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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
DuRRANT TO GET HIS DUE.
The Supreme Court Declines to Inter.
vene to Save Him.

The Supreme Court Declines to Inter.
vene to Save Him.
Washington, Nov. 10.-The United
States supreme court today affirmed the
decision of the circuit court Of Califor-
MIA refusing writ of habeas corpus to
William Henry Theodore Durrant,
under sentence of death for the murder
of Miss Blanche Lamont at San Fran
cisco, in April, 1895.
The case has attracted attention
throughout the whole United States,
and today's decision permits the law to
take it's course with the condemned
man.
Chief Justice Fuller announced the
courts decision, but made no remarks
save to cite few authorities on which
the court based the decision.
The decision of the Durrant case was
in response to the motion of Attorney
General Fitzgerald to dismiss the case
or affirm the decision of the court be-
low. The chief justice, INDUCED in no
comment whatever, merely remarking
that the order of the circuit court was
affirmed on the authority Of the deci-
sions of the court in pr-vious cases.
Attorney General Fitzgerald was
present in the courtroom when the
opinion was rendered, and said it would
insure Durrant's hanging.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
The News at San Francisco.

San Francisco, Nov. 1O.-The news
that the United States supreme court
decided not to interfere with the execu-
tion of Durrant spread quickly over the
city today and crowds of interested
people read the announcement eagerly
from the newspaper bulletin boards.
The decision was not unexpected here.
District Attorney Barnes, who conduct
ed the sensational trial, the result of
which was the conviction of Durrant
for the murder of Blanche Lamont, was
much pleased with the decision of the
supreme court. 1t paves the way for
the execution of five other murderers
who have been sentenced to death, but
whose execution has been deferred
pending decision in the Durrant case.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
WEYLER'S AWFUL WORK.
Commentaries" Dying OF By Tens of
Thousands in Western Cuba.

Thousands in Western Cuba.
New York, Nov. "a special from
Havana says: Weyler has gone, but
his purpose to "exterminate the breed'
of the Cuban patriots is being fulfilled.
Starvation is killing the concentrate"
by tens of thousands. Hunger is doing
what Spain's 900, 900 soldiers cannot
accomplish. The frightful sufferings
of those who survive cry out to the
mercy of the civilized world. The ply
sicians of Havana are now forbidden to
give starvation" as cause of death.
A correspondent in the. town of San
Domingo writes:
"a multitude of sick fall and die in
the streets here, and lie until, after
having served as ignominous spectacles
for some hours, they are collected and
! hauled away in carts used for garbage to
the dumping grounds. Most of these
bodies are thrown into the fields to be
eaten by the birds and dogs
The birds" of which this correspond
ent writes are vultures.
Both the newspapers which support
ed Weyler and those who opposed him
are now forced to tell the half the truth
about the starving Concentrates -
Here are some whole truths made un-
deniable.
Since Weyler's proclamation driving
the country people into the towns was
issued, half the rural population OF
Western Cuba has died. Half of those
who survive are SO weak, so emaciated,
that the Pickering spark of life in them
will surely soon be extinguished. They
cannot survive, although Blanco, the
governor-general, has ordered that SER
vice rations be issued to them, rations
such as his soldiers get. The lives OF
the other half of the survivors Blanco
will save.
Photographs of starving children
speak louder than any words. These
photographs are taken at Guanabacoa
within an hours travel of the palace
here Remember that with natural
affection intensified by suffering the
parents of these children have given to
them every morsel they could scrape
together. The mothers of these child
rem deny themselves food, refuse to eat
the miserable scraps of meat and bread
that they may keep life in their child
ren. The children's legs were like
pipestems. One could count their
ribs. Their joints, made dispropor-
tionately large by emaciation, seemed
immense. These are not isolated
cases. There are thousands and thou
sands like them.
The assistant mayor of Havana says
that there are 5000 concentrates in
this city. Ragged, thin and starving,
these people are huddled in the public
buildings. The hospitals are all full
as the graveyards. Certain not more
than 80 per cent of the deaths among
the concentrates in this city are re-
ported. But from these official figures
it is easily learned that the death rate
among the children of the concentrates
in hospitals and public buildings is 80
per cent; among the adults so per
cent, and the death rate in the smaller
cities and towns is even larger.
The absolute fact is that In Havana
the conditions are five times better,
more favorable than anywhere else in
Cuba. Yet the Spanish officials re-
ports prove that 1,77S persons died in
Havana during the month of Septem-
Der last, and 2,278 during October.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
CONVICT SHOT DEAD.
Forfeited His Life in an Attempt to Es.
cape at Salem.

Forfeited His Life in an Attempt to Es-
cape at Salem.
Salem, Or, Nov. S.-Otto Krahn,
a convict in the penitentiary here, for
feited his life this evening about 5
o'clock in the desperate attempt to es-
cape.
He was employed in breaking pig
iron in shed near the foundry, and
shortly before the hour for marching
improvised a ladder by mailing several
cleats on pine plank which served as
track for conveying iron pipes to a
trench being dug between the prison
and the insane asylum on the north
Placing the plank against the north
wall of the yard, in plain sight of the
wall guard, Jay Mccormick, son of J.
H. Mccormick, of this city, and in de-
fiance of the guards repeated warn
ings, he climbed to the opening and
sprang to the ground, fleeing like a
deer toward the asylum. As he leaped
from the wall, the guard fired low,
hoping to check him by wounding him
in the legs, but missed. The second
shot pierced Krahn's body from the
shoulder to the right side, and he fell
dead in his tracks 80 feet from the
wall.
1t was McCormick's first days serv.
ice at the penitentiary. This wss
Krahn's third attempt to escape. He
was German, 25 years old. He was
sentenced from Multnomah county in
January, 1898, for eight years for as
sault with intent to commit rape.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Nevada 11@12c; Oregon, IL
@14c; Northern IA "a Ice per pound.
Hops-10@14c per pound.
Millstuffs-Middlings, $20@2 CAL
ifornia bran, $16.00@16.5 so per ton.
Onions-New red. 70@80c; do new
silverskln, $1,000 1.15 per Genital.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 27@28c;
do seconds, 25@26c; fancy dairy.
24c; good to choice, 81 @23c per pound.
Cheese-Fancy mild, new, IL nc; fair
to good, 1850 per pound.
Eggs-Store, 18@26c; ranch, SEQ
41c; Eastern, 1905; duck, 25c per
dozen.
Potatoes-New, in boxes, 100000.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencias,
$1.50@3.00; Mexican lines, $500
8. 90; California lemons. choice, $2.00
@2.5o; do common, 75c@$1 per box.
Hay-Wheat, 12@15; wheat and
oat, $11; oat, $1o@12; river bar
ley, $7@8; best barley, s1o@ IL;
alfalfa, t8@9.5 clover, 5000.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, 35@85c per
large bex; grapes, s0@S0c; Isabella,
eo@75c; peaches. b0c@$l; pears, 40
CSC per bex; pluma, a60a6e
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
The Fever Situation.

New Orleans, Nov. s.-The fever
situation has not improved any since
yesterday, and the unfavorable turn Of
affairs following the cold wave and the
light frost is very disappointing to DIR.
Oliphant, president of the board of
health. There is no let up in the new
cases, there being 40, and seven deaths.
DR.. Oliphant issued an order tonight
raising the quarantine against all
points except that passengers coming
to New Orleans from Mobile, Mont
gomery and coast points will be re-
quired to have health certificates from
their local health officers.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Relief for the whaling Fleet.

Washington, Nov. 10.-There was
conference at the White House today
attended by Secretaries Gage, Long
and Alger, Commodore Melville and
Commander Dickens, of the navy, and
Captain Showalter, commander of the
revenue service, to consider means for
relief of the American whaling feet
said to be icebound in Behring sea. 1t
was decided to send the revenue cutter
Bear to the relief of the whalers.
Orders have been issued to put the
Bear in commission for the voyage.
and Captain Showalter says she will
be ready to sail as soon as she can be
provisioned, which will take but a
short time.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
Major Handy Says It Will b. he Big.
gest of Its Kind.

New York, Nov. 9.-Major Handy,
who is still in very poor health, said,
in the course of brief interview today:
81 succeeded beyond expectation in
securing space in the exposition.
was handicapped somewhat by the fact
that the American government did not
accept the invitation of France for an
award of space until year after the
invitation was extended. The Euro.
pean countries were a little quicker
with their acceptances, and SO when
arrived it was to find the other COM
missioners there. The United States
received altogether 100000 square feet
of space. 1 feel safe in predicting that
the exposition will eclipse anything of
the kind in the past.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Rig. and Yet It Is Sound,

Long Creek, Or, Nov. s.-There is
on exhibition in a store at this place a
monster turnip. It was raised in the
garden of Mr.. Allen Porter, near this
city; weighs 1917 pounds, and meas
ures 80 inches in circumference. It
seems to be perfectly sound, and not
pithy, as is generally the case in veg
etables of its size.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Yellow Fever Abating.

New Orleans, Nov. 9.-There has
been decrease in the fever. and the
situation is further improved. Very
few places are now quarantined against
New Orleans, and there has been a
general revival in business. There
were 10 new cases this afternoon, and
eight deaths. Three more new cases
developed this evening. The health
board reports: Ceases of fever today,
l3; deaths, 8; total cases to date,
1,743; total deaths, 236; total cases
absolutely recovered, $40; total under
treatment, $780,"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 8.-The bill by
Mr.. Oliver, of Burke county, to make
the birthday of Jefferson Davis a legal
holiday in this state, was adversely
reported by the general judiciary COM
mittee in the house of representatives
here today, and Mr.. Oliver called up
the measure and moved to disagree
with the committee. In an earnest
speech he asked the house to honor the
hero of the lost cause. The report of the
committee was disagreed to by an al
most unanimous vote.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

Denver, Nov. 9.-Acting-Mayor SEQ
hey has approved the ordinance recent
tly passed by the council fixing IL
cense fee of $1,000 for all dealers in
cigarettes. In addition, the ordinance
provides system of inspection, and a
penalty for selling cigarettes that con-
tain gypsum, opium or other drugs in
furious to health. There will be a
contest over the ordinance at once.
City Attorney Norris has furnished an
opinion that the ordinance is in viola
tion of the interstate commerce law.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Anti-Footban Bill Passes.

Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 10.-Representa-
tive Coles football bill prohibiting
match or prize games of football or
games of football with admission fees,
came up today, and after being amend
ed SO as to strike out the words ''games
of like character was passed with
out discussion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Hop Sales at Dallas.

Dallas, Or, Nov. s.-H. g. Campbell
sold 153 bales of hops here today at
1917 cents to T. A. Farley, represent
ing Horst & Lachmund. A number of
other sales are reported at prices rang
ing from to 10 cents.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
A Bad Man Killed.

Muskogee, 1. T., Nov. 1O.-Charlie
Clifton, alias Dynamite jack" no.
torious outlaw, was killed yesterday
at the house of Sid Williams, Is miles
west Of Cheotah, by Deputy Marshals
Lawson and Bussie. He was shot after
he had opened fire upon the arresting
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Playwright and Critic Fight Duel.

Paris, Nov. "a duel was fought
in the Garches forest, near this city,
between Armand Silvestre, the author
of the new play, "Tristine de Leon
ois." and M. Henri Bauer, the critic.
The weapons were swords. M. Silves-
tire received so severe a wound in the
arm that he was unable to continue the
hot
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
PanitentiarY for Life.

Gladwin, Mich, Nov. 10.-Ben-
jamin Num- and Roy Num-, father and
son, were both sentenced to life i'm
prisonment in the state penitentiary
today. Their crime was numbering
Curtis Wright.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Fatal Boiler Explosion.

Stolesboro, Pa, Nov. 10.-The boil
ers at the Mercer Iron & Coal Com
pany's works exploded at noon while
the men were at lunch. Three men
were killed and seven injured.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Seattle Market.

Butter - Fancy native creamery,
brick. 23@25c; ranch, 10@15c.
Cheese - Native Washington, 10@
12c; California, 919c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 29@32c.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50@
800; ducks, $3.50@4.00.
Wheat-Feed wheat, $26 per ton.
Oats-Choice, per ton, $40.
Corn-Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, SIC; mutton sheep,
&c; pork, 6kc; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish-Halibut, S@4c: salmon,
4@5c; salmon trout, SC; founders
and sole, 3@4; ling cod, 4@5 rock cod,
&c; smelt, 21a@4c.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, 25c@$1 per
box; peaches, 75@soc; prunes, 35 q 4oc;
pears, 81 per box.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Down a Mine Chute,

Leadville, Colo, Nov. 9.-Joseph
Hatcher. recently arrived from Mis-
souri,, was fatally injured in the Chip
mine this morning. Heis partner in
the leases and was in an upraise when
he made misstep and fell through the
chute 80 feet. He cannot live.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

Chicago, Nov. 10.-Alderman Henry
Ludolph, of the 10th ward, was run
over and instantly killed by Chicago
& Northwestern train this evening.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Bogus Butter in Germany.

There are 80 manufacturers Of imita-
tien butter in Germany. A factory in
Mannheim produces daily 5000 pounds
from preparation Of cocoanuts.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

Another paving material has been
discovered in Florida at Tampa. It il
the pebble phosphate, and is said to be
very good and cheap.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

Currency reform is to be the next
undertaking of the Republican admin
istration, now that the tariff reform is
an accomplished fact.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Killed by q Falling House

Vienna, Ind, Nov. 9.-The house of
Bud Doley, a farmer near here, fell
down this morning, killing him and a
man named Parks, and there children.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
A steel work. ExpIosion.

Milwaukee, Nov. 8 BY an explo-
sion at the Illinois steel works last
evening five men were injured. two
fatally. The fatally injured are Peter
Huadt and George Kolinski.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12
Killed by His Pupils.

Sedalia, Mo-, Nov. S.-James Allen,
teacher in school at Wheatland,
Hickory county, was beaten to death
yesterday by his pupils. As a punish
ment for misconduct, Mr.. Allen kept
several boys after school was dismissed
last night. When released, the youths
went away angry, and later, as the
schoolmaste. was on his way home,
they waylaid him, pelting him with
stones and clubs. Mr.. Allen was
Knocked down and his skull crushed.
He did not regain consciousness, and
died this morning. The youths have
BEEN arrested.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

[Ofice of Downing, Hopkins & Co., Chicago
Board of Trade Brokers, 711-714 amber of Com
merce Building, Portland, Oregon.1
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-12

The calamity shriekers will have to
hurry if they expect to get In their
shrieks about farm mortgages. Dis
patches to that sterling Democratic pa
per, the New York Sun. say that farm
ers in all parts of the country are rap
idly paying off their mortgaged indebt-
edness under the advances in prices of
wool, grain, and farm prices general
", and that with the probability of
good prices of the farm crops now be-
ing harvested the Indebtedness of the
farmers of the country will be greatly
reduced during the coming year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29
WHAT SHALL ! DOi

What shall ! do lest life In silence passs
And If it do
And never prompt the bray of noisy brass,
What needst thou ruef
Remember aye the ocean deeps are mute.
The shadows roar.
worth ID the ocean. Fame is but the brink
Along the shore.
What shall ! do to be forever known
Thy duty ever.
his Gid full many who yet slept unknown
Oh, never, never!
Thinkst thou perchance that they remain un
Know
Whom thou knowst notp
by angel trumps in heaven their praise |,
blown
Divine their lot.
What shall I do TO gain eternal lifeP
Discharge Alright
simple duties with which each day is rife,
Yea, with my might.
Ere perfect scheme Of action thou devise
will life be fed,
while he who ever acts as conscience cries
Shall live, thou dead.
Schiller
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29
Mechanical Refrigeration.

1t would be well for the creamery
men who have their old icehouses to re-
pair and to lay in a new supply of saw
dust to investigate the cost and conven-
fence of mechanical refrigeration. Al
the Kansas convention it was brought
out that it took more power to run them
than was stated at first, but that they
did good work no person disputed, and
by running them three or four hours
every day, ever in the warmest wealth
er, they would keep their cooling rooms
at a lower temperature than they could
with ice, and also with much less work.
Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29

Gaps of linen, wool, straw, bark Of
trees and leather were extensively worn
in Egypt and Arabia in early times and
were usually Of a pointed or peaked
shape. The variety of headdresses used
by the Egyntian ladies was very great.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29

Henristtss from Is to 20 cents
per I'd.
A handsome line OF all wool sum-
mer suitings from 80 to go
cents per I'd.
Plain black mohairs from so to
20 cents per I'd.
Novelties in black mohair from
90 cents to o1.00 per I'd.
And q large variety ofother suit
tinss in plain and brocaded
at various prices.
Have you seen our shirt waists
they are beauties. from SO
cents to $1.25, all detachable
collars, from the cheapest to
the best.
Daily camera., 1897-06-26
Baptist church.

Services at the First Baptist church
tomorrow as follows:
liam. Worship and preaching.
1890 Sunday School.
Gas p. m. Baptist Young Peoples
Society.
745 p. m. Evening Service.
This being Mr.. Lanes last Sunday be-
fore going on his vacation he will preach
a special sermon to his people in the
morning on "Paul's Leave-Taking." All
identified with the church are especially
urged to be present.
In the evening Mr.. Lane will address
the clerks by request on the subject OF
early closing All merchants and their
employees and the public are cordially
invited to attend.
Daily camera., 1897-06-26
As to Mileage Tickets,

If you travel extensively or frequently,
through Colorado, you will serve your
interest and convenience il you buy
"Gulf" thousand mile tickets, which are
now good for passage over the following
lines:
Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf.
Union Pacific System.
South Park Line.
Colorado Midland R. R.
Midland Terminal R. R.
This enables holders to cover all i'm
portant destinations in northern. eastern
and central Colorado, including Lead
vile, Gunnison, Cripple Creek, Colorado
Springs, Trinidad, Pueblo, Clear Creek
and Gilpin counties, and the Boulder
Fl. Collins Greeley district.
They are also good on the Ft Worth
and Denver Ry.
Rate is $50, good for one year.
B. L. WfNCHELL,
Gen. Pass. Agt, Denver, Colo.
Daily camera., 1897-06-26
First Presbyterian Church.

The Presbyterian church tomorrow
will devote both of its services to the
observance OF Children's Day. A beaut-
full and interesting program has ben
prepared for each, consisting of bright
new songs, recitations and pretty exer.
clses, and the church has been beauti.
fully decorated. A feature of special in
,erest to Sunday school workers will be
he ADDRESS in the morning by Mr.. June
Henderson of the Methodist church on
The Relation of the Parent to the Sun
day School" and that in the evening by
DR.. Russell of the university on The
cordially invited. The following pro
grams will be rendered.:
Daily camera., 1897-06-26
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters is medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gener-
ally needed, when the languid exhausted
feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid
and sluggish and the need of tonic and
Alternative is felt. A prompt use OF this
medicine has often averted long and per
haps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine
will act more surely in counteracting and
freeing the system from the malarial poi
son. Headache. indigestion, constlpa-
ton, dizziness yield to Electric Bitters.
Fifty cents and 81 per bottle at the Par
lor Drug store.
Daily camera., 1897-06-26
The Christian Church.

The services at the Christian church
tomorrow will be as follows:
o:3o a. m. Bible School.
HOO a. m. Sermon by the pastor on
"The Seen and the Unseen" being the
annual Memorial sermon before the sew
eral bodies of the |. o. o. F. of this city.
6:3o p. m. Y. P. S c. E.
7:45 p. m. Evening sermon by DR.. "A.
S. Dabney of Pueblo.
A cordial invitation is given to all to
attend these services.
Daily camera., 1897-06-26
Low Rates East and West.

The Union Pacific and Gulf Railways
offer unprecedented opportunities for
those wishing to take summer vacation
or to visit in the East or West. Follow.
ing are few places to which greatly re.
duced rates have been made:
To San Francisco, June 80, July 1. 2,
3, and 5, s2I.2o; same rate returning,
To Ogden and Salt Lake, same dates,
SII.2o; SII:2o returning.
To Salt Lake and return, July 10 and
H. s1S.
To Salt Lake and return, July IS and
10. s1S.
To Minneapolis and return. July 2 and
3; s26.4o.
To Nashville, Tenn, and return, daily
to October IS, $3.50.
To Milwaukee and return. July 2, 3
and 4, $3.50.
To Omaha and Kansas City, July IS
to 20. July II, IS, 20, August I, 5, and
IL, sII.2o.
To St. Louis, same dates, $3.50.
To Chicago, same dates, SIS.
Low rates to Buffalo and return in
August. F. E. GILLER,
Ayent