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Newspaper Page Text.O.TD "7 AT TC1F 1 yno jl VOL. XIX. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, JOO'J, NO. CO. lr MISS MILNE AND I. 9) - CHA1TKU XVill-Coutiuued. "It 1 no buslnc of mine," ahe nlil, "that you choose to marry a girl of Mint PulUam'a " "Mia Milne!" I said, sternly. "t have no objection, I any, to you marrying Miss Fclham," ahe contin ued, "but there are certain difficulties In the way -that " "What do you mean?" I aald. "What fresh devHtry are you browing? Are you not aattalM?" . For, aa thmiRh the blight of bar at latence wore not sufficient, the horrl . bla thought crossed my mind that ahe bad yet another curaa In store for me, "Do you think," aha asked, turning to ma and speaking In a strangely gen tle, piteous tone "do you think I am anrh a fool aa not to know that while I live Colonel Pelham will never allow you to marry bla daughter? He will, of courae, think of me alwaya aa he knew me; and perhaps, aftnr all, I am rot much altered, but I fuel aa though time had drawn my fang. You went to Manly the other nlKht; you had long Interview with Colonul Pelham: you same home mlaerablo, because he told you he would not give you hla daugbter'a hand until he bad proof of my death." "How do you know all that?" I ' asked. "I guessed part. I dreamed the rent. Am I right? Why do you hesitate? Am 1 never again to have an atom of your confidence?" f did not atay to Inquire bow ahe knew, for my belief In hor power of divination waa, at thla time, Ingrained Into me. She waa alwaya either aub or auperhuman, and not to be doubt ed, and therefore I merely aald: "You are right, but" "Hut what?" ' "But although your ntotlvea may be. and, I think, are changed, you can not help maj you can not possibly " "I am not ao aure of that." ahe re plied: and then, with little laugh; "I ran do a good deal when 1 try." Then ahe rose to her feet, and holding -"-it her band, aald: "I am going to lnk nl matter over very aerlousiy, ; will lot you know the result In a day or two. There muat lie eonie road of earaue; In Biicb a genuine love af fair, the goila themselves ought to Interfere; they are adepts at tbla eort of thing, and a fellow feeling abould make them kind." Then ahe put out her hand to go. "Oood nlKbt. Dr. Msby. Do you be llevn nte sincere?" 'I do I do," ( could not help re plying. "Are wo frlenda Bgnln?" "We are." "Aa much a we wore that night when" here her voire fullered per ceptibly "yoti came to see my little boy. tha flrat time you aaw Arthur?" Again another metamorphoala. and, ye heaven, such one!- My Nemo ala the Mine Milne of today, of yea ter'day. of many and many a long. ad day waa dead. gone, lout perhapa for ever. In the birth of the new woman from the ashea of nwther'e love there suddenly arose I the mother again. . . VWe are aa good frlenda aa we were wrhapa better," I repllod, in 'f. lid have added something Ver possible, her- "broken he waa gone, lost In the f rying hor broken heart AFTER XIX. ,'dav following the inter- worded were monotonous fulr I got through the lit- had. sent In my dally re i a usual with the request irths of the people should i did my little all toward ,' could help, and throw-i-ery.troublod waters, read ;a the morning, a book In in. and at night spent an Warren. ma- I think It was the gee. h Interview t found htm r,d miserable and altogether ..imaelf. I felt confident that in. had haonened. and natur- connected It with Mlsa Milne. Af .r aeveral fullurca to atart a conver- "Have you seen Nurse Emily alnce I waa here? . , .., .n 'er.M renlled warren !.... innfainr no. "but I've 'eard from 'tit : hvi-a wtAwa Warren? twa's the letter." throwing It to me. "I reckon 'ye- can. rwA It." t ...nail n,i read half aloud: "My dear Warren: I think It very provable that I .hall have to leave here In a few days. Now I shall try and see you ajmln. before I w .but I might not be auie io o . I write to tell yon what I want you to do when you go away. "If you are found yon may get Dr. Rlgby Into a good deal of trouble, ami he punished yourself, ao you had bet ter adont the following plan. "I will try and got your wife and children removed at once then you muat arrange to follow them. I need So tell you how to disguise 7rM Jou have had too, much J9 need any advice on that point. But when you get to Sydney you must keep .way from your wife .he w be ?h. center JJ:??"L curiosity. ma . """ " ' vlUbe -fm-X,?. "L " " wh h money iubouv .. ,,h 0 "Cr" M i.W that kind of life dlsagree abould And that gin I oi y mm. in - -flt- y0lir Juud, y0Critt"rpoiT ahal. not A" " . ti.onli vou now ee you again, i me you ff-rttL: . s asf d i : 1& ! ' "I am not going to give you any ad vice aa to the future, because I hate advice myself, and then 1 don't think I could give you any that would do you any servlco. I never tried to train myself. If I did now, I should try to be good without being religious. Most people try the other system to be re ligious without being good. I am ao sorry for the loss of your child. Your wife, I am aure, la a much better wo man than when aha came down, and both of you have learned thlnga down here that will alter your characters and make you very fond of each other. If in times to come you should ever want a friend. Dr. Rlgby will do all he can for you. "Now, good-bye, and may all good luck attend you! Your sincere frlond always. NURSE EMILY." I threw the letter down with a vague, Indefinable suoplclon of Its meaning. For several aeconda War ren and I ant In alienee." At length he looked up and aald: "What doe It all mean, doctor?" "I don't know any more than yon do, Warren." "Where la .be going to?" "Again I don't know." J"l ' "What about thla money?" " 'Tia money she baa aaved." "But why doea ahe want to give It to me?" "I think she feels she owe you something." "Owes me something? I reckon It's mo aa owes her something." "But you have gone through a groat deal for her. Warren." "Wlhat, I'd like to know?" quite In dignantly. 'Welt, you went to Sydney three tlmea." "An' what's that aalde what she's done for me? No," he continued, with a stiiike of hi had, "no, I alBl a goln' to take that money, nut, aocior, Where's ahe off to?" "I don't know. Warren. Haa your wife said anything?" Yea; aha told me aa ow nurse an heen down In the mouth lately, ana mlnorttble like, and "ow she's aet about a good del by 'orsolf." Then Warren and I aat aiieni ror awhile. The me 111 denned thongni nmlialilv rami na- tbrougn doid our mind, but neither of us could or dared aive expression to It. Then I rnnA tn CO. . . - "Well, thero'a nothing ror it out io wait and aeo what turn up, warren i "I a'pose not," he replied, ana, as i left the cave, added: "Hut I ami .nin' tn tk that money." At the bottom or my nean, aa i strolled home, lay a feeling ot sun (1. .. non-effen-escent) gladneaa. Sue who had never lied to me had promised with hw atrange omnipotence to re move the impediment that eeparatud Rdlth and myself. - But above and all around that gladness Iny a vague fear of something that muat come neroro. At mv home I waa alad to nna cnar- ly. who met me with hla everlasting miliitntlnn: "Well, doctor, 1 lira wortn motiv ing?" "SerlouBly. Charley, wny am you enmn un? I am sure there' some- llilnff wrnna." "No nothing ' wrong; but there's new: the dlnpatch boat came down flint now with order for the uponn tondent. He got me to read them, as h t,,t lnt hla claaae. Well, the mirae la to be aent away at once Mrs. Warren and her children are to go with her. I have the option of go ing back to town or staying hero. Yon .fa in ha told that arranxementa will be made to nil your pot within the next few days, if you wish it. now, rinrtnr there's something at the bot- Am f thla. and I believe It la that """What makes you think that?" "Well, in tha flrat place, U Is Just those going thnt she know, and lines; then I know from something ahe let drop that she lived a housekeeper for time with one of the members of th Anvnrnment and has. aome Infill ence with him. I think it's that tall one that weare a great frock-coat and ve ma'am.' and 'No ma'am,' when he Bpeaks to a lady: I forget his name. Will you go, air?" "Of courde I shall go; shan't yon?" "Well, I was dying to go the other day. but now I am not so anxious. In love again, eh?". wnii not. exactly: but that girl it sir! she's aetting ao kind and nice again now, that upon my Ufa I should be In love with her as much as ever if I mw mucn more m nr. nut then, ahe's going, Charley." "Yes'; that's why I think I ought to atop You nee. doctor, mere ro mmm sort, of spirits that one ought not to pet too fond of, and there are some aorta of women that if Just as well toon iviv rrnm. women, rm coma to think of it, doctor, are Just ui, ontriia . and they have the Bme different influences over a fellow. You know that booK you ieni me, iu Copperfieldr wen, meres a" there that always reminded me of Old, Tom aln and soua waiei uii k nma was. Well. now. she was pretty, sparkling, Innocent girl that ,.,! ana throueh at once, thnt cheered a fellow without hurting htm awaet nerhans: but you could get very fond of her without eolna- mad. Then there's another girl In that book; what's her name! "That's her; now Bhe's like lager whnlertnme. supporting, but free and other adulterations There are some women like colonial ncarlv all Biisar: they neither cheer or inebriate much; don't drive you on to work, but keep you hanging ii,otvlm rank. Then there are some w(MIMm:and, sir, don't.we police see a lot of them' that ar like cheap whiskey; they get hold f you and you can't give them up, and yet they are constantly getting you Into trouble, you know how thla stuff gnaw, away at your what did you call it?" "Solar plexua." "Ah, that' it until the fellow get mad; then he shies tha bottle down and he swear ' off . Well, there' a kind of woman that naggles away at the poor devil, her hHsband, until ha goes mad, knocks her down and : clears out. Bhe. comes to ua, we take blm before the court, where he is called all aorta of bad namea, and fined as well for knocking a wo man down." '.' "Serves him, well right, I think, for bitting a woman." "I don't agree with you, air. I've seen a good deal of it; and though I ain't the sort of man to hit a woman, yet I never aaw one of these devils that I would not have given ten tlmea the walloping their husbands gave them.. Why, bles your soul, doctor, neither you the magistrate that pann es aentense, nor one out of ten In the court knowa to what a pass these wo men have brought tbe art of nag ing." , " CHAPTER XX. :' Thore was quite a crowd around the pier as the Pinafore came slowly In to take away her first load of con valescents. They were gathered In lit tle knots about the beach, and a I passed through them I heard the same old murmur of discontent, but now mingled with loud complaints of the Injustice of sending a woman and her children, who bad the smallpox, straight from the hopltal Inclosure, while they, only suspect, bad been kept week after week, and, for ll they knew, would be kept for week to come. , Who are going?" I Baked a I came up with our old superintendent, whose thirty years' reign here was closed so aoddenly and ao ignomlnlously by the Royal Commission three months later. Mrs. Warren and her family, Char ley and the nurse," replied be, with a grunt that expressed hla dissatisfac tion at the whole arrangement, and added: "There' some favoritism .go ing on, doctor, I know." In a few momenta, Mrs. Warren, who had throughout acted well tbe part of a widow, and her supposed orpbana, appeared In Bight. Notwith standing their Jealousy, there were but four people looking on whose hearts were not moved by tbe mournful pro cession, a It wended Its way down tbe steep cliff that led from the hospital Inclosure. The Government had aent down an outfit of mourning for each of them, and aa they flourished their bite handkerchiefs line motner, aa an affective feature in me part Bne waa playing, the eldest girl, I am sure, from real Borrow, the rest probably from the force of example, every heart (but four) waa moved, and aome of the women and children to actual tear. And the four exceptiona were: First Mis Milne, who saw the em barkation, I had no doubt, but from what outlook I had no idea; Warren, who from tbe early morning had taken up hla position amid some rock well away toward the Heads; Charley, who on the veranda of the police station waa wishing bis mates good-bye; and myaelf, standing with one foot on the boat and one foot on the pier, waiting to help them on board. When the children were comfort ably aettled, I drew Mrs. Warren aaido to the top or me pier. "Are you going back." I asked, "to your old quarters in Sussex street?" "I think bo, doctor; I have nowhere elae to go." Well, at any rate," I ania, arter a nauae. "you naa oeiter, oireciiy you are aettled, send me a note to the Australian Club, saying where you are, and stay quiet until I come, which will be within a week. If the Govern ment agent calla on you, take, nothing in final aettlement until I have seen you; take enougb, though, to keep you going; Warren will not be able to come near you." "All aboard!" the captain Bhouted, aa I led her back to the boat. Just then Charley came rushing down and- Jumped over the aide. "All aboard!" again Bhouted tne captain, and then Charley, with a hur ried glance around, stepped on to the pier again. ut "Where la ane uocior: n wma pered. ' "I don't know. Charley: have you heard nothing of her?" - "Well," Bald Charley, "i cam say haven't heard of her. for I aaw her late ladt night, over at the ocean Bide. Juat a ehe left she gave me three letters, and a beautiful ring to wear In memory ot her; one letter for me. which I am not to open un i gei over n Qv.inov one to be posted In Sydney to you, and one to go to a Colonel Pel- him. I'll aive you yuui-h , tor, but you mustn't read It now. (TobseonuntMd.) The BeneBt ot the Doubt. Oululng a boy la not always so easy aa It seema. The uincmuau inquirer elves an lnstauce In which a man named Smith came out aecona oeai 19 a passage at repartee with a boy named Claude, who looks after tbe bat-rack in a well-known reataurant Mf. Smith atarted out of the restau rant after enjoying hla meal, and waa aelxed, as Claude banded him bla bat. with the Impulse to quia the lad. . "Js tbla my hat?" be Baked. - "I don't know, air," waa the an- swerv "Well, then, why do yoM hand It to me If you don't know whether It la m hat or not?" asked Mr. Smith, aharulv. "Because It'a the one yon banded to ma when you came In," anawered 'Claud. - " ' Bit Responsibility. "There!" exolaimed the absent mind- ed man, as the train pulled out for Bos ton. "I knew I should forget some. thing." "What la it?" asked bis wife. "My pronouncing dictionary ' and book of auotatione and synonyms, re plied the absent minded man,.potU' lantly. Philadelphia Record. A Sight. "I can't understand why that Maude do Raggly put. ao much paint and pow der on her face." "No? . PerhaB you have never teen her lace.' Baltimore Newa, EVENTS OF THE DAY I GATHERED FROM Aa PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehcnalve Review of the Import ant Happening of the Part Week, . . ,. . Many Reader. , , Bigns for a better government lor Ire- land have appeared. President Roosevelt ha hi message all ready for tbe senate. Three hundred Netrro colonist will go to Liberia from Georgia in January. Rumor has it that tbe czar may abdi cate the throne to bi nncle, Grand Duke Vladimir. V Gould and Harriman bave fallen out over the control 01 tne iwioraao ipei and Iron commnv. I . - . . , p. The aovernment survey for tne Fa- ciflo cable has bnen turned over to tbe Commercial cable company. A message received from Dr. Hnnter, from Guatemala, states tbat the killing ol Fitzgerald was in self defense, The navy department has decldeJ on a distinctive garb for marine and en listed men serving time in prison Heretofore ther bave worn their old li forme. Coal miners and operator, held their first conference toward, a peaceful set- tlement ol their troubles in Washing Only the preliminary arrange- ments were diecued. I John L. Mitchell, judge of the ra- perior court ol Penneylvania, will be I retired on half pay until the expiration of his term in 1910, on account ol ina- bility to perform the dutie ol bla office Dy tn, Pennsylvania, 20 per cent hav througb sickness. ' . I ier than tbe record. Wheat has retched the highest point at San Francisco since 1898. operating in serious measure to bring venexueia io time. Tbe American Federation of Labor re-elected all its officers, and voted to meet in Boston next Noven'ber. Herr Krupp, the great German gnn maker, and the weaiwnee. man hi wealthiest man in Germany, is dead from apop'exy. Oil la to be used a fuel on the steam ers nl the r'urness line, one oi uw largest English ateamship companies. The robbers who held op the Rock (aland exnreaa. near Davenport, Iowa, secured in tbe neighborhood of $20,000, Tbe reDort ol Consul General McNal lyonthe Hunter-FlUgerold aiTair in KnatiiiTiala not a it in the aspect ol a cold blooded murder. Matter are proceeding favorably for an agreement between the coat miner and operators. An increase of 10 per cent In wages la assured. . , , ., i7n At. lneooayoij. " iuii appeared from his home in Portland ?S 07 h.. heen found. There waa a bullet hole in hi. right temple -' " ... . . - J 1 .UV. rtnA amntv fhm. DU m w,s rw ber lay alongside the body. Thirty people were drowned by the sinking of a steamer in uie uanuoe river. Renorta from the district in Guate mala devasted by tbe volcano place the loss of life at 10.000, Tbe famou. eating house at Meacham, nn ) O. R. A N.. which Durneo a lew days ago, will be rebuilt. Prominent citizen of Denver have started a movement lor the establish ment of eanitariuni for actora. Animatin Chacon, one of tbe mot desperate outlaw in Arisona, ha been K . 1. 1. . ,1 banged; wiring nis caruwr u taken at least a ecore of live. A serious financial problem la con- fmntin Germany. The government deficit ia larger than ever be : ' . . . , 1 fore ana tne people u u-,, . ' i.i.,!.-,. imm finnth China state that th Rnnr movement i spreaoing r... k..rf, nl rolm a are marching thromth the country devastating every- thing aa they go. (secretary Moody haa announced that employes ol government navy yards are in allowed to oreseni in ueiwn w th hoard ol wanes any question affect ing the rate of pay. Venezuela complain of European governments aiding her revolutionists. The anltan of Morocco haa given 5, nnn to t.h widow of an Enoliah mia- .ionary who was killed by natives, Three Chicago saloons were dynamit wl hv nnknown nersona. breaking win dows ana door, ana causing ur um age. Prominent Dhvsician testified be low, the. coal strike oommlBSlon tnat coal mining is an unhealthful occup tion add greatly shortens life Frlenda ol the Nlcaraguan route for an isthmian canal are picking' up courage from the check to the hegotiatfon with Colombia relative to the Panama canal. A well dressed individual accosted the gentry on guard at the German em nam, a nalace and aald be was his ma- leatv'a son. He was arrested and oarehed and a loaded revolver lound -1. . 1 1 1 1 t .. InMH. t he man ca oeeu jjibotu " aovlnm. A large Mlnneapoua nourimmiii agreed to to grind nothing but Canadian wheat. It will be snipped to mo mm in bond, ground and tbe flour shipped to the Atlantic coast in bond and sent to Liverpool. Heretofore the wneat naa she is seeking lavorabie action Dy con been ent to England and ground. - I graga on measure lor her relief. PHILIPPINES WANT GOLD. Fluctuation of Silver Seriously Interfere In Transaction of Biulneaa, Manila, Nov. 20 8ilver baa Buffered another decline in talue, Tbe govern ment has issued a proclamation making the official rate $2.60 for f 1 gold. Tbe former rate waa $2.60. Tbe possibility of the adoption by tbe Strait settlements of gold stand- ard, and the report current that Mexi- ard, have greatly weakened tbe Indian and Asiatic silver market. Large qoan- Meaican Hver re coming here from China, a it I believed tbat much gold I being circulated here on account of government expenditure. Tbe fact ia that American trade is going to China, and tbe loose in silver are seri ously affecting tbe Insular treasury and business interests generally. Ibe rap idly changing rates embarraa the bosi neaa boose, making it almost impossi ble to fix price. Tbe native officials are beginning to petition lor tbe pay mem 01 raiarie in goia, ana iuo OB mand for stable curency i universal line secretary os n nance says: "There ia nothing to indicate a more hopeful future (or tbe currency ques tion. It will probably be as bad as n0w. if not worse, until congress acts land gives ub a stable currency CLEARED THE FREIGHT YARDS. Pittsburg Swttchmea Scat Out 95 Trains Inside ef Five Hoars. Pittsburg, Not. 26. After 36 hours of the most ;rtrenuui ' ftivity -n the P p"" '" "V? 'TT I " !T E,rTiE VU MJI UIIUMM , -. w mv vujv... hks all records of a similar kind. It g estimated ttat 50,000 car were moVed in and ont of Pittsbom. In five nouri 96 tniill were Parted for Altoona Tonight tbe Pennsylvania railroad 1" "f ". "? oiwrucw u I at any time wivuiu ova fuuniu, uui i.,to t ..... Hautinmt for Pittahtlrs .hjpp,.4 will fill them op before tomor- row i. Mgged. Tbe car will be moveu in from the outlying sidetracks which. for 30 milea along every approach to the cit), have been stagnated with care laden with an manner oi crime pro- In lhe yard-oI the Pittsburg 4 Uke Erie and Baltimore & Ohio also good work waa accomplished, and tonight their terminals are comparatively close to normal conditions. Before 6 o'clock eight trainmen had been taken to the boepital injured at various points. . QATKERlNQ IN AT WASHINGTON. Members of Congress Arriving and Pre paring for the Coming Session Waahinirtan. Nov. 26. Senators and I members of the bouse of representatives are beginning to arrive in Washington preparatory to the meeting of congress noxt Monday. Most of the leader will I be here durina the early part of the i . - . , 4 . , as prm. with them before putting the finishing i L I,:. ui.M Tulav'a or --H"Z "..V, I mtiuuou i.iipivi 'r"""' I r-l-l i,a Ptt51 .a Srat ST"."T Zri't TOlne tine ,t the wtite honee tonight iQ conference with the president. Speaker Henderson expressed the opinion in an interview tonight that there would be little legislation at tne coming short eetion aside from the naseaire of the appropriation bills. He added, however, that the president would have the first inning. Tbe sneaker expressed his belief to some of hi caller that a constitutional amena ment would be the only mean of deal ing with tbe trust question. MORE MONEY NECESSARY. Increase la Prices of Building Materials Delating Government Work Washington. Nov. 28 The attention of (Secretary Moody waa directed today to tbe fact that it would he impossicie tnnimD i to cumolete the buildinga at the naval - o hv eonerMs. ow ns to tbe very large in I create in tbe price of material. When ..I.. - , . v..:u: tbe new acaaemy ounuiugn were olanned congreea din iiw limit ol coat at 300,000, cost at 1300,000, and becretary Long apportioned this sum among tbe I gjn08 then It haa been decided to erect uavinna hniiiiinos. ana improvements. a hosDitai ana a'eo 10 uu cenaiu dredge work in the Severn. Captain Brownson. superintendent 01 toe acau emv. who was at me acaoeuiy louay, called the secretary's attention 10 tne (act that since 1900 tba price of build ing material had increased on an aver ane ol over 30 per cent. This, be told tbe secretaiy, would make it impossible to mmnlete the buildings within tne limits fixed by congress. It is prob able that the secretary will call the at tention of congress to the matter in his annual report. Major Reed Dead. Washington, Nov. 26. Major Wal ter Reed, an officer of the . surgeon general'a department 01 tne army, uieu here aat nlaht. Malor Keea was sent to Havana to investigate the yellow Fever o nest Ion. and it waa largely throunh his lesearchee that the deter. mination was reached that tne disease was communicable through the nos- qulto. His death was due to appendi citis, for which an operation was per formed last Monday. Ex-Queen LU In Washington. Waahlmiton. Nov. 25. Ex-Queen UHuokalani, ol Hawaii, arrived in Washington last nignt, to remain ior I ajom time. 6he wa accompanied by j,er mtd and by John D. Aimoku. NEWS OF OREGON rTFVlS OF INTEREST FROM Aa PARTS OF THE STATE. Commercial and Financial Happenings of the Past Week-Brief Review of tbr Growth and Development of Various Industries Thraughowt Our Common wealthLatest Market Report. Eugene baa Been red an additional mail carrier for city delivery. The new electric ear line from Gresb- am into Portland will ..be ready for operation in about two week. Borglara.entered a Salem residence and ransacked the place, securing a small amount of cash and tome jewelry. Baker City will be compelled to re main In darknee for a while longer owing to tbe non-arrival of tbe trans- ormers and street light. A six-stamp mill with a capacity of 60 tons a day has been purcbased for the Red, White and Blue mine in ti e Malheur dintrict. Tbe mine .is owned by a Boston syndicate. A number of cities throughout tbe state will bold municipal electiona De- ember I. Considerable local interest ia being taken on account of factional fights, prohibition measures, etc. Tbe Baker City lodge of Elks has purcbaaed a site and will erect a two story stone and brick building 50x100 feet. when complete tbe structure will cost about 125,000. Tbree prisoners under detention at the county jail at Union, made their ape by sawing through tbe bars of their cells. Tbe prisoners were await ing a hearing before the grand ' jury, two charged with assault and one with mayhem. The Oregon dairymen' association will ire t in Corvallia December 16 and 17. Cream separator and other dairy supply firms are invited to make exhibits of their goods. Addresses of interest will be delivered by well known dairymen. Special rates will be given by the transportation companies. The noted Bowden mine and Braden mill, situated near Gold Hill, with its rater power, has been transerr :d to a corporation capitalized at (500,000. Tbe purchase price waa in the neigh borbood of f 100,000. Southern Oregon is coming to the front as a mining country and the purchasers of this mine are going to put in new and heavy machinery and do considerable development work. Albany will hold Ub regular city election Monday, December 1. k Con siderabie local interest ia manifested, The Methodist church in Oregon City ia being raised bigh enough to permit of a store room being built on tbe ground floor. Tbia arrangement will bring tbe church people about 1 160 per month. Tbe heavy raina bave washed ont a large portion of the dam of the Condor water and power company, at Yolo Eighty men of the crew have been laid off and work is practically abandoned for the winter. - The farmers of Linn county will hold a farmers' institute November 28 and 29, under tbe auspices of tbe experi ment department of tbe Oregon agri cultural collge. The meeting will be held at Grange Hall No. 10, near Al baoy. Tbe tides of tl:e paet few daya have done many thousand dollars' worth ol damage to the diked lands on Young's river and the Lewis and Clark. How much cannot yet be estimated, but it Is believed tbat it will reath at least $10,000. Three weeks ago J.J. Jackson, ' a Negro charged with breaking open a freight car at Huntington in August, sawed through the bars in the county jail and escaped. Tbe fact waa only made public a few days ago. -Jack-son' trial was scheduled for next week. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7071e; bine stem 7e77o; valley, 7273e. Barley Feed, $23.00 per ton; brew ing, 23.60. Floor Bert grade, S.603.70; grah am, S3,uu33.0U. Millstuffa Bran, $10.00 per ton; middlings, $23.60; shorts, $19.50; chop, $17, Oats No. 1 white, $1.12X!-15; gray, $1.1031.12) per cental. Hay nmotny, iiuiflu: Clover, $8.00; cheat, 89 per ton. Potatoes Beat Burbanka, BUQSlK ner sack; ordinary, 6065c per cental. growars' prices; Merced sweets, $1.75 S3 dot cental. Poultry Ubickena, mixed, s.tua 4.26: per pourd, 10c; hens, $4(94.60 per doaen; per pound, 11c; apringa, $3.00 (33.60 per dozen; fryer, VH.5U03.UU; broiler, $2.00(82.60; ducks, $4.50 8.00 per dosen; turkeys, young, 12H (jglSc; geeaa, $6.00(36.50 per dozen Cheese Full cream, twins, 16 16c; Young America, 1X1X factorv prices. ll)i lee. Butter Fancy creamery, 30(332t ner Dound: extras, 30c: dairy, 20 22Kc; atore, 16 18. East 25(8a0c per dozen. - Hop New crop, 2225c per pound Wool Valley. 13X316c; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628e. Beef Gross, cows, 8SHo pet pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 37o. Vaal 7X8Kc. Mutton Gross, Sc per pound dressed. 60. . Lamb Grose, Se Pr pound dressed. 6Ko. Hoga Groa, 6M6e per popnd dressed, 707 He. FATAL WISCONSIN FIRE. Several Person Dead and Property Loss Amounting to $525,000. Ashland, Wig., Nov. 25. The' Wis consin Central ore dock waa destroyed by fire this afternoon, tbe loss involved being about 525,000. In failing tbe dock carried with it s number of fire men and dock men and a number of live were lost, juat how many will -probably not be known for teveral days. A number of badly injured firemen were rescued from the burning ruing. Jbe fire caught about 6 o'clock, pre sumably from a boat unloading lumber across tbe slip, and before tbe firemen arrived tbe entire ore dock, half a mile long, was in flames. An engine was rnn on tbe tramway aa near to the fire aa possible, and half a hundred men began tearing apart the timbers con necting the tramway and dock to keep it from falling with tbe dock. Sud denly the dock gave way, falling with a crash and carrying with it 200 feet of tbe tramway, the engine just barely escaping tl e fall into the bay. Sever al hundred people were under tbe tran- way, but moat of them escaped with slight injuries. At tbe broken tram way and tbe burning dock fell, fully a dozen men were seen to go down in tbe raina. Tbe wrecx fell into 20 feet of water. Tbe fire is ill raging and Murray'a sawmill is in danger. The dock wag valued at 1500,000 and tbe ore at 125,000. POSTOFF1CE ROBBED. Probably $10,000 Taken and Daring Thief dot Safely Away. Chicago, Nov. 25. Tbe Chicago post- office was robbed of probably f 10,000 today in a most daring manner. The robber made his escape without leaving , any clew to his identity. Two regis tered mail aacka containing the money, which bad juat been picked up from two ol tbe down town substations, were left in an unprotected wagon in fiont of the Masonic Temple, while the mail carrier went into tbe building to gather mail tbat had accumulated there. Tbe carrier was gone only a moment, but when he returned bis horse and wagon bad disappeared. While the carrier had been in the building tbe robber, who had evidently been waiting bi op portunity, jumped into the rig and drove away. Tbe rifled sacks and tbe horsi and rig were afterward found whete the thief bad abandoned them. The street was full of people at the . time of the robbery, but hot one seem to bave noticed the thief. - STRIKES IN HAVANA (leneral Suspension of Business Threat ened by the Labor Unions. : . Havana, Nov. 25. Tbe coachmen of tbe city struck today, and tbe street car men say they will go ont this after, noon, thua tying up traffic generally. Typeeettera have struck also. The street car conductor and motor men refused to go out tbisaftenroon, in spite of tbe notice previously given of tbeir intention to strike, and aeveral clashes occurred between them and the strikers. Traffic waa not suspended. The manager of tbe street railway noti fied the mayor that the company's em ployes were willing to work, and do manded that they be protected by tbe police. . The company being an Ameri can organization, tbe manager intends to appeal to Minister Sqniers, if tbe city authorities fail to grant protection to tbe men. ," No newspapers were published today, and it ia announced that the cooks and waiters will strike tomorrow. TWO DEAD IN MINE FIRE. Were Overcome by Qas While Battling - with the Flame. - Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 24. Two min er bave lost their lives in a fire which started in the Colorado fuel and iron company's mine at Engleville. Last lght a severe explosion ol gn occurred, hich spread tbe bre over a consider able area. No one was in the workings at the time. This morning a gang of 15 or 20 men were put to work- some ietance from tbe fire, but tbe foul gas drove tbem out. Four men were overcome, one being brought out dead,' and one being carried 200 feet and left behind dead. Two wbo were taken ont unconscious bave since recovered. Every available man ia fighting the fire, but it is probable, the mine will have to be closed indefinitely until the flames are smothered. After Train Robbers. Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 25. Word reached this city tonight that Guy La- croix, the man who tne omcera believe led the gang that attempted to bold up tbe Colorado & Southern train near here, had been seen in tbe vicinity of ' Clayton, N. M., and at 8:30 this even ing a posee left on the Colorado & Southern train for the same locality.. Special Agent Reno and Division Sup erintendent Raioey were hi charge of the posse. . Efforts were made to keep the departure of the officers a secret. United State Transport Aground. Manila, Nov. 25. The United State transport Ingalla, with General Miles on board, struck on a reel while enter ing the harbor of Legaspi, Albay, Southeast Luzon, today, and ia still ' aground. She ia not in any danger, however. The weatber is cairn and it is expected the steamer will float at the next bigh tide. Communication with the ahore is maintained. If the Ingallg does not float at high tide, relief will be dispatched to her from this city. French Banks Losing Deposits. New York, Nov. 25. The quiet run on Jrench ordinary savings bank con tinues, eay a Pari dispatch to the Times by way of London. Withdraw, als since the beginning of the year amount to $21,000,000. tbtfuk you rery BlD'rely.