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sm Daily Edition (ElTltJ? mm Member of Associated Press. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1907. No. 8. USE TIMES WANT ADS VOL 11., 8 VX GATAgSOPHE KILLS m Brick Building Collapses In London, Ontario, With Fatal Results. NEARBY STORES WRECKED Falling Brick and Steel De molishes Everything, SCORES BURIED IN DEBRIS All the Ambulances In the City Arc Hurried to the Scene. London, Out., July 10. Chrystal Hall, a three-stoiy brick building on Lur.d.is stieel, and one of the l.md juiiiKi of London, collapsed late this afternoon and seoios of persons weie buried under an avalanche of bricks, mortar and tiinbeis. Three have been taken out dead, the aie seri ously injured and four are known to be missing. The falling walls of the Chrystal Hall fell upon Brewster's lic and ten cent store, completely burying it. The store of Hamilton, Long & Company and W. J. Itief & Company on the first floor of Chrystal Hall were tilled with the wreckage. The building was being remodeled and a number of old supports had been taken out and iron girders been placed. Tho crash came shortly after 5 o'clock, when al three stories were filled with customers. Tho fire and police departments, with all the ambulances that could be mustered, at onco began tho work of rescue. On account of tho grout confusion at the scene, It is Impossible to account for all thoss supposed to have been in the building when It collapsed. Cries were heard in the wreckage of tho Brewster store and the rescu ers located threo girls in adjoining cellars imprisoned by the wreckage. They said they woro not injured and asked for food and water. Five other girls can bo communicated with, but they are too frightened to say whether any of their number is Injured. Tho piles of ruins seem Impregnable, and although tho res cuers are working with fronzy they will bo unable to release any who may bo in back of it. One woman has been located In the rear of tho Hamilton store. She had a baby in her arms, but neither are injured. REDUCE THE TICKET PRICES WESTERX LINES AVILL OUT MILE AGE HOOKS. $10 Can Now Huy Interchangeable Fassngo Thnt Sold For $50. Chicago, July 10. The Western railroads agreed today to continue tho salo of Interchangeable mileage tlcketfi, as requested by mercantile and other interests. Heretofore in terchangeable tickots have been sold at tho rate of $50 for 2,000 miles, but a robato of $9.50 has been paid to tho original purchaser if the tic ket was used exclusively by him, ac cording to tho rule3. Attorneys of tho Western lines woro unanimously of the opinion that it would bo illegal to sell an Inter changeable ticket at a higher rate than 2 cents a mllo in any state where that is tho maximum faro al lowed by law. Accordingly, tho pas songer officials decided that it would bo necessary to reduco tho rato of tho 2,000-mllo ticket to $40. The abolition of tho refund feature makes It unnecessary to maintain the mile age bureau of tho Western Passenger Association, which now has about seventy-five employes. " Tho Central Passenger Association has decided to continue to sell Us In terchangeable mileage ticket at tho rato of $26 for 1,000 miles and pay a refund of $5 to the purchaser if the ticket is used exclusively by him for Interstate trips. SAN FRANCISCO IN MUDDLE THREE MAYOR'S SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO DOCUMENT. Schmitz, Gallagher, and I)o(ou As sist Contractor In Recover ing Ills Money. San Francisco, July 1G. Contrac tor J. J. Dowllng broke all records yesterday by cashing at tho city treasurer's offlce, a demand for street work to tho amount of $370.15, his warrants bearing tho signatures of threo mayors of the city and county of San Francisco. On June 25th tho document which Anally resulted in getting Dowllng his coin began its journey, and be fore it wont under tho. hands of three chief potentates, it had been signed and certified to by half a dozen su pervisors, several clerks and a corps of inspectors, foremen, commission ers nnd others. When Treasurer Dantcl saw tho names of E. I. Schmltz, James L. Gallagher and Chariot Boxton he paid the money without a word. The charter requires many certifi cates on a pay demand during its progiess to the city pay counter, but much of this vigilance seems thrown away, according to ono specimen which awaited Mayor Boxton's ap proval yesterday evening in his new oillce. Tho sum of $17,208 wa3 the amount demanded by tho Healy-Tlb-bitts Construction Company for. work done on tho Baker street sower, but the firm had neglected to swear to the performance of the work for which pay was demanded. In spite of its sizo and character, and the lack of sworn certification, tho de mand, without inspection, which would have shown Its defect, had been automatically signed by Gal lagher, Davis and Walsh of tho su pervisors' flnanco committee, Duffey and Eagan of tho works board, their secretary, Louis Levy, Auditor Hor ton and a dozen minor luminaries. Boxton's chief clerk, McKannay, hnd a number of other largo bills awaiting the mayor's signature yes terday, among them two of the Bar ber Asphalt Paving Company for $20,099.87 and $1C,G29.70, respec tively. It is not known how many other mayoral autographs will be so licited by the Barber people before they venture to beard Bautel. t i $ $ $ $ I s i t J f l $ $ $ APPALLING DEATH HOLL FKOM THE PLAGUE IN INDIA London, July 1G. Deaths from tho plague In India dur- Ing tho six months ending Juno 30 show tho appalling total of l,OG0,OG7. This is greater than' tho entire year of 1904, which was the highest known prev- 4 ious to this year. That year 1,022,000 died. $ $f3 $!$ f$5 $$ i t $ i HANGED FOR BRUTAL CHIME. Assaulted nnd Murdered Mother nnd Little Child. Solomonvlllo, A. T., July 1G. William Baldwin, a negro, was hanged hero today for tho murder of Mrs. Harvey Morris and her flvo-year-old daughter last January near Roosevelt. Tho crime for which Baldwin paid tho death penalty was committed on January 31, 1907, on tho ranch of Harvoy Morris, threo miles from Roosevelt. Mrs. Morris and her five-year-old daughter, Amln ta, were assaulted and murdored, their throats being cut and their bod ies hacked and mutilated In a hor rible manner. Tho murder occurred during tho absence of tho husband and father in tho town of Roose volt. OFFICERS DISMISSED BY COURT. Were Clmrged With Allowing "Japs" to Land San Francisco, July 1G. Tho case against Captain L. Dewdoll, of the steamship Alameda, and II. Z. How ard, agent for tho Oceanic Steamship Company, In which they were jointly charged with allowing tho landing and escapo of two Japanese con trary to tho Instructions received from the Immigration Bureau, was yestorday before Commissioner Han cock and dismissed. Tho complaint, as set out by Inspector Harry Grif fiths, was that two Japanese, Masao and Nakagawa, were forbidden to land by the immigration officials and ordered to bo deported. i l HENEY AGAIN FRUSTRATED Stenographer of Indicted Graf ters Fails To Give Incrim inating Testimony. MEMORY PLAYED FALSE Delmas and Heney Engage In Wordy Tiff, BOXTON CROSS-EXAMINED Court Refuses to Allow Witness to Answer .Many of Ques tions. San Francisco, July 1G. Both dis appointment and success fell to the lot of tho prosecution In the Glass caso today. Two witnesses, John Krausc, sub-agent of the Pacific States Company, and Miss Mary Ryan, formerly T. V. Hal&ey's steno grapher, proved disappointing wit nesses. Miss Ryan was rolled on by the prosecution to tell of the In criminating' conversations between Halsey and Glass, but the best Heney could get from her was that she had seen Boxton in Halsey's ofllce, and that she had been dismissed when Halsey and Boxton entered into con versation. From E. S. Plllsbury, an attorney for and director of tho com pany, and for many years a well known lobbyist In this state. Heney after much difficulty elicited tho stat'oment that Halsey reported directly to Glass, and at the time of tho alleged briberies, Glass was tho only official of the company with tho powor to sign checks for the dis bursements without the approval of tho board of directors. After Miss Ryan took the stand she was asked a trivial question or two by Henoy. Miss Ryan insisted her memory did not servo her and when Heney re peated the question, Delmas came to his feet with this remark to the court: "Your honor, wo most seri ously object to the sneering manner adopted toward the witness by tho assistant district attorney." "It was not Bneering," Heney re torted hotly, "and you knew It, Mr. Delmas; you have no right to char acterize my attitude as sneering." "I submit to the court that it was sneering," replied Delmas, "and I will now Inform the gentleman on tho other side that my rights to my clients' cases are not to be prescribed or limited by him." "I shall address myself to your side whenever It appears to me the gentle man Is transgressing," replied Heney, "and I will tell him now If ho does not cease questioning my statements I will settle with him elsewhere." "Ha, ha, ha," laughed Delmas. Miss Ryan then testified reluct antly, sho "supposed" she seen Box ton and Halsey together. She "didn't pay any attention to what they said," and didn't remember whether sho had ever taken down a letter from Halsey addressed to Glass. Then came tho most sensa tional Incident of the examination. Honey, looking full into Miss Ryan's face, asked her if sho hadn't had a talk with Halsey in tho corridor yes terday. Tho objection to this bolng sus tained, Heney asked: "Didn't Hal sey, in tho hall downstairs yester day, urgo you not to testify to for got what you knew?" Beforo Delmas could object or tho court could rule, Miss Ryan an swered, "He certainly did not." Further questions were objected to and suslalued. Miss Ryan was fol lowed by Dr. Boxton, who was cross examined regarding his appearance UC1UIU IXiU 1UUU JUIJi'UUi Hu wvu.f. refused to allow the witness 10 an swor tho questions asked. RANK EXAMINER ACQUITTED. Towson, Md., July 16. Walter E. Mason, formerly a national bank ex aminer and long president of tho Farmers' National Bank of Balti more, who has been on trial hero on charges of conspiring to defraud tho Munich Fire Insurance Company, I $ J $ t $$ $ $ $ $ ! $ $ I)K. EDWARD TAYLOK IS ELECTED MAYOR OF SAX FHAXCISCO San Francisco, July lG.-r-Dr. Edward Taylor, physician and lawyer, and Dean of the Hast ings Law School of the Univer sity of California, was tonight elected by the Board of Super visors to be mayor of San Fran cisco, and by open avowal of the bribery-graft prosecution, tho so-called "Reign of tho Big Stick" came to an end. Dr. Taylor was tho third man to whom the office was offered by Spreckels and Langdon. His election came as a complete surprise, for at no time has his name been mentioned. Dr. Taylor is between GO and G5 years of age. J J t J t $ $ ' 5 $ ROADS WILL ISSUE NOTES FRISCO LINES MUST RAISE OVER MILLION DOLLARS. Troubles or Past Several Months Have Brought On Mann, Emergencies. New York, July 1G. In order to furnish funds to carry along street railway business In San Francisco and finance existing debts, the United Railways Investment Company will 133UO immediately $1,500,000 of thioe-year G per cent notes. A total issue of $3,000,000 will be author ized at a meeting called for July 23. Proxies guaranteeing tho authoriza tion will bo secured by Ladenburg, ; Thalman & Co. Underwriting will then be secured for $1,500,000 to be issued. The bankers refuse to state exactly what will bo douo with the money, except to say they are very uncertain how long the present condition of affairs in San Francisco will continue and want to provide for all emergencies. Tho notes will be secured by the de posit of note3 and bonds of San Francisco and by securities of the San Francisco Railways and Power Company. Insido Information of the lssuo has caused an advance in tho last two weeks of seven points in the price of the company's stock. PRESS CLUB TAKES ROUND EXTERTAIXS FAIRBANKS WITH MAGNIFICENT BANQUET. Many Prominent Newspaper Men Are In Attendance Postpones Trip East. Portland, July 1G. The vice-president of the United States was today the guest of the Portland Press Club, at whoso Invitation Fairban); vis ited the city and delayed tho east ward trip until tomorrow. Tonight the Press Club tendered tho vlce presldentpresldont a banquet which, although Informal, was ono of the most magnificent affairs ever at tempted In this city. It was attended by nearly every newspaper man of Portland, and by Federal Judges Gllbelt and Wolver ton, former Senators Slriion and Mul key, Congressman Ellis, Hon. R. A. Ballinger, commissioner of tho gen eral land office; Dr. Harry Lane, mayqr of Portland; Assistant United States District Attorney Colo, Colonel Charles E. S. Wood, and Russol King, secretary to' tho vice-president. Presi dent John L. Travis, of tho Press Club, acted as toastmastor. Tho vice-president was welcomed and In troduced by Dr. Lane, and was at his host In tho response IIo was fol lowed by Senator Mulkoy and by Col. Wood, John F. Carroll, managing editor of tho Tolegram; and James F. Tyler, a prominent newspaper man of this city and San Francisco. ASK U. S. AID AGAINST STRIKERS Shipbuilding Firm Fears Violence From Former Employees. Lorain, 0., July 10. Tho Amer ican Shipbuilding Company has ap pealed to tho Federal Court for pro tection against possible damago to proporty and vlolenco against em ployes as a result of tho second strike. This week tho shipbuilders walked out again, not wanting to work with strike-breakers. Separate injunctions were issued by tho United States Court in Cleveland today and sorvod on each of tho 125 strikers, forbidding Interference with the com- panx or it semployes. STAG IKES GOOD CASE Evidence In Rebuttal at Boise Refutes Much Offered By Defense. PERJURER ALLER IS TRIED Hearing Will Be Continued Today, ORCHARD TAKES THE STAND Is .Subjected to Severe Cioss-Eam- iitation, But Preserves Usual Calm. Boise, July 1G. In the last stages of the Haywood caso the prosecution put six witnesses on tho stand today to rebut the evidence of the defense. They testified to the condition in the Cocur d'Alenes In 1S98 and to the situation in Colorado during the striko period of 1903 and 1904. Im portant witnesses of tho day were called to contradict tho showing ! made by witnesses for tho defense that there was no reason for the calling out of tho militia-of Colorado other than a desire upon the part of the mine owners to drive tho mem bers of tho Western Federation frdm tho mining districts. One witness flatly contradicted the evidence Intro duced by the defense to show the explosion at the Vindicator-mine was duo to an accident. While the big trial was going on in the district court beforo Judge Wood an interesting offshoot of the caso was boing heard in a small room used by Justice of the Peace Savage. W. II. Aller, tho depot agent who va3 arrested yesterday charged with perjury was brought before the magistrate for preliminary hearing. Tho state was represented by Prosecuting Attorney Koelsch and the prisoner by Breen, an attor ney of Butte, who has been asso ciated 'with Haywood's counsel, but has been rotalred by tho miner's union of Butto to watch tho case. Fred. Millr, who was Orchard's coun sel just after tho Steunenberg mur der, assisted Breen. The principal witness in the perjury hearing was Orchard himself. Tho prisoner was brought from the penitentiary In charge of a guard. Thero were no more than half a dozen people out side tho principals and witnesses prosontv Orchard went over his story In connection with Scott In 1904 and though severely cross-examined by Breen maintained the samo calm exterior and answered each question with posltlvcncss. The caso took up most of the day. The motion to dis miss will bo argued tomorrow. Aller is at liberty on $2500 bonds. In tho Haywood trial Edward Al vard, a physician of Burke, swore ho saw Orchard on the day of the blowing up of the concentrator at Wardner and that he came thero on tho train, returning" from Wardner. Tho train was in possession of tho mob, which blew up tho mill. Al vard's testimony was in direct con tradiction to that of Dr. McGeo, who swore lie saw Orchard playing cards at Mullan, several miles away.. A. T. Ilolman sworo In robuttal of tho testimony of Thomas Wood, witness for tho defense. Wood said ho saw Beck and McCormlck, tho two men killed in tho Vindicator ex plosion, In tho olghth lovel beforo tho explosion, and afterwards found thoir bodies on tho sixth level. IIo sworo Beck carried a revolver on that day and that ho saw tho box of black powder on tho water bar rel In tho olghth level Just beforo Beck and McCormlck went up to tho sixth, whoro tho explosion occurred a few moments later. Tho Impres sion was that tho two mon carried tho powder with thorn and that Beck dropped his revolver, which exploded and tho powder wont off. This would also account for tho finding of tho shattered pieces of revolvor near tho bodies. Orchard sworo ho fired tho pow der with a pistol. Holraan was su perintendent -of tho Neighboring mine and formerly superintendent of tho Vindicator. He was tho first ATTACK FRENCH DIPLOMAT A RUSSIAN PAPER GIVES mM SHARP REPROOF. Is Accused of Interfering In Tlio Internnl Politics of Russia. St. Petersburg, July 1G. An open attach upon the French Government and Ambassador Bompard appeared today in the Novoe Vremya, which a. week ago began reviewing and ten tatively condemning tho Franco Russian alliance. It is supposed that the paper in this instance is serving as the mouthpiece of tho powerful court party, which Is working In. favor of closer relations with Ger many. The editorial is couched In Intemperate and offensive language and seriously compromises the posi tion of Bompard at St. Petersburg. It says: "Tactless to the point of impud ence has been the behavior of tho Ambassador In urging unasked ad vice on Russian internal affairs, uppn which he is a perfect Ignoramus. Tho French Government has also treated official Russia strangely, al- most with hostility. Tho French official press and the official utter ances in tho Chamber of Deputies have indicated all along that Franco was anxious to engage in ncgatla tions with the new-born Douma, over tho head or behind the back of tho Government. Such Insincerity and double-dealing is calculated to give open encouragement to .the Russian revolutionists, who claim that France is more attentive to the'ir voice than to the voice of the reco&nlzed and responsible representatives of tho Russian empire." MUCH LAND IS TAKEN UP COEUR D'ALENE DISPOSE OF 117,110 ACRES. Total Price Received Is SI." 1,703.70 At Piesent Rate Will Last Twenty-Two Years. Coour D'Alene, Idaho, July 1G Uncle Sam has been disposing of his land at a rapid rate during the past year. Tho government has given away or sold at a trifling figure 117, 141 acre3 in this district, as follows: Kootenai county, 5S.221 acres; Shoshone comity, 42,401; Bonner 'county, 15,371, and Latah county, 1142. The government still retains an interest in 2.55S.19G acres in tho land district, of which 1.67G.813 acres are unsurveyod. The government has received for what it has disposed of $151,792.70, of which $19,525 represents the re ceipts from the mineral lands. In other words, the government has re ceived, on an average, less than $1.30 an aero for all its lands dis posed of this year. Several Interesting facts aro de rived from tho above statement. Should the government continue to dispose of its lands in Kootenai county as it has the past year It will require 22 years before It 13 land less. Another interesting fact is that Kootenai county disposed of as much land this year as tho threo counties of Shoshone, Latah and Bonner com bined. Tho past year has been a record-breaker In disposing of lands. f J $ $ $ J J $ $ J $ BASEBALL RESULTS. Tacoma, July 1C. Seattle 3, Tacoma 0. Aberdeen, July 1G. Butte 5, Aberdeen 4. Oakland, July 10. Lon An- -J geles 2, Onkland 3. 4 V 4 ! , J ! ! $ ! ) $ to go down tho shaft ot the Vindi cator after tho explosion. His fvI donco contradicted that of Wood's on many points. L. G. Remsey, a rolatlve of McCormlck followed Iloninl. IIo was in charge of tho powder In tho mlno at the time of tho explosion. IIo sworo that nolthor Beck nor McCormlck carried rovolvers. That thero frcre no re volvers in tho mine at tho time, ho far as ho know, and there was no water barrel on the olghth level as Wood had testiilod. Sheriff Rutan, of San Mlegul county, was tho last witness of tho day. IIo testified as to tho striko conditions. Under a searching cross examination by Richardson, Rutan admitted tho union minors were re ported and driven by force from tho country, whllo ho was shorlff, and no attempt was made to prevent or punish those who attacked the union men, Ho said tho deportations were tho work of loading citizens of Tel-luride.