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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-10-06

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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12

A thief made away With bicycle be-
longing to Bert Marsh, of Weston, Sat
urdsy night
Chns. Marsh left today for Lehman
Springs, where his family are spending
the summer.
We have few small pieces oisummer
dress goods to be sold at a bargain.
Athena Mercantile Co.
The Northern Pacific Express Com.
pany has established an Office in this
city. ] A. Muirhead is the agent.
Charles Graham, who taught school
last year near Weston, has secured
school on Mckay creek for next winter.
The Western Warehouse company is
| prepared to buy your grain and to pay
You the highest market price for It. See
G. w. Bradley, agent.
L. b. Calderhead, general freight and
passenger agent Of the w. & @ R. R ,
was in the city yesterday from Walls
Walla on business connected with his
! road.
Arthur Wilder passed through the city
/ Wednesday from College Place, Wash,
on his way 10 The Middle Fork Of the
John Day river, where he has some
placer mines.
When you call for DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salye the great pile cure, don't &C.
cept anything else. Don't be talked
into accepting substitute, for piles, for
sores, for burnss Palace Drug Store,
wm. Mcbride, Prop
| ~ party Of W. & O. officials we're in
Athena Tuesday They were Joseph
McCsbe, general manager; @. W. Tay.
Ior, superintendent; J. O. Cutler, treas
urcr Of the road II. B. Kershsw, the
grain dealer, was also one of the party
Reports indicate Weston the coolest
place in the county, and Athena people
are thinking seriously of moving ovel
there for the summer. Weston woult
make an ideal summer resort, with the
thermometer 1O3 in the shade at Bing
ham Springs.
For broken surface, sores, insect bites
burns, skin diseases and especially pileI
there is one reliable remedy, DeWitt'l
Witch Hazel Salve. When you call fol
DeWitt's don't accept counterfeits o.
frauds. You will not be disappointed
with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sslve, Pal
ace Drug Store, VIM. Mcbride, Prop.
The Royal Tsilors have sent to thei
agent, Mr.. Max Levin, fine album
containing splendid engravings Of differ
emit vessels OF the navy and severa
! naval battle scenes. On alternate leave
of the big hook are samples Of good
carried by the Royal Tailors,a lire whicl
. guarantees nothing but satisfaction OF
: every order they take. It costs yo
! nothing to see it.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12
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East Oregonian; i; Dan Reagan. the
p-gambler.shoemake who bad his
foot crushed near Athena, and who bad
to have an amputation performed to re
move part Of the foot to save the rest of
it, is still at the county hospital. He
has not regained his reason but is still
very crazy. II he does not recover by
the .ime his foot heals he will have to be
committed to the asylum for the insane
at Salem.
Walla Walla men have reorganized the
Commercial Club. The trustees elected
were Jacob Betz, F. w. Paine, FL. H.
Turner, FL. G. Gregg and Joseph Mer-
chant, who will have power to act in
choosing officers of the club. The club
will make an effort to raise the 500 600
bonus to secure sugar beet factory.
Truth wears we'll. People have learn.
ed that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
reliable little pills for regulating the
bowels, curing constipation and sick
headache They don't gripe. Palace
Drug Store, Wm. Mcbride, Prop.
! From 100 to ITO has been common in
the composing room of the Press office
this week, and the devil is out Of town,
at that. What tie thermometer would
register if he were here, is left for you to
conjecture.
Professor f NJ. Mitchell, of Albany
has received his contract as principal of
the Weston public school. This shows
that the charges which had been filed
against Professor Mitchell have been dis
proved
Ik Mrs. Lake France and daughter, Mil
dred, returned home Monday from their
summer visit 10 friends and relatives in
Tacoma and other cities on the Sound.
The taxpayers of ,Pendleton, at a
meeting held Friday, authorized The
school directors to build new school.
house, to cost $500.
Try a can Of B & B Baking Powders,
at the Blue Front and get fine glass
dish. Every can warranted.
Miss Nellie Foss is the proud owner o.
a new gold watch--a birthday present
from her brother John.
Lead and oil at greatly reduced prices
at 0sbufns. Headquarters for best pre-
pared paints and drugs.
DO not fail to see DR.. Richardson Al
once II you wish bis services, as be viii
leave town soon.
/ When you purchase your harves
supplies don't forget to call on MAJ
Levin.
The FREss beats 'em all on commercia
printing. Prices reasonable,
Fine clear white strained honey a
Athena Mercantile Co.'S
\ @. A. Barrett 4 Co. have supply 0
Blue Flame Oil stoves.
Pickel, the artist, enlarges pictures il
Crsyon and Pastel.
4 You can get Portland creamery butte
At the Blue Front.
Melons are beeoning plentiful il
! Athena stores
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12
Entertainment TOMORROW Night

At the opera house tomorrow (Satur'
day. night. there will be given an instru'
mental and vocal entertainment by Prof.
John Morrison, assisted by Mrs. Morri.
son and other talented performers. Prof
Morrison comes highly recommended al
an artist in his line. Don't fail TO hear
him sing Admission, 25c; children,
10c. Free exhibition on Main street al
7 o'clock D. m.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12
WHEAT FIELDS ON FIRE.
The Fire Passed Over Fields That
Had Ben Cut

ne Flfe FdSSeu OVer Fletu5 tnaI
Had Ben Cut.
Wednesday afternoon fierce fire rag
ed In the wheat fields northeast OF PEN
dleton. No standing grain was burned,
but the Pendleton Tribune estimates that
10 900 bushels in the sack and stack was
lost by the fire.
The grain belonged TO Widow Earhart,
Ed Linsner. Peter Tachella and W. w.
Harrah. The loss was covered by $4,000
Insurance held by Tachella and Harrah.
Linsner's and Earhsrt's grain was not
insured.
But for the heroic work OF dozen
men assembled at the fire there would
have been destroyed thousands OF acres
OF the finest grain in Umatilla county. 1t
reached the wild Horse canyon, but was
checked before it could cross to the fields
beyond. The blaze was confined to the
divide between the Umatila river and
Wild Horse creek.
The cause of the ere is unknown, al.
though 1t is believed it started from q
lighted cigar stump dropped in the stub
Bile by somebody passing on the road.
It was first seen by Ed Linsner, who was
on hill south of there.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12
Items in Brief.
For dental work

For dental work
Go to DIR. L. #. Tovar, Bird street.
Glass fruit jars at the Blue Front.
Rigby & HaIes sell Peacock flour.
Some special drives in zephyr ginghams
at The New Store.
The Blue Front he's just received a
fresh stock OF candies.
Attorney L. 3. Reeder, of Pendleton,
spent Sunday in Athena.
Max Levin and Will Wells drove
down to Pendle.on Monday afternoon.
Gents Lisle thread underwear reduced
from SO cents to 25 cents at Max Lewin's.
The Balfour.Guthrie Co. will build a
large wheat warehouse in Adams this
season.
Fred Fisher and Chas. Ferguson went
chicken hunting Tuesday and returned
home with 10 birds.
For good cigar go to the st. Nichols
hotel. They carry the celebrated Le-
land Stanford and Sandow brands.
Wells delivers ice to his customers in
the forenoon, and desires that hereafter
all orders be left at his place of business
in time for the delivery wagon to de-
liver the ice.
:. w. Smith has 100 acres Of good
land, with so acres of growing crop on
it, situated on Gerking fiat about miles
f1om Athena, for sale for short time
t bargain.
Please bear in mind that you can gel
sst as many, if not more, pounds Of
maj, coffee, rice, beans, and every
Ing else at the Blue Front, ss you can
ef any place in the town.
Or tho best wagons, binders, tEine
SR, machine oils, axlegrease, cylindel
sh, chains, bolts, forks aud all field
essing supplies, constantly in stocl
at the right prices, call on Geo
bstsl. Weston, Ore.
- zsa positively cures sick head
indigestion and constipation. A
btInl herb drink. Removes al
upsioAg at the skin, producing a per
s ccra plHxion, or money refunded. p
8 sra 80 cents. Palace Drug Store
Mcbride, prop.
ada ei ex Marshal Logan, Of Wes
Il enbscribed half the amount O
ps se. The city is still out s3i
j sed that Logan will not b
Neither will bis bon dsmel
to make good his shortage
q 4id to be working on q farm
= ,eeon.
Mere than twenty million free sample
De Wits Witch Hazel Sslve hav
en distributed by the manufacturer
4 better proof Of their confidence i
nsriss 90 you want? It cures piles
j.. acalds. sores. in the shortes
Of tine. Palace Drug stors, Wtn
iae. Prop.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12
Ecopomize on Water.

The Athena water system is now fur
nishing 100000 gallons per day for con-
sumption. This vastly increased amount
is due to the demand of harvest outfits.
aud the result is that the city well is
about taxed 10 its full capacity. 1t would
be well for those who use the water for
irrigation purposes TO uee it sparingly
for the next two weeks, on this account.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12
FIRE Ar PRICE' s.

Wednesday afternoon cloud Of smoke
was observed by Athena people, rising
in the east. At first it Was thought that
the farm residence Of Nose Taylor was
on fire, but later developments prov.
ed to be the wheat field of A. r. Price
Many OF our citizens were soon on hand
to fight the fire. The fire started from
an ash pile left ia the field by an engine
three days previous. No damage result.
ed as the flames we're confined to the
stubbie.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12
Opens September I2.

The Athena public schools will orenl
September 10 Mr.. StorkweatheF, the
principal, arrived In the city Wednee
dar
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12

Experience teaches ihe value Of Hood'A
Sarsapahlla. 1t is constantly accom-
plishing wonderful cures and people lu'
all sections take 1t, knowing II VIII 90
them good.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12

Hood's Pills cnre all liver illsf Mailed
for % cents by O T. Hood &co., lowell,
Mass.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-16
SPANIARDS ARE
 NOW IN A MOST
 WARLIKE MOOD
Clamoring for Conflict While the Two Nations Are Closing the De LOme h.
 Cident.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The Herald s Washington correspondent telegraphs: The administration offices were deeply gratified to-day by the Herald's an- nouncement from Madrid that Spain would make a complete and satisfac- tory disavowal of the De Lome letter. which has reached here, the only off, cial dispatch on the subject being the one received yesterday from Minister Woodford stating that Senor Sagasta had promised that satisfactory dis avowal would be made. In the light of this and the Herald's dispatch this morning the authorities now no longer hesitate to say that the incident is closed, and that all that remains is the publication of Spain's reply, which will follow as soon as Minister Wood ford Is heard from. With the arrival of the new Minister active negotia- tions in connection with the proposed new commercial treaty will begin.
 By this action Spain will attempt to show the world that the statements made by Senor de Lpme that she was insincere in her desire to negotiate a reciprocity convention are untrue. When Senor Louis Polo de Bernabe is formally presented to the President it is expected there will be an exchange of addresses which will contain ex-
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believe that 1t may have been caused by fire in the bunkers, heating the bulkhead near magazine, or that an accident may have occurred while in- specting high explosives for torpedoes. Of course. this is mere speculation, and the Secretary is anxiously waiting a more detailed report from Captain Sigsbee.
 Later the Secretary sent another tel egram to Key West, directing that the tender Mangrove also be sent to Ha- vsna.
 Secretary Day received the following dispatch from General Lee:
 'The Maine blew up at $40. The ex- plosion occurred we'll forward, under the mems quarters, consequently many were lost It is believed all the officers were saved, but Jenkins and Merritt are not accounted for. The cause of ex- plosion Is yet to be investigated. The Captain General and the army and navy officers rendered every assistance Sigsbee and most of his officers are on board the steamer City of Washing ton. Others are on the Spanish gun boat and in the city. I am with Sigs- bee, who has telegraphed the Navy De- partment. LEE"
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pressions of friendship and good Will and demonstrate that harmony exists in the relations between the two Gov ernments. Calderon Carlisle, attorney for Senor Canalejas, in the matter of securing return of the letter ad- dressed to him by Senor De Lome and which caused the resignation of the latter here as Minister, is con- sidering what steps shall be taken to detect and punish the person or per sons who abstracted the communIce.- tion from the mails.
 We know, of course" said an off, cial in the State Department to me to- day. that MT. Carlisle's object in ob- taining the letter is to use 1t as evil dence in any prosecution that might be inaugurated against the person or per sons who stole the letter or who have had it in their possession. If the letter was stolen, then the person or persons in whose possession it was might be indicted for being receivers of stolen goods It seems to me that the Cuban Junta made mistake in turning that letter over to the State Department without at least securing promise for it's return"
 MT. Carlisle declines to state what action he proposes against any of the persons who may have been responsi- ble for the publication of the letter.
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SIGSBEE ASKS FOR
 SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT.
Wants to Know All the Facts Before the American People Lay the
 Blame Finally Upon Spain.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.--I called upon Secretary of the Navy John T. Tong at an early hour this morning, and he confirmed the Heralds dispatch that the Maine had been blown up and destroyed in Havana harbor. In an- swer to my questions. he said:
 "Yes. I have received a report from Captain Sigsbee of the Maine, announc- ing that the battleship had been de- stroyed by an explosion in the harbor of Havana.
 The captain cables that some were killed and many wounded, and that the Spanish soldiers did everything in their power to rescue those who were thrown into the water.
 Moreover the captains dispatch speaks of the great kindness of the officers and citizens of Havana, who showered attentions upon the sufferers. They cared tenderly for the wounded. The captain, in his dispatch to me, also tells of the heroic work of the officers and men of the cruiser Alfonso"
 MT. Secretary" I asked, does Cap- tain Sigsbee assign any cause of the explosion?'
 "No,' replied the Secretary; T pre- sume that as yet the cause is a mys- tery."
 The following was the dispatch re- ceived by the Secretary of the Navy from Captain Sigsbee:
 "Maine blown up in Havana har- bor at $40 last night and destroyed. Many wounded and doubtless many killed and drowned. Wounded and others on board the Spanish man-of- war and ward line steamer. Send lighthouse tender from Key West for crew and few pieces of equipment. Vessel still above water. No one had other clothes than those upon him.
 Public opinion should be sus- pended until further report. All the officers are believed to be saved. Jen- kins and Merritt are not yet ac- counted for. Many Spanish officers, including representatives of General Blanco, now with me and express sympathy. SIGSBEE."
 The officers referred to in the above dispatch are Lieutenant Friend "
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the arsenal, others said 1t was a bomb, and it was not until II o'clock that the real cause was known.
 Consul General Lee, who was at the Hotel Ingleterra, received telephone message from General Blanco telling him that the Maine had been blown up
 Lee hastened to the palace, where the Cabinet is now assembled.
 Admiral Manterola ordered that boats of all kinds go to the assistance of the Maine and her wounded The Havana fremen also gave aid, tending carefully to the wounded as they were brought on shore It was a terrible sight. General Zolano and the other generals were ordered by Captain General Blanco to take steps to help the Maine's crew in every way possible The correspondent went close to the Maine in one of the boats of the cruiser Alfonso XII, and saw others of the wounded who corroborate the state ment of those first interviewed that they were asleep when the explosion occurred
 Captain Sigsbee said the explosion occurred in the bow of the vessel. He received a wound in the head. Orders were given to the other officers to save themselves as best they could. The lat ter, who were literally thrown from their hunks in their night clothing, gave the necessary orders with great self-control
 The first theory was that there had been a preliminary explosion of powder or dynamite below the water, but this was ascertained to be not true.
 Admiral Manterola believes that the first explosion was of grenade, but whether one of the ships magazines blew up or whether a bomb was placed beside her and set off by the Spaniards is not known.
 Because of the excitement in the city the military authorities ordered the troops to quarters, and the streets are filled with jostling crowds of excited citizens and soldiers.
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HAVANA, Feb. I5-The American battleship Maine, lying at anchor here, was destroyed by an explosion at 10 o'clock tonight Of her crew of 45o officers and men, only B are known to have been saved.
 The explosion shook the whole city and threw Havana into a panic
 It is understood at this writing that Captain Sigsbee and few of his off cers were visiting merchantmen in the harbor at the time of the disaster and are safe
 None of the few survivors who have been seen can tell me how the ex- plosion occurred. The injured are be- ing taken on stretchers to the Casa de Socorro, where surgeons are in at tendance
 James Rowe, the ships cook, was the least injured of any that were brought in when I was there.
 T don't know, sir" he replied, speaking with difficulty. I turned in my hammock at 8 o'clock and heard three bells strike I don't remember anything until I felt myself turning over and over and falling heavily upon the deck, in mass of smoke. I got on foot and worked my way on deck. When I got there the superstructure of
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sible that they were on shore at the time of the acident.
 The Secretary of the Navy received another dispatch from Key West at the same time with the above, but It's contents were not made public.
 The orders for the lighthouse ten- ders were at once sent to Key West in plain language. thus avoiding the delay that would have arisen from the use of a cipher
 Secretary Long received Captain Sigsbees dispatch but a few minutes before the Associated Press dispatches were handed him. He received the news with apparent calm, and his first act was to comply with Captain Sigs- bees request that assistance be sent from Key West. He wired Captain Forsythe at Key West to proceed with the naval tender Fern to Havana har- bor.
 Secretary Long then sent for Captain Dickens. and the two discussed Captain Sigsbee's brief telegram. No other naval officers were present, and besides the Secretary and Captain Dickens the naval colony here is ignorant of this disaster, the greatest which has be- fallen the American navy since the storm in Apia many years ago.
 The Secretary is inclined to believe that most of the officers of the Maine were on shore at the time of the acci- dent, as 1t was still early In the night.
 While neither the Secretary nor Cap tain Dickens Is inclined to discuss the probable cause of the accident, seve- ral suggestions were ventured. They
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-16
DEPLORED BY THE
 SPANISH NEWSPAPERS
De Lome's Letter Gives the Govern ment More Offense Than Was
 Imagined.

Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.
 MADRID, Feb. 15.-The Government orgar Fl Correo. saws of Senor de Lome's letter: "It gives the Spanish Government offense far exceeding that to the President of the United States. Against the injurious words to the President we protest. We deplore the imputation against the Spanish Gov ernment and we resent it exceedingly. It is deplorable that public function ary, invested with a diplomatic char acter, could write even in private letter ideas which are so disgraceful as those from the pen of the late Min- ister to Washington"
 Fl Heraldo says: "The Spanish Gov- ernment has nothing to do with the letter It did not inspire single par- agraph and had no idea of it's exis- tence''
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-16
OFFICERS OF THE NAVY HOLD HURRIED CONFERENCE
Great Excitement Created at Key West by the Receipt of the
 Startling News.

KEY WEST, Feb. 1s.-This has cer- tainly been the mc-tt eventful night ev- CT witnessed in Key West. The excite ment commenced shortly before 10 o'clock last night, when the first report was received that the famous tug Dauntless had arrived at port on the east coast and was taking on arms and ammunition for Cuba
 The celebrated little filibuster was re- ported to have arrived at Palm Beach this morning with a load of men and would sail before any attempt could be made to detain her. The information was immediately conveyed to the com manders of naval vessels in the harbor, who commenced to make preparations to intercept the filibusters.
 It was ascertained there were only a
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the deck was dipping under water, and l jumped overheard to keep from be ing drawn down by the suction.
 T was picked up by boat from the Spanish man-of-war. Three more were picked up by the same boat They were Daniel Cronin, a landsman; Charles Bergman, boatswain; Albert John, a seaman, and - Bloomer, a landsman. D
 One poor fellow whose face is in jured past all recognition is lying moaning in a cot in the hospital. I asked him his name and he murnbled back through horribly swollen lips: My folks would feel uneasy if I told you"
 So far as I can learn now the ex- plosion took place in the magazine used for the storage of gun cotton for the torpedoes. The vessel lies with her bow wholly submerged and only part of her stern showing
 The explosion shook the city from end to end, and created the widest ex- citement All the electric lights were blown out by the shock. Fire engines rushed madly from one district to an- other, and no one knew for certain from which point the explosion came:
 Some shouted the report that it was
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Continued on Second Page
PEOPLE CLAMOR FOR WAR,
 GOVERNMENT WANTS PEACE.
Copyrighted 1898 by James Gordon Bennett.

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Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Dar- win R. Merritt.
 From the wording of the dispatch the Navy Department think it is pos-
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HAVANA, Feb. 15.-The Maine has blown up. Captain Sigsbee and various officers saved. and he says he believes about 100 men were killed and injured. The vessel is now burning and is sinking to the bottom of the bay. The detonation was tremendous All Havana alarmed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-16

ALABAMA, Feb. 15.-Maine volado. Capitan Sigsbee salvado, con varies oficiales, y dice que cree hayan pere- cido a 100 menos cien hombres. Ell buque queesta ardiendo estos mo- mentos, y a esta descansando fondo bahia. Detonacion fu tremenda. Toda Habana alarmada.