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TBI OFFICIAL AMD LKADINO PaPEI OF GILLIAM COUNTY.. IIS TSII2 TIT3 TT2 CICUUT10 CONDON- fVILHHID tVIlf TUl'SMUT If ... A. PATTISON..., tailor ana Frsprlttsr. AOTSBTiaiir !'. 0f p Mtk OlM IllOftM 1 tMautf eoiaa CBICKirTIOJf KATEIl ! fit Qn Mno).. M I ( iiil la d t m. ....... ...... 1 ot IS MOMlhS ltHIMHMHNMMMMMHMWHHMlMM t OS i I' S 1 OplM.aMlMMI HWWMHIIWUlHHtMlW M u1u teals wUJ to ek.fd 18 at j Bm tee tm UwnttM m4 I mu m lis ur oftst. Lai a4rrtlaMMts m ta na eus fri VOL. XI. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, TIH7KSDAY, JANUARY 1C, 1902. NO. 45. I tho MrtT OKtsrtna Um. m 1h! 4 oU to iMin mkUrtt in tarSk4 M globe; I; The l3oetoff$ flilemma By Hcsba CHAPTER XXVIU.-(CuitlnuJ.) "My daughter," be said. "1 bads you leave oven your duly In my kiplng. Now I summon you to fiilllll It. Your duty lies youdtr, by your husband's aid lu his agony of dntli." "I will go," I whUpored, my Ul scr-o-ly moving tii iruiioutic tli worda, ao stiff ml cold the f tlt. , "Goodl" he anld, "you have cbt'n the bettor part. Cornel The good Uod will prutiK't you.", ... IIo drew my ham) through bl arm nl led ma to the low doorway, The inner room, e I entered, waa very dark with the orvrbmiuliig eavea, and my eyeti, contracted by the strou aunllKht, could illnivru but little In the gloom. Tar dlf wait kneeling Itenldo a low bed, hath lug my luminal. I' forehead, lie uiada way for me, and I felt bun touch my hand with bia Una aa I took bla place, ltlchurd'a face, auuken, haggard, dying, with filmy eyea, dawned gradually out of the dim twilight. Hue after line, until It lay shnrp and dUtlnct uuder my gnae. The poor, mlaerable face! the reatlce, dreary, dying eyea! "Where la Ollvlar he muttered, In a bourne and labored voice. "I am here, Itlchanl," I anawered, fall ing on my knciM where Tardlf bad been kneeling, and p..ttlug my band In bia; ''look at me. ! am Olivia." "You are mine, you know," ha aald, hla Augers cloning round my wrUt with a a-ranp n wenk aa a very young child's; "alie la my wife, Monaieur le Cure," "Yea," I Bobbed, "I am your wife, Richard." "Do they bear It?" he aaked, In a whia per. "We hear It," anawered Tardif. - m m - w, .'! 'tuaaa. r m "I CAMM l.'1'ON A GKAVE." A strange, apnamodlo smile flitted across hla ghaatly face, a look of triumph and siiere.. Ilia lingera tightened over my hand, and I left It pasalvely In their clean. "Mine!" be murmured. "Olivia," ho said, after a long pause, and in a stronger voice, "you always apoko tbe truth to me. Tbia priest and hla follower hove beeu trying to frighten me Into repentnuce, aa if I were an old omitn. They say I am near dying. Tell tie, la it truer. "Itlchnrd ." I suld. "It Is true." His Hps closed after a cry, and aecmed as If they would never open again. He shut his eyes weariedly. Feebly and tit fully enmo bis gnsps for breath, and be rnonned at times, liut mill bis fingers held mo fast, though the slightest effort of mine would have set me free. I left my bund in his cold grasp, and spoke to bint whenever ho moaned. There was long sileuce. I could hear the chirping ot the sparrows in the thatched roof. Monsieur Laurentle and Tardif stood at tbe foot of the bed, look ing down upon us both, but I only saw their shadows falling across us. My eyes tvure fastened upon tho face I should soon see no more. Tho little light there was seemed to be fudlng away from it, leaving it ail dark and blank. "Olivia!" he cried, once again, In a tone of miuglcd anger and entreaty, "I ara here," I answered, laying my other band upon his, which was at last . relaxing its bold and falling away help lessly. But where waa ho? Where was the voice which half a minute ago called Olivia? Where was the life gone that hnd grasped my hand? He hnd not heard my Hnswer, or felt my touch upon his cold lingers. Tnrdif lifted me gently from my place beside him, and carried me away into the ' open air, under the overshadowing eavea. CHAPTER XXIX. The unbroken monotony of Ville-en-bols closed over me again. A week hns : glided by a full week. I am seated at , the window of the salon, gasping In a breath of fresh air such a cool, balmy brcezo as blows over the summer "aea to the cliffs of Bark. Monsieur Lauren tie, uuder the shelter of a huge red um brella, is choosing the ripest cluster of 4 grapes for our supper this evening. All the street is as still ns at midnight. Sud denly there breaks upon us the harsh, metallic clang of well-shod horse hoofs upon tbe stony roadway the cracking of a postillion's whip the clutter of an approaching carriage. , Pierre, who has been basking Idly un der the window, jumps to bis feet, shout ing, "It is Monsieur the Bishop!" Min ium claps her hands and cries, "The Prince, Aunt Nolly, the Prince!" Monsieur Laurentle walks slowly down to tho gate, bis-cotton umbrella spread over him like a giant fungus. It Is cer tainly not the Prince; for an elderly, white-haired man, older than Monsieur Laurentie, but with a more imposing and stately presence, steps out of the car riage, and they salute on another with Strctton great ceremony. They entered tie bouae and came directly to tbe anion. I wa making my eacape by another door, when Monaieur Laiireutle called to me. "Heboid friend for you, maditme," be aald, "a friend from Knglund. Monafvur, tbia la my beloved iugllh child." "ion do not know who 1 am, my dear?" The Gnglinb voice and worda went atralitht to my heart. "No," I anawered, "but you art coma to mo from Dr. Martin Dobree." "Very true," be aald, "I am hla friend's father Dr. John Henlor'a father. Martin has sent me to yon. He w lulled Mixa Jo hanna Carey to accompany me, but we were afraid of the fever fur her. I am an old phyalciiiu, and feel at borne with dlaeaaea and contagion, lint we caunot allow you to remain In thi unhealthy vll lage; that la out of tbe queatlou. I am come to carry you away, in aplte of tbia old cure." , Monaieur Laureutie waa lUtenlng eng erly, and watching Dr. Henlor'a lipa, aa If ho could catch tbe meaning of bia worda by eight, If not by hearing. "Hut where am I to goY" I aaked. "1 have no money, and cannot get any until I have written to Mclbotipmo, and bare an anawer. I bare no meane of proving who I am." "Leave all that to na, my dear girl," anawered Dr. Keillor, cordially. "I bava already apoken of your nffalra to an old friend of mine, who la an excellent law yer. I am come to offer tnyaclf to you in place of your guardians on tbe other side of tbe world." I moved a little nearer to Monaieur Lauren tie, and put my band through lis arm. He folded bia own thin, brown hand over it rareaaiiigly, and looked down r' ivfi iW- at me, with something like tears glisten Ing In his eyes. "Is It all settled r ho asked, "is mon sieur come to rob me of my Huglinh daughter? She will go away now to her own Island, and forget Ville-eu bois and her poor old French father!" "Never! never!" I answered vehement ly, "I shall not forget you as long iu 1 live. Besides, I ineau to come back very often; every year if I can. I almost wish I could stay here altogether; but you know that is Impossible, monsieur. Is it not quite iinnossibleV" "Quite impossible!" he repeated, some what sadly, "madiune is too rich now; sue will Have many good friends." "Not one better than you," I said, "not one more dear than you, les, I am rich: and I have been planning something to do for Vilio-en-bols. Would you like tho church enlarged and beautified, Monsieur le Cure?" . "It is large enough and. fine enough al ready," he answered. "Shall I put some painted windows and marble Images Into It?" I asked. "No, no, madiime," he replied, "let It remain as it is dining my short lifetime." "I thought so," I said, "but I believe I have discovered what Monsieur le Cure would approve. It Is truly iinglish. There is no sentiment, no romance about it. Cannot you guess what It Is, my wise and learned monsieur?" "No, no, madnme," he answered, smil ing In spite of bis saduess. "Listen, dear monsieur," I continued; "If this village Is unhealthy for mo, it Is unhealthy for yon ond yonr people. Dr. Martin told Tardif there would always be fever here, as long as there are no drains and no pure water. Very well; now I am rich I shall have It drnined, precisely like the best English towns; and there shall be a fountain in tbe middle of the village, where all the people can go to draw good water. I shall come back next year to see how it has been done. There is my secret plan for Ville-eu-bols." The next morning I took a last solitary walk till I came upon a grave. It was my farewell to the wrecked romance of my married life. Monsieur Laurentle ac companied us on our journey, as fur ns tbe cross at tho entrance to the valley. He parted with us there; and when 1 stood up In the carriage to look back once more at him, I saw his black-robed figure kneeling on the white steps of the Calvary, and the sun shining upon bis silvery head. For the third time I landed in Kngland. When I 8et foot upon its shores first 1 was worse than friendless, with foes of my own household surrounding me; the second time I was utterly alone, In daily terror, In poverty, with a dreary lifelong future stretching before me. Now every want of mine was anticipated, every step directed, as if I were a child again, and my father himself was caring for me. How many friends! good and tried and true, could I count! All the rough paths were made smooth for me. I soon learned to laugh at the dismav which had filled tne upon my entrance Into my new sphere. It would have Wa dlltleult to resUt the cordiality wlib wbl I was adopted into the ousehold. Dr, Keillor treated me as his (.(tighter; Dr. John was as much st home with me at If I bad been bis sister. Minima, too, be came perfectly reconciled to ber new po SlIloD. I saw little of Martin. He bad beei afraid I should feel myself bound to blm and tbe very fact that be bad once told me be loved me had made It more diffl cult to him to say so a second time, lis would not bare any love from ma as duty. If 1 did not love bib. ully, with my whole heart, chooalng him after knowing others with whom I could com pare blm, be would not receive any leaser gift from me. "What will yon do, Olivia V asked Dr, John one dsy. "What can I dor I said. "(Jo to him," be urged: "he is alone, I saw biin a moment ago, looking out at na from tbe drawing room window, Uod bleaa liiuil Olivia, my dear girl, go to Jim." '. Oh. JackJ" I cried. "I cannot." ? "I don't aee why you cannot," he an swered gaily. "You are trembling, and your face goes from white to red, and then white again; but you have Dot loat (be use of your limbs, or your tongue. If you take my arm, It will not be very dim mlt to cross the lawn. Come; he is the tost fellow living, und worth walking down yarda for." r I believe I should have run away, but heard Minima's voice behind me, culling shrilly to Or. John, and I could not bca to face blm again. Taking my courage iu both hands, I atepped quickly across tbe floor, for if I had beaitated long my heart would hare failed me. Scarcely a moment bad passed since Jack left me. and Martin bad not turned hi head, yet It accineil no. age. "Martin," I whispered, as 1 stood eloxa liehind him, "bow could you be so foolish a to seud Dr. John to me? We were married as soon as the season was over, when Martiu's fashionable pa tienta were all going away from town Ours waa a very quiet wedding, for I had no friends on my side, and Martin's cousin Julia could not come, for she had a baby very young, and Captain Carey could not leave them, Johanna Carey and Minima were my bridesmaids, and Jack wus Martins groomsman. On our way homo from Switzerland, In the early autumn, we went down from Paris to Falaise, ami through Noireau to Ville-eu bois. The next stage of our homeward journey was Guernsey. Mar tin was welcomed with almost as much enthusiasm In St. Peter-port as I bad been ill little llle-ell-boia. My eyes were daisied with the tun shine, and dim with tears, when I first caught sight of the little cottage of Tar dif, w ho was at retching out his nets on the stono causeway under the wln.lowa. Martin called to him, and he Hung down liis nets and ran to meet us. "We are come to spend the day with you. Tardif, I cried, when be was with lu bearing of my voice. "It will be a day from heaven." he said. Litui.,4tt jjui..imu-uuui can. and look? lug round at the blue aky with its sun- necked clouds, and the sea with its scat tered Islets. It was like a day from heaven. We wandered about the cliffs, visiting every spot which was most memorable to either of us, and Tardif rowed us iu his boat past tho entrance of the Oouliot Caves, He was very quiet, but be listened to our free talk together, for I could not think of good old Tardit as any stranger; and he seemed to watch us both, with a far off, faithful, quiet look upon his face. Sometimes I fancied he did not bear what we were saying, and again his eyes would brighten with a sudden gleam, aa if his whole soul ami heart shone through them upon us. It was the last day of our holiday, for In the morning we should re turn to London and to work; but it waa such a perfect day as I had never known before. You are quite happy, Mrs. Martin Dobree?" said Tardif to ue, when w were parting from him. I did not know I could ever be so hap py, 1 answered. e saw him to the last moment stand ing on the cliff, and waving his hat to us high above his head. Now and then there came a shout across the water. Be fore We were quite beyond earshot, we heard Tardif s voice calling amid the splashing of the waves: "God be with you, my friends. Adieu. mam'selle!" (The end.) " Consumption Can Bo Cured. Rending aloud Is recommended bj IhjKkinii8 as a benefit to persons af fected with any chest complaint. The recommendation is made because In all cases of lung trouble It Is Impor tant for the sufferer to Indulge In exer cise by which the chest Is lu part filled by nnd emptied of air, for the exercise Is strengthening to the throat, lungs and muscles of the chest. Beading aloud can be practiced by all, and can be a pleasure aud profit to both reader and hearers. In this treatment It Is recommended that the reading be delib erate, without being allowed to drag, that the enunciation be clenr, the body be held lu an easy, untrnlued, upright position, so that the chest shnll have free piny, and that the breathing be aa deep ns ppsslble, without undue effort. Regarded aa an Evil In Austria. As a result of a report submitted to the Austrian council of agriculture, set ting forth that aults ennuot be brought to recover losses In transactions for the future delivery of grain, the council has unanimously declared Itself lu favor of prohibiting altogether transactions la grain for future delivery. This Infor mation is conveyed In a communica tion to the State Department from United States Consul Warner at Leip zig, Germany. Mr. Warner stntes that the council hos petitioned the govern ment to use Its Influence to suppress tills practice altogether lu Austro-IInu- gnry. Chances Increased. A boy baby a month old can exnect but 42 years of life. If. however, ha lives to 5 years his chances of living nave increased to 51 years and o months. , Regulation of Price of Medicine, The price of medicine In Prussia la regulated by the stats. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. K Comprthaulvc Review of th Important rUppnln$i ,of (fee Put Week Prcientc4 In Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of lalerut to Our Many Readers. Russia Is determined to bold onto Manchuria. Governor Shaw will succeed Secre tary Gage January 25. New York has appropriated $50,000 to represent that state at the St. Louis fair. Relations between Americans, Bris- ihu ana ltussians at Niu Cbwang are strained. Rear Admiral Wildes has been or dered to take command of the Asiatic squadron. Several senators propose to fight the Indiscriminate passage of pension owls by congress. A charter has been granted to new corporation whose object it Is to build a railroad In Missouri. It Is announced that the East St Louis bank robbers obtained 110,400, instead of 15000, as first given out Should Germany be successful In obtaining money due ber from Vene- suela, France will try to obtain pay ment or Tench claims. Another Boer laager, guarded who! ly by women, has fallen into the bands of the British. A large num ber of cattle were taken. GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER. Advertising Is like providence it helps those who help themselves. It will never take the place of brains, business ability or industry, but tt wilL Inevitably, help their possessor to realize larger dividends upon them. Printers' Ink. The population of the entire United States Is 84,233,069. The Boer losses ud to date have been twice aa heavy as the British. A Southern Pacific train at Hous ton Texas, ran down and killed two men. Ex-President Cleveland has almost entirely recovered from bis recent ill ness. " There will be a strong light In con gress against the new Chinese exclu- Schley has requested the president to review the findings of the court of inquiry; Roosevelt has given his con sent. a special train, carrying 300 re cruits, bound for the Philippines, was partially wrecked In the suburbs of Chicago and three soldiers Injured. Vladivostok Is antlcioatinK the ar rival tnere of the representative of an American railway, which intends to buy -land .along the Siberian ralroad and erect factories.. ' A bill granting to Mrs. McKlnley the postal franking privilege for all her correspondence has been favor ably reported by the house committee on postofflces and postroads. The Chinese court has returned to Pekln. Canada has sent another batallion to South Africa. United States troops are being with- drawn from Cuba. Lord Pauncefote. the British ainbas- Baaor is seriously sick. Mormons are movine from Utah to Montana in great numbers. The old liberty bell has been taken from Philadelphia to the Charleston exposition. While driving an artesian well at Everett a heavy flow of natural gas was encountered. Senator Mitchell introduced three amendments to the Philippine tariff Din passed by the house. A bill providing a temporary form of government for the Philippines has been Introduced in congress. . A project Is on foot to run a sub marine tunnel under San Francisco bay from Oakland to San Francisco. Negotiations are Dendine for the tn- tabllshment of a wireless telegraphy line from Seattle to Nome City, Alas ka. A tratn carrying 279 troops and nine officers left Columbus, O. a few days ago for San Francisco. They are en route to the Philippines. Oil has been struck at Whatcom. Wash. Boers will try to tire out British taxpayers. General Bell is conducting a vigor ous campaign in Bataugas. Conditions on the island of Samar are still very unsatisfactory. The Carnegie Institution han been Incorporated at Washington. Lord Kitchener has asked that Canadian scouts be furnished him. The Denver fire and Police board will not permit prize fights in that city. Number of missing and dead ' In steamer Walla Walla disaster now numbers 47. The first proclamation acnlnRt football in England was issued bv Edward II in 1314. During the last decade the Roman Catholics have increased more rapid ly in Prussia than the Protestants, while the increase in the number of Hebrews was insignificant. No country does so much for the education of its people as Germany. The common schools are not only in reach of the poorest, but the tuition Is free and attendance Is compulsory in childhood. HOMESICKNESS IN MANILA. As Core, an American Newt Service Will Be Establiihed. Manila, Jan. 14. Medical author! ties here assert that a considerable portion of the breaking down among American residents of the Philippine Islands Is due to homesickness. Newspapers of Manila are urging the United States Philippine Commission to make an appropriation for a daily cabled news service from the United States, tbns bringing Americans here In closer touch with their homo life. A majority of the local papers,, sever al Army ofilcres, civil officials and others, have "promised subscriptions to help meet the cable tolls for a three months' news service of 100 words a day. An amount sufficient to cover the tolls for 70 words a day has already been 'subscribed. It is hoped that this news service can be begun January 15. It will be devoted to American news exclusively. The Government has offered to send news bulletins free to all points on the military wires. Commissioner Bernard Moses, head of the Department of Public Instruc tion for tbe Islands, has delivered an address to the teachers of Manila, in which he particularly urged the con tinued Instruction of Filipino children In English. He said the members of tbe wealthy farmer classes were making a great mistake in sending their children to Spanish schools, as the consequent neglect in English in struction would injure their position and standing in the islands, which would Inevitably and indissoiubly become a portion of the American na tion. The news recived from Batangas Province is cheerful. The expedition to Loboo, in Batangas, has been f. complete success. The columns under Colonels Wint and Wells have des troyed a large number of barracks and hamlets, and enough rations to keep 20,000 Filipinos for six months. There was not a single American casualty during the entire expedition. The enemy fled before the Americans, meany of them; were killed and sev eral surrendered. HAS MADE A RECORD. Thomas E. Parker, of Astoria, Oregon, has Saved 16 People In Last Three Years. Astoria, Jan. 13. Thomas E. Par ker, night clerk at the Parker House, in this city, is gaining quite a repu tation as a life-saver. During the past three years he has been success ful in rescuing sixteen people who had fallen into the river. The hotel is located directly on the water front, and many times during the daik nights of winter, persons have fallen overboard, either from the wharf or the railroad trestle. Mr. Parker has had several narrow escapes from drowning while rescuing others, and has never received any reward for his work. In the majority of cases the ones rescued even neglected to tell him their names or thank him. A HITCH AT PEKIN. Demands Presented by the French Minister to China. Pekin, Jan. 13. The French Min ister, M. Beau, refuses to present his credentials until China fulfills certain demands of the French Government. The joint audience of the foreign and new Chinese Ministers, which had been arranged, had been postponed because of M. Beau's action. His colleagues are discussing whether to support him or not. A repitltion of the Turkish incident Is considered possible. The Dowager Empress today follow ed up her friendly advances by send ing verbal messages to several of the Ministers, thanking them for the care they had taken of the palace and ex pressing pleasure at the reception ac corded by the foreigners on the occa sion of their Majesties' entry into Pekin. The report of the arrest of General Tung Fuh Slang, whose decapitation has been ordered by the Dowager Em press, is incorrect. The Tartar Gener al, who is Governor of Kwan Su. was afraid to execute the orders he re ceived, owing to Tung Fu Slang's in fluence among the Mohammedans, who dominate the Province. The Gov ernor feared that the arest of Tung Fuh Siang would Incite the Moham medans to rebellion. Boer Laager Surprised Pretoria, Jan. 14. The British forces have surprised and captured a Boer laager 20 miles northwest of Ermelo. Forty-two Boers were taken, Including Major Wolmerans. Crave Anxiety for the Condor. Victoria, B. C, Jan 14. There is grave anxiety for the sloop of war Condor, which left Esquimau Decem ber 2 for Honolulu. Advices dated Honolulu, January 3, say the vessel had not then reached the port. On the evening of the day she left the big storm occurred, causing the wreck of the Matteawan. If no news is received of. her by the Moana. due due from Honolulu January 22, H. M. Phaeton will be sent out to look for her. NEWS OP THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of lav portince A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvement of the Many Industrie Throughout Our Thriving Cotnmomrcilth -latest Market Report Navigation on the Yamhill river has been closed to Lafayette. A fine body of cinnabar has been discovered In Josephine county. The Clatsop county tax levy for laui lias been fixed at 31 mills. Lane county court haa fixed the 1 901 tax levy for that county at 24 mills. The Oregon State Livestock associ ation met at Salem and elected offi cers. Polk county's treasurer has Issued a call for warrants issued prior to October 6, 1899. Captain Walter Lyon has resizne.l his position as captain of Company K, r'ourtn regiment, O. N. G. The new flouring mill at Wasco has started. Power la furnished by elec tricity obtained from a plant oa White river. The early closing movement on the part of Eugene grocers has gone into effect and the stores now close at 7 p. m. Tbe entire debt against Pacific col lege, at Newberg, has been paid oft, and the institution Is in a prosperous condition. A proposition made by citizens of Astoria to the can factory of that place has been accepted and the plant will be enlarged and run for fifteen years. The 1901 tax levy for Portland will be one-third higher." Work Is progressing favorably on the oil well near Myrtle creek. Tbe official total of Lewis and Clark subscriptions Is about 9332,000. A successful and well attended farmers' institute was held at Sum merville last week. More marriage licenses were issued In Umatilla county this year than ever before. The number reached 164. Two men have been arrested at Jacksonville, charged with breaking into a store there a short time ago. Etna Oil Company, with headquar ters at Baker City, has filed articles of incorporation with, the secretary New hoisting machinery has arriv ed for the Le Roy Mining Company in the Bohemia district. The own&rs are pushing work vigorously on both the Le Roy and Laura properties. A number of hogs died a few days ago on McKay creek. Eastern Oregon. It was supposed that an epidemic ot cholera" was taking them off, but the state stock inspector pronounced it rheumatism. The output of coal from the Beaver Hill mine, near Marshfleld, averages 60 tons a day. The slope is now down 1500 feet and will not be extended any further for the present An elec tric plant is to be installed for power ana ugnt. A strike recently made on Jones' creek near the Dry Diggings, Southern Oregon, promises to become one of large importance as well as great productiveness. The find is located at the head ot a gulch that was worked years ago and paid richly. Portland Markets, Wheat Walla Walla, 5960c; blue- stem, 61c; valley, 5960c. Barley Feed, $1717.50; brewing. $17.50 18 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, 11.10; gray, 95cJl. Flour Best grades, 2.703.30 per barrel; graham, $2.50. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dllngs, $20; shorts, $18; chops. $17. Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Mutton Lambs, 3V63V4c, gross; dressed, 6c per pound; sheep, weth ers, 33c. gross; dressed, 66&c per pound; ewes, 33c, gross; dressed, 66c per pound. Hogs Gross, 6c; dressed, 66c per pound. Veal 8 9c per pound. Beef Gross,, cows, 3c; steers, 34c; dressed, 3 7c per pound. Butter Creamery, 2527c per pound; dairy, 1820c; store, 12Vi 15c. Eggs 2022Hc for cold storage; 2225c for Eastern; 2830c for fresh Oregon. Poultry Chickens, mixed. $2.503; hen3, $3.504; 8V49c per. pound; springs, 910c per pound, $2.503 per dozen; ducks, $56 for young; geese, $6.507.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll12c; dressed, 1314c per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13c; Young America, 1415c. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 85c$1.10 per cental; ordinary, 7080c. Hops 810c per pound. ' Wool Valley, ll14c; Eastern Or egon, 812Hc; mohair, 2121c per pound. In addressing New York bankers. Secretary Gage again urges currency reform legislation and tells them that now is the time for action. Transvaal delegates in Holland say England could speedily, end the car nage in South Africa, succeeding, by diplomacy, where she has failed by force of arms. The German foreign office says tae new meat inspection law Is not yet in enect ana that the United States will be notified at once when the date Is decided upon. GOVERNMENT TO BLAME. Paper In the United Sutu Showing Thit China Wu la Lesguc With Boxers. New York. Jan. 13. Documents now in possession of Columbia Uni versity, it Is believed, prove that the : Chinese Imperial Government was In ' league with the Boxer uprisings. The documents consist ot an original block cut an a copy of a proclamation. The papers are the gift of the Rev,. Dr. M. E. Gamewell, who constructed tbe defenses of the alliea at the siege of Pekin. 8ome few days after the relief of the beleaguered garrison by the for-' eign troops, Dr. Gamewell secured : new quarters for the Methodist Epis copal schools, their own buildings having been destroyed. Two private houses were taken and It was in a table of one of these that a number, of circulars were found, together with the plate from which they were print ed. The circulars bear the seal of the government used upon Imperial documents. The wording- of the clr-. cular is: "BV Im Deris I Command tf ilia Boxers of (here follows the, na eight towns near Pekin) rise up to uirneu victory. Tbis. It is SUDDOsed. .meant tho riaa. traction of the foreienern aa ilinrn in the Boxers' motto, "Protect the itiancnus, destroy the foreigners." The circulars are printed on yeliow paper, with black type, excepting tho '"" vermlllion of the seal or "imperial pencil," as it is known. Red charact ers, signifying the seal of the Boxeis are stamped on the left hand corner. SIGNATURES WERE FORGED, -r Fraudulent Attempts to Secure the Release ' of a Montana Convict. Helena, Mont, Jan 13. Governor Toole has unearthed one of the moat daring fraudulent attempts at the re lease of a convict from the penitenti ary that has ever come to light In this state- Some time aeo. the eovemn received a letter from the then Viee- Pre8ident, Theodore Roosevelt, say ing that a letter had been returned to him from the dead-letter office, pur porting to have been written by him, asking for the pardon of Launcelot G. Livisston, a convict In the peniten tiary. Vice-President Roosevelt said the letter was a forgery. A few days ago the full extent of the , forgeries looking to the pardon of Livinston was revealed. A petition was receiv ed from, the prisoner, asking for exe- was a member of a prominent New York family. One hundred and two names were signed to the petition, and among them were those of Hugh Grant, August Belmont, ex-Mayor Hugh Grant, Vice-President Roose velt Rev. C. H. ParVh Edison, John D. Crimmins, Joseph R. Lreuxei, n. w. Bookstaver, T At water Jerome. W Aatnr riinir James Witherspoon, Dudley S. Phin- uey, rasper wnitney, Lloyd Aspin wall E. D. Morgan and Henry Still man. Governor Toole wrote to a num ber of the signers, and they all re plied that the si ?natnroa vara -f.fyA.- : ( " -- leS. Livingston waa rnnvlntaT nt h. taining money on a forged check in .prn, i3uo, ana given live years in the penitentiary. A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Thrilling Experience of a British Bark on the Vancouver Shore. Tacoma, Jan. 13. Seldom, if ever. does maritime history record a more thrilling experience or a more miracu lous escape from certain destruction than that which was encountered by the three-masted British bark -Caithness-shire, Captain Furneaux, which arrived yesterday, i Driven on the rocky Vancouver shore last Tuesday night in a gale, with but 15 fathoms of water beneath her, in the teeth o a furious wind and heavy sea, both her anchosrs were lost, with 200 fathoms of chain. Helpless and with shoaling waters in creasing, Captain Furneaux and his crew expected to see the vessel driveu on the shore and so certain were thev of their fate that the small boats were lowered and - hurried Drenarationa made to take to them. Almost within an instant, however, the wind shifted ana Degan to Dtow from the north west. Sail was clapped on to the Caithness-shire and fihA waa rYifvAr clear out of shore, anchorless, but safe. Seldom) do such escapes occur. "It was a miracle," said Captain Fur neaux, "and but for the miracle she would be piled up on the Vancouver shore today instead of being safely in harbor." Statehood Bills. Washington. Jan. 13. Th Hmi'' committee on territories today , fixed on j i . . , , mo sou iusi. lor neanngs on the Okla homa statehood hill- fha 41 -vM VIOt 1U1 Lilt.' Arizona statehood bill, and February 7 for the New Mexico statehood bill. The bill to create the territory of Jef ferson out of Indian Territory was referred to a sub-committee headed by Knox of Massachusetts, and in cluding Flynn, the delegate from Ok- lauuuin, Colorado Und Opened. Pueblo. Coin .Tan ' 11 T ance with tn&trnrHAnci nAni,,.j w wv.vno ictcivtm x r o 111 the Commissioner-General of the land i v aauiugicn, me rueDio land office issued orders opening up for settlement more than 250 000 acres of land in the south-western part of Huerfano and the western por tion of Las Animas counties. This land Wfla Withernam w . . "um oeiuement over a year ogo, for the purpose of creating the Las Animas Reservation The area is 24 by 18 miles in extent'