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OREGON COURIER A, W. CHENKY, Publisher. OREGON CITY OREGON ARE OPPOSED BY ALL The Fighters Can Find No Battleground. THE GOVERNMENT TAKES A HAND CoinmlMloner Drowning, of the Indian llureau, ttnya They Shall Not right In I mil h ii Territory. Wanhini?ton. Oct. 9. Commissioner Browning, of the Indian office, has Aaken nrompt and decisive steps to pre vent the Corbett prizefight in Indian territory. He has prepared the fol lowing letter of instructions to General M. W. Wisdom, at Muskogee: "It is stated in the press dispatches of yesterduy and this morning tnat ar rangements are being made, or have been completed, by parties interested, to hHve a prizefight between Corbett and Fitzsiminons oome off in the Chickasaw nutiou, the plan being to pay into the treasury ol the Chickasaw nation the sum of 15.000. in considera tion of which the two fighters are to be adopted into the nation with a view of defeating the authority of this de partment to prevent such fighting. "It would be, in the opinion of this office, a great detriment to the peace and welfare of the Indians of Indian territory to permit a prizefight to take place within that territory, and you are, therefore, instructed to use every precaution necessary to prevent anyone from entering the Chicaksaw nation, or any other nation in Indian territory and under your charge, for the purpose of having said fight come off iu that territory. You will advise the gover nors of the various nations in Indian territory that this office will not permit a prizefight to take place within your jurisdiction, and you will call upon the United States marshal, and if neces sary report to this office, and troops will be furnished you to prevent the fight "Section 2149 of the revised statutes authorizes and requires me, with the approval of the secretary of the inter ior, to remove from the limits of any Indian reservation any person found thereon without' authority of law,' or whose presence there would be, in my opinion, detrimental to the peace and welfare of the Indians. "In the United States vs. Crook, it was held that the commissioner of In dian affairs had authority under the section above cited to remove an Indian from the reservation, as well as a white man. As I have said, it will be, in my opinion, decidedly detrimen tal to the peace and welfare of the In dians to permit anyone to enter the Chickasaw reservation, whether he be .a oitizen of that nation or not, for the purpose of carrying on a prizefight, and the whole foroe of this government that can be brought to bear will be exerted to prevent the same; and you are iustruoted to keep this office con stantly advised in order that proper stops may be taken in time to prevent the fight in case an effort should be made to 'pull it off' in Iudinn terri tory. "You will make these instructions publio so that the people interested in this fight may be advised of what the government intends to do in the prem ises if called upon to act." Commissioner Browning was asked if the admission of Corbett, Fitzsim inons and others connected with the fight to oitizonship in one of the trills ' would make any difference in the au thority of the government. He said it would not change the conditions iu the least. The government has power to expel a full-blood Indian from the ter ritory if the peace and good order of the Indians require it. He added: "The government would be able to exercise a great deal of discretion in he affair. The United States mar shals or the Indian agent and his po lice, backed up by the United States troops can remove the fighters as in truders and keep them out and then answer as to violation of the law after ward. It is not a case where the fight may take place and the fighters then be culled upon as t whether they have violated the law. The government will not even wait for the affair to progress that far. The principals aud others connected with the fight will be unceremoniously hustled off the Indian lands on the ground that they are in truders whose presence is undesirable. If they make any complaints about it the courts will have to determine the rights of the matter aud it is believed the probabilities are that the power of the United States government will be broadly interpreted." Cholera riulnlulng In Honolulu. Port Towuseud, Wash., Oct 9. The steamer Corona arrived from Honolulu today. She is the first vessel arriving from there that was not sent into quarantine here since the outbreak of cholera in Honolulln. The Corona brings the news that the contagion is on the decrease, and the st are is rapidly dying out. Happy Meilco. City of Mexico, Oct 9. The banks are glutted with amounts entirely without precedent here. Money is abundant in private hands, and manu facturing is enjoying a boom, with mills running extra hours. Trade is improving, and all prospects point to a busy winter all over the republic FATAL BRIDAL FEAST. Three of the Ourula I)enl and Klghty Are Very Hick. Sabula, La., Oct. 9. The singularly distressing illness among the guests at the wedding of John Taplaw and Anna Gage is still occupying the attention of the medical frateritny of this and other cities, but so fur no physician has been able to correctly diagnose the diseaso. Three deaths have ooenrred 'and eighty persons are confined to their beds, and several of these are not ex pected to live. The peculiarity of the disease is causing great apprehensiou, and is at tributed to the failure of physicians to successfully combat it. It is similar 1 tn nnninnn forms of noisouing and i imperviousuess .to all antidotes and usual remedies is a puzzler, borne o the victims show every symptom o trichinosis, thonuh the ordinary treat ment fails to eradicate the disease, or allay the fever with which it is ac companied. They appear to be afflict bA u-irh Titiinminn and the antidotes ad v.. . .v t-- ministered in case of mineral poisoning have . not tne sngntest tendency to nhnnlr thn illness. Thn fact that most of the victims were not stricken until thrnn weeks After rjartakillir of the wed ding feast, furnishes another surprise to the physicians. Them are twuntv-flve cases in Sa hula. In the surrounding country of Jackson county there are fifty or sixty more patients. Tne symptoms are anxe in nvnrv nana. Jackson county is ter ror stricken. Those who are slightly ill are apprehensive ol more results ana consequently no medical assistance re lieves them. Those who are not ill, but who were at the wedding, are fearful that the disease may soon as sert itself on them. The outside phy sioians called in are in the dark as much as the local doctors. It transpires that after the meats which were served at the feast had been cooked the wedding was post poned for four days. In that interval the weather was very warm and the meats became tainted. WASHINGTON'S SCHOOL FUND. What I Included Thereunder by the State Law. Olvmnia. Oct 9. A. W. Hastcr, prosecuting attorney for King county, having inquired of the attorney -general as to what funds the rule of apportion ment prescribed in ohapter 68, session laws of 1805, providing for a state school fund, applied, has been given the following answer by Assistant Attorney-General Haigbt: "The phrase 'all state annual school fnn ,lu ' aa napri in thin Ihw. nlnilllv montia fVia rrtf0rl a nf tVlfl fltnr.fl t.AX fllMs of the income of the permanent school . . . , ii , i . l : .. 1. 1 iunus annually ooiieotea auu Hppnuuuio to the expenses of the common schools. That this .view is correct is indicated by the requirement that the income from the permanent school fund shall be deducted from a sum equal to $0 for each child of school age, in order to determine the amount of the state school tax. As td the other school funds coming into the county treasury, the rule laid down in seotion 8, chap- tor 111 liimanf IA01 ruin Huff to the duties of county superintendents re main in foroe, this section not having been repealed either expressly or by implication. JERSEY LILY'S DIVORCE. It Will lie Boon Kegun and a Marriage May Soon Follow. New York. Oct. 9. It has been fre quently said of late that Mrs. Laugty's object in suing tor a divorce was to enable her to contract a marriage with Sir Robert Peel, whose attentions to her were not only the talk of the Mon aco, where it is said the oonpie nrsi met, but also of half of Europe. Mrs. Laugtry and Sir Robert also spent some portion of the summer together at Hndnn. The "Jersey Lilv" is at pres ent in London. Iu reference to the rumor that Mrs. Laugtry was to marry Sir Robert Peel, her counsel, A. H. Hummell, said: "I have no knowledge that Mrs. T.uiurtrv intends ftnv such thing, but it o - would not surprise me in the least if after her present marriage mums are shuttered she should soon marry again, aud, possibly, a scion of the British no bility. Under the laws of California, Mrs. Ijinitrv is entitled to a divorce on the grounds of nonsupnort. She has been a resident aurt citizen oi mat state for seven years, and owns ranch in Calistoga, Lake county. The sum mons and complaint in her action are in the hands of our London corre spondents for service upon the defend ant, but until the issue is joined no steps can be taken in court. A I'lUnbnrg OfllrlHl' Shortage. Pittsbug, Oct 9. The committee of the council which is investigating the city attorney's office received item ized statements from two bunks today, which show that Assistant City Attor ney W. H. House has received, in the past ten years, on city deposits, in terest to the amount of $.".), 3 H, of which no apparent record is made. There is one more bank to hear from, which will probably run the amount up to 150,000. Mr. House as yet will say nothing iu his defense. The Flood In Havana. Havana, Oct. 0. The government has also opeued a credit with the sum of $5,000 for the relief of sufferers in the inundated districts of Abajo, A popular subscription for the same pur pose was also opeued. Captaiu-Gen-eral de Campos headed the list with f t,0O0, and hi brother-in-law. General Aderius, the commander of the forces here, gave f250. The Marquis of Pilar del Rio subscribed 13,000. In all, the sum of 130.000 has been for warded. The bodies of ten victims of the flood have been recovered. THE ARMENIAN RIOTS English Ambassador Asks That Arrests Cease. THE POWERS' COLLECTIVE NOTE In Iteply the Turklult (rami Vlier fcx- preaaed III Anxiety tu Hare the Situation Improved. Constantionple, Oct. 8. Saturday Sir Philipli Currie, the British ambus sudor, had an interview with Kiamel Pasha, tho grand vizer, in which ho made a strong representation aud fore ibly urged upon him to cease making arrests of Armenians. Kiamel 1'asha, in reply, expressed his auxiety to im prove the situation. It is expected that he will advise tho sultan to grant amnesty to all Ariueuians who have been arrested in connection with the riots siuce Monday. The ambassadors of the powers held a conference today aud drew up a col lective note, which will be presented to the porte tomorrow. Afterward they went to the porte personally and made verbal representations on the sub ject of Armenia. The foreign men-of-war which are acting as guardians have been ordered to moor in the harbor for . the winter, in order to protect foreigners in case of need. Sir Philip Currie has asked leave of the government to visit the Armenians now in prison, in order to draw up a report. Up to Friday eighty bodies had been registered as victims of the disorder, all of whom had been terribly wounded. Some of them contained over twenty gashes, besides bullet wounds, and others had been battered with bludgeons so as to be unrecogniz able. All accounts coucnr that the number of victims thrown into the sea was only three. The gendarmes killed a few of the wounded. Said PaBha has been appointed min ister of foreign affairs to succeed Turk han Pasha, who was appointed to that office io Bucceed Suid Pasha when the latter was made grand vizer. THE INTERNATIONAL GAMES. Comment of the Kngllsh I'apen Upon the Defeat of Cambridge. London. Oct. 8. The papers this morning commenting upon the Yale Cambrudge contest at New York, say: The Graphio: "America has taken thn noneeit out of ns in a way uneaual- ed since Australia beat England at the oval iu 1892, and it may perhaps be a long time before we recover from the shock. ' As a first step toward accept ing defeat gracefully, we might per haps cease to talk so much about the differences of climate as a contributaw cause to our defeat .Wheu.thp Ys1l men came over here and were boaten hv Oxford, thev had to compete under conditions of cold and damp, quite as foreign to their experience as the heat of New York has been to the English men. We do not urge the disadvan tages of which Yale had suffered in diminution of their triumph, and it is not nuite came to enlarge upon similar causes in mitigation of our defeat." The Standard: "The victory was most decisive, in view of the fact that BTunnt for Fitz-Herbert. the -Cautabs performed as well as they have gener ally dono at home, une is ariven to tho none.luHion that Oxford was some what lucky to beat Yale, or decidedly unlucky in subsequently losing to Lam bridge. It is impossible to shut our avaa tn the met tnat ac mis time America is particularly rich in capable athletes of all kinds." The Snortsman: "The result is not so utterly disastrous as the Loudon Athletic Club s defeat, but it does not Ihavb us much to boast of. It is quite evident that the Cautabs have not done well at their training owing to the heat." When All Hope Had Gone. Plvmouth. Oct. 8. The Indian liner Tlnnera. from Calcutta for Loudon, has lauded here nine of the crew of the TtnliAii shin FillirjDO. Captain Mortoua, which left Cardiff September 17 for Buenos Ayres and foundered en route. The Fillippo spruug aleak in midocean and the crew worked incessantly for three days, but they were obliged to abandon the ship. Captain Mortona, wW refused to leave his ship, aud the nurriMiirpr were drowned. The others of the crew had a terrible experience in an open boat. They hart no oars, aiU nor water, and they were in a raging storm for thirty-six hours. They had abandoned all hope, when they were picked up by the Duuera. The Wright Law In California. Perris, Cal., Oct 8. Word has been received that Joseph H. Choate.of New York, aud Senator Stewart, of Nevada, have been retained by the defeuse as- j sociatious of the state to fight the Wright law, when it comes up in the j United States supreme court on appeal from Judge Ross' division. The San Diego Laud & Town Company, which has a lot of laud in the Linda Vista and Otay districts, has engaged Judge Work, ex-state supreme justice, to as sist the other couuseL Ten thousand dollars has already been collected for the purpose. The Ooant Football Champlonahlp. San Francisco, Oct 8. The Olym pic Club has secured Harry Walton, the star fullback of the coast, for its j football team. Walton is well known for his splendid work, on the Stanford! and Reliance teams, and his playing is : conceded by sll to be of the first order, j He was a great favorite with Walter Camp and the other coaches who bad ( him under their eyes. Th Olympic I Club is going to make a great effort to j win the coast championship this year. ; IN CHINESE WATERS. Navy Departmant I'renarlng for Any t'oaallile Kiuergenev. Washington, Oct 8. Among tho naval movements reported to the navy department today were the arrival of the Mouuoacy at Shanghai, and the de parture of the Machias from Han Kow for Shanghai aud the treaty ports. While lio reason is assigned by the commanding otllcers of these vessels for the movements, it is assumed to bo a desire of the admiral commanding the station to have them iu Southern Chi na, where they may be readily avail able iu the eveut of trouble, such as has beeu experienced during the past summer iu the looting and burning of missiouary property. Both the Machi as and the Monocucy are of light draught aud adapted for navigating the Chinese waters. In accordance with section 2 of the act of congress approved March 3, 18U1, and as amended in thn act ap proved March 2, 18U5, Secretary Morton has issued the following: "It is ordered that all beef for ex portation, whether fresh, salted, can ued, corned or packed, shall be accom panied by a certificate of an inspector of this department, showing that the cattle from which it was produced were free from diseaso and that the meat was sound and wholesome, and, in order that it might be determined whether all beef exported has been so inspected aud found free from disease and wholesome, it is further ordered that the meat of all other species of animals, which is packed iu barrels, cases or other packings, shall be legi bly marked in such maimer as to clear ly indicate the species of animal from which the meat was produced. Meat which is not so marked, and which is not accompanied by a certifi cate vt inspection, will be subjected to unpaoking and examination in order to ascertain if it is uninspected beef. "Notice is hereby given to exporters of beef, whether said beef is fresh, salted, canned, corned, packed or other wise prepared, and to owners and agents of vessels upon which said beef is exported, that no clearance can be given to any vessel having on board said beef uutil the provisions of this order are complied with. "As reliable evidence has beon sub mitted, showing that a large quantity of uninspected beef has been prepared for export, the identity of which has been lost in the process of curing, it is directed that this order shall not be en forced uutil January 1, 1890. All or ders and regulations of this depart ment inconsistent with this Order are hereby revoked." Yang Yu, the minister from China to the United States, accompanied by four members of the legation, left here this morning for New York. Yang Yu is also the accredited representative of bis country to the Spanish govern sent, but he has not yet visited there in Ins diplomatic capacity. The party, will remain in New York until the 12th, when they embark on board a French line steamer for . Havre, and from there they will go to Spain. While in New York they will be the guests of the Chinese consul. During the minister's absence, Mr. Hoo will be in charge of the legation in this cty. The minister expects to be ab sent two months. IN BEHRING SEA. ' The Ruh Ha ltetiirned to San Fran ulaco From a Summer Cruise. San Francisco, Oot. 8. The cutter Richard Rush arrived today after her summer's cruise in Behriug sea. She left for the North early in May last Since then she has been keeping a watchful eye on the sealing fleet to prevent any infractions of the interna tional law regarding the taking of seals, and also the national law in re gard to the importation of liquor into Alaska. The Rush cruised almost con tinuously about the eastern part of the sea, while the Commodore Perry, the Thomas Corwin and the Grant went further west. 1 During the season there were sixty five sealing schooners in Behring sea and the cutters were kept busy over hauling them. The schooners E. B. Marvin sud Beatrice, of Victoria, the Louis Olsen of San Francisco, and the Shelby of Puget sound were seized for violating the sealing law, and sent home. All of them were charged with using firearms in capturing seals, in stead of spears, as provided by the in ternational agreement. The cutter's officers say there is ab solutely no truth in the reports circu lated by the masters of some of the sealing schooners of discrimination against them in favor of English seal ers. The basis for the -stories, proba bly, originated from the fact that by a clause in the international agreement regarding the killing of seal iu Behr ing sea the English have the right to board the American vessels and seal up their arms. The American patrol ves sels cannot exercise this privilege on board the English vessels and examine the skius, and by that means it is not difticnlt to tell whether a gun or a spear has been used to kill the animal. Whether the guns are sealed or not, the results are practically the same and there is little chance for an offend er to escape. Steel Hall on the Northern I'arlflc. Tacouia, Oct. 9. The Northern Pa cific is preparing to begin laying the 1,400 miles of new steel track which the report of ex-Receivers Oakes, T 1 D M..iilli. filiw-t i . Yl null intur, hvluuj uic nuuj Judge Jenkius, states will be necessary during the next five years to keep the i road in imnd condition. The cost, ac- 1 .. .... - p - - I cording to their report, after deducting j the value of the rails taken up, will be 3,500,000. The purchasing depart-1 ment has just awarded contracts for j supplying 500,000 ties during the next year to W. C. Davies, of Tacoraa. and j T. F. Greenough, of Missoula, Mont The ties ar to be laid when the first of , the new rails are put down. , III! HAS A WEAK CASE Enough Evidence Now Convict Durrant. to HIS A LI HI IS SLOWLY CRUMHLI.NO llev. Ulbaou Wan I' lured on the Stand and Compelled to tihow Speci mens of inn Handwriting. Sau Fraucisoo, Oct. 7. If the man ner iu which the attorneys for the do feuso iu tho trial of Theodore Durrant are handling their case is any indica tion of the strength of their position, the prosecution believes the develop ments of today leave little doubt of the prisoner's conviction. To tho surprise of everybody, the defeuse this afternoon began the calliug of witnesses to show the previous good character of the young Sunday-school superintendent To the prosecution this step is inter nreted to mean that the defeuse has in troduced all of the evidouce it has to refute the testimony piled up by the people. If this be true, the verdict of the jury is. a foregone conclusion. Not ouly has the defeuse failed to es tablish an alibi for Durrant, but it has actually strengthened the case against the prisoner. Rev. J. George Gibson, pastor of Emanuel Baptist church, was called by the defense for the purpose of identify ing speoimous of his handwriting. The witness refused positively to identify any of tho specimens handed to him. He said the writiug was like his own, but as the documents hud not been in his possession for some time, if at all, he could not positively identify the writing. At tho request of Attorney Denprey, Rev. Mr. Gibson printed the uame and address of Mrs. C. G. Noblo, Blanche Lamout's aunt. He oiun umirn several specimens for the district attorney, which was introduced in evidence. The writing or rtev. Air. OiliKon will nlav an important part in the future proceedings, as Attorney Denprey announced in his opening that he would prove that Gibson directed the wrapper in which Blanche Lamout's rings were reiurueu to Mrs. Noble. ' Whiln Rev. Mr. Gibson was writing for the defense he be came very excited, and bobbed out of H, nlorlr'a nhiiir. in which he was sit- UUV Vvi 1 ting, very frequently to ask questions of the court or to oompiam inai me taalr united of him was unfair. Air. Gibson was asked to write the name aud address of Mrs. Noble witn the Wora "W" and "B" in Noble printed. This occasioned some trouble, and as the minister became confused, he was "all at sea." "T bra A Tinner here, if your honor please," he said, "with these letters printed. Do I understand that I am to follow these?" 'N.i. sir." said the judge. "Just print in the ordinary way, as if you had never seen the paper in your life." "I can't do that," replied the min ister. . "Can't you print? " inquired bis honor. Gibson said he could. "Well, print those letters, , then, in your ordinary way." The pastor ain as ne waa um, mu o tha nWV's desk. All the people in the oourtroom craned their necks to see the minister write, and Durrant peepea between the shoulder of his attorneys, infpntlv enzins udou the exhibition of penmanship. Mi. Gibson was a trifle slow, but at lengtn tne wrmug finished and introduced in evidence by the defeuse. t. T. Tvinors. a newspaper reporter, win nailed bv the defense for the pur pose of ascertaining if he wrote an ar- tide which was puonsnea Apru io, iu which Detective Gibson was quoted as saying that he saw the prints of a No. 8 or 9 shoe in the belfry where Blanche Lamout's body was found. The wit ness said he could not positively say whether or not he wrote the article, but he was of the impression that he did not. tv.o iWensA snmmoned ex-Congress man Hanley and several other wit nesses to show the bad reputation of Attorney CJuinlan, who testified that the afternoon of April 8 he saw Dur rant and Blanche Lamont walking to ward Emanuel church. Fifteen witnesses were placed on the stand to show the previous good . char acter of Durrant. The witnesses re garded Durraut as a model young man; not one had ever heard of -bis doing wrong. The cross-examination was brief, as the prosecution expects to have no difficulty in proving that Durrant's im morality was notorious among the lower classes, with whom he often as sociated. Summed up briefly, the result of the first ten day's of testimony introduced by the defense is as follows: Dr. Cheney failed to testify, as At torney Denprey said he would, that Durrant was present at the lecture given the afternoon Blanche Lamont was murdered, the prosecution estab lished the fact that the roll-call book in which Durrant was recorded present at the lejture is unreliable, as another student is recorded present who testi fied that he was absent To offset these two strong points gained by the prosecution, the defense has placed on thj taiM fifrv-six students, who testi fied that they did not answer to Dur rant's name at roll-call on the 3d of ApriL The Herrick cannery at The Dalles, Or., has put up about 5,000 cases of salmon so far. LAND DECISIONS MADE. Secretary Smith Art on Oregon am) Wanhlngton t aiiea. Washington, Oct. 7. Secretary Smith has decided iu the case of Charles H. DeWitt against Henry Mil ler and the state of Oregon iu favor of DeWitt, reversing the decision of the commisioucr of the general land office. DeWitt was a homestead-eutryman. Miller claimed as a purchaser of the state, aud the state claimed under the -swamp-laud grant. The secretary say that it is proven that the laud was u t swamp at the time the grant was wf .e. The tract is in the Lakeview district. In the case of Baptist Rober aAinst the state for a tract iu the Oregon City district, the secretary afli' i. the de cision of the commissioner, holding that the laud was swamp, and not sub ject to entry. Secretary Smith has decided a case from the Seattle laud district, which is of considerable importance. It is the case of the Northern Pacific Com pany against John Flett, and the laud, which comprises 1 (30 acres near Tu coma, is very valuable. The depart ment in 1801 decided iu favor of the railroad company, and the land has been patented to the company. Tho secretary reverses and recalls the de cision, and directs that steps be taken to seenre reconveyance from the rail road with a view to securing the laud for Flett In another decision, in the case of Frauk Tarbell against the Northern Pacific in the Seattle district, tho sec retary reverses the commissioner and awards the land to Tarbell. The secretary has decided four cases in the North Yakima district (Wash ington): Roland Tillotson against Gustavo Liudstrum, commissioner re versed and the land awarded to Liud strum; John J. Rudkin against Henry J. Bickuell, commissioner reversed and the laud awarded to Bickuell; Anda Gibson against Carroll O. Swain, com missioner reversed, and the land awarded to Swaiu; John J. Rudkin. against John R. Cooper, former de cision of the department in favor of Rudkin is reversed, and his contest dismissed. A PAPER IN NEW YORK. Young Iteamt la Said to Have Pur chased the Morning Journal. New York, Oct. 7. The World says that for some time past William R. Hearst, son of the late Senator George R. Hearst, the proprietor of the Sau Francisco Examiner, has been negoti ating with John R. McLean, for th purchase of the Morniug Journal, and it now seems probable that this will be accomplished in a few days. Mr. Hearst said at the Hoffman house that nothing had been settled in regard to the matter, but that he hoped for a sat isfactory outcome. Another local paper says the report of the sale of the Morning Journal, of this city, to W. R. Hearst, proprietor of tho Sau Francisco Examiner, was confirmed by Mr. Alleu, the New York correspondent of the Examiner. There is excellent authority for saying that Mr. Hearst will take possession of his new property some time next week. He is now in this city, and is accompanied by the managing editor of the' San Francisco paper, S. S. Chamberlain. The Morning Journal will retain its present name for a time at least, and its price will remain at 1 cent. But many changes in its managetment and its features will probably be made soon. The Journal was purchased some weeks ago by John R. McLean from its founder, Albert Pulitzer. San Francisco, Oct. 7. The after noon papers here publish the statement that W. R. Hearst, proprietor of the Examiner, has purchased the New York Recorder. This fact is borne out by the fact that Homer Davenport, the well-known artist; Mrs. Orrin Blaok, better known as "Amiie Laurie," and Charles Drydeu, a clever writer, left tonight for New York, in compliance with orders from Mr. Hearst. MILLIONS WERE AT STAKE. Thonmon-Hoieiton Defeated In It Suit AK7'i"t Western Electric. Chicago, Oct. 0. The United States circuit court of appeals today handed down, among others, an opinion upon which depended, it is estimated, not less than $25,000,000, and a practical monopoly of the electric-lighting busi ness for fonr years. The Thomson Houston Electric Company was the un successful party in the suit. The ac tion involved the device known as the automatio regulator, which as to elec trio lighting performs a function simi lar to that of a governor on the steam engine. The suit was begun against the Western Electric Company, of this city, praying for an injunction to re strain defendant company from using the regulator and asking an account ing. The suit came to trial before Judge Grosscnp in June, 1894. The court upheld the Western Electric Company that the contract, which it was claimed was being infringed, was void, because the second issue of the patent covered the device. An appeal was taken to the United States circuit court of appeals, which today affirmed Grosscup's ruling and ordered a dis missal of the case. This is final. Trouble Among the Theoeophint. London, Oct 5. Herbert Burrows has written a letter announcing that he has left the theosophists' society, ow ing to recent disclosures, which have convinced him that deception in the society has been rampant for years, by both Messrs. Olcott and Sinnett He says he believes that Mme. Bla vatsky is partially fraudulent