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VOL. XVIII.
ST. HELENS, OHEQON, FBIDAY. NOVEMBEH 29, 1901
NO. 50.
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CIIAI'TKH IX.
It waa midday wbrn the drtectlv
trl th door of bin bum after tb In
quit waa over.
There wa ttimwlilfiil look OB bin fur,
ami It wa nwfssary for bin wife to ad
divas bliu twlr before b atiw'rd bir.
Tbf Jury of liMincst. Lang. Why don't
roii answer met Old th-y bold Hubert
(;mitwll for trial?"
"Vs; I will b rly In moment, Mar
thln mnmi nt. Una Calban returned?
mm him ciiniiuUl'iu."
"Tliw dwlalon of tli Jrj of liwueat,
Lang? Old they bold Itubrt Campbell
for trlnlT You r dreaming agaiu."
"()hl Yea, certainly, wiles they held hint
for trial."
Tuor Mr. Gamph-U. Vaunt daughter,
(nil poor Uohert. I don't believe h It
Iiillty, t.ti."
"I'lmt will Ml, wife."
"1 know yon don't think ao. Yon arc
not saiianed. You have another myatery
so your bandi. 1 can tell when you arc
puttied."
"Where la Willi, wlfof
"There ha cnine In at th gat now.
War I put trira on him 1 ran t keep
klui In th boti'ts"
"Coma her, you reaeel!" cried Lang,
ha threw open the door, and In mo
ment mora ha waa towing tba urchin up
to th celling.
"1 goln' do that, papa," ba aald, when
kit father placed him on tba Boor.
"lo what, aont"
"Toa np tba klda when 1 get to ba
frrat big deieetlv."
"KldaT What are klda, Willi?"
"Why, tba boys I'm kid."
"Heller put tba drmia back on him
scsln, wlf. Wa don't want any klda In
our family."
"Theu I won't be a kid. papa."
That'a right, n-never ba a kid. But
Csllun, wife; baa ba returned-
"Ila waa In tba kltcban aeourlog up your
revolvvre a few minute ago. Ila had
suit an arsenal tbera. Hut coma, let Cal
ban go nntl) after dinnar. It la on (be
tatila now."
"Aa yon aay. wife. Yon ara tba ruler
at thla domain."
After dinner waa over, Lang ralurued
to hla ofac. tilled bla lone stemmed pi pa,
lighted It and seated hlmaelf at bla deak.
"Ufa aee," he muttered. "To-day la
the nineteenth of Augiiat. Court couvenea
the fifteenth of September lean than a
month. Well, there la plenty of time, or
ahould be, and then, tha cane la sot apt
to ba railed at once. Calbanl Callian!"
"Hera I la, Mara Lang!" eiclnlroed tha
negro, aa ha entered tba room, a bundle
under bla arm.
"Well, did yon And an opportunity to go
through tha barn wbila tba Inquest waa
going on?"
"Adam waa at do houaa watcbln de
Jury, and lien, da "table boy, waa In da
kitchen. I reckon I went frou' dat barn,
from de allla up, Mara I Jog. What you
tlnk I lindr
"I can't tell, Calbaoi but If tbara waa
anything there of auaplrlnua nature, yon
would ba aura to And It, I know."
"Uolly, Mara Lang, I'a got a dual Look
era!"
With a. quick movement Calbaa tor
way tha paper covering from tba package
ba had held under bla arm.
"A bloody abut!" ba exclaimed, aa ba
held tha garment up before tha detective.
"And a hickory ahlrt, at that," aald
Hellara, taking tha garment from bla
banda and apreailing It out on tha flat top
of bla deak. "Yea," ba continued, "blood!
Wood, aurely, both on tha right aieeve and
tha ahlrt boaom. That on tha boaom the
wearer tried to wipe off, aud aa reault
aprcad It over a greater aurtace, A bloody
ahlrt! Yon found It In tha barnr
"Yea, Mara I.aug-ln a barrel In de har
ness room."
"Aauapicloua drcumatanc at thla time.
Why, there are apota all orer tha boaom,
aa If they had aqtilrted there from aome
Jet of blood auddonly turned looaa. In a
barrel in tba harneaa room, yon aayT Waa
the barrel covered, tha ahlrt accretedr
"A aet of harneaa waa banging orer de
barrel, Mara, and aome empty grain aacka
waa on top of It. I moved de grain aacka,
and foun' dia ahnt on top of a lot of ole
currycomba and brushes. I took de ahnt,
and ktvered up de barrel. I 'apec It'a
Ailatn'a ahnt."
"Or Ben'a." ohaerred the detective,
"Ooily, Hain't Ben'a, Mara Lang. Dat
hut tao big fer Ben."
t.i... i...t It ! nt ana of Adam a driv
ing shirt. The banker would not have
allowed him to mount the box of bla car
.lik tl,nt lilrf nn." .
"I allow, Mara, dnt dat ihut la ona of
hla wokln' ahnta, wnai no weara ooui ue
t'. ht I calcerlate."
"You may be right, Calban. At any
rate, tbia blood, In placea, la hardly dry.
It baa not been many houra aince It came
from the vcina of living man or beaat. Yon
kare found a clue, Calbanl A clue! Had
you talked with Adam before tho iuqueet
commenced t"
"Yea, Mar Lang, and Adam worried
' mlvhillt, II. he Ina' de bea' maater a
nlir ilior hail, and ba 'teat hlaaolf
mlKhtlly 'dlgnant, dat anybody kill htm."
ii!j HAM ha m I mit to be
'iu juu ir.m nu1 1 :
t the time the murder uiuet bava been
rnmmltted?"
ii . i . . . wal .hit Via.
Aumn couriin Hiaar
long to Dr. Kreeman, on Kront atreet; ah
on cook. I apeo' flat a wny Aaain court
In' her nigger mighty fond utbln' good
to eat. Well, Adam clar' ha dar. In Dr.
JWman'a kitchen till ten o'clock. Den
. ... . . n .Uan
inwa ne went nome, anu wruv
' d barn, and da f tint ting he knowed nex
when he year Unc' Duke callln of
-nn. ini wnac nv cimiu.
"Did yon ever bear Adam make any
"martta abont Herman Craven!"
"Don linnw n.ittliln' 'bout d nigger,
Mare Lang. He aay dia mornln' Mara
"erman mighty olrbearln', and he pect
done eat he aweet bread, now h ole
"iner aead, Nigger mighty -cettiui oiur
tlmca."
" one men aa wen, tinioan.
'Ha may have been a pliant tool In tha
land of Herman Craven, but tven un
der bia training I abould not atippoa he
could bare muatared up tb reaolution ba
neceaaarlly muat bava bad to hare atolen
In on bla maater and atrnck that blow,"
thought Hellara. "True, Craven might
bava promlwd him hla freedom, but It la
by no tneana certain that thla abirt la the
property of Adam, and by no meana cer
tain that ha placed It In th barrel."
for flva mlnutea the detective nt nnn.
derlng the matter over and gating down
on th bloody garment befora him. Sud
denly ba turned to tha negro;
n bat la tba name of thla necreaa cook
Of Dr. Freeman'?" he aaked.
"h call heraef Clndv VremanDr.
Freeman raiae ber "
Well, you hare a aever toothache.
Calban a terrible toothache!"
The negro grinned.
"Uo to Dr. Freemen, tell him I aent ton
for aomethiug to eaaa rour tooth. Bee
thla girl, Cindy, and In your own way -certain
If Adam waa there laat night and.
If ao, at what time be took bia departure.
ion umieratandr'
Yea, Mara Lang. I undemtan. I tell
her I bear dat Adam, de coachman of de
rich banker what got kill, waa eourtln'
her. Hti lak dat. Den aha aayi 'Mr. Do-
uoaaett war ber laa' night," Ob, I Due
It out."
'Well, after you have ascertained that
go to the banker'a. You may be able to
are Hannah without anyone tlae observ
ing you: If ao, tell ber to alip over here at
nine o'clock to-night, harp, for five mln
utea, without tha knowledge of anyone
about the premlaea.
After that keep your eyea on Adam un
til dark, unknown to him. Watch bla ev
ery movement. The carriage will proba
bly not ba out to-day. Nolle if Adam
goea to the bonae, alao If Herman Craven
viaita tha barn, and at half paat eight tell
Adam that I wlah to ae hi in. Mark well
how he receivea th newa, and bring him
ber with you. Do not let him visit the
houaa or leave your preaenc after you
have delivered thla meaaag until be
atanda before ma in thla room. I ahall
h buay until that time. Yon may go now.
lou have done well.
"Tank you. Manna! My toof am hop-
pin' right now," and Calban, with one
band at bia ponderoua jaw, left the room.
'ibe detective epread two newapapera
over tb ahlrt, placed aeveral book on top
of them, aud left tba office, locking the
door beblud blra.
Tbla may or may not be an important
due," be thought, aa he made bia way
down town. "At leaat, It la one that muat
be followed up. I tunat aacertaln, and to
certainty, bow ahlrt of tbe negro
Adam happened to bear blood atalna at
thia critical time. For aught I know tbe
Ufa blood of tb banker mark It, and
Adam, tha coachman, la tba accomplice
of tb villain who rang th door bell. .
CHAPTER X.
At eight o'clock the detective entered
hi office, and llgbted the two lampa that
It contained. He laid two large revolver
on on corner of hla deak and bealde tbem
placed a pair of bandcuffa, ahackles and
a coll of rope.
A formidable array," he thought aa be
covered them with a paper. "Any orili
nary man'a kueea would quak nnder him
at eight of that layout. It will not be
difficult to obtain a eonfeaalon from Adam,
if he did th deed. And then, to weave a
network around tha form of Herman Cr
ven."
lie waa aeated at bia deak when the
door opened, and Calban conducted the
able coachman Into the room.
Adam waa coal black negro of, per-
hapa, thirty year of age, of medium Mat
ure, and a fair type he looked, aa he atood
there, dreaaed In the livery of Alvin De-
Itoaette, of the old-time coachuiau, be
fore tbe black rare waa emancipated.
There waa a look of curloaity, but not
of fear, on his black face aa tbe detective
Id: "Come forward, Adam, and aland
before thla deak."
The negro did ao.
"A little more to th left, Adam-right
oppoait the center. There, that will do.
How came you with your uvery on to-
nlithtr
'Kaxe I been anectin ordcra to gear up
and bring de carriage ont all day, Mara
Lang. I tought dey might want It In a
hurry and I would be ready. I jea' tell
Ben be could take de harneaa oft de horaea
when I lef de barn."
"I believe von go by the name of Adam
DettoaaetteT You never bad any other
maater than Alvin DeRoactter
"No. Mara Lang, no, and I nebber 'spec'
to have aa good a one again. Thar ain'
no mo' lak Mara Alvin."
"Then why, you villalnoua wretch, did
you murder bimT" exclaimed tbe detec
tive, aprlnging to bia feet, bla black eyea
flaahlng and aeemingly piercing to tbe ne
gro'a aoiil, a with audden movement ba
natched the Daoera from the deak.
Adam waa paralyaed. An ashen color
overanread hla black feature. Hie kneea
knocked together. Hla eyea were fixed
on tho of the detective, before whom
n,.nv a murderer bad quailed. He
deavored to apeak, but bia Hpa emitted no
aound. ...
"Look on the evidence of your guilt,
Adam Deltoaette! Look on thia deak, and
n at me!"
The negro'a eyea followed thoa of Sel
lara, and tbe first object that met bla
downward gaae wa bloody garment
that thlrty-Blx houra before had routed on
bis own back. .
"My my ahut! W'ha whar you get
dat abut, Mara Langf" he muttered, In
...rnriaa. ahnoat forgetting hla audden
i i - -
alarm.
v .limit that tbe ahlrt la youra.
Adam DeRoaette. Where did yon place It
after you bad perpetrated your f
..lm.1"
"I I put dat ahut In a barrel In d har
of d barn, wbar I keepa my
durty cloae, and I klvered it np wld aome
grain baga, Mara Lang, arter I kill aome
h ekena rer aum """"""
nl2r."',!L ma,1 Adam DoRoaetter
AI1U ' - wri.- Am
"What dat blood cam froiavl Wnjf, fle
rhtcken what I kill fer Annt Hannah. I
Uar'e de allele of cord wood now, right
back of de kitchen, wbar 1 cut dar beada
off, Dar waa three of dcm. One waa
rooster, and uliu's you born, Mara Lang,
when I clip bla haid, de rascal flew right
agio me, here, aud de blood squirt all ober
toy ahut. Hannah aay abe could kill chick
en better dau dat, when I ban dein to ber.
Dat'a what make m put dat ahut In d
barrel, kaae 'twas a clean shut dat morn
ln', Lord, how you akeer me, Mara Langt
1 earn acacely aland up. Fer d Lawd'a
sake, whs' you gwine do wld dem 'volver
and dem odor tlngsT De Lewd bab mer
cy on Adam! You'a got a rope, too!"
Down on bia kneea aank the negro with
groan.
There, therel (Jet nn, Adam, get np,"
cried Hollar, who aaw bow far from hav
ing a clue to tbe banker'a murder be waa.
"What did I tell you, Calban?" he aald.
turning to that Individual. "I knew I
could frighten him out of bia wita. Get
up, Adam, I only wished to ahow Calban
that you were not aa brave aa be thought
you. II haa been boastlug that If you
bad alopt In the bouse you would have
fought for your master'e life."
'I i d a lit til' I died. Mara Lang,"
Bobbed the negro, giving a deep aigb of
relief aa he arose to bla feet; "but whar
you get dat shut!"
"Ob, 1 had to have that to carry out my
plan. It waa easy to obtain It I know
they had chicken for dinner at your mas
ter's yesterday."
'Fer de Lawd ' aaker'
'Yea, aud 1 know yoo were courting
Cindy Freeman, and apent th evening of
the night of the murder with her In Dr.
Freeman'a. kitchen !"
"Land! la ;ou got any ting agin dat,
Mr. I jiii g 7"
"Nothing, Adam, nothing. And now,
mind you, not a word to a living soul that
you bare been here; not a word of what
has passed."
"Not one, Mara Lang. But did you aua
plcion abu' nuf dat I kill ole massaT"
"Pshaw, bave better aenae, Adam. Waa
not Robert Campbell bold for the murder,
and la he not now In jail?"
"Yea, Mara Lang, be la; but I doan' be
llebe dey baa got de right man."
"Whom do your suspicious real on,
Adam?"
"I alu't got none, Mara Lang I dunno."
"Who bave yon bad occasion to drive
about town the ofteneat In the carriage
after dark during the paat year, Adam?"
"Why, Mara Herman," aald tbe negro,
looking uneaaily toward tbe door. "Ole
maasa waa never out nights, dat Is, acace
ly." "So you have driven Herman Craven
out nights?"
"Yea, Mara Lang, often. Sometime,
moonlight nighta, to de aound, where a lot
of young gemmena would go fer a frolic,
and aometimee 'bout town. Often he keep
me atandin' wld de carrige till midnight."
"Where. Adam?"
"Well, If yoo believe me. Mara Lang,
uoa e ber r whar. But whar my team ia
atandin, he ain't dar. He Just tell me to
wait dar."
"Where doea he go?"
"Mara Herman not lak a nigger mach,
no bow, and I ekeered to aay much 'bout
him. I wua alweya akeered he'd awade
ole mawa to sell me; he aaid be could."
"lit did, did be? Well, your master la
dead. Yon are not Herman'a property,
and never will be. Your uiiatreaa will not
eell you, and I promise to be your friend.
Now. have no fear."
"Tank de Lawd! Weil, he goea a heap
ob placea a young gem men ought not to
go, Mara Lang; but de place he goea de
ofteneat to ia what dey caila de Tlautere
Rest,' down on Water atreet. Dey aaya
dura gambltn' goin' on dar, npatalra wnat
doy calla 'rowlet' and 'farlo aud 'poker.' "
"Yes. vea. 1 know the place. Bo he oft
en baa been there until midnight? When
waa be there last?"
"De laa I knowa of waa 'bout a week
ago. You know, be don't alwaya take da
carrige downtown."
"Doea he take tboae young blood out
with blm In tbe carriage, oocaalooally?"
"Why, he hab It full aometlmea, when
dey goea to de aound, and dey generally
haa case or two ob braudy aud wine,
ami haa awful times."
"Are there any that he la especially
friendly with?"
"He friendly wld all on em, Mara Lang
-all dat aet. I apect Ward Taylor waa
one of hla chums till you trail bim down
fer de Mulberrv murder."
"Indeed! Haa he ever brought any of
these partiea to th bouse 7"
"No, Mara Lang, he daasent do dat, fer
fear ob ole marater."
"You are an re that you hare never aeen
one of them In your master house?
"Certain, Mara Lang! Certaiu!"
(To be continued,!
HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY.
Observations of Commonplace Thluga
by sue Atcniaon uiooa man.
All pretty women, and all handsome
men, are a little foolish.
A aucceashtl mna can't reaiiae now
bard an unsuccessful nmn Suds Ufa.
Some men who have more money
than brains, haven't much money,
either. .
The man who aella whisky, make
hla money easier than the man who
buya It.
Howerer truthful a boy, he,dlsllke
to toll the exact facta about a hunting
or nailing trip.
Wlu $10 on an election and the pub
lic will give you credit for winning ten
tlmea that amount..
Every wedding Is the prettiest of the
season, and every bride's weuaing oui
fit Is the most elaborate.
wh.n child says "Thank you"
without being reminded, Its mother
roi verv miffed ud ami proua.
""Outfit" menus the same as "tros
seau," and people can't call you down
on the way you speu or prououuu
Tho women have such an accumula
tlon of mud on tlidr skirts that It
sounds as If they wore silk petticoats.
No man who Is a genius finds It nee
essary to advertise hlmBclf by wearing
i..n i.nuhu hair, or dressing like a
freak.
Th. nntv o-lft la a rtortloD of thyself,
T).Ara,rnra the nnot brlnss bl poem, the
shepherd his lamb, the farmer corn, the
miner a gem, the sailor coral, and the
girl a handkerchief of ber own sewing.
Emerson.
In certain parts of Spain the witness
... th thumb of one hand over tb
forefinger of the other and kisses this
symbol of the cross before oemg sworn.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
4 Comprehensive Review of th Important
Happening of tha past Weak PriwnUd
Hi Condcnud Form Which Is Moat
Likdy to Prov of InUrtst to Our Many
Reader.
Strike of railroad awitchmen is
ordered at Pittsburg.
Hhalfir Paaha haa been ailDOinted
governor ol Bourati, Asia Minor. -
Mamma Tt.A tha .TnnaneffA states
man, has arrived at St. Petersburg.
William Gwin. (or 30 years chief
messenger to the secretary of state.
i dead.
Uam. 1? I ??AMiltlitf.an norf, a!
Hawaii wants Chinese exclusion laws
re-enaoted. .
TltMi. . .1. w1 man Mitsui a'tfamlu
tinar rwiort at Chickasaw. I. T.. and
carried off $700.
Half a million oeonle in the Yang-
tse vallor, China, will starve unless
they receive aid.
The monetary loss from the recent
gale on the Atlantio is greater than
at first supposed.
Traffic on the Panama railway was
stooped, but marines from the Iowa
soon re-established it.
VWI. irAHM.Ak Afaaa waa visit.
'T1 VI. IIHUUUVU ... , '
A l, a iH.Mt.mtu ArA whinh will
throw many men out of employment
lor a lime.
.Tnhnnlnn Minn . has been practi
cally destroyed by fire. Fourteen
stores ana six reeiuences) wera uuiucu.
Loss,J7S,O00.
According to- a dispatch to the
London Standard from Odessa, 130
neranna nerished in recent earth
quakes at Errazoum.
Secretary Hay has just received
thrmiffh
IIViu MSJamun u o.. w , 1-
the collector of customs at New York,
. .. . . k ma otto
a conscience contribution oi aio.uuo.
Americana cantured a rebel camp
in Bohol island.
Rnnaa'a hand ia nlavina? to overflow
ing audiences in London.
Vint drntrAved the Crawfordsville.
Ind.. wire and nail plant. Loss,
1150,000.
jtA Raliatinnr ia aaid in ba aeing
raoidlr. and displays little interest in
publio affairs.
lha Rnllnraville.
fV. nnatnfnnA alo and aeoured $300
worth of stamps and $50. ,
Pittsburg, Pa., switchmen have
mad a a dnmand for hicher wages and
will go on strike if refused.
Th hodiest of tha eicrht mining
offioiala were recovered from the
Baby mine in West Virginia.
Ta mm I,... hMn afrMtod and
a n vs ,ii uv ww
confessed to tbe murder of young
... J T .1 .1
Alorrow, wincn occurrea id iuuu,
On the supfffwtion of Germany and
1,,aala V.m h,, bApn IT) llltr-
national exchange of views regarding
tne surveillance oi anarcu.
T)ia atnaniAr Alnrta. with 200 na
sengers.aome ot them discharged sol
diers, is believed to nave oeen ion
while en route from oubig Day to
Manila.
Puln.i. Mnrtvtji minr more can-
tures in the Transvaal and Orange
River Colony. In the southeastern
district of the Transvaal, tne unwaii
troop are dealing with isolated par
ties of Boers.
Turkey is in bad financial straits.
Aguinaldo wants to plead hi cause
before congress.
Queen Draza. of Servia, is said to
have been shot at. '
Fire at a Colorado mine caused the
loss of probably 100 lives.
Canada will raise a mounted corps
for the South African war.
Colombian Liberals captured Colon
after three hours' ot fighting.
Himif analerl a cliff 200
feet hiffh and destroyed threo insurg
ent camps, killing 30, rebels.
Tn Ilia AAn-tlnor mAfUUtcrA . the nresi-
dent will recommend the re-enaot-
ment and strengthening of the Chi
nese exclusion law.
The union iron molders of San
FrannlHAO will return to work on a
nine hour basis with an increase of
SX cents per hour in wages.
firpon conda men have been selling
postmasters of small towns stamps
irom "unaerstroyea piaies oi mo gu
ernmena." The secret eorvioe is do
ing its best to capture the bunco men.
Two fast trains on the Santa Fe
crashed into eaoh other near the
Needles. Cal.. resulting in the death
of two and the fatal injuring of sev
eral. Quite a number were less sen
ously hurt.
Student riotg have occurred in
Spanish towns,
A fund is being raised in Manila to
prevent the execution of Torres.
Tha people ot the South think that
as soon aa they can have faster steam
era and mora of them they can keep
all their cotton mllla working full time
making cloth for export.
nr. Bocarro. of Gors, has published
a pamphlet in which he tries to prove
that tha Adriatic has for mora than a
thousand years been rising and en
croaching on it ahorea. .Tha lower
parts ot Trleei art) ipon"c"s
ki. .luii, am in Mnns of time Ven
ice will ba' burled In th mud ot tha
lagoon.
IDAHO'8 LOG CABIN PRINTING OFFICE.
Idaho has a printing office and a good one that is still maintained in
the old log cabin built over 20 years ago. The Wood Biver Times, daily and
weekly, at Hailcy, occupies this odd building and everything about it is com
fortable and convenient. Additions to the building have been made as
needed, partly of logs and partly of modern building material. T. E. Picotte
has owned and published The Times since the first issue, June 15, 1881.
When the daily waa started, May 22, 1882, Associated Press dispatches were
received by wire at Blackfoot and then sent 175 mile by stage to Hailey. It
was the first daily published in Idaho. The office floor in the log cabin was
for a time the virgin soil. Then flooring was hauled in 160 miles, costing
$125 per thousand foet. Mr. Picotte has been identified with daily papers in
Now York City, Chicago and several other large cities, always in im
portant and successful positions. With a single exception he has always de
clined political offices, because he feels that newspaper man should devote
all bis time to his profession. The log cabin printing office attracts all visit
ors to the Wood river country and Editor Picotte may well be proud of his
building, his plant and his two newspapers.
RAILROAD MEN 8TRIKE.
Order Made Affecting. Switchmen of Seven
Una at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Nov. 27. The switch
men on seven railroads of Pittsburg
bave decided to strike at 6 o'clock
tomorrow morning. At a meeting
of the Brotherhood of Switchmen
tonight which was attended by about
600 members, this action was decided
upon, and the result of this meeting
can only be conjectured. In antici
pation of possible trouble it is learned
that the Pennsylvania Railroad has
made an application to tbe city for
60 officers to be on hand in the
Union station yards at 6 o'clock to
morrow morning, and in the Balti
more & Ohio yards fully 100 Pinker
ton men are on duty tonight.
The claim made at tbe awitchmens
meeting tonight was that 700 to 1,000
men would obey the strike order in
the morning. The estimate was
that in the Union station yards of
the Pennsylvania Railroad 138 men
would go out; that the yards at Pit-
cairn and Wall would go out in the
same proportion that the Baltimore
& Ohio and the Pittsburg 4 Lake
Erie yards would go out solidly and
that the Monongahela, the Pittsburg,
Virginia & Charleston, the Shoen-
berger Terminal and tne I'lttslmrg
and Western would be practically
without men. It was also said that
the Fort Wayne and Panhandle men
would loud a helping hand. ' -
The demand of the men is that the
Chicago rate be paid here. This rate
is. 27 cents per hour for day conduc
tors an 29 cents for night conductors
of switch engines; helpers, 25 cents
day and 27 cents night. Tbe Pitts
burg rate at present is zo cents tor
day and 26 for night conductors; 19
cents day and ZU cents night lor
helpers
Grand Master Haw ley, of the
Switchmen's Union, is expected here
tomorrow to conduct the strike.
Truiurt-Ship Making Good Tim.
New York, Nov. 27. The North
German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, whioh left New York
last week carrying over $7,000,000
worth of gold bullion for London,
Paris and Berlin, was reported by
cable passing the Scilly islands this
morning. The treasure ship has
made good time.
Chile's Pint Iron Steamer.
Santiago de Chile, Nov. 27. Tbe
launch of the first iron steamer con
structed in Chile occurred at Valpar
aiso today, and was a great success.
The ceremony was attended by the
president, the federal authorities,
and a large assemblage of the people.
The entire ship, from keel to truck,
was constructed in this country.
French Chines Indemnity Loan.
Paris. Nov. 27. The chamber of
deputies today, by a vote of 295 to
240, adopted the sum ot zoo.uw.uuu
francs for the Chinese indemnity
loan, rejecting the smaller sums pro
posed. It was declared, during the
course of the discussion, that the gov
ernment would make no distinction
between those who weie entitled to
indemnities, but would pursue in the
far East France's traditional policy
and fulfill all the duties of its pro
tectorate, just as it claimed all its
rights.
Bought San Juan Battlefield. .
Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 27. Dur
ing his recent visit General Wood
bought for the government the prin
cipal portion of the San Juan battle
field, including the San Junn hill,
the site of the blockhouse and Bloody
Bend. The tract core swises 200 acres
and cost $15,000. It will be consid
ered a United States reservation and
the goverment intends to lay out a
beautiful park on the old battlefield.
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CONGER'S PROTE8T.
Wa Mad Under liutroctioM From th State
Department
Washington, Nov. 25. Minister
Conger's action in protesting to tbe
Chinese government against tne arbi
trary cancellation of a railway fran
chise, granted to an American com
pany, and its transfer to a French
corporation, was taken upon represen
tations made to the state department
by the American-China Improvement
Company, which has a franchise to
construct a railroad from Canton to
Hankow. It is understood that for
feiture of the claim was based on two
counts : First, that the road was not
completed within the stipulated per
iod of time; and second, that the
American corporation had passed to
tbe Belgians.
The state department holds that the
conditions in China for the past year
and a half have been such as to make
it impossible for the American com
pany to have completed its work, and
that for this delay the Chinese gov
ernment itself is responsible. In the
second count the fact that the road
maintains its American charter
makes it incumbent upon our govern
ment, following its rule, to defend
the franchise.
A BANKRUPT GOVERNMENT.
Turkey Is Without Funds and Usable to Bor
rowTroops Art Unpaid.
Constantinople, Nov. 26. Never
has the Turkish government been in
such financial straights as at tbe
present time. It ia impossible to see
how the expenses of the Ramazan and
Bairam, due in December and Janu
ary and involving 15360,000, can be
met. The Ottoman bank utterly re
fuses to make any more advances and
the penury is so acute that even the
troops in many provinces are unpaid.
The consequence ia that there have
been mutinies in several districts.
Hostile demonstrations here recently
have only been quieted by the author
ities hastily scraping together a few
thousand piastres as something on ac
count. Athletic Club Swindle.
Fort Scott, Kan., Nov. 28. The
federal grand jury has indioted five of
the principal men Of the Webb City,
Mo., Athletio Club in connection
with recent heavy losses of money at
the club's foot racing track. It is as
serted by the officers that the mem
bers of the club do not deny having
won, in the last 18 months, upward
of $200,000. The winnings last week
are known to have been $27,000, not
withstanding the publicity resulting
from the prosecution instituted by
Representative J. M. Davis, of this
county, who lost $5,000 there and
says he was swindled out of it.
; Tha Charleston Exposition.
Charleston, S. C, Nov. 26. The
opening of the South Carolina Inter
t,At. and Went Indian exposition is
only six days off and all the builders
and exhibitors are on tne rutin. ine
United States marine corps has gone
into camp on the exposition grounds
for the entire exposition period.
Many of the best . exhibits have
already arrived, and the interiora of
the buildings are being beautified by
rich decorations. ' The merchants and
manufacturers ot this city will make
the opening day a publio holiday.
Crave Fears for German Vessel.
Long Branch, N. J., Nov. 26.
Storm tossed and lying bioadside at
In a Kaavv baa.' the Garni All
ship Flotbek, from Plymouth for New
York, was laboring nam against an
odds, to save herself from being
beached at a late hour tonight, about
one-third of a mile off shore, between
North Long Branch and Monmouth
Koah Grave fftftrs are entertained
by the life saving station officers at
Monmouth beacn,
NEWS OF TILE STATE
TEM3 OF INTEREST PROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of nv
pavtanec A Brief Review of tha Growth
and Improvements of tha Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report
A good quality of gas was struck in
the oil well being drilled near On
tario. The next session of the legislature
will be asked to divide Umatilla
county.
A movement in on font is l...
Some of the star mail ronta in Tlalror
county changed -
Malheur and FTarnev Aotinfv wisJ
growers have organized and will here
after pool their clips.
Salem ahon mnrnhantjt will fnllnv
the grocers in closing their stores at
6:30 P. M., except Saturdays.
Three car loads of dreoonl tiirtaua
were shipped from Douglas county to
oan i rancisco lor xnanasgiving.
A rich bodv of acAA nra ham haon
uncovered in the Water Gulch dis
trict, 25 miles east of Grants Pass.
Southern Oregon placer miners are
jubilant over the recent heavy rains,
wnicn win raise the creeks enough
to allow operations to be resumed
Articles of incorporation ot the
Douglas County Bank, located at
Roseburg, have been filed with the
secretary of state. Capital, $350,000.
The Olive Creek Placer Mines Co,
with headquarters at Sumpter, has
filed articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state. Capital, II.
000,000.
Crater lake, in which it has long -been
conceded that fish could not live,
has been found to contain fish of tbe
cold water trout species. Some of
them bave attained the length of 30
inches. "
The rush for public lands in Uma
tilla county were never ao numerous
as this year.
Another oil company has been
organized to operate in the Malhenr
county district.
Portland capitalists are figuring on
lesjing the Weston water works and
electric light plant.
A four-foot vein of rich gold bear-'
ing quarts has been uncovered in the
Baker mining distriot.
The Coburg lumber mill haa in
stalled an electric light plant and
will run day and night.
A vein of coal has been discovered
near Huntington which promises to
develop into very fair quality.
Scarcity of cars in Southern Ore
gon is delaying somewhat the ship
ment of wheat from that section.
Small stockmen in the souther .
part of Umatilla county are being
crowded out of business by the own
era of large herds.
Of the estimated 4,000,000 to"4,500,
000 bushels of wheat raised in' Uma
tilla thia year, a total of 1,500,000
bushels have been sold to date. Tha
price averaged about 40 cents.
Acoording to . present indications,
Pendleton will suffer a fuel famine
this year, aa there are about 4,000
cords less ot wood in the market than
usual. The shortage is due to a scar
city of laborers.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 67M58;
bluestem, 59o; Valley, 57)68c.
Flour Best grades, $2.653.50
per barrel; graham, $2. 50.
Oats Nominal 95g$1.00 pr cental.
Barley Feed, $15.50(816; brewing.
$16(16.50 per ton.
Millstuffa Bran, $15.60ail7: mid-
dling,.$1920.50; shorts, 16017.50;
chop, $1516.50.
Hay Timothy. 11 12; clover,
$77.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton. ' 1
Butter Fancy creamery, 22 V(3 25o :
dairy, 1820o; store, 12)14o per
pound.
Eggs Storage, 2022; fresh, 28
30c, Eastern 2225o.
Cheese Pull cream, twins, 13(3
13 e; Young America, 1415o.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.60(9
3.50; hens, $4.00; dressed, 9I0o
per pound; springs, $2.50(3 3.00,
per dozen; ducks, $3 for old ; $4.00S
5.00 for young; geese, $66.50 pr doe
en; turkeys, live, 10 12c; dressed,
1214Mo per pound.
Mutton Lamba,3o gross; dressed
66io per pound; sheep, $3. 25 gross;
dressed, 6($6)c per pound.
Hogs Groaa,heavy,$5S5.25; light,
$4.755; dressed, 67c per pound.
Veal Small, 8g8&o; large,77X
per pound, v
Beef Gross top steers, $3.50(84.00;
cows and heifers, $3.O03.6O; dressed
beef, 87o per pound.
Hops 810o per pound.
Wool Valley, 11(? Ho per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair,
2121io per pound.
Potatoes 75990 per sack,
The supply of silver bullion in the
treasury has dwindled until only
about $42,000,000 worth is left.
The census of 1900 shows that there
are 13,197 Negroes to every 100,000
whites, aa compared with 13,575 in
1890. -
Mrs. May Preston Slasson, wife of
the vice president of the faculty of
the University of Wyoming, ia the
only woman chaplain of a prison in
the United States.