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BLACK FOR DURRANT Extraordinary Weakness Defendant's Case. of LAWYERS GROPING IN THE DARK The Defense Has Not Yet Produced a Strong Witness Dry Testimony of tba GaaHtters. San Franoisoo, Sopt 80. If Theo dore Durrant hag anything tangible npon wbioh to base his denial of the oharge that he mnrdored Blanche La mont and Minnie Williams, his attor neys have failed to give satisfactory evidence of the fact. After two days devoted to the testimony of the de fense, the trial was adjourned at noon today nntil next Tuesday. In the meantime, however, the defense had disolosed enough to satisfy the prosecu tion that Durrant's attorneys are grop ing in the dark in the hope that some thing may develop within the next few days to save the prisoner's life. The weakness of the defense is made more apparent at this time on account of the extravagant assertion that Dur rant's attorneys have uniformly made since the trial began. When the prose cution was engaged in putting in its case, and the situation looked dark est for the young Sunday school super intendent, Attorney Deuprey was ac customed to snap his fingers and re mark that he had no fears for the fu ture of his client He said: "We will clear him in three min utes, and the public will be at a loss to understand how Dnrrant's name was ever connected with the case." The same line of extravagant claims was heard when Attorney Deuprey made his opening speech for the de fense. He then said: "Not only will the prisoner tell you with his own lips the simple story of his life the day Blanohe Lamont was murdered, but Dr. Cheney will tell you that Durrant was at Cooper medical college at the very hour when the mur der of Blanche Lamont is said to have taken place. BosideB that, we will prove to you that Durrant never , tried to pawn Miss Lamont's ring at Oppen heim's store. On the contrary we will bring forward the young man who did try to pawn a ring at Oppenheim's similar to the one worn by Miss La mont" In view of these startling state ments, it was first believed that the de fense might have a strong case held in reserve which would put to a severe test the case of the prosecution. In one day, however, the oase of the de fense orumbled and fell of its own weight, and today Dnrrant's alibi has not a leg npon which to stand, ut. Chenev. who was expected to tell so muoh of the defense, was as strong a witness for the prosecution as has taken the stand during the trial. Instead of fulfilling Deuprey's statement and swearing that Durrant attended a lec ture at the Cooper college April 3, he said he had no recollection of seeing the young man there. The denial dumbfounded the defense. If further proof were needed of the belief that the defense has little to offer in refutation of the oase put for ward by the prosecution, it was fur nished today. Instead of plaoing wit nesses on the stand to testify to some material faot in connection with Dnr rant's alleged alibi, two gasfitters were called with regard to the sunburners in the belfry of Emanuel church. For two hours the crowd was bored and the jury made tired by a long series of questions and answers relative to the minutest part of the construction of sunburners. Not once during the en tire session was the name of Blanche Lamont mentioned, nor was anything said to indicate that it was not a suit to collect a plumber's bill instead of a murder trial which was before the court The evident purpose of the ex amination, however, was to show Jhat the repairing of the sunburners would necessarily result in the escape of a great deal of gas. This testimony will be used to substantiate Durrant's statement that he was suffering from partial asphyxiation when he came down from the church belfry, tremb ling and flushed, and met Organist King in the auditorium. A significant feature of the testi mony of the gasfitters was the fact that each testified that he made an ex amination of the sunburners in Eman uel church September 2. The prose cution interprets that the defense had nothing upon which to base a case until the case of the people was nearly complete. Only when confronted by the actual necessity of opening the case, is it believed, that the defense made an attempt to secure witnesses to testify with regard to the condition of the sunburners. The trial opened this morning with taking testimony with relation to the condition of the belfry door, which was produced yesterday by the defense as an exhibit The prosecution moved that jurors be given an opportunity to view the door bearing marks said to have been made by Rev. John George Gibson's chisel, but the defense object ed on the ground that the condition of the door had been changed by reason of its removal from the church to the courtroom. Captain Lees and Officer Russell were placed on the stand and wore that the door was in the same condition it was in when in the church. The defense renewed their objection to the jury inspecting the door, but the objection was overruled. Sergeant Reynolds was recalled and asked with regard to the blood-stained hoe found in Pastor Gibson's study, but he w unable to give any substan tial information on the subject The following persons have been sub- penaed and will be called to the stand in the Durrant oase: Dr. Stillinan and Dr. Rixford and Student Witho) Cross, Digglns, Carter, Graham and Waltes, of the Cooper oollegej Sey mour W. Conger, E. Carpenter and Kobert W. Maitland. The prosecution, during the presenta tion of its evidence against Dnrrant did not present testimony tending to show that the accused was of immoral oharaoter, and bad visited immoral re sorts. When the time for rebuttal comes, however, it is the intention to present all of that evidence It is claimed by the detectives that they nave sufficient proof to offset every tning tnat may be offered to prove a good oharactr for the accused. The apparent hopelessness of his oase, however, produoed no change in the demeanor of Durrant Day after day he sits in the oourtroom beside his father and mother, and listens to the evidence against him without a sign of emotion. The stoicism of the prisoner is only surpassed by that of his mother. Mrs. Durrant seems to have no concep tion of the gravity of her son's posi tion. Attired in waving plumes and a tailor-made gown, such as a lady might wear at a matinee, she , laughs and chats with friends while the evi dence that the prosecution believes will hang her son is being put in against him. To the frequenters of the oourt room, Mrs. Durrant's oouduot is almost as nnfathomless as that of her son. Durrant's father, however, looks care worn, and gives every evidence of the intense mental strain through which he must be passing. CONDITION Off TRADE. The Demand fur Money Increasing and Products Increasing In Price. New York, Sept. 30. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Speculation in cotton lifted the price 5-8o during the past week, and quota tions here are some higher than at Liverpool, so .that free exports cannot be expeoted. It seems no longer possi ble to hope for a good crop, and Nill Bros, have issuod a circular predicting a yield of only 7,000,000 bales. The general outlook is decidedly unfavor able. But for the extraordinary sup plies carried over from last year, the managers would be in trouble. But prices of goods are every week adding to the profits of the mills, which on both sides of the ocean can use for some time to oome old cotton bought at low prices. The wheat market has been excited without muoh discoverable reason, and the price has advanced over 5 cents for spot and 6o for December deliveries. It may be said that crop prospects are not quite as favorable as they were a month ago, and with a short supply at best in this country, the market is liable to be unusually short Holders of corn have judioionsly de clined to "sympathize" with wheat to a great extent, and the price is practi cally unchanged. Pork and hog products are all some' what lower. Nothing is dear about the iron steel manufactures, but all of the largest Pittsburg concerns, professing to have orders for many months ahead, are bid ding for small contracts in Eastern markets at $1 and f 1.50 per ton It than the quoted rate. Some say that it is done to press the market Con' tracts have been made at the East for 250,000 tons of foreign ore, to be used in Bessemer iron making at Eastern furnaces, and the termination of the Marquette strike sets free about 500, 000 more of Bessemer ore within the period of lake navigation. There is also a halt in the advance of leather, no higher prices having been recorded this week. The advance in wool at London sales stimulated speculation, but prioes are on the whole unchanged. Failures for the week have been 218 in the United States, against 235 last year, and 50 in Canada, against 55 last year. 'MURDERED BY STRIKERS." American Railway Union Hen Expelled From the Reservation. San Franoisoo, Sept 30. W. H. Ap- pleman, who was tried for the murder of Officer Clark in the trainwreck near Sacramento, in which United States soldiers were also killed, was arrested in the Presidio reservation by order of General Graham and expelled from the grounds. With him was C. E. Crand all, an ex-striker, who was treated in the same summary fashion. The two men visited the Presidio to view the famous monument erected to the mem ory of the murdered soldiers. General Graham had caused to be carved on the monument the inscription: "Murdered by Strikers." The A. R. U. men have been trying to have this obnoxious sentence re moved, and have appealed to the war department After inspecting the monument Appleman and Crandall wandered about the grounds when they were seized by soldiers and taken be fore Graham. They protested they were American citizens, and had a right to enter the grounds, but Graham ordered them out, and they were es corted to the gate by a guard of sol diers. Graham says they visited the monument and asked such questions of the guard as led him to believe that they contemplated mischief. The monument ) guarded night and day to prevent its destruction by ex-strikers. Lieutenant Fearjr Still In Halifax. Halifax, Oct 1. In spite of the published fact that Lieutenant Peary, the Arctic explorer, who arrived here from St Johns, N. F., yesterday, left for Boston, he is still here. Lieuten ant Peary appears anxious to avoid publicity, and it is not known when he will leave here. From 4 spaa ta Formosa. London, Sept 27. A news agency I says the Japanese government has or ' dered material for a cable from Japan (q the island of Formosa. AFFAIRS IN SAMOA. Peculiar Action of a British Consul In Treating With Kebel. Apia, Samoa, Sept 28. There has been much unfavorabile comment here recently in regard to the action of Act ing British Consul Woodford and the German consul. The British consul made a visit to the headquarters of the rebel party, under Tamasese, and in duood Tamasese to visit Apia, where he entertained them at the consulate and drove him about town in his own carriage, finally taking him to the Ger man consulate, where King Malietoa had been brought before. The slguifl canoe of this action lies in the atti tude in which Tamasese, who is the son of the former German puppet kine of that name, has all along been held. The present Tamasese recently defied the authority of the warships here representing the United States, Great Britian and Germany, and he is at present sheltering prisoners nnder sentence by the supreme court, who succeeded in making their escape. The Samoan Herald, a paper pub lished by an Englishman, in comment ing upon this incident, condemns the British consul severely, and says that the residents of Samoa have seen the strange spectacle of an acknowledged rebel, Tamasese, not only allowed to enter Apia with impunity, but actually appearing as the intimate friend of her Britannic majesty's representative, Consul Woodford. The paper also de clares that this action of the British consul will imply to the semi-savage mind of Tamasese that he can be assur ed of the powerful protection of Great Britain. The natives belonging to the king's party are much incensed at the conduct of the Birtish consul. Consul Mulligan refuses to be a party to any dealings with the man who has insult ed and defied the Samoin government, as recognized by the three powers. Thore is the usual talk among the na tives of fiuhting at an early date. The last few days Mr. Woodford has been succeeded by British Consul Cusaok Smith, who has returned from Fiji. United States Consul Mulligan will leave here by the next steamer, and his place will be filled by W. Blaoklock, who has held the post before. The business of Samoa is greatly de pressed. The cocoanut orop has result ed badly, and the staple product cobra is greatly reduced in quantity. IN BEHRING SEA. British Sealers Carrying Arms In De fiance of the Treaty. San Francisco, Sept 28. Informa tion has oome to the federal authorities here that many British sealing sohoon ers have been carrying arms in open defiance of the treaty and that the hunters have boldly violated every clause of the law. Complaints will be made to the state department and the matter will be laid before the British government If the stories of American sea oap tains who have cruised in the Arctio regions since the Paris award in the Behring sea matters may be believed, the British fur-seal fishers are systemat ically violating every condition of the treaty, carrying plenty of arms aboard to do as they please, and laughing at threats or complaints from America. It is claimed that British vessels are all cruising boldly without regard to the teaty, because there are no American cruisers to watch them and protect American rights under the treaty. On the other hand, it is by reason of ad vantages of position and superiority on the seas Great Britain is closely guarding our vessels, and that every violation of law, however technical, is promptly reported and summarily dealt with. Government agents will ascertain every faot possible concerning these al legations, and the state department will lay the charges before the British government The violations thus far discovered pertain to fishing within the proscribed sixty miles off the island of Pribyloff, known as Seal island. It is alleged that nets and firearms have been used in violation of the treaty, and that no attention has been paid to the injunction which prohibits any kind of fur-sealing at certain seasons. Two Oregon Cases. Washington, Oct 1. In the case of Thomas G. Hodgkins, assignee of the state of Oregon, vs. John A. Burmila, involving title to swamp land in the Oregon City district, Secretary Smith has declared in favor of Hodgkins, holding that, as the land was swamp at the time the grant passed in 1860, the title of the state was good.' In the case of the Willamette Valley & Cascade Wagon Road Company vs. the state of Oregon, involving quite a large tract of land in the Burns dis trict Secretary Smith has reversed the decision of the comimssioner of the general land office, who held that the lands were not swamp, and tnat the state had no title. The secretary de cides that the lands, by reason of the grant, became the property of the state of Oregon. E. B. Hanley was the grantee of the state and the real party in interest The lands are the town ships 22, 23 south, and range 81 east Street Cars Must Carry Life-Guards. San Francisco, Sept 28. If Superin tendent Vining, of the Market Street Railway Company, does not comply with the city ordinance requiring all street cars controlled by the company, no matter by what power propelled, to be fitted with life-guards before Octo ber 1, he will be prosecuted by the civ ic federation for a misdemeanor. The work of fitting such guards has not yet commenced, so that the prosecution of the superintendent is reasonably as sured. The penalty for violation of the ordinance is a fine not to exceed fl.OOO or imprisonment for twelve months or both. FARM AND GARDEN Useful Information Concern ing Farm Work. GOOD VENTILATION FOR BARNS Fresh Air Should 11 Admitted Near the Floor by a Shaft Reaching to the Outside of the Barn. The discussion of the subject of tu berculosis in cattle necessarily in volves the subject of the causes of the same which are often in illy ventilated barns. The tendency of the farmer in winter is to get a large amount of warmth for bis cattle so as to save the oostof feed. To secure heat he has supplied a little room for his oows and has shut out the cold air as much as possible. An authority upon the health of the cow says that the stable, to be healthy, should be well ventilat ed and free from draughts and to ac complish this air should be admitted at the door line and sufficient space should be provided at the apex of the roof to allow the heated air to esoape. Six hundred cubic feet of air is neces sary for Shorthorns and their grades, and less of oonrse for the smaller breeds. But many a farmer will be con fronted by the impossibility of build ing a larger barn for the purpose of se curing the necessary extra amount of air space. The Bystem of ventilating named above is a poor one, as it is not economical of fresh, warm air and it subjects cattle to direct draughts of cold air. It is the system that has been long condemned by architects. To supply men or animals with pure air at the lowest cost, the impure air should not escape at the highest point, but at the lowest point near the floor. Fresh air should be admitted near the floor by a shaft reaching to the outside of the barn. Another shaft a foot or more square should run the whole height of the barn and pierce the roof outside. This shaft should extend to within a foot of the bottom of the stable. As the air taken in from out of doors becomes heated it rises and as it becomes impure it will seek an outlet at the only point it can get it, up the shaft. Thus the air in the stable, instead of being cold all the time, will always be warm, and, being continually changed will be fresh. Orange County Farmer. Watering Horses. An English veterinarian, writing to the London Livestock Journal, says: "Prejudice dies hard, but the hardest of all to die in the minds of grooms is that it is injurious to give a horse a drink of oold water when he is heated from exercise. Years ago when I used to train horses for racing in India, I grappled with this prejudice, and clung to it with such tenacity that I used constantly to have horses 'off' their feed after a strong gallop. One day I returned to the messhouse very hot and tired after a long run, and suddenly thought fit to mentally put myself in the plaoe of a race horse. 'Shall I have,' I asked myself, 'a better appetite for breakfast if I refrain from drinking till I have cooled off, or if I have a drink right off? Knowing that I could not eat heartily unless I had first of all drink, I took it, and thereupon felt so fit to eat, and went so ' strong over a course of beefsteak, ham and eggs, quail, muffins, etc, that I resolved to try the same treatment on my horses. My lead was attained with such success that nowadays all the trainers in India give their race horses about nan a bucket of cold water to drink immedi ately after a gallop, and with the best results as regards the appetites and health. I have not alone never seen, but have never even heard or read of any harm to a horse from drinking oold water when he was heated. I have, however, seen hundreds of cases of colic occur in horses from drinking water after boing fed on occasions when they had, previous to eating, been deprived of water for some time. Were all grooms to follow my advice as to watering, I am afraid that many an honest and hard working veterinary surgeon would find his income from oolio cases seriously diminished." Motes. Do not let up the fight on lice and nncleanliness. Get rid of the surplus cockrels as soon as possible. A dry floor, a dry roof, but plonty of fresh water daily is the way to keep dampness ont of the hen house. It is a pleasure to see a thrifty flock of fowls enjoy themselves scratching for something to eat from a lot of straw or other litter. There are flocks of fowls that need green stuff given them just as much this month as in December. Is yours one of them? A daily allowance of fresh cut bone and a bit of oil meal will help the fowls through the moulting season in gxxl shape. Clean out the nest boxes once in a while, even though they have not been used for incubating. When clean give a dressing of kerosene oil, then a fresh lot of hay or straw. A swine breeder says that he has found clover for young growing bogs worth as much as corn, acre for acre, and that good acre of clover will make 600 pounds of pork. The stalk and blade of the corn plant at the highest point of nutrition jnst as the ears begin to glaze and harden. This is the time to cut it for shredding into hay. If you expect to build a new ben house this fall it is time to get at it now. November will be here before long, and there are cold days then with some of our readers. SIX MINERS KILLED. The Result of Carelessness' In Lead villa Mine. Leadville, Colo., Sopt 28. The worst aocideut that ever occurred in this camp happened about 1 o'clock this afteronon at the Bolgian mine, re sulting in the death of six miners and the injury of four others. The men were working in a drift and stope about ten feet above the lower level, where fifty pounds of pow der bad been stored. According to Su perintendent Doddridge, be had posi tively forbidden more than five pounds of powder to be taken into the mine at one time, but it is known that fifty pounds were in the stope at the time. Five or ten pounds of this were in an oil can, warming, with lighted snuffles under it This, it seoms, is the usual method of warming powder. But in some manner it exploded, and the con cussion set off the remaining powder. The terrifflo shook caused dirt to block the stope. The men oould not get out, and six of them smothered to death. As many volunteers as oould be put to work began digging through the mass of dirt, and in an hour had broken through and discovered the miners lying in two drifts. The dead and injured were rapidly removed to the surface, and the injured were taken to the hospital. It is thought all of the injured men will recover. A CHOLERA SCARE. Rumors of the Dreaded Disease In San Francisco Had No Foundation. San Franoisoo, Sept. 27. The warm weather today must have been tl e means of starting more than one uufoi tunate rumor that cholera had broken out in this city. The story doubtless had its origin in some idle remarks, such as "regular cholera weather." It was, however, sufficient to put both the quarantine officer, Dr. Chamebrs, and the health officer, Dr. Lovelace, on the qui vive. They made inquiries of a oase that Policeman Mahoney on the water front had heard of a man on a steamer who had heard from somebody else that somewhere in the oity there were three cases that "looked like" cholera. Mahoney said tonight: "I first heard the rumor on the wa ter front, and finally traced its source to the ticket collector of the North Pa oiflo Coast railroad at Sausalito ferry. He told me that a passenger on the 2:15 boat had remarked to him that there were three oases of oholera in the oity. The tioket collector asked him where they were, and the passenger said he did not know. He had obtain ed his information from a bulletin board up town, and did not stop to read particulars. When I reported off at the harbor polioe station some of the men had heard the story, but the oases had run up to four and six. This is all I know regarding the story." THE NEW STEAMER LINE. Much Interest Attaches to That From the Sound to Central America. Son Francisco, Sept 27. Shipping men are taking great interest in the new line of steamers to run from Puget sound to Central America. The first of these has now started from the sound with a load of general merohondiss for San Jose de Guatemala. When she cleared it was not expected that she would stop at this port It is thought that if the profitable Central American trade, whioh has been such a help to the Paciflo Mail Company, in time of its adversity, gives the new steamers sufficient en couragement, they will eventually slop at San Francisco and enter into direct competition with the Pacific coast steamers now running to the Sound, and with the regular boats from this port to Mexioan and Central American points. The organization of this new 113 follows so closely upon the announce ment from the East that the Panama railroad was arranging to add three steamers to its fleet and to enter Cen tral American trade that the conclusion is drawn that the Chilberg steamers will enter a traffic arrangement with the railroad across the isthmus. It is stated that the Panama railroad stands ready to charter space in Chilbeig's steamers at as high a price as may be necessary to keep the boats running in opposition to the Paciflo Mail. Under the law the Panama road is compelled to charge the same rate on freight to all who offer it under like circum stances and conditions for shipment across the isthmus. HER BABY THE PLEDGE. She Left the Child With the Police to tialn Her Husband's Parole. Chicago, Sept 27. Mrs. Frank Selig showed her love for her husband in a novel manner yesterday. He had been fined (5 for disorderly conduct He had no money, but said he could bor row the amount if allowed to go out and see his friends. The polioe would not allow him to go from the station without security for his return. "Here, take this as security," said Mrs. Selig. as she placed her three months' old baby in the court baliff's arms. Mrs. Selig then hurried out of the station, saying she would not call for the baby until her husband had se cured the money to pay the fine. She did not return, and, as the baby began to cry soon after, it was taken to the orphans' asylum. Later in the day Selig's fine was suspended, and last night he and his wife went to the asy jum for their baby. Diamond-Cutters Strike. Amsterdam, Sept 80. Tea thous and diamond-cutters struck today upon the refusal of the employers to adopt a condition upon which the cutters' trade onion insisted. THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT Another Case Before the United States Court In California. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept 28. The case of Chung Soe, the Chinese woman charged with being unlawfully in the country, was commenced before United I States District Judge Wellborn today. I Collector John H. Wise, Inspector i Thomas Williams, Attorney Riordan 1 and Interpreter H. Huff, of Sun Fran cisco, identified the defendant as the Chinese woman sentenced to deporta tion from San Francisco in 1893. Nothing was devolopod in the testi mony whioh would throw light on the mystery of how she oould have been ordered deported and turned over to a deputy United States marshal for dep ortation, only to be discovered in the country a short time later. The de fendant testified that her name was not Chung See, and that she had never known a woman by that name. She said she had never been in Son Fran oisoo. The case was taken under ad visement with the understanding that attorneys for both sides oould submit briefs. ' TAXATION IN MEXICO. The Reform Bill Has Passed the Lower House of Congress. Mexioo, Sept. 27. The lower house of oongress has passed, with some slight verbal amendments, a bill pro viding for amending the federal consti tution that neither states nor munici palities shall have the right to tax for eign or domestio merchandise entering or in transit through their respective jurisdictions. The bill now goes to the senate. This measure will be one of the most radical reforms ever adopt ed here, as it emphasizes tho federal authority and removes at one blow all obstacles to the transmission of mer chandise within the republic. Hitherto many states and even townships have, at will, plaoed customs duties against both foreign and domestio merchan dise, and although within a few years some of the more progressive states have removed state custom houses, the practice has prevailed to the extent of depriving this country of the fullest free trade within its borders, and has badly embarrassed railway companies which had to deal often with from ten to fifteen state custom houses, and municipal tax-gatherers. Still After Huntington. San Franoisoo, Sept 80. Frank M. Stone, who caused so muoh trouble for C. P. Huntington by traveling on a pass, says that he will never forget or forgive Huntington's slighting remarks, about him when the railroad president was indicted for issuing an interstate pass. After the iudiotment against Huntington had been dismissed, on the ground that the pass had not been used outside of the state, the Amerioan Railway Union men did not despair of bringing Huntington to book. A man was found who said he would testify that Stone used a pass as far as Ogden on another trip. Stone did not deny this, but says the pass was issued by the late General Manager A. N. Towne, and not by Huntington. Done by Blacksmiths. Seattle, Sept 27. Two blacksmiths, J. E. Masters and John. Hubbard, working in the shipyard at Port Blake ly, have perfected the welding of cop per and steel. With no other imple ments than those of the rough shop and no fire but that of the forge, they have turned out several specimens which have 'defied all adverse tests. Masters was a workman in the shipyards at Hoboken, N. J., in 1861. When he and Hubbard read a press dispatch con taining an account of some similar work by Carnegie's men, they worked till they solved the problem. They are prepared to demonstrate that what they have done on a small scale can be done on a larger. Money for the Orient. San Franoisoo, Sept 27. When the Paciflo Mail steamer City of Rio Jan eiro sailed for China and Japan with passengers and merchandise, she car ried away the largest amount of trea sure whioh has been taken to the Orient in over two years. The total amount from the various banks and Chinese merchants netted $1,184,200, of which sum (905,400 was in Mexican dollars, and $227,000 in silver bullion. This will bring the total amount of treasure exported to China and Japan this month to a figure exceeding $3, 000,000. The Coptic, the last steamer to sail, carried over $1,000,000. Founder of Whitman College. Walla Walla, Wash., Sept 27. A fine life sized portrait of Cushing Eells, founder of Whitman college, was pre sented to the trustees this evening by Mrs. E. C. Roes, a Walla Walla artist. Exercises of great interest were held in the college chapel, and addresses were made by Professor W. D. Lyman and President S. B. L. Penrose. The ser vices of the old pioneer hero, both as a missionary and educator, were spoken of at length. It was said the North west owes an incalculable debt of grat itude to him, and that his life's work culminated in founding Whitman col lege a memorial to his co-laborer, Mar cus Whitman. Will Not Walt for Their Kxeqaatars. Constantinople, Oct I. Alex. W. Terrill, the United States minister to Turkey, has notified the polioe that Messrs. Chilton and Hunter, who were appointed provisional consuls of the United States at Erzeroum and Khar pul, will start for their poets immedi ately, waiting no longer for their exe quaturs, the delay in the issuance of which has already kept them here two months.