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EUGENE, LANE1 COUNTY, ORE. IfaDNESDAYV MAY 24, 1899.
VOL. IV
NO. 2.
SAME OLU DRUNK.
11 tutor j of American Copper
headiaru Itepeats ltnelf.
, Oregon City, May 12 In In
the writer wcut to Springfield, III ,
10 teuoive uu commission I it ihi
VolunUer. army. Petri jt it) olJ
Pick Yates was governor of that
grtat and patriotic state. Thou
eauds Of brave Illinois soldiers
rere in the field fighting fjr the
honor 61 "their nation and for the
sUrry ting, that had wrsppt-d ita
folds around our hearts within the
past two years In a way which we
had never before dreamed of.
Thousands more of thorn were ly
ing In hcnnred grave un South
ern hillsides, and thousands of
Illinois homrs were desolate by
reason of the Iocs of loved one
who had laid down their live
that the nation might live. - Every
me of thnae brave turn had gone
willingly, nay, more, they had
atriven with each other fur the
opportunity to g", juxt as our brave
, boye strove for the, chance to follow
that Ji'iir old fl.ig in ths present
war. The tear t)i;it w,-ro nhrd
over the vacant chairs throughout
Illinois were robbed of much of
their bitterness by tho thought of
glorious cause for which
those I
dear ones had fallen. The wholo
of that grentft.Atoaasnlil.no with
patriotism, and tho mirfortuneH
which hnd IwUIh-n our armies
had served only to add fuel to
the flame, and our hrtve old. gov
ernor heard from every , part of
the atate earnest and ' patriotic
worda cheering him on in his
tnadra.il upholding of the admin
istration in the almoat aaperhuinan
work which it had been forced to
undertake, just aa our own gov
ernor of Oregon is hearing the
words of encouragement today.
There in the atreeta of the capital
of niinola marched a procession
of about SIX) men, gutherod by the
utmost exertioa from all parts of
the state, brought there by the
Teaders of the democratic party in
am attempt to manufacture olili
csl capital, and along the ranks
were banners and transparencies
which read. "The war in a fail
ure," 'Give us peace at any
price,'' "Let tho erring si ate go
in peaoe," Give ua back our
boy," "Cease-this unholy war
Upon our injured brothers." A
brass band 11 them playing1 mi l
ncholy dirges. The men upou
tho sidewalk turned their back;
tho women in the bouses ahut
their doors.- Tho procession
marched, the band played, the
democratic managers presumably
laud atich exponaca. na they had
agreed to, the brave men of Illinois
kept right on going t war, our
bravo old governor kept right on
supporting tho administration, the
government kept right on prav ea
ting the war to its glorious and
successful termination, and we left
thoee miserable, dirty cowards to
hang up their banners and trans
parencies until some future event
should give theni another chance
to glory in their cowardice, treason
and shams and march beneath
v Ihtm again. It seems as if the
tine has oome. The men who
carried those banners arc, it is to
be hoped, all dead, but, unfWtu-
, nately for the honor of our nation,
they seem to have been, prolific.
I would suggest to their oowardly
progeny from whom we are now
occasionally hearing that those
banners have probably been handed
down as heirlooms, and if they
earch carfully in their garrets
tbsy will find them. If thee
"dastardly sous of dastardly sites"
. will hunt them upend ''fall in,"
their wants will be atUtndod to
and they furnished with a big
picture of Aguinaldo to hnd the
procession. As there is not a brass
Land in the stale that would bo
caught in their company, a choir
of native Filipinos will be furnished
to march- in front whistleing all
that they can learn of the tune,
"It's the Bams Old Drunk."
C. E. Loom is.
Rear Admiral Watson has been
ordered to the Asiatic naval station
to succeed Dewey.
The .'resident at Hot Spring.
4 '
Hot Springs, Va., May 9. Pres
ident MeJUnley has had a day of
thorough rest and Comfort at the
Hotel lI)inutiaU here. Official
business did not intrudo to disturb
Mm,nordid Importunate caller
crowd ta seek his favor. The
guests seemed to know that his
obJt was freedom from exertion,
and thi thy aecordud him. lie
spent most of the dy in the apart
ments set aside for bis party or on
the wide porches upon wbi4i his
windows cened. During the
morning he once aiaolUd through
the corridor to the hotel oRlce.
After a nap and luncheon he
enjoyed a social chat with Secre
tary (iage, Kenutor Fairbanks, who
came to see the secretary, and John
C New, of Indiana poll's. A few
minutes were given to Secretary
Cortelynu and Stenographer Humes
and later, garbed in a short sack
coat and Itorby hat, the only
chango from his daily dress, he
started for a walk, with Secretary
Gage on his right and (Senator
Fairbanks on hi left. As they
went along, the president's brisk
gait ami long stridu, jovial dispoxi
tion and-uprigLt shoulders gave an
unimpeachable denial of k la laments
that his health is impaired beyond
n nect-ssity for a brief respite from
tho tare of presidential life.
a - -a
The Salem Man's Letter.
Capitol Journal: ''I have lost a
good deal of love of country in the
last year, and eopecially for Ore
gon
for she is the most ungrateful !
.i.i. I- . V. - :. v :
niaio in viio uiiiin. f.vrrr rer
ment here has received a cablegram
from their legislature conveying a
vote of thanks from the people to
theni for their bravery; and every
regimpntlh.tt has had a hard fight
and lost men has received a
dispatch from their governor com
plimenting them on their conduct;
and neirly every state, if not every
one, has voted extra p.y to her
UCV " '"""."'thor of "Pilgrim's Progress- was a
but from Oregon never, word norl,- .
a sign that she knows she has men
here. Yet on the 2.th of February
the Second Oregons made three
charges on th trenches , that were
veritible fortifications, and which
many military men had said could
ont be taken without artillery, but
never a gun of artillery helped
them. They fought all day and
only stopped when the enemy hnd
crossed a deep river and destroyed
the1ridges behind them. We even
drove them from their trenches
scross th river by the heavy fire
we jHJured into them, and early the
next morning crossed the river and
drove thvm from two more linca of
trenches. This was done Hy the
men from Oregon, done under trio
heat of a tropic sun with the
thermometer at 125 degrees or 130
degrees and little water to be had.
And Oregon legislators in their
great munificence propose to "give
us first chance at state jobs." No
one in the regiment had asked for
any money or ex pes ted any from
the atate, and nothing would have
been thought of it if they had not
proposed it themselves and then
raised a howl. Well I suppose
that is the reason we. received . no
cablegram of congratulation either
it would havo cost a few dollars to
send it. Generous, noble hearted
citixens of Orrgonl By the way,
I suppose they expect as many of
the boys as can conveniently die to
do so, iff ordor to be in on that
monument. Another thing noble T
Oregon has done for her men she
gave them old ragged wornout
uuifornis and then charged theni
18.41 for them more than tho
government chatgos for new ones.
Other states presented their men
with new outfits."
He passed his plate, "Oh, Ted
dy!'' sufd I, "Now many times
have you had 'more tIoT"
lie thought an instant, then
gravely spoke: "I'm sure I can't
tell. My picclomctot's broke."
Experiments at Bandy Hook
have demonstrated that wet gun
cotton packed in shells may be
handled with safety and thrown
rom guns without rk ot pre
'mature explosion.
H no I led. Beef Plenty
Good
Enough.
Secretary Alger showed his met
tle sgain when be raid at Ietrojt,
while speaking of the achieve
ments of our soldiers iu the late
war: "Suj js!ng they had a little
beef spoiled; what of itT If they
had hud no bucf at all, they would
hnvu had more than General 'Joe'
U'h'M-ler and I had in that other
war." That's iho way to treat the
whole matter. Rotten beef or no
beef at all; what is the oddsT
Either was good enough for sol
diara engaged in ao glorious a war.
Anybody who asks why the army
was not supplied with live beefJ
or what the influence was which j
compelled the commissary depart
ment ti buy only canned beef, or
who made money out of the canned
beef contracts, is a bad American
and- traitor, and no attention
should Imi paid to bim. Under
the Alger method of supplying an
army, the soldiers should be
thankful for anything' at all to
eat. If they have only putrid
Lx'tf, they should consols them
avlves with the thought that when
AlguY himself waa a soldier in the
war of the' rebellion, he had no
beef at all. Alger by the way,
betrays a inugnificent "nerve"
when he refers to his own war
record. New York Evening I'jst.
ow Don't
Don't snub a loy lecause he
wears shabby clothes. When Kdi
son, the inventor of the telephone,
first entered Ronton, he wore a pair
nt vllmr !itin liriMwOirn in the
... . .
r
Don't snub a boy because bis
home in plain and unpretending.
Abraham Lincoln's early honle
waH a log cabin. .
Don't snub a boy because of the
ignorance of his parents. Shake-
spcare, the world's pott, was ths
son of a man who was unable to
Write his own name.
Don't siinb a boy because be
'chooses a humble trade. The au-
Don't
snub ft boy because of
physical disability. Miiton wa
blind.
Don't snub a boy because of bis
dullness in lessons. Ifogsrth, the
celebrated painter and engraver,
was a stupid boy at his books.
Don't snub sny one; not alone
becanso some day they may out
strip you In the race of life, but
because it is neither kind, nor
right, nor Christian. Greek
Thoughts.
Worse Tbah Death.
The Neapolitans in general hold
drunkenness in very great abhor
rence. It is said among them that
a nobleman, having murdered an
other in a fit of jealousy, waa con
demned to suffer death, llis life
was offered him on the sole con
dition of sayiug that when he
committed the deed he wss intox
icated. He exclaimed, "I would
rather suffer a thousand deaths
than bring eternal disgrace on my
family by confessing" the disgrace
ful erime of drunkenness." He
persisted, and was ex eon ted.
May tUry the llatehet
Attorney L. B. Cox of Portland
a . . m
wno nas just returned Irotn . a
month's trip through the East, ex
presses me opinion ih.u some
leader will arise before the next
presidential campaign who will be
able to unite the warring democrat
10 factions under one banner. He
believes that tho gold bugs apd the
ailverbuga will march side by aide
and tnat the Issue will bo some
thiug of greater importance than
tho money question.
Trusts and expansion, Mr. Cox
believoa, will figure more promin
ently as campaign issues in 1000
than the issues that have divideI
the democratio party in the past
and that upon these new issues
democracy will present a solid
front.
Legal proceedings fjr man
slaughter havo been Instituted
against Christian science healers In
New York, based upon the death
of patients under their care.
' TRAIN WRECK.
The EofflM b4 Fife Losvled
Cin;Wrre Derailed.
J
ftowburg BvU.
Another fatal train Wreck eeeur
e
edon the Southern rac.B4 near
Uleobrook Saturday. At 11:15
the news was wired t tie office at
Hosehurg that No. C2, the fast
freight, southbound,' which left
Roseburg at 8:80 p. n. pulled by
one of the big A. & 0. engines, No.
18, wss In the- ditch. The eiew
that went out on her was Conduc
tor E. A. EverVftt end Prakemsn
J. W. Tynan and B. R. McDaniels;
Engineer Jams McCalley wa at
the throttle and James Merritaan
was his fireman. As soon as Can
due tor Everlon conld hurry back to
the telegraph office at Riddle, six
miles awny, he -'wired the news te
the sgent at Roseburg. - A wreck
ing train was at once mad up and
placed in charge of Conductor C. L.
Minkler and Kngineer Fitch. In
the absence of Dr. Twitchell, com
pany surgeon, the train pulled ont
to pick up a doctor , at Myrtle
Creek, Dr. B. F. Fallin being laker,
from there. At Riddle this train
was met by An improvised train
consisting of a caboose and engine
in charge of Conductor Gregory and
Engineer Hendricks, carrying the
dead body of Engineer McCalley
and Fireman Merriraan who was
injured. The trainmen tell the
story of the wreck in subttance as
follows:
The engine and five loaded cars
left the tiark on a carve about six
miles south of Riddle at point
known as1 Rattlesnake Point and
plunged over a perpendicular bank
about 25 feet high, stopping upon
a gravelbar at the edge of Cow
creek. The engine turned over
twice and ft carload of flour piled !
on top of it.
The Unk was bottom
side on with Fireman Merriman
underneath. When Conductor Ev
erton rushed in through the smoke
and steam he found Kngineer Mc
Calley standing erect holding to the
reverse lever with one baud and
the other over his mouth. On be
ing carried out be looked at his
terribly scalded hands and chest
and exclaimed: "My God, this is
awful!" He only lived a few min
utes. Fireman Merriman was
taken out unconscious and upon
regsining consciousness only re
membered that Jim called to bim
not to jump. He is badly bruised
about the head and L tegs but his
injuries are not considered danger
ous, lie was tsken to Mr. Cur
rier's boarding home and is under
the care of Dr. TwiU.kclL
One of tffo men who were steal
ing a ride on a car of lumber was
instantly killed and the body was
leil out there awaiting the orders of
the coroner. At preeeut r.othicg is
known as to his identity.
Of the eighteen cars in the train
five went over the bank, but the
track waa not badly torn up and
was soon repaired.
Abused Stage Home.
A recent traveler through . East
ern Oregon, who does not like to
have his name mentioned, thinks
there is much work for the Oregon
Humane Society among the stage
routes and along the freight wagon
highways, as hordes are frequently
overworked, underfed, and abused,
contrary to the statutes made and
provided in such cases. On one
stage line, he says, horses are doily
compelled to travel 30 mjles with
out rest or feed, and in the long
"single line" freight teams, many
horses show positive signs of
misuse.'
He thinks tho cans of over
working horses by stage companies
lies In the fact that mail contracts
bare been taken by Eastern parlies
at figures so low that good stock
and good treatment are out of the
question. As to .freight . teams,
drivers hare so long looked upon
horses as cheap affairs, to be at
leisure, that many hare lost all
feeling for the brutes. He area a
big field for humane work among
these teamsters, but thinks stage'
drivers are not to blnme, and can
not do otherwise than "pound 'em
on the back" while schedule time
has to lie made with an insuf
ficieut number of ill treated horses.
Betf, Jlccf,. Boef.
Secretary Alger's remark about
"Joe Wheeler and 1" remind one Jour influence to hare them sent
of the now popular poem, "Hoch J home Many ' of the in fear they
der Kaiser." Joe Wheeler's wsri"ill never" see God'" country
record, wat first class, even If he (again. .Colonel Strtseoberg clrew-
did fight on the losing ride. If
Alger didn't get beef to cat .during
the war of the rtbelllon, it was
because it wasn't served at the
hotels at which he htopped while
absent without leave from his com
mand, the Fifth Michigan cavalry.
Perhaps the fact that he couldn't
get bees' caused bim to resign and
go horn before tho war was over.
Joe VheIer, it may be remarked,
fought right .up to Appomattox.
U.. Alger would, resign just once
more, the people could cheerfully
forgive him, but theic seems to be
no prospect of him doing anything
so thoroughly sensible. The Tug.
Now Bre're Tug ar'nt you
ashamed?
Moral.
. Many a great event has been
swung upon the performance
of & small deed; many a drooping
soul hss been inspired to nobler
living by a kind word ' spoken in
season. To wear the white rib
bon, to be one of fonr or five who
band themselves together sgaiost
this iniquitous liquor business,
are vtry small things to do; -but
can wo fathom thej'depths of in
fluence that the bow of white may
exert or the lives this email band
may win Crom the ways of sin?
Giving your mite for the susten
ance of the cause, sending ycur
small sprigs of . dainty flowers to
brighten the lives of the sick, or
devoting a few minutes each week
to scattering the truths of temper
ance to. those indifferent to or
blind concerning the true fact of
intemperance thess are all trifles
w . v. ard we mniaimM
say
paragingly ak, "Of what valu
ere these . small exertions?'' a
K we T.-OU1U tear ood , veil irom
the unseen results of human action
The encouraging features of good
conduct reets in the fact , that it-
final result id subjective as well a;
objective. In truth, all conduct
ends in this dual manner, whether
it Ve Sod or bad. A word spoken
or deed executed affects the per
former with -a force equal to that
exerted upon the external world,
thus applying to moral conduct
the philosophic principle concern
ing action and reaction. Union
Signal.
The Subjection of the Filipinos.
From the New York Eveninc
Post detailing a lecture of in-rgeant
Frits Andreas late of the United
States Volunteer Signal Corps, de
livered in Brooklyn, N Y, recently
we publish some extracts :
Some mountain scenes g'xve an
idea of the ravines and jungles into
which our troops must plunge if
they undertake to suojugnte the
whole of Luxon. Sergeant Andreae
waa the first man in the United
States service to penetrate the in
terior of the island. In bis opinion
the only, way to bring it under
control would be to span it with a
cordonof " troops -who should ad
vance in unbroken line towards
the north, crushing the natives as
they went. This would require at
least ten times as large an army as
is now in the Philippines.
Incidentally the lecturer men
tioned that the Filipinos were now
being supplied threfftgh Chinese
sgents at Hong Kong with arms
manufactured by American firms.
In reply to questions askefl after
the lecture by persons in the audi
ence, Sergeant Audread said that
while many of the inhabitants of
the Philippines were savages it was
not such we were fighting, but
rather the most intelligent and
patriotic class. To a question
about the United States army the
reply wss: "It is a splendid body
ot men. The American soldier
wins because of his individual
initiative; he feels ho is something
mora than a machine. But in
spile of success the men want to
come home. AU the letters 1
receive from comrades express this
desire. (icuoralOlis misrepresents
the facts when he says that the
volunteers want to stay."
Iu an iutcniew with an Evening
Post reporter, Sergeant" Andrea
said: "All the letters wc receive
J from oof comrades bee; ni t use
lated among his nuxt a paper,
divided into two columns, one for
the names of men who wished to
go home if their services were ro
longer needed, the other for the
names of those who wislted to be
sent home in any ease. All but
two put their names in the second
column, which so displeased Colonel
Stot:nb Tg that he did not forward
the petition to Washington as he
had agreed to do. . -
"Sergt D p Morgan, of the signal
corps, writes to me: H is a shame
to slaughter these people as they
are being slaughtered. No wonder
they can't shoot, for . our navy
throws its -search-lights in their
faces. We can see them, while
they can see nothing.' Another
member of the corps, writing ef the
Filipinos' courage, says: 'They fight
like lions.'"
(Jnite Refrefihfng.
Ten years of domestic trouble
and quarreling in an Atchison
family have all been due to the
fact that the wife, upon returning
from a three months' visit out of!
town, foond a hairpin in her hug
land's room. His conduct had
been faultier before the discovery,
but that didn't explain away the
hairpin, and the man has been on
the witness-Aland every minute of,
the ten years intervening.
rants
1 aes Dewey.
The Broad-Axe ia at a loss to
account for such conduct on the'
part of the wife about a hairpin
being found in her husband's room.
The Broad-Axe knows of a safety
pin being found in a husband's
room on the return of his wife
from a three months visit out of
town. Has'nt the husband a right
to use either kind of pin, if busi
ness demands it,' witho'ut kick
from the wifn especially if she
lias just returned from a tLree
months visit to some fashionable
watering place? Now say.
Some Spotted-tall Methods.
Commended to the consideration
of Recorder Dorris of Eueene.
One James Turk wss this morn
ing brought before Recorder Judab,
upon complaint of a South Salem
lady, charged with trespass, he
having slept in an unused barn
upon premises occupied by her.
The man is a fisherman, who bad
been in the mines south of here,
and is on his way home to Astoria.
He plead guilty to the charge,
but as to all appearances, be was
not a rank hobo, but a hard work
ing man out of luck, Recorder Ju
dah withheld formal arraign
ments and save the man rtil 2
o'clock to leave town. This case
cost the public not one cent for
court expenses or boarding the
prisoner, whereas a bill might
have been run up " for about $12
court fees and 25 days' board in
the county jail, or the city mulcted
in a board bill for 20 days.
Thus - doth - the - spotted tailed,
mongrel city administration graft
the public treasury. -Salem Journal.
Weather Bureau. .
WESTERN OKKtiON.
For the week ending Monday,
May 15, 1S90. ,: '
Weathkr. Cool, cloudy weather
and frequent rains prevailed during
the past week. The mean' tem-
perature averaged 50 deg., which is
2 deg. lower t'jan for the preceding
week and 9 deg. lower than for the
corresponding week latt year. The
maximum "temperatures ranged
fcoiu 50 deg. to 70 deg. and ths
minimum from 34 deg. ta 43 deg.
Frosts .occurred Friday morning.
The total rainfall for the week
ranged from 0.1 C of an inch in the
southern counties to over one inch
along the coast.
Cuors. The reports Indicate that
injury has been done to the prune
crop, especially to the Italian
variety. From some sections the
reports indicate an absolute failure;
from others, that a fair crop will
mature. The bloom was as full as
usual, but when the fruit began to
i-el it also began to fall iroui the
trees. The Italian is t!ie principal
variety of prunes' grown, "and a
short crop in that variety means jt J .
sLortnjre in the total crop. That
actual condition Cjuoot bo deter-,
mined for a week or two note.
Tho injury is supposed to have
,bee'n done oy Xhe "February frel7
assisted by the celd rains el -April
and May. The peach crop now
promises to be good in the southern
counties, nut rot an average In the
northern counties. Cherries J are
setting fairly well; while dropping
prevails, a good orop ia expected.
Apricots and quinces are undoubW
edly injured and a shortage will
result. Pears and apples appeat
to be. in about normal emditioat
Strawberries are ripening in the
southern counties. The first box
waa received on the 11th inat irean?
Roseburg. AU bemee promise a
normal yield. ' -
The (Train crop is in good eon
ditlon; fall and winter sown grain
are making slow, but strong,
growth. Spring plowing and seed
ing continue. Much of the low
land is yet too wet to plow. - Un
less adverse conditions pievail dar
ing June, the grain crop will be as
good as it tnually is, the tprieg
acreage being greater than in nor
mal years.
Warmer weather lees rain and
more tunshine are greatly needed.
Glippiijgs ari Goryrrerjt.
Brigadier-General Charles ' P.
En pan who.was court-martialed for
n'8 attack upon General Miles be
fore the wtr investigating commis
sion, has been cxpi-lled from the
Loyal Legion by a vote of 100 to 40.
The Loyal Legion ecbos the sen
timent of the multitude of Ameri
can citizens.
-In Ms?sachixetts the avers ire pay
of male teachers is 144.80 per
month; of female teachers, I52J20.
In Boston the average pay of male
teachers is fzoi.60; ot female teach
ers, 173.33. In Wyoming where
women Tote it has for many year
been the law that men and worsen
in the employ of the state shall re
ceive equal pay for equal work. In
Utah two years a no the news that
full suffrage had been granted to
Women was quickly followed by the
announcement thntthe Utah legis
lature had passed a bill, by which
female teachers in the public school
were to receive the same' pay''ae
male teachers, provided tbey held
certificates of the same grade. in
ounce of exjeriment-ia worth a (on
of theoroy. - The Wotuau'g Journal.
We see no reason why our moth
ers, wives and sisters should not
recti ve the same pay as our fathers
and brothers, provided, tbey per
form the same service . for similar
work. '
The election on May JO, 189S at
Horrodsburg, Ky., at which the
majority was against the sale of
liquor, and the validity of which
was disputed, has been declared
valid by the court of appeals.
" 'I
And this too jn a state where it
is said Bourbon whiskey has Vim
out of mind been used as a common
bevercge. The world mores. '
Roicburc Review: Col Frederick
Funston, the Kansas officer soon to
be promoted to a brigadier getteral-
p man being a hero and a patriot
aod not worabJppiaav Mark Hanna
aud the gold standard. ' t '
-We hardly think President Mo
Kinley can be charged with a fail
ure ' to reward merit as it, ha
developed during ibis watt ou
account of the poll ties ot the sol
diar. Let the o&sea of JTritatiugU
fCee and Joe Wheeler . stand as
eetdfence of the preiident'e sincerity
in the promotion of Fred,Funlont
aod It' ua not grudge praise when
aird wTtesu due. , , i
The municipal council ol Vienna,
Austria, has sppropriated f 00,-
0U0 for the.esUbJUhmertt.ef an
eleclrie light and power, plant for
both public sal private use, .
, " .- i ,i.
The Rosttburg S JJiers' Home is
how filled to -ita. utmost capacity,
there being 00 members iij that
institution. Tbe proposed laundry
andchael will not be built this
year on account of the shortage of
funds, the reduction f"i h ppro
priation from 12,000 ' io'flO.OOO
by the late lecmUture seriously
haaipefiuj ojieraUous.