VOL. XIX,
8T. HELENS, OI1EGON, FBIDAY, FEBKUAItY 7, 1902.
NO. 8.
RALPH HARDELOT'S
MEDIATION ,
BY WILLIAM
CHAPTER ll-CONTlKUED.
When lie wu ifonu the chancellor'
face expundud. The usher on return-
tnK iron, tu w.H-niii.1 ti iwpiwi
ordort, found him pacing the room w ith
a look of prosperous calculation, a
thoughtful louk i. i eye, ' a smile
.liiyi rouii.i liin wl.lo firm mouth.
Kegl.iUM uar.ieiot, u cun.o.y ymm
man of slx-iind-tweiity, wa a relative
mid protege, uud one of his most conn
dcntinl servants, the regulator of admis
sion to his privacy. ' The chancellor
had fimnd him discreet, and no muu
wax deeper in hie confidence.
"I shall wunt you this afternoon to
ride somo distant for me," , htt suld.
"Hold yourself
in readiness to Bturt
an hour after noon. , Have two yoomeii -ready
t accompany you. Meantime,'
Jl iitl out whether the Duke of Ijineastor
Id at the Favoy. If ho in there, tell
him what w know, ami appoint an
interview for mo." I
We need hardly" to explain to our
reader that John of Gaunt, the Duke
of Lam-aster, tho rhlest uncle, of tlie
boy-king, Richard, wa the niont power
ful subject of tho crown, and suspected
of aiming at being something more
than a subject., His palace at the
Buvoy was tlw grandest house in Eng-'
IhihI. The Chancellor Sudbury washl,
nominee, and desired to keep well with
him. Nobody know what might hap
pen In those diffracted time.'
imviiuHav nuw.
Important a the now was; much at
aopeiuioa on it, toe ruancoiiur am nm
. . . i. - .i ii &
omit hit cUNtoniary vitting at Met
mlmiter. Not even hit roont confldon
tinl servant muxt nee him hexitate;
and. a he tut aud heard, and muted
.. . Lt lit
out juntice, he could make up hit mind
nnany on ow.er
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UIUII, Bllll n7 in vi.i..i viwii ... ,
heiid for ui'timi.
Half an hour after noon he wa bacK
at Ijiinlx'tli, and found tlie alert Regin
ald waiting for him with another item
of newi which amuxed him inthemitM
of graver carrt.
John of Ouuiit wan not at tlie Buvoy
I'ulaco; he hail gone out of town a few
dnyt before, oi-teninhly to hunt from
Havering in lluinlmiilt Forent. He
had been hunting, but after nobler
giime than hour or deer an heiresa for
IiIm eldt'Kt tton, Henry liolliighroke.
It wan cleverly inuuaged. Tho two
daughter of thu diHeu!ed I'nrl of Here
ford wro reputiil to lie the two wealth
iet heirew in Knghtnd. Tho king'a
yuunget-t uncle, the Karl id liucking
hum, who him already been mentloiiel
as being in l ranee tit the . hiwd of an
expedition, hud mnrrled tho elder, and
had formed u little plot for getting the
wholu of thu VtiKt csliiRw intohiH Immlx.
The youngest wixtor, Mury Jlohun, wuh
of a gentle, retiring ilinpoNition, with a
Unto for mimic and letters; and if die
could have been jwrnundcil to tulife the
veil aifd euihraee tlie life religions, thu
Hereford entiitem would have fallen un-'
divided to the eldent piiter and her hut
band. With thia view tho politic.
IHickinizhnm hud Hurroudnod her with;
spiritual adviser who discoursed to her
of tho quiet delights of the cloister, Reginalds first important destine
and tried to disgust her with the mar-' tion iu hit journey wot Castle Heding
riud state and , tho distractions of ham, where the boy king Richard was
tho lifo worldly. She lived with her spending a few day with his favorite,
married ulster at Fleshy, with gentle, l)e Vere; but the rhanrollor had de
Iersunsive nuns from Hartford at her j dded thot he should take Fleshy on his
companion; and they hud almost sue-1 way, and communicate his good news
reeded In weaning her from the world, to the Countest of Hucklngham. It
when John of Gaunt came to tho rescue, j ghould be very welcome to her,' as ini.
The wholo of tho Hereford estate proving the prospects of her lord't ex
would make hit brother Buckingham, pedltion in France. The emissary was
already his most formidable rival, glad of his master' decision, because
altogether too dangerous; hnlf of them he thought there waa a chance of hit
would make an excellent dowry for tho finding Clara Koos still at Fleshy,
wife of hit son Henry. Accordingly, Ho rode along In his brilliant cos
taking advantage of hit brother'! ab- j tume of white and red, with hit two
scm-e in France, he enlisted the services yeomen behind him, in high content
of the lady's aunt, who paid a visit to with himself and the world at large;
Fleshy, and invited the promising pros- nd. at he rode, ho hummed one of the
elyto home with her for a short stay, j
John of Gaunt' visit to Havering and
Halnhault Forest was meant to cover
the movement. Once out of the hands
of her spiritual advisers, Mary Rohun
was speedily wooed and won by tho
young Henry Bolingbroko, at that time
one of the handsomest and most dis
tinguished knights in Europe.
ft was the gossip of this manoeuvre
thai Reginald Hardolot brought to hit
master. It proved, at things hap
pened, at leat as important an occur
rence as the death of the French king,
for Mary Rohun't wealth helped Doling
broke to the throne, and though she
did not hersolf live to be queen, she
bore ber husband four fair sons, the
eldest of whom wa "Prince Hal,"
Henry V., the hero of Algncourt.)
But this by the way. The chancellor
could not see so far ahead ; but he was
fully sensible of the advantage gained
over Buckingham, and with an amused
smilo and an occwdonal approving nod,
encouraged Reginald to toll all he knew
about the intrigue.
Then he proceeded to give the young
man instructions about his journey.
Ho wag to go first to Hedingham, and
explain his master's viewt to tho coun
cillors In attendance on the king there;
from Hodlngliam ho was to ride on to
Cavendish, the country residence of the
chief-justielra, whose advice the chan
cellor wished to have on a plan on
packing the parliament with members'
likely to favor hit nnanciai scheme.
It wa one of the chancellor' princi-1
pie to alternate comparative trifle; It it the chaucellor' responsibility,
with the consideration of grave affair. not oura." , -
It gave him a certain sense of mastery, Hi busines at Hedingham satfsfac
a feeling a if the weighty affair were torlly despatched, Reginptd. rode on"
well within hi grasp, when he could.j noxt morning for Cavendish, taking
put them on one side, and, leaving Sudbury by the way. w
them there dltpoted of, doftly take up Here be had lei pleasant buslnett
MINIO
uinl bundle concern of less consequence.
When he hod glvou Reginald , hit)
tti..(itt (itndi oii.t uutlulliwl Trilntuulf thut
t ww Ju, e,,,,,.,!,,,!, us
,11U;1 1(Jr little nnd Mild, with be-
noreltalr
you M 8udbury on vour wy
Cllven,ih, con you not?"
,., y lir .. Hnld Kglnttldi "it is
. (row lljinH.ttro M ..
other rod.M
The chancellor wa a native of. Sud
bury, took hi" nume from tlie place,
and had founded a college" of secular
priests there on the alte of hi father's
house; lteginuld (opposed that he had
some message to send to the college,
moment asked
, .
, "No," Mid the chancellor, "it I
your brother Ralph that I wish to Bee."
Reginald gave a look of inquiry.
"I hoar that he hag been preaching
Wyclimsm there."
The chancellor wa bo confident and
kolf-aatislicd that even thin heresy,
which had given him so much trouble,
he could mention with a milling coun
tenance. Ralph Ilardelot'a lapse into
the heresy (truck him at the moment
as a boyish freak.
Reginald' face, on the other hand,
expressed keen annoyance.
"Ualph has been behaving of late
liko a fool," he aaid. "I cannot under
stand him. He teem to me to have
none mad.
,.,
think you before mentioned,"
wild the chancellor, showing hit tenoe
of the humor of the fact by the working
of hi lips and the wrinkle over hit
lean jnwa "! think you mentioned be
ivin liinv i. jimiiM
th( ts do jth it."
fore that a young woman had tome
"Yea. ir," iiUmmered Reginald,
jening jn way that in master
could not understand and did not
trou-
bio to inquire into.
"You might contrive to ace him at
you paa Hudbury," Ha id the chancel
lor. "I hour ho it there doing the bent
in hiH fK)ver to unKcttle all who are
fooliidi enough to littten to him. I
triiht he will not prove another John
Ball." '
W illi thin he difioiKred the young
mun on hi" vinhuKy. We will leave
the chancellor aud hit great afluira for
a Kpace, and follow the course of the
young mun. " ,
Reginald did not coiihIiW it neees
ury to mention to hit maHter that
Clura Rixm, w ho had had tomething to
do itli bin brother's perversion, had
been at I'lesliy among the conspirator
einploye.1 to wmuaile the heirewi to
forsake the world and enter a convent.
She hud boon brought there at an
awful example of the dungert of matri
mony. Of her qualiflcationt to illus
trate this we shall wy more presently.
She was a somewhat perverse person,
and had taken a pleasure in crossing
the purpose alio was intended to for
ward. Hhe had been taken to FIeehy
to impress on Mary llohun that mar
ried life was inxupportuhle, and that
jieuce was to be found only in the con
vent; this was not the impression the
produced on the mind of the heirosa.
ballads of Eustache Pesehsmps, a pop-
ular poet of the time;
"Ia droit Jour d'nns FentrieeoHat ,
En cm gracteux moytds May,
Oil, oti )'y m Vimthiic lout
Kn ntt JolU vsrgler l.ouvr
CuolllMit r: nun lul nrlr
lei raoj, M all.
ouionuers.".
He was disappointed at Fleshy.
Clara had gone. But as he rode on to
Castle Hedingham, he . continued to
hum his balude. It wa so delightful
to be out in the fresh air on a good
horse on a fine September afternoon.
At Hedingham he saw the king's
guardians, told his news, and explained ,
the chancellor' plans. They could not
be expected to accept out " of hand the
plan of another statesman ; they were
a little doubtful about the poll-tax,
sooing how the people had grumbled
over the last. Reginald adroitly and
respectfully explained wherein the
proposed tax was an improvement on
the last, inasmuch as the rich were to
pay in proportion to their wealth, and
thus help the .poor' to mako up the
average. BesidVs, what else was to be
done? The Commons had distinctly,
declined to give more In the way of ex
traordinary dues on imports or exports.
The chancellor's plan wa not perfect;
It was suggested simply a the best of
many bads.
"It end thu, I suppose, "said Bur
ley, at length; "Jack will grumble, but
Juck will pay."
t "At least he will grumble," said De
la Pole. "But wo have no choice.
The king must have money somehow.
before him," but still he' continued to
hum
. "Ciflleou J'sv m'espemni'O lout
Kit un Juil vergiur trouva)."
Men sometimes sijig because they
are merry, and sometimes because they
are sad. It is the glorious prerogative
of verse to express and add to tho joy
that is, and to superinduce joy or a sem
blance of it when the heart is troubled.
You cannot draw any sufe inference
from outward guycty; it may be over
flowing happiness or valorous eudoavor
to keep the heart up under pain and
worry.
Reginald Ilardclot cracked his whip,
touched hi hordes flunks with tho spur,
shook his reins, aud made the liells
Jingle, looked up at the soft white
cloud and blue sky, held buck his
short clonk to fluk and utter In the
fresh wind, and hummed every now
and then a line of the ong that was
running In bit head. A more perfect
picture of gallant and guy light
hearted youngster you could not have
seen from Berwick to Calais.
And yet he wa far from easy at the
prospect of an interview with his eccen
tric brother. Why had he Down off at
a tangent from the regular linos of
worldly advancement, when his for
tune were in so fair a train? What
depth of dangerous folly might he not
have reached now that lie had donned
the rough garb of the prophet? The
heresy had been growing on him for
some time. Reginald had done his best
I to check it, but he was deaf to reason,
j Why could he not let the world alone?
' Reginald had no patience with these
I amcnd-alls. What did it matter to him
! whether the clergy did their duty or
' not? If the rich and powerful did op
I press the poor, was that hi fault or
' concern? There roust always be rich
and poor, and the poor could never be
a comfortable a the rich.
J How preposterous in any man to
dream of changing the course of nature!
I It is a law of nature that there should
be rich and poor a tho re are weak and
strong. Nature herself is not rich
enough to make everybody rich or
everybody strong. he has not mater
ial for it. It i surely better that
gome should be rich and some strong
; than that all should be on a dead level
of weakness and poverty. There are
hills and vallevs, fruitful uplands and
stagnant marshes, eagles and worms.
, It is the same everywhere we look,
variety everywhere.
8o unreasonable, so provoking, fiell
off silks and fur and tapestry strip
house and chinches as bare as a shep
herd's bothyno spectacles, no dunces
sing psalms when we ore merry,
croak about in prepctunl four of judg
ment What a life! Whewl
"Ia droit Jour d'uns Pvhthoroustt
hu im truclvux tnoi'i de ily."
He must bo mad stark, staring mad.
And all for a paltry damsel, too!
Pretty enough for Reginald could not
help admitting this as she passed
through hi mind but not tho only
pretty woman in Englund. With a good
dower, too this also he reflected on
with a certain glow of pleasure but
there were others with the same attrac
tion. He must be crusty to turn round
like a child and kick at social ordei
because he could not have the very
thitiK. that he wunted. .
But his craze might damage others a
well as himself. Reginald had not
hitherto troubled hinuclf much about
the future. He had trusted all that to
hi powerful cousin and patron
Nothing mora serious ha'd troubled him
than a serruptitious gambling debt
they gambled a good deal in great
households or the paymen t of a silver
brocoh or other . oniument. But of lote
he had begun to realize the meaning of
hi favorite Deschamps' many balladi
anout the insecurity of fortune aud the
miseries of dependence. An irrepressr
bly heretic brother would not Improve
his position.
What if his powerful patron, like
other great men, should fall? He was
so high now that ho was very unstable,
and must soon begin to totter. The
rocklng-stone is not a common type of
statesman, especially in autocratic gov
ernments, : When a statesman begins
to rock, tho swing generally increases
until he topples over. What could
Reginald do then?
But this was much too serious a sub
ject to be dwelt on. Reginald jingled
his bridle bells and Increased the pace
of hi horse. .
(To b qonilnuod)
Afghan New Woman.
The new woman but penetrated even
to the harem of the Ameer or Afghanis
tan, where the wears male ature and
does ft (lie please.
'he Ameer picked her up on hi re
turn Journey from the northern part ot
hit dominion a good mauy years ago.
Sbe bad been brought before hint by an
Indignant father aud proposed husband
(or punlthuieut Sbe would not con
form to the usage of the country and
enter tbe married state, though the had
then reached tbe age when it became
Incumbent upon her to do 10.
The girl declared she had run wild
all her life, aud did not wish to give up
her freedom aud be shut up lu a harem.
She sought tbe Ameer's protectlou and
obtained It.
. "All right, be eald. "since you want
to be. free you sluill bo, but free you
must alio remain; that Is your punish
ment You wish to live like a man; you
shall live like one, aud for your own
protection you must wear inou'a
Clothe."
On ber arrival In Cabul she was giv
en tbe title of older, or chief, and wa
made tbe harem' messouger. Sbe
come and goes a ibe please or I or
dored, both by night and day, and no
one even In slanderous Cabul baa ever
breathed a word against her fair name.
Ladle' Pictorial. ;
"These big guy of the company don't
know much," a brakeman aaid to-day;
"all they know it that they own tbe
road." ., v ,V
EVENTS OF THE DAY
ROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings ef the Past Week Presented
In a Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove ef I ntt rut to Our Many
Reader.
Scurvy is prevalent at Nome.
The gales on the Atlantic coast are
abating.
The loss by the Waterbury, Conn.,
fire will exceed 1 3,000,000.
Philippine tariff bill is cuusing some
spirited debute in the senate.
A strong call has been mude for air
ing the Nome judicial scandals.
The house committee on way and
means reports for reieul of war taxes.
Incendiarism is now suspected in
connection with tho great fire at Water
bury, Conn.
A plot to assassinate the dowogcr
empress of China and the entire court
has been discovered. 1
Trains are delayed and many tele
graph wires down throughout the East
as a result of severe storm raging.
The German emperor' new yacht Is
all ready to be launched as soon as
Prince Henry arrives in this country,
Gales and storms in Europe have
caused great loss of life.
Forty persons were drowned in hip
wrecks on tbe Italian coast.
Eighty-five miners were killed by an
explosion in a Mexican mine. '
Waterbury, Conn., wa damaged to
the extent of $2,000,000 by fire.
The murderer of a Pan Francisco
policeman hua been captured in Fort
land. Manila is intensely interested in pro
posed legislation by congress or the
islnn.Is. ' . "
The dowager empress of China gave
a remarkable reception to the min
ister' wives. , , ......... . ... -
An indecisive naval engagement was
fought in Colombian waters.
. Chicago drainage canal contractors
offer to build an isthmian canal.
The first meeting of the trustees of
the Carnegie institution has been held.
A parliamentary commission is con
mdeiing the question of depopulation
of France.
The w ays and means committee will
frame a bill for reduction of the war
revenue taxes.
A new gold district has been discov
ered near Dawson which is claimed to
be the richest yet found.
Admiral Schley's appeal to the presi
dent, asking for a review of the court of
inquiry, has been made pubic.
Eight lives were lost in a Boston fire
The Boers have made peace proposals
through Holland. .
There were 10,000 people present at
a hanging in Pennsylvania.
The house committee voted in favor
of a government owned Pacific cable.
A substitute for the Nicaragua canal
bill has been introduced in the senate
The general outlook in Batangas piw
ince, Philippine islands, is favorable
A train wreck' on a New York rail
road resulted In the death of the
engineer. .
Four vessels are now on 'the Pacific
sear-hing for the missing English war-
snip vonaor.
A discharged soldier in Pan Francisco
planned to go to New York in a box,
but was discovered and turned over to
the police.
Two prospectors in Montana bave
found a mine of almost pure silver.
The average assay it 18,000 ounces,
which gives it a value of nearly $8,000
to the ton.
Emperor William hat celebrated his
4Sd birthday.
River navigation ha been suspended
above the Cascade Locks.
Two Negroes in Louisiana, who had
murdered a white man, were lynched.
A train in South Carolina was held
up and the express ear rifled of it con
tents. Governor Shaw, of Iowa, will assume
tho duties of secretary of tlie treasury
i' i i
reuruury l.
Liberals defeated the Conservative
forces of Colombia in- three ; successive
engagements.
United Mineworkera will levy an
assessment to help strikers fight battle
with operators to the end.
Tlie delav of the committee in report
ing the canal bill to the senate mean a
saving of much time later.
The treaty for the mile of ;tlie Danish
West Indies to the United State call
for the payment of $5,000,000.
Tho cotton crop of : the United
States now almost eqmils in value its
wheat crop. ! ,
The gold mines of Mysore, India.'are
worked by American electrical devices,
the power being from tlie melting Hi
malayan snow. .
Swiss papers record a decline in the
export of wood carvings, and attribute
it to the lack of variety in the carvings,
the subjects being monotonously re
peated.-
BAD STORM IN THE EA8T.
High Wind and Lew Tcmpcratur at New
York City.
New York, Feb. 5. A storm that
has been prevalent all day in this sec
tion of the country made itself manifest
in this city and suburbs, to the great
discomfort of all people who ventured
out of doors. Ou top of a heavy fall of
snow came rain, which turned the snow
into slush and made swamps of low ly
ing ground. In the early afternoon tlie
rain turned to snow, and little later
this condition disappeared, in the face
of a decided drop in the temperature.
This was accompanied by a gale, which
in exposed quarters, broke branches of
trees, blew away insecure boarding,
tangled up wire and sent store signs
flying to the streets. One fatality
from a falling sign was ' reported here
in the early evening. Tonight the
temperature continues to drop. Tbe
signal bureau predict a fall to 10 de
grees above before the lowest mark is
reached. ' -
Since sundown a gale has been blow
ing continuously at Handy Hook, at
times the wind reaching the rate of
60 miles an hour. The sea outside, and
in the New York lower bay is extreme
ly rough. The steam pilot boat New
York, which is used to any kind of
weather, came in and anchored nnder
the lee of the Highlands. The electric
lighted buoys marking Gedney chan
nel and tbe Southwest spit were ex
tinguished tonight, owing to tbe heavy
sea grounding tbe cable. On account
of their interruption the French line
steamer L'Aquitaine, from Havre, and
the Hamburg-American line steamer
Phoenicia, from Hamburg and Boulogne,
each carrying many passenger, were
forced to anchor outside of the Sandy
Hook bar, where they are having a
rough ride tonight. The big new
freighter Drechenfeld, bound, to Savan
nah, was forced to anchor in Sandy
Hook Bay.
. PLOT TO KILL EMPRE88.
Dowsger of Chin aad Her Court Narrowly
' Eicap.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 5. New of a
most extensive conspiracy to assassinate
the empress dowager of ' China and
members of her court, and foment a
widespread rebellion, which was to in
volve tbe whole? Chinese empire, was
received by the steamer Gleensk today.
The discovery of tlie plot was made while
the court was at Katfeng, when an un
successful attempt was made to destroy
the palaces and their inmates by fire.
After the failure of this attempt some
of the incendiaries were arrested by the
Honan provincial officials, and torture
was at once applied, with a view of ex
torting confessions.
One of the conspirators, aged 18
years only, at last broke down and con
fessed, lie told of attempts that were
to be made to wreck the imperial train
and fire on it from the side of the line.
A search of the captured men's houses
resulted in the discovery of correspond
ence and detailed reports on the strength
of tbe garrisons of all tbe cities of ini
poitunce in China, and all particulars
relating to their strength and defense
The books of the society containing the
names of the member were also found,
and there will - be wholesale arrest.
Correspondence was also found from
the China Reform Association to the
conspirators. When the plot was dis
covered ample guards were placed
along the route by v iceroy Yuan bhl
kai, and the court was not molested en
route. Had the plot not been discov
ered tbe court would have delayed long
before going tOvPekm.
MAY BE MARCONI 8YSTEM.
Telegraph Line to DawMW Is Down Much
of the Time.
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 5. W. F.
Thompson, ex-proprietor of the Yukon
Sun, is leaving ancouver for Ottawa
and New York to endeavor to perfect
arrangements for the use of the Mar
coni system in transmitting messages to
Dawson. The government telegraph
line to Dawson is down so much of the
time that Thompson declares it is prac
tically a failure, at least from the stand
point of carrying a press service tu the
Y'ukon. If after consulting with Mar
coni's agents, he can complete satisfac
tory arrangements, Thompson will re
turn to Yukon in the spring, and test
the practicability of the system of
transmitting messages from Dawson to
i hite Horse, distant in a direct line
250 miles. ' If the practicability of this
plan can be demonstrated, Thompson
believes he can secure sufficient capital
to install tlie necessary equipment for
the transmission of news to the Y'ukon
from Ashcroft, B.C.
Fire In a New Mexican Mine.
Cerrillos, N. M., Feb. 6. A fire at
the Cook & White coal mine at Madrid,
operated by the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company, caused the death of two Ital
ians and did much damage . to the prop
erty. At last account the fire had
burned to within 30 feet of a chamber
filled with gas, and should this point
be reached, nn explosion would follow
that would wreck the property: All
openings leading to the mine have been
cloved, the fans stopped and all avail
able water turned into the mine, which
it is expected will be flooded in three
or four days.
Cmperar'i Gift to Waldertec.
Berlin, Feb. 6. Emperor William.1
has presented to Count Von Valdersee, I
ex-conimander-in-chiof of tlie allied
forces in China, a bronze cannon cap
tured in that country which was cast
under the supervision of Jesuit mission-:
aries in 1750. When sending this gift,
Emperor William wrote to Count Von
Waldersee: "Iri cordial recognition ot
your sorvices performed in China." . .
NEWS OF THE STATE
TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Commercial and fliuincUl Happening! of Inv
pofUnce A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industriei
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report
A chair factory is the latest of Al
bany' manufacturing industries.
A proposition has been made to the
citizens of Salem to put in a flax mill.
The Brown-Lucas Lumber company
has been organized at Fall City, with
$60,000 capital.
Burglars entered a Drain merchandise
store and secured $100 worth of goods.
No clew has been found.
There will be 33 graduate from the
Salem public schools at the February
commencement and 40 more in June.
a very successlul rabbit drive was
held near Pendleton the first of the
week. Several thousand of the pests
were killed.
John Diamond, an Oregon pioneer of
1847, after whom Diamond Peak was
named, is dead at bis home in Coburg,
aged 98 years.
Crystal Spring Mining company,
with headquarters at Grant Pass, bus
tiled articles of incorporation. Capi
tal, $206,000.
The snow in Eastern Oregon come as
a blessing to the farmers, who had be
gun to fear their fal( and winter wheat
would be seriously injured.
Fruitgrowers of the Willamette val
ley are pleased with the cold snap, as
it will set the fruit trees back. In
some cases the buds were far advanced
for the season.
Business men of Grants Pas have
organized a board of trade.
Some trouble is being .experienced
with tlie Indiana on Umatilla reserva
tion. Tbe postofike at Spikenard, Jackson
county, ha been moved one mile north
east. A number of sales of hop hare been
reported from Dayton at 12X cents
per pound.
Tbe site of the postoffice at Anlauf,
Douglas county has been moved a short
distance to the southwest.
Mr. Martha Proctor Spencer, who
came to Oregon in 1852, died at her
home in Hillsboro, a few days ago.
Two lumber schooners left Tillamook
a few day ago for California points,
carry ing 1,750,000 feet of Oregon fir.
Oregon insane asylum trustees have
renewed the contract with Alaska,
whereby this state will for another year
care for the demented of the far north.
A number of prominent mining men
are taking active steps toward putting
in a smelter in Southern Oregon. At a
meeting held by them, Merlin was de
cided to be the beet location.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Julet. Walla Walla, 63
6SHc; bluestem, 6464c; Valley.
Barley Feed, 119020; brewing.
2021 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.101.23; gray,
$1.0501.16.'
Flour Beat grades, $2.803.40 per
barrel; graham, 2.602.80.
Mlllstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $20.60; chop, $17.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $7
7.60; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 90c$1.25
per cental; ordinary, 70 85c per cen
tal, growers' price; sweets, $1.75
2 per centaL . .,
Butter Creamery, 2527!4c; dairy
1820c; store, 11013c.
Eggs 2021c for fresh Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins. 13
ISVic; Young America, 1415c; fac
tory prices, llc leB.
Poultry Chickens, mixed. $33.50:
hens, $44.25 per dozen, 910c pe
pouna; springs, loc per pound. 13
3.50 per dozen; ducks, $6.50 7.50 pei
dozen; turkeys, live, ll12lic;
dressed, 14016c per pound.
Mutton Gross. ' 4c per pound:
dressed, 77V4c per pound.
Hogs Gross, Sc: dressed. 6&7c
per pound.
Veal 81403c per pouhd, dressed.
Beef Gross, cows, 3 4c; steers
44c; dressed, 674c per pound.
Hops U12",4c per pound.
Wool Nominal. Valley, 13 15c:
eastern Oregon, 8Wc; mohair,
2121V4c pe. pound.
The largest towboat ever made for
American waters will soon be launched
for nse on the Mississippi. ' Over 1,200
toiiB of steel will be used and 4,800
horse power will be furnished. The
boat is 275 feet long ami 63 feet wide
Great Britain loeesi more than 10,
000,000 pound worth of property an
nually by fire. . . . , -
Hazing has been made a criminal
offense by the Illinois legislature, and
offenders may be fined $500 and sent to
jail for six months.
The development of dry goods com
panies with large capital is one of the
latest features in the great dry good
distributing centers. The smaller
wholesalers are being driven out.
YUNG LU IN FAVOR.
Two Reform Edicts Issued by the Chines
Emprees.
Pekin. Feb. 4. The
General Yuiik Lu in th rOtmtila rt Ik-
Chinece court ha been officially pro-
clamicd. Today he made ft. tfstlF if fha
forettcn legations har.
regain the favor of the ministers. An
edict has appeared, promoting General
i.uiig j,u u oe nrst grand secretary, an
office not necessarily powerful, but of
the highest honor and vacant since the
death of LI Hung Chang. Wang Wen
Shao has been advanced to tlm
grand secretaryship to succeed Yung
Lo. Ihe pilgrimage of Yung Lu wa
made with considerable nrann ii
nied the fact of his resj)onibility for
me aiAuins upon iue loreign legations.
The dowager emnress him iatml
edicts, the first reciting that many Clii-
ubmj iiuu sormeriy studied abroad, but
were not Manchus, and orders tlie Man
chu courtiers and generals to nominate
Manchus between the ages of 15 and 25
to go abroad, there to study foreign
branches of knowledge. The second
edict abolishes the prohibition of inter
marriage between Manchus and Chi
nese, which has been enforced since
the beginning of the dynasty, and di
rects officials, by diplomatic methods,
to discourage the binding of the feet of
Chinese female children, because this
is a barbarous custom. ,
ALL ARE ENTOMBED.
Explosion in a Mexican Mine Kins Eljhiy.
five Men. ,
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 4. Eighty
five miners killed and 75 more' buried
under debris i the awful record made
by a dust explosion at the Hondo mines-'
in Mexico, news of which wa received
here tonight. At the time the ex
plosion occurred there were 160 miners
it work in the mine, all of whom were
entombed by the shaft being choked op
bv fallini? pnrt.h anA atnnx 1 i...
j a ...... .. i.uu uiumucu vy
the explosiom JuBt how many are dead
i not at this time known, but at last
accounts received here by wire tonight,
35 bodies bad been recovered. It is
feared that the death list will be great
ly over 100. i ...
The Hondo mines are located at Co
ahuila, at the terminus of a brunch of
f.llA f.iiriQn I r. , mt-. I , -r. -1 .
.iMiciuaijuuiii jianroaa,
about 100 miles south of Eagle Pass,
and are the most important in that
state. Details of the disaster are
meager, no names of the victims being
learned here. ,
MILLIONS POUR IN.
Rockefeller Duplicates Morgan' Offer to Her.
vard Medical School.
Cambridge. Sfass.. Fh J v.n,
ing the announcement at the Harvard
commencement exercises last June that '
J. P. Morgan had agreed to erect at a
cost of more than $1,000,000 three of
the buildings required for the accom
modation of the Harvard Medical ,
School, in carrying out their new plana
for medical education and research, ;
President Eliot announced to the med
ical faculty tonight that J. D. Rocke
feller proposed to give $1,000,000 in
furtherance of this great project, pro
vided that other friends of tbe univer
sity will raise a sum of money in the
neighborhood of $300,000, to be used
by the Harvard Medical School for
lands, buildinirs and
was stated tonight that there can be 1
time aouDt tnis condition will speedily
be complied with.
LOSS IS $2,000,000.
Fire in the Business Section of Waterbury.
Conn., Threatened the Whole City.
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 4 In the
hardest rale of thn wintor W v..
Struggled W ith a fire that rinatrvwo,! . .
large area of the business section of the
city and threatened to wipe it out com
pletely. An estimate of $2,000,000 as
the amount Of loss On bnildinm mnA
contents is considered cons ervatie by in-,
surance men. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The fire was undiscovered
until it had gained tremendous head
way. When the department reached the
scene flames were issuing from every :
window and it was evident that the
structure was doomed and the entire
business section of the city was imper
iled. The fire started in a drizzling win,
with a rapidly rising wind, and with
increasing cold the rain turned to
snow. The wind was at first shifting,
but it settled toward the east and car-'
ried destruction with it.
Northwest Branch Mint.
Washington, Feb. 4. The house
committee on coinage today acted favor
ably on tbe bill appropriating $000,000
for establinhing a branch mint at Ta
coma, Wash. The general purpose of
this new branch is to matt miliar) mint
facilities for the gold nnd silver coming
from Alaska. Although votes were not,
taken on bills for othnr hm
the prospects are that the establishment
of one at Tacouia will operate, against
the establishment of other branches in
that section of thn mnntri- ni..n
of the Mint Roberts was present, and
stated that one branch in the Northwest
would be sufficient for all government
needs. .
China Pays First Installment
Pekin. Feb. 4. Tbe first monthly In
stallment, amounting to 1,820,000 taels,
of tho Chinese imlpmnttv was nail
,'. .1. j v.r.- ,
terday to the bankers' committee of the
powers at Shanghai.
Montana Railroad Town Burned,
Helena. Mont.. Feb. 4 Tim roil.
road town of Clancy, 20 mile south of
Helena, was nearly wiped out by a fire '
last night. The loss is about $14,000,
on which $8,000 of insumnea wan ir. '
ried.