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mmt ww VOL. XXXII. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1895. NO. 28. TRANSPORTATION. East and South VIA The Shasta Route OF THE Southern Pacific R'y Co. EXPRESS THAINJ RUN DAILY. 18 aO p m Leave Portland Arrive 8 10 a u 210 p l.eave Albaur Arrive . 4:50 A u 10 :45 a M Arrive 8. Kraiu-l.-co 6:00 P tt A Kve trains s'op a?. Eat Portland, Oreeon City, Wojdburn. sal m, Turner, Marion, JeflVj' sou. Albany. Aloany Junction, TauB-n'.S.ied'ia, Haisev, II irrisburg. Jiinctiwn city, Irriii, Eu gene, Cresnrell, li-ainc, and all stations Irom Kuebur to Aanlaad, inclusive. ROSE BURG MAIL DAILY. 8:3j a h I leave 12:45 P I ieve 6:20 p m I Arrive fort laud Albtuy Kos-biirg Air ve i 4:40 F H Arrive 1:1 P " Leave I 6:00 a h Pullman B ffet uleeperg and second-rises let ping cars attached to ail through train.. SALEM PASSENGER DA.ILY. 4:00 FH j L -ave 6:16 P M j A'T.ve P. inland S.ile.n Arrive , 1 '-15 a m Leave I 8: W A M WK4T SI UK DIVISION. Between Portland and Corvallis. daily (xceut Sunday). Wa 1 train 7-:0 a H Leave 12: li p M Arrive Pur.laud Corral 1 1 Arrive I 6:20 P u Lit ave 1:86 r n At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of che Oreg.n Central & Eastern Ry. EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Eicept Pu-day). 4 45 p M J Leave Pottlanil Anive ' 8 2 a m 7. 24 p a Arrive M.Minnville l,ea"e 6:0 a m Throiiffh tickets to all points iu the Eastern states, Cantda a id Knrooe can le oota ned at lowest rate from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvallis. R. KOEIU.ER, Manager. E. P. ROGERS, A. G. F. A P. A., Portlaud, Or. i TTT IAlowlilo E. McNEIL, Deceiver. TO THE IE A S T GIVES THE CHOICE OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL BO.TTTBS VIA VIA ' UNION PACIFIC RY. DENVER OMAHA AND KANSAS CITY ... GREAT NORTHERN RY. SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS AND- ST. PAUL LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS -..FOR.. SAN FRANCISCO For full details call on or address . W. H. HURLBURT, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Portland. Or. OREGON CENTRAL AND EASTERN R.R. CO. Yaquina Bay Route Connecting at Yaqnlna Bay with the Sah Francisco & Yaquina Bay STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Steamship "Farallon " A 1 and flrat-cla A In every respect. Sails from Yaquina for San Franciso about every eight days. Passenger acc mmudatlons uiisurpsei. Shortest route between the Willamette valley and California. Fare From Albany or Points West to San Francisco : Cabin..'. 112 Steerage f 8 Cabin Round trip, good for 60 days............... 18 For sailing das ai pW to W. A. CU.HWINOS, Agent -Corvallia, Oreaon. EDWIN STONE, Manager, Corvallia, Oregon. CFI AS. CLARK, Snp't, Corvallii, Oregon. THE NEW ard 0. R. S N. To points in WASHINGTON, LDAUV, MUlilAoA, JJAKUlAf, mUNJNi!i SOTA. and the East. Through tickets on sale to and from CHICAGO, 8T. LOUTS, WASHING TOV PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK, BOSTON, and ALL POINTS in the (Tnitiul MtatPH Canada and EuroDe. The Great Northern Railway is a new transcontinental line. Rons buffet iibrarv observation cars, palace sleeping and dining cars, family tourist .sleepers and first and second class coaches. Having a rock-ballast track the Great one of the ehief annoyances of transcontinental travel. Round trip tickets with stop-over privileges and choice of return routes, r or lurtner lniormauuu tn ufwii v C. S. SMITH, C. C. DONAVAN, Gen'l Ag't, 122 Third WILD WITH ECZEMA Hands and Limbs Covered with Blisters, and Great ' Red Blotches: COULD JOT SLEEP Lay Awake Night after Night Scratching Until almost Wild. BURNED JUKE FIRE Speedily Cured by CUTICURA REMEDIES I was a sufferer for eight years from that most distressing of all diseases. Eczema, but can now say tru hfully that I am entirely cured. I tried some of the best physicians in the country, but they did me little good. The palms of my hands were covered, and would become inflamed; little white blisters at first would appear, then they would peel off, leaving a red, smooth surface which would burn like Ore and itch ; well, there is no name for it. On the inside of the upper part of both my limbs, great red blotches not unlike hives would appear, and as soon as I became warm, the burning and itching would begin. Night after night I woqld lie awake all night and scratch, and almost go wild. I heard of CimooRA remedies, got a box of Cuticura (ointment), a bottle of Ccticuka Resolvent (blood purifier), and gave them a thorough trial, and after a few applications I noticed the redness and inflammation disappear; be fore I had wud one box there wan not a ign of JCceema left. I can truthfully assert that $2.00 worth of Cutioura Remedies cured me. Any one I meet who has Eczema, I do not hesitate a moment in recommending your remedies. JOHN D. PORTE, Gen'l Real Estate and Insurance Broker, - 1115 Carson St., Pittsburg, Fa. Bpsfdt Cubs Trsatxsnt. Warm baths with CtmctJRA Boap, gentle applications of Cuticora (ointment), and mild doaea of CCTI coa Resolvent (blood purifier). So'd throughout the world. Pnrni Dsue it CUKM Cosp., Sole Proprietor. Bmumi. U. S. A. All about the Blood, Skin sad Setlp," ft. DR. WILSON Office ovt-r First National bank. Residence, two blocks west of courthouse. Office hours, 8 lo 10 A. v., 1 to 8 p. M. Sauduys and evenings by appointment. DR. L. G. ALTMAN H0M0E0PATHIST Diseases of women and children and general practice. Office over Arlen & Woodward's drug store Office bonis 8 to 12 A. M., ad 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P.M. , ; - At rebidenre, corner of 3rd and Harrison after hours and on Sundays. BOWEN LESTER DENTIST Office upf-.tairs over First National Bank. Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed Corvallis. Oregon F. M. JOHNSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW Corvallis, Oregon Does a general practice In all the courts. Also agent for all the first-class insurance com panies. NOTARY PUBI JC. JUSTICE PEACE. E. E. WILSON ATTORNEY - AT LAW Office in Zelroff building, opposite postofflce. H. 0. WILKINS Stenographer and Notary Public Court reporting and referee sittings made specialties, as well, as tye-writlng and other reporting. -. Office opposite postofflce, Corvallis, Or. E. HOLGATE. Notary Public. H. L. HOLGATK. Justice of the Peace. HOLGATE & SON ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Corvallia - - - Oregon J. R. Bkyson W. E. Yatks J. Fed Yates Bry son, Yates & Yates LAWYERS CORVALLIS OREGON WAY EAST OO.'S LINES-Tbe Short Routs . - Northern Railway is free from dust, wnw, Occidental Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or Street, rortiana, uregon. FRANCE AND BRAZIL. Trouble Between the Two Countries Over Boundaries Rio de Janeiro, Sept 21. Dis patches from Para state that a French force has landed north of Amapa and has blockaded Connani, close to where the fighting occurred last May. Gov ernor Gabral, who was prominent in the former fighting, is preparing to re sist the French. The trouble in May in the frontier district between Brazil and French Guiana has given rise to a good deal of bitter controversy between the two gov ernments. The Brazlian governor ar rested a Frenchman named Trajane in the region which is in dispute between the two countries. The French gover nor of Guiana organized an expedition to punish Governor Gabral and rescue Trajane. The expedition, led by Cap tain Lanier, was unsuccessful, its lead er and four marines being killed. The French governor, Charvein, was recalled to San Francisco for having organized an expedition without the authority cf the colonial officers, and, his successor, M. de Mothe, formerly governor of Senegal, was sent out, with instructions to pacify the region by peaceful measures. " The news above looks as if he had decided peaceful measures to to be un availing and was about to reopen his predecessor's controversy with Gover nor Gabral. This region is swarming with adventurers seeking gold, and the only appeal of differences is to mob law. Counani was the location of a small French settlement, and it was here that Governor Gabral and 500 follow ers captured Trajane, the leading colo nist, and brought him to Amapa. VESSELS MUST CARRY LIGHTS l'.evenue Marine Officers Instructed to Enforce the Laws. Seattle, Wash., Sept 20. The United States revenue marine officers of the Sound have recently received or ders to rigidly enforce the navigation laws in regard to the carrying of lights on vessels, and they have caused almost a panio among steamboatmen by re porting a number of violations. For so?eral years the law in this respect has not been rigidly enforced, and 8 team boatmen, from motives of econo my, have neglected . to provide the proper lights. The consequence is that nearly every boat on Puget sound was found subject to fine in some particu lar. The revenue launch Scout . has been making careful inspection, and has reported violations which subject the owners of boats to fines which ag gregate several thousand dollars. The navigation laws are very strict in regard to offenses of this kind. They require officers of the revenue marine to board and inspect any vessel, from a rowboat to a steamer, and to report to the collector of customs of the district offenses against any of the navigaiton laws, with the fine to be imposed. The collector is then ordered to notify own ers that they must pay the fine in cash within ten days, or the vessel will be siezed and sold to cover it; rowboats are subject to instant seizure. There is no appeal from the action of the col lector, except to the chief of the bu reau and the secretary of the treausry. Supposed to Be the Lord . Downshire. Philadelphia, Sept 24. It is now generally conceded that the unknown four-masted steel ship, with which the British ship Prince Oscar collided July 13 last, sinking her with all hands, is the Lord Downshire, of Belfast, which is commanded by Captain J. G. Mo Murray, well-known at this port This ship was known to have been in the locality of the collision at the time, homeward bound from Caleta, from which port she sailed in May for Hamburg, loaded with nitrate. So positive are the underwriters of this city, owing to her tallying to such an extent with .the ship which Captain Henderson, of the Prince Oscar de scribes, that a premium from 80 to 85 guineas is now being paid for her. re insurance. The Lord Downshire is owned by what is known as . the Irish Shipowners' Association, of Belfast, of which Thomas Dixon & Sons are man agers. The Lord Downshire carried a crew of about forty men. . O..FARRA, M.D. Office in Farra A Allen's brick, on the corner of Second and Adams. Residence on Third street in front of court honse. Otflr-e hours 8 to 9 A. M., and 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P. M. All ca is attendei promptly. JOSCFH H. WILSON. THOX1S S. WlLSOH - WILSON & WILSON ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW Office over First National Bank, Corvallis, Or Will practice in all the state and federal courts Abstracting, collections. Notary public Con veyancing. BENTON COUNTY ABSTRACT : COMPANY . Complete Set of Abstracts of Benton County. Conveyancingand Perfecting Titles a Specialty. Money to Loan on Improved City and tjouniry jrroperty. J. R. MARKLEY & CO.,. Proprietors Main Street, Corvallia. i THE PAWN SHOP VISIT Durrant's Trip to Oppenheim's Establishment. HIS TESTIMONY COEROBORATED The Prosecution in the Great Murtler Trial Has Most of Its. Case Before the Jnry. San Francisco, Sept 25. More women than men sit and listen while Durrant is tried. Every phase and in cident of the drama is keenly watched by them. .When Mrs. Durrant comes in of a moriiing and imprints a mother ly kiss on her son's hps, the women on the back benches peer and peek and crane and flutter. As the kisi is met, there is an involuntary indrawn "Ah" all along the line, and then, with a wave of hats and bonnets and feathers and flowers, these fauna and flora of millinery shops subside into the pool. This morning, Durrant was handed an invitation to a social, to take place tomorrow evening. The invitation was passed around, but he was obliged to send his regrets a previous engage ment . Adolph Oppenheim sat in front Mr. Oppenheiin was breathing hard.. He knew what was before him in the way of "cross-examination, and he was hard ening his heart for the test. -The de fense laid all sorts of traps for Oppen heim; and whether they succeeded in netting him in any of them will not be made clear until they bring in such evidence as they may have to impeach his testimony. There is no doubt that such is their purpose, for they laid the foundation today. The most dramatic witness of the day was W. J. Phillips, now of San Rafael. Phillips may be described as a Birtish blonde, and he kept a cigar store for five years in -Victoria. Phil lips has an important walk, and an im posing manner. He stepped off the stand, walked to the front, pushed, out an aggressive finger, almost threaten ingly, and said: "That's the man." No hesitation about him or his testi mony. He said he would know Dur rant if they had shaved his head in stead of giving his hair the intermedi ate pomadour of the county jail, a sort of midway coiffure between the . city prison and San Quentin. Oppenheim was the first witness of the morning, and he was taken in hand by Dickinson for cross-examina tion. . From the seventy and searching nature of the inquisition,' it is evident that the defense regards his testimony as important .. They have had detec tives working up his record, , and have sent people to him with articles for sale in order to test his memory. They showed him a . silver corkscrew, a watch charm, a gold chain and a couple of watches, and asked him to say if he had seen them before. He had seen them. They had been offered him for sale in his store. Then they asked him to describe the clothes and appearance of the men who offered the articles. Oppenheim was able to do this in some degree. It is altogether possible that among the articles shown were pome that were never offered him for sale. That sort of thing is called "testing the memory" of the witness. Of course, ' Oppenheim's memory ; for clothes and outward characteristics of casual visitors to his store is a most important element in the value of his testimony, as his description of; the man he believes to have been Durrant is specific and minute in detail. Further, they asked him questions regarding some transactions in which he was mixed np with the police. The bearing of the questions was not made clear at the time, but were obviously put to lay a foundation for future testi mony in the way of impeachment The man who goes on the stand in the Durrant case takes his reputation in his hand. , The prosecution now has its case substantially before the jury. Its main witnesss have been heard, and all that the district attorney will now try to do is to. substantiate the evidence .al ready given with corroborative testi mony. Adolph Oppenheim, the broker, who stated that Durrant had, about the middle of last April, tried to pawn a ring with a chip diamond, identified by Oppenheim as one belonging to Blanche Lamont, was recalled for fur ther cross-examination. The witness was questioned at length by the defense regarding Durrant's visit to his shop, in order to ascertain the possibility of a mistake in identification. To test' his memory he was questioned concerning other persons who had visited ; his pawnshop on the day Durrant is charged with having tried to sell the ring. - Oppenheim said only two othe persons had called. Both were strangr era, yet he 'described them minutely, and recounted the particulars of their visits as if they had occurred yester day. Oppenheim was ' asked regarding other specific days, answering prompt ly. In the minds of some spectators in the courtroom he was "too good a witness,. remembering events on special days months back with extraordinary vividness. " Counsel for the defense tried to confuse Oppenheim by showing him a number of silver articles and in quiring if he had ever- seen them be fore. In many cases the pawnbroker replied in the affirmative, and : de scribed the persons who bad tried to sell or pawn them. The defense .evi dently considered Oppenheim's testi mony of great importance and tried hard to break it down, but without marked suooess. . ' : W. J. Phillips, a cigar manufact urer, a middle-aged man, of good ap pearance and address, testified in a positive manner that be had seen Dor- rant coming out of Oppenheim's store in the early part of last April. He had no doubt of the identity of Dur rant He was attracted to the man by his peculiar appearance, manner, his actions and the faot that he was com ing out of a pawnshop. A sensational scene followed, when the witness stepped down at the re quest of the district attorney to iden tify the man he saw coming out of the pawnshop. Phillips rose, walked from the stand to within three feet of the prisoner, and with pointed finger and steady gaze, said in positive tones: "That is the young man. " Durrant did not flinch under the or deaL He . returned gaze with gaze, and not a muscle of his impassive face twitched. He neither betrayed, guilt nor flashed back the glance of injured innocence. The witness was cross-examined regarding his business experi ences, and his family history, with the apparent intention of discrediting his testimony. He said when Durrant's portrait was first published he re marked that he had seen him some place. When Oppenheim's picture was published the scene at the pawn shop flashed across his mind, and all the details came back to him. Phillips said he came into the courtroom a week ago to see if he could identify Durrant, which be did, without a mo ment's hesitation. The witness said he did not know Oppenheim, and had never bowed to him, although he had frequently seen the pawnbroker standing in the door of his shop as the witness went to his office. He had avoided speaking to Oppenheim since Durrant's arrest, as he wished to prevent any suspicion of collusion between them. Phillips said he had said nothing to Durrant as the latter left the shop, nor did the prison er speak, but Durrant made a peculiar motion with his lips, which he had never seen a man make before. The witness had noticed Durrant make the same lip movement when he came to court a week ago to look at him. Leigh H. Irvine, a newspaper man, said he interviewed Durrant the even ing of April 14 in the city prison. Durrant s statement was made in the presence of Judge Thompson, who was then Durrant's attorney. It was as to his whereabouts April 3. Durrant then said he left home about 8 that morn ing and met Blanche Lamont at Twenty-first and Mission She invited him to accompany her to the college the day the conversation about the "New comes" took place. He went to the church at 4:30 and took off his coat and hat and went np stairs to fix the gas. He stated that he met King in the church, and left it with King. He said nothing about having seen Miss Lamont in the afteroon. .. . Mrs. A. B Berry, of Alameda, who was visiting Mrs. Crossett April 3, cor roborated Mrs. Crossett as to her trip to the Mission that afternoon. Mrs. Crossett left the Haight street car at Market to go out to Valencia. Officer Burke then identified Dur rant's coat and hat, which he had taken from his father's house when Durrant was arrested. Defense ad mitted the coat and hat belonged to Durrant The court then took a recess for two hours. ' : In the opening statement for Dur rant, it is semi-officialiy stated, Mr. Deuprey will state that neither himself nor his colleagues ever entertained the idea of disputing the testimony of Mrs. Mary Vogel and the three girls to the effect that Durrant joined Blanche La mont at Kay and Powell streets, at 3 o'clock, on the afternoon of April 8. He will admit that the young woman and the medical student got on the car together and rode in the direction of Market street Upon their arrival at Market and Powell they separated, Miss Lamont going in one direction, and Durrant in another, bent upon keeping an engagement with Mrs. Rosalind Holland. ' The prosecution has not as yet at tempted to prove by the students at the Cooper medical college, Durrant's classmates, that the accused did not at tend Dr. Cheney's lecture on the after noon that Blanche Lamont was stran gled to death... It is understood a num ber of the young men have been noti fied that they may be wanted, but whether .or not their evidence will be considered necessary to add to the for midable array of testimony has not been stated. Durrant has been watching for this development of the case with appar ently special concern and has taken the pains in person to look np some evidence which might tend to offset any statements to the effect that he had not been seen in the lecture room on that afternoon. He recently sent for three of his classmates and asked them to try to remember that they saw him in the classroom on the afternoon of the 3d. He essayed to recall little in stances which occurred on that day and which he hoped would cause the stu dents to believe that they really had seen him there. Two of the students be summoned could not be persuaded to admit that they saw him there dur ing the lecture, but the third, who was F. W. Rose, was inclined , to think Durrant was right about it At the accused's solicitation Kose looked over his notes and concluded that he had seen Durrant in the lectureroom. He will now be summoned, it is said, as a witness for the defense to assist in prov ing an alibi. Whickersham Still City Attorney. Taooma, Sept 25. Judge Stallcup this morning refused to mandamus Mayor Orr to appoint another city at torney than the present incumbent, James Wiokersham. The council re fuses to confirm the reappointment, and Wickeraham has held over for sev eral months. . It is said that the board of regents of the Oregon agricultural college will "dock" teachers whenever they axe absent MR. ROSE'S CHALLENGE Britishers Want Another Try for America's Cup. CHALLENGE TO BE MADE SOON Though Anxious for a Bace Without In terference, No Conditions Will Be Attached. London, Sept 24. The town resi dence of Mr. Rose, who has challenged the New York Yacht Club for a race for the America's cup, is a beautiful house on Hill street A representative of the press saw him tonight Mr. Rose is a tall, athletic-looking man, about 40 years of age, with a bronzed face. He was asked regarding his challenge for the cup. "I have sent a preliminary message to the secretary of the New York Yacht Club, and I have also communicated with J. Pier pont Morgan on the subject The for mal challenge will go through the Royal Victoria Yacht Club next week, as soon as the designer and I shall have agreed on the dimensions of the yacht, which is to be built, and other particu lars which it is necessary to incorporate in the challenge. The yacht will be designed by Soper, and it will be built at Fay's yard in Southampton. I can give no further particulars, as really they are not settled yet "Shall you make it a condition that the races for the America's cup must be held elsewhere than in the vicinity of New York?" was asked. "Certainly not," answered Mr. Rose. "I shall make no conditions, though, of course, I am most anxious that the races shall be held with no chance of interference, and I have no doubt that the committee will feel the same way." "It was feared," observed the inter viewer, that tne recent nasco would prevent any Englishman from challeng ing again." "Oh, no," said Mr. Rose; "the affair is regretted on both sides. A certain amount of friction is' insep arable from all international sporting events, but that will not deter us from trying again." The Other Challenger. London, Sept 24. The wealthy gentleman mentioned by the Field as being prepared to build a cutter to challenge for the America's cup in 1896, provided the New York Yaclit Club would consent to sail matches in waters where the yacht could not be interfered with, as mentioned in a dis patch of Saturday, is now announced to be Sir George Newness. Sir Ueorge had sat for the Newmarket division of Cambridgeshire since 1885, until the late election, as a liberal, when he was defeated by Harry McCalmont, who is said to be half-owner of Val kyrie IIL Sir George Newness is the proprietor of several society publica tions, including Tid Bits, Tne btrand Magazine and the Westminster Ga zette which is one of the English news papers which has not hesitated to crit icise Lord Dunraven for withdrawing from the third race for the America's eup. Defender and Valkyrie. London. Sept 24. The secretary of the Royal Yacht squadron writes to the banking firm of Laycock, uoooiei- low & Bell that he has cabled their offer of 1,000 pounds for a race be tween Defender and Valkyrie on other than American waters to the New York Yacht Club, but that he fears it is too late in the season to arrange the match. The same firm sends to the Sports man a check for 25 pounds as a prize for the .best design for a gold cup to be given by them for a contest in 1896 in America, England or Australia between yachts which do not exceed ninety tons. A PECULIAR CRIME. Young- Girl Bobbed of Her Hair While Soundly Sleeping;. Nelijrh, Neb., Sept 24. This city has been the scene of one of the most peculiar crimes in the state's history, and there is no clew to the perpetrator. The entire family of W. O. Brown bas been worn out with watching at the bedside of a sick child, and when op portunity offered, slept more soundly $han usuaL When Miss Jenny Brown, a girl just budding into womanhood, woke, she discovered during the night she had been shorn of her principal charm, by some one who had come in through the window. When she went to sleep the night before, she possessed a beautiful head of hair, which was the envy of all the women in town. One-half of it was gone, the thief evi dently being afraid to disturb her suffi ciently to secure the portion from the side of her head which lay on the pil low. The hair on the exposed side of her head was out off. close to the scalp, and the thief had taken flight without awakening any one in the house. Railway Connection for Goldendale. Goldendale, Wash., Sept 24. There was a grand gathering at Cen terville citizens last evening and ; the band played. The railway porposition was fully discussed and the subsidy was increased to about $20,000. There were many farmers who desired time to consider, so no decisive action was taken. - D. McRiohards, lately from Birmingham, Aba., who says he had a hand in building the first road into that Southern city, is in Goldendale for a few days, and said if the peo ple fail to accept Dalton & Gerlinger's Droposition, he has a proposition to submit, which, if accepted, will assure Goldendale railway connection witnin a year. - BOUNDARY OF ALASKA. Great Britain Grabbing;' Every Avail- ' able Site for a Seaport. Seattle, Sept 24. The statement published in the Post-Intelligencer some time ago that the official maps ; prepared by the provincial government of British Columbia would show the ' truth of every charge that has been made in this paper that Great Britain . intended to do her utmost to grab al- . most every available site for a seaport, is fully confirmed by the published copies of the map, of which several -have been received in this city. The map bears the legend: 'Map of the province of British Co lumbia, compiled by the direction of T the Hon. G. B. Martin, chief commis sioner of lands and works, Victoria, B. , a, 1895." . . The Canadian map shows the British . boundary claim in a clearly defined broken black line. Starting from the' south, it touches Cape Chacon, the southernmost point of Prince of Wales island, snd runs' np Behm channel, turning easterly to a point in Bor ough bay; thenoe it rnns northwesterly along the summit of a supposed range of mountains parallel with the general line of the shore, but which the Amer ican surveyors say does not exist Op posite the head of Holkam bay it leaves this mountain range to the east and outs across Tracy arm. Leaving the head of that inlet in British territory, it makes a similar cut across the head of Speel river estuary. It also cuts across Taku inlet midway of its length, leaving the mouth of the Taku river, which is the only eligible site for a seaport, in British territory, while it gives the United States the mountain ous shores toward the ocean. It then cuts across to the point south of Bern- er's bay, in Lynn canal. It cuts across that large inlet, then veers to the southward and crosses Glacier bay near its mouth, then runs northwesterly oyer the summits of the great peaks to Mount St Elias. By cutting across Lynn canal, this -line gives to Great Britain Berner's bay, where valuable gold mines are be ing developed by American ' capital, and it leaves the Chilkoot inlet; the Sheep Creek mines, which have recent ly been discovered by Americans, and Cnilkoot pass, which is the only prac ticable route to the Yukon mines, in British territory. It also gives to Great Britain the Muir glacier, Alas ka's greatest scenic attraction for tour ists. Generally speaking, it claims for Great Britain the heads of the three greatest inlets in Alaskan terri tory. The strongest denials of Great Brit ain's claim have come from the Metla kahtla Indians, who some years ago moved from Port Simpson, near the mouth of Work channel, in British Co lumbia, to Annette island, for the ex press purpose of becoming subject to the American government, that had granted the island to them. This island lies to the east of Behm channel, and is thus claimed by Great Britain, while all previous definitions of the boundary have shown it to be undis puted American territory. The boundary line is drawn in con formity with the British interpretation of the treaty between Great Britain and Russia made in 1825. WORLD'S OLDEST MINES. Prospectors Have Gone to Inspect Those of Cores. San Francisco, Sept 24. Quite an amount of interest has been created in local mining circles, following upon the departure for Corea of two noted mining engineers, J. K. Eveleth, of England, and A. W. Deshler, of De troit The two expert? left for Japan on the last trip of the Coptic Both gentlemen are on the same mission, though they represent different syndi cates. It has been learned that they -have been sent by two wealthy syndi cates to inspect and investigate the properties situated upon the sites of some of the most ancient mines in the history of the world. They are in Corea and China. A great deal of discussion concerning these mines has taken place in late years and there has developed much interest in the faraway deposits of fab ulous riches. - This has extended to all circles of miners and investors and there has been a great deal of specula tion as to the possibilities for the de velopment of the mines. As a result it appears that a practical investiga tion of them is to be made. Both Mr. Deshler and Mr. Eveleth were interrogated by local mining men before their departure, but both were equally reticent in regard to their in tentions, further than to admit that ' their trip to Corea was in regard to the mines. Both said they were not fully informed as to the nature of the work in store for them and that they would not be until they had reached the other side of the Pacific. They have sailed under sealed orders, as it were. Very little definite knowledge has ever been secured concerning the mines of Corea, but they . are reported to be very rich in gold. They are situated in the wild, mountainous districts of the Hermit kingdom, and have been worked in a primitive way only. The . rock taken out has, however, proved to be very rich. It is generally believed that the king of Corea has offered inducements to prospectors to develop the mines on the payment to the king of a certain percentage of the profits of the enter prise. In fact, the supposition is that the man behind the whole proposition is Clarenoe Greathouse, formerly of this city, who has been for some time the adviser of the king of Corea. ' Favors an International Agreement. Brussels, Sept 16. The interna tional agricultural congress, which has been in session . since September 8, passed a resolution fop an international bimetallic agreement