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i-1 TXSHr-lCl, Sunday Edition USE TIMES WANT ADS Member of Associated Press. mm?B JC3 VOL. I MAKSIIFIELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 0, 11)07. " : '-'-' '' """LrT"' rjiiU! " ,II,M ' I Ml II II I .11. . ORCHARD STILL TMT BOM ! BERWICK Us PL! MOT IN LIMELIGHT IS STARTING; ROW TRIP RESORTED TO I No. 280 Defense Tries By Every Means To Break His Damaging Story But Without Avail HIS TRYING ORDEAL Occupied Witness Stand Fourteen Hours and Will Probably Stay On Till Next AVock. Boise, Juno S. The cross-examination of Harry Orchard is likely to last througu Monday and Tuesday next, and possibly longer. Orchard has now been on the stand fourteen hours. Of this the State had him in hand sevon and a half hours. In this time he told what appeared to be an Incredible story and unfolded a career In which, to use the words of the leading counsel for the State, k "assassination was a trade and mur , dor a means of livelihood." The story brought out by the counsel for the State was, however, but a synop sis of the play whose acts cover the years since 1899. Under the cross examination of E. P. Itichardson, Or chard had developed this series of tragedies, but only down to 19 04. Three more years and many murders are yet to be analyzed. Slowly but surely the defense is developing along lines by which it hopes to break down Orchard's story. If it is possible to heap further obliquy upon the witness they have done so by proving him capable of commit ting any petty crimes. By his own admission he is a bigamist, thief, liar and incendiary. He played traitor to his employers; ho deserted two wives and his child. To all those Richardson has forced him to confess, but under the gruel ling examination by Richardson he Leaves Washingtou On Extended Experiences Adverse Tides And Speeclimaking Tour Of the Northwest OHIO THOUGHT SAFE Politicians Believe That Outlook In Other States Is Favorable to Secretary. Currents In Trip To Portland From Rogue River SAILORS EXPLORATION Coast Exploration Results In Weird Find Deserted Cabin, Grave stones and AVrecked Vessel. wasnington, Juno S. Secretary of The gasolino schooner Berwick is. War Taft spent four hours preced- .,.. ,n nnns Unv trnm Pnrtl!,,lf,J nig ms departure tonight on an ex- . . .. fon.io.i i0.,n ... i .1,1 Trips down the coast are now being tended Inspection and speeclimaking I tour of the Northwest in reviewing ! mado In nulch ".uicxer time than up, his political prospects as presidential I owing to' tlio rough weather encount- candidate, his advesors being Repre sentative T. E. Burton and Arthur I. Vorhys, both of Ohio. No formal announcement followed the confer ence, but no concealment Is attempt ed as to the reports which were made. . Ohio is regarded as safely under control of friends of Secretary Taft. Of forty-six delegates to bo elected to the National Republican conven tion all but two who come from For aker's home district are regarded as certain Taft men. For the first time the condition at largo was spoken of. The political fortunes of Taft outside of Ohio are said to bo good, an dthe outlook is said to be most encouraging, although the situ ation is not, yet capable of detailed analysis. COMMITS SUICIDE has stuck to his story and given tho chapter and verse. Possible witness after witness has been named and the counsel for the defense state most positively that by the pile of sworn testimony they will bring to con tradict, Orchard must convince tho jury of the entire falsity of his testi mony. By their questions they have plainly Indicated their intention to prove Orchard was a hired agent of the mine owners, who was harrassed by the Western Federation of Miners and determined to wipe union labor from the mines of Idaho and Colo rado, i He planned all tho assassinations and train wrecks and mine explo sions that could be laid at tho door of the Federation, and that would keep tho militia on the ground while the non-union men worked the mine. From half to a dozen state wit-' nesses will bo called to deny Orch ard's assertions. Already two men accused by Orchard of complicity in tho plots ho says were hatched by 71ho "Inner Circle" of the AVestern I xJSpderatlon have been called upon to stand up in open court. Orchard has identified them -as tho men he named, and Billy Easterly and Owney Barnes liavo openly sneered their denial of the testimony. The court room scene is possibly the most re markable ever seen in any court. At session after session since Orchard first went on tho stand tho crowd had sought admission. Everv seat ho' Hi filled long before the sheriff calls tJlPrde court to order, whilo hundreds ire turned away. Prisoner Haywopd has a battery of six lawyers, with whom he con sults and advises continually, whilo tho State has four. Between tho counsel for tho State and the defense feeling is very apparent. At every session there comes quick exchange of sharp words. At times tho situa tion becomes Intense. Hawley is quick to anger and downright in his challenge. Senator Borah is keen, quick of tongue and sarcastic. Richardson for tho defense has a resonant voice that rises in anger and is impatient of interruption. Ho frequently flings sneers at Hawley or Borah or thunders his objections when ho thinks an introduction out of palce. Darrow sits beside him "watchful as a cat. Slow of action and of speech ho seldom takes part in the passages and is ever ready to smooth the ruffled feelings of either side. Judge Wood Is perhaps the most alert of the principals In AVifo of Alleged Murderer Hears .Iluslmml Has Confessed Crime- Drowns Herself. Karlsruhe, Germany, June 3. Karl Hau, professor of Roman law at the George AVashington University, AVashington, D. C, who is in prison here charged with the murder of his mother-in-law, Frau Molitor, was visited by the governor of tho prison today and informed that his wife had committed suicide by drowning In the lake near Praefllkon, ESwltzer land. The governor had quite a lengthy conversation with the Pro fessor, which led to the report that he had confessed. Tho state's attor ney subsequently denied that Hau had confessed. Mrs. Hau camo to Karlsruhe two days ago and had a long talk with hor husband. She left in a state of depression and went back to Praeffikon. On the arrival there Mrs. Hau went swimming in tho (Jake. The attendants saw her swimming about, but later noticed that she no longer was moving. Boat men brought her body ashore. In a long farewell letter found in her clothing she declared lit impossible for her to longer live apart from her husband, notwithstanding tho charge against hlra. tho case. Not a word or move es capes him. He is prompt in decision and permits no infringement on tho dignity of his court. But tho cool est man In court is Orchard. Even under Richardson's gruelling he has seldom changed his pitch of evenly modulated voice, in which he told his awful tale. At the close of Or chard's cross-examination the State will tako him in hand for redirect, and then will come recross-examlna-tion. It seems hardly possible, therefore, that he will bo dismissed before the nd of next week. One of tho Inter esting features of today's examina tion was tho development that Or chard, sinco his confinement in tho penitentiary has received letters from his first wife, whom he deserted in Canada in 1895, and that ho has sent her money, the greater part of the $115 which he has obtained from the sale of a locket chain, fishing rod, gun and revolver, together with some other little things. He said the war den had disposed of them for him with the understanding that any person buying them could have them "after his trial," Orchard said the warden told him he received part of this money from Governor Gooding. It is possible tho Governor may be called as a witness to explain the transaction. ered all the way to the mouth of the Columbia. Good seamanship and sound judgement in bucking tho winds and current brought the Ber wick to Portland in eight days, after leaving Ahe IRoguo river tho last time. Captain Jacobsen was com plimented on his achievement. Ordinarily the voyage would have lasted from two to three weeks. Mate Jacobsen, son of Captain Jacobsen, relates a most remarkable tale when giving an account of how, in company with engineers Campbell and Rueppol and Sailor Handlos, he landed in a small boat on the rocky shores of Cape Lookout. The schooner had been hugging shore closely to avoid the strong north westerly blow when it increased in fury to a living gale, Captain Jacob sen drove in as close under' tho cape as possible and dropped anchor. There it was that the mariners be came impatient to remain idle. "We laid in the lee of tho capo for two days," said Mate Jacobsen,. "On Sunday last we decided to explore the coast a little. It took us four hours to land, and, instead of send ing the boat over the shallow sands, pulled her alongside abrupt cliffs, that plunge almost perpendicular in to tho sea. "AVe found a deserted cabin in a little sheltered cove on tho beach. Near it were two graves, bearing headboards with indecipherable in scriptions. They appeared old and weather beaten. Over tho cabin door were tacked tho nameplates of the steamer South Portland, which was wrecked, with a loss of life, on Cape Blanco, some years ago, one board bearing the word 'Straum' and another bearing the name 'Empire.' The steamer Empire is still in tho coasting trade, so the name must have gone adrift in a storm. In a heap near the cabin lay a lot of wreckage, such as ship's doors, steps and furnishings, that evidently had been carried in by the tides. Tho place was deserted and we could find no sign of man anywhere in tho vi cinity. Tho surroundings indicated that in former days the place was a favorite spot for Indians. "The sailors were prevented from bringing out many curios, because of the difficulty In getting tho boat through the boisterous sea." On her trip to Portland tho Ber wick carried about threo hundred cases of frozen salmon and a con signment of black sand for trans shipment to Nome, Alaska. Being equipped with a cold storage plant, the Berwick carries fish in splendid shape. In the crisp atmosphere of tho hold was also packed away a freak of nature in tho shape of a white pell can that was shot by Gundor Ander son, a fisherman, at the mouth of tho Rogue river. Tho bird was sent to Portland to bo mounted. Pelicans are rarely seen along tho Oregon coast, and tho ordinary bird is of a dark slate color, whereas the one killed by Mr. Anderson was as whito as a swan. Its beak meas ured about 18 inches, or about one third tho length of the neck. Roseburg Paper Makes Strong Allegations Regarding Electric Line TERMINUS AT BANDON Say That City AVill Be Chosen Unless Cities on Coos Hay Tako Action. The Roseberg (Ore.) Review has the following article in its issue of June 0 relating to the proposed Coos Bay Roseburg electric line: t Many Douglas county people Have been wondering for several days at tho remarkable quietness of the movement for a railroad to tho coast. Our people are anxious and ready to go ahead, but have been waiting for action at the Coos Bay end. The following, however, mav 'jthrow -considerable light on tho sit uation: Bandon, Oregon, June 5. Some surprising developments in the nf fa'irs of the Douglas and Coos Elec tric Railway have come to light with in the last few days. It is now giv en out on what- appears to bo good authority that Instead of the road being built from Roseburg to Marsh- Held and then incidentally into Bandon, it will have the last named town for its western terminus, and that tho outlet for Dnuirlns nnnntv M.. .. "..."" anu southern uregon will bo the mouth of tho Coquille river instead of Coos Bay. The new plan will cut off several miles of distance and will enable tho western portion of tho road to be much more easily and cheaply constructed. ' From the best Information that is obtainable, thit change of plan was brought about by the action of cer tain (capitalists in Marshfleld and North Bend, who are now attempt ing to obtain franchises from thoso (jowns and of Empiro as well, that would give them control of tho entlro water front of Coos Bay. Of course Hhls will shut out of that town all railroads that had Intended entering, and on the surface of things it "ap pears that the late railroad meeting at Marshfleld was In reality tho dying swan song of that Isolated vil lage. The tale of greed that caused this change of plan sounds almost incred ible, but it Is vouched for. It is to 'the effect that certain capitalists, un mindful of tho welfare of their city, formed a plot to organize a so-called "Belt Line," get franchises that would give them entire control of tho water front and thus hold up any railroad that might desire to come into tho bay country. AVhen the Roseburg committee visited Marshfleld recently they found that no arrangements had tho branch from Drain, ho will prob ably dodge the towns of Marshfleld and North Bend, in case any attempt Is made to hold him up, and will make the coast terminus of the Drain branch at Bandon. It is not known whether tho so called Coos Bay Terminal company has yet succeeded In obtaining its exclusive franchises, but it was stated last week on good authority that the wealthy promoters of that graft had set apart $40,000 of capi tal stock of that corporation with which to bribe the members of the council to give away the birthright of their children and tho -people of their city. In case C003 Bay lets its grafters rob the people of Its valuable water front franchises, there will be no In ducement for congress to appropri ate money for tho betterment of its harbor conditions unless It be to aid Mr. Ilarriman's interests In the very doubtful event of his building into that town. Neither Senator Bourne nor Rep resentatives Hawley and Elils favor Mr. Ilarrlman and it is not likely that they will expend much energy in working for appropriations that will bo for the sole benefit of the Ilarrlman road and for a close cor poration of wealthy men who place their own Interests above thoso of their home towns. It must not bo inferred that the rank and file of the citizens of tho bay cities favor the existing state of affairs. They are simply bound and gagged by a lot of selfish capitalists who care for their own town only as It helps themselves. It is up to them and to the people of Bandon as to which of tho ports will bo the principal terminal of the new road and eventually will be the port to control the traffic of southern and central Oregon. This Is the situation in a nutshell. The Douglas and Coos Bay Road is only the forerunner of several roads, some of them of even much more im portance than this. AVhere this road goes, the others will follow, and the events of the next few days will very likely determine which port will be the principal Pacific Coast harbor be tween Astoria and tho Golden Gate. HUH LIVES SNUFFED OUT Eearful Tornado Storms Sweep Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. ENTIRE TOWN DELUGED Total of Tncnty-nino Known Dead and Forty Injured Houses Swept Away. Chicago, Juno 3. Twenty-nino known dead and forty persons in jured constitute the list of casualties resulting from storms or tornado severity which swept over Southern Illinois and Indiana and Central Kentucky last night and today. Property damaged may reach many thousands of dollars. Houses wero swept away and bridges were demol ished, and thousands of acres of growing crops wero destroyed. Gradyvilie, Ivy., was the worst suf ferer by a cloudburst that deluced that village of 175 people shortly after midnight, and 21 persons wero drowned. At New Mlnden, 111., a tornado this morning killed flvo peo ple and Injured half a dozen oth -rs. At York, on tho AVabash river, threo persons wero killed and thirty in jured by a tornado which descended upon that town last night. At Du quoin, 111., many houses wore blown down and four persons wero Injured. ALLIANCE ARRIVALS - 0 RESIGNS, SUICIDES. San Antonio, June 7." Lieut Mack Richardson, whose reslg- nation was yesterday accepted by President Roosevelt, com- mitted suicide today at Fort Sam Houston by taking nior- phine and prusslc acid. WILLIAM WEARN DIES A'ictlin of Stubbing Affray at Llbby Succumbs to AVounds Brother Came. AVIIHam AVearn, who was seri ously cut two weeks ago at Llbby mine, died last evening at 7:30 at the Marshfleld General Hospital. It has not yet been decided as to just what disposition will be mado of tho been mado by the "big men" who body- It Is probable it will be sent to tho homo of tho mother. Tom AVearn, a brother of tho deceased, is in tho city, and is tho only relative who was present at tho tirao of death. AVearn was stabbed by John Kelly at Llbby last Saturday night. The affair camo up becauso, It Is claimed, tho men wero drinking. Kelly's control tho destinies of that town to meet them and it was some tlmo be fore they could be got to the con ference. And even then they would not consent to meet the Douglas county cj.izens until they held a secret conference among thomselves. Then they met tho Roseburg repre sentatives and apparently went Into I "earing will probably como up Mon- iuay, when ho will either bo bound over to await tho action of tho grand jury or placed out on ball. Following is a list of passengers who arrived on the steamer Alllanco from Portland ysterday: J. Olson and family, A. M. Barons, D. C. Barens, J. Shaw, A. M. Swan, Mrs. Barens, R. G. Miller, O. AVille brook, May Athcrton, Mrs. Sheeland, Mrs. Johnson, E. Ward, AV. A. John son, E. M. AVard, C. A. Brand, O. AV. Knight, D. A. Hart nnd wife, Mr. Gilchrist and wife, S. P. Johnson, E. Varra, AV. Dawson, H. L. Stevens, AV. R. Stevens, B. Guiy, Mablo Gray, R. Gray, Mrs. Ross, L. Ross, Miss B. McLeod, G. II. Sheldon, 11. Euglish, Miss English, J. E. Drlggs, AV. Car ter, J. G. Hoffman, Miss Hoffman, J. Hoffman, M. Scott, II. Sanders, II. Foote, A. Hall, J. P. Smith, S. J. Plant, L. C. Thompson, Mrs. Fahey, R. Merrill, A. CrandalJ, A. Kingston, Mrs. Lamberton, S. G. Macklln, M. M. Glllen and wife, J. J. Nolson and wife, Mr. Potter, S. B. Turner, Holon Turner, R. R. Turner, M. Knight, G. Knight, L. Lenox, P. Lenox, Mrs. M. Kline, C. Broade, G. Findloy, Mrs. Ellison, P. Johnson, AV. Halstead, J. H. Duko, AV. Scott, J. G. AVilllams, J. Kellogg, C. J. Anderson. race riot. Yazoo City, Miss., Juno 8. In a race clash near this place late today three negroes wero killed, four white men wounded and two negroes seriously whipped, tho plan of organizing tho railroad with zeal. AVhilo Roseburg was engaged In subscribing more than $100,000 for tho road, stories wero sent out from Coos Bay that tho bay cities had al ready subscribed as much or more. As a matter of fact, whilo the masses of tho people in Marshfleld and all tho Coos Bay and North Bend coun try are eager for tho road and would tako stock In it, the capitalists, tho "interests," have subordinated tho welfare of their towns to their own greed and have been keeping tho matter back. Neither Marshfleld nor North Bond has up to date subscribed a penny to tho road, thoir wealthy men having been bending all their ener gies to obtain long time franchises that will give them control of the waiter front that they or their heirs may hold up any railroads coming to the coast at that point for all time. In addition to losing the Douglas and Coos road it is said by people who are In a position to know, that should Ilarrlman decide to complete MURDKR AND SUICIDE. Biloxl, Miss., Juno 8. Captain John AVolker shot and killed his wife and then killed himself today. Cap tain AValker was an officer In tho United States Navy with Perry on his memorial trip to Japan, was cap tain in tho Confederate navy and at tho tlmo of his death was president of tho Bank of Blloxi. Ho was ono of tho best known men in this sec tion of tho South. Tho' tragedy oc curred during a dispute. CHUCE ELECTED. Oklahoma City, Juno 8. Returns from tho Democratic primaries re ceived up to 2 o'clock this morning indicato Leo Cruce, of Ardmoro, In dian Territory, has been chosen as nomineo for Governor by a plurality of 15,000. M. L." Turner is probably defeated for United States Senator by T. P. Gore, of Law ton, or Roy Hoff man, of Chandler, SCIIMITZ TRIAL. San Francisco, Juno 8. Ow- ing to dlfferenco of opinion as to tho admissibility of certain evidence, the trial of Schmltz made Httlo progress today, but ono witness was on tho stand nnd his statement was not con- eluded when the adjournment was taken until Tuesday. SAN FRANCISCO TROUBLE. San Francisco, Juno 8. Charles Qulgloy, a laborer employed in tho Golden Gate Park, was killed early today near Stanyan streot ontranco and tho police aro looking for a chauffeur who is thought to liavo run him down. Tho first theory that it was a case of murder was disproved when tho body was identified. - BASEBALL RESULTS. Portland, Juno 8. Portland, 3; San Francisco, C, Spokane, June 8. Tacoma, 5; Spokane, 7. Seattle, Juno 8. Seattlo, 7; Aberdeen, 4. San Francisco, Juno 8, Los Angeles, 6; Oakland, 1. ,r 11 3. L S.'GPfll m Jrl J r8P