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CIIAPTKH XVII
For mora than an hour them bad bwu
Ullirok.'8 allini. in th (Unify old law
aftlpa of Mr, Worthlnglon, whrn Henry
l.hi.'olii au'I William Bfrnlor atlll re
innlowL th on aa a prartMnf lawyer
ana Junior iartnrr of tha Brm, and the
Olhfr aa a atud.nt atlll, for ha had not
y't dirril to offrr hliinwlf for mln
tln. Bltidp waa aomothlng which Henry
t-aMliMtlarly dlaltkod; anil aa hU mother
had Irulu.vl hint with the ldr-a that labor
for blm waa wholly unm-ceaaary, ha had
nr tteatowed a thought on tha future,
op made an etertlun of any kind. Now,
howerer, a different "Iium of affaira waa
appearing, ill futhor'a fortune waa
threalMiod with ruin; and be aat In the
offli e with lil hei-la upon the window aill,
debating: the all Impnrtant qtteatlon
whether It wore better ti marry Klla
t,aniii(eii for (In, money which would
aave him from norrty, or to rouae him
awlf to art Inn for the aake of Mary How
anl, whom be n-ally funilud ha lured.
1 Frequently alnre the party had he met
her, eaih time becoming more and more
convinced of her auuerlorlty over the oth
er young ladlea of her acquaintance. He
waa undoubtedly greatly alated In thle
de-ilott by the maimer with wbli-h be
waa reeelved by the fashlouablea of Boa
ton ; but, aalde from that, aa far aa be
waa capable of doing ao, he liked her,
and waa now making np hla mind wheth
er to tell her ao or not.
At laat breaking the alienee, he exclaim
ed: "Hang me, If I don't believe ehe'a be
witched me, or elae I n in lore, llcndor,
bnw doea a chap feel when be'a in lore?"
"Very foolUh, judging from youraelf,"
returned William, and Henry replied:
"1 hnpe you mean nothing peraonal, for
I iu bound to avenge my honor, and
'twould be a deuced acrana for you aVl
me to tight about 'your alater,' aa yon call
ber, for 'lis ahe who baa inaplred me, or
made a fool of me, one or I be other."
"Vou've chanced your mind, haven't
youf aaked William, a little earcaatiral
ly. "Hanged if I haver' enlit Henry. "I
waa totervKted In her year, ago, when
alia wa the uglleat little rlxen a man
ever looked upon, and that'a why I teaeed
her ao I dun t believe ahe a handaoiue
now, but ahe'a aomething, and that eontv
thing baa rained tha miachlef with me.
Come, ltender, yon are better acquainted
with her than I am, ao tell ma boneatty
If yon think I'd better marry her."
With a haughty frown William replied:
"You have my permlaaloa, air, to propone
aa aoon aa yon pleaae. -1 rather wlah you
would;" then taking bia hat he left the
orOce, while Henry continued hla aolllo
qny aa followa:
"I wonder what the old folka would
aap to a pennlleaa bride. Wouldn't moth
er and ltMe rale a row? I'd aoon quiet
the old woman, though, by threatening to
tell that ahe waa once a factory girl. But
If dad amaahea np I'll hare to work, for
I haven't bralna enough to earn my living
by wit. I gueaa on the whole I'll go and
rail on Klla: ahe'a bandaome, and bealdea
that haa tha rhino, loo; but how ehallow!"
tnd the young man broke the blade of nia
knife a he atuck It Into the hardwood
table by way of empbaaiamg hla laat
word a.
Ella chanced to be out, and aa Henry
waa returning he overtook Ida Hidden
and Mary Howard, who were taking
tbelr amtatoracd walk. Since her conver
aatlon with William A weight aeemed
lifted from Mary'a apirita, and ahe now
waa happier far than ahe eref remem
bered of having been before, Mary
could not find It In her heart to be nn-
courteoua to Henry, and her manner to
ward him that morning waa so kind and
affable that It completely npaet him: and
when he Darted with her at Mr. Seldetr'e
gate hla mind waa quits mads up to
offer ber his Heart ana nana.
"I shall bars to work," thought be,
"but for her aak I'll do anything."
An boar later ha aat down and wrote
to Mary on paper what he ;uld not
tell her face to face. Had there been
lingering doubt of her acceptance, he
would undoubtedly have wasted at leaat
dosen abeeta of the tiny gilt-edged ps
r. hut aa it waa one would sudlce, for
ahe would not scrutinise his haudwrltlng
he wonld not count the biota, or mark
the omission of punctuating pauses. An
anient declaration of lore waa written,
sealed and directed.
Iteatlesa and unquiet, be aat down to
mmt hla anawer. It cams at last hia
rejection, yet couched in language ao kind
and conciliatory that he could not feel
angry. Twice three times he read It
over, hoping to Bad some intimation that
possibly she might relent; but no, it was
firm and deemed, anil wuue nr ni.i
him for the honor he conferred upon her,
she respectfully declined Accepting it, as
suring him that nis secret suumu iw ryi
Inviolate. "
"There's some comfort in mat,
,hm,!,t he. "for I wouldn't Ilka to hara
It known that I hare been refused by a
poor, unknown girl," and then, as the con
viction came over him that ahe wonld
never be hla, ha laid hia head upon the
table and wept such tears as a apoilt
.1.11,1 mlu-hr ween when refused A toy too
costly and delicats to be trusted in tta
rude grasp. v .
Era king there was a knock at the
door and haatlly wiping away all traces
of his emotion, Henry admitted his raw
er who bsd corns to talk of their future
prospects, Wliicn were even
he bad feared. But he did not reproach
bla wayward aon, nor hint that hla reek
leaa extravagance had hastened the ca
lamity which otherwise might have been
.voided. Calmly he stated the extent to
which they were Involved, adding that
though an entire fsllure might be pre
vented A short time. It would coma at
Z; and that an honorable payment of
his debts would leave them I beggars.
"For myself I do not ,aldJ
wretched man, pressing hard hi. aching
templea. where th. gray hair, had thick
within a few "01rt,V!k,mT .e
Btyself I do not care, but for my wife
?nd chlldren-for Rose, and that she
mH.t mlsa her accustomed comforts, is
th keenest pang of ail. 1
BY MARY J. HOLMES j
All this time Henry bad not spoken, but
thought wss busily at work. He could
not bestir himself; be had no energy for
that now; but he could marry Klla Camp
bell, whose wealth would keep him in
the position he now occupied, besides
supplying many of Itose's wanta.
Cursing the fate which had reduced
him to such an extremity, toward tha
dusk of evening Henry started for Mrs.
Campbell's. Lights were burning In tha
parlor, and aa ths curtains were ilrswn
back be could see through the partially
opened shutter that Ella waa alone. Ke
cliniug in a large aota chair, she aat,
leaning upon her elbow, the soft curls of
ber brown hair falling orer her white
arm, which the full blue csshmera sleeve
exposed to view. 8hs seemed deeply
engaged in thought, and never before bad
she looked so lovely to Henry, who aa
he gaxed npon her felt a glow of pride in
thinking that fair young girl could he bis
for the asking. .
"And so my little pet Is alone," said
be, coming forward, and raising to his
lips ths dnlnty fingers which Ella extend
ed toward bim. "I hope the old aunty la
out," ha continued, "for I want to sea
yon on special business."
Ella noticed bow excited be appeared,
and always on the alert for aomething
when be waa with her, ahe began to
tremble, and without knowing what ahe
said asked him "what he wanted of her?"
"Zonndsl" tbonght Henry, "she meet
me mora than half way," and then, leat
hia resolution should fall, be reseated ber
In the chsir she bsd left, and drawing an
ottoman to her aide baatily told her of
bla love, ending bla declaration by aaylng
that from the first time be aaw her he
had determined that ahe should be his
wifel And Ells, wholly deceived, allow
ed ber head to droop upon hla ahoulder,
while she whispered to him her anawer.
Thua they ware betrothed Henry Lin
coin and Ella Campbell.
"Clad am I to be out of that atmos
phere," thought the newly engaged young
man, as he reached the open air, and be
gan to breathe more freely. "Goodness
me, won't I lead a glorious life? Now,
If she'd only hung back a little but no,
ahe aald yea, before I fairly got the words
out; but money eovereth a multitude of
siua I beg your pardon, msn'aru," aald
he quickly, aa he became conscious of
having rudely Jostled A young lady, who
was turning the corner.
Looking up, be met Mary Howard's
large dark eyes fixed rsther luqnirlngly
upon him. 8he waa accompanied by one
of Mr. Selden'a servants, and ha felt
sure shs waa going to visit her sister. Of
course, Ella would tell ber all, and what
must Mary think of one who could ao
aoon repeat his vows of love to another?
In all the world there was not an indi
vidual for whose good opinion Henry Lin
coln cared one-half so much as for Mary
Howard's; and the thought that he
should now surely lose it maddened him.
The resolution of the mornlug was for
gotten, and that night A fond father
watched and wept over his Inebriate aon.
' ' .','.'' CHAPTER XVIII. "."",.
From one of the luxuriously furnished
chambers of her father'a elegant mansion
Jenny Lincoln looked mournfully out up
on the thick, angry clouda which, the live
long day, bad obscured the winter sky.
Dreamily for A while ahe listened to the
tatter of the rain aa it. fell upon the de
serted pavement below, and then, with a
lung, deep sigh, she turned away and
wept. Poor Jenny! the day waa rainy
and dark and dreary, but darker far were
the ahadowa stealing over her pathway.
Turn which way she would there was not
one ray of sunshine which even her buoy
ant apirita could gather from the sur
rounding gloom. Her only sister was
slowly but surely dying, and when Jenny
thought of this she felt that if ltose could
only live she'd try and bear the rest: try
to forget how much she loved William
Bender, who that morning had honorably
and manfully asked her of her parents,
and been spurned with contempt not by
her father, for could he have followed
the dlctatea of hla better Judgment he
would willingly have given hia daughter
to the rsre of one who he knew would
carefully shield her from the storms of
life. It was not he. but the cold, proud
mother, who so haughtily refused Wil
liam's request, accusing hiiu of taking
underhand means to win her daughter's
affections.
"I had rather see you dead!" said the
stony-hearted woman, when Jenny knelt
at her feet and pleaded for her to take
back the words she hud spoken. "I hud
rather see yon dead than married to such
aa he. I mean what I hare said, and you
will never be his." ;
Jenny knejy. William too well to think
he would ever sanction an act of diaohe
h,v mother, ami her heart grew
faint and her eyes grew dim with tears.
aa she thought of conquering tne tove
which had grown with her growth and
strengthened with her atrength. , There
wa another reason, too, why Jenny
ahould weep aa she sat alone in her room.
u.. father ann had heard of all thitt
was to happen. The luxurlea to which all
her life ahe had been accustoinea were
k. kaM no Innver. The nleasnnt conn-
try bouse in Chicopce, dearer far than
her city home, must d aom, sua no
where in the wide world was there a
placa for them to rest
Mr. Lincoln entered his daughter's
room, and bending affectionately over her
pillow said, "How Is my darling to-day?"
"Better, better almost well," returned
Rose, raising herself In bed to prove what
she had said. "I ahall be out in a few
days, and then you'll buy me one of those
elegant plaid ailka, won't yon? All the
girla are wearing them, and I haven't
bad A new dresa this winter, and here
'tis almost March."
nv.1 h tha father longed to tell hla
.kiM that hor next dress would be
a shroud. But he could not- He wa too
much A man of the world to pea 10 ner
of death; so without anawerlng her que.
. L. ..Irf. "H.iae. do vou think you
are abut to ba moved Into the country?"
'What, to Chleopecir tnat nor.i, uuu
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY,
place? t thought we wet- not going therM
thia aummer?"
"No, not to Chlcopea, but to yonr grand
ma Howland' In Glenwood. The physi
cian thinks yon will be more quiet there,
and the pure air will do yon good."
Rose looked earnestly in her father's
face to see If he meant what be said, and
then replied: "I'd rather go anywhere In
ths world than to tllvnwood, You've no
Idea how I bate to atay there. Grandma
la o queer and the things In the bouse so
fassy and countryfied and cooks by
fireplace, and washes In a tin basin, and
wipes on a crash towel that hang on a
roller!" .
Mr. Lincoln could hardly repreaa a
smile at Itose's reasoning, but perceiving
that he must be decided, be said: "We
think It best for you to go, and shall ac
cordingly make arrangement to take you
In the course of a week or two. Your
mother will stay with you, and Jenny,
too, will be there a part of tha time;"
then, not wishing to witness the effect of
bis words, he hastily left ths room, paus
ing la ths hsll to wipe away ths tears
which involuntarily came to hia eyes a
be overheard Rose angrily wonder why
aha should be turned oat of door when
she wasn't sble to sit op!" '
"I never can bear the scent of those
great tallow candlea, never," aald ahe;
"and then to think of the coarse sheets
and patchwork bedqullts oh. It's dread-
full"
Jenny' heart, too, waa well-nigh burst
ing, but she forced down her own sor
row, while she strove to comfort her sis
ter, telling ber how strong and well tha
bracing air of tbe country would make
her, and how refreshing, when het fever
was on, would be the clear, cold water
which gushed from the spring near the
thornapple tree, where In childhood they
so oft had played. Then she spoke of
th miniature waterfall, which not far
from her grandmother' door made
"fairy-like music" sll the day long, and
at last, as If soothed by tbe sound of that
far-off water. Rose forgot her trouble,
and sank into A sweet, refreshing slum
ber. la g few days preparation were com
menced for moving Rose to Glenwood,
and In the excitement of getting ready
ah In measure forgot th tallow can
dles and patchwork bedquilt the thoughta
of which had so much shocked her at
first .
"Put in my embroidered merino morn
ing gown," said she to Jenny, who waa
packing her trunk, "and the blue cash
mere one faced with white satin; and
don't forget my best cambric skirt, the
one with so much work on it for when
George Moreland comes to Glenwood I
shall want to look Aa well a possible;
and then, too, I liCe to see the country
folks open their mouths and stare at city
fashions."
"What make yon thluk George will
come to Glenwood?" asked Jenny.
"I know, and that'a enough," answered
Rose; "and now, before you forget It, put
In my leghorn hat, for If I stay long 1
shall wsnt It; and see how nicely yon
can fold the dresa I wore at Mrs. Rus
sell's party!"
"Why, Rose, what can yon possibly
wsnt of that?" aaked Jenny, and Rose re
plied: . v
"Oh, I want to show It to grandma,
uat to hear her groan over our extrava
gance, and predict that we'll yet come to
ruin!"
Jenny thought that if Rose could have
seen her father that morning when the
bill for the dress and its costly trim
mings wss presented she would bar
wished It removed forever from her sight
Early In ths winter Mr. Lincoln had seen
that all auch matter were settled, and of
thia bill, more recently made, he knew
nothing.
"I can't pay it now," said he promptly
to the boy who brought It "Tell Mr.
Holton I will see him in a day or two."
Th boy took the paper with an inso
lent grin, for he had heard the fast cir
culating rumor "that one of the big buga
waa about to smash np;" and now, eager
to confirm the report, be ran swiftly back
to hia employer, who muttered, "Just aa
I expected. I'll draw on him for what
I lent him, and that'll tell the story. My
daughter can't afford to wear auch
things, snd I'm not going to furnish
money for his."
Of all thia Rose did not dream, for in
her estimation there waa no end to her
father'a wealth, and the possibility of bis
tailing had never entered her mind. .
(To be continued.)
Funtehment Postponed,
Fafner (sternly) Now, sir, com with
me. I'll teach you to tell the truth,
and '- ' V '
Willie Pa, do you always tell the
truth?
Father I do.
Willie Well, pa, the other day you
aid "the child I father to the man."
Suppose you band that strap over to
your father, now. Philadelphia North
American. '
A Seme of t-'ecorltr.
"Doesn't It worry you to have your
husband spend so much time In the cor
tier store talking politic?".
"No," said the woman with the weary
look lu her eye. "I know that when
he I talking politics, he Isn't letting
anybody sell hint bad mining stocks or
gold bricks, or green goods. It keep
his mind occupied, and perhaps It la
better so." Washington Star.
Worels of Awfnl Import
"What would you do If you was to
git convicted of a penitentiary of
fense?" asked PwddUig Pete.
' "I'd never serve me term," answered
Meandering Mike. ,
"Maybe you'd have to."
"No. Do law would lose Its grip on
me right dere. As soon as I heard de
Judge ay 'Imprisonment wit' hard la
bor' I'd drop dead." Washington Star.
No Lack of Mascot.
"No," candidly admitted Noah, "the
ark Is not exactly a Herresholt fin-keel,
I didn't know anything about alumin
um when I planked her top aides, and
ber canvas la not cross-cut, nor does
be carry a spinnaker. J , J
"But," he added, complacently, "we
are right in It when It cornea to maa
cots!" Brooklyn Eagle. ;
Otherwise with the Poor
'"I feel sorry for the rich.'
Why?"
"When a rich man gets a counterfeit
quarter be can't remember where he
got hla dollar bill broken." Chicago
Record. ' i:- '.
JULY 19, 1901.
CVCHT5 OF THE DAT
- i .ii - ut j.
From Ail'Parb of the New World
nd the Old.
Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprthciutv Rsvkw ef th Important ltB
pnirii ef th Put Week la a
- Condensed form.
:.: The ateel worker' strike is now on.
Two attempts were made to burn
Aberdeen, Wash.
Santos-Dument'a airship tiial at
Pari was not successful.
The Perry monument waa unveiled
at Kurihama, Japan. '
The fall of the Bastile was cele
brated throughout France.
Lamnnt i slated to succeed Mellen
as president of the Northern Pacific.
Tbe excess of export over import
last year was the greatest in our his
tory. .
A general strike haa been ordered
in sheet steel, steel hoop and tin plat
mills. -
There is no prospect of immediate
relief from the drought in the middle
west.-..; .- :''
Kitchener may be succeeded in
South Africa by General Sir Bindon
Blood.
Attempt to shoot a judge ia the cli
max of fishermen-'a strike on Fraser
river, B. C. ' ; "": ;
Washington bicycle tax law de
clared illegal - by Superior Judge Mil
ler, at Vancouver.
Btoyn, ex-president of the Free
State, narrowly escaped capture by
Broadwood's brigade.
Thirteen Polish students are on
trial at Posen, charged with belong
ing to revolutinary societies.
The Congregational church at For
est Grove, Or,, which waa built in
1858, was burned. t Incendiarism is
suspected. ,
A proclamation withdrawing about
500,000 acres from Olympic reserve,
Washington, haa been sent to Presi
dent McKinley.
Turkey pays the American claims
ol rJa.UOU
BegiBteirng for Oklahoma lands
haa begun.
Ohio Democrats have nominated
James Kilbourne for governor.
The salmon combine will be incor
porated in New Jersey with 132,000,
000 capital.
Fraser river, B. (Hi, fishermen say
they will fight before they will givs
in to the Japanese.
The government has ohartered the
steamship Palatinia to load at Port-
arid for the f hilippmes.
Sixteen persons are dead and 30
injured aa a 'result of a collision on
the Chicago & Alton near Kansas
City. '
Treasurer Hollander, of Porto Rico,
haa resigned.
There is an increased demand for
Oregon cherries.
Cubans are ready for the adoption
of constitution.
Chinese court still shows great
honor for dead Boxers. ,
Prince Christian, of Denmark, is
coming to the United States.
A crazy man in Denver killed a
woman acd fatally stabbed a little girl.
A Chinamna was lynched in a Cali
fornia lumber camp for assaulting
woman.
There is a shortage of $255,267 in
the funds of the endowment rank,
K. of P. y;
American astronomers secured the
best photographs of the eclipse in
May last at Sumatra.
Conferences are being held by t the
officers of the steel workers 'union and
the employers to settle the big strike,
1 A pleasure U'.unch containing nine
persons was swamped near Santa
Barbara, Cul., and all on board lost.
Frederick White, son of United
States ambassador to Germany, com
mitted suicide on account of ill
health. . "f -
' Two lady tourists in the Yellow
stone Naitonal Park fell into the boil
ing mud "paint pots" and are badly
scalded.
A passenger train ran into a freight
on the Lake Shore road and killed the
postal clerk and engineer and injured
many passengers.
The condition of the national banks
is declared to be ' exceptionally good.
Their resources are said to be greater
than ever before.
Japanese fishermen on the Fraser
river have the best of the struggle be
tween themselves and the striking
union fishermen.
It it reported in England that the
Boer forces are in a very bad plight,
and would lay down their arms if the
men were allowed to know the real
truth of the situation.
The Minnesota state building at the
Pan-American grounds has been dedi
cated."
Annie Dobbie, a young singer of
great promise in New York, is being
trained at the expense of Andrew
Carnegie. .
Chicago, ' Milwaukee A St. Paul
railroa otlicials approve the pension
and sick benefit system for their em
ployes, to become effective in September,
BUTTE HOTEL FIRE.
Laadtag, Hostelry Buraad fireman Were Ua.
able U UcaU fir.
Butte, Mont., July 16. At 2:40
this morning a still alarm was turned
in from the Butte Hotela four-etory
structure on Broadway. When the
firemen reached the scene the build
ing was enveloped in smoke, which
appeared to pour from every open
window. . The firemen were unable
to locate the fire for 30 minutes, and
the greatest confusion prevailed. A
number of guests on the lower floors
succeeded in groping their way down
stairs in the smoke, escaping with
nothing but their night clothes.
Scores of others were rescued from
the upper windows, where the panic
stricken guests shrieked for succor
and threatened to jump to the side
walk below.
At I o'clock the fire was completely
under control and the hotel manage
ment state that, to the best of their
knowledge, all the guests and help
have been accounted for. There
were five injured. The loss will
amount to 125,000.
COVERING UP WAR MARKS.
staking the ChincM Emperor's Entry Into
Pckia Pltasaat. ;'
Pekin, July 16. The Chinese offi
sialg are making elaborate prepara
tions lor the emperor' entry into
Pekin, All evidence of the destruc
tion , wrought by the war along the
streets to be traveled by the emperor
will be temporarily disguised. Great
pagodas will be erected. The Chen
Men gate, which was nearly demol
ished by the bombardment, will be
repaired with wood and plaster,
painted to resemble stones, and the
damage to the walls and outer build
ings will be similarly masked.
Li Hung Chang has deferred the
withdrawal of the foreign troops
from tha- temples and palaces not
later than August 15. The ministers
of the powers have acquiesced and
have notified the various commanders
of their decision. The Americans
and British will probably camp near
the summer residences of the lega
tions in the western bills until their
barracks are completed. ,
Guards of honor of Americans,
Germans, Italians and Japanese escort
ed General Gaselee, the British com
mander, to the railway station on his
departure. . The members of the
United States legation awaited him
at the station, together with repre
sentatives of all the other legations,
except the Russians. ;
$300,000 IN KLONDIKE GOLD.
About OruvThlrd ef Traatw Was Brought
Out by Few Women.
Seattle, Wash., July 16. The
steamship Humboldt arrived this
morning from Skagway with 40 pas
sengers and $300,000 in Klondike
gold. J The treasure was distributed
between a dozen passengers from Daw
son and varied in sums from $1,00(
to $62,000. These people left the in
terior subsequent to July 4, and bring
news that three of the river steamers
are partly wrecked on the river be
tween Dawson and 'White Horse.
The Humboldt left Skagway July .
A strange feature concerning the
personnel of the Humboldt's Dawson
passengers is the fact that four women
possess about one-t hird of the treasure
which came out on the steamer.
Purser Shoup reports that consid
erable gold bos been started down
tbe river from Dawson and will come
out via St. Michael and the ocean
route. Several . large consignmnets
left Dawson after July 1, but the
exact amount is not known. It will
be brought down on the Roanoke and
several of the other ocean steamers
from Nome.:-;
BOAT BLEW UP.
Tw Boys Killed and a Ooua Other Person,
Inhntd. .
Sunburv, Pa., July 16. An excur
sion boat anchored in the Susque
hanna river at the . foot of Market
street, this city, blew up with terriffic
force today, killing two boys and in
juring a dozen other persons, two
fatally. One man is missing and
may have been killed.
All the boys killed and injured were
fishing on a near-by wharf when the
explosion occurred. ;' The engineer
was absent at the time, leaving the
boat in charge of the pilot. When
he left there eras a pressure of 60
pounds in the boiier, and he says he
opened the firebox door. No cause
is given for the explosion.
Ran Into a Meat .Train,
Kansas City, July 16. South,
bound passenger train No. 1, on the
Kansas City. Northern Connecting
Railroad, due here at 5:40 P. M.,
collided with an extra Rock Island
meat train at the Bock Island cross
ing, one mile north of Weatherby,
Mo., at 3:15 this afternoon. One
man was killed and four others se
verely injured. - . 1
Stcamsr Wcnatchtt Burned.
Wenatohee, Wash., July 16. Yes
terday morning about 2 o'clock the
steamer Wenatohee, of the Bailey fc
O'Conner line, which had been taken
out of the water for repairs, took fire
and was totally destroyed, i A watch
man sleeping on the lower dock barely
escaped with his life. All the effects
on the boat went up in smoke. Loss,
$4,500; insurance, $3,500.
NO. 31.
OWIlKliEtfS
Items of Interest From Ail Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review iA the Orowth and Improve
ments of tht Many Industries Through.
out Our Thriving Commoftwealth.
Mount Angel college is developing
model dairy.
A 15 pound nugget was picked up
last week in Spanish gulch, Malheur
county.
The Climax mine in Grant county
is showing a large body of ore running
$11 to $28 to the ton.
C. J. Flumarth, of Ashland, sold
$160 worth of strawberries this season
from a patch 100x100.
W. N. White, an English apple
dealer has been looking over the
Southern Oregon orchards.
Twelve thousand crates of strawber
ries were shipped from . Milton this
season mostly to the mining districts.
Tbe government rages in the Green
horn mountains are reported badly
overstocked with outside sheep from
Morrow and adjoining counties.
Many farmers in Nebraska, Kansas,
etc., are writing for locations in the
Willamette valley and Eastern Ore
gon. They want to get away from the
bugs, grasshoppers and hot winds.
The $1,000 appropriated by the
lost state legislature for the improve
ment of the mineral springs at Soda
ville is now being expended in num
eorus much needed improvements.
The First Southern Oregon District
Agricultural Society will hold a fair
at Ashland, September 13-22. There
will be no racing, but prizes will be
given for baseball and band contests.
Game is said to be disapearing rap
idly in Malheur county, on account of
increased numbers of stock which
take all the grazing. The mountain
sheep has been extinct there since
1884..';. ,;
Brome grass is being extensively
used on the Eastern Oregon ranges to
replace ttie rapidly disappearing
bunch grass. It seems to flourish on
hard dry soils with minimum of
moisture. ,
Through the efforts of Mr. Edwin
Stone, manager of the C. fc E. rail
road companvy, 10,000 young eastern
brook trout will be shipped to Albany
within a few days, to be planted in
the tributaries of the Santiam.
Salmon are scarce this year in the
rivers of WrWA county.
Indications are good for a record
breaking prune crop in Benton
county.
A sheep herder of Clark's creek
killed an eight foot cougar with a 22
caliber rifle.
The Roaring Gimlet placer mine,
near Gold Hill, frequently takes out
$50 to the pan.
Many good prospects are being de
veloped in the Calupooia side of the
Blue river district.
Ten car loads of horses were recent
ly shipped from Elgin, Union county,
to the Kansas City market.
Some fine asphalt croppings have
been found on Lost Creek in Crook
county. Hopes of oil are also enter
tained. Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, export value,
57o per bushel; bluestem, 58jc;
valley, nominal.
Flour best grades, $2. 90 3. 40 per
barrel; graham, $2.60.
Oats White, $1.32)(31.35; gray,
$1.30 1.32J per cental.
Barley Feed, $171T.50; brewing,
$1717.50 per ton.
Millstuffa Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $16.
Hay Timothy, $12.50(314; clover,
$79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per
ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 15 17 gc ;
dairy, 13 14c; Btore, 1012o per
pound. '''''
Eggs 17 17 o per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12(9
12d'c; Young America, 1313)o per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75
3.50; hens, $3.254.00; dressed, 9&
10c per pound; springs, $2.00(34.00
per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $2.50
3.00 for young; geese, $4 per
dozen ; turkeys, live, 8(3 10c; dressed,
10 12 io per pound.
Mutton Lambs, . Zo, gross;
dressed, 67c per pound; sheep,
$3.25, gross ; dressed, 66o per lb.
Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756;
light, $4.755; dressed, 6i7o per
pound.
Veal Small, 78c; large,
7o per pound. ,
Beef Gross top steers, $4.00(34.25;
cows and heifers, $3. 25 3. 50; dressed
beef, 6)7io per pound.
Hops 12 14o per pound.
Wool Valley, ll13o; Eastern
Oregon, 8 12o; mohair, 2021o per
pound.
Potatoes $1.25 per sack; new
potatoes, yiia per pound.
The town of Natick, Mass., on July
4th celebrated the two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of
that place.
Oklahoma fruit growers have begun
the annual shipment of peaches to
the northern Tnarkets. : The crop is
estimated at 750,000,000 bushels.
The circulation per capita in the
United - Statea is now the largest in
the country's history, amounting to
$23.13. One year ago it was $2(5.71.