KLAMATH
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VOL. VII.
KLAMATII
M\jAjÄ|/MAlAlA|AlAtAfAV
FALLS,
' lor the first time. He r<«M and angrUy
rung tlie twill. I’rmently we went in to
dinner. I, of courae, «nt next to him
5 * T
on liia right, nml nothwd with «<,me cu
<
riosity. as lie i urv.ll, thut Id» )i«nda
lì
MM'ined am-MM-d in very fine lemon-
i co|or«d gb.vea: a second look assured
BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN.
me tliut they »ere merely stuinwl.
ilia son's hand» »ere similar, tint of a
deeper Ime. For tlie first tiino it «.
eiirred to me that mv boat »us th« lord
INflittDl'ClTtiN.
N"W nml again furnace mouth« o|iened of tl.e (Tiemicul llye Work».
"They were your work«, I supp»«,
Mv
1« I n» Hl—Gerald t'i»»in «nd gl «, | mi), M fwri. ioua glare,
**U«v. Gerald I ’»•In. II A ,** I am
gUM of lurid II.ime M. Hteinhardt," I »aid, "that I pa»M»l
aalM||y stylnd on the ♦•«• *•" *d onv«d- III. k»red <,|| (I,n ,1,,)^, Mh,| rj,|g„ iMiliind. after entering the village'"*
I was alone on my «ide of the table,
for. though I have laid laid« i-lrr
I looked n great repulalon miim .I
|,al .intir.«. for III« |>r«M.|it at Insst, I me
I r. • ,<lh d tlm I’rophet'« de-crlp- and had to «|wuk to him, or be silent.
"Y«a," »aid lie, rather abruptly.
am »till in orders. Now that I «njuy tlon in tl.,- ii |, | Teatament of th« Valley
Iniailtv and II'“ «♦”••»«• of ill'"* |»’ity
lloi' 1 "r lopliet, In which men Then after a pause, "You cume by that
w..rrl<’« »Iii. li |»r«7 "l«‘" III« sul«>nlm- -.or In, i t«, .trungu god«, ami cau«ed road then.?"
Ho I re|.ite>l how I h id lost my »ay,
at» rl«ri< mor« than tli« lay mind ran tludr «"ii. aii,| daughter, to "pain
and how I hud lu-en struck (1 did not
(•..n.rlvw, 1 wl niywll 1« writ« mil tl.e
la Moloch.” Thia,
.tram» narrative of event and rip. ri- • 'ireii, waa ot, of the Topheta of m<al- suy, "disagreeably") with the iinpres-
erne »huh. in the Providence of Gist, •.rit day«, i i which 11>« «on. and daugh sion of ferm ions energy my first view
ha«« worked »m l> • change in my con ter. . f | ng|U|„| arn nmd" (o |,n«a of tl.e valley gave me.
" 'Ferocloua energy,' " he refuelled,
dition. I promised myself ami my
■
i tha Moi.-ii of
friends ■'"•• »•»•»III« •«" »•»•* I wo 'll.I kt ■ • I Hi and tb« Baal of all-devouring with a »mil«, looking at me a« if he
ilk«—I tlie phrase, and thought tl.e let
do tin», Imt until now I could not bind Imiu.trv
ter of me for having uttered it. "It is
mil'll to my desk, I bav« had too
And -tdl i. I looked and thought of
mu. Ii other occupation, desultory, |a r ll.i. th« t. .1 tower <4 the ruined mill a great place for industry, and it will
hap», but ngrooable in abort. Ilk» tlie ' ■ I o« ii . |, || h|(|, a loud i lang, ami Ire greater Vet."
1 asked him how it hap|amed tliat a
man in the parable. I have married a l' ' ’• "I" ■
into the air to mingle
alt,.
Y»t that la tl»« very r«aa<>n why »•th tl. other Miunda the frantic large mill waa unuM-d and falling in
my friends in town ha«« |w»t»rr.l ma. -<r> mug <,f pi^a ai„| neighing oi ruins.
"Tliat is mine," he answered. "It
ami now grow clamorous to know all I"
"
I »aa not aurpri«cd; 1 wa«
alarut it
rimy Imve h««n g<»»f enough » •m.-h . | r.-p.ired tiy the m cho not to ia unlucky. It was u spinning mill;
to remind me that, though it la prover h” «urp> -d nt anything that might once one of the floor« fell through, kill
ing many p-ople, ami twice it waa
l.ial > l>og)men gel handooni« »ivea, nt li.i| p n tn tliiw atrang« region.
1
it i. .pul» out <>( llm common for so or pi» ■ I. h .»«ver, hurriedly down the burned, all in 10 years—yea, all in 10
years."
dinary looking a priest aa m)self to
1« bv « r gh path, ami found the
"And Imlay it seetua to have added
»in a lady av beautiful and dis- r> a l mt . tho valley and the village. I
to ita work of killing." lie Im.km! at
|ingulali»l a« (they am pleaard to say)
oar ! i" . e. and «aw a dim crowd of me. "You have not heard, |-erliap»,"
my wife 1»; ami, further, that though I < | ;<• a1«.ut the ruined mill, but tho
Il liaa law’ll »l.i«pere<l fl»« Imiklng cler •treat' blink and evil-aniellllig, waa I raid—
“What?"
ical tutor, ham had th« audanty to as lot«ren
and it, ami 1 had perforce
I related what I had seen and heard.
pire to ladle. i»l very high rank inde«l, to let my <uri...ity wait.
I continued
"Have you lieard of this?" I.u asktxl,
their a.plrationa ha«« usually I»*«
lbw vii lage, which, I glancing from one to another.
over« lisl med »Hh colUumely, ami, f 'und lay lieliind the niany-«toreyed
No; None of them hud heard.
la.tly, they are eunaumed with wonder null toward the mouth of th« valley and
"I
must mvi to it,” ho said, and
that I aliould have lighted upon a re- I •« to the high road by which I
stirred as if he would set out at onee;
fill".I and delicate Frenchwoman in tlie •I uld hare entered it.
1 had, aa it but he aildeal, "after dinner."
wild, of lam a.hlr« of all conceivable
• !■ b. the iw k door.
And after dinner lie retout; »nd 1
pla.-ea
l'«rliapa, they add, with a B. I '« I *,ia well into the village I
touch of sarcasm which I can com- I ...... I an arrangement of low building« thought ta-tter of him than 1 bad at
pla.-rntly emlure, I »aa th« only treat wji. blu'.k walla to the r.otd, from first been <li*p*«-.i to do la-cause of liia
uro Ilk" a gentleman al.« had ever Been » ii I. * in « no eound <4 life or work, kindly feeling, though it were only for
pigs.
Hut my story la all loo terrible ami
it. Inati-a I, Hi« vileat ami atrangeat
,
In the drawing room, however, I »»«
■arloiia to lx introduced with |»-r.iage
ii . Ila tl .t ever offeoded the «enae,
struck with the altered manner« of the
«1.1 from the midat of which roae a family in tlie temporary absence of its
CHAPTER I.
t ».-ring chimney that amoked con- head.
Mr«. Hteinliardt was g"»*ipy
About two year« ago I accepted a . ur- vimwlly
I lo-ae, I gu.-.’.-d. were part
ami kind—even motherly; Frank threw
a. y In the village of Tintperlay, »lllnn I tlie I'liemical » >rka of which I had off his »»kwardne»» and sliyiie*», and
a few miles <>( a large lancj.hire town heard
I found tlie rectory at the delightml me with hi« «kill on the
If I had had much choice I would u t llier «n I ■ f tlie village. I did not go
piano, »bile Mademoi*elle laicr. ix was
ha>e chosen a cure <4 stall« among mill — tl « re. t r waa in l.vl ill —but aaaed very bright and winrome. Yet, u<>w
hand, and miner». I would have pre to )«• direct, d to my l.alginga
com erring with her and now observing
I a l - "ii e t- ,i and then I prepared t 1 I.or (»lieu, for instaiii-e, she rat near
(erred to perform my dull«, under a
clear «ky, rather than under a caii"|u . ' dinner at tlie liou.e of Mr Fm- Frank at the piano), 1 could not but
St.-uil.ardt, on« of tlie creator» remark that a look of mdneaa over-
of.inoke, within call of fluid« and
«->!• rather than In a I .reel of tall an I |. r la 4 the Tofihet into which I «pread her sweet face— of ra'lne-», and
lie wa. rector'« church
chimney« and black hem I. of coal pit» hi I "i.o-e.!
a« of anxiously waiting for sometliing
Hut aim« I • •• disappointed in mi wa-din. and I had corre«|><>nded with or some one—whenever »he ««« left to
|..,|« <4 a cur« in a certalu |.lea-ant ill Inin c i 'Thing the curacy, and bad her own thought. This ex|.re-*ion I
I. ge of FusscX. I reeolved to go to Tim mail« thi« dinner arrangement a week »»■ableto account for aatisfactonly
l«>rley in lancashire
Fo «hen one ag. .. I a-kc I my landlady where I very soon.
I find I mijw’rley Hall.
dark afternoon of February I alighted • I
We had l»vn some time in tlie draw-
"Ol., ..nd al.e, l.a.king at me witli
at the n.-arvet elation <>n a branch rail
. ing room alien the door la’ll soundi-d a
way, and aek.al a follow pa«aetig«r, who a • ; *1 eye of re»|iect, •'you'll la’ g'" I. ml peal, and at once 1 saw that aub-
looki.l like a native, and who waa hurry mg t" Mu«ter St««enlieart'»?'' (ao »he dued expression of patient Waiting on
magnate'.
name)
ing away, whether he omihl dire, t me pr n un.ed tli»
M 1.« I at. r ix's face tla-h up into one of
b> riin|H-rl«y —when I wa. anewered ' ll< • at th* other «nd o' th' village on eager expw tancy. For a moment she
with a curt "Jinn," I waa n<»t dlecon •lil» Hr. »" (»he called it "Brew"), looked at the dmir nitli her pala lac«
rerted I received a eomewhat Ullin "«top a bit. mon.** Sb« »ent to the gone paler, and listened w ith quick ear,
I r of the room and called, “Dick, till rhe heard tlie voice of the visitor,
trlligible direitlon from a .tali' ll por
i I ) i mini tak* the par«on up to alien her eager hope collapsed and sank
ter, and leaving order, conc-rning my
Then turning mt > dee|>er sadness than before. It
luggage, I went out into tlie dark ami \! -ter Steenhoart’a."
I . me, .1," «ai l, "llv'll tak tin, mon," was a rich, cheery voice 1 lieard come
thn dririle to walk to Tluipcrlry
I trani|s-d for halt a mile or ao along «ml »itliCrvw.
from tlie hall.
1 »«« anmaed , and • lion a minuti’
a well paved r «1, and lh«n (according
"1« tli' new parson come?" it asked
te> <11 na tion, I thought) I turned down r t»" later alic called from the bottoni of Mime one.
a narrow lana ta’tween a hedge ami a ..I the ataira,
"That's Jim," said Mrs. Hteinliardt
“Art ready, paraon? Th* lad's wait- with a langli—“my brother."
w.a.len fence. I trudged some distance
through deep mud, now »tumbling up n ing"—
This, then, »as tlie gentleman who
I | «itiiely laughed to myaelf
Mv had come to smoke n pipe. He en-
lump» <<n th« firm edge of the cartaav
and now plunging Into hole», when th. in M'metit increaaed when 1 aaw niy tenwl—a tall, stout, ruddy Englishman,
lane "M'in"l to lose itself ill a fluid
I ."¡ide. « I' Ullg Hercule« in clog«, who gone M.mewhat grey. He at once took
i ightei'ily have "taken" me to Tim- |H>«.e«»ion <4 tlie nx>m and <4 tlie per-
lies ita tad a little and then resolved t.
oriel Hull ami farther under Ilia arm. son» in it. His bright ami ample pres*
return to th« rtaul. My «yoa were n »
I in |<rley Hall I diauovered over- em-e extinguished tlie gaui'y. gorgeous
tianl to tha dark, and I |ierceived a
..koi the valley from the aide oppo furniture, and his voice, instinct with
f'.'t path aero.» the field inclining
back toward th« road.
1 »truck int< site t<> that from which 1 had tirat humor and un m -I'- c •> s ioiisne««. filled
thia, thinking it would eave in« »..me new..! it. >"<>n 1 »«a in its drawing tlie void will«tv usually reigned in tliat
diatanc«. Hut I »»>n found to nil r, in, »liuking hand» »till Mr. (or room.
Vexation that "the shortest way arcosr ||»rr i I n i. aiiuei Steinhurdt, for 1 aaw
la tha lolignat way round.”
I )»’rse- it , ti e tlmt lie wa« ol pure Teutonic
(To b» ronilnuod)
trred over the xaldcn gruss. ami some l.r.ed.and 1 hoard, when lie had spoken
times eomthing .-law liesidcs grass. and , few words, tliat lie must have »|>ent
Divorca In Europa.
pn-ently la-gnn to a««nt some» list of ill liia voutli and part of hia manhood
Divorce was established in Germany
in
the
Fatherland:
lie
»poke
perfect
II. « pleaaanl odors <4 rusticity, ami my
, in 1876. From ISK1 to 1885 tlie year-
apirita ro»e a degreo or two.
I paawd I ugliah, but with an indescribable,
j ly numlier of divon’ea waa almut 8,000,
a low Ida, k w.aalen building, and tell tale a< cent. I had just time to
w hile of late years it exceeds 10,000
m
ti.-o
bi«
burly
figure,
hia
somewhat
gueared it waa a cow hone«; I heard
In England divorce was established in
tha animal, pulling at their chain, and roundel «boulders, and bis massive
1857. During the years 1858 1802 the
munching thoir fond,
By-and-hy 1 l,a]d bend, when I was introduced to
annual numta-r was ntaint 200; in 1804
found myself again on a tolerably g>«*l In« wife, a tall, liandsome, Ijiiicaaliirc
almut 550; in 1898 alxmt 050.
In
road, came u|..n aomn houses of the woman (her ap*< h betrayed her), with
Austria, where only non-Catholics can
grey
I.air,
evidently
a
g.««i
deal
older
auburbiin reml-detachi.l villa descrip
apply for a divorce, the numta-r of de
tion (at on« of which 1 knocked and tl nil he. then to Miss Louise Imcroix,
whom I "ill only say at present tliat mand« for divorce increasisl 25 |ier cent
inquired niy war), ami soon, »tumbling
in four years, ami in Belgium about 20
ami eplaeliing through exasperating •he |<«>ke<l reflnod and foreign—a rare
j
|a'r
cent in four years.
exotic
in
thi»
region
of
surprises;
and,
mud and cinder«, camo out upon the
edge of tlm valley in which Tlniperlej lastly, to "my son, Frank,” a young
Hard on the Cook.
mm <4 <’»<• ,,r two-and-twenty, who
lay,
Ixirii John Town-end, n British gour
I Mood anil gazed around me. Such looked in every way and spoke like an
a »pcctai Io I had never «ceil ladore. I I iiglisliimin. Tlie“« introductions over, met <4 50 yours ago, would often call to
li.tcned Vi and fell tho feveriah mail of we eat down to wait for tlie announce* . tho footman in the middle of dinner:
the life of l.iinca.liiro industry. The nient <4 ‘linner. There was very little I "Tell tlie cook to come to me tliis
birr ami buia of tlmiiRand. of apindle«, sai.l they reemed constrained, anil I I moment." which occasioned rather an
th« awift click and thud of «buttle and wa«. perhaps, «by. No one seemed to awkward pause. Then, on thccntrance
loom, and the regular aob and reapira- think of trying to set mo at niy ease. j of tlie poor cook witli very red face from
• ion of mighty engine, mingled with Mr. Steinliarilt sat watching Hie clock, the i-ombineil effects of the kitchen tire
• ho riiab of wntei and tho plaintive ami at intervals throwing questions and mental confusion, lie would ad.lresa
punting of .ome machine »« of an en- ..ver hi" slioiil.ler to hia wife. (One her in n voice of thunder: "Pray have
alaved geni of the Arabian Night«. I ,|ue*ti..n I noted was, "Is Jim coming the goodness to taste that dish and tell
• oiild not. at tlral apportion the «oiin.l- ut all'."'—which «lie anawered, "Jim me if you do not agree with me that it
to the varioti. group, of building« be -aid he might look in after dinner and is beastly."
neath me. On my right wa« a many ~moke a pi|»'”—•»’I I wondered who
atoried mill, whoa* bright window, Jim wa«- I "“M wishing I had not sc-
A Big Hog.
(cd thi» invitation for my flrst even
»ere reflected in the gla«.y aurface of a
Down in Vlado«ta, Ga., recently, a
ing
in
Tiinperley,
when
the
voting
ladv
l»ind, on the banka of which there
hog was killed, whose gross weight was
grew, peiiaivn and forlorn, n few «crnl.by ,.dgiMl her chair a little nearer to mo, 1,2B0 pound«; his net weight was 1)55.
tr«w»w. On niy
Mn aggregation of nml ««id. with tho sweetest of »miles Each ham weighed 102 poitnds.
Thia
long low building« with gla.a roofa, nml tho most musical of tone«:
tut monster produced 501 pounds of
"You
coma
from
tlio
south
—
from
• hut looked with thoir ahining back«
; lard, or nearly a tierce and a half—
like mon«troue, croud.ing dragon» <4 |,ond.>n; J""7”
I enough to last a small family atamt
Iler accent was that moat delightful
«ntediluvian daya. Farther up the val
I four years.
Besides tho lard, there
ley waa another group of building« of all foreign accents—tho accent of an ; was nearly a wagonh ad of snusage from
educated Frenchwoman.
I answered
wrapped in a cloud of «team. Iinme-
this one pig, to say nothing atamt dish
diuteiy liefore me waa a ruined mill, that I hud come from Ixmdon, though pans full of hogshead cheese, liver pud
| was not native thero.
Unroofed and gaunt, with ita bell tower
"I, also," "»id »lie, "come from the ding ami other products.
••nd Ita tall, cold chimney outlined
south; from Ixuidou last, hut from
ngninat the »ky ; behind It waa another
Right in Thtlr Lint.
Paris Iwdore."
group of irregular building«. A doton
"Those cold Boston girls naturally
Here
«a«
common
ground
for
pleas
•all chimney» |Kiuri.l their amoke into
enjoy tho Abta’v 'Holy Grail' decora
♦he Itilphuroua air, which waa pervaded ant reminiscence, and we became
tions in the public library."
friend«
at
once.
by a certain glow—inaullicient to di»-
"Why?"
While wo were talking I happened
'■pule tliedarkneaa, but enough to make
" Because a frieze is right in their
♦ho dream which wound down tho val to glance across In Mr. Hteinliardt'a di
ley gleam like a black gigantic «nake. rection: lis was looking straight at me liae."
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REPUBLICAN.
KLA.MATH COUNTY, OKEOON, APRIL
..VENTS OF THE DAY
1<>,
HM»2.
SOUTH CHINA REBELLION.
NO. 1.
Statt
Imurgtnli Now Number About 60,000 Me»—
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD
A Cemprthtnilve Rtvltw ol th« Important
Happening* of the Put Wttk. Preteated
in t
Condtnud form, Which I* Mott
Liktly to Prove ol Inltrttt to Our Meny
Rtedssa,
Six [Xirsons went burned to death in
a fire at Johnstown, Pa.
The »enata will vote on the oleomar
garine bill in a lew days.
_ The Northern Pacific blockade in
North Dakota is ta-ing raised.
The senate considered the Danish
purchase scandal in Ms ret session.
Sixty thousand Chinese are in re-
Izellion in southern China provinces.
The German emperor's American
built yacht Metixzr HL has »ailed for
Southampton.
Ai ling President ta halkburger will
meet the Ikair leaders soon and discuss
(a-ai-e terms.
Republicans mid
gained one alderman
city election.
Democrats each
in the Chicago
rile tran»|»>rt f -h’-rilan has sailed
from San Praneim-o for Manila with
1,2K.'> soldiers ef the Twenty-ninth in-
fantry.
Fl«»»! stination
again becoming serio
is
T»enty-two men
an
explosion in a Tennessee coal mine.
A six story building in Philadelphia
»as entirely destroyed by fire. Ixzss,
»110,000.
Dr. Thomas Dunn English is alive,
but his physicians say he may die at
any moment.
Many Armed with Modern Rifle*.
Victoria, B. C., April 3.—With re
gard v> the disturbances «in Kwang Hi,
the North China Daily News, copies of
which were receive«! by the steamer
Empress if Japan toilay, aays:
"The central government in Pekin,
according to a telegram received by the
l<x:»l mandarins, are in a most per-
turhed state, owing to the serious news
simultaneously received lately from
Canton and Kueilin, the capitals of the
two Kwang provinces. The high au
thorities of the two provinces report
tliat the dixbanded soldiers of General
Feng Txe Tnairi, nurnlzeririg nearly
4,000 men, have joined the insurgents
of Kwang Si, which lias rendere<l the
situation in the south very precarious
and the crisis a dangerous one. These
men were all armed with modern fire
arms in 1900, which they refused to
give up when dislzanded. The insur
gents now number some 60,000 men,
and when enough supplies in food have
Ixien gathered in by them, we may ex
pect Uz iiear some serious news about
them."
1 he CliineHe appear to believe that a
Mohammedan retiellion in Kansu,
h’-adwl by ex-Prince Tuan, is really im
minent, a« various rumors of tliat na
ture have l>een telegraphed and have
created an impression that insurgents
are already in the field, but the fact :
seems to lie that preparations ab ne are
rumored to be on bait.
Tung i’uh
Shang would tie the general in com
mand of the rebels, and by all accounts
no movement under his direction is-
likely to prove very formidable.
Fire partially destroyed a Cincinnati
PERRY EXPLAINS TO LONG.
theater, but the audience escaped un
harmed.
Did Not Make Inducrtti Remark* in Chile
Pension Commissioner Evans has
Credited to Him.
been given to understand that his resig
Washington, April 3. — Secretary
nation wa» desired.
Long has received from Captain Perry,
High wind at Pittsnurg resulted in
commanding the battleship Iona, a re
injuries to many |>er»ons in churches
ply to the department's inquiry regard
and a heavy pro|«rty lists.
ing certain indiscreet remarks which
James R. Garfield, son of the late
were
said to have been made by that
President Garfield, has accepted the
position of civil service commissioner. officer at a Chilean banquet. Captain
Perry declares that while in Chile be
The house has paaaed the army ap
was not at any time present at any din
propriation bill.
ner or other meal where any toast or
Germany will not oppose Russia's speech was made by him or others; nor
did he at any time say anything, either
policy in the far East.
The naval appropriation bill carries in public or in private, that could be
construed to mean that he favored
»925,000 for the Puget Sound navy
either Argentina or Chile in tlie event
yard.
of war. Captain Perry says he ie also
Cecil Rhodes left most of his fortune innocent of making the alleged indis
to the promotion of his educational creet remarks of offering to sell the
scheme.
Iowa, whicli were currently reported in
Heavy rains in the South have cause.! Chilean newspapeis. Secretary Long
the Mississippi to overflow ita lianas, has replied to Captain Perry, inform
ing him that his explanation is perfect
flooding many miles of territory.
ly satisfactory.
Resolutions to investigate an alleged
hriliery scandal in connection »ith the
Fin» Monument for Rhode*' Grave.
sale of the Danish islands were adopted
New York, April 3.—Gardner Will
bv the house.
iams, manager of the De Beers mines,
Senator Mitchell has asked the com
merce committee to increase the appro-
priation for the Columbia river and ita
tributaries »1,009,000.
The indications are for an early ad
journment of congress.
Cecil Rhodes, "the uncrowned king
of South Africa,” is dead.
Mias Ellen M. Stone, the Amoriean
missionary, is on her way home.
has left Ixmdon for South Africa. He
says he will arrive in time to attend
the last stage of the funeral of Cecil
Rhodes. The grave will lie marked by
a fine monument, to 1 m > erected by the
dead statesman's personal friends and
business colleagues. It is propo-ed
that the gun carriage which bore
"lxmg Cecil” during the siege of Kim
berley, and which will convey the body
up the steep side of Matoppo, shall ile
stationed on the summit of the hill as
part of the memorial.
There may lx* some difficulty in the
United States getting a coaling station
in Cuba.
Wirtlt** Telegraphy'* Latut.
A passenger train struck a buggy in
New York, April 3.—Wireless corn
the suburbs of Pueblo, killing ita three munication was maintained on the
ocean lietween the Umbria, which has
occupants.
just arrived here, and the Campania,
Another mounted force of 2,000 men outward bound, while tho former's ap
is ix’ing raised in Canada for service in paratus was down. While the operator
South Africa.
nlioard the Umbria was exchanging
Two masked men held up an Em- dispatches with the Campania, the
poria. Kan., hotel, but were unable to chief officer informed him that the
ragged rigging attached to the main
break into tlie safe.
mast had fallen overborad. The appar
The president is receiving dozens of atus continued to work, nevertheless,
applications for the governorship of the for some time. Signor Marconi, who
Danish West Indies, aliould those is in this city, «as informed of the oc
islands lie sold to tlie Unit«! State’s.
currence.
foshna Wilbour, United State»consul
at Dublin, Ireland, died at Rutherford,
N. J.
Tho poatofflee department has stopped
the frauilnlent »chemo of a swindler
who advertised a way to open cash
registers w itliout keys.
Mrs. Catherine Soffel. wife of the
Pittbsbnrg warden, has lieen indicted
on three counts, charged with aiding
the Biddles to escape fiom jail January
30.
ITEM8 OF INTERE8T FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happening* ol l.a-
portance —A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvement* of the Many lndu*tr>u
Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth
— Ute*t Market Report.
Salem has taken the preliminary
stepi to installation of city light plant.
The farmers’ co-operative telephone
line from Echo to Pin lieton will tie
completed about May 1.
About half the telephones in Oregon
City are out of business as tl.e result of
a live electric light wire dropping on
them.
The receipts of state land office for
March were »39,885.44, or the large-t
amount received by the present clerk
for any one month.
A contract for 12,000 pounds of the
1902 hop crop is the top rword in con
tracts at Salem. Quite a number are
reported at 12 cents.
Marion Cunningham, an Oregon
pioneer of 1853, and one of the mont
prominent citizens of Harrisburg, has
passed away, aged 69 years.
The Propoied Surrender.
Heidelburg, Transvaal, April 2.—
Commandant Allsirts has called a meet
ing of the Boers in his district to take
place 35 miles east of the Spring sta
tion, in order to discuss the proposal
for a general surrender, it ia said that
General Ilans Botha has summoned »
similar meeting at Amsterdam.
A
party of constabulary and native scout*
were ambushed near here. Six of tin
party were killed. The Boers el ml cl
pursuit. Surrender, are occurring daily.
Ticket
Headed
by W. J. Furni*k, sf
Pendleton, fee Governoe.
Portland, April 3.—The Republic«*
state ticket for Oregon carries Hies«
names:
Governor—W. J. Furnish, Umatilla
county.
Supreme Judge—R. 8. Bean, Lans
county.
Secretary of State—F. I. Dunbar,
Clatsop county.
Ftate Treasurer—C. 8. Moore, Kla
math county.
Attorney General— A. M. Crawford,
Douglas county.
State Printer—J. R. Whitney, Linn
county.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
— J. H. Ackerman, Multnomah county.
The Republican platform declares fur
the following state and national issues:
Retention of the Philippines.
Arraignment of the trusts.
Chinese exclusion.
Protection where needed.
I-abor's right to organize.
Salaries for state officers.
Government aid and control of irri
gation.
Opening of the dalles of the Colum
bia river.
No leaxe law for government lands.
Federal conservation of fisheries.
The Grout oleomargarine bill.
The initiative and referendum.
Extension of the primary law over
the state.
While no price has yet been fixed by
For Rcpreientative, Srcond District.
eithei the ftahermen or cannerymen it
Portland, April 2.—The Republican
ix generally understood that the price
will open the same as last y ear—5 cents convention of the Second congressional
per pound for the smaller fish and 6 district yesterday named for representa
cent» [ier fiound for all over 25 pounds. tive J. N. Williamson, of Crook county.
The clam cannery at Skipanon has
started up for the season and will be
kept in o|ieration until late in the fall,
GAME WARDENS TO MEET.
packing about 50 cases per day. Indi
cations are that the clams on Clati-cp
Official* of Eight Statu Likely to Hold a beach are as plentiful as ever before, if
not more so.
Conference Soon.
Helena, Mont., April 3.—There is an
Since the outbreak of cholera at exiellent prospect that the game war-
Manila there have ta-en 90 canes ami ;o
<iens of eight Northwestern states will
deaths rejszrtud.
hold a meeting early in the summer,
The house committee favorably re-
ported the hill for 20 (n’r cent Cuban either in the National Park or at some
other convenient (dace, and exchange
tariff reduction.
The plague situation in India is grow views looking to co-operation in trie
ing worse. Over 70,000 deaths are re work of protecting the game of the
Northwest. The states that are ex
ported monthly.
pected to lie represented at the meeting
Tlx- senate will tako up the Nicara are Montana, Idaho, Washington, Ore
gua canal bill as *»>n a- it ha»di-|«zxed gon, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota
of the Chinese exclusion measure.
and Minnesota. Fouth Dakota would
H ixh I k in the South caused immense lie inclmled, but there ia no game war
den in that state. An effort will also
damage to property.
lie made to have a representative pres
The loss in Tennessee by the recent ent from the Northwe-t Territory.
tl.sxl ia estimated at »4,000.000.
Major John Pitcher, a ting superin
Rismevelt declares himself in favor tendent of the Yellowstone National
of a more stringent Chinese exclusion Park, is heartily in favor of the meet
ing, and lie has written to State Game
law.
Warden Scott, of Montana, suggesting
A general uprising is lx>ing planneil that the meeting lie held in the Na
in Macedonia to throw off tlie Turkish tional Park about June 15.
yoke.
OREGON REPUBLICANS.
NEWS OF TH ESTATE
For Reprucntative, Fir*t District
Roseburg, April 2.—The Republican
congressional convention for the First
district, held here yesterday, nominated
Representative Thomas II. Tongue, of
Washington county.
G. A. R. ON PEN8ION8.
Rogue river valley orchardista have
begun a united and determined cam
paign against the codling moth. Matter* That Wtrt Complained of ia Its Re
Thousands of gallons of poison have
port to tha PraaxirnL
lieen sprayed upon Southern Oregon
Minneapolis,
April 2.— Jndge Ell
trees with the hope of destroying the
much dreaded disease, or at least pre Torrence, commander-in-chief of the
venting it from doing so much harm Grand Army of the Republic, just beck
this year'as it has in the past.
from a conference with the president
The supreme lodge of Oreg n, A. O. •>n pension matters, says the re(x>rt of
U. W., will meet in Portland June lu tlie G. A. R. pension committee was
to 20.
*
submitted to the president over a week
Olivpr Grace, a pioneer of 1843, died ago. At hia request, however, it will
at his home at Silverton last week. not ie made public for some time, aa
He was born in 1829.
the pre ideut has under consideration
The Western Union Telegraph Com the selectii n of a successor to Pension
pany has eubscribed »1,000 to the Lewis Commissioner Evans. Judge Torrence,
di-cuseing the re|X)rt said:
and Clark exposition.
“The committee fonnd no fault with
The Prohibitionists of Portland and the pension laws aa they now exist, but
Multnomah county have nominated a rather with the manner in which the
city and county ticket.
ia»» have lieen con-trued and adminis
About 70 teachers from ali parts of tered hv the (>en»ion bureau. A de- ire
Clackamas county attended the teach for a change in the office of commit-
era’ institute in Oregon City last week «ioner of pensions has been steadily
grow ing for two years past, until now
The Tillamook County Bank, of Till it is almost universal among the veter
am<x>k, has tile«l articles of incorpora
ans. Conservative Grand Army mee
tion with the secretary of state, Capi
iielieve, and with good cause, that great
tai, »10,000.
injustice has been done to many de-
Preparations are being made to in- -ervtng and worthy claimants. AH the
crease the water supply of The Ualles. veteran soldier of the union desire« is
During the summer months tlie re.-er- that the laws lie justly and fairlv ad-
mintatered, and all who are entitled to
voirs leach a very low stage.
re« eive their benefits shall enjoy them
The retail clerks of Baker City are without diminution or unreaaonable
trying to secure an agreement among ■ letays. and that every unworthy claim
the merchants to close their places ol shall be rejected and every fraudulent
business on Sunday.
Most of the pensioner stricken from the rolls.
merchants are willing to agree to such
"The atmosphere of the pension bu
a proposition, provided it is generally reau has been such aa to create an im
observed.
pression that a great many fronds are
attempted by the old soldiers, but it ia
PORTLAND MARKETS.
worthy of note that according to the
last report of the commissioner, ont of
Wheat—Walla Walla, 64c; bluestem, 159 persona convicted of frauds against
65c; Valley,64@65c.
the bureau la-t year but 10 were sol
Barley—Feed, ?20(g21.;
brewing, dier» of the Civil war, of whom t .o
♦ 21@21.50 per ton.
were deserter«. Many convictions were
Oats No. 1 white, |1.15@1.22M; for offenses against the old eoldiers,
and not by them.
The records show
gray, $1.10@1.20.
Flour—Rest grades, f2.80@3.40 per that only one uld soldier out of 73,000
has been convicted of fraud against the
tiarrel; graham, *2.6002.80.
Millstuffs—Bran. *18 per ton; mid government. Certainly that is a won
dlings, *20;
shorts, *20;
chop, derfully good showing.”
Incidentally Judge Torrence denied
»16.50.
Hay — Timothy, *12@13;
clover, that he was to be made pension com
*7.50@8; Oregon wild hay, *5@6 per missioner, or that he was a candidate
for that or any other office.
ton.
Potatoes—Best Burbanks, *1.10@l.25
percental; ordinary, 70080c percen
tal; Early Rose, *1.25@150 per cen
tal. growers' prices ¡sweets, *2.25@2.50
[>er cental.
Butter—Creamery, 22S@25c; dairy,
I8@20c; store. 13@15c.
Eggs—13@14c for Oregon.
Cheese—Hull cream, twins, 13@
13'vc; Young America, 14@15c; fac
tory prices, 1@1 He less.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, *3.50@
4.50; hens, *4.50@5.50 per dozen, 11@
UH'* l*r pound;springs,11011$fc per
pound *304 perdosen; ducks, *5@7
per dozen; turkeys, live, 12@13c,
dressed, 14@16c per pound; geese, *6H
@7 per dozen.
Mutton—Gross, 4c per pound; dress
ed, 7@7Hc per pound.
Hogs—Gross, 6iic; dressed, 6H@7c
per pound.
Veal—8@8H for small; 7@7H for
large.
Beef—Gross, cows, 3Va@4c; steers,
4@4 -jc; dressed, 6H@"'vc per pound.
Hops—12013c per pound.
Wool—Valley, 13015c; Eastern Ore
gon, 8@12.Hc; mohair, 21021Hc per
pound.
Author of "Baa Bolt" Dead.
Newark. N. J., April 2.—Dr. Thomas
Dunn English died yesterday.
Dr.
English, who was a writer of some note,
whs widely known as the author of
"Ben Bolt." He was born in Philadel
phia in 1819, and whs graduateli from
the University of Pennsylvania as a
doctor of medicine in 1839. Later he
studied law and was admitted to the
Philadelphia bar. He engaged in jour
nalism in New York from 1844 to 1859,
when he came to Newark to practice
medicine. He served two terms in con
gress from New Jersey.
To Take Up Purchase of Frier Lands.
Sioux Falls, ’. D., April 3.— Right
Rev. Thomas O’Gorman, Catholic bish
op of South Dakota, baa gone to Wash
ington to hold a conference with Pres
ident Roosevelt in reference to the pro
posed purchase by the United States of
lands belli by the friars in the Philip
pine islands. During the conference it
will lie decided whether Bishop O’Gor
man shall proceed direct from Wash
ington to Rome to assist in the negotia
tions with the pope.
Bill Laid Before Senate.
A health resort for invalid soldiers of
the regular army is to lie established at
Washington, April 2.—Lodge, chair
Fort Niobrara, in Nebraska.
man of the committee on Philippines,
today reported to the senate the bill
Overland limited trains are to lie temporarily to provide for the adminia-
provided with telephone ser ice while tra'ion of thesffairsof tha talanda. He
standing in depots at Chicago, Omaha said in submitting the report he hoped
and San Francisco.
to call up the measure for consideration
Tlie owner of a Chicago tenement at an early date. Rawlins, of the >ame
has been sued fo- |25,OOO damages by committee, offered an amendment to
Mrs. John McGinnis, whose two chil the Philippine g> vo-nnrent bill, in th«
dren were killed by sewer gas and her nature of a substitute for it. It repr*.
aenta the views of the minority.
own health impaired.