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VOL. XXXII. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNXY. OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1895. NO. 30. TRANSPORTATION. East arid South -VI.V- The SHAstA Route OF THE Southern Pacific R'y Co. EXPRESS TRAIN3 RUN DAILY. 1830PM Leate Portland Arrive 8:10 am 2 10 p m I eare Albany Arrival 10:45 M I Arrive 8. FrancUco LeaTe 6:00 P M A 'Jove trains srop at. Eai-t Portland, Oregon City, Wondburn, stlrm, Turner, Marion, Jeffer Fon, Albany, A loan y Junction, Tang n', Siedds, Halsev, Hnrrisburg. Junction City, Irvtnir, Eti gene, Creswell, liraius, and all stations from Kosebur to Asalaud, inclusive. RO3EB0RO MAIL DAILY. 8 3.1 A M I I-eave 12:45 P m I l eave 6:2a p M I Airive Portland Albuv A ir.VA I 4:40 p M Arrive! 1:1jpm Ros burg Leave I e:uo am Pullman B ffet sleepers and second-class sleeping furs attached to all through trains. SALEM PASSENGER DAILY. 4:00 pm Ljave Portland Arrive j 1 1:15 A M 615 P M Arrive Bale:n Leave I 8:0 A M WEST SIDE DIVISION. Between Portland and CorvalUs. Mall train daily (except Sunday). 7-30 a M Leave 12:16 p M Arrive Portland Corvallis Arrive 6:20 P M Leave 1:36 P M At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of the Oregrn central s eastern ny. EXPRESS TRAIliS DAILY (Except Snrday). 44o p M I Leave Portland Arrive ' 8 25 A M 7.25 P M Arrive McMiunville Leave 5:0 A m Thronsh tickets to all point In the Eastern states, Canada a:id Kurooe can l e obtained at lowest rate from A. K.Miller, agent, Corvallis. R. KOEIILER, Mitnager. E. P. ROGE11S, A. G. F. & P. A., Portland, Or. E. McNElL, Keceiver. ,TO THE E AS T GIVES THE CHOICE OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUT IHj S VIA GREAT NORTHERN RY. SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS VIA UNION PACIFIC RY, DENVER OMAHA AD AND ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY 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. HTJRLBURT, ' Gen'l Pass. Agent, Portland, Or. OREGON CENTRAL AND EASTERNER. CO. 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Bans buffet library observation cars, palace sleeping and dining cars, family tourist sleepers and first and second class coaches. Having a rock-ballast track the Great Northern Railway is free from dust, one of the chief annoyances of transcontinental travel. Round trip tickets with stop-over privileges and choice of return routes. : For further information call upon or write, - O. S. SMITH, Occidental Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or C. C. DONAVAN, Gen'l Ag't, 122 Third Street, Portland, Oregon. ; ' i WILD WITH ECZEMA Hands and Limbs Covered with Blisters, and Great Red Blotches. COULD JIOT SLEEP Lay Awake Night after Night Scratching Until almost Wild. BURNED LIKE 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 lire 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 would lie awake all night and scratch, and almost go wild. I heard of Citticuba remedies, got a box of Cdticuka (ointment), a bottle of Coticoba Resolvent tblood purifier), and gave them a thorough trial, and after a few applications 1 noticed the redness and inflammation disappear; be fore I had need one box there teas not a sign of Eczema left. I can truthfully assert that $2.00 worth of CrrnouBA 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, Pa. Speedy Curs Treatment. Warm baths with Citicdra Soap, gentle applications of Cuticura (ointment), and mild doses of C'UTI cua Resolvent (blood purifier). So'd throughout the world. Potte Dauo Caul. Coep., Sole Proprietors. Boston. U. 8 A. All About the Blood, Skin end Scalp," free. . DR, WILSON Office over First National bank. Residence, two bloaks west of courthouse. Office hours, 8 to 10 A. v., 1 to 3 p. if. Sundays aud evenings by appointment. DR. L. G. ALTMAN H0M0E0PATHIST Diseases of. women and children and general practice. Offlca over Allen & Woodward's drug store. . Office hoars 8 to 12 A. M.. and 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after h jura and on Sundays. - BOWEN LESTER D ENT I ST Office upstairs 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 PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE. E. E. WILSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW Office in Zeiroff building, opposite postoBce. M. 0. WILKINS Stenographer and Notary Public Conrt reporting and referee sittings made specialties, as well as tye-writing and other reporting. Office opposite potoffice, Corvallis, Or. E. HOLGATE. . Notary Public B. E. HOLGATE. Jnstice ol the Peace. HOLGATE & SON ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Corvallis - - - -' " Oregon J. R. Bbtson W.E.Yates J. Fbed Yates. Bryson, Yates & Yates LAWYERS CORVALLIS OREGON PLACE OF THE FIGHT. A Novel Proposition Received From the Choctaw Indians. New Orleans, Oct. 7. Information from a private source, received in this city tonight, says that trie Choctaw tribe in the Indian territory intended to adopt Corbett as a member of their tribe that the fight may be brought off in tfieir nation. When asked what he would do under the circumstances, Corbett said he would accept the honor, He further said . that 'he would paint his face red, wear an eagle feather in his hair and do anything to make him self look like an Indian, just so he could get a chance at Fitzsimmons. Uorbett and party leave in the morn ing for San Antonio. ' South McAlester, Oct 7. The Cor bett-Fitzsimmons fight having been de clared off by the Texas legislature, South McAlester extends an invitation to have the fight take place here. The ablest lawyers in the territory say there is no law against it in the ter ritory. A number of Choctaw officials express themselves as desirous of hav ing the mill take place here, and say no protest will be made to the United States government to stop the fight ' . San Quentin's Physician. San Francisco, Oct 7. The Exam iner charges that Dr. Leroy Mansfield, physician at San Quentin prison, has accepted money from friends of a pris oner in consideration of his influence to be used in obtaining a pardon. Dr. Mansfield admits that he received f 50 from two Greeks, whose names he does not remember. He says the money was paid to him to be used in the pur chase of delicacies for a Greek convict who is dying of consumption. He gave no receipt for the money and deposited it in a bank in his own name. The friends of the convict, who is serving a sentence ' for manslaughter, are en deavoring to secure a pardon for him. The doctor promised to help them, he says, but has not yet done anything. Dr. Mansfield admitted that the trans action looked crooked, but insisted that he had not taken the money for pur poses other than-to purchase delicacies for the prisoner. In the presence of an Examiner representative today he paid $50 to Warden Hale, which was credit ed to the prisoner's account The con- viot, whose name is Donguli, says he has been provided with nothing except from the prison supplies. - Warden Hale did not care to express an opinion upon the conduct of Mansfield until he had made a personal investigation. Sympathy for Cass, Chicago, -Oct- 7. Every mayor of every city, town and village throughout the United etntea-will be advised and requested by the executive committee of the Cuban sympathetic mass meet ing, held in Chicago last Monday night, to confer with the most promi nent and public-spirited citizens within their respective localities to arrange for a national mass meeting the night of Thursday, October 81, for the purpose of awakening a kindly feeling toward the suffering and pa triotic Cubans who are struggling for liberty. The committee will also call upon every prominent organization in the country for the co-oiieration of its branches in every section. Churches of every denomination, and fraternal and benevolent societies will also be called upon for assistance in making the mass meeting on October 31 a great wave of publio opinion and sympathy with the Cuban cause from the Pacific to the Atlantio and from British Columbia to Mexico. The Humboldt Going to Fieces. San Francisco, Oct 7. A dispatch was received here today saying that the steamer Humboldt is fast going to pieces on the rocks at Point (Jorda. Heavy seas have been beating against the vessel for some days, and the for ward part of the steamer has been totally washed away. The after part of the vessel still remains on the rocks, anchored by the boiler and engine, but it 'is not expected to hold together long. Very little of the freight m the hold went ashore, the ' packages being smashed on the rocks and the contents scattered and broken. The wreckers on the beach got little.' G. R. FARRA, M. D. Office in Farra & Allen's brick, on the corner of Second and Adams. Residence on Third street in front of court house. Office hours 8 to 9 a. k., and 1 to 2 and 7 to S p. M. All ca.ls attende 1 promptly. Joseph H. Wilson. Thou is E. Wilson 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 country iToperty. V. E. WAITERS, Prop. Office at Conrthonse, Corvallis, Or. DRAWING TO A CLOSE Eleventh Week of the Trial of Theodore Durrant. A STATEMENT FROM DEUPREY The Defense Will Have All of Its Evi dence In by Thursday, When Arguments Will Commence. San Francisco, Oct 9. On the open ing of the eleventh week of the Dur rant trial tomorrow, the defense will make a final struggle to break down the testimony of the prosecution a process which is expected to last three days longer. A few more students will be called to the stand, several ad ditional citizens wilL testify to Dur- rant's excellent reputation, and then the defendant himself will be called to the witness stand. It is the intention of the defense to have Durrant recount the history of his adventures' April 3 from the time he accompanied Blanche Lamont to school until the hour when he retired to rest in his father's house. It is understood that'the defendant's testimony will be guardedly given, for the purpose of shutting out the cross examination, of the district attorney. Under the law laid down by the su preme court ol the state, a witness cannot be cross-examined, except upon actual matters brought out upon -direct examination. The defense intends to leave no loophole for the attack of the prosecution. A schedule of time for the close of the trial is as follows: Thursday, . Attorney : Denprey will close the case for the - defense; Friday and Monday will be occupied by Dis trict Attorney Barnes in rebuttal; Tuesday will be passed in sni -rebuttal; Wednesday, the opening argument for the prosecution will be made, and Thursday, Friday and Monday the clos ing efforts of the defense will be made. The next day the district attorney will close for the prosecution. It is con fidently expected that Judge Murphy will charge the jury not later than the morning of Wednesday, October 23. In discussing the Durrant trial At torney Denprey said the defense in tended to put in its most effective evi dence at once, and would undoubtedly close on Thursday of this week. He said he did not intend to spring any sensations, but he expected to convince the jury by means of powerful evidence that all of the suspicions and cricum stances developed in the case did not point to Theodore Durrant as the mur derer of Blanche Lamont . Although he did not say so in so many words, he intimated that Rev. J. George Gibson and his -handwri1arg',,hfl'Ould-; receive more attention. ; .' t There has been a popular mistake with reference to the defense in regard to Gibson," said Denprey. "We have never charged that he and not Durrant was the murderer. ' The general public and a portion of the press have insisted in shouting, 'Deuprey charges Gibson with the murder. ' Now this has all been based upon my opening statement to the jury. The fact of the matter is, I simply told the jury we would point out circumstances which would show that suspicion could be cast upon other persons that Durrant, if suspicious cir cumstances were to enter into the case. Our intention is simply to demonstrate to the jury that evidence of this char acter must not be taken as proof posi tive. That is why we contend that there is a remarkable similarity be tween the writing of Gibson and that found upon the wrapper which con tained Miss Lamont s ring. That is all there is to it. If Dr. Gibson de sires to consider that he - has been charged with murder, all right and good. We cannot help it , It is not our accusation." The attorneys for the defense are searching industriously for some young man who closely resembles Durrant They have visited the Union iron works and several other places, where they had heard there were to be found individuals who might be mistaken for the accused. They have discovered several, but just what they intend- to do with them has not been made plain. Judging from the questions which are put to these doubles of Durrant, it is considered probable that an effort will be made to show that Mrs. - Crossett, who is one of the state's strongest wit nesses, mignt nave seen seme joung man, other than Durrant, on the Va lencia street car that fatal afternoon of April 8. The young men who are accepted as looking sufficiently like Durrant are asked whether they rode on a Valencia street car on that day. So far as can be ascertained none has as yet filled the requirements, the remoteness of the date cutting quite a serious figure so far as their recollections are concerned. Detective Harry Morse is also en gaged in the same mission. If any of the young men' will ' say that he did ride tm a Valencia street car that day he will be brought before Mrs. Cros sett and she will be asked to swear that he is not the man she saw in company with a young lady, instead of Durrant When the trial is resumed tomorrow the defense will recall Mrs. Crossett and J. W. Phillips for additional cross examination. The attorneys hope to obtain from them some admission that there was a bare possibility of their haying mistaken some other person for Durrant Whether they testify to this or not, it is not expected to cut an im portant figure. Their evidence will simply open the way for impeachment of their testimony. Permanent injunction Denied. , New York, Oct 9. Augustin Daly's application for a permanent in- way systems were joined together junction to restrain Lillian Walrath under the name of the Union Traction from producing Suderman's "Honor" Company. The deal made today rep was denied by Judge Barrett in the su- resents about 420 miles of road, and a preme court. combined capital of f 108, 000, 000. THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.' North A tlantie Squadron to Go to Sea ' to Practice Field Maneuvers. Washington, Oct 9. The North At lantic squadron will go to sea again in a few days from Chesapeake bay to re sume evolutions. It is probable the entire squadron, reinforced by the Maine and Texas, and perhaps by the Indiana, will continue these evolutions on a larger scale in Southern wacers during the approaching winter, though the details of the winter cruise have not yet been definitely arranged. The department has determined to allow Admiral Bunce the widest lib erty in this work, whioh is regarded as of the greatest importance to the navy. For many years our navy has been ob liged to content itself with the adoption of such marine tactics, included in for eign codes, as seemed desirable. So far as these related to individual ships, their usefulness has been demonstrated from time to time, but when it came to .the great fleet maneuvers the depart ment was obliged to take them on trust. There has been a distinct differ ence of opinion among naval officers as to the suitability of many of these rules for our own use, and the depart ment has long sought the opportunity to ascertain their value by a practical demonstration. For the first time since we began to build a modern navy, the opportunity is now in reach, and this is the work the' squadron is now carrying on and which it will continue during the winter, for very much remains to be done. The Spanish Threaten 17s. Chicago, Oct. 9. A special from Tampa, Fla., says: "Two things are certain," says a New Yorker on his way home from a prolonged stay in Cuba, looking after extensive interests in the interior. "One is that we are going to have trouble with Spain about complications arising from the Cuban question; the other, that Cuba will be free whether the United States recog nizes her or not" This gentleman could not allow his name to be used, because his property in Cuba would be confiscated and he would be thrown into prison were he to return there. "I heard a high official in Havana say," he continued, "if the Americans do not mind, we will parade the Span ish troops in Central Park, New York, before we are through.' I heard it said in a well known cafe in Havana that after the rebellion is suppressed the United States will be attended to, and it was hoped Cleveland could be caught and hanged. It is openly de clared in the cafes that if Uncle Sam recognizes Cuba, Americans must get out of the island. By Christmas there will be 180,000 soldiers in the island of Cuba. ; Why should Spain mobilize so many troops if they are - not needed to suppress the revolution? "The Cuban patriots are sadly in need of arms and ammunition. One day a band of fifty passed my planta tion with only ten guns, and they were the cheapest kind of guns. The rest of the party were armed with ax handles. They load their guns with bits of barbed wire taken from fences and with nails." British Encroachments in Venezuela. London, Oct 9. The Venezuelan consul at Cardiff has written a letter to the press giving the history of the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain. He says Vene zuela has repeatedly proposed to settle the matter by reference to arbitration, but that the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Granville and Lord Roseberry have persistently declined to do so. Since then, he adds, Venezuela has made efforts toward arbitration, but he claims the British encroachments have steadily continued until they, now ex tend far beyond the' Schomberg line into the territorry of Turari. Peru Does Not Keep Faith. Lima, Peru, via Galveston, Oct 9. The controversy between Peru and Bo livia seems to be as far from settlement as ever. The truth regarding the muddle is that the Peruvian govern ment ignores what the representatives of its predecessors may have said to Bolivia, and its only instructions to the mininster to Bolivia are to declare that Peru will never cede Tacua and Arcia for pecuniary consideration or otherwise. Tacua and Aroia are the cities in the southern part of Peru, on the Paicfic coast, which formed the old bone of contention between Bolivia and Peru. Has Asked to Be Relieved. Washington, Oct 9. Commander Francis M. Barber, who has occupied the post of naval attache to the United States legation at Tokio for some-time, has applied to be relieved and at his re quest, a board has been ordered to ex amine him on the Asiatic station. Failing health is set out for the request Commander Barber is an ordnance ex pert and did much toward the estab lishment of the great armor and gun producing plants in the country. Electricity Superior to Anti-Toxine. . Chicago, Oct 9. Dr. J. W. Wass of West Pullman claims to have dis covered a cure for diptheria which far exceeds anti-toxine in efficiency. Dr. Wass' remedy is electricity which is applied directly to the throat It is ,' claimed to have been successful in a large number of recent virulent cases. A meeting of physicians, will pass on the cure during the week. The Big; Traction Amalgamation. Philadelphia, Oct 9. After two months of deliberation, the big traction (amalgamation was consummated - to- day, when three extensive street rail- IN IRELAND'S CAUSE Address Issued to Friends of Irish Independence. SENT OUT BY THE NEW ALLIANCE Ireland to Be Freed From England's Rule by Means Consistent With the Law of Nations. ' New York, Oct 8. The national officers and executive committee of the Irish National Alliance issued the fol lowing appeal today, addressed to all friends of Irish independence: "The convention which recently or ganized at Chicago the Irish National Alliance has placed its guidance and government in the "hands of the under signed for the ensuing two years. The purpose of the alliance has already been proclaimed.. It is to obtain the com- plete independence of Ireland from Eng land by any means consistent with the laws of nations. Organizations, like governments, have to depend upon their revenue for the accomplishment of their objects. The "sinews of war" are absolutely necessary both for or ganization and propagation. "England, the enemy of Ireland, has at her disposal immense resources, the accumulation of centuries of conquest and prey. She has it in her power to control or mold publio. opinion in her own interest' Even in free America she possesses this power to an astonish ing extent Her side of the Irish ques tion has filled the' American mind for a quarter of a century ever since Ire land's friends at home and abroad com mitted the costly fault of trusting to parliamentary agitation to achieve the liberty of their motherland. "Now, however, a totally different policy has been inagurated. The ab solute claim of Ireland to . a distinct national life has been placed before the world by the unanimous voice of the recent Irish national congress, held in Chicago. .Provincialism nas . been cast aside and the national demand of Ireland, which slumbered, but did not die, is again in the ascendant We are determined that it shall so remain, and that no effort of ours, no sacrifice on our part will be left unturned or unperformed until victory crowns our sacred cause. We appeal, therefore, to all friends of the independence of Ireland to aid us in the work by placing at our disposal the means re quired for its accomplishment You are asked to subscribe in accordance with your means, and to forward your subscriptions as soon as possible to the secretary" of the Irish National Al liance, the Hon. P.' V. Fitzgerald-Fitz-pa trick, 14 Twenty-second street, Chi cago. God sa ve America aud Ireland." The signers are: William Lyman, president I. N. A ; J. J. Donovan, Massachusetts; Martin Kelly, Tennes see; J. J. Sheedy, California; T. J. London, Ohio; J. Lawler, Texas; Chris Gallagher, Minnesota; Captain J. Man gan, Wisconsin; G. N. Kennedy, Mon tana; H. Greery, Pennsylvania. Plans of organization are being pre pared, and will be issued in a few days. SCAFFOLD GAVE WAY. Distressing; Accident at the Laying of a Church Corner-Stone. - Lorain, O., Oct 8. While a great crowd of people were assembled this afternoon to witness the laying of the corner-stone of the new St Mary's cathedral, a temporary floor, upon which many were standing, suddenly gave way, precipitating many men, women and children into the basement Two were killed outright, ten fatally injured and between thirty and forty others badly hurt The services were just about to begin when the accident happened. Fully 30,000 people were around the platform, which had been constructed above the foundation of the edifice. The boards forming the floor had been laid across joists, which were support ed in the middle by upright posts. These supports broke and the floor went down with a crash. Fully 800 per sons were thrown into the pit formed by the sagging in the middle of the floor. For a moment everybody was para lyzed by the calamity, but soon there was a rush forward by those willing to lend assistance to the crushed and strugging people. This made matters worse, for fifty more persons were crowded forward into a hole upon those who went down with the floor. When the confusion had subsided somewhat, many of those who were able to extri cate themselves did so by walking or crawling over the less fortunate. The work of rescue was begun at once and all were finally taken from the pit The old Catholic church was at once turned into a hospitaL A score of doc tors were called and they were kept for hours caring for the injured, several of whom will die before morning. The accident was due to defective timbers. The contractor was told yes terday that the platform was insecure, but he said it would hold all the people that would be crowded on it. There were between 1,000 and 2,000 on it when it gave way. Despite the acci dent the services continued, and the laying of the corner stone was com pleted. Swallowed the Diamonds. Denver, Oct 8. Erwin Clarke, the diamond broker who was arrested at San Francisco and brought to Denver to answer charges of embezzlement of several thousand dollars' worth of precious stones, has become very ill since his arrival here. The physician in attendance believes that Clarke wallowed some diamonds. WORK ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN The Need of a National Irrigation Com mission In the Future. Washington, " Oct 8. L W. La moreaux, commissioner of the general land office, has made his annual report to the secretary of the interior. Com pared with 1894 there has been a de crease in land entries of 19,095 and of 6,016,68 acres entered upon; a decrease of final entries to the number of 6,584 and 356,059 acres entered upon, and a decrease of cash receipts of 734,370. Discussing the act of the last -congress granting land to states for irriga- ' tion purposes, Commissioner" Lamor eaux says he believes thaslfche necessity will arise in the near future for the creation of a national commission whose function it shall be to regulate the distribution of these waters which have their source in a superadjacent state and which have heretofore been used in common by the people of that and the subadjacent states. The commissioner closes his report with the following recommendations: A law to compel the attendance of witnesses at land offices in contest cases; an appropriation of $50,000 an nually for making examinations neces sary for the establishment of forest reservations and for the protection of reservations already existing; an ap propriation for six attorneys to super vise and direct the proceedings of spe cial agents operating in as many differ ent districts to be designated; legisla tion for the protection and disposal of publio timber; placing the surveying of publio lands under the geological survey; legislation creating the : office of surveyor-general of Alaska; an ap propriation for eighty copyists to tran scribe the press-copy records of the land office into permanent records; the establishment of a district land office for Alaska, with a register and receiver, haying the same duties as like officers in the other states and territories; that the appropriations f r survey be made continuous, and legislation for the ap Dointment of a board of examiners of surveyors instead of -having exami nations under the present system. -The report shows that there were eighty-two miles of standard and base lines surveyed in California during the year, 354 township lines, 1,385 section and connecting lines and 473 grant and .meander lines. During the year the Central Pacifio Railway Company de posited 17,512 for field work and 2, 498 for office work on lands selected and patented under their land grants. The work in arrears will take from six io nine monins to complete, ana tne surveyor-general of California wants a properly skilled draftsman for the work. As yet no action has been taken by the department of jnstice respecting the Benson claims and the commission er has therefore nothing 'new to report - on tne subject. A THRILLING TRIP IN MID-AIR. A Balloon Sails for an Hour With the Guide Unconscious. Lowell, Mass., Oct 8. Dr. W. L. Rombough and D. A. Sullivan had a wonderful balloon trip yesterday with Professor Allen of Providence. The balloon ascension was made from North Common in the presence of 10, 000 people. Mr. Sullivan, in reaching for the carrier pigeon which Professor Allen was to hand to him, discovered that the professor was unconscious. They barely had time to seize his legs to pre vent him from falling headlong from the car. The balloon, without any guide, passed through Tewksbury and And over. and then changed its course towards Bedford and Lexington. It was nearly an hour in the air, and Dr. Rombough and Mr. Sullivan were nearly exhausted when a landing was made near North Lexington. Profes sor Allen did not fully recover consci ousness for some time after the land ing of the balloon. It is thought that he was rendered insensible- from gas escaping in the balloon. His compan ions do not know what caused the bal- - loon to descend. They suppose that in his struggles for air the professor may have touched the valve which caused the gas to escape. DEBS' RELEASE FROM JAIL Labor Associations in a Turmoil Over the Proposed Demonstration. , Chicago, Oct 8. Chicago labor or ganizations are again in a turmoil, this time over the reception which it was proposed to be given to Eugene V. Debs on his release from Woodstock jail. At a meeting of the Labor Con gress today it was reported that ar rangements for the reception were pro gressing, while at a meeting of the Trades and Labor Assembly several delegates expressed their disgust with the entire matter, and said they had come to the conclusion that Debs was not much of a martyr after alL It de veloped lster that the officers of the Trades and Labor Assembly claim to have discovered that upon his release Debs will enter upon what they call a war on trades unions, and will endea vor to establish a political organiza tion, with headquarters at Chicago. There is some amusement among old time trades urionists over the efforts of a committee representing the recent ly organized Labor Congress to get the railroads to grant a special rate of fare to those who will go to Woodstock to do honor to President Debs. More Trouble for Uruguay. New York, Oct 7. The Herald cor respondent in Montevideo telegraphs that General Estevan has started with a force for ' the frontier. He goes to try to suppress a revolution which was started by the Blanco party, aided by several men who had been engaged in the revolution in Rio Grande do Sul. BraziL The revolutionists are well armed, and it is said they are led by Apanacio Saravia.