THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1906.
BRYAN SAYS HE
HAS NOT CHANGED
Always Has Been a Conserva
tive in One Sense,
He Says.
SILVER IS NOT AN ISSUE
On Other Questions, He Stands as
Before, but Even More Radical
Than During His Previ
ous Campaigns.
LONDON. July 12. William J. Bryan,
having had the opportunity of reading
American newspapers, consented today
to dlscuBs some of the questions which
have been raised since he has again be
come prominent as a Presidential possi
bility. He said:
"I notice that I am not regarded by
some as conservative, and in order that
there may be no misunderstanding on the
subject, permit me to say that In one
sense I always have been a conservative.
The Democratic policies are conservative,
in that they embody old principles ap
plied to new conditions. There was noth
ing new in principle in either of the plat
forms on which I stood. We were ac
cused of attacking property, when in
fact the Democratic party is the defender
of property, because It endeavors to
draw the line between honest accumula
tion by honest methods on the one side
and predatory wealth and Immoral meth
ods on the other. It is to the interest of
every honest man that dishonesty should
be exposed and punished; otherwise the
deserving -are apt to suffer for the un
deserving. Position Not Changed.
If, however, by the word conservative
they mean that I have changed my po
sition on any public question or mod
erated my opposition to -corporate ag
grandizement, they have a surprise
waiting for -them. I am more rad
ical than I was In 1896 and have
nothing to withdraw on economical
questions which have been under
discussion.
"The only question we discussed In
1896 upon which there has been any
apparent change Is the silver question,
and there has not yet been any change
in the advocates of bimetallism but in
conditions. We contended for more
money and urged the free coinage of
silver as the only means then in sight
of securing it. The increased produc
tion of gold has brought In part the
benefit we expected to secure from the
restoration of silver.
Silver Not an Issue.
"I believe in bimetallism, and I believe
that the restoration of sliver would bring
still further prosperity, besides restoring
par in exchange between gold and silver
using countries, but I recognize, as do all
blmetalllsts whom I have met abroad,
that the unexpected and unprecedented
Increase In gold production has for the
present removed the silver question as an
issue.
"While the money question has waned
In importance, other questions have been
forging to the front, and to those ques
tions we must apply the same principles
we applied to the money question and
seek to secure the greatest good to the
greatest number, by legislation which con
forms to the doctrine of equal rights for
all and special privileges for none."
Mr. Bryan added that he would discuss
the trust, tariff, railroad and labor ques
tions. Imperialism and other Issues at
length when he reached America.
ICE TRUST MEN INDICTED
Charged With Conspiracy in Raising
Price in Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 12. The grand
jury of the District of Columbia today
returned Indictments against the Ameri
can Ice Company and the Chapln-Sacks
Ice Company and their local officers on
the charge of entering Into a conspiracy
to Increase the price of ice. At the re
quest of District Attorney Baker. Judge
Wright immediately issued warrants for
the arrest of the indicted officials.
In addition to the two companies
named, Indictments were returned against
Samuel A. Klmberly, local manager and
agent, and George F. Hoover, superin
tendent of routes of the American Ice
Company, and Arthur W. Chapin, presi
dent, and Samuel C. Redman, secretary
and treasurer of the Chapln-Sacks Com
pany. The proceeding is under the Sher
man anti-trust law, and the Indictments
charge "a combination and conspiracy in
restraint of trade and commerce."
Later in the day the indicted men gave
bond in the sum of $2500 each. Their
trials cannot take place until next Oc
tober. DISSOLVE PACKING-BOX TRUST
Ark a n sail Begins Suit Against Big
Chicago Mills.
CHICAGO. July 11 William B Beck
man, of Blytheville, Ark., today 'filed a
bill In the United States Circuit Court
asking for an accounting with and a re
ceiver for the Chicago Mill & Lumber
Company, and an Injunction against the
Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company, Amer
ican Box Company, Packing Box Com
pany. Marked Tree Lumber Company,
Herman Paepcke. Edward A. Leicht.
William Wilms, Charles Wieman and all
unknown officers and stockholders of the
Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, re
straining them from acting in a combina
tion in restraint of trade.
Beckman in his bill alleges that there
has been in existence since 1900 a pool
to unlawfully regulate and fix the prices
of boxes In the United States. The bill
declares the alleged combination to be a
violation of the Interstate commerce act.
the Sherman anti-trust law and the trust
laws of the State of Illinois. According
to the bill, the alleged combination rep
resents a capital of $200,000,000, "and pos
sibly twice as much," with an annual
output valued at $25,000,000.
No United States' Judge was in court
today, and no action could be taken in
court in relation to the suit.
The charge is made that the trust
controls the entire output of box lum
ber in the Middle States, and that
Herman Paepcke controls four large
companies and has diverted large sums
of money to the use of himself and
family.
The action of the court was sup
pressed for fear that Paeplcke and
Leicht would flee to Europe.
LIGHT FINES FOR REBATING
Santa Fe and Colorado Fuel Get Off
Easily First Time.
LAS VEGAS. N. M.. July 12. On the
ground that their violation sf the law
In granting rebates on coal shipments
was technical and not wilful and that,
therefore, only a moderate penalty
should be imposed. Chief Justice Wil
liam J. Mills in the United States Court
here today imposed a fine of 13000 on
each count of the indictments against
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
way Company and the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company. A total fine of $15,000
and costs was imposed on each of the
defendant companies.
When the cases were called up for
hearing today, a plea of not guilty was
entered dn behalf of the defendant
companies, following which an agreed
stipulation of facts was submitted and
filed. Major W. H. Llewellyn, United
States District Attorney for New Mex
ico, represented the Government,
Investigate Standard In New York.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y., July 12. United
States District Attorney Charles H.
Brown today began the investigation of
the rebate charges against the Standard
Oil Company and the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and, according to a statement by
him. the grand jury will be kept busy
for two weeks hearing the testimony of
witnesses in the case.
THAW TRIAL IN OCTOBER
Jerome Will Conduct Prosecution of
White's Slayer.
NEW YORK, July 12. It was reported
tonight that it is the intention of District
Attorney Jerome to put Harry Thaw on
trial the first Monday in October.
Whether the trial will take place in the
Court of General Sessions, or whether It
will be transferred to the criminal branch
of the Supreme Court has not yet been
decided.
Mr. Jerome will positively conduct the
prosecution, assisted by Mr. Garvan.
MRS. THAW LOOKS HAPPY.
Carries Good News to Husband Mrs.
Schwartz Dodges Lawyers.
NEW YORK, July 12. Mrs. Thaw made
her usual dally visit to her husband in the
prison today, remaining with him about
an hour and a half. From the prison she
went to Judge Olcott's office, where she
remained in conference with the attorneys
for more than nn hour. Then she hur
ried out to her cab and directed the coach
man to drive tc the Tombs as quickly as
possible.
"I have good news for Harry," she' said.
She remained in the Tombs about ten
minutes, and as she was leaving, a news
paper man sard to her:
"You look particularly happy today."
"Yes," she replied, with a smile, "today
I am happier than I have been for some
time." Mrs. M. Y. Schwartz, who is expected to
be one of the important witnesses in the
Thaw-White murder case, did not ap
pear at the District Attorney's office to
day, In answer to a subpena which was
served upon her yesterday. Instead her
attorney called upon Assistant District
Attorney Garvan and told him that Mrs.
Schwartz is ill. Mr. Garvan sent a de
tective sergeant to the Pierrepont, where
Mrs. Schwartz lives, to remain on duty
until further notice. It had been planned
to have Mrs. Schwartz go before the
grand jury to be questioned about a story
to the effect that Harry Thaw, wnne a
guest at a dinner in her apartments 18
months ago, flourished a revolver and
declared that he would shoot White with
It. Another story of this dinner was
that Thaw also threatened to kill his wife.
FEMALE CRANK ON TRAIL
Insists on Interview With Mrs.
Roosevelt, but Is Excluded.
OYSTER BAY, July 12. Mrs. Asal L.
Esac, who has written Secretary Loeb
that her name is Case, spelled backwards,
has arrived in Oyster Bay and taken a
room adjoining the executive offices,
where she says she will wait until she
can interview Mrs. Roosevelt on a matter
of life and death. "If I cannot see Mrs.
Roosevelt," she added, "1 can send her
an express package, and a big one, too."
Secretary Loeb, who has received sev
eral letters from Mrs. Esac in times gone
by, will make an investigation of her
case at once. !?he says her mission Is
purely a family affair, and relates to fe
males. She says she Is a relative on her
mother's side to a Brigadier-General in
the Army.
Mrs. Esac walked from Oyster Bay
to Sagamore Hill this afternoon and
argued with the secret service men
there for an hour. She was very Insist
ent about seeing Mrs. Roosevelt, but
was finally induced to walk back, es
corted by a member of the secret serv
ice corps, although she was not placed
under restraint.
M'CALL ESTATE IS SMALL
After Debts Are Paid Only $40,835
Remains for Heirs.
NEW YORK, Juy 12. The net value of
the estate left by the late John A. McCall,
ex-president of the New York Life lusur
ance Company, was $40,835, according to
the report of the appraisers of the estate,
which was filed in the Surrogate's office
today. The report shows that Mr. McCall
died possessed of property valued at $74.
000. but this has been reduced In the pay
ments of debt, administrative expenses
and other disbursements to the extent of
$33,165.
FLYNN WHIPS SULLIVAN
Gets Decision After Fifteen Rounds
at Pueblo.
PUEBLO. Colo., July 12. Jim Flynn,
of Pueblo, tonight earned a decision
over Jack "Twin" Sullivan, of Cambridge,-
after 15 rounds of the fiercest
milling ever seen in this city. Both
men fought ferociously from the tap
of the gong in the first round when
Flynn rushed his opponent and landed
hard on the face. The Pueblo man used
a right to the jaw effectively through
out. Flynn was the aggressor.
Millionaire Killed in Auto.
NEW YORK. July 12. Harvey L. Shaf
fer, uncle of John S. Phipps and broher-in-law
of Henry Phipps, Pittsburg steel
millionaire, was instantly killed today
when a Long Island railroad train
smashed the automobile in which he and
a chauffeur were riding, at the crossing
half a mile east of Sayville, L. I. An
drew Peters, the chauffeur, was so badly
Injured it is believed he will die. The
body of Mr. Shaffer, who was about 55
years old, was left in the ditch beside the
tracks for several hours before the Coro
ner arrived.
Mr. Shaffer was associated with his
brother-in-law and with Andrew Carnegie
in the steel business in Pittsburg until
the formation of the steel trust, since
which time he has been retired from ac
tive business.
Prince Will Reside in America.
BERLIN, July 12. It is stated here
upon good authority that the Kaiser's
plan for the education for his fourth son
Prince August Wilhelm. who. following In
the rootsteps or all Hohenzollern Princes.
will enter the University of Bonn in Oc
tober, provides for an extended trip and
period of residence in the United States
about 1909, at the end of a thorough uni
verslty career In Germany.
ESTHER URGED ON
BY MRS. GREf FIELD
(Continued From Page 1.)
crowd on the street discussing George
Mitchell's killing. Then she left the
car and telephoned the police.
"Will you see these reporters, Chief
Wappenstein asked her, at the police sta
tion. "No." she responded. "Tell them
to go up and see the other fellow they
sympathized with so much."
Later she reiterated her refusal to talk,
but she did tell The Oregonian corre
spondent that she had planned the kill
ing ad that she walked the streets yes
terday looking for George Mitchell. In
her statement dictated to Detective Ken
nedy, she tells all this in greater detail.
Her statement reads:
. Esther Volunteers to Shoot.
"As soon as George Mitchell shot my
husband, I made up my mind that I
would kill him. I talked with Esther af
ter the trial and told her that I didn't
Creffield as he appeared when dug
out from under O. V. Hurt's house.
An enterprising Corrallis resident
has Issued postcards bearing this
photo of the Holy Roller prophet.
think I was going to get a chance to
kill him; that they were suspecting me
at least that was what I understood from
what I heard. Esther volunteered to do
It for me.
"At first I wasn't willing to let her,
but afterward I became willing to let
her do it. When I got the gun I intended
to do it myself. I got the gun Wednes
day morning am not sure hut I think it
was Wednesday.
"Every once in a while I spoke to her
about killing George. Sometimes my
courage was weak, and then when the
papers came out and praised him so, I
got courage again and made up my
mind to do it. Today when Esther left
me she left with the understanding that
if she got a chance at the depot she
would kill him."
"Why did she become determined to
kill him; was it an understanding between
her and you that he was to be killed by
either of you?" was asked.
Planned After the Trial.
"Not until after the trial." replied Mrs.
Creffield. "Before the trial I was deter
mined that I would do it. Yesterday,
when I bought the gun, I intended to kill
him. When I got back with the gun
I told her I thought they were suspecting
me and were watching me, and I wasn't
going to get a chance. She said she would
do It for me, and I told her that I would
be glad if she did, that I was determined
that he had to die.
"Today Esther got the gun and put it
In her bosom about 1 o'clock, I told her
not to put it next to her, because the
perspiration would rust iL She said she
would fold a cloth next to her. I told
her I would be greatly relieved when I
heard that she had killed him. Esther
told me that she was going to Portland
If she didn't get an opportunity to kill
him here. I told her to telephone and
let me know if she went to Portland.
Gave the Gun to Mitchell Girl.
"When I heard the jury say "not
guilty I went up to EBther's room and told
her I would kill him. Wednesday I went
down and got the Post-Intelligencer, and
seen it was so. I went down to Second
and Union and bought the gun, and took
It up and loaded it, and I told Esther
from what was said what I heard they
suspected me, and I didn't think I would
get a chance to kill him. She said she
would do It then. I told her I would be
glad If she did."
That Esther Mitchell had planned to
accept her brother's charity, if need be,
to accomplish his death, was shown to
night by a statement from Chief of Po
lice Wappenstein. When the police ma
tron searched the girl she found only a
few cents in money upon her person and
no railroad ticket.
Esther Had No Money.
Esther and Mrs. Creffield both say the
girl was to follow George Mitchell to
Portland, if need be, to kill him. Before
going. Esther was to telephone to Mrs.
Creffield, and the fact that the widow
of "Joshua" only escaped from the boarding-house
where she lu-ed as the detec
tives were entering tfre place to arrest
her, shows she remained there in antici
pation of such news. Without money.
Esther Mitchell had to depend upon her
brother's charity to take her to Port
land. Intended to Ask George for Money.
There is no question, from the state
ments of .Esther, hut that she Intended
to appeal for funds to make the trip if
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I DEAD UBADEB OF HOLY ROLLERS. I
it became necessary. She would have T
. " iiuui ucuige ur oue ui iuh
brothers that she might kill the man
who shot down Creffield.
The police believe that if the oppor
tunity had not come as it did, Esther
Mitchell would probably have shot
on the train before the party reached
Portland, a chance would certainly have
been given unless a chance exposed the
gun and disclosed the plot. The heart
lessness or Insanity of the plot to mur
der has shaken even Chief Wappenstein,
a thief-catcher and officer since he was
14.
Curiously enough, though the feeling
that runs through official circles Is one
of pity for the officers, air believe both
Mrs. Creffield and Miss Mitchell Insane
on Holy Roller creed. A lunacy commis
sion Js apt to be called to examine oth
women, though the State's Attorney has
already tested Miss Mitchell.
MRS. CREFFIELD IS ARRESTED
Taken to the Police Station in Pa
trol Wagon.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 12. (Spe
cial.) The courtesy that was shown
Esther Mitchell in sending her to the
County Jail in a private carriage was
not extended to Mrs. Creffield. She
was bundled away in the patrol wagon,
In company with several police officers,
after her examination in the Chief's
office had been concluded.
Both the police and the County At
torney's office hold Mrs. Creffield re
sponsible more than Miss Mitchell for
the crime. In law, she is an accessory
before the crime, and as guilty as Miss
Mitchell.
Deputy County Attorney Miller did
not see Mrs. Creffield after her arrest.
He had gone to the morgue, when the
body of Mitchell was carried there,
bewildered at the story of the crime.
He would not believe the report until
a newspaper man accompanied him
into the room where George Mitchell
lay.
"My God, what is the country coming
to," exclaimed the Deputy Prosecutlng-1
Attorney he gazed at Mitchell's life
less form. Then he turned away and
hurried to the police staxion, pale and
almost unnerved.
Silas M. Shipley, of the firm of Morris
& Shipley, who so successfully defend
ed Mitf-hell during the trial, states that
he strongly advocated before Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Miller that
Esther Mitchell be placed in the cus
tody of her father. He says that
Police Matron Kelly said to him, in the
presence of Superior Judge Frater and
Mr. Miller, that the best thing to do
would be" to get Esther Mlcchell out of
the city and away from all influences
connected with the case.
It was then said that Miss Mitchell
ought to go East to relatives with her
father. She refused to go, saying she
wished to stay here. It was then that
the question of taking her away by
force was brought up.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Miller,
in reply to a question, stated that if
such an attempt was made to take
Esther Mitchell out of the city his
office would in nowise interfere or take
action.
The police matron, wich whom Miss
Mitchell stayed, advocated her reMirn
to the East, and urged upon the County
Attorney that her father carry her
away. But neither Mitchell's attor
neys nor the County Prosecutor be
lieved there was anything more serious
to confront than the problem of caring
for a deluded girl.
County Attorney Mackintosh, when
told of the shooting, was dumfour.ded.
"It's almost too terrible to believe,"
he said. "However, I can't say that
I am surprised. Nothing In that case
would surprise me. I told the Jury
that if Mitchell was freed that it
would mean other killings in the case.
I firmly believed It. You see that my
prediction has come to pass."
Immediately after the killing became
known a story spread that the Prose
cuting Attorney's office had been ad
vised Tuesday that Esther Mitchell
should be at once taken into custody,
as she might do some harm. Deputy
Prosecutor John F. Miller stated that
no such advice had been given the
office, and that no one had made any
application for Esther Mitchell's ar
rest. ESTHER WAS ON THE WATCH
Account of Shooting Given by Host
of the Mitchell Boys.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 12. (Special.)
L. T. Sandel, with whom the Mitchell
boys spent last night, was with them at
the depot. He called at the police station
after Mrs. Creffield had been taken and
said:
"I went to the depot to bid good-bye to
George and Fred, who were going to
Portland. A short time after we reached
the waiting-room, and after George and
Fred had gone to check a grip, I saw
Esther step into the waiting-room. At
first she did not see us. She stepped
over near the soujth entrance and stood by
one of the pillars.
Presently Esther saw Perry and me
talking. She came over tovard us. We
went toward her. Perry placed his arm
around his sister and kissed her.
In a moment George and Fred came
into the room. They walked toward us
and George offered his hand to Esther,
who coolly shook it.
"Just then the depot master announced
the departure of the train, and we all
started to the gate. Esther said that she
would go to tfie train with us. We almost
walked arm in arm, although George
and Fred were a little in advance of us.
Perry, Esther and I were close together
and Esther was directly behind George.
"Suddenly, and without the least warn
ing. I saw Esther pull a revolver from
under her cape, and she aimed it directly
at the back of George's head. I Jumped
at the pistol, but did not reach it in time.
The gun was discharged. George uttered
a cry, and fell over backward, almost at
our feet.
"Esther turned, still holding the smok
ing revolver, stepped back a few paces,
and fell into one of the seats, her weapon
dropping beside her. Perry grabbed his
sister, and two or three officers ran up
and took her in charge.X.
LAYS THE BLAME ON JURY
Judge Upton Censures Men Who Ac
quitted Mitchell.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 12. Ex
Judge W. H. Upton, of the Superior
Court of Walla Walla County, when in
terviewed regarding the Esther Mitchell
case and his message to her, said:
"It Is unfortunate when a man who has
unquestionably and deliberately violated
the laws of the state and killed a human
being in disregard of those laws, Is trium
phantly acquitted by a jury. Such action
on the part of a jury tends to bring all
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law Into contempt, and to substitute the
passion and prejudice of the hour for the
law, which ought to be our protection
as well as the punishment for our mis
deeds. "The report that Miss Mitchell has
taken the law into her own hands by
killing her brother Is only what we may
expect, if courts and juries refuse to en
force the laws of the land. Mitchell, in
killing Creffield, was unquestionably
guilty of premeditated murder, whatever
Justification he may offer for the act. As
the law of the courts refuse to recognize
that fact, his sister. Esther Mitchell, be
came the law of Nature to execute Na
ture's law. Let us forget the dead and
pity the living."
EXERCISES WOMAN'S RIGHT
(Continued From Page 1.)
and seclusion. In one letter she Is
alleged to say:
When you say I kept you back from good
places, that Is not true, I know. But do just
as your heart tells you. I love you and al
ways will. I only wish I were dead this
night. I did as I told you I would do. I
left him and promised to marry you when
I was freed. I will try to aee you every night
you are off. And, Tom, be good, even If you
think of leaving me some day; be good for
your dear mother until you could love an
other woman. I know there Is nothing about
me for any man to love, but still I love you
and always will. This writing paper is $4
a box. Ida gave me this and told me she
knew you would like it, and sends her love.
Ida is one of Mrs. Hartje's sisters.
"When this letter was read her face
turned pale, then blazed red and sho
looked at Hartje, sitting across the
counsel table. He squirmed uneasily
in hit chair, slid down and leaned for
ward to avoid her gaze.
Mrs. Hartje's Iist of Don'ts.
The "Don't" letter was one which
set the courtroom crowd in laughter.
In the beginning she says:
Tom, my heart ached when I had to go to
bed and go in a nice warm bed and know
you are In the rain, cold and perhaps hungry,
when I knew your place was by my side. I
could not sleep and was up at 6 o'clock this
morning. This evening I wanted you at the
house, but the girls are afraid, as the maids
or children might see us. Be good and you
will have things better some day. Good-bye,
darling. This is what you must do:
Don't think I am cross, but remember I am
the oldest.
Don't forget you are a married man and
nave a wife.
Don't forget to brush the horse dust from
your hair.
Don't forget your teeth.
Don't forget your bath.
Don' t forget the care of your feet after
your bath (talcum powder).
Clean socks every day. Don't forget to
laugh at this.
In another letter the writer says:
Tom, I am happy tonight, but yet sad to
think that two people love as we do (or I do)
and then are kept apart. But it will be only
for a little while, for my life is a blank
without you. And we only have such a short
life. I am going to be happy and try to get
the man I love. Tom, I made you. I took
you from a boy and made a man of you;
now you are going to be mine for life, and
If we are ever parted it will be because you
wish it so. Some time soon I trust we will
never part to say good-night. I will stay
right in your arms. Good-night will finish in
the morning. Will you be happy to live with
me always, dearest? This world and all that
is in it will not keep me from loving you.
I don't want his money. Only to be free
from him, so I can marry the man I love.
Some day. If you are good and don' t grow
tired of me, I will make you a good wife.
Italian Workman Drowned.
STEVENSON, Wash., July 12. The
body of Pasquale Arbritta, an Italian
employed at Cook's Landing on the North
Bank road, was found floating in the
Columbia today. He was last seen alive
July 3. The Coroner's Jury returned a
verdict of accidental drowning. Arbritta
had a family in Italy.
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CONTRACT FOR WARSHIPS
South Carolina and Michigan. Will
Cost Over Seven Millions.
WASHINGTON. July 12. Secretary Bo
naparte today awarded the contracts for
the two 16,000-ton battleships South Caro
lina and Michigan, one to the Cramps, of
Philadelphia, and the other to the New
York Shipbuilding Company, of Camden,
N. J. The Cramps' bid was 3,540,000 and
that of the New York Shipbuilding Com
pany $3,585,000.
The boats are to be of the reciprocating
type, so far as engines are concerned, the
Secretary having approved the finding of
the Board on Construction to the effect
that it would be well for the department
to await the completion of the turbine
scoutshlps now under construction before
embarking on another experiment of that
kind.
ADMIRAL BRADFORD RETIRED
Vacancy Will Be Filled by Captain
William P. Swineburn.
WASHINGTON, July 12. Orders issued
from the Navy Department today detach
from duty as commander of the third
squadron, United States Atlantic fleet,
on July 22, Rear-Admiral Royal B. Brad
ford, and orders him home to be placed
on the retired list. He is at present in
command of the training squadron, which
was last reported at Fayal, Azores.
Admiral Bradford's retirement will pro
mote to the rank of Rear-Admiral Cap
tain William P. Swineburn, at present a
member of the General Board.
Manufactures of New York City.
WASHINGTON. July 12. The Director
of the Census announced today statistics
for the manufacturing Industries of the
City of New York for the calendar year
1904. for establishments with a product of
$500 or over. The statement shows 20.890
such establishments, an increase of over
8 per cent since 1900, with a capital of
$1,042,946,487, an increase of over. 22 per
cent. The value of the products was
$1,526,523,006, as against $1,172,870,261 for
1900. an increase of over 30 per cent.
MOTOR OMNIBUS WRECKED
Dashes Down Hill and Kills or In
jures All Occupants.
LONDON, July 12. Owing to the brakes
failing to act, a motor omnibus running
from London to Brighton dashed down a
eteep hill near Crawley this morning and
was overturned. Ten of the passengers
were killed and a score were badly hurt,
some of them probably sustaining fatal
Injuries.
There were 3 passengers on the
omnibus, mainly merchants of Orping
ton. 10 miles from London, and they
were all either killed or injured. The
omnibus olllded with a tree, which
was smashed to' matchwood. The
occupants of the vehicle were pitched
in all directions. Several of the killed
were so terribly mangled that it was
difficult to identify them.
Turkish Troops Sack City.
TIFLI3, Transcaucasia, July 12. Alarm
ing news ha3 been received here of hor
rible ravages by Turkish troops across
the border In Turkish Armenia. Soldiers
who were collecting taxes are said to
have indulged in frightful outrages. The
population of the city of Van Is reported
to have been nearly destroyed by the
Turkish troops, who pulled down houses,
assaulted women and acted generally like
wild beasts.
Danish Patriot Near Death.
COPENHAGEN, July 12. Jens Jensen,
advocate of the Danish residents of South
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derwent a serious operation at a Copenha
gen Hospital yeMerday. The chances of
his recovery are small.
New Outbreak in Santo Domingo.
WASHINGTON, July 12. Broken tele
graph wires between Monte Christl and
?ape Haytien, the cable terminus in Ban
to Domingo, are reported to the Navy
Department today by Commander South
erland, an almost Invariable sign of revo
lutionary trouble there.
Girls Strike Against Insult.
NEW YORK, July 12. One thousand
girl necktie makers have struck, be
cause of an affront to Fanny Pepper
by one of the managers. The union
demanded a nne of $25 from the con
tractor and an apology, both of which
he refused to give.
To be "treated like a lady" is the
watchword of the strikers.
Miss Sarah Braumsteln, the secre
tary of the United Neckwear-Makers'
Union, of the Central Federation of
Labor, said:
"We do not care for the boss, yet
we would not hurt him, but we say
thi3 much: that unless he apologizes
for his conduct all the New York men
will be going to business with no
neckties next Winter. It is for the
dignity of labor that we stand."
Sheriffs Oppose Juvenile Court.
DES MOINES, la.. July 12. The ju
venile law, as it is observed in Iowa,
Illinois, Colorado and other states, was
vigorously condemned today at the an
nual convention of the Interstate Sher
iffs' Association, at which 100 sheriffs
from 16 different states were present.
C. W. Schnurr, president of the Iowa
Sheriffs' Association, claims that the
law failed to restrict the youthful
criminal and was of no assistance in
reforming the boy who still had some
good left in him. Other Sheriffs took
the same view. The next convention
of the association will be held in Mil
waukee. Appraise Irrigated Townsites.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, D. C, July 12. Next Monday the
board of appraisers, including Edward H.
Dewey, of Nampa; J. H. Lowell, of Cald
well, and Glrard H. Latthes, of the Re
clamation Service, will begin the appraisal
of the town lots of Rupert, Heyburn and
Sherrer, on the Minidoka irrigation tract
in Idaho.
William Van Eps, Sioux Falls.
SIUOX FALLS. S. D., July 12. Wil
liam Van Eps, a pioneer merchant of
Sious Falls, and one of the most prom
inent business men of South Dakota,
died today.
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