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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.