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Newspaper Page Textnrnrr tt M. 1 ST. VJj' XVIIL 8T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1801, NO. 42. l 4 I r.ir le Con id's M$Mi CHAPTER XVir.(Contloiid. Herbert Uulcjr ud Hyilnvy Wealrrflcld looked at th woman whom (lipr hut out : red. Tb woman wbom tliy bud out' rased pauad ana lookml back at lliom, Tb hol.O servant waa surprised at their ant akina tu rat-It other, li was a atuplil luau; ho thmialit tha gentlefolks with atrauticly unlike aeiitlefolk In avu trali they aeemed not in know what to eajr. Herbert Iiiiih.i,h1 to b standing nearest to him; hi thought It would be lily civil to th gentleman tit offer word of eiplanatWm. "Tb lady had Iheae rooms, air. Hhe as com back from tha atation In look for a book that baa been left behind." Herbert IkiiihI tit bliu to go. A th man turned to obey, ha draw bark. Hyd ey had moved to the door bcfor hlui. to leave tha room. Herbert refused to nor wilt it. "Htar here," b aald gently; "thla room ia yonra. Hydney hraitated. Herbert addtvaard hir tgaln. II pointed to Ma divorced wlfi. "Voti iw how that lady la looking at you," ha aald; I fordid you to aubniit to Inault from anybody, fljdney relumed Into th room. Catherine' vole waa beard for tha flrat time, 8b ad Iree-ted heraelf to Hydney with quiet d unity far removed from anger, further removed atlll fro-o con tempt. "I do you Jiiatle," abe aald. "You fan atlll feel aenaa of ahania." Herbert snatched np th bonk. It waa only a momentary outbreak of anger. The ait moment b matched Catherine a eelf- control; he apok to ber with aerniiuloua remieii. "Iter la your book, madam. Bha atlll kept her eyea Died on Hydney -atlll apoka to Sydney . "Tall blui," aha aald, "that I refute to aee tha book." Bydnay attempted to obey. At th flrat worda aha uttered, Herbert checked her eaca mora. "I have begged yon already not to tub- lit to Insult," Ha turned to Catherine. "Th book la youra, madame. Why do you refua to tak lit" 8b looked at blot tor th flrat time. A fraud aenaa of wrong flaahed at blin Ita eenly felt ludignatlon In her flrat glance. lld hi worn face, hi waated figure, plad with herT Thoa ye that had o often looked love at hint, aofteiied with aorrow. She algned to blui to lay th book down. "No," ah aald; "not from your bauda, and not from bera. I leave tb book; I leav you." Hhe moved to the door god looked bark at Sydney. "I'our creator!" ah murmured to heraelf, Th faint Bound of her dreaa on th carpet waa beard In th perfect ctillueaa, aud loat gain. They aaw her no mora, Herbert approached Sydney. It waa a moment when b waa bound to assure her of hi aympathy, and even of his respect. Ita fait for her. Iu his lunioet heart he felt tor bar. A b drew nearer, he saw tear In her eye; but they Beamed to have risen without her knowledge. Hardly con arloua of bla presence, ab stood before blm--lost In thought. II endeavored to route her. "Did I protect' you from Insult V h asked. She said absently: "Year "Will yon do aa I do, dearT Will you try to forget T" Bh aald: "I am trylng"-etl!l, aa it ap peared, thinking of something else. "Would you like to II down, Hydney, nd reatt" "Yea." Su took hla arm. II led her to the door of ber room. "Is there anything else 1 ran do tor youT" ha asked. "Nothing, thank you." Kb closed th door and abruptly open adjt again. "Cue thing cior," ah aald. "Klaa m." He kissed her tenderly. Returning to tha tilting room, ha looked back arroea tha pass. Iter door waa shut. Ilia head waa heavy, hla mind felt con fused. II threw himself on tha eofa, ut terly exhausted by tb ordeal through which h bad paaaed. In grief. In fear. In pain, tha time atlll comes when Nature claims her rights. Tha wretched, worn out man fell Into rent less sleep. II waa wakened by th servant, laying the cloth for dinner. "If lust ready, sir," th man announced; "shall I knock at the lady's doorr Herbert got np and went to ber room. He entered softly, fearing to disturb her If she slept. No sign of her waa to be Bern. Sba had evidrutly not rested oil bar bed. A morsel of paper lay on the smooth coverlet. There waa only a line written on It: "You may yet b happy and It may perhapa be my doing." tionel CHAPTER XVIII. Th garden of tha hotel at Sydenham htd originally belonged to a private house. Of great extent. It had been laid out In excellent taste. Flower bed and lawns, handsome fomitaln, seats shaded ly groups of fins trees at I heir full growth, completed th pastoral charm of the place. Catherine waa alone in tha garden. Mhe quietly seated herself under III trees uud wutrhed In solitude the decline of the aim in a cloudlesa aky. The memory of the happy years of her marriage had never been ao sadly and persistently present to her mind as at this time. Suddenly she , observed soma one approaching hera "Woman. In the dim light and at the distance be tween them recognition of the woman waa , Impossible. Strained to tha utmost point it tension, Catherine's nerve quivered at be sight of that ahadowy, silent figure. In tones that trembled she said: "Who are JoiiT What do you want?" The vole that answered was, like her wn voice, faint with fear. It aald: "I . want a word with you." Moving slowly forward stopping mov ing onward again hesitating agaln-the woman at last approached. Ther wii light enough left to reveal her face, now that she waa near. It waa th far of Sydney Westerfleld. "I am amaaed at your audacity," said Wr. Lluly. Ther waa no resentment ther waa y patient aubmiaslon in Sydney's re- ', "T"i I hat aw retched th how ia ''Hi which you are living; and twice my cour ago has failed me. I have gout away galii-I have walked, I don't know where, I don't know how far. Mlm me suit fear wem to be Insensible to fatigue. This I my third attempt. If I waa a little nearer to you I think you would sea what tne effort has cost mo. I hav not much to ssy. Mar I ak von to hesr me'" "Does what you wlh to say to me re- laia ouiy to yourself 7 " "It relates to another person aa well aa to niyseir," "If that other person mean Mr. Hcr- iwrc i.iuiey " Hydney Interrupted ber In words which sne was entirely uniirenared to hear. "I shull never see Mr. Herbert Unley sgain. "Ilss he deserted you?" "No. It Is who bar left him." "You!" Th emphanis laid on that one word forced Hydiiey to assert herself for the nrst time. "If I had not left him of my own fro will," she aald, "what els would excuse me for venturing to com ber? II haa been all that Is kind and considerate," the added; "he has doti everything that man In his unhappy position could do to set my mind at rase. And yet I bav left hi in. (Hi I I claim no merit for my repent aoce; bitterly as I feel It I might not hsv hsd the courage to leave him If be bad lovea me a a be once loved voii." "Mis Westerfleld! You force in to tell you that you are the last person living wno ougnt to amine to my married life." "You may perhaps pardon tb allusion. ma (I sine, when you hav beard what I bav atill to aay. I owe it to Mr. Herbert l.inley, if not to yon, to confess that hia life with me has not been a life of hsnol- m sa, He haa tried, compaatlonately tried. to geep ins secret aorrow from discovery. and ha haa failed. I had long auapectcd the truth; but I only aaw It In hia far. wnen tie rouuil the book you left behind yon at the hotel Your Image haa, from llrst to last, been the one living linage In bla guilty heart. I am tb victim of nian'a passing fancy. You hav been, yon are atill, the one object of husband's lore. Ask your own heart if tba woman Uvea who could aay what I hav Just aald. uulrss It was truer ('atherluu'a bead sank on ber bosom: her helpless nanus Isy trembling on her Iso, for the nrat time slue tb beginning or tu interview oydney allowed tu Im pulse of tb moment to lead her aatrar In ber eagerness to complete tb act of atonement, she failed to appreciate the se verity of the struggle that, waa passing In Catherine's mind. 8 lie alluded again to Herbert l.inley, and she spoke too soon.. - "Will you let him ask your pardon?" ah said. "He expecta no more," Catherine's spirit waa roused in an in stant. "He expecta too much I" ah an swered, sternly. Hydney saw ber mistake aud tried too late to art it right. It la my misfortune If I bav takeu a liberty," the pleaded; "pray don't treat ma as If It waa my fault. 1 dare not ask you to alter your opinion" "Jo you dare look tb truth In th face?" Catherine interposed. "Do you remember what tacred ties that man haa broken? What memories he bss profan ed? What years of faithful love he has cast from him? Must I tell you how ha poisoned his wlfe'e mind with doubts of his truth and despair of his honor, when he bsaely deserted ber? You talk of your repentance. Ia there no aympathy for m In your repeutance?" Hydney silently submitted to reproach. silently endured the abame that finds uo excuse for Itself. Catherine looked at ber and relented. The nuhle nature which could stoop to anger, but never sink to the lower depths of malice aud iersecntiou, restrained it self, and made amends. "I ssy it in no nnklnducss to you, she resumed, "but, when you ask me to forgive, consider what you ask uie to forget. It will only dUtresB us both if we remain longer to gether," she continued, rising as she siMke. "Perhaps you will believe that I mean well wheu I ask it there ia anythlug I can do for your "Nothing." All the desolation of the lost woman told its terrible tale in that one word. Invited to rest herself In the hotel, she asked leave to rrmaiu where she was; the mere effort of rising waa too inutli for her now. Cath erine snld the parting words kindly. "I Mlere In your good intentions; I believe lu your repentance." Keller in my piiuisiinientr After thnt reply no more was said. Heliind the trees thnt closed the view at the further end of the lawn the moon was rising. Aa the two women loat sight of each other, the new light, pur and beau tiful, begun to dawn over the garden. CIIArTEtt XIX, When a servant at ber lodgings an nounced a vlaitor, and - mentioned hia name, Bydney'a memory recalled It as be longing to a brother of ber dead father, mil ltonilal l.tnloy I emu rrieuu, uapiaiu Heunyderk. "My fear, how Ilk your father jrou are," he aald, "You have hia eyi aud hit smile; I can't tell you how pleatantiy you remind mo of him." H took her hand and kissed her aa he might hav kissed a daughter of hi own. "Da you remember me at home, Hydney, when you were a child? No; you mutt have been too young for that." Hhe was deeply touched. In faint, trem- niixn innia. she an id. "I remember your name; my poor futher often spoke of you." A man who focis true gympaiuy is uer , u .lonirur of mistaking his way to a woman'a heart when that woman haa suf fered. . . After sneaking of the bygone usys at home, he continued: "I have been Becking yon for months, and from Uaudnl Lluley I hav learned .ii ...... .a.l Binrv. Krom today, my dear, we. begin new life and a happier life. Have you any plans or your own ior the future?" , Perhaps, if I could nnu neip, oyunej said, resignedly. "I migni uiigrsie. Pridt wouldn't aland lu my way I bo hon est mploymant would b beneath my no tice, Besides, If I went to America, I ungnt meet with my brother." . "My dear child, after the tlm that haa passed, ther 1 no Imaginslile chance of your meeting with your brother: and yon wouldn't know each other again if you did meet, Cllv up that valu bop and atay bare with me. lie useful and be happy In your own country." "Useful?" Hydney repeated, sadly. "Your own kind heart, Captain Benny- deck, le deceiving you. To be useful means, I suppose, to help others. Who will accept help from me?" ; . . "I will, for one," th captain anawered. "You?" "Yea. You can be of the greateet use to me you shall bear how." II told her of tb founding of hla Home, and of the good It had done. "You ar th very person," he resumed, "to b the good titter-friend that I wsnt for my Poor girls; you can aay for them what they cannot aay to me for themselves. Iu silent sympathy and respect Hydney klsaed the band that be offered to her. It waa th on way in which she could trust herself to answer him. Htlll ncoursgiug her to see new hopes and new interests in the future, the good captain spok of the thara which ah might tak in the management of the Home, if abe would ilka to be hla tecre tary. With this view he showed ber some written reports, relating to th in stitution. Hhe resd them with so interest and attention which amply Justified his confidence In ber capacity. "These reports," be explained to her. "are kept for reference; but, aa means of saving time, the anbstanc of them is entered In th daily journal of our pro ceedings. Come, Hydney I venture on a flrat experiment in your new character. se pen. ink and paper on tha table; try if you can abortea one of the report with out leaving out anything which It la Inv portant to know." Proud and pleased. Sydney obeyed him, She had made her little abstract, and was reading It to bim at hla request, while he compared it with the report, when they were interrupted by a visitor. Itandal l.inley ram in, and noticed the papers on the table with surprise. "Ia it possible that I am interrupting business?" bs ask d. Bennydeck anawered with an assumed air of Importance which waa In Itself compliment to Hydney: "You find m en gsged on the business of the Horn with my new secretary." Kendal at once understood what had happened. He took his friend's arm and led him to the other end of the room. "You good fellow!" he aald. "Add to your kindness by excusing me If I ask for word with you In private." Hydney rose to retire. After having en couraged her by a word of praise, th captain proposed that sh should get ready to go out, and should accompany him on a visit to the Home. He opened th door for her a respectfully aa it the poor girl bad been on of the highest Isdiea In th land. "I hav seen my friend Barrasin," Ban' dal began, 'and I have persuaded him to Irust me with Catherines present ad dress. I can ti nd Herbert ther at once." CHAPTER XX. Th front window of Brightwater Cot- tsg look out on quiet green Isne tu Mid dlesex, which Joins the high road within a few mile of th market town of Ux- bridge. Within two daya of tb time when they bad left tha hotel at Sydenham, Catherine, and ber little family circle had taken poe sesslon of the cottage. Lingering here and there to gather flow- era from the beds aa ahe paased them, Kitty wa stopped by shrubbery, with a rustle seat placed near It, which marked the limit of th garden on that aide. Choosing flowers and then rejecting them, trying other color and wondering whether ah had accomplished a change for th better, Kitty waa startled by the sound of a voice calling to ber from th di rection of the brook. Hhe looked round and aaw a gentleman crossing the bridge. He asked th way to Brightwater Cottage. There waa something in his voice that attracted her bow or why; at her age, ah never thought of Inquiring. Eager and excited, abe ran acroaa th lawn which lay between her and the brook before ahe anawered th question. The gentleman approached her and sud denly stood still. Kitty said, "This ia the cottage, air; do you waut to see mamma?" Hla sorrowful eyes rested kindly on her. The child ventured to say: "Do you know me, air?" He answered in the saddest voice that Kitty had ever heard, "My little girl, what makes you think I know you?" , Hhe waa at a loss how to reply, feariug to distress him. Hhe could only say, "You are ao like my poor papa." lie shook and shuddered, as if she bad said something to frighten him. lie took her hand. On that hot day hia fingers felt as cold aa if it had been winter time. He led her back to the scat that she had left. "I'm tired, my dear," he said. "Shall w alt down?" It waa surely true that he was tired. He seemed hardly able to lift one foot after the other. Kitty pitied him. "I think yon must be ill," she said, aa they took their places, side by side, on the beueh. "No, not ill. Only weary, and perhaps llttl afraid of frightening you." He kept her band in his, and patted It from time to time. "Come near to be," he said. "Don't be afraid of me, my dear." She moved near er and nearer, and showed him that ahe was not afraid. The poor man seemed hardly to understand her. Ills eyes grew dim; he sighed like a person in distress; he 'said: "Your father would have kissed you, little one, if he had been alive. You aay I am like your father. May I kiss you?" Hhe put her hands on bis shoulder, and lifted her face to him. In the Instant when be kissed her the child knew him. Her heart beat suddenly with an overpow ering delight; she started bark from his embrace. "That's how papa used to kiss me!" she cried. "Oh, you ar papa!" She flung her arms round his neck and held him if ahe would never let him go again. "Dear papa! Poor, lost papa!" His tear fell on her face; he sobbed over her. "My aweet darling! my own little Kitty!" Tb hyaterlcal passion that had over come ber father tilled her with piteous surprise. How strange, bow dreadful, that h ahould cry that he should b so aorry when she waa so glad. She took her little handkerchief out of the pocket of her pinafore and dried his eyes. They had forgotten ber mother, and Kitty only diacovercd It uow. She caught at on of her father's hauds hanging help lets at hla side. With sparkling eyes, with flushed cheeks, she pulled at bis hand, aa If her little strength could fore mm to bla feet. "Com," she cried, "and mak mamma a happy as I am." II hesitated. She sprang on hia knee; n pressed her cheek against hla cheek with the caressing tenderness fsmlllnr to him in the first happy days when she waa an infant. "Oh, papa, ar you going to be unkind to me for th first time in your life?" . , Ilia momentary resistance was at an end. He was aa weak In her banda now B if he bad been the child and she the man. Laughing end singing and dancing round mm, Kitty led the way to the win dow of tb room that opened on the gar den. Mom one bad closed it on the Inner side. She tapped imoatlently at the class. Her mother beard the tapping; ber mother came to tb window. ' And they saw each oilier again. . Since tn miserable time wbea they had left Mount Morven, alnc the long, unuatural eparatlon of th parents and th child, those three were together once more.' (The end.) NATURAL QUESTION Now Is, Do 1hs ftnbborai Welsh Talk FpaoishT A very long time ago the British Government ordered that English hould be taught lu Welsh schools. Aa result, In 1005 colony of persecuted Welsh miner fled from the British tyranny and settled la the deserts of Patagonia. Tbese men were heroes, nd with most magalfleent courage they dared to live In a desert where not s plant would grow, where the water waa brackish atd the heat Intol erable. Tbey were surrounded by wild tribe of hostile savages, and made them warm friends; they were ruled by a foreign government and became loyal citizens. Through long years of want and famine tbey never despair ed. They have turned the desert Into a beautiful fertile country, have be come rich, number 8,000 people, have extended their string of settlements right across South America, own a pay Ing railway, and chip large crops of wheat, wool, ostrich feather and quauaco skins. They left Waleg to escape the tyran ny of the English language, and now, rather than talk Welsh, they converse largely of tbclr freedom In excellent Spanish, A Quarter of a Ton of Lion. "What doe a Hon weigh?" Ask that question of any acquaintance, and see what he will aay. Those who know the look of the king of beast best, oud bow -small his lithe body really la, will probably come furthest away from the truth. About 300 to 850 pounds la a usual estimate. But thli la below the mark. A full-grown lion will tip tba cat at no leas than 600 pounds. Five hundred and forty pound la the rec ord for an ordinary Hon. His bone hi olid and heavy aa Ivory. The tiger rung the lion very close. A Bengal tiger, killed two years ago by an English officer, scaled 620 pounds, A tiger of this atae baa, however, con- alderably greater muscular strength than the biggest lion. Few people know that a grlzxly bear can glv point to any other carnivorous animal In point of atrength. A grizzly bear weighing Juat four hundredweight baa been watched carrying a heifer of more than two-thirds Ita own weight for two miles up the moat steep and rugged mountain aide, and tht with out pausing for one instant for rest The grizzly bear la the largest and most powerful of all the bear tribe, but hla cousin, the cinnamon bear, run blm very close; and. the big white polar bear, though not really ao dangeroua a customer, Is capable of performing the moat extraordinary feats of atrength. A polar bear has been seen to niove with hla pawa a bowlder all men had with difficulty put In position to guard a cache of provisions. Boston Traveler. ; From a Selfish Point of View. It pay to keep your temper. By self- control you gain and malutnin an ad vantage over peppery folk who ore con tinually In hot water. Yon are accu mulating a capital of popularity and good report, which may be used to good advantage, pt rbapa at a critical time. Good temper Is a great factor tn suc cess. Bad temper, on the other baud, may prove a fatal handicap lu the race of life. Nobody la so poor or iusignincunt that you can afford to give him or hor causeless offense. Exhibitions of Ill- temper may seem to do uo particular harm at the moment, but they often Inflict wounds, the scars of which are not easily healed. A man possessing every other element requisite for suc cess, good temper excepted, may have bis whole career marred by that lack. Keeping one's temper does not cost a cent. If you value your success In life, keep It. - Pour Mrs. Btven. When Col; Bryan'a eldest daughter waa 4 years old she waa sent to Sun day school. The Infant class teacher talked to the children about the death of Stephen. The next day Mrs. Bryan went out calllug, accompanied by her little daughter. After several calls bad been made the child asked: "Mamma, where are you going next?" "To see Mr. Steven," waa the reply, "Oh! I am so glad you are going to see Mr. Steveu," the child aald, In a sympathetic tone. "Why do you gay poor Mra. Steven J" the mother Inquired. "Why, mamma, don't you know they have stoned Mr. Steven to death?" Pittsburg Dispatch. An Interesting Invention. A Parisian haa Invented a machine by which, among other things, be can split a human hair lengthwise -into thirty-two atrlps. Never give up unless It's In a lonely spot and the other fellow haa a sand bag or a revolver. . ; EVENTS OP THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. 4 Comprehcntivt Review of th Important Mapptnlnj of the Past Week Presented la a Condensed form Which It Most Ukely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers, American'stiip Iroquois diamasted Dining car robbed of $4(XTat Ash land. " Colombia haa a cabinet crisis on hand. Heavy increase in visible grain supply. Several minors killed in a mine ex plosion near Victoria, B . C. Official investigation begun of the alleged Manila hemp combination., The Duke and Duchess of York were royally entertained by Vancou ver, B. C Sentinel was deceived in thinking there were intruder at the tomb of McKinley. . A r.cw branch of a society to slaughter whites discovered in the Philippines. Venezuela's finances are in bad shape.and the feeling against Presi dent Caatro ia growing.. Benjamin J. Goe confesses the murder of Edward Mclntyre, in Cow lit! county. Wash., last week. Admiral Evans, Captain Jewell and Commander Miller were the new wit nesses before the Schley court. ".. Officers did not escape in the dis aster at Samar, as at first reported. Two Boldiers from the fight bring tne news. Prince Chun haa started for home. Boosevelt waa brevetted a brigadier general. The London autumn season is in full awing. The Chicago elevated railroad strike was a failure. American theatres in London are do ing a good business. Prowlers attempted to stab the guard at the McKinley vault English yachtsmen admit that the American yacht is a marvelously good one. A bloody fight occured at Beirut, Syria, between Mussulmans and Christians. The secretary of the American em bassy at Paris has written a work on Columbus. Police and strikers fought a pitched battle in can Francisco, and seven men were wounded. The fight between bulls and mata dors mounted on automobiles at Paris waa a failure. The bulls would not attack the autombiles. Forty-eight Americana were killed by insurgents in Houthern bamar. The troops were attacked while at breakfast, and lost their ammunition and stores. United States transport Rosecrans arrived from St. Michaels with 427 soldiers. Stowaway on the Bosecrans gives gloomy aocount of conditions at Cape Home. Natal does not fear an invasion of Boers. China's apology ia satisfactory to Japan. There are 12 casea of plague at Naples. -The port of Bio, Brazil, ia affected by the plague. Mrs. McKinley continues to im prove in health. Gompera and Mitchell challenge ShafTer to prove his oharges. Genera Corbin found conditions in the Philippines satisfactory. Ten Boer leaders recently captured have been permanently banished. The steamer Sierra arrived from Australia with $2,500,000 in gold. Particulars are received of the kid naping oi Miss stone, tne mission ary. About a dozen persons were injured in a wreck on the 0. B. & N. at Fair- eld Wash. "Inhabitants of Samoa are much displeased at their treatmmet by American authorities. The Anaconda Mining company has declared its regular semi-annual div idend of $1.25 per share. It is announced by a leading Chi nese paper that the court will not return to Pekin for two years. , Kruger will not send a mission to America. Emma Goldman was released from tha Chicago jail. . Czoleosz waa convicted of murder in the first degree. The Duke of York and party left Ottawa for the west. tk niTA nt PnvhurvbA who la be ing spoken of aa a possible husband rr,. Ulan iitnr la btnt SB ve&rs of aa-e. and returned recently from South Af rica, where be iervea witn oisuncuou as a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards. a nartnt et flva aAconds between a flash of liahtnins and a thunder means that the flash is a mile distant from the observer. Thunder has never been heard over fourteen mllea from the flash, though artillery na oeen neara at 120 mllea. PRO-BOERS IN BERMUDA. Aided Dutch Pritonert of War to Eicape from the British Camp. Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct, 3. The pro-Boers in Bermuda are excelling themselves over the escape cf some prisoners of war whom they made very effort to aid in their attem pts to regain their freedom. Last Satur day night three men a nephew of the late Commandant Joubert, Alfred Martinas Joubert, and two brothers, named Indemar made their escape from tne prison at Darren's Island and swam over to the Princess hotel, where they dressed themselves in clothing carried over, tied in bundles, on a plank. Then, making their way to a livery stable in Hamilton, they hired a trap and drove to the residence of Dr. Outerbridge, at Bailey's bay, and then retired to a place of concealment in the neighbor hood. The search continued for two days and nights, soldiers, sailors, mil itary and civilians taking part in it, before the men were captured. The affair has caused great excitement here, not merely because the men succeeded in making an escape, but because of the apparent exhibition of the pro-Boer spirit here. CABLE TO PHILIPPINES. Proposed Scheme of John W. Mackay Is Dlt- cuwtd at a Cabinet Muting;. Washington, Oct. 3. Five of eight members of the cabinet were present at today's meeting. The principal subject disc ssel was that of a cable to Hawaii, Guam and the Philip pines. A proposal has been made to lay a commercial cable from San Francisco to connect these islands, and the question under discussion was whether, under our peace treaty with Spain, the United btates could authorize or in any way encourage tbe laying of such a cable by private persons. The question now at issue is whether permission to land the pro posed cable at Manila or some other Philippine port would be a violation of the terms of the Paris treaty. The attorney general will prepare a statement for the president covering all the questions involved. STRIKE ON 8CRANTON ROAD. Line Covering; the Entire Lackawanna Valley Is Completely Tied Up. Scranton, Pa., Oct. 3. The strike of the employes of the Scranton rail road company is now on, covering the entire Lackawanna Valley from Pitts burg to Forrest City. Not a car started. The men refused to accept the offer of Gen.. Manager Stillman to leave the question involved in the dis charge of the two Carbondale conduc tors to the arbitration of Bishop Ho- ban, or one of the priests of the dio cese whom he might name, because the offer did not give the employes the representation they demanded. Nearly 600 men are involved in the strike. Besides the reinstatement of the men discharged, the men demand the forming of a new agreement in place of the one they claim has been violated by tne company, and a uni form scale of 20 cents per hour. Defaat of Invaders Confirmed Colon. Oct. 3. Arrivals here from the coast bring no news from Bio Hacha, but they confirm the news previously cabled to the Associated Press of the defeate of the Venez- uelian invaders at the peninsula of Goaiira by Colombian troops, unassist ed by Venezuelian invaders. Sev eral guns, some mitrailleuses and ntles and a large quantity ot am munition were captured. After this defeat, the Indians who inhabited Goaiira captured the returning Ven- ezuelians, among the prisoners being three venezuelian rebel chiefs. The invaders lost many killed. General Orbis, who formerly served under General Alban, was also killed. Cotta Rica's Neutrality. Washington, Oct. 2. Eeferring to news in regard to the Colombian re volution in which it is said that the liberal party has organized in San Jose, Cofta Bica, for the purpose of carrying on the revolution now in progress in Colombia, tbe Costa Kican minister states that his government has observed and will strictly observe the laws of neutrality. Oil In th Kitchen Stove. Pittsburg, Oct. 3. As a result of using oil to hurry along the kitchen fire, Mrs. Barbara Sturgent is dead, her husband and their son are dying, and two other children are very badly burned. The Sturgents lived in a tenement house. The building caught fire and other families had to be rescued by firemen. Textile Workers May Strike. Fall Eiver,Mass.,Oct. 3. At a meet ing here today of the textile council at which every union in this city was represented it was unanmously agreed to order a strike effectve October 7, if the manufacturers refused to grant the 5 per cent increase in wages de manded recently. Disorder! In Yangtse Province. London, Oct. 3. -"Disorders have arisen in the Yangtse province, ow ing to the ravages of the floods . and the diversion of the relief funds by corrupt officials," says the Shanghai correspondent of the Standard. "These threaten to culminate in rebellion. Th situation is very grave and the local authorities have been ordered to raise troops and place the districts in a state of defense." NEWS OF THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF- OREGON. Commercial and financial Happening of Im portance A Brief Review of th Growth and Improvements of the Many Industrie Throujlwot Ovr Thrivtrie; Commonwealth Uteri Market Report Knighta of Pythias of La Grande will organize a uniform rank. The steamer Altona made her first trip of the season to Independence. The Golden Standard mine on Galls creelr near Ashland haa been sold for $40,000. Machinery is on the ground for a 10-stamp mill for the Gem mine, near Sparta. John Hart, aged 22 years, waa killed by his horse falling on him near Ashland. The Aurora flouring mills were to tally destroyed by fire, supposed to be incendiary. Oil prospectors in Southeastern Oregon report unmistakable evidences of oil in abundance. , The total aaseased valuation of Polk county is $3,771,447, or $641,656 greater than last year. Close investigations reveal that the feed prospects for the interior stock districts are very poor. A Salem man 78 years old commit ted suicide by taking carbolio acid on account of losses at gambling. A deputy game warden arrested a man near Ashland while shoot ing quail out of season. The fellow had 13 dead birds on hia string. Many specimens of gypsum, lignite, salt, mineral oil, fresh and salt water shells, pre-historic bones, etc., are be ing found by oil prospectors in Mal heur county. . There is considerable excitement over a rich find of copper in the Siskiyou mountains on Elliott creek, where a whole mountain of copper ia said to have been discovered. The salmon run continues good. ' Wheeler county haa total equalised assessment of $957,551. Oil lands in Malheur county wil be filed on by Portland syndicate. Ninth and tenth grades have been added to the Wood burn publio schools, v The county treasurer of Yamhill is under indictment for a $1,800- shortage. Tbe old Mason io hall at Boseburg, now used by a steam laundry, was to tally destroyed by fire. , Baker City owns a placer mine which it ia estimated will bring a royalty of $2,000 a year. Work is being pushed on the Nehalem coal mines and some coal may be shipped this fall. , Stone is being shipped ffrom Forest Grove for the stepping of the new normal school at Weston. Anthrax, a fatal cattle disease, ia killing many horses and cattle in Marion and Klamath counties. The erand iurv recommended that the city authorities of Astoria enforce the city ordinances and preserve bet ter order. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, nominal 53a53c; blueetem, 54c; valley, 54. Flour beet grades, $2.65(33.50 per barrel: graham, $2.60. Oata Old, 90$1 percental. Barley Feed, $15(815.50: brewing. $16.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 18: mid dlings, $2021; shorts, $1920;chop, $16. HayTimothy, $11(313; clover. $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $58 per ton. Butter Fancv creamery, 25(3 27 We: dairy. 1820c; store, 1215o per pound. Eggs Storage ZOc; fresh 2325c. Cheese Full cream, twins, Sih 13c: Young America, 13X(3l4c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.O0(S 4.00; hens, $4. 00 4. 60; dressed, 10(9 11c per pound; springs, $2. 00 3. 50 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $3.00 4.00 ior young; ; geese, $6(39 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12(3 15o; dressed. 10lz)fcO per pound. : Mutton Lambs, 3 wo, - gross; dressed, 66o per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross ; dressed, 6o per lb. Hogs Grose, heavy, $66.25i light, $47o5; dressed, 77)io per pound. Veal Small. 8(Sc; large, 7 7c per pound. Beef Gross top steers, 13. 50(84.00: cows and heifers, $3.00 3. 50; dressed beef, oeia per pound. - Hops 8X94o per pound. Wool Valley, 11 13 Uo ; Eastern Oregon, 8 1 2 Xc; mohair, 2021o per pound. Potatoes $1$1.15 per sack. Keats commonly wrote short poem in a single day, taking two or three more to polish and complete it. A South Oranire, N. J., man. who has just succeeded in eating 420 clams at a sitting, inw offers to eat 500 on a wager. . , '.. Oliver Stevens, of Boston, has been the county district attorney for 27 consecutive years. He ia a democrat, but has been twice re-elected by the republicans.