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6T. HELENS, OREGON, FUIDAY, FE1IUUARV 14, 1902.
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RALPH HARDELOT'S
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BY WILLIAM MINTO
CHAPTER II -CONTINUED.
"My dour ' brother Amend-all," he
aid to himself, rising In hi saddle
and cracking hi whip, "if you are a
Uo to think t( amending the world, I
am a fool to think of amending you."
... Tired of bin owu""thoughts, )tlnald
foil back ti the companionship of hit
two yemncn, and a tlmy rodeilown tbo
steep hill toward Sudbury - at an en
forced slow pace, amused them with
the tide of Joint of Uuunt's clover ab
duction of tho heiress of the Karl of
Hereford.
lint when ho had finished the tory
ha wam again plunged In thought. , John
of Gaunt not him thinking once nor of
bin own fortunes. Aspiring Lancaster
bud himself married, a hi second
wife, the eldest daughter of Pedro the
Cruel, had lutely assumed the title of
King of CaHtile, In virtue of bin wife'
right, and had been engineering for
tome time to gut an expedition cunt to
Spain to enforce hli title If the ex
pedition should come off, it would open
up a grand Held for adventure. Glory
and gain would be there fur those who
bad skill and courage to win tboiu.
Was there any chance The Common
would never provide the lnew for
uch an enterprise in their present
mood, but a uces In France might
produce a change.
lie waa musing on thin, considering
bow hu might obtain a poet in audi au
expedition, and, overleaping all obsta
cle in liia active Imagination, waa
already building hi castle In Spain,
and providing himnelf with a fair help
mate for bia greatnomi, when, suddenly,
his dream were .violently Interrupted.
They had descended the Hallingdon
Hills, and were within two hundred
yard of the bridge over tho Stour, Hud-
bury, with it thrte steeples, rising on
the opposite bunk, whon a startling
cry tthwid of tliem arrested their atten.
tion, A man came galloping over the
bridge on shaggy tsiny, gesticulating
wildly, and pointed Imck over his
shoulder.
"Help! help!" he houted. "They
are murdering my master. Help! for
Heaven's sake, help! They are mur
dering my master."
The man had loet bit hat, Id hood
wan Hying behind him, hi fare waa
livid, and bin feature wore distorted
witti terror. He continued to repeat
hi trie mechanically till be drew up
almost under the feet of Reginald'
borne.
"I can hear you well enough, my
good man,'! said Reginald. "Who,
prny 1 your muster?"
Ho looked coolly and keenly at tho
man's contorted features. They were
of a Jowlnh cast.
Tho fuguitive, meantime, in the midst
of hi confusion and terror, had run hi
quick eyes over Reginald' clothe, and
marked the signs of the king' livery,
the white and red of the costume, the
white hart embroidered on the red
ground of the short cloak, the unw
badge In the red velvet cap. The ob
fervution seemed to make him more
frightened than before.
"Who, pray, it your master?" asked
Reginald again, after their rapid
mutual scrutiny.
"What doe that mutter?" cried the
man, with a gesture of impatience and
despair. "ljo to bin help, or he i a
dead man."
"Why don't you help him yourself,
my good friend? You were runuing
away, it Deemed, a fust a your horse's
legs would carry you."
"What could I do against so many?
There arc scores of them swarms.
. Fair, kind sir," ho continued, extend
ing his clasped bands, "I boseech you
to go to his rescue, or he will infallibly
be murdered. I beseech you, kind sir,
of your charity. And you, and you,"
ho added, turning to the yeomen.
"It will only lie a Jew the fewer,"
said Reginald, with cool brutality.
"It is not for me to Interfere with hi
majesty' lieges in tholr Christian sport
of Jew-baiting."
Anger flushed through the man's ab
ject looks of terror. "It is not Jew
bniting," he said, in a sulky tone.
"You mistake We are Christians.
Rut if you will not help, I must look
for somebody else." And he kicked
his horse violently in the ribs, and
started off at full spaed.
"Stay, you curl" gasped Reginald,
taken by surprise at this unexpected
movo. r 'fc-tnp himl" ho cried to his
yeomen. .
The man, making no response to bit
call, except by giving another wild kick
at his horse, Reginald and hi men
drew their daggers, gave chase, and
soon overtook him. . When he saw the
daggers, ho pulled up and begged for
mercy.
"I have nothing, good, kind air.
I am but a poor servant. "
"I don't want to rob you, you fool,"
said Reginald. "Cut toll me what has
happened. If it is not Jew-baiting,
what is it? Has your master fallen
among thieves?"
"Worse than that, sir. The women
of the village have risen on him. I left
him in the clutches of the cursed
shrews. They will kill him if he gets
no help."" .
"The women of the village!" cried
Reginald, in amazement. "For what
cause? What has he Jono?"
The man's eyes rested involuntary on
. the king's budgo. He threw up his
bands, and screwed his face into an ex
pression of Intense Impatience, but said
nothing..
"Whir had he done?" demanded
Reginald, again, ,
"Listen I" said the man, putting bla
hand to his ear. and turning It in the
direction of Sudbury.
A sound qf shrill tumult cm from
the distance. ' ' ! '
"Why don't you answer me?" de
manded Reginald. "I ssy, what ha be
done?" . ;
The clamor in the distance Increased.
"They will kill him," said the man,
his teeth chattering with white fear.
lie looked furtively round, as if be ,
won
dd fain muke off again.
"Bring the rascul
iuald to his yeomen,
looked into. They
along," said Reg.
"This must be
have been
after
some villainy."
"-The man repeated
gesture more angrily
I
his impatient
than before,
"What can we expect, be cried,
'if
the vorv k inn' livery is so" miser- i
ably stupid he would have added, but
be did not dare to . utter the words
aloud, and moved his lip and finger
in muto Dantomlne. '
"Moderate your impatience, my good j bim by the leg and pulled him to the
friend," Mild Reginald, lifting his eye- ground. But praise be to Baint Ed
brow, "or I will beat von into better . round here be comes! He is clear of
manners. n uat naro you auu juur
master been doing? Come, answer me
at once!" .
"We wore only counting the poll,"
answered the man, sulkily.
"What do you mean by that?" said
Reginald, sharply. "Come, ride back
with us and explain."
The man listened again te the tumult
Which rose and fell, but seemed to be
coming nearer, and looked if he
would rather go the other way. '
"Glvo him a touch with your dag
gers," said Reglnuld, "he does not seem
to understand Christian speech."
The threat was sufficient. The man
sullenly submitted, and began to move
with them In the direction of Sudbury.
"Now," said Reginald, "what do yon
mean by counting tho poll? And wiiat
have dogs like you to do with the poll
of the population of Sudbury?"
Chaucer's crfuct gentle knight was
"of hi port as mock a a maid," but
meekness in dealing with the lower
orders especially susjiocted Jews was
not characteristic of the younger gen
try, and we cannot profess that Reginald
Hurdelot was superior to the spirit of
his time. The man whom he had ad
dressed a a dog answered in a sullen
tone, but with more meekness than in
his excitement he had hitherto shown.
Ho found himself between two flroa,
and the second threatened to be a hot
as the first.
"My master, sir," he said, "intend
ed to lend money on the poll-tax, and
you will allow that it wasonly fair that
he should first know how many are lia
ble to poy."
"In order that he might more safely
beat the chancellor," cried Reginald. I
"My mastor is an honest man," said
the faithful scrant.
"Doubtless," said Reginald. (
It may be explained that it was part
of the chancelor'a pllan such was the
urgent need of the exchequer to raise
money Immediately the tax wa aano-
tionod, by borrowing on it from flnan
ciers who advanced money at once. But
the tax was not yet sanctioned, and the
chancellor's confidential servant wa
very much astonished to find that the
scheme had got wind. Somebody in
tbe chancellor orlice must have Do- i
t rayed the secret. Reginald resolved to ,
find out who the traitor was, but
thought he would best accomplish this
object by coming back to the point ;
suddenly in the midst of other matters.
"You say your mastor is an honest
man," be said. "Then what was it
that causda the wicked women of Sud
bury to rise upon him? , Waa it thi
same honesty?" "
"It was nothing else, sir," answered
the man.
"How wa that?"
"We found, sir, a girl of twenty
twenty if sho is day whose mother
pretended that ihe waa under fifteen.
Now, my master' honesty would not
that the king's exchequer should suffer
uch a barefaced cheat."
. Fifteen wa tho age above which
every person in the realm was liable to
the poll-tax in the chancellor' scheme.
It had been fourteen in the last poll
tax; this was one of the chancellor'
mitigating improvements. The very
figure had leaked out.
"And how did your honest master
propose to protect the klng'a revenue?"
asked Reginald. "He seem to be pay
ing dear for his loyalty," ho added,
pausing for a moment to listen to the
shrill tumult that still continued to
come from beyond the bridge.- "Come,
let u quicken our pace. . I am in the
chancellor' service, ' and know some
thing about taxes." :
The man became much more obse
quious in manner, and, riding his pony
dextoriously alongside Reginald's horse,
addressed him volubly In a wheedling
tone:
"My master did nothing" outrageous,
my good, lord, so : help me all the
saints." , ;
"Say the God of Abraham at once,
my good man. Your face betray you
for one of the accursed race.'.'
The man crossed himself nimbly, and
protested with exaggerated earnestness:
"Then my face, my just and good
;.oung lord, is a liar, , I swear to you I
am a good Christian, a faithful son of
Holy Church. I swear it " :
"What did your master do?'.' broke
in Reginald, abruptly.
"We went into a house with the roll
of the last poll-tax." .
"Wlioguvo you that?" interrupted
Reginald.
"Master Docket, the mayor's clerk.
We went Into a bouse with this roll,
and there we found a woman and her
daughter. 'What would you, sir?' said
she, with cour,tuHy. 'Giles and Susan
Bliekloy," says my muster, reading
from the-roll, 'two. Where's Giles?'
'Out in the fields, sir,' says she 'try
ing to earn a crust in these hard times.'
'And who is this?' said he pointing to
the girl. ' 'My daughter, sir,' says sho.
'How old I she?' says he. Then the
old shrew' face changed, and 'What
I that to you?' say she. 'And who
are you to come peering and prying
into honest folks' houses? If so be
that you are the taxor, we have bad
enough of you already. The las is
just thirteen hist Lady Pay.- ..'Thir
teen I' - wins'' my master,.' laughing;
'she' well grown Ally for thirteen,'
'Yes, Master luquisitvie says the
shrew, 'I thank our Lady, she is well
grown for her age,' 'Come my pretty
lass,' eays my master, 'I must have a
nearer sight of you. Here, Peter, he
says to me, 'hold this roll.' With that
the las (creamed, and her mother
creamed, and ran out of the house
screaming, and th girt struggled and
got away, and ran out after tier mother,
screaming and crying 'Murder!' My
mastor and I hunched: out when we
came to the door it was no laughing
matter, for the ehrewt hod warmed
out of their houses, and they set upon
us. and my master spoke them fair,
but they would not bear him, and as be
would have got on bis horse one seized
them at last!"
The tax-farmer appeared on the top
of the bridge. purriug hbt pony to
uch pace that its fore-feet, as it was
approaching, seemed to be on a level
with it nose. His chin seemed to rest
on the top of it head; his face waa all
bespattered with blood and filth; bis
gown was flying in dirty tatters about
him. He had evidently been having a
bad time.
While the attention of Reginald and
hi yeomen was arrested by thi appar
ition the servant suddenly wheeled his
pony round and made off.
"8tav!7 cried Reginald, cutting at
him with his whip as he Mod. - "You
are away without your hire."
The man made off at full speed of
hi pony, howling,, swearing, praying
for mercy, crying out that the king
should hear of it. . . ...
Reginald said nothing, but galloped
after him for a hundred yards or so,
laying on heartily with his whip.
When the muster saw how his man
was being served, without slacking the
soeed of hi oonv. he diverged to the
right, and tore across the common,
choosing the narrowest track through
tune and bracken.
The veoroen hallooed and made
feint of chasing him, but soon returned,
and cantered after Reginald over the
bridge into the town of Sudbury.
(To be continued)
A Blaster Stroke.
"Wouldn't bay done It for th
world," mused tbe young fellow at tho
koarding-house, while nervously await
jig bla room-mate, aaya tho Detroit
Pre Press. . "Bather face the cannon'
mouth any time. Dick' "braver than
t Hon. That' what ho la. Tbo poor
levii couldn't raise 11,000 to keep hi
life out of pawn and yet he baa gone
tn aitk nna hf flia rtt'llMHt. nnA at thm
j cl(Jit man , for nli daU8htw,
t expect him back In an ambulance ia
my moment, mere lie cornea, tie
tan walk, thank beaven! ' ' '
"Don't aay word," a Dick entered
and waa examined critically. "Ho bad
! tome consideration after all. Neither
y closed, nose on straight, lips not
puffed. Open your moutu. Teeth all
tkere. Are the Injuries Internal, old
man? Spine twisted, rib broken, or
anything of that sort? Did his gun mist
i Ire, or what?"
"Do have some aense, If you are equal
I to It She must bave wrestled with him
'ret Ho never turned tbe word. Ho
waa cla-inate of my father, and
j rowed that old Tbad Uedrlcka couldn't
bave a bad ton. I could bavo bis
laughter and welcome. He offered me
I fine position. I declined It emphatic
illy, and that tickled him so that ho
brought out tho win and cigars. 'I'm
proud of you,' he declared, 'but you can
ax tho also of tbe check I glvo for a
wadding preBent" ' " - j.'v.-.:
"Brandy, Dick," gasped bla chum,
"brandy. No brandy? Where' tba'
'nfernal camphor?"
Spoiling American Children.
"Our hotel and summer resorts bar
helped to make tbo American child
what be Is,", writes "An American
Mother," In tho Ladles' Home Journal
"Even a an Infant he learns to live In
a staring crowd. In what other coun
try would tho baby daughters of re
spectable families be exhibited ttbo
public In a contest for prizes for beauty
or Una clothe? ' You may see every
ummer the poor little winners In suck
contests marched tip and down tho
street before a shouting crowd to tho
music of a brass band, trembling wltb
conscious pride In tho dimples or
plumed hat which won for them the
blu ribbon. A child dead In his moth
er's arm 1 a light far lest tragic la
what other country would tho parlor
of hotels be given up to the euchre par
ties of children In the morning, and tho
ballroom to their germana at night?
The vanities, tho jealousies of adults
thus reproduced in miniature ar not
pleasant to look upon." . (
An Elephant's Teeth.
Elephants have only eight teeth
two below and two above on each
side. All an elephant's baby teeth
fall out when the animal Is about four
teen years old, and a new set grows.
Boms men, no difference wliat tlmo
they make, are alway beaten, ... .... ...
EVENTS OP THE DAY
PROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprehcnilv Review of th Important
Happening! of the Past Week Present
In a Condensed rerrn Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to OarMass
Readers.
Fire at Springfield, 111., did over a
million dollars damage.
A new geyser has been found in the
Yellowstone National park.
Taft strongly opposes the importation
of Chinese to the Philippines. -
More fighting ia roiHirted between the
government troops and the rebels of
Venezuela.
Sentiment for reduction of rate on
Philippine imports is gaining ground in
the senate.
A Detroit bank was wrecked by one
of its officials, who ia charged with
taking $1,000,000.
The past week in the Transvaal was
the liveliest, with heavy losses on both
aides, for some time.
The loss to Paterson, N. J., is now
placed at f 8,000,000, but the city is not
in need of ouside aid.
NO SUCCESS WITHOUT IT.
No brlflknt success in business h
on record where the value of newt
paper advertising was not recognized
and employed with profit. Oehkoeh
Times. ....
Eleven persons lost their lives in a
Pt. Louis fire. ,
Britihh forces have captured many
Boers during the past week.
Youna Theodore Roosevelt, while
very sick, is not considered dangerous
Firo at I'atcrson, N. J., caused a loss
of $10,000,000 and left at least 1,000
families homeless.
The forpign consuls at Panama have
notified the rebel leader Ilerrera that
they w ill remain neutral.
The president vetoed the recommend
ttti.in flint, ha - hfii hravatttd colonel and
brigadier general for meritorious serv
ices in the war with r-pain.
Roar Admiral Sampson has been re
tired. - -
Sanmson has filed a brief with the
president protesting against Schley's
claims. . -
Germany's colonial policy has proven
a failure. . -
The senate has passed the pension
appropriation bill.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is seriously
ill with pneumonia.
The trouble at the Colorado School of
Mines has been settled.
England, America and Japan will op
pose the Manchunan treaty. f
The sultan of Turkey has sentenced
hU brother-in-luw to be killed.
Holland refuses to bave anything
more to do with tbe peace proposals.
A severe snow ' storm is raging in
Texas.
England will abandon her rights in
Wei Mai Wei.
The senate has passed the urgency
deficiency bill. ;
Fire at Albany, N. Y., destroyed
$50,000 worth of property.
FreBident Roosevelt and wife are vis.
iting the Charleston exposition.
European powers are still disputing
over their attitude during the Spanish
war. ..'...;.'.
Thirteen persons were killed and at
least 100 Injured by a gas explosion at
Chicago. . . .. .....
The woolgrowers' convention placed
itself on record in favor of oleo-
margarino.
Representative Kewlands, of Nevada,
introduced a resolution in the house for
the annexation of Cuba.' , .
The senate has passed the judicial
salary bill. ,
A towboat at Pittsburg blew up, in
juring all of the crew.
Fire at Dwight, III., destroyed prop
erty valued at $300,000. "
Ice is still troublesome in the Colum.
bia river and boats cannot be run.
The Pacific Northwest Woolgrowers'
Association is in session at Helena.
' ' England has politely declined the
good offices of Holland to settle the
Boer war.! "; .
During 1901 the 'total amount spent
for new buildings and alteration of old
ones in New York was $150,072,657
An American Express Company's
wagon in New York loaded with $18,
000 worth of goods has been looted
No clue to the robbers.
French national revenues for Decern
her show a deficit of SI. 054.368; niak
Ing a total for tho year of $46,830,440.
; Diamonds that are said by Tiffany to
bo of flrBt water are reported to have
been discovered in Fergus county.
Mont. . , . , t
The American China Development
Company has completed an organiza.
t ion preparatory to beginning work on
a proposed railway from Huukow to
Canton.
ELEVEN MEET DEATH.
PsUI
Fire In a St Louis Hotel Several
Danerouly Injured.
St. Louis, Feb. 12. An early morn
ing fire which destroyed a large three
story dwelling bouse occupied by men
exclusively, caused the death of 11 per
sons 10 men and one woman and
dangerously injured seven others. A
dozen or more who bad narrow escapes
from death received less serious injuries
or were frostbitten. It I estimated
that between 35 and 40 persons were in
the building at the time the fire broke
out, and it is believed that all have
been accounted for. The financial loss
is nominal. It is thought that $10,000
will cover the damage to building and
contents, which were totally destroyed.
The fire started about 3:30 A. M.,
when few .people were abroad, and
JOSEPH R.
A well known Oregon newspaper
Herald, of Albanv. He is a candidate
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thb Republican ticket. He was born in Marion County, is a graduate of
tbe University of Oregon, and has been engaged in the newspaper business for
nearly 20 years.
gained much headway before it was dis
covered and the alarm given. There
was considerable delay in turning in an
alarm, and when the engines finally
reached tho scene, tne wnoie . iront oi
ttiA hnilrlinir huh in flames and the in
terior was a seething furnace. By that
time ail wno escaped aeatn nau goi out
of the building by jumping from the
window or climbing down ropes made
of bedclothes. A few escaped on the
ground floor through the front door.
Suvninl Bflcnnoa were verv narrow.
Every one who got out suffered some
injury or was frost bitten, some Dareiy
had time to get out when aroused, the
flames had spread so rapidly. Some
saved their clothiug.Jwhich tbey carried
in their hands, but others were not so
fortunate, losing everything.
MINDANAO GOVERNOR RE8IQN8.
Military Officers Would Not Recogniz
Mis
Authority.
Manila, Feb. 12. The governor of
tbo town of Cayagan, in the province of
Misamis, island of Mindanao, has re
signed, declaring that the military au
thorities there do not recognize his au
thority in refusing to receive his write
of habeas corpus. Some months ago
many of the leading officials of Misamis
province were arrested because they
tendered a banquet to an insurgent colo
nel, and because it was proved that tbey
had also contributed funds to the in
surgent cause. At that time General
Davis, commanding at Zamboanga,
Island of Mindanao, requested that the
province be transferred from civil to
miltiary control. The military author
ities in Misamis refused to allow the
prisoners to be represented by a lawyer
sent by the civil commission, from
Manila for that purpose, holding the
arrested officials as prisoners of war.
Lately General Chaffee instructed Gen
eral Davis to release the prisoners in
question, and notified the civil author
ities when and where they could arrest
them." But the fact that their offense
was committed before tbe passage of
the law of sedition makes further ac
tion in the matter improbable.. Gen
eral Chaffee deeming it inadvisable
that civilians should be tried by anil
itory commission
Senor Lerma, the newly elected gov
ernor of Bataan province, fled after his
election when he was called upon to ac
count for $4,000 of insurgent funds,
Ho is still missing.
Raided by Outlaw,
Alamagorda, N. M., Feb. 11. -News
has been received bore of a raid on trie
store of the Tew Mercantile Company,
at Fort Sumnor, b a gang of outlaws,
suppofed to be the same that recently
robbed a bunk and pay car at Santa
Rosa. One of the employes of the store
was killed and $400 in rash taken.
The gang is beaded for the Capitan
mountains and is being pursued by a
sheriff's posso. . ..
TEN MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
Boilneii Portion of Peterson, N. J.,
Des-
troyed 1,000 Families ttomelcaa.
Paterson, X. J., Feb. 11. A great
fire swept through Paterson today and
in its desolate wake are tbe embers and
ashes of property valued at $10,000,
000. It burned its way through the
business section of the city and claimed
as its own a majority of the finer struc
tures devoted to commercial, civic,
educational and religions use, as well
as scores of houtes. There waa but
small tribute of life and injury to the
conflagration, but thousand were left
homeless and many thousands without
employment.
A relief movement for the care of
those unsheltered and unprovided for
has already leen organized and Mayor
John Hinchliffe says that Paterson
WHITNEY.
man and editor of the Daily and Weekly
for the nomination for State Printer on
will be able to care for her own with
out appealing to the charity of other
communities and states. The great
manufacturing- plants of the place are
safe and tbe community, temporarily
dazed by the calamity, has already com
menced tbe work of reorganization and
restoration.
The Are began its work of destruction
at tho power bouse of tbe Jersey City,
Hoboken 4 Paterson Traction Com
pany, which fronted on Broadway and
extended a block to the rear of Van
Houten street. It commenced in the
car Bhed and -.rns burning fiercely when
one of the employes detected it. It
was leaping through the roof and the
gale was lifting it in forks and whirls
when the fire apparatus came into the
roadway at Van Houten and Main
streets. The firemen tried to hem the
blaze in, but i; skipped across Van
Houten street in one direction and Main
street in another, and gaining vigor as
it went, burned unchecked down into
tbe business district. . Every piece of
fire mechanism in the city was called
out, but the fire and gale were masters.
The fire rame at midnight and was
only checked after a desperate fight
that lasted until late this afternoon.
Everyjcity and town within reach of
Paterson 'sent firemenjand apparatus
to ithe aid of tbe city, and it took the
united efforts of them all to win the
battle. A northerly gale gave the con
flagration its impetus and carried -its
burning brands to kindle the blaze
afresh at other points. The firemen
made stand after stand before the wall
of fire, but were repeatedly driven back
and when victory finally came to them
they were grimed and exhausted.
EXTENDED MONROE DOCTRINE.
Hobion Would Have It Reach to the Walls
of Pckin.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 8. Captain
R. P. Hobson, who was a guest of the
New Haven Business Men's association
at their annual banquet, urged that the
Monroe doctrine be extended to the
Filipinos and to the walls of Pekin
declaring that Europeans should not
partition China, but open it to the
trade of the world, as the United States
opened Japan. Among the dangers that
face Europe, ho mentioned a possible
Slavic invasion, in the event of which
he said, it would fall to the lot of the
United States to assist In saving Eu
rope from general war.. Without a rel
ativelv powerful navy, such action
would be manifestly impossible.
Smallpox at Reno.
Reno, Nov., Feb. II. Several new
cases of smallpox are .reported in Reno
among the whites, and the state board
of health ' has declared smallpox epi
demic in Reno, and will probably order
the public Bchools closed.
Thirteen Ptrsoiu Killed.
Panama, Feb. 11. An accident in
tbe Church of Horencitos, in Chiriqui
resulted in tho death of 13 persons and
the severe wounding of 80 othor.
NEWS OF THE STATE
TEM8 OF INTERE8T FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happening of ha.
portince A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industrie
Throughout Our Thrfvrne, ComnMnwealth
Latest Market Report
Pendleton has decided to adopt a re
trenchment policy, the first act of which
was to let one policeman go.
Ashland la investigating the matter
of a comprehensive sewer system for
the city. An estimate places the cost
at $20,000. ;
A company is being organized to con
struct seven telephone lines from Pen
dleton to the small outlying district
which are not at present supplied. -
A petition is being circulated in and
around Baker City asking congress to
let aside Crater lake and adjacent land
sufficient to make a national park. ,
The price of hop continues to ad
vance steadily. Buyer around Salem
are offering 13 cents per pound, bnt
the growers in most cases refuse to sell
at that price. .
The Wasco Warehouse Milling- Com
pany has just made a shipment of 10,"
000 sacks of flour to China. This is
the first shipment of floor from Wasco'
county to a foreign market.
The largest real estate deal in tbe
history of Umatilla county, wns con
sumated when J. E.'Smith ' puchased
30,000 acres of land. Ybe deal also in
clude 180,00 head of sheep. The price
paid was $200,000. . '
The flax mill at
Salem is now aa
assured fact.
The receipts of The Dalles land office
for January were nearly $10,000.
Dr. W. D. Jeffries, for 40 years a
practicing physician of Salem, is dead.
Placer miners of Southern Oregon '
gladly hail the rains of tbe past few ,
days.
The Willamette river at Albany ia
lower than for many year at this time
of the year.
Steps bave been taken by the busi
ness men of Roseburg to organize a
board of trade.
A representative of the English, gov- .
ernment is around Elgin buying horses
for South Africa. .
President Eliot, of Harvard univer
sity, will visit the state university at
Eugene next month.
So far in Linn eonnty there bave been
600 registrations for the June election,
out of a probable total of 5,600.
Miners in Southern Oregon have long
been throwing away what was supposed
to be lead ore, but which has proven to
be rich silver ore.
The report of tbe commissioner of
patents for tho past fiscal year shows -that
there were 125 patents issued t
Oregon inventors.
Portland Markets,
Wheat Quiet" Walla Walla, 630
63c; blueotem, 6464c; Valley,
63VC - ;
Barley Feed, $1S20; brewing,'
1202l per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, 1.101J5; gray,
1.061.1S. -
Flour Best grades, $2.8033.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.50 2.80. .
Mlllstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings,' $21; shorts, 120.60; chop, 117.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover. $70 '
7.60; Oregon wild hay, I66 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 90c 11.26
per cental; ordinary. 7086c per cen
tal, growers' prices; sweets, $1,760
t per cental. -
Butter Creamery, 2627c; dairy,
1820c; store, 11 13o. v '
Eggs 2021c for fresh Oregon. r
Cheese Full cream, twins, 18 Q
lsftc; Young America, 14016c; fac- ,
tory prices, llHc less.
h Ana V A A 1 ae Ha.o. O fAl 1 A. km '
pound; springs, 10c per pound, $3
3.S0 per dozen: ducks. I6.60ffi7.60 Per
rioutnr tnrkeTa. live HaDlSUn .
dressed, 14 15c per pound. -Mutton
Gross, 4c per pound;
dressed, 77He per pound. , ,
Hogs Gross, SXc; dressed, H7c
per pound.
veal HPc per pouna, aressea.
Beef Gross, cows, 3 4c; steers.,
4ffi4Uc: dressed. 671Ac per nound. .
Hops ll12ttc per pound.
Wool Nominal. - Valley, 13 15c;
eastern Oregon, 8 12 He;' mohair,
2121c per pound.
The buffaloes are increasing in such '
proportions in Canada that they prom .
iee in the course of a few years to be-',
come again fairly abundant.
Cecil Rhodes, the millionaire and
statesman, who is credited with having :
provoked tbe Boer war, is, it is said, to t
receive the honor of a peerage.' ; - ' -
jonn mil, a piancer ai west raton
Rouge, La., bo given to the Louisiana .
state university $26,000 for tho erection
of on alumni building and library.
Ten thousand dollars have been-eon-tributed
to the national fund for a Mc
Kinlev memorial by the working men '
of Homestead, Pa.
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England's imports of iron and steel
are increasing, while the exports are '
lulling off. British trade papers are
alarmed.
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