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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-12-14
Through Story1and to Sum
Sct Seas.

This ie the title of handsome volume of 250
pages, printed on fine enameled paper and illus
trated by 200 fine half-tone engrsvings, which
the Passenger Department of the Southern Pa-
cifo has Just issued.
As an example of beautiful printing it is one
of the most perfect specimens of book-makirg
of the year. As an evidence of railroad entire
prise it is marvel, for the giving away of 80
sumptuous volume, SD artistic in it's details of
workmanship. is the very triumph of that spirit
of progress which attracts people to railway.
1t is clever narrative Of the romance of the
southwest. together with q running description
of the country traversed by the vast systems of
the Southern Pacific, calling attention TO the
strange people and novel sights and beautiful
natural scenery from New Orleans to Portland
Oregon. Through Storyland to Sunset Seas"
belongs to that class of fascinating works OF
travel which SO delight and instruct one and is
Book which will be read and kept as valuable
addition to the library.
II cost 20 cents to mail this book. II you will
send this amount to cover postage to l.. j.
PARKS, A. q. P. & T. A.. Southern Pacific Co..
Houston, Texas. the work will be forwarded to
you.
DOUBLING ITS SERVICE.
The Southern Pacific is row giving double
daily service over its line making close con-
nection at New Orleans with all lines. thus af-
fording to the traveller the quickest and most
comfortable accommodations to New York, Phi
ladslphia. Washington. Atlanta. Cincinnati
Chicago and all points north and east. For time
tables and information, address l.. j. PARKS
! A. G. p. 4 T.. A., Houston. Texas.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
NOW THE TESTIMONY is IN
Mrs. Rogers Will RETURN to Her Oak
land Home
The Verbatim Reports of the Durrant Case
Will No Longer liar the Happi.
ness of Home

OAKLAND, Oct. 25. Phillip Rogers,
whose wife deserted him in this city
several weeks go and turned up in
Wausau, Wis.,, at the home of her sister,
Mrs. J. g. Clarke, wife of Judge Clarke,
says that he believes Mrs. Rogers is on
her way west and will soon t,ke charge
OF her old nome.
the dispatches announced that Mrs.
Rogers and Mrs. Clarke mysteriously dis
appeared from Wausau and are supposed
to have gone to Chicago. Judge Clarke
has applied for a divorce, and now there
is trouble in both families.
Mrs. Rogers got angry at her home in
this city because her husband would not
read her verbatim reports of the DurranJ
trial. He refused to spend his DAYS
wading through the testimony, so his
wife disappeared. When she arrived in
Wausau Judge Clarke announced that the
reason she had deserted her husband was
because he had treated heriin cruel man
ner and was drinking man. Rogers
wired a denial OF the charges to Wausau
and the next day he got reply from mis-
wife, in which she SAID that the public
statements made by Judge Clarke were
unauthorized by her.
Negotiations were then opened between
the couple for Mrs. Rogers to return
home, and in letter to her husband
she announced that she would soon
start for the west.
Now that the testimony in the Dur
rant case is all in, l guess we can have
peace in our family" said Mr.. Rogers.
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THE CONDITION OF THE ARMY
Inspector General Breckinridge's Annual
Report
The Army Has Attained High Standard OF
Discipline-Requests for Admissions
to Soldiers Homes

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The annual
report of Inspector General Breckin-
ridge OF the army shows the army has
attained a high standard of discipline
and that tne officers generally are COM
petent. There has been very marked
i'm provement in the character of men
seeking adm ssion to the ranks, and the
great care with which recruits are seect-
I'd is evident from the fact that only
about one in eight is found to possess the
requisite qualifications. In one city
alone over 5000 applicants for enlistment
presented themselves. Practical instruc-
tion of companies and troops on level
ground and in parade movements are re-
ported as thorough and complete.
1t is pointed out that there Is need of
practical work with forces SUI Sently large
to stimulate war conditions in order
that the younger officers may be given a
chance to learn how best to apply the
theoretical knowledge gained at military
schools.
During tn past year there was an un-
usal perssure for admission to the nation
al home for volunteer soldiers and the
several branches of the home were crowd
ed to their utmost capacity. The average
increas of the population of the home, in
all its branches, for the past We years
has been 10 per annum. Notwitb standing
the increase in the number of inmates,
the net disburse ments have steadily de-
creased fom ~, 505 033 for 1898 to $2,097,-
OH for 1895.
At the close of the year there were 104
schools and colleges at which military
instruction was given by officers OF the
army to 1856 pupils. an increase of
nearly 5000 over the number of pupils at
the close of she previous year.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
alaskan BOUNDARY SURVEY
Captain Dickins Arrives From
the Far North
THE CANADIANS CLAIMS
We're Not Discovered Until About a
Year Ago
he Cur Ara Atr1ia 70 e "a
The English Surveyors Are Aiming to Crowd
the Boundary Line to the
Westward


AtSOCldteO f1ess SpeClal wire
SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 25.-Captain
e. +. Diokins, the chief officer in charge
OF the American survey in Alaska TO
determine the boundary between the ter
ritory of the United States and Canada,
has arrived ia tins city from the north.
Captain Dickins talked about the work of
tn season and also concerning a general
summary of the work accomplished up
to date.
The first year of the survey the Can
acian parties worked with us TO some ex-
tent" said Captain Dickins, 1--WE had
one OF our members with the Canadians
and they had one of their surveyors with
us. Since then, they have gone by them
them. The Canadians never discovered
it until aobnt one year ago that they had
no claim. Then tbey suddenly changed
their maps and boundary. We have pro-
ceeded according to our understanding of
the terms of the treaty under which AL
aska was acquired by the United States
which rests on the agreement reached
some years ago between Great Britain and
Russia concerning the boundary.
The Canadians want to get port OF
entry at the head of Linn bay for the Yu-
kon. They are ignoring the Portland ca
nal. Last year we saw the Canadians ON
the Chilkat and Chilcoal inlets, but this
year we have not seen them"
Captain Dickins spoke very cautiously
about the Can nadians. In general way
he said they aimed to establish the
boundary line as far west as possible.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
General DiCkinsOn's Argument
In Durrant Case
HE DID THE BEST HE COULD
To Bolster Up What Is Considered .
Weak Case
The Whole Defense Based Upon the Reliability
Of the Disputed Roll CaIl-Witnessss
Are Treated Gently
Associated Press Special Wire,

"
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-C7enersI
Dickinson made the opening Argument
for the defense in the trial of Theodore
Durrant today. Although the shr in the
crowded courtroom was sitting, he spoke
from morning until night. and then an
nounced that he would not conclude his
address until the court should meet next
Tuesday. Dickinson'L speech was IN the
nature of surprise from the fact that he
did not attack the integrity of the,prose-
cutions witnesses or denbunce the meth
COS of the police,a as Attorney Deuprey in
timated would be done in his opening ad-
dress to the jnry. Nevertheless it is gen.
orally conceded that he made the most of
what is considered a weak case. He
based his whole defense on the reliability
OF the rollcalI which shows that Durrant
attended DR.. r.Cheney's lecture on the after.
noon of April Sd, and challenged the pros
ecution to prove tnat tho call was in cor
rect Mrs. Leak and Mrs. Crosset. the
two elderly witnesses who testified that
they saw Durrant and Miss Lamont near
the church, were treated gently. Dick.
inson said that while he believed the
witnesses .old what they believed to be
minds had been worked upon by reading
so much about the case. In support Of
this theory he cited the fact that neither
witness told what she knew about the
case until three or four months after the
crime took place. The testimony of Mrs.
Vogel and the three school girls who
swore they saw Durrant and Miss Lamont
board Powell-street car in front of the
Normal school, was disposed of in the
same manner. Youth and old age, he
said, were th two periods in life when
people we're the most positive in their
statements and the most likely to be mis-
taken.
Touching upon the oonten tion of the
prosecution that Durrsnt's motive for the
crime was the same unbridled passion
that impelled Jack the Ripper to commit
the Whitecha pei murders in London, Mr..
Dickinson challenged the prosecution to
show anything in the testimony SUBJ
nitted which tended to show that Dur
rant was nor moral man. With regard
to the story told by Dnrrant on the stand
to the effect that stranger tapped him
on the shoulder and gave him a clew to
the whereabouts of Miss Lamont, Gen.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
INSANE PATIENTS FUNDS
Have Accumulated Steadily for Thirteen
Years Past
The Board Of Directors Of the State Insane
Asylum Proposes to Dig Up
the Money

STOCKTON, Oct. 25.-The board OF di-
rectors of the state insane asylum will
meet here tomorrow for the third time
this month 10 inquire into the W where
abouts of fund of $1l, 500. which has ac-
cumulated from the moneys found on pa
tients sent to the asylum. These moneys
have been paid to the secretary and treas
urer of the board, Major Orr, for the past
thirteen years, and have never been called
for until now. When the present treas
urer took office there was $1,000 in the
fund and the increase has run it up to
the large sum stated. An expert has
been employed on the books for several
weeks to find the condition OF the fund,
ana his report was expected tom orrow,
but it will not be ready. Governor Budd
met with the directors last Tuesday, when
the matter was discussed but he declined
TO say anvtning at this time as to what
has been found in the work of the expert.
Major Orr's friends say the money will
be turned over when demand is made for
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
BUDD'S APPOINTING POWER
includes the Choice of MiIIard'S
Successor
JETER IS THE COMING MAN
The Power Is Conferred by Constitu'
tiOnaI Provision
Candidate Jeter Is Summoned to Sacramento
and the Appointment 10 Said
to Be rade
Associated Press Special Wire


SACRAMENTO, Oct. 25.-When in
formed of Lieutenant-Governor Millard's s
death Governor Budd said that unques-
tionably he has power to appoint Mil
lard's successor under article 5, section 8,
OF the constitution. Section Is of the
same article. he said, provides that the
rresiden. pro tcniporc CT the senate may
succeed as governor, but not as lieuten-
antgovernor. 1t is thought that Cover
nor Budd will appoint Jeter of Santa
Clara, who ran on the Democratic tick ct
with him for lieutenant-governor.
The power under which Governor Budd
makes this appointment Is found in ar
tcle of the constitution of the state of
California. Section of article S is as
follows: When any Office shall from any
cause become vacant and no mode is
provided by the constitution and law
for filing such vacancy, the governor
shall have power to fill such vacancy by
granting com mission, which shall expire
at the end of the next session of the leg
is'ature or at the next general election
by the people.
STOCKTON, Oct. 25.-In an inter.
view today by telephone with Mail
reporter Governor Budd announced that
he would appoint William r. Jeter of
Santa Clara lieutenant-governor to sue
ceed the late S. &. Millard. The COVER
nor said the appointment would be made
either today or tomorrow. He said there
was no question as to his power under
the law to maze the appointment.
SANTA CRUZ. Oct. 25.-William r.
Jeter, who was the Democratic candidate
for acknowledgements, was called to
Sacramento this afternoon by telegram
from Governor Budd. 1t is presumed
that the governor wishes to consult with
him in regard to the appointment of a
successor to the late Spencer G.. Millard.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 25.-Hon. Will
liam JeteI of Santa Cruz arrived in Sac
ramento tonight on a late train and was
closeted for several hours with Cover
nor Budd Mr.. Jeter came here at the
governors request. The object of the
interview was to discuss the matter of
filling the vacancy in the state govern
ment caused by the death of Mr.. Mil
lard. About midnight word came from
the governors office. which was closed to
oil visitors, that Mr.. Jeter had been ap-
pointed lieutenant governor and would
qualify tom orroI. The people in the
/, overnor's Office realized the delicacy of
Il 9 matter of nasty appointment but,
itIs understood it was deemed best that
a q 'estion of duty to the state was in
volv ID, and that it had better be atten led
to. J
Governor BIdd wss suffering tonight
from severe headache. He is still a
sick man ant expects soon to make a
journey to the southern part of the state.
He will probably go out of the state, and
in thar event, the lieutenant governor q
presence viii be necessary.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
ther adjournment may be asked for pend

ther adjournment may be asked for pend
ing the final settlement now in sight.
President Brayton Ives of the Northern
Pacific tonight gave to the press the fol-
lowing statements:
"A conference of the highest import
ance to Northern Pacific interests was
held today. President Brayto Ives, Mr..
Turner, counsel for Farmers Loan and
Trust company; Mr.. Cardoza, represent
ing the second mortgage holders. and Col
onel Petit. the counsel for the railroad.
were present.
AFTER long conference all parties
agreed to accept r. NJ. Galloway and
decided upon united action in regard to
the other receiverships. As it is there
wi be soon united, ha-omnfous re-
ceivership conducting the affairs Of the
Northern Pacific com pany. which are now
in the hands OF five receivers. The res
ignation of the old triple receivership p
also remains for action by Judge La
com BIZ and others. 1t is understood that
In accordance with this settlement there
will be only three receivers. Mr.. Bur
leigh OF Seattle will 70 doubt continue to
act as such, while Mr.. Galloway will be
in charge of the New York interests.
The name of the third receiver has not
been lntimated with certainty"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
SPA|N'S SECRET COMPACT
An Alleged Reason for Arrest
of FilibuSters
A GOOD PRICE WILL BE PAID
By the Cession TO England of Isla
de Pines
Gauzy Story Floating Down From the
Northwest-Cuba to Buy a Navy-A
Spanish Gunboat Sunk
Associated Press Special Wire

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 25.-A member
of tha Cuhan iun,a pou ~ +ho N.,.,n.s+
- -" -" ''ie 4'o'
'ouay ueo'aieu 'na' 'ners Is secret com
pact between Spain and England, which
accounted for the seizure of the fil;buster-
ing expedition in the Rabama Islands
and by which cn.;, 10 o.. -
Ia do p;"ns 81 ,ba so,,+,t ~ I'm osel rs rs
60 VII" oa'oin on" Vi
oupa' III return Tor England's promises
to prevent the fitting out of expeditions
from her West Indian dependencies. Isla
de- Pines would ,,ve En,ord q, IN,
,,o,.o,u ""
i'cnsey saiuaoie naval statlon' COM
manulng the only channel to the Nicar-
aqua canal not now controlled bv Eng
land. He also asserts that Cnba will soon
have a nodern n,vv az ,ro rossoIa ,ndo,
49,. " s'" VI Nr' "''sei, u"uef
cne oo'p ihahu vi Aumlrai ue Meuo, tne
Brazilian sailor. Two ships are to com Q
from Brazil and one fromChile. He ad-
mir. that an effort ;s soor 70 h, r,oa. -
Hoat an ;ssua of 500 0oo ono Crbon bo,',. ~
HAVANA Ocr 2S 'Tha Snap,sb amn'
boat Caridad mas been sunL Of Gardiras Eas
nrnv;nno ns Mamtomaa M, VI, an u,.,as'
ed in boats TIE ynrb.ot viii ha 6o.t ,d
ne soon no tho necesso,w oss;stanna ~
he s.nt her "''i''""eo o"i'
WASHINGTON Oct Ok Nodr;o dis
na,ches cor;,o ~. H. Hau.no .ion;, ~. ~ .
the nresidsnt S,. nrom,;Sad tna ~ .;sh
nister 70 vo,o na' p', at;" 'he h np",asm
obla IN Cnban. aro fals ~ ,oriols Is,
rented msroIy tn or.,",r. a tIo innoI oIa III
mani W encourage viz ioy"' e''-
DENvEp coIo oa. os u. NJ
M,rra,, and' ~ Go'oi' ~, 20 23uMayor MY
snad ;";n, mI oaIl ,nan D1r 81 oon,neloe ,s-
in nen !U.H notaha ta r'uay ior mass meeting
Snaninh onn.ossio n W pio'ess asa,hse IN.
stens 9n oid tha im.n1,s ~ Suo" anu '"Ae
wa WSSUIWcT0N IN va Hnt os c D
,,o "itu Ian,a NO 81, S, UG'' -2.Inenor DupuV
hos % ,ado m ,ne opar, - III. 'n,s.er, says ne
tha nfsoe. ~ ,upuL. " MS soselnlnent ~. ~
fne eieo' Cina, insC nc nhs assurances tnat
arasa;nnoi resoi,.' "ouau ;e.o any oon-
ents, u;nh,s 90 ~ Sr sn"m;,ms pei,isei
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
THE NEWS

~ TELEGRAPH-Gene Dickinson
makes the opening argument for the
defence in the Durrant case-Reports
of commercial conditions-A tale of
secret compact between Spain and
England-Railroad matters-Senator
Sherman pushing the Mckinley boom
Insane asylum board hunting for .
large sum taken from patients-Sport-
ing the Dupont cup won by green
hand bicycle and horse races-The
Russo-Chinese treaty stirs the British
press-Official outgivings on the
Guiana-Venezuela frontier. .matter-W.
7. Jeter said to have been appointed
acknowledgements bloomer girl
whips San Francisco man-Mrs.
Rogers will return to her home at
Oakland-The Alaskan boundary sur.
vey-Fight interest wanes-Inspector-
generals annual report-Perils at sea
-Tasadena; Corona lo0ge f. and A.
M. constituted; brevitIes-Santa Ana:
Sunday school convention-Pomo ona;
the bicyclists busy-Riverside fore
closure DEGREES; new hotsl-San
Bernardino; grocer attached; death
of G. E. Elliott-Santa Monica; rail.
road Improvements and amusement
facilities.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
FITZSIMMONS IS SILENT
Corbett Waits to Avoid Claim of
Fluke
Efforts Are Being Made to Hold the Fight at
Ell Paso, but Interest Is
Waning

Ell PASO, Texas, Oct. 25.-J. J. Tay-
lor, chairman of the Ell Paso com mittee,
today wired Dan Stuart that Ell Paso
would put up cash guarantee of $40, 900
that Corbett aud Fitzzsim coul d
sght there without reference. Stuart
replied that he was at work trying to
sigr the men for a fight at Ell Paso.
Corbett telegraphed that he mad no OBJ
lection to Ell Paso as battle ground.
HOT SPRINGS. Oct. 25.-Corbett is
still at Spring Lake and announces that
he will remain there until November lst
to preclude any posi- bilty of Fitzsim-
mons claiming tuke in case he com es
here on Octorber 30. which is not
thought probable. kilograms to Julian
and Fitzsimmons today were not an
swered.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
NO APPOINTMENT IS MADE
Judge Lacombe Suggests the Agreement
of Interests
c. B. Wright of Pennsylvania, Predicts q
Reorganization by Security Holders
Within Six 1onths

NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-The matter of
the Northern Pacific receivers was called
by Judge Lacombe in the United States
circuit court in the Federal building to-
day. This argument is upon the motion
OF the Farmers Loan and Trust com papy
to have the court accept the resi- isnations
of Messrs. Oakes, Payne ana Rouse as
receivers of the Northern Pacific railway
and for the appointment in their place 3
of Frank g. Bigelow and Edward W. Nc
Henry, who had first been appointed by
Judge Jenkins in Wisconsin and subse-
quently before Judge Sanborn in Mime
sofa.
Herbert Turner. for the Farmers Loan
and lrujt company. asked that the
court appoict one receiver who shall
have the confidence OF all moneyed men
and all railway men in New York, and
he suggested the name of Robert NJ
Gallaway, who vas for ten years presi-
dent of the Manhattan railway and is
now president OF the Merchants National
bank.
Mr.. Cardozo, for the bondholders. pro-
tested against an increase in the mum Der
of receivers. Silas H. Petit. general
counsel Tor the Northern Pacific COM
Judge Lacombe said: Il would sug
gest that you get the gentlemen III the
west to agree upon some personnel. If
they would select it would be far m ore
likely to result satisfactorily than ii I
thrust man in Let counsel represent
ing every interest unite in letter to the
courts OF the Seventh and Ninth circuits
to settle upon personnel repres 4nting
every clrcnit through which the roao
runs. That would be no infringement of
judicial dignity. Or. l will myself write
to the judges to urge them to get a per-
sonnel. Ii the counsel sends such a let
ter. | will endorse it readily
In the meantime the motion went over
until next week.
NEW YORK, Ucc. za.-CbarIes r.
Wright of Pennsylvania. a former direc-
tor of the Northern Pacific railroad com
pany and still one of Its large security
holders, says: J. ]. Hill was DECLARING
that decision in the Great Northern
matters would be rendered in Mr.. Hills
favor within sixty days. Mr.. Wright
added:
THAT is. however, an uphill job. The
Northern Pacific is independent, and a
new organization will be effected wholly
outside the Hill interest. Within six
months | predict the Northern Pacific
will be reorganlzed by its own security
holders"
The Adams reorganization committee
held meetlng last night to consider the
advisability of agrcsing upon a we'll
Known financial man suggested by the
Ives interest, for receiver OF the road.
While 1t was announced that no decision
was reached, matters are rapidly crystal
izing into an agreement. This may be
announced this week. or possibly fur
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
Reach the People

that Edna had eloped was when note
was found in Mr.. Schmidt's room which
ended as follows:
when you read this 1 shall.be mar
ried."
II have seen no marriage license pub
Iished," said Mr.. Schmidt tonight, $50
l suppose they wnet TO Milwaukee to be
married. have made nc effort to stop
them and shall make none. Edna became
of age yesterday and of course could do
as she peased. They must be content
with the lot thsy have chosen"
The coach man, Ernest Wahle, was dis
charged by Brewer Schmidt three weeks
ago. He is German, 25 years old.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
Van Allen Not Arrested

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. 25.- J. J..
Van Allen, who figures unpleasantly in
the domestic scandal in which the Colt
family is involved was not arrested today
on the charges preferred by Colonel Colt
In fact. no one seems 10 know the where
abouts OF Mr.. Van Allen, though he is re-
ported to have been seen at the Knicker-
booker club in New York yesterday The
assertion that Mr.. and Mrs. Colt have
agreed upon settlement to avoid further
publicity being given to the scandal is
positively denied by Mrs. Colts attorneys.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26
DANIEL IS MAD
Because Notary Public OverestImsted His
Authority

MERGED, Oct. 25.-Daniel Bennett
and Miss Nora James of Livingston, this
county, we're married here today by Rev.
J. d. Lewis. Five months ago they de-
cded to marry, and went to Adolph
Zieker, Livingston notary public, whom
they supposed could lawfully perform
the ceremony. Zeker was of the same
opinion and tied the knot. They have
lived together since and Just discovered
that the notary had no authority TO per-
form the marriage ceremony and that the
marriage was invalid. So they came
here and had the job done over again by
a clergyman. Bennett now threatens
to prosecute Zieker. who tried to tie the
first knnt.