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VOLUME XVIII. ATIIENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 27. 1906. NUMBER 22. ED. MANASSE New. Arrivals . Every r Day Shirtwaists Id white and colored, Linen and Mull with the latest Cuff Sleeves. Embroideries. Monslia Embroideries. They . Iok like silk but wears better. CO- SUITS FOR MEN and BOYS In Square and Round Corners. Up to date Col ors and guaranteed perfect fit. ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. i. ; v ,: - Tirst; J v ; El ' r R - IWh f . . ' m ationa of Athena CA PITA L STOCK. $50,000 SURPLUS,.. .............. 17,500. We do Strictly a Commercial BusinessVVWjj; Solicit the Accounts ot IndividualsVinns ; and Corporations. OFFICERS H. a ADAMS, President, . -- T. J. KIRK, Vice President, iF. S. Le GROW, Cashier, I. M. KEMP, Ass't Cashier. I CONTRACTING m . .... Hereafter I will engage in Contracting and buildiDg in all its branches. I am in a position to carry on this line of business in a thorough and satisfactory manner, in connection with my Lumber Yard. I will employ the best workmen money can secure, and before you let your contract it will pay you to get my. figures. . . . A. M. CILLIS, THE GILLIS LUMBER YARD! mm Good Groceries, Coffee In this trinity should the grocer build his business temple. The difficulty is not great, but it s exceedingly difficult to build well without these 3 things. We have highest grade goods in every line Each Article the Acme of Perfection Our entire stock is selected with the same care and discretion. REMEMBER Our prices are always consistent with quality. DELL- BROTHERS . Ribbons. Those you read about for the neck and for beiw ashgoods. The litest in Washeoods can alwiyt he found at this establishment. " r DIRECTORS -E. C. ADAMS, T. J. KIRK, F. S. Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E. COLBERN. AND BUILDING I PROPRIETOR, CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THING3 TO EAT I oank TO AID SUFFERERS ATHENA CONTRIBUTES LIEER AILT TO SAN FRANCISCO- A Carload of Flour and Provisions Left Here Yesterday Noon For -the Stricken City. Tuesday morning Hon. T. J. Kirk began the circulation of a subscription paper for the relief of the San Fran cisooApnfferers. Yesterday he was as- Sted by David Taylor, and when tbeir labors were ended the sum of 450 had beeu subscribed. , The amount was expended for a car load of provisions which was shipped out over the O. B. & N. yesterday noon. In the car was 107 barrels of flour, 100 sacks of potatoes and $50 worth of breakfast foods. On the side of tbis car were long canvas stream ers, on which was painted the desti nation. : '"- " ' - That Mr. Kirk was successful in his undertaking is recognized, and that he had one of the most generous com munities to solicit from has been prov en on more than one occasion in the p set... Athena is ever ready to assist the afflicted. Tbis was demonstrated in the instance of the Heppner flood, wben Athena was among the very first towns to respond by sonding to the Heppner people $500 which' had been raised here for a Fourth of July oole bration. Mr. Kirk headed the San Francisco fund with $50,the Prestou Parton Co., gave $50; B. F. Ogle, $10; a number of $25 donations were made. Others gave from $10 down to 50 cents, the list of subscribers in full is too large for publication in today's Press for want of space. Bourne Wins Out-; i The Oregon ian tbis morning says: Returns received last night and today from the remote counties in the state changed the complection of the con test for candidacy for nomination for United States Seuolor for the republi can ticket. Jonathan Bourne, jr., of Portland is eleoted over bis nearest opponent, Henry M. Cake of tbis oity by about 400 votes. Returns from Harney and other counties are yet to be received, but the paper declares the result will not be changed. : Creamery Machinery Expected. The Eoho oreamory has been com pleted for a number of days an d the maobiuery for the same is expeoted to arrive any day. It will only take about three days to put the maobiuery in place, wbion will be done as soon as it arrives. The stockholders of the creamery oompany .will meet at the city hall next Friday at which time a board of directors and other neces sary officers will be eleoted and every thing done to complete the forming of the company. Register. Kirk Wins Out The complete official count of the votes cast in this county last Friday show that Hon. T. J. Kirk has been nominated for state senator by the narrow margin of three votes. He received an even 700, while G. W. Proebstel, his opponent, secured 697. Call for "Bidi 1 Sealed bids will be received by the Street committee at the oflloe of the city reoorder, np to 6 o'clock p. m. April 25, 1906, for man, team and wagon to do street sprinkling from four to six hours pof day, through the street sprinkling season. Time to be fixed by the Street committee. Right reserved to reject any and all bids. By order of the Street Committee. and Tea Athena, Oregon. SAN FRAMJISCO HORROR v A Vivid Description , Earthquake. Mrs. Ora Messner, a sister of Mrs. A. M. Gillis of this oity, is a resident of . San Francisoo. She is known to many Athena people and the following vividly descriptive letter written by ber to Mrs. Gillis, nuder date of April SI, will be read with interest by Press readers r . ' 'No pen can depict the awfnlness of the situatiou in our once beautiful and glorious San Francisco. No writer oau ever place npou paper the terrible impressions of any of these hundreds of thousands who felt the mighty power of the trembler wbioh passed nuder our once proud and prosperous city, nor the agony of the dying in their suddenly improvised crematories, nor yet the anguish of the living; husbands frautioally hunting tor their wives, mothers for their children and all grieving for their dead. I will try to pen you a letter today hoping that it may get within the renoh of Uncle Sam, who is trying so hard to help ns all in the name of old Glory. . . .... "Our city is wrecked, our grand San Frnuoiaoo which had grown to a mighty city even in its infancy, aud of which we were so proud aud of which all the world might envy, is in ashes. "I had established a beautiful home of three stories,' a frame build ing, three blocks from the city hall, a building of iron and stone which cov ered, two blooks of ground, It is impossible to judge the length of the shook; to me it seems an eternity. My bouse stood the crash, not a window cracked, but hardly a pieoe of furniture was left whole. Pictures, vases, eto., with which I was well supplied, . were broken into thousands of pieces. Gas pipes were broken and tbe deadly fumes added to the danger; the very pavements pulsated like living .tbiugs. Great buildings loomed up around me seeming terrible because of tbe queer danoe tbey were performing. "Crash followed orash, resouudiug on every side . Then there was a short lull then came the awful, iudescribablo shock wbioh ruined San Francisco and ruined us all. The street beds heaved in frightful fashion, some elevations ure as much as six teet. Buildings tottered and trembled a ruomeut, then crashed, burying all beneath them The grand old turrets of the city ball reeled toward us, then crashed to tbe street, burying its prisoners, its hos pital, its police officers and many others in its ruins. Tbis seoond up heaval was heart rending. I thought of all those dear to me and of those whom I knew were in tbe same straits with myself. ; The ories of those who must have perished reached my ears and I hope that never again will hear such signals of agony. "Tbe streets swarmed with human ity, each trying to each the open, yet where? The debris blocked every street, tbe pavements were lined with dead and injured. I walked further down town, hoping to reach the ferry, but no. The further I went tbe worse it grew. I returne homed to wait Trembler followed trembler.shock upon snock. Tbe streets were thronged with people more than half orazed in tbeir terror. Some laughed loud and long over tbeir fun, with that rare de gree of enjoyment with which a ma niao might gloat over his victim. Then a great light lit tbe heavens, then another, another, and tbe city was ablaze. 'Twas then that we knew our awful danger. I counted soventeen great fires, then went in and shut tbe door for a longer wait Our principal danger lay in tbe wholesalo district, yet tbe flames were raging in other parts of tbe city. Great piles of ma sonry with tbeir many stories acting only as furnaces for tbe incineration of valuables as well as humanity. Tbe roar of the flames, the falling of buildings, the restless moving of tbe throng was deafening. All our best buildings went first The Call, Chronicle, Examiner, Palace Hotel, Tbe Grand, St Francis, St Nicholas, Emporium, Hales, and a hundred oth ers were down before noon. By four o'clock the etitire hotel and lodging house portions were gone. Hardly an office building was left standing. Tbe people were out in tbe city parks with tbeir little handful of belongings. "All day long , all mgbtllong I sat in tbe square aud watched. The flames rolled from these large buildings and seemed to lick tbe very Leavens with tbeir great tongues. Tbey raged and roared, scattering firebrands for miles around in tbeir damnable fury. Tbe city was witbont water, tbe trem bler bad so far twisted aud broken tbe mains that our great fire department was helpless. Fire engines were out of the Results of the in great numbers. ; They would rush through the streets trailing tbeir great leugths of hose behind them and make a stand, only to find there was no water, to have the hose consumed behind them. They would scale tbe walls hundreds of feet high to have the buildings collaps and so fall into the seething flames. So the flames bat tled on. Thursday and Thursday night all onr most beautiful residences aud historical districts were swept away ana tne names weut on to North Beach, where old Ocean couiroi. me curat district now cov ers an area of about sevonty blooks m length aud fifty in width. I stood ou Pacific Heights last evening and as rar as tne eye can discern there is but a desolate waste while below me towards the bay for a distance of twenty blooks or more it was a lake of fire, ono of wbioh hell itself might be proud. Our mue eignt Hundred policemen proved inadequate so we drew upon the six teen hundred meu of tbe Presidio, who took control aud now patrol the small remaining portion of tbe oity. "Upon this portion more than three hundred thousand people are orowded. We are without water, without food and without sholter No lights, no gas aud no fuel. Bread yesterday sold for one dollar a loaf. Moat 50 oeuts per pound and everything else in proportion. , Today the federal au thorities have taken possession of many small groceries in the suburbs and are dealing out to the people but as yet we can have no fires. The city has more than six hundred unidentified dead for burial. When the troops took possession they would consign these bodies ouco more to tbe flames. In one place tbey came with twenty-six charred remains wbioh tbe civilians hud rescued. After saving here a watch caso, there a pockotbook eto, as a means of identification they consigtied-the bodies to these fiery fur naces as a last resting place. ; We do not blame them, they are grand noble , boys; ; working for tbe good of the living tbe dead takes oare of its own. We have now fallen into a dazed coudition ; mere indiffer ence to our fate. The flames still lage on, occasional tremblings startle us, but .what of that I We are now crowded out for miles aud are resting in the cemeteries aud here iu these cities of the dead we view tbe black ened charred ruins of tbe city. A great dead past, my city, my home, my dead. I have just appealed to the polioe to assist me in finding Dan Gil lis and wife, their home is swept away.but their Mission street property is safe. My house stood until Thurs day noou,- then joined tbe rest of the embers and left me penniless. Tbe firemen did all tbey could to save tbe property above Van Ness avenue, so bombarded tbe east side for blocks, giving away only as they were com pelled to. My possessions wore sacri ficed . - This bombardment went on for sixty hours, tons of dynamite were nsed, wbioh sounded not unlike two mighty armies at war. My loss was comparatively small, but this disaster has put ns all ou a common plane. Sometimes we meet a friend. 'Tis a handshake, a "God help you;"tben like ships that pass in tbe night, 'tis silence again aud a darkness. So the hours drag on. Tbe government has placed boats out a short distance at sea to take us off if need be, but tbe surf is raging so now that I doubt if it could be done. We have no means of transportation, no telegraph, telephone or postal service. All will be better in another day if nothing more dis turbs us. "I accept my fate with the rest I am aosoiuieiy aescicnte, as are tbousauds of others. Tell all tbut I am alive. Belief is coming tbis way, the great world is kind after all and I understand tbat in her pulsing heart throbs she has an ache for generous hearted San Francisoo, which is al ways tho first to respond to the ap peals of any afflicted people through out the. civilized world. Wealthy San Franoisco, tbe home of the Argonauts and which, even in her dire distress. manifests the spirit of old 49. ' Help to us as a city , is not a gift, it is a re turn in great measure of tbat long since given as a loan in trust. More than three-fourths of our citv is burned, but we are five hundred thousand people pleading for aid. It will be months before any labor can be had, there is not a business boose left there is not so mncb as a per fectly secure building remaining. "Today we are threatened with a new horror, typhoid and smallpox, but we may be able to take care of our own." KIDS AND BOOSTERS PLAY HEBE SATURDAY AND IS PENDLETON 8UND AY. Shea Goes to Taco'ma, Necessitating a Change in the Yellow , . Kid Lineup. When the Yellow Kids and the Walla Walla "Boosters" cross bate in Athena Saturday, a stirring good game will be played. The teams have played five games the Kids win ning three. Walla Walla comes with a new lineup and the cherished hope of making it even in Saturdav'a came oarrying off the odd one at Pendleton Sunday, where the two teams expect to play before one of tbe largest crowds ever assembled at tbe conntv seat grounds. Athena's lineup will be also chanced m tbe result of Danny Shea leaving today to join the Northwest leaene team at Taooma. There are three catohers on tbe team elicible to nlnv Shea's position, and either Krietz, Davidson or Knapp, a new man, will ue named for tbe place. . t It is known that Walla Walla hna been strengthened by tbe recent acqui sition of Stinger, a catcher from the 3-1" league, and third baseman Yates of Spokane. K. Burns, mauauer of the Wnlln Walla team, announces that Sunday's excursion train to Pendleton will con sist of ten coaches. The round trip from Athena is 65 oeuts. INSURANCE 8ITUATI0N All Companies Having Rlaki in Han Fran- claco, ray Loii.ea In Full. The status of the insurance com panies having risk losses in San Francisco is of groiat iuterost at tbe present time. Atbena agents have received notification from the head offioors of tho companies they repre sent, that in every instance' tbe San ' Francisoo losses will be paid in full. l'ue payment of these losses will be made in almost every iostanoe. so far as concerns tbe financial condi tion of tbe companies interested, with out impairing die capital stock,' ox-i cept iu some oases, aud then to tbe ex tent of a small per cent. Every company represented ' by agents in Athena has assured them' that losses will be paid dollar for dollar and tbat tbe companies are iu a position to do business with the usual regularity and coutinue to merit the confidence of the public ' Athena Woman a Victim. A telegram was reooived yesterday by C. A. Barrett, announcing tho death of his sister, Miss Fannie Bar rett, in San Fraucisoo, wbiob resulted it is thought, from heart failure due to the earthquake shook. Miss Bar rett resided with a married sister. Wben tbe shock came tbe family ran into tbe street, and on returning to the house, wbioh was cot damaged to any great extent, Miss Barrett was fonud iu bcr bed, dead. No further news has , been received by Mr. Barrett, and tbe supposition is that his sister died from heart failure. Miss Barrett will be remembered by many Athena people, being well known to friends of tbe family. For a time she residod here with Mr. and Mrs. Barrett, leav ing Atheua a couple of years ago to make her home in San Francisco. A Serious Runaway. George Carmicbeal, the well known Weston farmer, experienced an ex citing runaway in Atbena Wednesday lorenoon. He drove up to tbe city scales and after weighing bis fine team of Caution oolts, hitohed the two horses to tbe hack aud took his seat without suappiug the inside line checks. The team was off in an in stant and brought np near Prof. J. S. Heury's residence in tbe north part of town, while Mr. Carmicbeal ciroled tbem around until tbey struck a tree. Mr. Carmiobeal was thrown violently to the ground but fortunately escaped without injury. One of the horses was slightly cut aud the hack wrecked, A Belantllia Wonder. Tbe cures that stand to its credit make Bucklen's Arnica Salve a scien tific wonder. It cured E. R. Mnlford, lecturer for tbe patrons of husbandry, Waynesboro, , Pa., of a . distressing case, or . riles. It heals tbe worst burns, sores, boils, nicies, cuts, wounds, chilblains, and salt rheum. . . Only 25o at the Palace drug store. Eeward Offered. J I will pay a liberal reward for in formation leading to tbe recovery of a three year old gelding. Description. bay with bald face, four white legs. brand A B on left bip. Ralph Gillis, Athena, Ore. -i u-Kac for rifty Cents. Guaruuujed tobacco habit euro, makes weali entroi' -iiwd sure. UK.il. AU Uruuuww. ,