OREGON
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VOL. 12.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1895.
NO. 43.
ORltXJON MIST.
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HKKIiLK A DAVIH.
OFFICIAL' COUNTY PAPER.
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COMWHIA COUNTY IH ItKCTOlt V.
( on ii If Oltlcera,
.huluti Hi'iiii IlliiiM'linril, Ititlnler
(.'lurk Jtiinoii Weed, Verumila
Mherlfr ('him. K, limin, Itnluler
'I riiiiniiiir ., ,. ..K. M. Wharton Columbia I'liy
Hn lt. nl rtelluula J t, Willi", Heilppiiiine
AmMir Murlln While, ijuluey
Hurwyur W. N. Meerve, Helena
'. , I I'. A. Ki'iiki'M, Hi'iiinii.
' imll'"i j , . , h. II Hi'liiiuiiiivvr, Ver In
PROFESSIONAL.
T. J-Cl.KKTllS.
II, Al.l.KM.
ALLEN & CLKKiON.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
HT. IIKI.KKn, ' " OHEliOX.
Notarlea Public, Conveyancing nd Collection
COLUMBIA SALOON
O. K. 1IUNTKU, prop.
NEVIN'3 OLD STAND
l!('-0n'iu'il uinl Iti'-fiirnii-ln-il.
The W, H. McBrayer Whiskey
WuitiliHrtl'i Heer Kept un Ice,
(iOIII.H, : ; OKKdON
Decker's
HA UK Kit SHOP
J. II. IHU'KKH, l'tiiiirluliir.
Till iiM mill ri'llnlitii Imrlifir him hltt riiiira Jiihi
hi aluirp n I'n n hn Iniinil, mill will almre ynll
eonilmiiilily uinl quirk ly funnily liieeiita.
HT. II Kl-KNS. T : OIIKdON
jyi II. K. CI.1KF,
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON.
HI. Helena, Oregon.
.1. K. IIAI.I..
I'll VSli'l.V V AM) SURGEON.
tMal-kmiir, I'ulimil'lil eminty. (li.
EllgilHM'l'
n. mki;kvk,
Survwyor and Civil
tKI.KN A, (HII'.liON.
County Surveyor. I.aml Kurveyin,Tvii
rinilini?" iinil KoKiuet-ring wurli riiiiiily
('Hi rilU'il.
OMENTAL HOTEL
A, II. llt.A K K-I.i: V, Proprietor.
Board hy Day, Week or Month
AT ItrWSnNAItl.l'. It tTKK.
The lu'iln t miitUil with It"' innrkrl
ItHwnK t-u I f 1 1 itf cUmu, A tti r. . y.itrr ;il
rtiilrtkt" U Mtttt'llt' I M litvLKXH, (lUK'.it.S,
ST. HELENS LIVERY STABLES
Tllo. I unl KIt, Proprietor.
Horses Hoarded and Cared Pur.
TURNOUTS ON SHORT NOTIOe.
ST. HKI.KNM, : : OKKdON
MUCKLE BROS.
JHA.Il'FAlTrilKIIH OK
Dimension Lumber, Flooring,
lltlallc. 8lii-atliln. CumIiikn, nml a
eoinplele lork of I'Vi'iy variety of
Itoujli and Dressed Lumber
AI.WAYH UN HAND.
AT TIIK 01.11 STASH, HT. HKI.KXH, OIIKUON
-rim-
i!JolfviollMo
E. McNEILL, Heceier.
TO THE
E A S T
ill V1CS TIIK ('HOICK Or
Two Transcontinental Routes
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
I!V WAV OF
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Sookane, Minneapolis & St. Paul
UNION PACIFIC RY
hy wav or
BANQUET
SALOON
Ilitu riMiiicni-il imiler Ilia luaniiKernent
i)f (iKOlll.fe A. HKINS. corner or Siroml
nml ('nwliix Hlrci'tH. HI. Helen, Ori'iiiui.
where cun lie ennui the choicest brunJ.i of
WINE AND LIQUOR
Ciinl tiililcii. pool table, billiard liilile anil
other device fur the entertainment of pat
ron, wnera tune inn lie lueaxamiv Hjienl,
FAMOUS FIRE LADDIE CIGARS
lli.i' oilier miiilar lirainln. are kepi
iiii-liiiilly on 1 1 it i ii I In niiily the iiu-rcu'eil
1 1 ucli' at iIiIk very iuiiilar hiiIihiii,
TIIK KAMnl'S I
CYRUS NOBLE WHISKY
IH KKI'T AT TIIK IIAN'JCKT.
FOR PORTLAND, DAILY.
-STEAMER-
Young America
WILLAMETTE SLOUGH
l,enve HI. Helen., ii::ki A M
Arrive at I'lirtliunl IO:liil A M
l.cnve I'nrlluinl. , . 3:0(1 M
Arrive ut Ht. Helen, ti:ll(l 1" 11
'iti: 5 c.vim.
Will Curry NnthiiiK but PuMtMigeri
ami l'uit Freight.
DtiriiiK the miininer winuni, or a hnw n
llie Wiiler reiiiiiin Iiik'Ii i'IioiikIi, tliii Unit
will iiiake two iriiMench week up Hcnpiioose
buy on J ui'Miluv i ami Kriilayn.
J A MPS GOOD, Master.
FINGER OF SUSPICION
Mrs. Noble Was the First to
Point It to Durrant.
HE APPEARED TOO INQUISITIVE
The Aunt of Mnrilereil Illitnelie Lamont
Telia How Hhe (nine to Hu.pect
the Mmlli'Hl 8iulent.
DENVER, OMAHA, & KANSAS CITY
LOW HAIKU TO ALL
. EASTERN CITIES
Of KAN Hi K AM Kits
I.KAVK I'OltTI.AXK KVKItV 8 DAYS
For San Francisco.
Yur YnU Detail" fall ' or Aililress
w. ir. lienuivitr,
(li'iierul Prn'ntlil ami l'a-. Act., Pnrtlanil.
CSIgQStEfJ RflaSBMQ PAYS
1 . at.. M.4..1 rvijlf''!?"
Ifynu ute the PttnlumB
Inrtibatort 9 llrotMlert.
Make money while
otherfl are wiintltig
tlmeliv old nroorBw,
CnUlo'tcllnnll olmut
ittri(lleBcrlle evrry
nrl l(-1c tit-rdrd lor the
twtiiUrv biittillCMI. -"-u jTRElt,
t ,. .
The "ERIE
meclmnlcntly the t
wheel. l'reuiPAtuiCMiii.
we ore rai ilia toiml
Apfnu. Illrvele cnta-
kiRue.malkil free.glvci
PETALUMA IIICtTBATOR CO.,Petlnma(Cal.
IlIIANCU IIOCHH, J.p n nium of., ""H'
l fc-W I 'ART J
JCavel,andTrmle.Miirkohtaliml,nilll 1 t-J
J cut buMnanooniluctail lor modihitc frra. i
our orncc la oeeoaiTt u. B. ftcnt orne
Innii we run lemra noi.ut in leu lluio Uian ta"
Vcmote (rom WnshlnRion,
I head moilol, drawing or photo., with dencrip
itlon, We tilvlne, l( patcntabl or not, (rea ol
i charire. Our (eo not due till patent it secured.
i . t ' "llwln(ll,luln Puantl. ' W til
jcot of wuie ln the U. 3. and lorolguoounuleB
, font tree. AddreM,
eC.A.SNOW&CO.
Loea. pati nt Ofriet. whihbtoiii. Ci
LK(XA K I) HUFF &(U.
Commission Merchants
HWAfiKH'S OLD STAND.
A genernl iiiiiilmeiil of feeil kept on liantl,
linn Kohl ni tne iiiwen price"
FOR CASH.
Undertaking Goods
Ft'HNIMIIKI) OS HIIOIIT NOTICK.
St. Helens, : . : Oregon.
Steamer Mascot
FASTEST
And Most Comfortable Daily
Steamer Between
St. Helens and Portland
I.KAVKSI
St, Helen!) 0:30 A M
I.KAVKa
I'ortlnnil at 3 V M
A Kill V K.
At lVirlltinil 10 A M
AI1II1VKH
At St Ueleimll V M
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Right Kuacrvcd to Change Time with
out Notice.
MiWla ItlVKUTItANSI'OltTA'HON CO.
rnrltnnil I.nniliiiK Ki.ol of Ahler Street.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
(!. Telephone ami Hnlley (lati:ert
coi.i'MhiA m i:it A piuiist soi'Ni) nav, co
Aider St., Portland; Klave) doek, Antorla.
ii mni'r'i - ' -v--na -nE; ?70ZkSiiaill-"
POUTLAND and ahtohi a ,
Telephone leaven P irtlniid dally (exeept Sun
dav) at 7 a. I"., leavea Aatnrln dally lit T p. in.,
(uxiept Knnilnv). Kiina dlieet In train for Clat
win heaeh, iiini eoniieela 'hh Hlemner llwneo
(of llwueu trains, riiiiiiing to all poluta on North
'"lliilloy (ialzert leaven 1'orlhmd dally nt it p in.,
(uxecpt Hnndav), on rtmiirdiiy at II p. m. teavej
AMliirhidnllyiittl 'lia "'' (exeept Sunday and
Monday), on Humlay nt 7 ii. m.i eonneeta with
nil tralim lor C1iUhoi lieni'li and llwneo hen el i.
Thin line liana boat eonneitinif with hnth
henehea. returning from Aatorln every night lu
"K.T'HliKI-KY, Ag.nl. U. B. SCOTT, Prea.
San Frnncinoo, Oct. IS. Ever aiiice
Durrant wuh arrvHted there hat been a
Htlll hunt for the flrat poraon who men-
tlomicl hla name in connection with the
ninrdur of Minnie Williuma. ' Immedi.
ately after the horror of the library
eloaet beeiime known hia name echoed
in every mention of it. In a few hours
the pnpera had extra edition, naminir
Durrant. Uy Hiiturilny evening moat
people believed that the murderer waa
known. Dr. Voirel win aaked to give
an account of himaelf; the pantor told
of hia coininga and K"iK8 on Friday
evening. Elmer Wolfe had to put on
hi) thiuking-oap, and Hademan, the
junitor, rofreahed hia memory. The
duteotivea aonght to know why Durrant
wan Moouaed, but they wero never
able to find the exact information.
Now it oomea out that Mm. Noblo,
the aunt of lihinche Lnmout, wan the
flrat to mention hia name in connection
with the tragediuH.
Mrs. Noble tulked freely of the case
today. When aaked whether Durrant
told her, that memorable Wednesday
evening, that he had aeon Blanche that
morning, alie aaid:
Yea; when I went to prayer meet
ing that evening it waa agreed between
Maud and myself that nothing should
be said of Blanche's abaeuce. We did
not wiah to make any nnneceaaary fuss
about a thing that might be cleared op
in an hour. I was so troubled that I
would not have gone to the church had
I not been obligated to hand in a
notice for an entertainment. I do not
remember whether I went in ahead of
Durrant or not, but I do know that he
always aat in the back of the room dur
ing prayer meeting, and hia coming to
where I was was nnuaual. He aaked
me, as I have teatifled, whether Blanche
would be there. He said ahe wanted
"The Newoomes," but he had forgot
ten it and would bring it Sunday.
Then he stated that he had met her on
the way to school that morning.
, "We Buffered silently all day Thorn
day and Friday. It was not until Sat
urday that the anguish became so un
bearable that we began to tell our
church friends. Friday morning, a
little after 9 o'clock, Durrant called
here, bringing wit i him "The New
comes." Maud answered the bell. He
aaked if Blanche were at home and ex
pressed no surprise at seeing Maud who
would ordinarily have been at scIigqI.
When Maud told him that Blanche
was not at home, he said: 'I thought
I might see her. ' Maud closed the door
and said:
" 'Auntie, I believe he knows that
Blanche is misBiug. Why should he
come to see her at this hour? It is past
school time and he acted rather
strangely.
We did not think he knew any
thing of her whereabouts; we were
concerned only that the fact of her dis
apporauce might become known. Even
when the dotectivescommeuued to work
on the case and came to me for the
names of her friends I mentioned
Vogel's uamo first. Durrant was an
after-thought
"As has appeared during the trial,
he offered his services to assist in the
search. The following week dragged
wearily on. Saturday morning Mrs.
Keeler, the wife of the undertaker,
called here to toll me that a body had
been found and that it was not
Blanche's.
"Knowing my frightful anxiety, my
friends at the church feared that 1
would hear that a body had been found
and miuht think it was Blanche, so
they had dispatched Mrs. Keeler to
tell me that it was the body of some
one else. . In referring to Blanche's
disappearance and to the fact that
Theodore was the last one to see her,
Mrs, Keeler remarked that he had gone
out of town. Like a flash his conduct
from that Wednesday night prayer
mooting passed before me. I remem
bered it all, bis seeking me at the
prayor meeting, his strange call Fri
day morning, what Maud had said,
and hia dreadful interpretation of her
absence. A sickening realization came
to me, and I said to Mrs. Keeler:
" 'Durrant has killed that girl.'
"That was after noon Saturday,
April 13."
When the detectives were seeKing
this information, Mrs. Noble said that
she did not know who first mentioned
Dturant's name. She did not know
that she herself had sot the machinery
of the law in operation against him.
Mr. Nolte, who found the body ol
Minnie Williams, said today:
'Durrant's name was not mentioned
while I was at the church. In fact, I
asked Mr. Gibson if he found out who
did it to let me know. He did not send
me word, and the flrat mention I knew
was in the papers."
Dr Vogel, who was called and iden
tified the body of Minnie Williams,
said: .
"Durrant's name was not mentioned
at the time the body was found. I
heard it first in the afternoon. I was,
presumably, the first person to tell him
that day Blanche waa missing. That
was the Sunday after the disappear
ance, whou Detective Anthony called on
me. I told Theodore on his way into
the ohnroh, going up the stairs. I can
not say now how he acted when I told
him. I had not oonneoted him with
her absence, and was not on the watoh
to see how he behaved."
The case of the prosecution in rebut
tal has been carefully gone over by
both Barnes and Lees, and the order of
witnesses has been decided upon. Dr.
Gilbert F. Graham will be the first
witness. He will testify that he, in
company with J. 8. Dunuigan, visited
Durrant at the eity prison, and that
the prisoner took him aside and asked
him for the notes of Dr. Cheney's lee
ture, saying that if he had the notes of
tho lecture he could prove an abibi.
He will be followed by Dunnigun, who
will corroborate Graham in all mater'
ial points. Students Dodge and Dukes
will tostify as to their conversation
with Durrant at tho ferry landing the
afternoon of April 12, when the de
fendant told them that he was waiting
to meet some members of the signal
corps. Student Glaser will take the
stand and testify that April 10, three
days before the discovery of Blanche
Lnmont's body, but after Durrant be
came aware that the police were look
ing for the missing girl, Durrant asked
him for his notes of Dr. Cheney's lec
ture, and that he produced the notes
and read from them, and that Durrant
took notes of the subject matter they
contained.
Reporters Cooper and Morrison will
bo put ou the witness stand to contra
dict the statement of Reporter Mar
shall, regarding the inteiview with
Detective Gibson April 14. Marshall,
who was at that time a reporter on the
Call, declared that Gibson said he dis
covered the prints of a No. 9 shoe in
the dust of the belfry where the body
of Blanche Lamont was found. It is a
significant fact that, though Marshall
claims to have had the interview with
the detective April 14, the story did
not appear,in his paper nntil April 18,
and then was credited to some police
man in the mission, whose name was
not mentioued.
It is pointed out as a peculiar circum
stance, and one worthy of considera
tion, that in all the instances where
the evidence of the prosecution is most
material, Durrant partly admits the
truth of the occurrences, but insists
that the details were "suggested" by
the other side. He admits having a
conversation with Misa Cunningham
relative to seeing Blanche Lumont's
body on the second lauding of the
church belfry, i nt adds the incidents
were "suggested" by the reporter, and
that he neither affirmed not denied i
anything. In the same way, he says,
Dr. Graham "suggested the advisa
bility of funrishing him with notes of
Dr. Cheney's lecture. The same ad
missions and "suggestions" are made
by him in regard to the material
points of the testimony of Students
Glaser and Dnnnigan.
Durrant appreciates the full import
of District Attorney Barnes' questions
regarding his confidential talks with
Cunningham, and that is about the
only subject be will discuss at present.
Evju on this topic he is guarded in bis
remarks, and will only vouchsafe a
general denial of the story the young
lady is expected to tell on the witness
stand.
' The knowledge that Miss Cunning
ham, is going to relate under oath all
of the conversations she had with Dur
rant, covering a period of several
weeks, is evidently disturbing the
medical student's peace of mind. Miss
Cunningham, it is said, will testify
that Durrant told her that he saw the
murdered remains of Blanche Lamont
on the second landing of the belfry
April 3. In view of the statement he
has already made on the staud regard
ing this new phase of the case, he will
And it difficult to explain away Miss
Cunningham's testimony.
PACIFIC . NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happening! of Interent In the Town and
Cities of Oregon, Waahfngton
and Idaho.
HILL'S PROPOSED PLAN.
ra
Hla Kflorta to I'ulte the Northern
etflo and Cireat Northern.
Olympia, Wash., Oct 14. A deci
sion against the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company, in a case involving
over $1,000,000 worth of agricultural
and timber lands in the Gray's harbor
oountry, north of Aberdeen, has been
rendered by the commissioner of the
general land office. June 6, 1895, the
Northern Paoiflo Railroad Company se
looted the lands in question, but prior
to that dute the lands had been settled
upon by twenty-eight bona-flde set
tlers. June 26, 1895, the Olympia
officers were instructed to notify these
settlers that they would be allowed
thirty days in which to enter the lands
oovered by their respective claims, and
that, in the event of their availing
themselves of the privilege thus grant
ed, the company's seleotion of the
lauds would be cancelled. All of the
twenty-eight applicants failed to make
entries allowed, and John F. Soule, of
Hoquiam, and others, made applica
tion to file upon the land, the rights of
the others having been forfoited. The
railroad company claimed that, as it
had selected the lands prior to the ap
plications of the second list of settlers,
it was entitled to the land in the event
of the original applicants losing their
rights. The commissioner holds that
the rights of the first applicauta did
not expire until July of this year, and
that the railroad's selection made prior
to that date would not hold. The rail
road company could make selections
after the expirations of the original ap
plicants' time for entering, but Soule.
and those associated with him got in
ahead of the railroad oompany and the
commissioner awards to them the
right to prove up on the laud.
Twenty-Three Vletima Already,
Catania, Sicily, Oct. 14. A woman
known as Gaetna Stomoli has been ar
rested here for the wholesale poisoning
of children with phosphorous. She ad
ministered the poison by mixing it
with wine and prevailing upon the
children to drink it Her victims al
ready number twenty-three. It is
stated that they died in fearful agony.
The woman has confessed to having
committed the deed, and offered as an
explanation that she wanted revenge
for the death of her two ohildren, who
had been bewitched. A crowd of peo
ple attempted to lynch the woman, and
were prevented with great difficulty.
The East Oreegonian will soon be set
up by a typesetting machine.
The enrollment of the public schools
at The Dalles for September was 612.
The present session of the circuit
court will cost Josephine county, Or.,
about $5,000.
Active steps are being taken by the
government to prevent the cutting of
timber on public lands in Southeastern
Washington.
S. M. Bruce, of Whatcom, Wash.,
has been placed on the state examining
board for law students. The other
members are Attorney Linn, of Thurs
ton, and Jones, of Spokane.
The road committe of the Baker City
chamber of commerce will advertise
for bids for the construction of a road
from Hunter's to Summit, between
Willow creek and Burnt river.
In a recent search of the Pierce
county, Wash , jail Deputy Sheriff
Paulbamus found several steel saws, a
new file and handkerchief tied around
a stone, making a dangerous slug.
A skeleton was unearthed in Marsh
field, Or., the other day,, while a
foundation for the new schoolhouse j
was being dug. The site of the school'
house was once used as a cemetery.
The following taxes have been col
lected by Treasurer Lewis, of Chehalis
county, Wash., during the quarter
ending September 30: Taxes of 1891,
$232.36; 1892, $1,557.30; 1893, $5,-
927.59; 1894, $1,968.87.
The scarletina epidemio in Seattle is
gradually spreading, despite the prompt
action of the board of health in estab
lishing a strict quarantine in the
affected districts, and ordering a nurn
ber of school rooms disinfected.
The authorities of Baker City, Or. ,
are after Frank West, "a very gentle
manly-appearing fellow," according to
the Democrat, who is accused of rais
ing a fa bill to a f 20 bill and passing
it at the Chicago store.
Both flour mills at Palouse are run
ning day and night. Orders from the
Sound will keep the mills busy for
some time. The mills find it difficult
to secure enough wheat, as the farmers
are holding out for a higher price than
the mills feel able to pay.
Because of the irregularity in the
proceedings, by reason of which Morris
& Whitehead, the Portland bankers,
rejected bonds of the district to the
amount of $18,000, the Ballard school
board has determined to call a meeting
and decide upon another election for
the purpose of authorizing the issue. v
The Whatcom city council has made
another sweeping reduction in munici
pal salaries, establishing them for next
year as follows: Treasurer, $50 per
month; clerk, $50; marshal, $50; po
licemen, $40; street commissioner and
city engineer, $50; janitor, $50; fire
chief, $20; assistant chief, $15; city
attorney, $3 per month; health officer,
$1 per month; street labor, 15 cents
per hour.
A suit has been begun in Spokane by
the Washington Water & Power Com
pany against the Northwest Milling &
Power Company, which involves the
questions of the rights to nse the Spo
kane river for other than natural pur
poses, and if the title to any portion of
the bed of the river can rest in any per
son or corporation, or can be used to
the detriment of any other person or
corporation.
A few days ago at the Frank McGee
mine, on Eagle creek, an altercation
took place between H. Hackett, a
teamster, and one Sullivan, a miner.
The latter fired a shot at Hackett, who
returned the shot Sullivan, after be
ing fired at, ran to the brush, and
Hackett, supposing he had killed Sul
livan, went to Eagle valley in haste
and gave himself up. Later when he
found that Sullivan was unhurt, Hack
ett swore to a complaint and had Sul
livan arrested.
NO REBATE ON PREMIUMS.
Executive Offleere of Life Inauranee
C'ompaniee Have Bo Agreed.
New York, Oct. 15. The executive
officers of the most of the large life in
surance companies held a meeting Sat
urday to devise means of stopping the
practice of giving rebates on premi
ums. President J. R. Hedgman, of
the Metropolitan Life, presided. Reso
lutions, drawn by Commissioner G. S.
Morrill, were adopted. After setting
forth the facts that the legislatures of
twenty-one states bave enacted laws
forbidding rebates under penalty, and
that such laws have generally been a
dead letter the resolutions state that
the companies have placed themselves,
without exception, in opposition to re
bates, and that the practice can be sup
pressed only by the active organization
and co-operation of all life insurance
companies. The resolutions are as fol
lows: Resolved, That each of the subscrib
ing companies agrees that it will not
pay or allow or offer to pay or allow,
nor permit any person connected with
it in any capacity to pay or allow, or
offer to pay or allow any rebate or pre
mium in any manner whatsoever, di
rectly or indirectly; that a reference
be appointed who shall examine into
and decide all charges of rebating by
agents or others, and whose decision
shall be final; that on the decision of
the referee that any person connected
in any capacity with any subscribing
company has made any rebate, such
person shall immediately be dismissed
from the service of the company, and
shall not lor a period of two years
thereafter be again employed by any
company party to this agreement.
The referee is empowered to procure
prosecutions for violations of the laws
against rebating and to employ coun
sel to assist him. A fund of $10,000
to be made up and maintained in the
referee's hands by assessment on the
subscribing companies. The referee is
to receive salary of $2,000 year and
Jus incidental expenses, &od is to 1-e
further allowed an amount not exceed
ing $3,000 for a secretary and clerical
assistance. The agreement is to go
into effect November 1 next.
Ex-Governor William E. Russell, of
Massachusetts, was suggested as the
referee called for in the agreement
WHAT MORA H ILL GLT
Dividing Up the Money Which
Was Paid by Spain.
FAT FEES OF HIS ATTORNEYS
Deelalon of the Commleeloner of
Ueneral Land Office In the Mar.
quam Caae Affirmed.
ALIEN CONTRACT LABOR.
The city counoil of Everett, Wash. ,
has directed the issuing of bonds of
that oity to the amount of $81,900, as
authorized at the election held June 15
last The bonds are in two series, one-
half payable in ten years and one-half
payable in twenty years, all drawing
interest at the rate of 6 per cent The
rosoultion directs the oity treasurer to
deliver the bonds to Morris & White-
bead, of Portland, in exchange at par
for the warrants they are to oaneel, as
fast as the warrants are presented by
them in exohange, in amounts of not
less than $1,000.
The ourfew bell now rings at 8:30 P.
M. in Albany, Or. Hereafter all
boys under 18 years of age, without
permission, will be promptly arrested,
according to ordinanoe. Marshall Lee
has bad cards printed for parents to
sign, if they want their boys to roam
the streets at night Following is a
copy: faronts fermit card. To
any police offioer: The bearer is my
son, . He has our permission to
remain away from home after the hour
of 8:80 P. M. At any time he is found
upon the streets of Albany without this
card, you will please take charge ot
him and look him up." Considerable
oomplaint has been made about the do
ings of boys, such as tick-taoking,
stealing fruit, etc., and it is proposed
to stop it '
Three Young Englishmen Illegally in
ThU Country.
Kaneas City, Oct 14. Three young
Englishmen are under surveillance at
Wichita, charged with being in this
country in violation of the federal law.
They are George Aldred, Samuel Est'
noge ana n. n. Steele, and they were
sent to Kansas by the International
Emigration Association of London,
England, under contract to work for
Kansas farmers. They claim they paid
A. Lu Atkinson. Dresident of the as
sociation, of London, $200 each, for
which he agreed to give them first-class
passages to Kansas, and guaranteed
them work on farms for one year and
$5 a month the first six months, and
$10 a month for the last six months.
The men were brought in the steerage
of cattleboats to Montreal, where they
were met by an agent, who brought
them to Kansas and turned them loose
to shift for themselves. The federal
authorities, with the aid of Vice-Con
sul Burroughs, of this city, have been
investigating the matter, and are on
the track of the three mentioned, and
their arrest it is said will soon . follow,
Consul Burroughs will forward his
evidence to the English government
and have Atkinson and his men sop-
jssed, while the agents of the associ
ation in this country, who are known
to the authorities, will doubtless be
prosecuted for importing alien contract
labor, which offense is punishable by a
fine of $1,000.
On a Technicality.
aeattle, Wash., Oct 14. A ques
tion of oonmctmg jurisdiction, oi
rather no jurisdiction at all, will re
sult in the release, without the formal
ity of a trial, of Henry Anderson,
charged with the murder of an Ozette
Indian named Philip Brown, May 13,
1895. Anderson and Brown quarreled
about a sealskin, and in a fight that
followed the Indian was shot down.
When the case came before the super
ior court for Clallam county, Anderson
was remanded to the United States dis
trict oourt, on the ground that the
offense was committed within federal
territory. Today Judge Hanford or
aerea Anaersou oacK to the superior
court, on a showing that the spot
where the killing took place is in the
jurisdiction of the state. Word has
been received that the county officers
will not prosecute, and that Anderson
will go free.
From Another Souree
New York, Oat 15. A cablegram
to the World from Tokio says:
Persons wearing Japanese dress and
carrying Japanese swords were among
the rioters who lately attacked the
royal palace in Seoul, Corea. At first
it was supposed they were Coreans dis
guised as Japanese, but now it is sus
pected that the Japanese soshi appar
ently hired ruffians. The Japanese
government has ordered an inquiry.
The chief ourator (prosecutor) of the
oourt of Yokohama has been sent to
Corea to direct the investigation.
The queen, it is believed, is dead.
Tai Won Kun is supreme. He has
forced the king to issue a decree de
grading his consort to the level of a
oonoubine, and outlawing her family.
The foreign legations at Seoul are
guarded by marines from the foreign
warships at Chemulpo. All is quiet
'a. Two Sailor Died of Cholera.
New York, Oct 12. The British
tea steamer Benhoie, which arrived to
day from Yokohama, Shanghai, Foo
Chow and other Chinese ports, was de
tained in quarantine because two Chi
nese sailors bad died of oholera while
the vessel was still in Asiatie water.
Washington, Oct 10. It isexpeoted
that the state department, which is
oustodian of the funds paid by Spain
on the Mora claim, will pay the money
to the different parties in interest
Thursday. The amount finally agreed
on for Antonio Maximo Mora, princi
pal in the claim, is $867,085. This
sum has been reduced somewhat by as
signments, and the actual amount to
be paid Mr. Mora will be slightly
above $700,000.
The next payment of importance will
be $287,000 to Jose I. Roderiguez, who
has been the attorney of Mr. Mora
since the inception of the case in 1870.
A further amount, approximately
$285,000, will be devoted to the pay
ment of Mr. Nathaniel Page, who was
at one time attorney in the case, or to
those to whom be may have assigned
his interest
In the original agreement between
Mora and his attorneys, he was to re
tain 60 per cent and they were to have
40 per cent, the latter sum to cover all
legal expenses.
Mrs. Waller, wife of ex-United
States Consnl-General Waller, now im
prisoned by the French government,
will arrive in New York Saturday, and
steps are being made to have ber met
by representatives of the state depart
ment. Her son, Paul Bray, will also
go to meet her. She is aecompanied by
ber young ohildren, the family having
made the long journey from Madagas
car by way of Paris. Relief funds for
her have been raised in Kansas, Iowa
and Washington, and will be available
for her support after landing. Thus
far she has been helped homeward by
private contributions, the state depart
ment aiding her from Madagascar to
France, and Ambassador Eustis ad
vancing her funds for her trip to New
York. Ethelbert Woodford, a young
American in Madagascar, supplied her
immediate needs until assistance was
rendered by the state department It
is expected she will settle in Iowa.
Secretary Smith has affirmed the de
cision of the commissioner of the gen
eral land office awarding to P. A. Mar
quam land in the Oregon City district
which he hag purchased from the state
as swamp land. Peter Snomela enter
ed the land as a homestead, and hia
entry is denied, on the ground that the
hind was a swamp at the time of the
grant
In the case of Almon V. Brown
against George W. Hinkle, for a tract
of land in the La Grande district, the
secretary decides in favor of Hinkle.
In the case of Honry E. Wilcox, B.
D. Mullens, H. J. Hunt and John W.
Manning, grantees of the state of Ore
gon, against the Oregon Central Wagon-Road
Company, Lakeview district,
the secretary decides in favor of the
oompany. ,
Assistant Secretary Hamlin has writ
ten a letter in which he states that the
attorney -general has rendered an opin
ion which hereafter will govern the de
partment's action, holding that white
lead manufactured from pig-lead pro
duced in bonded smelting and refining
establishments from a mixture of do
mestic and imported ores, is not en-,
titled to the drawback under the pro-'
visions of section 22 of the new tariff
act ,, This decision, it is said, is based
upon the" fact that the amount of im
ported ores entering into the white.
lead product cannot be ascertained by.
a chemical analysis nor will the manu
facturers be permitted to show by other
evidence the proportions of domestic,
and imported ores used. -
More Rioting Reported.
London, Oot 13. A Paris dispatch
to the Times reports that the mission
ary agency at, Lyons has received let
ters reporting aggressions against the
Europeans and Christians -Of the cen
tral provinces of China. The mission
station at Nan Ching has been destroy-'
ed, and some of the converts killed,
and others wounded. The Russian
oonsul, in the absence of the French
oonsul, was appealed to. He insisted
that a telegram be sent to the local au
thorities ordering stringent measures
for the restoration of order. Neverthe
less, disturbances oontinue. The Mo
hammedans of Northern Shen Si have
revolted. Advices from Shanghai say
that infamous Hunan prints are being '
again distributed throughout the cen
tral provinces.
DeYoung on Hie Way Uome.
New York, Oot 12. M. H. De-!
Young left today for San Francisoo, 1
after a six months tonr, which includ
ed the principal countries ot Europe.
Mr. De Young's trip abroad was in the
interest of the memorial museum,
which was established to commemorate
the success ot the big fair last winter, '
of whioh Mr. DeYoung was director-'
general, and which was built and fur
nished from the profits of that enter-'
prise. Several oases of onrioa which
Mr. DeYoung purchased in different
countries are now en route for San
Francisoo. The memorial museum, it
is said, has now tbe richest collection
of Napoleonic souvenirs in the" .United
States. ?irviA : ,
Walte Says Coxey Will Be Elected.
Ottumwa, Iowa, Oot 12. Ex-Gov
ernor Waite, of Colorado, who is here,
says he has just returned from Ohio,
and it is sure thing that Coxey will
defeat Campbell and Bushuell for gov
raor.