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About Broad-axe. (Eugene, Lane County, Or.) 189?-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1899)
B ROK.-D-HX-E T VAX. 1 ul U'l f THE BROAD-AXE, M ta Qalrh Bry l.lvh. THE BROAD-AXE, M tit Ltat Itwf "OT TO TUK LINK, LKT TflS CHIPS VALL WUIKl TUKT MAT.' VOL. IV EUGtiNE, LANE COUNTY, ORE. .WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1899. e A CENSORSHIP. i - o When the Spanish authorities a year ago systematically deceived lh Spanish peoplu, suppressing news of defeat ihnt had liren en countered and spreading broadcast reports of victories that had noil been won, wo pilled the Spaniard. It seemed ( uk that a )eplu in nut lure fallen low indiw-d, to allow their I'Ulilic seivant to establish a censorship against themselves. It wu true that we also tolerated military censorship. But (hat . - -i.i it. w mm iur nig iurnmo ill concealing our military movement. from the enemy, not of concealing tho true situation from ourselves. We mile mill patiently to the concealment from ourselves liecntisn it wan a Uvooaaary incident to the coiiccul inent from the enemy. Itut tie would never havo submittal, a the Hpaiiloli did, to a censorship for tho primary and sole ure of pur own deception. At least, we thought' so then. Hut lime, has jroved that are an docilt under censorship on the Spanish. For mure than three month, during the progress, of m war alinont as deadly as that with Spain, a ccn sora'alp bar been maintained at Ma nila by our tuhlic servants against ourselves. Uy men nit of thin ceu aorship the truth" has been per sistently supressed and falsehood ny.temaUcally propagated, not to mislead the Filipinos, but to de ceive the American public. And the American public grins at the u previous, and loyally swallows the falsehood. Owing to tho censorship, the real situation in tlte Philippines is -Hot known. All that cau- L - id about it ii lhatit is not what it la represented to be. That much, however, can tie said of it; for private letter, some of them from higher sources, confirm the im pmMion created hy the fluctuating cable aooounU, that the condition of the Americana in the Philip pine ia deplorable. Ju.t now the American public la being "jollied" with report sent through the cen sor, of the collapse of the Filipinos and the certainty of an early jwace. Hut similar reports have been coming through the censor ever since the first fight early in reb ruary. The Filipinos had then been taught a severe lesson and were anxious to make peace, so the censoritod reports had it. Hut the fighting went on. Later we were told tha everything depended upon the fall of Malolos, then upon the capture of Santa Crus across the lake, and then upon the fall of Calumpit. Hut Mnlolos sur rendered, we captured Santa Crui anJ retreated from it, and Calum pit fell into our hands; yet the war was no nearer nn end than before. To be sure, the Filipino peace proposals, following the fall of Calumpit, looked at first as if Aguinaldo had concluded it make the best bargain possible, and quit; but that occurod three weeks ago, and since then wo have been en tertained by the . censorwlth two other varieties of ieace "fake." Meantime, the Filipinos have kept our forces chasing their rear guard Until, as they warned us at the outset would be the case, our army is reduced to a skeleton, half of it in hospitals or graves and the other half fagged out and dispiri ted. That is the real condition in the Philippines, as the American publio will soon know, despite all the precautions of the Manila censor. Mr. McKinloy has not only made war without congressi onal . authority, but he has lot the war. Despite tho winning of very battle, the. American forces, at ht end of the campaign, areas truly defeated as was Napoleon When he turned back from Moscow. From a consideration of the re ports, of the last three months from Manila, it is evident that MoKlnley's only hope now of res cuing his administration from Impending disaster and disgrtce, ii to make with the Filipinos such an adjustment as, if made in time, would have eared all the fighting. The Public. Let congress investigate the army beef scandals and see to it that the criminals are punished. Mom About the Gronrlt l.ynrh The followinx letter which Mr. Hrr has kindly handed us for publication will explain ilaelf. It ia whiten as will ho even in re sMtnc to Mr. Barr, by the clerk of tho superior court of the county in Georgia where the Into lynching look plain, and which ha caused more or 1ms excitement and com muiit in every quarter of the country, and even in Europe. Mr. Barr -'is a former ri-tidnt of Nownsn, if we am rightly inforined, and wrote to the clerk, Mr. Kover, to pet at the fact rctiiting to the conduct of tlx) citixens of his for mer home, in the recent tragedy ernu'tetl there. It will be noticed that but few of the' cltiiens of Newnau participate.! in the lynch ing; but he ways that a repitiiion of a ni mi Iur criuio will lie avdicd the sniiie way. Tho letter follows: Xcwnan, (Ja., May '11, "JO. Mr. John II. Itarr. Mohawk, Oregon. Dear sir: In response to your eiiuiry of the I7tli, inst. 1 Ug leave to h:tml you herewith, a full u'votint if tho n-eent lynching of the negro Sum Holt, which will alio afford you a very clear idea of the cause of the same. This re port Is in detail Hubrtnnti.tlly true, as witnessed by a good iiumtwr of our cilijiins, very few men from this omnty however, - that - took any purl in the burning. The writer of this letter witnessed the mob, but not the burning; and I can truthfully say that there was no "tigluing for placo in line," but to the contrary, everything mi unusally quiet; no disturbance at" ail,and nola single " pistol (hot fired in Newnan that day. As stated previously, the Newnan peopln did r.ot participate in the burning, but I venture to say that while our good citixens condemn mob law generally, and the ter rible effect of such a thing on a community, still in this . case I do not think there are many New nan folks, and I might ssy, Geor gia folks who are not glad that Sam Holt met the late that he did. A repetition of a crime so terrible as ras his will lie avenged in the same way, I think. You will care fully read the report of the "learned man-of-the-north" which I also enclose. He made the as sertion while here that he would not live among the brutes (uegrocs) for the world. Hope you can gather a true and unbiased opinion from tfie information I turnish herewith. 8. L. Favkr, Clerk. We publish lielow a part of the report of the "learned man of the north" refercd to in the letter, which is clipied from tho report given in tho Ncr York Herald by that paper's swriul correspondent. Wht can read the appalling de tail Hf this crime without enter taining great charity for those who d stroyed from the face of the earth the fiend Sam Holt? The Herald's report says: On that fatal day he crept into the house in bare feet, axe in hand, whilo the father, mother and two children wero at the table. It was a supreme moment, and the fate of all four trembled in the balance. It was a moment of speech loss horror to tho wife, for she saw tho murder, saw the up lifted axe, but before she could warn her husband the weapon flew to the mark, swung by the frensied arm of Holt and buried itself up lo the handle in his head. Thns for an assassin's work; now for a demon's. When the viotim had fallen Holt hewed and hacked him as one hows a piece of timber. An active volcano is sublime, though awful in its des tructive powerj but a man acting under the impulse-of a legion of devils l a sight to freeie the blood in one's veins. Watch such a man at his fiendish work. Hose held the baby by the hoels with his left hand the axe was in his right hand and threatened to cut off its h-ad unless the mother submitted to his damnable wishes. The dead husband on the floor, ont child lying unconclous from a cruel blow, and now the lost child a liabe, to bo gashed to death unless The woman must ilwit at nnM Th nrtliftjul Ifl iwas ready to fall. Maternal in- slinct forgot all fine and she crjed "Save my lilt lo ones!" No martyr ever suffered greater torturo than she during the unspeakable hour that followed. She was a woman of refinement, a college graduate, a woman with personal beauty, and at one fell swoop kho lout all that makes lifu dear. Then when the villain dr parted fho summoned all the strength that was left, and with her two children ran screaming to her father's houpe, a mile away. When sufe within his protection she dropped as ono dead. She told the story with all its details. The neighborhood was rouod. There was vengeance in the air. Re ligion, law, even civilisation, was lout sight of. Desirable Immigrants. The La flrando Observer takes Issue with the statement frequently made that Oregon should not tn courage the immigration of persons without means. Tho matter of saying who should be urged to come lo Oregon, and who should not be urged to come, is a knotty problem. While we are unable, to 2ri-e with all that the Oliserver says on this subject, we believe that in tho end ijiany of the most successful immigrants will, as in the past, Ins those who bring with them little ca4utl except industry, intelligence and enterprise. Much depends, howeVer, upon whero the immigrants settle. It is not an easy matter for a farmer without capital to get a start in the well improved - jMrtioua-jftho- state. On the oth?r hand, those who have lived in- new countries have ob served that In thc -Rcttlemsnt and improvement of such countries men who go in without capital sre more apt to. become prosperous than thoso who start with a goodly amount of money. Oregon Agri culturist. The Game Law. We publish again the game law as it now stands, and warn our patrons to study tho same well and refrain from il violation, as in that case they will subject themselves to arrest and trial and infliction of the penalties prescribed. Tho law: OI'KN SKA SON. Deer, Moose, Mountain Sheep, July 15th to November 1st. Silver CSrey Squirrel, October 1st to January 1st. Grouse, west Cascade mountains October 1st to December 1st; easi Cascade mountains, August 1st to November 1st. Mongolian pheasants, west Cas cade mountains, with exception of Clatsop, Coos, Curry, Jackson and Josephine counties, October 1st to December 1st. Pheasant, Quail, Tartridge, Octo ber 1st to December 1st . Snipe, September 1st to February Prairie Chickens, September 1st to November let. Ducks, September 1st to March 15th. . - rxtAwrri, to kill. Klk for a period of 10 years. Beaver for a period of 20 years. Mongolian pheasant", east Cas endo mountains, at any time. Mongolian pheasant, CMsop, Coos, Curry, Jackson and Josephine counties, for a period of three years. Wild turkeys, English partridges, for a period of five years. VXLAWriL TO SELL. Deer, Moose, Mountain Sheep, at any time. Snipe at any time. Mongolian pheasant, pheasants, quail, partridge; grouse, for a period of three years. UNLAWFUL TO SHIP OUT OF TIIK STATE. Klk, deer, moose, mountain sheep, grouse, Mongolian pheasants, pheasants, quail, partridge, snipe prairie chickens, ducks, geese, wild turkeys, English partridge and sage hen. t oencral law. Deer, moose, mountain sheep un lawful to kill between one hour after sunset and one half hour be 'ore sunrise; unlawful to hoot or pursue with dogs: unlawful to kill nnl3s carcass is used or preserved for food. - Prairie chickens, Unlawful t hunt or kill when ground Is covered with snow, sufficient fir tracking. - Mongolian pheasant, pheasant, quail, partridge, anlawful to kill a gfsater number than 19. . . Unlawful, at any time, to shoot upon or from a public highway. Unlawful to enter standing grain or (term it dogs to do so while hunting. Unlawful to hant . any' game between one-half "hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise' tW-t. Open season, April tt to Novem ber 1st. Unlawful to sell sny sj ies'of tront at any time. Un lawful to have in tose"sion any s; e:ics of trout under five inches in length. Unlawful to catch or have in possession, for a tmriod of three yeuri any Eastern Brook or L-jch Ievent trout. Look Out fur lllra. Over in Bcr.tou county a fakir has appeared with a new kind of swindling game. The sharier calls with a stock of sjiectacles and tries them upon tho victim. He then offers to fit them to the eye", but demands one dollar as' a guarantee of good faith. The swindler then disaptear, leaving the victim without either the dollar r the specticles. From Alaska. The Junction City , Bulletin of May 30 contains a portion f a let ter from Horraca N Crain, written at Skagway,- May - 22,- which- we copy. Mr Crain is well known in Eugene. Following is the letter: I will leave - here - tomorrow.- 1 will write now as I may not have another chance for some time. We are going on a small boat to Hains Mission and there take the Dalton trail across the mountains. I will drop you a line as often as possible. This is a wonderful country. It has been warm ever since I came here, being 85 in the shade. The balm and birch are out in full leaf. The town here is built at the head of the bay where the river empties in and there is snow on every side. Within a few miles fine gardens can be found, but when within a few hundred feet ice is quarried the same as we do stone at home. The placo contains about four thousand people. Most of the houses are rude affairs. Yet there are a few good two-storey houses. Some of the stores are very large and a big stock, of goods are kept. We have all kinds of vegetables, even cucum bers, radifh.es and lettuce. For a '25 cent meal we get all kinds of vegetables and in fact it is a better meal than wo got in Seattle for the same money. The people look very iiealthy and Stout and the place is very quite and orderly.' The coldest weather here last winter was five degrees below zero, while ju;t a half a mile from here it was 40 below. Havo conversyed with many here and most of them say they had just as soon live Ihere as in Oregon or Washington Plenty pf wood can be found such as fir, pine, cotton wood, birch and alder. The tow n is supplied with waterworks and is also lit up by electric lights. The people generally put on city airs. There are two trairurynning daily to the summit, and a railroad will soon be finished to the lakes. Lost night when I was out walk ing around I heard a robbin sing ing and saw a humming bird. I looked at my watch and it was after 10 o'clock and not yet dark. The time here Is an hour slower than Seattle time. The sun sets at 9:22, and the nights are very short. John Crouch's pet bear ate tip one of a pair of young coyotes kept in a box hear where the bear was tied, tho other night. The bear never left a thing of the coyote hide, feathers or tail. It is sup posed the coyote got out and went over to sleep with the liesr. John says "the balance of the piece goes that it is still sleeping with the bear." Oakland Uasette. - ,,i i A special cable dispatch frcm London says that Queen Victoria's eyesight is not impaired . HERMANN HOT - 8H0T8. 1 Fine growing weather, but it is webfoot yet. John Beers started Thursday for Eugene to prove up on his home stead. ' Several of the men who are work ing in Waits' logging camp have laid off for fair weather. Mr and Mrs John Bowers of Irv ing sint a few days this week vis iting relatives at Hermann. Some of those who planted very early gardens report that much of their seed is rotting. It is against the law lo kHI blue jays, but there are a Whole lot over here that don't need killing now. Will our lawmakers who made the Or-gon game law tell us how to keep those little trout from grab bing tho hook? A Sunday school was organized here on May 21 with J C Phelp superintendent, and Miss Bertha Jeans secretary. Walton Mead started Thursday for Eugene and took a load of chil li ni bark and will bring back a load of flour. Wc arc informed that the Siuslaw merchants are out of flour, i It's a handy thing to have a road and a team; beats a boat all to holler. The young folks of this place planned and executed a complete surprise lor squire Utbson and family on the evening of May 20, by calling en mass just as they were preparing to retire for the evening, which ceremony was post poned until after 12 o'clock. They report a rousing good time. One of my neighborswas consid erably offended at what I said of it Viking a two-cent stamp to take a letter from one office to another. There was nothing personal in the item. It was written purely for information, and I did not know I had any neighbors who were so ruucb opposed to being told some thing they did not know. A LROAL FBAUD. A few days since your correspon dent received a very nioa typewrit ten letter from the Globe Bible & Publishing Co," offering bim from 175 to 1 100 per month and $3 per day for expenses if he would ac cept a position as their general agent'. How many others in the county have received like propos als? The whole scheme is a fraud and the originators are morally as guilty aa the worst eharper or con fidence men. About a year ago I received the same proposition from the same company. Having noth ing to do I determined to find out the fraud; so I wrote them that I would like the position. In reply I was informed that in order to be properly qualified to perform the duties of general Agent it would be necesrary for mo to spend a short time say a month in canvassing for ond of their books. " They sent me contract agreeing to employ nie as general agent at the end of the month at a salary of 175 per month for the first-throe months, $35 per month for the next three months and at 1 100 per month for the balance of the first year and all necessary expeuses, not to exceed three dollars per day, "as per con tracts now in use with our general agents,' ralary and expenses to be paid weekly. They further agreed that in case the commission on books sold during the preliminary canvass should not be enongh to make seventy-five dollars, tbe bal ance should be paid by them at the end of the first week . of the general egency as accrued salary. I found however that there were several other men in the county working on the tame kind of a contract, with the promise of the same gen eral agency. I completed the pre liminary canvass, ordered my books, paid ior theiu, and then call ed on thetUj for contract for the guneral agency. In due time the contract for the general agency ar rived, and then it was easy enough to res the deception in the whole business. They required a deposit of 25 as security for outfit, agreed to the 175, 115 and $100 per month but here r the rub: They required tbe agent to trAvtl from place ta "'W' .length and ProUclU ia' point a:id instruct sgvnts to can-, their work. Why not Woman? vsra for their books on two differ- erent plans: First, on aguaran-fbe teed salary of 15 per Week, sojh agents to pay 13.75 for their nntfit ; and, second, for a commission of 40 percent, such agents to pay a stipu lated price for outfit. The general agent is to turn over all money so collected to the company at the end of each week and retains oat of .such collections his saiarj and expenses. Deficiency during preliminary work paid in same manner. Thus you will see that the guar antee. There is not a man in the state who can in this manner col lect the tUry named, and further no honeit man would try to. C. The Sacrifice or the Shopgirl. Br Mary Virginia ChanniDf. Wonjin is waking up to the necessity of helping members of her sex cut of the mire. Why are rot more time and attention given to keeping them from falling in? "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." I believe that could the world realise the dangers which beset the path of the working girl in large cities, there would be a public out cry against tbem. It is charitable to say that those whose influence might be used against these eyils are grossly ignorant regarding them. Young girls, pure and in nocent as babes, come from country homes to earn something with which to support themselves, and possibly aid others dependent on them. Their first thought is io obtain work in a department store. They shriuk from going out Jo service, for with most people that is as good as saying they have no reputations. Servant girls kre not supposed to be virtuous and are never treated as if they were, no matter how worthy they may be. The salary is only an invitation to vice. She is expected to "work after hours." If she tries to have her wages raised she is told that she must make certain concessions. When an employer or an influential male employe sets his mind to tbe p8ession of one of the pretty new girls in the store, he has many ways to force her to his way of thinking. She is threatened with dismissal, seeks in vain for othrr employment, is told she must dress better for the credit of the establish ment when she hasn't a penny to her name, is lent money by some procuress in the guise of a fellow worker and duuned for it until the man ' interested, accidentally (?) hearing of it, offers to lend the money to repay the debt, etc. If she be too obstinate, or rather too innocent, to understand what it all means, she la even drugged. In Chicago therefore places where gi:ls aro enticed into a "ladies' entrance" of some saloon under pretense of getting a lemonade. A fifty-cent tip and a wink to the waiter ia sufficient. The lemonade contains a diug which obviates the necessity of argument. Girls employed in masses are regarded by their employers and male companions as cattle. Lan guage is used in their presence that would not be were customers present. The general atmosphere tends to a ca relets scorn of refine ment or virtue. A clerk is con sidered the lawful prey of any pin headed male biped in the city. In New York the sidewalks in front of doors through which girls leave their work at night are thronged wflh mashers. Every known art ia used to nytke the acquaintance of a girl who has the misfortune 4 to be pretty.' The more innocent she is the more attractive she is, and the more traps an set for her. There should be nothing improper in one of these girls going out with a fellow-worker, or someone introduced by him, but sometimes this once going out means endless regret. A glass of drugged wine has done the deed, anJ, however good she may be. there is nothing more in life for her. It is a hor rible tbr-ught that among these girls frequently may be found one juck windows with an as. The someone outside, to lead new girls: till was broken imV, but I ttle or k- j .v i . u n0 nwDf w, reL Nothing Hen bind tbutuselve together Ut was diturUd. I know that plenty of others could ' found to take their places, bat: such would not be the case, if the masses of Women took up theif cause. The trouble is thst women are too busy picking eVch other trr pieces, or thinking of some 'J. ing to their own advantage, to trouble their heads about helping each other. Besides, so many of ouf women are afraid of contaminating; themselves by helping another. They will spend much time inL some charitable erase, if there is any notoriety attached to H. The Woman who draws ner skirts most tightly around her whett vice ' is near will not lift her finger to keep her fellow woman from con tact with it. Who, then, is to change this state of things for tbe girls? Not man, as he is only too pleased at the existing state of affairs. With him it is good hunting. How can a man, who has been instrumental in the down- all of women, except to live a long life and not have this "come home to him?' I should think the professional slayer of souls could not lay his head on his pillow at night in peace if he has a wile, daughters or sister. Did these men possess such a thing as conscience it must necessarily haunt lh;tn with the ghost of retribution slowly, but surely, stalking toward them. Horses Lookla; t'p : With horse-buyers from Wis const n, Minnesota and the Dakotas soounng the ranges of Oregon and Washington, and paying from $15 up for animals which two or three years ago were considered fit only for the abattoir, where they sold fur $1.60 to $2 per bead, it is ap parent the advent of tbe horseless age has been postponed. So great is the demand for heavy work horses and animals suitable he- tbe I cavalry service that it is impossible . io meet ii wun ibe class or animals required, and buyers are filling out orders in some cases with Unbroken range burses, for which as high as $40 per head has been paid. Gov ernment buyers, who a few fears ago were wont to cull very closely . and reject everything that did not meet the exact requirements, have been compelled to waive some of the specifications or else fail to secure the full quota of anhnil ' needed. Wool Moving- Steadily. Pendleton, Or., May 30. Predic tions that the wool market would be active by June 1 have been realised. Wool is moving steadily, and the clip will be cleaned up quite promptly. Prices begun on a basis representing two cents below last year's, quotations, and already there has been some im provement is not specifically sig nificant, however, and is - not believed Jo,' indicate any ' very general advance beyond a small margin. "The advance," slated " u u;cr, IB iuo tu the influence of competition among the buyers, but this influence mm I necessarily be limited. Buyers are under orders from the houses they represent to hold themselves in a conservative attitude, and not repest the mistakes of last year, when too" high prices were paid. and money was lo.t on all tha season's purchases. "Tha market d.ies not justify any material ad vance over present quotations, and must not be crowded too hard." V 11C Roper informs the Antelope Herald that the results of the horse rodeo last week wasqnite a surprise to every one. Tbe report had gone out that a large number of horses had died during the winter. Mr Roper says there are more horses on the range this year than ever before. In the ride in which lie took part about 2500 bead were rounded up. , C F Horlburt's store ai Junction City was broken inta. by- hurglare last Saturday eight. An entrance .... : i l i