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RALPH HARDELOT'S
MEDIATION
BY WILLIAM
CHAPTER I.
The State of England In 1380."'
It M the rein of Richard IL, one
of the most disturbed reigns in fceglUh
history. .w;. .
luo times irere uura, anu wo Kruw
ing darker, cloude gathering end lower
ing on every hand, and, worse than
that, ominous, tremors beginning to
make themselves felt in the very floor
and foundation of society Itrulf. The
darkue wee ell the more appalling
that it had been preceded by e period
of unparalleled triumph and splendor.
Under Edward III., in the middle of
LI- 1 . I . V I .1 I I 1 i I...
ma uoW roiKu, toKiU'iu "
firs"li;n'n EuroP' d th.f ' J to bin. ae they have Hn.ed to dnot
court bad b on corresponding w-alo .' u
of oiegnifUence. He had realiawi the wrv' I"; ,
kingdom of the fabuloua Arthur. The , heavlly-burdonod man In
king of Scotland and Fram were pri the kingdom-very much over-burdened
onere together in hie , capital; hie event provtid--.waa Binion Hud-
domlniofletreuhed literally from v the Archb l,op of Canterbury end
Orkneye to the Pyrenees the diivalrj- Ifrd High thencellor. He waa head
of Euro gathered to hie feents and of the Chureh and a the name time
tournament, and Christian potentate head oj the eeculnr admini4rat on;
in the Eat looked to him, aa the it J bothbraucheof con.tHutedaiitbor.
prince in Chrintendom, for aid against ity were objwte of bitter hatred and
the Pararene. But few ehort year, clamoroue criticism,
though tlioy witnewed no falling off in Ae primate he bad hie trouble
the niagiiitl-eni of the iwirt and the reculcitrant moeka to be browbeat, a
noble, had aeen woeful decline in petjlent henwy to etippreae, difflcultlee
political power. The expansion had between the pope and the clergy to ed
gone too far; the Engliith rule had been jtibt, diillcultion twtween the pope and
epread over a wider eurface than it the government, Jealoueiee between the
eareotitl etrength warrauted, into a higher clergy and the baronage; but,
film 0 thin that the part could not grave a foine of the e trouble were,
maintain their cohesion. In reaching tliy were light compared with the dew
over into Ppain, the" Black Prince had perate cero of the cliaiicllorhlp, at
tokened hi hold on ' AquiUine, and that time the highent of the great utllce
fdrtree efter fort re, here a little and
there a little, Edward' inheritance
'and conquest in Frani had been lot.
When the great 'contenaing - partie
pamd for chort breathing epace dur-.
ing the last three year of Edward's refpomdbtlity of way and menu to re
reiga, there wae left to the Englixh plenihh the empty treasury fell upon
crown, of all ite Continental poaHW the lord high chancellor. Tlii Imi-e
aiono, only a few etrong town' on the necewlty wa the problem of problum
northern and western coast. The war for the government,
was renewed, but the record wanntill of To And employment for the rotle
disappointment and diator. Ill-luck English chivalry, and to give the
combined Vith bad management against youngest of the king' uncle, Thomaa
' the au-e of the English arm. The of Woodxtnck, Eurl of Hiickingham, a
great captain of the proKperou time taMo of the gloriou game of war, a
were gone; John of Gaunt an Invet- aplendid expedition; had been Hint
erate bungler in matter of war wa a acrox into France early in tho mimincr.
eorry substitute for the Illaok Prince; Hut the glorious game i cotly; the
and Knollee, Calverloy, Harlntoue and expense were not yet puid, nor wa
Trivet, though valiant men of their there any money in the trencury where
handi, did not, taken altogether, make withal to pay them. The crown jewel
up for the loe of Sir John Chandon, the were in pawn.
greatest general of the age, the real Further, Buckingham's expedition
hero of Poictiers and Anray and Nujar- did not promine to be a succcna. Tho
ra, who had been slain in mioerable French would not tight, at least in
kirmih. Luck-fenerally goe against pitched battle. This was the pusilinn
men wlten they play badly, and It imou poliey of Charletlie Hago, which
aeemod a if the very wind and waves hod rendered to many grand aud gal
had entered into theconitpiracy to bring lant expedition abortive to keep
England as low in ber humiliation a within walled town and fortremc, to
ebe had lately been high in ber glory, remove to wife shelter all that could
Relloving expedition, calculated to conveniently be removed, to leave the
arrive in the nick of time without a ' rest to the mercy of the invader, and
dsy to spare, were shipwrecked by j to keep the track of devastation a nar
etoTJus, or detained in port, or beaten ' row a powdblo by hanging on their
back by contrary wind. Indignities flank and cutting off adventurous ex
that twenty years before were nover in ' enrsion partie of plunder. Ho barbar
the dream of the gloomiest prophet of Hy of fire end sword perpetrated on the
evil had become bard matters of fact, defenceless country had availed as yet
tern and urgent. Hootch cruisers to tempt the Sage King out of this cold
chased the smack of Filey and Bear- j blooded polity of endurance. Nothing
borough from their fishing ground, i had ben achieved by the expedition to
and French fleets ravaged the southern put Parliament in better humor to pay
coasts, menaced the mouth of the . the outrageous cot of the war.
Thames, and actually, fn the autumn of I Other debt were urgent, notably the
1380, the time when out story open, 1 wages of the few English garrioon re
had the audacity to sail op the great maining in France Calai and Cher
river, and burn and plundered as far.es bourg, and Brest and Bayonne which
Gravesend. The defenro of London it- were a year and quarter in arrear.
aelf had become a subject of serious con- They were so hemmed in that they:
(deration s. deplorable reverse from could not, a in happier time, make
the time when the most prensing con-, op for the want of pay by pillaging the
corn for the English government was country.
the maintenance of the border fort- The noble institution of national
rees of Gasoony. ' credit, whereby such bills might have
Meantime, as in all periods of gTet hn 'eft to posterity, was as yet undo
national reverse, discontent with the veloped. The ministers of Richard II.
management of affairs was loud had no such resource. The pawning of
throughout the kingdom. Charges of, the crown Jewels show how very rudi
Incapacity, extravagance, dishonesty, mentary were their methods of finance.
were freely made. That larger sums The government bad no cuoice Dut
should be neceacary for the exchequer to go once more to Parliament. " Their
than bad ever been heard of id Ed- Iat reception bad not been encourag
ward's most prosperous days, and that ing, bat there wa no alternative. And
yet there should be nothing to nbovt the money had to be raised at once by
but freih miscarriages and disasters, was taxation from a people who bad pro
monstrous and bitterly unintelligible, tested last time tftat they really could
It went hard with the great officer of pay no more. ' ' '
state and the minor collectors of rove- It was a desperate ciw-e.butthe chan
nue. They were accused of Intercept- cellor, trained in the exchequer of the
Ing for their own aw the money that pope, experienced In dlplonmcy.patient,
had been raited for the defence of the caution, and conciliatory, though near
realm. Frequent changes were tried, his wits' end, did not absolutely do
while affairs still went from bsd to spair. . . :
worse. The knights and burgesses,! One of hi predeceors, three years
summoned to Parliament again and before, had conceived, or at least pro
again to hear the same tale of urgent tax of so much head on every per
danger followed by reqmwts for larger son In the kingdom over the age of
and larger supplies, grow revive, and, fourteen year. It had been com
with ail the care that could be used in plained of, but it bad been fairly well
their selection, could not be kept from paid better than any form of subsidy
open complaint and remonstrance that had been tried since. : s , V
stcainst "the outrageous cofct of wars I The chancellor would try another
that the country could in no mannef poll-tax, and modify the obnoxious
sustain." , .... m feature of the first. The first hed
And beneath the grumbling middle been uniform, fourpence a head from
claxse, far down among the lower po"r nA ticii liIte ani 1,18 P04 'mi
strata of nociety, s fiercer and more naturally complained of such equality,
dangerotw dinsatisfaction and unrest He Would avoid this grievance; the
began to spread and take bold. Gfiov- rich should aid the poor; an average of
posed a new kind of impost, a poll-tax, i three groats should be raised, but the
ances of longer standing than even the poorest should be asked for no more
outrageous cost end the outrageous fail- than one groat, while the richest paid
ore of the wars with France begun to 1 a much as sixty. Besides, the age
more acutely felt as the pressure above should be raised to fifteen,
increased.the pinch on the masses be-i What could be more reasonable? It
low. The exasperation was especially ' wa the duty of everybody in such a
keen among that large class of peasant national crisis, to contribute to the
population which still remained in ver- j national defeme. V "f
ion form and degrees of terfdom, sub-j The plan ws to cost the unfortunate
ject to indefinite exactions from their chancellor his !hiu1; but ro mere mnn
lords and master.' The hardships and could Imvo thought of anything that
irritation of their position, which fori looked fairer or mure promising.
generation bad, wader various liiilu-! Hexidcs, he to give Parliament a
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MINTO,
once, grown more and mure Intolora.
bio, were aggravated by tho general din
tnui ami tlilr ilWmitimt now became
m ,nt8nw, Umt u wM , rvuilyt t u.o
Slightest dtturblng touch, to bur.t into
destructive tmpet. ; i
Our tory concern the fortune ol
heroic nlrit, who, like many others,
saw the mtsehiuf that u brewing,
but, unlike most, felt celled upon to
labor with ell bit might to evert the
Impending strife. The particulars of
hi strange devotion end dauntless en
deavor to reconcile domestic enemies
we have gathered from old end neglect
ed chronicle, end here present to the
wj, i .ha i,,,. .i... hv ma fcwm
of htato, a meuMitvd ly the wcigiitana
numU-r of it resiwiiHiWlitieH.
There wa not in tlio-e day the nme
eulxlivUlon of dutie that exi t now
among the king e minister, and tiie
choice between thl and one or the older
Imposts. Furtlior, he put off the evil
day of submitting hi budget, and
waited for a supremely fuvoruble
moment when ho might summon the
ComuioiiK end launch It prosperously.
The fnvoruhlu monient for whiuh he
waited wa the death of the King of
France, Charles the Hne, to whose
crulty policy the deplorable reverse of
KH-ent years were attributed, had suf
fered long from a mystoriou lllnos.
Like the Illness of the ilhick Prince, it
was suiected to be the eftm-t of poison,
and one of the Inchlent of It wa an
Issue In the arm, through which it was
believed the venom of the poinon dls-,j
charged itself. George of Prague, the
physickm whose skill" had partially
cured him and kept him alive, had
warned the king that when the issue
dried up, he hud only fifteen day left
In hich to arrange bin affair and pro
vide for the welfare of his soul.
Hudhury bud tuken measure to get
the eurliust possible information of the
Appearance of Urn futnl symptom. He
knew well, from the temier shown by
the Common when last they were
a kod for a subsidy, that there wa lit
tle elm nee of getting nnythlng from
them unles something occurred to
brighten the prospect of the English
came in France. It was the policy of
, Churle that hud undone them; hi
'death would give them new hope, and
could hardly full to put the Commons
In a generous ni'ssl.
At lutt the fatal favorable moment
arrived, In the aiitniun of 13S0, early
in beptembor, Just after the insiiit
offered by a French fleet to the Tlmme,
tiie joyful new reached him tht the
fatal symptom hud appeared, end that
the King of France was on his deutli
bed. '
CHAPTER II.
The bearer of the god tidings pro
eentcd himself to Lambeth, where the
archbishop lay, more than an hour be
fore midday. He hud ridden poet
over night from Dover to (iruvteud,
and thetico sailed up tiie river with
fuvoruhle tide; hi lm k and sjicetl had
been such that, traveling day ami
night, he hud reached Loudon ou the
eocoitd morning from hi start.
They kept early hour in those time;
the nrchbishop, after a close morning's
work, had ulreudy dined und wa pre
paring to proceed to the chancery nt
Westiuimter. It was lii cuatoai to sit
there St eleven.
The mcMM'iigcr was not held long in
waiting for an audience. As soon as
the archbishop-chuticellor wua Informed
of his arrivul from Paris, ho diNinjaxml
hi secretaries, ordcrtsl him to be
hown up, and rmivel him tuott
graciously.
"Good-morrow, good fellow," he
auid, in a stntely fushion, raising him
with the hand which the messenger
hal knelt to kiss; "what new from
Paris? You have made giKHl speed
from there, I doubt not?"
The messenger answered the second
question first, and then hesitated,
glancing meaningly at the usher who
had shown him into the chancellor's
presence and who remained hy the door.
"You may speak," taul the chancel
lor. "Master Hurdelut, my young
cousin, is of my council."
Thus authorised, he delivered his
message. "I am charged, sir," lie
aid, "to detivur to you this ring, and
to say that that has happened which
you wot of."
The chancellor's fare did not betray
the joy he felt at hearing what be had
waited for so long. He asked no fur
ther questions. "You have done the
king an excellent service," he said In a
voice of well-pleated greatness. "It
will be my care to see that you are
fitly recomHmed. You must be
fatigued. Reginald, cause the rooks to
provide at once some meat for thl gen
tleman, and see that a well-lighted
chamber is made ready for him. Come
to me when you have rested and we
will talk further of what you have
beard and seen in Paris."
The messenger protested with all
humility and respect and thanks for
his grace's comfortable words about
present refreshment and prospe-'tive
reward, that he was ready at once to
anwser to the bot of his power; but
the chancellor, who had beard as much
s he wanted, insisted on his taking
needful repose after bis long and trying
journey. ; -,
, Tot ooBiinuad)
' " Itaptd YrannW ' . ' ' v
"Folks bah got to rise up In de middle
ob de olgbt to ge ahead of my Pomp,"
announced Mrs. Jolumm to su Inter
ested friend, as the two women bnng
out tbelr clothes on neighboring line
ont Monday morning. "Is you lieu i d
de way be fixed dnt trilling mule ob
ours yesterday,, so we could drlbe to
de sanctuary la peace find qnletnes7"
"Law no, t ain't beard audio!" sa d
the other woman, eagerly. "My ole
man and me, wt nebbcr got home from
spending da dsy wld Susannah till meat
midnight" ; " .
"Is dat so?" said Mrs. Johnson, whe
bad been olive to this state of affaire,
but wished to appear Ignorant'. "Weil,
now, you know bow dat mt:h ob outs
has most destructed de dnsnboa'd ob do
cart shcry time we tried to ride to de
sanctuary?" , . -
i The . neighbor nodded, with two
clothes-pins between her lips. : i
"My Pomp," isld Mrs. .Tbhnsnn,
proudly, "lias got de coatirlbance ob Mr.
Edison or any ob dose Inventing pus
sons, and he Just turned de seat facing
round backward, and put' dit trifling
mule In backward, sad set a haket ob
oat Just behind de dnslibua'd, right In
plain sight ob dat mule, and he done
push us along to de sanctuary fasicr
dnn Pomp sud me ebber 'spected to
ride In all ourdaysl"
Secretive Yaqul Indians.
For many years tiie Indians of the
Yaqul, Mexico, gold country have sold
gold to traders, but Ithss been Impos
sible to determine hew rich the deposits
are-
EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THE FCUR QUARTERS Of
THE WORLD.
A Cemprthtoilvt Rtvicw of th Important
Mppnlnji of the Psit Wtk Prcwnltd
la a CondtNtd rem Which II Weil
likely to Prove ef Interest to Our Many
' ', Ruder.
Emperor William has celebrated Lis
3d birthday.
River navigation bus been suspended
above ttio t;ucaue uek. :
Two Ncuroes In Inilsiuna, who bsd
murdered a while man, were lynched.
A train In South Carolina was held
up snd tho express car rilled of its con
tents. .; ....,
Governor Phaw, of Iowa, will assume
the duties of secretary of the treasury
I'oliruary 1.
Lllwral defeated the Conservative
force of Colombia in three successive
engagement.
United Mlneworker will levy sn
assessment to help striker fight battle
with operators to tiie end.
Tim delav of the committee In report
ing the canal hill to tho senate means a
saving of much time lutor.
Tim tr.ttv for the mile of the Danish
Wert ludle to the I'nited Ptetes calls
for tho payment of 5,0t)0,000.
Intense cold continue to prevail
'throughout the' middle .west. Many
train are delayed on account of snow.
An extra session ha been called ol
th Polorudo leuislutnre to make corpo
rations pay tuxe on full vuluation, the
same a private cituon.
There Is a movement to hold an ex
position at Manila in December next.
Tho Manila chamber of rommerc
uU that Chinese bo admitted to the
tlands.
An unknown hypnotist pnta Ppoksnc
man to sleojt and doctors can do noth
ing to rouse him.
Prince Henry will lie given a military
farewell when he leaves Gormany for
the United State.
The Prince of Wale received a very
chilling reception on the occasion of
hi visit in Germany.'
Investigation of the Iowa mine dis
aster disclosed the fact thut tho explo
sion wn caused by too heavy a charge of
dyimmito lieing placed by one of the
men who were killed. .
Fire at fioldfiold, Colo., caused dam
age estimated at tO.000.
Manila banks refuse to accept de
posit of Mexican silver, "i
Colorado union miner? have demand
ed the discharge of nonunion men.
A man and his wifo have been arrest
ed in Han Francisco for counterfeiting.
Eight of the collorle In the Hasol
ton district, Pa., were cloaod because of
high water.
It 1 estimsted that the los by the
recent fires In Columbus, Ohio, will
reach $500,000.
The wheat crop of the Pacific North
west for 1U01 was, approximately, 44,
800,000 bushels.
Governor Taft ssys 15,000 soldiers
will 1m onoiiuh in the Philippines be
fore the close of the year.
Five hundred miners at the West End
colliery, at Mocanaqua, Pa,, went on
strike because qonunlon workmen were
employed. ' ;
All formalities for the purchase of
the Punish West Indies have been com
listed and the treaty will be wigned3ln
a few days. ' -.. ;4. - .
A Cincinnati bookkecncr is almost a
nuarter of a million short in bis ac
count. He contends that it Is the re
sult of errors and has made most of it
good.
Governor Tsft says the situation in
the Philippines is encouraging.
Hon. Franklin Murphy was Inaugu
rated governor of New Jeraey. -
Prince Chlitg will represent China at
the coronation of Kins Edward. ,
Charges have been brought against
official of the Mineworkers' Union.
A Filipino force In Batangas prov
Ince, Philippine Islands, surrendered.
Contract for repairs to the transport
Dix to the amount of fl 2,000 "has been
let. I;
John D. Rockefoller contemplates
giving the Chicago University $20,000,.
0(10. - , ., ; :.. ;', .
United Stete Penutors Pol liver and
Allison were re-elected by the Iowa leg
islature. r, ,
All of the convicts wlio escaped from
the' federal penitentiary on McNeill's
island have been recaptured. ( :"' (.
The senate liss begun debate on Phil
ippine tariff bill. . ,,. "
More revolutionary movements are
reported in China. f.;:.. '
, ' -f..l ' .1. -,
- , The per capita consumption of spirits
in the united Htates is smaller than
any other Of the greut nations. ,
' Reginald C. Vanderbili, of New
York, ha come into pOsesion of $7,
600,000 4eft liim by his father.
J. E. Green, ft St. Louis mochanlo,
elnims Umt he Invented the airship
mado famous hy M. Pantos Pumont,. in
Paris, and that the drawings were
stolen from him and taken to France 10
years ago.
TWELVE YCAR3 IN HIDING.
C, A.
Btnnctt st Uit Arrotsd for Exttnilvt
Ctttit Slwlinj.
Missoula, Mont., Jan; 29. G, A.
Bennett, formerly prominent merch
ant of this city, who for the past 12
years has been hiding from an indict
ment of grand jury issued October 12,
1800, on a charge of stealing cattle, was
brought last night to Missoula by the
sheriff. ; v
The story of his do wo full, so far as
can be learned, Is that stockmen, in
the summer of 1800, bad been missing
cattle, and suspicion full on Bennett
and his rango rider. A close, watch
was kept on them with tho remit that
evidence against Bennett, which wa
laid before the district Judge, was con
sldured sutllfient by that official to war
rant bis calling a grand jury to invostl'
gato the matter. After a session last
ing several duys, the grand Jury re
turned a verdict against Bennett and
four others, charging them with steal
ing cattle.
Dennett drove from bis borne direct'
ly through this city to some unknown
point ou the Northern Pacific, whore
dressed in woman's garb, he made hi
escape, lhe vanoti sheriffs of this
county since the ecae have constant-
ly been on the lookout for him. Homo
week ago the sheriff located hi msn
at Albuquerque, N. M,, and quietly
left the city for the south with all the
necessary pHper for hi arrest and re
turn here.
At the time (he affair Iwnme public
llennett waoeratinga slaughter house
and in searching the place, the grand
jury found upnards of 100 cattle hides
bearing the hrn l of several Bitter
Root stockmen hid in the river sud
buried in the Rnmud in that vicinity
TROOP8 FOR PHILIPPINES.
Two Companies ef th Eighth Infantry Rt
cciv Order.
Helena. Mont., Jan. 29. Order
were ro oived at Fort Harrison today
from General Milu, at Washington,
for two companies of the Eighth In
fnntry to prepare for transfer to the
Philippine. No time wa set for the
departure of the troop and the date of
their leaving will probably not he
known until tho arrival at Ban Fran
cisco of the infantry which is to take
the place of the various commands now
in the department of tho Oakotas.
Two companies of the Eighth sre at
Fort Harrison, one at ton Missonla,
and one at Fort Yates, H, P. , All are
ordered to the Presidio, whence they
will embark for tho Philippines.
Silling Dte fur Returning Troopi.
Washington, Jan.' 20. The war de
partment hua Ihicii Informed that the
troops which are to come home from
the Philippine will sell from Manila
a follow;
Twenty-second infantry, February 1 ;
Twentieth infantry, February la; bead
quarter and First and Keeond battal
ion Seventeenth Infantry, February 28
The Third battalion of tho Seventeenth
infantry w ill tail from Manila after
the arrival there of the r-'ocond battal
ion of the Tenty-evonth infautry,
between March 1 and 10.
Ptn-American Conference,
City of Mexii, Jan. 29. The pro
ject for an international court of claim
was presented at today's ression of the
Pan-American conference. Though It
has not attracted the same amount of
attention as the arbitration treaty, it is
of even greater practical iinortunce.
ft is in reality itself a compulsory arbi
tration plan, applied, however, only
to controversies involving nothing but
pecuniary claims
Two rrtlght Sections Collide
Houston, Tex., Jan. 20. In a roar
end collision between two section of a
stock train, at S o'clock this morning,
near Keller, IB miles north of Fort
Worth, one man wa killed and another
fatally injured. The men were in the
caboose of tho firt section. The wreck
was caused by a dense fog which pre
vented the danger signal from being
seen by the second section.
Surprised a Boer Lugcr,
Pretoria, Jan. 29. General Brnce
Hamilton, by a clover night march,
eurprised a laager between Ermelo and
Bethel, in -the Transvaal colony, and
charged the Peers, who fled in ail di
rections and were pursued many miles.
A a result of this expedition 82 Boers
and a quantity of stores were captured.
The casualties were small.
Pirf In Well-Known Book Houi.
Cincinnati, Jan. 29. A fire today
burned the book house of W. E. Pavie
& Co., 224 East Fourth street, causing
a lo estimated at $50,000. The es
tablishment i widely known smong
book lovers as a repository for old and
rare volumes, (many of which were de
stroyed. ' '
' Exploilon en s Spinlih Cunbot
Vigo, Spain, Jan. 28. The obsolete
fpanish gunboat Condor has boon towed
Into this port in n damaged condition,
due to the explosion of her boiler,
which killed four men and dangerous
ly Injured seven others, including the
commander of the vessel. The boat 1
practically a wre k.
Brltljh.Cindln Trade. ,''"' ... : .
London, Jan. 29. Lord Ptrathcoim
and Mount Royal, Canadian high com
mission in London, had addressed let
ters to the press in which ho' calls at
tention to the expanding trude between j
Great Britain and Canada, expresses
his belief that this trade is capable of
much greater development, and Invites
correspondence as to the host mean of
assisting this development by the di
aemlnntion of commercial information.
NEWS OE TILE STATE
TEM3 Of INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OP OREGON.
Commerdtl and Dtunciit flipptnlngi ef hs
portsnes A Brief Review ef ins Growth
and Improvement of th Many Induttrie
Threnighwt Our Thriving Commowlth
-Lsttat Marks! Report
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Eugene scbol district voted a 6 mill
tax at the annfiaT meeting last week.
' Many hogs are dying around Pendle
ton from what may prove to be cholera.
The company owning the hot artesian
wells at Vain, ha decided to erect a
fine hotel for the accommodation of
guets.
Work Is progressing smoothly at the
oil well being sunk at Vale, Malheur
county. ' ...
Fire damaged the Ashland Iron
Work to the extent of $1,000 few
days ago.
The merchants of Baker City have
agreed to close their store at 6:30
every evening except Saturday.
A preliminary mrvey of the route of
the proposed electric road from Ls
Grande to Cove has been completed.
Oil has been struck In one ol the
wells being bored near Nsmpa, in East
ren Oregon. Samples analyze 78 per
cent parutllne.
The Gopher Mining Company, who ,
property i in Southern Oregon, is in
stalling a five stamp mill, and will bavi
ore to keep it going steady.
The Wood burn school tax will be H
mills this year. This, with tin
county and state tax. will make a total
of 43, the highest ever known.
The telephone line from Union to Ls
Grande has changed hands.
The net valuation of taxable property
in Baker county is $3,623,340.
Hop buyer at Salem are offering
12 to 12 cents per pound.
The poatofuce at Indojiendence has
been moved into new quarters.
Extensive test are being made with
silage at the agricultural college.
The mayor of Pendleton has ordered
slot machines of all desrciptlons out.
A franchise has been granted for the
erection of an electric light plant at
Hums.
Asbestos has been discovered in paying
quantities in Josephine county, near
the state lien.
The Salem school district levied an 8
mill tax for running expenses and 1
mill for a ainking fund.
' Preparation have begun for the
building of a large saw mill on Foot
creek near Grants Pass.
Extensive preparation are being
mado for a thorough test of the exist
ence of oil near Momuoth.
The expenditure of the asricnltnral
college for 1901 were $41,607.93.
Total receipts, $03,2115. US.
About 400 were in Attendance at the
annual convention of the Knights of
Pythias in Pendleton f.hi week.
. Farmers around Ontario are making
arrangements to import, ferrets to clean
out the gophers, which are very numer
ous. -
Portland Msrkits,
Wheat Quiet Wallet Walla,, 43
tSHc; bluoetem, 6436ttc; Valley.
Mttc
Barley Feed, $19 brewing,
$30011 per ton.
Oat No. 1 white, $1.1091.25; gray,
1.051.15.
FlourBest grades, $2.tOJ.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.5002.80. .
MIllstuTs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $20,60; chop, $17.
; Hay Timothy, $11012; clover, $70
7.69; Oregon wild bay, I56 per too.
Potatoes Beat BurbanVs, 90c1.2B
per cental; 'ordinary, 70086c per cen
tal, grower' prices; 'sweets, $1,760
1 per cents.!. -
Butter Creamery, 2K27Hc; dairy,
18 020c; store, 111So.
Eggs 20Jlc for fresh Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, ISO
13c; Young America, 14015c: fac
tory prices, 101 ttc lesa. "
Poultry Chickens, mixed. $3fli3.60
hens, $404.25 per dosen,' 9 (ft 10c per
pound; springs, 10c pw pound. ISffl
3.50 per doxen; ducks. t.hQfTM per
dozen; turkeys, live, ll12Vtc;
dressed,, 14015c per pound.
Mutton Gross, 4o per pound:
dressed, 77V4c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6c; dresBed, 6V47c
per pound.
Veal 8 H 09c per pound, dressed.
Beef-r-GrOBS, cows, 3MJJ4c; steer.
404c; dreseed, 6H7MrO per pound.
Hops 11012c per pound.
Wool Nominal. Vslley, 1315c;
eaRtern Oregon, 801214c; mohair.
2102140 per pound.
A -million dollars a weok is the cost
ef tiie United States army. -
American rhanufacturers of silver arc
preparing to enter the market in Eng
land,'. : ; ''.'- .
The Italian government has declined
an invitation to take part in the St.
Louis exposition. ' , . ;
The Baltimore & Ohio road will
spend $50,000,000 on improvements,
mostly on the line between Pittsburg
and Chicago. i
MINE DUST EXPLODED.
Dlwiler In lows Cmi Many Live Several
Men Scrl stly Injured.
I Oskaloona, la., Jan. 27. The Lost
Creek coal mine was the scene today of
terrible dissster, which cot the lives
of 21 miner. Eight ethers were seri
ously Injured, The bodies of the dead
men were recovered from the mine, ahd
He tonight in an improvised morgue
near the scene of their destruction.
The Injured, all of whom are frightfully
cut, bruised and burned, are under tho
care of surgeon In a temporary hospital
equipped near the mine.
The Lost Creek mine is 10 miles
south of Oskaloosa, and three miles
north of Eddieville. The explosion
occurred at the noon hour, and was
what is known as a dost explosion.
Tiie miners had just fired their usual
noon shot, one of which prove. 1 to be
f)zzle, the powder flame igniting the
gaa and cauaing the explosion. Hrioke
and dobri were blown, out of the mine
in a column 200 feet high. A part of
the top works was toru away, and the
fan and cages were wrecked. This
made the work of rescue very slow,
and it was 3 o'clock before volunteer
forces dared to venture into the east
entry, where the explosion occurred.
The men of the rescue party fought
their way Into the mine, where a
hocking eight met their gaze. The
dead and injured were terribly burned
and mutilated, some of them almost
heyond recognition. Beyond where the
bodies lay the fire was burning fiercely,
ind for a time it was feared the work
ings would be wholly destroyed and the
bodies incinerated. Finally, however,
the flames were subdued. The bodies
a ere then collected and taken to the
p of the shaft.
At the time of the explosion more
than 100 men were in the ndne, but all
except those in the eat entry escaped
with only slight injury. The total
property los will be about $10,000.
Nearly all of the men were married
and leave families in poor circum
stances. UNFAIR TO THE COLONIE3.
Auitraltl CompUlnt That Meat Contract
C to Argentina.
Sydney, N. 8. W., Jan. 28. The
placing of contracts In Argentina by
the British war office, to supply meats
and other produce for the troop in
South Africa, has engendered extreme
rritation throughout Australasia.
This sction of the impertul authorities
is regarded a evidence of reprehensible
Indifference to the claims of the colon
ies, a ill accorded with the expressions
of imperial solidarity, a poor repay
ment for the sacrifices of the colonists,,
and generally as grave injustice. Moat
of the premier of Australasia and the
premier of New Zealand have cabled to
the inifierial government strong pro
tests in practically identical term, say.
ing that tho two colonies aro able to
supply the war office requirement in
South Africa three times over.- Both
colonies, it is pointed out, have more
meat than consumers, and when they
are doing all in their power to build
up and strengthen the empire, it is in
comprehensible that trade is given to
foreigners, especiolly Argentina, thus
bringing into the field a keen compe
titor with the people of Australasia.
The premier further declare that they
feel such action is wrong and unfriend
ly, and that the blunder should be
promptly retrieved.
NEWS RECEIVED QUIETLY.
No Demonstration at St Thomai, Danish
Wtat Indies.
St.Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. 28. The
announcement which reached here of
the slgnlug of tho treaty by which Pen-
mark sells the Danish West Indies to
the United States, Was received quietly.
There was no open manifestation, but
much anxiety prevails regarding the
development. Nothing official bas
yet been received from Copenhagen.
The governor of St. Thomas bae de
clined to be interviewed. '
The Danish cruiser Vnlkiren will re
main here indefinitely, it is reported,
so as to guard sgainst disturbances,
which it is believed, however, are not
likely to occur.
Plebiscite of Danish Antilles.
Washington, Jan. 28. The Panish
government will not take the plebescies
of the Panish West Indian Island to
determine whether they shall be ceded
to the United States until the United
States senate has ratified the treaty of
cession. This circumspection is sup
posed to be- the outcome of the senate's
action in rejecting a former treaty of
cession after Denmark had accuxtomud
the islander to the idea of trantderi
Her Release I Near,
Sofia, Jan. 28. The semi-official
Bulgaria announces that the American
delegates beuring the ransom for Miss
Stone, the captive American mission
ary, have arrived at Jumaya, and that
Miss Stone and her companion, Mme.
Tsilka, will be released within 24 hour
after the money is paid.
Tired of Useless Struggle.
Pretoria, Jan. 28 Lord Kitchener
has authorized General Vilomel, a sur
rendered bnrgher, to raise an additional
Boer corps of 1,600 men. General Vil
omel has written a letter - to ex-President
Steyn, warning the latter of his
intention to form such, a .corps, and
adding that the Boers in the concentra
tion camps are tired of the useless
struggle and are determined to help the
British end it.
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