part of the company's proper ty consisted of rice, which was after wards distributed under orders from the British and American generals to assist those in need. Mr, Denby thinks the company's cliam should have been added to the indemnity as legitimate expenditure. Other mer chants say the company never bad J00,0O0 taels' worth of property here. It is pointed ' out that the company stored three boxes of valuables with the chartered bank before the trouble began and did not withdraw these until October, and that, consequently, it is quite improbable any jewels were left to be looted. Moreover, the place was thoroughly gone through by local looters before the allied forces arrived. It would be legally impossi ble to hold any portion of the reliev ing force responsible for anything but the rice and .coal, which were sed as a military necessity, to feed Chinese coolies who were forced to labor and also those who were without means of livelihood. TUNNEL CAVED N. Narrow Escapt of Passenger in aa Express Trait, Baltimore, July 2. The roof of the Union Railroad tunnel in the eastern section of the city, nsed and con trolled by the Pennsylvania Railroad, caved in shortly before 2 o'clock this morning. . It is supposed that a de fect in tbe arch of the tunnel caused tbe accident. A narrow escape from death or ser ious injury was experienced by the passengers and crew of an express train which was caught by tbe falling debris in the tunnel. . ; As far as can be learned, the avalanche of earth and rocks caught the rear express car, which was immediately in front of tbe passenger cars. : The train was not running rapidly and the jar was not severe. The engineer quickly .brought his train to a full stop and word was sent from a signal tower to the Union station. A yard engine was sent into the tunnel and the thinly filled passenger coaches were drawn back to Union station without the occupants being aware of the dan ger through which they had passed. SOLDIER TRANSPORT HELD. On of Ptntngcr Died of Bubonic Plague at Nagasaki. Port Townsendi Wash., July 2. The United States transport Kintuck arrived yesterday morning from Nagasaki with 200 soldiers on board, and is held in the stream pending the decision of Surgeon General Wyman, whether she will be sent to Diamond Point quarantine station. While at Nagasaki a case of bubonic plague developed on tbe Kintuck, and the victim was taken ashore, where he died. The vessel was fumigated and detained 10 days in quarantine at Nagasaki, and then allowed to pro ceed on ber voyage to this city. No new case developed during the voyage, but before allowing her to enter Dr. M. H. Foster, United States quaran tine officer, deemed it best to commu nicate with the authorities at Wash ington, and pending a reply, the ves sel is anchored in the stream with the yellow flag flying. Communication with, her is forbidden. SUFFERING IN NEW ENGLAND Work Suipendtd In Many Factories Pros trations la Boston. Boston, July 2. There has been but Blight diminution in the inten sity of the heat throughout New Eng land today, And in some localities temperature has been reported even higher than yesterday. Tempera tures ranging from 100 to 106 are re corded in many places, while 116, the top notch of the day, was the report from Nashua, N. H. It became ne cessary to suspend work in many manufactories alt over New England during tbe day on account of tbe ter rible heat. Many persons were pros trated by the heat in various sections of New England, although outside of Boston but four fatal results have been reported. , Patrol wagons and ambulances were kept busy in taking care of the heat victims here, two deaths due directly to the heat constitute today's record. Col. D. R. Paige Dead. New Yori, June 2. Colonel David R. Paige died at his apartments in this city from a complication of dis eases, tie na been an invalid for many months. Col. Paige was prom inent in business interests in this city for many years. He was a mem ber of the Jorty-eiehth congress from the Twentieth district. In the elec tion for the Fortr-ninth congress Ma jor McKiuley defeated him. NO. 29. OP MP Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of tht Growth and Improve, mentt of the Many Industries Through, out Our Thriving Commonwealth, Two government officials will visit semi-arid regions of Oregon in August. Oregon' mineral exhibit at tbe Pan-American is the best of its kind from any state in the union. Thirty-five car loads of cattle were shipped from Baker City and Hunt ington to Montana the other day. The Gray's Peak Gold Mining Co., in the Sumpter district, have made arrangements for the erection of a new stamp mill. Governor Geer has received an in vitation to help open the Louisiana exhibit at the Pan-American, but was unable to accept. From the number of scalps coming in for bounty, it is thought the appro priation made by the legisatuxe will prove none to large. 'The Mammoth and Bald Mountain Mining Companies, in Eastern Ore gon, have made arrangements for run ning a tunnel 2,000 feet into the mountain. The Portland General . Electric Light Company baa reduced ita rates for light to the Oregon City council. By the new contract that city will save 40 per month. Fish Warden Van Dusen caught several fine specimens of trout near the Upper Clackamas hatchery, which will be forwarded to Buffalo to be placed in the Oregon exhibit. One of the salmon which a few years ago were caught and the adipose fin cut off, wae caught the other day at The Dalles. Thi is the first one to reach the Upper Columbia. It weighed 50 pounds. The town of Whitney, in Eastern Oregon, is to put in a water system. Baker City is endeavoring to have a weather bureau established in that eity. Steamboat navigation on the Wil lamette river to Corvallis has ceased for tbe summer. Probably the last car load of 1900 potatoes in the state was shipped from Hurlburt a few days ago. The Oregon King Gold Mining Co., of Sumpter, has filed articles of incor poration. Capital, 11,000,000. Arrangements have been made to make Prairie City a "station" on tbe stage line and the change will be made shortly. Reports from the various sections of the Rogue river valley are to the effect that the wheat crop this year will be considerably short of the aver age. - Sherman county will have an extra large wheat yield this year. A number of mines in the Robin sonville district have been bonded. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, export value, 57c per bushel; bluestem, 58c; valley, nominal. Flour best grades, $2.903.40 per barrel; graham, 12.60. Oats White, $1.32'1.85; gray, fl.30132j' per cental. Barley Feed, f 17 17.50; brewing, fl717.50perton. Millstuffa Bran, $17 per ton ; mid dlings, 121.50; shorts, $20; chop, $10. Hay Timothy, $12.5014; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, 67 per ton. ' . , " . Butter Fancy creamery,15(flSl7Vc; dairy, 13 14c; store, 1012c per pound. .'--'...- " .. . ';.'; .. '-.-, Egg 1717se per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12(3 124'c; Young America, 13(il38'o per pound. Poultry -Chickens, mixed, $2.75 3.50; bens, $3.254.00; dressed, m 10c per pound ; springs, $1 00(8 4. 00 per dozen ; ducks, $3(g 4 for old ; $2.50 4.00 for young; geese, $4(35 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 8(10ci dressed, 1012c per pound. Mutton Lambs, S&c. gross; dressed, 77)s'c per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, 6j'o per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756; light, $4.75a5; dressed, 77)o per pound. Veal Small, 7 V8,'i8'c ; large, ti 7c per pound. . . Beef Gross top steers, $4.25(84.60: cows and heifers, $3.75($4; dressed beef, 77jo per pound. Hops 1214c per pound. Wool Valley, llal3c; Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 2021o per pound. -" - Potatoes $1.25(31,50 per sack; new potatoes, lKQle per pound. The American Bible Society is pre paring to issue editions of the Scrip tures in 20 different Filipino dialects. A gypsy fortune teller who was ar rested in Wyoming bad bank notes to the amount of $3,500 in a belt about his waist. Announcement of Coiunt von Wal- dersee's intention to visit America in the near future is taken to indicate an early termination of the troubles in China.