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THE CRUEL CASE OF CUBA
'" Uder date of September 18 a .corres
pondent of the New York Sun writing
f ronravana puts Cuba's case aa fol-
A cable from New York brought us
' 'last week the good news that Presi-
dent .Cleveland will soon consider in
.full-the Cuban affairs. Heaven grant
' him a happy decision on behalf of lib
erty and humanity! . a things are go-.
Jng jn Cuba.it is a duty for" America
" to act. The people who represent in
" 'this New World freedom, justice and
' power cannot allow such a war as this
supported by the untamable ferocity of
Spain? If England interfered with
the Sultan of Turkey to protect from
barbarism the Christian Armenians,
wh y cannot America teach the lutoler
.... ; ko Spaaaird that . it is impossible to
rule a colony In "the nineteenth cen-
tury on the- patterns' of the fifteenth?
. Cubans are under worse tyranny and
vexations than Americans endured be
fore independence.- - i ne-siana -is
- 3 CnDn ah nfllHAra U'llH
C have not the least sense of honor.
From 1878 till today probably $300,000,
000 have been taken from the appro-
r- -
i . tions. - Now, when a state of war pre
vails throughout the country, Spain
' has to spend from the Cuban treasury
many millions more, finding that no
navv exists and no fortress was built
-? out of the old ones. As I stated in my
former letter, the Cuban custom nouse
' t A,.1AA nt (tin nort daily. This.
IB UC11 aUUUU U wwavvw w
' revenue amounts officially in the bud-
1 get to eleven millions. A private com
in Havana offers to pay the gov
ernment twenty-two millions for the
right to appoint employees. But the
Spanish ministers of the colony will
- never consent, because they select for
custom house officers their-own rela-
tives and particular friends, who send
to Madrid 50 per cent of their rob
beries. It is a well-known fact that
a r-i f . 1 ; i I ,
tne majority oi opanisu pvuuuauB
live on tne irauas maue at tne cuaoom
houses in Cuba and that the late Senor
Cristino Martos derived from that
. source $10,000 daily. And Cubans have
, not even the right to a decent place in
the civil service. Only to the rank of
fifth clerk, that is to say with an ma
nual sal&ry of $700, can the governor
Ueneral appoint state employees in
. . "
' Moreover, Cuba has to sell her sugar
.- and tobacco to any market sue can ex
cept Spain. To protect a few sugar
'estates in Malaga and the monopoly of
. the tobacco company at Madrid, Intro-
ductlon of those two principal pro
uucub Ul Lilt? laiaiiu ro nuauiunjij
i -i '', -i f . i 1 J A A T
, xupitea in tne mutaer uuu. - nuu uj
. ..... n.tnnnilUit f'llVlO Ifl ffWn W
an outrageous law to buy all Spanish
products, from Catalogna's'coarso linen
IAJ Vtto bXXXa B UttU iiUIUi ASWB uw
facts entirely justify a struggle for in
dependence? ' These are' not the only griefs of poor
Cubans. There is not a judge in the
- island, neither in low courts nor in
high ones, who sentences in accord-
QUI.U niUU llUU BUl jUOW(.Vi fr
itical party of Spanairdsla Union
Constitutional controls all the coTTrta
of justice. The mayor of Havana is
- also a Spaniard; a apaniara was ms
predecessor in officer, and not a single
Cuban belongs, to the city . council.
' Political elections are useless.. The
. census is systematically falsified to
'. : prevent Cubans from obtaining their
rights. Remonstrance Is of no avail.
The minister, of the colonies Is too
Dusy .to near tne complaints oi tne
islands, appointing officers to the cus
- torn house,' and selling Cuban bonds at
5 and 6 per cent to cover, the'- yearly
deficits in the budget, and, now, to
pay the expenses of the war.. So the
'debt of a population of 1,500,000 is
$300,000,000.
- Let us admire the candor with which
the Spanish Prime Minister Senor
Canovas del Castillo calls the insur
gents bandits. Bandits if the, hero -of
' the Delaware was a bandit; if Bolivar
was a bandit; if the brave soldiers of
Ayacucho were bandits I
How easily Spaniards call bandits all
' those who resist their spoliations! The
case of the American citizen, Mr. Julio
' Sanguily, now imprisoned in a fortress
at Havana, is a good sample of Span
. ish .bigotry. Mr. Sanguily's crime to
the Spanish government is that he was
a general in the Cuban army during
the last war. After peace was made;
in 1878, Mr. Sanguily married in New
York, resided there some years, and
. became a citizen.' IJe never made ah'
' other attempt to revolt in Cuba,
- When the war broke out again the
24th of February last, the first step of
the Spanairds was to secure Mr. San
guily in the Fortress' La Cabana. As
no evidence could be found against
him for conspiracy, he was accused as
an abettor of the bandits, and tried
before a court martial. Our consul in
Havana respectfully protested against
such behavior toward an .American
citizen, and then Mr. Sansruilv's case
was transferred to. an ordinary tri
bunal. - But this change, in a Spanish
colony, only means a change of form.
Before : the ciyll . judge evidence
brought against Mr. Sanguily was no
more honest. Mr. Sanguily ' Is not
guilty, but to satisfy Spanish revenge
for his past, he must remain impris
oned, no matter what outrage ' is in
flicted on reason and humanity. Pleas
lor a lair trial are not neara. as an
old Cuban insurgent and an American
citizen Mr. Sanguily. will- ever be a
bandit for the Spaniards.
- Under the same pretext Spanish
warfare in Cuba is fearfully savage.
The government carefully conceals
the facts to avoid foreign interference.
When a Cuban soldier is caught is
slain on the spot as a bandit. And now5
because the Cubans used dynamite to
destroy some military railroad, the
Spaniards are prepared to return the
compliment, "treating tne coward in
surgents as wild beasts" to quote the
Havana. Spanish papers' own words.
A cable from Madrid announces to-day
that the aim of the government is
"to annihilate the Cubans" before
next .summer. Yesterday the same
papers reported with delight the un
fortunate fate of the Cuban Cantero.
Seriously wounded in a battle near
the sugar estate Altamira- he was sur-1
SATURDAY.
rounded by the Spanish troops. De
fenceless, he asked mercy. The Span
ish Sub-Lieutenant, Ruizay Coca,
bravely shot him. Beside this twenty
five Cubans were killed in the province
Sugua and Col. Sanchez wounded with
a dynamite bomb thrown by the Span
iards. When we think that those men
treated as "wild beasts" are fighting
for a human cause, for liberty, and per
sonal dignity,- we cannot remain in
different to such atrocities." The loa9t
we can do is to recognize Cuban
belligerency. We have reasons to do
it. A general state of war prevails in
Cuba, and the Cubans army is strong
enough to resist a .hundred, thousand
Spanish -soldiers. Let us -take this
step in the name of civilization. Let
us hope that President Cleveland will
not lose the 'opportunity for such a
glory! -
A -MISTAKE X POLICY.
The question of allowing tfce pastur
ing of the Cascade Forest Reserve is
again receiving considerable attention;
owing to a recent decision made by
Commissioner Lamoreaux'to the effect
that sheepowners driving their flocks
on to the reserve would be prosecuted
for tresspass. The principal reason,
or reasons, for there are two given, for
this ruling are:
1. That the sheep destroy the un
dergrowth, which if allowed to remain
would protect the snow, keep up the
streams in summer, prevent spring
floods and retain the moisture in the
ground; and
2. That the sheepmen set fires to
the undergrowth and thus destroy mil
lions of feet of valuable timber.
- The premises are as faulty as the
conclusions. There are probably half
a million sheep that find - pasturage
within the reserve for from three to
five months of the summer and fall.
Yet so vast is the area that unless the
trails were followed by which the
sheep enter the mountains it would be
almost impossible to find a band of
them. Through the heavier timbered
portions a man might travel for weeks
and not see a sheep. As for the under
growth, all the sheep in the United
States could hardly keep it down, and
all the ravages the sheep have ever
made upon it are imperceptible. As
for the second proposition it will not
bear investigation. Sheepmen do not
set fires, and for the best of reasons
they could not do so without endanger
ing their flocks. Every summer Ore
gon's timber suffers from fires, but
they are not of the sheepmen's mak
ing. Most of the sheep are pastured
on the eastern slope of the Cascades,
while most of the fires are on the
western side. Most of the fires start
from clearings made either by the set
tler or the mill man. In the former
case the undergrowth is slashed and
fired intentionally and through care
lessness the fire gets .into t!ve tinA-i
and runs its course. The same thing
happens where the mill men work, and
where the torch is applied to get rid of
the tops, or fires start accidentally.
There are twenty fires on the west
slope of the mountains where there
are no sheep to where there , is one on
the eastern side where the sheep are,
If a fire is started by a sheepman it is
srfe to say that it is unintentional, for
his interests are in .the protection of
the timber and undergrowth, not in
their destruction. Another .prolific
source of fires is the camper, the hunt
ing and' fishing parties who have ac
cess to the reserve, who ' are careless
about their- camp-fires which being
1 of tea built by the side of some large
log will burn for days, until finally a
favorable breeze will fan the flames
and start a destructive fire. The pas
turing of sheep on the reserve does
not damage it. As a matter of fact
the reservation never should have
been made; nor would it have been
made except for the representations of
a lot of city rod and gun people, and
men witn mountain resorts, wno
thought they had a snap. As it is the
reserve receives ten times more dam
age yearly from hunting and fishing
parties than it does from the sheep
men, sheep and all.
A SENSITIVE INDUSTRY.
Thursday's Oregonian gave some in
teresting figures concerning the sheep
industry -of this state, showing that
the number in the state had increased
from 436,362 in 1893 to 678,280 in 1895,
a total increase in two years of 141,658.
It gives as a reason, or at least as one
reason for this increase "the departure
of the horse from the range," saying
among other things that "the fierce
Dattie ior ieea wnicn nas raged over
the hills of Eastern Oregon between
the sheep and the cayuse, is now prac
tically at an end. . Tne cayuse is gone
and in its place the sheep is free to
grow and multiply." As a matter of
fact the cayuse is not gone, though go
ing. Our great contemporary has
jumped at the conclusion that the cay
use has been tin-canned and run out
of the country, because his flesh has
been placed in the markets, and the
Linnton abattoirs are using him. Such
is not the case. Most of the horses
that have been killed and canned as
"Oregon Cay uses" are not true to the
brand on the cans, being another ex
ample of the wholesale fraud we have
committed on our sister state to the
north- Jade Switzler furnished most
of the cayuses for the slaughter pens,
and they came from Washington. At
the same time it exemplifies the deli
cate sensitiveness of the sheep indus
try. The killing of cayuses did not
begin until this summer, but the in
crease in the number of sheep was
made last spring, or, to be more exact,
last fall. It will be Been from this
that as an animal industry thermome
ter the sheep may by long odds take
the premium for mercurial disposition
and characteristics. 'The increase of
141,000 sheep In Oregon In the two
years past was caused by the killing of
a lot of cayuses from Washington this
summer, which increased the grass on
the range and settled the battle.
COWS FAR OFF.
A notable illustration has recently
been given of the tendency to think
that what we have at home is not so
good as something of the same kind
that we can gel from a distance. The
ne w etatehouse in Rhode Island is being
built of Georgia marble while it is not,
however good enough for similar use
in Georgia as the new statehouse there
Is to be built of stone from Indiana.
Rural Northwest.
The fact shows however that legis
lators are much the same in both
states. The trouble was not with the
quality of the stone in either place;
but the jobbers who had the pull,
wanted the long haul on the material.
Cows far off wear' long horns," and
"Far fetched and dear bought pleases
the ladles" as well as some others, who
have the spending of the people's
money. -
BELATED MR. BRYAN.
Until Mr. Bryan delivered his sil
ver speech last night our advocates of
free silver coinage could scarcely have
realized the weakness of their propo
salthat it meant distinctly - the sub
stitution of the silver standard for the
gold standard. Mr. Bryan has made
a mistake in his endeavor to moot the
Oregonian before the people of of Ore
gon, lie is an ephemeral public
speaker. The Oregonian is published
here through the ages. The difference
is great.
Mr. Bryan will not be able to con
vince the people of Oregon against
the Oregonian. that we of the United
States can make and maintain a value
for silver, or anything else, different
from that of the rest of the world. If
he could come to live with us, which
we fear he will not do, he would
quickly find that we cannot be carried
away by sophistries and humbugs.
Oregon is in touch with the world. It
is not a provincial, inland country,
like that iu which Mr. Bryan lives.
It knows its values and prices must
conform to those of ' the world 'at
large, and it cannot be carried away
by the appeals of sophistries and de-
claimers.
Mr. Bryan has gained a name
through the telegraphic reports,
but he is not very formidable when he
appears in person before the people of
Oregon to assure them that the United
States may not only be Independent of
the world's values, but may make val
ues for the world. In Oregon, Mr.
Bryan would pass for a very shallow
man.
The people of Oregon do not wish to
substitute the silver standard for the
gold standard. They perfectly under
stand the question. Th6y are not sil
ver monometalists; therefore they are
hot with Mr. Bryan, who doubtless is
a good man, but who is talking on a
subject which he does not at all com
prehend. The above from the Oregonian of
yesterday we most cheerfully indorse.
We are pleased indeed to do so, be
cause it is not often that that paper is
so charmingly frank. If it would but
stick to that text it would not so often
be open .to the charge of inconsistency.
But it will not do that. The moment
it begins to treat of the tariff question
it will deny seriatim the whole of the
foregoing editorial. We do not
make this statement through "blind
partisanship" or to pose as a critic, of
our contemporary's actions. When
the Oregonian says : "We of the
United States cannot make and main
tain a value for silver, or anything
else, different from the rest of
the ' world," and again that:
"Oregon is in touch with the world.
It knows its values and prices must
conform to those of the world at
large, and it cannot be carried away
by the appeals of sophistries and de
claimed." We wonder what spirit of
forgetfulness has touched its dreams,
but realize that those statements are
"for this occasion only." Theassert
ions are profoundly true and -- we com
mend them to their author as being
worth defending.
WHEN HARD TIMES BEGAN,
In yesterday's Oregonian Judge
Bronaugh says there will be no better
times until "after tho appalling crash
and crisis now impending over the
political world shall have expended its
fury." Judge Bronaugh backs up his
position by referring to the "New Era
at Hand," a pamphlet written by Mr.
J. B. Dimbleby, and indorsed by Rev.
Canon Marable, D. D., of England.
The article is' too long for us to re
print, but it contains a mass of figures
aqd an array of unknown quantities
expressed in the definitely indefinite
expressions "A Time Times and a
Half." "The Times of the Gentiles
and similar mathematical posers. Mr.
Dimbleby asserts that Nebo-polasser
was the "Head of Gold" mentioned
by Daniel. Should Mr. Dimbleby's
contention prove true it would be a
hard blow for our gold-bugs, for Nebo-
polasser was the father of that famous
Nebuchednezzar, who for seven years
depastured the hills around Babylon
and ruminated as royal persons seldom
do. One would think that Mr. Bro,
naugn need not go into yet more re
mote times than that to show the be
ginning of hard times, for a diet of
grass for the king was evidence
enough. It Is really a relief though,
after the grand Republican charge
that there never was hard times until
the Wilson bill became a law, to have
attention called to a date anterior to
that when times were equally hard.
We are prepared to go the good judge
one better though, and respectfully
suggest that nard times began the day
that our first parents were disposessed
of the Garden of Eden and the ground
was cursed for their sake.' The day
Adam began to hunt mast for the fam
ily dinner, and Eve to do tatting and
patching to eke out the family ward
robe hard times began, the -like
whereof had never been known before,
and have never been equaled since,
Since that date hard times have ex
isted for someone, and they always will
exist for some. Industry and thrift
are a sure panacea for hard times, but
that kind of medicine is too high
priced for a great many people, and
times are and always will be hard for
them .
THE SYNDICATE'S PROFITS
Probably no other act of President
Cleveland's administration has brought
him the censure, ranging from dissent
down to abuse, that did the negotia
tion, last February, of the loan of $65,-
000,000 with the Morgan-Rothschild
syndicate. He was denounced for tak
ing a less rate than the prior loan
brought and, when -the syndicate an
nounced the allotment of the bonds at
1121 for which they paid 104, vocabu
laries were exhausted of their vituper
ative words in characterizing the folly,
the stupidity, the positive criminality
of the president and his secretary In
the transaction. When the bonds
reached 122 the flood of criticism rose
still higher, and some senator stated
that impeachment proceedings should
follow. Here and there was some man
or paper that hinted that the president
was a sharer in the apparently enor
mous profits of the syndicate. But re
cently, when the Ohio campaign ' re
ceived its formal baptism, Senator
Sherman commented on the humilia
tion of the country in having to be-
stow on a foreign syndicate so pronV
able a piece of business.
The more intelligent and candid por
tion of the people, in and oat of the
president's party, soon recognized this
loan and its conditions as the greatest
piece of financiering the country had
ever witnessed. It broke the seals of
distrust and let loose-the confidence of
the business interests of the country.
The revival that has been going on
constantly since then began the mo
ment the terms of the contract were
known. It is conceded that the treas
ury was within a few hours of suspen
sion of specie payments before the
loan was made. What that would
have meant to the country no man can
contemplate without a shudder. Con
ceding to the syndicate all the profits
that the most rabid critic ever gave
them in handling the loan, the price
would have been a mere bagatelle
compared with the benefits.
Now, however, the profits of tho
syndicate are known. The members
have made their mutual settlements,
the expenses and losses deducted from
the margin between price paid and
price received, and the net profits of
the syndicate are found to be $3,973,
625, or4.9 per cent. Of this sura f 174,
338 is from gains made in selling the
foreign bills of exchange, supplied to
prevent gold exports, estimated at not
less than $200,000,000, the agreement
with the treasury obliging them to do
their utmost .to. prevent the gold out
flow. The four leading houses, princi
pals in the enterprise, assumed the
risk of placing $65,000,000 of bonds not
specifically payable in cold, on a
market timid of all American securi
ties, a selling, not an Investing mar
ket, so far as our securities were con
cerned: succeeded, turned the current
of adversity into one of prosperity,
for commissions amounting to less than
$4,000,000.
When wo consider the utter help
lessness of tho treasury, under the
vicious legislation that retained the
Greenbacks, to prevent raids on the
gold reserve; the calamity that would
have ensued to all business and other
interests from a suspension of specie
payments; and then compare this with
the industrial results that followed the
placing of the loan, the profits of the
syndicate, generous as they are, are a
small price to pay for the dangers and
losses avoided. In any consideration
of the case it should not be forgotten
that had there - been no greenbacks
there would have been no gold reserve,
and no loans to protect it; and whether
gold went in or out would have been a
matter of commercial and not of gov
ernmental significance. Every criti
cism of the loans is a severer criticism
of the cause of them, the greenbacks.
St. Paul Globe.
A NEW DANGER.
The American people looked on at
first with mild-mannered amusement
while the American heiresses were
captured by foreign titles, or to put it
more strongly while they purchased
foreign titles; but lately it has caused
genuine alarm. Hundreds of millions
of dollars are captured annually by
foreigners with titles, and tie money
goes out of the country. Now a new
danger somewhat on the same -lines
threatens us. An Italian estate that
carries with it the title of duke is of
fered for sale for the sum of $7,000,000.
It has been offered in turn to Rocke
feller, Vanderbilt, Hobart and James
Gordon Bennett, and perhaps to Frank
G. Newlands, at present congressman
from Nevada, leader of the free silver
raptyof that state and son-in-law to
the late Wm. Sharon. It was bad
enough to lose our girls and their
money, but if it 'comes to losing our
millionaires of the male persuasion,
something will have to be done.. We
could stand the loss of the millionaires
themselves, but the money is the
serious' portion of the loss. Should
the scheme work it is liable to cauje
some rare combinations. Just imagine
the new Italian duke fresh from Amer
ica, with an Irish brogue, a German
accent, or that rich Yankee nasal
twang peculiar to Americans, monkey
ing with the soft. sibilants of the Ro
man tongue. Imagine the Irish
American satisfying his thrist with
light wines, his hunger with macaroni
and cheese, or Frank G. Newland's
chewing a 16 to 1 garlic and washing
it down with liberal libations of sweet
oil. The American duke would be no
great acquisition to Italian society,
but he would be an everlasting source
of amusement for the whole world.
GIFTED WITH GAB.
Rev. Edward Davis, of California,
preached a sermon in Salem yesterday.
Mr. Davis is the preacher who recently
gained considerable notoriety by
waltzing in his pulpit to Illustrate the
harmlessness of dancing. He has the
reputation of being a very florid and
picturesque speaker, and we judge by
the alliterative sound and fury of his
sermon, that his reputation is well
earned. A close perusal of said ser
mon fails to disclose any reasoning
power but suggests that some sur
charged onomasticon blew up in Mr,
Davis' vicinity, and a large portion of
the disseminated lexicon penetrated
his brain pan. Here is a specimen of
his glided nonsense: "A political
communism that does not affect social
morals, is in theory an illusive day
dream, in practice a vexatious night
mare. An ideal conception of an im
perial democracy can be ungoverned
by the despotic hand of an insidious,
but inimical traitor. Cursed be the
self-damnable deductions of the dema
gogue; and heaven's anathema against
the extortions of the Simoniac."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
There will be no more prize-fighting
in Texas. The governor of that state,
so far has risen to the occasion, like
a trout to a grizzly-king, and will prob
ably continue to do so. Recently in a
test case, the Texas courts decided that
there was no law against prize-fighting
in that state, and the short-haired fra
ternity grew enthusiastic therefor.
Governor Culberson held that if there
was no such law there should be, and
so convened the legislature for the
purpose of passing such a law, with an
emergency clause putting the law in
effect at once. The legislature met
Tuesday, and though the sporting ele
ment boasted that it could control the
legislature its boasts proved idle. Yes
terday the bill passed making it a fel
ony to participate in a prize-fight, and
it passed with only six dissenting
votes. . There is only one bad feature
about the matter, and that is that the
fight will have to be finished in the
newspapers.
The defense of Durrant so far has
been a pyrotechnical display of soar
ing promises and falling sticks. His
attorneys have managed his case with
a skillfuiness that looked at from the
defendant's side is almost criminal.
fThere is not a thing they could have
done to assist tne prosecution, that
they have neglected, and few if any
moves that could have been made to
aid the defense that they have not
neglected. Their confident assertions
as to what they could and would prove
have . turned out to be the emptiest of
boasts. By leading the public to be
linve thev could prove so much, when
in fact they could prove not one of
their assertions, has caused what before
in many minds was doubt to become a
fixed certainty, and the general belief
is that Durrant is guilty. The fact is
evident though that he has not had an
attorney to defend him. '
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE STORM ON THE LAKE
Reports of Casualties Continue to Come
In.
Chicago, Oct. 1. Many reports of
damage to property and the loss of a
number of lives on the lakes in the
storm of Saturday and Sunday were
reported here last night. . One. local
fatality is reported, that of Captain
Andrew Johnson, of the schooner John
Raber, who was drowned off Dale
Park while endeavoring to reach land
to secure a tug to save his vessel.
Leaking like a sieve, with the sailors
worn out with an all day's work at the
pumps, and with its rotten sails blown
to ribbons and its halyards streaming
in the wind, the old schooner John
Raber drove close to shore off Dale
Park, Indiana, And cast anchor
Andrew Johnson, the owner, wanted
to save his vessel it was built in 1848
and ordered out a small boat, manned
by three sailors, tried to reach shore
to secure a tug. A huge breaker over
turned the boat when about a mile
from shore. Johnson failed to reach
the boat, and last night his body lay
alone and unattended on the sands,
waiting a coroner's verdict.
The three men stuck to the boat and
reached shore. Captain Weed stood
by the ship with two sailors. They
were rescued by the South Chicago life
savers after midnight, after four hours'
hard work.
The following are additions during
the past 24 hours to the list of boats
missing or lost.
John Raber, asboreat Whiting, Ind
several reported lost. George Nagan,
waterlogged; taken in at St. Joseph;
probably total loss. Lily May, barge,
wrecked at East Whitefish point; barge
gone to pieces. City of Paris,
on
shore on Flat rock, in Cooper harbor,
Elma, schooner, reported to have
foundered in Munising bay. The crew
and John Thurston, wife . and child
were lost. Bliss, towed barge; two
masts gone and deckload; towed into
Chicago harbor. C. B. Jones, schooner
foundered off Whitefish point; crew
supposed to have been lost. Two un
known schooners ashore at Grand
island, Lake Superior. Steamer Ma
toa and Massabuck, of the Minnesota
line, thought to be ashore at Keweenaw
point, Lake Superior.
A Badly Damaged Heart.
San Francisco, Oct. 1. Casper
Simmer has commenced suit for dam
ages in the justice court against Rob
ert Scholy. He claims that Scholy
robbed him of the affections of his
wife and Induced her to file a suit for
divorce, which was denied. The suit
cost him $100 in lawyers' fees. In ad
dition to this sum he demands $199.99
in payment for a lacerated heart.
MONOTONY BROKEN.
Unexpected Sensation In the Durrant Case
Yesterday.
san DRANCISCO, Oct. 1. An unex
pected sensation developed when the
trial of -Tneoffore Durrant was re
sumed this morning. Before proceed
ings were begun Judge Murphy said
he had been informed that last Friday
one of the jurors had been approached
on the subject of the trial during the
recess of court. After commenting on
the gravity of the offense, which, he
said, bordered on a serious crime, the
court asked Juror I. J. Truman to take
the stand. - r.
Mr. Truman said tnat while he was
riding in a street-car last Thursday he
was approached by H. J. McCoy, gen
eral secretary of the .Young Men's
Christian Union. In speaking of the
trial McCoy said to the juror: "If you
don't hang Durrant we will hang
you."
The statement of the juror created
a sensation in court, not only on ac
count of the objectionable remark it
self, but on account of the local prom
inence of the offender. Mr. Truman
said McCoy's remarks had no effect on
his mind whatever, and he was .confi
dent there was no intent to influence
him. .
rne court was not inclined to over
look the indiscretion of Secretary Mc
Coy. He said the prominence of the
offender made the offenso more re
markable, and ordered McCoy to ap
pear in court . at 12 o'clock next
Wednesday and show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt.
District Attorney Barnes was ordered
to make out papers in the case at once.
Robt. W. Martland, the gas-fitter
whose examination was begun last
Thursday, was called to the stand to
continue his description of the sun
burners in Emanuel church. His tes
timony was of a technical nature in
tended to show the likelihood of the
escape of gas under certain conditions,
Just ten weeks have passed since the
trial commenced, and the weary length
of the case still seems to stretch inter
minably out. It entered today upon
its eleventh" week, with the case .for
the defense just .barely presented.
There is no telling how long it will
last.
Any number of witnesses have been
summoned for the defense, just how
many the attorneys refuse to disclose.
How many more they hope to discover
between now and the resting of their
case, they are entirely unable to state.
At the rate they are proceeding it will
take longer than it did for the prose
cution to present its case. Following
the presentation by the defense, comes
rebuttal, and sur-rebuttal. with wit
nesses on either side whose names are
legion experts on chirography, gas,
medical lectures and reputation, jew
elers and carpenters galore and mlcro-
scopists whose whole attention will be
given to reddish stains on doors and
shoes.
it is certain tnat it will take many
many weeks before the fate of Durrant
is entrusted to the jury, and in those
weeks much that is exceedingly breezy,
if not sensational, must crop up.
Meanwhile, the attorneys, detectives
and writers of anonymous letters are
busy. Another one, presumably a
woman signing, "who knows.-"' has
written a letter to Mayor Sutro to the
effect that Durrant and two other men
murdered Blanche Lamont in Golden
Gate Park, and that Minnie met her
death at the bands of unknown.
Judge Fee's Resignation..
PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 1. The an
nouncement, that the resignation of
Circuit Court Judge James A. Fee, of
this district, has . been tendered to
Governor Lord, is made. The resig
nation created great surprise here,
even to the judge's intimate friends,
who had been given no intimation of
his intention of leaving the bench.
Judge i ee served one lull six-year
term and one year on the second. He
was elected first in 1888 as a Republi
can over . Judge Ramsey, now a - resi
dent of tho Willamette valley. His
occupancy of .the bench brought him J
the highest respect of the people of
Eastern Oregon, and he leaves the
office with a splendid record.
Stephen A. Lowell, who was a can
didate last winter for United States
senator, is being supported by the lo
cal bar to a man. Petitions, letters
and telegrams are being sent to Gov
ernor Lord to appoint Lowell to the
position. Judge Fee gives business
reasons for his resignation.
Banks Ordered Closed.
Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 1. The
Bank of Monett and Bank of Purdy,
Barry county, have been closed by
secretary oi btate Leseur upon noti
fication by the bank examiner of their
insolvent condition, and are in the
hands of receivers. This makes 13
banks closed by the secretary of state
since the execution of the new bank
examination law which went into
effect on the 1st of July, besides half a
dozen that anticipated examination by
making assignments.
ABOUT THE ARMY.
Official Order Detailing Miles to Duty
Washington.
In
Washington, Oct. 2. Secretary
Laraont issued an order this morning,
detailing General Miles to duty in
Washington, as general of the army,
and General Ruger, now on special
duty at Washington, to the command
of the department of the east, with
headquarters at New York.
In anticipation of the assignment of
General Miles to command of the
army at Washington, orders were is
sued today making some important
changes in the officers of the adjutant
general's office. Colonel Thomas M
Vincent, who has been Lieutenant
General Schofield's chief of staff, is
relieved from that duty and assigned
to duty in the office of the adjutant-
i general In charge of the information
bureau. Colonel S. Heck, who has
been General Miles' adjutant-general
at New York, is ordered to Washing
ton to fill the place vacated by Gen
eral Vincent.
IS GEE HOP A CITIZEN?
Collector Wise at San Francisco Decides
He is Not.
San Francisco, Oct. 3. Among the
passsengers on the last trip of the Rio
Janeiro was a coolie named Gee -Hop,
who was returning from a long visit
to China. Gee Hop claims to be a cit
izen of the United States, and pro
duces documents to prove it, among
other things a passport issued by the
department of state bearing the signa
ture of James G. Blaine. Collector
Wise, however, says he is the sole
judge as to the landing of Chinese,
and he refuses to recognize Gee Hop's
credentials. The matter will be taken
to the United States courts and a de
cision will be watched for with inter
est.
The coolie is a bright, intelligent
fellow, and his answers regarding his
voting show he is familiar with the af
fairs of this country. He furnished
the collector his original naturaliza
tion certificate. It was issued by the
court of common pleas at Camden, N.
J., on May 8, 1890. The testimony
upon which the certificate was granted
was furnished by Mrs. F. E. Nash, who
testified that Gee Hop had arrived in
this country before his 18th year, was
of full age and had resided in this
country altogether five years. Gee
Hop took the usual oath to support the
constitution and renounced all alle
giance to the emperor of China.
Gee Hop also presented " to the col
lector his pasport issued by the de
partment of state. It bears date of
May 12, 1890, and is signed by the late
James G. Blaine. It is in regular
form, requesting, on the part of the
government, "to permit Gee Hop,, a
citizen of the United State?, safely and
freely to pass, and In case of need, to
give him all lawful, aid and protec
tion." A -description of Gee hop forms a
part of the passport, together with his
own signature.
Collector Wise, in ruling on Gee
Hop's case, decided that a certificate
of naturalization -or a passport from
the secretary of state does not make
a coolie a citizen of this country oren
title him to reside here under the pres
ent exclusion act Under authority
conferred by the last congress the col
lectors of , ports of entry are made the
sole judges of the rights of coolies
land who claim to be merchants or set
up claims of residence other than that
of being native born. In this case it
will be alleged by the attorney for Gee
that the certificate of naturalization is
evidence of a judgment of record, and
the only way to prevent the applicant
from landing is to set aside that judg
ment. Whether this can be done re
mains to be determined.
AWAITING EZETA.
The People of Salvador Ready to Receive
him With Bullets.
San Francisco, Oct. 3. The steam
er Cella has arrived from Salvadorean
porta. Captain Johnson reports that
the little republic, the control of which
is so ardently desired by Antonio
Ezeta, is In a state of feverish unrest.
Rumors have been thick at all the
ports at which the Cella stopped con
cerning the coming of Ezeta to capture
Salvador. A warm reception awaits
him.
'They are up in arms there," said
Captain Johnson. "At Acujutla, La
Libortad and La Union tho bench is
full of soldiers, . and at other ports
there were guards, all waiting for htm.
"They told me the friends of Ezeta
were suffering for his acts. JSo less
than half a dozen wealthy men were in
the chaingang, but what charges were
made against him I oould not Jnd out,
"Guitterez, the president of the re
public, had an interview with the
presidents of Honduras and Nicaragua
at La Union, while I was in Salvador.
The president and his generals, about
25 in number, came back overland to
El Triumpho, and I carried them to
La Libertad. What the conference
was about I do not know."
Acsording to Captain Johnson, Bus-
tamente, Ezeta's aid, was shot, and
there was no boiling oil poured on him.
It Is said that Ezeta has many friends
in Salvador, but that they are afraid to
open their mouths lest they be im
prisoned. These have faith in their
leade'rs return. They think he can
get assistance from Diaz, of Mexico,
and with this backing, Barrios, of
Guatemala, will not dare oppose him,
so that ne wiu oe a Die to- marcn
through Barrios' country and get into
Northern Salvador.
Over Fifty Vessels Lost. .
London, Oct. 3. Much additional
wreckage has been washed ashore in
the vicinity of Ilfrancombe, on the
north coast of Devonshire. It is
thought several vessels foundered in
Bristol channel during the recent
gale. This would make the number of
crafts lost over 50, and may consider
ably increase the loss of life, previ
ously estimated at only 24.
TELEGRAPHIC.
CHINESE O 1NNIBALS.
Horrible Outcome of a Feud Between
Villagers.
San Francisco, Oct. 2 Two largo
villages, Pien Cheng and Tang Chenir,
distant seven miles from Ty Saml, in
the Canton province, China, were re
cently the scenes of shocking deeds in
cannibalism and wanton destruction of
productive property.
The Swatow correspondent of the
China Mail on August 29 forwarded
the details of the fight between the
two communities, which was precip
itated by a row over water rights. By
a night attack the people of Tang
Cheng cut the sea embankment and
let in the water so as to destroy a large
part of their enemies' rice, then almost
ready for cutting. Reprisals followed,
and, though the villages are distant
only 20 miles from the two district
cities, Hao Hong and Loik Hong, the
fighting continued a month, involving
many villages and causing a large
number of deaths.
The worst feature, however, is this:
By one side three, and by the other
four, prisoners were taken alive. These
men were killed and eaten seven in
all. It was not in this case as others,
an eating of the heart only. Every
eatable portion was consumed, most of
it being given to the children of the
villages. Although not unprecedented
in that district, such an act is unusual,
and led to the appointment of a special
deputy to inquire into the case.
STUDENTS ON THE STAND.
Durrant's Classmates Asked If They
Answered For Him.
San Francisco, Oct. 2. The de
fense in the Durrant case opened this
morning with the calling of the stu
dents from the senior class at Cooper
medical college to ascertain if any one
of them answered for Durrant at
Dr. Cheney's lecture on April 3. Ten
students were called during the first
hour after the court opened up, and In
reply to the stereotyped question of
Attorney Dueprey as to whether they
had answered for Durrant replied in
the negative.
District Attorney Barnes embraced
the opportunity to obtain notes of the
lecture and the note-books were intro
duced in evidence and will probably
take an important part later in the
trial, when the prosecution will at
tempt to prove that the notes of the
lecture which Durrant now supposed
'to have in his possession were not
made at the lecture.
As there are 74 students in the c'ass
of which Durrant was a member two
days may "be consumed in examining
witness. At the close of the morning
session 42 students of the medical col
lege had had been examined, but noth
ing of importance had been devel
oped. It fs expected that all or the
afternoon session will be occupied
with similar witnesses.
A THIRD -RECEIVER.
Andrew F. Burleigh Named by Judge
Hanford.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 2. In the
federal court this morning, and in the
presence of the largest aggregation of
lawyers that has ever assembled in this
city. Federal Judge C. H. Hanford,
with State Supreme Judge John P.
Hoyt, by his side, refused to accept the
resignation of Oakes, Rouse and Payne
as receivers of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, but removed them
because of their failure to comply with
an order made in the case a few weeks
ago, and named Andrew F. Burleigh,
of this city, counsel for the Oregon
Improvement Company, aB receiver of
the Northern Pacific property in this
state. He directed Burleigh to give a
bond in the sum of $300,000, and to
take charge of the company's affairs at
once.
When court convened Judge Han
ford remarked that the old receivers
had been directed to file with this
court new bonds, to give an accounting
of their past acts, and to answer tho
charges which had been preferred
against them by Brayton Ives, as presi
dent of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company. The receivers had resigned
and therefore the bond was unnecessary
It was the desire of the. court to. know
whether or not the other conditions of
the order had been complied with.
Assistant-General Counsel Bunn, of
St. Paul, arose and said that they had
not been, and he was authorized to say
that they would not be. The court
then said that he would not accept
their resignations, but would remove
them and appoint Burleigh receiver.
president .Brayton Ives filed a new
and very sensational affidavit this
morning, charging that Henry Villard,
a month before the Northern Pacific
road was placed in the hands of a re
ceiver, had authorized his personal
counsel to take steps to place it in the
hands of the receivers, and had given
it out that Henry C. Payne would be
one of them.
TO DECEIVE ENGLAND.
China's Recent Action Declared Merely a
Trick.
London, Oct. 2. Sir Halliday Mc
Cartney, counselor of the Chinese le
gation here, referring to the accept
ance by China of the ultimatum of
Great Britain, has made a statement to
tho effect that the punishment of the
viceroy of Szchuen for failing to pro
tect tho missionaries was decided upon
before the ultimatum was presented,
and tho Chinese minister at London
received notice of the issuing of the
decree at 2 P. M. Sunday. It is under
stood in official circles that tho action
of China does not affect possible claims
for indemnities and demands for re
forms made by Great Britain.
Professor R. E. Douglass has written
the Times that Viceroy Liu Ping
Chang was degraded last November,
and it is now thought the action of the
Chinese trovernment is merely a trick
to deceive Great Britain.
At St. Bridge's church today a fare
well service was held prior to the de
parture of 100 missionaries for foreign
stations. Twenty four, including 15
women go to China.
Hanged in Effigy.
Reno, Nev., Oct. 3. A dummy with
large placard with the word "Dur
rant" on it, was found suspended from
railroad crossing sign on West street
this morning. Who the perpetrators
of the affair are is not known. No
vicious talk has been indulged in by
Reno citizens.
Shot bU Wife.
Chicago, Oct. 3. Edward Moe, a
prosperous tradesman, sdos ana ia
tallv injured his wife today at the
North Market street hotel, to which
she had gone with Peter Nelson, a
friend of her husband's. ' Breaking
down the door of their room, Moe im
mediately began firing. Nelson made
his escape.
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