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rn n OREGON M 1.T -LL. VOL. XVIIJ. WHITE COLLAR LINE FDRTLUND-mflRU ROUTE. STEAMER "TAHOMA." pally Kuunii Trlpa Ktiit Sunday, TIME CARD. t.tv PiMin"t -..? A. M ,,, A.lorl ' '- M The Dalles-Portland Route 6TR. "BAILEY QATZERT." DAILY HOUNOTHIF gXCIT MONOAy. CASCADE LOCKS, HOOD RIVER, WHITE SALMON ANO THE DALLES. TIMC CARD aa Portland ........... f A. M. Arrlf at Th I'Ulllw ............ . P. M. ""'Im. .... 4 H. M Strlvaal 1'irrllnixl .......... II I', M MCALS TMC VlltV KQT. Simile Trip, s Icllne fi-alnir. Thi. Minn. Its. 111 liimi'U-.l seeiilo AUrao- lliiu. ou (Crih. Thrwish forllaiul suiiriMMlnii with yiimmw Ka.ii-uiia mnn llWHrn .ml lanr Hitactt I'nlhl. Ulilia Cullaf l,lHTlcku liit-Ti liMt.i.le iit, 0. K. A N. and V. T. omiuniy 1 li tel.. I.ANUINlJ AND CifCit'C: fool ol Alder Hire!. Until Tlmiina Main Ml. I'nimtaii, imtiwii. B. W. CRICHTON, Aft., Portland. JOHN M. FILLOON, Ajt., The Dalle. A. J. TAYLOR, Atent, AatorU. X STORIA & COLUMBIA RIYER jH RAILROAD COMPANY. 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J.:. Mata. (In. fan. Aal.. Aniria, Or Clatskanieand Portland .ROUTE STEAMER C. W. SHAVER. I.ravrt I'urllaiul Turniay mil Tlinvailitv tt 6 p. ni., lor t'lalBknniH aiiil whv ImiiU Ingii; Kuiuluy nt 6 p. ni. lor Oak Hiint. .. HETl-WIMIO , Leuva ClaUhanta Weilimailnv ami Fri day at 4 p. mi., tiil permitting; et Oak I'uint Monday at p. in. Nhaver Trii)nrlatln Co. OREGON ShostJLipie and Union Pacific . IMIIWV I Jtrmi iCi jnna. . VaUO LjO , u MO Itaaaar T1MK srllFUl'MCH Ai ' roa CRtlM lK'l'I.AM. "JH I'lilrairo I'nnlaiid Hull l.ak, Df nv.r, 'l HMiilat Worth, Umalia. Kan i gi.. (IUa. in. aaa i lly, M, Uiula. , "m- via lliiiil- (.lilcago and Kart. I m ion. KifiJila " Ornm. Vi ttliim orih, Omaha. Kail- !'". ;hloa..a Ka-t. --. m. nam . Kh.l Mull ton, HMiaanr, Wal- "wiTm. ' "'iillinan.Mlii- 7:00a.m. via XMiimHa, HI. I'aiil. . , tiimk.na, I'lillllli, llllwaiillBC, ' " C hicago ami Kaal. i kaiTa nb'bVv k iTai' Ht;li)l.B rtioitf roHTiiAwn. All aalllna datna nib- : jiH-l to diaiiie. a m , Is. m. For Han Kranrlmn Hall every llvt l)a. . vSltj Oolumbla Hlaar , " ! '" T Aatorla and Way- Kn.SuaUay Hauirilay laudlima. 10 i. n. Wlllamelle Blvar. .flOfi. m. ii'.i.v OrintMiy.Jlewlwr. Ka.Hunilay K.iiinlay HaUnn Way laml a Dam. 4:90p. in. Tiiea.Tliur, Corlll and War Moil. a. ami Hat. Landing and Frl, . Willamette and Yam. T'..1T7,i h"' MTA. and Jal "fenn f l',n". aud r'rl. ' and Way landtiiga. I v. Rliiarta linakemverT I.V.Iw'ton 1:10' in. - dally al dally Itltiarla to Lewlalon. t -HQ a. in. A. L. CRAIG, Oeneral Pawienger Agt., Tobtland, Or. Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG . Leavea Portland nn Tnaadar, Thurailay and Sat urday at 7 a. ni. lor tt H$hn$, Kalama, Camlfi Point, Rainlfr and Klte, Arrlvlntat Portland Monday, Wed neaday and Friday at 2 p. in. Wharf foot ol Salaiou 8t, U. 1I0I.MAN. Aent. CHAI'TEH XX.-(Coutluii-d,) liiKt tlii'ii Klla fniiih alniiliif lain the mom, but alartixl whi'n aim aaw how ex-i-lteil Mra. aitiibvll iippi-urud, and how wiiIIimi bnr cyi'liila wnrii, "Why, what'a tlia wattiirr' ald h. I hiirrr aaw you ory lHfori, xceptl that lime alien 1 told yon I waa gol ma lux to marry Jli'ury," aud Klla ImmliBd lllll,. anllflil Imiah a "IIiib-li," auid Mury, anftly l.. .1.11 A. 1 l.,l I. and ...iw, t.hiiiiwii, mawiiia j-iin 10 UHr i (old hiT of the alraliice diai-orery aha iit aide, had iiniii, inru uvvKuiiiiiK oiary to rim alia lull) a hand upon each of Hie nproach, yotmu called fir i jn-aiix, eai uii-amoK them, ll,,..., i. M,H ..l.ll.H..H If ,,.,. .., , VH U.-HI Vlllllll.-M, It would b faanl tHliii wbvt Klla 'a film, ion wort. uu moment b fflml. null lho nnit ulta Mrnti Murrv. fnr waa alia wn m miprcnu'ly iwllUh that the fact I I.. a 1 of her iiIIIh I mtk a kaaaa n.eai ttaiia lHaa l. I.im . aauro. it Ma-al ('..aawiU.II taaraai.l.l ltr. her lt--vtrlH:,y ilitl who knew Iwr BY- ra. fryiHHiy mu innrx. Ani wuid .m I.h...!..!! ..Ii.,l l. .1.1 ... nilrin-M innni WM nil? Ill'l BjrtTH rt'plif!, 'Vh.r. whftt aliall ! y apeak 1 whii ii i ?n linn vi ni unit's nuutu lit JO ) wr I'm glml vitj flail that 70a a my aunt. Will Mary 11 v hore oowT' 'Vi. alwaya," aruweml Mra. Cam be Ml; anil HNo, mfr," thotiicht Mary. !". t.lall !. a,ta,.t am,. vini'iii-fi tiint -itaj n ivi to nrgli'i'liiu Mary ao lont. Suddi nly new nna mTiirrvii 111 hit, upon wiiifn ane ut-termlni-d liiiinnllaloly to art, and the next ntornliiK Mr. Wuribiocton waa acnt for to draw up a tiiw will, In wlitrh Mary Howard waa to aliare rqiially with hrr lator. , "llnir of all I own la tlu-lm by righC aaiil ahe, "and what 1 want la that an llu-ir twi-nly ftrat birthday they ahull rnme into piiaaeaaloa of lha portion whlrh oiiKht to bare Ikii lhi-lr mothfr'a, while at my di-ath the rvinaindcr ahall b equal ly divl.li'il iM'twii-n thora." 1'he will waa arcnrdina-ly drawn up, aleued ami aealvd, Mr. Wonhington kepplnf a roiiuli draft of it, which waa thrown nimnix amii louae papera In hla oltlre. A few daya afterward Henry, coining- aii-iili uiaily upon it, read it with out limitation. "Thnt art ilea it at om." aald he, "and ( tan't any t'm aorry. for I waa irettlna borribly aivk of her. Now I'd willingly marry Mary without a penny, but UHa, with only one-quarter aa much aa I ex pected, and thai not until ahe'a tweuty one, la a different matter entirely. But what am I to dof I winh Moreland waa here, for, tbouah be don't like uie, he wouldn't mind lending nie a few thou aanil. Well, there') no help for it, and the aooner the old man break now the better, It'll help me out of a deuced mean aerape. for, of ronrao, I ahull be fiiatfn.iilmiiiia am 1 releaae Klla at once from her rugngemeut with a ruined man." The new. that Mary waa jura, uanip hell'a olive apreail rapidly, and among thou who raine to congratulate her noue waa mora alncere than William lieoder. Mary waa tery dear to hint, and what ever ronduceil to her bappineue addeil alao to hla. Together with br he had beard the rumor of Mr. Lincoln'! down fall, and while h felt aorry for the fam ily he rould not help hoping that it would bring Jenny nearer to bint. Of thla he told Mary, who hardly dnrod truat hewwlf to reply leat ahe aliould Ul ...I... . .I.rllii am-ret. which ahe had rherlahi-d ever alnre Mr. Campbell had told her that in a nine more man a year .k. w. m he the rlif lit ful owner of a an in of money much lurger than ahe ever dreamed il poaailile for Iier to poaaeaa. H-I...II. ....... in. h ii,,r ihmiffhla Inalantlr ,1 iiuii ' -- --- - turned toward her adopted brother. A part of that anm anouid o nia, ami wu that for a Ktepplng atone to future wealth Mra. Lincoln, when poor and destitute, eould not longer refuse him her daugh ... tira ('ninh.ll. to whom alone ahe confided her wiahea, gave her convent, though ahe could not tinuerainuu me am fluuvitia love which prompted thla act of generoaliy to a alrauger. And now aiury waa rj if thinking how much good ahe could do. Mr. Maaon, her btnefaclreaa, ahould never want again. Sully Kurbuah. the li.i k.,.M.l nlil crazv woman, who had atood by her ao long anil ao faithfully, ahould Hilars her Home wnerever- mm i ...i.-i.t I...- li iln. liettnr thun the HUII1IT lllif.". , , . . . . reat, Wtlllnm . Bender, the trueat, beat friend he ever had. anouid tie repum for hla kludnea to her when a little, un known pauper. And still me worm, - .1.. t.1,1.1..., ..anauH knowing notnilig or me -.1.1..1. ,.,.,i xurv'a lanah ao merry and her manner no gay. anld that "the proa- pert of being n netreaa nu uram.. boad, Jt a It alwuya did thoaa who were tuddeiily elevated to wealth. CIUrTKK XXI. .,. i i...,i hii.l fulled. At the corner of the atreoti group of men stood to gether, tulking over tlie mnner, auu crlhlng It, aome to hi careleasneas, aome to Ilia extreme good naturo in Indoralng for anyone who naked, -and others, the knowing one, winked alyly they aald. "they giicaaed ho knew what he waa about-tlicy'd known before of auch thing . fgUta rh-h;" but the month, of thoaa lt wore alopped when tUcy heard that the hou.chold furnltur. every . v .... w thft hi'iu'fit or lua till UK WtlB - cretlltom. and waa to be oU t uctlou during tho coming weeg. When the day of the aucl on .rrlred. It required the porauaaiou of both Mri. Campbell and Mary to keep going, ahe knew not whither beraelf. but Vvv hero to be ne.r and tuke one more look t the d.n.ri.1.1 furniture It pa, etl Into the hand of stranger. At la Mra Camplwll proml.ed that black Kra. who bad i ccom panled her front Cliicopee ". ' . a go and report faithfully all the pSCaiid then Joiin f remain at home; though e. I the dMjnt aeetned rcatleaa nnd Imp tfc rnt, drt how long before Uncle Kra would turn, aud then weeping " ra"r "' home, bringing a note from Ida, auylng that the carriage would aoon be round for Mary and Jenny, both of whom mnat surely come, a there wa a pleasant ur prlse awaiting them. While Mary waa reading tbl Jenny wa eagerly question ing Curie Ezra with regard to the sale, which he aald "went off uncommon well," going chiefly, he reckoned, "to a tall and mighty good-lookin' chap, who kept bid ding up and tip, till he got 'em about where they ahould be. Then he'd top for someone else to bid." "Who wa he?" asked Mary, coming forward and joining Jenny, "Dun know, miss; never seen him afore," aald Uncle Ezra, "but he' got heaps of money, for when he paid for the planner he took out a roil of bill near about big a my two fiat!" "Then the piano la gone?" anld Jenny, adly, while Mary aaked how much it brought "Three hundred dollar wa the last bid I heard from that young feller, and somebody wHo waa blddin' agin him (aid 'twas niore'n 'twas wuth." "It wasn't, either," spoke up Jenny, rather spiritedly. "It cost fire hundred, and It's never been hurt bit." "Mr. Bender bought that little fiddle of yourn," continued Uncle Kara, with a pe culiar wink, which brought the color to Jenny' checks, while Mary exclaimed: "Ob! I'm ao glad you can have your guitar again!" Here the conversation waa interrupted by the arrival of the carriage, which came for the young ladies, who were soon on their way to Mr. Belden', Mary won dering what the surprise was, and Jen ny hoping William would call in the even ing. At the door they met Ida, who waa unusually merry nlinont too much so for the occasion, it seemed to Mary, as ahe glanced at Jenny's pale, dispirited face. Aunt Martha, too, who chanced to cross the hall, shook .Mary's bund a warmly a if she had not seen ber for a year, and then with her broad, white cap strings flying back, she repaired to the kitchen to give order concerning the sup per. Mary did not not ire it then, but she afterward rememliered that Ida seemed quite anxiou about her appearance, for, following her to her room, ahe ald, "You look tired. Mary. 8lt down and rest you awhile. Here, take my vinaigrette that will revive you." Then, aa Mary wa arranging her balr, she aald: "Just puff out this side a little more there, that' right Now turn round, I want to see how you look." "Well, how do 17" asked Mary, facing about a Ida directed. "I gues you'll do," returned Ida. "1 believe Henry Lincoln waa right when he said that thla blue merino and linen collar wa the most becoming dress you could wear, but you look well in any thing, you have ao fine form." "Don't believe all her flattery," said Jenny, laughingly. "She'a only compar ing your tall, alender figure with little dumpy me; but I'm growing thin see," and she lapped her dresa two or three Inches in front. "Come, now, let' go down." aaid Ida. "And I'll Introduce you to Jenny' sur prise first," With Ida leading the way, they entered the music room, where In one corner stood Hose piano, open, and apparent ly inviting Jenny to Its side. With a joy ful cry she sprang forward, exclaiming, "Oh, how kiud lu your father; I 'most know we ran redeem it some time. I'll teach achool-anything to get it again. "Don't thank father too much," an- awered Ida. "for he ha nothing to do with It, except giving it house room, and one qnarter'a tcacblug will pay that bill!" "Who did buy It, then 7' asked Jen' nv. and Ida replied: "Can't tell you Just yet I must ha,ve some music first. Come, Mary, you like to play. Give me my favorite, "Rosa Lee.' with variation," Mary waa passionately fond of music, and, for the time she had taken lessons, played uncommonly well. Seating herself at the piano she became oblivions to all else around her, and when a tall figure for-a moment darkened the doorway, while Jenny uttered a suppressed ex clamation of surpiise, ahe paid no heed, nor did ahe become conscious of a third person's presence until the group advanc ed toward her, Ida and Jenny leaning up on the piano and the other atandlng at her right, a little In the rear. Think ing, If she thought at all, that It wus Wil liam Bender, Mary played on until the piece was finished and then observing that her companion had leri the room, she turned and met the dark, handsome eye not of William Bender, but of one who, with a peculiar smile, offered his hand, saying, "I believe I need no intro duction to Miss Howard, except a alight change In the name, which, instead of being Stuart, la Moreland!" Mary never knew what she said or did. She only remembered a dissy sen ntion, in her head, a strong arm passed around her, and a voice, which fully aroused her as It culled her "Mary," aud asked if she wore faint. Just then Ida entered the room, announcing "tea, and asking her If she found ".Mr. Stuart"' much changed! At the tea table Mary sat opposite George and every time she raised her eye she met his fixed upon her, with an expression so like that of the picture In the golden locket which he still wore thnt alio wondered she had not bofore recognised George .Moreland In the Mr. Stuurt who had so puasled and mystified her. During the evening William Bender culled, and oon after Henry Lincoln also came In, frowning gloomily when he saw how near to each other wore William and his sister, while he jealously watch ed them, still keeping aa eye upon Ueorgc and Mary. At lust, complaining of feel ing "blue," he asked Ida to piny, nt the same time aauutorlng toward the music room, where atood hla Bister' piano. "Upon my word," aald he, "this look natural. Who bought It?" and he drum med a few notes of a song. "Mr. Moreland bought It. Wasn't he kind?" ld Jenny, who all tho evening ST. HELENS, OHEGON, FlilDAY, had been trying for chance to thaak George, but now when (he attempted to do so he prevented ber by saying: ! "Oh! don't don't I can Imagine all you wish to say and I hate to lie thanked. Itoae and I are particular friends, and it afforded me great deal of pleasure to purchase It for her but," he added, glancing at hi watch, "I must be excus ed now, I promised to call upon my ward." ' "Who' that?" asked Jenny, aud George replied that it wa a Mis Hern don, who had accompanied him from New Orleans, to visit her nunt, Mr. Hussell. "Ho ay he' an heiress, and very beautiful," rejoined Ida, seating herself at the piano. Instantly catching at the worda "heir ess" and "beautiful," Henry started up, asking "If it would be against all the rule of propriety for him to call upon her thus early." "I think it would," wa George' brief answer, while Mary' eyes Sashed scorn fully upon the young man, who, rather crestfallen, announced himself ready to listen to Ida, whom he secretly style "an old maid," because since hi first remem brance she bad treated him with perfect Indifference. , That night before retiring the three girl sat down by the cheerful fire in Mary' room to talk over the event of the day, when Mary suddenly asked Ida to tell her truly If it were not George who had paid ber bill at Mount Holyoke. "What a llly girl," ald Ida. "He wa perfectly able and more than willing, so why do you care?" "I do not like being so much indehted to anyone," wa Mary' reply, and yet in her secret heart there was a strange feeling of pleasure la the idea that George had thus cared for her, for wonld he have done so If She dared not fin ish that question even to herself dared not ask if she hoped that George More- land loved hr one-half a well as ahe began to think he had always loved him. Why should he, with his handsome per son and princely fortune, love one ao un worthy, and so much beneath him? And then, for the first time, she thought of her changed position since last they met. Then she wa a poor, obscure school mis tress now Battered, earessed and an heiress. Years before, when a little pau per at Chicopee, she bad felt unwilling that George ahould know how destitute she was, and now in the time of ber prosperity ahe wa equally desirous that h should, for a time at least, remain ig norant of her present condition. "Ida," aaid she, lifting her bead from the table, "doe George know that I am Mrs. Camobells niece f' "No." answered Ida. "I wanted to tell him, but Aunt Martha aaid I'd better not." , . "Don't then." returned Mary, and re suming her former position he fell into a deep reverie, from which she wa at last aroused by Jenny's asking "if she intended to sit up all night? The news that George Moreland had returned and bought Itoae Lincoln's piano beside several other artiolea, spread rapidly, and the day following hia ar rival Mary and Ida were stopped in the street by a group of their companions, who were eager to know how George bore the news that his betrothed was so 111, and if it was not that which brought him home so soon; and then the conver sation turned upon Miss Herndon, the New Orleans lady who had that morning appeared In the street; "And don t you think," said one of the girls, "thnt Henry Lincoln was dancing attendance tipoq her? If I were you," turning to Mary, "I'd caution my sister to be a little wary of him. But let me are, their marriage la to take place aoon?" Mary replied that the marriage was postponed indefinitely, whereupon the zirls exchanged meaning glance ami passed on. In les than twenty-tour hour half of Ella' acquaintances were tulking of her discarding Henry on ac count of his father's failure, and aaying "that they expected it twas like her, Kre long the report, in the shape of a condolence, reached Henry, who, caring but little what reason was assigned for the broken engagement, so that he got well out of it, assumed a much-injured air. but aaid "he reckoned he should man age to survive;" then, pulling his sharp- pointed collar up another story, and brushing his pet mustache, wherein lay most of his mind, he walked tip street, and. ringing at Mra. Russell a door, ask ed for Miss Herndon, who, vain as beau tiful, suffered his attentions, not because she liked him In the least, but because she was fond of flattery, and there win something exceedingly gratifying in the fact that at the North, where she fancied the gentlemen to be icicles, Bhe bad so soon made a conquest. It mattered not that Mrs. Russell told her his vows were plighted to another. She cared nothing for thnt. Her life had been one lung series of conquests until now, at 25, there was not in the whole world a more nn ished or heartless coquette than Krron Herndon. (To be continued.) Introduction of Iceo. Icea are supposed to have been In troduced by Catherine de Medici In tho slxtcnth century. Still some ansert that loe cream -was first Invented by a ne gro named Jackson, who kept a small confectioner's (shop in Soho, London, In the early port of the nineteenth cen tury. : - Sleep, Baby, Sleep! "See bore!" exclaimed Mr. I'oplclgh "I don't propoao to have that burglar alarm In our bedroom. We'll put It down stairs In the hull." "NoiiHeuse!" replied the wife. "Then we won't bear It when It goes off." "Neither will the baby. That's the main point." Philadelphia Tress. Mormon In Mexico. The laws of Mexico provide that a Mormon who wishes to take a second wife must present a certificate, signed by his first helpmeet, to the effect that site Is willing, and he must also have the express consent of the secoud wife and ber parents. . Human Vocabularies. In rural districts mnny people use no more than 200 words; the ordinary plan can do very well with a vocabu lary of 600 words. A Perfect Faco. A perfectly formed face Is one-third forehead, one-third nose auu oue-tuiru upper and lower chin. 1901. EVEIITS Ofjilt DAT From All Parts of the New World and the Old. Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap. penlnja of the Past Week in a Condensed Form. Drawing of Oklahoma land has be gun. The Kansas drought is effectually broken. Negotiations in I't kin will lie cloned in two weeks. General Wood has left Havana for the United States. , ; :, ; Shamrock II has sailed from Eng land for New York. The battleship Maine was launched at Cramp's shipyards. ;. It is reported in London that Krtt- ger has asked Choate to end the Boer war. Teamsters from interior are taking the places of strikers in San Fran cisco. Transport. Meade arrived at San Francisco with soldiers from the Philippines. The run of fish on the lower Colum bia is larger than has been known for several years. Formal negotiations for a settle ment of the great steel strike have been opened. Tho Cuban government offers a re ward of $1,000 for the capture of Bandid Lima, dead or alive. The feeling is growing stronger in England that that government ahould not oppose the Is'icaraguan canal treaty. The steel trust will carry the strike into the courts. The sugar trust will add $15,000,- 000 to its capital stock. The Constitution beat Columbia four minutes in a 28 mile race. There are rumors in London of peace negotiations to end the Boer war. Dr. Koch savs bovine tuberculosis is not transmissible to the human system. A lone highwayman held up the Cazadero stage near Mendocino, Cal., but got nothing. The teamsters' strike in San Fran cisco is becoming serious. Both sides are standing firm. ' A tire in a reduction plant near Florence, Col., destroyed $250,000 worth of property. Petroleum on board an American ship at Stockholm, Sweden, exploded, burning la persons and the ship. Rear Admiral Schlev will demand an investigation of Maclay's charges, and will sue the author for libel. An excursion boat on t he Saginaw river sank near Saginaw, Mich., with 30 passengers on board. All w saved. The Boers have given up all hope of intervention and renlize thnt they must light the war out on their own account. . The Canadian racihe Railway is considering the question of substitut ing electricity for steam on its heavy grades. . William II. Hunt, present secre tary of Porto Eico has been selected to succeed Charles li. Allen as governor of that island. The mine firemen's strike has been declared off. . The southwest was again scorched by a hot wave. The steel trust has made no effort to start up idle plants. The rivers and harbors committee has returned from Alaska. The international mining congress has opened at Boise, Ida ho. Whitmursh has been exonerated of the charges brought against him. San Francisco teamsters have quit work and the wholesale trade is about tied up. Colonel Albert Jenks, a well known artist, dropped dead in Los Angeles of heart disease, aged 70 years. A Pittsburg woman started the fire with kerosene and, with her three children, was burned to death. ' The mayor of Santa Paula. Cal., was shot and probably filially wound ed by a tough character of that place. Corbiii and Chaffee have decided on radical changes in the. army in the Philippines. The military force will be reduced to 20,000 or 30,000. A movement has been started by the labor unions of San Francisco to shut out Japanese, placing them on the same footing with the Chinese. At a Chicago race track four horses became frightened, threw their riders and bolted from the track into the spectators nnd several persons were severely injured. President Palmer,' of the Rio Grande it Western, has sold his in terests in the road to the Gould inter ests for $0,000,000. Prince Bonaparte's philolgical libra ry ot 15,000 volumes, the finest in the world, has been secured for the Newberry library, Chicago. In selling its interest in tho Sioux City fc Paoilio railroad the govern ment has recovered all the principal and about $500,000 in addition. AUGUST 2, MAINE LAUNCHED. New BattlcShlp Given to the Wave at Cramp's Yards. . Philadelphia, July 30. The battle ship Maine, designed to be larger, stronger and faster than her name sake, whose shapeless mass still lies in the harbor of Havana, has been suc cessfully launched from the yards of the Crump Ship dc Engine Building Company. One of the largest crowds that has ever seen a ship leave the ways at Cramp's yards was on hand, and patriotism ran high as the ship left her cradle. Kensington where the shipyard is located, took a holi day, and attended the launching. Thousands of persons from other parts of the city were on hand, and as the yard was thrown open to the public, every vantage point in the confines of the place swarmed with humanity. The weather was beautiful. The state of Maine was officially represented by Governor Hill and memliers of his staff. From Wash ington came a large number of naval officers and others. The Maine is 56 per cent finished. Her keel was laid in April, 1889, and the ship will be ready for transfer to the government in 18 months or two years time. ; THIS IS MACALAY Who Started the Latest Rumpus About Rear Admiral Schley. HISTORIAN EDO A K STANTON MACLAT. Edgar Stanton Maclay, the third volume of whose "History of the American Navy" characterizes Rear Admiral Schley as a Micawber admi ral and a coward in connection with the battle of Santiago, is a son of Rev- Robert Maclay, who was the pioneer Methodist missionary in the far East. He was born in Foochow, China, 38 years ago, and was grad uated from Syracuse university in 1885. For the next 10 years he was connected with the reportorial and editorial staffs of the New York Times and Sun. In 1896 he was appointed lighthouse keeper at Old Field Point, Setauket, N. Y., and during the past five years he devoted much of bis time to liis-torical work. He is now con nected with the Brooklyn navy yard, a position to which he was appointed recently by Secretary Long. , BURNED TO DEATH. Two Men Who Made Effort to Rescue People From Burning Building. Louisville, Ky., July 30. Iu fire which destroyed the property of the Bagley-Graham Photographic Supply Co., two men, one a policeman, were burned to death in an effort to rescue women aud children, who occupied rooms above the store. Shortly be fore midnight a terrific explosion awakened everybody in the neighbor hood, and among the first to reach the front of the building on Tefferson street was Max Belovitch, a cigar maker living across the street. Hard ly had the first explosion died away before he had dashed up the stairs in answer to a woman's screams. About tho time he reached the second floor he must lave fallen, for when picked np only a few inintes afterward his right side was burned to a crisp. ; Po lice Oilicer James Purden waa found on the third floor, suffocated, and seven firemen were taken from the ruins. Some of them will probably die. It is reported that several persons who lived in the building lost their lives, but tihs cannot be verified. Several are missing and may be in the ruins. The fire spread with such rapidity that even the fire fighters were non-pulssed. When the first crash came there was nothing but smoke, but in a moment later the place was a veritable furnace from floor to roof. The loss is about $50, 000. Four Deaths at Chicago. Chicago, July 30. Ninety-five de grees marked the official maximum temperature in Chicago today, while the humidity registered 48 per cent, which ' intensified' ..the' sufferings. Similar conditions are expected to prevail tomorrow, according to the predictions of the weather bureau. Four persons died as a result of the heat, and an equal number were pros trated. Thermometers on the streets showed 98 to 102 in the shade and from 108 to 112 in the sun. - Train Jumped the Track. Dayton. 0., July 30; A gravel train, used by the Chase Construction Company, which is superintending the construction of the traction line between this city and Troy for the Dayton & Northern Traction Co., jumped the track today eight niilns north of this city while going down a steep grade, resulting iu two deahts and serious injury to four persons. NO. 33. Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL A.ND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve aunt of the Many Industrie Through out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Wallowa county spent $772 for coy. Ote scalps last month. Brome grass five feet high flourishes on the arid lands near Bly. iTarge quantities of match wood are being shipped to Portland from Coos bay. Athena has paved its streets and ia now working for an electric lighting system. Thomas Sherwood has been ap pointed stock inspector for Union county. . . . '" .' The Salem Flouring Mill Com pany's new buildings are rapidly Hear ing completion. A large hay crop in the Willamette valley has made that staple cheap, selling fyom $3 to $5 per ton. Piles for Mare Island, Cal., are be ing cut on the Santiam. The stick are from 42 to 80 feet long and several thousand will be shipped. ' A promising coal prospect has been found at Rice Hill, Douglas county, by the steam shovel crew who are ex cavating there. The find will be developed. A number of small hold-nps are re ported around Athena and Weston. : A stage line has been established across the mountains from Prinevills to Foster. . James Hall, a California pioneer of 1852, died recently at Fairview, Was co county. . Several rich clean ups are reported from the placer mines of Mule Gulch, Grant county; The Eugene excelsior factory is running night and day, turning out 12 carloads every month. . Oregon college presidents are dis cussing a more thorough regulation ot intercollegiate athletics. The natural ice caves near Elgin, Union county, are becoming quite a summer resort for that section. . A. W. Sturgis.of Josephine county, expects to realize $10,000 from the annual clean up on hia Forest creek mine. '. ,. - . Timber fires are raging in the mountains in - Lake and Klamath counties, and the valleys are getting blue with smoke. The prune crop in Benton and Linn counties will be such a record breaker that it is feared much of the fruit must go to waste for lack of drying facilities. The number of children in Lane county between the ages of 4 and 20, according to the reports of the several school clerks, is 7,549. Last year the number of children was 7,382. The Oregon rattlesnake seems lack ing in real venom. Several men were bitten recently in various hay fields in Eastern Oregon, but no fatalities or serious results are re corded. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, export value, 55 56c per bushel; bluestem, 57c; valley, nominal. Flour best grades, $2.90(33.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats White, $L32K1.35; gray, $1.30(91.32 percental. Barley Feed, $16.5017; brewing, $17617.50 per tort. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $12.5014; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 17 19c ; dairy, 1415o; store, ll12o per pound. Eggs 17 M 18c per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 lljc; Young America, 1212&c per pound. - Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.25 4.00; hens, $4.005.00; dressed. 10(4 llo per pound; springs,. $2.504.5U per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $2.50 3.50 for young; geese, $4 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 8$ 10c ; dressed, 10 12 )ic per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3Kc, gross; dressed, 67c per - pound ; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, 66)o per lb. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75(36; light, $4.755; dressed, 67c per pound. Veal Small. 7 l8c; large, 6) 7)4'c per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $4.004.25; cows and heifers, $3. 25 3. 50; dressed beef, 6K7)o per pound. Hops 12(3 14o per pound. Wool Valley, ll13o; Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 2021o per pound. Potatoes $1.00(81.25 per sack;new potatoes, lJo per pound. Pasteboard armor is likely to come into militarv fashion. It is. if thick enough, almost impenetrable to car bine bullets, whicn can pierce nve inch wooden planks. Recent experi ments prove this. The record was broken recently in the sale of unoccupied lands in Ne braska, Wyoming and Kansas. Over 50,000 acres were disposed of, the largest amount in any one week in the history of the land department.