DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
V
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, XEB., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907.
XU3IBER 4C.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OF THB NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
MOYEIi MADE DENIAL
L.i:ort M'Anr.it ti:ij.s of ukla.
tioxs vi::i unciiAitn.
So Fnr from Commending Orchard
Tor the Vindicator Job, Witness In
sists Ho Hid Not Know the lim
Fntll Lonj? After That Time.
Charles H. Meyer went to the stand
nt Boise, Idaho, Wednesday, a witness
for his fellow defendant, William D.
Haywood, and besides making positive
denial of all the crimes attributed to
him and the other federation readers
by Harry Orchard offered an explana
tion of the unsolicited appearance of
the Western Federation of Miners as
the defender of Harry Orchard imme
diately after his arrest at Caldwell for
the murder of Bteunenberg.
Moyer swore that It wa Jack SImj
klns who engaged Attorney Fred Mil
ler at Spokane to go to Caldwell to
represent Orchard, then known as
Thomas Hogan, and that It was at the
request of Simpklns that the witness
and Haywood subsequently advanced
$1,500 from the funds of the federa
tion to meet the expense of defending
Orchard.
At various stages of the recital the
defense offered a number of docu
ments, including a heretofore undls-
closed cipher telegram which Simp
kins sent to federation headquarters
and the union at Silver City, Idaho,
covering the moves to protect the fed
eration which was charged with tho
crime within a few days after it oc
curred.
Moyer remained on the stand un
der direct examination from shortly
after 10 o'clock in the morning and
made a self-possessed witness, and at
the end of the long day the defense
expressed satisfaction over both his
testimony and the probable impression
he made on the Jurors.
MAY BE FIXED A MILLION.
Santa Fo ltullrond Indicted by Fedcr
al Jury.
The federal grand Jury in Chicago
Wednesday returned an Indictment
against the Atchison, Topeka and San
ta Fe railroad on sixty-five counts on
the charge of rebating.
The indictment charges the Santa
Fe with granting rebates amounting
to $12,000 to the United States Su
gar and Land company, of Garden
City, Kan. The indictment contains
Fixty-flve counts, each relating lo al
leged Infringement of the law, and the
company. If convicted, will be subject
to a maximum fine of $l,3tf0,000 and
a minimum fine of $65,000.
The rebate is said to have been
granted while the sugar refinery was
being erected at Garden City, In 1905
on shipments of building material, the
freight on which amounted to $100,
000. It is alleged the railroad had
agreed to return $3000 lf the $100,-
000, but only $12,000 had been paid
When complulnts were heard from the
other shippers, the government com
menced an Investigation.
GKKAT COMI1IXK IS ATTACKED.
Government Tunis Guns on tho To
Imcco Trust.
The government Wednesday filed in
the United States circuit court in New
York a petition against the American
Tobacco company, British-American
Tobacco company, American Snuff
company, American Cigar company
United Cigar Stores company, Amerl
can Etogle company, MeAndrews i
Forbes company, Conley Foil com
pany, and fifty-six other corporations
and twenty-nine Individuals connected
with the nameil companies.
The corporations and Individuals
constitute what is generally known a
the "tobacco trust," and the petition
directed against them sets forth the
purpose of the government to dissolve
this trust by breaking up the agree
ments under which the consolidate
concerns are working.
In showing the growth of th
"trust" since its organization In 1890
the conclusion Is reached that at an
early day, unless prevented, It would
completely monopolize the entire to
bucco Industry.
Member Diet in Commons.
During a division in the English
house of commons lr Alfred Btllson
member for the northwest division o
Staffordshire, died suddenly from ap
oplexy.
Sioux City Live Stock Murket.
Wednesday's ciuotatlons on th
Sioux City live stock market follow
,Top , beeves, $6.85, the highest prlc
since 1902. Top hogs, $5.70.
Sir William IlrotMlhcnt Dead.
Sir William Henry Broadbent, phy
slcian In ordinary to King Edward an
the prince of Wales, died Wednesday,
Sentenced for Lund Frauds.
Marion It. Itlggs, of Portland, Ore,
convicted of conspiracy In the famou
.Blue Mountain land fraud case, was
sentenced to ten months In the Mult
nomah county Jail.
Planter Kills Xero; Will Die, Too
In a fight with nistols between ltiv
era Foster, a planter of Uldgely, Lake
county, Tenn., and a negro, the lat
ter was killed and Foster was fatally
wounded.
SCHMIT2S WAXES HOT.
Mayor Sentenced to Five Year
la
Penitentiary.
The sentencing of Mayor Schml'2,
of San Francisco, to Ave years In San
Quentln prison for extortion and the
commencement and partial completion
of the selection of a Jury to try Vice
President I,ouls Glass, of the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, on the flrsf of ten charges of
bribing supervisors were ?he features
of Monday In the bribery and graft
ceedlnga.
The sentence of Schmltz was one of
the most dramatic scones ever wit
nessed In a court. Hats were thrown
into the air, aims were waved and
there was such an unrestrained clat-
ter of applause that the bailiff pound-
lng for order, c,ould not be heard.
In Judge Lawlers court six of th.
twelve Jurors to try Vice President
Glass were finally selected and sworn
after the prosecution had used two
peremptory challenges and the de
fense four. To the former three arbi
trary challenges remain And to tho
latter six. There was a complet ab
sence of the spirit of bickering that
distinguished the Ruef and Schmlts
trials.
In all eighteen veniremen were ex
amined during the day. Twelve of
these qualified as to causes.
Judge Dunne sentenced Mayor
Schmlti to Imprisonment in San
Quentln penitentiary.
Sentence Monday followed the re
cent conviction of SchmiU for extort
ing $1,175 from French restaurant
keepers of San Francisco.
FRANCE CALLING FOR GOLD.
Withdrawals from the United States
Will Continue. i
The movement of gold has been In
progress since early May, will be con-
tlnued by the engagement of $1,000,-
000 for shipment Tuesday. The ex-
portatlon of gold Is attributed by ex- I
change experts to the attempt of the
Bank of France to recuperate its gout
reserve, which has been lessened by !
the withdrawal of , Russian deposit
from France. 60ce April France has
taken about $28,800,000 from Ameri
ca, $3,000,000 has gone to London,
and $1,000,000 to Holland. New York
exchange houses express the opinion
that the movement of gold to France
is likely to continue until the demand
of the Bank of France are satisfied.
NO CHIP ON SHOULDER.
Japanese Officers Do Not Look for a
M iHiindersiandlng.
Vice Admiral IJuin and the officer !'
of the Japanese cruisers Chltose and"
Tsultuba dined with Queen Wllhel-
mlna In the Netherlands. The Japan
ese minster and the Dutch minister ol
marine were included in the party.
Speaking of the American-Japanese
question, the Japanese officers said
they did not believe a serious misun
derstanding was possible. The Japan
ese wished to maintain good relations ;
with the Americans, and, pointing to
their swords, the officers added:
"We are determined not to draw
them for offense, but only for the de
fense of our country from attack. In
the latter case, you will find us ready
for all sacrifices."
To Reelr.lin 20,000 Acres.
A corps of engineers under Prof. C.
S. Schlictero, government engineer of : .
the reclalmant department, have es- Western Railroad Give Notice of Re
tabllshed offices at Englewood, Kan., ' ductions July 15.
preparatory to the work of reclaiming The western railroads have notified
by irrigation 20,000 acres of land :.i the interstate commerce commission
the Cimarron valley In Oklahoma. ; that on July 15 they will make a gen-
' eral reduction in passenger rates for
Fall on Pocket Knife Kills Child.
Harold, the 6-year-old son of E)arl
Brouhard, a Well known farmer living
near Lebanon, Ind., fell from a cot on
to a pocket knife with which he had
been playing, and was instantly killed
The blade pierced the child's heart.
Auto Hits Trolley Pole.
Dr. Julian P. Thomas, Florence
Haas, the actress, and Grace Rogers,
occupants of an automobile, were se
riously Injured In New York when thi
machine struck a trolley pole while
traveling at a high rate of speed.
Son of Oronhyntekim Dead.
Dr. Ackland Oronhyatekha, son of
the late supremo chief ranger of tho
Independent Order of Foresters, was
found dead in bod at Deseronto, Ont.,
as-the result of heart failure.
Edward to Ireland.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
started Monday for Ireland, the sec
ond visit since their accession. One of
the special objects of the king's trip U
to visit the Dublin exhibition.
Shoots Wife and Duughtcr. .
Andrew Lowlln, of Larksvllle, Pn.,
shot and probably fata'.ly wounded his
wife and daughter Thursday and then
fled to the mountains.
WESTERN LF-ACt'E BASEBALL.
Schedule of Game to IW Pla)iHl at
Sioux City la.
Following is a schedule of ttu West
ern League games to be played at
Sioux City in the Immediate future:
Des Moines July 15, 16, 17
Lincoln July 23, 24. 25
I "ays $2,000,000 for Timln-r Land.
The Northwest Lumber compnry,
the principal stockholders In which
are Barley Brothers and M. F. Quinn,
of Pennsylvania, have purchased 10,
000 acres of timber land in western
Washington.
t . .
Hoy Euts Fruit und Dies.
Hot weather, grejn apples and r';..!
blackberries combined to kill Oi iia
Jackson, 10 year3 old, son of J. A.
Jackson, of McLeaniiborough, XII.
WAR OX FARMERS' ELEVATORS.
town Grain Dealer Start Determined
Cajiiiwiign.
Tho Iowa Grain Dealers association
It Its annual convention In Des Moines
Tuesday through Its secretary, Geo. A.
Wells, gave notice of a war to a finish
on the Farmers' Co-operntlve elevator
concerns throughout the country.
While the old line elevator men who
compose the Iowa Qratn Dealers' as
sociation have been at sword points
with the co-operatives for years, the
contest had not reached the crucial
point that Is evidently now at hand.
Mr. Wells, In his report, scored C. O.
Messerolo, of Gowrle, who is consid
ered one of the leading representa
tives of the co-operatives, and declar-
ed that the evidence submitted by tho
co-operatives at the recent interstate
commerce commission hearing in Dei
Moines, which was derogatory to the
association, was false. Probably the
first move of the old line dealers will
be an endeavor to secure the prosecu
'on of co-operative leaders, alleging
lat their organizations violate tho
new SUllman law. Much literature
haa recently been disseminated by
the Iowa Grain Dealers' association
attacking C. G. Meserole, and this
campaign will possibly be continued.
What the plan of contest of the co
operatives will be remains to be seen
SKELETONS AND DEAD BODIES
Paul King Says He Found Tlvem at
College In Sioux City, Iowa.
Alleging that the Sioux City, la.
College of Medicine Is guilty of keep
ing and maintaining a nuisance, be
cause of Its failure to remove from It
building the decomposing bodies ol
"cadavers ." Paul Kino- Tuesday morn-
jng flej information with Justice ol
tne Peaoe Ole T. Naglestad, upon
whlch a warrant for the arrest of thf
resident of the board of trustees waf
js8U0j,
It u stated that for several weeks
re8idonts in the vicinity of the col-
lege notlced the noxious odor!
emanati,, from the building and a
complaint was made to Dr. Grant J.
Ross, city health officer. The f.ling ol
the complaint followed a personal In
spection of the Interior of the college
at Fourteenth and Jones streets by Mr.
King, who stated that on the third
floor In the west room, which is used
for operating purposes, he discovered
a number of dead bodies. He says two
of them were lying on the table where
they had been left after the close of
the college year by the students, while
several skeletons In a decomposed con
dition were on the floor.
.,
ujQ gwiNDLER GETS TWO YEARS
Defrauded tho Government Out of
$180,000.
A sentence of two years in the city
Jail and a fine of $10,000 Tuesday was
Imposed upon John H. Seward, of Bal
timore, Md., of the firm of J. H. Sew
ard & Co., fruit importers,
Seward pleaded guilty to the charge
of defrauding the government by In
creasing the weight of decayed fruit
on which there was a refund duty of
1 cent a pound.
In round numbers Seward is be
lieved to have defrauded the govern-
1 ment out of more than $180,000 dur
ing the past four years.
INTERSTATE 2-CENT FARE.
interstate trips in Illinois, Iowa, Min-
nesota and Missouri, making 2 cents
per mile the basis for all rates in and
between the states. On July 20 the
rates will be reduced for interstate
trips between Wisconsin and Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri points to a basis of
iVt cents per mile and 2 cents ki tho
other states.
GoroiauY Commemorate Schiller.
An Immense bronze monument com
memorating the famous German poet,
Schiller, was unveiled at Como Park,
St. Paul, Minn., Sunday afternoon
with appropriate exercises. The gift
Is from the German residents of St.
Paul and was accepted by Mayor
Smith on behalf of the city. It cm
$6,000.
One Clmucc for llunynn.
That a plea of Insanity may be tho
defense of Chester B. Runyan, tho
i paying teller of the Windsor Trust
! company, of New York, charged with
abstracting $96,000 of the trust com
pany's fund, was Indicated by hlH coun
sel when Runyan was arraigned in
court Tuesday.
New Rival for Bryan.
Jesse H. Grant, son of Gen. U. S.
Grant, who has been In St. Louis with
the avowed intention of sounding the
sentiment regarding his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for presi
dent, departed Tuesday for Memphis,
Tenn., and his tour of the southwest.
Senator I Liu 'on RevFJccUtl.
United States Senator A. O. Bacon,
of Georgia, was re-elected for the full
term beginning March 4, 1907.
Four turned to Death.
Four children of Jason Field, who
Jives at Roflersvllle, Wis., were burned
j to death Tuesday by the explosion of
J a gasoline stove. One child was saved.
I The children range from S months to
, 4 years.
I'.aistoii Is Xumcd.
President Roosevelt Tuesday ap
pointed William C. Ralston to be as
sUtant United States treasurer at San
Francisco v
a", a EJI -aw vm JTm St . H tH W jm. N mm a -aU
4 FRANK IXMCTEn FOR MI UDKU.
Grand Jury Taken Different Mew from
the C'oro'ier's.
Ernest Frank Is In th" Pawner
county Jail chr.rf.ed with the murder
of his wife.
In September, 1906. Ernest Frank,
son of W. A. Frank, living nbout six
miles northenst of Table Hock, was
married to EJIth Allen, daughter of
Mrs. F. W. Au!t. Theyoung couple went
to live with the parents of the groom
with every prospect of a happy mar
ried, life before them, each being
about 23 years of nge. On March 1
they went to housekeeping on a farm
in the neighborhood, the parents of
the young couple living nearby, and
are substantial farmers, old residents
and highly hespected. On April 25,
Young Frank claims he went to the
home of his father, about three
fourths of a mile distant, to assist In
repairing a spring on the farm. The
day not being, suitable for th work
he returned home and found his wife
lying on the kitchen floor with a small
twenty-two rifle by her side. On sum.
monlng help of the neighbors they
found her dead with a srunshot wound
Just before the right ear and that
there was an empty shell In the rifle
The coroner enpanelled a Ju'.y, who
found that death was by suicide.
Last week, district court being In
session, with udge Raper presiding.
a grand Jury was chllcd and the mat
ter again investigated. After being In
session six days the Jury returned an
indictment against Frank for murdor
in the first degree. Sheriff Martin ar
rested Frank and took him to Pawnee
City.
BURJLAR SHOT THROUGH LEG,
Denmy Sheriff at North Platte Brings
Down Mnn ui Flight.
Deputy Sheriff Lowell caught
professional burglar at North Platte
about midnight Friday night. Lowell
about 11 o'clock heard glass fall as he
went by McKay's store and he waited
an hour for the burglar to return. The
burglar entered the store and he was
ordered to throw up his hands, whloh
ht failed to do, and started to run,
when the deputy shot at him three
times, the last shot going through his
leg. This stopped the thief and he
was taken to the county Jail. He gives
no name, but is evidently a profession
al. He had some nttro-glycerln and
burglars'- tools In his possession when
raptured. He had prior to this Umu,
probably earlier in the night, broken
Into Pizer'B department store, but to6k
nothing there.
TRIES TO END HIS LIFE.
Herman Box-he. Accused Murderer,
Makes Four Attempt.
Herman Boche, awaiting trial at
Madison for murdering Frank Jarmer
In Norfolk May 1, tried to commit
suicide four times Monday, but lived.
Three efTorts were by hanging and
one by battering his head against tho
cement floor of the Madison Jail.
Earlier In the dny Boche tried to
run away while walking about tho Jail
yard with Sheriff Clements. He se
cured a pitchfork from the barn and
ran. He was overtaken and then he
turned on Clements and lunged at the
sheriff with the pitchfork, but Clem
ents dodged behind a tombstone In a
cemetery where Boche had escaped to.
Roche's head was cut badly by his
driving It against the hard floor of the
Jail. He was purple when cut down
after he had tried to hang himself.
VOTING MACHINE TO BE USER.
All Rut School Rourd Will Depend on
Full of Lever In November.
"The voting machines will be used
at the coming election," declared
Deputy County Clerk Dewey, of Doug
las county. "Tho machine Is larg.i
enough to carry the stato and county
tickets and the school board will hav
to provide a separate ballot for Its
members. We are closing leases now
for voting places and I think we wll'
have no trouble In securing rooms
large enough to carry on the election."
A day or two ago It was announced
that the voting machines might not be
used owing to the fact the county,
state and school board tickets would
contain forty-three names, while the
machine will only allow forty. Ac
cording to Deputy lewey tho county
will use the machines.
Bljj Receipts from Fees.
The receipts of the 'office of Secre
tary of State Junkin during the month
of June amounted to $3,044.39, against
$2,201.35 for the s.imo month of 13i.
The receipts were divided as follows:
Articles of incorporation, $2,585.55;
notaries' commissions, $59; motor car
licenses, $240; brands, $37.50; certified
copies, $109; other sources, $13.34.
DaveniKirt I las a Boom.
Davenport Is having a building
boom at the present time. The new
Methodist Episcopal church, costitig
$12,000, Is under construction, as are
many new residences. A system of
water works Is being contcmpluted,
and the new electric light plant Is in
operation.
Waterloo 31a n Was Burned.
The celebration at Waterloo was
marred by an accident resulting in
the somewhat serious injury of A. II
Campbell, who had his face quite se
verely burned whllo assisting in sen '
lng up fireworks.
CiillMTtx.il Girl Killed.
Sarah, tho 11-year-old daughter of
M. David Gels, living seven miles
northeast of Culbertson, was thrown
from a horse. She had a halter strap
tied to her arm and was dragged half
a mile. She lived two hours.
Reunion ef Third Nebraska.
A plan is In process of Incubation
for a reunion of the Third Nebraska
( regiment of volunteers In Hastings
some time during the latter part of
the summer.
INFANT HUSBAND IN SUIT.
Uks tli.it His Wife's Mother Pay Hint
for Fii'w Iniprisontneat.
Fred Hogg, of Omaha, a minor, hai
brought suit In district court through
his mother, Malctha Hogg, against
Mrs. Grace Hamilton and Arthur C.
I'ancoast, an attorney, for $5,000 dam
ages for alleged false arrest, in
spite of the fact he Is under 21 year
of age and too young to bring suit in
his pwn name, he l already an appli
cant for a divorce, his suit having been
men auout two monvns ago. me sun
filed grows out of the trouble with his
wife and her family. Mrs. Hamilton Is
his mother-ln-law.
The petition states June S3 Mrs.
Hamilton, by the advice of Attorney
Pancoast, had young Hogg arrested
for desertion of his wife Edna and his
baby Gladys. The complaint was be
fore Judge King, but Hogg was dis
charged. He was held In Jail Are
hours and for the humiliation and In
Jury to his reputation he asks Judg
ment for $5,000,
DUCKET SHOPS OUT OF CITY.
New Ijw In Effect, but Few Shutter
Were lut Up.
The anti-bucket shop law passed by
the last legislature went Into effect
Friday morning. Colncldontalty every
grain and stock brokerage ooocern la
Omaha did a rushing business, seem
ingly undisturbed by fear of the state.
Only one office has suspended bust
ness on account of the law, that of 9
Sleuman, who left bis quarters In the
New York Life building a few day
ago and opened an office In Kansas
City. Kan.
Several Omaha concerns formerly
carried their customers' trados entire
ly on their own responsibility. The or
Qer was received at Omaha and filled
at Omaha, If filled at all. These firms)
are to be distinguished from those
which place all their order on th
Chicago board of trad. Th only ev
ident effect of the recent legislation
has been to make them place their
trades outside of the state.
CIM.XCE FOR CREAMERY MEN.
Railway CommlNMlon Wants Informa
tion on Cream Rates.
The state railway commission la
anxious to hear from shipper of
cream regarding freight rates, and
though the public hearing on the ap
plication of the Western Trafflo asso
ciation for a higher rato has been ex
tensively advertised and discussed not
a single shipper of cream has sent In
word that he Intends to protest or that
he Intends to Indorse the application.
The commission Is in possession of
no Information regarding this matter
other than that furnished by the traf
fic association to tho effect that the
present rate tends to drive out the
small creameries will decrease. To
the commission It looks as if the price
of cream paid the farmor will be cut
down If the freight rate goes up, but
so far It apparently has been unable
to Interest any of the shippers of
cream.
FRANK BHIXK OUT OF ASYLUM.
Slayer of Sweetheart Declared by Hoe
Xit!tl Authorities Not Insane.
Frank Brink, tho Ponca young man
recently tried for the murder of his
former sweetheart on the eve of her
marriage to another Tnan, and ac
quitted on the ground of Insanity, haa
been released from the state insane
hospital at Norfolk, Just three months
to a day after his entrance to the insti
tution. Officials at the Institution de
clare that Brink has not been lnsano
at any time during the three months
that he has been an Inmate of the hos.
pitul. He was discharged and sent
home free.
;keat hkvivaii at falls city.
Itev. French K. Oliver Haa Stirred Up
Uio nntlre City.
Rev. French 13. Oliver, the noted
evangelist, has been conducting a se
ries of meetings In the big tabernacle
at Falls City. He was assisted by his
brother, who conducted the choir of
300 voices and by the pastors of all
tho local churches. Tho meetings
closed Sunday evening. The conver
sions number between 400 and 500.
Never before In Its history has the city
been ho stirred up in a rollgious wsy
and the good he has accomplished if
Incalculable.
Normal Gets (lie Htroct.
The Fremont city council, at a spe
clnl meeting, adopted tho report of the
citizens' committee on the Platte ave
nue matter and passed an ordinance
closing the street between Ninth and
Tenth streets, the property to be used
by tho normal school for a new build
ing. rial in Parker Is Im-ano.
Frank I'arker, condemned to death
on the charge of murdering his broth
er nnd sister-in-law, failed to secur
further delay when he appeared In
the court of Judge Holmes at Uncoln.
The attorneys for Darker alleged thai
he was Insane.
l or Striking HUi Fnthor.
Fred Oates was lined 15 and costs In
police court at Omaha for striking hU
85-year-old father In the bead with a
batchut and beating him because h
refused to prepare a moal.
To Kill Small Creameries.
Fearing that the big creamery and
the Western Freight association ar
trying to kill the small creameries, th
railway commission has called a pub
lic meeting of dairymen at Llnoem
Aug. 6.
Admits He Is the Knyer.
W. J. Sloane, arrested two weeks
ufT) at Orotna, charged with tho mur-Cc-.t
of Frank Herman, near Grand
Island, has made a confession. Her
man's body was found in a hay staek
a month ago.
ODB HUMAN MIXTURE.
Many Dlrsiis ( hnmctm at nsy
wil Trial la nl.
IXw vorkl nt large has had a srvroc
what niuisvaflng peep into the ronrt
roaiu of Ada Comity, Idaho, wlienco
wnaimted tlMit nwful story of crime
wbjch will innko the name of Harry
Otvtinrd n synonym for pku'.UInK nd
nssnssliuitloii through generations to
eftine, so writes lVlso correspoiidcaL
It b:u become fiuiillihr with till hn
iii.li) monstrosity, it hn formed a
slight ncnuulntnm-e with th ' fair
mliidtM Jurist, Fremont Wood, and
with Us gifted attorneys IWcbarduon,
with his ponderous hltulgerhJS of
spoech ; Uk admit Itrrow, wltli his
tdilnlivg InnecR of wit and satire; Haw
ley, a veritable Rtonni engine ef thought
and langiatge ; and Borah, whose pene
trative ml ml nnd piercing tongue are
a terror to the witnesses who most
sUUnit to cross-ex a ml us. lion.
But there is a phase of the trial with
which Die pnbllc lins not become ac
quainted. There Is a strange conglom
eration of Immunity assembled here nt
the call of the State and the defetwe.
The rough, uncouth life of t1e mines
and the mlnlsa; settlements touches el
bows with the pollsluM tipjier cnist of
society, aud the contrasts which result
are striking. We And the educated,
ctiWured daughter of an ex-Governor
taking the sent but recently vacated by
an arch-criminal, and we do not won
der that ber surroundings confuse her
testimony. An ex-Governor follows a
negro servant In giving evldeuce and
a f armer nontenant governor exchanges
seats with one of Orchard' alleged
confederates. The trial Is a moeaaston
of contrasts such as eonld not be found
anywhere save In this region of con
trasts, where yon can enjoy all the
comforts of civilization, while but a
few tntles beyond lies utter toselatton.
Scattered about the court room are
other men who place little more value
than did reiki rd on human life other
than their own, They are town mar
shals, rcukerton detectives and gun
men who are regarded a gnardlonfl
of the law In Ute mining communitlos.
Some of these are the "unterrifled'
deputies who In tie days of the boTJ
pen helped to starve the miners. Oth
ers are former cowboys, fellows of the
Rough Rider stripe, who assisted the
State governments of die West to pre
serve order after the Bnanlsn-Amerlaan
war was ended. They show their Im
portance on the streets, where they
jostle unoffending citizens, and several
sera m have been averted by a very
narrow marglu.
Tliere ls another body of men lere
who represent the law after a fashion.
They are the rinkerton sqnad. They
dlgul themselves by wearing brond
brliumod, lilgh-cmwncd slouch hats
such as miners wear while off duty.
T1kv loaf around tins street coraers,
in the hotel lobbies and at the rail
road stations, and their eyes aro al
ways open, though they have had lit
tle Ofvatrfon to use their hands. Some
of tlxtM! men were In the Homestead
riots aud some of them have seen ser
vice In South America and in Europe,
tracing famous -rlmina1s.
It Is this strange mixture of bmuan
ity which gives additional flavor to a
case already pretty well seasoned with
human interest.
Ilrlet fCewa Item.
Ily an executive order the employes of
the government printing olliee in Wash
ington win be given a bulf holiday on
Suturday during July, August and Sep-toiirlx-r,
the same as Is grunted to the eiar
ployiw of other government departments.
John Getterman, the Interstate com
merce commission expert, who visited
Oklahoma recently and Investigated
freight rate aud cotton seed oil trust mat
ters, is now in Hamburg, Germany, inves
tigating the lliuntmrg-American linn of
stcinaers in regard to excessive frolglit
rates.
it IturnoH, the aged raun charged
with the probably futal shooting ol ltich
artl Williams, was captured at his borne,
el-ht miles HoutheuHt of Tulsa, I. T. He
is now in the Tulsa Juil, waiting a hear
ing before the Uiritod States couunlHsion
er. IWnes says ho is IKS years of see. ,
Janie FriscTrll, the 5-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. aud Mrs. John Frlxaell of
the Wuodburg ranch, south of Colorado
SiM-uin, Colo., met a sudden and fright
ful (Wtti as the result o( beiug bitten
by a rsttlcisuake. The fuags of lire rep
tile pierced an artery in the calf of tk
leg, and death resulted in a short time.
$
GREAT PACIFIC FLEET.
Kim is to End Active Careee fcr Tssi i
lmr Wraips Aroand Rorn,
Dorrer significance of an imternav
tkmal character than has yet teen art
taehed to the smding of the fleet ef
American tarUushlps to tho Pacific
coast shortly la now admitted by those
In rlose touch wrth the situation. While
It has boon constantly duclarcd by the
Navy Department that bo monaoe to
Jafva Is intended by tho dispatrh of
tl fleet and Ambassador Aoki ef that
conatry has asserted that Japan will
not oonstrue the presence of the Oeet la
the Pacific at such, It la understood la
Wastrinfton that the arrival of the
battleship squadrons In tho Pacific
BEAB ADlflBAL KVAlf S.
marks the Initial step toward the mah
tenaaee of a permanent fighting fleett
In the Pacific hereafter.
Whether the entire fleet of eighteen i
venue Wi which is now deatlned for the -Pacific
remain there or not, It Is as--sorted
on the authority of well In
formed offldala that the American navy
in the Pacific will never again be In-
adequate to cope with any euwrgncy
on that aide of the continent natoes'
there la a vast change In the aspect of '
International polltVcs, v
In addition to the necessity of nrg- ,
lng open Oangrem the . needs ef the
navy on be Wtdfic side, which will
now he accentuated by the presence of
the flea there, the admtaiatrattoa Is de
clared ay close stvdents In WaM ?--ton
to haw taken One by the forelock.
Hi sanding the fleet to the Pactflc J net
previous to the negotiation of a new
treaty with Japan. The present eom
crcial and amity treaty expires In mil
and the progressive party of Japan Is
already insisting as a polKlcsl issue -tliut
the new Japanese exclusion law, .
burring coolie from the United States, .
ahull be modlaVnl In the new treaty.
Extraordinary steps are already un
der way to send tins fleet around tlie
Horn as soon as possible. Uear Admiral
Evans, wlw will likely end hU active
naval career by taking tbeee warships,
around the Horn, Is now In New 'tork
arranging the preliminary details of
the trip. Already agrangemejihi for
tius Immediate shipment of BO.OOO tons-
of etvil from Baltimore have been made..
In addition tlic general board has form
ulas a pktn for the transfer of tho -entire
force of the Brooklyn navy ynrd
to the Piscine count in the event of
labor troubles there Bd the establish
ment In the Pacific of a duplWate yard..
The fleet in Its Journey to the Pacific
will practically meit the famous vny
uj;e of the battleship Oregon, made Just
prevlons ta the Kunih-Amerk,an war.
Tubes Arm? Ooiuuia.a4er Prisoner.
Bainnli, the notorious bandit, has taken,
prisoner fSe commander of the Multau's
army and will hold him for a big ran
som an4 the guarantee ef his own ap
pointment as governor of Tangier.
IWlat Ulrrcttir for ChJeajro.
Director of the Mint Ouorge E. Rob
erts has aoceptod the preuidtutcy of the
Commercial Nutional bank of Chicago.
80-Tfeat Gu Law la Du(w,
Th report ef the special master in tho
salt brought by the Consolidated (Jos
Ouurpany of New York to mmot tke 80
ceut gsa law finds that the prW is un
just to the company and that the law
deuUti ftiual rights to the company by
reaseu ef the peimlties iuiiOHed for viola
tions. The muster Gads, further, that the
entire earnings nnder the law would be
ouly 2 H per rent on the total assets. The.
decision of the Circuit Court will not bo-
rendered before thirty days.
