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A ontnt OOVIM THI MOHNINCJ riLO ON THI LOW! OOLUMBIA NO 144. VOLUME LXIII, ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS M: ... difefeti mm DEFENSE First Direct Testimony Of- fcrcd by Defense. ORCHARD ON THE STAND Defense Attempted to Show Stou nenberg Murder Was Inspir ed by Mine Owners. COURT RULED WITH DEFENSE Stttt Fought the Admission of Certain Testimony But Wars Overruled Or thard Waa Calm and Cool it Em on th Witness Stand. ItDlSK, Juus 23,-The llr.t direct tes (iinoiiy, in Haywood's defend, u of frlril today, nd It was chiefly directed luMaiil showing liml Orchard, blaming Steuurnbrrg, fur tli o of kit tutor t lu Hid Jtorvulr mine, had threatened tu I revenged by killing hi in ,nd that lbs conduct of Orchard ami K. U Sterling, Iwlh before the Independence explosion, when they wore frequently M-n together and afterward when Sterling called oil the, bloodhound that fulluwlng Orchard' trail, juotifled the liitereiice tlml the mine owner had lii'plrcd the crime. Tlie railing of tb flrt wltnc for the dcfi'HM" was pre ceded by a further examination of Or chard, to complete lU formal iniH'iii'liliig question. These question were' nearly all In connection with the claim that Orchard killed Steunenberg because of au lilted grudge growing out rtf the Sale of hi interest In I he tluivule mine. Orchard who came into court under tint name lining aqtmilron of guard, that alway net a hi ecort nmiiitnined hi old calinne of manner and Hike lu th auie low inune.i 'ift tone, lie again denied that lie ever rfW threatened to kill Steunenlierg because of the llcrcule initio, and aguin averted that he had old hi interest in the mine, two yearn before the troulde that drove him out of Northern Idaho. Two witnesses called later in the day, wore that Orchard did threaten to kill Steun enberg because of the llercule matter and the defend hut prepared the way for the tetimony from a down or mure witncse. The two heard today were F. 11 Jtedd, once of Cripple Creek ami now of Goldflcld, mid the other waa Charle A. Sullivan, formerly of Cripple Creek nnd now u watchman of the Brown Hotel in Denver. Cro-examui Btlon ahowvd that liotli men were mem ber of the Western Federation of Mill cm mid that Sullivan waa a friend of Haywood, Moyer and many of the uu- Ion leader at Cripple Creek. : Dr. T, L. McGee, a mining broker oi the Coeur d'Alene, another liupeachlng wltne, woie that Orchar told him In 11104, nt Wallace, that ho waa a spot ter for a detective agency. Orchard denied thi conversation and denied he was In lldnho at any time in 11104. Several more witnesses, principally women, who kept lodging houses, at Cripple Creek, located Orchard nt the various conference with Sterling, a de tective of the Mine Owners' Asaociu tion, prior to the Independence explos ion and there waa a further showing as to the meeting between Orchard and D, C. Scott, detective for the Florence nnd Cripple Creek Railway. Another witness told of the effort to locate the men guilty of the Independence station outrage by starting a bloodhound from th chair rung used In pulling off the ftploslon, lie said the dog took the .f'Tood to Colorado Springs, the one over which Orchard fled In the night and that when he reported to Sterling, he got orders to call tlie dog off. Sterling; said h knew who blew up the elation and later ald Steve Adsin had done so lit state fought the adinMon of the bloodhound story and alo opposed ad mission of tvldrne covering the general features of the Colorado labor war, but In both lindane the court ruled with the defense. . VALE WINS FROM lfABVABD. .NKW HAVKK. Conn.. June l8.-On 9 the if ret n field of Yale Universltr. the - " r i ale team cru-hlngiy defeated Harvard this afternoon In the second game the series, by score of 14 to fl. Thl means the team play off the tie In New tork on Saturday, CABMEN INDICTED. SAV KIlASTISiY). June M The grand jury has found IndletmenU against Kuiloiph KclimlU and John Kyle, bo to carmen, and Oeorire Peterson, e. team ster, who participated In the attack, with loaded ga pipe end revolver, on the etreetcar men on Sunday night. HELLO CIKLS SYMPATHY STRIKE. 1IUTTE, Mont., June 25. The tele phone girls of the Rocky Mountain Dell Telephone Company struck today In sympathy with the linemen of Utah, Idaho end Wyoming. The local eystem is parallsed. ' IMPEACH SENIOR IfUNZIO NAZI ROME, dune 23. The committee of the Chamber of Deputies hat reported in favor of Impeaching Senior Nunilo Nail the former minister of public Instruc tion who i charged with absconding with fKKi.oiX) from the state treasury. MISSING SEAMAN'S BODY FOUND. WASHINGTON', June 2S.-The finding f what niay prove to be the Iwdy of Seaman Frank II. i'lumlre of Mabton, Washington, one of the men drowned from the Minnesota's launch wa re ported to the Navy Department today. SEEK TO CONTROL Socialist Struggle for Control of Miners' Federation. CRISIS IN FIGHT IS REACHED Final Vote To Decide Whether Or Not the Western Federation Will Remain With Industrial Workers of the World or Form Another Association. DKNVF.tt, Juno 25. The cri-!a in the fight auuinst Acting Tivsident C, F. Ma honey, of the Western Federation of Miners was reached today when the clnuiie of his report In regard to the In' Jutrial Worker of the World was tnk en up in the Federation convention Vincent St. John, of (iohlfleld, Nev., led the attack upon tho acting president. It is conceded that the fight is an inci dent in tho struggle foe control of the Federation by the Socialist party. The ehuir, in announcing the question before the convention, said that the flnul vote on dhe adoption or rejection of the presi dent's report, will decide whether the 'ederatlon will remain with the Indu- rlal Worker of the World, or will withdraw and form another great In dustrial union organization. In the discussion of the mutter tody, St. John upheld the ue of the Injunc tion In his arraignment of the acting oflU'ials uf the Federation. The injunc tion Is a court weapon he had always denounced as a club created for the exclusive use of the capitalist class, but he admitted he hns used tills weapon to guln possesion of the records of the Industrial Workers of the World, after Mahoncy and others had taken charge of the machinery of the organization. St. 'John charged that Mahoncy stop ped nt nothing to gain control of the Industrial Workers and ifrceze out the Socialists. Ho said Mnhoney employed thugs and even an expert safcblower to get possession of the records of the In dustrial Workers. i USE THE TELEPHONE Western Union's' Advice To Patrons. TELEGRAMSAREMAILED Strikers Discover That Public Business is Being Sent Over Private Wires. U. P. OPERATORS MIX IN Several Union Pacific Operators Have Been Diacharged For Interfering With Western Union Commercial Tele grapheri and Railroad Operators Agree KAN FRANCISCO. June 25.-A bulle tin iued by the Press Committee of the Telegraphers Union tonight eay. a evidence of the inability of the Western Union to handle the business offered It by the public, l hey have noti fied their customers to ue the tele phone wherever possible. The state ment say that report ha reached hesdiiuarters, that 200 telegrams have ''Disappeared from the overland divis Ion of the operating room of the West ern Union office, in Chicago. This would Indicate that the lminc is being mailed from Chicago. The strikers dis covered toay that public messages were Iwdng handled over private wires. President Small has notified the brok ersge firm who have permitted out wiiler to use their wire ifor public busi nes, that unless the practice is stop ped ,their operators would become In volved In the strike. The Southern Pa cifto officials have discharged several operators on a complaint from Chief Operator Jey of the West Oakland office of the Western Union, on the charge that they had Interferred with the working of the Western Union wire. The Commercial Telegraphers' Union and the Order of Railway Telegraphers have working agreement. Should the incrimination continue there is grave danger of the Southern Paciflo operators becoming Involved. EARTHQUAKE IN CURAC0A. CARACAS, June 22. via WlllemsUd, Island of Curacoa, June 25. A strong earth shock lasting three eecondB, was felt In the Federal districts at 115 a. m., yesterday. No damage was done. CABRERA'S SABINET RESIGNS. CARACAS, June 25. The Cabinet re- Igned today, owing to the action of Congress In condemning the policy of the Ministry of Finance. The heads of the departments are transacting the gove rnment business. FAINTS AFTER SAVING BABY. NEW YORK, June 25. Shouts of glee from Howard Meeks, 4 years old, at the Ight of the flames after he set fire to the bed clothing in a room in his parent' apartments in the third floor of 218 Greene avenue, last evening, at tracted Mrs. Frank Meeks, bis mother, In time t save the child from probable death. Howard had ben playing with matches and accidentally started the blaze. By the time Mr. Meeks reached him his levity had given way to fright, for the somke was filling his lungs. The mother picked the child up and staggered to a hallway, where she fainted from the shock and the effect of the smoke. She probably would have remained there to suffocate had not Patrolman Smythe, attached to head quarters, seen the smoke coming ifrom the windows. He ran upstairs and car ried Mrs. Meeks and the baby, who also wos unconscious, to safety. They were soon revived. ' FAMILY KILLED BY TRAIN. SALT LAKE, June 25Schofleld Kershal, hi wife end two daughter were killed o the Oregon Short Line tbl afternoon, near Laton. While driving cros the track In a buggy they were struck by the Los Angele Limited on the San Pedro route which use the O. S. L. track between Ogden and Salt Lake. PROFIT IN ONIONS. Texas Farmers Netted Saw to the Acre on Bermuda Variety. AUSTIN, Texas, June 25.-The re- turns from this season' Bermuda onion crop in Texas are in. The record show that approximately $840,000 net profits were realized by th growers. The total acreage waa about 2000. The average profit to the acre were Z-SCIENTIST LOST HER FAITH. CHICAGO, June 23. Despondent be- cauHt sue bad allowed ber oaua in Chrhttlan .Science to waver and had con- tilted a physician, Mrs. Caroline Mar tin Howell cut her throat with a razor and died shortly afterward, according to evidence mibmiUed today to coroner's TROUBLE IN CENTRAL AMERICA. WASHINGTON, June 25.-The State Department today received a cablegram front th American Minister at Guate mala City, stating that the situation in Salvador is dimiuieting, and that Guatemala and Salvador are sending troop to the front. FRENCH YACHT WINS. KIF.L, Germany, June 25 The French yachtsmen will carry the French cup home with them. The French challeng er Ar Men, won again yesterday in nasty jqually weather. Time of win ner, 3 hours, 40 minutes, 15 seconds. Portland Prisoner Arraigned Be fore Judge Cleland. URDER IN FIRST DEGREE "Sweetheart, Don't Talk To That Man Anymore," Were the Words Which Cause Herbert His Life Were Heard By Reynolds Over the Telephone. "Sweetheart, don't talk to that man anymore. These words cost George Ilibbins his life. They were spoken behind an open telephone, through which Mrs. C. H. Reynolds was talking to her husband, leclaring she could not meet him at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, as she had arranged. , Rcyonds was arraigned before Judge Cleland this morning. Deputy District Attorney Adams read the information charging him with murder in the first legree by having killed George Herbert Hibbins, sometimes known as Professor George Herbert. Reynolds was allowed until July 10 to move or plead. He was represented by Attorney Charles J. Schnabel. The prisoner was cool, and did not show nervousness nor worry. Mrs. Rey nolds waa not in the courtroom, al though she visited her- husband at the county jail yesterday. Attorney Scha- nel this morning gave the official state ment of Reynolds, telling in detail the movements that led up to the killing. The lawyer oaidi "In the first place, let me say that Reynolds claims that his wife was true to him, even though Hibbins may have forced his attentions upon Mrs. Reynolds at various times. Attorney Schnabel announced in court this morning that lie was anxious to have the, case tried at the September term of court. The vacations of the cir cult judges begin June 20th, so it can not be tried before fall. The attornev If WE IN GRAFT CASES Claim Graft Indictments Are Invlaid.' MOVETO FREE GRAFTFRS Contend That The Graft Grand Jury Ceased to Lawfully Ex 1st in January. CASE CONTINUED TO TODAY Judge Lawler Said If the Grand Jury Haa No Existence Its Indictments Are Invalid New More Was Made By the Glass Attorneys. SAN FRANXCIISCO, June 25. All of the grounds, urged by the defense in support of the notion, to set aside the bribery indictments, against Vice Presient Glass of the Pacific States Telephone A Telegraph Co. and other big corporation officials were retired to a comparative insignificance today by the appearance of a new contention predated and argued by the Glass at torneys. Briefly stated, the charge is. that all of the acta performed by the present grand jury, since a date early in January of this year, are invalid be cause the present grand jury ceased lawfully to exist when the new grand jury list ifor 1907 was certified by the county judges. The undisputed fact are, when a new list was certified in January, the Oliver Grand Jury was in the midst of the bribery graft invest! gation and was not discharged. Instead it was continued in existence under . belief that having been selected in the fall of 1906, it could legally exist for 12 months, or until the fall of 1907. Judge Lawler in commenting on the merits of the contention, stated that if the grand jury hag no existence, its indictments are invalid. He said the court would welcome any further light the counsel might be able to afford and continued the case until tomorrow morning. RUSSIAN OFFICERS ARRESTED. LONDON, June 25. A dispatch to a News agency from Odessa, says it is authoritatively reported that 60 officers of the Southern Military District, sev eral of them connected with the Odessa Garrison, have been arrested. MURDER AND SUICIDE. BELLINGIIAM, Wash., June 25. F. R. Walker, proprietor of a bakery and confectionery at 708 Holly street, shot and instantly killed his wife yesterday afternoon and turned his gun on him self. He was taken to the hospital and will die. Walker was jealous of the attention paid his wife by other men, and the tragedy was the culmination of a bitter quarrel.1 YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. Coatf League. At San Francisco Portland 1, Oak land 2. At Los Angeles Log Angele 2, San Francisco 0. Northwest League. At Butte Butte 0, Aberdeen 2. At Spokane Seattle 7, Spokane 5. . stated that he had traced the $200 dia mond ring that Ilibbins had given Mrs. Reynolds, but she returned it, fearing her husband . would notice it. She is said to have given the musician a hand some opal pin. MILWAUKEE TO CENTRAL AMERICA American Government Sends Cruiser Be cause of Disturbed Conditions. WASHINGTON, June 25-The pos siblity of erioua trouble arising in Ceo tral America, growing out of the dis turbed conditions exinting there, inci dental to ; the slleired ambition of President Zelayst to form a union of the Central American states ha caased the American government to dispatch the cruiser Milwaukee to that locality. MOONSHINERS CAPTURED. ASHEV1LLE, NV CJ' June 23. Tho party of revenue officers who had a fight with moonshiners in Stokes County on Friday last returned here today, having captured 35 moonshiner and destroyed 13 illicit Stills; FIVE MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS. WILUAMSPORT, Pw June 25.-Rve men were blown to atoms in an explo sion in the Sinnemahoning Power Man ufacturing Company' plant at Sinne mahoning tbia morning. They are Ed ward Cole and his son Harry, Bill Moore Summerson, J. B. Nelson and Samuel Shadman. Two. men were slightly hurt by flying debris. I CLUBS FORCED TO CLOSE. LISBON, June 25. The government as a result of the political agitation has closed the Republican clubs. WILL LAY TRACKS TO MINE. PARRAL, Mex., June 25. The Veta Colorado Mining & Smelting Company has recently purchased 10 tons of steel rails to be laid for the underground work in its Quebradillas mine. FIRST BASEMAN BURNETT SOLD. ST. LOUIS, June 25. The St Louia National have secured First Bsseman Burnett, of the Tacoma team. It is stated that his release cost $2250. FUNSTONS ATTITUDE Explains His Stand on the Par ade Matter. THREATS TO TAKE HIS LIFE Says There Are Many Estimable Men On Fourth of July Committee But for the Blatherskites He Doesn't Care a Whoop In H SAX FRANCISCO, June 25. The Bulletin today prints a statement from General Funston in reference to the cor respondence between himself and the Fourth of July committee regarding the parading of the troops on the Fourth, in which Funston is quoted as saying; . "I understand there was much dis sension in the. Fourth of July commit tee, in regard to my letter, There are many estimable men in the, organiza tion but for the 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 thiilks with the great moneyed interested banded together the working- : men must organize for their own protec tion. It would not be ifor this class, he says, that the trouble would come, but as sure as the soldiers were to appear on the streets, they would be insulted. Funston says in all the time he has been stationed in San Francisco, he has had no difficulty, but within the past two months he haa received about 20 anonymous communications threatening his death. Such communications, he concludes, could not but help to affect his attitude. JULIUS JACOBS DEAD. SAN 'FRANCISCO, June 25.-Jullus Jacobs, sub-treasurer of the United States at San Francisco, died suddenly yesterday at his home. He had been in office 12 years.