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IIILLSUOUO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 181)5.
NO. 25.
THE CHURCH ASSASSIN
Durrani's Attorneys Have
Another Sensation.
KNOW WHO KIMiKl) MISS LA MONT
The DrAinae, It I Alleged, Hh. Wlt
uee to Nliuw Who Conuult
tid Ihe Murder.
Bun Fraucisco, Sept. 11. An ovon
ing paper prints u sensational story
iilhuit the defense wliioli will bo offered
in tlio trial (if Theodore Durrant fur
tho murder of Blanche Luminit. Thy
following statement is oroditnd to a
person connected with the defense:
"Tlio alibi will bo strong, but the
defonso has witnesses to sliow tluit
Durrunt uot only did not commit the
murder, but will indicate who did
commit it. There will bo more tlmu
one implicated iu the murder. Wit
nesses will testify tluit tlioy saw the
itiil ontur tlio eliuroh on the fatal after
tiomi with a certain nuiu, aud nt that
time u second man was iu the church.
Thoro the defense will runt itfl inquiry.
It will not attempt to prove that these
parties did ooiiiinit tlio murder. The
statement-, as to thin are no direct that
they will leave no ground for theproso
outinu to Htmid ou, ho far us Durrant is
concerned. "
The Htory of Blanche Lament's last
journey will bo told in Judge Murphy's
courtroom dnriiig the present week.
Many detail which the prosecution
was uuiiblu to supply at the preliminary
examination will bo forthcoming, and
the proceeding will furnish a dramatic
interest strongly in contrast to the ma
thematical monotony of the past week.
Eoi were on the young schoolgirl and
her cso irt that afternoon, and those
eyes will tell ot the stops they saw
taken on that trugto journey. Eyes
woro on the unsuspecting girl and the
young man supposed to be Durrant
when they boarded the oar at Powell
street unil when tlioy entered tlio Dart
lett street church, from which one of
them was never to emerge alive. The
owner of these eyes will tell their
stories, fully believing that their or
gans of "iMou were not deceived At
torneys for tlio defense will stoutly
centeud that they aro mistukeu; that
their eyes have played thorn false and
that it was uot Durrant but some other
porson they s.iw with Blanche La in out.
Iu two cases at least there has been no
o ineealment that Durrant s attorneys
would attack the clearness of vision of
the witnesses, and on the ground that
the latter had u plain physical defect
in their eyos. These two, by the. way,
are the most important witnesses for
the prosecution Mrs. Mary Vogel and
Mrs. Caroline Leak The prosecution
has linen aware of this intention for
some time and proparation has boon
made to frustrate it, In the case of
Mrs. Leak, that lady, it is under
stood, has confided to the police that
ou the day Durrant aud the jury visited
tlio church she was easily able to iden
tify the defendant iu tlio crowd ou the
sidewalk from her window. She had
not been previously notified of his com
ing, but the moment tlio party took its
stand on the sidewalk opposite she is
Raid to have picked the prisoner out
immediately. Mrs. Hackott was at
her Biilo, and as soon as tho old lady
saw tho group she turned to her com
panion and said: "Why, Mrs. Hack
ett, there's Theodore Durrant."
Mrs. Loak has boeu seon herself to
confirm this Btory, but she Btill prefers
to koep her story until she reaches the
stand. If the story is correct it will
undoubtedly go a long way to establish
the com potency of Mrs. Leak's vision.
With Mrs. Vogel the test will be
moro sevoro. On Saturday her eyes
were examined by Opitoian Muller and
his assistant, Harry Clark. They put
her to all tho tests known to the busi
ness, and at the end of the examination
pronouuoed hor eyes to be in good con
dition. They will testify, If called
upon the stand, that Mrs. Vogel could
easily have distinguished from hor
window the features ot a man standing
iu front of the normal school.
New York's Fxclae Law.
New York, Sept. 1 1. The question
whether the olubs of the city will be
ameudable to tho excise law has been a
' poiut ot much discussion with the
present administration. The police
commissioners today had a conference,
after which Mr, Roosevelt gave out
this:
"A olub or corporation can no more
violate the law than au individual.
When evidence is Bocured against a
olub that violates the law by selling
liquors, it, or its employes, will be
psroeeded against just as a saloon
keeper or his empolyos. If an officer
has evidence of violation in a club it
is his duty to make nn arrest, aud he
will do so or be called to account. If
any person has evidence aud applies
for a warrant, I have no doubt the
court will grant it without discrimina
tion." Yakima Ropi,
North Yakima, Wash., Sept. 11.
Picking iu the hopyards beoarae quite
general today. A week 'or two ago the
indications were that not over 8,000
bales would be pioked, hut it is now
believed the yield will amount to 14,
000, as most of the growers who culti
vated their yards have managed to so
onre picking money. The main trou
ble now lies in the soaroity of piokers.
Seoretary Ross, ot the Hopgrowers' As
sociation, said todav that he oould have
used 1 ,000 more piokers aud that 2,000
additional would be required before
the end of the week. Growers are
paying 75 cents per box as a rule, al
though iu tome outlying yards $1 is
paid.
ANDRE'S BALLOON TRIP.
Arctic Explorer. In Wanhlngton Klril
eule the Idea.
New York, Sept 11. A Herald dis
patch from WiiHhiugtou says:
Considerable interest is being mani
fested hero by those interested iu Arc.
tie explorations aud in ballooning, in
the proposed attempt ot 8. A. Andre to
reach tho North Pole by moans of an
airship. Mr. Andre is to leave Europe
early in 1800, in timo to reach the
Norskoarno island by June. The start
in the balloon from there is to be made
iu July ou a clear day when a brisk
southerly wind is blowing.
Tho greatest objection to Mr. An
dre's plan iu tho opinion of General
Grooly aud other Arctic explorers, is
tho generally believed iuabiliry of bill
loon is ts to guide their airships. Mr.
Andre's plan claims to obviate this ob
jection. Ho .has devisod a steering ar
rangement. Notwithstanding Mr. An
dre's plausiblo reasoning, Arctic i'x
plorors here believe he will find himself
woefully mistaken in such calculations
when he commences the journey.
Mr. Audro told General Groely in
London reoeutly ho would be accom
panied by two men. aud that he ex
pected to reach the Polo iu twenty-one
days. When ho reaches the Pole what
will he do? Will he wait there until
favorable breeze blows, or will he
continue over into Asia? What guar
antee has he that the wind wheu he
starts will obligingly oontinue to blow
from the south while ho goes to the
pole?
Those are questions which explorers
aro asking each other, and they are all
waiting for Mr. Andre to attempt his
plau in order to get an answer.
General Greely was rather inclined
to ridicule Mr. Andre's plan. "I do
uot think Mr. Andre's plan will bo
successful," he said. "Because there
are so many difficulties ho will have to
ovoroomo in order to reach tho Pole,
and if ho does pass over the poiut we're
all anxious to know about, he may be
unable to laud on account of weather
couditious, and any reports he will
bring back will consequently be of lit
tle value "
Enginocr-iii-Chief Molvillo, of the
United States navy, was just as em
phatio in saying that the plan would
be unsuccessful. "While I do not like
to uso slang," he said, "I must say
Mr. Andre's plan is a fool scheme, and
that is all there is abont it. A fickle
wind will blow Mr. Andre's airship
around liko a foathor, and if he escapes
with his life he will be lucky."
CORBETT OUT OF TRAIN NG.
III. Friend. Ray He Doea Not Believe
the Fight Will Come till'.
Now York, Sept 11. A morning
paper will print a report that Cham
piou Corbett's frionds do not believe
tho tight with Fitzsimmons will come
off, and that consequently he is not iu
training. . .
An interview is given with Parson
DavioB, who says:
"I saw Corbett about a wock ago
aud did not. like his looks. He did
not appear to have the life and energy
which he formerly possessed, and his
eyes were dull and listless. I at
tributed this to the fact that he had
been knocking around the country a
great deul, playing ball, attending
theatrical performances, keeping late
hours aud other dissipations. Corbett
is a woudorful man, though, and a
great fighter. If he trains aud getB in
condition, there is no doubt that he
will whip Fitzsimmons. Bob, how
ever, is irf great condition right now,
and will put up an awful fight. If
Jim is not right up to the murk he
may suffer defeat. I doa't attach
much importance to what I hear of
the nouditiou ot the men, for don't be
lieve they wiU meet, at least not iu
Texas. Whin a governor of a state
announces he will' stop a fight, he
usually means it, and iu this instance
I think Governor Culberson is in earn
est." Another of Cobrott's friends, Al
Smith, says:
"Oh, Jim don't need much train
ing. Five or six weeks will suffice.
He will do ample training in time to
meet his opponent. Fitz is working
hard aud will do credit to himself, but
if the fight occurs, i( will result in a
victory for Corbett."
THE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.
xperlmenta to lie Made Upon a
Ball-
road In Peru.
Philadelphia, Sept. 11. A represen
tative from the Baldwin locomotive
works, with an expert electrician from
the Westinghouse company, together
with Sir Honry W. Tyler, ex-president
of the Grand Trunk railroad, will
depart tomorrow for Peru, where it is
said a test of the possibility aud 'feasi
bility of the electric locomotive is to
be made upon a railroad 15,000 feet
above the sea level. Sir Henry Tyler
has been in this city for several days
in oonferenoe with members of the
Baldwin firm. It was decided last
night to make the experiment and to
morrow the party leaves for South
America. The name of the oompany
proposed to do the work cannot be
learned. It is said that should the re
port of the Baldwln-Westinghouse ex
perts be favorable it will probably
lead to the placing of the first large or
der for eleotrio locomotives. The
Baldwin company is said to be repre
sented by Arthur Church; of this city,
and J. Blunt, of Pittsburg, will look
after the interests of the Westinghouse
oompany.
The Trade of the Kootenai Country,
Vancouver, B. C.Sept. 10. Fifteen
members of the British Columbia
Board of Trade left today for a tour
through the Kootenai country, in or
der to seoure the trade of that district,
which is at present chiefly controlled
by Spokane sod Winnipeg merchants.
WORK ON THE NAVV
Shipbuilding Has Been Lag.
ging for Years.
IT MUST K0W IJK EXPEDITED
Hecretury Herbert I Given Order
That Work on all Veasele Mull
lie ft united Forward.
Washington, Sept. 10. "Yes,"
said Secretary Herbert today, "it is
true that I huvo giveu orders that
work ou vessels under construction for
tho navy shall bo expedited. The or
uer uot ouiy embraces the work on
navy yard ships but also the work ou
vessels being built under coutract. All
have been urged to increased d.ligeuce.
J. ho ships building in the navy
yards havo beon lagging for years.
tor a long time delay was for want of
armor, but armor is now being fur
nished promptly. Tho Texas aud
Maine, the former of which has lust
boeu put in commission, and the latter,
which will be in a few days, really
ought to have been iu service mouths
ago. . Officials at the nary yards nat
urally desire to keep a regular force
steadily employed, aud the disposition
is to take workmen from the ships
which are building and do repair work
with them, pnttiug them back when
tho repair work is completed. Not
only have the Texas aud Maine been
delayed by this pructice, but also the
monitors, the Terror, the Mouadnock
and the Puritan. All tho ships ought
to be now iu commission, aud I have
ordered that they be pushed to com
pletion. Precisely tho same reasons
which huvo operated to delay the build
ing of ships at navy yards naturally
iuttneuce ooutraotors. Tlioy are some
times tempted to neglect government
work aud use part of tho force on the
government ships to do outside work
as it comes in."
The secretary deprecates the practice
which congress has fallen into of re
lieving shipbuilders of penalties in
curred. He said:
"Tho ooutraotors all provide penal
ties for failure to complete work on
them. Penalties for delay have fre
quenty beeu imposed upon contractors
by the navy department, but unfortu
uately, congress has in almost every
instance, wheu it was asked, relieved
them of those penalties. Tho eifect of
such action isneoessarily demoralizing.
It is to be hoped that theso penalties
wijl be allowed to stand.
"There is nothing about shipbuild
ing that now reuders it difficult in the
United States. No good reasons can
bo giveu why such ships, authorized by
congress, should not bo completed with
rcasouablo dispatch, aud I am simply
iusistiug ou prompt compliance with
contract obligations. We have already
shown that we can build ships and
guns equal toany iu the world, and I
hope our shipbuilders, who are now
looking for coutraots abroad, will
demonstrate to the world that ships
can bo built uot only as well, but as
rapidly iu the United States as any
where in the world."
The seoretary also said that he was
pushiug along the manufacture of ord
nance and all other works in progress
under his directiou.
tu his annual report upon the publio
buildiug and grounds iu Washington,
Colonel Wilsou says that he has thor
oughly overhauled and repaired the
White House. It was found that tho
flooring iu front of the state dining
room, where the orowds gather during
receptions, had bcoome weakened aud
sunk. The beams were found to b
giving way, aud these were renewed
and strengthened.
The pension appeal of John Godfrey
has been rejected by Secretary Rey
nolds. Godfrey served in Company F,
Third Kansas volunteers, which was
called into service by the governor of
the state. The secretary says no other
person than the president has author
ity to call the state militia into the
service of the United States.
CHICAGO'S "FINEST."
What I Required for Appointment on
the Police Force.
Chicago, Sept. 10. Every inusole in
the body of an applicant for the police
or fire department will be tested before
appointment will bo made by the civil
srvice oommissiou. Dr. Hawley, the
commission's examining physioiau, re
turned from New York last ovening
where he had goue to study the meth
ods ot examinatiou made by the physi
cians of the civil service commission of
that city. He found Dr. A. H. Brown,
the examining physician, had given up
his life to a study of the work, and had
devised a system of examination
which, Dr. Hawley claims, is so per
fect that no improvement is possible.
Ho brought back the plan of the com
missioners and explained it to them.
It was adopted unanimously, although
Chief Badenoch looked askance. Dr.
Brown gives the result of his research
to Chicago with but one restriction,
that is that he be allowed to oversee
the manner iu which it is being ap
plied in order that examinations may
be kept up to the high grade he intends
them to be. By tho examination a
complete record of the applicant's
physical condition is made.
Dr. brown lias divined the various
parts ot the body iuto seotious to
which he gives a relative value to the
entire body. The applicants have then
to stand a certain percentage of these
marks in order to pass inspection.
English Delegate Will Come.
Cardiff, Wales, Sept. 10. Before
the trades union congress closed today,
it was voted to send two delegates to
represent British workingmen at the
next meeting of the American Federa
tion of Labor.
FOSTER ON CHINA.
The Ex-Aeeretary Speaks of the Kloti
and the Condition of the Chinese.
Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 10. The
Hon. J. W. FoRter, ex-secretary of
state and recent counsel for the Chi
nese government, in an address on for
eign missions here tonight, spoke as
follows ou the recent riots in China:
"The opinion formed by me, after a
careful inquiry and observation, is
that the masses of the population in
China, particularly the common peo
ple, are especially hostile to the mis
sionaries and their work. Occasion
ally riots nave occurren, out tney are
almost invariably traced to the literal
or prospective office-holders and the
ruling classes. Theso are often bigoted
and conceited to the highest degree,
aud regard the teachings ot the mis
sionaries as tending to overthrow the
existing order of government aud so
ciety, which they look upon as a per
fect system and sanctified by grout an
tiquity.
"Tho war with Japan, which result
ed in humiliation iii the peace and the
loss of territory, has greatly weakened
the imperial authority, and the dis-
waudment of several hundred thousand
troops, mostly without receiving the
pay due them, has added to the pre
vailing discontent and disorder.
Under such circumstances it is not
strange that riots should occur.
"But we in Americi should becharv
of our condemnation, when we recall
the many outrages which have been in
dicted ou Chinese subjects in the
United States, and remember the Rock
Springs, Wyo., riot, a few years ago,
was equally cruel and fatal in its re
sult and reflected more severely upon
our authorities.
"I am, however, in full sympathy
with the prevailing demand in the
United States that China Bhould bo
held to a strict account for these out
rages, but iu doing this care should be
exercised by our government that it
does not lend itself to advance the sin
ister projects of European governments
that are on the alert to turn the inter
national trouble of China to their own
benefit The United States is strong
enough to act independently of Euro
pean combinations, aud China has
never failed to oomply with its just
demands.
"There seems to bo in a part of tho
publio press of our country a miscon
ception of the ground upon which our
government bases its intervention on
account of these riots. It is not be
cause we are a Christian country, aud
are seeking to support a Christian
propagandism iu Chiua. It is simply
because the people, iu whose behalf our
government intervenes, are American
citizens pursuing an avocation guaran
teed by treaty and permitted by Chi
nese laws."
NEWS FROM ALASKA.
The Output of the Chllcat Canneries
About Thirty 'thousand Casee.
Seattle, Sept JO. Advices from
Alaska say the steamer Afognak ar
rived at Juneau reoeutly from the Chil
cat canneries, bringing down fifty
fishermen, who were recently dis
charged. The season's run is prac
tically over, although some Indians are
still bringing in a few fish. The out
put for the summer will be a trifle over
83,000 cases. Consideralbe dissatisfac
tion exists among the discharged em
ployes, who claim the management not
only worked them like dogs in all
kinds ot weather, but that they also
disregarded a contract from San Fran
cisoo. Chris Henne, a young man recently
from Stanford university, has returned
from the Yukon country via St
Michael and Uunlaska. Mr. Henne is
a hunter of considerable note. Out
side of a moose, tome mountain sheep
aud a bear that he bagged, he saw no
game. In speaking of the mining in
terests in the Yukon, he said the out
look was rather disoouraging, though a
few miners were making uiouey.
The Alaska Commercial Company
has on a new boat on the Yukon, the
Alice, which is of 500 tons.
The largest nugget taken from Birch
creek this season was found by Vio
Peterson and is valued at $50.
On the first trip down the river of
the P. B. Weare, James Buck, the first
mate, was killed by the parting of a
line.
A Woman Who Hide a Itreakbeani.
San Bernardino, Cal. , Sept 10. A
woman passed through this city this
morning who had crossed the desert
on a brakebeam. Her name is un
known, aud the plaoe from which she
started is also a seoret She was dis
covered two days ago, near Daggett,
by the crew"" of a freight train, on
which she was stcaliug a ride on a
brakebeam. Sho was dressed as a boy,
but as soon as the trainmen brought
her from under the car thoy were con
vinced she was a woman, which she
finally admitted. She refused to dis
close her identity, but said her husband
had beon living in an Kastern city,
and had deserted her, taking with him
their little girl. She heard he was in
Oregon and had placed the girl in an
orphanage. Being without means she
started our to beat her way. As soon
as the trainmen heard the woman's
story they sympathized with her and
she was taken to Los Angeles in a ca
boose. Sho is a woman about 35 years
Lold, has blue eyes and a fair oomplex-
on, short hair, and is of courageous
bearing.
A Train-Wrecker to Hang.
Fort Smith, Ark., Sept. 11. Dud
Luoky has been sentonoed in the United
States court to hang on Tuesday, Oc
tober 0, next, for the murder of Deputy
Marshal Lorce in the Creek nation last
December. The condemned man was
a member of a gang of trainrobbers and
wreekera Lucky was the 151st per
son sentenced to death by Judge
Parker.
NORTH PACIFIC NEWS
Happenings of Interest in the
Progressive Northwest.
BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE EVENTS
A Budget of Item Gathered From
All Part of Oregon, Wash
lugton and Idaho.
Hood River, Or., has a council com
mittee at work devising a sewer and
drainage system for the town.
The Ilwaco, Wash., cranberry ranch
will yield 2,000 barrels of berries this
year, and they will be worth, it is
said, $12 a barrel.
Mr. Hume's Rogue river cannery has
closed down, after a successful season.
The run of fish was so large that the
cannery could not pack all the catch.
Hood River, Or, will have a fruit
exhibit October 4 and 5. There will
be all kinds of fruit on show, but the
far-famed Hood River apples will be
the chief thing.
The new millrace which is being
built by W. S. Byers, proprietor of the
Pendleton roller mills, at a cost of
14,000, will be oompleted within a
week or ten days.
Sheriff Houser, of Umatilla countv.
Or., turned over to County Treasurer
Kern Monday the sum of $10,508.15,
which he had collected for taxes be
tween August 16 and 31.
Vale, Or., the county seat of Mal
heur county, is bavins quite a build
ing boom. Two large fireproof build
ings are going up, and a hotel to take
the plaoe of the one recently burned.
A petition signed by many citizens
and nearly all of the business men of
Waitsbnrg, has been presented to the
city council, asking that the laws re
garding Sunday closing be rigidly en
forced. Superintendent Lawler, of the London
syndicate, received another check for
$10,000 Wednesday to oontinue work
on tho Santiam mines, says the Albany
Democrat. The mill is expected at Al
bany in a few days, and will be run
ning by November 15.
The election to vote upon the ques
tion of consolidating New Whatcom,
Wash., and Fairhaven will be held
September 21. Little interest is mani
fested iu New Whatoom, as only
three-fourths ot the qualified electors
have thns far registered.
The Umatilla Indians are camped in
the valley near Enterprise, Or., await
ing the arrival of the Lapwais, when
they will indulge in horseracing,
"seven up," eto. It is very doubtful
if the Lapwais visit Wallowa this fall,
as they have business to look after at
home.
Professor Johnson, collector for the
foresty department of the United
States, has fonnd in Cow Creek canyon
a new species of pine, the eleventh
found in Oregon. The wood of the
new tree is unusually tough, and sam
ples of tho needles in Mr. Johnson's
possession are 1 5 inches long.
The warrants drawn during the
month of August to run the city of
Walla Walla, Wash., were: For
street lighting, $559.50; general de
partment, $407.40; fire department,
$873.96; health department, $78.45;
cemetery department, $56.25; street
department, $801.20; total, $3,354.53.
Because of trouble in King county,
Wash. , between the coroner and com
missioners over the fees that shall be
allowed the former, the body of Baby
Hansen was left in the undertaker's es
tablishment in Seattle for ten days,
awaiting burial. It has not been em
balmed, but was temporarily preserved
from decay,
The report of the Spokane Falls,
Wash., district land office for the
month of August shows the following
business transacted: Two cash sales,
170.43 acres; one preemption, 100;
two script entries, 820; two timber
proofs, 320; sixteen homestead entries,
1,486.15; twenty-eight homestead
proofs, 8,989.67.
J. P. MoMinn.jjvho lives on Walla
Walla river, has a fruit dryer in op
eration that has a capaoity of 15,000
pounds for twenty-four hours. He uses
little wagons to handle the frnit on the
platforms and in the dryer. He is
now drying varieties of the Italian,
silver and Freuoh prunes, and has 100
tons of his own, and has just bought
100 tons more.
C. O. White is interesting farmers in
stocking Umatilla county, Or., with
Mongolian pheasants In the vicinity
of Milton, the increase has been very
rapid. E. J. Sommerville put out two
of the pheasants a year ago and now
there are forty or fifty about his place.
There are at least 800, and perhaps 400
near Milton, all bred during the past
year or two.
Peter Christopher, who lives six
miles north of Pendleton, lost about
sixty sacks of wheat one day last week.
The men came about 1 o'clooi in the
morning, and loaded it in a wagon and
diove away and tfien returned for
more. Someone saw them when they
came the second time, and frightened
them away. E. Bruce has been ar
rested, charged with larceny of the
wheat.
The postmaster at Orondo, Wash.,
has reoeived instructions from the post-
office department to the effeot that
from Monday, September 2, 1895, the
Orondo postoffice will be the mail dis
tributing oenter on the route from
Orondo to Chelan, and also on the
ronte from Wenatohee to Orondo and
from Waterville to Orondo. All mail
for Chelan, Methow and Okanongan
valleys la ordered to be transferred at
tne uronao postomce to tne proper
route xor delivery.
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
How a Happy Accident Reunited
Husband and Wife.
Winamac, Ind., Sept 9. By the
accidental dropping of a diamond ring
at me station here yesterday, a bus
band and wife, who had boeu senar
ated forty years, were reunited, and
they left together for Boston. Charles
S. Mott, of Boston, stepped from the
train to leave a dispatch. As he
walked towards his car a lady leaned
from the window of another car and
asked the doctor to hand her a diamond
ring which had just slipped from her
anger, and was lying at his feet Dr.
Mott picked up the ring and the iu
soription on the inside read:
"Charles Mott to Veral Burns."
She cried out: "Charles, my hus
band."
Dr. Mott clasped the wife, who had
Bed from him in anger forty years be
fore. In 1855 Dr. Charles Mott was a
well-known physician of Boston. He
fell in love with Miss Veral Burns, of
South Canterbury, Conn., and they
were married: Mrs. Mott was jealous.
One stormy night when her husband
had been detained very late by a lady
patient, the crazed wife determined to
stand it no longer, and started out in
the storm, leaving no trace of her
whereabouts. For. years the doctor
searched for his wife. He was on his
way to New England to visit the scenes
of his childhood, when the happy ac
cident occurred which reunited him to
his long lost wife.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST CITY.
A Prediction That Chicago Will Soon
Have Bight Million People.
Springfield, Mass., Sept 7. Chica
go will be the world's largest city
will have a population of nearly
8,000,000 within a very few years.
This is the startling announcement of
Elmer Corthell, a distinguished engi
neer and scientist Mr. Corthell made
hia notable prediction in his paper on
"Growth of Great Cities," read before
the Association for the Advancement
of Science, now iu session here. The
following is his estimate of the popu
lation of the world's greatest cities in
1920:
London, 8,344,000; Chicago, 7,797,
600; New. York, 6,337,500; Paris,
6,808,600; Berlin, 3,422,221; Phila
delphia, 1,838,160; St Petersburg,
1,470,833.
It was noticeable that the burden, of
Mr. Corthell's theorizing for the fu
ture status of the great municipalities
rested largely on causes whioh had
contributed to the phenomenal increase
in Chicago in a brief period, and
which had advanced it to a position
where it was fast closing in on the
cities of the Old World whose accumu
lations of inhabitants had been the
work of centuries.
Dismemberment of Turkey Possible.
Constantinople, Sept 6. It is of
ficially announced that Rastem Pasha,
the Turkish ambassador to England,
has telegraphed the foreign minister of
Turkey that he has had an interview
relative to the Armenian question with
Lord Salisbury, whom he assured that
the sublime porte was not opposed to
the reforms proposed by the powers
signatory to the treaty of Berlin, but
thqt Turkey oould not permit the con
trol of Armenia by an international
commission.
Lord Salisbury replied that under
the circumstances it would be useless
to contiuue the interview. If, he said,
tne porte persists in the refusal the
powers will undertake tho suggested
reforms and rest satisfied. If, how
ever, the porte continues to resist,
Lord Salisbury added, it will be the
signal for the dismemberment ot Tur
key. The dispatch has caused the
greatest uneasiness here.
Idaho's Governor on Train Itobbera.
Boise, Idaho, Sept 7. Governor
MoConnell has received from the Chi
cago Times-Herald a request for his
views as to the best way to prevent
train-robberies. He says:
"I beg leave lo suggest that oongress
should enaot laws making all railroads
responsible for the safe delivery of
passengers and their valuables, and
that an investigation should be insti
tuted by the general government as to
the causes which have brought about
the present condition so that a remedy
may be applied."
He then advocates free coinage of
silver and protection as a means of
stopping robberies, and by enabling
men to make an honest living.
Canadlana Remonstrate.
Ottawa. Sert. 7. The Canadian
government is preparing a rase to sub
mit to wasnington, tnrougn tho Brit
ish government pointing out the disas
trous effeot the construction of the Chi
cago canal will have on Canadian
shipping. The minister of justice says
the law of nations eorerns the Cana
dian case in question. It is contended
that the water level of the great lakes
is likely to be lowered. A government
engineer who is looking into the mat
ter said the goverument had reports
that as the harbors on the American
side of the lakes will be as ininrionalv
affected as the. Canadian harbors, the
American points oonoerned will use
their influence to prevent the construc
tion of the canal,
Philadelphia Will Try Holmes.
Toronto, Sept. 9. The local author
ities have been notified that H. H.
Holmes, the alleged murderer, will
soon be placed on trial at Philadelphia
for the murder of B. F. Peitael, father
of the two little girls whom Holmes is
alleged to have murdered in a St Viu
cent street oottage in this city. In the
event of a failure to convict Holme in
Philadelphia he will be handed over to
tne inaiana authorities, and will only
be brought to Canada after all attempts
to oonviot him in the United States nf
I a capital offense have proved abortive.
BOWLER HAS DECIDED
Controller's Decision in the
Sugar Bounty Case.
HE HOLDS HE HAS JURISDICTION
That Part of the Act of Congress Mak
ing the Appropriation I. a De
clare! Unconstitutional.
Washington. SeDt 7 R. R. Rn.
ler, controller of the treasury, today
rendered au opinion in the now nolo.
orated Oxuard sugar-bounty claims, in
wnion ne noias, nrst, tbat he, as con
troller, baa jurisdiction ot the fill HA.
and, second, in hia ODinion. th ant nf
March, 1890, making the sugar bounty
appropriation, is unconstitutional He,
however, decided that the papers in
the case should be sent to the court ot
claims for the rendition of a judgment,
in order that there may be furnished a
preoedent for the future action nf rha
executive department in the adjust
ment of this class of cases involved in
these sugar bounties.
The claim decided todav is on snhstnn.
tially the same footing as all other sugar-bounty
claims, for the satisfaction of
which oongress at its last session appro
priated $5,329,000. The controller an
swers at length the argument present
ed by counsel at tho hearing in whioh
hia jurisdiction was attacked, and in
tne course oi nig reply be say statutes
Which do not Conform to the nnnnr.itn.
tion are not law, and, therefore, when
a statute is in apparent conflict with
the constitution it becomes the duty of
the executive officer to determine for
himself as between the statute and th
constitution whether the statute is the
law. It is true that the statute is to
be considered Drinia facie nnnstitn.
tional and should be followed unless it
is clearly unconstitutional. It
true that an officer acts at his peril if
he does not execute a constitutional
statute, but it is none the less true
that he aots at his peril it he executes
an unconstitutional statute.
As the controller ducM nnfc art Tindov
the directions ef the secretary of th
treasury, or the president, his decisions,
within the sphere of hia Inrisdierinn.
are final and conclusive upon theexecu
uve orancn oi tne government, and
it
follows that the power to resist the
execution of an unconstitutional statute
is denied to any executive officer what
ever.
It was claimed that no ATAnntivn
officer had the right to raise the poiut
of unconstitutionality of a statute, or
even or a case in court, nor to finally
determine its validity hv tho n,,i
branch of the government conceded to
nave tne power to settle such ques
tions. This contention cannot ha
sound, as shown by the decision of the
supreme court of the United States and
other oourts. Applied to the question
of the payment of money from tha
treasury of the United St ites by
an
officer sworn to support the oonstitu
tion, he would be without rower ti
to
proteot the treasury mrainut annh nn
lawful claims for the largest . possiblo
amount
NEVADA COUNTERFEITERS.
A Bogua-Monejr Maker Turned State's'
JLYiueuce, But to fo Avail.
Carson. Nev.. Sent, a m,,;.
Grass, charged with having molds for
making counterfeit mdney in his pos
session, was cleared in the United
States district court The principal
witnesses against Glass were Detective
Harris and Frank Jennings, who
turned state's evidence. Grass claimed
that an officer came to him in Reno
and told him he had three counterfeit
ers in his employ. Grass said he
would discharge them, but the offioer
asked him to keep them until he could
complete his chain of evidence. When
finally the officers came to arrest the
men, they bad skipped to Oregon.
Harris asked Grass to go to that state
with him to identify them, which he
did. This made one of them, Jen
niugs, angry, and he implicated Grass,
wno was placed under arrest Jen
nings turned state's evidence and
pleaded guilty, but to no avail, as all
three have been oleared. The marshal
and district attorney nrnmiKA tn int-ov.
cede with the judge for . Jennings and
get a ugnc sentence.
Kanaas Stockmen.
Topeka, Kan., Sept 6. A big fight
on in Kansas between livpstnnir
aud Governor Morrill. Today tha
commission men of the Kansas City
siocKyarns teiegrapbed the , governor
demanding tho reorganization of the
board. They gave as a reason that two
men of the present board, constituting
a majority, publish broadcast every re
port of Texas fever in any community,
in order to justify the collection of 2
cents a head for all shipments into and
tnrougn tne stato. xne stockmen of
the state aro also organized, and will
demand ot the governor the removal of
tne Doara. ine stookmen of Kansas
buy cattle in New Mexico and T.
and they say the 2 oflhts for inspection
is a raae on ior tne board. The stook
men or this state represent a third
of
its wealth: more than a third nf
the
money on deposit in the banks of Kan'
sas oeiongs to stock raisers.
Florida's Poor Orange Crop.
. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept 6. Seore
tary Turner, of the Jacksonville fruit
exchange, estimates the crop of oranges
in the state at not over 100,000 boxes,
against 5,000,000 the season of 1898
94. The greater portion of the crop
this year will come from the Manatee
river section on tho gulf coast, where
the freeze of last winter did compara
tively little damage. Cincinnati frnit
dealers have already bought the entire
took of the masoo.