Portland Librtrj WEEKLY GAZETTE t . Subscription price. $1.50 OFFICIAL WEEKLY GAZETTE Subscription Price, $1.50 : Leads In Prestige.... i Leads In Circulation. Leads In News.. The Paper Is Published Strictly In the Interests of Morrow County and Its Taxpayers. Is the Official and Recognized Represent , ative Journal of the County. SEVENTEENTH YEAR HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1899, NO. 754 PAPBB PBOFESSIOITAL CA-XSIES, C E- Redfield ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in First National Bank building. Heppner, Oregon. i Ellis & Phelps ATTORNEYS AT LAW. All business attended to in a prompt and satisfactory manuer. Notaries Pub lic and Collectors. Office in Natter's Building. Heppner, Oregon. J. W. Morrow ATTORNEY AT LAW and , U. S. COMMISSIONER. Office in Palace hotel building, Heppner, Or. A. Mallory, U. S. COMMISSIONER NOTARY PUBLIC Is authorized to take all kinds of LAND PROOFS and LAND KlLINliS Collections made on reasonable terms. Office at residence on Chase street. Government land script for vale. D. E Gilman GENERAL COLLECTOR. Put your old books and notes in his hands and get your money out of them them. Makes a specialty of hard collec tions. Office in J, N. Brown's bnllding, Heppner, Or Dr. M. B. Metzler DENTIST Teeth Extracted and Filled. Bridging a specialty Painless Extraction. . . . Heppner Oregon. G. B. Hatt Tonsorial Artist Shop, 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 the public and Mr. Gordon, the proprietor, kindly invites bis frlonds to call and try his first-class accommodations. Flaxs-ty of Hay and 3-raiaa. for Sale Stable located on west side of Main street between Wm. Scrivner's and A. M. Gunn's blacksmith shops. For the ladies A Due horse and lady's aa Idle. LIBERTY MAHKBT THE OLD SHOP! Is the place to go to get your fine pork and lamb chops, steaks and roasts. Fiah Every Friday. Fine sugar-cnred hams and bacon. Pure leaf lard, kettle-rendered, old style. Highest cash price paid for at stock. Bock 4 Mathews. HEPPNEMYON CUT Stage Line 8. F. MILLER, Prop. Cheapest and most direct route to John Day valley, Canyon City mining district, Burns ana other interior points. Btagei leave Heppner Daily, Sunday ex cepted, at 6:30 a. m. Arrive at Canyon City in 24 hours. Leave Canyon City at ( p m., arrive at Hepp ner in 24 hours connecting with trains. Hkfpkkb to MILES FARE 20 11.50 55 4 00 85 4.75 75 5.50 83 6.00 102 8 00 ll4 8 00 Hard man .... Monument Hamilton Long Creek.. Fox Valley... John Day ... Canyon City Stages connect with trains at Heppner. Nofe. Having stocked up this line with new covered coaches and good teams I am prepared give Brut-clam service to the public. ARLINGTON-FOSSIL Stage Line H. REF.D I p.ODrietora A. O. OOiLVIE f Proprietors. nor FROM ARLINGTON TO Fossil (60 miles)... 5 00 Round trip $900 Mayville (53 mile). 4 w Koutia trip 7 w Condon (39 ml les).. S 00 Ronnd trip 600 nipm f28 miles).... 2 00 Round trip 350 ni (19 miles) 150 Round trip 350 Km leaves Arlington every morning (Sunday excepted) at 6 o'clock; it due t Condon at 3 p. ta. and arrives at Fos il at 7 p. m. Comfortable covered coaobesand ears nl, experienced drivers. AcgetablcPrcparationfor As similating theToodartdRegula ting the Stomachs aiulBowels of PromotEsDifestion.Cheerful nessandRest.Contains neither OpiutrXMorpaine nor Mineral. Not Nahcotic. RuiearOldn-SAMUIlBrCBEa Mx.Smna sfni-te Send IHpermint - fUrmSad - fittrifiid Juear . ttinfcyw flam A ncrfect Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stotnach.Diarrhoca, Worms .Convulsions.teverisrt ncss and LOSS OF SLEEP Tac Simile Signature of NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OF VRAPPEB. It II M I ! Mil Ml 11 II II I II I MM I1IWII HIMIM JlKST ational ank OF HEPPNER. O. A. RHEA President I T. A. RHEA Vio President Transact a General Banking Business. EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BOUGHT AND. BOLD Collections made on all points on reasonable terms. 8urplus and undivided profits fi5,0OQ, pPstMiwsfaj A Leading Eastern Oregon Hotel Every Modern Drummers' Resort. Stockmen's Headquarters. One of the finest equipped Bars and Clubrooms in the state in connection. ... FlrstClass Sample Rooms. For Business Heppner is one of the Leading Towns of the West. wV5. THE ART OF BREWING. HOP And now the entire world Knows this perfect product As the Star Brewery beer..... On draught at I all popular saloons STAR BREWERY CO. 203 Washington St., Portland, Or. Good Goods.... Fair Prices. l - AT T. R. HOWARD'S. Staph and Fancy Groceries Fine Teas and Coffees. aema. T. R. HOWARD, For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought. THE CCNTAUft COMMNf, NEW YORK CITY. G. W. OONSER Caehier E. L. FREELAND. .Assistant Cashier J. W. MORROW. Proprietor. Strictly First-Class Convenience. Was Perfected by the Production of.... GOID - - infants mim Hotel. Groceries, Provisions. Glassware. I Tinware and Furnishing Goods. Heppner. MANSLiOGHTEK 18 THIS VERDICT. Recommendation for Extreme Mercy Made by Jury in Minis Case. The East Oregonian at the 27th says: At 9:40 o'clock this morning, the jury in the Mima murder case returned a ver dict, for manslaughter, with a recom mendation of extreme mercy. Tho language of the verdict was: "Iri the oironit court of Oregou for Umatilla county. '"The etate of Oregon vs Edwiu L. JQiins. ''We the trial jury, empanneled to try the above entitled onuae, tlud the de fendant, Edwia L. Mime, guilty of man slaughter. We reoommend the defend ant to the extreme meroy of the oourt "WILL SCO IT, Foreman." SENTENCE WILTj BB PASSED ON MONDAY, Judge Lowell set Monday, at 2:30 p. in., as the time for passing seutenoo on Mr. Mims. In defining manslaughter, the court gave this instruction to the jury Wed nesday evening : "If any person shall without mahoe, express or implied, and without deliberation, upon a sud.len heat of passion oaused by a provoo itioo apparently sufficient to make tbepasnion irresistable, voluntarily kill another, snob person is deemed guilty of man slaughter. The statute provides penalty for the orime of manslanghter as follows: "Imprisonment in the state p'.ni tentary tor a term not less than one year and not exceediug fifteen years, and a fine not exceeding 85000," Thus, under the statue, the lowest penalty that oto be imposed is impris onmeut in the penitentiary for a term of one year and a floe of $1,1 The -highest penalty that oan be iinpqsed is fifteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary and a fine of $5000. ; HOW THE JURY. STOOD. It is given to understand that the jury, when first polled, stood nine for aoquital, and three for oonviotion of murder. The verdiot broucht in was, appar ently, a compromise. It is customary, when the jury goes out to make up their verdict, for the lawyers on the two sides to furnish them with typewritten copies of the verdict tbey may render. In this in stance, they had copies of four verdiots iven tbemj . . , . One for murder in the first degree. Oue for murder in the seoond degree. One for manslnnghter. One for acquittal. The verdiot, aa returned to the oourt, tnd now on file with the county clerk, as typewritten, and, of course, simply itatid the first part of the verdiot as dually made up: "We the trial jary, empaneled to try the above eutitlei cause, fiad the de feudant, Edwin L. Mims, guilty of mm daughter. (Signed) W. M. Scott, "Foreman." Then w.Uteu in ink just below the 'oremau's eiiiouture, were the words: "We recommend the defendant to tiie xtreme meroy of the court." It is reasonable to assume that this addition of a rucomendation for meroy was made when the compromise was reached, and that the niue who held out (or acquittal refused to accept mao- daughter "straight," but insisted on toaling it down by recommending mercy. All the jurymen who had been sum moned on special venire. Tom Tbomp wd, U. G. Horn, Q. W, Rugg, John Muir, Grant EtKbart, J. D. Peack and J. M. Pointer, were exoused by Judge Lowell, the others, W. M. Soott, A. J. Sample, M. L. Morrison, regular veulre jurymen, being retained, as well as Dan Sicks and Charles Brotherton, who were summoned to fill out the regular venire. The case bns bien of unusual interest, ind has beld the undivided attention of ;be people of this city and county since the beginning of the examination of the ten men summoned to the jurybox on the first day. A total of fifty-seven men ere brougb in us talesmen, and out of ;bese were chosen the twelve men who tried the oase. In the actual trial or tho oase in the jirouit court before Judge B. A. Lowell, 'igbly witnesses were subpienaed, nearly every one of whom wore culled to cbe witness stand, and soma being oalled two or three times. There were other witnesses before the grand j uy. The cost of the case will probably be 20J0 tJ the state of Oreg ju. Witnesses sapbienaed in the case were: For the state of O egon: John Bassel, L N. Wickersham, E J Alien, Dr. F. W, Vmoent, Dr. W. (J. Ole, E J. Hrtoo, O. A. Frazii r, D. H. Casey, Dkye Mum- ford, Janes Neagln. Ed Kasb, O. J. .Smith, T, J. Means, J F. Of adtok, J.mes Uipp, William Humphrey, Frank JVelob, Arthur (iibsou, U. W. Baroett, ,f. H. MoL.on. Dr. J. Niohols, l H. (lutcbiosoo. Ham Eudecott, sr., T. F, Howard, Tom Milarkey, J. Eugene Moore, I'eUr Carroll, Jon Byrant, Jms -Inrley, Frank McQiooiH, Homer Camp- iell, William Atobins in, W. J. Rjbiunon, Walter Well, Tom M'tntgomery. For the defense: George Meeker, fl 3. Hallock, J. P, Mr-Mauud, CbarlHs Eetes, Oaub Wier, Henry Anderson, Paul Divii, Gas Hllowy, G. W. Dooo. hoe, Dr. U. 8. Qjrfljld, Al tlnrdwick, J. F. Btranhn, John Wliwler, O. L Mo- G. nni-i, Thos Jjijosm, Fro l Hhos Hhon lusker, James Washington, Charles Maskrey, Ruth Strahon, Miss Carter, J A Howard, E P. Dodd, Frank O'dara, J. L. Cayse, I. N. Davis, W. D. Blitoh, J. M. Spence, H. L. Soott, Ross Mo Mahon.'B. E. Kennedy, Frank Frnzter, 8heriff Blakely, Deputy Sheriff T. D. Taylor, Charles Carter and County Clerk R. 8. Burroughs were also oalled by the dofense without baviug been subpoenaed. THE MAUSER 1'ISTOL. A Deadly Weapon That Kills at Five Hun dred Yards. It was scientific, but it was gruesome, and even repulsive, to some wbo had the oourage to see it through. But meu must die that men may live, and so a few hundred bullets fired into the anatomy of a man long past the knowing in order to determine what effect similar bullets oold have on a man wbo did know, is alright in the interest of surgical and military science. Some of the best known dootors of Kansas City tested the deadly Mauser automotic pistol recently, and as a target a cadaver (hnman corpse was used. At ranges from 60 yards np to 600 yards it has proved that the Mauser pistol is the most elTi'Btive and deadly weapon of its kind ever invented, and that np to a maximum range tried it is practically as good in the bunds of a murksman bb a Krag-Jorgensen, a Lee, or Muuser rifle. When nothiDg but flesh resists the pas sage of the bullet it makes a small round hole where it enters and a knife-like cut where it comes out. If bone is in the way it is often shattered into fragments. The tests were made for the United States government, and the effects of the bullets on human tissue and bone will be reported, with photographs, to the war department. The pistol with a shoulder attachment, shoots accurately, and will kill at a range of 500 yards. Bullets passed com pletely through the oadaver at thut range. The pistol has been adopted by the German government for its cavalry. It fireB ten shots without reloading, and can be emptied with aoonruoy of aim in less than three seconds. The cartridges are 30 calibre, and are propelled by smokeless nitrate powder. The bullets weigh 85 grains each, aud have a lead oore surrounded by niokle-plated copper jackets. The cartridges to the number of ten are held in a row in a tin clip, aud may be placed in the magnziue of the pistol quickly, when the trigger is pulled the recoil from the explosion with oue motion throws out the empty shell, cooks the hammer again, and throws forward auotber onrtridge from the magazine into the barrel. Although the pistol was fired hundreds of times it got out of order but ones, aud then only for a moment. A cartridge choked in the barrel, but was easily foroed into place. The recoil throws the empty shell at least three feet into the air. The pistol is a uuiq ie and perfect piece of mechanism. Its basic principal is the use of the force of the reooil to re load and recook it. It is no longer and not so heavy as the ordinary Coll revol ver, aud shoots further, straighter and harder. Toe Mauser pistol is kept in a black walnut case whioh may be readily atttohed to the pistol's butt, transform ing the weapon into a short rifle. There is nothing iutrioate about the mechanism; it can ba taken apart and put together again iu a few minutes. All the parts of the weapon work on eo- oentrios, and the only sorew osed is in the handle. When the pistol is loaded it is only neoessary to take aim and press the trigger rapidly until the ten oharges are exploded. It is sighted only at G:)0 yards, but there is no doubt that it will kill at twice that distance. The cartridges nrd packed iu tin clips, 40 to the box. If neoessary a soldier could easily oarry ten of these boxes, giving biro 400 rounds to shoot before be would have to fall buok. The weapon is loaded from the top, and the maga zine directly aboye toe trigger. Training Shepherd I)kh. The natives of New Mexico seem to have an original way of training ehep herd dogs. A pup is taken from its mother as soon after birth as possible (the breed ot dog is immaterial.) Tbe yonug ot a sheep or goat is taken away and tbe pup is substituted. After the first few days the pup is never fed except just before tbe (look goes to pasture Iu tbe morning and just after tbe sheep are brought in at night. As soon as be oan walk be goes out with the flook and stays with it all dav. Whenever be be gins to autioipute supper by trying to drive tbe flock in before sundown be gets punished. Aftwr be is about a year old he takes a (lock ont, guards from other dogs and coyotes during tbe day and bring them at tbe proper time at night without supervision. I have tried all kinds of temptation on a dog that whs eucouutered in the bills with bis flock, but in spite of all be would re main faithful to bis duty driving bis flock to a safe distance before venturing to make tbe acquaintance of my own dog. J. It. Pettorson in Orange Judd Farmer. A Fri ghtful Blunder Will often cause a horrible burn, scald out or bruise, fiuckliu's Arnica Halve, tli") bint in the world, will kill the pain ' and promptly heal it. Cures old sorxa, j fever Hore, ulcers, boil, felons, corns, : all skin eruptions. Best mln cure on earth. Only 25c a box. Curs gnarau i teed. Hold by Hlocam Drug Co. O. K. & N. TO BET PACE. Will Kednue Freight Kates to the Fort or Portland. The followicg is from the Astorian of Saturday last: "Tfc Oregonian some time ago, in commenting on the advantages of Port laud over Puget Snuud as a shipoiog point, deolared that one engine on the O. R. & N. line could haul as muoh freight into Portland as four engines could haul over the mountain grades of the Puget sound roads into Taooma or Seattle. This statemeut is true aud it is one of the mnin elements whioh should give either Portland or Astoria nearly tbe entire outgoing and inooming corn meroe of the Pnoiflo Northwest. But will tbe Oregonian explain why Portland doesn't insist upon a reduction of tbe O. R. & N. rates oommensurate with this ad vantage of its lower operating expenses?" This shall have a fair answer. Re duction of freight rates over Ihe O R. & N. from the interior to Portland is a matter whioh has had and will still have the attention of tbe management. Suob reduction is sure to be made. The ques tion is as to the extent of it, and tbe time when. The O. R. & N. is spending a very large amount of money iu im proving its linns and building new ones. It is putting its system in order for large traffic, at low rates. This is the secret of its expenditures during the past year ot o?sr $1,000 000 in reduoiDg the curves and otherwise improving the roadbed of its main line, and more than $2,000,000 in establishing tbe new out off along 8 nuke river. It bus other large exten sion and improvement work in band, management has not felt, therefore, that it could make reduotion ot rates at this time, but there is no doubt it will do bo. It is putting its lines in order for this speoial purpose, so it may make the re duction aud yet have a reasonable profit. It is on this basis that the O. R. & V. expeots to hold first plnoe in the traflio of the great Columbia basin. But, of course, no person wbo is ac quainted with railway business expeots tbe O. R. fe N. to establish and maintain lower rates to Portland than will be given to Puget sound by the railroads that terminate there. In other words, whatever out may be made by the O. R. & N. in freight rates on the prod no ts of the upper Columbia will be mot by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, No matter how deep the out, they will tneet it at once. The question whether they on afford to do so will uot enter ioto their calculations, for they will think it necessary to protect this im portant part of their business, and they will do it. We shall never, therefore, have lower rates to Portland aud Astoria than tbey will make to Puget sound. Iliey will carry without profit, or even t lose, to hold their pnrt of tfte business and protect their terminals. These roads are great transcontinental lines, and each will use its entire resources to sup port its system ns a whole. 'it. red uction will come, because tbe O. R. & N. is preparing its lines so as to be in onndition to make Ihe haul cheap er. Cheap and abuudant ooal is one more thing in which Portland is yet at a disadvantage. Bui there are good hopes ot supplying this need ere long. These problems we shall work out; hut it takes time. The Oregonian has no doubt the O. R. A N. will rednoe rates when it finds it can afford to do bo. But no one bus a right to expect that every reduc tion it may make will not be met at onoe by the roads that terminate at Pugut sound, no matter what tho S'lcnfioe to them. The good results will insure mainly to the producers of tho interior. We should be glad to hurry up these results, hut regard must be had to finan cial condition and various considera tions ot possibility. Tbe Oregonian would have the reduction made right now if it could. It would be as free with other people's money iu this direc tion as a iybody could desire, if it saw a practioal way. Long time it tins been doing its utmost to indues tbe O R A N. to put very heavy additional sums into improvements and extensions, but the owners of the property have seemed to think they were going as fast as tbey onuld afford or prudence would admit We shall all get there some time, but we (our not soon enough to enable us to "realize" as fast aud as fully as we would liks upon our real estate. L-tt ns remember, however, that we have some thing to do ourselves in the matter of building np iodistry and commerce, and that the railroads can't do it all. Oregonian. I'OMT-IMTKLLIO K.NW.It HOLD. In Owners Aecept u Offer of 1:150,000 fur This l'uper. Portland, Oct. ul While a deuial is made tlmt the Post Intelligencer at Seattle has been sold, there is a well grounded rumor that the paper will pass into other hands within 3(1 days. It is stated that the Turners, Colonel P.idputh mid other capitalists ot the state, who own Ihe paper, doeire to use a large sum of money and they have determined to sell the I'ost Intelligencer. The property bus been a good money maker for three yt-ars past aud it is said that an offr ot g;i')0.()00 has been accepted. Who the purchasers are is not known, but it is lit; ted that members ot Ihe national re pobliuon committee are behind the deal. KILLING DEEll IN OREGON. Ole Olson Who Slangutered 3,000 For Hides ' at Large Again. Oregon is behind the times in respect to game laws, judging from a complica tion of such laws from every state in tbe Union and Canada whioh Game Warden Qnimby has reoeived. Oregon laws are considered very striot, bat the sports man of other places had a muoh harder time than tbe Webfoot nimrods. In Wisconsin tbe law regarding the killing of dear is peculiar, Every person desiriug lo hunt for venison must obtain a lioeuse, and noa-residents have to pay more for the privilege than the natives. Last year 48 licenses were granted to non-residents and the state reoeived $1188. The number of licenses issued to residents was 11,995, the state gaining $2890 25. Even though supplied with a legal permit, hunters cannot kill! more than deer two iu a season, or but one doe or one fa.vn. Conditions are vastly different in this state and hunters would rise in arms against suoh an ovation, were it merely suggested. There have been a number of hunters of late whe have literally slaughtered' deer by Ihe wholesale. A notable ex ample of this unnecessary massacre ocoured last year. A man named Ole Oleson, with a party of seven men, went to Douglas county and killed 3000 deer. These animals were destroyed merely for the hides, the meat being left to be devoured by wild animals or decay. Oleson aud bis companions were ex pert shots and when they oame npon a band of a dozen deer they invariably suoosed in seonring nt least 10. The hides were Bbipped to Portland. This summer Oleson continued to do busiuess until stopped by the game warden. When tbe official oalled at the oamp be found several hundred Ions of hid as stored away ready for shipment. Tbe law now prohibits the sale, barter or exchange of such bides. Tbe man Oleson was duly arrested and no difllaulty was experienced in securing bis conviction. The court found him guilty and imposed a fine of $300 Oleson either oould not or wonld not pay the fine, so be was sentenced to 150 days in jail at Roseburg. He served about 40 days of bis sentenoe and was set to work breaking rook with the ohaiugnng, until one flue day he made a break for Hourly aud esouped Xa the mountains. He is there yet, so fur us the authorities know. Oases similar to Oleson's have come onder the observation of Gams Warden Quimby aud efforts have been made to enforce the law. The promisous slaughter ot deer, in suob numbers as Oleson and his party were uocustomed to doing, will Boon deplete t'ie forests and mountains of Oregon ot suoh game. It is hardly probable, however, that any attempt will be made to license hunters as iu Wisconsin, or limit the number of deer to two, although a reasonable limit may be agreed upon before next season. FPz Old Him. By the AnHoclated Press. Chicago, Oct. 28 Fitzsimmons knocked oul Thorns in one minute of the first round tonight. Jeff Thome of England, after boing carried to his oorner was surrounded by a group of friends, wbo labored anxiously to bring bim lo. Ho was drenched repeatedly with oold water. He was iu bis corner 12 minutes and was then onrriud fiom the ring by his seoonds, nnable to walk, but having regained a small measure ot intelligence, Tbe right side of bis jaw where Filzsimmons struok bim was badly swollen. FitZ'immoiis fong! t with all bis old time fire and was ns spry and shifty on bis feet us he bud ever been. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you if you would use Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thous ands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous headaohes. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build np your health. Easy to lake. Try them. Only 25 els. Money back if not cured. Sold by 81o cum Drug Co. HALT LAKE CMX An liiiiortnnt Factor In TrnrisiMiiitlueiital Travel. No one crossing the oontiaqnt cai afford lo cut Halt Lake City from bis roate. The attractions of the place, in cluding tbe mormon Temple, Taber nacle and Cburob institutions, the Great Halt Lake deader and denser than the Dead sea in the Holy Land the Die tnrcsque environment and the warm sul phur and hot springs, are greater to tbt square yard than Buy huvili'y on tho American o Hitinent. The Kio Grande Witern Railway, oonueotiug on the East with the Dmvur & Kio Grande and Colorado Midland Railways and on the West with the Honthern Paoiflo (Central Rjutt) and Oregon Hnort Line, is ths only transcon tinental line piiHMing through Halt Lake City. The route through Salt Lake City via the Kio Grande V enter u Railway is famous all the your ronod. Ou itcoount of Ibe equable climate of Uuh and Colo rado it is j 1st as popular in winter as in summer. b-Qd 2o to J. D. Mansfield, 253 Washington, Portland or Goo. W. Heiulz, Acting Geueral t'assengsr Agent, Halt Lbke City, for a copy of ''Salt Lake Citj-the City of the Hftinta."