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WheatUy; Oak land News Stand; Hale News Co. Goldfleld, Ncv. Louie Pollln. Eureka, Cal Call-Chronlele Agency. Norfolk, V. Potts A Boeder; American News Co. Pine Beach, Va W. A. Cosgrove. PORTLAND, THURSDAY. JULY 5, 190T, WHY TESTIMONIES DIFFER. Every statement about an event de pends on the Impressions of the wit ness and narrator, and these In turn depend on the, mental make-up of the witness, and on his susceptibility to one feeling or another. It Is so always, and In high degree, when one has not been accustomed to rigid examination of events that pass before him and yields to soma sudden start of emotional feel ing, from accidents that occasion un usual surprise. Some of the passengers on the Colum bia thought the night was thick, foggy and dark. Others report that it was merely hazy, but not dark. It could not have been very dark, because.there was a nearly full moon, and could not have been a black night. Besides, the steamers saw each other's lights some time how long or short can never be known, before they collided. Again, some are positive that the boilers of the Columbia exploded as she went down. Others with equal posl tiveness say not so. The point of view, the personal Impression or feeling. In such cases. Is the decisive fact with each individual. Probably the boilers did not explode. The concussion pro duced by the rush of air and water, as the steamer sank, would account for the roar or detonation. No unusual thing can ever be seen alike or in the same way by two or more persons; and as a common fact all observers will be found to differ. We recall the old story of Sir Walter Raleigh's looking from his prison win dow on some street tumult, which af terwards three witnesses reported in three different ways, himself differing from them all. It teaches that the sift ing of testimony In every case of un usual Incident is one of the most deli cate of all processes; and In most cases the decision must be made on some gen eral rules of probability, adduced from lopg experience. This is a common pro cess in proceedings at law. We see, therefore, why Juries in such cases as that on trial at Boise find It bo difficult to decide the more when the decision may involve the capital penalty. The individual temperament or pre possession has everything to do with human testimony and its results. One's own preconceived notions or ideas about a shipwreck, for example, may govern all his impressions and much of his testimony about it. So, as to the testimony in the struggle between the labor unions and the mineowners, some of the eohoes of which are heard through the trial in Idaho. The differ ences of human spirit account for It all. MR. XXKENS GAME. Mr. Elklns, of West Virginia, Is one of those politicians who ralk in dark ness. Whatever his motive may be in advocating the nomination of Mr. Cor telyou for the Presldenoy, it is certainly nothing good. The West Virginia Sen ator has been & sinister figure in puhlto life for many years, usually working deviously for selfish and unworthy ends, seldom permitting honor or pa triotism to deflect him from his chosen course. In common with the gambling Wall street element and all the piratical "In terests," Mr. Elkins dreads -the rising prestige of Governor (Hughes. This ex traordinary man, marvelous for his In flexible purpose, with an all-comprehending intelligence and an Integrity absolutely above temptation, Is, next to Mr. Roosevelt, the most promising character in American politics today. To the predatory monopolists he is an Impending terror because he is loyal to the people, and because he can neither be deceived nor frightened. His politi cal wisdom has almost the certainty of omniscience. - Whatever he promises he performs. Whatever he undertakes he achieves. He takes no backward steps. He makes no mistakes.. The New Tork delegation may possibly name him for the Presidency, and, if named, he may be nominated. To forestall such a calamity to the hosts that live by plunder, Mr. Elkine, in alliance with Wall street, pushes Mr. Cortelyou to the front, hoping that New York may adopt him in prefer ence to Hughes as a "favorite son." Cortelyou is also anathema to the pi rates, but, since he can neither be nominated nor elected, they are not afraid of htm. If he can be used to slaughter Hughes, their purpose wjll be served and they care very little what becomes of him afterward. Such is the kind of politics which Mr. Elklns plays. Will the people of New York permit his system to win? MR. H A RROI AN' 3 BIASED ADVISERS. Mr. Julius Kruttschnltt, of California, director of maintenance and operation; Mr. J. C. Stubbs, of California, traffic manager, and Mr. R. P. Schwerin, of California, In charge of ocean service In the hands of this San Francisco trin ity reposes absolute control of the Har rlman transportation lines in Oregon This control has rested with this Cali fornia clique for many years, and its blighting effect on the transportation business and on the development of new Industries and new territory In Oregon is a matter of comment from the At lantic to the Pacific. It is expecting too much of Mr. Harrlman that he should come here and take personal charge of his transportation lines In this state, which annually contribute many millions to his coffers. But Ore gonlans who have suffered long and patiently at the hands of this alien con trol have become decidedly restive un der the handicap which the California management has placed on our trans portation facilities. Personally, Messrs. Stubsb, Krutt schnltt and Schwerin are pleasant gen tlemen to meet, and It may be that their notoriously unfair and restrictive policy in Oregon Is not" a studied effort to upbuift California at the expense of this state. But the Huntington envi ronment. In which they grew up, has had an Ineradicable Influence on them, which makes it impossible for them to extend fair treatment to Oregon. The late C. P. Huntington (may his tribe decrease) bluffed, bullied and bought his way into power with reckless dl regard for the rights of the people. It was his policy during the halcyon days of his reign in California, to provide the minimum of facilities at the maxi mum of cost to the shipper. This sys tem has been transferred to Oregon by the apt pupils who grew up in the Huntington school. Oregon does not like the system, and Oregon never will like it. Just at present It is being forced down our throats, but at the same time it is breeding trouble for the men who are responsible for it. They misunderstand the temper of the peo ple of Oregon. While Kruttschnltt et al. have been spending millions in improving dock and harbor facilities and terminal im provement in Ban Francisco and in providing a splendid Oriental steamship service out of the Bay City, Portland, which supplies two tons of Oriental freight- to every one that is secured la San Francisco, Is forced to worry along with a few tramp steamers which are given only a fraction of the great ton nage of Oriental freight hauled across the continent by the Harrlman lines. In their efforts to divert the business from the ocean lines to the rail lines, Mr, Harrlman's California managers have permitted the Portland and San Francisco ocean route to fall into such disrepute that it will require years of fair treatment with fine steamers to win back the business that has been lost. The merchant who mistreats his customers can rely on their Datronaere just so long as those customers have no other place to trade. The railroad man who has transpor tation for sale will not find buyers among the people whose good will has been alienated or lost through the un fair treatment accorded them. At least he will be unable to hold this trade af ter a competitor enters the field. There are a good many people in Oregon who incline to the belief that Mr. Harrlman is sagacious enough to realize that the good will of the people of Oregon Is an asset worth having. If this be true, the sooner he takes active steps to re lease this state from the bondage in which it is held by the California trium virate the better It will be for his divi dend account of the future. No matter how good Mr. Harrlman's Intention may be regarding-Oregon, the people of this state will never be satisfied so long as they are at the mercy of three men so vitally interested in a rival state as are Messrs. Kruttschnltt, Schwerin and Stubbs. It is quite ap parent that these three men form a court of last resort on all transporta tion matters in this state, and it is a court to which it is useless for Oregon to appeal. A WISE BENEFACTION. The late Russell Sage, during his long lifetime, was the butt of many a joke, based upon his economy in personal expenditure. He, however, chose his way and walked in It, regardless of venomous criticism or" humorous com ment, and kept his name above re proach in an era that was big with financial and social scandals. Dying, he left an enormous fortune to Mrs. Sage his second wife, and many years younger than himself with untram meled power to manage and dispose of it as she saw fit. Events have proved that the great financier was as sagacious in the be stowal of his wealth a he had been In Its accumulation. As a dispenser of millions, Mrs. Sage has proved that her husband's confidence in her wisdom and financial ability was not misplaced. Her latest benefaction is the gift of $300,000 for pathological research In con nection with the New York City home and hospital on Blackwell's "Island. This benefaction can scarcely fail to bring results for the betterment of mankind that will extend throughout the world. As cited by the New York Commercial, medical science, within the past fifty years, has been enabled to increase the expectation of life for every normal In dividual by twelve years. This expec tation holds good, however, only before the age of 40... After that the reason able expectation of life is no greater than was that of our forefathers. The chief object of the study, for which this benefaction of Mrs. Sage will provide, is to discover how better to alleviate the infirmities of the aged, to the end that theri lives may be fur ther prolonged in health and with full use of their bodily and mental powers. The eleemosynary institutions of New York Cltyv with their hundreds of in mates, present opportunity for this line of research that is practically unparal leled in the world today. Much has been given in this bequest; much will be received from it. Undue length of years Is not desirable unless attended by a fair degree of mental and physical activity and freedom from the aches and ails that have Ion been supposed to be Inseparable from age. If some new element can be distilled by science that will "eliminate disease and arrest decay, the expectation of life may, with profit to the world and pleasure to the individual, be extended to cover the second forty years of hu man life, instead of, as now, ceasing at two-score years. Under sucH condi tions, length of years will be a boon not otherwise. In this view, this latest benefaction of Mrs. Sage may prove indeed a blessing to mankind. THE TRIAL AT BOISE. No one believes that Orchard, in the murder of Steunenberg, acted alone. He was prompted to it. The defense ad mits it. It has, indeed, tried to show that he was -actuated, in part at least, by motives of private vengeance. But this theory obtained no hold or cre dence, and at last was abandoned. The final theory on which the defense goes to the Jury, as Mr. Darrow develops the theory, is that the PInkerton agency, moved thereto by the mineowners, pro cured the murder of Steunenberg, using Orchard as their Instrument, for the purpose of destroying the miners' union. Can the defense suppose this will be believed? It is more than incredi ble; It is preposterous. Admit If you will the worst of all the accusations urged against the mineowners, In their war against the miners' union. It is wholly possible to believe that their proceedings In many instances were high-handed acts of oppression and wrong. But can anybody believe they contrived the murder of Steunenberg, who, as Governor of Idaho, had been the friend and protector of the mine owners; had prosecuted the perpetra tors of the outrages at Coeur d'Alene, had secured the conviction of some of them and expelled the remainder from the state? It' is Impossible to believe such a thing. It is, as The Oregonian has said heretofore, an insult to intelli gence.. But there is a statement by the de fense that is worthy of attention, and indeed of serious consideration. In ad dition to the motive supplied by the conspiracy and by the promptings of others. Orchard is declared to be a man of diseased imagination? with a mania for murder, posing as a great criminal and finding merit for himself in crimes that men of moral sanity abhor. This is not unlikely. From the behavior of Orchard it is indeed most probable. His air has been theatric. He seems to have courted notoriety from the whole public by -his confessions, as formerly he had courted fame and confidence among his familiars for his readiness to undertake desperate crime. But on this theory, or any other, the question before the Jury is, what were his rela tions with the defendants before the murder?. The proofs showed certain connections, or acts of intercourse be tween him and them, but were not very clear. They hardly could be since in the nature of things every person would be anxious to deny all Intimacy with the murderer, or any knowledge of him not to his discredit. It is a difficult case for the Jury, arid will try every member's Intelligent and conscientious Judgment to the utter most. Innocent men ought never to suffer, but such a crime as the murder of Steunenberg ought not to be un punished. Orchard did the act, and ought to be hanged with as little fur ther delay as possible. But every one knows there'were men tiehlnd him in contrivance of the crime. It is for the Jury to say whether Haywood was one of them. MR. TUFTS' VAIN DISCOVERY. Rev. G. L. Tufts thought he made a most sensational discovery of liquor lawlessness and official negligence that saloons have been kept open two years In defiance of prohibition of the local option law, In precincts 65, 66 and 67, in Alblna, and in precinct 40, in East Port land. Precincts bearing those numbers were voted "dry" on June 6, 1905, but precincts now bearing those numbers have not given up saloons. A less stupid person than Mr. Tufts might have made sure he was right before starting a hue and cry after the supposed lawbreakers. He would have ascertained whether the precincts were numbered in 1906 the same as now. By consulting public records and publio officials he would have. learned several facts. First, that the precincts then nurrtbered 65, 66, 67 and 40 have been "dry" ever since; that precincts then 5 and 66 comprised Alblna 'Homestead, North Irvlngton and Woodlawn, and are now 61, 62 and 63; that precinct then 57 was known as Peninsular, and is now 64; that precinct then 40, in East Port land, lay between Hawthorne avenue and Division street, east of Eighth street, and is now known as 41; and that in precincts 65, 56, 67 and 40 the liquor traffic has not been prohibited by law. The precinct numbers were changed by the County Court last year, owing to the need of distributing the voting population of the county into new elec tion areas. The change of numbers, of course, did not change and territory from "dry" to "wet," or vice versa. But it did mix up the brain of Brother Tufts into a bad mess, and set by the ears a great many good persons, who supposed he knew what he Was talking about. It is difficult to enlighten some per- sons. Just four weeks ago last Sun day, or June 23, The Oregonian printed a map of the prohibition areas of Port land. The map was prepared from the records of the County Clerk at con siderable pains, and .showed the exact boundaries of the "dry" precincts. A member of The Oregonian staff spent parts of several days studying the rec ords with Deputy County Clerk Her man G. Schneider. In the article ex plaining the map was the following: "In the election June 5, 1905, six of the shaded precincts voted for prohibition precinct 41, then No. 40; precincts 61)1 and 62, then No. 55; precinct 63, then No. 66; precinct 64, then Nr. 67, and pre cinct 70, South Mount Tabor, then pre cinct 62." Perhaps Mr. Tufts has brought pro hibition so prominently into the Alblna precincts that they may vote them selves "dry" in the next election. If so, his discovery of the saloons in that territory may come to something. That is for the residents of Alblna to say. Meanwhile, Mr. Tufts perhaps wilQ prone irom nis lesson, Dy making sure, rtext time, that he Is right, before go ing ahead. Disregard of the international navi gation rules, which forbid the blowing of a "passing signal" when vessels can not be seen in a fog or at night, might have prevented the collision between the Columbia and the San Pedro. The evidence thus far at hand shows that the fog whistles of the steamers were! heard for a considerable time before the vessels loomed up in the fog. Had a passing signal teen given when the fog whistles began blowing, each vessel would have probably shaped her course away from the other and a collision would have been hardly possible. Ad herence to this rule, which may be all right in the crowded waters of a big seaport, has caused a number of col lisions in thick weather, and the rules adopted on the Great Lakes -"provide distinctly that the passing signal shall be given as soon as the fog signal an nounces the coming of a vessel. It seems quite clear that a rule that may prevent collisions in a crowded harbor Is not necessarily the best that can be applied to coastwise ocean craft. Judge Lowell's letter, printed in an other column today, is worth attention. It pricks Governor Chamberlain's state ment that there Is little or no difference between the politics of Bryan and of Roosevelt. There remains, In fact, be tween them the whole dlflerence on which parties have divided in our coun try since the formation of the Consti tution. Incidentally, Judge Lowell states that he voted for Chamberlain in 1902 because he believed the inter ests of the state required his election. Judge Lowell thus explains why he, a Republican, voted for Chamberlain, a Democrat. He is entitled to his own statement. Every man will act In poli tics as he thinks fit. But it has been commonly believed that the reason why Lowell supported Chamberlain was be cause of his own competition and rivalry with and personal dislike of Furnish. In that election the Republican politi cians -who Joined to defeat Furnish laid the groundwork for destruction of the Republican party in Oregon. The pri mary election law, which creates an tagonisms In the primary that are car ried on into the election, contributes its steady force towards completion of the Job. Discriminating citizens of Pullman, Wash., to the number of about 100, have sent a petition to the Spokane Spokesman-Review protesting against the misrepresentation contained in the alleged news matter sent from Pullman to the Spokesman-Review. The peti tion closes as follows: . That the account of the 'fir should b sent In an erroneous and not in a fair and Im partial manner is simply In keeping with the policy of your correspondent relative to the bulk of all news items sent 4n from this point. The correspondent against whom this complaint is directed is one J. E. Ness ley, who recently perjured himself at Olympia by testifying that be had been instructed to send a "colored" news re port to The Oregonian. When The Ore gonian exposed the faker the Spokesman-Review, with a fine show of indig nation, came to his rescue and de nounced an Oregonian writer who had Instructed Nessley not to send a col ored report. It seems quite conclusive that the Spokane paper has a prefer ence for news with the Nessley color ing. Portland exporters are already char tering a few nonunion ships with which to take care of the early business in wheat. These vessels are secured at from Is 3d to 2s 6d below the rates fixed by the union, and, with the aid of nu merous tramp steamers now headed for the Coast, will probably be sufficient to move most of the grain that will be available for export. When the Inter national Union fixed the rates for Port land and Puget Sound, four years ago, The Oregonian called attention to the old saw which stated that "one man may lead a pony to the brink, but twenty thousand cannot make him drink." It is an easy matter to Bit in solemn conclave 7000 miles away from the freight and "fix" a rate which ship pers must pay. It is folly, however, to expect that shippers will ever pay any higher rates than are warranted by the law of supply and demand., The able seamen who shape the course of the speculative ship In the Chicago wheat market seem to be drift ing into Topey Turvy land. When the news is of a decidedly bullish nature the market 6lumps off a cent or two, and with the return of fine weather and better prospects for a crop there is a substantial advance. For the past few days the market has been weak and the news strong. If the shortage in Europe Is as great as Btated by rec ognized authorities, some of the men engaged in bearing the market are like ly to receive a rude awakening If there should not be an early free selling movement in- this country. By order of the German government, the teaching of French in the publlo schools of Alsace and Lorraine has been prohibited. ' Nearly two-score years ago. In the full flush of victory. Von Moltke told the old Emperor it was a mistake to annex this natural French territory. It may prove a more serious mistake of the grandson to try to abol ish the mother tongue of these brave people. Will S. Hays, song writer, whose death was chronicled yesterday, Is more familiar to the grandparents of today than to their descendants. A certain homely quality attached to his words and music that touched the masses of the people forty years ago, but his sen timental products In this era of com mercialism and coon songs are entirely out of place. Midsummer is not a good season for shearing lambs, and while things are dull Wall-street agents can find a good deal of diversion attempting to kill off the Presidential booms of unmanage able Republicans; but the chief trouble with Wall street Is that It hasn't enough votes west of the Hudson River. In view of the fact that the whole state is interested, it may prove advisa ble for the United States Distriot At torney to take the public into his con fidence through the newspapers. That was Mr. Honey's plan. One Vice-President and three Cabinet ministers have visited the North Pa cific Coast this Summer, and Secretary Taft is booked forjater in the season. We are not so far from headquarters as we used to be. Lionel Stagge, once more in the clutches of the law, is the type of swin dler who uses more gray matter trying to make a crooked dollar than would yield ten dollars if applied to legiti mate schemes. . It is now too late to change the date of the pure-food show scheduled for early September, but at that season Oregon pumpkins will not have reached their perfection. Isn't it worth while to give Milwaukle a 5-cent fare Just as a stimulus to the town and consequent larger traffic? THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY GAME. Pretense of Non-Partisanship Flayed for Party Purpose. v PENDLETON, Or., July 23. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian yesterday- Governor Chamberlain is re ported as declaring, "Bryan has now got right in line with Roosevelt, or Roosevelt is right in line with Bryan, which ever you may please to call it. Roosevelt today Is a Democrat. The ideas of the two men and their prob able policies are practically Identical." This utterance came as a response to an inquiry as to the views of the executive upon Mr. Bryan's amended opinions upon the public ownership problem, and Is luminous with the op portunism which characterize 20th century Democracy in a Republican state. No man knows better than the Gov ernor knows that the questions upon which the President and the Nebraska candidate appear to be in acaord are social and not political, and no man has keener realization than he that upon the great basio Governmental policies which now, as in the days of Hamilton and Jeffereon and Clay and Jackson, have divided the people into parties, the leaders to whom he refers can never agree. Except for the exalted source from which it comes, the language quoted above could only be properly char acterized as political quackery. The cultivation of civic righteousness, the character of law enforcement and the methods of controlling . corporations, are not now, never have been and never can be party questions, and to reduce them to a partisan level Is an Insult alike to the intelligence and conscience of American manhood. , The Republican party stands for cer tain historic principles, protective tariff, sound money, a strong central government and liberal construction of the Constitution. In these things Mr. Roosevelt believes. With all of them Mr. Bryan differs. The Democratic party stands for certain historic prin ciples also, and they are the antithesis of the Republican doctrine. They are tariff for revenue only, cheap money, state rights and strict construction of the Constitution. Around all these Mr. Bryan has thrown the support of his great mental gifts, and against them In turn has Mr. Roosevelt hurled all the force of his strenuous influence. These are the fixed lines of demarka tion between the parties, and they will continue,, with their essential con comitants, so long as the republic lasts. Why then Juggle with words? Roose velt Is not a Democrat. Bryan is not a Republican. I have no quarrel with the Governor. Personally we are friends. I am a Re publican; he is a Democrat; yet with thousands of other Republicans I sup ported him in 1902 because I believed that the interests of the state required his election. None of us then or since classed him other than as a Democrat. We voted for him, not because of his party affiliations, but in spite of them.' The politics of the Governorship, how ever, are of small moment. The poll tics of the Federal Senatorshlp are of far-reaching Importance. It is always possible that within the six years of the Senatorial term a single vote may be sufficient to change the policy of the Government upon some economic question which touches the Industries of the country and the prosperity of the people. It is understood. that the Governor la looking from the Capitol at Salem to ward the Capitol at Washington, but when he appeals to the electorate next year In the Senatorial contest. It must not be upon the false proposition that there is no difference between the par ties or upon a specious claim that the President has entered the Democratic fold.t The people will understand that as a Democrat he Is the representative of a particular school of political thought, - while Senator Fulton, Mr. Mulkey, Mr. Cake or Dr. Coe will rep resent the opposite school. The sun burst of social reformation which hap pily compasses the land can not be per mitted to hide the foundation prin ciples of the Government. A republic is necessarily a Govern ment of parties representative in its character, where 'men have a right to their political opinions and to be fairly represented therein. Let us be honest, therefore, and fight a fair political bat tle. Roosevelt is a Republican: Bryan Is a Democrat; they may agree upon the decalogue, but they are as far apart politically as were Abraham Lin coln and Stephen A. Douglas. In the preliminary Senatorial skirm ish it is becoming apparent that our Democratic friends are playing in thlB state an artistic game of politics, but let there be no misunderstanding. There is no denatured Democracy. It is at the bottom the same article which wais last given to the people under the Cleveland administration. The country is administered today In accordance with Republican doctrine and is pros perous. It is no time to flirt with gen tlemen who In National affairs repre sent Democracy. Should our genial ex ecutive be advanced to represent this state In the United States Senate, be assured that upon political questions his alignment would be with Bryan and not with Roosevelt. STEPHEN A. LOWELL. OFFER TO SETTLE STRIKE Orehandlers Scared by Popular Ris. ing Against Agitators. DTJLUTH. Minn.. July 24. The 6S0 striking- ore dock hands in this city have submitted, through Mayor Cullum. an offer to settle the strike. The following telegram was received by Governor Johnson tonight from Hibbing: "Men being sworn in as officers to. en force the law against Inciting people to violence in Povey, Minn. The members of the . Western Federation of Miners in that locality are denied the rights that . are enjoyed by American citizens. Two officers of the union were arrested yes terday and taken to prison in Grand Rap ids. I appeal to you to see that the members of this organization in the Co leraln district enjoy the proteotlon of the laws of Minnesota.' (Signed) "TEOFILO PETRILLA, "Acting Secretary." When the Governor opened the message at the Spalding Hotel on his arrival here today he made no comment, but implied that when he arrived in Hibbing tomor row morning he will probably consider the motive that prompted Its sending. Alfred Lundstrom. local organizer for the Western Federation of Miners, was run out of Ely today by business men. Lundstrom went Into the nearest butcher shop after William Gergartin and at tempted to form an organization among the clerks. The clerks informed the own er of the shop, and he went after Lund strom In a strenuous way. Lundstrom was knocked down several times by the angry butcher and. when the organizer took to his heels up the street, Gergartin followed several blocks, striking him as often as he was within reach. Lundstrom was afterward arrested on the complaint of several business men. When taken before the Municipal Court he promised to leave town if he was al lowed to go. Permission was given him to do so and he was escorted by a jeer ing crowd of people to the afternoon train. - Citizens held a mass meeting tonight at which the city pledged armed protection to all miners who wanted to work. The meeting was attended by 3O()0 persons of all classes. The resolutions condemned the strike, spoke highly of the treatment accorded the men by the mining com panies and guaranteed armed protection to all who wanted to work. Special offi cers will be sworn In in any number to carry outthe promise of the city. Nearly every man in the city has pledged him self to serve as a deputy as the occa sion arises. , ZIMMER IS AGAIN SENTENCED Persists in Keeping Silence Box ton's Wife Testifies. SAN FRANCISCO, July 24. Contrary to expectations, the prosecution did not finish today its case against Louis Glass, charged with the bribery of Supervisors. The most interesting witness today was Mrs. Annie Boxton, wife of Supervisor Charles Boxton, whose temporary Incumbency of , the Mayor's chair under the domination of the "Big Stick," was terminated re cently by the succession of Dr. Edward R. Taylor. Mrs. Boxton testified that the $5000 which her husband con fessed was accepted as a 'bribe from T. V. Halsey, by him was brought home, counted and given to her. Other Witnesses Called. Other witnesses of the day were Su pervisor Charles Boxton, recalled; George A. Bordwell, auditor of the First National Bank; Emll J. Zimmer, second vice-president of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, who again refused to become a witness for the prosecution, and was by Judge Lawlor fined $500 and sent to Jail for five days for this, his third contempt of court; F. W. Eaton, secretary-treasurer of the Tele phone Company, recalled; William J. Kennedy, assistant treasurer of the same corporation-, whose apparent un willingness to answer questions fretted Heney and led to acrimonious remarks between him and Delmas; John Krauze, recalled; Herbert W. Smith, stenog rapher to Vice-President Glass in the offices of the Pacific States Company, and Samuel A. Monsarrat, bookkeeper in the cashier's department of that con cern. Spreckels to Testify. No new evidence was brought to light today. .The prosecution busied itself in endeavoring to tie up loose ends. One of the first witnesses to be called by the defense, according to a casual courtroom remark 'by Attorney Delmas, will be Rudolph Spreckels, financial grantor of and one of the three most active members of the bribery graft prosecution. Mrs. Boxton said that her husband brought home and counted in her pres ence and gave her the $6000 in bank notes which Boxton had testified was paid to him as a bribe by Agent Halsey of the Pactflo States Telephone & Telegraph Company. There- was no cross-examination. After a lengthy session between counsel as, tcr the ad missibility of evidence of the Pacifio States Company's 1906 accounts with the First National Bank of San Fran cisco, George A. Boardwell, auditor of that bank, took the stand. Checks Were Cashed. He submitted a written statement designed to show that the checks by which the prosecution claims the Su pervisorial bribe moneys were ob tained by Glass for Halsey were cashed at the First National Bank In February, 1906. Second Vice-President Emll J.- Zim mer, of the Pacific States Telephone Company, who has twice undergone imprisonment in the County Jail for contempt In refusing to testify for the prosecution, was again called to the stand. Mr. Heney, amplifying the question of the refusal to answer which has oost Zimmer his liberty, asked: "Were you not in February, of 1906, auditor of the Pacific States Telephone Company, and at that time did not Louis Glass, as vice-president and general manager of that company. In struct you to draw three or four checks for $10,000 or more each, and one or more check for $5000 or more each, and Instruct you to take them to the bank ana get them cashed and give the money to T. V. Halsey and ask no voucher from him therefor?" Zimmer again declined to answer. Judge Lawlor pronounced sentence of. five days in the County Jail' for con tempt and added a fine of $500. Heiresses to $40,000,000. HELENA, Mont., July 24. Three young women of this city, the Mlsres Bertha and Frederlka Volker and Mrs. Kenton Kepner, have Just been apprised that, after hearings lasting three years In Ger man courts, they have been declared the legal heiresses to the estate of their grandfather, named Volker, 'which amounts to $40,000,000. They expect to go to Germany shortly to claim their for tune. They are well-known residents of this city. NOT REPENTANT ENOUGH Iff f;Wlf'"! "I'm awfully sorry TWO NATION'S FRATERNIZE Squadrons of Japan and America Meet at Brest. BREST, July 24. The Japanese cruisers Tsukuba and Chitose arrived here today. The visiting warships saluted the forts with 21 guns as they swung around to drop anchor near the American cruisers Washington and Tennessee, the latter the flagship of Rear-Admiral Stockton, which saluted the Japanese division with five guns, which were returned gun for gun. The crews of the Japanese cruisers are to be kept on board until further orders, and the American bluejackets also have been denied shore leave. Rear-Admiral Stockton explains that thla Is customary upon the day before warships leave port. The officers of both squadrons attended an elaborate reception, followed by danc ing, given by the naval authorities in the garden of the Maritime Prefecture. The American and Japanese officers mingled upon the most friendly terms, and the best of goad .nature prevailed. Vice-Admiral Ijuin and staff will leave for Paris tonight. The American cruisers are to sail early tomorrow mornnig. The French and some of the Japanese naval officers were the guests of Rear Admiral' Stockton on the cruiser Wash ington tonight. It was impossible for Vice-Admiral Ijuin and the other chief Japanese officers to attend, as to the number of 14, they left here early in the evening for Paris, where they will be re ceived by President Fallieres. ment, Vice-Admiral Ijuin assigned the younger officers of his squadron to at tend the dinner given by the American Admiral, at which the most fraternal toasts were given to the navies of the United States, Japan and France. PREDICTS SAIONJI'S DEFEAT Japanese Peer Says People Are Ex cited Against America. VICTORIA, B. C, July 24. Count Tanagisawa, of the Japanese House of Peers, saye his government will be de feated soon by the attitude of Premier Salonji on the difficulties with the United States. He expects the new government to be' formed- when the Diet meets in December. Admiral Yamamoto will be at Its head. He said that the Japanese are much excltef over the San Francisco riots. With him are" K. Suglura, special correspondent of the Hochl Shlmbui, of Tokio, who goes to San Francisco to investigate the Japanese eiituatlon there, and Y. Sumlnokura, from the Tokio Chamber of Commerce to the same city on an errand to that city's commercial organization. JAPAN TIGHTENS HER GRIP Treaty With Corea Gives Full Con trol of Government. TOKIO, July 25. AdT-lcea dated Seoul, midnight, say that a new convention be tween Japan and Corea has been con cluded. The text of the convention will not be published until Saturday, but It Is reported to consist of seven articles. Its main feature Is that It Invests the Resident-General with complete control of the Internal administration of Corea and appoints Japanese officials of the Corean government It Is rumored that the easy compliance of the Corean government with Japan's demands was due to the fact that the terms were much easier than were ap prehended. The removal of the deposed Empror to Tokio was not included in the demands. FEAR MUTINY OF COREAN ARMY Japanese Worried by News From Disturbed Capital. TOKIO, July 25. Advices from Seoul say that a mutiny of the Corean troops is apprehended. It Is believed that the text of the new convention between Russia and Japan will be published next Saturday. Japanese Troops Arrive. SEOUL, July 24. A message from Che mulpo states that the Japanese war ves sels Ka-agi, NUaka and Tsunshlma ar rived there from Gensan at 9 o'clock this morning with many bluejackets and pro vincial troops on board. The troops will call at Seoul. bnt I'll keep the staff." From the Los Angeles Times.