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NEWS OF THE WEEK
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In a Condensed Form tor Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINT?
A Resuma of the Lesa Important but
Not
Leas
Interesting
Evawrt*
of the Past Week.
Machinist* are pt»|*ring to strike on
all railroad*.
Two Han Francisco boys ar* under
arie«t Inr placing dynamite cap* on
street car tracks.
Th« 11 ay » < m »1 trialaLBoia* will «wt
i x«ir to iJiiO.vuO, ii«< du.i:r.g the
•[»•ns.« "I b ’ h »ide*
Aller, the Haywood witness charged
w ith perjury, ba* txeu liound over to
nswer in th« District court.
HAWLEY FINISHES ARGUMENT.
WURST OF CRIMINALS
LAWYERS HAVE INNING,
I* Sure Haywood Had Hand in tileu-
nenberg Murder.
Prosecution Declare* Orchard's titor
Fully Proven.
D*vot* Cntire Day to Argument* in
Boise, July 22.—Jame* H. Hawley,
leading counsel for tbe state of Idaho,
presenting the fli»Lof tbe argumente to
the jury in the caae against William D.
Haywood, »¡xAe for nearly eight hour*,
diatributed over tlirev »«««Iona of court.
Even when the for «noon »«waion Hatur-
day liad extended tar beyond the cus
tomary time limit, every seat in the
coiirtr»'m was <yvupie>l and remained
so until the last word was spoken.
None lister,«-! more attentively to the
argument than Haywood, the defend
ant, and none siiowed le»a emotion.
Ef tn time to time he U«>k cop; ua
notes in a small beck and frequently
mad. • gg- «■■ i * '. • ..re • . 11 • r
counsel, seven ot whom were in court
today.
Thtougliout the day Mr. Hawley n«ed
an almost convrr<«ati<>nal tone.
The
analysis of teetitixuiy in con trad let Ion
of Orchard's story cunchideii frequently
with tl>,' d»!Mi4 >ctath'n -4 wtim«w*jliM
-- a «Hîttî perjurw s; gteiiy «I
unintentional falerh.««!.
When h<>
Lad spoken five and a liait hour», Mr.
Hawley rveched Caldwell, where at the
cl<w ol the visit 19J6 the pre|aratlot>*
Boise, Idaho, July 20.—The field for
argument both fur th* prvaveution and
J defenee of William I*. Haywood lias
i' tievn limited by Judge Wood, who in a
Boise, Idaho, July 19.—A day of ar-
gnm*nt on Hie admissibility of point*
of evidence follow.-.1 tile aiiriotiixvmelil
from the detenae that they liad no fur
ther wile.-«*** to offer in Iwlialfof Wil
liam D. Haywood. The jury waa not
brought into court. Judge Wood liaving
been informed by counsel of their de
ci* Ion to r»*t without offer of ear*
trbuttal. Clarene* Iwrrow a|K>ke for
an hour and a half of tbe morning ses
Uolllslon Came st Midnight Wol '.ut sion. Senator Bomb replied in tiie
altenuain and wa* followed by E. F.
Warning Vessel Sank In Five
Ricliatdann. Judge Wood will prob
Minute* Altar Struck.
ably announce bis decisimi today.
I'he point argued waa the proposition
to exclude from cxgisideratiun by the
San Francisco, July 22.—In a colli jury the evidence ufleted by the de-
ten»« to show, by proof of deportation
sion between the passenger steamer Co of ininner* from and the emplov ment
lombia and the steam tciioooet Hau of detectiviw m the Cripple Creek die-
Pedro off the Mendocino coast 100 tsur- lint of Coloiado, tliat a roiopirncy was
eetlgete la«t their live* Saturday night. f.iituxl among th.- mine owner* and the
eillaena of tiie <li»tri< t to prevent the
The -dumbia wns sunk- and II««
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OOmpiewiy ■uuiovigo >u inv UW|» ein E'wleralion of Miners.
Tiie ¡«»1-
water* of Hiieltcr cove.
tion taken Io tin- liny», d defens* was
Captain I Kit an, master of the Colum tliat Harry Orchard waa employed by
bia, stayed with Id* vessel, and la the Mir.r wr.rra' association through
detectives to commit crim«« which were
among tlmee lost.
then chstg!«! to tiie Federation, and
The collision <xx*urre>l at midnight, pullin' opinion ar'iumil «gainst the kun-
wiir:: all on l«>ard eave the hxikout and ion workers, and it therefore followed
for the slate
officer* <>n tiie bridge were mdeep in that, il t • lotadu . vulei
waa admitted, the defense had the
their bertha. The Columbia w steam
right to *huw a counter-conspiracy.
ing north st an easy rate, liaving left The reply ol the state was tliat the de-
here at noon Katur< tay.
tense liad failed legally to connect ita
Huddenly out of the fog loomed the case in II imui particular» and therefore
■ lark hulk of the steam schooner Han its evidence merely contused that issue.
In the nlwcnee of the jury the argu
Pedro, south booed, which was evident ment gave counsel an opportunity to
ly out of her cotlil».
Whistle* were take a wide range In commenting un
blown and frantic efforts made by the the methotia rffnployiHi on Imtli aide*.
.• i vitu
lielmsman of swell Vcaeel to avert the Mr I ' ii
perative. He bitterly aMiailed Orchard
, collision, but they were of no avail.
and the Pinkerton*.
The Hun Pedro struck the steamer on
Mr. Borah confined hhniM-lf largely
the port bow, tearing an immense hole to the legality of the question of admis
in her aide, throogh which the water sibility. He a|xike for an hour, force
ruah«d in groat volume.
Alarms were fully reviewing the evidence ami alle
sounded throughout the | a>wx nger ship, gations made by the defense, which,
ho said, failed to allow by the metulier
and tiie terrifiml |>«sa«rigers scrambled
of
the a I leg.« I cotiapltaey letween the
from thoir staterooms hi an effort to es
cape from tli« -loomed vessel, but the mlno-ownenr and the rlnkrrtons that
lime was too short to aid the life »aver*. any such con»|nrwcy existed.
Ch .
4, - T Ur. ■' « «> ' I. ’ p»'H I afoot. Hi« voice n.w found a sympa-
thi* year ort Ijitnr <lay. Thi» ha* been thet c note and, as lie told of tiie last
one of the feature* heretofore.
moment* Of the ex-governor the eourt-
Leader* in a Ccrean conspiracy have rootn was hushed and the jury leaned
been arrested. The ex-emperor is »aid forward to catch the speaker's every
word.
to be behind many of the plots.
Mr. Hawley's peroration wa« iniprv«-
The attorney general is to begin suit ■ive.
There was no attempt at any
in New York to annul the charters of flight of oratory, ’but oniv a strong
the Western Union and. Postal tele note of deep sincerity and great ear-
graph com|»ni«a. Illegal combination neatne«« when he pleaded for an honeet
I* tiie allegation.
judgment from honest n>«'ii of hialio.
Mr I In »• . -.nd lie iit • I - Large
1 In- ■ t<n■:.■ r X
tabla, ftet wrecked
a E ireka, came to thcmagl la tliat a majority or even tliat many of
IMO 1
ter I'.» where aha waa the Weatern Federation of .Miner* were
built fur the <>. R. A N., which cum- criminals, but that the evil dee-la ot
¡«ny transferred the vessel to tile Han the erth'ers and of the acurn of tiie or-
Francisco A Portland Rteamablp cum- gai.:/»li"! ¡'.lid broug'.t droro.llt .4
the rank and file. The time liad In
|»ny.
,
deed come, he »aid, when right think
Second Vice President Zimmer, of ing men should rise and make war upon
tbe Pacific Htatea Telephone com|«ny, the evil influence* tlutt were tbe cura»
ha* ngiun tetased to testify in the Glass of all lalxir organ I sat i< >na.
case and re-ecntenced to one day’* Im
On the adjournment of court until
prisonment. Notice waa given tbit be Monday moning, .Mr. Hairley
will l>e «alle-i each day and recommit •■lowered with congratulation*.
ted so long rm he refnsca to testify.
Three persona wi re killed in a wind
storm, at Wnon!“>e«et, R. D.
THIRTY-ONE DEAD.
Bryan is nai<l to have abandoned his Michigan Excursion Train Hit* Freight
government ownership policy.
at High Speed.
San Pedro Officers Say Disaster
Could Have Been Averted.
decision lianded down ytwtcrday rvtuov-
■ *d from consideration by the jury alt
evidence lavartiig on the alleged conspir-
ary by mil.«owner* and others against
the Western Federation of Miners.
Judge Wood decided tliat the defense of
Seventy-Two Are Unaccounted tor Haywood bad made no legal connection
of the Mineownere* aaaxiatlon, th«
and Chance* of Being Found
Citlsaoe* alliance, of Colorado, and I tie
Alive Are Small.
Pinkerton agency with the crime* as
laying a fuurxlation (or tbe evidence in-
tnxinced by the tiefenae to show tliat
Eurêka, Cal , July 23 —Arrivai y**- the cliarg<< against Haywwud and lilscu-
terday of the «leamer George W Kldcr defendants is the outcome of a conspir
with the Imlteri-i «team «chooner Kan acy to exterminate the Ee-iemtion.
Immediately following the anriounce-
Pedto in tou, brought the tirât newa of
• marine diaa«ter winch will rank i tiwnl <>( thi« dscisioo, argument cum-
am<>ng the .v.vr»t of the Pacific ixaisl. i tuenced. J. H. Hawley, leading coun-
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I «e! for the rtate, »ta ke for two hours
the stem of tbe steamer Columbia, and lb I itKitca "I tbe atleriiu. :: r;
bound frorn Han Francisco to Portiand, the ini-rning seaekn having been ad-
tearing s grvat ga-h lu h*r ».' le, and juarned to enable the judge to prejaia
his decision.
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Counsel for the defense rc|»at«*Hy
ut»-« near t Hheiter cove siaiut 12 30
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interrupted Mr Hawley with prote»ta
,tx! objix txiris, but Uie*« only ecemed
S> stir him to greater effort*.
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.Mr Hawley concluded with the state-
I
nent tliat already he had shown enough
o convict and that any juryman not
willing to convict oo the evidence con-
n«cting th« cori'plmtors with the blow
ing up of tiie Bunker Hill A Hulllvan
j»ncet>trator in 18V9*nd the explosion
¡sat the Vindicator mine In 1903 alone
'sought only tn rid himself of au un-
iteaaant duty to hi* state."
HUNDRED SEHftTY-SLVLN SAVED
Mr. Hawley will continue bis argu
ment to-lay.
Judge Wood lias notified counsel for
the delen»» tliat he ei|>e«t* argument
f'-r th- ir aid« to commerste on Monday,
Iifti-d and a CORI witru <ormiieiu.t«i Ml
blow. The people in th» Uwta suffered
b rxtiicEt.
0. Hwaiwon, a »ailor of liia Han Pc<i-
ro, wa* at tlx- wheel H.itur'lrsy night
when the fatal collision occurred.
In
his report to the sailors' agent, John
Erickson, the blarue I* laid up»n the
stioulders of ti>« Columbia's officer»
Other tnemlwr* of the crew of the Han
Fedru «uo.UKllu.le ii.e story of - who -
son. He «ay* tliat the erder wm given
t i him when the lookout sighted th*
Columbia to put the wlicel iiatd aport.
Three point* aport carrlad the Han
I'txlro seaward apparently out of th«-
way of the a|q>r<»cldng iv**<d, whim-
name at that time wa* not known.
Short tools from the whistles of l»th
venae Is warned the »kipper*. Die Co-
lumtua wa« on the ci »»t »ide, the Han
Pedro on the sea side. A[q«»r<ntly
imtii viwaela were preceding at full
speed, if all bad gone well, the S»n
Peilro would have cleared the Colum
bia, but it is evident Hurt an order,
"put the wheel liard a «urlmwrd," wa*'
given on the Columbia. This »ent her
directly acroae tbe bow of tbe »team
schooner. Whether <>r not the speed of
either v«*»el wa* »lackeiied is imma
terial, for the crash of the veraela wa*
terrific. The Columbia, an iron vessel,
bore the brunt of tiie impact, and ber
iron plates cracked, and a gash seven
feet acron* tbe forward iiatch allowed
tiie water inss ingt«m at great velocity.
Among tiie survivors rescued and car
ried north to tins |«irt by the Gri>rgv
W. El-lcr are men and women from a
score of slate*, not a few from the At
lantic reabuard aixt the Middle West
Among these are a number of acbool
tisrelx-rs, who were varying with a wa
voyage tbeir h'une trip from the an
nual convention of tiie National Eduds-
tiona' a*«<iciat ion at L<« Angele«.
A «eg regs I ion of the Columbia's psa-
stnger list shows that in het cabins site
carried 78 men and W women and
girls; in her steerage 20 men and one
woman, a total of IHV. Ihrcrrpanries,
however, tw-twi • n tn« fuii i.-t fur::.ar,.-;
the purser on »ailing and some of the
names given by tbe survivor* wfto have
reached here Indicate that the total
number of pa»»«ngeni may have l>e«n
greater.
Hixteen of tiie uaine* given
here are not found on III* Steamship
company'* certified list. Adding to tiie
189 accredited passengers tire 59 or 00
me tn I «era of the Columbia's crew give*
a total of 249 lives jeopardised in the
millnight collision. It is known that
at least 40 women were saved.
New York Jews are planning an or
Kalem, Mich., July 22.—Thirty one
ganisation to unite tbe Hebrews of all people are dead ami more than 70 in
jured, many of them m-riouely, a* the
countries.
result of a head-on collieon H«tur<lay be
Corey says be ia to remain president
tween thia village and Plymouth, when
of the teel corporation despite re{«>rt*
a Pi-ri' Marquette excursion train bound
to the contrary.
from Ionia to Detroit crashed into a
Rioters In Seoul have burned there»- westbound freight train in a cut located
idencivr <4 several int mbera of the em- at a »harp curve of the Pere Matquette
|<eror'* cabinet.
railroad aliout a mile ea-t of Kalem.
The pa-ei-bger tram of eleven '-ar*,
Rioting baa again occurred in Han
carrying
th« perv Marquette »bop em
Franc ir - o in connection with the strike
ploye« of Ionia ami their fainiliva to
of tiie streetcar men.
the Micbigwn metropolis for their an
Two storms coming from different nual excursion, wa« tunning at high
directions met at (Macad e, Mont. A ■peed, probably Ml mile* an hour, d wn
farm hand was killed and mop* ruined a steep grade. It struck the lighter
in the storm rone.
kcomotive of the freight train with
The Tennessee Federal court has de such terrible force a* to turn the freight
cided tliat Standard Oil official* of In engine completely around.
Only a few of lire freight tram’* car*
diana can lie brought to the former
state to answer indictuirrita returned were smashed. and it lock only a few
hour*' work to remove all trace* of
l-y « gr**o.l ¡it*y-
them from the scene.
But Irebind the
Sixteen thousand men employed by two wrecked hcoinxtive* *ix cars of the
the United State» Btesd corporation ¡Mneenger train lay pile<i in a bopelea*
and inde|iendent inineownet* hi Minne wreck.
sota have gone on strike for an increase
Four of the parwenger coaches re-
in wage«.
The iron orc industry ia mained bn the track but *1 rghtly dam
paralxyod.
aged, and were used to convey the dead
A atiwuior ha* just sailed from New and injured to Ionia; one MMb »**
York carrying railr>«d material for entirely undamaged, with only It* f- r
Ja|*ne*e u*e In .Manchuria. Forty car- ward trucks off th* rail*. The two
goe* Iiave bean pun loured and will be cotche* next ahead of thi* were tele
moved inside of 12 months. The sup- scoped. The next car forward stood al-
plie» luv.dve an ■ ifieiiditure of *10,- meet on end after the wreck.
}<<«|M>n*ibility I* put »quare upon
UOU.OOO.
the crew of the freight train by official*
A tornado and tremendoua rain storm nf the med
Th.«««, who arrived at th*
uni heavy daiiaige ,«•
J.-scpK, Mo., I ■cene ol the wrick Kron after the aecl-
and vicinity.
dent »«eiired front the cr*w of the
The Elka national convention I* con freight tiie order* under which it waa
sidering plana to step the siagutber ot running, and which clearly showed the
position of the ¡»»««tiger train, and
elk to get teeth.
tliat the freight iiwi encroached upon
The Corean delegate at Tbe Hague
tbe other train** running time. The
denounce« Japanese, but th* other dele
collision occurred at 0:13 o'clock, «nd
gate* favor Japan.
Uie freight train *lioul l iiave reached
Rioting in Heoul renult* from abdi Haleru at 9:10 to be witbin their orders.
cation of the Corean emperor. At least
25 Japanese were killed.
Riotirg in Seoul.
Tokio, Jnly 22.— late advices from
In the Gia*« trial tbe court ha* ruled
that evident» »bowing similar offenses Heoul say that the rioting ia growing in
f'et A**i««» Crae r« Nipped
Aiii'tuptu to bum th*.
may iw lOiiuduou, a. dsc'dod Tfef"Vy niaanitiuic.
Ht.
Petersburg, July 23.—The ¡mlIce
railway
station
and
police
building
tor Heney.
were fruatratid bj pfuiopt aotlud. lo-lay arrested on tbe street ■ *r>i-t«nt
Connellsville, a town of 300 Inliabi- The powder magacme of the Corean long stt»p<«'teii of lielonging to the mili
tanta near Z*n«*ville, lias been alnxsit government ia strongly guarded by Jap tary organisation of th* Social Revo
al off the map b;
by flood. No live* anese troop* at the request of tiie min lutionist*. On ««arching them, the po
wi|M*l
are l reported loat. The property loa* ister of war.
Rioter* are shooting lio* found plan* of both the Taarakoe-
will t>« large.
wildly out of windows and two Japan- Helo and Peterliuf (wiacee, map* of the
A Chinaman ia on trial in I«a Ange e»e are leported to have l>een killed Ht. Peter and St. Paul fortriws, anil the
le* for practicing medicin* without a Murdetona assaults are' frequent and fort»»«* at Cronwtadt, and a papet
Been*«. Ho far 340tal«*men have been the city 1» verging almost on a reign of showing the disposition of the tioopa
in the Ht. Petersburg t«ir*cks. The
summoned ami but five Iiave qualified, terror.
police believe that they have nipped In
■ II Other* being bia«ed on account of
tbe bud another attempt on the life of
Russia Begin* New Railroad.
defetidant being a Chine*».
Nertohinsk, Asiatic Russia. July 22. tiie emperor.
F. M Holbrook. E. E. Izmabaugli
an<l Robert McPhl Haney, prominent —Work waa formally Iwgun t<«lay on
Take* Sting Out of Rate Law.
m«n of Wyoming, have been found the construction of tie flrat »ection of
Asheville, Tenn., Jnly 23.—Federal
guilty of conspiracy to defraud the gov the Amuria railr<«d, which i* destined
ernment of coal lands In that state. The to give Russia a line to Vladlvoetok en Judge Pritchard today dlwhargeii Tick
The et Agents Wood and Wiiaon, of the
maximum penalty is two years in the tirely through Russian territory.
purpose of thia line at present is pnrely Southern railway, on lialxw* corpu«
penitentiary and a fine of 210,000.
•trategical. ft i» admitted that It can prireeding« and declared th* jienalty
Th* Indian Territory Ifemocratlc con be profitable commercially only after clause of the new rate bill nnconstltu-
vention ended in a riot.
J tional.
many yean.
READY TO FIGHl PACKERS.
Livestock E «chang* Convention
Consider Pott Morten.
to
Kan«a« City. .Mo., July 20. — Live-
*t'«k .■■ r..mii». ii firms in the 15 prin
cipal inaikrl* of the country, that do
an annual bu«ineM iwtimatfd at |*u0,-
000,000, were reprmented here today
at tb.e "tsening of the NaHnt’r»! l ive
stock Eschangr a**<«-iation. The live-
stuck centers represented included ntwr-
ly eveiy city of importance from Buf
falo to IWnvet and from Ht. Paul to
Fort Worth.
Twenty dehqiat«-* came
from Chicago.
The National Exchange 1» practically
the clearing house for the various oral
exchange*. Jame* C. Hwift, of Kan»««
City, the pne:d«ul, mid thia morning
that the mortem question, among other
things, will ls< discuHScd and said of It
in ia* annual addrv*»
•' Willie we regret the passing of th*
7 cent hog. we rejoice that hi* memory
tiears no taint of poet mortem, and tliat
lie left with us tiie ever-welcome 7-cen
*«er« and the lowly sheep, with his
high-priced tlex-ce and at rung-smelling
mutton.”
.Mr. Hwift said tliat livestock ex
change« for year» had been the butt for
shafts of cheap ridicule and the basis
lor criticism b<>ru either of malice or
ignuranc*.
Canada at Irrigation Fair.
Sacramento, Cal., July 20.—-Canada
will send an eihibit of irrigation pro
duct« to the Interstate Ei|»i*ition to 1«
hel<l in Uii* city neit Heptemls-r in
connecticn with the National Irrigation
congrr-a. A representative of Alberta
province ml led at headquarter* to ar
range for liie metallation of a big die
play. The outlook pointe to the larg-
>-«t and moat inqiortatit exp<uition of the
kind ever held in the weal. Twenty
thousand dollar* in trophic* and prlu«
are to l>e offered for the l«*t collet five
and individual enttic*.
Government to Take Job.
Kan Antonio, Tex., July 21.—A
«¡■ecial to the I xpreea from Mnxatian
«ay*
Authoritative information ha»
been teceived here tliat the Durango-
Mxutlan railroad will be built by the
.Mexican government. It will lie the
rlrat piece of oonatructlon since the na
tional merger waa definitely effected.
It ia expected work will lie started at
the «nd of thia year. Thi* line is 3fi5
mile* long, and the estimated cost if
125,000,000 Mexican currency, It will
require several million more to Co in
piete the line.
Telegrapher* Will Arbitrate.
Kan Frnnci»co, Jnly 20.—After being
on Just a month, the etrike of the tele
graph operator« in the Oakland and Han
Francisco offices of the Western Union
and I’oetal Telegraph companies wa*
settled thia afternoon. The operators
almoet unaniinoualy voted to return to
w< rk under the same conditions and
salaries a* prevailed when they went
on frike and to arbitrate their griev
ance» a* provided for in the compro-
miae offer contained in the letter from
Colonel R. <’. Clowry of June 20.
Haywood Case.
Rammed bv the San Pedro Oil
Shelter Cove, California.
100 LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST
Tiie veesel sank within five minute«
of the time < f the rolllsion. A life raft
DISSENSIONS IN THE RANKS
ws« !a«>nche«t with * number of ta.«-
seiigei* ol* b-stld.
Ktrlkh g Telegraph Operator* Criti
cise National Chief*.
Eighty-Eight Saved.
Han Francisco, July 22.—It la
reported that NN of the |m»»etiger»
crew of the Columbia were saved,
that 150 were drowned, including
tain Doran.
now
and
and
Cap
Han Franclaco, July 22.—According
to J. C. Flynn, a rescued p*»*enger of
the Columbra, every woman ¡«¿»enger
on the steamer wa* !<«t.
Han Francisco, July 22.—There were
alaiut 300 passengers, a full list, on the
Columbia.
Gnu-thud of the«e went
down.
The steams* Roanoke brought the
first survivors and a number of the diwd
The
to Evan Francisco this morning,
dead were taken bi morgue*.
.More anrvIvors ate on te a ni r» life
mtt in tow of tiie Iwisy Mitchell, ■ •
loutte to this port.
The Han Pedio, which ruttimeli the
Columbia, is lieing towed to Eureka by
the Geo. W. Elder.
Hliolter Cove is 179 miles north of
here.
Tbe steamer Roanoke spoke the
»learner Geo. W. Elder, and the latter
had on Ismrd 88 ¡aerrnger* and crew
of the (Toluaibia which wire taken off
tbe steamer Han Perirò.
The Han Pedro had ber stem gone
and ws* conslderwlrly <ianmge*1 for
ward. Her mainmast was gone ami
foremast »|>rung, her cal go wa« gone
and she waa in n water logged condi
tion. The Eldar was trying to tow her
Ut Eureka, but was making slow pro
gress.
Eureka, Cal., July 22 — The Ran
Pedro and Geo. W, Eldar brought 88
survivor» into Eureka thi* morning
All mernlw-rs of the crew except Cap
tain Duran were among the raved.
W.|l B* Memphis' Guest.
St. !/.»!•, Jtt!«’ 2?. Pisa’ dstn!!« h?
the nveption of President Roosevelt at
lb* conventtion ot tbe Istkrs-to-tlie-
Gulf Deepwater way association, to be
belli at Memphis, Tenn., October 4,
were adopted bslay at n meeting lield
at the liomn of W. K. Kavanaugh,
of the aaenriatlon. The «all
riven lion will tie sent out In
a few day*.
Govern« Folk, of .Mis
souri. and the governors of other state*
will accom|*iriy President Roosevelt to
Memphis. The party will I* met at
some point alMive Memphis.
Han Fmnciaco, Jnly 10.—Yesterday
was a busy day In the mnk* of the strik
ing telegraphers nt Oaklstxl,
There
were committee* ap|*ointed and many
Imprompto consultation* held, and dur
ing the afternoon several operators
waited on the three members of the
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.M. J. Reidy, H.
J. Koiienkariip, and J. M. Hulllvan,
but atar-duthte »Hence was maiutaint'd
u« to the meeting or the trend of th*
d Iacusv ions.
It «tut evident from (he liearing of
the conferee* that the aituatloll was
ci iiaidvrvil arrious and there were hint*
of Incmming friction among the trailer*
of the strikers. The executive commit-
tee came In fol severe criticism on ac
count of it* reported remark* deprtwat-
Ing the <alling of the strike and ita ap
parel.I lack f syiiqatliy for the heal
operators.
It ha* l-cen rumored persistently for
the peat few day* that there wa* a ser
ious split between President Hmall and
hi* executive committeemen.
Mayor Taylor Takes Office.
Han Fran, isco, July 19.— Dr. Eld ward
It. Taylor, dean of Hasting» law col
lege and acting president of C<x>per
.Mi«li<wl college. t<«lay r»«-«lv*d his
commission a* mayor of the city and
county of Han Francisco.
Regarding
his plana for reforming ihucity g-ivern-
rnent, Mr. Taylor sani
”! have no
plana at present. In fact, the whole
thing has come on me so suddenly that
! lui., ¡-.ut ha;! time to think about it
as yet. 1 intend to Conduct the govern
ment on a nori|>artlMin h*«is, but fur
ther than tlatt I iiave no plana."
Equal Pay for thè Se*e*.
Ht. Joeeph, Mo , July 10.—The thlr-
teenth blennlal oonventlon of thè Retali
Clerka' International union today elect-
ed F. 11. Conway, of Chicago. pre*i-
dent. lte*<ilutions were adopted de-
elaring that women clerks should be
¡«airi thè tn« wage* a* male clerks
where tliey do thè *ame work. The
conventi! n al*> will dee lare for in
eleht-hiHir >lav
l*re«id«w<t r—»»w«y4«
nounced depwrtinent «torce a* a curie
lo iiuliMooty, |ar^ii>g uuiy *l»i,«liuti
wagrw t>> womrn employee.
Acquitted of Land Fraud.
Eureka, Cal., July 19.—A jury in
the Federal court thia afternoon after
I omi than 10 minute* delilwration and
on the fliat ballot found George W.
Bl*cw,’formerly of E ureka, ix w of Oak
land, not guilty of conspiring to defraud
U>e government out of valuable public
timber land in Trinity county.
Hundrad Jack)** Dasart.
Tornado Near Lacrosse, Wl*.
La C ro»»«, Wie.. July 23.—A torna
do viaitol the «action north of here in
E«prass Mon»» ffaekag* Stolen.
the vicinity of Viroqua. Communica
Columbia, H C.t Jnly 20.—It ia re tion in all direction* is cut off and
ported here tliat an expresa parkage of wire* ate down. Herions washout* oc
I Inj « hi h*a l*en l<wt at th« Fiorame, curred on all five railroad* entering la
S. C., ortx».
Croas* and traffic is at a standstill.
Norfolk, Va., July 19.— During tiie
neat few week* 100 d«wertlona have
lieen listed and advertised from the
Iwttleshlp Minneaota, one of the war
ship* in Hampton Ibsida.
The local
police were notified of 15 diwertiona
yesterday.
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