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4 V I KLAMATH REPUBLICAN ♦ Vili. of the Early Settlers I ot Louisiana. J3TIN C. BURDICK » »♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ •• w. sirrah?" b«* demanded, «• ntered. ■■une with ■ warning," th« sol* I, warning Speak out." I w iiii.in pu- *.-<l my p «1 tills lll-li-li-ur. ull I »lie hade me tell h tu he <ni their guard, for dan ened them." mn whom?" he In limit. They will rise and j all." ■ il s|okeU iif till» before?" hot." mi »hall tint tell It to others!" •art. In anger. "Have you not gli uf this idle tear? What bo! there!" ■•all, two soldier« entered, who in the |iu»»«ge tu obey the call. fellow and lock him up in lu* ordered. "We’d a*e»u rata down upon Ils If they Ihed in fear! They dur« not inn. Away with liiui!" <•■ n>eying thia Intelligence the waa caul Into n strong dungeon, kept for several days with his ■ stock». was not the only note of warn trt had. Four days afterwards ram« tu him ami Informed him udlans surely meditated the de af the fort, and df nil Ila white »If* rxrlniin<*d <’h«»pnrt, nn v old hiitf who told you thin kN to friichl«*n un. think« iclthitf our ft* it tn «»lie ran fright* > Khiiitf up our plan of taking t»f thr While Apple. u bat! ' to the Indiana that we Awn) with »11« h bile C6 k | KLAMATH »■■If. I.<iiils ri-cngiil/ed him st once as a brutal mail whom h hu<| oure h «** u at N«»v Orh-iius flogging mi Indian girl. Most uf tin* m Inti*« were decent l*x*klng men; but lx*fi>r« th« night hml paas»«l uw.iy, Wlilte llaiid shrank uivay to hl» 10 Igi*. und as he laid Ills selling he id upon his pill-iw In- drew t'>-q’iull.i cluse to him, mid In u »Inking tom* he inur- uniredi "Alus! I um ashamed of my own peo- pie. W ith nil their advantages of birth mil eiliii'iitlon with the enlightenment of ages ns their heritage, they ar« but auv- mt**» slHI!" Iln- next day found «ollie dozen of the Frruehuieii still m the Indian vllteg«. But the Great Hun Iniii-ilf, with u few of his warriors, aivompiinled them Io the town, anil there the dark monarch prom ised I'hopm-t that. In eoiislderutiou of Ilia klndm-as In nllowlng them to remain ao I long In their vlllugi*. th<-y would bring I more thiili the qiisml(y of corn promlaed. "On the morrow," he suld, "we will tome with our tribute of i-orn, donlle what we promised, mil on the nezt <l«y we shall h-svi* the village uf the White Aptile " “But stay," ri1-d t'hopnrt, “we will have one more carousal er** we part. This night you »hull bring your warriors hire, I »nd we’ll cheer our souls." “Our white brother spenks kindly," re- turned tlie Great Hun. "but will he not lx* w roth nt th»" rudeness of my people? ' "No. Bring them, «ml wv'll pledge friendship.** '"Itiy red brother will com« »• “And Ills brnves wIlli him7" “It »hull be so," And (hut night rmisnl changed to they »nt the doom«r mid th« doomed! And they pledged eternal friendship! The white uimi hml planned tu rob the red num of hla tdrthrtgtn to drive him frotn Ills home, profane his temple, mrd plow Up his fmli.-r»' graves! The tel man luid plmim-d to keep his home, to main tain sacred lila temple, to guard well his fathers' graves, niel that this should le doue, tin* Invader was to be swept away! 11 was a »I range pledge, but (lie white man was the tirai to offer it. It waa after IIIl<Inurlit when they «,-p- aruled, and th« stars lighted th« Natchez tu their homes When they r* a bed tin* r village, th** Great Hun, In company wl'h Ilia chiefs and nobles, went to the t«-m- ple mi I entered. They approached the place where tlie sticks had bung, but there were none there now. Th« l«ath«ru thongs liung against the wall, but there was nothing In them. “t’lii.-fa, nobles and w arrlors of th« on< « powerful Natchez, may not this be th« eve of our re-awaketiilig? Thu day Is past the morn cometh! Hhsll not th« Notches once mor« stum! nt th« head of nations? To-morrow we open th« path, and henceforth from that tiitu* lit our enemies bewar»-! The Great Hpirlt is with us, while the white nimia God bus for saken him What shall we fear? Hleep now. but slei'p not too soundly nor too long l-«t th« sun find us ready to bld him wvlcouii* a« shall we do honor to lb« parent of our great first king!" Thus sjioke the Great Huu, and aa h« closed, he moved slowly towards the door, sii I hl» • hli-f» (ellowi-d him; amt ere I-ng afterwards th« village of th« White A«|dc was wrs|q«ed In sllem e; but there were two there who slept not. Whit« llmid still prayed that the coming death Idow might not extend to Ills fath er, mid the wish kept sleep from his eyes An I he w ho watched the sacred fire now felt bls duty doubly binding, and sleep vmne not to him, aa he still kept up his tireless vigils. I'll Al’HER XIX. I liner, ...... ra< e to fit. •* Hinn'« G<x|, but «I k - hud known why he waa «par- White Hauti alone, lie »'I Hint none of tin- wickedness ■ nini also F n cnlm. wnrm night, and in the f i’1* krent square were built two I Pitch-wood to s,v**v« ns torches, F Hie white, P in soclnl 4 were over a h'l at their At an early hour the Great Hun and Stung Hcrpi-nt were astir, ami when the first rays of th« morning «un darted into th» Ix-mitiful vale, they rested upon all the warriors of the Natchez there as- ai-mhled. Hm h as had pistols carefully loaded them, and hid them away with their hunting knives In their besoms. Their tomahawks were »hitr|iencd and siting to their belts, and all took their guns. ThiU each mail of the eonimen * lass went mid got bls bag of corn, mid hnvlng net It down, they commenced their war dance. But they imide not such hide ous noise «» usual only enough to pro pitiate the Great Hpirlt. mid make h m Iii-quiihited with their intent. It was well in the morning when they set out. mid by the middle ot the forenoon they reoi lied Nati hea. Th*-y entered the place dancing and singing, mid straight way carried their corn to the fort. Th* u the red nn 11 begun to separate some thin way mid some that. Every house had on« or more visitors, according to the liliinlx-r of people In it. Home begged for milk, aotni* naked to buy powder and shot, for which they promised to pay in coin nt some future day. A richly stored barge lay at the pl«r. which had come up the day before, and on board this n num ber of In.Ilana crowded. Into the fort they crept by different ways, presenting themaclvcs wherever there was n white man. until nt length they were distribut ed w herever there was a blow to lie struck. At length a sort of solemn stillms» reigned over the devoted town, as though the death angel had hushed nil hontts. But hark! What Is that horrid yell that comes from the fort a yell thnt niaki a the very bino,I freeze, mid cause» the hair to stand on end? What are those fearful crie» those iiiunlae shouts mid those despairing groans? The general asnas» n itlnn of the French took so Hille Him- that the exe* u- tlott of the deed and the preceding sign ils were almost one nnd the s.itne tiling, tine single discharge closed the whole affair. It cost the Natchez only twelve men to destroy two hundred ami fifty, through the fault of the commanding officer, »»ho alone deserved the fate which was »liar cd by hla unfortunate companions. Ho..... half dozen Frem him n i neaped. ns by a miracle, this general massacre, and made their way to New Orleans in safety. The women mid i liihlren of the whites were mostly anved Io be kept ns prisoners. Of course the Natchez, supposed that nil the whites ill the country were now dead. Not one of them dreamed that they hud been deceived into striking a week too early. Ho they caroused In the town all night, mid on the next morning they started for their village. They hud spared two men whom they retained ns prisoners, nnd who esenped from them after having served them some weeks. One wits a »vngoner, limned Mnyeux, who waa kept to transport the goods of the French to the Indian village; and the oth- waa a tailor named Lebcatl, whose aer ea» they wanted in fashioning the reach garment« to their owu u»e. FALLS, 1 On the next morning, White Han't waa sturllod by the return of tbs NsU’bez. ' lie went out, hut bis heart ali-keuud at the »iviii’ he wus <l<»llu«d to wltnsss. Two hundred mid fifty human heuda - Hut those who know ths Indian charac ter cun Imagine the horrid orgies th y might hold when fired with revenge mil flushfd with victory. Even the historian, who deals only with stubborn faits, lays down Ills pea lu silent horror when lie finds himself In th« midst of I<«lieau’a iinrrntlv« of what lie saw In the Indian illlage, and bids Ida readers spar« him th« rveltal. Whit« llnn l crept bark to h a Io Ige, mid Coqiiulln found hliu there pale and 1 faint. She bathed Ills temples and brow, and after u while he revived, but b« dar ed not venture out. "Alas, my companion!” murmured the princess, "they make horrid pouip over their victory, bill It baa cost them dear, though they realize It not now. My peo ple are now bllud, but they shall awake to sense and sight and know that the best mull of them all is gone!" “<'iM|iialla?' uttered the youth, starting up. It was a mere Interrogative. “My father 1» wounded, even unto i death." And aa the maiden thus Mpffko i all« bowed her head and the big Irieklcd dowu between her fingers. "When? How?" asked White Hand, forgetting for the moment the deep terror ■if ills uwu soul lu the grief of Lis com panion. "Hi* received a biilhA In hl« bosom yes terday. But he sent me for you. Come." White 11nml arose and followed Co- qualla from the lodge. Ill the center of ih<* great square. before the temple, there was a fire kindled, hat the youth dared not look towards It. He knew Its terri ble purpose, mid with quick* lied steps he hurried, stopping Ins ears with Ills fingers tu shut out the sounds that fell upou his ears. But fortunately he had not far to go. When he entered Slung Berpi-nt’a dwelling, he found the women there < ry Ing and yelling In despair. Upon blv bed of bearskins lay Titling Serpent, breathing heavily, and ever and anon raising ills head to listen to the sounds that cams from the square. When bis eyes rested upon White Hand, In* beekoued the youth forward, at the same Huie bidding tbs others aland hack. "Hit thie down by my aide," be said, “for I have mush to nay to thee." Quickly the youth ant down, for he hoped he should now kuow some things that were only his at pretest by suspi cion. (To be continued I ONE How WAY TO SMASH TRUSTS. Jxpiter Flavins Knocked Out • Corner In eirmr.hn Nectar. The Ixiss <*f high Olympus looked up from bls cup with s wry expr*-salon. “What's the matter. Jupe?” Inquired June*, as «he dipped luto the ntubruala platter. "It’s tills nectar.” replied the eminent Olympian. “It ain't up to the standard. What'« the matter with it?" ”ln my opinion." said Juno, ns she tcx>k n spoonful of the honey of llybla, "It's all the fault of the trust. They have let the quality run down. And at the aatne time they have raised the price.” "Trust!" cried Jupiter. “What trust la flint ?’’ “The Olympian Nectar trust,” replied Juno. “1 thought you knew ull about It. Mercury Is the prexldent and gen eral Uiannger, and be nnd A|*ollo are tin* Ixiurd of directors. Mars wanted to buy lu, but they wouldn't let him. They claimed hi* was ten, quarrelsome. They gave Neptune* 1< m » xhnrc-s of.preferred on condition tlint he'd help them water the stock. 1 thought you beard of It at the time." Jupiter looked black, says the* Cleve land Plain Dealer, as he pushed away from the table. "I hear of It now for the first time.” he grow led. and the echoes of his grow) reverlierated among the distant hills "And what's more, I don’t expect to hear of It again. Syndicate my nectar, will they! Why. blame their pesky hides, what do they mean by It?” “There, there, Juple," said Juno, In her most soothing tone, “don't get so riled. The* lx>y« didn’t know how vexed you’d feel about It." “Well, they'll soon tine! out! Haven't they a plant some where, or some thing?" "There It Is," said tlie statuesque one, as «In* pointed to n lower terrace. Jupiter grimly smiled. “We won’t have to wait for any Su preme Court decision In this case,” he remarked, aa hi* stepped to the nearest cuptmnrd and drew out what looked to lie it half dozen metallic' skyrockets, At sight of them Juno gave a little scream and put her hands over her ears. A moment later Jupiter stood by flic* open window and drew back Ills massive* ami. There was a blind ing flash anil a startling report, nnd tin nectar plant on the terrace below trembled to Its base. Thunderbolt fol lowed thunderlMilt, and when the sixth was thrown there wasn't n vestige of the building left. "There," said Jupiter, as lie wiped Ills hands on Ills napkin and calmly re sumed his sent al tin* table, "I fancy that's one way of solving the trust problem. Puss the nightingale* tongues, please." KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 30, 1903 EVENTS OF THE DAY •IATIII RED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. ,’omprehcnslvc Review of the Import- ■ nt Happenings ot the P«*t Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Mo»« l.lkely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Reader*. I he revolution spreading. in Nicaragua ia A nurnlrer of army offi<»rs in Alaska are charged with corruption. The 26Mlb anniversary of the found ing of Rome has been celebrated. Japanese are very angry at Russia for not evacuating Manchuria as promired. k'razil ami Bolivia are sending artniea to meet each other and a tattle is like- ly to occur soon. The government will not improve the Biualaw river in Oregon, because the cost would tar too great. Boxer troubles in Houthwest China sre growing. French troops may in tervene tu stop the trouble. '1 he Trigg shipbuilding company, of Richmond, Va., has failed. The total indebtedness is about (1,259,000. Insurgent ami Turkish forces cun- linue to fight. In the last battle 30 insurgents and nite* Turks wero killed. The general manager of the Groat Northern and a committee of traiurnnn will rne«t and dlxcu»« wagea. A neace- tul settlement in likely. Benson, the murderer, has been con- victel of manslaughter. An armed band of ladrones has reaj>- peared in Rizal province. The Twenty-third regiment has left the Philippines for ban Francisco. White bprings, a rummer resort near it. Louis, was wrecked by a tornado. Astronomers are talking of forming a combination in order to facilitate their aotk. It is said on gmxl anthr rity that William K. Vanderbilt will marry again. A storm in Germany unrxifed build ings, tore down telegraph wires and did inucb other damage. Two prisoners in the Utah peniten tiary engaged in a fight which will prove fatal to both. Fire in Butte destroyed much valua ble property and for a titre endangered the lives ot 200 pers< ns. Commander Underwood, of the gun boat Wheeling, says the re|»irt of the Komoan hurricane was overdrawn. A mad dog in Morristown, N. J., bit 150 town doge. ' Under orders from the mayor 1,000 dogs have been de- stroyed. Captain Edward Gatfield, who mys- terously dissppeared in Cleveland last •umuior, has been found in Littleton, Colo. He wrote home that he was ill. Dr. Lowry, secretary of the Kansas state lioard of health, has reported that the disease in Riie county, Kan sas, thought to lie buuonic plague, is smallpox. As the result of a collision between an interurban car and an automobile at lndiana|K>lis, Ind., Dr. Charles How ard, of St. Paul, Ind., waa killed and Richard Rice, ef Indianapolis badly in jured. ’In the purchase fo 33 acres of land at Indiana harl*or, Lake county, Ind., the Illinois steel company has secured a site for the proposed (3,000,000 Port land cement manufacturing plant, flie capacity will be 4.000 barrels a day. Cracksmen wrecked the vault and safe of the Allen state bank, at Allen, Kan., and escaped with (2,<00. At Admire, another small town « few miles east, of Allen, the postoffice was broken into and a small amount ol money taken. Woodburn. N J., Nationul Bank of ficials say a man deposited (18.500, ¡.early all in (20 gold pieces, that bad aln buried in his back yard for years. Burton Parker, a sorter in the C-hl qigo Poatoffice. has been arrested on the charge of robbing the mulls. He lonfesaed. He is supposed to have se eured (800. General J. C. nates, the new com mander of the Department of the Lakes, has arrived nt Chicago, Gen- xral Sumner succeeds him as com- mander of the Department of the Mis sourl. Passenger train No. 4. on the North ern Pacific, ran into a freight on a sid ing at a station 12 miles weal of Dick inson. N. I). Fireman Gleason was killed and the engineer Injured A »witch had been left open. The recent high tides nt F'0"’’? land. N. Y., burst through the Brlgnt on Beach bulkheads, and the Crush ing waters flooded the cellars and de Question of Degrro. itroyed the work of the gardeners nt The philosophy of human existence Brighton Beach Hotel. The waves was discussed lu the presenrts of th* rose as high as 20 feet. representative of the Washington Star An Immense flow of oil was “It Is my opinion," remarked th* first st 1200 feet In a well nt Hartford, O., sage, "that n mail who has a college de in new territory. gree Is very likely to be» successful in The big bronze statue of Atlas lire." which has stood on the fourt*1 n°or.<’' “True." answered the other, fresh the old Times building. Chicago, for from the reports of tin* commencement more than a third of a century, and exercises In the newspapers, “and It Is which was placed In the structure . a rule that works both ways. A man Wilbur F Storey, has been stolen. The statue weighed more than a ton. who Is successful In life Is very likely A Chh ago man proposes to <’R1’C™ to get a college degree.” tfnvana'x stray dogs, use ‘*>em as bait for sharks In the harbor, nnd when From Habit. sufficient arc gathered, blow themi p Mr. Mr. Brown flood morning, with dynamite. The Havana Munich Jones; how’s your wife? pal Connell pays (3 Cf '’nch / Mr. Jones (who Is deaf and didn’t quite shark destroyed, and (2 for ea»h m understand) Very blustering and die "There’s millions In it.' agreeable 'gain thU a* «ruing. I NO. 4 PREPARE FOB GENERAL STAIP Root Will Have It In Working Order When Law Becomes Effective. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON Washington, April 23.— It is the in-1 tention of Secretary Root to have Hie organization of the general staff per fected and ready for business st the MARION COUNTY CROPS. time the law gone into effect in August. For that reason the order detailing offi Warm Rain Needed, Otherwise the Out cers for the general staff instructed all look Is Very Favorable. save those in the Philippine* to report Crops in Marion county are in good at once to General Yoang, who is the chief of stuff, and who will have in condition as a general thins, and there hand the details of organizing the body. is nothing yet to <!i»courage the farmer. It is the intention of Hecretary Root It would te better for everything, how to have different officers, who are like ever, should there lie a heavy, warm ly to l>e assigned to special duties in <x»nnection with staff work,detailed as rain, which would have a twofold ben special Ixvards, to which will lie re eficial effect — it would supply trie ne (erred mattois that will naturally come cessary moisture now demanded in tx-fore them. It is the intention to rtiany place-, and it would bring the have the officers of the general staff snow out of the Cascades, thus insur divided into sections and take up such questions now as will I* referred to ing warm spring weather, which it is them when the law becomes operative. proverbial cannot lie had until Table It is Dot intended that any of the offi Rock and the lower ridges of the moun cers detailed for the general staff shall tains are bare of their white coats. continue their preeent dutiea longer Fruit is coming on in good shape, the than is absolutely necessary, as it ia the desire ol Hecretry Root that they load of blossoms indicating a plentiful ■hou'd at once enter upon their staff crop, but it is too early to feel safe yet. duties and aaeist in perfecting the or The weather most dangerous to fruit in ganization so that it will Ire in working this country is that which brings the order by August 15. cold, beating, sleety rains late in April, when the pollen is in the blossom, to MOROS PLEDGE PEACH. be washed cut by those rains, leaving But Any Attempt to Abolish Slavery Will the blossom lifeless for fruitmaking purposes. There is always a good crop Cause a Rebellion. of fruit when that class of rains comes Manila, April 23.—Major General Iwfore the blosaoming is far advanced Davis has returned here from Jolo or when the warm spring arrives with arch I [x Iago. He did not ■«<» the sultan out much rain at all. of Jolo, as the latter went to Singapore The bop crop is at that point where three days before General Davis ar there is merely speculation as to the re rived. The sultan’s absence compels a sults. As usual, much is beard of mis temporary abandonment of the nego sing hills, damaged vines, and a heavy tiationa for the abrogation of the tiate« shortage in prospect for this year, but treaty. past experience has shown that in many General Davie reports that nine- years when similar predictions were tenths ot the Lanao (Mindanao) Moroe made, the yield turned out reasonably have accepted the American sovereign good. ty afid pledged peace and friendship Sheep Shearing in Umatilla. Representatives of 40 towns north of Twenty sheep shearers have arrived the lake professed allegiance to the United States before Major Ballard yes in Umatilla county from different parts terday. Peace is assured until an at of the country, and will commece work tempt is made to abolish slavery. It is l»elieved that would unite the Moros at once. This number will be consid erably increased within a week or ten in opposition to the Americans. The head-hunters inhabiting the days, ax three crews are employed in Sierra Madre mountains have made a the section around Pilot Rock during raid in the province of Nuetva Ecija. the shearing season, which lasts about Usually there are about 12 island of Luzon. They beheaded four 60 days. natives. A force of cavalry is pursuing men to a crew. Tbeee men are paid 7 and 8 ceots a head for shearing stock the raiderr. sheep and 15 a .d 25 cents for pure-bred ewes and oucks. Some of the men HUNGARIANS USE QUNS. average (10 per day. Sheep will not They Strike for Increase on Duke Estate be sent to the mountains as early this year as last, as there is no scarcity of end Show Fight. feed. Somerville, N. J., April 23.—Two hundred Hungarians and Pcles, who Big Timber Land Deal. are on a strike on the estate of James One of the biggest timber deals trans B. Duke, president of the American acted in Southern Oregon for some time tobacco company, held the bridge from was the recent tranafer of some 42,000 Raritan to the Duke estate today and acres of timber land on the Upper Rogne with drawn revolvers prevented team to W. H. Strobridge. He has taken sters Irom going to the Duke estate. the tract on the Upper Rogue under Mr. Duke says he grill not grant the 25 bond, the price named being (25 an cents a day increase the men ask. The acre, for 24,000 acres of the tract, and striker* are alleged to have destroyed 420 per acre for the remainder. The many tret's on the estate. total price is (960,000. This belt of The strikers gathered at the Raritan timber is one of the finest in the south river bridge last night, armed with ern part of the state. guns and clubs, intending to attai k the men who had remained at work as they School Bond Issue Defeated. < roeeed the bridge to their homes. By a vote of 185 to 82 the taxpayers John l^wson, manager of the estate, of the Pendleton school district de plated the men in wagons and headed feated the proposition of issuing (25,000 the procession for the bridge, and he bonds to erect a new eight-room school was held up at the entrance by a Hun house. The question at issue was not garian with a gun. Lawson drew his sc much the money, but the location of own revolver and covered the man, who the new building which the school became frightened and lowered bin board had selected. weapon. Th* wagons were then al- lowed to cross the bridge. Run of Small Flab Good. J FLOCK TO LAKE COUNTY. Largs Number of Men Waiting for Snow to Melt in Order to Locate. Timlxjr men continue to arrive al Ijikeview by every stage and (torn every direction, and the Lakeview land office is working to its full capacity. Heveral locators with scrip are waiting for the snow to disapi>ear, so they can get into the timber. Silver Lake promises to be the tim ber cruiser’s headquarters this year, and with its two newspapers is expected to wield considerable influence in the affairs of Ijike county in the futare. The extension of the railroad from Shaniko to Deschutes promisee to divert all the trade north of Gooee Lake Val ley from San Francisco to Portland, and give passengers a shorter and better route via stage to the railroad, as there is a good road at all seasons of the year from I-akeview to the Dee- chutes, and no mountains to cross. The season is very backward. No grass has yet startoll and sheepmen are anxious, as the lambing season Is at hand, and there is no grass, and nights are very cold. Heavy looses have been sustained in the last two weeks, and it the weather does not get warmer in a few days, the losses will be heavier than ever before. A few sheepmen have commenced shearing wethers, but many (ear to at tempt it yet, although it is far past the usual time to begin. Hanging of Armstrong. An examination of the law governing the execution of death sentences, which was passed by the last legislature, re veals the fact that Armstrong, the mur derer of Minnie EnsnaInger, at Baker City, will have to be executed in that city, if the supreme court confirms the judgment of the lower court, when the case comes up on sppeal in May. If the sentence of the court is carried out it will lie the first legal execution in the history of Baker county, since it was organized, over 40 years ago. In the early days there was a lynching at Auburn, then the connty seat, on which occasion a Chinaman was bung for murder. Oif’ to University. The university of Oregon is again the recipient of the generosity of one of its ardent supporters. Thomas Howell, of Oregon City, has donated his entire herbarium collection, consisting of over 10,000 species. Dr. Harry Lane, of Portland, recently donated bis collec tion of Oiegon toadstools to the local university. Also through the depart ment of agriculture the university has just received a collection of the fungi of commercial importance. Fruit Safe at St. Helena. Orchardists at St. Helene elaim that the prospect for a good fruit crop is excellent. The cold weather pre vented the trees from budding too early, aDd the conditions are favorable for a good yield. Thirty-one Seining Grounds. As near as can be learned, there will l>e 31 seining grounds operated on the Columbia Kiver during the coming sea son, a much larger number than ever before, but as yet none of them haa been started. Some Prison Improvements. The nin of fish still continues good Superintendent James, of the state at Astoria for this season of the year. and further up the river a number of penitentiary, is making a num her of Five Lives Lost In Crash on Flaco Line - improvements intended to better the large fish are being > aught. Wreck Doe to Malice. condition of the prison and make it Bulldlng at Reform School. more secure. Probably no changes will Kansas City, April 23. - Passenger rians are neaily complete for the be made in the construction of the pris train No. 103, on the Frisco system, which left Kansas City at 11:30 last new industrial school building which is on wall, but it will be more thoroughly night for Memphis and Birmingham, to be erected at the state reform school guarded so as to prevent the introduc was partially wrecked this morning at a cost of from (12,000 to (15,000. tion of weapons by that means. The near Everton, Mo., north of Springfield, The plans will be submitted to the number of day guards on the wall has by a defective rail. The engine, bag board of trustees by Architect C. C. recently been reduced by the transfer gage, express and mail care went into Lewis, of Portland, the first of next of cne guard to the shops. the ditch and were badly damaged. week, and the lioard will immediately PORTLAND MARKETS. The engineer, fireman and one postal advertise for bids. clerk and two mail clerks were killed Snow Deep In Cascades. and perhaps a dozen passengers were Wheat—Walla Walla, 70»Tie; blue R. N. Hoover, the well-known «shin slightly injured. The engineer, fireman and the mail gle manufacturer of Detroit, says that st* m, 75078c; valley, 75®78c. BURIED IN WRBCKAUB. clerks were buried in the wreckage. Fireman Coffman and Postal clerk Campbell were dead when taken out. Engineer Meade was in a dying condi tion and succnmbtd soon after being removed from the wreck. The passen ger coaches remained upright and the passengers, except in ths Columbia, escaped with a severe shaking up and slight bruises. Garman y In Back Seat. Washington, April 23.—Considerable attention is being given in official and diplomatic circles to the embarrassing position which Germany is forced to oc cupy at Washington as a result of the delay in the arrival of the credentials of Baron von Hternberg, who, it is an nounced, is eventually to succeed Herr von Holleben as ambassador here. The German envoy’s present rank is that ol minister on a special mission, and as such he necessarily is at the fool of the list of ministers and just preceding the charges d’affaires. Coal Strike Delays Warship. Honolulu, April 23.—The coal «trike in British Columbia is responsible for the ncn-arrival of a shipment of 1,500 tona of coal for the use of British war ships stationed here. II. M. 9. Amphitrite ha« »ppsaled to the local station to give her 2,000 tons to enable her to make the return trip to Hong Kong, towing the torpedo boat destroy ers due there from Esquimau. The naval station wired to the navy depart ment at Washington for permission. Barley—Feed, (SI.50 per ton; brew enow in the Cascade mountains is deep er now than it has been before at thie ing, (23. season in the past eight years. Should Flour—Beet grade, (3.95®4.SS; grah the weather turn warm suddenly so as am, (3.45(33.85. to melt the snow rapidly, he believes Millatuffi — Bran, (10 per ton; the Willamette river will bo high this middling«, ( S4; ahorta, (10.60®80, year. _______ chop, (18. Denied a Frincblse. Oat«—No. 1 white, (1.1S 0 1.80; The Baker City council has refused gray, (142K01-15 per cental. to grant a franchise to the Oregon Ida Hay — Timothy, (13013.50; clever, ho Central railroad company for a (10<3U; cheat, (11® 18 per ton. right of way and terminal facilities to Potato«*— Beat Barbank«, 50c par enter that city. Thie is the proposed ■ack; ordinary, 25®40e per cental, Seven Devils road, a company for the grower«’ price«; Merced sweeta, (0® construction of which was organised 3.50 per cental. last fall. Poultry— Chicken«, mixed, 11013c; At the Penitentiary. young, 13®14c; ben«, 18c; turkey«, Superintendent C. W. James, of the live, 16©17c; dreseed, 30082c; duck«, Oregon State Penitentiary, has filed hie (7(37.50 per doeen; geese, (606.50. first report with the Secretary of State, Cheese—Full cream, twin«, 16K0 for the quarter ending March 31, 1903. 17c; Young America, 17 0 17Ke; The earnings and receipts of the prison factory price*, 101 He lea*. for the quarter aggregates a total of Butter — Fancy creamery, 28c per (4,435.11, and the expenses (7,063.32. pound; extra«, 21c; dairy, 8O038Ke; I store, 16018c. Crook County Judge Resigns. Egg«—16017c per doeen. County Judge W. A. Booth, of Hop«—Choice, 18020c per pound. Crook county, has tendered his resig Wool-Valley, 12K01Se; Eastern nation to Governor Chamberlain. The resignation is to take effect May 1. Oregon, 8® 14Ke; mobair, 350 35c. Beef — Groes, cows, 3K04c per Judge Booth gave no reason for his de pound; «leers, 4H0Oe; dreeeed, 7J<o. sire to relinquish the office. Veal—808 Ke. No Hop Peats In Polk. Mutton — Groes, 707Kc par pound; Examination has been made of num dressed, 809c. Lam I m — Gro««, 4c per pound; erous yards in Polk connty and they all show a healthy growth, with no peete dressed, 7 Ke. on the vines. The cold weather has Hogs—Groe«, 707Ke per pound; not put yards back in that county.' dreeeed,5®5Ke.