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CHAPTER Ill.-Contlnud. !
Standing upon mound near ber. h
place her hands tu her pretty mouth,
and, iHib a alroplo fliMjiicnc that cannot
be ton fclsiily H.iunifiiiliMl, crh "Hi!" to
him, at llit top of tirr fresh rouuir voice.
Whether the brww hat playrd traitor,
or whether the bending flgur U of so
ft-romi material aa to I deaf to thi bril
liant appeal, who ran say, At all events,
he never stirs or llfta himself from his
tank, whatever It may bo. Nothing
dannted, Urlseld return to the attack.
"Hi!" trie she sgain, with a sharper,
freer Intonation. And atill nothing come
of It. Tb bending figure refuse to
straighten bla bai'k, and tblnga remain as
Wfore. It la really too bad. Getting
down from her mound she clamber up on
a higher bank, and onii mora send out
her voice upon the world:
"Hi, my good man!" Tbla doc it Aa
If compelled to acknowledge this tribute
to bla virtues, "my good man" upreara
himself, looka vacantly round him at ev
ery point but the right one llrnt. and at
lawt aeea GrlseMn. The effect produced la
not only lnt.".u nneoua but marvelous.
Down goea hi rl. bla cut. bla choicest
fly ao admirable orange grouse and be
cornea ateamlng toward her at about
twenty knots ao bour.
Ilia eyi'H, ever since they firat lightetl
upon Orinelda, have teemed to grow to
her, and now, aa ha drawa nearer, ahe
ton aeea aud recogtiiiea him. The kuowl
edg0 thu gained ao aurpriaea her that
ahe very nearly falla off her blgh bank,
and then growa very charmingly roay.
and aa charmingly coufuaed. It la none
other than tba young man who had helped
to reatore the carriage to itt legitimate
poaition.
CIIAITKR IV.
"It la really youT crlea he. with unaf
fected delight, coloring warmly.
"It ia you, too," repliea ahe, reflectively,
ami aa though it ia a little unToir to
throw all the pcraonalltiea at her.
"So It ia," aaya he, smiling gayly. "You
wanted me? I hope you had not to cull
often r
"Very often," amlllng, too, ud jumping
down off ber pedeatal. "I thought 1
HUWMI. Dl.ll. Wilt, llAHV tkik Vfin
know the road to OreyeourtT -1 dfto t."
"I do. It ia a tedioua way, and com
plicated. But if you will permit me to go
with you and show It to you, Miaa Iy-
aartr
"Oh, no. No, Indeed. It l giving you
quite too much trouble, and bow do you
know my name?" aaka ahe, with a ahy
glance at him from under ber long laahea.
"I aaked aoinebody in the village," cou
feanea be, honeatly, "and he told me you
were Mr. Dyart'a niece. You don't mind
that, do your
"No. I, too, heard of you," ahe any a,
"but then I didn't take for granted every
thing that waa told me."
"What did you hear of me?"
"That you were a young man 'down
from Luumm town, au' aa full o' trick aa
egg'a fuH o' mate." replica ahe, de
murely, evidently quoting aomebndy, and
with a glance ao "full o" tricka" on her
own account chat be laugha In apltc of
himself.
"Well," aaya he. "I'm not from 'Lun
non town,' certainly, and I hope I'm not
a greater wretch than my fellowa. Aa to
my 'tricka,' I don t believe rve one.
"If not from London, from where?"
"Rather cloae to yon. My sinter Uvea
Just over the border of this county, a
matter of twenty mile or ao; and I spend
most of my time with her.
"It was a very good thing for my slater
and me that you came hsuing." aaya (iri
aelda; "or I suppose we should both be
now either dead or dying." Here ahe
looka rdund her. "Have w very much
further to go?" v
"About a mile."
"I wish It was less," nervounJy. "I am
afraid Vera will be frightened at my long
absence, and and that my uncle will be
ngry."
Terharw he won't bear of It," says Mr,
Peyton, hopefully. Grlselda shaker her
head.
"He looka jiuit like a person who would
hear everything," ahe says.
"I've beard a good deal about him off
and on. People will talk, you know, aud
be'a eccentric, lant he'
"If you mean weak in mind you were
never further out in your lire," aaya Url
aelda, mournfully. "He ia all mind, In
hit opinion. There Inn t weak spot In
him. By the by, have you ever been to
Orey court?
"No. I've often thought I should like
to bo on some Wednesday or other."
Some Wednesday! What Wednesday?
And why Wednesday? Griselda la dis
tinctly puzzled, but hardly likes to ask a
niiestion on the aunjecf.
"It's a Quaint old bonse," she aaya.
"and might be lovely, I think, If the treea
were cut away and some sunlight let into
It, and a little furniture. Its empty,
positively empty."
"Surely you forget the gaHeriea?" aaya
be. "I it indeed posaible that you do
not know that those pictures of your an
cestors ore absolutely priceless? Pure
Lelya and Knellera, Galnaboroughs and
Reynold. Why, those galleries at Grey
court, I've often heard my father say, arc
aboat the finest In England. Your uncle
la good enough to open them to the pub
lic every first Wednesday in the mouth,
at the very trifling charge of half &
crown."
"Why!" cries Grlselda, flushing so hot
a color that the tears grow within ber
eyes. "Oh, you can't mean that."
"Well, why not?" aaya the young man,
boldly, preparing with a art out courage
to defend a vile cause. "It is to Improve
the tastes of the multitude that he does
It, of course. And if he chooses to repay
himself for the wear and tear of his ear
pets, wbp shall tay he has not common
sense on hia aide?"
At thla moment the chimneya of Grey
court ahone through the Interstices of the
trees -on her left, and, with the knowl
edge that aha had gained , her home,
Comet, too, the aound of running water,
ml the thought that all through her re
turn walk through the leafy wood that
in 111 had runlii'd as cborua to ber
word. , '--
"Ah! now I know!" cries efce, itopplnf
abruptly, and looking full at ber com
panion, who growa somewhat guilty In
appearance. "That noise of running wat
er! that la the river that flows benenth
Greycourt. If I bad only followed It I
need not bar given you all this trouble."
"It la no trouble." aaya he, plainly.
She holds out to hi in her band. "Good-
by," ahe say, gently.
"Oh. not good by, I hope," returns be,
anxlou1y, taking the aiim little band and
holding rt as warmly a he darea, per
haps more rkc4y than he is quite aware.
"I shall see yu agnJn?"
"Oh, no. No. indeed," aoftiy. "You
inunt not think that. I'ncJe Gregory doea
not permit ua to know our neigh bora."
He Una bla hat and Griselda, giving
him a rather solemn little aalute, turns
away from him. A smrond later, however,
she finds hlin again beulde ber.
"It there ia all the appearance of coin
ing rain In tbo sky." be aaya, gravely.
Don't you think ao? I fear we ahall
have a perfect storm before kmg. I
thought I'd tell you, ao that you might
gi t as much good out of these woods as
possible lieforv the deluge. This week,'
now, might be fine, but I should not an
swer for the next; and, indeed, if you will
permit me to advise you, I should recom
mend you to take a walk to morrow. Who
ahall say that rain might not fall the day
after?"
Who, indeed?
It aeetiiM the soundest reasoning. So
Grlselda, having shown herself impressed
by It, incline her bead to him once more,
and, a turn in the path biding Mm at last
from view, (uke to ber heel, and hard
ly drawa breath until, having found the
small iron gate that admits to the gar
den at Km lowxMt end, ahe enters by it
and feel hemelf at last at home.
On the hail doorsteps, as if lying In
wait for her, stands Mrs. Grunch, the
housekeeper.
"liesr me, ml, and ao you have re
turned," say sins "Hear! but master
will be main glud to hear of it. He waa
that upt by your absence that w
daren't so much as apprcarh hi in." Gri
m-Ida's blood grow cold. "But now bell
be sure to tell you himself bow glad be is
to see you back safe and sound."
CHAPTER V.
Mr. Grunch, as Grlselda left her, turn
ed aside, aud with darkened brow made
for the library, Mr. Hysart's uual abid
ing place. Not finding . bim here, ate
hurries onward down the ball, until ah
comes to a heavy curtain, once handsome,
now moth-eaten aud dingy, and pushing
it snide, reveals a long Magged passage,
with a hlifh, narrow door at the extreme
end.
Ntooping as she comes to It, she peers
through the keyhole, aud finding it emp
ty, tries, with a cautious, quiet grasp,
the bundle of the door to find the latter
locked. Still very cautiously she slip her
hand into her pocket, drawa out a key,
well oiled, and inttcrting it In the keyhole,
aoftly open the door.
A grim smile overspreads her face as
she looks toward the further end of the
room. There, on his knee beside a cab
inet, kneels Mr. Dysnrt. It is open, and
Mr. D.vwirt, in his worn and shabby old
cont, la kneeling before the secret open
ing, gloating openly upon Ha content.
Piles upon piles of yellow sovereigns are
so built one on the top of the other thst
they reach from one narrow resting place
to the other above, and ao on. Dull, heavy
gold that scarcely glitters, aave In the
eyes of the wretched misor bending over
them.
Yet It ia not so much on the money aa
on a paper he holds in hia hand that hia
attention is concentrated. He is ao bent
on the peruiMtl of it that be hears neither
the turn of the key in the lock nor the
woman's entrance. And now, aa a mali
cious chuckle breaks from her, it ao star
tles him that he spring to his feet aa If
shot, and a sharp, horrid cry, that Is
almost a shriek, escapes him. . Ilia face
has grown deadly white, great drops of
sweat stand out upon hia brow.
"Comforting yourself with a look at It,"
says ahe, with a malignant leer. Aa she
speaks she points not at the gold, but at
the paper he has tightly clutched in his
hand, - -
"How did you come here, woman?" de
mands he, in a shrill tone. He is trem
bling, and with nervous fingers presses
the paper into the secret recess in the cab
inet, and shuts to the oaken woodwork.
"Why, through the door," retorts she,
sullenly. "How else? You should remem
ber to lock it when engaged on work like
this."
"I ould have sworn I locked It," says
he, still shaking. "See! here is the key
In my pocket. I tell you," with Increas
ing agitation, I did lock it. Are you a
fiend that you can follow ma through
bolted doors?"
"Hush! Don't give way to foolish fan
cies. Aud after all, why need my com
ing fluster you? 8urely," with a mock
ing air, "your occupation was an Inno
cent one; you were but refreshing your
self with a glimpse of"
"Be silent, woman! Are you mad?"
cries he, lifting hia arms like One In mor
tal fear.
"You're but a poor aort after all," she
says, contemptuously. "Too poor for
faith or trust of any aort. What! can
you not even believe in me, who has
served you and yours long and faithful
for forty years? Is It likely I'd betray
you now for his children?"
"Ay, ne servea you laiseiy once," says
Gregory Dysart, a savor of pleasure hi
hia tone.
"He took my beet my life, my soul
the heart of everything, aya she, slow
ly beating one withered hand upon the
other. "Though years have rolled by I
have not forgotten; I shall not forget at
all. When first I saw them I felt aa
though, if power were given me, I could
have bloated as they stood those insolent
hussies upstairs." ,
Something out Of th, goodly past, Mtn
vagut touch of decency belonging to rht
days when he waa young nd happy, and
whea honor waa still word to whidb bo
dung with all hi might, renders tbla
coarse epithet, aa applied to die pretty or
phans committed to hi care, in support
able. "You hardly remember, perhaps, that
you are speaking of my nieces," ho aaya
with an angry frown.
"Holty toityl . Nona of your airs with
me," say she, sternly, tfiie advances
step nearer to him. "Remember, Dystrt,
that I ran either mako or mar you. i,
and I only."
"I would I were sure of that," My be,
moodfly. "But Have you forgotten
Bedley? He knew."
. "Pish! He's dead: let him rest What
a one you are to worrit! Twenty year
and more, and no alga of bim, and I ask
you waa be the on to remain quiet. If b
aaw a way to forcing a sovereign out of
your
- Trtie, true," say Dssrt, eagerly
catching at thla suggestion. "And yet I
would give much to know that bo wa la
the grave."
"Ay, and I In wine! I know you,"
aaya she, with an evlt look. "Yon fear
me."
"I fear nothing," ssys he. coldly.
"What," aaya abe, .lowly, regarding
him closely; "not even that your son
should know?"
Hlie pauses, pleased with ber work. All
at once, as It were, on bearing this ques
tion, the old man quails before ber like a
beaten bound. The life goes out of him,
be ecm to shrink Into himself, and puts
out bis bsnds aa though to ward off some
fatal blow.
"Not that. Anything but that," ht
mutters, feebly.
"Well, don't drive me to It," ssys she,
sulkily.
"Remember, it waa for him I did H,"
crlea be, sharply. "After all my love, my
care, my secrecy, to hav It now laid bare
to him! I tell you" hia fingers working
convulsively "rather tbaa that he should
know. It seems to me that It would be a
sweet and simple thing to murder bim
who would betray roe."
"I'm not going to betray you," say
he. "And aa for saying 'twa for him
you did It. why "
"For bim. For bia sake only."
"Partly, I think," says ahe, dryly.
"Entirety; altogether. What other crea-
tutv had I to love me to love? His
mother, as you know, hated me; and
when ahe died I was glad,", aaya he,
crushing bia finger together.
"Yet the deed wa crcely necessary
if done for bim," aaya Grunch, holding
her ground. "That old aunt of his Ae
mother's sinter put want out of the ques
tion for bim.
"I knew nothing of ber desire to make
bim ber heir then.
"You know It now, anyway," says she,
with a nasty sneer. "And it Is never too
late to mend to find by accident that
paper you have juat locked up."
"1 have thought of It," aaya he, with
lowered brow and eyes bent upon the
ground, "dreamed of It; and all my
dreaming ha but convinced me that
things bad better stay aa they now are.
Into what better bands could they bave
fallen? Who would have husbanded it
all like me? You know the care, the
trouble, the aleepless daya and night I
have devoted to the management of of
it. You know whether It ha ever been
a joy to me rather a grief, a wearying of
the flesh, a curse!" The word comes from
between his lips with a little hissing
sound. "But it ia all for him, for him,
be says, in a dying tone.
With renUess, feeble steps he begin to
pace the room.
"He believes in me. He trusts me; he
alone now! But If ever he were to learn
the truth he would spurn me from him.
I swear to you" he turns and fixes hi
burning eyes on hers "I'd, strangle yon
with these hands," holding them out be
fore her, trembling with passHon, yet
strong and lithe, "before the words could
pass your lips.
"I'm not going to play traitor. I've
told you that," say she, frowning. "I've
had a chance before this if I wished to do
it; and I'm not going to help his children.
whatever happena." Her brow grows
black and her eyea lighten. "May curse
follow him wherever he be, even through
the gate of death! '
"Amen," says Dysart, carelessly. Then,
in a different tone: "Seaton ia coming
home to-morrow.
"You have a design," says she, fixing
her sharp eyea on him with a searching
regard.
"True; and I think well of mentioning
It to you," aaya Dysart, slowly. "After
long and careful thought I have decided
on abandoning more ambittoua schemes
and wedding him to my elder niece.
vera."
(To be continued.)
Chinese Compliments.
There is one point in which Chinese
etiquette, so often absurd, Is much
more sensible than ours. That Ib In Its
failure to regard the Imputation of ma
ture age as a discredit to either man or
woman, or, on the other hand, the Im
putation of youthfulness as a compll
rnent to persons of either sex. An ex
ample of Chinese politeness, connected
with the visit of the Trlnce and Trln.
cess Henry of Prussia to Shanghai, Is
amu&lng. as it reflects on our own false
notion of the complimentary in such
matters.
TbeGerman prince and princess were
visiting a notable mandarin, one of
whose first questions to the prince
this being an invariable matter of Chi
new politeness was:
"How old are your
"A little more than thirty-six," an-
swered the prince, smiling.
"Indeed!" said the mandarin. "Your
highness appears fifty."
The mandarin then turned to the in
terpreter Hcrr Volght, a German
and Inquired the princess' age. She an
swered, "Thlrty-4wo." The interpreter
interpreted, and the mandarin made a
remark in Chinese evidently Intended
to be complimentary. The, Interpreter
blushed uneasily, and hesitated to
translate the remark. The prince saw
the difficulty, and laughingly com
manded:
"Out with it Volght!"
"He says," the interpreter then trans
lated to the princess, "that your high
ness looks like sixty!"
He had meant It well, and of course
the princess had sense enough not to
take it 11L , .
The sweetest type of heaven is home.
EVENTS OP. THE DAY
PROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLO.
A Comprehensive Rvlw of 0 bportant
ItapBcnJngs ( th Ht Wuk PrescnUd
la a GmdciHtd rmi Which 1 Most
Likely to Prsv of Interest t (Kir Many
Reader. j
Fire at Goldfleld, Colo., caaaod dam-
age estimated at $30,000. 7
Manila banks refuse ib , accept de
posits of Mexican silver
Colorado union miner have demand-
ed the dischargo of nonunion men.
A man and bis wife have been arrest
ed in San Francisco for counterfeiting.
Eight of the collerks in tbe Hazel-
ton district, Pa., were closed because of
high water. :
It i eftimated that the less by tbe
recent fires In Columbus, Ohio, will
reach $ 500,000. !
The wheat crop of the Paiiflc North
west for 1901 was, approximately, 44,-
000,000 bushels.
Governor Taft says 15,000 soldier
will tie enough in the Philippines be
fore the clone of the year.
Five hundred miners atthe 1'eetEnd
colliery, at Mocanaqua, Pa,, went on
strike because nonunion workmen were
employed.
All formalities for the purcliaoe of
the Danish West Indies have been com
pleted and the treaty will be signed in
a few days. '. -
A Cincinnati bookkeeper is almost a
quarter of a million short in hi ac
counts. He contends that it is the re
sult of errors and has made most of it
good.
Governor Taft says the situation in
the Philippines is encouraging.
Hon. Franklin Murphy was inaugu
rated governor of New Jersey.
Prince Ching will represent China at
the coronation of King Edward.
Charges have been brought aeainst
officials of the Mineworkers' Union.
A Filinino force in Butaneaa prov
ince, Philippine islands, surrendered.
Contract for repairs to the tranaport
Dix to the amount of $12,000 has been
let.
John D. Rockefeller contemplates
giving the Chicago Unuarsrty. fOOO,-
United States Senators Polliver and
Allison were re-elected by the Iowa leg
islature. All of the convicts who escaped from
the federal penitentiary on McNeill's
island have been recaptured.
The senate has begun debate on Phil
ippine tariff bill.
More revolutionary movements are
reported in China.
The annual convention of the United
Mineworkers of America is in session.
Three of the 11 convicts who escaped
from McNeil island prison have been
captured.
The isthmian canal commission re
ports in favor of the purchase of the
Panama canal.
A bank cashier of Great Falls, Mont.,
is short in his accounts, due to gam
bling in stocks.
Portland exported one-fifth of the en
tire wheat shipped from the United
States in December.
The combine of all the leading steam
ship companies is still under discussion
by those interested.
General Bell has determined on war
in the strictest sense in Batangas prov
ince, Philippine islands. -
A great naval battle took place in
the harbor of Panama, in which the
government lost heavily. Governor
Alban was killed.
A (treat diamond field is said to have
been discovered in Idaho.
Sixty lives were lost cby a boiler ex
plosion in a Spanish village.
Eleven men of the Second infantry,
in the Philippines, are missing.
Peace negotiations between Boers and
British are under way at Brussels.
Secretary Root favors disposing of
government transports on the Pacific
Toe military will play a large part
in the entertainment of Prince Henry
The isthmian commission recom
mends the purchase of the Panama ca
nal.
Governor Geer does not consider the
confession of Wade anything in Dal
ton's favor.
A woman 'insurgent leader has been
captured , in Laguna province, Philip
pine islands. , .
Fresh troons will be sent to the Phil
ippines to take the place of those now
in the islands.
The loss of life in the Mexican earth
quake, while heavy, was not so great
as at nrsi reponea.
The per capita consumption of spirits
in the United States ia smaller than
any other of the great nations.
Reginald C. Vanderbilt, of New
York, has come into possession of $7.-
5.00,000 loft him by his father. ..
J. E. Green, a St. Louis mechanic,
claims that he invented the airship
made famous by M. Santos Dumont, in
Paris, and that the drawings were
stolen from him and taken to France 10
years ago. "
MINE DUST EXPLODED.
Disaster bi lewa Cost Many Live Several
, Mea Seel vtty lnured.
Onkaioona, Ia., Jan. 27. -The Lost
Creek coal mine was the scene today of
a terrible disaster, which cost the lives
of 21 miners. Eight others were seri
ously injured. Tbe bodies of tbe dead
men were recovered from the mine, and
lie tonight in an improvised morgue
near the scene of their destruction.
The Injured, all of whom are frightfully
cut, bruixed and burned, are under the
care of surgeon in a temporary hospital
equipped near the mine.
The Lont Creek mine is 10 miles
south of Oxkalowa, and three miles
north of Kddieville. The explosion
occurred at the noon hour, and was
HENRY C PAYNE.
New Postmaster General who took oath, of office Tanuary fS.
what is known as a dust explosion.
The miners had just fired their usual
noon shotf , one of which proved to be a
fizzle, the powder flame igniting the
gas and causing the explosion. Smoke
and debris were blown out of the mine
in a column 200 feet high. A part of
the top works waa torn away, and the
fans and cages 1 were wrecked. This
made the work of rescue verv slow,
and it was 3 o'clock before volunteer
forces dared to venture into the east
entry, where the explosion occurred.
The men of the rescue party fought
their way into the mine, where a
shocking sight met their gaze. The
dead and injured were terribly burned
and mutilated, some of them almost
beyond recognition. Beyond where the
bodies lay the fire was burning fiercely,
and for a time it was feared the work
ings would be wholly destroyed and the
bodies incinerated. Finally, however,
the flames were subdued. The bodies
were then collected and taken to the
top of the shaft.
At the time of the explosion more
than 100 men were in the mine, but all
except those in the east entry escaped
with only slight injury. The total
property loss will be about $10,000.
Nearly all of the men were married
and leave families in poor circum
stances.
OBSERVE M'KINLEY'S BIRTHDAY
Move to Mark the Day by Services and Con
tributions to Memorial Fund.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 24. The request
by Governor Nash, of Ohio, has received
hearty response trom the governors of
all the states and territories invited to
join in asking the people to properly
observe the 59th anniversary of the
birth of William McKinley. Nearly
every governor has either issued a proc
lamation or eemi-officially requested
that there should be memorial services
on the Sunday preceeding January 26th
in all the churches, that conrtibutions
be there received, and that all people
testify by their voluntary offerings their
love and devotion to the dead president.
In many states, notably Kansas, public
schools wfll hold special exercises and
give to the fund.
t In any community where there is no
local auxiliary of the McKinley Memo
rial. Association, contributions by busi
ness, fraternal or labor organizations,
sdhools or churches, may be sent to the
treasurer, Myron T. Hernck, Cleve
landOhio. The funds will be applied
to the erection of a fitting memorial
tomb to William McKinley, over his
last resting place at Canton "Ohio
Judge William R. Day, ex-secretary of
state, is president of the association.
China Repaid.
Washington, Jan. 25. Secretarv Hay
today handed to Minitser Wu a draft on
the United States treasury for $376,600,
being the value of the silver bullion
captured by the American marines at
TienTsin.
Franking Privilege Extended.
Washington, Jan. 25. The president
has signet! the bill providing for the
free transportation of all mail matter
sent by Mrs. Ida S. McKinley, widow
of the late President McKinley.
' Plague In China.
Washington, Jan. 25. Consul Mc
Wade, at Canton, has cabled the state
department that there have been over
100 deaths from the plague at Shu
Ting, about 250 miles south of Canton.
A CINCINNATI 8ENSATION.
Trotted Beofckcepcr Short from $160,000 to
$400,009 hi flit Account.
Cincinnati, Jan. 24. Sensational re
port were published here today of an
alleged shortage in the books of Theo
dore Braemer, who resigned last Sun
day aa treasurer of the J. Sc. F.
Schroth Packing Company, of this
city. The story as first published al
leged a shortage of from $160,000 to
$400,000, extending over a period of
20 years, and declared that Mr. Brae
mer had turned over all of his prop
erty and chattels In trust, pending an
examination of the books by experts.
Braemar denied that there was any
defalcation, but admitted that be had
turned over $72,000 In personal prop
erty to Harland Cleveland, his attor
ney, and Joseph W. O'Hara, attorney
for the J. & - F. Schroth company.
While Braemar talked freely about
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the case, the Schroths refused to
say anything, and the attorneys were
also reticent .
Braemer is about 45 years of' age.
and haa been with the Schroths 27
years, most of the time receiving $25
per week as bookkeeper, and in re
cent years about twice that much as
secretary and treasurer. The firm
did a business of about $1,000,000 a
year, which was collected by Brae
mer. When John Schroth died, over
a year ago, Lieutenant-Governor Carl
Nippert became the attorney of his
heirs, who instituted an Investigation
of the company, which finally culmin.
ated in a meeting of all interested
parties last Sunday, at which Brae
mer resigned, and from which the
sensational reports of today eman
ated. The experts insist that they
cannot complete their work for two
or three weeks, and counsel say that
no reliable statement can be made
until that time.
No reports of similar character
ever created such a sensation in this
city, as Mr. Braemer always has been
regarded as a man of the highest bus
iness and social standing;. . He owns
one of the finest residences in the
city, and it Is furnished with all that
art could supply. In all of tho sensa
tional reports that have been pub
lished no reference Is made to him
as a fast man or of bad habits, such
as are usually coupled with such sen
sations. The attorneys and other in
terested persons will give no assur
ance that the report of the experts
on the examination of the books
will be made public when completed,
as they state that every possible dif
ference has already been adjusted
satisfactorily by the property that
Braemer has turned over in trust
All the interested parties state that
they expected after the meeting last
Sunday, at which Braemer resigned,
that all differences would be settled
without the matter ever becoming
public.
Boer Commando Captured.
London, Jan. 24. Lord Kitchener,
in a dispatch from Johannesburg,
Transvaal colony, says General Mathuen
overtook a Boer oemmando near Bosch
poort, and after a running fight of eight
miles, he captured all their wagons
and cattle, and 24 Bores.
General Bruce Hamilton made a
night march against General Botha,
near Wilbank, but the Beor commander
had left the camp when the British
reached the spot. The latter, however,
captured 27 prisoners.
Spain May Have a Revolution.
- London, Jan. 24. The Daily Mail
publishes' an alarmist dispatch from
Madrid giving the opinions of various
prominent politicians concerning tbe
gloomy outlook in Spain and their
fears that the coronation of King Al
fonso next May may be the signal for
a revolution. In addition to the Car
list menacings, "Weyler. the Spanish
Boulanger, is troubling the waters and
playing for his own hand."
Fire at Kalisptl
Kalispel, Mont, Jan. 24. Fire start
ed this morning in a restaurant and
in a very short time had spread al
most over a block. An entire row of
buildings was destroyed. The loss is
figured at $10,000.
Kaiser's Gift to Harvard.
Berlin, Jan. 24. The gift of Emper
or William to Harvard University
will be much larger than was at first
supposed. The Emperor's gift con
sists of casts and bronzes, illustrating
every class of the German plastic arts
from, the Romanesque period to the
Rennaisance. The entire cost of the
collection will be defrayed from the
Emperor's private purse, and it is es
timated at about 500,000 marks.
NEWS OF THE STATE
TEM3 OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial fUpptnini of ttn. 1
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvement el the Many Industries
Throughout Oar Thrlvine, Commonwealth
Latest Market Report
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Oil has been struck in finite a lanra
quantity near Myrtle Cnk.
The telt'I)hone'line from Vn'tnn In Ta
Grande baa changed hands.
The tint valuation rf tsnraMo Timiierrr
in Baker county is $3,523,346.
Hop buyers at Salem are nfWin
12 to 12 cents per pound.
The postoffice at IndenenrfnncM ham
been moved into new quarters.
Extensive tests are beimr marfe with
silage at the agricultural college.
The mayor of Pendleton has orftariwl
slot machines of all desreiptions out
A franchise has been eranted for th
erection of an electric light plant at
nurns.
Asbestos has been discovered in nartm
quantities in Jonenhine conntv. noaF
the state lien.
'i'ha ffalntn i : ,
nwjwi uintrjvb iviea sn a
mill tax for runninsr Trvr a t
mill for a sinking fund. v
Preparations hava Kxmn i.
buildine of a laree saw mill n pw.
creek near Grants Pass.
Extensive preparations arf hcin
made for a thorough test of the exist
ence of oil near Monmoth.
The expenditures of th
college for 1901 were $41,507.93.
Total receipts, $63,285.93. -
About 400 Were in ultonrtu nra at. tV.
annual convention of the Krights of
xyiuiag in renuieion this week.
Farmers around Ontar
arrangementa to import ferrets to clean
nw. 1 V tit
uu. uie gopnera, wmcft are verv nomer-
ous. '
A new Dt?ffrffl of TTnnAp i?rr $,
been instituted at Milton, in Eastern
Oregon. "
A new lumber company has been
formed at Wasco. It has a capital of
$10,000.
A company has been formed at Hunt
ington, with $1,000,000, to enter the oil
industry in that section. - 4
The Baker City council is consider
ing the proposition of paving the streets
with chemically prepared wood blocks.
A small fire in La Grande a few days
ago destroyed some property. The loss
was email, but not covered by insurance.
The scaffold and other arrangements
are completed for the hanging of Dal
ton and Wade In Portland January
Mrs. Henrietta Harrington, an early
pioneer, died at her home at Ely,
Clackamas county, a few days ago, aged
86 years.
The Oregon Pine Company, with
headquarters at Astoria, has filed arti
cles of incorporation. Capitalization,
$50,000. Woodmen of the World are preparing
to have a big time at Pendleton April
21-22, when 1,114" candidates will be
initiated.
Portland Markets.
Wheat-7-WalIa Walla, 59 60c; blue
stem, 61c; valley, 59&60c. s
Barley Feed, $1717.50; brewing.
$17.5018 per ton. I
Oats No. 1 white, $101.10; gray,
95c$l. . ... i
Flour Best grades, $2.7003.30 per
barrel; graham, $2.50.
Miustuffs Bran. $17 ner ton: mid.
dlings, $20; shorts, $18; chops, $17.
Hay Timothy, $11012; clover, $7
7.50; Oregon wild hav. S5ffl ner
ton.
Mutton Lambs. 3 3c. eross:
dressed, 6c per pound: sheen, weth
ers, 33c, gross; dressed, 66'ic
per pound; ewes, 343c, gross;
dressed, 66c per pound. .
Hogs Gross. 5c: dressed fi tft ft U
per pound.
Veal 8 9c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows. 3c: steers-.
3 4c; dressed, 37c per pound.
Butter Creamery, 25 27c per
pound; dairy, 1820c; store, 12
15c.
Eggs 2022Uc for cold storaee:
2225c for Eastern; 2830c for fresh
Oregon.
Poultry Chickens, mixed. i2Knif?iv
hens, $3.504; 89c ner nound:
springs. 9010c per pound, $2.5003 per
dozen; ducks, $506 for young; geese
$6.5007.50 per dozen; turkeys, live!
11012c; dressed, 1314c per pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 130
13c; Young America, 14015c.
Potatoes Best Burha.nka RKinni m
per cental; ordinary, 70 080c.
Hops 810c per pound.
Wool Valley, 11014c; Eastern Or
egon. 812Vic: mohair. 2192iu ni
pound. V
A New York syndicate is negotiating
for 180,000 acres of Nova Scotia timber
land.
Sir Ernest Cassel' placed at the dis
posal of King Edward a fund of $1,.
000,000 to be used in the crusade
against consumption in England.
Gov. Van Sant, of Minnesota,, says
the entire northwest is back of him in
his fight against vthe Northern Pacific
merger, and that he will begin action
in the courts at once.