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VOL. XIX.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1902.
NO. 10.
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OREGON
RAiPII II AHIOI ) liEllIIOII
BY WILLIAM MINTO.
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CllAPTIill VII Continued.
"I cannot stiqtch out my hands to
you!" I cried, im alio groped her way
towards him. "They are tied. Would
Ood thoy and I wore free for an hour!"
"I will free your handa, Raplh," mIiu
murnairiNl. in hor trembling voice.
"Oil, Joy, I have found you at Inst! It
wa terrible to think of dying in tlil
dungeon alone."
Hliu threw her arm round hi nock
lid clung to liim shuddering. "Ralph,
you will not leave me hora alone attaint
You will not lot thorn tales you from
me!" ... ,
"I do not fear death now!" iilie con
tinued. "Hut to die alone in this
darkness oh, Ralph, it wan horrible!
Hut I have you with me now, love. I
am not afraid ol death now."
'IVnth!" he exclaimed; "it cannot
bo that he menaced you with death!
It can only bo a devilish device to ter
rify you. H nmt release you proa
.mtly." . .
"No. no. I will not lie released
now. You must kill me rather than
let them take me away I I fear won
than death if ha send for me again!
"Hut you are hi wife, Clara."
"No, I aro i't hia wife. I will never
he hi wife! Il may kill mo, hut I
will novor yield to him! And now lot
me untie yoifr hand, and you w ill
promise not to lot them take me alle?"
Ralph did not annwer, but pondered
with new born hope on the possibilities
of escape. If only he had told the
merchant to warn Ida brother relief
might have come in time. Would the
merchant himself acquit passively in
the toss of hie good"? Ho knew the
depredator; would he huve liilluence
enough to obtain redress? Even if he
had, it would take time daya, weeks,
perhapa month. Il had okon of
stirring np the commons against audi
men a Ralnham. Rut Ralph well
know that a rabble, In whatever num
rs they swarmed up to the gate of
the castle, could do nothing to effect an
entrance. There waa little hope of re
lief from the outaiile, and Ralph turned
with greater confidence to the chance
of overpowering hie jallera when they
came again, a they muat come, to bring
the defiant Clara before her lord.
Meantime Clara, cheered by her con
fidence in him, worked with industrious
patience at the cord with which hla
hand were tied. Ralph askod her how
long she hail been a prisoner.
"I do not know," heanswerod. 'It
seem age ago aince they throat me in.
Kven thia gloomy solitude waa a relii
for a time. I waa worn out, and (ell
asleep, and alept I do not know for
how longon the damp tlxr. And
what do you think awakened mo? Oh,
Ralph, it waa horrible rat gnawing
at my shoe." Hhe shivered and drew
her breath hard at the recollection. "It
waa aome time before I knew where I
win, and what the strange sensation at
my foot meant. When I realized it, I
started up and screamed wildly, and
then I heard a pnttering and scattering
a if the floor were alive. I rushed
forward, Htill neroaming, and they
scrambled up the wall, and I aaw the
lootlmome black thing crowding out
through the patch of light. Itwaahor
rible! How they frightened mo! I
did not aleep again, but atood at the
farther end watching the light, and
whenever a gllHtoning black thing ap
peared, I Rcronmed and limbed at it.
Oh, Ralph, how I suffered In this
place. I often felt aa if I ahould go
mad!"
"What damnable cruelty!" cried he.
"Oh, monster! miscreant! Surely the
hottest ilres of hell are reserved (or
him!"
"Yon cannot conceive," she said,
"how cruel he is. When I would not
yield to him, hut defied him, he struck
me, and drew hi dagger, and would
have slain me. Then when I looked
him in the face and dared him to kill
me, telling him that a heavy veageance
would be taken (or me, he laughed, and
after threatening me oncoor twice with
his dagger, and seeing that I did not
flinch, seemed to change lit mind, and
caltodtwoof bis men, threatening me
with foul, unutterable things."
"Oh, Ralph!" she cried, half smil
ing, half In tears, "surely you will not
leave me now that you are free! I can
not see you in this darknv. Do not
go away from me,, or I shall begin to
doubt whether you are here."
"The hands you have freed," he
said, "are yours. . Do not fear. With
heaven's help all will yet be well. We
shall find a way out of this dismal
prison."
Hut she was still too agitated to ac
cept the bomngo which the courtesy of
those times paid to beautiful woman
' hood. Hor recent bitter experience of
woman's real weakness had unfitted
hor for playing the part of artificial su
periority. The woman nostled close to
htm and put one arm gently round his
neck. "Ralph, my lovo," she mur
mured, "I feel safe when 1 know that
you are here. You must swear that
you will not let them separate us, and
drag me back to him. You must rather
kill me! I should not (oar death at
your hands." '
What could he answer? He could
only throw round her the arms whose
freedom he owed to her. Ho pressed
her for one brief instant to his heart,
and vowed that death only should sep
arate them.
"But do not think of death," he
said, tonderly. "I cannot beliove that
such iniquity will be permitted to tri
umph. It was a fiendish invention to
immure you in such a prison as this,
the spite of brutal and dishonorable
Cirl, It cannot triumph."
Olara shuddered. "But ltas mer
ciful couipurud with his first design.
Oh, Ralph, when thot.o brutal men
whom he called camo in with their
ghastly lours, my brain took (Ire; I
snatched the dagger from his belt, and
would have killed myself, but the rut
flans seized my hand, and wrenched the
weapon from me. Then ono of them
took him apart and they whlsovrod to
gether, and ho laughed his hideous
laugh, and said ho had changed his
mind for the present, and ordered them
to talre me to the dungeon. 'I will
bury you and your paramour alive,' he
yelled after me as I was carried away,
'with toads and rats.' I did not know
then whut lie meant, but I know now.
Only what he intended (or my torture
has proved my comfort. It is cruel
and selfish of mo, Ralph, but I cannot
11 nd in my heart any sorrow that you
are here."
"Cod has sont me here," he an
swered, "to comfort and deliver you.
I feel in mo the strength of ten men,
and a confident assurance that some
way will lie opened np."
"I will die here without a murmur,
Ralph," she said, "if you are with
me."
CHAPTER VIII.
What Ralnham had said about living
burial gave rise in Ralph's mind to dis
quieting supsicions. Was it his inten
tion to starve them to death together in
thisundorgiound hole? And what would
be their (ate when their strength be-
camo too (eeble to contend with the
rats. His heart was stout enough to
face even this prosiiect for himself, but
the mere possibility aa affecting hi
tender companion chilled his blood. In
a momont ho had controlled the weak
ness, and resolutely dismissing all
thought of such s contlngoncy, buoyed
himself up with a confident hope that
before then their jailors would certain
ly visit tho dungeon to watch the be
havior of tho prisoners and gloat over
their sufferings. Then would his op
portunity come when he could rusli
upon them out of the darkness, and
overpowor them before they were aware
that he was no longer bound and help
loss. "Their curiosity will not allow them
to leave us alone," he said to Clara.
"They are certain to come to look in on
us, and then tho darkness will be all
In our favor. I will then be on them
beforo they know that I am free."
Hhe clappod her bands with glee like
a child, and hor joy lifted him into the
seventh heaven of delight.
"Lot us secure that rope," Ralph
said, "it may be useful. I remember
that when they wound it round and
round nie they laughed, and said that
it cost nothing. It may cost some of
them more than they thought of.
The rope was found, and they sat
down to unravel it as light of heart as
if they had been lovers "under the
greenwood tree." A thoy sat there in
the darkness and untied tho knots, she
told him in anwser to his questions
how she bsil fallen into Rainham's
power.
He had carried hor off only the day
lieforo from Dartford Prior" by a mix
ture of force and strategem. Hlie could
remember very little of the journey,
except that, as she lay helpless on her
lord's saddle she thought it would
never come to an end. The tramp of
the horses' feet beat into her brain at
first with maddening monotony, but
after a time the very monotony had a
benumbing effect, and she dozed un
easily as in a feverish sleep. From the
eager, excited mannor of her captors
and their frequent looking back, she
could gather that they were pursued in
the first stage of their ride, but after
they crosesd the Thames by the ferry
they rode more at their ease. It was
dark before they reached Sturmere.
Kir Richard was most ceremoniously
polite at first, came profuse apologies
for his violence, ploadod in his defence
the uncontrollable love that had driven
him to this rough method of regaining
his wife. Supper was prepared for
them, and she was conducted in state
to her chamber. It was when he visit
ed her in tho morning and found iicr
still obdurately defiant that he blazed
out in furv, cursed hor and the trouble
she had given him, and conceived his
brutal scheme of revenge.
Ilurpin, tho fowler, instructed by
Dockot, at Sudbury, had brought tho
now that the merchants would pass
StuiWre on their way to Cambridge,
and that Ralph Hardelot would be in
thdir company.
. In shutting up the two together In the
dungeon, it was undoubtedly the brutal
rulilun's intention that neither should
ever come out alive. He was of coarse
composition by nature, and his natural
coarseness had been still further brut-
alined by a long course of warfare, in
which there had been at least as much
of heartless rapine and murder aa fair
fighting. , Rough strength, cunning
and courage had advanced him to the
rank of knighthood, as a serviceable in
strument for the rough work of the
time; but ho had risen without acquir
ing any of the refinement of chivalry.
Ho had calculated thut companion
ship would add to the misery of his
victims, ami -he gloated over the despair
that thoy would feel as they saw one
another dying by inches, and could no
longer keep the rats at bay, It was
truly a fiendish conception.
Ralph was right in his conjecture
that they would' not be left undis
turbed, and that the spoctacle of their
misery would be too tempting to be
foregone.
But his hope that Ralnham and his
men would come down to the door ot
the dungeon and expose themselves to
his advantage was not gratified at once.
Towards nightfall, when the patch of
light that was the sign of day in the
on tor world was almost indistingnisb.-
ablo, the prisoners heard a noise In the
roof above them, and looking up saw
that a small trap door had leen 'lifted
in the top of the vault.'
Presently Hir Richard's (ace ap-
lieared, peering down. He waa visible
to them, hut they in the darkness be
neath were invisible to him. lie seemed
disappointed, as if balked of aa ex
pected pleasure and called for lighta.
Meantime he amused himself with
jeering at his prisoners.
"Ho! How goos it, my birdsT Bill
ing and cooing? Bpeak, or I will leave
you to bill and coo on empty stomacba.
Is it not kind of me to leave von in the
dark? The kindest pander could not
bo more obliging.
This disgrace to knighthood became
fouler and fouler in his lunguage as no
answer was returned. Ralph burned
with wrath that his lady's ear ahould
be subjected to such indignity, but he
judged that if their tormentor neither
saw nor heard them he might be
temptod to come down to the door, and
thus offer the ardently desired oppor
tunity. Ho whispered this strategem
to Clara, and they bore the knight' in
sults with patient silence.
By and by a lamp was brought and
lowered by a n(.
Ralph waited till it had nearly
touched the ground ; then, koeping his
hands behind him so that be should
still appear to be hound, extinguished
the lamp with a kick, and, seizing the
rope, drugged it down with a jerk (out
of the holder's hands.
A volley of curses came from the
night above.
They could hear varions plans sug
gested (or illuminating the dungeon.
Nicholas suggestd that a blazing fagot
of tow and pitch should be thrown
down. This plan was approved of, and
at once carried into execution.
Ralph and Clara withdrew to the
corner of the dungeon next the door.
"They will not be able to see much
through the smoke," he said to her by
way - of comfort. Blie was delighted
with their triumph so far.
The plan failed ingnnminiously.
Such a volume of smoke came through
tho trap as the knight put down his
head to look, that he drew back at once,
sneezing and coughing and rubbing his
eyes. In his rsge he seized the author
of the contrivance and held his head
over the opening till he was half suffo
cated. Ralph extinguished the fagot
at hi leisure.
The knight continued to swear (or
some time, but, no other plan suggest
ing itself, they adjourned to supper.
Before they closed the trap he shouted
down, "Good-by, dickybirds. We will
visit yon anon."
"Nothing could give us more pleas
ure," muttered Ralph, in an undertone.
and proceeded to rehearse in his mind
his plans for taking advantage of the
visit.
More than two hours passed before
there was any sign that Sir Richard
meant to fulfil his promise. At the
end of that time muflled sounds of foot-
stops and coarse laughter were heard
on the dungeon stairs. The visitors,
from the noise they made, seemed to be
in high spirits, and had not been
abstemious at supper.
"So much the bettor," thought
Ralph, as he drew this inference. He
stationed Clara at the farther end of
the dungeon, and took his stand in
readiness by the door. He had two
ropes now, and he had provided each
with a running noose.
The bolts were drawn, the key was
turned, and the door swnng back.
Two men with torches entered in ad
vance of the knight, and held their
torches high. The knight stepped in
with easy swagger, his hat on one side
his loose quilted Burcoat ojien, his righ
hand resting lightly on the dagger in
his belt, the left ready to point at the
prisoners In time with the jest on his
lips. The red light of the torches gave
a deeper glow to his inflamed counten
ance, broadened in coarse mirth.
(To bo continued.)
Help Wanted-Male.
Mrs. Hauskcep Goodness! This
meat is absolutely raw. Thia new cook
is wretched ; she never cooks anything
half enough.
Mr. Hauskcep Don't blame her.
She's only a woman.
Mrs. Hauskeep What has that to do
with it?
Mr. Hauskeep Well, "woman's
work is never done," you now. Phila
delphia Times
Eaiy Figuring,
Ascum I suppose you haven't had
time to figure out yet how much your
cashier took?
Bank Presidont Oh, yes. We knew
In a very short time.
Ascum Why, I thought he took a
great deal.
Bank President Exactly. We
merely had to count what he left.
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Short and Swtct
Townee-Here's a not ice of the wed
ding of a Mis Annabol Long Story to
Mr. William ' Lee. Short. Interesting,
isn't it?
Browne What's so interesting about
it?
Towne Can you imagine .a more
pleasant way ' to mnke A. Long Story
Short? Philadelphia Press.
Th Moral Didn't Work.
. Papa Soe that spider, my boy, spin
ning his web? Is it not wonderful?
Do yon reflect that, try as we may, no
niau could spin that web?
Johnny What of it? See me spin
this top? Do you reflect that, try as
he may, no spider could spin this top?
Tit-Bits, ,
Ice one and one-half inches thick
will support a man; eighteen inches
thick railway train.-
d VENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
4 Comprchcmlvt Review of the Important
Happenings of th Put Week, Presented
In a Condensed Form, Which Is Mott
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Rtaoom,
. Flood stiuation in- Mississippi Is
again becoming serious.
Twenty-two men were killed in an
exploslou in a Tennessee coal mine.
A six story building in Philadelphia
was entirely destroyed by fire. Los,
$110,000.
Dr. Thomas Dunn English is alive,
but hi physicians say be may die at
any moment.
Since the outbreak of cholera at
Manila there have been 90 cases and 70
deaths reported.
The bouse committee favorably re
ported the bill for 20 per cent Cuban
tariff reduction.
The plague situation in India is grow
ing worse. Over 70,000 deaths are re
ported monthly.
The senate will take np the Nicara
gua canal bill as soon as it has disposed
of the Chinese exclusion measure.
Floods in the Booth caused Immense
damage to property.
The loss In Tennessee by the recent
flood ia estimated at $4,000,000.
Roosevelt declares himself in favor
of a more atringent Chinese exclusion
law.
A general uprising is being planned
in Macedonia to throw off tho Turkish
yoke.
Fire partially destroyed a Cincinnati
theater, but the audience escaped on
harmed. Pension Commissioner Evans has
been given to nnderstand that his resig
nation was desired.
High wind at Plttsourg resulted in
injuries to many persons in churches
and a heavy property loss.
James R. Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield, has accepted the
position of civil service commissioner.
The house has passed tho army ap
propriation bill.
German will not oppose Russia's
policy in the far East.
The naval appropriation bill carries
$925,000 for the Puget Boand navy
yard.
' Cecil Rhodes left most of his fortune
to the promotion of bis educational
scheme.
Heavy rains in the South have caused
the Mississippi to overflow its banks,
flooding many miles of territory.
Resolutions to investigate an alleged
bribery scandal in connection with the
sale of the Danish island were adopted
by the house.
Senator Mitchell has asked tho conv
metoe committee to increase the appro
priation for the Colombia river and its
tributaries $1,000,000.
The indications are for an early ad
journment of congress.
Cecil Rhodes, "the uncrowned king
of South Africa," ia dead.
MIsa Ellen M. Stone, tho American
missionary, is on her way homo.
There may be some difficulty in tho
United States getting a coaling station
in Cuba.
A passenger train struck a buggy in
the suburbs of Pueblo, killing its three
occupants.
Another mounted force of 8,000 men
ia being raised in Canada (or service in
South Africa.
Two masked men held np an Em
poria, Kan., hotel, but were unable to
break into the safe.
The president is receiving doaeaa of
applications for the governorship of the
Danish West Indies, should those
islands be sold to tbo United States,
Cuba will be turned over to tho Cub
ans May 20.
t
There have been 40 coolers eases and
30 deaths at Manila.
A St. Joseph, Mo., man is under ar
rest for having 13 wives.
Emperor William's new jacht, the
Meteor, will be ready to cross tho ocean
in a few days.
Two men, charged with grand lar
ceny, sawed their way out of a Mon
tana Jail and escaped.
President-elect Palma, of Cuba, is
confident that the career of the new re
public will M successful.
Judge W, Van Devanter, of Chicago,
has been prominently mentioned as a
successor to Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock.
A force of Laguna rebels has sur
rendered.
Santos-Dumont, the Braxilian aero
naut, is in London and expects to make
ascensions during the coronation sea
son. Parisians are discussing a plan of
erecting wireless telegraph systems in
that city to take tho place of tele
phones.
J. A. Alexander, a rich and respected
merchant of Casa, Ark., turns out to bo
James Huddloaton, aa escapee! convict
from Toxa.
GREAT LAKE FORMED.
Blockade Situation In North Dakota Become
Seriout No Indication of Subsidence.
St. Paul, April 2 Transcontinental
traffic by the Northern routes continues
to be blockaded. The Northern Pacific's
efforts to transfer passengers across tho
lake formed by the overflowing of the
slougha near McKenzie, N. D., have
proved fntila and but little hope is held
ont for a resumption of business in tbo
near future.
Report from the Oroat Northern
are to the effect that their transcon
tinental trains, which have heretofore
been able to get through with only a
slight dela, are now held op by floods
in tbo western portion of North Dakota.
Just where the trouble is bas not been
definitely determined, but telegraphic
reports say that the Moose river is ont
of its banks at Minot, on that line, and
that numerous bridges bavo been swept
away. The Red river is also at flood
tide at Grand Forks, N. D., but so far
as reported but little damage has been
done there.
, The situation on the Northern Pacific
is extremely serious. Reports from
McKenzie are to the effect that a lake
30 miles long and two mile wide ha
formed and the tracks are 10 feet under
water, or perhaps entirely washed out.
Efforts to transfer passengers across this
lake have not been successful. Tho
wind bas been so high and the water so
rough that much danger has attended
the attempt to transfer passengers in
small skiffs. A gasoline launch was
put into service yesterday, bnt even
this large craft was found inadequate
to the task. It is thought that an en
tirely new track will have to be built
around this gap in the road before
traffic can once more be carried on.
Pasaengers eastbound have been beld at
Bismarck, and no westbound coast
trains have been started from St. Paul.
A train reached here tonigbt bearing a
camber of passengers who bad been
successfully ferried across the lake at
McKenzie, and tbey report the situa
tion there extremely bad.
As no freight can be moved west
ward, there is fome fear that a famine
in foodstuffs may result ' in Bismarck
and its vicinity. Some of the Northern
Pacific business bas been transferred to
the Burlington at Billings, Mont., and
in that way it is hoped to open an av
enue of communication with the North
Coast cities. The most optimistic of
the railroad officials are inclined to be
lieve that it will be at least 10 days be
fore througn traffic can be re-established
by the regular route.
Q. A. R. ON PENSIONS.
Mature That Were Complained of ia It Re
port to the President
Minneapolis, April 2. Judge Ell
Torrence, commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, jnst back
from a conference with tbe president
on pension matters, says the report of
the G. A. R. pension committee- was
submitted to tbe president over a week
ago. At his request, however, it will
not bo made public for some time, as
tbe president has under consideration
the selection of a successor to Pension
Commissioner Evans. - Judge Torrence,
discussing the report said:
"The committee found no fault with
the pension lawa aa they now exist, but
rather with the manner in which the
laws have been construed and adminis
tered b tbe pension bureau. A desire
for a change in the v office of commis
sioner of pensions has been steadily
growing for two years past, until now
it is almost universal among the veter
ans, conservative Grand Army men
believe, and with good cause, that great
injustice has been done to many de
serving and worthy claimants. AH the
veteran soldier of the onion desires is
that the laws be justly and fairly ad
ministered, and all who are entitled to
receive their benefits shall enjoy them
without diminution or unreasonable
delays, and that every unworthy claim
shall be rejected and every fraudulent
pensioner stricken from the rolls.
"The atmosphere of the pension bu
reau bas been such aa to create an im
pression that a great many frauds are
attempted by the old soldiers, bnt it is
worthy of note that according to tbe
last report of the commissioner, ont of
159 persons convicted of frauds against
the bureau last year but 10 were sol
diers of the Civil war, of whom te
were deserters. Many convictions were
for offenses agaiust the old soldiers,
and' not by them. The records show
that only one old soldier out of 73,000
has been convicted of fraud against the
government. Certainly that is a won
derfully good showing."
Incidentally Judge Torrence denied
that he was to be made pension com
missioner, or that he was a candidate
for that or any other office.
, Six PrUoner Escape.
St. Louis, April 2. By means of a
wooden key six prisoners escaped from
the workhouse early today after 10
hoars' work in breaking their shackles
and opening the inner and outer doors
of their cells. The men, three of them
still wearing chains, climbed the rear
fence of the workhouse grounds and
took a skiff to the Illinois side of the
Mississippi.
Bill Uld Before Senate.
Washington, April 2. Lodge, chair
man of the committee on Philippines,
today reported to the senate the bill
temporarily to provide for the adminis
tration of the affairs of the islands. He
said in submitting the report be hoped
to call np the measure fur consideration
at an early date. . Rawlins, of tbe same
committee, offered an amendment to
the Philippine government bill, in the
nature of a substitute for it. It repre
sents tbo viowi of tbo minority.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEM8 OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happening of Im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvement of the Many Induatrlcs
. Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth
iattit Market Report,
The supreme lodge of Oregon, A. O.
U. W., will meet in Portland June 10
so 20.
Oliver Grace, a pioneer of 1843, died
at his home at Silverton last week.
He waa born in 1829.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has subscribed $1,000 to the Lewis
and Clari exposition.
Tbe Prohibitionist of Portland and
Multnomah county have nominated a
city and county ticket.
About 70 teachers from all parts of
Clackamas county attended the teach
ers' institute in Oregon City last week.
Tbe Tillamook County Bank, of Till
amook, bas filed articles of incorpora
tion with tbe secretary of state. Capi
tal, $10,000.
Preparations are being made to in
crease the water supply of The Dalles.
During the summer months the reser
voirs i each a very low stage.
Tbe retail clerks of Baker City are
trying to secure an agreement among
tbe merchants to close their places of
business on Sunday. Most of the
merchants are willing to agree to eucb
a proposition, provided it is generally
observed.
Tho creamery plant at Junction City
will soon bo in operation.
A party of abont 20 immigrants ar
rived in Yamhill county a few days age
from Tennessee.
A commercial clob ha been organ
ised at Freewator to further the inter
ests of that city.
The Golconda mine, in the Cracker
creex district, seven miles west oi
Snmpter, has been sold for $250,000.
Tho bnsinoss men of Salem, now
that a flax mill is assured, aro working
for tno establishment of a linen mill.
Preparations are being made to re
ceive a 10 stamp mill and complete
equipment at tho Maybello mine, lb
tho Granite district.
The Grant county delegates to" the
Republican congressional convention
are for Williamson. They are not com
mitted for governor.
, The noted Roaring Gimlet mine, ia
the Gold Hill district, bas caused
another senration in tho nature of a
rich strike. The mine was purchased
last week by Indiana men for $10,000,
and since its purchase the new owners
have struck a big pocket ledge on tho
main vein, and removed a pan of near
ly pare gold, or about $18,000.
Tbe Prohibitionists of Washington
county will bold their convention April
S. It ia tbe intention to place a full
county ticket in tho field. Demo
cratic primaries were held ia Umatilla
ooonty March 25 and the eonnty con
vention in Pendleton March 29. The
vote at the primaries was very light,
there being no contest over the elec
tion. A foil county ticket waa named.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 64c; bluestem,
65c; Valley, 6466c.
Barley Feed, $2021.; brewing,
l2l21.50 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.22K;
gray, $1.10(11.20.
. Flour1 Best grades, $2.8003.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.50(32.80.
Millstnffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $20; aborts, $20; chop,
$16.50. "
Hay Timothy, $1213; clover,
$7,50(58; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, $1.101.25
per cental; ordinary, 7080c percen
tal, growers' prices ;sweets, $2.252.60
per cental.
Butter Creamery, 22X25c; dairy,
18(5520c; store, 1315c.
Eggs 14c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(3
13)ic; Young America, 143 15c; fac
tory prices, llKc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4.50; hens, $4.50(35.60 per dozen, 11
llc per pound; springs, llU)c per
pound. $3 per dozen; ducks, $56
per dozen; turkeys, live, 12 13c,
dressed, 1416c per pound; geese, Q
g7 per dozen
Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dress
ed, 77)c per pound.
Hogs Grose. 5?c; dressed, 6i7c
per pound.
Veal 884 for small ; 77X for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 344c; steers,
44,c; dressed, 8M74C per pound.
Hope 12 13c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1315c; Eastern Ore
gon, 8126c; mohair, 2121)c per
pound.
A health resort for invalid soldiers of
the regular army is to be established at
Fort Niobrara, in Nebraska.
Overland limited trains are to be
provided with telephone ser ice while
standing in depots at Chicago, Omaha
and San Francisco.
The owner of a Chicago tenement
has been sued fo- $25,000 damages by
Mrs. John McGmnis, whose two chil
dren were killed by sewer gas and her
own health impaired.
STORM IN THE EAST.
Fierce Gale Doe Great Damage to Property
in Pittibura and Vicinity,
Pittsburg, Marsh 31. One of the
fiercest wind storms ever known in thia
section struck tbe city yesterday just
before noon. Almost incalculable dam
age was don to property, and many
people were injured, some of whom may
die. Score of houses were unroofed,
many trees were blown down, mill
stacks toppled over, and telegraph and
telephone wires generally were dis
abled. The most serious accident waa the
unroofing of tbe Presbyterian church, In
Enoxville, occupied by about 600 per
sons. While the minister was in the
midst of his sermon, the wind blew off
the large chimney and lifted a portion
of the roof. Bricks from .he chimney
crashed through the roof and carried a
large portion of the hardwood ceiling
down npon the worshiper. A panic
ensued and a frantic rush wa made for
the door and windows. At least 40
persons' were caught by the wreckage
and were more or less hurt. Of thia
number five may not recover.
As the pastor of tbe Robinson Run '
United Presbyterian churcb, near Mc
Donald, was raising his arms to pro
nounce the benediction, lightning
struck tbe church spire and it toppled
on the church roof, crashing it and in
juring a number of worshipers, two ef
whom will die.
At Jamestowua tornado tore ont one
end of the United Presbyterian church
while tbe pastor was preaching. He
was buried under a masa of brick and
timbers and fatally hurt. The congre
gation escaped uninjured. The Nobles
town Presbyterian church wa also on-'
roofed.
The Forest OiLCompany bad between
200 and 300 derricks blown down in its
McDonald region, and considerable
damage was sustained by its pipeage
system.
Reports from nearby towns show that
the wind played havoc at every town
in its track.
At Mingo Junction, O., two big struc
tural ore bridges of the National Steel
Company' plant, valued at $50,000,
were twisted into shapeless masses of
iron.
At Belle Vernon, Pa., tbe American
Window Glass Company's plant waa
unroofed, several blocks of bouses were
wrecked and other damage Was done.
At Greensburg, Pa., nearly 0.000 feet
of roof of the Keeley A Jones plant waa
carried away, and the great cnpola ot
tbe First Presbyterian church was toi
pled into the street.
At Washington, Pa., the new bar
mill of the Griffith Tinplate Company
was completely wrecked, entailing a
loss of $10,000.' ive residences were
blown down, the Roman Catholic and
the Third Presbyterian churches were
considerably damaged, and many resi
dences lost roofs and windows. It ia
expected greater losses will be reported
when tbe country districts cau be heard
from.
STAND OF ROOSEVELT.
Favors a Stronger Chinese Exclusion Law
Than the Present One.
Washington, April 1. During a con
ference between tbe president and Rep
resentative Moody, of Oregon; Met-
calf, of California; Reeder, of Kansas,
and Senator Hanabrough, of North Da
kota, on the' irrigation bill, the subject
of Chinese exclusion was introduced by
Representative Metcalf, who said he
bad heard the president was opposed to
the pending drastic bill.
"On the contrary," said President
Roosevelt, "I am anxious to see a law
enacted that will effectually bar out
Chinese- laboring classes a law far
more drastic in this particular than the
one now jn force. At the same time I
believe the Chinese-merchant class and
the higher classes generally should be
liberally dealt with. I heartily endorse
tbe particulars of the bill extending
the exclusion laws to oui insular pos
sessions, and preventing the immigra
tion of Chinese now in tho islands into
the United States."
Turkey Mobilize Troop.
ConstantinoDle. March SI 'Th
Turkish government bas decided to" call
to the colors 90,000 irregular troops.
This mobilization is ostensibly for the
annual maneuvers, but, in view of the
conditions in Macedonia, considerable
significance is attached to the move
ment.
A Photographic Counterfeit.
Washington. April 1. Tho secret
service has announced that a new $5
bank note, the face of which is fairly
deceptive, is in circulation. It is a
photographic print on two pieces of pa
per, with the fibre between, on the
union .National xiank of New Orleans.
Paper Box Plant Deitroyed,
Kansas Citv. March 29. Fire has
completely destroyed the biiildinir at
tbe foot of Delaware street on the river
front, occupied by the National Paper
Box Company, entailing a loss estimated
by firemen and others at $100,000.
Indemnity Riot in China.
Pekin, April 1. Chinese officials say
that 1,000 people have been killed in
riots at Ta Ming Fu, the southernmost
prefecture of the province of Chi Li.
The riots were due to attempts of
local officials to collect indemnities for
the Catholics, as arranged between tbe
officials and the priests, foldiers have
been dispatched to quell the disturb
ance, and a - Taotai baa Keen sent to
adjut the difficulties. ,