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: l h'e - Eiver (lacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. Vol'g;. : . HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1894. NO. 25. rf'V r . r r et k. 3ood Iiver-Slacier. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BT S. F. BLYTHE, Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. One year............. ...ft 00 Six months ,. . 1 00 Three month! , , to BiiKlecopjr . f Cento THE GLACIER . Grant Evans, Propr. Second St., near Oak. - , Hood River, -Or. Shaving and Hair-cutting neatly done. Satisfaction Guaranteed. AMERICAN CATTLE The Embargo Will Probably be Declared Off. WHAT THE PRESIDENT CAN DO It la a Question Whether This Will be Necessary,, for the Government of Germany Has Modified Its Order and Assumed a Liberal Attitude. Washington, November 9. The an nouncement that the German authori-. . ties may conclude to determine the pos- - eibilities of the introduction of Texas . fever1 into the Empire from expert opin- -ions of American veterinarians was re ceived with great interest by Secretary - Morton, whoBe advocacy of -retaliation " by requiring a strict inspection of Ger- - man wines and liquors has been told in these dispatches. The Secretary has in- w vestigated .the question, and finds that authority to entirely exclude German products in retaliation for discrimina tion of .our goods is vested in the Presi dent by existing laws, all of which has been heretofore overlooked in the dis- ' cussionof the question. Secretary Mor ton had a conference with the President, and laid the law before him.' It is-in the United States Statutes at large, vol- ume 26, Fifty-first Congress, page 414, ' chapter 839 : "An act providing for an inspection of meats for exportation and . prohibiting the importation of adulter ' ated articles of food or drink, and au ' thorizing the President to make a proc lamation in certain cases and for other purposes." Section 4, to which the Sec retary called the attention of both the .'. United States authorities and the Ger-' man Empire, reads : "That whenever the President is sat isfied there is good reason to believe any importation is being made, or is about to be made, into the United States, from , any foreign country of any article used . for human food or drink that is adulter- - ated, he (the President) may issue his ' proclamation suspending the importa tion of .such articles from such country .; for such -period of time as he may. think 'necessary.-" ' - - j - -. The Secretary believes this law is the key to the situation furnishing this gov-' ernment with full power to retaliate upon Germany .for the exclusion of our . cattle either by the policy which he sug gested, of requiring a strict inspection of their wines, or by stronger measures. At '.fc.the State Department the attitude of the German government respecting our cat tle is regarded as the natural and proper outcome of the Btrdng representations made by Minister Kunyon. .The negoti . ations had reached a point where each government was content to rest its case upon the questions of fact; first, wheth er or not there were genuine cases of Texas fever among the cattle imported into Germany from the United States, and second,' "whether or not the disease . can be communicated to German cattle. , If, as stated in the dispatch, theUer jnans have so far receded from their first position, justifying the absolute exclu sion of American cattle without reason ' able proof upon these important-points, then the State Department officials feel that our cattle shippers have little to fear, and that the German government : has assumed a very liberal attitude, and . one which is likely to speedily result in the removal of the embargo. -.; ?. , r Lord Salisbury's Tribute. ' '", London, November -9, Lord Salisbury paid a tribute to the late Czar in a speech - on municipal politics in London this evening. He embraced the first oppor- . . tunity, he said, to express the grief of himself and of his political associates at the loss of Alexander III. His experi ence in the British foreign office had convinced him that ;all nations were - deeply indebted to thqflate Czar for the peace which his self-restraint and high Christain character had secured. Men with lower motives might have frequent ly yielded to the irritation and terribie trials which Alexander' had alwayB re- sisted. . -i. ' - . The Gorman Cabinet. ' Berlin, November 9. Prince Hohen lohe presided at the Prussian Cabinet meeting to-day, Freiherr von Wilamos itz, Governor of Posen, having declined to succeed' Herr von Heiden Cadow as i; Minister of Agriculture. A hitch also " has occurred in regard to Dr." Koch's succession to Dr. von Schilling as Min ister of Justice. Barber Shop FROM TIIK FAR. FAST. News of the Two War Powers Brought by Steamer. " San Feancisco, November 9. The steamer Belgic brought news from the Orient under date of Tokio, October 20, as follows: - - -The Corean peninsula has now been cleared of Chinese troops from end to end. Corea was one of the last vestiges ot the middle kingdom's medieval mai esty : one of the last of the little border States that acted as buffers between the big Empire and the " outer barharians;" independent toward all the alien world, dependent toward the Celestial Empire alone. That was the anomalous status of these buffers. One after another thev have been shaken free by the impact of western aggression. iurman, Kiam, Tonquin, Annam, the Pamir region all have fallen away, leaving the flanks of the middle kingdom exposed to the kicks of the profane Occident. Corea alone r& mained. To her relations with Corea China could not choose but import some element Of.reaiism, for beyond the bor ders of the peninsula Russia stood alwavs ready to advance. Therefore the Peking statesman openiy canea uorea a de pendency, and Europe believed that they had both the will and the ability to protect it. But two battles have sufficed to drive the last of thebannermen across the Yalu river and to place a Japanese army on the borders of Manchuria. Ja pan by a very striking object lesson has demonstrated the justice of her conten tion that, so far as concerned 'Chinese tutelage, Corea's security against for eign invasion was a myth. Uiina is a port distant five miles from Hiroshima, a town on the inland sea, where the Emperor of Japan as commander-in-chief of the military and na val forces has established his headquar ters. Hiroshima was chosen 'for . the purpose because it is the most southerly point to which the main trunk railwav of Japan has been pushed. Troops and stores irom every part of the Jkmpire reach it by rail. The harbor of Ujina is capable of accommodating fifty or sixty large steamers, and between Ujina and Hiroshima a -military railway has been built. October 1$ the last steamer of a great flotilla of Japanese transports steamed out of Ujina. They carried a corps d'armee aggregating 22,000 com batants with all their equipment, ambu lance, military train, artillery, etc. The flotilla, heading to the northwest, steered for -the entrance of the Pe Chi Li Gulf to attack simultaneously Port Arthur and Wei Hai Wei. Port Arthur and Wei Hai Wef are China's only fortified har bors in the northern part of her Empire. Their works of defense were planned by German engineers, and they enjoy the reputation of being impregnable. Port Arthur has docks capable of receiving big ironclads, and is an important naval depot. The Japanese troops will attack both places from the. land side, and it may De predicted that they will take them. In that case the Gulf of Pe Chi Li and . therefore the . maritime ap proaches to 'Peking will be completely commanded by Japan. THE ASTORIA RAILROAD. Stanton and His Associates Will Ask for V "More Time. ' . Astoria, November 9. J. C. Stanton and his associates will to-morrow sub mit a proposition to the railway subsidy committee asking for a thirty-day option on the subsidy in order to place them in a position to close a deal with Eastern capitalists for the construction, of the proposed railroad between this city and transcontinental connection. Among the property owners who form the com mittee of twenty-one there is a diversity of opinion as to the advisability of giv ing any one an option- on the subsidy, for the reason that the property will under the terms of the dee"ds return to subscribers January 1, 1895,. if in the meantime the trustees fail to execute a contract with reliable persons for the construction ""of the road; It was de cided some months ago that no' option should be given, but that the first per son who showed the ability to build the road should have the contract. Some of the friends of Campbell, the Chicago contractor, profess the utmost faith in his ultimate success, and assert that his arrangements to sign 'a contract are practically settled. ..There are others still who favor waiting' until the arrival of Judge Brown . of New York, who is understood to be on his way here. All things considered, it is diflicut to de termine what action will be taken, but, if Mr. Stanton can thoroughly convince the committee of his. ability to close a deal, he may. succeed in his endeavors to secure the desired option. - THE LOST WAIRARAPA. An Inquiry Into the Causes That Led to Her Wreck. . ' Auckland, N. Z., November 9. In the inquiry into the loss of the steamer Wairarapa, in which Chief Officer Moies testified that in spite of the captain, who was never drunk, insisting on going at full speed,, he was confident that the ship's course was correct: The captain, he said, refused to allow the foghorn to to be Bounded lest the passengers should become alarmed, and the- lead was not used. The witness admitted that he had left the ship before the passengers, and that he had allowed the steward to haul him into the rigging while a woman and her child, partially submerged, struggled for life near by. Third Officer Johnson corroborated the chief officer's testimony regarding the speed of the ship and the captain's refusal to sound the foghorn. - Germany Acknowledged Hawaii. ' Berlin, ; November" 9. Germany through Emperor William, replying to President Dole's official notifications, has acknowledged the Republic of -Hawaii. MRS. S. W. BARNES Poisons Her Husband in Order to Get Rid of Him. HER PARAMOUR IS ARRESTED Her Infatuated Spouse Refuses to Be ' lieve the Evidences of His Own Senses, - Although She Has Made a Full Con- - fesslon of Her Hellish Crime. San Bernardino Cal., November Mrs. S. W. Barnes, who with her par amour, Tom Slater, was arrested for at tempting to rid herself of her husband by slow poisoning with arsenic and strychnine, passed the night ' in the county jail. Her injured husband, who is almost helpless from the effects of the poison and has become a . mental as well as a physical wreck in consequence, was at the jail early this morning, and was allowed to take his murderous wife home for a short time. . Letters found show that Slater and Mrs, Barnes had planned to elope to Honolulu, and had their ar rest been delayed twenty-four hours one at least would have been out" of reach. In a trunk in Slater's room was found a large amount of the woman's clothing, taken there in preparation for elope ment. The reason for the poisoning was that Barnes had considerable property and had made a will in his wife's favor. Slater roomed at the residence of Mrs. F. Gill of the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union, where the assignations of the parties, were made, and it. was in his room the principal evidence of guilt was obtained. -: - . , The husband is infatuated with his wife and refuses to believe the evidences of his own senses, although she made a full confession this afternoon, stating that she was under the influence of Tom Slater, who not only held her in his power, but placed a revolver to her head. compelling her to give the poison to her husband. . She admits everything as charged, making it impossible for Slater to make any delense. it is thought he will plead guilty on the preliminary ex amination and not stand trial. Her husband wants to go on the wom an's bond, which has been fixed at $5,000, and to shield her from the con sequences of .her crime. Barnes is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. It is the membei s of these orders, who are caring for him and had taken- steps to detect and stop the terrible crime. The woman was about to desert two interesting chil dren as well, as an injured husband. . In their possession was found the following letter written by her 12-year-old daugh-. ter, Violet: : " Please, Tom, I wish that you would mind your own business and leave my mamma alone." - v - - -t, FEASTING THE INDIANS. Traders Figuring Upon Securing Most of the Money to be Paid Them. : - Sioux City, la., November 8. With in the next two weeks the 1,500 Indians of the Yankton tribe in South Dakota will receive nearly $200,000 in part pay ment for lands they have" sold the gov ernment. They will in the next three years be paid over $500,000, The busi ness ' men of Armour appreciating, the fact that the Indian trade is very valua ble are entertaining them in elaborate style. They invited them to the town, which is the only one at which they trade, gave them a reception at the fair grounds and then a series of barbecues. They are, in short, holding a grand cele bration of a week's duration. The In dians have been presented with an ample supply of provisions and are camped all around the town.- They are more numer ous than the inhabitants. - All the scouts of the tribe have already received $200 each, and are spending it freely.: The Indians are making extensive purchases, and. it is said, have already become in debted for the greater part of the money they will receive at the first payment. They are drinking a good -deal of fire water, but thus far no : serious affrays have occurred. Owners Could Not Agree. ... Chicago,-November 8. -The Southern Hotel at Wabash avenue and Twenty second streets is divided against itself. A plain board partition through the cen ter of the rotunda' separates the two parts, and all the boarders are on one side of the partition. The division is a disagreement between the owners of the property and Dr. ' W Clark, the man ager, i The southern half, of the building is owned by A. & A. E. Wells,"and" the other half by the Jenningsnestate.' Dr. Clark had a dispute with the Wells peo- Cle regarding the payment of rent and e was ordered toVacate. ". He switched the guests into the other half and built the partition; -Under-the present ar rangement all the store's in the southern end of the building are shut off from the hotel. The Wells Bros, sa they will build a new entrance from Twenty-second street and run their half of the house in competition with Dr. Clark's half. - Shaken by a Judge. - - - ' Spokane, Wash., November Judge J. Z, Moore gave Attorney J. J. Fitzger ald a vigorous shaking this afternoon, and the latter is laid up for repairs: JJJhe affair occurred, in front of the Hyde block. Fitzgerald was under the influ ence of liquor, and persisted in following the Judge, making insinuating remarks to him. The Judge warned him to stop, but he turned forward in a threatening manner. Moore-then grasped him ' by the coat lapel and shook him vigorously. Fitzgerald fell to the sidewalk, and in the fall his cheek was cut and his eye blackened. FIRE CHIEF'S DEED. A Woman Bravely Saved From Being ' Burned to Death. ' Windsor, Ont., November 8. When fire broke out in Mrs. Jane Green's house yesterday she ran into the street, but a little -later remembered that she had left some money and papers on the second floor and rushed back for them. The building, which was of wood, was then all. ablaze, and she was in immi nent danger of death, George Chene, a chief of the Windsor fire department, snatched a shawl from a woman stand ing near, and bolted in at the front door and upstairs. A few seconds later the ro'if fell, and the cry went up - that the rhfj wasinside. A score of firemen with axes, picks and hooks - started for the door, but just as thev-did so the sec ond floor came down with a crash, and the chief with the woman in hiB arms rolled over and out of the door.- He was blinded and blackened by smoke and the woman was insensible. She was revived, however, and is recovering. -.The dhief's hair was singed off, his face blistered and the coat burned from, his back. The money and papers were found unharmed in what was left of the building. LUCKY HEIRS. Two Near Neighbors in New York Come .- ln for Large Sums. ... . Newbero, Ni Y.,! November 8. A few months ago Mrs. Henry C. Adams of 34 Bay View Terrace, Washington Heights, inherited from the late Mr. Cornell of Poughkeepsie, - her uncle, $250,000 more.:. JNow Mrs. Frances Jttoselle re ceives about the same amount. from i uncle of the same name, the late Thomas W. Cornell of Cleveland, O., who was in the oil business there with ex-Senator Henry B. Payne. Mrs. Roselle is a near neighbor ot Mrs.: Adams. The eccentric Poughkeepsie Cornell left about one and a half millions, and Thomas W. Cornell of Cleveland, who was a bachelor, leaves about two millions. They are in no way related to each other. Mrs. Koselle is the wife of Charles itoselle, who not long ago was a street-car driver. She is a daughter of the late Egbert W. Cornell, who died here a few months ago and was a brother of the Cleveland Cornell. A sister of Mrs. Roselle, Phoebe Cornell of Albany, receives a like amount.. Another heir living in' New "York and one in DucheBS county come in for a large amount of the estate. , . -DEAD' CZAR'S BODY. He Will Lie in State at Moscow and St. "' Petersburg. . .... ..jl- '"Livadia, November 8. It is officially stated that the body of the late Czar, after lying in state in the church palace here, will be taken to Yalta arid from there conveyed to Sebastopol on the Rus sian cruiser Pamy' to' Merkoovia, On the funeral train to Moscow the escort will include Czar Nicholas, the Czarina, Czarowitz Grand Duke' George, Princess Alix and other members of the imperial familyi Prince and Princess-of Wales, and members of foreign royal families related to the imperial family of Russia. At Moscow the body of Alexander III. will lie in state several days at Arch angel Cathedral and in St. Petersburg in the Cathedral of St. Peter and ,St. Paul. At towns where the funeral train stops on its way to Moscow and St. Petersburg dinners for the poor will be provided at the expense of the Czar, and at each stopping place a requiem mass will be celebrated.' " - - . - r -. - Great Britain and France. Paris, November 8. Le Matin to-day publishes an article by Sir Charles Dilke on the relations between Great Britain and France, in which the writer asserts that the difficulty existing; between the two nations with regard-to Newfound land faces England rather than France. Sir Charles expresses regret over the warlike attitude assumed by the French government toward ' Madagascar. He believes France could obtain all she was entitled to under pacific means. . Ratifications Exchanged. Washington, November 8. Secretary Gresham and Senor Romero, the latter representing the governsment of Ecuador, to-day exchanged ' ratifications of the Mahoney-Vasquez treaty, submitting to the arbitration of British Minister resi dent at Quito the claim of Julio R. San tos, an American citizen, for damages sustained by his alleged illegal imprison ment and confiscation of his property by the government of Ecuador about fifteen years ago. - , ' To Prevent Unlawful Entry. ' Washington, November 8. Secretary Carlisle has instructed the Collector of Customs at Port Townsend that th cer tificates of registration issued to Chinese should be taken up by the Collector when such Chinese leave this country, This is necessary to prevent, the certifi oates from being turned over the Chi nese unlawfully entering the United States. vv ' , . Riot in Austria. ...Vienna, November 8. The inhabit ants of Houzt resisted yesterday the en forcement of the order that cholera vic tims be buried in a separate cemetery. In the subsequent riot the gendarmes fired, into the mob, killing four and wounding twenty more. Many rioters were arrested. . - - : ; ' New Coast Defense Guns. . . , San Francisco, November 8. Two of the new coast defense dynamite guns, each weighing eight tons without heavy gearage, . have arrived at the Presidio reservation, and will be placed in posi tion there without delay for defense of San Francisco. " . POOR OLD CHINA She is Again Trying to Get the Powers to Interfere. WILLING TO PAY INDEMNITY The Chinese Government Would Like . the Powers to Intervene on the Basis of the Independence of Corea as War Indemnity. . . London, November 7. The Central News says : There is reason to believe that China has resolved to formally ask the powers which have immediate com mercial interests at stake to stop the war. ' The Chinese Minister is said to have transmitted the request to the for eign office in London this ' afternoon, This evening he started for Paris to seek interviews with M. Hanotaux, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs; and President Casimir-Perier. " The Daily News has information that China is su ing for peace ; in fact, has instructed her envoys in Europe to submit to the powers the terms which she is willing to oner. , it is a lormai renewal or repeti tion on a larger Bcale of overtures made to the British government a month ago. The News expresses again its approval of Lord Rosebery's effort for joint inter ference, and speaks regretfully of the reluctance of the powers to see the mat ter in the same light, and adds : '-" No European government can desire to see the disastrous conflict prolonged. Even the United States despite the Mono roe doctrine must be anxious for the regularity and security of their trade with Japan. Sooner or latter, and bet ter sooner than latter, there must be an international settlement. It will be dif ficult to : contend that interference will be premature now." " The Graphic has this dispatch from Rome : According to a telegram from Peking China, is disposed to conclude peace upon the basis of acknowledgment of the independence of Corea and the payment of an indemnity to be fixed by the powers, and those powers willing to support this arrangement are requested to intervene. J - - - : ROSEBERY'S, POLICY CONDEMNED. Berlin, November 7. The Kruez Zeit ung'B correspondent in London has had an interview with Sir Halliday Macart ney, counselor of the Chinese legation. Sir Halliday vigorously attacked Lord Rosebery's, policy toward the combatants as weak and vacillating, and added : " When Japan demanded reforms in Corea Lord Rosebery should have pre vented further complication by demon strating to her hat it would be impos sible to comply with such a preposterous proposal. - lie ought to have intimated that; if here should be war between China and Japan, Great Britain' would not remain neutral, When the Kow Shing was sunk by Japanese men-of-war he let another opportunity slip, al lowing the British flag ship to be in-, suited with impunity. The Eastern peo ple are not likely to forget how the flag may be treated. ' But Lord Rosebery's sudden attempt to interfere was more remarkable than his previous let-alone policy. , It was not solicited, nor even countenanced by the combatants, and was, utterly unwarranted. It was un precedented in the annala of British di plomacy. England will have to pay the Eiper eventually. China will: reimburse j erself for the cost of the war by impos ing duties on foreign goods when they I reach the barrier stations of the interior. I Obviously these duties.. will fall most! heavily on British trade." .' ... -- He Finished the Lecture. Cleveland, November 8. There has been trouble for weeks in the Cleveland University of : Medicine and Surgery over the appointment of Prof. Henry L. ! Payne, city food inspector, as lecturer in chemistry. The students have demand ed of the faculty that he be dismissed and another appointed. When Prof. Payne began his lecture Saturday the students set up the college yell. The professor waited till they were through. and started again. Again the yell drowned his voice. For a half hour this was continued." Every one of the sev enty-five students threw text books at the 'professor.- ine latter finished his lecture amid the most riotous demon stration. ' : ' ' ' ; ; " - ) Opposition to Pullman. ; Hiawatha, Kan., November 7. The first installment of workmen of the Pull man Company Operative Club reached here from Chicago to-day. Thirty-five families and 115. people were in the party. Fifteen thousand dollars has been sub scribed by the citizens of Hiawatha to start the . enterprise, and ground for shops will be broken at once.. The club is accompanied by Mr. "Van Assache, a retired manufacturer of Chicago and a man of large fortune, who will . take charge of the -woks. He ia not a mem ber of the club, but believes the -co operative plan is feasible, and will work free of charge until the works are on a paying basis. .. '...' ; - Extensive Flour Mills Destroyed. - , Kansas City, November 8. The Rex flour mills were totally destroyed by fire to-night. The mills were erected at a cost of $300,000, and were among the largest flour exporters in the West. Their home market was extensive, and the product of the mills was well known in Europe. ' - . , . "'.' ' Madagascar Will Resist. - London, November 8. Private advices state that Madagascar proposes to make a stubborn resistance to France's at tempt to enforce her demands. THE SALE WAS VALID. Th Last Maybe of the Haytlan Repub lic Case. Portland, November 7. Judge Bel linger rendered a decision yesterday in the United States District Court in the case of Price & Wheeler, who sought to obtain possession of the steamer Hay tian Republic on the grounds that tfiey were the best and highest bidders at the sale, and charging that there had been collusion and conspiracy between the United States Marshal and Sutton & Beebe, through which the vessel was awarded to the latter. It will be remem bered that Price & Wheeler bid $18,050, which was $50 more than the bid of Sut ton & Beebe, but they only had $10,000 ready to pay on the purchase. ' - -- The court held that the sale was ad- . vertised for cash at an upset price of $15,000, and, therefore, any intending " bidder should have prepared himself with at least that amount of money or its equivalent. Under the circum stances, therefore, plaintiffs were not de ceived and could not claim that the Mar shal had misled them in any respect. -It did not appear that the Marshal had subjected the petitioners to inconven ience in the payment required not neces- ; sarily incident to any, salej and which they could not provide against and to which all other bidders were not equally subject. It did not appear that the Marshal had acted unfairly to - them in any way. The fact that he wasat first willing to waive cash payment as to $6,050 of the purchase, but subsequently, and while the situation of the petition ers remained the same, receded from that position, as he might probably do, ' was evidence of this. The exceptions to 1 the petitions were allowed. - ' Mr. Mallory, counsel for the petition ers, gave notice of his intention to ap- , peal. The decision of the court was very gratifying to Messrs. Sutton & Beebe, as it exonerates them and Marshal Grady from what they regard as the unjustifia- ble charge of collusion. . THE SANCTIFIED 'BAND. . A Verdict of Guilty Rendered in the Virginia Courts. :. . ... Onancockv Va., November 7. The 'trial of the leaders of the sanctified band on Chincoteague : Island was concluded in the Accomac County Court to-day with , a verdict of guilty in the cases of Joseph B. Lynch, the leader of the band ; Will-- ; iam J, Chandler and Sarah E. Collins. John C. Collins, the husband of Sarah .. Collins, was allowed to go free, the jury believing him to be weak-minded and: under the control of his wife. . The jury was out an hour. A motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that it was against the law and evidence was over ruled. . Notice of appeal was given.-' Lynch and Chandler went to jau, and -. . were followed by women who cheered , them on their opportunity of being mar tyrs to their faith. Lynch said as he entered his. cell that he was "glad to serve God in a dungeon." 'During the trial the members of the band, many of whom were witnesses, encamped about the place and pubhcly held their pecu liar services that, wound up by an in discriminate salutation embracing a good nug ana a resounding kiss. . LEGAL BUT BRUTAL. The Shot Failed to Kill, and the Mur derer Was Smothered. ... .,, South McAlester, I. T., November 7. Solon Lewis, the condemned Choctaw - murderer, was shot at Wilburton at 10 . o'clock this morning by Sheriff Pursley. The bullet from the Sheriff's Winchester missed : the , condemned man's heart, -passing through his body an inch above the nipple, and he had to be strangled to end his sufferings.' Sheriff Pursley v anticipated trouble, having just before the execution . received a letter from . Lewis' friends threatening vengeance. .' He had over 100 armed deputies on the scene.: Arrived at the place of execution, ' the condemned man offered prayer, and . followed the prayer by a short talk. He - then pulled off his coat, vest and boots, and the Sheriff paintedacross just above his left nipple. -Lewis then 'sat down " and was blindfolded. While two men held his hands the Sheriff retraced his steps five feet and fired. The bullet ; went clear through the murderer's body. Tut missed its mark, and Lewis, throw- ' ing back his head, sank groaning lo the ground, the blood spurting from the . wound. To end the horrible work the Sheriff was finally compelled to take bold of the man's nose and smother him to death'. He lived thirty minutes after being shot. Twenty-six 'other Indians are under indictment for the same mur- . der for which ' Lewis was executed. When they come to trial trouble is an ticipated, as their sympathizers are aroused. Lewis was 64 years old. - i - Captain Dreyfus' Confession. -i London, November 9. The Post's Paris correspondent Bays that Captain Albert Dreyfus, who wfts charged with high treason in having sold French mili tary plans to Italian agents, had con fessed his guilt. He betrayed for money the names of the French spies abroad, and also sold plans describing the posi tions of the artillery of the Fourteenth Army Corps in the event of war with Italy. His treachery was prompted by . a desire to recoup gambling losses. In the Society Islands." .'' '''".'." Sydney, N. S. W., November 8. The natives of Raaitean, one of the Society ' Islands, ha-e persistently opposed tbe ' French since the occupation of the group. The situation has become serious, and the Governor has applied to France for five war ships and 3,000 men to subdue the rebels. The Raaiteans are well armed and determined, ; -'