Fir
Tfis GonvfCfa
CHAI'TKH XV.
Unify had on Instant left, in which ho
Might bv drawa back Into the library In
tlu tu ni'mw Hy iliK-jf ' notice. He wu
ilirapalil of tb I'ffiirt of will. ( I riff and
ausurna hail deprived him of. that vlastlc
riaJlnriia f nilnit which springs at one
front thought to action. Fur moment bo
hroltated. In that nminout ahe looked up
mil saw him.
Willi a fl"t err f alarm ah lot th
clonk (Imp from her bands. Al helplese
t be win, aa silent aa ha was, aha atood
t.y(Mil la tho anut.
"H'a surely better for in," ht qua?
rot, "la hear the mlavrahlo new from
jrmi Ihaii from a servant."
"What miserable nrwa?" aha Baked.
"Mjr Hwr Utile darling!" he gasped
"My only child!"
Hhe etepped rloae up to him; abe laid
her hand gently and fearlessly on bla arm.
lilt, Mr. I.liih'', what dreadful mistake
. la thlal Hllty recovery la only a mat
ler of time."
He atas-gcred bark with a livid chin
la bla face aterlllii to ace. If the thought
In Unlry. at that moment, had shaped
Itself Into words, ha would have aald
"And Catherine never told m of It!"
Hydney drew hack from him. A faint
i amlle brihteuel her face for a moment.
"Kilty haa fallen asleep ueh I sweet,
peaceful sleep! 1 don't think I abould
have left her but for that. The maid la
watchiul at the bedaide, and Mr. I.lnlcy
la only away for a little while."
"Walt a few uiinulce," be pleaded. "It
a wi lung since we have seen each other.
Ilia manner became nudlsgtilsedly ten
der; bla language changed lu the one way
ut all othera that waa moat perilou to
her-he appealed to her pity. -"Oh, yd'
ey, It'a aa hard to part with you!" '
"Hpare me!" she cried, paaalouately.
"Vou don't know how 1 atiffcr."
"Oh, I know ltnn word can ay how
, I fiel foe youl ' Are rod aorry for me,
BydneyT Ilv you thought of ma alnce
we parted r"
Hhe had at riven againat heraelf, and
againat blm. till her laat effort at resist
a nee waa eihauated. In reckleaa despair
tie let the truth eacaiie her at laat.
"When do I ever think of anything
flue! 1 am a wretch unworthy Of all the
kltulneaa that baabeeu aliown to me. I
don't deserve your Intereat; I don't even
dceerv your pity. Nend me away be
hard on me be brutal to me. Have eome
mercy on a uilnerable creature whoa life
la one long, hclpleae effort to forget you!"
Iler voice, her look maddeucd him. He
drew her to hla boaotn, he held her In bla
arum; aba atruggled vainly to get away
from him. "Oh," abe murmured, "bow
cruel you are! Itcmember, my dear one,
remember how weak I am. Ob, Herliert.
I'm dyliig-dylng-ilylng!" Her voice
grew fainter and faluter; her bead aauk
on hla breast. He lifted her face to him
with whispered worda of love. He klaaed
her again and again.
The curtain over tbe library eutranee
moved noiaeteaaly when they were parted.
The footatep of Catherine Lluley were
Inaudible aa aba paaaed through, and en
tered tbe room. Hhe atood at ill for a mo
ment In eilent horror.
fe'ut a aonnd warned them when ahe ad
vanced. After healtating for a moment,
he raised her hand toward her buaband,
a It to tell him of her preeeuce by a
touch; drew It back, auddenly recoiling
from her own drat Intention; and touched
Hydney Instead. Then, and then only,
they knew what had happened.
face, to face those three person with
every tie that 'bad once united them
anapped aaunder In an Inataut looked at
each other. Tbe man owed a duty to tbe
lt creature whoae weakneaa had appeal
ed to hla mercy In vain. Tbe man broke
the alienee. '
"Catherine!"
With luuueaaurahle contempt looking
brightly out of her steady eyea, blawlfe
atnpped him:
"Sot a word!" ,
lie refuaed to be allent. "It la I," he
(aid; "I only who am to blame."
. "Spare youraclf the trouble of making
excuses," ahe answered; "they are uecd
leaa, Herbert Lluley, the woman who
Waa once your wife deaplaea you."
iler eyea turned from blm aud rcatud
on Sydney WeaterBeld.
"1 have a lost word to aay to you. Look
at me, If you can. Listen to me, If you
tan."
Hydney lifted her head. She looked va
cantly at the outruged woman before ber,
a if ah aaw a woman In a dream.
With tli aame terrible aelf-poaaeaalou
which abe had preaerved from the first
atamllug between her buaband and ber
governessMr. Llnlcy poke,
"Miaa Westertlcld, you have aaved my
chlld'g life." Bbe patiacd-iielzed the girl
by the arm and put ber In the place
which ahe bad thua fur occupied heraelf.
. Deadly pale, ahe pointed to her husband,
,nd said to Hydney: "Take kltn!"
Hlowly ahe paaaed out of the room and
left them together.
CIIAPTHU XVI.
Mra. Muley'a application for a divorce
waa heard in tb Drat dlvlalou of the
Court of Session at Edinburgh, the Lord
' President (wing the judge. The decree
waa granted in customary form, giving
the euatody of tbe child to the mother.
I.lue by line Herbert Lluley followed
the progreaa of the law report. Word by
word be dwelt with morbid attention on
the terma of crushing aeverlty in which
the Ird Prealdeut had apoken of Sydney
Weaterflcld and of hlmaclf. Sentence by
sentence ho read the reproof inflicted on
the unhappy womnn whom he had vowed
to love and cherish. And then even then
urged by hla own self-tormenting us
plelon, he looked for more. On the oppo
alte pae there waa a leading article, pre
aciitlng comment on the trial, written In
tone of lofty aud vlrtuoiia regret; taking
the wlfe'a aide againat the Judge, but de
siring, at the same times that no con
demnation of the conduct of the husfiund
aud the goverueaa could o too merclleaa,
, and no mlaery that might overtake them
In the future mor than they bud deserv
ed, "ho had. done nothing elae, he had
eralued tbe bitter cud to the dreg. When
he looked back, he aaw nothing but the
life he had wanted. When bla thought
iiirnea to tne future, they confronted
proapect empty of all promlxe to a man
atlll in the prime of life. Wife and child
were a completely loat to blm aa If they
bad been deadand It waa til wlfe'a do
lug. Had he any right to complain? Not
me ahadow of a right. Aa tbe newapa
pera aald, he bad deaerved It.
The clock rouaed him. atriklng the hour.
Ha roe hurriedly, and advanced toward
the window. While he waa atlll there he
aaw Sydney croaalng the gtreet on her way
nacg to nun. Mie came Into the room with
her complexion heightened by exercise
abe klaaed him, and aald with her pretty
amlle: "Have yon been lonely without
me?" Who would have auppoaed that
the torment of diatruat and the dread of
deaertion were buay at tbla woman'
heart T
He placed a chair for ber, and Beating
hlmaclf by her aide, aaked It ahe felt
tired, Krcry attention that ahe could
wiah for from the man whom abe loved
waa offered with every appearance of sin
cerlty on the aurfaeei She met blm half
way, and anawered aa If ber mlud waa
quite at eaae.
"No, dear, I'm not tired but I'm glad
to get back."
She noticed the newapaper on tb table,
"Anything Interesting to-day?" ahe .aak
ed and drew the newapaper towarda ber
to look at It. He took It from ber aud
denly, almoat roughly. The heightened
color which told of recent exercise, health
lly employed, auddenly faded from her
face.
"I It all over?" ahe aaked. "And la It
put In the newapaper?"
"What do you mean?""
"I mean tbe divorce."
He went back again to tb window
and looked out. It waa tbe eaalcat ex-
cuae that be could devia for keeping hla
face turned away from ber. She followed
him.
I dou't want to read It, Herbert. I
only aak you to tell ine If you are a free
man again.
Unlet a be waa, ber tone left him no
alternative but to treat her brutally or to
reply. Still looking out at tbe atreet, he
aid "Yea."
free to marry, it you like?" ahe per-
aiated.
He aald "Yea" once more and kept hia
face ateadlly turned away from her. Hhe
waited awhile. lie neither moved nor
8Hike.
Surviving the alow death little by little
of all ber other illualoua, one laat hope had
lingered In her heart. It waa killed by
that cruel look, fixed on the view of the
atreet.
"I'll try to think of a place that we can
go' to at the aea aide." Having aald thoae
worda ahe alowly moved away to the door.
The atreet atlll lutereated blm. She left
the room.
C1IAPTEB XVII.
When Herbert aaked Sydney to what
;irt of Eugtaud they ahould go, on leav
ing London, he mentioned Sandyaeal an
place that ahe bad heard of, and felt
aoiue curiosity to are. Tbe aame day
bent on pleasing her, careless where he
lived now, at home or abroad be engaged
ronme at the hotel.
The acrvant allowed "Mr. and Mra. Her
bert" into their sitting room, aud begged
that they would be ao good aa to wait a
rew minutes, while the other rooma were
being prepared for them.
Moving toward tbe window to look at
the view, Herbert paueod to look at aoiue
print banging on the walla, which were
superior aa work of art to the ciiHtnmary
decoratioua of a room at a hotel. If he
had gone atralgbt to the window he might
have aeen hia divorced wife, hla child and
hla wife' mothVr, getting Into the car
riage which took them to the railway sta
tion.
Sydney rang the bell, Tbe chambermaid
auawered It, ready to show tbe other
room. She turned round at the door.
Iet'i try to make our sitting room look
like home," ahe anggeated. , "How dla
mnl, how dreadfully like a thing that
doesn't belong to ua, that empty tnble
looks! I'ut some of your booka aud my
keepaakea on It, while I am away. I'll
bring my work with Die when I come
back." .
He bad left hia traveler' bag on a
chair when he Drat came in. Now that
he waa alone, and under no restraint, he
sighed aa he unlocked the bag. "Home!"
he repeated; "we have no home, i'oor
girt, poor, unhappy girl! Let m help
her to deceive heraelf."
He opened tne bag. me little fragile
presents, which b called Ber "keep
aakea," had been placed by ber own
hand In the upper part oi tne Dag, ao
that the booka ahould not weigh on them,
and had been carefully protected by wrap-
i.iniri of cotton wool. Taking tllem out.
one by one, Herbert found a delicate china
candlestick broken in two piece, in apite
of tho care that bad been taken to pre-
aerve It. Herbert discovered that the
fracture could be repaired at the ueareat
town. In fear of another disaster, If be
put it back lu the bag, be opened a draw
er In the table aud laid the two fragment
carefully Ineldc, at the further end, In
doing thi hia hand touched eomethlug
that had been already placed In the draw
er. He drew It out and found that It wu
a book.
Herbert Inataully recogulaed the gilding
on tho cover, imitated from a design In
vented by himself. He remembered the
Inscription, and yet he read it agalni
"To dear Catherine from Herbert, on
the anniversary of our inarrlngo."
The book dropped from hl hand on the
table, as If It had been a new discovery,
torturing him with a new palu.
Ilia wife muat have occupied tho room
might perltnp have bceu the persou
whom he had succeeded aa a guest at the
hotel. Did alio atlll vnluo hla present to
her, In remembrance of old times? No!
She valued it ao little that alio had evi
dently forgotten It. Terhapl her maid
might have included It among the amall
article of luggage. I'crhapa dear Kitty
might have put it Into one of her mother
trunk. In W CBW ,hcre 11 ? .'!"
doncd In the drawer of a table at a hotel.
"Oh," he thought, bitterlr. "If I caald
oniy feel a coldly toward Catherine a
she feel toward me!" Hla resolution had
reaiated much; but thi llnnl trial of bl
aeir-controi was more than he could u
tain. He dropped into a chair-bi prld
of manhood recoiled .from tb contempti
ble weakneaa of crying he tried to re
member tliut abe bad divorced blm and
taken bla child from blm. In vain! in
VHlnl He burst Into tear a.
When Sydney reached her room h
asked the chamlierinald it the postottlc
waa near tne Botel.
lb woman ainlled. "Everything 1
near ua, ma'uin, in thi little place. W
can send to the postofflee for you."
Hydney wrote her Initial. "Ask, If you
pleaae, for a letter addressed In that
way," Hhe banded the memorandum to
the chamber maid. "Corresponding with
her lover under ber buaband' nose!"
1 bat waa bow the chamber maid exolaln
ed it below stairs, when the porter re
marked that Initials looked mysterious.
Sydney had written to the head of a
convent near the place, and. tbe mother
uperlor bad replied. Sydney trembled
as alia opened tbe letter, It began kindly.
l believe you, my child, and I am ant
lou to help you. But I cannot correspond
with an unknown persou. If you decide
to reveal yourself. It 1 only right to add
that I have ahown your letter to the Rev
erend Father, who, In temporal as In spir
itual thing, I our counselor and guide,
To blm I muat refer you. In the flrat In-
atauoe. Hi wisdom will decide tbe seri
ous question of receiving you Into our
Holy Church, aud will discover, In due
time, If you have a true vocation to a re
ligion life. Wltb the Father' sanction,
you may be sure ot my affectionate desire
to aerv you.
Sydney put the letter back In tbe envel
ope, feeling grateful toward tbe mother
superior, but determined by tbe conditiona
Imposed on ber to make no further ad
vauce toward tbe Benedictine couinm
nlty. tCven It her motive in writing to tbe con'
vent Gad remained unchanged, the alluz
llona to tbe priest would atill have decld
ed ber on taking tbia atep. The bare idea
of opening her Inmost heart, and telling
her aaddeat accrete to a man, and that
man a itranger, was too repellent to be
entertained for a moment. In a few line
of reply, gratefully and respectfully writ
ten, ahe thanked tbe mother aunerior, and
withdrew from the correspondence.
The letter having been closed, and post
ed in tbe botel box, ahe returned to the
aitting room, free from the onedonbt that
had troubled ber; eager to show Herbert
how truly abe believed In him, how hope
fully ahe looked to the future.
W ith a happy smile on ber lip ahe open
ed tbe door. She waa on the point of ask
Ing blm playfully If he bad felt surprised
at ber long absence, when the eight that
met ber eye turned ber cold with terror
in an instant.
Hla arm were etretcbed- out on the
table; hi held waa laid on them; despair
cou f cased itself in hi attitude; grief spoke
In tb deep sobbing breaths that ebook
him. I -ore and compassion restored Syd
ney'a courage; she advanced to raise him
iu her arms aud toped once more. Tb
book on the table caught her eye. He
waa atlll unconscious of her presence; she
veutured to open It. She read the Inscrip
tionlooked at blm looked back at tb
writing and knew tbe truth at last.
Tbe rigor of the torture that she Buf
fered paralysed ail outward expression of
pain. Quietly abe put the book back on
the table. Quietly she touched him, and
called him by name.
He atarted and looked up; be made aa
attempt to spenk to ber lu hi customary
tones. "I didiCt hear you come in, be
aaid.
She pointed to the book, without the
slightest change in her face or her man
ner. "I have read the Inscription to your
wife," she answered; "I have seen you
while you thought yon were alone; tbe
mercy which haa ao long kept the' truth
from me I mercy wasted now. Your
bouda are broken, Herbert. Yon arc a
free man.
He affected uot to hare understood ber.
She let him try to persuade ber ot it, and
made no reply. He declared, honestly de
clared, that what she had said distressed
him. She listened in aubniisslve silence.
He took her band and kissed it. She let
bitn kisa it and let him drop it at her aide.
She frightened him; he began to fear for
her reason. There was alienee long, hor.
rid. hopeless alienee. ;
She bad left the door of the room open.
One ot the servants ot the botel appeared
outside In the passage. He spoke to soma
person behind hlin. "Perhaps the book
has been left In here," he suggested. A
gentle voice answered: "I hope the lady
and gentleman win excuse me it i asa
leave to look for my bonk." She stepped
luto the room to mnke her apologies.
(To be continued.)
Tbe Peculiar Cuban Danoe.
Tho Cuban dnnce la a peculiar one
lion viewed through American eyea,
for It la bo totally different from any
our diiuoes. There la only tne one
atep, and that one Is a sort ot mixture
r Indian. Turkish and Chinese. Tbe
couple rarely use nioro than three or
tour square feet of. spnee, auu aance
continually, with little short Intermlu-
sloiig of possibly fifteen aeeonds, dur
ing which they merely stnnd in their
place and rest. Two orchestras play
continuously, one taking; up tne music
the other cease. The music is ai-
mnat identical with some that I have
heard at the dances of our Indian trlbea
Arir.xi.i mid New Mexico, except
that there Is the contluunl blare of a
.,!, .t Thev use tomtoms, kettle
drums ,nnd some weird, gourd-like af
fair that they boat most vigorously,
emlttlnjr a sound quite aa musical as
boy would make with a barrel-stave as
he
ran along a picket ruuee. Leslie a
eekly.
His Greatest Wunrtrr.
'What do you consider the greatest
mistake of your life?" asked tbe good
man who was trying to turn the wicked
to the path ot righteousness.
"Well." rcpllotl be convict, thought-
fniii-. "of course I have made a great
many nilstukos In my day, but I think
the most Berlous and fttr-iencinng in ua
results was the mistake I unulo hi steal-
inr from a m-lvate concern Instead of
going into politics and stealing from the
Btato, like most ot tue wise oues.
it's well to begin at the ton of the
ladder and go down In case of fire.
It'a better to be alow to auger than It
I to be haudy with a auven-shooter.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprthtrttlv Review of tht Important
Happtnlnji of tb Past Week Pruented
In Condensed form Which la Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Edward J. Molntire, ot Portland,
was murdered near Olequa, W'aah.
Five masked men held up Pendle
ton gambling house for $1,500.
Arbitration council will declare
itself incompetent to act on- Boer
appeal.
At Choliali , Jilin W. Fcrrier was
acquitted of the murder of liratnon
Ilolcomb,
Bureau chiefs of the treasury de
partment as a body called on Pres
dent Roosevelt.
Duke and Duchess of York enjoyed
day on the Ottawa river as the
gueat of lumbermen.
Admiral Sampson, at bis own re
quest, will be relieved aa commandant
of the Boston navy yard.
President Shaffer reviews tlio late
steel strike, and severely criticises
other labor organizations.
Czolgosz, the assassin of President
Mc Kin Icy, was placed on trial. He
pleaded "guilty" but the court or
dered the plea ol "not guilty" to
stand. The prisoner eecmed uncon
cerned.
Destructive forest fires in Colorado
have subsided.
A Cheyenne woman shot and killed
her father-in-law.
Columbia is being prepared for the
ooming yacht races.
The Buffalo Expedition has suf
fered a heavy financial loss.
No poison was found on the bullets
or revolver taken from Czolgosz.
McKinlny memorial service were
held at Chicago and other oirties. .
Harry De Windt will again attemt
the overland journey via Behring
straits.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York will visit an Ottawa lum
ber camp.
Col. Murray, commander of Lovatt's
Scouts, waa killed by Boer on the
Orange river.
Explorers in Northern Alaska found
herds of mountain sheep frozen in the
ice of glaciers.
The U. S. training ship Mohican
returned from a prolonged cruise and
reports W desertions.
Herr Johann Most was arrested
after a hard fight while making anar
chist apeechea inNewiork.
A boy attempted to photograph
President Koosevelt aa he Ic-ft church,
but waa stopjied by a policeman.
Many Boers will settle in Damara-
land
Mra. McKinlcy'g condition does not
improve.
W. A. MoCormic, timber land deal
er committed suicide.
The Duke and Duchess of Corn n ail
and York are at Montreal.
The "allied party" was launched
by reformers at Kansas City.
Ptiget Round conference of the M.
E. Church opened at Olympia,
The San Francisco strike has
resolved itself into a game of seige.
The czar arrived at Dunkirk,
France, and proceeded to Campiegne.
Roosevelt inspires confidence by his
announcement that he will carry out
McKinley a policy.
0. R .4 N. company arranges for a
monthly exchange fair a help to the
farmer at renuieton.
Citizens of Murshfieid, Or., made a
man leave town because he spoke dis
respectfully of President McKinley.
The body of the late president ar
rived at Canton. The remains were
taken to the Canton Courthouse,
where they lay in state.
Log raft reaches San Francisco in
safety. v ,
Chinese troops have , re-entered
Pekin,
Cxolgoaz' trial was Bet for next
Monday.
Mrs. McKinley seems to be break
ing down. , .: y
Northern whaling fleet meeting
with poor succcsb.
Frost in the corn belt strengthens
the grain markets.
The state funeral ot the late presi
dent ocourred at Washington.
The ohartor commission went on
record in favor of oivil service regula
tions. ' "
Roosevelt asked"" the members of
the cabinet to remain throughrout
the term.
Men are en route from Ohio to
take the places of the strikers at San
Francisco.
A nair of old English brass andirons
or "fire dogs" were sold for 280 guin
eas in London the other day.
. . i . . . . i f . : ....
in many oi uie jienuuio inraunra
of 8outh Europe only the purest olive
Lll'lllf.ulliH3 vik; who piaivov vw'
usiid in fixing the perfumes of
I'S. .
!l ! ...,.1 I.. At.. lia nnffcm.aa rf
Oil in
flower
The Forth bridge is constantly be
et rmialn ted. So vast is. the struc
ture that it takes 60 tons of paint to
eive it one coat, and the area dealt
with is something like 120 acres
WOR8E FATE THAN DREYFUS.
General Hernandez of Venezuela, I Being
Tortured la Confinement
New York, Sept. 25 According to
the story told here by a Venexulean
who reached New York a few daya ago.
General Jose Manuel Henrnandez, tbe
head of the Conservative party In
Venezuela, and who la a political pri-
uur, is unaergotng treatment even
wore than that ot Dreyfua on Devil'
Island. Hla political and military
strength waa recently shown, aar the
Tribune, in the organization of a revo
lutionary movement on tbe frontier,
under the leadership of General Gar
brane. This uprising which President
Castro called a Colombian Invasion,
was, In reality a Henrnandez move
ment, it la aald.
"Immediately following this," aald
one of Hernandez's former fellow
prisoners now here, "began the aya
tematlc attacks on General Hernandez,
which bla friends fear will end the
veteran's career. The first more waa
to transfer him to tbe darkest dun
geon In the foul-smelling old fort A
huge ball waa fastened to hia ankle.
He la not permitted to aee anyone, nor
is ne permitted to communicate with
the outside world. He la even denied
the usual exercise about the prison
yard. His keepers take a flendlBh de
light in throwing live rats, spiders and
other vermin into hla dungeon, particu
larly when he sleep. - The ration al
lowed General Henrnandez are only
half those required by a man of hia
physical condition."
GHASTLY SCENE8 AT WRECK.
Persona Injured In Hunjarlaa Cellitloa Were
, Burned Alive.
Bucharest, Sept. 25. The collision
yesterday at falota, between the Vi
enna express and the petroleum trains.
appears i n't he light of latest events, to
have been a most terrible affair. In a
few seconds the whole arena of the
collision became a huge lake of bunt'
ing petroleum. Trees and every
thing inflammable within an area of
a quarter of a mile were destroyed.
There were some ghastily scenes.
A girl was burned to death in sight
of both her parents, who escaped.
M. Dinu, a Roumanian millionaire,
got his foot jammed in the wreckage
and begged one of the train guards
to sever tne foot with an ax, promis
ing him a large reward if he would do
so. iiefore the guard could help
him he sank into the flames and was
burned to death. Schwartz, the con
ductor, who waa similarly jammed,
clung so desperately to the man who
tried to extricate him that his would-
be rescuer had to be dragged away just
as Schwartz perished in the names.
Most of the 22 who were killed
were burned to death.
BOERS APPEAL IN VAIN.
Administrative Council Will Dedare Itself la.
- competent to Pan oa bsocx Involved.
The Hague, Sept. 25. It is under
stood that the administrative council
of the arbitration council will declare
itself incompetent to deal with the
Boer appeal for arbitration upon the
issues involved in tbe South African
war.' .. - ' .
Comment of German Press. . '
London, Sept. 25. The Berlin cor
respondent of the Times says: :...
"The news of the British reverses
in South Africa is discussed on the
whole with much moderation in the
more serious organs of the German
press. The lesa responsible papers
make no effort to conceal their exulta
tion. The concensus of opinon is
that the chief importance of the re
cent Boer successes' is in the encour
agement they will afford to the
burghers and their effect upon the
Cape Colony loyalists. ; The papere
gards the new activity and daring of
the Boers aa a crushing reply to Lord
Kitchener's latest proclamation.".
Tea Killed in Cellltlon. ' .
Warren. Mass.. Sept. 25. Ten
were killed and 21 injured in a col
lision on the Boston & Albany railroad
today, between a switching freight
and a gravel train. All the killed
and injured were gravel train em
ployes, who were in the caboose eating
dinner when the collision occurred.
The caboose was telescoped by a gravel
Th New Controller.
Chicago, Sept. 25. William B.
Ridgely, whose appointment to the
controlleralsiip of the currency was
announced at Canton yesterday, will
within a few days resign the vice-
presidency of the Republic Iron &
Steel company and leave Chicago
for Washington to assume his new
duties.
Bi$ Inline Asylum Fir.
Norfolk, Neb., SepL 25. The asylum
for the Insane in this city waa almost
completely destroyed by Are today. It
la believed that three inmate were
burned to death. The fire originated
from some unknown cause in the west
wing of the institution. Loss on build
ings and contents will probably reach
$300,000. Owing to the early hour and
the unpreparedness of the fire depart
ment but little could be done in tne
effort to Bare the institution. There
was 600 inmates in the main building
and the efforts to rescue them were
difficult in the extreme.
Coming to His Father's Side.
Silverton, Or., SepL 25. T. W. Dav
enport, who waa injured a few daya
ago by falling in the running gear of
hla wtmn. b re akin hla lower jaw and
receiving other Injuries, la reported
better today. Hia frienda, however,
have little hopes of hla recovery.
In view of the serloa condition ot
the patient, the physiciana have aent
tor Mr. Davenport'a aon, Momer, tne
famoua New York cartoonist. He
started for Oregon laat Saturday, and
will come directly to Silverton.
NEWS OF THE STATE
TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report ,
Philomath reports, a scarcity of
house to rent.
Umatilla county proposes to try
crashed rock on her county roads.
The Salvation army will hold a
harvest festival at Pendleton, Septem
ber 24-25. . -
The Marshficld clerks are advocat
ing an early closing movement, vith a
good show of success.
Many Christian Adventists are at
The Dalles to attend the camp meet
ing which opens Friday, v
It is estimated that nearly $500,000
has been invested in Eastern Oregon
mines since January 1, 1901.
A Woolgrowers' association for
Wheeler, Crook, Wasco and Sherman
counties has been organized at
Mitchell.
Rapid progress ia being made on
the improvements on the new race
track and grounds at The Dalles. It
will all be completed this week.
A grain buyer for an Athena com
pany purchased several lots of wheat
at 4Ai for club and 4& for blue
stem. Nearly 30,000 bushels were
sold.
Stock Inspector Joseph B. Jackson,
of the Long Creek country, lost his
sheep camp by fire. It was piled in
a heap and set on fire by an unknown
person.
On account of the improvements
in tbe water supply of Pendleton, the
insurance rates have been. reduced so
as to save the property owners about
9 3, UOW yearly.
More farmers are wanted in Oregon.
The Roseburg atreet fair ia now in
full awing.
Settlers in the neighborhood of Lor
raine want a shingle milL
The winter session of the State nor
mal school at Monmouth ia now open.
The sawmill ot W. H. Lida, on Gales
Creek, was burned with 20,000 feet
of lumber loss over 16,000.
The state board of education has
granted a state certificate to A. B.
Serfling, a teacher at Halsey.
While trying to drive an intruding
bull out of his pasture near Coos Riv
er, George Yoakum was gored to
death. . .
Ernest Cox, aged IS years, waa kill
ed by being struck by a falling tree
while teaming in a lumber camp near
Medford.' . . -
John Peterson, who claims to be a
Norwegian, was run out of Marshfleld
for making remarks derogatory to the
late President McKinley.
Two stockholders in the Lucky Boy
mine In the Blue River district recent
ly sold out their Interests for $20,000
each. They each owned one-sixth. ,
Mra. Lou Hash, living on a home
stead in Lower Alsea, ' spied a huge
buck oa the edge of tbe clearing tne
other day, and seizing the ready Win
chester brought him down.
The lessees ot tbe B. Ray mine near
Gold Hill, recently received returns
from a shipment of ore that gave a
total value of $7,905.30 per ton. The
vein Is widening and shows no de
crease in values.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla : Walla, nominal
55c; bluestem, 55o; valley, 65.
Flour best grades, S2.653.50 per
barrel: graham, $2.60.
Oats Old, W$l percental.
Barley Feed, 1515.50: brewing,
$16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 18; - mid
dlings, $2021; shorts, $19 20; chop,
$16.
Hav Timothy, $11(313; clover,
$79.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Butter Fancv creamery, 25 27 Jo;
dairy, 1820c; store, 1215o per
pound. -
Eggs 23(9 25o per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins, t
13c; Young America, 13)14o per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ?d.uu
4.00; hens, $4.004.60; dressed, -10
llo per pound; springs, S2.503.oO
per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old ; $3.00
ffl4.00 tor young; geese, $09 per
dozen ; turkeys, live, 12 15c; dressed.
10 12o per pound.
Mutton JLamba, 3V;o, gross;
dressed, 66Xo per pound ; sheep,
$3.25, gross ; dressed, 6o per lb.
Hogs Gross, heavy, VbB.Zb;
light, $L755j dressed, 77)o per
pound. ,
veal small, bmwj; large. I
7Xo per pound.
Beef Gross top steers, $3.DO1.0U;
cow and heifers, $3.00(83.50; dressed
beef, 66Jo per pound.
Hops 10 llo per pound.
Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern
Oregon, 812$o; mohair, 20 21c par
pound.
Potatoes $l$l.lo per sack.
The Dean add Chapter of Westmin
ster are entitled to claim aa "perqui
sites" every article which la taken
into the abbey for the purpose of the
coronation, and that reverend body
reaped rich harvests in 1821, 1831 and
1838.
Two thousand of the 30,000 booka on
the French Revolution, which , have
been presented to the Blbltotheque Ra
tionale by the British Museum, will
be kept there. The remaining 28,000
will be aent to the Btbllotheque Se-vign.
RUSHED BY BOERS.
Commander of Lovatt's Scout Killed m the
Orange River.
London, Sept. 24. The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria,
September 22: -
'Kritzinger, while endeavoring to
force a passage of the Orange river,
near Herschel, at 1 o'clock Friday
morning, rushed the camp of a party
of, Lovatt's scouts. He failed to cross
the river, but the scouts lost heavily.
Lieutenant Colonel Murray and Cap
tain Murray, his adjutant, were
killed. Deep regret at the loss of
Colonel Murray, who throughout the
war led Lovatt's Scouts with great
gallantry. Undercover of darkness,
the Boers managed to carry of a gun.
They were promptly followed and the
gun was recovered in a smart engage
ent in which Kritzinger lost two
killed and 20 taken prisoners. " .
Lord Kitchener also reports that the
British captured by the Boers in the
ambush near Scheeper'a Nek, Sep
tember 17, have been released, and
that the British casualties in the
recent Vlakfontein engagement, when
the Boers captured a company of
mounted infantry and two guns, were
one officer and five men killed, 23 men
wounded and six officers and 109 men
taken prisoners. He announced that
these prisoners had since been released.
He furthei reports the capture of
two commandoes one consisting of
55 men, under Commandant Kochs,
who were taken with their entire
transport, west of Adeburg, and the
other, consisting of 64 men, in
cluding J. P. Botha, who were taken
with 48 wagons, and their belongings,
45 miles southeast of Carolia.
Lord Kitchener's latest dispatches,
although they contain good news as
well as bad. have contained little to
reassure the people concerning the
state of affairs. The loss oi Lieuten
ant Colonel Murray, a brother of Lord
Mansfield, is keenly felt. Thero is
little doubt that further details will
show it was a serious affair.
Remarkable Discovery la Alaska.
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 24. The
Dawson News prints a remarkable
story about the prospecting tour just
completed of H. V. Bracken, who
has returned to Dawson after six
months in Northern Alaska. Accord
ing to 'Bracken's narrative, while
in the RomanzoftT mountains, about
1,000 miles from Dawson, he and his
servants ascended a mountain glacier
At a height of 8,000 feet they found
herds of mountain sheep frozen in
the ice. The theory is that some ex
treme mid-winter blizzard had caught
them while stampeding over the
dome. Then the sheep huddled to
gether and perished, snow gradually
forming an icy covering. Whatever
portions of the bodies of .the sheep
were above the ice were devoured by
artic bears and wolves. : Bracken is
. t .. .. aA:An,:cA : ,.t as -
years' experience, having resided
three years on the Yukon, - ,
Guarding the Route.
Vancouver, B. C Sept 23. Prepa
rations are now perfected for the safe
conduct of the Duke and Duchess of
Cornwall and York: across the. conti
nent to this city. The entire line of
railway from' Quebec to Vancouver
will be guarded and patrolled during
the royal progress. Thousands of these
men have been specially engaged for
tbla purpose by the Canadian Pacific
railway. Each guard will remain In
sight of his neighbor on either side
The royal train will be preceded all
along the route by one or more pilot
engines, which will keep a short dis
tance) ahead. A special army of pri
vate detectives is on the watch all
over' Canada for suspicious characters,
with orders to arrest any such and
keep them in jail until the royal party
has left Canada. The thousands of
switches all along the line of the
transcontinental railroad will be spe
cially guarded and locked. All traffic
will give way before the royal train,
not a wheel being allowed to turn
within a distance of 200 miles of the
duke'a train.
A New Brigadier General.
Washington, Sept. 24. The presi
dent has appointed Col. James M.
Bell. Eighth Cavalry, and president
of the Military Board of Beview, to
be a brigadier general, vice Brigadier
General Ludlow, deceased. Gen. Boll
will retire Oct. 1, thus leaving a va
cancy for another appointment.
Philippine Cable Completed.
Washington, Sept. 24. The signal
office of the war department today
received a message from Manila Bay
ing that the last link ot tne cable had
been laid, which allowed telegraphic
communication with the southern
most islf.nd of the Philippine group.
Broke lip the Souphouses.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 24. Some days
ago the citizens' committee notified
the striking members of Kesistencia
union that the souphouses established
by the union must close, claiming
that they encouraged cigarmakers to
remain idle. Most of them were
closed, but today citizens visited seven
of them, poured the soup on the
ground and put out the hres. Some
of the cigar makers assisted iu the
work. Six hundred strikers have re
turned to work.
Killed Ber Father-in-Law.
Cheyenno, Wyo., Sept. 24. Mrs.
Lena Fair shot and killed her father-in-law,
Michael Fair, at their homo
in South Cheyenne this evening.
Mrs. Fair is a girl of 20 years. She
says Fair, who is past 50 years old,
threatened to kill her, and when she
fired had one hand on her throat and
with the other was reaching for his
revolver. - The police found a revol
ver in the hip pocket of the dead
man. Mrs. Fair was arrested.