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« * E. E. LYONS A HEAL ill Fi'LlCY HANGED The system is, fretn natural s causes, debilitated or ruti-dow n both ill the spring ami full, 'lhe seasons' ch:iU'.'"s ar idway» a tnx on the human «igunistu. Tlu- r blood laxi-mes iii pur;' In tiie » spring, aud vitality 1 e» in the fall. A little CW, a lit. . : and nature will do the rest, as j. always trying to tiujulmn health. ■ Frequently the v.-t«!.«--tv ;nn v show the im ‘uwt dis* i '• r, aud ti often I- ids ci " roug tiiidm. :n. Fur tile d; i hinted conditi« r«»| of spring i r * ■II, or any vtl.ti time, for fiat math r, the rieliti thing to do js to build tip the Ö whole system. I t, i s I your shini aeh, or liver, < : Jl< es ulone that eau-e the I .. > you aie weak ened a’l ov .•■ 1 est Lave re newed stri - - ta lily. These •annoi get sei c i surely or ■ i y using S Maltou iu the Siuslaw valley. He At *3 o’clock he llsteueil to the knew that be was i fugitive and that death warrant reed by Sheriff Fisk the officers was on his trail. He had without wincing. made the remark that he would never THE BRANTDN HANGING. go without a tight, ami he was as-, TLe only previous- hanging m Lane goo«l as his word ; county -was that of Claud«' Brautou The sheriff ami his deputies sur Fiiday, May 12, 1808. Brautou rounded the house at dusk and at a was convict'd of ami executv.l for the given signal Withers eutensl the door murder of John A. Linn near th«* and made kuowu his mission. There summit of the Cascade Mountains on was no light but firelight in the the t.igld of June L th of tl.< pievi<ms room. Lyoua was at a table. He year. Brau’ou cremated the n*maius arose ami the sheriff placed his baud of his victim, taking all night for the upon his shoulder. The aged mother, burning. entirely innocent of knowledge' cf auy commission of crime by her sou, weut to the sheriff and asked for his reason for thus arresting her son rte wife of Lyons was also iu the Amu. His Execution Took Place at 9=30 Fri day Morning. Di d on the Gallows ii Expia tion of a Terrible Crime— History of the Case. WORKED SLOWLY. While the attention of the officer was thus detracted for a moment th«' prisoner watched his chance. llis baud slowly moved from bis side to a level with his waist and in it hid deu by the flickering light from an iinatteudi'd fireplace, was th«' weapou with which he hoped to obtain his freedom. When the pistol had reached a point aiming at the shoulder of the sheriff he hesitated, studied, but with the decision born of desperation, he pulled th«' trigger and th«' bullet sped to the brave officer's neck ami he fell backwards, powerless io stay the flight of his prisoner. Edward Elliott Lyous this moni ing ut *J ;31 o'clock dropped to his death through the »oaffold floor in ex piatiou of his crime of uiurderiug I I Dr. li.. !«i' iron heli ing to renew v libi r ef your : n-: I limi cn- L.ood ; yon •l ■r Ftonmch •stive Hu id«; , i d 1«new jug the activity of your k dm v- t.mi liver: aud you arc feiil . g mid revitaliz ing your uerv. <n - mi. You cannot do this xyi.Li ut getting well,ai i you <• . take ] i Hur ter1» Irmi Tomo v bout do > ; it. - .—._ ----- ' i .£dS C hic .'" , lor... Nov. jsci. r.’ic Pn li-rtrr M . <■), ,t„». o. GExiiF.'iKe -lui.a« i.in-oivrecom- m n I l'r. U.ui. 'V 1 i. Toi ¡.» J Orally believe It !i tiie . -t toalrontlie market lo .;.1. v t ; nu o’ <1 fall my ev.tein t I. m ■ ! of a tonic, and f. t'o j.. t three ? ■ ars I have taki-u u hot1 "I ve .r tonic twice • year. II '. ->:is I. l i hi uso , Ji-’/n-emil'birr 1 liuu:3 i.-gùiatura. 1351 oegood St., Chh ago. LOR SALE tVERYWIIERE. EDWARD ELLIOT LYONS. AV EAR Sheriff W. W. Withers i n tin .th of February of this Jt ar. He was not nervous, w; lktd I ruvely to the scaffold, nountid ti.. steps without ass Iatan •■. took l.is place on the trap and, but for a slight trem bling, let no movement indicate that he was afraid of his doom. AND YOU WILL WEAR Sheriff l'isk asked him if he had anything to say ami he answered, “No —only this: 1 thank everyone who was has been kind to me—May God furgivo you people, for you know not what you do. That’s II.” Rev 11. A. Green of the Baptist Church said: “Mr. Lyons wishes to thank all his friends who have been so kind us to call on bhr, all the officer-, for their considerate treatment ami his rela tives for their sympathy. He is Fur sale 580 Will .■mette St., penitent, has confessed anil professed Christianity. May God receive Eugene, - Oregon. his penitent soul.” Sheriff Fisk sprung the trap and the tnau shot to the eud of the rope, HAPPY WEDDING breaking his neck. Drs. Paine and Day pronounced him deuj in 14 min AT NOON TODAY utes. YORAN’S SHOES THE FLIGHT AND CHASE. Upon hearing th«> shot. Constable Jack Smith aud Deputy Cornelius broke into the house iu time to see the sheriff fall to the floor. “1 guess they've got me this time,” he said plaintively, but with the grit which has characterized the years of office holding which he had served. The news was a scource of intense excitement and indignation in Eu gene. Posses of men went post haste to the scene of the crime . A tbree- days’ chase ensued over the motiu tains,through the water-soaked valleys towards Eugene, through to Creswell where he was located trying to escape on a passing freight train. He was captured w ihout a struggle and landed in jail before th«« general public was aware of what had happeued. GOOD SHOES i.Duily Guard April 15.) A quiet ami simple but a most bq py w'dding took place at high noon tel <y at the residence of Mr. ami Mrs. S. W. Taylor, 453 High street, their accomplished 'laughter, Miss Blanche Marian Taylor, and Samuel T. Thurston being the con trai ting parties. Only the immediate relatives ami a few close friends of the couple were iu attendance. At the appointed hour the bride, accompanied by Miss Etta Eastland, ami the groom, accompanied by his Frother, Jabez Thurston, took their places, and Dr. I). E. Loveridge, rec tor of the St. Mary’s Episcopal ' ourch, pronounced the l>eautiful and impressive cyreomny that made the couple husband ami wife. The bride and her maid were attired iu white, while the groom ami his best man wore tue usual black. The decorat ions were simple but pretty. After the ceremony a luncheon was served, following which the bridal part was driven to the depot where Mr and Mrs. Thurston boarded the northbound train on a short tour, before taking up their residence at t rawfordsville. where Mr. Thurston is eugaged ill the sawmill biiHin«*s. The briile is one of Eugene’s fairest 'laughters, during her residence here having made a* large number of friends. She is a former teacher in the public schools of this cify ami also has taught In several districts throughout the county. Mr. Thurston is a former student of the University of Oregon, being reg istered from Dallas. He was s mem- I» r of the ‘Varsity football team and made a goo«l record as a student. He is an upright young man and was 'lite popular among hi- follow class mates. “The sentence of this court is: On Friday, April 17, 1903, between the hours of 9 a. m., and 4 p. m. in the court yaril of the jail situated at the county, seat of Laue county, Oregon, witnessed by at least twelve bona fide citizens of Lane county, you bang by the neck until dead, and may God have mercy on your soul.” The sentence of Circuit Judge Ham ilton condemning to death on the scat fold tho murderer of Sheritf W. W. Withers, of Laue county, was spoken on the 6th day of March last and set the day for the passing of a human soul from life to death anil eternity, THE .MAN. The man whose thread of life was cut today in accordance with the conviction by jury and sentence of the court, is Edward Elliot Lyons, of Walton, Lane county. He is of medium stature, wearer of a cynical but forlorn expression; confessed slayer of the brave sheriff on the 5th day of last February, while that official was in the act of doing his dDty as an officer of the law. HIS CRIME. The crime tor which he suffered today is well known to the citizens of / Albany Always Behind. The Alban? Deuioc lut says: “The Southern Pacific is al cut to begin the rearrangement and improve ment of the depot yards at Eugene, the proper thing. This reminds u~ that the yards at Albany are very much iu need of rearrang« ment. The depot should be thia side of the tracks in the interest of tiie public. Come, Mr. Koehler, sei your artist to work on a plat of improvement for the Al bany yards with tiie depot this side of the tracks.” Albany will probably obtain its im provements, ao much desired, a year or so after Eugene. The large enter prising towns are first on flic list, you know. I Hugh Patterson, of All any, w ho was convicted of rape, from Dongles county, but recently pardoned from À 3 ! CHARGE OF RAPE KILLED AT FROM LANE Rosbeurg. April 15.--N. T. Bridges, YounitJoc Matlock Charged With sii employe of th«' Booth-Kelly Lum Criminally Assaulting a tier Couipuuy, in Laue county, who Young Girl. «•aim* down to Roseburg a few days ego to visit with bis family, appar ently la'caaie dissatisfied at something while playing cards at C. L. R<*e«l*s saloon last night, and holding Bud Thomas, th«> dealer, back with cm hand, raked in all th«* cash iu sight with the other Then despite Thomas’ »truggl«*» he forced open th<> drawer in front of the dealer aud took out a loaded revolver, with which he kept everybody at bay until lie had pock eted every cent that lay before him. W’heu this was 'lone he emptied the revolver of its contents, threw it oil th«' table aud walked out of the saloon uiiiuolt'sled. It is estimated that Bridges secured about #1 i X>. He hu ll ot since iwen seen. Morris-Loveday. (Daily Guard, April 16.) The pallors of th«' Bailey holin' on East Ninth street, wer«> prettily deco- rated last evening with ivy ami choice cut tiowere for the wedding service, making.). I>. Morris, of Eugene, and Miss Isiura Lovixlay, of Seattle, hus band ami wife. Promptly at 8 p. m., Rev. J. H. Me Callum pronounced th«« beautiful ami imn'ssiv«' ring ceremony. Th«« brid«' was attired in a beaut i ful costume of light gray voile, witli white silk ami aplique trimmings, W.C.T. U. INSTITUTE and carried a shower bo< i net. The groom wore black. Dainty refreshments were served, Interesting Session Being Held at A happy omen of the occasiou ap - peared in the fact as told by Mrs. Creswell Proceedings end Bailey, that although she ami Prof. List ef Delegates Bailey celebrate their golden wed ding next year, this was tin* first weil The W. C. T. U. Institute for 'ling ceremony to lie performed in Lai’e county met at th«' Methodist their home. chi' h in t’r« swell at *2:30 o'clock Wedm .-lay afternoon. Tho following deb gates were preseut: C.'ttagi Crovt—Mrs. Belle Wooley, Thoro are some critics in Eugene Compton, Duviiison. I i... i •> —Mr». Kate McClung, Hand- of Miss Stone, as every other great person has critic«. She is assailed saber. Houston. Civ a . H — Mrs. Louise H. J«>hnson, liecause she is under the management of a lecture bureau making money by Howe, Slmefer. Coburg—Mrs. Barnard, Mrs. Inez lecturing! Just as hundreds of other good people who become famous are Hendrix. doing all the time. She hss just the Springfield— MrS. Loomis. Mrs. Louise P. Round, National same right to Incline und rec.eiv» pay therefrom as any man. She has Orgauizer, was present. Encouraging reports were rend from a (powerful ami a logical didiv rj. tin'se veral county unfons. Also in- and is gifted in public -peaking. ten-ting papers by Mrs. McClung Her purpose in giving this course of lectures is to I m * able to make some and Mrs Ito md on Purity work. Ill the eveuilig “Next Steps” was largo contribution for charity in re tho topic tor consideration. Rev. turn for the money raised to set her Ilousel made tlio opening address, free from captivity. 865,000 was the discussing •‘Next Steps” from the sum that set her free and she has di standpoint of tho pulpit. Prof. Parker dared that she will give an equal sum Hpuke from th<* teacher's stand should she make it by lecturing, point ami Mr. Bilk-gas from that of to charitable enterprises. Miss Stone politics. Mr. .McKay iliscussi'd it is a missionary, a Golly woman hik I means what site says. from a business point of view. THURSDAY. At the session Thursday morning rs. Eva Chamberlain, of Cottage Grove, discussed th«' importance of A pool of 66UO pounds of mobair heving gooil rinding matter in the was auctioned off at Silverton yester home. day, Win. Brown A Company of Salem, \ question box conducted by Mrs. were the highest bidder»,|lddding M7 McClung provoked considerable dis cents per pound for the lot. cussion. In Polk county a pool Hold for ¡WSB cents per pound, but it was of a bet ter quality than the Silverton pool. Miss Stone’s Purpose. Mohair is High. SPOKANE The follow ing from the Spokane Spokesman Review of April 13th, tells of the killing of .Benes Waruick, a former well kuowu citizen of Eu gene : James Warnick, 70 years of age, killed himself yesterday afternoon at bis residence, corner of Fourth resiik'Uce, \veuue aud ami Ray street in the First ward, by »hooting himself through the heart. 1 h" act was committed a with I doubl vbarreled shot guu. He lived at the home of h:s cousin, G. R. I Brett, ami yis-terday afteruuon, w li ile tho <l«>ccased was alone in the house • with one of the children of Mr. Brett, ho announced that lie was sulfering from a toothacne, and went into the woodshed at the buck of th«» hotis<>. I In a few inoments the child anti Mr. Brett, who was near by in the orchanl, heard the report of a shot, and rushing to the outhon»«' found Mr. Warnick stretched out dead on I lie floor, w ith a wound in the heart and with the shotgun under - m'ath him. Ct IKON ER THINKS IT SUICIDE. Coroner D. L. Smith was notified ami visited the scene of the d«'«*d. The position in which the body was found ami th«' wound over the heart leads to the belief that it was suicide. There was ouly one shell in the laurels. Mr. Warnick was a member of Eu- geue lodge, A. O. U. W. J. W. Bailey, of Portland, State Dairy and Food Commissioner, is in the city. Mr. Bailey states that here after all butter marketed in this city must weigh .12 ounces to the roll, any violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Mr. Bailey states that he finds the butter that is being marketed here weighs from *27 to Xtounces to the roll. He has notified all merchants that hereafter they must not buy or sell a roll of butter that weights lees than 32 ounces, iiii I hhs the weight is labeled thereon. Mr. Bailey tells the Guard he will prosecute any person offering for sale short weight butter. Married 4 Thomas J. Cook of Hale, was mar ried to Miss Jane Taylor, of Portland last evening by Justice of the Peace C. A.^Wiuteriueier. They will reeide in Southern Oregon. A GREAT SENSATION. There wasjv big sensation ill Lees ville, 1ml., when W. II. Brown of that place, who was expected to die, hail his life saved by Dr. King's New dis covery for Consumption. He writes: “I endured insufferable agonies from Asthma, but your New Discovery gave me immediate relief and soou thereafter effected a complete cure. ” Similar cures of Consumption, Pneu monia, Bronchitis and Grip are nu merous. it's the peerlesa remedy for all throat and lung troubles. Price 50 cents and 41. Guaranteed by W. L. Deiauo, druggist. Trial bottles free. BIG RECEPTION ■ TO REAMES ,THE JAIL, ENCLOSURE AND GAI the penitentiery, has accepted a pori tion on the railroad running from Mt. Cloud to Mt. Shasta in California. Mr. Pattvrnoii was a member of th«' train crew that alxluete«l a girl from Saginaw and outraged her, several year ago. Tho train crew was arrested, but PaMeron wa» the only one eon victed. It was generally conceded that older memlierHof the crew were UNTIL THE 17TH. the one» that should have been | un- Since the pronouncing of the death ished but used Patterson, who was sentence Lyons has been spending his young and inexperienced, to shield time talking with his guards, read themselves. ing books, magazines and the Bible, ap( arently a lttle restless and quite hurt at what seems to him injustice Ite ha», which has been done him. also professed Christianity and has President Atrthur Conklin, of th«' encouraged the ministers who call i Oregon Press Association, has made upon him in thdr effects. tho following appointments as deb- THE LAST NIGHT. gatost to the National Editorial Asm- Lyons i«u>sed a comfortable night* cist ion. which meets in Omaha. Neb , sleeping the entire time and awak July 8-11: E. Hofer, Daily Journal, IHelern; J. R. Whitney, Daily Herald, Albany; Ira L. Uampliell, Daily Guard, Eugene: L. Wimberly, Daily Review, Rowburg; C. A. Woody, Pheiflc Baptist, Portland; A. W. Cheenoy, Herald, Or«gon City; F. C. Soule, Leader, Toledo; J. Fl. Zane, A. O. U. W. Reporter, Portland; Frank S. Harding, Telephone Regis*er, Mc Minnville. THE TRIAL. The scenes in th« court room are still familiar to hundrede who at March 4th Lyons tended the trial, was convicted by a jury of his peers of murder iu the first degree and Judge llamliton pasH<>d the sentence J of death two days lat^r. SHERIFF W. W. WITHERS. almost the entire state. On the >tb of Febuary. Sheriff W. W. Withers ewai anted by Constable Jerk Smith •nd his deputy. Cornell«». w*nt t. o the horn s*of Elliot Lyonaaud demarid tirrender as « prisoner of the •d bi la«. as a charged criminal an-ord ing to » warrant issued In Jack- couDty accusing him of borse cotDtii ltte.1 some meutb* pre BOUND OVER ON i Daily Guard April 1*1.) Joe Matlock, son of J. D. Matlock, wa.- arrested last uiglit at 8.30 o’clock by Polieemau Geo. Crouer while iu the act of attempt im; to commit ra|>e upon th«« person of Rosa Bell, aged 15 years, daughter of S. J. Bell, who is a common laborer. residing oil North Lawrence street. It seems that young Mat lock on Monday night stopped the girl on her wav home from Samuel Garrison’s resilience ou Pearl street, where »lie is «'Ugageii as a domestic, and crimi nally assaulted her. She informed her parents, who forthwith lieaeeched the polio«' officers to apprehend the culprit. I be girl did not know Mat lock’s name, but described him, and last night Polieemau Croner watched for him ami caught him as he was at tempting his nefarious work a second time. BOUND OVER. M at lot k was taken liefere Justice Wintermeier this atternoou. He waived examination ami was botimi CLAUDE BEAN ION. over in the sum of 43H» to appear be Sheriff Withers performed the dis fore Judge Hamilton of t lie circuit agreeable duty of bunging Brautou. court in June. His father, J. D. Mat lock, ami brother, E. I). Mat lock, are his bondsmen. National Press Delegates. J- W. Bailey. State IMiry and Foo.! Comm ¡«»inner, of Portland, informs n» that the sheep in Lene county are badly diseased with the «cab. He -tates that while out in the countrj. near Eugene, be saw hundreds of ’beep affiiete«i with this disease, aud »■w many sheep along the roadside d«-ad from the effects of the dnsa«*"- | Mr. Bailey thinks that this is crim inal carelereneas where snch thing« exist, and thinks that action should be taken at nn«*e to stamp the disease ont. We serre on this, ami if the dijri»«e is as report«.!, proper precaution» ami ei .-rg.-Uc m -aaures should !• adopt d •t once. 9 ■ 1 refuge Lyon» bad taken ***j * the home of hi» ag~t pnren»« near Jacksonville, Or., April 15.—Dis trict Attorney A. E. Reame», the D> • i i ratio nominee for congress ar rivi I bom«' on Monday's south bound I: in. He w as ai" ompmiied from Med lin 1 by the High Si hmd Cornet Band, of tluit place and his arrival here wa» greeted i*y tiring of cannon ami dis play of fireworks, A large crowd of citizens were Ht the depot to receive him. Mr. Reame» responded to the rty welcome of 1 is native town by a whort Hpeocb. « Word was received in Eugene today that Chas. Redmond, who graduated from th* University of Oregon last year, died at Phoenix, Arizona, yes terday. The young man’s hosts of friends in Eugene are greatly pained to bear of bis death, lie was popular wher ever he went, and was well known throughout the Northwest on account of his athletic ability, having held -• vorai records for sprint«. II" was taken sick several months »go while holding a professorship in th« Asnland Normal Schoo). To the Hospital. A. Wbe< ler, whose leg was broken I <t Allan. ’ ii.out a year ago, was taken to Piallami t.idiiy for treatment in th" Good batuaritnu hospital, the bone 1 Mrs. O. P. Tois-y l»ft thi» after m er having h"i«l«i sufficiently to en noon for Va*-ar. Mich., with the re able him to ms the leg. Mrs. Wheel mains of her husband, who <ii<51 the er accom|«uied him. other day. She will be joined at The Dallea by F. W. Tolley, wi«w will ac C'itiqieny h«r mm >1. W. T. Gordon em Lmlmed th* Ixxly ami prepared it tor 3. B. Bay, who has conducted a abipment. wwi- hahd store for several yeara Willamette street, just north of it 1» easy .’ih» 'isiru se to <1 ply »ml almost ixlorleaa. it will L. Jciinlng-, wb«> ha» nswutly sob! Ing at about 3 o’clock an ! without a sign of urrvmiai.e»» ■finMiiate the gm sth of the lawn ami his bit« reel in the candy factory to I He ate a t.e*rty breakfast and chatted makejt thick and velvety. hi» ¡«rtner, <*tto Kauffman. with hi» guarda frwly. Chambers Brother» Remains Taken East Business Change. o o Wednesday morning, April I 15, 1903, the little 7 yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Berkshire, at < iosh'iu The funeral will tie held at Pleasant Hill cemetery Thursday morning. The parents have the sympathy of tho community. A THOUGHTFUL MAN. M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Ind., knew what to do in the hour of need. His wife ba<l such an unusual case of stomach and liver trouble, physi cians could not help her. He thought of and tried Dr. King's New Life Pills and she got relief at once and was finally cured. Only 25c at W. L. De- L hiiob drug store. Teachers! There in uo^ueeii of aeudiug any further for we have a complete line of ... . School Reward Cards School Report Cards *t Schwarzschild’s BOOK STORE Eugene, CHAMBERS HARDWARE See Oliver’» New’ Gang, and all siz°H and shapes of Walking Plows, The 40 Walking, The 40 Sulky, The Oliver »St.ee1 Plow’, arc all known to be adapted to thia soil. You can get Oliver extras when you need them Alao all o her kinds. Farm imptaants. New Stock Furniture.