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time of which has not been set, will dis.
cribe the charge on Malabo«, by the 2nd
Oregon.
Parties from Seattle are here making
arrangements for catching steel-heads.
SANDLAKE
The various committees on Christmas
festivities are working away, perfecting
their arrangements.
Hariy Sweeney was unfortunate
enough to lose a cow in the last wind
storm. A tree fell and crushed it.
Judge Jacobs is making preparations
to leave us. He will first pay r a visit to
old Virginia and then return to Athena,
Eastern Oregon. Don’t forget to say
good bye, Judge.
BIEL’S LAST HOLD-UP
TIhUfl|VI00K,
Tihhfl|WOOK
ROBERTS EXCLUDED
pounder into action. See?' With that
he and his other chum dropped off the
The House Ordered an Investiga
r running board.
Touched Off the Watercock.
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OREGON.
FRERcH CHAKiTY,
tion of His Case.
W ashington , Dec. 5.—After an inter
“All the while he had been shooting off esting debate of three hours, the house
his mouth I had been forming a plan of today, by a vote of 302 to 30, adopted
battle. In those days the engines weren't the resolution offered b v Tayler, of Ohio,
fitted up with the modern waterglass to yesterday, for the appointment of a
let engineer know how much water lie special committee to investigate the char
carried in his boiler. Instead they were ges against Brigham H. Roberts, the
equipped with water guages. These had Mormon representative elect from Utah.
four little stopcocks in a vertical line on Previously the house had rejected a sub
the back of the boiler. When you want stitute resolution offered bv Richardson,
ed to see how much water von had in the leader of the minority, to allow Rob
the boiler you just turned one of those erts to bejsworn in and to send the whole
stopcocks.
When there was enough case to the judiciary committee. This
water in the boiler the two lower stop substitute resolution, however, by no
cocks would throw hot water and the means commaded the full democratic
two upper ones steam.
strength. Only 57 members voted for it.
“I fingered out of the tail of my eye Of the 30 who then voted against the
that Bill's partner, Hank, stood just so Tayler resolution, all were democrats
that a stream of water from the lower '
except two—Loud, a California repub
stopcock would catch him between the lican, and Newlands, a silverite fro
eyes. I could get my hand on the stop Nevada.
cock without Hank's seeing me as I lean
ed up against the boiler. So, when I
thought I had given Bill about time
Eureka Harness Oil is the best
enough to reach the end of the first ex
preservative of new leather
and the best renovator of old
press car I turned the lower stopcock
leather. It oils, softens, black
en® and protects. Use
on full tilt and Hank caught it between
the eyes. At the same time I pulled the
throttle wide open and the train gave a
lurch and began to move.
Harness Oil
“The hot water striking Hank so sud.
on your best harness, your old har
denly in the face keeled him right over
ness, and your carriage top, and they
out of range of the jet ofhot water and j
will not only look tietter but wear
longer. Sold everywhere in cans—all
with a jump, I landed on top of him.
sizes from half pints to five gallons.
Made by STANDARD OIL CO.
| Then I heard a screach like the cry of a I
! dying man followed bv a couple of pistol
shots and some cursing. We were mov-
ing quite rapidly now and Sam and I I
bound Hank with some bell-rope after '
TWO LIVE PAPERS
taking his pistol away from him. When
we got to the end of the division and
the galvanizers were looking the train'
The repular subscription price of
over they found a man's leg and a lot of
THE HEADLIGHT is $1.50, and
blood on the front truck of the second
the regular subscription price of
express car and the first train in after
the Weekly Oregonian is $1.50.
daylight brought the rest of the man's;
Any one subscribing for THE
body, which was identified as that of
HEADLIGHT and paying one
Gulch Bill. Mv plan had worked better
year in advance can get both the
than I ex|>ected, for evidently I had pull,
ed the throttle and started the train
HEADLIGHT
justasGulch Bill was crawling under to
and
cut off the head car, cutting him in two
and putting him out of business forever.
WEEKLY OREGONIAN
Hank got a long sentence, but the third
man escaped."
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An incident, told by a correspondent
of Harper’s Weekly, who writes from
Man..a. shows that there are Spaniards
A ho possess what Burke calls“thechas-
iity of honor.”
In the middle of the grounds stand
‘•en. Anderson’s headquarters. As we
went up the steps a tall man, rather
shabbily dressed, preceded us.
We
noticed his military bearing, and were
told that he was the captain of one of
the Spanish men-of-war, which la\ with
projecting spars at the bottocn of Ca
lite, harbor. Following his footstep’-
we of necessity overheard what he said
to the general's aid:
‘Senor, I borrowed some time ago
S200 from Admiral Dewey to pay off
niy men. I have come to repay the
debt.”
He turned his profile toward us. and
we noticed how thin he looked. He
must have starved Uunsell to collect
t^oney. With a very *rr.,ight back,
he counted out the Spanish bills, and