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VOL. XXII.
LA KIOV IHW, LAKIC COUNTY, OilhUON, THURSDAY, AUG.I. .Ml.
no. 32.
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VIEWING THE SIGHTS
OF NEW YORK CITY.
St. Paul's Chapel, Washington's Pew, Egyp
tian Obelisk, Grant's Tomb, Stock Ex
change and Gay Coney Island.
Standing mi tln rear p!ii t f or m of it
.New Vol k Central railioitil Itain a il
pttiit out the thickly M'ltled country!
Ir.mi Hull.ilo I.. Sew Yolk City, it for !
(In flint tint' claw in- on ii .rrnii why it
in Unit tin l!at Mlppollrt Hlllll ii lit rji
oitihitio i iin iigiiimt tin- piirci'l v nettled
Went. It i mi iihxiinxl (ml that tin'
I llHt lliM'KJ Hot lll'M'll for Oil" lliollll'llt
on tin' liu in. While it is trim the i on ti
tty i very thickly willed, the furuiH
are miiiill, Mini only supply tlx liotuii
nmrke', iiil 1 1 if Went i fill It'll iihiii to I
supply tli surplus. Why tli is fuel re
I nit i iix . i easily i x jil it i i 1 iim you count 1
llm tnili posts along i Ii in route, mil) note i
how mil.s iiri' triinTHid l'fure n
lri iiiiiimfiii'l uiinu city i reached, or
ti small town witli out' or in ire lactones, j
iiinl iH'i iiHioiiiilly you ps a (iictory of j
large iliiiii'iiioiin off liy itef, between j
station as it were. I hestt l.ii-'oi U'H fin
loy (rotn IlKI to fa A I or even KHKI jieoplc
Iroiu oiiii year In another, mid it i ci n i rn
H larc iiiiioiimI n( (imm to supply do ninny
people w ho tin inside work. It may he
said lliul tlu Fast h it I West ii re mulch
ing I :l t I in hand, un tin- Fust ili x'i,iU
on tin western coiiiiliy to supply, tin m
witli taw ii i it I -r t :t I , iuhI wi 1 I on
tlii'iu (or i'Vi'rytlnii( in tin' miiiiiif.icturcd
Inn'. So it in easily explained why there
are so many (a'oplti I litrt hikI every one
employed. It in interesting in a not
I'liini to lnt.ii lliM iiiiinl uo'.e the dif
fctem e hi thi'ir way ol doing luirdiiess
an. I mir way. There, ctciylliing k'oc
Willi n mill li'nl no limn in wasted. Hut
out here I'll- never i!-t in hurry as
ii ruh'. Hinl tilings move along very
quietly, as though there a plenty of
tiini'.
'1 In sights t 1 1 1 u it ureal railroad liku
tht'N. Y. 1'i'iitrnl u if imiiiy, and the
greatest n( tin-in is tin' r.iilroinl itself,
l our tracks run n rn l-1 (nun IhilTitlo to
Alhitny, two for passenger uml two (or
freight traniH, and it seta one to think
i lite ami wondering w hero so many people
are going uml where all that freight is
1m mi ml for, when hardly minute elapse
until a train is passed going one w ay or
not her. Traveling a mile h minute in
nut mi unusual thing uny more, in hu t
inoro passenger tniini attain that speed
in tho t'UHt tlmn a lesser eed. Two
trains pHHHiiitf at thin rule of speed would
make two miles h iniiiutc, ami to oinj
iinmcuHtoiniid to it, in .turtlinl when
uiiothcr train (IiihIioh hy, mul you nru not
itlikt in Hi'c auylhiiiK hut a Htrcak, hikI
tlu not rt'ulir.o what liaa liiiiintil until
the train are a mile apart. TliiH road
(or inih'B ami miluH in huilt aloii); tho old
ami fainoUH Kriu Canal, ami tho pair of
inuh'H liitcluul tandem ran be cen from
tho earn , drawinit the cunal tmat an o(
old, where 1'reni lent (iartield ami many
another noted man, have started in their
life of umdulneHs.
Albany, the capital of New York, an Ii
well known, in situated iiietureHiiuoly on
the west bank of the Iludaon river, and
the twenty million dollar capital can be
nattily Been looming up as the train
croNHOH the rivor to the eant bank. Clone
to the watcr'u edno the train now rum
until Kcw York city Ih reached, viewinu
aH we speed along, tho beautiful scenery
of this wonderful river. Not in the
leuHt does it compare w ill) the gorieotis
graudure of Oregon's pride, the Colum
bia. Hut the liiHtorii Rl BpotH and plaoes
made beautiful by the hand of man, are
worth spending time and money to see.
West Point Military Academy and other
pluces of Interest are pHSHt'd as we go
down toward the metropolis of the
United Slates, the iiuiond largest city
in the world.
Any attempt to describe what was
seen ill New York would take more
space than The Examiner litis available,
atid then one's memory fails them in
such a task as this. A few things usual
ly observed by visitors might be of in
terest, however, to those unacquainted.
Our party stopped at the Astor House,
the old and one time fashionable hotel,
but not so any more, as tjie fashionable
iiinrter on I-'t ft h Avenue in "Hirrnnmled
I'V a niititlier 'i( line hotel, uiiiong them
the WhIiIoiI Atoiiit, wliirh eunllot he
exi'flled in thin country in it h fiiriiinh
iiikh, HiTne mil euii.iie. The Alor
IIoiihii 14 nitiiated on Itroadway, juxl
Mt roHM from the pimtollii'f, city hall, and
the ( ii I If t hilildilik! in the "itv are with
in a hliH'k ; a No the big daily new "puper
huildinuN lire all near hy, where the
newM of the world in inMiied half a dozen
timet) a day. A penny in all that i
imkiil for thene mounter piiperM, and
people neeui too hiiNy ti reel. Old St.
Paul's ChH'l, (Trinity l'arih) erected
in 17ii, ix jiift acriiMt the htret't on the
fiMilli from a all r hotel. This tdiitpi-l i" the
oldent public building uml the only Col
onial fhiin.li building in the city. A hit
of hictory tells n that "on Seteiiiler
loth, 1 7 7 . Admiral l.ord lloweiunlMr
Henry Clinton look poieMNioii of the
city. On the IMxt, one fikflith of the
city, iiiclnding Ttinity church, w:ih
hiirned ; and St. Paul's narrowly e
iitH'il. The ruins mood (ill ultei the
rttvolution, and for 1J yeuis St. Paul's
wan the l'u r ih Ii church. Immediately
uller bin iuniigiira'ion hi I'r-l preHident
ol the I'niled Slates, on April :U), J7S1I,
( iti.. WuNliinutou, with both houses ot
emigres r nine in proceHnion to St. Paul's
cliit M-l , where an appropriate service
was held by lln-lc p I'rovnft. Chaplain
of the Senaltt. In Wiiiwi.ii'it itiiare
from ITH'.t to 17'.M, an reKiiliirly as S in
cay couieit round, ii the entry, 'Went to
St. Paul's cluipfl in the forenoon.'
When the patriots went through the
city dcHtroying everything which syin
holized our iillt'iuuce to the Mother
Country, the mat-nf-arms of the Prince
of Wales, eM-aM'd their notice; ami here
it Iiiin remained until the prcm-nt time."
The Chapel is open every day for pri
vate devotion, and anyone who wir-hes
nay go in. It is need lens to say that we
weut in out ( curioMly ami to have
the Hutifactiou of saying we visited such
an historicul building, (ico. Washing
ton's pew is still intact, and many of
the grave stones in the Chapel yard are
as old as the church.
tioiug down Broadway toward the old
Cattle liurdcu, our attention is called to
the fact that we have reached Wall
street, where we are informed the monev
centre of the world is now located, it
having recently been transferred irom
Iondon. Not (ur away on Broadway is
the frtoek Kxchungo, where fortunes are
made ami lost in a single day. Our visit
to this wonderful place was interesting
from that lact alone, for what we saw
was Greek to us. It was like a crowd
of lunatics turned loose in a room to
gether, the like of which can bo seen in
the Oregon I limine Asylum every day.
A ride out on Riverside Drive was very
pleasant, viewing on the one side the
lludaon river and on the other a row of
millionaire mansions. Situated nearly
at the upper end of this drive, is Grant's
tomb, the one place that a visitor should
not miss seeing. To go inside is awe in
spiring, and the visitor on entering at
once doffs his but and looks in silence
at the sepelchur where lion the body of
our great general ami president, and by
its side is another for the hero's wife
when the hand of time shall call her
borne.
A few blocks from here takes us to
Central Park, where the rich and jtoor
alike are wont to enjoy an hour away
from the city's din. Fashion in all that
it is claimed can bete Ihj seen, in turn
outs that are as swell as they make
them. The most wonderful thing to be
seen in the park is the
Egyptian Obelisk. It stood
nearly -11)00 years near
Alexandria, Egypt, and
was given to the city by
Ismail Puuha, the Khe
dive of Egypt, in 1877,
when it was brought to
this country and placed
in Central Park. It is
D said that Moses saw this
p
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Mid-Way Attraction
i RIP TO
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This is one jf the greatest attractions
of the Midway. The traveler enters a
jjre.'it landing-dock, from whence, in
company with a hundred others, he
steps on hoard the airship, Luna. The
fastenings are cast off, the jjreat wins
heat, the ship heiiis to rise, or seems to,
the earth drops rapidly 'iway until ithc
coines a mere receding hall, other j)lan
ets appear, increase in size and hriliancy,
and finally the moon draws nearer and
nearer, .and the .airship settles down up
on its surface. Then follows disem
harkation into the streets of the Moon
City, with visits to the dwarf
people and the shops and hazars of
Luna. After enjoying a heatitiful scene
in the M'.oon thistreyouare ushered out
upon un. Mint, a-i tjiu'wnercyou entered,
and wondering how it was possihle to
step otT the Moon onto Mother earth hy
just passing through 'i single door.
ins-rihed ro-k or monument, and that
it was standinir in Egypt l"tH) yenrs lie
fore Christ was born.
The next jxiint of interest to a visitor
is ltarthaldi's Statue of Liberty Knlight
ning the World, on Iledloe's Island. It
is mailu of copiwr ami was given to the
city not many years ago by the man
whose name it bears. Only a few min
utes ride out on the bay from Castle
Garden and the statue is reached, from
the top of w hich a Itrand view is ob
tained of New York, Urooklyn ami Jer
sey City, all seemingly within a stone's j
throw .
A day was taken to go out to Coney
Island, the famous bathing resort. Street
cars, elevatetl railroads and steamers
make regular and frequent trips, and
one can take their choice. We took the
electric car and crossed over the East
river on the renowoed Brooklyn bridge to
Urooklyn, viewing that beautiful city as
we passed through it. Invoking up the
river from the lirooklyn bridge, another
bridge now being constructed can be
een not many blocks away. It w ill lie
similar to the Brooklyn, but will be
made entirely of steel and more modern
in construction.
The ride out across Long Island to the
sea shore is refreshing, and on arriving
there a plunge in the surf is more so.
.
There are numerous attractions at this
famous resort, and it is likened unto the
Midway at Buffalo, with its Scenic Rail
way! Chutes, Ferris Wheel on a small !
scale, Steeple Chase, etc. We will leave
the reader here and take another plunge
In the surf, for fear of becoming over
heated in this tropical climate.
Madeline, Northern Terminus.
It is stated that when the N-C O. rails
re laid to the northern border of Made
line Plains a new town will spring into
activity. The railroad will then have
been completed one hundred and fifty
miles north of lteno, and Madeline w ill
be made the end of the first division. It
is thought that machine shops, stock
yards and feeding corrals will at once be
built, besides a big hotel, livery stable
and other business places. It is thought
the railroad will reach Madeline in October.
at the Pan-American.
THE MOON.
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HOMESTEADERS,
Must Live on Claims
or Lose Them.
Tiie Secretary of the Interior has hand
ed down a decision of great interest rela
tive to the tenure of homestead claims.
He holds that the homesteader must
actually live upon the land tiled or his
entry w ill le null and void.
The decision is given in the cases in
which the homestead entries of Ik-maid
McGaraghan and William Lupton up
on land in Humbolt county were con
tested by Henry Bra-e and William
Elsemorn. The judgment in the local
Land Ottice sustained the decision and
finally a second appeal to the Secretary
of the Interior has been met with an
affirmation of the decision of the lower
tribunals.
"The reason for the loss of their
claims by these eutrymen," says the
decision, "was that they did not live
upon the land in question, as provided
by the homestead laws. The fiction
that it is only necessary to go upon the
land once in six months and stay over
night in a cabin has deceived many a
homestead entryman. It requires resi
dence, improvements and cultivation to
bold the land, and it mnst be continuous,
or as nearly so as i-.ircumstances will
permit.
"A person w ho has a homestead entry
can go to some other place and work to
earn a living for a time, if necessary;
but his homo must be on the land and
nothing else w ill take th place of resi
dence and improvement.
"Those who tell homestead entrymen
that they need only go to the land oc
cassionally and stay over a uight or two
in the cabin erected as an excuse for a
dwelling, do injustice to the entrymen,
who must often ioa their claims by ac
cepting it. Because some entries are
made aud the land patented under such
circumstances, when no contest is en
tered it must not be inferred that the
law requires nothing more than a cabin,
a little fence or clearing and au occa
sional visit to the land embraced in a
homestead entry.
f-.VV
MODOC WAR
! IS STILL ON
; Lynchers Forced To
j Keep Silence.
The Modoc lynching capes, and com-
plications growing out of them, are be
; f jre the Supreme Court in a variety of
ways, says the San Francisco Chronicle.
' There have lieen a numlter of develop
! ment, too, in Modoc county. Four
J men are rortoiied in jtil there, three
! charged with lynching and the other
i held as witness. All are frantically
trying to get out. Their lawyers, John
; E. Paker and G. F. IUrris, who were
I adjudged guilty of contempt by Judge
Harrington, tre endeavoring in a num
ler of ways to "get back" at the Judge.
Meantime, the people of Lookout are
as much worked up as ever, apparently
over the lynching and its train of evils.
One or two men said to have had a hand
in the lynching, have left the country.
Another, Claud Morris, afraid of being
charged with complicity, started for
Adin, to tell the authorities .that lie
knew about the murderers. He was
overhauled by alleged lynchers on horses
aud bicycle and forced to return to
Ixxikout with his lips sealed It is said
he was threatened with death if be told
the story of the lynching and named the
parties thereto.
When the news cf this episode was re
ceived at Lookont, and Morris was
brought back by his pursuers, the father
of the would-be confessor suddenly grasp
ed, threw- up his hands ami died. It
was bin first intimation that bis son had
knowledge of the atrocious Hall-Yantis
murders. Then the story went around
Modoc county and it seems to be true
that tho lynchers had given oa.tb
about the crime, and to kill any of their
number who confessed.
The Chronicle gives this sensational
piece of news as a fact, but relatives of
Claud Morris strenuously tleny it. Mor
ris Sr. did not die under the circuni
Btsnces related. Mr. Morris diet! sud
denly w bile seated on the porch at his
retddence, while his wife 'vs preparing
a meal for him. lie had been in bad
health for a long time, and when he
tlied no one had been talking with him.
Young Morris' relatives believe that he
had nothing to do with the Lookout
lynching, and that if he had, "he is not
one of the kind to have entertained the
intention of 'squealing.' "
Attorney Raker, says the Chronicle,
w as in the Supreme Court last week
trying to get a wricof prohibition against
Judge Harrington in the case of Robert
Leaventon, one of the accused men.
Leaventon takes advantage of section 170
of the revised Code of Civil Procedure,
which provides that a change of venue
shall be granted upon the filing of an
affidavit by either party to a cause that
the Judge is biased. Many such appli
cations for writs of prohibition and
mandamuses are now Itefore the Supreme
Court, litigants seeing a chance to Dring
out the question of the constitutionally
of the revised codes and thereby tie the
hands of the courts until the Supreme -Court
passes upon the question.
District Attorney E. 0. Bonner of Mo
doc county and Deputy Attorney-General
George A. Sturtevant were also in
court, the latter representing Judge
Harrington of Modoc county in his an
swer to the alternative writ of prohibi
tion issued by the Supreme Court in tbe
Kaker-Harris contempt cases.
Albert Colburn, the witness languish
ing in Alturas jail, is so anxious to get
out, and so reluctant to testify in the
lynching cases, that he has made another
attempt, through the inevitable Raker,
to get out by appealing to the Supreme
Court. Colburn alleges that he was
offered $1000 to testify by Dawes, a dec
toctive employed by the State, aud that
Deputy Attorney-General Sturtevant
concurred in this attempted subordina
tionof perjury. Other startling allegations
are made by Colburn or by Raker lor
him, among them the charge that Judge
Harrington is so biased that he is deter
mined to convict the alleged lynchers,
whether or no. One of the affidavits
prepared by Raker declares that Judge
Harrington registered an oath that ii the
accused men were not convicted he would
leave the bench and shake the lava dust
of Modoc county from his feet.
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