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. A. SENSIBLE POLITICIAN
The. political situation, or better the
Democratic situation in Kentucky i9
peculiar. Hardin the - Democratic
candidate for governor, was nominated
on a "Sound Mdney'? platform, but ia
making a vigorous free silver cam
paign. Toe Democracy of Kentucky
,re vainly called to support him, but
preferring principle to men, the sound
money Democrats refuse to respond
and will almost to a man vote for the
Republican candidate. In this con
nection we cannot refrain from print
ing tne letter from Mr. J; M. Ather
ton, . a prominent Democrat of
' Louisville. We commend Mr. Ath
erton's letter.nojt only, to .our Demojt
ceatic readers but to those of Republi
can proclivities as well. It Is a terse,
' ' clear, vigorous Dresentation of the
duty of a citizen and of a politician
It points out the political trickery of
the candidate, and asserts the broad.
principle that, a good citizen's duty is
to his own convictions, his country
and his party, and not to the political
bosses or inontebanks who occasionally
are the candidates of the party. We
commend the action of the Democracy
in TTAntnnlrv to the consideration of
the Republican party in Pennsylvania
whose nose is at present between the
thumb and finger of Boss Quay. -To
(he Hon. P. IF. Hardin:
:;-- Dear Sir: In your Auditoriam
speech of August 19, you used the fol
lowing words: .
."Yes I stand on the platform; stand
on it with both feet, and in the name
of a true Democracy and common
country call on Buckner and Black
burn, Brown and Mc Creary, Rhea
andAtherton, Ellis and Weissinger
and the Democratic press of the state
to stand on it with me, with guns
shotted for the common enemy." .
Having received from you this pub
lic callr I trust you will not regard a
public response as offensive or imper
' tinont. I beg to assure you of my
kind personal feeling for you, which
I know you will not doubt or question.
On the other hand,- I must tell you
that I differ with you in toto on the
money question. But this is not the
' only reason which compels me to in
Vform you that, in this emergency, you
call on me in vain. You call on me to
support you; the Democratic conven
tion of-bur party j whicn nominated
you, commands me to support its dec
laration of principles, its platform.
You may feel it your duty to disobey
the convention and repudiate its plat
form, but I feel it my duty to obey the
convention and stand by its' platform.
'. You may put the candidate before the
platform, but I put the platform before
; the candidate. You. may hold that
- Democrats owe a higher, allegiance to
mn than to. principles, but I hold
thfct Democrats owe a higher allegi
ance to principles than to men. It is
not possible to support the candidate
and the platform, unless the candidate
, stands on the platform. You say:
"I stand on Che platform; stand on it
with both feet." But I beg most re
spectfully to deny your declaration,
You do not stand on the platform:
A suspicion that you did not stand on
the platform must have troubled you,
or why the . call to Democrats who
iave never faltered in their obedience
or in their allegiance to their party.
A Democratic candidate bearing the
; nomination in one hand and the plat
form in the other, seldom finds it
necessary to call on Democrats to rally
to his support. .
What.tfaen, ate the facts? The Nat
ional Democratic convention assem
bled in 1892 in Chicaaro. adopted a
'platform containing the well-known
. resolution on the money question,
This resolution was not adopted as an
indorsement of free coinage of silver.
: The National Democratic convention
voted down a resolution demanding
' the free coinage of silver. The pur-'
pose of 'the convention was to demand
the repeal of the Sherman bill. The
- great pressing need of that hour was
. the repeal of the Sherman bill. The
repeal of that bill stopped the pur-
' chase of silver bullion and left the
mints closed to the tfree coinage of
silver. U
Any Democrat has the right to ad
- vocate the adoption- of a free silver
resolution by the nest National con
vention, but in : the meantime no
Democrat' can consistently contend
that the convention of 1892, deslared
for free silver.:
- far as that convention made a
declaration specifically on that subject,
.. it refused to indorse free silver. A
state convention may with propriety
adopt resolutions which approve the
last National platform, and, also reso
lutions which are in their nature ad
visory to the hext National conven
tion." But a state convention is not
Invested with the authority to over
rule, alter or set aside the platform of
the last" preceding National conven-
T tion. The execution of the principles
. nt "nnitMoa nf t.he nartv. as set out and
j BUI Wvww al I
;.; . defined in the" national platform, is
. intniRted to the congress and to the
, administration. It thus becomes com
j. . Tvatent. fnr a state ' convention to ex-
-
press its judgment on the success and
" .1 fidelity with which the platform of the
ruirtv has been executed, or put in
i
process of execution.
I wilf take the liberty of calling
your attention to your position and
vour speeches on the silver question
oariv last sprinc. long prior to the
' election of the delegates in the June
onnvnntion. You advocated the free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1 by the in
dependent action of the United States.
You were advised that candidates for
state offices might, with advantage to
their party at this time, confine the
canvass to the state Issues and leave the
money question, for the next state con
vention, which would send delegates
to the next national convention. It
must have been manifest to you that
the great majority of sound money
nmntji desired peace and har-
mony in the party in the nomination,
and election of state officers. The I
sound monoy Democrats did not pre
cipitate the conflict over the money
question in the June convention.
This was done by the free silver Dem
ocrats, urged on in the work by none
with more zeal than by yourself. It
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was your deliberate purpose to secure
the adoption of a free silver resolution
by the June convention. The danger
of a rupture In the party did not re
strain you. The Impolicy of coramit
lug the state to free silver, less than a
year In advance of the convention of
1896, did not move you. The opinion
of your fellow-Democrats, who differed
with you on the money question and
who were then and who are now un
alterably opposed to the campaign of
free silver, did not appeal to you.
You forced the issue In the state con
vention. You followed the conclu
sions of your judgement and the
dictates of your conscience these are
the reasons you gave for your conduct.
Did the June convention adopt a
free silver, resolution ? Did not the
free silver . Democrats abandonall
efforts to pass such a resolution ? N
such, resolution was-offered in the con'
vention. No such resolution was
offered In the committee on resolu
tions. Standing on the national plat
form of 1892, the convention indorsed
the national Democratic administra
tion. And to emphasize this' indorse
ment, the convention went still further
and indorsed by name Cleveland as
president and Carlise as secretary.
The free silver Democrats resisted
the indorsement of the National
Democratic Administration and
Cleveland and Carlisle. Abandoning
free silver in the convention, they
concentrated their forces against the
Democratic president and against the
Democratic secretary of the treasury
They were beaten by a vote of 644 to
233. They 'accepted their defeat
the time in good faith and are as sol
emnlv bound by the result as their
nominees.
Then came your nomination! and
completion of the state ticket. After
the convention adjourned, Democrats
quickly regained their confidence and
looked to a victory in November.
Then came your long and painful
silence, which revived distrust and re.
kindled the fears of disaster. It is
literally true that Democrats, durin
the delivery of your Auditorium
speech, looked at the exposure in
blank -amazement. Your effort
secure a free silver resolution in the
June' convention is a sufficient answer
to your declaration that the resolu
tion of 1892 indorses free silver. If the
national platform of 1892 contained
a free silver resolution, why .were you
not content with it? And bejng con
tent with it, as you must have been if
you considered it a free silver resolu-
tion, why did you find It necessary, or
deem it wise, to force the issue on the
Democrats of Kentucky in this cam
paign?
But you plead your convictions as
your defense. The plea should have
been entered as soon as the platform
was adopted, and you should have de
jllned the nomination. You were not
compelled to accept the nomination
It was a free, voluntary act, which in
volved you in a dilemma from which
you seek to extricate yourself by
pleading your convictions. But if the
plea be now entered, on what terms do
you ask ' its admission? That every
sound money Democrat in the state
should ignore and surrender his con
victions?
You should have respected your
convictions by declining the nomina
tion. No one has a right to escape an
entanglement in which he is caught
with his eyes open by entangling
thousands of his fellow-men in the
same snare. It is neither fair nor
just that one man shall strive to save
his convictions, which he has- put in
jeopardy, to gain an office, by asking
his friends to do violence to their own
convictions, and to abandon their
principles.
Your failure to defend your convic
tions by declining the nomination on
a platform you cannot conscientiously
support, forces me to defend my con
victions by declining to vote for you.
Your course has left the sound money
Democrats no other alternative. No
one doubts your faith in free silver,
certainly I do not. X believe you are
standing on your convictions. Why
shall not sound money Democrats
stand on .their convictions? Your
convictions were not the conclusions
of the- convention and you refused,
and now refuse, to accept the judge
ment of the convention, not as as ex
pressing your convictions, but as your
rule of action in in this canvass.
I stand by my convictions and by
the platform. If I vote for you I sur
render both my convictions and the
platform. I will surrender neither
not for a crown would I surrender
either. I would not ask or advise any
Democrat to do what my convictions
forbade me to do. This conclusion
may not be in lino with modern poli
tics, but it must be adopted by the
majority of our voters if the principles
of our party are to be defended and
maintained. If the nominees of the
June convention are not bound by the
platform, what Is to bind future nom
inees? Who will be expected or re
quired to obey the instructions of the
next convention? If sound money
Democrats accept the premature and
hasty conclusions that free silver is
already beaten they prepare for their
own defeat. Free silver is. not dead.
It is a dangerous, and may be a fatal
delusion to see in a ' neglected and
dishonored platform more ' political
power than will exist in the election.
and administration of a - governor ' Of
the state.
The country is feeling's its way
slowly and nervously toward an im
proved condition of trade. Distrust
and doubt still befog the way. Confi
dence is far from . secure. It is my
purpose, as I feel it my duty, to aid in
the restoration of confidence. A safe
and permanent currency system is
essential to this restoration. I cannot
consent to cast my vote to invite a
return of the panic of 1893. The surest
remedies for bard times are honest
laws, honestly administered; honest
money and honest politics.
J. M. Atherton
RIGHT FOR ONCE.
It has become a custem among the
Americans to look with distrust .upon
the acts of Tammany, and to view with
suspicion anything promulgated from
that source. . But that organization Is
not entirely devoid of good. There is
one platform at least in Tammany's
platform that should commend itself to
right thinking people. It is this:
"We believe in the enforcement of the
law, but protest against and denounce
the discrimination : which has been
made between rich and poor in this
severe, oppressive and unintelligent
exercise of power by the police board
of this city. We condemn the em-
ployment of spies furnished with the
money to induce others to commit
violations of law as savoring' too much
of the despotic methods of countries
whose governments deal with their
people as subjects, not free citizens."
TOTALLY EIFFERENT,
Monday's Oregonlan replying to
the criticism of some of its contempor
aries as to its position on silver being
irreconcilable with the protective
tariff Ideas, among other things says:
'Several papers In the Northwest
profess to think the Oregonian 'in
consistent'' because it scouts the idea
that the United States can make a
price or fix the value of silver for the
world, yet insists on protection by
tariff duties of certain of our home
products, a9 wool and ores. Why,
they ask, if the government can pro
tect wool and lead and lumber, may it
not and should it not also protect sil
ver? Such a question is a product of
the confusion of things wholly distinct.
The measure of values for the world at
large must be the-same measure.
From this there Is no escape. Hut the
prices of commodities in different
countries are affected by local con
ditions. We may assure better prices
to particular .products at home by
protective duties; yet we cannot
change the world's estimate of their
values or their prices outside of our
jurisdiction."
The position taken by the Oregonian
is perfectly plain. There is neither
"uncandld dullness, shallow sophistry
nor blind stupidity" at work attempt
ing to alter, vary or distrust its posi
tion. The only trouble is that it does
not realize or understand its own
position. We beg to call its attention
to two of its statements, and to suggest
that it does not grasp the Intention of
the silver mine-owner. It says: "The
measure of values for the world at
large must be the same measure," and
again: "We may assure better prices
to particular products at home by pro
tective duties, yet we cannot change
the world's estimate of their values or
their prices outside of our own juris
diction." If our distinguished con
temporary will talk of silver as a
product, and not as a money, there will
be nothing left to quarrel about. We
admit that tne free coinage of silver
by itself would not enhance the value
of silver, In the world at large. But if
the silver men can get the government
to coin their silver, and then give
them gold for it, it is plain to be seen
that the value of our silver would .be
practically doubled. That is what
the silver producers want, a law allow
ing American silver to be coined, at
the present ratio, and the resulting
money to be exchangeable at the
treasury dollar for dollar in gold.. The
silver money would be worth no more
and no less than it is now, as long as
the government could dig up gold
enough to redeem it with, but the
silver bullion would be doubled in
value. The protective tariff system
brings about this result for other
products, and that is why our contem
porary Is asked to harmonize its pro
tective tariff, themes with its financial
ones. This may be from our contem
porary's point of view '"uncandid dull
ness, and shallow stupidity," .Indeed
there is some reason to believe they
are so, since the -venerable proverb
tells us that "Fools may ask questions
that wise men cannot answer." Our
contemporary has al way had a reputa
tion for wisdom.
WHEN THE BUBBLE BURSTS
Like causes produce like effects, and
it is not only possible, but probable
that this country is to have another
financial panic, in the near future.
The panic of '93 was caused by the
wild speculation of English capitalists
in Argentine railroads and Argentine
lands. The sinking of several hun
dred million dollars in these securities,
sent the Barings to the wall and would
have crushed them them had it not
been for the Bank of England. As it
was, money had to be raised and Amer
ican securities were about the only
available thing to raise it on. The re'
suit was that a settlement of our debts
had to be made. The local -money
lenders being also money ' borrowers,
in order to meet their own obligations
not only had to cease lending, but to
press their debtors for settlement to
protect themselves. Hard times and
panics, grow like an avalanche, of-'their
own motion and are precipitated from
very slight causes. When the banks
began to push every creditor became
frightened, and began to push for his
money, though he did not need it, and
in many eases took it from the banks,
or from the debtor and buried it. A
financial panic such as we had is as re
sistless as a snowslide, and people be
came unreasoning and unreasonable
as so many frightened buffaloes, stam
peded and bearing down everything
before them, in their mad flight from
an imaginary danger. The result of
that panic of '93 is not yet over. When
people "get, they get a plenty" and
this was true in the case spoken of.
Vast sums of money were sent to Eng-
lann, and other vast sums are still
going in settlement of private debts,
America has flooded Elgland with
gold. The result is that in seeking a
place for it's investment the African
gold fields have come to the front, and
British investors have gone wild oyer
the promises - of f ibulous returns.
Wild cat mines are being capitalized
at hundreds of fimes their value, and
the end is easily forseen, by denizens
of this coast at least, where mining
speculation has at times been ram
pant. The African bubble will burst,
(-and another financial panic will follow.
While we have had nothing to do with
the causes, we will certainly be called
upon to share in the effects. This is a
condition that confronts us, and a
danger that will always threaten us as
long as we are a debtor nation. We
are doing business on borrowed money,
and are liable to be " financially em
barrassed" every time our creditor's
choose to make us so.
A GREAT INDUSTRY.
If any one of our readers were asked
the question, what product of the
United States yields annually the larg
est amount of money, he or she would
probably give the palm to either wheat
or corn. As a matter of fact most peo
ple do not take the trouble to obtain
any information concerning either the
amount or the relative value of the
country's products. They realize in a
general way that we raise an immense
amount of wheat and a yet greater
amount of corn, but their knowledge
is a "glittering generality." The
corn crop in 1893 (the latest figures we
have at hand) was 1,619,496,000 bush
els, and was valued at $591,625,627.
The wheat crop the same year was
896,131,725 bushels, valued at $213,171,-
381 or only a trifle oyer one third of
the value of the corn crop; while oats
which generally would not be con
sidered as anywhere near approach
ing in value the wheat crop, yielded
$187,576,000 or almost as much as the
wheat. Yet there Is one other indus
try which those in charge of the gov
ernment statistics have never cpnsid
ered worth mentioning, one thai
individuals would never suspect of
rivaling the oat or wheat crop in value,
that not only produces more money
than the oat and wheat crop combined,
but that probably exceeds In value
even the figures of the corn crop.
Could you guess what It is? We
think not. It Is nothing of more in
dividual importance than the common
every day barn yard hen. Careful es
timates made four years ago; esti
mates that at first caused a storm of
denial, but were afterwards conceded
by the leading agricultural papers to
bo approximately correct, placed the
value of eggs and poultry produced
that year at -3612,000,000. It will bo
seen from this that the humble hen
has not only tho sweetest but the
most valuable lay of all birds. Yet
notwithstanding this we imported
several million dollars worth of eggs.
HYGIENIC RULES FOR SCHWLS
The new hygienic rules for the gov
ernment of the New York schools,
which were formulated by the health
authorities, prohibits the use of slates,
slate pencils and sponges. Pens and
lead pencils are to be used hereafter,
and they are not to be transferred from
one pupil to another. Books taken to
their homes by pupils must be covered
once a month with brown manilla
paper. Places for drinking water on
the ground lloor are to be abolished,
each room- is to be supplied with a
covered pitcher and each ' pupil will
have a numbered cup "and the inter
change of cups Is prohibited.
These precautions are predicted on
the more recent discoveries in ihe
science of bacteriology, which .teach
that it is possible to eradicate every
contagious disease if the conditions
favorable to the existence and distribu
tion of the disease germs are destroyed.
As the pnbllc schools, with their ag
gregations of juvenile humanity, con
taining representatives from nearly
every home in the city, have been the
most prolific breeders of these family
scourges and are most favorably or
ganized for the spread of disease germs,
it would seem that these are the places
to institute the best hygienic regula
tions. The adoption of such restrictive
measures in the public schools of all
cities would not only retard the propa
gation of infectious diseases, but would
have a tendency tho teach parents the
importance of exercising greater dili
gence in the observance of hygienic
rules in the home.
KEEP THE INTEREST.
It is possible that the action of the
O. R. & N. Co., in giving Biggs re
duced freight rates on wheat may
have a tendency to cause interest to
wane in the proposed free wagon road
into Sherman county, since the far
mers of that county are now placed on
equal footing with the most favored
locality on the river, so far as the
moving of their present crop is con
cerned. But this should not be. The
reduced rates may be only temporary,
or they may be permanent. If tem
porary, the needs of Sherman county
farmers for a free road to The Dalles
are serious, for whenever, the rail
road company deem it advisable to re
establish the old rates, without a free
road to this point, the wheat growers
of Sherman will again be forced to
pay whatever the railroad may see fit
to fix.
That The Dalles will, in the future.
be able to retain the present, and pos
sibly lower rates, on all classes
freight is unquestioned, hence it
of
the interest of every adjacent section
to place itself in a position to reach
this point in order to receive the bene
fits of these low rates. Free wagon
roads leading from The Dalles in every
direction are safeguards against exhor-
bitant freight rates, and it would
indeed be shortsightedness were in
terest allowed to die down now in
this road that is virtually assured
simply on account of temporary re
lief beiDg offered.
A BOOKLET.
The Dalles Real Estate Exchange
will soon get out a pamphlet descript
ive of Wasco county and the country
tributary to The Dalles. It will con
tain probably' 33 pages of descriptive
matter, and will be well illustrated.
containing views of our orchards, fish
eries, warehouses with their wheat
and wool, public buildings, and in fact
will endeavor to convey an
idea of the country, by showing it as
well as telling about it. Several
pages will be devoted to advertising,
and the Exchange will devote several
pages to descriptions of some of the
properties listed with the Exchange,
and parties who will list their property
within the next few days will
get the benefit of this advertising.
The work is to be commended for be
ing directed along the proper channel,
and it is to be hoped this pamphlet
will be followed by a yet larger one.
We predict some good results from
this little booklet, and feel that it will
lead to further offorts in the same di
rection.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
England may or may not be a bully,
but the fact is patent that when she
wants one of our .millionhelresses, she
puts up her dukes and wins her.
r.,T. H. Bartlett is again in print,
to express his condemnation of the
use of the word "like" as a conjunc
tion. But hold! , It may not be the
same Bartlett though it looks like it.
Bartlett may be a pear.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons both went
to Texas as soon as the bill making
prize fighting a felony became a law.
They are each busily engaged now in
trying to knock the other out through
the, newspapers.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton' dis
likes the use of the word "old-maid"
in describing a spinster of a certain, or
uncertain age. She wants the term
bachelor used instead. We would sug
gest that If the change is made, each
old girl be given her full title at once;
Bachelor of Arts."
About the only place left for Corbett
and Fitzsimmons now is Arkansas.
Arrangements are being perfected to
have the big fight come off at Hot
Springs. Poor Arkansas! She has
had all manner of misfortunes thrust
upon her, and now is to be made a
prize ring.
The Northern Pacific is now in
such a condition that the public, the
attorneys and the courts are all about
equally informed concerning it.
There are two or three sets of receiv
ers, each set acting under a different
court, and each with a limited juris
diction. If a pound of freight comes
over the road and every receiver gets
a whack at it, it will be worth ita
weight in silver by the time it
reaches its destination.
TELEGRAPHIC.
A DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE.
Bow the Municipal Election In Indian
apolis Went.
Ixdianapolis, Oct. 8. The muni
cipal elections here today were a Demo
cratic landslide. The entire Demo
cratic ticket is elected by a majority
approximating 5,000. This is regarded
as remarkable, in view of the fact that
a 'Republican was elected two years
ago by a majority of over 3000. The
Republicans concode the election of
the Democratic ticket by a large
majority. Those elected are:
Thomas Taggart, mayor; Charles E.
Cox, police judge: Charles Stuckmeyer,
city clerk.
Six councilmen at large are elected
by the Democrats, and at this time
the Democrats claim seven of the
fifteen ward councilmen, giving them
thirteen out of twentyone councilmen.
There is-much noise and enthusiasm
iu the city tonight.
THE PENNSYLVANIA HORROR.
Bodies of Four of the Dead Miners Re
covered.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 8. The
bodies of three engineers and a fire
boss, killed In the explosion in the
Dorrance mine last night, were re
covered early this morning. " It is be
lieved the list of dead will be confined
to the following: William Jones,
mining engineer, aged 32; William
Cahill, mining engineer, 21; Llewellyn
Owens, mining engineer, 21, a son of
Division Superintendent Owens, of
WestPittston; David J. Davis.fire boss;
Michael Morris, 40. Robert Miller
and Robert Blanchard, brought out of
the mine last night, are still in a pre
carious condition
STILL AFTER THE FIGHTERS.
Gov. Culberson Has Determined on War
to the Knife.
Dallas, Oct. 8. W. N. Wheelock.
secretary of the Florida Athletic Club
was served with papers this morning to
appear before the grand jury at Austin.
Papers are also out for William A.
Brady, manager o fFitzsiinmons, and
presumably for Dan Stuart, Joe Vendig
and others, all of whom may be ar
rested before night.
' The papers were issued on the
authority of article 960 of the Texas
penal code, which provides that a con
spiracy entered into in this state for
the purpose of committing a felony in
another territory or state or in any
foreign territory, may be -punished in
the same manner as if the conspiracy
was to commit the offense in this state,
the penitentiary for not less than two
or more than five years.
Governor Culberson and Attorney
General Crane have apparently deter
mined on a war to the knife against
Stuart, and propose prosecuting him
and his associates at Austin on an al
leged violation of the new anti-prize
fight law, which makes prizefighting a
felony. It looks as if the only way out
of the trouble is to test the new law on
the ground of unconstitutionality.
CHINA'S PROPOSED RAILWAY.
It Will Extend From Chin Kiang to Tien
Tsln.
San Francisco, Oct. 8. Charles
K. Hoard man, the representative of
several Pennsylvania rolling mills, is
in the city. Mr. Hoardman arrived
from China on the last steamer. He
confirms recent reports ' that the
Chinese government is seriously think
ing of constructing a railroad for a
distance of 685 miles from Chin Kiang
to Tien Tsin, and though there would
be considerable rivalry between Eng
lish and American mills to sell the
Chinese large orders for steel rails.
Mr. Hoardman says that from what he
could ascertain it is not the intention
to have the road directly enter Peking,
although it is only about a hundred
miles from the terminus at Tien Tsin.
Superstition as well as a desire not to
have a road into the capital which
would enable an enemy to readily
reach it in time of war, are supposed to
be the reasons. Chin Kiang is the
southern commercial city of the coun
try, the center of the great tea and
grain region.
PRARIE FIRE EXTINGUISHED.
Started by Accident, It Swept Over Forty
Square Miles.
Ellendale, N. D., Oct. 8. The
great prairie fire which raged through
out this and adjoining counties during
the latter part of last week, has been
extinguished. It was started west of
Frederick by a match which had been
used to light a cigar, and spread rapidly,
despite the immediate efforts to extin
guish it. The burned district lies in
Brown county. South Dakota, and
Dickey and Mcintosh counties, North
Dakota, covering nearly forty miles.
A Russian was burned to death while
plowing a fire-break around his grain.
A boy was so badly burned that he will
die, and several others are badly
burned. Much grain and hay were de
stroyed.
MERELY A SCHEME.
Rumor That Jim H1U Will Step Out of the
Great Northern.
St. Paul,, Oct., 8. A dispatch today
says that President Hill, of the Great
Northern, will resign about the first of
the year and be succeeded by his son
in-law, Samuel Hill, who is already
president of several branch lines. It
is stated that the reason for this action
is to remove tne objections to his se
curing control of the Northern Pacific.
He is every day getting a firmer hold
on Northern Pacific securities.
An Advance In Silver.
jnew xork, uct. a. The evening
Post says in its financial review today:
"One of the noteworthy incidents of
the day was a further advance in silver
bullion to 30 15-16d on the London
market, the highest figure of the year.
This ia the first demonstration of any
consequence in that market since the
treaty -of peace between China and
Japan last May. The price' tem
porarily touched 30fd that month, but
since then and until last week the'price
of silver has held almost motionless at
30id to 30d.
Dies at the Age of 101 yean.
DECORAH, Iowa, Oct. 8. Jared Fer
guson, aged 101 years and 8 months,
died in Decorah last evening, He was
born in Bolton, Conn., Feb. 1, 1894,
and was one of the very few surviving
pensioners of the war of 1812. Last
year, when he attained his century
mark, a celebration was held, and the
old gentleman danced to the music of a
fife played by a 72 year old nephew.
Lumber Yard Burned. '
Green Bay, Wis.,' Oct. 8. The im
mense yards of the Murphy Lumber
Company, with dock frontage of more
than a mile, were swept by fire yester
day. The stock of about 7,000,000 feet
of lumber was destroyed. The loss on
lumber, docks, offices, stables, tram
ways, etc., is placed at about $165,000,
with insurance of $100,000, in 23 com
panies. Floods In Arizona.
Phoenhx, Ariz., Oct. 8. Floods in
the Agua Fria and Gila rivers have
caused serious breaks in the bridges of
the Santa Fe and Maricopa & Phoenix
railroads, and have, for two days, cut
off the city's mail communication. Re
pairs have been temporarily made, and
regular traffic resumed.
ADVANCE IN SILVER.
Highest Price of the Year Reached Yes
terday. New YORK, Oct. 9. Silver certifi
cates were traded today at 68f68i,
tho highest prices of the year. Deal
ings amounted to $45,000. The highest
figures show an advance of 1J per cent
over yesterday's transactions, the low
est price of the year wa9 60 cents, on
January 10. The previous high point
was 68i, on April 1. The present ad
vance in silver bullion, both here and
iu London, is due to the accumulation
of the metal at the last mentioned
center preparatory to another issue of
bonds by the Chinese government in
settlement of the Indomdity to Japan
For months London, has been accumu
latlng silver. The production in the
United States has not materially in
creased, while that of Mexico has fallen
off as is usual during the rainy season
Rebels 1'nlug Dynamite.
Havana, Oct. 9. A dispatch from
Remidios announces the insurgents
have destroyed, with dynamite, the
arches of the finest and largest bridges
j of the Sngua la Chica railway, not far
irom camaiuani, in tne province oi
Santa Clara.
TOLD A GAl'ZY STORY.
Durrant's Reputation for Truth Suf
fered Yesterday.
San Francisco, Oct. 10. Theo
dore Durrant's reputation for truth
and veracity went completely to pieces
on the witness stand this 'morning,
Durrant's answers to two or three
questions were palpably lies, and he
changed his answers to fit occasions.
Besides he told a story about the dis
appearance of Blanche Lamont that
was so gauzy that everybody wonders
how Durrant had the hardihood to
think that the jury would accept it as
a fact.
Tho pitfall into which Durrant fell
was, in telling about the afternoon
that he spent at the ferry to see if
Blanche would not attempt to cross
the bay to escape from the city.
Durrant said he had a clew that Miss
Lamont would cross the bay that after
noon. Asked where he got the clew, Dur
rant said he was standing at the
corner of Market and Montgomery
streets that day when a stranger came
up to him and asked him if bis name
was not Durrant. The prisoner re
plied that it was. The stranger then
asked if Durrant was not interested
in her disappearance in view of the
fact that his name had been connected
with the case. Durrant replied that
he was. The stranger then said:
"Watch the ferries this afternoon
that is my advice. Sho will try to
cross the bay." ,
Although Durrant said he was over
joyed to get a clew to Miss Lamont, in
reply ' to District Attorney Barnes
questions he said he did not ask the
man's name, residence or anything
about the source of information he had
received. Neither did he ask for fur
ther information on the subject. He
simply watched the man walk toward
Dupont street, and then the man went
to a restaurant and ate luncheon. He
then went to the ferry, he says, to see
if he could find. Blanche.
Four of Durant's friends saw Durrant
at the ferry that afternoon, and by one
of them the rprosecutlon expects to
prove that Durrant went there not to
meet Blanche Lamont, but Minnie
Williams.
- Aaron Hoge, an old schoolmate of
Durrant's testified at the preliminary
examination that Durrant met a
woman answering Minnie Williams
description, and boarding the Howard-
street car with her rode to Mission
street.
Durant testified today that he did
not meet any woman at the ferry and
that he went from the ferry to the
armory to pack up his blankets prepa-
tory to making the trip to Mount Dia
blo next day. To Frank Sademan,
whom he saw at the ferry, Durrant
said that he was looking for Blanche
Lamont. To Dodge and Dukes,
students at the medical college, he
said he was waiting for members of the
signal corps who were coming over
from Oakland.
When asked today if he told Dodge
and Dukes that he was tracing a clew
to Miss Lamont, Durrant at first re
plied that he did. The next moment
he realized that he had given the
wrong answer and replied that he did
not. He attempted to reconcile his
statements by saying that he was look
ing for Miss Lamont and waiting for
the signal corps at the same time.
District Attorney Barnes' asked Dur
rant why he left the ferry ot 5 o'clock
to make preparations to go on a pleas
ure trip if he was so interested in find
ing Miss Lamont with whose disappear
ance his name had been bo un
pleasantly connected. Durrant replied
that he did not think it necessary to
remain at the ferry any longer.
The district attorney then asked if
he told any of Blanche's friends of the
important clew te had received from
the stranger. Durrant replied that he
had not, as he had not had an oppor
tunity.
After vigorous questioning Durrant
admitted that he atten ded a Christia
Endeavor meeting the same night
where he met a number of Miss La
mont 's friends. Among others he met
Thomas Vogel, who Durrant testified a
moment before, was more interested in
Blanche's disappearance than anybody
else, except her aunt, Mrs.-Noble. Al
though he had a private conversation
with Vogel, Durrant told him -nothing
about the clew to Miss Lamont's dis
appearance, aa he said the subject did
not occur to him.
Durrant was asked if after the dis
appearance of Blanche Lamont he told
Herbert Schlagler that she had prob
ably bejn led astray and had gone in
to a house of 111 fame. Durarnt said he
told Schlager that Miss Lamont might
have been led astray. Barnes asked
Durrant what there was about the
manner or character of Miss Lamont
that induced him to make that remark.
Durrant said he knew nothing against
Miss Lamont, but had heard Detective
Anthony say that she might have been
led astray.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
DrRRANT TESTIFIES.
He Tells Where He Was and What He
Did on April 3.
San Francisco, Oct. 9. Theodore
Durrant was placed on the stand this
morning to testify in his own behalf.
It was the Intention of the defense to
recall Charles T. Lenahan, but Lena
han was not present and Durrant was
called to the stand.
General Dickinson . conducted the
examination. After telling his age
and a few facts of that kind, the atten
tion of the young medical student was
directed to the events of April 3. On
the morninar of that day he said he
met Blanche Lamont, to whom he had
first been introduced at Emanuel Bap
tist church last September. After re
lating the facts about his trip with
Miss Lamont to the Sutter-street car
he said he went to the Cooper medical
college intending to attend the lecture
at 11 o'clock. Stillman, however, did
not lecture, and Durrant said that he
and another student named Ross went
for a walk. When they returned half
an hour later Durrant weut to the
library to consult the authorities on
certain questions under discuasion in
his classes. About 1 o'clock Durrant
said he went for another walk with a
student named Dieeins. They were
absent half an hour. Returning Dur
rant went into the library and re
mained until 3:30 o'clock, when he
went to the claseroom where Dr.
Cheney was to lecture.
"Was the roll called at the close of
the lecture?" asked Dickinson
"It was," replied Durrant.
"Were you in the classroom, and did
you answer to your own name?"
"I was present and answered to my
own name. '
Durrant's answers, up to this time
had been given In clear, well-modulated
tones, without hesitation or un
due haste. Then came a question at
which the prisoner hesitated a moment
before he answered.
"Did you take notes at the lecture?"
was asked.
Durrant's eyes were cast down for
moment. Then he raised his head.
"I took some notes," he replied, "but
they are not very full."
Five pages of notes were produced
and admitted in evidence.
Durrant next told of how be went to
the church after the close of tho lec
ture to repair the gas fixtures. He
said he took the Sutter-street car and
transferred to Larkin from which he
transferred to Mission electric car and
went within a block of the church. He
was not accompanied by anybody on
the trip. .
Entering the church Durrant said he
took off his coat and vest so his watch
would not fall out of his pocket while
at work, and laid the garments in the
library. Then he gathered the neces
sary tools and went to the attic to re
pair the sunburn era. In order to make
the testimony more easily understood
a blackboard was brought Into court
and Durrant traced a diagram of this
section of Emanuel church and its tall
tower. In Order to repair the burners
he said it was necessary for him to lie
at full length on a plank with his head
much lower than his feet. Tho gas
was partly turned on in order to test
the lighting apparatus. Then Durrant
took a gas burner and stepping down
to the jury box explained to the jurors
the construction of the burners. The
prisoner explained the construction of
the burner with facility, while the
jurors leaned over the rail eager to
catch every word that came irom
Dur
rant's Hps. -
After repairing the burners Durrant
aaid he descended to the auditorium
where he found George King play
in? on the organ. Asked to what
conversation took place, he said:
"I said, Hello, George; I heard you
playing from up stairs. He said some
thing about my looking pale. I told
him that he would look pale If be had
been through what I had. Then I ex
plained that while I had been fixing
the sunburners I had been partly over
come by the escaping gas. I felt very
sick, rather nauseated, and asked him
if he would go to the drug store and
get me some bromide seltzer. I gave
him the money and in a few minutes
he returned with the medicine."
After drinking the seltzer Durrant
said he helped King to carry a small
organ down stairs. Then he asked
King how he looked and King said he
did not look as he did a few moments
before. Durrant wanted to see for
himself, however, and went to the mir
ror. When the woric at the church
was finished Durrant said he walked to
Twenty-second and Mission streets
with King. He walked a block or two
out of his way to accompany King, as
he had plenty of time. After leaving
King he went home to dinner, but did
not eat heartily, as he felt ill from the
effects of the gas, and in the evening
be attended services at the church.
There he met Mrs, Noble, Blanche
Lamont's aunt, and asked her if
Blanche' was coming to prayer meeting
that evening, and Mrs. Noble said she
did not think so. Durrant also spoke
of a note that he saw Mrs. Noble band
to Mrs. Moore.
While Durrant was telling of the
events at prayer meeting, Mrs. Noble
watched him closely, and on two oc
casions shook her head, as If disagree
ing with the testimony he had given.
Durrant describedjthe way-in which he
was dressed on April 3, after which
court took a recess until 2 o'clock
DRl'NKEN DOMESTIC ANIMALS,
They Drank From a Creek Into Which
Refuse Malt Was Thrown.
Oakland, Cal., Oct. 9. C. B. Rus
sell owns a ranch which borders on the
the banks of San Lorenzo creek, and
he also owns a number of head, of
horses and cows, and a large lot of
chickens, ducks and geese. Up the
the creek toward the town of Hay.
wards there is a brewery owned and
run by P, Butt and John Booken, and
the brewers have been in the habit in
tne past 01 throwing their refuse malt
and other beer leavings into the creek.
The waters, it is said, changed color,
and the quality was also altered to
such an extent that Russell's horses
and cattle were visibly aflected. They
were becoming drunkards and the
chickens and ducks reeled about with
jollity after partaking of the rippling
waters of the stream. At last Mr,
Russell forbade his family using the
milk from the cows and complained
to the brewers. They could not under
stand how beer could hurt them, and
they did nothing. Russell has now
grown weary 01 taiKing about the
matter, and has filed a suit in court
asking that the brewers be perpetually
enjoined from throwing their refuse
into the waters of the creek.
The City La Pas Completely Destroyed.
San Feaneisco, Oct. 10. Private
dispatches received here say that La
Paz, Mexico, has been completely
destroyed by a tidal wave, the waters
in the bay rising to an unprecedented
height, inundating that portion of
the city fronting on the bay, and
carrying out to sea men, animals and
debris of wrecked buildings as the
tide subsided. The dispatch announc
ing the destruction of La Paz was
dated Guaymas, and was received by
Shipping Agent Reuter. Thedispatch
said the steamer Willamette Vallov.
of the Pacific Mail line, had been de
layed two days at Guaymas by the
same storm which devastated La Paz,
but she left Guaymas last night for the
north.
La Paz Is the capital of Lower Cali-
iornia and situated on a bay of the
same name. The port is well she!
tered and easily defensible against an
attacn irom the sea. The city had a
population of 4000.
A Costly Fire.
Adelaide, South Australia, Oct
10. A dispatch received today from
Coolgardie, the center of the new gold
field, announces that a whole block of
buildiDgs on Barley street wa9 burned
yesterday by a fire which started
through the upsetting of a lamp. It is
esumaiea me damage will amount to
$1,250,000.
Sunk In the Baltic.
Copenhagen, Oct. 10. The Britsih
steamer Napier, belonging to North
Shields, and bound from Cronstadt to
Kotterdam, collided off the Island of
Aaland, with the British steamer LI
venia, of Leith. The latter sank, and
14 of her crew were drowned, the Na
pier's crew rescuing 10 men.
Two Sailors Died of Cholera.
New York, Oct. 10. The British
tea steamer Benhoie, which arrived to
day from Yokahoma, Shanghai, Foo-
Chow and other Chinese ports, was de
tained In quarantine because two Chi
nese sailors had died of cholera while
the vessel was still in Asiatic waters,
To Boom Reed on the Coast.
NEW YORK. Oct. 10. The Herald
says Joseph H. Manley, chairman of
the national republican executive com
mittee, will soon visitthe Pacific Blope
for pleasure and politics. It is intl
mated the boom of T. P. Reed will be
looked after.
Watte Says Coxey Will Be Elected.
Otttjmwa, Iowa, Oct. 10. Ex-Gov
ernor Waite, of Colorado who is here
says he has just returned from Ohio,
and it Is a sure thing that Coxev will
defeat Campbell and Bushnell for gov.
ernor.
Factory Collapsed.
Cologne, Oct. 10. The spinning
factory at Rochelt, collapsed, and
buried, 40 workmen. Ten were killed
outright, and nine were seriously in'
jured.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Some weeks ago, Ambrose Blerce
who writes a column or two of "Prat'
tie" for the San Francisco Examiner
was thrown from a bicycle and sus
tained injuries that have prevented
him attending to his work since. The
readers of that paper miss the bright
coruscations of his mind, although of
late he has allowed the reaching after
sarcasm to embitter his writings, and
to take too cynical a view of things in
general, yet the keen wit and the two-
edged ideas are sadly missed. .
Senator Squire has beerf visiting
Vancouver. It is astonishing what an
interest the senator is taking in the
Columbia just now caused probably
by the fact that his term of office is
about to expire. The . senator is re
ported to be in favor of opening the
Columbia, of the Doat railway at Celllo
but' is somewhat doubtful on Silver.
Either the senator has an opinion or
the financial question or he is a fool,
and if he has an opinion and dares not
express it he is a knave. In either
case the people had better leave him a t
home. Hon. John D. Geoghegan, of
Vancouver, would make good senator.
ial timber if the Republicans carry the
next legislature.
It has been recently discovered that
General Grant and Jefferson Payis
were cousins. Grant's middle name
wa Simpson. Grant's mother was
Miss Hannah Simpson, daughter of
John Simpson and granddaughter of
William Simpson, of Bucks county,
Pa. John Davis married Ann Simp
son. John Davis and Jefferson Davis
were from the same family tree, and
Grant's mother and John Davis' wife,
Ann Simpson, were Irom tne same
tree, Though both the Grant and
Davis characters are sui generis, the
blood of the Simpsons and of many
other good people coursed and courses
through the veins of each. There are
more than 500 descendants in the
United States at the present time, who
are about equally related to General
Grant and Jefferson Davis. "
BORN.
BAKER In this city, October 10, to
the wife of Dan Baker, a daughter.
HOBART At-Sprague, Wash., Sun
day ttept. j&itn, to tne wile oi u. r
Hobart, a son. f
ROSS In this city, on Monday, Oct.
7, to the wire oi George Koss, a son.
DIED.
LOVE At Biggs, Or., Oct. 9th,
Mrs.
Allen .Love, agea w years.
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