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f r TrtEOROAD AXE. AV BT J. F. Amis 4 aWas 1 mmi ' sxyswcaiPitoti St . t r Sis aa Ml n 1 ,ti) I'.i , flasaHably la Mwmh.) WEDNESDAY M AY 10,18$9. ' Wgirkwaea ff Faram. that they, kavs u open ri ver from , , Eugene te Portland where grain , fleet Cram Europe come to buy wr wheat ami flUT and load, it ( for the market of tha world it would teem to be an absolute snsisity UUt our, larsjera should take a new departure and baild , warehouse ol y aooeat to the ' .river whera they can store their . grain so a to be loaded upon the boat without havmr to par tribute to private warehouse or mill com Ianiea, Indeed every - eonsidera- . ,. tioQ would aeenv to dictata that warehouse for the atorg of grain in Eugene ahoeld ha built by the iernaers in "tha fork" and west of tha city at a point where they can laVa arUnacM f f ...htiaa a. k.:. w a a wnw v . . va a. UVil . grain by the river if desired inde pendent of any private warehouse . or the mill, and without handling aa often a at present Farmers j thick of this thing and do not ,jmlr think bat act. We want to ay in oonclnsion that if you do not. avail, yourselves now of the opportunity now offered you for .an. independent p-o pie's line of transportation to deep water you will not ba on titled to any sym pathy, , and ahouid not grumble avny mora at - exorbitant freight charges. To Good to be Let. I At tha risk of incurring the rar lasting displeasure of a vary frieod, wa publish tha fol postscript to a . private letter, aa too rmd to ba List r.Ii I liked to writa for nob- ! liaatioo or anything else, I'd like .. ; to expoae eoaae of Use cruel Mun- mmm iwt IT VinLrtW m nA him - nna t - eUspoaitim to onload responsibil ity upon congress and the people, -r Keither coo r res nor tha DeoDle Iv4red ns in a war with a peo . pl wa knew noli McKinley, Uanna and Co. are alone respon aibla for the war with the Filipinos, and if wa had bad a patriotic coogreaa be would' probably have .been impeached for provoking a k needless war. Republican papers talk of patriotism as if that virtue . were monopolised by the American Iwople aW other people bad none! .'. Invasion, cooquect, expansion and despotism are queer synonyms for patriotism. What a joke the sending of a "proclamation" ton t nation of repoted savages was . , who knew not oar langaage and know little or nothing of books or international' lawsl That proo- Iamation was built for Americans not for Filininoa! You a&haf . "Gen Lawton turned his priso- ; -era loose at LaOunaand loaded them with proclamations.' ( denee of wisdom and intelligence. k. J W T u . a v cam Mn joaaco with proclamations" . would be as . elective! There is a large amount . of folly or considerable artistic ' i : . I a V.l t wwui wui ia going on aown in. the Filipinos possibly both. .A, big army, U. 8. bonds and rwm term lor Aiuu.-r uanna s . tnan. This is the animus of our , wf ,nS it beginning to soak ' throagh some people. Mr. McKin- Jey jhaa never exhlbi ted any friend . hip for these, who resisted Spanish oppression. To prove this he sacri- ,. fcrJ 'iht Maine." Yon under fN U Gam Law. .It is a shame that a man ca w proteck nis crop. propose , t .F?!?01 IUing of wild fowU, ' atl 7 t -L . -a . . ' aarae apa aucn iiiat destroy crop, abaeJd 'U ftjrnpelied to Uke care . for I are that a man pJant any garden aaaw, or mom V without being de ?saje T tne pbeaaant, and other aai fowls. If the deer Twenty, they too would be ftswt liktrvfera, , I do not blrive in killing and w aiting game of any hint, "wassa not, want jot, tni yu will n4 mis the water when tJie wall nana dry," meaning that to kill what you want to rat, and there will always be plenty. I roe that th law vara that a man ahall not kilt, ralab or dog, , or. disturb them in any way. If tha crop ara not proUotod br tha raiser, 1 think to remedy this, would be, to oompel tha people to bo placed in prisons and asylums, for mo- i pie cannot lira under such laws. ThoraU a number of laws' that are unconstitutional at tha preeent time. Tha.raaaon that thera are so jmany anooitatitatiooal laws la, because MeKialey and Uanna do not know what that bouk fthe aonatiJuUon af tha United State) is for; I beleive it will ba east into tha waste basketf if thera are any mora ignorant presidents elected, and big haaded million sires to control tha gorernnieut affair aa it has been for eoune tuuv I Ihink there are soma peo ple very ignorant . to allow such laws to ba exacted. I understand thera are ' people that attempt to enforce tha present game law, whu they will do tha Htut deed themselves aren tha law J makers, will violate the law, on the sly if they get a chance. So goes the world for I am a dear lover of the old constitution. As I atn a reader I hope you will publish same and oblige. S. J. Cox. The Steamer City of Eageae. Wo would like to call attention of our readers to tha tact that it is now no looser a Question as to the possiblity of transporting by boat everything in the way of freight that our people may re quire, from a box of matches to a ton c. salt; pr from a box of eggs to tons of . grain. The Steamer City of Eugene recently built and put on. the river by a few enter prising citixens - of Eugene - and vicinity, ' has demontirated this fact beyond controversy. Since . it started ' it ha made its trips to Portland, and return twice a weak regularly having full cargoes each way including way points, where it discharged and took on freight. It has thus shown that it is capable of affording competition to the railroad, and thus breaking a monopoly under which oar people hare groaned for years. It cannot be forgotten that for several years onr merchants and others who had freight to le brought to Eugene have - often had to employ team sters to haul jt from Harnsburz and Corvallia in order to avoid the exorbitant exactions of the S. P. road. A mean by - which the farmer, and bosineas people of the upper valley have lone been Bought by which they could get relief from this condition. This ia now found. An oven river- and boat like the City of Eugene to ply upon it wCl knock the ' railroad monopoly into smithereens on most articlra of freight. It has always been the case with an open river. What every one wants to do is to support our boat Keep it running. Do this in the assurance that by, "easting your bread upon the waters after many year you shall gather it up." With Oar Exeaaageg. The preamble to the Declaration of Independence affirms that "all meo are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." If the Ameiican people deny the truth of this declaration and assert that might constitutes right in the Philippines, the money power and monopolies may administer to us a dose of oar own medicine at no distant day. Express Advance: Sadie Bare, who is njw carrying tha mail for her father between this place and Lacomb, is, we believe, the young est mail carrier in the state, and maybe in the whole United States. She r 12 years old and carries the mail on horseback, leaving here at 10 a. m. and retnrning at 4 p. m., daily. Tha round trip is a distance of twenty milee. Prineville Journal: During the now storm last Monday snow flakes fell which, according 'to Dr Cline, measured four inches in diameter. It was an interesting sight to see people trying to dodge these' monster flake, but their eflnrtu we. ue.eiM), as the air was 'literally fi!l with .'them. For- tntnO. ly. they eama dowa Uke) a falling blanket, and not edgawiar, or something serious might have occurred,- Hermann ltema. . May 2, 1890. Editor Broad-Axe: Believing you have no desire to spread anything but tha fruth ar.d having seen in your paper a state ment of what purport to be "Tha Decision of . the Courts." on liabil ttiea of aubscribel s, I would. re spectfully rsll your attention to the following which yon will find in the UniUd Statee Postal Uuide for June, 1898, page U and IS: Poetoffioe Department ) Washington, D C, Mar i, 1895. 1 Drar8ir: Your letter of the with enclosure is before me, and content carefully noted. 'As a re ply In part to your ioquirua I en close you a copy of a letter I sent today to an editor. In further answer to. your Utter, I will say that the method adopted by the " Afjency" is utterly tn- detiensible. Printed on the face of dunning letters are tbeee so-called newspaper laws, which, you a a lawyer, know have uo existence as laws or decisions of the court. My opinion i that the scheme of tnis agency ae conducted is one devised to defraud the people by the pretense that there are' certain laws which have no existence in fact and literature and letters con cerning it are nooJmiIable under the provisions of the acta of con gress, approved March' 2, 1R89, (Ti Stat S73) and Septefobfr'lO, 1890, (26 Stat. dS3.t Born At Hermann, April 21, -1890 to the wife of Via Kirby.a girl about the usual size. Ben Jeanes was down Saturday to get your rorrespondect to pro phecy on the weather; but we pro phesied fair weather about a week ago and H baa rained every day eince. I am com4etely disgusted and am going to quit. Our mail carrier, J M Duncan, has a black eye, bat he says he was alone when he got it There is an" epidemic of boils in llTennann.- They say they are worth five dollars a piece. If that is so we are getting rich up- here, and some of us would like to begin to draw on our bank account. Where can we get them cashed? Some of our people are beginning to boast of how high their garden ia. Most of ours is upstairs yet We are going to do "our bragging when peaa and beans are large enough to use. ' ' Old Oregonians are . prophesying th.if ths rain has mined the. fruit blossoms. Now.' look oat for a large yield of fruit. If it rains on Easter Sunday it will rain seven Sundays in sue cession bids fair to be the case this year. April 30th was the fifth and then we got in addition to regular rain a snow storm thick and fast for a few minute. While the people are saying "wand the Oregon volunteers home" we would like to emphasise it by saying ma too. There are four Hermann boys in Co C and we would feel better if they were safe at home. One Ono 8 Phelps is dangeroasly sick in the hospital at Manila and now, "that the rainy season is about' to set in we fear for the health of the others. Sunday wa a lively day among the young ladies of Hermann. Everybody called on everybody else. There are some choice locations for homesteads here yet, and a few pieces of deeded land which can be bought eheaper than they could be homes leaded. Men of families who are looking for homo should Uke notice of this fact. C. The editor will look, tip the Law of Newspapers" so - called. oon, and ascertain what it is, but we are inclined to think the case referred to has no reference to the general law on the subject Eo. Broad-Axe and Oregon Ian $1.75. An industry carried on near Monroe ia the gathering and feed ing of mud turtles for the San Francisco market. Last 'season nearly a carload of turtles were kept in an enclosed portion of a lake above town, and fattened oh bran and shorts. It ia said that mora than twice that number will be handled this rummer. Some thing like 25 centa apiece is paid for tnrtles by the ownm of the PROM'THE PHILIPPINES. - V Interaeflajr Lrtter Irora oar Regilar Cormpoadeot. Jaro, 11 d Panav, P. I. ) March 18, itV. To the Bread-Axe: . -Since. nv last-rtic.e to your valued paper I have participated in one battle and one engagement. Upon the eve of March 1st one of out outpost was attacked and one bettaltion was called out and we engaged the enemy for nearly one hour. A fur aome hard fighting we isuoeaeded in driving the enemy back about two miles, it then being too dark to see the enemies' smoke, we retreated' with a loaa of two men. It .has been indirectly re ported that the insurgent loaa was about thirty-fire killed and wounded. . Upou March 18th we experienced the heaviey battle of the campaign. At 1 p. nL a call to arms wa sounded. lu a few minute we were under arms and being joined by three piece of artillery we started out to eegage the enemy. Failing to engage the enemy uion the west of the river, we crossed over to the east side when we were soon under fire. We were now joined by two more pieces of ar tillery. Our two three iaeh guns began shelling the enemies' fortifi cation near the edge of a piece of timber, about .eighteen hundred yards distant. At the same time the 1st battalion 18lh U S in fantry began to advance against the enemy who wa keeping up a continuoas long range firing. The firing line consisted of the follow ing companies; K Co occapied the extreme right, a detachment of twenty-four men from II Co to their left, next was U Co with I Co to the extreme, left, C and R CVs being in the reserve. We deployed behind a sugar cans field. After firing a few volleys into the cane to clear it ol the enemy we advanced through to the other side, when K Co was ordered company half left turn, doable time. Arriving upon the line we were commanded to lie down and com meac firing at a distance of eight hundred yards. Volley after volley was fired while the companies to our left moved forward, and as they took up the firinc we ail vauoed k the right oblique giving across fire while the other com panies moved straight ahead. We soon found ourselves under a gal ling fire from three different directions; one from the fortified post against which we were march ing; one from the right oblique about eight hundred yards distant; one from the left oblique about eighteen hundred yards distant The bullets Ml like bail around us. In the 'meantime our three inch guns were doing some good work against the enemies intrenchment. The enemy leaving a few men in their trenches to keep up tha cross fire from our right oblique began moving'a body in a flanking move ment against K Co. To checkmate the movement General Miller dispatched one Hotchkias and one Oattling guns supported by C Co to our rear and right where they rooted the flanking party and drove then back. With bayonets fixed we charged the enemies in trencbaents and captured their port, together with several killed snd wounded Khakiaks. Several hate and articles of -fearing apparel were left behind by tha fleeing men- - .-... a , After routing the enemy from the center Vt the firing line ex ecuted a left turn and a dash was made toward the Intrenchmcnte to the left, where w did some hard fighting. We waded through a swampy cane field, Where the ground was very rough. Wa would take ono step upon solid ground nd perhaps the next atep would be in water knee deep, The firing waa now done mostly at will, and so continuous was the fire that our rifles got so hot that wa did not dara touch the barrel W could handle them only by grasping them by the wood parte. Several of the boys bay blistered hands and. wrists from carelsesly touching the barrels. I dropped my gun more than once, when I would forget myself and grasp the barrel instead of the stock. When within about four hundred yards of the enemies breastworks, wa rsn short of ammunition and as the ground would not admit of the ammunition wagon being brought up, we retreated for the day aa it wn thn.fi't rxwinr, il'irk. I fired over, two hundred rounds of ammunition ia leas than three hours whirh was mere than one shot per minute. When -the, roll! was called that night it was learned that we had lost two men and mnetren-wouudod. There are no, wagons here and all the hauling ia done upon two wheeled carts and drawn by water buffaloes. The artillery also havs a few buffaloes to haul their three inch guns and caisson. l Our sugar breastworks melted and w had to replace them with sacks of earth. Q J. T. Wilkins, Co. K. 18th U. 8. Infantry Eighth Army Corps. P. 8. if you wish to mail copies of your valuable paper to piy address, you will pleas address m at lloilo aa there is no office es tablished here at Jaro. From the Baachaasa Ragioa. MiUhell. Or. May 1, 1800. Editor Broad-Axe: I will write you a few lines from Mitchell. The weather i cold and stormy. Sheepshearing has not commenced yet Mitchell Is a nice, quiet place since the country has become filled with Dr . McCormack's Hold Cure cases. . Some miscrtants rodo their horses Into the West Branch school house and smashed up aome of the School house furniture recently. It Edmundsnn has bought the territory of Arixon lo heel the fallen inebriates. We glory in his spunk. l Courxro, Ia Memoriam. Mrs. Ella Officer died at the St. Vincint hospital in Portland, on February 23, 1300, agod 23 years, on month and one day. Deceased waa a daughter of Mr. Mrs. James Calloway and on November 27, J8WS was married to Mr. Courtney Officer, of Linn county with every prospect of a long and happy life. But the cold finger of death cam too soon, striking out this fair young life, leaving a once happy home deso late. A loving husband, father, mother, four brothers, one sister and a host of sorrowing friends mourn her untimely domlse. The funeral occurred from the residence of Mr. .Mrs. John Robert, of Eugene, to the cemetery. Ser vices were conducted by Rev. M. L. Rose, pastor of the First Christian church of Eugene. With tender hands Ella was laid to rest on the 2.1lh, in the Mulkey cemetery surrounded by a large concourse of relatives and friends. Fittingly may it be said that a true and noble sister has gone. But the greatest consoling words are, "we shall meet again" for her parting words were: "I am going home to heaven and I will Uke the name of Jesus with roe." Peace to her slumbering dust and upon memory's page be cherished her noble needa. Sltaar, ana waat IM and taralr. Ottilia aa lb tumatrr liaw, naaaanl aa tha air ol vanln Wbaa H Saaia aaieaf lb traaa. fWaful balky dtoal staaibrr Ftaeatol la laa (rava a la Tboa a ami rtH )ala aur a km bar, Wa a Bon thy roast abail aaar. Daanat tatar. row bar tefl as; Mara ttir kva wa SMSly Mi Bal kiaOod Ibal baa bafaft aa: Hi aaa ail aar Trt, aala wa hoea la start Ibaa, Wbaa laa day at Ufa I Bad. Tbaa la baaraa wa wlU fiaat Ska. Wbara aa tarawan taara aa abad. In our Issue of next week will appear the addressee in fall ef K R Skipworth, Judge Walton, Hon 8 M Yoran and Attorney L T Harris and perhaps others if we can secure copies, delivered on the occasion of the courthouse dedication May 1st. We are confident that these will all be read by patrons in tha country with much interest. At least we hope so, for wa have been at no little pains to secure copies of those addresses and wa here take occaaion to thank the gentlemen for their kindness in readily responding to our request for at leaat of a synopsis of their remarks. Met Dr Oglesby of Junction on the streets of Eugene the other day who Informs as that the sick it his vicinity spoken of last week are all getting along well. The Dr said: "Oh no, I do not allow any one to die in my neighborhood." The sick spoken of are Miss Milliron, Rev Houston and Mrs Craln. It is Stated In tha Oregonian of tha 7th that the "Monroe Colony" had failed to make the first my ment of $10,000 aa agreed and that a collar" of the afftir w ln- jlllllU'llt. MlHcellaneoas. Ei-eemralseionrr Perkins of Llewellyn was in the rity Satur day. A No ex-commissioner J M Parker of lVxter. A letter from K D Wrlfht of Indian Valley, Idaho, of May & say Eseklal Bailey, of that plane referred to In another plane ia still living but U vsry low. The mine on Trnt Creek, Crook county, Oregon, continue to exrit attention. Many rlaitn are beli .j loctted some aasavs have gne Kl high a 7(X), savs tho Antelope Herald. A recent letter from Mrs James Callaway write to her husband herd that her father Ksekiel Bailey of InJian Valley', Idaho, ia still alive but is glowing weaker. Hon A 8 Patterson, the county treasurer, he of "tater trust" fame, informs a representative of the Broad-Axe thai he ha just secured from England direct, a new variety of Karly Kuea potattea and nivalis to give them a fair test in this soil and climate. Our contemporary the Harney Item has got Bryan on the brain. If this does not cause bruin fever to set in it will be in hx k. It is wonderfully exercised too about "old glrr.y" and patriotism. Won der if "Mc" hasn't a pull on the U S land office at Burns? Farmer tieo. A. Dorr I was in from hi ranch Thursday, and says he is enjoying -rural life "just splendid" aks ill Hat tering terms of his hens, pigs, cows, horses and "sich like," and wants it understood emphatically that lie is in the "hop business;" and also that he is "at home seven days in the week," and that the latch string hangs out. We noticed a good lot of hay eed in fieotges hair. The "late strike of uiinrrs at Wardner, Idaho, which hn tilled the paper with aensational matter for tho past month is about ended tho not until the governor sent troop to the. scene of operation. When will laborers learn that they have no more right to combine to prevent competition in labor than have their employers to combine to depres wage. Those union labor leagues are all right among mem bers of the union, but they have no earthly right to prevent the non-union man from work when and whero he pleases. Child Marder. On the night of the ftth Chief of Police Stiles and Sheriff Withers unearthed the crime of child mur der committed by Lottie Hsnnovan Jged IS years, living with a widowed mother at the corner of Willamette and Sixth street Eu gene. The evidence ss given in detail before the coroner's jury is hardly fit for publication, but it shows beyond question that Mlas Ilanno van waa delivered of a well devel oped eight pound child, born alive and died after birth, and was wrapped in clothes and burled In a water closet near thn premises by lU mother, and that Mrs Hannovan the girl's mother was privy to the whole affair. The coroner's jury found sub stantially in accordance with above facts. The punishment for conceal ing the death of this child so that it may not ba known whether It was born alive or not, may be by a term - of - imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months, or by imprisonment In the penitentiary one year. But in c,ase of indictment for the murder of her bastard infant and conviction of the same she may be punished as a murderer which punishment ia by hanging as in any other case of murder. Ia he a Dade? On examination of tha "write ope" given tho county officials in the Ouard of May 1, wa are sur prised to see County Tressurer Patterson the third officer in rank, in duty and importance, Ignored Tha oldest pioneer official in the county. What's the matter? Patterson is the only populist county official. A gentleman at our elbow says: "a republican dude wrote that "write up" and hence his treatment of Mr Patterson." The Broad-Axe will notice this thing again. Claud Brsn tons' rase is boina argued by Judge Hale before Governor Ccer today (Tuesday) as we go to prcas, for aoommution of his sentence to life imprison ment in thn pcnelontiAry. Dvjig yorb of 1 MoU& People It is well. Washington. I ntunt sleep now. lly ron. , Thy will bu done -Donne. Is this your fidelity? Nera, Than 1 am safe. Cromwell, l-et the light ei.ter tioellie. And is this deatUT (ieorg IV. Clod's will Im done. Bishop Kerr, (iod will save my soul. Durhgley. Lord, take my spirit. Ed ward VI. . Lord make haste. -II Hammond. Iord, rcoeivo my spirit. Crn mer. Thn srtery ceases to beat Il.llcr. Don't give up the ship. Law rence. It is the last eaith J Q Adams. God pieserve the enijxror. Haydn. I am about . to die. Samuel Johnson. Indendiice forever. John Adams. Give Dayrolles a chair. Ches terfield. I shall be happy Archbishop Hharp. iHm't let poor Nellie starve. Charles II. 1 hate endeavorrd to du duly. Taylor. my I thank God I have done my duly. Nelson. I feel as if I were myself again. Waller foott. An emeror should die stand ing. Vcnain. Tiro best of all, God is with us. John Wesley. Clasp my hand, my dear friend, I dir. -Alderi. It mutter littlo how the head liclh. Kaleigb. I'm sho if I "don't believe I'm dying Deritael. A dying man ran do nothing eav. Franklin. My beautiful flower; my lovely flowers. Kic liter. James, take good care of the horse. Winlleld Scott. Many things are becoming clear er to me. hchillrr. I feel the lUUir growing over me John Keats. v lint, is there no bringirg ueath r Cardinal Beaufort. Taking a leap in the dark. Oh, mystery. Thomaa I'alt.e. Ut the earth be fiileei with I(is glory. Karl ol Derby. It is small, very small (alluding to her neck) Anne Boleyn. 11 the earth i be filled with His glory. Diabop roughlon. Let me hear those net so long my solace and delight-Moaart. To die for liberty is a pleasure and not a pain. Marco But xaris. We are as near heaven by sea a by land. Sir Humphrey Gil lert. I do not sleep. I wish to meet death awake. Maria Theresa. I resign my soul to Ood: my daughter to uiy country. Jefferson. I would not rhsnee my ley for the empire of the world. Philip Sydney. Farewell, Livia. and remember oar long union Augustus Caesar. I have sent for you to see how a Christian can die. Addison to Warwick. Into thy hands, Oh, Lordt I com ma nd my snirit Christopher Columbus. This Is the Isst flickering of a lamp that has long been burning. Gensral Wool. I want nothing, and I am look ing for nothing but Heaven. Mel- ancthon. I have seen all thincs, and thing are of little value. Alexan der caverns. Remorse r Hernore!Write-itI Writa il Largerl Larg-rt John Randolph. Wo are all going to Heaven, and Vandyke ia of the company. Gain-, borough. Gentlemen of tha jury, you will now consider your verdict. Lord Tentcrden. We (Shall Kill Wend. We see it announced in seversl of onr exchanges that Sheriff Withers has invited several sheriffs and newspaper men to witness Claud Branton's execution on day after tomorrow. We acknowledge the courtesy of an Invitation by Mr Withers to be present on that gruesome occasion. Our garden needs our attention and on thst "black Friday," "no providential hindrance," we shall witnre the killing of some weeds, In preference to t-eeing an un forlonste fellow creature robbed of bis life however justly. Bob Campbell says the crack in the walls of the conrt house ar caused by the names f tha judge andcoinissioner's which art cut )xti tl,e stone whrr the break ouiiri,