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CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, THUESDAY, JUNE II, 1901.
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CILU'TKU VIII. tCotitluiieil.t
(die iiitiruiMjf nlioul two Wfi'k nfliT
Wiiril Mttry nn In iiikkiIuw Kutln'rlnii
(nw-Nllim fur dinner w liru hi lii-nnl ntnit
iHit iiillltu Iter iirtiiic; unit looking tip,
ht Ji'tmr hurrying towttnJ Imt, Iit
muilmiiio-i ImnuliiK ilowti her Imrk, an
linn. il, im.) lur rlu'-k HumIiciI with vlo-
ll'llt f Xl'H A MIHlll lti Kilo 'HIII0 till
Hi' begun with, "(th, my, uln't 1 Imt nml
liti'il. mul I nn'l ty a minute, eithiT,
(r I run nii.r. Hot I Inxl vticii gonj
liev o it'll )on, lliut I wool. I come. Yuit
Krc going l Iihvp m grvni dmil ttflter
home lliuti ttU. You know wliero Ulew
Corner K the illlrlH ver tttt
Mury irjilleil ilmi lie ill. I. nml Jenny
eontliioeil: "We nil went over Ihern yen
teriliiy in ee Mr. Mnoii. Khe'm rnl
nice Imly, who iie to live in liimton,
mi. I he liitlniiiie with inn. until thtvn or
four jer niio when Mr. .Mnou dleil.
We illiln't gu there imy moro then, iinl
I itokeii Uom whitt llui reuiiou JUt,.
lie mIiI Mr. Mhhoii wti ioor now, Httl
iim Iih.I 'fill her;' anil when 1 uket lur
whitt "he em her with, oho only Unghetl,
mi.) tin I.I lie l...!..ri tll'ltj't kow RHJT
thing. Hut Sii -e then ! l. rn'J what
it menu."
"WliHt iI.m'h it?" nnke.1 Mry ami Jenny
replleil! i i ; , .
"If perMiiu tile in) tenve no money,
no mntter how good hU folkit are, or how
much you liko them, you mnntiv't know
them when you meet ihein in the Btrevt,
or you imiHt mini over the other nido'if
you nee ihem coming; iil then when In
die enll nii'l Rn'itk, olniiit them, you
mut ill it w n grettt, long hrenth, mill won
der 'how the oor thing will get iihiug.
dhe wmh no dremlfully 4xtmvgiiut.' I
ponltlvely heard mother nay Howe very
word nhont Mm. Mrinoii; nnd what U m
funny, tht) witithwouinn I ho auu dny
Mpoke of her, and cried when fill" tdd
' how kind ln' , nnd how nho would go
without thing hernelf for the tiik of giv
ing to the poor."
After moment' punse Jenny proewd
eil: "Thin Mr. Mtion citmo iuto the
eon n try nmt hought the prettiest little
eotlnge you ever nw. Kho Im lot ot
nliHi fruit, and for nil mother pretend in
Iloatou thttt "lie doe, not vUit her, jilnt
a hoou an the fruit in ripe he alwny
goe iherv, l'a ) ll' ri'l menii, aiiii
he Hhould think Mr. Mhiou Would neo
through It."
"Mid you go there for fruit yeterdny?"
. aked Mitry.
"Oh. im," nlurned Jenny. "Mother
unld hIio wa tired to denth with tn. in
nt home. Until! thut, lie heard kotne
thing in IliMton about a Inrge 'tu'e in
r.nghitid. w hii'h pimnihly would full to
Mr. M iioii, mid he thought It would, I
ronl kind to go und (ell her. Mr. Mnitoii
Iiah poor heiilth, nnd while we were there
die. aked mother If he knew of any good
little girl nil, eould get to coino and live
with her; 'one,' he Niiid, 'who could Ih
unlet when her head ached, and who
would rend to her and wait on her at
other time.' Mother sit Id alio did not
know of any, but when Mr. Maon
went out to get ten, I followed and told
her of you, and the tear ciime Into her
rye when I Haiti your folk were nil dead, '
and you were nloiio nnd worry, Hh anid
right off that uho would conin round and i
ee yon noon, mid If nhc liked you you -Hhould
live with her." '
Ho n.iyliig, hIio run olT; Mnry, hnring
.. gathered her eowalip, at down to thiul; '
of Mr. Mhkou, and wonder If ahe idiould
ever ae her. Thnt afternoon, when the
iIIhIic wore all wnHhed, whe, a usual,
atole away to her bmik. ; Sho bod not
been long occupied ere aome one railed
her. riiyIiik Mr, Knluht win dowutdalr
and wiintvd to aee her, and thnt there
waa a ludy with him. k ,..
Mary readily guessed . thnt tho lady
nuiHt be Mr. Mnnon, aud carefully bruh
Ing her hair and tying on n dean apron,
aht) dew-ended to tho kitchen, wliero she
wa met by Mr. Knight, who cajlod out,
"Hallo! my rhlld, how do you do? Teni a
to mo you've grown handomp. It agree
with you to live here, I reckon, but I'll
venture you'll bo glad enough to leave
nnd go and llvo with her, won't you?"
pointing toward a1 lady who was just
coining from Mr. Parker's room and to-
ward whom Mary'a heart lustautly warm
ed. "You Hoe," conlinuiHt Mr. Knight, "one
of the Llncolu girl has taken a mighty
ahlne to you, and It's queer, too, for
they're dreadful Rtuok-up folks."
"If yon please, lr,"'-snld Mary, Inter
rupting him, "Jenny fon't a bit stuck-up."
"Uniph!" returned Mr. Knight. "She
does not belong to the Llno.oln race, then,
I giiuH. I know them, root and branch.
Lincoln's wlfo uod to work in the fac
tory at Soutlibriilgo, but she's forgot all
about that, and holds her head dreadful
high whenever she aeoa iiio. But that's
neither hero' nor there. - This woman
wants you to live with her, , Mis Mason,
this Is Mary, Mary, this is Miss Mason."
The introduction being thus happily
over, Mrs. Mason proceeded to ask Mary
a variety of questions, and ended by say
ing she thought sho would take her, al
though she would , rather not have her
eotiw for a few days, ns she was going to
be absent. Mis Grundy was now Inter
rogated concerning her , knowledge of
work, and with quite a consequential nir
she replied: "Perhaps,' ma'am, It- looks
too much like praising myself, conslderin'
Hint I've had the managln' of her mostly,
but I must confess that she's lived with
me so long, and got my ways so well,
thnt she's as pleasant a mannered, good
tempered rhlld, and will scour as bright
a knife as you could wish to seel" ' :
Saturday came at last, nnd long before
the sun peeped over the eastern; bills
Mary was up and dressed. -: Just as she
was ready to leave her room she heard
Rally 'singing In a low tone, "Oh, there'll
he mourning mourning? mourning
mournlngi Oh, there'll be mourning when
Mary s (tone nwov." --.. .J..
About nine o'clock Mr. Knight drove
up alone, Mrs. Mason being sick with
ervous headache. "l should huve been
lier sooner, aalil he, "but the roads It
awful rough, aud old Charlutt hat got
a stub or aometulu' la her foot. But
Where's tho gal? Ain't ah ready?"
lie wa aiiNwered by Maty h-who-
made her appearance, followed by Billy
(tearing tho box. And now commenced
the leave taking, Mi Grundy's turn
coining Brt.
"May I kla you, Mis Oruudy'j" sold
Mary. Miss Grundy bvut down and re-
reived the child's kl, ami then darting
off Intil the paiilry, went to skimming
pun of milk already klmnud. Uncle
Peter between time kept ejaculating:
"Oh. I-onl; oh, may anke! h. for
land!" Billy kuew it would lie lonely
without Mary, but he was glnd to have
her go to a better home, so he tried to
lie cheerful.
Aido from blm, Rally waa the only
composed one. It 1 true her eye were
very bright, and (here waa a compression
about her mouth seldom seen, except Just
before one of her fieiixled attacks. Oc
casionally, too, she prMed her hand up
on her bead, aud walking to the sink,
bathed it In water, a if to cool Its In
ward heat..',..' ,'
1 CilAPTKIt IX.
Very different this time was Mary'
ride with Mr. Kulght from what It had
been some month before, and after
bruKhiug away a few natural tears, and
ending back a few henrt-slgh to the lov
ed ones left behind, her spirit rallied,
and by the time they reached the border
of Hire Corner there waa auch a look
of uuict happiness ou her face that even
Mr. Kniuht noticed it. As they rode on
Mary fancied that the country looked
pleasauter aud the houses better than
In tho region of the poorhouse; and when
a aiidden turn of the road brought into
view a beautiful blue sheet of water, em
boRomrd by bright green bill, her delight
kuew no bound. Springing up and point
ing toward it, lie exclaimed: "Oh, please
stop a moment and look. iu't it lovely?
What 1 iff"
"Thnt? Oh, that'll nothing but 'Por
dunk Pond,' or as folks most generally
rail 'em, socio' there's two, North and
South Pond."
"Mor far the pend from Mrs, Ma
son's?" aked Msry, casting longing
glance toward the distant sandy beach
and the graceful tree which drooped
over the water's edge.
"It' farther back than 'tis there, 'canse
It's uphill all the way," said Mr. Knight,
"but here we be at Miss Mason's this
house right here," and he pointed to a
neat, handsome cottage, almost hidden
from view by the dense foliage which
surrounded It. '"
There was a long lawn In front, aud
Into tlte carriage road on the right of it
Mr. Kulght turned, aud driving up to n
side door, said to Mafy, "Come, jump
down, for my foot la so lame I don't be
lieve I'll get out. But there's your chest.
You can't lift that. Halloo! Judith,
come 'ere."
In answer to this call a fat. tdcasant-
looking colored woman appeared in the
doorway, and as if fresh from the region
of cookdbm wiped the drops of perspira
tion from her round, jolly face.
"Here. Judith," said Mr. Knight, "help
this gal lift her traps out."
Judith complied, aud then bidding old
Charlotte to "get up," Mr. Knight drove
away, leaving Mary standing by the
kitchen door, , , r,
"Como In and ait down." said Judith,
pushing a chair toward Mary with her
foot. "It's ns hot here as an oven, but
I had rrambry sass and ginger snaps, and
ma!y knows what, to make this morning
and I got belated; but set down and
make yourself to home."
Mary took the proffered seat, and then
Judith left the room for a few moments,
saying when she returned that, as Mrs.
Mason was still Buffering from a head
ache, she could not see Mary until after
dinner,'' "And," continued Judith, "she
told me to entertain you, but I dou't know
what to say nor do first. Harry died
Just a week to a day before he was to be
married, and so I never had any little
girls to talk to. Can't you thiuk of some
thing to talk about? What have you
been used to doing?"
"Washing dishes," was Mary's reply,
"Wall," answered Judith, "I guess you
won't hare that to do here for one night:
when some of tho neighbors were in I
heard Mis Mason tell 'em that she got
you to read to her and wait ou her. And
then sho said something about your not
having an equal chauce with your sister.
You han't but one, now t'other's dead,
have you?"
Mary replied In tho negative, and Ju
dith continued: "Wall, now you've got
over the first on't, I reckon you's glad
the baby's dead, for she must have been
kind of a bother, wasn't she?"
Instantly Mary'a thoughts flew back to
an empty cradle, and again little golden
heud was pillowed upon her breast, as
often In times past it had been, and as
It would never be again. Covering her
face with her hands, she sobbed, ?'0h,
Allie, Alliel I wish she hadn't died!','
Judith looked on In amazement, nnd for
want of something better to do placed a
fresh stick of wood In the stove, mutter
ing to herself, "Now, I neverl I might
of knew I didn't know what to say. What
n pity Harry died. I'll give her that big
ginger suup the minute it's baked. See if
I don't," v ; ,
Accordingly, when the snap was done,
Judith placed it In Mary's hands, bidding
her eat it quick, and then go up and see
tho nlco chamber Mrs. Mason had ar
ranged for her.
"Come," snld Judith; and leading the
way, she conducted Mary up the stair-;
raso, nnd through a light, airy hall to the
door of a small room, which she opened,
saying, 'Look, ain't. It pretty?"
Mary's heart wus too full to speak, and
for several minutes she stood silent. With
the exception -of her , mother's pleasant
parlor In old England, she had never be
fore seen anything which seemed to her
so cosy and cheerful as did that little i
room, with Its single bed, snowy counter-
pane, muslin curtains, clean matting, con
venient toilet table, end what to her ws
fairer than all the rest, upon the mantel
piece there stood two small rases, filled
with aweet flowers, whe fragrance fill
ed th apartment with delicious perfume.
All tbla wa so different from the. bare
walls, uncovered floor aud rickety furni
ture of th poorhouse that Mary trem
bled lest it should prove a dream from
which ere longwhe would awake.
When Mary wa finally sent for by
Mrs.. Mason she bad been so much accus
tomed to sick pirous that she kuew In
tuitively Just what to do and when to
do it, and her step waa so light, her roL-e
so low. and th haod which bathed the
aching head ao soft and gentle In It touch
that Mrs, Mason Involuntarily drew her
to her bosom, and kling her lips, called
her ber child, and said b should never
leave her; then, laying back lu ber enay
chair, he remained perfectly still, while
Mary alternately fixed her hair Ptid
smoothed her forehead, until she fc.l into
a quiet slumber, from which she did not
awake until Judith rsug the bell for sup
per, which was neatly laid out In a little
dining parlor, opening Into the flower gar
den. There wa something so very social
aud chert Ing In the appcarauee of the
ri'ii, and the arrangement of tho table,
with its glosy white cloth, and dislu of
tho same hue. that Mary felt a'moit a
mm h like weeping aa she did on th u iht
of her arrival at the poorboue. But Mrs.
Mason seemed to know exactly how to
eutertain ber; and by the time that first
tea was over there was hardly a happier
child In the world than was Mary.
Mrs. Mason soon dismissed ber to ber
own room, where ahe for some time
amued herself wltn watching the day
light as it gradually dUappeared from
the billa which lay beyond the pond. Then
when It all was gone, and the stars be
gan to come out, she turned her eyes
toward one which bad always seemed to
her to be ber mother's soul looking down
upon her from the windows of heaven.
Now to-night there shone beside It a
smaller, feebler one, and In the fleecy
clouds which floated around it she fan
cied she could define the face of ber baby
sister. Involuntarily stretching out her
bauds, she cried, "Oh, mother! Allie! I
am so happy now;" and to the child's im
agination the stars smiled lovingly upon
ber, while the evening wind, as It gently
moved the bough of the tall elm trees,
nceuied tike the rustle of angels' wing.
Who shall say the mother's spirit wa
not there to rejoice with ber daughter
over the glad future opening so brightly
before her?
(To be continued.
NO WONDER HE WAS BALKED.
lltfllcottle the Frenchman Experi
enced In Learning English.
A Frenchman thirsting for linguistic
superiority recently began a course of
English lessons with a teacher of lan
guages. After tolling conscientiously
through a good many exercises tho fol
lowing dialogue betwecu the pupil and
bis master was overheard:
"I find the Eugllsh very difficult,'
complained the Frenchman. "How do
you pronounce t-o-u-g-h?"
"It U pronounced 'tuff. "
., "Eli, bleu, 'tuff;' 'snuff, then, Is apelt
a-n o u g h, Is It not?"
"Ou, no; 'snuff la spelt s-n-u-ff. Aa
a mutter of fact, words ending In
o-u-g-u nre somewhat Irregular."
"I see; a superb language! T-o-u-g-h
Is 'tuff and c-o-u-g-u Is 'cuff.' I have
a very bad cuff."
"No; It Is 'coff,' not 'cuff. "
"Very well; cuff, tuff aud colt. .r And
d o u g h Is 'duff,' eU?f . . -..
"No, not 'duff.' "
" 'Doff,' then?"
"No; 'doh.' " :" , i
"Well, then, what about h-o-u-g-ta?"
"That Is pronounced 'hock.'"
"'Hock! Then I suppose the thing
the fnrnW uses, the p-l-o-u g-h. Is
'pluff,' or la It 'phlock, or 'plo?' Fine
lutiguuge 'plo. "
"No, no; It Is pronounced 'plow. "
"I shall soon master English, I cm
sure. Here we go. 'Plow, 'coff,' tuff,'
hock,' and now here Is anotherv-
r-o-U-g-h; that Is row, I suppose?"
"Oh, no, my friend; that's 'ruff
again." v " ,
"And bo u g h Is 'buff?' " ,
"No; that happens to be 'bow. "
"Yes, wonderful language. And I
have Just e-n-o-u-g-h of It; that's enou,'
Is It not?"
"No; 'enuff. " Sheffield Weekly
News.
I.ady "Bobs" and Her Trunks.
There is a story going around about
Iady Itoberts and her trunks, for the
trulu of which", says the Westminster
Gazette, a man returning from Sgnth
Africa vouches.
At the height of the transport difficul
ties, Lady lloberts carried eight large
trunks from Cape Town to BJoemfon
teln In the very teeth of the officers.
Everybody wondered, everybody
grumbled. No one but Lady Itoberts
could huve t:eu the things through.
The transport of stores had been stop
ped for the time, the sick lacked every
comfort, and those who were not sick
were half-starved .and only half-clad.
Therefore, when a fatigue party was
told off to fetch those eight trunks from
Blocmfontcln Rtatlon, some rather un
complimentary things were said about
women travelers In general nnd this
latest transgressor lii particular.
Next day seven of the eight trunks
were utipneked, and their contents dis
tributed among the soldiers. The clever
lady had snapped her fingers at red
tape, and had smuggled through com
forts for the men. One small trunk con
tained her personal belongings.
Sea Fish in Iiake Ontario.
The deepening of the St. Lawrence
canal system has had other results
than to allow the passage of ocean
going freightage. Following In the
wake of the vessels sea herrings have
made their appearance In Lake On-
tarlo, and are being eagerly cantured
by the fishermen.
T Preliminary Ftep," '
, "Are you educating your child with
a view to his future college career?".
"Oh, yes; he's gpt' to" begin next
week and take a drop of tabasco sauce
three times a day."
EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE WORLD. .
k Comprthtwlv Review of th Impor'M
tlappcAfaij T the Past Week Prut 'tu
in Condcnsta Form Which It Most
Uktiy te Prove f Interest i Our Many
Ruder.
Intense heat prevails over Europe.
Tho birth of a royal torincess causes
much joy in Italy.
General Chaffee's Aiiny lisi arrived
it Nagasaki from China.
London has a rumor of severe
British defeat near Pretoria.
The duke of York's visit to Canada
has been officially announced.
The Philippine commission has
begun its final provincial tour.
Mrs. McKinley's condition causes
the doctors much apprehension.
Minister Conger expects to return
to his post in China about July 17.
A $10,000 fruit packing house will
be established at Vancouver, Wash.
The Ohio state boar l of arbitration
prevented a street car strike at Day
ton. . '
American exports to Scandinavia
have more than trebled in the past
10 years.
James A. Kerne, the well known
actor, passed away at his home in
New York.
All the- volunteers cannot be
brought home from the Philippines
within the time limit.
John D. Kockefeller has given
1200,000 for the founding of an j80
ciation of medical research.
Laborers engaged in excavation for
a new building in Ottawa have un
earthed the long lost stone which
marked the scene of tho assassination
of T. d'Arcy McCSee.
There is general regret throughout
the country that the in-igation con
gress, which was to have held ses
sion at Colorado Spring in July, has
been postponed for a year.
The allied troops are preparing to
leave Chinese territory.
A plague case has been discovered
in a suburb of London.
burned at the stake in Florida.
The battleships fired a Salute oft
Grants' tomb on Memorial day.
Robbers blew an Ohio bank' vault
and secured $4,000. They escaped.
Mrs. Eddy, tho Christian Science
leader, has boon sued for $150,000
damages.
Governor of JW'ashiiigton has been
asked to call a special session of the
legislature. . .
Lieutenant Townley's connection
with the Manila frauds is being in
vestigated. Colonel Michler, military secretary
to General Miles, died at his home in
Washington.
, A rich strike of oil lias been made
near Olypmia. It is said to be of first
class lubricating quality.
; A commissary sergeant in Manila,
convicted of stealing supplies, has
been sentenced to three years' im
prisonment. -'; .
A Missouri river freight boat con
taining a ton of dynamite was blown
to pieces by the explosion of the
powder. Two men lost their lives.
The property loss will le very heavy.
President Castro, of the Venezuelan
republic, has addressed a message to
the people of the United States and
takes occasion to score Minister
Loomis, w hom he accuses of accept ing
large bribes from the asphalt com
pany. Girl strikers in Nev York made a
riotous demonstrat ion. They handled
non striking girls roughly, and stoned
the building, breaking glass windows.
The police arrested four of the lead
ers, but lost one of them in. a charge
from the strikers. '
The plague is reported to be spread
ing in India. , t'-
The Cuban convention has accept
ed the Piatt amendment.
Another Jack the Ripper case has
been discovered in London.
Porto Ricans are dissatisfied with
the Supreme court decision
The Confederate Veterans' reunion
has been opened at Memphis, Teun.
Duties collected on goods from the
Philippines may have to be refunded.
Corner stone for the new federal
building at Salem, Or., will lie laid
May 31.
China has agreed to the amount of
indemnity demanded by the powers,
but objects to the interest. .
Tho 10 hour day hnV, enacted by
the last Washington legislature, for
females may not affect the telephone
girls. '
At a Nashville, Tenn., university,
a native of China won the medal pre
sented to the best crator in tho uni
versity. .
It is understood in Rome that Pope
Leo XIII has made a will naming his
successor. V - ;
Northwestern Iowa has begun ship
ping choice butter to Porto Rico.
The first consignment loit Sioux
Falls a few days ago.
The Austro Hungarian census ins.
completed shows the total population
to be 47,000,000, an increase since
1890 of 9 tier cent. The nnrmlatinn nf
Budapest has increased 45 per cent.
SWEPT OVER A DAM.
Seven Penon Drowatd la the Schuylkill
River.
Philadelphia, Juna 3.A rowboat
containing party of eight young
people was swept over the Flat Rock
dam, in the Schuylkill river, and
seven of them, five girls and two
boys, were drowned. One young man
was saved.
The party, with a large number of
others, organized a picnic. They em
barked in gaily decorated wagons
early in the ' morning, and pitched
their camp at Rose Glen, along the
Schuylkill river, on the northern
outskirts of the city. The party split
up alter dinner lor a row on the river.
Heavy rains during the past week
had made the .muddy stream quite
high, and tho current was much
swifter than .usual. However, the
unfortunate party immediately struck
out for midstream. AH the girls
were huddled in the stern, one of the
bovs was rowing and the others were
sitting in the bow of the boat. After
getting in tho middle of the river.
and finding tho Current too swift for
comfort, the boat was rowed in to
ward the shore. . During this time it
was being carried slowly down stream.
The boy doing the rowing decided
to go through the locks, and as he
approached the dam he was warned
by the lockkeeper not to" approach
any closer. Tho warning was not
heeded, and the voting oarsman kept
on rowing until he found that the
lock was closed. He attempted to
turn the boat, which was then about
50 feet from the dam and 25 feet
from the shore, but he turned the
wrong way. A moment later and the
boat was in the swiftly moving cur
rent. Swiftly it was carried toward
the brink of the falling waters, and
just as it reached the breast of tho
dam, over which 30 inches of water
was pouring, the entire eight stood
up and the boat went over stern first.
The drop to the rocks below is ap
proximately 12 feet. The boat
Ht nick the water bottom up, and aa
it disappeared the whole party was
under it. Nothing more was seen
by the few persons who saw the acci
dent for almost a minute, when the
boat reappeared with one boy cling
ing to its keel. Then another young
man was seen to come to tho sur
face and make - a frantic effort to
reach shore by swimimng. Tho six
girls never rose to the surface. ,
HONOLULU'3 SENSATION.
Invest! jatioa ef Charges of Bribery in ,tht
legislature.
Honolulu, May 26, via San Fran
cisco, June 3. Tho special grand
jury called to investigate the charges
of bribery in the legislature has raised
the biggest sensation Honolulu has
had since the days of revolution and
agitation for annexation. It has had
as witnesses Gov. Dole, Attorney Gen
eral Dole, Secretary of the Territory
Cooper and other high officials, and
on the refusal of some of them to
answer questions, , the grand jury
has had them brought into court to
show cause why they should not
testify.
In the absence of S. R. Dole, who
is indisposed, Secretary Cooper is act
ing governor. Th jury began its
investigation on a letter from the
governor to tho legislature, refusing
to extend the session because he had
information that bribery was taking
place. Governor Dole appeared be
fore the jury and it is said told all
that he knew. The other heads of
departments were summoned to
testify, and all refused to tell what
they knew, on the ground that the
information they had received was
in the nature of a "privileged com
munication," having been given to
them as government officials.
Acting Governor Cooper, Attorney
General Dole and L. A. Thurston,
president of tho Gazette publishing
company, were sumomned to appear
before Judge Humphreys and show
cause why they should not tell the
grand jury what they had learned re
garding bribery" in the legislature.
Judge Humphreys sustained Dole as
it was shown that he had told the
grand jury the names, of the men
from horn he had received evidence.
Thurston had told the jury that hs
had heard that legislators had ap
proached a corporation with solicita
tions of bribes, but ho declines to
give the name of the corporation on
the ground that as attorney he had
a right to withhold it as given in
confidence by a client to an attorney.
HeleGouTdTs Health Failing. .
; Miss Helen Gould of New York,
overcome by the strain of her charita
ble work, has been ordered to take a
long rest and is believed to be suffer
ing from, nervous prostration. t t
' - Treasury Auditor Resign. .
Washington, Juno V' 3. -Colonel
Youngblood, of'Alabama, auditor pf
the treasury department, has tendered
his resignation, and it was accepted,
to take effect Juno 15. The president
oday appointed B. A. Pierson, assist
ant auditor for the same department,
to succeed him, ;, :l T '.
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..j First Payment for Cruiser. ;4
Philadelphia, v Juno 3. A - cable
vt noun V X7? ? 1 i o flun wi I
& Sons announced that the first pay
ment for the.cruiser contracted for by
the government of Turkey, has been
paid by the Imperial Ottoman Bank.
Until now there has been an element
of doubt as to whether the cruiser
would ever be built, but with the first
payment made, the work will bo car
ried forward. .
NEWS OP TEE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER OREGON.
Commercial and financial rUppcniiigi of Im.
portence A Brief Review of of tht
Growth and Improvements ef the Many
Industries Throughout Our Thriving Cora,
monweaith Latest Market Report.
Four whales in Yaquina bay were
reported one day last week.
Arrangemnets are being made for a
Fourth of July celebration atDurkee.
The O. R. & N, Co. .has a heavy
new switch engine inthe Pendleton
yards. . ., , ...
The movement of cattle from Har
ney county for the summer is now
under way.
A severe frost near Vale a few nights
ago is reported to have injured crops
considerably.
Two car loads of one and two year
old steers were shipped from Yaquina
bay last week.
The contract for carrying the mail
between Marshfield and North Bend
will be let July 1.
Oliver P. Kaubb, aged 78, an old
pioneer, died at his home near Col
burg the other day.
The bridge at Nashville has col
lapsed. Some live stock went down
with it, but none were killed.
The new superintendent of the
Badger mine in Susanville district
has laid off a number of men, pend
ing the making of improvements.
The Lincoln county court will
repair the bridge across the Big Elk
river at Elk ' City and will construct
a bridge across the Yauina river at
Pioneer.
The machinery for the additional
five stamps for the Lucky Roy mill
in the Blue River district has arrived
at Springfield and will be hauled to
the mine as soon as possilbe.
Philomath will celebrate the Fourth
of July.
The Hillaboro council has ordered
500 feet of hose.
Sufficient funds have been pledged
for a Fourth of July celebration at
Roseburg. ,
Last week there waa 60,000 pounds
of wool sold at Blalock for 10 cents
per pound.
Two carloads of horses were shipped
troin Uaker City to the Last this week
by Susanville people.
S L. Brooks, a stockraiser of the
Sandridge, north of Imber, lost his
large barn by fire last week. -
The board of directors of tho Hunt
ington high school have decided to
have nine months' school this year.
The 12th annual convention of the
Washington County Sunday School
Association will bo held June 6 at
Forest Grove. .
The Inland Telephone Company has
a crew of men engaged in stringing
sxtra wires between La Grande and
Wallowa county points."
The Deep Gravel. Minine Conmanv.
incorporated, has assumed control of
all the mining property heretofore
owned by Wimer Bros. & Co., at
Waldo. ; ?
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 60c. ; val
ley, nominal; bluestem, . 6162c.
per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2, 90 3. 40 per
barrel; graham, $2.60.
Oats White, 1.351.40 percental ;
gray, $1.30 1.32 percental.
Barley Feed, $17 17.50; brewing.
$1717.50 per ton. i
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton ; midd
lings, $21.50; shorts, . $20.00; chop,
$16. . . ,
Hay Timothy, $12.5014; clover.
$79.50;r Oregon; wUd hayf ,.$67
per ton.; ; ' ; ' '4 ! k l: I, f
Hops 12 14c. per lb.
Wool Valley, 11 13c : Eastern
Oregon, ,7 10c; mohair, 20 21c.
per pound.
Butter ancy creamery, , , 15
n.H'c. ; dairy, 13 14c.: store, 11
12c. per pound.
Lggs Oregon ranch, 12126c.
per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13
13jc. ; Young America, 13M14o.
per pound.
Foul t ry Ch lckens, mixed, $3. 50 4 ;
hens, $45.00; dressed, 11 12c. per
pound; springs, $3 5 per dozen;
ducks, $56; geese, $67; turkeys,
live, 10 12c; dressed, 14lbc. per
pound.
Potatoes Old, $11.15 per sack;
new, 22c. per pound.
Mutton Lambs 4Ji5c. ' per
pound gross; best sheep, wethers,
with wool, $4.254.50; dressed, 67c
per pound.
Hogs Grcss, , heavy, $5.756;
light, $4.755; dressed, 77Kc per
pound.
Veal Large, 6)7c. per pound;
small, 7Jj8o. per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $55.25;
cows and heifers, $4.504.75; dressed
beef, 8J8)sc per pound , '
Senator Hawley is in favor of pro
tecting the Nicaraguan canal, no
matter what kind of an interna
tional agreement is made.
It was held recently in a London
police court that no one has any right
to force his way into a railway car
riage already full. . , .
San Francisco has 130, Pittsburg
385, Providence 250, Washington 600,
Louisville 325, Cincinnati 516 and
Cleveland 400 policemen.
HER CASE CRITICAL.
Mr. I McKinley's CendiUen Cause Much)
' V Concern.
Washington June 4. Mrs. Mc
Kinley continues very weak. Her
condition is not greatly changed from
that of yesterday, but each day that
elape without a , gain in strength
lessens her power of recuperation.
The complaint which came near end
ing her life in San Francisco is still
present. It is in a slightly less
aggravated form, but gives tho phy
sicians and president much concern.
Mrs. McKinley has shown remarkable
vitality, but her illness has so re
duced her strength aa to leave her
very feebly indeed It is feared that
unless a change for the better soon
manifests itself, her strength may
become so near exhausted as to
leave her without rallying power. - -
The news given out by tho physi
cians in attendance today was not
reassuring, though hope of better
tihngs still continues. After a con
sultation between the doctors the
following bulletin was issued :
"Mrs. McKinley passed a comfort
able night, but her condition has not
materially changed since the report
of yesterday."
MOST UNIQUE CLAIMS.
Government Will Be Asked to Restore Value
of Bonds Burned.
Washington, June 4. - A most
unique claim will be presented at the
next congress. It is that of certain
heirs of Joseph L. Lewis, who was a
millionaire of Trenton, N. J. Lewis
was a bachelor crank. His will pro
vided bequests of from $75,000 to
$100,000 to various relatives and
directed that after these bequests
should be paid the residue of his
estate should be invested in govern
ment bonds, and aa he expressed it,
"in order to reduce the public debt,"
the bonds should be burned. His
wishes were carried out, $996,000 in
government bonds were purchased
and burned. This occurred 25 years
ago. Now certain distant relatives
who were not beneficiaries of the will
are seeking to have the government
restore to the Lewis estate the value
of the bonds burned, and a bill pro
viding that this shall be done will be
introduced in the next congress.
IN A RUSSIAN JAIL.
Prominent American Confined Arbitrarily ta
' Neva Fortress.
New York, June 3. Tho Press
this morning publishes a statement
that L. James Gordon, sales and con
tracting agent in. Russia of the Bald
win Locomotiv e Works, disappear
ed in St. Petersburg last January,
and that his disappearance was caused
by his arrest by the Russian authori-
ties on charges unknown to the pub
lic. On the day succeeding the arrest
a St. Petersburg paper contained the
following notice! "Mr. L. J. G. ,
a prominent business man, waa ar
rested yesterday." Those who know
Gordon knew that it referred to him,
but that ended the matter in St. Pte
ersburg. It is only within a few
weets that it has become known that
he is confined arbitrarily in the fort
ress of the ' Neva. The American
ambassador has been asked . to inter
est himself in the affair by a brother
and two sisters of Gordon, who are in
this city at the present time, but
without result. ; ,
Fire Raged Ten Days.
Oaxaca, Mexico, June 4. Details
of the great fire which raged on the
isthmus of Tehauntepec for several
days have been received here. Over
70 people were unable to escape the
rapid progress of the flames and were
burned to death. The fire started "
on a coffee plantation, and owing to
the dryness of . the vegation it was ;
soon beyond control and wrought
great destruction to growing crops.
Many thousands of acres of coffee
trees, bananas, orange trees and other .
tropical pr jducts . were , destroyed.
The fire, burned for 10 days and wae
finally quenched by a heavy tropical
rain. - . " ,. " .'.
Imports From Philippines.
Washington, May 31. A statement
prepared at the treasury department
shows that the receipts from customs
duties collected upon articles im
ported into the United States from,
the Philippine islands from April 1,
1899, to March 31. 1901, were $1,003,
917. Of this amount $866,942 came
for sugar, $119,539 for cigars, and
the remainder for miscellaneous
articles. """ "
Discoveries of Argentine Scientist "
New York June 3. -A dispatch to'
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says
Senor Ricaldoni, an engineer, has just
made experiments with an improved
system of wireless telegraphy. The
results of the experiment were very
satisfactory. He will soon try a sub
marine boat of his own invention,
which he believes is superior to any
others.
Dominican Revolution Crushed.
Kingston Jamaica, June 4. It is
reported that the revolution in Santo
Domingo has been competelly crushed
at its inception and a number of the;'
prominent rebels shot or imprisoned. .
Among the latter is a son of the late
president.1 There' is little cargo
offering from Colombian ports in
consequence of the heavy export
duties imposed by the Colombian
government to meet expenses inci
dent to the revolution. , . . t
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