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The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
DURRANT'S CASE
Awaiting a Decision of the California su
 preme Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.-The final paper in the Durrant case was filed Monday afternoon in the office of the clerk of the supreme court. No fur ther legal proceedings can be taken in this cele case until the supreme court renders it's opinion in decision of it. The case has been under submission since Octo Der 2l, 1896, at which time no briefs had been filed, but an order of the court permitted those of both the appellant and respondent to be filed in order that it might be helped in it's deli ibera tion of the cause. The brief con- tains 75 pages. It goes into the testimony of witnesses for the prosecution with the assertion that not one has shown by competent evidence the connection of Durrant with the murder of Miss Lamont, and that his alibi is complete; that no witness was produced who knew Dur rant who could identify him as a com panion of the dead girl at any of the times immediately prior to the com mission of the crime.
 The admission of Jurors Nathan and Crocker are vigorously attacked be- cause of their bias against the de- fendant. The dism ssal of Juror Brown Is alleged as an error. It is maintained that the life of Durrant was one that would preclude the possibility of thought that he had any criminal in- stlncts, and that his acts at the time of the commission of the crime were those of an innocent man. At present the court is behind seven months in submission and decision in this ca @ can hardly be expected before May next
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Second session.

IN the senate, on the 9th. resolution cail- ing upon the secretary Of state for copies of the correspondence Tn the matter of Julio Sanguilly, the American citizen condemned by the spanish authorities in Cuba to perpetual Imprisonment in chains. was agreed to. Sen ate Dill to amend the act repeating the timber culture law was passed. the Maybrlck resolu- ton, reported adversely last session, was in- oennltely postponed. ..... In the house the bill to amend the laws relating to second-class mail matter was passed. Mir. Grosvenor. on a question Of personal privilege, called attention to the failure of heads of departments to fur nlSh information to the opel ation of the CIVIL service law called for by resolution of congress. resolution calling for an explana- ton or this neglect was agreed to without diyi- sion.
 IN the senate, on the 7th. MT. Mills intro dueed bill recognizing the indepe ndence of Cuba and appropriatng sl00o0 for the salary ana expenses Of minister to the government oi Cuba. The unfinished business-being the bill to extend the homestead laws to all laods acquired from Indian tribes-was taken up and considered at length. .....I In the house bill was passed providing for the appointment of Q surVeyer-general of Alaska at a salary of E. = oVo per year. The remainder of the day was occupied in the discussion of the Pacific rail- road funding bill
 TIE senate was not in session on the sth.
 
 Dill was further considered, and developed much more interest from a popular point of view, some bitterly vituperative speeches be. Ing lndulged in. The house took a recess un- der the rules until p. m., the evening session being devoted to the consideration of private pension bills
 THE senate was not in session on the 9th ~ In the house the bill to refund the indebted ness of the Union and Central Pacific railroads 10 the United States was reported from the committee Of the whole after a three days bat tle' vote on it's passage to be taken on the lIth. MT Bell (dem., Tex.) proposed a sub- stitute for the committees bill fixing the in- terest at three per cent. instead of two as the compromise. The discussion of the bill was quite interesting at times.
 IN the senate, on the 1lth. the house bank ruptcy bill was made special order for Monday, January 25. MT. Proctor spoke in favor Of proposed constitutional amend ment making the presidential term six years and making the president ineligi ble for re election; also making the term Of repre- sentatives three years MT Mills tdem Tex1 spoke In support of his joint resolution deciar- ing that the expectancy of recognition of new government belongs to congress. etc. which went over In the house the Pacific rail- road refunding bill was defeated by majority of oo votes, The house devoted the remainder or the day to the military academy appropria- ton bill, and to measures brought forward un- der the call of committees
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The electoral colleges in all the states east their votes Monday and selected messengers to carry the result to Wash ington.
 A recent decision of the Missouri su- preme court has opened the way for the state to be overrun with quacl and ignorant doctors.
 Senator-eleet Money, of Mississippi, who recently made trip to Cuba, says Spain can not win, and that independ- ence, as a snalty, is sure.
 Comptroller Eckels has authorize d the National Bank of Commerce of Memphis. Tenn, to begin business with capital of SI, ,OOO, 900.
 The name of Hon. Charles Emory Smith, of Philadelphia, is now con nected by rumor with the portfolio of secretary of the treasury in Maj. Mo. kinley's cabinet. The recall of the German minister to Japan has been demanded on account of recent display of unprovoked bru. tality towards d Japanese student on the street in Tokia Gen. Ramon Pelz, ex-Venezuelan | consul at New York, and son of Gen. Jose Antonio Pelz, twice president of Venezuela, died Monday, in New York city, aged o7 years. Ten head of valuable Durham and Jersey cattle were killed on the farm of John H. Gentry, near York. Pa., by the deputy state veterinarian, on ac. | count of tuberculosis. There has been much seismic activi- ty in the state of Oaxaco Mexico, and at one point on the Pacific coast earth. | quRkes under the ocean have kept fish. ermen in constant alarm. Senator Edward o. Wolcott, of Colo rado, who is visiting Europe in the in- terest of bimetallism, called at the United States embassy Monday and had an hours interview with Mir. Bay. ard
 The result of the January mental ex- animation at the West Point military academy has been announced, and 70 members of the various classes at the academy were found deficient and dis charged.
 John II. Tanner and Geo. II. Klint- worth were arrested at Catoosa and taken to Muskogee, L T., charged with stealing three carloads of cattle from Edwards Bros, cattlemeu of Nagoner.
 Andrew c. Sollman. a prominent citizen near Princeton, Ind, was found with bullet hole in his brain. He had taken his gun to kill hawk, and In getting over fence the gun was discharged.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

LIZZIE PEPPER, Chicago telephone operator, put her weeks pay in her stocking on the 9th, and started for home. Footpads held her up at Eff ty-third street and demanded her money. She denied having any, and the robbers searched her and secured the money.
 TIE American national bank of Den- yer, Col, which suspended April 2t, 1895, has been permitted to reopen it's doors for business as an active na- tional banking institution, having compiled with all the necessary con ditions.
 SIMON COOPER, negro desperado, who had killed five persons, was sur rounded by sheriff's posse in Sumter county, S. C., on the sth, and killed. Gov. Evans was asked for a cannon, as Cooper kept up a fusilade with his Winchester rifle on the posse, but d lucky shot finally brought him down. He was afterwards hanged and riddled with bullets.
 THE Bank of Canton, at Canton, Minn., with capital of SIG, 900, and the Citizens bank, of Lanesboro, a small institution, both operated by Field, Kelsey < Co.,, suspended busi- ness on the 9th.
 r THE British ship Ulrica, Capt. John- son. which arrived, on the 4th, at | Queenstown from San Francisco, and sailed later for Dublin, went ashore, on the 7th, on Copeland island, on the northwest coast of Ireland, and be- came total wreck. Her crew was saved.
 IT is now estimated that 325, ,OOO per sons have fled from Bombay as a re- suit of the spread of the bubonic l plague. They are scattering contagion in the villages up the country. EX-PENsIoN EXAMINER JAMES A. JORDAN was sentenced in the United States court at Grand Rapids, Mich. | on the sth, for defrauding the govern ment. The penalty imposed was that l he pay fine of Sl,OOO and return to the department all misappropriations of funds. lie paid the fine and was released.
 PART of the winter quarters, at Bridgeport, Conn, of Barnum X Bailey's show was burned on the night of the 7th. Wild and exciting scenes took place in the menagerie. Ele- phants, lions, tigers, bears and all manners of fierce and strange breasts were taken out of the buildings in safety.
 l A MISPLACED switch caused a wreck on the Erie railway at Oraugeville. 0. on the sth. Train No. s2 went into a ditch, and ten cars were completely wrecked. A steam snow blow was also demolished.
 THE weekly statement of the asso- ciated banks New York city for the week ended the 9th showed the fol lowing changes: Reserve, increase sl, 704, 800; loans, increase, S259. TOO; specie, increase, S550, TOO; legal tend CTS, increase, Sl4. 467, 100: deposits. increase, 7,253, 200; circulation, de crease, s692, 300.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
HOUSE.

The hope of those members of the house who are anxious to secure some legislation with reference to the Pa- cihc railroads this session was quenched by a decision of Speaker Reed
 Yesterday MT. Powers (rep., Vt moved that the bill be reco mmitted to the committee on Pacific railroads. but objection was made that this was not Tn order, as other business had inter. vened. Speaker Reed asked until to day to render decision, and soon after the house met he stated his opinion that the motion of the gentleman rom Vermont to recommit the bill was not in arder. The motion. he said could have been made if the house had passed the bill to third reading or if other business had not lntervened. No demonstration followed the an. nouncement.
 The bill to better define the rights or aliens in the territories, which was passed over temporarily yesterday. was taken up under the call of com mlttees, and the bill was passed by a rising vote-ayes. 50; nays, 2e.
 bill allowing applicants for min- eral land patents to appear before clerks of courts or notaries public, in stead of before the land office officials In making the preliminary affidavit. was also passed.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
 FRED BY TRl6ESMsN'
Terrible Fate of . British Expedition !"
 the Niger Country

LONDON, Jan. 13.-Dispatches ceived at the foreign office confirm 'u' previous reports of the massacre u tribesmen in the territory of n'As of Benin, of the members oi British expedition which left the coas, .s of Upper Guiana, January l, intenuips to proceed to Benin in the Niger coas' protectarate. The contirmatory V ports say that all of the whites cUI prised in the expedition, together ",.S ss 243 native carriers, were killed an that only seven Kroomen escapea The expedition consisted Of Acs,ls Consul-General Phillips, Maj " land Crawford, Capt. Boicragon' !, was the commandant of the foro' the Niger coast protectorate. Mailing, belonging to the same io'oe., Messrs. Camp bell and Locke, oonsA. officials; Dr. Elliott, Messrs "" and Gordon, civilians, and iss number of Kroomen and native riers
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
Illinois Legislature.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Jan. l3.-The ses. sion of the legislature was short and resulted in setting Tuesday, January ls, to ballot for United States senator and Wednesday, the 20th, as the day for joint session to elect. Both houses then adjourned until to-mor. row, the senate to meet at 10 a. m., the house at p. m.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
COSTLY FOR SPAIN.
One Hundred aud Twenty Millions spent
 by weyier Without Result.

by Weyier Without Result.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 13-A Sun special from Havana via Key West, says: The sum of si2O. 900, GOO is the total amount of Spain's expenses in Cuba Tn the year, not yet ended, of Capt.-Gen. Weyler's government. Considering that for only six months of lsSo me expenses were officially reported to exceed S6s, ,OOO, 900, the above figures do not seem as large as might be expect ed.
 THE MONEY SPENT BY wEYLER covers the payments made to build the trochas, to feed, dress and pay the army and to defray the secret expense of the captain-general and the Spanish legation at Washington. Martinez Campos said that to conquer the pa- triots Spain would need S200, Oo0, ,OOC and two years Weyler has had the men, but in less than one year
 HE HAS SPENT S2O, 100000 more than the estimate for one year made by his predecessor. No further explana ton is necessary of Spain's de- feat in Gu oa and of Weyler's great un. popularity in the mother country, as well as in the colony, than the mere statement that this tremendous sum has been vainly poured.
 OUT OF THE SPANISH TREASURY.
 It can be safely predicted that Spain is unable to continue the war on the same scale that she has done up to this date, and unless she gives up the struggle, abandoning the island to the Cubans. the day of a general cessation of payments and public and shame ful confession of bankruptcy is very near
 THE USELESS TRoCHA.
 The troacha from Mariel to Ma jana is said to have cost s, 900, 900 The fa- nous troacha is not worth S500, 900 with all it's humbug of electric lights and photographic service. The trocha from Jucara to Moron has cost in re- pairs about S4,00O,000 and it is very poor military work, absolutelely use less so far as preventing the advance of the Cubaus to the west is concerned.
 SPENT FOR SECRET EXPENSES.
 The corresp spondent of the Sun has been informed by trustworthy per son that the Spanish legation in Wash ington has spent this year S, 900, ,00G for secret expenses, not including the ordinary payments charged to the treasury of Cuba.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
Saginaw B.sebsn Club.

SAGINAW, Mich. Jan. 15.-Ihe n chise for Saginaw in the lnter.ol Baseball league has been transieI.a to W. H. Saltonstall, W. E, fesi'So and s. Perrington of this city a. N will handle the team during the w. tng season.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

VIM. DOWNING and Charles Williams, both colored murderers, paid the pen- alty of their crime on the same scaf- fold at Norfolk, Va, on the 5th. Both men displayed considerabl nerve, and the execution passed off without any extraordinary incident
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

THE Pacific railroad bill. which was deIeated in the house. on the llth, provided for the settlement of Sll2,- 00o, 900 of inde btednsss of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific on the basis of an extension of over so years at two per cent, with an annual ex- tinguishment payment on the princi- pal at the rate of S365, 900 for the first ten years; S5s0, 000 for the second ten years, and s750, 0o0 for the remaining years.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

PROF. RUDOLPH FALB, the meteorolo- gist, of Vienna, is lying bedridden in that city. He has wife and five chil- dren, and the entire family are in a state of extreme destitution. A num- Der of Berlin scientists and savants have started a subscription fund for their relief
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

RT. HoN. AND Mosr REV. FREDERICK TEMPLE, D. D., the recently-appointed arch bishop of Canterbury and primate of all England, was enthroned in the cathedral at Canterbury, on the sth, in the presence of I2 bishops, 300 cler- gymen and large gathering of the laity.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

THE north German Gazette, an in spired organ, asserts that the German government has no intention of inter fering in the case of Cuba whatever the final issue of the insurrection in that island or of the differences grow ing out of it between the United States and Spain may be.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

HE Spanish newspapers in Havana savagely attack the American repre- sentative, Mir. Money, for violating the laws of war proclaimed by the Spanish authorities, which forbid all investigations in the military camps not expressly sanctioned by the com mander-in-chief of the army.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

THE Johannesburg Standard an- nonnces that the government has com pleted its bill against the British gov ernment demanding indemnity for the Jamieson raid, and is about to for ward 1t to London. The amount of the Boer claim, the paper says, is under A2 GOO OO0
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

THE state department recently re- vised the diplomatic regulations. and Secretary Olney took occasion To write provision and insert it in the regula- tions prohibiting speeches upon politi- cal matters by diplomatic representa- tives of the United States, This is understood to be rebuke to Minister Bayard.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

MRS. EMMA SPREChI Es-N WATSON, the only daug hter of Claus Spreekels, the millionaire sugar king, whose recent secret marriage to Mr. Thomas Wat son, San Francisco grain broker, of fend ed her father and called forth a re buke, with d single stroke of a pen relinquished about s2, GOO. GOO which her father had previously given her.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

LAWRENCE WILSON, aged II years, one of the eight Baltimore lMd.) boys wno were bitten by mad dog on De- cember l, and who was the first of the eight to go to the Pasteur institute in New York city for treatment, died in eonyulsions on the 5th. lie was the fourth boy to die from the effect of the QOg's bite.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

Ar the request of Lord George Ham, ilton, secretary of state for India, Rt. Hon. George F. Faudel-Phillips, lord mayor of London, has started fund for the sufferers from the famine in India, and large sums are being sub scribed
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

THE one hundredth anniversary of the esta ablishment of the state capital in Albany, N. Y., was fittingly cele- brated in that city on the 9th. Elab- crate literary exercises occurred in the afternoon at Harmanus Bleecker hall, Gov. Black presiding.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

ON the 1ith at 12 o'clock, James A. Mount and Thomas Haggard were in- augurated governor and lieutenant governor respectively of Indiana, upon platform erected in the main corri- dor of the capitol building at Indian aoolis.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
The First Electoral Messenger to Arrive

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Mr. William Witherow, of Pittsburgh, is in the city He is the first of the electoral vote messengers to arrive in Washington. having been selected to bring the solid vote of the Keystone state for William Mckinley to the senate.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

THE Times of India, of Bombay, in an article on the bu bonic plague which is raging in that city. says that since the outbreak of the plague the popu- lation of Bombay has been reduced one-half, and the weekly mortality has averaged POO per l,o0O.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

THE returns issued by the London board of trade for Decem Der, ls96 showed an increase of e6, 5I0. .OOO in imports and an increase of el.lll, ,00O in exports during that month, as com pared with Decem Der, 1885
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

MR. NANCE, director of the works of the Panama Canal Co, has sailed from Colon for Jamaica for the pur- pose of engaging 5000 laborers to carry out the plans of the company for an extension of the work on the canal
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
One to Ja.iou.x

WEBB CITY, Mo, Jan. Is.-In a fit ot jealousy Monday night Grant Edwards shot and killed Miss Louisa Hodge and then attempted suicide by shoo ting. but he will recover. He is in jail.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

IT is understood that the Union Pa citic reorganization committee has practically matured it's plans for pur- chasing the indebtedness of the com- pany to the government in the event of the failure of the funding bill.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15
FlFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Second Session.) SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. I2-After the transaction of some routine morning business, the senate, at l2:15, on mo- tion of Mir. sherman (rep, O., pro- ceeded to the consideration ot execu. tive business.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

BISHOP KEANE, formerly rector of the Catholic university at Washing ton, has been nominated bishop assist. ant at the pontificai throne. It is un- derstood that Bishop Keane will be stationed at Rome.
The Forrest City times., 1897-01-15

MRS. LEASES house at Wichita, Kas., was sold at sheriff's sale, on the 9th, for seOo. It cost about sa,O00. It was bought in by J. Marsh, the eastern mortgaCee.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-19
Meeting Of British Resi-
dents.

An adjourned meeting Of British
residents, to hear reports OF commit
tees and for any other required bust
ness, relative TO the Diamond Jubilee,
will be held at the Arlington Hotel
on THURSDAY EVENING, Goth
inst, at 8 O'Clock.
II. RAIN WALKER,
Chairman.
w F. WILSON, Secretary.
Honolulu, May 10, 1897.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-19
Mortgages Notice Of Intention
to Toreolose and Of
Sale.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
OF power of sale contained In GER
tain mortgage, dated the 25th day of
June, 1891, made by Charles Lehman
and Johanna Lehman. his wife, OF Ho-
nolulu, Oahu, to Paul Lemke. of Ho-
nolulu, Oahu, recorded In the Register
Office, Oahu, in Liber l3l, on Pages
208 and 200, notice is hereby given that
the MOI tgagee Intends to foreclose the
same for condition broken, to wit:
Nonpayment Of interest when due.
Notice is likewise given that after
the expiration OF three W. eks from the
date OF this notice, the property con-
veyed by said mortgage will be sold at
public auction, at the auction rooms of
James f. Morgan, in Honolulu, on
Tuesday, June s, 1897, at II o'clock
moon OF sail day.
Terms: Cash, U. 8. gold coin. Deeds
at purchasers expense.
PAUL LEMKE, Mortgage.
Further particulars may be had of
A 8 HUMPHREYS,
Attorney for Mortgage.
Honolulu, April %, 1897.
The premises covered by said mort
gage consist Of:
That certain piece or parcel OF land
situate on Punchbo wi street, Honolulu,
and known as Lot 4, by survey OF NJ.
d. M0nsarrat, dated January 8, 1891,
and more particularly described by
metes and bounds In the deed OF John
MagOon to said Charles Lehms ann, and
containing an area of 1859 square feet,
being q portion Of Royal Patent Grant
No. 2453, together with all buildings
and appurtenances thereon. 61l.4t