mdtt (fount? Olark VOL. XXXIV. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1898. NO. 44. Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TiCKS FROM THE WIRES In Interesting Collection of Items From the Xew ami the Old World In a Condensed and Comprehensive form United States Consul Powell, at Seoul, Corea, has cabled the state de partment that the emperor died lion day. The Spanish minister of finance lias abandoned the idea of floating a loan on the guarantee of the Almaden quick silver mines. The members of the family and the immediate friends of Secretary Alger are seriously disturbed about his ill ness. His physicians now fear that he lias typhoid fever. General Alger has been confined to his bed for more than three weeks. The mule spinners of "Lowell and New Bedford, Mass., were given per mission to strike by the mulo spinners' union, and an assessment of 25 cents per week was levied on the members of the union. Delegates representing every mill center in New England were present. A dispatch to the London Mail from Hong Kong says it is reported there that England, Jupat and Russia have arrived at an agreement n r-pecting Corea. The detaiijs of the .- greement are not known to the coi spondent, but the dispatch says the British fleet is returning to Hong Kong. The Creek council, in spite of the message of Secretary Bliss, through In dian Agent Wisdom, warning them not to do so, has passed an act appropria ting 20,000 to be used in employing attorneys to right the constitutionality of the act of congress giving the United States counts full jurisdiction after January 1. Francis D. Newton, a prosperous farmer of Brooklield, Mass., his wife Sarah, and their 10-year-old adopted daughter, Ethel, were found murdered in their beds. The crime was discov ered by neighbors whose curiosity was aroused by the billowing of unfed cat tie. The thiee Had been k.lled with an ax. A hired i man named Paul is missing. 1 .John Lincoln, of Bolshow, Mo , has applied to the Marysville board of ex amination for a pension. . Lincoln and his sister, Mrs. Washington Hoshor, of Marysville, were second cousins of Abraham Lincoli . John Lincoln en listed early in the '60's in the Fourth Missouri and served in that regiment for three years. He then enlisted in the 13th Missouri cavalry, and served to the er.d pf th war. Before he was finally mustered out he fought Indians on the plains for some time. Fred Lewi;!, a prisoner in the Seattle city jail, committed suicide in his cell by hanging himself with a pocket hand kerchief, which was fastened to a hook used in suspending a hammock. Lewis, who was a waiter in a hotel, had a tight on New Year's day with Joseph Kurtz, the head cook i.i which he struck Kurtz on the fiead with an icepick, inflicting a wound from the effects of which Kurtzdiejii. Lewis was arrested, but no formal cljiargo had yet been made against him, pending the result of Kurtz' wound. When the news of Kurtz' death was conveyed to Lewis, lie showed gre; t agitation, and a short time afterward 'took his own life. A line of steamers is to be estab lished betweeA Valparaiso and San Francisco. Five shots fired by an unknown per son into a saloon at Picton, Col., killed Robert Mandolini, the proprietor, and Dave Evans, and carried away a portion of the chin of Dick Owens. ! Vladimer Bpurtzeff, editor of the Narodnaya Voltz, and Wieizbecki, printer of that paper, have been com mitted for trip', in London for publish ing articles inciting pe'rsons to assas sinate the czar. The trustees appointed by Sirs. Phoebe Hearst to obtain architectural plans of the bui kings and grounds for the University of California have com pleted the plan of an international com petition which is to be issued immedi ately. Colorado will not join the combina tion proposed among certain Western states to biennially inspect the books of large Elstern life insurance com panies as a condition precedent to per mitting them to do business in those states. Morris Mueller and Victor Goldstein attempted to hag William Smith, a passer-by, into a second-hand store in St. Louis. Smith drew a pistol and tired several i shots. Mueller is in the hospital dying, Gollstein has some bullet holes n his arm, and Smith is in jail. The building trades council of San Francisco has indorsed the action of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald in urg ing the annexation of Hawaii, advocat ing the eight-hoar labor law and the anti-immigration law, and striving to have a clause inserted in the specifica tion for the new postorlice requiring all stone to be dressed in San Francisco. E. G. Triplett, president of the Algorn agricultural and medical college for colored people, near Rodney, Miss., was shot and fatally wounded by some unknown assassin. James Wi Miller, of Pittsburg, has closed a contract to deliver 4,000,000 tons of 64 per cent Messaha iron ore on the docks at Cardiff, for the Cardiff Iron FoundPrs' Company. This is the largest ore ileal ever consummated, the amount involved being $i0,000,000, on which Miller gets a commission of $:00,G00. The boats of the Thompson line steamer Gerona, -which was lost off Seal Island, N. S., succeeded in reaching the island in safety, after eight hours' struggle with a heavy gale and in bit terly cold weather. One man only is missing, jkfflifcthly statement of the gov lOTreceipta and expenditures for ernmin the nonth of December shows the total receipts to have been $59,656,698, of which $11,660,788 was from customs, $14,34;928 from internal revenue, and toVt'4f',980 from miscellaneous sour ces.! The expenditures for the month fgkeiated $27.634,t92. BRAVE WOMAN AND A HATPIN Combination Which Foiled Two Bandits in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 12. Two men who last night tried to rob Conductor War ren, of a Blue-Island avenue cable train, were foiled by a woman passen ger named Miss Sadie Williams. Be sides Miss Williams there were three other passengers, another woman and two men and the gripman on the train. Neither the male passengers nor the gripman came to the help of the con ductor, who was having a desperate light with the robbers. Just as the robbers were getting the best of the fight Miss Willliams concluded to take a hand. Grabbing her long hatpin, that fastened her hat to her hair, she made a plunge with the pin on the rob ber nearest her. All her strength was lent to the thrust, and the man screamed with pain. He released his hold on the conductor and turned on M iss Williams. She struck him again and he quit the fight. Miss Williams went for the next man and made a thrust for his eyes. The point of the pin struck his cheek. "Take her off !" cried the robber. He. turned to look for his companion, who by that time was on the platform, mak ing ready to jump. He was asked to come back, but he did not. Meantime the young woman was striking for more vital parts than his face. She reached with her pin for his stomach. His thick clothing saved his lite. The conductor was bleeding and in a half-dazed condition. When he came to his senses there were but two passen gers on the car. The others, whose names could not be learned, had gone. So had the robbers. When the excitement was over and the robbers had disappeared Miss Wil liams replaced her hat and then asked the conductor if he was hurt. He was not. Then she fainted. She was soon revived, however, and escorted to her home. Miss Williams resides with her parents, and is employed in one of the down-town offices. She is small of frame, but it is said that she has the courage of a soldier. ANNEXATION QUESTION Problem With Which the Senate Has Begun to Wrestle. Washington, Jan. 12. Bishop Mer rill, of Chicago, delivered the invoca tion at the opening of the senate today. A bill was reported favorably from the Indian committee preventing railroad companies from charging more than 3 cents a mile for passengers through In dian territory. A resolution looking to the filtration of water used in the City of Washington caused Senator Hale to say that in no part of the Uni ted States was there a city whose citi zens are so imposed upon and abused as to water supply as the citizens of Wash ington. At 12:50 P. M., on motion of Davis of Minnesota, chairman of the commit tee on foreign relations, the senate went into executive session to consider the Hawaiian treaty. Immediately after the treaty was called up Pettigrew offered a motion for conducting the debate in open sen ate, which was antagonized by Chair man Davis, of the foreign relations committee, and others, the principal portion of the debate for the first two hours of the session being upon this motion. The senate finally decided not to de bate the Hawaiian proposition in open session. In the House. The attendance in the house was light today, but the galleries were well filled. The civil service debate was resumed, and Cooney, Democrat, of Missouri, took the floor. He opposed the whole civil service reform idea, which he denounced as a cheat and a narrow swindle. A civil pension list and office-holding class, he argued, were logical and inevitable if it was to be maintained. Dorr, Republican of West Virginia, followed with a set speech in opposition to the law. Cox, Democrat of Tennessee, said he was so utterly opposed to civil service reform that he would vote to strike out the appropriation for the commission and for the repeal of the law. Little, Democrat, of Arkansas, an tagonized the principle, theory and practice of the law. Battered by a Hurricane. Queenstown, Jan. 11. The Norwe gian bark Hovding, Captain Reynolds, which arrived here yesterday from Pen sacola, was terribly battered by a hur ricane, December 20. She was sub merged for a time and the wheelman drowned. Afterward, a huge sea washed over the captain. One of his legs caught in the spanker sheets, and he was dragged into the boiling surf. A few minutes later another wave washed him on decK. The flesh was torn off his leg. The cabin was gutted and the charts and compasses de stroyed. Several of the crew were in jured Mrs. Nack's Light Sentence. New York, Jan. 12. Mrs. Augusta Nack, jointly charged with Martin Thorn, the arch -murderer of William Gnldensuppe, the bathru'ober at Wood side, L. I., in June last year, was to day sentenced to 15 years in the state prison at Auburn. Declared Unconstitutional. San Francisco, Jan. 12. The law prohibiting merchants from making gifts as an inducement to trade, which was primarily aimed at trading-stamp enterprises, today received a knock-out blow from Judge Campbell, who decided the law to be unconstitutional, as an unwarranted invasion of the liberties of the citizen. This disposition affects a number of Eastern companies, which have recently commenced operations here. French Cruiser Ordered to China. Paris, Jan. 11. Orders have been given to the officials at the French dockyards to hasten the completion of the warships on hand. The cruiser Duguay Trouin, the flagship of the French Pacific squadron, has been or dered to Chinese waters. The Duguay Trouin is a second-class cruiser, iron and wooden hull, of 3,593 tons dis placement. The California & Eastern railway is to be extended '45 miles from Manvel, Nev., to Good Springs, opening a new mining country. BURNED IT II SIE Horrible Punishment of Two Seminole Ravishers. FOUR OTHERS TO FOLLOW 1.3'nching Occurred on the Oklahoma Border The Indians Met Their Heath Without Flinching. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 11. Char red and burned beyond all semblance of human beings, tfce remains of Mar cus McGeisy and Palmer Simpson, two Seminole Indians, who, a few days ago murdered Mrs. James Simons, are still resting in chains against the blackened trunk of an oak tree in the Seminole nation, where, Friday night, they met their death in the most horrible man ner conceivable at the hands of an Ok lahoma mob. The flesh is burned from the bones, and lies in greasy and ill smelling particles in the ashes on the ground. The fingers and hands are burned from the frames, and the ghast ly skeletons, bereft of feet, and ankles, stand on blackened bones in the ashes ori the ground. Every vestige of hair and flesh are burned from the heads, and the clenched teeth of the dead men show the great determination to endure their awful punishment in silence with which the redmen died. The scene is a fascinating one for the curi ous, and has been visited by many peo ple since yesterday morning. Additional details of the horrible work of the mob were received here to day. According to this information, the mob s work will not be finished until four more Indians have been dealt with in the same manner as Mc Geisy and Simpson. The citizens' posse was scouring the country for the four men when the messenger left Maud, and it is probable, at least some of them nave, by this time, paid the penalty decreed by the maddened pop ulace. The crime which led to the burning of the two men was committed last Thursday. Marcus McGeisy was the owner of some property. On his land lived a white family named Simons. During the absence of the husband. Tiiursday, McGeisy went to the Si mons' cabin and asked for a drink of water. Mrs. Simons was at home with her four small children. The Indian was given the water, and he then asked for a saddle. On being refused the saddle, McGeisy grabbed the woman, who had her baby, in her arms, and dragged her out of the house.- When the woman attempted to run back, the Indian seized a Winchester and dealt her a deadly blow on the head, crush ing the skull. The woman died in stantly. The murdered woman's hus band did not return Thursday evening, and the children were unable to remove the body into the house from where it had fallen in the yard. The little ones stayed up and watched their dead mother's body until the bitter cold compelled them to relax their vig ilance and seek shelter from the weath er in the cabin-. .During tlie night, the body was almost devoured by hogs. The news spread rapidly Friday morning, and the whole population for aO miles around was aroused, and about 20 Indians were arrested. The oldest child told the crowd that Mc Geisy was the guilty man, and a posse of 20 determined men went to arrest him. Simpson was at McGeisy's home when the posse arrived, and both were taken into custody. A rope was pro cured and the prisoners were strung up by the necks. On being let down and given an opportunity to talk, both con fessed to the crime, and named four others, who they declared were equally guilty. It developed that the Indians decided to get rid of certain white set tlers, and that McGeisy had been hired to do the murderous work. Posses were at once sent in search of the other Indians, and it was decided to have a wholesale lynching as soon as they could be captured. As night came on, however, and the other four were not captured, the citizens changed their plan, and determined to dispose of McGeisy and Simpson without fur ther delay. The feeling was so bitter against them that the crowd would not be satisfied with the ordinary method of lynching, and it was voted to burn them at the stake. The victims were accordingly chained to an oak tree. Fence rails and dry wood were piled high about them, and in a few minutes, the Indians were wrapped in roaring flames, while the timbers crackled be neath their feet. Never a word did the Indians utter while being roasted alive. They apparently saw that they were powerless to resist and endured their lots like stoics. The crowd was com posed of not over 30 men, and the work was done in a quiet, but thorough and determined manner. The man bringing this information states that there are grave fears of an outbreak among the Indians, and be believes bloodshed is certain to follow. For the Defense of Halifax. Halifax, Jan. 10. It is said that notification has been received here that the constriuction of two quick-firing batteries is to be commenced in the coming spring for the better defense of Halifax harbor. Suicide of a Brute. Tyrone, Pa., Jan. 11. George Hev erly, a teamster, was abusing his wife today when his sister, Mrs. Kate Hull, and her son, interfered. He fired his revolver at them several times but in flicted only slight wounds. He then placed his revolver to his temple and blew out his brains. Minister Roderiguez, representing the Greater Republic of Central Amer ica, will not represent his government in this country any longer. Only Articles Admitted Free. Ottawa, Jan. 11. A ciroular from the customs, dealing with travelers' effects going "into the Yunon valley, says: "Wearing apparel, articles of per sonal adornment, toilet aticles and sim ilar personal effects of persons arriving in Canada, may be passed free without duty as travelers' baggage, under the -provisions of the customs tariff, but this provision shall include only such articles as are actually accompanying the party or are necessary and appro priate for the wearing or use of such person on the journey. MOTHER LODE FONUD. Reported Discovery of the Source o Klondike Gold. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12. The steam er City of Topeka, which arrived here this afternoon from Junau, hail among her passengers nine men who left Daw son City December 9. They were: W. J. Jones, Port Townsend; D. D. Stewart,. Juneau; A. Colder, Nova Scotia; F. C. Arnold, San Francisco; W. G. Stenger, Colville, Wash.; Harry Miller, Colville; J. Cordroy,. Denver; George Anderson, Tacoma, and Robert Johnson, Tacoma. They were 24 days in coming from Dawson to the coast. Their journey was unattended by spe cial incidents. The coldest weather recorded was 18 below zero. The party brought out with them about 150,000 in gold dust and drafts. Dog teams were used in making the trip. The part' brings no new features in reference to the food situation at Daw son. They all agree that food is scarce, but that there is no danger of starva tion. If a large number of persons had not gone down the river to Fort Yukon and Circle City to spend the winter, a different tale would have been told. F. C. Arnold said: "There is no danger of starvation. Of course, there is not food enough, but that was always true in the Yukon, and always will be. There is a big warehouse full of beef at Dawson. Next winter will be far worse than this, because there will be many more people there." In reference to the proposed govern ment relief expedition, all agree that, while it is not needed to avert actual want, it would be welcomed neverthe less. W. J. Jones brings news of the dis covery of what is supposed to be the mother lode and quartz origin of the placers of the Klondike district. The discovery was made at four different points within 24 hours, one of them at the Dome, a high mountain to the east of the source of Eldorado creek, by Frank Slavin; the second one at claim No. SI, Eldorado, by A. H. Jose and partner; tlie third one on Nugget gulch, at No. 16; and the fourth some where in the 20s on Bonanza creek. The trend of the vein is northwest by west, westerly from the Dome. It is r found at about 30 feet below the surface and under the muck and alluvia! de posit. The ledge is about 18 inches wide, and maintains a uniform width. It is geuerally spi inkled with free gold. Mr. Jones brings down samples of the ore. and every one who has seen them say the rock is precisely the same in character as is found in the Comet mine at Berner's bay, Southern Alaska. Mr. Jones said that old timers in the Klondike had rnade a similar observa tion. In no instance was the quartz discov ery made by the men who owned the placer claims, and the locaters of the quartz ledge thus .acquire a separate and distinct title from the locators of the placer. The diseovery.of this ledge on No. 31, Eldorado, was made by a man who was working the placer for the owner. A shot was put in and about 30 pounds of ore blasted out. The greatest excitement prevails, and no man will listen to any suggestion to j sell his claim until farther development nas Qeen maue. Tom Nash, an employe in the saloon where the recent fire occurred, has been arrested for arson. Regarding the output of gold in the spring, Mr. Jones Eays: "It will be from $15,000,000 to $25, 000,000. This opinion is concurred in by the managers of the transportation companies, and Alexander McDonald, the richest man in the Klondike. Five millions of dust is now stored in Daw son, ?3, 500,000 of which would have come out this fall had the boat reached Dawson." ANTI-SEALING LAW. Works a Hardship on Residents in the Vicinity of Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls, Jan. 12. The United States customs officers stationed at both bridges have been notified to seize any thing that looks like sealskins. Nearly all of the Canadians were notified to leave their sacks, gloves and caps on the other side if they did not want them confiscated. The situation at Niagara Fails is probably different from that at any other point on the frontier. Both sides of the river are thickly settled, and the Canadian and American populations go back and forth daily. On the Cana dian side, back of the high bluff, a number of wealthy American families have country seats, and a great many of the women in these families, as well as Canadian women, who wear sealskin coats, pass over the river to the Ameri can side daily, while out driving and making calls. Several sealskin hats of Canadians were seized belonging to gentelmen engaged on business to Buf falo and New York, and many a man went on to his destination tonight wearing a little traveling cap, after having left his name and something by which he could identify his sonfiscated headgear. The law also affects the Canadian railroads running from Chicago east ward. These' include the Michigan Central, the Grand Trunk, the Cana dian Pacific, the Wabash and the Le high Valley. The sealskin garments taken from their wearers are turned over to the appraisers at custom-houses, where the owners, after filing an application, must wait until notice has been sent to the secretary of the treasury for a decision in the matter. A Heavy Theft. Butte, Mont.. Jan. 12. Elling El lingson is under arrest here, and Phil Murphy in Helena, on the charge of stealing a carload of ore from the Gol den Chief mine, in Jefferson county. The ore, which was worth $6,000, was shipped to the Colorado smelter here for treatment. Took All the Money. Prescott, Ariz., Jan. 12. One man has succeeded in holding up the Palace saloon, a gambling place, and at the point of a pistol securing all the money in sight. He terrorized about 20 patrons of the place and made his escape with nearly $500. He is be lieved to have had an accomplice on; the outside, and both men are supposed' to have escaped on a north-bound train. The common house fly makes 600; strokes of its wings per second when- flying at its highest speed. The dragon fly makes 11,500. ALASKA BRIEF SUPPLIES Contract Divided Between Seattle and Portland. EXPEDITION TO START SOON Some of the Proposals Received Could Not lie Considered on Account of Not Conforming With Specifications. Portland, Or., Jan. 10. The awards on the bids for supplies to be furnished for the government relief expedition, which were received at the office of Captain Allison, chief commissary offi 3er, Vancouver barracks, at noon yes terday, were made and given out by Captain Brainerd today. Portland and Seattle were the only ;ities submitting bids for the supplies, ttnd the contract will be divided be tween these points. The proposals submitted were quite numerous, and it was no small task to segregate and classify them in such a manner that the proper awards might be made. Captain Brainerd stated that the awards in each case had been made to the lowest bidder when the proposals conformed with the condi tions and specifications named in the advertisement. In a number of cases, proposals which would otherwise have received consideration had to be laid aside for the reason that they contained condi tions not in conformity with the adver tisement. For instance, several bid ders submitted their bids on goods to be delivered at some certain point, as at Skagway or Dyea, while the adver tisement gives the government the .op tion as to the point of delivery. The following orders have been re ceived from the war department: "First Lieutenant Guy H. Preston, Ninth cavalry, having reported at these headquarters in compliance with tele graphic instructions f-om the major general commanding the army, is here by assigned to duty with, and will as sume charge of, the pack trains report ing from the department of the Platte. The train, men and animals, will be thoroughly organized and outfitted for winter service in Alaska, including harness and appliances necessary to ad mit using the animals (in tandem) in hauling sleds, should that method ol transport be found expedient. The chief quartermaster will meet prompt ly all requisitions for supplies necessary to carry out the requirements of this order. The train will be ready for the service indicated by the 18th inst. "First Lieutenant James A. Ryan', Ninth cavalry, having repotted at these headquarters, in compliance with par. 2, S. O. 113.- series 1897, from headquarters, department of the Platte, is assigned to duty with the pack train Jrginiiz. d for service in Alaska, -and will report to First Lieutenant Guy H. Preston." The Seattle Hardware Company, of Seattle, was awarded the contract to furnish sleds and woolen stockings with which to equip 50 men from com pany H. Fourteenth infantry, who are to go in advace of the relief expedition. G. P. Rummelin& Sons, of Portland, were awarded the contract for sleeping bags. ENVIOUS OF GERMANY. Russia Wants a rermauent Hold on Port Arthur. London, Jan. 10. According to a special dispatch from Shanghai, Russia is edeavoring to obtain terms similar to Germany's for the occupation of Port Arthur and the Kiao Tung peninsula from a point considerably north of La Lien Wan. It is believed that the at titude of England and Japan will frus trate her designs. The Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says: The Russian occupation of Port Ar thur completely blocks the entrance to Peking, anil it is imperative that the court should be transferred to Nanking (the southern capital). It is learned on excellent authority that in the event of Great Britain's guaranteeing the new Chinese loan, the concessions required will be the open ing of the new treaty ports to all na tions alike. According to a special dispatch from Shanghai, the existence of an Anglo-Japanese alliance is openly asserted there in well-informed quarters an alliance to maintain the status ijuo in China and Corea and to declare the independence of Corea under the joint guaranty of England, Russia and Japan. Bishop Hartzel in Africa. New York, Jan. 10. A correspond ent of the Associated Press at Delagoa bay writes that Bishop Hartzel, of the Methodist Episcopal church, is being received with great enthusiasm on his African trip. One donation included 6.000 acres under the British flag in a mountainous and healthy region. The bishop is on his way to Beira, pO miles further north on the east coast, from which point he will go inland to locate his concessions. His plan is to make this point a base of operations to ex tend missions northward to the equa torial regions and northwestward to Angola, on the west coast, from which a chain of Methodist missions is already being pushed. The bishop's wife ac companies him.- Twisted Fitz' Arm. Oskosh, Wis., Jan. 10 Oshkosh has a strong man, August Shane, a Danish fisherman, over six feet tall and weigh ing 300 pounds, who, while Fitzsim mons was there, challenged him to an arm-twisting contest Fitzsimmons ac cepted. The two men clasped hands and braced their elbows upon the coun ter. At every trial the pugilist's hand was forced down to the counter. Fitz simmons acknowledged his. defeat and accepted it good-naturedly. Rushing Work, on the Chitos. San Francisco, Jan. 1. All the men that can conveniently work on the Jap anese war vessel Chitos, now in course of construction at the Union iron works, are busy putting the finishing touches on her huge body. The vessel will be launched February 2. Berlin, Jan. 10. The morning pa pers anticipate that Belgium will shortly call a conference for the aboli tion of sugar bounties. Germany and Austria have already intimated to Bel gium their willingness to send dele gates. THE LAST CHAPTER. Theodore Durrant Executed in San Quentin Prison. San Quentin, Gal., Jan. 8. When William Henry Theodore Durrant died n the gallows Friday morning for the murder of Blanche Lamont, he gave an exhibition of coolness and nerve as has seldom been seen under similar circum stances. Hopeful almost to the last that something or some one would in tervene to save him, he walked to the scaffold this morning and made his lit tle speech protesting his innocence as calmly and with as distinct enuncia tion as if he had been addressing an as semblage of friends upon some ordinary topic of the day. His face was pale, and his eyes were red, but his voice was firm and he stood as solid as a rock while he proclaimed his innocence and professed forgiveness to those who, he said, had hounded him to death. There was not a hitch or accident to mar the plans of Warden Hale in car rying out the sentence of the law. The noose was adjusted, the trap was sprung, the stout rope held and Dur rant's dead body dangled at the end. The neck was broken by the fall of over five feet and 15 minutes later the murderer's body was cut down and placed in the coffin. In despite of the exciting event of last night, when Durrant was beseiged by newspaper reporters and talked to his parents till 11:30 P. M., he rested easily during tjie night and shortly after 6 o'clock he awoke and bade his guards good morning. Warden Hale had provided a neat suit ri dark ma terial for the occasion and those clothes Durrant quickly donned. He noticed the absence of collar and necktie, how ever, and knowing full well the reason for this omission, he asked for them, explaining that a turndown collar would not interfere with the noose. Then he sat down to an excellent breakfast and ate heartily. During the early morn ing hours, Durrant did not have much to say beyond expressing a desire that no newspaper men should be allowed to see him. This request was com plied with. Consistent to the last, Durrant died professing religion. But he died, ac cepting at the last moment the com forts of the Catholic church, instead of the Baptist church, in which he was reared. Rev. Mr. Rader, a Protestant minister, had arranged to ascend the scaffold with Durrant, but the minister would not say that he thought Durrant innocent, and the condemned man de clined his services until Rader professed belief in his innocence. Then it was that the once ardent Baptist turned to the Catholic church for consolation, and called upon Father Lagan, the priest who had frequently visited him in prison, to attend him. Father Lagan responded promptly and performed the last solemn rites of the church. Dur rant remained in close consultation with the priest and seemed to be deeply interested in the impressive ceremony. As the hour of the execution ap proached the prisoner became somewhat restless. His father and mother were admitted to bid him a last farewell. The elder Durrant clasped his son by the hand and the young man turned to comfoit his mother, who cried hyster ically. Durrant said: "The hour has come for us to part," and put her gently away. The grief-stricken mother was led to a private room where she re mained until after the execution. The father, however, went to the execution room and, supported by two friends, saw his son meet his death. Warden Hale did not attempt to hurry matters, but allowed all possible time for the supreme court at Washing ton to take some action. Finally, when word was flashed across the conti nent that the supreme court had de clined to interfere, the warden ordered the programme of the day carried out. At 10:34 o'clock, Durrant, accom panied by Father Lagan, appeared at the door of the execution room. He was followed by his father, a friend, Warden Hale and the guards. The father and his friend walked around the gallows to the front, while Durrant and his keepers climbed to the gallows platform. Instantly on arriving at the gallows, his legs and arms were pin ioned and the rope was placed upon his neck. The hangman was about to adjust the black cap when Durrant announced his desire to speak. Permission was given and the doomed murderer spoke as fol lows: "I desire to say 'that although I am an innocent man, innocent of every crime that has been charged against me, 1 bear no animosity toward tnose who have persecuted me, not even the press of San Francisco, which hounded me to the grave. If any man thinks I rfm going to spring a sensation, I am not, except it is the sensation that I am an innocent man brought tothe grave by my persecutors, but I forgive them all. They will get their justice from the great- God who is master of us all, and there I also expect to get the justice that is the justice of an inno cent man.- Whether or not the perpe trators of the crime of which I am charged are discovered, it will make no difference to me now, but I say this day will be a shame to the great state of California. 1 forgive everybody who has persecuted me, an innocent man whose hands have never been stained with blood, and I go to meet my God with forgiveness for all men." The words were delivered slowly and distinctly and without emphasis. The eager crowd of spectators grouped closer to the w'ooden framework that they might not lose a word of what was being said. Durrant finished and had barely ceased when the black cap was placed over his face. At the same instant, Hangman Lunt raised his hand, the trap was sprung, and with a rattle, Durrant's body shot through the opening. ' There was a sound as of a stout rope drawn taut, and a broken-necked criminal swayed to and fro for a moment. Then the body became motionless. Durrant was dead. In just 11 minutes and 28 seconds, all signs of life had vanished and the most' noted criminal of the 19th century was officially dead. The body was allowed to hang for 15 min utes, when it was cut down and placed in a black coffin provided by an under taker from San Francisco. Massacre In French Congo. London, Jan. 10. A rumor was cur rent here today of the massacre of the French garrison at Yakaied, in French Congo, West Africa, by the natives. A special dispatch from Paris says noth- is known of inch a massacre there. WOULD BUY HER LHHIT Cubans Ready to Make Spain a Generous Offer. VIEWS OF GENERAL GOMEZ Peace on an Honorable Basis Would Be Welcomed Offers by Spain of Any thing but Independence, Scorned. New York, Jan. 10. The Herald prints the following letter from Gen sral Maximo Gomez, commander in "ihief of the Cuban army, dated "In the Field, December 26, 1897:" "You ask me for my opinion regard ing iat effect the autonomous regime Eibout to be' implanted by Spain in Cuba, might have towards the pacifica tion of the island. The Cubans in arms do not propose to give up, shall never yield, in their struggle with the metropolitans, until they have estab lished their absolute independence. No matter what number of liberties is granted to -Cuba by any Spanish gov rennrent, even in case Spain should re serve for herself no other right than to keep the Spanish flag over Cuba as a symbol of nominal sovereignty, she will not succeed in ending the war. "The Cuban people will admit of no other solution of the present conflict than that whereby Cuba shall be recog nized as a member of the sisterhood of free nations. In this attitude of abso lute radicalism we are sustained by two great motives, which, unified as one -ingle force, impel the Cuban people as li whole as well as individuals to adopt the grand resolution of their existence sentiment and interest; the former because the Cubans feel that they have been profoundly hurt by the horrible war methods employed against them by Spain, the latter because they are all firmly convinced that only as free men will they be able to enjoy p:ace and command the necessary credit to teconstruct their country, which had been devastated by Spain herself. "In short, Cuba not only wishes, but needs to be free. It is about time that Spain should recognize that fact, and leaving aside all chaotic autonomy, should manfully confront the true problem. Let the Spanish nation ac knowledge Cuba's independence which -he justly claims, and receive a com pensation which is right and equitable. And even let her claim from our gov ernment some advantages in the Cuban tariff to foster her own industries. Then, and only then, will the rainbow of peace lighten the horizon which is new reflected by the glare of the glow ing fields and the firing of the cannon. " The Herald also prints an interview with Gomez at a date later than the above. Tho correspondent fors.' Gomez in the best of health and spirits and fully convinced that the long strug gle is drawing to a close. "The Intransigents of Cuba," said General Gomez, "have been the only ones willing to continue the struggle, because they feared that Cuban triumph would result in their prosecution and the confiscation of their property. They are utterly mistaken. I, Maximovj Gomez, whose word has never been broken, assure them of absolute protec tion. I know these people represent the thrifty business element of the island, and believe they are destined to rank among the most valued citizens of the republic. The triumph of our cause will bring to them assurance and permission to follow their vocations in peace. There will be no levolution, either political or social. All we ask of them is to help build the fortunes of the island and repair the waste of war. "I say the same thing, too, to the Spanish officers in the field. They have been fighting us not because they hate Cuba, but because they love Spain. They have proved themselves to be loyal sons of the motherland, and when they have laid down their arms we will gladly extend to them the right hand of fellowship. We will bury the bloody past and go forward shoulder to shoulder to build up Cuba's laboring classes, which have been alroost de stroyed, and we shall need them to till the soil. The rank and file of the Spanish army will fill the gap." Speaking of terms on which Cuba might win freedom, General Gomez reiterated his statement that Cuba is still waiting to purchaset her liberty. It is believed that $250,000,000 would be an equitable amount now. He said he had no doubt that an arrangement would he made with American capital ists to form a syndicate, collect customs duties and pay Spain in installments. In tjiiff way the general said there would be a positive end to the war by the establishment of friendly relations with Spain. "When peace is declared," he said, "we want to reekon on Spain as being among our friends." Referring to the ability of Cuba to carry on the war, Gomez said his forces were ample, and declared that Cuba could continue the fighting even if the soldiers had to go naked; that the war cost the Cubans nothing, whereas Spain's life-blood was being rapidly drained by her enormous expenses. He spoke in terms of affectionate admira tion of America, describing her as the light of Cuba, and said he would wel come intervention as affording an in stantaneous solution of the problem, but deprecated annexation, although willing to accept a protectorate. Minneapolis, Jan. 10. A practical test of the long-distance telephone was made today between the Minneapolis office and Lowell, Mass. Charles Glidden, president of the Traders' Na tional bank, of Lowell, was in Minne apolis, and presided over the meeting of the bank directors in Lowell. The line was made of three copper metallic circuits, and was over 1,500 miles in length. To Kalse a Relief Fund. Chicago, Jan. 10. The women of the auxiliary to the Chicago Cuban committee of 100, held a meeting at the home of the secretary, Mrs. M. M. Purdy, and discussed plans for a relief fund to be sent to Cuban insurgents. It was decided to appoint a committee to wait upon the, pastors of churches and through them td appeal for aid from their congregations. Mrs. Purdy recently wrote to President McKinley, requesting some action be taken that would facilitate the operations of the committee in the work of extending re' nei 10 me vuoan suuerers. i WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. rofflce of Downing, Hopkins & Co., Chicago l-Td oi Trade Brokers, 711-714 Chamber of Com-u-oice Building, Portland, Oregon. Exports of flour and wheat from both coasts 'ast week were 4,595,000 bush els, or 700,000 bushels more than the previous week, and double the same week last year. Receipts are expected to fall off. We have now reached the time where the exports generally de crease; at least they have in the past years, as the first six months of the crop year generally marks the largest export business. There is every indi cation, however, of a good export move ment from now on, as liberal -engagements have been for wheat, corn and oats. Foreigners continue to buy mod erately when the market gets weak, so that the outward movement will grad ually cut into the wheat stocks, which are none too heavy if the exports are to keep up large. Argentine news favors an exportable surplus of about 35,000, 000 bushels, but some good authorities make it only 3,000,000 bushels. This is used as a club by the bears and con sumers to prevent an advance here. There will be no Argentine wheat avail able in European markets before the latter part of March. In the meantime their light stocks will be reduced, and they will have to come in as buyers. The American visible supply of wheat increased this week 47,000 bushels, and now totals 38,863,000 bushels against 53,872,000 bushels for the correspond ing period a year ago. Although the movement of corn for 1897 was 116, 747,000 bushels, and the shipments 97,427,000 bushels an increase in the receipts of 24,000,000 bushels and in 10,000,000 bushels in the shipments, they were less than the arrivals of oats, receipts of the latter being 1,338,000 bushels in excess of corn, while the shipments were 7,000,000 bushels greater, aggregating 104,666,000 bush els. The feeling in corn and oats is bullish. There is a strong disposition on the part of many local traders to keep on the long side. The Trego Smith people have accumulated a big line, and they are getting quite a fol lowing. Exports of corn for the week were heavy. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 72 73c; Val ley and Bluestem, 76 77c per bushel. Four Best grades, $4.25; graham, 3.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 35 36c; choice gray, 33 34c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew ing, $20 per ton. Millstiffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $18. Hay Timothy, $12.50 13; clover, $10 11; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Eggs 1820c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 55 60c; fair to good, 4550c; dairy, 40 50c per roll. Cheese Oregon, 12?c; , Youryj-- America, 12;s,'c; California, 9 lbo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 3.25 per dozen; broilers, $2.002.50; geese, $5. 50 6. 50; ducks, $5. 00 6. 00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llc per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 40 50c per sack; sweets, $1.25 per cental. Onions Oregon, $1.752.00 per sack. Hops 5 16c per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4 6c. Wool Valley, 14 16c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 78c; mohair, 20 22c per pound. Mutton Gross, best hheep, wethers and ewes, $3.50; dressed mutton, 6c; spring lambs, 5,c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00; light and feeders, $3. 004. 00; dressed, $4. 50 5. 00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $2.753.00; cows, $2.50; dressed beef, 46e per pound. Veal Large, 415c; small, 5 6c per pound. Seattle Market. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 30c; ranch, 16ft 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 13c; California, 94c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 23c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50 3 00; ducks, $3. 50 3. 75. Wheat Feed wheat, $22 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $19 20. Corn Whole, $23; cracked-, per ton, $23; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $22; whole, $22. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6c; cows, 5c; mutton sheep, 8c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 56c: salmon, 3c; salmon trout, 7 10c; flounders and sole, 3 4; ling cod, 4 5; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 2ic. Fresh Fruit Apples, 4090o per oox; pears, zoovoc per dox; oranges,. navels, $2.75 per box. San Francisco Market. Wool Nevada 11 13c; Oregon, 12 14c; Northern 7 8c per pound Hops 12 16c per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $2224; Cal ifornia bran, $18. 50 19. 50 per ton. Onions New red. 7080c; do new silverskin, $2.252.50 per cental. 4feggs Store, 2224c; ranch, 25 28c; Eastern, 15 19; duck, 16c per dozen. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 12c; fair to good, 7 8c per pound.. Citrus Fruit Oranges, n avels, $1.502.60; Mexican limes, $4.00 4.50; California lemons, choice, $1.50 2.00; do common, 75c$l. 25 per box. . Hay Wheat, $13.50 15; wheat and oat, $13 14.50; oat, $1113.50; best barley, 1113; alfalfa, $1111.50; clover, $10. 50 12. Fresh Fruit Apples, 50c$1.25 per large box; grapes, 25 40c; Isabella, 6075c; peaches, 50c$I; pears, 75o $1 per box; plums, 2035c Butter Fancy creamery, 28c;. do seconds, 2627c; fancy dairy, 26c; good to choice, 24 25c per pound. Potatoes New, in boxes, 45c$l. The oity of Rahway will soon possess the largest dome in the East. It is to be ereoted over the New Jersey state reformatory. The famous Louis XV drawing-room suite, composed of a sofa and six arm chairs, with old Beauvais tapestry, has been sold in Paris to a London dealer for $70,000 Peru balsam with nine times its weight of collouion is vJ vised by Pro fessor Klein for an elastic and water proof coating for email wounds. 1