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VOL. IV
EUGtiNE, LANE COUNTY, ORE. .WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1899.
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A CENSORSHIP.
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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.
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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
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