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WEDNESDAY M AY 31, l$09.
That PU were Associativa:
What bas become of the Pioneer
Association of Lano county? 1
A number of yejtrs ago a Vi
oncers Association was organised
iu Lane county, and eno or tiro
reunions were bell with beneficial
reiulK But we are tarry ti admit
that the Association ha been suf
ferfd to go dowu. It occur to u
that this Association ought to be
kept up. Nothing eould be done
Ly the remaining few piooeers,
that would be of more intecert to
them, thau to continue to avcet,
annually, at long aa they lire,
in order that thy may rekindle
the camp fire, and rehearse the
tory ; oT pioneer days. .We under
etaud that A. S. Patterson is pres
ident, and T. G. Hendricks secre
tary of the Lam county Pioneer
Association.
Why will not thesa gentlemen
call a meeting of the pioneers to
.be held, - say, on July 4th in Eu
gene? -, r -:"
V . Dewey Coming.
Yea, Admiral Dewey is coming
liOnie of which we are glad from
one standpoint, but from another
orry. ' First, because we know
Dewey deserves rett and the priri
lege of revising his home and
friends in the Green .Mountain
6 tats in free America, and receiving
at the hands of his countrymen
the honor which be is entitled as a
gallant soldier. j
Cut we dread to see the people j
' lose their beada which they will
and go wlt in hero worship, for
getting that Dewey. U only a man,
and the gunners ,who stood by
their pieces and - with kee a eye, an
shaken nerve and true American
grit, with unerring aim sent the
Spanish fleet to the bottom of
Manila bay are in all .respects de- j
serving of our equal admiration.
Dewey did bis duty, hi soldiers did
the same, and so , have our Oregon
boys done their duty all are sim
ply men; all Americans, all patri
ots, entitled to our grateiul thanks.
But then they . are not to bo wor
shiped as idols. Such a thing is
unbecoming, both the people and
the soldier. '
Compliment-
Mr. M. M. Marks of Engene has
presented this office with a beauti
ful silver plated minnture broad
axe, of which we are very proud.
This axe is finely polished and
shows every mark of mechanical
ingenuity in its construction. It
ll KkfM (vVi t mnA Vaan rt awl as wA
aw viu acvn vi vugO iuu
has neither rust cor flies on it.
We appreciate this present and
. will ask any one who has silver
plating to do, to just call on Mr.
" Marks who will fix up your knives
. forka and spoons in short order,
t-and this local - is - offerd - without
Mr. Marks's- order or request.
Jut Ho.
The republican papers- will now
quit making fun of Senator Pefler's
whiskers. ' He baa announced that
hereafter ha wi1 be a republican
, and Dot' play with the populists
, any Jonger. Eugene Guard.
Td which we may add that Sen
' stor Peffer has not lost bis whiskers.
He left them in the rahks of the
:r popaliat party. Eugene Register.
' ' J? , Brother Register. Com
raiesiftner Bailey bas secured those
whiskers and hence the Guard is
' -k . ... : 1 i .i.
"r-7 irj nyiuiiu w ill untriwwi
'dally with Ueoator Pefler's whisk-
ten.
Recent authentic etatrstica rel-
stive to live stock and their val
uation in Oregon are as follows:
.Cattle. 888,293. Value 114.811,
. 291 ; horses 29,463, raloe IWlo,-
12; sheep 2.4.W.077, raTnc$5,903,.
182; .hogs 204309, value 1912,760,
snaking a total value of all named
tock- l3o.S43.rr76. Hones' are
' averaged at I85.8C, rattle at llC-
7, sheep at 2.400, and bog at
14.48, a piece."
by
Mar 23th Governor Gcvr com-'
muted the iWnth sentence of Frank
L. Smith who was to 1 hanged at
Jacksonville lat Friday, to lift j
unpri.-inmcut m the penitentiary. 1
The reason given fr hia action the
governor Mil, i that Smith was!
an intxile
and tht K. Carter
ex-sp akrr; C. ). Wuteon, district 1
nttoriwy; State Printer Leeds'; W. j
M. Colvig, Charles Nickel I and a
number of prominent physician-
had said that to hang Smith ouiJ .
lie legalised murder.
smith's cam.
The cridonee uixm which Smith, ,
wno.wjts oimjt il years or age, wat
convicted was that he in company
with one "IHackev" and Peter
Nelon were beating Uieir way
north m a freight train in Febru
ary, lSy3 and that Nelsou bad a
sms4l trunk, some clothes and 110
and that somewhere between Med
ford and Central Poiut Nelson wi
assaulted and robbed by bis com
panions and thrown from the train.
His valise and effects had been cut
open and his pockrtbook robbed of
its contents. There was tutnicion
that Smith, "Blackey" and several
others were iro plicate-1 bet none
were apprehended but Smith and
another man who was afterwards !
discharged. Smith waa tried in the
circuit court of Jackson county iu
April, 1S93 and convicted of mur
der La the first degree on purely
circumstantial evidence and sen
tenced to be banged by Judge Han
na on June 10. An appeal was
taken to the supreme court where
the judgment was affirmed, and on
Another Xaii' S'ftk Satid
Wove rnor Or rT.
the first day of April term, 1839. 1 box of endless trouble and litiga- C W Powell, jr, and family re
Smith was again re-sentenced by!tion- Yet btrictly according to the turnei Wednesday from an
Judge Han na to be hanged May1"" (siJ from lh l of N"1-(extended vitilat and near Lebanon,
26. But now the question willltio) tlie lown n 00 warra,lt Linn county, among relatives,
arise in the minds of the people lMy fo. cutting up the people's I h A Hower and son Harry went
how it comes that the courts did I,uk,ic qtiare for the nsef-reets. to their raiKh on Wo,f cwk
not get the facts which the govern in tfie hnce of hw to .as-; . . r , - ,
or says caused him to commute j
Smith's sentence? Here were all
the parties within rea'h of the
courts that could have gone before
them' and made it clear that to
hajrig Smith would "amount to
legalized murder." Thero was
plenty of time given Mr. Smith bis
attrlrnrra MP Xrvtalrur l',r ar nn';""J """ v 1. nro nunc
tnct Attorney atson, Slate Printer
Leeds, Messrs. Colvig and Nickells
and those prominent' physicians
referred to, to appear before the
trial court and midc known the
prisoner's enibccility which would
have resulted in his acquittal. Cut
if it be said that these parties did
not know of the prisoner's condi-J
tiou at the time of his trial before
Judge Hanna's court, there cer-!
tainly was no excuse for his condi
tion and every extenuating circum
stance not being made known to the
supreme court when the case was
submitted to them. The conclu
sion is inevitable that there is some
other cause underlying the govern
or's action in hia commuting the
sentences of Olberman and Smith,
than comes to the serf ace.
The action of the courts have
been brushed aside unccrimoniously
the judges, juries and public senti
ment ignored and treated with
ontempt, under the flimsy pretense
that other and extenuating circum
stances and evidence in those cases
wbich the courts failed to find.
But there is one remaining cir
cumstance in each of those cases of
cormnuUtions: the judges who tried
them never asked the governor to
interfere, but on the other band
protested .against it.except in the
case of District Attorney Watson
who the governor says asked him
to interior In behalf of Smith.
But still farther: If the govern
or belieyes Smith is In the condi
tion he says he is, why did he not
pardon him altogether and send him
to the asylum? To immure "a men
tal embecils" in the penitentiary
for life It appears to the Broad-Axe
would be a legalised crime in the
governor. The fear now is that
Geer, Pennoyer-like, will get into
an excessive streak of good nature
impeennioeity or what not, just be
fore hia time expires and throw the
portals of the penitentiary wide
opon and bid those murderers to
walk out.
The governor is good at excuses for
his actions and be could find an
excuse doubtless for ordering a jsil
delivery at the penitentiary any
day. - . i
Indian war. veterans th grand
encampment of Indian war vet
erans will meet in Portland Junela th, piJrch,M Alll.kt from
is, anq ine ine county veiersns Rnsij.f Mt. Johnson in honor
will meet in Eugene Saturday June.of Vnttul J0haon under whose
ed 1819 at 10 V clock to elect . Jsi-.I.lrUon that country was
eVlrge'r. - " 1,.
DctlUou UaUdrW OoHM
Judge Hamilton has handed
dowu bin decision in Iho cao nf
the people of Lao county v the
city "f Ergeue ti vacate the atrtvt
running through the courtl ouse
square, ilismisstrg the same,
la hi finding", the' JMdge kv ,
.it by the use of said ground est
th
'.streets from Sit 8. loti'J, l the j
present time by the eoneciit of the j
county court, the right to maintain
a suit to vacat the said streets is I
extinguished, hinging his devifiou
on the law of limitation. ,
Without stopping here to argue j
the law or the justice f the JouV'
ruling, wo will say that from our
sunJ jxmtt iA vws it must stand
as a kind of emergency decree, like
the "lireenback" tkenuon 4 the
UmtoJ States supreme court. This
was made t j meet an argent nr.'-
ily. In other words, the law by
which the Greenback case was
determined was jadre made law
which the emergency of the easel
demand .d. II tba onrt decided
that Greenbacks were ot money
and a legal tender, why no one can
. . i. . t -i
niHuuimuw ute ciaauai 01 eTU I
such a decision rouki hare entaileiL
But to have decided the cacc by
law that said that nothing but gold
and silver shall be anade a legnl
tender payment of debts would
havo done that very thing. So the
judges just went to work and ru.yhs
some Uw to fit the ease.
Now in our salt to vacate the
streets in order to win . we had to
in yale date tho action of the city
council . in laying oat strvvtsl
nl in selling lots and overthrow
: deeds and open a very pandora's !
i i . i , ... j
Judge just made some law to tit
ilbe But we do not approve
, of Jud2 Je
Some More Whys.
'h7 J council pay
on
'"'""II,.. .2 . r, , ,
uis.rennr.pcou.ormaou o.s.rillg nicftJy with Miss Minerva
own private busioeaa? , liemenway aa teaencr.
i-i. t i i .i : i i.. '
it it riiouiu iuo ntj our a riAK:
J J f
cruihr, if the city is a road dis
trict? Why should the county rtqf psy
for an additional rock crusher ifi
the city is a road district and
neeJs another rock crusher?
Why are these gambling dens ,
and slot machines .allowed to run j
in the city in open daylight in
defiance of law? i '
Why not hav a lot of officials
who will enforce the law in all
instances against the guilty, nnd
uot make fish of one and fowl of
another?
The latest news from Washington
is that the situation in the Philip
pines is extremely grave, and Otis
is asking the volunteers to reenlist
for six months.
Tbe much talked of peace in
the Phillipines is an Otter failure,
and fighting continnej. The vol -
j nteer: are at Manila awaiting
t asportation home, and the regu
lars are sent to the front to take
their places.
The' jury In the Magers case
Saturday brought in a verdict of
murder in tbe first drgree.Now
let the governor interfere and
prevent the exeewtion of the law.
The supreme court bas granted
a new trial in the ease of M. T.
McG rath who mordered Charles
Turner near Harris bo rg in Linn
county last October. One of the
principal reasons for granting a
r.ef trial was because McGrath's
wife was permitted to testify
sgainst him. '
We notice it stated that there
has been discovered in Alaska a
mountain some wherein the inter
lor of the county which is 2000
feet higher than 8t ' Klias. And
we understand It is proposed to
name this mountain Mount Mc
Kinley in honor of President Me
Kinley. Te this tbe Broad-Axe
strongly protests, not that It would
detract from our president's fame
in any way, but be;eue we think
a more appropriate name would
be cither Mt Sewatd who neao
Oak Hill Item. .
May 29, 1899.
Editor Broad-Axe:
I noticed some time ago that the
Jasper rorresMUtdcnt of the Register
blamed the pulists for the hi Id-
'tip of llio legislature a year ago
last winter. It's very strange that
the populist though few in iiumWr
had tuch great power. The ronub-
ikons bad the majority, aud could
canity hare nut thef legislature
without the populist legislators,
Why did not thvy do itT Also
that wo don't need any women and
children to run tho government (or
vote.) Of course, this la a thrust !
at woman's surtrage. tr t-oursm it1
won't dv for women to vote for
they will pot a stop to the saloon
buiinciis and our Jasper cor
rcspownt uiild not know where
to go to get a driuk of fire water.
Oh for consistency!
A lot of money and work has
been subderilied for work ou the
hill in the Canlrel lano andsome
wori bas already been done,
Rey E j. KyhiltMm preached
hp t u . tQ ,
and attentive crowd.
at
Two Mr Fargeson's and their
wires from near Irving and C res
well were guests of Wesley Neet's
Sunday.
Mr Mcr all's ere building a new
fence. '
Mr A Trailer has had 500 oak
posts rplit for to put up a new
fense between bis and Mr McFall's
places .-
Mr Joseph Lile is working in
the hop yard on Mr V 1 lemon way's
farm training the vines on twiue.
ing some i! the weather does keen
. . , '
Mr Krensliavr and wife were
guests at Mr Christine r's Sunday.
Grandpa and Grandma Powell(I
intend to move into Budd Kompp'sj
house next week. i
The Oak Hill school is progres
n - . , a
W m Ktmva hwi, inf.irmMl ihtal (h
toad talked of being opened from
the Coyo' creek bottom between
! C W Powell's and McFall's places
and Mr V Hemcnway's
nd the!
iChriStonfr places past Oak Hill
, school house is alsml to fall through
with. It u cerCainly much needed
as it is a natural pass through the
foot hills east of the Coyota creek.
People ought to be up and doing
now if they want this road.
Sambo.
A Cirens Crowd.
A frog, a duck, a lamb and a
polecat started for the circus. When
they arrived all were able to pay
t,,fcir adni"ion fee except the poor
!. I , I il 111
polecat, be wss thus compelled to
crawl under the canvas. This is
bow it was: , The frog had a jrrecn
back, the duck had a bill, an-! '.1 e
1 lamb bad four quarters, but the
poor polecat had only a scent, and
that was a bad one. Harney Items.
Deaths In the War.
New York, May 24. A special
to the Herald from Washington
says:AdjutanlGeneralCorbln
has prepared a statement of the
number of deaths which hare oc
curred in the army sines the be
ginning of the war with Spain, as
follows I
Porto Rico
Cuba
287
1319
45
606
8872
Honolulu. ... . .
Philippines ,
United States.
Total number of deaths, 6872.
Manila, May 24. The Second
Oregon and the Minnesota regi
ments 'have been sent back from
General Law ton's front to the city
in order to rest up and prepare
for the homeward voyage, wbich
will begin soon, the Oregon regi
ment being the first scheduled to
rears after tbs California regiment
gets tiff.
A rather sensational episode was
last Wednesday morning witnessed
in Justice W. D. Smith's court,
when his honor imposed a fine Of
$10 agsinst Thomas II. Tongue,
lepreseutative of Oregon's first
district, and, upon dt fiult. followed
with an order oomniilUng the at
torney and von g re. man to jail
lira a ton's foufrimlou.
BBBBiBHawaB
Claude Branton, the murdeicr of
J A Linn, it will heremem bored
gave a sealed paikaxe to bin
spiritual drinor, Rev E M Patter
son, on the morning of hi execution
w itliiiiftru' Umi to make it con
tent known after ten days On
Wednexday of btxt work tlie Eugene
(luard coiitaineJ the content of
tht pnjH'r left with Mr Putiernon,
which - proved to le lirantou'n con
fession. It is quite voluminnus occupying
alxiut xix column in tho tinard,
(and is in some rctport n remark
ble production. It is too long' for
publication in our paper entire,
and shall have to content our
selves with a brief synopsis of it
contents.
A summing up of this confession
will Vl tow that llrautou shot Linn
with the connivance and consent of
Oreei, who it np)cara bad great
influence over Branton. But what
led up to Branton' downfall and
going to the bad is tho aame old
tory of disappointed love ami
youthful indioeroion with women
of douhtful vittuo, and a departure
from his early training and home
and g.ing with bad and vioiou
company
We subjoin the follow-.
ing extracts:
I am this rtth day of May, 1809,
23 years old, was horn near Waller
ville in this county and lived my
childhood days as happy a ever a
child lived amid luxuriant pleas
ures, thus prattling and playing
with my brother and sinter, cared
for by a dear loving mother's hand,
strolling through orchard and! "He alwsys said tho old man
meadows green, among the I e.vuti- j would feel better dead than alive
ful flowers; every breeie was odor, i anyway. Onetime, just to please
every noise was music. Pure, in- Green, I aaid 'I would not tell any
nocent, loving children whiling j body if he did kill him, but I can
away those past hapny days of, not do what you say.' Tho old
childhood that aro gone forever." man bad been my friend, but sin-e
At the age of 14 it appeal 1;P I had worked for him be treated
left home with the consent of. bis me o mean I did not like hint any
parents and took a trip across the j more, but had no idea of lu-lfing
Cascade mountains alone over six I to destroy him. He wouldn't settle
feet of snow. Of this first leaving , with me anyway, but just kept
home be says: t trying to get me to enter into some
"I returned wiser than I left for 'kind of iMtrinersliip hiiMucss, or
jj imagined any place was
jt.i. (,
an home for the mst year. ,
My father corrected me and I left
homo the same year. Was gone a
year
but all the time I wished I!
had not left."
Ho remains ilow at borne until
be is 18, when bo accompanied his
brother Clarence to California, but
'
! before leaving be says :
"I ml mf
hearts idol, and could not stay and!
turned homeward
again." Hero
lie says:
"I spent two yesrs nf pure bliss
and happiness worshipping the
idol of my heart. The happiness
unsurpassed by any earthly . Joy,
even those days of childhood.
True love is" rs re, known but once,
and never forgotten; but alas, my
youthful lust for trifling with other
girls and an occasional moonshine
buggy ride with other men's wives
through gossip of others scandalised
my lover, and Ihrough parental
influence, she desired to dissolve
our vows, which we did through
Ura. with insnv a bitter itieh.
sk 1 .... u hmrt T li,l!" effected. Of this settlement
opened to her as true as ever beat
in any man's breast From that
very day ths clouds of despair
began to gather around ' yne. I
was slighted by old friends and
spurned by strangers. I could
hear people say, 'He has trifled
with another heart.'
and rippling brooks
murmur, agsinst. me.
The winds'
seemed to
All nature
in ber gay leauty whisiiered lone
liness in my ears as I roamed
through forests and over plains. .
I bad just passed my 21st birth
day, and had lived free from tobac
co, whiskey and cards, and all de
basing habits save onel I waa too
intimate with the strange Women
Solomon warns us against I bad
loved my friends and every lady
with the kindness of a brother.
But 1 had been encouraged by my
lusts against my mother's will and
teaching to trifle with the hearts of
Women, and that marriage waa
only planting a tree of trouble,
wbich I roust shun. I can only
peak thus of my passion which
thought it was marking out to me
the road to happiness, to warn
other parents of this road to "ftlh
glory and destruction, 'for her
house inclineth unto death and her
path unto hell.'
"One year previous to this while
I was 20 I was away at Condon
preparing for future comforts where
I was accounted most worthy by
11, when tbe news came to roe dial
my parents bud separated, which I
laid to heart with grief Irr it wss
the first sortow I hid ever kuowu.
I had frhnd every w heie t'Xivjil at
my old Inline."
While at Condon he meets Mr
Linn and in IH'.IS tcturus to the
valley to get a stallion for Mr Linn
who gave him f 121) to ba.irlii ex
pomes. Here the xophi treated
him with the same roolncM n
formerlv, which went to hiri heart
Hke smoke to the ryes, canning him
to contoinpUte suicide, HoAyi:
"For the khI ihrw yeur 1 hud
tried to atone for m' conduct the
two years previous, l.ul found thaJ
peoplo would not allow mo to, o I
rcitolvcd to end my mUcruhlo
career, for 1 bad never Nwen nick
or dcHndont in any way since I
was vniy young,snd wan under i.o!
obligations to live for any one, not
thinking my deuth would hurt any
one s much as I had dingruoed my
people I even thought my f.imily
would lie better off without such a
wretched member. I meditated on
my way of destruction and looked
on my open grave ( I had not aught
against any person) -I aimed to
write a note stating I was orry for
my conduct those two year iiixl
have tried to atone for it the three
suecoeding ones, by living a pure
life, and if I cannot be rcccted in
my own ncighltorhood I will bid
ou all farewell."
But he did not kill hiim-lf and
returned to Condon. Now "Coin lie
tireen" enters tho scene, ami vlcit
Branton often and tries to get him
to enter into partnership with Linn
in the horse business, and let him
(tireen) kill Linn and take bis
part of the property. Branton
'says
take bis business on the shares.
Hi mistreating mo so many- times
"and tireen s winning talk soon got
,' nie to consent to hi destruction iu
'"tl r le was a man
apparently of no heart. He left
me dying on the range onco and
when be saw I did get iu he seemed
'""u "uu 1 "u" """"
! .fit & " 1 .... Ia
I I f I ....
ln 11 11,1 animal twio one wini
kicked mo) I told Court ie und we
swore vengeance -.gainst him."
But at any rate CUudd end
Co'urtie agreed to take Linn's horse
and consent to' have Linn ac
company them. But befiTrelraving
Condon Linn asked Branton to see
a Mr Monroe and ask him if he
would pay a note before it was due
which Monroe consented to do, and
nt the same time told Branton to
have "nothing moro to do with
Linn, for be was a man' of iiu
principle." Rut nevertheless Bran
ton, Green and Linn gathered the
horses and ome to Squaw creek in
Crook county, and here miw
kind of a settlement with Linn
Branton says:
"Clarence went out with mo and
saw Mr Linn. We told him just
to say bow he wanted to settle, we
were not particular how, but it
must be done. He was generous in
his settlement and made me a
present of two head more. Then
said he bad no mends or money
end away from home, and asked if
be could travel with mo.- Courtis
said: 'You have friends while
Claude and I are here, and can
travel with us.' C la rente left us,
charging as to do the right thing,
to which We promised.''
"That night (the night of the
killing) Green seemed to tie more
conscious of the awful deud than I,
and Insisted on letting It go. But
I, in firmness of mind,and prompt
ed by the fact, that I had betrayeJ
the confidence of my friend Mr
Monroe and it would come to his
ears, and I would rather confront
death than be f n.iid out to bo a
traitor) blinded iroin the faintest
glimpse of realisation of such act,
with Green's consent, I pulled tbe
fatal trigger that meant more than
mortal mind can realise.
"As the morning dawned it
raised the old gloom and temporary
wave of Insanity or despair that
vain hopes and evil imaginations
had graven in me, leaving me to
realise the awful deed in inuum
erable depths of sorrow. Then
saw the world in all it Wy
th.,
irm aw V" w ' J f kin
sr lis - IJui. II a
.iL ,n",. i '
AtUr-all j M to increase
u ab e terror. To ihiuk
air sweeter,
foliags pretti
my uuend
I bad driven a man out of this
beautiful, bright world forever into
eternity. (Irlof was In my heart so
aliumlaiitly, I could tint havs 11ml
to save my life. My first iinpuUs
was to come hack there at the age
of 45 (tlmt was hi age) and shoot
in veil. ' 1 thought of my mother
and longed to be at her feet, never
to get a mile from her. Some
divine power -Was octisiug ins
e'Vcry miiiuUt. I had to tell some
friend who thought the world was
hard to live in, of the peace, rest
i' ml purity of an innocent man and
the unutterable niUrry and villiany ,
of the guilty, and of the bright
world und the blesniug for ths In
,UM,it, whic'.i they should bo
thankful for, over the sin -cursed
guilty .person. Everything mur
mured shame and guilty in my
ear.
''When I left my folks for the
last time unawares to my mother
and children, I slowly rode ofT with
toars in my eyes. Going over my
old stamping ground, the unceas
ing guilty haunt never left me. In
.rkatua I consulted a ticket agent
about a life policy for a railroad
lour, alining to fall between ths
wheels of the train, bt It looked
so plain I knew they would not
lay it, (the policy). I came bark
to be of any use 1 could to my
folks, taking the chanoes of being
betrayed by my friend Green, fur
there are n successful criminal.
They may live and escape death at
the baud of the law, but tbete is
an infallible, unceasing - haunt
worse than death, that will take
time to overcome to any degree,
and say tho least. My desire to be
at homo and live a pure life was
greater than my fear of tho
gallows. I
"I have leen wavered around by
diver of adviser, and now sit here
in two days of death thanking God
thnt I have hsd the opportunity of
U-aruing Hi Word and not bid
behind tho dark gloom of dair,
but the world is bright, with the
roads plainly marked to me to life
or destruction. But for the desire
to liv a r.l teach this neoeasary
doctrine of Gtxl's, I would be more
willing to go; In spilo uf all pre
tended weeklies I have exhibited
through doceit V purjioaa of no
avail, I am at last in the hands of
a pure and jtut God awaiting my
hour nnd judgment, which, without
great mercy would be eternal
damnation.
"I have given you but a frail
glimjmc of ray conscience-accused
corruptness, pain, misery and
wretchedness, which incessantly
follows the guilty of such crime.
I have given you a brief sketch of
my exerlinoo previous to the deed,
not for fame or clemency In the
unworthlnrM of tho grave crime,
for I havo many dear to me who
do not believe me (fuilty of such a
deed; but Jesil" says: 'Forsake all,
come nnd follow me.' So I write
this with good intent, that many
may turn from their wicked way
and walk in tlie paths of righteous
ess, ami
to show how easy a
lcrson
may
fall Into perdition
unawares."
it
Baker City Reoord: If our
prayers, ammunition and whiskey
hold out we will have those Fil
ipinos civilised yet
The many friends of Editor B.
F. Alley will regret to learn that
he is quite ill, and they trust that
his recovery may only be a matter
of a very short time.
i .iS
Mlfttellaaeoma.
Up to May 22, the sheriff of
this county had paid over to the
triMtanrar tavaa amMiaiilaiai in 11 .
140,11, thus leaving a balance at
that data yet to collect of some
$54,lo9,0.
For several weeks bears have
been playing havoc with sheep in
the hilts, a dosen miles west of
CorvallU Hunting ptrties have
scoured the woods anl canyons,
but all efforts to rid the country
of the marauders have been . futile.
Last week Caleb T atIs of ; Woods
creek, set ap a bear trap roads of
logs, that has already made short
work of two bears.
Troop A. Fourth cavalry, left
Fort U'aila Walla at 7:30 last
Ihure lay morning, on tbe O. R A
N. for Hon Francisco, to embark
for the Philippines. A special
train has been engaged and horses
will bo taken along.'
, Tlie msn who forged a note n
GM Spores for 115) and got the
money on it from the First National
Dank 'of Eugene lust aetk wss
SJS VI m m
'rested in I'oiiland Saturday, and
l,ro"Ch EuI-' Monday
,nd now rw U in j ,i .v . ting tbe
i ctiou of tbe diutkt swurt