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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-23
LAST CHARc1

June 2S. 1876 Custer and IA OF hIc'
gallant United states troopers died he
goicaliy In the passes OF the Littio Bic
Horn. The little column was SCARCELY
more than a bodyguard for the hero
who had often led mounted divisionr
In battle. When 1t reached The ford o.
the river on the trail leading to the
Sioux village, II was fired upon by 1000
Indian warriors lying In ambush along
the bluffs.
Seeing the terrible odds against him.
Custer dismounted his soldiers and re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-23

know somethin about Pueblo Indian
pottery. too. don't your"
Pink allowed that he had given the
subject a little study at one time.
Young man." said Rucker spitefullys
you're too id smart. I've no use for
people like you But, thank the Lord.
no real woman ever did it,"
Rucker nevertheless. by reason 0f
Pink's mediation. received a very light
sentence. while Fent and Morely ruined
two good pieces OF hemp rope.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-23

There was a twister OF twist.
And he twisted a twist.
And the twist that he twisted
Was a three twisted twist.
Now. IL, in twisting that twist.
One twist had UNFINISHED
Then the twist that UNFINISHED
Would have untwist the twist.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-23

tired 10 a ridge
one mile from
the ford. fighting
all the way with
the a d a n C e
guard OF the en-
envy. The Indi-
ans broke from
their cover and
ran forward. with
wild w~arwhoops.
One company OF
trOopers under
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-23

ing. to which Morely responded with
an path.
That night Rucker felt a gentle touch
on his face IND started up TO find the
girl bending over him. Following her
silent direction. he slipped out without
disturbing his companions and came to
where the girl was seated upon a rock.
Say she began abruptly. do you
know why I came here? 1 was up at
silverton ones and saw YOU 80 the sta
ton. Inc ] liked -rr
ptsc1rr H
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-23

liiie, sr called a. soon
e. hss ell. J. reckon YOU
The record-union., 1898-01-08
EASTERN GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat Opens Lower at Chicago.
but Soon Receivers.

CHICAGO, Jan. 7.-Wheat opened q
shade under yesterdays closing price,
but soon recovered. For an hour "a
direction of prices was steadily but
cautiously upward. From 90l5c at the
start May had risen by 1890 o'clock
to 91Ac bid.
The early slight decline was due in
part to reports of rain in California.
where yesterday it was said wheat
prospects were being injured by
drought. An advance at Liverpool of
I'D vas not quite satisfactory, after q
decline there of 17sd. Paris likewise
quoted prices of wheat 80 centimes
lower for near, and 20 centimes lower
for more remote deliveries.
The trade was not heavy or other
wise remarkable during the first hour.
except for the gradual requirement of
strength. The strength came from va
rious sources. Duluth cash wheat was
reported to be 11ac per bushel higher
within ten minutes after the opening
than it closed last night. Atlantic and
Gulf rcrt clearances aggregated 800
900 bushels, and by 11:30 o'clock May
had advanced to 911Ac.
The Liverpool market closed at from
1aqa4d advance on the previous days
closing price. May sold at 91$4c at the
close, the high point of the day.
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NO RELIEF AT WASHINGTON.
The Supreme Court Refuses to In
terfere in the Durrant Case.

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE United
States Supreme Court at three minutes
past l O'Clock to-day rendered it's final
decision in the case of Durrant re.
fusing to interfere. The matter was
before the court on an application made
by Attorney l.. p. Boardman for leave
to file an application for a writ of
habeas corpus in Durrant's behalf. This
application was only made by Mr..
Boar'iman after he had exhausted all
other resources in the shape of indi-
vidual members Of the court.
After seeing Justice Brewer and Har-
Ian last night Mr.. Boardman called
upon Justice Shiras before the conven-
ing of court, but met with the same de-
NAL which he had received at the hands
of other Justices. He saw Mr.. Shiras
at his residence, and to him presented
his petition for appeal from the deci-
sions CT the California courts in brief
form. Without going into the case.
Justice Shiras denied the application
in both cases.
After these proceedings Mr.. Board
man hsd no time left to see other in
dividual Justices. and he repaired to the
courtroom with the intention of pre-
senting the matter to the congregated
court He presented q personal peti-
ton in his own name in Durrant's be-
half, rather than to appear as the lat
ter's counsel. To appear in the latter
role II would have been necessary for
him to secure admission to the bar,
and that proceeding would have re-
De
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DURRANT'S REMAINS.
Taken to the Home of His Parents
at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. THE re-
mains Of Durrant, in charge of a local
undertaken, We're driven from San
Quentin Prison to the Sausalito ferry.
and placed upon the ferry boat The
Iatner ana mother Of the man who har
just peen executed had preceded the
remains oy train. The purpose in
choosing the Sausalito boat was to
balk the curiosity of the immense
throng that awaited the arrival of the
body by the Tiburon ferry on this side.
Meanwhile the remains were landed
here by the Sausalito boat. and were
we'll on the way to the Durrant resi-
dence before the crowd realized the fu-
t1lity of it's wait At the Durra Mt
home the casket was placed in the par
Tor with the customary form used in the
case OF natural death. number of
personal friends of the family visited
the house during the evening to ex-
press their sympathy.
The remains are now encased in the
handsome casket taken over to the
prison by the undertaken. and to which
the body was transferred from the
plain black coffin furnished by the
prison authorities.
Up to late hour this evening no
definite plans have been made for the
final disposition Of the remains. Sew
eral friends of the family have ten
dered their services in this regard. and
by Tomorrow the parents will have
definitely selected one of the several
propositions submitted to them. for
either cremation or interrnent.
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THE EXECUTION.
Durrant Goes to the Gallows With
out a Sign of Fear.

SAN QUENTIN, JAM when Theo-
dore Durrant died on the gallows this
morning for the murder of Blanche La
mont, he gave such an exhibition of
coolnesS and nerve as has seldom been
seen under similar circumstances.
Hopeful almost 10 the very last min
ute that something or some one would
intervene to save him, he walked to
the scaffold this morning and made
his little speech protesting his inno-
cence as calmly and with as distinct
enunciation as IL he had been address
ing an assemblage OF friends upon some
ordinary topic of the day. His face
was pale, his eyes We're red. but his
voice was firm. and he stood as solid as
a rock while he proclaimed his inno-
cence and professed forgiveness to those
who. he said, had bounded him to death
There was not a hitch or accident to
mar the plans of Warden Hale in car
rying out the sentence of the law. The
moose was adjusted, the trap was
sprung, the stout rope held, and Dur
rants dead body dangled at the end.
The neck was broken by the fall of
over five feet. and fifteen minutes later
the murderer's body was cut down ana
placed in the coffin.
In spite Of the exciting events OF last
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IN FAVOR OF COSTA RIGA.
The American Arbitrator Settles
the Boundary Dispute.

NEW YORK, Jan. IA special to the
Herald" from Greytown, Nicaragua.
says:
Mr.. Alexander, engineer-arbitrato
appointed by President Cleveland OF
the United States to settle the bound
ary differences between Costa Rica and
Nicaragua, has made Award No. 90
in favor of Costa Rica.
The Costa Rican Commission pro-
posed to proceed to the measurement
of the boundary line from the initial
point along the margin of the nearest
channel to a point distant three miles
from Castillo Viejo. The Nicaragua
Commission argued that the work of
making the plan of that part of the
boundary had no useful object, be-
cause the boundary line is variable,
therefore the plans would not repre-
sent the true dividing line. This dis
pute vas submitted to Mr.. Alexander
for decision, and he decided in Costa
Rica favor
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WHOLE NO. 1907.

Santiago fully $4,000 persons not ac-
lively engaged in warfare. but cultivat-
ing the soil as If there was no war, and
contributing supplies to the rebels. All
the cavalry l saw ON the trip We're we'll
mounted, and all the infantry wen arm
ed. In one or two instances the regi-
ments were badly off for clothing.
With regard to the food supplies. a
hungry for one day, but seldom for a
longer time There is absolutely no
chance of starving the rebels out. In
Western Santa Clara they subsist chief
ly on vegetables and fruit and a species
of animal something like an opossum.
the jutia- The animals are found by
the thousands in the east, and there
are plenty of cattle
In several instances saw regular
zones Of cultivation in the hills, never
molested, and supplying a considerable
quantity of food. In the small valleys
in the mountains saw many small
portable sugar mills at work. I also
saw numerous small tobacco crops but
cigarettes are worth their weight in
gold among the soldiers"
LEE TO ACCOMPANY BLANCO TO
THB FIELD.
HAVANA, Jan. Tt has been ru-
mored since yesterday that General
tftzhugh Lee. Consul General. will ac-
company General Blanco when the lat
ter takes the field. 1t is further re-
ported that Senior Estrada Palma, the
delegate to the United States of the
insurgents, will arrive here shortly and
acco 1pany the ptain-General and
General Lee to the field, and that q con-
ference with General Maximo Gomez
viii follow. The reports have caused
a sensation in this city
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Expiates the Murder
Of Miss Lamont.
Goes to the Gan0Ws With
out Sign of Fear.
Dies Protesting Innocence Of
the Crime Charged.
Speaks on the SCaffoId, Forgiving
All His Enemies.
Death Instantaneous and Painless Scenes
at the Execution History of the
Crime for Which He Paid
the Penalty.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Jan. T.
Theodore Durrant was executed a
1887 this morning in the State Peni-
tentiary He ascended the scaffold
calmly, following Father Lagan, who
administered to his spiritual wants, he
having been baptized into the Catholic
Church earlier in the day.
Durrant died protesting to the last
his innocence of the murder of Blanche
Lamont and Minnie Williams. He main
tanned to the very end the same mar
velous GOODNESS and nerve which char
acterized him throughout his long i'm
prisonment and many trials, demon
strating that he was, indeed, the Grim
inal of the century. His farewell words
We're spoken in a voice subdued, yet
clear, which by its calmness and free
dom of passion or emotion, caused
many heads to turn away and many
eyes to fill with tears. He forgave
those who had prosecuted him with nc
trace of concealed resentment, mention
ing especially the press of San Fran
cisco, and proclaimed his innocence
with the calmness OF one asserting un-
deniable truth His last words We're:
IT am innocent
He was the least affected of any OF
the many people who witnessed the
death scene, and even after the fatal
drop he neither quivered nor gave other
evidence of having suffered pain.
At 1925 the gates of the prison hao
closed on the last man who would
witness the hanging. The crowd had
gathered in the cold, bare room adjoin-
ing the place of execution, but not un-
til nearly 1890 sharp did the iron doors
that separate the scaffold from the
larger apartment swing to admit the
visitors.
The ceremony was very simple. The
audience had no sooner entered the
room than a silence fell upon the gath
ering. The door of the condemned cell
clanked, and in fraction of a minute
thereafter Warden Hale entered, close
ly followed by Father Lagan and the
prisoner, led between two guards. The
priest stepped aside, and Durrant, in
q voice, emotionless and apparently af-
fected, made short speech. There
was no insincerity in the mans words
They were cold and passionless.
There was no scene at the gallows
Mrs. Durrant did not witness the exc
cution- She remained in room in the
lower part of the prison, and showed
unrnistakable signs of grief, tempered
with a dogged desire to create the i'm
preston that she was too proud to
weep.
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COAST AND EASTERN RACES.
ONLY ONE FAvORITE WINS AT
INGLESIDE.
Fred Gardner, Catawba, Collins
Mercutio, Harry Thoburn ana
Morinel the Winners.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Just one
solitary favorite wandered home IN
front at Ingleside to-day. His name
was Harry Thoburn, his price was + tc
:. and his Jockey was about the only
one in a bunch of nine who was not
caught in the webbing when Cald-
we'll pulled the trigger. There pelns
NO recall. it was a case of make the
best of it,. and Thoburn went rlgh'
along. and won by nearly a dozen
lengths from Jack Martin, who ran
second.
Seven furlongs, Fred Gardner Pig-
gott), l. to 1, won; Charles A (Spen-
cer), 20 to /, second; Nonchalance
(Golden), 5 to /, third. Time-1:311 p.
Atticus, Twinkle Twink and Triumph
also ran.
Six furlongs, Catawaba (McNichols),
10 to / won; Hardly (Clawson), 4 to D,
second; Highland Ball (Golden), % to
]. third. Time-1:17 Einstein, Don
Know, Hermoso, Prince Tyrant, The
Dipper and Carlist also ran
One mile, Collins Gray, 10 to /,
won: Schiller (W. Martin), even, sec
ond; Eenamela (Clawson), 5 to 2, third.
Time--1 A. Kaiser Ludwig, George
Palmer, Dick Behan and Cavallo also
ran.
Seven furlongs, N1ercutio (H. Shields),
Z to 2, won; Newsgatherer CIV. MARTINI,
IL TO 20, second; Alma (Thorpe), to
1, third. Time-1:31. Pleasanton and
Los Troncos also ran.
Seven furlongs, Harry Thoburn
CThorpe), s to 5, won; Jack Martin
(Stevens), 10 to l, second; Lena Gray,
to /. third. Time-1:301a. Herman
ita. Miss Prim, Stentor, Pat Murphy,
Hazard and Peril also ram
One mile, Morinel (McNichols), to
/, won; Linstock CIV. MARTINI, to 5,
second; Los Prietos (Golden), 8 to J..
third Time -. La Goleta, DR..
Bernays also ran.
RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. THE SEN
sational incident developed by to-day's s
card was Robert Bonner's win at 100
to l. Results:
Six furlongs, Albert Vale won, Ever
est second, Miss Rowett third. Time
1:16sl.
One mile Seaport won, Tabouret sec
ond, Percy f. third. Time-1 :43s4.
Mile and twenty yards, Robert Bon
ner won. Loyalty second, Anger third.
Time-1:454
Handicap, six and half furlongs,
Sligo won, Dave S. second, Brother
Fred third. Time-1:23
Six furlongs. Forbush won, Belle of
Memphis second, Flop third Time
1:15b
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RICHARD GRAY DEAD.
Was Traffic Manager of the South
ern Pacific Company.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.-Richard
Gray, Traffic Manager Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company, died at his
residence, 236 San Jose avenue, at 10
O'Clock this morning.
He had been suffering for over two
years from paralysis, which was the
immediate cause of his death.
Mr. Gray was about 80 years of age,
and for nearly half of his life had been
in the employ of the railroad company.
He entered it's service as Assistant Cen
eral Freight Agent, and by hard work
and the conscientious performance of
his duties worked up to the position he
he held at the time of his death.
Mr.. Gray leaves a widow and three
children, son and two daughters, all
grown. While he had not accumulated
great wealth, he left an estate sufficient
to maintain his family in comfort.
The record-union., 1898-01-08
LUMBER RATES.
Reduction Made by the San Joa-
uuiu Valley Road

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. THE San
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail-
road Company has reduced the rates
on lumber from San Francisco to all
points along the line.
The reduction, which had been con-
templated for some time, and which
went into effect the first of the year
cuts Off 40 cents ton on all lumber
shipped in carload lots of not less than
twelve tons each The cut affects
forty-three towns and stations on the
Valley Road main line, and tweleve
stations and towns on its Visalia
branch.
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He was not in favor of an educational
qualification, and insisted that the en-
actmcnt of that feature of the bill into
the law would falsify the entire rec
ord of this country. His speech was
mainly directed against what he term
ed the transportation monopoly and
other trusts.
Butler of North Carolina presented a
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution providing for
the election Of a Federal Judiciary by
the people. The resolution went to the
table to permit Butler to make speech
on it.
A message from the President inform
ed the Senate that the sale of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad had been
postponed to February 16th-19th, and
also submitted the Agricultural De-
partlnent report on experimental sta
tions.
AT 2:45 o'clock the Senate went into
executive session, and at $40 ad-
journed until Monday.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE civil
service debate continued throughout
the day in the House. All efforts to
nix time for it's termination failed, and
1T is certain now to run over into next
week. The interest in the discussion
does not seem to be waning The de-
bate to-day was without marked Incl
dent.
Before the debate on the civil service
question was resumed in the House to-
day an Intellectual attempt was made to
agree upon time for the termination
of the debate.
Gillette R.) of Massachusetts then
took the floor in support of the law. He
maintained that the arguments of Gros-
venor and Lands against the law were
both in reality a strong arraignment OF
the spoils system. He denied that the
scope of the executive order of May .,
1896, was not understood when the St.
Louis platform was adopted.
Gillette commented wittily on the
spectacle of the white-haired veteran,
General Grosevnor, leading the young
Hotspurs of the party in the battle for
the spoils.
Cummings CD of New York an
nounced himself an implacable foe
against the whole system of civil serv-
ice reform. Roscoe Conkling, in his
opinion, the greatest Senator New York
had ever known, had once spoken, he
said, of the 'dreary drivel of snivei
service REFORM" He had never ap-
preciated it so much as he had during
this days debate.
Cummings said the hostility to the
system had been steadily growing. The
system is doomed" said he, "and one OF
the factors in it's destruction is Tam
many Hall"
In this connection Cummings rephed
warmly to some Of the charges of cor
ruption made against Tammany Hall
during the debate. 1.-THE gentleman
from Ohio (Grosvenor) said he 'rushes
on here from Columbus that hotbed or
political corruption, to which he mas
hied himself back, and tells us that
Tammany Hall is corrupt. Tnlnk OF
it! Denounced as corrupt by a man VINO
comes from State that profited by the
robbery of 1Sl6!'
Johnson (R.) of Indiana had SAID that
Tammany Hall was the most corrupt
organization on the face of the eartn'
and Johnson came from the State maae
famous by ''blocks of five metnouS.
Tammany was, Cummings SAID, a pa
triotic, liberty-loving society," Wnleh nau
existed for 100 years. He then re.
bearsed some of the achievements VI
the organization during that tlme-
The record-union., 1898-01-08
A Lynching in Mississippi.

MERIDIAN (Miss.), Jan. 7.-Watts
and Sam Cole, colored men of Neshoba
County, were lynched in Pearidge.
Kemper County, few days ago. Watts
and Cole went to Pearidge to visit rela-
tives, and became too intimate with
their kirsmen's wives. Their lynchers
are said to be colored men.
The record-union., 1898-01-08
Earthquake in New York State.

MALONE IN. W Jan. Quite a.
severe earthquake shock was felt in
Malone at l. m to-day. Buildings
trembled so that the occupants We're
startled for the moment. No damage
The record-union., 1898-01-08
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-To-days
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
1924, 1889; gold reserve, S161, ,276, ,O22.
The record-union., 1898-01-08
Death Of a Phoenix Woman

PHOENIX, Jan. Martha Wren
Gill. wife of Ed S. Gill, District Clerk
at Phoenix, died this evening. Mrs.
Gill was formerly a Miss Wren, an
actress Of prominence on the Eastern
stage.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-04
AIexs,sAris 9azettf.
TUESDAY EVENING. o T. 4. 1858
STRANGE DREAMS IN FIVE MoNTHs,

STRANGE DREAMS IN FIVE MONTHS,
SLEEP.-Mrs. Rosalie P. Ravens, OF
Wyoming, H., cannot realize that she
has been sleeping without Il break for
nearly FIVE months. She has tean told
all about the war with Spain, but it
seems ike dream to her, as she has
been dreaming of other things.
While her body was lying in her lit
tie cottage in Wyoming Mrs. Ravens
says her spirit journeyed through space
She travelled with strange prehistoric
people. Led by patriarch. she, in
company with thousands Of others, 4 c
from an accursed island, travelling north
from fertile -plaips until they reached
the snowclad mountains, then on
through peaceful valleys and out into
the limitless e1psnse Office fields.
While the intense heat OF summer
beat in through the windows OF the lit
tie cottage, the spirit OF Mrs. Ravens,
according to her story, wss hastenlrg
across ice6elds OF Greenland, down
through Alaska, still further down
through British Columbia, until the
leader babe the remnant OF mis- people
halt in the valleys surrounded By grea'
ranges of mountains and build mp new
homes. But strange tribes cane and
destroyed their homes and dro. them
back into the mountains, and the spirit
OF Ms. Ravens fastened back 10 Wy
oming snd found lodgment in lis foI-
mer habitation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-04
Central Tine.)
Trains connect and from Warenton
LOCAL SERVICE.

Trains Nos nc Calveton for and from WarFenon
No 9foD Chariot
rive g ?
Connects st eavern io
No
re
Trains Alexandria 9d daily
Round Hill 1923 daily aud 2o2
l. D.
"a
Jacksonville uniting Dsnye with Pullman sleeper from Rn@1nd 10 Aug1s
and stas Washington and Atlanta Dining Car between Greensboro
Montgomery.
Ne"
Pullman
detailed app!
FRANK SIG A c. MOSS Ticket Agent Alexandria va
President General Manager W.A.TUkE,
NJ Traffic
C.