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GLOBE.
A STUDY IW.
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
CHAPTER II Continued. j
"From a drop of water." said the
writer, "a loKtctan could Infer the poa
alblllty of an Atlantic or a Niagara
without having aonn or heard of on
or the other. - Bo all" life la a great
chain, the nature of which ta known
whenever we are shown a single link
of It. Like all other arte, the science
of deduction and analyala la one which
can only Ue acquired' by long and pa
tient study, nor la life long enough to
allow any one mortal to attain the
hlgheet possible perfection In It. De
fore turning to thou moral and tnentat
aspect of the matter which present the
greatest difficulties, M the Inquirer
begin by mastering more elementary
problems. Let him, on meeting a fel
low mortal, learn at a glance to dis
tinguish the history of the man, and
the trade or profession to which he be
longs. Peurlle as such an eserclae may
seem. It sharpens the facultlea of ob
aervatlon and teaches one where to
look and what to look for. By a man'a
finger nails, by bla coat aleeve, by his
boot, by his trouser knees, by the cal
losities of hla forefinger and thumb,
by hla expression, by hla shirt cuffs
by each of these things a man'a rail
ing Is plainly revealed. That all unit
ed should fall to enlighten the com
petent Inquirer In any caae la almost
Inconceivable." . .
"What Ineffable twaddle!" I cried,
alapplng the magazine down on the
table. "I never read such rubbish In
my life."
"What Is Itr asked Sherlock
Holmes.
"Why, this article." I said, pointing
at It with my egg spoon as I sat down
to my breakfast. "I see that you have
read It, since you have marked it. I
don't deny that It Is smartly written.
It Irritates me though. It is evidently
the theory of some armchair lounger
who evolved all theae neat little para
doxes in the aecluslon of his own
study,. It Is not practical. I should
like to aee him clapped down In a
third-class carriage on the Under
ground, and asked to give the trades
of all of bla fellow travelers. I would
lay a thousand to one against hlrn."
"You would lobe your money," Sher
lock Holmes remarked calmly. "As
for the article, I wrote It myself."
"You!"
"Yes; I have a turn both for obser
vation and for deduction. The theories
which I have espreased there, and
whirl) appear to you to be bo chimeri
cal, are really extremely practical so
practical that I depend upon them for
my bread and cheeae."
"And howr I asked involuntarily.
"Well, I have a trade of my own. I
suppose I am the only one In the
world. I'm a consulting detective. If
you can understand what that is. Here
In Ixmdon we have lota of government
detectlvea, and lots of private ones.
When these fellows are at fault they
come to me, and I manage to put
. them on the right scent They lay all
the evidence before me, and I am gen
erally able, by the help of my knowl
edge of the history of crime to set
them straight. There Is a strong fam
ily resemblance about misdeeds, and if
you have all the details of a thousand.
at your finger ends, it Is odd If you
can't unravel the thousand and first.
Lestrade la a well-known detective.
He got himself . Into a fog recently
over a forgery case', and that was what
brought him here."
"And these other people?"
"They are mostly sent out by private
indnlry agencies. They are all people
who are In trouble about something,
and want a little enlightening. I listen
to their story, they listen to my com
ments.' and then I pocket my fee."
"Rut do you mean to say," I said,
"that without leaving your room you"
can unravel some knot which other
men can make nothing of, although
they have seen every detail for them
selves?" - . .
"Quite so. I have a kind of intuition
that way. Now and again a case turns
up which is a little more' complex,
Then I have to bustle about and see
things with my own eyes.. You see, I
have a, lot of special knowledge which
I apply to the problems, and which fa
cilitatea matters 'wonderfully. Those
rules of deduction laid down in that
article which aroused your scorn, are
Invaluable to me In practical work.
Observation, with me, Is second na
ture. You appeared to be surprised
when I told you, on our first meeting,
that you had come Trdrtr Afghanistan
"You were told, no doubti" ' ' '
"Nothing of the Bort. -I knew you
came from Afghanistan.. From long
habit the train of thought ran bo swift
ly tnrougn my mina mat i arrived at
the conclusion without being conscious
9 ln(Anm allarA ttvAt-iel TBaA wasa sitti
steps, however. The train of reason
ing ran: ... 'Here Is a gentleman of a
medical type, but with the air of a mil
itary man. Clearly an arm; doctor,
then. He has Just come fram the
tropics, for his face is dark, and that
Is not the natural tint of his skirt, for
his wrists are fair. He has undergone
hardship and sickness, as his" haggard
face says clearly.. His left arm has
been injured. - He holds ft 'Jft a stiff
and unnatural manner. Where in the
tropics could an English, army" doctor
seen much hardship and got his arm
wounded T Clearly la Afghanistan.?, The
whole train of thought did not occupy
a second. . I then remarked that you
. came from Afghanistan, and you were
astonished,"
-"It is simple enough as you explain
It," I said, smiling. "You remind me
of Edgar Allen Poe's Dupln. I had no
Idea that such individuals did exist
outside of BtorieB." " . '
Sherlock Holmes, rose and lighted
ms pipe. -..
,. "No doubt you think that you are
complimenting me in comparing me to
Dupln," he observed.. 'Now, in my
( opinion Dupln was a. very Inferior fel
' low; That trick of his of breaking, in
on bla friend's thoughts with an apro
pos remark after a quarter of an hour's
silence Is really very showy and super
ficial. He bad some analytical genius.
SCARLET.
no doubt; but be was by no means
such a phenomenon as Foe appeared to
Imagine."
"Have you read Oaborlau's works?"
I asked. "Does Lecoq com up to your
idea of a detective T"
Sherlock Holmes sniffed sardonical
ly. "Lecoq was a miserable blunderer,"
he said in an angry voice; "he bad
only one thing to recommend him, and
that was his -energy. That book made
me positively ill."
"The question was how to Identify
an unknown prisoner. I could have
done It in twenty-four hours. Lecoq
took six months or so. It might be
made a text book for detectives to
teach them what to avoid."
I felt rather Indignant at having two
characters whom I bad admired treat
ed In this cavalier style.
I walked over to the window and
stood looking out Into the busy street.
"This fellow may be very clever. I
said to myself, "but he Is certainly
very conceited."
"There are no crimes and no crim
inals In these days." be said, queru
lously. "What la the use of having
brains In our profession? I know well
that I have It In me to make my name
famous. No man lives or has ever
lived who has brought the same
amount of study and of natural talent
to the detection of crime which I have
done. And what Is the result? There
is no crime to detect, or, at most.
some bungling vlllany with a motive
so transparent that even a Scotland
Yard official can aee through It."
I waa still annoyed at his bumptious
style of conversation. I thought it best
to rhsnge the topic.
"I wonder what that fellow Is look
ing for?" I asked, pointing to a stal
wart, plainly dressed Individual who
wss walking slowly down the other
side of the street, looking anxiously at
the numbers. He had a large blue en
velope In hla hand, and waa evidently
the bearer of a message.
"You mean the retired sergeant of
marines." said Sherlock Holmes.
"Drag and bounce!" thought I to my
self "He knows that I cannot verify
hla guess."
The thought had hardly passed
through my mind when the man whom
we were watching caught sight of the
number on our door and ran rapidly
across the roadway.
We beard a loud knock, a deep voice
below and heavy steps ascending the
stair.
"For Mr. Sherlock Holmes," he said,
stepping into the room and handing
my friend the letter.
Here waa an opportunity of taking
the conceit out of him. He little
thought of this when he made that ran
dom shot.
"May I ask. my lad." I said, blandly,
"what your trade may be?"
" "Commissionaire, sir," he said, gruff
ly. "Uniform away for repairs."
"And you were," I asked, with a
slightly malicious glance at my com
panion. "A sergeant, sir; Royal Marine
Light Infantry, sir. No answer? Right
sir."
He clicked his heels together, raised
his hand in a salute and was gone.
CHAPTER III.
I confess that I was considerably
startled by this fresh proof of the
practical nature of my companion's
theories.
My respect for his' powers of anal
ysis Increased wondrouBly, There still
remained some lurking suspicion In
my mind, however, that the whole
thing was a prearranged episode, in
tended to dazzle me, though what
earthly object he could have In taking
me In was past my comprehension.
- When I looked at him he had fin
ished reading the note, and his eyes
assumed the vacant, lack luster ex
pression which showed mental ab
straction. "How In the world did you deduce
that?" I asked. .
"Deduce what?" said he, petulantly.
"Why, that he was a retired ser
geant of marines."
"I have no time for trifles," he re
plied brusquely; then, with a amtle,
"Excuse ray rudeness. You broke the
thread of my thoughts; ' but perhaps
It is Just as well. So you actually
were not able to see that the man was
a sergeant of marines."
"No, Indeed."
, "It was easier to know it than to
explain why I know It. If you were
asked to prove that two and two made
four, you might find some difficulty,
and yet you are quite sure of .that
fact. 'Even across the street I could
see a great blue anchor tattooed on
the back of the fellow's hand. That
smacked of the sea. He had a mili
tary carriage, however, and regulation
side whiskers. - There we have the
marine. He was a man with Borne
amount of self-importance and a' cer
tain air of command. You must have
observed the way in which he held
his head and swung his cane. A steady,
respectable, middle-aged man, too, on
the face of him all facts which led
me to believe, that be had been a ser
geant," " ' -'Wonderful!
" I ejaculated.
""Commonplace," said Holmes,
though I thought from his expression
that he was pleased at my evident
surprise and admiration." "I .said Just
now that there were no criminals. It
appears that I am wrong look at
this!" He threw me over the note
which the ' commissionaire : had
brought. . ' .
"Why," I cried as I cast my eye over
It, "this 1b terrible I"
"It does seem to be a little out of
the common," he remarked calmly.
"Would you mind reading it to me
aloud?" .
This' is the letter which I read to
him: .
"My Dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes
There has been a bad business during
the night at S Laurlston Gardens, off
the Brixton ' road. Our 'man on the
best saw a light there about 2 'a ths
morning, and as the house was an
empty one, suspocted something was
amiss. He found the door open and In
the front room, which Is bare of fur
ture, discovered the body of a gentle
man, well dressed and having cards In
his pocket bearing the name of 'Enoch
J. Drebber. Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A.'
There had been no robbery, nor Is
there any evidence as to how the man
met his death. There are marks of
blood in the room, but there is no
wound upon bis person. We are at a
loss as to how be came Into the empty
house; indeed, the whole affair Is a
punier. If you can come round to the
bouse any time before 12 you will find
me there. I have left everything in
statu quo until I hear from you. If
you are unable to come I shall give
you fuller details, and would esteem it
a great kindness If you would fsvor
me with your opinion. Yours faithful
ly, TODIA8 OREO SON."
"Oregson Is the smartest of the
8cotfand Yarders," my friend re
marked. "He and Lestrade are the pick
of a bad lot. They are both quick and
energetic, but conventional shocking
ly so. They have their knives Into
each other, too, Tbey are as Jealous
as a pair of professional beauties.
There will be some fun over this case
If they are both put upon the scent"
I was amazed at the calm way In
which he rippled on.
"Surely there Is not a moment to be
lost," I cried; "shall I go and order
you a cab?"
"I am not sure about whether I shall
go. I am the most incurably lazy dev
il that ever stood in shoe leather
that is! when the fit is on me, for I can
be spry enough at times."
"Why. it Is Just such a chance as
you have been longing for."
"My dear fellow, what does It mat
ter to me? Suppose I unravel the
whole matter, you may be sure that
Gregson, Lestrade ft Co. will pocket
all the credit That comes of being
an unofficial personage."
"Out he bega you to help him."
"Yes. He knows that I am bis su
perior, and acknowledges it to me;
but he would cut his tongue out before
he would own It 'to any third person.
However, we may as well go and bave
a look. 1 shall work it out on my own
hook. I may have a laugh at tbem,
If I have nothing else. Come on!"
He hustled on bis overcoat and bus
tled about in a way that showed that
an energetic fit had superseded the
apathetic one.
"Get your hat," he said.
"You wish me to come?"
"Yes, If you have nothing better to
do."
A minute later we were both in a
hansom, driving furiously . for the
Brixton road.
It was a foggy, cloudy morning, and
a dun-colored veil hung over the house
tops, looking like the reflection of the
mud colored streets beneath.
My companion was In the best of
spirits, and prattled away about' Cre
mona fiddles, and the difference be
tween a StradivarlUB and an A mat!.
As for myself, I was silent for the
dull weather and the melancholy busi
ness upon which we were engaged de
pressed my spirits.
"You don't seem to give ' much
thought to the matter In hand," I said
at last Interraptlng Holmes' musical
disquisition. ,
"No data yet." he answered. "It is
a capital mistaite to tneorue ueiuro
you have all the evidence. It biases
the judgment"
"You will have your data soon." I
remaaked, pointing with my finger,
"this is the Brixton road, and that is
the house, if I am not very much mis
taken."
"So it is. Stop, driver, stop!"
We were still a hundred yards or so
from it. but he insisted upon our
alighting, and we finished our Journey
upon foot
x . (To b. continued.)
A Cruthlnt Reply.
Referring to the 'Tutpit and Tew"
.question raised by Dr. Horton's in
teresting experiment, a North London
minister writes:
"I think we ministers rather relish
criticism, but we get too little of it."
One rcalls in this connection the.
story of the young minister walking
home with one of the elders after the
deliverance of his first sermon. After
some moments' silence the latter ob
served: ;
"You were not long."
"I am very glad to hear you say so,"
replied the youthful cleric; "I was
afraid I was tedious." . -
"Oh," waa the crushing reply, "you
were tedious." Westminster Gazette,
-i , Spttklng of Royalty. ; ,
Damocles had been invited to dine
with the King of Syracuse.- On taking
his seat he instantly saw the sword
hanging by a hair above his head.
"1 suppose," he said to the king,
Dionysius, pretending- to see no
humor in the remark, replied:
"I don't know about that, my boy;
but if it falls upon your head ' it - will
make some crown prints."
This shows that the ancients weie
not aver: e to, joking, even nrtder trying
circumstances. New York Times.
. ., Unification.
"Sectional lines are vanishing. Soon
there will be no north, no south, no
eaft, no west!"' .
"Yes; I suppose itks only a' question
of time until they get up a lorporation
big enough to own the whole country."
Puck.
" s Ths Largest Dome.
r The largost dome in the world is that
of the Lutheran church at Waisaw.
Its interior diameter is 200 feet. That
of the British museum library U ISO
feet.
Oa thtMove.
"They have two sorvants."
"Huh! ' ThafB nothing. "We
usually have two in our house one
going and one coming." Philadelphia
Press. - ;
EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTER8 OF
THE WORLD.
A Cemprcheaslva Rsvtcw ef ths mporUM
fhppcalftgi af tht Fft Week, Prtwnled
la a Ceadcaatg Fera. Which li Mott
Ltiuly la Prevs f Interest to Oar Many
There' is strong talk in Jamaica of
annexation to the United fitates.
.Robbers at Astoria bound and gagged
a man on a fishing scow and secured
M00. '
The Vatican proposes a gradual with
drawal of the friars from the Philip
pines. j
A Salt; Lake mining man shot and
fatally wounded two persons sod then
killed himself.
The Seattle steamer Jessie Benning
has been sold to the Colombian govern
ment for 08,000.
Troops will remain in Shenandoah,
Pa., where the recent riota occurred,
until t!e strike is ended.
A secret organization in Taysbas pro
vince, Philippine islands, has been up
rooted by the constabulary.
The cruiser Brooklyn, which con
veyed the remains of the late Lord
Pauncefote to England, has returned.
An explosion In a colliery in New
South Wales resulted in the death ol at
lea jt 100 persons.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
company has secured an additional 60
acres of land for use in the St. Louis
fair.
A tidal wave in Costa Rica, following
severe earthquakes, frightened hun
dreds of residents and caused consider-
Lable damage. - ,
Cholera is spreading with terrible
rapidity throughout Manchuria. The
epidemic now claims hundreds of
victims a day, mostly Chinese. -
OutIaWtlarry Tracy appeared at a
Wenatehee, Wash., ranch, and after
obtaining food and fresh horses, con
tinued his journey in a southerly direc
tion.
The navy department has extended
the time for the completion of the
seven submarine boats authorised . by
.he naval appropriation act of 1899,
from two to seven months.
r'ire at Pittsburg destroyed J property
valued at 1318,600. ,
King Edward is able" towalk about
the deck of bis yacht.
The German gunboat Panther has
been oidered to Caiibbean waters.
A policeman at Shenandoah, Pa
was attacked by Btrikera and severely
beaten. '
Natives of Portugese West Africa
are causing the ; authorities much
trouble and a general uprising is feared.
Rioting and demonstrations in
France are subsiding, and a peaceful
solution of the relizious question is
looked for.
Another explosion in the New York
subway resulted in the fatal injury of
two men and . the serious injury of
two others.
The president of Peru, in a message
to congress, points out the great benefit
of the Panama canal to that country
and urges his people to prepare for it.
The battleship Illinois is in drydock
in England. ' Examination discloses
that considerable damage had been sus
tained when she struck the obstruction.
A German electrician has invented
a wireless telephone. '.
It is believed that the disturbances
in, Panama are neatly at an end.
More injunctions have been issued
against the striking West Virginia coal
miners. v
Fire at the Leavenworth, Kan., pen
itentiary destroyed $20,000 worth of
property.
Seven firemen were seriously Injured
by an explosion while fighting fire at
Pittsburg.
One of the tribes of Indiana in Indian
Territory is giving the authorities
much trouble.
The Nicaraguan government has com
muted the sentence of Russell Wilson,
the Ohio doctor who was captured
with a revolutionary party. . t .
Serious rioting occurred at a New.
Jersey primary election. One man was
killed and a number seriously wounded,
besides many minor injuries.
$400 Gift for Children at Portland Carnival.
Children's. Day at the Portland Elks'
Carnival will be Sept. 12, the last day
but one of the great street fair. On
that occasion a pretty Shetland pony
with an up-to-date cart and harness
will be given to some lucky boy or girl
who is present. The pony has been
eiven bv Dr. W. A. W ise and the cart
is from Studebaker's. Besides this
equipment, it is probable that a saddle,
together with a handsomely embroid
ered saddle cloth will be given with the
pony. Prize lby day will be Sept. 6.
- Capt. M. I. Smith, the first man who
stretched wires across tne state ot Wis
consin, is still living in Topeka, Kan
Chicago chemists nave invented a
process for making wall paper stronger
that promises to revolutionize me in
dustry." '
The largest stockholder 'n the United
States Steel Company, "Mr. Cutler,"
is John D. Rockefeller, not Andrew
Carnegie; his dividend ia 11,000,000
annually. , '
EARTH IS SHAKEN.
Violent Seismic Shock In California People
Warned to Move.
Santa Barbara, Cal., Ang. 2 The
inhabitants of the little town of Los
Alamos, which has been the center ol
seismic disturbances during the past
four days, are tonight huddled around
a huge oonfire, waiting for daylight to
come. Many of the residents have left
for places outside the tremor belt.
Those who have remained could not
well abandon their business. The town
of Los Alamos is situated on the Pacific
Coast railway, midway between Santa
Ynes and Santa Maria, in the long,
narrow valley of the Los Alamos, 15
miles from the coast. It has about 300
population. The Los Alamos valley is
from one-half to one mile wide. Its
population is about 800. There are no
brick buildings in the little village,
and the damage thus far is limited to
the ruin of piaster, the collapse of
chimneys, the breaking of crockery and
glassware, the falling of the walls of
the Piesbyterian church and two store
buildings and the demolishing of an old
adobe building which was seriously
damaged by the first quake. The dam
age will sot exceed f 10,000 in the
opinion of conservative residents of the
place. There is not a chimney left
standing in the town. One residence
was moved four inches and split in
opposite corners. " Not a building
escaped some injury, and it is consul
ered miraculous that no one waa hurt.
There was a series of light vibrations
during the day, which culminated in
quite a severe shock at 7:30 P. M
ruther shocks are anticipated. The
most severe shock of the entire series
occurred at 1:20 this morning,-when
the hils were shaken and tw luted to
their foundations and the valley trem
bled and rolled like the surface of the
ocean. Great fissures were run in the
earth, hills appeared in level valleys,
springs of water opened up in places
that htd been dry, ai d the general to
pography of the valley: was greatly
changed in many respects..
The disturbance had no general direc
tion, but was what is known as a
"twister," It was preceded by a
rumbling like that of distant thunder,
which increased nntil the earth began
to rock and twist and the hills began
to tremble. With the first warning of
the sound of the approaching disaster
the terror-stricken people rushed into
the streets and sought places of safety
in vacant lots and fields, while many
hastened toward the neighboring hills.
The first vibrations were similar to the
preceding disturbances in direction and,
effect, but they were immediately fol
lowed by the most terrific shock ever
experienced in this section of the state.
The earth tiemhled and rolled arid
twisted until it was impossible to stand
erect, and the terror-stricken people
crouched together in the darkness, fear
ful that the earth beneath them might
open and swallow them up.
SOLDIERS ARE IDLE.
Nothing for Them to Do at Shenandoah
Strikers arc Orderly.
Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. 2. Twelve
hundred state troops are encamped to
night on a hill overlooking Shenan
doah. Down in the town, where riot
era and policemen iought the bloody
battle last nigbt, all is quiet, and the
indications are that so long as the
militia remains the peace of the com
munity will not again be broken. The
riot which caused the soldiers to be Fent
here came like a flash and was over
almost as quickly as it had started, and
not a single case of violence has been
reported since. The tens of -thousands
of idle men and boys in this vicinity
who have been gathering in large num
bers and marching from place to place,
did not repeat their demonstrations to
day, and the authorities consequently
had little or nothing to do. ,
The arrival of the citizen soldiery
proved to be a gre U attraction . for the
large army of unemployed, and hun
dreds of men and boys came to town to
see the troops. Most ot the commands
were on the ground by 10:30 o'clock.
Brigadier General Gobin, of the Third
brigade, in command of the. troops here,
and bis etatf were on the scene early.
The camp ia located on a high hill just
outside of the town, and commands a
full view of the town. .
Beyond the presence of a group of
soldiers here and there on the princi
pal streets, Shenandoah does not show
any evidence of having passed - through
a trying ordeal. The large numer of
persons who had been attracted to the
place by the coming of the militia left
during the afternoon, and tonight the
town presents its normal appearance.
French Official Greets Root
Havre, Aug. 2. General Pistor, of
the French army, boarded the steam
ship Savoie, on her arrival he.re today,
and officially greeted Elihu Root, the
American secretary of war, on behalf
of the French government. Secretary
Root thanked General Pistor. Ho pro
ceeded at once to Paris." General
Horace Porter, United States ambassa
dor to France, and General Leonard
Wood arrived on the Savoie with Secre
tary Root.
Russians Hold on to Manchuria.
London, Aug. 2. In a dispatch' from
St. Petersburg, the correspondent of
the Daily Mail says the order fur the
withdrawal of Russian troops from
Manchuria has been rescinded, 43 that
country is overrun with Chinese robber
bands. Quantities of Russian goods in
transit have been looted, says the cor
respondent, and two Russian merchants
in Manchuria were recently burned
alive. ' -
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
CmrrreUJ and Financial happenings f Im
portance A Britf Review of the Growth
and Improvements ef the Many Industries
Throughout Our thriving CommoawuiUi
latest Market Report.
The first car of 1002 wheat has been
received in Portland.
The wheat crop -of Umatilla county
will be 15 per cent less than the usual
yield. v
fire at Elgin destroyed $25,00 worth
of property. Eleven horses . were
barned to death.
The run of fifh on the Lower Colom
bia continues exceptionally heavy and
the fish of good size.
The report of the superintendent of
Columbia county schools shows 64
more children than last year.
The Elks' carnival to be held in
Portland promises to surpass anything
of the kind ever before attempted.
The Southern Pacific will form a fire
patrol t protect its large timber hold
ings in Southern Oregon from fire.
Many small fires have been reported
in Eastern Oregon grain fields, but so
far no great amount of damage has
been done.
Harry Wright, who is believed to
nave assisted 1 racy and Merrill in es
caping from the penitentiary, has bten
located in Laue county.
One of the tunnels at the Lucky Boy
mine, in Lane county, collated. Sev
eral men narrowly escaped death. It
ill take some time to repair the dam
age.
Attorney General Blackburn has
taken an appeal to the supreme couit
in the ca?e of the state a&rainRt ex-Herk
of the school lacd board George W.
favis and bis bondsmen.
The Crown Paper company, of Oregon
City, will in a short time begin the
construction of a pulp mill on the east
side of the river at that city. This
will make the output of the company
20,000 pounds of pulp a day.
About 50 Indian war veterans of
Southern Oregon held a reunion at
Medford last week.
A postoffiie has been established at
Cecil, Morrow county, on the route
from Douglas to Ella.
The fa nd taken ont bv the drArira on
the lowei Columbia baa been proven to
be rich enough to more than Dav the
expens of handling'it.
The timbermen of Dallas and vicin
ity have organized an association for
the purpose of mutual protection and
defense ot the timber claims filed on by
them at Oregon City last week, when a
tow n&hip was thrown open.
A coal strike that promises to make
no little stir in that section has been
made near Asbestos, in the northern
part of Jackson county, where the
Southern Pacific has been developing a
prospect. The vein is six feet wide.
The postoffice at An tone. Wheeler
county, has been moved one mile to
the southwest. The office at Crov.
Gilliam county, has been moved six
miles to the southwest, and the office
at Olene, Klamath connty, Is moved a
short distance to the south.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat-rWalla Walla, 6263c for n-w
crop; 6465c for old; valley, 65c;
bluestem, 65(g66c. '
Barley-17.75 for old, $16.50 for
new crop;
Flour- Best grades, $3.053.60 per
barrel; graham, $2.953.20.
Millatuffs Bran. $15316 ner ton:
middlings, $21.50; ahorta, $18;
chop, $lb. . .
Oats No.l white, $1.051.10;gray,
$1.001.05. . :, .-
Hay Timothy, $1215; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 7585c
percental; ordinary, 50c per cental,
growers prices; sweets, $2.252.50
per cental ; new potatoes, lc.
Butter Creamery, 2021c; dairy
ltxgiac; store, i&i6c.
Eggs 2021c for Oregon.'
Cheese Full cream, twine, 12)4
13c ;Young America, 1314)c; fac
tory prices, l lc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4.50; hens, $4.005.50 per dozen,
llllc per pound; springs, 11(3
llc per pound, $2.504.50 per dc
en; docks, $2.503.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, $4.005.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 23c per pound;
dressed, 6c pec pound.
Hogs Gross, 6 He, dressed, 77&c
per pound.
Veal 78c per pound!
Beef Gross,, cows, . 33p; steers,
3stKc; dressed, 78c per pound.
Hops 1617c; rew crop 17 18c'
Wool Valley,1215;Eastern Ore
gon, 81 4 ac: mohaii. 2526c pound.
Yale university gave degrees to a
class of 650. Plans for a Chinese vol
unteer mission were announced.'
A Chicago dispatch says tHat the fear
of a bituminous miners' strike is caus
ing coal dealers and railroads to store
thousands of tons as a reserve supply.
The will of very Bev. E. A. Hoffman,
dean of the general theological Eemi-
' nary of New York, disposes of an estate
estimated at $12,000,000 to $15,000,-
looo.
WOULD PAY FULL REWARD.
Warden Janes Thinks the $1,500 Should be
Paid for Return ol Merrill's Body.
Salem, Or., Aogust l.First Warden
T. Janes, of the Oregon penitentiary,
has created a stir in ollicial circles by
giving out an interview in . which he
differed radically from bis superior offi
cer regarding the payment of the re
ward for the return of Merrill's body.
He contends that the whole amount
offered for the capture and return of
Merrill, fl.500, should be paid. Sup
erintendent Lee offered Mrs. Waggoner
300. Superintendent Lee declines to
say anything regarding Mr. Janes
statement, which is as follow s:-
"Since there is no doubt that the re
covered remains are those of Merrill,
there should not be the slightest hesi
tation on the part of the state in the
prompt payment to Mrs. Waggoner of
the entire-amount named in the reward.
The state cannot afford to be niggardly
in this matter, because of the unpleas
ant reputation it wiil receive, in fact.
has already received throughout the .
country in relation to its treatment of
me criminal clave, lneenect on the
discipline of the penitentiary that re
sulted in the return to the institution
and the burial of the remains of one of
the escaped desperadoes has in iuelf
been worth more than the amount of
the leward.
"There is a second, and even greater,
reason why the reward should be paid
Mrs. Waggoner the failuieof the state
of Oregon to promptly and liberally re
ward the return of Merrill's body has
discouraged many who have been pur
suing Tracy, ami the result is that large
numbers have entirely abandoned the
search for the remaining bandit, 'since
the hope of adequate reward has been
largely itmoved by the state's tardy,
action in the consideration of the claim
presented for the return of Merrill's
body.
"Hence, for two distinct reasons. I
think Mrs. Waggoner is entitled to the
full reward First, because she re
turned Merrill's body, and because of
the beneficial effect resulting in the gen
eral discipline of the institution; w
ond, for the reason that by its action in
the matter the state is retarding the
search for Tracy. I do not wish to be
understood as" particularly criticising
the judgment of mv superiors, but at
the same time I have my own opinions,
and 1 do not Hesitate to express myself
in the matter.
MINERS AND POLICE.
One Killed and Many Wounded in a Riot on
the Streets of Shenandoah. '
Shenandoah, August 1. In ttreet
fightingtonight between a mot of strik
ing miners on one side and deputy
sheriffs and police'on the other Jos
eph Beddal), a leading merchant,-was
beaten to death, two borough police
men were shot, one fatally, and more
than" a score of strikers were shot by
policemen and deputy sheriffs. Sheriff
Beddall si rived at 7:15 P. M. from
Pottsville w ith a posse of deputies. He
has taken up his headquarters at the
Ferguson hotel. To an Associated
Press reporter he said he had asked
Governor Stone to send the militia.
The governor wired that if the citizens
of the town petitioned for troops he
would send them.
The trouble - started about 6 oclock
tonight, when Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Beddall attempted to escort two non
union workers through the strikers'
line of pickets. The workmen were
dressed in their street clothes, but one
of them carried a bundle under his
arm and this aroused the suspicions of
the strikers. The bundle wastorn
from him, and when it was found to
contain a blouse and overalls, the man
was taken from the deputy and Tbeaten
almost to death. '
In the meantime, Beddall opened fire
on the mob which had gathered, and
emptied his revolver. Two of the shots
took effect, one man being shot in the
leg and another in -the foot. The dep
uty and the other strike-breaker were
now compelled to fly foi their lives, and
took refuge in the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad station. The station
was soon surrounded by an angry mob
of 5,000, which was becoming more
threatening and demonstrative every
moment. . , ;
Joseph Beddall, a hardware merch
ant and brother of the deputy sheriff,
was seen making his way through the
crowd in an effort to reach his brother,
and the mob, divining that he was car
rying ammunition to those inside the
station, struck and. beat him with clubs
and billies into insensibility. He
died en route to the Miners' hospital.
Collision in Wisconsin.
Elm Grove, Wis., August 1. In . a
collision here today between a pas
senger train from Waukesha known as
the "Scoot" and a west bound freight
train, Dennis Connell, the engineer of
the passenger train, was killed, and .
Fireman Chamberlain was badly in
jured. Several passengers on the Wau
kesha train were slightly injured.
Engineer Connell was powerless to
avoid the crash. He dUd at his post,
sacrificing his life to save his train.
forty Lives Lost
Singapore, August 1. In a collision
off Malacca, Straits Settlements, be
tween the British sohoners Prince Alex
ander and Ban-IIin-Guan, the former
vessel was sunk and 40 lives lost.
High Prices for Rare Books.
London, August 1. An auction sale
of rare books this afternoon brought
Isold for 1,400 pounds, and a second
! folio Shakespeare brought 615 pounds,