THE OREGON VObt XIX. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FBIDAY, MAY 30, 190.5. NO. 24. MM wiiion HOI BY VIIXIAM MINTO. CHAPTER XVI Continued, lint itulnh had never before towed well a crowd, and '' mmtnt he was dliy and tua'ectiieiei. it was ,oi tor a moment, however. The pause was o abort as lo hrtljr perceptible to the audience, tlioiiglt H wiiira a mug in terval to him. Amid the o of how m saw Hkit and tha fiiwi leering at 1,1. ulundied visage, and Hid sight at oinw restored self jtos-eiiiilon. "I m-ed : tell you. my frlcnda," he mtil, "bow I brought Into the kinii'n presence. Enough that I occasion to allege before him that Miiiiiiuiio stilfered wrong where they had r ight to expect protection, and Iln.1 f heard dim ! 0n lip Jo clan) llikt lli'' wrong should be In quired into, md tint Jiixtioe tthouM bo dime. I t,l hid suffered, md lie trriched the shield ol Justice over me. Wlu.1 tit in good priest ib lull! you li the truth. There rt.n I t no doubt of ti n king' goodiicwt hmt clemency md dtnlre to do justice. I htve boon wnt here etpreioily to testify to your !fc.lr ol hit. tienevolent intentions. The princes, hi mo her, also Iim heart ul pity for tie weak and oppressed, and It a benign 'I rwliMl lady, hoin til the itple sl.on d love," Tlem-wotd were riieived with ap proving murmur, tl pale faw ami emluirrassnl ileitwanor of the young man hetpii g to carry conviction home. Win. ii tl e'umrmnr began to die away lull raid ltl voir. " Enough, my fnt!!, h cried. "Ymi see how the matter stands. My minimi In von I that you strengthen the I .1- ( tlii kint-iiMrtl young tirimti. If only you ar tinitl your .trengt'i will prevail aitnlnrt tli ili uftlivvill itminwltiir ho, for their mnrmlt,' try to mjimi th aar of ltriiM'. l'nit, wmhina, gather to in Iito.I, atxt yoa ill l inwtlrtlble. , li nay v tl ul you will hava, in the ii., to i-Imfw your vn Ionia aud pro-1 turtom, and tlmt iir prewnt Kl are tm lpiit. ,l l.y their ixmur and their vM rw iiiK Krw f greater and gnuh-r luxury to rule thfir vamwla : ahli u any and jurth-e. If they IH not Wnd, thry murt break. But you muht try hnneetly, In the Hrnt Inttame, to lend' the in, or to ttiti(tthen the Iiii.'Ik of the kind to Iwftd them." The nrh.it fud op hU harreugue with a familiar flgure, "Mhtht and Klht. Will and Kkill," he anld, "are Uie four arm of your mill. If Itight gue liefiire Might and Mi ill before Will, then ilnet the mill turn riiiht, and ever) thing goee amoolhly. Hut ifMitfhinof Ufore Right, and Will befi.rn kill, Uie whvel goet the wrong y, and your mill ja bnken In pill-en." W hen Ball had ended hit api,-h erifi of approval went up from many vol., mid a loud, eonfuaed nolae of promitfunn talk enatied. Here and thr uniall ringa were formed, In wbli the more forward tpirita eagerly ili-uiiw!l what he had tald. No one iK-ccHed in gaining the ear of the whole irowd, and the varlona apeakera ere content to keep poaaeaxion eat of hit own tittle drrle. Ralph overheard one Huroe looking and eieltexi orator dikhiiinlng airainxt the folly of being afraid of mail dad men.' It wea quite an eaay thing, according to him, tit dis pone of them, if only you kept your prtwme of mind. A man In a plain rout una generally killed becaiiMi he got Into a panic, and hit out wildly In lead of atrlklng at the vulnerable pntntit. Give him a good hatchet, and he would atrlke off the kneecape or the ellxmiape ur the viaorj and once a brem-h waamade In the moving fortieaa the man within waa at your mercy. Or hit would utrike apike betwe'n the platca of the thigh plecea, or between the cul-at-a and the neck camall. -The notion that H waa unfair to atrike be low the waUt waa a clover invention In the Inlor.-Bt of a mall-clad knight agninat the unarmed jteanant. If num hud to be killed, It waa abaurd to give him n choice where he waa to be truck, "strike whorever you can beat reach the akin," lie raid, "or where you enn open up a road. Of con rue, If you strike full on a whole piece of ttoel J'"u will only blunt your weapon. Aim at the Joint, hack off the guarda; that U the way to go to work." "And what," aaked a tly rustic, "would your enemy be doing while you wero hacking at him?" "Well," retorted the ready theorlat, if you cannot keep out of the way of the bluwi of a heavily armed man, be ing yourself light and unencumbered, you miiHt be a fool Indeed, Why, you niiifht even ruh In before he could thke yon, catch him by the loga, and "ii Mm on hit back, And once you had him on hit hack, vno mliiht hock 'urn to piecoj at your leisure, for he "uni no more rise than a tortoita." In tho tiildat of these and other anl ninhi.l ilincusalona, a horn waa hoard to "wind tome little way down the bill 'i the went, and presently came another uinai irom a point . along the ridge In " ilirwition of Cambridge. A Kllloll waa tnlklnn ml tha tlrrm with Wmon d'Vproa, Johrr Ball, and one or 01 mo loadera who had grouped thunoelvoa round the popular priest, 'iu were exchanging such itoms of news as they had heard concerning the riHing in Ghent and the war In France. Tnoy utoppcd their conversation at the wild of the horn. Simon d'Vprea '""kiid keenly at Ralph, who mot his guise without In the least understanding "y t waa so searching, and asked imply what the sounds meant. Iney mean, I fear, that we are In terrupted," was the answer. J'remutly ewntt came running In with the news thatanartrof horne. led hy a knight who was recocnlzed aa uie aiierm ol Cambridge, was riding along the foot of the hill, as If to get oeninii mo ramp, while another party was riding ap along the Roman road from Cambridge. John Hall waa urged to fly along the ria l by which he had come, while it waa yet clear, and ret off at once. The rhlefa held a hurried consulta tion. They bed no meanaof reaiatance. To avoid suHplcloo they had come un armed, arranging the gathering with audi aecrery that they bad little fuar of Interruption. "Home one must have betraved us," aald one. "It is only too likely," Simon an- ewered, "but In the meant ime we mutt get off as well as we can." ' Among the conptiratora was one In the disguise of a Minorite friar, and another in the habit of a pardoner. Theise were net up to preach at opposite ends of the camp, as if it were their eloquence that had attracted the crowd. Rut with the news of the approach lug nien-at arnis a panic ei-tatdiahed itself. Home few kept up the pretense of li'tetiing to the tiiam preachers, and then proved to be the wisest. The majorty poured over the (hies of the ramp like a swarm of beet, and dis (whhI theinwlvei over the fields, run ni nil helter-skelter, hither and thilher, trying to get as far as possible from tlte men-at-arms, who occupied themaclvee In chasing the fugitives and boating ai d wounding them with their lam-es. Ho many poured from the camp that the purmiert aupposed it to be emptied, and did not think it worth while to re turn from the chase to look. Thus Pinion d'Vprea and moat of the leadera escaped. Aniong the captives were Docket and the canon. On their information Ralph was that evening arret-tod by order ol the sheriff and bulged in the prison of Cambridge t'ai-tle. Poor youth! Bitterly he remembered what Simon d'Ypres had aald to him, "f'ut not your trust In princes." Ana from angry h ok toast at him, and angry mutteriiitfs overheard before he left VI amilehiiry, be had the comfort of knowing that he wa euspected of treachery by tle other side also. Such la sometime, the fale ol Use div'.uttrs oi strife. CIIAPTKR XVII. fl.A Sew Ralllkll tlltia iltf. IUQ 11"" aiMsr " i ...mA lRr....le;il,rMPn.tlM waal Mtmilff IllttlViJ uvinwiiavv-..v ' e at least while unsifted; and it waa the interest o noDouy in auviioruy io poi It to the proof. it.1 Mil, anrl ChnwUv aol- emnly confirmed him, that Ralph had ten a ringieaoer in mi that went on at Wandleburyi that, ao i'ar from giving the mob assurance of the king's willlugnese to redreee griev I.. I,.. I H.nniini-ail the klmt'a tnnn, no ' ' " 1 - - clemency as a trick. Both averred that I. at .. t L. II- . l ! they hat heara mm eiraeoiy eapiam Ing to a gaping and applauding crowd the surest way of penetrating the armor of a knight v U waa partly spite and partly an ab lect effort after reU-preservation. They ' ..... 1 A . I. 1.... oweit Kaipn a grunge, mrj leted tliat they might get more easily -1 - MMH.I.In. itniition them- OIK Ul H . .'in j'l - aelvea If they preferred a strong accusa tion against another. Others were in criminated, also, and descriptions given to help in ineir appieinuj " w hen the officers of the sheriff searched . t. it, aw vam not to be found. It was not the fault of Docket or the canon; they were most aniiona to give all the help they could to bring the misi rennta to Justice. Thus they pur chased their own release. The aherift waa only too glad to have laid hands on anybody, so as not to Htem to have too hopelessly bungled the affair. In his report to Burley he did not minimwo mo -v the two worthlea of Ralph'a promi nence In tne aeumous gan'e"- -ley took an opportunity of speaking ... .1 .hll,v n.ar thfl IllftttOr. will) xne cmii" ------- He was annoyed at the failure of his plot for capturing the sedition mongers, and annoyed with Ralph, who might If he had cnosen, navo - ture easy and certain. An object on . , l , i.i. Irritation waa wel- come, and any punishment that the young man migiu - been a passing rolace and satisfaction. But knowing Ralph to be a relation of the chancellor, he Incidentally, amid .. ... ..-i.... .ahanrand the ciroum- oilier oubiiihoo, ,....- stance and submitted the matter for dRal"plVa eonsangnlnlty did not help him with the chancellor, budbttry b hands were full of the welghtieat and moat harassing affairs of state. Ihe bunlens of which we a,Kke inonr opro ing chapters had not lightened as the month, ,-rogrested. On the contrary they had grown heavier and more ga 1- No advantage had come to the Kngllsh cause in rrani-e from the death of Charles the Buge; the towns and he barons of Brittany Icana. more than before to Paris, and were giving Buck lnuharn the cold shouldor. England French king; her prim. found himself more and moradiatraoted by Intrigues and ambition, let loose by the removl of tl.l. great center of Brevity in the political system. The Sew i Spa UrbaL was eager to fight the ."uU-rop. Clement before he should recover from the shock j and In the general scramble for crowns the wary Duke of Uucaater saw his opportunity In Castile. Christendom in general was like a huge Donnybrook fair. There were grand opportunities for adventure and enterpriae in this unset tled state of things. But none of the many schemes that were afoot could be prosecuted without money, and the Kngllsh exchequer, for which the un fortunate Sudbury was responsible, was hardly full enough even for purposes of defence. In such circumstances of cruel per plexity and maddening Impotence, to And a poor relation doing what little lay in his power to add to the great man's heav) embarrassments was Irri tating to the last degree. What busi ness had this wretched meddler to try to ret the people against taxes that parliament had ordered, aud excite their foolish heads with utterly im practicable alternatives? Reasonable enough in abstract Justice, granted; but that only made them the more ir ritating. The consanguinity aggravated the offence. Hui'h thinga are bad enough in strangers bound by ho ties to see reason and to help in difficulties. The chancellor was furous. "Let him remain In prison," he said with an anirry frown, half choking with vex ation; "the discipline is much needed." "Miarpor ditcipline," taut Burley, Axinir his iim isniflrantlv on the chancellor "sharper discipline, it ' aeems to me, would not lie cut of place if what these men aay i-t true." Bur ley had earlier In his career held com mand among the free companions in France, and theie acquired a taste for summary methods. The chancellor was angry enongh to believe anything against Ralph and to approve inwardly of any punishment, but he could not openly (auction Bur ley a auggest ion. "It Is enough," he id, "that he remain in prison. The lesmm may be wholesome." "But what," persisted Burley, "if the king should atk for him, and he should come back to plague ua about commiseioiis of inquiry and redress?" The chancellor pondered lore mo ment, and his frown grew darker. "We can ray he has escaped," he said, at length. "The king will soon forget all about him." Orders wero accordingly sent down to the-sheriff to see that Ralph waa kept In prleon during the king's pleas- CHAPTER XVIII-.- Slila that the kinff ...I..!. t I, Uu a f,.rn,ttn all ahout Ruliih llardtilot. The truth waa that he had taken a mnch more lively intcresi in ....;,. nn tlm -niitiat between the clerk and Rainham than In his scheme for the paciflcatu n ol liie commons. Hut lie liad a reinen-unincer in ino ,.wi, nl !,.. ttnna. who. filler in in terval, waa tlm means "of recalling the young man to the king'a memory. It was some time. However, ociuro she could know what had become of Ralph. The princefs, in whose train ..i.o nn -u. .,nt several weeks at her great Kentieh cantle of Leeds, in the beautiful valley between Maidstona and Asbford, before returning to Lon- don. By the time she did return, the court waa at Northampton for the meet ing of parliament theie. Clara would . 1 . . .i , lii- have queslionoa iwgmwu uuuv t.ii.ur hut R.winnld was with the chancellor at Northampton, and as after the parliament there was a meeting oi ....,. inn at tl a aame nlare and for the aiinie purpose over which Sudbury presided ai archbishop, November was past before Reginald returned with his matter to Lamovin. . t n,,.. rinra ii kent in suspense all through the months of October and November, the growing com anu tne ..i.nnin9 darkness keeoina oace with the augmentation of her vague uneasl- ........ Clitt u na trtA nmnd to o nest ion the princess, too high spirited to give any outward sign oi iu ii . ...... t.u. wilful to Hive any hint to her con feasor; she would only won der and wait. (Tebs oonUnued) Learned Trio. have taken de grees at the University of Beilin. Two T rTl.A are Americans and one a jowoob. ,..... ..... t. nf the first women to en- ter the university and the first to win a degree. Her name la Bertha Nenman. The family formerly lived in Fosen. She If a phenomenal mathematician, and can calculate an ecupse wiuiuuv. ... i., nn,.n nr miner and can recite pages of logarithm, from' memory. . . I l raKn1tna T The American gina " ""- r Stewart, of Texas, and Mary W. Mont gomery, of New Haven, Conn. To Reitere la Rtblda Convent i n-naanlrofosl and historical soci eties all over Ppain have been urging tho repair ol the mmous wt ted with Columbus. The buildings are fatt becoming a ruin. Thus far the societies- appeal u-s uie. with no response. The recent lose of that colonial empire of which Coliim i... nianl tli foundation, I.a Rablda, , havo rendered the Spanish na tlon indifferent to the memory of the great discovers of tne new worm. Ncgrotl Obect to Separation. M, t ia.l.anm.l1lA Pla.. ara i lie negroes oi iv" - - i said to be indignant over the passage i .La ilitr Aatunfll of an otdinance iu vno w-..-.. quiring the separation of white and col ored people on street cars. They threaten Doycoiiiim v. -hacks and hetdit-s.-Charleston (8. 0.) Kent and Courier. A Witty Advtrtlier. . . tmHnaman took ad- AO enier"iici"B ., . vantage of the D. A. R- invention in Washington to naroj -'e-D. A. R-ters should wear our Q. A. R.ter.." -VENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTER8 OF THE WORLD. Conprthcatlvt Review of the Important liapptnlngt ef the Put Weak, Presented in a CendeiMea' form, Which It Moit Likely te Prove of intcrtit te Our Many Reavers. Bubonic plague has broken out at Majunga, Island of Madagascar. Fire practically wiped out the busi ness portion of Ravenna, Minn. Loss, 1100,000. All of the Portland strikers Xut plumhera and woodworkers have re turned to work. Sixteen students of Northwestern university, at Kvanston, III., have been arrested for hatting. ' An entire battalion of Turkish troops DO e 5 . ilk -'.h---- - - -'Ten 1 SENATOR C. D. CLARK OF WYOMING. Senator Clark is one of the champions of the policy of national irrigation. He Is a native of New York. His parents moved West at an early day and he got his higher education in the University of Iowa. He was admitted to the bar and in 1881 located at Evanston, Wyoming. He declined appointment as associate justice of the state supreme court, served two terms in congress, was elected to the senate in 1895 and re-elected in 1899. He is a strong advocate of Western development. has been annihilated by labels in the southwestern part of Arabia. The Boer peace conference at Vree niging is still deadlocked, but may be broken at any time, either peace being secured or fighting resumed. A bill baa been introduced into the senate providing for the promotion of Major General Brooke, the senior ma jor general of the army, to the rank of lieutenant general, and for his retire ment with that rank. KEEP TELLING ABOUT IT. The public has eotne te regard an ar ticle that It advertised peraisteiilly aa poaaeamdolieal merit. Tha advertiser therefore is wise who remembers toll act, and, having a good thing, keeps on telling ua public be nat u-mnwii ma. No more supplies or other relief are now required at Martinique. Count Tolstoi has suffered a relupse and his condition is much worse. Two cars on the Portland-Oregon City electric line collided, injuring four people. Lord Pauncefote, British ambassador to the United States, died at Washing ton, aged 74 years.. The strike of the different unions of the Building Trades Council of Port land shows no signs of an early set tlement. The dead at the Fernie, B. C, coal mine, where the explosion occurred, number 151. Forty bodies have been taken out. : A general strike has been ordered of all coal miners in Virginia and West Virginia. . It is expected that nearly 90,000 men will respond to the call. There are not fewer than 40,000 Syrians in the United States, and be tween 2,000 and 3,000 In Chicago. The Erie canal, in New York, was the first artificial waterway begun In this country. Ground was broken for this enterprise July 4, 1817, It has been found that at the present price of alcohol in Germany, about 13X cents a gallon, alcohol compbetea with all form, of motive energy in englnea of lea. than 20 horse power. NEW FLOUR COMBINE. Orjaaixed In Kansas aad Farmers Take Part - In It Kansas City. Mo., May 28 Walter Vrooman, of the Westorn Co-operative movement, has closed contracts for the purchase )f six of the Urgent wheat elevators in the Kansas wheat belt, and two of the lurgest flouting mills. The price paid la aaid to bave been $750, 000, and Mr. Vrooman, who has left for New York, to complete the financial end of the plan, says the present pur chase is but the beginning of a move ment to center farmers of Kansas in a branch of the Vrooman Co-operative Company. The farmers are to be taken Into the scheme upon the payment of 1100 each, for which they are to receive the market value of their wheat sold to the company, and in addition will receive one-half of the profit derived, the other half going to the co-operative stores, through which the wheat and flour will be hand ed. "The plan," aaid Mr. Vrooman, "is to eliminate wheat speculators and the middle men. The farmers are in earn est sympathy with the movement. It ''is Is ' -" r,' is the only way to head off the talked of flour trust that is forming in New York." It is Intended to ship to Great Brit ain to be sold among the co-operative members there the surplus product of Kansas and Missouri. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Soma of the Boer Delegates at Conference Deiirout of Continuing Struggle Pretoria, May 28. The prevalence throughout Sooth Africa of the optim istic feeling in regard to the peace ne gotiations is hardly based on solid facts. The protraction of the confer ence at Vreeniging is not neoessarily a hopeful sign. The delegates to the conference, though they may have abandoned their hope of securing inde pendence, atill bave ajnany points of difference with the government, while an obstinate minority continues to re gard the resumption of hostilities as the best outcome of the present situa tion, and at any moment these points of difference may be accentuated into a refueal to continue the negotiations. It is moat unlikely that those who are In favor of peace will throw up the sponge as long as a decent minority is desirous of continuing the struggle, and all these dissonant elements must be taken into account before it is possible to give any sort of prediction as to the issue of the present negotiations. Forty-six Boers, with their wagons and cattle, surrendered at Balmoral, Transvaal yesterday. Te Puih Canal Bilk Washington, May 28. Representa tive Hay, of Virginia, chairman of the Democratic caucus, lias issued a call for a caucus to consider plana "for the passage of a Nicaragua canal bill at this senslon of congress," such being the language of the petition on which Mr. Hay issued the call. French AM for Sufferers. Paris, May 28. The statement is published here this morning that as soon as parliament meets the govern ment will present a bill opening a credit of 6,000,000 francs (fl,000,000) for the victims of the, Martinique disas ter, and that the minister of the colo nies will propose a pension of 6,000 francs ($1,200) a year for the orphans during their minority, of the late gov ernor of Martinique, who was killed at St. Pierre. i c f r? NEWS OF TILE STATI ITEM8 OF INTERE8T FROM ALi PART8 OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial flappeaiags of La portaaca A Brief Review of the Growt' aad Improvements of the Many Industrie Throughout Our thriving CMwaaoawtaltk Latut Market Report. Ex-Senator George W. McBrlde was married t few days ago. Teh horses were burned in a livery stable fire at Oakland. Loss, $5,000; insurance, $1,500. Professor L. R. Trayer, of Rosebnrg, has been elected city superintendent of Salem's public school.. The postoffice at Ale, Marion county, waa entered and burglarized of the en tire stock of stamps and stamped en velopes. - Arthur McEwen, who represents a wealthy English syndicate, is in Baker City looking for paying mines that can be bought. Harry Granelli, a young man who at tempted to wreck the Harriman special train near Roseburg last week, has been Kent to the penitentiary for three years. The strike of the Cooks' and Wait ers' ucion of Baker City, against the employment of Chinese help, has been called off, a compromise having been effected. The anion guaranteed to co- cure white cooks as good aa the Chi nese. : In the ehaft of the Golden Wizard mine, of the Minersville district, near Sumpter, a most remarkable ore body ia being developed. It was struck at a distance of 70 feet from the collar, and for 60 feet has continued high gtade, with no immediate prospect of going out. The I. O. O. F. grand lodge at their session held in Newport laRt week, elected Robert Andrews, of Portland, grand master. The Rebekah aseembly elected Mrs. Florence At wood, of Baker City, grand president. The grand ses sions will be held in Portland for the next four years. About 60 teachers attended the Clat sop county teachers' institute in Astoria last week. An interesting meeting was held. The registration in Clackamas county has reached almost the figures of two years ago and it is expected before the roils close it will be greater. - Arrangements have been made for the commencement exercises of the Eastern Oregon State Normal School, at Weston, which will be held June 8 to 12. Governor Geer and State Su perintendent Ackerman are expected to be present on June 12. A burglar entered a Junction City saloon and secured $275. While he was at work, the bartender, who was in the back locking np, came to the front of the building and tried to stop the thief. The latter shot and killed the bartender and then escaped. The new rural free delivery mall routes to be established from Troutdale and Cleone hav both been approved by the special agent and will be in opera tion in a few weeks. , They wilt join the two routes from Gresham, and will practically cover all the territory from the nine mile posts eastward to Orient lying in Multnomah county. The four routes will comprise about 40 square miles. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Wj.Ha, 65K66c; blueetem, 67c; valley, 5o. Barley Feed, $22(322.50; brewing, $23 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.25l.S0;gray, $1.15(81.25. Flour Best grades, $2.853.40 per barrel; graham, $2.6u2.S0. Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton; middlings, $1920; short., $1718; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $12(315: clover. $7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 11.40 percental; ordinary, $1 per cental; growers prices; sweets. $2.262.60 per cental; new potatoes, 33c. Butter Creamery, 16317c; dairy, 12615e; store, I0l24c. Eggs 1515KcWpregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12 W 13c;Yonng America, 13K14c; fac tory prices, 1 14C less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50(8 5.00; hens, $5.00a)3.$0 per dozen. ll?412c per pound; springs, 11 llKc per pound, $3.005.00 per doz en; ducks, $5.00(36.00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 13 14c, dressed, 15 16c per pound; geese, $0. 50(37.60 per dozen. - Mutton Grose, 4 He per pound; sheared, 8Mc; ui-essed, 7 He per pound HogsGross, 6)tfo; dressed, 7X8c per pound. Veal 6H8o for small; 67o for large. Beef Gross, cows, 4; steers 6Hc; dressed, 88c per pound. -Hops 12H15 cents per pound. Wool Valley, 1214; Eastern Ore gon, 812c; mohair, 25c per pound. Jules Verne, the novelist, though now in his 86th year, still works at his desk for four hours a day. An American syndicate is planning a steamship line that will have a boat start every day for Europe, thus estab lishing the firs'; daily service. Henry 0. Havemeyer has just given 2,000 volumes to the library of the publio school at Greenwich, Conn., erected by himself and hi. wife as a memorial. PAUNCEFOTE 18 DEAD. The British Ambassador Pataet Away Sud denly at Washington. Washington, May 24. --Lord Paunce fote, the British ambassador to tbi United States, died at the embassy this morning at 6:86 o'cloek. The improvement which had been noted in bis condition daring the pant week received a sudden check about 8 o'clock last night, when It was noticed he was experiencing difficulty Inbreath ing. Dr. Jong, hi. physician, was im mediately sent for and he decided upon a consultation, and Dr. Thayer, of Johna Hopkins university, , arrived about 2 o'clock this morning. When Dr. Thayer left the embassy at 3 o'clock for Baltimore the ambassador waa resting to comfortably that a cable gram waa sent to hi. son-in-law, Mr. Bromley, in London, that there waa no immediate clanger. Soon after 3 o'clock a distinct weak ness of the heart developed and his poise began to collapse. Be died so peacefully that it surprised even his physician. A. soon as it became generally known that Lord Pauncefote waa dead, flags were half-masted over the different embassies and legations. At the Arl ington hotel, where the weiting Frenchmen who had come to witness the Rochambeau statue unveiling are staying, the French flag was placed at half-mast. The news of Lord Pauncefote'a death brought Secretary of State Hay to the White House shortly after 9 o'clock. After a conference with the president, it waa announced that the president would call at the British embassy im mediately after the nnveiling cere monies to offer his personal condolence, and ascertain the wishes of Lord Pauncefote'a family in regard to fur ther plans. The president also sent a letter of condolence to Lady Pauncefote. Secretary Hay, after his conference with the president, proceeded directly to the British embassy, where he made a formal call of condolence as the per sonal representative of the president, preliminary to the call which the pre ident himself was to make later in the day. Then returning to the state de partment, Secretary Hay dispatched the following cablegram.: "Department of etate, Washintgon, May 24, 1902. The Marquis of Lans downe, London: Permit me to express my deep sympathy and sorrow at the death of Lord Pauncefote. His Majes ty's government has lost an able and faithful servant and this country a val ued friend. JOHN HAY." Funeral ef Pauncefote. Washintgon, May 27. With the ex ception of a few details, the arrange ments for the funeral services over tha remains of Lord Pauncefote are com plete. Lady Pauncefote has signified her approval of the arrangement, tentatively made yesterday, by which services are to be held tomorrow at noon in St. John'a Episcopal church, after which the body ia to be tempor arily deposited in a receiving vault at Rock Creek cemetery. SIX KILLED BY TORNADO. Two Stornu Joined Forces ia South Caro lina Property Loss Heavy. Union, S. C, May 28 Six persons were killed and several injuied by a tornado that a wept .over this section ol the state this afternoon. . Two storms, one from the north and -the other from the southwest, met near here with terrific force. The storm was preceded by a heavy rain. One wing of the tornado passed along Main street and blew in several store fronts, doing much damage to stocks,. Knit ting Mill Hill, south of town, caught the full force of the tornado, which blew down the school house and two residences there, converting them lit erally into kindling wood. The occu pants ran irom one of the houses before it went to pieces and took refuge in another near by, but this house also was crushed to splinters. It took some time to get the victims from the debris. Every physician in town was called, and they were assisted by the citizens in relieving the suffer ers aa much as possible. Jones viile' reports that the storm wrought mnch damage there, and that one person was killed. Pacolet also reports one killed and several injured. Retirement ef Wheatoa. Washington, May 27. Major Gen eral Lloyd Wheaton, who is about to start home from the Philippines, will be retired Jnly 15 next by operation of law on account of age. It waa merely to give him a short vacation before the close of his active military career that he was relieved from command of the department of the North Philippines. A Grant te Palma. Havana, May 28. Both the senate and the house have passed a bill grant ing President Palma $300,000 for cur rent expenses in connection with insu lar affairs. Germane Want Opium Monopoly. Pekin May 27. A German firm has offered to tbe Chinese government $15, 000,000 annually for tbe exclusive rights of selling opium throughout tha entire empire. The officials are die- posed to regard the offer favorably, a. I it I. an easy method of raising revenue. 'The promoters have sounded several of the minister, concerning the'attitude of the powers. Outsiders consider the ' project impracticable, a. the monoply ! la impossible of enforcement. .'-tii"aa?(r-'. ".