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r i I: I'y lull llebelo Surprise a To wn Near Manila : Tl'.f ' raral V i . comerence mm-rW..-r' :. " "'v AV 4-t5 Pn. .ia4M.r,u Lttaiii : Son-in-Iawr. jas locating a drWt ZZJ P"aonea on -Angmt 29. iagr. 'ana was bia river nH .t-.; . "JTO-tent nwnc. Me was. a tew weeks later, same? lct,nf or committed to .the insane asyrum-anj ' Sfnnr f -r-, , --- ii now coaonea in that itwituuon. - senator McBncfe s amendment to tbi t,. t- :-. - t; ; At., cificaf,v Dn,,h7. ' WI jW Emma G Hanna. who shot another Vli3?! ?,rovr6?s hat a svey and eH woman at Scio aboat October I; iSot; T'wOuLli'GirLCOIiDu TUB DirtWCT ATTORXETSHir ISO TTOK& 6F TUB SOXI5XZS. 1 trniate canal and locks! irucwon in utie Columbia river from the Dalles to Cehlo, shall rw. .tiKo;. . . . . . iuuc vi men uivi ure inixni, tetl IV t nnvrKB' lufoM. TLi 1 - .. .. . . . tti i o"" crimes ana tne counties wnere trie a. are Aiiiurxcaii v uiunieers Are r-rr: eiowi i T . . . , . i-'ifc rx a r. a ma Urt Uh dad a Mm Sw . VkU Jffr Ha while in a fit ot jealous frenzy, and bet conviction followed. t . - l The life termers, together with the dates of their arrival at the prison, their Killed. lojurreati Attire! Near the Seat oil : Government -JJareh It Cats Ifijjrlffnlnaldo. ". WILL COME HOME. Rathbone, die Cuban Postal Director, sails lor Mew York. Hetwv Brown, received Jcme 8. 18SS: murder; Lake county. 11- tiL Bailer. September & mmrder. Malheur. . J. A- Bailer. teDtember 8. iSni. mar der: Malheur. ' Wim. Beckmao, (March 3P. mur- MANILAj.-May 3i.--(TIiursday, 5 a. m.) -Tuesday night the insurgents rushed Sao (Miguel -De- Mayumo. pro vince of Bulncan,' Luzon, garrisoned bf Ihree companies of the Thirtr-nfth volunteer-infantry. They swept through the surprised town shooting right and left, killing five Americans and wound ing seven. : Capt Oiai les D. ! Robtrts and two privates fare ' missing.) No Filipino dead were discovered. San Miguel' De Mayumo is a few miles from Manila.! (While Ihe band un der the ecort of the troops ti Frrrtv sixth infantry was; moving from Hang to Silang, wkhin j twenty-five miles of Manila, it was attacked, by Ladrones, three ol he party beinj? killed. lMaor March's I van1! of the Thirty- from Benguet: after the hardest of mountain travelling.- The men were ex hausted and ragged, having followed rfersistently oh the supposed Aguin aldo's trail. They had several encount ers with rebels, but found no 'signvof Aguiraldo. , New York, May 3a A dispatch to! der: Douglas. the Herald from Havana says: E. CI Vm. Barre, October 23. 1806. Kainoone, lormer Lnrector ot rosts oil der; Grant. v-uoa; announces toatr fce wtl ya for! f E. R. Carver, December 12, Aw lork on i Saturday. This course murder; Union. - 1$ understood to wave been decided up-1 'John Catnpo. September, 2$, on ty tne advice c tnends. It hail murder; Clatsop. Deen stated- that Mr. Kathbone, while I John Campbell, October ag, not under arrest, would not be; per- maiea to leave tne tsiand. . 'He cannot be detained without definite '.criminal I Grant. murder: Crook. t m. Fay, , May ao. igi. 1896. 1S06, nrordef : charge being laid against him, and if be carries out "his purpose of (easing, a otrect issoe will be raised as to whelb- tWonor Gee. October 2x1 1808. murder: Union. " ' i Court land Green. 'November 10, tcgal er the authorktes. tiave anv cbarire on I murder: Lane which he can be held. i I W. A. Henderson, May 8 1893, mur V4nle the investKratioii into his - af- Ider: Clackamas. fairs, showed the grossest carelessness, I i Mrs. Emma G. Hanna, Nevember 30. so far nothin? criminal has been dis-1 iQ5: murder: Linn closed. Mr. Rathbone intends goinl ( Frank Ingram, 'March 22, 1892,. rau: to YVhshmfftori. UrW.il a Xw riav aero Ider: Linn. . s. - ... : . - he believed he would be reinstated. , I Jos. Kelly (Bunco), February 12, 1095, Atulitor RwvM i4v after mnlriner I murder: Muhnornah. , i " a confession of what .he knew of Chas. I i Theo. C Luebeke, March 21. 1856, F. VV. NeelfvV wneratirm. wm iHmvr! I murder: .Multnomah. to be at krge under survcuance. , has I i AL Lawsott. (colored), December 29. been rearrested. -A determined effort is being, made by the friend erf, Neely .to re: Corrratm ! 'Rich, whose- conie9sion enabled much of Neery;rfirged stealmg 0 be traced. a war front the authorities in Cuba and -ii. 1 ,1 : . torn.- murder: Baker. : .. - c 1 Ceorge -Morey, June 22, 1104, murder; JiTohn McMahan, .'May "20, 1897, mur der; -Grant. ... ;. ' .'- .;, 4 t -1 J. M Olberman, April I899; ur der k,l Dotigjas. . f " ' .--. Frank Lawrencfe Smith; May jo, 1805. murder j Jackson. - r'i' i : in : v-'f: ' - ' -:--'Si:id!tAN;HOXJRv:-! I f -D aiageioepiomper 4. TOV -niur- crui.en' a gmifi twrpedo boa de- IIS . - . .a . r v . m . ; . . l r 1 v w v w v war- j - - - - Ctrl KOMI I siroyeT'Oi Bgw duiki, wwi Kanij c"Coimnbla.-. r;:-:.; :'V tS HE APPKOTRIATK0 TRC TICKETS or THREE BALEMITES. ( IL Wintzengerode. April 8, 1881, mur- ftold Tbaaa sad Took rwti for tk Oold rrttr cqinppwi ' wnn an anromcm ot "Klder' Washington, guns anu torpedoes, uti iw j, James Weaver, November IS, 'that hen Amensaons are about douWej'-HM.. .HrH rhose of the thirty-knot destroyers, with! l . . . " - - . plate of -double thef thsckness t and ipALMISTRY DRIVES 1898, (From -Daily Statesman, May 31.) TO SUICIDE, specially strengthened to correspond with the increased size length 4- Sect; beam, 42 feet; maximum draught, -14 feet; dispfecemeTrt 2.860 ton; indicated T3ie JrHrwine incident of mi solaced horse power. 80.000: flKTe' wouid be confidence, in wlrich three- Salenv paf. ers oi water inoe ooi.erv, tnese, v. . . . . , . with the enirineJ paeei coal bunkers. cs are represeweo w tiave oeen ,c cc1npr tw of the fchumb and the reatfri of -b canfa victims, appearcu in tne u-ortianu i-iower portoon of the vessel; he; crew s Mforetoki a violent dkrath. Mrs. Jennid ,Voom Fearing a -Prophecy of VSo lent Death, Takes -Ponon. - Because the Hfe line-on her hand was en before it reached the base of the peUers of nine! feet' in diameter revolv ing at about 400 revolutions per minute. and her speed wourd be about forty fowr-knots 4 - 1 .: Sh could' carry coal at h speed for about efgl hours, but she wouk be able to" steam at front ten to fourteen knots with a small ectkrt of theboHers more econornca?br than other vessels of ordio-arv 4ype Wnd power, ami. wpcti required, wll the boilers could be used and full power exerted in about half an hour. . ADDleton fodut science MontMy, . . cgrara Tuesday evening: '"Three citizens of Salem are mourn- in at the departurtf -P. A. DamelL an aged , fellow-townman, who. left for Nome Saturday night, without, account ing for three first-class tickets on t4e : Eider wbach they had given him, to dis- pose'Ot..?'.-v -'l-fA'.' ;1r-'-' ' fit seems that the.three, Salem ct ti- mentioned f determined to go to Nome', and purchased their tickets early to avoid the rush. , The tickets were of rJTe first-clas and cost $100 each. When tliey. learned the" : proportions, ol he i rush to die f new Eldoradbi tltey changed their minds about going-. Old Darnell was coming to Portland and. !' TJSZSl .r: THE STATE'S PKISON comtrrission.' f ."'- -:.?u--: "Darnell htd-a hankering himself to go to Nome, and dig oat heyellow MKUOKtAts DAT vTAS MtTiwotr ofl- dirst, so wwen neTcacnea ronianu ire placed two of the tickets in the hands of El Ra-i. the chief clerk of "the E- moud hotel, to-eW. Mr. Baird so!du,ol urTtnen la th nig iMtitaUoa tlKia, turning the money over to uar nell. U " "Tlie latter then invested in an out fit. He is vegetarian, -and hi$ pur chases consisted entirely of health foods patent tntwllfes, peanut butter and honey. He bought a lot -of udh stuff, and got it aboard the boat. quarters and gun would he on the up-j Pamquin commimed -STjicide a i tier pew UcckS.T ijwtc woow te eigtw pro- ibame in Chelsea, Mass. She and John SERVED TESTE RD AT. Show m Dtoer Slae tMt - Tear.' ' t ' a " " : PaitTtkmin. a barber, were majTied three years ago and their married life setif.ed to be a ong honeymooni Two nrmiths Ated thev took as a boardet Wirnant j Young,, a traveling agent for a sewing machine com-pariy , ,: tv., ';i :'. X ' Young was , an ardent , student of inalrnistry and card reading and; .'Mrs Patriquirt became an irtfere-ated student iand learned ro read ot nctsvit. ! fM. : scoffer sh became a confirmed, belfev er in flic dark prophecies of tSie card Tha -stories they told; preyed on her mfnd and she wa despondent. ! Then Mr. Patnqusn objected to ,her devoting H her time tt 'thunTbin'g'lthc cards and titdVine pahnistry and'tlw other night they had a quarrel over it. Shd became? disconsolate ;and sl tnia ed five spoonfuls ofc Pan green ina glass- of water and awo it. ... . ;.. Mm. Patriquini a taken to wre FroA hosoital. wliere before . she died fhe told how th card-s and her life Bnc had foretold 'her violent death in middle age and tsmte sand ae did i not care to worry any more aoout n. Death came after -houps t leartui sm- fering. -'h " . . . tr N'ify -Uc .icr- 1 4 rai e-in :'.. rrnuue ;i tie un ita jw' ,'ohr rfnlniittr ft Friac.jaij "I Ui:loi7--dWa'ih'i-out an iststant I , . . . i- J. i 1 1 i j I. ft WDtI ant saxuas iereiy;co fsajiHj my cn-i.vncq ,MnwiiMii';,,i'n jsrty? concerning the racan you m-rrccsr.y' of :s sc. ng itne ii A I.. . JO X!t- ployed to obtain possession liie meuns and wrote to Prer.deat Jefierfon m you emploved: to obtain, possession of November. 1802. that a special expedi my story, 'The Vision of a Phantom. tion was being fitted out to .fail to ana rtaitrnt Career, Mt tritk UUteSaeeeW - .Mr; Jeffrey's evening organ is con tinually blowing, that he possesses suf ficient legal ability to prosecute "big Liimuidts ini tEiiu& slum i 9 . when the fact is. as published in his owa party papers at his former home in Southern Oregon, be. does 'not know enousb to convict a "little criminal or 7a small ballot box' stuff er. The Statesman- has I heretofore ; puo ished the record of Jeffrey from his own home party papers ' They show that "he had only seven convictions, Where there was a contest during the two years that he tried to act as prose cuting attorney out there; and'in vmost of thoe lie had the aid of another at to'rnev. ',. tj.' " '1 -V;1 ::v ; a During the year and a half , that . he has Jived in this district his-record in eighf cases is,, that he lost six and wn two. This is certainly not a very good showing' for ia man who aspires to be electedtakan omce wnere big enm- nals' may have to be prosecuted be fore the bar of jastice: i - The record of Julius N. Hart, the Re publican nominee, is much more iavor able. .Jus tond in sevenry-e f en cases shows I that twenty-five of them were not . contested, iand than ot the fiftv-two contested cases. Mr. Hart won forty-one and lost only ejevea.- The records of both candidates . show that Mr. 1 Hart has been eneatrcd in about one-fifth more civil and criminal cases than Mr, Jeffrey, and it further shows thatjMrT-Hart has been, by tar. more successful than his opponent.. , ,? I h would seem, from the record given Jeffrey in the Southern Oregon papers. that he is at home t when it comes to makinir a Populistic stump speech, but in the matter of knowinar -any, thing about the law either civil or criminal lie is not at home or any wnere else. "rjmtr n" ch rsnvt. I nrmnv the orovince. I anx ! of course, highly eattered,' ; October 16. 1802. Don Morales, hpan he pursued, ironkraWy, that you should ish intemftint of lxcisiana. u-ueu . have selected on ts ments tnai wn.cn proclamation prociio:wnS every publisher in the country lailedl use by the UnKM sue cuy " to discover, but 1 am none toe -res 1 aw urxans as a pic ui i:cjt- I mhmit;v a iruarancd by the J . - . . .. . .t I. . . 1 f - . J n. .1... T T She looked at him wnar stanieo eyes.i treaty t 1795. mi v-- ! -l - . t. il.. hrin " lil nn!n nr TiHTf nil : the riVCT "tike lamb in the lion's grip. he reflected. , "And you mean to denounce mef io: -simoiv. 1 am ennuuj. Oh. be patient with me. I will relnv burse wl; 1 would do it now, only the money has gone for necessities for my bure you afterward, indeed 1 will, she insisted, noticing Haled's gesture of dissent. He was oegtnrung to rcgrei rvtSr nnmt or; niace nn rne river frw such rurtos. Great exciu ment ensued throughout the United States. The Legislature of : Kentucky remon strated, and public meetings tre htld fort the same purpose, congirs 4S remonstrated,-and The right was after ward 'restored.' ; President Teffcreon, Dember 15. 1802. notified Congress of the cesion his presence there, but a silvery voice 0 Louisiana to France, and if tiie ac and sunny hair compensate for much, tion of the Spanish auFlritw? l New so he aayed on. . . . Orleans, txcjtemen " - . 'I w II indeed, so reoav tou: oesKies.i cress, out nnar.y rc'.uctr. I ,,it ux-imr urnf.hU first-born forth I ed with an appropnation 01 2Xi,oaa) tinsignrd.) I found it ia a closet ai 1 to proceed to , i-ranee, ana in Glenn-Reid when my mother needed Iti on wKh lr. j-inngston, MintMer of itw thimrs. and I was so worried I could think of nothing to write. I cop ied it. . But I" "Elsie. Elsie, where are your came a tremulous voice through the door. Here, mot hen dear " and she ran from 'the room.', - tlie editor of the Illustrated Con- She United State at Pans, Xo treat wirh France forj the cession ot : roew Orleans and the island of New Or- 1ran and Florida. Mr. L:inKton held to th opinion at that thve that the Umted State would never oe anie to acquire New Orleans by treaty or pur chase, and that it ought to be taken at once by force. Mr. Monroe, ttpon ins forter - was much surprised the follow- arrival in France,; found Bonaparte intr taw to receive a propositKm to meartating on am in ojiirvi -i''- oublish a serial story to be written by James Halsted and Evelina-Montresor. Th raltaboration. on tlie latter' part. Sd been the sine qua nor of her for- . . ... : : ....t.n..'t. ALU ivmuk Tin- A year later tne crrttcs. comimmrag 1 .v ."Vc. . i l , 4. trv wnite - . , , . I intention of the Umted Stat as he medrtating on and in danger of a rupt ure with Great Britain. Jut beiore. nis arrival, M. Tally rand, had requested Mr. Ltvimnrton to make an oittr on belialf of the United States kr the province of Louisiana entHe. Tin' wai 1 ne Fraud as a Friend j James Jialsted started ncr-ousiy as Che train whctfc shrieked announcing ifaci hour ofdeparture. r James Halsted, on the storr. wrtte "In former years Mr. Halsted1 fasci nated by the charm of his style, but left his readers, heart empty, amr uncoiv vineift bv- hi love oasaces. TW d feet he has remedied, ami e btest oroduction from hi - pen - came it mpAsaire at sincerity to every one. The novelist -smiled as he glanced at the troHen Qxad across ; the room: then, inferruoting- the rilvery vokt i-prlinir tnu notice, he remarked': "Mr dean k' very dishonest and Hu moral, no doubt: but fraud is the best friend I've ever had. It gave me the familiarly known as Jimmy, was a feuf- happiness of my life, and taught how to talk to them - sincerely. what would yustcei say ? roni French of J. Verrier. me Bvt 4-sful nowlistv so successful that his last book had put a very appreciable profit in his pocket and a disinclination fori sleep n 1 braini that threatened to transfer that profit to the physictan's hambi. The? doctor had prescribed a trit South, and.' therefore. Mr. Ha- stcd wm ensconcea in raie corner, ou-c :H ..! rx.m TJ1E L0UI8IAKA PURCHASE. train surrounded by -newspapers periodicals. wUh which 4t wh5e away the ftours rha-t HI! .stretchctf between hint and the coveted sleep., . 1 ' The rrrr heat against the r wirkfdw, bhirring the landscape, as he Aitrned wM a yawn to xns papen Deiore nim. Picking up the firs one at band, a Boston ! weekTv' knowrt as the Illus erated ' Comforter, that had no as yet won tfremrai ; recognition, he . glanced th list of contents. "Affairsi in T,rVnr." 'Prosncrt ol Fjurobean; In'.ct feirence." : ."Sah 'Porkj a Marketable Commodity,", "The Viton. xA a nn- r ;m ter in imeriean Hlitory. torn. ( j . Name' of that last sound familiar ; The Waslunirton ; Times , is already pushing 'to the front ' Cong-ejm:tn.-t- I ro ,alilha Al Lrtow PS a prouerij dominant figure in the propjsed cele bration in St. Lout ; of the ceMtnmal anniversarv on Aoril .to." toot. Of "Th Louisiana Furchase. ana im oy rea son of the fact that, while that notable event ;in the continued expansion of the American ReouWic took ilace tt-enty year before the-venerable Pennsylvani4 statesman . was born, yet much: c. f th development ot that ewlyacquircd wonder where I've heard it before? By "5 Vm. J-T. X Evelm. .Montresor. L B stock- -P --J' m wig wKft a f romantic turn.- suppose. VI i "t .t ..,,! I II have a try at the lady $ nniicT. Chat fforncthinf5 was wrong?, and got out a warrant for his arrest- ine poace did hot know htrr, however, and he vs- (From Daily Statesman. May 31.) At the Oregon 1 penitentiary, yester Mav Memorial Dav was observed in a 'Saturday the Salem parties uspected - manner, if bn tnc occasion t firs hrintrinir into use the new uag- staff recently erected. tAt aooui j:.yj ....v.. v., ..- v.ct.rHi mnrninir. a ;-snri caoed -detectrom .. .The assertion that " "v.".. of the he was disguised not orrect. He L B ti s Df the prison gathered around was seen a short'ttme before the boats M"3 , fl.nfti- and the Stars and sailed on Front street, by persons wlw c. .r hni.ted and left as half knew Bum. 1 1 f mast in honor of the day. "A -Fmntifeet commissionp man ... , - m the nrisoners were ma mnml Meikle' aso mourns DarncH'sl ,t,,f.j : '.h'rhaoel. when Hon. Qaud i1.a 1,ttr rarriA lvlr- . 1. t .u:. , AmWvrrfA an-address I .i.8itirMk!ie' best nnrbrelki. J Dr-, ,u -.nr.rr.nri ate to the occasion, t a memlrrs of the ftssociaUon.VV'hen a ne!l is said to be -bctweerr 65 an? 70 He was closely listened to. and receiv years old." ' : l ' " j ' . cd a round of applause at the conclusion No such pefson a P. A. Darnell tsjof the lecture. c..L.m t w., i Trv.rtl thatl i- Vi. nrinn there are to5 men, scv -the name as it appeared in the Tcfle- ng sentences. varying ml ength from cram ti the result of a typographical one year to life terms. Of the Jatter frrr. fTis sakf the man's correct elass there are twenty-seven P". Zni is P A lKarnelr, who was tor- all of themwith ' 't"pt,onf merlv eniraced in the comnTSSfon pus- been convicted of tmtrder. i.n5"f ."riT MC.H.. Hews .for exfjgk-l.-. ,Todd co . I,-.. 1 .u- T T.l ftstv rnurL i 1 (lie uj . , I a crn trwtav. the Statesman pub- a! tut of the life prisoners then 111 Ji v ) w - Tt . serving in the prison. ,'.c,c thirty-one at that time, and since tacn - ..-- rrrr-vrA t wo men died: one was sent to the asylum, and two j rjOMB TO DESTROY AN ARMY were pardoned. J . ' ' J TT.. nvn VrPWCfl WIS .11 n .t. . ... IIC . r, 1.-, . ihi rison on 'iriTimrei 20. 1800, having been convicted of the i ; VW Adootion of Important murder of a tinhorn gambler in mmt rirfmrt to ihe Emergency City. The prisoner. . t ... s 1 m-rivei at inc pin" . R rrf and iiaiOOr . ncgiu." . . one month alter ne conniiuru manr rears a It was mposHk yesterday to obtain the names ot Karnell s victirm. THE NOnTinYE$T PHOflTS. SENATORS M'BRIDE ANDfTUR NER ARE SUCCESSFUL WILL ENCOUR i i AGE MATRIMONY. 11 1 . 1 j Insurance Society to Start the Young Coupre in a Furnished House The Marriageaiy.e - - Benefit Associa tion of Oiarrrpaign,' lit., has received its Charter and is prepared to encour age nwtrimony by making it posibV for) young persons oi ItmKeM means to secure enpowrh CZ5ti to -start' with a homa by taking out a pot icy in fire new concern. OixV unmarried persotrs- are eligible member is marrie1!! and get his imur ance money he cease to belong to 1fle orgmzation, tts end having beerr - at tatned so fr as he is concerned. . ' "Beiore a member cati receiv he ben efit (irrsuranceV due him lie rousr tfarc hs marriage certificate, to or produce his marriage certificate. The plan is to - enable young mei and womerr to I-"' " ... . start into maTrioa rue wini enongn redv cash) to fit 1 home. The incorporator ot rnc a-sooiacion re A. L. ami M. Li YVrUaatTiS ana j W. Cleveland. The f head offices will be 'totaled m Champaign. young USt the WASHINOiyK'1 n(;"m 'take in drawing the-in- at vhc rH''"''t; ji.. j.-.t. in. ti,;. mute an trass oracvea uh-" V 7-' , r ... 1 .v. -.t, done in the case ot r rans eluded in the right of JotjImU . smith in the nrst Judicial w- irtil r be made spectai. I Lawrence 5niiin. This mmrcs oi the abstracts IrcnKa4re-Jo: that u would sUnd hibking fhe cstabmnmenr otju,c .1 ' .. tional torert reserves :nT". '" "rf- runainahanM.the 1'endieton -Attorney . -uenerai nw , first one stick oj Ktprpcm.u, - .. . imr-ovement over 7 t i.-I.t . .1, mh in the case of rrank pui lire " . . Pe speciaL Lawrence Smith, in th amirrataon district, where the distrn t pos-iWe compelled to have his T1 1 tr n I 1 irl ir f ri VI 1IU iwa - Jt-. RmrfSiTltallTe' JOIKS ; W, Kr " ." 71 " it-.. ...j. . - j A mirfd artillery (officer of the Bel irian arnrv has invited a number of fii cers, and engineers w an cxowiihw Antwerp of an invention ;ne conteno will revohationize warfare. The :n v.nfr.r a Mr. .Reulinjr. says that his in vention is so deadly that the army against which it is? directed would be entirely destroyea in a icw imnm i a spetfies of bomb, foaded with a ter rible explosive, the name of which the :.....r 4iit nrt yret divnleed. He has promised to give tacontestible proof ot nal 2Jn district where th? district attorney wa, destructive powers of the invention .nrt Kv frniDTtss S uvorawryi . ,1,-, . :.,. asv-H Allium in j o 4 1 j -ra . ariraTrvLP t v 1 - t . 1 rmiriiri k. - - - ... aA. iSoo. and ne is n harbor bilk which confined tnere rcccr THE IRON TRADE. Senator 1 umer s wmtimi now c the; oldest prisoner in. muracr. the age cl u..t;. iltill who was serving fiti examinations, am PJ3 rVfe Sentence for rape also died m tne eme-for.Th;innprovenrrt IS, l8go, and was toVhe buried at the prison veyaru f Ie uir. a vum r- ncy hyw iiiiv. -. " !,. i. Cfrtcrhton the; oiaesi pn ZLvoiM . board to k r. 'T.rtfn aiillih-. he has conference, Snake river, in Idaho and Washi t dvwl of navigation1 iiviii-.'iu ' . " : r , 1 unction with - the Columbia, wrth ia r o. . -ed on July 8. i8Q7. J.- , t.ibseouent appropriation for Portlana. was deportel. New York, May 3a Discussing the J th rrn and Steel indus tries, the Iron Age says: The best that w. caii irrr the iron market at pres ent ia that a feeling of fopefulness 1 displaying. The demand seems tow - tw-H-r in some branches ol the trade and buyers " disposed to . place 1 - Kr nmri- Sreehr. This is par- Ocularly true of the WesL When this 1 1 - homever. tt covert about the most encouraging conditions to be Hi eve wandered Idly dowrr the page then he started, "and scanned! the paper more closely-:""-'" :"r'". rTmj' devil! Why,: that s , my own stot-v; wnttt-n when-1 1 was at coAege The hours of labor, oownngm liura work, that nng cost me, and fle ie. spair every time Whej postman bTvnjght rt Hack - t:an t be arrv miistaice, ukk i know. Wonder where tlie lady got it? For to my certain knowledge It was never published.HLat time; I remem ber seeing: it ? was that "summer's day at r.lcnn when I vowed Id waste rio more postaare' on it. Some cheeky. trtir!Ie-tiin4 JsoinKtW. I suppose. Tettins the credit. ; ' D . . . m a WeM, nry lair LvcHtia. w. iww aloud, ." wlioever 3K r. I enjoy yourselfmuch longer; ; trust' me ;tts Tintinv -'Halted to plan and to act were one a rai to ich he pet hao owed much of hi Ruccessi He 3rfi the train at tht first stop, maw ln- nu'mx at ch -station) regarding the i rains to fJoflrorV and reached that city fete m the afternoon of fhe same day.' r -Hurrytrrg to tlie 'oniceis of rhe Hlus- tfated Omnforrer w tk-mamfCvi ne- oef- wired information concerning ; twerf na Montreson's' real t name and Idetrtky. Owed by the great novdif.'-. presence rhe -chief smilingly acceded to all W Otiiiaridt. -. "A iMi Trtn-or. It ; Blank street. Xiirt onartraenf. vow know. Lives there with her invaMd mother. Young? W v.-i-v -rrntr. And a littte. er cTude. offWA wr ay obviou, but a promising writer, tiooo ay sir. uoni rnentkm t. v Gad to be of any servioe -rmt " Arxl tte BOHtcry Doweo vn im i I V . . - tr- . - .: .. natren wsitor trom cr oince. i iny little maid opened tlw door in answer tn: Halsrrry ha-rv rinc r fc : "Yes Miss Trevor live here, but Ht ladie see1 no one. ' . i "Tefl her I must; see bef on tmpor tant bukinei," Halsted 'insisted; imv- tienthk1'l.;'jr 'j-'U-i.-.-r ;t '-'' 1 The kittle maid stared at him, then t?"-ntr- ti'herer him into a small room and left hint. The furnhure- was simple. but jt had a cozy home-iie Joor. hVl hi luxurious apartment lacked. Evidently she didn't reap a very ricM harve5f fromi her p3fenng he reflected inA hpcran to wfah lie had not come. Jtrst then the door; opened, and a tafL sienoer ' gxn. rhe -room 1 or bowing srifHy to the yonthful appari Tlis ! Trevor," ; replied a silvery foicer yoit to see me so 4thi .ws'lhe tmcf! Well, if sue aia ha rforiou ham a silvery voice nd a Sweet smte, she shouM pay the .nvt iiKr b if she had been rhe sentimental oSd spinster he had p-ct-nred. '''lie mentioned his name, expecting is.idui -vaurv ivao uccir ui nnwtn. There is rmuch talk of "The TMiisiana Purdiase in these days W! disrtusiort rrtrarrrinir exnansioU and nti-exnftflsk)rt and yet how many among yorf are fully! triye, Understood, was to purchase only New Ortcans and island and the Fiord?, 'or the western part of vhem. These nego tiations were conducted under the per sonal supervision of the rir vcnUJ. He said he wanted money tor war, tnat he would only cede the whole province of Lounsiana, and tha he imM 50. 000.000 of francs for it. Secrecy w to be obsened. Mr. Ltvinijst.-:i re fused to offer more than 3i.butvto of francs, and then asserted thit he had no poa-er to treat for the ccssiair of the entire province. v ' . v It was supposed at that tine llat in- the I struct! oh were issued to our minutcrs '.tint the treaty 01 cession y spaut to France included the entire p-ovince of Louisiana and the Florid ns. o-tt it was found shortly afterward that It ceded Louisiana ohly. If France tVclincd to eH. our Ministers were to opca nego tiation with Great Britain. so as to prevent France taking possession of the prov"inec4 M. Barbe Marboii (Marquis of Barbe), who was then at the head of the Treasury of Frapcc had conducted the1' negotiations with Mr. Livingston. He had formerly beep Serr-Urv nf the French Legation to the . United State. and was personaHy ., known to Mr. Monroe.; . .; ,; -: ,, ; Mr. (Monroe arrived pril 12, i8o,t. M. Marbois, flie next day. asked imme diate action. After consultation, the two ministers, on behalf of the United1 States, offered Franc ro.ooo.orio , of franc, with an offset in the shape of such claims in5 favor "of citirens of the United States against Franre s should be established, estimated at from 20,- 000,000 to 25.0no.000 of francs. This wa declmed. The ministers of the United State wtre cmbarras;d by the fact that the tender of territory was beyond their instructions t" l-u'y or re- Rumors of a large knghsh fleet acnuainted with the' term that extm pHhe the most signal development -of the Republic of these Unitsd Ststes from the days when the original thir teen colonies joined hands H common cause against thetr mother cottntTy, The story of "Pile' LbuUiana Pur chase forms one of the iMost import ant and interesting chapter .n Ameri can history. It is very exhaustively treated of in that remarkaole book, The Public Domain," ,utlishd un der authority of the .United States government . by Thoma Donaldwort. aho died a little mone than 1 year ago n this city, and all too early. He dtf- votes many pages of the nearly a.000 oom of francs, which was agreed rj sailing for Louisiana for-Ihc purpose of capturing it were rife, ami rlie Engiislt press were urgent in demanding sucli action. J ..' - : Bonhparte had no doubt intemleJ just before? tlris periotI to "send the French fleet, then at St Dornnngn, to Louisiana, to receive and hold it. Bernadotter afterward King of Sweden, was tfc be Governor' ,Thet negotiation were eiti rcry secret. Spain linP not yet transferred the province to the pos session of France. In the . treaty of San Ifrcforwo re was a provision for prefcrerice ia Spain in future diypmi- tion. M. Marbo insisted uikmi 80.- vhat form the volume to an exhaustive history of the buying from France of the vast province of Louisiana. Hc enkomizes the 'events . proirct-sively JeadStrg to the coJoniration of 'that part of the province winch ts now the c:ty M New Orleans1 as follows: - - ? . , In 1541 De Soto reached fh Mississ ippi-river. : i ' M In 167.1 iFatner Marquette descended the Mississippi ia it mouth. j In 1680 La Salle descended the Miss issippi river and took possession of the country adjacent to H in the name of Lout XIV. of t ranee, and called ft "Louisiana." '. . 7 .! In 1600 Lemoinc d'Iberville founded the first colony at , Biloxi. but dying soon after, Henille took command. In 1706 these colonists made a' new location on the ske of what i now the lity of New Orleans. 1 I In 1712. September 14th. Lou:, XI v. made a grant to Antoine de Cro'xat. a merchant of Pari,' who had amasied a fortune of 40,000.000 livres in the India trade, the grant beingf for fading privi lege. - - - - - VVjihoitt going fnto the eatire volu minous history of the province of Lou- ri'.ana, we can, learn from Mr. Donald on'i. exhaustrve research- thtt . after the cefinite trtaty of pea re with Great Britain. September J. I78j.up to the yep 1800, the question ot tee pertna nence of the .United State and the re tension of her va area emed to be L'wtA isunnr hair entered of prions interest to Europe. he w B . J menaced with war by. France. harased ' Mr. Trevor?" hte asked, tGrem Britain, -and had navigation and , boundary , trout es . win ' Spam. There were many reasons why the United States fhould acquire Lo't'siana. and ihe control of the Mususopi there by. and a many on the side of France that she shou'd te'J it-' The inin.slrr of the United State at Paris. Mac'rid itkt I -or Jon had been charavd.! aftT the alliance between France jnd Spam, to prevent, if possible, the cession to France by Spain 01 - ioaisiana ano ihe cession 01 i?uitiana was to see rrr.gwi "' tr.,, nnr 1. ifioo. and u'lin thr hnrdk it. "Mr HalitedV she said, wondcTing- ry,' "the noveh? ; "Precisely. . I have come that country was treaty, to consent urgrd, after this to :ue sile l the on condtitoni Mist 20.000,000 ot francs of tlie sum sflioulnl be assigned to the pay ment of claim thte by ; France to citizem tif the United State, if . tlrey shouM amount to mtich. 7 It is said that" when Botiaparte'gavd instruction to M. Marboi in regrr in lino cesion he stated that from the natatre of t( flew cornintkn .Vrming tagarntit hrt in Europe: he was forced to M"?i the entire province, or Ivohl it at a great sacrifice of men and money1, and probably be compiled t see it captured. 1 He prefernorf to trarnsfer it to "the United State, adding ilwt what ever nation held the valley of the Mis sirsipin wauld eventuaHy be the nvt powerful 011 earth, ami that conse qum!y lie preferred a friendly nUtion AwAUI possess it rather lhan an enemy of France. - . : .'., a....," : f The cession was .madc in three sep irae treaties or convent ion-s of even date. April jo, i8o.t. First, a treaty cefcsfort;! next, a conventknr stlpuUndng metlKwI.! manner and, time of payment of the purcliae moey, and fcrst. a con vention I providing . thut the claim of a..'.-. r .1.. ir.iii - c . . 1 Francr Were to be faid at hf United State Treasury to the amount of $.1,750,000 on order from the mini'ltr oi the United State to pranqe. wh'.cli were to be given on rt joint )s&mtvA. or conclm'on- of the French- bnreiiu tr ach these clairrw were referred, and a board of fhree commifoncrs tm t hnlf of the? Uniud State to be- appoinr ed; final Ateisfon. on certificate of dif ference of opwron. to he in tlx? minister of Finance of 'France. !Ma - Wltat sort of a country would this f ours be today had it ft been for the Louisiana pitrcha-e? Han - not that art tHf expansion warranted Bnaparte' predictsort that e transfer of that vast piece Ol trni7 w nic iwnnivr .iiaur, or any other "nation, for the matter , o( that, would eventoa'Vy make it the most powerful on" earth provtn true a'tirost in orday. and can rot those wlio be tre in the acquisition of territory cap tured from and ceded by Spain ee ir th culminati'rn of their wHiew the f til city k New Oriean and the Lland of;fi:irntnt of Borraparte' prediction? noted. ... -1 '