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V X1, 01! JOIV DLPAKTSiEN'r ! THE ATHENA MESS is iii receipt of a fine NEW riUlSS of the Ki test improved pattern, and ether machinery also modern faces of Ti'b Type. We GUARANTEE our work. mt '-it Is the LEADING PAPER rf the "East End" of Umatilla county, in the very heart in" great "wheat belt; is read by everybody. Subscribe for it. ATHENA. UMATILLA : COUNTY. OREGON. JULY ' 14" 1893. NUMBER 34 VOLUME 6 .m e, a ""t!t ...... A1 "TT7 lT A 11 -L. .JlLJ hJr kLO The way to build vv Athena is to ratronizb heb institutions and industries." . - " ' The Malls. Mull closes for Pendleton. Portland, and all i poihts (tist, except the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, at 5:30 p. m. For Walliv Walla, Spokane and North Paci fic nointu fit, 7:16. Mull arrives from Pendleton, Portland and the east 7:45 a. m. Krom alalia Walla, Spokane and North Pa cini points at o:io p. m. Oflice hour Oeneral delivery open from 8 a. ni. to H p. m. Sundays, 8 to 11 a. in. Money order window open from va. in. to 4 p. m, . Geo. Hanski-l, PostmaHter. LODCK DIRECTORY ("TV O A BAKEETT CO. F. & A. M. NO. 80 MEETS THE First and Third Saturday Evenings month. Visitina brethereu cor- A. of each dially invited to visit the lodge. I. 0. 0. F. NO. 73. MEETS EVERY Fridnv niaht. . Visiting Odd Fellown , in good standing always welcome. A 0. U. W. NO. "104, MEETS THE Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month. L. A. Githotis, Recorder. DIED AT THEIR POST Awful Fate of Thirty of Chi cago Brave Firemen. BURNED IN A TRAP LIKE RATS. I)YTHIAN, NO. 29, Thursday Night. MEETS EVERY DEALERS IN SHELF and HEAVY HARDWARE: PROFESSIOHAL CARDS. F. 8, SHARP, I'liyslclan and Surgeon. Calls promptly answered. Qflica on Third Street, Athena, Oiegou. ... FARM IMPLEMENTS, THRESHERS, .MOWERS, RAKES, HARROWS,. GANG PLOWS, MACHINE REPAIRS. DR CARLISLE, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Main Street, Athena, Oregon Calls promptly attended to day or night, i Offlcc : Main Street, Athena, Or. MTTiLER -THE RUSTEEB, D R..I. N. RICHARDSON, THE Ol'KK.iTIVE PROSTHETIC DENTIST. ATHENA, OREGON. E. DE PEAT. LEADING FURNITURE DEALER CALLS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HIS IAWYKK, I'motlces m nlfc courts of tha state of Oregon. . J : ' Athena, Oregon, Line of Wall Pape r REEVES, VT ft ROOM hev,.'!- & HAIRDRESSER 1IT CONNECTION" WITH SHOP. - ' Dregon II. 11. HILL, WATniTMAKER AND JEWELER. Kifinnn vonrs exDerlonce In all kinds of I (Tiilrh iiiiikina and repairing. Satisfaction guaranteed. Nest to M. Finneran & Co.'s Athena, Or. A. MOFFITT. Physician and Surgeon, MFEA8ES OF WOMEN A SPECIALTY, Office with Dr. Sharp, 8rd Street, Athena. 49-F.ileeps in oflicc, GEO. K. BATES, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. I CEHERANOBBER. Estimates furnished on all kinds of wood work, Header beds and cook houses built on short nottca. Prices reasonable. Box 40, Athena, Oregon. : I am the only dealer in Athena that buys direct . : from the manufacturer, and that manufacturer, Wm. Campbell, of New York, is independent of the Nation al wall Caper Combination.- I buy my paper to- the - " -best advantage to myself and I Bell to the best ad ; vantage of my customers, I have the largest line of . -wall paper in the county and it ranges in price all the way from 15c double roll, to 65c for the best, gilt ? " . . - paper 'made: A fine line of undertaKing' goods . con- J ; ; stantly on hand, and I am prepared to do embalming. I. A. IILLEE STORE ON MAIN STREET, ATHENA, OUR. CHA MO. IT D&CO. "S OF HARDWAI it ON, STEEL PROP. J. S. HENRY, U STRUG TOE ON PIANO AND ORGAN- v.-iiti.oin a theno nn ThnrKdav's and Wed nesdnvs of eaen week hereurter Leave aider utt.h v. Rozensweie. atC. W. Hollis' Athena. FARM MACHINERY. FSONT, FIRST AND VINE STS., PORTLAND, OS. BUCKEYE MOWER AND REAPER. market. J. F. FORD, Evangelist. it tph Moines. Iowa, writes under dat of I Alarcli 21, 1S!: S. B. Med. Mfg. Co., Dufur, Oregon. , ("lpnf,lfmen: On arring home last week, I found nil wfill and anxiously awaiting, j n.if little erirl. eight and one-half years old, who had wasted away to 31) pounds, is now well, strong and vimrrviR. and well fleshed up. S. P. Cough Cure has done its work .oil Both ot the children iiko Your S. B. Cough (Jure nas cured and kept away all hoarsness from me. So give it to every one, i ..Mtk rrfifit,inrs for all all. Y lsh- inr you prosperity, we are Yours, Mb. & Mrs. J.F. Ford. Racing on Puget Sound; the Steamer Outruns a Huge Whale. D.equaleU for Nlmpllelty, rei,i;n., uumjr, '' "Jl hem Ul Ki loo well known to neel :men. ThuRiiN ISl. utt tjwittv. ntii inn nniTpn.Ni miimiw-uwu m -- . ' prove them to ho the most popular i V it. KlfTTlEB AK3 KiLBUIiH FARM WAfiOHS ... ... m. i- f.V, ...T. il nnA ,-ulv for the Spring-s work. cU-nne your "L iiH. th4 Headache and I.iverCnre, ! " " - . . . l..crkc auih ri'vlr - ting IWtt W IUW Uiwa hv tali sj nenta Der bottle by all druggist.. .. , j tt. rwsltrva cuarantee by the rMJtil "" r- pioneer Pmg store. Pay up- All parties knowing themselves j indebted to me, are notified to j forward and settle without , Ton Uttf. N- A- MlLLEB. FIXE CAF.E1ACES, PKAETCIIS, TOP BUG GIES, CARTS, ETC. F.3-spr:ug ckstaiji wacuss m E'uGK-ESAiiQS. CillEB'S STAR VlCRATiHQ TH3ES'!-:1. HITMAN'S STAR TRACTICU MuMc. The moat Efrective nd Soecesfu! conibiua n ( x Mbmhing and Clcmoing Grain crrr c)nrtruc.:.1 . DEERE KAY-LOADER AND PROVED TEDDER. 3 PAY-PRESSES. PORTER'S HOUSE FORKS AND CARREERS. KAY" Hrt fr ! 'iitlnBW. Treo. J. II. CLARK, Ilng-'r, Athena, Or. Fire broke out in the cold stor age warehouse just south of the Sixty-fourth-street .gate - of the world s fair. . The fire started at the top of the cupola, which rises fully 200 feet from the ground. Through this cupola the chimney passed. The cupola was made of wood, Bur- mounted witn a starx, ana was highly ornamented with pillars and columns.. .Near the top is a landing. The fire broke out 30 feet above this. As soon as the firemen arrived, 35 or 40 of them climbed up the ladders and were preparing to throw streams of wat er on the burning portion, when the lire which had eaten us way inside to a point below where the fireman stood, "broke out with vol canic ferocity on all sides. An ex clamation of horror broke from 20.000 people gathered about the building to see the fire. Five men saved themselves by sliding down the ropes. Before the others could follow the fire burned away the ropes. Those who remained were huddled toget?eron the north side of the cupola. It was beyond the reach of any ladders, and the crowd stood horror-stricken, helpless to aid. The flames leaped higher and higher until the men ! were almost concealed from view. One fire man sprang far out and was dash ed to pieces on the roof 60 feet be low. . Another and another, crazed by the awful heat, followed his ex ample and met the same fate. When five had jumped the upper portion of the cupola gave way, and the remaining firemen were swal lowed up in the mass of burning timbers. Meantime every effort was being m ade . to extinguish the fire, most of which was above the reach of streams. ; The entire building will be destroyed. It cost $250,000, and was stored with wines, meats and fruits.' , The loss will be $50G,Xfo. It was built by the Hercules Iron Works, manu facturers of refrigerating machin ery. It is reported that three wo men and several clerks in the of fice on the third floor were crushed by the falling cupola. no one could be found who would risk ten cents on his whaleship. When Pulley Point was passed the boat was ahead fully six lengths, and five minutes after passing the Point the greatest race on record was ended, the man had construc ted to sail on top of the water boat that could outrun the swiftest denizen of the deep. . A passenger who came up on the boat crossed the Flyer's track re ported seeing a dead whale near Pulley point. . Whether or not this was the remains of the whale that raced the Flyer has not been ? i i a ii V. 1.1 verinea, uut is is quiia jjiuuauio that the race the boat gave it may have proved fatal. -Tacoma Led ger. ; ;.- . ' , ; Binger a Straddler. We are afraid Binger Hermann, congressman from Coos county, in his straddle of the silver question, will be in the position of the new circuit judge who tried to please both parties to the lawsuit by rend ering his decision so as to compro mise the matter, with a view of re taining ; the friendship of both. But he incurred the lasting entity of both. - In his next decision he had learned.a lesson, and he secur ed the friendship of one side by rendering a flat-footed decision in their favor. Binger has been in his time a most artful and graceful straddier. But the silver question is a hard one to successfully strad dle, it is really a painlul spec tacle to witness aay one trying ' to straddle it. He is likely to be split clear up the back. , Attitude of Oregon. While the citizens of Oregon mav have doubts as to the wisdom of California in elongating the world's fair exhibit by holding a mid-winter show in San Francisco, there can be no question as to the course. Oregonians should pursue if the exhibition is decided upon, which it undoubtedly be from pre sent indications. Oregon should enter into the exhibit with gener ous, hearty good will and make as much of it as possible. THE IOWA CYCLONE. In Every Direction Nothing But Wreck and Kuin, NEARLY A HUNDRED LIVES LOST Will Ba Burried AliveA Young Man'KillsHis Father.' . Seventy-four people dead, at least five more to die, and over 100 injured is the result ot the cyclone that started at Quimby and ended with awful results at Pomeroy Thursday ; night. ; At the latter place 48 are dead and, over 105 blocka of residences are demolished. Nothing remains . but kindling wood. Two' hundred families are homeless," -many . having lost all. Business blocks are badly damaged, and the new postorhce, a drug store and seven churches are com Dletelv demohshhd. The loss in Pomeroy will reach fully. $50,000; All is chaos there. The residents still alive are in a dazed condition. and it is very difficult to get in formation. The storm came from the northwest and did its terrible work in literally onev minute's time. An immense amount of damage is done to crops. ' The' path of the storm is 6trewn with the carcasses of animals, and in every direction there is nothing but wreck and ruin. Immediately aftei .the storm had 'passed, the cries and moans of the injured and dving were heart-rending, and wil ling ones began the work of rescue.'' Their work was sickening, a3 peo ple were found literally torn to pieces, some with legs or arms gone, others suffering from terrible wounds with life oozing out. Many were dead so disfigured;i as to bo unrecognizable. The body of a young lady was found, but the A few of his party papers have the hardihood to endorse his action in the premises, and those of r the greatest weight and standing aro unanimous in their condemnation, not only of - his action, but of the manner in which he sought to justify himself in his course. The JSew York woria, neraia and Post are among the democratic newspapers which regard the gov ernor's languagtcs an . outrage on the dignity of hia high omce, and as an encouragement of anarchism. But among the constituents of the governor, at least among the " element to which he owed his nom-' ination and election, no such sen timents find voice. They feel the governor is one of them and, that the pardoning of the dynamiters is a victory for the principles wmcn : they profess." 1 - Johann Most, in an editorial on the subject, treats the governor's exercise of the prerogative of clem ency as follows; - Unfurl your blood-red banners, comrades,- thajyor Id over, and let us celebrate the feast -ofrjubilation, for we have received powerful TJf inforcements ' to our army; fight, and victory shall be ours. THE BURLINGTON IS COMINQ. The Great Big Road is Surely Head- HANGED IN CHAINS. head and i one of the lower limbs were missing. The old postofhee was turned into a morgue, and at one, time : contained 26 bodies. The Good Templars' , hall nd hotels : were turned into hospitals, where every effort was made to re lieve the unfortunates. A Negro Brute Pays the Penalty of His I 1 ; Crime. Will HODGES' HAINES HEADERS. BUCKEYE STEEL FRAME BINDER. . DlnUti&alshed for Strength and Durability. , ''" ' ' "t'"' " ""'--''" '-' Adriance car-Discharge Binder -ot Economical Binder in nse. R qnlre le power, ones Ics twine tbM oy titer ... HOLLIHGSWORTH & TAYLOR RAND AN3 SELF-DUMP RAKES ' , OCCETT IB ; ' Racing on Puget Sound.' What was probably the most unique race on the record occurred on the waters of Puget Sound be tween Tacoma and Seattle oh Fri day afternoonnamely a race be tween j a whale and a steamboat. Shortly , after ; the Flyer passed Brown's Point on her afternoon trip, to Seattle, a large shovel-nose whale was noticed on her port bow, and as it was in about the same position when the Flyer came up on her previous trip it exoited the curiosity of, the captain, -, who de cided to stand off his course to get a near view ot the monster of the deep. Judge of his astonishment when, instead, of overhauling the whale, the whale drew away from the boat. By this time it had got noised about among the passengers that it was the intention of the officers of the boat to overtake the whale if possible for wood, steel and 1 steam to do so. r 5 - ,- Word was sent to the engine room, and in a few moments it was plainly noticeable that the crack boat of the Pacific had ' got an ex tra move on herself, and in about five minutes it was clear she was gaining on the whale. About one mile south of Robinson's Point the whale put on an extra spurt speed, and for a minute or so gained a little on the boat,;but it evidently was only aepurt for the boat again gained.- When Robinson's Point was leached the whale took the inside course, and it; was feared it would run ashore and bo end the 1 a 1 ' . n t race. ;to prevent inia tne Jiyer kept on shore as to allow it plenty of sea room in rounding the point. Bv reason of taking the outside course after the point was roun- del, the whale had gained consid erable on the boat, but it was evi dent from the erratic movements of the leviathan that it was fast be coming tired out, and that it would be only a matter of a few miles more when the monster would have to'-ckriowledg defeat. About half a mile from Pulley roini me wnaie tna boat were side by side, and the " excitement among the passengers was intense, women and children joining in the wild vigorous yelling. Bets which at the beginning of the race were uffored that the whale would do up the boot were all withdrawn, and Whether guilty of the awful crime with which he was charged or- not, Seay J; MillerT the "negro arrested at Sykeston, Mo., last niaht. has paid the penalty for it. He was dragged irom tne jau ai 6 o'clock this alternoon dv an in: furiated mob, whose purpose it was to burn him at the stake. That he was not burned alive seems to have been due to the very fury of the mob that killed him. llxcited into hysterics, the ringleaders lost their heads and hanged him with a chain to a telegraph pole, while i . l i : . ( . i. .. u i. . v " iney were tsuounug uum mm,. John Kay, the lather ot tne mur dered girls, with singular inconsis tency, asked that the negro not be burned, although in the morning he had set the hour for the torture. It is doubtful if he knew what he was doing, he was so excited After being dragged from the jail, the negro was hurried away amid the cries of ''burn him," "burn him," until a telegraph pole was reached. ? A chain was drawn around his neck and two men climbed the pole with the other end of it. The negro was drawn up and strangled. Some one fired a shot into his body before he was dead. Everybody was disappoin ted and angrv at the manner of his death. The body, was lowered and horribly mutilated. The ears, finffers and other pieces were cut ,.. xl J awav. The Douv was men urug ged by the mob 500 yards,across the railroad track and burned. The fire ia to be kent burning all night. After his arrest at Skyes ton. the negro was positively men tified by the fisherman who ferried him across the river, tie also naa on his person a ring .belonging to one of his victims and ins unite contained hair torn from her head. These identified bv her father. He was lodged in tail here .about noon He called for a Methodist preacher and one waited on him. He pro fessed conversion and was baptized, Immediately after being baptised he raised his hands and swore he was innocent. This statement he repeated to the mob, but it is said heafterwatd made a partial coh fession. The door of the jail was battered in a few minutes before 3 and he was dragged out. Fully 7000 men, women and children witnessed the execution. Men who did the hanging are from Ken tucky, Tennessee, Illinois and Mis souri, but the work was done In such a manner and the throng was so great that no man can name the individual who participated. . Be Buried Alive. ,,, . special from Toledo mind reader, was 1ri" Toledo" 'yesterday on . his way to Chicago, where he is going The Press iays: Seymour fne mina reauer to be buried alive after the man ner of the .Indian magicians,' who say they can suspend anim ation for any period by swallow ing their tongues and controlling the heart and mind. "My coffin has gone ahead," said Mr. Sey mour, "its a iac-simiie oi me one in which General Grant's remains now , rest' and cost $3000. It is made in three sections, one fitting inside the other. I will be - buried six feet deep in the coffin.- (signals are to be arranged so that it things don't go right 1 can communicate with the soldiers on tne outside who will guard the grave. , Direct ly .after I am , buried a crop of barley will be sown over the grave. I will teinain buried till the germs sprout, grow, ripen and are har vested. Then' the disinterment will tako place., I won't come back to earth until September tn, i am positive I can do it and the scientific men who are assisting me are beginning to think ho too." - Killed his Father. s ; , News has just been received by messenger from a settlement near The Dalles, called Ten-Mile, of the killing of a man named h. XV. Wilhelm. Wilhelm was a man uo years old, who had a very violent temper, ana naa not Deen living with his family for some time. . It is understood , he frequently beat his wife, and had trouble with his sons concerning the working of their farm. When he left home the last time he told his family to take charge of the farm and that he was coming to 1 he iaues to live. Yesterday he returned home, and being m an ugly mood, quar reled with his wife. His youngest son, William, 22 years old, came to the assistance of Mrs. Wilhelm, when the man became violent and reached for a gun to shoot her. The bov. seeing their lives in dan- ger, struck his tatner over tne head with a ClUD. Killing mm in stantly. He came here this morn and gave himself up to tne snerin, who, with the coroner, has repair ed to the scene of the tragedy V Ing for Oregon. : ; i An Eastern Oregon paper says; "The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy surveyors have crossed over .the - TJ-Un lino and tiro nnw tvmlr- Xvlixuu uuauu .iiiu ... w ing surveys and photographing the topography of the country along different proposed routes of the lino frnm lim tft OrPfOll." . ' P. Otehfield. of Salem, office as-special -Indian agent for ' the United Stateegovernment ex- . pired a few days "pgo, received . a document from Wa8hington-yt'8-- terday informing him that his cf-. forts in securing a right of way . over the Crow Indian reservation for the Burlington had been ap This was Mr. Litchfield's last official act, and one of the most important, he think, for Oregon's interests. This right of way will allow the '"Burlington" to build ; -from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Bil-v . lings, Montana, ; through the Crow. 0 . ' i .! il. reservation , gaiter securing m v v right of way from indh" 1,r, Tn dians, Mr. Litcbfield'e w .-mg ,. on the community land of the re servation) Mr.' Litchfield thinks this' is the turning pdint of Hho- '; road for Oregon. He sivw several , ;' gangs of surveyors.- Some of tbcuv. ;; UoA vanrroA for t.VlA Orfifnn T'lVfiflC. liau ITViavu - n - - 1 and it was their inipre9$ion that the road smight join ther Oregon Pacific somewhere. Anyway they tiAftdorl for Oreffon. and thwtf "will probably not bo long ni getting' Soruce header bed lumber, reel- slots and good material for racks! at the Helix lumber yard. J. L. BAygB. Herr Most on Altgeld. Altgeld, the ' Illinois democratic governor who outraged decency by his recent pardoning of the anar chist . dynamite murderers of Chicago policemen, and who in so doing so went out of his way to denounce the administration of law in the state , which has the dis tinguished obloquy of having him for chief executivo is getting it hot from all sources. here after the financial situation f m . . t ItTt 1 i .. 1 . 2 - eases up, ; tor " tne -uurungtoii is one ofthe greatest corporations in tne woria. , . . " p addition to the following from, . the Yaquina Post will bo 'read with interest? -" 1 ' " Report has it'that 'ihc, 'Jw ' 1. trust Conipany and:thQ;I51ai,c. fac- tibn have settled all difficulties: that have heretofore entirely stop ped the-extension of the Oregon Pacific railroad, and have agreed 10 pusn lis conuiruuuuij, uuiuimvuu- mg operations as soon as may be on ., the Eastern extension.- A special train came down to the Bay on the ' 28th ult., for the ! purpose of locat " ing grounds for a new dipot, mak ing arrangements to extend the ; wharves, tear-down the point on ' ; the front kt Yaquina City and fill in with rock and earth clear back , to the east bank" of the Bay; pre- pare for the erection of anew hotel, or "add to the one already built, and to make divers and . sundry improvements, In the way of ware- , houses, etc., to . accommodate the immense business to be ushered . in on the Completion , and connec-' tion ofthe Oregon facinc with a road across the continent,, -we hope the rumor will prove true in ; every respect and that as rumored, At. ... l)fli,Ay. rr,n A li ! 1 1,a 1,1m iirRfiii A ALiuvi . i vu,- cv. . ."-O" . . . . .' . ...I,, graded and ironed, and trains uoi- running regularly to the ucscnutoa river, or 'farther east, before th; winter rains set in for 1893. When . the truth , of ;these rumors is dt- : monstrated by the actual work of construction, the Bay country and Benton and Linn "-'counties' will'.? witness a revival along the hn" that wm - be in marKea conirar.i. .11 a, ' j. J .. n it witn tne preBeni quuuuhs vnai, prv:v vails. The rumored line of con-' duct, outlined above, to bo at onci underta,ken; and . put sued by , the hitherto war ring factions of tha- Oregon Pacific m the future, if if they result in extending tho line of road to an eastern ' connection, wjll receive the hearty commenda- tion of tne people of Eastern as well as Western Oregon, and the entire country to be served by tha road will t&t once push ahead as it ' never has before. ; Go to Helix for your house and barn bills. ,