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"Mir it ' LJ J tv r i nnn JL 1L rV -LL OREGON VOL. XIX. ST HELBN8., QIlBQON. irMPAT, .JUNE 20, 1902. NO. 27. DAIP1 10 BY WILLIAM MINTO. ClIAlTKIt XXtCoiiUmied. Ralph lelt klng't pre-wiica full of .Mtlimlo and uopa. ju a nan .h.miKl himewlf with another duty. mum imrlloii out tt the event proved Id hi liiterom.au with tha disaffected, It hid mmo to itatph'a knowledge thai Ilia rlwiici'llor-archblalmp waa an object of iiilrnse aim wii.ewpea.ii natied; and rdHriiilxiring I lie tie ol blood, and the nlil (gallon "" act ol IHiilitnaa, b cinif ivml It lo bit hit duty with what tll i-u( y ht could, to give the great man aarnlng of Ilia threat muttered ag I nat him, ami In p ! with him lor ronnlli ail. , ' " All human paalon roncentratee It self on human object, and t ha wrath of the ia aitry, although tbt product nl evil inatittiuntia rattier man apecial y evil men, had fastened iUtlf on I hw great olllilale, of whom Sudbury Ilia I'hit'f. II had baroma in the ixmular InniKinatlon tort of monster, in whom waa Incarnate all tit heart ltnci and rruelty, ill Hit) chicanery ami from which poor awn tuf fsrod. A the guardian of tht great teal and chief 'I th king'i officer, htld vaguely ri' ii'ibla lor tvi'rythlng that want iinil, exeetalve taxation, futile fiiH-mlHtire, niltcarriagt of tlio wart, ii;dinVr.iic to the juat complalnta of the iMK'p'o, be wat obntnliiut enough; hut lo !. n tht mlwtel heuped in ill-crioiiimtrly on lilt reapimallilllty, lis was tbt n'prefitnlative of type daily In-coming moreodlnua, tbt world Iv prelate, who meddled with public affuiri to the neglect ol lilt eplritual ilutiea. Tht worldly prelate wat tht rnerial aerim of Wycliffe, and tht imei'livea of hU poor prieata epread far and m1I the wrtonal odium against the chancellor, ta tht moat conspicuous eiainple of Iht cleat. So to Ijimbetli Kalpli went to more Hie chancellor. Ilia brother Reginald warned him of tht frnltleaaneae of hla mission, but in what lit ronaldettJ to t hla duty Ralph wat not to be dia uadt-d, and the result wat be had to ieiid tome week more in prlaon, thla time at Marahalsra, being charged with being privy to tht dttlgni of Iraitore. CHAPTER XXII. Tbt aky waa not clear when tht great it.irm borat ; It waa thickly overcast, dark and troubled. Tht aigna of what to m wert there, if only they could have been rightly interprets. II ii l tlx jr aere hung out in vain, foot Wily laughed to arorn, pervtraely mlt miilcrdood, pridefully floated nd die regarded. The rloudt wert dark, it wat true, but rloudt tcjually dark had gathered before and paaatd quietly away without breaking lu tempeet. There waa no canae fur alarm or extraordinary pre caution. It aeenit incrediblo now that men ahould have bein to blind and Improv ident. It waa natural enough to mlaUk tht beginning of imurrection for tht final fling of a paaaing Irritation at tn un popular tai. Tht wleett of ua might have mailt tht tame blunder before tht event. That tht poll Ul, tht tiibaldy nl three groata, at it waa railed, ahould be unpopular wat not at all tnrprlalng or abnormal. It waa only what might have been expected. No new tax aver la popular, "it it a romnmn nrage," "aye the quaint tranalator of Froiaeart; "none ia gladda to pay or to opyn their puraea if they may lette it." Many re futed outright to pay tht Jamiaiy In itnlluittnt of tht tax. Tht government inferred tlili naturally enough to tht ordinary motive, repugnant to open the purat, a repugnance especially Irnng when the iniMwt it ol a new kind. They did not aee-and we ran not (airly hold thetu foollah above the ordinary run ol government! for not awing that it waa not the wuight nf Hi in particular impoat tn Ittelf that the peopio folt; that thit Impoat waa the lant atraw that made the mini of their Imrdena intolerable, and thua became a aymlxil agaltmt which wat directed all the puut-npand aocmuulated hatred ol long aeriea of yeart of auffering. They failed to tea thie, and they failed even to ace until too late the advantage that they gava tn the leader of the diacontented peeaantt in providing them with a grievance that was com mon, however alight, and thua ftirniah Ing a rallying cry, tht font of which could lit felt by all. the payment of tht January install ment waa alack, but tht ruling powera oppoitnd a firm front to thla, expecting the rcaiatance to collapae, at It had col pied before, when - a tolitl body of organ lied men waa opposed to loone, incoherent aaaemblaget of reluctant loma. A pertain period of grace waa allowed, and then the collootora pro tt'fidt'd to diatraln. Hut tht front of the reaititanct waa alto Arm. Tht hnrlff'a officera wert reaiatod. Kumar ohm riot occurred alt over the country when the diatreaa warrant! wert put in exni-tition. fn Kaaex the renlntniice waa eHpcclally obatlnate. Tht gcvern nii'iit renolved to make an example of liMx. A com ml b ion under the prta idunt of thechiefjinatice of common picas wna aent down to try the riotera. The nho waa held at Fobbing, and a fund Jury wat proceeding to find trut hills aguinat the accuaed when an Interruption occurred. A -rlotoua Htbering broke Into the court room, '"hopped off tht head of the grand Jury and carried them away on polea, and "impelled the chief juatlce, on pain of aluiring the name fate, to awear that he would never again hold a almllar tea aim). A grand Jury eacriflead and a chief www Ml in IuhMiw attorn off an ohnoxiona rfiitv. Thla waa a aorloua outrage on the law, but the law a a not ao atrong in the fourteenth century aa it ia now, and in cldmiti of (he kind were not nncom mon. Tlila might he a mre inolated eiploalon. There waa no Indication aa yet ol widely organized rcaiatanra. Tho nert victim of the rough Inatru menta with which nature waa vindicat ing her higher law waa a collet-tor, Hilt Ugly incident, which looked inaa aerimia at the time than the outrage ki roonii.g, ihii wmch ha obtained more prominent placet In correni hiit tory owing to Wowa'a graphic, if aomewhat inaoruralt aorount of it, oc curred ai ifartloru, in Kent. ji ocitirrtHi in tma aay. in mnny caaea ine pcreona name ! in the i- tetair'a roll refuaed to pay on the ground of non liability. In audi caaea an appeal waa allowed to the comtnia tinner, the high official appointed for each county to control tint impoaitlon of the tax. Tht conimiiwloiier for Kent waa fit John I-eg, who had been one of tlieetkiuircaof King Kdward'e hou hold, a fellnw-aervant In that ranacitr ol the ptM't ( haucer. (It ia nmenrary to mention thla, becaiiMt lg la aonm tiinet diacredited with having been a ruffianly tax collector. Ha waa not the collector, but tht commiaaioner, a very different official. I -eg afttrwarda fell a victim to the blind fury of the populace, but thla waa owing to bia official poattlon and not to any apeciflc act ol ruffiaiiiam.) Ieg waa aunt down to Ihartford to hear appeal. Among the appcala wat one on behalf of a daughter of Wat Tyler, for bmei emption waa claimed aa being under age. The frightened girl waa dragged into court bv the collector, and groealy imtulted !elore the excited tudieuce. Tht Inatilent ruffian had not long to wait for hit punUhment. The girl'a father waa at work on the roof of a neightor ing houae, and tome one ran at one and told him. Tyler caught up a halving-hammer, and hurried, boiling with rage, to call tht collector to account. The collector "answered with atout won! a," and (truck at him, whereupon the tiler, avoiding the blow, rained hla hammer and aniote the collector with auch forct that "the braina flew out of hi head." Tht peo ple wart wiltl with Joy over thla lawleaa act of Juat loo Sir John Leg and bi areeaaora had to nee lor their uvea. Thi took place In Whitaun week, oil Wadm-atay, tht Oth of June, when the collector! were buay, and popular ex citement ran high in tvery hundred. It waa a eerloua duflance of the law, but the authorities at headquartera wert not yet aerioufly alarmed. There waa nothing yet beyond the bleating that might be expected when tht aheepwere beina thorn. What reason waa there to believe that the aheep would prove themaelve capable ol combining againat their ahcamraT That thi un expected thing waa. however, possible, waa speedily demonstrated. me miracle rapidly unfolded itaelf belore the eye of wondering and panic atrlcktn authority. In a fow daya the Isolated let of discontent hadcombineii ami become' a boiling Hood, and the atrongholda of the upor clsea, 'wmpassed round with turouient 'ouud," were like rocky isleta in an amirv ai-a. We shall never know wnetner u was nfatuated foolhardinesa or mere chance that brought the law in tht very nick of time into direct peraonnl collision with tht man who bad been chram to lead the insurrection. Be this aa it iurv, within a wink ! the alleged oc currence, Wat Tyler waa threatening tht capital with one hundred thousand men at bia back, and in every county of Kngland local leadera were dictating terma to tne mm himmi mn name. The fnll magnitude of the rising revealed ilaelt with startling rapidity. To the authorities who looked on from London, seeing it grow bigger Oay alter day, yet each day inclined to oeume that it had reaciww iioikov, . mnmw waa alwav a surprise, an I a great aurprise, ao huge were the stri.lca with which tht tnsnrrecuoii hi.iti. There were riots at Part torn ami ai Graveeendon Wednesday In WhitMin week, mero casual brawta, a "P peered, within familiar limits. On Thnrdsay the mob 01 uraveaem marched over to Harriot, aim neio .1.- mob in wrecking the hon-e of a ollei!tor and burning hi tax-rolls. On Friday the combined nnba, led by Wat Tyler, marcnon on r'iui, i . . .u. ....irv a tbev wont. A serf i 1 I.A.1H (taihlllkH been claimed In Oravesend bv tin .gent of Sir Klmon Brl7 . fir Wore, carried off by force and 1 n- nriaoncd n Kocneaior -Pf ? - Hntera war laid to be the of thi. victim of fraud and force. A riotom attack on the capital own ofadlooeeawa. a grave tat .not an .. If tht rioter, had larger design., and of an insurfocnon. waa one ol ine iir" . . ..d w4.hl U..I. arm. Thla looked ... ..in serous, ana iiioi- tureatemu! . . ,i mtwenger. riding hard in all tiorja, and of armed ptaaantt mustering with ready obedience carried their eager lummom. The temperance and .ingleneat ol purpose displayed by the rebels waa not lets remarkable than the celerity of thiiir movement. Tyler and Ball and Jack Ktraw had their tumtiltuoua fol lower wonderfully in hand. Tbert waa none oi tht Indiscriminate tlaugh terlng and plundering of hanhaaaM In, etirrectlon. Verv few II tffa tt'Arai I'jalran n.i mere wa very little pillage. The I'iryoi tht liiMtrgent was directed mainiy against two classes of docu- nient. roll and diatreai warrants coo nected with tht obnoxiou .uhsldy, and manor rolls of tervile tenant containing the name nf villeina and the service, they were bound to render. That tht leadera ahould have been able to rain to hugt a gathering of armed men ia oiionatimt ay much for tht per lection ol their organization, and that having raised inch undisciplined and angry swarma, they were able to keep anger within fixed boundt, ia evidence of a power of command not eay to parallel. By Monday the leadera were eble to go to work at Canterbury. The contingent they had brought from Dart- loru, and the town and village along their route, aa reinforced by levies from all the west of Kent, from Tbantt tna w mutable to Komney Marab More live might have been lost if au inority naa noi been o taken by sur prise, panic-stricken, and robbed of all power ol reaiHtance. jueir outmost at Canterbury wa. toon dispatched. The gates were open ed by the inhabitants, and a rush waa made at once for tht houaea of tht high collector lor tht county and tht aheriff Their Uvea were sred on condition that they surrender their documents the instrument of the obnoxiou. tax. Fire, were lighted, and the pea anta looked on, and cheered and hooted with frantic joy as aubsidy roll a and green wax writ, parchment after parchment, waa drawn from their boxes, pitched into tht flame and burned to ashaa. Beyond this demonstration oi wrath against tht poll tax very little damage was done, amazingly little considering the amount of turbulent rascality that might have found its chanre in tuch a commotion. It ii a significant fact that the shrine ol Kt. Thomas, en' rlched with the offering! of thousands of pilgrim, wat left untouched. If tht motive of leadera capable of organix ing Insurrection on such a Kale had been personal ambition, they would not have failed to twine upon such a treas ure to provide themeelvea with tht alnaws of war. Few of Edward'a knights, accustomed to the plundering habits of tbe time, could have resisted the temptation The capture of Canterbury waa an audacious act, but one still more au dacious wa to follow. London wa. their next object. The advance on Ixmdon showed tbt tamt Judgment and strategic skill that marked all tbe proceedings ol tht in surgent! tilt the death of Tyler. It was not without reason that Walaing ham, an unwilling witness, described him aa "magno eenau prueditus, There were two points at which tht movement of tuch a horde aa tbt in surgent peasants might easily have been checked. Rochester and Maid- atone. Both wert seized without lost of time. While Straw crossed the river to gather and lead the men of Essex towards the capital, the Kentish in surgents loft Canterbury early on Tuet- day morning in two divisions, one go ing towards Maidstone, and toe otner towards Rochester. The fortresaei of both places were in their posFewion be lore niaht. Theu bath divisions moved forward on London, their numbers growing at every mile. For such a mob the order liness of it behavior was marvolloua. Manor houses were broken open, and com t rolls, the register of servitude, were burned ; but lives were spared, and property, except in aerfs, wai re spected. The leaders of the insurgents seem to have exhorted them aa claim ants for Justice to thow respect for or der, and to have enforced their exhort ations by making summary example of transgressors. Frobably fewer out rage! were perpetrated by the peasant mob than by any body of tho alng'a force, on their way to the sea coast. (To b coatlnued) BiJJtst Vtutl Afleat, The live-master now being built for Me-ira. F. Lneisx of Hamburg will, when comploted, be the la gest tailing ship afloat. Phe will be named the Freiiasen, her designated displacement being 12,000 ton and registered toh nnirc 8 000. The German built vessel exceeds in tonnage any of theAnierhan flvo musters and even exceeds the seven mauled steel schooner now undor con struction at the yard of the Fore River Ship Kngine company at (juincy, Mass., which ha! a displacement of 10,000 tons. . Dum a. a Star Tamtr. Tho Duke of Gallarani, Prince of Molfetta, recently entered a cage con taining four Polar bear belonging to the Bernard menagerie, .which is at preseut staying at Milan. He pro voked the animals, which roaied furi ously, but they were soon masterea, and he then put them through aeveral exercises. On coming out of the cage the prince waa heartily cheered. Bllutul Ijnoranca. Mrs. Hayrix (at city hoteDHiram, what's this here "patty da fret grass" on the bill o' fareT Havrix Now, Miranda, keen your mouth hut, an' don't show your igno rance. That'! Frcmih for celery. A Hint. Ha (nervously) -Who it that tramp ing around overhead? PheThaf papa; he alwaya gote restless towarda morning. Town and Country. EVENTS OP THE DAY I FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. i , A Coraprthtsjlv Review of th Important Mappaabig tf tht Pari Week, Presented la t Ctadeased ftm, Which Is Most Ukth to Prove ef InUrtit to Our Many Rutfcn Tht Indian war veteran! pension bill ha been paaatd by the houae. Tlit Spanish government hat decided to appoint a minister to Cuba, At tbe end of tlx weekt tbt atrikt situation in the anthracite region shows no change. Tbe president ha. aent to the senate the nomination of Captain Clarke to be rear admiral. Two convict at Folsom, California, penitentiary quarreled over a cigarette and one of them ia dead. Tbe Cuban senate baa approved the bill fixing the president'! salary at '2ft,000 and tbe vice president's at Itl.OOC. It is estimated that 1,000 delegate will attend the meeting of the Interna tional Mining Congress at Butte, Mont., in September. Naval Constructor Hobson did not succeed In being retired on account of his eyes, but was given a three months' leave of absence. At the expiration of that time, if hit tight show no im provement, he will be ordered before another retiring board. Senator Elkina bat offered a resolu tion for the annexation of Cuba. The president will start on bil West ern trip the latter part of September. A storm which iwept over Central Michigan killed six persons and dam aged much property. Chinese rebels bombarded Kan King and killed between 300 and 400. They have many modern arma. The senate has agreed to tht irriga tion bill, which now goes to tne presi dent foi hil approval and signature. Unprecedented tnow storms are of dally occurrence in Cape Colony. Drifts six and eight feet deep greatly hinder railroad traffic. A special convention of coal miners rill lia ealtml tn decide whether or not the strike will be extendod so as to in clude all soft coal miners. Colonel Lynch, an English member of parliament, is on trial for treason against the British in South Africa. He is charged with having fought with the Boers and then returning to r.ngiana and being elected to parliament. The house has pasted the irrigation bill. New York ia experiencing extremely hot weather. A number of deatht have already been reported. Congress hat been asked for an ap propriation of 1000,000 to cover the deficiency of the Buffalo exposition. Alexander City, Alabama, wa. almost entirely destroyed by fire, the loss reaching at least f 750,000. There was no Are protection. Appeaia lor aia have been made. A Chinese exclusion law, similar to thn one in force in tlie United States, has been enacted in Cuba. Forty-three Chinese cooliee have been deported and no more of tbat class will be allowed to land. JiniM J. Lvnch and J. W. Bra m wood have been elected president and aerre- trv-treasiirer. respectively, oi ine in ternational Typographical Union. A vote of 29,000 was cast, about 70 per cent of the membership. Tha hntiM has killed the Pacific cable bill by striking out the enacting clause. In the collapse of a 8t. Louis build- ins six ueopte were injured, one prob ably fatally. irino KHsanl has received White- law Reid, United Eta tea representative at the coronation. The Cuban military government paid out between $8,000 and 19,000 to aid the reciprocity cause. A doxen Uvea were loet In a storm (hat .went through Central Illinois, doing immense damage to property. Tha trilr- tuition in the anthracite coal district remain! unchanged, with no prospects ol either side giving in. Over 180 Yaaui men. women and children were shot down by Mexican soldiers in the most cold blooded man ner, . Seven nf the strike leadera of the coal miners of West Virginia have been ar rested, charged with violating injunc tions. Tht senate hat passed the naval ap propriation bill. Vannhlicana of Iowa have renominat ed W. P. Hepbnrn for congieea. Tin fnenroea were taken from the Charlotte, K. C, jail and lynched. Ti. hirH trial nf Jnaaie Morrison for murder has been commenced at Eldo rado, Kan. There are 2,740 murders yearly in Italy; 2,400 in Russia; 1,600 in Spain. Less than one per cent of the land of Norway ia in nee for grain fields. Orders have been issued in India for the return to store of all ammunition containing dum-dum bullets. As a result of experiment! with a new secret explosive, the Italian gov ernment has decided to manufacture a new type of cannon for garrison artil lery and coast defense. BOER3 ALL YIELD. Surrenders Are Proceeding; With the Creatctt Good Will Scout Rewarded. Iindon, June 18. Dispatches re ceived here from South Africa (how that the surrenders of Boers are pro ceeding with the greatest good will. The total of those who have already surrendeied number 16,600, and the British are extending every possible kindneaa to the men who come in. The appearance of General De Wet at tbe camp at Wynburg waa the signal for a great display of enthusiasm. When he arrived at camp General De Wet was at once surrounded by thousands of Boer men, women and children, who clam ored and struggled to shake the hand of their hero. He warmly applauded the staunch support that the women had given the burghers during the war, which he said bad greatly encouraged the men in the field. Continuing be recommended hia hearers to be toyal to the new government and said : "Perhaps it is hard for you to hear this from my mouth, but God haa de cided thns. I fought until there was no more hope of upholding our cause, and however it may be, the time has now come to lay down our arma. Aa Christians, God now demands that we be faithful to our new government. Let us submit to bia decision." Neither General De Wet nor General Steyn, ex-president of the Orange Free State, was wounded during the war. General De Wet has not seen hia wife for two years. Tbe concentration camp will be con verted into supply depots to provide tbe returning burghers with the means to rebuild and restock their farms. The wives and families of the Boers will, if desired, be maintained at the expense of the government while the burghers are preparing their farms for their re ception. Two thousand of the native scouts who fought upon the British side during the war will immediately be disbanded, and each scout will be pro vided with a pony and enabled to re turn to his farm. 8ALARIES READJUSTED. Mora Pay Win B Givta to 2.030 Pottmai. ten, and 210 Will Be Reduced. Washington, June 18 In tbe read justment of salaries of postmasters at presidential offices, just completed, 2,030 postmasters July 1 next will re ceive increased salaries aggregating $252,200. The number of increases this year ia 269 in excess of last year, and ia the largest ft the history of the postal service. There will be 219 re ductions aggregating $25,800. This number ia larger than for either 1899 or 1900, but is below the average. Twenty-four offices of tbe second class will be advanced to toe first class, and 110 from the third to the second class. Two offices, Nevada, Mo., and Floral Park. N. Y.) will be relegated from the 6 rat to the second class; three from the second to tbe third class, and 12 from the third to tbe fourth class. Three hundred and twenty-one offices have been advanced from the fourth to the third class during the year, the largest number in the hietory of the service. Fifteen third class and one second class offices have been discontinued during the year and made station, of other offices. The number of offices in each class at present is: First class, 220; second class, 1,025. The average salary of postmasters will be increased this year from $1,742 to $1,746. MILITIA AT PAWTUCKET. Will Not Be Withdrawn Until Traaquility It Entirely Restored. Pawtucket, R. I., June 18. When in the opinion of 10 prominent citizens, including Mayor Fitzgerald and Chief of Police Rice, tranquility has been restored in place of mob rule, the militia ordered here last week by Gov ernor Kimball in connection with the street car strike will be withdrawn. This conclusion waa reached at a meet ing between Governor Kimball, Briga dier General Tanner and 50 business men at the state armory today. With the exception of three cases ol stone throwing, the day was quiet. Cars were operated on all local lines in this city during the day and in Central Falls at usual, but were withdrawn to night. Paris Swindler Arrested. Paris, June 18. The police here have been notified of the arrest at Spa, Belgium, of two of the men who are al leged - to have recently swindled in Paris a New Yoiker named Buchanan out of $40,000. The swindlt was per petrated by three Amerii ana, who bought for Buchanan a number of shares in a copper mine. After the- punsahse of the shares in question, Buchanan returned to New York and tried to sell them in Wall street, where ht found them to be worthless. Parla Contribution tt McKinley Fund. Cleveland, June 18, Myron T, Her rick, treasurer of the McKinley Nation al Memorial Association, has received through the banking house of Morgan, Hargit A Co., Paris, their draft for $7,140, forwarded in behalf of the Paris committee of the memorial association, principally tht receipts of the benefit concert given in Paris in aid of the McKinley national memorial fund. May Flood tht Mine. Scranton, Pa., June 18. -A veritable cloudburst occurred here tonight. flooding cellars and causing tha river to riee in a threatening manner. Rain is still falling heavily, and should it keep up its pace until morning, the river wilt overflow its banka and reach many of the mine openings. Charles Robin son, the Delaware & Hudson watchman who waa shot at Oliphant, will re cover, l he coal company continues lo arrest a strikers who molest worker. .NEWS OP THE STATE i ITEM8 OF INTERE8T FROM ALL PART8 OF OREGON. Cawi-aercial and Flaaaclal Hapa-taiagj ef lav pertaact A Brief Review tt tht Grtwth and Impravemcati f the Many beWries Thrtaghtut Oar thrfrlej CtiaeMwwtaltn Uteri Market Rtptrt. Two tharp earthquake shocks were felt at Newport last week. Tbe North Pole mine, in Eastern Oregon ia to be supplied with new 20-stamp will at an early date. Joel Ware, one of the best known pioneers of Lane county, ia dead. Ha wat born in 1832 and came Weft in 1852. ; , Two droves of cattle, one of 320 head and the other of 750 head, left Douglas county last week for Klaaiath couBty, tor range during, the summer. Fruitgrowers of Marion county now estimate that they will have half a crop of prunes. Other fruits do not seem to have been injured so much by the late cold spring rain. The Uncle Dan mine, Eastern Ore gon, while not likely to prove a bonan za, there ia every reason to believe tbat it will be a moderate and steady pro ducer. Extensive improvements will be commenced at once. The Oregon State Land Board has advertised for sale to the highest bidder 2,240 acres of fine timber land, 2218 acres of which is in Coos county and 960 acrea in Curry county. Tbe time for filing bids expires at 2 o'clock noon, Tuesday, June 24. " , Tbe Salem Fruitgrower!' Union ha. established the minimum figure at which the union member should sell strawberries in the local market at $1 per crate. The union will not this year ship any berries, since the cannery and local market take the entire pro duct. Tbe farmers of the Waldo Hills who recently formed a wool pool, represent ing about 8,000 fleeces, have told the entire lot, approximating 80,000 pounds, at 15i cents for the finest grade and 14 for the rest. Seven eighths of the wool ia listed as first grade. ; The wool clip to be marketed in East ern Oregon this season la larger and better than for the past 10 years. Tbe wool is bringing 11 to -13 cents per pound. The sheepowners are congratu lating themselves on the large percent age of increase in their herds this spring. The average is above 100 per cent. Six students graduated this year from the McMinnvilie college. Fourteen diplomat were issued this year by the Willamette University at Salem. A class of seven'graduated from the Southern Oregon state- normal school, at Ashland this year. ' Articles have (been filed incorporat ing the bank at Bourne The capital stock ia placed at $10,000. The Yellow Daisy group of mining properties, on Spokane Hill, Eastern Oregon, has been told. The considera tion wat $20,000. A fruitgrowers union hat been formed at The Dulles for the purpose of hand ling and marketing local crops during the present season. PORTIAWD MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 65X66c; blneatem, 6768c; valley, 66M67c. Barley Feed, $22(822.60; brewing, $23 per ton. Flour Beat grades, $2.90(93.40 per barrel; graham, $2.602.80. Millstuffa Bran, $15(3 16 per ton; middlings, $1920; aborts, $1718; chop, $16. Oate No.l white, $1.2001.35 , gray, $1.16(81.25. Hay Timothy, $12915; clover, $7.60010; Oregon wild nay, $66 per ton. . ' Potatoes Best Burbankt, 131.15 percental; ordinary, 60 76c cental; growers prices; sweats, $2.25(32.60 per cental ; new potatoes, 2c. ButterCreamery,1718)c;dairy 1416e; store, 1315c. Eggs 1818Kc for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twint, 12X 813c;YoungAmerka, 13X14)c; fac tory prices, 19 lc leas. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00(1 6.00; hens, $4.605.60 per doxen, llOHXc per pound; springs, 11 ll)ic per pound, $2.50(84.50 per dot- en; ducks, i4.ou(3B.uu per doxen; tur keys, live, IS 14c, dressed, 15(3 18c per pound; geese, $6.00(7.00 per doxen. Mutton Gross, 4e per pound; sheared, 3fie; dressed, Jfie per pound. Hogs Groat, 63c; dressed, 7Ke per pound. Veal X8c tor small; 6X7c for large. Beef Gross, cows, , steers. 5'c; dressed, 88io per pound. Hops 14916 cents per pound. Wool Valley, 1213X;Eatern Ore gon, 8912&c; mohair, 26026c ponnd. Police sometimes get those who help themselves. Mexico's public debt amounts to $177,000,000. President Roosevelt's book on "The Deer Family," dedicated to sport lov ers, haa been issued. Andrew C. Bradley, aged 68 years, on of tbejustices of the supreme court of the district of Columbia, died at Washington after a short illness- NOW IN WASHINGTON. Ctavictt Tracy a4 Merrill Creu Columbia Near Vaaceuver. Vancouver, Wash., June 16. Adding tht theft ol another team to their already long list of crimes, Tracy and Merrill, the desperate outlaws, between Friday evening and last nigbt, made their way through Clackamas county, across Multnomah from the Clackamat line to a point Opposite Flsher'a Land ing, crossed the Colombia, and now, week from the time of their escape from the penitentiary at Salem, are in the neighborhood of Fourth Plain, Clark county, Washington, with an other posse on their track, another sheriff in charge of it, and three detect ive! from Portland aa reinfoicementi. A j it waa in tbe beginning, it ii now; they will either be captured or killed, or make their escape. Merrill ia now on ground with which he ia thoroughly familiar, having been born in Clark county and brought np in Cowlitz, and is thua better situated tnan while In Oregon. The country it much the same, formed of low-lying hills, cut by ravinea, and overgrown by underbrush and scrub Art which afford tbe best kind of cover. Aa tbe men are armed with 30 30 rifles and have an abundance of ammunition, it does not seem likely that the desire to capture them will bum any more fiercely in the breasts of their new set of pursuera than it did in those of the posse tbat laid down its ' arma and gave np the fight at Barlow Friday afternoon. UNDERWOOD CAPTURED. Murderer Taken Near South Bead Say flit Wilt Katw About tht Affair. South Bend, Wash., June 16. Paul Underwood, accused of the murder of hia three-weeks-old baby, waa captured about 6:30 o'clock Saturday morning near here. From the atart the officers have been trailing him, Deputy Sheriff Markbam, of tbia county, W. S. Kind red and G. L. Houk, all experienced woodsmen, keeping the trail, while tbe others sought to head tbe fugitivea off by beating the woods ahead. At usual, they started out at daybreak this morn-' ing, and at tbe hour stated Sheriff Cud ihee taw Underwood come down a bill, and the latter, evidently'spying the officer, dropped into the tall grass on the tide land at the bottom of the hill, but gave himself np promptly when Cudibee came np to him. He waa ap parently making his way to Cedar river, and bad about half of his supply of provisions left when captured. - He waa placed in the custody of Sheriff Roney, of this county, in whose charge he was brought to thit city, fie waa taken to a barber ahop for a shave and " then to the jail. Hia first wish waa for a glass of beer, which was not grat ified. He waa not fully satisfied with hia quarters, and sent word to Sheriff Cudibee that he would like cleaner quarters. Underwood seemed greatly surprised when told that hia wife protested all connection with the crime.; He saya she helped him to do away with the baby, but that it waa dead before it waa thrown into tbe water. DEWEY TO GO TO SEA. Tt Have Blj Fleet aae Caadud Naval Mat ewers la tht South. Washington, June 17. Admiral Dewey is to go to tea again, Hying his flag, with the four stars, in command of the greatest fleet in numbers the United States haa ever gotten together since the days of the Civil war, and far more powerful in offense and defense even than any of those war fleets. Secretary Moody haa conceived the idea, and after consulting the pleasure of Adiral Dewey it has been arranged tbat he shall be placed in supreme command of the fleet (comprising the North Atlantic, the European and the South Atlantic squadrons), which is to assemble near Culebra island, in the West Indies, next December for the winter maneuvers. Secretary Moody himaelf desires to witness these man euvers, and it ia even possible that the president may find time to make a voy age to the 6outh to tee the big ironclads in war movements. Admiral Dewey goes gladly to his work. It it settled that Secretary Moody will witness the summer movement! of the North Atlantic squadron, involving combined naval and army attack on and defense of the Eastern approaches to New York City. It ia expected be will board the Dolphin for the purpose, and he haa invited aa hia guests Sena tor Hale, chairman of the senate nava( committee, and Representative Foes, chairman of the house naval committee. There will be other guests than these, but Secretary Moody haa not yet an nounced their names. . .... ; StrtttCar Boycott.. -Franklin, Pa., June 17. As a result of the street-car boycott, growing out of the trouble between the Vananeo Power comnanv and ita emolovna. the arrant I Mr AmnlnvH Kil Y In Iki.-it .nj In Oil City, have been sworn in as deputy sheriffs by Sheriff McCallum. Few people are riding. Up to a late hoar last night several hundred men lined the tracks on "the principal streets, hooting at the motormen and conduct ors and endeavoring to dissuade people from patronixino' the line. New Belglaa Treaty Ratified. Washington, June 17. Secretary Hay and Baron Moncbeur, the Belgian minister, have exchanged tbe final ratifications oLthe new Belgian extra dition treaty. This is one of the latent convention! which the department ia drawing on modern lines with nearly all the countries with which we already have extradition treat iet of rather an cient date, i The crimes of larceny, kidnaping and obtaining money nndui false pretences are added to the crimes.