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. LjaZOr'li '-'--r Z WBiBIIWI , mi OFFICIAL AND LKADINO PAFEB OF OJLLIAM COUNTY. EAS TSSSi Tim T"2 ClZZZUmo OF ANT PAFES nTI'SCCUNTT. AOVKATIStK KATES. IWIMU ITIKT IUVMniT IV m9. A. PATTISON.... 1 4 1 tor and rroprUlar. Pmfawtonal oa,4 k0afeif oolama. iw (4 paf ajt Va aoiuma. ...... 04 90 far fcjc raiontPTioM rate fW (Jtt T n . , wHiiimmm . fl W HNNtHIUHWNHMIMIHI V ts moniM... Mlaw tecala win aaarf u es m KM. Lefftl Mf -ilXJUja wtU U ail sk N cri rty artUrtnt m tic Maa.a24iwfctoiaTlt la kinUl4 VOL. XI. CONDON, GILLIAM CV OMXJOir, TIITJKSDAY. PEBIHTARY G, 1902. NO. 48. CONDON n l rail' CHAlTKit VI. The lt Mrokff of riKnt die wit from til old clik in the Unit m Hen ton Djraart enter ttif drawing romii. The eitrttne diuine ami iflooui of (bat melancholy upon incut n Into him he moM rtbr dUooiitontedly, tint with man' unfailing InmliH't, toward the hearth-rug It I tint nit gloom, however, lit he prea niljf dtv orer, In thla dreary place. Home one rlr liiuijiild'y front low chair a girl, a lovely icirl. a lie Inatantly admit and lraiin aliotit tilt clitUth part of an ordinary foot toward Win. I : .. ... k I 1. 1 They arr wonderfully alike, tha father and mm, and yi how wotiderfitlly un like. It aiHmia linp'i,ite that with ei prewiitiu an utterly at variance ao utrong a rceeinlitiim-e ran rxiitt, yet It ia there. The one, ilio old. fare, mean" rrlnitloit, ulU'l.ni, wlt'krd; the other, cold, honor alile, eariii-t and IwauHful, The tfrl, watililnj hi in with dlatruMt In her eyee, reliictaiiily acknowleUiied thla iaat fact. "I'm entreini'ly aorry If l'e kn't Tn waiting for dinner," he Mtya, adranHng at iiuli'ki'r pme. once he aeea the pretty girl in white, an I holding out hi hand. "Hut the fart i 1 waa drtHtdfully tired when 1 arrived, and I'm rather afraid I fell aalccp." "The day la warm," aaya le, coldly The likcufnn to hU father tvtiu clearer to her an lie "iioaka, ami kilta for her all the elm nu of hi face. "Very; but I don't fancy my alwurd fit of ltuslue anise from that. Uatju-r from the fact that I haven't had a wink of eWp for the In two nlghta." "Two ir.fchti!" aaya ahe with a falut aiHvanion of Intwcjit. "Toothache? Sick friend?" "Oh. n, Hall carda," returue he, con flaely. "Ab!" aaya he, thla time rather abort "Vou are Krlaolda, I eupiKMe 7" aaya b li-aanUy "Why ahould you aupiioae It?" aka ahe, with a faint mule. "True. Why ebould IT rrturna he. laughing. "IVrlii becauae," with a toady look at her, "I hare been told that my coiuln OrUcIJa la a pemon poaaeMieii of a considerable amount of of ciiarac ter." "Ity that you mean that you bare heard Ccrmelda I aWf-wllled, ' aaya Me, caunlr "And aa it la evident you think I look the part aUo, 1 am afraid you tnuat prejiarv youraelf to meet two aWf-wilk-d coiwlua I am not umeiua." if ahe Had ram-ted luat thta announce ment would have put him out, the ia un deceived iu a moiiwut, "Nu?" aaya he, looking dlatlnctty a mut ed. "There ia comfort iu the thought tout I cannot agalu fall into error, becauae you uiuat be Vera. "Vet. I am Vera," alowly. "I fear you will lind it very dull down here." "Your father baa been very good to oa; more than kind," Interrupt who, geutly, but with tli-clsiioii. "lie hat given ua a bt.iue." "I aiiould think be would be very glad to get you here. ay he. At thia mo ment (IriaHda entera the room. A charm I lit (Jrlililn. in white, like ber aister, and wlib a flower in her aunny hair. Hhe trip up to Scaton and givca him her band and a frnnk amile, that haa juot the cor rect amount of coquettish ahyneaa In It. A man, to UrUelda, no matter out of what olmoxioua tribe he may have prung, la alwayt a creature to be gently treated, lulled upon and encouraged. "So you've come at Iaat to thia Gentle of Dpapalr," aaya ahe, aaucily. "I must ay, you took time to look urn up. But 1 dou't blame you; life down her ia too live ly for moat. It hat quite done up Vera and me." The dlamal aound of a cracked old din-' ner gonjr brcaka in at thia instant ou Uri adda'a Rpecch. They all rite and croaa the hull to the dining room, but Jut In alde it a momentary hetltation takes place. Dyaart going to the foot of the table, Vera atopa aliort, aa if in tome mirprluc, to look at him, queation in her C7ea. "JTou will take the head of Uio table, I hope," attya he, in a low tone, divining her perplexity. "But " quickly, and then a panae. "If you wlah it, of course," ahe aaya, with awift uplifting of the biwa and an al most Imperceptible ahrug. Her manner aomehow Irritatea him. "I wlnh It, certainly," aaya he, coldly. "But I wish atlll more to aee you do only that which you like." "I have few likes and dlallkw," replica ahe, atlll in that utterly emotlouleiw tone; and awceplng past him, she aeata hcraelf at the head of the table. Aa for Grlaclilo, the little Jar in the to clul atmosphere around her goea by un noticed, ao overcome ia ahe by the un wonted magnificence of the sight before her, a decent dinner table at Orcycourt. IS lie looks round hey and losea herself a little In the touch of falrylaud the room presenti. It is, as it were, an echo from the pant, a glimpse Into the old life when her father atlll lived, that she hardly knew was dear to her until ahe had lost It. The glitter of the silver, the glass, the IntenHe perfume of the glowing flow ers, the rich tint of the frulus, all scorn part of a drenm; a aweet one, too. Mr. Dysart la wondering why both glrla should have taken so Instantaneous a dis like to him. Aa a rule, women were civil enough; yet here were two to whom he was an titter stranger, and aggressive was the only word ho could apply to their looks and words, though both were stu diously polite. 'I)o you stay long?" aska Griselda pres ently, looking at her cousin. "I don't know how you tuay view it. I return to town the day after to-morrowvery early oa that day. Whether I, must or mutt not work for my living la a thing that does not concern me. I work you will hardly believe it in thda prosaic age but I actually aeek after fame. I should like to get on in my pro fession; to be more Chan a mere trifler." "Ton are charming," lay Oritelda, frVr-fyxj m Mm) mmm ' wM&t r-. w.m&i i eaeeily. "You talk Ilk a book -a blue ikmb. nut you bar not told m why your fattier will ot in u anone, "Orlwldar mjt Miaa QjtttU ritlle oarpij. Hit n aa aba aptak, and Prwrt iinoa Uia door for br. Aa unaeida naanea him ba aaa. itr "I cannot tll you errrythiot at on, you ; but I dare any thrr wlU b tlu titto m. Aa for my fatbir, ha ia wntrlir, and. I nr. bard to U wlti, ltut If rr I can hrln on. nil 1 l . . . ' unaoiua firm blm a anill for thla, and fullnwa hfr alator Into tha drawing room. "Aftw all. be fto't half bad," ah aayc. whu a inn niMt, i . . . nifiH, nowrr. Hid you ' r'hT and mn o IlkeT' aka Vna, cimiy. CIIAPTKlt VII. "Well. I'm off," aayt Oriaelda, poking nrr preuy neaa into the aummer boiw, where Vera aits reading. It la neat day, and a ery lovely day. too" "For your ramble." bit. Vm I.. in. wo ner itooa. -no you won't take my advice? Very good. Go on. and you'll iubi you won t prosper. Her tone fa nair gay, half eriou. "And don't be i"iig. entreata era, with a audden rush of anaiety. ."IWt, now. Yet, I'm In deadly earneat. There la that man all over the place, let loose, aa It were, for my uiacoinnture, and If he turna up in thla part of the world I auppose I hall nave 10 rata to him. unat a calamity!" aayt Oriaelda, with a Utile feiirned droonln of hor month "In tliit barren wllderneaa even manna may be regarded with rapture even Bea- ion; itetter any roan than no man, ay I." "So tay not t. tJien." with rra .Ml She haa leaned forward upon her elbow, ana ner eyet are brilliant with a little suspicion of anger. "Give ma a desert isiaivi rather than the aoclet nr a man whom I know it will require only time to teach me to detet. And how you can mil him ao familiarly 'Beaton,' pauses ray A pause! An awful imusc. Who la It that baa turned the corner of the aummer bouse, and la looking in at them with a earlun expression round bit mouth? Url- eiua ia tne nrst to recover. - isnt it abaiinir she says, smiling rsmer laoieiy. -nut 1 assure you, Sen ton, your audden appearance quite took away mjr breath. You should stamp when you come to a house like thla. The grass all round la so thick." "Too thick!" aayt Dyaart, with a awift glance at Vera, who baa lost all her color. "For Uie future I shall try to remember. I am very sorry I startled you." He baa addrewied himself entirely to Griselda, unless tbat one lightning glance of con temptuous reproach cast at Vera could be counted. "But I waa on my way to oue of the farm, aud thla la the lowest, the nearent path to it I ahatl never cease to regret" here be stopa dead short, and turn hia eyes unreservedly on Vera "that I did not take the upper one"." He make both girla a slight bow, and walka wlftly onward on tha unlucky path he had chosen. "Oh, Vera, do eomethlng!" crlea Griacl da, in a small agony of consternation, clasping her hands. Vera, thus admon ished, springs to her feet, and, driven half by honeat shame and half by Im pulse, nuraea out of the summer house and rtrae after Dysart aa he ia fast dia appearing through the hrubs. Reselling him, panting and pale with agitation, ahe laya ber hand timidly upon hia arm. "I am ao grieved," ahe aaya, her efcarra Ing face very pained, her lip white. "There are momenta when ono hardly know what one says, and " "There are auch moments, certainly," aaya be, interrupting her remoreelesaly. "But they can haidly be classed with those In which the calm confidences of one sister arc exchanged with the other. And why should you apologise? I assure you, you need not. I do not seek for or desire anything of the kind." It almost seems to her that he hat shaken her hand from hia aim. Draw ing back, she see him proceed upon his way, and then returns to Griselda. "I reully think I hate him," aaya Vera, vehemently. The recollection of his con temptuous glance, the way in which he had disdained her apology above all, that alight he had offered her when he had displaced her hand from hia ami all rankle in her breast, and a hot flow of shame renders her usually pale face bril liant. "There, never mind him," she sayt, with a little frown. "He is not stayimr long, fortunately, and thia episode will hear good fruit of one sort at least. He will not trouble me with hia society while yon are away. ow hurry, unselda, do." Griselda, with a light laugh, drawn Ir resistibly by the gorgeous loveliness of the light and shadows of the land below, runs down the pathway and is soon lost to view. When she returns over an hour later she discovers to her amazement, that Vera la .atlll In it. . "You are miserable about that wretch ed affair of the morning," crlea Griselda. "Never mind it. If you will come to diu ner I promise you to do all the talking, and aa It haa to be endured I do entreat you to keep up your spirits." "Oh, yes. There isn't a decent chance of escape," aaya Vera, wearily. "'Sh!" cries Griselda, softly, putting up her hand; the aound of coming foot steps, slow, deliberate footsteps purpose ly made heavier, smites upon their cart. "oGod heavens! Here he It,", says Griselda, and indeed they have barely time to put on a carefully unconscious demeanort when Seaton Dysart darkens the door of the aummer house, and looks coldly down on them. "They told me I ahould find you here," he says, speaking to Vera. "I have come to say good-by." ','But turely you are not going ao soon not before dinner, not to-nightt" crlea Griselda, thunderstruck by thia aolutlon of their difficulty, and a little sorry, too. "I am going now. flood by," holding out bit band to ber with a determination not to be changed. Griselda takes it and hakes It irenlallv. nav. warmlv. flla hn. iuor ia decidedly hostile, and If be ac quaints tue old father of their Incivility Anything to lironltlata him aha tolla he self, will be the correct thing, and the grows positively friendly toward him, and beams upon him with gentle entreaty In ber eye. "If you must go, do ua one service nrst," she says. "Do you aee that rose?" rather unkiinnt and atrairirlln anH- tucu of its kind that traits In unadmired disorder just outside the door. "It haa babied me nianr time, hut von ara tall. oh, taller than most; will yon lift theae aw award tendrils, and presa them back Into shape?" Mhe la ailllllna' dlrlm-lr at him. a amlta that Tom l'eyton would have given sev erai yeara of bis life to possess; but Dy aart is dlmrraf ullv unmovMl hv It. and. refusing to retnrn It. steps ont.ide, and, with a decidedly unwilling air, proceed a nti uie drooping tendrils and reduce inera w oruer. Griselda, naturally a girl of great re source, seizes the opportunity the ha herself provided. Catching Vera' arm, ne draw her back out of eight. "Now'a your time!" ahe aaya. "Say something. Do something. It doesn't matter what, but for heaven' sake smooth blm dowu one way or another If you don't you'll have the old man down upon us like" "I can't." casus Vera, fearfully. "You must," inslnta Griselda, sternly, "It impossible to know what sort of man he l. If revengeful, he can play old Harry with us:" Without waiting to explain what par ticular game this may mean, or the full slgnllicance thereof, she stent lightly out aide and gazes with undisguised rapture upon Dysart a work. Dysart returns to the summer bouse with all the manner of one in mad baste to be gone. It Is merely a part of an un pleasant whole, he telle himself, tbat he must first aay a chillingly courteoua word or two of farewell to the girl who haa openly declared toward him such an un dying animosity. "I am afraid." (say Vera, apeaklng wim coid precision, aa one delivering her self of an unloved lesson, "tbat you are going a ay thua abruptly because of what you heard me say thla morning." "You are right That la why I am go ing." replies Dysart calmly. "Yea?" In a chilling tone, and with faintly lifted brows. "I regret exceed Inely that I should have so unfortunately offend you, but to go for that it all sounds a little trivial, don't you think f "Not by going, I think. I don't see bow I can do otherwise. WTny should I make you uncomfortable? But you may call It trivial If you like, to talk of detesting a man you have ouly seen for an hour or two, and who In those hours " He pauses. "Did I make myself to tneciallr objectionable?" demands be, abruptly. turning to ber with something that It surely anger, but aa surely entreaty, in ws eyes. "Aa I told you before," indifferently. "ono aaya foolish things now and then." "Would you have me believe you did not really mean what you said?" I would not have you believe any- tnmg," returns ahe, haughtily. "I only think it a pity that you ahould curtail your visit to your father because a chance remark of mine that cannot pot lbly affect you in any way." "la that how you look at It?" "Ia thore any other way? Why ahould you care whether or not I detest rou L wnom you saw for the Bret time yester day T "Why, indeed!" He regards her ab sently, aa it trying to work out in hia own mind the answer to thia question, and tnen, auddenly: "Nevertheless, I do care." he aava. with a touch of Tehemence. "It Is tha Injustice of It to which I object. You hijd evidently determined beforehand to enow me no grace. I defy you to deny ui uomp, can your" Miss Dysart is silent' The very lm pctuoaity of hia accusation has deadened her power to reply, and besides, la there not truth in It? Had she not prejudged? uy the tiye," be says, "I am afraid you will have to put up with me for a few hours every week. I shall promise to make them aa abort as I possibly can But my father likes to see me every sev. en daya or so, and I like to aee him. Do you think," -a slight amile crossing his race, -you win ne ante to live through It?" "I hare lived through a good many things," says Vera, her dark eyes aflame. "lhat gives you a chance here; prac tice makes perfect I am aorry to be obliged ,to iueouvenlence you so far, but If I stayed away, I ara afraid my father might want to know why. He might even be ao absurd as to miss me." "Why should you take it for granted that 1 desire your absence?" crlea Vera. her voice vibrating with anger. "Come, remala, or stay away forever--what is It to me?" And It was thus that they parted. (To be continued.) Not to Bn nn Iked. A Comparison made by on old car penter twenty years ago may be ap plied In a much wider sense than he had In mind. He was sneaking of two boys, brothers, who had been sent to him to learn the trade. They were bright boys, and their father, In telling the carpenter of his pleasure at their progress in their work, said he could not see but one band had done Just aa well as the other. "Um-m!" said the carpenter. "I pre sume to say their Work looks about ol a pleve, but I'll t'.l you the difference betwtat those two boys. You give Ipd just the right tools, and he'll do a real good Job; hut Cy, If ho hasn't got what he needs, he'll make his own tools, and say nothing about It. "If I was casted on a desert Island and wanted a box opened, I should know there'd be no use asking Ed to do it, without I could point him out , a hammer. "But Cy!" added the old carpenter, with a snap of his fingers. "The lack of a hammer wouldn't stump that boy! He'd have something rigged up and that box opened, If there was any open to It I I expect Cy's going to march ahead of Ed all his life." . Twenty years have proved the truth of the words, for while the boy who "made his own tools" Is rich, his broth er la still an ordinary workman. EVENTS OF THE DAY PROM THE FOUR QUARTER8 OP THE WOfTLO. A CotnprthcMivt Rtvkw f ft Impart Kapputlnff tht F Week Presented l a CotAmU Tom Whidi I Most Likely ta Prm of ffltstttt t Our Many Readers. - An indecisive naval engagement was (ought In Colombian water. A Chicago drslnago canal contractor offer to build an itlmfari canal. Tli first mooting tA tha trustee of the Carnegie institution hu been bold. A parliamentary- commission ia con aider ing the question of depopulation ol France. The ways and means committee will Irame a bill for reduction ol the war revenue taxes. A new gold district haa beon discov ered near Dawson which ia claimed to be the richest yet found. ' Admiral Schley's appeal to the presi dent, ak ing for a review of the court of inquiry, has been made pubic. Eight live were lost in Boston fire, The Boera have made peace proposals through Holland. There were 10,000 people present at a banging in rennsylvanu. The house committee voted in favor of a government owned Pacific cable. A substitute for the Nicaragua canal bill has been introduced in the senate. The (reneral nntlnok in Ttatancaa trov r. o 4 lnce, Philippine islands, is favorable, A train wreck on a New York rail road resulted in the death of the engineer. Four veseels are now on the Pacific sear-hing for the missing English war ship Condor. ! A discharged soldier in Ban Franciso planned to go to New York in a box, but was discovered and tamed over to the police. ' Two prospectors in Montana have found a mine of almost pure ailver, The average assay is 18,000 ounces, which gives it a value of nearly $3,000 to the ton. Emperor William has celebrated his 43d birthday. River navigation has been, suspended above the Cascade Locks. Two Negroes in -Louisiana, who bad murdered a white man, were lynched. A train in South Carolina was held np and the express Mr rifled of its con tents. Governor Shaw, of Iowa, will assume Uie duties of secretary of the treasury February 1. Liberals defeated the Conservative forces of Colombia in three successive engagements. United Mineworkers will levy an assessment to help strikers fight battle with operators to the end. The delay of the committee in report ing the canal bill to the senate means a saving of much time later. The treaty for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States calls for the payment of $5,000,000. Intense cold continues to prevail throughout the middle west. Many trains are delayed on account of snow. An extra session haa been called of the Colorado legislature to make corpo rations pay taxes on full valuation, the same as private citizens. There is a movement to hold an ex position at Manila in December next. The Manila chamber of commerce asks that Chinese be admitted to the islands. An unknown hypnotist put a Spokane man to sleep and doctors can do noth ing to rouse him. Prince Henry will be given a military farewell when he leaves Germany for the United States. The Prince of Wales received a very chilling reception on the occasion of hia visit in Germany. Investigation of the Iowa mine dis aster disclosed the fact that the explo sion was caused by too heavy a charge of dynamite being placed by one of the men who were killed. Fire at Goldfield, Colo., caused dam age estimated at $30,000. Manila banks refuse to accept de posits of Mexican silver. Colorado union miners have demand ed the discharge of nonunion men. A man and his wife have been arrest ed in San Francisco for counterfeiting. Eight of the colleries in hhe Hazel- ton district, Pa., were closed because of high water. . It is estimated that the loss by the recent fires in Columbus, Ohio, will reach $500,000. The cotton croD of the United States nowalmost equals in value its wheat crop; The cold mines of Mvsom. Tndin rara worked by American electrical devices, the power being irom tne melting Hi malayan snow. o. : j j rniBs pnpera reciiru " uecune in Tne export of wood cnrvings.'and attribute it to the lack of variety in the carvings, the subjects being monotonously re peated. . OUTLOOK IN PHILIPPINES. Pmpectt Arc PavfabK Everywhere Except la Sams. Manila, Feb. 8. The general outlook for pacification in the archipelago, everywhere outside the bland of Samar, ha never been more favorable since the original outbreak of the Filipino insur rection than at the present time. The insurgents bave been broken - op into mall bands and are everywhere fleeing for shelter. They surrender dailyor are captured or killed.' The policy of reconcentration and the stern measure of closing the ports of commerce have accomplished everything expected of them. General Chaffee still hope that" by the end of February the island of Samar atone will, remain not pacified. Those provinces bordering on the provinces of Batangas and La guns, in Southern Luzon, have been patrolled by the native constabulary, who have done excellent work and who have received the commendation of General J. Franklin Bell, commanding In tboxe provinces. The members of the United States Philippine commission are proud of this constabulary, which was organized following their suggestion and the greatest care is exercised in the selection of the officers for this force. During the past month 82 mili tary posts have been banded over to the native constabulary. General Chaffee has taken steps to make sure that there will be no fric tion between the military and civil authorities. The most positive orders have been issued to all military com manders to co-operate in every way with the civil authorities without relax ing the severity when they have occa sion to deal with active insurgents. BOER INDEPENDENCE. Initiative oa Part of Holland Instigated by Qucca Vnihelmlna. London, Feb. l.--The Daily News, giving the alleged genesis of the pro posal from the government of the Neth erlands on the subject of the South African war, says that from the first Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch premier, stipu lated that he would take no part in either arbitration or mediation, and expressed the view that he would have to bring pressure on the Boer delegates to persuade them to abandon their de mand for independence. He explained his position to an English visitor, who went to urge him to take action. This visitor afterward communicated to Mr. lbamberlain, the colonial secretary. ana to Lord Lansuowne, the secretary of state for foreign affairs, Dr. Kuyper's viewa ana nis oner to become a "friend ly negotiator." Mr. Chamberlain courteously replied that he was inter ested in the proposal, but could not rec ognize any approaches unless they were maae Dy we I twers themselves. Hhe reply of Lord Lansdowne intimated-that he had sent the proposal to Lord Salis bury, and that there the matter had re mained until Dr. Knyper visited Lon don. The Brussels correspondent of the Standard declares that the peace initi ative on the part of Holland was decid' ed upon at the personal instigation of Queen Wilhelmina, in a cabinet council A. ! t - - Ti a a wmcn ene presided. ibe corre spondent says that Mr. Kroger was in formally and confidentially acquainted with this proposed step, but declared he could not charge the Dutch govern & T . 1 I . mem wnn any mission ot peace, as long as Great Britain rejected the idea oi coer independence. t DEAD AT ROPE'S END. Wade and Dalton Expiate Their Crime -No Delay on Gallows. Portland, Feb. 1. Jack Wrado and William H. Dalton, murderers of James B. Morrow., were hanged in the court house square at 7 :58 o'clock yesterday morning. Wade walked to the gallows in a state of indifference. Dalton walked to the scaffold with Wade. During the passage of the prisoners up the long and covered corridors of the county jail they did not say a word, ex cept that they were thankful for the treatment received from the sheriff, the deputies and the jailer. At no time did either of them show any signs of weakening. About 400 were present to witness the execution. Everything passed off without a hitch. Both men made short speeches, after which prayer ' was offered. At a signal from Sheriff Frazier, the traps were sprung and 15 minutes later the bodies were cut down, life having been pronounced extinct. A Bad Chicago Fire. Chicago, Feb. 1. Fire that broke out this morning destroyed the five story brick building at 190-192 Illinois street, with its contents, causing a loss of about $150,000. Heavy machinery in the upper part of the building caused the floors to collapse, and the entire contents of the structure crashed through into the cellar. Rushing in Manila Cigars. ' San Francisco, Feb. '3. Private ad vices from Manila received , in this citv state that there are over 2,000.000 cigars on the way from the Philippines to this country. It is thought that be fore the end of February or tho middle of March at the latest there will be 10 times that many consigned to American tobacconists from the same quarter of the world. There soems to be a fear in the islands that the present laws will be revoked. NEWS OP THE STATE TCM3 OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and financial rUppenSng of tm PrtftceA Brief Review of the Growth and LupreveavtnU of thMny Industries Throughout Our Thrlvirt Commonwealth Latest Market Report Business men of Grants Pa have organized board of trade. Rome trouble is being experienced with the Indians on Umatilla reserva tion. ..".. f; , The potffice at Spikenard, ' Jackson county, bas been moved one mile north east. A number of sales of bops bave been reported from Dayton at 2 cents per pound. The site of the postoffice at Anlaof , Douglas county bas been moved a short distance to the southwest. Mrs. Martha Proctor Spencer, who came to Oregon in 1852, died at her home in Ilillsboro, a few days ago. Two lumber schooners left Tillamook a few days ago for California points, carrying 1,750,000 feet of Oregon fir. Oregon insane asylum trustees bave renewed the contract with Alaska, whereby this state will for another year care for the demented of the far north. A number of prominent mining men are taking active steps toward putting in a smelter in Southern Oregon. At a meeting held by tbem, Merlin was de cided to be the best location. Eugene school district voted a 6 mill tax at the annual meeting last week." Many hogs are dying around Pendle ton from what may prove to be cholera. The company owning the hot artesian wells at Vale, has decided to erect a fine hotel for the accommodation of guests. : Work is progressing smoothly at the oil well being sunk at Vale, Malheur county. Fire damaged the Ashland Iron Works to the extent of $1,000 a few days ago. The merchants of Baker City have agreed to close their, stores at 6 :30 every evening except Saturday. A preliminary survey of the route of the proposed electric road from La Grande to Cove has been completed. Oil has been struck in one of the wells being bored near Nampa, in East- ren Uregon. Samples analyze 78 per cent paraffine. The Gopher Mining Company, whose property is in Southern Oregon, is in stalling a five stamp mill, and will have ore to keep it going steady. The Woodbura school tax will be 10 mills this year. This, with the county and Btate tax, will make a total of 43, the highest ever known. PortUnd Market. ' Wheats-Quiet Walla Walla. S3 63c; bluestem. 6464c; Valley, 63 Kc. Barley Feed,' $2021 per ton. $1920; brewing, Oats No. 1 white, 1J01.25; gray, $1.051.15. Flour Beet grades, $2.80 3.40 per barrel; graham, $2.50 2.80. Millstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $20.50; chop, $17. Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $7 7.50J Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanka, 90c$lt25 per cental; ordinary, 70 85c per cen tal, growers' prices; sweets, $1.75 2 per cental. i Butter Creamery, 2527c; dairy, 1820c; store, ll13c. Eggs 2021c for fresh Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13c; Young America, 1415c; fac tory prices, ll4c less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3 3.50; hens, $4 4.25 per dozen, 9 10c per pound; springs, lOo per pound, $3 3.50 per dozen; ducks, $6.507.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll12V4c; dressed, 14 15c per pound. Mutton Gross, 4c per ' pound; dressed, 77c per pound. Hogs Gross, 5c; dressed, 6ft7c per pound. ,Veal 89c per pound, dressed. Beef Gross, cows, 34c; steers. 44c; dressed, 67c per pound. Hops 1112c per pound. Wool Nominal. Valley, 1315c; eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 2121V4c per pound. There is now in operation in Belgium 11 extensive mills where cornmeal is ground. One mill at Alost has a ca pacity of 170,000,000 pounds per year. It is said that all the mills are crowded at present. . . A million dollars a week is the cost ef the United States army. . , American manufacturers of silver are preparing to enter the markot in Eng land. " , ( . ' The Italian government has declined an invitation to take part in the St. Louis exposition. . The Baltimore &. Ohio road will spend $50,000,000 on imm-ovemants. mostly on the line between Pittsburg and Chicago. V ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S APPEAL. Aki for Rview of Findings of Court Bated ea Verdict ef Admiral Dewey. Washington, Jan. 31. The navy de partment haa made public Admiral Schley's appeal, delivered to the t,ri. dent about a week ago. The depart ment's "comment" will be published in a day or two. Admiral Schley ap peals to the president as the ehif T- cutlveand commander-in-chief of the army and navy, "vested with power to regulate and direct the acts of the cey eral executive officers thereof," and he asks tli at the preeident review the find ings of Admiral Dewey, as opposed to the. jwajority report. ,Thcw three ground ara set out compejridio'j.xiy, ia the "petition," which fill about eight printed pages of a pamphlet, and ia signed by ; Admiral Schley, and hr Messrs. Eaynor, Parker and Teaoii nf bis counsel. Attached to the petition are thr! exhibits, "A," "B" and "C erh made up from copious extracts from f h.' testimony taken by the court of inquiry anu intended to confirm the statements of fact . made in the Detition This latter document, the first ground of appeal, is the holding of Secretary Long in his indorsement of the court's findings, "that the conduct of the court in making no finding and rendering no opinion on those questions (that of com mand and of credit for the victory) i approved indeed it could, with pro priety tase no other course, evidence on these questions durinsr ia." inn,,; having been excluded by the court." un this point the petition says that the secretary of the navy was in . instating that the court excludedtesti mony to show that, as Dewey'said, Schley was the senior officer in thA hot. tie of Santiago; was in absolute com mand and entitled to the credit due for tbe glorious victory which reHiiltt in the total destruction of the .nU ships. , TWO RUNAWAY CARS. Cause Death of Three Persons and Injur score ot Others. Pittsburg. Jan. 31 Thr, - ivi ouug were killed, two fatally hurt, and a score ot others more or less hurt by two" J runaway cars on the Monongahehi orancii or Uie Pittsburg Railway Com pany tonight. . The accident happened at the foot Long Hill, runnins into WilmoKtinn of from McKeesport. A car without pas sengers got beyond control of the motor man, and dashed down the hill, one and a quarter miles long, at a terrific speed. At the bottom it jumped into the Pennsylvania Railway station, car rying away the side of the station and tearing np the platform. A large crowd gathered about the wreck and 12 min utes later a second runaway car came tearing down the hill and plowed into the crowd with death deal! aw wui On the way down the hill the car struck laruage containing a young couple on their way to McKeesnort The carriage was completely wrecked, and the driver fatally hurt. The young vvvpie escaped with comparatively slight injuries, and were later married. A blinding sleet storm prevailed at the time, and it is said the two cars "skated" down the hill with brakes tightly set. "Slip" at a Furnace. Chicago, Jan. 31. In an accident known as a "slip" at the plant of the, Illinois Steel Company,-at South Chi cago, early today, one man was killed and four others were so severely injured that they will probably die.. Cold weather is thought to have been the immediate cause of the accident. It In supposed that the molten iron at the top of a blast, furance became chilli and clogged at the too. Wh en t hn mon opened the vent at the bottom to draw oa tms metal, the whole mass slid down, covering the workmen from head to loot, with the white-hot metal. Chinese Naval College, London, Jan. 31. The Tien Tsin correspondent of the Standard says that the emperor has ordered Admiral Yeh to organize a naval college at Che Foo. and to engage Bear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford to act as naval in structor at the college. London' Smallpox Epidemic London, Jan. 31 The smallpox erd- demic in London, after falling to. 20 eases daily last week, increased sudden ly this week and reached the record of 71 cases yesterday. ; . , Two Cracksmsn Killed. Gallipolis. O.. Jan. 31 Twn mon are dead, a deputy sheriff is se verely wounded, and a marshal mortal ly wounded as a result of rob an aged and wealthy widow of this cuy tonignt. ine plans of the robbers had been revealed to tl-n Athco Am eers, who came here today ' and,- with uie weal omcers, secreted themselves in the house. Unon th the robbers a battle ensued, in which both were killed.