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PAGES 1 TO 12 48 PAGES PORTIiAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXIV XO. 30. DENE! SSSERTS; BENNETT DENIES District Attorney Ac cuses Defendants. MAKES FORCEFUL ARGUMENT Defense Denounces Prosecu tion of the Government. "ALL THREE ARE HOUNDED" Williamson, Biggs and .Gesner Are Facing Second .Trial Gov ernment Gathers New Evidence. The second trial of Williamson, Van Gesner and Biggs on the charge ot eub ornation of perjury, has commenced. United States District Attorney He.iey has stated the case of the Gov ernment to the Jury, clearly, fully and forcfully. The defense, through Judge Bennett has told what ground will be taken by his clients in the battle to be fought out once more, and has attacked the posi tion of the Government and Its attor ney, has disclaimed guilt on behalf of the three accused men and nas de claimed with fiery words of denuncla tion tnat the Government and its de tectlves have harried the men accused from pillar to post like worried rabbits in front of bloodthirsty dogs. All Is ready for the old story to bo told again and this will be commenced in the recital tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock when court will convene again. In the meantime the prosecution has told the Jury what it Intends to prove and this statement reveals the fact that the defendants will have to face new evidence not brought out at the former trial and will be put still more upon their mettle in establishing their in nocence. Mr. Williamson will be proved to have been in Prlnevllle on June 15 and to have stayed there until June 24. when the trial has come to his eonnec tion with the -conspiracy, so that when he testified In the last trial not to have remembered his whereabouts bo will have this time either to admit or bung counter proof to deny. This fact nlcne. it is argued, strengthens the cast of the Government Inasmuch as the pretence of Williamson in Prlnevllle at that time brings him Into touch with the knowledge of the conspiracy alleged In the indictment. Theory ol Case Changed. Trie theory of the case will bo changed, according to a statement made by Mr. Heney at the end of yesterday' session of the court and the contention of the Government will be to show that. the perjury was committed by the en- trymen at the time they made final proof and not at the date of filing upon their claims, dt is possible that this theory will be argued before the court on Monday morning when tne testi mony is commenced. In that case Judge Bennett will contend that the indict ment Is defective and should be 1ik mlssed. owing to Its obscurity and un- certainness of meaning. The interest in the opening of tho second hearing yesterday centered in the clarity, force and thoroughness of Mr. Heney's. statement of the cause o the Government, his close adherence to what has been shown In the previous trial, and the fiery and impassioned de nunciation of the Government and its methods by Judge Bennett in the pero ration to his address. At this time he declared that tho defendants nad been hurried by the court from trial to trial without being given an opportunity to gather evidence shown by the former trial to be necessary, and without time to collect their breath after tho exer tion of tho first hearing. The three men were worried and harried and hunted. ho the speaker declared, like rabbits before the hunting dogs and allowed no peace or time by the detectives of the Government. It was like hunting for the proverbial needle or seeking for a. grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff to find what the indictment did mean and after examination the instrument was. In the minds of the attorneys for the defense, a mass of indecision and ob scurity Mr. Heney's Argument. In his opening argument Ir. Heney followed cljsely the ground covered by the testimony at tfie previous trial and by it showed what the Government would attempt to prove. In aditlon to what had been brought out it was promised that new facts would he shown which would still more closely connect the defendants with the charges made by the indictment. It was practically prom ised by the Government that the tes timony of Charles Graves, the County Surveyor of Crook County, would show that he had been engaged by Gesner. during the visit of Williamson in Prlne vllle about the middle of June. IS 01. to survey the claims desired to be taken by the firm for protection to the sheep range and the ranch. In addition to this the testimony of other entrymen not asketf for at the former trial "will Tee produced aj corroborative to the vi- deace formerly Mews. The MeMc, on the other hand. promises to bring many -witnesses to show that the defendants in the case have been of the best reputation from childhood until the time of the present trouble. Jt states that it will not deny that Gesner selected timber claims for his neighbors to file upon, for he had a right to do such things. Mr. Will iamson has nothing to conceal as to his presence in or absence from Prlne vllle. and would testify according to truth as he found it. The attorney contended that Mr. Williamson was a truthful man and would so testify, though it landed him in the peniten tiary 40 times over. The defense had nothing to hide, and would rely upon the common sense of the Jury and- the fact that the defendants had no inter est or part in any transactions other than by law allowed them. In stating his case .to the Jury yes terday morning, Mr. Heney commenced by saying that it was his duty as the District Attorney to outline the cause which the Government would attempt to show in order that the Jurors might understand the evidence as it would be brought before them. He stated that the indictment alleged the defen dants to have conspired to get men to swear falsely in an effort to secure Government, land. This was the plain statement of the case and what the Government had to show In order to make its case good. "It Is sufficient to prove," said Mr. Heney, "that there was an understand ing between Gesner and Biggs that the parties should be secured to file upon the timber lands for a certain price. and that this agreemrit was under stood by Williamson and Biggs and Gesner. Circumstantial Evidence.. "Circumstantial evidence is sufficient to bring a conviction." further con tended Mr. Heney. "So, if events are brought out in the evidence to show that the parties were working in con- Junction to obtain a certain end, name ly, the taking of the timber claims, then the presumption of the guilt of the defendants is clear. "Tho Government 'fill show that Williamson and Gesner were In the sheep business in June, 190S, and that in the early part of that year many Eastern people came into the district to file upon timber claims. The de fendants contend that at the time there was great dissension between the sheepmen and cattlemen, and they say that the coming of the Eastern people put the idea of taking the Government land into their heads as a means of protecting their range against the cat tlemen. It seemed to them that the easiest way to protect their land was to get a large number of men to file upon claims. If they did this, and by that act caused a large number of peo people to perjure themselves, then it is to be expected that these same men wll be Unwilling witnesses when called to tell of their, perjury. "Will Show Agreement. "But from these wltneses the Gov eminent will show that there was an agreement entered Into between Ges ner and them relating to the taking and final sale of the claims to the firm of Williamson & Gesner. Wo expect to prove by Ernest Starr, a nephew of Mr. Williamson, that he did make an agreement with Gesner to sell his claim to the firm when patented. This same thing will be shown by other wit nesses." The speaker explained that the contract made was not one that could be enforced at law. and did not have to be to show guilt. But nevertheless it was an agree ment, as recognized by the law. In that it is shown that the people took the claims with the understanding that they were to realize $75 upon them. Mr. Heney also went Into the Williamson connec tion and showed how he had arrived In Prlnevllle June 15. TKP failure of Will lamson's memory at this point was dwlt upon, and It was stated that the Gov ernment expected to be able to show that he had been there, and by Williamson's own testimony that he would not deny having been there at the .time. From this the case was traced through the conversation between Biggs and Ges ner relating to the method of procedure. and it was pointed out that this conver sation was about two weeks before the filings of June 30. 'or at about the time ! Williamson was shown to have been in Prlnevllle! according to the hotel regis ter. Mr. Heney next took up the dif ferent loans made the firm by the banks at Prlnevllle and at The Dalles, and ar gued that the activity of Williamson In this regard showed his interest in the transaction. With the plat of the claims Mr. Heney demonstrated that he intended to prove the claims to have been selected with In tent on the part of the defendants, and that they desired the lands "to protect their home ranch and range. Biggs' knowledge would be shown, bo the speaker contended, by his having han dled the large checks drawn upon the firm of Williamson & Gesner. as well as by his conversations with Geener and by the testimony of many witnesses. The Incident of the meeting In the office be tween Williamson and Gesner, together with claimants, at which time the latter were advised to relinquish their claims, was brought out by the attorney. "If all of these facts are shown, as I have outlined them," said Mr. Heney, In summing up his argument, "then the Gov ernment will expect a verdict of guilty, and if we do not show these things, then we will not expect a verdict." Mr. Bennett's Statement. Mr. Bennett, in opening his statement, contended that It was necessary for the Jurors to keep the exact allegation of the Indictment in mind that the defendants had conspired to Induce a large"" number of persons to commit perjury. If this was shown to be the case, the speaker argued. It must be proved that the defendants made a deliberate agreement to get the persons knowingly to swear falsely, not that they had agreed to lend money on the claims. The attorney pointed out that the of fense charged was one of the most hein ous known to the law, and to bring a -verdict -it swat be inown beyond a doubt that the defendants had conspired to get ie to perjure thenwelve. The defense would show by overwhelming evMeace that the defendants were ot the kind ot tCMMtoM m Ffcre X.) E AMONG MISSING Local Department Can Find No Trace of Detective Lou Hartman." HE STARTED FOR CHICAGO Went- on Journey to Bring Back Prisoner "Wanted Here, bat Has Xot Arrived at His Destination. City Detective Lou Hartman, one of the hardest-working and most popular of ficers on the local police force, has mys-. terlously disappeared. Chief Grltzmacher knows nothing of the detective's where abouts, and an Investigation will proba bly begin today. The officer has dropped out of sight as completely as though the ground had opened and swallowed him. One week ago last Wednesday, the local Police Department was notified "by the Chicago authorities that they had ar rested and held for the Portland officers Al Lawrence, who Is wanted In Portland for embezzlement. Lawrence Is a collect or, and Is alleged to have collected J3O0 from Charles Callahan, fleeing with the money. Callahan swore to a complaint. and the police departments throughout the country were asked to watch for Lawrence. Detective Hartman bad ban died the case In this city, and when word. of Lawrence's capture was wired here the detective was Instructed by Chief of Police Grltzmacher to go to Chicago and return with the prisoner. Starts on Journey. Detective Hartman secured the neces sary papers and left Portland the next evening. A few hours after he left word was received from the Chief of Police of Chicago saying that Lawrence had been set at liberty through habeas corpus pro ceedings, and that a- smooth lawyer had gained him his freedom. He was said to have left Chicago immediately In company with his wife. , When this piece of news was received. Detective Hartman was wired on the train to return, the message telling him the rea son. The telegram was not reported back as undelivered, and it was supposed that Detective Hartman had received the roes- sage and was coming back to Portland Hartman did not return at the time be should have arrived. It was then sap posed that the message had missed him and he had rone on to Chicago. The Western Union was appealed to, a trace: was sent after the message, and word came back that it bad been delivered to the conductor ot the train, who did not report back at the next station that he was unable to deliver the message, and. it was reasonable to believe, therefore, that the message was received by the detective. All Trace of Him Lost. It could not be learned whether the of fleer left the train after receiving the message. If he did receive it. Chief j Grltzmacher could do nothing except wait until Hartman reached Chicago. He was due in that city last Tuesday morning. Nothing was heard from him on that day or the following, and on Thursday the local police began to feel a little worried. An effort was Immediately made to find the detective. No trace ot him could be found. It was ascertained that the train upon which Hartman left Portland reached Chicago on schedule time and without accident en route. Friday the Chicago Police Department was" asked whether Hartman" had arrived. Word came back that the Portland officer bad not reported at headquarters there-. Omaha was questioned, and Hartman had not been seen there. Every means of finding a. trace of the officer was used.' but to no avail. Detective Hartroan has dis appeared, and beyond that the local po lice know nothing. . Bears Good Reputation. Hartroan Is a faithful officer and an ex emplary roan in every way. He la not a drinking roan, and enjoys an enviable reputation for straightforwardness. No reason for his disappearance can be deter mined. It is feared that the message missed him and he has encountered trou ble or foul play en route, or else be re ceived the message, got off the train to return and for some reason was prevent ed from taking the returning train. "If everything was all right we .would have heard from Detective Hartman either after he got the message or from Chi cago," said Chief Grltzmacher. "He is an obedient officer and has a spotless record. He was very argresslve. and ,for that reason has many enemies among the criminal class, and It is possible some ot these have met him and put in operation a plan of revenge.' At any rate, the local Police Depart ment is greatly worried, over the af fair, and steps will bo taken today to Institute a thorough search for the miss ing officer. COLLIDE ON STEEP CURVE Electric-Cars Crash and Injure Foar teen Passengers. PORTSMOUTH. N. H., July 22,-Spe-daL) There was a sad ending to Ports mouth's gala day tonight when a head-on collision took place on the South Road near Scharasan's Hill on the Portsmouth street railway, between a car ot that road and a car of the Hampton, Exeter & Asaesbnry Rail war. loaded with excar slonists for Haverhill. The cars crashed together on a steer grade antf wWfe rounding a curve, neither MUnwn see ing the other' car la ttase to prerent a colUs-ton. As a reewt t the coWMoiv 14 perse were totly ajrd, U probably fataMy. AMg the sertowly injured are: 3rs. OFFICER George Pahls. of Portsmouth, fracture of the right leg and injury to abdomen, will probably die; George Pahl?. her 1-xnontbs-old son. fracture ot left leg, bad ly bruised, condition serious; Mrs. J. B. Pahls, laceration ot left temple, badly shaken up. condition very serious; Mrs. W. Wallace Junkins. Portsmouth, dislo cation of right hip. fracture of left leg and severe shock. NEARLY CHOKES GRANDDAD Parker's Grandson Escapes Drown ing', bat Bisks Judge's Life. POUGHKEEPSIE. X. T.. July 22. Alton Parker Hall, grandson of Judge Alton' B. Parker, had & narrow escape from drowning while swimming In the Hudson River with his grandfather at Esopus today. He was rescued by Edward Fritz, of Poughkeepsie. The boy was out of alght, but Fritz dived and caught hold of his hand about six feet under water. bringing him to the surface and to the shore. Judge Parker was prevented from aid ing tfie boy, because the Jittlo fellow, who had been on the Judge's back, become frightened 'and. before falling off into the water, had choked hia grandfather breath- less Populist -Leader Dies Insane. AL jiiX, Tex., July 22. Marion Wil liams, the widely known "middle-of-the- road" Populist, died here today in the in sane asylum, where he had been confined for several years. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Tho Weather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperature. 81 deg.; minimum. 6J. Precipitation, none. TODAYS-Fair and not so warm. Jforth- wriirriy wino. Bennlsgioa DUaster. More victims die and total reaches sl Page J. Funerals to be 'held today. Page X. Commander Toung explains cause of ex plosion, rare i. Somebody to blame and conrt-martlaj will ot nticu rife . The War la the Far Eaat. China fears alliance of Russia and Japan. Wltte ays Czar will finally settle peace ques tion, j'ace )3. Wltte confer with Rouvtcr. I'are 13. Unlerlteh anxious to Exnt and Oyasia will ing, .race 10. KsMla. PobledonostseS telis why he opposes reform. Pase XL Zemrtvo Conrre&s proposes to sire peasants foiea. i-age 11. New mutiny on Black Sea fleet. Page IX. Foreign. Sultan escapes assassin, but many soldiers mis juiiru. rEc ii. Balfour will ntltntr resign nor-call election. Page 3. National. Hitchcock will soon appoint negardt. Par? 2. Oregon Carer act selection approved. Page Z. Canal will remain under Tan's control. Fag 3 Paul Jones bodr arrives and is received la Jtate. rage IS. Polities. Wholrrale graft exposed In Milwaukee. Pafe.l. AttorneyOeneral speaks on beef trust prose cution, rage 10. Domestic. Tellow fever breaks out at New Orleans and quarantine Is on. Page 10. Grave of Sacajawea found. Page 3. Pennsylvania Railroad renews war on West era Union. Page 10.- Raid on St, Louis racetrack proves a fizzle. rage 13. . Pacific Coast. Six warehouses In Sherman County de stroyed by a big wind. Page 4. Winter wheat harvest begun; some Spring wheat will be acorcned in Inland Empire. Page 4. Mazamas tarry in Paradise Valley-after buf fets of Moras, rage 3. Lawyer Collins Is refused request to sleep In Victoria hotel, rage 1. Two hotels destroyed by fire at Drain. Or. rage 4. Nine Congressional candidates In the field tn the First Oregon District. Page 5. Captain Hirtnunn will probably be exoner ated by Vancouver Barracks court-mar tlal. Page 4. Sport. Races open at Irvlngtoa, Page-10. Tacoma defeats Portland 2-1. Page 17. McBurney If champion tennis' player. Page 18. A. A. U. games .la' August attract world famous athletes, rage 18. Tacoma has tight grasp on pennant. Page IS. Fisher Is wroth at newspaper critics. Page IS. Commercial' ad Maria e Hugh F. Fox. of New Tork. discusses hop market conditions, rage '35. Agreement between California melongrowers. Page 35. Hot wave forecast makes atrong closing In -Chicago wneai roaraeu -rage, Presur to sell causes break In stocks. Page 33. California prune market firm. Page 33. Bask statement shows large increase in loan and small gain in cash. Page 35. Steamship Aragonla reaches Pacific In ten hours from Portland, rage 19. Steamship Ilford arrives to load lumber for China. Fage IV. Lewi asd Clark Ezpeeltiea. Admissions. 3S.369. .Page 8. Tabulated statement up to and includlag July 10 show nearly three-quarters of a Billll on admissions to Fajr. rage 9. German day a great success. Page . Sham battle proves most Interesting. Page. New Tork building is scene of brilliant re ceptloas. Page 3S. Exhibits from the land of the Filipinos. Page 33. Portland aad VIcia4ty. Heney and Bennett make opealng arguments In second trial of -Wliuaaason case, rage J Decision la -ult to open Trail na Sandava postponed, till Monday. Page 33. Knife found at scene of tragedy' of Satur daylight. Page 21. German and British. rivals to American bus lse Interests cause- Chinese boycott. Page 24. Detective Hartman reported missing by Po lice Departsient. Page I. . -Featarea asd Deartsseata. -Editorial. Page 6. Church aaBOBacemeats. Paga 31. Classified advertisements. Pages 13-23, Ellas Root, the new Secretary of State. Page 3S. Captain Peary tells what he expects to do. - Page 4S. How maltlicUHIcaalres ban money In the Summer time. Fage -!- Thirst locomotive ever run la Oregon. Pag 45. ' Dr. Jo ha Flora. Oregoa'a early frlead. Page XT. Frederick HasVi&'a letter. Paga 44. Shades of the Fathers. Page -II.. Hunter fram Life. Fage 4$. RafSes. amalew craekimew. Page 4 Social. Pages 2-17. Dramatic Pace 38. Xfal. Pafje 3. Beaches. ?Paa M: HwmIiiW W fsUhseaa as- 4-4K Tcttta's BSfmiiKtyPage . ' BIB DEftTH-RQLL OF Lossof Life Now Expected to "Reach at Least Eighty One. MANY BODIES ARE MISSING Injured Sailors Blown Into Sea. Commander Disagrees "With Ad miral Rae Pumping Out Flooded Fire room. SAX DIEGO. Cal.. July 22. The Ben nington horror, which yesterday shocked an entire Nation by its long roster of casualties, grew with each passing hour of the day. Even the wildest early esti mates of the terrible results of the ex ploding boilers aboard the gunboat have not been exaggerated and. Instead of les sening the extent of the catastrophe, later and completer details have added to It. The death list may be swelled to the- appalling total of four score before the last word shall have been written and one of the darkest pages In Ameri ca's naval history closed. These figures, which at first glance ap pear exaggerated, are made up of the known dead, the probable victims among the Injured now in the various hospitals and the total number missing, and are summarized as follows: Dead at morgues. 53; dead In the flooded fire room of the ill-fated warship. Injured who may die. 10; missing. 15. Total. SI. The total of probable deaths of Injured men Is based upon the opinion of Dr. M. H. Foster, of the United States Marine Hospital Service, In charge of the medi cal staff, and the number of missing upon the statement of Commander Toung. The commander Del lev es the missing men were drowned and that the waters of the bay will give up this number ot dead. Goodrich "Will Iarestfete. The day brought other developments and news of the most intense Interest and importance to naval o Ulcers. From Washington came information that Rear Admiral Goodrich. commanding the Pacific squadron, had been ordered to San Diego forthwith. This Is taken to mean a naval investigation Into the causes of the explosion' aboard the Ben nington and the fixing of the blame therefor. Captain Drake and Surgeon Smith, both from Mare Island Navy-yard, are upon the scene, the former to direct operations on the wrecked vessel, and the latter to assist in caring for the In Jured and direct the- burying" of the dead. With Surgeon Smith came four hospital stewards, whose assistance will be Wei corned by tho overworked medical corps now In charge. The Bennington tonight lies deeper than ever In the mud and shallow- water on the shore of the bay and no apparent progress was made In the work of pump ing out her flooded compartments. Until this Is accomplished, the secret3 of her horror chambers will not be discovered This much is known, however: Seven bodies are wedged beneath collapsed crown sheets and bursted bulkheads ot the fire room. How many more may be found in the compartments, now forbid den ground. Is entirely conjecture. Boiler, Not explosives, the Cause. Commander Luclen Young was seen In his quarters aboard the Bennington this afternoon. He was asked to make statement as to the cause of the explo sion and Its effects upon the machinery. He said: 'As to the cause of the explosion. cannot say anything, because I do not know. What I do know is that the! dam age was caused by exploding boiler or boilers. The crown sheet of boiler collapsed and the boiler-head blew out. breaking through the steel bulkhead sep aratlng It from boiler D. the other main port boiler Immediately aft. Boiler D was forced back, the crownsheet col lapsing and breaking down the steel bulkhead separating It from the fire- room. Every one in the flreroom at the time "was killed Three bodies are now pinioned down by. the collapsed crown sheet of boHer D. and four more by the bursted bulkhead. These bodies we are now trying to release. In order to do this It will be necessary to cut the steel hulk head in two places. One of the bodies Is wedged la suck shape that it may be necessary to dismember it In order to take It out. We are hindered, of course, by the water in tho boiler and flrerooms and are taking measures to pump this oat as rapidly as possible. 1 cannot ex press an opinion as to when we wfll reach the bodjes." "The Associated Press has a dispatch from Washington, quoting Rear-Admiral C W. itae. chief engineer of the Navy, to the effect that he can oUy account for the damage to the Bennington by the ex plosion of high explosives" was sug gested. "Thai ia entirely wrong. There were no high ; explosives In the part of the ship where the explosion occurred, and X am positive that it. will he -tetrad that all damage was caused by. the hoQers." "What was the ceadKfeB. ot the boil era. Capillar was asked. "So far as I know, they were ta flrst clasa condition. They- had bee reeestly tested to Ssf-XKHtads pressure. At the tlsae of the expo4oa we earrtesi but 138 tPOttadc." "When were the ba&rs teat heacectedT" "I ca sweat answer ae- is the exact date. but was wKala the; pat few aMBrta' The. a nival of- Ca atztft Drake. f Hare lasted, was announced at IMa petac ad the ttwwiiiir haaleaid U the BENNINGTON plank to greet him. He then declined to make any further statement. Commander Young stated that IS men are mlarfng besides those accounted for at the morgues, hospitals and In the fire room. He believed that these IS men were drowned and that their bodies will be found on the shores of the bay from time to time. "I am quite satisfied." he said, "that more men were blown into the water than were picked up by the rescue boats. These men. I believe, were too seriously Injured to keep afloat any length of time and were drowned. Jo one could have been on, the gundeck, especially amld- hlps. and escaped death or Injury. There was lessening of the strain at trie various hospital? where were wit nessed such terrible scenes of suffering and death during the previous 21 hours. There was still work to do, however, but willing hands were always ready to take the burden off those who had borne It so nobly during the hours following the dis aster. At Agnew sanitarium, where a large majority of the victims have been treated, there were still 34 sufferers, al most a dozen of whom are expected to die of their terrible injuries: Xoble Women of San Diego. Too much praise cannot be given this institution. Dr. Gochanauer and its corps of able physicians. Dr. Foster, who Is In direct charge of all the cases, does not hesitate to speak In the highest praise of their untiring efforts to relieve the suffering seamen. He does not fall to mention the women of San Diego, who have volunteered to the number of sev eral hundred, brought linen, medicines and every other article which their thoughtfulness and good Judgment dic tated In the present emergency. Twenty of these volunteer nurses were taken In and they rendered noble and efficient service. At St. Joseph's Sanitarium, a quiet. peaceful-appearing retreat far up on the hill, lie ten of the sufferers. Several of them are horribly Injured, but the sis ter superior In charge believes all will recove', though some will be crippled and malmtd for life. Close to the water front In the old army barracks, nine other victims are looked after by Dr. Kneedler, of the Army medical corps, at Fort Rosecrans. The majority of theses nine are very badly scalded and may die. It was to this place that Ensjgn Perry was taken from the explosion and from there his dead body was removed only a few hours later. His widow arrived here on the afternoon train from San Francisco. Until she -was met and told by Lieutenant Yates at the station she did not know that her hus band was dead. The telegram conveying news of his death did not reach San Francisco before she took the train for San Diego. She came hoping to find he was not seriously hurt and the news of. his death was a terrible shock to her. Tomorrow the Bennington's dead will uo accorded all the honors of a military funeral, and the bodies will be interred in the cemetery on the Point Lima Govtsrnment reservation. Just how many will be buried here cannot be de termined tonight, not even by the of facers' in charge of the preparations. Scores of telegrams have come from relatives of the dead from every quar ter today and several have requested the bodies of their dead shipped to them. The request will be complied with and until tomorrow the exact number that will be escorted to their last resting place high upon the slope overlooking the beautiful Bay of San Diego wiil not be known. Tae saddening procession of the Bennington's dead wll start from the plaza. In the center of -San Diego, at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon. A score or more of hearses and undertakers' wagons -will carry the bodies, together with the masses of flowers that have been offered by hundreds of San Diego women, to Fort Bosecrans. There rell glous ceremonies, Catholic and Epis copal, will be performed. The naval re serve of San Diego has been ordered to report to quarters tomorrow and act as an escort to the burial ground. British Navy Sends Sympathy. From the British Admiralty Office :ame a telegram today extending sym patby and laying Its floral tribute upon -the bier of the dead sailors. It is as fol lows: "London. July 22. Vice-Consul C B. Allen, San Diego: Please arrange for a suitable. wreath to be sent on the occa sion of the funeral of the victims oj the accident to the U. S. S. Bennington, with sincere sympathy of the British Navy and Admiralty." Hull Not Badly Wrecked. Chief Engineer Lieutenant Wade, of the. Bennington, does not believe that great damage has been done the hull of the Bennington. "The water came in very -jradually," said her "and for that reason I do not thjnk extensive damage has been done to the section of the hull now below the water line." He could not offer an opinion as to when the ship would be pumped out, further than to call attention to the im mense pumps now being put down into the hold for drawing oft the water. At 7 o'clock tonight news comes, from the Bennington that rapid progress is being made in pumping the water from the flreroom. It had been lowered suffi ciently to permit a resumption of work, of rescuing the imprisoned bodies. It is -possible these- may be recovered during tfie' night.' OFFICIAL LIST OF THE DEAD Name, Age, Hank and' Birthplace. Names of Injured. SAN DIEGO, July 22. Follbwing Is the official list of known dead among the crew of' the gunboat - Bennington, with ages, occupations aad place of birth or enlist ment: ENSIGN NEWTON' K. PBRRY, 26, Cfcarle. S. C. "WESLEY M. TAYLOR, 38, aeajBas; Atlanta, C. BS8.T A. HUGHS. 19, .seaseaa, Oorkavllle, Ark. ANDStKW KAMEREB. 3ty-remaii, Lesfen- Tkv o. JOeSPH NKWCOM3. 27, seanM. Beats. HARJt? MOSHKK. 3S. .aresasw. Xewaric. X. J. - ' WO.BBK WKKNTT, X, stewari. w- 0iehat ea Pace J.). GRAFTERS FOUND i the hundred Great Work of Milwau . kee Grand Jury. MANY OFFICIALS ARE GUILTY Crime Honeycombs State, County and City Offices. AFTER THE BIG ONES NOW District Attorney Clean-TJp Shows Rottenness to Pernicate City. Regular Paydays, for Di viding the "Velvet." . . . MILWAUKEE. Wis.. July 22. (Special.) Graft, graft, graft, and then mora graft that's the story of Milwaukee-, a story that covers a u?.-il of nearly two years of active graft-hunting that in volves 106 persons and that has resulted up to date In the return of 251 Indictments. Starting a few years -ago with thi pas sage of the Mllwauk-ie Street Kallway Company's "snap" 33-year-francIse . ordi nance, grafting has spread In all direc tions. Two courageous and ablo District Attorneys have graoDled with the graft ers, big and little, and just mw the battle for civic honesty Is bejg fought most furiously. Milwaukee is honeycombed with graft. Justice DalvJ J. Brewer, of the United States Supreme' Court, must have been aware of this fact when ho made his sensational address on graft In this city last Wednesday. The decent people here, and a vast majority of tho people are decent and honest, say the Jurist hit the'mark accurately. He said: There Is today so much grafting going on anion? public officials as. to startle us. I am not speaking now about the coarser kinds of jrrafUng- such as buying votes, paying money and similar, offenses. wMch 70 all condemn. I have reference to the more In sidious way that one who. holding publle office. Is not carrying on the duties of that office with an ye single to his trust In proa? tltutlng In one way or another that office for his own. gain or the gain of his friends. Rottenness Is All Through Milwaukee's story of graft differs from other stories because rottenness prevails in nearly every governmental department city, county, and state. It reveals offi cials banding together under rules, sys tematically throwing fat contracts to pri vate concerns and dividing the "velvet" so much to each man. Not long ago this system had reached the stage where a choice coterie of grafters, who called themselves County Supervisors, thanks to the people's votes. Inclosed the graft money In envelopes and "paid oft" the members of the ring at stated Intervals. The operations of Aldermen were dis covered to be Just as brazen. A State Senator was next hit by the grand jury's lightning, and then came county officers, city employes, business n en, contractor, newspaper reporters, architects and a miscellaneous crowd of smaller grafters, nearly two score In number. The latest thunderbolt which fell yes-te-day struck Thomas Clancy, chief ot the Fire Department, and William J. Coerper. one of the experienced officers of the force, and also William E. Hanra han. secretary of the department. The true bills voted against those men charged perjury in connection with a story they told to the Jury about a J500 "lobby" fend. Trial, however, may bring out evi dence of a more sensational nature. Grand Jury Still at It. And now Milwaukee is wondering "what nextr The grand Jury which, under tho law may continue its probing until snow files, informed Judge Tarrant, to whom. It reported the last batch of true bllhv that It had moro work to do and tho Jurors ' proceeded to withdraw into 'their consultation room and map out opera tions for next week No one know3 Just what will happen and District Attorney McGovem. who Is decidedly reticent on all matters pertaining to future develop ments, refuses to relieve the general anx--lety. After the Biff Grafters. "I am after the big grafters," he sald "because I think that, it those are bagged, the little ones can be gathered In at our leisure. We intend to get all the big grafters without regard to politics, re ligion or, as the constitution says; pre-? vious condition of servitude." It took some time for the District At torney to establish legal precedents. In Wisconsin graft has-not often been "in vestlgaj.cn,'" and, unlike Illinois, where a. grand. Jury Indicts for robbery, assaults and similar crimes or offenses, in the Badger state the grand Jury is called whea Illegal acts affecting the public alone are. to be probed. Therefore, the .public prosecutorfaced new and strange? t conditions and a few cases went the wrong way before legal points could be passett upon by the Supreme Court. In dictments have been reported at odd. times since 1902. but the greatest num- 'ber. have come in the. last year or eigh teen months. The iollowlag table gives details:. . SBnaaary of Indictments. Tne- WheB indicted yersese WHs. ImHeted tr fermer graad Jarles., 8 122. Iaeted J 3. l3.i. 21 38 IiMlctM 'Julr II. 2 (It isMktcted jmy 21. rv.-.. -U 21, Total Zi -m 3Mv jLmi where cBd the Hgatnlac strike? .'ICiachM oa steeeaA -Fa.)