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Newspaper Page TextTBI OFFICIAL AND LEAOINQ PAPER OF GILLIAM COUNTY. IAS TSIISTK3 TT1 RSCULATlf - CF AMY FAFO IN TSI COCKTTr --- ONDOI rusiisaa avast ravasaav if ...8. A. PA1TISON..., Idller ea4 fruprUUf. adtutiiix) eats, 4l p .ID r rall U M f Baal Ga-kif oolsa a (IH I01......,.. lulMN laeait WSU k tterfds at 1 Mss m osacnirnoM hatrbi fm tsar (In t4tinM),m.H. .uw.H.l III months krfl month.. H1 Uyltl IIIUMIIIIWWII iIIHWMttM'Mtt'll M (M if in, laasrttaa M4 I MH J Um Umt UfsJ atrttai vis t til MM N rf4 Ui itr avtatug tows, m W VOL. XI. CONDON, fJILLIAM CO., OREGON", THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1902. NO. 4.9 tad pola to at aaMavtt It foraU) G 4 GLOBR CIlAPTKlt VIII. July reigns, vlca June, dethroned, but till tbt row ImlJ full away. ( rVaton Dysart haa enro and gona -,-, , many nine in snq rroiu urrjvvnri, "' ty octreea little of the cntrs!ni mat bad charactorUcd hi early vUite tin worn away. Ha haa avcn o far ad vanced aa to be almost on friendly tcrme with Urlaclda. Hut bet worn him and Vera that first dark veil of dlntrust aa ill bant heavily dlstrnst that, on Vera'a lla. haa taken blacker hue and merged Itself Into dis like. Bra ton Prsart'e arrlvale being only looked for by the girle at about eeven o'clock In the e rtnlng Just an hour or ao before dinner gave thftn plenty of time to prepare for bla coining. Any day on which he was expected, Mra. Urunch brought formal message, to Vera from her uncle tu that effect. Never yet bad their cousin come without the annoiiuce went bcliig made; and ao thoroughly un derstood waa. It that he would not put In an unexptH'ted appearance, that when, after a rather longer abaence than umial, an abticnoe extending over alt laat week and part of tbla, be turn up at half-pant two In the afternoon, hi coining caunoa diatluct mbarruKxiiient In aeveral quar tera. "What can bare brought Mm at tbla hour? London nmt be reduced to aahea," batarda fliUelda, her tone now a genial aa uaual. For one lu.tuut a alckeuing fer that It might be Mr. l'ry tun'i knock had made her blood run cold. Tber bad been a ahurt but aharp en counter betweru him and her the day be fore yraterdny, and a wild fear that he bad come up to have It out with her now, and here, had taken ptmn-aalon of her. At aucb a moment the advent of Seatou la balled by her, at leant, with rapture. "Why, what happy wind drove you down at this hour?" rrlea ahe. with the friend Meat air, beaming on him aa be come Into the room. "It la good of you to call It happy," aaya he, canting a really grateful look at her aa he ehakea banda allently with Vera. "In time for luncheon, too, I aee, though," with a rather aurprUed glance at the table, "ynu don't aeeui in a very koapltable mond. Nothing to apare, eh?" . - "We didn't n"W ynn wrre ewmtnr, yni aee," aaya Urlaelda, mildly. "And it Un't lunch yon aee, or rather you don't aee, before you; It la dinner." "What?" aaya Srnton, fiimhing dark red. He haa got up from hia aeat and la regarding her almost aternly. "la It true?" attked Kenton, turning to Vera. It la a rather rude question, but there la ao much nlmnie and anxiety In hia tone that Orixelda forglvea him. "Why ahould It not be true?" aaya Vera, coldly," "Aa a rule, we dine early." "Hhe meana that we alwaya dine early except when we know ynu are coming," aupplementa (IrUelda, even more mildly than before. ' "And tbla" with a hurried glance at the acanty tnenl, "do yon mean to tell me that that tbla la your dinner every day?" "Literally," aaya Griaelda. cheerfully. "Thla la the chop that changeth not. It la not all that one could dealre, of cnurae, but if aometimea It -might be altered for " "Grlaeldal" Interrupta Vera, rlalng to her feet. "Why ahould I not apeak?" aaka Orl aclda, In a meekly Injured tone. "I waa merely going to add that a fowl occa sionally would be a Rood deal of moral ne to ua. I have alwaya heard that to keep the temper in a healthy atate, change of food la neceanary." "I feel aa if I ought to apologlxe to you for nil thla," aaya Dysart, with a . heavy algh, addressing Vera exclualvely, "and aa if, too, no apology could be ac cepted. Mut I ahall aeo that It dooa not crur aguln." ' "J beg you will do nothing," aaya Vera, quickly. "Nothing. I will not have my ancle apoken to on thla aubject. (Sriaelda la only in jeat; ahe n peaks like a foullsh child. I," folding her handa tightly to gether. "I forbid you to any anything about It. "I regre't that I muat diaobey you," aaya Beaton, courteoualy, but with deter mination. "My father'a house ia In part mine, and I will suffer no guest to eudure dlacomfort In it." . "There la no discomfort now. There will be If you try to alter matter in our favor." "You mean that you will accept noth ing at my handa; la thnt it?" exclaim he, paanlon thnt will not be repreaaed in hia tone; the coldneaa aeema broken up, there la fire In hia eyea and a distinct anger. "You have had that 'time' you apoke of; haa It fulfilled lu mission haa it taught yon to dcteat me? , Not" detaining her deliberately aa ahe iceka to leave the room. "Don't go; you ahould give, me a real reason for your atudled diacourtesy, for I won't believe that I am naturally abhorrent to you. There must be ome thing else." "If you muat know," aaya ahe, looking back defiantly at him, her blood a little hot, "you are too like your father for me to pretend friendship with you." "Oh, Vera, I think you ahouldn't aay that!" crlea Grlaelda, now honestly frightened at the storm ahe haa raised, but neither of the other hear her. Vera, with one little slender white hand grasp ing the back of a chair near her, la look ing fixedly at Seaton, whose face ha changed. An expression of keen pain crossea It. "Haa he been so bad to you aa that?" , he aaya; and then, with a profound sigh: "My poor fatherl" There ia aomethlng ao honestly grieved In hia whole air that Vera'a heart smites her. "Why will you bring up thla dlsenasion again and again?" ahe aaya, with re morseful Impatience. "Why not let me go my way unquestioned, and you youra? What am I to you when all ia told? I am outalde your life I ever ahall br yet It aeema to me aa If yon were bent on compelling my like and dislike." "l'ou are right," nay he, going closer to her, hi face very pale, "I would com pel you to to more than Ilka me." "Compel!" he ha drawn back from him, and her eyes, now uplifted, look do fiance Into his. "If I could," aupplementa he, gently. lie turn and leavea the room. CHAPTER IX. White the two girl were discussing. In a frluhtencd way, the reault of Urlaelda'a Impradciire, Beaton waa having a tuaale, aharp and severe, with hia father. . "Tbcy arc all alone la the world,' 'he aaya. "Yea, yea," acknowledge the old man with a frowu. "Exrept for me," haatlly; "II alone ram to their reante." "That I true. It waa quite what I ahould liavt expected of you!" "Why ahould you expect It? There waa no reason." aaya the old man. ahrplys "It waa of my own free will that I took them. Do you queation wy kludneaa to them? What more am I to do for them? Would you have me kneel at their feet and do them homage? Have I not ex plained to you bow dndrou I am of mak ing one of them iny daughter? Ha! I have you there, I think! Ia not that af fection? Am I not willing to receive her? You ahould best know." "Yea." aay the young man, atonlly, bla eyea on the grouud. "Why. look you; I would give her even you! You! My son! My one possession that ha any good la it!" "You must put that Idea out of your head once for all. I could not combat a dislike active aa hera." "Her dislike? Hera? That beggar!" hia race working. "What d'ye mean, air? I, tell you It ahall be! Shall!" "Talking like that will not mend mat ters. It certainly will not alter the fact that I myself personally am objection able to ber. I can aee that It la almost aa much a ahe can do to be civil to me to alt at the aame table with me. I en treat you not to act your heart upon thla thing-, for It can never be." "I tell you again that it ahall!" shriek, the old man, violently. "What! la the chertahed dream of a lifetime to be act aside to suit the whim of a girl, penni loss creature? She ahall be your wife, I awear It, though I have to crush the consent out of ber." He falls back clum sily Into hia chair, a huddled heap. Seaton In an agony of remorse and fear hangs over him, compelling him to swal low a cordial lying on the table near. "Here, sir. Be patient. All ahall be aa you wish. 1 implore you to think no more of thla matter. Yea," In anawer to the fiery eyea now more ghaatly than ever In the pallid, powerless face, "I ahall try my beat to fulfill your desire." He feci sick at heart aa he aaya thla, and almost despicable; but can ha let the old man die for want of a word to ap peaae the consuming rage that haa brought death hovering with outstretch ed wlnga above him? And yet, of what avail la It all? A momentary appeaae mcnt. Even aa he comfort and restore hia father, there rises before hia mental vision that pale, proud, aorrowful face, that la all the world to him, and yet, alas! ao little. Vera having made op her mind to go to her uncle and fully explain to him that neither ahe nor Grlaelda deeire any change In their way of living, waita pa tiently for Seaton'a departure from hia fntber'a den, and now, at laat, aeeing the coast clear, goea quickly forward. "Uncle Gregory, I wiah to aay aome thlng to you," ahe la beginning, hurried ly, bating her taak and hating her hearer, when auddeuly ahe la Interrupted. - "Hah! For the first time, let me aay, I am glad to aee you," aaya the old man, grimly. "Hitherto I have been remiss, I fear, in auch minor matter of eti quette. Bit down. I, too, have aomethlng to aay to you." He flxea hi piercing eyea on her and aaya, sharply: "You have met my aou aeveral times?" "Ye," aaya Vera. "You like him?" with a watchful glance. "I can hardly aay ao much," coldly. "He U neither more nor leaa than a com plete stranger to me." "Aa yet. Time will cure that; and 1 apeak thua early to you, because it la well that you, slvuuld mike up your mind beforehand to jflW him!', V "Why?"- ahe'asks. ' "Because In him you aee your future husband." There ia a dead pauae. The old man sits with bright unblinking eyea fixed upon the girl, who baa risen to her feet and la staring back at him aa It hardly daring to understand. From red to white, from white to red ahe growa; her breath fulls ber, paaalonate indignation burn hot within her breaat. "Absurd!" ahe aaya, contemptuously. "Gall it ao if you wM," with an offend ed flash from hia dark eyea, "but regard It aa a fact for all that. You will marry your cousin, let me assure you." , "That I certainly ahall not," decisive ly. "That you certainly ahall. Did you not know that your marriage with my son waa the last wiah, the laat commaud of your father?" He la lying well, so well that at first the girl forgeta to doubt him. "My father?" ahe aaya, with much amazement. "He never ao much aa men tioned my cousln'a name to me." "To me, however, he did. Do you wish to aee the letter?" ' Thla la a bold atroke. Vera hesitates then, "No," aya ahe, ateadily. "Even if my father did express auch a wish, I ahould not for a moment accede to It. I shall not marry to please any one, dead or living, except myself." "So you now think. We ahall aee," re turns he, in an Icy tone. "May I aak if if your aoa i aware of thla arrangement?" "My aoa la willing," aay Mr. Dysart, alowly. At this moment the door la throws open and Beaton himself enters, "You kuow!" ahe crlea. Her tone la low, but each word ring clear a a bell. "You know! Oh, coward!" ahe breathea very luw, her alender banda clinched. Housed from bla lethargy and stung by ber contempt, he would now have mad bla defrnae, but with a ecoruful geature aha wave him aside and leavea the room. "Great heaven! how did yon dare ao to Insult her?" crlea the young man. In ter rible agitation, addressing bia father. 11 cast a burning glance at bmi. Dysart eowere before It. "Out of evil come good," he aaya, sul lenly, "and I did it for the ben." He atretchea out bis hand to hia son. "Bee, then," he crlea, entreatiugly, "I did It for yon for your . "For me! You ruin the one hope 1 had, which meant silence time and you aay It wa for my good!" ' "I thought to compel her, to friirhten ber into a consent, and I will yet," cries be, eagerly. "Nay, Beaton, do not look thu npon me, I have not betrayed yon without rcr-an'.ng, and all for the fulfill ment ETAOIN NU PXl'l' NLT NUP Ing of your desire and mine." "You misunderstand me," y Beaton, curbing hi passion with difficulty. "1 would not have ber aa a gift on auch term. Ia It a slave I want, think you? No, not another word! - I cannot atand it to-night. Forgive me, father, if 1 seem abrupt, but -" He aeema heartbroken aa he turn aside and disappear through the door way. Ixing after he has gone the old man alta motionless, hia head bowed upon bia breast. "Curse her!" he aaya ,at last; "the aame Mood all through, and alwaya to my undoing! Cursed be her lot Indeed if ahe cornea between him and uiel But that ahall never be." Presently be paaea through a door on hi right band, grope bla way along the unllgbted passage. L'uloi king and enter ing au apartment here where the atrang old cabinet stands he fastens the door securely behind him, and goes quickly up to it. , Knvellug down beside it he unlock the secret door, and taking out the withered parchment opeua and reads it with a feverish haste. It aeema aa though he hope tbua to alake the raging thirst for revenge that la tormenting him. Long he kneela thua, conning each word with curious care, gloatlug over the contents of that mysterious document Bo lost ia he In bia peruaal of it that be falls to hrar the approach of Mra. Grunch until abe laya her hand upon bla shoulder. "What, don't you know It by heart yet?" ask.she. derisively. (To be continued.) WHERE TO LOSE TRtASURE. Itoat aad Fafoat Mac to Be la Pari Cab. - If man muat lose his puraa some where, perhaps the beat place la in a rarle cab. Major Arthur . Griffiths, writing In Caaaell's Magazine, tells some wonderful stories of money re covered after being thus left He says that the cabmen of Paris are honest enough posalbly In spire of them selves, for they are a rough lot and are carefully looked after by the police. Aa a result, some curious Instances of self-denial ou the part of these poorly paid servants of the public have been recorded. One night a rich Runslan, who had gone away from his club a large win ner, left the whole amount, ten thou sand francs, in a cnb. He was so cer tain that he had lost It Irreparably that he returned to St Petersburg without even Inquiring whether it had been given up. Some time later be was again in Par Is, and a friend urged him at least to satisfy himself as to whether the miss ing money had been taken to the lost property office. lit went and asked, although the limit of time for claiming lost property had almost expired. "Ten thousand francs lost!" said the official. "Yes, it is here;" and after the proper Identification the packet was restored to him. , "What a fool that cabman must have been!" was the Russian's only remark. The comment spoke 111 for public morality in KuRsla,. On another occasion a jeweler In the Palais Royal left a diamond parure worth eighty thousand francs In a cab. The police, when he reported his loss, gave him little hope of recovering the treasure. Not only were diamonds worth sixteen thousand dollars a great temptation to the cabman, but worse still, the loser did not know the num ber of the cabman, having picked him up In the street instead or taking him from the rauk; and more unfortunate yet, he had quarreled with the driver, for which reason be had abruptly left the cab. ' i The case seemed hopeless, yet the cabman brought back the diamonds of his own accord. The quniutcst part of the story 1 to come. When told at the prefecture to ask the Jeweler for the substantial reward to which he was clearly entitled, he replied: "No, not I; be was too rude. I hope I may never see him or speak to him again." All cabmen are not so honest as this, yet a great deal of treasure finds Its way to the prefecture, whither every thing found In streets and highways, In omnibuses, theaters, cabs and railway stations, Is forwarded. In one case an emigrant, who bad made his fortune In Canada, and carried it la his pocket In the shape of fifty notes of ten thou sand francs each, dropped his purse as he climbed on to the outside of an om nibus. The conductor picked it tip and re stored It with Its one hundred thou sand dollars Intact To be sure, he was rewarded with two thousand five huridred dollars, but the temptation he overcame was great The Flrt Thin;. Munson What do you think we ought to do with the Philippines? , Brtsbe I'm thinking that It might be a good idea for us to capture them. EVENTSOFTIIEDAY PROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprchcnalv Rvltw of uSc Important Happening the Paat Week FrcMfitad In a ConoVnawJ Form. WhW 1 Moat LDuly to Prow of Interest to OurMaaa : Ruder. Bear Admiral Sampson baa been re tired. ; j fampson baa filed a brief with the president protecting afaiiist Scbley'a cUiima. , J Germany's colonial policy has proven failure. The aenate has paused the pension appropriation bill. Theodore Rooaevelt, Jr., ia serioualy ill with pneumonia. Hie trouble at the Colorado School of Mines has been settled. England, America and Japan will op pose the Manchurian treaty. . The miltau of Turkey haa sentenced bia brother-in-law to be killed, j Holland refuroa to have anything more to do w ith the peace proposals. A severe snow storm is ragitjg in Texua. England will abandon her riglfta in Wei llai Wei. The aenate haa passed the urrorcy deficiency bill. I Fire at Albany, N". Y., destroyed 50,000 worth of property. j President Roorevelt and wife ar vis iting the Charleston exposition, j European powers are atill disputing over their attitude during the Spanish war. j Thirteen persona were killed and at least 100 injured by a gaa explosion at Chicago. The woolgrowera' convention placed itxelf on record in favor of oleo margarine. , Representative Newlanda, of Nevada, introduced a resolution in the house for the annexation of Cuba. s Nine firemen were killed at a St. Louis fire A The senate has passed the judicial salary bill. A towboat at Pittxburg blew up, in juring all of the crew. Fire at Dwight, 111., destroy eel "prop erty valued at f 300,000. j Ice is still troublesome it the Colum bia river and boats cannot be run. The Pacific Northwest Voolgrpwers Association is in session at Helena. England has politely declined the good offices of Holland to settle the Boer war. Daring 1901 the total amount spent for new buildings and alteration of old ones in New York was f 150,072,657. An American Express Company's wagon in New York loaded with $15, 000 worth of goods has been looted. No clue to the robbers. The Knight Companion, an O. R. & N. Portland-Oriental liner, has been lost in Japanese waters. The passen gers and crew were saved. Scurry is prevalent at Nome. The galee on the Atlantic coast are abating. The loss by the AVaterbury, Conn., fire will exceed $3,000,000. , Philippine tariff bill is causing some spirited debate in the senate. A strong call has been made for air ing the Nome judicial scandals. The house committee on ways and aeans reports for repeal of war taxes. Incendiarism is now suspected in connection with the great fire at Water bury, Conn. , A plot to assassinate the dowager empress of China and the entire court has been discovered. Trains are delayed and many tele graph wires down throughout the East as a result of severe Btorms raging. The German emperor's new yacht is all ready to be launched, as soon aa Prince Henry arrives in this country. Gales and storms in . Europe have caused great loss of lifa . Forty persons were drowned in ship wrecks on the Italian coast. Eighty-five miners were killed by an explosion in a Mexican mine. Waterbury, Conn., was damaged to the extent of $2,000,000 by fire. The murderer of a San Francisco policeman has been captured in Port land. Manila is intensely interested in pro posed legislation by congress lor the islands. .. The dowager empress of China gave a remarkable reception to the min ister's wives. French national revenues for Decem ber show a deficit of $1,654,368, mak ing a total for the year of $46,830,440 Diamonds that are said by Tiffany to be of first water are reported to have been discovered in Fergus county, Mont. The American China Development Company has completed an organiza tion preparatory to beginning work on a proposed railway frem Hankew to Canton. VALUE OF DANISH ISLES. LUt Acqiuitioa of Great Strategic Import, ante Provision of Treaty Explained. Washington, Feb. 10. The recent favorable report by the senate commit tee on foreign relations on the treaty for the ceaaion of the Daniah Weet Indie was accompanied by a written statement by that committee to the aen ate. This report, holds that during 1900 the islands exported to the United States sugar, molaaaea and diftilled spirits amounting to f 568,0-1?', and that during the aame period the importa tions from the United States amounted to $',21,524. The annexation of the inland was sought by the United States years ago, and as far back as 1867 Den mark declined to tell the inlands for $5,000,000, but made a propof ition to part with them for $15,000,000. Sec retary Seward offered $7,500,000, which was declined. He afterward ! agreed to pay that amount for the inland of St. Thomas and St. John, but the trade fell through because of com plications which arose. Continuing, the report rays: "These ialand, together with Porto Rico, are of great importance in a strategic way, w hether the strategy be military or commercial. St. Thomas is a natural point of call for all Euro pean trade bound to the Went Indie, Central America or Northern South America. These islands, together with Porto Rico, form the northeastern cor ner of the Caribbean rea and are of great importance in connection with the American isthmus, where a canal will be constructed between the At lantic and the Pacific. They are of first importance in connection with our relations to the region of the Orinoco and the Amazon and with our control of the Windward Passage. In view of the isthmian canal and European set tlements in South America, every addi tional acquisition by the United States is of value. Porto Rico is densely pop ulated. Its roads are poor. It has a long coast line without ports for large vessels. It is consequently very diffi cult of defense. San Juan is the only harbor with fortifications, and this is only suitable for vessels of light draft." Explaining a provision in the treaty for continuing pensions for retired local functionaries, it is stated that the total amount required annually for this pur pose will not exceed $2,000. ANTI-ANARCHIST BILL Mouse Committee Reports on the Purpose of the Measure. Washington. Feb. 10. Chairman Ray, of the house committee on judl claryr today presented"1" the' v report on the bill for the protection of the presi dent and the suppression of crime against the government. The report states that the committee has carefully considered the many anti-anarchistic measures, and has sought to present a wise, conservative, constitutional and effective measure. The purposes of the bill are summed up as follows: First, prevent resistance to and pro ttect the president and vice president of the United States and thoee by law in line of succession to that high office; second, protect the ministers and am bassadors of foreign countries accred ited to and within the United States; third, prevent the open and deliberate approval of certain crimes, and also certain unlawful teachings, which, if permitted, are calculated and intended to breed lawlessness and crime against and. culminate in the destruction of the government; fourth, prevent the com ing to or naturalization in this country of those who teach or entertain such pernicious doctrines; fifth, prevent con spiracies in the United States to mur der the rulers of other civilized nations; sixth, provide adequate and uniform punishmenti for these offenses wher ever committed, and the offenses against government intended to impair or overthrow the government of the United States. -v. BIQ BOOST FOR LINE. $10,000 Raited for the Goldtndtie-Portland Railroad. Goldendale, Wash., Feb. 10. The citizens of Goldendale and Klickitat county have'raised $10,000 for the right of way for the railroad from this city to Portland. The committee in charge of this matter considers this amount sufficient to secure the right of way from Goldendale to Lyle, 41 mile?. All rights of way have been secured, excepting three or four between Golden dale and the head of Swale canyon, a distance of about 18 miles, through the farming part of Klickitat county. The rest of the route lies principally through government lands, there being but few settlers and a few Indian claims along the Big Klickitat, there fore little trouble will be encountered on this score. Contracts have not yet been signed, but it is expected that work will com mence on the grading within SO days. The company organized for the pur pose of building this line will reserve two years in which to complete the line from Lyle to Goldendale, but expects to carry the crop from the Klickitat val ley this year. Property valuations have already advanced perceptibly in the vicinity of Goldendale and along the route of the proposed road. Another Subway Explosion. ' New York( Feb. 8. An explosion of dynamite in the rapid transit subway in Park "avenue, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets, hurled a piece of rock weighing 30 pounds through the plate glass door "of the Grand Union hotel, and broke several windows in 1 that establishment. Two persons were i bnrt bv flvinsr fracmenta. but neither of I them sustained serious injury. NEWS OF THE STATE TEMS OF INTERE8T FROM ALL PART8 OF OREGON. Commercial artd Financial Happening Mm. porttnc A Brier Review of the Growth and Improvement of the Many lixtiMtri Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth latest Market Report The flax mill at Salem ia now an assured fact. The receipt of The Dalles land office for January were nearly $10,000. Dr. W. D. Jeffries, for 40 years a practicing physician of Salem, is dead. Placer miners of Southern Oregon gladly hail the rains of the past few days. The Willamette river at Albany ia lower than for many years at this time of the year. Steps have been taken by the busi ness men of Roeeburg to organize a board of trade. A representative of the English gov ernment is around Elgin buying horses lor South Africa. President Eliot, of Harvard univer sity, will visit the state university at f.ugene next month. . So far in Linn county there have been 600 registrations for the June election, out of a probable total of 5,500. Miner in Southern Orwrnn hava tnna o . - b been throwing away what waa supposed to be lead ore, but which has proven to be rich silver ore. The report of the commissioner of patents for the past fiscal year shows that there were 125 patents issued to Oregon inventors. A chair factory is the latest of Al bany's manufacturing industries. A proposition has been made to the citizens of Salem to put in a flax mill. The Brown-Lucas Lumber company has been organized at Falls City, with $60,000 capital. Burglars entered a Drain merchandise store and secured $100 worth of goods. No clew has been fonnd. There will be 33 graduates from the Salem public schools at . the February commencement and 40 more in June. A very successful rabbit drive was held near Pendleton the first of the week. Several thousand of the pests wiw suNi - , . t fjj ----- John Diamond," an Oregon pioneer of 1847, after whom Diamond Peak was named, is dead at his home in Cobunr, aged 98 years. Crystal Spring Mining company, with headquarters at Grants Pass, has filed articles of incorporation. Capi tal, $206,000. The snow in Eastern Oregon cornea as a blessing to the farmers, who had be gun to fear their fall and winter wheat would be seriously injnred. Fruitgrowers of the Willamette val ley are pleased with the cold snap, as it will set the fruit trees back. In some cases the buds were far advanced for the season. Portland Market. Wheat Quiet Walla Walla, 3 63c; bluestem, 6464',4c; Valley, 68HC Barley Feed, $20 21 per ton. $19Q20; brewing. Oats No. 1 white, $1.10r.25; gray, $1.0501.15. . Flour Best grades, $2.803.4O per barrel; graham, $2.5002.80. MlllBtUff8 Bran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $20.50; chop, $17. Hay Timothy, $11012; clover, $7 7.50; Oregon wild bay, $56 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 90c$1.25 per cental; ordinary, 70085c per cen tal ' growers prices; sweets, $1.75 2 per cental Butter Creamery, 2527c; dairy, 1820c; store, 11013c. Eggs 2021c for fresh Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13ttc; Young America, 1415c; fac tory prices, llc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $33.50; hens, $4 0 4.25 per doxen, 9 10c per pound; springs, 10c per pound, $3 3.50 per dozen; ducks, $6.607.50 per doxen; turkeys, live, ll12c; dressed, 1415c per pound. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 77V4c per pound. Hogs Gross, 6?&c; dressed, 647c per pound. Veal 89c per pound, dressed. Beef Gross, cowb, 34 4c; steers, 44V4c; dressed, 6ft7ttc per pound. Hops ll12c per pound. "Wool Nominal. Valley, 1315c; eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 2121 Vic, per pound. 5 The largest towboat ever made for American waters will soon be launched for use on the Mississippi. Over 1,200 tons of steel will be used and 4,800 horBe power will be furnished. The boat is 275 feet long and 63 feet wide. Great Britain loses more than 10, 000,000 pounds worth of property an nually by fire. Hazing has been made a criminal offense by the Illinois legislature, and offenders may be fined $500 and sent to jail for six months. The development of dry goods com panies with large capital is one of the latest features in the great dry goods distributing centers. .The snallar wholesalers art being arivea eat. OAS MAINS BLOW UP. Thirteen Live Are Lost In a Chicago Ex. plosion About a Hundred Injured. Chicago, Feb. 7. Thirteen lives were lost, many persons slightly injured, two buildings were wrecked and $50,000 damage done by an explosion of gas to- -night at the intersection of Twenty-second street and Archer avenue. The cause of the explosion ia . un known and it has not yet been deter mined whether it was sewer gaa or il luminating gas. Maina filled with the latter were instantly ablaze after the explosion and a anccession of explosions followed, the flames shooting op through the manlioles in the fctreet. It will -be difficult to ascertain whether illum inating gaa exploded or -whether the " mains were broken by an explosion of sewer gaa. Many people living in the vicinity believe that the first explosion was in a main at Twenty-second street and Archer avenue. Then the manhole, half a block south, on Archer avenue, was thrown into the air by a loud ex plosion. Jr lames leaped and roared , from the hole. The fire spread rapidly and three other manholes were blown into the air. , The flames from the first gas main shohigh into the air and reached, with the aid of the wind, to a three story frame structure, and it had teen weakened and nearly wrecked by the shock. It is supposed that the occn- pants of the buildings were knocked unconscious or were too panic stricken to rush from the place. The flames caught the weather worn timbers. The dry and rotting wood was food for the fire, and in an instant the .flames had enveloped the structure. With a roar the building collapsed, and the occu pants, with one exception, were carried with it to' the basement. The adjoining building, a two etory structure, flared up, the next building was wrapped in flames, and then an other structure caught fire. - It seemed that the whole block would be wiped oat before the firemen could bring the blaze under control. A firewall of a brick building at Archer avenue and ' Twenty-second street held the fire in that direction. On the west of the burning buildings were two email one story cottages. They were a few feet from the burning buildings, and that gave the firemen an opportunity of heading off the flames. The windows throughout the neigh borhood were broken, and bottles and glassware in the dwellings and stores were thrown down and broken. Many persons in buildings near the exf losiona : were knocked i kwu re.4i -mu&-and women, imany of them carrying children, rushed to the streets. They were greeted by the glare of the fire from the manholes. . Fearing further explosions, the people rushed down the street, many of the women screaming with fright. On several street cars near the place the windows were smashed, and the passengera were severely shaken up. When the people in the cars saw the flames gush from the ground all hands rushed for the doors. A number of persons were bruised and knocked down in the excitement. One car filled with passengers was thrown from the tracks. CUBAN ANNEXATION. Republic Invited to Become a Part of the United State. Washington, Feb. 7. Representative Newlands, of Nevada, of the t waya and means committee, who waa the author of the resolution annexing Hawaii, to day introduced a resolution inviting the republic of Cuba to become a part of the United States, first as a territory and then as a state of the union, to be called the state of Cuba; and also authorizing a 25 per cent reduction of duty on the present crop of Cuban sugar, in consideration of Cuba's grant ing preferential rates to the United States. The resolution confines the 25 . per cent reduction of duties to the pe riod prior to January 1, 1903.- New lands, in explanation of bis resolution, said: " "All those who have appeared to voice Cuba's needs and requirements have indicated that an invitation to Cuba of annexation would be accepted. Annexation by force would not be justi fied. It must be accomplished, if at all, by the free act of the Cuban peo ple.' At present there ia no machinery in Cuba by which the popular will can be tested, but the Cuban constitution has been adopted. The Cuban congress will meet in February, a Cuban govern ment will bejorganized, and the United States will then leave the government and control of the island to the people. Cuba then will be in a position to ex press her will." Day'a Work In French Mine. Paris, Feb. 7. The chamber of dep uties today accepted a bill regulating the period of daily work in the .mines. This bill provides that a nine hour day shall be instituted at the coal pits at the end of six months from the day the measure is adopted. At the end of two years, a day's work shall be reduced to eight and one-half hours, and at the end of another two years it shall be re duced to eight hours. Libertador Not Sunk. Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Feb. 7. According to trustworthy informa tion received here today, the Venezue lan revolutionists steamer Libertador was at Sabanilla January 31, and was to have left there February i, in order to renew her operations "against the forces of the government. These re ports Beem to contradict the previous rumors that the Libertador was sunk at Porto Colomba recently while undsr going repairs.