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LIKE RATSJX TRAP
Crew ef tne Minnesota's launch Had
So Chance to Escape.
KEN CAUGHT UNDER BOAT COYER
Belief that it Wu Ban Down by Tag
or Barje.
DREDGING ,F0B BODIES BEGETS
Part of Canopy Brought Up by Launch
of Alabama.
SEAMENo CAPS WASHED ASHORE
llipntor Oaot Thinks Boat Was
Orert nroed kr the Hnrf Ben
Which Was Haa
nlas". UvlOUfc Vs., June 11 It was re-1-oiWd
today that the disaster In Hampton
Rootle Monday night, which resulted hi
the sinking of a launch, from the battle
ship Minnesota and the drowning of eleven
man, ' Including- sis midshipmen who were
returning from the army and navy ball at
the Jamestown exposition that night, and
five seamen who made op the crew of the
launch, resulted from the Minnesota's
launch being run down by a tug and coal
barge which the tug was towing.
The identity of the tug and barge are as
yet unknown. It w.is said that the tug
stopped after the accident, but finding no
trace of tha object struck nor any sign of
Ufa In the water resumed Its course with
tha coat barge In tow. The presumption Is
that the launch sank Immediately In tha
darkness of the stormy night, the eleven
occupants being caught In their canvas
covered craft with no possible way of es
cape, and carried to tha bottom, drowning
Ilka rata In a trap.
It was raining and tha cboppy seas were
ending sprays to such an extent that It
became necessary for those In tha launch
te have the canvas covering, buttoned
tightly down from overhead to tha sides
of tha little vessel. It Is not yet positively
known whether the tug and barge were
outward or Inward bound, or tliat tha tug.
men knew what they had struck.
From ths Jamestown exposition ground
It waa announced today that officers from
the fleet reported that an excursion
steamer out to witness the Illumination
of the warships Monday night bad. on
returning from Norfolk, struck an un
known object having no light upon It.
It Is believed this was the Minnesota's
launch.'
Drensrlasr far Bodies.
Dredging for the missing launch and
bodies will begin from the Discovery
landing and a course followed similar to
that which !t la supposed to have taken.
A special front Newport News says that
: search Is being made, for two men from
tha torpedo boat destroyer Word an, who ,
vent from that vessel yesterday morning j
a small launch to Newport News. Tbey J
had same trouble 'jeiXSt their engine anil, i
repairing It as best tbey could, started j
for the Worden. This, the special says.
Is the last seen of the men. (
Supervising Inspsctor of Steam Vessels
Oast said today that all the .excursion
steamers which wera out Mond-y night
to view ths Illumination of tha fleet had
mine In before the Minnesota" I launch left
the espostlon pier. He believes tM launch
was probably overturned by a heavy sea,
A swift tlds was running ai.d a gale waa
blowing Monday night.
Tbe weather and tidal conditions pre
vented a number of steamers from land
ing that night at Old Point and Pine
Beach.
A .report came ashore from tha war
ships this afternoon that a small place
of canopy, presumably part of tha oover
Ing of the launch, had been brought up
by the battleship Alabama's launch while
dragging In the roode. livers will be
sent down down at tbe spot where the
piece of canopy was found. The hats of
several seamen have been brought to the
surface. They bear no marks, but are
supposed to belong to tha seamen aboard
the launch.
NEWPORT NEWS, Vs., June It Shortly
before noon today articles were washed
ashore at Bu.-kroe beach supposed to come
from the Ill-fated launch of the Mr Ve
oia which was sunk in Hampton Rada
Monday night. Tha articles consisted of
two sailors' caps with capbaf. missing,
making It Impossible to Iden.ify them,
and Other portions of the cloth similar to
that used for cushions on naval launches,
a sleeve from the blouse of a sailor and a
portion of an awning similar to the one
that Covered the launch In question.
President Sends Mcesege.
BALTIMORE, Md-. June 1X-A telegram
expressing ths shock and grief of President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at the news of the dis
aster In Hampton. Roads yesterday was
written by the president on tbe train and
seta rront Baltimore as follows:
(Rear Admiral R. t. Evana care Navy
Xepartmnt Washington, D. C We are in
expreestulv e hoiked and grieved by the
rrwi of the disaster.
THKODOHH AND EDITH ROOSEVELT.
. WASHINGTON. June IX A dU atcb
from Admiral Evans requesting tha the
neit of kin be informed that the officers
. aad enlisted men previously reported as
missing were undoubtedly drowned, was
Biade public at the Navy department to
day. The dispatch adds that tbe uniform
capes of Midshipmen Stevenson and Ulrica
have been picked up.
SPRINGFIELD'S MAYOR DEAD
thief Eaeootlvo of Illaolo Capital
Drowned While Pordleg
Mroam aa Harwkerk.
SPRINGFIELD. Ill- June IS. Mayor
Griffiths of this city waa drowned at 1
o'clock this afternoon endeavoring to ford
a stream of water, on horseback, tea miles
eoutueaat of the City.
BRYCE SPEAKS AT URBANA
1 British Ambassador Gives Aoaoal
Commencement Address at 1 1 II
aeta I'atterteitr.
CRBANA. 111.. Juns li The commence
ment exvrcises at the t'nlversltjr of Illinois
ItMSay wore attended by many visitors.' one
of the attractions being the British ambas
sador. Mr. James Bryce, who delivered an
aJdresa
Believe They Have ton Taosel.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal , June It -Frank
H Walters, wt.e ass arrested here April
' It and impr'Siiix-d on suspicion of baring
, , roiilM-d tee sates in the fabst Rrrwlng
ton pony's ortice and KVeMman a furnish
Irg siure. has been conneotrd wlili a mur
6r rtiarge in .'UH:u fast neptember. A
btcao ortertive. 0110 tmM aolr4 (hat
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DOKxrno.
Harry Orchard continued on the stand
under cross-examination, narrating the ef
forts he made to kill Sherman Bell and
implicating the federation officers In tbe
plot to kill. Page 1
Abraham Ruef went on tbe wtnes
stand In the trial of Mayor Bchmlts of
Ben Francisco and told that he paid 'he
mayor 12,600 as his share of money paid
by the reetaurant men for protection.
Page 1
Naval authorities at Washington notify
relatives of men on the launch of the
Minnesota of the drowning of the eleven
men, portions of the clothing of the men
being found. Page 1
poano.
Revolutionists In San Salvador repulsed
by the government. Pare 1
Incident of a Japanese horticulturist st
Berkeley stoned by small boys reported
another evidence of hostile reeling
toward the race at Washington by Japa
nese resources. Page 1
Supreme court orders a hearing on the
sanity of Frank Barker, the condemned
Webster county murderer. Treasurer de
mands higher Interest on state deposits.
Railroads ask tbe commission to chango
the form of reports required on Nebraska
business. Page 3
L. O. Hyatt of Kearney, In behalf cf
his son, a minor, brings action no compel
father of his son's wife to permit son to
see his wife. Page 3
MOVE TOWARD CONCILIATION
Prefects of Preach Departments Caa-
aalt with Preaaler Over Win
Growers Revolt,
PARIS. June IS. The prefects of the
Departments of Herault. Aude. Pyrennes
Oiientalas and Oard. wheer tbe wine
growers movement Is In active progress,
ha da long eonferenoe today with Premier
Clemenceau, who gave them full Inst ruc
tions as to their course of conduct towards
the strikers. . He counselled conciliation
so far as compatible with the proper
maintenance af the law. In the mean
while' the manlclpaliUes continue to Join
the anti-tax strike. Altogether some fifty
local bodies In .the four departments
mostly concerned have handed In their
resignations. . Tha outgoing mutcipal
offlcrs in some oases are walling up' tha
doors of town hails with the object of
keeping out any temporary commission
tbe prefect may appoint to carry on tbe
local administration. The time aet by
tha gas etui wine growers' committee at
Argeliers for the resignations of all tha
municipal authorities la the departments
Interested in the struggle expires tonight.
If this movement Is to become general
there will be a large increase In the num
ber of towns loft without local govern
ment. HAVE NEW JAPANESE SCARE
Report that Hertlealtartst at Berke
ley Haa Been Mobbed Stirs
Mora Trooala.
TOXTO, June IX Tbe Ashars correspond
ent at Washington report an attack upon
a Japanese horticulturist at Berkeley, Cel.,
resulting In tbe destruction of a greenhouse
and other property. This has fsnned ths
flame of indignation already strong here
and has served to confirm the popular be
lief that violence of the kind Is not acciden
tal, but the result of a deeply-rooted feeling
against the Japanese.
SAN FRANCISCO, June IX Referring to
the alleged attack en a apaneee horticul
turist at Berkeley. Thomas O. Walker,
representing the Japanese association of
America, states that It was a trivial affair.
Some boys had thrown a few stones at a
greenhouse belonging to a Japanese, but
the damage was slight and tha association
would taks no action In regard to tha Incl- i
dent leaving the local authorities to deal
with the offenders.
EIGHT PRISONERS EXECUTED
Moot Death nt Riga for Ta trios; Port
la Disorders ta Cea
tral Prlooau
RIGA. Russia, June IX Eight political
prisoners were execated hero today for par
ticipation in the recent disorders In the
centra! prison which was ths subject of aa
Interpellation la the lower House of Par
liament regarding the tortures Inflicted 00
prisoners at Riga
MURDERER DIES OF COLLAPSE!
Thomas Baldwin Comes to Hie Death
aa Steealt of Complete It nr.
oae Breakdown.
BLOOMINGTON. Ill- June IX Thomas I
Baldwin, alaver of four Beonla died In tha I
county Jail here early today from nervous
collapse, aged M. February . at Arrow-
smith, bs shot Mra Sim Eiseman and
H.urhi.r rn,. .n,i rhnno. Keniwwiv ami
wife. He wls then out
on ball, charged
the Eiseman girl.
with criminal asssult on the
He killed the girl and those who were
witnesses against him. Hs became a nerv- I PAWNEE CTTT, Neb- Juno IX (Bpo
ous wreck Immediately after arrest, nooas- jclaLp-J. W. Dorranco of Pawnee county,
sltattng postponement of the trial j died at his home four miles northwest of
" j pawnee City at 11:M p. tn. yesterday. Mr.
PRISCN HELD NO TERRORS ' Dorrsnoe was bom In Mtroeraburg. Pa., in
' '11. He moved with his pa recta to 1111-
Confcosea Embeaaler Grotefeadl Ooos nots. and came to Pawnee county m 1W7.
laaatlly. to Pvatfeattary j He leave surviving him a widow and
- l ater Coord. four daughters, Mra J. H. Pyle. Mra. B C
, ' Smith, wife of the assistant cashier of the
ST. LOUIS. June 11. Charles J. Orate- (Farmers' National bank, and Miss Gertrude
feed, the confessed ambesitng teller of
tbe Washington XatlonAl bank who Bed
4a Sweden and was brought back recently,
as taken to ths Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
penitentiary today ta serve a sentence
of Ave years' Imprisonment Bidding his
oe OS4S. ehojiuio v O T WlUVl
OMAIIA, THUIISDAY
TAFT AND SPENCER SPEAR
Secretary of War and St Louii lodge
at T. 1L C. A. Sane Day.
FULL PROGRAM FOB THE WEEK
President Willlasa
ver Associativa
Oae ef the
Addn
f DS"
Will Deliver
Principal
The receptions attending ths opening of
the new Toung Men's Christian associa
tion's building, at Seventeenth and Harney
streets, will begin Thursday evening, when
the cleirgy of the city and church officials
will be entertained, and will close Tuesday
'venlng, when Secretary of War William
Tart and Judge Selden P. Spencer of St.
f. Mis will be guests of honor.
e reception Thursday evening will be
rj. vltation only, and owing to the large
" & T who will be present the wives of
nvlted will not be included. The
111 be received from 7:S to 10 p. m.
60, be shown over the building by a
la of ushers. William E. Sweet of
Ie, .aident of ths Denver associa
tion. " liver an address st o'clock.
It is .. 'Sweet the Denver association
Is lsrgely Indebted for Its new building, his
gift of tZ.WO making It possible. Refresh
. in i . . . v. .... fh. I
thlrd floor by a number of young men.
V relation will he held Frldav. 0n
. .
to the high school commencement.' Bator- !
day afternoon from S:S0 to S and evening j
from 7:t to 10 o'clock the public will be
received by the members of the board of
directors and their wives. Sunday a mass
meeting for men will be held In the gym
nasium, the principal feature of which will
be an address by Rev. F. 8. 'Stein of Lin
coln, his subject being "The Open Door."
Open to Pwbllc Monday.
Monday afternoon the building will be
open to the public from 1:30 to I o'clock
jg I
and tn the evening to boys from IS to
years of age. A program of stunts of vari
ous kinds has been arranged In different
parts of the building by tha program com
mittee. Tuesdsy afternoon parents, public school
and Sunday school teachers will be the
guests from S to I o'clock. At 1:90 an ad
dress will be delivered by Rev. William
Byron Forbueh, Ph. D., of Detroit, presl.
dent of the General Alliance Workers for
Boys and author of "The Boy Problem."
He la considered one of the highest au
thorities on questions relating to boys.
Tuesday evening the reception' will be for
the Omaha Commercial club. Addresses
will be made by both Secretary Taft and
Judge Spencer, and opportunity will be
given Omaha business men to meet Mr.
Taft. Judge Spencer Is considered one of
the finest orators among the active friends
of the association.
TAFT . AT IOWA UNIVERSITY
Tells tha GnlaatM What Soano of
the Problems of the
Fataro Aro.
,tOWA CTTT." la.. June IX Spe.-1al Tele
gram'.) Secretary Taft In his ' commence
ment address today pointed out tha fact
that abundant opportunity lay before the
anlvereity graduate during the .next gen
eration, even as ft had d-ring the past
He declared that the political, and eco
nomic problems of the next thirty resrs
would be to clean the stables of munici
pal politics and the state legislatures, to
regulate corporate wealth In the Indus
trial world and wash public corporations,
the regulation of railroad rates, and - the
race problem, which he declared would
be solved by tbe Industrial development
of the negro.
He touched on the disposition of the
Spanish dependencies, and declared that
they must have either their freedom or
there must develop relations similar to I
those existing between England and
Canada With reference to the movement
toward international 'peace he stated that
the maintenance of standing armies did
not portend war. and that during the next
thirty years It would be harder for a na
tion to engage In conflict than ever before
on account of the development of an In
ternational conscience.
LINDBERG IS RE-ELECTED
Swedish Latkeras Poster Again
Bead of Deocoaeoa Instltate
at Omaha.
at
NEW BRITAIN. Conn., June U-The
synodtcal council of ths Bwedlsh Lutheran
church haa nominated the following di
rectors: O. N. Swan of Sioux City. Ia; F.
L. Undholm of Minneapolis and Professor
L. E. 8. Esdjorn of Rock Island. III. Dr
C. W. Foss of Rock Island. 111.; Philip
Phelsnder. Batavta, IU.. and Rev. C. A.
LIndvahl of M irshalltown, lal, were nom
inated directors of the Augustana Book
concern.
Rev.. I M. Llndberg waa nominated aa
superintendent of the Deacon
institute
at Omaha. Neb., and tbe following were
named aa directors: Rev. P. A. LIndvahl of
Rock isiano. reter reterson of Bt Paul.
Minn.; Rev. C. A. Brandell of Denver,
Colo., and P. Blom of Omaha, Neb.
DEATH RECORD.
Edward Doreer.
KEARNEY, Neb.. June IX (Special Tele-
gram. V A telegram was received from W.
K. Ayrea, who is sojourning at Excelsior following offloera were elected: Charleg
Springs. Mo-, that Ed Dorsey died there , W. McDonald, Waaslngton Springs, preo
yesterday. The body will be brought to this , ident; George V. Ayres. Deadwood, first
dty for burial and arrangements for the ! vice president; Henry G. Rlos. Mlllbank,
funeral are being made by firemen and ' second vice president; Bruce M. Rowley,
other friends In this city. Deceased waa a ! Huron, treasurer; Charles Drew Hlghmore.
member of the local order of Eaglea Do-
ceased hsd been In poor health for some
! t,ma went to th rtn to
! !t- commonly called "Rastua." la
! wu nown b evrT (,rmjV a mu
. carrier in the state of Nebraska, as Ed
h,1 bn member of both associations for
, e twenty yearn. '
I J. W
Dnrrance of Pawnee City, and Mrs. Jennie
Wytls of Washington, Kas.
Commemorate tkaita Aaalwroary.
STRATFORD. Coaa.. June IX Commem
oration of the koih aantversary ef the es
tablishment In Conertiewt of the Church of
England was heid today la Chriat church
here in the presence vt one of the moat
distinguished body ef ehurebmea teat he
Uoa see la Um stata
MORNING, jJUNE 13, 1907
VlNSONHALEnf SUIT READY
Action fa Reeever Thtrteea Thenooed
Dells
ro Cwwwrr
rtoae Pe
The suit of the county against former
County Judge D. M. Vlnsonhaler for the
collection of marriage ceremony fees atd
court coats uncollected began before Judge
Sears Wedneedsy afternoon. As tbe Ques
tions are of law and only to a limited ex
tent of fact, a Jwry baa been waived and
the trial will be before tha court. A start
was made on the evidence Wedneedsy aft
ernoon. T. 8. Howell Is representing tle
county as special attorney and Charles J.
Greene appeared for Judge Vlnsonhaler.
The three suits against Vlnsonhaler. cov
ering his three terms, represent about tlX
cno. which the cownty commissioners con
tend he should pay bite tbe county trees-
ory. The esse Is the first of a series of
suits against former county Judges In
volving two queettona One of these Is as
to whether the county Judge should turn
Into the county treasury the fees he col
lects for performing marriage ceremonies.
This question has been decided both ways
tn district courts and has never been set
tled by the supreme court. The other point
at Issue Is whether county officers are re- j
sponsible to the county for fees earned In
thelr offices but never coTlerted. The county
commissioners contend Jf county officials
extend credit It I nt their own rlak. and
the loss if any shoaid fall on tbe officer
and not on the count t.
The commissioners it a meeting Wednes- 1
day morning decided iot to press the claims ;
for d"Plon nJ f'. Wb,rVh' ?
rrtle. sre rr and un.bl. to p.y the feea .
They will be cleaned as charity cases ana
. ,
ON HIS WAYT0 OYSTER BAY
Prealdrmt Roooervelt. with Family :
Irave Waialactea for Hlo j
WABHINOTON, June IX President j
Roosevelt left Washington for his summer
home at Oyster Bay, I. I., at I SO a. m.
today by way of the Penneylvanla railroad.
His party occupied ths private car Mag
net which was artecnea to tne rear or a
regular train. The party included Mm
Roosevelt Mrs. Cowlea, the wife of Rear
Admiral Cowlea, Secretary and Mra. Loeb
and Mr. M. C. Latta, one of the assistant
eecretartea. -They will reach Jersey City
at S:M p. m. and Oyster Bay about a
o'clock.
The president hopes to spend a .quiet
summer at Oyster Bay and., according to
present plans, with probably not mora than
one exception, ha will remain there con
tinuously scill be "eaves Sir Canton, 0
for the unveiling of tha McKluley monu
ment on September JO. Mr. Rooaevrtt ap
peared ' in good spirits and chatted with
those who bad come to the station ta say
good by to him.-. -Tbe latter wera Secre
taries Root Garfleldl Straus and Cortel-
you. Rear Admiral Cf wlea, Assistant flee
retary Bacon and Drl
Rlxey. Re present a -ork
also was at the
tire Dwlght of New
station and talked 1th the president a
moment before tha t
tin left.
A force of clerks and stenographers con
nected with the executive offices and serv
ants attached to tha White House,, ac
companied tha president ' Tne RooseveH
children are now atOrster Bay awaiting
the arrival of their parents. t
SUIT AGAINST COAL ROADS
Pope re Filed tn raited States Clrcwlt
Coart at Philadelphia by
District Attorney, k
PHILADELPHIA, June IX The suit of
the United Statea against the anthracite
coal earning railroads which are charged
with carrying on a monopoly In the pro
duction, transportation and sale of hard
coal was filed in the United Statea circuit
court In this city. The defendsnts are the
following companies: Reading, Philadel
phia A Reading. Lehigh Valley, Lack
awanna, Central of New Jersey, Erie,
Susquehanna, Philadelphia A Reading Coal
and Iron company. Lehigh Valley Coal,
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal. Hillside Coal
and Iron company. New York, Susquehanna
A Western Coal company and the Temple
Iron and Coal company.
After filing of the bill of complaint by
District Attorney Thompson, the machinery
was put In motion to have the papers
served upon the defendants. The suit be
gun today Is the result of an Investigation
started by the Department of Justice a
year ago. The attorney general of ths
United States appointed Alexander Simp
son. Jr., of this city and Charles E. Hughes
of New York as special assistants to carry
on tbe ' Investigation. Mr. Hughes with
drew from the Investigation when he be
came a candidate for governor of New
York and his place waa taken by O. Carroll
Todd of New York. '
MASONS CHOOSE OFFICERS
Grand Lodge of Sooth Dakota Jarle
dtetlen Makes Selection for
Next Year.
LEAD, ' S. D-. June IX Bpeclai Tele
gram Ths grsnd lodge for the Masonic
I jurisdiction of South Dakota tn session at
! tad, this morning elected the following
offloera for the ensuing year: Grand man-
ter. W. E. Milllgan, Wesplngton; deputy
grand master, J. J. Davenport Sturgls;
grand senior warden. Samuel A. Brown,
6kux Falls; grand Junior warden, Samuel
B. Lockhart. MUlbank; grand secretary.
George A. Pettlgrew, Bioux Falls; grand
treasurer. J. C. Bryan, Planklnton.
At the meeting of the M&sonlo Veteran's
, associstion held In Leaa last evening, the
! secretary; Frank B. Emerson, Bloux Falls,
j marshal. Thomas H. Brown. Bloux FaUa,
committee on oorrespondenoa
JAP LAB0RERS IN FIGHT
Probably Two Fatally Woaaded la
Plant at Grand Island
While Drloklag.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. June IX (Special
Telegram. F. Furqya was slightly cut K.
Kusukard seriously stabbed and M. Mat
sunaga probably fatally wounded by a
knife In the hands of F. Olkwa la tbelr
bunk car here. The men. Jap laborers on
1 V ffnljta nriAn hail hMi rtHnlrln. .nit
Olkwa became erased. Olkwa la held!"011 rTturTil received at democratic heady
awaiting developments.
New Imlatoa Ship.
BOSTON. June IX The United Statea
practice tailing ship Cumberland built in
lime for active ei vh. an a trilnlnir
shlp of the United Htetes nary. The orders 'returns from seventy-three out of seventy
received at the Charleetown nary yard !, counties give C. N. Hsskell for gover-
stats that Commandor H. F. I'armnilM 1 tika ..1 1 r-r-.
.nd a temnorarv crew from the reoelrln 1 a majority Of t&n, yet Leo Craoe s
ship Wabash will man the veeaoi for the
preeent The Cumberland will be used at ITho official canvas will not be coroilrtod
1 Newport. K. I., fur a course ef in traction ,,,
1 lot U. hatai awtebUue vikiUl Mvai ' r.
TWELVE FAGES.
RUEF CAVE SClBilTZ MONEY
Ex-Bota of San Francisco Answers
Fateful Question is Court
MAYOR'S SHARE OF JOINT PURSE
Roef Pale ana Apprehensive While
Testifying; Evidence Likely te
Decide Verdict of Jory
Against chalt.
BAN FRANCISCO. June IX -When the
Bchmlts trial waa returned tndav with I
Abraham Ruef on the stand the ludge i
overruled the objection of the defense to
tha Question that waa nendlns- when court
adjourned yestetday. The question was:
'Did you In January, 19, In the house
at JM rillmore street, give this defendant,
Eugene E. Schmlta. K In currency T"
Ruef replied In the affirmative.
Ruef said when he gave the H.W0 to
Schmlta he told the mayor it was his
(Schmltta) share of the K.000 that had
been received from the French restaurants.
Rf testified that he had In January. 1W,
given Bchmlts 11.500. telling the msyor that i
the French restaurant keepers had paid a
second Installment amounting to H.000.
Ruef testified that while he was not
positive, he believed he had given to
Bchmlts ttSA, received from what were
known as "llttls French restaurants
On cross-examination ha said that As-
"tant D1,'ttc, A"o Hsn.y and D-
tecU Burn. nad proml.ed that If be
made a full statement In testifying In the
Bchmlts case they would do what they
could to secure leniency for him.
Judge Dunne's temporary court room to- I
day waa crowded to Its capacity, a. It was
i.t t,.t iht. ... th. A.r
in the trial. It was expected that Ruefs !
answer to the question as to whether or
not he had given the CM0 to Mayor
Bchmlts would practically decide what the
verdict of the Jury would be, and for that
reason the Interest of tha big crowd of
spectators was Intense.
Ruef looked pale and a trifle apprehensive
as he took the witness stand. He held him
self apparently well under control, how
ever. Mayor Schmlti looked ' better and
seemed in better spirits than at any time
since the trial began. Tha argument as to
the admissibility of the pending question
was brief and ended against tha defense.
DOUBT - PRISONER'S IDENTITY
Aceaeoel of Merger la
Bald ta Be Titled Es
Ukaus.
Mia
tart
ST. LOUIS. Juno IX The assertion that
"Lord" Frederick Seymour Barrington, a
prisoner tn the Clayton Jafi under sentence
to be hanged on July S aa the convicted
slayer of James P. McCann in June. 19(4,
Is a titled Englishman, who served during
the war In South Africa as a private in the
Strathcona Horse, Is accepted, here as sim
ply another "identification" of the prisoner.
Percy Tresaider, who claims to have been
a former corporal In the British army, as
serts ' ho sint through the late Bouth
African war with "Frederick Seymour."
He held a lengthy consultation with ths
prisoner several days ago at the Jail an4
then declared tha prtaoner Is Freddie Sey
mour and member of a prominent English
family. Teaterday Tresslder waa refused
further admittance) to tbe JalL .
Mrs. Lillian E. Gates of St Louts as
serts that Barrington la really Barrington
Seymour,' son of a British general, and
that she is well acquainted with the Bar
rington family. She has been trying for
the last year to establish his Innocence.
Tha polios authorities assert Barrington
la George Frederick Barton, a noted Eng
lish crook. Barrington was also Identified
as an English valet
ROUT FOR
REVOLUTIONISTS
Advtce from Bast Salvador Reveal
that Govern m rot Troopa Were
Vlctorloaa.
WASHINGTON, June It The Salvador
afternoon received a
n mIhMaii (hla
cablegram from President Flgueros, dated
today at San Salvador, as follows:
"Government troopa met tha revolution
ists at Sonaonata, a town forty miles from
Acajutla and routed them, driving them
back to Acajutla where they are now
trying to embark."
Ths minister immediately communicated
this dispatch to the state department here.
The gunboat York town Is expected to ar
rive at Acajutla tomorrow. No other ves
sels bare been given orders to proceed ta
the arena of the trouble.
BAN SALVADOR. June IX Although no
confirmation haa been made public here up
to last night of the reported capture of
Acajutla. Salvador, by Nicaraguan forces,
it is positively known that President Zelaya
embarked troops and war munitions at
Corlnto, Nicaragua, on the war vessel
Momotombo, under the orders of General
Manuel Rlvas and destined to raise a rev
olution In Salvador.
USE OF BENZOATE OF SODA
Food Maaafaetarero Insist that
TJeo la Imperative to Them
Ptnauaclally.
Its
WASHINGTON, June IX The board of
food and drug inspection of the Department
of Agriculture is now considering the Im
portant question whether the use of ben-
a.tt- rt mcA a as a pieeervative Is Inimical
to health. Representatives of the Food mu" orMl" "mu 10 wiiorce
Manufacturers' associstion havs filed briefs jtn Kanaaa prohibitory law wss taken here
and have been accorded an oral hearing. I'00' whM 'our ioon "Pra, who yes
They urge tht If they are not permitted j1"0' P a1"' violating the law
under tbe pure food and drug act ta use
bensoate of soda ss a preservattva their
business practically will be destroyed. They
explain that a large pert of their business
constats of supplying bakeries and restau
rants with pie fillings, mincemeat pickles
and ketchup, all of ahlch they ship in
quantities of fifty pounds or mora. These
articles, they say. are subject ta fermenta
tion and If they are not permitted to use
bensoate of soda to preserve them they will
be subjected to irreparable losa A decision
la expected In a few daya
GCRE IS LEADING HOFFMAN
Lawtoa Maa Appear Ahead
Chaadler Candidate la Slato
of Oklakomm.
of
OKLAHOMA CTTT. Okt. Juno IX Of.
V. I. trwl.. show that
T. P. Gore of Law-ton ta l. tn the lead In
the vote of the primaries for United State
.1
' aenstor and has won over Roy V. Hoffman
l0f Chandler. The nomination of Hoffman
oad prevtoosly beea announceo.
Unofficial
I manager atul claims the result Is w doubt.
SINGLE
TAX SITUATION IN BALTIMORE
Ratter af The Be tl erasers Mere t
Reform Byeteas la that
City.
(Prom a Heft Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. June It (Special Tele
gram.) Mr. Victor Roeewater, Just before
leaving Baltimore for Omaha, wss Inter
viewed by a reporter of the Baltimore
American regarding to the tax alt nation tn
that city. His interest was aroused In the
proposition to reform the tax system of
Baltimore. As a most Important step in
this direction, he believes unstinted efforts
should be exerted to get all assessable
Property within the corporate limits subject
to c,tr taxea
"I belter also, said Mr. Roeewater,
"that the fixed price for liquor license
should be raised to at lee it 11.000 per
anum. We charge as much as that In
Omaha And then all of this liquor license
money should go to the city and not a
portion of It to the state, as It la done at
present
"It would be a good Idea as well to ex
tend the system of special assessments for
Improvements, such as new paring, sewers,
etc. Whereever a street Is to be paved
make It a rule to assess owners of prop-
- ' " " " " p"".
but that a property tax will continue here
nd In other cities as the main source of
revenue; but one trouble In this connection,
as It appears to me. Is that doctors, law
yers and many other professional men In
the community whoee business brings them
large Incomes, but who may. notwithstand
ing, tfwn very little taxable property, do
not pay their Just rt.r. of the money ,
needed to run the city. Matters such as I
"'7' "ul - ,
Pl All our cities, in fart, are in the ,
i1- They have grown no fast that ;
th7 have ""owed resources to get out of ,
re.ch. resulting In a general l.ck of unl-
formlty in the taxation of the people."
Mr .and Mra J. W. Baumgardner of All!- j
anoe. Neb., are tn Washington, guests of I
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hull, at the Iowa apart- i
menta
They are en route to their home In 1
. . . .
a from Cebu, P. L. where they have 1
Nebraska
1 been engaged In educational work for three
years pest Prof. Bsumgardner was super
intendent of public Instruction in Box Butte
county, Nebraska, for four years previous
to his engagement In the Philippines. Prof.
Baumgardner married Mra Hull's niece of
Edgar, Neb.
Wesley M. Horn back has been appointed
postmaster at Ames. Dodge county, Ne
braska, vice E. E. Sutton, resigned.
SECRETARY METCALF SAFE
Ramor that Head of Navy Ir port
meat Was Lost Proves to
Be I'atrst.
WASHINGTON, June IX A despatch was
received at the Navy department at Z:1S
this afternoon from Secretary Metcalf
dated at Fortress Monroe and made some
Inquiry about a departmental matter. The
officiala here are now satisfied that the
secretary Is safe.
NORFOLK. Vs Jane IX Up to :
a. m. today no word had been received
from the buoy tender Maple, aboard of
which Secretary of the Navy Metcalf went
up the James river yesterday for a trip to
Jamestown, and which haa been reported
either fogbound or -stranded up the Jamea,
with the dispatch boat Dolphin waiting at
the mouth of the James river for tbe re
turn of Secretary Metcalf.
FRANK J. UTTON FOUND DEAD
Wemlthy Fanner LMag Wear Beatrice
Dies from Fall Will la.
vrstlsmte.
BEATRICE, Neb., June IX (Special Tele
gram. Frank J. Utton was found dead at
Colby's barn In West Beatrice this "morn-
!J - K KU9lttMt h WV h,"e,1,b5:
I falling from the haymow, although foul
play is suspected. Ha was found by Clar-
t.. -in. -..o. .. ... iru uu.r-
ters for tbe night. His skul waa fractured.
Utton owned an Interest In a fine farm
northeast of the city and Is ssld to havs
had 1800 or. his person yesterday. He was
; of n"l unmarried. The cor
! JurT wU1 Investigate the case to
OT
morrow.
RESUME TUCKER'S HEARING
List of Prominent Men
Be Witnesses In Uncle Sa
Oil Case,
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.
proceedings brought by H.
June II. -The
H. Tucker. Jr.,
to
remove the Uncle Sam Oil company
m bankruptcy was resumed In the
from
United States district court here this morn
ing. The list of witnesses called includes
ths names of Judge John C Pollock, one
of the federal Judge whose Integrity
Tucker assailed In his petition last week;
Harry J. Bona of Topeks, United Statea
district attorney; D. W. Mulvane, repuh-
lican national committeeman for Kansas,
and Judge O. M. Spencer of St Joseph,
general counsel for the Burlington railroad,
It is tha intention of the Uncle Bsm com
pany If possible to show that a conspiracy
ax lets to drive It out ef business.
SALOON MEN ON ROCK PILE
Cherokee, Kan.. Violators of Prohibi
tory Law Oraerod to Pay
Pcaaltlea Imposed.
CHEROKEE). Kan., June l!-Or.e of the
wm iw v4.o, unicivu ig pay ice
cost of the suit and were sentenced to
thirty days on ths rock pile, effective at
once. The men sentenced were W. A
Dosa. George Sherwerd, Adolpq Ahrens and
E. C. Johnson. Tbey say they will appeal
RESTRAINS NEW DOVELL ACT
Jodae PJePhereoo
cPaevooa loaaeo Order
veatlea- Taxation of Doal
oars la Pataree.
KANSAS CITY. June IX Judge Smith
Mcpherson, in the United States dlstrVrt
icourt ner todajr u,u1 n orter rwn-
lng the state auditor from enforcing tie
Dovell bill, passed by ths last legislature,
taxing each transaction In grain tuturs
X centa The law goes Into effect next
Saturday.
FIEND KILLS HIS OWN CHILD
Down Throat of htae-Year-
Old Gtrl.
INDIANAPOLIS, June IX Robert Jolly
killed his daughter Gladys, aged I years,
to day. by forcing carbolic acid down her
throat The child's screams attracted the
housekeeper, who witnessed tbe act Jolly,
who baa beea drinking; MAUI xeoooUx. so-caped.
COPY TWO CENTS.
MOTIVE OF ORCHARD
Dffene Tries to Show He Had Grudge
Against Steunenberg.
HE DENIES THE ALLEGATION
Insists that Crime Was Inspired by
Federation Officials.
PEAB0DY SET BAD EXAMPLE
Haywood and Moyer Wanted Nona
Following- in His Footsteps.
MOYER FELT PERSONAL ENMITY
tar Wltneoa Telle of Interview with
Moyer la Dearer and One with
Hay wood Attest RrniT.
las; Governor.
BOIPE. Idaho. June II The defense ta
dsy carried the cross-examination of
Harry Orchard down to the actual crime
charged against William D. Haywood
the murder of Frank Pteunenberg an.1
as It progressed assailed the testimony
and the theory of the ststs resting upon
It. Ths Steunenberg crime waa reached
at midday, and counsel for the defen-ie
A t rs1 lh4 r. ffurim tM AM Bfltenirwt 1(1
c,OU)J thJ Mrer purp(.ei ,na nm.n,.
of Orchard with uncertainty and Indefl-
ntteness. Then they
abandonn,,t of ,ffort t0 km aft.
0rchrd flr,t trlo,d Bxtxlnmrt ,
. , . . - . v...
fn entrance to the room In which
OVM.nor WM l!Ttn,. tre lh,y 4,
. r . . " .... '.' .
laved for a moment to prove that Orchard
twice wrote and once telephoned to BUI
Easterly at Silver City to urge him to
.wtm n I ln I. W. j.fm m r,A I ViN Am
A , . L . .
rect Implication was that Orchard was
. .,,,, .v.
ruun . . ills IV 111 , ri n ir luuuioi i -
tlon man Into the crime which would
bring discredit and dishonor to the or-,
ganlsatlon, ,
Kidnaping- Plot Gone Into.
Then the Bteunenberg crime waa tem
porarily thrust Into tha background anj
the witness wss carried over his long
Journey into north Idaho, and his crimes
there. Including the dark plot to kldn.tp
and hold for ransom the Paulson children,
were forcefully emphasised. Orchard
swore that David Coates, former lieu
tenant governor of Colorado and then a
publisher In Wallace, Idaho, first sug
gested the kidnaping to Pettibone and
himself at Denver. Paulson, once a poor
miner, had made a fortune in the Hercules
mine, in which Orchard held an Interest
when the property was valueless, and It
was believed that If hla children wera
stolen hs would "come through" with
150.000 or StO.OOt Id ransom.
Orchard said that when he went to North
Dakota he got Jock Blmpklna to come tn
on the plot, and together they went to
Coates to renew the scheme.
Coates. who was In court, was asked to
.f.nA nn tnr ManflflrAlInn mnA fiMn . htm.
Orchard said he was tha man,. . " '
Orchard wee-then asked If ho had not
himself proposed llie trims to Coates. who
lmmedlstely rebuffed him. and If Jack '
Slmpklns had not warned Paulson tha mln- -ute
he heard of the plot
Orchard denied both suggestions, reiter
ating his first story. Insisted thst Coates
I hsd consented to stay In the plot and han-
I die the money that they hoped to get out
of Paulson.
Small Crimea by Orchard,
Then the defense showed the witness In
the commission of a series of mean crimes
and reduced to poverty, tn which he had to
resort to a pawnshop, borrowing and theft
to live for a long period. First he pawned
some Jem-elry and aruna. This brought him
S3 or S30. Then, with a man named Cun-
n)ng.hami whom ho ,jd Vincent St John
h. recommnded to him as safe and tried.
J v, A, A . ,., .
- ' v. . .... u ..... u k 1 . ' j - . w (ira vuiiiiiUBiHMii
the old Pesbody bomb, which he still had In
. trunk for UM by Cunningham on some
I nonunion men that were at the Tiger and
J Poorman mine. Then he accepted the hoe-
j pltallty of Paulson'a home, at the very time
I be was plotting to steal the Paulson chil
dren. After thst, with Jack Slmpklns, bo
broks into the Oregon Railway and, Na vi
ta, bo Aro to r.t(on company's station. They were after
a trunk full of Jewelry samples, but In
stead got - a trunk full of shoe eampies.
. tiri
i nr ne tappeo. a caan register at ourae
Defenne View of Mtlo'
j ,t w . , of prlm(
., ,,.v ... .. ,u-
... ..u a.w, u .w. , ' V.. PUllllllllli i. Wfcl, "
defense wsnted to know why. If he were tn
Idaho on a mission of murder for Hay
wood, Moyer and Pettibone, and with un
limited credit from them, he did not send
to them for more money Instead of bor
rowing and stealing. Orchard replied that
j n SM nd ,eMer to Moyer at Butte and
a0 tl' but aM Bot ni "Or be-
cause ne waa temporarily off the SHeuncn-
berg murder errand and away from where
Steunenberg lived, and did not want to
end for more money until be could sbc9
that be was back to work.
Lastly there came a showing that Or
chard had borrowed $300 from Paulson,
whoee children he had gone north ta steal,
on the strength of a fraudulent story that
he waa going to Lea Angeles to soil min
ing stock for Coates. and that thla was
the money that actually paid his expenses
when he went back to Caldwell on tha
final mission of murder. Swiftly reviewing
his meetings with his old partners, who
had meantime become rich, ths defense
asked the witness If, disappointed and
angered at hla own hard luck In selling
out the Hercules mine, when Steunenberg
sent troops Into north Idaho, ho had not
suddenly decided to borrow enough money
from Paulson to take him to Caldwell,
where he would kill the man whom ha .
blamed for his misfortune. Orchard atren-'
uously denied that this was his motive.
Attempte ta Kill Peahoay.
Tha cross-examination of Orchard today
waa carried over the attempt on the life of
Governor Peabody at Canyon City and
the events Immediately succeeding. Includ
ing the Goddsrd and Oabbert dynaml'
plots, and follows ths usual methods de
signed to confuse and discredit ths witness.
Attorney Richardson again suggested that
Orchard was being coached by Detective
McPartland and counsel for tbe prosecu
tion and provoked the sharpest wrangle
that the attorney and witness bad In their
' long contest Orchard spiritedly denied
that hs was being coached and assorted
that he was telling the truth.
Orchard said that he and Pettibone dis
cussed ths project of killing Judge Oab
bert but that he alone had started out
to murder Judge Ouddard with a bomb
without any suggestion from Haywood,
Moyer or Pettibone except the genesUI 01. a
made some months before.
a r crUaa cam homo ta Orchard.