TBI OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAFE1 OF OILLIAS COUNTY. sum Tsxa Tim t2 c::r;iAt: c AOVcmnsiK bats. rvtma aranv thvpt H.S. A. PATTISON. Idltur tad Ffo.rWlf. Pmfawtonal 4 41 w iwr aw;. Om- ni tar eemiaa,.. SuIaaM tecai win fce e&r?-a M V mum pm S tat tret ttaarSa aa 1 mam y Us aftst. LaaJ aavartawssaM a bl &2 t&M kg Sl'MCniFTIOM RATEIl ie rr (to )Tnf). .......... . ,.,M.,. 1 W I Bui ald la iwlm. 00 t3 tttOtl Mil i. .,ti.....M... .....(. ...mm . 1 00 W I ll Si IIMMtHtU(N'WtlHMIIIMMMt(MMII SO ...... VOL. XI. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OIHIQON, TIIUHSDAY, JUNE 27, 1001. NO. 1G. M U bw Mac a&ia-rU ft tereLfc -. .... ..... , . V ... -.. . . , ( 7 . jpOORiUSEjpALAC CttAMKn Xll.-tCoutlnued.) ' Ilro Jenoy'i remark wera Interrupt J by tha luuJ rsttliuf of wheals, and tat halluo of omny voices. Going to tha loor, aha aaJ liar ssw coming down tha road at furious rata the old hay r-art, lJa with jroung imhiiU from Chic oiiio, who bad bu harrying in Stur trili and wra now returning botna lti hlth gl-a, Tba boraxa wart fantastically trimmed with feme and vergrena, whlla wl of ih girla were oroinientad lo Ilia anma way, t'onmpk-uoua among tho Itolsjr croup una Klla Campbell. Henry l.lni'oln'a broad brimmed bat wai r?t lug on bi-r long curl, while hr whlto sun-bonnet was H.'J under Heurjr's chin. Tti moment Juny appeared tha whole party act op ahoot ao doafanlng that tba Widow IVrklna cam out in a trie to "If tba Old Harry aa tojmy. or what." No sooner did Henry Llncolu get slilht of Mary than apriiutlng to bla fet't, and awlnglug bl arm around bis bead, ho screamed out: "Three cheers for tho achoolma'aiu anl her bandaoma lover, Hilly 1 Hurrah r : "Wtw't that amartr aald Jenny, when at Ut tlit bay rart dlsapeared from view, and the nolao and dnt bad somewhat sull l.l. Then a aha aaw the tears In il.try'a eye aba added, "Oh. I wouldn't care If they did teaaa nie about Hilly lkndr. I'd as lief t teased about him aa not." ;',, "It Isn't that." said Mar, smiling In aplta of beraelr, at Jeuny'a frankness. "It Isn't that I didn't Ilka to bear til alng wlib your brother, when aba must have known ba meant to annoy ma." "That certainly was wroog." wtoi-ned Jenny, "but Klla Un't su much to blamt a a Henry, who aeema to bar acquired great Influence over her during tba few weeks be has been at borne, You know aha la easily flattered, and 1 dare aay Henry baa fully gratified ber vanity in that respect, for be says ah la the only ; decent looking girl In Ckicopee. Hut see, 'there comes Mrs. Mason; I guess she wonders whst Is keeping you ao long." The moment Mr. Mason entered the school room, Jenny commenced talking about Mouut Holyoke, her tongne run ning ao fast that It entirely prevented anyone else from speaking until sbs stop ped for a moment to tnke breath. Then Mrs, Mason very quietly remarked that If Mary wished to go to Mount Holyoke be could do so, Mary looked up Inquir ingly, wondering what mine had opened ao auddenly at her feet: but aha received no explanation until Jenny had bidden ber good-by and gone. Then ahe learn ed that Mr. Mason had juat received one hundred dollars from a man In Host on, who had years before owed it to her bus band, and waa unable to pay It sooner. "And now," said Mr. M anon, "there Is no reason why you should not go to Mount Holyoke, if you wish to," e "Ob. what a forlorn-looking placer' exclaimed Hose Lincoln, as from the win dows of the crowded vehicle in which tbey had come f.otn the cara ahe first ob tained a view of the toot Very bsodsome village of South Hadley. , Hose waa In the worst of humors, for by some mischance Mary waa on the same seat with herself, and consequently she waa very much distressed and crowd ed. She, however, felt a little afraid of Aunt Martha, who abe saw was inclined .to favor the object of her .wrath, so she restrained her fault-finding spirit until abe arrived at South Hadley, where ev erything enme In for a share of ber dla pleaaure. . . ... "That the seminary!" said she con temptuously, as tbey drew up before the building. "Why, it Isn't half as large or handsome aa I auppnsed. Oh, horror! I know I shan't stay here long." , The furniture of tbe parlor waa also very offensive to the young lady, and .when Ml I'jon came In to meet them she, tOO secretly srylod "a prim, fussy, sllppery-tongued old maid." Jenny, however, who always saw the bright aide of everything, waa completely charmed with the aweet am Ho and placid face. Aftor some conversation between Mix Lyon and Aunt Martha It waa decided that Rose and Jenny should room togeth er, as a matter of course, and that Mary should room with Ma, Hose hnd fully intended to room with Ida herself, and thia decision made her very angry; but there waa no help for It, and she was obliged to submit. , And now In a few days life at Mount Holyoke commenced In earnest. Although perfectly healthy Mary looked rather delicate, and It was for this reason, per haps, that the sweeping and dusting of several rooms were assigned to her, as her portion of the labor. Ida and Rose fared much worse, and were greatly shocked when told that tbey both belong ed to the wash circle! "I declare," aald Rose, "It'i too bad. I'll walk home before I'll do it;" and she glanced at her whito hands,' to make sure they were not already discolored by the dreadful soapsuds! Jenny was ' delighted with her allot ment, which was dish-washing. "I'm glad I took a lesson at the poor house years ago," aald she one day to Rose, who snappishly replied: "I'd shut up about the poorhouse, or they'll think you the pauper Instead of Madam Howard." "ranpert Who's a pauper?" asked Lucy lowns, eager to hear so desirable a piece of news. Id? reprovingly upon Rose, who nodded to ward Mary, and forthwith Miss Downs departed with ; the Information, which waa not long in reaching Mary's ears. "Why, Mary, what's the matter ?" ask ed Ida, when, toward tbe close of the day, she found her domptnlon weeping in her room. Without lifting her bead Mary replied, "It's foolish In me to cry, I know, but why need I always be re proached with having been a pauper? I couldn't help It, ' I promised mother I would take care of little Allie aa long as she lived, and if she wont to the poor bouse I had to go too." ''And who was little Mile?" asked Ida, taking Mary's hot banJs between ber own. In few worda Mary related ber his tory, omitting ber acquaintance with George Moraland. and commencing at tba night when ber mother died, Ida was warm-bearted and affectionate, and care t but little whether one were rich or poor ir ahe liked them. From tbe first she bsd been Interested in Msry, and now wind ing ber arms about ber neck, and kissing away her tears, she promised to love her, and to be to her aa trut and faithful a friend aa Jenny. This promise, which was never broken, wss of great benefit to Mary, drawing to ber side msny of the best girls in school, who soon learned to love her for herself, and not because the wealthy Mlaa Belden seemed ao fond of her. Boon after Mary went to Mount Hol yoke aha bad received letter from Hilly, in which be expressed bis pleasure thst she wss at school, but added that tbe fact of her being there Interfered great ly with bis plan of educating ber blm eelf. "Mother'a 111 health," aald he. "pre vented me from doing anything until now, and Just as I am In a fair way to accom plish my object someone else has stepped In before me. Hut It Is all right, and as you do not seem to need my services at present I shall next week leave Mr. Bel don's employment, and go into Mr. Wor thingtou's law ofne as clerk, hoping that when the proper time arrives I shall not be defeated in another plan which waa I'ormed In boyhood, and which has become the gnat object of my life." Mary felt perplexed and troubled. Rilly'a letters of late bad been more like those of a lover than brother, and she could not help guessing tbe nature of "the plan formed In boyhood." She knew ahe should never love hlui except with a sister's love, and though she could not tell blm so ber next letter lacked tbe tone of affection with which abe waa accus tomed to write, and waa on the whole a fratber formal affair. Hilly, who readily perceived tbe change, attributed It to tbe right cause, and from that time bla let ters became far less cheerfnl than usual. , Mary usually crUd over tbem, wishing more than once that Hilly would trans fer bla affection from herself to Jenny, and It was for tbla reason, prhsps, that without stopping to consider, the propri ety of tbe matter, she first asked Jenny to write to him and then encouraged ber In answering bla notes, wbicb became gradually longer and longer, until at last bla letters were addressed to Jenny, while the notes they contained were directed to Msryt , CHAPTER XIII. Rapidly the days passed on at Mount Holyoke. Autumn faded Into winter, whose Icy breath floated for a time over the mountain tops, and then melted away at the approach of spring, which, with its swelling buds and early flowers, gave way in ita turn to the long bright days of summer. And now only a few weeks re mained ere the annnal examination at which Ida was to be graduated. Neither Rose nor Jenny were to retnrn the next year, and nothing but Mr. Lin coln's firmness and good sense bad pre vented their being sent for when their mother first beard that they bad failed to enter the middle clasa. Mrs. Lincoln's mortification was undoubtedly greatly in creased from the fact that the despised Msry had entered la advance of her daughters. "Things are coming to a pret ty pasa," aald abe. "Ye, a pretty pass: but I might have known better than to send my children to such a school." She Insisted Upon sending for Rose and Jenny, but Mr. Lincoln promptly re plied that they should not come' home. Still, aa Rose seemed discontented, com plaining that so much exercise made her side and shoulder ache, and as Jenny did not wish to remain another year un less Mary did, he consented that they ahould leave school at the close of the term, on condition that tbey went some where else. "I shall never make anything of Hen ry," aald he, "but my daughters shall receive every advantage, and perhaps one or the other of them will comfort my old age.'N - He had spoken truly with regard to IInry, who waa studying, or pretending to study, law In the same office with Billy Render. Hut his father heard no favor able accounta of htm, and from time to time large bills were presented. So It Is no wonder the ' disappointed father sighed, and turned to bis daughters for the comfort hia only son refused to give. For the examination at Mount Holyoke great preparations were being , made. Rose, knowing she was not to return, seemed to think all further effort on her part unnecessary ; and numerous were tbe reprimands, to say nothing of the black marks which she received. Jenny, ou tho contrary, said she wished to retrieve hef reputation for laziness, and leave behind a good Impression.. So, never before in her whole life bad ahe behaved so' well, or studied as hard as she did during the last few weeks of her stay at Mount Hol yoke. Ida, who was expecting ber fath er, aunt and cousin to be present at the anniversary, was so engrossed with her studies that she did uot observe how sad and low-spirited Mary seemed, t She had tasted of knowledge and now thirst ed for more; but it could not be; the funds were exhausted, and she must leave the school, never perhaps to return again. "How much I shall miss my music, and how much I shall niisa you," she said one dy to Ids, who wss glvlHj her 5 lesson. "It's too bad you haven't a piano," re turned Ida, "you are so fond of it, and Improve so fasti" Then after a moment, she added, "I have a plan to propose, and may as well do It now as at any time. Next winter you must spend with me in Boston. "Aunt Martha and I arranged it the last time I waa at borne, and we even selected your room,. , which Is next to mine, and opposite to Aunt Martha's. Now, what does your ladyship soy to It?" "She says she can't go," answered Mary. , , . "Can't go!", repeated Ida. "Why not? Jonny will be In the city, and you are always happy where she is; besides, you will have a rare chance for taking masfe lessons of our best teachers; and then, too, you will be In the same boure with George, and thai alone I worth going t Boston for, 1 think." Ida little auspectfd that ber last argu ment was the strongest objection to Msry's going, for, much as she wished to meet George again, she felt that she would not on any account go to his borne, lest be should think she came on pur pose to see blm. There were other rea sons, too, why she did not wish to go. Henry and Rose Lincoln would both be In the city, and abe knew tbst neither of tbem would scruple to do or ssy any thing which tbey thought would annoy ber. Mr. Mason, too, missed ber, and longed to bare ber at home; ao she reeiat ed all Ida's entreaties, and the next let ter which went to Aunt Martha carried her refusal. -.- In a day or two Msry received two let ters, one from Hilly and one from Mrs. Msson, the latter of which contained money for the payment of ber billa; but, on offering it to tha principal, bow was she surprised to learn that her bllle had not only been regularly paid and receipt ed, but thst smple funds were provided for tbe defraying of her expenses during tbe coming year. A faint alckneas stole over Msry, for she Instantly thought of Hilly Header, and tha obligation she would now be under to blm forever. Then It occurred to her bow Impossible It wss tbat he ahould have earned so much In ao abort a time; and as soon as she could trust ber voice to speak, she asked who It was thst bad thus befriended her. Tbe preceptress was not st liberty to tell, and with a secret suspicion of Annt Msrtha, Mary returned to ber room to read tbe other letter, which was still un opened. Her bead grew dizzy, and ber spirits fsint, as she rend the psssionate outpouring of a heart which bad cherish ed ber Image for years, and which, though fearful of rejection, would 'still tell her how mnch she was beloved. "It is no sudden fancy." said be, "Once, Msry, I believed my affection for you returned, but now you are changed. Your letters are brief and cold, and when I look around for the cause 1 am led to fear that I was deceived in thinking you ever loved me. If I am mistaken, tell me sout If I am not. If you can never be my wife, I will school myself to think of you as a brother would think of an only and darling sister." For several days Msry had not beea well, and the excitement produced by Billy's letter tended to Increase ber Ill ness. 'During the boors In which she was alone tbat day she bad ample time for reflection, ae-l before night ahe wrote a letter to Billy, In which she told blm how impossible it was for her to be tbe wife of one whom abe had a! way a loved as an own and dear brother. This letter caused Mary so much effort, and ao many bitter tears, thst for several days she continued worse, and at last gave np all hope of be ing present at the examination. "Oh, It's too bad!" said Ida, "for I do want you to eee Cousin George, and I know he'll be dlaappoluted, too, for I never saw anything like the interest he takes In you." A few days afterward, as Mary waa lying thinking of Billy, and wondering it she had done right in writing to him aa she did, Jenny came rushing in, wild with delight. Her father was downstairs, together m-lth Ida's father, George and Aunt Mar tha. "Most tbe first thing I did," said she, "wss to Inquire after Billy Benderl I guess Aunt Martha was shocked, for she looked so queer. George langhed, and Mr. 8eldon ssid be was doing well, and was one of tbe fiuest young men In Boston." ' During the whole of George's stay at Mount Holyoke Rose managed to keep hlro at ber side,7 entertaining him occa sionally with unkind remarks concerning Mary, who, she said, was undoubtedly feigning her sickness ao as not to appear In her classes where she knew she could do herself no credit; "but," aald she, "as soon aa tbe examination is over she'll get well fast enough and bother us with her company at Chlcopee." : '' In this Rose was mistaken, for when the exercises closed Mary was still too ill to ride, and it waa decided that ahe should remain a few days until Mrs. Ma son could come for her. With many tears Ida and Jenny bade their young friend good-by, but Rose, when asked to go np and see her, turned away disdainfully, amusing herself during their absence by talking and laughing with George More land. ... r f ; , Tha room la which Mary lay command- ea a view or me yard ana gateway; and after Aunt Martha, Ida and Jenny had left, she arose, and stealing to the win dow, looked out upon the company aa they departed. She could readily divine which waa George Morcland, for Rose Lincoln's shawl and satchel were thrown over his arm, while Rose herself walked close to his elbow, apparently engrossing his whole attention. Ouce he turned around, but tearful of being observed, Mary drew back behind the wludow cur tain, and thus lost a view of his face.' (To be continued.) Zulus of the Kailroads. "Do you know what a Zulu fs?" said an old railroad man. The traveling man who waa waiting for his train smiled in a way that was meant to Indicate he knew all the species of Zulus that ever existed, and told the railroad man about the Africans, called Zulus, who maintained that continent's reputation for fighting before the Boers stepped In. Little vas doing In the railroad man's line just then, so he listened. "Well, they may lie Zulus all right enough,", he remarked, "but they are not the sort of Zulus that travel on railroads. There Is the kind that runs Into these yards," and he pointed down the track, where a box car stood. A stone pipe protruded through a bole lu the door. The pipe was at an angie of about 35 degrees. A cloud of amok waa coining from 1L Four blooded horses and a man were the oc cupants of that. The man was the Zulu. Taking 'care, of valuable stock en route from one market to another was his business, He waa a type of a clasa that railroad men on every line haev named the Zulus. They fit up the center ot the cars for a sorjt of living room, and there In the midst of their animals live as happily as the road's president who passes them In his pri vate car. Chicago Inter Ocean. Caution Is often tossed to the wlnda. but never brought back by them. - EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. k Comsfehcnaive Rtvltw of the tmper'am: KapjHningi f ft Fast Wck Frcse Ui in a CeadotK1 Torn Which I, Most UUly te Prove of Interest te Our JUny Rcadar. " ' I ' Three lives were lost in a storm at Pittsburg. f j ' All insurgent prisonera on Luzon will le rcleaied. , Arollio's force in Batanga ta ex pected to Burrender., President McKinlejr will visit tha northwest next year. Heveral strikers were wounded in ripts at Columbia, 8. C. Earl Kutuw ll will be tried by the house of lords for bigamy. The transport Indiana sailed from Manila with coast artillery. Holland will reclaim a whole pro vince from the Zuydcr Zee. Cortex, the Texas aaaassin, is sup posed to have len captured. The Prussian crop shortage it the most serious in recent years., CailIc8, the Filipino leader, surren dered his force at Santa Cruz. General Chaffee has been appointed military governor of the Philippines. Public buildings at Manila are to be turned over to the civil authorities. The secretary of state has addressed the Russian government on the tariff question. - Adelbert S. Hay, son of secretary of State Hay, fell from a New Haven, Conn., hotel window and waa killed. State of Oregon has begun a suit to collect bond of ex-School Clerk Davis, who embezzled about $31,000. At least 200 perished by floods in th Pocahontas, West Virginia, coal region. The property loss will reach $2,000,000. . General Corbin has started for the Philippines. " ' y A new political party ; has been launched in Kansas City. . A pro-Boer meeting in London waa the scene of much disorder. Under the new ruling no duty has been collected on Russian oil. One hundred thousand persona are anxious to file on Oklahoma lands. All the volunteers are expected to arrive from the Philippines by June 26. ,';'' The American ship John McDon ald,, of New -York, has been given up for lout;- . -. ! Forest fire near Olympia, Wash., destroyed a $10,000. logging camp equipment. , . , . The United States is said to have notified Denmark to sell its West Indies or fortify them. - A Cuban committed suicide in New York because of the difficulty of learn ing the English language. The sale of postage stamps for the fiscal year just closing has increased greatly over any previous year. 5. ; P. C. Cheney, of Manchester, N. II., ex-governor of that state and also ex-United States senator, is dead. The steamer Deutschland crossed the ocean at an average speed of 23.38 knots per hour, breaking all previous records. Nome loet $126,000 worth of prop erty by fire. Gold has been discovered near Spo kane, Wash. : Fire, destroyed a large portion of Greenville, South Carolina, N Fire in Buffalo, N. Y., consumed $300,000 worth of property, . Russia has , imposed a retaliatory duty on American resin and bicycles. , Tho treasury department has put a countervailing duty on Italian beet sugar. . . Telegraph operators on the Lacka wanna railroad- are preparing to go on a strike.' ,:. 1 France has made a treaty with China for the protection of the Ton quin railway. , ; five hundred cjtizens of Texas are engaged in a hunt for a baud of Mex ican outlaws. - ' .v: Mrs, McKinley has : been pro nounced out of danger, but doctors say her ailment may return. . 4 Governor Allen has reported that Porto Rico is self supporting. - 1 II. S. Pingree, ex-governor of Mich igan, died in London., , ;; :' t , ; ' If it is possible for President Mc Kinley to be present at the com mencement of Harvard university, tbe degree of LL. D. will: be conferred upon him. . ' ' ' . "; ' . A servant girls' union is being formed in Chicago. . f The United-States may establish a CleftHTX' hOse at Manila, 1: The southern states plantd 27,532, 000 acres of cotton this year, an in crease of 2, 1 11,000 acres. Texas fever has heen : discovered among native cattle of northern Ger many, and is said to have existed more than 100 years. The Berlin city mission, headed by A. Stocker, issues each week 108, 000 sermons for those who cannot attend church, 20,000 of which are distributed in the city. APPOINTMENT OF TAFT. B th Pint Civil Governor f the Philippine. Washington, June 24. Secretary today issued the order of the president establishing civil government in the Philippine. The order follows; "On and after the 4th day of July, 1901, unless it shall be otherwise ordered, the president of the Philip pine commission will exercise the executive authority in all civil affairs in the government of the Philippine islands heretofore exercised in such affairs by the military governor of the Philippines, and to that end, William If. Taft, president of the said commission, is hereby appointed civil governor of the Philippine islands. Such executive authority will lie exercised under and in con formity to the instructions of the Philippine commisfcion, dated April 7, 1900, and subject to the approval and control of the secretary of war of the United States. "The municipal and provincial civil governments which have been or shall hereafter be established in said islands, and all persons performing duties appertaining to the offices of civil government in eaid islands, will, in respect to such duties, report to the said civil governor. The power to appoint civil officers heretofore vested in the Philipine commission and the military governor will be ex ercised by the civil governor, with the advice and consent of the commis sion. "The military governor of the Phil ippines is hereby relieved from the performance, on and after the said 4th day of July, 1901, of the civil duties hereinbefore descrilicd, but his authority will continue to be exer cised as heretofore in those districts in which insurrection against the authority of the United States con tinues to exist, or in which public order is not sufficiently restored to enable provincial civil governments to be established under the instruc tions to the commission, dated April 7, 1900. "By the president. J "ELIHU ROOT, "Secretary of War." NAVIGATED HELL GATE. Big Batilc-Shlp Massachusetts Successfully Passed the Narrows. New York, June 22. Without the assistance of a pilot and to demon strate that a first class battle ship could he navigated through Hell Gate successfully, Captain Henry M. Man- ney took the big battle ship Massa chusetts through the narrows today. It was the first time in the history of the navy that any commander of a war vessel of this class ever dared attempt the feat, and river craft and the shores were filled today to witness the trip of the Massachusetts. The passing of the mammoth fighting machine through the dangerous waters of Hell Gate successfully proves that in case of hostilities with a foreign power, a. battle ship of the same draft as the Massachusetts, if she passed tne fortifications of Wal let's Point and Fort Schuyler, could repeat the performance of the Massa chusetts. Secretary Long has taken official noticeof Captain Manney'a feat, and issued orders that no naval vessel the size of the Massachusetts shall use the Hell Gate narrows ex cept in cases of great emergency. STRIKERS FIRED UPON. Three Men Shot While Trying to Enter a West Virginia Mine. Matewan, W.'.Ta., June 22. Strained relations between the union and non-union miners here has re sulted in bloodshed. Yesterday seve ral hundred union miners who are on strike marched in a body against the Maritime mines of this palce, where non-union men were at work. They tried to effect an -entrance, but the operators, with 20 guards armed with '.Winchesters, . blocked the en trance. "She non-union miners were headed by Superintendent Lambert, and when the union men persisted in ther attempt he gave the order to fire. Fully 60 shots were fired. Two union miners were fatality shot and another dangerously wounded." " The union men did not return the fire, but dis persed. All the union miners throughout Mingo are collecting, and serious trouble is expected tomorrow, when they will again try to effect an entrance to the Maratime mines. Sheriff Hatfield is on the scene with 50 deputies. Will Move Headquarters. Denver, June 24. George Estes, president of the Broterhood of Rail way employes, announces that the headquarters of the brotherhood will be moved from San Francisco to Den ver in the near future. This organiz ation admits all railway employes without reference to their particular line of work. It is a comparatively new order, but is said to have a large memberhsip among the railway em ployes ef the West. V"' ' w '.' Righting the Ingalla " New York, June 24. The attempts to float the capsized army transport Ingalls at Brooklyn will probably bo made tomorrow. A crew of divers is working at closing the ports and hatches. When this is done the .hull will be pumped out and the ship floated and righted.: The ship does not appear to be seriously injured. - NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. Commercial sad Financial HappcnSngs of Im portance A Brief Rtvk f of thi Growth and Improvements af the Many Induttrki TVoe$Hui Ow Thriving nwmwuith Latest Market Report Two Benton county farmers have purchased a clover huller. Sherman county will have an extra large wheat yield this year. A number of mines in the Robin sonville district have been bonded. Four hundred head of cattle were purchased near Eugene at an average price of $17 per head. Ore from the Bad per mine. Eastern t-f-- , Oreeon. is shinned to San Francisco " v ay - at the rate of two carloads every five days. Work is well under way on the new road from Whitney to Alamo. When completed this road will decrease the distance very materially and bring more mines into the shipping list. . A new steam laundry will be start ed at Eugene. - 5 - -- - , The Southern Pacific has opened a down-town ticket office in Salem. Tf. in rerwtrtpfl thai tVia fmlf In -r" .-v... T!ar1n and Pina vallpvn haa Kppn killed by the late frosts. Much grain is also killed, and the clover and al- laita injured. Rich quartz claims on Quartz gulch, near Alamo, were sold last week to a mining man from Iowa for $25,000. It is the intention of the new owner to put a mill on the property. Taxes collected in Baker county for the year 1900 have been turned over to the treasurer. - They amount to nearly $50,000, and the entire amount was collected in about 60 days. PORTLAND WILJ. CELEBRATE. President Did Not Corns But "The fourth" Is Coming and There Will B a Big Time. The enthusiasm which Portland ex pected to expend in the entertain ment of the president and party has been bottled up and will be let loose in the celebration of the Fourth of July. While the committee which Is engaged in arranging for the cele bration is not doing much talking, it is earnestly and energetically at work on its plans, and will . have several very large surprises in store for Port landers and visitors on Independence Day. The fact that cheap railroad fares will be provided on all lines into the city will doubtless prove an incentive to many residents of the neighboring citiea to come in and help celebrate, and they are promised a reception which they will long re member. Bands from various outside towns will help to furnish the music, and all societies of whatever character are invited to take part in the parade. L. D. Cole, chairman of the adver tising committee ia working hard to let the residents of sister cities know that they will be welcome, and he says that the city will probably enter tain more guests during the celebra tion than at any time 111 her history. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 6162c.;val ley, nominal ; bluestem, 6162c. per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.903.40 per barrel; graham, $z.bU. Oats White, $1.32K1.35 percen tal ; gray, $1.301.32& per cental. Bailey Feed, $1717.50; brewing, $17 17.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts,. $20.00; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $12.50 14; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. ... Hops 12 14o per lb. Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 7 11c; mohair, 20a 21c. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 15 V7Ho. ; dairy, 1314c. ; store, 11 120. per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212jc. per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, ;12c; Young America, 13 13c. per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 7 $3.00 ; hens, $33.50; dressed, 8 10c. per pound; springs, $l.oO3 per dozen; ducks, $33.50; geese, $4 5. 50; tur keys, live, - 8 10c; dressed, 9 10c. per pound. Potatoes Old, $1L20 per sack; new, 1? 2c. per pound. Mutton Lambs 4o. per pound gross ; best sheep, wethers, with wool. $4.zo4.ou; aressed, 6$7c per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756; ngnt, f4.aa; aressed, ic. per pound. Veal Large, 67a per pound; small, 7s8c per pound. Beef Gross.top steers, $4.254.60; cows and heifers, $3.754.00; dressed bflftf, 77 Vet, per pound. Admiral Rogers will represent the United States at the unveiling of the rerry monument in Japan. It is reported that the head of Rear Admiral Sampson will appear on medals commemorating the battle of Satiago bay. Rice, raw eggs and boiled venison require onlj one hour to digest. At the other end are pork, roast beef, cabbage and hard eggs, which re quire four to five hours. ' ' 8WEPT TO DEATH. Two Hundred Uvea Lett ia a West Virginia Rata Storm and Flood. Bluefields, W. Va., June 21. ThU section has just been visited by a flood, the extent of which in all prob ability will equal or exceed that of Johnstown in 1880, 10 far as the loss of property ia concerned. Early yes terday morning, shortly after mid night, a heavy downpour of rain be gan, accompanied by a severe electric storm, which increased in volume, continuing for several hours. The storm continued throughout the entire night and day and at 10 A. M-, though the storm had abated, the lowering clouds threatened another terrific downpour at any moment. Many miles of the Norfolk & West ern railroad track, bridges and tele graph lines are entirely destroyed and communication ia entirely cut off nest of Elkhorn, so that it in im possible to learn the full extent of the loss of life and property, but officials of the coal companies located in the district have sent out messengers to Elkhorn, the terminus of both tele graphic and railroad communication, and have received a report that a con servative estimate as to the loss of life will eausily reach 200, Some of the drowned are among the most prominent citizens of the coal fields. The little town of Keystone, with a population of 2,000, seems the greatest sufferer, practically the entire town being washed away. This town is the principal one in the Pocahon tas coal fields, and is located near its center. It was to a great extent the headquarters from which the mining population purchased supplies. A great number of the coal and coke plants throughout the Pocahon tas district are reported practically destroyed and are in some instances entirely washed away. ' Owing to the high water which has flooded the dis trict and prevents communication, anything like a correct estimate of the loss of property is impossible, but from the best information obtainable the loss to the property will easily reach $2,000,000. "A rough estimate places the num ber of bridges washed away between Bluefields and Vivian Yards, a dis tance of 28 miles, at from 15 to 20, and from present indications it will be impossible to run trains through to Vivian and points west of there under a week or 10 days. Thia will render it impossible to get relief into the stricken districts, and with those who escaped with their lives, home less and without food, indescribable suffering is inevitable. FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH. Forty Insurgents Killed or Wounded in .:' Aihay. ' Manila, June 22. It is estimated that 40 insurgents were killed or wounded during the recent engage ments which ocenrred near Sorsogon in Albay province. Many insurgents are returning to their homes. Charges of theft and sale of prop erty are made against a number of the witnesses in the commissary cases. Provost General Davis has submit ted a plan for the municipal govern ment of Manila. The United States Philippine commission is modifying it." Washington has been asked for an appropriation of $10,000 to defray the expenses of 50 Filipino teachers who are to study for a year in normal schools in the United States, these schools having offered them free tui tion. Two hundred soldier prisoners will be sent to the United States on the transport Indiana. VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION. Three Men Were Killed and Five Others Injured. " - ' Kalama, Wash., June 24. Three men were killed and five others in jured by the premature explosion of a blast on the Oregon & Washington Railroad. The scene of the accident was in a deep cut about half a mile south of this place. The cause of the explosion will per haps never be known, as the men who were working at the drill hole were instantly killed. About 25 men were working in the cut, and from the sur vivors it was learned that two men were loading a 12 foot drill hole with No. 2 giant powder, and had put in about . 100 sticks. It is . supposed that they ' had just been tamping the powder with an iron bar, as they had sometimes done before, when the ex plosion occurred, Americans Invade the Rand. London, June 25. The Johannes burg correspondent of the Daily Mail contributes a long letter to his paper, in which he describes the American trade inavsion of the Rand, aided, he alleges, by British apathy. The cor respondent asserts that Americans are quietly buying up shares and pushing their efforts in every direc tion. He says that practically all the mining machinery is already American and refers to a rumor to the effect that there is an American movement to capture all the poorer Rand mines. -- - - . ... Invasion oCape Colony.: London, June 25. Lord Kitchener has sent no report of the Waterkloopf mishap. Recent events in Cape Colony seem to prove the Boer inva sion of that country to be serious. A letter ; to the Daily Mail, dated Cape Town. June 5, confirms the pro-Boer report and says the invaders number anything from 7,000 to 10, 000; that they are swarming all over the eastern and midland districts and getting recruits and horses.