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Occnn steamers between Portland and San Francisco every live days. LOW RATES! Tickets to and from all parts f the United States, Canada and Europe. Far particulars call on or address P. TIERNEY, Agent Arlington, Oregon 0. R. & N. TIME TABLE ' EAST BOUND , No. 2 Chicago Special. ....... 2 :32 P M No. 4 Spokane Flyer...; 11 :00 P M No. 0 Mall & Hxpresa. . . . . . .' . 1 :30 A M WESTBOUND ' No. 1 Portland Special. 11:15 A M No. 3 Portland Flyer.. 2:18 A M No. 6 Mail & Express 6:00 A M D. TIERNEY, Agont, Arlington, Or. f)NLY MRS. CHAPTER II.-(Cootlno(Ml.) "Wry well, Ihen. I went over to lunch with (anthill, you kuow, and after luiiili we had a game of billiard,. and thou went lata the stables to look at the boraes. And mw-h horses, toot Well, at i it wt had loft the stable and chatted a hit, ho ordered th chestnut round, and we at hi ti'il to come over here. How tho horse did fret, and prance, and rear! Hut he took It aa coolly an posnibie, and aiMiihcd anil qult'ted them, until tlicy w?ut olt like Innilr. They continued very quid for about a mile, when we came to a irnto where a irl wa almidintf, and thou they ahled and reared attain, until I thought they would have tiinet n In tho ditch. Hut II nullum wai not a hit diacoiu-erttHl; he held the relui with one hand, and with the other took oft his hat to the girl aa If alio had been an emjireaa, Kho waa ao grarcful, and had m-u lovely cyrl I waa anxloua to know who the could be, and aaked him. Cueaa, Flo, who It waa." "How ahuiild I knowV" answered hit .Inter, pettlahly. "How provoking you aw!" "Well, then, It waa our couain, Mian Kyre; mil I can tell you he la nothing to l a!in tned of, either. 1 could ace h'w much he admired her, and was Jut eoliiu to tell him of our connection with her when tho eticatuuts holteil, and. by llit time he got them In baud again, it bad gone out of my mind. However, the iuforuiittion will keep till another time." . "Jteisluald," cried his alater, white to the lipa with rage, "you will not dare to tell him that low-born girl is related to us? you will not dare?" "Itegiunld knows better than to do any thing ao fooliah," interrupted Mrs. Cham pion. "Kut in cane you ahould be tempt ed to do ao," she added, turning to her an, "remember that not a tithe of that five hundred pound I pivimied you for your Inst seasou's debts shall pass mto your hands." "Oh! very well, that's enough," re sponded Kcgluuld, sulkily, "lint I can tell jou one thing, Flo I believe he's tre nieudoualy cut with that girl, and that he's gone off after her now." And having uttered this remark with the amiable lutentlon of annoying his sis ter, he proceeded to quit the room. "I think Itrgittald gets more uuliesra hi every, day." exclaimed Flora, 'eu- gci'y. ... , 'v;t;:;: y "Twenty-one Is not generally a very agreeable age In a young tnan," remarked her mother. And so the fates conspired to keep a secret from Krrol Hasting, which, as it turned out, was very Important he should know. He called at Hurst Manor the day af ter Itcglnald lunched with him, and ac cepted Mrs.-Champiou's invitation to stay and dine. "Mrs. Champion," he said, as they sat together in the drawing room, "I am go ing to box a favof of you aud Miss Cham pion." "1 am sure we shall be but too happy to grant it. If it Is in our power," she re turned, smiSiiig. "I think of giving a ball at the Court," Mr. Hasting continued, "and before 1 lstme my invitations I want to secure the promlne of your presence and co-operation." "A ball at the Court; that will he chnrndng!" exclaimed Miss Champion, with unusual animation. "Bachelors al ways give such charming parties; besides, which, it will gratify my long-felt dcslra to go over your house." , "If you really have any curiosity to see my domain, I trust you will not wait for the hull. Why not tide over this nfter noon before dinner? Your brother, I have no doubt, will accompany ua." Miss Champion looked at her mother in a dutiful Interrogative manner, and Mra. Champion replied Immediately: "Certainly, my love, If you persuade Reginald. You look a little pale a ride will do all the good In the world." Itegiunld being agreeable, the horses were ordered round, and Miss Champion left tho room to equip. "Apropos of the ball," said Errol, "I am expecting an Indus of visitors to the Court, and I ahall beg of your charity to come and help me to entertain them. Sir Clayton and Lady Grace Farquhar are coming for a fortnight, until their place at Eadon Vale la ready, and she has promised to play hostess for the oc casion. Lady St. Ego and her daughters will como up from Hertfordshire. Mr. and Mrs. Rivers, Lady Marlon Alton and her niece, and several bachelor friends, so I shall need some assistance in my novel part of host." "When la the ball to take place?" in quired Mrs. Champion. "I hardly think I am justified in digni fying my gathering by the name of a ball; but I mean to invite every one round for twelve miles; and as this Is such a very quiet time of the year, I do not ap prehend many disappointments. Indeed, I only Intend giving ten days' notice." "That will be quite enough," Mra Champion agreed; "no one thinks of giv ing parties In the country at this time of year, and a ball will be quite a boon to the young people. I prophesy your entertainment will lie a great success." "I hope so," said Mr. Hastings. "I as sure you I shall spare no pains to make everything go off well." Flora enmo in at this juncture, looking very handsome In her perfectly fitting habit, and they all walked out of the window to the horses, which were wait ing at the door. He placed her In the saddle, mounted himself, and bidding an revoir to Mrs. Champion, they started for their ride. Reginald usurped the greater part of the conversation on the way,, much to his sister's 1 annoyance, but she had no Intention of betraying any 111-humor be fore Mr. Hastings, When they arrived at Hazell Court they dismounted, sent the horses to the stables, and proceeded to explore the house. Miss Champion not aiUy expressed herself, but waa In real A FARMER'S DAUGHTER. JJy FORRESTER. ity, delighted with everything she saw. Flora was rather silent as she rode home. Wis was thinking bow pleasant It would be to be the wife of a man like Krrol Haatlnga, and the mlatres of a .Uc Ilka Hasell Court. Ha waa speak ing to her In low, earnest tones; and as he pained the Fsrm did not turn to look for Winifred. Aud Winifred, sitting under her favorite clump of beeches, book In band, looked with wistful eyes after them; and when ha had panned out of sight, without ooce turning to look for her, she hid her face In her banda and cried bitterly. CHAPTEU III. Poor Winifred! It was only the dsy before Hint Errol Hastings bad sst wth her under those very beeches, and talked to her In the low, fascinating tones pe culiar to him when addressing women. And she had fancied she read love in his deep blue eyes. They had met more than once since the adventure In the wood, aud be had alwaya stopped to speak to her. And the previous dsy, aa she had been sitting reading in the garden, aha had beard the prancing hoofs, and, look ing up, had seen him pull op his fiery chestnuts, which hsd frightened ber so an hour before In the lane, and, throwing the reins to the groom, jump down and enter the little Jtate. Winifred's heart ticat fast as she saw Mr. Hsstlngs coming np the garden to ward her. "I have come to call on Mr. Eyre la he at home?" Krrol asked. ' "No." replied Winifred; "he hss been out since two o'clock, and I do not ex pect hlin until the evening." "I am sorry," Errol had answered, look ing In her face, as be alwaya did now; "but if you will allow me to make his ahaence to-day an excuse for calling again, I shsll not regret it too much." "Can I say anything to him for yon?" asked Winifred. "I am afraid not," Mr. Hastings said, smiling: "it Is on a question of a now method of fanning, which I fear la too abstruse for me to discuss with you. But I am Interrupting your reading Is your book very engrossing?" And as he spoke he glanced at the cover of the book and observed with some surprise that It was an old French "Will yon let me scud you soiu books to resd?" Errol asked, gently. "I mske a point of collecting all the best works, both foreign aud English, and it would lie such a pleasure to me to think some one besides myself would take an in terest In reading them." "Oh, how kind you are!" exclaimed Winifred, eagerly, blushing with delight; "it would be such a treat to have some thing new tOTead." "What shall It lie?" asked Mr. Hast ings "history, novels, poetry, or theol ogy? When yon read Tennyson, look for my favorite poem, 'Oenone;' I am aure you will agree with me in admiring that. Do you sometimes'-Indulge in romance, Miss Eyre?" "Sometimes," laughed Winifred. "Do yon?" "Yes," said Errol. "I mnst plead gult ty, although I am long past the age when that youthful foible Is permissible. But when I am alone I like to sit and look at a beautiful landscape, until my very power of vision la absorbed in thought; and I like to go back centuries, and live In the past ages, that from their wide distance from us seem golden. ,Do you ever fancy you would like to have been one of the celebrities of the olden times? I should like to have been Alexander, and conquered the world; or a Iieonldas, dy ing gloriously In battle; an undaunted' hero, like Alcihiades; an emperor, like Caesar; a Mark Antouy, beloved by Cleopatra; or a Launcelot, if you might have been Guinevere." Ilia voice had dropped while he waa speaking, and as he uttered the last sen tence In a low, thrilling whisper, his eyes sought hers with a passionate ex pression of admiration. Winifred colored deeply, and the tone of her voice waa haughty as she made answer, looking far away into the' woods: "I would not have, been Guinevere to the noblest Launcelot who ever breathed. Had I been chosen by such a godlike knight as King Arthur, I think I could have appreciated him too well to requite hla love with falseness." "I beg your pardon, I ought to have remembered; but for the moment I did not think of her falseness, I only recol lected that she was beautiful and charm ing." Errol had never once taken his eyes off Winifred's face while he had been speak ing. And as he watched her, he thought that of all the women he had ever known, none had such a sweet grace of womanli ness as this one. He rose suddenly to flee the temptation. i "Pardon my Intrusion, Miss Eyre; I have detained you already too long." And Errol Hastings held out his hand to her. She put her own timidly into it, and he clasped . It for a moment .with a strong, passionate clasp, looking into her eyes the while with a look that brought the blood rushiug to her face. Ten he turned slowly, and went back to his phaeton, her eyes looking dreamily Into tho distance.. Her reverie, was di verted by aeelng a young farmer, Mr. Tom Fenner, sauntering leisurely dowu the road, hitting off the tops of the grass viciously with his stick. She had seen him pass before, when she was talking with Mr. Hastings, and his presence an noyed her. Ilecame deliberately in at the garden gate, and walked up to where she sat. "Good afternoon. Miss Eyre," he aaid, putting out his great coarse hand to her. "I suppose I may come in now you. are disengaged?" ' Winifred was compelled to give him her hand, sorely as it chafed her that his coarse, heavy touch should brush off the tender clasp of Mr. Hastings' lithe fin gers. . "Certainly yon may com in," she an swered, coldly; "you might have done ao when you pleased before. I was not par ticularly engaged. "Ob! you did see me, thi? I thought yon wera too much occuijJed with your fine new friend to look at me." Winifred wsa beginning to get angry; this msn had never presumed to use such a tone to her before. J "Do you wsnt to see a t father?" she asked abruptly. ' "No, I don't; I left b!a not an hour ago in the turnip field -1 want to sea you." . ' "Oh, very well." remand Winifred; "but please let me kuo jst once what you want of me, it Is tin to go In and te about the tea," "Ob, you weren't in su hurry just now, when you bad thsf puppy of a Hastings here," said Mr. fcV-nuer, wrath fully. ! Winifred rose like , a 1v Juuo, with snTh an imperial si suissed indigna tion that her conipauion'quaiVed. "Mr. Fenner," she said have you any Idea of what you are tslkinft shout?" "lAHtk here, Miss Winifred!" tittered Fenner, with great earnestness it's no use your pretending not to understsud me, because you can't have mistaken my meaning this last month. I've luvi.l you for this year back. And so to-day, in the turnip field, I spoke to Mr, Eyre, and he said be had no objection, provide you liked me, and I said I wasn't afraid of that, tor you bad always been so kind in your ways to me, which you woaldn't have been If you hadn't meant as I 4 id." "How dare you sly I know what you meant or gave you encouragement!" she exclaimed, passionately. - "Ik-cause you did!" he returned, with temper. "If you didn't mean anything by your smiles, and tricks, and ways, you must be as false ss fair. "Enough of this!" cried Winifred, imje riously, "understand, once for all, that I never had aud never shall have, the re motest feeling of love for yon; and if wish me to entertain the" alightest regard for you, you will never again adopt surb a tone to me aa you have done to-day." "So," he aaid, in an insolent tone, "you could be all very well to Tom Fenner, the farmer, until your fine new lover fame along; but you must turn high atfll mighty directly you've been seen with a London swell. But I can tell you oue thing. Miss Winifred," be sdded, with su in sulting air that was indescribable, "Hast ings of Hazel Court don't mute with farmers' daughters." "You insolent, mean-spirited cowsrd!" she cried, stumping her foot; "leave this place immediately, and never prtsume to enter it again!" and she turned into the bouse and shut the door. Then she run up to her room and, throwing herself on ber knees by her bedside, she sobbed and cried passionately. At last she rose and went to her piano. She sat there until it grew quite dark, singing low, aweet songs to herself, un til at last the cloud was chased away from ber face, aud brigrht thought be gan t bring ml'c t? ie or team. "He must care a little for ne,"he thought, "or he would not have held my band so long, and looked into my face as he did." Her thoughts were suddenly interrupt edhy a ring at the bell, and she paused in her playing. "Some hooka for Miss Eyre, with Mr. Hastings' compliments," said a man's voice, to the servant who answered the door. When it was closed again she jumped up and called: "Elisabeth!" "Yes, miss." "Give them to me, and bring the lamp, please." - And she began with eager delight -to examine the handsomely bound volumes. It waa a happy evening; ber new occu pation chased all unpleasant memories away, and when she went to bed she had even forgotten the existence of Mr. Fen ner. But the next day poor Winifred was plunged iuto the depths of sadness again, for Mr. Hastings passed, bending o-er his saddle to talk to her stately cousin, and had never onee turned to look for her. tVo be continued.) THE PASSPORT IN RUSSIA. Yon Cannot Move A boot the Countrj Without the Document. The train slows down as it crosses the frontier,, and creeps gently up to the platform of the first station on Rus sian soil. Furtively peeping out of the window, you behold a number of stalwart men uniformed lu the Russian style, and wearing the peculiarly Rus sian top boots. The polite conductor comes to the compartment and bids you get the passport ready. After a few minutes of waiting, during which anx iety Is not diminished, an officer in smart gray-blue uniform comes along, attended by a soldier with a wallet He demands the precious document, and, noting its foreign origin, casta upon Its possessor a keen, - searching glance. Then he looks for the all-Important visa or indorsement of the Russian official in the country of Issue; and on finding it he passes coldly on without a word. All this Is very formal and Impressive; you feel as a prisoner feels when the chain of evidence is tightening around him; your thoughts wander back to the past, and you wonder whether any In discretion of your Insignificant youth may not now be brought up lu testi mony against you. The utmost care Is taken In the study and registration of these documents; every Russian must have his passport; every forelguer entering or leaving the country must have it, too. Whether na tive or alien, you cannot move about the country without the document; when you arrive In a town It must be submitted to the local police; whet you leave that town the police must inaorse the passport with their sanction to the journey. The system gives the authori ties the flrmesf hold over the people; and wise 1s the stranger who complies carefully with every pnrt of the formal ity. Chambers Journal. - St. Vincent's hospital of New York City has an electrical ambulance. It can travel at the rate of. ten miles an hour, and cost over $2,000. It does uot differ ' materially from the ordinary horse-drawn ambulancis. QUEST OF OREGON PRESIDENT GREETED BY THOUSANDS OF LOYAL CITIZENS. Lay Corner Stone of Lewis ami Clark Monument at Portland Welcomed to the SUt by Oovtrnor Chamberlain at 5alm Pays UlorWua Tribute to tha Northwest. Portland, May 22. President Roose velt waa gloriously welcomed tc this city yesterday. All Portland made holiday, put on its bett attire, flocked everywhere he went and climbed even tc the roofa and chimneys to ace him pass. The spirit of the people waa tirred aa never beore io thia city. 11 it had been a martial thrill that elec trified the populace, it ccu d not have moved the thiongs of enthnsiastic spectators more than the peaceful visit of the president. , Countless thousands crowded the streets as he rode by. Less numerous but still unnumbered they e warmed lo the city park, where the president laid the base of the Lewis and Clark monu ment. In the evening they surged aronnd the hotel, calling for him with increased clamor, nntil he appeared on the fire escape and satisfied them with a brief speech. Then he retnrned to the banquet from which the people had called him. All arrangement for the visit were carried out successfully. The only untoward event was the heavy rainfall which began juet as the president en tered the city park, and continued dur ing the ceremonies there. But the rain could not quench his ardor, ard he rpoke even the better for it. He knew the blessing of abundant rain, and paid tribute to Western Oregon by saying that here he did not need to talk about irrigation. I hen, after paying tribnte to the memory of Lewis and Clark, and exhorting the people of Oregon to emu late tlieir predecessors, he sealed the cavity in the monument where lies the copper box. He will leave this morning for Pnget sound. On Behalf of the State. Salem, Or., May 22. Ten thousand cit:zena of Oregon welcomed President Roosevelt to the state capital yesterday morning. On behalf of the people of this commonwealth. Governor George E. Chamberlain voiced the state's greeting and with vociferous cheers the people manifested their hearty concur rence io all that was said. For an hour the president addressed the assem bled multitude trom tho west steps of tne capitol, and that ttiey wera highly pleased with the ideas he expressed was demonstrated by frequent interruption of applause and cheers. The reception here was the formal welcome on behalf of the state. Noth ing was left undone which could con tribute to the comfort of the president or add strength to the expression of re- s pact and admiration for the nation s chief. FACES BIO. DEFICIT. Postal Department Must Ask Congress tor Appropriation. Washington, May 23. Congress will be asked at the opening of its next ses sion to make an appropriation to cover the deficiencies in both the regular de livery service and the 'rural free deliv ery service of the postoffice department. Postmaster General Payne announced today that this deficiency now aggre gates exactly 1227,300, of which $105, 000 is in the free delivery branch. The postmaster general said he very much regretted the existence of the deficit, and (or the first time publicly criticised the administration of A. W. Machen, the general superintendent of the free delivery system, who is now on indefi nite leave of absence. "Ibis is not the first time that a de ficit has occurred in the free delivery service," said Mr. Payne. "I regret ita existence. At the opening of the last congress Mr. Machen pointed out that without additional appropriations no more routes could be established be yond those ready to be installed Janu ary 1. He maintained, however, that if congress appropriated (500,000 for the purpoee the work could be contin ued during the rest of the fiscal year. This appropriation was promptly made, but it was exhausted. Despite this fact, the office (free delivery) was going on increasing the deficiency, aud if we had not taken steps to curtail the ex penditures and suspend the establishing of routes until the beginning of the next fiscal year the deficit would have been much larger. It was not gcod ad ministration." Turkey Would Exile Bulgarians. Constantinople, May 23. Ililma Pasha, the inspector general under the reform movement in European Turkey, is credited with having formulated a plan for the colonization of Anatoila and the islands of the archipelago, by Bulgarians, whom he proposes to deport wholesale from Macedonia.. It is doubtful, however, if the powers will permit -this. Meanwhile, Ililma has planned to summarily exile to Anatcila the Macedonian prisoners who were Buspected of complicity in the recent events in European Turkey. Government Subsidy Doubtful. Vancouver, B. C, May 23. If any cash subsidy is granted by the Domin ion government to the transcontinental railroad to he built by the Grand Trunk, it will be very small. It is doubtful if any financial aid will be given by the government to the enter prise. As for land grants, it is defi nitely announced that there will be none. All that the. government pro poses to do is to guarantee the bonds of the company, taking a first mortgige ON PUGET SOUND. President Rtcelve Hearty 'Ovation In Western Washington. Olympla, Wash, May 23. President Roosevelt caught his first glimpse of fuget sound at 1:20 yesterday after noon as big train entered Olympla. the capital city of Washington. Although other stops had been made in Wash ington, it was in Olympla that the official reception to the state was ac corded the President. The Governor's staff, ex-Governors of the state, state officers and reception committees appointed by the Legis lature, in addition to WOO people from out of the city, were gathered here to greet the President From the Nor thern Pacific depot to the State capitol building, long lines of troops from the National guard of the state were de ployed, and the President and party entered carriage at tht depot end were driven through arches of. ever green and flowers and between long lines or soldiers to the office of Gov ernor McBrlde. The President's carriage was escort ed by a platoon of cavalry. Governor McBrlde and Mayor C. J. Lord occu pied seats in the President's carriage, which had been decorated with the atate flower, rhododendron and ever green. At the office of Governor Mc Brlde an informal reception of ten mniuted was held, and distinguished men of the Evergreen State were pre sented to the President From the main entrance of the Cap itol building a platform had been con structed reaching out CO feet A se ries of arches increasing in size start ed at the Capitol doorway and ended at the end of the platform. One hun dred and fifty people were seated on the platform and from its outer edge the President addressed briefly the people gathered in Capitol Park. At the close of the Preident's ad dress the party entered carriages again and were driven for ten minu tes through the residence portion of the city to the Masonic Temple. The Masonfc Temple in Olympia was built over 50 years ago and was the cradle of Masonry in the Northwest Within its walls the first Masonic lodge or ganized in territory west of the Mis sissippi river and north of the Colum bia river, held its sessions. When the Temple was reached only the Pres idential party entered. Within they were greeted by John Arthur, of Se attle, Grand Master Mason of the State of Washington, and werepresented to officers of the Grand Lodge. Crowd at Tacoma. Tacama. May 23. The President called Tacoma the "City tsf Destiny" yesterday afternoon at Wright Park, and captured the hearts of 30,000 peo ple assembled there. Probably not more than two or three In the 30,000 expected to hear Tacoma's pet name. The cheering at all time during the f resident, a BDeecn was inn rt ami nm longed, but when he reft-rrtnl-to Taco ma oy tne name dear to the hearts of ail. true lacomans, the women waved handkerchiefs frantically, the men swung their hats and the vonnpstr screamed with delight The President was plainly pleased with the hit and he smiled broadly, causing another round of vociferous applause. CUBA SIGNS TREATY. Piatt Amendment Has Been Accepted in Its Entirety. Havana, May 25. The permanent treaty between the United States and Cuba, in which is. incorporated all the provisions of the Piatt amendment, was signed this afternoon. The act of signing the treaty took place at 4:30 o'clock this 'afternoon at the office of the Secretary of State. The signers were Secretary of State Zaldi and United States Minister Squiers, who were constituted special plenipotentaries for that purpose. Senor Zaldo and Mr. Squiers simply met, accompanied by their secretaries, and the signing was accomplished, and copies of the treaty exchanged within a few minutes. The permanent treaty contains no provision for its abrogation, and no extraneous conditions of any kind. It simply incorporates the entire Piatt amendment into the form of a treaty. The length of time consumed by the negotiations was principally due to the fact that Cuban Government de sired to include in the treaty various extraneous conditions, especially one to the effect that there should be no In tervention in Cuban affairs by trie United States, except through the ini tiative of the President of Cuba. All these conditions were rejected. Hail Breaks In Roofs. Salina, Kan., May 25. The worst hail storm in the history of Salina visited this place tonight Nearly every window in the town was broken. The hail broke through corrugated iron roofs on the business houses, and the rain pouring In damaged thousands of dollars worth of property. After the hail a severe wind storm came up, tak ing the roof off the Methodist Church and doing damage to other small build ings. A bad storm is reported from the vicinity of Niles and Pennington, northwest of Salina. : Damage by Cloudburst In Ohio. Cincinnati, 0.,-May 25. Reports to day show that much damage was done last night in different parts of the Ohio Valley by cloud bursts and lightning. No lives were lost and none was seri ously injured, but many people were shocked by lighntlng. The interban electric lines are still badly disabled. A car on the Mill Creek Valley line was struck by lightning and set on fire at Carthage, and the passengers nar rowly escaped death, all being un conscious for a short time. - Catholics Look to Emperor. London, May 23. An address te Emperor William is Deing widely signed here expressing the hope of the British Catholics that Germany may bo entrusted with the protection of Catholic interests in tha East, and as suring the emperor that the British Catholics will labor to remove the mis understandings between Great Britain and Germany, and the promotion of the friendliness of the two countries. PEOPLE HOMELESS FIRE AT ST. HYACLNTUE, DESTROYS HUNDREDS OF HOUSES. ' Blaze which Started In a Shoe Factory Works Destruction of Ons Fourth of the Town Wind Blowing a Ga! Less Will Reach $400,000 Origin ol Fire a Mystery.. St. Hyacinths, Quebec, May 22. A fire today in the shoo iactory of Cote Bros, destroyed that and half a dozen other industries and 250 houses, leav ing nearly a qnattor of the city's placed at 1 400,000. Nobody knows how the fire ttttted. When it was first noticed, it had ae. cured a firm grip upon the Cote factory. ifie wind was blowing hair gale at the time, and the bnildinea in tha Im. mediate vicinity were of such a char acter as to fall easy prey to the flames. The burned district ia practically the same as that destroyed in 1878. The river Yamasaka flows through the town in the thape of a letter V. St. Antninn street tuns a ions the ton of the V and practicaly everything south of that street was burned. FRUIT CROP IS GONE ALSO. Thermometer Below Zero, with Killing Frosts Prevailing. Butte, Mont, May 22. Ten feet of snow is reported from Contte, Mont., near the international boundary, today. and the thermometer is ranging from 4 to tt degrees below zero. Traffic on the Great Northern is seriously interfered with, and the trains are being operated only nnder the greatest difficulty. The cuts of the road are filled with drifted snow." Conservative estimates tonight place the loss of atock at about $2,000,000. and the number of head of stock lost is figured at abont 90,000. This loss will be swelled by the ruination of the fruit crop throughout Northern Montana, which it is understood, is a total fail ure. The storm was followed by frost of the most damaging kind, and all garden stuffs have felt its effects. The Mis souri river is rising rapidly, and the ranchers are leaving the lowlands in anticipation of a disastrous flood. SOUTH CHINA IN DANGER. France Said to Ba Planning Coup "White . Attention la Dhttracte4 t North. - Victoria, B. C, May 22. Alfred Cunningham, manager of the Hong Kong Daily Press, a passenger on the Kaga Maru, which anived last night, said in an interview here that Japanese journalists do not regard Russia's action in fliancnuria as surprising cr unantici pated. Mr. Cunningham says that while attention is being maintained in the north by Russian aggreesion, a mat ter of far greater importance to Ameri ca, Britain and Japan is being over looked in the south ; that is the aggres sion of France in the Southern prov inces. Mr. Cunningham is of the opinion that France and Russia are acting in concert, the former in the north and the latter in the south. He says France has bribed the officials of Kwaiigsi and is waiting the opportunity to ponr troops into that province. The south, said Mr. Cunningham, is now on the verge of a far greater interna tional crisis than that now on n the north. At present the rebellion in Kwangsi is practically brigandage on a large scale. The rebellion in South China, he said, is another factor. Thero is no doubt but that the reformers have or ganized the brigands and a rebellion which will be far greater than the Tai- ping lebellion ever was will break ont before long in South China. Large quantities of arms are being shipped in to the rebels, chiefly from the United States, and headed by the reformers a movement will break out pro-foieign in its nature, to overthrow the empress dowager and reinstate Kwang Su. Let Lighted Lamp Fall. Lincoln, Neb., May 22. Fire that broke out shortly before noon in the Biownell block, a four story office buildinggutted that etruoture, . caur ing a loss estimated at $125,000, and lor a time threatened surrounding prop erty. The fire Etarted in the cellar of a grocery store by a clerk dropping a lighted lamp which caught a large pile of straw used for packing. Fifteen firemen were overcome temporarily by smoke and the intense heat and taken to the hospital, but it is not believed the condition of any of them ia serious. Umpire Is Named. Northfield. Vt.. May 22. Frank Plumley has received notice from the secretary of state of his appointment as umpire of the British-Venezuelan and Holland-Venezuelan claims com missions, to sit in Caracas June 1. Mr. Plumley has accepted the position. He will leave for Washington this morn ing, and will Bail for Venezuela Satur day. He was formerly United States attorney tor this district. He is the judge of the court of claims. New Folder of Northern Pacific. The Northern Pacific hag just issued a handsome Yellowstone park folder, descriptive of the trip through that park, and also dealing with Alaska and coast excursion points. The folder is designed" to answer some questions that always arise during the excursion season. The Yellowstone park season is formally opened on June 1, and the first train for the park will leave coast terminals on the day previous.