THE UTTI» HEH1LO
TO AMEND CONSTITUTION.
Ex-Senator Turner, of Washington,
Would Call Convention.'
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
I hafi heard tha night baforo. "It's ny
' belief, sir,'that he wk« trying to swim
ths bay,’’ h« aald. "Ha must ha’ gun»
to th« bottom anyhow, for ba Couldu't
awlm five yarda with them Iron»."
Vlckaro, bually engaged In getting un
der way. accepted thia vary natural »up-
wlthout queatlou. The priaouer
Taj mat
death either by hla own act
{ or by accident. It waa either a aulcid«
or attempt to eacapa, and the former
conduct of Rufu« Dawe« rauderod the
latter explanation a more probable one.
In any caaa, he waa dead. Aa Mrc^Pyoka
rightly aurmlaed, no man could awlm th«
bay in Irona; and wben tbe Lady-bird,
an hour later, puuaed the Grummet
Rock, all on board her believed that tha
corpae of Ita lata occupant waa lying
beneath tha wavea that aaatbed at Ita
baaa.
Tha drifting log that had ao atrangaly
Barred aa a meana of earing Rufua
Daw«« ewam with tbe current thet wae
running out of the bay. For come time
tha burden that It boro wee an Inaen-
elbla ona. Exhausted with hie deeper-
ate etruggl* for life, the conrlct lay
along the rough berk of thia hearau-
e«ut reft without motion, elmoat without
breath. At length a rolent ehock ewoke
him to coneclouaueaa. end ho percalred'
thet tha log had become atrandad on a
handy point, tha extremity of which wee
loot In derkneee. Painfully raising hlm-
eelf from hla uncomfortable poet uro. ha
•taggered to hl» feet, and, crawling a
few pacea up the beeeh, flung hlmaelf
upon the ground and elept.
When he woke up It wae pact mid
day, and the cun poured Ito full rays
upon him. Hie clothe* were dry In all
places, ««re the «Ide on which he had
been lying, and he rose to hie feet r«-
freehed by hie long deep. He eearcaly
comprehended, go yet. hie true position.
He hod escaped. It waa true, but not
fot long. Ho woo rereed In the hletory
of escapee, end' knew that a man alona
on that barren coeet wae feco to foco
with etorretlon or recapture. Glancing
up at the cun. he wondered. Indeed, how
It wae that ho ha<L^een free co long.
«
Then the co.) sheds caught hie aye, and
ha understood that they ware untenent-
ad. Thia aetonlehed him, and ha began J—
to tremble With vague epprabendon. En-
taring, he looked eround, expecting -ev
ery moment to »ee eome lurking coneta
bla or armed eoldler. Suddenly hla
glance fell upon tha loaveg. which lay
in the corner where the deporting con-
vlcte had flung them the night before.
At ouch a moment, thio discovery event
ed like a direct revelation from heaven.
He would not here been eurprleed bed
*
they dlseppenred. Had he lived In an
other »ge. ho would have looked round
for the angd who had brought them.
(To be continued.)
Spokane, April 17.—A convention to
OREGON
DAYTON.
amend the constitution of the United
ENLISTS AID OF PRESIDENT.
States, «o that many of th^reform« and
TO SECURE SfTTLERB
laws demanded by ; Ike people may be
carried out, is advocated by Judge Southern Oregon Towns Unite for Fulton Persuade* Him That Umatilla
Sheepmen Are Right.
CHAPTER XII.
I weut down th« bay, and returned, after
Common Welfare.
George Turner, ex-United State« sen-
"The pld dodge," said Frere again.
n day’» abaeuee, with an addition to their
Washington
— President Roosevelt has
Medford—Rogue river valley, fair as
"Of course, I couldn't let him so; but I number in the »hap« of four «trang«r«
a garden and bounding with manifold assured Senator Fulton that he would I took him out of the chain gang, and I and a quantity of »toros and fanning
overrule Secretary Hitchcock and see
Rufu« Daw««, catching
tbe calling of such a convention io product« ot the soil, surrounded by high that Umatilla county sheepmen holding put him.on the Oeprey. You saw her I implement«.
hill« rieb in mineral wealth, and lying
In the dock ■■ you came In. He worker!. I eight of these Isat, came to the conclu-
made in-article 5 of tbe conatitution, on the main line of railroad communi- permits to grass in the Wenaha foreet
for some time very well, and then tried alon that the boata had been to Philip
A Resume of th. L... Important b«t Llth
h naw in tbe
ol thli
eation with the outside world, has wit reserve are accorded t’te privilege of to bolt again.”
a -
laland, where the "garden" waa e«t«b-
N.t Les. Interesting Events
.. .
“The old trick. Ha; ha! don’t I know livhed, and had taken off tha garden era
nessed a demonstration of enthusiasm driving sheep across the Umatilla In
•f the Past Waek.
country bw t been applied.
dian reservation is going to and return- It?" says Mr. Frere;
and garden produca. Rufus Dawe« de
_____
I “I am in favor of .¡aving a conven- nevsr before equaled by its citixena.
ing from their summer range.
Mr.
"Well, ws eaught hlm and gave him cided that tha Lady-bird had brought a
Pursuant
to
a
meeting
recently
held
at
| tion to amend tbe constitution called,”
fifty.
Then
ba
was
■ent
to
the
chain
new commandment—hla eight, trained
Grants Pass, at v hicb 60 ware present Fulton took the matter up with Indian
Voliva proposes to Dowie to arbitrate M|d Judge Turner tonight. “Experi- from Medford, a representative gather Commissioner Leupp and found that be gang, cutting timber. Then we put him by hia half-eavage Ilf«, had alroady die-
their trouble«.
enee has demonstrated that there are ing of men from Ashland, Grants Pass, was willing to accept the propoeition, Into ths boats, but he quarreled with tingulahed Mr. Ma uric« Frer«—and that
the coxswain, and then we took hkn these myaterlea war« “improvements"
Russia says tbe Jews are in no im- omissions and corrections which it Gold Hill, Central Point and Jackson provided Indian property can be prop back to the timber rafts. About six
under tha new rule. When hs arrived
erly
protected.
The
senator
assured
ville
convened
upon
invitation
oT
‘
the
mediate danger of massacre.
woold
wige
regulate.
weeks ago h«' made another attempt—
Medford Commercial club last week to him that sheep could cross the reserva together with Gabbett, the man- who' at this point of reasoning, another con-
jecturo, asauming hia first to have been
King Alfonso has gone to England to
><in article 5 of tbe United States discuss means and adopt plans for or tion without damaging Indian property.
nearly killed you—but hie leg • was
arrange the program for hie wedding.
conatitution it is provided that ‘con- ganisation to secure more settlers and
The president will confer with Mr. chafed with the Irons, and we took him. correct, followed as a natural conse
quence. Lieutenant Frere would l>e a
In a riot among coal miners near gress, whenever two-thirds of both increased advantage in all lines for tbe Hitchcock in the immediate futpre and Gabbett and three more, however, got I more severe commandment than Major
.
Johnstown, Pa., four men were killed honaertha|i dealn ¡t necessary, shall Rogue river valley and for Southern see that some regulation is provided away.”
\ ickera. Now, severity had alroady
that will be acceptable to the stockmen.
Just then some one came up the gar 'reached Ita height, so far aa he waa
and many injured.
I propuaa amendments to this conetitu- Oregon as a »ectoin.
Tbe organisation will unite all towns He declared that their request to croee den path and aaluted.
concerned; ao th« unhappy man took a
Herroann’s trial at Washington for u
or on tbg appiication of the legis-
“What is it, Troke?"
of the valley and will compriee^H com the reservation was entirely, reasonable
final reaolutfon—h« would kill hlmaelf.
destroying government letter pre«
two third, of tbe several
“Prisoner given himself up. sir. Gab
mercial bodies in the cities named. and should be allowed.
Ignorant that th« eights and sound«
books has been postponed until April
’
He came back to-night. He's about him were ayinptoma of the final
The recent trouble at the reservation bett.
25,
I states, shall chll a convention for pro- Delegations were met at the depot by
down
at
the
sheds.
You
can
see
him
at
is believed to grow out of the fact that
abandonment of the »ettlement. and that
Admiral Goodrich, with his flagship
amendment, which in either tbe Medford Commercial club with a
the Ladybird waa «ent down to bring
band, and tbe visitors likewise brought Agent Edwards favors giving this right once, gentlemen, if you like."
It was not far to the sheds, and after sway the Prisoners, Rufus Dawe« de
Chicago, the cruiser Marblehead and case .hall be valid to all intents and musicians, whose efforts added to the to sheepmen.
/
a few minutes’ walk through the wood cided upon getting rid of that burden
the revenue cutter Perry will reach purposes, as part of thia constitution, enthusiasm. Dinner was served for 400
en palisades they reached a long »tone of life which pressed upon him so heav
Examine« Booth-Kelly Bill.
Portland May 5 for a short stay.
wben ratified by tbe legislatures in by J. F. Reddy, of the Nash hotel.
building, two etorie« high, from which
The New York legislature b.s prosed throe-fourths of the several .totes, or
Salem—Governor Chamberlain has Issed a horrible growling pierced with ily. For six years ba had hewed wood
William Colvig presided at the meet
another insurant regulation law, hy convention io three-fourth, thereof, ing at tbe Davis opera house. W. I. received a copy of Senator Fulton’s shrilly screamed songs. At the sound
hoped sgslnst hope; for six years he
known as the “antl-perjury bill.” « b«
°,r the otb"
of
Vawter delivered the address of wel Booth-Kelly bill in response to a wired of the musket butts clashing on the pine had lived In the valley of the shadow of
The “big bill” only remains to be acted c«tion “»7 ,’e P'O!*«*! b/ congress.
come, followed by the oest speakers request. It authorises the secretary qf wood flagging, the noise» ceased, and a death. He dared not recapitulate to
upon.
l
I ‘‘I believe that there is an urgent from towns represented. The tone ot the interior to exchange certain lands silence more sinister than sound fell on himself what he had suffered. Indeed,
....
.
■ need for such a convention. In my the addresses indicate that the entire in the Klamath Indian reservation, the place.
his senses were deadened and dulled by
Governor Foik of Missouri, will see
inion H |g the
j
b which the valley will be united ial working for ownership of which baa been vested in
Passing between two rows of warders. I torture. He cared to remember only one
that the Springfield lynchers «re ar-
amendment can be passed to tbe advancement of everjrbnterprise of the California A Oregon Wagon Road the two officers reached a sort of ante- thing—that he was ■ prisoner for life.
rested and has two companies of militia ,
gutM len,tor( by popular common interest to thia section of the company by the United States Supreme roorn to the jail, containing a pine-log I In vain had been his first dream of free-
stretcher, -on which a mass of some- I dom. H« had don« hl« b««t, by good
on guard, tour of the leaders have vo^
state*_ .-------------------------------*__ court, By its term« tbe company can thing
was lying. On a roughly made I
been capteurd.
——
. .
i
.
■elect not exceeding 87,000 acres in stool, by the side of this stretcher sat I conduct, to win roles««; but th« villainy
“íhere la an amendment needed to
of Vetch and Rex had deprived him of
Water
Rights
on
Walla
Walla
River.
townships
31
and
32,
in
one
or
more
Fred O. Murray, newly appointed the cdhstitution to enable an incorfae
a man In the gray drees of "good con the fruit of hl« labor. Inatead of gain
tracts,
in
lieu
of
an
equal
number
of
Salem—State Engineer J.-H. Lewie
revenue collector at BuQqlo, N. Y., has Ux )aw. ihj, measure has been passed
duct" prisoners. This man held be- I ing credit by hla exposure of th« plot on.
Ths bill also tween his knees a basin containing gruel I boerd th« Mslsbsr,. h«
been indicted for grafting. Tbe alleged by congreee, but declared unconstitu- has addressed a circular letter to attor acres of road lands.
himself.
stealing was from Erie county, of which tional by tbe Supreme court.
Such a neys interested in the suit involving grants waterpower rights and millsites and was apparently endeavoring to feed deem«d guilty and condemned, In spite of
mass
on
the
pine
logs.
tlie
and
right
to
construct
railroad
irrigation
and
power
rights
in
tbe
he is ex-treasurer.
I convention would make possible a uni-
hi« aaaervatlon« of Innocence. The
“Gabbett!"
i knowledge of hl« “treachery,” while it
The letter sug through the reaervation. The gover
Prosecution of the steel trust has be- form divorce law and also the Federal Walla Walla river.
Th«
Intelligent
Trok».
conalderabl.r
gun in Ohio.
control of life insurance matters, as ad- gest« a series of questions to^itiggnta nor will authorise the state land agent alive to the wiehea of hi» superior offi gained for him no credit with the an-
thoritle«, procured for him the detesta
vocated by President Roosevelt.; The which, when properly tabulated, will to investigate and report.
cers, dragged the nun into a sitting tion and III will of the monster« among
Attorney General Hadley, of Mil^ convention could go over the ^entire show the facta in each case without a
posture, and awoke IC-
whom he found himself. On hie arrival
souri, is quite sick. /
constitution.”
great mass of “ conflicting testimony.
Look for Early "Berries.
Gabbett—for It waa he—paseed.. one at Hell’a Gatee Ke waa a marked man. a
Tbe
suit
pending
in
the
Cirenit
court
of
Milton—From present indications i great hand over hie face, and, leaning
Four persons were killed in a panic
Umatilla county was originally started the strawberry crop in this vicinity exactly In the position lu which Troke pariah among those being« who were
in a Chicago church.
pariah« to all the world beeld«e.
TERRIBLE SCENES AT KAGI.
to determine the rights of a lew Claim will be from two to three weeks earlier - had placed him, scowled, bewildered, at
In the meantime, the eettlem«nt wa«
Another terrible earthquake in For
ants, but when the court came to con than usual and, unless the unexpected [ hl» vialtor».
A JOURNEYMAN BARBER.
In a fever of excitement. In leee than
mosa has killed thousand«.
Building« Left by Former'Earthquake sider tbe priority of various claims, develops, will be the largest on record.
“Well, GKbbett," »»ye Vieker», “you've three weeks from the announcement
other water users’ rights were involved. Fred Beller,-a prominent fruit rancher, come back again, you. »ee. When will made by Vickers, sll had boon got ready.
Are Now in Ruina.
A Springfield, Mo., mob burned
three negroee and wrecked the jail.
says that his strawberries were already , you learn aense, eh? Where are your I The commandant had finally arranged
Tokio, April 17.—One hundred and
There'« nt least one barber In Wash
mate»?”
with Frere as to bls course of action.
The Dalles to Advertise.
commencing
to bloom and he expected
Mark Twain has announced his in- nine persons are known to have been
“Dead,” aaya Gabbett.
Ington who doesn't have to keep bls
He
himself
would
accompany
the
Lady
The Dalle« — The Dalles Business to have fruit on the market in less than
“Why don't you eat your gruel?”
tention of leaving the lecture platform. killed and 2» injured in the earthquake
bird with the main body. Hie wife and ears turned to the word "next,'.’ aaya
Men’s association has opened quarters a month. Fancy prices will be de
"I have eaten It. Ain't yer goj nuf-
Russia has sent to the interested na- in tbe southern part of the island o “in the Vigt block, with J. 8. McDonald manded for the early fruit, which will fln' better nor that to flog a man on? daughter were to remain until the sail the New York Post.
Ing of the Osprey, which Mr. Frere was
Thia barber doesn’t work tn a shop,
tions a proposed program ot subjects for Formosa last Saturday, but farther de- aa secretary and manager.
Mr. Mc probably be, placed on tbe market two * -Ugh! yer a mean lot! Wot’s It to be to bring up as soon as possible. “I will
nor has he any establishment of his
The Hague conference,_____
R
MpecUd)
gwell tbe dMth Donald is recently from Detrpit, Mich., weeks before the famous Hood River thia time, major? Fifty?”
leave you a corporal's guard, and ten
.“A nlc« specimen!" aald Vlck*rot wtth prisoners as a crew," Vickers said. “You awn. Hsi a peripatetic barber, ami
He is fruit ha« matured.
Sailors on Portugese warships hsve ro]]( al the shock was more severe than and is a promoter of ability.
a
hop«l««a
atnlle.
"What
can
one
do
preparing a line of'advertising, de*
can work her easily with that number.” be averages something like >8 or SJO
mutinied and temporarily have the
. ,,
with auch a faljow?”
upper hand. Dislike oF theirjuperior111“-0' M,rob 17’
scriptive of tbe resources and possibil
Tuttle Road Law Constitutional.
To which Frere had replied that he eould for four hours' work a day. wears dis-
"I’d flog hie eoul out of hit body,"
officers is the cause. '
~
Tblutown of Kagi was again the prin- ities of Tbe Defies arid vicinity, to be
Salem—Assistant Attorney General eald Frere, ”Jf bo epok« to me like do with five prisoners If necessary, for he monds, and Is a perpetual mystery and
knsw how to get doubts work out of the a source of puxxled envy to tbe barbers
circulated
in
the
East
In
localities
Van Winkle has rendered an opinion that”
Hearst baa begun proceedings in tbe
,ufferer’ th* boUBM which
lasy dogs.
with Whop),he formerly worked In ho
where people are looking to tbe West that the Tuttle road law is constitu
Ne, York Supreme court to teat the d«M»«ction in tbe former disturbances
The giant raised bls great head and
for homes and for investments.
The tional. Regarding assessment of prop
Near Philip’s Island, on the north side tel barber «hope.
looked at the speaker, but did not rec
validity of the election of McClellan as being now in ruins.
Doko and several association is enthusiastic in the belief
He Is literally a journeyman barber.
erty within one mile of the terminus of ognize him. He saw ouly'a strange of ths harbor. Is situated Coal Head,
moyatr of New York city.
other towns and villages were also affect- that much good will result.
where a party had t>een lately at work.
a road constructed under this law tbe face—a visitor, perhapf.
“You may This party, hastily withdrawn by Vick He carries the tools of bls trsde around
The American Smelting A Refining ed by landslides, which have complete
opinion «aye it meats both ends of the flog, and welcome, -master," said he. ers to assist in the business of devasta with him, suspended In a case from
company will soon adopt an eight-hour ly changed tbe topography, of th« coun-
Work it Progressing.
road, the starting point and the finish. "if you’ll give me a fig o’ ttbbacky." tion, had left behind it some tools and the handle bars of a bicycle, and b«
day for its five Colorado plantet. This try. The official« are working fBVSnsh- r Salem — The state land board con Property owners within a proposed Frere laughed. Th« brutal Indifference timber, and at the eleventh hour a boat's might enslly be taken, to see him mi
ly to relieve the thousand« of persons ferred with H. D. Turney, president, road district of residents of the county of the rejoinder eulted hia humor, and. crew was sent to bring away the debris. hla rounds, for s rising young sur
will affect about 2,500 men.
left homeless by tbe earthquake. Ter Jesse Stearns, attorney, and C. M. may join in a petition for a road to be with a glaneo at Vickero, he took a The tools were duly collected, and the geon.
Dowie and Voliva are negotiating for
rible scenes are reported around Kagi Redfield, representing tbe Deschutes built under tbe Tuttle law, or may pro email piece of cavendiah from the pock pine logs—worth twenty-five shillings
He shaves tneq In their rnonis.^men
a compromise.
and Doko.
-*
Irrigation A Power company.
They test. Tbe right to assess property is et of bio pea jacket, and gave to the splece In Hobart Town—duly rafted and who are not quite able to have valets,
recaptured
convict.
Gabbett
snatched
A great bank is being propoeed to
chained. The timber was secured, and*
Later reports received from Formosa asked tbe board and the state engineer clearly defined. *
It as a cur euatebee at a bone, and the convicts, towing It after them, pulled but who a;« willing to dig up a half
help Wall street men.
confirm tbe earlier rumors of the’ com to certify 53,000 acres of tbe 76,«00 rn
throat it whole into hlo mouth..
for the ship just as the sun sunk. In dollar every day for the sake of mak
Two Convicts Pardoned.
- Roosevelt is being boomed for re plete destruction of Kagi, where seven the Deechutea Irrigation A Power com
"How many mates hail he?" asked the general relaxation of discipline and Ing their Initial appearance about noon,
persons were killed and 35 injured. At pany’s system, a« ready for patent.
Salem—Governor Chamberlain has Maurice, watching the champing jaws haste the raft had not been made with «haven, shorn, done up, and groomed-
election despite his refusal.
Daigo 400 buildings were destroyed and Mr. Turnej explained that it would be issued pardons to John Zavier, «en as one looko at a strange animal, and as much care as usual, and the strong looklng.
Platt says he will not be a candidate
at Ajensui 1,191 buildings collapsed at least a year before patents would it* fenced in 1902, for eight years, trona aaklng the question as though a “mate” current against which the boat was la
A considerable number of bls cus
for re-election to the senate.
and 749 were damaged and three per sue, and in that time the company Josephine county, for rape, and to A. was something a convict waa born with boring assisted the negligence of the con tomer« are armyv*.ud navy officers liv
e>uld comply with requirement« of the W. Hussey, sent from Douglas county —like a mole, for instance.
Correspondents on the isthmus say sons were killed and 15 injured.
victs. The logs began to loosen, and ing at clubs, but he ha« also a clientele
"Three, air.”
Colon could be made a model city.
*
though ths onward motion of tbe boat
for two years for burglary in January,
These later advices say that this board and engineer.
“Three, eh? Woll, give him thirty kept the chain taut, when tbe rowers of luxurious civilians. He starts out
1905. Zavier was pardoned 'because of
Tbe government will spend »1,400,- shock was more powerful than that of
laahes, Vickero.”
slackened their exertions the mass part on his rounds at 8 o’clock In the morn
Overhauling
Beet
Sugar
Factory.
excellent
prison
record
and
doubt
of
been
March 17, but aa the people had
000 on the Jameetown exposition.
‘And If I ha' had three more,” growl ed, and Mr. Troke, hooking himself on ing, and by 10 o'clock he has shaven
La
Grande
—
The
work
of
overhauling
guilt,
complaining
witness
having
ad
warned they were able to eecape.
ed Gabbett, mumbling at bis tobacco, to the side of the Lady-bird, saw a huge about ten men as they recline In tbeir
The eruption of Vesuvius has almost
the machinery at the sugar factory ha« mitted that the prisoner was not guilty.
"you wouldn’t ha' had the chance.”
log slip out from Its follows, and dis- coxy I “da. When he finds his earlier
entirely subsided, leaving a barren
begun and is being rapidly completed. Hussey’s pardon was recommended by
Ao ho oat there gloomily chewing, be appear Into th« darkoma. Gaalng after customers asleep—some of them are
Portrait of Franklin.
land.
Half a dosen mechanics are employed. the judge and district attorney.
wae a Bpectaclo to ahudder at. Not so It with an Indignant and dlagusted atare.
New York, April 17.—The portrait
much on account of hie natural hideous I as though It had been « refractory prl«- prominent government officials, who
Governor Higgins, of New York, has of Benjamin Franklin, from Dorchester In a abort time tbe factory will be com
neso, Increased a thousandfold by the I oner who merited two-daye’ "solitary," report at their offices at about HI
Quarter*Blood Indiana May Vote.
signed two more laws regulating insur bouse, London, tbe residence of Ambas pletely renovated and overhauled in all
the morning—he doe« not
departments. Mr. Taylor, the new fac
ance business.
Salem—Attorney General Crawford, tattered and filthy rags which barely he thought ho heard a ery from the di o'clock In
sador Reid, which has been restor tory superintendent, is expected to ar
covered him. Not so much on account rection In which It bad been borne. He wake them up, but goes ahead and
in
an
opinion
rendered
upon
request
of
Tbe meeting of the second Hague ed to the United States by Earl Grey, rive from Logan, Utah, within a few
of hie unshaven jawe, hie hare-lip. hla would have paused to listen, but all his lather« and «have« them, and he says
conference will be held eome time after arrived today on tbe American liner St. day«. The demand for eeed is much M. F. Parker, of the Klamath Indian torn and bleeding feet, hlo haggard attention wae needed to eave the timber, that plenty of hl« customers don't
agency,
holds
that
Indiana
ot
one-
Paul, in a tin case addressed to Presi greater than in any previous season, as
September 20.
cheeks, and hie huge, wasted frame. and to prevent ths boat from being
quarter blood may vote in thia state. Not only hecauoe, looking at the animal, swamped by the struggling mass at bar wake up at all while they're being
The Pennsylvania’s offices report dent Roorevelt. In view of the ap- tbe acreage is very much larger than
shaved. He saya that In the course of
in—
।
ii
proftebing. bteewteMry Franklin eelebr«b- TVW UBfUlB.--------- - ------------------ ---------- -- Such Indians are to be recognixed as ■a he crouched, with ono foot curled I atass, । ■
tMl IB target pradli'ee with 6-incb gun«'
white
peopled
He
«ays
a
hairbreed
is
round the other, and ono hairy arm I Ths cry bed proceeded from Rufus a couple of weeks' practice any man
tion soon to be held in Philadelphia,
17 bite were »cored in 90 seconds.
to be considered a white man ii his pendent between hlo knees, ho wae so Dawes. From his solitary rock ho had may easily learn how to remain In the
Earl Grey, who, with Countess Grey,
Opinion Under Carey Act.
Future Governor Smith, of the Phil was recently entertained in this coun
mother was a white woman, or an In horribly unhuman, that ono ehudderod to watched the boat paao him and mako land of Nod while being shaved.
Salem-r-CommiMioner Richard«, of
think that tender women and fair chil for the Lady-bird In-channel, and he had
When he finishes with hla earlier
ippines, is home for a rest.
He says try, thought it fitting that the picture
dian if bis mother was a squaw.
the
General
fjind
office,
««vs,
in
reply
dren muot, of neceoalty, confess to* fel- I decided that the momont when the gath patrons he glides around among hl«
low«r tariff rates with tbe islands is should be restored at this time.
to a query from Chief Cletk Brown of
Jowshlp of kind with sueh a monster. ering gloom awallowed her up should be customers who dawdle' In their rooms
imperative.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
the State fjind board, that it i« proper
But also because, In his slavering mouth, I the moment wheu ho would plunge Into in dressing gowns until about noon?
Tbe Northern Pacific announces "that
Captured Bandita Slain In Jail.
to reclaim desert land under the Carey
bls slowly grinding jawe. hla restlee* I the surge below him.' The heavily la-
690
Wheat—Club, 69c; bluestem,
a third passenger train eervice Will beT Tiflis, Apri| 17.-1« an encounter in act by pumping water, provided the
fingers, and hla bloodshot, wandering I boring boat grow dimmer and dimmer, He has a regular hour for each patron
70c;
red,
66c;
valley,
68c.
added May gO between St. Paul and tha outskirts of Tiflis today between
eyes, there lurked a hint of eome terror as each tug of the oars took her further and always sticks to fschedule time,
cost was not too great to admit of perm
Ost« — No. 1 white feed, »27.50; more awful than the terror of starvation I from- him. Presently, only the figure of keeping none wafting. He geta bait
Pacific coast points.
band of jartar brigands who have anence. Secretary Hitchcock concur«
—a memory of a tragedy played out in Mr. "Troke In the atom sheets was vis a dollar for a shave and »1 for a hair
Prospects of the Columbia jetty bill been committing depredationa almoet in the opinion. This question arose gray, »27 per ton.
Barley — Feed, »23 50(324 per ton; the gloomy depths of that forest which ible; than that also disappeared, and as cut Those of hla patrons who want
are improving.
within the city, and a equad ron of dra- from the proposition of W. E. Burke to
had vomited him forth again—and the the nose of the timber raft roeo on tbs hair-cuts notify him a couple of days
irrigate- land in Harney county from brewing, »24Q24.50; rolled, »24.50(3
France is satisfied with the success of K0™1’ tbe
kill,ed?W° ,nd
shadow of thio unknown, horror, ding swell of tbe next wave, Rufue Dawes In advance, so that he can arrange bls
25.50.
th. Moroccan conference.
‘•’J* wonnd?d ,our4° ,be Tartars, the wells.
Hay — Eastern Oregon timothy, ing to him, repelled, as though he bore flung himself into the sea.
others escaping. A squadron of Cos-
Ho was heavily Ironed, and ho sunk schedule. By 1 o'clock In the after
cho’ce, »15(316 per ton; valley tim about with him the reek of the sham
Germany is urging Turkey to resist ««eke which surprised another band in
Brings Settlers to Medford.
bles.
like
a otone. He had reoolved not to noon this businesslike raxor-wleld«r
the demands ot Great Britain.
the village of Jevanshis, captured four
Medford — Edward Andrews, who othy, »12; clover, »7.50(R8; cheat,
“dbme," said Vickera, "let us go back. attempt to awlm, and for the first mo has done all hla day's work, and then
Anthracite coal operators have re-
J®»**®™-
J’001' Coeeacks were went to the Dakotas recently te secure »6^7; grain bay, »7@8; alfalfa, »12. I shall have to flog him again, I sup ment kept his srms raised above hie you'll see him, a picture of grooming...
Fruita — Apple«, »2(32.75 per box; pose. Oh. this place! No wonder they head In orfor to «Ink the quicker. But and a sort of glass of himself, stroll*-
jected the term of the miners.
kill®d in this encounter, and after the settlers for the Rogue river valley, has
call It 'Hell's Gat«».’ ”
aa the short, sharp agony of auffocation Ing on F street any fine afternoon,
bandits had been lodged in prison they arrived from the East with tbe first in ■trawberriee, »3 50 per crate.
Vegetable«—Aaparagu«, 8)4(312^c
Ruseia has agreed to a poetponement were killed by tbe Coeracks.
“Halloo! what's that red light thereT' caught him, and ths shock of the Icy "staking the girls to a treat."
stallment of hie party.
There were 17
of The Hague peace conference.
—------------------------
"Dawee’. fire on Grummet Rock," water dispelled the mental intoxication
in the car, all h< meseekers, from the per pound; rabbsge, 2^(323*0 per
says
Vickera, going in^“tbe man I told undsr which be waa laboring, ho desper
pound;
cauliflower,
»2.25
per
crate;
Rattled
Tbe New York board of education
Mob Members Guilty of Murder,
vicinity-of Mankato and Crystal Springs,
ately etruck out, and deapito the weight
baa adopted »Molation« favoring r«-I Jefferson City, M?., April 17.— Go«; Minn., and Mitchell, South Dakota. celery, 7(50HOc per dosen; bead lettuce, you about."
Miss Deery's mother came into^tbe
of
hie
Irone,
gained
the
eurfaco
for
an
form in spelling.
ernor Joseph Folk, in a statement to- Tne country looks good to them and 25c per dosen; onions, 10(315c per
Two dr thr«« morning« after the ar inetant. Aa ho did so, all bewildered, room rather suddenly, and Mr. Spoon-
Dowie’s health is falling fast and it day said: “The lynching at Spring- they will locate here.
More are ex* dosen; radishes, 20@25c per dosen; rival of the Ladybird, the solitary pris and with the ono savage iuatlnct of self- elgh endeavored to cover bls embar
rhubarb, 3X®4e per pmnd; spinach,*
may be that hie death will settle tbe field was a most disgraceful occurrence. pected to follow soon.
>
praeervatlon predominant over all other rassment.
»1 per box; parsley, 25c; turnips, »1(3 oner of the Grummet Rock noticed mys thoughts, ho became conociouo of a huge
fight for control of Zion City.
Whatever the offense cf the negroes. ►O' " ' >
>
4
"As I was just saying," be began In
terious movements along the shore of
1.25
per
sack
;
carrots,
65<75c
per
Establish New Course.
the island settlement. The building of a black mass surging npon him out of the a formally conversational tone.
Preparations are being made for the T*
“nd ho*”er
pier, or breakwater, running from the darkness. An Instant's buffet with the
Willamette University, Salem—Pres sack; beet«, 85c(3ll per sack.
early beginning of work on the rail- °’
mV. h«« bee», they
"Why, no you weren't, George?' In
Onions—No. 1, »1(31.15 per sack; western point of the settlement, was current, sn Ineffectual attempt to dive
roads to be built on the islands of I’T entitled to puinshment by law ident Coleman has anononnced that a
terrupted Miss Deery, hastily. "You
No.
2,
nominal.
beneath
tU-
a
horrible
sense
that
the
discontinued;
.and
all
hands
appeared
Panay, Negro« an Cebu, in the Philip-1 *nd "2‘ by * mob> and wb®n • mob friend of the university had given the
Potatoes-* Fancy graded burbanks, to be occupied with the newly built weight at his feet wss dragging him were speaking of football—don’t you
takes the law intc its own hands, as institution 12,000. Half ibis «ut»fwill
pine«.
down—and ths huge log. loosened from remember?”—Cleveland Leader.
this one did, an« member of it is be used as a loan fund for students who 05®70c per hundred: ordinary, 50@ Osprey, which was lying on the slips.
the raft, wae upon him. crtiahing him be
Parties
of
soldiers
also
daily
left
the
00c;
new
Cal
f
rnia,
5c
per
(Oind.
The house committee on elections is guilty of murder.” *
need help, and |1.000-will be used in
neath
its rough and ragged aides. The
Ladybird,
and
aaeisted
at
the
mysterious
Butter
—
Fancy
[creamery,
17^(3
20c
working on a bill which provides for
establishing a'univeraity c >urse in elec*
*1 see you carry a heavy «tock of
log passed completely over him, thrust
work In progress.
per pound.
th« election of senators by direct vote
trical
engineering.
Willamette
will
Great InflUx of Aliens.
—
ing him beneath the water, but bls band, eggs.” remarked the «aller. "I« there
A
fortnight
after
this,
about
the
15th
—Oregon ranch, 10)4®17c per
ot the people and make« the terms of
of December," hs observed another curl- scraping along the splintered side, esme anything In eggs.”
New York, April 17.— A new high then be well equipped in these lines. ' dosen.
house members four years instead of water mark in the tide of immigration
oua fact. All the boats on the Islsnd in contact with the loop of hide rope
•'Well,” replied th« truthful grocer,
Opinion
on
Bond
Taxation.
Poultry
—
Average
old
l^pia,
14®14l4c
two.
put off one morning to the opposite aide that yet hung round the mass, and he “there wae something In th« consign-
will be set when the aliens who arrived
Salem—The attorney general, in re per pound; mixed chickens, 1354®14c; of the harbor, and In the course of the clutched It with tbe teqfclty of a. death
Chairman Shonta has returned to the at this port today on nine European
ply to a query from the assessor of Lane broilers, 25®2754c; young rooster.», day a great amoks arose along th« aide grip. In another inetant hs got hie head meat that came In last week-"
canal aone.
steamship«, and those due tomorrow on
"Indeed! What?”
county, holds that city bonds and coun 1254®13 c ; old roosters, llQUifc; of the hills. Ths next day the same above water, and, making good hie bold,
"Chicken«.”
A bill has passed both house« of con- eight big «hips which ate expected to ty warrants may be taxed the same a« dressed chickens, 1501554c; turkeys, was repeated; and on the fourth day twisted himself, by a violent effort,
gras» providing for th« establishment pass in Sandy Hook before nightfall, other property. He says the «tate con* live, 17®18c; turkeys, dressed, choice, the botwr returned, towing behind them acroes the log.
have been permitted to land on United !’
of a life saving station at Neah bay. • Uteitta
For a moment he saw the lights from
ititution diatinctly authorizes taxing 2102254c; geese, live, 8010c; geese, a huge raft. This raft, mad« fast to
MTkll
Ow Ika
*- which a
—
States «oil.
On
the -------
vaeeel«
ar-
Drummer—Why are all the native«
the
of the "Ladybird, proved to be the stern windows of ths anchored ves-
The president has taken a hand in rived today were 11,839 immigrants. such property. He says that all money dressed, 10011c; ducks, 17018c.
composed of planka, beams and joists, sela low In ths distance; Grummet Rock of thia village out thia morning?
Hops
—
Oregon,
1905,
8010c;
olds.
urging tbe prosecution of the Chicago The steamers due tomorrow aew-expect due from the state er any subdivision
all of which were duly holated up and diaappeared on hie loft; then, exhausted,
Uncle Bllaa—Why, by beek, they
554®7c.
thereof is subject to taxation.
packers aa individuals.
stowed in the hold of tbe brig.
ed to add at least a like number.
breathless, and bruised, ho dosed hla heard an automobile with one of tbo««
Wo>l—Eastern Oregon average best,
This set Rufus Dawss thinking. Could eye«, and the drifting log boro him swift
Plants 50-Acre Orchard.
President Roosevelt has cabled con
15020c; valley, 24 026c per prund; It possibly b« that ths timber cutting ly and silently away Into the darkness. new calllbope whistle« coming down
Revolt Against the Sultan.
dolences to the king cf Italy on the
The Dalle« — Carl Williams of the mohair, choice, 28 030c.
was to be abandoned, and that the gov
At daylight th« next morning, Mr. the road and thought a circus parade
Ixmdon, April 17.—According to the firm of A. M. Williams A Co., i« pre
hstoc and loss of life caused by the
—Dressed, 35407-54c P®r pound. ernment had hit upon some other method Troke, landing on the prison rock, fonnd
Daily Mail s correspondent at El Are- paring to plant an orchard on 50 scree
eruption of Mount Vesuvius. *
Beef—Dressed bulls, 3c p » pound; of utilising Its convict labor? He had it deserted. Th« prisoner’« cap was
lah, Morocco, a young relative of the recently purchaeed from C. L. Phillips cows, 405c; country steers, 4540554c. hewn timber and built boats, and tanned lying on th« «dg«.«f th« little ellff, but
Gunner—So you went to New York
Cotton workers of New Bedford, sultan will soon be proclaimed ruler in The land lie« south of Tbe Dallee, and
Mutton—Dressed, fancy, 954 010c per hides and made shoes. Wss It possible th« prisoner himself had disappeared. on pleasure bent, eh ? Did you get
Maas., will ask for an increase in the south and a formidable revolt will be devoted entirely to Royal Ann
that
some
new
trade
was
to
be
Initiated
?
I
Pulling back to the Lady-bird, the Intel
pound; ordinary, 607c; lambs, with
wages.
There are about 12,000 em against Fex is maturinq at the city of cherries end Crawford and Solway
Before he had settled this point to his ligent Troke pondered on th« clrcum- bent?
pelt on, 1001054c.
satisfaction,
hs
was
startlsd
by
another
Guyer—Worse than bent
I got
ployed in the New Bedford mills.
Morocco.
etanc«, and In delivering his report to
perches.
Pork—Dreaead, 60854c per pound.
beat «expedition.
Throe boats’ crows | Vickero mentioned th« strong« ery h« broka.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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