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Newspaper Page TextAn Advertisement Which brings ntnrat 1 proof Ifaal tt ia in the rigll place. Toe WEST WDK brings a were, Tho Best Newspaper It the om that It mo tad Imtwt mvi. Compere the WEST IDE with any peper la Polk eotuty. VOL. XVI U. $1.50 PER YEAR. INDEPENDENCE, FOLK COUNTY, OUEOON, , TJIUUHDAV, Mil. F1t Cents Per Copy. NO. 973. JULY 23, FROM IPQORIIOUSE BY MARY CHAPTKIt XIX. Tb morale- tralu bound for Albany stood In Hh depot, walling the algnal ti tart, aud Just before tho ttnal "nil KlKMirtl" was sounded i hull daume eqiilu Site drove slowly up, and from It "lllgbt d Mr, Lincoln, hearlug tu kU arm hi dans-liter, whose bead rested wearily ! on hi shoulder. Accompanying him were hi wire, Jenny an I gray grslred man, tho family h.vlclu. Together they entered the rvur ear, tail Inatautly there was hasty tinning of heads, shaking of curl and low whispers, s each noticed anil commented uiin tho un earthly beauty of Ue, who lu her ft er's arms Uy If wholly exhausted with the effort ah had made. TU sight of her. no young, no fair snd apparently o low, hushed nil MIKh 'eel Intra, aud a gay bridal party who had taken possession of the ladles' saloon Im mediately came, forward, offprint It " Mr. Lincoln, who readily accepted It, and laying Uose upon tho long aetteo, he made her a comfortable a possible with the numerous pillow and eushlou he had brought with him, Aa the creaking en gine moved slowly out of Boston lte saked that the window might be raised, and, leaning upon her elbow, ahe looked out upon her n live city, which he waa leaving forever. Toward nightfall of the next day they reached Olcnwood, and Rose, more fa timed than ahe waa willing to acknowl edge, now that ahe waa o determined to tot well, waa lifted from the carriage and carried Into the house. Mr. How land hastened forward to receive her, and for once Ruse forgot to notice wheth er tha cut of her cap waa of thia year'a fashion or last. "I ant weary." ahe aaid. "Lay me where I can rent." And with the grand mother leading the way. the father car ried hia child to the chamber prepared for her with ao much care. "It'a worse than I thought 'tw," aaid Mr. Howlnnd, returning to the. parlor below, where her daughter had thrown herself with a nigh upon the ebinti coher ed lounge. "It'a a deal worse than I thought 'twaa. Ilaan't ahe catched cold, or been exposed aonie way?" "Not In th least, " returned Mm. Lin coln, twirling the golden stopper of her smelling bottle. "The foundation of her sickness waa laid at Mount llolyoke, and the whole faculty ought to be indicted fr manslaughter." Jenur'a clear, truthful eyea turned to ward her mother, who frowned darkly, and continued: "She waa aa well aa any one until she went there, and I consider , it my duty tao warn all parents agulnst aending their daughters to t place where neither health, manners nor anything else ia attended to except religion and housv . work." Jenny bad not quite got orer her dill. I- Ish habit of occasionally setting her moth er right on some points, and she ecu Id not forbear saying that l'r. KletM-r thought Koae had injured herself by at tending Mrs. Itusaetl'a party. "Dr. Kleber doesn't know any more about It thau I do," returned her mother. "He's alwaya minding other folks' busi nesa, and so are you. I guess you'd bet ter go upstair at once, and see if Hose doesn't want something." Jenny obeyed, and aa she entered her slater's chamber, Itose lifted her head languidly from her pillow, and pointing to a window, which had been opened thut ahe might breathe mure freely, auld, "Just listen; don't you hear that hurrid croaking?" Jenny laughed aloud, for ahe knew Rose had heard "that horrid croaking" more than a hundred times in Chicopce, but In lileuwood everything most necea aarily assume a goblin form und aotind. Heating herself upon the foot of the bed, abe aaid: "Why, that' the frogs. I lore to hear them dearly. It make me feel both sad and frnppy, just as tho crickets do that sing under the hearth in our old home at Chlcopec." Jenny' whole heart was in the country and aha could not ao well aympnthize with her nervous, aensltlve sister, who shrank from country sights and country aounda. Accidentally spying some tall lo cust branches awingiug In the evening breeie before the east window, she again spoke to Jenny, telling ber to look aud aee if the tree leaned against the house, "for if it does," aaid abe, "and creaks, I ahan't sleep a wink to-night." After assuring her that the tree waa nil right, Jenny added: "I love to hear the wind howl through these old trees, and were It not for you, I should wish it might blow ao that I could lay awake and hear It." When It grew darker and the stars be gan to come out, Jenny was told "to close the abutters." "Now, Hose," aaid she, "you are mak ing half of this, for you know aa well na I thut grandma's house hasn't got any shutters." "Oh! mercy, no more It hasn't. What shall I do?" said Rose, half crying with vexation. "That coarse muslin stuff la worse than nothing, and everybody'II be looking In to see me." "They'll have to climb to the top of the tree, then," said Jenny, "for the ground descends In every direction, and the rotid, too, la so far away. Hesldcs that, who Is there that wants to see you?" Rose didn't know. Hhe was sure there was somebody, and when Mrs. Howlnud came up with one of the nicest little sup pers on a small tea tray, how she waa alioeked to find the window coveted with her best blankets, which had been packed away in the closet adjoining. "Koae was afraid somebody would look in and aee her," aaid Jenny, as she rend ber grandmother's astonishment in ber face. "Look In and sec her!" repented Mrs. Howlnnd. "I've undressed without cur tains these forty years, aud I'll be. bound nobody ever pecked at me. Hut come," ahe added, "set up and aee if you can't eat a mouthful or so. Here' some broil ed chicken, a slice of toast, some currant jelly that I made myself, and the awim mlneat cup of black tea you ever aee. It'll eenamost bear up an egg." "Sweetened with brown angar, nln't it?" snld Rose, sipping a little of the tea. In great distress the good old ludy re plied that ahe wos out of white sugar, but some folks loved brown just ns well. "Ugh! Take It away," said Rose, "It makes me sick, and I don't believe I etui ent another niltci" but, In spite of her be lief, the food rapidly disappeared, while she alternately made fun of tho Utile nilver spoons, her grandmother's bridal gift, and found fault because the jelly was not put in porcelain jars instead of the old blue earthen teacup, tied over with a piece of paper! Until a late hour that night did Rose keep the whole household on the alert, doinp the thousand useless thing which TO IPALAGE J. HOLMES her nerrotti fancy prompted. Klrst the front door, usually secured with hit of whittle-shingle, must be nulled, "or aomix body would break lu." Next ill wludowa, which lu th rising wlud began to ratllt, tuuat be made fast with diver kttlvcs, scissors, coniba and key; and. Inatly, the old clock must b atopped, for Rose wal not accustomed to Ita atriklug, ami It would keep her awake, "IVar me!" aaid the tired old grand mother, when at about midnight ahe re paired to her own eoay little bedroom, "how ndgety ahe la. 1 ahould of a'poaed that li v tu In the city so, he'd got used to nolsea." In a day or ao Mr. Lincoln and Jenny went back to Huston, bearing with them a long list of article which Rose must aud would have. A they were leaving the house Mrs. Howlnnd brought out her black leathern wallet, aud, forcing two ten-dollar bills Into Jenny' hand, whis pered, "Taka It to pay for them thing. Your pa haa need enough for hia money, and thia ia aom I've earned along knit ting and selling butter. At first 1 thought I would get a new chandler carpet, but the old one answers my turn very well, ao take it and buy Koe everything ah wants," All this time the thankless girl upstair wa fretting aud muttering about her graudmother' stinginess In not having a better carpet "than I hi old, faded thing, which looked aa It manufactured before the flood!" CHAPTER XX. On th same day when Rose Llnciln left Huston for Glcnwood Mr, Campbell eat In her own room, gloomy aud de pressed. For acveral daya sh had not been well, and beside that Klla'a engage ment with Henry Lincoln filled her heart with dark forebodings, for rumor aaid that he waa unprincipled and dissipat ed, and before giving her consent Mr. Campbell had labored long with Klla, who insisted that "he ss no worse than other young men-most of them drank occasionally, and Henry did nothing more!" (in thia afternoon she had again con versed with Klla. who angrily declared that tin would marry him even If ahe knew he'd lie a druukard, adding. "Rut he won't be. He loves me better than all the world, aud I shall help hitu to re form." "I don't believe your aister would mar ry him," continued Mr. Campbell, who wa becoming much attached to Mary. "I don't believe ahe would either, and for a good reason, too," returned Klla. pettishly Jerking her long curl. "Rut I can't why you should bring her up, for be baa never been more thau polite to her, and that he assured me waa whol ly on my account. " "Hue Isn't pleased with your engage ment!" aaid Mr. Campbell, and Klla replied: "Well, what of that) It'a nothing to her, aud I didn't mean ah ahould know it, but Jenny, like a little tattler, must needs tell her, and ao she baa read me a two hours' sermon on the subject. Hhe acted ao queer, too, t didn't know what to thing of her, and when ah and Heury are together they look ao fuuny that I al moat believe ahe wants him herself, but she rau't have hlm-no, she can't have him," and secure In the belief that ahe was the first ami only object of Henry's affection, Klla danced out of the room to attend to the seamstress who waa doing lu-r plain sewing. After ahe was gone Mr. Campbell fell asleep, and for the first time In many a long year dreamed of her uld home In Kuglalid, Hhe did not remember It her self, but she hail ao often heard it ili-scrilH-d by the aunt who adopted her that now It came vividly before her mind, with its dark stone walls, Ita spacious grounds, terraced gardens, running vines and creeping rosea. Something about It, too. reminded her of what Klla had once anld of her mother's early home, aud when she awoke she wondered that ahe had never questioned the child more concern ing her parent. Hhe waa Just lying back again upon her pillow when there waa a gentle rap at the door, and Mary How urd'a soft voice asked permission to come In. "Yes, do," said Mre. Campbell. "I'er hapa you can charm away my headache, which la dreadful." T "I'll try," answered Mary, "Hhall 1 read to you?" "If you please; but first give me my salts. You'll find them there in that drawer." Mary obeyed, hut stnrted as she open ed the drawer, for there, on the top, lay a small, old-fashioned miniature of a fair young chllil, so nearly resembling I'runky that the tears Instantly came to her eyes, "What Is It?" asked Mrs. Campbell, and Mury replied: "This picture ao much like brother Krnnky. May I look at It?" "Certainly," anld Mrs, Campbell. "That is a picture of my lister." For a long time Mary gazed at the sweet, childish face, which, with Its clus tering curls, and soft brown eyes, looked to her so much like Fratiky. At last, turning to Mrs. Campbell, she said, "You must have loved ber very much. What was her name?" "Klla Temple," was Mrs. Campbell's reply, and Mary Instantly exclaimed: "Why, that was my mother' name," "Your mother, Mary! your mother?" said Mrs, Campbell, starting up from her pillow. "Rut no; It cannot bo. Your mother Is lying in Chlcopec, and Kllu, my sister, died in Kiiglund." Every particle of color had left Mnry'a face, and her eyes, now black as mid night, stared wildly at Mrs. Campbell, Tho kad story, which her mother hail once told her, came bock to her mind, bringing with It tho thought which had so agitated her companion, "Yes," she continued, without noticing what Mrs. Campbell had ald, "my moth er was Klla Temple, and she had two aister, one her own, mid the other a half-sister Hnrnh Fletcher and Juno Temple both of whom came to America many years ago." "Tell. mo more tell me all you know," whispered Mrs. Campbell, grasping Mnry'a hand; "and how It canio about that I thought she wa dead my alater." Upon thia point Mary could throw no light, but of all that she had heard from her mother sho told, and thetl Mr, Camp bell, pointing to her writing desk, wild: "Hring It to me. I must read that let ter again." Mury obeyed, and taking out a much soiled, plotted letter, Mrs. Campbell ask ed hor to read It uloud, , It waa ua fol lows: "Itu lighter Jniie I now take this oppor tunity of Informing you that I've lost your aister Klla, and have now no child saving yourself, who, if you behave well, wltl be nu only heir, Sometime I wiih you were here, for ll'i lonesome living alone, but I auppoa you r ueimr on where you r, Ho you know anything of that girl Harah? Her oroas gilnd uncle haa never written me word Blue he left lOughind, If I live three 'r longer I shall come to America, aud un til that time, adieu. Your father, "IIHSMCT TIU.Ml'I.ISi. "How abort and cold!" waa Mary's first nelKtnallon, for her Impreaslou of her grandfather were not very agreeable, "It Is like all hia letter." altsvvereu Mr. Campbell, "Hut It wa cruel to iiisk no. think Klla waa dead, for how else could I suppose ho had lost her?" Then, a the conviction came over bit that Mnrv waa Indeed th child of her own later, ahe wound her arm about her neck, and kissing her lips, murmuriHi, "My child-Mary. Oh, had I known this miner, you ahould uoi hsv been ao cru elly deserted, and little Allle ahould nev er have died lu th almshouse, Hut you'll never leave m now, for all tbet I havs I your your and Kllu'." The thought of 1011 touched a new chord and Mr. Campbell's tr wer rendered lea hitter by the knowledge that he had eared for, and been mother to, one of her aister' orphan children, "I know now. why, from lb tlrst, 1 felt o drawn toward Klla. and why her clear, large eyea are o much Ilk my own lost darling' , aud even you, Mary" Her Mr. Campbell paused, for proad aa ah uow waa of Mary, there had been a time when the haughty btdy tinned away from th oler, homely little child, who begged ao plleously "to go tslth Klla" where there wa room and tu spare. All this came tip In d review befur Mr. Campbell, and as she recalled, th Incident of her sister's death, and thought of th noble little Frank, who often went hungry and cold that hia mother aud sister might be warm aud fed. h felt that her heart would burst with Ita weight of aurrnw. "Oh." aid she, "to die to near me my only aister. and I never know It liever go near her. I with all my wealth, aa much hers aa mlne-and ah dying of starvation." Wiping th hot tear from her own eye, Mary atrov to comfort her aunt by telling how affectionately her mother hsd slwava remembered her, "And even on the night of her death." aaid she, "sh nub nP votl. sod hade me. If I vr fouud you. luv you fur her soke." "Will you. do you love me?" asked Mrs. Campbell. Marv's warm kl upon her cheek, and th loving clasp of her arm around br nut's neck, waa a ailfflclent answer. tin run know aught of my Aunt Sarah?" Mary asked at last; aud Mr. Campbell replied: "..ililu dellnlt. From father we first heard that ah wa In New York, and then Aunt Morris wrote to her n le, milk In Inoulrlea concerning her. I think lbs l'l..i, hr. were rather tircullar In their dispositions, anl wer probably Jealuui l our fsmllv. fur the letter was loug Utt answered, and when at last Sarah unci wrote, h aaid, that 'independent of old Trmide'a aid he had received a good education:' adding further that sh had married and gone West, and that he wa Intending soon to follow her. He neither gar th name of her husbatid nor th plac to which they were going, and as all our aiibsniuent letter wer iiu.in.wr ed, I know not whether sh Is ib-sd or sllve; but often when I think how aloo I am, without a relative In Hi world. I have nraved and wept lhal she might eome back: fur though I never saw h that 1 remember, she was my mother s child, snd I should love her for that." (To be continued HOW A SAILOR'S PAY GOES. Jack Tr Caualli 0 !tr III. Wage,, Himetlmr. Iit I rot. What do the Juck Inr In the navy do with all their money? Us ofteii ben asked, although most people have nu swered the inn-stlun to their tivvii sutls- diction bcfondmnil by dooldmx that they spent It the Drat chnint the J got. Miuiy nf the younger or newer one tb get rid of their cash at the 'Irst oppor tunity, but then they spend It I lli'lll- solve mid get their money's worth, or what tbey think or tiro uinde to tellcvc Is their money' worth, Those who are really warm In their following sel lout lake all tliclr wage from the piiynm tor. They let him keep It ditrmg the cruise and draw 4 per cent Inlcii-at on It until the cruise la over, Then, of course, aoiiio oiid It ull l'fore they go back to the ship. They have n g.ioil time all III n lump ami are Miitlstlc I to wait for extravagant day again until another cnilKe la over, 'i'bese nrv ihu l in-li wliobiivciio one except themselves to care fur. While on the limn of -war they need not go abort of niiyllilni; mid yet Hot tlso their llioiiey. Moreover, they will probably attend to llielr dtl ties belter and liuve tl much Unci- I line w hen the cruise la at nu end. Those who have wives or fiii'illV or relative to euro for usually send tlielr money homo regularly and fnlilirullj Often, however, their coulhloticn li meanly utilised. Man-led nicii make lip this cltiBK. They acini llielr wives comfortable Incomes and lli.'t la nil thi'Mti wive cum for them for. 'I In-sn nro tho wives who married simply for w liiit I here w as In mttrrliigo In n money way, with tho additional uilvnntngo or convenience of not having u h.mliutid nroiiiul much. Unluckily foi women of this cbiHs, not nil Jack tars cm, main tain wives. Only chief p.'lty otllcera or llrat-ruti) petty olllcera can ufl'oi'il tho luxury of nuu'rlnge, and even they linvn to wntch out pretty keenly not to Impair the dim to tlielr better halves, Many of these better hal.vcs nrv nil ventitfcKHi-H pure mid simple, who Inalii" It ft IhinIiickh to get liciiialntid with naval men, make nu linpivHslon got tnai-rli-il and then take the money adit to t lii-ni mid do what they please iiiiirry Himicotio oiao at muitlier inivy yard belonging to another ship kiiuip- times, und keep track of tho ci'illaca of the vohhoIh. Tho older nicn acetn to fall most citHlly before tho iidvetitui-cHS. And when they dlMcover tlielr inlMtako aud have obtaliH'il divorces and aru free iiKiiln UHiially get buck Into Ihu same bout, Ht 1 11, many tt woman la a sailor's wife who bun nut aeon him for years who la JttHt aa good and true and saving as woman ever waa. Hh takes cum of baby while ho la away and almiiHt dies for Joy when ahe. can meet him at tho end of a ci-uIbc. Ha I lorn, too, In many ciiHi-a nro Jtwt aa Inio to tliclr wives, although hoiiioIIiiioh wlih thorn only two tnoiilliN In three ycili'H. Then, a kI otlici'H hIiivu simply that a son or a daughter, it brother or n Mister, tuny got mi cilucnllnii nntl will not have to work ua hard ua Ihcy do, or nro pallors ao Ihcy can cam enough to keep nu aged parent out ut wuut.-Nvw York Press. EVENT80FTIIKMY PROM THE POUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprahsnilvt Rtvlaw el th Important Hppnlnji el th hit Witk Prtimtid In a Cendiniio Perm Which Is Moil Likely Provt el Inlirtil to OurMsny IUdrt, The Havana tlrydmik nmy bo towed ti Htibig bay, l.ttaoii. Agiiiiinhhi ia Irritated by his con tinued Imprisonment, Tlie steel trust will attempt to onn several plant tills week, Friendly relations Mwtton Itusaift Mint TltitaH have boon openutt, Hot weather continues In t!i Hrlt Ish lain, but ifllo! is predicted. Another licat wuvo has visited the cum Mt ot Kansas and Nebraska, feasant o( the Volga, HussU, pro vince are on the verge ( starvation. (Icncral Pavis lias relieved (Icncrul Koblai in the southern l'lillipDiiio island, Mrs, h'ruger, wife of cx-l'rcsiilcut K nicer, id tho Transvaal republic. ia dead. International F.pwortli League con vention at Han Francisco has ad journed. It i almost certain tlutt tho sta tionary firemen's strike will soon be at an cud, Major O'.Velll, tlia third mayor ol the city of I'urt lutitl, is dead at bis home in riHkaiie, It is (cured that disorder and dis tress will follow iienliig of govern ment land in Oklahoma, The next nlllcisl man of tho United flutes will show the Lewis and Clark route and incidentally advert iso the lair, No move lias Ism-it made tt) settle the steel atrike. tiencral Punicl lliitterflclit died at his home at Craigaide, X, Y. F.ar'i Kusscll will enter tho pic of C'lilty to the charge of bigamy. One man waa killed and AO wound ed in religious riots at rtaragoasa. 1 8. J, Hunt lias abitiiiliuied pro ivt to establish a ncnspuiM-r at Ho stile. International convention of Kp- worlh League lias oiM'iicd ill Hnii- Frmioisoo, The American Hngnr Itcilning Com pany lias reduced the price on all grade of ingur. Italy I investigating represent- tiiuii made regarding alleged lynching of two Italians In .Mississippi, Tho Hritish and Fn h navies will unite in a scrn-s of maneuvers in mler to sco which can out general the other. The tinworkcrs' union lias refused In handle non union plates, thus com ing to the siipKirt o the striking tin plate maker. Tho relief from drought in Kansas was only teuixirary. The weather has again turned warm and all croim am withering, United Htutcj loses suit against Northern l'acillo Itailroad to cancel (intents to about ilO0,tMK acres of laud in Washington. Two steamer off New Ioudnn, Conn,, collided, damaging one of the vessels so that she had to le beached in order to save her from sinking. All the passenger were transferred without mishap. Count Tolstoi i seriously ill. rhe financial alTuir of l'urto Rico are in goisl condition. A woman shot at the French min ister of Public Instruction. Porto Itioo will liava free trado with the United States after July 2.'. Otic limn held tip two stages tn Culiloruia and secured about 1 100. The United flute pension rolls In creased ti!l,(KK) during the past year. Han rrancisco una accepted a gift of 750,O(H) trout Ciirncgio to li tisod lor public libraries. Three northern Montana cowboys, who turned limsctliicves, worn lynch cd by an organized hissc. A mob attacked a train at a ainnll station in Mexico, killing seven pas sengers, ,Nu cause is known, Han Francisco la to ha mado tha strike center of tlui United Htatea ao far as tho iron workers arc concerned. Tho sheriff's posso in search of tho Montana bandits have acknowledged themselves defeated und have iiluiii doncd the chase, A former student at Annapolis bat lawn committed to an insane asylum. It is claimed the mudtiwa was brought on by being Inized. Hank burglars in an Ohio villago held the entire population ut bay while they blew open tin) strong box. They finally escaped without securing any money, William C. Whitney, of New York, paid 1,50,000 fur tho two-year-old colt Nasturtium. It is reported that a company nt St. Cloud, Flu,, has succeeded in making cxculletit paper from tho leaves of the palmetto. Andrew Atlan, -the only surviving founder of the Allan Lino Ocean Htcamship Co, and president of the lino, died at Montreal, Can., ut tho ago of 80 years. The Pennsylvania supremo court has declared that tho governor ling tho right to veto in whole or in part liny item of appropriation that the legislature mny make. John W. Woolley, who was the pro hibition candidiito Jor tho presidency, bus started on a tour around tho world to invcMtigato the liqotir ques tion in nil its phases, Herbert L, llridgcmnn has been se lected by tho Penry Arctio club of New York to heid tho expedition it will send north this summer to the relief of Lieut, Peary, BACK TO THE ARMY Whin Civil Government rlti Bun i Pillar Iniurrutlon Not Qu.llii Manila, July 22. - The United SUlci Civil Commission today an nounced , that after threo months' trial of t provincial form of govern, ment in the Islands of Culm and Iluliol tud tho Province) of Datango, Lu mn, control of those districts, owing to their Incomplete pacification, 1ms been returned to the military author ities, It having proved that the com. rmuiillc Indicated are backward mid undeserving of civil administration. The provincial and civil olllcials of these designated districts will contin ue their (unctions, but are now under the authority of tlcucml Chaffee, Instead tibthat of Civil Governor Tuft, s heretofore. General Chalice ha the power arbitrarily to remove front 'tltleo tny or all provincial or civil :illK,;nla and to abrogate, any lection of the lawi promulgated In these three provinces, Hie residents of the island ol Ccbu have protested, but without luccoes, against the return to thut Island to military control. Hevnrul towns in Ccbu are still liesiegod by the Insur gents. The insurrection on the island of Iluliol has been renewed and Insur gent sentiment in the province of Halaiigai is strong, General Chaffee has unlercd a buttalion of tho Thir tieth Infantry to begin tho occupa tion of the Island of M union). The province of llataugna will be occu pied by the entire Twentieth infan try. II. Phelps tiltiuarili, governor of Dcnguel province, who wa recent ly ordered to Manila fur investigation of certain chargea against him, pre- acntcd hi side of tho esse to the United Htulc Philippine coiumia elon. Mr, Whltmaridi denied every Olinrgn made against mm. An act has been passed organizing the iimular constabulary, practically n outlined in dispatches received last March. A 'provision baa been added nniHiweriiig the chief of the system ami either of the four district assistants lcniKrrily to consolidate cimataholutorios of two or more pro vinces in case of necessity. Insiieo- tion and discipline of the municipal Milice will also I controllid by con itabutatory departments, THREE-8CREW CRUISERS. Great Slumlaj R.dlue el Propoied New U winhlps. Washington, July 22,The plans now under consideration for the new armored cruiser authorised by con gross contemplate such s new depart nro in steaming capacity that these ship will be able to make voyage exceeding sny by the ships now in commission and equaling, if not ex seeding, the loug distance trips of any naval warship afloat. Although the plans are not fully passed niton, the main feature are pretty well worked cut. They provide for a combination of three screws, so separ ated that utiy one ran work inde- pcudcutly. lly using three screws the ship could develop great speed from 22 to 211 knots, so thut she could 13 listed as a 2:1 knot ship. Hut all limn screws would be used only in case of emergency. For the purpose ol making Idng voyages only one screw would Ik used at a time. It is estimated that thin would give a icod of 10 knots an hour, Hy al terniiting tlm screws, ! he craft could make a voyage of at least 10,000 miles without a stop to rocon!, and at the same time alio would always havo her throe screews in readiness to develop a 22 or 23 knot speed in case of ne cessity, APPEAL8 FOR PROTECTION. An Enjllih Subject In Colorado b Afraid el Mob Violence. lVnver, July 22. William lind cliffu has npica!cd to the state to pro tect hia property at the Grand M can lakes. Unsays armed men are in possession ot his property and threat en to kill his employes if they do not hrnve Delta county. He arrived in the city hist evening and immedi ately entered into consultation with tho state came commissioner. The opinion of the attorney general will lie asked as to the duty of the state, HiulclilTo places his loss in young trout alone at $10,000. KudclilVe, who Is an Kngl ish subject, has ap pealed to the Hritish consul for pro tection to his life and property, Will He Sent to Port Liwton. Heattlfl, July 22,The Thirty-second company of coast artillery is an nounced hy the local quartermaster's ollice hero ns having been detailed to duty at Fort Lawton on its arrival at Honttlo. Tho company in now in the Philippines and is expected to arrive bore within the next 110 days. There nro 110 men in tho detachment. The ncconiniodationsiit Fort Luwton, how ever, nro not sulllcicnt for a two-coin-puny battery of nrlillory,' and are now being enlarged under a contract recently let by the government, Negotiations Still Progreiting. London, July 22. In tho house of commons today tho parliamentary secretary of tho foreign oflloo, Lord Cranboiirne. informed a questioner that tho dilHculty which caused the deadlock among tho ministers, of the foreign powers at Pckin had referenco to tho collection ot revenues, ear marked for the purpose of Indemnity, and that tho ncgotiatimis at Pckin wore still in grogrcss. Mint Prtssmaker Dead. Philadelphia, July 22. Arthur Orr, builder of tho coining presses used for many years in the United States mints in Philadelphia, Carson City, Sun Francisco and New Orleans, is dead at his summer homo nt Mnr ristown, aged 8-t. For ninny years he mado a specialty of mint work, build ing noarly nil tlio coining presses for tlio government, many of which nro still in list),' Ho also built coining and milling presses for tho govern mcnts of Mexico, Peru and Chile. NEWS OF THE STATE iTllMS OP INTERE8T PROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. . Cemmertud and Financial Hsppsalngi of lav eortancs-A BrUP ftivliw el th Grewth ' '"'' o( IWIand. At the time of ., . ... ... bis death he was deputy clerk of the lad Improvsmsnts erf th Many lndostrljM(.r(4, couft , WM U)rn ,t Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth 1 Ilunsnaburg, Huhenectady county, N. -Lst.it Market Report Milton is trying bard to get a can nery located thuru. Wagoneers are doing ft heavy wool business freighting out of Lostine. The Crook county court paid boon. ty on 7-10 coyote m alps last session. Florence ikmiiiIb are working for more adequate protection against lire. Hob While quail have been sewn in' mall coveys near Loetlne, Wallow county. Numerous bands of sheep are headed (or the summer jwtstures in the Green horn mountains. A California lion was seen lately in the suburbs of Marabfleld and badly frightened several small ebildrcn. A. J. Knollin A Co., of Hunting ton, last week brought in 6,000 bead of sheen from the Harney county ranges, and sliijqx-il them to Boda Hpriugs, Idaho, The work nt enlarging the fish house at th Cot river hatchery is alsiut completed and the capacity ot the hatchery w ill thereby be increased to 4,600,000 egg annually. The Oregon Ground Hog mine. near Austin, has a six foot ledge of fn-e milling gold, which shows good values. A narrow seam in it, rang ing Iroiu two to six inches, assays ovel $d,000 to the ton. F. Ganger, who reside on Uireh creek, 12 miles southwest of Pendle ton, seeded only one acre of brome grass on alkali land, and cut three ton of bay from it this season. Scarcely anything but brome grass would have grown on the land. A severe drought is being felt in the Hilver Iike country. Numerous bears) have lieen seen in the berry patches of Coo, county. Bquirrcl are Imllieriug the wheat growers in some part ot Polk county. Valley funnem have been using lime to keep smut off their wheat, aud with good effect. The hugeue Lumber Co. tin a drive of l.tHKUXH) feet of logs coming down the M illanictte. A new ferry lxat bus lawn built and launched for Hendricks crossing on tho MeKeiuio river, near Kugene. A small lire destroyed 10 acres of wheat for Herman Polk, and a culvert an the W, iV C. K. luniroatt, near Fulton station. Grasshoppers are reported to 1 swarming the bills and valleys south of Pilot ltix k. (serious shimage to growing crops Is nntiptpatcd. The Knglish pat rid gee. recently in troduced into Linn county are doing well. Ihreo broods of young one have been seen near the toot of Knox biitte, within a few miles o! where they were liberated. Valley farmer rejiort an abundant crop of Chinese pheasants tins season There were many old ones which escuM-d the hunter last full and this spring Mng favorable there aro more) young pheasants Hum usual Portland Msrkets. Wheat Wall Walla, export value, f)5c tier bushel; blucstem, 67c; valley, nominal. Flour liest grade, $2.lH)it3.4U per barrel; graham, $2.liO. Oats White, $l.32M,'jU.35; gray, I. :) 1. 32 1' per cental. Hurley-Feed, $17617.50; browing, $17(917.60 per ton. Millstuffs Hran, $17 ier ton; mid tilings, $21.60; shorts, $20; chop, $10. llav Timothy. $12.50(a)H; clover. $7((ttl.r0; Oregon wild bay, $Cc$7 per ton. Untter Fancy creamery, I820c; dairy, 14(lic; store, lltsMZo per pound, Kirizs 17l'(lHo tcrdo.en. Cheese Full cream, twins, ll.S'tflt 12c; Young America, n130 Por I oou nd. Poultry Chicken, mixed, $3.00(8) 3.60; hens, $3.50(it4.60; dressed, 10 lie per pound; uprings, $2.00(34.00 per down ; ducks, $3 for old; $2.60 W3.00 for young; geese, $1 per dozen; turkeys, live, 8ft10o; dressed, 10(rf 120 per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3'v'c, gross; dressed, fi07o ir pound; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, Cc0.S,a per lb. Hogs Gross, heavy, $.r.75(e0; light, $4.756; dressed, 6H7o per pound. Veal Small, 74'(a!8.lii'c; iargo, 6.',' 7'iiC per pound. Deef Gross top steers, $4.0004.25; cows and heifer, $:i.25$3.50; dressed beef, 6jfi7.Hio per pound. HopR-otMo I'er pound. Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair, 20(3210 per pound. 1 Potatoes $1, 25(031.50 per sackjnew potatoes, 10 per pftund. Huston will have a collego for train ing young women to earn a livlihood. An instrument bus - been perfected at Dartmouth collego to measure the heat of the stars. An English syndicate is said to havo purchased control of 72 r.ino and lend mines in Missouri. Tlio American Museum of Natural History is to send nn expedition to China, to study tho, lifo and custom! of tho Chinese. There will be between 50,000 and 100,000 additional acres of land do voted to rico culture in tho south this year, Tho government lias acquired ono square mile of property on Plum island and will erect fortifications, greatly strengthening New York oity 'a dotcnecs, Threo generations of ono colored family havo been graduated from Qberlin college John M. Langston, ,n 1841); his son, Arthur 1). Langston, a teiiohor in St. Louis, in 1877, and his grandson this year. MAJOR O'NEIL DEAD. Thirf Meyer el th Cltv Port Use, U54-7-Paited Awsy at Spots. Ppokane, Wash., July 22. Major James O'Neill, one of the earliest pioneers of the Northwest, died at 11 o'clock last night. He was the third Y February n, 1820. In HUM ne came west to Oregon, He settled in Oregon City, but soon went to Port land and became agent lor e.le, Fargo Co. He was elected the third nisyor of Portland and held that orlh during 1860-7. In 1W11 be went to Lapwal, In the Ne Percee reservation, as siqicriutendcnt of ed ucation, and next year took lull charge of the agency under a com mission issued July 0, IWiZ, by l'res ideiit Lincoln, spiHjInting him Unit ed htute Indian agent (or the terri tory of Wamv In 1HIHI, Major O Neill passeej through this country on bis way to select land for a reservation, and the laud then chosen constitutes the pres ent Cocur d'Alune Indian reserve. He retired from his position in lHfi8, and May 10 ot the following year went biek to New York state, riding on the first through train on the Cen tral Pacific Itailroad from rineramento to Ogden. Ho remained about nine years at hi native place. In 178 he returniil to the West, locating at Chewelah, Movent county, Wash., where he was sub-Indian agent, hav ing charge of the Cocur d'Alenes. In 1HH7 he was elected auditor ol Stev ens county. Ho served two terms. Ho was then elected to the state sen ate to represent Htevcns and 8tokane counties. In 1KD2 he wa appointed deputy clerk of the United Stutes district and circuit courts of the east ern division of Washington, which he held at the time of hi death. WEARY OF PRISON. Ajuliuldo b Chafing Under till LonJ Co- tlnued Restraint. Manila, July 23. Aguiualdo is considerably irritated at his contin ued aurveillniiee by the American au thorities. Whenever he signs his name he must add the word "pris oner. He refused the request ol ins friends to write to the insurgent General Malvar, still at large in Southern Luzon, advising him to surrender. Ho consented to sign a copy of his oath of allegiance with the understanding that it tie Jorward- ed to Malvar for the purpose-of influ encing his surrender, but tinder his signature to the oath he wrote, "Pris oner in Mahicanatl Prison," General Pavis has been ordered to the command ot the American troops on the island of Mindanao, and in the Jolo archipelago, (icncral Kobhe, formerly commander ot this district, will return to the United Hates. Tho transMrt Hhcridan, with the Fourteenth infantry, and Adjutant General Harry on board, sailed from here today. General MacArthur, who left ' here on the Meado July 4, will embark on the Sheridan, at Na gasaki, for fan Francisco. DISTRESS MAY FOLLOW. Many Seltleri Ruihlnj Into Oklahoma With little Monty or Prevliloat. Fort Sill, O. T., July 23. Disor der and distress, will, it is feared, fol low the actual opening of the Kiowa Comaneho reservation, August 6. It is now estimated that fully 150,000 people will have registered for a chance to secure one of the 13,000 claims to bo awarded by lottery, when tho registration booths close on July 20, Thousands of persons now on the reaeravtion, who are neither mechanics nor artisans, and who have little or no money, announce their intention of locating around Lawton, if they fail to win a claim. Campers, who came in prairie schooners by the thousands, generally brought with them provisions sufficient to hist from live to 10 days. Continued drought has caused tho water to bo restricted, and for days a hot wind has prevailed on the prairies, and the temperature has averaged over the 10O mark. With those conditions before tliem, ninny are already be ginning to grumble, and when this is followed by disappointment over failure to draw a lucky numlier, the ; hope that bore many up wil doubt- less give way to more serious comli- tiotia. Mluourl Changing III Count, Kansas City, July 22. The Mis sotiri river lias cut its nanks at t point eight miles south ot Leaven worth and is now pouring part of its waters into the Platte river. Uhe bod of tho Platte is being gradually widened, and there is danger that within the next few days the Missouri will le transferred completely to the bed of tho Platte. An island five miles long and in some places nearly two miles wide has been formed. If tho Missouri adopts this new channel this new land will bo transferred from Missouri to Kansas, Dcttructiv Prairie Fires. Denver July 23. Considerable de struction by lorest and prairie fires is reported from different points in the state, directly attributable to the condition of grass and timber from the long dry spell. Timber fires have been Dinning several oiij near Mount Evans, Long's Peak and on tho Kenosha range. From Baca and Prowers counties, tho center of the stock raising district, come reports of destructive prairie fires. Long Towing Trip. New York, July 23. It is ' an nounced that Ecar Admiral Bowles, chief constructor of the navy, is tak ing stops for the transportation of the Spanish drydook in Havana harbor to Subig buy, island of Lusoq. Had it not been for Wear Admiral Bowies' foresight, tho dock would, within another week, have been in the pos session of New York capitalists, who had opened negotiations for its pur jhase and were making final arrange ments for the transfer when the navy department stepped in and bought it. FIREMEN'S STRIKE COAL MINE OWNERS CONTINUE TO MAKE GAINS. Tht Mia, flewevcr, An Net Discoueajed, tsaf DtcUrt Thtlr Rank An Bclag Stesdfly Incrtued-'ew PirMkM Obey th Ua) Order ts Return to Work -Mm Sysv pathy Press Other Dlitrkt. Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 22 More mine were in oratinn nd more coal was hoisted in the Wyoming vslley today than on any day since) the stationary fireman's strike begsn. In the face ol this change in the situation the strikers are by no mean discouraged. In an official statement issued this afternoon it is declared that in the upper anthracite region there is a greater numlsr of mines) id ie t ban yesterday. The statement says: "In compliance with the order of the United Mineworkers of America, to firemen of their organisation to return to wqrk, but few have com plied, and there is a steady increase to their ranks. We hoiss to have complete organization of the entire territory. A noticeable attitude 1 that of the mineworkers throughout the upM-r region in their sympathetio stand in our behalf. From Itaxleton, Hhamokiu and Mount Carmcl region the men are last organizing and will rcxixjnd to the call to a man." ONE YEAR OP OCCUPATION. Pekls Will tt Gives Back to th Chiiws Authorities August U Washington,, July 22. Commis sioner Kocklnll Has cutilou me state departnment the following state ment of the present status of tlie ne gotiations at Pckin: "Tbe diplomatic corps at rekin is engaged in considering the Kussian prtqiosals lor the eventual increase ot the tariff (maritime customs). A solution of the problem is hoped for. The indemnity, fixed at 450,000,000 taels and 4 per cent interest, ha been formally accepted and Japan haa waived preferential treatment. The formal surrender of Pckin to the Chi nese is expected to take place on Au gust 14." The date mentioned ia the anniversary of the relief of the le gittiiitieta by the international force. The ltusaiun projioeal referred to ia understood, in substance, to be an incrtane from 6. per cent to 10 per cent of the customs duties which the Chinese government may collect at the ports from foreign countriea. It is further- understood that the in crease is not to take effect at once and perhaps not at all. It will de pend upon the .resources of China under the existing system. lnis proposition is Mievcd to be much less objectionable to Great llritain and Japan, as well as to the United States, than the original proposition to make an absolute and immediate increase of the cistoms duties to the extent proposed. POSTAL REFORM. Poitmaitcn Notified of s Chan, la Second CUm R.'Sulatlons. Washington, July 22. Third As sistant Postmaster General Madden has issued a circular notice to all postmasters calling especial attention to the order promulgated recently, making radical changes in the kind : of publications allowed admission as second-class mail matter. It says that postmasters may be hold on their official bonds for revenue lost tb tho department through improper application or faulty administration of these regulations. The pound rat of postage, it says, is a special - privt lege at tlie public expense and the dec partment will restrict the privilege to tins publictaions which are fairly within the contemplation ot the laws snd proHrly meet the requirements. Owing to the material changes ot practice which will lie necessary by some publishers aud news agents, the department, where it is inequitable, will not enforce the new regulations immediately, but will in no case ex tend the time beyond October 1, 1901. Th Drajoa Hat LtIL London, July 22. A high official in Pckin who claims the power of. divination, says a dispatch to the Standard from Tien Tsin, has notified the Chinese court that the dragon has left tho capital, and that, consepuent ly, it is impossible for the court to return. Water lor Suffering Indians, rhoenix, Ari July 22. The Un'ted States district court took sum mary .steps to relievo the condition ol the suffering Pima and Maricopa Indians when it granted an injunc tion restraining tho canal owners above the reservation from taking water from the river and thus depriv ing the Indians of their water supply. The action iB of much importance iu that it will give the Indians water enough to prevent a famine, which caused such disaster among them last year. Fiihermen'i Strike Ended. Vancouver, B. C, July 22. The strike of the salmon fishermen against tho Fraser river canners has been adjusted, tho Vancouver board of trade having acted as mediator. It has lieen agreed that the fishermen shall receive 12,' cents per fish for one-quarter of tho entire pack and 10 cents for the remainder of the p ick. t Tlie union niiii began fishing Sunday night. Coat Famine Imminent New York, July 22. Should the strike ot the mine firemen continue, it is feared that a coal famine in this city will result. Tho strike hoi found the railroads and the dealers unprepared, with scant provisions against the future and prices are ex-. pectod to mount within a week it no settlement is reached before that time. Inquiry in the coal trade shows that railroads and dealers are carrying not more than two weeks' supply of coal.