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SEVENTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1800,
NO. 745
PBOPES3IOWAL CA.I5XS.
C E Redfield
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in First National Bank building.
Beppner,
Oregon.
Ellis & Phelps
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
All business attended to in a prompt
and SKtisfKMory manner. Notaries Pub
lic and Collectors.
Oilico in Natter's Building. Heppner, Oregon.
J. W. Morrow
A TTORNE Y AT LAW '
and
U. S. COMMISSIONER.
Ollice in Palace hotel building. Heppner, Or.
C m. Charlton
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
Collections promptly attended to.
Heppner, - . . Oregon.
A. Mallory,
U. S. COMMISSIONER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Is authorized to take all kinds of LAND
J'KOOFS and LAND KIUNiiH
Collections made on reasonable tcruiB.
Ollice at residence on Ciiaue streot.
Oovi r.iment land wript for cule.
D. E Gil man
GENERAL COLLECTOR.
I'll t your old books and notes in bis
hands and get your money out of them
them. Makes a specially of hard collec
tions. Ollice lu J. N. Brown's building, Heppner, Or
Dr. M. B. Metzler
DENTIST
Teeth Extracted and Filled.
Bridging a specialty
Painless Extraction
Heppner - - Oregon.
G. B. Hatt
Tonsorial Artiste
8hop, Matlock Corner, Heppner, Oregon.
A, Abrahamsick
Merchant Tailor
Pioneer Tailor of Heppner.
His work first-class
and satisfactory.
Give him a call May Street.
Gordon's
Feed and Sale Stable
Has just been opened to tho
public and Mr. Gordon, the
proprietor, kindly invites his
rri'iuds to call and try his
lirst-class accommodations.
rionty of Helt a,r.id G-raAn. fox Sa.la
htable located on west side of Main
street between Win. Bcrivner's and
A. M. (jumi's blacksmith shops.
For the ladies A fine horse and lady's satdie.
LIIJEHTY MARKET
THE OLD SHOP!
Is the place to go to get your fine pork
and lamu chops, steaks and roasts.
Fish Every Friday. '
fine sugar-cured hams and bacon. Pure leaf
lard, kettle-rendered, old style. Highest cash
price paid for at stock.
Bock &. Mathews.
HEPPNER-CANYON CITY
Stage Line
B. F. MILLER, Prop.
Cheapest and most direct route to John Day
valley, Canyon City mining district, Burns ana
other interior points.
Stages leave Heppner Daily, Sunday ex
cepted, at 6:30 a. m. Arrive at Canyon City
in U hours.
I.ave Canyon City at 4 p m., arrive at Hepp
ner in H hours connecting with trains.
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Note. Flavins stocked up this line with new
covered coaches and good teams I am prepared
give lirst class service to the public.
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Transact a General Banking Business.
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OK THE WORLD BOUGHT AND SOLD
Collections made on all points on reasonable terms. Surplus and undivided profits $35,000.
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Good Goods....
Fair Prices. i
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T. K. HOWARD'S.
Staple and Fauci Groceries-
fine lens and Cojees.
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WEBS' DIARY
Found in Their Cell at San
Isidor Prison
BY A SECOND OREGON BOY.
Story of the Captura and Experi
ences of the Brave Soldier
Boye, and Treatment by
the Insurqenta.
Mr. H. L. MoAlisler bas oonsideratly
pUoed on exhibition in (be spacious
windows of Patterson & Sou's drug store
a most interesting oolleotlou of curios
secured by him from lb Pbilipinos,
wbiob has held tbe attention of Hepp
nerites since last Friday. Until Monday
morning Mr. MoAlisler bas been in at
tendance and was cmpelled to recite
tbe history of each article over and over.
Be is an fzoeedingiy intelligent talker
and in detailing bis experiences holds
his listaers to tbe end,
Tbe Qazette is in debt to bim for tbe
following interesting history of the cap
ture of tbe Yorkiown crew, oopied from
the original, which a Second Oregon vol
crnteer found beneath tbe floor of a
cell, from which tbe Pbilippinos bad
fled with these prisoners on the advauee
of tbe volunteers:
To whom it may concern. '
We leave thin letter at San Isidor and
boie it may fall into tbe handsof friends
and inform them of nbat baa befallen
us. That Raturday morning, April 12th,
when we left theYurkton in our lanuoh
we never thought we would be here.
We steamed up tbe rive.' to Baler and
were captured. . ! !
Resistance was useless and would
have resulted in our o implete destruc
tion. We were stripped of our arms and
our pockets thoroughly searched for val
uables, then we were tied together, two-by-two,
and marobed off to the rear of
Baler. That night we had to sleep as
we were tied, and were given some cold
rice to eat. All tbe next day we marobed
through swamps uuder boiliug sun, and
given nothing to eat until dark, and then
thrown a few bandfuls of oold boiled
rice apiece. AH along tbe march we
were jeered and cursed by the people.
The next dBy we were evidently near our
boys' Bring line, because every one was
trying to get away from tbe villages and
in tbe afternoon we were j tioed by other
prisoners. Men, women and children
fleeing from Amerioans. A two hours'
march brought us to Kingaw, where all
tbe Spaniards and ourselves stopped for
a rest in a convent. Al four o'clock we
were on tbe march again. Among tbe
Spaniards was a woman, wife of s ime
oflioer, but she was allowed to ride in an
ox cart. About four brurs marob
brought us to the bank of a large river,
and here we were ferried by a Inrgp
canoe. On tbe other side lay Bollawag,
our retting place for tbe night. Wr
were taken into a o invent and put iuto
a room about 0 by 1U, with nothing to
sleep on but tbe tl or aud literally cov
ered wilh blood. Tbe sergeant of tbe
guard was a young Spaniard and be
tried to make it as easy as possible for
us, bringing us some rice and fih to eat.
We saw many wounded here from tbe
front.
Next morning we were woke up by
the natives (browing atones through tbe
windows at as to see us move. Hun
dreds cam? to gaze at us through the
door, including priests. At nine o'clock
we started on the march again without
breakfast. Many of the Spaniards were
so siok tbey could hardly walk, bat tbe
native guards would strike them with
their guns to maka them move faster,
ebouting "mu" all the time. I shall
never forget, for it rang continually in
my rare, "sign," "sign," like a man driv
ing oattle. We were iu better oonditioo
than the Spaniards, so they put ns in
tbe lead, bnt every once in a while we
baited to wait for tbe Cugaderoe.
Eleven mouths' imprisonment, banger
and hard treatment had left them in
poor condition to march in dusty roads
in a boiling sun. A three hours' march
brought ns to Han Rafael, right in tbe
foothills. Tbey fed ns on dry rice with
out salt or anything else. At this place
Brown and I had onr ooata stolen, but a
Hpaniard found my coat hidden away in
a oareneata aud reoovered it for me, but
everything was stolen from tbe pockets.
Brown never beard of bis agtio At 2
o'olook we resumed the marob again,
and tbe women bad to tramp tbe same
as tbe men. We took a road to the
northward parallel to the mountains and
Boon came into a very rough country
with not a bonne- in eixht, At 8 o'clock
that evening we arrived at a sm-i'l vil
lage called Bootock, and bero all the
Spaniards and ourselvos were crowded
into a cellar about 2ii feet up are. Id
tbe morning we tried to ptirsuade tbera
to give ns something to eat, bat the
officers told ns tbbt wind and patience
were all we could get. Atab int 11 we
resumed the tuarol) again tr Hio
Miguel. Oo tbe way it was fouod tiroes
iary to press more oarribo iu'.o h r
vice aud two soldiers went iot- nun
bod)'! field aod took them without say
ing a word. Tbe whole family earns out
wvt.tr fi 11. air r-ftrriVmna. hnt it WAS bo
i noe, tbe oxen were taken and about 3
o'clock in the afternoon we reached Mao
' Miguel, juit UrjtB town. Wa wers
halted in tbe plaza while the people
thronged around to see ns, nearly
"mothering ns. Insults of all kind
were heaped upon ue, the more so as
beiug desperate with banger, we re
turned eome of them. One kind heart
ed native at length gave us a turnip
apiece. We were taken into a convent
at last and lay down on the floor, trying
to sleep, but hunger kept as awake. At
length another kind bearted Pilippioo
offered us some oold rioe io a basket,
but this was only enough to iiritate our
hunger.
At about 4 o'clock we were taken
across tbe plaga to a prison, here our
friend', fie Spoitrls, were coofined.
We were kept outside the door so the
populaoe could see us. We saw a cart
pass with a figure representative of tbe
"Last Supper" on it, and I thought bow
we could feed on tbe price of tbe rich
silk robes which these idols wore.
We mast have been a hard looking
crowd, all dusty, dirty aud ragged -and
sunburnt, aa we sat here wondsriag how
ma oh longer we ooald stand this.
A Spaniard motions 1 to on and asked
me if I wanted a driuk of water. He
said that a time had oome. I was really
not thirsty, but he looked as it he wanted
to speak to me privately f it aomt reason
aod therefore I followed bim. He led
me into tbe pnsju aod in o a oall where
two Spaniards mi at a table. As I oame
in one jumped up and gave me a paper,
and I oould feel there was m iney in it.
I tried to thank bim for it, but the guard
put io an appearanoa aud I ni obliged
to leave the roim. Oi opening tbe
paper secretly we fouud two dollars iu
silver, enough to keep us iu food for a
week. We dared not thank him for it
openly before ihn guard, b'lt I have no
doubt that they could re nl the gratitude
in our eyes. That evening the Spaniards
brought us rioe, fish, oigars, ohiokens,
buscuits and a whole biitle of brandy.
One of these Spauiitrds whs a merchant
in Una Miguel, be told ui, for seven
yean. He told ns there bad been a
meeting of tbe nativd parlauient the d iy
befroe and all but one were in favor of
surrendering to the Americans.
Next morning at abiut 11 o'olook we
took tbe road again, after eating a g ol
breakfast. Mauy of tbe Spaniards were
obliged to ride in the oxoarti, as tbey
oould no longer put one foot bufore tbe
othe'. We marched ell that day at a
good gait aud at 8 o'clock io tbe evening
found ourselves la Sao lmdir. The
populaliou turned out to meet us and
proved exceedingly hostile. Due would
dig as io the ribs and then jimp btck
into the crowd to hide. At least filly
boxes of mutches were oou.mrae.l in
lightening our faces so tbey onuld get a
good view of us. Tbe "out throat sigu"
was made to us by every one of tbera,
and popular indignation ran high. We
stood there about two hours b fo-e be
ing moved to a large brick prison. We
were put into a cell, which was comfort
able enough, but room w is eoarci. They
gave ns a pot of rice for supper, then
barred tbe door seonrely on us. Next
day the Spaniards were prohibited to
speak to us, hot in spite of tbat we
maoaged to find out that an armiatioe of
two days had beeu declared. In the
evening a prooesaion pinswl us, four or
five carts gaily deoorateil with represen
tations of tbe saints on top, priests,
choir boys, eto, dre-sed iu blaok and
red, with a band following playing a
death marob. It seemed to us like the
picture of tbe "Dea 1 Republic." Five
days passed slowly and heavily, although
we bad plenty to eat, and all donations
of the Spaniards, except four potatoes a
day eaoli, ond aud two measure of rice
apiece given by tbe gt.veromeut. This
alone would j'ist about keep body and
soul together. We sang songs together
to show that we were io good spirits.
On the lust day of tbe armistio about
300 Spaniards were marched iuto town,
Tbe following is a list of tbe names of
Amerioao prisoners found upm the cell
walls of the brick prisoo of Sin Isidor:
Captured January 27, 18'.W-J. O'Briso,
A. Sooniobsen, A Huber. Captured
January 30, -W. limio, E. Ilonny
mann. Captured April 12, 181W-A.
Bishop, of Battery U, Third artillery,
aud Lieutenant Gilmore, W. Walton, P.
Vaudoit, J. Ellsworth, L, P. Ulwards,
S. Brisolisi, A. Peterson aod F. Ander
son, of the U. 8. Steamer Yorktowu.
A i'alace of Halt
Utah's glittering Salt Palace, with its
Midway Plaisauos and other attractions,
opens ft Halt Lake City August
Tbe liio Grande Western, tbe only line
ranting through tbe Mormon capital,
has arranged to give holders of all
classes of tickets a day stopover at Salt
Lake io orJor that they may have an
opportunity of vieiting this wondttrful
structure, built of salt crystals taken
from the brii;e of the Great Salt Lako
itself. The inaugural! m of the Rio
Graudo Western' dining oar service, do
ing away with the necessity of stopping
trains at eating stations, leaves nothing
to be desired for an ideal trip across the
continent; for the equipment and train
service are iqual, if not superior, ti
those of any of th transcontinental
lines. Furthermore, no Iiuh traverses
any section of the Anierioati continent
where there in so much grandeur of
scenery. A daylight ride through the
bart of tbe Hoc kiwi leaves nothing to
bs desired. For information as to rates
and for descriptive pamphlets, addreas
J, V. Mai.flield, general agent, 'J.'
WB"bg t U Itreeti 1'oMUod, Q(.
FATAL MINING ACG1DKNT.
J. A. Powell, Kx-Comity Clerk of Grant
Oouiity, Killed by a Falling Bank.
Grant County News.
A oloui of grief rests over tbe town of
Canyon City, while we mourn the sudden
death of our beloved and respeoted oiti-
Z3n, John A. Powell.
Sairoely had tbe people of Canyon
City tiaished their breakfast ou last
Tuesday m iraing, when the sad news
reached their ears that Jobu Powell had
been killed by a falling bauk at tbe
Humboldt mine.
What a change oame over our little
oity! Whit a saluos provadd our
midst! He whi but a fe minutes be
fore had eaten bis breakfast with hi'
wife aod little ones, kissed them good
bye, and witU hia dinuer piil left his
home, psised djwa our street with a
welcome smile and pleasant good morn
ing for all whom he met was dead. It
seemed hard to bsliev. Mr. Powell hnd
been working for the Hum'ioldl oompany
but a abort time, having t iben the plaoe
of G. D. Richard, who has gnoe to C do
rado. He was employed to operate the
giant on tbe day shift, beginning at 7
o'clock, and bad left bis bom abiut 6:30
to go to his work. He had b-en work
working but a few mimeats whsu the
bank, forty feet high, began to give way.
Mr. Powell, with a Cbiuamau, who was
working near bim, realiz'ng thtir dan
ger, started to ruu. Tbe Cliiuaman sue
oeeded In eaoaping, but Mr. Powell
stumbled and fell ou hi face, tbe im
mense bank falling up in aud burying
bim beneath tons of dirt.
As soon as word reaohed towu a pirty
went to tbe miue a 'id removed tbe re
mains, wli oh were taken charge of by
the Miuonk aal O 1.1 Fdllowf.
Verna, Mtgie ntid Hjrbjrt Powell
were at tbe Springs wbeo tho sad news
of the aooident reaohed theru.btitd d uot
know their father was dead u itil they
reached home iu the evening.
Tbe funeral servloee were held at the
family residence on Wedneslay at 1:30
p. m., oonduoted by the Ctuyou City
Lodge No. 31, A. F. and A. M. and H i
bahLidgeNi. 22 I. O. O F. Rv. E.
Hayes preached the funeral sermon.
CUE I) IT TO THE OHKUONIANS.
A Manila Nc wspnppr Tells of What Material
the Men Were Hade.
Reviewing the gallant work of tbe
Oregon v lunteers in tbe Philippines, a
Mauils paier wbioh recently oame to
hand says:
The Oregons were io many ways a
particularly unfortunate regiment. Ar
rivititf here with tho fli-Rt expedition they
were denied the privilege of living in the
great military camp nt Tambo. They
tonk no part iu the fighting in the
trencbee, they played an unimportant
part in the storming of Manila. When
the Philippine trouble broke out, and
they were ordered to stay in tbe walled
nity, their cup of bitterness seemed full.
But when their call out was made they
more than retrieved their Inst opportun
ities. They have covered themselves
with a glory that shall never fade. Tbe
following little iuoident will show of
what stiill' tba regimnnt is made. Dur
ing Wbeaton's celebrated dash, the Ore
gnus were a part of tbe fl)iiig brigade.
Tbe troops were trying to capture tbe
rioh little town of Pateros, "Duck town,"
which is situated on a bend of the I'aeig,
near tbe fork, Tbe town Is almost en
circled by the stream, wbiob is eome 50
yards wide, and from 12 to 10 feet deep.
Stretobing from the bank up the river is
a rioe Held about 200 yards wide, from
which rises a sleep declivity of a few
hundred feet In height. From tbe brief
description one oau exsily see tbe
strength of the little town as a strategic
point for the enemy.
Pateros bod successfully resisted three
Attempts at its capture. The brigade
was stationed ou tbe military orest of
tbe above mentioned hill; to onpture the
plaoe it was necessary to cross tbe rice
hold with no proteotion from tbe enemy's
heavy fire who were strongly entrenched.
aud then oroBs the liver. The Oregons
were tbe vngiiards of the attack. Cross
ing tbe rioe field under great difficulties,
they were compelled to halt at the
river, aud to bold their position under
tbe raking fire of tbe insurgents, as 'no
boats oould be found. Finally an old
raft end some canoes were discovered,
and Colonel Summers called for volun
teers to swim the river uuder tho fire of
the enemy and fasten a cable to tbe op
posite shore. Many more than enough
respouled. From among them were
selected two men, who, after attaobing a
string to the end of the cable, plunged
in, reaching tbe opposite shore amid a
bail of bulletn, fastened the cable and
constructed an impromptu bridge, over
which the troops sucoosHfully omened,
completely routing the enemy, ThU is
the ni'itnrial of which the Oregons are
made,
Glorloua New
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of Eleotric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brever
of scrofula, which has caiiKfd her great
suffering for vears. iVrribU sores wonfd
break oat oa her head aud face, and the
best doctors Oould give no help; but her
onre is ro plete and her health is ex
cellent." This shows what thousand have
proved that Klectrio I'.ltlrrn is the best
blood purttier knowu It's the supreme
remedy for ecoma, tetter, salt rheum,
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HOW THE LAST MAN MAY DIE.
Fates That May Overtake the snpervlvor
of the Human Race.
Astronomers tell us tbat the day must
come when tbe eorth will like the moon,
wheel through the heavens a dead Bnd
barren ball of matter, airless, waterless,
lifeless. But long, long before that
time man will be extinct, will heve dis
appeared so utterly that not so much as
the bleaohed skeleton of a human being
will be visible on tbe surface of this
planet. Unless by some huge end urn-
cataclysm the whole race is swept ft
once into eternity, it. is but reasonable
'o suppose tbat man like any other raoe
i( auimals, will disappear slowly and
that eventually there will be but a single
human being left some old, old mBn,
gray. beaded and bearded, and left to
wander alone iu a solitude that may bs
imngined but not disoribed. Hew will
he die, this Inst relic of the teeming
millions tbat once transformed the face
of the globe and ruled undisputed
master of every other living tbing?
There are many fates that may befall
bim. He may go mBd with the horror
of loneliness and bimBelf eud bis own
miserable existeuoe. He may be eaten
buy tbe vast reptiles or giant inseots
which will tbei probably infest the soli
tudes. But his fate may seem tbe more
weirder and more dreadful. Scientists
say tbat as we burn tbe ooal and timber
we are still eo riohely supplied with we
let loose into tbe atmosphere an ever
increasing volume of carbon io aoid gas.
Mo oh of this is takes up by plants, bnt
not all. It muse inorease and eventually
poison the breathable sir, filling tbe
valleys and mounting slowly to tbe bill
tops where tbe last remains of animal
life are r-trivirg for existenoe. Tbe last
man will ol'mb higher and higher, but
eventually tbe suffocating, invisible
fluid will reach and drown bim.
Again, it is said Unit tbe earth as it
gets older ii is cracking like dry mud.
These craoks will iuorease until at last
tbey will let the waters of the ocean aod
rivers sink into the flrery center of tbe
globe. Then will occur an explosion so
terrible as may startle the inhabitants
of neigbbnng worlds. Tbe last man
in this 0!i86 will probably be some arotic
explorer or 1'ekimo, whom tbe vast
plains of ioe around will save from in
stant death and leave to grill a few
moments till tbe ioe continents ere
swallowed by red hot gases ond steam.
Suppose these earth cracks develop
more slowly, tbey may suck away tbe
water without devastating explosions.
Then tbe Inst man's fate will be tbe
worst deeoribable. He will die of thirst.
Tbe soetie of bis denth will probably be
the great valley in the bed of the At
lantic ecean, off tbe Brazilian coast,
halfway between Rio Janeiro and the
cape, where now six miles of green
water lie between, the steamer's keel and
the abysetnal slime beneath. There,
hopeleesly digging iu the ever-drying
mud, he timet perish and leave bis bonis
to parch on a waterless planet. Tbe
Antarctic polar ice cap has been growing
thioker aud heavier for unoounted nges,
Tbe diatanoe from tbe south pole to tbe
edge of this cap is 1,400 miles. The ire
rises steadily from the edge to the
center aud it cannot be less than twelve
miles in thickness twice ns thick bs
Mount Everest is bigb. Suppose it
splits. Imagine tbe gigantic muss of
water and ice tbat will oome sweeping
up tbe north over tbe oceans and conti
nents of tbe earth. Where, tben, will
the last man breath his fluai gmp?
High up in the snows of some great
rnngi) be will perish miserable of cold
and stHrvatiou, looking down on a hoge
shallow sea beneath those tossing waters
will lie the whole of the races of the
world, Or, last, aud perhaps dreariest
fate of all, the human raoe may outlive
others mammals and last until tbe bud,
as some day it must, grows dull aod
oold and vegetation dies from tbe chilled
earth. The miserableremnaotof earth's
people must then slowly die out after
ages of an an existence to which that of
tbe Eskimo of today is a paradise
London Answers.
ntUnit OIL THE TIIINH.
A llttllrnud II ax Hetllnl the Dust I'm III rill
Wilh Oil.
The fxperlmenl of making a railroad
dust proof by tbe use of crude oil ba
been tride during tbe past year in the
East with success. Iu the West, the
Burliogton road in the first to adopt the
movement. General Superintendent
Calvert bas bad part of the Wyoming
divislou of tbe Burlington treated with
crude oil, and the results there have
been so satisfactory that he is making
arraiigementa to continue the work elae
wbero ou the system. Two cars were es
pecially arrauged for sprinkliug the
traok and road bed with the oil. Oil
was sprinkled in the center of the truck
aud on the outside of the raile for about
five feet. Que application of the oil
keeps tbe track free from dust for about
one year. The numher of hotboxes on
trains is considerably leasened, And the
comfort of passengers is greatly en
hauoed. Au additional advantage, found
in treating the track with oil is that
niointure will not then penetrate thronub
the tilled outer orust. Inatead, the wnter
rnns rIT the track into the ditches nt t' e
aide. Vegetation alnug the tra k is de
stroyed by the uho of oil.
Dyspepsia cured. Sbiloh'a Vitaliz r
', immediately relieves sour Htoranch, com-
iog op of fm.d distress, und ie the great
I kidney and liver remedy. Hold by Cor...
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