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la A d v e o s o .
VOL.
X IV .
N EW BE R G , Y A M H IL L
C O U N T Y , OREGON,
F R ID A Y , J A N U A R Y
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Something out o f the goodly past, some
vague touch of decency belonging to the
days when he wus young and happy, and
when houor was still a word to which he
duag with all his might, renders this F R O M T H E F O U R Q U A R T E R S
coarse epithet, as applied to the pretty or­
T H E W O RLD .
phans committed to his care, insupport­
able.
J3¡5 eD»'!)e»
BATES.
One Year
OF
“ You hardly remember, perhaps, that
you are speaking of my niece«,” he says A Comprehensive Review of the Important
with an angry frown.
Happenings of the Post Week Presented
"H o ity toity! None of your airs with
me,” says she, steruly. She advances a
in s Condensed Form Which Is Most
step nearer to him. "Remember, Dysart,
that 1 can either make or mar you. 1,
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Manv
and I only."
Readers.
“ I would I were sure of that,” says he,
moodily. “ But— Have you forgotten
There is a movement to hold an ex­
Sediey? He knew.”
“ Pish! H e’s dead: let him rest. What position at Manila in December next.
a one you are to worrit! Twenty years
The Manila chamber of commerce
and more, and no sign of him, and I ask
you was he the one to remain quiet, if he asks that Chinese be admitted to the
saw a way to forcing a sovereign out of islands.
you?"
An unknown hypnotist puta Spokane
"True, true,” savs Dysart, eagerly
catching at this suggestion. “ And yet I man to sleep and dot-tors can do noth­
would give much to know that he was in ing to rouse him.
the grave."
Prince Henry w ill ho given a military
“ Ay. and I In mine! I know yon,” farewell when he leaves Germany for
says she, with an evil look. "You fear
the United States.
me.”
" I fear nothing," says he, coldly.
The Prince of Wales received a very
“ What,” says she, slowly, regarding chilling reception on the occasion of
him closely; "not even that your sou his visit in Germany.
should know?"
Investigation of the Iowa mine dis­
She pauses, pleased with her work. All
at once, a.s it were, on hearing this ques­ aster disclosed tlie fait that the explo­
tion, the old man quails before her like a sion was taused by too heavy a charge of
beaten hound. The life goes out of him, d> namite l>eing placed by one of the
he seems to shriuk into himself, uud puts men who were killed.
out h.s hands as though to waul off some
Fire at Goldfield, Colo., caused dam­
fatal blow.
“ Not that.
Anything but that,” he age estimated at $30,000.
mutters, feebly.
Manila banks refuse to accept de­
“ Well, don’t drive me to it,' ' sa y 8 she,
posits ot Mexican silver.
sulkily.
"Remember, it was for him I did it,”
Colorado union minera have demand­
cries he, sharply. "A fte r all my love, my ed the discharge of nonunion men.
care, my secrecy, to have it now laid bare
to him! I tell you” —his lingers working
A man and his wife have been arrest­
convulsively—“ rather than that he should ed in San Francisco for counterfeiting
know, it seems to me that it would be a
Eight of the colleries in the Hazel-
sweet and simple thing' to murder him
ton district, l’a., were closed because ol
who would betray me.”
“ I'm not going to betray you.” says high water.
she. “ And as for saying ’twas for him
It is estimated that the loss by tin
you did it, why-----’’
recent fires in Columbus, Ohio, will
“ For him. For his sake only.”
reach $000,000.
“ Partly, I think,” says she, dryly.
“ Entirely; altogether. What other crea­
The wheat crop of the Pacific North­
ture had I to love me— to love?
His west for 1001 »us, approximately, 44,-
mother, as you kuow, hated me; and
000,000 bushels.
when she died I was glad,” says he,
crushing his fingers together.
Governor Taft says 15,000 soldier-
“ Yet the deed was scarcely necessary will be enough in the Philippines be­
if done for him,” says Grunch, holding fore the close of the year.
her ground. "T h at old aunt of his—Che
Five hundred miners at the V est End
mother's sister—put waut out of the ques­
tion for him.”
colliery, at Mocanaqua, Pa,, went on
“ I knew nothing of her desire to make strike because nonunion workmen wen-
him her heir—then."
employed.
“ You know it now, anyway,” says she,
A ll formalities for the purchase of
with a nasty sneer. “ And it is never too
late to mend—to find by accident that the Danish West Indies have been com­
paper you have just locked up."
pleted and the treaty will be signed in
" I have thought of it," says he, with a few dayH.
lowered brow and eyes bent upon the
A Cincinnati bookkeeper i- almost a
ground, “ dreamed of rt; and all my
dreaming has but convinced me that quarter of a million short in his ac­
things had better stay as they now are. counts. He contends that it is the re­
Into what better hands could they have sult of errors and haa made most of it
fallen? Who would have husbanded it good.
all like me? You know the care, the
Governor Taft says the situation in
trouble, the sleepless days and nights 1
have devoted to the management of—of the Philippines is encouraging.
it. You know whether it has ever been
Hon. Franklin Murphy was inaugu­
a joy to me—rather a grief, a wearying of
the flesh, a curse!” The word conies from rated governor of New Jersey.
between his lips with a little hissing
Prince Ching w ill represent China at
sound. "B ut it is all for him, for him,” the coronation of King Edward.
he says, in a dying tone.
Charges hnve been brought against
W ith restless, feeble steps he begins to
officials of the Mineworkers’ Union.
pace the room.
“ He believes in me. He trusts me; he
A Filipino force in Batangas prov­
alone—now! But if ever he were to learn
the truth he would spurn me from him. ince, Philippine islands, surrendered.
I swear to you” —he turns and fixes his
Contract for repairs to the transport
burning eyes on hers—"I'd strangle you
with these hands,” holding them out be­ Dix to the amount of $12,000 has been
fore her, trembling with passion, yet let.
strong and lithe, “ before the words could
John D. Rockefeller contemplates
pass your lips.”
giving the Chicago University $2(1,000,-
" I'm not going to play traitor. I ’ve
000.
told you that,” says she, frowning. “ I've
had a chance before this if I wished to do
United States Senators Dolliver ami
it; and I'm not going to help his children, Allison were re-elected by the Iowa leg­
whatever happens.”
Her brow grows islature.
black and her eyes lighten. “ May curses
A ll ol the convicts who escajied from
follow him wherever he be, even through
the gates of death!"
the federal penitentiary on M cNeill’ s
“ Amen,” says Dysart. carelessly. Then, island have been recaptured.
in a different tone: "Seaton is coming I
The senate has begun debate on Phil­
home to-morrow.”
"Y ou have a design," says she, fixing } ippine tariff bill.
her sharp eyes on him with a searching
More revolutionary movements are
regard.
reported
in China.
“ True; nnd I think well of mentioning
it to you,” says Dysart. slowly. “ A fte r)
The annual convention of the United
long and careful thought I have decided ; Mineworkers of America is in session.
on abandoning more ambitions schemes
Three of the 11 convicts who rsoai>ed
and wedding him to my elder niece,
Vera.”
from McNeil island prison have been
(T o be continued.)
captured.
31, 1903.
U N F A IR T O T H E C O L O N IE S .
M IN E
NO.
DUST
II.
EXPLO D ED .
Addroas, Oaeraic, Now bar*. Orofoa.
NEWS OF THE STATE
Australia Complains Thai Meat Contracta Disaster in Iowa Cost Many Lives—Several
Go (o Argentina.
Men Seri vsly ln|urtd.
Sydney, N. S.
W .,
placing of contracts
Jan.
28.— The
in Argentina by
the British war office, to supply meats
and other produce for the troops in
South Africa, has engendered extreme
irritation
throughout
Australasia.
This action of the imperial authorities
is regarded as evidence of reprehensible
indifference to the claims ol the colon­
ies, as ill accorded with the expressions
of imperial solidarity, us poor repay­
ment for the sacrifices of the colonists,
and generally as grave injustice. Most
of the premiers of Australasia and the
TEM S O F I N T E R E S T F R O M A L L
Oskaloosa, Ia., Jan. 27.— The Lost
PA R TS O F O R EG O N .
Creek coal mine was the sceno today of
a terrible disaster, which cost the lives
of 21 miners. Eight others were seri­ ommercUl end Financial Happenings of Im­
ously injured. The bodies of the dead
portance—A Brief Review of the Growth
men wero recovered from the mine, and
end Improvements of the Many Industries
lie tonight in an improvised morgue
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
near the scene of their destruction.
— Latest Market Report
The injured, all of w hom are frightfully
cut, bruised and burned, are under the
Oil has been struck iu quite a large
care of surgeons in atenqiorary hospital
quantity neur Myrtle Creek.
¡equipped near the mine.
The telephone line from Union to La
The Lost Creek mine is 10 miles
Grande has « hanged hands.
south of Oskaloosa, and three miles
The net valuation of taxable property
north of Kddieville.
The explosion
iu Baker county is $8,523,84«.
C r iA P T E It I I I . —(Continued.!
and the thought that all through her re­
Standing upon a mound near her, she turn walk through the leafy woods that
placea her hand* to her pretty mouth, music had rushed as a chorus to her
and, n-hh a simple eloquence that cannot words.
“ Ah! now I know!” cries she, stopping
he too highly commended, cries " U i ! ” to
him, at the top of her fresh young voice. abruptly, and looking full at her com­
Whether the breeze has played traitor, panion, who grows somewhat guilty in
or whether the bending figure is of so appearance. “ That noise of running wat-
gross material as to tie deaf to this bril­ er! that is tile river that flows beneath
liant appeal, who can say. A t all events, Greycourt. I f I had only followed it I
he never stirs or lift« himself from his need not have given you all this trouble."
task, whatever it may be.
Nothing
“ It is no trouble," says he, plainly.
daunted, Griselda returns to the attack.
She holds out to him her hand. "Good-
“ H i!” cries she again, with a sharper, by," she says, gently.
freer intonation. And still nothing comes
“ Oh. not good-by, I hope," returns he.
o f it.
The liendiug figure refuses to anxiously, taking the slim little hand and
straighteu bis back, and things remain as holding it as warmly as he dares, per­
to Hosciy than he is quite aware.
before. It is really too bad. Getting haps
down from her mouml she clambers up ou " I shall see you again?”
a higher hank, and once more sends out
“ Oh, no. No, iudtvd,” softly. “ You
must not think that. Uncle Gregory does
her voice upon the world: .
“ H i, my good man!” This does it. As not permit us to know our neighbors."
He lifts his hat and Griselda, giving
i f compelled to acknowledge thia tribute
to his virtues, “ my good man” uprears him a rather solemn little salute, turns
himself, looks vacantly round him—at ev­ | away from him. A aecond later, however,
ery point hut the 'right one first, and at i she finds him again beside her.
last sees Griseldn. The effect produced is
“ It—‘here is all the appearance o f conn­
not only ins :
menus but marvelous. ing rain in the sky," he says, gravely.
Down goes his rod, his east, his choicest "Don't you think so? I fear we shall
fly—an admirable orange grouse—and he have a perfect storm before long. I
comes steaming toward her at about thought I'd tell you, so that you might
twenty knots an hour.
get as much good out of these woods as
His eyes, ever since they first lighted possible before—the deluge. This w-eek.
upon Griseldn, have seemed to grow to now, might be fine, but I should not an­
her, nnd now, as he draws nearer, she swer for the next; and, indeed, if you w*ill
too sees and recognizes him. The knowl­ permit me to advise you, I should recom­
edge thus gnined so surprises her that mend you to take a walk to-morrow. Who
she very nearly falls off her high bank, shall say that rain might not fail the day
and then grows very charmingly rosy, after?”
and as charmingly confused. I t is none
Who, indeed?
other than the young man who had helped
It seems the soundest reasoning. So
to restore the carriage to its legitimate Griseldn. haring shown herself impressed
position.
by it, inclines her head to him once more,
and, a turn in the path hiding him at last
from view, tukes to her heeis, and hard­
C H A P T E R IV .
H ENRY C PAYNE.
“ It is really you?” cries he, with unaf­ ly draws breath until, having found the
small
iron gate that admits to the gar­
fected delight, coloring warmly.
N e w Postmaster General w h o took oath of office ranuary 15.
“ I t is you, too,” replies she, reflectively, den at ita lowest end, she enters by it
and as though it is a little unfair to and feels herself at last at home.
premier of New Zealand have cabled to occurred at the noon hour, and wan
On the baH doorsteps, as if lying in
throw all the personalities at her.
the imperial government strong pro­ what ¡ h known as a dust explosion.
“ So it is,” says he, smiling gayly. “ You wait for her, stands Mrs. Grunch, the
wanted me? I hope you had not to call housekeeper.
tests in practically identical terms, say­ Tho miners had just fired their usual
noon allots, one of which proved to he a
"D ear me, miss, and so you have re­
often?”
ing that tho two colonies are able to fizzle, the powder flame igniting the
"V ery often,” smiling, too, and jumping turned,” says she. “ Dear! hut master
supply the war office requirements in gas and causing the explosion. Smoke
down off her pedestal.
" I thought I will be main glad to hear o f it. H e was
should never make you hear. Do you that upset by your absence that we
South Africa three times over.
Both and debris wero bldwn out of the mine
know the road to Greycourt? I don’t.”
daren't so much as approach him.” Ori-
in a column 200 feet high. A part of
colonies,
it
is
pointed
out,
have
more
“ I do. It is a tedious way, and com­ selda’s blood grows cold. ’’But now he'll
the top works was torn away, and the
meat
than
consumers,
and
when
they
plicated. But if you will permit me to go he sure to tell you himself how glad he is
This
are doing all in their power to build fans and cages were wrecked.
with you and show it to you. Miss Dy- to see you back safe and sound.”
up and strengthen the empire, it is in­ made the work of rescue very slow,
sart?”
C H A P T E R V.
"Oh, no. No, indeed. It La giving you
comprehensible that trade is given to and it was 8 o'clock before volunteer
Mrs. Gruneb, as Griselda left her, turn­
quite too much trouble, and how do you ed aside, and with darkened brow made
foreigners, especially Argentina, thus forces dared to venture into the east
know my name?” asks she, with a shy for the library, Mr. Dysart'a usuul abid­
bringing into the field a keen compe­ entry, where the explosion occurred.
glance at him from under her long lashes. ing place.
The men of the rescue party fought
Not finding him here, she
titor with the people of Australasia.
“ I asked somebody in the village, ' con­ hurries onward down the hall, until she
The premiers further declare that they their way into the mine, where a
fesses he, honestly, and he told me you comes to a heavy curtain, once handsome,
The
feel such action is wrong and unfriend­ shocking sight met their gaze.
were Mr. Dysart's uiece. You don’t mini notv moth-eaten and dingy, and pushing
ly, and that the blunder, should be dead and injured were terribly btirnod
that, do you?”
it aside, reveals a long flagged passage,
and mutilated, some of them almost
promptly retrieved.
“ No. I, too, heard o f you,” she says, with a high, narrow door at the extreme
beyond recognition. Beyond where the
“ but then I didn't take for grunted every­ end.
thing that was told me.”
O B S E R V E M ’ K I N L E Y ’8 B IR T H D A Y bodies lay the fire was burning fiercely,
Stooping as she comes to it, she peers
and for a time it was feared the work­
“ What did you hear of me?”
through the keyhole, and fin-ling it emp­
ings would lie wholly destroyed and the
“ That you were a young man ‘down ty, tries, with a cautious, quiet grasp,
Move
to
Mark
the
Day
by
Services
and
Con­
from Lunnon town, an'- as full o’ tricks as the handle of the door to find the latter
bcsiies incinerated. Finally, however,
tribution!
to
Memorial
Fund.
a egg’s full o' mate,’ ” replies she, de­ locked. Still very cautiously she slips her
the flames were subdued.
The bodies
murely, evidently quoting somebody, and hand into her pocket, draws out a key.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 24.— The request were then collected and taken to the
with a glance so “ full o’ tricks” on her well oiled, and inserting it in the keyhole'
by Governor Nash, of Ohio, lias received top of the shaft.
own account that he laughs in spite of softly opens the door.
At the time of the explosion more
himself.
hearty response from the governors of
A grim smile overspreads her face as
than 100 men were in the mine, but all
“ W ell,” says he, “ I'm not from ‘ Lun- She looks toward the further end of the
all the states and territories invited to except those in the east entry escaped
non town,’ certainly, and I hope I ’ m not room. There, on h.a knees beside a cab­
join in asking the people to pro|>erly with only slight injury.
The total
a greater wretch than my fellows. A s to inet, kneels Mr. Dysart. It ia open, and
my ‘tricks,’ I don’t believe I ’ve one.”
observe the 59th anniversary of the property loss w ill be about $10,000.
Mr. Dysart, in his worn and shabby old
“ I f not from London, from where?”
coat, is kneeling before the secret open­
birth of W illiam McKinley.
Nonrly Nearly all of the men were married
"R ather close to you. My sister lives
and leave families in poor circum­
ing, gloating openly upon its contents.
every governor has either issued a proc­ stances.
just over the border o f this county, a Piles upon piles o f yellow sovereigns are
matter o f twenty miles or so; and I spend so built one on the top o f the other that
lamation or semi-officially requested
most of my time with her.”
they reach from one narrow resting pl.ice
N EW S R E C E IV E D Q U I E T L Y .
that there should lie memorial services
“ It was a very good thing for my sister to the other above, and so on. Dull, heavy-
on the Sunday proceeding January 26th
and me that you came fishing,” says Gri- gold that scarcely glitters, save in the
selda; "o r I suppose we should both be eyes of the wretched miser bending over
in all the churches, that conrtihutions No Demonstration at SL Thomas, Danish
now either dead or dying.”
Here she
West Indies.
them.
Ire
there received, and that all people
looks round her. “ Have we very much
A et it is not so much ou the money as
St.Thomas,
D. W. I., Jan. 28.— The
testify by their voluntary offerings their
further to go?"
on a paper he holds in his hand that his
“ About a mile.”
love
and
devotion
to
thedend
president.
announcement
which reached here of
attention is concentrated. H e is so bent
“ I wish it was less,” nervously. ’T am
In many states, notably Kansas, public the signing of the treaty by which Den­
on the perusal of it that he hears neither
afraid Vera will be frightened at my long the turn of the key in the lock nor the
schools will hold s]>ecial exorcises and 1
mark sells the Danish West Indies to
absence, and—and that my uncle will be
give to the fund.
woman's entrance. And now, as a mali­
angry.”
the
United States, was received quietly.
cious chuckle breaks from her, it so star­
In any community where there ia no
"Perhaps he won't hear o f it." says Mr. tles him that he springs to his feet as if
local auxiliary of the Mcl^iniey Memo­ There was no open manifestation, but
Peyton, hopefully. Griselda shake*- her shot, and a sharp, horrid cry, that is
rial Association, contributions by busi­ much anxiety prevails regarding the
head.
almost a shriek, escapes him. His face
The isthmian canal commission re ness, fraternal or labor organizations, i
C h in e s e C o m p lim e n t s .
“ H e looks just like a person who would has grown deadly white, great drops of
developments.
Nothing official has
There Is one point in which Chinese ports in favor of the purchase of the schools or churches, may 1» sent to the
hear everything,” she says.
sweat stand out upon his brow.
yet l>een received from Copenhagen.
Panama
canal.
treasurer,
Myron
T.
Herrick,
Cleve-
t
“ I ’ ve heard a good deal about him off
"Comforting yourself with a look at it,” etiquette, so often absurd. Is much
and on. People will talk, you know, and says she, with a malignant leer. As she more sensible than ours. That Is In Ita
A bank cashier of Great Falls, Mont., land, Ohio. The funds will lie applied { The governor of St. Thomas has de­
—he's eccentric, isn't he?”
speaks she points not at the gold, but at failure to regard the Imputation of ma­ is short in his accounts, due to gam­ to the erection ol a fitting memorial clined to be interviewed.
“ I f yon mean weak in mind yon were the paper he has tightly clutched in his
tomb to W illiam McKinley, ovor his
The Danish cruiser Valkiren will re­
ture age as a discredit to either man or bling in stocks.
never further out in your life," says Gri­ hand.
last resting place at Canton ‘ Ohio. main here indefinitely, it is reported,
woman, or. on the other hand, the Im­
selda, mournfully. "H e is all mind, in
Portland
exported
one-fifth
of
the
en­
"H o w did yon come here, woman?” de­
my opinion. There isn't a weak spot in mands he, in a shrill tone. H e is trem­ putation of youthfulncss as a compli­ tire wheat ship|>ed from the United Judge W illiam R. Day, ex-secretary of so as to guard against disturbances,
state, ia president of the association.
which it is believed, however, are not
him. By the by, have you ever been to bling, and with nervous fingers p re«os ment to persons of either sex. An ex­ States in December.
likely to occur.
Greycourt?"
the paper into the secret recess ¡n the cab­ ample of Chinese politeness, connected i
The Manchurian Treaty.
The combine of ail the lending steam­
with the visit of the Prince and Prin­
“ No. I ’ve often thonght I should like inet, and shuts to the oaken woodwork.
Plebiscite of Danish Antilles.
to go on some Wednesday or other.”
"W h y, through the door,” retorts she cess Henry of Prussia to Shanghai, Is ship companies is still under diacuseion | Pekin, Jan. 28.— It is expected that
the Manchurian treaty will Ire signed
Wanhington, Jan. 28.— The Danish
Some Wednesday! What Wednesday? sullenly. "H o w else? You should remem­ amusing, as it reflects on our own false by those interested.
within a week. Diplomats hern do not government will not take the plehescies
And why Wednesday? Griselda is dis­ ber to lock it when engaged on work like notion of the complimentary In such
General Bell has determined on war
tinctly puzzled, but hardly likes to ask a this.”
manifest much interest in it, n« they of the Danish West Indian Islands to
matters.
in
the
strictest
sense
in
Batangas
prov­
question on the subject.
" I could have sworn I looked it." says
do not believe sny written treaties in determine whether they shall be ceded
The
German
prince
and
princess
were
ince, Philippine islands.
“ I t '» a quaint old house,” she says, he. still shaking. "See! here is the key
the slightest degree affect the poliry ol to the United States until the United
“ and might be lovely. I think, if the trees' in my pocket. I tell you," with increas­ visiting a notable mandarin, one of
A great naval battle took place in Russia in Manchuria. A separate con­ States senate lias ratified the treaty of
were cut away and some sunlight let into ing a glia'ion, “ I did lo.k it. Are you a whose first questions to the prince—
the harltor of Panama, in which the tract with the Russo-Chinese hank se­ cession. Thin circumspection is sup­
i t and—a little furniture. I t ’s empty, fiend thst you can follow me through this being an Invariable matter of Chi­
government lost heavily.
Governor cures to the frank complete control of posed to be the outcome of the senate's
bolted doors?”
positively empty.”
nese politeness—waa:
Alban was killed.
action in rejecting a former treaty of
the railroads and mines.
“ Surely you forget the galleries?” says
“ Hush! Don't give way to foolish fan­
“ How old are you?”
cession after Denmark had accustomed
he. “ Is it indeed possible that you d o 1 cies. And after all, why need my com­
A
great
diamond
field
is
said
to
have
“ A little more than thirty-six,” an­
Her Relraic if Near.
the islanders to the idea of transfer.
not know that those pictures of your an-' ing fluster you? Surely.” with a mock­
been
discovered
in
Idaho.
orators are absolutely priceless?
Pure' ing air, “ yonr occupation was an Inno­ swered the prince, smiling.
•
I Sofia, Jan. 28.— The semi-official
"Indeed!"
said
the
mandarin.
"Your
China Repaid.
Lelys nnd Knellers. Gainsboroughs and cent one; you were but refreshing your­
Sixty lives were lost by a boiler ex­ Bulgaria announces that the American
highness appears fifty.”
Reynolds. Why, those galleries at Grey- self with a glimpse of---- "
plosion in a Spanish village.
Wa-hington, Jan. 26.— Secretary llay
delegates bearing the ransom for Miss
court. I've of'eu heard my father say. ir e
"B e silent, woman! Are you mad?"
The mandarin then turned to the In­
Eleven men of the Second infantry, Stone, the captive American mission­ today handed to Minitser Wu a draft on
about the finest in England. Your unde cries he, lifting his arms like one in mor­ terpreter—Herr Volght, a German—
ary, have arrived at Jtimaya, and that the United States treasury for $37H,flOO,
iu
the Philippines, are missing.
is good enough to open them to the pnb-1 tal fear.
and Inquired the princess’ sge. She an­
Miss Sterne and her companion, Mme. lieing the value of the silver bullion
lie every first Wednesday in the month ; "You're bnt a poor sort after all,” she | swered. “ Thirty-two." The Interpreter
Peace negotiations between Boers and Tsilka, will t>e reloa-ed within 21 hours '■aptured by the American marines at
• t the very trifling charge o f h sif a says, contemptuously.
"T o o poor for j
Interpreted, and the mandarin made a British are under way at Brussels.
|Tien Tain.
after the money is paid.
crown.”
faith or trust of any sort. W hat! can }
remark In Chinese evidently Intended
"W h y ” ’ cries Oriseldg, flushing so hot ' you not even believe in me, who has
Tired of liteleei Struggle.
Franking Privilege Extended
The per capita consumption of spirits :
g color thst the tears grow within her served yon and yours Ion* and faithful ! to be complimentary. The Interpreter
for forty years? Is it likely I'd betray I blushed uneasily, and hesitated to in the United States ^s smaller than)
eyes. “ Oh, you can't mean that.”
Pretoria, Jan. 28.— Lord Kitchener
Washington, Jan. 25.— The president
translate the remark. The prince saw any other of the great-nations. .
NAell. why t o t ? ' says the young m an., you now for his children?”
has authorized General Vilomel, a sur­ has signed the hill providing for the
“ Ay, he served you falsely once," says the difficulty, and laughingly com­
boldly, preparing with a stout courage
free transportation of all mail matter
Reginald C. Vanderbilt, of New rendered burgher, to raise an additional
to defend a vile cause. “ I t ia to improve Gregory Dysart, a savor of pleasure in manded:
sent by Mrs. Ida H. McKinley, widow
York,
has
come
into
po-session
of
$7,-
the tastes o f the multitude that he does ' his tone.
Boer
corps
of
1,500
men.
General
VII*
’’Out with It Volght!"
of the late President McKinley.
"H e took my best—my life, my soul—
it. o f course. And i f he chooses to repay
500,000
left
him
by
his
father.
omel has written a letter to ex-Presi-
“ H e says,” the Interpreter then trans­
lumseif for the wear and tear o f his car­ the heart o f everything,” »ays »be. slow­
J. E. Green, a St. Louis mechanic, dent Steyn, warning the latter of his
Plague in China.
pets. who dial! say he has not common ly beating one withered hand upon the lated to the princess, “ that your high­
claims that he invented the airship intention to form such a corps, and
other. "Though years have roiled by I I ness looks like sixty!”
sense on bis side?"
Washington, Jan. 26.—Consul Me-
He bad meant It well, and of course made famous by M. Santos Dumont, in adding that the Boers in the concentra­ Wade, at Canton, has cabled the state
A t this moment the chimneys o f Grey- | have not forgotten: I shall not forget at
court shone through the inters'ices o f the ail. When first I saw them I felt as I the princess had sense enough not to Paris, and that the drawings were tion rumps are tired of the useless department that there have been over
trees on her left, and. with the knowl- I though. I f power were given me. I eould take It IB.
stolen from him and taken to France 10 struggle and are determined to help the 100 deaths from the plague at Shu
sdae thst she bad gained her home, have blasted as they stood those ineolent 1
years ago.
Britiab end it.
Ting, about 250 milee south of Canton.
1
be
sweetsst
typs
o
f
hsaven
is
boms.
eww», too, the sound of running water. hise.ee upstairs.”
Hop buyers at Salem are offering
121 a to 121* cents per pound.
The postoffice at Independence has
Ixt“n moved into new quarters.
Extensive tests are being made with
silage at the agricultural college.
The mayor of Pendleton has ordered
slot machines of all descriptions out.
A franchise has tieen granted for the
erection of an electric light plant at
Burns.
Asbestos has lieen discovered in paying
quantities in Josephine county, near
the state lien.
The Salem school district levied an 8
mill tax for running expenses and 1
m ill for a sinking fund.
Preparations have liegun for the
building of a large saw mill ou Foots
creek near Grants Pass.
Extensive preparations are being
made for a thorough test of the exist­
ence of oil near MoBmoth.
The expenditures of the agricultural
college
for
1901 were $41,507.93.
Total receipts, $03,285.93.
About 400 wero in attendance at the
annual convention of the Knights of
Pythias in Pendleton this week.
Farmers around Ontario are making
arrangements to im|x>rt ferrets to clean
out the gophers, which are very numer­
ous.
A new Degree of Honor lodge lias
been instituted at Milton, in Eastern
Oregon.
A new lumber rompany has been
formed at Wasco. It lias a capital of
$ 10 , 000 .
A company lias been formed at Hunt­
ington, wft/i $1,000,00(7, to enter the oil
industry in that section.
The Baker City council is consider­
ing the proposition of paving the streets
with chemically prepared wood blocka.
A small fire in La Grande a low days
ago destroyed some property. The loss
was small, butnntcovered by insurance.
The scaffold nnd other arrangements
are completed for the hanging of Dal­
ton and Wado in Portland on January
31.
Mrs. Henrietta Harrington, an early
pioneer, died at tier home at Ely,
Clackamas county, a few days ago, aged
8« yours.
The Oregon Pine Company, with
lioadquarters at Astoria, lias tiled arti­
cles of incorporation.
Capitalization,
$50,000.
Woodmen ol the World are preparing
to have a big time ut Pendleton April
21-22, when 1,114 candidates w ill be
initiated.
Portland Markets.
Wheat— Walla Walla. 69 0 60c; bh
stem, 61c; valley. 59H®60c.
Barley— Feed, »17® 17.50; brewli
»17.50® 18 per ton.
Oats— No. 1 white, »1®1.10; gri
95c®$l.
Flour— Beat grades, »2.70®3.30 f
'larrel; graham. »2.50.
Mlllstuffa— Bran, »17 per ton; m
Dings, »20; shorts, »18; chops, »17.
Hay— Timothy. »11012; clover,
97.50;
Oregon wild hay, »5 0 8 [
on.
Mutton— Lambs. 3% ® 3H c, gros
Iressed, 6V4c per pound; Bheep. we
ers, 3 H 0 3 H c, gross: dressed. 606*
per pound: ewes, 3 % 0 3 He, gros
Iressed. 6®6V4c per pound.
Hogs— Gross, 5H c; dressed, 606*
per pound.
Veal— 8®9c per pound.
Beef—Gross, cows. 3H®: stee
3 H 0 4 c; dressed, 3®7c per pound.
Butter — Creamery, 25 0 27c p
pound; dairy, 18020c; store, 12H
15c.
Eggs— 20 0 22H e for cold storag
22 0 25c for Eastern; 28®30c for frei
Oregon.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed. »2.500
hens. »3.50® 4; 8H ®9c per poum
springs. 9®10c per pound. »2.5003 p
lozen: ducks, »5 0 6 for young; gees
16.5007.50 per doxen; turkeys lie
U012H<t: dressed. 13014c per poun
Cheese— Full cream, twins, IS
!3H c; Young America, 14015c.
Potatoes— Beat Burbanks. 85cO»l.
per cental; ordinary, 70 080c.
Hops— 8010c per pound.
Wool—Valley, 11014c, Eastern 0
egon. 8®12Hc; mohair, 21021HC p<
pound.
A New York syndicate is negotiatil
for 180,000 acres of Nova Scotia tlmh
land.
Sir Erne«t Cassel placed at the di
posal of King Edward a fnnd of $1
000,000 to be need in the ernssu
against consumption in England.
Gov. Van Sant, of Minnesota, sa;
the entire lo.rthwest is hark of him I
his fight agnin«t the Northern Pacif
merger, and that he will begin actk
in the courts at one*.