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DURRANT TALKS.
Says He Knows the Lord is With Him
 Wanted Money For His Words.

San Quentin, Cal, Jan. 6.-At the request of Theodore Durrant an Associated Press staff correspondent was brought tonight to the cage-like structure surrounded by a close wire netting, in which the condemned man is confined His mother sat on one side conversing with her son in whispers. Durrant looked well, but his eyes were red from weeping and his lips looked parched. The failure today of the various moves in his behalf were referred to.
 "It was great surprise, but am pre- pared for it," replied Durrant.
 "How do you feel?"
 "Hopeful, buoyant and ready to meet my maker" answered the condemned man. T know the Lord is with me. No one knows what faith is until 1t is tried. ann going to a judge who has never committed a wrong and who cannot. My faith has been so strong that have been kept up and will be sutained to the end"
 Then turning to his mother he said: Mother, I have come to the conclusion that it needs trial to know God And you may say that to the world," he added.
 A sudden thought seemed to strike Dur rant for he added in voice different from the earnest religious accents of his pre- vi0us remarkS:
 q have had offers of remuneration for a talk with me from the east. have had three or four telegrams."
 "All of his ords are of great value," in- terrupted his mother.
 No offer of compensation having been made, Durrant was cautioned to talk no more. He was willing to comply, but his mother being called away for moment he resumed in lis former strain.
 'T will make no reference to the past; all will be made clear. if not in this world, then in the next feel that am perfect in Christi
 "what will yea say at the last?" he was asked.
 This was ratrer a difficult question, but the answer was quick and in a firmer voice than he had besn ushing. 'I shall only proclaim my inL LDcence-Qudly, strenuous (ContinW l on Second Page)
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FAKE REPORTS.
Cold Wave Has Not Seriously Damaged vege-
 tation in Florida.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 6.-Through some unknown channel, fake reports about Flori- da and the cold wave have been circulated and published throughout the country, and these erroneous reports concerning the damage done make 1t necessary to assure the people of the country interested in Florida, that such reports have been gross ly exaggerated. The demage was of tenn porary character only.
 The information of the local weather office sent to the chief of the weather bu- reau tells the truth, and that dispatch bears out this and the first sent out by the Associated Press agent of this city.
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DURRANT BREAKS DOWN.
Gives Way to HystericaI Outbreaks and Rolls on
 the Floor of His Cell.

San Francisco, Jan. GA special to the Call from San Quentin prison says that Theodore Durant has broken down com pletely. When visited by his parents or friends he controls himself and stimulates calmness, but alone with his guards he gives way to the most violent hysterical outbreaks, rolling on the floor of his cell, screaming and crying.
 His nerve seems to have completely for saken him and the opinion is expressed by the prison officials that the condemned man, whose attitude of entire self-posses- sion and cool indifference ever since his arrest has been most remarkable, will have to be carried to the gallows.
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EMPEROR WILLIAM
 HIGHLY DELIGHTED We'll Satisfied With the Outcome Of the German Diplomacy in China. PRESS SNEERS AT ENGLAND The YOSSiChe zeitunS, However, Says
 There Is Room for Everybody. ACQUISITION OF C0ALING STATION Is Hardly the Realization of the Colonial Enter prize Which the Blaze of Prince Henrys Departure Threatened--To Issue
 Postal Regulations.
PRESS SNEERS AT ENGLAND
ACQUISITION OF c0ALING STATION

Berlin, Jan. 6.-The German press is in- faction over the success of German diplo- macy in China. The fact that Emperor William personally conferred the order of the Red Eagle upon Baron Von Buelow, the German foreign minister, for his share
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ALL EFFORTS FAIL
 TO SAVE DURRANT Judge Brewer and Coy. Budd Refuse to
 Interfere in His Behalf. WILL HANG TODAY AT 1O:30 SUnrAmA C0Upt D0Ac N0t C0mmAncn at
Supreme Court Does Not Commence at Washington Until t2 O'Clock.
AND THE DIFFERENCE IN TIME
Between San Francisco and That City is Not Sufficient to Prevent the Execution, Even If the Higher Tribunal Should Issue
 Stay of Proceedings.

fused both Attorney Boardman's applica- tions for interference in the Durrant case.
 Immediately after the adjournment of the supreme court at o'clock Justice Brewer repaired to the attorney-generals room, where he received MT. Boardman and went
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this afternoon for General Dickinson, Durrant attorney to appear. Dickinson did not come and the governor expressed his determination to allow the law to take it's course. It was stated that MT. and Mrs. DuTant would call on the governor this afternoon to make a last appeal for their son, but the governor said he would not receive them.
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Memphis Election.

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 6.-Joseph J. Will Hams, independent democrat, was today elected mayor of Memphis over Hon. Lucas Clapp, the present incumbent by majority of about 800 votes. The entire independent ticket also carried by reduced majorities.
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Reduetions in Au Departments,

Attleboro, Mass, Jan. 6.-Notices of a re- duction of wages of about Il per cent. of all departments were posted at the mills at Hebronville and Bodgeville today. About 1 ,000 operatives are affected.
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GOVERNOR BuOD
Announced That He Would Not Interfere With
 Durrant's Execution.

San Francisco. Jan. Ex-Governor Budd has announced that he will not interfere with the execution of Durant
 The governor waited at his apartments
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Treasnrx Statement.

Washington, Jan. 6.-Today's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Avail able cash balance. s2s2 ,s55 .s7s; gold reserve, $161 ,02s, 1905.
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GROSVENOR
 LEADS THE DAY He Storms the Citadel Bearing Aloft the Banner OF ANTI-CIVIL SERVICE LAW Carl SChurZ, Once a POnderOuS Senator, Torn 2 'usled BY THE OAV 5 DENuNcIATIoNs Charging 2 With Having Betrayed | Party and Duty.
And Is the Only Outspoken Friend of Civfi Service in tht House-The Commis- sion Receives Notice That It Is
 Not the Government

Washington, Jan. 6.-The house today promptly resumed the debate on the civil service question and MT. Grosvenor, of Ohio, took the floor with an elaborate speech in opposition to the law. In open- ing MT. Grosvenor discaimed any leader, ship of the anti-civil service reform and civil service reform forces, and any pur- pose to speak for any officer of the govern- ment, executive, legislative or judicial. "All efforts to entangle me in collision with the president" said he, wasted so much powder. If I believed that my re- lations to the executive would be changed or modified because I differ with him in any representative capacity would de- spise him as he would despise me if I faltered in my convictions
 MT. Grosvenor said he had watched with the administration the presidents public careers, and one of his most prominent characteristics had always been that he not only did not demand subserviency but despised man who sought favors by IL ~ s4 -a q
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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-11-26
NO RECESSION POSSIBLE.
United States VIII Proceed to Take What
Was Demanded.

United States Will Proceed to Take What
Was Demanded.
WARRINGTON, u. G. Nov. 21.-A
well known member of the cabinet in
an interview this afternoon immedi-
ately after the announcement of the
breaking off of peace negotiations
made the following statement as to
the effect of the discrimination OF
negotiations:
"'Che action of the Spanish commits
sioners will not affect the purpose of
the American government. Our gov
ernment will still assert pl eciseley
what it has claimed, and it will pro-
ceed to carry these claims into exc
cu:ion. I don't believe there will be
any concession on one, and that is the
American side, nor actual resistance
on the other. 1t will simply remain
for the American government to hold
what it has proposed to hold for it is
now practically in possession and all
that remains is tn make this posses
sion an actual fact.
"While the Spanish government de-
clined to acquiesce it can not interpose
any obstacle, and the only result will
be that it will be compelled later to
recognize what it refuses to acauiesce
in at present. 1 say this on the as
sumption that the notification given
means really a rupture of the nego-
tiations, and not simply movement
to take them up in a new way.
Zone significant effect is that this
action now relieves this government
of the whole question of compensation
for the Philippines.
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NO BACK TALK
ADM SSABLE
Americas Demands Must be
Accepted.

| WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-The new
poiL ts laid down by the Spanish peace
commissioners in The answer present.
ed by them at Wednesdays session OF
| the Joint peace commission will not be
permitted to change the attitude OF
the United States commissioners.
These points were in substance, that
the Spaniards could not permit any
questions to be raised as to the
authority OF the Spanish government
to pledge the resources of the Philip.
pines, and that they could not permit
an accounting of the method in which
the proceeds of this loan had been ex.
pended.
There is reason to believe the Span
ish purpose is to conceal the enormous
defalcations by Spanish officials who
have governed the Philippines since
the issue of 6he loan However the
American commissioners are posted as
to what sums have been expended in
pacific expenditures" in the islands.
Knowing this, the Americans can
afford to ignore entirely the effort of
the Spaniards to becloud the facts and
will adopt the simple expedient of
proffering a lump sum of as many
million dollars as is deemed fair and
just tender for the Spanish properties,
requiring and rendering no statement
or calculations as made for the offer.
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FILIPlNOs ARE AGiTATED.

They Resent American Interference in
- Their Governmental Affairs.
LONDON, Nov. 2O.-rhere is much ag-
itatiou among the Filipino representa-
tives in Europe over the Philippine
situation. Agoncillo, the representa-
tive of Aguinaldo, who has been in
Paris watching the proceedings of the
peace commission, starts for Washing
ton today. 1t is learned that on We'd
nesday last he called a meeting of all
the Filipinos in Paris and London to
meet him in Paris, when committee
was formed with the object of doing
everything possible to induce France
to recognize the so-called Filipino re-
public. A telegram was sent to Agui-
naldo asking for instructions, and the
following reply is said to have been
received:
"Insist upon absolute independence.
Otherwise fight to the death. We are
all united and the government is pro-
crossing smoothly. All the inde-
pendent tribes of the mountains are
submitting to Aguinaido and the
chiefs are bringing presents ofgold J"
The statements made by General
Wesley Merritt, in reply to the appeal
of the Filipino junta of Hong Kong to
the American people, have caused in
dignation among the Filipinos. They
are specially incensed at the sugges-
ton that they would loot and at the
idea of being governed as colony.
The Filipinos of Paris are sending
dispatch to President Mckinley pro-
testing against the assertions made.
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Il THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. =

He Must Surround Himself with
Grandeur to Pleas His People.
The French. peopl~ love show, and
they expect their president to sur
round himself with as much grandeur
as the potentates of other European ma
tions. He is, therefore, pitted against
Emperor William, who, from all sources,
has $5,OOO,O0O year; the czar of Rus
sia, who has treble that amount, and
100000. The French president must
give a certain number of receptions,
balls and dinner parties, and whenever
q visiting monarch comes to Paris he
must entertain him and his suite with
the same outward dignity aud state
that one sovereign shows another.
In theory the president is main
tanned by the government. That is, he
is lodged, rent free in the Elysee; he
enjoys the produc. of the splendid
kitchen gardens and conservatories at
Versailles and Fontainebleau; he has
the right to shoot and hunt in the state
forests, and these also supply the palace
with wood and charcoal; the palace is
lighted by the state, and a laundry is
maintained irrespective of the presi-
dents income. The state allows him
three horses, but there are never less
than 12 in the stables.
The palace servants are paid by the
state, but they are only equal to car
ing for the wants of the regular house
hold. Whenever ball or banquet is
given from 80 to 40 extra helpers are
hired, and this all comes out of the presi-
Dental purse. Nine. Maure, it is said,
spends every cent of her husbands sala-
ry during the Paris season of six months
on matters pertaining to the household
The butchers bill alone amounts to
5000, or 1000 francs. a week, and the
other expenses are proportionatefy
ereat.-New Haven Register.
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Reign Of Terror at Pana.

PANA, Nov, lS.-Desultory firing in
every section of the city continued
throughout the night. Terrorized
residents huddled in groups, which
were guarded by heads of families,
heavily armed. Quite number of
families left the city and spent the
night in the country with friends.
In Springside district last night Ed
Jones, white nonunion miner, is re-
ported to have been shot in the back
and dangerously wounded.
A report reached the city today that
IS negroes with winchesters had lined
up in Springside to clean out the
whites of that section. Troops have
been sent to the scene,
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Final Report of Grand Jury.

We, the grand jury, duly empan
eled for the November, 1898. term o
the circuit court of Wasco county, beg
to herewith submit our final report a:
follows:
We have been in session nine days
and have made inquiry into all crimes
committed or triable in Wasco county
so far as they have come 10 our knowl.
edge, AID as result of our inquiries
have returned into court eleven true
bills and two not true bills, as we'll as
having made inquiry into several
cases that the evidence did not war
rant reporting.
We haye visited the county poor
farm and the offices of the sheriff,
county clerk and treasurer. In our
examinations we were extended every
courtesy, and our examination rem
dered easy by the respective officials.
We found the poor farm we'll con-
| Quoted and managed, the comfort of
the inmates being looked after well.
We would recommend that warmer
quality of underclothing be furnished
the inmates than is now provided for
their use, which is insufficient to af-
ford adequate protection. Their quar-.
ters are comfortably arranged, but
were not well warmed at the time of
our visit. Some of the old men find it
hardship to be deprived of tobacco,
and, to the end that it will make the
last days of these poor unfortunates d
little easier, we would recommend that
supply of tobacco be furnished for
them.
We found the county Jail we'll kept
and the comfort of the inmates sub
served as we'll as the conveniences will
permit. We will recommend that the
hammocks and hunks now 10, be ar
ranged and fixed so that they will
furnish more comfortable sleeping ia
cilities for the inmates.
We would recommend that larger,
more convenient, and more suitable
water closets be provided at the court
house, we having found the pre- sent
arrangements to be entirely made
quate. We would recommend that a
ladies' toilet be added.
We found the county clerks Office
well kept, the books and records in as
good condition as the conveniences of
the Office will permit. The vault
which contains the files and records is
not we'll arranged for the preservation
of the records. We would recommend
that steel vault furniture be placed in
the vault as soon as practicable, and
that door or shutter De provided for
the vault window that will be suffi-
cient protection to the contents Of the
vault. The present shutter is entirely
inadequate to furnish the required pro.
lection.
We commend the straightforward,
and business like manner iC- which
Hon. A. A. Jaynechas conducted his
business, and the pains he has taken
to enable this grand jury to expedite
the disposal OF its business.
Having disposed of all the business
before us and having no further bnsi-
ness to transact we respectfully ask to
be discharged. CRAs. FRALEY,
Foreman.
Dated at The Dalles, Nov. %, 1893.
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ALL OFF
WITH SPAIN,
Her President Of the
Peace Commission
WithdraWs.

PARIS, Nov. 21.-Rios. president oi
the Spanish peace commission, has
refused to continue the peace negotia.
tions, in view of tie severity of the
terms proposed by the United States
! commissioners.
American peace commissions met in
joint session at 2 o'clock this after
noon. The Americans declared they
must have the entire Philippine
archipelago, and asked for q treaty
cession of the islands. The Americans
rendered to Spain S20,00o,000. 1t is
further declared it is the purpose of
the United States to maintain the
Philippine islands as an "open door"
20 the worlds commerce.
On the terms named, the United
States proposes the mutual relinquish-
ment of all claims for indemnity,
national or personal, subsequent to
the out break of the last Cuban insur-
rection.
November % is fixed as the date on
which the United States commission
desired a definite response to today's
proposition, and all other subjects at
issue.
1t is also declared the United
States desires to treat on the religious
freedom of the Caroline islands as
agreed upon between the United
States and Spain in 1886, and also the
acquisition of one of the Caroline
islands for an American naval station,
and of cable-landing rights at other
places in Spanish Jurisdiction and re-
vival of certain Spanish. American
treaties as heretofore in force.
The Americans also refuse to arbi.
trate article of the peace protocol,
bearing upon the future disposition
and control of the Philippine islands.
THE SIMPLEST CURE FOR INDIGEs-
TON.
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Melee In a Penitentiary.

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. ls.-At the
state penitentiary this morning Con-
victs O'Neil AID Atkinson. serving Is
years fer robbery, in some manner Sc.
cured a revolver and attacked the
guards. In the melee that followed,
Atkinson received a serious pistol
wound and his comrade was so badly
beaten about the head that he may
die. Guard Charles Lauterbach was
shot and killed.
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HAS TROUBLES
OF HIS OWN
Emperor William Finds
Enough at Home.

BERLIN, Nov. 20.-Emperor Will
liam's sudden abandonment of his in
tention to visit Spanish ports and his
| determination to go home via the
| Adriatic sea, larding at Pola and
| taking the train there for Potsdam by
way of Innsbruck, has given rise to
considerable speculation as to the real
motive of his change of program. The
official explanation giving the health
of ths empress as the sole reason for
his majesty's rapid return is only par
TALLY accepted here.
The impression among leading poll
ticians however, is that the state of
home politics and the inappropriate
eness of the visit to Spain at the
present juncture, mainly Influenced
the emperor's decision. The imperial
chancellor, Prince Hohealohe, repre-
sented to his majesty the necessity for
an early opening of the reichstag. in
view OF the mass of work that body has
to get through and suggested Novem-
ber 20 or December for the opening
ceremonies. Emperor William who
intends to open the session in person
thereupon decided to return directly.
The ministers have all returned sud-
denly to Berlin and the greatest activ-
ity is observable in political circles.
The discussion of the governments
anti-strike measure promises to make
the sessions of the reichstag extremely
lively. 1t is suggested in some quart.
ers that Emperor Williams round
about detour from Pola to Potsdam by
way of Innsbruck, capital of the
Austrian Tryol, was dictated bya plan
which since the assassination OF the
empress of Austria and the discovery
of plot against the'emperor's life at
Alexandria has governed his majesty's
overwhelmingly, complete secl ecy
as to the time of his departure from
any place and the exact route to be
kept secret until the last moment.
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Negroes Not Wanted.

New YORK, Nov. 1S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: The
news from the Topeka that John T.
Neny, baptist clergyman, is about to
send to Santiago 80 negro families as
a nucleus for large negro colony, has
caused an exceedingly bad impression
that only white immigrants shall come
to Cuba. The more rabid predict
race war should many negroes come
feature is that the Cuban negroes are
even more bitter than the whites in
denouncing the movement.
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Result of a Joke.

MARINETTE, Wis, Nov. 2l.-As a
result of practical joke, William
Menrose, cedar worker, shot his
wife and fatally wounded himself
Fellow workmen, for Joke, made him
believe that his wife, from whom he
had been separated, was about to wed
auother mau. He secured revolver,
broke into her home and fired twice at
her as she was seated sewing. Only
one bullettook effect, inflicting a flesh
wound. Thinking he had killed her,
be turned the revolver on himself,
fired, and died in few hours after
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If Rios did express the determine.
tion of the Spaniards under instruc-
tions, the American commissioners
will leave Paris for the United Stat es
at once. This does not necessarily
wipe out what has been accomplished
under the terms of the protocol; each
article of the protocol must stand, for
it is in no respect dependent on what
would follow at Paris save the one
clause touching the Philippines.
That is the ultimate position Of the
United States government announced
at the state department.
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Where
Are You At !?
If You Want to Know

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Russia Strictly Neutral.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20-The
semi-official Journal in St. Petersburg
repudiates the anti-American views
with reference to the Philippine
islands recently expounded by the
Bourse Gazette, which it declares in
no way represents the views held in
leading Russian circles.
The Journal ADDS: "All important
organs when treating the Philippine
question have not failed to take in ac-
count the reserve imposed on Russia
by her neutrality during the war nor
disregarded the good feeling Russia
entertains for the United States.''