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VOL. XIX. ST HELBN8., QIlBQON. irMPAT, .JUNE 20, 1902. NO. 27.
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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.