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HUMAN NATURE UNVEILED I
if e are a
Our Spring and Summer Stock
complete
dress go:ds
Very attractive lines in new
coloring and latest
novelties.
o-
SPRING & SUMMER JACKETS!
Latest Styles ! High Xv Hies! Ladies, Misses & Childien'g.
FURNISHING GOODS,
VELVETS . SILKS, S ATI NS AND PU'SIIKS, LADIES' AXI )
MIOSES SILK AND i""'T UNDERWEAR, COTTON'
AND WOOL HOSE, KWHROIPERIES.SII.K AND
LINE.N HANDK ERCHIEKS. SCARFS.
VKHdNOS. SH WLS, ETC.
BLACK AND COUJKED DRESS GOODS !
o. w. shvepson,
FIRST STREET, ALBANY, OREGON.
Ml K IMPLEMENT " 'COMPANY,
PORTLAND, OREGON,
BRANCH HOUSE ALBANY, OGN
JOHN ROBSO.N, MANAGER,
Have on hand for the season of ISdl, binders, mowers, farmer's tools
and harvesting machinery of all kinks.
"Mm
Our stcck of lnjggief, iait, pring wagons, etc., is the largest and
most complete on the Pwiiic ('oast, and comprises all the leading
styles. At iVyoe it Rohgoif g old staitd, opp. Iilumberg Block.
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days at io. Fridays ami Saturdays at Albany. Mr. Blumberg is
alsoowneroi the standard bred trotting horse, Alwood Breeze (No. L'S5:!)
w ho can le seen at the stable of Trites Bros. The get of this horse
ar large ami tine formed, and onlyjneed proper development to
pbow speed.
40 Years the Standard
By Prof. V. 1'. Knglish, mem
ber ol to wler iV Welly Insti
tute, Ne v York City, at W.C.
T. U. Hall, Monday night,
May lSUi,
LOVE,
COURTSHIP,
MAKKLtiE,
and how to be on good terms
witli vour mother-in law
At ". close f the lecture a
elas of young ladies and gen
tlemen will be mated accord
ing to phrenology, showing
which couples would be happy
if married, and which could
nut agree.
t.
will be found larger and more
than ever.
WHITE GOODS
Anything and everything in
lare assortment and end
less variety.
m&sm.
Many of our horsemen have
given i! aa their judgment that
Titus, lilumherg's Wack perch
eron stallion stands at the
head in his class. He is in the
hands of Mr. C. K. Rarrows.an
ellicient and exierienced
hor.seman who will give his
patrons every possible atten
tion. TituS
Will make the season of 'i'l,
Mondays and Tuesdays at Jef
ferson, Wednesdays and Thurs
ton
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Loss of Power ami lmiotcu.y which if neg
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insanity. Price 1 a box; 6 boxeo fcr$5,00
bent bv mail on receipt of price.
VVKiril. UIIAKA.MTF.E is iriven
with every W order received, to refund tne
money if a Pcrninnrnt cure is not elf ted.
We have thousands ol testimonials from old
and youuir, of both sexes, who have been
pcnuanently cured by the use of Aphroditine
Circular free. Address
rut. a m tco m:ii ir (o.
Western linuich, Box, 27, Portland, Oregon.
For Kilo by Kosbay & Mason, who esale and
ftdl drui;i(ists, Albany, Oregon.
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cures colds, croup, consump
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inger & Co., Props., Los 4nge
les, Cal.
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new. Houses, fences and all kinds of fiaint
iny done promptly and at reasonable rates.
Leave orders ac 11. 51. KobcrUon'a feed store,
second direct.
D. E. Mobi.ky,
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land Surx-ylns.
1)ART1KH D1M1KIN0 81 EVRV1SO DOMI CAN OB
tam accurate ml rr.rnt work by callintr
upon ex-county surveyor Y. I". T. Finder. He
bascomplete copiee of Held notes and town
4hip plats, and is prepaie I to do survevinit in
any (art of Linn county. Pototli, e address.
Millers Station. Linn eon it . 1 ireiron.
1 1'AXTKIl-A seanixtre,one who can cut
II ami lit. Ci.l at crmrof f,ch and Kail
roa.1 t recti. Mn, F A ISurkhart
FOSHAV & MASON
Wlinijs.le and Retail
IJruiists Booksellers
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NEW FEDSTOReT
HAY, OATS AND CHOP FEED
Alw.tys n h.inii, ANo
Lintc, llastfi'& Cement,
Come to the corner of Water and Ferry sta.
for all kind of Fred, P. w.spixk",
Alluiij, or.
ALBANY, OREGON,
OUR WAR VESSELS.
The Charleston and the Esmer
alda May Fight.
BOTH ARE NOW AT ACAPl'CCO,
Ths Reported Sinking of tbs Itate Was
Dutrus-The Latest from the
Scene oi the Trooble.
!
Washington, May 10. JLfter
a week s waiting some tangible
news was to-day received at the
navy department from the Chariest
ton. Through the state c'-Tart'
ment a dispatch came sayinyuual
tne Charleston hau arrived atAia
pulco and that the Esmeralda was
still in port, but giving no news of
the Itata. What the next step is
to be no one at the department
knows or is free to tell. The
Charleston is to take on coal, as
her supply has probably nearly run
out during her weeks' clmse.
Whether the Esmeralda is to have
the privilege of taking on coal
cannot be learned here, as it is a
matter entirely within the control
of the Mexican government, but
the presumption at the depart
ment is against it, as the neutrali
ty laws would be broken by the
Mexican government if they al
lowed anything beyond water and
food supplies to be furnished.
Tiie theory at the navy depart
ment is that the Charleston, whose
commander Captain Kemy, lias
orders admitting of large discre
tionary movements, will now lie
at or near Acapulco for a time,
trusting that the Itata, which w a
slow 7 knot ship, has not yet pass
ed down and will try to coal in
that neighborhood. If she is
sighted the Charleston will doubt
less try to seize her. She cannot
do this in Mexican waters so that
it would be necessary to head her
oil" outside the three mile limit or
if unsuccessful in that to follow
her to sea when she goes out.
What the Esmeralda will do in the
meantime is problematical.
A cablegram received at the de
partment from Admiral McCfcnn
announces that the Baltimore and
San Francisco were both at Icui
tue, Chili, today. It appears
that the Baltimore has come north
and the San Francisco has been
stayed in her southern course net
at the point where the Chilian in
surgents' navy is now nearly all
together assembled. This point is
abent the extreme north of Chili,
and is where the Itata would na
turally find her destination if she
eluded the Charieston.
Sax Francisco, May 10. The
information from the navy depart
ment, announcing the arrival of
the cruiser Charleston at Acapalco
confirms the original statement as
to the sailing orders of the Charles
ton when she left San Podro Inst
Monday and also serves as a com
plete denial of the rumors coming
from various ioints alon the
Mexican coast the last three dava.
The Charleston has undoubtedly
passed tne itata, loreseemg the
possibility of which her orders
were to ko to Acaoulco in the hooe
she would meet the Chilian cruis
er Esmeralda, which has been
waiting to convey the Itata to
Chili. The Charleston will now
undoubtedly remain in sight of
the Esmeralda in the belief that
the Itata will seek to meet her at
Acapulco. If such proves to be
the case, the attempted seizure of
the Itata by the United States
cruiser becomes more interesting
than at anv previous juncture. In
case the Itata has continued on
down the coast she will have giv
en the Charleston a complete elip,
and her capture, if made at all,
wouhl have to be by the United
States cruiser San Francisco or
Baltimore, off Liuique.
flH SMALL IS HAD.
He Calls Hev. II 11 1, of Oerieu. as
Infamous Liar.
Atlanta, (ia., May IC. A spe
cial pavs; Kev. ham fiiiiHli, who is
now in Toronto, has addressed a
circular to the people of America
coi'ceining his troubles with the
(igdeu (.Utah) university, of which
he was elected president. He says
telegrams attacking him were B-nt
out by "that infamous liar," Knv.
U e."ley 11:11. of the First Meth
odic church, at 0den. lie goes
on to s ty that the Ogden university
scheme was a private snap spec
ulation, and that the aloresaid
Hill "lives a double life." Small
is equally severe on the board of
directors, boldly charging them
with getting up bogus subscription
lists and "robbing Salt Lake of
the institution." He concludes:
"Up to this hour I have stood be
tween the church I love and the
exposure of this whole scandalous
I tah situation, but now
I must let the truth be known."
How Threat! la Numbered.
The seamstress, whether she
wants No. .'K) or 4(1, or IL'0 thread,
knows from the number just what
kind of sewing it can be used for.
When 84!) yards of yarn weigh
71HH1 grains, a pound of coiton, the
threadmakers mark it No. I. If
ItiSO yards weigh a pound, it is
marked No. 2. For No. Tit) yarn it
would take 51) multiplied by 4S!t t0
weigh a pound. This is the whole
explanation of the yard measure
ment as used by the spool cotton
manufacturer. The early manu
factured thread was of three-cord,
the number being derived from
SUNDAY, MAY IT
the number of yards to the pound,
just as it is to-day. No. 00 yarn
made No. CO thread, though in
point of fact the actual calibre of
No. 00 thread would equal No. 20
yarn, being made of three No. 20
strands twisted together.
When the sewing machine
came into the market as a great
thread consumer, unreasoning ii
its work and inexorable in its de
mands for mechanical accuracy,
six-coru cotton had to be made in
place of the old and rougher
three-cord, it being much smooth
er. As thread nuinbei s were al
ready established, they were not
altered for the new article, and
No. (50 six-cord and No. 0 three
cord v ere left identical in both
size and number. To effect this
the six-cord had to be made cf
yarn tvtice as line as that de
manded in making the three-cord
variety. The No. 00 cord is made
of six strands of No. 120 yarn
Thread is a simple thine, but sim
ple aa it is, there are 2000 kinds of
it, and each kind goes througi
hundreds of different processes.
CRAZKD BY LAGHll'FE,
A Victim at Vancouver Cuta Ills
Throat with a Jack-Knlfa.
Vancoiver. Or., May 1G.
Pierce Barnett.aged 38, a widower,
and a cousin of Dubois Bro., com
mitted suicide early this m iming,
while in a temporary 'it of de
spondency, by cutting his throat
with a jack-knife. He came
here from California two years
ago and was employed by Dibois
Bros. lie had a severe attack of
lagrippe, which caus4 his de
spondency, prompting him to
commit the rash deed.
THE PRESIDENT.
he kksi'iuks his i1 ties at
the white hoise.
Several Important Question Be
fore the Executive Department
Effect of Blaine's Illnesi.
Wasuinu ton, May 10. The pres
ident resumed his official duties at
the White House to-day. There
are a number of important ques
tions pending in each of the exe
cutive departments and it is the
president's purpose to dispose of
them as rapidly as possible. The
president will devote his attention
to the Behring sea first, wi'di a
view of having the government s
policy in regard to the seal fisher
ies, so far as the present season is
concerned, clearly defined, pend
ing the final settlement of the con
troversy by arbitration.
The illness of Secretary Blaine
may necessitate a slight delay in
the preparation of instructions,
but it will be only temporary.
WOl'LUN'T CALL HER "LADY."
An Incident lu the Life of the Late
Leonard Jerome.
Leonard Jerome's three big pret
ty daughters, somewhat to hie
grief, chose Fnghshmen for hus
bands, and though he lived abroad
during the later years of his life,
he remained independent and a
good American to the end. In
fact, lie never acknowledged Lady
Randolph Churchiire title, and
the first visit he paid her after her
marriage he astonished the llunkey
at the door by asking for "Mrs.
Churchill."
The cockney footman at first
seemed inclined to throw the tall,
amused-lookiiig American down
the steps, and holding the door
half open, announced indigiiaiiant
that " ' Itdldyship is at 'ome,
but not to ther likes o' you."
Whereupon Jeroaie smiled gent
ly, reached in the doorway and by
a twist of his long, strong arm on
the back of the footman's coat
collar twir!ed him around like a
top.
"Now," said he, "go tell Mrs.
Churchill i hat her d.iddy is down
in the parlor and wants to see her,
and I'll fs'and in the door way and
see just Low fast your calves can
carry you up those steps."' New
fork Journal.
A VKKY TAl.I. VAK.V.
The Expurlence of a California
Editor While Wood Chopping.
Speaking of liars the editor of
the McCloud (Cal.) Pioneer need
not lake aback seat. He says:
"Some days ag- a shoemaker who
was making shakes at Black Cox
mountain, north of town, cut
down a big five-foot sugar pine,
but, after felling it, discovered it
to be hollow some forty feet above
the butt. Gazing into the cavity
he found it to be chock
full of bears five black, seven
cinnamon and three grizzlies the
animals haying holed up for the
winter. With great presence of
mind the man split off some slabs,
sawed off the hollow part, nailed
the slabs over the hole and started
the lot down the steep mountain
toward this place, where it arrived
safe and sound. The bears can be
seen through cracks in the slabs,
lying in a state of semi-torpor."
The Fireman's Wooing.
"You are out with Miss Rox?"
"Yes, her father put an extin
guisher on the affair."
"You've done PDarkinc. then?"
"No. I've gone back to an old
ilame." Cape Cod Item.
1891
: -
DPnQDFDFTV A III? A -
Good Times Predicted Through
out the United States.
EX-SPEAKER HEED'S VIEWS.
H Talks la Italy about ths UcKlnley
Bill and ths BnsUaii Outlook
in this Country.
London, May 10. Thomas B.
Reed, ex-speaktr of the United
Suites house of representatives,
talking to a correspondent of the
Associated Press in Italy to-day
conceririig the McKinley bill, said
in part: "It will stimulate our
foreign commerce by a large num
ber of articles on which duties
have been reduced or which are
added to the free list. It will
stimulate our domestic industries
by reason of the reduction in
duties on the raw material and in
crease the duties on a very few
articles of necessity which have
been largely imported, but which
hitherto we have been unable to
manufacture profitably. It was
extremely unfortunate that the
bill went into effect in the time of,
or was followed eoon by, -the most
severe financial panic, when gen
eral insolveuce seemed to shake
the whole commercial world. Go
ing iuto effect under such circum
stances it was not a difficult matter
to convince thousands of voters that
these financial difficulties were
due solely to the inherent defects
of the measure. The C3mmercial
nations are not siow to take every
possible precaution to protect and
stimulate their trade, and that
is exactly the policy on which the
Mi-Kin ley bill is founded. I am
very colitiilent that I lie next tew
years will le years ol general
urosiieiity to the United States
and that they will prove to be
favorable both to our domestic
manufacturer a and to our foreign
commerce."
HOW UK WAS KEt'UKUEU.
Flowers and a Woman Made llliu
Honorable.
Asa Dame, an old newspaer
man, was looking at a show win
dow where there was a profusion
of tlowers. "I never see (lowers, "
lie said, that 1 do not think of a
poor fellow in our profession who
was one of the most Aorthless in
many respects that. I ever knew.
He had that habit ot borrowing
sums varying Ironi the price of a
beer to the amount necessary to
g- t a meal from anv one whom he
ci meed to know. As is usual
wii.ii such fellows, he always for
got the favor. His early training
and associations, however, made
him a gentleman at heart. He
came from one of the best families
in the land. He was a West
Pointer, and as brave a kuight.
But he was a deadbeat. Reconcile
the inconsisteucies if you can. Fie
came to me one Easter and asked
me if I would lend him $5. He
had struck me for five times that
amount in small amounts varying
from 10 cents up, and had never
paid back a cent, nor had he ever
intimated an intention of wiping
out the old score. I was conse
quently dumbfounded when he
asked me for a fiver. Before I
could question him about his
wants he made me such an appeal
and promised so earnestly to repay
that in spite of my judgment 1 let
him have the money. I did not
see him for ten days. When I did
he banded me the amount of the
last loan. I was astonished and
told him I never expected him to
I ay it back.
I 11 tell yo i how it was, lie
said. 'I had an old sweetheart
come to town the day I met you,
and she asked me to take her to
church. We knew each other that
well. She had known me when I
was a dashing cadet. Of course
1 took her. I think if she had
taken a second look at nie I would
have declined, but she did not
notice that I was away off color.
I would no sooner think of takiDg
a lady to church on Easter with
out buying her some llowers than
1 would think of paying for a meal
if I could get around it. I have a
schedule of my expenses here,
which I desire you to examine.'
"I have that schedule as a
souvenir. Here it is: blurt collar,
15 cents ; shave, 10 cents ; shine, 5
cents; cigarettes, 10 cents; break
last and car fare, 25 cents : flowers,
$4 25 ; balance, 10 cents.
1 asked him what had prompted
the payment. He drew himself
up as he knew how to do when he
wanted to aud said: fiowers
run! a woman will bring out the
honor in a man if he has any. I
would as soon beat you out of the
price of a beer as to look at you,
but, sir. I am too much of a gentle
man to beat yon out of the money
which was expended to entertain
an old sweetheart with flowers.'
"They tell me that when he was
dying in a Southern hospital a few
years ago a sister of charity asked
him if there was anything he
wanted, and he replied that he
would like to have Borne flowers
put on his coffin. Chicago Tri
bune. What Absinthe-Drinkers (let.
A Sixth-street bartender says:
"Five years ago I seldom had an
average of dne call a day for ab
sinthe.but now it is more likely one
an hour, while on Saturday eve
ning th demand is very large.
7
Absinthe is. without exception,
a nsJ anma man &'Vtr lrnnv it
h
Cble effects only drink it on
Sai.T'ay, because I suppose, they
neett a day's rest to get rid of the
effect. Of course a man who gets
his living by serving drinks is not
going to talk temperance, but I
don't believe any saloon-keeper
cares about selling a drink he
knows contains blue vitriol, as is
the case with nine-tenths of the
absinthe sold. Years ago I was
fool enough to drink this stuff,
and it nearly blinded me. The
eye-doctor, who fixed me up at a
cost of over 50, threw in the ex
planation that it was the vitriol
that had the effect on the eyes,
and said the final results would be
a loss of eight. The genuine ab
sinthe comes from Switzerland,"
and the peculiar flavor is given it
by means of anise oil. But this is
costly ,and blue vitriol answers the
purpose just as well, and intro
duces a few more deadly effects.
I have known Frenchman, who
have sipped the pure article in
Parisan saloons, drink the power
ful imitation, and describe it as
preferable to the genuine, so far
as taste was concerned.
An Early Morning Arrest.
At 3 o'clock this morning Police
man Lee observed three men act
ing in a suspicious manner in the
alley in the rear of Foshay & Ma
son's drug store. He captured one
of them and blew bis whistle,
when policemen hastened to his
assistance, but the other two es
caped. What they could have
been loaCng about at that hour in
a suspicious manner remains to
be explained.
AN IN HUNAN MOTHER
SHE SOLD HER SON
CHINAMAN.
TU A
The Little Fellow Discovered by
Accident -He Called Bis Chi
nese Guardian "Papa."
Los Angeles, May 10. For sev
eral ("ays past a Chinese vegetable
peddler had been inquiring among
people on the outskirts of the city
whether they had any small boys
to sell, saying he would pay $50
for one. He then said that his
cousin had purchased a little boy
for $40, and that he was preparing
to return to Chna and would take
the boy with him, and there could
dispose of him at a gcod figure.
The people of whom the Chinese
made inquiries at first thought
that the heathen was trying to
perpetrate a joke, but lie was c 3
persistent, and went into such
minute details, that they finally
arrived at the opinion that there
was something in it, and reported
the case to Humane Officer
Wright. Wright commenced a
search for the Chinese, whom he
found to-day, and forced him to
show where the boy was. He
found a 4 year-old boy dressed in
Chinese clothes. He did not
know his name, but called the
Chinaman, "Papa." The China
man said a woman bad given the
child to him. The woman was
found, and proved to be Mrs.
Coulter, whose husband committed
suicide in this city some months
ago. 8 he admitted that the child
was her's, but denied that she had
sold or given him to the Chinese.
The matter will be further invea
tigated. NEW ORLEANS BRAVE MAYOR
He Telia the Ruffians Their Reign
of Terror M ust Step.
New Orleans, May 10. Yester
day Henry Peters, a stevedore,
went to the city hall and com
plained to Mayor Shakespeare
that the Provezanos were interfer
ing with him and intimidating his
laborers. He made an affidavit
and the Provezanos Bros, were ar
rested and held under $20,000
bail. The mayor sent for the
Proqezanos this morning and said :
"I have sent for you because this
city has grown tired of the intimi
dation and lawlessness you have
carried on. I want to give you
fair notice and warning that this
tbing must stop at once and for
ever. Matranza comes to me and
tells me that he cannot pass a
I'rovezano on the street without
the latter spitting on him. Now,
there must be at once and forever
cn end to this. I have issued or
ders to the chief of police that be
use his entire lorce to prevent you
from carrying your designs into
execution. 1 am sorry now that I
am obliged to go to Denver. If I
could I would personally take
command of the police force and
use every means at my command
to wipe from the face of the earth
every memlier of your gang who
tries to raise his band against per
sons of this community, but my
representatives will act for me.
This reign of terror must stop, and
it there is any way possible to do
it, it will stop.
A Good Game of Ball.
Tacoma, May lfl. Tacoma,
6;
Seattle, 5; innings.
The longest professional base
ball game on record was that
played here to-day between the
home team and the Seattle club.
Donahue pitched the entire 22
innings for the Tacomas.
Spokane, May 10. Spokane, 3;
Portland, 2.
A TOWN IN ASHES.
Muskegon, Mich., Swept
By Fire.
Away
MEWS EAST OF THE ROCKIES.
SeT. 8a 8mall Oat Mad and Calls
Brstksr Preacher aa Infamous
Liar-Blaioe's Condition.
Miskegon, Mich., May 16.
Twenty-two squares of business
buildings and dwellings were
swept away to night by the most
disastrous fire Muskegon has ever
seen. The lire started at o :30 at
the Launkowell hotel barns and
aided by a strong wind swept
with lightning like rapidity to the
blocks on Pine street, one of the
chief business streets in the city ;
then by a sudden shift of the
wind, the flames were driven to
ward Terrace avenue, one of the
finest residence streets in the city,
where they swept unchecked until
the southern part of the city was
reached, where the buildings were
not so close together. There the
firemen aided by the engines and
more from Grand Rapids, suc
ceeded in getting the flames under
cantrol, although at a late hour.
ome buildings are still burning
jercely. Twenty-two blocks are
devastated. Pine street business
houses for ten blocks are entirely
wiped out. No less than 350 resi
dences, including some of the
finest in the city, are in ashes.
The $100,000 courthouse was gut
ted, but the public documents
were saved. The prisoners in the
county jail, which occupied the
basement of the courthouse, were
liberated.
TERRIBLE SCENES.
Several cows and horses were
burned, and a little child sleeping
in the Launkowell hotel is iuies
inif. A conservative estimate of
the total loss is over half a million
dollars. Hundreds of -faniiles who
were rendered homeless are being
cared for by the people in the por
tion of the city w uicii escaped me
visitation. The scene on the
streets to-night is terrible. Home
less people are running Irauticaily
about, making endeavors to save
some little portion of their most
valuable effects, which have been
dragged from the bouses, but in
most cases the spread of the
flames was so rapid that little or
nothing could be carried away.
Above the cries of the women aud
children and the shouting of men
could be heard the explosion of
dynamite used by the tiremen to
blow up buildings in the hope of
staying the progress of the flames,
and again the heavy concussion of
a boiler in some business build
ing, throw ing the debris inall direc
tions. The tiremen labored under
difficulties from the start. The
gale w hich was bbwing scattered
huge blazing brands far beyond
where the men were working,
causing new tires to spring up con
stant I v.
NEGRO MINERS.
Seattle Imports Them to Supplant
the Striking tV bites.
Seat-ilk, May 17. At 1 o'clock
this (Minday) morning U50
negroes arrived at Stone Siding
station on the orthern 1'acinc.
They will be inarched across the
mountains into the mining camps
of the Oregon Improvement Co.
and guarded by Pinkerton's men,
who will protect them from the
white laborers in case any violence
is attempted. As soon as the
white miiiers heard of the arrival
of the negroes, every camp was
notified and the men say they will
refuse to work for a company
which employs negroes. Every
mine of the company is now
cios e
PENDLETON NEWS.
Two B rothers Drown In John Day
RiverGood Crops.
Pesdi.etox, May 16. Ka:n was
quite general in this section last
night. This insures large crops.
News has been received from
John Day of the sad drowning last
Wednesday in the middle fork of
two eons of Mr. Wilmoth. The
boys, aged 8 and 4 respectively,
started to cross the stream on a
foot-log. The younger lost his
balance and fell in. The elder
brother immediately p'unged in to
rescue him, but the current was
too strong and both were swept
away. The bodies were recovered.
LITTLE ENTHUSIASM.
Kentucky Democrats Refuse to
Endorse Cleveland for President
Lorisrii.LE, May 16. At the
close of the democratic state con
vention to-day resolutions endors
ing G rover Cleveland, John U
Carlisle, and naming Cleveland
for president were offered by
Tarvin, of Clinton, but the dele
gates were in no humoi to delay,
and a motion to adjourn was
carri ed.
Secretary Blaine'a Condition.
New York, May 16. Dr. Dan
nie, after a visit to Secretary
Blaine this morning, gave out the
following: Blaine had a very good
night and is free from pain this
morning. He seems much better
and while his feet are still slightly
swollen, the attack of gout is sub
siding, and iu a few days he
ought lo be able to be about the
house. He enjoyed a good break
fast this morning and seems very
comfortable.
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