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I OY AUSTIN C. BURDICK
CHAPTER XlVContlnued)
"Sluiou Lolol," alia said, in a frcoalai
tune, Mar ma from our profession
of love, for they ouly mid to my-uilwry.
Now anwer me a solemn quetlun;
Where U tujr brtthor?'
'. "Your brother 7" KImon uttered, start
log la spite of himself. -What should I
know of himV
Mlt do too not know of Mnr ahe
kd, ItMiklfif hliu tcndil In iy.
"I do not." Hut ha troubled bile b
pok; h could nut hnlji It.
"Hut you know bo wa nrlxwl by tbt
IndiNUi on tb samt night that I waa,"
"Uow aliould I kiiowT"
"Nluion, It U atrnngo tbat you havt
ner om-a akix m voucornlng th eveut
of ujy abducilim!"
"I-kl-a-hava bnd though Mo think
of without -that My luva for you bit
nroci my.erpry tUougbt, and clalmi-d
my whole attention." . . . .
"Thin you know nuthlnar of hlmr'-"I-l
why, how on earth ehoubj IT"
"Nerer tulnd. If you do not, tht-n that
la enouj(h. Now, apiiolnt the time for
the wedding wk you will."
"It ahall be thl very day."
"Aa you will. If It mnt be ao. fare
not for tlini'. Ili-uvcfurth all Uuioa are
alike to me."
"Ay, awct Uule, H of Joy.
"Ywa-eut-h Jy aa the loat child IMe
in tne deep wood; auch Joy aa the poor
orphan tnlt when he atonda by the
cold corpae of her dead pari'iita!"
"NoiucriM"! Hut come; you ahall find
butter quartera than theae,"
So Simon Ixboli led bl promlaed bride
forth from the priaou hoimo back to the
dwelling from whence alio had been tak
en on the prevluua nlKht, and then he
went out to bunt up ame more fitting
garb for her to wear, lie went to (he
(lovcrnnr, and there be eucceedod in pur
chairing a aultable habit. It waa a dreaa
made after the faahlou of the tltnea, of
pale blue allk with acarlot facing, ami
worked with allvcr lace and thread. It
belonged originally to one of I'cricr'a
daughter, but ahe bad nercr yet wmu
It, It having been made for her wedding
d -en, and her lover dying on the ere of
marriage.
The dreaa fitted LouUe to a fault, an 1
when thua prepared, ahe auffered herself
to ih led to the church, for Simon had
determined that there should be no aub
amrueiit queatlun about the legality of hil
marriage. When they entered the rude
thurvh they found quite a nirutbea vl
people culltH-led, and the aged prleat waa
therei In hla robea.
The poor glrl'a head ached, and when
ahe atood U'fore the orient kh trmuhlixl
violently, and even Simon waa etntllld
wnen ue aaw now pale ahe looked.
(o on," ahe . wblMpered. "O, go on,
and let mo out from here, or I ahnll die:'
The prleat commenced the ort:nony,
and Simon anawvred the queatlon dla
tlnctly. Then the holy may fume J to
the bride, and h aaked her the umnl
question. She looked up, and in a faint,
forced voice, ahe replied:
"To tho bt of my abllltica will do
all tlila."
What more could human law require?
. Kven Simon wn aurprised, for he had
feared ahe would heaitate. Jtut ho knew
not how nick and faint h waa, and that
alio might have answered thu promptly
In order to hnaten the ceremnuv. fur nht
wanted freeh air. Tho ceremony waa tin
lhed, and the nuptiul tie had- been form
ed, and thu marrlnKe wna registered lu
the great parchment book of the cl,-rk.
The fee wua (mil, and then. the bride
groom turned away.'
"In heaven' name, my wife," cried
Simon, aa they reached the open air,
"what U the niat.'er? What la it that
thii ttfTucta ymtJ"
"O, I nm all alck aa death! w the
faint reply. "Hasten hasten . to our
home, or I shall fail and aiuk by the
wayaldel" .-.
Simon aaw that hla companion spo' e
the truth, and with quick atepa he hur
ried on, aometimes bearing hij bride in
hla arms, mid. mum helping her to walk.
At length 'they.' reached their dwelling,
and Loppa waa at once acnt for the phy
aliliin. The old man came, and at a
glance he aw that hi patient had a re
lapse of her fever, mid tlila time ho jjhook
hi head n he remarked: " ' '
"We can't drive it off thla time, Mon
nl.'tir Loboia. It I firmly son ted,, nod
must have It run. Hut the lady ha a
Bound constitution, so you need, appre
hend no danger, Hut alio haa not fol
lowed my directions, I nm aure, or eho
would not thu have sunk. Una ahe had
the nutritious food I ordered'"
Ninon Btaiinncred out n reply to the efr
feet that the negro woman might .havo
neglected It." (, ' . .
The phyalelun dealt out hla nqdIcino,
and having given directions for the care
of hla patient, he retired. Simon pro
cured for his wife another attendant, go
as to have two of them, and then he In
formed Louise that his. business called
him up the river.
"To the chateau?" asked she, faintly.
"Yes. I waa lu hopes that you would
have nccompnnlod me, but that Is now
Impossible, However, I must go, though
I shall return as soon aa nossihln "
"And what will you toll my father?"
"Simply that you are my wife. Of
course I shall explain how I rescued you
from the savages, and how, In. return, I
claimed your band. . Hut I have prepared
the beat of care for yon during my ab
sence, and you shall not want for any
thing. The physician will beregular in
hla visits, and I hope to find you Well
when I return."
The Invalid betrayed no sorrow at tha
departure of her husband, nor did she
exhibit any extended signs of deep affec
tion at his adieu. She closed her eyes
as he spoke the parting words, nor did
he open them again until old Loppa came
and whispered in her ear that her hus
band was gone, ... . i ,t,
-I -i CnACXBB XV.-.
Up and down the wide walk In the gar
den paced Brion St. Jullcn, and Ooupart
pt. uems. xne ow mon was pale and
wan, and hla atepa were snort and trem
ulous. The allrerr atreaka jieemal tA
have multiplied themselvca upon hla
bead, and surely many, a, deep Hue of
care waa added to bis b'row. St. Dmiia
looked not so pale, but a sorrowful look
waa upon ma race, and in lit dark, N n
brown ey dwelt a melancholy light, auch
aa could only com from a bruised and
bleeding heart Ills hsuds were folded
upon hla bosom; his ey, bent upon the
ground, wnue witmn fels own ttout arm
waa locked tbat of his companion.
"W can Btlrch no more." said the
marquis, In a broken voice. "They must
elthiif have lxwn alatn ap i.I. tmrna awa
off to tha far homa of tha Chickasaw."
"And do you think old Tony s report
can be relied upon?" aaked (Joupart.
"lea. lia says h Is sure, and ir ue
feel so, then It Is so."
"Then our only bop Is la enlisting tha
whola Kri'nrh fnrca in our bohalf. for
! thewi uoickasaws ara a powerful, war-
lib A tiiiki ilsa at n I aa.. aaatall Aannill
"Ah, wa cannot do that" returned tha
marnul. aadlv. "Tha Ooveroor. 1'arler.
I not a warm friend of mine. Ha had
act hi eye upon this place before I
bought It Bud be meant to have gained it
free of coat He darea not ahow open
hostility to me, but ha would not help
"Then." aald (Iminart. "I will mvaolf
go in acarch, even though I disguise my
self lu the outer semblance of tne red
man."
Hut tha marquis ahook hla bead dull
.ously at thla.
"o. no ha aaM "V.n wnndl '
throw away your own life, and than I
annum bo left an aioua. I could not
live, Uoupart, if you, too, were gone.
Alas! what of life la left to either of na
now! I had lust a-n tha ooenlna of
life's promise the budding of my soul's
great nope wnen mis a rear naionigni
earner1;
For a while after thla they walked on
In silence. All search bad been made
that could tie planned with reason, but in
train. )li4 T..n wtin mmm nllik nf wit
and who had pot forgotten the wild Ufa
or bia youtn, had followed tne trail or
the marauder a distance of forty mllea,
and there ha lost It upon a branch of
tne Ticitran. Thl trail led in a aoutn
enaterly direction, so tne bereaved cns
hsil not a thailnw nf itnnlit that fillla
and I-oulse had been taken to the distant
homes of the Chlckasawa. ,
The day wa drawing near to its close
when oua of the female domestics rushed
Into the sitting room and announced that
Simon Loboi waa coming. Uoth the
marqula and Ht Den la started to their
reet, ana gated upon eacn oincr earntat
Ir.
- "0." ottered tha old man. "I wlb. I
knew that Simon was Innocent of all
crime In thla." Tha worda were spoken
with strong, sudden emotion, and show
ed that tha speaker had been racked with
dark douhta.
"I would not Bay that he Is guilty of
an una," returned Uoupart; "hut tninga
rest moat darkly against him. However.
we can easily tell. Ilia face la very apt
to reveal the emotlona of the Inner man.
and I feel assured be will betray him
The marqula took a turn up and down
me room to compose ntmseir, and by tba
time he had done thla, Simon's footstep
aounued in ttie nail, and In a moment
mora' ha entered. He moved quickly -up
to t Jullcn and caught him by the hand.
ad, my good, kind father, he uttered,
aa a 4 . . . . .
i nave neon detained longer than I ex
pected. But I am hupy to find you
well." k .
Then the' black-hearted man turned to
Ooupart, and with a stiff, formal bow, he
a: ......
"Monsieur. St, Denis, I hope you are
wen."
-Itut the noble youth spoke not in re
ply. He could not He detected in Si
mon's eye a look of triumph that waa not
to be mistaken, and from that moment
uis suspnions were all alive again.
"Hut I do not see Louis. Where is
be?" asked Lobols, after he had' taken
a seat. ' ' '
Ihe marqula gased fixedly Into the
speaker' eye, but he could detect to:h
Ing there out of the wit. ' '
- "Louis It Is gone!" the olj nwui uttered.
"How? Have vou not found him retT
"Then you knew ha was con?" anid
tne marquis, with a quick glance of fear.
"Yes 1 knew that both "your children
TWrtvr fUllT IIUIII UtTTi
"How?" the old man askp.l
"Louise herself has told me the story,?
waa the calm response.
Hoth the old man and the young start
eu to tneir rect.
"Louise! Louise told you?" gasped
Ooupart . . ' '
"Yes, monsieur," returned Simon, gas-
ing upon the youth with a look of malts
nnnt triuinnh. "I had tha imnii
to rescue the loved damsel from the hands
of the Indians."
Atjhls Juncture the marquis sank back
to nis scat and Uoupart followed his ex
ample.
"And where Is she now?" tha stricken
tin rent asked. In a whlsnnr.
"She is at New Orleans. I should have
brought her with me, but the state of her
health would not permit . She haa a
iiver; but you need not fear, for I have
terr, tne best or core for her."
v"But how where did von find hor?"
t ''It yvas most strange," answered Si
mon, assuming a devout look. "While In
New Orleans, I heard that a small party
of Oblckasaws were on their way to
wards Lake Pontchartraln with a white
girl a prisoner. I knew, of course, that
tne red Villains hail hoan Inrklno. ahnn
here; and, moreover, I knew of no other
point from whence they could have
brought auch a prisoner, short of the fort
at ."atenes. The fear became so firmly
fixed that I resolved tn aAt A1I- an I nn.
gaged the aervlces of one who knew the
region round about tho lake, and having
hired some men who belonged to a ship
then lying In the river, I obtained two
small boats and set out We crossed the
lake, 'and landed as near as we could to
the opening of the trail that I had been
Informed the Indians were . upon. We
mounted the bank, and almost the first
thing that met my eye was the form of
an Indian pacing up and down by tho
side of an open space in the woods. I
knocked the sentinel down, and in a mo
ment -the whole party were upon their
feet. At a little distance I saw the form
of ji female asleep upon the ground, I
demanded that the prisoner should be
given up to me, but I had to use some
heavy threats before they would yield.
At length, however, upon my . promise
that I would hot cause them to be mo
lested further, they gave the prisoner
up, and you can Imagine my deep joy
when I knew that I had saved Louise St
Jullcn." -i
tor soma moment tbere waa ai-.mr-a
In tba room, Uoupart who was very
pais, but whose lips were fi roily com
pressed, wss tba first to break It -
"How long ago was it that yon found
tha ladyf ha aaked, .
"About two weeks," wss the rply.
l . ala a, . s a. . a . . 9
Aua nas sue wen iek ever ueeT"
"No. J had nteaut to brlnz h,.t with
ma, but aha was taken down with a
fever on the very day before I started"
"Ht. Jullcn," cried the youih, torn ng
to tha old man. "I will awav at tn,a
and seek her, and as soon as she is able
she shall be with you. Tony shall go
with me."
A sataulc amlla dwi.lt
features as Ooupsrt ceased apeallng, and
In a tone of tha same nature be aaid:
"You need not tn.i.i.u m.
sleur St Deo I. 1 iunr, I ',,. M
not have left Louise, had I not seen her
in the care of those who will be faithful.
Bna haa ner own servant to attend ber."
"Her own aervanta'" hiluJ !,...,
changing color.
Yes, monsieur,... -
But Ooupart had bettor tnn kl.
mon, and come borne with her," suggested
me oiu men.
"Excuse me." iniwomt fhnia -i i
object to thst Mon.i nr Rt rii.nl I. ttnt
just ma man that I ahou d ..-Iw .a .it
eacort for my wife!" " " '
Ooupart St. Dcnla atarted half np from
hla aeat and then sank back like a man
who baa received a ahnt th
heart. Hi face was deadly pH, and
ma osmis were clutched upon bia knee.
"Your Wl I lfe!" rjISIieJ tha nl,1 ma.
atartiiig np and taking a step towsrd his
ui'tinew.
Yes. my dear father" 'Lnhnfa i'ihi
"I am the baonv man. Th irut r-hiM
has accepted ma aa ber husband. And
wnr snouid aha not? 8he owed hr r
Ufa to roe, and In gratitude she rewarded
me with her hand." .
"Hut not Vet Simon! Yon ara nm miiH.
riod?"
:'.Mot aasuredlv Wa are."
"No. no: that la hnnosail.M rnl
would never have done-5"
"Hold, air! We will ha C hA aririlman
about It Hera is the document that will
satisfy you."
Thus speaking-. Simon took a nil ftp r
from hla Docket, which h
handed to the marqula. ' It was a legal
cunincate an attested copy of the rec
ordbearing thi seal and signature of
the Colonial clerk, and vouching far tha
legal marriage of Simon Loboi . and
Louise Bt Juiien. The old man read it
and then, with a deep groan, the paper
fell from hla hand. Qui .k aa thought
Ooupart picked It np. The hope had
flashed upon hla mind that tha document
mtsht be a foraerv: but as hla ara na!i1
upon It the hope passed away, for. he
knew It wa a leiral tranarrint nf tha iwa.
ord. ' The paper dropped from hla hand,
too, and he sank back into bia chair. Tha
thing had come with a thunder-crash up
on him. and for tha moment he waa nn.
able to aneak. But one look Into tha far a
of Loboi started his heart to life again.
(To be continued.)
EVENTS OF THE DAY I 00LD
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
- TWO tJD'JSTKEREl
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings tt tha Past Week,
Presented la Condensed Form, Mot
Likely to Prove lnttiUng to Our
Many Reader. ''
A sew ivstem ol searching far min
eral ores hr the u of the telephone is
uoing triea a. toe icieacaa ad mine,
na xortn aie.
James McNeill .Wli !f lav i i
can artist, will recelvefUbe degree of
doctor of laws at-Uie forthcoming Glas
gow university graduation ceremonies
Tbe Mills & Wright company, of
Boston, one of the oldest printing and
book bouses in New England, has mad
an taslgnnwnt. Liabilities $91,279,
witn assets nominally th9 same
Alfred 0. Vanderbilt " has visited
Commissioner Strasboarger, of New
York, to whom be explained that most
of bis securities were invested in non-
talThble properties not liable for nr.
tonal asaeiBtnent. He showed tbat he
was liable for asseasmsnt on only f 190,-
uuu out fie agreed to an aaetfssment on
fWU,UUU.
Jot'ge P. B. Wilfe, of the-' Seventh
lowa judicial district, ha just rendered
an important decision regarding tbe
power of assessor to assesss taxes on
property in tne uauag ol a trust com
pany aa trustee. The court holds "such
property is liable to assessment both
a i w
tor county ana city taxes.
Siquro, Mexico, is now the only
piagtie spot in tne aJazatlan district.
Russia is trying to negotiate a -loan
oi 1 100,000,000 with a Jranco-Belgiao
syndicate.
Owing to freight congestion, it is re
ported tbat fires will be put ont in
2,000 or more coke ovens in the New
Klver, w. Va., field.
Four men were drowned at Bass lake,
nine miles from Owen sound, Ontario,
Iney were fishimr in a leakv. flat
Douomeu boat, wnen it sank.
Claims against the city of New York
for 1500,000 haye been filed by per
sons injured by exploding bombs last
election night in Madison tquare,
Montana Collection Will Be Feature of
Portland Exposrtloa.
Helena. Montana M pfh 9(ai . V n
Coorada Of the b&nklntr f)
Bfoe., who waa named by Governor
XOOie as One Of the honors r mmml,.
sionere for Montana at the Louisiana
rurciiase exDOsition and th lla
Clark exposition, in fet Louis and Port-
iana, reepectlvely, bag made a most in
teresting announcementthat, U win
send what is supposed to be the largest
ana oesi collection of gold nuggets in
the World to St. Lonia anil PnrtlaAl f.
exhibition during tbe expositiofi's.
ine extiiDlt la owned by Conrad
Bros., and waa formerly th
the ffirst National bank In llekena.
The collection waa purchased bf the
Conrad from the receivey of. lh bank
several years ago, upon the failure of
that institution, and has ai
added to.
The collection was esthpro h
Governor Haoser, when president of
the First National bank, and waa the
result of man veara' effort. Kvn in
days when placer mining waa being
uone in nundreda of claims throughout
uie State, me Collection waa roanlaH
as magnificent. Amonc th nmit
in the collection, is one found in Nelson
guicn, above Ileleni, which ia said to
do me largest sinele nnpi'et vor frnnrt
in the Northwest.
atjout 1300,000 if melted down, but in
ita natural abate, aa coming from . the
earth, it ia worth more. I. nnmhar nf
gema being WOrth Several timna thai.
weigni value bscause of their peculiar
lormauons.
It should Drove one of thi. ftnraa nf
the exposition. It will be caWnli.
guarded day and night from the time
ii leaves Montana until its return from
St. Louis and Portland.
NEWS OF OREGON
nXtlS OP LNTE2EST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
RECIPROCITY IDEA 15 KILLED.
Other Treaties Will Share Same Fate
' President Ofvea Up.
A Question of Dllla.
A traveller In Eucland rested at noon
at a wayside lun and took luncheon,
ne landlord waa a social person and
after presenting hla bill eat down and
chatted with his guest
"By the way." the latter said after
a while, "what la your name?"
"My name," replied the landlord "la
Partridge."
"Ah," returned the traveller, with a
humorous twinkle In his eyes, i:by the
length of your bill I 'should hnve
thought It was Woodcock'!" '
This story, as It aitocnrs In a recent
book by a distinguished English dlplo-
Everv Lutheran ia to be asked tn
give one cent a yday for a period of
one year tor a benevolence fund lor all
objects of the church. From the 250..
000 Lutherans in the s'nod it is expect
ed to raise nearly i,UBO,ooo.
A broken rail wrecked eastbonnd
Santa Fe passenger train No. 2 at
Lakin, Can., every car except one leav
ing the tracK., Conductor Pond was
injured badly, but the passengers
escaped witn a severe shaking up.
Ambassador Choate haa informed the
state department that a sanitary con
gress, which 'will consider matters of
international importance, will be -held
at Bradford, England, irom July 7 to
11, and United States representatives
are invited.
i . ... , ... . . " l ai muuii uiu isominion express
" -"Sr:; - uulMac,u eompany, at Detroit. Mich., has in-
Bisniiircky-.-.s, .. . . v . , v K crea9ed the reward offered for the 123..
500 gold bar stolen last week. The re
ward ia now $2,000 for the recovery of
the bar and 1,000 additional for the
arrest and conviction cf the thief.
The Joke on th Jnlrn.. ' i - .
'A lAtuf Island - Justice' haa decided
that to Bcud 'a worthless bflckaive - t
express to- a person, reaulrlnir the r-
clplent to pay charges, comes under the
nena or petty larceny and Is punishable
as Buch. in tbe case the justice decid
ed one man had sent by express a
worthless package to another as a Joke.
The express charge waa 35 cents. The
ninn who got the package couldn't see
anything funny In the business and
complained to the magistrate, who en
tered a charge of petty larceny and ex-
tortlon and fined the Joker $3 and costs.
Sy Mr. Me4-tara;raa .
"As to this here plan to kill uioskee
ters with coal oil," said Mr. Medder
grnss, while the grocer waa filling his
can, "I don't know thnt It Is fatal to
them Insects, but If they are nny thing
like about a dozen hired girls that has
started the breakfast fire In thla town
and subsequently gone out through the
roor, it, win do nara time8 Tor them Jer
sey biters when the coal oil cnmnnii?n
aets In In dead earnest" Baltimore
American, f ' '
Wabhington. March 28. Th an.
nouhcement in the Jamaican legis
lature regarding the failure of the re
ciprocity treaty with the United States
fa but a forerunner of what may bo ex
pected in the CaM of all avroamonta nt
a similar character which failed . to se
cure action by the United States ann
ate. It waa evident from theattitude
of tbat body that the members were op
posed to the reciprocity idea, as out
lined in the reciprocity treaties that
were sent to it by the president, and
all efforts alons that li ns hava luan
abandoned by the administration.
ine rejected treaties, amomr vhinh ia
tbat with the French republic, are not,
it ia autnoritativelv stated, tn am
submitted to the senate in December
next, and, because of tbe attitude of
tbe senate, the Dresident is dismnrio.
isg the formation of new treatiM.
fciugar formed an important item nf
reciprocal exebantre in some of th treat.
iea, noticeably those in the West
Indies, and so far aa that article nf lm
port is concerned the adminii.trat.inn ia
estopped from agreeing to any reduc
tion of duty by reason of tbe terms of
tne wo nan reciprocity agreement. This
specifically provides that no ansae nrn.
duced by any country other than Cuba
snail -be, admitted into the United
States aa hv trnatv
tne fuuban treaty is in force, at a lower
rate oi duty tnan is imposed by .exist
tog taw.
RIVER IS STATIONARY.
Va ?
Reformed.
"Willie, didn't I s"ee vou matchin
pennies with Willie Bllniiuer V"
X-yes, mammal"
"Well, don't you know ifa verv
wicKeu 7'
" 'Deed I do, mamma!"
"Then don't you do so, again."
"I w-won't. mnmma I'm busted!"-.
San Francisco Bulletin.
The Mag-net.
'Look here, Dunwell, how do von
manage to bring out all your a bait.
ment hoube debtors? When I ring the
bell no one shows up."
"It's dead easy I I go down disguised
as a health-food sample distributer. In
two minutes every occupaut of the
house Is In the hall." Chicago News.
Not BUtert,
Mrs. Passay (who Imagines she la
youthful) I understand Mr. Brown
whom we met yesterday, said he would
never take me and my May for mother
and daughter.
... Mrs,, Popprey-Yea. I believe he mil.l
you looked like mother and grandmoth
er. Philadelphia Tress.
Hope is a lure. There Is no hani
that can retain a wave or a shadow,
Victor Hugo.
The United States cruiser Albany has
arrived at Palermo, Sicily, from Algiers
The United States steel enrnoratinn
has put in operation more than 1,500
new coae ovens on Tug- Kiver, Wis.,
as many more win be completed with
in 30 dayB. f
Baron Mumm von Schwaxatein. who
was for a number of years secretary i
eiiiu88v at vvasnington, is to relieve
Count Vodel as imperial -German am
bassador at ttome.
The report of Lieutenant General
Miles on nis observations in tbe Philip
pines and on his trin around the world
has been submitted to the 'seiretarv of
war, dui it win not be made public, as
it ia regarded as an inspection repoit.
Two men entered the jewelry store of
a. d. miberman, ,.at Omaha, apd
walsed out with two trays containing
diamonds of the value of $5,000, the
clerk's attention being directed to Jhe
wiepiione wnue tney were looking at
tne gems.
Tbe Illinois appellate court for. the
rourtu district baa decided that when
a man is sent to orison for t.hn mnrrW
of his wife he is Judicially dead, and his
children are entitled to the insurance
on the life of the murdered woman,
even if it was taken out in favor 'of her
husband.
General William Thomas Clark, of
Washington. D. O.. waa knocked rinm
by a cab while attempting to cross
C i 1. . 1 . .
'Haw otrcnii. unicseo. sou several o ta-
jured. He is 73 years old, and, hits
sustained, it Is Baid, two fractures of
the skull and internal Iniurina
recovery ia said to be doubtful. Gen
eral Clark has the distinction of being
the only surviving adjutant and chief
of staff of Grant's army of the Tennes
see."! He served two terms in conoron
from Texas.
Luis Carlo Rio has been appointed
I minister oi loreign anairs tor Uolom-
, White blackberries and areen rnaoa
have been propagated In Louisiana.
bia, succeeding Dr. Paul.
. Nearly all Cripple Creek mines have
been shut down. ;! " "s y.
Scarlet fevor still rages at . Lake For
est, near Chicago, and all public places
are cloeed. : 1 - .
.In a' fire at Shelton, Neb., a man
named Cotton was fatally injured by
the fall of a wait. A number of other
firemen were si ightlyin jured.
Swift Current and Favorable Winds Keep
Mississippi Down. '
New Orleans. March 28. With ti
river nracticailv station
uajr, wuorw una . peen niKe cnange in
tne nood conditions. The phenomenal
speed at which the current . in
and favorable windp have doubtless re-
fitrainprl tlila viainc lant.... k
.uiugiiLj, a.. VlH-
ant eye is being kept on every foot .of
ievee irom ited river landing to ' New
urieans. .
Members of the state board nf
. o'
eera are at various nointa alnno tifa
Mississippi, the Red river and 'La
Fouchiere. On the latter stream ther
are now three crevasses, but planters
not immediately within - range of the
breags nave bad time in which to con
struct temoorarv embankmnnta. MnrK
damage will be done to the oyster in
dustry by tbe present flood.
To Pay Honolulu Plague Claims.
Washington, March 28 W. J?. Mc-
Lennon. chief of the warrant division
of .. the treasurv deDartmnt. " tna
started for Honolulu, charged with the
duty ot disbursing the 11,000,000 ap
propriated by congreBs to satisfy in part
the judgments rendered on. account of
tae destruction of property in Honolulu
in suppressing the bubonic nlasno dnr.
ing the years 1899 and 1900. The Ter
ritory of Hawaii was also authorized by
the same act to issue bonds not to ex
coed $500,000 in amount, to be used in
paying its share of the judgments.
V 1
Japs and Mexicans Unionized.
Los Anseles. March 2S Tha In,
Antreles countv council of Inhnr haa
adopted resolutions indnrnini? thnatinn
of the state organiser in effecting the
unionizing of Japanese and Mexican
laborers at Oxnard. The cnnncil nrlnnt.
ed a further resolution favoring the
unionizing of all unskilled Asiatic and
other alien laborers in Los Angeles.
Local labor leaders state that this is the
first time a union labor organizer haa
in any way favored Asiatic- labor.
L San Francisco Sandbaggers. "
San Francisco. "Mai-ch 2R .Pnnr
men. armed with sandbasra. secreted
themselvea inside the entrance to
Greenwich street wharf No. 1 yesterday
morning and robbed every person who
passed through the gate. The place
was absolute) v dark and hnfora thnv
ceased their operations the robbers suc
ceeded in holding up eight men.
Contracting for 1903 Hops Fruit Trees
In Bloom In Josephine County Med
lord Creamery Nearly Ready Sheep
Dying obi tha Ranges Governor Par
dons a Forger.
A creamerr wiil in nuniinn
Medfoid in aboot 30 days. The plant
will be capable of handling the milk of
9fft - .
Contracts for hooa for th
1903 are beinit made in the Willametta
valley at from 15 to 16 cents, the for
mer price being generajjj recognized as
iue prevailing sgure.
Almonds are now in fnlf hlnnm In
tne orchards of Josephine county, and
no nippea by frost the cron of thee
nuts wiil be Jarre here thla Mr
; .....
reacnea are also beginning to bloom
A postoffice hae .been established at
Lost Valley, Wheeler countv, to be
supplied by special service from Lone
tvqea. ine postoflice at Thurston,
i-ane county, nas been re-established.
. Seventeen canneries and 1ft wit
storage plants at Aetnria
reaay ior ine nsbing season, which
opens April is. a heavier run than
that of last year ia anticipated on ac
count of the returns from artificial
propagation. .-. ' , .
Architect W. II. Xnhrhtnn hna Iran
appointed by the state hoard of asylum
trustees to draw np plans and specifica
tions for a modern hnraa and ma turn
to replace the preeent diianiitat ant
unsanitary building, the cost of the
new Biructure not to exceed f; 0,000.
, Governor Chamberlain haa Tn1nnui
John Gates, who two years ago forged
me name ot H. VV . Corbett to a check
at Eugene. Gatea had served half hi.
three years' sentence. The psrdon was
granted upon the petition of a. large
number of prominent citizens of Marion
county. "
Hundreds of sheen are dvinir nn tho
ranees in Grant and Harnev
for want of feed. The long, cold win
ter, togemer with the deep snow and
scarcity of ha v. ia reanonfiihln tar tha
heavy loss among the herds. Sheep
owners are trying to move their flocks
to better ranges, but the sheep are too
weax to be moved. -
Linn COUntV real estate aeonta rnm;
plain that mott of the paiUee from -the
.East who are seeking hom
panied bv an Eastern "acrant " arhn
demands at least 50 per cent of the
local agent's Commission before the
bomeseekers are allowed to locate. If
the Linn county people refuse to be
bled the agent moves his nartv !nn
.... - j i
looting ior greener pastures.
Seven thousand dollar fn pish has
just been paid as part of the hnni nrir
oi tne ucboco mines, near Prinevilie.
Friday. April 10. at 12:30- P. M. at
Independence, ia set for the aala nf tha
pooi oi tne roik county mohair associa
uon..
GWEAT SALES OF LAND.
An eniovabla two 7flVAv farirtAra in.
stitute was held at La Grande, last week
unoer tne auspices of the agricultural
couege. .
Fire at Portland Pnndav . mnrntner
destroyed tne Pareliua- pulley manu
facturine plant and badlv wrwknrl tha
Enterprise planing mill. The loss is
placed at f 15,000. A number of other
buildings had close calls. r ' k
Water bailiffs at 'Astoria and ftn
City are leading a strennOna Ufa r
present Irvine to caDtnra men hn am
catching salmon during the closed sea -
eon.
The Rogue River Packinir & 1 'Cavita
tion company, of Grants Pass) is spend
ing a large amount of money in the de
velopment of the Lower Rocue
from the mouth of the Illinois down.
The company is now at work building
two steamers to take the 'nlace ol th
two lost last year; ' .
PORTLAND A1ARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 72c s bine,
stesa, 7778c; valley, 77c st
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton r brew-
ing, $24, -; . ; i-. .;'v:.-j
Flohr Best trade. $3.95af.25 : orah.
am, $3.45(83.85. . . " -
Millstnffa Bran. 119 tmv tan-
middlinn. t 24: shorts. tl9.fi020.
cnop, $18. . .;,
Oats No. 1 white. 11.15 lit 1.2ft-
gray, $1.1201.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy. $11312: clover.
89; cheat, $9il0 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbaaks. 60(3 60o sar
sack; ordinary, 40 50c per cental,
growers' priees; Merced sweets, $2(3
2.25 per cental.
Poultrv Chickens, mixed. lmiZc:
young, 11 K12c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1616c; dressed, 1820c; ducks;
7(87.50 per dozen; geese, $78.B0.
Cheese Full cream, twins. ItUta
17 Uc: Yoens? America. -17UyS18U-
factory pricee, llc less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 8082)c
per pound; extras, 80c; dairy, 20
S2ac; store, I5l8c. ;
ESS H15"c per dozen. ' . "
Hops Choice, 212$3"per pound."
. Wool-Valley, 12 15c; Eastern
Oregon, 814Kc; mehair, 2828o. :
.; Beef Gross, cows, 83o per
.pound; steers, 44?c; dressed, 73ie.
I Mutton Gross, - 4c per , poonfj;
dressed, 7o.
j .Lambs Gross, .'i 4c per pound;
: dressed, 7Je. -
Hogs Qrora, 6)40 per pound;
dreBsed,77Kr
Last Half of 1902 Far Exceeds Any Half
Vear Previous.
Washington, ilarch 27. Land Cm.
missioner Richards today gave out a
statement showing the phenomenal in
creases in sales of public land in the
first half of the present fiscal year as
compared with the corresponding por.
Uon of the previous year. In the ai
montln ending December 31, 1901,'
there were 7,476 cash sales made in the
United States, represeotina: 787.002 "
acres, from which $2,719,3S4 was real-
iaed. Daring tbe correspond ins mnntha
of 1902 there were 23,015 sales, of 1,.
oJ,t5l3 acres, from which was realized
$4,747,563. .........
Inasmnch sa tliese sales were princi
pally under the timber and stone act,
there seems to be fnsti Scat inn i
president's course in extendi tha tn,l
est reservation system before the tim
ber lands are all taken nn. lTl,a
r - lo
ol the past Quarters exceed thnfaa nf.n.
corresponding period in the past hie-
iv w we government;
CUBANS GROW SUSPICIOUS.
Bungling of Treaty Creates Fear of Fur.
tner Amendment.
Havana, March 27. Although there
is much complaint here on the part of
the Cubans that the United States did
not give the reciprocity treaty a fni
deal, the publication of the text of the
amendments haa shown them tbat the
treaty has not been materially damaged
from a Cuban standpoint, except
inrouga the delay and uncertainty en.
tailed by the action at Washington.
The present feeling of suspicion ia
due principally to thA 1
- -wa, v mac UI
ncea thi the ire&tv runnnf K la.
ed in the United SUtee bouse of repre-
wnunives and tbat President Roosevelt
will call a special Session rTnr tn ) m.
regular meeting of congress.
The presidents of all
and- commercial associations today re
ceived a list of ina uiries from tha ann
ate committee cn foreign relatione
jrg.u 10 me enects 01 the amend
ments. It is reo. nested thnt ti.a
senlations be sent in tomorrow. The
report on tbe treaty will be completed
today.
BIO SMELTER BURNED.
Company Whose Employes are Striking
aimers Heavy Loas.
Canyon City, Colo.. March 27. At
midnight the main portien cf th
smelting works of the United' States
Reduction and Refining comnanv at
this place was destroyed by fire, the
ioes being $200,000. Immense new
buildings, 200 by 80 feet in area. wr
destroyed. The company owning tha
plant is the same which owns the
Standard gold mill at Colorado City,
whose enlploves axe on at rib a . Th .
.uU UID
broke out in the refinery from an uh-
known cause, and WAR rfiruvivarat Km
the watchman, but .could not be sub
dued, and BOOn tha rar-antlv
additions, which hav Un ;n
of erection for the past year, were a
mass of flames. The plant is not a '
total loss, ac its entira valnawo. txnn . "
nrtrt 1 . - . . HU ,wW(-
000, but it cannot be learned that there '
was any insurance. One hundred and
fifty men are made idle. . . .
Salvador Most Pay Up.
Washington. March 27 n
department has taken measures to col
lect the award assessed against the gov
ernment of San Salvador by the arbi
tration in the case of an American nr.
poration-amounting to $534,000. The
secretary has accorded the Salvadoreans
a full opportunity to nraRnt kuua,..
why the judgment should not be paid..
uu wwr pauentiy considering theee
representations the department has juat
informed the Salvadorean
that it cannot reopen the case without
suowing gross disrespect for the arbi
trators, and that it sees no Teasnn h
the money should not be paid. ;
Up Capitol SUpa In Automobile.,
Washington. March 27. Th- mon -
in an automobile attemnted
th steps of tbe east front of th
today. They reached the second land
ing, 16 steps from the Btreet, when the .
chain of the vehicle broke, and it ran "
oaexward without accident. The man
who acted as chaffeur gave the
J. D. Hurlbut. and said he waa frmri '
Detroit, JUich. , Hia comnanions dM
not give ineir names, but one of them
said he was a police commissioner of
Hartford, Conn. The chaffeur was ar
rested, but later released on bail.
Fire In South Dakota Mine.
Leads, S. D., March 27. The Bing
ham hoist of the Hisrcen Fm-tnna min.
ing company was destroyed by fire ear
ly today. The loss is 150.000. narti.
insured. Four miners were at work at
the bottom of the scaffold and
slightly injured. They escaped by
Imost a miracle. The mine is tim
bered with heavy timbers and is still
burning. The fire haa raachivt n .
distance of 75 feet below the surface.
The fire started in a drying room.
Heavv Loss hv F)m. '
Rochester, N. Y., March 27. Fire
of unknown origin which broke out in
the Hayden building tonight complete
ry gutted that structure -and eaue4
heavy damage to the adjoining build
ings; The total loss is estimated at
$258,000. The building was seven
stories high in one part and five in oth
ers. The flames started on the fifth
floor, and rapidly ate their way through
the structure, the greater portions of
the three walls falling before it was
under control. No one "was hurt, 1