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.
Yaquina Bay Route
Connecting at Yaqnina Bay with the
San f rariefsco & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship "Farallon "
A 1 and first-class in every respect. Sails from
'Yaquina for San Franciscj about every eight
days. Passenger acc .mmodatinns unsurpassed.
Shortest route between the Willamette valley
and California. .
Fare From Albany or Points West to
San Francisco :
'Cabin...:'..................$12 Steerage $ 8
Cabin Rouud trip, good for 60 days......... . 18
. For sailing days apply to
W. A. CCHMINGS, Agent
Corvallis, Oregon.
EDWIN STONE, Manager, Corvallis, Oiegon.
. -rKAS, .CLARK, Sup't, Corvallis, Oregon.
yoiiuo iiio
THE NEW WAY EAST
fjrjfe and 0. H. I N. GO.'S LlNESThe Sbort Bout
To points in WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA, DAKOTA?, MINNE
SOTA, and the East.
Through tickets on eale to and from CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, WASHING
TON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, and ALL POINTS in the
"United States, Canada and Europe. . "t
The Great Northern Railway is a new transcontinental line. 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.