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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
The War Bulletins

Several Of the towns along the tele-
phone have ceased taking the war hulle.
tirs. Whether this action is caused by
depleted purses or lack Of interest in the
war, We are unable to cay. Athena will
continue tie bulletins and country
people are invited to drop 10 at to tele.
phone office when in town, and read the
latest war news, free Of charge. Tuesday
morning only 81 45 was lacking to bring
the amount up to $21, the price of three
weeks bulletin service, and paying for
them ia advance.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Officers and Delegate $

Athena Camp, No. Ill, Woodmen OF
the Wcrld, elected the following officers
q o., j. W, Smith.
A. L., W. y. Chan berlain.
Escort, j. w. Pool.
Watcbman, J. " Thompson.
Sentry, Ira Kemp.
Manager, W. H. Hawes.
Delegates to the Grand Encampment
which will be held at The Dalles. on
June 10, we're chosen at this meeting,
they are 9. q. Osburn, s, P. Purdy, II.
ID. Curtis, Lake France and Victor shick |:
the alternates are, F. L. Helfrich, W. ].
WilEipeon, Mel Garden, ]. W. Pool and
W. II. Hswes.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
MRS. MAHAFFYs STORY.
She Was With Mahaffy All the Time
After the First Shooting.


After the First Shooting.
Mrs. Samuel Mabaffy was in the city
Sunday and Monday. Che is an excel.
lenuy appearing woman, and bears the
unfortunate trouble into which her home
has been brought with remarkable
courage and equanimity.
She says her husband shot at Melvin
Green only because he was compelled 10,
and that he did lot expect to reach home
alive, when the shooting began. When
she heardIthe shooting she says she ran
out to the track and met her husband,
getting behind him and protecting him
until he reached the house.
She says her husband never fred the
last shot, because be remained at the
house afraid to go out, while che watched
one door and her son another against the
approach Of his enemies. Nor did he
leave the house until Adams and Steele
arrived.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20

City and Kansas City. They are Of ex-
cellent quality, coming mainly from
Wild Horse and Weston mountains, and
had TO be sorted by the seller, as small
spuds are dead loss to the shipper and
are not wanted.
Mr. Williams paid 80 cents a hundred
for the first two CARLOADS and 40 cents for
the last two.
The 10 cars will represent about $500
distributed among our farmers, which is
Low finding its way into local circula-
tion. The largest seller was E. Rousse,
who received check for $l65. Joe
Wurzer disposed Of $75 worth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Manufacturing Matehe s

The manufacturing Of matches is a
very strict state monopoly in France,
and fine Of one franc per match is ruth
lessly imposed Oh all coutraband imports
OF the kind from abroad Forgetfulness
Of this lately coz. an English traveller the
sum of 500 at the fort of Boulogne,
where he had to pay fine Of 500 francs
on q box OF wax lights, value nine cents,
which the customs house officers found
among bis luggage.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Oregon Repres .nted

A Morrow county boy, j. F. Cradle,
con Of D. Fl. Cradle, of lone, writes home
to bis parents that he had the honor OF
being on the Concord, one of the battle
ships in Admiral Dewey's squadron,
which participated in the engagement 10
Manila harbor. Mr.. Cradle has been in
the United States navy nearly four years,
having served one enlistment OF three
yearr, and when war was imminent with
Spain re enlisted and WAS assigned to the
eruieer Concord and was attached to the
Asia,ic squadron.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20

From the evidence given by all the
witnesses the theory has been advanced
that Green committed suicide after be.
ing wounded by Mahaffy.
DR.. O. j. Smith held the autopsy and
was the first witness to be examined.
He stated that the bullet in the head
entered two inches above the right ear
and passed out on the left side OF the
head, making terrible wound that
would cause death almost Immediately.
The scalp was badly powder burned.
The wound through the body was ser.
ious one, the ball striking several vital
parts, and would probrbly have proved
fatal. The pain would necessarily have
been excruciating.
The testimony OF the witnesses bore
out the account OF the meeting OF Green
and Mahaffy at the formers house, as
given in Yesterdays Tribune. Fred
Bowman says that after MahafFy had
shot Green, he, Bowman, and Green,
with the latter wounded, chased him
several hundred feet down the track,
bowman having fred at Mahaffy, when
Mahaffy was shooting, two or three
times TO scare him.
Mahaffy went home, aud there is eyi.
dence that he cent one OF his boys for help
against feared attack. The evidence is
conflicting whether ne remained at the
house or not.
When Bowman left Mahaffy to go for
the horses he was 20 steps from the
houac. Fifteen minutes after he left he
heard another pistol shot He was gone
half an hour altogether, when he re-
turned and found Green gasping his
last.
Green was lying on his back witA re.
volver l8 inches from his right hand
He was just outside the house with his
face turned toward the window. In this
position Henry Steele and Samuel Webb
saw the body, it appears, after Bowman
bad gone to Gibbon.
Who're Mahaffy WAS from the time
Bowman left Green until he returned, no
evidence, except Mahaffy g, is given to
prove. When last eeen, after the first
shooting, he was with his wife and two
sone, 800 yards from Green's house. He
had, however, time enough to return and
do the killing before anyone else than
bis own family was on the ground. The
testimony of Mrs. Mahaffy was not
taken.
The point on which much of the mat
ter hangs now is the caliber OF the bullet
that passed through the head.
The wound was q bad one, and from It
nothing could be told. The pistol near
Green was Al callber. while Mahsffy's
was only SS. A search was made for The
ball, and dirt was panned in several
places where the bullet might be, but
could not be found.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Engines for Farm Work.

Henry Pierce has ordered big farm
traction engine from California. The
first use the engine will be put to will be
to haul the immense combined harvester
that will be used to gather the grain on
the Pierce farms.
This fall the engine will be put ahead
Of gang plows, that will turn the ground
over at rate to make the natives stare
and horses drop dead from envy.-La
Grande Advocate.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Confirmation serv:ces

Confirmation services were held in
Weston and Athena, Monday afternoon
and evening, by Bishop B. Wistar Nor
ris assisted by the Rev. w. E. Potwine
and Rev. Fsrrar.
In Athena class of six were confirm
ed, in the Episcopal church. Miss Platt,
Miss Foss, Miss Bessie Proebetel, the
Misses Callen Ter and Mrs. DR.. Smith.
Miss Grace Proebstel, Miss Taylor,
Mrs. Geo. Proebstel and Clark Nelson
were confirmed as members of the
church at Weston.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Union Meetings.

Union party candidates for Umatilla
county will meet the people and address
them upon the political issues OF the day
at the following dates and places.
Adams, Monday, May %, at 1880
p. IN.
Athena, tuesday, May "a, at 7:3O p.
m.
Weston, Wednesday, May Is, at 1880
p. m.
Mountain, Thursday and Friday. May
26 and 27, at 1880 p. m.
Everybody is invited to attend these
meetings. Good speaking and splendid
music.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
The New Flour Mill.

Work on the new -four mills of W. S.
Byers will commence within a few
days.
Contracts have been let as follows:
Brick work to d. A. May & Co., OF Port.
land; carpenter work to j. A. Zeller, OF
Portland, and the machinery will be fur
nished by the Bsrnhart & Lee company,
of Moline, Ill,
The new mill will have frontage on
Court street of go feet and will be 1870
feet deep. 1t will consist of brick, three
stories in height and will have capacity
OF 800 barrels per day.-East Oregonian.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
AN ew Eng inc.

Many farmers were in town yesterday
afternoon, and Witnessed the working Of
a splendid threshing engine. which ar
rived the Grst Of the week for the Athena
Mercantile Company. The machine is
manufactured by The j /. Case Thresh.
ing Machine Co., and will be used in
innfing the magnificent "Agita;or"
separator which can be fecn In the lot
near Lippold's blacksmith shop.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Assessment Laws.

Grant county badly needs an amend
inent to the assessment laws which will
compel all sheepmen to pay taxes in the
counties where their sheep are ranged
during the summer season, says the
Long Greek Eagle. Over half million
Of outside sheep crowd the mountain
range during the summer season, and do
not pay dollar of taxes to aid in the
support of the county.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20

busiy engaged in arranging the stocS in
attractive display His new quarters is
light and cosy, and Mr.. Mcbride now
possesses one of the neatest aud most at
trsctive drug stores 10 Eastern Oregon
DR.. Smith will have his office in the back
part Of the drug store, the entrance to
which will be from Main street.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
A Man Who Is Tired

All the time, owing to impoverished
blood, should take Hoods sarsapsrilla
to purifyand enrich his blood End give
him vitality and vigor.
A good eping medicine is necessity
with almost every one. Hoods sarsa-
parillA is what the millions take in the
spring. Its great power to enrich and
purify the blood and build up health is
one Of the facts OF common experience
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
euckIen,s Arnica salve.

The beet sslye in The world for cuts,
bruises, eores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
cores, telier. cbsppfd hands chilblains.
|corns, and all skin eruptione, and posi-
lively cares piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or moDey refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For ,ale by Pioneer Drug store.
@. q. Osbugn, proprietor
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
, Fourth Of July Meeting.

A mass NEE ting, called by the may or,
10 consider whether or not Athena cee
brates on July 4, was held at the opera
house Wednesday IA committee ot five
were appointed by the mayor, who
acted as chairman, to solicit funds to be
used in defraying expenses of the cele-
hralion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Horses 3 wantad-

! will take horses to pasture, and will
furnish good range. Horses will be
herded on the breaks OF Mckay creek,
IA miles from PeDdleton. Splendid
grass and plenty Of water. Prices reas-
enable. ARCHIE ENoNb,
Athena, Orr.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Served Under Dewey

Pendleion can boast OF at least one
citizen, Gays the East 0regonian, who
has served under Admiral Dewey 4.
Eklund, the Main street shoemaker, has
ia bis possession his.i discharge as 4
marine upon oHs Of the United Stat
cruisers Of which admiral bswey was
captain, and az such, signed the 'la-
charge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
In Its Nsw Home.

McBride's Palace drug store is now
located in its new home at the corner Of
Main and Third streets The stock aud
fixtures nere moved Monday evening.
and since then Mr. Mcbride has been
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
Specializing in Horses.

N. B. Oliver, farmer and stockman
of Grant county, bss for the past two
months seen purchasing Draft horses for
speculation. He has purchased sbout 10
or ~ span, paying from SIS to $l25 per
cam. He will start M~nHa- sa- the Pa.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
A New Meat Market.

Quill GerAing viii engage in disposing
Of meat to the hungry people of Athena
He is erecting building 1920 ca The
Gillis lots at the corner Of Main ard
Fourth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
10 The Ladies of Athena.

/ am prepared to do dressmsking. also
plain sewing at the residence of A L.
Jones, Jefferson st. a share Of your
patronage is solicited.
Nus. lizzie GARDNER.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20
MuRDUR OR SUICIDE.
Did MahaffY Fire the Shot That Kill
led Green?
(Pendleton Tribune.)

We, the undersigned jurors, sworn to
inquire into the death of Melvin Green,
on oath do find that he came to his death
by two qua shot wounds, one in the left
side and the other in the head.
We further find that the gun shot in
the left side was fired from a revolver in
hands Of Sam MahafFy without just
cause.
We further find that the gun shot
wound in the bead was caused by re
volver in the hands OF some party to
this jury unknown.
F. W. Robinson,
J. H. Swart,
VIM. Adams,
W. H. Swart,
w. d. Adams,
Amos Bracket.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20

q expects 20 buy two more before he
Ayes on Saturday. The potatoes ase
icing shipped to Guthrie, 0klahoms
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20

Bigger Than Ever.
Six pages brim full of crisp,
fresh news, is the
Size of the Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-05-20

a. LIZZIE GsRDsER.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-19
PROFESSOR OF NURSING.
First American Girl to Fill Such a
College Chair.

Austin, Texas, May 19.-America's
first professor of nursing is Miss Han
nah Kindbom, who has been appointed
to that position in the faculty Of the
University of Texas.
Miss Kindbom goes to the chair Of
clinical and nursing from the John Sea-
Iy hospital of Galveston, Tex, where
Miss Kindbom was born in Sweden
twenty-six years ago. Her father is a
lawyer of Stockholm, and she was ed
ucated at a private high school in that
city. When young she showed an in
tense interest in medicine and nursing,
and when 13 years old attended course
of lectures on First Aid to the In
jured," and gave up all her spare time
to visit those who suffered. After fin
ishing her education, Miss Kindbom
trained as a nurse at the Sabbaltsbergs
hospital, and later came to New York.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-19
WITH COL.
uTTLE'S BOYS.
Twentieth Regiment of Kansas
Volunteers at Denver.
Stay There One Hour Before
Leaving for Cheyenne.
TROOPS MAKE A RAID
And Capture Pickles and Can
ned Fruit in Colorado.
Col. Little Looks After the Men
in Good Shape.

(From the State Journals Special Cor
respondent.)
Denver, May 17-After a long day
and night of slow vexatious travel the
Twentieth Kansas volunteers bound
for San Francisco and the Philippines
pulled into Denver.
Washouts, upgrades and hot boxes
have combined to keep the first section
far behind schedule time.
The boys made a rush for the eating
house at Cheyenne Wells but were in
formed that pies were 40 cents-and
this was Colorado. All other provisions
We're in proportionate price. The cof-
fee furnished at this point was simply
awful. Kaw river water is a joy be-
side it. But Uncle Sam will foot the
bill.
An amusing incident occurred at Riv-
er Bend, Col. An old German had the
only store in the town, and the boys
decided to raid it, And they did.
Two soldiers got straw hats. Others
got underwear, barrel of pickles and
a barrel of apples vanished like magic.
While box of shoes, regardless of siz-
es were carried off, canned fruit was in
demand. In the meantime the old man
was also selling goods as fast as he
could and seemed reasonably content
ed. But when the proprietor takes an
invoice he will close up when he sees
the second section rolling in.
At River Bend came the first plain
view of Pixies Peak. The old noun
tain loomed up grandly away to the
south and was an object of curiosity to
many of the troops who have never be-
fore seen a bit of ground higher than
Burnett's mound.
The troops were busy all morning
firing at prairie dogs and coyotes but
the popping became so general that
Major Whitman issued an order to
cease practice and wait for the Span
iards.
Col. Ed Little, who is in command, is
doing everything in his power to make
the meE comfortable and shows the
first requisite of a commander-that of
keeping his men contented. He is very
popular with both officers and priVateS
We pulled into Denver at 9:05. The
last so miles were run at Is miles per
hour and all bridges tested. There are
many Mexicans in this country and
this caused extra precaution. The
troops all leave here for Cheyenne in
an hour, then westward to Frisco with
rush orders.
One of the most popular captains on
board is Capt Christy of the Burling-
ton company. He is a rustler. He told
the men he would give them a good
breakfast and he is solid" with them.
Captain Boltwood is also a favorite.
E w ELLIS
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-19
BIG SUIT IN FORT WAYNE
Cleveland Trust Concern Begins Pro-
ceedings for Street Railway Bonds.

Fort Wayne, Ind, May 19.-The suit
of the Guardian Trust company of
Cleveland against the Fort Wayne Con-
solidated street railroad, was begun to-
day. 1t involves about $500, 900 and is
for the foreclosure of the mortgage
bonds.
Frank De Hass Robinson and J. J.
Shiperd took some of the bonds for Sc
curity, and others bought the bonds in
the Chicago and New York markets.
Those purchasers claim rights over the
Shiperd and Robinson claims. Robinson
at one time alleged that Shiperd hy-
pothecated a large number of the bonds
and diverted the money obtained to his
own private use, when it legally be-
longed to the street railway company.
The case is full of intricate questions.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-19
GEN. LEE AND THE MASONS.
Expects to Join, But Prefers to Ride
the Billy Goat.

Richmond. Va, May 19.-It is under
stood from officials high in Masonic cir
cles that there has been a plan on foot
to make General Fitzhugh Lee a member
of the grand lodge without undergoing
the usual ,preliminaries, but the, distin-
guished soldier. when approached in re-
gard to the subject, said, while he appre-
ciated the honor; he would prefer prefer being being
authorized of the highest officers of
the lodge to say to General Lee that he
would make him a Mason ''at sight, a
preroga tive which he has the right to ex-
ercise, but which has never been done in
the case of anyone except the Prince of
Wales.
General Lee, after considering the mat
ter, concluded that when he became a
Mason he would rather go through with
outspoken manner. said: Il appreciate
the honor intended, but do not think it
would be treating the rest of the frater-
nifty Just right hGpe to r6e be 4be biSn
goat just like all the other Masons have
done, If I should get in through the
grand masters right door many of my
Masonic friends might comment"
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-19
DON'T LOSE THEIR VOTE.
New Jersey Law Permits Voting by
Proxy.

New York, May 19.-An interesting ques
ton has been raised in political circles in
New Jersey owing to the fact that while
absent from the state doing service in
the army any citizen may vote by proxy
any election. There are overe 5000
citizens now employed in defense or await
ing the call to the service of their coun-
try, and they will be allowed to vote at
the fall election, should the war continue
so long.
. Lawyer Harry B. Valentine of Trenton
HAS looked up the law of the case and he
declares that none of the absentees should
lose his vote for even the pettiest munich
pal officer to be elected in his respective
town or township. The general election
laws provide a method for soldiers in the
field engaged in actual war to cast their
vote at any New Jersey election; no mat
The method provides for the forward
ing of the proper blanks. to the soldier:
He makes out ballot and has it attested
by witnesses. 1t is then inclosed in an
envelope, and this put in letter and for
warded to his home and placed before the
election board. The inner envelope must
reach the board unopened.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-19
POPULISTS' MEETING.
National Midd1e-of-the-Road Will
Meet in Omaha Next Month.

Dallas, Tex, May 19.-Miiton Park,
chairman of the National Organization
committee of the middle
PopuIists, has Used a call to the mem
bers of the committee from all over the
states, to meet at Omaha, Neb., on June
13, to consider matters of vital import
ance to the Peoples party of the United
States. The National Reform Press
association will meet at the same time
and place Chairman Park said:
marion Butler, chairman of the Pop
uIist National committee, has called his
committee together at Omaha on June
IS feel that he is trying to take
steps that will be detrimental to the in
erests of the party and and my asso-
ciates propose forestalling him by meet
ing two days ahead of him and his COM
mittee, and formulating plans that
shall keep the Populist party as a mid
dle-of-the-rOad organization. I have
received reports from more than 600,00O
voters scattered over the various states
of the union, all indorsing the PROPOSE
ton to hold a national POpulist delegate
convention on the Fourth of July, 1898.
and to then nominate a presidential
ticket to be supported in 1900. That is
what the middle e-of-the-rOaderS are go
ing to do, Whether Marion Butler and
his committee approve of it or not"
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-19
TO HAVE WELCOME.
The Salvation Army Will Formally
Receive It's New Officers Satur-
day Night.

Ensign and Mrs. C. w. Bourne who
have been appointed by Commander
Booth-Tuclxer to take charge of the Sal
walton Army work in Topeka and the
adjacent towns will be given a welcome
at the Salvation Army hall at 312 Kan
sas avenue, Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
Meetings will be held all day Sunday as
usual at a. m. and 1890 a. m. for
Christians, and 2:3O p. IN. and 8 p. m.
There will also be a children's meeting
at 4 p. m. Sunday.
Ensign and Mrs. Bourne have held ap-
pointments in the Salvation Army for
over seven years, having worked on the
headquarters staff at San Francisco
They also have had oversight of the
California outside work also the ex-con-
vict work in that state.
Their last appointment was at Los
Angeles, Cal, where they had charge of
the social work.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-05-19
SOME WHEAT LEFT.
Worlds Visible Supply Decreased
$4,000 Bushels Last Week.

New York, May 19.-special cable and
telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreet's
show the following changes in availa-
BILE supplies last Saturday:
Wheat-United States and Canada,
east Rockies, decrease 1928, 900; afloat
for and in Europe, increase 100000 bush
els; worlds supply, net decrease 893, 900
bushels.
Corn-United States and Canada,
east Rockies, decrease 2,770,000.
Oats-United States and Canada, east
Rockies, decrease 701, ,0O0
Among the more important reductions
are the decreases of 539, 900 bushels at
Manitoba and Ontario storage points;
105, 900 at Cleveland; 100000 at north
western interior elevators and $4,000 at
Minneapolis private elevators.
The only important gain is the in
crease of los, 900 bushels at New Or
leans.
The combined stock of wheat held at
Portland, Ore, and Tacoma and Seat
tie, Wn., shows an increase of $4,000
bushels for the week.