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DAYTON HERALD,
Rnterrd M weond el.M matter at the p«K
•Bic« M Dayton, Oregon:
DAYTON .
OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
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IO CHECK KUBOKI.
The Planter’s Daughter
Otitnl Karepatkta WM Make a Stand
London, May 26.—DispatcbM to the
Daily Telegraph «how that on May 16
the Japanese headquarter« were still at
Feng Wang Cheng.
Thia the corre­
spondent attribute« to the necessity
joint action with the Japanese army
which has landed at Fiteewo. He ex-
LAW WOBKINO
Over $100,000 First Vera.
L d O. F. ELECTS 'OFFICERS.
0R fATEjS REVENGE
greasing Vary »atfetacterUy.
By MRS. AUCB P. CARRJSTON
sprang td th« aid« of bls victtia, kn«N
down, and tors the fsts? fortune from
hvr cramped fingers. Era b« could nie,
there came a creak at the blinds, and in
a flash, Lucisn Courtlandt stood within
the room.
,
“You hsvr killed her!” be exclaimed,
paralysed with horror.
“Yrs,” com« the desperate retort, “I
have killed bsr, M aha bribed m« to kill
your wife. I failed wish the poison, snd
didn’t see fit to try lead. Well, I’m ready
to take th« consequence«!”
Astoria—The several branches of
Another-rtm is setting, snd upon th«
Author of *’A Waif from ths 8«a,*' “Hsr BrlghtMt Hops,
Odd Fellows lodges met in annual ses­
vin«-bung piazza of th« Newport villa,
sion here last week. Reports of officer»
"Wayward Winnefrad’/' etc.
i
Lncian and Claire »it aide by (Ide.
Shows good gains in both membership
For aome time allene« ba« folded I taf ,
y '
and finances.
Portland wm selected
wings sbov« them, after tbe recital that' ,
Cholera ia causing many deaths in
aa tbe next meeting place. ,The state
he hae given her.
* *
th,e JapaneM tanka.
grand lodge elected tbe following offi­
Ctetre, be sake. at last, can you
cers;
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Rusisa has agsin demanded that
CHAPTER XIX.
celerity that a swallow wings, it* Right accord h»r your forgiven*«« for all ah«
Grand master, J. A. Milla, Salem;
China withdraw troop« eMt of the
Gresham lagged on tbe way back to from its threatened nest beneath the has don« to you?”
deputy
grand
master,
W.
H.
Hobson,
‘‘llow can you ask that, Lucian?” ph*
1 great wall.
,
the villa. He had failed signally in hia eave«; «he had recoiled '• «tep. having
Stayton; grand warden, W. A. Carter, miaaiqn, Jie dreaded to face hie conatitu- thrown open the blind« to admit Camille, murmur«. “1 am nbworthy eren to for­
France hae decided to present the
Gold Hill; grandr secretary, E. -R. enta and admit how thoroughly be had and «food waiting for hi« reply, her dell- give. Let heaven forgive her If she has
diapute with the Vatican to tbe cham­
Sharon, Portland; grand treasurer, Dr. been routed, and consequently he yield* eate hands clenched until tbe nail« penn­ alnned.” Then, after a paua«, «he look«
ber of deputies.
up at him, tearfully. “Rut, Lucian, can
O. D. Doane, The Dalles; grand repre­ ed to * certain «en«e of-cowardice. But tratad
trated the flesh.
fleah.
sentative, Joseph Miceili, Roseburg; the loneliness of th« night and th« fe-
“I haven’t anything to say,” replied you forgive me for my unjust suepicion
James J. Hill advocate« an export
trustee of the Oddfellow«’ Dome, r> i rocity of the «tonn nothing dsnuted him the man, sullenly, prepared to face the of you?” aha aaka, tremulously.
bounty as a means of building up the
II« takes her tn bis arms and kla«««
indeed, they conspired fsvorsbly to ss- worst; “I hsveu’t got tbe eblld—-thst's
Thoma« F. Ryan,
merchant marine.
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* her for the first time, tenderly.
■ The grand encampmnet officers ars: ■Mt him In shaping bis plan* for the fu- all.”
A jealous Paris woman thred"^Htrol
turn, afforded him time and freedom to
“If yon are unworthy to forgiv«,” ha
“Ufhy not?”
Grand patriarch, W. M. Green, of Eu­ think.
whisper«, “how unfitting am I.”
at her husband jn a cafe and severely
"Because I ssw her,”
gene; grand high priest, Claud Gatch,
One« a dim conecloume«« of being
And so the-night fails with a great
“Bsw—whom?”
burned 21 people.
,
of Sa.em; grand scribe, E. E. Sharon, tracked assailed him; not that he posi­
“My young mlstr«««—Mrs. Court­ peace, and reits upon them Ilk« a bene­
The Preibyterian committee hae
of Portland; grand treasurer, W. W. tively heard a footstep; on the contrary landt."
diction.
urged the general convention to" aid
Francis, of Halsey; grand Mnior pard- It was merely that indefinable sen«« of a
(Th« end. I
"Shot the blinds,” «he said, merely,
«• weak colleges in the West.
tn, W. I. Vawter, of Medford; grand human presence, that peculiar power ,“and tell me bow It happened.”
junior warden, H. M. Beckwitb, of I Milch a watching eye possesses to rouse
She erosred to an aa«y cbslr beside the
SAVED FROM RATTLERS.
A number of Seattle buildings "UKve
Portland; grand rppsssentative, Thom­ a sleeper from deep uucqnsciouanecs. He tabi« that' occupied the middle of the
been racked by the boring of the Gieat
heeded
it
so
far
as
to
turn
and
look
be-
room; but instead of seating hers«lf she
as F. Ryan, of Oregon City.
Northern tunnel under the city.
that Lieutenant General Stoesaei and
Tbe Rebekah officers chosen are: | hind him; in fact, he paused until a re­ stood lesuing upon Rs back, waiting for
Major
General
Fock
continue
to
make
current flash illumined th« sodden road,
The Methodist general conference at
No Pennsylvania mother In Indian
President, Mrs. Nora Barnett, Athena ; but he «aw nothing. but the dripping him to apeak. With the slow Indiffarence
of a man woh feels himself hopelessly tlmea ever had a more thrilling experi­
Loe Angeles has elected all the bishops well directed, but desperate sortie*
vice
prescient,
Mrs.
Ella
Frazier,
Eu
branches swayed by the soughing wind. condemned, Camille fixed his leaden «yas
against the advance of the Japanese,
and ten editors tor church papers.
gene; warden, Mrs. Clementine Bul­
Had he taken the trouble to retrace upon her with a dogged defianc« burn­ ence than fell to the lot of Mra. Joseph
who are fighting with stubborn deter­
Button near Haneyvllle. She Mved
lock,
Portland;
secretary,
Mrs.
Ora
The Baptist genera) convention hae mination almost unequaled in history.
hie steps a short distance and glance In ing luridly In their dark depths.
Cosper, The Dalles; treasurer, Mrs. I at a darkling gateway, be would have
placed itself on record as favoring a Several hundred Japanese reinforce­
“There sln't much to tell,” he began, tbe life of her year-old child In a"*
Sophie Reverence, Tillamook; trustee I found the man, C»niille, crouching there, moodily; “I did my beat; I stole In at the unique way aud then dispatched an
uniform divorce law for all Protestant mentearearriving daily from Pitsewo
of Oddfellows’ Home, Mrs Maty Tom­ I waiting to continue upon bi« myuteriou« library window ilk« a thief; I got nprtaira enemy that menaced her own life.
denominations.
FRUIT CROP LOOKS WELL.
and -P> 1 mdien, according to this cor-.
and in«p the nursery, wber« I found the
linson, of Portland; assembly trustees, errand.
The Button home la on the old turn­
Fire at Keino, Waeh., destroyed a1 teepondent.
boy asleep:4 - 8he cam« to th« door a min­ pike that runs from Jersey Shore to
.
The
aound
of
the
doctor
’
«
footfall
upon
Mr».
Iceilla
M.
Sears,
of
Albany;
Mrs.
The
Seoul
correspondent
of
the
Daily
Drain Fields ProralM Boantlful Harvsst
shingle dryhouse containing five, mil­
ute
later
—
and,
great
heaven!
Mall
I
ever
Bertha Henderaon, of Pendleton; Mra, the steps of the villa was the signal to
Coudersport, and not far from the
and Nay Doing Weil. .
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lion shingles and tbe Kellogg ware­ Telegraph says that Kinchob is being
forget th« look ah« gav« m«?” ”
Mary Vanderpool, of Dufur.
Mrs. attract Lucian Courtlandt to the doorway
section
of country locally" known aa -
besieged
by
the
Japanese,
and
its
sur
­
"
You
’
re
a
coward!
”
panted
Eylphld«;
house and content«.
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followed by Claire. The radiance of a
La Grande—From every quarter of Cooper, secretary, was elected for
the
tbe Black Forest. Mrs. Button, com­
render is momentarily expected.
“why didn’t you kill her?”
lighted
hall
fell
out
upon
Gresham
’
s
face
the Grand Ronde valley come the most eighth consecutive time.
r The Russians aie preparing to retreat
“I tried it once," h« answered, dar­ paratively young apd used to th«
and dripping form. Ere a query m to
Into Liao Yang.
-flattering reports of • most bounteous
the result of .bis mission could be framed, ingly; “and I don’t propoe« to do It again. dangers of wijd beasts, 1^ a«; brave a
KUROKI’S FORCES NHLD FOOD.
. Ne Sheep oa Reserve.
he exclaimed, cheerily, addressing Claire: She railed th«' houae "with a shriek, «nd woman as one could find in a day's
yield of all kinda of fruit the coming
Secretary Moody 1« 111. Hig ail­
Baker City—Forest Reserve Super­ I “Come, come! You are violating my f«U down st my feet. Then I got out." travel smld the bills of Clinton or
ment i« not serioua.
Ceiaacks are AIM Interfering With season, particularly the apple crop, and
For a moment or two silence reigned
visor Terrill has returned from marking orders by 'remaining up so late. You
Potter counties. She ba« a record of
Movements ol Ammunition.
should the valley escape late frosts, It the boundarise of that portion of the Should be snugly in bed and out of this in the a pertinent, broken only by tbe
The range war in Eaatern Oregon had
having
killed a thieving bear with an
slow
drlp„3rip,
drip
of
tbe
eaves,
and
miserable
dampness.
”
broken out afresh.
London, May 26.—The Mukden cor­ will be the Banner year for fruit grow­ Blue mountain and Baker City forest
and three deerakina In her home
“But, doctor,” pleaded Claire, “how the occasionel thunder, which now boom­
respondent
of
tbe
London
Morning
Poet
reserve
over
which
he
has
charge..
The
ers throughout this section of Oregon.
The warships Oregon and Alexander
trophies of her marksmanship,
could you expect me to retire without ed and rolled away in the distance. At
cables that be has been informed on.
have arrived at Hong Kongr
Tlie grain crop also promiMS an general land office has recently sent seeing you? What have you to tell us? last Sylphide Coursmoot opoka, as it Blit her experience of the othef day
excellent authority thst the CoMacks
him specific instructions as follows:
wer« to herself.
had to do with rattlesnakes, and she
Fire at Newport, Arkansas, destroyed under General Remeakampf bavq suc­ abnndnnt harvest, and the yield of hay “The secretary of the interior has de- What says the poor woman?” r
“Fate riiall avenge me!" ahe muttered; declares now that she'd “rather tackle
“
I
have
to
tell
you
thaj-l
am
drenched
$100,000 worth of property.
ceeded in cutting two transport cotomns will be much larger than usual.
'cided that sheep shall not be allowed to to the skin and can’t be expected to-stand 21 will b«ve my child!"
I
“You ean apply to him, elnc« h«'a com- I a regiment of wild cats” than to face
graze on the Baker City forest reserve,
reserve. here shivering,”’ he answered, with a
Owing, to high waters of Grand grase
The Vladivostok squadron is Mid to ot tbe Japanese army aud secured a
such a «ituation again. •
1
Ac­ Ronde river and Catharine creek this ! but that the cattle and horses which forced laugh; "as to the ‘poor'-woman,' I ing here.”
hava-captured three Japaneie cruiser«. very large quantity of supplies.
Mra. Button had gone to a pasture
“
Who
ie
coming
her«?
”
eh«
demanded
cording to the correspondent, the Cos- spring many
have
merely
to
say
that
y6u
flare
seen
— > farm*
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a
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grazed
on
the
lands
now
in
the
reserve
in the river bottoms
Both Russia and Japan have agents Mcks have also succeeded in greatly
in
a
otartled
way.
I
to
milk two cows. She left her baby
her
for
th
4
H
i
t
timer
she
will
trouble
last season may be allowed'in the re­
busy trying to purehaM steam -trans­ baiaMing tbe Japanese-line of commu­ are yet too wet to plow and seed, which
"Mr. Courtlandt. I overboard the doc­ asleep on one of tbe deerskin mats on
you no more. Now, away to bed with
serve
during
the
season
ol
1904."
will
reduce
the
acreage
from
what
it
ports.
tor tell him It wee best he should.*'
| the floor ot the kitchen. On the wsy
you, and permit me to retire;”
nication, with tbe result that General otherwise would be.—■—
Again there wae a momentary silence, out she stopped at the garden patch
With an invoitmtsry sigh of relief,
Cholera is Mid to have broken out Kuroki’s column is in need of food and
StdEk of all kinds are in excellent
4-lght Frost Deed for Fruit. '
Claire went towards the staircase, but at the end of which oho glanced up at to pick some vegetables, so that -when
among the Japanese troops and there'is ammunition. This fact has compelled condition, and (ärmere, fruitgrowers
him cunningly, aa ahe eald:
|
paused «fad returned to the doctor.
La
Grande
—
Jndd
Geer,
of
the
Cove,
the Japanese to remain at Feng Wang and etockraiser« arajn. the lieet of spir­
sn avsrage of 100 deaths daily.
“Whatever I may effect through an in- I she finished the milking and started
“You wer« gentls wit'll her, were yob
horticultural commissioner for this a c-
Cheng much longer than baa been its at the very promising future out­
terrlew with Mr. Courtlandt, boar In back to the bouse more tban half an !
Two thousand pounds of opium,
tion of Eastern Oregon, was in the city not?” she asked.
planned, and a forward movement will look.
"As gentle as a lamb,” cam« Che men- mind that I am Indebted to you for noth- I hour had elapaed.
worth $30,000, have been seized by
and spoke in very flattering terms of
not be undertaken until troop« arrive
daciniu reply.
As she neared the bouse her ears
United States secret officers at Seattle.
the fruit crop for Grand Ronde. There
insufficient strength to prevent further
And so poor Claire retired with a
“I have done all I could,” b«'retorted, caught the prattling of her baby boy»
One arrest has been made and others
Coming
Eventa.
was
one
frost,
but
it
did
not
barm
only
lighter heart than she had borne in her aaauming hia sullen sir sgsin; "more than Hastening to the house, Mrs. Button
interference with tran«po>t service.
will follow.
Western Oregon Conference and a few of the earliest strawberries being bosom for many a long day. Scarcely I ought to have done. I coufeaa I want was horrified to see a monster rattle­
The Shanghai correspondent of the
The-, fruit trees, had the hem of her flowing robe vanish- the money. But even had I succeeded
A third army ia being mobilised by Post state« that General Kuropatkin, Campmeeting of Seventh-Day Adventist slightly injured
snake half-coiled on the floor within
especially , cherries,
were - bq ------
. full, __
of ...ed at the head of the staircase, than
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the Japanese. A change in the Jap­ after a minute inspection of Liao Yang church, Corvallis, May
26-
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une
5.
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—
A
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— - more
___ _ of A _ a ben- f'G-Mehnni laid his hand upon Courtlandt’s you wouldn’t hav« profited by it, since two feet of the baby. Its rattlers A:
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1
"-
bloom
tbaLtbe
frost
was
Mr. Courttendt so longer loves you.”
anese plan, ariaing from the naval dis- and its defenses, told Admiral Alexieff,
Annual Studenta’ conference, Y. M. efit than otherwise io Jie trees, and arm, whispering:
“I sm well iwsn of th« fact,'* she were bussing furiously and the ugly
aatera, involves the ntiliiing of the who was with him, that the position
“
Come
with
ms
into
the
library."
C. A., Gearhart Park, May 28*June 6.. this light frost was go
replied,
defiantly; “but understand that head was elevated and swaying from
_
xjfor
this
part
second army for the reduction of Port waa vulnerable and. should be aban­
.
.
— .. ' rxt of Ika
Tk
_ ... — .
Inrtantly ithe-transitory look of relief he aaid to me on tbe day we parted, side to side. Mrs. Button realised that
the
country.
The
gr_in
was
never
Umatilla Pioneers’ reunion, Pendle­
Arthur and therefore the first army is doned ' Thia advice .Was resented by
upon tbe young husband's face vanished 'When Claire haa ceased to live, I swear it wm about to strike. The baby had
in better condition.
entrenching at Feng Wang Cheng.
the admiral, who declared the position ton, June 2-4.
and he turned deadly pale with appre- to you that you shall have your child
henaion. The door being closed, be fal­ again, and that I will return to you.’ In hie hands a birch switch, and with
-
General election, June 6.
A plot to wreck a train on which the waa absolutely impregnable.
thia was endeavoring to strike the
Steeepmea Soil Much Wool.
tered:
"
Were the dead, whether he still loves me
eMr wm traveling waa nearly aucceM-
serpent. It was this that bad arouMd
Coast
Longshoremen convention, , Pendleton—In tbe face of an uncer­
"Well,
what
La
it,
doctor?
You
have
or
not,
he.
being
s
gentlemen
of
his
ful. I
COSSACKS PRESS JAPANESE.
Astoria', June 6. "
.
tain market aheepmen are selling wool failed?”
word, would render me my child, snd the snake’s temper. The child had the
ThS internal revenue receipts for
“Signally,” waa the curt reply.
give m« th« refuge of his nsme, for I switch upraised and was about to give
‘ Staate Sunday School convention, fast when they can get their price. It
They
are
Driving
Them
Back,
het
Fight.
“Well, out with it. What ia it?” de­ sm free now. Do you comprehend? I the anake a playful blow.
April were.1577,749 leas than for April.
is estimated that over a million pounds
Portland, June 7-8. 7
em free, and yet everything alipe through
1903.
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Almost fainting, the mother tottered
of the spring clip are already sold. manded Courtlandt, despairingly.
“I have failed! I did not half under­ my fingers. Ev«*rriilng thst by right bo- otward her child. Her strength gave
First Oregon cavalry and infantry The jump in price from 11® to UM«
Liao Yang, May 26;wThere is con­
The government will send only- the
stand
the
person
with
whom
I
had
to
longe
to
me
I
I
om
through
her.
And
tinual skirmishing between the Russian reunion. Hood River, June 16.
since last week caused tbe heavy sell- deal. She haa worked heraelf Into a
way and she fell against ''the baby's
- best of its exhibit at St. Louis to the
why? Because you have no courage, be-
cavalry and the JapaneM. CoMacks
high chair, which stood near the door.
Annual reunion, Department of Ore­ Ing. Growers have been saying *they moot unmanageable frame of mind, and ceuce you ere e co word!”
1906 lair.
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are pnMing the Japaneae in the hille gon, G. A. R., Hood River, June 16-17. would be Mtisfied with 12c.
The av­ I ia prepared to do anything.”
He met the torrent of her diedeinful Her arm rested against ’something
Seattle’s mayor is receiving rrumer- and byroads, generally driving Ahem,
erage cllp-wf the county is between
“What aaid ahe?”
soft, and an angry rattle roused her
wrath with patience.
Linn County Pioneer association re­ two and a half and three million
eus threatening letters on account of back.
"Everything but the right thing.”
“Yon forget." he eeld, "thet she took to action. Another rattlesnake w««
paving closed down gambling."
The general plan of the Japanese has union, Brownsville, June 22-24.
“What does rhe Ineiat upon?”
pounds.
•
arsscic enough to kill twenty women. colled on the seat of the chair. The
“The cuatody of her child.”
notjaeen
divulged. They are appar-
Since «he te still alive. It ie hraven’e will woman was In the same peril as the
Pioneer association reunion, Port­
»The Ruasians are reported to have
Lucian Courtlandt’s face darkened and that ehe should be.”
Buys 40.000 Pounds of Wool.
blown up the cruiMr Bogatyr to pre­ ently marking time, awaiting the ar- land, June 22. „„
riVat ot reserves from Coiea, who have
“Had you employed other m«une,” she child. Springing forward, she hurled
■Pendleton—A buy of 40,0t)0 pounds he aank upon a chair."
vent capture by the Japaneae.
I "What are we to do?”
Northwest
sportsmen
’
s
tournament/
rejoined;
“look, a weapon like this!” She the two gallons of milk that she car­
bfen delayed owing to the impMsibility
of wool at Alpowa, on the Snake river,
Gresham indulked |n another of hi« raised tbe Httle revolver snd bslsnced R ried at the*reptlle on the floor, at the
Pendleton, June 24-26.
Estimates of the damage caused by of the roads.
has been made by E. H. Clark of Pen­ aggravating am ilea.
in her hsnd, adding insinuatingly, “if you Mme time deluging the baby.
the flood in the Cache la Poudre valley,
The Japanese are sending all in­
Christian
campmeeting,
Turner,' dleton, who has been touring among
‘“She propose« to kill heraelf unices had used a weapon like this, you would
The effect wm instantaneous, eras­
Colorado, run from $1,000,000 up.
valids in tbe direction of the Yalu to a June 23-July 3z
the growers of Walla Walla, Franslin, you come to her within an hour,” bo re­ have aecured—you esn still secure the
ing Its ratting, the reptile on the floor
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Columbia, Garfield ana Asotin counties. plied.
Several thousand bacilli taken from central hospital.
five
thouMnd
dollars,
if
you
will!
”
Federated Fraternal Mardi Gras and Mr. Clark buys for Koshland 4 Co., of
started for the door.
Mra. Button
The Chinese report the destruction
“The hour muat have elapsed.”
Sho forced the little glesmlng Inetru-
plague sufferers in India have been lost
Carnival, Portland, June 28-July 9, .
Mixed
a
broom
and
with
a
single blow
Boston.
ment
of
death
Into
hie
hand,
unconscious-
I
of
another
Japanese
battleship
off
Port
“Yea, by fifteen minutes,” anawered
somewhere between St. Paul and Cbi-
ly thrust forth in a covetous aktltude; I broke Its neck.
the doctor, consulting his wattffi.
Arthur, but the report is unconfirmed
Western Division State Teachera’ as­
Mgo.
Courtlandt rose quickly and fixed both but he seemed unaware of what he held, I At this moment the snake on the
sociation, Portland, June 29-Juiy 1.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Franc« baa ordered her ambassador and is not credited.
since he only murmured dresmlly,
| high chair struck at the woman, and.
I bla hands firmly upon Gresham’s a-m.
Several
Japanese
who
landed
from
to the Vatican to take a vacation m •
Eastern Oregon G. A. R. encamp­
“Five thouasnd dollsrs!”
“Do yon think it poMible that she can
barely missing her, fell upon the floor
Wheat—Walla Walla, 72c; blue- have made good her threat?" he breath-
protest against the n te regarding the unse near Foit Arthur and started to­ ment, La Grande, July 1-4.
“For 1 mao so fond of money, five I
near
the baby.
Here the reptile's
ward
the
town
with
the
intention
of
stem,
80c;
Valley.
80c.
thousand dollars te a neat sum. But you I
lad.
visit o( President Lou bet.
dynamiting the docka were captured
American Congress, Portland, Aug­
Barley—Feed, $23 per ton; rolled,
may possess tbs sum to*m«rrow—«0 do- I peculiarity tgave the woman the vic­
“Bah!"
A"dady newspaper ia to be published and shot.
z
ust 22-27.
tory. A rattler never strikes except
$24.60325. *
Lucian Courtlandt turned aw^y-wlth cide!”
on tbs steamere of the Canard line.
A typhoon is raging off the edast.
“No, no!” he exclaimed, placing the I from the coll., It could have bitten
Flour
—
Valley,
$3.9034.06
per
bar
­
an
air
of
deep
despondency.
He
paced
Telegraph service will je furnished by
rel; bard wheat straight«, $434.25; the room, .frequently passing hia hands weapon upon tbe table with a ring, and the baby as If lay stretched upon
the wirales^ system and news will be
Russia Seeks Support of France.
clears, $3.8534.10; bard wheat pat­ sgltatedly through his hair, while hit moving away, but suddenly pausing to I the floor, but, true to Its nature, it
La
Grande
—
The
register
and
receiver
received from both sides of the At­
-Faris, May 26.—The Soir says it has of the U in ted States land office here ents, $4.40 «4.70; whois wheat, $43 I pallid lipa framed Inarticulate worda. aak, “how do I know thst you would' I began to coil fl rsL Before it could
lantic.
Presently he returned to Gresham and stand to your agreement ? What security arrange itself for striking the woman
learned from a trustworthy source that have received a telegram from the gen­ 4.25; rye flour, $4.50.
abruptly exclaimed:
hsvs I? It isn’t likely that you carry dispatched it with the broomstick.—
The National Editorial aasociation Lieutenant General Baron Frederick
Oata
—
No.
1
white, $1.26; gray,
eral land office at Washington,
“I know not what to do. You must di­ to much about you------ ”
will visit Portland during the..1905 and another member of the Russian
$
1.20
per
cental
u
withdrawing
from
deposit
a
large
t
por
­
rect
me.
What
must
I
do?
”
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"You think not?” sb« retorted, tri­ Boston Globe.
fair.
—
f .
court who recently visited Pari«, came tion of timber land to be added to the
Millstuffs—Bran, $19320 per ton;
“You mint see thia woman to-night.”
umphantly;
”1 am happy to be able to In­
The Russians have forced the Japan- on a secret mission which had for ita Wallowa forest reserve. This land is middlings, $25.503 27; shorts, $203
“To-night!” gasped Courtlandt. in dis­ form you that I bars twice that amount
era army to retreat to Feng Wang purpose the seeking of intervention in Union, Baker and Wallowa <ountiefl, 21; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, may; "aes her to-night? To what end?” about jne at this moment!”
Young Lady (in book store)—I would
Cheng.
with effective support of the French most of it being in Wallowa, with a $19.
“There ie but one way of adjusting
like something In the way of a novel
CsmUI« recoiled aghast.
Hay—Timothy, $16316 per ton; this dreadful complication. You must
that Is really Interesting.
"Ten thousand dollars!” he gasped.
The Russj|n fleet at Port Arthur government in the event that China good portion in Baker county, and con­
make a concession.”
“See for,yourself.”
Proprietor—Something on the roman­
will- go out and take the offensive as adopted an aggressive Attitude toward siderable about six miles east of Union clover, $9310; grain, $11312; cheat,
“Whst concession?”
She took from Ite resting pises behind tic order or something realistic?
soon as the cripplea are ready. Only the Russians in Manchuria. The pa­ and on toward Telocaset and Medical 111312.
“
Hee
child.
It
Is
Fste
’
s
revenge."
*
sofa,
a
small
leathern
satchel,
and
ex
­
per alleges that tire government gave a' Springs, which takes in a portion of the
Vegetables—Tnrnips, 80c per sack;
Young Lady—Which would you rec- .
•n« vessel is now ,holding them back.
Whatever anguished reply Lucisn tracted from it a mate of bank notes,
formal promise of compliance with ragged edge of Wallowa reserve.
carrots, 80c; beet«, $1; parsnips, $1;
ommend?
Courtlandt
might
have
made
was
sent
bound
with
a
narrow
strap
of
paper.
The Japanese are preparing to storm Russia’s request.
cabbage, 232Xc; red cabbage, 2J£c; flying into the reahna of the unknown
Proprietor—Oh, it's merely a matter
“Is there ten thousand dollars there F'
Port Arthur, the waters becoming too
lettuce, head, 25340c pet dos; pars­ by a shriek, distant but distinctly a-idi- panted Camille, hoarsely.
of personal taste. In the romantic nov­
Needle
Company
at
SnmmervWle.',
dangerous
the fleet on sccount of
ley, 26c; cauliflower, $2; celery, 763 bl« to the two men.
Still Trying to Save th« Bogatyr.
"Y m , ten thousand dollars. It means el the hero and heroine marry In th«
La Grande—The Pacific Pine Needle
the floating mine« turned loose by ths
in soon
..
u
* lii u j 1 in 90c;
Th« door waa flung open, and with one a farm, a tranquil life and happiness.”
St. Petersburg, May 26.—Additional company will
last chapter after al! their troublM are
be
e«UbH»hed
25 cucumliers, $1.76; ’d Mparaens.
rPhuh»rb’
RuMians.
accord
they
burst
Into
the
hsll
to
find
It
Eelsing tbe revolver, tbe man exclaim­ ended and live happily ever after,
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r-
details of the disaster to the protected Union county. This company has for
^nd. beJms, pw-’ nfc; wax’,
wrapped
in
fftyglen
darkness,
snd
white
ed, wildly»,
,^31
England has sent a warship to Mo­ cruiser Bogatyr confirm the previous • number of y.ars been operating at
while In the realistic they double up
they paused an Instant bewildered, a
“Direct me! What must I do?”
।
rocco to compel that government to reports to the effect that she went Grants
In the first chapter and then their trou­
PagL.. The machinery baa ar-1 Honey
—
-------
1
rushing
aound
as
of
feet
rapidly
descend
­
—
$333.50
per
take.
“
You
know
well
enough;
It
Is
but
the
;
taxe immediate steps to capture the ashore in a fog at the entrance of the rived
in La Grande and will be shipped ।
ing th« Staircase greeted them; tb« out­ work of s moment. In s few hours you bles begin.
Potatoes — Fancy, fl.2031.26 per
of Amour, oppoei e Vladivoetok. 1 to Summerville, where a site has al­
bandits who hold a British subject for gulf
1
er door A tm violently stemmed, then all ( can ba far from here and In safety.”
i
ransom. An Amaricaa vessel will also Her guns were taken off and some of ready been secured. Summerville is 16 cental ; common, f 131.20; new pota­
“Conceal thoaa bill»!” cried the wretch­
toes,
3X®4eper
pound;
sweets,
6c.
The man who bad made a million
them were mounted ashore to protect' miles from I ji Grande.
At • door of th« nursery they paus­ ed victim; “tb«y dazzle me, faacinete me,
De sent.
J ai Grande
h..
Fruits—Strawberries, Oregon, 12K ed.
rather suddenly was not altogether
nsfixed with smas«m«nt. A oight- make me mad!”
the vessel during the ralvage opera­ will be headquarters.' a
j
Governor Chamberlain ha« offered
wnitaliMtiin of ®16c
I cherries, $1.25 per lamp burned dimly la the empty fireplace,
~\
'
tions«^ AH^ough the statement wm
She broke the band, and flaunted tbe happy.
|2,6OO for the capture of th« murderer
y illuminating ffi« chamber, acroee criep leavea before hie eyea.
,----- J; ap­
positively,¿«hade that she had already $100.000. and this company has secured .
| “It seems to me,’’ he mused, uneasi­
?
-
..
of Creed Conn, in Lakacounty, Oregon, beef blown up, the admiralty insists
threshold of which Clsire, lay pros­
ples, fancy Baldwins snd Rpitsenbergs,
"Look at them wall!” «he persisted; ly, “when a man geta rich quick there
•nd |300 apiece for aheap slaughterers. that it is not tru«uu>d efforts are being a 100-acre site, with a capacity of 25, 64.6032.60 per box; choice, $131.60; trate In a dead «woon, the train of her “they ma«n fortune, well-being, happi- should be some kind of a MUltarlnm t-
000 pounds per day.
enowy white robe eoilrd by the hnprint
cooking, 76c3$l.
where be could go until he acquired
An imperial edict ha« been issued by made to av« her.
of k muddy boot. Hertha Dunn, sudden­
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Butter
—
Fancy
creamery,
17Xc;
"In heaven'« nemo, don’t you under­ the taste of olives and learned how to
Corea still further invoJvfng'lVwith
ly awakened from g^ourreptitiona nap,
•tore, 12313c.
the Russian government and obliterat­
wm starting from bar chair in
dire stand mer’ ho Shrieked, fairly beside pronounce chauffeur correctly ”
La Grande—The new creamery which
Butter Fat—SwMt cream, Ifi^c; alarjn^ while, etrangeet of all, little Leon himself. "Don’t you see they tempt aw
ing all semblance of neutrality. Co-'
Tokio, May 26.—Additions) details
eat bolt upright npon hie pretty cot, etar- to kill you?"
roan steamships are aiding in the land­ of the fight at Wang Chia Tnn, near is being put up in La Grande by the «our cream, 17c.
’’Mer’
“The bookkeeper came around and
Grand
Ronde
creamery
company
will
Ing
in amesemant upon the byetandere. ~
Eggs
—
Oregon
ranch,
17318c
per
ing of JapaneM.
Takuahan, May 20, Indicate that the be ready for business by June 1.
Sh« recoiled half way acroea the room, asked old Flint about getting married.
The dosen.
"In hcaven'e name, what hae happen­
a -
.
'
Two thousand Ruesiana were killed squadron of Cossacks wm almost anni­
palpitating with terror.
Old Flint encouraged him.”
creameries at Union and La Grande
Poultry — Chicken«, miked, 12X3 ed here?" burst from Conrtlwndt'o lipe.
„ or wonnded in an engagement at Hsien hilated by .the Japonera Infantry, will manufacture over 25,000 pound»
“Never mind What hae happened,” en-
“Old Flint must be a great friend.”
13c
per
pound;
springs,
small,
_
183
Yen Cheng.
which surrounded and completely of bntter per month, and it ia the in­
ewered Grethem, ae be etooped to reiee I risk ? Yow bsv« signified your Intention
“No; an enemy.”
20c; bens,13314c; turkey«, live, 163 hie stricken patient; "order out your car* of eemmJtthig sulcld« to-night, and I
The British steamer Turret Bay went routed ths «iemy. All the Russian tention of the company to «tore much i7c per pound" dteased 18320c; duck«,
“But didn't you say he encouraged
riage and go to that woman. Do an I think yon esa gnees that I had far rath- bimf
Kthe rocks off the Cape Breton coast. officers were killed, wounded or cap­ of the product in the warehouses at $738 per dozen; geera, live, 738c per
sr
mak«
th«
taoAfy
by
killlag
a
wretch
• vmm ) wm lost with 13 of the tured. Natives report that some of the Pendleton and Baker City, as those pound.
“That', just it You haven’t moo
Ilk« yon than by MaaMinatIng aa honest
for this poor creature!"
Cossacks escaped on foot, abandoning places are now sending to Portland for
woman!”
the girt.”
Cheeee — Full eream, twins,
CHAPTER XÜC.
their equipment.
Many killed and much of their butter.
“Oh, no, no! Yon will not, dar« not—I
stock, 12H313c;
old stock, 10c;
' The cruiser Tacoma has left Hono­
wounded were found on the battlefield.
"Where ia my Child r
Young America, 14c.
lulu la search of an unknown island
Tb« words were pronounced in a low;
“Mtence!”
Hope —1903 crop, 23326Mc per sibilant ton«, like the hlM of a vonomou«
between there and Panama.
Mias PrattywL Permit ms to congrat­
‘
Astoria
—
The
run
of
fish
has
shown
■
pound.
repGle. To apeak truly, the voice of
Russians attribnte the Japanese
ulate you on yohr excellent taste.
Shimonoseki, May 28.—Active prep­ docided decreara in ths part few days.
Wool—Valley, 17c: Eastern Oregon, Sylphid« Couramont in that «upramo mo-
naval disaster ae divine interference, aration «-are in progress for the reduc
Tom—But tbs engagement Is «ff.
The season has been vsry disappointing 12314«^ mohain 80c per pound for meat betrayed I««« of materna) anguiah
"Help, help!”
and believe the tide has turned.
I’m not going to many bar, or anyone
tion of Port Arthur. These prepare op to the present time, and not nearly choice.
at dieappolmed hop«, than of «upprraead
eira
Tbe Corean government has sn- tiona have Ireen instructed to be mad< as many fish have born packed M at
fury at being baffled in her revenge. '■
Beef—Dressed, 638c per pound.
J*ek—Indeed! Then allow mo to eca-
nulled all treatiM and agreements with bv a carefully chosen force of veterans ■he corresponding time ISat yrar, and
At
the
aonod
of
th«
returning
foot-
Mutton—Dressed, 5<g6c per pound;
gratutote you on your good aanra
RnMia. This is practically a declara­ forming a part of the third army that wm coneiderad a bad season. The
lambs, 6c.
_
tion <rf war. It Is feared China will Very heavy artillery is being landed on
Veal—Dressed, 437c per pound.
follow.
Flinging «aide his weapon, Oaarilte
condition
Pork—Dressed, 737M«-
been established between the two Jap­
aneM armiM, bul it M expected to be
effected within a few daya.
Tbe dispatches My the telegraph
line between Feng Wang Cheng and tbe
south has been cut by Russians dis-
guised M Chinese.
A Russian transport ia moving fron>
Liao Yang in the direction of Mukden,
but it ia not known whether this
means a retirement of tbe army, or
merely the removal ot winter clothing,
which is no longer needed.
The movements of, war correspond­
ents, the dispatches say, are limited
to a radius of a mile and a half from
Feng Wang Cheng.
Tbe Daily Telegraph’s Niu Cbwang
correspondent declares that General
Kuropatkin is determined to check the
Japanese at Liao Yang, where probab­
ly the greatest tattle of tbe war will be
fought. He adds that the Japanese
land operations against Port Arthur
Salem—One year ago tbe Eddy cor­
poration law went into effect.
The
state has received under tbe provisions
of that law $106,886.03. During this
first year of the operation ol the new
law, 465 new domestic corporations
have been formed and 200 foreign cot-
porationa bave qualified for the trans­
action of business in this state.
Tbe total number of domestic corpor­
ations is now 2,022, which number,
with the 200 foreign corporations
makes * total of 2,022 compañía« auth*.
orized to do busineM in Oregon.
During tbe next 12 months the re­
ceipts from declaration feea of foreign
corporationa will be very email, but
this will oe more than made up from
annual license fees from foreign cor-,
porationa. In tbe past year many of
tbe foreign corporationa paid only for
a fraction of a year, bnt hereafter they
will pay (or full years.
The income of the state from the
Eddy corporation tax law ’will there­
fore ext sed $100,000 a year and within
a year or two will probably reach
$120,096 or $10,000 a month.
Tbe
expense of maintaining the corporation
department is about $2,000 a year.
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