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CONDON, fJILLIAM CO., OREGON", THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1902.
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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.