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VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1895.
NO. 28.
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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.
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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
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JCceema left. I can truthfully assert that $2.00
worth of Cutioura Remedies cured me. Any
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a moment in recommending your remedies.
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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.
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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