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IIILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCOTBER 31. 1895.
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PLWT TO FREE DU RRAN'
The Alleged Conspiracy Has
Been Exposed.
(illtSON WAS TO HE IMPLICATED
The Information Gained From it Letter
Hunt to tlia Coroner hy One
of the Conspirators.
San Francisco, Oct. 80. A strange
story of an alleged lt iu connection
with thu trial of Theodore Durrant
uiuuu to light today through a letter
addressed to the coroner. Tlie police
claim thoy liuve knuwu of tho plot for
some timu, mid that the knowledge of
that plot had been discovered, and lod
Attorney Douprey for the defense, to
uliiuiiliiu the case and take to hiB bod,
leaving the closing management of the
case to General Dickinson, who, it in
ull"god, did u t know of the plot. Six
are, according to the story, impli
cated in tlioHo wlio were to swear to
false statements prepared for theiu, it
in alleged, by tho defense. Tho police
say tho plan wan onooived entirely by
Durrant and carried out largely under
his direction by the aid of oue of his
counsel. Tho plan was to make such
evidence as would prove an alibi for
Durrant and at the same time impli
cate Kev. .1. George Gibson in tho
murder of both Blanche Lamont ami
Minnie Williams, Oue of these alleg
ed witnesses, who, by his letter to the
coroner, confesses his part iu the plot,
said he aud others were ready t'J manu
facture an alibi, but whou thoy were
asked to implicato Gibson they weak
ened ami gave a hint to the police
which spoiled the whole plan.
A letter dated October 27, aud signed
Uiiorgo Reynolds, is as follows:
" Tonight I will seek rest from all
worldly cares in these waters near tho
Cliff house. I writo this bo you need
have uo iuuucst or identification. I
was some mouths ago to be a witness
iu tho Durrant trial for the murder of
Minuio Williams. I send you a state
ment prepared for me to learn with
five other men named Smythe, Duguii,
Stewart, Taylor aud Harrington. I
object to take part iu this matter be
cause of the part of the plan to impli
cate Preaohur Gibson. I assisted K.
M. Thayer, Durrant's friend, in fixing
up tho plan. Buiythe, Dugan and
Stewart wore to be witnesses iu the
Lamont uasa, nnd Taylor, Harrington
and 1 were to help him out in the
Williams case. I tired to got state
ments of the other live to enclose with
this, but they would not give thorn up.
Smythe was to say Blanche Lamont
was at his house, near Haywards, until
Friday, April 5, whou she left for
homo. Tho strap with Blanche La
ment's name I marked myself with her
name. I out off tho oud of the strap
aud sent it to Chief Crowley threo
months ago with other matter. Dick
inson's explanation about the strap is
clover, but very improbable. I am
not surprised Deuprey is sick. I should
thiuk Dickinson would be sick, too.
Dugan and Stewart were to say thoy
had been to Dr. Anthony's fuueral iu
Oakland on Friday, April 5, aud when
returning saw Miss Lamont on tho ferry-boat,
Dugan kuowiug her well.
The plan was also to produce a bloody
handkerchief with the initial "G,"
meaning Gibson, upon it I lettered
live other handkerchiefs, and Thayer
scut them by messenger to Gibson with
a card written by Smythe, saying,
"From four little infant-class girls."
The bloody haudkorohiof was to be
offered us having been found iu the lot
back of the ohuroh on Sunday, April
14, but it novor was delivered beoauso
we declined to tako part in the plot to
implicate Gibson. This is all I have
got to say. Let Durrant tell the rest."
"(Signed), George Reynolds."
Aooompauyiug the letter was a
lengthy statement, comprising the pur
ported bogus testimony which Reynolds
was to learn boforo going on the wit
ness stand. The statement was type
written and backed in legal form.
The statement was not written by the
writer of the letter, beoauBe iu the
type-written statement several cor
rections had been made with a pen in
handwriting which differed from that
iu Reynold's letter. Coroner Hawkins
said:
"I have turned th!s letter over to
the police for investigation. It looks
like a hoax, but it is possible that Dur
rant or some one oonueoted with the
defence may have prepared the story as
Reynolds says. The statemout which
aooompanied the letter shows oareful
work, und was no doubt prepared by
some ono who had made a olose study
of tho case. If Durrant could prove
what is statod in the document he
would go forth as a free man."
Strikers ami Glyoerlne Bombs.
Madison, Wis., Oct. 80 Madison is
excited over the disoovery of two gly
cerine bombs; one in the capitol yard
near the entranoo most used by the
puhlio, and one iu the yard of H. G.
Verhansen, of the tailoring firm of
Olson & Verhansen, whose employes
went on a strike recently. The police
claim to have gained information
which leads them to the belief that the
bombs were manufactured and left in
the plaoes where they were found by
friends of the strikors. Tho polioe say
there are three or four pronounced an
archists iu the city, who have Biuoe
, the strike made murdero threats
1 ' againHt the tailor manufacturers.
John Poineroy In Jail.
Spokane, Oot. 80. John Pomeroy, a
member of tho family of Pomoroys in
Oregon, is in jail at Lewiston. Sheriff
Ford, of Washington county, tele
graphed the Warren deteotive agency
of this city today that he would come
for his man. Pomeroy is wanted for a
large number of burglaries oommitted
in Washington county, Oregon.
PUYALLUP RESERVATION.
Lands Will Be Mold, mid th. Indian.
Will llecelve Their Money.
Washington, Oct. 80. The Indian
oflloe feels very much encouraged at
tho way work is progressing at the
Puyallup reservation, near Tacoma,
and it is hoped that tho commission
now endeavoring to settle the tl if -lioulties
which have always existed
there will succeed. Reports of opera
tions of the commission are received
from time to time by the commissioner
of Indian affairs, and the indications
are that iu time the lands may be sold
and the Indians receive their money.
The commission has just sent to the
commissioner a plat of the reservation
lands, aud has asked that tho secretary
of tho interior approve it, aud give au
thority to have it filed as the Indian
addition to Tauoma.
This reservation of unallotted lands,
which were held in common by the In
dians, oonsisted of 598 acres. It has
been platted into lots, there being smie
reservations for school purposes and
cemetery aud railroad grounds. Tak
ing out what has been so reserved and
also tho reservations for streets aud al
leys, thore are in lots 888 acres, mak
ing 8,(100 lots. The appraised value of
the lots is $212,000, but as thoy are
sold by publio sale the reoiepts may be
larger than that sum. Already sales
of lots aggregating 82, 210 have been
made. The sales are for oue-third
cash, and the balance iu five years, if
the purchaser does not elect to pay
sooner. The money is deposited in the
treasury of tho United States for the
benefit of the Indians.
Besides the lauds held in common
there are 1(17 tracts of allotted lands.
The commission is endeavoring to ob
tain the consent of the Indians to have
these allotted tracts sold, aud iu sixty
cases tho allottees, or heirs of allottees,
have given their consent to the sale,
reserving only a small portiou for the
use of themselves. These tracts are
sold in tracts of 80, 40, 20, 10, and 5
acres, if so desired by the purchasers.
The officials of the Indian offlne say
that every effort will be made to fully
protect the Indians, and also to dis
posd of the lauds so that Tacoma may
have the use and benefit of them for
extensions which are needed.
HEAVY DAMAGES.
Thoy Am tilven a Negro Because
Cruel Treatment.
of
Seattle, Oct. 30. Judge Hauford, of
the United States court, today award
ed $4,500 damages to Louis Boldin, a
negro sailor on the Chilean ship Atao
a ma, iu a suit against J. M. MoLean,
the owners' agent, and J. Jensen,, the
captain, for oruel treatment which de
prived him of the use of his hands.
Boldiu engaged iu a Btruggle with the
second mate on tho voyage from Val
paraiso and was ovorpowered by Jan
sen aud McLean, aud triced up. His
condition proveB that he had been sub
jected to torture by having both wrists
so tightly bound by handcuffs or oords
as to arrest circulation for such a
length of time as to produce what the
doctors term strangulation; the skin
aud flesh of both palms were blister
ed, causing decay, and the skin of his
knuckles was, by a severe bruise or
chafing, destroyed; just above each
wrist joint there are deep sours com
pletely encircling the wrists; the oords
are so effected that his Angers re
mained bent, and the testimony shows
that some of them at least eau never
be straightened.
Latter I'art of June.
Washington, Oct. 80. Senator Car
ter, chairman of the Repuublioan na
tional committee, when questioned to
day as to the probable time of holding
the noxt Republican convention, said
he had not conferred with tho other
members of the committee regarding
the date, but, as six months' uotioe
must be given aftor the meeting of the
committee, the convention could not be
called earlier than the middle of June.
He thought, however, it would be the
general desire not to have the conven
tion meet until after the adjournment
of congress, and he did not think it
probable that congress would be ready
to adjourn until about the middle of
June. It was a fair inference, he con
cluded, that the convention would not
be called to meet earlier than the last
of June.
Hobart, the Assassin Captured.
Presoott, Ariz., Oct. 80. C. E. Ho
bart, the assassin of John Miller, was
arrested and lodged in jail about mid
night Although seventy hours had
elapsed since the murder, he had only
reached a point twenty miles from
Presoott. He had traveled by night
and laid in the brush during the day.
Officers had trailed him yesterday to a
deserted oabiu, where he had put up
for the day. They had the oabin sur
rounded bofore he was aware of their
presence. They deooyed him from his
hiding place. When ordered to throw
up his hands he pulled a Winchester
rifle. Deputy Dillon then fired a load
of buokshot at Hobart, one oharge tak
ing effect in his right arm, disabling
him. Hobart then surrendered.
llollvla and Chile.
New York, Oct. 80. The Herald's
correspondent in Sucre, Bolivia, tele
graphs that the oongress of Bolivia has
approved the treaty with Chile. The
soBsion was secret, but it is known that
Chile promises to use her utmost en
deavors to induce Peru to oede Taena
and Ariea to Bolivia. Chile also agrees
to oede to Bolivia forty kilometers of
coast line at Victor inlet and other ter
ritory.
A Cattle-Thief. Sentence.
North Yakima, Oot. 80. Dave
Weddle, the cattle-thief, who was con
victed last week, was this morning
sentenced by Judge Graves to six years
in the penitentiary. Attorney Parker,
for the dofendant, states the case will
be appealed to the supreme court. A
motion for a new trial was denied by
Judge Graves.
MAY MEET ON TIME
The Prizefight May Yet Oc
cur Near Hot Springs.
PREPARATIONS ARE BEING HADE
Information I. Scarce, a. Everything I.
Done Quietly, With No Desire
to Attract Attention.
Little Rock, Oct. 29. Constable
Allen P. Davis, of Hot Springs, gave
out information today, which loads
those who talked with him to believe
that Corbett and Fitzsimmons will
fight in private not far from Hot
Springs, one day about the latter part
of this week. Last Friday morning
Corbett was supplied with newspapers
containing intimation that he was
about to quit the state in order to avoid
a meeting with Fitzsiinmons. After
perusing the papers, it is related that
he fractured the adjacent ozone with
ponderous swipes and vowed he would
stay in Garland county and make
mince meat, metaphorically speaking,
of Julian's man. He at once pitched
into the work of training, just as if he
really was to light October 81.
The prevailing opinion in Hot
Springs sporting circles is that the
fight will oertaiuly occur at some point
iu or near Garland county. Such an
air of mystery surrounds the proceed
ings that it is hard to obtain reliable
information, but that preparations are
being made in a quiet way for a fight
no dne" doubts. Many Hot Springs peo
ple believe the fight will occur at
Whittington Park, the site originally
selected, and that the battle will occur
as originally agreed upon. They ar
gue the decision of the supreme court
affirming the prizefight law leaves tne
matter exactly where it stood before
Corbett was arrested, and that it was
virtually a victory for the fighters.
The fact that the Hot Springs Athletio
Club has engaged a circus tent seems
to indicate, however, that some private
spot has been selected.
A close friend of Governor Clarke,
has been shown letters from Hot
Springs which tend to confirm the be
lief that a flht will ocour. One of
these letters is said to have come from
Attorney Martin, and stated that prep-
artions wore boing made for a private
fight. Governor Clarke, in speaking
of this information, is said to have
remarked that he did not care how
much they fought, so long as it was
conducted in private, aud without be
ing advertised.
This Is Different.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 29. Gover
nor Clarke received information today
from Hot Springs whioh convinoed
him beyond a doubt that an effort
would be made to pull off the fight at
Hot Springs on scheduled time. From
what source he received the inforraa
tion, he deelined to state. The gover
nor still says he will prevent it. He
cares not whether it takes place pub
licly or privately. He says: "The
men shall not fight on Arkansas soil.'
It is believed Fitzsimmons will be ar
rested on arrival in the state and
placed under heavy peaoe bonds. Gov
ernor Clarke says he has been informed
for several days that an effort will be
made to pull off the fight in private,
which faot will compel him to be ah
sent Arkansas day at the Atlanta expo
sition.
THE MINES AT MULLAN.
Serious Trouble la Expected, and the
Militia Ordered in Readiness.
Wardner, Idaho, Oot. 29. The men
in the Hunter mine refused to join the
union and the committee from the
Burke and Gem union told them to
either join the union before 7:30 to
night or they would run them out of
the oamp. All the men working in the
Hunter went down town last night,
and signed an agreement to join the
militia as soon as it oould be organ
ized. A telegram was sent to Gover
nor McConnell, asking for assistance
and a special train was sent to Ward'
ner for the militiamen. This makes
120 men ready for duty at Mullan,
The following message has been receiv
ed from the governor, addressed to
Captain J. L. Batter ton:
"Hold the troops in readiness. The
Hunter mine at Mullan is threatened. '
One hundred troops are now at the
depot awaiting orders to move. Twen
ty-four stands of arms and 2,400
rounds of ammunition were sent from
Wallace. Exoitement runs high.
Practically, a Dependency of France
Washington, Oct. 29. The dispatch
giving particulars of the treaty be
tween France and Madagascar convey
ed the first details of the situation
to
the state department. The officials ex
pressed interest, but declined to be
quoted in the absence of the full text,
It may be given, however, as the gen
eral opinion in the department, that
according to the agreement so far
known, the Frenoh have suooeeded
in
making their own terms with Mada
gascar, and that the protectorate for
whioh it provides really amounts
making Madagascar a" dependency of
the Frenoh republic
The Lottery Scheme Abandoned.
Chicago, Oot. 29. Indictments
aeainst ex-Governor John L. Bever
idge, Samuel M. Biddison and Freder
iok D. Arnold, for alleged violation of
the lottery laws of the United States,
have been dismissed by General John
C. Blaok, United States district attor
ney. The gentlemen were officers of
life insurance company, a semi-tontine
feature of which was said to be in the
nature of a lottery. They were sur
prised to learn that they were violating
the federal laws and immediately aban
doned the feature.
HOLMES TO BE TRIED.
The Prosecution a Profound Secret, but
Sensational Development. Expected.
Philadelphia, Oct. 29. H. H.
Holmes, or Herman Mudgett, whose
name or alias, has rung throughout the
length and breadth of the continent as
the most unscrupulous and skillful
murderer of modern times, will be
placed on trial for his life tomorrow in
the court of oyer and terminer, of this
city. The specified charge to which he
ill be called upon to answer is the
murder of Benjamin F. Pitzel, and he
has already officially declared himself
not guilty. The revolting details of
the many crimes with which Holmes'
name has been directly or indirectly
connected have been given much pub
licity, and the cold, implacable de
meanor which has characterized the
man throughout has been so frequently
commented upon that the trial will
probably pass into hiBtory as the most
celebrated case known to the criminal
annals of the Western hemisphere.
The commonwealth has already ex
pended thousands of dollars in its
efforts to bring the prisoner to sum
mary justice, and there is an indica
tion that if a conviction of murder in
the first degree be obtained he will be
quickly "railroaded" to the gallows.
Witnesses have been brought to this
city from Boston, Chicago, Indianapo
lis, Irvington, Ind., and almost every
ty where Holmes is known to have
lived at various times. What revela
tions these witnesses will make has
been kept a profound secret by the
prosecuting officers, but there is expec
tation of sensational developments.
RECEIVER MINK TALKS.
What He Thinks of the Various PaclHc
Kailroad Plans.
San Francisco, Oct. 29. Oliver W.
Mink, one of the Union Pacifio receiv
ers, W. W. Kelly, assistant general so
licitor of the Union Pacifio at Omaha,
and general attorney for the same sys
tem for Iowa and Nebraska; Erastus
Young, general auditor, and Zera
Snow, solicitor for the Union Pacific
at Portland, who are here, held a pro
longed conference in relation to the
settlement of a dispute between the
Union Pacifio and the Oregon Railway
& Navigation Company over the settle
ment of certain claims consequent
upon the appointment of a receiver for
the Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company, which was formerly a part
of the Union Pacifio system.
The matters under consideration,
Mr. Mink said, were of a nature simi
lar to those which formed the issue in
the suits recently argued before the cir
cuit courts of appeals in this city by
the attorneys for both companies.
When asked for his opinion on the re-
oent report of the government directors
of the Union Pacific, Mr. Mink said;
"The government's lien on the road,
it should be remembered, is simply a
book account, and is not represented by
bonds. It is accordingly worth only
what it would bring in open market.
The plan of the government directors,
I should say, would be a good way of
determining the value of the govern
ment's lien on the property; but
whether the United States government
is in a position to go into the railroad
business is a question which I am not
prepared to discuss."
A Lighthouse Tender In Danger.
Port Townsend, Oct. 29. Private
news from Victoria received tonight
says the British lighthouse tender
Quadra, which went ashore on Discov
ery island, in British waters, Friday,
is in a precarious position, and if a
gale or heavy sea comes up the vessel is
in imminent danger of proving a total
loss. The owners telgraphed here to
night for assistance, and the tug Ta
coma left late this evening for the scene
of the wreok. Several British tugs at
high water today made an unsucessful
attempt to pull the steamer off the
rocks.
Spokane Can Have the Shops.
Seattle, Oct. 29. "The Northern
Paoifio will erect its car shops at Spo
kane, if the people of Spokane will ful
fill oertain conditions," said Reoeiver
F. Burleigh today. "Spokane
knows what those conditions are, and
if they are accepted work will begin
at once on the improvements. If the
Northern Pacifio cannot come to an
agreement with Spokane on these con
ditions, then it will erect temporary
shops at Sprague for the winter."
Judge Hanford, of the United States
court, has not yet issued an order for
the contemplated improvements.
San Francisco's New Athletio Park.
San Franoisoo, Oct. 29. With the
objeot of promoting out-of-door sports
of all kinds, a company has been form
ed here to secure proper grounds for
the construction of an athletio park or
a reoreation grounds. The plans will
oulminate in the equipment of a park
wherein a baseball diamond, football
field, a bicycle track and possibly
grounds suitable for
will be laid out.
kindred sports
Dlore Trouble at HI tils.
Constantinople, Oct. 29. The gov
ernor of iJitns nas teiegranpea tne
porte that armed Armenians attacked
mosques when the Musselman assem
bled for Friday's prayers. The latter
were unarmed and were obliged to de
fond themselves with stones and stioks.
The troops and gendarmes were order'
ed to restore order. Many were killed
and wounded on both sides.
Lease of a Washington Line.
Seattle, Oct. 29. The lease of the
Central Washington to the Northern
Paoifio was renewed in the United
States court today. The Northern Pa
oifio is to supply the Central Washing'
ton with rolliing stock at an agreed
price, and arrangements are made for
free trackage and interchange of
freight and passenger business.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happenings of Interest In th Towns and
Cities of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
The tax levy in Spokane county,
Wash., for state and county purposes
is 15 mills.
A mass meeting was held in Seattle
recently to work up popular sentiment
to demand a strict observance of Sun
day. The tax levy of Whatcom county,
Wash., for state and county purposes
for the year 1895 has been fixed at 14
mills.
Company I, of Walla Walla, is re
joicing because of the order issued for
the reorganization of that disbanded
militia company.
It is claimed that the Wallowa coun
try has produced and shipped more beef
this year than any other like territory
in the state of Oregon.
The bridge across the Wenatchee
river near its mouth, connecting Kitti
tas river and Oanogan oounties, in
Washington, has been completed.
There is a movement on foot in
Pendleton, Or., to start up the foundry
plant. In case the plans are carried
out, the water power from the Uma
tilla will be used.
The motion for a new trial in the
case of Straub, the Blakeley island,
Wash. , murderer, will be argued No
vember 80. Straub is now in jail at
Whatcom, for safe keeping.
The statement of the financial condi
tion of Marion county, Or., on Septem
ber 30 last showed the amount ot war
rants outstanding and unpaid to be
140,183, and funds applicable to the
payment of warrants, $17,569.
The depositors of the Baker City Na
tional bank will receive from Receiver
Beard their third dividend, about No
vember 1. The dividend will be 10
per cent, which will make 50 per cent
paid out since the institution closed.
A crew of eight men is working on
the telephone line between Grant's
Pass and Crescent City, Or., and ex
pects to finish this season. Heavy
twenty-five foot poles are being put in.
A branch office will be located at Smith
river.
There was a strike the other day at
the Beaver Hill, Or., coal mines, a few
of the negroes leaving. Those of the
negroeg remtrrning hav sigaed a -contract,
good until June 1, 1896, at prioes
made by the superintendent. Twenty
white miners have also byeu brought
in from Washington. v
Pupils of the Ocosta, Wash., public
school complained of the water given
them to drink. The directors had the
well from which the water was drawn
opened, and were shocked to find the
remains of about fifty rats and mice of
all sorts and conditions. One of the
rats was found in the pump valve itself.
The contract for finishing the Astoria
water works tunnel has been let to H.
C. Campbell, representing the Pacifio
Bridge Company, of Portland. The
contractors propose to drive the rest of
the tunnel through the rock by the aid
of electricity, and have begun putting
in the appartus.
Three bridges across Wilson river,
Or. , built chiefly by private enterprise,
have just been completed at an expense
of $400. These structures make a win
ter road between Forest Grove and
Tillamook. An effort is being made
to have the Wilson river road designat'
ed as a mail route.
There is a proposition before the La
Grande, Or., Athletio Club to change
the name to the Commercial Club and
make it a business organization. The
promoters of the new movement do not
propose to do away with the athletio
and social features of the present or
ganization, but rather to enlarge and
extend them.
C. D. McFarlin harvested his cran
berry crop, near Coos bay, last week,
and was rather disappointed in the
yield of berries, the crop amounting to
only 500 bushels. North slough, where
his oranberry bog is situated, is close
to the ocean, and the weather was un
usually cold there this summer, which
aocounts for the shortage.
Fish Commissioner Crawford states
that the prevailing opinion that the
Nooksack river is not included in the
provisions of the law for a olose Benson
is erroneous. That the olosed season
on the Nooksaok is from October 15 to
November 15, and that it is his duty to
rigidly enforce the law. Fishermen
are therefore requested to govern them
selves accordingly.
Suit has been begun in Seattle
against W. H. Heaton, a commissioner
of King county; Fred Anthony and
John W. Maple, as treasurer of King
county, in whioh the complainant
charges that at some time since January
1, 1895, Heaton and Anthony unlaw
fully entered into a conspiracy to de
fraud the county out of money in the
hands of the oounty treasurer by falsely
olaiming to have performed work on
the oounty roads.
The General Electric Company has
begun suit in Taooma against Receiv
ers Mitohell, of the Taooma Railway
& Motor Company, to restrain them
from paying five interest coupons on
the ten first-mortgage bonds of the
company, issued April 1, 1890. The
Farmers' Loan & Trust Company,
Miles C. Moore, the Baker-Boyer Na
tional bank, of Walla Walla, and the
Paoifio National bank, of Taooma, are
made defendants.
TRADE REVIEW.
Oold Exports Put Off Good Weather
Helps Retailers.
New York, Oct. 28. R. G. Dun &
Co. 's weekly review of trade says:
"Ten days ago gold exports seemed
very near, but the break in cotton,
which then begin, ripened Monday
into a collapse sufficient to justify hope
of a free movement Hides have also
decreased sharply, leather is weaker,
and the adjustment of prices to real in
stead of imaginary conditions pro
gresses rapidly. Money markets cause
remarkably little trouble. Cooler
weather has generally helped retail
trade, and, with increased consumption
by the millions, the way will be clear
for better business. Already, pay
ments through the clearing-houses
closely approach for October those of
the best year in history, although re
flecting in part past transactions, and
new orders are still much needed by
the great industries.
"Cotton exports improve but little,
because foreign stocks are so large, and
the lower prices give more confidence
to mills which feared to purchase and
manufacture as expected.
"Wheat has risen 8 cents, although
Western receipts, which are 7,977,000
bushels for the week, against 5,059,
800 last year, continue unusually large,
and Atlantic exports, including flour,
are 1,176,000 for the week, against
1,857,000 last year, and for the four
weeks 5,734,572, against 9,195,055
bushels last year. This shows plainly
a slack demand from abroad. Nobody
can give a reason for the higher prices
of corn. Pork declined 25 cents, lard
1-16 of cent, and hogs 10 cents per 100.
"Bessemer pig-iron advanced, but
finished products, on the whole, de
clined as much. Other pig-iron is not
rising. Whether tin-plate works will
take 300,000,000 pounds of steel this
year, as the latest official report indi
cates, will depend on prices and sales
of coke below the latest established
price."
EXPOSITION IN 1900.
A Proposition to Hold a Centennial at
the National Capital.
Washington, Oot 28. The sugges
tion that a great exposition, marking
the close of the present century, be
held in Washington in 1900, is meet
ing much favor. Besides commemorat
ing the close of a century, such an ex
position would mark the centennial
anniversary of the founding of the seat
of government in the District of Co
lumbia. In June, 1800, the public
offices were transferred to Washington
and opened on the 15th of that month.
On November 22, 1800, President John
Adams, in his speech at the opening of
congress, said:
"I congratulate the people of the
United States on the assembling of
oongress at the permanent seat of gov
ernment and I congratulate you, gen
tlemen, on the prospect of a residence
not to be changed. You will consider
it as the capital of rfi-great nation, ad
vancing with unexampled rapidity in
art and commerce, -in wealth and in
population and possessing within itself
resources which, if 'not thrown away ,
or not lamentably misdirected, will se
cure to it a long course of prosperity
and self -government, "
The house of representatives, in an
swer to the above, said:
"The final establishment of the seat
of national government which has now
taken place, is an event of no small
importance in the political transactions
of the country. A considertaion of
these powers, which have been vested
in congress over the District of Colum
bia, will not escape our attention nor
will we forget that in exercising these
powers, regard must be paid to those
events which will necessarily attend
the capital of America."
A oitizen of Washington suggests to
the board of trade that it would be fit
ting, as this is the capital aity, that
each state oomposing the Union should
have a permanent exhibition located
here, showing its resources as to com
merce, transporation, mining, eto.
Added to the national exhibit and in
dividual state exhibits there should be
exhibits of the nations of North and
South America and Central America.
WASHINGTON'S MILITIA LAW.
The Enlistments Under the Old Law
Still Hold Good.
Olympia, Wash., Oct. 28. la an
swer to the question as to whether en
listments under the old military law
were invalidated by the military oode
of 1895, whioh repealed former militia
laws. Assistant Attorney General
Haight says:
"1 am of the opinion that the repeal
ing clause does not have the effect to
abolish the companies organized and
existing under the law in foree proir
to the passage of the military code of
1895. The oode everwhere implies
that the existence of the National Guard
is continuous, and that enlistments
made under the old law oontinue in
foroe under the new.
"For instance, in section 56, of the
new law, it is provided that no com
pany other than those now organized
and in the service as a part of the Na
tional Guard shall be admitted into the
National Guard of Washington, exoept
upon the recommendation of the mili
tary board. In section 59 it is provid
ed that immediately upon the passage
of this aot the oommander-in-ohief
shall, upon the recommendation of the
brigade commander, muster out and
disband Buoh companies of infantry
and troops of cavalry as may seem for
the good of the service. I am, there
fore, of the opinion that it is not neces
sary to re-enlist the privates in the
National Guard to make their enlist
ments valid."
According to the report of the oounty
auditor, the assessed valuation of all
property in Everett, Wash., is $2,161,-090.
STEAD ON MONROEISM
Adopted as a National Faith
by American People.
SITUATION CONSIDERED SERIOUS
A New Navy to Be Prond Of, and One
to Be Used, Sooner or Later, . ' '
Against Somebody, i . . ,
London, Oct 26. W. T. Stead has
along article this aftouoou in, the
Westminster Gazette ou ''Monroeitira,'.'
in which he says: ' -
"Englishmen will do well to belittle
the significance of the ebnlition of
American sentiment on the question of
the Venezuelan frontier. It must be
taken with the usual discount, and is
no doubt due to the system by which
foreign affairs are discussed by bawling
journalists rather than by suave diplo
mats, but it is serious, nevertheless. Its
gravity consists in two facta, neither
of which has anything to do with the
merits of the question in dispute.
"In the first place, for the first time
since the civil war, America has built
a navy of which she has some reason
to be proud, and which sooner or later
she will use against somebody. In the
second place, it is equally significant
that the American preBS assures the
United States that the Monroe doctrine
has been informally adopted as a na
tional faith by the American people,
and the dispatch sent to the New York
World (referring to the report of the
Bayard-Salisbury interview) probably
has a basis of truth.
"Considering the disreptuable char
acter of the Venezuelan government, it
seems extraordinary that any civilized
power should contemplate such a crime
as trusting a peaceable region to the
rule or government of Spanish-American
adventurers, whose only claim to
the sympathy of the United States is
that they call their anarchy a republic
and fly a flag which does not fly out
side the Western hemisphere.
"We do not fear arbitration, but be
fore it begins, reparation must be made
for the high-handed violation of the
territory governed by England."
JAPAN'S REPLY.
She Strongly Protests Against Russia's
Dictation in Corean Affairs.
. London, Oct. 26. A special from
Shanghai says a Russian squadron of
fifteen ships has left Vladivostock for
Chemulpo and Fu San. The Japanese
fleet in Formosan waters, it is also
stated, has been recalled, and it is an
nounced on excellent authority that
several British warships have, been
ordered to sail for Corea.
It is stated at Shanghai that the Jap
anese reply to the demand of Russia
that the former evacuate Corea is
couched in pacifio but firm language,
and protests against dictation by Rus
sia in Corean affairs. It is regarded at
Shanghai as certain that Russia will
permanently occupy Fu San. :
The Shanghai dispatch also says the
situation is most grave, and prepara
tions for the expected struggle are visi
ble on all sides. But it is hoped the
solution of the difficulty will be found
in Rnss'ia and Japan agreeing to di
vide Corea.
The News In Washington.
Washington, Oct 26. The oable
reports that a Russian fleet of fifteen
vessels was on its way to Corea, at
tracted much attention among the dip
lomatic representatives of the East to
whom it was shown. It was regarded
as presenting grave conditions, if the
facts are reported as true. The faot
that Fu San is one of the points to
ward which the Russians are heading
is pointed out as especially significant.
Fu San is at the southeastern ex
tremity of Corea, and is the point
nearest Japan, being only twelve hours'
sail from the Japanese mainland.
Further north is Won San, the strategic
point in Corea, whioh the Russians
have long sought to secure. It is on
Broghton's bay, in the middle of the
east of Corea. The. bay is the only use
ful harbor in the stretch of 600 miles
along the east coast of Corea. The
harbor is perfectly sheltered and is
open the year round. Leading author
ities agree that it will ultimately be
the terminus of the trans-Siberian rail
way, which Russia is building. For
these reasons, the movement of the
Russian fleet toward these points of
strategic importance is vatched with
interest.
Spain Will Resent Beeognition.
London, Oct. 26. The Central News
has a dispatch from Madrid saying the
government has decided upon arming
the Spanish Transatlantic Company's
steamers and the conversion of the old
cruisors Numancia and Victoria into
modern warships for the Cuban ser-
vioe. This action on the part of the
government is regarded as a prepara
tory measure against the recognition
of the insurgents as belligerents by any
American government. It is accepted
as a certainty that Spain would regard
such recognition on the part of any
government as a violation of interna
tional law and would immediately
place the nation upon a war footing.
The Freethinkers' Convention.
New York, Oct 29. The national
oongress of Freethinkers, which began
Friday, was concluded this evening.
Resolutions were adopted advocating
the taxation of ohuroh property, the
absolute separation of church and state
affairs and against arrest and impris
onment for using the mails for sending
alleged improper communications.
The case of J. B. Wise, of Camden,
who is awaiting trial for sending criti
cisms of Soripture to a olergyman on a
postal card was cited,