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'4 * Sv • • * * ••• *••'•* • rs <• Y <• a / , , * . w • • • « • * * ♦ ? i i MIMMniW- * • •> r * t « • . > XOV’EMBEH -■■O'« * : I g< l<>, CO., 1.113 -i NEWS OF THE WEEK THE SKIPTON STABLES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT • p ’ «"* Good Turnouts, Prompt and Courtcouí Attention <»HK<áO» By T. L DUGGER •II ta i .?• Orctc0 1 » '44 LUSCH CO VST ER CHAITKR XXIII t Al.RASY OHIXJO* 4’ ■ • *• A • M rha boat 10c mast Upas all night. R BrjAAl ■- ••* ■'Tr • • L M o«H rn««lMw«l ■ * II« • 4 »n‘ h*:f*-4 by thl* **IU tta»r <u<d h* b* hinftt-IT* -Why •h _________ ’IÎAXi I ^KATHKhF at Ba»r oar.'I (ILOMGL DAMP. RbA WTATT ATTORNEYS AT LAW i t ■a ob * « »«t run and Wagonmakers r Mt MB. t> M b DENTIST i' Wa buy our stock la larga quanti Gas and keep a tuli lina af carriaga and wagon ataterial All binda ef wurk la <ir lina dona ad short notioa ■**» Belt Ortffca $ .4-, y* 4 ; u. e ino» n M o. <j i; < b ■ > Graduate Eclectic Medical College ♦ Horseshoeing a Specialty SCIO, OREGON ciaataasit. uhi» •j 1 “1! it ha ha« not ranrJ*r*J auy on*, at !•«•(. ba b«* 0'»t c* tf**»*-1 "II* tt»unl*i*d hia unci*, on* t »aniel PBOPMIETOR Iu*lg.’<*n. of th* earn* parish If he haw BH <'uuf*«a*»l. I put th*a* pap« r« w f : "Why, hi» iiarl* ia »till allv*’ What could h* mean by c<»t»fc»UngT’ OB IQ O?» -■ IBI» X TUI OBBuOM * hi Stute Bank PRILL M D PHYSICIAN Cl EURQECN •N < Me, » Bl 4 . Or«rta cm:ixa A EEALESTATE BROKER. 3? 4' IJ\ST AI)D SOUS!) 3 1^4 A R. V. HR6CY » Southern Pacific Co Watchmaker anil Jeweler SBASTA * f . • C- ■ •-<1 GSI1ÏE CORNER SALOON .V Nr* r-< •a » A » ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING AT THE NEWS OFFICE AT THE LOW EST POSSIBLE PRICE GET PRICES » • -.'K V* wi'i* <> A ■ »% .» 3M w V -NF » ’ *> -W o' ( I X ”Th*u David mint h«v* b**n in«d hi »»o It’ ***tu* • pity tb«C I to«»k • : i- !i tr< ‘i’- • i « •»'* •• fr tKa •t*u paua Hut h*ra i» hi* F-nnt?-w»i • nJ if it La a work vf fictiun. *U I •'«!< •ay la (hat Da»i l I* u»«t*r "f that •rf." May I rend *b* confr»< »»?" H* aolwJ n>* th* u■•»* b' k «nd I r**d It thr • igh Yau. g*tttl* reader. b*v* *lr*»4y had that advantag»’ c I un |«-r»t‘ ! everything I un !• r»’. > -I why he a me to the church /ard lu order to are th» grave of hie victim, why he waa ao careless about hìa ra<«; why h* was •» led with that quarr hysterical fit. why ba was so moody ani tullan, what It waa that ha took « ut of the hiding pls.-» at Grim»p<>uud. what he wa» doing with the old man Everything became clear, and one thing clearer than any from other- that bis uircla tmiat be him. ''Herr B»r»n,” I aald. "1 m uat taka you. if you please, all tba way fr<>tu icuolou to <'hallacontbe Y<»u mu»l stand before l»av<<l ■I with thl* d<H*uiu«i>t iu your hau l. »t> l |-r >• CiVj,» |g a iu ir Irrer lu Ultant and a r»bl*er In fact." Cl! LITER XXIV. T J Mews in Whan the harveat «as over and the ..Vt A Ewuaa gram wa» ing.ii .m-l and .- « »rk of the year compieteli. Ge rg» Ivgan t i J| 8HELTCN make hi» arrangement» He had recelv I) «• a ganarai banking and •scharf« el tha formal notice and a all month«' bua.ueM L ■ aa laaJa at aariaut ral*« grace in which !» And the money. There «a» nu longer sur doubt p->»»il»le that and draft* issued •• priacipai cit.sa be must leava Ht-lcote II» had now made It all out in bla <>wu mind. There would be enough money fr -m tha har»eat rustics of ths T sms Xcury T»kUc to par tha half yaar»' interest; tha land •cis Orsgsa would ba forecloaed And tha aale of hl» -VIA- farm Itnpleineuta. forniture atei every thing would leave him with a few bun Brel to begiu tha world again lie e- ul-l ( to Tasmania whera • man m.gi.t buy a amali farm and live upon tha fruit of hia own labor "Let ua," aald Mary, "maha one Iasi appeal to my uncle We »111 go togeth Trama lost« Waal S o for Portland •r George I’erliapa ha may relaut even and way stat Ions al 10 «6 a at tha laat " Alt kinds ut «aubes, docks and Jswalry ur Albany at ì S6 p m They rna.la that appeal at an nnf >r promptly rsp*lr«J lunata time To begin with. It «a» In .ha jeavaa Portland B 30 a m , I 30 p tn. •1 ruing when David wa» alili «ith hi» •CXO ORXQSH " Albany IT :o p m., 11 so p _ m. unci», and tn tba •• nd place, Il was Arriva« AahlaiM 12 33 a tn . 11 10 a m • . " Ba vameato 7 M n ■> , I 55 a m his position The redemption valu» of " Ban 1rs.. »- 7 M p m . B M a lha coupon». In fact, waa at a prep'Wter Pullman and Touriat cara an b, th one flgure. and the p»'t old man. torn by J. A. TlMkf* trama < hair cars Fa rameute te Og the d»alre to get back hia property aud b i. ai. i I . 1 aso ar 1 nat era by rage at the terrible ranaom Imposed tic ago. Kt Ixiuia. New Urivana and up-.n It, waa rapidly arriving at tha cun Jit Ion lu which hia nephew lovel to a-e Fin* Wines, liquors and Cigars Washington Connecting at Ban Francia»« with him. when ha lost h a eelf command, and »»arsi ¡utas !<>r Hunol .lu. Jaj«n, China .a turna groveled, wept, pi -tested. Iiu ‘hillppluaa. Central and tfoulh Amer . plored. curae-l and tried tu bribe hia Pur« liquori for Melmosi Purpoeea ! nephew When they opene-! tha I »>r they fonn I Hee Mra M R Woefnat aee. agaut al A eat Keto elation, er addraea ¡tba old man trembling and »!.vk w th Gve Vs • Call tba passiona ut liap-.ten-e and rage Hia A E. CUMAN, G l‘ A . itaea, livid and dial-rted. with haggard waa turne! upward In an eg if of SCIO oregon Portland, Ore •yea. entreaty, to meet I»avld'a There wa» no passion In that fact. n»r any »motion •icept a , o ». I • wbu-h might even beva been holy grati •ode, for David's heavy face wa» hart to read. He stood ovar bis uncía s chair, dominating htm. w.th a hundía of papers tn hie hand, ragardleae silbe of prayers or Imprecai I m» "Walt a minute. George." he »all j "Wa bava Just fluiehed our business, au-1 a in »1 pl»a»»ut half h -ar «• ha<a u;"-nt to be auro Now. uncle, steady, I »ay, »r you will bava e fl: n w. la It a deal, or ■ hall I put thia Ulti» packet into the (1rs? iQuick! Taka It or Gava II Fhat a my Agitre"' "I'll take It -oh! I'll take It"' ¡••»id laid the paper -ti the tabla In ,. . • la a "Pity." ha said, “that you would n d e-ima to terms • ■ »ner Y- it'd bava apare-! y.oireelf a great deal of tr uble and time Hut there, you always would have your way, sod you enjoy beating a mau down, don't you?" Illa uncle did m>t look as B< tly aa If he had enjoyed the last at lerupt. "Now. I've d'-us George ' Although ha had llnlahed hia bwalneea ttaivid did nut retire, but look a »eat Mary's seat - in tha window, prepared 1» listen, and with tba appearance of one Interested In what was t "What do you want GuorguF Mr I^lghan asked. Impatiently "Why do you coma hare while ! ata busy Mary? I'm not •» atrong as I was. i»l David mada ma angry Walt a m«mant Da vid aald aomethmg that angere.1 ma. Ü Walt a moment. Ho doesn't mean to an grr me -ne—ne -but he d ee. ► ma times " Ho covered hia face with hie hands, Presently the trembling loft him and ha roc.,»ered. "Now.' * ha aald. with a show of brisk neon "I am battar again. What Is It. George? If It la business. bava yon come to propose anything? You bava Ica, I bella»»? Ysa got your legal lege I not notice. belle Tb»a you kauw th« conditisi >00 of the I PreeHent CNsah.er.. s « Or*£oa S<l« Tiltshet» Kx.tust Xa IL « ’‘For tb* «jurdar whhh h* ronfra**«! tn thia J<KUin*f»t. H* «*• to giv* him •«.( up to th* ;* r and at*** and Ukr th* r-iiWNpic . ■ J. J. Barne» & Son, b«u> At BAX Y » * Hbavlng ....................... 15 cents •• llelrt ulti ng . 3d Hbataipoolng........... „'ti • • lie I ha.............................. U tfotarj Ftabur «■» HeilM <4 I'*«.« < t.g «: 4 Psi«uls 'H « w •c ATTORNEY AT LAW > iS 8 •Il*a ha k*pt bui pmcniM tnJ c*>m* bout» K* *Y*< ALBAWY OB MOM B *• Be • ile To the the » II* Uta»k it out of h * k*< • tbick U’»f* b«M*k, «luffe! fllU of th* •of*« wbi’b b* ba J ra* 4* during hi* r* •• 4*n<* in th* pUe*- t>*g*n ta rr*«l M I. Itaind l.*ith«n f*ru**r, uf th* v a toy » pariab f < h»l a ml** - H - rna.i Tb*r* ia onljr «a* D*».d Ixighau. «*<! only <ma CbiHB*,otnb* ** ATTORNEYS AT LAW I t 9 C C Br;**l bbtxmt a a- .» WM>" á la + In a l unik used Form lor Our Busy Readers. tta sM «HI be with y«»w all Jay long ani every even ln< \ *t sL>t»r; y u stl'l h»*e me. We •hall have a roanag tinte n »• that Mary IV« «ill bargain ail 4sy ton» " • < The old man looked up and sa» Bia Mt eut? before hi tu with riult n< ejea sod the t” m empty, as«» f -r theae tw •. ani hr shrieked aL-ud with terror Dav hl K Rasumo of tha Lass Important but w ith him always* Not Lasa Intaraatmg Evants * Mary!” he cried, whila yet her e ft of tha Past Waak. f<>»t«trp«. f .ne forever. erfUNtd still about the <|uiet b<-Oke ’•.Mary!“ Hut It too late MVime beck. Mary lut leave me .♦oi.’t ¡«ave me and y *u shall King Aliono», of Spain, is visiting marry Wary’ Mary’ in Berlin I give Mary, coma The maaaarra of Jew» continuas al back .'*• She wav < na, and tber» was n - aa Kiehinefl, ewer Then ha turne,! hi» far» into th» American imports into Cui« abo* a pillows • nA tu «ned and wept. Evan great i tn-tease. l»avi.| ha-.l not the heart ta ttvock him In this first m mani of hia Sk?lf reproach and Rooarvalt save it is uselrao to inter- dark foreboding uf terr r and of troubla cad« tor Ruaaian Jews. ta COUM. The general t««rd of th« nary re (Ta b* enntlouad > commend« th« building of 10,000 but IT IS BUrthiLUOUS NOISE. •Lipa. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS ALBANY e a’ OPPUStS RIVER WORK Secretary of War Will Not Make Ea* cepl»on in ra»or of Columbia. Cott«, BIASONABLE BATES B3 1 1!M)5 j/ípA.’/Il > V* « • * a M« • V • • 10. l*v. wh < h I It ln‘t m«k* It I* th* »«m* t^r tn* ** for juu. |‘»y m* iaj o<b*r way «nJ k**p jruur land if qo other w*y, I ahall hat* yoar im I le that •Tn»*, or to it notY* "Hard < aini n a*,;»*.” **M Georg* “Ho it I*,“ mb ! David ’*!(’• *l«*y* hard couitu »• •*»•* h* take* au *tb*r man a land ** am *>rry far y<»a. <•* >r<#.” th* 54 man went on. y*t bia far* ripr»***d a • r • A . a» wr t • .. N ■ ‘ J w .. a ¡1.1 y<?u. i tu »ur*. r tn* *i<h*r. for that matter, and wh*u yattr poor fath*r bor th* tnon*y th* land waa worth thre* (ImM aa much aa it la •*• that nob** fy will Mam* him. I don't *t pe<! *r*r to f.-t th* val .* «?f my m- i»*y back- M<> w*'r* al! Iu**ra by th* hard I w ant a train» G* t tanas, La tba »14 inau want <»o, “and w* will not Ka«y term* y<»u quarrel about th* rent •hall have, and wb*n yoa’v* got your abov* water again, i w* will head well above Ikmt consider about you and Mary think I shall be hard upua you." to "No," said Ge»rg»j "1 aur g emigrate." "To foreign Und«. George? liae It coma to that? Dear- dear!" "I a tn going to Tasmania.’’ To for 'Tut. tut. this la vary bad elgn laud».' David want lu I -reign lands, and ••« h<>* ha cams home Ge»r<a. ,..ii ! «d better atay al Kid. Me an.I be uiy tenant" "No," George »all. shortly. “Well, thr her» today .Mary and I —to • •k jruur consent to our marriage." "No, George; I shall not consent. . ,t •» What! let Stary marry a man r lo»t hia »wn land and la ( >log to foreign land»? Certainly nut! not ou any ac count I" "When y >'ir vletar left Mary all her fortune ----- " "It *•• mine by rights. I made It for bar." " Kha put lu tha clau»» about youi ..»•• >t to pr rect her You bn»«; a» well aa 1. that ahe herself would never object to mo for Mary's hnahand "Kha began with a thousand pound* By my advice she made It Into ali thou •anJ pounds Do you insan to tell m<? that I am to have no voice in the dis p<‘»al of all thia money Y' "Thia kind of talk will not help any body. Well. I have had my answer. I auppo»» Mary, dear. It la for you to chuoaa lietweeu your uncle and me." "I hare chosen, Georg«. George, you know well. I’ln’le. you will hare t<> give that mouey to David or to me. Here !• Da vld, aud hare am I. To which of us «111 you give It ?" Hupp ■•». Mary." David Interposed "supp »• tber» waa a secret arrange men! 1 don't say there la. but suppose there ea» between your um-le aud me Suppose that 1 was to »ell my chance for so much down, and he waa to keep the rest." 1 ole' you w oi|<j not you cold not do such a thing!” Mary erlad "Hupp »». | »»y"—David weut on — "that arrangement wa» to exist. Thru, you »eo Georga aud Mary" David put th» thing lu his slow aud slab<>rate man tier, e, aa to bring out the full meaning of tha trail««, tiou "you aea that if you don't marry without hia consent, he will lose tha money ha'a got to pay ma. but If be due» not pay me that money before you get married, he will hara to pay me tha whole afterward. Therefore ha nat urally wants you to marry without bla consent You ar* g Ing to play hia gams f .r him " At thia unsipected blow Daniel waa covered with confusion. When two peo ple make auch a treaty, aacreey la the very essence of It and for one of the par ties concerned to blurt out the truth le. in a tease, a bruach of contrai-t The old man actually turned red at eeventy he had etlll the grace to blush -and bung his head, but he muld not apeak. "Oh! you have speculated on our mar vying wlthouty oar can**nt! You bava actually bought DaviJ'» chant-*, aud no* you want us to marry. •<> that you unj keep tba whole to yourwitr* Not th* whale,** a*id David, will b* l*ft after h* haa bought "Mary," her uncle replied, evading tha quratlon, "why do you want to get uiar rled yet? Rtay with me. Let George atay at Hldcuta and be my tenant And I will consider -I will eoneider Besides, think. Mery. I am an »14 man now, and you will have all my money and all my land when I die" "Have you bought up David so that y»u may keep the money a» long aa you please, by always refusing your eoaeeotT Answer that." said George, hotly. "I ahall answer nothing," Daniel re plied angrily "nothing -nothing! You have come here and a»kel for my eon- •».it to y-■ ir H arris* ■ Very well; I ra fuse It. N»w yea can go." "Mary," said George, "it la no longer p-■«» i-la to leave y >u In th ■ house Your uncle haa delilwrately set himself to rob you Come with me. d»er. my »> tber will take care of you till we are mar ried." Mary hesitated Mary, put on yuur bat an I come with me. As for you. Dan el l-elghan he waited till Mary had left the room "we leave you alone Nothing Worae can happen to you When you hare no longer Mary to pr- vide beforehand all your waute—when y»a are alone all tha day aud all the evening, you will remember what you have thrown away. Oh. yo* ara ••»•nty years of ago. and yoa are rich already, and you rub your elater a daughter In or der for a year or two to call yourself richer atlli;" The old man crouched among hie pil lows and made n» answer. Mary waa leaving Um. Hut If she alayed ha mnat give hia consent, and then he would loee tha land. Teo minutes later Mery re tamed, carry ig a smalt bag la her head. "I have c»me to any good by. uncle" Iler •yea sera full of taara. "I knaw that I mnat cb-oaa between G»>rga and yea. I knew that yoa would refuoa. be- cause Georg» cnnld eave his land If h» had my money, and I knew that your heart waa set upun getting bla land. Uat A Warranted Hrltlsh trill. !•■■ »r <>«r Temiese ir te "IS hoop." National kli -ayucráeles are reflected not only In serious pursuit« but In na tional guinea, say« the I'blladelptila l-clger Baaebail la not likely to be come an international «port lu which there la any real rivalry, unless lha nations become endowevl with Amerl can teat In the rapid game The lx>n don outlook regreta that Britons and Americans cannot play baseball ou something Ilk» equal terms and comea to the couclualon that tile American concepiloti of sport ia hopelessly an- (agonistic to the British at every polnL Englishmen take their pleasures rather tardy, but tba Outlook la u»t alto gether astray when It arraigns the American ball game as offensively nolay It generoualy admita that base ball la “a really flue game" lu eaaenrv-. but the fielders ars allow«,! "to yell at tiie man with the club In order to rat ': II.. ' 'I..- a;-.- ;■■■: n r •..! to make "a <llatvolt--al din" for the same rena»n, the umpire's decisions, insten,! ■>f being submitted to without a mur mur. aa Englishmen receive a daltver ance from the lor,! high chancellor, are appealed from "by a Circle of ye I Ing gesticulating forms clad like aeró bata '* it must be confesa«,! that there le much fore tn the arraignment Nolae haa I»-. ..nie an !:i--p trahie tin LI. nt of our national game and It may aa well bw confesse.! that public Interval lu the sport would lapse «I once If pro cc-ding» »»re conduct«,! In a perfect ly tranquil, eelf composed snd ladylike manner Rerloualy speaking, tne outcry of our British contemporary against mere noise as a public grierance deeoTV. « some attention Noise ts easily mia Interpreted aa a elgn of vigorous en terpriae In all linea of human activity There Is a buatls of trade which no one could suppress The loudeat about- er la not by any meaua the moat a,- cumpllabed and effective orator The beat work may I,« done without great clamor and uproar. Notoe Is com mon ly aasoeiate,! with the faker, who cov er« the pinchbeck quality of bla wares i>y stridently proclaiming their virtues Much of the nolae of the city street la entirely unnecessary and could be aup- preaaed without Injury to any material Interest. A society for the prevention of din would And a fertile fl»-L1 for It« knefl rent offices, Horn* years ago the Ro- rlety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals In Munich tamed sn »»nier forbidding the superfluous cracking of «hipa In order to save the nerves of horses Humanity deserves similar consideration Happily, ths tendency of civilisation la toward ths anpprea •Ion of aiiperfluoua nolae In the boat eat quarters of aotns cities Wooden pa, ementa have been laid to quiet to some client tha legitímala noise of traffic. The "etlll alarm" Is a far mor« effective agency for tha eitlnctlon <»f a flr* than the din of many beila. Great l^ke < •»«<•»* Western Washington millmen are endeavoring to aerare cars lor «hipping lumbar. Th» Norwegian charge ,1'affaira at Washington lo sur» Prince Charlee, of Ib-nmark, will t* king oí Norway. Balfour gave ■ cold reception to the delegation of England'« unemployed • nd a monster Indignation meeting wa« held. Walter G. Tubby, a Hl. man, haa Iwn appointed mt of conatruclioii of canal. A colony of 25,000 Lithuanian« gat here,I from all the large Eaetern cities, will settle eonewhere In the Co- luiulxa river region. N »v. 7.— In hia Waalnngtoa ttu» nual report made put ’ c t-«!ay Genetai Ma< Kei.i.r t hirf .4 ei.ginrerv aake tiittl the foil? wing ap| ropriatmna ta mad« In th» nest »untlry civil bill M »nth ol < luml> a river, 1300.000; A'elih» canal. I-’ • >.<” 0; WilUmette and t'oIunJ a l-rhia I* >rt)and. 112^ 000; Gduiitbitt talttren \ anci>uwr and lha m ith of tl.r U r->n»a hart • r, la rite, • i:•>,('»-0; Ta« •■<». Each and all • 4 three appropriattone were authoriami In the river a: I harb>»r hill paaerd at the last •reaitm; th««r r«o|Mrctive Bum a La«e been ei|«rn hU . r are covered by contract* nnw in h’few, au that not om dollar aakrd I • ! y Umvral Mat henna will fn U> pay f> r nr« w ?rh In olh»r words. General Mac Kenai« ts ashing « nly f--r enough money to pay for work now umler way or already completed, lie sake for no new appropriat><»na for t.e has krn inelracted by the aecretary of war to cut ?l<<wn hia retinaataw and i.Hnr hinifftdf solely to work hereby’ fore author led. |,rreonally. General Machettaie l»e- llevrw cottgrrwe el«« uld make large ap« pt pr >»ii ii< f r the tn uth of the Go lutiif a river, and he thinks »1 wrong <•? alh w work <-n that pr p-ct I«» atop al its pr’-rf.l In« >mpleled stage and yet under iMtrtbtione from his superior he • an not orth- tally rr» mtnrnd such ap propriation. millions for dfflnke Chief of Engineers Matti Eatimatss In His Report. Washington, Nov. 7. — Kiatron mil lion dollars will Iw necvMary to com plete the engiueerltig work« of the fort- lfl< atleti» of the sea < a«t of the ('oiled A woman haa aucceaafully borrowed State» under III» prearnt plans of tba money in Sew Jersey towns on the Endicott board, •■-cording to tba report pretense that »he is the wife of J. J. nl Brigadier General Ma. Kerisie, chief liill, of the Great Northern. of engu rers. There alrra-ly haa lv«n American novelty manufacturers claim tbeir products equal tlioae of • ppropr'ale-l h r tin» purp-w |338,* Permanent projects at 31 France and Germany and will hold an »AS,434. esbiliition in Chicago in Ih-ceu.lwr to different pollila have hern adoptci and prove It. moot of them are well under way. The caar has granted borne rule to Among the«« points ar« Kan Piego, Finland. Cal . Kan Etaneiacu, Columbia river Liberals are rallying to the support and Puget sound. of Witte. The drfenav of the Great lake« and u> the Kt. Lawrwtcw River ia tinder con England's national memorial sideration. The eetimatw for the coot- Gla-latone haa te-en unveiled. pletion of the fort i flcat Iona do Hol con Au insane woman at Kalamaaoo, ' template anything mor« than tbo pro Michigan, fed her children with the j ject» outlined l>y the Endicott board. hogs. Mielrru appliance« and additional pro An inajxs-tion of the »teamGelt in le, ta which may Iw adoplod by the spection service has I mm - ii ordered in Kt. Taft h ard, appointed laat summer, and th« Inrtirli »lion, of the inaulai |»«- lamia. »eaeiona may Imreaae the estimate Japan and Russian will exchange the when additional work ia approved by peace ratiflcalion atnut tba 20th of thia . r.-r.i.- I -.-tm lU-dthatll i..'l>-4 month. will 1« required to put into eircntion Britain's unemployed million has pe l>y the engineering department tha titioned Balfour lor relief by creating schemes of the artillery and signal corpa for tire control of the **a4<>a*t <ta nee public works. ! (enera. lire which atart««l in a New Or leans paint «tore destroyed IliXJ.otH) CONTEST ON SMOOT S SLAT worth of property. A Minneapolis grand jury baa re- ttimed indictment« against four former officials of the Northweelern Life Inaur- ance company. Oisposdion Will Ba Mads Term Ends Before tha Washington, Nov. 7 —Senato! Bur The Isthmian Canal omimiaeion haa rows, of Michigan, chairman of the juat purchased a vaat amount of »up- ■ -nun it lev- on privi leg»« atxi elertiona, pliea for the canal, including lumber, «bo has arrived in Washington tor the powder, cars and engines, coming aeeeion of congreae, sani tonight Mountain View, Oklahoma, haa iteen that l><> ei|>eetrd to have the caae of swept by a torna-lo and aeven people Senator Reed Hmoot, of Utah, die- killeti and 15 injured. A large nuoiler |H«ed of liefore the term rude. of residence« were wrecked. Kecator Kmoot'a seal ia being contest Witte oppoeaa an Anglo-Russian ed on the ground that tie la a menilwr agreement. <d the Mormon hierarchy. A grrwt Th« caar haa signed a proclamation niaew • f testimony was taken at the last for free press and liberation of prison •eeeion of congre»«, and it waa gener ally nnderal<H«l that each aule had era. completed ita caae. Frivate car lines have I refttaed to Henator Bnrrowa asid that if II is de- answer qn. at lone aaked by I the Inter- cutod to present further trat inn my tha •tat - Commerce commiaeion. committee to willing to hear It. lie Germany will terminate the Itinglry •tateai that the committee will omalder tariff agreement with the L'nllad the case Immediately after the reor Ktatea, and thus clear« the way tor a ganisation of llie senate committeee in new trade treaty. cident to the meeting of a new c<>n- green, and the Ailing nf a vacancy Minnesota is now having her turn caused 1>JT the retirement of Henator with land frauds. Bensoo, Hyde and Mi-Comas, of Maryland. ♦ < i lovei are an ua««l with officials and lumliermen of orcuring large tra?ta of Costly lmprov«m«rts. timber to which they had no right. Th« grand era!« upon which munici T >• court martial case of Commamlet pal improvement is boing carried <>n in Young, of the Bennington, is being r«- Iztndim «•» impressively shown in tha viewel by the Navy department. Il reewot completion of a new thorough is un lerstcwei the eantenca of th« court fare through a congealed district. This is a severe reprimand. thoroughfare to three-quarters of a mile Soldier« in Warsaw fraternise with long and 3<M> feet wide, and it« coa- atruction tiaa et ad ¡rated aome notorious the rebels. • lama. Among th« buildings ronin red ft is annonneed that the Willamette to make way for it were 51 liquor Valley Railway company, which pro- •hops. Tim work has nernpied sis pue •* to tmlld an elec ric line from year» and haa coat over I iO.otM) 000— Portland to Eugene, ia to l>e a eonec- a large part of winch will I* recovered lion for a new tranarontiMntal road. by the aale of building aitea. Kt Peteralnirg dispatch«« aay that in the rioting aince the Otar signed the Socialists Hoist Red Flag. manifesto granting a constitnlion fully Vienna, Si>v. 7 — The Kocialiat suf 10.(100 have l>een killeai and aa many frage demonalrallnu on the Ringetraaee more aerionaly woundwl in 50 lemling L.lay was «Headed by hi),000 persona. provincial town«. A strong force of getxlarmee waa sta- The navy to in great need of engin tiosted along the streets, lint did not in eers. terfere with the demonetranta, and the The people of Norway are to vote on Ifocialiata were even j»rmitte,| to hoiel red flags over the relcharath bnilding. monarchy or republic. There were no disorders whatever, and Be» f packer« aay Garfleld promiae,! •Imitar démonstrations are reported immunity from pnieerutlon. from l.nmhurg. Orata, K Irngenfurdt, China ia preparing to eetahlish a Bruenn aixi elsewhere. The first cargo of the new steam ship E if Gary, the record freighter of the lakes, el- ,*ed» the greatest load •ver before carried on them island seas by almost aa many tous aa any lake Vessel bad «»or floated twenty- Ove years ago, saya tha Cleveland it waa In 1881 that the leader titioko. a steamer built and owned In Cleveland, brought down the flrat load which reached the S.iaaMon limit. Sow the record ts placed at over 13. 440 tons. tn twenty four years the Increaae in the largest lake cargo has been nearly pat par cent Taking due account of the time required to handle freight at docks and the average speed of heavy veaaeto tietween terminal« It la aafe to aay that one ateauier Ilka the K H Gary is equal to all such as the ouokn, and the latter waa a famous and very profitable boat for many years The rate of progress indicated by auch facte la little leas than revolution In the bustneae of tba lakes It Is a de velopment rars evsn In thia age end country American capacity fnr handling Im mense traffic Is nowhere more strik ingly Illustrated than It has t>«en In the traffic which baa l-een built up largely by Cleveland men and Cleve land money on the moot remarkable constitutional form of government. chain of Inland waterways In the Von Sternberg, Germany'« new am world. baaaador to the United Ktatea, baa ar Economy does not mean stinginess, rived al hie poet. but the art of making Uta moat and The ctarina is leaving Russia for t>est of tba moans and materials at Germany nntil the present turmoil ha« baud. ■ paaae<l, on account of her health. Oft for the Philippine«. Monterey, Cal , Mov. 7. — Th« Fif teenth infantry and mmpnniee I and I. of the Fourth cavalry left today for Han Francisco, where tiiey will embark to morrow on the transport Kbertnan for twi years’ servies in the Philippin««.