Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1902)
mi OFFICIAL AMD LEADING PAFE1 OF GILLIAM COUNTY. rvtuiass mat mimiuit t .. A. PA7TI30N..., 1411st ana frtprUui. vieaTM;s sit' Nfwtwd sal., fr M ifl I oiu a. - mi,, lii f -r-t - i 4 Pf I. CMCMFriOM BATtll i'n ytr (In t4inN.,M..,,u. 1 M I aot ii la . ...........-.-. 1 M M BIOH lli t.,,.,,,.M,,M,,...,,.M.... tW kr mattiht.MM.MMw.uMm inilt !!.. a fen am UuartiM 4 1 m tt fc -4 u afta. Ll MTr!t8i.l vQt t a3 ssw U ttmtft m th pmr mi-mip.$ Cm, a fetai VOL. XI. COPON, GILLIAM CO., OltEO OK, THURSDAY, FElJItUAItY 27, 10012. NO. 51. a4 i4 he a" it H fe!ltM CONDON , . ClUtTKlt XII. OrUiMn, rtnrttiij U'lmewerd through Iba tirlliutd gsnlin. tfUT another stol en meetlua; wllb Turn Peyton on th gar den wall, stops aa she ranches lha mm. Bier hntiHD, fsrorlt resort of Vera'a, OotwittiMtamlliif th father ttupleassnt association cotint't'ted with It. and poke In ber brail to find Vera then, Tv roni back," she cries, breath tasty, nl itk.lt) tutu a seat and looking at Vera with deapalr In her eye., "I bar don aa you dfclrwl Die, I bare said food dv to bl in forvw!" . "What did hessrt Was be very much upset T" with burning Interest. "lie aald he'd uiauag ta rue In oru way or other," says Urlselda, with heavy algu. "Oh, well come now, that'a not ao bnd.M says Vera, cheerfully, forgetful of prudence, at sight of her slater's grief. "He acema front all I bare beard from you aa aort of a peraon who would b dl&lcult to baffle, I tblnk I ahould put faith In that declaration of bla If I were jrou." "Oh. he aaM more tbaa that," frleaj Ortaelda. "Why, It aopvare that Tom Mr. Peytou knowa Beaton quite well, and llkea blm, too. Mr. Peyton aaya that be, Beaton, la engaged to be married to a MUa Kutlcr, a friend of I-ady Kir erdale'a." For a moment there la a dead alienee, during which the pretty criuuon on Vera' cheek dlea out, leaving her alngu larly pale. No doubt the aurprUe U great. "I that truer abe aaya. "I abould not be aiinirlwsl, though 1 coufeaa I am: It la only what I might hare expected from my flmt Judgment of him. And one ahould not condemn him, either; It la not bla fault that be call Uncle Gregory father." A footatcp upon the gravel outalde makea them both turn their heada. "What la It, Gninchr Vera calmly aka aa the bouackeeper apieara on the threahold. "The maater wUbee to tee you, MUa Dyaart, In the library." There la an ex preaalon of malignant amuaement In the wmiian'a eye at the aaya thin. Vera had gone Into the library wllb a pale face, but It wa with one paler till ah came out of It half an hour later, whit aa death, and with a atrained look of paaaion on every feature not to be aub dued. Hhe might perhapa bare given way to the bleMKHl relief of tear If abe bad had time to eacape Urlaelda: but a ab Bade beraelf looking at Beaton Iiysart, who haa at thia moment entered the In ner ball leading to the room the haa juat left, all ber being aeema to stiffen into a cold horror of contempt. Bbe atop, ahort and flxet her heavy eyea on bla. "Bo you betrayed toe!" ah aayt, In a low tone that vlbratea with acorn. ' 1 "Betrayed youf echoes he, starting. There la that In her face not to be mta-. taken, and a presentiment of coming evil aenda a hot flush to bla brow. "You are a bad actor," taya she, with a palesmile; "you change color, at a crisis; you have still a last grain of hon esty left In you. You should see to that; kill It quickly, It spoils your otherwise perfect role," "You are pleased to be enigmatical," aaya he, with a frown. "I am, however, at a Ions to know what you mean." "Oh. are you aahamcd to keep It up the deception?" cries she with a sud den outbreak of wrath. "Oh, how could you do lit" "Great heaven! how can I convince you that I have done nothing?" exclaims be, growing pale as herself. "There was no one else awake, there was no one to see me," aayt she, trying to ttifle her agitatioo. "What, then, must I think but that you were the one to tell your father of that unlucky night when I was locked out in the garden?" , "He hat heard that?" Beaton,' aa If thunderstruck, looks blankly at her. "Why do you compel me to tell you what you already know?" aaya she, with a little Irrepressible stamp of her foot. "It you'wtll listen to what la already no newa to you, learn that your father aent for me just now a lung time ago, hours ago, I think," putting ber hand to ber head In a little, confused, miserable way, "and accused me of having spent the whole night alone with you, purposely, in the garden." "And you think that I " "I don't think," with a condemnatory glance. "Aa I told you before, I know. Your father haa Insolently accused me of as Impossible thing; but even if I had stayed In the garden with you that night, of my own free will, I cannot see where would U the disgrace h connects with it" "You are right, no one could tee dis grace where you were," taya Seston, calmly. "My father It an old man; he" "It old enough to know how to insult a woman," coldly, "when," with a terri ble glance at him, "shown the way. Oh," laying her hand upon her breast In a paroxysm of grief, "It was abominable of yu, and you aald twice you aald it," coming closer to him, and lifting accus ing eyes to his, " Trust me,' I remember it aa though you uttered it but now, and I believed you. 'Trust me,' you said.'.' "I ahould say It again," aayt Dytart, "a hundred timet again. Come," he aayt, and leada ber back again to the library abe baa jutt quitted. Gregory Dysart still tits In bit usual ekalr, bia arms on the elbows of it, hit face la tot, aa though death had laid its teal on It, save for the marveloualy, horribly youthful eyes, to full of fire and life. "You will be so good aa to explain to m . . ft , n . . vera ac once, pegins oeaion, in a uhu gsrou tone, "how it was you learned of her being In the garden the other night." "What night? She may have been out every night, for aught I know; the tella me the It fond of moonlight," replies the cU man, impassively. "Yo understand perfectly the night of , Lm:m which I speak," ssya Beaton, bla face now livid. "Who?" h repeats, in a low but terrible vole,' ' - - : - "arunch," repllet Mr. Dyttrt, shortly; something g bis son's face warned hlia not to go further. "You bear?" atyt Seston, turning to Vera. "It was Crunch who betrayed yon. You are aatlsAed now?" "On that point, yet. I suppose I should offer you an apology," aaya she, icily. "Hut," with a swift glance at hit father, "how can I be satisfied when " Her vole breaks. "Mir," cries Beaton, addressing bla father with sudden pssaion, "wby did you speak to ber of this? Wby bav you deliberately insulted your brother's child?" ' "There wat no Insult. I may have told her that If she cboosea to do such things at society disapproves of, she must only submit to th consequences and consider herself ostracised." " "Compromised, yoo said." "Well, It I a good a word; you are welcome to It" 'Tshawt" aaya Beaton, with a quick motion of th band, aa If flinging th Idea far from him, "let na bar bo more of such petty scaodal. You forget," sternly, "that when yon seek to compro mise Vera, you condemn me, your son." Iysart shrugged his shoulders. "The man la never In fault; so your world rules," aaya he, lightly. "You persist, then, In your Insult," ssyt IMton, going a ttep nearer to bim, the veina twclllng In hit forehead. "You still say tbtt the " f "I tay that, and more," replied the old man, undaunted, a very demon of ob stinscy having now taken poaaesslon of his breast. "I feel even bold enough to suggest to her the advisability of aa Im mediate marriage with you, aa a means of crushing in tb bud the scandal that Is sure to arise out of her Imprudence." "Go, Vera; leave th room," ssys Sea ton, with great emotion. "Why abould abe go? It aeema to me you give ber bad advice," says Mr. l)y sart, looking from on to th other with a sstirlcsily friendly glance. "Let her rather stay and discuss with nt your marring with ber." If he hsd en so fooilakly blind as to hop by this bold move to force Vera Into an engagement, bia expectatlona are now on the Instant destroyed by hla son, "Understand me, once for all, that I shall not marry Vera," ssya he, whit wlthi ""lrK ihu iww irvu imiD mil uv la almost powerless to suppress. "Were she to come to me this moment and lay ber hand in mine, and aay she was will ing to fsr to sacrifice herself, I ahould re fine to listen to her." Vera, for the first time since her en trance, lifts her. head to look at him. Waa be thinking of Mist Butler? Waa be true at last to ber? A little bitter smile curls her Up. "I thank you," she says, with a alight inclination of her bead toward ber cousin, and with a twlft ttep leavea the room. CHAPTER XIII. Four loug daya have crept languidly Into the past, four of the dullest days Oriselda Dysart has ever yet endured, aa she is compelled to acknowledge even to herself. Slowly, with aimless steps, she rises and flings aside the moldy volume she hsd found In one of the rooms below, and which she baa been making a fruit less effort to read, and looks out upon the sunless pleasure-ground beneath her window. She becomes suddenly aware of an unfamiliar figure that, kneeling on the grass before one of the beds, seems to be weeding away for its dear life. It Is certainly the new gardener.' Poor creature, whoever he is, what could have Induced him to come here? Uncle Greg ory had evidently found no difficulty In replacing hla former employ. Had he secured thlt new gardener on the old poor terms? Unhappy creature! poverty Indeed must have been hla guest before he and his clothe cam to auch a sorry pass! At this moment the "unhappy creature" lifts hia head, turns It deliber ately toward her, and she finds herself face to face with Tom Peyton! A little sharp cry breaks from her; she stifles It, but turns very pale. "You! yon!" she sayt. "Don't look like that!" he taya, in a low tone, but sharply. "Would you be tray me? Remember, It was my only chance of getting near you. Don't faint, I mean, or do anything like that." "Oh, how could you do auch a thing?" says she, in a trembling voice, "And and how strange you look, and what dreadful clothea you have on!" "Well, I gave a good deal for them," says he, casting an eloquent glance at hia trousers; "more four times more than I ever yet gave for a ault. I'm sorry you dou't approve of them; but for myself, 1 think them becoming, and positively glory In them; I would rather have them than any clothes I've ever yet had, and I think them right down cheap. It's rather a tell if you don't think they suit my style of, beauty." He is disgracefully nnalive to the hor ror of bis position. He is even elated by it, and Is plainly on the point of bubbling over with laughter. ' Given an opportu nity indeed, and it Is certain he will give mirth away; Grtselda, however, declines to help him to thlt opportunity. "It't horrid of you I don't know how you can langh," aaya the, beginning to cry. "I can't bear to see you dressed like that, just like a common man." "Well I think you'r a little unkind," says he, regarding her reproachfully. "I did think you would be glad to see me. I thought, I fancied I suppose I waa wrong that when we parted on that last day you were eorry that you would like to see me again." "Well, that waa all true," taya Gri aelda, sobbtngly. "Then what are you crying about?" "I am unhappy that because of me you must bo made ao uncomfortable.',' "If that's all," tayt he, beaming afresh. "it't nothing. I'm cot a scrap oncom fortsbte. It strikes m as being a tort of a lark ti'ro a joke, I mean, I fet as jolly as a ssnd oy. and," with a ten der, earnest glance, "far jollier, because I can now see you," - "But bow long Is It to last?" says she, nervously, "It can't go on like tbis for ever, and Heaton comes down here som. times, and be knowa you." ' "I dar ssy I sbsll manage to avoid him. Though I bsv often thought late ly tbst it would be a good thing to take bim Into our confidence." "Oli, bo, 00, no indeed," crle ahe; "he might tell bis father, and then all would, be up with us." i : . "Weil, there's my sister, Grade she's a very good-natured woman, and clever, too. If I were to tell ber alt, she would tell Boa ton, and between them they might lu ii age something. There's a step! Go away, and try to see m tomorrow If you ran,".. ... Tlwr bv tsrely time to separate bw ror, tb gaunt figure of Orunob la tees approaching through the laurels. CHAPTER XIV. To-day Is wet; a soaking, steady down pour that commenced at early dawa it still rendering misertble the shrubbery and gardens. Vera, depressed by tb melancholy Uf th dsy, bss cast her book aside, and, with a certainty of meeting nobody la the empty rooms and corridors, wandera almleasly throughout their dreary length and breadth. The rooms are well known to ber, and presently wearying of them the turns aside and rather timidly UUahes Onen a h 11 ire. faded. haliionvarMf door that leads she scarcely knows wb It ti er, gn pusnes it back and looks eagerly inward. . i It is sot an apartment, after all. A long, low, vaulted passsge reveals itself, only dimly lighted by a painted window at the lower end. It appears to be a completely bar passage, leading no where; but presently, as she runs her eyea along tb eastern wall, a door meet them, an old oakea door, Iron-clasped and literally bung with cobwebs. Curiosity grows strong within her. Catching th ancient handle of this door, a mere brass ring sunk In th woodwork, she pushes against It with all her might la vain. But not deterred, she pushes again and again; and at tbe last trial of ber strength a sharp sound ring of something bra tea falling on a atone floor r-crashes with a quick, altogether as tounding noise upon the tomblike silenc that fills th mysterious passsge. At th tame moment tbe door give way, and she, unexpectedly yielding with It, steps hifrriediy forward Into a dark and grewsome hoi. Th poverty of tbe light haa perhaps dimmed her tight because after a littie wall a shadow on th opposite wall, that resolves Itself Into an opening, be comes known to her. It Is not 9 door, rather a heavy hempen curtain, asd now, resolutely determined to go through with her adventure, ah advance toward It pull it aside, and finds herself face t far with Gregory Dysart! He is on bl knees, next that peculiar cabinet described In an earlier chapter, and aa he lifta hla head upon ber en trance, a murderous glare, aa of on hunted, desperate, cornea Into hi curious eyes. . Th side of the cabinet ia lying wide open, and, as he involuntsrily moves, th chink of golden coins falling one upon another alone break tbe loud silence that oppresses the atmosphere. In his hand he la holding an old and yellow parch ment. "I I am sorry," murmurs Vera, terri fied; "I did not know; I " "What brought jou here, girl here where I believed myself safe? Go, go there is nothing nothing, I tell you they lied to you If they told you any thing go, I ssy!" He has entirely lost his self-possession, and la still kneeling on the floor, .now hugging, now trying to hide beneath him the paper he holds with his sinewy, ner vous fingers. "Go, go, go!" he shrieks, beside himself. lie is in a perfect fren ty; all dignity Is gone; to tbe girl stand ing trembling there It Is a loathsome sight to see thlt old man on the brink of tbe grave thus crouching, abased, dishon ored. "I am going," she says, faintly. She la ghastly pale; the sight of blm In bis horrible fright, cringing thu upon the ground, has so unnerved her that she ac tually grasps at the curtain for support (To be continued.) Mutually Surprised. There must have been about four hundred people at Lake Bennett, writes Mr. Secretan, In hla entertaining book, "To Klondike and Back," making four, hundred different varieties of death dealing conveyances, for each had to construct hla own boat for descending to the Yukon River. The owner of a little wheesy, portable sawmill, which was puffing away day and night tear lag spruce logs to pieces for one hun dred dollars & thousand feet was get ting rich. j Anything that would float was at a premium. Once In a while you would tee something resembling a boat but pot often.7 As a general rule, the soap box and coffin combination was the most popular pattern. , Some men could not wait to be sup plied by the wheesy sawmill, but went In for whlpsawing on their own ac count One man stands on top of th log, and the other below, and the saw Is then pushed up and down along a chalk mark. , A story Is told of two "pardners" who commenced whlpsawing. After working a while, till his tired muscle almost refused duty, the lower one ex cused himself for a moment and hav ing hired the first man ho met to take his place In the pit disappeared. The sawing proceeded until the uppermost "pardner," all unconscious that he was working with an entire Btranger, be thought him of a device to rest Mak ing some ordinary explanation, he got down from the log and quickly hired an Indian to take his place at the saw. The "pardners" were mutually sur prised to meet each other Shortly after ward Ju an adjacent saloon. A Certain War. ... "How can you tell mushrooms from toadstools, little boy?" "Easy! If de guy dat eats 'em 1 alive next day.deys mushrooms. '" If he's shifted off de mortal coll den dey toadstools." EVENTS 01? THE DAY FROM THE FQVn QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. ' V A CompKhsnsIvs E'-vltw f H Important . Happtalnj f ft Put Week, Prenaltd hi CondcrutJ Frm, Which Is Most - Uksly to Prove' of InUrwt to Our Many Reads ft. ' Twenty lives wr lost in a $2,000, 000 hotel fir at New Vork. A tidal wav on the Balvsdorian coast caused the lot of more than 60 lives, ' i ' . ' : a .. , Th riots continue at Barcelona and other Spanish citis. Almost tbe entire nation has been placed under martial lew. , Tb house committee on territories unanimously voted to report bills for th admission of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. Th Ilay-Fauncsfot treaty,, giving England's assent to the construction of a canal across Central America by the United States, has been ratifled. Hundreds of foraed Bank of England notes have been put in circulation in London during the pant lew days. They are bard to tell Iron tbe genuine. A financial crisis la about to occur in Chile. Germany will abolish tbe bounties n sugar. Rich gold and 'copper discoveries have been mad in Africa. : The president has made public his decision In th Scliloy appeal. Th Corean army will be reorganized with British officer! in charge. Two hundred pemns have been killed la th riots at Barcelona, Spain. A broken rail cawed a wreck in Ohio in which one man f aa killed and five injured. ... ,. v ... .,; , Nine Filipino officers and 98 men have surrendered, j They also gave up 100 revolvers, 66 rifies and 2,000 rounds of ammunition. The senate has pissedth Indian war veteran pension bill. One life was lost in the burning of a sanitarium at Battle Creek, Mich. A bolt factroy at Louisville Kyi, was destroyed by fire. Loss, S 100,000. Fir In a Cleveland, Ohio, rooming boose destroyed $100,000 worth of prop- arty. A trunk factory at Wyandotte. Mich., was totally destroyed byffire. Loss, 125,000. President Roosevelt has been asked to Intervene in behalf of the Boer Com mandant Kritiinger. Twenty-six Chicago families are homeless as the result of an apartment house fire. Loss, 1 100,000. Lyman J. Gage has been tendered the presidency of th United States Trust Company. He will likely accept. A dispatch from Paris announces that Miss Stone has been liberated. Official notice has not, as yet, been received. Spain is now interested in'the con troversy between European powers as to which nation prevented intervention. Bbe wants to know who her friends are. A mob- lynched a negro in a small town nearSSt. Louis. An Iowa gambling house was held up and robbed of $2,000. A crusade is on ia ITew York against automobile scorchers. , . New York has just experienced the worst blizsard in 14 years. Death list from Shamaka. Russia. earthquake numbers 2,000. Th senate has ratified the treaty for th purchase of the Danish West In dies.. ; ,,.,....-. Bv the confession of annt.hnr nrinon. r, a man in the Colorado penitentiary for murder has been set free. Admiral TIawAV waa a kt KnA with Prince Henry, but had tojdecline, owing to th illness of Mrs. Dewey. The bill ' to repeal the war taxes was unanimously passed by the house, every member voting in favor of it. It may, however, be amended in the senate. A bill has been introduced in the senate for the retirement of Naval Con structor Uobson. Wis eyesight has been very poor for the past two years. Portland chamber of commerce trus tees were severely criticised for their recent action favoring admission of Chi nese by a mass meeting of 1,200 citi zens, i Prince Henry is on hia wav to the United States. Fire at ! Wisdom. Mont., destroved $20,000 worth of property. Martial law has been declared at Trieste, Austria, on account of riots. . General Bell has stamped out the re bel 11 ion in Batangas province, Luzon. Th treaty for the ; Danish West In dies will come up in the senate this week. Organized laborers to the number of 7,000 are employed by the diamond dealers and jewelers of Amsterdam. . Th Tyrol, following the example of Norway, is trying to encourage the win ter touriBt business by offering better facilities for winter sports. Valletta, Malta, being midway in the Mediterranean , between Gibraltar anil Port Said, Imports more than half a million tons of poal lof the use of pass: ing vessels. SPANISH RIOTS CONTINUE. Serious Conflict! Still Occur at Barcslona Troops Fire en Strikers. Madrid, Fob, 24. OSidal dispatches received here assert that calm has been restored at Barcelona, Karagoiwa and Valenci, but newspaper telegrams re port that the situation is still serious. The rioters at Barcelona are de. voting their energies to preventing food' sup plies from entering the town. In one such case the troops escorting a convoy were obliged to fire on the rioters, sev eral of whom were killed or wounded. A serious conflict also occurred today in the center of the town. Tbe orders of the captain general to persuade the dock laborers to resume work have fail ed, and the entire trade of Barcelona is at a standstill. Revolutionary procla mations aro tiil bring eireuisted thre Th moftt stringent measures hare been prepared U protect traffic and business. The strikers have few, rifles, but are well supplied tilth revolvers and dag gers. The search of suspected houses con tinues, resulting in the arrest of large umbers of anarchists and revolution ists of all kinds, who are considered to be the prime movers in the troubles. Th cosmopolitan character of Barce lona makes it a report , for represents tivesof all the revolutionary elements in Europe, and the ranks of the mal content workmen have been swelled by French and other foreign political ag itators. The Republicans are busy among tbe troops, urging them not to use their arms against their own class in defense of plutocrats. Th working people of Madrid favor the strikers. Martial law has been proclaimed at Tarragona. The strike is spreading in the Llobregat and Cardona valleys. There is a general cessation of work at Castellon de la Plana and Gave, and much excitement prevails at Batea. Forces of gendarmes have been dis patched to those places. CONCESSION TO CUBA. Reciprocity en Basis of Forty Per Cent Re duction on Each Side is Favored. Washington, Feb. 22. The Republi can members of the ways and means committee were in private conference for throe hours this afternoon on the subject of Cuban reciprocity, and, although the conference went over with out action the members find themselves for the first time in possession of a proposition commanding much strength and understood to represent tbe atti tude of the administration. This proposition was brought forward by Representative Long, of Kansas, and authorized the president, when Cuba is prepared to grant 40 per cent redaction in duties on United States exports to the island, to grant to Cuba a similar reduction of 40 per cent on all products coming to the, United States. Thia was a straight reciprocity proposition each side granting 40 per cent reduc tion without the. complications appear ing in some of the other propositions as to the method of payment, etc. Long's proposition drew out extended discussion, in which Payne, the chair man, and McCall indicated a disposi tion to support it. Various other prop ositions were put forward and dis cussed, but none took definite form be yond that of Long. It is understood that the issue is likely to be made on tbis proposition, sine it is believed to represent the concessions the adminis tration believes should be granted on each side. " . LONG MAY SOON RESIGN. Now That the Schley Controversy is Settled , He May Soon Retire. Washington, Feb. 22. Now that the Schley matter has been settled official ly, it is understood that Secretary Long feels he is at liberty to carry out the project cherished by him to retire to private life. However, this is not ex pected to ensue at once, for there is no certain knowledge of what may follow in congress, notwithstanding a belief by the administration that the case ia now settled beyond revival. Therefore, it is understood that the change in the cabinet circle will not take place before the adjournment of the present session. Factory Fire at Toronto. Toronto, Feb. 22. -Fir that -started tonight by spontaneous combustion in the finishing rooms of the Menzee Man ufacturing Company, Ltd., manufac turers of furniture, and spread to the adjoining premises of the Merchants' Dyeing and Furnishing Company, did damage to the extent of $2000,00. t ..... I 1 i 4 V Texas Cotton Mill Burned. Corsicana, Tex., Feb. 22. The Cor sicana cotton oil mill, one of the largest in the state, was destroyed by fire last night, together with six freight cars, on the Cotton Belt railroad tracks. The loss is estimated at $125,000, covered by insurance. . ' Claim Swindlers in England. ' -, London, Feb. 24. The operations of American swindlers, who are extorting money in England through representa tions regarding fortunes awaiting their victims in America, have become so ex tensive that Mr. Boyle, United States consul at Liverpool, has published a letter warning people not to be de ceived by the statements made by these men. ' ' , . : Correctness of Russia's Intentions. ' Washington, Feb. 24. The United States government is now perfectly sat isfied as to the correctness of Russia's intentions respecting Manchuria. The pledges heretofore obtained from Russia have been renewed, and reinforced so strongly that they must be accepted as satisfactory, unless Jour government is prepared deliberately to question Rus sia's integrity, which it has not the least disposition to do. NEWS OP THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. CnMterclai tad Financial Happenings af tut portanct A Bfltf Review cf h Crow ft aa4 Improvements f the Many Industries Tkreu thout Our Thriving, Canmwwt!ifr latest Market ReparL Ninetv-nine train ah ids were dis patched from rortland thia season. Colonel N. B. Knight, a prominent Oregon attorney, of fcalem, is dead. The Polk county P.epnMioan central committee will meet in Dallas March 1. The Red JBoy and Concord mines in Eastern Oregon have been consoli dated. A gray eagle, measuring 7 feet 2 inches from tip to tip waa shot a few days agTnear Astoria. The Fish lako irrigation ditch in Southern Oregon will be completed by May 1. The ditch is 65 miles long. As a result of the recent cold anao in Umatilla countv. about 25 tier cent of the grain sowed last fall must be re sowed. Two Jacksonville prisoners, who were being held for burglary broke jail a few nights ago in some mysterious manner and escaped. , The mill dam across Long Tom river at Monroe, which furnished pow.er for the large roller mills there, haa been washed out by the high water. ; At the recent teachers' examination in Douglas countv. five applicants re ceived state papers. For county (certi ficates there were 32 applicants, 20 of whom passed. Th Democratic state convention will be held in Portland April 10. The Democratic convention for the Second congressional district will be held at the same time and place. The price of land in general is ad vancing in Benton county. Farms which a few years ago could have been purchased at $10 per acre are now held at $20 to $25 an acre. Many new families are seeking homes in that section. A company has been formed at Dallas for the operation of a creamery. - Fiftv horses for sovernment artillerv service have just been purchased near tugene. , ; The Socialist party of Clackamas county will hold its county convention March, 8. " Clackamas county commissioners are looking for a suitable location for a poor farm. A club has been formed at Joseph to advance the interest of that town and neighborhood. Business men of Pendleton are con sidering a plan for the establish men of a paper mill. At the annual meeting of the Tilla mook Creamery company a dividend of 10 per cent was declared. Umatilla county has been asked to increase the assessments of railroad and telephone companies $3,000,000. The contract haa b:i let for build ing an opera house in Albany, to cost $5,000. It will have a seating capacity of 700. ' Portland Markets, Wheat Walla Walla, 6565tfe; bluestem, 6666&c; Valley, 6465c. Barley Feed, $1919.50; brewing, $i'0 20.50 per ton. v Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.25; gray, $1.101.20. Flour Best grades, $2.803.40 per barrel; graham, $2.502.80. Millstuffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $21.50; chop, $17.50. J Hay Timothy, $1213; clover, $7.508; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. 1 ' . . ... ' "... Potatoes Best Burbanks, $1.101.35 per cental ; ordinary, 7585c per cen tal, growers' prices; sweets, 22.50 per cental. Butter Creamery, 2527)c; dairy, 1820c; store, 1315c. , Eggs 22&25c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twinp, 13 13Kc; Young America, 14 15c; fac tory prices, llc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(3 4.50; hens, $4.505.50 per dozen, 10 12c per pound; springs, 11c per pound, $34 per dozen; ducks, $56 per doz en; turkeys, live, 12613c; dressed, I516c per pound; geese, $67 per dozen. Mutton Gross,' 4c per pound ; dress ed, " 7 He per pound. Hogs Gross, 5?4c; dressed, 6K?c per pound. Veal 88 for small; 77K for large. Beef Gross, cows, 84c; steers, 44&c; dressed, 6K7c per pound. Hops ll13c per pound. Wool Valley, 13 15c; Eastern Ore gon, 812Kc; mohair, 212lKc per pound. The area of Greater rew 1 ork is now 318 square miles, against Greater Tendon's 700 sonarn mils. - - - - 1 Riveting of boilers and the like ia now done almost entirely by a com pressed air hammer, which strikes 5,000 times a minute. The Norwegian council of state haa decided to negotiate for a loan of $2, 000,000, to be used for the construction of railways and a thorough telephone system throughout Norway. PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, Captain Allen, Chief, AiVt thai tht fonts at His Commend Ee DouLkd. Washington, Feb. 20. The war partment has made putlk a report of Captain Henry T. Allen, sixth cavalry, dated Manila, December 15, concern ing the Philippine constabulary, of hich he is chief. Captain Alien myn the constabulary consisted of 2,509 men, and waa able to control, without the aid of troops, the provinces of Abra, Bontoc, Union, Lepacto, Ean guet, Nueva Ylzcaya, Bstaan, Principa and Infanta. Up to the date of the report tLer had been only two men lost fr ira th force by tksnertkjtr a Viewing attrib uted to the care in the selection of ths men. Captain Alien my$ that exj eri euce has shown that the cost of a single constable for one year does not exceed $250 geld, while the cost of maintain ing an American soldier ordinarily is reckoned at about $ 1 ,000. Captain A i en states that in chasing down the rub ber bands the constabulary is unques tionably more edcicnt than the Ameri can troops, and while one large garri son in many of the provinces may be always necessary, it is his opinion, after a thorough study of conditions, that in one year's time 15,000 Ameri can soldiers, with the native contingent of troops and constabulary, will traffic to garrison the Philippine archipelago. Captain Allen says that the general conditions of the islands as regards pa cification have never been so favorable as now, when the "crumbling from the top" is duly manifested. In his opin ion the campaign in progress in Batan gas and Laguna will be the coupde grace of the insurrection. The better class of people, he says, are extremely tired of the struggle, and ardently de sire peace. The recently enacted sedi tion , law, he says, has had a potent value in bringing evil doers to a reali zation of their allegiance to law and or der. In a recapitulation of the work of the constabulary for a little over four months, it is shown that in 15 engage ments 20 outlaws have been killed, 20 wounded and 374 captured. - BIG SANITARIUM BURNED. On Life Lost and Several Persons Injured Property Lots $500,000. Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 20. Early today the large Adventlst sanitarium and hospital buildings, located here, were . destroyed by fire, causi' a J j;i of about $500,000, with only $j 0,000 insurance, besides great personal loes to 300 patients who were in the main building, and who had only time to escape in their night clothes. One life is supposed to have been lost. There were at least 300 persons In the main building when tbe fire broke out in the basement. This building was five stories high, and as soon as the fire was discovered the night at tendants on each floor gave the alarm in the corridors, and the patients made their escape down the fire escapes aided by the nurses. They did not have time to save their personal effects. Two of the inmates were slightly in jured.' ; The firemen were handicapped by in sufficient 'water pressure, and' hi two hours the buildings were in ruins. Two firemen were seriously injured and one slightly. Tht Oregon's Repairs Completed. Washington, Feb. 20. The nayv de partment has been informed that the repairs on the battle ship Oregon at the Puget Bound navy yard are practically complete. The hole rent in her bot tom during her grounding in 1900 has all been closed over, and fshe will be ready for duty again about March 1. Indiana Mine Burning. Brazil, Ind., Feb. 20. Miners have been forced to leave the Tennant Coal Company's mine at Turner, two miles west of here, on account of the intense heat caused by the burning coal more than 100 feet underneath the ground. Itfis believed that the f mine will have to be flooded and abandoned. Transport from Manila. '. San Francisco, Feb.-20. The United States transport Meade arrived today, 32 days from Manila, with about 1,200 soldiers, whose terms of service have expired. Four deaths occurred during the voyage. The vessel encountered heavy easterly gales, and was forced to put into Honolulu for coal. Austria Abolishes Sugar Bounty. London, Feb. 20. A dispatch to th Central News from Brussels , says that Austria has decided,, in compliance with the demand made by Great Brit ain, to reduce the import duty on sujiar to five francs. The correspondent de clares the adherence of Hungary to this decision to be assured. Chinese Minister to Russia. St. Petersburg, Feh. 20. Yang Yu, minister to Russia died here today, after a 6hort illness. Yang Yu was formerly Chinese minister at Washing ton, lie was transferred to St. Peters burg in November, 1896. . Effect of American Ship Subsidy. London, Feb. 20. The Daily Mail, in its issue this morning, discusses the effect Jupon British shipping of the American ship subsidy 'bill. The paper contends that the bounty sur'Pf I ed by Senator Frye will completely counterbalance the advantage now hold by British shipping, but that the only remedy hiitherto proposed thu t Amer ican ships entering British port shw.il be fined to the extent of their subsidy is impracticable.