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VOLUME LXIII, NO 136. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS PEABODY ON THE STAND Gov. Peabody Corroborates ? Orchard's Stoiyf f ihinimNFiunTiiFSiUY Judge Wood Goes to Caldwell on Monday to Postpone Orchard Trial. VINDICATOR BOMB IN COURT PrOMcutloa Produced At Evident Sub stantiating Orchard's Story tha Or Iruti of Six New York Drafts Which Wtr Purchased bjr Haywood. WISE, June 15. In aupport of It C4MI against Haywood, too tt today submitted, tbs testimony of n oven down wltne., tending to eonflrw lev. eral detail of tit tory of Hurry Or chard and tt adjournment, announced It would ! It r next week. Th nmMinrcmtnt m to th forlnIo of th prosecution' ea wee e surprise to tli iMhimi and It w clearly pleae Ing to tin primmer and hi eounel. It ram m rt.pnt to tha question from th defn fur notice from th elate ti to th Unit It should assemble It wltncsse, and Senator Bomb who poke for bl tiila gav next Wednesday a the tlm. Ha later explained that h had given an early day In order to avoid (May ami a th trial now eland ad journed until Tuesday morning, the proMK-utiiin would not be abl to con elud before the end of the week. Among today' wituesae wer farmer Governor peabody nd hi daughter Mi Cow, but neither were on the atand very long. ' V It -was anticipated that the defense would extensively cross-examine Gov ernor IV body and open the entire con tention involved In the Colorado labor law, but th noon rcea conference of tha counsel for the defense decided It would fa better tactic to refrain from doing o. Against a sustained fire of objection and motion to trike out and '"Vng with a record pa nigra plied with expioti by the defense to th rullnir of Judge Wood, tha prosecution ue eeeded In securing the admlslon of much evidence bearing on the main point of Orchard' tale; flint, there wa the showing that Steve Adami, atramled at Ogden in June, 100,1, on hi way home from California, where It I alleged he went to kill Bradley, lent a telegram to Haywood, at Denver, for money. ' Next It howed by the original of ix draft on New York bank, five of which were purchased t the First Na tlonal Bank, of Denver bv Haywood hlmaelf, that during 1004, 1(105 and 1000, monev wa frennentlv remitted bv Tlav. wood to Sinipkln, a former member of the executive board ' of the Western Federation of Miner, who a "Simmons" eame to Caldwell with Harry Orchard and assisted in the first atempt to kill Stenticnberg. The last; draft , ent In January, lifter the murder, wa cashed by Mr. Sltnpklns, presumably after Slmpkln had fled, After that emo the , .1 II. .1 ,11. . . production oi me mattered and twined fragment of the device by which the Vindicator bomb wa act off and till led to an extended Inquiry by the de fend Into the condition and event een teeing about Cripple Creek during the strike and martial law day. Th dfene tried to how tluit there had been an unwarranted deportation of union miner, that the calling of the militia - wa unwarranted, that the union atore had been looted, that the agentt of the mine owner had com-1 milted act of violence and Incited oth er to violence, that the union miner had been flogged and driven from their home and that the peace officer eon trolled by the mlno owner had em ployed deputies who were gun fighter thug and criminal. tfext the state completed the legal Hfttory of the Peabody bomb, first by showing it wa dug out of the ice on the Couer d'Alene liver, , then, It wn brought to Hol and taken on to Den ver and latly tb Identifying of It lug In court, by th lumbar who mad It, The I'ealMMly family wer pretent Our Ing tbl testimony and watehetf the bomb every moment it tu displayed beror the wilne und. , men tne lat once mor took up tha thread of Orchard' itory and nieefully offered the testimony of Mi raauody to In Incident related by Orchard, whert be and Adam followed tha peabody ear riag home, tha vldnc of Governor Feabody that he had err Orehard I if Canon City and that ha had repaired to h house. Orchard testified, the les Umony howlng that at 'varlou time In IDOS Haywood, Pettlbons and Orchard wer en together, the gentra! confir mation wa by WlllUm Vaughan, of th trip, Orchard and Vaughan made to Canon City, and ; latly, proof that Steve Adama waa at Poeatello In Sep tember, preumbly to meet and throw TetUbona done" at carload of non union miner. Judge Wood i to go to Caldwell, Monday, to continue th eaa of Harry Orchard charged with tb murder of Governor Stonnanlierg and then will be so aoMlon of th court hart on that day. Orchard will 1 taken to Cldwll to make a formal ap pearance when hit ca la called. TESTEKDArS BASEBALL SCORES. Cot League. At San Frnclco 8an FranHeo 1, Oakland 2 (IS Inning). Ifortbweat League. At Seattle Seattle 0, Aberdeen 0. At Spolane Spoken 8, Vancouver 11. At lhitte-Biitt 0, Tacoma 5. , FUEOIST TURNS EDITOR. JACKSON. Kt.. June 18,-Judne Hariri. th noted feudlat. ha decided to enter th jourUtio field. He will revlv the Jackwa lluitler," detryed by fir recently. Attorney C H. Pol Urd. of Jackoot will U editor In-chief. UTAH SllGARMERGER Utah Company , and Two , Idaho Concerns Combine. UTAH-IDAHO SUGAR COMPANY Eaatern Stockholder Approve of Plant For Mergerftand Fix Exchange Rate Preferred Stock luut Flied At Tea Million Common Tare Million. SALT LAKE CITY, June 15.-Oeneral Manager Ditler, of the Utah Sugar Com- pny, Idaho Sugar Company, and the Went em Idaho Sugar Company, an nounce thkt the Eaatern ttockholder In the three corporation have approved the plan for their consolidation. It I iinimxed to merger the compamei un der the name of the "Utah-Idaho Sugar Company," to Uue $10,000,000 preferred and f.1.000,000 common atock and ex change for old tock on the following hali Utah Sugar preferred, flO per hrej Idaho Sugar preferred, and Wetem Idiiho, $12.50 per hare. . WHITELAW REID HONORED. UjONDON, June 15. Whltelaw Reid, the United State tmbaswidor to Greet Britain i Mark Twain and Hudyard Kipling are among the ditinguiehed men on whom honorary degree will be con ferred by Oxford University on June 20, The lit tlfia year U exceptionally ong In honor of th inatniiation of Lord Curcon Into the chancellorship. Prince Arthur of Comutught, Prime MiuiHter Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, Admi ral Beresford and Augtute Kmtm, prea- lunt of the International Society of Fine Art, are among other notable to be honored with degree. FEDERAL MEAT PROBE. Rising of Price Has Been Called to the Attention of the President. WASHINGTON, June 15-The general raining of price of dressed meats throughout the country ha been called to the attention of the President. It 1 more than likely that he will insti tute an Investigation through the De partment of Justice, The purpos of auoh an Inquiry would be to ascertain whether the boosting of price i due to natuml causes or whether there has been collusion on the part of t meat magnate that might come under the provision of tho Sherman Trust bill. THE HAGUE CONFERENCE Secoml International Con ference In Session ; DEVOID OF INCIDENT Head of Russian Delegation Was Unamlously Elected President His Speech a Warning. ROOSEVELT'S NAME CHEERED M. KelidoS'a Speech Show That Russia la Determined To Keep Conference Within Her Program and Line Up With tiermany and Auttria. THK HAGUE, June 15. The seoond international peace conference opened thin afternoon. Th , ion butted ear-ely 20 minute and wa devoid of any incident outsld of tha prearranged program. It consisted : simply or a tbwt peB of welcom by Dr. Van let Van Goudrlan, the . NctherUnd' foreign minlter, the adoption of a reso lution of greeting to Emperor Nicholas and Queen Wilhelniitia and eagerly awaited the pech of'.M. Kelidoff, bead of the RiiMian delegation who wa un animously elected preident. ' ' ' Th keynote sounded by Nelldoff in behalf of Russia wa a crushing blow to th I'aci&rUUA There wa no mincing of words and the ultimate disarmament and Inauguration of universal peace was relegated to the land of dreams. Strip ped of Its fine phase, the speech la con sidered a deliberate warning to the con ference to keep down to earth, to con tinue the work of the conference toward alleviating the horror of war and nar rowing the chance of conflict by open ing wider, tha door of arbitration and to aim toward "Conciliation and jut- ttce." The view that th power abould study the question of lesenlng military establishments, wa not even mentioned. The speech clear the atmosphere and hops that Russia is determined to try to keep the conference within her pro gram and so far a the discussion it concerned (he line up with Germany and Austria, In face of this initial re verse, it remain to be teen what the power favoring the consideration of mailer armament will do. In th speeche today the reference to Presi dent Roosevelt were greeted with ap plause, and General Horace Porter and the other American representative were showered with congratulations, SICK JUS0S IN COURT. Brought Into Court On Stretcher Idaho Land Fraud. MOSCOW, Idaho, June 15.-Juror 3. W. Robinson wa brought Into court on a tretcher to enable him to listen to instruction from Judge Dietrich in the North Idaho land conspiracy case today. The man made such a phenomenal rally during the night that the attending phy sician said he could go into court. Robinson insisted on doing so, declar ing that he did not want to keep his fellow juror tied up any longer. The instructions lasted several hours. The sick man stood the ordeal with remark able fortitude. He Interrupted proceed ing out once and F"a to ask for a drink of water. He was accompanied by a trained nure, and physician. Up to 2 o'clock no word come from the jury- room. A humriurv is the best the de- fendants can look for. PRESIDENT DECLINES INVITATI0N.iritual be adopted, doing away with all BOSTON, June 15. Because he al ready has one engagement in New Eng land this summer l'resident Roosevelt has declined the invitation to attend the Old Home Week celebration here the last of July. The Information is con tained in a letter from the President just received by Governor Guild. The other engagement is the dedication of the Pilgrims' monument at Province- town. MYSTERY BEING SOLVED. Identity of Dayton, Wash., Suicide Be ing Ettabllahed. DAYTON, Wah.; June 15.-H I thought that the mystery of a uk!de cH-t her In Augut, 1905, haa at but been brought to light. When the man, who gave hi name a W. M. Lalne, wa found dead In hi room In the Oreat VVetern Hotel of this city, hi clothe er found to have been purchased in Kllensburg, Wash., and a picture wa taken of Mm and sent to the authorities of, that place, but they were unable to Identify him, and tb ease was quite forgotten until lately by the statement of the officer that they can positively Identify the photograph a that of Thorn Dawson, a property-owner of F.llensburg, who disappeared about the time of the suicide, and ha never been heard of ainee. A man named Lewi ha been arrested on the chtrg of forging lJawson' name to a deed conveying the property to himself. City Mrhal Dorr left for Ellensburg today to testify that the original of th photo wa the man who committed suicide thre month be fore the execution of the deed. I4VOOOWO PENITENTIARY. New York Will Have MTodel Prison For Short Term Priaoner. JfEW YORK, Junel5.-The city ha accepted from a jury of archltecta a de sign for new ROOO.OOO penitentiary on Ryker' Inland. The successful arch itect r Trowbridge and Livingstone. The plan call for . a penitentiary where may be confined the abort term prlsonera. The prison will be a model of It kind and one of the largest In the world. There are to be 2.000 cell in the building. Among the feature will be a powerful searchlight, by whlrfc when an "escape" I sounded, tb whole island and rlveer may be Illuminated. DIH DISSOLVED Czar Signs Imperial Ukase Abo lishing Parliament ORDERS ELECTION OF NEW ONE Election Ordered Under New Law Which Provide Against "Submenrence of Educated CUaae By the Uneducated Masses" Law Breach of Constitution. ST. PETERSBURG, July 16 2 P. M.) The lower house of parliament haa been dissolved. Emperor Nicholas affixed hi signature this morning to the Imperial Ukase abolishing the present Dounuv and or dering, the election of member to it uccessor, which is to meet November H, to be held under the new law, which provides against "Submergence of Edu cated Classes ,by the Uneducated Masses," The action constitute a vir tual coup d'etat and override the fun damental law solemnly proclaimed by His Majesty on the eve of the convoca tion of the first Douma, which declare that the electoral law can never be changed without the consent of parlia ment itself. " Thi breach of the constitution is justified by the great law of necessity, advisor of .Emperor holding that it is Impossible under the present conditions to secure a parliament capable of co operating harmoniousry with the crown and to rescue Russia from anarchy and revolution. New of the dissolution was received at 2:04 thi morning, , , . MINERS' CONVENTION. Western Federation Receives Many Sug gestions and Communications, DENVER, June 15. The convention of the Western Federation of Miners spent the entire morning listening to communications. Among the communi cations wa one from- the Globe, Aria., Miers' Union, susifestinir that a new sign ana passwords. t . y Another communication was received J from a member of the Federation In Las Animas county, Colo., asking that the Federation Investigate the killing of Alexander Obrenski, an organiser of the Federation, by Juan Eskunas, at Rug by, Las Animas county, about a month ago. It waa alleged at the time that the murder occurred in a barroom row, but the communication indicated that it was a resuH of a conspiracy. THE REMOVAL m ujitz Graft Prosecution Want a New Mayor. MOVE TO CONTROL CITY Supervisors Vill Declare Schmitz Unable to Properly Perform His Duties as Mayor. DINAN WILL 8E OUSTED When Graft Prosecution By Shrewd Moves Get Control of City Affairs a Long List of Official Heads Wfll Fall First Will Be Chief of Police Dinan. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.-A fore shadowed by District Attorney Langdon this morning by hi opposition of ' the admittance of Mayor Schmitz to bail, it ia the purpose of the bribery graft prosecution, to next week act about to get the removal of Schmitx and the appointment of -a new Mayor- to serve until June, 1908. If the present plans are not altered the course of procedure will be: The board of supervisors, comprising at least 13 member, subject to indictment bribe-taker at the hand of the Oliver grand jury, will de clare Schmitz temporarily unable to properly perform the dutiea of the office of Mayor. Supervisor Gallagher will be elected preaideut pro tem of the board and a such will become acting Mayor, the resignation of one of the 18 super visor will follow and Gallagher will appoint to the vacancy a reform man picked by the prosecution. Gallagher will then resign and the new man will be elected president pro tem and assume the Mayoralty. Next will fall the heads of a long list of officials, among the first being, it is understood, Chief of Police Dinan. HORSE IN A TENEMENT. Mounted Policeman Rides Through the Building After Holdup Man, BROOKLYN, June 15. Riding bis horse at full speed through the hallway of a tenement house Mounted Policeman Winkelman, of Jamaica, late yesterday afternoon, captured a man who a few moments before had participated in a during attempt at a uayiigtit naid-up, Merando Alfredo, .18 year old, of 85 Rockawav road ,and a man known as "Tony," entered the saloon at 95 South street, Jamaica, and called for drinks which were served by Marie Felao. who at the time wa in charge and alone in the place. , After drinking they demanded $10 of the woman, "Tony" drawing a pistol and threatening to kill her if she did not comply with their demand. The woman's cries for help brought two men from the street Alfredo and "Tony" fled with the two men in pur suit. , winkelman joined in the chase and saw Alfredo run into the hallway of a house on feouth street, wmkelman rode W horse on a run through the hallway and arrested Alfredo in the yard at the rear. Tony" escaped. When Alfred was searched a stiletto and four cartridge were found upon him. He was held for examination without bail on charses of attempted robbery, threaten ing to kill and carrying a concealed weapon. UNIFORM ACCOUNT SYSTEM. Railroads Will Be Compelled To Furnish Monthly Reports. WASHINGTON, June. 15.-The Inter state Commerce Commission today pro mulgated a uniform system of accounts for Tailroads, provided for under the railroad rate law passed at the last session of Congress. The system will go into effect, July 1, covering operating revenue and operating expenses ,and thereafter- railroads will be compelled to file monthly reports. The method adopt ed is intended to secure a correct sys- tem . of bet revenue from operations, snd I expected to result in keeping the cost of Improvement out of operating expenses, and therefore excluding them from the cot of performing current business,'.;'..; : Tb expense of soliciting traffle U separated from th expense of hauling traffj. Tlie construction account re ta be so drawn that a euirent record of the physical value of railway property ia always accessible, . BISPHAM WITH HARRERSTEIS. ; ' NEW YORK, June 11. David Ele phant, the singer who haa just arrived here from, Europe, has announced that he will sing here next seaon under th management of Oscar Hammewtein, Mr. Bispbant said that it is probable that the opera "The Virsr of Wakefield by LU Lebmann, would be sung hers during the season. , - COLFAX BUY BLOODHOUNDS. COLFAX, Wash, June 15. Two full blooded ' Cuban bloodhound wer brought to Colfax from Spokane today by Sheriff Fred S. Ratliff. The pup are Ave month old ,nd were aired by Brady one of Harry Draper famou dog. The pupa, eo-t $.50 each, and will be trained at once by RatlifTs deputies. A kennel haa been built at the courthouse, and ft close watch will be kept of the dogs. MRS. MCKINLEY'S ESTATE. CANTON, Ohio. June 15 Mrs. M. C. Barber, sister of Mrs, McEJnler. and sole heir, wa yesterday appointed ad ministratrix of Mrs, McKinley estate, which i valued at $135,000 in personal property and $67,000 in real estate. Thi ia exclusive of the estate of the Presi dent, which by will goea to hi direct heirs, Mr. Duncan and Mis Helen Mc Kinley of Cleveland and Mr. Hermanu Barber. UNITED WRECKED Oriental Limited Wrecked West of Palermo. SEVENTEEN PERSONS INJURED Nine Cars Plunge Down 15-Foot Em bankment and All But Mallear Burned Fireman Jumped and Was Injured In the Foot . MTNOT. S. D.. June 1.1 Serentiwn person were injured In the wreck of tne east-bound Oriental Limited on the Great Northern Railway, west of Pal- ermo, this morninsr. Nine cars nlunrcd down a 25-foot embankment and all but the mallear burnea. Engineer James Loneevan went down with hia enirine. but escaped injury. The fireman jumped ana nurt his foot. The injured included T. j. Skull, Seattle; William Johnson, ' Saskatchewan. FISHBOAT CAPTURED. HALIFAX N. S, June 15. The gov ernment cruiser Canada today seixed the American fishing schooner Fannie E. Prescott, upon the charge of fishing in side the three-mile limit, The Canada is towing the Prescott to Halifax. The Prescott is owned in Boston. PROPOSED OPERATORS' STRIKE Commercial Bodies of New York and Chicago Appeal To the President. CHICAGO, June 15. The board of trade of this city ,the New York Stock Echange and other like commercial bodies in Chicago and New York held special - meetings yesterday regarding the threatened strike of the telegraphers of the Western Union and Postal Tele- graph Companies, and today wired President Roosevelt, at Washington. asking bis intervention in the matter. The story leading up to the present- troable assigns a varying number of complaints upon the part of the opera tors employed in the larger cities of the East, their treatment by under officials being the principal one. Continued appeals to the executive bod ies of both companies has failed to brinir about any satisfactory solution and the operator sought mean by which thev could seek redresa hence the formation of the union, which tha union claims now practically numbers 95 per cent of the entire working staff of the operating Jepartment of both companies.