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5..:'- I: - -, r K 1 K. - h. e.;- i .VjVIY few persons are, aware of '"the fact that; after John Wilkes l 'Bobth . shot ..President Lincoln .dwin l!ortu,;W4s practically taken In to, custody by agents of . the Gofern . went. He was released as soon 'as an "' examination showed that he knew noth? .'.'Ap3 of t ji conspirkcy!:, T,hls jstory of the . .-affair; te,relat'e'di by;Ifory M. Blood: 7:-. ''ltthij; time Mr; ;Both Resided In 'S' kast Fourteenth street.diear Broadway. Z& t,waa ifr the United. State Mjc'ret. sor Vvice of the' "J'ar Department and had v .V4 eon flfita'ied .by Chief tiaker to take '.'S'AU'. B00H1 into custody. It was after ' the asisasinatiQn of President Lincoln, V ' and .Mr.--Booth's brother, John -Wilkes i' Booth,' te 'assassin, - had been appre- ? "..Jit'lMled' .fciy.' gaker'e nien.an,d mortally ,' w6undeds by .-Sergeait Boston Corbett, ' li ;Mr.'"Garrett's bajfn in Virginia,.; " - , "Sfecretary pt wir Stanton find Judge i' . Advocate -General Holt under whose ' Instructions I'aefed, wished to question Mr. Bbcth In, regard to his knowledge, if ' v any, oC' the''' movements and conversa- tions of Ms brother,, John Wilkes Booth. ''.'.' tJpon my,oing to.'Mr. Booth's residence the door bell was.' answered by. a colored. .- ',seira4ufltoW -h&u hat .1 wished to . "' ' see Mr. Booth. H4s.wentup stairs and Upon returning saidf ,that Mr. Booth wished tbMiaow-lf I'Would" not tell him tlie nature of .my-business. 'No I replied, ,'l must see him ij r. ' person-,' and I sent up my card. . ,v "The eerrant returned to Mr. Booth's v ; roo'n and shortly, afterward that gen jh . tlcMnn came down and invited me into f the parlor!1 -I shall jaever forget his ap f( peamnea.'i Jtle was pale and haggard, ' 'greatly.agitatedand trembling from v . head to fdot. Tie ihad apparently an ln- "tuition that, something .serious was to . ; happen? to him. When seated I opened thJ' convensalion !by saying to Mr. Booth ' , ; " Ypjisee by; my- card that I am in the- secrtiser.vlco,'. and -am, obliged to take you atovYVa'shlngton, R. C. If you wish tose.anyrothcr authority I have my papers Itl jttiy pocket.' : HE Fil1' TITAT SOMETHING -4;W4th;a tremulous voice he replied: 'No, I to not'.caj-e about, seeing them.' Several times during: our conversation he saidj 'It is an awful thing. 'It has disti'essed me greatly .y ''I feel as If I was ;go1ng to "die.'- ? 'I cannot under- - stand why my brother did the terrible deed.'' v ' ' -, , ' '' "Mr. Booth- wished to know if he could give bonds, and I replied in the '"' negative.; , Then he asked if he could consuit counsel, and I told him he could under the following conditions: That he must not leave my presence; that he . could not 'have any conversation with any person, including his counsel, ex cept ln my hearing, and that all such conversation would be strictly confiden- tlal on my part, giving him as a rea son that the habeas corpus act was , then suspended: and that the Govern ment did not allow any conversation where parties were under arrest. "Mr. Booth at the time had on his dressing gown. He returned to his room and came down wearing a black sujt and silk hat, and said he was ready to accompany me to his lawyer In Wall ' street, whose name I do not at present recollect.'- Bef orp leaving the house I said to him that I would not, as was customary, put the handcuffs on him, and that no one on the street would ' know that he was under arrest, adding; ' 'You cannot get away from toe, because I am armed.' ",'I pledge myself as a gentleman,' replied, Mr. Booth, 'that I will not try to , get away.' ' '.v . "I asked Mm if he had a pistol, and he answered: 1 : ' " 'I have not.' ' "The servant was dispatched : for a carriage, and upon Its arrival we were driven to the office of Mr. Booth's coun sel In' Wall 'street. Mr. Booth asked me If there was much excitement In Wash-, ington, what I thought they would' do with him, and if any one thought that he had any connection whatever with the tragedy.' . 'I would rather die than go to Wash-, ington,'. he said. ; ' , "I replied that I knew of no one who. had intimated in. the least that he had, been in any way connected with the af fair. '' ;.'" '-"V ", "On Introducing me to his counsel he said to him: " 'Mr. Blood will tell you his business with me.' - ' - 1 ' "I told the lawyer that I was going to take Mr. Booth to Washington by or der of the Washington authorities.- ' -. , "The lawyer declared that I had no right to take-Mr. Booth from the city, and if there were any charges against him he ought to be tried by the United States court here. " 'The Government has authority,' I replied, 'to send any person to Washing ton, and Mr. Booth is not the first per son I have taken there.' rf ".'I don't care what you have done with other people,' the lawyer exclaim ed in an angry tone, punctured with an occasional oath. 'I am here to defend the rights of Mr. Booth. " 'No one objects to your doing that,' I responded, 'but I shall obey the orders of the Government.' . ." 'I want,' .continued the, lawyer, 'to see Mr. Booth alone.' " 'You cannot do it,' was my ansyer. '"What are the charges against, and what does the Government want with him?' asked the lawyer. " 'To examine him as to when he saw his brother last, and if his brother had ever intimated to him anything about the assassination. The Government is not going to spare any pains or expense to get at the bottom facts of the affair.' " 'If I should set forth Mr. Booth's rights as a citizen under the constitu tion you could not take him to Washing ton,' said the lawyer, with much as perity of language and a show of im pudence In his manner. "I replied that I would take Mr. Booth WAS TO HAPPEN TO HIM. and the lawyer, too, if he interfered with the orders of the Government, if It took all the soldiers at Governor's Isl and to do it. "'Well, Mr. Booth; said the Irate counsel, turning to him as he sat in a chair in the office, without taking part whatever in the foregoing dialogue, 'you had better go with' this man to Washington and If you; need my . ser vices you can telegraph me.' "On being driven back to Mr. Booth's residence luncheon was served to us, after which he changed his costume and had some things put into'a satchel. We went In the carriage direct to Des brosses street ferry and took a train for "Washington. ' . "Upon arriving in Washington early the next morning I turned Mr. Booth over to Col. Baker, after we had break fasted at an all-night restaurant and after we had waited several hours at Willard's Hotel. He was put through a course of examination by Col. Baker and afterward taken before the Judge Advocate General. There were no dis crepancies in his two statements. Af ter he had been examined by the Judge Advocate General he was discharged. There was nothing whatever in his statements to show that he knew any-, thing at all about his brother's terrible act before it had been perpetrated." New York Sun. , ; Argentina Wants Settlers. It is proposed to encourage the open ing up of the extreme southern stretches of Argentine territory by the creation of a regular line of steamers between Buenos Ayres and the southern ports, that is to say, Bahia, Bianca, Port Ma dryn, Santa Cruz,' Puerto Gallegos and San Bias. , Many aff American who. boasts of liberty1 Is a slave, and'-can hear his cli'ains every time be steps. . GOETHE'S FORESIGHT. ; United State to Control Nicarag-na Canal and Britain Suez CanaL ,It Is not generally known that Goethe oresaw not only the construction of the Suez Canal, but of the Nicaragua Canal as well, and foresaw also that the former would have to become the possession of England and the latter the possession of the United States. A writer in the London Spectator trans lates from Eckermann the following re port of Goethe's conversation at a din ner In his house: , 2' 'Humboldt,' said Goethe, 'has Indi cated, with great local knowledge, sev eral points where, by making use of ISme rivers flowing Into the Gulf of Mexico, one might, perhaps, attain the object in view, even more advantage ously than at Panama. The decision of all this Is reserved to the future', and to a grand spirit of enterprise." So much is certain, that If a cutting be possible of such a character as would allow ships with any kind of cargo and of every, even the greatest, size to, pass through such a canal from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean there would result for the whole Of -the civilized world, also for the not civilized part of mankind, the most Incalculable advan tages. I should, however, be astonished If the United States were to let slip the opportunity of getting such a work Into their own hands. One may foresee that that youthful country, with its pro nounced ; tendency toward the West, will have seized;, upon and peopled, within thirty or forty years, even the wide stretches of ' land , .beyond ' the Roeky Mountains. One. may also fore see that along all . this coast of the Pacific, where nature has already cre ated the most spacious and most secure harbors, there will gradually arise very Important ' commercial towns, ' which will become the Intermediaries of ' a great intercourse between China and the East Indies on the one side and the United. States on the other. But ' In that case it will be not only desirable, but almost a matter of necessity, that merchant vessels as well' as men-of-war shall maintain a more rapid communi cation than has so far been possible by the wearisome, disagreeable and costly navigation round Cape Horn. I repeat, then, that it Is absolutely Imperative for the United States to effect a cutting from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. And I am certain that they will achieve that aim. I should like to live to see it. But that is not possible In my case. Secondly, I should like to live to see effected a joining of the Rhine with the Danube. But that were another gigantic undertaking, . and I doubt its being carried out, more es pecially when I contemplate the small nessof the means that Germany can dis pose of. And, thirdly, I should like the English to be In possession of a canal of Suez. These three things I should like to live to see ,and it would be really worth while to hold out here, for their sake, another fifty years. "Literary Digest. '.' - Not Used to Luxuries. The peculiar sorrows of a Pennsyl vania colored man are thus set forth by the Record of Philadelphia: , A tall and heavy-footed colored man limped painfully Into a large shoe store in Phoenixvllle one day recently, and began to complain to the proprie tor that he had' been swindled. "Dese hyar shoes," he said,- "suhtlnly Is de 'wu'st I ebah see. Dey Jes' natchelly got me all tied up In knots." , "What seems to be the trouble?" In quired the proprietor. I ; The colored man scratched his pate for a minute, and said, "Fo '.de Lawd, I doan' know. , Hit sbo'ly seem laik somebody done cast a spell on dem. Fust dey feels all. right, an' den de nex' day dey hu'ts mos' drefful." The dealer took a look at one of the shoes; then he began laughing. "You're not used to wearing shoes, are you?" he asked. ; : : ' ; "Well, boss," was the reply- "I doan weah dem much; da's a fack." 1 "Well, the .trouble is, you've got them on the wrong feet." .' "No, sah! No, sah!" cried the negro, "dey ain' nuffln'. wrong wlf mah feet." The dealer explained the difference between right, and left, and the custo mer went away, happy. ' Knots Tied by Machinery. - If Inventions continue to multiply at the present rate, the day may speedily come when man will have to sit with folded arms while his work and even his pleasures are turned, out for him. Science has lately giv.en us a marvel In the shape of a card-counting machine. Two of these most interesting automa ta nbw working are used for counting and tying postal cards into small bun dles. Two of the machines are capa ble of counting 500,000 cards In ten hours and wrapping and tying the same In packages of twenty-five each'. In this operation the paper is pulled off a drum by two long '-'fingers", which come up.fro'm below, and another finger dips in a vat of gum, and applies itself to the wrapping paper In exactly the right spot. Other parts of the machine twine the paper around the pack of cards and theri-a'thumb" presses over the spot where the gum1 is, and the package, tied with the ' paper slip, Is thrown upon a carry belt ready for deliverv. -Posular. Science News. Tha human raoe is but a contest ol Hollars.. : f.-, Your grocer will sell you Schilling 's Best 'tea, ar re turn, your money in 1 if you don't like it " He 'is our agent tc his extent; and we wan. no better "business. ' ' A Schilling tt Company fcaa Frauci A Resume of Events in " the ' Northwest. EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH New Gathered In ' All tbe Town of Our Neighboring- State Improve , meiit Noted In All Industrie Oregon. The eleotrio plant at Milton has beep olosed down temporal ily. ?, , There are now about 70,000 bushels of wheat in storage in Albany held by. farmers. . " - The Baker City Demoorat says 'that the oounty jail is the only vacant building in that city at present. The students of the state university who are musicians have deoided to or ganize a band.. Thirteen have already joined. ' ''' ''. - , , J. N. Holoomb, of Eagle vaUey, picked and marketed 100,000 pounds of apples last season. He has also set' out 1,000 more fruit trees. . ' ' It is reported in Baker City that William White, jr., of Pittsburg, Pa.; haq secured an option on' the Ibex mine, in the Sumpter district, for $60,- 000. r ,-'.,." VVA'.f Raising honey in the John Day val ley seems to be a very lucrative . busi ness. Nearly every rancher lias bees and oan readily dispose of the surplus product at good figures. . ' . The late grand jury in - Baker oounty failed to find a single indictment at the present term of court. It will be the cheapest term of oourt for the taxpayers, no doubt, that has been held in the county for years. The Grande Ronde Lumber Company now has a total of 5,000,000 feet of sawlogs along the Grande . Ronde river for the next spring.. drive-'vThis is about one-half the quantity that will be required for next season's run. E. Willard purchased last week ' 100 head of cattle in Eagle valley,' Union county, for Portland shipment. He says there are a good many cattle in that vioinity notwithstanding the faot that buyers have been picking up a good many head. . : , One night last week when train No. 59 was orossing the hill near Blalock, the trainmen were treated to a beauti ful sight. A large and very bright meteor was seen falling from the heavens, and when apparently about a mile from the earth seemed to stand suspended for a . moment, and then passed on in its northerly flight. The meteor was visible for about five min utes and had the appearanoe of an im mense ball of fire flying through space. About three weeks ago, says the Blue Mountain Eagle, Mr. Ram bo left Long Creek, iu Grant oounty, with his fam ily, for College Place,, Wash. He took with him a big tomcat. No sooner was the oat free in College Place when he disappeared. He was afterwards seen by several freighters near Pendle ton, and arrived in Long Creek soon after, having traveled 140 miles, over a road that he had never been before, exobpt when taken out iu a wagon. Washington. ,' The town of Waterville now owns its own light and water plant. , .& Four deer were killed , on Hartstein island, in Mason county, last week. . There are about 15,000 bales of 1895 hops stored in Puyallup -warehouses. Tacoma salmon fishermen are now seining for. herring that will be used as bait by the halibut fishermen. The next jury term of the superior court for Walla Walla will convene January 10 next. An unusually full docket is expeote'd. ! , . . , ."t The rowboat in which the two young men left Seattle on a hunting exoursion has been found. It is now the general opinion that they were drowned. , - North river loggers got over 1,500, 000 feet of logs below the falls during the late flood, and there is about 1,000, -000 feet above tbe falls -to come down.' Ten dozen bob-white quail have been reoeived by the Rod and Gun Club in North Yakima. ".' They will not be turned loose until the winter is fully over and in the meantime they are re ceiving every attention. .. ' . : There are now said to be 116 appli cants for the office of fish commissioner to one who 'will get it. It seems in credible that forty-six ministers of the gospel should be among the number, says the Whatcom Reveille. : . . An order,rsigned by Secretary of War Lamoht, and approved by President Cleveland, has been .reoeived at the lo cal land offioe iu Seattle .whereby Marrowstone point Is reserved for bat tery purposes for: high-power guns. This permanently establishes the point for military purposes. ' Robert Hughes and Elias Wilson were out hunting near -Blaine last weak. , Wilson mistook Hughes for a deer and fired at him. The ball struok Hughes in the shoulder, making a pain ful flesh wound, and,' after passing through his shoulder, struok and dented the barrel of his gun. It was a luoky escape, and ' should prove a lesson to anyone who does not know what he is shooting at when he pulls the trigger.' - The tax levy on city property in Seat tle for 1897 has been fixed at 11 mills for the old limits, or for . the eight wai;ds, and 8 mills for the new limits, or ninth ward. . , , President Penrose, of ' Whitman col lege, has addressed a letter to the peo ple of Walla in reference to the Pear sons endowment and oalls attention to the necessity of immediate action on the part of those who are interested in seeing Whitman became one of the fore I most oolleges in the country. CLIMATE AND COMFORT. Either way, -whether we are to have a prolonged winter of extreme cold or a mild one, through the dampness and chill neu ralgia will find its victims, and a great many imprudent people will find neuralgia. In either case, when it does come, with its racking torture, let's look about for the best that can be done. We - need not go far. The reputation of St. Jacobs Oil as a cer7 tain cure for neuralgia has gone before it, and it is an established fact that it cures surely, soothes and restores the troubled nerves. To enjoy, therefore, a comfortable winter, whether it is cold or mild, bear in mind that for this complaint one should have the great remedy for pain ready for use. It is by putting off that the ailment grows worse, and the worst cases grow less as soon as it is used. , t - Proitresslve Civilization. .1 A lady receutly took Into her servlc a Ohinaman, and began to ChrlstUanlze hirnV Shortly afterward 1 aome silver spoons were missing. Then she taught him the Apostles' Creed,: and It was discovered that a valuable piece of plate had beep stolen. His benefac tress, loath to suspect her new convert, started In to teach him the Ten Com mandments. - By the time he was able to repeat the First Commandment, the scamp stole her watch. Then the phi lanthropic lady's son rebelled. "Moth er," he exclaimed, "for heaven's sake, don't teach that pig-tailed scalawag -any, more, or by the time you've got him ,,to the Tenth Commandment he will have stolen the house and taken fbe cellar along with it!", ; The highest claim for other tobaccos is "Just as good as Durham." Every old smoker knows there is 1 ' as good , i' t . . You will find one each two ounce X- pons inside, eacn lour ounce Kacrnf Rlaelcwell'a Durham, Buy a bag of this cele brated tobacco and read the whirtl cives a list of valuable presents and how to get "Contains More Flesh Form ing Matter Than Beef." That is what an eminent physician says of good cocoa. The Cocoa made by Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., is the best. . . See that Imitations are Cheapest Power..... 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