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GREG ON JL JULjEh VOL. XIX. ST. JJELENS, OREGON, FBIDAY, APRIL 11, 1902. NO. 17. HALPII MARDCLOT'S MED1ATI0II BY WILLIAM MINTO. CHAPTER VIII Continued. Juat a lie crossed the threshold, and before he could see anything In the atrrange light, Ralph leaped on him with the rope, pawed the now over liii head, and ran it tight ' upon hi arm, pinioning them to hi ld before be had recovered from hi surprise. And he bad dragged the knight back few pace Into the dungeon, and had drawn the dagger from hi aide before the retainer realized what waa going forward. Every man In the caatle there were about dotan ruffian In all, picked men, of the name feather with their mauler wa tramping down the corkscrew atair to aee the fun, all at their fans. Id high apirlta. well lined with beer. The hug Nlcholaa came next to bia master, and he waa lonng ing lazily In, stooping to enter, when uddtmly he heard auppreaaed oatha and a hurried trampling and scuffling, and aaw the knight 1n the graap of the prii oner. Ralph held the dagger to the knlghfi throat. 'A atep and ! atrlkel" he ahouted to the men at tne door. lie w in my nower!" The fact waa obvlona. It waa a wild arena under the torchilnht. the flame leaping and the deep ahadowa quiver In. The torch-bearer were open' mouthed with aatonlehment, and atared at their mauler mutely, Inquiring what waa to be done, leaning forward aa if thev would fain do aomethlng. The fat and geatureof Nlcholaa In thedoor way expressed the earn aurprla and hesitation. Surly defiance aat on the knight' foaturua; the practiced aoldler had been taken unaware, but he had a aelf-rellant look, aa if measuring the aituatinn. For an InaUnt all toe Dg urea were fixed In their attitude like a irninn of Htutuarv. "Hid them retire, or I atrike," aald Reli.h. in a distinct, low voire. "All but the tonh-bearera retire." Clara, who atood in the ahadow be hind Kalnh and the knight, drew nearer. Hir K ! hard hesitated. "Confirm my order or I will keep n word." aald Kalnh. "I iiueaal muat." growled the knlgh at lent, with a forrod laugh. "There ia no othr war. It la a clever trick,' ha continued, in an easier voice, aa if acquiescing. "I never aaw anything more deftlv done. It reminds me of a cauatel nrartlced by that worthy knight" Then, auddenly breaking off and changing hie voice, he ahouted, "Look to th damsel!" The ruae to far suoceeded. lie had counted that Ralph would take hie eyea off him for an luatant, and aa be apoae he daahed hia ahoulder with all hia force againat the youth, and, starting forward, ferked himaelf out of hia grsap. and matle for the door. Nlch olaa aaw the maneuver, and launched himaelf to moot lila matiter, and the torch-bearera alao atarted to clone In But Ralph had the advantage in swiftness of movement. lie waa not driven far by the puah, and he waa on h eenemr aw n like lightning, and caught him by the collar. Still it aeemed aa if the odda were too much tor him. Nlcholaa bad Juat reached bl master, and waa a I moat touching him, and one of the torch bearera. converting hia torch into I weapon, waa aiming a blow at Ralph' head. But the next inatant, in the rapidly ah If ting arene, ahowed complete change in the balance of advantagea, Ralph had jerked back the knight be tween him and th torch bearer, and the latter, on turning hia blow aaide to avoid hitting hia maater, caught Men olaa with the biasing pitch full in the face. The giant threw hia banda on hi face, and rolled on the floor, in agony, yelling like a demon. Then help came to Ralph at the aame Inatant from an unexpected quarter The audden movement bad paeaed be fore Clara' eyea with electric abrupt' nes. There waa no time to think only a sens of the danger leaped to her brain; Inatlnctively, wlthaory, ahe ran forward, and, selling the rope with which the knlght'a arma were pinioned, pulled with all her might, tier Iron aled tug came at an opportune moment the knight waa staggering under the arrant of Ralph' powerful arm, and it brought him three pace back clear of the men who had run to hia aaalatance. Ralph, with the dagger at the knight' throat, wa again maater of th situation. Sir Richard aullenly ordered hia men to withdraw. Only . one torchbearer waa left by Ralph' directiona, and he had to part with hi weapon. The blinded giant wa led op stairs blas phemlng. "It ia aome devil' magic," Sir Rich ard aald. "But you do not get lightly out of till castle, though I am in your power!" "If you move again by way of re iatance," returned Ralph, "I will de spatch you without further parley!" "A you pleaae," he muttered, dog gedly, "but you will not easily pass my men and my gate." . "Meantime, I will bind yon more securely," and he proceeded, with the aid of the other rope, to make hi pris oner safe, hand and foot. , But what waa to be ' done next? What Sir Richard had laid waa perfect ly true. It was not eaay to devise any means of eerape from the castle. lie could not trust Sir Richard' word that they might depart in aafety, even if the kninht had been willing to pledge it in return for hia own life. Sir Richard watched hia look of per plexity with grim humor, recklese of hia own fate. "It ia a hard knot, Hir Clerk," he aald, with mocking laugh "You are not free yet. 1 won't pledge my word to let you go, not If you had all the devil In hell at your oeca:," Ralph made no answer, but, taking the torch from the attendant, motioned him to retire. "Do not fear, Clara," ha aald. We have not gone ao far to fail at laat. But we muat not take our next step raahly." A he spoke, the eound of heavy blowa on the outside wall above aeemed to make the whole dungeon shake. A minute afterwarda and the trapdoor waa hurriedly lifted. A face appeared at the opening. Its first look of eager and determined Inquiry passed rapidly into one of aatoniahment. - "Is Ralph Ilardutot there?" asked a voice from behind this apparition. But before Ralph could anawer, the trap door waa shut violently down, and they beard th aounda of a struggle overhead, and another aerie of knocks that made the wall vibrate. While Ralph and Clara atood looking at one another In bewildered, mute inquiry, there came a crash like thunder, and then they could hear a confused and fu rioua shouting, followed by a heavy and Hurried tramping overhead aa of crowd of men rushing into the castle. Presently they heard footatap descend' Ing the dungeon ataira. But to explain what had happened we muat go back to Simon d'Ypre and hi companions. CHAPTER IX. We mentioned that Simon d'Yprea and hia henchman Lawrence rode dll ferent waya. We will follow Lawrence for he waa more fortunate than hia leader in hi search for help. He and the apprentice rode down the hill where they had been robbed till they came opposite the church of Wixoe; then turning to the right, they made for Yeldham. Aa-they entered the village they heard the musical ring of a black amith'a anvil. "We are In luck!" cried Lawrence, trying to catch and hum the notes atruck by the hammer. They dismounted at the door, and tying their aweating horse to ring in the wall, entered the smithy. ' Give you goodday, Barnaby," aald Lawrence, "I aee you are busy." The brawny amith left the handle to fall by it own weight, and tossed out of hi ere the matted, curling brown hair which grew low down on hia fore head. "Never ao buay, meaaera," he answered, "but I am willing to be busier. What ia your pleasure?" Lawrence made a gesture with his forefinger over hia right ahoulder. W e are going to the pageant." "I am with you," returned the smith, wiping hia brow aa he left the forge and cams noarer. "But I had a mea- aenger here only yesterday, who fixed the day aome nine montha hence. He told me to have my men in readiness by midsummer next. There 1 no change in our plana?" "None that I know of," aald Law renre. "But we nave been sent to get your help In another matter." And he proceeded to tell bow they had been robbed by the knight of Sturmere, and to aak whether it were possible to raise the neighborhood and rescue Ralph Hardelot. "Certain paper also have been carried off," he added in conclud ing the story, "which my maater wiahea to recover, aa ha had a use for them at Stourbridge Fair." Barnaby, the smith, heari him to the end with grave, meditative air, thenaaked: "But bow am I to know that your maater ha authority to com mand our service in thia matter?" Lawrence drew from hia pocket a amall silver coin about the aire of a groat, with a crown on the obverse aide, and on the reverse the letter C with the figure ol a husbandman holding a plough. "lie tend us in the name of king and commons," said Lawronco, holding out this token. . The amith looked at it respectfully. 'Well," he said, after pondering for a moment, "we might do something. Hut Sturmere la a atrong caatle, and Sir Richard Ratnham more than an ap prentice In the art of defence." i et you have seen atronger castles taken in yout time, and stouter knights foiled." Barnaby had teen foreign service in the train of the neighboring lord of Hedlngham Caatle, Thoma de Vere, Earl of Oxford. "In the middle of the 'Hundred Years' War." a it la called. there wa hardly a pariah in England that did not contain aome such men of experience, and they, were naturally chosen aa local head In the great organization of the commons, which waa now being formed throughout the country. 'I have seen atronger caatlet taken nd stouter knlghta foiled." he answer ed, aiowly, "but the assault waa atrong, and akilful also. Our men are willing enough, but they have neither force nor skill to tackle high wall and iron gates witn armed men behind them." "Then you think it hopeless?" "No, I do not. We will do what we can, and It will ahow u what wa can do. Besides, we may get help." From what quarter?" asked Law rence, whose spirit had been rather lowered by the experienced eoldier'a reception of the enterprise. lner la a band of men here iron) the priory of Dartford after thia aam Richard Rainham. It seema ha ha stolen a novice from the priory, and they arrived here thia morning in pur suit. They rested here when they found he waa several hour ahead of them, and I know not whether they have stomach to go farther. But I will take you to them. I know aomethlng of their leader. I knew him in France. If they turn back, it will not be his fault." The leader of the party of rescue waa a man whom circumstance forced Into leading position in the trouble that ensued, but at that time, aome nine montha before the great rising, he wa little known outside the valley ef the Darent, and the little town on th Thame where he practiced the trade of a tiler. . He waa engaged with hi men on one of the roof of the priory when Clara Koo wa carried off. He had saved her father' life in the battle of Narvarella, and sometime afterward had received valuable service In return, the aggressor at thi time be In Sir Richard Rainham. Thu it hap pened that when be aaw the daughter of ma comrade and friend carried oft by man he had no cause to remember with good will, he had a double motive for action, and wa not a man to easily de sist once he had taken thing in hand. With the eight or ten men on guard at the priory, he had atarted in pursuit of itainnam and hi party, bat bad learned on reaching the smithy that Rainham had undoubtedly reached hia caatle, and they had (topped U rest and debate what further atepe they anouid take. When Simon d'Yprea' lieutenant Lawrence arrived at Yeldham. they were still resting themselves and their boraea, undecided In their plan, bnt disposed to regard any further attempt aa nopeiosa. Wat the Tiler had urged them in the morning to ride up with him to Stur mere and reconnoitre on the chance of getting some aurpriee advantage; bnt Die excitement of the cbase had died out, they pleaded the fatigue of their horses, and left him to make the expe dition by himself. He had seen Rainham and hia men ride out, and had come back inwardly fretting over an opportunity misted. But he wa a silent, selfcontained aian; be did not abuse the party for their aupinenesa, but put them to shame with the simple aphorism, uttered with Stoic resignation, "In war it ia better alwav to be on the move: you never know when a chance may come." He had returned to Yeldham only few minutes in advance of Lawrence, and when that emissary was introduced, he wa seated at the table of the hostel ry among the priory retainer, dram ming abstractedly with hia fingers. He had juat told what he had seen, winding up with the above aphorism, and they looked rather crestfallen. "More newa about Sir Richard," aaid the amith, introducing Lawrence, who at once proceeded to explain the pur pose of hia coming, and to beg .them to lend their aid in an attack on Slur- mere, if he and the amith could raise the neighboring villages. ou muat be green in war." said Tiler, "to dream of taking a caatle like Sturmere with a ruah of half-armed and untrained countrymen." "Juat what I told him!" cried Bar naby, tbe smith. nut, summered Lawrence, "we have aome trained men within call, like Barnaby here, and we counted on your assistance. There are not above a dozen men In Sturmere." ' A dozen women," Tiler answered lightly, "with such gate and wall would be mora than enough to keep us all at bay. But," he added, after musing a little, while Lawrence looked at him in diamay, "we have no time to waato. Can you gather your trained men by the cross-road at Wixoe two hour before midnight? Bring a many of the rabble a you like if you can keep themquiot till the word is given." And will you attempt the caatle?" cried Lawrence, Joyfully. "Uarnaby and I will try to let you in," anawered Tiler. But the assembly must be In silence. If any begin to hoot and shout we may as well go back home. Let every man know this and take an oath to be silent. An oath, mark you! and to be as still as a prowl lug cat, for it is often harder to keep the tongue quiet than to keep the heart firm and true." (To be continued.) Exptrlment Not Successful. It is related of King Charles IX, of France that, having suspected one of hia cooks of stealing two silver spoons, he resolved to try the effect of bezoar, which at that time was highly recom mended as an antidote to poisons. So, thinking a good opportunity had ar rived for testing its properties, his majesty administered to the nnfortu nate cook first a large dose of corrosive sublimate and then a dot-e of the reput ed antidote; but the unlucky man fell a victim to the experiment and died, in great agony in seven hours, in spite of other efforts to save him. Toe Much for th Cobra. Recently (aays an Indiana paper) a large crowd, composod chiefly of Kam- atis, assembled at Versnrpaiidy to offer gift of fruit and pour libations of milk into the hole of a sacred cobra. This is an unusual ceremony, and is called "Nagala Chowty," or the snake- feeding ceremony.- Such a quantity of milk was poured down that the cobra, to escape drowning, darted from its hiding place, scattering its devotees. and took refuge in bush close at band. American English. We do not speak the English language in the way In which it is spoken by the people of England. We have great ly changed, enlarged and perhaps Im proved it in our usual progressive way. The wonder lies in the notion of Englishmen that their way of speaking th language is the only way and that our way is wrong jiVENTtS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review ef tht bnportat rUppeaktgi ef the Past Week, Presented In a Coadenaed Perm, Which b Meat likely i Prey ef latere to Oar Many jTcadro. Tbeahahof Persia will visit Emperor wiiiiam. The house has passed the Chinese exclusion bill. Venezuela rebols are gaining ground and the government ia in a bad way. Striking miner in Pennaylvanla nave rejected the offer of the mineown era. A third attempt has been made to assassinate the Moscow prefect of police. The war revenue repeal bill has been passed by the house and gone to the piesldent. A new verse to "God Save the King" has been written for tbe coronation ceremonies of King Edward. Although the administration regards the Chinese exclusion bill as too dras tic, it will place no opposition in its way. The St. Lnol fair may be postponed until 1D04. Cecil Rhodes' fortune amounts to 5,000,000 pound. President Diaz, of Mexico, is plan ning a visit to tbe United State this summer. Three men were killed and seven wounded in an attempt to arrest an Alabama negro. The battleship Wisconsin is at San Francisco after a viait to Samoa, Hon olulu and a number of South American port. Mia Ellen M. Stone ha signed a contract for a series of 100 lecture, to be given in the principal cities of tbe United State. The bill providing a form of govern ment for the Philippinea will follow the Chinese exclusion bill in the senate. After that the canal measure will be taken up. The house haa begun tha considera tion of the exclusion bill. Mitchell made the opening speech ia the senate on tha Chines exclusion bill. The last quarter' import to th United States from all German t ' amounted to $23,786,094, increase of $1,297,560. In an all day fight between part ol General Kitchener' forces and the force of General Delarey and Kemp, the Boer were repulsed. The loa wa heavy on both aidea. Tbe bulk of Cecil Rhode' property ia left for education. It provides two American scholarship at Oxford to each of the present states and territories of the United State. The senate haa passed the oleomar garine bill. The house haa passed tbe sundry oivil appropriation bill. Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock will noon retire from the cabinet. Abner McKinley denies that he tin connected with the Danish West Indies scandal. Twelve hotels and many ama ler buildinga were burned at Atlantic City, N. J. Loss, $ 750,000. It is hardly probable that the bill admitting Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico will be passed by the present session of congress. The president haa appointed Brig adier General Hughes a major general and Colonels Burt, De Russy and Sher idan to be brigadier generals. Six persons were burned to death in a fire at Johnstown, Pa. The senate will vote on the oleomar garine bill in a few days. The Northern Pacific blockade in North Dakota ia being raised The senate considered the Danish purchase scandal in secret seesion. Sixty thousand Chinese are ia bell Ion in southern China provinces The German emperor's American built yacht Meteor III ha aailed for Southampton. Acting President Sohalkburger will meet the Boer leader soon and disease peace terms. Republicans and Democrat each gained one alderman in the Chicago oity election. . The transport Sheridan has aailed from San Francisco for Manila with 1,285 soldiers ef the Twenty-ninth in fantry. Flood stloation in Mississippi is again becoming serious. Twenty-two men were'killed In aa explosion in a Tennessee coal mine. Joshua Wllbour, United States consul at Dublin, Ireland, died at Rutherford, N. J. The postoffiee department has (topped the fraudulent scheme of a (wind ler who advertised a way to open cash registers without keys. Mrs. Catherine Soffel, wife , of the Pittbsburg warden, baa been indicted on three counts, charged with aiding the Biddies teSeseap flora jail January 80. I8THMIAN CANAL RIQHT8. Nicaragua and Casts Rica Negotiating with United State. Wellington, April It 1 under stood that Mr. Core, the Nicaragua minister here, ha forwarded to hia government a proposition a to the price the United State would be likely to pay for Nicaragua canal right, tbe proposition having been ubmitted to tbe minister by Secretary Hay. Secre tary Hay's proposition is said to be in thejiature of counter proposal to that set out In the canal, protocol drafted by United States Minister Merry last year. Mr. Cores, for Nicaragua, and Minister Calvo, for Costa Rica, have decided to do away with the protocol stage in their negotiations regarding a canal, and are pieparing drafts of treaties which will embody the terms under which their respective governments will cede the necessary canal rights. These treaty drafts are expected to be complete by the end of the current week. By that time Mr. Cores expect to receive his final instructions from his government, including the decision respecting Secre tary Hay's proposal. The eituation aa to Colombia is pre cisely the reverse to that as to Nica ragua, as in the former case the United States government has before it defin ite proposal from Colombia and is con' sidering it with some indication of a purpose to suggest desirable amend' ment. PA8SES THE 8ENATE. Mitchcira Uad Bin for Repaying Ctrttia Fonda. Washington, April 9. Senator Mitchell today called np and paseed his double minimum land bill. Tbe bill aa passed provides that where borne- stead timber culture, desert land or other entries of public lands are or have been cancelled or relinquished be cause of conflict, or where the entry bas erroneously been allowed and cannot be confirmed, tbe secretary of the interior shall repay to the entryman all fees, commissions, purchase money and ex cesses paid upon tbe same when such entry is duly cancelled by tbe depart ment. In case where parties hvae paid double minimum price for land, which baa afterwarda been found not to be within the limits of a railroad grant. or within the limits of any portion of a Rr,ul wnicn may oe lonmieu iur laiiure to construct that portion ot tbe railroad in aid of which the grant waa made, the excess of 11.25 an acre shall be re paid to entrymen. Claim for repay' ment to be valid must be filed within three years. BIG IRRIGATION QUESTION. May Colorado Take Water That Would Flew Through Kansas? Washington, April 9. Th United States supreme court, in an opinion de livered by Chief Justice Fuller today, overruled the demurrer of the state of Colorado in the oaee of the state of Kansas vs. the state of Colorado. The case involves tbe right of Colo rado to appropriate for purposes of ir rigation the waters of the Arkansas river, which Kansas sought by an orig inal action to restrain on the ground that the stream flows through Kansas and the people of tbe latter state are injured by such an appropriation of the water. The chief justice said that the case ia one in which the court can prop erly assume jurisdiction. He said also that the action of the court in overrul ing the demurrer was intended to be without prejudice, but was taken be cause the importance of the cate was such that it should not be decided with out full proof on the questions set up in the allegations ot damage made by tbe state of Kansas. COLORADO BANK ROBBED. Explosions Attract Citizens, But the Robbers Escape Two Suspect Arrested. Pueblo, Colo., April 0. The Bank of Fowler, at Fowler, Colo., 25 niles east of this city, wa robbed of tl,100 by safe blowers at 2 o'clock this morn ing. Several charges of nitro glycerin were exploded to open the safe and the cash box. Citizens were aroused by the explosions and fired several shots at four men who were seen running away, but the robbers succeeded in es caping. News of the robbery waa tele phoned to neighboring towns. Two men who boarded the Santa Fe train at Nepesta, seven mile west of Fowler, this morning were arrested as suspects. In their possession were found 1388 and several coins. Bloodhonnda have been sent to Fowler to trail the robbers. Casualties of the Boers, London, April 9. Lord Kitchener reports that the Boer casualties during the engagements of March 31 and April 1 were, at the lowest estimate, 30 men killed and 80 wounded. Commandant Erasmus was killed near Boshof . Decreue of Trade In Great Britain. London, April 9. The board of trade returns for Aiarcn snow tne remarkable Mrs. John McGinnis, wbos two chil- is 1,000 atrong and Is now doing garn docreaae of 5,528,195 pounda in imports jdren were killed by sower gas and her .son duty in Halifax. The offer waa and 2,804,056 pounds in exports. own health iaapairod. I cabled t th British war offle. NEWS OP THE STATE ITEMS OF INTERE8T FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. CeaMBcrciaf and Financial 11 appoints ef ha. porta A Brief Review af the Growth seal Impfevemeajta ef the Masy taduabiaa Throughout Oar thriving CaaweawieHti Market Report. The Polk county Mohair Association has sold its pool of 36,000 pounds at 25 cents per pound. Mra. Eliza Jane Wrisley, an Oregon pioneer of 1852, has passed away at bar borne in Medlord. Deceased waa bora in 1826. City elections were held In many town throughout the atate thi week. Party line were observed in but very few cases. A railroad is to be built in Southern Oregon from Grants Pass to Crescent City. It will be known as the Oregon 4 Pacific Railway. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ackerman states that after six months of use the new Oregon text books have proven satisfactory. Tbe fishing season on the Columbia river opens April 16. The prospect are more favorable for a large pack than at thia time last year. March customs receipt at Portland were $77,212.99. The larger part of these receipts were from duties paid on inward cargoes from the Orient. The Columbia: River Fishermen's Protective Union, at a meeting in Astoria, fixed the price of salmon for the coming season aa follows: Mx cents per pound for fish weighing 26 pounds or over, and 6 cent for smaller fish. No price for steelheada or bluebacks wa. mentioned. The Willamette Pulp 4 Paper Com pany, whicb employs over ouu men in Oregon City, has made a voluntary ad vance in the wages of about 300 Of its employes. All tbe men who have been receiving 1 1.50 per day will in future get f 1.76, and all of the $1.75 per day men will get an advance of 10 per cent, ' Salem has taken the preliminary steps to installation of city light plant. The farmers' co-operative telephone line from Echo to Pendleton will be completed about May 1. About half the telephones in Oregon City are out of business as the result of a live electric light .wire dropping tnem. The receipts of state land office for March were $39,885.44, or the largest amount received by the present clerk for any one month. A contract for 12,000 pounds of the 1902 hop crop is tbe top record in eon- tracts at Salem. Quite a number are reported at 12 cents. Marion Cunningham, aa Oregon pioneer of 1853, and one of the most prominent citizens of Harriabnrg, haa paseed away, aged 69 years. The clam cannery at Skips non has started np for the season and will be kept in operation until late in the fall, packing about 60 cases per day. Indi cations are that the clama on Clatsop beach are as pleuiful aa ever before, if not more so. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 64c; bluestem. 86c; Valley, 465c. - Barley Feed, $20 21.; brewing, $21(321.60 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.15(9 1.2 JK; gray, 1 1.10(91.20. Floor Best grade, $2.80(33.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60(82.80. Millstufis Bran, $16 per ton; mid dlings, $20; short, $20; chop, $16.60. Hay Timothy, $12(313; clover. $7.60(38; Oregon wild hay, $5g6 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, $1.10(31.28 per cental; ordinary, 70(9 80c. per cen tal; Early Rose, $1.25(3150 per cen tal, growers' prices jeweeta, $2.26(32.60 per cental. Butter Creamery, 23 X (5 28c; dairy, 1820c; store, 13915c. Eggs 18 14c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(3 134c; Young America, 14(9 16c: fac tory prices," 11 He less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(3 4.50; hens, $4.60(96.50 per dosea, l per pound;prings,ll(911Kc per pound. $3 4 per dozen; ducks, $5(37 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12(3 13c, dressed, 14(3 16c per pound; geese, $6K (97 per doaea. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dress ed, 7 7 Mc per ponnd. Hogs Gross, 6?4c; dreeeed, fiftAc per pound. Veal 88X for small; 7(3 7 X for large. Beef Gross, cows, 84e; ' steers, 4(340; dressed, 8)497e per ponnd. Hops 12(3 13c per pound. Wool Valley, 13(916c; Eastern Ore gon, 8S12Xc; mohair, 21A21H per ponnd. A health resort for Invalid soldiers of the regular army ia to be established at Fort Niobrara, in Nebraska. Overland limited trains are to be provided with telephone service while standing in depots at Chicago; Omaha and San Francisco. The owner of a Chicago tenement ' haa been sued fo $25,000 damage by STANDS QAVE WAY. rive Spectators Killed and Many Injured at a Football Gams at Oaigow. Glasgow, Aprils. Tha struggle ef the crowd which gathered at Ibrox park today to witness the laat interna tional aasoeiatiea football eateet be tween toanas from Bnglaad and Seet iand eansed the collapse of portion at tha spectators' terraoee, resulting ia the death of five parsons and the In jury ol 12S. When the game begun 70,000 spec tators were en , th ground and sajnv taenss crowd, had gathered outside. Being unable to gala admittance, thia crowd broke down some of th barriers and swarmed upon the field, whereupon the polio charged and drove the in truders upon the terrace and seats. with the result that the railing divid ing the crowd were broken and the people were thrown over each other. Ia the frantic (truggle toward the exits the pressure toward the upper portion of the westerly terrace waa so great that leec of tbe highest of the strncture collapsed under tbe weight of the crowd driven upon it. precipitating the mass of people to tbe ground, 60 feet below. The injured were ailed in hearai. wedged in with broken wood. The onlookers hesitated toannroach the dangling structure at firot. out fin ally began to ntilize portion of the broken barrier a stretchers. A hun dred of the most rerionsly injured were carried to tbe pavilion and to spaces in the rear of tbe atanda. A maioritv of th victim are suffering from broken rib and fractured limb, while some auatained internal injuries. Thorn meat severely injured aere later re moved in ambulance to infirmarie, and the lesser sufferers were sent ia cabs to surgeries. Six of the Injured are not likely to recover. A few per son were trampled upon in trying to eape from the -rush when the police charged, but most of the victims sus tained their injuries ia the fall of tbe terrace. THE DANISH TREATY. Undsmiag CoBtiaue thr Debate Without Reschmg Coaclusioae. Copenhagen, April 8 The lands thing, or npper hone, in secret session today continued the di suasion of the Danish West Indies treaty for three honra with no renlt. Tbe debate was heated, and mucb excitement prevailed among tbe members. It ia hoped that the meeting of the landsthing tomorrow will enable th house to report its eon- elnsiona. A meeting of the member ef th op position in the landsthing was held to night and an exciting debate occurred. A majority of those present declared themselves in favor of tbe sale of th islands, but demanded that a plebeeoite be taken. Tbe opposition press 1 engaged in a violent agitation against the govern ment. The National Tidenge today an nounces that the right party of the landsthing is now in favor of tha ces sion of the islands to the United States, If the consent of the inhabitant of th islands is obtained. ANOTHER ROYAL GUEST. Th Prince of Wale May be Next to Visit th Uaited State. . New York, Aprii 8. High diplo matic circles here are discussing plans, believed to be far advanced, for a visit by the Prince of Walee to tbe United States, says the London correspondent of the Times. The administration at Washingon is officially forwarding th proposal for the visit, which, it ia un derstood, receives the personal sanction of King Edward, some of whose coun sellors urge the acceptance of the invi tation aa a matter of astute state pol icy. Emperor William is considering an invitation to send tbe crown prince of Germany to America at tbe same time, and France is expected to send a distinguished representative. Has Designs en Tripoli. London, April 8. A dispatch to th Exchange Telegraph Companv from Constantinople announces that the ports has filed with the Italian ambassador a complaint, charging that Italian fish ermen are extensively engaged In land ing guns on tbe coact of Tripoli and that Italian officers in disguise are em ployed on board sponge boats in taking soundings and observations. The Trans-Siberian railway gives the cheapest rates in the world. It is pos sible to buy an emigrant's ticket, cov ering 6,000 miles nearly three week' journey for about $3. This year's record in the United States of I -at from fire will be about $170,000,000. It is estimated that tbe loss In 26 years has been $2,890,000, 000, of which $17,000,000,000 waa cov ered by insurance. The expenses of the legislative branch of the federal government are $9,600, 000 a year, and of the department of justice $5,000,000. The expenaea of th Diatrict of Columbia, paid for by th federal government, are $7,000,000 a year. Canadians Volunteer. Halifax, N. S., April 8. The Royal Canadian regiment of infantry has tol nn tee red for services in South Africa.. The offer was made today by Colonel White, the commander of the regiment, to the acting general, Colonel Biscoe, who Is in command of th British forces in North America. Thereeiuiei t