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IIILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1895.
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DAY OF THANKSGIVING
The President Issues His An
na il Proclamation.
FIXES THURDSAY, NOVEMBER 28
The Ctmataiil (loodnesa mid r"orbeurance
of Almighty God to Our People
lull fur Uratllude.
Washington, Nov. 6. President
Cleveland today issued a proclamation
designating Thursday, November 88,
an Thanksgiving day. The proclama
tion reads as follows:
"The constant goodness and forbear
ance of the Almighty God which has
been vouchsafed the American people
during the year just pusBed cull for
their sinoero acknowledgment of de
vout gratitude. To the end, therefore,
that we may with thankful hearts
unite in extolling the loving care of
our Heavenly Father, J, Grover Clove
land, presideut of the United States,
do horoby appoint and set apart Thurs
day, the 28th day of the present month
of November, as a day of thanksgiving
and prayer, to be kept and observed by
all our poople. On that day lot us
forego our usual occupations, and in
our ao mstoroed places of worship join
in ji nd ring thanks to the givor of
every good and perfect gift for the
bonutoous returns that have rowarded
our labors in the fields and in the busy
marts of trade; tor the peace and order
that prevailed throughout the land; for
our protection from pestilenoe and dire
calamity, and for other blessings that
have been showered upon us from open
hands, and with our thanksgiving let
us humbly beseech the Lord to so in
cline our people unto him that he will
not leave us nor forsake us as a na
tion, but will continue to bless us with
his mercy and protecting cure, guiding
us in tha path of national prosperity
and happiuoss, endowing us with recti
tude and virtue, and keeping alive
within us a patriotic love for the free
Institutions which have been given us
as our national heritage; and let us
also on the day of our thanksgiving es
pecially remember the poor and needy,
and by deeds of charity let us show
our giucority and our gratitude."
THREATENED STRIKE.
Paclllo Mall Arrangements.
San Francisco, Nov. 6. C. P. Hunt
ington expects ill a week or so to make
a trip to the City of Mexico. His
Mexican International rail'oad conces
sions require his personal attentiou, it
is said. There are other reasons which
make his proposed visit somewhat in
the nature of a necessity. The failure
of his negotiations with J. Edward
Simmons, of New York, president of
the Panama railroad, to restore peace
between that road and the Pacific
Mail, has had no small effect, it is
said, in bringing about a desire for a
conference with President Diaz. Such
a meeting would naturally have for its
main objoot the perfection of some sort
of an arrangement governing New
York and San Franoisoo froight ship
ments between tho Paciflo Mail and the
Tehuantopeo railroad.
Selecting tha .Turora.
Marysville, Cal., Nov. 6. The trial
of Henry Williams, alias Jack Brady,
the trainrobber, charged with the mur
der of Sheriff J. J. Bogart, of Tehama
oounty last April, began today. Dur
ing the day five jurors were selected.
This was considered a good day's work,
as it was generally understood that it
would be difficult to seoure a jury at
all. The defendant is represented by
Attorneys Carlin and Forbet and Dis
trict Attorney McDuniel is assisted by
L. V. Hitohoook, of Red Bluff, who
has been employed by Sheriff A. J.
Bogart, the murdered man's brother
and suooessor. If the selection of jur
ors proceeds as favorably as today, the
taking of testimony will begin Friday.
Troubla I He ported at Different I'oInU
on the Ureat ftortbern Line.
St. Paul, Nov. 6. In the great
strike of the American Railway Union
on the Great Northern railway eigh
teen months ago, the start was almost
exactly similar to what is claimed to
be a new strike at this time. Then, as i
now, the officials of the road united,
up to the time when the road was final
ly tied up, in asserting that there was
no strike and no cause for one. Then,
as now, the men went out at various
points along the line in a somewhat
scattering manner. Just what may be
the outcome, it is difficult to say, but
that there will be at least some trouble
seems now assured in view of reports
from along the lino today. In favor
of the company was the action of the
engineers and firemen on the Montana
Central, fifty-six out of Bixty on that
branch voting in favor of a communi
cation to the Great Northern officials
that they had no grievanoe and that
thoy protested against any new sched
ule in which the American. Railway
Union was oonoerned. The conductors
of the entire system are acting today
in line with the company, their vote
being taken almost without opposition
in favor of a somewhat similar state
ment to be presnteed to the officials.
It is statod that other brotherhoods are
about to take similar action. In the
way of trouble, three or four went out
at St. Cloud, but trains are in no way
affected. At that point it was thought
necessary to place '.vatchtnen on the
now bridge for protection.
At Devil's Lake, it was reported to
night that it had been decided to strike
at midnight. As that was one of the
points where there was trouble of a
somewhat riotous character in the for
mer strike, the city oonncil met there
today and decided to do all in its power
to protect the property of the railroad
and to suppress any incipient riots.
Out in Montana trouble was reported
at several points. At Havre, the wires
were out and orders for the three divi
sions that center there were interfered
with. It is understood several arrests
followed, though no definite informa
tion can be given. At Columbia Falls,
near KaliBpoll, an unsuccessful attompt
was made to burn the Great Northern
bridge.
A meeting of the St. Paul American
Railway Union lodge was held tonight
and a large number of new members
admitted, but it is not known what ao
tion, if any, was taken on the threat
ened strike situation.
SAFE FROM THE ICE
SENATOR MORGAN INTERVIEWED
Reports Received From
Northern Whalers.
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THEY ARE ALL BEYOND DANGER
Tha Senaou'e Catch Waa Not Up to the
Average and Fell Far Below
That of Laat Year.
San Francisco, Nov. 5. Two more
of the whalers are in port. They bring
the news that every one of the vesssels
is safe from any danger from being
closed in the ice of the Arctic ocean.
The whalers that are to remain in the
North throughout this winter, in order
to be on hand to take the choice blub
ber in the spring, are already in win
ter quarters. The other boats, those
about whose safety there has been some
anxiety, had already escaped from the
Northern ocean into the open waters of
Behring sea before the whalers which
arrived yesterday had left.
The Thresher brought most of the
news. She was the last of the whal
ers, now in port, to leave Behring sea.
During her long absenoe from San
Francisco her oaptain died. The
Thresher was brought here by Captain
Tilden, formerly with the whaler
Newport.
Just as the Thresher was leaving
Sand Point, the Oroa aud the Narwhal
were coming in. The Orca had fairly
good luck in the fall, and the men on
the Thresher heard that she had taken
two whales. The Alice Knowles got
one and the Mermaid another. These
are all, in addition to the published
statements as brought by. the steamer
Lakrae.
On the way to this port, the Thresher
spoke to Alice Knowles and the bark
California. The William Baylass was
already on tho way down, but regard
ing her luck the captain knew nothing.
On the whole the year has been a very
poor one. The Horatio has also ar
rived, and reports ninety barrels of
oil. Others in the fleet have been as
unfortunate. The owners Of these ves
sels, however, ought not to "complain,
for last season was a very good one.
ALONG ALASKA'S LINE.
THE FRENCH CABINET.
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The roller of tha New Mlnl.ter.
Made I'ubllo.
Paris, Nov. 6. The ministerial
declaration of polioy was read in the
chamber of deputies today. It promises
further inquiry into and publication of
the fullest iuformation obtainable in
regard to the Southern railway scandal.
Measures to be introduced by the new
government include an inoome tax bill,
and a bill to prohibit members of the
legislature beoomiug directors of finan
cial or commercial undertakings hav
ing any transactions with the govern
ment. The declaration of polioy also
promises government support for var
ious suggoBted reforms in the criminal
laws
M. Gloyss, member of the chamber
of deputies has been appointed minister
of the oolomes.
The government will also introduce
measures intended to defend the French
peasantry against international specu
lations, for the formation .of a oolonlal
army, etc. The declarations of the
polioy is of unusual length and vague
ly described the radical aspirations.
In the senate the outlining of tne
policy of the Bourgeoise ministry was
reoeived with extreme ooolness, witn
the exoeption to the passages referring
to the refoijn in the law which is un
derstood to be aimed at the anarchists
and the referenoe to the alliance with
Russia.
On the Isthinue.
New York, Nov. 6. A special to the
Herald from Panama says Colonel A.
L. Rives, who reoently resigned his
position as general superintendent of
the Panama railroad, leaves for New
York at onoe. He has been eight years
nn the Isthmus, and his departure is
generally regretted.
The Herald's correspondent in San
Salvador telegraphs that the parlia
mentary party has issued a circular in
viting all Latin-American countries to
form an international league, to wage
a commercial war against oppression
due to European influence.
"Old Man" McCann and Sons. '
- Seattle, Nov. 6. The trial of "Old
Man" MoCann, as he ia oommonly
termed, and his two sons, James and
John, for the horrible murder of Joseph
Cioero at Avondale, a country town
some distance from this oity, August
21 last, was commenced in the superior
nonrt before Judge Hulmes today. At
the time of adjournment tonight the
jury had been seoured and the opening
statement made by Assistant Proseoutor
W. H. Morris. The speech was a ter
rible arraignment. Morris described
minutely every movement made by the
MoCanns on the day of the killing, told
. everv word the state claims was said
and described how John took a revolver
from James' hand as he, James, lay on
the ground With Cioero ia struggle
ana aeiiDeiiawuy uiuw vuu yjiwiv
brains. '
The Chinese Army to Be Reorganised
Berlin, Nov. 6. The Vossiohe Zei
tung today says that Colonel Von Han
nekiu, the German offloer who was
military assistant to Viceroy Li Hung
Chang, has arrived in this city from
China, charged witn a special mission
and fully empowered to arrange for the
reorganization of the Chinese army on
the Russian. French and German
Well-Equipped Canadian Fortl filiation.
on Great B lulls.
Tacoma, Nov. 5. A party of miners
from the headauarters of the Yukon
river have arrived at Port Townsend
on the sohooner Mary Buhne, from Un
alaska. and report that the Canadian
government ia establishing well-equip'
ped fortifications on commanding
bluffs overlooking Btrategio points on
Forty-Mile Creek, and also along where
the supposed boundary line runs.
A large company of Canadian mill
tary police is busily engaged in explor
ing the oountry for mountain passef
both in Alaska and Canadian territory.
The river is very narrow and the po
lice have ereoted on overtowering
cliffs impenetratable fortresses, which
oomDletelv guard travel on the river.
At several other points breastworks,
substantially built of stone, have been
erected and. on the whole, the aotion
of the police would indicate that prep'
arations are being made to accommo
date large squads of militia at various
Doints along the boundary and particu
larly in the vicinity of the placer
mines.
On the British side are stationed
the customs and judicial officials, and
a good system of munioipal govern
ment is maintained.
A Warship to Come.
Portland, Or., Nov. 6. A short
time since Mayor Frank, of this city,
extended an invitation to Rear Admiral
Lester Beardslee, of the United States
navy, in command of the Paciflo ooast
squadron, who is now flying nig nag
on the oruiser Philadelphia, at present
on the Sound, to visit Portland with
his flagship. Yesterday the mayor re
ceived a note from Lieutenant M. C.
Gorgas, seoretary of the flagship, stat
ing that the oommander-in-chlel win
be pleased to pay Portland a visit with
the Philadelphia as soon as he Has
made a brief visit to Seattle and Ta
ooma. The Philadelphia has been at
Port Townsend for snme time, testing
the quality of the various kinds of coal
to be obtained on the Sound, in order to
ascertain which is the beBt for raising
steam, and also exercising her crew at
target praotioe.
THE MEXICAN RAILROAD.
ThD Carnegie Art Gallery.
Pittsburg. Nov. 6. The great col
lection of paintings in the galleries of
the new Carnegie library building was
opened today, and will remain on ex
hibition a month. Critics, collectors
and connoisseurs and many leading
painters, were present from all ovei the
oountry. They pronounoe it to be the
most remarkable assemblage of im
portant paintings ever seen in this
oountry, excepting only the loan collec
tion at the world's fair.
No More Government Aid, for the Coun
try Ia Well Supplied.
City of Mexioo, Nov. 5. The Mexi-
oan government is not creating any
new indebtedness and it is not true
that the, government will revive the
polioy of subventioning railways, for
the oountry now has all the trunk
lines required, and when Hampson's
Mexioo, Cueranavaoa & Paoiflo road is
oompleted to Aoapuloo, and the Cen
tral's Guadalajara branoh to the Pa
oiflo ooaBt is oompleted, there will be a
perfeot system of roads, and all that
will be needed for a long time will be
a short feeding line. American rail
way men and capitalists who have been
investigating the railway situation here
sav that the roads built in tne oonee,
sugar and tobacco regions will pay best
in the future, for tne trend oi enter
prise is in that direotion.
It is stated that the Mexioan Na
tional railroad will soon shorten its
line in competition with the Mexioan
Central & International railroad for
St. Louis and New York and Chioago
business. Railway m6n are alreadj
anticipating a reduction of time be
tween here and New York to four days.
He Speak, or England'. Right, in Vene
auela aud Acquialtlon of Cuba.
Washington, Nov. 6. Senator Mor
gan, of Alabama, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, and an au
thority on international law, in an in
terview here, called attention to Lord
Salisbury's claims that Great Britain
had acquired rights in the disputed ter
ritory adjoining Veneznela by treaty
with the native Indian tribes. He
said:
"For the last three quarters of a cen
tury Great Britain has been forming,
whenever she could, little by-arrangements
with Indian tribes that had
chieftainB who were regularly consti
tuted heads of the tribes. It was in
that way that Bhe recognized the Mos
quito king, Clarence. Such treaties
with such people are made right in
the teeth of the well-understood and
well-asserted doctrine of Great Brit
ain, Germany, France, Spain, and all
the American states, which, is that,
when a country has acquired, by con
quest or discovery, any territory, the
Indian tribes found therein are consid
ered as occupants at will of the sover
eignty, and are not regarded as nations
having sovereignty, such sovereignty
inuring to the nations that discovered
or conquered the territory. A recogni
tion of the sovereignty of such Indian
tribes has been regarded as a breach of
the international rights of other nations.
"For this reason, any claims of
Great Britain with Venezuela, based
upon private treaties with Indian
chiefs, are of no avail, and should not
be recognized as being in conformity
with international law.
I think Great Britain is prepared
now to adjust the Venezuela boundary
question on the lines that were survey
ed by Schomberg. When the line was
established, the British colonists com
menced moving out to it and making
settlements, and particularly taking up
gold claims, and Venezuela, in her
weakness, has been compelled to stand
by and see that course pursued. Great
Britain sets up a claim similar to that I
of a man who has occupied for a num
ber of years territory belonging to
some one else.
"I would suppose that, nnless Great
Britain moves to the north and west
ward of the Schomberg line, it is
scarcely probable that the United
States can be involved in the contro
versy, but if she is ever involved in
such a controversy, the British govern
ment ought to be compelled to avow or
disavow the dependency of various
petty charges.
"England might go to Alaska and
enter into a treaty with the chiefs of
Indian tribes there with as much rea
son as she could make treaties with
suoh tribes located to the south of us.
"The gold fields and the territory at
the mouth of the OrinoDO, which is the
key to the control of the entire central
portion of Venezuela, were the things
that inspired Great Britain's course."
In the interview the senator also
urged that it should be made a part of
the foreign polioy of the United States
to seoure an understanding by which
we oould deal in diplomatic matters
directly with Canada and Cuba, in
stead of through Great Britain and
Spain.
Turning to Cuba, the senator was
asked: "Do you think congress would
be favorable to the purchase of Cuba,
if suoh a proposition would be accept
able to Spain?"
"I have no right to suppose that
congress would. I can only suppose
that Spain, like every nation, will in
the end consult the highest interest oi
her people, and she may find it to be a
patriotio duty to free herself trom tne
control of Cuba, which has more influ
ences on politics in Spain today than
any local question in the kingdom. I
do not oare anything about the acqui
sition of Cuba as an addition to our
territory, but I should want it for the
military strength it would give us."
HIE PENALTY IS DEATH
Durrant Convicted of the Mur
der of Blanche Lamont.
THE JURY OUT TWENTY MINUTES
Chlneae Troop Bent to Kan Su.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 6. The rebel
lion of the Dungans in the northwest
portion of China is extending seriously,
and now embraces the whole of the
province of Kan Su. The Chinese gov
ernment has dispatohesd all the troops
of the garrison of Kashgar to the soene
of the uprising, and has appointed Li
Hung Chang, imperial commissioner
extraordinary to direot measures to
suppress the rebellion.
Experienced an Earthquake at Sea.
Port Townsend. Nov. 5. The
sohooner Mary Buhne, from Unalaska
reports experiencing a severe earth
quake at sea October 24. The oaptain
was in the rigging and the sea was as
smooth as glass when the vessel began
to shake violently, trembling nice
frightened fawn. Every timber creak
ed and the sea beoame greatly agitated,
The phenomena laBted two minutes.
The following day the sohooner passed
through a large area of apparently
muddy water.
More Troopa to Be Sent by Spain
Madrid, Nov. 5. The papers
that 85,000 troops will be sent to Cuba
forthwith, and additional reinforoe
ments will be sent as required. Re
ports reoeived here are that the insur
gents oontinue to burn villages and
plantations and to attempt to dynamite
the railroads.
Squadron Maneuvers to Continue.
Washington, Nov. 5. Admiral
Bunoe, of the North Atlantic squadron,
is to go to the West Indies, and is,
moreover, to be reinforced; but at the
navy department it is explicitly stated
that the movement ib not in any man
ner brought about by, any motive save
a desire to oontinue the squadron ma
neuvers whioh have been conducted
during the past summer. It is de
clared to be a fact that this southern
oruise was all arranged for early in the
summer between Secretary Herbert and
Admiral Bunce, when the scheme of
evolutions was gone over. The plan
was first a oruise off the New England
ooast; then off the South Atlantio
ooast, and, lastly, another oruise in
the winter, when the conditions would
be unfavorable in Northern waters,
and this programme is being carried
out to the letter. The Minneapolis
and Columbia have arrived at Fortress
Monroe, where they will, in the
oonrse of a month, be joined by the
other vessels of the squadron, and as
soon as some needed repairs can be
made on the Maine, Texas and Cincin
nati, if the latter can be spared from
patrol duty on the Florida ooast, the
entire squadron of eight vessels will be
headed for the West Indies.
When the Verdict Waa Rendered Men
theerea Wildly, While Women
Wept Hyaterlcally.
San Francisoo, Nov. 4. Theodore
Durrant, assistant superintendent of
the Emanuel Baptist church Sunday
school, was today convicted of the
murder of Blanche Lamont, for whioh
he has been on trial since July 22 last.
The jury was out 30 minutes, and ar
rived at the verdict on the first ballot.
As there was no recommendation oi
mercy, the punishment was fixed at
death.
It was exactly 2 1 minutes from the
time the jury left the courtroom to the
time the verdict was announced, but
that time was all taken up in delibera
tion. In fact, there was no delibera
tion at all. The jury had evidently
decided upon a verdict before they left
the jury box. It was 8:84 when they
filed out of the courtroom into the
grand jury room which had been placed
at their disposal. It took the twelve
men until 3:50 o'clock before they set
tled themselves comfortably, and at
3:55 a knock on the door announced to
the anxious waiters that a verdict had
been found. It took juat five minutes
of actual time to elect a foreman and
take one ballot necessary.
The scene in the courtroom when the
verdict was announced will never be
forgotten by those who were present.
Judge Murphy finished bis charge at
3:30, and the jury at once retired. Al
though there was supposed to be little'
prospect of a verdict being returned be
fore 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening, the
throng of spectators who had remained
in the overcrowded courtroom all the
afternoon to hear the judge's charge,
settled themselves back in their seats
to await the reurn of the jury. Mrs.
Durrant and the prisoner talked and
laughed together as if an acquittal
were a foregone conclusion. They
were joined by half a dozen friends,
and the conversation was becoming
animated, when it beoame whispered
about that the jury had agreed upon a
verdict.
In an instant a hush fell upon the
little circle that had gathered around
the prisoner. Durrant's faoe, always
pale, assumed a ghastly hne, and his
mother was speechless. Then the big
doors at the rear of the room opened,
and the members of the jury filed in
and took their seats in the box.
In the intense excitement which fol
lowed, the room, although it was filled
to its utmost oapacity, was almost as
quiet as if it had been vaoant Judge
Murphy, who had retired to his cham
bers, was summoned, and took his
place upon the bench. Clerk Morris
asked the usual question, as to whether
the jury had agreed upon a verdict.
Foreman Warren Dutton arose and re
plied in the affirmative, saying:
"We, the jury, find the defendant,
William Henry Theodore Durrant,
guilty of murder in the first degree."
As the aged foreman, pale and trem
bling, read the words which fixed Dur
rant's fate, a low rumbling noise like
the roar of a mob arose from the rear
of the courtroom. The next moment,
men were cheering wildly, while
women hysterically wept in their ex
oitement. The baliff rapped loudly for
order, but the tumult continued for a
minute before anything like quiet oould
be brought out of the disorder. Then
District Attorney Barnes arose and
asked that a day be set upon whioh the
sentence of death should be passed
upon the prisoner. Judge Murphy said
that sentence would be passed next
Friday, upon which jday he would also
set the day for the trial of Durrant on
the charge of murdering Minnie Williams.
misfortune would have prevented her
from gloating in so cruel a manner.
"Yes, I heard the judge, who was
both judge and prosecutor, thank the
jury for doing their duty. I can think
of it all now, but I have within me
the consciousness of my innocence, and
shall not break down. I feel the way
must clear, and I will be vindicated at
last"
"Do you know what your counsel
intends to do?"
"No; he has not advised me of what
he will do."
"Crowds are speculating on the pos
sibilities of your committing suicide.
How do you feel on such subjects?"
"Never would I think of such a
thing. I feel that a man is a coward
who would commit suicide. You can
rest assured I will never do that. I
am hopeful, believe me, that the day
will come which will clear me. I
have kind letters from friends. My
father came this evening with loving
messages, and I rest in the assurance
that light will come."
A few tears came, and some deep
sighs, but above all the weeping and
sighing there was a hopeful smile on
the face inside the wicket.
The attorneys for the defense, Dick
inson and Deuprey, still have faith in
their client and his cause. They will
ask for a new trial and arrest of judg
ment, next Friday, on the ground of
error in the judge's rulings. This
will undoubtedly be denied by Judge
Murphy, and then the case will be cp
pealed to the supreme court. In speak
ing of the verdiot, Mr. Deuprey said:
"It was a newspaper fight, and the
newspaper won. "
He said he would continue to act as
counsel in the Minnie Williams case,
if his health permitted.
THE WHALERS ARE SAFE.
ADVICES FROM MOOSII
Alarming Reports Received
at Constantinople.
ANOTHER OUTBREAK PROBABLE
They All Eacaped From Being CLoaed
in the Ice in the Arctic Ocean.
San Francisco, Nov. 5. Two more
of the whalers are in port.' They bring
the news that every one of the vessels
is safe from any danger of being closed
in the ice of the Arctic ocean. The
whalers that are to remain in the
North throughout this winter, in or
der to be on hand to take the choice
blubber in the spring, are already in
winter quarters. ' The other boats,
those about whose safety there has
been some anxiety, had already es
caped from the Northern ocean into the
open waters of Behring sea before the
whalers which arrived yesterday had
left
The Thresher brought most of the
news. She was the last of the whalers,
now in port, to leave Behring sea.
During her long absence from San
Franoisoo her captain . died. The
Thresher was brought here by Captain
Tilden, formerly with the whaler New
port. Just as the Thresher was leaving
Sand Point, the Oroa and Narwhal
were coming in. The Orca had fairly
good luck in the fall, and the men on
the Thresher heard that she had taken
two whales. The Alice Knowles got
one and the Mermaid another. These
are all, in addition to the published
statements as brought by the steamer
Lakme.
On the way to this port, the Thresher
spoke to Alice Knowles and the " bark
California. The William Baylass was
already on the way down, but regard
ing her luck the captain knew nothing.
On the whole the year has been a very
poor one. The Horatio has also ar
rived, and reports ninety barrels of oil.
Others in the fleet have been as unfor
tunate. The owners of these vtssels,
however, ought not to complain, for
last season was a very good one.
The American Mlaalonarlei Warned to
Withdraw, aa the Knrda Will
Again Break Looae.
Constantinople, Nov. 2. Advices
from Moosh say the leading Armenians
have been conferring with the repre
sentatives of the Turks regarding
means to prevent an outbreak there of
the disorders similar to those in differ
ent parts of Armenia, which resulted '
in so much bloodshed. It ia added that
the Turks have stipulated that Ameri
can missionaries distributing relief to
the suffering people of Sassoun shall
withdraw in three days, otherwise the
Turkish notabilities fear there will be
a massacre such as has just occurred at
Bitlis. In view of the critical situa
tion, United States Minister Terrell
has advised American missionaries to
withdraw temporarily from Sassoun.
He has also notified the Turkish gov
ernment that the United States gov
ernment will hold it responsible for
the lives of American missionaries.
The British charge d'affaires, M. Her
bert, made representations to the porte
identical with those of Terrell's gov
ernment. In consequence of this action it was
decided to send troops to protect the
missionaries; but here another compli
cation arises. The Kurds of Sassoun
are only held in check by the mission
aries, and they threatened to plunder
the Armenians after the departure of
the missionaries. The mere presence
of Turkish troops is far from being a
sufficient guarantee against a repeti
tion at Sassoun of tho bloodshed which
recently occurred in other parts of Ar
menia, and nothing but the most ener-
getio action, it is asserted, can avert, a
serious disturbance. The Armenian
patriach has appealed to the ' different
embassies here to intervene in time to
prevent another massacre. The Turk
ish officials in reply again assert that
the Hintchek, the Armenian secret so
oiety, provoked all the riots.
A sensation has been caused by a re
port, generally believed to be oorrect,
that three Armenian notabilities of
Trebizond, including a ""prominent ec
clesiastic, are to be executed on the
ground thaV they are responsible for
the recent rioting there.
The Armenians report that about 800
Armenians were killed during the fight
at Bitlis with the Turks. The loss- (if
the latter was trifling.
HOLMES, THE MURDERER.
How
Philadelphia's Archfiend
the Day of Beat.
Paaaed
Still Another Expedition.
New York, Nov. 5. A morning pa
per asserts that another Cuban expedi
tion is being formed, the members oi
whioh aU belong to the National Guard
of New Vcsrij ." All are said to be
sharpshooters and qualified to oom-
mand oompanies and to be trained in
signal corps work.
David Levin has been appointed gen
eral receiver to wind up the affairs of
Cohn & Co. , of Tacoma. Mr. Levin
had boon acting as reoeiver to foreolose
the Altman and other chattel mortgages.
Durrant Interviewed.
San Franoisoo, Nov. 4. In an inter
view with a Chronicle reporter, unr-
rant said:
"They say my dear little mother
screamed today when the verdict was
anhounoed. It's like a dream to me.
The first thing 1 remember was that
her arms were around my neck. Every
thing else was bo cruel, so sudden, so
harsh. I felt, safe in her arms. I
oould stand any injustice, any wrong,
but for my mother and sister."
"What did you want to do or say
just after the verdict was rendered?"
"I wanted to get up and shout my
innocence. Before God I am innocent
of that crime. I wanted to get up and
call God to smite me where I stood if
my heart and conscience were not as
pure as those who were howling with
joy that I had been branded a mur
derer. I told everything nonestiy ana
fearlessly when I was on the stand. I
even told things whioh appeared
against me. Do you suppose that if I
were guilty that I would volunteer the
statements about the stranger who ap
proached me? I told it because it was
true, and I told everything that I oould
recollect. When I was first arrested,
t gave my statement, and all I have
said sinoe has been materially the
same. I would have got up today, ex
oept that my mother and several friends
olosed in around me and held me down.
Even so. I do not know why I did not
scream my protest above it all."
"Did you notice any of the people
about you?"
"Yes, some; I saw Mrs. Noble and
Maud and their friends clapping and
cheering. It seems to me, with her
heart so full of pity for her niece, Mrs.
Noble might have thought of my
mother. She had all she wanted, in
full measure, and I think the ordinary
pity that one might feel for another's
ENGLAND DEFIED.
Philadelphia, Nov. 5. H. H,
Holmes, the convicted murderer of
Benjamin F. Pitzel, passed a quiet day
in his sell in Moyamensing prison.
"This man of steel and heart of
stone," as the district attorney de
scribed him to the jury, does not
evinoe in the slightest degree any out
ward signs of breaking down. With
death actually before him now, he is
the same cool and callous Holmes. The
prison regulations prevented anyone
from interviewing him today, but a
message was sent out that he slept
well last night and was feeling com
fortable and still confident that his in
nocence would yet be established. Ex
tra care has been taken so that he oan
not oommit suicide. A double guard
has been placed in his cell and will re
main there until he is executed. He is
still in the untried department, but
as soon as the death sentence is pro
nuuoed he will be taken to a cell in
"murderer's row."
The King of Ashantee Rejected the
British Ultimatum.
Aoora, Gold Coast Colony, British
West Africa, Nov. 2. Captain Don
ald Stewart, the special British Com
missioner sent to Coomassie, the capi
tal of Ashantee, and recently escorted
by 100 hussars, under command of
Captains Cramer and Irvine, to pre
sent the king of Ashantee with the
ultimatum of Great Britain, has re
turned here, bringing the first authen
tic news of the results of his mission.
The king of Ashantee has rejected the
British ultimatum, saying that he pre
fers war to aooepting the terms of the
British, and adds that he is fully pre
pared for it. -
The terms of the British ultimatum
were that the king should take a Brit-'
ish commission in his oountry and that
he should place Ashantee under the
protection of Great Britain. He was
given until Tuesday to reply. A strong
force of native troops will now be dis
patched to Coomassie to force the king
to terms.
Sir Francis Scott, inspector of the
Gold Coast force, who is now in Eng
land, will leave for West Africa, as
soon as possible to organize the expedi
tionary force which is expected to be
gin ita advance by the middle of De
cember. A strong body of hussars will
take part in the expedition.
THE CONVENTION FIGHT.
Vice-
What the Son of the Democratic
President Says.
San Franoisoo, Nov. 2. Lewis G.
Stevenson, of Bloomington, 111., son of
Vice-President Stevenson, arrived to
day and brought with him some en
couraging news of the convention fight.
He said:
"I heard considerable talk of San
Francisco's fight for the Republican
convention before I left Chicago, and
I noticed that many prominent people
are in favor of the plan to bring the
big gathering to San Franoisoo. Per'
sonaiiy, 1 would oe deugnted to see
the convention held there. A few
years ago I passed a winter in Califor
nia, and I have been in love with the
state ever slnoe. TLe meeting of one
or both of the big conventions in San
Franoisoo would do California a lot of
good, for all that is necessary to win
friends for the state is to show people
what a glorions oountry you have here.
If one of the national conventions met
here, all the delegates wonld advertise
California as loag as they live."
The Indian Wants More Liberty.
Perry, O. T., Nov. 2. The Potta
watomie Indians, in council, passed
resolutions declaring:
" We believe the stringent ijples of
the interior department regarding
leases are not conducive to our inter
ests. It would be better for the In
dian, better for the white man, and
better for the community that the In
dian should have greater control over
his land in the way of leasing, at least
for a limited period of, say, five years.
Give us more autonomy and less red-
tapeism. The excessive paternalism of
the government tends to retard the de
velopment whioh is necessary to make
us self-supporting, and which can be
attained only by imposing upon the In
dian greater personal responsibility."
Talmage'a Washington Residence-
New York, Nov. 2. Brooklyn
friends of the Rev. Dr. Talmage have
reoeived wcrd from him that he had
exohanged his handsome Brooklyn
house for the house in Washington
formerly oooupied by Senator Dolph,
of Oregon, on Massachusetts avenue.
As soon as the transfer is completed,
the furnishing In the Brooklyn home
will be sent to Washington The
Broolkyn house is valued at 130,000.
Zeigler Lowers a Beeor.
Louisville, Nov. 4. Otto Zeigler to
day, at Fountain Ferry, broke another
of J. S. Johnson's records of last year.
It was the standing-start, paced, two
thirds of a mile. The record was 1:15,
and Zeigler made it in 1 :14 4-5. The
fractional time was: One-third of a
aiile, 0:40; half-mile, 17 eotaa.
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