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ft. ill PEACE PENDING- lkwm of Ik liilMp Oregon 1 HI) n niro FROM GILLIAM COUNTY. Story of Julin Linn's Life Told Ly Condun Gluk THE K OF f PICNIC Successful iii Every Feainre and Largely Attended. TO :i by Hum : iiu;nn ,,( Aafrii 1 1 ; ri i tp ori'L'nii Irom l tie vaud.ul tli l'uluii'4 iruuuwiiipf i jhiviu wuiii hiuur ol tlm intii'i liihi: hi in. jlrini or. fhii rmiii'.wn. i n 1.1,1,1 i 11,,. r,. o( iherlaulr, tint brv.tli 1 BJ'ii(( l"rt-..li. III trmi I wurk nr Dm, ihe l.diili'.liip. wMob I. ur uT .'J -pride u. th wor .1 wu ..U-r, K 1. ,,, ,,1 iuIlu, to rrproJiK llio word. ulhi wfllM;U by ilr. Miii.niii.-hi.) W Obliiji, liheeiente-l l'allm armed; "1 O bride, tin. .i,.,ry g. mt, charmed, H I.ptc hit jir.-inl utit Htronx nitirat, d In Freedom's Hjiu'lrnii tuke the) place. Northward, lit ciiU'ii 11I crynlul nmili 4 A ht-urf of cloud 11 1 ion hi breast, g Our ui.iU'i ;.ln 1iK.11 r. li, HiM.il, will hnil Tim mighty I'uughl.-r of ( tie VI; y Ami dull ul h hioad, u; ,fifd shlehl, J Tin- nu, Hi le.iue ami Ulllo-lleld, jj lillc the vui hosts of plitilitiixfd 11m 3 KWt'll (lie lie H llg o! Wl.llli.lTH. jjj 2 That brow of prisciwnv, wreathed with dreaim, 3 The mint through wlilcli 1,1 gratideur gleams fc III storm und culiu, liatt brooded oVr The hardy lew that eratwhile came, And wrought in tears, and blood, uiidlNme, jg Thut sirlpt might t.tr.:iui aud star might toar, M '1 he luster of t'.u ch' -..a uuine. fi Launched oil (he Goldeti-Gat d huv. 2 Hi' tliliif u royul lii id I duy; M And with tho wave's exultuut kl-- n Comedr am of olden Ktlainl, H . NVlien Gieeiv u hfo's white morning stur; H Come, woloomo 1 1 a senile lo thin, The memories of Trafalgar, And Erie's crush of thunder, tellim: liow Perry's warrior In mt ws swelling; Come through the somber din-k of yearn Decatur's drumbeat i'i Algiers, And from a hero's fr 'tlng lip The whimper, "Dou I give up the ship." H N To gavt thy nuptials, hero behold, W hile o'tr euehiuited ctri am nnil wood October's nilitei splciider broods, Our forests lit with luiunof yold, And tinny a leufy numothiu shrine, Dashed with the red uutummil wine, For thee a eyiul.ol and a blgn Of faith serene und T,i-t untold. 01), nwift-" ernhle; Vrished thoro full yiourd no more. foTiirtfi.'O w.Hv He free And peerless mayVr. vigil he, Till etipeuod lay and cliit'and erng Flash with the glory of the lliii.', Triuiiiihaut yet 011 luiid and wi; And oh, uurd well tliegleuniing sliund Or thin, our lair Arcidhui lit id. Won in the storms of yeais gono by, With drain of lieu it and wound of hand, When 1111 n could dure and do and die. lid worthy of the n:v.ilh: niinie These matchless vtles and miiiiii tuii;n hear, That in the tents of sunset, fuuiu May twine a wreath for thee to wear, nud when thy Hag shail kl.-tiiu breeze Of these, cur blue NorthweKtern teas, Lo, white und strange and souring bigli In the vust temple of the sky, The peaks our lisping cliildreuknow A welcoming to thee will fclow. Helena to Hood will plies the sign, And Jeflersou, with brown bei.lgu, Will signal to the Sisters Thrte That the long watch was not in vuiu; For lo, upon the radiant main, The mailed patrol of Liberty Here, at the mighty oceati gate, Columbia, in bis pride, w ill greet The Buudiceu of our lleet; And from embattled heights the voice Of cannou make the deep rejoice, And fi -.-till sunshine gleam upon The green, glad hills of Oregon, Thine and our own deep-bosomed state. fi n fi An Indian Fourth of July. The Pendletou Tribune of July 1", eays the Indian festivities on the res ervation closed yesterday, aud the In dians have begun todinband and go to their homes and the mountains. The celebration began July 3 aud con tinued actively until lust evening, a period of 10 days. All the IndiaUH of the Umatilla res ervation, except a few who went to the Lapwai, moved their tepees to the cel ebration grounds, in caaipmeetinj; style, aud gave themselves up wholly toclebratingthe Glorious Fourth in a most fantastic manner. Tin re were at least 700 tawny men and women of tbe Uraatll'as. besides a number of visiting Indians from VuUimn aud the Columbia river. Their chief dl vetsious were dauclwr, horseraclng. parades, gambling and lying In the shade ot the trees and wil lows ol the Umatilla river. WITH CITY OFFICIALS XeXt piflal Meeting Will Monday. He Held Taken Monterey liy (lie Toral Agrees to Terms Special to Iba UuarJ. 8am Fkakcisco, July 16 It ha been anuouneed that tbe Monterey will selxe tbe Caroline Island on Its Manila trip, thus adding the last of the Spanish poasetslont in Paclflo waters to our "island empire." The Caroline Iilandi la a widely scattered archipelago east of tbe I'll II Ippluea and north of New Uuiuea. '1 he western Caroline or i'alau Islands have a total area cf 310 mile. The Central or Carolines proper are divided Into 4S groups with 400 or 600 Islands. Natives Malay or Papuan blood, ltreadfruil, cocoa nuts, sugar cane, oraugei and banauat are growu In abundance Washington, July 10, ,4:60 p in General 6hafter anouuee to the war department by a late cable dispatch that Unit rul Torul has agreed to the terms of Mirremler as prop ed by Shufter. This Is that the Spanish oM cers are allowed to it tain their side ami and that the surrendered army will be returned to Hpain at (be ex pense of the United States. This acceptance makta the surrend er of Santiago aud the territory east of a line passing from Acceradorea on the south aud aud Sagua on the nort h complete. The Americana will make au en deavor to deprive General Blanco ef communication with Fpain, by cut ting his cables. This will make aome maneuvers now planned more easy to ooutrol. Special to tli Guard. Ban Fkancisco, July 15 The trans ports Pueblo and Peru will sail this afternoon for Honolulu. They have aboard tbe military which will, for the present, represent the United State, under the territorial annexation lawa. The troops are from the division of California, Geueral Merrllt commanding. San Fkancisco, July 15-Tbe ru mor la current here though not offici ally anuouneed, that the gunboat licn nlngtou will go to St Michaels to con sort American treasure ships coming south from the gold fields. In the meantime It will keep a close lookout for that Spanish privateer. Fire at Ashland. Special to the Oaard. Ashland, Or, July 15 Fire was dis covered about 1 o'clock this afteruoi n In a section of wooden buildings near the 8 P Depot. The flames were quite fierce and burned rapidly, the depot narrowly escaping destruction. First Wheat Threshed DallT Guard, July 10 The first wheat of the siasou of ISM was threshed by Sam Drumheller on George Drumheller's ranch on lower Touchet, Tuesday, by a Holt sidehill combined harvester, operated by a California man says the Kast Oregon lan. The header cuts 20 feet and wan pulled by 20 head of mules, which walked alonir with ease, and cut vol- Dully (iu&rd, Julr lit The fx cisil meeting of the city coun oil Thursday, held to discuss the pro posed salary law resulted in its passing tlio council and was handed to the mayor for his bignature. Tlio ordi nal co U nut a law yet, not having becnj signed by Mayor Kuykendall, who informed u Guakd reporter today thsit h' would nuke a careful f-tuily of theMwne before giving it his ofllcial sanction, if he did at all. The ordi nance U familiar to most oftheresi- i dents of thecity. having been published in full in the Guakd at the time first presented. In effect It t lightly raises salaries and turns all fees into the city treasury. Nest Monday night another special meeting will be held, this time to dis cuss the large petition for the purchase cf 1000 feet of new hose for the fire de partment. As the signers ot the peti tion represent about two-thirds of the taxes of the city, it could not well be disregarded if there was any Inclina tion to do fco, which is not considered probable. two anii'i.u.tu ton mami-a Washington, July 10 Sixty tuous and volunteers enlisted under the sec ond call have been mustered lute ser vice. OFF FOB MANILA. San Fkancisco, July 10, Arrange ineuts have been perfected for the use of two steamers to leave this poi t Mon duy loaded with reinforcements and supplies for Manila. CAMPAIGN IN WEST INDIES, Washington July 10. It has been decided to leave 2O.0J0 soldiers, beside Insurgent forces, to garrison Santiago DeCuba. The rest of the army will be rushed nn the Porto Rico expedition aitoon as transports can be obtained. Tbe Antelope I'ire Ila4 I'ripitn luiirl. The Condon (iloU-, of July 11, re lates the facts of the murder ef John A I.luu, of that place, by Claud llrauton, at Alder Springs, and gives tbe fol lowing additional Inioiniatiou regard ing the man: "Llnu was well kuown in this sec. tlou, Laving been a renideiit here for 12 or 15 years. He was ot economical habit aud had accumulated consul era ble mom y and also owned a band of horses that ranged In the Ferry Can yon section. U worked for tlithr-iit farmer and stockmen in this section and was accounted a Kood hand but of a somewhat peculiar diftponltinu. He was about 45 yearn ol n,-e. lirautoii came here lal full from Wulterville, Lane county, with hl mother, ttnd the family refilled here durlus' the winter. Mrs llruiitmi set n red u divorce from her husband at the April term of court, here, aud it is rumored around towu that Llnu wa a suitor for Mrs llrau tou's hand, and one story mm cheu lated that after the party left Condon In J u ne, Llnu und Mis llrauton left tho others and went to Wioihingtou and were married. This story lucks continuation howetcr, and Is given for what it U worth. "Young tiiecii uloo canio hero fioui the Wallet vlllo country aud worked for Pat SUelly dining the sprl n. Tho t i men, l.luu, lirautoii and Green, left hereon Ihe5th day of Juno with a bind of Linn's homes for tho Valley, aud Mrs lhaulon left at about the same time. "Llnu was u member of Condon Camp Woodmen of the World, and carried a "oOO policy on his life In that order, draw u lu fuvor of his legal heirs. He had no known relatives on thl coast, but Is supposed to have a sister llvlnguithvr ut Uslesburg or Al- berton, III. "Llnu made his home with the family of John Palmer, of Ferry Canyon most of the time for the last 10 yeais. I'.d Palmer, who perhaps knows as much of Linn's buxiucss as any uiau in tho county, Informed the Globe that Llnu took his trunk, which coutaluud ull his papers, letters etc, with him or rather, scut It lu the wagon In which Mr Urauton went. He was moving his horses across the mountains for a better range and hud arruuged with Claud Brauton to ruu the baud on share. Ho had $1500 duo him ou July 1st a he hud promised Kd Palmer to let him have that turn ou that date to I u vest in cattle. He expected t'i re turu to Palmer's about the llr.it of the mouth aud epeud tho Fourth there Ed think he had perhaps fl'.'O with him when he left here." "Late advice from Eugene addressed to P II Htepheusou, lu response to in quires made by him, are to the effect that the coroner aud prosecuting attor ney have returned from Aldei cprlngs alter holding an luquest overall that remained ot tbe body of John Linn. The body had beo'i cmnated lu the camp-nre aud so carefully had the fiend Ish butcher accompllKhed his horrible task, all that could be received by the officers was a few chaired bones, but tous suspeuder bucklss etc A section ol the skull, portion of lower jaw, toe joints and some teeth are all that run be positively ldeutilled us having be longed to a human being. The sus pender buukle found uro of rather large size aud bear tho word "GLAD I ATOlt" ou middle bur. A n ax.found becklo thecampllru, stained with blood hud evidently been uied by tho mur derer to chop the body or hU Victim Into small pieces to facilitate tho work of cremation." "Tuken altogether It was one of the most cold blooded uud ntroclouB crime8 ever perpetrated In the state. Fargo Argus: Owing to a business the bottling works of .Samp son St Schley have shut down for tbe present. Messrs W Bolton and William Ash by arrived Wednesday morning from Antelope and gave a graphic account of the fire at that place Monday morn inir. says Ti:e Dalle Times-Mountain eer. They stated that Mr Thomas Condon and flaugnier were seereijr j ! burned while eLdeuvoring to escape 1 i . Ua-Anlji ItiilMlntf In urhlnh Inck lj,;in,e to Eugene and Dr Kuykendall; . h something over iiuu in Pail? ttunnl, July 10 Hakvkst Accident. Ytiterdsy w hile oneratlnir a binder a 10-year-I unteer wheat which goes about W j d pf w u j,obb ot Kltuira, had : buBhels per acre. The wheat ws, ..,,. hi- wr i,n,i , found a little green In some places. It u.u misiouuuc - weignea Booui o-pounus 10 iiio uuaiici. i in eiij n uti. badly lacerated and loin. Madrid (Jovcnwut Woik- im to l Tlcrlaii 1'ara tflrrlir. Osllr Uuard, July l To those lu attendance tho picnic ;;lveu at Merlau' park yeterday after noon aud evening by Helnet lodge, Knight of Pythias, will go down in history as oue of the most successful they ever participated lu. The Knight hav a happy (acuity of tieing most successful lu their eltort to entertain their friend and lu nowise did thl eveut detract for their well earned reputation, rather adding to It. At 2 o'clock the advance guard left the city tor the park and shortly after large numbers were seen wending their way ploulcward, mine lu vehic les, Hangs ruuulng tevcral tally-ho's during the day, while not u few utilized the bicycle as a means of con veyance. In all over 100 people part let Ipated In the pleasures of the day. U ASK II A 1. 1. FAT AND l.KAN. The main eveut of the afternoon was a game of baseball between a team from the "Fats" mid one from the "Leaus." The bleachers were crowded with the fuir sex, aud they were most enthusiastic lu applauding a star play of their favoiite fut or lean hero of the diamond, thowcriug bouquets, umbracss and other nice things ou them lu a mont promiscuous fashion. "Fat" rjriftlu, a twlrler for the;Fat, was easily the hero of the day. Ho fanned out tho opposiug team In oue, two, time order, aud did effective work as a base ruuuer, some of the young ladies going around for him, when his wlud expired. Ill "cork screw" euive was a daz.ler and probably accouuU lor the defeat of the Leaus. Close seconds as favorite with the blcecuors were Alexander, Vincent aud Hardy for the Fats, and Nlckliu, Deacon Davis, "Fat" Yoran aud Cool- Indofortho Leaus, their Individual work being of a star order. The score at the eud ol five innings resulted lu 33 for the. Fata and 10 for the Leaus according to the rata score card, aud 35 for the Fat and 20 for the Leans by the Leaus score. Miss Mao Vluirwusollluial score keeper for the Lean and Mr W M llcushaw for the Fats. The position of umplro was of ueccs slty hard to till, and us they were bowled olf tho field, a volunteer was called for. Harry llolden was umpire. with Kmlth, Taylor and Chun Watts ss substitutes. The line-up of the teams Is given as follows: Fats Leans DrewOrinin c DEYorau UWUilflln p Geollarger Andy Taylor Fred Fish Cha Hardy lb Deaoon Davis J O Watts 2b GeoHmlth 11 A Vincent 3b J Montgomery UtoIIuuter rf DW Coolldge Ilobt llrady cf L II Patterson W II Alexander It ITNIckllu SUBSTITUTES E K Heuderson Uwn Van Duyn (iresseumswuuuus, " -a - I ,methlng over $100 In ooln in ary to amputate the third nnger on me j wLlch WM detroved. band. tbe A llicycle Story Mcrtou lioddy, Accused of Approp riating a bileut Kteed. On the Fourth of July, Fred Lamp rcct, who resides about six miles west of Eugene rodu to town on his wheel to see the celebration, and leaving his bicycle, while strolling around a foot some one appropriated It. The officer were notified but failed find any trace of it at the time. It was recently found In a vacant house lu the western part of town and develop ments led to the arrest of Merton Boddy, aged 10 years who reside near where the vheel was found and he I accused of stealing tbe wheel. This afternoon yours; Iluddy I be ing given ajury trial In Justice Win termeier's court. Deputy Attorney Harris appearing for the state aud Cha Klwengor for the accused. The Klamath Falls Express sayB! Dick Hmllh, C A liurden and Ches ter Hatton went to Hpring creek Fri day to lure the rainbow trout from their haunt. Geo Fisher L T Harris Galney Matthew C A Wintermeler A t; Woodcock Jud Hkluuer DP Hall II T Condon II W Itowland C D Edurds W W Urowu J C Goodalo, Jr C L Winter WL Cheshire Asa number of the boys were uuablo to attend until evening, the lunch was deferred until 7 o'clock. At this time over 100 people were provided with eatubles, furnished by the ladles; tbnt from a culinary standpoint would be hard to equal. The lunch was servid lu the grove adjoining the pavilion. Hunt ride on the lake and bicyclo aud buggy ride through tho many Hue drives of tho park were pleasant, modes of enjoying tho day. Iu tho evening the pavilion wis lighted up aud a couple of hours speut lu dancing. About 10 o'clock a long Hue of tally-ho' started ou their return to the city, leaving a pleasaut recollection of the happy time dwelling lu the nilud of all, aud ex pressed wishes that the Knights would piculo again. The members of the lodge express their sincere thanks especially to Mes dames D E Yoran, Drew Griffin and I T Nlcklln. and to all others who ren dered assistance In making the picnic such a decided success. MILES WILL INVADE PORTO RICO All American Troops Except linoiuoes to be WillidrawD from Cuba Xa liitrraao lo tit Mads lu Army A)(CUl t ttio(.url. Maiumu, July 15 Au lruerlal de cree was today published impending tbe rights of individual In Spain. This la considered proof that th im perialists favor pence. It Is expected, that a liberal commlsslou will at oncei be appointed whose duty will be to arrange with the Amtrlcnn govern- uieiit for cec!atiou of the war. It In realized that tin will virtually have to be arranged on the basis proposed by the L' tilted Htutes, but the reverse la the navy, the disorganized condition of the army, aud the depleted treasury makes tho move aliuo.it obligatory, or at most could only be delayed, not averted. Wasiiinoton, July 15, 3:30 p m General Nelson 11 Miles who a few days since took charge of the Ameri can Army In Cuba, notlflnd the wtr department today thut the war would be vigorously prosecuted by the land forces. He expects to begin the Inva sion ot Porto Itlco within a wcok, and tho truuspoita have already boon noti fied to bo lu readiness to carry our soldirrs to their now field f action. This doi not meuu that all tho American troop will bo taken froui Cuba. It will bo ueccrsary to havo some remain to hold the territory al ready acquired. As the raluy aeasou is approaching and the yellow fever Is beginning to break out on tho Island, It has beeti decided by the command ing officer that the Southern regiments ol Immune will remain lu Cuba, whllo tho rouiuiiiuu of the army goes to Porto ltlco. Tampa, July 15 lly order received from the war department all trans port held at this place have been re leased, and uo additional troops will be sent to the AntilUs. Theforo now there I deemed sufficient to cope wltli the enemy. Cn aki.kston, July 15 Th embar kation of troop front thl point ban ceased, order to thl efleot having been received from the department since tho full of Uantiago. Han Francisco, July 16 The gun boat Uuuulngtnn has left for northern water ou a crulee alter the Hpaniaa warship, supposed to be lu American, waters. LATER. Early Peace Is Expected Now Cash Buyer's Union E H Ingham desires to Inform the publlo that the Cash Buyer's Unlon.Jof which be Is a member, held a meeting at Portland last week and this, at which thirty member of the union were present. Itepresentatlve of large factories and wholesale houses from all over the Union were present with thslrsamples, and dutlug the ten days ot the meet lug $1,000,000 of sale were made. KpecUltolli(ltUKD, Washington, July 15, 7:20 p m The latest cable advices from Madrid Indicate that peace will soon result frem the continued American suc cesses. This will not oome as a surprise U American officials as they have been la a position to grasp the situation as It I forced uion the Spanish government. Official lof foreign countries, who) have been studying the war from a military and commercial standpoint, have before this expressed th opinion that the fall of Hautlaifo would result In peace overture' from Madrid. Yellow fever has already taken kold upon tho American army at Bantlagn and within the past 24 hours 23 nsw cases aud three deaths have been report ed In Bhafter's army.