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GLOBEo
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CIIAITKH X.
Long tiitcvtli tuoon b mounted tb
tuavtu; hw It I at Ita full. . A myriad
tars kwp company with It, the bush of
alceplng nnturt pars homage to It. Hoi
emuly, slowly, from the ol.l bflfry tower
tUi twolvs stroke of midnight have
Bounded ou the air.
Vera, rising cautiously from btmhle Ori
1'l.ln, who In, aa usunl. sli'i-i'ln tbe slwp
of tbf Just, IImi gently ou to the bars
while acio which tho moonbeams ar
traveling delicately. -
Weep has deserted her. Weary at last
of her efforts Id herself mid her bnt
fill tboiichto In uwoiuM'kMiiiiicM, bt le
tfrmtiiwi to rUe ami try what udy may
do for hor. 8h tt lightly acro tbe
room, open tbo door and apocda with all
haute over the rorrhlor, gaunt and gliot
ly lu tbo dim light, down tho grand old
atairM, and euU'ra a room cm the left
of tho library, where one day he made
the dlKcovory that comfort waa to be
found. , . -.
Striking a match, the light a lamp
mui a wide tiiMe and irocccd to exam
luo the book rliwrca. Taking down one
that be think will ilfimt her, Vera
kntnda nHiu one of the deep wludow
aeaU, lotka outward, trying to pierce the
aoft an J w-entcl gloom.
The opening of the door rouea her. It
U quite an hour later an hour forgotten
by her aa he read. With a amlden utart
alto Ittnka up. turning her face over her
boulder to the door, to aee who can be
coming In at tula unholy hour. IIr
heart grow cold within her aa abe aee
-Heaton Djrt!
In alienee they atare at each other.
Vera, Indeed, ao great la her aatonlnh
nient. forget to rle, but alta there curl
ed up among her fnm, with a little froaen
look of fear and detestation on her per
fect face.
"I have dlHturbcd yon," aaya Seaton
at Iat, breaking the H1, and apeaklng
In a dUtlnctly uuuatural tone.
"I did hope I ahoutd have found pri
nt cy aoniewhere, at mint hour," aay
tohe, oddly. .
"I came for a iMMik," ay he, contrltty
ly. "Now that I am here, will yon per
mit me to aay a few word In my own
defenner
"Oh. dcfcne!" aaya ahe, with ondl
gulMed acorn.
"Certainly. I would prove to you how
entirely you have wronged me," aay he,
firmly. "I acknowledge that once my
father expreKcd a wlh that I ahould
marry you," coloring darkly, Malway
provided you were willing to accept me;
and I" alowly "acceded to that wUh."
"Hut why, why?" demand ahe, flah
Ing round at him.
"I do not wonder at yonr question. It
aeem ImpoMdldo there ahould lie a rea
aon," replie he, coldly "for ever iuce
the firnt hour we met yon have treated
me with uniform unfriendliness, I had
aliiiont aald llKcourteay."
"There la a reaxon, nevtrtheklMl,,, aay
ahe, hotly. Khe ha come a atep or two
nearer to him, and her large, hutrous
eye, uplifted, aeem to look defiance Into
hla. "Your renson can fathom but
your father' that, I confeaa, putxlea
me. Why ahould he, whoae god la money,
chooae the munllet daughter of the
brother he defrauded to be "
"Defrauded?" Interrupt Beaton, with
t frown.
"Cull It what you will," with an ex
prelv gettture of her haud "undertake
hi defenae, too; but the fact remain
that the iniquitoua deed that gave to
your father what ahould have been our
waa undoubtedly drawn up by my uncle.
I have heard all about It a hundred timea.
Your father hardly denied it to mine
when Inst writing to him. Lit taking
ua home to live with him was, I aup
pose, a aort of reparation. To marry me
to you, and thua give me back the prop
erty he atole I that a reparation, too?"
8he la a pale a death, and the handa
that ding to the back of the chair near
her are trembling. Hut her lipa are Arm
and her eye flaahlng. It occur to Sea
ton, gating at her In lireathlesa alienee,
that if alio could have exterminated him
then and there by a look ihe would hare
done it.
"You degrade yourself and me when
you talk like that," lay Beaton, who la
now aa pale a she I. "For heaven'
Bake, try to remember how abominably
you misrepresent the whole thing. If my
father bad a freak of this kind In his
head a desire to see you married to his
only son sift-ply there was no discourtesy
to you contained In such a desire. It was
rather you must see that a well-meant
arrangement on his part. It was more,"
boldly. "He loves me; In wishing to sue
you ray wife he paid you the highest
compliment he could. I defy you to re
gard it In any other light."
"You plead his cause well It Is your
own," says she, tapping the back of the
chair with taper, angry fingers. "Why
tuke the trouble? Do you think Vm can
bring me to view the case in a lenient
light? Am I likely to forget that you
you aided and abetted your father In try
inn to force me Into his detested mnr
riniie?" '
"Pray put that marriage out of your
hend," soys he, slowly. "You have taken
it too seriously. I assure you I would
not marry you now If you were as will
ing a you are unwilling. I can hardly
put It stronger." t
"When my grandfather left this prop
erty to your father," she says, slowly,
"he left it purposely unentailed. Your
father, then, were you to cross his
wishes, could leave you, as I have been
left, penniless. To avoid that, you would
fall In with any of his view. You would
even so far sacrifice yourself as to mar
ry me!" Oh, the contempt In her tonel
There Is a long pause. Then Beaton,
striding forward, seizes her by both arms
and turns her more directly to the light.
The grasp of his hands Is as advise, and
--afterward It seemed to her that he
had, Involuntarily, as it were, shaken
her slightly.
. "ilow dare you?" he says, la low.
concentrated tone. She can see that hi
face I very white, and that It 1 with
dUllculty be restrain himself; she la con
scious, too, perhaps, of feeling little
frightened.
Then be puts her quickly from hinTind
turn away.
"Pshaw, you are not 'worth It!" be
aaya, hi manner full of the most Intense
elf-contempt.
CH.1PTEB XI.
A gleam of moonlight coming through
the open window put tbe lamp to
shame, and compel Vera'a attention.
Ilow tweet, how heavenly fair the gar
den seem, wrapped In those pale, cold
beams! Khe can sen it from where she
Its on the deep, cushioned seat of the
old-fashioned window, and a longing to
rise and go Into It, to feel tbe tender
nlght-wlnd beating on her burning fore
head, take possession of her.
Catching up light shswl to cover the
eveulng gown h, wears, she steals, care
fully as might a guilty soul, by Uriselda'
bed, along tbe dusky corridor, down the
staircase, and past the servants' quar
ter, where a light under Mrs. Uruuch'a
dr warn her that that remorsele foe
ha a yet refused to surrender herself
to slumber,
A smsll door leading Into the garden
I close to this, aud moving awfftly up
the narrow stone passage that brtuga her
to It she opens the door, and ao closing
it after her that she can regain the house
at any moment, she turns to find herself
alone lu the exquisite perfumed silence
of tbe night. . '
Ilow long she thus give herself up to
the sweet new enjoyment of life ehe
hardly knows until she hear the ancient
belfry clock telling the midnight hour.
It startle her. lis she indeed been
here so long? Whst If (Jriseld should
wake and be alarmed for her? She
moves quickly In the direction of the
house, aud at last, regaining the inner
garden, begins to think her pleasant so
journ at an end.
She has ncared the shrubberies and In
voluntarily turns her glance their way aa
they lie upon her left; Involuntarily, too,
she seeks to pierce the darkness that en
velops them, when she stops, and prenses
her hand convulsively to her breast. Who
is it what is it, moving there, in the
mysterious gloom? -
"Dout be frightened. It is I. Beaton,"
says a most unwelcome voice,
"Ah!" she saya. Bhe la augry beyond
doubt, and still further angered by the
knowledge that there la more of relief
than coldness in the simple exclamation.
"I had no Idea you were here at all,"
she says, faintly, after a pause that has
grown sufficiently long to be awkward.
"I am afraid 1 have startled you. , If I
had known I should not, of course, have
come here."
"You make it very hard for me," she
gays, with a touch of passionate Impa
tience. "That Is unjust," saya he, roused In
turn. "To make your life easier Is my
heart's desire."
"Are you succeeding, do you think?
Does It," with gathering acorn, "make
my part smoother, when you compel me
to see that you stay away, or only come
here at hours inconvenient to you, be
cause because of me?"
She turns aside sharply, and walka a
step or two away from him. Somehow
at this Instant, the growing chill of the
early uight seems to strike more sharply
on ber senses, aud a shiver not to be
suppressed stirs her whole frame.
"You are cold," he exclaims, coming
up to her with a hasty stride. "What
madness it Is, your being out at this
hour! Come, come back to the house."
She agrees silently to thla proposition,
and follow him acrosa the grass to the
small oaken door that had given her
egress only to find It barred against her!
Beaton, having tried It, glances at her
In mute dismay.
"Urunch must have fastened It, on her
way to bed. The bolt is drawn," says
he, slowly.
"Do you mean that I can't get In?"
asks she, as If unable to credit so terri
ble an announcement.
"Oh, I dare say tt can't be so bad a
that," hastily. "Only," hesitating, as If
hardly knowing 'how to explain, "the
front door Is ft course locked and chain
ed, and the servants, with the exception
of Urunch, all asleep at the top of the
house; a late arrangement of my father's,
as the original servants' quarters lie be
low. I am afraid, therefore, that If we
knocked forever, It would have no effect.
However, I can try to do something, fcut
in the meantime you must not stay put
here In the cold."
"You may feel It cold. I don't," re
turns she .perversely. "Not so long as
the moonlight lasts, shall I find It lonely
either. I," raising her unfriendly, beau
tiful eyes to his "I assure you I shall be
qnito happy out here, even though I stay
till the day dawns and the doors are
open again."
'"Happy!"' As he repeata her word
he looks at her with a keen scrutiny. "A
word out of place, surely; given the best
conditions, I hardly dare to believe you
could ever be 'happy' at Greycourt.".
"llnppy or unhappy," says she, with
quick resentment, her mind being dis
tressed by this awkward fear of having
to pnss the night from, under any roof,
"surely it con be nothing to yon! Why
affect an Interest in one who is ns hate
ful to you as I am?" ' A little fire has
fallen into her tone, and there is ill-suppressed
contempt In the eyes she lifts to
his. Perhaps he Is driven by it into an
anger that leads to his betrayal.
"Hateful to me! Do you think you are
that, Vera?" says he, in a low tone, but
one full of fierce and sudden passion
passion long suppressed. "Do you hon
estly believe that?" . His manner Is al
most violent, and as he speaks he catches
both her hands in his, and crushes them
vehemently against his breast "I would
to heaven," be says, miserably, "that
that were so!"
A If atupefied by surprise, Vera (tangs
motionless, her bsnds lying pssslvely In
hi. Khe I aware that he I looking at
ber, with a new, wild, atrange expression
In hi eyes, but a horrible ssnse of being
powerless to resist him numbs all ber
being. And suddenly, aa ahe struggles
with herself, he bends over her, and
'without warning lifts her bsnds and
presses warm, fervent kisses on tbe
small, cold handa.
Tbea ahe la aroused Indeed from her
odd lethargy, and by sharp movement
wrenches herself free.
"Don't." she cries, falutly; "It U In
sufferable! I cannot bear It! Hart you
no scans of honor left?"
Her ton calms him, but something
within him revolt against the idea of
apology. He loves her let her know it.
He will not go back from that, though
her soorn slsy him.
"There Is nothing dishonorable," he
say, steadily. "I love you; 1 am glad
you know It. Despise me If you can, re
ject me as I know you will, I am still the
better for tbe thought that I cava laid
bare to you all my heart. And now
you cannot atay here," he goes on quick
ly, as though tearing U wait for ber next
words; "the night 1 cold and damp.
There Is the summer house over there,"
pointing In Its direction; "go and rest
there, till I call you."
Vera hastens to tbe shelter suggested,
and sinking down upon the one seat it
contains, a ronnd rustic chair in the last
stage of decay, gives way to the over
powering, f atlgne that for the last hour
has been oppressing her. Reluctantly
she docs this, and quite unconsciously.
Obstinately determined to fight sleep to
the last, she presently succumbs to that
kindly tyrant, and falls Into one of the
most delicious slumbers ahe has ever yet
enjoyed.'
How long It lasts she never knows, but
when next she opens her eyes with a
nervous stsrt, the first flush of rosy dawn
is flooding bill and valley and sea. Some
thing lying at ber feet disturb all her
preconceived fancies. It must bsve slip
ped from her when she rose. Regard
ing It more earnestly, she acknowledges
unwillingly that it I Seaton'a coat, a
light gray one. When she ws asleep,
lost to all knowledge of friend or foe,
'then he had come and placed that coat
across her shoulders.
Her eyes are large and languid with
sleep broken and unsatisfied, her aoft
hair lies ruffled on her low, brosd brow.
Bhe looks timidly, nervously, around her
as one expecting anythlug but good;
her whole air Is shrinking, and her whole
self altogether lovely.
To the young man standing In his shirt
sleeves, hslf bidden among tbe laurels
and looking at ber, with admiration gen
erously mixed with melancholy In his
glsnee, she seems the very Incarnation
of all things desirable.
He presses her band and hurries her
over the short, dewy grass Into the
shrubberies that form an effectual screen
from all observation of those In the gar
den beyond, and so on until they come to
the small oaken doorway through which
she had passed Isst nlgbt, and which has
proved more foe than friend.
Once Inside the longed-for portal, her
first Impulse is a natural one; It is to run
as fast aa her feet can carry her to her
own room.
(To be continued.)
COACHMAN KEPT HIS DIGNITY.
Incidentally nia Km ploy er t'nd Hla
Way In n Bonndabont Fashion.
This is one of the many stories that
are floating about town concerning a
man very -well known In the capital,
who It spending the summer In Eng
land, aaya the Washington Post. He
haa taken a' country bouse over there
for the season, and la living a grand
seigneur with a troop of dear only
knows how many servants. These
English servants, so their American
master has discovered, are quite un
like the menials to whom be Is accus
tomed In his own country. They are
specialists. Each one of them Is hired
for some one particular work, and pro
fessional etiquette 'forbids them to
trespass on each other's preserves.
How strictly they keep them each to
his own work the American did not
know till, sauntering Idly out of the
house one day, he espied a watering
can, which had been left by a gardener
at a little distance from the mansion
on the edge of the drive. It occurred
to hint that It would be amusing to
play at being a gardener. He would
water the flowers himself. So, calling
to a man servant, who happened lo be
passing, he bade him fetch the water
ing can. The man straightened him
self up and touched his cap.
"Beg pardon, sir," he said. In a tone
of respect not unmixed with surprise,
"I'm the coachman, sir."
"All right," answered the American;
"bring me that can."
"Beg pardon, sir," repeated the man,
"but I'm the coachman? sir."
"Well, well," said the American. "I
know you're the coachman. Bring me
the can." , .
The coachman touched his cap again,
and repeated his former remark. Light
dawned on the American.
"Oh," sniq he, "you're the coachman,
are you? Well coachman, you go round
to the stables and have my four-ln-hand
brought round at once."
The coachman saluted and walked
away. The coach and four drew up at
the door a few minutes later. The mas
ter climbed In.
"Now," said he, "drive me to that
watering can." ,
The order was obeyed. The horses
paused a hundred yards down the
drive.
, "Get down and hand me the can,
now," ordered the master.
A moment later he was contentedly
watering the flowers. He had the cau,
the coachman's dignity had been pre
served, and all was well.
Mo Rook of Instructions,
Weary Watkins I see here In the
paper about how to git on a trolley
car and off.
; Hungry Hlgglns I bet you won't see
no piece about how to git on and off
of freight cars. That kind of thing
comes, by nature, er it don't come at
all. Indianapolis Journal
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A CMnprehciulv Review of the Important
Happenings of th P Week, Presented
In a Condensed Form. Which U Most
likely to Provs of Interest to Our Msny
Readers,
Lewis and Clark exp'
boon Increased to $500,
Mtiou stock lias
,000. .
Tbs president will announce his de
cision in tbe Schley ( asa in a few days.
Representative. Twi;fi6 baj intro
duced a uew irrigation bill in the
bouse.
A company has been incorporated in
California to develop tbe inland of
Mindanao, 1. I.
Troops have had to be called out in
France to preserve order among striking
leather workers. " '
Santos'-Dumont's airship burst while
be was making a trial, and the inventor
hod a narrow ewtai from drowning.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has passed
the danger joint in his sickness. The
president has returned to Washington.
Russia expresses herself well pleased
at the Anglo-Japanese alliance, but
hopes the United States is not a party
to it.
Commander Booth-Tucker, of the Sal
vation Army, hajj taken tbe oath of al
legiance as a citizen of the United
States.
Lord Kitchener made a concentrated
movement of all available troops against
Dewet's forces, but the Boer leader
managed to slip through the lines.
NO SUCCESS WITHOUT IT.
No brilliant success in business is
on record where the value of news
paper advertising was not recognized
and employed with profit. Oskkoih
Times.
Theodorff Rooeevelt, Jr., is nearly out
of danger.
The senate will construct a new war
tax reduction bill.
The oleomargarine bill- has been
passed by the house.
The Anglo-Japaaeeo alliance was the
work of Marquis I to.
The dowager queen of Italy will make
a tour of the United States.
Six men were killed and six fatally
injured in a battle in Kentucky.
The work of developing the Philip
pine islands will consume years.
The rebel gunboat Libertador cap
tured and sank a Colombian gunboat.
Renewed riots in Spain have resulted
in the death of a number of people end
the injury of scores.
The imperial German yacht Ilohen
zollern has arrived at Kew York, one
day earlier than was expected.
Northern Pacific switchmen at Mis
soula, Mont., are on strike.
Young Teddy Roosevelt is slightly
better, although the crisis has not yet
passed.
San Francisco chamber of commerce
favors the admission of Chinese mer
chants. England and Japan have - formed an
alliance . for the preservation of China
and Corea.
Colombia offers the United States a
guaranteed title to a waterway for the
construction of a canal.
Governor Taft favors bringing some
native Filipinos to this country and ed
ucating them.
The Marquis of Dufferin, ex-governor
general of Canada and ex-viceroy of
India, is dead.
, Fire at Springfield, 111., did over a
million dollars damage.
. A new geyser has been found in the
Yellowstone National park.
Taft strongly opposes the importation
of Chinese to the Philippines.
More fighting is reported between the
government troops and the rebels of
Venezuela. ' : . -
Sentiment for reduction of rates on
Philippine imports is gaining ground in
the senate. x I
v
A Detroit bank was wrecked by one
i of its officials, who is chargedj with
taking f 1,000,000.
The past week in the Transvaal was
the liveliest, with heavy losses on both
sides, for some time. ,
The loss "to Paterson, N. J., is now
placed at $8,000,000, but the city is not
in need of ouside aid.
Eleven persons lost their lives in a
St. Louis fire.
British forces have captured many
Boers during the past week.
Young Theodore RooBevelt, while
very sick, is not considered dangerous.
A farmer and wife, living near New
York, received a legacy of $5,000 from
a man whom, as a hungry wanderer,
they befriended 16 years ago.
Herbert Bicknese was sent to jail at
Fort Wayne, Ind., for contempt of
court. He persisted in calling on his
wife, who is suing for divorce.
Peter Quinn, aged 85, who inherited
a fortune from his father, squandered
it in high living and has just died in
New York, a homeless wanderer.
THEY FAVOR PANAMA.
Engineers Before the Senate Committee on
Interoccanic Cans!.
Washington, Feb. 17.Alfrcd Noblt?,
civil engineer and a member of the
isthmian canal commission, was before
the senate committee on canals. Mr.
Noble said it would be necessary to
have absolute control of the cities of
Panama and Colon in order to control
sanitation. He thought the conditions
were favorable for yellow fever during
most of the year on the isthmus.
There is no yellow fever iu Nicaragua,
as far as he knew.
Mr. Noble said he considered the
price of 1 40,000.000, afcked by the Pan
ama Company for its prorty, as fair
and reasonable. The expense of oper
ating the two lines proposed would 1
practically in proportion tothcjlengths
si
'
JOSEPH R.
A well known Oregon newspaper
Herald, of Albanv. He is a candidate
the Republican ticket. He was born
the University of Oregon, and has been
nearly 20 years.
of the canals.
"Taking the whole proposition, do
you consider the Panama proposition
better than the Nicaragua proposition?"
asked Senator Hanna.
"I think it is," promptly responded
the witness. '
Colonel Peter C. Haines, an engineer
and member of the isthmian canal com
mission, said that neither the Panama
nor the Nicaragua route combines all
the advantages, Dut that each presents
some good points. The Panama route,
for instance, was shorter, while the
Nicaragua route was more desirable
from a sanitary point of view. Upon
the whole, he said, he favored the Pan
ama route as combining more advan
tages than any other. lie thought, he
said, that the engineering difficulties
could, with the building of the Bohio
dam on the Panama route, be overcome,
but he admitted that some problems
would result in that connection which
never have been solved.
Colonel Haines said, in reply to a
question, that if the proffer of the
Panama Canal Company to dispose of
the property to the United States for
140,000,000 had been made before the
report of the commission recommend
ing the Nicaragua route was made, he
then would have been in favor of adopt
ing the Panama route.
REPLY TO SCHLEY'S APPEAL.
President Will Announce His Conclusions In
a Few Days.
. Washington, Feb. 17. One of the
principal subjects discussed at the cab
inet meeting today was the reply which
the president will make to the appeal
of Admiral Schley. The president has
given a good deal of attention to the
matter, and it is understood that in
the course of a few days, probably by
the middle of the week, he will be
ready to announce his conclusions.
The president outlined , his views of
the Schley case by reading his first
draft of his decision. Some modifica
tions were made in it today, and in
view of the fact that it is subject to
further, and possibly important changes
in text, members of the cabinet back
their indisposition" to discuss it by the
assertion that it is unsafe at this time
to predict what its exact effect will be.
It is a long document, and one of its
features is the clear and concise presen
tation of the facts regarding the Santi
ago fight as given the president by
the captains engaged in that battle,
who recently were summoned to the
White House to confer with him. The
decision is couched in the president's
usual vigorous tone.
Captured Thirty Bolomeiy
Manila, Feb. 15. Captain William
Swain, of the Fiist infantry, in an en
gagement with insurgents at Faranas,
Samar, recently captured SO bolomen
and 4 riflemen. There were no Amer
ican casualties. The enemy's loss is
not known. It has been learned that
two hours before the fight, Lukban, the
insurgent leader, waa with the natives
engaged by Captain Swain's command.
OLEX) BILL PASSED.
Disposed of by Route Without a Division
War Claims Passed.
Washington, Feb. 14. The house
today passed the oleomargarine bill.
There was no division on the final pas
sage, the real test of strength having
U-en made on a motion to recommit,
which was defeated by a vote of 31.
Tbe proviso to require , the inflection
and brandingof renovated butter, which
was adopted in committee of the whole,
was retained on an aye and no vote.
As finally parsed the bill is somewhat
modified from the form in which it was
rejiorted from the committee on agri
culture. It makes oleomargarine or
Imitation butter or cheese transported
into any state or territory for use, sale
or consumption therein, subject to the
laws of such states or territories, not
WHITNEY.
man and editor of the Daily and Weekly
for the nomination for State Printer on
in Marion County, is a graduate of
engaged in the newspaper business for
,
withstanding that it may be introduced
in original packages, and imposes a tax
of 10 cents a pound on oleomargarine
made in imitation of "butter of any
shade of yellow." When not made in
such imitation, the tax is reduced to
one-fouth of 1 cent per pound. The
second section is ' intended to prevent
dealers, hotel proprietors, restaurants
and boarding house keepers from color
ing the uncolored article, by making
any person who colors the product and
then sells or furnishes it to others a
manufacturer within the meaning of the
act. Penalties for violation of the act
are a fine of not less than $30 nor more
than 500, and imprisonment fop not
less than 30 days or more than six
months. -
COLOMBIA WANTS A CANAL.
If the United States Does Not Build It,
Europeans May.
Monterey, Mex.. Feb. 14. Colombia
stands ready 4 to duplicate any conces
sions Nicaragua is willing to make.
There need , be no question about the
title of the Panama waterway. The
United States dan have it with a guar
anteed title.
Colombia is willing to give the
United States full control of the terri
tory through which the canal passes.
It wants the ' canal built, and in the
event the United States sees fit to ac
cept the Nicaragua route, the govern
ment of Columbia'will take steps to in
terest European powers in the con
struction of the Panama canal.
These declarations were made tonight
by General Rafael Reyes, Colombian
delegate to the Pan-American congress,
and in all probability the future presi
dent of Colombia, who is among the
visiting Pan-American delegates who
are at present the guests of this city.
General Reyes stated that he had not
fully decided, but intimated that he
would return to Colombia within the
next few weeks and take the presl
dency.
Japanese Will Be Driven Out.
Florence, Colo., Feb. 14.Fifteen
hundred white coal, miners met in mass
meeting at the Chandler mines today
to discuss the importation of 28 Japan
esebythe Victor Fuel Company, to
work in the Chandler mines. It was
the sense of the meeting as expressed
by all the epeakers, that the Japanese
should be urged to leave the district,
and if they will not go voluntarily, that
forcible measures should be used against
them.
Klondike Mines Railway. , - '
Seattle, Feb. 14.- The North Amer
ican Trading & Transportation Com
pany has been awarded the contract to
supply 35,000 railway ties for the
Klondike alines Railway, the construc
tion of which from Dawson to Grand
Forks, a distance of 12 miles, is soon to
begin. This news is given in recent
advices from Dawson. Manager Haw
kins is now in this city. The railway
will be a belt line, when completed,
and will tap a rich territory.
NEWS OP THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial aad FinsncUl Happening of lot
porUntt A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industrie
ThroDhout Our thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report.
The new furniture factory at Cor
vallis has started operations.
Oregon hoTses have given better
service in the Yukon than any otherf
Contractors are at work on the re
modeling of the lavatories in the ttat
house.
A gasoline lamp exploded at Adamn.
causing 14.000 damage in the fi re that
resulted. .
Only 166 electors have registered in
Yamhill county, out of an approxi
mate total of 3,050.
The Republican conrreional cnm.
mittee for the First district will
in Portland February 20.
Volume 39 of the SuDremn Cnurt T?w-
ord will be issued from the state print-
uig ouice in aooui a month.
John A, Johns, an Orwrnn .-f
1851, died at the home of his son.
gouin oi caiem, aged 81 years.
The increased demand
Eastern Oregon has caused Baker City
units w enlarge ineir capacity.
The state printer haa an extra fnvtA
at work getting out the blanks, ab
stracts, tally sheets, etc., to be used
at the coming state election.
The state land bmrrf has
finally disposed of the application of
the Pilot Butte Develocment
for a contract to reclaim aridland.
Very little of the 1901 TrnriA rron t-
mains in the hands of the growers in
the Willamette valley. Growers who
are still holding their crops want 4
cents per pound.
Ashland is to be the WPStPTO form tn-
US of a new telephone system which
is to reach into Eastern Oregon through
Klamath and Lake counties and into
iiodoc county, California.
The heavy rains in Southern Oregon
have turned the Rogue river into a rag
ing torrent. Some damage has been
done in the lowlands. The water is
higher than for 12 years.
Tbe annual school meetings which
have heretofore been held on the first
Monday in March will this year be
held on the third Mnnav t
"J ' U 117.
bchool ofEcers whose terms would, un
der the old law, expire next month will
continue in office until June. ;
Pendleton has decidad TO.
trenchment policy, the first act of which
was to let one policeman go.
Ashland is investigating tha m.t)..
of a comprehensive sewer system for
me cuy. An estimate places the cost
at $20,000.
A company is beine orff&nizpd t lYin.
struct seven telephone lines from Pen
dleton to the small outlying districts
nmca are not at present supplied.
A petition is beimr circnlWl in
around Baker Citv asking mtni
set aside Crater lake and adjacent land
Buuicieni to maae a national park.
The price of hops continues tn o.l.
vance steadily. Buyers around Salem
are offering U cents per pound, but
the growers in most cases refuse to sell
at that price.
Portland Markets.
Wheat On iff Wolla wl! ena
63c; bluestem, 6464&c; Valley,
.?iri?y"Feed' 1920; brewing,
2021 per ton. .
i nt7"" 1 wMte' v1-10!; Pay,
fl.Q51.15. .
Floui' Best sradfls sSRHiRHin
barrel; graham, f2.502.80.
Mlllstuffs Bran, 18 per ton; mid
dlings, J21; shorts, 20.50; chop, $17.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $ 7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, f56 per ton.
Potatoes Best Rnrhanlra flfli??!l is
per cental; ordinary, 7085c per cen
tal growers prices; sweets, f 1.75(3
yer cental.
Butter Creamery, 25274c; dairy,
1820c; store, ll13c.
Eggs 2021c for fresh Oregon.
Cheese Full v cream, twins, 13(3)
13c; Young America, 1415c; fac
tory prices, llc less.
Poultry Chickens, mlied, $33.50;
hens, J44.25 per dozen, 910c per
pound; springs, 10c per pound, 3
3.50 per dozen; ducks, $6.507.50 per
dozen; turkeys, Uve, ll12c;
dressed, 14 15c per pound.
Mutton Gross, 4c per pound;
dressed, 77c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 5c; dressed, 67c
per pound.
Veal 89c per pound, dressed.
Beef GrosB, cows, 3 4c; steers.
44c; dressed, 67c per pound.
Hops ll12&c per pound.
Wool Nominal. Valley, 13 15c;
eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair,
2121c per pound.
John Hill, a planter at West Baton
Rouge, La., has given to the Louisiana
state university 25,000for the erection
of an alumni building and library.
Ten thousand dollars have been con
tributed to the national fund for a Me
Kinley memorial by the working men'
of Homestead, Pa.
England's imports of iron and steel
are increasing, while the exports are
falling off. British trade, papers are
alarmed.