r i i fi OREGON J VOL. XIX. ST. HELENS, OKEGON, FKIDAY, MAY 9, 190LV NO. 21. JLJL II BY WILLIAM MINTO. CHAPTER XII Continued. Nevertheless, Iw Is Pole w sent on hli or mml of Inquiry, unci in hi absence Hurley advised the king not to proceed to extremities, Charles' tlio Fifth of France wa now known t In on III death bid. Tl ey were In dully expectation of Ilia new of hi death Tlio struggle with Frame would then uroMilv enter nn a more acute phase and the English side would nerd the service of every capable warrior. Bur loy'i advice, given with all humility and rexptH't, was in effect that Italnham ahotild be pardoned on condition of hi tit once raising company of men at-arms and Joining the Karl of Buck ingham in Brittany. Ralph also might tie of service to them In dealing with tlio discontented coiunioni at home. Richard did not like the advice, but he stood in a certain awe of the ad vber, and waa easily led by gentle treatment. The Judicious counsellor had talked him over before De la Polo rejoined them with the newt that Ralph's wound wa not serloti, -the spearhead liavlnjr itnrk between two . plate of the thigh armor without pen etrating deep Into the lloi-Ji . On hearing thla Intelligence the king looked thoughtful and Irresolute, a If he wished to go b..'k from bl pacific foncluf Ion, Hurley watched hi face with a kindly, paternal smile. Mean time the prince, w ho had been con- voting mirne.-.tly with Clara, beckoned t m la Pole to come to tier. "Whyiilnuililn.it the combat goon now?" whispered the king to Hurley a De la role hastened to obey tlie iim- nion of the princens. Hurley met hi hesitating eye with k udly gravity. "It would be more like an enecrttlon now than combat," he said, slowly, "since the clerk I not seriously wounded, and the knlght'a face Is undefended. To atop the com' bat when one of them teemed to have the worst of it, and resume it when it became knuwn that he tid auffered lit tle hurt, would appear like an undie favorirg of one of the pertie." The king could not deny the justice of thi plain ronNlderatlun, but Mill he hesitated, and hankered after a renewal of the fight. "I wih I had allowed them to gn on," he muttered. "It wan on account of the unfairness of the blow that I interposed my baton." Hi brow cleared a he eald thla, but waa clouded again when conscience re minded him that, after all, partiality for the Young clerk and repugnance to tlio brutal knight bad influenced bin action. fie fretted and chafed for few In itants longer, but mew age that De la I'ole brought back from the prince ended hi Indecision. It wa the prayer of the prince, speaking for herself and the other ladle, that the con-bat should not proceed to the further effusion of biooil. On hearing thl the king' face again brightened up, and be milled to hi mother to signify that he assented to her request. A proffor wa then made to Sir Rich ard Kainham. The knight did not ob tain a choice between resumption of the combat and service in Brittany, but between thl and degradation from the honor of knighthood, lie looked black when the condition were named to him, but did not hesitate long between the alternative. Proclamation wa then, made to the crowd that the combat wa at an .end; that Fir Richard Ralnham hd com mitted a dastardly act, foi which he de-erved to forfeit bl spurs, but that the king wa graciously pleased to par don him on condition that ha proceeded at once to Rrittany to reiuforcce the king' armies there. The mob would have been much bet ter pleated if the battle had been re turned; but the removal of the ty run ons knight for a time from the neigh borhood waa soma gratification, and wlten Hurley cried in a loud voice. "God aava the king, for he is a wise and merciful prince!" the mob shouted heartily In response, Before the royal party luit the list, the king handsome y feel a strolling troupe of juggler, tumbler, and minstrels which had fol lowed him to Castle Iledlngham, and they were Instructed to exhibit their feats (or the amusement of the people as some amends for the loss of a more exciting spectacle. CHAPTER XIII. For Ralph also the nigaclou Burley found a purpose. Reflecting on what he had heard about hi namesake Simon d'Ypres, be had come to the conclusion that thl man, with hi view abontthe common taking the law into their own hands, and hi bundle of inflammatory ' document, wa bound for Stourbridge Fair with designs upon which the gov ernment would do well to keep an ob scrvsnt eye. These greut fair served much more impnrtnnt end in the social economy of the Middle Ages than we can easily conceive now, and offered great facil ities, among other things, for the hatching of widespread plots, because people of all classe gathered to them from all part of the country. Few of the once celebrated fair have entirely dieapeared, but they survive in very attenuated forma, the most pitia ble ghosts of their former selves; deal ing now In horses 6r fruits or toys, where once they transacted the weight iest business of exchange; over In a few hours, where once they lasted for day or even weeks. Railway have robbed them of their utility and -their glory. But it 1 not so long ago since U exchange of the country could no IIAiElOn ntMHIM more been carried on without them than It could now be without railways, and pushing commercial tiavelers, and gigantic warehouses, and the other var ious huge apparatus of trade. - In the Fourteenth century Stourbridge Fair, on the soutfi bank of the Cam, near Cambridge, was one of the greatest of them; one of the great fairs of Europe, on a par then with the great Russian fair of Nijnl Novgorod, which still re tain It eminence. What a falling off is there! In the Fourteenth century the bank of the Cam were much more widely known for their great annual fair than for their university. . In 1830 there wa not a town In Eng land between Berwick and Calais that was not represented on Stourbridge Green. From the midland and the eastern counties bargain hunter came hopefully from every parish. The fair wa open for weeks, and the booth of the trafficker were regularly built in streets or rows, named after the article of trade to which they were assigned. All the necessities and all the luxur ies of mediaeval life were to be had at Stourbridge Fair, and all classes thronged towards Cambridge In the middle of September. The knight came there to buy fur and Jewelry, silk and'lacea, for hi wife and daugh ters; bowstave for hia archers, armor and horse for himself and retinue. Monasteries laid In their stock of wine and spices, and haggled with tbe gold smiths and silversmiths and wood carv ers of Flanders and Germany over orna ments for their chapel. The wealthy shoep farming franklin carried home from Stourbridge, in exchange for his wool, a wagon load of tar for bis sheep; cloth to make clothes for his workmen; Iron to make implement for his farm; leather to make harness for bis horses; pot and pan and brushes for hi household. Vessels of iron and brsss; wines from Spain, Guenue, Burgundy, Tuscany .Crete, Greece; currants, rasins, almonds from the levant; tar and pitch from Norway; fur and amber from Russia; armor from Milan; cutlery from Sheffield; . linens and lawns, diapers and holland from Bruges and Liege, Mechlin and Ghent; there waa nothing that wa not to be teen and bargained for at the world famou mar ket. And because of the vast congregation of people from all quarters, eervint coming in the train of their masters, there were great facilities at such a fair for the organ nation of discontent, bee ret conferences could be held; notes of grievances compared ; measures con' certed; brotherhood formed; signal and watchwords agreed upon. One of the munles of the great Peas snts' Rebellion of 1381, the magnitude of which is disguised when it is called Wat Tyler's, and spoken of a a more impromptu expansion of a tax collect' ing riot, Is to understand how it wa organized. It waa really tbe greatest social convulsion that thl klndgorn has ever experienced, a widespread and deep rooted rebellion,, compared with which all onr other civil dissensions between barons aud barons, York and Lancaster, king and parliament, Jacob- He and Hanoverian, were superficial commotions. Tbe great deeps of socie ty were stirred as they had never been before and never have since. The quickness With which the storm passed, the absence of visible result, the (mail space it occupies consequently in our histories, have caused its stupendous violence to be forgotten. ' The gather ing at Black heath under Tyler, the In vasion of London by the mobs of Kent and Essex, was but part of a movement by which all England was thrown into momentary confusion. On the same day everv town of consequence in Eng land, north and south, east and west, Yolk, Canterbury, Lincoln, Cambridge, Lancheater, Bristol, Coventry, was as sailed by the armies of the peasants, formidable though untrained. Fvery important town was, as It were, the centre of a circle in the circumference of which the insurgents gathered in band ,and converged along every rad ius, raising their comrades as they marched. How was this simultaneous rising planned with such secrecy and com pleteness that on the appointed day all sprang into motion like automatons under the touch of a tingle hand? It waa done at the fairs; the great nation al assemblies, the unconventional parli- ments of the Middle Ages. Here lead er from all parts of the country could meet and make their arrangements. Once the organization wa begun, it could be completed by itinerant friars, troilintr minstrels, beggars, aud pil grims, or conspirator traveling under those familiar Ugures, mil it was at me fairs that the plan were first concocted which were afterwards carried to such perfection. Alter the rebellion, the government tiled to check conspiracy by enacting that wherever six or seven peasants were seen In conference, it was we duty nf loyal subject to arrest them. But this was aiwr mey hku themselves capable of combination. n,,fnr (.he rebellion, none of the ruling classes seriously believed In the possi bility of combination among we De spised rustics. Still, Wlien curiey anew mm. pretending to be a merchant, and known to hold revolutionary view, ana w carry with hln bundle of incendiary documents, wa on hi way to gather ing so crowded as Btoumriuge rair, no deemed it prudent to keep an eye on hia movement; ana ne proposeu w uo Ralph Hardelot as a means for laying hands on him and hia fellow eonwir-, ators, if he had any, Was Ralph, then, already corrupted by royal favor? Was he so weak a to consent to play the spy upon the man who had hepled.to save his life? No; the young man' loyalty was un doubtedly strengthened by the favor which the king had shown him. It wa warmed to something like devotion, But the vagaciou Burley knew human nuture too well to propose to him the mission of a spy. It wa only Indirect ly that he planned to learn something through Raluh of the movements of Ml mon dY'pres, and to capture him and bis whole gang If they seemed to med itate anything dangerous. Ralph wa to be sent to his acquain tance as a mediator, to assure him and hi fellows that the king wa most fa vorably Inclined to them, was deeply sensible of the "miseries of the poor commons, and ready to inquire into their grievance and redress them to the utmost of bis power. Ralph wa to seek the pretended merchant at 8 tour bridgo Fair, and give him tbi assur ance of the king's sympathy and good will. This he could do most honestly, for bad he not with his own ears beard the king declare that an Inquiry wa not too much to ask, and had tbe king not taken his own part in the quarrel with Rainham? Of Burley' ulterior design tbe young man knew nothing and suspected nothing. He hsd found sympathy and help himself in nigh places, and had aeen In the generous young king an eager disposition to extend the same to tbe poorest of bis subjects. He was ignorant of the hard reasons of state and the bard interests of statesmen that might stand between the king's gener otis disposition and its practical fruition. CHAPTER XIV. ine mission witn whicn Kalph wa Intrusted gave him the very opportun ity that be longed for. Hia first step into the greet arena had prospered be yond bis most sanguine hope. In this enterprise of reconciliation between hostile element he bad not expected even to get audience of any man in power without long waiting and much Importunity, and he had nerved him' self to face patiently a protracted series of rebuffs. But already, without any effort of bis own, be had been lifted to the very top of what he had expected to be a toilsome ascent: the king had heard him graciously; be waa already the king' commissary, charged with a message of sympathy to the poor com mons, bearing to their leaders an as surance of the kings' willingness to re dress their grievances. Ralph saw the hand of Providence in this rapid suc cess, and though it made his heart glow and hi head swim as with a sense of dixziness, he guarded himself firmly and prayerfully against the vanity of undue elation. And in spite of the new strength breathed through and, through him by hi unexpected good fortune he could not wholly cast out of bis heart tbe trouble planted there by his meetings with Clara. The insidious adversary shifted ground and plied him with new casuistry. w as there not a more excellent way towards the fulfillment of hi vow than any he had yet conceived? To live in voluntary poverty; to distribute his rents among the poor; to go about among them in their wretched home; to preach the rule of Christ to them in churchyard and market place; to medl ate between them and the careless rich; to exhort the powerful to amend their wrongs these were the alms to which he had devoted himself. But waa it necessary to cut himself off from wo man' companionship? Could not these things be done better with woman' help? Could not tbe spirit of hi vow be stilt better kept without strict ad herence to the letter? With Clara's wealth added to his gown, he could seta ttill more signal example of lust and merciful treatment of tenants. Exam ple is better than precept. Well spent wealth is better than patient poverty, These thoughts ran through him in a flash, involuntarily, as if suggested by some power outside himself, and be fore he could confront and checc them with the stern fact that Clara Rooa was legally and ceremonially the wife of another. He crossed himself with horror, and violently repelled the temptation to apostasy. (To bs continued) LINCOLN LETTER FOUND. War-Tim Mlulvt to th Mothtr of five Sons Who War Slain In Battle. foiled and faded, torn and frayed, a letter written by Abraham Lincoln a few months before his assassination has been found in some rubbish and p.ipors on Broadway, near the poflt- olllce, says a New York report. - It reada as follows: "Executive Mansion, Washington, November 21, 1864. To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass. : I have been shown in the file of the war department a state ment of the adjutaut general of Massa chusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the Held of battle. "I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should at tempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consola tion that may be found in the thank of the republic they died to save.. I pray that our Heavenly Father may as suage the anguish of your bereavement and leave only the cherished memory of loved and lost and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid eo costly a sacrifice upon the altar of free dom.. - "Yours very sincerely and respect fully, A. Lincoln." Enjijemtnt Anaouncsd Next Cay. She (at tbe dance) What figure do you like best in the german? He Yours. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. K Comprehsnilv Review of the Important Happenings of the Put Week, Presented In a Condensed Form, Which It Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers, " Three Wall stieet flrma failed and created a flurry in stocks. General E. S. Bragg, of Wisconsin, has been selected as United States con sul general at Havana. II. G, Squires, secretary of the lega tion at Pekin, has been selected by the president to be minister to China. The president has sent to the senate the nomination of Frank P. Sargent to be commissioner general of immigra tion. A mob of GO Italians, crazed with liquor, ruled the town of Corliss, Wis., for a day and terrorized the inhabit ants. , ' : Queen Wilhelmina is said to be on the way to recovery alter her narrow escape from death on account of an oeration. Secretary Moody has 'authorize.! Captain Dayton of tbe cruiser Chicago to convene a court of inquiry to probe the affair at Venice. General Chaffee has cabled the names of the killed and wounded in the Bayan fight. The serious nature of the wounds of tbe majority show that desperate fighting occurred. The heavy run on a bank has subsided. Cripple Creek Forest fires are creating considerable havoc in portion of Colorado. About 3,000 Roumanian Jew will emigrate to tlio United States in the very near future. Ex-Secretary" Long says that John Hay and Elihu Root will continue as members of the cabinet. British columns are raising tbe siege of O Okiep, which has been besieged hy the Boers for many weeks past. Dr. Leyds has gone to Utrecht to confer with President Kruger o the peace terms of the British government, President Palma is pleased with tbe work of Americans in Cuba after a thorough inspection or the various improvements. A rehearing has been granted by the interior department on the claim of the isconsii" Oneida Indians, for about $2,000,000 from the government for Kansas lands, ceded to them in 1838, but which they never occupied. Queen Wilhelmina is slowly recover ing from her illness. - The revolutionists are marching on the capital of Santo Domingo. Tornadoes in Iowa injured a Urge number of persons and destroyed much property. Bjorntjernc Bjornso, the famous Norwegian author, is dangerously ill at ChriHtiania. Two trainmen were killed and 13 mail clerks injured in a railroad wreck near Clyde, N. Y. It is stated that more than 1,000 lives were lost In the Guatemalan earthquake of April 18. The Mexican government refuses to surrender Charles Kratx, tbe St. Louis councilman charged with bribery. The outlook for peace in South Af rica is good. .General DeWet is satis fied with the British terms and Delarey will abide by the decision of the ma jority, The most serious feature of the polit ical situation in Russia is the diHin clmation of the troops to act against the people. Eight hundred men of one regiment have been punished for not firing ou the rioters at Moscow. Six thousand men in the Pittsburg Duiiding irauos are on aime. President Shaffer has been re-elected head of tbe Amalgamated Association. Fire destroyed an axle plant at Da venport, la., entailing a loss of 250, 000. The national convention of club women is in session at . Los Angeles, li. wuuam ii. woody, me new secre tary of the navy, has taken the oath of office. .. " The cruiser Brooklyn, with Admiral Remey aboard, has arrived at New York. The exceutive committee recommends the postponement of the St. Louis fair till 1904. , Cardinal Martinelli, apostolic dele gate to the United States, haa been re called to Rome. President Roosevelt has accepted an Invitation to dine on board tbe French battleship Gaulois. Henry O. Ilavemeyer says the Amer ican Sugar Refining Company owns no sugar lands in Cuba. More than 20 varieties of rice are known in the Philippines; but, though this cereal is so important to tbe na tives, not enough of it is produced to supply their needs, and large quantities have to be imported annually. The increased nse of the telephone in London has greatly diminished the de mand for hansoms. That ia easily un derstood, for business men, to whom time is precious, no longer have to drive hurriedly to this or that office. INDIAN LAND8. Will Be Difficult to Secant fault at Bilk Opening Them to Settlement Washington, May 7. It 1 going to le difficult to secure the passage of the bills now landing before congress pro viding for opening to settlement por tions of the several Indian reservations of the West, unless the friends of these measures will consent to the insertion in the bills of a provision requiring that settler taking up the ceded lands are to repay the government the price iier acre paid to the Indians. There are 10 or 12 bills of this character in vol v ing large amounts of land and call ing for a considerable appropriation in the aggregate. .'Among them is the bill tor opening the Klamath reservation, in Oregon, and others in the several Western States. When a bill was under consideration in the senate the other day to open the u needed portion of the Rosebud reser vation, in South Dakota, Senator Platt, of Connecticut, expressed a very de. cided opposition to the bill unless it was amended to require tbe settlers to pay the purchase price of the land. Other senators contended that after tbe passage of the free homes bill a few years ago it would be unfair to insert such a provision in this or any other similar bill, but the Connecticut sen. ator remained firm. He said the gov ernment would not think of going into an Eastern state and purchasing land from farmers, with the view 'of turning around and throwing it open to home stead settlement. Nor would the gov' ernment undertake to buy land from settlers whose holdings adjoin Indian reaervft.jjns, and turn about and offer that land to settlers free of cost. He said there was no more reason for buy' ing Indian lands at $1.50 to $2.50 and even $b an acre, and allowing it to be taken up by homesteaders without cost. Such a policy, he contended, would in volve the government in great expcndi' tores, probably $50,000,000 or more in the end, and he did not believe such an outlay was warranted or justified. A number of other Eastern senators agree with Mr. Platt in bis contentions and may abolish the practice of the government buying the Indians' lands and throwing thejn open free of cost to intending settlers. CORRIGAN IS DEAD. Noted Archbishop Pases Peacefully Away ia New York Cm. New York, May 7. Archbishop Michael Augustin Comgan died at 11:05 last night, aged 62 years. The death of the archbishop came as a great surprise aud shock to those in the archepiscopal residence. It was more so to the general public, for the last bulletin of the day was that so cer tain were the physicians of an im provement of the patient that there would be no more bulletins that night Up to 10:30 there, was no evidence of collapse; in fact, the archbishop talked with bis secretary. About 11 o clock, however, the trained nurse at the bed side noticed a chango. Acting on in structions, the physicians were tele phoned for. At the same time, the archbishop's two brothers were sum moned to the room, as well as a num ber of priests. It was quickly seen by the physicians that the end was at hand, and in less than a quarter of an hour tbe prelate was dead. His last moments were peaceful and withont evidence of suffering. Besides the two brothers of the archbishop, there were present in the room a dozen priests, among them being some of the most prominent in Amreica. , - STORM AT ST. LOUIS. Machine Shops and Scctloa of a Foundry Destroyed by firs from Lightning St. Louis, May 7. For a short time in the afternoon a terrific storm of wind and rain prevailed in this city and vicinity, causing much damage. Lightning resulted in several fires, one of which destroyed the machine shops and a section of the foundry of William and Phillip Medarts' patent pullev plant in South St. Louis. The loss is estimated at $300,000. In all parte of the city trees, fences, signs, awnings, etc., were blown down and other dam ago done by the wind, which came in terrific gusts. As far as learned, no body was killed or injured. For one minute this afternoon the wind reached a velocity of 85 miles an hour, and for the five succeeding minutes it olew at the rate of 62 miles an hour, after which it moderated. Jn the down town district the wind carried away immense signs, throwing them into- the streets and breaking plate glass windows in several of the large stores. Ot the crowds on the streets at the time many had narrow escapes from death and injury. Moras Attempt to Escape. Manila, May 7. Eighty-four Moro prisoners under guard made an at tempt to escape during the day. At a preconcerted signal they got between tbe soldiers forming the guard and a company at dinner. The latter, real izing what had happened, fired on and pursued the Moros, killing 35 of them and capturing 0. The other fugitives escaped. " Potter Palmer Dead. Chicago, May 7. Potter Palmer, for nearly half a century one of Chicago's most prominent business men, is dead at his residence oa Lake Shore drive. When he retired Saturday night he was feeling, if anything, better than for several days. During the night, however, he seemed to lose all his en ergy, and in the morning waa unable to leave his room. He gradually grew weaker during the day and at 6:40 o'clock in the evening he died. NEWS OP THE STATE ITEM8 OF INTERE8T FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Mappcningi of I im portune A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvement) of the Many Industrie Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth latest Market Report. The strike of the weavers at Oregon City is still on. An electric line will be built from Pendleton to Walla Walla, Wash. Contracts will be let for the paving of portions of Albany's streets with vit rified brick. At Baker City the Bonanza mine cleaned up $75,000 in April and the Virtue mine cleaned up $25,000. Tbe Salem fire department has re ceived a three-chime whistle, which will be substituted for the old fire bell, which has seen many year of service. In the case of the state against George Miller and James Caldwell, at Burns, the jury found a verdict of mur der in the second degree. Bert Bailey was discharged by the state and used as a witness. Reports from the Cable Cove district confirm there news that the deep cross cut tunnel being driven by the Califor nia mine has found either the big Win chester or the famous Imperial lead, of tbe Imperial group. The ledge struck in tbe crosscut is 13 feet across. It is stated that an Oregon and a Michigan capitalist are about tb pur chase the Southern Oregon Company property in Coo county, which con sists of over 100,000 acres of land, tbe town site of Empire City and one of tbe largest lumber mills on the coast. A building boom is on at Salem. Albany is to have all its residences numbered in preparation for free de livery of mail. Negotiations are in progress which will probably soon terminate the strike of the weavers at Oregon City. A Salem creamery has just made its first shipment of butter to Seattle for supplying tbe Alaskan market. A large vein of almost pure coal has been struck in the Southern Pacific company's mine near Medford. W. F. Wintermantel, of Jefferson, has contracted to deliver 8,000 pounds ol 1U2 bops to New York parties at 12 cents per pound. General Russell A. Alger is said to be at the head of a syndicate which, it is rumored, will purchase the Cornu copia mine at Baker City. Late spring is retarding the early de velopment of the Eastern Oregon gold fields. Roads are still in very bad shape, but a few warm days will make a wonderful improvement. Superintendent J. D. Lee, of the state penitentiary, reports that tbe ex periment recently undertaken by that institution for the clearing of land be loriing to private parties, under a con tract granting a five years' lease of the premises eo cleared, has proven a suc cess.' In addition to."compli8hing the clearing of the land, the state gets the wood, employment is furnished con victs, who otherwise might be idle, and the state acquires without any expense additional acreage fcr agricultural pur- LrUUUUo PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 65M66c: bluestem, 66i67c; valley, 65c. Barley Feed, $2021; brewing, 2121.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.20; gray, $1.101.15. Flour Best grades, $2.85(33.40 per barrel; graham, $2.502.80. Millstuffs Bran, $15016 per iuoi middlings, f 1920; Bhorte, $17(318; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $12(815; clover. $7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 1.5031.75 percental; ordinary, 11.26(1. 35 per cental; Early Rose, $1.501.75 per cental; growers prices; sweets. $2.25 2.50 per cental! new potatoes, 33Kc. Butter Creamery, l17Wc; dairy, 12M15c; store, 1012Mc Eggs 1515Mc for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(3 186c; Young America, 1415c; fac tory prices, 1 lc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $5.00(3 6.60; hens, $6.006.50 per doien, lldllMc per pound ; springs, 11 llMcper pound, $4.006.00 per doz en; ducks, $5.007.00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 13I4c, dressed, 16 18c per pound; geese, $8.5037.50 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4hc per pound; dressed, 7Kc per pound. Hogs Gross, 6mc; dressed, 7k8c per pound. Veal 68c for small; 647c for large. Beef Gross, cows, 44Mc; steers. 5c; dressed, 88c per pound. Hops 12$15 cents per pound. Wool Valley, 1314; Eastern Ore gon, 9llc; mohair, S3Kc per pound. In order that a rainbow may be pro duced the sun must not be more than 42 degrees above the horizon. low. than 30.000.000 acrea nf Cuba nearly half the island are for est. There are 30 different SDeciea of palms alone found there. Selling elevated railroad tickets for I rent anieee ia the latest ruse ad noted bv swindlers who prey upon newly landed immigrants at tbe Bat tery in New York. AMERICANS KILLED. Officers and Men Fall ia Gallant fight With th Moros, Washintgon, 6. The war depart ment has received a cablegram from General Chaffee, which says: "Following ia tbe substance of Brig adier General George W. Davis mes sage from Bayan: "Eighty-four survivors Bayan sur- . rendered unconditionally this morning at 7 o'colck. Sultan Bayan, Raja Munda Bayan, Sultan Randapatan and all leading Dattos dead and many of tbeir followers. Assault on the princi pal fort, which surrendered last night, one of the most gallant performances of American arms. Colonel Frank D. Baldwin and bis regiment deserve all praise for hand-to-band struggle in four line of ditches nnder walla of fort. These treacbes are lined with Moro dead from rifle fire. Have never seen or heard of any performance ex celling this gallant fight. " "It is my painful duty to report that the . overthrow of Moro power was not accomplished without severe loss. One officer and seven enlisted men killed; four officers and thirty enlisted men wounded. Will telegraph list later. "After 84 survivors marched out this morning as prisoners and was under stood they were all, eight others, who had concealed themselves in rubbish inside the fort, made a break - for lib erty, but did not succeed. Some Moro woanded tried to stab soldier trying to help them. It is impossible to state number of Moros killed, many lying in tall grass. The surrender saves us from siege and starving out. Intend to re tain prisoners until two or three small adjacent forts occupied, then will con sent fartheir release, holding as host ages eight or ten of the principals, and release the others. "The force in line of advance consist ed of four mountain guns, 470 rifles. This fully Sufficient. Could not have used more men advantageously. Had we sent strong column it would only have swelled casualty list. One neigh boring Datto has already represent d himself as a friend, and I expect a general coming in shortly, when the weight of tbe blow is known. The dead sent to Malabang for burial. "In light of pre-ent knowledge could have besieged the principal fort, and in time forced the surrender, but that would probably have resulted in a sortie for freedom, and escape for many. By attacking them they have been com pletely crushed tbe only kind of les son these wild Moros seem to be able to profit by. Shall invite Sultan Tar lae to pay me a friendly visit; if he does not tell us of his initiative. Has fort further east in plain sight, and of same strength as Bayan, on beautiful table land, 1,000 acres, fine npland rice, and urging people to return to its cnltivation. The result to follow this action very important, namely, it se cures respect for United States author ity in the center of Moro savagery. "CHAFFEE." ON THE ILLINOIS. Chicago's Officer Will Be CourtmartUlcd AboaieMhc Europe Flagship. Trieste, Austria Hungary, May 6. The United States cruiser Chicago ar rived here at noon from Venice. The usual exchange of salutes took place. Private dispatches from Venice say iue cruiser vmcago win proceed lor Naples May 13, and that she will there be joined by the battleship Illinois. the flagship of tbe United States Euro pean squadron, on board of which ves sel the officers of the Chicago who were arrested and imprisoned in Venice will be tried by court martial. Another United States cruiser, these dispatches further say, is expected to arrive at Venice shortly. She will moor outside the St. Mark dock. General Smith's Trial Ended. Manila. Mav 6. The trial hv martial of General Jacob H. Smith haa ended. .The findings of the court will be . forwarded to Washington. The general impression here is that he will be acnuitted. The elneino HHna nf Colonel Charles A. Woodruff, for the defense, was a remarkable oratorical effort that drew team from hia ttamwa He dramatically sketched General o :.! . . ooiitu a career, ana declared ne had conducted a remarkable and successful camnaien in a manner which mflM-tul credit on his valor, humanity and ainaness. Made Counterfeits in Prison. Sioux Falls, 8. D., May Peter Verwolf, who, while an Inmate of- the state penitentiary, manufactured and passed bogus silver dollars, has been found guilty by a United State jury. tie win at once return to the peni tentiary from which he was but recent ly released. ' For Forging Rhodes' Name. Cape Town, May 3. Princess Badi- will, who has been on trial here before the supreme court on the charge of for gery in connection with notes purport ing to nave been endorsed by the late Cecil Rhodes, was sentenced today to two years' confinement in tbe house of correction. Run on a Cripple Creek Bank. Cripple Creek, Colo., May 6. A run was started on tbe Bimetallic Bank, of Cripple Creek, today, and when the doors were closed at 3 o'clock, there were still many depositors, in line. Over $500,000 wag withdrawn between 11 A, M. and 1 P. M. The run was Btarted by report that the bank was about to go into liquidation. The bank wag started in 1892 and was the oldest bank in tbe city.