VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1895.
NO. 31.
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Residence, two blocks west of courthouse.
Office hours, 8 to 10 A. M., 1 to 3 p. M.
Sundays and evenings by appoint ment. :
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST
Diseases of women and children and Keneral
practice.
Offica over Allen & Woodward's drug store.
Office hours 8 to 12 A. M.. and 2 to 5 and 7 to S
P.M.
At retldenre. corner of 3rd and Harrison after
hoars and on Sundays.
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Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed
Corvallis, Oregon
- F. M. JOHNSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Corvallis, Oregon
Docs 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 postofflce.
H. 0. WILKINS
Stenograplier and Notary Public
Court reporting and referee sittings made
specialties, as well as type-writing and other
reporting.
Office opposite postofflce, Corvallis, Or.
E. HOLGATE.
Notary Public.
H. L. HOLGATE.
Justice of the Peace.
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CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. WASHING
S. G. BROWN TO HANG
The Supreme Court Confirms
the Sentence.
THE SLAYEE OF FEED KINCAID
All Exceptions to the Former Trial
Were Passed Upon and - An
other Trial Denied. ;
Salem, Oct 16. The judgment ot
the circuit court in Douglas county
condemning Samuel G. Brown to hang
for the killing of Fred Kincaid, and
from which defendant appealed, was
today confirmed by an opinion handed
down by the supreme court. The opin
ion was written by Judge Moore. In
this cause the defendant in - the court
below moved for a new trial, which
was denied. The appeal was taken
from the judgment, the defendant
holding that the court erred in refus
ing to set aside the indictment; in re
fusing to sustain challenges submitted
to the trial jurors; in the admission of
improper evidence, and in refusing to
give certain instructions to the jury.
In a motion to dismiss, accompanied
by an affidavit, it was alleged that
Theodore Andrews, who served on the
grand jury that returned the indict
ment, was incompetent, having served
as a juror in the same court within
less than one year prior to finding the
indictment
In its ruling, the supreme court held
that the adavit failed to show that
Andrews did not possess all the quali
fications prescribed by statute for, a
grand juror, or that he had been con
victed of felony or misdemeanor involv
ing moral turpitude. On the question
raised by defense as to a trial juror
having an opinion, the 'court said:
The fact that a juror entertains . an
opinion founded upon ". newspaper re
ports or information from other sources
does not, under the statute, necessarily
render him incompetent to serve on a
trial jury."
The court failed to find abuse by the
lower court in the matter of- dealing
with charges of actual bias, and the
evidence admitted under protest by the
defense is held to have been admis
sible. The court stated that it feels
that an impartial trial in the manner
presobribed by law was had, and that.
the judgment is affirmed.
BOOM FOR WESTERN NEVADA
Sale Consummated of. the Buckeye
Group of Placer Mines.
Carson, Nev., Oct. 16. One of the
largest mining deals for many years in
this state was consummated last Satur
day night, when the Buckeye group of
placer mines, belonging principally to
Carson people, was sold to Charles
Lane, of the firm of Lane, Hayward
& Hobart, of San Francisco, for $250,
000. The mines are situated in Doug
las county, twelve miles from Pine
Nut, and have been worked since 1891,
but, owing to the scarcity of water,
very little gold was taken out The
water to be used by the new owners
will be brought from Alpine creek,
Cal. , at a cost of $150,000, and will
necessitate the employment of a great
many men, causing a revival of every
business enterprise, the running of
sawmills, freight teams, etc Promi
nent railroad, mining, and conserva
tive business men, speaking of the sale,
say it is the best thing, for Western
Nevada that has happened for many
years, and will cause a revival of all
mining and agricultural enterprises,
and assist in the sale of other mines,
and that the production of gold will
hereafter exceed that of silver. .
Pittsburg's Heavy Ioss.
Pittsburg, Oct 16. As a result
of the large shortage discovered in
the city attorney s office by the council
investigating committee, Major W. C.
Moreland, - the city attorney today
tendered his resignation, which was at
once accepted. It was decided today
to hold the banks responsible for the
$50,000 interest paid Assistant City
Attorney House, and in the future to
demand interest on all city deposits -
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-
hnuse.
Office hours 8 to 9 A. sr., and 1 to 2 and 7 to 8
p. H. All ca Is attendel 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
Uountry Jfroperty.
V. E. WAITERS, Prop.
Office at Courthonse, Corvallis, Or.
GIGANTIC LINE OF FLAMES.
Twenty Volcanoes of the Aleutian Chain
Now Active.
San Francisco, Oct 16. The rev
enue cutter Commodore Perry has re
turned from the Northern sea, where
she has been confronted every night
for weeks by a gigantic line of flames.
As Captain Smith expresses it, "The
devil's stokers have been stirring up
the subeterranean sea of flames that is
supposed to lie thousands of feet below
Behring's bed, and as a consequence
fully twenty of the present volcanoes
in the Aleutian chain are now active."
The line of islands lying between
Behring sea and the Pacific ocean be
longs to the United States, and on
them are probably the only active vol
canoes lying within American terri
tory. Much has been written . of Bo
gaslov island, which has been throw
ing up a cloud of steam at times for
years; but it was supposed all the
other peaks on this singular line of isl
ands were extinct craters. Now, as
far as the eye can reach from any
point in Behring sea adjacent or even
at a distance from the famous sea isl
ands, the rising smoke and steam can
be seen in both directions. The erup
tion is general and so very lively that
at night the airy columns take on the
reflections of the fires deep in the earth
beneath the craters. ' -Nowhere
else on the globe can such
a sight be witnessed. In the day time
only the white smoke or steam is vis
ible. As dusk comes and darkness fol
lows the wonder grows. The brighter
columns show up in the oold Alaskan
night first, and, as.it gets darker,
other vivid clouds of smoke are to be
seen. Sometimes, when the position
of the observer is advantageous, a
dozen or fifteen of these modern pillars
of fire are in sight ' . " .
The show of subterranean force is
the most noteworthy ever observed on
American soil. As proof of the mystic
power that is at work beneath the isl
ands, a neck of land has been forced
up out of the sea between Bogaslov and
Old Bogaslov, and the two islands are
now one. It is queer looking land that
has taken the place of one of the passes
shown on the chart as connecting the
Behring sea with the greater ocean to
the southward. The rocks in this neck
are manifestly of volcanic origin, but
are smooth on the surface, as if once
melted. '
NELSON MORRIS AGAIN BEATEN
His Contract With a Montana Cattle
man Declared to Be Binding.
Chicago, Oct 16. The supreme
court has just handed down a decision
which will be of great interest to cat
tlemen and others interested in meat
packing. In 1890 Pierre Wibaux, who
owns a large ranch at Wibaux, Mont,
made a contract with Nelson Morris to
supply him with all the cattle of a cer
tain grade that there was raised on the
Western ranges at a given' price.
Shortly afterward the price of beef
took a sudden drop, and Mr. Morris
offered Wibaux $25,000 to be released
from his contract This the ranchman
refused, and when the fall came on,
began shipping the cattle by the thou
sands. When the account ran up to
$40,000 the Chicago packer notified
him that he would receive no more
shipments, contract or no contract
Then Wibaux began suit The finding
was in his favor for $54,000, but he
was denied 10 per cent interest which
he-asked for.
An appeal was taken by Morris, and
the second decision was again in favor
of Wibaux. In addition he was allow
ed the interest Again an appeal was
taken, and this time Wibaux is again
successful. The total amount now due
the ranohman is about $75,000, and
Mr. Morrii will, besides, be compelled
to pay the large court costs .which
have accrued. .
MOWBRAY IN ST. LOUIS.
A Large Crowd Heard the Address of
the English Anarchist.
St Louis, Oct 16. Charles W.
Mowbray, an English anarchist, de
livered a speech on anarchy-communism
to a large orowd at Walhalla hall
yesterday afternoon. All of his senti
ments were loudly applauded. . He
pointed out the social, moral and polit
ical evils of the times, and then at
tributed their existence to the system
of government which holds sway in
every land.' Mowbray jokingly refer
red to -the fact that he was out on bond
for insulting the flag of Uncle Sam in
a recent speech, and added:
"What does the red, white and blue
mean to you? What does the Union
jack mean to me? They should mean
nothing to each and , every one of us,
for they are really fools who rally
around a piece of calico to maintain
the Rothschilds of the world. The de
claration of independence is a dead let
ter. Men have been ai rested for read
ing it on the streets. No form of gov
ernment ever met the wants of the peo
ple. Patriotism is dead. "
Chile's Sympathy for Cuba.
New York, Oct. 16. A special to
the Herald from Valparaiso says: . The
Spanish minister at Santiago de Chile
has sent a note of protest to the minis
ter of foreign affairs against the dis
play of the Cuban flag by the side of
the Chilean at a reception to the Cu
ban insurgents given in this city. The
Chilean minister has promised, it is re
ported, that there shall be no repetition
of the display. . ;.
. Ambassador Bayard Will Not Talk.
London, Oct 16. United States
Ambassador Bayard returned to Lon
don today from the country, but will
leave town again October 26, for Soot
land. He refuses to say anything for
publication regarding the statements
made in the pamphlet recently issued
by Lord Sackville West, formerly Brit
ish minister at Washington.
FINGER OF SUSPICION
Mrs. Noble Was the First to
Point It to Durrant. "
HE APPEARED TOO INQUISITIVE
The Aunt of Murdered Blanche Lamunt
Tells How She Tame to Suspect
the Medical Student.
San Francisco, Oct 15. Ever since
Durrant was arrested there has been a
still hunt for the first person who men
tioned his name in connection with the
murder of Minnie Williams. Immedi
ately after the horror of the library
closet became known his name echoed
in every mention of it In a few hours
the papers had extra editions, naming
Durrant By Saturday evening most
people believed that the murderer was
known. Dr. Vogel was asked to give
an account of himself; the pastor told
of his comings and goings on Friday
evening. Elmer Wolfe had to put on
hi J thinking-cap, and Sademan, the
janitor, refreshed his memory. The
detectives sought to know why Durrant
was accused, but they . were never
able to find the exact information.
Now it comes out that Mrs. Noble,
the aunt of Blanche Lamont, was the
first to mention bis name in connection
with the tragedies.
Mfb. Noble talked freely of the case
today. When asked whether Durrant
told her, that memorable Wednesday
evening, that he had seen Blanche that
morning, she said:
"Yes; when I went to prayer meet
ing that evening it was agreed between
Maud and myself that nothing should
be said of Blanche's absence. We did
not wish to make any unnecessary, fuss
about a thing that might be cleared up
in an hour. I was so troubled that I
would not have gone to the church had
I Dot been obligated to hand in a
notice for an entertainment I do not
remember whether I went in ahead of
Durrant or not, but I do know that he
always sat in the back of the room dur
ing prayer meeting, and his coming to
where I was was unusual. He asked
me, as I have testified, whether Blanche
would be there. He said she wanted
"The Newcomes," but he had forgot
ten it and would bring it Sunday.
Then he stated that he had met her on
the way to school that morning.
"We suffered silently all day Thurs
day and Friday. It was not until Sat
urday that the anguish became so un
bearable that we began to tell our
church friends. Friday morning, a
little after 9 o'clock, Durrant called
here, bringing with him "The New
comes." Maud answered the bell. He
asked if Blanche were at home and ex
pressed no surprise at seeing Maud who
would ordinarily have been at schcoL.
When Maud told him that Blanche
was not at home, he said: 'I thought
I might see her.' Maud closed the door
and said:
" 'Auntie, I believe he knows that
Blanche is missing. Why should he
come to see her at this hour? It is past
school time and he acted rather
strangely.'
"We did not think he knew any
thing of her whereabouts; we were
concerned only that the fact of her dis
apperance might become known. Even
when the detectives commenced to work
on the, case and came to me for the
names of her friends I mentioned
Vogel' s name first Durrant was an
after-thought
"As has appeared during" the trial,
he offered his services to assist in the
search. The following week dragged
wearily on. Saturday morning Mrs.
Keeler, the wife of the undertaker,
called here to tell me that a body had
been found and that it was not
Blanche's.
"Knowing my frightful anxiety, my
friends at the church, feared that I
would hear that a body had been found
and might think it was Blanche, so
they had dispatched Mrs. Keeler to
tell me that it was the body 01 some
one else. In referring to Blanche's
disappearance and to the. fact that
Theodore was the last one to see her,
Mrs. Keeler remarked that he had gone
out of town. Like a flash his conduct
from that Wednesday night prayer
meeting passed before me. I remem
bered it all, his seeking me at the
prayer meeting, his strange call Frii
day morning, what . Maud had said,
and his dreadful interpretation of her
absence. A sickening realization came
to me, and I said to Mrs. Keeler:
" 'Durrant has killed that girl.' "
"That was after noon Saturday,
April 13."
When the detectives were seeking
this information, Mrs. Noble said that
she did not know who first mentioned
Durrant' 8 name. She did not know
that she herself had set the machinery
of the law in operation against him.
Mr. Nolte, who found the body of
Minnie Williams, said today:
"Durrant' s name was not mentioned
while I was at the church. In fact, I
asked Mr. Gibson if be found out who
did it to let me know. He did not send
me word, and the first mention I knew
was in the papers."
Dr Vogel, who was called and iden
tified the body of Minnie Williams,
said: - - -.
, "Durrant's name was not mentioned
at the time the body was found. 1
heard it first in the afternoon. I was,
presumably, the first person to tell him
that dav Blanche was missing. That
was the Sunday after the disappear
ance. when Detective Anthony called on
me. I told Theodore on his way into
the church, going up the stairs. I can
not say now how he acted when I told
him. I had not connected him with
her absence, and was not on the watch
to seeliow he behaved."
The case of the prosecution in rebut
tal has been carefully gone over by
both Barnes and Lees, and the order of
witnesses has been decided upon. Dr.
Gilbert F. Graham will be the first
witness. He will testify that he, in
company with J. S. Dunnigan, visited
Durrant at the city prison, and that
the prisoner took him aside and asked
him for the notes of Dr. Cheney's lec
ture, saying that if he had the notes of
the lceture he could prove an abibi.
He will be followed by Dunnigan, who
will corroborate Graham in all mater
ial points. Students Dodge and Dukes
will testify as to their conversation
with Durrant at the ferry landing the
afternoon of April 12, when the de
fendant told them that he was waiting
to meet some members of the signal
corps. Student Glaser will take the
stand and testify that April 10. three
days before the discovery of Blanche
Lamont's body, but after Durrant be
came aware that the police were look
ing for the missing girl, Durrant asked
him for his notes of Dr. Cheney's lec
ture, and that he produced the notes
and read from them, and that Durrant
took notes of the subject matter they
contained.
Reporters Cooper and Morrison will
be put on the witness stand to contra
dict the statement of Reporter Mar
shall, . regarding the interview with
Detective Gibson April 14. Marshall,
who was at that time a reporter on the
Call, declared that Gibson said he dis
covered the prints of a No. 9 shoe in
the dust of the belfry where the body
of Blanche Lamont was.found. It is a
significant fact that, though Marshall
claims to have had the interview with
the detective April 14, the story did
not appear in his paper until April 18,
and then was credited to some police
man in the mission, whose name was
not mentioned.
It is pointed out as a peculiar circum
stance, and one worthy of considera
tion, that in all the instances where
the evidence of the prosecution is most
material, Durrant partly admits the
truth of the occurrences, but insists
that the details were "suggested" by
the other side. He admits having a
conversation with Miss Cunningham
relative to seeing Blanche Lamont's
body on the second landing of the
church belfry, i ut adds the incidents
were "suggested" by the reporter, and
that he neither affirmed not denied
anything. In the same way, he says,
Dr. Graham "suggested" the advisa
bility of furnishing him with notes of
Dr. Cheney's lecture. The same ad
missions and "suggestions" are made
by him in regard to the material
points of the testimony of Students
Glaser and Dunnigan.
Durrant appreciates the full import
of District Attorney Barnes' questions
regarding his confidential talks with
Cunningham, and that is about the
only subject he will discuss at present
Even on this topic he is guarded in his
remarks, and will only vouchsafe a
general denial of the story the 'young
ady is expected to tell on the witness
stand.
The knowledge that Miss Cunning
ham, is going to relate under oath all
of the conversations she had with Dur
rant, covering a period of several
weeks, is evidently disturbing the
medical student's peace of mind. Miss
Cunningham, it is said, will testify
that Durrant told her that he saw the
murdered remains of Blanche Lamont
on the -second landing of the belfry
April 3. In view of the statement he
has already made on the stand regard
ing this new phase of the case, he will
find it difficult to explain away Miss
Cunningham's testimony.
HILL'S PROPOSED PLAN.
His Efforts to Unite the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern.
Olympia, Wash., Oct 14. A deci
sion against the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company, in a case involving
over $1,000,000 worth of agricultural
and timber lands in the Gray's harbor
country, north of Aberdeen, has been
rendered by the commissioner of the
general land office. June 5, 1895, the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company se
lected the lands in question, but prior
to that date the lands had been settled
upon by twenty-eight bona-fide set
tlers. June 26, 1895, the Olympia
officers were instructed to notify these
settlers that they would be allowed
thirty days in which to enter the lands
covered by their respective claims, and
that, in the event of their availing
themselves of the privilege thus grant
ed, the company's selection of the
lands would be cancelled. All of the
twenty-eight applicants failed to make
entries allowed, and John F. Soule, of
Hoquiam, and others,, made applica
tion to file upon the land, the rights of
the others having been forfeited. The
railroad company claimed that, as it
had selected the lands prior to the ap
plications of the second list of settlers,
it was entitled to the land in the event
of the original applicants losing their
rights. The commissioner holds that
the rights of the first applicants did
not expire until July of this year, and
that the railroad's selection made prior
to that date would not hold. The rail
road company could make selections
after the expirations of the original ap
plicants' time for entering, but Soule
and those associated with him got in
ahead of the railroad company and the
commissioner awards to them the
right to prove up on the land.
Twenty-Three Victims Already.
Catania, Sicily, Oct 14. A woman
known as Gaetna Stomoli has been ar
rested here for the wholesale poisoning
of children with phosphorous. She ad
ministered the poison by mixing it
with wine and prevailing upon the
children to drink it Her victims al
ready number twenty-three. It is
stated that they died in fearful agony.
The woman has confessed to having
committed the deed, and offered as an
explanation that she wanted revenge
for the death of her two children, who
had been bewitched. A crowd of peo
ple attempted to lynch the woman, and
were prevented with great difficulty. .
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FEOM THE WIRES
tf appenings of Interest In the Towns and
Cities of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
- The East Qreegonian will soon be set
up by a typesetting machine.
The enrollment of the public schools
at The Dalles for September was 612.
The present session of the circuit
court will cost Josephine county, Or.,
about $5,000. - '
Active steps are being taken by the
government to prevent the cutting of
timber on public lands in Southeastern
Washington.
S. M. Bruce, of Whatcom, Wash.,
has been placed on the state examining
board for law students. The other
members are Attorney Linn, of Thurs
ton, and Jones, of Spokane.
The road committe of the Baker Citv
chamber of commerce will advertise
for ids for the construction of a road
from - Hunter's to Summit, between
Willow creek and Burnt river.
In a recent search of the Pierce -
county, Wash., jail Deputy Sheriff
Paulbamus found several steel saws, a
new file and handkerchief tied around
a stone, making a dangerous slug.
A skeleton was unearthed in Marsh-
field, Or., the other day, while a
foundation for the new schoolhouse
was being dug. The site of the school
house was once used as a cemetery.
.The following taxes have been col
lected by Treasurer Lewis, of Chehalis
county, Wash., during the quarter
ending September 30: Taxes of 1891,
$232.36; 1892, $1,557.80; 1893, $5,
927.59; 1894, $1,968.87.
The scarletina epidemio in Seattle is :
gradually spreading, despite the prompt
action of the board of health in estab
lishing a strict quarantine in the
affected districts, and ordering a num
ber of school rooms disinfected.
The authorities of Baker City, Or. ,
are after Frank West, "a very gentlemanly-appearing
fellow," according to
the Democrat, who is accused of rais
ing a $2 bill to a $20 bill and passing -
it at the Chicago store.
Both flour mills at Palouse are run
ning day and night. Orders from the
Sound will keep the mills busy for .,
some time. . The mills find it difficult
to secure enough wheat, as the farmers
are holding out for a higher price than
the mills feel able to pay.
Because of the irregularity in the
proceedintrs, by reason of which Morris
& Whitehead, the Portland bankers, -rejected
bonds of the district to the
amount of $18,000, the Ballard school
board has determined to call a meeting
and decide upon another election for
the purpose of authorizing the issue.
The Whatcom city council has made
another sweeping reduction in munici
pal salaries, establishing them for next
year as follows: Treasurer, $50 per
month; clerk, $50; marshal, $50; po
licemen, $40j street commissioner and
city engineer, $50; janitor, $50; fire
chief, $20; assistant chief, $15; city
attorney, $2 per month; health officer, -$1
per month; street labor, 15 cents
per hour.
A suit has been begun in Spokane by
the Washington Water & Power Com
pany against the Northwest Milling &
Power Company, which involves the
questions of the rights to use the Spo
kane river for other than natural pur
poses, and if the title to any portion of
the bed of the river can rest in any per
son or corporation, or can be used to
the detriment of any other person or
corporation. '
A few days ago at the Frank McGee -
mine, on Eagle creek, an altercation
took place between H. Hackett, a
teamster, and one Sullivan, a miner. .
The latter fired a shot at. Hackett, who
returned the shot Sullivan, after be
ing fired at, ran to the brush, and
Hackett, supposing he had killed bul
livan, went to Eagle valley in haste-
and gave himself up. . La tor when he
found that SuUivan was unhurt, Hack-
off, anrnrn r.n a. onmnlaint and had Sul
livan arrested. ' -
Tha nitrr council of Everett. Wash. .
has directed the issuing of bonds of
that city to the amount of $81,900, as
authorized at the election held June 15
last The bonds are in two series, one
half payable in ten years and one-half
payable in twenty years, all drawing
interest at the rate of 6 per cent The
resoultion directs the city treasurer to
deliver the bonds to Morris & White
head, of Portland, in exchange at par
r xi n ... .1, n.- tt t-n .anA.l - aa
facf na t.ViA wflTTnt are presented bv
tnem in exenange, m uiiuuuu ui uw
less than $1,000. '"
The curfew bell now rings at 8:30 P.
M. in Albany, Or. ' Hereafter all
boys under 18 years of age, without
permission, will be promptly arrested,- '
... . . , T
according to ordinance, warsuau ueo
has had cards printed ior parents to
sign, if they want their boys to roam 1
the streets at night Following is a
copy: "Parents' Permit Card. To
any police officer: The bearer- is" my ;
son, . He has our permission to
remain away from home after the hour
of 8:30 P. M. At any time he is found
upon the streets of Albany without this
card, you will please take charge of -him
and look him up." Considerable
complaint has been made about the do
ings of boys, such as tick-tacking;
stealing fruit, etc, and it is proposed -to
stop it -