THF. MASTER OF YHE HOUSE.
He cannot walk, he cannot speak,
Nothing he knows of books or men;
He is the weakest of the weak,
And has not strength to hold a pen.
He has no pocket and no purse,
Nor ever yet has owned a penny;
He has more riches than his nurse,
Because he wants not any.
He rules his parents by a cry,
And holds them captive by a smile
A despot strong through infancy,
A king through lack of guile.
ne lies upon his back and crows.
Or looks with grave eyes on his mother.
What can he mean? But I suppose
They understand each other.
Indoors or out, early or late,
There is no limit to his sway,
For, wrapped in baby clothes of stat?,
He governs night and day.
Kisses he takes as rightful due,
And Turk-like has his slaves to dress
him;
His subjects bend before him, too
I'm one of them, God bless him!
Standard.
THE BOND
BETWEEN THEM.
MRS. LORDIN uttered a faint,
frightened cry as a dripping
little figure came into her pres
ence that summer afternoon and put up
both hands, saying: "l'se been iu ze
river, mamma."
She folded the boy to her in an em
brace that soiled her immaculate bodice
and dampened the frizzes on her fore
head. Wet-eyed aud alarmed she asked
for an explanation. Reggie gave it In
his childish treble.
"So it was Gen. Dartmouth saved
you, my child?" half sobbed the
haughty beauty, forgetting everything
in her ecstasy of joy over the return of
her boy, her very all, from the swift
waters of the river.
He had fallen In while at play, and
the angry current was whirling him
onward . to the rapids below. Gen.
Dartmouth, austere and stately, was
taking his usual afternoon promenade
when the accident occurred.
Although the child's screams brought
many people to the scene none ven
tured to risk life save the General. He
sprang at once into the river and
snatched the boy from death at great
risk to himself.
He treated the affair very coolly, and
himself carried Reggie to the door of
his own home, and bade him go at once
to his mother. Then the dark-faced
man with military bearing went to his
hotel ind exchanged his wet garments
for dry ones.
Mrs. Lordln was one of the group of
very pretty women at the Riverside
Resort. She had been a guest at Wil
low cottage a month when her boy met
with his mishap. She had noticed Gen.
Dartmouth for the first time a week
earlier. He had passed her once, lift
ing his hat with cool decorum. A hot
fire had leaped into Millis Lordln's
cheeks, and her heart gave a sharp
bound; then the blood receded, leaving
her very pale.
"How dared he Intrude here?" she
thought. "I knew he was at Oakland
earlier In the season, and sought this
secluded nook, hoping to avoid the
sight of his hateful countenance."
To-day, with little Reggie folded
against her wildly beating heart, Millis
Lordin realized how much she owed to
the General. She sat swaying back
nud forth, the tears coursing down her
cheeks. The thought of what might
have been had he not been at hand
when the cruel waters closed over the
blonde head of Reggie quite unnerved
the woman of the world.
She straightened herself up at length
and sent the boy to his nurse. A maid
entered with a card; it bore the name
of George Dartmouth.
"It Is well," she said, "I will see him
and have it over as soon as possible.
How I hate that man! Why has fate
been so unkind as to permit him to do
me a service?"
She entered the drawing-room, never
looking more beautiful, ndt even in the
t hour when she stood at the altar of the
old South church, a bride of 18, seven
years before. Her visitor turned from
surveying a picture on the wall as she
entered. Her visitor was very pale.
She grew rigid the moment their eyes
met. She noticed a great change in
him since the hour of their parting,
now some years in the past There was
a whitening of the abundant hair at the
temples, a thinning of the cheeks, and
a slightly perceptible stoop of the stal
wart frame. He was only five and for
ty. It seemed to her that he had aged
with unnecessary rapidity.
"I called to inquire after the boy, Mil
lis," said he, without offering his hand.
Doubtless he wished to save himself
from rebuff.
"ne met with no harm. How can I
thank you enough. Gen. Dartmouth?"
cried Millis, forgetting herself fof the
moment, and extending both bands to
ward her visitor. Then she suddenly
bethought herself, and withdrew her
hands as swiftly as she had advanced
them. His clear gaze ruffled her, and
she looked aside, dumb and confused.
"I assure you, Mrs. Lordln, I am
amply repaid for the little Incon
venience the affair caused me by learn
ing of the boy's escape from injury,"
paid the General, his gaze lingering on
the fair face of the woman haughtily.
An awkward silence followed. The
drawing-room contained no other occu
pants save these two. Had they been
friendly the hour and place was every
way calculated for a delightful tete-a-tete.
"I wish I might repay yon In some
way, General. Reggie Is ray all; had
the fates been unkind and permitted
Mm to drown I should have been in
despair.
"Is that all you have to say to me,
Millis?"
She bowed coldly. He regarded that
pale, haughty face one moment, and a
great agony rushed over his soul He
trembled throughout bis stalwart
frame; one moment thus, then he
walked to the door; on the threshold be
paused unintentionally.
"I got away from nurse and come to
see you, Uen'raL" cried a shrill, child
ish voice. Two small hands clutched
the wrists of Dartmouth, and tried to
draw him back Into the room. "&,
mamma's cry'u'; won't you say some
fin' to her. please?"
The General, taken by surprise, faced
about and caught sight of Mrs. Lordln
with her handkerchief to her eyes. The
sight seemed to move him strangely.
He suffered Reggie to draw him across
the carpet toward his mother.
"Mamma, don't cry; the Gen'ral
wants to speak to you. Tell her not to J
cry, Gen'ral. Her Reggie ain't
drowned. Tell mamma how you did It,
please, Mr. Gen'ral."
The child's voice had a pleading ring,
and Its very sound seemed to effect the
soldier deeply. Ho suddenly lifted the
boy in his arms and pressed him close
ly to him, Imprinting a kiss on the
smooth, soft cheek.
And Reggie flung both arms about
the General's neck and kissed him in
turn, seeming pleased at the friendli
ness of the man whose name was in
everybody's mouth, since he had re
cently received his party's nomination
to Congress.
"Reggie," cried his mother, "go back
to nurse at once, you naughty boy!"
The "naughty boy" looked appeallng
ly at his champion. The General stood
irresolute, regarding him with a long
ing expression.
"He is our boy, Millis," he said, and
then started and trembled at the sound
of his own voice.
He seemed to realize that he had ven
tured on dangerous ground, and in this
he was not mistaken. She turned upon
him with the menace of an aroused
tigress.
"Not yours, but mine, George Dart
mouth!" cried she, hotly, caressing the
blonde curls that lay clustered like
spun gold against her skirts. "Think
you I would permit hlra to bear your
name after the act of his father made
him an orphan, in part, at least? From
that hour, three years ago, he has been
Lordin, and the name of Dartmouth
has not been mentioned to him. He
knows you not; his father died years
ago, and this boy will never know him
as he really was. Go now, before "
A stern, almost angry look appeared
on the face of the listening man while
the woman talked. He felt a keen
sense of wrong now, and resolved not
to permit her words to pass unchal
lenged. "Madame," said he, "I would have
quitted your presence before now but
for this boy, I repeat It, our boy. You
had no right to take from him the name
of his father. It is an honorable one.
No act of mine has ever tarnished it."
"Think a moment," coolly interrupt
ed the beautiful woman. .
"What do you mean?"
"Do honorable men desert their wives
and children? Was it a mark of manli
ness to fly from home, from wife and
boy In the hour of financial calamity?"
"But you had means, Millis; and I
knew that you would not be happy with
me after my fortune was gone."
"Ah! You knew this?"
"Yes. I was an austere man of 40
while you were young and vivneious.
I was blind enough to think you loved
me. I did not know till It was too late
that it was my standing and wealth
you craved. You filled a high niche In
the social world and was satisfied. My
heart hungered for love, It was satisfied
until the truth dawned one fatal day."
"The truth?"
She seemed to have lost her resent
ment, and was interested in what he
was saying. Reggie cowered In his
mother's skirts and listened, wonder
ingly, to the conversation he did not
understand.
"That it was for money and social
position you married your father's middle-aged
friend."
"You say you learned this one fatal
day?"
"Yes, by merest accident. I had gone
out, but missing my glove, returned to
overhear words uttered in the conserv
atory by you."
"Indeed!"
"You were talking with your bosom
friend, Almeda Winans. I heard plain
ly what was said. She laughingly re
minded you of a former lover of yours,
Albert Turner. In reply you said if It
hadn't been for my money and stand
ing you might have been Mrs. Turner
instead of an old man's slave."
"Did I say that?"
The woman's face was white as
death, and she seemed scarcely to
breathe. He stood up tall and stern,
continuing:
"The truth hurt me terribly. I felt
like a criminal. Although there had
been no coercion on my part, I could
see that my money hnd won you aud
I was miserable. I think, but for our
baby boy, I should have been coward
enough to take my own life. The rev
elation of that hour broke my heart.
Scarcely a month later tne collapse of
a bank nearly ruined me. I had $50,-
000 In bonds; these I turned over to you
through a friend, then quitted your
presence forever. I knew . that you
could obtain a divorce at the end of
two years for desertion."
"It was to please me, that you left
me?" the woman asked hurriedly.
"Certainly. I knew you wished to be
free from bonds that were galling now
that wealth was gone."
"Gen. Dartmouth, what if I tell you
that I never received those bonds you
speak of?" asked she with changing
color. "What if I tell you that my bos
om friend, Almeda Winans, disap
peared at the same time you did, and
that gossips coupled your names?
What I said that day In the conserva
tory was the idle prattle of a silly girl,
and meant nothing whatever?"
"You did not receive the bonds?"
"No. I have lived on the little left
me by my father, who died soon after
your disappearance. I have had to
bear the stigma of being spoken of as
a deserted wife. Can you blame me if
1 almost hated you?"
"Perhaps not, but I meant It for the
best Are jrou sure you were not In
earnest when you told your friend that
you married old Dartmouth for his
money, Millis?"
"Was I so wicked as to say that?"
"1 think my memory serves me cor
rectly." Mrs. Lordin had sudden recourse to
her handkerchief. The General stood
in an embarrassed attitude. '
"It was the boy who brought us to
gether, Millis. For bis sake may we
not part friends?"
ne held out his hand. She did not
see the movement her eyes being hid
den In the handksrchlef. Reggie quick
ly divined the situation and seized and
conveyed bis mother's band to that of
the Genera L
"We part friends, I hope, Millis?"
"Y-e-s, If If we must part, George,"
faltered a small voice from behind the
handkerchief.
"Millis, do you mean" '' -
I mn that I have been a silly fool,"
she said. "I I never loved any one
but you. Can you ever forgive me,
George?"
The pitiful little sob that accom
panied the request quite did the busi
ness for the General. He stepped i;tr
er to her aud said eagerly:
"It is my opinion that we have Irotb
been foolish, Millis. If It were 'not foi
that divorce "
"There has been no divorce, George."
"Is it possible? Then you are still
Mrs. Dartmouth?"
He trembled like one in a chill.
"I am still your wife, George," she
murmured.
While he stood Irresolute a small
voice piped from below.
"Kiss mamma, Gen'ral! Kiss mam
ma!" And Gen. Dartmouth did.-.
Waverley Magazine.
TOO SMART FOR HERRMANN.
A Card fharp Who Beat the Wizard
by Losing to Uim.
"The dead magician, Herrmann,
loved nothing better than a game ol
poker, and by his wizard touch could
manipulate the cards beyond the possi
bility of detection if he so willed," said
R. W. Scully, of Boston.
"But Herrmann scorned to do any
thing crooked. If he ever cheated he
did so for a joke and Invariably re
funded any money won by his art.
Once he was tricked in a very funny
way. He got into a two-handed game
with a noted Western gambler who
was almost as expert as Herrmann.
The latter had been told to look out fot
this man, but he hadn't the slightest
doubt of his ability to protect himself,
"The pair sat in to play freeze-oui
for big money. Herrmann had a lol
of rather worn paper currency and
some gold and silver, while the pro
fessional had mostly crisp new bills of
large denomination. The game was
warm and very interesting, but Herr
mann had the best luck, and he man
aged to get hold of the new bills of
high figure, the gambler acquiring the
old notes and a major part of the coin.
Herrmann quit a heavy winner, and
then said to his opponent: 'I want you
to take back all the money I have won
of you, for I did not play fairly. I
wouldn't keep a dollar unless I had
won it on the square.'
"To his surprise the gambler abso
lutely refused to accept the offer. 'I
played just as crookedly as you did,'
he said, 'and whenever a man beats
me at my own game he Is welcome to
my money.' All efforts of the magi
cian to get him to reconsider were un
availing, and finally Herrmann went
away with about $800 of the fellow's
new currency, while the gambler took
off something like $300 that he bad ac
quired from the wizard.
"Later on the wizard saw the method
In the professional's madness. He was
telling some friends of his queer ex
perience while taking a drink in a bar
room, and Herrmann, saying he was
enough ahead to set-up the wiue, offer
ed a $50 bill in payment. The bar
keeper, affer a second's hesitation,
handed him back the money. It was
a counterfeit, and so was all the rest
That was Herrmann's last game of
poker outside his own circle of personal
friends."
FATHER OF AN EMPRESS.
Played Zither for Money and Bnid HU
Dannhter Had Married Well.
The death of the Empress Elizabeth
of Austria has brought out many
stories of her and her family. Some
of tho most interesting are about her
and her family. Some of the most
Interesting are about her father, the
Duke Maximilian. This man was a re
markably simple and genial character.
Once he was making a pedestrian tour
and stopped in a small tavern to eat.
He had a zither with him, and some
guests asked him to play, thinking, on
account of his plain clothing, that he
was a strolling musician. He obeyed
readily and played everything that he
could think of till coins rained into his
hat Then he ordered a meal that was
so expensive for a strolling musician
that the tavern-keeper became suspi
cious that his strange guest Intended
to run away after eating without pay
ing. There was hesitation about serv
ing the food, and while the Duke was
waiting a corporal of one of his regi
ments entered the inn. He saluted,
much to the Duke's embarrassment,
who threw the money for the meal on
the table and ran away, says the New
York Press.
Once the Duke was In a train travel
ing to Vienna to visit the Imperial fam
ily. In the coupe with him was a bank
er, who, misled by his fellow traveler's
simplicity, patronized hlra, and In the
course of a conversation told him that
be had a daughter in Vienna who had
married very well. She was, he boast
ed, the wife of one of the richest bank
ers in the city. "So?" said the Duke.
"Wrhy, that is quite a coincidence. I
have a daughter In Vienna who has
married very well, too." "Who Is the
husband of your daughter, my good
man?" asked the banker, and In bis
most harmless tone Maximilian an
swered, "the Emperor of Austria."
An Heroic Lad of Long Ago.
"In "The Field of the Cloth of Gold,"
In St. Nicholas, Roberta B. Nelson
says that It was not King Henry VIII.,
or Philip I. of France, but the peasant
lad, Victor Bacbeaux, that was the
hero of the day. When 200 young
Frenchmen were appointed to storm a
hill held by the English archers, their
flag was given to him, to bear against
the foe. And gallantly he bore It in
the face of cannon-balls and flying ar
rows; though his companions turned
tall and fled down the hill, believing,
as be did, that It was a real, and not a
sham, battle that they were engaged In.
But the English gunners and artbers
had been Instructed to aim above the
heads of their assailants, and the gal
lant boy was welcomed with chers
when he reached the summit of the hill.
A Little More Appropriate.
"Your wife?" asked the casual ac
quaintance as the aggressive-looking
woman passed.
"WelL" replied the little man, doubt
fully, "perhaps it would be a little more
appropriate to say that I am her hus
band." Indianapolis Journal.
Matrimonial Item.
"Maud says she would be willing to
marry If the proper man came along."
"And I guess he would not have to be
any too proper at that." Cincinnati
Enquirer. -
PHILIPPINE CONGRESS
Authorizes Aguinaldo to De
clare War.
NATIVE WOMEN WANT TO FIGHT
An American Sentry Kills a Captain ol
- Philippine Artillery
at Tonto.
Manila, via Hong Kong, .Tan. 38.
Republica, the official organ of the
Filipinos, announces that congress at
Malolos has adopted a Philippines con
stitution, passed a vote of confidence in
Aguinaldo and empowered him to de
clare war on the United States when
ever he may deem it advisable At a
mass meeting of the women of Cavite
yesterday, the paper adds, it was en
thusiastically resolved to petition
Aguinaldo for permission to take the
men's places, in defense of independ
ence and to bear arms if neceessary.
An American sentry yesterday killed
a captain of the Filipino artillery at
Tonto outpost. As a result the native
press is intensely excited and denounce
it as a "cowardly assassination."
On Saturday, January 21, five Fili
pinos determined to have revenge for
the captain's death and attempted to
enter the American lines. An Ameri
can sentry killed one of them, who
was armed with a revolver. After an
exchange of shots, the others were ar
rested. The incident has intensified
exoitement here.
The cabinet yesterday insisted on the
liberation of Spanish civil prisoners,
in commemoration of the proclamation
of the Filipinos republic and also do
nated money to the native clergy.
An elaborate programme lias been
arranged for formal ratification of the
constitution today. Nothing was ac
complished at tho conference liore yes
terday, and it is rumored the Filipinos
at their next meeting will give the
Ameroans eight days in which to accede
to their demands for recognition. The
rumor is discredited.
CYCLONE SWEPT THE SEAS.
Many Persons Drowned and Much Prop
erty Destroyed.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 28. The
steamer Aorangi, from Australasia,
brings details of the teriible cyclone
which swept tho South seas about the
middle of December, devastating vil
lages, wrecking shipping and causing
many deaths. At Samarai, in New
Guinea, on December 11, the gale was
terrific Cocoa palms went down by
hundreds and wero carried to. sea.
Torrents of rain fell. Twelve vessels
were wrecked.
The cutters Mayflower and Nabua
were total wrecks at Baailiaki. The
ketohes Bebem and Baidan were lost
off Goodenough island, and Mr. Ken
nedy, manager of the New Guinea De
velopment Company, was drownod, to
gether with his crew, save one boy.
The schooner Ellen Gowan and the
cutter Ivy were lost in the Kossraan
group and Captain Qodet and crew
were drowned.
In the Solomons the hurricane did
the most damage, whole villages being
destroyed. Hundreds of oocoa planta
tions were uprooted and yam patches
leveled. Over 500 natives are report
ed to have been killed.
Captain Pentoonst, of the yacht St.
Aubin, who brought the news of the
disaster to Sydney, says he saved a
woman who was to have been killed as
a soroeress, she being accused of having
caused the hurrioane. . He bought her,
the purchase price being a pig, and
took her to another Uland, where she
was released.
Urging Release of Prisoners.
New. York, Jan. 28. Through the
French embassy here Spain has again
urged the United States to procure the
release ot Spanish prisoners held by the
Philippine insurgents. Information
officially received by the Madrid gov
ernment from the Philippines shows
that the lives of Spanish vomen and
children, as well as men are in danger
and that the prisoners are not receiv
ing proper treatment.
-Secretary Hay replied that General
Otis had been instructed to give im
mediate attention to the matter, but
this government has made no promises
to obtain the release of the prisoners.
It is the growing belief that they will
be able to obtain the release of the
prisoners only by force.
The Search Abandoned.
New Orleans, Jan. 28. Lawrence
Jones, owner of the ill-fated launch
Paul Jones, which was lost near Breton
island about January 6, with all on
board, and Mayoi Taggart, of Indian
apolis, whose daughter was among the
party, have returned to the city from
down the river after having made a
fruitless search for some trace of the
victims of the disaster. They only
found some wreckage, among which is
a part of the stern of the launch.
Strike Blots In Russia.
London, Jan. 28. There have been
serious strike riots in the cotton mills
of the St. Petersburg district. The
police, while attempting to raid the
workmen's barracks in order to arrest a
ringleader, were attacked by the work
men, one policeman being killed.
Oklahoma Want to lie a Stale.
Gutherie, O. T., Jan. 28. The ter
ritorial statehood convention has re
solved for a constitutional convention
in June and a state election in October
on a proposition to go to corigrc and
demand admission in December.
Accident on the New York.
New York, Jan. 28. While cleaning
a boiler in the cruiser New York today
six men were injure. seriously by es
caping steam. One of them will die.
Three others were scalded slightly.
Seattle, Jan. 28. The steamer
Rosalie, arriving tonight from Alaska,
brings news that the fishing schooner
St. Lawrence, of Seattle, has been
wrecked on Turnabout island in Fred
erick sound, Alaska. Her crew se
cured Indian oh noes and made their
way td Jtfneaa. They were three weeks
making the voyage, and suffered many
hardships.
A dispatch from Coliina, Mexico,
states that the volcano of that name is
in full aotivity. An outburst of smoke
followed by lava, occurred directly sf
ter the earthquake Friday.
BUTLER'S AMENDMENT.
Ae Proposes to I' tot I do for ex-Confederate
Soldiers.
Washington, Jan. 28. As the senate
seemingly was about to conclude con
sideration of the pension appropriation
bill, Butler (Pop. N. O.) 'offered his
amendment announced some time ago,
providing for the pensioning of ex-Confederate
soldiers. Upon this he took
the floor and delivered a speech which,
as he proceeded, developed into a most
unexpected utterance. While his col
leagues on both sides of the chamber
listened with interest, Butler defended
the position taken by the South dur
ing the great civil conflict of a third of
a century ago. He declared that the
South was right, and that history
would so record, and that every shot
fired by a Southern soldier was fired
in defense of the rights of his state
constitution, in self-defense, and in
defense of his home and fireside.
The amendment was finally with
drawn. Mallory (Fla.) was then recognized.
He said that in the very face of the
declaration of our disinterestedness in
Cuba we proposed to take Porto Rico
and the Philippines. He thought wa
ought not to be inconsistent. We
could not, therefore, afford to take the
Philippines, although in the case of
Porto Rico the case might fairly be re
garded as different. The Philippines,
he said, were 7,000 miles away from
our shores, and inhabited by a people
with which we could have nothing in
common a people who were semi-barbarous,
if not absolutely savage. He
complained that if the treaty of peace
should be ratified, the inhabitants of
the Philippines, from 7,000,000 to 10,
000,000 in number, would have the
right to come to this country and com
peV'i with our own laborers, and if'thoy
did not actually come here, they would
have the right to send their products
here to compete with those of our own
laborers.
The senate committee on commerce
has agreed to report favorably Hanna's
Bteamship subsidy bill.
Without preliminary business, the
house todav resumed consideration of
the army bill. The debate drifted into
a discussion of the government's new
island possessions, and lasted until 5
P. M. At the night session the fea
ture was an hour s speech by White
(Rep. N. C.) the only colored mera
bor of .the house, against the election
methods in the South. At 11:14 the
house adjourned.
Irving Coming to America Again.
New York, Jan. 28. The Herald
says: "Sir Henry Irving is now in
active negotiations by mail and cable
with several American managers look
ing to the completion of his plans for
the tour of America, whioh he will
make next season. He lias personally
communicated to them the ideas he has
in mind for the trip.
"Sir Henry Irving's present inten
tion is to pioduce 'Robespierre,' his
new Sardou play, at the Lyceum in
London at Easter, anil his engagement
there will last until well into the sum
mer, At its termination and after a
short rest he will sail for America early
in October. His stay in America will
be limited to 20 weeks, and in that
time it is his wish to visit all the prin
cipal cities. He is particularly anxious
, to play in San' Franosico, where his
previous engagement several years ago
I was remarkably successful in evury
way.
Cubans Welcome Lee.
Havana, Jan. 28. General Lee re
turned to camp tonight from a trip to
the southeastern part of the province,
ending at Guinea, which is the next
largest town after Havana. The jour
ney was made with a team of mules
along the highway and the return by
rail. A battalion of the Fourth Illinois
preceded General Lee, and was en
camped there upon his arrival.
The American troops were welcomed
everywhere, and their presence was
made the occasion of demonstrations.
General Lee reooived an enthusiastic
welcome at Guines. Insurgent troops
escorted him, and the town was deco
rated with American and Cuban flags.
Chinese In Hawaii.
Honolulu, Jan. 28. The supreme
oourt this morning rendered an opinicn
in the eight Chinese habeas corpus
cases submitted last week. It sustains
Jurisdiction, but gives the collector
general of custom's authority to enforce
United States laws. Chief Justice
Judd concurs in the first proposition,
but dissents from the second one.
The Chinese will appeal from the de
cision to the secretary of the tieasury.
Customs of Santiago.
Havana, Jan. 28. As a result of a
conference between Governor-General
Leonard Wood, governor of the military
department of Santiago, a mutual un
derstanding lias been reached regarding
the customs receipts at Santiago. San
tiago's 1280,000 will not be used in
other provinces, but will be mortgaged
to defray the cost of works now under
way.
Another Earthquake.
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 28. A
severe earthquake shock was felt
throughout the island on Saturday
morning, and was followed by another
on Tuesday night, the direction being
from west to east. No damage has
been reported. The Northern West
Indies are telegraphically cut off. The
reason is unknown, but in all proba
bility it is due to an earthquake.
A Schoolboy's Crime.
Albany, Mo., Jan. 28. T. B. Hun
ter, a teacher in the Adams school, 12
miles northeast of here, iiai been fatal
ly stabbed by a 18-year-old pupil
named Charles Ayres, whom he was
whipping. The boy is in jail here.
Christiania, Jan. 28. United States
Senator Knuto Nel son, of Minnesota,
American commissioner to the Bergen
exposition, and O. T. Thorpe, of Chi
cago, have been gazetted Knights of
St. Olaf.
Washington, Jan. 28. The presi
dent talked with a number of callers
from congress today about the peace
treaty. He expressed eatisfacftion that
an agreement had been reached for a
vote and expressed confidence in the
result. The president told his callers
the.-e was need for prompt action, and
the situation as one that should not
be prolonged.
An amendment has been offered te
the sundry oivil bill in the senate ap
propriating 120.000,000 to pay Spain,
in accordance with the terms of the
peace treaty.
NEWS OF NORTHWEST
Items of General Interest Gleaned
Prom the Thriving Paelila
States.
Vo Freese Out Americans
The government measure recently
enacted into law, and aimed at the
Amerioans in the Atlin district, pro
vides for the amendment of tfie placer
mining act, providing that no one who
is not a British subject shall take out
a free miner's license, and that no
company shall have the ame lioense
unless incorporated or registered under
the laws of the province. The act is
not retrospective. Licenses take out
previously may be renewed, but under
a renewed license no one is entitled
to take up new claims. Section 5,
which is the most far-reaching, pro
vides that no free miner after the pas
sage of this act shall hold any claim
under the British Columbia placer
mining act or an interest therein as
trustee or otherwise for any person
who is not a British subject, or for
any corporation not authorized to take
out a free miner's certificate. A
miner's license taken out by any person
not authorized to do so by this section
shall be null and void. This section
shall not affect free miners' licenses
issued before the coming into force of
this seotion, and such licenses may be
renewed from time to time. The only
neoessitites for a person to become
naturalized are that the applicant is a
poison of good character and has re
sided in the Dominion for three years.
For Upper Yukon
Within the next two weeks three
river steamers constructed on the plan
of Missouri river craft will be taken
in sections to Lake Bennett, where
they will be put together ready for
service when navigation on the Upper
Yukon opens. The machinery and ma
terial for the vessels weighs 340 tons.
The steamers will draw 12 inches light
tnd S4 feet when loaded. The ca
pacity of each will be 400 passengers
and 200 tons of freight.
Sale of Big Steamships.
Anthony T. Prichard and Charles
Stewart, of Tacoma, have sold to the
North American Mail Steamship Com
pany, a corporation organized under
the laws of the state of Washington:
Steamships Olympia, consideration,
$150,000; Tacoma, $127,500; Victoria,
$240,000. These vessels were formerly
operated by the Northern Pacific Steam
ship Company between Tacoma and
the Orient, and reoontly received
Ameiicau registers.
To Close Up Cannery Combine.
It is reported that A. B. Hammond
has left New York for Astoria. Upon
his arrival he will close up the cannery
combine deal if it is possible. In the
event of the combine being consum
mated, it is said, by one who is fa
miliar with the plans of theooinbine,
some new and important features will
be introduced, one of which will bo
the development of the deep-sea fishing
industry.
To Buy a Sunken Ship.
A joint stock company is being
formed at Tacoma to buy and raise
the sunken ship Andulnna in- ease the
insurance company decides not to at
tempt the almost impossible task of
raising her themselves. The ship sank
in the Tuooma harbor during a storm
recently.
First of a New Line.
The steamer Belgian King, the first
of the fleet of fine vessels of the Cali
fornia & Orinetal Steamship Company
plying between Hong Kong, Yokohama
and San Diego, Cal., lias ariived.
Over 200 carloads of freight are await
ing shipment on the return trip to the
Orient.
Embezzler Sentenced.
W, H. Donaca, the 22-year-old post
master at Sweot Home, Or., who em
bezzled $1,257 postal funds, was sen
tenced by United Stales Judge Bellin
ger, at Portland. He was
fined $1,257 and sentenced to six
months imprisonment in the county
jail.
Pnget Sound Export.
The exports of Puget Sound cus
toms district for the month of' Decem
ber, 1808, exceed imports by $1,584,
404. Imports for the month were
valued at $1811,703, while exports
amount to $1,728,257. The duly col
lected was $19,872.83.
A Large Mortgage.
The largest mortgage ever recorded
In Wasco county, Or., was that execut
ed recently by the Columbia Southern
railroad at The Dalles, in favor of the
New York Seouiity & Trust Company.
The consideration is $3,100,000.
Mustering Out Volunteers.
Captain Taylor, mustering officer,
was given official notice to tho officers
and members of the Eighth California
volunteers, tbut they will be mustered
out of the service of the United States
cn Tuesday next.
The Badger Gold-Alining Company,
of Susanville, Or., has within the last
ix weeks shipped 75 tons of ore to the
Selhy smelling works at San Francisco,
the values ranging between $100 and
$300 per ton.
During his incumbency of the ex
ecutive of Oregon, Governor Lord
granted 55 pardons, and 03 pardons to
restore citizenship, and commuted 23
sentences.
The three bridges across Yellowhawk,
on the Walla Walla cemetery road,
have been reported washed away, and
travel is impossible.
The heavy grade a mile above Mar
cus, Wash., in tho plane commonly
known as the Seven Devils, lias slid
down on the railway track of the Spo
kane Fulls & Northern railway, caus
ing a complete blockade of the line,
and necessitating a transfer of all busi
ness. It is probable a week will
elapse before tiie blockade is broken.
Spokane hackmon have organized
and have raised the rates. They still
carry passengers from any of the depots
to Howard street for 25 cents, with the
usual extra baggage charges. If the
passenger desires to go beyond Howard
street, however, 60 cents is charged.
About 4,000 feet of the Astoria Rail
road Company's track between Clifton
and Svenson has been torn up by a
slide and oarried into the river.
Miss Millie A. Wilson will ma
Olympia for $5,000 damages stiHt.tineJ
bv fitllioa throuah a sidewalk last July
Ylce-Consul Advanced.
Wellesley Moore, British vice-consul
(n San Francisco, has been advanced to
the consulship at Porto Rico, W. I., to
succeed George W. Crawford, who died
at aen, France, recently. Mr. Moore's
head clerk, Montague Hankin, has
been advanced to the position of vice
consul. at Buenos Ayres.
Government Control of Locks.
The preliminary proceedings looking
to the purchase by the government of
the locks at Oregon City have been
taken by the secretary of war, under
whose jurisdiction the matter comes.
He has been authorized to report to
congress, after making a thorough in
vestigation, as to the amount of money
needed for this entire enterprise.
Lower Kate on Prunes.
Fiuitraisers in the vicinity of Spo
kane are asking for lower rates on green
prunes to St. Paul, The present rate
on apples is 75 cents, and on mixed
fruit $1.12. The fruit men want the
rate on mixed fruit reduced to 87
cents, and they Btate that the prune in
dustry cannot live unless this reduc
tion is made.
Settling an Estate.
Transfers to the amount of $18,000
in deeds were made in connection with
the estate of Henry Buokman, at Port
land, this past week. It was simply
the Bottling up and division of the
state of the deoeased, who died in
testate. Increase In Insurance Business.
Insurance Commissioner Clunie, of
San Francisco, has made a report show
ing that the amount of insurance writ
ten on the Pacific coast in 1808 was
$656,057,005, an increase over 1897 in
the former total of $160,000,000, and
n the latter of $2,400,000. The coast
losses omountod to $5,638,021 last year,
and $4,040,541 in 1897.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, 8590o per 100 pounds.
Potatoes, 15$20.
Beets, per sack, 75c.
Turnips, per sack, 50 75c.
Carrots, per sack, 45 60c.
Parsnips, per sack, $1.
Cauliflower, 5090o per doz.
Celery, 8540o.
Cabbage, native and California
$1.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, 85 50c per box.
Pears, 60c$1.50 per box.
Prunes, 60c pur box.
Butter Creamery, 2Go per pound;
dairy and ranch, 18 20c per pound.
Eggs, 83c.
Cheese Native. 1212e.
Poultry Old hens, 14c per pound;
spring chickens, 14c; turkeys, 16c.
Fresh meats Choice dressed beef
steers, prime, 7c; oows, prime,
7c; mutton, 8c; pork, 7o; veal, 68o.
Wheat Feed wheat. $28.
Oats Choice, per ton, $24.
Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.00
11; choioe Eastern Washington tim
othy, $15.
Corn Whole, $23.50; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $28.50.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
p2520; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50;
straights, $3.25; California brrnds,
f 3.aB7tmcfrwtieat- fttmr, -f ari
por barrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour,
$3.75; rye flour, $4.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14;
shorts, por ton, $16.
Feed Chopped feed, $20 22 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake
meal, per ton, $35.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 60c; Valley,
62c; Bluestem, C3o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham,
$2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 41 42c; choice
gray, 89 40c per bushel.
Burley Feed barley, $2224; brew
ing, $23.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16.00
per ton.
Hay Timothy, $910; clover, $7
8; Oregon wild buy, $0 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 5055o;
seconds, 4550o; duiry, 4045o store,
2530o.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 12oj
Young America, 15o; new cheese,
10c per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mlxod, $2.253
per dozen; hens, $3. 50 4. 00; springs,
$1.253; geese, $0.0007.00 for old,
$4.50 5 for young; ducks, $5.00(3
5. CO pur dozen; turkeys, live, 15(4
16c pur pound.
Potatoes 6570cper sack; sweets,
2c per pound.
Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75o
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli
flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, 75c
per sack; beans, 8c per pound; celury
70(3 75o per dozen; cucumbers, 60u per
box; peas, 83c per pound.
Onions Oregon, 75c$l por sack.
Hops 1517o; 1807 crop, 40o.
Wool Valloy, 10 12o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 812e; mohair,
26c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 7gCj
spring lambs, 7Jk'c per lb.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25;
light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed,
$5.006.60 pur 100 pounds.
Boef Gross, top steers, 3.60$3.75;
cows, $2.50(43.00; dressed beef,
6 6 Jo per ound.
Veal Large, 6J7c; small, 7 8c
per pound.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 10 12c per
pound; Oregon, Eastern, 1012o; Val
ley, 15 17c; Northern, 9 11c.
M i 1 1st ii ffs Midd I i ncs, $22 24. 00;
bran, $20.50 21.60 per ton.
Onions Silverskin,6075cpor sack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 24o;
do seconds, 21 23c; fancy dairy, 22o;
do seconds, 1820c pur pound.
Fggs Store, 2627o; fancy ranoh,
J728o.
Hops 1898 crop, 1317o.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $J
2.50; Mexican limes, $0.60; Cali
fornia lemons, $2. 00. 800; do choioe,
$3. 60 4. 60; per box.
Hay Wheat, $1417; wheat an.l
oat, $18 10; oat, $14 16; best bar
ley, $1314; alfalfa, $1214 pur ton;
straw, 60 75c pur bale.
Potatoes Early Kose, $1.101.15;
Oregon Burkanks. 75cfl.15; tlver
Burbanks, 75o$l; Salinas Burbanks,
$1 1.10 per sack.
Tropical fruits Bananas, $1.25
9.60 per bunch; pineapples, $2.60
4.60; Persian dates, 66o per
pound.