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Newspaper Page TextA V TBI OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAP EH OF GILLIAM COUNTY. IASTSC3TIS3 TS2 GICSUTJO' Of AJfT PAPE3 11 1T.Z tZTJTt. rviLUHi ivaa mvMbiT ir .t. A. PATTISON..., Editor b4 Freprliter. Aoraa-riim at. .41 w a IM pat I M f OM)lut ..... ", I 80101 to ff W 69 ,f ataa idmuckiption ratisi ui j.U la diu .....,.m.... I W hl )ll.M ...m....H.m. 6 Baste land win be &rfe4 el Ml M ttHaa tor t UwttM aa4 1 aaata sat Baa araar, LJ earrvrtlatamai tU to! all mm t VOL. XI. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1901. NO. 21. We Ik 1T fK!t (kaaa, M tool um ei4 tat aetata s4arit it (bim CONDO GLOBE. . s FI?01VI OOHIIQUSE IPALAG BY MARY CIIAPTKU XX.HCoutlmu-d.) Jiut thi-M Kiln caiiHt hIukIiiic Into tll renin, but nim ii'it wlu'ii ahe saw bow e cited Mr. ('umphll nppt'At-vl, and bow WnlleU her Were. "Why. what' I In- mnltcr?" until aim. "I never .aw ymi rry Iwfttre, ttii-eptlita: tUnt limit H tli-lt I (ui.! yull i WS guUtff to niarry lli'ury," anl Ella Inughi'J IIIIIk, apilcful IniiKb. "lluxl mU Mary, softly: ami Mm. CainpMI, drawing; Ella to hT aide, toll) lii-r of I ln alriiKii dlmwry ah had made; then iM'ckoniiiit Mary to approach, ah laid a hnud upon nrh of the young girl a Ih'miR and Winning them, called thfiu "her own dear children." It would Im bard telling what Ella's emotion wera. One moment aha waa triad, and the next ah waa rry, for alio waa ao atipivitu-ly w-lti.h that tlm fact of Mary'a being now In every renpeet her eo.nal save her more pain than pleasure. Of course, Mra. Campbell would love her iM'ttt rir'liody did who knew hrr-v-erybody but Henry. And whi-n Mra, Campbell allied why ah did not apeak aha replied. "Why. what ahall I aayt hall I fu iiiio e-tal about It? To be aura I'm glad-very itlad that you are my aunt. Wl! .Mary liva hvr nowr' "Yea, always" anawered Mra. Camp bell; and ".No. never " thouubt Mary, Mra. Campbell that avening tried to devlae aoiue iiicana by which to atone for tiegltvting Mary ao long. Huddeiily a new Idea occurred to her, upon which aha de termined lininvdlately to act, and tba next morning Mr. Woribington waa aetit for to draw up a new will, In which Mary Howard waa to auara equally with her aiaier. "Half of all I own la tbelm by right," aald ahe, "and what I want la that an their tweuty-flrat birthday they ahall rome Into poaaeaalon of the portion which ought to hare hcvn their motber'a, while at my death Hie remainder ahall be equal. 1 divided between them." The will waa accordingly drawn up, algned and aealed, Mr. YVortbiugton keeping a rough draft of it, which waa thrown among aome hmae papera In hla onlce. A f-w daya afterward Henry, coming accidentally upon It, read It with out healtation; 'That nettle It at once," aald he, "and I ran't aay I'm aorry, for I waa getting horribly nick of her, Now I'd willingly marry Mary without a penny, but Klla. with only oiie-quarter a much aa I ea- pet-ted, and that not until ahe'a twenty one, I a different matter entirely. Hut what am 1 to do? I wlah MorelanJ waa here, for, though he dou't like me, he wouldn't mind leuding me a few thou aand. Well, there' no help for It, and the aooner the old man break now tha better. It'll help mo out of a deuced mean acrape, for, of eourae, I ahall be luagnauiiuoua and relcaae Klla at once from her engagement with a ruined man." The newa that Mary waa Mr. Camp bcll'a niece apread rapidly, and among those who came to congratulate her uouo waa more aincere than William Bender. Mary waa very dear to him, and what ever conduced to her happlneaa added alao to hia. Together with her bo had beard the rumor of Mr. Lincolu'a down fall, and while he felt aorry for the fam ily he could not help hoping that It would bring Jenny nearer to him. Of thla he told Mary, who hardly dared truat heraelf to reply teat ahe should di vulge a darling aecret, which ahe bad cherlahed ever alnce Mra. Campbell bad told her that in a little more thau a year ana waa to bo the rightful owner of a u m of money much larger than aho ever dreamed it poaalble for her to poaaeaa. Wholly uimclftxh', her thoughts blatantly turned toward her adopted brother. A part of that aum ahould be hia, and with that for a atepping atone to future weulth Mra. Lincoln, when poor and destitute, could not longer refuae him her daugh ter. Mra. Campbell, to whom alone ahe coofld.il her wlabea, gave her consent, though aho could not nnderatand the aelf denying love which prompted thla act of generoaity to a atranger. And now Mary waa very happy in thinking how much good aho could do. Mra. Maaon, her benefactreaa, ahould never want again. Sally Furbuah, tho kind-hearted old crnay woman, who had atood by her ao long and ao faithfully, ahould ahare her home wherever that home might be; while, better than the rest, William Bender, the trueat, beat friend alio ever hod, ahould lie repaid for hi kindncMs to her when a little, un known pauper. And atill the world, knowing nothing of the hidjlon causes which made Mary'a laugh ao merry and her manner ao gay, -said that "the pros pect of being an heiress had turned her bead, just as It always did those who were suddenly elevated to wealth." CIIAPTKU XXI. Mr. Llncolu had failed. At the corners of the streets groups of men stood to gether, talking over tho matter, and as cribing it, aome to hia carelessness, aome to hia extreme good naturo in indorsing for anyono who naked, and -others, the knowing ones, winked slyly as they said, "they guessed he knew what he was about they'd known before of such things as falling rich;" but tho mouths of those lilst were stopped when., they heard that tho household furniture, every thing was given up for the benefit of hla creditors, and was to bo sold at auction during the coining week. When the day of the auction arrived, It required tho persuasion of both Mra. Campbell nud Mary to keep Jenny from going, she know not whither herself, but anywhere to be near and take one more look at tho dear old furniture as It pass ed into tho bands of strangers. At last Mrs. Campbell promised that black Exra, who had accompanied her from Chlcopoe, ahould go and report faithfully all the proceedings, and then Jenny consented to remain at home; though all tho day ahe seemed restless nud impatient, wondering how long before Uncle Ezra would re turn, and then weeping as In fancy she saw article after artlclo disposed of to those who . would know little how to prize It. ' About five o'clock Uncle Ezra came J. HOLMES borne, bringing a note from. Ida, any In that tho carriage would soon be round for Mary and Jenny, both of whom moat surely come, a there waa a pleaaant au prlae awaiting them. While Mary wa reading thla Jenny was eagerly uucatlou lug t'neio Kara 'w ith regard to the aale, which he aald "went off uncommon well, golug rhlctty, ha reckoned, "to a tall and mighty good look in chap, who kept bb ding up and up, till he got 'em about whore they ahould b. Then be d atop for someone else to bid. "Who waa bet" aaked Mary, coming forward and joining Jenny. "Dun know, nilaa; never aeen him afore," aald Uncle Kara, "but be'a goi heap of money, for when ha paid for the planner he took out a roll of bill near about big a my two Data!" "Then the piano la gono?" aald Jenny, aadly, while Mary asked how much It brought. 'Three hundred dollars waa the last bid I beard from that young feller, an somebody wSo waa biddin' agin him aai 'twaa more'n 'twaa wuth." "It wasn't, either," apoka up Jenny rather aplrltedly. "It cost Ave hundred, and It a never been hurt a bit." "Mr. Bender bought that little fiddle of yourn," continued Uncle Kara, with a pe collar wink, which brought the color to Jenny a cheek, while Mary exclaimed "Oh! I'm ao glad you can have your guitar again:' Here the converaatlon waa interrupted by the arrival of the carriage, which came for the young ladiea, who were aoou on their way to Mr. Kelden a, Mary won dering what the aurprlae waa, and Jen ny hoping William would call In the even lug. At tho door tbey met Ida, w bo waa unusually merry almost too much so for the occasion, it aeemed to Mary, aa alio glanced at Jenny a pate, dispirited face Aunt Martha, too, who chanced to croa the hall, shook Mary's band as warmly a If ahe had not seen ber for a year, and then with ber broad, white cap, string flying back, ahe repaired to the kitchen to give ordera concerning the anp per. Mary did not notice it then, but ahe afterward remembered that Ida seemed quite anxioua about ber appearance, for, following ber to her room, ahe aald, "1 ou look tired, Mary. Hit down and rest you awhile. Here, take my vina!grcttethat will revive you." Then, aa Mary waa arranging her hair, ahe aald: "Just put! out thia aide a little more there, that'a right. .Now turn round, I want to see bow you look." "Well, how do I?" aaked Mary, facing about as Ida directed. I guess you'll do," returned Ida. "I believe Henry Lincoln waa right when be said that thla blue merino and linen collar waa the most becoming dresa you could wear, but you look well in any thing, you have ao One a form." "Don't believe all her flattery." aald Jenny, laughingly. "She'a ouly coin Dar ing your tall, Blender figure with little dumpy me; but I'm growing thin aee," and aho lapped her dress two or three inchea In front. "Come, now, let'a go down." aald Ida "And I'll Introduce you to Jenny'a sur prise Brat." With Ida leading the way, tbey entered the music room, where in one corner atood Kose's piano, open, and apparent ly inviting Jenny to ita aide. With a Joy ful cry alio sprang forward, exclaiming, Oh, how kind in your father: I 'most know we can redeem It aome time. I'll teach school anything to get It again." "Don't thank father too much," an swered Ida, "for he has nothing to do with It, except giving it house room, and one quarter a touching will nay that bill!" "Who did buy It, then?" asked Jen ny; and Ida replied: "Can't tell you just yet. I must have aome muslo first. Come, Mary, you like to play, uive me my favorite, 'Koaa Lee,' with variations." Mary waa passionately fond of music, and, for toe time ahe had taken lessons. played uncommonly well. Seating herself at the piano she became oblivions to all else around her, and when a tall figure for a moment darkened the doorway, while Jenny uttered a suppressed ex clamation of aurpilse, she paid no heed, nor did she become conscious of a third person's presence until the grout) advanc ed toward her, Ida and Jenny leaning up on tne piano ami the other standing at Ijer right, a little in the rear. Think iug, if she thought at all, that it was Wil liam Bender, Mary played on until the piece was finished and then observing that -her companions had left tho room, she turned and met the dark, handsome eyes not of William Bender, but of one who, with a peculiar smile, offered hia band, saying, "I believe I need no intro duction to Miss Howard, except a slight change in tho name, which, instead of being Stuart, is Morelund!" - Mary never knew what she said or did. She only remembered a dizzy sen sation, In her head, a strong arm passed around ber, and a voice, which fully aroused her as it called her "Mary," nd asked If she wero faint. Just then Ida entered the room, announcing tea, and asking her if sho found "Mr. Stuart" much changed! At the tea table Mary Bat opposite George and every time she raised her eyes she met his fixed upon her, with an expression so like that of the picture in the golden locket which ahe still wore that she wondered ahe had not before recognized George Morelund In- the Mr. Stuart who hud so puzzled and mystified her. - Doriog; tha evening William Bonder called, and soon after Henry Lincoln also came In, frowning gloomily when he saw how near to each other were William and his- sister,' while he jealously watch ed them, still keeping an eye upon George and Mary. At last, complaining of feel ing "blue," he asked Ida to play, at the same time sauntering toward the music room, where stood , his sister's piano. "Upon my word," said he, "this looks natural. Who bought it?" and he drum med a few notes of a song. "Mr. Morcland bought it. Wasn't he kind?" said Jenny, who all the evening bad been trying for a chance to thank George, but now when aha attempted to do ao be prevented ber by aaylng "Ob! don't don'tI can Imagine all you wish to aay and I hate to be thanked, Uoae and I are particular friend, and It afforded ma a great deal of pleaaura lo purchaae It for her but, ' be added, glancing at hi watch, "I must be txcua ed now, a I promised to call upon my ward." "Who's that?" asked Jenny, and George replied that It was a Mie Hern dou, who had accompanied him from New Orleans, to vlalt her aunt. Mrs Kilaaell. "He aaya ahe a an heiress, and very beautiful," rejoined Ida, seating herself at the piano. Inatantly catching at the words "helr- e" and., "beautiful," Henry atarted up, aaking "if It would be against all the rule of propriety for him to call upon ber thus early. "I think it would," wa G corse's brief answer, while Mary's eyea fiaahed scorn fully upon the young man, who, rather crestfallen, announced himself ready to listen to Ida, whom he secretly style "aa old maid, leca use aince his nrit remem brance abe had treated him with perfect Indifference. That night before retiring the three girl sat down by the cheerful fire Itf Mary's room to talk over the events of the day, when Mary suddenly asked Ida to tell ber truly If it were not George who had paid ber bill at Mount Holyoke, "What a silly girl," aald Ida. "He was perfectly able and more than willing, ao why do you carer' "I do not like being ao much indebted to anyone," was Mary'a reply, and yet In her aecret heart there waa a atrange feeling of pleasure in the idea that George bad thus cared for her, for would be have done ao if She dared not On ish that question even to herself dared not ask if aha hoped that George More land loved her one-half as well as ahe began to think ahe bad alwaya loved hint. Why should he, with hia handsome per son and princely fortune, love one ao un worthy, and ao much beneath him? And then, for the first time, ahe thought of her changed position since laat they met Then ahe was a poor, obscure school mis tress now flattered, caressed and an heiress. Veara before, when a little pan per at Uhlcopee, ahe had felt unwilling that George ahould know bow deatitute ahe waa, and now in the time of her prosperity she was equally deairoua that be should, for a time at least, remain lg norant of ber present condition, Ida, ' aald she, lifting her head from the table, "doe George know that I am Mra. CampbeH'a niece?" "No," answered Ida. "I wanted to tell him, but Aunt Martha aald I'd better not." . "uon t, men," returned Mary, and re turning her former position ahe fell into a deep reverie, from which ahe waa at last aroused by Jenny'a asking "if abe lutended to alt up all night?" The newa that George Moreland had returned and bought Rose Lincoln- piano bealilea aeveral other articles, apread rapidly, and the day following hia ar rival Mary and Ida were atopped in the street by a group of their companions, who were eager to know hpw George bore the news that hia betrothed was ao ill, and if it was not that which brought him home so soon; and then the conver sation turned urion Miss Herndon. the New Orleans lady who had that morning appeared in the . street; "And don t you think," said one of the girls, "that Henry Lincoln waa dancing attendance upon her? If I were you," turning to Mary, "I'd caution my sister to be a little wary of him. But let me aee, their marriage Is to take place soonr' juary repuea mai me marriage waa postponed indefinitely, whereupon the girls exchanged meaning glances and passed on. In less than twenty-four hours half of Ella's acquaintances were talking of her discarding Henry on ac count of his father a failure, and aaying that they expected It, twa like her." Ere long the report, in the shape of a condolence, reached Henry, who, caring but little what reason waa assigned for the broken engagement, ao that be cot well out of it, assumed a much-injured air, but said "he reckoned he should man age to aurvive; then, pulling hla sharp- pointed collar up another , atory, and brushing his pet mustache, wherein lay most or bis mind, he walked up street, and, ringing at Mrs. Russell's door, ask ed for Miss Herndon, who, vain as beau tiful, suffered his attentions, not because she liked him iu the least, but because she was fond of flattery, and there waa something exceedingly gratifying In the fact that at the North, where ahe fancied the gentlemen to be icicles, ahe had so soon made a conquest. It mattered not that Mrs. Russell told her hia vowa were plighted to auother. She cared nothing for that. Her life bad been one long series of conquests until now, at 25, there was not iu the whole world a more fin- died or heartless coquette than Evron Icrndon. (To be continued.) Introduction of Ices. Ices are supposed , to have been in troduced by Catherine de Medici In the slxtenth century. Still some assert that ice crenru was first invented by a ne gro named Jackson, who kept a small confectioner's shop Iu -Soho, Loudon, In the early part of the nineteenth cen tury. Sleep, Baby, Sleep! "See here!" exclaimed Mr. JVmleieU I don't propose to have that burglar alarm in our bedroom. We'll put it down stairs iu the ball." "Nonsense!" replied the wife. "Then we won't hear It when it goes off." "Neither wjll the baby. . That's the main point" Philadelphia' Press. Mormons In Mexico, The laws of Mexico provide that a Mormon who wishes to take a second wife mst present a certificate, sigued by his first helpmeet, to the effect that she Is willing, and he must also have the express consent of the second wife nnd her parents. Human Vocabularies. In rural districts many people nsa , u ,vi .uuu m us; uie oruiuary ( iiiuu cuu uo very weu wuu a vocaou- lary of 500 words. - - v A Perfect Face. A perfectly formed face is one-third . forehead, one-third nose and one-third upper and lower chin. " , .. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprthcnalvc Rcvfcw of the Important Happening of the Part Week PrcxnUo' bt a Combated Form Which Is Moat Ukaly io Prove af InUrtrt to Our Many Reader. Drawing cf Oklahoma land Las be gun. The Kansas' drought it effectually broken, .-. -- Negotiations in Tekin will be closed in two weeks. General Wood has kit Havana for the UniUxl States. Shamrock II has sailed from Eng land for New York. The battleship Maine waa launched at Cramp'a shipyards. It is reported in London that Kru ger has asked Choate to end the iioer war. Teamsters from interior are takine the places of strikers in San Fran cisco. . : .. . . Transport Meade arrived at Ban Francisco with soldiers from' the Philippines. The run of fish on the lower Colum bia is larger than has been known for several years. - Formal negotiationa for settle ment of the great eteel strike have been opened. The Cuban government offers a re ward of S1.000 for the capture of Bandid Lima, dead or alive. mo leeiine is growinc stronger in England that that government should not oppose the Nicaraeuan canal treaty. The steel truat will carry the strike into tne courts. The sugar trust will add f 15.000. 000 to iU capital stock. The Constitution boat Columbia four minutes in a 23 mile race. There are rumors in London of peace negotiations to end the Boer wan Dr. Koch says bovine tuberculosis is not transmissible to the human ayaiein. , k A lone highwayman held up the Cazadero stage near Mendocino, Cal., but got nothing. The teamsters' strike in Han" Fran cisco is becoming serious. Both side are standing firm. a nre in a reduction plant near Florence, Col., destroyed $250,000 worth of property. Petroleum on board an American ship at Stockholm, Sweden, exploded, burning IO persons and the ship. Bear Admiral Schley will demand an investigation of Maclay's charges, ana will sue the author for libel. An excursion boat on the Saginaw river sank near Saginaw, Mich., with ou passengers on board. . All were saved. The Boers have given un all hone oi intervention and realue that thev must ngnt me war out on their own account. ftvi ya ar.. ine Canadian racihe Kailwav is considering the question of substitut ing electricity for steam on its heavy grades. William II. Hunt, present secre tary of Porto Rico has been selected to succeed Charles II. Alien as governor of that island. The mine firemen's strike has been declared off. The southwest was again scorched by a hot wave. The eteel trust lias made no effort to start up idle plants. The ri vera and harbors committee has returned from Alaska. The international mininir con cress has opened at Boise, Idaho. Whitmarsh has been exonerated of the charges brought against him. San Francisco teamsters have ouit work and the wholesale trade is about tied up. Colonel Albert Jenks, a well known artist, dropped dead in Los Angeles of neart disease, aged 7o years. A Pittsburg woman started the fire with kerosene and, with her three children, was burned to death. . The mayor of Santa Paula, Cal.. was shot and probably fatally wound ed by a tough character of that place. Corbiu and Chaffee have decided on radical changes in the army in tho 'hihppnies. The military force will be reduced to 20,000 or 30,000. A movement has been started bv the labor unions of San Francisco to shut out Japanese, placing them on the same footing with the Chinese. At a Chicago race track four horses became frightened, threw their riders and bolted from the track into the spectators and several persons were severely injured. . President Palmer, of' the Rio Grande & Western, has sold his in terests in the road to the Gould inter ests for $6,000,000. ; . Prince Bonanarte's nhiloleical libra- ry of 15,000 volumes, the finest in the wor(j ,m8 gecure(j for the Nrowk0,.. iii, rki ' " . 6 in selling its interest in the Sioux City & Pacific railroad the govern- ment has recovered all the principal Rnd about $500,000 in addition, ' ' : " INSURGENT8 SURRENDER. A Band of 500 l the Fint to Civs Up la Itland of Samar. Manila, July 29 General Hughes cables the news of the first surrender of insurgents in the Island of Samar, BOO men, with two field guns, 30 rifles and 70 balos, giving themselves up to the United States authorities. The opinion prevails among tbe United States officers that it will take years to accompllah the economic plan of General Corbin. The civil and edu cational authorities hold that a contin uance of the protection of minor posts la necessary, aside from that afforded by the constabulay. It is generally expected that the concentration will be mora gradual than ts anticipated ia Washington. Tbe first meeting of the Legislative Chamber held today was largely at tended. Commissioner Wright, speak ing of the charter of Manila, said tbe same reasons that controlled in mak ing Washington the federal city ob tained In Manila, and Washington, be declared, was the best governed city in the world. Representatives of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce vehe mently opposed tbe charter, asserting that it was inconsistent with the prin ciples of the freest government on earth to deny the right of suffrage to the residents of the metropolis, while granting it to those of other localities. They also declared that the proposed system of government for Manila was far less liberal than that offered by the United States authorities, who proposed to make the representatives of the district In Manila elective by the people. Ex-Major Shields, of the Thirty-third Infantry. U. 8. V- has been appointed purchasing agent, vice Lieutenant Mas- sey, deceased. HEAVY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Expcrknud Over a lrt Section of the He vada DtKrt Salt Lake City, July 29. A section 75 miles wide, through the Nevada Desert fram Deeth as far west as Car lin experienced a series of heavy earthquake shocks about 2:30 this af ternoon. The vibrations generally were - from North to South, and at one or two points lasted for fully Ave seconds. So far as learned no serious damage was done though the force of the shock waa great enough to shake dishes from the shelves. The extent of the earth quake north and south is not known. At Elko, Nev., the shock was unusu ally severe. The high school build ing, a new brick edifice, was badly cracked by the violence of the vibra tion. and other buildings were slight ly damaged. The earthquake was pre ceded and followed by rather remark able meteorological phenomena. For some time preceding the shock the air was perfectly still, while the heat waa extremely oppressive. A few minutes after the shock, however, a violent wind and rain storm, accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning, burst over the city, tbe rain continuing for several hours. At Deeth, Nev, goods were shaken from the shelves in the stores. The shock was not felt 50 miles north of Elko. AFTER AIRSHIP PRIZE. Paris Inventor Awaiting An Opportunity to Make Another Trial. Paris. July 29. Keen Interest is still taken in the steerable balloon of the Brazilian aeronaut. M. Santos Dumont Each day he visits the grounds of the Aero Club at St. Cloud, where the naiioon is kept filled in readiness to Beize the first opportunity to renew the attempt for the Deutsch prize, the sum of 100.000 francs offered for a dirigible Datioon. Tne motor Is working satis factorily and producing a higher speed than at the last trial, but wind and rain have thus far prevented a. thorough test So confident is he of winning the prize mat ne offers, with the accumu lated interest thereon, another nrlze of 4000 francs to the first .member of the Aero Club performing the round trip from St. Cloud to the Eiffel Tower prior to October 31. Much Fruit and Produce Ordered. Philadelphia. July 29. Large ordera ior i run, ana proauce nave been re ceived by the local dealers from the sections of the Middle West which have been stricken with drouth. This demand has been larger during the past two weeks, veterans In the produce market say, than ever before in the history of the business in Philadel phia. , Fireman and Engineer Killed. Memphis, Tenn.. July 29. Freight iram wo. on the Choctaw. Oklaho ma & Gulf road, was wrecked near Palestine, Ark., this morning early by running into an open switch. The engineer and fireman were killed and a brakeman injured. It is believed the switch was thrown by men intending to wreck and rob the passenger which was due there 30 minutes later. Garment Workers' Strike Ended. New York, July 29. General Secre tary White, of the United Garment Workers of America, announced today that the strike of his fellow craftsmen was officially ended. The strike af fected about 70.000 workers. Strike Makes Tinplate Dearer. Philadelphia, July 26. The strike of steelworkers has raised the price of tinplate in this city from 20 to 30 per cent Before the -strike tinplate sold at $4 per box at the mill, and $4.17 in Philadelphia. Prices today average $5 and 5.25. Mysterious Explosion. London, July 29. "A curious inci dent took place here," says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Perth, Western Australia, "during the open-air recep tion to the Duke and Duchess of Corn wall. Every one was starlted by a loud report close to the Duke, who jumped and clutched his chair, saying, nervously: 'Someone must be shooting.' The police are in stituting a vigorous search. It seems that the explosion was purely accident al. - NEWS OP THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PART8 OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial happenings af Im portanceA Brief Review af the Growth and laiproveineaU af the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth LaUt Market Report Wallowa county spent $772 for coy ote scalps laet month. ' Brome grass five feet high flourishes on the and lands near Bty. Large quantities of match wood are being shipped to Portland from Coos bay. Athena has paved its streets and is now working for an electric lighting system. l nomas Sherwood has been ap pointed stock inspector for Lnion county. The Salem Flouring Mill Com pany's new buildings are rapidly Hear ing completion. A large hay crop in the Willamette valley has made that staple cheap, selling from $3 to $5 per ton. Piles for Mare Island, Cal., are be ing cut on the Santiam. The sticks are from 42 to 80 feet long and several thousand will be shipped. j promising coal prospect lias been found at Bice Hill, Douglas county, by the steam shovel crew who are ex cavating there. The find will be developed. A number of small hold-ups are re ported around Athena and Weston. A stage line has been established across the mountains from Prineville to Foster. James Hall, a California pioneer of 1852, died recently at Fairview, Was co county. ' Several rich clean nps are reported from the placer mines of Mule Gulch, Grant county. The Eugene excelsior factory is running night and day, turning out 12 carloads every month. Oregon college presidents are dis cussing a more thorough regulation of intercollegiate athletics. The natural ice caves near Elgin, Union county, are becoming quite a summer resort for that section. ; A. W. Sturgis.of Josephine county, expects to realize $10,000 from the annual clean np on his Forest creek mine. Timber fires are raging in the mountains in Lake and Klamath counties, and the valleys are getting blue with smoke. The prune crop in Benton and Linn counties will be such a record breaker that it is feared much of the fruit must go to waste for lack of drying facilities. The number of children in Lane county between the ages of 4 and 20, according to the reports of the several school clerks, is 7,549. Last year the number of children was 7,o3z. The Oregon rattlesnake 6eems lack ing in real venom. Several men were bitten recently in various hay fields in Eastern Oregon, but no fatalities or serious results are re corded. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, export value, 5556c per bushel; bluestem, 57c; valley, nominal. a lour nest grades, f 2.w3.4U per barrel; graham, $2.b0. Oats White, $1.32)1.35; gray $1.30 1.32 per cental. Barley Feed, $16.5017; brewing, $17 17.60 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $12.50 14; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery,1719c; dairy, 1415c; store, ll12c per pound. Fggs 17) 18c per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 llJsc; Young America, 1212s'c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.25 4.00; hens, $4.005.00; dressed. 10 11c per pound; springs, $2.504.50 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $2.50 (gd.ou ior young; geese, $4 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 810c; dressed, 10 12 o per pound. Mutton Lanms, 3ic, gross; dressed, b7o per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross ; dressed, 66k'c per lb. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756; light, $4.755; dressed, 6s'7c per pound. Veal Small. THc; large, 6J4 7 Kg per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $4.004.25; cows, and heifers, $3.253.50; dressed beef, blc per pound. - Hops 1214c per pound. Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 2021c per pound. Potatoes $1.001.25 per sack;new potatoes, lc per pound. Pasteboard armor is likely to come into military fashion. It is, if thick enough, almost impenetrable to car bine bullets, which can pierce five- inch wooden planks. Recent experi ments prove this. The record was broken recently in the sale of unoccupied lands in Ne braska, Wyoming and Kansas. Over 50,000 acres were disposed of, the largest amount in any one week in the history of the land department. MAINE LAUNCHED. New Battle-Ship Given la the Waves at Cramp's Yards. Philadelphia, July 30. The battle ship Maine, deigned to be larger, stronger and faster than her name sake, whose shapeless mass still lies in the harbor of Havana, has been suc cessfully launched from the yards of the Cramp Ship & Engine Building Company. One of the largest crowds that has ever seen a ship leave the ways at Cramp's yards waa on hand, and patriotism ran high as the ship left Iter cradle. Kensington, where the shipyard is located, took a holi day, and attended the launching. Thousands of persons from other parts of the city were on hand, and as the yard was thrown open to the public, every vantage point in the confines of the place swarmed with humanity. The weather was beautiful. The state of Maine was officially represented by Governor Hill and members of his staff. From Wash ington came a large number of naval officers and others. The Maine is 56 per cent finished. Her keel was laid in April, 1899, and the ship will be ready for transfer to the government in 18 months or two years' time. THIS IS MACALAY Who Started the Latest Rumpus About Rear Admiral Schley. HISTORIAN EDGAR STANTOX MACLAT. Edgar Stanton Maclay, the third volume of whose "History of the American Navy" characterizes Bear Admiral Schley aa a Micawber admi ral and a coward in connection with the battle of Santiago, is a son of Rev- Robert Maclay, who was the pioneer Methodist missionary in the far East. He was born in Foochow. China, 38 years ago, and was grad uated from Syracuse university in 1885. For the next 10 years he was connected with the reportorial and editorial staffs of the New York Times and Sun. In 1896 he was appointed lighthouse keeper at Old Field Point, Setauket, N. Y., and during the past five years he devoted much of bis time to historical work. He is now con nected with the Brooklyn navy yard, a position to which he was appointed recently by Secretary Long. BURNED TO DEATH. Two Men Who Made Effort to Rescue People From Burning Building. Louisville, Ky., July 30. In a fire which destroyed the property of the Bagley-Graham Photographic Supply Co., two men, one a policeman, were burned to death in an effort to rescue women and children who occupied rooms above the store. Shortly be fore midnight a terrific explosion awakened everybody in the neighbor hood, and among the first to reach, the front of the building on Jefferson street was' Max Belovitch, a cigar maker living across the street. Hard ly had the first explosion died away before he had dashed up the stairs in answer to a woman's screams. About the time he reached the second floor he must have fallen, for when picked np only a few mintes afterward his right side was burned to a crisp. Po lice unicer James Purden waa found on the third floor, suffocated, and seven firemen were taken from the ruins. Some of them will probably die. It is reported that several persons who lived in the building lost their lives, but tihs cannot be verified. Several are missing and may be in the ruins. The fire spread with such rapidity that even the fire fighters were non-pulssed. When the first crash came there was nothing but smoke, but in a moment later tho place was a veritable furnace from iloor to roof. The loss is about $50,- 000. Four Deaths at Chicago. Chicago, July 30. Ninety-five de grees marked the official maximum temperature in Chicago today, while the humidity registered 48 per cent, which intensified the sufferings. Similar conditions are expected to prevail tomorrow, according to the predictions of the weather bureau. Four persons died as a result of the heat, and an equal number were pros trated. Thermometers on the streets showed 98 to 102 in the shade and from 108 to 112 in the sun. Train Jumped the Track. Dayton. O., July 30. A gravel train, used by the Chase Construction Company, which is superintending the construction of the traction line between this city and Troy for the Dayton & Northern Traction Co., jumped the track today eight miles north of this city while going down a steep grade, resulting in two deahts and serious injury to four persons.