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VOL. XIX.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FBIDAY, DECEMBER 5, IDOL',
NO. 51.
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I MISS MILNE AND I. f
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CUAITEB XX-Contmued.
T1 crowd (rowing excited on th
beach, tbe shouts of th uperinten
dent to Dr. Moore, who was leaning
over tha fenee, the rage of the cap
tain at being kept waiting, tit com
bined ta-keep away any chance of
rending my letter, anxloua aa 1 wan to
do no.
"It ao use watting, captain, aald
the superintendent, aa be hobbled up
the pier. "Dr. Moore Bays the nurse
la out In (he Inclosur and baa not
been en elnee 7 o'clock thl morn
ing. Tell the authorities I aent you
off, and, if aha la found aba ran go
tomorrow, on with the next boatload."
"Come, Charley, Jump on board;
they are lust starting."
"I don't think I'll go," replied Char
ley. t'
"Not go! not got" exclaimed the
Id man full of astonishment. "I
thought everybody waa ao anxloue to
go away, and here, In the very first
boatload , there are two missing:
come, Jump abonrdP .
"No: I'll wait till the next."
"Perhaps you will not be allowed
to go by that," aald the Ancient Marl
er, with an ominoua ahake of bla
kaad.
"I'll chance It." waa the only reply:
and with that Charley atrolled back
toward the police quarter.
Then amid halfhearted cheera from
the crowd the boat moved alowly
away, and we, sick at heart, atood
watching her nntll ahe became India
Ungulahabla amid the Incoming ateam
ere. Then we turned each to our av
oral hornet, tbey to dlacuaa among
tht,maaUnm the altered aapnet of af-
fslra, and I to read the letter which,
' Ilk a boyi first sovereign, waa burn
t In m nnrkeL At the end of the
pier the aupartntendent waa waiting
for me. . . . .
"Thla la a atrange hualneaa, doctor,
he couldn't have got out. and yet ahe
lent la the Incloeure. Where can ahe
beT"
"I am aura f don't know; aplrttel
away. perhapa." I replied, laughing.
"You may laugh, doctor, but noth
ing would ntonih me about that wo
nana; ahe cornea down here aa a com
moa aurae, and yet ahe correspond
with a member of the government
Why. I've aent the letter off myaelf.
Than ahe manasea the doctor, the
grave digger, the patients, and every.
body In tnat incioaure, mm sua '.
and I don't much wonder, for when
ahe baa aent for me eomettmee to aik
tor thlnga over the fence, why, bless
your heart, he doea aa ahe like with
me. I wonder where ahe lT" he add
ed, after a pauae.
"I doa't know, but I auppoae ahe
will turn up." I replied, anxloue be
yond meaaure to get away and read
my letter. ,.:
Once out of eight of the people,
noma of whom I knew had aeen the
' - - . . - Ki. rr-iaA nut ftf
the path into the acrub. and altUng
down, pulled the bulky envelope from
v pocket. It contained three aepar
ocumente. The first waa an or
. the government to pay to me
y forty pound due to her
a rendered; the second wa
t the bank with a check
J and witneaaed) for fifty
oslted there: and the third
ter that waa to explain all.
Itten In a bold, firm hand,
ed the greatest difficulty In
the word. The throb-
hart and brain made my
ual to their dutlea; the
,e blurred and ran together.
, after many effort, I read
:
loctor Rlgby You will And
e document I promised to
please do with them a i
will. I fear, have aome
t making Warren take the
it when he leam that I
Urtber uae tor It he will. 1
lonaer heiltate. 1 have
.at in the event of bla want
nd In the future, you will
on can. In thla I am aure
making a mJaiake.
, there la only one thing left to
i that la to winn you bouu-ujc.
m haan a thorn In your aide; 1
,y done you great Injnrle: there
a ao hope for you while I live. There
fore, I have decided to take the only
ourae open to me. That la, to open
a door myaelf, and let myaelf out
a world that ha been tor me any
ht a success. You must not
Jse me or blame me for thla, nor
A it wicked or cowardly, kind or
-oic. Belleva me. It la neither. 1
, alck of life: and even If I bad not
ur happineaa to think of I ahould. I
,k have taken the aame coure;
. aa far aa Ita being wicked from
r point of view It la the exact re
Wickedne mean something
opposed to .what you uaed to call the
dlvlna and kindly order of things, and
t l... found mvaelf OtlOOSOd to thl
kindly flrder, aurely the beat thing for
. ...a 'anratuwtT concerned la
to take myelf out of the way. For
day put I have thought of you aa
you were when you came to see Ar
Ii.... win nn think of me In the fu-
f waa thenT I know I don't
a Mi. I deierve. If you are
juat and Juat only, to be thought of
M a woman driven mad by the poaaea.
. Hon of love ahe did not want, and the
' . .r 1--. .ha eniild not (tet. Hua
not my life been made up or the tuff
they make tragadle or a big heart
toured with . dlaappotntmente, a lit
s tla life or great aorrowa, ended with
a crisaaT If It la a crime, which I
Amiht! and It it l Well.
th.hm,. .in th whole aln. aure that
rirtjl nhMFVM
Than go live my life out lire would
try my nerree.' .
"And my Berve hava been tried
enough.
T am aorry to nee by thla 9'n'
paper that' Mr. and Ml. Pbilllp
liava left for Adelade, but you can
telegraph to them to come back, can t
youT Now, good-bye! May the rent
of your Ufa be as happy aa it deaervea
to bat And will jrou aometimei in
your leisure speak to your wife of the
better aide of mar M. MlLNg."
CHAPTER XXI. .
It was four o'clock in the afternoon,
and I waa etandtng at the mouth of
Warren'a cave, afraid to enter. For
there, on tba bed of dry fern, juat vis
ible in the eml-darknesa, I .could dis
cern an ominoua bundle the outline
of a woman'a form. All day I had
wandered about the ground, endear-
orlng to obtain aome trace of the lost
nurae. My people, I. e., those outalde
the Incioaure, had aeen nothing of
her, but those Invlda were unanimous
In their ballet that ahe had gone to
Manly, aome aald by the road, in the
early morning, and aome believed that
with her atrange omnipotence ahe
had obtained the uae of a boat and
been taken away. The only actual ev
Idence of her movementa waa obtain
ed from the grave-digger; he had aeen
her walking right away toward the
Head. Though it might be that ahe
had Intended to throw any one that
waa watching her oft the scent, I de
cided to start in that direction, i I
had no doubt in my own mind that
ahe had destroyed heraelf, but exper
ience taught me that no woman an
by her own hand without leaving
tracea behind. If a man drown him
elf bit hat ia found floating down
stream; a woman's will be carefully
bidden in a recei of the bank, out
of the wlnd'a way, with the atrlngs
and her glovea neatly rolled up and
packed Inside, Twaa aome tuch evi
dence aa thla I waa bunting for, but
from- rock to rock, from cliff to clltf
I clambered without finding a trace of
ber. I had been aearchlng the coast
from the extreme point of the Heads
right around, missing neither cave nor
promontory, lor two noura, when aim
denly I found myself upon my flat
rock, with my bath In tbe center. I
aat down to reat myself upon the
very atone behind which I had hidden
that morning when Warren's cave
first became known to me. Aa I
looked along the rough outline of th
hilt above, ovar which I had watched
the moving head of Mr. Warren, and
so learned her husband a hiding place,
auddenly the thought struck me
Warren 'a cave. Waa it possible tba:
the had choaen that aa her laat ren
ins: place? An indescribable horror
of that place, and yet an Irreaistlble
fascination tor it, aeiaea me. mere
waa no longer any hope of saving her;
if she had sought death ahe waa long
since dead; however, I must see; and
so waking up tbe remnanta or my
courage, I started, with my heart now
tbrobblna- againat my rina and now
motionless, to clamber up the face of
the cliff.
And there ahe lay like a child
aaleep, with her head upon her out
stretched arm and without a muscle
distorted; for it waa opium ahe had
taken taken long hour since and
the empty bottle waa beside her. A
book had fallen from the other hand;
It waa a copy of Browning, that I had
given ber year ago (when Browning
waa my mania t; it wa open at Be
fore and After." the poem from which
he had quoted in her laat letter to
me. only now it waa "After" tnat naa
been laat read. I bad to kneel to get
the light on the book. And ao, cloae
down to her, and now without dread
of her. or of death, I, too, read "Af
ter;" and if you change a word or two
waa anything more fit and appropri
ate? Waa ever poem more applicable?
Take the cloak from bla race ana at
. first '-
Let the corpee do IU wort!
"How he lie In his right of a man!
Death hatb done all death can.
And absorbed In the new life he leads.
He recke not, he heede
Nor hi wrong nor my vengeance;
both atrike . -
On bla sense, alike, -
And are lost In the solemn and atrange
Surprise of the change.
"Ha! What avalla death to eraae
Hla offense, my disgrace? - i -I
would we were boya aa of old,
i- th. AoM. hv (h. fnM ?- .
Hla courage, Ood'a patience, man'e
acorn.
Were so easily borne.
I stand here now, he Ilea in hi place,
Cover the face."
t did not cover the face: for now,
rnhbnd of lta wlckedneaa and ita ca-
nuetlr for wickedness, clothed with
a calm, restful peacefnlness, It was
very beautiful to look upon, now, and
only now, could I reallxe what thia wo
man waa wltn ner nevus caai ouw
"You will think of me aa i waa me
.rat time tou came to aee Arthur?"
she had asked. "No," I aald aloud, aa
I amoothed down ner nair, i win
t,inir r vnur aa you are now: I will
think of you aa I aee how you might
have been had your surroundings been
different, you poor child, wrecked not
because you were unseawonny, uui
wnae vour little aea waa unshlp-
rh raader will, perhaps, think it
atrange that, aa I sat there, no thought
crossed my mina or ine iron me
woman lying dead at my side had
jtaa.At vna
The fact I. I had freely and rully
Mlvn her. even aa God forgive.
th.n that I had ceased to hold
hor responsible, and even if I had not
w wot. It waa time I did
now. For had ahe not died for me?
Yea, died for me, and with a broken
!.. tnn "Can't we touch these
bubble, but they break?. Love la ao
different with ua men!"
But yon have solved the great mys
tery now. my cnua," i
v. m thronrh the shock of it, and
the pain of It. felt 'the tog In your
throat, the mist In your face.' and I
. .nv. .nur knowledge." men
annual. J - -
tia. mnA rORA tO KO.
I atood ror a moment at the mouth
wnnrierlna- what I should
do next. My first impulse to
leave her hidden were, ana uuuu u
with rock tn iron m v
What good eould coma of an Inquiry?
I asked myself. And what fitter grave
could ahe have than that, tbe acene
of ao much of her goodness and
cloae to the aea she loved ao dearly?
But a moment'a consideration told,
me that such a courae would not only
be fraught with danger, but would
also destroy tbe very purpose of ber
Whole aacriftce of herseU; for bow
could Colonel Polham tell if she were
duad or not, unless some publicity
were given to the fact? ; With . the
thought of Colonel Pelham came
the memory of her mentioning
that they, bad gone to Adelade,
bound tor England. Her aharp
eyea had aeen tbe announce
ment: that mine bad missed. With
one last look at her, I hurried back to
tbe telegraph office, where two cir
cumstance. -my having charge of tha
stimulants, and the operators weak
ness for them gave me unlimited
way.
Hurriedly I wrote out four mes
sages, all worded In tbe aame war:
"Tha nurse has taken poison, and her
dead body baa been found in a cave
on the ocean side." One, and the arst,
I sent-to Adelade, directed to Colonel
Pelham, to meet tbe vessel In which
I found he had taken pasiage; one 1
sent to Dr. May, adding to his: "T4ll
Phillips, and ao insuring Colonel Pel
hara'a receiving the news; the third
f I sent to the Treasury; and the fourth
to the senior government medical of
ficer, adding to thla last request that
I might hear at once what steps were
to be taken.
. Then I went to the store, with the
object of telling the superintendent
I heard Charley's voice aa I nearej
the place; he waa speaking loudly, and
had evidently had some misunder
standing with the old man. Aa I en
tered, he aald, addressing me, "The
superintendent declares he will re
port me for not returning to Sydney
when ordered to, sir. and I aay thit
by doing ao he will only get me Into a
great row without doing himself any
good; it can t do blm any good, can
ur
"I don't think he will report you.
Charley; but won't you go away now?
I want to talk to the superintendent."
When Charley left the atore I fol
lowed htm and told blm to go up to
my hut and wait till I came, and on
no account to go away. Then I came
back and told the old fellow my news,
and the steps I had taken to Inform
the authorities.
'There la nothing to be done. I
auppoae." he Said, "but to wait' the
government reply; and when It cornea
will you kindly have it aent up to
me?"
Then I walked quietly In the direc
tion of my bouse, wondering bow the
new would affect Charley.
From the window he aaw me ap
proaching, and came down to meet
me. -... "4 .....
"What's the newa, atr?"
"She la dead, Charley."
"Dead, doctor, dead! Ah! well I
knew It; but where ia she? Where i
itr - . :' :.
In Warren'a cave. Will you go and
aee her?". :.'.'.....-.,,,:! '.-..-.;...
"Not alone."
"Well, I will come with you."
And together we went silently
serosa the hill, with the Jealous eyea
of the old man upon ua. The sun waa
aettlng now in all those majestic
splendors, and with that luxuriance
of colore that thla country, and thia
country only, sees with any frequency:
the winds were hushed: the sleep of
the ocean only broken by little wave
lets leaping restlessly In their dreams
of bygone days; when they had been
made to dance to the wind's piping.
The absence of all life, on my rock
below and rtr the cavea around, the
hushed and ailent mournfulnea of
everything, formed a fit setting for
the sadness that hung around our
hearts and made even breathing dif
ficult. Not a word waa exchanged be
tween ua till we reached the mouth
of the cave; then Charley, putting hla
hand on my shoulder, aald: "I won't
go In, doctor; I can't stand It."
Nonsense, my rood leiiow! I win
so first; you follow." ..
And a we entered the presence of
the dead, the great frame of the man
near me ahaklng like that of a child.
The rays of the aettlng aun lighted
up the cave, and danced upon the
wall above her bead like a thing of
life.
For several aeconda we atood with
out a movement or a word. Then I
looked up into Charley'e race, and saw
the teara atreamlng down hla cheeks.
Hair ashamed or them, he wiped them
hurriedly away with the back or hi
hand, and shook himself from head to
foot, to regain, it poisible, hi lelf-poa-
session. " .." , ...
The following morning I Instituted
an Inquiry Into the cause of death of
Mis Milne., anas Nurse jsmtiy.
Charier administered the oath to the
witnesses, and aa he enjoined them to
tell "the whole truth," I said to my
self: "The whole troth? No man but
myself knows, or will know that, and
I I will how my peace."
That afternoon the best or the cor
fina waa selected, and Charley and I,
with lov!n hands placed her, still In
her sleeping attitude, Into It, and cov
ered her for a shroud with the sea-
scented ferns that ahe had chosen for
her last bed. .And then, when the
men had lowered her Into the grave
and cone again. I took from my pock
et the prayer book that now for the
sixth time was called into requisition,
and with Charley for chief and
only mourner, standing at the
foot of the arave with head
bent and arms folded. I read
those solemn words, the divine Inspir
ation of which is proved by their never-falling
applicability, and Charley's
heart gave out a little groan of assent
as I read: "We give Thee hearty
thanka for that It hath pleased Thee
to deliver thla our sister out of the
miseries of thl sinful world."
P g. Upon the last proofsheet of
the last chapter of, this book (which,
with the rest, has been sent to
friend in the country to look over)
I find the following cutting from tne
Sydney Morning Herald, pasted mag-
onally:
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a on tne otn inai., nr. aii o
e aalnta', Manly. N. S. W., by o
e the Rev. Dr. May, A. A. Rig- o
' by. M. R. C. S. E., to Edith, o
o only child of Colonel Pel- o
o ham, R, A, '
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THE END.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES. A '
Com prchc naive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Paat Week,
Praaentad In Ceedeasad FVnraa, Most
Likely to Pro- latcresting te Ota
Many Reader.
y
During November the public debt
was lowered a trifle under a half mil
lion dollar. . '..
The United Btote will not mix with
Venezuela' financial affaire in the pro
posed new loan.
The international copyright treaty
with Spain be been restored to full
effect by the exchange of diplomatic
notes.,; -' t . iv
A bill will be presented to congress
asking an appropriation of $50,000 to
pay tbe expense of tbe coal strike
commission. -
Already there la a noticeable relaxa
tion of sanitary law in Havana. There
I consequently much more aicknea
than during American occupation.
Minister from Colombia Conch baa
been relieved and will be ancceeded by
Tbomaa Herran, wbo baa full authority
to prosecute tbe negotiations looking
to a canal treaty, with . considerably
enlarged powers.
Chairman Hale, of the senate naval
committee, baa made the statement
that be favor increasing tbe navy, bat
does not think any more big battle
ships should be built. Vessels of the
Oregon type and cruisers are more ser
viceable. Lieutenant Robert E. Peary says tbe
aorth pole can be reached. ..
Tbe United States government baa
been aeked to help Venexuela.
President Loubet, of France, will be
invited to visit tbe United State dar
ing tbe St. Lonla fair. .
A number of German farmer are
oomlng to tbe United State- to study
American ways of farming.
All ateamahip running into Mar-
utiles, trance, are tied np on account
of a trike among the workmen.
The engagement of the daughter of
Commissioner Hermann to H. P. Gate-
ly, a Washington lawyer, la announced.
The Siamese crown prince, - who la
touring tbe United Statoe, snubbed
Mayor Williams, of Portland, on tne
occasion of bla visit to tnat city.
Russia and France have both deco
rated Ambaesador Tower. In order to
evade the American law tbe time be
tween Mr. Tower's leaving tbe ambas
sadorship at 6t. Petersburg and taking
up hla new post at Berlin waa cuosen
Four men were killed, and three
fatally and Ave seriously injured by the
exoloilon of aa in a coal mine near
Shamokin, Pa. An Investigation ia Do
ing made aa to tbe cause of the explo
sion, but it i believed a miner opened
hi safety lamp. f
Dr. Parker, the most famona preach
or in London, ia dead.
Debate on the tariff aneatkn In tbe
German reichstag ended in a riot.
The Big Foor railroad has announced
an increase in tbe wage at its yard
employee, to begin December I.
Secretary of tbe Govern ma t Tamayo,
of Cuba, who sympathised with the
strikers In the recent trooWjs, naa lost
his position.
Fire destroyed over one-half of the
villas of Rock ford. S. D. The loss
will be great with only a small amount
of insurance.
President Roosevelt will appoint W.
J. Youngs, one ol his Oyster Bay
neighbors, United btote district attor
ney lor tba Eastern district of New
York. ." -;
Two of the Fort Baker, California,
batteries have been named Mendell and
Alexander, in honor of two army offi
cers of those names wno earvea weir
country with distinction. ' , ;
Cha. F. Kelly, one of tbe St. Lout
boodlera, baa returned borne and given
himself np on account ol tbe death of
hi son, whom be wanted to aee.
Eelly ii regarded aa the only man wbo
haa tbe evidence to convict theboodleH
now on trial.
Emoeror William, of Germany, hon
ored Ambassador White at bia farewell
audience uy presenting bim with a
medal.:. ,-: '
' Captain 0. Ferguson, of San Fran
cisco, baa been arrested, charged with
having embeixled 13,000 from hie enx
ployera
The opinion seems general among
senatora that . free trade between tbe
Philippinea and the United States will
not be established at thia eession ol
congress..
The football game at Portland Thanks
giving day, between the Univeisity of
Oregon and Multnomah learns, resulted
in defeat for the university boya.
Score, 10 to 0.
A train on the Big Four was wrecked
near Danville, Ind., and IS people
more' or less seriously injured. Tbe
wreck was caused by a broken rail.
Several of the injured may die.
President Roosevelt, in answer to
nroteets from South Carolina white
men, refuses to draw the color line, and
say in bia appointments he will select
men fitted for the place, be they black
or white. Tbe controversy aroae over
tbe president appointing a flegro col
'ector of customs at Charleston, 8. C.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR NORTHWEST.
Congress WUI Be Asked to Continue lm
prevsnssBta ea Pacific Coast.
Washington, Dec 3. Tbe secretary
ol the treasury today submitted to con
gress an estimate of tbe war depart
ment lor an appropriation ol $550,000,
for continuing tbe improvement of tbe
month ol the Columbia river, , and
$100,000 for carrying on tba work of
opening .the Columbia river between
The Dallva and Celilo. Both these
works are now under tbe continuing
contract - system, and appropriation
therefor will be made in the anndry
civil bill.
On then estimate aa a basis, the
three members of the delegation wb
are bere today express themselves as
very ready to support such appropria
tion, and will urge their incorporation
in full is tbe bill to be introduced late
In the session. It ia tbe concensus of
opinion that tbe amount here recom
mended are all (hat will be needed to
carry tbe work of improvement during
tbe next fiscal year. These works do
not depend npon the regular river and
harbor bill. ,
In addition to tbe above items tne
secretary el tbe treasury baa made the
following estimates:
Completion of extension of Portland
postoffice, fl75,000.
For keeper' dwelling at light sta
tions Cape Blanco and Yaqnina, Or.,
14,600 and (4,000, respectively.
Improvements, faiem Indian school,
8108,350, of which $91,850 is lor sup
port and education of 550 pupils, $3,000
for extending tbe water system. $2,000
for a new dairy building, $2,600 for a
barn, and balance lor improvements
and salaries.
Tbe usual amounts are recommended
for maintaining tbe several Indian
sgenciea ol Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, and for tbe aasay offices at
Seattle and Boise City.- A lump som
of $10,000 is needed for general Indian
expenses in Oregon, $17,000 in Wash
ington and 110,000 in ldano.
To establish a lighthouse at fcverett
harbor. Washington, $20 000. For i
tabliahing a lighthouse on Burrow's
Island. Wesbintgon. $15,000.
for keeper' dwelling, Kobinson
point Washington, $4,000.
New works, Pnget sound navy yard,
$310,200. Maintenance ol yard,
$75,000.
For improving Taooma harbor, 1 100,
000;. Alaska lighthouses $350,000; pro
tection of Alaska seal fisheries, I IZ,-
950; protection Alaska salmon, $7,000;
supplies for natives of Alaska, 18,00O,
with other tontine appropriations.
LOOKIiSO FOR BOER OOLD.
British Aathorttlea After a Large Amount
- Which was Scat te Europe.
Berlin, Dec. S. The British govern
ment is telegraphing to all tbe berman
porta making inquiries concerning Boer
gold bars worth $650,000 which it i
sunnoaed have been brought to this
country from Sooth Africa within the
iwst fortnight. The bars aie destined
to ex-President Kroger and Dr. Leyds,
and. it is presumed, had been concealed
in tbe Transvaal. Great Britain will
endeavor to legally attach tbe gold ii it
can be found on tbe ground that she
entitled to all tbe assets of the Trans
vaal becaoee ahe haa assumed responsi
bility for the debts ol that country, in
clod in tbe bonds issued prior to tbe
war. -
General Botha's reply to Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain that tbe late
Boer government bad no assets was
striotlv true aa far aa he knew, but
since receiving Mr. Chamberlain'
letter General Botha learned, according
to seemingly trustworthy information
here, that Mr. Krnger and Vt. Leyaa
have in their possession $2,600,000
General Botha tequeetod tbem to turn
over thi gold for tbe benefit ol the
Boer people, but Or. Leyds refused
averring the money waa to be need in
upholding the Eoer nationality In tbe
future. General fiotha baa notified Dr.
Leva's that anlea the gold ia given up,
legal proceeding will be brought
agawet nlm. ;
MITCHELL WANTS COAST DEFENSE.
la Busy flatting Official Endorsement for
New LegUUtion.
Washington, Dev. 3.?-Sena tor Mitch
ell haa been busy throughout the past
week collecting recommendations Irom
the secretary of war and other officials,
touching Upon needed legislation for
the coast defense of tha country,. As
chairman of tbe committee on coast
defenses, the senator proposes to advo
cate the pasFage in the abort session of
auch legislation aa is urgently de
manded.
In veara past, the duties of the com'
mittee on coast defeneea have been
cared lor br th committee on military
affairs. The growing importance oi
the coast defenses and their, present
inefficient equipment haa appealed to
the senator, lie ia particularly anx.
ions that aome legislation be enacted
which will permit the complete fort in
cation of tbe mouth ol tbe Columbia
river, but says most of tbe harbors are
yet inadequately protected.
Fatal Train Wreck.
Youngstown. 0., Dec. 3. The Chi
ram A Baltimore Expreaa train No.
on tha Baltimore A Ohio railway col
tided head-on with a freight train at
Carbon. Pa., seven miles east of bere.
Oaa man waa killed and three others
injured, one seriously. Both locomo
tive were completely wrecked and the
express ear telescoped. Tbe collision
waa due to the failure of the freight
brakeman to throw the switch on the
main track alter taking the siding. .
NEWS OF OREGON
ITEMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Prosperous Soothers Oregon Mine Real
. Estate T ran stars la Maiioa County In
creasingAged Ma a 86 Hour With
out Food or Shelter Benton County
Hog Discovered with Jaundice.
A care of jaundice baa been found in
a bog killed by a Benton coonty farmer.
Pendleton commenced free city mail
delivery December 1. There are foor
carriers and three deliveriea of mail a
day will be made.
Much local interest is being mani-
ested in the city elections throughout
tbe state, which occur irom December
1 to April 1. Several cities have three
tickets in tbe field.
Hoeea -Stokes, aged 78 rears, became
lost in the wood at Looking Glass,
Houtbern Oregon, where be resides,
and when foood had been 66 boors
without food or shelter.
Mr.. Bride Binnott, widow of the late
N. B, Sinnott, died at her home in Tbe
Dalle Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Sinnott
waa one of tbe most widely known
pioneer residents of that section of the
state. : .. ,
Prospects are verv encouraging in tbe
gold mining district in tbe r-antiam
country. Considerable development
work is being done and new mace ine ry
installed. A unelter will be shipped
in early next summer.
Tbe real estate transfers in Marion
county during tbe past week amounted
to over $52,000, which is tbe largest
for a similar period in many years.
Activity in real estate has beensteadily
increasing for over two yeara and there
is every indication that it will gain in
intensity dnring the next two years.
While there is some movement in city
property, the transfers are principally
of farm property.,: ;
Tbe Greenback mine, on Grave creek.
Southern Oregon, baa a- new 20-etamp
mill completed and ready to begin a
much larger business that it baa been
able to do in tbe past. Over 50 tons rf
ore sill be crushed daily. Nearly 300
people are supported by tbe Greenback
mine, tbe houses of which have made a
thriving little town with a atore, ball
and schoolbouse. The town is . known
aa Greenback and baa recently been
made a poetoffice.
The postoffice at Pokeama. Klamath
onnty, has bean discontinued. .-
Tbe building boom, which ha been
in progress at Weston for several weec.
how no signs of abatement.
The citizen of Helix will bold an
election December 10 to vote on the
proposition of incorporating the town
But very little of tbe 1903 wheat
crop in the big Umatilla belt will be
fall wheat, tbe rain proving so heavy
that ait seeding has been stopped.
Dr. Leckenby, of Union, naa discov
ered a process whereby be can take
photographs in which all natural colore
r reproduced. He will not keep tbe
discovery a secret, but will give it to
the world.
The soldier who was arrested at Fort
Stevena lor setting the numerous tecent
fire has escaped from the officers and
no trace ol blm can be fonnd. He con.
leased to having started tbe fires aa ac
cused.
The second term at tbe state normal
school at Monmouth shows a marked
increase in interest and attendance,
One noticeable feature ia the unusually
large number of young men, aome 190
being enrolled at present.
Tbe sugar beet crop this year in tbe
neighborhood of La Grande was exoep
tionaiiy good and . more best were
turned into the. factory than evei be
fore. The amount received ia 17,500
tons, which yielded 4,600,000 pounds
of rennea sugar. -
PORTLAND MARKETS.
: Wheat Walla Walla, 71 72c; blue
tom 7Pg80c; valley, 74c.
BarleyFeed, $518.60 par ton; brew
ing, $M.00.
Floor Best grade, 8.60S.90; grab
am, $3.203.60. i
Mlllstnffs Bran, $19.00 per ton
mltkllinga, $23.60; shorts, $19.50
obop, $111. ..
Oats No. 1 white, $1.1861.17 K
grar, $l.UHl.la per cental.
Hay Timothy, $10911; clover,
$9.00; cheat, $89 per ton.
Potatoes Bert Burbanka, 60S0c
per sack; ordinary, 6066o per cental
growers' price; Merced sweet, $1.76
S3 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $.1.00(9
4.25; per ponrd, 10c; bens. $464.50 per
dozen; per pound, lOo; springs, $3.00
63.60 per doten; fryers, $2.603.00
broilers, $2.0063.60; duck, $5,006
6.00 per dozen ; turkey, lire, 13c,
dressed, loc; geese, i6.0066.60.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 156
16)ej Young America, lrt617j
factory prices, !lio lea.
Mutter Fancy creamery, 809 32K
per pound; extraa, 30c; dairy, SO
22Xo; store, 16618.
Eggs 25630c per dozen.
Hop New crop, S3623e per pound,
Wool Valley, lX615e; Eastern
Oregon, 8614Mc; mohair, 28628c
ef urona, cow, sgiSH per
pound; steers, c; aresaea, 667.
Veal ae.
Mutton Grow, Sc per pound;
droesd,6c.
Lamb Gross, SXe per pound;
dressed. 6c
Hogs Gross,
XSSXeper pound;
dressed, 797MC
DEATH IN EXPLOSION.
Tbirtosa Killed and Score Were Injured
la Chicago Accident.
Chicago, Dee. 2. With a deafening
report a boiler in Swift 4 Co. plant
exploded shortly alter 10 o'clock yes
terday morning. Thirteen live were
sacrificed, and scores of employs, vis
itors and others were injured. Huge
boilers were sent through the roof of
tbe boiler boose, and burled hundreds
of feet. Nobody within tha hollar
room survived to tell the story of the
accident, and it may never be known
what caused the explosion. A care
ful investigation today, however, eon
vinced tbe experts that the explosion
waa the result of carelessness on the
part of an employe, whose own life
wa lost. Five minute after the ex
plosion nothing of the boiler house bnt
a pile cf twisted iron, brick and mor
tar remained. Flame soranir from tha
ruins, and tbe spectators realized that
it would be impossible to save the lima
of those wbo were caught in tbe wreck.
ine explosion was of such force that
adjoining buildings were wrecked, torn
and twisted like toys. Men, women
and boya at work in adjoining depart
ments were nunon through windows to
the ground below. Many of them es- '
caped with slight bruiees, but most of
tbe victims were burt to such an ex
tent that it waa necereary to remove
tbem to hospitals. The other were
taken to their home.
It wa soon rumored t. it Irom 60 to
100 persons were caught i . tbe wrecked
building. Ibis report canned creat ex
citement, and in response to repeated
call, a dozen patrol wagons and as
many ambulance were sent from all
parts of the city. Extra call for fire
engine followed, and soon the flame
were being looght from every side
While the fire was still burning fire
men and employes of the packing house
uckh digging in ine ruins. Boon tbe
mangled remains of a man were discov
ered. At the same time other rearneva
were digging with desperation to res
cue several victime who were .till
alive. Bodies torn, bruised and man
gled were taken irom the ruin and
sent to tbe morgue. A boy, scalded
from bead to foot and bleeding from
cuts and bruises, staggered toward tbe
office of General Superintendent Yjuog.
The boy was Mr. Vonna's
messenger. The lad, however, had
been so badly disfigured that Mr. Yonn
did not recognize him.
It is not thought that tbe loss in
Swift A Co. will amount to more than
150,000. Tbe official of the company
declare that this will cover the damage,
as nearly a they are able to estimate
at the present time; The building in
which the boiler were located waa tha
only structure to be entirely destroyed,
and it was a email structure, one story
uiun. xoe atorenouse, which stood
close to the boiler bouse, waa badly
damaged, a portion of its walla being
torn, uai n is oniy two stones high.
AMERICANS BETTER OFF.
Moacly Compare Their Condition wfta
That of English Workmen. ,
New York, Dec. 2. Alfred Mosul.
tbe retired Englinh merchant, who with
a number of workmen has made a six
weeks' tour of this country to study in
dustrial conditions here and in Cana
da, says: '
"Our trip, on tbe whole, waa em In.
ently satisfactory. We were all im
pressed with the thorough up-to-dateness
of everything we saw. Another
thing that impressed ns was the courte
sy and frankness of American employers
and the pains tbey were willing to take
to explain the method ia nee at their
respective factories and works." ; '
All the delegate will renort their
impressions to the unions of their re
spective trades on their return to Eng
land. Terrence Flynn, ol the tailors' .
union, raid:
"Counting tbe extra outlav in rant
and clothes for food and all else are
cheaper the Ameriein workman ia 25
per cent better off than the workman
in England. On the whole be is far
better cared for in resrect to good san
itation, general comfort and better
equipment than we are, and on tbe
whole he lives as long or longer in har
ness than the English workman This
'too-old-at-50 principle does not pre
vail among the workmen, wherever else
it may be found. We speak from ob
servation. Here pauperism or penury
in old age is almost unknown. The
records of the English workhouses
apeak for themselves."
Explosion oa th Texas.
Hampton, Va., Dec. 2. -The battle
ship Texas bad a narrow escape from
being blown up yesterday afternoon.
She left tbe Portsmouth navy yard yes
terdav morning to the Capes, where
gun practice was held. Two of the
large turret guns exploded, filling the
gun room with glycerine snd water, but
the magnificent work of the gunners
saved the vessel from serious damage,
a well as the lives of those on board of
her. The ship returned to Old Point
this afternoou and a special inspection
board is making an examination.
New Tunnel to Brooklyn. ;
New York, Dee. 2 Work has been
Inaugurated by the Inter borough rapid
transit company on tbe extension of the
underground system to Brook I vn,
through a tunnel underneath the Kant
river. The opening was made at
Broadway and Ann streets, Manhattan.
When thia work shall have been com
pleted the subway system will be in
operation, and it will be possible to
ride from Brooklyn to any part of Man
batten without change of car.
Safcblowcrs' Successful Raid,
Bloomington, 111., Jc 2,8:i?..
blowers made a successful rid hut
flitrtit nrw-in tha Rt4a I... L. . ,
la villaee 10 mile annthtwot r.i i.,.,..
nd $8,000 was taken. . The hortf ml