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INVESTIGATION NOW Hot Words Between Officers ot Columbia and San Pedro. HAWSE CHARGED WITH CRUELTY Captain Toil Why Ha Refused More l'asiena,er Life Preservers bund Hard Teat. Han Ki iitw Ibcii, July 27. -Tin' In vestigation Into llio hlnklng of tlio rit earner Columbia, whereby, ricertrd lug to Hid lali'Ht flgurea, Kl lIvi'H went lout, wiih rcHiitniMl today by 'aplaln John 1 1 1 r m I n kIiu tn , i; ti 1 1 ! Ntntes HiipervlMlng limpi-dor. Ofll im ami members of the crew of both vimh. Im were cxiuiilnrd anil tho dcponlt Ioiih of Oiplnln Ihnih. n of llm .San Pedro an, I ),i flmt officer tend. Th" tt'Ht lniftny brotmht nut Hi statement from Captain llcrmltigriiirii I hat It wan tin- f 1 rut time he had ever Known thai life jueaei yetH huil nr. Inally heetl cfYcetlvc In Hlivlllg life, ualir.vliiK It hy adding that jicoplo were uxually too f i lhteiieil lo lin I hem correct ly. Captain 1 Lumen, In hi report, d--lileil that he liail heeti lililieceHfarll.V lliel 111 refiirdng to t ;i K any lin.ru jtiirvlvoiK on hoaril after he hail res cued 7.ri, giving iin n rea'ion fur hlx art Ion that bin own vc'.ncI vwm In audi a condition that It wiih danger hm to approach lor, and thcreforo ordered the Other hoatH to lieep off. Chief Engineer Arthur V. WII llaniM testified that the San Pedro 1ld not lower all Iht bonis liecuusv ih vi-HHel was nnder-iiianiied. The alleged anion of Third Offi cer llawso, of the Columbia, In re fuslru: to give hU cout to a woman wan brought out In the test Imotiy of yniirtermaHter Curran. The latter tent If led tti.it there were II tielut hed women In the bout, and when Hawse wait asked tp kIvk IiIh coat to one of them lie had refused, saying that the coat belonged lo hlni. 1 he wo men, said C'.irran, had heen exposed for Mil hour hefore HaWHO eovered t lielll ll) W II h !l piece of Hall. Hawse Interrupted the proceed ing hy Interposing an Indignant de nial, mid for a f-w moments counter- denlalrt flew hack and forth between the two ofllcciH. I la who was placed on the Ktand and testified that he had offered hi coat to Minn Mayhelle WiiImoii, the plucky Berkeley girl, hut she rcfiiHed It and asked him to glv It to another woman more des 4 It ui o than herself. GLAS3 CASE WITH JURY. Consumed Fourtnen Days of Ac'ual Trial Bn dm Arguments. San Francisco, July 27. The easo ugafiiMt Louis ClaHH, first vice-president and general manager of tho I'arlfle Stntes Telephone nnd Tele graph Company, c-h.i rc-l with the crime of brining Supervisor Charles itoxton In the hiiiii of J5.IMI0 to vote against an' ordinance granting the Home Telephone Company a rival franchlHii In San Francisco, went to the Jury last evening after 1 4 davB of actual trial and a day and n half of iirKuruetitH hy Assistant District Attorney Jleney for the peoph) and T. C. Coogan and Delphlu M. Dcl II1HH for the defeliae. , The reading of Judge I.nwlor's rhargo to tlio Jury coiiHiimed ono hour. At lis roncliiHion the court room wiih cleared, the Jury wan given In charge of two deputy sheriffs and hy them conveyed lu a tally-ho to the Fnlrmoiiut hotel. Haywood Cats Finished. Ilolso, Idaho, July 27. Kvldenco and argument Is at an end and this morning tho Jury will ho left to de cide what penalty, if any, William I). Haywood shall pay for participation In a criminal conspiracy reuniting in Iho assassination of ex-iiovernor Frank Sleunenheit?, with which ho Is charged. United States Senator Wllllain 10. llonih, (ingagcd by tho Slate of Idaho as special counsel for tho prosecution, spoke the last word laHt night. This morning Juilgo Fre mont Wood will chargo and Instruct h Jury, which, It Is expected, will retire to consider Its verdict ut about 1 1 o'clock. Save SI, 000,000 Yearly on Malls. Chicago, July 27. Tho revenue de rived from hauling tho United Stales mails by the railroads running west from Chicago, St. IaiuIh, St. I 'it it 1 and Minneapolis and tho MiHouri river is to bo further reduced approximately fl, 000,000 a year as tho immediate result -of tho reports of 125 inspectors, who have been at work for the last six months determining whether the space used in railway postal cars by tho jjov eminent was in excess of sjuice sulli clent to accomplish the work. Tho railroads have been not! Hod. - Europe Dependent on America. HuonoB Ayros, July 23. In com menting on a recent speech of Dr. Drugo, one of Argentine's delegates at The Ilagtio, the I'rensa laments that he has not set forth the financial point of view that Kurope cannot do without America as a market for manufactured goods, capital and labor thus establish ing important relations of mutual con venience. Financial operations would be profoundly alterod by suppression of right of military intervention, Butte Plumbers Want More, Rutte, Mont.. July 27. The local numbers' union struck today for $8 per day of eight hours. The men now receive 7. Buildings aggregating $1,-' 000,000 in value under construction are tied tip, 1 MAWLEY FINISHES ARGUMENT. It Sura Haywood Had Hand In Steu-' nenbnrg Murder. i Uolne, July 22. .lumen II. llawloy, lending counsel for the slate of Idaho. . . ... i .. . ... . . l'iepiii.iiiK inn urn oi iin- HruuuieniM to Iho jury In the ciiho nirinnt Wllllain I), Iliiywixxl, cjioko for nearly HkM ImurH, diHtrilniteil over three hchh lonn of mirt Kven wIkii I Iin fiiicnoon hkhhIoii Sutur day luid ixteiidni far Ix-yond the cum touiiiry time limit, ovoiy Meat In tlio courtroom whk ooMiplml nnd rctiiulm-d no until the last word hum ppoken. Nona iivtened morn Httenllvely to the (i ruuii'iit than Haywood, tint defend ant, "oid none nliowcd lees nnlion. From limo to time Im took copious tiotett In a amnll IxHik nnd frequently uiHiio HiieHtloiiH U onn or other of hid cotiiiHel, nevoii of whom wcro In court tKlay. ThroiiKliont tho lity Mr. Iluwley npod un ttlmoxt nonverKntioiiHl tone. The HinilynlM of tistlmony in contradiction of Orclinid'w titory concluded frequently witii the uetiunciatioit of witnesH after wltneHH an a wilful s-rjuror or K'll'ty "f unintentional fiilmliood. WJien ho had Kpokcu flvo and a half lionrc, Mr. Ilawlcy reuclieil Caldwell, where at the cIohii of the year lllJ tlm prcmrutlon or tho murder of Sloiincntierit were iifiKit. Din voice now found a cyuipn tliet.K! not and, hh lie told of the last liinini'iitM of the ex-overnor the court room wax hushed and the jury leaned forward (o catch tint xpeaker'a every word. Mr. Hnwley'a x-roration irnpreH slvp. There wiih no attempt at any llilitof oratory, hut only a ntroritf note of deep sincerity and reiit ear nestnesH when Im ended for an honest Judgment from hoiiuft men of MmIio. Mi. llHwIey Hald lie did riot chnrne llint a majority or eeu that many of tlm Nvestern Fislerution of Miners were criminals, but that thu evil doedr; of the tllic( Ts and of tlio wiirii of tho or tfHliiut hm had brought discredit on the rank and (lie. Tho time had in deed come, he said, when rinht think ing men should rise and mnkewar upon the vil inlhiences that were the curse of all mlior orHni.at ioiiH. On the adjournment of court until Momlay mornintf, Mr. Ilawley wan fthowured with cinKratulHtions. THIRTY-ONE DEAD. Michigan Excursion Train Hits Freight at High Speed. Salem, Mich., July 22. Thirty-ono jveople are dead arid more than 70 in jured, many of them seriously, as the result of a head-on collison Saturday be tween thifc village and Plymouth, when a Tore Marquette excursion train bound from Ionia to Hetroit crushed into a wt-Htliound freight train in a cut located at a charp curve of the I 'ere Maiquette ruilioad about a mile en-t of Salem. The passenger train of eleven cars, carrying the 1'ero Marquette shop em ployer! of Ionia nnd their families to tho Michigan metropolis for their an nual excursion, wiih running at high speed, probably f0 miles an hour, down a BU-ep grude. It Mruck tho lighter hconiotive of tho freight trsln with such terrible force as to turn the freight engine completely around. Only a few of tho freight train's cars were smashed, and it trx.k only a few horns' work to remove all truces of I i!:ui from the scene. Hut behind the two wrecked locnmotivo fix care of the passenger train luy piled in a hopeless wreck. Four of tho passenger coaches ro mained on tho track but slightly da lu nged, and were used to convey the dead and injured to Ionia; one coach was entirely undamaged, with only its for ward trucks off the rails. The two coaches next ahead of this wore tele scoped. Tho next car forward etoxl al umni on end after the wreck. Ki'sponsibiiity is put square upon the crew of the freight train by otlicials of tho road. Those who arrived at tho scene of tho wreck noon aftor the acei dent secured from the crew of the netgtii mo orders under wiucli it was running, and which clearly showed tho position of tho passenger train, and that tho freight had oneroached upon the other train's running time. The collision occurred at !:13 o'clock, and the freight train should have reached Salem at D:I0 to bo within Ihoir orders Riotirg In Seoul. Toklo, July 22. Itto advices from Seoul BHy that tho rioting is growing in magnitude. Attempts to burn the railway station and police building were frustrated by prompt action. Tho powder iniign.ino of tho Corean government is strongly guarded by Jap anese troops at tho request of tho min ister of war. lliotcrs are shooting wildly out of windows and two Japan ese are leported to have been killed. Murderous assaults are frequent and the city Is verging almost on a reign of terror. Mob la After Negroes. Guthrie, Okla, July 22 A mob of hoarily armed men and boys was or ganized last night at Vamoose, I. T., and has left town headed for a negro settlement, determined to avenge the death of Deputy Marshal Morris and Special Oflleer Dickson, w ho were killed while trying to arrest two negroes charged with robbing a bank at Bus eawku, I. T. Feeling has been tense all day, and whites have armed thera selyes in anticipation of a race war. Russia Begins New Railroad. Nertchinsk, Asiatio Russia, July 22. Work was formally begun today on the construction of the first section of the Amurla railroud, which is destined to give Russia a line to Vladivostok en- tlrely through Russian territory. The purpose of this line at present is purely strategical. It is admitted that It can be profitable commercial ly only after many years. NEWS FROM THE UOUD HEKOHf FrtOM CANAL Excavation Proceeding Well and Death Hale Lowered. Washington, July 27. The detailed report of the operation of the Isthmian Canal commission on tho isthmus for June Isst has been received. Kxcavu tion in tho Culehra division was (VZ, 6K(1 cuhio yards, against HQ!),.')05 cubic yards d'iring May, and is more than three times tho amount taken out In Juno, Tho report says that with MM, Ono yards put shovel as the maxi mum output during the dry senson 10, 0(K) yards per shovel cannot le consld ero I a serious falling off when the ex cessivo rainfall (13.34 inches) for Juno Is taken into ajcount. The excavation ut Jatun amounted to 75.013 cubic yards and in the canal prism HI ,352 cubic yurds was dredged. The report of tho department of I.alor headquarter shows the total working force on June 2I as 23,327. This is exclusive of the force employed by tho I'anama railroad. The chief sanitary ollicer reports that out of 4, 300 white American employes tlure were only four deaths during the month and that out of about 05,000 whites other than Americans there were but 15 deaths. Out of about I'll, 000 color ed employes there were 772 deaths, making a total of 1)1 deaths in June against 10 in May. Taking all deaths of employes together, only 12 deaths in June were'due to what are consider ed climatic diseases malaria and dys entery and none of these occurred among the American white employes. Enlarge, Not Abandon It. Washington, July 27. The annual rumor that Vancouver liar rucks re to bo removed to Seattle has just been re vived. When the attention of Senator i.ourne was caut'i to it, be lock it up w ith the War department and finds that there is no thought of abandoning Van couver barracks or of reducing its garri son. On the contrary, the adjutant general udvlses the senator that it 1ms been decided to increase the garrison by add ng one buttery of field artillery w ith a corresp aiding increase in the accom modations cf the post. Thus is the rumor buried for another 12 months. Navy Ceaplain Under Fire. Washington, July 26. Chaplain II. W. Jones of tho battleship Minne sota, Is to be tried by court martial on charge's of scandalous conduct to the destruction of good morals, and falsi hood, preferred by the Acting Secretary of the Navy. Under the charge of scandalous conduct there are 17 specifications, consisting mainly of allegations of the utter ance of worthless checks. Under the falsehood charge It is alleged that Jones misrepresented the facts re garding a note which had been given by hi in. Appointments From Washington. Washington, July 25. Major Harry L. Hawthorne, Coast Artillery corps, is relieved from duty at the Army War college in this city and will proceed to Vancouver barracks for duty. Captain James W. McAndrew, Third Infuntry, is relieved from duty as quartermaster at Seattle. James T. Taggart rms been appointed postmaster at Yaya, Wash ington. The comptroller of tho cur rency today approved the application to orgunize the United States National bank, of Seattle, with a capital of $500,000. Must Return to Oregon. Wttshingon, July 24. Mrs. Mina Wilson Wilmarth, of Burns, Or., re cently committed to St. Elizabeth's in sane asylum in this city, will under the law have to be returned to relatives or to some institution in Oiegoi; where she can receive proper care. The asy lum in this city can give permanent care only to residents of tho District of Columbia or to patients who are mem bers of the army or navy or are in mates of some national soldiers' home. Creates Forest Reserve in Alaska. Washington,- July 25. The president today Bigned a proclamation creating the Chugatch forest reserve in Alaska. ombraeing 858,000 acres of forest land south of tho main divide of the Chu gatch mountains and between Copper river and the west coast of l'rinoe Wil liam sound. Copper Output of Northwest. Washington, July 20. The geolog ical eurvey estimate of copper produc tion for 1900, which is Bubject to re vision, shows Oregon, 545, 85 pounds; Washington, 2U0.823 pound; Idaho. 8,578.040 pounds; Alaska, 8.085,040 lx)unds. Land Office Appointments. Washington, July 25 Thomas F. Hallewine, of Seattle, has been ap pointed stenographer in the land office at RoBOburg, and W. M. Walker, of Wisconsin, as olerk in the land oillce at Burns, Oregon. Rural Carriers at Kerby. Washington, July 2 6. Charles Q. Howard has been aunointed regular. James E. Howard substitute, rural carrier, route I at Kelly, Ore. NATIONAL CAPITAL VIOLATORS TO Bfc PUNISHED Land Department Will Not Overlook Any I. legal Fencing;. Washington, July 2.3. In a state ment isued today, Acting Secretary of tho Interior Woodruff says prompt ao tlon w ill bo taken wherever casus of illegal fencing of public lands are dis covered but that inspectors and special land agents are especially occupied this summer with preventing fraudulent ac- rjulremcrit of public land. The state merit follows: .My attention has been called to articles In several Western papers to the effect that tho department of the Interior will not prosecute any illegal fencing this year. It would be unfort unate that such an idea should get abroad, but it is not true, and if any depended upon it, they'might get into serious trouble. I might exrjlain that the special agent of the general land ollice and the special Inspectors of the Interior department will be e-pecially occupied during the summer with the moro paramount and immediate duty of protecting the publia land being ac quired contrary to the law. For that ruHon few of thern can be detailed to search specially for Illegal fencing." BARS UP AGAINST WOMEN. Male Secretaries Only for Male Bu reau Chiefs. Washington, July 25. The women clerks ol the Agricultural department can not hereafter act as private secre taries for the male chiefs of divisions or bureaus. This dictum, harsh nn It may seem, t tands as the law In that department. Secretary Wilson has is sued it and he says he means business. By the terms of his order, no woman clerk under him shall in future act as private secretary or confidential clerk to a male chief of division or bureau in the department. Tho order is the di rect result of the Holmes cotton scand al case, in which Mre. Bertha Burch figured eo prominently, testifying In this city two weeks ago in the trial of Holmes. On account of her position in the office of the chief statistician of the department she became an expert in crop figures and now she is conducting a statistical bureau of her own in New York city. Work on International Line. Lanrier, Wash., July 23. The mon uments between the United States and British Columbia are being numbered. The camps from British Columbia and tho United States having united are at present stopping in Laurier, having pitched their tents at this nlace for a few duys, prior to starting over the eastern lino. C. H. Sinclair repre sents the United States side and Mr. Oglevie the British Columbia side, both men naving been sent by the govern ments of their respective countries. ChangeMotive Power? Washington, July 25. Tho Forest service today issued a permit to allow the Northern railroad to erect two dams and two power plants in the Yakima division of the Washington forest re serve for the purpose of generating elec tricity by utilizing the water power on which u naa nieo. Tins is taken to mean that the Great Northern Is pre paring to substitute electricity for steam on part of its road, this change having been hinted at by representa tives of the Great Northern before the Interstate Commerce commiesion. Wanted Money From President. Washington, July 25. August Franke, of Seattle, is detained in an asylum in this city, pending the pro curement of proof that lie has a legal residence at Seattle. When this is ob tained, Franke will be sent home to be turned over to the state authorities for proper care. He came here last month to collect $100,000 from the govern ment, a.id when he undertook to see the president and demand payment, he was taken into custody. Sells Relic of Wooden Navy. Washington, July 26. Acting Secretary Newberry accepted tho bid of C. E. Boudrow, of San Francisco, who offered $9,200 for the old wood en sloop of war Marlon, now lying at the navy yard, Marie Island, re cently stricken from the naval reg ister as unfit for naval purposes. The Marlon was built by the gov ernment in 1871-1875 at Klttery, Me., and has rendered creditable, ser vile in all parts of the world. Litesavlng Station Contract Let. Washington, July 25. The contract was today awarded to Mclnnes & Har rington, of Seattle for the erection of a lifesavlng Btation in Waddah it-land at the entrance to the Straits of Fuca. The contract price is $12,200. School Land District Approved. Washington, July 26. List No. 20, of Indemnity school laud selec tions, state of Washington, in the North Yakima land district for 21, 906 acres was approved by the Sec retary of the Interior today. C03TS TWO MILLION TEARS. I no tail Atnnnnt ot Tim I.nt by Invalid In fl, nllnl fttnfra ir misery lovs company, jet tfio man or woman who Is kept home a day or so by some seemingly Insigtilllcnnt uilmeiit reflect that on an nverngo ev cry American 0n the sick list for nine days In the year making n total. tor the eighty million people of tho t rilled States, of almost two million years of lllnes. Industrially, two million years of human life annually go to 'ate; and, moreover, the sufferers demand a vast amount of time and of effort from those who are well. The Invalid, singly, may seem Insignificant; In mass, his totals Indicate an enor mous cost, a pitiful waste, a mighty problem Tho cost of Illness Is partly snown In ngures jirepnred by Dr. I. M. Hall, who addressed the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science on this subject He estimated that tho loss of wuges, at an average of a dol lar a day to every Invalid, would nmount to more than seven hundred million dollars a year. The cost of treatment may easily amount to as much again. Thus, sickness costs the United States something like one and one-half billions annually, a suru not greatly below the combined value of the product of our two greatest manu facturing Industries those of Iron and steel, and of textiles In the last cen sus year, 1900. Of the deaths, tuberculosis claims one-tenth, pneumonia one-tenth, and ailments of the heart a somewhat smaller fraction. This means that eight million of the people now living in this country are to die of the first disease, auotber eight of the second, six mimon of the third. There Is a fatalism about figures. The United States government, ac cording to Prof. J. Pease Norton of Yale, does not devote enough money to fighting disease, If the Imjiortanee of this enormous waste Is fairly consid ered. He points out that seven million dollars Is spent annually by the fed eral authorities on plant and animal health. Considering the vast saving of dollars and days that even a slight check to the ravages of any of a dozen of the leading diseases might effect, he urges that the country should also lay out a tiny fraction of Its revenue In measures of national sanitation. COINS AND FACES ON THEM. Feat ore of Itulera Abroad. Here the Emblem of Liberty. Coins of most of the nations bear upon them the faces of their rulers. In the United States each coin has an emblem of Liberty. The first coins struck after the for matlon of the federal union bore the face of George Washington. Gen. Washington disapproved of the custom and It was dropped. It has never been revived. Portraits of prominent Americans appear uion postage stamps, Internal revenue stamps and pa;er money, but never on coins. And It has been the custom to use no portraits of living men even on the currency and the stamps. In England as soon as King Edward succeeded Queen Victoria the queen's face gave way to that of Edward on all the coins and stamps In the British empire. The accession of a new ruler In most monarchies means an Instant change In the design of the coins. But there Is an exception to the rule of no portraits ou American coins. Tho emblem of Liberty on the 1-cent coin hi the goddess In an American Indian headdress, but the face shows no char acteristics of the North American, abo rigine. It Is the face of a little girl. Sarah Longacre Keen, uiwn whose head was placed the feathered ornament of a Sioux Indian. Her father was an en graver and he placed his daughter's head on the coin. Sarah Longacre Keen died In Phil adelphia not long after having served thirty-five years as the secretary of her city's branch of the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Too 111 to Be Biuraed. "The late Bishop Fitzgerald," said a St. Louis man, "ouce presided at this season of the year at the graduation exercises of a class of nurses. He told the young womeu a story that pleased them mightily. Ho said thut during our war with Spain a certain hospital had a corps of uurses of exceptlouul beauty Just such a corps, lu fact, as tho young ladles ranged before hlmi would buve made. But It was whls ered that these fair uurses were In clined a little to frivolity, Inclined a little to flirt with the ailing young sol diers lu their charge. Now, when a soldier felt that ho wus ou tho mend, a flirtation with a pretty nurse was delightful, but when his wounds were troublesome, then gallantry was a thing that he was hardly up to. And Indeed It was said that sometimes a pretty nurse in this hospital would come to a favorite Boldler and find him lying with closed eyes, as If asleep, on hU cot, and this uote pinned on the couu terpune: "Too ill to be uursed to-duy.-r-John Smith.' A Natural Iteault. "Do you think that the reading a boy does affects his career as a man?" "I'm sure of It," answered the pro fessor. "The era of gruft now uiou us Is the natural result of the Juveulle literature about pirates and brlgauds in voguo when we were young." Wash ington Star. It's dlflleult to understand why some men eat brain food. CURSES ON THE RICH Darrow Abuses MInecvncrs and Constitution. CALLS ORCHARD A VILE THING Haywood's I awyer Occupies Day by Torrent of Invective Charge Attempt to Kill Unions. Boise, Idaho, July 25. The career of Frank Steunenberg, the murdered ex-governor of Idaho, was discussed at some length by Clarence Darrow yeHterday In the course of his plea In uenair or William D. Haywood. Justi fying tho articles published in the Miners' Magazine, the official orgam of the Western Federation of Miners, tne Chicago lawyer said the action of Steunenberg in asking for United States troops to quell riot and the establishment of martial law In 1899 was unjustifiable and had properly stirred up Immense feeling In labor circles against the governor. Mr. Harrow's argument, unfin ished when court adjourned, devel oped into an appeal for labor as against capital, and a denunciation of all opposed to the unions. He held an audience startled and onen- mouthed as one after another the sentiments poured from his lips. His attack on Orchard was expected, and In this respect he .fulfilled and sur passed the limit ,of sensation. Three hours were given to Orchard, and it was only when vituperation, nhvsl- cal force and words were spent that Air. uarrow now turned to James II. Hawley, The State of Idaho came In for a large share of Mr. Darrow's denun ciation for the part it has played la the prosecution. Culture, education and wealth each in turn were de scribed as constituting a combination against which the worklngmen, the uneducated and the poor must ever be opjiosed. Mr. Darrow sneered at the universities as purveyors of cul ture. "And what i3 a cultured man." he cried, "but a cruel tyrant al ways?" Keachlng the climax of his denun ciation in sympathy for the working class and hatred for the rich, he as- sanea the Constitution of the coun try, and cried: 'The Constitution! The Constitu tion. It is here only to destrv th laws ' made for the benefit of the poor." Mr. Darrow's defense of labor unions and of union men was pas sionate and his eulogy of the West ern Federation eloquent. Lovingly he touched on the beauty of self-sacrifice found, in the "struggle for hu manity where only the workingman is found," and then, with the bitter est sarcasm, his voice pitched to the highest note and arms unraised, he heaped abuse upon the selfish rich and upon the administration of the State of Idaho. SURVIVORS REACH PORTLAND. Sixty-Five Complete Voyage on Elder From Scene of Wreck. Portland. July 25. With 65 sur vivors of v the ill-fated Columbia aboard, the steamer George W. Elder reached port at 6:30 o'clock yester day afternoon, after a slow and un eventful voyage from the scene of this grim tragedy of the sea of last Sunday morning. Two thousand people thronged the narrow landing place at Martin's dock to meet these fortunates who were snatched from the Jaws of death. Many were there on the happy mission of greeting rel atives who had escaped. Others went to make inquiry for some loved one unaccounted for. That the wreck was attended by many scenes of bravery and that the loss of life was reduced to a mini mum considering the rapidity with which the Columbia settled, is the general verdict. In the fact of the endless number of miraculous es capes from drowning, it Is clear that courage was at hand in plenty among passengers and crew. Women and children displayed admirable courage as well as the men, and there were few instances of rank cowardice. Must Not Enforce Laws. Nashville, Tenn., July 25. For the first time in Tennessee tho pow ers of the United States Courts have been invoked in an attempt to re strain the Insurance Commissioner from compelling nn insurance com pany conforming to the laws enacted for its regulation by the state of Tennessee. This is the nature of an injunction bill filed by the State Mu tual Life Insurance Company, of Rome, In which it is sought to pre vent Commissioner Folk from revok ing the license of the Insurance com pany Heiresses to $40 000,000. Helena, Mont., July 25. Three young women of this city, the Misses Bertha and Frederlka Volker and Mrs. Kenton Kepner, have just been apprised that, after hearings lasting three years in German courts, they have been declared the legal heiresses to the estate of their grand father, named Volker, which amounts to 140,000,000. They ex pect to go to Germany shortly to claim their fortune. They are well known residents of this city. Remove American Flag. Ottawa, Ont., July 24. Two American flugs yesterday were used with the Union Jack and other deco rations in connection with a carnival. A committee of citizens ordered the stars and stripes removed. The re ception committee thought it best to do this rather than have &&y trouble over the matter.