OREGON 1VJL1 IO JL. VOL. XVIII. ST. IIELENS, OIIEGON, FHIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1001, NO. 52. nn 1 V,S8 i CHAPTER Xll.-ICnutinued.l "The tiiiliii'MfiiKiit mi the buck of till Imttruiiicnt," milil t ! lawyer, "I I him 'l.nt Will ami TcHtuiiieiit of Alvlii Me llimcllt',' " 11b carefully unfolded llii' puiior, read Justed his kIuhhi'D nifU ruined the ilo. u lucnt before Iilm, "WlliiiliiKtim, North Carolina, New Hanover ( Toiiiity, March third, eighteen hundred nml liriy.ncven, "TIiIb la lit certify that 1. Alvlii I'oKo tolli', lielnii of sound mliiil mill viiforoun, but tiin.criulii hi m when lb-nth may ovcr-rumt- me, ill- hereby, mi this, the tiny ami (lull- above iiii'iitliiiu-il, namely, the third lny of March, i-IkIhi-i'u hundred nml lifty novcn. pen I llii S nt iti uii'ii I . ii ml 1 tlo fur ther declare ll to bp my taut will Mini ten-tiiiiii-nr, aiiliji-i't, however, In muh. if any, codicils) k 1 limy hereafter see nroiicr to di-viw. "1 ibi hereby dcchire my Ix-loved ibuiKh-ti-r, lliirrli-t M. Di tliMi-tlf-, my only livlnit rliilil, tn In- my mile lu-lr ami leKutce, and to her I iln jil nml bci0fiith my entire estate, Imtli mil Mini ieroniil, IiihiIh, ImiiM-a, money, IioiuIh, stork. chalti'U anil alavi-a. In fm t. nil property of whatever nature of wh'i Ii I limy ilii- urnm-mM-d. Willi I hi- I'irvpliun. honcvcr, nf 1 ho following1 bi-iiii-aia nml fminuuil-oiloui, which I dc-In- my Im-IuvimI ilmiulilrr Hint ailiiilnlHlra- lor to net- fnltllli-il Iln Ilnlely, or iu noon mny Ih after my ib'inUi-. "I'lml I tlmiro that l!ik, my trusted servant for thce ninny yearn, inn niniiu-liilllt-il, nml t lx-iiiih him the Hunt uf two llimiaiiiiil ilnllura with which In pro vide for lila ticceimlllcs In hla declining yearn." "tjuil hit- my iilu numlcr," groaned t'nclc Duke; "lint 1 earii h-av- tin- bank 1 earn leave my M ix Untile!" "Nor ahull yon, I'm-le Idike," nolda-d Until.-. "Second," rend lhi lawyer, "to llatiiuih, who haa ever been Imp ami falilifnl, I .It vine hrr freedom fmni m-rvlluile nml direct that I In- mini of one iutiniiiil dollar bp paid." "He good l.or'l!" anlibpil llanunli, "Ink ilig nil IliT kllii'M. "Thlnl-To Millie and Attain I tb'vUn flvp bumlrt-tl iliillara i-arh, nml Ipiiip with my tb'ur tlaiiiihtt-r tin- mniti-r of llit-ir ninii umiaaliiu, rv(ui-ilnK lur, hoi-vi-r, to at tin t-arly ilnu- tlraw a wrllii-n iiiHlriiini-nl Ui-rliiiiiK tht'iii llu-lr fn-ciloni In cam- of Iht Uralh." "IIimI blt'aa Mara Alvliil" i-xt-lnliiinl Atlam, whili- Mllllp rtinlil only alnk on ht-r kin-i-a at tin- aiilt- of lu-r mUlrt'sa ami Rub. "I lat-u tiwlnc. Mlaa 1 1 nil it-! 1 iat-n giiu!" "I fiirlhtT," rt-nd the attorney, "tlealre my diiiiKhter to we that above auina of money to la- niid my nt'icrnea, be mil Biiaiiili-rt'd, ami I illreti lo r lo pi-monaHy Iwik after the inn mi ui-tnt-ii t of tht'ir mone tary ulTnlra. "To my old friend, Jerry llnbba, the trualed attorney of 'The Cai- 1'ear ttnnk,' a. a "lik'ht lealimonltil of my ri'iinnl, I lit qiientli the atini of live Ihoiiaiiml ttollura, aliimlil he anrvivu me; olheruiae I illrei'l that the aforeaiild aniu Ik- piild to hla aim Arthur by my ailmlniatrainr." Here the old attorney nearly broke down. Ilia voice and manner allowed (rent aiiltatioli. "To Herman Craven, my nephew, and at thla time Ihe cnahler of my bank, I Kivc ami ln-nnenth the aniu of " The attorney licailnted, removed hla glilaaea, earef nlly run Ilia ailk handkerchief over them, and with a at-eininitly nervona band replaced them. "To Herman Craren, my nephew, at till time eaahler of my bunk, I do (five ami beqnentli the anm of " The atlorney'a eyea left tlip written In atrnmeiit and rested on the fenturea of the giiHhler. '1'liere were (lit- eyea nf one other In tlje room fixed on Herman C'rnreu nlito the eyea of Ihe ureal Houthern detet'live. Hermnn nut aa though wouderliiK at the delny. "Tl-e anm of fiftjr-Ove thouannd dollars," rend the lawyer. The bank tllrei'tora eertnlnly looked anr prlMcd, ami u allitht exeliimatlon fell from the llpa of aonie of tliem. Ilerimiil Craven raiaed hla hnndkerchlef to Ilia eyea and moaned: "My denr, dear linelel I hnd no dreiim tluit you would remember me to that extent." "Which tan in." roiilliiiled the lawyer, aa be reauined readliiK tbe will, "la aulll elent to form the micleiia of a fortune, mid will enable him to engiiKe In nlmoat any voeatloii." "1 aliould think It would," tliounht Bet lara. "That aum la a fortune. Ilaelf not the lineleiia of one, I wonder I do won der," he thoiiicht, "if Hiinuah wna not mini ii ken on the night of the murder, and If It wna not the hand of oilier than Her oin n Craven that pulled the wire aonie one who hnd Kalned uilmiaaltin to the lioune and but no, ahe atnted that the form ahe rniw wna elad only in a nlKht ahlrt. That aruiiea notliinn. Itcnenth that nlilhlHhlrt there iiiIkIU have been all of the uiifiiiciila of mnn a alnle mo nietit would have aulllced to don a iiljsht ahlrt. Walt." "I leave my dniiuhter and my admliila trntor to det'lde aa to whether my vaat In tereala ahull be witliilrnwn from 'The Ciipe l'Var ltnnk' and the Cumin Invented In other aeciirillea, Aa I founded the bank, I should prefer that my lulereala be continued In the aaine. However, nfter my daughter ahnll hnve nttnliied her twen tieth yeur. It will be for her nlone to de termine, na my ndnilulatrntor'a dutlea ahull cense nt that time, "I do hereby appoint na my aforeaiild admlulatrator, my friend " Here the attorney's hiiuda ahook bo luid ly that the liiHtniment fell to the floor. He atooped, tremblliiKly, and recovered It. IHreclor Cliiidliouin of the bunk turned a glaaa of water mid handed It to him, The old attorney rulaed It to Ida llpa, but Ida eyea were again tlxed on the body of the will. "He linn found another aurprlHe," thought Selliii'H. "I do hereby nppolut ni my aforeaiild ailmlnlalrntnr," rend tho lawyer, "my Xrlend, Herman Cravcu," I l I v l ii u I I a Thla lime Ihere were uiiiiiiatiiken ex prcaHiima of aurprlne, "In whom," rt'Hiimed Ihe lawyer, "I have Implicit eontlilcnce, and I direct that he he required to give no bond for the faithful performance of Ihe dullea eu titiied." To any I lint there waa conaternntlnn on the fncea of the illreclorH would be to draw It mildly. riiiiicalloimlily, the buuker'a ilauglitpr wna not leaa aurpriai'd, and Sell n ih'.' What ahull we any of himV He waa dumbfounded. "Hnniiuh waa clearly nilalaken," he thought. "1 do iilao nppnliit my nforeaalil admin latralor na giiiirdliui of my beloved dnugh ler, and by rciiHou of my vatate'a being large and my liiien-at miiiiy, 1 direct that hia diitlcH aa auch guardian ahull nut ct'iiae until my daughter ahull reach her twentieth birthday. 'J'hia provialon, how ever, to be void in enae of Ihe mnrriuge of my aforeaiild danglitcr before ahe mIiiiII reach Ihe nge of twenty, nud In which event her Imxlmud ahull auppliiut her Kiuirdiii(." A cry of pain and iiiigniKh eacnped the white llpa of Miaa llcldiaetle, mid her head fell fnrwnrd upon Ihe ahoulder of her companion. All eyea were directed to her moaning form. The director Ihe friend of the dead banker of lifly year' atanding ant pule, allcul, mule. Hclliira, overeome t bough he waa with aatouUhiiicnt, yet had hla keen eye fixed on the fenturea of the cnvhlcr. Hut miught but a placid coiiutcliiiuce did he Nee no evidence of aurprim- there un twitching of the muat'lea of the face tieillier a ltMik of exiiltiitliui, merely n dead culm face, allghlly llu-dicd, and a pair of inquiring eyea looking up at the lawyer. "Ie Lord tied!" wna the exclninatloii Ilmt fell from iln- lip of old I'uclv Duke, llcriniiu Craven did nut inat a glance in hia direction. "In wilucaa whereof," continued the lawyer, "1 hnve hereunto act my hand ami aeiil In thla. the city of Wilmington, State of North Carolina, III!, Ihe third day of March, eighteen hundred and Hfly-aeven. "A1.V1N 1K ltOHKTTK. "Wltneaaca John I, l.lovd, l-'rveuian Klliotl." "Thla enda the rending of (lie iiiatru nieiit." unit! the attorney. Kinking into a chair. "The eouelualou totuea aa a aurpriae," obaerved lirector Iliiiiimoud. "That la umlerataiid me, Mr. Crnveti of i-uurae death came an auddciily to our friend that none of tia, I think, hnd given the matter a thought. Hut, exeunt- me, there are ao many old and tried friend men of great er experience than yourself that it seem atruilge tluit lie ahould have deaiguntctl you na Ihe nduiiiilatrator nf his cstu'.e and guardian of hi daughter." "Very, very atruiige!" echoed the other director. "I am not aiirpriaed at thai, gentlemen." Herman anld bliimlly. "ll w iin bct-miac of your age that my uncle tlid nut name Home one of you. Kcmcmber, a week ago he hade fair to live aa long na any of you. He would hnve iiamcd Mr. lMibn but for hia age." "Strange Ihe will tinea not rend 'my nephew, Herman Craven, instead of 'my friend. Herman Craven,'" remarked Hi rector Cliaillinuru. "It would aeem an." anld Herman; "but my uncle often tmed to term me "friend Herman.' Yea, more often than he did 'nephew' In our private eium-million. He had not i tied me tluit he had mimed me nt uiliiiiulatriitiir of hia will, but he hud not Informed me how liberiilly he hnd remem bered me In the aiime. ll quite overpow er me." mid Hcrmiin raiaed hi huinl kerchief to hia eyea. "Tho witneaac lo thla will Y". observed the detective. "Went down with the Ill-fated (loainore, mid within aiglit ot the Hritixh cons!," aaid the attorney. "Then," remarked Scllara, "there are no living wltncKaeaV" "None," the attorney aaid; "but their signature are here, and there la no quea lion but. what they are genuine. You all know them, gentlemen." "Yea," observed Director Hammond, "and I wna aware they hail witnessed our old friend' signature lo Ilia will. Af ter their death 1 think he intended getting other signature, but he deferred it too long." Hellnr had advanced, and the attorney handed him the will, which lie closely aeriitluii'.ed. "Yea," he said presently, "Ihe signn lurea are genuine beyond a doubt, but " "Hut what, Mr. Bcllar?'' asked Law yer I ltd ihs. "I na about to aay that Ihe signature me genuine, but the wltnessea themselves are somewhere rocking to mid fro, deep down In the boaoni of the ocean," answer ed Sella rs. "And the sea," thought Heiuinn Cra ven, "will not give up its dead." "Whnt step 1 Hi's' necessary?" he ask ed. "The anbiuisslmi ot the will for pro bate," aaltl the attorney, "and Immediate ly thereafter you must enter at once on the discharge of your duties. Yon will Hnd them such as to require great care and discretion, hut both myself ami the direc tors of the hank at and ready to leud you every possible aid," " "I shall enter upon them, gentlemen, de pending largely on your advice," remarked Herman, "and every provision of my un cle's will shall be curried out faithfully. To my cousin I shall endeavor to prove a faithful guiirillau." A groin hurst from the quivering lips of the young heiress na slip arose to her feet. "There I aoniMhinu " She eniight thn warning glance of the detective, and leaning heavily on her com panion's arm, left the room. "My cousin Is quite overcome," observed Ilerniiin. "Very naturally so," said Sellaia. 'She i.. in.i listened to the rending of the last will and ti-Ktnuient of uer murdered fath er." CHAPTKH XIII. The day following the reading of the will Ihe instrument was admitted to pro bate, and Herman Ciuvcu hud the hand ling of a vaat estate In hia hand. He held also III those an me white huuila, or thought lie diil, the destiny of u charm ing young heiress. "Ere two year roll by," he thought, as he sat In hla private oltlce at the bank, "Ihe husband must auppluut the guardian 1 ahull have bi-conic that husband. It will not be dilllcull after Hubert Is in a felon's gi-nve to win the heurt of my ward, ut leust to niiike her my wire. She clearly does not believe that Hubert Campbell murdered her father, Jennie's presence in the house so much 1 do not like. It must hu checked. Clearly, I must tulk to thla ward of mine. It Is not seemly for tho daughter of a murdered iiiati to he on terms of Iniiimicy with the sister of Ihe wretch who who ilea In Jail under the charge of having murdered him. Under the charge or huvlug murdered him? Hu! bal Was he mil caught red handed In the act? As for the funds In the bunk, I must leave everything a It la until Hat tle shnll hnve become my wife. I must win the eonlidence of the bank director. Hut above nil I must become Ihe president of 'The Cape I-Vur Hunk." There is noth ing easier, now Hint I represent a majority of Ihe aitn k, aa my cousin's guardian, and miii the adiiiinislralor of my uncle's es tate. The directors meet this evening to chmme a successor lo Ihe lute president, and III Ihe Interest of the late president's daiighier, 1, llernmn Craven, must be that president. What Is It. Duke?" "Attorney IMiha, Mar Herniau." "Admit him. t'neie Duke, you hare been a faithful mau for a negro. To-morrow you will be free. You will have no muster ami will have two thousand dol lar lo your credit In the bunk." "I will huvt- n yniiti misiri-ss, Mors Herman." said the old mini, "w ho I'd die die to serve. Aa for freedom, l's too old for tint; 1 la-longs to Mora Alvin's bunk and Miss Hnttie, nml always will, but I od bless old master Jus' de same for strikiu' off de shackle. Not de body for tlar wnn't none dur but from de soul. 1 ken die a free man. (ilnry to od!" "You will be right here just the samp, Iluke. .Now admit the attorney. "I was in hopes you would cull In this morning, Mr. IMihs," he said, arising from hia sent and extending his hniid a Hit- attorney nppronclicd him, "na there Is a matter I wi.hi-d to see you about. I'ray be seated." "In that event I mn glad I called," ob served the lawyer, seating himself, "but I think I ran guess the subject. It is of the directory uncling to-night, nt which a successor to Alviu Dcltosette must be named as Ihe bank's president, is It not?" "The same, Mr. Doldis. The same." "I had u conference with I iiectors Chuillioiim, Hammond nml Iloyl this morning," said the attorney, "and the two bitter favor Mr. Chndbourii for the pres idency. You we, he is a man who has al ways been ideinilieil with the lunik and has hud u vast experience ill monetary af fair. The public have full confidence in him, mid 1 think you mny stiffly cast the vote you represent as your liucle'a admin istrator for him. lu fact, the mutter lays entirely with you. Your action decides Ihe presidency nml largely the future of the bank. Of course, you will remain cashier." "Such Is uot my Intention, Mr. Ibibbs," said Herman. "What, you will sever your connection with Ihe bunk;" "(III. no, Mr. I'oddn, not I lint ! Now, un derstand me. 1 have the most implicit cnulitlciice in Director Cliadboiirn. As the setoml largest stockholder, he Is Ihe bank's vice-president, ami as such 1 am content that he remain. As the represent ative of the stock that uiiule my uncle the president, and as his udiniiiistratnr mid the guardian of his danglitcr, 1 conceive it to Ik- my duty to take hia place as nearly us I cam in all that pertains lo his busi ness affairs. I feel, indeed, thnt he would hnve it ao or he would not hnve mimed me his administrator. Yes, 1 feci in duty bound to make Herman Craven the presi dent of the bank, and I nsk your co-operation and aid." The old attorney's face paled, and for ll moment he ant speechless. "I beg you." he suid, when he had mas tered hi (-million, "think well of this mat ter. You have had but two years' ex perience in bunking nlTuirs. Director Chndiioiii ii has hud that of hnlf n lifetime. His inline w ould inspire ronfid 'in-e and the bank would not lose a customer. With you as its president I fear Ihe result would not be 'he same. You nre young and can wait. You have.every cnulldence in Mr. Cluulboiirn nud nuiild he here just a yon have been In the past, l'liblie confidence must not be shaken by mi unwise liiov at this time." (To bo continued.) FEAT OF JUGGLER. Wliitinwlnx Kico from tlrnla ly Ktiplilly Whlrliim lllinajlf About. "One ilny in the market of un Inland village I now it curious perfoniiiineo," writes tin East Imllnu traveler lu the Cliicliinntl Enquirer. "It wna conduct ml by two men -one old and cumcliiteil, enrryltiK n unlive drum; the other .voting uml well fed, ftiiitiistciill.v gown ed w lib nu oversklrt of colored hand kerchiefs nml it multitude of bells, which Jangled noisily nt bis slightest movement; hum. ragged hall' ultogetu-t-r a hideous ciealui'i-. "The drummer begun a weird torn toiiilug liiul the oilier mini uu Incanta tion. Then bo exlemli'i! n 'supra' a bamboo tiny used by till natives ou which anyone who pleases places a large biiutll'ut of rice nud tin siuiio iltiniilltj' of Kinlu. The two Ingredi ents nre thoroughly iiinnlgaiiiulcd, so that It would In the ortlinnry way take hours to sepiuate lliem. "Now the fantastic mini with bis tray begins, lie turns around slowly, gradu ally quickening his puce (the ilrummi'r lilso keeping time), faster ami faster. In a giddy vortex, the tray nt time al most out of bis hands, yet so cleverly handled tbnt not a tralii fulls out. It Is very trying to watch, but lu a couple of minutes both stop simultaneously, nud the hum shows to the wondering spectators two lltlo heaps, one of the rice ami the other grain, at different ends of the tray .which In Ills sicken ing gyrations bo has been uble to sep nrate'by sumo extraordinary manipula tion." A mnu enn marry money without, get ting o capital wife. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE F'JUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. 4 Comprthtmlvt Review of th Important Happenings of the Put Week Preieattd In a Condensed Form Which Is Mod Likely to Prove of Interest to OurMsny Readers. Frye introduced a new ship subsidy bill in congress. England will improve sanitary condition of concentration camps. Jiepublicuna in tho senate are deter mined to have a tariff on Philippine products. Tillman challenged McLaurin to resign with him from the senate, but the latter would not. A Bt. Louis negro who had several Blitchos'taken in his heart is well on thoroud to recovery. The entire business portion of Gobies, Mich., was destroyed by fire. Loss, about $100,000. Tho Wabash Screen Door Com pany's plant at Ithinelander, Wis., was burned ; loss $200,000. Manager Johnson, of the Postal Telegraph Company, his son and a negro driver were killed near Newton, Miss., by a fulling tree, Tho Newton county safe, at Deca tur, Miss., was robbed of $4,000 in pension warrants, a large quantity of school teachers' warrants, $2,250 in checks, a number of jM-istoflice money orders and a quantity of stamps, and over $900 in cash. Famine conditions in Russia are worse than the government reports. It is reported that 3,000 Boers in tend to establish a colony in Chile. Tho National Starch Works, Dea Moines, la., burned. Loss, $400,000. Native scouts killed Fagin, the American negro deserter in the Philip pines. In a fire at Bayou des Allemandes, La., two perions were burned to death. Robbers stole $2,000 from the Arch ibald Banking Company, of Archi bald, O. Fire destroyed a wholesale dry goods store nt Wilkesbarre, Pa. Loss, $135,000. Another ship has venturedHoo close to the Washington shore and is on the rocks. A reciprocity feature may be incor porated in tho forthcoming Philippine tariff bill. Refugees in South African concen tration camps will be sent to the set tled district. The Douglasville, Ga., bank was robbed of $2,500. The robbers escaped on a handcar. France's Chinese loan of 265,000,000 francs, at 3 per cent, will be issued December 21. Two more of the convicts who escaped from the Leavenworth, Kas., prison have been captured. The St. Louis Oil Company sold 5,000,000 barrels of Beaumont oil to St. Louis men at 20 cents a barrel at the wells. Sixty-five persons were poisoned at a wedding feast at West Point, Wis., by poison in the coffee. All will probably recover. A heavy snow storm oovers the en tire eastern half of Kansas. Ex-Congressman I. N. Evans, of Philadelphia, is dead, aged 64. Dr. David McDill, surgeon at Fort Leavenworth, died from apoplexy. Foreign papers generally comment favorably on the president's message. Negotiations for a Russian loan of $40,000,000 have been resumed at Talis. The British snip Nolson is reported lost off Gray's harbor. Wash., with all on board. The transport McClellan left Ma nila for New York with the' First bat talion of engineers. The Hay-Paunoefote treaty and the Isthmian canal report have been sub mitted to the senate. In November 3,708,766 pounds of cofleo were exported from Porto Rico, most of which went to Europe. Chile lias purchased two torpedo boat destroyers in England. Argen tina has decided to purchase a battle ship of 11,000 tons. The enrollment of Harvard univer sity, including students of all clussos, teachers and administrative officers, is 6,158, against 6,317 last year. The Chinese empress ia favorable to reforms. Stranded bark Baroda waa Boated Saturday. Foreign press comment on Roose velt's message. The tariff bill was debated in the Gorman reichstag. The campaign In Samar Is being carried on energetically. Four steam canal boats and 15 eon sorts plying on the Erie canal are to be sent to the Philippines. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, has sent to Father McGee, of Wash ington, an altar cloth worked in gold, with lace trimmings. Count von Moltke left for Germany after a study of engineering methods of the United States, in which he was much improssed with American enterprise. INDIAN WAR VETERAN BILL. Pension Measure Which Hat Been Introduced by Senator Mitchell. Washington, Dee. 12. Senator Mitchell's Indian war veteran bill, recently introduced, reads as follows: "That the provisions, limitations and benefits of an act entitled 'An act granting pensions to the surviv ors of the Indian wars of 1832 and 1842, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, Creek war, Cherokee dis turbances, and the Seminole war,' approved July 27, 18i)2, be and the same are hereby extended, from the dute of the passage of this act, to the surviving officers und enlisted men, including marines, and also tho volunteers of the military and nava service of the United States who served for 30 days in the Florida and Georgia Seminole Indian war of 1817 to 1818; the Fevre river Indian war, of Illinois, of 1827; the Sac and Fox Indian war of 1831 ; the Sabine Indian disturbances of 1830 and 1837; the Cayuse Indian war of 1847 and 1848 on the Pacific coast; tlfe Florida wars with the Seminole Indians from 1842 to 1858, inclusive; the Texas and New Mexico Indian war of 1819 to 1856; the California Indian disturb ances of 1851 and 1852; the Utah In dian disturbances of 1850 to 1853, inclusive, and the Oregon and Wash ington territory Indian wars of 1851 to 1856, inclusive; and also to in clude the surviving widows of such officers and enlisted men, provided, that such widows have not remarried, and provided fuitiier, that where there is no record of enlistment or muster into the service, in any of the wars mentioned in this act, the re cord of pay by the United States shall be accepted as full and satisfactory proof of such enlistment and service." STILL HAVE RATE TROUBLES. Violent Disturbance in the Rocky Mountain Region All lines Concerned. Salt Lake, Utah, Dec. 12. Every railroad doing business in Utah, ac cording to the Herald, is engaged in a rate war, tha slashing being prin cipally on west bound traiiic, for which there is a wild scramble, re gardless of rates. The Rio Grande road and the Missouri Pacific, com prising the western part of the Gould system, are said to have been active in starting the fight. The Oregon Short Line and the Union Pacific, says tho Herald, held well aloof on Chicago and Missouri river west bound business until yesterday, when snippers over that system were in formed that they would be "taken care of," no matter what might come up. With the Union Pacific in the fray, all the roads are now mixed up in it, and westbound business from the At lantic seaboard is being moved in many instances at 50 per cent of the regular tariff rates. Business from Chicago and Missouri river was taken yesterday at 30 to 35 per cent reduc tion on the regular tariff. The trouble originated, according to the Herald, about a month ago, when the Mallory and Morgan steam ship lines became engaged in active competition on shipments from New York via New Orleans and Galveston to points in the Rocky muontain ter ritory. DOLE DENIES REPORT. Hawaiian Governor Has No Thought of Re signing Foreign Physicians Excluded. Honolulu, Dec. 3, via San Fran cisco, Dee. 12. Governor Dole has given another statement in an inter view that he had no thought of re signing. The board of health has adopted a rule requiring that all examinations of physicians who apply for licenses to practice here shall be in the Eng lish language hereafter. The rule may exclude many Japanese and other foreign physicians. The steamer fampico, of the new line between Honolulu and Seattle, arrived here today from the Sound port, after a stormy trip. She was 16 days covering the distance, owing to the fearful storms encountered. During one of the gales her forecastle rail was carried away. The transport Kosecrans arrived here on November 27 from Portland, en route to Manila. She took on coal and left December 3, continuing on her journey. The battleship Wisconsin is in port here, having arrived from Tago Pago on December 1. She will take 1,000 tons of coal and leave in about a week for Acupuleo, Mexico. Molten Metal Exploded. Sharon, Pa., Dec., 12. An explo sion thnt shook the earth for miles around, shattered windows in hun dreds of houses at South Sharon, moved adjacent buildings from their foundations, and caused the injury of nine mon, two perhaps fatally, oc curred at tho Sharon Steel Company's plant today. The explosion occurred in the casting department of the pig mill. The metal was being poured from the ladle into the casting ma chine when it came in contact with some water, causing tho explosion. Kitchener's Weekly Report London, Deo. 12. Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from P rotoria, reports that the result of last week's work is 31 Boers killed, 17 wounded, 352 made prisoners, 33 surrendered and quantities of supplies captured. By advancing the line of blockhouses in the eastern part of the Transvaal, Lord Kitchener is now auto, lor ine first time, to carry out systematic atid continuous patrol of that section. NEWS OP THE STATE TEM8 OF INTERE8T FROM ALL PART8 OF OREGON, Commercial snd Financial Happening of Im portanceA ftrief Review of the Growth and Improvement of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report A new bank is to be opened in Grants Pass in the near future. One hundred thousand bushels of wheat sold in Pendleton the other day for 50 cents per bushel. The first heavy frost of the season visited The Dalles the latter part of last week. As yet there has been no snow fall. The first regular oil driving outfit to be put in operation in Eastern Ore gon will be set up near Vale within a few days. The Listen Lake Gold Mining Com pany, with headquarters at Sumpter, lias been incorporated with $500,000 capital stock. The first consignment of coal from the mines of the Nehalem Coal Min ing Company, at Nehalem, was ship ped to Astoria and proves to be very good fuel. The Lowell copper mine, of Waldo, adjoining the celebrated Waldo, Strong and Cass copper properties, Southern Oregon, has been sold to San Francisco capitalists for $30,000. The property will be opened and developed on a large scale. There ia one case of smallpox at Weston. The O. R. A N, is erecting a new depot at Hot Lake. There are at present 1,232 inmates in the state insane asylum at Salem. The Japanese section- house at Union was burglarized but the theives were caught. At La Grande the other day 4,000 bushels of wheat was purchased for the retail trade. A number of farmers around Salem have received as high as 48 cents for their wheat. An organization has been effected in Baker City for the purpose of maintaining a free public library. The drill and machinery for the oil well to be drilled at Springfield has arrived and work will be commenced at once. Nearly all the Polk county prune crop has been shipped. Most of the fruit went to the East. Good ad vances were made- A painter of The Dalles was bound and gagged by robbers who secured $50. The robbery took place in the man's shop in the business portion of town. Union county lost the case against Baker county, in which the former contested the annexation to the latter of a strip of land known as the Pan handle. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 5960; bluestem, 6061o; Valley, 59o. Flour Best grades, $2.65 3.20 per barrel ;t graham, $2.50. Oats Nominal 95$L0O pr cental. Barley Feed, $1616.50; brewing, $16 16.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $16.5017; mid dling, $20; shorts, $17; chop, $16.50. Hay Timothy. $1112; clover, $77.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery,22 K25c ; dairy, 1820c; store, 12)14c per pound. Eggs Storage, 2022X; fresh, 27 28c, Eastern 2225o. Cheese FulW cream, twins, 13 13Kc; Young America, 1415c. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 3.50; hens, $4.00; dressed, 910c per "pound; springs, $2.50u3 3.00, per dozen; ducks, $3 for old ; $4.50(9 5.50 for young; geese, $66.50 pr dot en; turkeys, live, 11 12c; dressed, 1215o per pound. Mutton Lambs, SJc gross; dressed 8j'c per pound; sheep, $3.253.50 gross ; dressed, 6 (g 6c per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.12$; light, $4.755; dressed, 67c per pound. Veal Small, 88Jc;1arge,77Jic per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3.504.00; cows and heifers, $3.50; dressed beef, 37o per pound. Hops 810o per pound. Wool Valley, ll14o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 812)io; mohair, 2121o per pound. Potatoes 8595 per sack. Prof. Ritchey, of the Yerkes obser vatory at Williams Bay, Wis., has made a momentous discovery in astronomy, proving the nebular theo ry and furnishing photographio evi dence of evolution among planetary bodies, Sweden is to establieh a wireless telegraphy system all along her coast. A new process of extracting gold from low grade ores showed satisfac tory tests at Colorado mines. Judge Eli P. Evans, of Columbus, O., has served as judge of the com mon pleas court for 25 consecutive years. Vast nickel deposits, the largest in tho world, have been located in South ern Oregon. , PNEUMATIC DYNAMITE GUN. Satisfactory Test of a New Weapon at Hil ton Head S. C Savanah, Ga., Dec. 11. The test of the new pneumatic gun at Hilton Head, S. C, yesterday, under the auspices of a board of army officers, is believed to have been satisfactory. Major Ira McNutt, of the ordnance department, was chief officer of the board. The gun is at the entrance to Port Royal harbor, which it com mands. ; It was shown that the gun has a range of 6,000 yards. Eight projectiles loaded with explosive gelatine were fired. Six of them ex ploded upon impact and threw vol umes of water into the air. Two were fixed with time fuses. If they exploded, it was at such a depth un der water that no disturbance was discernible. The explosive charges ranged from 50 to 200 pounds of ni trogelatine. Five dummies were fired to teat the speed. The government required that they should be, dis charged iu 20 minutes. The time taken to fire them was 10 minutes. Forty dummies of 1,180 pounds each were then fired as an endurance test. There was no hitch. FORGED JAPANESE BONDS. Charge Against a Traveler Arrested in Min neapolis Will Contest the Case. Minneapolis, Dec. 11. Acting on telegraphic instructions sent from Washington by Attorney General Knox, United States Marshal Grim shaw today arrested Francis C. May er, charged with having committed forgery in Japan. The arrest was made upon the Great Northern over land train as it pulled into Minneap olis union station. Mayer was ac companied by his wife, his two child ren and a Japanese servant. Mayer said that he had been in the news paper business at Yokohama for a number of yean. The charge against him is that he forged signatures on debenture bonds, but the exact nature of the crime or the amount of money involved is not known. He quitted Yokohama November 19, sailing upon the Japanese Shinano Maru. Ever since then the authorities have been on the lookout for him. In some manner he managed to evade the officers at Seattle. MINERS ON A STRIKE. Disagreement Between the Management and the Mer. Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 11. A special from Nanaimo says that the mines at Alexandra, owned by the Dunsmuirs, were closed down today because of a disagreement between the management and the men. The unions of mineworkers at Nanaimo, Alexandra and Extension formed a general federaion on Saturday. These mines are not all owned by the same company, and it was stated that, while the Dunsmuir interests were willing that all the men in their mines should federate, consent was lacking to an association between Dunsmuir miners and those employed by other companies. It is announced that negotiations are now in progress between the management and the men looking to the reopening of the Alexandra mines. The lockout at Alexandra affects 600 men. The Extension mines, under the same ownership, employ a larger number. MISS STONE HEARD FROM. American Officers Will Dispatch Agent to Deal With the Bandit. Sofia, Dec. 11. Acoording to infor mation received from Salonica, Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme Tsilka, her companion, are concealed in the vi cinity of Rilo, about five miles south of Dubnitza, in Bulgarian territory. The news was brought by a Mace donian, who left there December 1, and who furnished precise informa tion regardiing the hiding place and the names of the agents supplying food for the brigands and their cap tives. It is understood that the informa tion is considered reliable enough to justify the American officers in Tur key to dispatch agents to treat with the bandits, and application basal ready been made to the Turkish gov ernment for the free passage of the emissaries across the Turkish fron tier, which is vigorously guarded by troops at every hundred yards. Officer Fight With Robbers. Lead, S. D., Dec. 11. The store of Edward Wood, at Galena, S. D., was robbed of some merchandise and $40 in money last night, and Sheriff Doten, of Deadwood, and Deputy Pat rick Patereon, of this city, pursued the robbers, came up to them and a fight ensued. One of the robbers was killed, and the driver, who escaped, was wounded. The third was captured. Neither of the officers was hurt. Kearsargc Join Ihe Squadron. New York, Dec. 11. The United States first class battleship Kearsarge left port today to join the North Atlantio squadron. It is thought that she will proceed directly to Ha vana, where the other vessels of the squadron are due to arrive on tho , 17th. At the request of General Wood, the squadron will remain in Havana for Christmas.