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Marshal
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ptatr oiFim. iNo:tmrioN.
Th. aluaa at tba ltillaboro foot
iiet m. Vaa I'Bian, Bethany and Oadar
tl.li, at 7:J a. ra.
EN-1..U.
Oomg ia Portland and way-ofBo, a.
m . and 4 p. m. ......
k'ut t anainiittm and Laorai. at II
OHI W H AND HOClal KOTICaJt
CVNUUKUATK'MAL CULUCH. auroar
J Main anj Kilth airveta. I'raaobmri
tvarj Habbath. Kirnin and aoiog. Sao,
tain aohoot at 10 u'olook a. a. Prayar
1'hara.Uf aVOiU. I. P. B. U. K.
A C.U.I All arfi Will
hurl, brlalii. mteratiiia ana halploU
Kvartona coftiallr ai "
1 KVAS P. HIKiHKU. Pa-tor.
IVASOELICAI.
CIll'KCH. Oorer
I J P.ttb and fir
PraaebiDH ary noiwiaf
at II a. n.i bnnJay arhoot at 10 a. m,
L rarer autitMr ar Wadnada omauxti
W U....I.. MMHU.
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iiiiu1II R A. AJkina. raator.
,PraaohinBarerT Sabbath aioruingand
arvouMl rJaia" y "
J 4. a Laia miioa arj Handay al
bW . otmaral prayar meeting arary
Tharaday a mi mti. Leadera' and Btawarda
Matum tba ilmd isaadaj avaainc of aaob
(1HKMTIAN t'trriU'lI. PrMM-lun d
J ami 4 h Hunduy in rat-h month at II
a ni. Prayar merliiiK Ti.urxlay avaniiiK.
CbrUtian ndi-avoral T p in . -
K. 11. hUKAKO.lRKI'aator.
1. 0. t. w.
1LI.HHOUO LOIHi NO.' 61. A. U. V.
W.. Mcata avary brat and third
, Way .warn .n ;
W. II. Wahroiw, KrOorOer.
al. ia . una."" t "
tlaaffhtrr af Krbrkah.
H1LLH1UIKO UKHEKAli 1UHOB NO.
64, 1. O. O. P at la ia laid tallow
a all arary Hatnrday eyouiim.
P. of H.
il.l.HlutltO (IllANUK. NO. 18. anat
II
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mill.- DUiHtK or HONOH. A. O. C.
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klra. Nai.w llara, Kj onirr.
of H.
Katblwac Matpra.
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1 iiimj nrty 2nd ana 4 ii PrKiav in aaib
month at 7.J'cl k .n Wh'Unn'aHaJi,
M.a 8 rMpniKtjn
Air Xallic H .r al. H. C.
M. oi ft. and 0.
k. r v.
IkHlENIX LOPOE. NO. 4, K. Of P,
moat m Al i.viia Hall on Moo lay
Tvoimi of Mta ak. Sojoarninu bratbraa
aaloouwd lo lodria maatinua.
A. F. and A. M.
MU'ALITY LOIHIK NO. A. P. A A. .,
1 Bttwta avar Matnrdny nthl oa or after
all moon of aa'b month.
W. M. rl AKKKT T, W. M.
R. OataajtLi, tacrlary.
O. E. H.
rrt'ALATlN CHAPTER. NO.Sl.O. K.Bn
I nnli at Maaonio frmpia on lha nd
and 4th Tnaaday oi rach month.
K. 0. T. B.
VIOLA TENT, NO. l!. K. O. t. M,
maata in O.I.1 IVIIonV Hail, on aro
and fourth Tbaraday aTanlnn of aarh
month. L. A. LONO,
Baa-roil Bowa!i, torn.
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MEETS IN ODD PELIOW9 H&LL
Hlliaboro, oa trta lac tad (d. Fridays
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Mra. II. V. Oatra.
Eliiahai h (X Vaa.l al I. rtratary.
nr.. BAS!H)B PO!T, SO. 9, . A. R.
ftKTS IN ODD FELLOW! HALL ON
It I tha Brst and thirl Haiordaya of aach
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sets in.
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TTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
UlLLZUOUO, OKIUjUH.
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HILLtiBOUO, UkCUUH
Omri!
Ceatral Hloaa. Bnaan Bad 1.
aaaros wian w. 1
kmuj PaUie.
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TTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
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UEU. B. BAUUCT,
YTTORNEYS-ATLAW,
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t 1TI1RNKY AND
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ion Uouniy.
orrics: Chrar Dalla Drug Stora.
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UUXHBOUO. OBaOOM.
t nMianaa. aaat of rouii
Hooaa. wbare ho ill ba f oand at all nuuia
baa not Tlaltmn patioala.
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HILLHUOHO, OUEUON.
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u... tilraata. OtHoa hoora, i to
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raaidanoa from Mroea aaia- wmawn '
aU hoora. All aolla promptly ainua.
aiMht or day.
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piIYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
BILLUUObO, OllEGON.
Omca: ia Tbrnatta Kuw. Rbidhm
aoraof Vlrat and Alua otraota.
r A. BAILEY, B. B.
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I AOLtJUCHEUR.
HILLHBOUO, OUEUON.
Omoai la Pharmaoy, Cnfcm Block. Oalto
attaoded to. aiiibt or day. uaatoasoa, a. if
Oor. baaa Lino and Uaoond atroeta.
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Batata evotiateJ. nmuwaa aiwoaav
with promptaaa and dtapatca
jAa.a TMoaraoa, botart rcatic.
THOBrSOV os.
3D rrar axnerirnr in f Iffic Lrral Baai
nree. tlrnrral truaUaientd. Propai
of Katatea and lndiyidnala caicd for.
Orflcc at lb Basaar. ForeatUroTe. Oregon
t . E. tiEIUEK,
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. PI I Y8ICAN AND SURGEON
FOREST GROVE OREdOX.
Baaaaa
Bprrial attention paid to Meiiiral and
Bunrical Diaeaara of Wouwa and Children
and all chronic d
Off! Ice and realdanee.
Row I by houat,
Paciiicare.
weat of Forest Urova boleL
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I
Restart, -lal leeth $.M pereet. Cement
and Amalgam Aliiiira Ml cen fai-b. tKild
lilliiiK from ft up. Viulisad air for pain
la n tract ion.
Orrtvai three doors north of Brtek
trmca hoars from a. m. so p. m.
J. R. ABE 15!,
ENTIST,
11ILLSBORO, OREGON,
D
Orrict Ilot-as: 9 a. m. lo 4 ;30 p. m.
Office in Union Mock over Pharmacy,
ArkrrS Eagllak Remedy will step a
ciMigh at any time, and will cans the
wond cold in twrlve hoars, or money re
funded, to and 60 CeaU at PeiU Drag
Store,
Gov. 1tKwnll drx'lam thai "tbnw?
who look pari In the first movement
to Pppom the treaty hare on their
amiU the gnilt orrrMwt of the blood
shed both of our own troop and that
of the natire of the Philippines."
This b not an original opinion with
Gov. Riwmevelt. There are few
Intelligent observers who have not
held It Ibr months.
St. Jacobs Oil
will CURE it after a few
applications, and stake
the muscles limber and
strong.
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THE 'AW!
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UYFREO
CHAPTER VL
MTH.TIT1 n TBB CASS
After this failure, wbkb had prom
iaed at ooa moox-nt to be a grand soc
eaaa. Percj and I felt so bambled that
wa actually consulted with mother as
to w briber tba pulic sbcoid be invited
to take over tba matter, or at leaat
asked lo aaaist na in onr farther ia
qniries. My dear motber'wa. bowerer. very
mncb adreras to sack a step, bba bad
always felt horror of tba Bnesiaa do
tectir firce. that "terrible third aee
tion." tba nnanifortned. secret, inyateri
oaa, spyina' ereatorea who swarm, or
swarmed at that time, ia tba capital
city of lbs cur. "For tba lore of beav
en." she sntieated a, with tears in ber
eyes, "let n keep onr sorrow ont of
tbeir knowledge. I woold But bare
thuee bstefal peupla to know of onr
grief or to bandy a hoot yoar dear fa
ther's name as a stalking horss fot tbeir
arresting and spying. Wa will leara
tbetn oat a long a w can."
Mother wa convinced tbat Percy and
I bad, a I bare said, struck tba trail of
tbe mystery at Erinofka, and tbia opin
ion received a kind of terrible confirma
tion a few day biter wbn. walking in
tbe NVNky with Percy, I met Holbert
tbe Eoglixhuian.wbo, with father and
another, reuted tba shouting of tbat
splendid moor.
II n I ber t waa decoronsly sympatbetie
abont onr limily trouble, for of course
ba knew of it. tboagb we carefally pre
aerved it from becoming a matter of
general knowledge and tittle tattle.
Tben ba told ma that be bad just been
to Erinofka, and tbat an extraordinary
and horrible murder bad been commit- j
ted in tbe village. No stranger bad been
seen abont the place, it waa said, yet
one of the villagera bad been stabbed,
dead in bis bnt heaven only knew why 1
or by whom, for ba hadn't an enemy ia
tba world. I
My heart almost stopped beating'
wben I beard tbia I glanced at Percy
and rangbt bis eye. His face bad sad- j
denly gone qaite pale; so, ba said after
ward, bad mine.
"What is it?" said Hnlbert "Are
yon one who can't bear to bear of blood
shed t I'm sorry I told yoo."
I don't like horrors." I said, "bat
do go on ; wbat waa tba poor fellow
like! Did yon go and sea him!"
I did. as it happens. A small fellow
with a bald bead, rather j tittle eyes and
a longiah beard. "
It waa onr mysterious informant to
tbe Ufa
Tben bis tale had been trae, and tba
unfortunate fellow bad actually met
bia doom for breaking faitb with his
terrible employers. How did tbe rascals
know tbat ha bad broken faitb T Was
it onr fault t Ood forbid I I bad tried
my beat to shelter hi in. It was bis own
fault, Ha ran the risk with bia eyes
open. Probably tba poor wretch did not
really believe tbe threats of those fear
ful people whom ha had driven to Ba'
lota.
And these were tba very persons into
whose bands father mast have fallen. If
it were indeed so, tben Ood help him I
Wa decided to tell mothrr nothing of
this last development, for it con Id only
frighten and shock ber and would do no
good.
But wa persuaded ber to allow ns to
engage tba services of a private detect
ive, one who sbonld be entirely uncon
nected with tbe police. If w could find
a suitable person, we explained, be
could go to Erinofka and take np tbe
trail where we had lost it We were
known there now and would be taken
in at every tarn by thoee. or their
agents, whose intereat it was to keep
tba trnth from ns. A professional de
tective wonld be far more likely to
manage aocceasfnlly this delicate mat
ter of clew bunting than wa should.
Somewhat regretfully, my mother
agreed to allow ns to employ sncb a
man, and by dint of many inquiries we
bit npua a young fellow, by name Bo
rofaky. who suited ns very well.
I!onfky was not very much older
than I. He may bare been 23, at uiost,
while my age was juat 19 and Percy's
about tba aame; not a very aged trio to
undertake and conduct so delicate an in
quiry as this of ours.
Ha dined with us on tba evening of
his engsgement, and we talked over tbe
entire subject Bornfky tbonght well
of tbe work wa had dune at Erinofka.
We bad bit upon the right track, no
doubt be said. Bnt probably the ras
cals who bad drugged and carried fa
ther off had long since placed him in
safety, and even if we could follow the
trail as far a 8t Petersburg wa should
loss it there.
But wbat do yon suppose they
wanted with tbe count Mr. Burofskyt" i
asked Perry. "Money, by way of ran
som, or what?"
Heaven knows I" said Borofaky.
"Tbat ia one of tbe things we must find
ont"
Tben oui friend startled n by saying
"By tbe way, the nristaf of the police ,
l "'"" !
your father to me today. I waa at tbe
ofllce on another matter of basinesa
hick does not concern tbia affair.
Wbat do yon think the prists f said?"
I am sorry yoa spoke to the police
ahnnt nil father." I rrrtlied aom. what
mil It t tha i.pt Ihmit am t
trying to avoid."
I did njt believe me. It waa the
prists f who mentioned him. apropos of
nothing particular, and. mind yoo.
though I am no great lover of tbe po
lice, I am raady to admit tbat tbeir
system ia marvrlvua. and tbey general
ly know where to lay their hands upon
any given person. I was jml speaking
of yoar father, nor had I mentioned
him. Bnt tbe pristaf said. 'You ar to
ri lertak business for IVunl Landrinut.
Lvn 'sky. 1 conclude, since yoa have
bob for two day ia communication
it.i the young count' (Tbey watch
aa, J-i see, these fellows) lt t odd
tbat the old bird sbonld have gone to
v
V7HISHAW
prosecute bia inquiries ia Lskxb.
whatever tbey may be, while tbe yoang
one leaves London ia order to work out
Something here.'
".'lath conot ia London. tbewT
said innocently. 'I did not know it
And tba priataf said. "Certainly P and
tbat your father bad left tit Put era bo rg
on th I forget the exact data about
a week or tea days ago. Of conn wa
know tbia ia not the case, bnt it ia wdd
tbat tbe criataf aboald bare aaid it'
I aaid nothing. I waa too astonished.
Could Percy after all have even tbe old
dad. tbenf I bad persuaded him long
since tbat ba bad been th victim of aa
illusion, a chance likeness, and tbat
wherever my poor father should prove
lo be be could not be ia London. But
this wss surprising, an utterly ansa
pected and bewildering confirmation of
Percy s stty.
Percy himself waa equally surprised
and startled, and Borofaky waa sol
slow to observe onr excitement.
"Well, what?" be said, smiling.
"Ton don't attach any importance to
wbat tbe pnntaf told me, do yoar
think yoa need not for these brigands.
ar whoever tbe mysterious rascals
boa Id prove to be, would scarcely take
tbeir victim so far afield. They would
be safe SO yards over tbe frontier. Why
sbonld they go so farT"
I consulted with Percy. Ought we
not to tell Borofaky tbat Percy believed
be bad aeen my father in London T
"It would be a pity to set bin upon a
falee scent if it sbonld bare beea a cans
of mistaken identity, aa of couraa it
may have been I" said Percy.
"And aa 1 quite believe, evea Dow,
tbat it was." I said, "but I think
Boroftky should know. It wonld not
hurt, and it might possibly lead to some
development"
Wa told Borofaky. and I don't know
wben I have seen any one quite so sur
prised. "Why on earth didn't yon tell me
this?" be said. "It ia moat important
corroboration of tbe prixtaf a words
I explained that wa had believed Per
cy to be tbe victim of an optical delu
aion.
"Well," be said, "without tbe pria
taf'a confirmation of it, I, too, sbonld
have (aid Mr. this gentleman bad
made a tri-take: sImo without tbia gen
tleman's corroboration 1 should and did
say that the i.tuitaf had for once been
too clevrr or not clever enonuh. Pint
taking Uitu rtrries together, I find tbat
each awertion stands strongrr upon its
leg by reaMin of tbe an p port it derives
from the other. In a word, if I must
give uiy opinion, I should now ba In
cliued to declare that tbia gentleman
did see the connt in London, though
why bis abductors should have taken
him there is wbat at present is quite
beyond me to explain. Let as sleep on
tbe matter and take counsel in the
morning."
And, it being midnight by tbia time.
we departed to our rooms Aa for me, I
went to bed with a sense that the mys
tery waa by no meana pot forward by
tbia new development bat rather set
back snd complicated.
CHAPTER YIL
TTTE COT NT KKPORTID FOTXD.
It is impnasible, I suppose, to witness
tbe enthusiastic confidence of another
in tbe correctness of his own reading of
a mystery witbont in some measure.
becoming infected. I did not agree with
my young detective. I con Id not per'
snade myself tbat my dear father.
whom I loved and respected with all my
heart con Id possibly be ia London and
enjoying, as was obviously the case, at
least a certain degree of liberty, witb
out using that liberty to write or wire
to bia wife in order to relieve the aox
iety from which he must know ah
wonld be suffering. It would not ba like
father. Why sbonld ba do it T
"Because," said Borofsky, in effect
"be hasn't He ba written, and tbe let
ter baa miscarried or has beea inter
cepted." "By whom!" I asked.
Borofsky shrugged bi shoulder.
"If wa knew tbat" be said, "there
would no longer be any mystery. It
may havs simply miscarried. The chap
ter of accidents is a long one in Russia,
a yon know, and must always ha reck
oned with."
"But we can t get over tbe fart tbat
Percy saw this man ia London snd aaid
tbat, though be looked like father, be
waa dreased so so funnily, and In fact
to put it quite plainly tbat be look
ed a downright bounder, which my dear
father could never possibly do!"
"Disguises do wonders!" aaid Borof
sky, shrugging bia sbonMers.
"Bnt why should be be difguised T"
I persisted.
"Why has be gone away T Why has
sll this happened, and how? Tell me
tbat. and I'll tell you thereat!'' laughed
Borofaky. "Enough that we have a
good scent here. and. beaid.a. another
I old trail that may one day be taken np
. .. ....i...
it d d net artn.l a rmiW.
me tbat
! tbe man Perry met in Oxford street waa
my father and no other. Then It occur
red to Borofsky that it would be well if
one, at least of our little hunting party
of three were to take np bia post In
London in tba hope of meeting witb
tbia mysterious personage, whether fa
ther or some one else.
"Ton are tbe right one to go." said
Borofsky. wagging bia bead at me, "for
yoa would be less likely to be tbe vic
tim of mistakes identity. It wonld be
aseless fur me to go beranse, anforta
aately. tbe count ia a stranger to me,
snd I should not know him if I saw
hire. And aa for this gentleman"
Percy "be might of course, be de
ceived not being a son of tha connt"
"I don't think I sbonld. ell the
same," said Perry.
"I caa't possibly leave my mother,"
I pat ia. "for some little while at all
CWiaesvi e Famrtk Pag.
TBE HAS I It RutSU ROBII.'
Mr. . .
tne vs r depart well l na twnnj a
sUlefiMwt quoting cwiaiu ditchee
frotn Garters! Otis Im aatwer to the
press rwrevporttreoU "round ni.in."
The text of the statement fc as d-
kw: i
"Oetrral Oils In a dipa?rh under
date of July 20 says that the ptvea
corrn(oo b-nta uVmamlt d permbsden
to eat It) that offlt it! repor Kent
mlartevia(inted eonditiona. This
aa ilefiid. They then uVnianded
the privilege lo artid without opin
too. This ws granted if public in
terests were not imperiled. The
gnawer waa not satisfactory snd they
ibjervlire sent by mail to Hong Kong
General Otis says he bt not coiiari.-ut
of sending miawprwtatka' but
thinks thst his dixpstches at time
neve ben lo eoo.ervative. The
prest affair appeared to be a threat
VYhea the corre-ixmileot were asked
lo state w herein Ueneral Otis' dis
patckes were ruUIeailing they offered
nothing tangible exct'pt that bU
cuocKiruita were unwarranted.
When told that they were disre
garding military authority It ws
apparent that they courted nisrtjr
dotn which it was unwise to give
them.
In a later dlnpati'h General O Is
i) a that the charges made by the
prees correepondenia are untrue. He
adds that the most harmonious rela
tion exist between the army and the
navy. He gives the following
extract from a letter Just received
from a leading Filipino at Tarlac
which is the center of the main in
surgent army.
."For some dsys I hsve been trying
lo leave this band of thieves, but
have'been watched so cloxely it hat
been impossible to do so. A grest
many of the people here Ion for the
American troops to advance ft every
one Is desperate with so much sav
agery committed by Aguinsldo's
army.'
"Captain Barker, of the navy, who
succeeded Admiral Dewey in com
mand of the fleet, in sending the re
port ol tbe commander of the York-
own to tha navy department makea
this indorsement: 'lam pleased to
note the cordial co-oixTstiou of the
army and navy.'
"As besriug upon the statement
tbat the operations of tbe navy had
been minimised, it may be stated
hat Generol Oils has repeatedly rec
ognised the work of the navy, as, for
example, in his dispatch of Juoe 15
last in which he say: 'The navy
aided greatly on the shore of the bay,
landing forces occasionally.' "
CO BPS BES0LlTI0S.
The following resolutions ot condol
ence were nssned iy tne uenerai
Ransom Relief Corps No. 47, Depart
ment of Oregon W. R. C. assembled
at a regular meeting ou Friday, July
T, 1899 on the death of our Conduct
ress the wife of our worthy citin,
Mr. G. A. Wehrung
Whereas, in accordance with Ibe
will and pleasure of our Supreme
Commandtr the Architect of the
Universe the highly esteemed wife
and bosom coiniiaiiion of our friend
and cilisen was called from her toil?
and lebors here below lo ber final real
nd reward in that temple above that
house uot made witb hands: enternal
in the heavens; be it
Resolved: That we feel most
leeply the irretrievable lw our cili
sen has sustained and that we extend
to him in bia bereavement our heart
felt sympathy. We trust that he
will recognise the overruling hand
Providence knowing that He
J ietb all things well; He it further
Resolved; Thst these resolutions be
spread on the records of the Corps
snd that a copy of the same be pres
ented to the bereaved citlxen.
Mrs. B. K. Haines f
Mrs. F. A kch bold J Com
Mrs. L. Griffin I
BAB TBE FAR! EllS CHARACTER.
In some rural districts of England
there are held anoutlly hiring fairs,
where farmers and others attend to
engager servants. At one held in
Gloucestershire last autumn a farmer
pened negotiationa with a lad who
teemed suitable lor his purpose.
Various questions hsving been asked
and answered, the farmer inquired
at last:
Hast got n character from thy
last place?"
No," replied the boy; "my old
gaffer be about somewhere, and I can
get he to write I one."
"Very well," was tbe reply, "thee
get it and meet I here again at o'
clock."
Tbe time came, so did the fartmr
and the boy.
"Hast got thy character?' was the
query.
The answer came short and sharp
No; out I ha' got thine, and I bean't
a-comlng."
God fights on tbe side of the
heaviest battalions-Mad. de bev.
igea' letter. Attributed In one form
off another to Geo. Moreau, Nspolton
Gen. Charles Lee ami many others.
Is peace prep.ire for war. Wach-
agton.
WHAT ADMIRAL
DEWEY WOULD SAY
Alleged Internet trith Rec.
Mr. Claij MacCaulet,, a
Missionary.
BEST BEEF FOR TKOurS
Ref i Igerated Beat new Preferred la
tab and Parte Rice by the
I'.M. Soldier.
In an alleged Interview with Ad-
mind Dewey by the Rev. Clay Mac
Cauley, an American Unitarian mis
sionary in Japan, Admiral Dewey
is reported as saying that sooner than
begin a "war 'if conquest" he would
raise anchor and leave Manila har
bor. Dewey has already spoken. It Is
now nine months since he wrote over
his own signature lo President Brown
of tbe Norwich University where be
studied, on October 3:
"I ti ust tbat the eolire archipelago
will be retained by tbe United States.
Any other arrangt-nient will lead to
no end of trouble."
A little over a month ago May 25,
the Pkss published aa authorised in
terview with Admiral Dewey while
in Hong Kong harbor. It was as
follows:
"I hav the greatest enthusiasm in
the future of the Philippines. I hope
to see) America's possessions the key
to lh oriental comoietve and rivili
attion. The brains of our great
country will develop the untold ' ag
ricultural and mineral rkhmsa of
the islands. We must never sell
them. Such an action would bring
on another great war. We will nev'
er part with the l'hilippiues I sm
-ure, and in future years tbe idea
that anybody should have seriously
tuggested it will be one t f the curios
ities of history.
"The Insurrection is broken.
There will be no more l.ard battles,
and the new era for Ibe islands that
was temporarily delayed by the rls
ing will soon begin.' Aguinaliio and
his generals must be captured and
then the vety semblance of an insur
rection will cease. AgnintMo's naiue
is the real power among the natives.
Wherever we go it is always Agut
naldo. Theofficeis of the Tagals,
civil and military, tell us they have
no power to treat for peace until they
hear from Aguinsldo. Foreigners
and natives testifying before the
peace commission all testify to the
same facts.
"Many of the island provinces tbat
were once warlike are anxions for
peace and will accept the Aiurrican
terms aa soon as the Tagab of Lux m
are a hipped into line, but they dare
not treat with us as long as Aguinal
iio haa the power to confiscate prop
erty or punish those who offend him.
The end is not fir off if we push right
after them. We must concentrate
our troops and vigorous'y prosecute
the campaign in L'JB'in. Thst is our
whole task.
The southern islands w ill quiikly
fail in line. This, I hope, will not
be long in happening."
Thia is whit Admiral Dewey
would ssy, because it is list he had
from ihe start, in the begiuuiag and
to Ihe end. It was Admiral I)ewey'a
ml vice which was tecisive in leading
President McKinler and his advisers
lo Instruct the Paris peace commis
sion to retain Ihe Philippines. I
was Admiral Dewey who urged tbe
prompt occupation of Hollo and oth
er ports. It Is Admiral Dewey w ho,
at every turn, has seen the full, far
historic advantage of bis great vic
tory and who has desired to see his
country profit by it.
Last winter, when the investigat
ion of army beef wss under way Ihe
country heard a great'deal from cer
tain sources about Ibe alleged mis
take of sending rvfrlvr'e, meats to
Cuba and Porto Rico. W-n. Miles
on'eirttil vigorously mid mi did
some of his subordinates, that the
soldiers in tit ought to have been
fed with beet on Ihe hoof. Tbey
claiti ed tbat ihe proper urae would
have been to ship the cattle to Cu'ia,
and lo have them slaughtered at tbe
camps aa seeded. Wben Gen. Miles
went to Porto Rico be cabled back to
tbe war department to send no more
refrigerated beef, but lo furnish Ihe
commissary officers with moneys
ith which lo buy native cattle
Afterward, when the beef question
was under Investigation Gu. Miles
warmly defended his action and
braised the quality of the Pott t Iti-
can herds.
It will astonish persons who were
impressed witb this testimony, and
who believed that the commls'wry
general had blui dered, to learn thai
the garrisons of American wddiers in
both Cobe and Porto Rico are now
fed upon tbe refrigerated article
shipped from Western packing hous
es. And Ihe man who baa let tbe
coo tract, the acting eommisswry gen
eral, ii C1. John Wiston, who was
chief commbawtry on Gn. Miles staff
last year.
Tbe war department has gone back
lo refrigerated beef shipped from
Western cities to these Mauds after a
fair trial of Ihe native beef of PVrto
Rico end the beef oa tbe hoof sent lo
Cuba. It has beer found that the
native cattle of Porto Rico are tough
and dwarfed It has also taren found
tbat American Csltle taken to Cuba
to be slaughtered on the hoof deter
iorate rsjUdly on account of the cli
mate and become otjectioual to Am'
erics n soldiers. Ail of the officer
have reported etrongly against Ibe
native beef, even those I rented in tbe
best manner by tbe contractors who
were deeply Interested in having the
experiment succeed.
Old. Weston says he will be glad to
give Ibe Porto Rican garrisons native
beef if they want it, and he welcom
the opportunity to supply beef on
the hoof to the soldiers in Cuba, if
they prefer it. But in neither idtnd
will tbe men take it. They insist
on the best and that appears to be
tbe refrigerated article sent from tbe
Uoi.ed States. In Col. Weston's
it i n a soldier can be told by the
I. l i t of beef he eats, and a man is
recognised by tbe cattle he Is raised
on. The acting commissary general
is satisfied be can tell by sight wheth
er a soldier cornea from a locality
abounding in fine cattle or is a n, live
of a country where Ihe beef Is poor
and expensive. Tbe American sol
dier, he believes will loose his Jndi-
vlduality and superiority if he does
not get the food to which Lie ia ac
customed, and, he asserts, it would
be a mistaken policy for the govern-'
Lent to give bin, anything leas than
the best. For that reason cold-elor-
SiTs aotisraVbave been eetabliahed at
each of the Cuban and 'Porto RJca.i
'garrison posts, Ihe best Amerlian
food le Issued and every coinpuuy
kow enjoys 100 pounds of ice a day.
Ojlobe-Democrat News Report.
ILLS'BURO TO BILISBORO.
C. 4V. Bliss, editor of the News, of
Hiilxboro, Illinois, who was one of
tbe diVgaies to the N. K. A. who
visited Oregon before returning home
said: "tip a democrat and an ' ex
pansionist, fydon't think -a man
could study thfHeituation oa this
coast without being frJxpauslonlsLlwjtr'
I consider the Willamette Vaikjrfie
finest body or farming una .1 ever
saw, (oubdde of Illinois, of course).
My conception of Oregon has been
entirely changed and I confess lo
pleasant aurprise. Your land, your
water, your scenery and your people
are unsurpassed." Mr. lillss has
written to his taper among other
things the following: "This whole
trip has been a succession of surpris
es. To many or the visitors reaon
has been a revelation. Her resour
ces are perbapa more varied than
those of any other state in the union
With msgniflceot forests which the
mills can uot manufacture into luiu
ber aa fast aa they grow; with her
mineral resources which are lust
beginning to develop; w ith ber fer
tile and inexhaustable valleys; with
her wonderful fishing interests and
her vast area of rich grating Ials,
she certsinly at amis without a peer in
the gteat sisterhood of slates. Tbia
ia not said simply iu return for a few
railroad courtesies and aa an attempt
to compensate a people ubose hospi
tality know. no limit, but it is the
vi lee of a o.uviction forced upon me
after hsving traversed this great U'.e
from cast to west and from north to
south, and studied with painstaking
care her resources and ber cat abili
ties."
IRRIGATION OF ARID LAMM.
The prejeet of cutting ditches and
building reservoirs for storing water
is agitating the public men of that
territory where lies Ihe arid lands of
the nation. Ex Governor McCord of
Aritooa in a recent interview said:
"A national system of irrigation is
no new theory, witb me. Three
years ago last January, In some re
marks I made l fere tbe agricultural
association of Ad.-. na upon the sub
lectof 'Stateboisi . ml Irrigation,' 1
took occasion t ssy: 'Every man
who believes In the perfect develu
ment of oor country slu.uld support
a national system of irrigation.' Tbat
Is Ihe only way the vacant spaces In
our national domain can be rcunded
out and our conn try made symmetri
cal. Should this great government
take bold and carry out such a work,
which It could do and not feel the
cost, even It required 100,000,1)00 or
(200JXX),COO, tbe mighty south w- I
(which meana Northern Texas, South
ern New Mexico, Southern Colorado,
Southern Arixona, Southern Utah
and Southern California), which con
tains such vast areas of now useless
land, would become a vet liable ra
diss. With a national system of Ir
rigation millions of people from the
east could find a borne in which peace
and plenty would reign.
Tbe want of France Is a Washing
ton. Lamarti oe.
DURING THE WEEK
Xetcstj items picked up bij
our Assistant Edi
tor. RAILROAD TO IT. STEVENS
Tea ataay skeep In Wallowa Caaaly
for the ameaat af gratlag land
take had.
The Corral 11 contractors have prac
tically completed Ihe government
hospital at Sileta.
An 8-inonths old child Ml off a
porch In CrvsJlia last week and
thrust a rusty nail In its head, w Here
ita mother left It for an hour till the
surgeon arrived.
Two ot the lady clerka whom
Lipman, Woll A Co. accused of lar
ceny have obtained verricts against
the company for i,&00. one for IJoOO
and the other tJOOO.
A band of 50 head ot bunchgrasa
mustangs were brought into Eugene
recently and auctioned off to tbe
highest bidder. Tbe prices paid
ranged from (5 lo 10 per head.
Leslie Fry, a 12-year-old boy waa
riding a bicycle in Lebanon, bare
footed, when his right big toe waa
caught between the chain and the
sprocket wheel and waa taken off.
Messrs. Somruenrilie and Brown
passed thru Pnoeville last week with
about 600 head ot cattle which they
vere taking from the Willamette
nilley to their stock ranch on Ihe
John Day.
1 lie Cornucopia Mining Company
is nou erecting and haa the ptoject
well under way a cable tramway
from ita mill to the Last Chance
mine, in Baker county. The distance
ia two miles over rough mountains.
City Recorder Forward and Sena
tor Lou Ada ma engaged in words
and came to blows at Milverloo over
a liceuse matter thai recently occu
pied thjfcUtaution of tbe courts in
uot a paid a one or i nerora
I a Justice,
The railroad is being t extended
from its present terminus at New
Astoria to Ft. Stephens. Supt. Mc-
Guire reports It impossible to secure
laborers or teams to work on Ihe
road which will delay ita completion
to about September 1st.
The 9-year old girl, who came
alone from Kai aas to meet her broth
er at The Dm. lies, and did not find
hin , has been seut to Dallas where
her brother waa waiting for bei. Con
founding the names of the towns
caused the difficulty.
A corduroy road -is projected from
Nebalem to Astoria. To puncheon
the wont part of Ihe way, from 2
mile pat to the 13th, will require
the expenditure of ioOOO. Nebalem
will guarantee half this sum, and
Astoria is asked to subscribe the oth
er half, i
Reports from Ihe mountains west
of Lostine, Wallowa county, are lo
the effect tbat tbe sheep busiuess Is
being overdone there, there being
five bands of abeep and range for
only one or two. Cattlemen have
been runnlug tbeir stock there here
tofore. Petitions asking Ihe Southern Pa
ciflc to run a train out of Corral lis to
Portland in Ihe morning and back In
the evening have been seut from Cor-
vallls to tbe headquarters of the com
pany in Portland. They were almost
universally signed and were of vol
uminous proportions.
One dsy last week subscription
books were opened In Salem for !'.,-
0t)C worth of 4 per cent bonds wbich
that city desired to piece. In five
mioutes the whole lot was subscribed
for and before the closing hour 130,-
1100 worth of subscriptions bad been
hooked. Those aubscritiera will I are
to pro rate.
8, J. Seymour baa leu digging
some clams below the Mty that are
f a species not heretofore found on
the river, says Ihe Floreme west.
He brought some up lo I lorence anil
some of the people ronounced Ihein
qusbogs. They are so Isrge that two
of them wonld make a meal for a
g.iod si xed fsmily. 8am says Ihey
are g mmI eating.
The Catholic parish of Southern
Oregon, whh-h comprises the nrst
judicial district, will arum I divided, ,
as a single priest cannot cover the
territory expeditiously. The priest
stationed at Jacksonville will took
after the spiritual welfare of Jackson
and Josephine coo D Iks (excepting
Ashland), while Ibe priest who will
have his headquarters at Ashlar! .
wii: he In charge of the work in bia
own city and Lake and Klamata
counties.