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VOLUME UNI, NO 129. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS IS IT EXTORTED it Restaurant Proprietors Not Threatened. CONTRIBUTED TO RUEF Were Satisfied That Unless they Employed Ruef Licenses . - Would be Held Up. ; DEFENSE CLAIMS FAILURE Prosecution Seek Te Prove That Om c Rcstaurattttr Acted A Go-B tweg That Schmitt and Ruef Divided th ret Before Ltcen Wer Oraattd BAN FUAN'CISCO. June 7.-Proprle ton Ufore th fir of the live Fmlca rtiUiiranU elleged to have been rlctlm ised by Mayor Sehmltt and Ab Ruef teaUM for tli piwHMUoa today In th trial of Mayor BchmlU for extor tion. Two things stood out most promt Bntly when tbev bad nnUhedi Flnt that without exoeptton they claimed to have paid into th 10,000 protection fund berauaa they war atlflod that unlent they employed Ruef, they would lot the(r license and a mutt, thir businets; second, without exception they denied any threat wa made that they would Iim their IK-euaet unlet they employed Ruef and paid him, or that Ruef atked to be employed, or that be or anyone In hia behalf aollolUd the llOjOOO or any um f money wlmtio ever, The prosecution eontendi that, it building up a certain conviction by es tahllahing by circumstantial evidence or eeklng to establWh th fact that oer tain French rattaurater tbcuielv acted a the agent of Ruef, iu uggt lug mat a be empioyea to protect tn licenses and in the development which followed) and Henry baa promised, to nrm-A tiraaiuttalilv lw Diif hlm...lf who hat turned tate evident' that th,e 'money paid to Ruef wa by hint divided with the Mayor after which the license were grunted. Tim defense take the petition that thus far the protccution ha utterly failed to aunport th accma tion agalntt the Mayor iuaimticlr a he through threatening and fear." Attorney Marcus Rosenthal wa called by the itato. He testified that hit client, Adler, sought hi advice relative to the Jiolding up of the Bay State' llcenao in the fall of 11)04. He appeared with Adler before the police commit ainn, but the commissioner would not permit him to speak. "After thl meeting," he said, " I told Mr, Adler there win only one man who could help hi in, nnd that man was Ab rwhnm Ruef," ' , ' ' The proaecntlon called Michel Debrct, who before the flru, wn a partner of Pierre lriot in the ownership of Mar hnnd'i Restaurant. He said that in the beginning of 11)03, Jean Loupy broached to him the employment of Ruef to look out for their licence Intercut. , Then the special meeting of the police board was held and from it Loupy returned, saying the commissioner would not listen to lila attorney, Rosenthal the wltnets1 partner, Priet, dooided then to tee, Ruef. He did to and returned with the report that Ruef would take their cases for (10,000) $6000 down and $5000 hi one year, Frlet saying that Ruef would not accept check or gold, but only our OLD SLOOP OF WAR SOLD, 'PHILADELPHIA. June T.-After hav ing weathered ttormi for nearly three- quarter of a century, tht old loop-of-war St. LouU ha been old by the gov ernment to a junk dealer of thl eity for H21. Tb hfp wa built at WaiMrig too in 1808, nd wa lb l with wbU'b Captain Ingraham c-veriwed an Austrian squadron in th harbor of Smyrna and awHittd th relca of aa American citlcn who wa held a tirit- oner upon the Austrian flagthlp, , STANDARD OIL OVERRULED. ST. PAUL, Jun 7.-Tb Ultd State circuit court today overruled the exception to the bill of complaint of the United State agalntt tb Stand ard Oil Oiinpany and th defendant I granted leave to antwer at to portion of the bill to which it had tied excep tlon. ' YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES, Coaat Legu. . . At San Franelwco Lot Angele 0, Oakland 6. ? At Portland No game) rain, v Horthweit Lgu. At Sttie Seattle 3, Aberdeen 5. At Spokane Spokane 7, Taeoma 4, MURDERED AND ROBBED. MKLJtttURNE, Auatrali. Jun 7. Ilerntrd Itauer, a diamond merchant of thl eity. wa . found murdered in hit offlo. A bag containing $30,000 worth of gem la miulng. TAC0MA KILL BURNS. TAOOMA, Jun 7. Tb Dempey Lumber Company, who recently com' plated their big mill at a eot of (250,' 000 nfferd almoat a total loi when the entire tilant wa burned to th ground tonight. :.l ' . POUR EXPEDITION San Francisco Capitalists Behind Mogg Party. WILL PROSPECT FOR GOLD Captain William Mogg and Party Sail From Port Towntend la Search of the Mythical Pole Will Hunt for Gold and Copper. FEATTLE, June 7. Backed by San Prancieco capitalist and under general mtructlon from the Geological Society of London, Captain William Mogg and party sailed from Port Townaend on board the shin Jame Dnimmond today on a orulite that onrr!e every detail of a cawh to the North Pole. J he ultimate destination of the par ly is Point Cape Prince Albert, in the northern moat extremity of Bankuland nnd 800 mile northeast of the mouth of the Mackentie river. The party ex pert to apend three year projecting for gold and copper in a country prac ticnlly unknown, - PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL MADISON, Wis., June 7.-The State Assembly toilny pulsed a public utilities bill by a vote of 77 to 10, providing for control by a state railway commission of all of the public service corporation except the telegraph and telephone com panic. ' The commission hns power over aervice and rate. ; GUILTY OF REBATING. NKW; YORK, Juna 7.-The Western Transit Company pleaded guilty beore Judge Holt, In the United State Court yesterday to one count of ait indict ment ngalnt it alleging the granting of rebates on shipments of coffee and sugar. A fine of $10,000 wa imposed and paid. OFFICER COMMITS SUICIDE. SAN ANTONIO. Teas, June 7. Lieu tenant, Mack Richardson, whose resigna tion yesterday was accepted by Presi dent Roosevelt, committed suicide today at Fort Sam Houston, , with mprphlne and pni'sio acid. ORCHARD BY THE '.T'"rtiit, : , Haywood's Counsel Center Dealings With HE AGREED TO KILL Orchard Admitted He Expected to Kill Non-Union Men But Said , It Never Occured to Him That He Was Willing to Butch er Men at Four Dollars a Head. ORCHARD STUCK TO STORY PRISONER-WITNESS WENT TO THE "OTHER SIDE" BECAUSE HE WAS NOT PAID AND THE OTHER MEN WERE GIVEN THE EASY JOBS, SUCH AS TRAINWRECKING ADMITTED HE LIED WHEN HE AGREED TO REPORT TO SCOTT 07 MINE OWNERS' ASSOCIATION. , BOISE, Jun 7 Countcl for Haywood, who continued their attack on tb let- timony of Uarrf Orchard at both e sion of the trial, today, centered their atrongeat ault on th vventa begin ning with the explosion at the Vindi cator Mine and ending with th earlier meeting between tb witnea and the leaders of the Federation at Denver. To tb extent that traffic with the. "other aide" in th war of labor and and, capital in Colorado, wa discreditable, mey (urceeuea in uiscreumug ins iv- ness. Taking up lb admission Orchard mad in direct examination, that be had been treachrou to hia comrade t Cripple Creek by tippimr off the train wrecking plot, they developed the fact that Orchard entered the emptor of D. C. Scott who had charge of tba rail way detective. Orchard said that with Scott he had met K. C Sterling, de tective in the employ of the Mine Owners' Aoclation, that Scott accom panied him to Denver on th trip when h first met Moyer and Haywood. He said h bad agreed to report to Scott but that he wa lying to him, never In tending to make report to him and never did make any genuine report to him. The defense also tried to' fcow that because he itood in with the other tide, Orchard waa never molested by the militia in Cripple Creek during thai strike. Orchard admitted that Scott had told him if the militia interfered with him be was to send for him and that the militia never did interfere with him or search bis house. Orchard suid he wcut to Scott be cause be was not paid tor work in the Vindicator Mine. He was jealous be cause he was given the hard work like the Vindicator Job while the other men got a simple task of train wrecking by displacing a rail. , , ; ,;t r l More crimes great : and small were added to Orchard' record today. The Cripple Creek woman' with whom he committed ; bigamy, had three sons; Orchard stole high grade ore from a messmate; he stole two case of powder from the Vindicator Mine; he stole the powder to make one of the bombs thrown into the Vindicator coal pile and he told a lie, The defense endeavored In various way to throw a shadow of doubt or improbability around the whole Vinuieator tory and the alleged con nection of W.; F. Davis and William Easterly with the affair and the cir cumstance under which Orchard testi fied that he met Moyer and Haywood and was paid for the commission of the crime and to discredit Orchard's story that he wa sent back to Crippla Creek with unlimited' credit , and orders to commit any aot ,of violence that he eared to. They confronted Orchard with Easterly and Owney Barnes and paved the way for the' contvadlotlbn by them of th story told by Orchard and ev eral times paved' the way for the con- trovertion Of hi testimony on material points. Orchard stood the gtrmn and test very ) CVAMIMCn LAHtllllLU DEFENSE . I V" ' Their Attack on Orchard's Mine Owners. 50 MEN FOR $4 A HEAD TOLD ON DIRECT EXAMINATION well and held tenaciously to (he story told on direct examination. Suddenly toward tba close of th day th defense took up a trip of Orchard, to Southern Colorado, with Moyer ia the early part of I0O and it showed that Moyer fear ed to go south unguarded because of the "Mine Owner' official thugs" who t had beaten qp an innocent union men and bad tent for Orchard to aid in pro tecting him. i tecting him. It was agreed they would carry cut off shotguns, sit in the center i me railway car, so, u aiiacaea, luey could defend themselves. Attorney Richardson in questioning the witness made it very clear that this had been a perfectly ctraight proposition "Free from any lake.' Counsel Bared up several time during the day add in the last passage at arm Prosecutor Haw-ley laid Richardson told a falsehood1 Wnen he intimated that Or chard waa a fixed witnesa. The cross- examination w ill be continued tomor row. A most dramatic incident marked the trial this morning. Orchard aaid W. B. Easterly and he took a revolver and giant powder cap to a deserted shaft- home and experimented to see if the bullet would discharge the caps, before making the second and successful at teftipt to blow np the Vindicator Mine. He' explained that the distance from where' th militia wag on guard wa 400 or 500 yards, and that nobody was attracted by the report. . "Here," responded a man in the rear, rising, "Is this the man who experimented with youf queried Richardson, a Easterly strode down 'tW aisle. Everybody held his breath as Orchard twisted around in his seat and looked at Easterly. Then came his answer, em phatic and in tones as clear aa bell: "Yes, sir, that's him; that' the man." , ' Easterly halted and glared feroviously at Orchard, who continued to gaae cooly at him until Riohardson told Easterly lie might return to his seat. The com plcte significance of this scene is not appreciated until it ia mentioned that Easterly ia noted not only aa a Western Federation leader, but as Hie man who once took President Moyer away from seven militiamen during the Cripple Creek disturbances, holding them at bay with a revolver. He ha been under constant surveillanve ever since he came to Boise. When the question wa put to Or chard by the cross-examiner whether he was not a little sore because he waa not selected by Sherman Parker and W. F. Davis to wreck the Florence and Cripple Creek train, this being the real motive causing him to tell D. Cs Scott about the plan of the "inner circle'' inttead of anger over not getting his money for the first attempt to blow up the Vindi cator Mine, he replied: "Yes, I guess I was a little jealous because they did not select me." Richardson drew out that Joe Schultz, Walter Scbults and Frank Suhultz helped him' "glom," or tteal high grade ore from th Vindicator Mine. II (aid aU "took" or. : "You atole it, that wa it, dealing, watn't it!" wa th interrogation. : CU it what you want-w took H, nwered Orchard. ... - Tb witoe admitted that he e?nect- ed to kill 50 non-unioo men for 200, but naively replied on being queationed that he bad not thought of tb meaning that ha waa willing to butcher men at (4 a headV jt X , Intense excitement was created thl morning by a big miner from Silver City, who wa trying to go up the etairway leading to tb courtroom floor while Mr. Haywood, in aa invalid chair, wa being carried up. He defied the Deputy Sheriff and when Deputy Woodia pushed him back, struck lavage ly at him, but Woodltt ducked the blow. Deputy Boatwick drew a "billy and wa about to "tmaah" the miner when Attorney Nugent eized th miner, who i (aid to be a witnesa for the defense, and induced him to be quiet. Attorney Richardeon commended tb action of the deputies and "roasted" the miner. WOMAN TO TESTIFY. in Orchard' Wife At Cripple Creek a Wit- net For Defense. CRIPPLE CREEK, June 7.-Mrs. Ida Toney, the woman whom Orchard mar ried her, U on the way to Boise as a witness for the defense. According to an Intimate friend, Mrs. Tone; will swear thai at the time he married Or chard, be claimed to be a Pinkerton detectlva. She will also testrfy that Orchard's home wa never searched by the militia although he wa considered to be a strike leader. All of the ur rounding house were searched. BIG JEWEL THEFT Woman Loses Gems on Steamer Minnesota. $30,000 WORTH IS MISSING Portland Woman Carried Valuable Is Leather Btg Wea in the Stateroom With the Doors and Portholes Locked Missing When Steamer Docked. SEATTLE, June 7. The disappear ance of jewelry worth $30,000, belong ing to Mrs. William Branley Walker, daughter of Major T. M. Goodman, of Portland, and a passenger on the steam ship Minnesota, which arrived in port this morning from the Orient, is shroud ed in mystery. When the vessel reached the harbor this morning detectives boarded it, but after careful search found not the slightest clew as to where the jewels have gone. ' The lost jewelry fcmsists of several brooches, two solitarire diamond rings valued at $600 apiece, a solitaire ruby ring valued at $500, two rings with three diamonds set in each, a large cres cent pin and a ring set with diamonds and pearls; Nearly every passenger on the Minnesota wag closely questioned, but the mystery is no' hearer solved now than when the' jewels were first found missing. It was Mrs. Falker's custom to oarry the jewels in a1 leather bag iu the day time and at night she would place them under her pillow in her stateroom. On the night of May 20 she put them in the same place. Both- window and state room door were unlocked' aU night and the next morning when1' she looked for her money and jewels they, were gone. CHILDREN SUICIDE. Grief Over Dead Mother 1 Causes Rash Act. CLEVELAND, O., June 7.8 a re sult Of taking rat poison wlth'sriicidal intent, Mary Cartis, aged 11, and her sister, Helen, aged 10, are dead. Grief for the death of their mother a year ago was assigned by the children for the basis of the pact to end their own lives. WHITE HOUSE MEETING Officials Discuss the Har- 'riman Case.' -f .? HARRIMAN IS IMMUNE Railroad Magnate Free FromjCri minal Prosecution as Result of Testimony. . HARVESTER TRUST DISCUSSED Prosecution of the Coal Carrying Roads Will Be Left To the Attorney General Anthracite Road Cases To Begia Next Week In Philadelphia, WASHINGTON, Jun 7. That E. H. Harrimau, the railroad magnate, is immune from criminal prosecution, i the result of hi testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission , in New York recently; that the question of the prosecution of the bituminous coal carrying railroads should be left to the hands of the attorney-general and that the prosecution of the anthracite coal roads will begin in Philadelphia, probably next week, were the conclu sions reached at the notable conference held at the White House tonight. Th Harriman case and be eases of the coal carrying road? were discussed three hours by President Roosevelt, Secretary" of Stat Root, Secretary of War Taft, Secretarjf: of the Treasury Cortelyou, Secretary of the Interior Garfield, At-torney-Ceneral Bonaparte, Interstate" Commerce Commissioners Knapp and Lane, and Frank P. Kellog, of Minne sota, special counsel for tfie government. Secretary Loeb wa also present. Following the general conference, Attorney-General Bonaparte remained with the President to discuss the so-called harvester trust. It is thought not like ly the question of the prosecution of that organization will be left to the Attorney-General's hands. The roads in volved include the Delaware, Susquehan na and Schuylkill, Philadelphia and Reading, Lehigh Valley, Delaware and Hudson, the New York, Susquehanna & Western, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, Central Railroad of Xew Jer sey and Erie. Other roads may be in volved as the suit progresses. AGREEMENT RATIFIED. Iron Trades Council Has Accepted Em ployers Proposition. SAX FRANCISCO, June 7. The com- roittee of the Iron Trades council met last night and ratified an agreement entered into by the employers and the men on May 31, last, on a basis of which the recent strike was declared cff. Under the agreement the men re- . turn to work under the same conditions oi hour and wages which prevailed when they struck. The agreement is to' remain in effect for 13 months. The employes, however, conceding that commencing December 1, 1908, there shall be a reduction of fifteen minutes on the work, in the work day. Every six month until an eight hours day ia reached on June 1, 1910 and which shall be in effect thereafter. The ratification ot this agreement tonight affeot 20, (.00 men who will now return to work at once. The machinist alone have not et signed the ratification, but it is believed they will. ALEXANDER M'KENZIE DEAD. I TORONTO , Ont., June 7. Alexan der MaeKenzie, owner) of the Kirkfleld stable and one of the best known racing men upon the Northern Circuit, died suddenly yesterday of appendicitis.