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’If REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Party's Principles Adopted by Philadelphia C'onrention. ROBERTS the Philadelphia, June 23.—The follow ing is the text of the platform adopted Nominated by the Republi by the Republican National convention: The Republicans of the United can Convention. States, through their chosen represen tatives. met in national convention, looking back upon an unsurpassed rec NOMINATIONS UNANIMOUS ord of achievement and looking for ward into a great field of duty and op portunity, and appealing to the judg- th. Speeches of the liny Were Msile ment of their countrymen, make these by Senator« Foraker au<l Itepew and declarations: the Empire State Governor. The expectation in which the American people, turning from the Philadelphia, June 23.—President Democratic party, entrusted the power AlcKinley was unanimously renominat I of the United States four years ago to a ed for president of the United States Republican chief magistrate and a Re by the Republican National convention publican congress, has been met and at 1:48 o’clock today, and an hour and satisfied. When the people then as 10 minutes later Governor Roosevelt, sembled at the polls, after a term of of New York, was unanimously select Djmocratic legislation and adminstra- ed to stand beside him in the coming tion, business was dead, industry par alyzed and the national ciedit disas battle. Such unanimous demonstrations in trously impaired. The couutiy’s capi honor of the nominees of a national tal was hidden away and its labor dis convention have never before been tressed and unemployed. The Demo “qualed perhaps in the history of poli crats had no other plan with which to ces in this country. It was a love improve the ruinous conditions which feast, a jubilee, a ratification meeting. they had themselves produced, than to There was a fine setting for today's coin silver at the ratio of 16’to 1. The spectacular drama. Bright peonies at Republican party, denoucing this plan sither end of the stage made two flam as sure ■ to produce conditions even ing bits of color. Throughout the vast worse than those from which relief was multitude fans moved ceaselessly to sought, promised to restore prosperity «nd fro like the wings of a crowd of by means of two legislative measures— alarmed gulls beating the air. There a protective tariff and a law making were no preliminaries. The wrangle 1 gold the standard of value. The poo- expected over the question of reducing 1 pie, by great majorities, issued to the the representation in the South was Republican party a commission to en «verted by the withdrawal of ex-Sen- act these laws. This commission has ator Quay’s proposition. The great been executed, and the Republican hall became quiet as Senator Lodge, pledge is redeemed; and prosperity standing before 15,000 eager faces, more general and more abundant than gavel in hand, announced that nomina we have ever known has followed these tions for president of the United States enactments. There is no longer any controversy as were in order. The reading clerk ad vanced to the front of the platform. I to the value of any governement obli- Jle was about to call the roll of state* gatious. Every American dollar is a gold dollar or its equivalent, and for the presentation of candidates. When Alabamal was sailed, a thin, . American credit stands higher than Ted-whiskered delegate from that state that of any nation. Capital is fully rose and surrenered the first right to employed, and everywhere labor is speak to Ohio. A flutter of handker profitably occupied. McKinley’« Administration. chiefs filled the air, and cheer after We indorse the administration of cheer went up from the'delegates in the Its acts have pit. as Senator Foraker, of Ohio, strode William McKinley. been established in wisdom and in toward the platform. At the end of a half hours’ speech, patriotism, and at home and abroad it the senator placed McKinley in nom has distinctly elevated and extended ination, amid enthrusiasm unbounded. the influence of the American nation. Seconding speeches were made by Walking untried paths and facing un- "Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Thurston, forseen responsibilities, President Mc John W. Yerkes, an orator from the Kinley has been, in every situation, Blue Grass state, and Governor Mount, the true American patriot and upright of Indiana, but before the latter con statesman, clear in vision, strong in cluded the convention was impatient judgment, firm in action, always in for a vote, anil several times tried to spiring and deserving the confidence of his countrymen. howl him down. PUSHING ON. MIDSUMMER [ X_/ Boers Have Born Compelled to Abandon Machadodorp. J X 1 1 \ O £ ___________ 1 ■ nnr nu -rur- ai * me « Q I BUSINESS. Dietribuiixe Trad® la on a Restrict®«* kcal®. Bradstreet’s ays: Midsummer dtsll- news iu distributive trade and indus try, and further reduction of prices in manufactured good«, particularly irom Many of the Prope ies Around Libby Rich Gold Ledge in the Saddle and steel and raw textile«, but a marked movement in nearly all agri Are Being orked Into Mountain District Near cultural products, ate the leading fea- Producers. Mount Hood. tores of the business situation thia week. Crop damage has been a moving _ Spokane, June 25.—Operations in Oregon City, Or., June 25.—Oeorge the gold belt south of Libby, Montana, Strong, John Evans and Gerhard Berg cause for the adavnee in the price of .v.u.um. ..„r uur, weeks we», cotton. Some weakness has been noted continue to absorb attention. The man have returned after three district is an old one, comparatively, prospecting on the Upper North Fork: cotton goods, without, however, yet until last fall no effort had been of the Clackamas river, having discov-1 favorably affecting distribution. Trade made to get a mill on any of the prop ered a promising gold-producing quartz ' *u goods has been helped by warmer erties. Last year the West Fisher ledge. Sum pies of the ore were sent weather, Wool ‘ is lower, and the woolen-gooda Mining Company was organized with to 1’ortlaud to be assayed. The ledge Iowa capital. A saw mill and stamp on which these parties located claims market is rather quiet, awaiting the mill were constructed last year and is situated in the Saddle Mountain dis next London wool sale and the opening several short trial runs iu the stamp trict, which has been prospected, more of the spring-weight season. A heavy business is doing in refined mill were made to test the milling pos or less, for the past 25 years. A ledge sibilities of the ore. These ruus were in the immediate vicinity of this dis- sugar, and the manufacturers are over entirely satisfactory. This spring op coverv assays 915 per ton, and the con sold. A good margin of profit exists erations were resumed in the mill and ditions are not so favorable as in the in this trade. Reports from the boot and shoe in- the development of the mine likewise hitter lode. This district is only about continued. The mill is now running nine miles distant from Mount Hood, dustry are of rather unsatisfactory 24 hours a day, using about 80 tons of and the snow in places is six to eight trade prospects, and leather and hides crude ore. It is a 10-stamp mill. inches deep. As soon as returns are are rather weak at the East, but strong Not far from the West Fisher Min received from the assay office, these at Chicago, where heavy purchases for ing Company's property is a group of men will return to their new locations Philippine army pur|>oses have strength ened the situation. claims which have been stocked for and run a tunnel or sink a shaft. Anthracite coal is in seasonable dis 92,000,000. It is kuown as the Amer tribution, while the deamnd for bi ican Kootenai Mining Company, and GOLD FROM KLONDIKE. tuminous continues active. is owned largely by parties in Cincin Wheat (including flour) shipments Kighty-flve Paaienger* Brine Out About nati and Libby. •300.OOO in bull. for the week aggregate 4,645,180 bush The Faith, Hope and Charity Com- The steamer Dirigo has arrived at els, against 4,678,029 bushels last pay has been iucorjxirnted and stocked at a million shares of 91 each. The Seattle from Lynn Canal, having on week. Failures in the United States for the property is located ou Bear creek, be board 85 passengers, w ho brought about tween the Snowshoe and Silver Cable 9300,000 in gold dust. The steamer’s week number 167, compared with 180 mines. The values are silver and lead otliceis report 160 passengers at Bennet last week. Failures in the Dominion of Canada who were uuable to reach Skagway in with some gold. Mr. Peterson, of Spokane, has taken time to catch the Dirigo. These, it is for the week numl>er 28, against 23 a contract to run 100 feet ou the De reported at the Skagway offices of ths last week. fender claim, situated in Snowshoe steamship company, are bringing out a PACIFIC COAST TRADE gulch, and work is now going on iu very large amount of gold, greater, it MAKING COMMON CAUSE. that property. This property has been is said, than any party of similar size Reattl® Markets. Admiral Kempff Acting With the For developed by about 700 feet of tunnel that has yet arrived. Onions, new, 1 ^o. The largest owners of gold dust on work and the showing in the long tun riyi Powers. Lettuce, hot house, 91 per crate. nel is considered to be an exceptionally boaAl the Dirigo were the McDonald Potatoes, 915® 16; 916- Washington, June 22.—The navy good one. brothers, of .Seattle, Roily and Donald. Beeto, per sack, 90c®91. department lias given out the following Work ia being carried on in all of The former has 230 pounds, valued at Turnips, per sack, 75c. statement regarding the contents of a claims around Libby, and 950,000, and the latter 140 pounds, Carrots, per sack, 91. dispatch from Admiral Kempff, brought the placer among the miners is that valued at 930,000. Charles Hutchin the feeling Parsnips, per sack, 50® 75c. from Taku to Che Foo, and forwarded the present yqar will be one of the best son brought out 200 pounds, valued at Cauliflower, California 90c®91* by Commander Taussig, of the York iu the history of the creek. 942,000. The remainder of tne ship Strawberries—91-35 per ease. town: ment is ow ned by the remaining pas Celery —40@60c per doz. “The department has received a ca GOLDEN EAGLE ORE. sengers iu sums ranging from 95,999 Cabbage, native and California, blegram from Admiral Kempff, dated up. 91.00® 1.25 per 100 pounds. June 20. He says the Taku forts were Twenty Tons Will Be Tested at the The passengers all declare that thia Tomatoes—93-50 per ease. Smelter in Trail. captured by the foreign forces and that summer’s output from the Klondike Butter—Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c; Grand Forks, B. C., June 25. — The heavy firing was heard at Tien Tsin the will be much larger than last, and esti dairy, 17®22c; ranch, 15® 17c pound. evening of the 17th inst. He is mak main shaft on the Golden Eagle is now mates are made all the way from 925, • Eggs—19c. ing common cause with the foreign down about 140 feet, all in ore, and 000,000 to 940,000,000. As yet they Cheese—14® 15c. powers for the general protetion. There 22 tons of the high-grade ores have say the clean-up has not started this Poultry—14c; dressed, 14® 15c; are 800 Americans ashore. May 81 Leon sacked and will be shipped to the way, and probably will not until after spring, 93.50. the number of foreign troops at 1’ekin smelter at Trail as soon as wagons can July 15. Hay—Puget Sound timothy, 911-00 was 430. There are 6,000 men ashore be provided. This-will be a trial ship The latest advices from the gold bear ® 12.00; choice Eastern Washington now at Che Foo, and about 3,000 ment to test the smelting capacity of Sound Money. ing districts remote from Dawson, it ia timothy, 918-00. Calling the Roll. We renew our allegiance to the prin troops—Russian, German and English the ore. When the Granby smelter is said, show that the clean-up is almost Corn—Whole, 933.00; cracked, 938; blown in. the Golden Eagle ore will be double the amount first reported. Bo feed meal, 938. Then the roll of states was called ciple of the gold standard, and declare —have just arrived.” The expected cablegram from Com smelted in this city. •axel delegation after delegation rose in our confidence in 'the wisdom of the nanza creek alone, it is stated, will Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, solid blocks and cast their votes for legislation of the Fifty-sixth congress, mander Taussig was received at the send out 98,900,000 to 910,900,900, 920. Rich Strike at Index. navy department this afternoon. McKinley. When Chairman Lodge by which the parity of all of our Flour—Patent, per barrel, 98.35; Index, Wash., June 25.—A verv which will be the largest amount com Acting Secretary Hackett did not made the announcement that the presi money and the stability of our cur ing from any of the creeks. blended straights, 93.00; California, rich strike is reported from the old dent had been renominated for the term rency on a gold basis has been secured. feel at liberty to make it public until Mountain Mining Company’s claim, The Dawson banks, it is said, havi 93.25; buckwheat flour, 96.00; gra he had had nn opportunity to confer with Protection. beginning March 4, 1901, there was the Grand ('entral. A vein 47 inches taken up about 93,000,000 already, ham, per barrel, 93.00; whole wheat the president. It is known, however, the same wild storm which had been We renew our faith in the policy of wide, carrying 9320 iu gold, has been and when the Dirigo’s passengers left, flour, 93.00; rye flour, 93.80®4.00. raised by Foraker, and when it was protection to American labor. In that that the message had no reference to cut. This is one of the richest strikes were buying very heavily every day. Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, 918.00; ■over Roosevelt’s nomination for the policy our industries have been estab the reported entry of Admiral Sey in the district, and is a very large vein In the city of Dawson business waa shorts, per ton, 914.00. vice-presidency evoked a succession of lished, diversified and maintained. mour’s expedition to Fekin. very lively. There was no scarcity ol Feed—Chopped feed, 919.00 per ton; Secretaries Hay and Root, First Sec for so high-grade ore. -similar demonstrations. By protecting the home, competition labor to speak of, although every man middlings, per ton, 930; oil cake meal, retaries Meiklejohn and Hackett ami Lafe Young, who was with Roosevelt has been stimulated and production WILL PROSPECT SIBERIA. who wanted work was working at good per ton, 930.00. Admiral Crowninshield, had a long in Cuba, nominated him on behalf of cheapened. wageR. Food prices were beginning Fresh Meats—Choice dressed beef the state which had originally came to We commend the policy of the Re- conference with the president today. Russian Syndicate Starts from San Fran* to drop, and the general belief was that steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c; cisco for Six Months Tour. Philadelphia for Dolliver. His nom publican party in maintaining the effi- On leaving the White House they before another month Seattle prices for |K>rk, 8c; trimmed, 9e; veal, 8^® Ran Francisco, June 25.—The Rus ordinary commodities would prevail. 10c. ination was seconded by Delegate Mur ciency of the civil service. The ad- stated that nothing had been heard ray, of Secretary Long’s state, and Del ministration has acted wisely in its from Pekin, and that the conference sian syndicate, which is to prospect Hams—Large, 18c; small, ISMi Oregon Mining Notes. egate Ashton, of Washington, who effort to secuie for public service in was on the subject of how commune«- the Siberian coast for gold, sailed for breakfast bacon, 125tc; dry salt sides, came here for Bartlett Tripp. I Chaun Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the tion with Minister Conger could be the frozen north on the chartered The Bohemia and Blue River dis 8c. cey Depew wound up the oratory on Philippine islands only those whose secured at the earlist possible moment. steamei Samoa last week. There are tricts, in Lane county, are overrun Portland Market. behalf of the state which declared for fitness has been determined by training They declined, however, to say what ■bout 40 in the party all told, among with prospectors. Wheat—Walla Walla. 57® 58c; "Woodruff. Depew’s speech aroused and experience. We believe that em conlusion had been reached, or to dis they being 27 miners, headed by 11. The sum of 9419.93 was the result Valley, 58c; Bluestem, 58c per bushel. There is no Roberto, of Comstock fame. The ves the most dazzling dreams of the coun ployment in the public service in these cuss the matter further. of the latest crushing of 12)^ tons oi (Tour—Best grade«, 93.95; graham, try’s future. During every pause, the territories should be confined, as far as doubt that the officials here regard the sel cleared for Alexander bay and will ore from Winningham <& Rene’s quartz Chinese situation as very critical, and be gone about six mouths. |2.55; superfine, 9*3.19 per barrel. band played but one air, the tuns practicable, to their inhabitants. mine, on Applegate creek, in Jackson Oats—Choice white, 35c; choice which Colonel Roosevelt had heard in Public movements looking to a per that more vigorous measures than any county, as sold at the mint. The free gray, 33c per bushel. LEADVILLE BOOMING. hitherto contemplated are under con the trenches before Santiago. manent improvement of the roads and gold went 933.59 per ton. Barley—Feed barley, 914.00® 15.00; At 3:14 o’clock the convention, which highways of the country, meet with sideration. I.ast Month 73,000 Ton. of Ore W ere A rich pocket haa been discovered brewing, 919-09 per ton. had done the unparalleled thing of our cordial approval, and we recom Produced. St. Louin Djr num I tern. Millstuffs—Bran, 912>£ ton; mid on Sucker creek, in .lospehine county. nominating both the candidates for mend this subject to the earns »^consid Leadville, Colo., June 25.—From One hundred dollars in dust was dlings, 919; shorts, 9>3; chop, 914 per Rt. Louis, June 22.—Police officers eration of the people and of the legis president and vice-president unani other min- one end of Leadville to the taken out in a few hours. The vein ton. found 10 pounds of dynamite today in mously, adjourned. latures of the several states. ing activity is on the inrease, and the Hay—Timothy, 910® 11; clover,97® We favor the extension of the rural the house occupied by Luther B. Smith. outlook for the future was never so runs from two inches to a foot in width Governor Roosevelt drove from the 7.50; Oregon wild hay, 96® 7 per ton. ■convention hall with Mr. Odell, seated free delivery service wherever its ex Four pounds were found in the house bright. The camp last month produced and will be fully prospected. Butter—Fancy creamery, 85® 40c; Tuesday, when two men were arrested in the rear of an open landau. He tension may be justified. over 75,000 tons of ore from its mines seconds, 45c; dairy, 25® 80c; Northwest Notea. lifted his broad-brimed hat to the 'con We favor home rule for and the early on suspicion of being implicated in the already opened up, which had a valua The new commercial club building store, 25c. tinuous salvos that greeted him as he admission to statehood of the territories blowing up of a car a few hours before. tion of considerably over 91 >000,000. Eggs—15c per dozen. passed through the densely packed of New Mexico, Arizona and Okla D. R. Richaidson, a Laclede-avenue In addition to these producing mines a at La Grande will eoon be ready lot Cheese—Oregon full cream, 18c; conductor, who whs shot May 28, today occupancy. street, like a conquering hero fresh homa. dozen new enterprises were inaugurated Young America, 14c; new cheese 10» We favor the construction, owner identified Smith as the man who shot that when they open ap new ore bodies from new victories. Tonight the faces The canned ■almon product of the per pound. him. Special Officer Sam Yate, who of McKinley and Roosevelt are on all ship, control and protection of an isth Siuslaw river is being transferred to will subsequently be as great as any of Poultry—Chickens, mixed, 98.00® the badges, and their names are on mian canal by the government of the was on the scene, also idnetified Smith the propositions already producing. Coos bay by the tug Roberts, for ship 4.00 per dozen; hens, 95.00; springe, as one of the men who assisted in pull United States. every lip. ment to San Francisco. 91.25®3.50; geese, 94.00®5.00 for old; In the interest of our expanding com ing the motonnan from the car in the •20,000 IN SEVEN MONTHS. Roberts Found Guilty« The recent rains will necessitate |4.50®6.60; ducks, 98.00®4.00 per riot. Detectives in the employ of the merce, we recommend that congress Salt Lake, June 23.—The jury in the create a department of commerce and transit company are said to have ar Result of th. Waldo Mln» Cleaa-Up lu spraying in the hop yards as soon as dozen; turkeys, live, 14®15c the weather settles. Hop lice have pound. case ot B. H. Roberts, on trial for un industries in the charge of a secretary rested a number of expert dynamiters, Southern Oregon. lawful cohabitation, returned a verdict with a seat in the cabinet. Potato««—40® 50c per sack; sweats. who are blowing up the company’s Grant’s Bass, Or., Jun» 25.—While made their appearance in large num 2®2*4C per pouna. of guilty. Roberts, in an agreed state We approve the annexation of ths cars. Accoiding to one source, the men the figures aie not made public, the bers. i ment of facto put before the jury, ad Hawaiian islands to the United States. are Illinois men, engaged because of clean-up of the placer mine of Wimer Vegetables—Beets, 91; turnip», 75c; The Indians on the Umatilla county mitted that he entered into a polyga I their experience in handling dynamite. Bros. & Company, at Waldo, is be reservation have demanded that fishing per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab The Philippines. I mous marriage with Maggie B. Shipp lieved to be 930,000. The run was on the reserve on Sunday l>e prohibited, bag**, 1 l«c p>r pound; |«rsnips, 91; Tn accepting, by the treaty of Paris, i and lived with her and his legal wife, the responsibility of our victories in Shot a Preach®r» from November 1 to June 1, during as some of the whites have been dyna onious, 1 tjc )*r pound; carrots, 81. Hop«—2®8c per |>ound. Sarah Louisa. It is claimed that Rob the Spanish war, the president and the Hopkinsville, Ky., June 22.—Ex which time three acres of dirt were miting fish. The agent will comply Wool—Valley, 15®l6o per pound; erto relies on the supreme court to re senate won the undoubted approval of Councilman J. W. Ware shot Rev. W. moved. The Simmons mine, in the with their request. Eastern Oregon, 10® 15c; mohair, 25 verse the verdict on technical grounds. the American people. No other course I F. Hiner,pastor of the Methodist church, same locality is still running, and will Artesian wells promise to become per pound. was possible than to destroy Spain’s ' while the latter was making a pastoral make a fine showing. general in Lake county. The move Rtrlkem Wreck a Bridge. Mutton—Grose, l>eet sheep, wethers call on Mrs. Ware at the residence of ment haa been agitated for several ■nd ewe«, 8*«c; dressed mutton, 7® Gunnison, Colo., [June 23.—The sovereignty throughout the West Indies | the former. Ware entered the parlor Old PruKMlan Open« Up Again. and in the Philippine islands. Colorado & Southern Railroad Com Gold Hill, Colo., June 25. — It is re years, and now that a farmer found a The largest measure of self-govern i «nd fired at the minister without warn ported that rich ore has again been good flow of water at a depth of 60 7 Qc per pound; lamlis, 5Qo. pany’s iron bridge across the Gunnison Ilog«—Gross, choice heavy, 95.00; ing. Dr. Hiner threw him to the floor river, 2% miles above this town, was ment consistent with their welfare and «nd disarmed him. Ware was arrested ■truck in the Old Prussian mine, near feet, boring will commence in almost light and feeders, 94.50; dressed, our duties shall be secured to them by every section of the county. wrecked by an explosion of giant pow |5.00®6.50 per 100 pounds. «nd released on 91.000 bonds. It is this place. The vein is sain to be der early ths morning. The explosion law. To Cuba, independences and I Gated that Ware lias long dialiked the three feet wide and to carry from 10 to Beef—Gross, top steers, 94.00®4.50; Much hay is being shipped from Pa- self-government were assured in the is believed to have l>een caused by sym louse, the price being 912 per ton. row», 93.50®4.00; dreesed beef, 6Q® 26 ounces in gobi. ; minister, and that unwarranted jeal- pathisers with the strikers at the coal same voice by which war was declared. ' >u»v was at the bottom of the shooting. Medical lake. Wash., is lowly bat 7per pound. The Republican party, upon its his A ri< h lx»dy of ore haa been struck mines, to prevent the running of trains Veal—Ijirge, 6Q®7,Qo; small, 8® tory and upon this declaration of its 1 Dr. Hiner’s scalp wound is very pain- on the Pike's Peak claim of the Kuhli surely rising. The lake has no visible per pound. to the mines. principles and policies confidently in ■ lul, but not serious. Had the ballr I mine, on Galls creek, in Jackson coun outlet or inlet, and it is supposed that 8'»c Tallow—5«5^c; No. 2 and grease, 1 passed a fraction of an inch lower, ths the water is supplied through subter The animal that first succumbs to vokes the considerate and approving pastor would have been instantly killed. ty, carrying, according to careful esti ranean passages. 8Q®4c |>er pound. judgment of the American people. mates, about >200 to the ton. extreme cold is the horse. R. B. Blake, ex-superior judge at Ran Frinriieo Market. JI r wallnn Demoeratlc Delegate«. Portable Sawmill Blew Vp. Spokane, died in Chicago, aged 50 Great Gold Prodaeer. Terrible Tr.sedy In »•• Fraaelseo. Chicago, June 22.—A special to the Wool—Spring—Nevada, 18® 15c per The famous Congre«« mine of Arizona years. In 1888 he moved with his pound; Eastern Oregon, 10® 15c; Val San Francisco, June 23.—Henry E. Hamburg, Ji. Y., June 32.—A boiler ■ Record from Honolulu, June 13, via family to Spokane and became a lead Pike, a bookkeeper, shot and killed his of a portable steam engine used to pro San Francisco, June 22, says: Prince that has produced dozens of fabulous ing member of the bar. He went to ley, 18® 20c; Northern, 10® 12c. Hop«—1899 crop, ll®18c pee former wife, and then committed sui pel a sawmill exploded near the village ' David Kawanakoa has been chosen fortunes is still one of the greatest gold Chicago for medical treatment for tu of Eden, Erie county, this evening, in pound. cide tonight at the home of Mrs. Pike. stantly killing three men—John Flem- chairman of the Democratic delegation producers in Arizona. The shafts have berculosis or cancer. Butter—Fancy creamery 19®20c; to the Kansas City convention. For- reached a depth of 2,535 feet. Forty Pike left a letter full of abuse of his Within 10 days over 120,000 bushels do seconds, 18® 18 Sc: fancy dairy, former wife, accusing her of many im ing, Alexander Fleming and Bert Mam , sign office passports, the last ever to be stamps are kept busy on the ore pro- in oser. of wheat have been sold by farmers ________ 18c; do seconds, 15® l#Sc per pound. I issued, were issued to the delegates. dact. proprieties. Pike formerly lived at near Waitsburg, Wash. The price 1 They sail today by the Australia. Eggs—Store, 15cji; fancy ranch, Denver, where he was in the employ It is reported that the dredger on ranged from 42 to 44 cents, aocording Tacoma will offer a 9184) silver cup l8Hc. of the Denver A Rio Grande railroad. for a eompetive drill between the 13 Rogue river, near Tolo, which has not Paris, June 22.—Lord Monson, Millstuffs — Middlings, 917.00 ® He came to this city about eight years companies of the National Guard, brother of Sir Edmund Monson, British been working for some time, will re to grade. The railroads are hustling for empty cars to move the grain as it 20.00; bran, 913.50® 13.50. ago. It is thought that his mind was which will celebrate there July 4. «'"’■assador to France, ia dead, aired 70. sume operations in the near future. is wanted for export. i deranged. London, June 22.—The British hnva penetrated the Transvaal territory as far as Machadodorp 1’assengers who arrived yesterday at Loureueo Marques from the Transvaal assert that the heavy artillery was engaged and that the Boers abandoned Machadodorp, re- tiling northward, l’reaideut Kruger is still at Alkaamar. Boer bulletins regarding General De wet’s operations along Lord Roberts* communications assert that two con voys were captured, and 399 workmen, with 50 military, were taken prisoners. It is rumored from Lourenco Marques that a resident of Komatipoort has been arrested and shot by the Boers for complicity in the breakdown of tin Malana bridge. President Kruger’s unstamped sover eigns have been offered for sale in Lourenco Mnrqnes at 20s. A member of the British house of commons, a ho has had an important connection with South Africa, is tell ing a story of a telegram alleged to have been received from Cape Town, which says that Mr. Kruger has really escaped, and is already on the seas bound for Europe, and that the person occupying the executive chair, is not Mr. Kruger, but a substitute. Advices from Pretoria, dated June 17, say that an official warning has been issued to the effect that any further wrecking of communications will be followed by the demolition of the farms for five miles on both sides. The Pretoria correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated Sunday, says: “An informal truce for five days is in operation between Lord Roberts and Commandant-Gen eral Botha.” LIVE MONTAT A DISTRICT . rJ Unt UN I HL CLACKAMAS