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GENES iOTAILl FIGHT ON PALM SUNDAY Mrs. Conner Tells of a Battle In the Philippines. TOE WARSHIPS IS MANILA BAY f Breakfasl the blitu mi iln' Siiiiiinit ill' Skinner's Bfltte. , kln Pti ld hi "i ihi a .1.1 Trail, j ! Ill detail I" I I I.rl ( li p I ,r Ilia I Milton' eittartainuuMtl ihi h bail I bfQ O0tlldf illg. I'i Wllkloi mill, i . m few word, that bis Ida t wa in -i;in ii ii. torn mi the tumnin of Sklnur's Hutte. I It would tk i era''! hard woik, I ll'.ll U COll'-l lN IMIhIh Iff ... ( K SPLENDID IDEA nil WIHlId Unique, 'ti-lrn i No ntber oi i In 1st such h p mi ton could ink in re- ii ex of l,i nun , ngri til' ii It mid Iregon I Is- . iter- lining said formo At n ii lane 1 1 i lll- 1 1 ; i 1 1 I . y nf III. county ilnibr, t i'ii -i- .hi, i nf iiqr Eugene Proposes to Give the Quill Drivers a Unique Reception. CVERVBODY SHOULD ASSIST. I.alljr i.usr.l, June 10 Pursuant to the Mil pobllabed in ii,,. Guard b goodly number nf enthu siastic ladle ami gentlemen met at ihi Courthouse lust availing to for mulate plans fur receiving tin del gate and members of the National Editorial Uonfentloo, which win vi-it our city on Tuesday, July lltb. Do motion of F M Wllklu, Mayor T W Harris wa- elected cliairinun of tb( meeting. The mayor thanked ilie audience for the honor oonferrtd id stated that Oregon us h State was DOW over 40 years old, ami tot lir size, wilh prohab'y one exception, consid ering ana, contained the smallest number of inhabitants. Hewn- -nrry thai lUOh a condition existed, and es pecially when she had such vitried re sources that were destined t. yet make tier a great state in the laterhuod. "We lire here to make arrangements, 10 receive a body of thinkers thut only vi-it .-lute once in a lifetime They etui do us much good. They must he received la a tilting manner by our rustliiiK little c'ty. The people, as a bodj , should tane this matter in baud and work haid for the success of their visit, ami also explain to these bright mcu our resources. They ibOUld r celVS welcome from our people Which is chatacteristic. Let every cilizen do his duty on this occasion. It is one that will not be repeated Boon. It Is our golden opportunity." l)r Harris then called for the election of a secretary , and vVmCYoranwsi elected to the position QDSnltll M-'y. The mayor then called on V M Wil- watvrwa s, iiinuiitslui iml t md snow iaka itdoor wantitu lt, tu a inoroetit 'iiey c i fi i wu.nr country, far ht'i , driving i Ui hi ii. At i-. hi i. r, Is nor the oounlry need in do i fill' v. A motion tit .i an x u . appointed, the the Board of I of thai e uiiii.. IMiiiii lb i' u! o nil o i - mad i - il Friendly v eomniitii p nf live i hi iv. r and ti e t 'en' uds be uiIm lee, a:nl Dial I liej ,.p r three in mh r and urOFMsn .. limit Carried, H wo heartily In favw of tb plan recommended by UrWilkin. Dr Kuykendall suitgeeteil an luipor tsnl idea, snd sld Bugen must do this mailer up in grand style, Il would take hard work, bul Bugei e was generally read wbeu call I upon PL Chamber' snul h thought the proposition was ibe correct on, and meant much to Bugeha ami Lane cnii my. K J Krasier moved thai the "Wilkin plan nt entertainment" lie adopted; can led. Prof Condon said thai ibe plan to entertain the editors was graud one. He suggested that some young lady read "Beautiful Willamette" written by the la'e S ,m 1, Bliupeou. Carried. .Mr. McKlrny was oiled f..r ind re- apiiiided. Haid Hie ladie- nl Bugelie enmi no uep-'liin U ui m.ssi-i mi every way possible. .1 M Shelley also .aid he was greatly in favor of the id". Ou motion adjourned, An Inn. .. ut I ....Ulna i run ll.al I nlrli Hag Ihr larll. Ir. i.,1.1. Mi,. M..ni.,iit,i.k sjsiasufgiasj '-a Ptwaa gooaoo in .i.- n..i.iinu. Bravorj ..r lastM uiuirr. III. Masii.a, March 27. --It w i Palm Honda. March ''. at Manila. In tbj stut lbs chnrchei vreredi orated with palm I'rauclies. uibleius of peace nnd go, hi will. In Manila w thoogbl of liolne and of tile white r.ihed children skipping merrily through lbs si r t-. follow.sl Ht a in. .re sedate gait by grown people Ofl tin ir way fr..m oburch, and all. children and grown prop! alike, carrying or wearing uprigs and hits of the sacred branch that cotmnemoxatei the entry into Jerusaletn There wns net lunch of this in M i nils, however V, ry few Spaniards are Il : Hi tin . Id town, and Am. rieall sol di! rs cure little for Paha Sen lay The qoii t Filipino natlvi t:. Ii il 1 ob bool in tlieir holiday Is st. I ne( little I hewed . . .:v ,if . a The commit lees Will he appointed prior to ihe Pourtb. Itisexpee'ed thai the llnalice cilli- miitee will eiill on our neonl aholil ! i i.i. ui. ... ,i. it.. .. ., --ex en mill a Bway jiej 'ju. ... .(.-. tu. ..." about fi"o. This should befoithoom inswltbonl any trouble, fheadver. V g IZ ! IttCHSMn ! I I np l.sikiiig Mslayi with - asy black heads. The mm are chid In II ai white sl.irt snd Ii ivrs. th hlrl in every cs" onl lo l' ti 'i'h" ! women wr-.ir t rl i red skirts and loose, light coli n J n u We have been fori l of writtt : home I to our friends thai hi far hi actual lighting snd dsnger ko 1 1 n Is no mere I sign of war in Manll i I n In .. Ii j Soldiers abound, bul nthrrwhn MaHilla I is us safe and sleepy a I I'm il it Is country village. Tb re i and has Is n ever since the 4t'i ul i rnury i it skin. itihing, occailouall) Dghtiug morel nt along the lln i a .t that Using those edi and Lane OOUUI , chased for ' 0,' IK), Kugene v . i Is pub Ii ii lied I o. . .i i ytn h In this matter not be pur- duty. She f com ml i tee "t m CIRCUIT COURT Dally guard, June 10 s J 1 Matlock m Suiith ft Melatuei ui' tioD. r.intinticd, H Buphamy Ooodray y Andrew P Con' dray; dlvONS. I Hvorce granted. U da Crisi vs City of Bagenei review. Ari;ue.l and snbiiiitted, Petiti. n .Ii Btbaed w ith cist t defeiulant. .1. l.llik Oabnn vb I 'harles Eriokson, (il fit Kits MKU By ii' d Usb t Kstivi of ureyon. i laughters The Native Daughters nf Oregon Wednesday elected ofllceri of the grand cabin as follows: Grand past president, Mrs David Bteel,nf Purilmd; gra id president, Mrs Robert Mllier of Oregon Cltyi llrst grind ViCeprBldeut Mrs Olivia Welch, of As'oria: grand triaur. r, Aadrtw M Krickon, 11 W Kobertu, "tin. V jMrs Juines While I Portland; grand Robsrts sad Orsa X Koberts, Jamss YorkPMro!Ki,y Mm Bdytb Weatbtrrtd of Laos coonty, Bobsrt M Day sad W A Cosi p,riH,,i; ami marshal, Mrs J 0 f. .Mil. ure. I'efaultt.i all dofen.laiits except nun. N Koiwrts and 0 E Robert. Oootinasd, U BOBtatthVI Charles Ileielle; t.. re oovsrnoosy. 1 'ismiwteil. M M M llavi executor vs P K Castleman et al; to recover money. Judgment for S1A74. tu, ami attorney fe of $12:, 17 Lotdat W Baths vs J B Day. ' M Lrasur.-,.f Po'tUnil; grand Inside sen unci, Mi Marie Tongue of Blllsboro; grand outside sentinel, Aliss Bdytb Drlsooll of Junnttou Oity; grand orator, Mis (Hive S lOoglami ol ShIciu. Tin- trustees of the grand cabin are as follow-: Mrs Kol BlUmaUer, Mr McboltSad C B Nichols; fdreslosttr. Di Ella Lsblgh and Mrs Maude P deed .Ii uiiiwed Is l;..t'rt McMuriihev vs A and Angeline Johnson, his wife; to mak UWUBUSd. M Flora K Kanotf vs W II Kamlf rorea l'efauit. DlvONS grauteil. 61 Lillian Smith vs Geo F Bmithi divnroe, l'efauit; referreil to C A Wintermei r take tetill:i.nV 1 liv.,r... nr.ntA.I is .i n njimu a wsmW. LsmI M,,r,'l' l.uuilr League, a corK.ratin, ( A Wheel, r tnuUe, T C W'hseler, A 0 Whealtr, and lry l! Wheeler; to set aside deed, etc. he trmdte Mrs BnuaaThompsoa t.. u.ke teiti- luuny n.i report at next term. 87 Badls Sloan VS 0 B Sloan; dlvoie De fault. Divorce granteil. " BO Potter. W T Uailey an 1 li D K.I trarrlsj halag His isanilj noaiaiksloiiiii of the1 w oMurty ooarl ol Lane county, Orofoa, ciain titfn vs the BogaaS ileal EsUte I lo, a c rp .r ati .n Otgaalsed and doing business QSdsr tha law-if the State of Oregon, defendants. De Uiurrur filed to defendant overruled and dt fei.dnt given Ll'days in which to file auswer Wyn, ol Portlaud; Ml-sOiiie Blater, of lohnson ' La liraiule; Mrs C h VVolvertno, "f Salem, and Mrs Kiyth B Llntoo, of Kim 'in-, a ssvel. made from I he ite imer Braver, ibe first ilesmer that, ever Sailed on .h" waters . I ths Pa-! cISo ocean, was use by the preeldent. I Bha arrlvwl at the i ' umbla river on in, I8M, and at vaooouveri Wa-l.lngion, April 10, isllii. lle was wieik il hi H i raid July, l.v Pally Qnard, Jaly l Ins 1Kb'. Theodore ii-eking was . xainineil ts-t evening la-lore Judge Potter and Medical Examiners I) L Drown a:. d W Kuykendall, on a charge of insanity. Hud was ordered committed, The man came from m ar Cottage Grove. He Is quite violent at times and threatens to till different nersi.n-. At one tune yesterday to..k f nirmeii to c mtml him, altnoogn ii,. uh. hanili'lltreil and shaekl'll. He Ou Palm Sunday morning we bad, however, a grinne r reminder than usual that war WHS not fat BWBT. Tim give Eugene, ja ;,,r decided advance had been i nisde by the Americani ij slnal the I Filipinos at Mslsb n Hidden behind In their bamboo Jungle and protected bj i'i ir In In nebmenta, lbs ".Malay mg - ii ei i .1- i soma no nt our men Snd WOODded 800, We saw some of I tlniiit nl tLe l nital where nuraeand ,1 d r were drew Ing their wounds Two of t., ui belong i to the Pourth Dnlted Btal -1 .1 j i me i f tbem ha i been nit !c in lbs cheek by a fragment of bull t. only half an inch below blaeye, yet tl I ; had bun ipared clear and unto ii d. "Yu i !l be ail right In day ortwoi ' said the surgeon. "Ton won t need to conn to uh1 again "8 v. ii of my company were wound id in 80 minutes." said tli young fel low ' Our first sergeant i.i dead by this time I'm going back to the front to morrow. " The nth. r Fourth cavalryman was mi Irishman, with a merry twinkle iu his blue eve it was mi odd s rt i f wound ha bad A Mauser bnlli t bad ph wed itralgbttbn ugh the soft Beth under hii chin, going in one side and out the oth er, milking a smooth tunnel "And it could bava killed three men after it went through me, if tiny had been in tbe line of it," he t..ld ns He 4, , ribad the part of ths buttle that ho raw. We distni anted and left ..nr horsas behind ns when we went against ths Filipinos in the bamboo tbii t It's so , h m. a dog conldu't crawl through where we had to advaUC& The lei . Il hide in tliis brash, and you never can tell where tlicy are or when they are goiug to lire ui v. .ii. We didn't know there was ons ill a mile of us, when, ping! we u'ot it in onr faces. I had this hcle I . r. d through my chin ipiicker than you could think, and that wasn't enough, Imt a little brute of a Filipino borae kicked me in the. face and gave ma a black ey in be even with 'em yet.'' The siii (I . ii examined his Wound. It WU doing Will. The chief danger in his . use appeared tu bn lest hu should dis figure himsi If by dropping his food ii p.. ii the ipotli ss bandaging ibat cover id hi chin. The doctor cautioned him duly on this point and dtaml ! him. 'I'll be back ut 'cm the last of this weekt" were the parting Wordl "f tho Irishman. lint th.ru were others who would never bo "buck ut tbem." Bomo-of the bravest men and nfllcers hi 1 died of is in .i H. iitfk.iug Imiil th" nm of fgoo.ooo whit h the spanisii government I .. I sVguinaktc to iv.is. lighting betors the AmertcSM came to the Philippines. Aguinalilo took tbe money, made his j r. mis" ind eaattinuad ti insurrection I .- y I fara Be li id ii i tu re r.g.ird foi hi word thau i rrllhi i r a pr. f. spiou.il politician ha- This is tu.- leBtkrman and patriot whom our Amen, an I'Huets lin-tik i l. t i..k to their at in- when thev . m,, i . M.uiibi It la certain that if In tbe beginning we hud treated the Fili In - hue the Inssnunslble rhlhfran thej are tins in rarrectii n would not bava iter ted. As it is, the only thing now i- to give tho "niggers,'' as they ar. , lUed here, a Ihort igbly good beating till tbey urn Well cowi'd, then treat tin in kindly, but strictly as inferiors, if t- rward till tiny gradually learn civilization. The s.Hiin-r and the more tb r Dgbly the punlahmeal is adrninistet l tb better, The Itliplnos may Ihi burned out and driven away from a ; ' but for a time they v. ill gather li. B again so soon ns our army has passed on, and thev will tire from ami o i i n tbe first psaCI ful white traveler bo DUBM s that way Our army baa drives the rsbeli every step of tb way since it started in lu re that. tOO, with, t difficulty imt for the j , a.-e of th. , lUUtry it will u. neoeasary t.. leave detai hmentsof sol diers at frequenl Intervrda, I di ti t like to tight these niggers. ' said all Am. rican soldier who bus la-en t the front ever since the tight with th Filipinos has been OA "Tin y have not rsnee enough to stand up to a lunar scrap and (jnlt when tin y are lick. d. They hid., in the thicket in front of you, and they sneak up on yon from behiud after yon have whipped tin in once, and there's no tatisfactiou any way. " The Filipinos know how to make powdaC and cartridges. Among them are nun formerly in the) emploj of lb Spaniards at the arsenal. Tin y have a traveling powdi r and cartridge fai t. ry. gathering up tin- rude implements th. y UBS and taking tie- satuo with tin D as tin y fly from pillar to post It. sides that, some Chile in those islands who take that way to pay off part of tho grudge they 0W Americans follow long in the track of tho lighting aud gather np the empty American car tridges and sell them to the insurgents for a consideration worth while to a gentleman with a cue. Nothing oomc amiss to u Chinaman. These cartridges the rebels till and uso again. The newspaper lisr has got in sumo of his finest work in depicting tho horrors of the sickliness of Manila. I Frightful tab s were told at home of the smallpox, the fever, the malaria, the snakes mid tin' scorpions i f th. blessed islaiids The actual truth is that with average sanitary conditions Ma nila Would bo as healthful as Honolulu or northern Mexico or Honda Itaall The health of our soldiers who hava been out on the lino fighting since tho Oth of last February is this day oxci I lent I hove from numerous soldiers themselves tha testimony that they never fait better. Their greatest need la that of fhtn cotton clothing, without which no boy in blue should bn Bent here. The blue should la. retained, hut it should b cotton instead of wiaiL In ono day recently our tro ips marched Id miles over rebel Intel ni bmUt and through thickets, and very f. w of them were knocked out till the end of tho journey. Tim testimony of Americani who have been hero In lui-ine-s several months is nnivcrsally in favor of tho country. The longer they remain lb better they liko it Whit-babies born hero certainly thrive admirably the first four or livo years of tin ir lives. I have this on tho authority l Mr. P. K. a. Meerkamp Van Bmbden, Dutch consul in Manila many yi 11 Three of his children wero born In ie. I havo been told that tho Spaniards who first settled hern set afloat and persistently kept np tho story of the anneal thful- Uess of the Philippines in OTdl t to keep other white races out. Maybe it h true One of the oddest results of the Fill- pJao insurrection has been the estab 1 lishmeiit of a real friendship between I the A ricans and the Bpanllfa here. Uefurotho outbreak the Bi iniards hated HE STAKED KIs LIFE. "WILDCAT" SMITH'S THRILLING GAME OF SEVLN UP. Tu.- Deuarhti ri.. n. er item in Co. RUlab npfer. I'lu l.nuale at llie i. a,..- it. 1. 1 II, en Rlkd Ills I lie u.ii.1 1 aav a araii otvi apttv. Inlet, It C In it an.l ulaintit! five .lav, to renlv. K, ft rre.1 to F. illsmihury. was taken lo the u- lum this forenoon , their wounds on the way to hospital at 11 l.v .herlll Wuhirs and guir.l, m in !' i ornvr nj art surgeon aim uura. IV. . . . , . . i . u .. FILiriNO IlSLLKb. Bra Americana A sanon psssing onx soldiers vt old draw asldo her sklrtl in that peculiar way that seems to delight the femlnlni soul whan it would fain i-xpn.-s in. After tho outbreak all was 1 1, v. - I. " 'I t'll Hpnnish onldn t doenough ! r ui men. an iMinrn.in B,,ui(,tjies mialkr game. American uinl .-pan Court adjourned for the tern o'clock. Audreur. Uliran ciitiier in low rones over a man wno una r.etivid a giiiish.it wound I , low tin? CAN'T Tofi'H Ir Attorney General ; , .. -rj,.. w rst viuntums liave snner- Will Finish Soon. The 1' Ssnagj rjMkburn bae given itas his opinion rem I, and th poor lad's leg must be knee tu save his s nr.-1 er. dr.T hu-i.-e in Uttiattd on the edge 01 tie- bay in th" Bnnita district, on th" side of Manila opposite where the fighting is. Particnlar quiet IBeaMd to rsign oo tb morning of l'alm Sunday ww w. j.wwn www.. - . n, niai'siiutii ua- oru usB ins vnstnw rvnw, no i mswii " ,!?i"PeCta v10 P'te work oo the , ,d , ,,,..,.. ,, bel to upper river about July sth. when it ..... , , ... Hli fltrhtlBff dav will go north. burg cannot take tbe pension money of 1 Farmers Call and see that French Canadian stallion at Dang' stables It will pay you to get good serviceable stick. the inniu'c'. or any part or i' rule of the liard is a direct of section t74of tbe revised of the l uited States. as Hie lolalion statutes soldier t'.i 1 m'. iard Wen drawn together oy having a mutual enemy, n bond stronger than thut cemented by tho possession of mutual fri. ad. A dar- eyed, intulligent Spani-h WOttMm Bi ti,-. head of a photograph gallery lore informed me emphatically that sho liked Americans. Th' net, r-i Americana Is the. npiul of the Bpanish senora," said aba, pcast ingftist to ii" and then shipping her own chest, "but the Filipinos -as w w ' ' Kuza Attt'UARl) Con.m.k Mi "Wildcat" Smith is Just about tb.- last living . lie of that famous Sand it pioneers who drove lbs Indians to Ibe nn nntains, killed the pan there and beam aud hissed tbe tracks tin, Bgh the trackless wilderness. He d.ast not look like a lawyer, but he bns. never tbeleaa sal upon a camp stool and de cided esses of the greatest Importanaa lie does not bear any Viry marked re leinblnnce to a gi neral. but li" has com manded a considerable fore, In bsttla and. while military critics might have complained Ibat be was deficient in strut, gtc ability uoue ever charged him with hick of valor. Few people would dial 001 in his face or maiiner any of those traits that distinguish ii duelist, but he has demonstrated that Ii . -sesscs them all Ul an eminent ilii gTOS by ordering "pistols and coffee for two " more than once OpoU one occa sion he bad the audacity to laelt Gen ets) Bouston, wh,. was at that period president of the republic, to "eouieont and asi hang ibota" jh him. Bs says that the old warn .r "II. sired'- him by Ci lly making a note on a slip of paper and putting it In bis desk. In answer to the swaged challenger's iiutiiry tha general simply said "Mr. Smith, you are the fortieth When I have killed these , ther 19 scoundrels who have challenged me. I will accommodate you lie patient, sir " Smith came to Texas in lsjlfl and served In the Texas army through all !i. . ng wars with Mexico. Be was SUM a soldi, r in the great civil war. and when that ended he enlisted to tiht Indians aud remained on the lair- il. r until there were no mora Oo- Blanches to '. t lie has la-en a man of war from I tl youth UP, and in his old age be carries a soldier's musket with a fixed buyout t. and continues to maka war on all kinds of game and "varmints He want, d to go to Cuba, nnd when lbs boys Insisted that be was : o old and feeble be threw off his coat and challenged the whole company to flght him I'poii one occasion Smith was cap tured by a roving band of Coiiinuches, many , f whom were well known to him. They frankly told him that they intend ed to make him run the gantlet and bum him at the st ake when they reach id their village ou D.-vil riv. r Tim cap tive had a flask of whisky, which tho 1 chief tisik away from him After tak ' lag several drinks the old warrior asked Smith if he OOUld play sewn up Smith proudly boasted that he ould beat any man living playing that par ticular gaiii This answer appeared to juit the Indian on his mettle, and limit once proposed that they should halt by tho side of the warpath aud play for tho hlgheat stakes that mortal man ever waged on a tame , I chance -It to. Smith eng. riv agreed to the proposal, nn. I thev sal ,..wn under a treu and dealt the cards ou a blanket The oth warriors dismounted and anxiously watched the game 1 he chiefs lianin was Dig Lan so called ou account of a natural grin that marked his features Aft. r a short time tin y stoud (I tu ll, and it was Smith's deal. He ran the curds off and turned a jack from the bottom. Smith had won his liberty, and Dig Laugh told him he might go. hut the Texan hud a thing idse in view. Be might easily have walked away, hut he il, termiiied nmii another act which marks bint as a generous soul possessed Of the highest murage. There was a young white girl Bed on one of ths ponies, who was weeping in the most piteous agony Smith coolly proposed to play another game, staking his Ufa against the lib erty of this young girl. Hlg Laugh was evldi titly pl. as, d with tho white mini's courage, and after taking another drink bo began to sliiidlo tho cards. Tha young girl was cut loose from tb ny and mado to stand on the blanket, while tho thongs (of binding Smith, in cuso ho lost, were thrown at her feet Again they played a close, game, and at tho end of u short time "to nl 0 and 0, hut it was liig Laugh's deal With w hat awful interest that poor girl must bnvo watched tho turning of thut trnmpl Tim Indian slowly dealt the cards, and, peeping at the trump, a hideous grin spread all over Ills face. "I was sure that nil was lost and was just in tho act of springing at his throat," aayi Smith, "when he turned tha 00000 Of hearts for a trump. Bl could not give DM, of course, and I held both thl ace and dCUOe Of hearts." Dig Laugh was by this time hilarious ly drunk and in a most excellent good humor Ho nut only kept his word and guvo Smith and tho yoUttg girl their liberty, mt be furnished them two po nies and allowed Smith to take his gun. Tho liberated captives reached tho set tlumuut in safety, where Smith's Itrango story would never havo been credited hud not tho young girl homo witness that it was trim. Sho is still living on a line plantation on the Draxoe and is the Widow of M less a personage than Colonel Sum Junes, who was killed at the battle of Shiloh. 'Wildcat'' Smith lives In a little cabin in tho svoods and dV0tl bil whula time tu hunting Is ar and deer and St. bonis Globe Democrat DARING SOLDIERS Hie Oregonians Acted Bravely Under Fire. SOMEWHAT UNI ORTUSJATf. The Freedom, ul Mauila, j.i-t n--Dslved contain ih Inflowing abou' the Orogoolaus as loldlersi riic Oregon have been many naya a particularly unfortui n-gi in." I Arriving here with 'In- Ural expedition they weie denied III privi lege of living in the kreat military oampal fambo, Tbey t.a.a no par: In Hie fighting in the trench, they played an unimportant part In ibe si. Tining of vi , a, Win n th Philip pin trouble broke out, and II ev were ordered loelay lit th walled city, their eup "i bltiei s seemed full Hut -men i m ir inie cull n; i iiey I. or , ,. than retrieved their lost opportunities, Ibey have coveted themselves with a glory that (ball never fade. Tbe fol lowing utile Incident will show of w hat stuii the regiment is ni id. Dur ing Whcalon's e.letirate.l dash, the Oregtitl were a part of the Hying bii( ad. The Hoops ware trying to cap uiretbstlch little town nf Pateroa, "Duck town," w hich ta situated on a bend of the Paalg, near tbt fork, Tu town is almost BOoiroled by the atream . which Is Home llfiy yards wide, ami it. nil twelve in sixiien lei'l ilia-p. .-stretching I om the oank up the river la n lice field al.out two hundred yards wide, 1 1 ..in wbtoh rleee a sleep declivity fa few hundred feet in height. From Ih. briel il. seriptloli one can easily see the strength of the Hill" town as a Irategic point for tbe enemy . Pateroa had sucorss fully resisted three uttemi'ts at il cantllle. I'he brigade was stationed on the military on nl of l lie aboye niciilloiied hill: to oaplnr the plaos II was noary to eioss the lice Meld Willi no protecllou flUin i In-enemy's heavy Or who were strongly entrenched, ami tlieocroos the river. The Oregons wsr tb vsn- gllald of the ill lac . t losalng I he I Ice Held under gnat dlfBCUltlee, Ibey were 0OU i pelted to hall at the liver, and to bold tlnli position miller tin-raking lire of the iliaUigiTits, as no Louts could be found, Finally an obi raft ami some c.nioes win ills, oven it, ami Colonel Summers called for volunteers to swim Ibe river under the Br nl tho enemy and fasten a cable to , op posite shore. Many more than enough responded. Prom among litem were a. I otd t wo men who, utter attaching a string to the end of the cable, plunged in, reached the opposite slime amid a hall of bullets, fastened the cable and oonstruoted an Impromptu pnniOOU bridge, over which the triaipa sue, i isfully oroatod, completely muting the enemy. Judging from their conduct since they have begun to light, IhlMiathe nialeiial of which the OregOUl are made SMALLPOX MCA It K ih. Disease in a INMkW Wasblngtou . loWlln III I lie Supreme Teal. "Yon are all right," said tho doctm after ho had gons through with the regulation thumping and listening with his patb iit "Kol BT80I of beart dis aaaa Fifteen dollars, pleaael' The patll nt drew a long breath gad remark.. 1 "I am IUr BOW I have no peart disease H I had. I should have droppisl dead win u y..u meiitioiied your fee " Boetou Commercud Bulletin Spokane, Juui' .'ill. -A smallpox scare exists in a ilo.en towns in Kastorn WaHhliigtoii. Almlra, Lincoln county, Is quarantined, Uolfag baaawell-de- velupi'il case. A new patient lias been reported in Bpokane, and Walla Walla lias ii sick man in her pest house. At Almlra then are seven well-developed cases, the whole town having been er. posed, because the school Icai'hel who first WM stricken, did not know the nature of his malady ami com lulled to tench Itol several days. A i. ill her cum. was discovered at Marshall, this county. Five men who occupied a isnx car with a smallpox patient have gone to Waverly, whom hundreds of labor era an-working In a lici t sugar fac tory It Is leafed that the epl leinlc will spread there, Public meetings in farming communities have been pro hlhltcd, while vaccination is tho pre vailing fail. DaUTH oi Mrs Iti i.vktr. Friday's Albany Democrat: Mrs Joseph ItilyeU died at Turner on Wednesday, Juno Jii, at the age of 71 years. Mho wis a pioneer resident of Linn county, and had always bee'i known for her sterling world as a wife, mother nnd citizen. Mie was the mother of Hon W B Hllyeii of this city, and Hon I, llllyeu of Fugene, besides live other chlhlieu. The funeral was conducted by the Christian church of which He dlDIBIIll had been a member since oblldbood, and the remains wen- Inirli d near Bhal burn In this county." Mr llllyeu baa the sympathy of his many frleuds in Kugene. Du n Miss Mauc"e Murilu, daugh lerofT O and Maggie Martin, of con lUmptlOO, near Creawell, June 10, ISM, aged about 17 year. The Itinera! will take place at the HoWi cemetery, July I, at 1:30 p. in.