HMHEPJE PRIZE
A Trophy That Did Not Remain
Long In Captivity.
THE MISSING COAT OF ARMS.
It Belonged to the American Consulate
In Honolulu and Was Carried Off by
a Party of English Middies The Res
titution and Apology.
"Speaking of old times on the coast,"
Baid an Oregonian, "reminds me of
some of the sterling characters we
had there. Ono was Governor Mc
Brlde of Oregon. Ills first official du
ties were at Honolulu, .where he was
United States minister. King Kamc-
hameha was the ruler at the time. The
minister was a heroic type of a man,
the father of fourteen children, and a
number of his sons became distin
guished men In various professions,
lie was a true American, cast iu an
ultra patriotic mold, and many stories
are told among the eldtlrnm of bis
patriotism and bravery.
"When McBride reached Honolulu
he found there were no outward in
signia designating the American con
sulate or minister's office, w he had a
large American coat of arms cut out
of wood, gilded and decorated appro
priately, and this was hung over the
office door that all the world might see
it It was naturally a conspicuous ob
ject and of much interest to the pub
lic. "One day on English man-of-war
came into port The sailors and mid
shipmen were given liberty, and, as
often happens, some of them had hi
larious times. Among the then mid
shipmen were Lord Gordon nild Lord
Beresford, who, like all midshipmen in
from a long cruise, were out for a
jolly time. Walking down the street,
they did not fall to notice that Yankee
coat of arms, and as Beresford was
collecting bric-a-brac and curiosities it
occurred to him and Gordon that this
.would be a fine addition to their col
lection, a trophy worth . having. So
they selected a time when the minis
ter was away and the office closed,
presumably at night, and took down
the coat of arms, hired a native vehi
cle to carry it down to the dock and
actually succeeded in getting it aboard
without any of the ranking officers
knowing anything about it.
"The next morning when the minis
ter came down to the office his assist
ant said:
'"Mr. Minister, your bird's taken
flight'
"'What do you mean?' asked his
excellency.
"Tour coat of arms is gone,' re
plied the aid.
" 'Gone where? Flown off?'
" "Not exactly,' said the other. 'It's
Just disappeared.'
"The minister walked out into the
street and looked up. The coat of
arms, which was five or six feet
across, was 'notlceablo by Its absence.'
It had taken wings and flown away.
Exactly what the minister said has
not been chronicled.
"It so happened that Beresford had
given the carriage driver an extra faro
for his trouble. Some one discovered
this and quickly reported it to the min
ister, who at onco mado a demand
upon the captain of the frigate for its
return. The captain, who was inno
cent denied that the thing was aboard
ship. The minister scut his evidence
to tho captain, reiterating his demand
and demanding an apology for the in
sult "Tho captain now began an investi
gation, and tho culprits owned up and
took tho coat of arms on deck, when
it was promptly sent ashore and re
turned to the office of the minister.
McBrlde, who was there, refused to
receivo it.
"'Tell the captain of your frigate
that I deslro that tho men who took it
down bring it back, place it where
they found it and apologize.'
"Back to tho ship went tho men ,
with the coat of arms and reported.
Tho captain ordered tho young men to
go ashore, take tho coat of arms to tho
consulate, replace it as they found it
and apologize to tho minister.
"It was doubtless a bitter pill, and
tho young midshipmen had to stand
the badinage of their comrades. Tho
two went ashore, ready to comply,
and took tho coat of arms to tho con
sulate. The American minister had
not put himself out to keep tho mat
ter quiet and ns a fact the public was
well posted, and tho consulate was
surrounded by a crowd of Americans,
natives and others, all laughing at the
predicament of tho joung midship
men. "The minister had a strong sense of
humor and determined to get all there
was In it. He preserved his dignity as
best ho could as he received tho young
men and listened to their apologies.
Tho midshipmen then took the coat qf
arms from the hack and amid the
cheers of tho crowd climbed to the
front of the building and placed it In
position, then hurried down, followed
by laughter and cheers." O. F. Holder
in New York Evening Post
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THE INDIANS PAID.
What the White Men Charged Them
For Killing One Donkey.
In "Reminiscences of Old Times In
Tennessee" a story is told of the good
faith and honor of a party of Chicka
saw Indians. While hunting one fall
they shot a donkey, mistaking the
creature for a wild animal. They sold
the hide, and it finally came to the
hands of John Barnes in Llpton.
When the Chlckasaws returned to
the region of Llpton for their annual
hunt the next fall Barnes Invited them
to a shooting match, tho prize to be
the skin of a very rare animal.
Thirty braves appeared at the con
test, and one of tbem won the prize.
When ho saw the skin he turned it
over and said: "Ha, ha! Me kill him!
Me shoot him! See!" And bo pointed
to the fatal bullet hole.
Then Lflrncs told them that they had
killed a donkey, a very useful animal,
but he was sure that they bad douett
by mistake, believing It to be a wild
anlninl.
The Indians listened attentively to
tho white man's words and then con
sulted together a few minutes. Finally
they separated, each brave going to his
pony, uuhltcnlng him and leading him
to the spot where a gang of white men
stood. Barnes In the midst of them.
Then one of tho Indians spoke:
"We sorry we kill donkey. We think
he belong to tho woods. We find him
in cane. We think him wild. We sor
ry. Now we pay. We take no white
man's boss, . pony, nothing of white
man. We honest. WTe have ponies;
that's all. Take pay." And he mo
tioned to tho long lino of ponies, held
by their owners.
"How many?" asked Barnes.
"White man say," returned the In
dian; "take plenty."
The honor of the red men was not
equaled by the white men, for, be It
recorded to their shame, they took
from the Chlckasaws thlrtyflve ponies
to pay for the accidental killing of one
donkey.
AN AFRICAN RAILWAY.
The Way It Was Described by an
Educated Native.
C. J. Thllllps, business agent in
Uganda of tho Church Missionary so
ciety, throws light upon the workings
of the native mind by quoting a re
markable letter in which a native
member of the katiklro's (prime minis
ter's) party gives a description of the
Uganda railway.
"My friend, I can tell you the Euro
peans have done a marvelous thing to
make the railway and the trains. They
fasten ten or fifteen houses together
and attach them to a fireplace which
is as big as an elephant, and the road
It goes on is as smooth as the stem of
a plantain. It goes as fast as a swal
low flying, and everything you see out
side flits past you like a spark from a
fire. If it were to drop off one of the
bridges not one in it would be 'saved,
for it goes dreadfully quick. The hills
it passes are as high as those of Kokl,
and they have bridged over great val
leys which are as deep as that you see
when you look from the top of Nami
rembo, so deep that you cannot Bee tho
bottom when you are going over them."
Later there follows a description of
a ship: "It is as deep as our two sto
ried house and as wide as the king's
road in Mengo, and it is as long as
from the katiklro's fence to the gate
of the king's lnclosure. It has three
tall poles In It and a big throat, out of
which smoke comes, which is as wide
as the new drum in the church at Na
mircmbo. The rooms in it go down
threo stories, and tho boards of these
I cannot describe to you, for such have
not been seen before. Thero is a lot
of metal work about them, too, but
those also I cannot describe, for it is
so fine. There are children on board
and a T.ock of sheep and places to
v;:s!i in att;ulul to every place where
a ehbf Flecp:!. inie'a as even our klug
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SUMMONS
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
Bertie Rogers, plaintiff, vs. Amos
F. Rogers, Defendant. To Amos F.
Rogers, the above named defendant:
In the name of the state of Oregon,
you are hereby notified and required
to appear and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff filed against you in
the above entitled court and suit on or
before the 29th day of Oolober A.D.
1909, said date being six weeks from
the date of the first publioatiou of this
summons, wbiob said first publication
will be made on Friday the 17th day
of September A. D. 1909, in the Athe
na Press, a newspaper published week
ly at Athena, Umatilla Co., Oregon.
And you will take notioe that if you
fail to appear and answer the said
complaint, or otherwise plead thereto,
within said time, the plaintiff, for
want thereof will apply to the court
for the relief prayed for and demand
in her said complaint, to-wit: for a
deoree of said court dissolving the
bonds of matrimony now and here-to-'
fore existing between plaintiff and
defendant, granting to plaintiff an
absolute divorce from defendant, and
deoreeing to plaintiff other and fur
ther equitable relief.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of the Hon. II. J. Bean,
Judge of the Sixth Judicial Distriot
of the State of Oregon, duly made
and entered on the 11th day of Sep
tember A. D. 1909.
Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Just Suits Him.
Friend Why do you encourage these
woman's suffrage meetings? Surely
you don't approve of them. Husband
Approve? With all my heart! I can
come home as late as I like now with
out finding my wife at home to ask
nuestlons. Fllegende Blatter.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla oounty.
In the matter of the Estate of John
H. James, deceased.
Notioe is hereby given to all persons
whom it may oonoern: that Lydia
James, administratrix of the estate of
John H. James, deoeased, has filed
her final account and report in the
above entitled court; that the eouit
has appointed Monday the 18th day of
October A. D. 1909, at the hour of 2
o'olook in the afternoon, as the time
and the County Court bouse at Pen
dleton, Oregon, as the plaoe where
any and all objeotions and exceptions
to the said final aocouut may be heard
and the settlement thereof made. The
court further directed that notioe
thereof be published in the Athena
Press onoe eaob week for four con
secutive weeks, the first publication to
be made on Friday the 17th day of
September A. D. 1909., and the last
one on Friday the 15th day of October
A. D. 1909.
Done and dated this the 17th day nf
September A. D. 1909.
Lydia James, Administratrix.
Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Adniinieitatrix.
east qnnrter, Section two; Township
foui rfoutb, raDge thirty. E. W. M.
South hfllf, Southeast quarter, and
Northwest quarter, Southeast quarter;
and the Southwest quarter, Northeast
quarter. Section one, Township four
South, Range thirty, E. W. M. be
sold to satisfy said judgment
and all costs, I will on the 23rd day
of Ootober, 1909; at the hour of two
o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
in front of the Court bouse door, in
the city of Pendleton, Umatilla Coun
ty, Oregon, sell the right, title
and interest the said W. O. Minnis
and Alvina Minnis, had in and to the
above described real property on the
13th day of September, 1909, or since
then have acquired, at publio anotion
to the highest bidder for oasb in hand,
the proceeds to be applied in satis
faction of said exeoution and all
costs.
Dated this 21st day of September,
1909.
T. D. Taylor;
By B. C. Wilson. Deputv. Sheriff.
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
John F. Temple, plaintiff, vs. Wal
ter Cameron, a single man, and John,
Bergevin, defendants. To Walter
Cameron, above named defendant:
In the name of the state of Oregon
you are hereby summoned and requir
ed to appear and answer the com
plaint filed against you in the above
entitled suit by the plaintiff herein on
or before the expiration of six weeks
from the date of the first publication
of this summons against you; and you
are further notified that if you fail
to answer or otherwise appear in said
suit within that time plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief pray
ed tor in the complaint filed in the
said suit, to-wit: for a personal deoiee
of said Court for the payment against
defendant for $550 and interest there
on at the rate of ten per cent per an
num from February 8, 11)08, until
paid, $100 attorney's fees and the cost
and disbursements of this suit; that
the Conit also deoree that plaintiff's
lien by virtue of said mortgage in this
complaint mentioned and of that
oertain mortgage dated February 8,
1908, executed ty Walter Cameron to
J. B. MoDill and assigned to the
plaintiff herein, said mortgage cover
ing Lot ten of seotion 15 in Township
3, North of Range 35, E. W. M. in
Umatilla County, Oregon, shall be
foreclosed and said real property sold
under exeoution to be issued upon the
deoree which the court shall render in
said case by the sheriff of Jmatilla
County, Oregon; and that the proceeds
thereof shall be applied first to the
payment of the costs and expenses and
disbursements of suit second, to the
sum of money for wbioh plaintiff
prays deoree in said suit against de
fendants; that the balanoo, if any, te
paid to the defendants; that any party
to the suit may purchase any or all of
the said property at such sale. This
summons is published pursuant to an
order made by the Hon. H. J. Bean,
Judge of the above entitled court, on
the 31st day of August, 1909 and the
first publication thereof is made on
the 3rd day of September, 1909.
J. B. Perry, attorney for plaintiff.
SHERIFF'S SALE:
Notioe is hereby given that under
and by virtue of an Exeoution issued
out of the Circuit Court for the state
of Oregon in and for Umatilla county,
and to me direoted and delivered upon
a judgment and deoree rendered and
entered in said Court on the 13th day
of July. 1909 in favor of J. S. MoLeod,
plaintiff, and against W. C Minnis
and Alvina Minnis, defendants, for
the sum of $128.88 with iuterest
thereon at the rate of 8 per cent
per annum from August 21st 1909;
and for the further sum of $200
attorneys fees, aud for the further
sum of $31.50 costs, and whereas by
said judgment it was further adjudged
and deoreed that the hereinafter des
cribed real property to-wit;
The South half, Southwest quarter,
Seotion one: The South half, Sonth-
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In the matter of the Estate of Mar
garet Bonifer, Deceased.
All persona whom it may oonoern
are hereby notified that Byron Hawks,
executor of the last will and testament
of Margaret Bonifer, deoeased, has
filed his final account in the adminis
tration of said estate; that the oounty
judge, by order duly made and enter
ed, has appointed Saturday, the 30th
dav of Ootober A. D. 1909, at 2:00
o'olook in the afternoon of said day
as the time and the county Courthouse
at Pendleton, Oregon, as the plaoe
where any and all objections and ex
ceptions to the said final aooount and
teport will be heard and the settlement
thereof made. This notioe will appear
in the Athena Press, from Friday the
first day of October A. D. 1909, to
and inoluding the 29th day of Ootober
A. D. 1909, once eaob week for four
successive weeks.
Byron Hawks, Executor.
Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Exeoutor.
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