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QAIIY EVENING EDITION
WILLIS
THIS MORNING
Made No Confession and
Went to the Gallows With
Stoical Indifference.
WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD
AT END OF 15 MINUTES.
WUllam Wan Convicted on Circum
stantial Evidence, of tlie Murder of
Two Women In Wasco County To
One of Tltese Women lie Had Been
Married, Altliough He Had a Liv
ing Wife In Iowa William Had a
CIeckered ami More or Less Crim
inal Career in the East, and Is Sup
posed to Have Done Double Murder
in low a.
The Dalles, Ore., July 21. Daniel
Norman Williams, the alleged multi
murderer, whose crimes extend from
Iowa to Oregon, and who for so many
years escaped the penalty of his acts,
was hanged In the county Jail here
today.
WMUams went to the gallows
promptly at :08 o'clock this morn
ing, without a tremor or faltering in
the least, and met the end with the
same sulkey, impassive stolidity that
has characterized his conduct and
speech for months past. He refused
to the end to talk. He wus pronounc
ed dead 15 minutes after the trap
sprung.
Williams was hanged for one of the
most atrocious crimes In the history
of Oregon, the cold-blooded and bru
tal murder of Miss Alma Nesbitl on
the night of March 8, 1900, on his
homestead ranch about 20 miles from
Hood River. At the same time he
killed her mother, Mrs. Louise Jane
N'esbltt, for the purpose of securing
possession of a homestead claim taken
up by Miss Nesbitt adjoining his, and
to cover up other crimes which he Is
alleged to have committed against
Miss Nesbitt. Back of this Is a series
of crimes In Iowa with which he was
connected.
Williams knew the N'esbltts In Ne
braska and Induced them to come
west. He then persuaded Alma to
take up a homestead, which she did
In 1899. A short time after this he
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he had a wife living at that time In
Iowa and was the father of several
children, who are now of an adult
age.
Hut a short time after this mar
riage, which was a secret one, per
formed at Vancouver. Wash., In July.
1899. Williams is supposed to have
learned that his wife could not hold
her homestead, which is believed to
have been the object of the marriage.
On March 8. 1900. Williams. Alma
Nesbitt and her mother left Portlnnd
for Hood Hlver. They arrived there
late in the evening and started to
drive to the claim of Williams, a dis
tance of 20 miles, although the night
was dork and stormy. That was the
last seen of the two women In life.
Williams returned, to Hood River the
following morning without lhPm
I The evidence, which was olrrurn-'
stantlal, showed that Williams tpoW
the tw? Women out In ft buggy and
murdered both with an ax. horribly
mutilating them. The crime was
committed only after a bitter strug
gle In which the women evidently
resisted to their utmost their grue
some fate. He then burled tbelr bodies
In A huge brush pile and burned
therrt.
Williams built his plans careful
ly and even went so far as to con-,
struct a henhouse over the graVM of
the unfortunate women. He endeav
ored to Account for their absence by
declnrlng that they had gone to Wash
ington, and asserted that Alma had
entered on a fast life. He wrote such
a story of her to her sister, who Is
a resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
and to other friends of the murder
ed woman In the cost.
Sometime after Oeorge Nesbitt, of
Iowa, endeavored to trace the where
abouts of his mother and sister and
became convinced that Williams had
murdered them. The graves where
the victims had first been placed was
opened. The murderer had failed to
remove all traces of his crime. A
portion of Mrs. Nesbltt's scalp, with
long gray tresses attached thereto,
and some bloodstained gunnysacks
were found. The bodies of the two
women have never been found.
Expert testimony showed that a
portion of the hair and scalp had
been torn from the head of Mrs. Wil
neat Sloide.
Chicago, July 21. Anna Tel
ler, aged 30, committed suicide
at noon, In the Illinois Trust
Savings bank, after having with
drawn her savings. The shot
created graet panic among the
patrons of the bank. The cause
in unknown, further than that
she hid shown signs of demen
tia from the excessive heat
AT
liams while she wus yet alive and the
gruesome relics were shown In court,
where Williams sat unmoved. The
murderer had been ' arrested mean
while in Washington and the strong
est evidence of a circumstantial na
ture was built up against him. The
trial, which took place In April, 1901,
was nn Intensely dramatic one and
resulted In the conviction of the pris
oner. Attempts to appeal the case prov
ed futile and In sullen silence Wil
liams went to the gibbet carrying
with him the complete story of the
way In which he had murdered, In
the darkness of the stormy March
night, two women who hud trusted
him to the full extent of human con
fidence. Williams is also accused of a dou
ble murder committed at Muscatine.
Iowa, August 18, 1902, when an aged
couple, Mr. and Mrs. Tumans. were
killed In a lonely hut In the Sherefy
woods, near Ihe town. Williams was
known in Iowa as Daniel Williams and
was working as a farm hand for the
Tumans. He disappeared after the
murder und all trace was lost of him
by Iowa authorities until his arrest
for the Nesbitt muider when his pho
tograph was Identified and the con
nection made complete.
Williams was a heavy-set. stolid
looking man, weighing about 190
pounds, dark sandy complexion, light
mustache, bald on the top of his head.
He was about 50 years of age.
HAVIRD WILL FIGHT.
Dolse Sheriff Will Not Resign or
Make Admissions.
Boise, July 21. Sheriff Havird has
refused to resign, announcing that he
will fight the case. He had been
given until 2 o'clock this afternoon
to file his resignation and pay over
the shortage, the alternative being
proceedings to oust him from office
and prosecute him under the criminal
law. At 2 o'clock he asked for two
hours more.
After further consultation with his
attorneys he appeared at 4 o'clock
and announced he would decline to
resign, stating that the charges were
too vague.
County Attorney Koelsch says pro
ceedings for the ouster of the sheriff
will be Inaugurated In a few days.
BOYCOTT EFFECTIVE.
Prohibition Will Extend to American
Books in Colleges.
Shanghai. July 21. The boycott of
American goods Is now effective, al
though all running contracts will be
allowed. All schools and colleges In
this section will discard American
books.
PIERCE COUNTY
STOPS GAMBLING
IX TACOMA DRIVEN TO
THE SECOND STORIES.
The Sheriff States That Slot Ma
chines, nnd All Gnnics at All Points
Outside of Tacoma In Pierce Count)'
Have Been Stopiied, and the Wash
ington State Imv Will Be Enforced
Among tlie Prohibited Towns Is
Wllkeson, the Worst Gambling
Point in the Count)-The Closing
Down Is a Great Surprise.
Tacoma, Wash., July 21. All gam
bling In this county, outside of the
city limits, is a thing of the past.
Pierce county Is i.UScu tight. For the
last few days Sheriff Denholm and his
deputies have been kept busy notify
ing all saloonkeepers in whose places
of business money paying Blot ma
chines were being operated and gam
bling tables conducted, that things
have gone too far and all kinds of
gambling had to stop. The last of the
places in the county where games of
chance were in full swing, were visit
ed by officers yesterday and today.
The sheriff says that all gambling
has been stopped.
Towns of the county which have
been placed under the ban are Fuy-
allup, Sumner, Ortlng, Buckley, Wll
keson, Fairfax, South Prairie, Stella
coom, all points on the Tacoma &
Eastern and others.
Every Day Like Sunday.
Reports received from Wllkeson
since the places there were notified
to discontinue gambling are that the
orders of the sheriff are being strict
ly obeyed. Wllkeson Is a mining town
and has a worse reputation for gam
bling than any other place In the
county. The miners have been in
the habit of gambling away their
wages at faro banks aa fast as they
earned them. The reformation that
has struck the town makes every day
like Sunday to some. The closing up
of all gambling came as a great sur
prise. Gambling has never been stopped In
Tacoma, but all games have been re
moved to second story locations.
G
BEIIITON IS
DISTRESSING DISASTER
TO THE AMERICAN IVY
Every Man but One on the Warship Was Killed or Injured
and the Vessel Is a Blackened bloody Crater
Dozens of Dead and Hurt Being Brought Asliore Between Forty and Flftj
Were Killed, and the Ship is a Total Wreck and Will Go to tlie Bottom
The Accident Is One of the Worst "Gratuitous" and Useless Horrors
In tlie History of the American Navy Tlie Cause of the Explosion Will
Probably Never Be Known, the Engineers Being Killed Vessel Was
About to Ijeave the Harbor.
San Diego, July 21. Boilers on the
gunboat Bennington, now lying in the
harbor, exploded at 10:30. The entire
ship was blown up, so that she is seen '
to be listed heavily. J
First reports are that 60 men arcj
killed and over 100 Injured. Dozens
of dead and wounded are now being,
I
brought ashore.
Captain Lucian Young reports at 11 s
that every man on deck was Injured j
by, the explosion, and between 40 and!
60 were killed. I
The ship rapidly settled ofter the
explosion and Is now being towed
from the understream to a wharf by
tugs.
Every available wagon on the water j
front was called upon to bring th?
dead und wounded to the morgue and
hospitals. There are 28 at one hos-
pltal, and seven dead at the city
morgue.
Story of the Accident.
Captain Luclen Young and Com
mander Verne were on shore at the
time of the accident. Lieutenant
Commnader John Calvin Leonard was
the executive officer. Lieutenant
Commander Victor Blue of South Car
olina, is said to have been in the hos
pital at Mnre Island, undergoing an
operation.
The ensigns were Charles T. Wade,
Newman K. Perry. Jr.. Midshipman
Leo Sahn and Mldshipninn Lindsay H.
Lacy: Paymaser Charles Morris, Jr.
. The Bennlngotn was a gunboat of
the third class, a sister ship to the
Yorktown; of 1110 tons burden, twin
screws, six guns In the main battery,
and carried 176.
This Is one of the most frightful
disasters In the history of the Ameri
can navy, almost rivaling the blowing
up of the battleship Maine In Havana
harbor, and the horror at Samoa, It
occurred at 10:30 o'clock this morn
ing, when one of the boilers on the
gunboat, which had Just arrived to tow
the crippled Wyoming back to the
Mare Island navy yard, blew up. blot
ting out between 40 nnd 50 of Uncle
Snm's Rnllors nnd Initlrlnp All thn
Other men on the vessel at the time,'
The oniy man to escape so far As,
known, was Commander Captain I.u-j
Men Young.
Practically the entire inner portion i
of the little fighting craft was blown
out. Immediately after the shock
and explosion the Bennington listed'
badly and began to settle, Tugs hur-J
tied to her assistance, nnd she was
towed from the understream to the
wharf.
Explosion Heard nt Snn Diego.
The explosion was plainly henrd nnd
felt throughout the citv. nnd alone
the water front the buildings shook
violently. A great column of water
was hurled Into the nlr. nnd the fact
that a terrlhle accident had occurred
was quickly realised. Immediately
every available craft In the harbor,
mnde for the cripple ship and. pick-j
Ing up the dead and dying from tlM
wreckage was begun. All around lnyj
mangled corpses and moaning sailors, :
some Injured beyond hope of recovery,
their legs nnd arms shattered nnd
chests nnd faces scalded. Some. ,
maddened by pain, sought to hurl
themselves Into the water, but were
restrained. Others begged their res-
CHICAGO TEAMSTERS' STRIKE IS ENDED
Chicago, July 21. Six hundred
lumber drivers of this city hnvo voted
to declare the strike off and return
to their former positions, regardless
of tho action of other striking unions.
Department store drivers began vot
ing today on the question of declaring
the strike off and the railway express
drivers and truck teamsters will vote
tomorrow night. ThlB action Is being
taken without the sanction of the
strike leaders, the teamsters' Joint
council having adopted a motion ad
vlsng the strikers in the local unions
that the time has come to vote the
strike oft. Following the calling
As speedily as possible the dead and
cuers to kill them, so Intense their
suffering.
injured were transferred to waiting
boats and hurried to shore, where
those who were killed by the awful
blast were removed to the morgue
and the Injured were taken to various
hospitals, word having been previous
ly sent to the latter Institutions to
prepare for the reception of the many
wounded.
The water front Is lined with wag
ons and vehicles of all sorts, having
been pressed Into service.
Frightful Scenes Aboard.
A hurried call was sent throughout
the city for physicians and nurses.
and practically every physician and
professional nurse, and scores of vol
unteer nurses responded.
The scene on board the Bennington
when It reached the wharf was fright
ful. Deck timbers, heavy steel and
Iron beams, imokestacks, gun car
rlages. scraps of engines and boilers
were heaped In one Indiscriminate
mass. Two of the guns were gone,
and the mngazlne. which let go al
most simultaneously with the boiler,
left nothing more than a great gaping
hole.
Ship Is Sinking.
The ship is leaking very rapidly and
It Is feared will soon sink.
The cause of the explosion Is not
definitely ascertained. Engineer Nel
son was personally making an Inspec
tion of the boilers preliminary to leav
ing port. He had found everything
all right and was about to give orders
to put on steam, when the explosion
occurred. Nelson was blown back
Into the store room and Injured, but
not fatally.
The captain and a few other offi
cers had not yet Joined the ship, and
thus escaped.
Ensign Perry, officer of the day,
was on th. forward deck directly
nbove the hollers, and was perhaps
fatally injured. Other officers were
Injured, but none. It is thought, fa
tally. The members of the engine
crew were nil at their places when
the explosion occurred. The explo
sion was followed by an outpouring
of a sheet Of flame, scalding water
nnd smoke. This CflUght every man In
the boiler and engine rooms, and blew
up the decks, and threw dozens of
the terrified men Into the air and
bay. In the panic others Jumped Into
Ihe bny and were picked, up by boat"
which were soon on the scene. To
stop upon the gang plank and aboard
the ship It was necessary to step over
the bodies of three dead boys. Those
sailor who remained In a condition to
walk about behnved In a heroic man
ner nnd did not stop until every bad
ly Injured man had been sent nshore
on lnunches.
107 Men on Board.
When the explosion occurred the
crew of the Bennington numbered 197
officers and men. Among the sailors
was a colored man named Crupln,
who was in the Maine explosion. Vic
tor Blue went to the hospital Wednes
day for an operation for appendicitis.
Ensign perry was seriously scalded
and had a font crushed, and may die.
The only other officer Injured was
Ensign C. T. Wade, who was scalded,
hut will recover.
off C the teamsters ' strike by
the joint council the strikers brok
ranks today in order to secure work.
Tn most eases the conditions Imposed
by employers was hiding union but
tons. Of five thousand men who quit,
probnbly not more than 1500 will be
taken buck within the next few days.
The employers held a meeting today
and adopted rules to govern the con
duct of employes, which will be one
of tho conditions on which the strik
ers are taken back.
The strike has cost 21 lives. 115,
000.000 tn money, nnd 5n Injured In
rioting.
WILL SUPPORT SCHMITZ.
Labor Organizations Will Fight All
Other Elements.
San Francisco, July 21. A stormy
meeting of the United Labor league
was held last night for the purpose of
deciding upon a course to be pursued
In the fast ' approaching municipal
campaign. The meeting had been
called by one wing of the league
whose purpose it was to pass a reso
lution that no office holders should
be sent to the nominating convention.
The other wing, the Schmltz faction,
filled the rear end of the hall, hooted
and yelled, and finally succeeded In
deposing the original chairman and
electing another. Mayor Schmltz was
present and made a speech. The fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That this association of
union men, regardless of former polit
ical affiliations, does hereby pledge It
self to foster, aid and support the
county committee of the Union Labor
party, and unhesitatingly urge the
nomination and re-election of labor's
Irreproachable champion, Eugene E.
Schmltz."
The election is likely to develop Into
a strictly class contest, union labor
against the other elements of the r Ity'i
population.
WANDERED TO DEATH.
Little Child Dies by Fatigue and Ex
posure.
Frihraln Wash.. JulV 1. The 4-
year-old son of Herman Gross, a far
mer living six miles norm or nere.
wandered from home yesterday morn
ing while his parents were in town,
having left the child In the care of his
sister, 12 years of age.
The child's absence was not noted
until 11 o'clock, when the little girl
began a search for him. Upon the re
turn of the parents an hour later a
general, search was Instituted through
this sparsely settled district, continu
ing throughout the night.
At 6 o'clock this morning a party
.of 50 from the village here took up
the starch, finding the lifeless body
of the child at o'clock this evening
about two miles from his home, The
Utile fellow had succumbed to fatigue
and exposure.
Will Arrive Saturday.
New Port, R. I., July 21. The gov
ernment torpedo station here has re
ceived a wireless message from the
squadron of warships conveying the
remains of Paul Jones from France.
The message states the squadron will
arrive at Chespeake Capes Saturday.
No incident on the passage.
STRY NOT
APT TO RESIGN
IRISH COMMISSION
APPROPRIATION WAS CUT.
Issue Will Go to Another Vote Soon,
When It Is Believed tlie Ministry
Will Be Sustained by a Normal Ma
jority Great and Radical Differ
ence Among the Newspapers as to
Balfour's Proper Course Commons
Adjourns for Developments.
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London, July 21. After a half
hour's session this morning the house
of commons adjourned until today to
await the government's decision re
garding its future course In view of
the defeat of the ministry last night
In the bill to reduce the appropriations
for the Irish land commission.
It Is believed In well informed cir
cles the Balfour ministry Is not likely
to resign, and that the government
will he sustained by a normal majority
nn the vote Monday.
Conservative papers today urge the
premier to hold on to office nt any
cost, whllo the liberal papers are
shrieking at him to get out.
Tt is reported In lobby circles about
the house of commons that a meet
ing of the cabinet held this afternoon
Bnlfour had decided to resign, but
there Is no confirmation.
Saloons Must Close.
Y.nnnrt Or. .Tlllv 21. PrOSCCUt
in A.nnv Tlrntvn'H Announcement
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that Newport will be closed from next
Sunday Is causing consternation at
that summer resort, as everything
there for years has been run wide
open seven days a week. Last Sun
day, for the first time In the history
of Toledo, Sunday booze was tabooed
and the saloons were tlgntiy cioseo an
day. Tlie Lincoln county grand Jury,
which has Just completed Its labors.
M.nnir n spnsntion bv bringing tn a
true bill against the saloon keepers of
Toledo for keeping open on Sunday.
Each was fined $25 and costs, and was
d violation of the
law would result In the forfeiture of
his license.
A new bridge 275 feet long, will be
built across the Touchet at Shaw's
crossing. Walla Walla county.
MN
Last Vestige of Russien Oppo
sition on Saghalien Island
Now Abandoned.
JAPANESE ARE ADVANCING
KAPIDLY ON VLADIVOSTOK.
Tlie Inhabitants of That Place and
Nearby Russian Towns Are Flee
ing St. Petersburg Is Taking
Alarm at tlie Terms Which it Feared
Toglo Will Demand In Relation to
tlie Trans-Siberian Railroad De
tails From Toklo of a Recent Vic
tor)' Over tlie Husnians Partial
Reorganization of the Japanese
A mi y.
Tokio, July 21. It is officially an
nounced that 461 Russian soldiers on
the Liland of Saghalien, together wltb
15 officers, have surrendered to the
Japanese.
Fleeing From tlie Japs.
Copenhagen, July 21. A dispatch
from St- Petersburg states that ad
vices from Manchuria say Japanese
warships are sighted near Nikolac
vsks, at the mouth of the Amur river.
Many Inhabitants of Nikolacvsks and
Vladivostok have fled to Khabaro
vsk. Getting Scared Early.
St. Petersburg, July 21. The Novoe
Vrelnyea today asserts It Is alleged
that the Japanese peace conditions
forbidding the double tracking of the
Siberian railroad are utterly unac
ceptable, being equivalent to the
economic suicide of Russia. .
Details of victory. ',
Tokio. July 21. An imperial ordi
nance' wag Issued this morning auth
orizing the appointment of non-commissioned
officers from the reserve
conscripts and also converting those
of sundry source rank Into private
of fighting rank.
A dispatch from Otaru says the
Russians defeated at Dallne were 500
strong with six field and three ma
chine guns. The offered desperate re
sistance. The cannonade began at
the morning of July 7. The second
line of Russian defense was not taken
until the following morning, when the
Russian guns were captured.'
Arrived at Paris.
Paris, July 21. M. Witte, the Rus
sian peace envoy, arrived this after
noon en route to the United States.
TRANSFER JURISDICTION.
Canal May Be Dug by the State De
partment. Oyster Bay, July 21. President
Roosevelt Is In conference this morn
ing with Secretary of State Root, who
was accompanied from New York by
Dr. Lyman Abbott, who will remain
until after luncheon. Root will re
main over night.
Among the questions discussed wae
the proposed transfer of the Panama
canal from the war to the state de
partment, and the details of the peace
conference.
Drake Shouts' Assistant.
New York, July 21. E. A. Drake,
secretary-treasurer of the Panama
Railroad company, has been appoint
ed assistant to President Shonts.
Drake will exercise all the functions
of president of the railroad during
Shont's absence.
FRENCH IS SUSPICIOUS.
Says Railways Are Behind Ills Pres
ent Trouble.
Cleveland, July 21. After his re
lease from jail at Akron. Charles W.
French, tho railroad promoter accus
ed of securing money by false pre
tenses, came to this city. French In
timates he suspects a large railroad
corporation Is behind his arrest. He
expects to return to tho Pacific coast,
where he Is projecting a mammoth
steel plant at San Diego and a railroad
from that city to Chicago by way of
Denver.
Second Trial Begun.
Portlund, July 21. The second trial
of Congressman Williamson etal for
land fraud conspiracy, began today.
Lloyd Will Not Accept.
Cleveland, O., July 21. Rev.
Frederick Lloyd has recalled his,
acceptance of election as Epis
copal bishop coadjutor of the
diocese of Oregon on the ground
of continued opposition from
four leading clergymen, who ob
jected to him as a "high
churchman." Dr. Lloyd Is now
at home at Washington. Pa.
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