The Oregon daily journal., February 24, 1906, Image 1

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GOODTEVEIIiriG
THE WZATHER,
'. ' Rain .tonight and Sunday;
easterly winds. t . ,' ! t
VOL; IV.. NQ. 805
Kenyon Military Academy j at
Gambler, Ohio, Destroyed This
; Morning by Fire of Incen- :
-::. " V-; -diaT-y Origin. Ti ? i; Vf :
THREE BOYS ARE LOST -
. AND MANY-ARE INJURED
Seventy-Five Cadet. Have Narrow
Eaeape in Getting Out of Burning
Dormitorjr-r-Fou, -ofthe College
. 'Building .Are- Burned to the
Ground.
Jearsl Special Serrfce.)
Gambler. O.. Feb. It. Three-atui
. Joat-thelrveeytBree-there-were - fa-
tauy hurt and a number of other se
riously Injured In a Are which totaUy
, ' destroyed Kenyon military academr thla
morning. Seventy-flve atudanta had a
: . narrow escape from tha dormitory. Four
-. large ' buildings were destroyed. . The
lira apparently waa Incendiary In origin.
' Thoee atudanta believed to be dead In
. the rulna are: - r - - - -:
' Jamea. J. Fuller, l aged t, Warren,
unto. i
, J. Edward Henderaqn, ged It, Indian
a polls, Indiana. ' ".
Wlnfleld Bcott Kunkle, agedl. Ashte-
Among those fatally Injured la F. R.
mmm
l FU1H5
- Saleway, master, of Adrian, Michigan.
' Tha Are broke - out ahortly before
. daylight In the dormitory and spread
with great rapidity, fanned by a atlS
breese. The alarm waa Bounded and tha
atudenta. eacaped In their night clothes.
' Tha flaraea caught adjacent structures,
all of them substantial brluk and atone
bulldlnga, and, all burned to tha ground;
"T'i The origin of the Mr la supposed to
" be Incendiary, probably atarted by aoma
- - -Mscharged employe; Bat little could
- he done to save tha bulldlnga on ao-
count of their isolation and Insufficient
water . aupply. Bo . quickly did tha
(lamea spread that but little' could be
saved. Thar student lire " brigade - re-
ponded to tha , alarm- and aaalated In
rescuing their comrades, but their ef
fort to control the . blase were Inef
fectual. . j ' 'r - t
-THREE FATALLY CRUSHED; !
t, real Fasaenger Strike Trolley aid
er-- 1see Are Xajuea."f ."(.!
r -ii rJoaraal Bpeetel evrvtae.! ' -' '( ;
Milwaukee, Wla.. Feb. ft. A Chicago,
Milwaukee St. Iaul paaaenger train
k truck aa-interurbaa eleotrla car at Bay-'
"view thla morning. Sixteen of tha trol
ley car passenger .were Injured, three
of them ' being fatally crushed beyond
J recognition. ; , ' -
RACE SUICIDE EliCOURilGEO
Son's Widows Will Receive Noth
ing From Estate Unless They i
Are Left Childless, f
(Jeeraal Spsdal errla. '
' Philadelphia, . Feb. 14. A provision
in tha wtl ' of John B. , Stetson, tha
millionaire hatter, which has Just been
probated. Indirectly encouragea race
sutclde. . It provides-that If either of
; hla aona should die childless, and leave
a widow, then 1100,009 will be Set aside
, from the ' oatate and Ha Income paid
i the Widow.' There are no other provl
' slons for any widow1 that may be left
by a aon, ao that If the son should die,
: leaving a widow and children, the chil
dren will fall heir to the estate of their
father, but -the widow would receive
; nothing. .
. Mr. Stetson'e widow gets the houaea
here 'and in Florida for life. Mrs. W.
fl. RoelofH. a Daughter, geta tha In
come from $100,000. The residue of
. tha great estate la to be held In trust
' and the Income given to the two aona,
John B. Stetson Jr. and O. Henry Stet
sen. Any legatee- attempting to eon
teat the will la. to loaa whatever la left
to him.. . .- - . , .... ;
CONSCIENCE FUND FOR
KILLING GRAY SQUIRREL
v j . i '-i7.
tlliwelal Dteeateh te The Jo rati. I ' ( .
--Cottage Grove, Or, Feb. 14. 3am
" Warden Baker haa received tha -follow
Ing latter:
'' "Kedlanda. Cat, Jan.'ia.-Oarae War
i den, Salem. Oregon Dear Sir: , I ahot
i a gray squirrel on tha farm. on which I
"waa working .-In Benton-eounty, and
knew I waa doing wrong at the time,
i Whit la tha fine, and shall I send It to
I youT ft. W. KOCKHEISERt
"My reaaona are that 1 am going to
"follow the true Jesus." - t--
Mr. Baker wrote him that tha Una for
; killing sliver gray squirrels la from II
, to $aoO. but If ha would aend tha mini
, mum he thought, tha atata would not go
to the trouble of bringing him here for
;'.,, f Albany BTaraerlea Xnaora--
inperial Dtopatrh In Tlie inmil.l
Albany. Or.. Feb. 14. Articles of In
corporation hare been filed of tha Al
bsnjr Nurerlesi vThe capital stock of
the new Incorporation la 11.100. Tb
board of director for the, coming yesr
la Albert Brownell, R. V. Pelrca and J.
K., House weart, ell -wf Albany . .--
south-
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'' :' W 13. . you, . leave p.ortland - j:-;
Warning Sent to Mrs. Crumb by MalL
and CroM-Bone. While'th Lower Portion I Supposed to Represent
coffin.' , ,v r, ; s r, 4,V.'
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Detectiye.T. .LRjsnvof San Fran
EDWARD IS LAUED
FOR LIFE
.a. ,r i I ... I
King of ; Enkralnd, WIII Neyef
Again Walk Withbut- the '
riAld of 'a Cane.
HIS ACHILLES TENDON S
V ASNAPPED'ON A HUNT
Truth 'About ; Report That; He Hid
Spined 'Hi Ahkle -in - .Windsor
Forest Last '. .Fall His ".Age Fori
bid Complete Recover.
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(Joaraal Saselal Serrle.)' , - i
London, Feb. 14. King Kdaiard-wUl
never walg agahr"wTlhout Ue aid of a
ha king's fall, while shooting In
Windsor foreat last November, resulted
In tha breaking of the tendon achlllea.
It waa announced at first that tha .king
had sprained hla ankle. Tha king la
1 rears old, and nature, even "with the
moat skillful assistance, cannot com
pletely repair the broken, tendon of a
man of that age, , , ? '
leaning on a stick, 'King Edward
waika very alowly, .with a pronouaeed
limp. Hla majesty leaned heavily on
crutch handles, and, atont tnalaeca
cane when, he opened parliament. Ha
could not arlaa from the throne until
tha cana waa handed him. He wears
an orthopedic Instrument Inside hla boot
to support hla ankle
Otherwise ' tha king looks In ' good
health, but la planning a quiet .restful
stay at Blarrlta. before the Mediterra
nean cruiae,' , .. . 1
DOUGLAS COUNTY BOOKlT
ORDERED EXPERTED
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f ' (Meselal XHsaateb to The JoonaL)
Roseburg. Or., Feb. 14. The county
eourt haa ordered an expert examination
of tha books of tha sheriffs office on
account of the removal of tha 1104 tax
rolla from Sheriff . McClallen'a office
during tha night and tha charge mad
by Treasurer Dlmmlck that tha eherlffe
books were not correct. The rolla were
removed to Treasurer Dimmick'a offlc
during the night and while the sheriff
was absent from town, by Deputy Bo
s' a. rd, who waa subsequently discharged,
and examined by Dlmmlck and D. R.
Bhambrook, who la a rival of Sheriff
McClallen for the nomination for eher-
If f. The court-employed J. M. Wllllama,
an attorney of Eugene, who haa ex
ported . the Lane county .books several
times, and w. T. Wright, who was cash
ier of. the First National bank here for
several years, to' do . tha work. They
oegla tha exporting next Monday., .
KILLS HIS SWEETHEART?
- AND COMMITS SUICIDE
T '. i .ii
' .IJnanal Special Serelre.) ;
' Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Feb.. 14. El
drldge Becker. aged 10, a rejected aultor
of Miss Florence Allen, aged It, forced
hla way into, tha home of - her father,
Pr. O. B. vAllen, thla morning and killed
Fl orencewwu nded "" her ;.mother - and
turned the rifle upon himself, dying in-
tantly . .'
. S m
aratte Ooaeera taoorperaassi.
(Journal apeclal rle: " ' .'
Trenton, Frb, 2 The Butte Ooal a
Iron - Mlnee -compaay- was 'incorporated
her today with an authorised stock of
f u.ooa,oo, ; 7' - ..r.;W ,
PORTLAND. : OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY ' 24, 103. SIXTEEN ' PAGES.'
v The Upper Section Show the Skull
- V:;'v':,.r - ; - 's.ie
PELEE IS ROARING
oncE r.ioRE
Martinique Rocked by - Fearful
. . Earthquakes and BomBarded
: - Whjh Volcanic Stones.
FIVE IN HOSPITAL-
RESIDENTS IN FLIGHT
Banting Mountain La Soufriere on St
: Vincent 't Island .; Also in' Eruption
-' and Horror of Four Years Ago
May Bs Repeated.;,';? '
. (Journal SperUl Serrlee.)
Barbadoes, British Indies, Feb. 14.
Mont Pelee, Martinique,, la again active
and tha Inhahltant of tha Island ax ia
terror of a recurrence of tha great erup
tions of four yeara ago: Five persons
are in tha hospital at Fort Da Franca,
who have been' struck by falling rocks
thrown up by tha volcano, and moat of
the residents of tha town' have fled for
shelter , behind the tnountalna', to the
Southward, Many houses have bean de
molished by earthquakes and tha walla
-or- many ether are tottertng.
A trading schooner which arrived to
day reports tha volcano la In violent ac.
ttotv while before tha eraat of the vol
oa no itself sailors aboard the vessel
saw molten aaad or lava pouring over
tke llpe of tha erater In overwhelming
maaaeo and rolling down over planta
tlona on the eastern slope of tha moun
tain, presumably flowing over the twice
burled city, Jt- Pierre.
' In sympathy with Mont Pelee, La
Soufriere. on the laland of St. Vincent,
is' ln; mora, violent eruption than at any
time alnoe a considerable part, of the
laland was devastated In the spring of
1101. 'Resident of Kingston are fearful
of . the worst, and. are In hourly terror
of an earthquake which will wreck the
city, even If It la spared by the vol
eanor
Two ae vera ahocks havbeen felt al
ready. The prediction that some day
one or more of thee Island will aink
beneath tha sea, seems- likely to be ful
filled. Oa St. Lucta, at Castries, the
port of the island, the wharves have
aunk five lnchea and continue to sub
side, even when tha earth aeema for tha
moment to be atllL
Buatneaa in Caatrlea I entirely aus-
pended. Tha cathedral and bank build'
Inga are all but wrecked. The walla
of many buildings are cracked and tha
aldea of many of tha houaea bulging.
A.H vaaaiala ha left -the roadstead.
loaded down with paesengera.' Tha vaat
majority who are left are In terror of
what may happen next. . ' .
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NO NEW CASES OF .
-TYPHOID AT EUGENE
(SpeeUl Dispatch to Ta JeoraaL)
Bua-ena. Or.. Feb. 14. For two days
paat no new cases of typhoid fever have
been reported to the city physician and
all Indication point to the auppoaitlon
that tha backbone of tha epldemlo haa
been broken. Only- very .email per
cent of tha 100 cases In tha olty are
severe and It la expected that bo mora
deaths will occur from tha disease If
the patients take proper care of them
selves during their eonvaiesceace. : v
VANDERBILT PULLS '
GUN ON PEASANTS
; . , . ,s , ' , . , . ."
(Jesraat fecial Service.)
Florence, Italy, Feb. 14. It now ap
pears that W K. Vanderbllt and his
wife, who are aetamea at ronaetera ror
running over a, child with their auto
mobile, were attacked after tha accident
by -peasants." Vanderbllt drew hi revolve!?-
Both master and driver were
arrested and taken to the -a tail on. Mrs.
Venderbllt waa taken to tha beat hotel
In tha towrti t J
STANDARD OIL ROGERS :
HAS NOT BROKEN DOWN
-' (Joaraal SescUi Sarrlee.) '
New fork. , Feb. 14. H. H. Roger
who-waa reported seriously 111 with
cirrhosis of tha liver, waa ao busy work
ing at hla office thla morning that he
hardly had time to deny-the reports. He
haa been In hi, office every day this
week. A 'breakdown la not Indicated
br snttolpated. . ' ,
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C00BLER CLAIMS TO BE
MARSHALL FIELD'S' HEIR
(Jeeraal Seeelal Servl.! ' ' i
Oenava, Feb. 14. A Swlaa boOtmsker
named Marshall, declaring that the late
Marshall Field waa hla .uncle, haa laid
claim to hla estate. The government
haa referred tha claim i to the Svlas
nlaislar A .Washington, v ' "
Says She Won't Leave for San
Francisco Until She Has Had
, .Turkish Bath and Cood "
rr-. ':' Dinner. . .:'" '
DETECTIVE RYAN SAYS'
; SHE IS CLEVER TALKER
Mrs. Crumb,.. Nurse Who Received
Threatening Letters, Declares Sev
eral" Were in Conspiracy and One
' Couple Was Separated by .Mrs.
Gordon's Anonymous Epistles. -
Mrs. Berth E. Gordon, who la wanted
In San ' Francisco as a fugitive from
Justice, declares thar she will not re
turn with Detective Ryan tonight un
less aha ia permitted to take a Turkish
bath before ahav leaves tha ' city. An
other demand of the ' prisoner Is that
ahe be permitted to dine thla evening
at one of tha uptown restaurants. De
tective Ryan reached Portland last
night.
Mrs. Gordon declares that aha will
have no difficulty In establishing her
innocence or any . crime In Ban Fran
claoo and doea not believe that the
charge of paaalng a worthless note will
be prosecuted.
It la said In San Francisco, however,
that tha proprietors of several hqtela
will ""prosecute ber on charges of de
frauding them Hotela In other eltlea
In California have claims -against tha
woman. It ia said.
Mrs. Gordons experiences In Baa
Francisco were almllar to those In Port
land, according to detectives, though It
la said 4 hat aha- haa not been connected
In the former city wtth exploits as aen
aatlonal as rn Portland. She waa ar
rested there last. July, for - passing, a
worthless note for $601. y
1 ' " Beteetlv Xaows Mar.
''ft htvs had quite a good deal of ex
perience with. Mrs. Gordon. said De
tective Ryan. T served the warrant of
arrest on her In July last after aha
reached Ban Francisco from Coos Bay.
Bha la aa clever a talker aa I have met
and aa shrewd a woman aa I have ever
encountered. - On. her arrival there she
had several tons of baggage, furniture.
etc. Including an expensive piano which
Gordon had bought in Portland. ; They
ware all pawned.
In my possession I have a letter' from
her to Dr. Vowinckel admitting that aha
la not tha wire of E. B. Gordon and say
ing that aha assumed his name simply
because be had been a friend -of here.
The letter was written from Reno, Ne
vada, where ahe and Gordon wera living
at tne time."
According to Mrs. Gordon the letter
la the original cause of all her trouble
and aha waa advised to write It by Gor
don himself. She protested, she says,
but ha Insisted that - no harm . would
ever, come of It and he would not have
to pay tha bill. The letter will be uaed
aa evidence against her . In Ban Fran
cisco. It follows: . ( .
' The Faxoona IVett.
"Reno, Nov., July 11. 106. Dr. Vow
inckel, Ban Francisco, Cel. Dear Blr:
On account of your absence from the
city laat week I waa unable to see you.
In reference to claim you hold on me,
what I will aay la thia: If you will
put your figures ao - that I and my
frienda can raise the funds we will
make it good. I went to your office and
hospital by myself. I am alone re
sponalble. Mr. Gordon " haa been a
friend of mine In many waya; for that
reason I aaaumed hla name. .
"Hoping to hear from you soon, I re
main very respectfully yours,
MRS. W. A. McCORD,
"Reno, Nevada."
Mrs.' Gordon declared thla morning
that ahe would Insist on two conces
sions before consenting to t return to
Ban Francisco.-
1 will not go back with Mr. Ryan
or with anybody else unleaa they let
ma have a Turklah bath," ahe aald to
day. "And they must also let me get
my dinner uptown. I'm awfully hungry
and am awfully tired of the meala they
serve here." . s i .
(Continued on Page Two.)
i THE SUNDAY
',, . "Are We to Have a Universal Language?" an Jnteresting article,; illustrated, in colors.":. ,
x William Jennines Bryan 'writes .on. the government 'of Japan..; .; '..! . ' l'uv V4 ' ' X
X ' An. article showing the strength of the labor, party, in. the new 13ptiSh parliament arjd sorne-
'' thing about the leaders.'. ! '."r ''--" -'"I,- ';' .'-.:...; ; .'.'.:.".';.'...:'. ..U
Ji-rt a t.. c a ' t . '.:n.... ..j -t. :
. - ' -, "c tiic 3uiauii rviiiuii uisciwia, 3v.icuinii. ai musiiaicvi ; in wiui 3, auunring e
1 the remarkable strength of the ant. .!.' i-.' 1, '
T -. , "N Ian 'Need Be Idle in Portland.'' , This tells of , the -work" there- isjn this section 'arid
Z --.how a job can be. secured. '"'.y . v-v-S x '-'' ,-v', ' -"''" '":-:' Pi'- 71 T r
T ' " The Japanese geisha eirl is misunderstood by rnany. 'An article, which, tells of 'her,1 life X
, and shows just what she is.
, , -For the. women, there is
"Smart New Fashions in Lingerie," and; there is a whole page
, Beautiful," by Mrs. Henry Symes
The childreh are never foreot
The children are never forgotten in The Sunday Journal. '
X.:comic pictures of .the" 'Mule Maud,", "Leander and ; Lulu" and
'Adolph From' Hamburg" and others. l-- r-r".
. . --. . m. t.. - o. j.. r. r-i.t.i-rt.jttf-
int nut juici mai iirxi ounuav xjsviu viaiiam x uimijis v threat nuvci practical mrn-
politics, "The Flum Tree,"; Will be' started in The Sunday Journal. ; , .;-.. , ,. . v f
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j. 8mator. Benjamin Tillman.
ANDREW WHITE
Former Ambassador to Germany
Startles Cornell Students
' ; With a Speech. -
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ONE OF FORTY-SIX
MURDERERS EXECUTED
..'ft -
Under Thl Condition He Declares
' It Is N Wonder Outraged Com
munities Take tha Law Into Their
.; Own Hands.. '. ,
(Joaraal Special Rervlee.l
Ithaca, N. Feb. It. Andrew r D.
White, former ambassador tp Germany,
In an address' before Cornell atudanta
laat night came oat strongly In favor of
lynching. He quoted Goldwin Smith as
aaytng that there were communltiee In
the United States where lynch law was
better than any other and 'excoriated the
maudlin protest against tha summary
disposal of murderers and ravlahera.
Ha said only one in forty-six murderer
were legally, executed
"Within tha next year," ha continued,
".00 persons will be brutally killed
or, destroyed by human hyenas. - My
sympathy goea out to them and their
families, not to the fiends who will de
stroy them. When we consider that
46 out of every 4 murderers escape
punishment. Is It any wonder that out
raged communities take measures to
protect themselves T Lynching a brute
Is on a par with stamping out a rattle
snake, and those in peril are the best
Judges of methods." '-lir' -
ALFONSO'S. FRIENDSHIPS;
SHOWN IN WEDDING GIFT
(Joersat Special Service.) ." '
Madrid, Feb. 14. It waa learned to
day that King Alfonso has ordered from
the court Jeweler aa a wedding preeent
for President Roosevelt's daughter a
richly Jeweled bracelet bearing the mot
to, "Without Rancor." Alfonso showed
the bracelet to hla mother, who tried to
influence the king to change hla mind
and not aend it Alfonso Insisted, how
ever, until Premier Moret auggested tb
the king that the present might be In
terpreted as Inopportune, and the gov
ernment could not aseume ths responsi
bility. Alfonso then decided not to
aend tha bracelet, but told Moret he waa
missing an opportunity, of proving', to
America that tha Spaniards are gallant
frienda as well aa noble enemies. . Al
fonso then sent the gift without the
motto..' ,. ' :. ',.'.. '.
JOURNAL FULL
URGES LYNCH1UG
FER TURES--HERE
much to interest them. ' Mrs. , Osborne' this Sunday wtites on-
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PRICE TWO
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TILLLIliri REFUSES
TO BE A CLOWN
While Championing Roosevelt's
Pet Measure Will Object to "
' Circus Performances. .
ANNOUNCES WILL FIGHT
FOR HIS AMENDMENTS
Expect f Nearly : Every Senator p
Take Whack at BUI but Thinks-It
Will Be Good Measure -:. When
" Through With U.:-l VVI. ; j
. f Joaraal Sneelal Srie.
rWaahfngton, Feb. 14. Despite the ln
congrulty of the situation presented by
Senator Tillman' a . championing tha
president's pet railroad rata measure),
there -Is no doubt that the fight will be
ably conducted. Tillman says; !.
"I. don't propose that hla thing le to
be turned into a circus with me for the
clown. , I'm In favor of amending the
bill In several Important featurea. I'll
fight for ray amendmente aa hard as
though I had not been made the com
mittee's mouthpiece.' I suppose -thst
nearly every senator will take a whack
at. tha bill, but X think it will' be a
good bill when we get through with
it. . ."-j ...- .. .
Senator Tillman was chosen over Dol
liver to report the bill through the votes
of Aldrich, Kean, Foraker, Crane and
McLautin. . As Dolllvsr haa conducted
the fight for the administration and la
therefore ' the - administration leader in
the committee, the selection of Tillman.
by a ' Republican majority ia a snub to
President Roosevelt and an affront to
Dolllver.by the railroad senators.' The
unusual spectacle lsvpresented of a' Re
publican - measure which paaaed the
house., by a large Republican majority.
iainerea oy m nepuDncan ' preeiaeni.
given by a Republican committee Into
the hands of . a Democrat to champion
In the senate. sa
Widespread Indignation exist among
administration supporters at the tactics
employed' by Hho railroad clique of the
Interstate commerce committee In order
to humiliate, the president and make
rldlouloua hla policy for railroad rate
control.. ,...( --.',. , ..
It le conceded that thai bill will pass
the senate In some form. . but the con
test will come over an effort to Incor
porate a provision for a court-review
of the decisions of tha Interstate com
merce commission. , An effort will- un
doubtedly be made to substitute either
the Klklns rate. bllV or. the Knox rate
bill for the Hepburn measure, i- ' ' r
Tillman haa several .amendments of
his own,, but It Is said favors real , rate
legislation. '
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OF
A RE A FEW I
of "How-to Be Healthy and
For the little rones are the Z
the latest and ' best, of all Z
.-?zr T- " "' 5
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CENTS. ' MScSE
Mover, Haywood, Pettibone and
SL John Taken From Boise . V
Penitentiary to Be Present I
at Impaneling;.
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ORCHARD'S HEALTH r 't
IS MUCH IMPROVED
Attorneys lor Federation Accompany
Accud to Caldwell and as Soon .as
Drawing Began Attorney Richard
; son Began Legal Battle as to If an
ner, but Is Orerruled by Court. -
fapedal Dlepatek te The Joaraal) ' ' '
Bolaa,, Idaho, Fab, 14. President
IfoyervLBecrataxyjJaywopq, ;Ctmrmtttaecr
men Pettibone . and 8t John of tha ';
Western Federation of Minor war
taken from tha penitentiary te Cald
well thla morning to be pre sent, when
the grand jury was Impaneled to- In
veaUgate the charges against them for
the murder of ex-Governor Btaunenberg.
Tha prisoner's wore handcuffs, but war
not otherwise shackled; they wore in '
charge of Deputy Warden Mills, Guard
Richardson, Sheriff Nlcbola and Deputy
Sheriff Payne. Attornaya Richardson
of Denver, Miller of Spokane and Nu
gent of Silver City.-all employed by .
tha Weetern Federation, ; accompanied
the party to Caldwell. t :
Sjagml rig :
The grand Jury waa summoned for 11
o'clock. At that hour but few specta
tors were preeent and tha email eourt
room but partly filled. : As soon as tha
roll of Jurors waa called and the mem
bers responding wera sworn to answer ;
questions touching their sualtflcattona
to act as jurors. Attorney Richardson
began the legal battle by entering a for
mal chalanaa to the manner of drawing '
tha grand Jury, done for the purpose of
saving the rights of ' the defendants.
The challenge waa overruled by the -eourt.
The work of 'securing a grand
Jury was-then proceeded with. ...
The condition of Harry Orchard, the -Btaunenberg
.-murder auapeoW elek- at
the penitentiary, la much Improved at
noon today. His - temperature la . -
-duced to 101 and aU signs of pneumonia
have disappeared. Ha ate breakfast
and was able to alt up. Prison Phy-
slclan CoUlster aaya that Orchard will 2
be able to appear before the grand Jury
next Monday, if hie Improvement con
tinues, ! , ..' . r.'l- " -
The supreme eourt yeeterday after
noon granted the writ of habeas eorpua ',
applied for by Attorney Richardson la
behalf 'of Moyer, Haywood and Petti
bone. The writs were made returnable
March . at the request of. Attorney
Klchardson. who stated that he had to
return to Denver In th near future. The
object of the defense ia to 'conclusively
prove that Governor Gooding. Governor
MoDonald and County Attorney ' Van
Duyn had conspired illegally to bring .
the defendants from Colorado. "?"? -
The attorneys for the defense contend
that the arrest and retention of the men -la
In violation of their constitutional
rights; that tha governors knew that th '
defendants were not m the state at the
time of the assassination and could not '
have committed th crime ss charged
In the Information; that If th men had
committed the crime, Colorado t. the '.
place for them te be tried, aa the eon- -splracy
must have been formed in that .
state. '
-Deteatlv ' McParland will place Or- '
chard' eonfeealon - before the grand
Jury which begins Investigation Mon
day. - Orchard's confession la aald te
embrace more than 100 pagea of type
written matter, containing 16,000 words. .
T01V7I OF BECKIVITH lt.::eo
DllZiG FIERCE mi
Heavy Wind Sweeps Flames Be
fore It, Destroying Building ,
k After Building.'
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f Joaraal SeseUf aereV. ' A " ' .
' Reno, Nov.. Feb.. St. The town, of
Beckwlth. California, la afire. The en
tire town according . to a report re
ceived here Juat before the wires went
down, waa doomed to destruction. The
aat report was received at Blerravllle '
and transmitted to Reno. Fire atarted
In the Owl - saloon laat night during a
gale. - The heavy wind awept tha flames
down Main street, destroying 1 build-
inga one after another, defying the he'
rolo efforts of the . volunteer fire de
partment, . as weU as tha cltlsens who .
Joined In ' the battles When tha tele
phone office waa la flamaa, a report .
waa eent over the Ihte ' that the only .
water aupply waa from tha falls and
that thla was Inadequate te check the .
flamee, . . -
Beokwlth haa bean the liveliest town
In Plumea county since the beginning ef.
the work, on the Western pacific, fcany
building were, in oourse of eonatrec
tlon, It la believed that moat af th e
were destroyed. , lha or . j ef the t .e
I not known. ' ' '
"'ft ' '
(Jet -I f
.Warsaw. )r -
tvanoff. director of t ... '
waa ahnt and btllei t 1 not.
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