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VOL. XLIV. NO. 182
DURRANT TELLS HIS STORY
Briefly, Clearly and Always to
the Point
AS IF STUDIED CAREFULLY
He Denies the Story of Mrs. Vogel
and Others
He Did Not Know That Pastor Gibson Had a
Box ol Tools Until After
His Arrest
Associated Press special Wire.
BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.—Theodore
Durrant, assistant superintendent of the
Emanuel Baptist church Sunday school,
was placed on the witness stand today
for the purpose of convincing the jury
selected to try him that ho did not mur
der Blanche Lamont in the belfry of the
church on tho 3d of April last. With the
same coolness that has characterized bis
conduct since his arrest, he denied the
principal allegations that have been
made against bim by he most important
witnesses for the prosecution. His an
swers wore always brief and to the point,
and by many were interpreted to mean
tbat he had studied his part well before
taking the stand. Only once during the
course of the direct examination did he
show any nervousness or hesitancy.
When Attorney Dickinson asked him if
he took notes at Dr. Cheney's lecturo on
the afternoon of April 3d he cast his eyes
towaid the floor and for a moment was
silent. Ho replied that ho had taken
notes, but that they wero very brief.
The hesitancy ot the prijoner may be un
derstood when it is explained that Gil
bert F. Graham, one of Durrant's most
intimate friends, will testify that Dur
rant asked to borrow his notes of the lec
ture. When the request was made Dur
rant explained that he only needed the
notes to establish a good alibi. Graham
refused the request. Taken altogether,
Durrant's direct testimony, which ended
at 3 o'clock, when the cross-examination
began, probably bad a tendency to
strengthen his case. His demeanor while
on the stand was certainly intended to
impress the jury witb the opinion that
he was telling the truth. Questions that
would ordinarily cause a visible impres
sion upon a guilty man were answered
by Durra ,t with the utrcoit unconcern.
Even when Attorney Deuprey asked
him if on the 3d day of April, or at any
other time, be murdered or p.irticiatod
in murdering Blanche Lamont, the pris
oner coolly replied in the negative.
A sienilicant feature of the testimony
was the fact that while Durrant was tell
ing of several incidents tbat took place at
a prayer meeting held on the evening of
April 3d, Mrs. C. G. Noble, Blanche La
mont's aunt,shook her head several times
as if to indicate that the statements mado
by the prisoner, o: which ahe had posi
tive knowledge, were not correct. Dur
rant did not look at Mrs. Noble while he
was tesstifying.
The purpose of the dofonse to curtail
cross-examination as much as possible
was shown when District Attorney Barnes
asksd the first question.
Durrant was asked if he was not born
at Toronto, Canada, on April 24, 1871
Attorney Deuprey objected to the ques
tion. He said that Durrant could have
no positive knowledge on tbe subject and
any belief that he might havo would be
based on heresay.
The court overruled the objsction and
the prisoner gave an affirmative answer.
Several other equally unimportnat ques
tions were objected to by the defense. The
objections in most cases were overruled.
It was the original intention of the de
fense to recal; Charles T. Lonahan this
morning and have him tell more about
the occasion upon which he tried to
pawn a ring at Oppenheim's shop. Lena
han contradicted himself so many times
yesterdny that doubt was cast upon his
testimony and this morning no did not
respond to his name wlien called in court.
An attachment was made out for Lena
han, and when he was found an hour
later he was placetl in the charge of the
sheriff m order that he might be found
when needed, ln the meantime,however,
Durrant was call»d to tho stand.
The examination of L'urrant was be
gun wth questions relative to his age
and his early life in this city. Coming
down to tbe day upon which Blanche Ln
mont was murdered the prisoner was
asked to relate his movements from the
time he left his home in the morning un
til ho returned at night. He said he
met Miss,'Lamont on her way lo school
and rode with her on a street car until
he reached the Coopci Medical college.
He said he remained at tbe college until
10 o'clock, when he and another student
named Ross went for a walk. When he
returned an hour later he went to tbe li.
brary, where he was engaged in his stud
ies until noon. Then he went to lunch
eon witb a student named Digging and
returned at 1 o'clock. After luncheon Dur
rant remained in the library until 3:30
o'clock when he attendctl Dr. Cheney's
lecture. He said he wss present at the
roll call at the close of the lecture and
answered to bis own name. At the close
of tbe lecture Durrant said he boarded a
Btrect car and rode to Emanuel church
for the purpose ol repairing the sun
burners. He deniod that he was accom
panied by Blanche Lamont or anybody
else. Upon entering the church he said
he left his coat and vest in the library,
obtained the necessary tools and ascended
to the gallery. A blackboard was provid
ed and Durrant drew a rude sketch of
tho church and its tall spire to illustrate
the manner in which he made the re
pairs. .He said to make the repairs was
necessary for him to lie at full length on
a plank with his head much lower than
his feet. While in this position be said
he inhaled so much gas that he was made
ill. Tc Illustrate the manner in which
tne gas escaped, Durrant took a burner
and nescendmg to the jury box explained
tbe construction of tho burner to tbo
jury.
After repairing the burner Durrant
said he descended to the auditorium
where be found George King playing on
the organ. King remarked ihat Durrant
looked pale. Durrant replied tbat King
would be in the same condition if he had
been nearly overcome by escaping gas.
At Durrant's request King bought some
bromo-seltzer, which the prisoner drank.
The medicine made nim feel better, and
at 0' o'clock Durrant lott the church In
companywith King. He went out of his
way two blocks to converse with King,
after which tbey separated and Durrant
went home to dinner.
In the evening he went to prayer meet
ing at Emanuel church. He saw Mrs.
Noble and asked her if Blanche was com
ing to the prayer meetwig. Mrs. Noble
replied that she did not believe her niece
would be present. Ho related a number
of other minor incidents in connection
with his conversation with Mrs. Noble,
who evidently did not Indorse bis state
ments, liom the fact that sbe shook her
head several times. At the close of tho
service Durrunt said he went home and
retired.
The stoiy of Durrant's movements on
April 3d told, Attorney Deuprey called
tho attention of the witness to the extra
lock on the library door, to which only
Durrant and King had keys. Durrant
said he placed the lock on the door to
protect the library, as the other lock was
defectve. He saiii he never knew until
after his arrest that thero was a box of
tools in t'astor Gibson's study When
shown tbe hatchet found in the belfry
beside Blanche Lamont'3 body.be said bo
had never seen it bclore. In refutation
of the statements of severed witnesses
that Durrant wore an overcoat on April
3d, the prisoner 'aid ne did not wear an
overcoat during the month of April.
The next move on the part of the de
fense was to show that Durrant did not
enter pawnbroker Oppenheim'3 shop for
the purpose of pawning Blanche La
mont's ring. Oppenheim testified that
Durrant came into his shop between 10
and 12 oclock in the forenoon of some
day between Anril 3d and April 11th.
The defense endeavored to establish an
alibi covering the whole period. Durrant
told wdiere he was on etch day, and in
three instances produced notes of lectures
which lib said ho attended at Cooper
Medical college.
Durrant denied that on the afternoon
of April 3d he was at the corner of I'ow
ell and Clay streets, as testified to by
Mrs. Vogel. He also denied the state
ments cf the three school girls, who tes
titied that Durrunt and Blanche Lamont
boarded a l'owell street car at Clay street
antl rode toward Mark it street. Be said
he did not ride on a west-bound Valencia
street car with Blanche Lamont, as testi
fied to by Mrs. Crossett. He said he
was never in Oppenheim s pawnshop.
"Did you upon April 3d, in San Fran
cisco or elsewhere." asked Attorney Deu
prey, "inflict any violence upon Blanche
Lamont, or did you kill or participate in
killing her?"
Durrant replied that badid not,and the
direct examination was at an end.
The cross-examination, which lasted
only an hour boforo the court took a re
cess until tomorrow, was confined to
questions relative to the life of Durrant
prior to April 3d. The prisoner told at
length of the important part he had
taken in tho affairs of Emanuel Baptist
churcb. He said be had attended every
service at the church throe times every
Suntlay and twice each weel: for years.
A year ago be was cno»en assistant su
perintendent of tho Sunday school.
THEIR TROUBLES INCREASE
More Complaints Against tbe State
Bank Commissioners
The Orand Jury Falls to Indict Them, but
They nay Yet Be Removed
From Office
MERCED, Cal., Oct. 9.—The state
bank commissioners' troubles continue
to grow. Last night Mr. W. N. Sherman,
acting for a non-resident brother, who is
a depositor, swore to a complaint charg
ing tbe bank commissioners with having
willfully neglected to perform the duties
pertaining to their office, in this: That
the bank commissioners, and each of
them, having tho means and the oppor
tunity so to do, did not up to the lirst
day of September, 1895, asceitai- that tiie
bank was unable to fulfill all its obliga
tions,and that it was unsafe fur it to con
tinue business as hereinbefore alleged.
On thii complaint Judge Law this morn
ing issued a citation requiring Commis
sioners Kilbourne. Fuller and McGee to
appear in the superior court here on tbe
15th inst. antl answer the charges and
show cause why they should not be de
prived of their offices.
The grand jury, in its report tonight,
says the officers and directors of the Mer
ced bank had done nothing with criminal
intent, and that if the bank commission
ers bad done their duty the depositors
would not now have any complaint to
make. After the jury had been dis
charged one of t.he jurymen said private
ly that tho bank commissioners would
have been indicted had not the other
prosecution been commenced against
them yesterday.
A LAWYERS' BATTLE
Which Was Much /Tore Fatal Than the
Usual Wordy War
WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 9.—A deadly
battle occurred in a saloon at Wood
ward. Oklahoma, last night. Lawyer Ed
Jennings of Woodward was shot and
killed and his brother, John Jennings,
was mortally wounded. The men who
did the shooting wero ex-State Senator
Temple Houston of Texas, the oldest son
of Gen. Sam Houston, and ex-Sheriff
Jack Love of Woodward. The trouble
began in a court room where Jennings,
who is an attorney for the Santa Fo rail
road company, was prosecuting a boy for
stealing a keg of beer from a car. Hous
ton was defending him. During the ex
amination of a witness tbe lie was passed
and the battle followed, when the men
met later in a Saloon, nil drawing their
guns simultaneously. After the shooting
Houston and Love surrendered to the
sheriff. John Jennings cannot live.
MAHONE'S FUNERAL
The Simple Ceremonies Over the Remains of
the Ex-Senator
PETERSBURG, W. Va., Oct. 9,_The
funeral of Genertl Mahone took lace from
St.Paul's Episcopal church and was very
largely attended. The service was con
ducted hy Rev. John Hideout, rector of
Grace church. The floral tributes were
very numerous. The services at the
church ovor. the remains were escortetl
to Blandford cemetery by the Petersburg
Greys, confederate veterans, and a detail
of twenty veterans from R. E. Lee camp
and delegations L'oni the Old Greys so
ciety of Richmond and also a delegation
from the soldiers' home of that city.
When tho cemetery was reached Rev.
Rideout read the burial service and as
the body was bains placed in the vault
three volleys were Cued by tbe Peters
burg Greys, which concluded tho cere
mony.
The Stlllwell riurder Case
HANNIBAL, Mo., Oct. 9.—Dr. and
Mrs. Hearne, charged with the murder
of Amos J. Stillwell, wero brougnt into
court here today and made application
for a obange of venue for their trial,
which was set for December 14th. The
application was granted and the case was
sent to tbe circuit court of Pike county
at Bowling Green. The prisoners will be
removed from Palmyra jail to the jail at
Bowling Green.
THE HERALD
LOS ANGELES, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1895.-TWELVE PAGES.
MIGHTY AMAZEMENT CAUSED
By Lord Sackville-West's Pri
vate Pamphlet
BUT HE HAS HIS DEFENDERS
Truth Says "You're Another" to the
American Public
And Would Abolish International Yachting
Until the Old English Dog Learns
Some New Tricks
Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON. Oct. 9.-The statements
made by Lord .Sackville, who as Sir
Lionel Sackvillo-West, was the British
minister at Washington in 1881-B'J, in a
pamphlet marked, "For privato circula
tion only," a copy of which was obtained
here by the correspondent of the New
York World, and the substance of which
was printed in the United States today,
have caused amazement in diplomatic
circles.
Truth,commenting upon tbe statements
made, says:
Whether it was courteous or judicious
for Lord Sackville to publish this attack
when Mr. Bayard is ambassador in Lon
don is a debatable question, to which it
may, however, reasonably be replied that
Mr. Bayard was immeasurably more dis
courteous and injudicious in his behavior
toward Sackvillc-West,when the latter was
in Washington. Mr. Bayaid, therefore,
would be mean to complain of this point.
But tho matter acquires exceptional in
terest when it is considered s.dc by side
with a recent dispute regarding the race
for the America's cup. It should be re
membered that Sackville-West was the
victim of an election trick. An indiscreet
expression of opinion upon his pait was
aggravated for the purpose of exciting
anti-English agitation. The trick was
successful and Sackvillo-West was handed
his papers. England, in the person of
her envoy, was grossly and wantonly in
sulted. Mr. Cleveland, however, failed to
secure the election.
"In our relations with America experi
ence tenches us always to be on the alert.
This has made the English perhaps over
suspicions, and, being so, they possibly
imagine trickery where it does not exist.
"For those reasons it may be advisable
that international contests bo discon
tinued until this impression is removed
or the Americans realize that they are
sufficiently strong to depend upon them
selves without (ho support of sharp prac
tices. The two nations are very nearly
allied, and everything should be done on
hotn sides of tho Atlantic to unite them
more closely. Both nations have much
In common. In America they have our
peers and in England we have their heir
esses. ''
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-W. J. 0. Ban
croft Davis, who was first assistant secre
tary cf state under Freiinghuyson, and
whose conversations Lord Sackvi le re
peats, mado the following statement to
tho Associated Press today:
"I appear in the account twice—once
in connection with alleged request made
by Secretary Frelingnuysen tor the re
lease of imprisoned Irish suspects, and
once receiving information from Lord
Granville of an alleged Irish conspiracy.
"In regard to the lirst, what touK plnce
hetwecn tho two governments was: Mr.
Frelinghuysen, by direction of the pres
ident, instructed Mr. Lowell to ask Lord
Granville to have tho lord lieutenant of
Ireland instructed to exercise the discre
tion repossd in him by law to order an
immediate trial of the prisoners, who had
then been imprisoned Without trial many
months. This request when pressed
brought shout a release of all the prison
ers. I cannot recall that I hail any con
versation with the British minister on
that subject, but, as his account appears
to have been a contemporaneous one, it
is probably substantially correct.
"In regard to the conspiracy against
Sir Lionel's life, tbis is the lirst I have
heard of it. Tho telegram which tho ac
count says was sent to the assstanit sec
retary (perhaps an error of the secre
tary), never reached me."
Mi. Davis added ho never knew any
representations had been made that Lord
Lionel's life was endangered ant. had
never heard before that he had been tak
en on a ten-day cruise by General Sher
man to avoid possible violence to his per
son.
From semi-oflicial sources the following
explanation is given of what took place at
the time of the passage of the crimes net
in 1832. Tbo Irish suspects had been im
prisoned under the oruers cf Mr. Foster,
Jhen secretary for Ireland, lint no dispo
sition was shown to bring them to trial,
Mr. Foster's policy being to bold them
in prison as suspects. Tho Britlsn par
liament indorsed that policy by the pass
age of the crimes act, which empowered
the lord lieutenant of Ireland to hold
sjspects prisoners until he chose to place
them on trial. There was a great outcry
in this country against tbe crimes act.
As month after month passed without
trial, it was believed that under it the
prisoners could he held for life without
trial. President Arthur, in response to
this sentiment, did not demand the re
lease of the prisoners, but he requested
Lord Granville to have tho lord lieuten
ant of Ireland exercise the discretion re
posed in him by the crimes act, and
either release or bring the prisoners to
trial. Within two weeks ofter that re
quest was preferred the suspects were all
released, and Mr. Foster, whose policy
had been overruled, had resigned from
the British cabinet. ,
NEVADA BANK ELECTION
I. W. Hellman Again Chosen President—A
Successful Year's Business
RAN FRANCISCO.Oct. 9.—The annual
meeting ol the Nevada bank waa held
today. The election resulted in the ap
pointment ot the old olilcers and board ot
directors. Isaias W. Hellman, president;
Juhn F. Bigelow, vice-president; D. B.
Davidson, cashier, and George Grant, as
sistant cashier. The directors were: John
W. Mncaey, Isaias W. Ilellma.i, Robert
Watt, H. L. Dodge, James L. Flood,
Henry F. Allen, John F. Bicelow, Lewis
Gerstle, C. de Guigne and D. N. Walter.
Tbe net profit of the year amounted to
1251,178 which, alter deducting tho regu
lar quarterly dividends, nllowod a hand
some addition to tho resetve fund.
Missouri's Wicked Priest
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Oct. 9.—Dominick
Wagner, late pastor of St. Mary's church,
was arraigned in tbe criminal court this
morning and pleaded not guilty to tno
four charges preferred against hitn. The
iases weic set for trial October 17th, and
the priest will be tried on the charge of
embezzlement lirst. It is alleged that
Wagner took money belonging to the
congregation and, in the name of bis
brother-in-law, loaned to Bishop Burke
for the benelit of the church from which
lie (Wagner) had taken it. Wagner has
discaracd his clerical garb and appeared
in court today in citizen's clothes.
THE BADGES WENT
Objection to Wearing d. A. R. Badges In a
Church Causes Feeling
DETROIT, Oct. 0.-During the funeral
of an army veteran at Port Huron today
Father Spath, the Catholic priest who offi
ciated, forbade the pull-uoarers to enter
bia church while wearing O. A. R.
badges, on tbe ground that the regalia of
any society not approvod by tbe church
is not permitted to be worn in the
church. The incident created a great
deal of feeling at Port Huron. Bishop
Foley said that no rule prevailed that
would prohibit tho wearing of Grand
Army badges in the church, and that the
priest had committed a blunder.
SYNODICAL WORK
Routine Matters Attended to and Otlicers
Elected
MERCED, Oct. 9.—The Pacifio synod
lias done nothing today but routine
work. After roll call this morning the
moderator announced the appointment of
various committees. #
Tho synodical Sunday school associa
tion occupied the afternoon.
Excellent papers were read on various
subjects connected with Sunday school
work, antl this evening the following
officers were elected to serve during the
ensuing year: President, Mrs. J. M. Peo
ples of San Francisco; vice-president,
Mrs. Dacker of Lemore; secretary antl
treasurer, Mrs. B. F. Wbittemore pi
Mountain View.
UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN
Nearer the Pole Than Ever Other Babe
Was Born
An American Child, Helen Herschel Sherman,
Opens Its Eyes to the Sfx-
Honths-Long Day
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.-On Her
schel island, 800 miles from Sitka,
Alaska, as a bird flies, there has been
born an American baby. It would be an
interesting baby if it were born of native
parents, for it la the most northern born
baby yet known. Herschel island being
no farther from tho north pole than San
Francisco is from Mazatlun. The story of
tbe birth of this northernmost of Ameri
can babies was brought by the captain of
the steam tender Jennie.
It seems that Captain Sherman and his
wife had passed one winter at Herschel
island, and Mrs. Sherman was quite used
to the midnight sun of the summer and
tbe long darkens* of tho winter as well.
There was great to-do about tho birth of
the baby. There were four women at
Herschel island to idolize the little one.
Tbey were the wives of whaling captains.
Tbe whalers, most of whom had been
away from home for more than eighteen
months when the baby was horn, were
greatly interested in the event and sent
many presents to the happy mother.
There happened to he a clergyman of the
Church of England at the camp. He had
been sent to that odd corner of tho globe
as a missionary, his name b?ing Rev.Mr.
Stringer. With all the formality that
was pussible or) the barren island he
christened the infant Helen Herschel
Sherman.
The baby has taken very kindly to the
mild but perpetual daylight of the sum
mer at Herschel island and bids tair to
tlirive tbere through tbe long, dull win
ter months. Her playthings are made
from whalebone and her cradle was cut
from pieces of wreckage by a ship's car
penter.
FIT FOR A FARMER'S PIPE
And Likely to Make His Pocket Feel
Comfortable
F.x-Consul Bates Thinks That a Fancy
Tobacco Can Be Raised on South
ern California Ranches
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-F. Bponcor
Bates, ex-consul at Singapore, is making
an effort to introduce the cultivation of
Sumatra tobacco in the United Staies, in
view of tho price it commands anil its snj
periority for wrappers. In a report to
the state department, be says that th is
tobacco is suitable for growing in Lower
California and on tho southern coast of
the United States. Consequently he has
addressed himself to the task of procur
ing seed, and linding it impossible to ob
tain this from official channels, owing to
the reluctance of the Dutch planters, ho
procured a supply trom private sources
nnd will forward it to the agricultural ue
partment. His report, gives a complete
description of the method of culture.
SCHOLARLY DETECTIVES
The Berkeley Seniors Still Searching for the
Book Thieves
BERKELEY, Cal., Oct. 9.—The com
mittee of the associated students of the
university of California selected for the
purpose cf taking action in behalf of the
student body concerning tho thieves who
have been stealing books on a large scale
during the past year from tho university
lihrarv has been named, The members
arc: W. N. Freud, president of tho asso
ciated students, 1896; Mclulloch and
Flahertv of the editorial staff of the Oc
cident, " lS'.Ki; Dam, 1896J A. Hirst, cor
respondent of a city daily, 1886. The
committee are all seniors, which fact
will be perceived to havo signilicance.
It is whispered around the university
that one of the men who is considered by
the faculty to be tho culprit is n senior,
and one of the most popular men in the
university.
The Little Fire Boy Released
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 9.—This after
noon, In the superior court, Judges Hittk
son and .lnbnsoon sitting in bana, heard
the habeas corpus proceedings brought
by Major W. A. Anderson to secure the
release of Roy Gould, the 0-yoar-old self
confessed lire hug. The major contended,
and produced decisions to back up his
contention, that the boy was of an irre
sponsible age.
The juices said it would be a travesty
upon justice to place so small a child on
trial ior arson, and ordered nis release.
The Mortuary Column
CHICAGO, Oct. "..--Patrick Cavanagh,
tho well-known Chicago distiller, died
today of apoplex".
CHICAGO, Oct. 9. —Samuel F. F>lker,
Ihe well-known detective, died today.
THEY HAVE FOUND A PLACE
The Fight Will Occur on Sched
ule Time
HOT SPRINGS IS THE PLACE
And October 31 the Day Still Agreed
Upon
The Troublesome Question of Referee Settled.
The Attitude of Oovernor Clark Is
Yet Somewhat Doubtful
Asoclated Press Soecial Wire
DALLAS, Tex., Oct.9.—The Corbatt-
Fitzsimmons light goes to Hot Springs,
Ark. A decision was made at 5 o'clock
this afteoruon ana the Florida Athletio
club will move its l>elongings to Hot
Springs at once.
No change in the original date of hold
ing the light was made. Conditions hav
ing been changed quickly and positively,
the date and place of the mill being
named in less than twenty-four hours
after the conference, though the club had
forty-eight hours from Tuesday night to
decide in, there werti lots of things to bo
dnne.including the arrangements for get
ting to work on a building and the prep
aration for transportation. However, a
great many matters were arranged in the
conference Tuesday night. The events of
today brought theso out. The question
came up at tho conference whether or
not Julian and Brady would agree to
light outside of Texas. There was no
dilliculty on this score. That being set
tled, the question aroi c, would they con
sent to moving tho date up to November
20. Both opposed this. 'Tbeir men, they
suid, were already on fighting edge, so to
speak. Julian insisted particularly on
this. It seems, therefore, a concession
was made in this regard by tho club.
Brady sprang a telegram from i'hillip J.
Dwyer of New fork, tUo official stake
holder, that Fitzsimmons' money had
been attached, the amount involved be
ing SJBIOO. Brady and Julian had a warm
discussion over this, ending in Julian
promising to make good the amount in
ten days from Tuesday. Julian blamed
Attorney Lanny Friend of New York for
tbo attachment, asserting that he forced
himself on Fitzsimmons and otiierwise
usod Fitzsimmons as a handle to keep
himself before the public in connection
With tho Australian affairs. A claim was
put in by Julian for the forfeit of $2500
ifjtho mill did hot take place on the :sist.
This was silenced by the proving of the
fact thai the club bad the right to pull
the mill off any time after July 1, 1895.
The club also demanded as a" right that
the refsrte bo named rigbt away. Brady
demanded tho same. Julian stood pat
on his old proposition, that the referee
should be named on tho oay of the fight,
Thero was a hot discussion betwoen Ju
lian, Brady and Venditt', tbe latter declar
ing that unless a referee was named at
once ho would occlare tbo fight off. But
Julian said it would have to go at that,
then; he held it was tho safest wav to
prevent tho referee being tampered with
to lust name him on the day before the
light. Brady said Corbett would never
again sign articles of agreement unless
the referee was named in the same. Mat
ters looked squally for it time. After
several propositions wero mado, Julian
finally consented to consider the proposi
tion that he and Brady should each se
lect a name from six,tho name to bu kept
secret until the day of the light, and
tben, if the names were not the same,the
decision between the two should be de
cided by a toss-up.
LITTLE HOOK, Ark., Oct. 9,-Gover
nor Clark, when shown the Dallas tele
gram about the change of the Florida
Athletic club to Hot Springs, said he
had nothing to say at tbis time. He
would wait anil see if the change was
made, nnd would then take such steps
as tho law authorized.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 9,-The Corbatt
party was permitted to return to San An
tonio this afternoon, tbe grand jury hav
ing no further business with them. It
is intimated that the best of feeling doea
not exist between the district attorney
and the grand jury on account of his ar
bitrary action in this matter, and they
called him down this afternoon. The
investigation is very liable to ho a fizzle.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Oct. 9.—A tele
gram received this afternoon annoonnc
ing that tho Florida Athletic club had
decided to jull off the Goibett-Fltsalm
mons tight here caused gonoral rejoicing.
The mill will tako place October Mist, as
originally intended. Stuart and his
associates will arriva here tomorrow to
arrango the details, and work will be
commenced at once on a big amphithea
ter.
HOT STRINGS, Oct. 9. —News was an
nounced officially here this afternoon
that Hot Springs is the placo where the
world's championship fistic contest is to
tako placo October .'list. For two days
tile city lias been expecting tho word to
come, and when the messages came and
established the fact the people went
wild with enthusiasm. The delegation
that went from here to Dallas will reach
here with Dan Stuart at 9 o'clock in the
morning, and at once will proceed to
make arrangements for the erection of a i
mammoth arena for the accommodation
of thousands of visitors who will come to '
witnoss tho event.
IN MEMORIAM
Chicago to Celebrate the Day She Embarked
in the Phoenix Business
CHICAGO, Oct. !!.—Twenty-four years
ago this morning Chicago awoke, as it
does today, in the full title of. prosperity
and life. Twenty-four years ago tomor
row night Chicago wsa a mass of flames
and crumbling walls. This morning
throughout the breadth of the great Chi- j
cago of today couuntless thousands will '
tell at the bieakfast table the tragic story
of that other Chicago. During the day
tho survivors of tho great fire will regale
the younger generation with tales of the
conflagration, antl tonight, at the hour
when the (lames first tinged the clouds
With lire, there will De a moie preten
tious celebration.
How Much Is It Worth ?
SAN FRANCISO, Oct. 9.—So far the
new city hall has cost the taxpayers of
this city $5,225,000. There is a great
deal of work to be done on tho building,
and $31G,000 more will be required to fin
ish it.
rturder Is Suspected
STOCKTON, Oct. 9.—Win Hop, a Chi
nese doctor, died lato t'lis afternoon un
der circumstances which point to mur
der, and a Chinees woman, named Yuen
Sun, ia suspected of tbe murder. He
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was found in a room in the woman's
house, unconscious ami stripped of mon
ey and jewels which he was known to
have had when he entered tbe place. He
did not regain consciousness The fact,
that a short time ago another man was
found tinder similar conditions bas led
to tbe beliuf that both were murdered by
the woman. An autopsy will be held in
the morning.
TOO REALISTIC A SCENE
The Divll's Auction Company Cornea to
PaUi Grief
CORSICAXA, Texas, Oct. 9.—This af
ternoon an explosion occurred ln the
Merchants opera house, where the Devil's
Auction compa.iy was preparing to play
tonight. A force of stage workmen was
engaged in readjusting the scenery and
otherwise getting the stage in shape, and
Harry Coleridge, master of transporta
tion and manager of the calcium lights,
was testing a cylinder. He struck a
match and touched it to the cylinder,
and the explosion at once followed,
wrecking tbe scenery nnd tearing out two
windows thirty feet distant. the stare
presented a scene of devastation, over
which a cloud of smoke hung. The scen
ery lav around in disorderly confusion,
much of it totally wrecked. In the left
By toere was a hole live feet square,
through whioh Arthur Sutherland had
been blown into the street. When the
scenery was removed and the smoke and
gas had cleared away, Harry Coleridge
was found lying in a pool of blood. Ho
was disemboweled and one of his lees
was blown entirely off. He was tbe only
one killed, but nine others were badly
hurt.
nerced Grand Jury's Report
MERCED, Oct. 9.—Alter a session of
three weeks, the grand jury hied its re
port this afternoon and was discharged.
They found two indictments, one against
a tramp for burglary, the other egainst
C D. Radcliffe. editor of the Evdning
Sun, for criminal libel. Radclife pub
lished an article charging Superior
Judge J. K. Law with moral cowardice
and with shirking official duty. Rad
cliffe claims be can provo every state
ment made in tbo article, and says the
publication was made solely for the pur
pose ol getting the facts before the
public.
The Ku Cheng nassacre
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-A dispatch to
the World from Foo Chow, China, says:
The Ku Cheng commission finds that 140
Chinese took part in the massacre of
missionaries at ifwasang. Fifty-nine per
sons have been put on trial. Forty-five
havo been convicteo. Thirty-two Chi
nese are awaiting the viceroy's decision.
The commission is at a standstill. The
consuls are simply waiting for orders, r
JUMPED FROM THE TRACK
A Fatal Accident on tbe Pennsylvania
Railroad
A Coach ia Overturned, an Engineer Killed
and Several Passengers Seriously
or Fatally injured
MANOR, Pa., Oct. 9.—While mail
train No. 13 on the Ponnslyvanla rail
road, going west, was passing through
this to»n at 7 o'clock tonight, the two
reir coaches jumped the track, swinging
against an east-bound freight train;which
struck the passenger cars with such force
as to kno3k them over a 40-foot embank
ment against a coal train standing on the
sidinu. Conductor J. W. Miller was
standing beside his engine and was killed
instantly. Tho one coach turned com
pletely over on its side. Mrs. Thomas
Donsbue of Greenburg was thrown
through a window, but escaped without
a scratch, while her busband,who sat be
side ber in the train, was b.dly injured.
About ten passenger-i were seriously in
jured. John Raker, assistant station
agent at Manor, was struck by one of tbe
coacnes anc la fatally injured. Mrs.
John I'aco of Aliogheny, Pa., has just
oeen taken from tho wreck in a dying
condition.
Robert I'itcairn, superintendent of the
Pittsburg division of tne Pennsylvania
road, bas issued a staetemnt saying that
only one man was killed outrieht and
Miss Washington will probably die. He
also furnishes the following list:
Killed:
John Miller, Derry, Ta., freight con
ductor.
Seriously injured:
H. Kunklc, Johnstown, shoulder
broken.
Thomas Donahue, Greensburg, head
lacerated.
Mrs. Margaret Metzear, Irwin, scalp
wound and contusion hip.
Miss M. H. James, Johnstown, head
cut.
Mrs. S. A. Pace, Allegheny, body ter- j
rlbly cut and bruised.
John H. Baker, Mnnor.body and shoul- J
dor bruised. |
F. Nestor, Wilkinsburg, collar bone
broken and beck injured.
Mrs. George Robinson, Roadstown, N. |
J., arm crushed.
Jennio Gray, Alleuheny. bruised.
Mrs. S. A. Kelly, Alleghony, scalp
wound.
Fannie Washington, Allegheny, in
jured internally; will die.
Another Wreck
OMAHA Neb. Oct. o.—ln a wreck in
the yards ol tho Union Pacific railroad at
Omaha this afternoon Engineer K. P.
Armstrong and Fireman Charles Barkis
were killed. Tlieir enigno toppled over
a high embankment, crushing both men.
The engineer's remains are still fastened
to the ground by the wrecked locomo
tive.
An Excuse for a Lynching
GBIFFKN, Ga.. Oct. 9,—News has just
been received of a tragedy that occttried
in Pine county, near Milner, on Monday,
iv which eight or nine children lost their
lives by poison administered by their
father. Tom Bpeer, taking advantage of
his Wife's absence and prompted by jeal
ousy, administered tho fatal drug to bis
children. It was Rough on lints, and
the liond is now behind the bars.
Amelia Is Free
NEW YORK, Oct. o.—Mr. W. G. Max
well, of the law linn of t'hanler, Max
well & Phillips,is authority lor tbe state
ment that a decree of divorce on tne
ground of incompatibility has been
granted Mrs. Amelia Rives Clianler. It
is stated there was no oppositiunjjJto the
divorce and nothing retlocting on either
party. Mr. Maxwell declined gto give
any further information.
An Author's ITarrlage
NEW YORK,Oct. !). -The World's Lon
don special says: Edgar Saltus, the
well-known American author, writes that
he was married yesterday at the English
embassy church 'n Paris to Miss Elsie
Welch Amith. She is a granddaughter of
John Welch of Philadelphia, formerly
United States minister to London,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
POPE LEO XIII COMPLAINS
Of the Celebration of Italy's
Unification
AS SEEN WITH PAPAL EYES
The Aim Was Not to Celebrate Polit*
ical Unity
But to Encompass tho Spallation of tho
Holy See and Accomplish a Re
turn to Paganism
Asjoclated Press Special Wire.
ROME, Oct. 9.—The letter of his holi
ness, Pope Leo XIII, to Cardinal Hum
pulla, the papal secretary of state, on
tbe recent fetes in celebration of tha
twenty-fifth anniversary of the entry of
tbe Italian troops into Rome, was pub
lished this evening, it is as follows:
The sentiment of humanity which even
mindß dominated by passion retain,
seemed to permit of the hopo of some con
sideration in our old age, but tbia has
been brutally ignored. We have beeu re
duced to become almost immediate wit
nesses of the apotheosis of tbe Italian
revolution and the spoliation of tbe holy
see. Tbat which most afflicted us is the
design to perpetuate rather than to ter
minate the conflict of wbich no one can
measure the disastrous effects. Ihe final
object of the occupation of Rome waa
not to complete political unity, but in
destroying tlie walls of the temporal me
tropolis to more closely attack tbe spirit
ual power of tho pope. Tho object waa
to chaqge tbe destinies of Rome, return
to paganism and give birth to a third
Home, and a tbird era of civilization.
This it was desired to celebrate recently
under sanction of the new law, by noisy
demonstrations conducted by a sect
which is the enemy of God. The nation
suffers, for not only are the promises of
mutual benclits unfulfilled; but morally
Italy is divided and subdivided by fac
tions which menace all civil and social
institntions in augmenting numbers and
lorce. Xothing will ever confer veritable
independence upon the papacy so long
as it does not havo temporal jurisdiction.
This condition they pretend having
granted us, suboidinated to the arbitrary
will of course, and lately there bas been
a suggestion of a threat to abrogate even
tbe guarantee itself.
The letter then vaunts the blessing oi
the pontiliciul sovereignty and invites
the Italians not to be bound up with
sects antl to consider how pernicious it
would be to perpetuate tbe conflict which
is protiting the enemies of Christ.
It aftirras that the bead of the church
follows loving vigilance, humanity's
road, and does not refuse to accept tbe
reasonable necessities of tbe times.
The letter of his holiness concludll
with : "If Italians, throwing off the Ma
sonic yoke, would listen to us, we could
open "our hearts to the fondest hopes.
| Otherwise, we can but predict new and
greater disasters."
Russia's Expansion
LONDON, Oct. 9.—Tbe Vie.ma corre
spondent of the Times telegraphs that he
hears on good authority that tne Russisn
government is planning a line of fast
steamers to run from Vladivostock to
Shanghai, in connection with the Sibe
rian railroad.
Should Have Been Seventy
GENESEE, N. V., Oct. 9.—Father
Flaherty was today sentenced to seven
years in Auburn prison for having com
mitted an outrage upon the person of a
girl tindet 10 years of age.
THE NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH — Durrant tella his
story—An American obild born in
the high Arctic regions—Hunting tha
book thieves at Berkeley—Chicago to
celebrate the anniversary of tha
great lire—The doings in railroad cir
cles—Comment on Sackville-West's
pamphlet—The pope's letter regard
ing the celebration of the unification
of Italy—Ex-Consul Bates and his to
bacco project—Troubles of the state
bank commissioners — The Devils
Auction company comes to grief—A
fatal accident on the Pennsylavnla
railroad—Hot Springs agreed upon as
the Corbett - Fitzsimmons battle
ground—Detective Len Harris' son
fatally wounded—Sporting news-
Tammany Hall Democrats nominate
a ticket—An interview with the cap
tain-goneral of the Spanish forces in
Cuba—Rivera; snipping walnuts-
Ontario—Ventura; the races—Santa
Paula; horse notes—Santa Ana; ob
jection to reduced prices for beets;
plans for a county jail—Long Beacb;
a reception to Pastor Wcller— River
side; Forester's convention; notes-
Pasadena; death of Dr. McGilvray; a
letter from South Africa; brevities—
San Pedro—Santa Monica—Azusa; a
burglar Btory—Santa Barbara; the tax
rate.
ABOUT|THE ClTY—Second and last
day of the woman's parliament; it
was pronounced a most successful
Bession—Laving of the corner stone
of the college of medicine building —
The Sixth Agricultural district fair;
tho prjgramnio for tha six days of
racing—News on the oil situation-
Agreement of the city council after a
two days' siege; equalizing city
salaries—The city engineers' report-
Building record for yesterday—The
lire commission in session—Patriot
ism in tho schools; certain days des
ignated for commemoration—Real
estate and building; a review of tba
week's business—The Errington mur
der trial; taking the testimony for
the prosecution commenced—Mrs.
Balllngton Booth; the noted Salva
tion army-worker will visit tbis city
—A journalist's cscapuoe—The Y. M.
C. A. convention—Fight among
man hunters: George Witte shot by
Thomas Burns—The Rev. Ucrt Estes
Howard on trial today.
WHERE YOU riAY OO TODAY
ORPHEUM—At Bp. m.; vaudeville.
BUR BANK—At Bp. m.; The Senator.
LOS ANGELES THEATER —At 8 p. m.|
Pauline Hall in Dorcas.