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VOL. XIII.
CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OUEGON, THURSDAY, APIUL 1G, 1903.
NO. G,
white Hand
I A Tala of tha Early Settlers!
ct Louisiana.
DY AUSTIN C. DUROICK
.. CUAPTBtt. XV1- tf-iMtH4. "
And so, fur tie while, that darket sf
Diction ws forgotten; but after Mm on
wound had been properly dressed, It came
back main, aud t tier duel became only
passing (loud that was aoon lout lu I be
deeper cause of grief. The excitement
waa gone, and the aoul remembered now
to wrap over the lose of Ita loved ones.
For several daya HI 111 on libols remain
td lo bla chamber, not allowing himself
at all, aave to IVtcr. who waited upon
'hltn; and when ba became able to go out,
bt aeemed to taka espuclal pain out to
In seen by th unrtt and hla guest. Aa
liilKht be expected ha cherished a bitter
hatred towarda Gonpart, but yet ho bad
a deep ponaolallou In the remembrance of
the heart blow h had Inflated upou tha
youth. II knew Goupart's aeusltlv tin
ture, and ha knew bow deep and n bill
ing were hla affections, and kuowin tbla.
be knew how keen muat be the anguish
of the dlaappolntad lover.
And during all thU tltna Gnupart ft.
Penis waa much alone, wandering about
In tha wooda. Of course ba bad tl n
up tba Ides of going for Loula. If aha
waa married to IxjImiIs, then the coiupan
lonahip ba would nece;irily hive wl h
ber under such lircumataucee could only
make blm mora miserable, and, perbapa,
add dw pang to her grief.
At tha end of eight daya Simon act out
on bla return to New Ortcana. Ha did
not eee St. Penle, for tha youth had pur
posely wltbdrawo himself,
"You will bring my child borne T' aald
tba old man, In a broken, forced tone.
"Of course I ahall, and 1 trust jou will
receive her kindly."
"Kindly? Alna, poor Uulse! She will
have need enough of kindness."
"What mean you now, air?" uttered
Simon, augrily.
"Nothing nothing." groaned the mar
tini, covering hU race with bla bandi.
"Only let tue a-e her on. mora, iou
will be kind to her. Kluionr
"Of rouraa I ahall bo. How could 1 ba
otherwise?"
Tba old man gsied np Into bla nephew's
face, but he made no reply; an I wh n. a
few momenta later, that nephew had tak
en hla departure, he bowed bla head and
. wtlMU .... , ,. .
CMAtTKlt XVII.
While the thlnga Jnat, narrated wera
tranaplring at thu thaieau, and at the dia
tant metropolis how fared White Hand
and bla duaky prlnreaa?
Gradually White Hand became uned to
tha primitive fanhioua of tha Nat, hit.
and though ha had many hour of aorrow
and grief, yet be ahowed only content
to tha warrior. Hut to bla wife be waa
not ao reacrred of hla true feeling. She
aympathlxed with him In hla endneaa, and
aha even went ao far a to axaure h in
that if the honorable .opportunity eer
offered itaclf for bla eacape to hia own
people, ahe ahould not oppoae hia wUlua.
Early one morning, tha Croat Huu r
ndved an Invitation to vialt tha v'Xv
ment of tha white men, and taking with
him ao eacort of his t runty warrior, ha
act out. It waa paat noon when he re
turned, and hi brow wna clouded, an I
bl atout frame nhaken by a powirful
emotion. Ill flrat movement wn to nd
for White Hand. The youth went, and
found tha Great Bun alone with Stung
Berpent.
"White Hand," ho anld. over omlng all
outward aign of hia deep emotion, "you
mtiHt fat and pray. The hour i dark,
and evil come upon ua. The white man a
heart la hard, an I hia aoul 1 buae. You
remember your pledge. Will you pr.iyV '
"I will." anawred White Hand. An!
he waa then dlmulfoted.
Aa aoon aa the youth waa gone, the
Great Run atarted up from hi avat and
leaped down. Ilia brow grew durk agaiu,
and hi handa were clenched.
"Stung Serpent," he anld, "go and aum
nion your council at on. e. Summon only
the wise men and the tried warrior, for
we want no women nor children now. Hid
them attend mo here."
Stung Serpent naked no quctlon, but
with quick movement, ho called up the
men who were fit for deep counsel, and
. aoon they were oil collected In the plme
of council. They knew that eomothlng
Important had happened, for never were
they tuua called together aave on occn-
alon of emergency.
"Warriora of the Natchez, listen!" com
ntenced the Great Sun, apeaklng calmly
. and slowly, but with fearful' emphasia.
"You know how the white men have
abused ua how they have trampled upon
ua, and how they have proved recreant
to every trust we have repoaed in them.
But you do not yet know the most wick
ed thing of all. The white chief has de
manded the beautiful village of the
White Apple! Ay he saya the great
chief in the big village away towarda the
aalt water haa demanded It. I told hliu
. he could not mean it, but he only laugh
ed at me. I told him we had lived here
in peace ever since we settled upon' the
bunks of the mighty river that our tem
ple was here, and that here, In the quiet
vale, we had laid away the bodies of our
departed friends. And even at this he
scoffed, and swore he would possess our
village."
Aa the Great Sun sat down, a low mur
mur ran around the room, and angry ges
tures marked the movements of the dark
warriora. Stung Serpent started to h's
feet, and In a moment all waa silent. The
towering chieftain gated around with a
flashing eye, and when he spoke hla voice
was like low thunder.
"Let the souls of the Natchex be firm
now, and let the hearts of her warriors
' be strong!" were his first words. "The
white man came to ua, and we gave him
a home. He aaked ua for land, and out
of our abundance we gnvo him much. He
asked us for friendship, and we gave him
our whole hearts. But how hna he repaid
us for all our kindness? Where now Is
our peace? The white man calls the
Indian a secret foe. Why U it so? Be
cause the pale faces are not to be trust-
ed; because they speak fair when they
cheat us. Look around; look to your
homes, to your sacred temple, and to tho
graves of your ancestors. Will you give
all up? I can read your answers iu your
looks as well aa In your word. Once
mora, and I am done. Let the white nu n
be esterinlnated! It them be awept from
our land at one and forever!"
On the next day mcssi ngera cam
from Cbopart, the commander of tha
French fort, to learn what tha Natrbii
bad agreed upon. They were Informed
that tbey had not yt been able to agree
upon a place to which lo move, and tbe
Greet bud akd two month In which lo
prepare, promising, meantime, to pay
new tribute of corn to tbe French. Tbla
meuage waa conveyed to Chopart, and
he agreed to the trrtna, fondly believing
that In another Hiring hi peo;tle ahould
ahare tbe rich land apolla U ihl fairest
N etches village.
And now the work went on alowly but
aurely. Word waa ant to every tribe,
and all were solemnly pledged. Tbe day
wa Hied upon which the fatal blow waa
to be struck; and that there should be
no mistake, a bundle of atlrka waa pre
pared for each village, torreaponding In
number to the daya that must elapse be
fore the death stroke. Th ae bund ea
were placed in their respective temple,
and each day the chief waa to go lu ani
take one atlck away. And whin they
were all gone on the day that aaw the
last stick removed the avenger were to
strike.
From tbe shore of tbe Mexican gulf
to the Yaxoo, and from tbe watera of the
TumlMH'bee to tbe Hahlue, every warrior
wa armed for the occailon, and eagerly
waiting the coming of tbe (atal moment.
Tbe whltca were watched at every atp,
and each red man bad bl victim marked.
Slowly, one by one, aa each eucceeJlug
aim rolled over, thoie fatal atlcka were
removed, and Chopart only waited pa
tiently for hla rich prize.
One of the wive of the Great Sun waa
called "Brae Pique." or Pricked Arm,
from the many atraugedevlcea which ahe
bad marked upon her arm. Pricked
Arm loved the French, and abe failed not
to serve them on every occaetoo when
she could. She saw these secret me t
Ings of the-warriors, and her auapl ton
w ere "aroused. She knew of the demand
that had been made for the village of the
White Apple, and ahe knew that these
meeting, of the council were touching
that matter. She noticed the fierce loo' a
of the men, tin ir angry gesture, an I
their vengeful glance towarda the
French fort, and she feared that aome
catnmlty waa to befall her white frl n 'a.
Pricked Arm made up her nilud to aave
the French if poatlhle. not only , at
Nntehes, but at all other point; and to
thl end ahe mut not only put Chopart
on hi guard, but she must cause the
Nat hex to give a premature alarm, an I
thua the white In other aoctlon would
take warning, for ahe dared not attempt
to convey Intelligence to other atatltna
for fear of being detected by b r on
people. Her first movement waa to make
hr way Jo the templu, hat ah uuU mt,
gain access there, no woman ever being
allowed within the aacred building. Two
night In aucceiaion aha akul el a bo it
the place, but the warriora within, who
watched the holy fire, were too vl.-fan
for her. In this extremity she thought of
hlte Hand, and late one night ahe went
to him and called hltn out.
"White Hand." she aald, wh n they bad
reached ,the very tree under which the
Great Sun hnd once before spoken with
the youth, "have you the courage of
warrior?"
"I have the courage of a man," he re-
piled. In astonishment.
"Then can you keep an oath?"
"If It mny be kept with honor."
"The oath which I require may. but I
will not ask It of you. for your own safety
will bold you. Know, then, that there
Is a plot on foot for the massacre for
the entire extermination of every white
innn. woman and child In the country
And tnnrk me thla plot la deep an I well
founded, and It moves on to Ita consum
mation aa aurely aa the now absent aim
moves on towards the morning."
"All every one?" uttered White Hand
in alarm.
"Yes. Every tribe baa the signal, and
the one fatal day la aet. It Is to be on
the day when our people pay their tribute
of corn. ,Lvery white man is marked.
and, unless something be done to thwart
the red menrthe terrible blow must fall."
Louis clasped his hands, for h'.a
thoughts were of hla father and of his
eister and of bla friend St. Denla.
"Can there 'be no atop to thla?" he
asked.
"Yes If you have courage."
"Then put me to It."
"Listen. I can warn the peop'e at
Natchez, but that will not save the oth
era. In the temple there la a bundle of
cypress sticks. They are hung by two
thonga of bearskin back of the altar. In
that bundle there are aa many sticks as
there are daya between now and the fatal
blov;-eould .we remove seven of jhose
sticks, the Natchex would make a prema
ture attack. The people at the fort would
be prepared. In other places down the
river, aud on the great aalt lake, the red
men will mistrust nothing, and while they
wait eagerly for the passing of the next
seven daya, the alarm can be spread. Do
you understand?"
"Perfectly," returned White Hand
"And will you do It?"
"I will try, even to the death."
"Good.- But let It be aoon."
By different paths the two returned to
the village, Pricked Arm retiring to her
own dwelling, while the youth spout some
time In walking thoughtfully about the
great square. When he at length entered
hla own dwelling he found bis wife
asleep, but he did not join hen He spout
some time In walking up and down the
place, and hit face betrayed the deep an,
lety that moved within hltn. He had
marked the atern, angry looks of the
atout warriors, and he had noticed their
frequent councils, but he did not dream
that such a dreadful plan had occupied
their thoughta. He fancied they were,
at moat, only planning some means for
self-defense. But now the truth waa ap
parent. Ills father waa In danger all
hia countrymen were In danger. Thua h )
was walking up and down the apartment,
when his wife awoke and looked for him.
"White Hand," she said, alttlng un in
the bed, "why walk you thua when the
night la waning?"
I waa thinking of my home, Coqual'a."
The princess arose and approached her
husband.
"And thou art sad," ahe murmured.
looking up Into his face.
"Yes, Coqualla very aad. I would so
into the temple and pray."
Then why go you not In?"
Because I cannot gain admittance
there. I am not a warrior, and none but
warriora are admitted there." i
"But thou art by marriage a Little
Sun of the Natchex, and as auxth, thou
rant detnani anmiion there, and n "O
ahall dare refuaa thee. Take tiiy offer
liU of walnut wood and go. Hay to the
guardian there, 'I come a a Hun of th
Natt hes, and I would pray to the On at
Spirit. Accept my ofr rn, and op a
to uie the way.' Tbey wi;i not dare re
fit then."
A Coqualla apoke ahe wrnt to the tlre-
1 place, and from the wood there piled up
ahe selected ten stick of walnut, fr ra
which she removed the bark. It was a
religious law, given by the fir.) Great
Sun, that only walnut woVl should l
ued for the sacred Bra of tbe tern, le. aud
that tbe bark must tie careful'y removed
before It waa carried In. White Huod
took the wood in hia arm an I went to tbe
temple, and when be reached the door, he
demanded admission as a LitiU Hun of
the Natchex, aud after some question
he waa admitted. He carried hi oHe in
to tbe altar, and one of tbe priest plao
ed some of it upon tbe 6 re.
After White Hand bad deposited hla
offering, bla next movement waa to atep
towards tbe bark part of tbe temple an I
kneel down. The warrior-priest wboe
turn It waa now to watch, stool an I
gaxed upon tho youth for awhile, and
then turned hia attention to bla Are. Still
kneeling. White Hand looked about him.
and close to him. against the wall, be
saw the bundle of cypres atlcka. Seven
of the wati hers slept, and ouly one wa
awake. Slowly tbe youth worked hia
way to tbe wall, atlll on bla knece. The
atlck bung loosely In the thong; Le
could reach tbem where he wa. He t-at
bis eyea towarda the watcher, and that
individual waa puking np the Ore. Quick,
ly the youth raised hia band and counted
out aeven atlcka. Ilia heart beat qul.k,
but be thought of hi father, and ha
nervea were airon;. SlUntly be witad.ew
tbe fatal time-teilcrs, and hid tbem be
hind him. Tbe watcher atlll worked up
on the fire. With a quick movement.
White Hun J p'aced the enda of tbe a i k
In hi bosom, and forced them down with
in the clothing nntil they lay along hia
able, reachiug from the arm-pit to the
knee. Then he arose, and having wall e I
about a few momenta with as carelesa an
air aa be could assume, be left tbe tem
ple. After breakfast the next morning
Stung Serpent came lu. aa wa bia wout.
He lighted bi pipe, and after smoking
for ome time -in silence, be looked up.
Hi brow waa clouded, aud hia couute
nan "e wore a aad, moody expression.
"White Hand." he aid, "are tbe
French a very -f orbearlug people in their
own country?"
Tbe youth Imagined be aaw. the oid
chief drift, and after a moment'
thought, he replied:
"Not under wrong, my father."
"I thought not. But auppoae another
people should come upon their soil, aeir.e
the homea of their aubjecta. ateal their
cattle, rob them of their righta and dea-
ecrate their tern pica r
"Then the French would drive them
off," answered the youth, quickly
"And they would drive them off. with
the sword an J gun, eh?"
"Yea."
"And put all to death they could tin I?"
"No. my father ouly such aa held out
In resistance."
"But have not the . French put w hole
great village to the aword, aa they call
it, and murdered all?
With a shudder, the youth anewered In
the affirmative. Stung Serpent g.ia
sharply into htle Hand'a face, but he
could see no mark of suspicion there. He
smoked away awhile longer In alienee,
and then be arose and left.
hat doea he mean?" aaked Coqualla
after her father bad gone,.
1 do not know, unless he degltes to
know how much consistency my p. ople
nave," returned white Hand.
"I fear our warriora meditate some re
venge upon the whites. But you need
not fear, dearest one, for no harm shall
come to you.
Aa the bright-eyed princesa thus spoke,
she threw her arms about her husband s
neck, lie kissed her, but he dared not
whisper the terrible thing he knew not
but that he would trust her, but he had
sworn that he would not.
(To be continued.!
How to Tell the Time,
People who like to bother over iuo
gllng tetters and figures will find some
thing for the exercise of their Ingenui
ty In three conundrums resurrected by
the Cleveland Leader. One of them, at
Iwist, Is ao old that It may fairly be
considered now.
If a father gave nineteen cents to one
of his sons and six ceuts to the other,
wnat time would It be?
Why, a quarter to two, of course.
ir a postmaster went to a menagerie
and waa eaten by one of the wild
beasts, what would be the hour?
Nothing could be easier. Bight P. M
V - . . .
u a kubi ni a restaurant ordered a
lobster aud ate It, and another guest did
the same, what would be the second
guest's telephone number?
Absurdly simple. 8-1-2.
Her Pinters Came in Too Late.
Oliver Wendell Holmes enjoyed noth
ing so much as a clever retort, even if
it happened to be at his own expense.
One day, at m entertainment, he was
seated nenr the refreshment table, and
observed a little girl looking with long
ing eyes at the good things. With his
invariable fondness for children, he
said, kindly:
"Are you hungry, little girl?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply.
"Then why don't you take a sand
wich?"
"Because I haven't any fork?"
"Fingers were made before forks."
said the doctor, Buiiling.
The little girl looked up at him and
replied, to his delight
"Not my fingers."
Qualified.
"But, mamma," said the beautiful
South American heiress, "do you be
lieve I will have any trouble In being
received In society in the United
States?"
I don't see why," answered her
mother. "You have plenty. of money
and you con make the best of them
look like small chnuge when It comes
to being a daughter of the revolution."
Fnltowin th Knate,
Hamu.actorre Yes. I always take a
short walk after the show.
Mr. Knowsltt To the next town?
Baltimore American.
KVENTS0FT1IBDAYI
IATHERED from all parts op the j
TWO HDUSr-BERES.
.Vmprehenlve Review of th Import
ant Happening f the Pat Week,
Preant4 In Condensed Form, Moe
Likely to Prove Interesting t Oaf
Many Reader. '
Taro peeenjrr were injured erir.oa.
7 at I an. Creek, li b.. when a
Grand trunk gmaMied a trolley ear.
Philadelphia baa been offered the
entire a t collection tit P. A. B. WiJ.
euer, provided a suitable building is
erected for ita exhibition. .
A receiver has ben appointed at
Chclago to take charge of tba affairs
01 ine MiMi-eippi lie ii ve com.
paoy, whose factory is at Fulton, II .
Kob'jere wrecked tiia vault of the
bank of SinitbU n, Mi-.B0ini, with dy
namite. Tba no i m awoke. eitisn.
who drove the thieves away be lot e they
secured any booty.
Engineer Clark and Firan an Hicrloa
wr rerioaly injure.! in a colli -ion of
a Southern Pacific passenger and freight
train, at Lordabury, W, M. A switch
bad been left open.
Mandhlakie Dube. too of a Natal.
South Africa, Zulu chief, has been
called from bia studies in this country
to aum the chieftaincy. 11 u lath
er's health is failing.
Three salamanders taken frcai a well
108 feet deep at fan Marcos, Tex., were
rn exhibition id the New York aqua-
rium. Tbe well has thrown np several
fpecimens o( blind dob, bst none have
lived.
Israel Ieander, owner of the tenement
boute in Philadelphia in which thr.e
live were lost by fire, is charged with
criminal negligence in not providing
fire escapee. 1 lie coroner's jary hoi a
bi n responsible lor the tenants' deaths.
The appellant division of the su
preme court of New York has reversed
the decision o( the lower court giving
the heirs of E. I. iiinsadle $I0,0i0 for
hia desth In the Park aveno tunnel
disaster. The award is declared to be
excessive. "
Indiana may collect a tribal fee from
outsiders giasing cattle on Indian Ter
ritorylanda. V":-.---- - :"
The Republicans of (lie First Oregon
district on the. S-itn ballot nominated
Biager Hermann lor congress.
Re. Guetave Gothiel. of New Vork.
is lying at death'a door with brain
fever. He is nearly 76 yean old.
The United States biscuit company,
with an anthorixed capital strck of 4,
nOO.000, has incorporated at Trenton,
N.J.
J'hn Hays Hammmd, the noted
mining engineer, is friing to Mexico
city to manage the mining interests of
the Guggenheim.
The Seventh national bank of New
York, is to be sold to the Mercantile
nationial, of that city, for $2,700,600
It is 70 years old.
A trolley car was struck br a Grand
Trunk train at Battle Creek, Mich., and
smashed into kindling wood. Two pas
sengers were seriously injured.
Exejutors of the estate of Samuel J.
Tliden have presented the New York
public library wi;h a collection ol
books, pamphlets, pipers and docu
ments. The new Chinese minister at Wash
ington says: "The first part of my
name, which corresponds to your John.
s spelled Chentung all one word,
Chentung. The middle part is my
family name, Liang pronounced as if
it wee spelled Leeang. The latter
part is plain Cheng. My name, there
fore, is Chentung Liang Cheng "
The canal tiommlseion
is preparing
for work at Panama.
Rear admiral George E. Belknso.
retired, veteran of the Civil and Chi
nese wars, is dead.
Jersey City, under the statutes of
New Jersey, has placed- a ban oa alt
plays of a Tracy nature. ,
A measure is now before the New
York legislature appropriating $350.-
000 for the St. Louis fair.
President Roosevelt was escorted to
the Yellowstone park irom Gardiner.
Mont., by the famous Bay trooo of
cavalry.
Cold weather has ruined the oeach
and strawberry crops ef the east and
west shores of Maryland.
Recent statistics show that that the
rate of deaths fromv cancer in Great
Britain has doubled in the last 40
years.
Representative John H. Ketcham. of
New York, who has been ill in Wash
ington, has returned home convales
cent.
Mia Edna Tel fener, niece of Mrs.
Jone W Mackav is reported to be en-
gaged to Signor Gino de
Martino, of
Naples. )
The cottage at Tabor, Ia., where John
Brown lived for several years, and
where he drilled his followers, has been
destroyed by fire.
A large area of coal and netrolenm
land has been located in tha Mnnthaaat
Kootenay district of British Columbia
mostly by Americans. ;
.
Ex-President Cleveland has asked
William Pickens, the Negro who won
tha Ten Eck prixe for oratory at Yale, on the railroads during strikes and ad
to Bend him a copy of the oration. jourued sine die.
"" 0N E ,0WA-
Shell Bursts Big (iun and Kills Three Men
-All Horribly Mangled.
Pensacola, Fla., April 11. A H aa
trous explosion occurred 00 t-e Lrt!e
shlo Iowa today while tbe vets d was at
target practi. e in tl.e Golf. The for
ward port 12-inch gun burst from a pre
mature eaplceioii of a shell, IS f etf
the outside tnrrol b in demolished.
Three men aere killed and five iij ireii,
I two aerioue,)-.
"lb a'n kilbnl sod Injuted -r (B
the te vud or gua V k i u a Tun
piece of tbe exploded un, e b weigL
ling ov-r a t n, pa-J downward
thnngb the spar deck, foiling opou the
men at meae, im-untly killing three of
them. Ail of the ana were horribly
iimti aleJ. The heavy niisila. after
l-a-.uig Uiro'igri the gun deck, contin -
ned down to the thiru deck, where they
ome in contnet lib the armored deck,
tne heavy eteel bringing them to a atop.
thua saving the engineers and firemen
who were at work below. Altbousb the
npper decks were covered with men,
ni ne were eriously injured.
Tbe explosion occurred jnat as the
mess had been sounded. The firing
wss to have ceased alter the snot for
tbe dinner hour. The range had been
set, ami tbe Iowa was steaming along
at the speed of 12 knota an hour when ecapes returned.' Twenty were dia
the officer in 1 harga gave orders to load , charged, 13 died and one eloped, leav
and fire. The time fuse waa set, tbe inK 1,-97 at the end of the month
piece charged, the breech closed and There are 167 officeis and emoloves.
the word given to fire. Following the
report of tbe gun there was a smothered
noise as the shell exploded midway in
the gun and pieces of the bureted gun
and shell were scattered broadcast.
Three great holes were torn through tile,
deck.
Tbe Ms'sachusetts, six miles distant,
was signaled for aid, and one of the
cutters put off with a euiveon and
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sistant surgeon. The injured men were " eM nai ben looking over the cot otry
taken to tbe hospital and their injuries 00 ""W Whitney for the pxst week,
dressed, lbe dead were brought to- an President Ecclee has been eoneult
Penaacola. . jingaith his lieu'enants for several
Some claim tbe explosion was canted . '7". While all if the officials 'are
by a detective shell, and others tb nk
that the frequent firing of tbe piece at
Colebra during tl.e winter, added to
tbe work done here during the past ten
days, so strained the piece that the
force of 1 ie charge burst the gun.
CANADA STUDIES RECORDS.
Parparing Alaska Boundary Case Amer
ica Depend Qramsssr.
K e w T bt ft ,"A pr il Ti .-The" American
embasy is clo-ly wat hing the Alas
kan boundary dispu e, cables the Ln
don representative of the Tribune, but
ia n t taking an active part in ti.e pre
paration of the care. It does not have
access to the archives of the f reign
office, and cannot cjmpete wi'h the
Canadian commivaion in making the
exhaustive atudy of the documentary
evidence relating to the -treaty of
1825.
The new counsel appe inted for the
United States are expected to work
up the case at Washington, and depend
mainly upon the literal interpretation
of the text of the treaty and espenally
upon the words "windings or sinuosi
ties of the coast" in determining tbe
method of measuring ' ten marine
eagnes. Minister Sifton and hia Cana
dian associates are working quietly.
but with the hearty co-operation of the
Britiah foreign office.
CREVASSE OPEN AQAIN.
Flood at Hymella Bursta Its Bounds and
Work Is Abandoned.
New Orleans, April 11. Hope of
closing the Uymelia crevasse was prac
tically abandoned today. All day a
terriffic current swept aroand the brok
en ends of the cribbing and through tbe
great 700-foot gap in the levee, under
mining the light piling which it had
taken 13 days and nights to build.
A delegation from tbe crevasse com
mission came to the city early today
and made a purchase o! piling, which
will be sent forward tomorrow., it Is'
considered, nowever, : that not one
chance in a thousand to close the cre
vasse remains. The levee board has
practically reached tbe end of ita re
sources, and planters are calling away
their hands in rrder to build protecting
levees about their places.
LIU's Mammoth Liaer.
New York, April 11. 1 arger than
any vessel ever bni;t in this country,
and only excelled in sixe of all the
wor d's fleet by the Celtic id Cedrri,
of the White Star line, the Minnesota
ill be launched in New London,
Conn., on April 16. Miss Hill,
daughter of J. J. Hill, ' president of the
the Great Ntr-hern steamship corn
puny, for whom the newthip was built,
will christen her. The Minnesota will
have features and conveniences to be
found on no other vessel until her sister
ship, now building, is launched.
Tornado In Kansas.
Kansas City, April 11. - A special lo
the Times from Joplin, Mo., says: It
is reported tonight that a tornado passed
over Southeastern Kansas at 4 o'clock
this afternoon, and Altamont, a small
town 60 miles weet of this city, suffered
much damage. A .telephone message
from Oswego, Kan , seven miles east of
U tlamont ,tated thBt tliere was
a se
vere storm in the vicinity of Altamont,
but nothing is known as to its full
extent.
Passed Anti-Strike BilL
The Hague, April 11. Tbe second
chamber of the Netherlands parliament
today adopted the anti-strike bill by 81
to 14. The Socialists and Liberal
Democrats voted with the ,minonty.
The punishment clause of tbe bill was
aoopten, ts 10 10. ine cnamoer atso
authorized the formation of the pro-
noed military railroad brigade to work
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
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EtSTEKft OttEOON STATION. j RAILROAD HAS LOST.
Agrlreltural College Regents Order Ex
tensive Imprevceaeats at In ion.
The board of regents of tbe as-rlml.
tn'al collee, nmler wboee supervision
jtbe Eastern Oregon experimt-nt aUtinn
st Cnioa i con !u Uid, La decided to
ett barn 00 tbe (arm to coat about
,Uo", to be coiiirt rot ted of atone and
"J of the latest approved deign
' A modern cottage sr.d other buildings
" b baift near the barn . for the oe
' b pe.p.'e in rhsrxe of this brand
of experim- nUl work. These buib!
1 '"a" erwfd to enable the station
; " properly to carry on the w..rk o
experimenting In thoroughbred live-
1 '. which- the regents have decided
to add to the work here.
Insane Asylum Report.
Tbe report of Superintendent J. F.
CaJ breath, of the Oregon insane ary
lain, for March shows a total enroll
ment of 1.297. Tb- number of pa
tients February 2i wss 1.288. snd dor-
"8 March 31 were admitted and two
The cot of maintenance per capita waa
and per day 32 cents. Tb re
Alaskan patients in hare, for
. which tbe state gets $20 a month each.
Will Extend Rariread.
The Sumpter Valley railroad people
are quietly preparing to make a move
of some kind in tbe way cf extending
tne road tbia spring. Chief Engineer
bsolotely noncommittal, everything in-
dicates that the rca i is to be extended
this season into Harney county, possi
bly as far as Burns.
Josephine Fruit Prospects are Oood."
Josephine county orcbardiMa have
been bnsy for tbe past three weeks and
more spraying their trees. Orehardiets
there are taking a much livlier inter
eat in thia work t' an eer before.
Many orchard that have nevr been
.
pprsyea on tore nave ten cleai.et op
thia spring ai.d given a literal sprav ol
Iin.e solution. Takea as a whole the
orchards of Josephine coonty look far
better thia season than they have ever
before been known, and indications
point to a good crop of fruit.
Timber Land In Wallowa.
Tbe secretary of tbe interior has an
nennced through the La Grande land
office that two more town ships of timber
land in Wallowa county will be open
for filing April 1, and three more addi
tional townships will be open April ;5.
tnus making a total of 720 c aims of
160 acres each, or 115,200 acres of new
timber land on the market. This land
i estimated by local parties to run
from 1,500,000 to 3,000,000, feet to t! e
quarter tection.
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Clerk ef State Land Board. '
M. L. Chamberlain, clerk -of the
state land board, is ill witb dropsv,
and his physicians sy be cannot te
cover. George G. Brown h.a been
eleced by tho state land board to fill
the vacancy caured by hia illness and
absence from office. Mr. Chamber
Iain has been ill re vera 1 weeks but his
recovery wss net deepaired of until a
few days ajo.
Prices of Salmon Fixed.
The Co'urnhia river fishermen's pro
tective nnion held a meeting at Astoria
and fixed the prices of fith for the
coming season at 5 cents per pound for
cannery fish and 6 cents per pound for
cold storage fish ; that is tho-e weigh
ing V5 pounds or over. As those are
the prices already practically agreed
npon by the packers, no controversy is
anticipated.
Quartz Property Changes Hands.
Negotiations have been closed where
by the Red Bean quartz property, locat
ed on Starveout creek, was taken over
by a Chicago capitalist, for a $12,000
consideration, with a large payment
down. The mine was bought of Rigg,
Flamm A Evans, of this city. Riggs is
a locomotive engineer. Flamm and
Evans are pocket hunters.
Beting for Oil at Myrtle Creek.
Borings are to be resumed at the oi!
well at Myrtle Creek. The well is now
at a depth of 1,800 f et and the drill
has been Mopped on account of lack o'
funds. Now that a sufficient amount
ef stock has been sold to resume opera
tions work will commence at once.
Appointment by Chamberlain.
Governor Chamberlain has appoint
ed T. B. Howes, of Portalnd, to sncei
Captain Hoben a Port warden on the
Columbia. The position pays no sal
ary, the incumbent receiving his com
pagination in commissions.
Observation of Arbor Day.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. H. Ackerman hasissued a suggestive
manual for the use of public schools in
preparing for Arbor day, which will
be April 10.
12 pages.
The pamphlet comprises
Attendants Want More Pay.
The male attendants at the Oregon
state insane asvlum have petitioned
tbe board of trustees of that institn
tion for a raise in salaries of about 6
per cent.
Jackson County Pays Up.
Jackson county has paid its state
taxes for 1903 in full by remitting
$23,861. - .
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Patants te Disputed Oregon Lands Set
Aside by Supreme Court.
Tbe supreme court baa affirmed tbe
deciaion of the circuit eourt of eptla
for the Ninth circuit, which ihriii4
tbe jadgmt-ai of District Judge. Charts
B. keiiinger, setting aside the patent
iseoed by tbe secretary ol the inu-rior
to tbe Oregon & California railroad
company on February 20, 18!1J, cover
ing a large area of land wiibin the in
demnity limits of its grant, and in
effect opboJdin the title of nottUrs
now npon these lai.ds or establis' 1 ig
thai rights of setter to beieafter ac
quire title to tie same.
All of the lauds affected br this de
cision are more than 20 and within SO
miles west ol the railroal. between
Jefferson, in Mari on cinntv. 11J knim.
borg, in Dongiaa county.
Outlaw Mined It. " -.
It has been foond that the original
miner and man who duo- tbe mtc
ious tunnelr ot a "loet name" rexvntle
discovered on Grsve creek. Southern
Oregon, was Tom East, in whose honor
1 om ta-t creek, one of the tributaries
of Grave creek, was namei. He waa a
notorious character dnrinsr the erl
days, and gained a bad reputation on
actoant of the naniber of Indians and
I binamen he killed. It is evident the
toonels an 1 development of the mine
were cornea led purposely by Fast, and
tbe mysterious part of the affair is bow
be could have removed so much dirt
and di ne so great an amount of work
without being dia overei.
More Land to Be Opened.
It is announced through the La
Grande land ottloa that 60.000 acres of
land in the northeastern part of Bk, r
county will b thrown pea to settle
ment within a few weeks. The land
lira atong Hnak river and comprieos
portions of three, township. The
country is generally rongh and moun
tainous, but there is a godly tortion
of rich land, suitable for fruit cn tore
and general farming purposes. There
ia plenty of water, with splendid oppor-
tuuiuea ior tne xonstrn. tioo of irrigat
ing canals at medium cost-.
Electric Sawmill.
The electric sawmill under construc
tion at r-t. John's, a suburb of Port
land, will begin operation abont the
fintt ol next month. George W.
Brower is tha inventor. It is a novel
plant. It will repreie tun outlay of
about $50,000, land will have a cut
ting capacity of from 75,000 to 100,000
leet of lumber pr dav. The motive
power will be supplied by electricity,
and ibe saws will be op. rated in such
a way that the largest I gs iaa be sawed
directly into Jum Bar. .
Indian War Vets Must Watt.
Adjutant General C. U. Gai ttnbein.
t.regon National Guard, is in receiDt
of a letter from F. E. Rittman. anditor
of the war department at Washington,
In which he states that it is impossible
at the present t me for him to fend
data which General Gsnfenbein needs
before paying the Indian war veterans
of Oregon for the:r services, in coii rili-
ance with the act of February 24, lt3.
it win evident y be two months before
this money can be paid.
Large Door Factory at St Helens.
Rainier will probably soon have the
largest exclusive door factory in opera
tion in the Northwest. A few months
ago W. D. Pine's door, factory was
burned down at that place, and is now
being rebuilt in a new location on a
much larger scale. ' ,
Flab Warden Reports.
The monthly report of Fish Warden
Van Dutn hows tbe receipts of his
office for March to have been $liriC.10,
of which $112 60 was from fines and
sales of contraband salmon, and the
balance from ticen-ee.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla W'alia, 70.:; blue
tern, 7c; valley, 6e.
Barley Feed, tU.fSO per ton; brew
ing, $23
Floor Beet gra in. $3.P5 44.25 . grab
am. $3.453 86.
Millstuffa Bran, $19 per ton;
middlings, $ 34; shorts, $19.6020,
chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 while, $1.15 1.20;
gray. $1.121.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $13413.50; clover.
$1011; cheat, $11612 per ton.
Potatoes Best Bnrbanks, 60e per
sack; ordinary, 2540c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2
2.25 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1213c;
young, 1814c; hens, 12e; turkeys,
live, l17c; dressed, 2ti2e; ducks,
$77.68per dozen; geese, $638.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 18K
'17c; Young America, 17 18c:
factory prices, lljc lees.
Batter Fancy ereamerv. Sfifaoai
per pound; extras, 80c; dairy, 20
Ke; store, 16 18c
Eggs 1617He per dozen.
Hope Choice, g 22c per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12)Q16e; Eastern
Oregon, 814e; mohair. 82a33c.
Beef Gross, cows, 3Se per
pound; steers, 44c; dressed, 7Jc.
Veal 7K8Jio.
Mutton Gross, 4o per pound ;
dressed, 7Kc
Lambs Gross, 4o per pound;
dressed, 7c
Hogs Gross, 6 per poucd;
dressed,77Ke
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