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VOLUME LXI ttO. 183 E0 0 JL Persecuted French Officer - Freed At Last. RESTORED' TO RANK Supreme Court Gives Decision Completiy Exonerating Dis graced Captain. DREYFUS IS NOT PRESENT llfeglving Word Not Htatd By Mas Taken From DevU't Island , Faithful Brother Bar iU Glad News, PARIS. July 12,-TIi Supreme Court tody announced It deel.lon annulling the condemnation of Drsyfus without a nw trial, Tha effect of tha dacUloa 1 a complete vindication of Drcyfue, en titling him to restoration to liU rank in the army aa though he bad never been awued, The decision was read by raiding Judge M. BallotBeaupre, president of the Court of Captation, immediately on tha reassembling of the court at noon. Tb Palace of Juntlce was thronged rieent were Matthew Dreyfus, brother of Alfred Dreyfue; Maitre Mornard, ounel for Captain Dryfuj Joseph Heinach, the historian of tha Dreyfue affair; Colonel Picquart. Mme.,Zola, and many others, who have figured In var iou itagre of the celebrated case. Cap tain Dreyfus waa not present, continu ing hit habitual secrecy by remaining secluded in the garret where he ha hitherto been cut oft from the outer world. Tha acme at the decision waa pro nounced wai one of Impressive dignity. Tlie court, confuting of 40 judge, gown ed in flowing red robes, lolemnly mount ed the bench. Deep alienee prevailed a the presiding judge read the lengthy de cision, minutely reviewing tha series of tlu sensational event of the laat 12 year and completely exculpating Drey fiu of all wrongdoing, freeing him of the accusation of being the author of the famous incriminating document, on which the entire charge was founded, and ordering the annulment of the judg ment of the Rennet court-martial, with the publication of the flnar announce ment of his innocence in 60 newspapers, to be choen by Captain Dreyfue. The reading of the decision lusted an hour, and it was only at the cloe that the spectator realised the iweeping nature of the vindication. ' As the final determination wet an nounced, there waa a buzs of excited comment and gome exclalnatloni of ap proval, which the court officers sternly repressed, Matthew Dreyfus hastily dis patched a messenger to bear the good news to Captain Dreyfus and Mme, Dreyfus. Outside the court the crowds received the decision without making any demonstration. , ' KAISER LEAVES TRONDHJBM. TRONDHJEM, Norway, July 12. Kmperor William loft Troadhjem on the The departure of King Haakon and Queen Maud has been postponed. The latter Is confined to her bed, suffering from a sere throat, and very feverish. DREYFUS IS VINDICATED ASTORIA, OREGON, mwet,t,ttjit)y Lfl.lL JL ; J JL JL JL J JLJ JLJ JOL.JL. fl jB H J II MJXLS JLS JL. TJJL.KJ SEVEN CIRL8 In WADINQ ARE DROWNED t, '".J ('KI)AR RAPIDS, lOwa, July 12,-Elgbt children at a picnic on the river bank, only three f , bldYks from home, went wading thii , afternoon, The smallest : IIiwd Into a deep hole and in 5 trying to renew her, tlx others , wi rt drowned, According to tha only survivor, when the little one slipped., tht next girl rubed t) after her, and o tbey kept try- ing to aava each other; until all tha girla except om bad ben a) drowned, Slit ran home and gave tha alarm. Four bodies were , quickly recovered from the water but too lata to rucitat them. The Ut body waa recoveied this evening. YESTERDAY ON THE DIAMOND. Pacific Coast Leapt, ' At Portland-Portland 6, Seattla 1. At Lo Ang'lr Lot Angeles 9, Oak- At OaklandFresno 8, 8s a Francisco Northwest Letfue. At Spokane Kpok ana 10. Taeoma 0. At Butte-Butte. 7, Gray'i Harbor 4. MISS SUTTON WINS. NEWlORT. England, July lt-Itt tha Welsh ladles' championship tennis garnet today May Sutton of California beat Mrs. R!k at by a scort of 8-1. Mrs, lUikt retired aft tha first act. In the ladies' open doubles Mrs. Sterry and Mlas Sutton beat Miss Longhurst nd MUs Hudd, 61-, 6 0. SENSATIONAL' SUIT Alleged Lumber Combination to Restrain Trade. PRICES WERE "REGULATED" William Beckman Filet Bill For Injunc tion Against Five Big Lumber Companies, Said To Be In the Combination CHICAGO, July 12,-Wiiliam B, Beck man of BIytbeville, Ark., today filed a bill In the United States Circuit Court asking for an accounting with and the receiver for the Chicago Mill and Lumber Co., and an injunction against the lVpeke Lelcht Lumber Co,, the Ameri can Box Co., the Horman Tacking Box Co., the Marked Tree Lumber Co., and their oflleers and stockholders, restrain ing them from acting in a combination in the restrain of trade. Beckman al leges that there .has been In existence since 190O a pool to' regulate the prices of boxes in the United States. Accord ing to the bill, the combination repre sents a capital of $200,000,000 and "pos sibly twico as much" with an annual output valued at $25,000,000. , SEVERELY BURNED. NEW XORK, July 12.-Word was re ceived here today from London of a painful accident to MN Margaret Bax ter, daughter of, Former , ..Governor J W, Baxter of Wyoming, now a resident of this city. 4 Whill dressing for dinner in the home of her mother, 85 Brokeley (Square, re cently, Miss Baxter was severely burned by her dress' coming In contact with a light in an alcohol lamp. He injuries were painful and for a .time greatly alarmed her family. She is now re covering and In a few weeks expects to go to Scotland to Join several house par ties before returning to New York with her mother in the autumn. SLAYER OF HOLY ROLLER SHOT BY Cretfield's Death Avenged Seattle Yesterday MURDER WAS PLANNED Murderess Confesses That She and Mrs. Creffield Had Agreed to Kill Slayer of "Holy Roller" Leader Edmund Cref-field-Esther Oniy IS Yean Old. GIRL ARRESTED BY POLICE SHOOTING TAKES PLACE JUST AS GEORGE MITCHELL IS ABOUT TO START FOX PORTLAND SIST ER WALES BEHIND ELM AND SHOOTS HIM THROUGH T HE HEAD WITH REVOLVER EXPRESSES NO REGRET FOR AWFUL DEED ' t EVENTS LEADING UP t TO MITCHELL'S DEATH t George Mitchell shoots Edmund Creffield, May 7. on First avenue, Seattle, to avenge his sister Esther't ruin. t t Arrested for murder on same day. . Trial begins June 2!). ; Acquitted of murder charge t July 10. Shot by bist sister Esther at t) Union Depot. Seattle, July 12. " ' SEATTLE, Wash.. July 12.-Revenge, terrible, swift and premeditated sums up the killing of George Mitchell by bis 18-year-old sister Esther Mitchell to day. Esther Mitchell Is the girl for whom George ahed the blood of Frant Edmund CrefHeld, when he shot down the leader of the so-called "Holy Rol lers" in Seattle, May 7. It was because of ber alleged maltreatment by the fanatical leader that Mitchell took his life and risked his own,, and his own cold blooded murder la the reward. Just Boarding Train. Mitchell was about to board the 4:30 p, nt. train at the Union Depot for Port land, where he was to take up his rei lence and begin life anew, when Esther left the two others ostensibly for the purpose of bidding George good bye, but instead, as George turned half around to greet her she produced a revolver hidden under her cloak hung over .her arm, and fired once, the bullet entering his left enr. Mitchell fell to the ground dead, and the weapon of death and de struction, was wrenched from the hand of the child murderess, by her brother Fred, while another brother, Perry Mitchell, caught the trembling form of his sisters In his amis, craying out, "Oh, Esther, how could you do it J" ? Quickly & commotion followed in the depot and the protection of a police officer soon was affovded the girl. She submitted to ' arrest without protect and when interrogated as to why she had committed the crime answered, "I was commanded to do It." Questioned By Chief. At police headquarters Chief Wap penstein questioned the girl as to the motive for the crime. "I killed him be cause he Killed Joshua; We were coin.- FRIDAY, JULY 13 1906 U ESTHER at the Union Depot in Dies Instantly. VERY DELIBERATELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRAGEDY manded to do It." Without waiting for a more detailed statement Chief Wappenstein summoned detectives, who were given hurried or ders to locate at once and bring in the widow of the "Holy Roller" leader. While the ofllcere were on their way the woman wanted, notified police head quarters where she could be found, and was soon in the custody of the police. At headquarters she wa. as frank as Esther Mitchell, and aaid one of them had to kill. George Mitchell. Esther was delegated to do the deed as it was thought she would have a better chance. Murderess Makes Statement. Esther Mitchell made the following statement this evening: "Mrs. Creffield and I talked over the matter of killing Mitchell. The one who had the best chance waa to do it. Mrs. Creffield bought the gun at Second ave nue and Union street We were at the room about 4 o'clock this afternoon and I thought I would have a better chance to do it than Mrs. Creffield, as my brother wanted to see me and I believed he would think nothing about my going to the depot. Then Mrs. Cref field gave me the gun and I was to do it. We agreed it was to be done as soon as possible. Mrs. Creffield had been out once or twice looking for George and if she had got a chance she would have don it ,and I would have done the same. The first that got a chance was to do it. I would have done It before, if I had got the chance. I took the gun yesterday and my brother Fred wolked with me down to the depot when my father went away. They wanted me to see George then and I did not' want to, because I couldn't get the gun un wrapped. I had the gun wrapped up and concealed and I refused to see George, When I went home I took the gun and placed it under the mattress. Then I took it out about noon today and kept it with me. My brother Fred was up to ray room today and said that Terry and George were going to Port land today at 4 o'clock. I went to the depot and saw Perry get his ticket and I followed him. Shoott From Behind. . v "At last I saw George and I shook hands with him and I was walking to the door with him. He and Perry were walking in front and Fred and I were walking behind. At that time I had the (Continued on page 8) NO INVESTIGATION OF ELECTION FRAUDS : ' DENVER, July 12.-The appli- cation for a supplemental writ 4 of stiperceda made in behalf of Sheriff Nebet to restrain Judge MulliiM from further proceeding in the matter of the inrestiga- 4 tion of alleged election frauds, t) waa granted by Chief Juntke Gabliert this afternoon. The court held the petition of the honest 4 4 election league and the. inde- 4 pendent call for grand jury on 4 the part of Mulins were identical. 4 By this action of the supreme t) court, Mulling is effectually t stayed from acting on the infor- 4 matioa contained in the leagues' 4 4 petition. If U understood he will formally discharge the grand 4 jury and the elisors tomorrow. 4 FALLS IN LOVE WITH FORMER WIFE PHILADELPHIA, July 12-Judge Jaa. Ilarvey MacLeary, of St. John, assistant justice of the Supreme Court of Porto Rico, today procured a license to marry Mary King MacLeary, of Auburn. N. Y, from whom he was divorced in 1901. Judge MacLeary is 60 years of age and hia finance is 49. SILVER CITY, N. M, SHAKEN. SILVER CITY, V. M- July J2--An earthquake shock was distinctly felt here this morning a few minutes after 5 o'clock. The shock awakened every body, but did no damage. It lasted only a few seconds. HE IS ILL LIKED Jailers Learned to Esteem Prison er During Incarceration. ESTHER HAD MADE THREATS Sayt If She Had Been Present When Creffield Was Shot, She Would Have Killed Mitchell On Spot SEATTLE, Wash, July 12. "Good bye, boys j you've been mighty good to me and I want to thank you for it; good bye." With these words George Mitchell said farewell to his jailors at the county court house 20 minutes be fore he was shot. Deputy Smith said tonight regarding Mitchell: "He was a Very unusual prisoner; he was quite and kind, and in the short time he was here, we came to like him very much. In fact, there have been few here whom we cared for so much as that boy "Well, she threatened it," said Sheriff Smith today. "She said if she had been present when Mitchell shot Creffield, and if she had had a gun, she would have killed him. I remember to whom she made this statement, but it is a well known fact that she practically said she would kill her brother under provo cation. She was evidently so infatuated with Creffield, and so crazed by her brother's deed, that a chance to kill him was sought and ahe took it. "During her1 stay in this eity, from the beginning of the trial until July 6, Mrs. B. E. Starr, the sister of Esther, and George, roomed at the Steveng hotel. From information received there , it would seem that Mrs. Starr and Esther had held conversation several times each day over the telephone, some times seven or eight times. The conversations were generally on the outcome of the trial, PRICE FIVE CENTS B Ill RESIGNATION OF CABINET Members Hand in Notice , . of Retirement. COMPROMISE IS SOUGHT Czar is Trying to Form Fusion , Ministry to Replace Cabinet TAKE SOME FROM PARUAMEN Hi Majesty Not Yet Ready to Cfcarga Constitutional Democrats With Task of Forming Ministry j Seeks Compromise. ST. PETERSBURG. July 12.-Finance Minister Kokvsofi baa given authority for the statement that the resignation of the entire Cabinet ia in the hands of the Emperor. So far as can be learned, however, His Majesty is not yet ready to charge the Constitutional Democrats with the task of forming a Ministry, and is still seeking to compromise tha issue by forming a coalition Cabinet composed of the more solid of the Con servative and Liberal elements in the Lower and Upper Housea of Parliament under the leadership of Count Heyden and M. Stakovich. There were rumors in the corridor of the lower house of Parliament today that a split had developed among the Constitutional Democrats over the ques tion of accepting office in a coalition ministry. The Rousia today says the country is not yet ripe for the acceptance of the principle of a responsible Ministry. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, Commander of the Guards Corps and the troops in the military district of St. Petersburg, has tendered his resignation to the Emperor, on account of the Preobdajensky affair, but His Majesty declined to accept it The police have not found any trace of the men who robbed the assistant cashier of the Adrairality in broad day light yesterday, but there is reason to believe that they wert former workmen from Port Arthur, who turned revolu tionists on account of the treatment to which they were subjected there. but neither committed themselves. Talked Over Phone. Mrs. Starr went Portland on July 6th .with her husband and previous to her departure, Esther talked to her over the telephone about the loan of some money. "About how much?" Mrs. Starr asked. "Oh ,not a great deal replied Esther. "Just enough to last a few days, and then I'll not need any." Her sister asked in explanation, but she refused and made light of it. During the conversation, Mrs. Starr talked of leaving her husband in order to take up her residence with Esther and Mrs. Creffield, but was strongly advised against this step by Esther. George and Perry Mitchell intended to leave the: city Wednesday at the same time as their father, ' but later changed their minds. Mitchell, senior, is en route to his home at Mount Vernon, HI.
