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
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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.
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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.
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