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Steamer JOSEPH KELLOGG .
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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.