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VOL. XIX.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1902.
NO. 23.
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HIM IIAHDElOn IIEDIIIIIOII
BY VELUAM MINTO.
Ci I A IT Kit XV Continued,.
'Hut why do you act with tliemT
At least you need not act with them."
"A innl evlli one must make
choice," answered tlia merchant, with
a eiry h,h.
"But 1( you at with them, you
stretigiheii tlielr power for evil. The
people must thii.k that ou approve of
"Jten," id the merchant. "Re-
formation U not to simple a matter
Impulsive youth la apt to think, You
know how wretehrd the state of the
poorest common I. You would have
their idikI it Ion lettered, would you
not?"
'Wiih all my heart," itai'J Ralph.
"Consider, then, how It li to be
done. The head must move a well aa
the heart. I act with thorn turhulent
orator because I am no orator myself,
end there men raits the wind that All
the mila of my plan of reformation, and
I have no hope In any other plan
There in, In truth, no other plan that
can succeed.
Itiili'h wa rut her daggered at thla
trunk i ntement, and hia countenance
showed it.
"Am f too self-confident? Listen
anil you "ball judge, if the king la
tender hearted to hla poor subject,
there In ail the more hope In what 1
iimim e to do."
"Hut how ran you do mote than die
cnver what justice requires, and carry
t lint Into tmn '
"Trui; but the king can act only
thmt. fh commissioners; the klng'a
cuiitiiiMdiincr incut be men of rank
iiinl wealth, or the friend of such; and
th justice of the king' commissioner
iniiy he wry different from my justice
or your justice. They will themselves
Im muster of servants, owner of bond
ini'ii. Think you that they are likely
if tht-ir own free III to give servants
nml bondmen what they ask, seeing
that to give Into Impoverish them
selves, to contract their own pleasures,
to limit their own grandeur?"
"Sirmxif them would not yield,"
on id Ralph.
"Many o! them," answered Ninon:
"iikiM of them, and when it came to
the pinch, they wonld act a one man
h. keep the Ixmdmcn down.
"Hut the might be persuaded," said
Itiilph.
"Yes," answered the merchant, "by
fear. They may lie persuaded by fear;
uirniiiKt established and unconscious
M'ltlrlinvna it i a stronger motive thao
I. .vi'. And It i by fear that I pro pone
t persuade them. Let them once see
Hint the Kfir common are to be feared,
mid thev mill yield. At present they
n rf tm) contemptuous to make any con
ivsalnn to Justice. - And now you un
derstand my plan: These hot-headed
orators, whom you will presently hear,
excite the storm which I and otliera are
litlmriig to direct. Why did the Jac
querie full? Only through want of
union. We must give our poor com
mons union, and then their number
will tell. At present the noble and
rich commons care no more for their
wretched thrall than for (warm of
tlieH."
Ralph pondered tor a littl In al
ienee. "Hut," he asked at length,
"wind if the storm rained ahould be too
strong? The wind, then, iiitsead of
tilling your nulls, might wreck your
ship."
"That la my fear," aald" the mer
chant, "And yet you persevere?" said
Ralph, with some surprise.
"What else can I do? If the king is
with us, there i hope, JJi name la
still a tower ol strength. The Inhu
man pride of the noble must somehow
he, broken."
Ralph an Id nothing. The picture
which the merchant had suggested to
his mini! of two opposed classes on the
eve of deadly strife the one contempt
uous una overweening, the other stub
born, resentful, ready to give battle
with the courage of despair and the
savagery of hatred long pent up, filled
him with a horror that kept him silent.
Could nothing be done for peace?
Was war Inevitable?
They bad now reached the old camp
at Wamllcbury, Ralph looked round
on the motley Catherine, bussing In
group on the ,breexy hill under the
cluingcfiil September sky, aa If he could
road in their face what wa to conio.
Ho impressed wa his Imagination with
the thought of aavage and vindictive
rebellion, that he wa almost startled
to e so many face without any out
ward trace of sullen gloom or brooding
hatred. Weather-beaten face were
there in plenty, rough, tanned throat
running up Into Bhaggy, matted hair;
but the feature in general had the
grave, hard act of severe bodily labor
and aobcr fare. A certain glisten in
the eye wa the .only visible sign of
excitement, and It betokened rather
vague curiosity and expectation than a
fixed common purpose,
"These men cannot be auch ungov
srnnbln savages," thought Ralph to
himself. "They look honest and la
borious and patient drudges, not easily
gooiled to violent courses." Ha had
never Been tfiis human sea except in a
culm, and It wa hard to believe that it
could ever be excited to storm. He
looked over the assembly, wondering
whether the merchant' alarm was Jus
tified, and considering in what terms
ho should report to Sir Simon Hurley.
He was roused from hia reflections
by suddenly hearing the merchant at
his side exclaim In an excited voice:
"Thank Godl Here be comes I"
At that ,very moment Ralph had
caught sight oi a familiar countenance
in the crowd, with two great eyes dl
reeled at himself. Yes j it was Docket
Docket also had mastered the paws.
iiaipii wa astonished to see Dock
there, but the merchant claimed his at
tention before he could frame
sja culation on the subject.
any
"Thank God! Here he comes!" said
the merchant again.
"Who?" asked Ralph, catching
someuiing ol hi eagerness.
The merchant pointed along the
straight Roman road In the direction of
Linton. Ralph saw. about a mile off.
a blink figure on a small pony trotting
rapuiiy towards wandlnbury.
"Who is it?" askod Ralnh.
"The priest of Ht. Mary's," answered
ine merchant, "our trusty ahepherd,
John Rail. I am glad he ha come. I
seni a messenger to him as aoon as
Uwrenoa told me what you had said to
him. We may now be able to keep the
vioienv men in check.
CHAPTER XVI.
Ralph would have Informed the mer-
chant of the appearance of Docket, and
inquired whether be were there as a
irieoa or as a spy, nut tie Had no op
iwtrtunity. The merchant vanished
from hi side immediately after mint
ing out John linll to him, and hurried
off to give notice to the other chiefs of
the gathering.
The new of "the priest' com Ins
spread rapmiy through the meeting,
and soon every point from which a
view of the approaching flutire could be
obtanied was crowded. The more eager
spirit rushed down the elojie to meet
him, and escorted him in triumph to
the camp.
The agitator was not at all imposing:
to look at as he sat upon his nonv.
which he halted about the middle of
the enclosure. He was rather over the
middle height, of spare, sinewy figure.
the face also lean. He was not of im
posing bulk, and yet when be began to
speak he at one conveyed an Impres
sion "of Indomitable force. Fiery en
ergy beamed from the eyes, and there
was a suggestion of strength in the firm
muscle of the lower part of the face
and the square, angular head. The
hair grew thick round the forehead,
and the tonsure wasobvlously artificial.
He did not dismount to address the
meeting: this pony had often served
him a a movable platform oil inch oc
casions.
The popular effect of a siwaeh de
pends far more upon the cliaracter of
the siieaker than upon the words used.
There wa not man in the crowd as
sembled at Wandlebury that had not
heard of John Rail; many had heard
him: and all, with the exception of
Docket and hi friend the canon, were
prepared to applaud whatever fell from
his lips. He had a character for hu
mor, too, and homely illustrations that
would have fallen fiat from an unknown
orator seemed irresist ibly droll as they
came from him. The canon was heard
afterwads to exprroaa a poor opinion of
Bali' oratory, and our resxiers might
argee with the canon if we were to re
port hla word; but they fulfilled one
mportant requisite ot oratory they
moved the audience.
He had the art, among other, of sur
prising his hearers. The assembled
commons expected to be regaled with
bitter attacks on the rich. To their as
tonishment they found themselves lis
tening, after ' the preliminary "God
save you all!" to a pithy moral lecture
on the virtue ot moderation. Man,
they were told, was the only animal
that did not know when he had enough';
and this point was enforced with sev
eral entertaining examples, and some
which went too closely home to be, en
tertaining.
They were more at their ease when
he Illustrated excess from the ways of
the mroe fortunate sons of Adam, who
had, he said and this provoked an ap
proving laugh mors abundant occa.
sions for aoinit to excess. He drew a
picture of their luxurious way of life,
their gorgeous houses, their rare and
delicate foods, their costly drinks,
their horses and retinues.
The Door people listened with open
mouths, feeling afresh the hardness
and bareness of their own bleak lives,
and hungering out of thoir wilderness
after the far off abundance. And they
cheered vociferously when the speaker
declared that all tbi superfluity was
meant by Ood for the sustenance of his
feebler creation.
And yet. he said, the poor would not
grudge the rich their comforts if only
they would spend less on their own
sensual enjoyment and perform their
appointed duties. It was God's will
that every man should work, and the
knight hud his appointed work as well
a the peasant. His work it was to
protect the industrious husbandman
against the wild boasts that broke
down his hedges and ravaged his fields,
against the wild fowls that ate his corn,
against the robbers who would seise
upon the fruits of his toil, against the
Idle wasters who neither work nor
want. I-et the knight do this, and the
husbandman would cheerfully labor for
him with his hands and strive to keep
him in comfort. :
... if the knieht neglected this duty
what were the poor commons to do?
They were to refuse to work for him;
they were to treat him a he really was
himself a robber and waster. And
if he sought to compel them, they were
to band together and resist him.
Such was Ball'i ilmpto echem of
(ocial reform. He aimed at the purl-
per.
ncation, not the destruction, of the
feudal system; at the practical realize
tion of it as a community In which
more were fixed ranks, each with lte
appointed duties, all vital, all opera'
tive.
The time had come for resistance, he
crimi. in audience cheered loudly,
and Ralph If ardeiot, seeing the ferocity
nu oeierimnation ot the face which
bad lately looked so stolid, wondered
what his friend the merchant meant in
hailing the orator as a champion who
might be expected to discourage trio-
luiioe,
Rut the next turn in John Ball' dis
course Justified the confidence of Simon
d'Vpers, and proved the orator' con
summate art and his mastery of hla
audience.
"The time has come for resistance,"
he repeated, "but in this also beware
of going to excess. Piors the Plowman
cannot exist without knighthood to
protect him. They are but fools who
tell him to sweep knighthood away,
Only knighthood must be warned that
Piers will no longer toil for him If he
Is sluggard and falsa to his trust.
They must work together as father and
son."
Of this proposition the audience
seemed more doubtful, but after
pause the authority of the speaker pre
vailed, and there was an approving
murmur.
"You must gather together," he con
tinued, "and give the .lords of the soil
to understand that you will no longer
serve them ti they do not serve you.
Evil counsellors have misled them,
Pride and Vainglory, Gluttony and
Lust, Falsehood and Flattery. You
must stand together like men, and
apeak to them plainly, face to face.
Above all, you must lay your grievance
before the king, the greatest lord of all,
and charge him to call wrongdoer to
account, to banish Guile and Falsehood
from his court, and take Truth and
Justice and Conscience a hi counsel
lors."
Then, much to Ralph' delight, he
proceeded to tell them that there wa
good hope of the young king, that God
had touched hi heart with pity for the
poor common, and that he was minded
to inquire into their wrong and chas
tise and reform thier oppressors.
A voice exclaimed that this was but
a trick. Bull turned sternly towards
the interruption, and checked in an in.
stent the jets of bitter laughter with
which this suspicion wa echoed here
and there throughout the crowd.
"Friends," be said, "bo not over
susptcious. False suspicion is an evil
guide, and will certainly lead astray
the man that trusts to it. Will you
copy the vice of the subtle steward who
is ever on the watch for fraud' and de-
celt and sly evasion, and often suz
gests deceit to the honest tenant by the
cunning with which he seeks to pre
vent it? Granted that there are many
about the king's person who would
gladly thwart his kindly intentions, be
not you so foolish aa to fall into their
snares. They will try to make you be
lieve that the king is against you. If
you must be suspicious, suspect them,
but do not suspect the king till yon
have spoken with him direct through
men whom you can trust."
At hearing this, Ralph burned to tell
the crowd that he had seen the king,
and could assure them that his willing.
neas to help the poor commons was no
pretence. Hardly bad the wish flashed
through his migd when- he was startled
to hear the priest say, a if interpreting
his thoughts, "There is one here
among us who ha spoken with the
king, and heard from bis own lips the
assurance of his regard for the poor
commons."
A bun arose upon this, every man
turning to his neighbor with "Who is
it?" "Where is he?" "Do you know
him?" Roll turned to Simon d'Ypres,
who -stood near him, and, raising, his
voice abovo the confused hum of in
quiry, cried, "Bring him forward."
Though Ralph had been eager to
speak a moment before, he was dated
at the sudden turning upon him of so
many hundreds of pairs of curious eye
a Simon beckoned him to come tor
ward. However, ho made his way
through the crowd.
Ball commanded silence. "Now,"
he said, "you will hear from one who
has spoken with the king. Hush!"
(To tM eonttnnad.)
YES, HE WAS TIRED.
Barber Conflrmsd HI Theory About a Hair
cut's Wtaktalnj Effsct-
"Did you ever know that haircut
weakens a man?" asked the talkative
barber. The customer squirmed un
easily in the chair.
"It's a fact," continued the barber.
"I've cut lots ot men's hair and have
their admission to go by. 01 course,
the discovery of the affinity betweeu
hair and strength is not mine, as you
will readily discern if you are at all
familiar with the Bible. .Samson, you
know, gave Deliah the tip that the sec
ret of bis 'strong man stunts' lay in
his hair, and you may recall the fact
that the Philistines put him out of the
business temporarily after his locks
had been shorn.
"To come back to the twentieth cen
tury, I've known men who were in poor
physical shape to collapse immediately
after their hair had been cut not for
long, you know, but long enough to
make 'em think they were done for.
Now, I'll venture to assert the that re
moval of your hair has had an effect
on you. Don'tTo leei a nine tirear"
"Very tired," responded me custom
"See," exlaitned the barber, excit
edly. "A complete confirmation of my
theory."
Not at all," growled toe enstomet,
as he started for the door, say the
PhiladelDbia Record. "It waa your
Jawing that made me weary." i
VENTS OFTHE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
K Comprthsaslvs ftsvtaw of th Impart!
. Mtpfxaingt of the Fast Weak, Presented
la CsBStmi form. Which I Most
Likely to fern f latcratt to Our Many
The house hai passed the naval ap
propriation Dill. .
Lionel E. G. Garden will be the Brit
ish minister to Havana, Cuba.
In the Goliad, Tex., tornado 98 per
son were killed and 103 injured.
A million dollars' worth of sheep and
lambs were lost in a Wyoming blizzard.
iwo Dunarea men and boy were
killed in mine disaster in Tennessee.
A hurricane In British India result
ed in the loss of many lives and heavy
aamage to property.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to assassinate the governor of Vilna,
Kussia, formerly chief of police of St.
fetersourg.
Lord Pauncefoto's condition remains
about the same. He suffers somewhat
from the heat, but bia condition is
reported to be fairly satisfactory.
Alpbonso XIII is nowjring of Spain.
A race riot at Atlanta Ga., resulted
in eight deaths. -
Mount Felee i again active. A new
volcano ha broken out to tbe north.
An anarchist plot to take the life of
the king of Spain baa been discovered.
A tornado swept through Texas, kill
ing 60 people and injuring a hundred
more.
A high wind along the California
coast did much damage off San Fran
cisco.
United States trade In the far East
shows great gain during the past year,
being 400 per cent in British India
alone.
The kaiser may come to Washington
to tbe unveiling of the statue of Fred
enck tbe Great, which he presented
to the united btates.
Mount Pelee show signs of con-
tinned activity.
Tbe fetes in honor of King Alfonso's
coronation began Saturday at Madrid
'Packers say the increase in the price
if beef is due to the rise in value oi
corn.
Emperor William will present to the
United States a statue of Frederick the
Great.
There is a good prospect that the In
dian war pension bill will be passed
this session of congress.
All the Boer leaders are assembled at
Vereiging, Transvaal colony, to vote on
ine isrinsh term ot peace. ,
Richard Croker says that he favors
Robert Van Wyck, ex-mayor of New
York, as the bead of Tammany Hall.
The sea ha encroached from 10 feet
to two mile along tho St. Vincent
coast sinoa the explosion on Mount
felee.
A father and hi two eons murdered
two constables in Queensland and cre
mated tbe bodies. The details of tbe
crime are shocking.
William J. Bryan la at Havana vis
iting. Tho senate has passed the fortifica
tions appropriation bill.
Scientists fear another eruption on
the island of St. Vincent.
Two American swindler were clev
erly kidnaped from Canada by detec
tives and brought back to tho united
8tates.
The Parisians are more interested in
the auto race than in the calamity
that befell th French colony at St.
Pierre.
visional government has gone to confer
with the insurgents in an endeavor to
avert civil strife.
The burning of the dead of Si. Pierre
In great pyres saturated with oil and
tar, led to tho belief that Fort do
Franco waa being destroyed by fire.
The fetes marking the Inaugural ol
the new Cuban republic began Friday
night with banquet to Governor Gen
eral Wood and his staff by the veterans
of the two wars tor Cuba's liberty.
Congress has raised its relief appro
priation to half a. million dollars for
Martinique.
The Danish parliamentary commit
tee is deadlocked on the Danish West
Indies treaty.
There are 3,000 dead at St. Vincent
Island 'from the volcanic disturbance
in the West Indies.
French troops are interring the dead
at St. Pierre very slowly. ' Looting of
the bodies baa begun there.
Since tho capture lof General Meth-
ueti the British have reduced the force
of General Delarey by 860 men taken
prisoners. ,
Over 2,000 pounds changed hand in
betting upon a game of ping pong in
London recently.
Athens expects to be visited by more
than "10,000 tourists, chiefly English
and American, during the present
month. '
Sixty-two miles an hour is to be the
average speed maintained by a new
train to run on the English service, be
tween Paris and Calais. The journey
will only oocnpy three hour.
GEN. CHAFFEE'S RETURN.
had Satitfutory Interview With Ditto i
Mi
Manila, May 21. General Chaffee
returned here today from Lake Lanao,
in the interior of the island of Min
danao. He aaid he saw several Moro
Dattos while there and bad most satis
factory interviews with them. Nearly
all the Dattos and especially the sur
viving sultan claim to entertain friend
ly feelings toward tho United Btates.
In view of a cablegram which Gen
eral Cbaffue received today from Gen
eral Davis, who is in command of tbe
American forte in Mindanao, and in
which it appears that Datto Buty has
apparently refused to return tho' ani
mals he captured from the American
army, General Chaffee is not prepared
to say that there will be no more fight
ing in Mindanao. General Davis re
ports that Datto Ruty says he is ready
to fight, but General Cbaffee believes
that although it may be necessary to
bring this Datto to terms, his resistance
of tbe American torces must necessarily
be slight.
Datto Buty's forts are situated on a
high hill. They could be surrounded
by a line of skirmishers, who could
prevent the Datto from obtaining water
and who could thus force a practically
bloodless victory in a few days.
THE PHILIPPINE BILL.
Win Tab the Whole Tim of the Senate
This Week.
Washington. May 21. The entire
time of the senate for tbe present week
will be devoted to the consideration of
the Philippine government bill, and
there are hopes that tbe debate on that
measure will be completed before the
end ol tbe week. The fact that there
will be an adjournment of the senate
covering next Saturday, in order to
permit that body to participate in the
unveUiugot the Kovhambeau statue.
probably will bave the effect of post
poning the final vote until the follow
ing Monday or Tuesday. There is,
however, no longer doubt in any quarter
that the minority will permit vote as
soon aa the debate on the bill is ex
hausted. Under the present arrange
ment tbe bill will occupy most all the
time of the senate this week: the pros
pect is against the sandwiching in of
much other business. Speeches in sup
port of the bill are promised by Sena
tors Burrows, Dolliver and Spooner,
and in opposition to it by Senators
Hoar, Bacon, Patterson and others.
ENGLAND'S LATE SUMMER.
Rala, Snew sad Hall Put a
Festivitiet.
Damper on All
' London, May 20. 8o far aa it has
progressed in London, rain, snow and
hail have been England's harbingers
of summer. Never has there been auch
an inclement spring. Americans who
have come over for the coronation sit
around in doleful groups, waiting for
the sunshine that never comes. W o
men go to tbe opera and clubs in furs,
and the men bave long since reverted
to their winter clothes, so prematurely
discarded in sunny April. No amount
of festivities, and there are plenty of
tbem, can dispel the universal gloom
that the awful weather has created. In
the northern part of the country there
was actually skating this past week,
while an automobile trip to Scotland
has been abandoned. London itself
has been spared this last visitation,
but cold northeast winds and perpetual
rains fully brought the unsavory
weather record of the metropolis up to
that of the provinces, when it became
slightly warmer.
tlouM May Cowider Pacific Cable.
Washington, May 21. After finish
ing the naval bill this week, the house
will take up the bill reported from the
committee on forlegn affairs relating to
passports. One day will be devoted to
claims, the regular day for that busi
ness last week having been postponed.
Under a special order a bill lor the le-
striction of irrigation will be taken op,
and it is expected will cause quite a
lively debate. There i also a prospect
of taking up the Hill bill relating to
subsidiary coinage. This measure will
be strongly antagonized by the minori
ty, and may precipitate a discussion on
the currency question. Early in the
week the committee on rules will hold
a meeting to decide whether or not time
shall be given for the consideration of
the bill for a Pacific cable.
Mulc-Buybij Ceases.
Chicago, May 21. The wholesale
purchase of Missouri mules by the
British government for service in South
Africa has ceased, according to a tele-1
a tu tvu.uvu vj agvzuia ut wro Jl ' well
government at St. Joseph, Mo., says a
special to the Tribune. Large par
chases made during the week past were
ordered to be shipped to the remount
station at Latbrop, Mo. Tbe Lathrop
station altio will be closed. The report,
in effect, said the war in South Africa
would cease at an early date and that
no use could be found for mules and
horses.
ServUa Cabinet Resigns.
Belgrade, Servia, May 21. King
Alexander has accepted the resignation
of the Servian cabinet. M. Passios,
formerly a Radical, has been entrusted
with the formation of a new ministry.
Wis Chief Whca Chicago Burned.
Chicago, May 21.-Robert A. .Wil
liams, who waa chief of.tbe Chicago fire
department during the great fire of
October, 1871, is dead, aged 77 years.
Earthquakes la Portugal.
Lisbon. Mav 21. Knrthniiulraa ra
re Dotted from tho southern nart of Pnr. !
tugal, but no fatalities occurred. The
disturbances are supposed to be con
nected With the upheavals In the Weat
I Indies.
NEWS OP THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Cwwriertlal and Financial Happeamtj of ha
pertaaea A Brief Review of the Growth
mel Improvements of the Many Industrlca
TVawfhaat Our IhrtvteJ CaenOMaweallh
latest Market Report.
A report come from the Winterville
placer mine, Baker district, announc
ing the discovery of a f 420 nugget, the
largest ever found in this mine.
Articles of incorporation of the Dick'
son Placer Mine Company, Baker dis
trict, have been filed for record. . Tbe
incorporators are ail of Philadelphia,
y. W. Tomlinson, Alien H. Eaton
and C. W. Biddell, the University of
Oregon debaters, defeated tho Univer
sity of Washington at Seattle last week.
A rich mining claim, discovered 60
years ago and the locator driven away
by Indians, has been f nnd. The mine
is on Jack creek, Jump-Off-Joe district,
Southern Oregon.
Tho Big Foot mine, three miles west
of Gold Hill, has been sold to E.
Briggs, a California miner, for f 3,000
caeh. The vein on this property
though small, is rich in free gold
The election of President P. L.
CampbeM, of the Monmouth Normal
School, to the head of the Univen-ity of
Oregon, meets with general lavcr
among faculty, students and patrons of
the university. The fact that Presi
dent Campbell is an Oregon man, and
that he is thoroughly familiar with
educational conditions in the 'state,
cause tbe people to place their confi
dence in his ability to make a success
of tho position which ho has been called
upon to occupy.
The continued cold rains and back.
ward spring weather generally, threat
en to reduce the fruit crop of the Wil
lamette valley. Tbe iroepecta for a
record breaking crop of all fruits this
season were encouraging until within
the past week. While fruit men say
it is a trifle early to make any Ftate-
ment regarding the true condition of
fruit trees concerning probable yield,
they admit that a continuation of pres
ent unfavorable weather conditions will
have a material effect in diminishing
the production.
Tillamook is being benefitted by a
rate war between two navigation " com
panies. -
: The settlement of the weavers' strike
at Oregon City hinges upon thej.recog
tition of the onion.
Professor F. 8. Dunn, of the Chair of
Latin in the University of Oregon, ha
tendered hia resignation, to take effect
at the close of tbe college year.
Tbe Geiser Grand Hotel Company ha
been incorporated at Baker City with
a capital stock of (100,000. The new
corporation haa acquired the Gieser
Grand hotel.
State Senator G. C. Brownell, of
Oregon City, feu in trying to catch a
train at that place, and narrowly es
caped being ground nnder tho wheels of
the last car. He waa braised but not
seriously injured by tbe fall.
The Oregon State Grange Patrons of
Husbandry will convene its 29th an
nual session in the senate chamber of
the capital at Salem on Tuesday, May
27. The grange will be in session un
til the Thursday evening following,
when a big banquet will be spread.
PORTLAND MARKETS,
Wheat Walla Walla, 66X66c;
blueetem, 67c; valley, 65c.
Barley Feed, (2222.50; brewing,
(23 per ton.
Oate No.l white, (l.251.30;gray,
(1.151.25.
Flour Beet grades, (2.853.40 per
barrel; grabam, (2.60(92.80.
Millstuffs Bran, (1616 per ton;
middlings, (1920; shorts, (1718;
chop, (16.
Hay Timothy, (12 15; clover,
(7.50(310; Oregon wild hay, (5tt per
ton. .'
- Potatoes Best Burbanks, 1O1.40
percental; ordinary, (1 per cental;
growers prices; sweet. 12.25(32.60
percental; new potatoes, 334c.
Butter Creamery, l17Hc; dairy,
12K15c; store, 1012)c.
Egg 16 15 He for Oregon. .
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12H
13c;YoungAmerica, 13414Ji,c; fac
tory prices, 1 lJic less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, (4.60
6.00; hens, (5.005.50 par dozen,
ll,4l2c per poind; springs, 11
11 e per pound, (3.006.00 per doa-
en; ducks, (S.006.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 133 14c, dressed, 15 16c per
pound; geese, (6.60(37.50 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 4)4o per pound:
sheared, Zc dressed, 7c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6Jic; dressed, 7s8c
per pound.
Veal 6X8c for small; 67c for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 4 Mr; steers.
5c; dressed, 88i'c per pound.
Hop 126lo cents per pound.
Wool Valley, 1214; Eastern Ore
gon, 812c; mohair, 25c per pound.
. The Moorish government has granted
to France a contract for tbe coining of
(3,000,000 worth of Moorish money.
In Colorado last year sugar beets
grown on irriagtod land averaged (80
an acre, and on non-irrigated land only
(16 an acre.
Among tho band of revolutionists
which recently fought with Turkish
troops, near Monaatir,' was a woman
dressed as a man. She wa killed in
the lighting.
TORNADO IN THE SOUTH.
Ninety Dead sad Over 100 Inhirtd by a
Storm la Texas.
Dallas, Tex., May 20. A special to
the News from Goliad, Tex., says:
Ninety are dead. - Over 100 are
wounded. In addition there is a gap
ing wound in the town the path of
one of the most destructive cyclones
ever known in Texas. The tornado
struck this place about 3:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, lasting only about
five minutes, leaving death and disaster
everywhere in its wake.
It came from the southeast without a
warning, completely demolishing a
atrip about two blocks wide through
the whole western part of the town,
about mile long. Among the many
bouses demolished a e tbe Baptist
church and parsonage, Just built, the
Methodist church and a col.. red church.
It ia impossible to estimate the number
of houses destroyed, but it is thought
the number will reach 100. The
amount of damage done cannot be ap
proximated, but it is very g eat. All
the human dead and wounded have
been taken care of. The path of de
vastation is strewn with all kinds of
debris and dead and wounded animals.
Tbe pitiful cries of the wounded are
to be heard everywhere, and at times
are heartrending.
A repo t irom the country around
Goliad is to tbe effect that uo damage
was done.
A iecial train bearing the O'Connor
guards, six physicians, nurses and
ma y volnnteers, came from ii'toria,
and also a special train ironi ( uero,
bringing physicians, nurses, druggists
and volunteers. Although everything
is being done for tbe reilef of the
wounded, cries fur physicians and med
ical attention are ' everywhere heard.
So far 90 dead and 120 injuied have
been reported.
BOTH ON ONE TRACK.
Passenger an freight Trin Meet la Nebraska
and Four Men Killed.
Lincoln Neb., May 20. Four men
were killed and four others more or less
injured in a collision on tbe Burling
ton's Billings line, at 3 o'clock this
moraine.
The collision occurred a mile east of
Hyannis, between the Portland-St.
Louis flyer, east bound, and an extra
stock train, weat bound, witli 25 car
load oi cattle for the eastern ranee.
There is nothing definite to indicate
a ho wa responsible for the two trains
moving in opposite directions being
on the same track, and no details as to
the rate of speed at which either was
going.
It was necessary to build a track
around the wreck, and this has indefi
nitely delayed the arrival of the pas
senger train, which was due here at 1
o'clock this afternoon. A wrecking
crew was sent out from Alliance bear
ing surgeons. Hyannis ia in Grant
county, 70 miles east of Alliance, which
is a division headquarters for the
Wyoming extension.
Lincoln, Neb., May 20. Reports
from the scene of the wreck tonight say
the passenger train had orders to meet
the freight at Hyannis, but the orders
were misread. With a full head of
steam the passenger train dashed into
the two engines of the freight extra.
The engines, a baggage car, one coach
and three stock cars were completely
wrecked.
BIG BOER DRIVE.
British Columns Capture pour Hundred Pris
oners At On flaul
Vryburg, Bechuanaland, May 20.
The immunity which Lord Kitchener
granted to the delegates to the Veree-
niging conference of Boer leaders and
their immediate followers from mo
lestations by the British columns has
not prevented the consummation of one
of the biggest drives of tbe war, which
haB just wound up against the Bechu
analand blockhouse line. General
Hamilton and other commanders have
gathered in 400 prisoners, inclnd ng
100 rebels and recalcitrant Boers who
have caused niuch trouble in the past.
Among; the prsoners are a brother of
General Delarey and several other com
mandants.
The movement was remarable for tho
lack ot resistance by the Bores, most of
who surrendered, after aimless dodging,
without fighting. There were no Brit
ish casualties. Five hundred Boers
managed to escape in the earlier stage
of the drive.
Admiral Sampson's Will
Washington, May 20 The will of
the late Admiral William T. 8unpson,
just filed, leavee everything to the
widow, save (4,000 of life insurance,
which is left for equal division among
the four dauhgters. In the petition
asking for the admission of the will
to probate? Mrs. Sampson, who is
named as sole executrix, saye the ad
miral died possessing stocks and other
securities valued at (8,500 and a tract
of land at Manchester, N. Y , known
aa the Marmon Hill farm, valued at
(10,000 The will is dated at Key
West, Fla., April 16, 189S
Main Town Burned.
Houlton, Me., May 20. Fire hero
today destroyed the greater part of tho
business portion of the town, 75 resi
dences and three churches, entailing a
loss of (400,000, only one third of
which is covered by insurance. One
hundred and twenty families are ren
dered homeless. The fire started io
the rear of a market and grocery store
and in an incredibly short time it v,m
sweeping through . the businoHs section
ot the town.