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AMITIMi TKOOPS Tie Attack on ilmiila ORDERED TO BOHOLOLO Camira's Fleet Still Ljiif Neai Suez. NO OFFERS OF PEACE". ejelal to tb Ouid. Honu Kong. July I TIM latent from Manila sys that Admiral DeW ey la awaiting the arrival of ItM - I oni expedition from Kan IrOntdatO before at lacking the city. He doc 001 believe that II e lorce In- haa at l.und could maintain order afur taking (he city. The Insurgent are hi ill active In the luburlf and m-ating comid. r uble alarm, Hl'KZ, July 8-Admlrl Cumura's HpanUh fleet I still lying outside of tb three mile limit awaiting repair to the battleship i'ulayo. Han HitANCiwi, July 8- Itear Ad miral Miller has I.e. n ordered U) pro oeel Immediately to and raise the American Mag over Honolulu. Washington, I) C, July tary ot State l)ay h" r, i . ived no pern llegotl dloiiH froio Spain w hatever. Minu uirMii oo oat in fawlal to the OntrO. Hut, June H; (1:30 p in Admiral Cs mara and his Meet entered the Hue canal (IiIn afternoon, returning to Hpain. ('mmndoro Wabmu hat been or dered to the rspaliixh coaxt at once. Hi fleet will cmsUt of the t 'rcgoti, Iown, and Newark, three auxiliary oruler and live collier. When they fl i.d the Spanish Ih.t another D 001 or Hchley-SampH.ui party can be looked for. If Wataon N Micomfu I In de-t toy ing thli lleet Spain's navy will have been utterly annihilated Ei Washington, July H, 640 p m General Shatter and Admiral Sani -on, at a conference hehl today lc olded to commence II. lomhurdmciit of Sautiago tomorr. w. They are ir rangliig all detail nud will work in conjunction with a full understanding of the part each I expected to take. MANILA NOT YET ATTACKED Washlugtou, July 7 The navy dc parlmect hen received the following cablegram: "Cavite, July I, via Hong Kong, Ju ly " -The l ulled Mutes troops have lauded and arc comfortably housed at Cavit. The Insurgent are active. Agulnahui proclaimed himself ptesl- dentol the revolutionary republic on July 1. l)Kvi As the dispatch make BO mention of trouble with dcrmany, the report thai he II red on a Herman vessel Is pronounced baseless. No cd vices could have reached a cable station sii.ee July 4, THE NEXT LBQULATUhE Olllrlal List or Members Has lie. n rrltited kialem, Or, July 7-The official list of inembciB of the next legislature, for which there has been a great dcmmid. has MOB printed by the s-H'rvtary of, tate. According to (tie printed roster the political complectloll o the legls lature will Ih as follows: Senate-'.": republican. 1 Mitchell-1 republican, I popollsta, :i deniocra, 1 u u Ion 1st. House 43 republicans, ." democrat, 4 unloulsts, 4 sliver republicans, : pop- uliata, 1 detuocrallc-p. oples-tilverrc publican. m mm From a Photo of the Murderer. Br ' ft TJ- til 1 189? i- ii i.i. u tmmn mm M " uai.T iUnl, July The DAILf OOAJIO pMMOt It land er with a picture of Claude Branton who muidercd John I. Inn at Abler Jpriop near the ummit of the Cas cade mountain, on the McKenxie wagon mad, tut and I wanted by hbenll Cane county, Tlie leprodt.eti n of Hraulnn' pho-to,-ra h in metal i tru.- to the original, except it doc not give a peculiar caat of hi feature to be observed In the original, an inderciibuhl appearauo in of a untie that habitually over the fuce, yet M not a mlle u that term la MMI nn Vr tood. Bran'on'f e p'oalon i rutin r one of good humor. I n an outline picture much or nearly nil of thU expression Ii neeeisarily loat, CLAUDE BRANTON It la hardly probubl that the red IiuikIo'I murderer will c-cajie the pen alty of hi cold blooded crime. The officer of Jn-tice ure wdllgevery meio to effect bla oapturv, This Imprtsni case coming so MM af'er the taking office by Bhwill Withers it Is very fortunate ho his the abtauco of nn tipwiaOMd d puly. Henry Day I nn olllcer of no mean executive ability and will leave 00 BUM uufollnwed lo get poaoeaatoa of the arch criminnl. is tiiik a ounff The billowing appeared In today's Oregonitn from Hilem: Wiley Inn, proprietor of n new stand on Sti'e htre, t thinks he talked with ( luiido llranb n, wanted in Eu 0MM lor tin murder of John I. Inn, July 4. A mill nil;, .soring Ilratitoii's de criplloti, ami claiming to have horsea to sell, called tit inn's pi ice on the Fourth. lilt ANTON All At N. t Inudt BraotoDatht murdtrer,wlU to n-en ut nunieroiH points n w. The hheritl of Vsncouver, Wash tclegraph o I the hcntl tliii forenoon that a man at that p'aoa had enlisted In the Hrmy uu-uering the description, excepting htWMtfl I0loeh0l an I weighed 1U,' lua. BroOloa is only about 6 feet 7 Inches and weighs 170 to lt) lbs. BONM AI'l'KOVliD II. c CootailHlOOWl Court Approves the Boadi of the hheritl', TlOMONI uud I'oroucr IlM 0 III : pproved the followiug UMdl yesterday: W W With, is aheriB and tax ool lector, 160,000. Sureties: .1 K P With er , Pntlay Oomegyi, a tl Hovey, W H Brown, v w Oahuro. B B Kakiu mid T 11 Hendricks. A H I'attersou, treasurer, 50,000. BonUoai A U Hovey, 'I'll Hendricks, v w Oeburn and W B Biowo, W L Cbeahlrt, coroner, $3,000. Hur files: W I' Cheshire and II A Vlu cent. DIN n BBBOII i I W W Withers, sheritl, not lied the court that he had appointed Henry J l)y as IUM deputy and K C Matteeon und Beo V Cr. ner a special deputies. Notice rj s Lams Omoo ) Koeiiburg, Oregon, V July 7, ISitS. ) No ice is hereby given that the ap proval plat of survey of Township 15 H, range 7 west has been received from tlic surveyor general for Oregon, and on Tuesday August t, lvs, at !i o'clock 0 01 thO aoM plat will Is tiled in this ofllee, and the laud embraotd theieln Will Ik. open to entry on and after that dato i T BJUDQM, Ueglster KHBiikHiDAN, heoelTcr. Md the Scene of Linn's Murder 1 IUKD UISAGREEAICLE TRIP Secure Evidence CoufirmiBir all that Has Beeo Given Out Now Await Murderer's Capture Dally . ..-: :..) About 1:30 this afternoon Deputy Attorney Harris, Coroner Cbrshlie, Hpecial Deputy bberlff Crouer and Courtney Oreen arrived In Eugene, re turning from the scene of the murder ot J A LliP, 'I bey leti here TUMdOJF evening at 7 o'.-'oek, and arrived at Peploi's at o'clock Wednesday morning. Leaving there after a four hours rest, they puhed ou to the McK-zie Hrldge, .55 miles from this c!ty, arriving there about 1pm. At I o'clock Thursday morning they left for Cham's corral, the scene of the murder, three uiilee this side of Alder Hprlngs, arriving at their destination alsiut 'J a m. The time until 4 o'clock in the afternoon was spent In examination ol the prem ises, and collecting evidence, after which they returned to McKetizle Hrldge, theu to I'epiots, nud ou to this city, an iviug home at the time above stated. A dirtier crowd it would have been hard lo find. OooatODtlf on the go for nejrly four day., over mountain roads, and short ou sleep, It was diffi cult to recognize a'iy of the men with taking a see nd look nt them. Hut they did their doty, and in a thorough manner investigated the matter before them. A Cii'AKii reporter taw Deputy At torney Harris Just after he alighted from the wagon, going with him to his ofllee, and while looking over an accu mulated batch ol mail Attorney Har ris told of the trip and of information gained along the way. He I rat outlined the trip as told above and tneu suil. "Ou reaching McKenxie bridge. Coroner Che-hire impaneled a jury, which went with ui, from that pclnt. The scene of the murder wrte fouud to be nt Isham's corral, three miles this side of Alder Springs. The corral is about two acres lu extei t, and Is used for the purpose of herding cattle and horses on I he drive aeries the mountains. It is not used as a camping; place unlets people are compelled to stop there as it Is a nillo and a half to water one way and six miles the other. "luvestigatlou of the spot where the murder waa committed revealed the evident fact that the body of Linn had been cremated. The camp Are had been built ngwlnst a large water soaked, rotten log, nnd between two tall fir trees, oue about .' feet iu diameter aud the other IS inches. These mountain tree grow very tall, nud It was proba bly 40 feet to the nearest branches, To flnt thing we noticed win that these high brauches weie badly burn ed, indicating that au unusually large lire must have been built. .viioi laKtng a tew pilot, is with n kodak, we commenced our investigt- ever saw. No luit sticks were left around the edge, but all were burutd clean, aud It Is evident that Branton watched the Are all ulgbt, pushing the embers Into the center of the tin', until everything had been con- sumed. The ashes were then carefully Islands resolutions have been signed sifted through our hands, reaulting In l'y ,ne President. theflndlugof smsll pieces ot bones, I suspender Inn kh, t.ut.ons etc Some Adin,,ni,-'tver wft' or,U r''l ' Wve ,,, , "ixtis.eu. n?,s:uitlago harbor by lieneral Blanco of the bone, are i aoch UlOltt lihl be The Spanish loss In the naval Jb hard to identify them positively a. was l-JUO killed and l, ,ap uredllha human, but ofotlurs iheiels nodoubt. j American loss w...s 1 killed aud I We collected all we conM And aud ; l,uded. breugbl tbem dowu with u A pa" r the skull, a portion of the lower Jaw, nud a toelolot, can b j slUrely Usn- HOed as belonging to a Lumnn, and some ef the teeth were also f.jUt.J. "After going over the ashs carefully we then looked over the groucd adja cent thoroughly. It Is covered wr.u n heavy uudergrowth about four feet high, making It difficult lo make a close sxsmlnatlon. W made one dis covery, however, that Is of evident value. Lying close to the tire, au old ax was found with lusty blado and Tine maple handle having traces of blood ou it. Appea-auces go to show that Urauton used the ax in chopping up the body of Linn a it would thus burn better and more thoroughly, and the almost perfect cremation of the hodv lend ts confirm this fact. Two suspender buckles, aud about enough buttons lo correspond to the clothing of a man were also found. We brought with u everything that would be of value in a trial and will keep them iu hope that the murderer would soon be captured." Mr Harris expressed much lati-fnc-tlon ou learning that the county court had offered a reward of, :VJ for Hrau ton's aires' and OODvicUon, as he feels that it will be an added impetus to having him hunted dowu. gpcaklug of lbs Information gained ly t Iking with oeoi.le along the road, Mr Harris said that wbll Hranton made every efljrt to conceal bis crime he was to loquacious as to spoil the whole busi ness, and that much direct evidence agaiust him had been gaiued. On the return trip young Oreen ac companied the oflicers to this city. OOOOMBO'a IMQDOtr, Slate : Oregon 1 County of Lane We, tin Jury called to investigate the supposed case of murder llud that J A 1 inn came to his death at Isham's corral, 14 miles above McKeuzle Bridge, in Lane county, Oregon, June 15 1S0H, by a gunshot wound iu the bead, fired from a pistol in the bauds of Claud Itranton, aud we accuse the said Claud Branton of the murder of said J A Linn, and that thesuid Bran ton undertook to destroy the evidence of the crime by burning the body of the said Linn. Signed, July 7, : AHFoweks, W A Winn, H dofittt, j s Book, J A Ihiiam, Q00 U FbISSILL. t'OTTAwE BH0?1 ITEMS, From the Messenger o I',, lay. A great many people arc going into the Bohemia mines. There are at pre-ent three hack lines running into Bohemia an I all three have all they can do. Hon B H Sheridan of Roeeburgt stopped in town Saturday 'u-t on bla way to the Bohemia mines. Mr Bond of Springfield, tukts D T Awbrey's place as agent a: this place while Tom tali i an COtlng at Shasta Springs. The Hudson mill near Druiu humid Wednesday nigh' with nn immense lot of lumber nnd yeral ears which stood OU the s k. Mrs Curriu i r . Wynne, her sis ter, left Satin- v lor Dakei City when they will Visit hieudl aud relatives Hugh tiecoiiii' i tie I them. The BlOok la tie mines have shut down for ten days having run out of brick and go n ao far along they arc compelled ti wait for them, Bohemia Is all right. One nt the largest milling companies iu the United S.ates is now closing n deal for property in the district. They will do business. Oh yes! Oakland is a dandy place to ship machinery from to Bohemia A gentlemau went Iu over the Ouklau'd trail last week, and he reports he might bo able to pack his machinery in on mules, but bad as the Cottage Orove road U, it would cost $100,000 to "uild one anywhere near so good from the before mentioned place. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Commodore Watson has been order- ed to start at ouce after Camara'g fleet. His tleet will Boon consist ,,t n... i,, tleships Oregon, Iowa, New ark and i three auxiliary cruisers aud live col- Hers to accompany them. The plau . tor a loug cruise. The tleet will prob ably rendezvous oil' the Spanish coast. The annexation of the Sandwl.l, A WOODMAN. Linn, the Mid Murdered by BraoloD, Belonged io Fo&i. LoSgp. A MBiBff LETrEK. S W Mo jre.C'erk of BOfOOl Lodge, Woodmen of the Wcrld. Oojnwo.Or, July 8, ma. To the Clerk of Eugene Camp W of W: EOTBHtMD WBOKMOBI Through the Dally Oregonlan r f the 8th we hear ofoneof our neighbors, J ALinn.as having beeu murdered about 80 mile or so from your place. We have not learned full i atticulars yet. I would like for you or any othir neighbor lo give us any information you can about It, aud whether the body has been taken care of; or any thing you know about the affair. Yours in L H 4 It, I' H STEPH KN80N. Clerk of Lodge No 68. Attorney Harris also exhibited to the Guaku reporter, Woodmen receipt found at Isham's corral, bearing date of April 6, lMh, for the sum of fl.60, benefit fund assessment No. 04, signed by P H Stephenson, clerk ol camp Nr. 68, at Condon, Oilllam couuty, Oregon. -SO. joionoi news. Hipped From the limes of Jul) 0 Eiauk Baylor, Jr, has gone to Har rlsburg to cut steak. Measles and mumps are still quite prevalent in this vicinity. J A LeTelller returned from Salem Thursday pronounced -.uud and well. Byron Milliorn came In from Esst- eru Oregon the other day with a drove of horses whi.'h are for sale. L W Clark is now Justice of the Peace aud is ready for a case. He has rented an ofllee In the Folsom brick, up stairs. Miss Anna Crain, who has charge of one of the departmtuta of Seattle's public schools, arrived home Thursday aud will speud her vacation with friends hereabouts. The horse rnce Saturday brought a good many people to town. The horses were not celebrated for their swiftness, but then they can ruu a mile with all their might. Oue b' louged to Andy Howard and the other to Milt Bar- Dett Howard's got there first. The ball game between the Jugglers and Progponds from Long Tom, resulted in the victory of the former by a score of 10 o 20. The Fourth was as quiet iu this city H I very quiet Sunday. Nearly every body hud kft for the various celebra tions and had a lire started but little help would have come to the rescue, u i re open as usual, but the mer chants simply Imagined that they were doing business. Lake Creek drew heavily from our population, while Eugene atlructcd them by the huu lreds, UNDERWAY. Keel of Eugene's Sew Steamhont Will He Laid Next Week. Considerable activity is manifested at the old O B i N warehouse, and on the river ouuk near by, the scene hav ing all the appearance of a ship yard , It is here that preparations are being made for the building of a newiiver steamer by the Eugene Transportation Company. Captain Isaac Oray of the company, aud Mr Hatch. Id. r, head ship carpen ter, are very busy superintending con struction, aud the workmen are rap idly bringing the craft to shape. The ribs which were cut and fitted at the warehouse are being bolted together, and the keel will be laid within the next week. A framework is being built on tho river bank for this purpose. Some difficulty was experienced in procuring lumber, owing to the burn ing of the Ooodale mills, but as this has beeu removed work will not likely be delayed longer. Eugene's steamboat ie an assured tact, and upper valley shippers will welcome Its initial trip. CUMMI8810NERSH1P CONTEST Judge Hamiltou Will Hear it Thurs, day, July 21 Attorney L Bilyeu received a letter today from Judge J W Hamilton, of Hoseburg, statiug that it would be im possible to be here July 18th, the day set to hear the contest of the office of couuty commissioner, but hs would be here Thursday, July 21st to try the case. This is probably satisfactory to all concerned. George Young has been appointed dog catcher by Marshal Stiles. Pay juur nog tax ii you want to your canine. keep mm nn Italy Permits It To Ik Oil SPANISH PRIS0.MUS Sent to Ibe Ladrones to Uk the Flag Spfelal to tb Gimsd. London, England, July 9-. Kim dispatch says the Italian govertiuisot has issued orders permitting Admiral Camera's Spanish fleet to take coal sufficient to last him to Arabia. M AM II l'KlBONKRS. Washington, DC, July u-.spaulsh prisoners will reach Portsmouth, X H, today, where they will remain un til the close of the war. POSTOFFICBB. l'ostoffic?8 oiU be established at every American camp in Manila. TO THE LADRONES, Ban Kbancisco, July 0 The guu boat Bennington, 8 guns, will bes.nt to the Xadrone Islands, where it will remain, protecting them with the American flag. The Ladroms area small Spanish groop about 1209 miles east of the Phi llpplnee Special to theG osrd. Kan Francisco, July 8 The cruiser Philadelphia will probably leave San Francisco for Honolulu Tuesday. NEWS? 1 ROM ABROAD Washington, July 8 The Navy department has received advices that Spanish privateers are hovering off the const of British Columbia sup posedly watching for returning steamers with newly dug gold from he Alaska cold fields. The depart, ment dlscre...' the report. DMWMT WILL WAIT. Wasiiinc.t i , Ju'y S-Repotts frnni Dewey uuder date of July 4 slate that no attack will I c made upon Manila until the arrival of the secoud expvdW tion. It is the opinion of the com manding general that the city could not be held with the force at hand. i ii i; m v.-, speell to the Guard. Madrid, Spain, July 9-Getieral Blanco in charge of the Spanish forces in Cuba, cables Admiral Sampson's ultimatum to the Spanish government. It Is to the effect that the Spanish forces mustevneuate Cuba within forty eight hours under penalty of immedi ate bombardment of every Cuban fort. OKI' FOR MANILA Ban Francisco, July 0 The two General Otis' will goto Manila at once. The steel cruiser Philadelphia, 4,324 tons displacement aud carrying 12 guns goes into commission Tuesday. 8H1P8 WILL UE SAVED Washington, D c, July 0 The na ff department believes that three of Cevera's war ships will be saved. This will be a large addition to our navy. They will save us building armored cruisers as they are first-class. CARRYING REINFORCEMENTS Charleston, 8 C, July 9 The cruisers Yale and Columbia and steam ships Perry and Planter left this morn ing with General Miles and his staff and seventeen hundred men for Cuba. FOR VANCOUVER Portland, Or, July 9-Battery A left this morning lor Vancouver, Wash for service. Brownsville Times: Thos Body and wife, of Coburg, were the guests of Agent Body of this city over the Fouith. Mr Bcdy says that the G.xdil saw mill will tie rebuilt at Coburg; lo fact, work has already commenced' Grants Pass Courier. Geo Kelley of Saginaw, Lane county, has been pay lug his old haunts Iu this section a visit. i tills ltv.,