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Vol. XXVI.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1895.
No. 51.
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TELEQRAPH NEWS.
The Duraant Trial.
Sax Fkaxcisco, Sept. 12. This mora-
mg'ajtcstimouyati Uio Durrant caso was
good fotffe'phJEOculion 5ml evidence
avos iiilnxluecd directly connecting tlio
prisoner with tlio tnunler of Blancbo
"Karaont.
The first witness was Richard Charl-
tmja grocer. uholestiGed that ho had
weighed Blanche on an average once a
month daring her stay in the city. The
lost time ho weighed tier was on .March
27 or 23. Then she weighed US pounds.
Tlio greatest weight sho attained was
121 pounds. Her average weight was
115 pounds. This was considered a tri
mupth for the prosecution, as allowing
that such a light weight could bo easily
carried or draped np to the belfry by
Durrant. The defense had tried to show
that her weight was 140 pounds.
Henry S. Halcaount, a conductor on
tlio S-ilter-street cars, testified that on
April S Durrant and Blracho Lunont
had got on his car at the corner of
Missions ami Ninth streets. Durrant
sat with his arm on the top of the seat
back of Blai.ehe, and seemed on very
familiar terms with her.
- 33? w?lns33 wa3 an excelled ono for
the prosecution, of tho Sam Weller type.
He resisted alj efforts of the defense to
break down his testimony. Ho had all
his time schedules so firmly used in his
mind thzl no cross-examination could
fluster him. He said he identified
Blanche by her picture published in the
papers after her disappearance, and had
identified Durrant at the city hall and
again as the defendant now in couit.
Durrant and Miss L-imont left the car at
the corner of Sutter and Polk, taking
transfers to the Polk-strect cars. He said
Dan ant and Blanche appeared to be very
jolly together.
Herman J. Schlerger, a medical stu
dent and class mate of Durrant, testified
that he knew Durrant well. He had teen
htm on the morning of April 3. He
noticed iiim first at the corner of Ninth
and Mission streets. He was accompan
ied by" Blanche Lament. Durrant had
previously told him the girl was Blanche
LamonL He bad frequently seen them
them together. At the Corner cl Web
ster and Suiter streets witness got off the
car to go the medical college. Afterwards
Durrant asked the witness if he remem
bered meeting him with Blanche on that
day. Durrant aid at that time Blanche
had disappeared and he 'Durrani' feared
that she iiad'gbne into a house of ill
t fame, cDurrant had remarked that
Blanche was an innocent girl and that he
had led her-asiray.
The witness had answered all ques
tions with marked reluctance, evidently
trying to protect his fellow-student as far
as possible, several times in response
to questions the witness seemed on "the
verge of a disclosure, bat always checked
himself in time. He was a good -witness,
however, for the people, in e;ite of him
self.
. The next witness was S. W. ilorton, a
reporter, who testified that he had inter
viewed Durrant on the night after hi3 ar
rest. Durrant told hi:n he had taken
the Suttei-strcel car villi Blanche La
mont.
Dcfciident'a cuur.stl had been shifting
uneasily in their chairs, and now said
they would admit that Blanche and Dar
rant had been together on the day she
disappeared.
The prosecution in the Durrant case
have found another fUw in the story told
"by the youug medical student on the day
of Blanche Lamont's rauider. When
Durrant was confronted in the church by
George K. Kmc, the organist, he ex
plained his condition of ntter physical
and nervous collapse by the statement
that ho had been overcome by gas while
engaged in repairing electric wires in the
attic, and he asked King to get him some
bromo seltzer.
The prosecution wiil contend that
Durrant had been partly asphyxiated hia
knowledge of mcdicino would have
taught him tbat fresh air instead of a
nerve tonic was what he needed. Dur
rant's classmates at Cooper medical col
lego will be placed on the stand to show
tbat the prisoner, as well as all .the other
students, had been taught that the only
remedy for partial asphyxiation is oxy
" '.geii. Dnrrant would eoon have gradu
ated from college and tho prosecution
will contend that ho was too well in
formed to havo ordered a nerve tonic
which nauseated him when ho drank it if
he had merely been suflcrinz from the
effects of gas. The prosecution will also
show tbat Durrant's hat and coat were
hot in the library when King entered tho
church-, hut were thero when he returned
from the drug store. The inference will
be, drawn that Durrant wanted to get
King out of tho church to give himself
time torecovcr from his consternation
and, also an opportunity to cany hid coat
and hat from the rear of the "church to
tho library, whero it-had been his habit
them whilo working in tho
A Great Battle Fought.
Key West, ..Sept. 12. Advices from
Cuba via the ntcamship Mascolto Bays
that u great battlo was fought near
Camaguay between tho insurgents under
Maximo Gomez, and tho Spaniards
under General Mallo. The battlo lasted
43 hours, and tho Spaniards were re
pulsed with heavy loss. It is roported
over iW bpantanis worn, killed and
'onnded. When tho news reached
Havana it caused great excitemont at
tho palace.
Roloff and his band havo been busy
during tho past weok, having blown up
troop train near Santiago do Cuba and
bridge near Sagua. Spaniards admit
tho train was blown up, but claim only
fivo men were killed. Advices received,
however, state that nearly 100 soldiers
were billed.
The harbor of Havana is almost de
serted. Not aehip, save Spanish, was
there when the Mascotte left.
No Cuase For Alarm.
Naw Your, Sept. 12. A becial from
Washington says: Secretary Carlisle
said in an interview:
Unless thetu-nhould bo another ware
in regard to the gold reserve, such as wa
had before, or u financial panic, neither
which things, in my judgment, is
likely to occur, there will be no neces
sity for another bond issue in October to
preserve the reserve. The present re
moval ct gold from this country is not
duo to any Uck of conGdencu in our
national finances. It is simply tho ic-.
suit of trads conditions. Our merchants
are importing immense amounts of
goods from Europe, whicti indicate that
they expect a big business this fall and
winter and our gold goes abroad to pay
for these imiurUtions.
'By October lour cotton and wheat
crops will come to tho market and iho
gald reserve in our treasury will go np.
There is, in my judgment, no causo for
alarm in the shortage."
Bustamcntc'sF ate.
S..v Fiusctsco, Sept. 12. The Bul
letin will print a story this afternoon
that General Florenard Bustamcnte, the
refugee from San Salvador, who was sur
rendered to the commander at Port La
Ltb-.TtaJ, by tho captain of the Pacific
Mail steamer City of Sydney, was given
up by the older of United States Con
sular Agent Cooper. It is said Cooper
came aboard with the San Salvador au
thorities and searched the ship for the
refugee. When found it is said Busta
mcnte was seized by the maddened popu
lace and saturated with oil and then
roasted alive.
War Clouds Appear.
Chicago, Sept, 13. A special
from
Washington says:
"Information as to the recent secret
work in tha nary department has leaked
out, and tho result is sufficient to justify
the iliel that rresident Cleveland is
meditating seriously the possibility of
hostilities between Spain and the United
Slates in the near future.
Whether the dispatch is due to a de
sire to recognize tho Cubans as belliger-
ants or au intention to be in a position
to enforce the Mora claim is uncertain,
but it canuot bo denied that the state
and navy departments have been unusu
ally active in tho last few weeks. Cer
tain blanches of tho navy department
are now devoting their attention to the
Cuban matter almost exclusively.
"Acting under recent orders from Sec
retary Herbert, some of tho officers have
been working extia time securing data,
the character of whfch is euch as to indi
cate that tho president and Secretary Ol'
ney see the necessity of preparing for ac
tive intervention in tho affairs of Cuba.
"Exhaustive reports have been pre
pared for Secretary Herbert and tho pres
ident on tho condition of the navy for a
descent on Cuba. The question of trans
ports and tho facilities for landing troops
on the island have bctn looked into thor
ougnly, and the .results filed with the
secretary of the navy."
A Washington special to tho Tribune
saye in reference to Cuban matters :
"Confidential information received by
tho Tribune shows that the president's
plans aro moro far-reaching than was
generally anticipated. In tho first place
it was learned tbat Spain had at last been
frightened into action and the Mora
claim will bo paid by exchange on Lon
don within a day or two, all the arrange
ments to tliat effect having been at last
completed by the Spanish ministers.
This information comoa from n sourco
beyond question, and from tho same was
obtained tho prediction that within a
month President Cleveland wonld take
nn active hand in the Cuban. question. It
is said that a powerful syndicate has
been foimed in this country which will
to placo
church.
bo prepared to guarantee tho Cuban
bonds preparatory to its acquisition by
the Unitod States.
Piling It On.
Chicago, Sept. 13. A special to the
Dally News from Washington says :
Minister Taylor has been instructed
to demand from Spain protection for
American missionaries on tho Caroline
islands. This question is several years
old, commencing when our missionaries
were persecuted and driven out of tho
Caroline islands by tho natives. Spain
exercises authority over the islands, and
full reparation was demanded for the
outrages. Spain responded by the pay
ment of $17,500 indemnity and promis
ing protection to our missionaries in tho
future, but by failing to stand by her
declaration, Spain has made it impossi
ble for the missionaries to safely return
to the islands. Tho present demand is
that the promise of protection be carried
out in a satisfactory manner.
x Dunraven's Opinion.
New York, Sept. 13. Lord Dunraven
has made tho following explanation of
his views :
"I am quite xatislled that I cannot, off
New York, sail a raeo for the America'
cup under satisfactory conditions. The
situation is :
"I do not believe that I haven Hiipuiior
boat.
"I do not beliovo that I should lw nib-
jected to an insult from tho regatta com
mittee of any yacht club or from iho r.'l
resautative of any challenged syndicate.
"There is no difference of opinion
aboard our boat. It is a simple matter
ol refusal to sail under existing condi
tions and rnles.
"I know that I cannot get : show. I
sawHaffput np his helm or thought
that I saw it. 1 hare no criticism to
make upon Watson. He turned out a
good boat. She crossed the Atlantic
ocean, and if she could not win, it is not
tho fault of Watson. Watson is not re
sponsible, and, of course, you kiiow it.
from my actions."
"Valkyrie is my yacht."
Dunraven Won't Play.
Nxw York, Sept. 13. Whatever doubt
may havo existed as to Lord Dunraven's
intentions of racing Valkyrie in this
country again was dispelled this morn
ing by Mr. H. Maitland Kersey. When
seen by a reporter he said:
'No, Valkyrie will never again raco on
this side of tho Atlancic. The races aro
over and that settles it. I have nothing
moro to say on tbat point."
'It was rumored last evening that
Lord Dunraven intended to etart tor
Niagara falls today," said the reporter.
"If that is so, the minor is false. Ho
may go to New-port in a day or two.
When I cjniiut say."
Mr. Kersey, speaking of tho offer of
Colonel Taylor, of Boston, said that as
Loid Dunraeu had decided not to race
bis yacht again in America, it would bo
idle to discuss that or any other effer.
Volkvrio left her anchorage at Bay
Ridge today mid went to Erie Basin.
On her arrival thero she was hauled into
position between two steamers just out
side the drydeck, where she had several
times been dried out for cleaning aud
rftntinnit mi rtusoivo I lin nrait' 1 1 . I it
command ol. Captains Cranfield alui
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to strip the yacht and prepare her for
her voyage across tho ocean. Tho sail
ors worked with their usual alacrity' and
effectiveness, and before 11 o'clock had
lowered the topmast and removed tho
bowsprit gear. Tlio yacht u ill doubtless
bo kept rigged for tho ocean voyage, as
she was when she sailed from England
for America.
Defender, gaily draped with flags, left
Bay Hidge this morning presumably
bound for New Rocbelle.
The Mora Claim.
W.f!iiixTox, Sept. 13. The methods
for the payment of the Mora claim havo
been definitely settled and a draft pre
pared for the transfer tomorrow. It
will call for an equivalent in English
pounds Stirling of U.199.000 mado pay
able to Secretary of State Olney. The
loss of $1000 from the amount, $1,500,
000, originally agreed upon is due to the
difference between the value of the
Spanish peso and the American gold
dollar.
Probate Proceedings.
In tho matter of Samuel Steel, guar
dian of Samuel Wallermio, final account
approved and bondsmen discharged and
exhonorated.
County Court.
In tho matter of county road from L.
Hall's to.H. 0. Underwood's, tho pro
ceedings wcro dismicsed.
Spectacles and uyo glasses iu gold,
nickel and.Bteol bows at J. T. Bryan's.
LITTLE LOCALS.
From Friday's Dally.
F. E. Vanclevo is regislered at tho
Control.
J. S. Wolls of Olalla is registered at (ho
Central.
A. C. Lewis of Klamath Falls is at the
Van Ilotitcu.
Frank Drake of Ashland is registered
nt tho Central.
C. H. Carter of Portland is registered
nt the McClallen.
Miss I'ollo Champuigno of Melrose is
in iho city today.
W. C. Bipley of Portland is registered
at tlw Van Uouten.
Mr. Cracroft and wife left this morning
for Emporia, Kansas.
V. II. Wolluian of Myrtle Point is reg
istered at tlio Central.
N. La Kant of Garden valley was in
town today on business.
L. W. Kline of San Francisco is stop
ping at the Van Houten.
Frank King of Portland was u guest at
tho Van Houten yesterday.
John Saugh of Looking Glass is in
the. city today on business.
L. H. Zigler retured this morning from
a tin day' visit to Portland.
C. W. Haines of Ecklcy, Curry county,
is registered at the Central.
Frank G. Davis of Portland is
reg-
istcred at the VautHouten today.
James Patrick and Z. S. Halo of
loggare registered at tho Central.
Miss Eva Lane went to Wilbur
Kel-
this
morning on the local to visit friends.
Tho rain yestarday and today has
stopped hop picking for a day or two.
Mr. Samuel Steel of Camas Valley is
doing business before Judgo Stearns
today.
F. W? Hayues, dentist, in Mark's
building. All kinds of dental work guar
anteed.
Smokers' articles of every description
and Hiu best brands of tobacco at the
Roscleaf.
B. TruH bridge, tho Camas Valley mer
chant was a guest at the "Vau Houten
yesterday.
J. O'Malley, W. C. Ripley ami N. M.
Kuight of Portland are registered at the
McClallen.
II. Martindaie, J. L. Coon and Paul
Denu of Camas Valley aro registered at
tho Central.
W. A. West, son of J. M. West, the
first man who started a blacksmith shop
in Ro:cburg, is in the city today.
Commissioners Maupin and Wilson
havo gone out . today to inspect some
bridges over Looking Glass creek near
John Martin's place.
Thero are uow four boarders at tho
Cathcart hotel, viz. S. G. Brown, N. A.
Foster, Joseph Uoltz and Frank Hose,
on charges for murder, seduction, lar
ceny aud rape.
C. II. Friendly of Portland, tlio hide
aud wool man, has been inspecting the
prospect! of that trade in Uoseburg. He
reports hide and wool as scarce in thij
place. He left for Eugene on the local
this morning.
The latest returns received bv Iho Ore-
,gn Frmut Produce Company for the
ot Hungarian prunes hi Chicago
quote that species nt fl 15 to$I 20 per
100 pounds. At this price it is said
prune-raising is profitable.
Mrs. T. W. Hansel and children left
on yesterday's overland for Portland to
permanently reside. Mrs. Uansol made
many warm friends whilo iresiding in
Rcseburg, and whoso best wishes for her
in her new home go with her.
Commissioner Maupin thinks the
present rains will completely destroy his
bop crop; They have already began to
mold slightly and the continued wet
weather will, in his opinion, ruin them
W o trust ho may prove a false prophet.
Dr. J. W. Strange will resume his
practise in his praclico in his office in
tho Maraters' block next Monday. Tho
latest and most improved methods of
dental praclico, and all work fully war
ranted and cheaper than ever before in
Rosoburg
Judgo J. C. Ftillcrtou, District At
torney G. M. Brown aud A. M. Craw
ford, attorney at law, havo gono to Gold
Beach, Curry county to attend court.
They will nut probably return for 30
days. Tho judgo will hold court at Em
pire City, Coos county, era ho returns.
Stephen Minard of Douglas county,
father of our fellow-citizen J. II. Minard
esq., of Gravel Ford, had been on a visit
to his son for sonio time past and on
Sunday night, 1st inst., was taken with a
slroko of paralysis. This is so id to bo
tho third stroke, and being well up in
yeata it was feared it would prove fatal
Coquillo Herald.
Skinner, who was arresled at Walla
Walla, Wash., a few days ago, for swin
dling parties in Douglas county, has
commenced habeas corpus proceedings.
Ho may succeed in escaping after all,
and our sheriff thougb armed with the
governor's requisition on the governor of
Washington for his surrender, may have
to return without his man.
The Defender on Thursday again won,
tho Valkyrie refusing to sail on account
of a too close proximity of boats to the
race course. Immediately after crossing
the line she turned and came back, and
the Defender had the race all to herself,
just us she would had tho Valkyrie con
tinued on her course. We do not know
the merits of tho case, but it strikes us
th.it the Valkyrie and the Grants Pass
hose team would travel well togothcr.
An attorney was in the city from Rose-
burg Wednesday, anxious to have an in
terview with Poole and Case, the alleged
trainrobbers, confined in jail here. He
was told tbat he could see the prisoners
separately, but not together. He pro
fesses to be able to prove an alibi for
Poole, and it was possibly feared that if
he could get the two men together to
consult with he might discover some way
of provicg an alibi for Case also. Ore-
gonian.
From Saturday's Daily.
Horace JIcNabb came up from Steph
ens yesterday.
W. M. Sutton of Camas Valley is at
tho Van Houten.
S. O. Emery of Oakland is in the city
today on business.
11. Dyer of Myrtle Creek is in the city
today ou business.
T. L. Owen of Coos Bay is registered
at tho Van Houten.
W. It. Ilaighlof Portland is registered
at the Van Houten.
Hon. J. T. Cooper of Wilbur came up
today from his ranch.
R. A. Woodruffof Cleveland is iu the
city today on business.
Mis. Shroder and son of Marshfield
arc registered at the Van Houten.
lead the new ad. of A. L. Lewis, bar
ber, 213 Jackson street, in this issue.
One hundred tons of wheat hay was
sold in Pendleton last Monday for $8 a
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gilmore of South
Deer Creek are in the city today on bus
iness.
Last Monday there were 531 students
enrolled in the public schools of The
Dalles.
Mrs. Emma Starr of Los Angeles, Cal.,
i3 in the city, the guest of Mrs. C. A.
Sehlbrede.
Miss Emma Fisher went to Louis this
morning to take charge of the school at
that place.
J. II. Whitsett and Willis Kremer of
Myrtle Creek came down to the city to
day on business.
N. N. Chapman of Oakland was in the
city todav on business. He returned
home on the freight.
Frank Iee, a tramp, was before the
county court today asking for aid till he
can recover from his lameness a sore
leg.
E. M. Moore and family, who have
been at Bandon several months, have
returned and are citizens of Rosebnrg
again.
The Eugene flouring mill started up
Wednesday morning, and is now turning
out a first-class grade of flour from old
wheat.
The civil action yesterday before
Justice Hamlin, brought by Sol Abra
ham against L. C. Hansen to recover
money, judgment was in favor of Abra
ham for $ 100.
The first snow of the season fell in
Pendleton about 7 o'clock Tuesday
morning and melted as rapidly as it
fell. It lasted only a few minutes, and
was followed by rain.
John Johnson, our next-door neigh
bor north, has the biggest yield of
onions of any man in Oregon. The
onions when pulled and spread out will
literally cover the ground. It is esti
mated that the yield is about 1000 bush
els per acre on black mud at that.
W. A. J: Mayes contracted about
eighty acres of mining ground located on
Cow Creek two miles east of town to
Harry M. Ball this week. Mr. Ball has
already nunk a shaft to the depth of
about forty feet and has commenced
tunneling through what is supposed to
bo au old river channel, which is very
ricii in gold, ine dirt is very ncu in
gold. The dirt is raised by means of a
hoisting engine and then taken through
tho usual hydraulic process, the water
power being supplied by a largo steam
pump. Work is progressing in this
mine with every indication of good pay.
Enterprise,
CROP-WEATHER BULLETIN.
For the Week Ending flonday Sep
tember 9, 1895.
Crops. The showers during the fore
pari of last week interfered materially
with hop picking and delayed tbat work
several days; the moist air being favor
able to activity among the hop lice; the
lice spread considerably and were num
erous in many yards at the close of the
week. Hop picking is now at its height
and the weather is now favorable.
Some yards will not be picked, owing in
cases to the lice, but more especially to
the want of pickers. The weather
tbrought the growing season has been
fayorable to the growth of bops.
Grain harvest is entirely over. The
sacked wheat baa been mostly put
nnder cover; in the district irrigated tha
cutting of the third crop of alfalfa is in
progress; in sections octhe coast. coun
ties the second crop of clover is being
cut.
Fruit drying continues. The fruit is
ripening nicely and the fruit raisers find
their fruit in good condition for drying.
Peaches, pears and plums continue to be
shipped in train-load lots. The current
weather is extremely favorable to the
development of the later varieties of
fruit.
The rains were beneficial to the grass
and to the corn. The potatoes' were
only slightly benefitted by the rains; the
pota'o vines are as a rale dead and
father rain will not benefit tbem.''
Many farmers ore now awaiting the
coming of the rain in order to commence
their fall plowing.
The atmoeperic conditions aro gradu
ally assuming their winter type, and
though a period of fair weather, is now
probable, yet frequent showery condi
tiont are possible.
They Never Work.'
For several weeks past advertisements
have appeared in the county newspapers
for. hop-pickers; posters have been scat
tered everywhere advertising for 'hop
pickers, and it is a well-known fact that
laborers of this class are scarce this sea
son, and anyone who desires tor work, if
he-cannot secure work athis tradg, on a.
farm or in the fruit orchards, can at
least secure it in the hop fields. The
wages paid for bop-picking aro low this
year, but pickers at present prices can
earn from 70 cents to $1.25 per day.
Yet in the face of all this, there are big
strong men who tramp the streets of our
fair city every day in the week, and, ap
proaching our business men and citizens,
beg for a little money or provision, "as
there are a few of us camped just across
the river, and we are trying'to get to
California, etc., where we can get
work." Such men never work, and
they ought to be arresled for vagrancy
the minute they appear upon the streets
and begin to beg. Eugene Guard.
Ttie number of school children in Ore
gon Ibis year is 126,035; in Washington,
119,347. Oregon's state fond for distri
bution among tbo counties is $153,281;
Washington's is $30,552. School child
ren and voters are indices of population.
Last year Oregon cast 87,26ir votes;
Washington cast 77,031. That is, Ore
gon last year "cast 10,234 votes more than
Washington, and this year has " 75S8
more school children. That Oregon: has
the larger popblation is undoubted, She
had the larger population also in. 1890;
though the census of that year, which.
through the rivalry of the cities oftWaafa
ington and the general spirit of boom
times there, was "worked" for a. good
deal more than it was worth, while that
of Oregon was very inefficiently taken,
gave Washington tlio larger population.
But the number of voters and the num
ber of school children, two infallible
teats when taken together, steadily prove
that Oregon baa the larger' number ot
inhabitants. Oregonlan.
The lessening of the estimated output
of the bopyards on Minto's island,. just
above Salem, from S0.000 to 25.000
pounds, on account of mold, Is a disaster
that no foresight could anticipate, or
having anticipated, provide vsgainst.
The result is probably due to a. combina
tion of climatic influences and a location
peculiarly subject to fogs and dampness.
Too action of the proprietors of the yard
in stopping picking when it became evi
dent that the product was not first class
is to be commended. It is by such
means tbat the reputation of Oregon
bops can bo made to maintan the stand
ard ot excellence necessary to make hop
growing in tho state a profitable indus
try. Oregonian.
The total rainfall during the last three
days was 2.04 inches. The average, pre
cipitation for the months of September
for the last 17 years was .93 inches. The
greatest was 1S93, 3.80, and .the Jeait
was ISM, .22 inches. We may .reason
ably reckon on the next week .asfcfair
weather. ".