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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.
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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. -
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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.