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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1007.
No. 303.
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Haywood's Counsel Attempts To
Disqualify TcslJjnsny of Shir
Witness In Boise Trial
STICKS BY STORY
Defense) Make No Mnten'al Advnnce
Unable tc Disturb Equanimity
of Hurry Orchard.
Boise, June 25. The first direct tes
timony in Haywood's defense was of
fered today, and It was chiefly direct
ed toward showing that Orchard,
blaming Steunenborg for his loss of
interest in the Hercules mine, had
threatened revenge by killing him;
and that the conduct of Orchard and
K. C. Sterling, both before the In
dependence (pxplosion, when they
were frequently seen together, and
afterward, when Sterling called off
the bloodhound that was following
Orchard's trail, justified the Infer
ence that the mine owners inspired
the crime. The calling of the first
witness for the defense was preceded
by a further examination of Orchard
to complete its formal impeaching
questions. These questions were
nearly all in connection with the
claim that Orchard killed Steunen
berg because of an alleged grudge
growing out of the sale of his inter
est in the Hercules.
Orchard, who came Into court under
the same flying squadron of guards
that always acts as his escort, main
talned his old calmness of manner
and spoke in the same low-pitched
soft tone. He again denied he ever
threatened to kill Steunenberg be
cause of, the Hercules mine, and
again asserted he sold his-Interest In
the mine two years before the trouble
that drove him out of Northerti
Idaho. Two witnesses were called
later in the day, and swore Orchard
did threaten to kill Steunenberg be
cause of the Hercules matter, And
the defense has prepared the way
for such testimony from a dozen more
witnesses. Two heard, today were F.
R. Redd, once of Cripple Creek and
now of Goldfleld, and other, Charles
A. Sullivan, formerly of Cripple
Creek, and now watchman of the
Brown Hotel in Denver. The cross
examination showed both men were
members of the Western Federation
of Miners and that Sullivan was a
friend of Moyer and many union
leaders at Cripple Creek.
Dr. 1. L. McGce, a mining broker of
Coeur d'Alene, another impeaching
witness, swore that Orchard told him
In 1904 at Wallace that he was a
spotter for a detective agency. Or
chard denied this conversation, and
denied he was in Idaho in 1904.
Several mor witnesses, principally
women, who kept lodging houses at
Cripple Creek, located Orchard at
varlouB conferences with Sterling,
and detective of Mine Owners' Asso
ciation, prior to the Independence ex
plosion, and there was further show
ing as to meetings between Orchard
nnd D. C. Scott, a detective for the
Florence and Cripple Creek Railway.
Another -witness told of an effort
to locate the men guilty of the Inde
pendence station outrage by starting
a bloodhound from the chair rung
used In pulling off the explosion. Ho
said the dog took the road to Colo
rado Springs, the one over which Or
chard fled in the night, and that when
he reported to Sterling he got orders
to call the dog off. Sterling said
ho knew who blew up the station,
and later said Steve AdamB had done
so. The State fought the admission
of the bloodhound story, and also
opposed the admission of evldenco
covering the general features of the
Colorado labor war, but in both In
stances the court ruled witli the de
fense. BASEBALL RESULTS.
Spokane, June 25. Seattle,
7; Spokane, 5,
Butte, June 26. Butte, 9;
Aberdeen, 2.
San Francisco, June 25.
Portland, 1; Oakland, 2.
Los Angeles, June 25. Los
Angeles, 2 ; San Francisco, 0.
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Colonel Rossler Wires That Rail
road Has Made No Effort for
Peroiissiqn to Bridge
SUBSTANTIATES STORY
Seems Apparent Tluft Line Will
Parallel the East Side of
(lie Bay.
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Portland, Ore., June 25, 1007.
Editor Coos Day Times,
Marshfleld, Oregon. $
$ Plans for bridge across Coos 4
4 Day originally submitted by Ore-
gon Western Railway Co. have 4
not received favorable consider- 4
4f atiou by this olllcc. It has 4
been suggested to company that
4 it submit revised plans overcom- 4
ing ccWr.in criticisms of original
plans. Such revised plans have
not yet been received and no ac
tion is contemplated until such
plans have been submitted.
Roessler, Engineers.
Because of the continued deep In
terest evinced in the bridging of Coos
Bay The Times yesterday telegraphed
Colonel S. -W. Roessler, commanding
United States Engineering Corps at
Portland, as to how the matter stood.
The telegram printed above is self
explanatory. Although the authority
on which the article regarding the
paralleling of the east side Is abso
lutely authentic, The Times wished to
give conclusive evidence, and for that
reason wired Colonel Roessler. '
It will be remembered that some
months ago the Southern Pacific", or
Oregon Western Railroad Company
made application to bridge Coos Bay.
The specifications were submitted to
the commercial bodies on Coos Bay
and were by them rejected; also by
Colonel Roessler. The situation Is
now that the railroad company has
submitted no plans and there is noth
ing to the bridging of Coos Bay be
fore either Colonel Roessler or the
War Department. That the railroad
company Is making no effort to bridge
the bay only substantiates the story
printed In The Times of recent date
that the Southern Pacific Railroad
will parallel the east side of the bay
In order to tap the coal mines owned
on Isthmus Slough.
JIEAT KILLS ELEVEN.
Pittsburg, June 26. Eleven
dead, many prostrated as result
of neat In Pittsburg district "
within past twenty-four hours.
AGAINST TROOPS
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Fourth of July Committee Writes
Funston To That Effect and
Arouses Ire
San Francisco, June 26. The Bul
letin today prints a statement from
General Funston In reference to cor
respondence between himself and the
Fourth of July committee regarding
parading troops on the Fourth, In
which Funston Is quoted as saying:
"I understand there was much dis
sension in the Fourth of July com
mittee In regard to my letter. There
are many estimable man in the or
ganization, but for blatherskites I
don't care a whoop In H "
Funston says he meant no attack
on the labor unions, and he believes
In them, as he thinks with the great
moneyed interests banded together
the worklngmen must organize for
their protection. It would not be
from this class, he says, trouble
would come, but as sure as soldiers
were to appear on the street they
would be Insulted. Funston says In
all the time he has been stationed In
San Francisco ho had no difficulty,
but within the past two monthB he
has received about twenty anonymouB
communications threatening death.
Such communications, he concludes,
could not but help affect bis attitude.
Telegram From Manager of Boot
States .Thai Portland Will
Be Eliminated
CHANGE MS SUDDEN
Was Billed to Sail For Columbia Next
Saturday New Run Not
Known.
Slg. Hanson, local agent for the
steamer- F. A. Kllburn, which makes
regular runs between San Francisco
and Portland, calling at both Coos
Bay and Eureka, yesterday afternoon
received a telegram from F. W.
Voogt, of San Francisco, who has
charge of the steamer, that the Port
land run of that boat would be dis
continued. It was not known here last even
ing whether the boat was to be taken
off the run entirely or not, and the
future plans of the company could
not be learned at this place, although
Mr. Voogt was telegraphed regarding
future plans. It is thought the
boat will continue to run between
Coos Bay and San Francisco, calling
at Eureka.
Mr. Hanson has the boat billed to
sail for Portland Saturday, which of
course she will not do, according to
the message received. She will ar
rive here Saturday from San Fran
cisco and probably sail the same day
for the south.
This change will give the residents
of Coos county better service between
here and San Francisco, as both the
M. F. Plant and the Kllburn will mak0
weekly trips, while the service to
Portland will bo equally as good, the
Breakwater and the Alliance running
on a weekly schedule to that porl.
The greater amount of freight
comes from the north, but large ship
ments of perishable goods come from
San Francisco, and can be shipped
every three or four adys with the ser
vice given by the two steamers run
ning to that port.
H0QUJAM SHIPS
RECORD CARGOES
Over 80,000,000 Feet of Lumber
Leave That . Port In
Five Months
Hoqulam, Wash. Hoquiam's repu
tation as one of, the greatest lumber
producing cities of the world 1b fast
going abroad, and the total shipments
by cargo of the flve jnlllB, during vthe
past 'fly months is something beyond
co'mprehension,,.over 80,000,000 feet
Qfjjumber being shipped. .
The lumber market s?t the Pacific
coast would have been one of the
smallest features of this vast portion
of the country had it not been for
the great demand of the California
country. The destruction of San
Francisco came at a time when tho
lumber manufacturers of the coast
needed a market for their product.
With no cars available In which to
ship their lumber to Eatorn markets,
the mill men saw an Indefinite close
down staring them In tho face, but no
sooner had this blow been considered
serious when the rebuilding of
striken San Francisco came as a de
mand for their product.
Every conceivable craft which
could be pressed into service to carry
lumber from the northern mills was
at once put In service,' and the freight
rate Jumped from $4.60 to ? 10.50 per
thousand in a very Bhort timo.
Stock In a sailing vessel or steamer
was considered a bonanza and the
work of building many more steamers
was at once started.
For five months of this year tho
mills have shipped to California
points all the lumber they could ship
out, and as a result, combined with
recent labor disturbances, that mar
ket became glutted and tho price fell
In an amazing way.
As tho price of lumber went down,
so did the price of freight and now
there is lying at anchor in Grays Har
bor several large vessels awaiting
cargoes. The price offered them is
so low that managing owners claim
It Is cheaper to tie up their vessels
than to operate them at such a price,
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as tho loss would bo very heavy.
Following are the cargo shipments
from Hoqulam 'during tho past five
months:
Lumber.
January 9,43S,60G
February 9,031,070
March , . .15,200,053
April '. 17,410, S94
May .-.,,., 14,084, 130
Total .., ,.674f ,430
Lath.
Jaunary v,, 7,904,050
February 4,511,000
March .1 t 3,288,900
April 2,029,450
May 4,269,150
Total 22,00,2,550
Shingles
January 33S.500
Fedruary 4,3 10;250
March 5.S03.750
April 20,521,200
May 2,100,000
Total 33,102,700
This table does not Include 20,000
boxes, 1850 linear feet of piling nor
201,012 railroad ties.
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TRAVELING MAN WAS MARKED
AS VICTIM.
Life Spared Because Ho Had Done
Renegade nnd Murderer a
Kindness.
The Spokane Review publishes a
special to Wallace as follows:
Only last night J. H. Scott, tho
traveling jewelry salesman, learned
what a narrow escape he had from
death at the hands of Harry Orchard
(and his accomplice, Jack SImpklns.
Mr. Scott is the man whose trunks
Orchard and Simpkins tried to steal
from the O. R. & N. depot in this
city and he is at present making his
regular business trip to Wallace.
Deputy Sheriff Angus Sutherland
returned yesterday from Boise, where
he had been subpoenaed as a witness
in the trial of William D. Haywood,
and' while' there he' had "several talks
with Orchard. Among other things
Orchard told Sutherland, was the fol
lowing story, afterwardB repeating it
from the witness stand in tho pres
ence of the court.
On October, 1905, and just prior to
the assassination of ex-Governor
Steunenberg in Caldwell, Orchard be
came acquainted with Scott, In Wal
lace and later introduced him to Jack
Simpkins, who was also here at that
time. The three became very friend
ly and Orchard and Simpkins Intro
duced Scott to a number of business
friends, and helped him to make a
great many sales. Scott sells Jewel
ry to individuals only and carried
a valuable stock, often having over
$1,000 worth of goods on his person
at a time.
In return for Orchard's aid in mak
ing sales Scott lent ' him money,
helped him in every way 'and ulti
mately presented both himand Simp
kin with watches. OrchaVd" Dawning
his later in SpokaneWlttf John kam-
morer, who used to be a business
man of this place. ?"
After tney had Veen aYqfualnted for
a while, Simpkins proposed to Scott
that he should help a woman friend
of his in connection with a timber
claim which she was trying to get a
patent for. Simpkins represented to
Scott that he would be conferring a
personal favor on him, that he would
be helping one of his best friends
and at the same time he would be
able to make a little money for him
self. This woman lived at that time
up Placer creek, In this city, and is
also living there now. Scott agreed
to go with Simpkins to her homo
and see what could be done and a
time was set for the visit.
In tho meantime Simpkins went to
Harry Orchard, told him tho arrange
ments that bo had made and the two
agreed that Simpkins was to keep
Scott at tho house as late as possible
and that on their return to Wallace
the two were to bo met by Orchard,
who would bold them both up and
rob Scott, shooting him If necessary
to the accomplishment of his design.
Tho whole plan was carried out as
arranged. Scott was taken to tho
house on Placer creek, tho timber
claim business was discussed and on
one pretext or another Scott was kept
there In spite of his protests until It
was very late. Orchard had In tho
meantime communicated his scheme
to a man known to tho public under
tho alias of Cunningham, but whose
real name Is known to the sheriff's
office in this city, and as Scott and
Simpkins came forward on the re
turn journey:
"I stepped out la front of thorn,"
Union Officials Discover That Mes
sages ,Are Being Suit Over
Private Wires
STRIKE iVIAY SPREAD
Southern Pacific Operators Involved
In Trouble Railroad Company
Rclenses Some Employes.
San Francisco, Juno 25. A bulle
tin Issued by' the committee of tele
graphers tonight says: "As evidence
of tho Inability of the Western Union
to handle the business offered by the
public they have notified customers
to use the telephone wherever pos
sible. The statement says the re
port has reached headquarters that
2,000 telegrams have "Disappeared"
from the overland division of the
operating room of the Western Union
office in Chicago. This would indi
cate that the business is being mailed
from Chicago. Strikers discovered
today that public messages are being
handled over private wires.
President Small notified tho bro
kerage firms who have permitted
outsiders to use tho wires for public
business that unless the practice is
stopped their operators would become
Involved in the strike. The South
rn Pacific officials have discharged
several operators on complaint from
Chief Operator Jeffs of tho West Oak
land office of the Western Union on
the charge that they had Interfered
with tho working of Western Union
wires. The Commercial Telegraph
ers' Union and Order of Railway Tele
graphers have a working agreement.
Should the discrimination continue
there is grave danger of tho South
ern Pacific operators becoming In
volved. S. P CHANGE JULY 1
W. S. CHANDLER'S SUCCESSOR
TAKES CHARGE THAT DATE.
New Manager Will Have Supervision
of Portland-Coos Bay Steam
ship Line.
(Special to The Times.)
Portland, June 26. C. J. Millie,
live stock agent of the O. R. & N.
Company, has been made general
manager of the Southern Pacific in
terests on Coos Bay. The appoint
ment-goes in'effect JulyLn Mr. Mil-
lls will go to Marshfleld as vice-presi
dent -and general manager of the
fcoo's,yBay, Roseburg and Eastern
Railroad and Navigation Company
and' the Portland and. Coos Bay
fHerimehlp Company. W. S. Chand
ler has boon' placed In ohargo of the
development of tho coal properties
for the company. He expects to get
out from 1,000 to 1,600 tons of coal
a day with the completion of the spur
of the railroad.
The above special to The Times 1b
practically the same as the story
printed in the columns of this paper
recently relative to tho Southern Pa
cific Company choosing Coos Bay as
its coast, marine and railroad coaling
station. The Item stated that the
Southern Pacific would reopen the
Henryvlllo and South Port mines;
also that the payroll of tho company
when the operations were completod
would total $70,000 a month and
employment be given to about 600
men. By tho special it will bo noted
that an additional office devolves on
W. S. Chandler's successor, in tho
shape of the managership of tho Portland-Coos
Bay Steamship Company.
said Harry Orchard to Angus Suther
land, "but could not have tho heart
to kill Scott. I remembered that
ho had treated us white and my heart
failed mo. The four of us all walked
back to Wallaco together."
The whole details of tho plot were
laid before Scott hero last night and
ho was able to verify every dotall of
tho story, the trip up Placor creek,
tho discussion of tho timber claim
business, the late stay at night, tho
return to Wallace, tho meeting of Or
chard and Cunningham, who sud
denly appeared In the dark and bis
surprise at the strange meeting.
' ' Iff BE ILL
Charge Made That Saa 'Francisco
Grand Jury Which tod&ed
So Many, Nonexistent
COURT .WILL DECIDE
If Contention Is Uplield ots Repre
senting Months of AVoik Will
lie Invalid.
San Francisco, June 25. All of
the grounds urged by the defense In
support of the motion to set nsldo
tho bribery Indictments against Vice
President Glass of tho Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph Company
and other big corporations and offi
cials were rethed to comparative In
significance today by the appearance
of a new contention presented and
argued by Glass' attorneys. Briefly
stated, the charge is that all the acts
performed by tho present grand jury
sine a dato early in January of this
year are invalid because tho present
grand Jury ceased lawfully to exist
when the new grand jury list for
1907 was certified by tho county
Judges.
The undisputed facts aro when the
now list was certified in January the
Oliver grand Jury was In tho midst of
a bribery graft investigation, and was
not discharged. Instead it was con
tinued in existence under the belief
that, having been selected In tho fall
of 1906, it could legally exist for
twelve months, or until the fall of
1907. Lawlor in commenting on
the merits of the contention stated it
tho grand Jury has no existence its
arguments are Invalid.
REVOLUTION gGROWS
"REDEEMER" ALBERT ARRIVES
TO LEAD THE PEOPLE.
Movement Against Government to
Continuo Until Proper Laws Aro
In Operation.
Argelllers, Franco, June 25.
Marcelln Albert, the "Redeemer," ar
rived today cheered by twelvo thous
and persons. The winegrowers' com
mittee resolved unanimously that
tey continue the movement against
the government until full satisfaction
is attained. The promises of M.
Clemenceau are too vague to warrant
a .surrender pending an adjustment
throug the operation of to proposed
laws.
MORE GRAFT RESULTS
TEN .COLORADO .CITIZENS .AR
RESTED FOR OONSPntAOT.
SoTcnty-Thrce Aro Indicted By Grand
Jury Prominent Men In Six
States.
Denver, Juno 25. Ten citizens of
Colorado were arrested today on In
dictments charging conspiracy to de
fraud the government of coal and
timber lands.
Of seventy-three persons lndlctel
fifty-five Individuals wero charged
with conspiracy to defraud tho gov
ernment under the coal and timber
laws. The parties aro residents of
six states. No warrants have thus
far boen issued for residents of Colo-
nao- it'.
PETITIONS ROOSEVELT
NATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZA
TIONS ASK INVESTIGATION
Claim Telegraph Companies have En
tered Conspiracy In Violation of
Anti-Trust Law.
Washington, Juno 25. Tho cen
tral labor union of Washington to
night sent a telegram to Roosevelt re
questing that he lnstltuto an Investi
gation to determine it tho tclograph
companlos ave entered into a con
spiracy in restraint of trado In viola
tion of te Sherman anti-trust law.
At the request of te American Feder
ation of Labor similar action, It Is
said, will bo taken by all leading.
States.
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