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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24. 1895.
VOL. V
NUMBER 8.
SENSATION AT EUGENE
A Prominent Young Man is
Under Arrest.
FOR ROBBING HIS EMPLOYER
His Family Much Esteemed In tbe Com'
monitjr, and He Was a Favorite
In Society.
Eugkn'e, April 19. A sensational ar
rest was made here last night, and R. M
Stevens, a prominent yonng man in ao-
eietv. is now in iail with a charge of
.. burglary against him. The clerks in the
store of A. V. Peters have for some time
been ming articles out of the store,
and suspei- "d that some one was enter
ing the t tor- - at night. They notified the
officers, and . plan was at once adopted
to ascertain whether a burglar was enter
ing the store. Money was marked and
left in the till, and a seal put on which
would have to be broken if the till was
opened. This was Tuesday night, and
Wednesday morning the till had been
opened.
Last night the officers thought t' y
would watch for the burglar. Thev ..id
in a store across tbe Btreet, where tl.ey
could command a full view of Peters'
store.
Shortly before 12 o'clock R. M. Stevens
was seen to walk down the main busi
ness street, and in ttie full glare of an
arc light unlocked the front door of the
store with a key he took from his pocket
and entered. The officers then placed
themselves so as to capture him when he
came out. He went in and helved him
self to a pair of ladies' shoes and several
other articles, and opened the till and
took a portion of the small change left
there. He came out at the front door
.with the plunder, and was then placed
under arrest. He waived examination
this morning, and was bound over to ap
pear before the grand jury, under bonds
of $1500.
Much sympathy ia expressed for bis
widowed mother and his sisters and
brother, who are highly esteemed by
their neighbors, and who have been
sorely afflicted the past year or two in
the loss of their husband and father and
a son and brother by an accident.
Tbe Indemnity
Is Payable
Years.
in Seven
Yokohana, April 19. Nichinichi to
day publishes the terms ot the treaty of
peace concluded between China and
Japan. The new details furnished are
that the indemnity is payable in seven
years, with interest at 5 per cent, but if
the amount of 200,000,000 taelb is paid
Japan in three years no interest will be
demanded. Japan is also entitled nnder
the treaty to tbe most-favored-nation
treatment, and has the right to navigate
tbe Chung Liang, Foo Chow and Hong
Kong rivers, to import goods of certain
grades, and machinery, free of duty, and
establish factories. A new treaty of
commerce is to be concluded, based on
existing treaties with foreign powers.
China is to comply with the customs
laws of Japan, and part of the expenses
of the occupation of Wei-Hai-Wei, Port
Arthur, etc., by Japanese troops, are to
be borne by China.
China engages not to punish returned
prisoners, nor to inflict punishment up
on Chinese who may ' have aided the
Japanese army and navy. China also
binds herself to return Japanese prison
era unconditionally. The exchange of
ratifications of the treaty will take place
at Che-Foo not later than May 8.
One stipulation of the treaty between
China and Japan ia that Chinese who
have been captured ' by the Japanese,
and others who bad sold supplies to the
Japanese troops, should not be beheaded,
according to the Chinese customs. Un
til the beginning of the war between
China and Japan each country bad con
sular jurisdiction overlta subjects in the
other country. It now appears that
Japan will no longer grant this privi
lege to China, on the ground that China
is a barbarous country, and foreignera
residing there must be protected by their
own country.
The Coroner's Jury Returns a Verdict
Against Durrant.
San Francisco, April 19. The coro
ner's jury ahortly before noon rendered
a verdict declaring Durrant guilty of the
murder of Minnie Williams.
V The usual crowd of curiosity-seekers
1 was present when the inquest was re
gaumed this morning. Durrant and his
attorneys were also present.
Elmer Wolf, the young man whose
statements have been questioned re
cently, was recalled to the stand and
offered to produce witnesses to substan
tiate all be had said previously in re
gard to his movements on the night
Minnie Williams was murdered, but the
coroner declined the offer, and both that
official and the chief of police said they
were satisfied with Wolf's statements
and did not believe he was connected
with the crime.
Two of Durrant's comrades in the Na
tional Guard company were examined
and said that on the afternoon of the
night that Minnie Williams was mur
dered they saw Dnrrant loitering about
tbe ferry at the foot of Market street.
and talked to him. - They eaid Durrant
told them he did not expect to be at tbe
armory that night, and he asked them
to respond to bis name at roll-call.
Dr. Bartlett, who conducted the an
topsy, testified that Minnie Willams
died of asphyxiation, aa the result of
haying part of her clothing forced down
her throat by the murderer, and that
the knife wounds found on various parte
of her body were inflicted after death,
He also testified that the girl bad been
outraged, and that previous to the time
of the tragedy she had led a blameless
life.
Several other witnesses were examined
on minor matters, ana aooui 11 u ciuctt
. .. , , , , i .
the coroner announced that be bad no
more testimony to offer, though he
called Dnrrant to take the stand and the
latter left his seat as if to present him
self for examination, and then looked
toward his attorneys, who advised him
not to speak, and no further effort was
made to question him.
The jury did not occupy an hour in
deliberation, and returned a verdict be
fore noon, charging Durrant with tbe
murder of Minnie Williams. It was the
case of the death only that was being in
vestigated. Tbe case of the murder of
Blanche Lamont will be taken up later,
Durrant awoke this morning in c
cheerful and even flippant frame of
mind. He laughed and cracked jokes
with the orison officials, to whom he
haa heretofore shown intense reserve.
and 'when Captain Douglas entered the
prison for tbe purpose of escorting the
prisoner to the inquest, Durrant greeted
the captain ' pleasantly, and smiled aa
the handcuffs were snapped upon bia
wrists. '
Chief Crowley said today : "The evi
dence . against Durrant ia clear and con
vincing, and I am fully satisfied of his
guilt. We shall prove beyond a shadow
of a doubt that he met and murdered
Miss Williams, and I have no hesitancy
in saying that the evidence in me case
of Blanche Lamont is even stronger than
in the former case."
Coroner Hawkins has decided to bold
the inquest in the case of Miss Lamont
on Monday morning next.
Captured Without Resistance.
Omaha, April 19. A Special to tbe
Bee trom Pender, Neb., says : The posse
who went to tbe reservation country last
night after the Indian police,' captured
two, who are now in jail at this place,
Tbe posse took the Indians by surprise
and with no resistance. It ia said that
in case Captain Beck, the Indian agent,
continues bia forcible ejectments of leas
ers, a conflict may result between the
civil and federal authorities.
A Negro Hanged.
Winchester, Va., April 19. Thorn
ton Park, a negro, who lately attempted
an asBault on Mrs. Nelson, at Middle-
terre, Va., was hanged this morning in
the jail yard here. About 3000 persons
witnessed the execution. Parker stood
without a tremor and addressed tbe
crowd, telling them be waa the right
man. that be bad repented bis sins and
hoped to meet them in heaven.
Held In SSOOO Bonds.
San Fbancisco, April 16. Dr. G. T.
Dixon and Alex. Frbis, charged with
the murder df Maud Whitely by a crim
inal operation, have been held to answer
to the superior court. Bail was fixed in
the sum of $5000. Dixon furnished a
sufficRnt bond and was released.
Forbes was unable to do so and was
taken to the county jail.
Flagne Expected at Hong Kong.
Hons Kong, April 19. The plague
which broke out a short time ago caused
many deaths at Macao at the mouth of
tbe Canton river, China. Aa Hong
Kong has refused to establish a quaran
tine against Macao, an outbreak of the
plague here ia probable.
Hoyt Guilty of Murder In tbe Second
Degree.
Walla' Walla, Wash., April If.
The jury in the Hoyt case retired last
night at 10 o'clock and at 1 :30 this after
noon returned a verdict of murder in the
second degree. He will be sentenced
Friday, April 26, by Judge Sullivan.
A Noted Columbian.
Panama, April 20. Jorg Isaacs, a cele
brated author of the Republic of Colom
bia, and in politics an eminent liberal,
died at Ibugue, in the department of
Cauca, yesterday. His loss to the coun
try is generally lamented. . ' I
BLACKBURN ON-SILVER
Kentucky's Senator Declares
for Free White Metal.
HE CHALLENGES HIS OPPONENTS
Tbey Are Asked to Openly Declare
Tbemselves Cpun tlie Question
at Issue.
Louisville, April 20. In an inter
view published in today's Courier-Journal,
Senator Blackburn, in unmistaka
ble terms, outlines his positiou on the
sil ver question and boldly throws down
the gauntlet to bis opponents for similar
candor on the same subject. With his
usual aggressiveness tbe senator almost
dares his opponents to meet him on the
issue he represents, and it may be as
sumed the isBue will be promptly ac
cepted. The senator haa written with
hia own hand the statement of the posi
tion on which be expects to stand or fall
in the senatorial race. He declares his
position as follows:
"If I have heretofore shown any indis
position to be interviewed by the daily
papers of this city, it has not been be-
cauee of any purpose to conceal from the
people my views on any public question
but because I was anxious to avoid, if
possible, a perversion and distortion to
which my utterances have generally (of
course, unintentionally) been subjected
I never had, I have not now, and
never intend to have, any secrets in
politics. I am at a loss to understand
bow any one, especially 'in Kentucky,
can remain in ignorance aa to my senti
ments upon the silver question if tbey
feel enough interest in the matter to de
sire such information.
"For the last twenty years, in con
gress and on the etump, anywhere and
everywhere, I have earnestly and per
sistently insisted upon the restoration
of the silver metal' to that place in the
money system of the country which it
held prior to the passage of that disas
trous act of demonetization in 1873. It
there is one man in public life in all the
country whose views on the subject were
entitled to be known to all men by rea
son of bis acta and utterances, I bad
reason to believe I waa that man. Upon
this subject I have never held an opin
ion or made an utterance that I have in
the slightest degree altered or modified
in all these years. Yet, if there is still
any nmnformed who desirea to know
my views I will reiterate them in the
shortest space possible by saying I am
in favor of opening the mints ot this
country to unlimited coinage of tbe sil
ver metal on an equality with the coin
age of 'gold. I am opposed to monomet-
aliam and just aa much opposed to silver
monometalism. Without reservation, I
am a bimetallism I want and mean to
continue to insist upon the use of both
metals on even terms as the redemption
money of this country. I would be glad
to see this result brought about by the
action of an international conference,
provided it could be done without delay
lam opposed to this government wait
ing for any such conference to act. Our
experience with such agencies has not
been such as to give us either confidence
or hope of the attainment of this pur
pose. Upon tbe contrary, our partici
pations in such conferences have, in
their very barrenness, become' farcial
and ridiculous. . ;-,
'In 1790, thia country, . with only
3,000,000 of people, was bold enough to
prove itself able to discard tbe monetary
system of Great Britain and establish
one oi its own, which for nearly 100
years met every demand and stood every
strain that the growth and development
of tbe country put upon it. I believe
tbe destruction (entailed upon us by
this demonetization policy) of one-half
of our redemption money has contribut
ed more than any cause to this shrink
age of all values; tbe depreciation of all
property; the stagnation of trade; the
paralysis of industry : the financial
troubles in which we now find ouselves.
While the restoration of silver to its
place of unrestricted coinage and un
limited legal tender function may not
prove a panacea for the ills that we now
suffer, yet I am convinced it will do
more, and go further in that direction
than any one piece of legislation that
haa been suggested. I have an abiding
faith in the capacity of this metal to
work out and maintain its permanent
parity with gold, . provided the oppres
sive hand of the law is removed, and the
mints of the country thrown open to its
coinage. I believe, and always did be
lieve, that the act of 1873 waa an uncon
stitutional measure. I believe that the
act of 1873 would have been so held by i
the supreme court of the United States
had not partisan spirit dominated the
action in that case. This conviction I
have stated in debate on the floor of the
senate as broadly as I put it here.
"I agree with Daniel Webster, who,
in his day, and even to this day, waa and
is still held to be something of an au
thority as a constitutional lawyer. He
declared tbe constitution of the United
States made gold and silver the redemp
tion money of this country, and that
neithor congress nor any state had any
rightful power to substitute any other,
nor to destroy either the one or the
other of these metals.' If congress bad
the power to demonetize silver, it must
be conceded that it bad tbe same power
to demonetize gold. It has seen fit to
exercise thia assumed power as to one of
these metals. Had it exercised the same
power over the other, under the anoma
lous and somewhat embarrassing condi
tion, they would not have obtained any
money at all. If they could strike down
half they could strike down all.
"I am in favor of the restoration of
tbe silver metal at tbe ratio of 16 to 1
believing, in the light of an experience
that covers a century, such ratio will
establish and maintain permanently the
parity between the two metals. I be
lieve we Bhould take this action at the
earliest day possible, independent ot the
policies or views of other nations.
have abiding faith in the ability of my
country to establish and maintain its
own monetary system, as that which I
cherish in its ability to defend its own
soil from invasion, or its institutions
from assault. In my judgment, we are
aa independent of foreign dictation or
domination in the one aa in the other?
"In August, 1893, when tbe bill pro
posing to repeal the purchasing clause of
what waa known as the Sherman act was
before the senate, I said, in a speech
then and there, that I wanted the right
of coinage for the silver metal, and that
without limitation ; that if seigniorage
waa what my opponents demanded, I
waa willing, not aa a matter of fairness
but in a spirit of compromise, that the
government should take 10 or 15 per
cent, or 20 per cent, or even 25 per cent.
of the silver bullion presented for coin
age ; or that if the question of ratio was
what waa troubling, I waa willing, not
as a matter of justice, but in a spirit of
compromise, if 16 to 1 was not accepta
ble, to take 17, 18, or 19, or even a ratio
of 20 to 1. But tbe opponents of this
metal were not to be placated by any
concessions, either on the line of in
creased seigniorage or advanced ratio.
They bad destroyed the metal by a pro
cess that has never been, in my opinion
successfully justified, and from the
hours of its taking effect until now, they
have never been willing that it should be
reinstated. Let those who will seek to
distort and pervert the issue pending,
tbe effort will fail.' The American people
are not to be hoodwinked or deceived
further. Tbey are at last thinking, and
the result of their investigation will vin
dicate the right. . No employment of
catch phrases will determine the popu
lar verdict. The people are rapidly
coming 'to know that tbe issue before
them is not gold monometalism upon tbe
one side and silver monometalism on tbe
other, but it is rather a contest between
tbe advocates of a single gold standard
upon tbe one band and those who de
mand the use of both silver and gold
upon tbe other.
"For one to claim that be is a bimetal
iat, coupled with the condition that bi
metalism is to be brought about only as
a result of an international conference, is
a mere evasion of the situation. That is
simply the work of the lawyer-who files
an affidavit for a continuance.
"My friends in Kentucky, I am sure,
know my position upon thia and all
other public questions, and are satisfied
with it. Now, if there be one upon the
list of the announced candidates for the
senate who will avow himself an oppon
ent of silver coinage and an advocate of a
single gold standard, or, in other words,
who is in accord with the views held and
advocated by your paper, and will so de
clare himself, I will ask and urge every
friend of mine in Kentucky holding
these views, and who, in spite of that
fact, Is now supporting me, to withdraw
his support from me and give it to tbe
candidate who ia bold enough' to make
such a declaration; but I apprehend
that no one of these worthy gentlemen
will make such an avowal unless be
couples with it an announcement of bia
withdrawal from tbe canvass. If this be
true, if no ' senatorial ' candidate will
espouse or accept your views, what ad
vantage comes to yon by continuing a
war upon me, because of ray convictions,
unless you are able to find on that list of
aspirants some man who stands on your
platform 7" - ' .
Representative Hltt is Very Hi.
Washington, April 20. Representa
tive Hitt, who ia lying dangerously ill
here, was " worse thia evening. - The
trouble is aggravated case of la grippe. ,
TODAY'S EXAMINATION
The Courtroom Crowded to
Suffocation.
SENSATIONAL
INCIDENT.
At Least Tbree Days and Ferbaps More,
Will be Taken Dp by tbe Ei
aminatlon. San Francisco, April 22. District At
torney Barnes of the preliminary exami
nation of Theodore Durant, for the mur
der of Minnie Williams, before Judge
Conlan this morning, stated that the
prosecution would put twenty-eight
witnesses on the stand, several of whom
bad not testified at the inquest, and
that the examination would last at least
three days, probably more. The prose
cution is keeping back a good deal of
cumulative evidence.
The defense, it ia utated, will dispute
that the purse found in Durant'a over
coat pocket belonging to the 'leceased
but the prosecution says the evidence on
this point ia overwhelmingly in their
favor. A baker named Young, of Ala
meda, will testify that the celluloid tab
let found ia the puree waa given by him
to Misa Williams on the day she met
her death.
For houra before the preliminary ex
amination commenced in Judge Conlan'a
court, a crowd began to gather and a
squad of police were stationed at tbe en
trance to the hall to preserve order.
Judge Conlan'a court room waa crowded
to sunocaunn, and policemen were
stationed in different parts of tbe room
on the lookout for numerous cranks who
have written threatening letters to the
judge. Court opened at 11 o'clock. fc
when tbe defendant arrived in court
all eyes were turned upon him. The
prisoner looked pale and concerned, but
showed no emotion.
A photographer exhibited several
phctographa of scenea in the church,
and two large pictures of Minnie Will
iams Bhowing her wonnda and the work
of thepbyaiciana were exhibited and at
tracted great attention. They presented
a revolting sight.
Mrs. Morgan, with whom Miss Wil
liams lived in Alameda, was called to
tbe stand. She said that she last saw
Minnie Williams on the morning of
tbe 12th inst., and that tbe deceased bad
told her she was going to Mrs. Voy'a
house. She knew Durant. He had
called at her house last summer and bad
stayed half an bonr. She could not
identify the faces shown in the photos
either. He also failed to identify the
purse found in Durant'a overcoat pocket.
Here the name of A. . Williams, the
father of the dead girl, was called, but
in bis place a young woman rushed to
the stand and said that no one should
testify before her. She gave the name
of Williamson and said that she would
be the one to judge Durrant and ordered
him released. The police tried to re
move her but she would not let them,
and left tbe stand voluntarily after some
words. She banded an incoherent letter
to the clerk. 'She said she was sent by
God to judge Durant.
A Konb Carolina Tillage Orerron toy
Kegroes.
Bath, N. C, April 22. Two milea
from Bath are the timber mills of the
Roanoke Eailroad company, where
about one hundred negroes are em ployed.
Tbey are paid off every Saturday night
and spend their money lavishly in Bath,
many of them frequently landing in the
police, station.
Those arrests, have enraged the negroes
to such an extent that last night nearly
all the employes of the mill marched to
the town, which has a population of
tbree hundred, determined to take re
venge. . .They filled themselves with
whisky, and after they bad overpowered
the ofiicers ran rampart through the
streets, breaking into stores, helping
themselves to what they wished, and
threatening to burn the town and mur
der the inhabitants. '.
Tbe mayor telegraphed to the sheriff
at Washington for aid, and company G,
of the N. C. S. G., was ordered out.
With the assistance of a posse from
neighboring farma the mob waa gotten
under control last night, and five of the
Highest oi all in Leavening Power.
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'AsSdlaVTEKV P3JRE
ringleaders were arrested. fciolomon
Lanier, one of the rioters, was shot
twice, and the chief of police and four
deputies were injured. The prisoners
were transferred to Washington in a sail
boat. Negroes pursued tbe boat, but
no trouble resulted.
Huntington's Arrest..
New Yobk, April 22. Collis P. Hunt
ington, president of the Southern Pacific
railway, was arrested today on the
charge of giving a free pass to one Frank
Stone, in violation of the interstate com
merce law. President Huntington was
arraigned before- United States Commis
sioner Shields. He was represented by
Frederick Condert. Huntington ad
mitted bis identity. He was taken be
fore Judge Brown, of tbe United States
district court, for a warrant of removal
to California.
The indictment against Huntington
was found March 26, in 8an Franciaco, a
certified copy of which was eent United
States District Attorney MacFarlane,
who notified the railroad president to
appear before tbe United States com
missioner and furnish bonds.
When Huntington was arraigned.Com
missioner Shields said tbe only question
he could inquire into was one of identity,
which Condert, for Huntington, said
would be admitted. An order was then
made out holding bim to await the issue
of a warrant of removal. His counsel
then went before Judge Brown, in the
United States district court, and tbe
hearing wasfixed for next Thureday at 3
o'clock, Huntington meantime being al-' -lowed
to go on his own recognizance.'
Huntington said to a reporter after
the proceedings before Commissioner
Shields: "I have known Frank Stone
25 years. He is a San Francisco lawyer.
I would not call bim a wicked man, be
cause a wicked man wonld not do things
that way. He is an innocent, kind of a
fellow. - I supposed he started this
thing because I piqued him In some way
or other, how I don't know. I may
have given bim a pass ; probably I did,
but I give out so many passes I don't re
member a third of them. . Tbe passes
usually given out are endorsed as a rule,
'Not good outside,' and I presume his
pass was pot so stamped and be took ad- .
vantage of it. I don't know anything;
about -the matter beyond that, for I
don't pay any attention to such thinga.
In fact, I don't care a tupence one way
or the other. It don't amount to any
thing, any how. I really don't know
what action was taken in court thisv
morning. Some routine business, I sup
pose it was, but I did not pay any atten
tion. Tbe arrests are among the high
and low, and criminal procedure is not
confined to any claBS. I don't know
what will be done. I guess Frank got
hia pass all right, but I have not time to
attend to all the details. I have too
much else to do. I think tbe root of the
whole matter lies in the fact that when I
became president of tbe Southern Pacific
railroad I discharged twenty-fhree men
in San Francisco, who were, as far as I
could see, mere political agents and go
betweens for politicians. . They did no
work for the railway that I could dis
cover, so 1 cut them off. ferbaps tbey
are hungry now and have got to make a
strike somewhere."
The pass is said to read as follows:
"Pass Frank M. Stone over tbe Southern
Pacific-Company lines in 1894 until Dec
ember 31, unless otherwise ordered."
(bigned), C. P. HUNTINGTON.
Wheat Traders Were Wild.
New Yobk. April 22. Transactions in
wheat this morning about equaled the
heaviest entire day's trading this year,
being 18,525,000 bushels, and the ad
vance of 24 cents in prices over Satur
day was tbe ' big get single jump
the market has had In months. Traders .
were fairly crushed. in their wild efforts
to execute buying orders. The price
fluctuated violently, and soon after open
ing began to slide down again, only in
creasing the excited feeling. It is gener
ally conceded the advance was the re
sult of bull enthusiasm, which had at
last broken loose iu real earnest, well
backed up bv outside support.
There was a lot of short stuff covered
and a good amount of switcbiug done.
May opened 1 cents higher, at 65
cents, sold up to 655s cents, and' back to -65
cents. - Corn and oats made a quick ,
response to the rise in wheat, but sus
tained the sharp noon reaction. -
all drug-gteta sell Dr. Miles' Pain Pills.
All pain banished by Dr. Miles' Pain
Hn4ach and A'cwrni&iu cured by Dr.
MILES' FAIN PILLS. "One cent a dose."
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