------------------ T
tbo trees again. Now I begin mo ring
in a alantiug direction, with a view to
AT AWFUL COST.
rwVwvvwvvvv SVI
arriving at the garden wall; and I ttu-
tualiy coma against it; but, alaa! my
Japancsc Continue Their Attack on
hopes of escape are on the wane again
—It la too high to acule! Baffled, but
Port Arthur.
iftw *i ü«> u>». Urtgon.
etili determined, I eat my teeth. and
London, Dec. 1.—According to a
A Story of Russian Power
follow the wall. Presently I com* out
OREGON.
DAYTON
Tokio dispatch to the Standard, there
on a path, and before mt is ■ long, tow
lean official rumor that the Japateie
shed, open to the front “It is a gar
PLAN TO RAISE PORTAGE FUND
have.hauied large caliber guns to the LIBRARIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS«
dener's toolshed,”- I surmise, and swift
top of 203-Meter bill, whence their Ure
aa light followa the thought: “Hero I
baa a sweep of the whole harbor. This Light Tax Not Burdensome in Ore Prominent Umatilla Men on Commit
shall surely find something to aid me!”-
tee to Canvass the County.
gon—Convention of Officers.
:
I grope my way in, and' just then,
(renerai Review of Important Happen- report doubt leas goes beyond the facts;
aud
I
check
the
ahudder
that
la
already
••
if sent by a merciful Providence, the
but various dispatcher indicate the
Pendleton
—
At
a
mass
meeting
of
CHAPTER
I.
Salem—Two departures in public
pcnlgs Presented in a Brief and
progress the Japanese are making in
It is a patch of sunlight— a tiny holding me, draw up my body to its full mcon breaks through a cloudrift, and
school work are pfbyins very successful business men and prominent farmers
Condensed Eorm.
shows me a gardener’s light isdder. In
the reduction of Port Arthur.
Japan-,
patch, no larger than the palm of my heiaht and march steadily forward.
The steps to the platform creak be a moment it Is dark again. But I have
ese here explain the great importance wherever tried end promise to become the subject of raising $6,000 aa Umatil hand. I dreamily follow the bar of glis
neath my heavy tread.
I stand high the ladder, and the darkueas is just what
Admiral Dewey has declined to be of the capture of 203-Meter hill, which, permanent featuree of the public achool la county’s portion asked by the Open tening motes upward, until my eyes are
above the heads of the people, and over I want.
come a member of the North sea com heaides giving command ot the harbor, system. They are the common school River association tor the portage road arrested by the grated window of a pris- look them. Their thousand upturned
It is tha work of a few moments to
will serve as a wide breach made oy library, supported by special taxation, was diacueaed and plane decided upon.
mission.
_-
faces are like the white waves of a place the ladder In position, to mount
In
an
lustant
I
have
sprung
from
my
the wedge the Japaneee had previously
Which la Marschu's? it, and drop to the other side. I lean
A committee was appointed to take low pallet, wbsra—God io pitiful.-—I troubled ocean.
Roosevelt is likely to visit the South
driven in between the Ets group and and the convention of achool officers.
My eager glances skim the multitude In for support against the wall, uncntiacious
have
been
sleeping
away
the
last
few
and make it a point to meet the
the Russians’ last retreat in the ravines Four counties have levied the library active charge of the work and is cou hours of my mqytal existence. I stand search of it.
of every thing«.save the overwhelming
George Per- hers on my prison floor, in full posses-
of Laotie mountain. They declare that tax, amounting to 10 cents per capita poned of the following:
It is there! Quite near me. I-could shock of pnta In my head. It is my
Governor Pardee is working for a retreat to Laotie will be effectually cut u^zvu
niMkn t
K m wssvw's
Mg*KxMtl itckmiIAtiziii
Sion of ail my faculties, feeling tha almeat kiss it by bending far forward. It head—my head! If only it fail me uot,
«■zg?
j
।«r* i ro v • vr i • ,
maizz
■«
sv
California state building qt the Lewis off, and it is not unlikely that Laotie
warm swift blood coursing in my veins.
veins, is whits. Ah! how white! but firm. The I have confidence in my legs, uncertain
found that by this means the country T. J. Kirck. extensive wheat raisers, warm,
and Clark fair.
will be simultaneously attacked in the
I fall to pacing the narrow limits, of eyes are full of tenderness; they are . though th.ey be, to carry me whither I
schools are provided wi,th books he good and County Commissioner Horace my cell with rapid strides. A burning melting with love unspeakable, but they mean to go.
White« in German Beuthwest Africa final assault.
When I am able to open my eyes I
impatience of inaction is consuming me are strong! Our hearts meet and min
as those accessible to the pupils of town Walker.
Bennett
Burleigh
wires
to
the
Daily
are reported to be in great danger of
__ a pressing desire to bo doing some gle for one brief moment, theu I tear at once recognise the locality, for I am as
Telegraph
from
Chefoo
that
in
the
last
The
committee
will
make
a
thorough
schools.
being massacred, «s
thing to bridge over the mlnutee which mine away. I have a word to say before familiar with St. Petersburg as a school
attack the Japaneee lost 400 meu in
"The tax, being one-tenth of 1 mill, canvass of the county. It will be the must elapse before the moment arrives I die. I step forwAd to the edge of the boy with the Interior of hie trousers’
All exhibitors from foreign countries one hour’s fighting., They claim to
plan to divide the county into districts
pockets. I am in the very heart of the
may now send their wares to Portland have captured Iwo more of the north- ie not felt," oaya Superintendent Aider and each member of the committee when I shall stride to the scaffold. with platform and cry:
city. This Is the Nevski Prospect, and
dauntless
mien,
to
meet
my
doom.
My
“
Brothers,
I
repent
not!
I
die
joy
man,
of
Yamhill
county,
"and
it
puts
for the 1905 fair without paying any ^astern forte and a third, which ie part
have charge of the district he may acute sense of hearing detects the clink fully for the cause of liberty.” "/ ’ ’
I stand outside the extensité grounds of
duty.
of the Weet Kekwan fort. They assert, the best books where they do the most choose. In this manner it is believed of ths trap In my door. A pair of eyes
The multitude stir and murmur like Prof. Rchleeman, one of the flrat sur
David M. Parry, president of the Mr. Burleigh adds, to have effected a good. The library law has now been the entire county can be coveted in a are looking at me out of a brown, beard a forest of trees swayed by the wind. geons we have, and second to few in the
The drums roll out in deafehiug peal. world.
Citizens’ Industrial aseociation, says lodgment at Pigeon bay, thus turning in operation two years an<l baa given few days and the desired amount raised ed face. I smile and nod affably.
“Aud so you have purchased the body
“Good morning, Vladimir Alexa^dro- Already the executioner’s hands are upon
without difficulty. A large'portion of
the "open shop" movement i^ gaining, the fort on 203-Meter hill, and that
While the the amount asked tor has already been vltch. I am glad to see you In-good me. I cast one.last look around on Ma- of->your old-pupil for dissection, little
they are now tunneling from the gorge com;lete slatisfaction.
aa ia alao hia organisation.
father!” I smile grimly. “And I am a
ruscha, and up at the sky.
spirits.” says my official.
below Laotie hill, which they hope amount that some of the small district« donated.
The Slat national convention of the first to damage and then rush.
•Something Is pulled over my eyes. I thief, for I am stealing It from you.”
“And I thank you for. your good
The get is small, yet it ia in. proportion to
W. C. T. U. ia in seaaion in Philadel dispatch continuer:
The light of a street lamp shines full
wishes, my friend." I reply. “But my am hastily placed In position beneath the
Timber for Land Hunters.
the number of pupils. 1 consider the
phia. Fi«e hundred delegatee, repre-
breakfast? I toll you. I have a fierce gallows. A momentary pause.
I feel on me. -I retire quickly out of its radia-
"Desperate fighting ie - proceeding
Granta Paas—ft Is quit* evident that hunger upon me. Remember it will be
tiqn, and pause to consider ar next
aenting every atate and territory, are daily, and the loaree are admitted Jo be law.a boon to the country boy and girl
there will be a grand rush for the ths last time I shall have the pleasure the touch ot the loose-rope on my ueck. move.
in attendance.
man-
and
I
think
it
ought
to
be
made
excessive, but the Japanese insist that
My object has hssn, since quitting ths .
woods when the final announcement is of gratifying my keen appetite, until I A stupendous shock as If a crashing blow
The New York atate court of app< ala Port Arthur must fall within 21 days." datory on the county court*.”
take my first meal of nectar and ambro- —a noise as of many rushing waters In shady retreat of my coffin, to make for
The Morning Poet's correspondent
made of the releare of the forest lands •ia, and they might chance to keep mo my ears—a feeling as if my head was the quarters of my friend Ivan Ivano
has declared unconetitutional the labor
Conventions of achool offleere
law which probibita a contractor horn at Bbanghgi telegraphs that wireless been held thia year at* Baker
of
Southern Oregon, which were with long waiting for it on the other aldo.”
bursting asunder—before my eyes a mill vitch Kolinsky, there to lie lu hiding
City,
employing hia men more than eight communication has been re-established
My
official
laugha.
“
Keep
your
mind
ion whirling planets, whilst I plunge until I should have aufficiently regained
held from entry several years ago, but
houra a day on city, county or atate between the Russian consulate at Che Dallas and McMinnville, at each of which are soon .to lie thrown open to easy, your breakfaat cornea; and look madly for a /voting. Yet I do not die! my forcea to fly the country! now, how
which there was a very full attendance
you,” lowering hia voice, “just because I seem to suffer an eternity of agony ever, I muat change my plana. Ivan
foo and the Port Arthur garrison.
work.
—;
buyers, settlers and squatters.
While I love a bravo spirit, little brother, I
before it gives place to stupefaction, nnd lodgea fully three versts from here; to
of
school
directors
and
clerks.
Ad-
the
lands
are
not
the
regular
forest
re
reach him I should have to traverse
Japanese are making progees in the
will deprive myself of some caviar I
PLANS GREAT BRITISH ARMY
dr< saea were made by Superintendent serves, they caver a large portion of have in reserve for my own relish.”
many streets and mn many risks, even
asaault on Port Arthur.
if my strength held out. I put a hand
Ackerman, by the county superintend the well-timbered sections of Josephine,
CHAPTER II.
“Thsnks, my Christian friend!” I cry,
Russia has accepted the invitation of Kitchener’s Reorganization Scheme ent and outside educational workers,
Jackson and Curry counties, Southern reaching my hand toward him through
Faintly, fearfully my spirit la flutter to my raging temples, aud pass In review
America to negotiate for an arbitration
and those present held discussions of Oregon, and paite ot Siskiyou and Del the trap. “May you never die hungry. ing tn and out of the deserted house the different members of our section. In
Greatly Enlarged.
treaty.
A great One minute. Tell me. if yon know—if from whence it has been driveu, uncer the urgency of the case I may not In
London, Dec. 1.—The war office ie in topics of genera) interest to school "offi- Norte counties, California.
dulge preference; the nearest must be my
' Russia and Britain betb want an possession of the full details of Lord cere.
“.
, portion of them ie covend with fir and you have seen him—the lad—keeps he a tain to go or stay, giving me the faintest
hint of my identity, to leave me again designation. It Is none othsr than Ma
good heart?”
__ _
„
American officer cf high rank on the Kitchener’s
Consolidation
of
schools
and
school,
.pipe,
with
considerable
sugar
pine.
ruscha! Yes, to gain hsr lodging la my
army
reorganization
My voice shakes in my eagerness, in darkness, yet returning each time only chauce, for I can gain It in twenty
North sea commission
w beme. No secret is made of the fact districts was one of the principal topics
with greater confidence, until it finally
whilst
I
rifle
my
pockets
for
my
last
discussed at these conventions and the
miuutea if I am fortunate. My love Uvea
Hammond Company’s Title Clear.
Ten American fishing craft have been that particular mention haa been paid
five-rouble note. “Take It, It.is all I stays to feebly spread itself from heart at thia end of the “Basar” over a fur
Sefaetf by Canadian officers and fined to
i points which world offer convenient members of school boards leained the
to
brain,
and
I
realise
that
I
am
I.
-have,
or
I
would
give
you
more.
How
Astoria—A deed has been filed for
I try to move, though it costs me an rier's shop.
for fishing in Canadian walers.
< centers of Russian invasion in the plan and purpose of this latest move for
ben vs he himself? He ie but nineteen!”
flo be continued.)
the improvement of he rural schools. record whereby the Seaside Spruce
effort.
My body feels as if swollen to
event
of
bostiltiies
and
tn
view
of
the
"I >aw him even now.' replica the
The trouble caused by Paraguay fir- *
an
enormous
else.
I
am
oppressed
for
Lumber
companysells
to
the
Hammond
man, aa he seizes the note. “He does
recent imbroglio the original plan was
ing upon an Argentine cruiser has been
SAVAGES USE ELEVATORS.
J striv* to »sk* elbow room.
Briggs Strikes ft Rich Again.
considerably extended.
Lumber company 2,184 87 acres of tim badly. He eats not, aud hl. ztrongth b«z
settled by the former apologizing.
Teft
moves What is this? I stretch out my stiffen-
left him.'
him.* Hs
He lies
Ilea on his
hia bed and move«
The keynote of the reorganization,
Grants Pass—DavidTlriggs and boys, ber lands in the Necanicum river dis not ’’
ed arms, and come in contact with iny Modern Devices Anticipated by Natives
r'Secretary of War Taft, in his annual which .will entail ex|endituree to the
of the Island of Timor.
coffin!
From all my pores the cold
trict. The ptice is not made public
who
were
made
rich
in
a
day
by
the
At
these
words
the
swest
starts
to
my
report, urges that the tariff rates amount of $50,000,000. is to secure
The first knife was, of course, a flint
sweat is bursting. My brain is ou fire
and
the
consideration
named
in
the
brow,
and
the
water
to
my
eyee.
fabulous
surface
wealth
of
the
Wound
charged the Philippines be reduced.
through war training a great army in
“Friend,
good
friend," I whisper as recollection rushes upon me—the gal flake, and the earliest spoon a abell,
deed 1s $1. The transfer is understood
Pap) Morton, now secretary of the t>mes of peace, and to p'ace the troops ed Buck claim, on Upper Sucker creek,
hoarsely,
“
see
him
«gsin!
Tell him that lows, my death agony, and the appalling : to which primitive man learned In the
to have been made in connection with
navy, may succeed Secretary Shaw, of not only where tbev can obtain such have located a claim on Upper Cbetco,
Vladimir Alexandrovitch Mds him be conviction that 1 have been cut down course of ages to fasten a handle of
the
settlement
of
the
claims
held
by
brave! Tell him to eat—he must eat too soon snd buried alive!
wood.
the treasury department, if the latter instructions, but where their presence •way up in th^ mountains near the
In my wild anguish I fight out madly
will be of permanent strategic value.
Curry county line, and will work the numerous persons and flftiis against the ere he go forth!”
does hot remain in the cabinet.
Buch article* as these, together with
These claims have
With this object in vie» Northern rich ledge they hays' found there. Seaside company.
“Listen. I will take your message. with both hands; but, strange, I fight ths
General Kuropatkin has an automo India has been divided by parallel They havp had samples from this claim • II been settled and the mill property Jqst because you are « brave one, and I air! There is no lid, then, to my eoffin! hammers, axes and needles, are easily
-I writhe'myself into' a sitting posture, recognized as-having còme ddwn to us
bile in which to travel from one part lines into a number of areas witu their recently assayed here, and, while they leased, so that it can resume operations like you."
to another of hia line- He wants 20 upper points converging on the fron do not give the returns the Wounded at once, aftei a shut down lasting for
“I embrace thee, my brother!” I mur •nd there dawns for me a glimmer of direct from savagery. It Is, however,
hope. Cautiously I begin to feel about more startling to Bnd that such a com
mur fervently; and he hurries away.
more injwbicb to carry ammunition.
tier, and their respective bases well Buck quartz has given, the proposition several months.
me. growing every moment more mysti paratively modern Invention a* the lift
I
am
alone
again,
and
continue
my
Were the order to mo appears very promising, and the lucky
Russian marines at Odessa engaged down in India
walk; but now my mind la troubled with fied. for my hnnd comes in contact with has been used for ages by tribes which
Trappist Colony In Linn.
in a mutiny and soldiers calleri out to bilise given seven or eight field forcea. family will move their scene of opera
a vision of the fair-faced boy stretched a wooden surface, on which the coffin we designate as savage*. The appli
quell the disturbance killed 25 and each from 15 000 to 20,000 strong, tion* from the Upper Sucker to the
Albany— A colony of Trappist Fath on his pallet, and anon I seem to see his evidently stands. Though I am In my cation of the principle -of the modern
wounded 100 others before peace was could, in a few hours, be concentrated Cbetco. The Wounded Buck is under
writhing body on the gallows. I shud eoffin. I certainly am not in my grnv<!
A ray of light shoots suddenly from vertical lift may be seen to-day among
on the borderland from east to weet.
bond to a company for a consideration ers has been founded in Jordan valley, der and amother a groan that rises to
restored.
in the not them part of ' Linn county. my lips, and tnrn to seek comfort In the behind me across the gloom, revealing the bee hunters of the island of Timor.
of $100,000.
The czar has decorated Aliexieff with
one aide of the rough deal shell In which
To get at a honeycomb seventy feet
EIRE ON TOWN.
Having been forced to leave their reflection that It will soon be over for
the order of St George, third degree.
him. “He ie sure to faint. God grant I sit, a strip of the table on which it overhead with nothing between it and
Government Gets Site.
homes' in France because of religious it!”
rests, and facing me a door. I follow
., the ground but a smooth and branch
The American Federation of Lab. r Strikers at Zeigler, Illinois, Send In
Baker City—A deed has been filed persecution, a number of these Trappist
Approaching steps In jhe corridor. My with my tortured eyeballs the beam. an& less trunk seems at first sight impos
has re-elected Samuel Gomers as pre»-
SOO Shots.
— with th* •«*»»> racoider from W. A. Fathers have come tn tha linitad a».*.., door ia unlocked, thrown open, aud here see that it is the m<*ou shining through
window. Thwafo. I«* M <|wor find a sible without ladders or ropes. It la
llnuatim to the United States tor too
Is my breaxrast ano tne cavinr. When •
Japanese diplomate cnt>nd that fir. <1 upon last night from sundown to feeTsquare off Tne corner or main street •••J «ri« of thorn locfltt««! in Jordan »4Li» the
, window, then, iu my mysterious abiding a simple matter to the Polynesian. Ho
official
entero
I
wear
a
smiling
face
Great Britain in suppljing -coal too 'aylight. It ie inti mb ted that no lees and Auburn avenue. This was the site ley, about three months ago, with the again, for I have a character to sus place! The hope leaps Instantly Into vig cuts a few yards from th< tough »tern
ultimate object in view of founding a
freely to Russia. gè
tain. No man .should have it t* say that orous being, and with it the determina- of a creeepr and form* of it a bush
ihan 500 shots were fired at the town. selected for the government building Trappist colony there.
They recently
soon
to
be
erected
in
this
city.
The
he
saw a cloud on the brow of Vlajlimlr , tiou to escape. I feel strongly about
The Rutaians at Mukden have de- Nie town was completely surrounded,
purchased considerable land, and are Alejandrovitch Lubauoff on the morning , the second life of mine, that it Is a di rope. With this he make* a loop around
deed
calls
for
$4.800
the
amount
ap-
feabd the Japanese in strati gy and a anl the firing came I tom every q natter.
preparing to make extensive improve of his execntlon. The official la watch vine gift direct from the hands of God. the trunk and hl* body. Jerking the
winter campaign now seems improba Response to this fusilade was made by pioi>riat d for the purchase of a site, ments, in anticipation of the arrival ot ing me curiously.
To have to yield it up now would be to loop a little above bls bead, heJeans
»«de . Ga'ling guns placed at various while, as a matter of fact, the property more than 60 of the same order from
ble.
die ten thousand deaths. My other life back and begin* walking up, hl* bare
“
How
long
now
before
the
play
be
point* about the mine buildings. As- brought over double that amount, the
gins, my friend?” I ask between the I risked 'ou a forlorn hope, and lost. feet pressed against the trunk. Re
The Russian supreme court tii d» 'he sis'ant Adjutant General Reece and the balance having been raised by adjacent France next spring.
There was Jostles In it. I knew the peating the operation, he gradually
bltea.
leisure of the British ship Cheltenham, Carbondale militia company arrived at property owners.
It gratifies mo to note how fie fluahee penalty, and had counted the coat. I gains the top. The whol* ascent 1*
taken early in July by the Veadivortuk Zeigler today, and General Reece will
Heavy Rains Loggers’ Boon.
red, and stares at me a space, aa if taken suffered death in Its most degrading, made without exhausting use of mus
squadron, was legal.
.......
Astoria—The severe storms recently, aback, before he atammera, “Twenty most awful form, arpj have therefore cle by utilizing the principle of fric
remain several days to investigate the
Wind Puts Crops in Danger.
paid In full. I have satisfied the law,
minutes. Excellency.”
It ie thought that still
tion.
It is stated that if Secretary Hitch situation.
Weston — “Ihe grain is in a safe with the accompanying large rainfall,
I laugh. The notion of an official therefore this life I hold la all my own.
has
had
benefits
that
many
do
not
real
more
troops
will
be
brought.
cock resigns, William Richards, com
condition yet, but if the high winds
thrusting a title on a prisoner amuses and to the last drop of blood I will
Cotton weaving has done more for
It has been a boon.for the log
Joeeph Leiter reached Zeigler today continue blowing it will diy out what ise.
missioner of the general land office,
me. After another prolonged atare he protect and defend It.
Great
Britain within the last century
Ex moisture there is in the soil, and, un gers, and logs have been floated out ol
I am in some outhouse adjoining either
will be offer d the position of secretai? with more miners from Chicago.
than any one other Industry. The In
soma
streams
that
have
been
on
their
amination
of
the
ground
this
morning
a
dissecting
room
or
the
residence
of
of the interior.
Twenty minutes! Half an hour hence
less rain comes soon, would seriously
How I shall be a lump of cold, senseless.clay. some doctor who has purchased my body dians'Of Central and South America
showed that the men who were firing interfere with the grain that is sown,’’ banks for s couple of yesrs.
There are two means have for centuries used a loom so elab
Fire in the Queens county court have powerful guns.
many
feet
of
logs
have
come
out
o!
They were sta says James Kirkpatricks v "There ie
And that mysterioua actuating essence for dissection.
houee, New York,-canoed damage esti- tioned from one-balf to three-quarters
we call soul, Whst of It? What will be of exit, a door and a window. The for orate that- ours is, comparatively
these
streams
Io
tidewater
cannot
yet
always a tendency to raise a cry of dis
come of It. forced from the tenement mer will be certainly locked. Ine win speaking, but a slight Improvement
mated at $100,U00, and for a lime <>f a mile from the town. Almost a
tress as to the future outlook of the be estimated with any definiteness, but wherein It has, for twenty4even years, dow—I turn toward It—la a casement. upon It
threatened the jail in which more than bushel of empty shells of every site
it
is
fully
20,000,000
feet,
and
it
may
crops, and, in truths we have never
ruled supreme?
Will it. too, be extin- Alaa, for my broad shoulders: It is small!
100 persona were confined.
were fonnd in the woods.
We should never have had the Pan
seen it serionsly injured yet. providence be double this amoirnt in the Lower gninhed like a torch that is atamped out However, It ie my one chance. I must
A trail of blood was found on a rail always providing at tile needful time." Columbia river district.
try it. As we are In summer when the ama hat but for the quick-fingered In
The rail and steel mills of the Illi
fet.ee, and from this it is snppoced at
ulationa. Let me rather. In these my nights are short. It must be the dead dians of the Isthmus of Panama. Even
nois Steel company, of Chicago, have
least one person was wounded. Fur-
last moments, sum up the good that has hour. I hare no time to lose. I scram to day their secret process of seasoning
Eating
Spring
Vegetables.
closed down for an indefinite period, 'her trouble is anticipateo.
Hopes to Irrigate Umatilla.
been
mine. I have tasted as much hap- ble out of the coffin. I drop my stiffen the grass blades used In weaving these
Pendleton—The "markets of I'endle
owing to a lack of badness.
Three
Pendleton—John T. Whistler, gov
pineee aa thia world can offer, and I ed legs to the floor.
hat* remains unrevealed.
Basket-
thousand n^en are thrown out of em
I reel like a drunken man—I make
ernment engineer in charge of the re ton and Walla Walla are being supplied leave It ere It begins to pall. I have
Russia Pears Crisis is At Hand.
makers
of
the
same
region
make
bas
with
all
the
vegetables
to
be
had
early
ploymen'.
•
the rare bleeaing of true friend the half circuit of the table, reach ihe«
St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. — Foreign clamation work in Oregon, with head in the spring. Because of the excep knewn
window, and seek with my shaking fin kets which will hold water without
ship.
quarters
at
Pendleton
says
that
the
Russians are finding the water prob reports of the fighting at Port Arthur
tionally goq^ weather of the fall and
“My spirit flies out to meet thee, O gers for button .or hasp, and there Is a leaking—another Invention which 1*
lem at Mukden a serious one.
are actepted here very seriously. If Umatilla proposition is not yet aband the few rains at the right time, gard my friend, and elaep thee in a farewell rush of cool night air on my brow. It quite beyond us.
the Japaneee have taken 203-Meter oned and that the outlook is not bad eners have been able to produce all of embracer’ I have—I still rejoice in the revives me somewhat, and now for it!
Felting was Invented by Polynesian
Genetai Chaffee recommends that the hill, as reported, commanding the for finding another reservoir site. The
the early vegetable«. The good weatb- beauty and perfect excellence of wom I set my teeth, and ralae myself with savages and brought by the Hawaiian
Vancouver, Wash., militaiy reservation whole harbor, it is believed that the resident! of the county have hopes of
my hands by the frace, thrusting out my
ei has been ideal for there growers, but an’s pure and entire love!
natives to a perfection we bave never
be enlarged, and estin ates the cost of situation is critical.
my Maruscha, thou art my only head and part of my shoulders. Then I
Experts on Poit interesting the government in building the farmers are somewhat worried as to
pause to gather up my forces. Some excelled. They not only made cover
ditcb*-s
for
winter
iriigation
even
if
land at $30,000.
regret.
Could
I
but
take
thee
with
me,
Arthnr topography asaert, however,
they do not secure reservoir sites. Mr. the effect Tne dry weather will hav< my dove! My better soul! For I know thing Ups my crown, maklug my heart ings for their bouses and blanket* out
The government ’05 fair board haa that it is more likely that the Japan
The ex that without me thy life henceforth will leap to my mouth. It Is only the sway of the felt, but by pounding the inner
Whistler says that they will be built if upon next season’s grain.
begun the selection of exhibits at Nt. ese have occupied some positions at the
trema
dryness
has
again
necessitated
be but a joyless groping through a val ing bough of a tree! Another violent bark of certain tree* succeeded In pro
base of the hill, and believe that ow the people can show how it will re the use of ths street sprinklers.
Louis.
effort and my shoulders stick fast!
ley where there la no aln.”
ducing soft and comfortable seam les*
claim
propel)y
the
land.
And now commences a fearful strug
I am surprised by a tear on my eheek.
The war has ent off Poland's market ing to the concentrated fire of the cov
garments of this material, such a*
ered
forta
the
Japanese
will
find
the
gle.
It
la
almost
as
bad
as
hanging
—
and dash it hartlly away. Room! It io
in Siberia and thouaands of people are
Epidemic Among the thickens.
Electric Companies Consolidated.
the sensations are certainly similar— sleeveless coat* and cloaks.
top cf the bill untenable, if taken.
idle as a result.
Albany — Several different citzen, the quarter bell sounding from the fort eyeballs starting, skull bursting, and legs
Mortar was made by the people of
La Grande—The La Grande electric
ress clock. I close my eyes, and grad
A son in-law of Marquis Ito declares
company has consolidated with the of Albany and vicinity have lost a ually a feeling of peace descends on me plunging aimlessly, until a frantic kick Tahiti when our ancestor* were shiver
Troops Rushed to Arthur.
number of chickens recently, they-baa- Now I ean pray. My hands meet and backward brings my foot unexpectedly ing in boles In the rock*. They dived
thatt he apparent delay of Oyama is for
St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. — According Cove Power company, and they have ing died suddenly from some unkro
in contact with the edge of the tlble, and Into tha sea, brought up lump* of coral,
strategic reasons.
iattrlaee.
incorporated
under
the
name
of
the
to information which baa reached the
“Spirit of perfect Good, forgive me my —I get a purchase.
The Pruseian army budget for the war office, Field Marshal Oyama’s Grand Ronde electric company.
burned them In pita, ualng wood as
The cause. One Albany citixen lost all his
I strain every sinew. Thore Is a crack
coming year is estimated at $110,000,- strength is much smaller than bersto- directors are Walter Pierce, J. A. chickens in a few hours, and a farmer •Ins- Fortify me and my comrades In ing and crunching which I Imagine to be fuel, and mixed the lime they got in
named Cary living near this city, a few our last agony. Let the evil we have
000, an increase of $ 11,250,000.
fote believed, tending to confirm the Thomson. T. H. and Clarence Craw weeks ago lost 90 chickens in a short done perish with our bodies, and the good my shoulder blade, and I am precipitated this fashion with sharp aand and wa
The coneoIida-
forward, carrying the window frame, ter. With th!« mixture the Ingenious
Commissionet Richarde, af the Gen theory that a large force has been with ford and T. R. Berry.
time. The fact that only a few flocks return to dwell eternally with Thee!”
eral land office, ie coming to Portlar d drawn to assist in stoiming Port Ar tion wss effected be ause the LaGram'e
I hear the trump of soldiery approach with a craah to the ground, where I lie, savage plastered the wall* and floor
belonging to citisens living far apart
cut. brulaod and panting.
to testify in tKe land fraud ease.
of bl* house, and a better mortar could
thur. This information ie to the effect plant needed more power. The power have died, and that where any died ing. and raise my head.
There Is no sound save the wind tus not be obtained.
from
Cove
will
have
a
fall
of
890
feet
“
Maruscha,
thou
shalt
not
blush
for
Charles J. Bonaparte, a leading law that not much more than 150,000 men and will require 3,700 feet of pipe to almost all the flock died, leads to the ms'” I whisper, and I feel that it is a sling with the trees and bushes that en
Another purely savage Invention,
yer of Maryland, is mentioned aa a pos are now confronting General Kuropat co;.vey it to the power station.
The supposition that death was caused by radlaut face I show them as they enter. close me. No! what 1s that? It Ie the which Is perhaps the most familiar ob
sible selection for a place in Rooeevelt’e kin. but that the Japanese lines ate force will create 800 horse power.
poisoned wheat.
I advance to meet my executioner, place faint muaic of trickling water! My very
my arms In position and silently submit soul longs for it! My swollen and parch ject of modern life, la the tobacco pipe
new cabinet as secretary of the interior. heavily fortified in order to check any
to be pinioned. Not a word is spoken, ed tongue makes a futile effort to lick my —not only the common clay which the
y^The location of the Vladivostok har aggressive movement which Kuropatkin
Hnty
Pew
Sales
of
Cattle.
Great Stacks of Cordwoo4.
might undertake. ——
•nd In a minute we are ready, and pasa- lips.
North American Indians molded cen
bor defense mines is uncertain and ae
Susanville
—
The
sale
of
beef
csttle
La Giande—At Kamel*. 25 miles
Ing In fl Ie along the corridor to join the
At length, putting out my shaking turies ago out of the red aandatone of
a result a torpedo boot has been sunk
has
been
light
in
this
vicinity
this
others in tbo hall of the prison.
west of ber*. there are 3,000 cords of
hand, I feel the ground moist Another Colorado, but the wooden pipe, the
Coast Shipping Considered.
and a German steamer badly damaged.
season. A Portland buyer picked 107
I cast a awift glance from face to face movement and yet another, and I come
Washingtn, Dec. 1. — The Merchant wood staefra up ih the yards awaiting bead from a round up of several hun
prototype of the everyday briar.—Lon
of my fellow martyrs, which Is answer
The need of officeis for (the navy is
Marine commission today made further ■bipment to different wood dealer* in dred, paying from $2.10 to $2.50 per ed by a flash of recognition and greeting In contact with a cool Iron tauk! Btiil don Answer*.
very pressing.
one
deeperate
effort,
and
1
have
dragged
At Meacham,
progress toward completion of its report town* weet of there.
from all eave one. and that is poor Vasil.
Robbers blew up th« iaf« of a la to congress. Nome attention was given near by, almoat ae much more i* piled hundredwe ght, the former figure being Ho la a sorry spectacle; hie blue eyee roll myself up by Its edge. My fingers are in
Largest Foot In Germany.
water, my lipa touch it!
Plata, Md., bank and secured $3,000 to the difficult problems presented by up. Wood is now ru ling on board the for cows, hew cattle will be wintered vaguely, without speculation; bis ashen
There la a New York barber who
I take—ah, what a drought; and eink
here, no more^hau to supply the local
car*
in
the
mountains
at
from
$2.50
to
««h-
A gendarme la sap-“ to the ground agein, whilst tears I can wears a number 12 shoe. He was a
the conditions on tbo Pacific coast.
Some are being dnven to porting him.
$3 ¿5 par cord, and it is aaid there ia market.
not check rush to my eyee—a perfect sergeant in the German army, notad
Anarchy prevatilC in Macedonia and The commission regards American ship- scarcely a eord left in the timber. Prairie City, but the greater number
We are side by side. "Vasil.'" I whis torrent of unspeakable relief. I sersm-
l ing relatively stronger on the Pacific
Christians ar slain daily.
will
be
taken
te
various
place*
down
per. He starts as If from some awful bls to my feet That drink haa won for hie stability. He has a brother In
than on the Atlantic coast at the present When car* ate available, big shipments the river. .
-y-
dream. Our eyes meet.
He gives a derfully revived mo. Aud a moment I the old country whoee foot Is so big
Cuban health
officers challenge time, yet the American ships, Hi* will be made by the deeler*.
groat gasp, gets his lips tightly, and pulls pause to lave my temples In the water that no ready-made ahoe oan bo found
American marine corps to prove that stated, pre being severely pressed by
himself together, and I am suddenly before starting ou my hazardous ven to fit him. When he needs a new pair
Power Plant Almost Ready.
yellow fever has appeared in that foreign compétition.
'! Oregon Supreme Court Reports.
wheeled round and placed in the front.
country.
Milton
—
The
flume
for
the
Milton
Salem—Volume 44 of the Oiegon su
To got out from amongst the trees sad
preme rourt reports is out of the bind city power plant has been completed ths court, out of the gates into the great ascertain my whereabouts must be my hia footgear at borne. Hia foot is the
By the explosion of a boiler in the
and
workmen
are
finishing
the
power
open
space,
where
straight
In
front
risos
Washington,
Dec.
1.
—
Senator
Bur
ery and the books have been delivered
first step; so I commence to feel my way
suburbs of Vicksburg, Mies., two med
houee. The plant will be completed the long platform, and oo It ths gallows! along the wall until I turn the corner largest in all Germany, about No. 17 In
were killed and a number injured, two rows chairman of the committee on at the offi e of Secretary ot Riate Dun about December 15.
Sudden
aa
a
flash,
a
shock
of
horror
privileges and elections, has issued bar for distribution to the judge* and
serionaly.
;
Mizes ms. Only now, with my terrible
subpoenas for 20 witnesses in the Smoot district attorneys and to be placed oo
doom before my seeing eyee. do I fully
The vessels of ths Baltic fleet have Inveeiigaton and fixed Monday, Decem »ale to those who wish to buy. The
Northwest Wheat Markets.
discern tbo outllnea of things Mar me,
arrived at Port Baid.
Every precau ber 12, as the date for their appearance state salla the nport* at coat, $3.50,
Portland—Walla Walla, 83c; blue- Merciful God., stand by ma! But as
kill a little Ums.
tion haa been taken to insnrs a safe before tbo committee. Nearly all these
Mem, 88c; Talley, 87M«.
sudden my soul erlös to my shrinking
passage through the canal. .
moat incios* 17 cento for pontage.
Tacoma—Bluestem, 86c; club, 88c
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