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Navy Department Decides
to 5end Only Our Newest
Warships to the Pacific
Fifty Fighting Vessels, Large and Small,
Will Be in Sight of San Francisco
by January First.
WORLD i GREATEST NAVAL. RiLYIliW
Washington, D. C. Two important
decisions have been reached by the
Navy Department concerning the an
nounced program for the dispatch of
the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific first,
only the newest and most modern
ships will be sent, and, secondly, the
average of captains of the ships will
be reduced from three to five years.
In addition it is planned to send
along a flotilla of torpedo boat de
stroyers. It is fismrpd Tipre that, without tVio
ships now on the Asiatic station,
there will be thirty-two warships in
sight of San Francisco by January 1.
This number will include tbe torpedo
boat destroyers.
It also is proposed to bring over
the Asiatic forces. Those which are
considered real fighting craft are the
four armored cruisers, West Vir
ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Colorado, and the monitors Monterey
nd llonadnock. These, added, will
give a total of thirty-eight. It also is
probable that when the plans for the
greatest of all navy-reviews are per
fected even the smaller cruisers and
the gunboats will come over from
Asia, and the total force will amount
to fifty fighting vessels, great and
small.
Announcement was made at the
Navy Department that the proposed
voyage of the battleship fleet to the
Pacific would in noway interfere with
the plan already arranged for the
summer maneuvres of the Atlantic
fleet. The decision has been made
that Rear-Admiral Evans, command
ing the fleet, shall assemble his ves
sels for midsummer operations at
some point on the New England coast
on August 25. The place has not yet
been determined, as there is ho great
taste in the matter.
In the meantime the ships which
day need repairs will be docked and
put in condition. Repairs are being
rushed on the Connecticut, which is
Admiral Evans flagship, but this is
being done so that other ships may
be sent to the Brooklyn yard for spe
cial work upon them as may be neces
sary and for the further reason that
the ship has not completed her for
mal trials.
The plan of docking the vessels for
repairs was mapped out months ago
and is now being carried out without
regard to the intended movement of
the fleet to the Pacific. These repairs
would have been made had there
been no decision reached for the
movement to the Pacific.
The New England maneuvres will
be completed some time in October.
THE CRIME
Jew York City. The population of
Japan is less than 48,000,000. The
Population of the United States is
nearly 85,000,000.
The debt of Japan taking the
Statesman's Year - Book figures
throughout to insure uniformity of
comparison is about $935,000,000.
The net debt of the United States is
1964,435,657. Japan is paying from
four to six per cent, interest on its
foreign loans and from five to seven
Per cent, on its internal loans. One
fourth of the debt of the United
States is at four per cent, and the
rest at two and three per cent.
Japan's revenue is less than f 250,
8 00, 000, while the revenue of the
United States is $762,000,000. Ja
pan's total imports and exports for
the year 1905-1906 were only $420,
000,000 while those of the United
States were nearly $3,000,000,000.
Against twenty first - class mod
-iucago Jiank Wrecker Discharged.
The jury trying two members of
the Steel Ball Company for complicity
in wrecking the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank, of Chicago, disagreed
and was discharged.
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Minimum of Failures.
In failures the number is down to
the lowest minimum of the past twenty-five
years, but the liabilities arc
the largest, with one exception,
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K. L. Russell, in the Washington Tost,
Then, following the usual (Mjsfmn
the fleet would move southward to
ward LrUantanamo for drill operations
ana target practice, but Instead of
doing so this fall they will go on the
cruise to the Pacific. The proposition
to send the fleet to the Pacific at an
early date, that is, this summer, has
not been considered and will not be
considered unless there is danger of
an immediate outbreak of hostilities
on the part of Japan, which officers
do not believe is at all likely.
Much greater difficulty would be
experienced in getting the big ships
around to the Pacific now than five
or six months later. The South At
lantic is now in midwinter, the weath
er 13 unfavorable and much danger
might be encountered. Besides that,
it is argued, there is no pressing need
for their presence there at this time.
Whatever good effect may be had by
sending the ships there, it is contend
ed, will be produced by the announce
ment of the decision that they are to
go later.
Of course, if there should be an
outbreak on the part of Japan the
plan to delay the sending of the ships
until next winter would be changed
immediately. The impression, how
ever, which officers seek to convey is
that the fleet is not to be sent to the
Pacific as a menace to Japan or be
cause there is any danger of war,
which is scouted, but rather to dem
onstrate our ability to make a dash
around the Horn in the event of an
emergency. Whether or not the ships
will be brought back to the Atlantic
is a matter for determination after
further developments. Next Decem
ber will be midsummer In the South
Atlantic and conditions will then be
favorable for the long cruise
In some naval quarters the opinion.
Is held still that the battleship fleet
will never go to the Pacific, and the
impression Is given that the proposi
tion is largely Mun ror the purpose
of showing Japan what we would do
in case it became necessary to have a
large fleet in Pacific waters.
These same officers believe that it
would be a dangerous thing to leave
the Atlantic coast unprotected, as it
would be in the event of the with
drawal of the entire battleship fleet.
At the same time they point out that
the transfer of the fleet to the Pacific
and the abandonment of the Atlantic
coast would be an argument for a
large increase in the navy and the
building of a corresponding battle
ship fleet for the Atlantic, in order
that the country might be adequately
protected in both oceans.
OF JINGOISM.
ern American battleships Japan has
only ten. Against our eight first
class and five second-class armored
cruisers Japan has nine. Against
our nineteen protected cruisers Japan
has seventeen.
In effective fighting force the
American superiority is vastly pre
ponderant. This fact is known to
every Japanese statesman and . to
every intelligent Japanese citizen.
Yet American jingoes are asking us
to believe that Japan, in some fashion
or another, is secretly menacing the
peace of the United States.
The plain and obvious truth is that
Japan is exhausted financially, that
her population is struggling under
burdens imposed by the war with
Russia, and that her resources are so
far inferior to those of the United
States that no responsible Japanese
statesman would think of war exeept
as a last resort.
Chinese Appeal to Roosevelt.
An appeal has been made to the
President by the leader of the Chi
nese reform movement for modifica
tion of the law excluding Chinese
from this country.
Chattanooga Bonds "Go."
At Chattanooga, Tenn., five banks
took the entire Issue of $1,000,000
city improvement bonds, each bank
taking an equal portion and paying
cash therefor, i. ...
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NORTH STATE NEWS
Items of Interest Gleaned from
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Minor Occurrences of the Week of
Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para
graphs. N. C. Railroad Matters.
Grenesboro, Special. The annual
meetings of the stockholders and di
rectors of the North Carolina Rail
road Company was held here last
week. The directors .met in the par
lor of Hotel Guilford at 12 o'clock
and prepared and adopted resolutif-33
to be submitted to the stockholders
One of these resolutions was in ref
erence to the matter of the hotel
property at Burlington. The resolu
tion was adopted by the stockholders.
It is a final adjustment of the matter,
it being decided that tbe company will
not rebuild the hotel, which was de
stroyed by fire three or four years
ago. The stockholders granted per
mission to the national government to
construct a viaduct under the main
line of the road at Salisbury for the.
driveway to the Federal Cemetery.
An appropriation for this was made
at the last sesion of the United States
Congress. All of the old directors on
behalf of the stockholders were re
elected. After tfie stockholders'
meeting the directors met and transat
ed the usual routine business. II. C.
Chatham, of Elkin, was reelected
president; A. II. Eller, of Winston
Salem, secretary-treasurer; John W.
Thompson, of Raleigh, expert. The
reports of the officers were received
and approved.
End of Telephone Trouble.
Winston-Salem, Special. At a fin
al conference between the telephone
committee of the board of aldermen
and the Board of Trade and Judge
Palmer, representative of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company, an
agreement was reached by which the
Bell Company will immediately be
gin to install in the Twin City a mod
em common battery telephone system,
including a modern building and plant
aud underground wires in the busi
ness section of the city. The cost of
the system is estimated at about $80,
000. Work will begin immediately
upon the surveys, etc., for the new
work, and it is thought that the new
system will be in operation before
January 1st, 1909.
Rowlands to Stand Trial.
Raleigh, Special. Dr. David S.
Rowland and wife, Lillian Rowland,
were formally arraigned at 5:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon to stand
trial for their lives oil the charge of
poisoning Mrs. Rowland's former hus
band, Engineer C. R. Strange, of the
Seaboard Air Line. They were unex
pectedly ordered inta court in the
midst of a long-drawn-out- argument
by counsel on the question of using
certain depositions taken by the de
fense in the trial in the event the
case comes to trial at all at this term.
The entrance of the prisoners created
quite a stir in the erowded court
room.
Haywood Conty Fair.
Waynesville, Special. The third
annual Haywood County Fair will be
held here October 9th to 12th next.
Preparations ibr the eventyare already
well under way, and it is confidently
expeoted that the coming exhibition
will eclipse either of the preceding
ones. The association is offering this
year the handsome sum of $2,000 in
premiums and purses, of which amont
$550 will be given on 8?ri. iltural
products and $800 in purses for races.
North State Notes.
The State Bar Association held its
annual meeting at Hendersonville last
week. The meeting was very inter
esting and was largely attended. A
feature was an address by Judge Al
ton B. Parker, of New York. Prof.
Timberlake made a splendid address
on "The Unwritten Law," which was
a full eposition of the entire doctrine
involved in that now popular plea.
The city authorities of both Char
lotte and Grenesboro are discussing
the problem of allowing soft drinks
and cigars sold on Sunday. Such
sale has been prohibited for some
time in both cities and the effort is
being made to repeal the prohibitory
laws.
A batch of vventy fresh Italian la
borers arrived at High Point last
week and began Avork in the factor
ies there. Not one of them can speak
English.
The Retail Hardware Association
of tbe Carolinas held its annual ses
sion in Charlotte last week.
Storm Did Damage.
Salisbury,Special-Reports through
out the county tell of great damage
done to growing crops by the storm
of Wednesday night. Portions of it
were swept by furious winds and hail
that battered down corn and cotton.
The western section of the county in
Locke township, was visited by a
young cyclone that did timber ana
crops the most damage. No houses
were blown down and no cattle killed.
I conflict otthe courts
Lively Tilt Imminent Between the
State and Federal Judicial Machin
ery Over Railroad Rate Matter.
Raleigh, Special The lines of the
contest now being waged between the
Southern Railroad and the State of
North Carolina drew into closer an
tagonism by the filing in the Circuit
Court here of the supplemental bill
of compaint of the Southern and the
restraining order of Judge Pritchard
issued thereon whereby it is sought
to restrain certain citizens of the
State from prosecuting suits in-the
State courts under the penalty clause
of the passenger rate law for viola
tions thereof!
The restraining order also enjoins
all other persons and individuals and
corporation from prosecuting any
action for damages or proceeding for
the imposition of any penalty or pun
ishment upon the complainant rail
road under or by virtue of the act,oi
account of the violation of the pro
visions thereof by said railroad.
At practically the same hour that
the supplemental bill was filed in thu
Circuit court, the grand jury of Wake
county was returning indictments in
four cases against T. E. Green, of
the Southern for violation of the law
under the provision thereof constitu
ting such violation a misdemeanor
punishable' by fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the court.
When capiases are issued for Mr.
Green from the Superior court on
Monday the question of State or Fed
eral sovereigity will be actually pre
sented. Although the restraining or
der does hot specify solicitors or of
ficers or presume in terms to restrain
a court, its spirit and intendment can
be nothing else. When the solicitor
of the district takes steps, thereof, Lo
prosecute the indictments the ques
tion will be fairly presented to Judge
Pritchard whether or not he will at
tempt to interfere or not TAOIAAA
tempt with the procedure of the
North Carolina courts
In case he should so attempt to
interfere the conflict Or jurisdiction
would be so sharply drawn as to cre
ate a situation practically without
precedent ; if he should not attempt to
interfere with the State court the
jury in the cases gainst Mr. Green
will be called upon to pass upon ali
the matter set up in the bill of com
paint of the railroad, since it is only
upon the idea that the rate is con
fiscatory and the act therefore un
constitutional that the Southern can
hope to defend its violation. The
legal controversy on the constitution
al question will be shifted at once
from the Federal to the State courts.
In the meantime the individual res
pondents are cited to appear at Aska
ville, August 12, and show cause why
an injunction pendente lite should not
issue restraining them from prose
cuting their actions for penalties al
ready begun in the State courts.
Individuals Enjoined.
The individuals against whom the
bill of restraining order are directed
are Messrs. J. A. Spence, Elijah Mof
fitt, J. R. MeKenzie, E. B. Hatch, W.
C. Hurley, A. Armstrong, L. F. Nance
Spencer Howell, Robert HowellCoon
Armstrong, Henry Smitherson, Jesse
Eldridge, Claude Howell, Wallace
Armstrong, Guy Smitherson, J. M.
Way and B. C. Beckwith, all of whom
are made parties defendant to the bill
originally filed against the Corpora
tion Commission and the Attorney
General and his assistant.
In the case of each of these new
parties, with the exception of Mr. B.
C. Beckwith, it is alleged that they
have either brought suit or suit has
been brought in their behalf for the
recovery of the five hundred dollar
penalty prescribed as recoverable by
an aggrieved party in case he i3
charged more than the legal rate of
fare by any railroad.
As to Mr. Beckwith, the allegation
is that he has published publicitly his
willingness and intention of bringing
such suits for penalty in spite of the
pending injunction by Judge Prit
chard and it is alleged on information
and belief that he is in fact contem
plating and preparing the commence
ment of suits against the complain
ant for the recovery of such. penalty.
The papers were left with the Clerk
of the Eastern District Hiram Grant,
to be served. Mr. Beckwith, the only
local party named in the bill, was not
served until late in the afternoon.
Service on the other parties will be
made by the Marshal as soon as pos
sible. Conflicts Between Courts.
The very interesting matter in con
nection with the new bill and re
straining order is, of course, what ef
fect if any it will have upon the crim
inal proceedings started in the Su
perior Court of Wake county for vio
lations of the law, which makes the
charging of the illegal rate a misde
meanor as well as the basis for a suit
for penalty. A reading of the injne
tion as quoted in part above will dis
close that, by implication the solici
tor, the grand jury, and the judge are
alike restrained and enjoined from
prosecuting any action, civil or crim
inal ,and from proceeding to impose
any punishment provided by law for
the violation of said acts.
It is just at this point that the
State and the Federal courts seem
to meet irreconcilably in opposition
with one another.
6 DEAD;, 20 HURT
Fast Passenger Train Collides
With Light Engine
NO REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT
All of Dead Negroes of Party of 20
Being Brought from Alabama to
This State White Labor Agent in
Charge Probably Fatally Injured.
Knoxville, Tenn. Special. A long
distance telephone message to The
Journal and Tribune from Johnson
City, says :
Six persons met instant death and
20 were injured when eastbotmd ves
tibule train No. 42 on the Southern
Railway collided with a switch en
gine one mile west of Johnson City
at 7 :30 o 'clock Sunday night. The
switch engine was in charge of a
hostler, who, when he saw the fast
passenger coming toward him, revers
ed his engine and jumped to safety.
Scarcely had he done so when the
passenger crashed into the light en
gine with feaful force. The engine of
the passenger, baggage, mail car and
second-class coach were derailed and
overturned, but the switch engine was
not lifted from the rails and with full
head of steam started on a wild run
which was not ended until a switch
was thrown for it and it was ditched
at Carnegie.
, The lives of the mail clerks were
saved because of the fact that their
car was of heavy steel construction.
This heavy car, however, played hav
oc with the light second-class coach
behind, which was entirely telescoped
The second-class coach was occupied
by George Moore, white, a labor agent
for the Virginia & Southwestern
Railroad, who was conducting a party
of 20 negroes from Alabama to North
Carolina Moore was perhaps fatally
hurt, and of the negroes six were
killed outright and all others maim
ed and injured.
Six Unidentified Negroes.
- The injured are : Engineer Sam
Bush, of Knoxville, slight injuries; F.
O. Shipe, Knoxville, mail clerk, seri
ously injured ; Archeola Moore, mail
clerk, one leg slighty hurt; George
Moore, labor agent, bady crushed,
perhaps fatally hurt.
Physicians from the National Sol
diers' Home at Johnson City were
first upon the scene: Relief trains
were Si;nt to the wreck from both
Knoxville and Bristol.
Appeal for Protection.
Loraine, O. The Americanghip
buiding company has appealed to the
federal circuit court for projection
against a possible damage to property
and violence against employes, as a
result of the second strike. This week
the shipbuilders walked out again ou
account of not desiring to work with
former strikebraeksrs. Injunctions
were issued by the United States
court in Cleveland. Separate
injunction against each striker were
served. - There were 125 orders for
bidding the strikers from interf erring
with the company- or its employes. -
Conductor Shot to Death.
Augusta, Ga., Special. A tele
phone message to the Chronicle frnn
Sanderville says Conductor J. M. Ma
son of -the Central railroad was shot
to death by- an unknown negro two
mi.' cs from Sanderville. The negro
escaped and is being chased by a
posse. The negro attempted to ride
on a note and was put off. He got on
the rear car and when put off again
drew a pistol and fired three times on
the conductor. The shots were re
turned, but it is not known whether
or not any were effective.
Fugitive Ex-Convict Wounded by
Virginia Officer.
Bristol, Va., Special. Joe Farns
worth, 23 years old, and for seevral
days a fugitiye from justice, was shot
and perhaps fatally wounded by Po
liceman A. L. Hill, in the mountains
near Bristol. The officer was attempt
ing, to arrest Farnsworth, who is
wanted on a chage of shotting Wil
liam Kirk in Bristol July 4tl
Floors of Building Fall.
Philadelphia, Special. Fortunate
Lagando and Francisco Brunco were
killed, two other men fatally and six
severely hurt by the collapse of floors
in a building on Water street abovt
Market, which was being razed.
About 8,000 brick were piled on one
of the upper floors, when the stud
ding gave way and the floor went
down, carrying with it the floors be
low. Lagando was dug out dead. Eu
gene Scutter and Isreal Jones weor
buried under bricks and heavy stud
ding and badly crushed.
Hows Nctes.
Governor Hughes is meeting with
opposition on nominations by direct
vote at the special session of the Leg
islature. Archbishop Messmer-and others ad
dressed the Catholic Education Soci
ety in session at Milwaukee.
Clarence Maekay, president of the
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
denied the existence of a telegraph
combine.
NO. 49
I kitchin opens canvass
He Discussed Trusts and Private Mo
nopolies and Made Fine Impression
The opening speech in the cam
paign for the democratic nomination
for Governor of North Carolina was
made on Saturday by Mr. W. W. Kit
chin. As the issues were pretty thor
oughly gone into by him, we give a
brief account of the meeting and
rather copious extracts, covering the
principal points in his speech.
Monroe, Special. Five hundred
people heard W. W. Kitchin fire the
opening gun in his campaign for the
gubernational "nomination at Union
Church, Sandy Ridge township, Sat
urday. The occasion was a rally and
picnic of the farmers of the township
R. L. Stephens of Monroe introduced
the speaker, savins that he himself
was not committed to any candidate,
out that he could say of Mr. Kitchin
that he has always stood for the in
terests of the poeple of his own Con
gressional District had endorsed him
in six elections. Mr. Kitchin spoke
for an hour and a half and held the
interest of his audience throughout.
Most of his speech was taken up with
the discussion of trusts and private
monopolies, and he said that his po
sition on these questions now was not
new, but that he had been consistent
to it all through his public career.
He believed in governmental control
of coporations'and if that meant be
ing a radical he was willing to accept
that title. In discussing the attitude
of the railroads toward himself, he
said they opposed him because he
stood for the interests of the people.
Mr. Kitchin said in part:
"If any competitor or his champ
ion questions my statements or po
sitions I shall be glad to enter a pub
lie discussion with him, for I want
the people to understand the true
facts and the true situation in mak
ing their selection, with which I shall
faithfully abide.
Certain of our people denominate
the last Legislature as radical, be
cause instead of being satisfied with
evils existing, it undertook to correct
them. Had it been content to leave
the trusts and railroads untouched b j
legislation it would have by many
been considered entirely satisfactory,
while proving itself unfaithful to the
people. When the people fully un
derstand it, in my judgment they will
most heartiy approve that legislation
which has been most bitterly criti
cised. In reference to the suits in the
Federal Court over our rate act, while
we must patiently abide their deter
mination, believing that the State's
attorneys will so far as attorneys can
protect the State 'sinterest, yet in
my judgment under the sound .doc
trine announced in Fitts vs McGhee,
the Court erred in not dismissing the
actions, and I hope the Supreme
Court, if they reach that court, will
so find. If the officials-of the State
can be so enjoyed in this manner in
such a matter by the equity of powers
of the Federal Courts instead of com
pelling the railroads to resort to their
legal remedies, how long will it be be
fore some Federal Judge, at the in
stance of some railroad company will
assume to restrain some Speaker of
the House irom approving an act of
controverted merit or even restrain
the Legislature itself from consider
ing a bill which the railroad opposes?
In my judgment the law officers of
the State ought to indict those who
violate our rate act, anl let the Court
of law decide the controversy. I sup
pose no man will contend that it is
proper to restrain the offices of our
Criminal Courts. They should per
form their duty under the law, and if
any effort is made to restrain them
they should resist it by every known
legal means, and the State of North
Carolina will sustain them and call
them blessed. The dignity of the
State is affected and the State
through its officers should act. It is
folly to expect a private individual
to raise the issue with the Federal
Court. Individuals may be protected
by their rebate slips, and no one man
wishes to incur the troubles and ex
penses which properly belongs to all
the people. -
"I want to commend in the high
est terms the charge of Judge Long
to the Wake grand jury. He has
done well as an able, patriotic and
fearless judge, determined by lawful
means to uphold the honor and dig
nity of the State and to punish those
who violate her criminal laws. . All
honor to him." ;
The issues involved in the contest
are greater than whether the Char
lotte Observer, and,-, its independent
element that tried po'' defeat Judge
Clark shall regain their lost prestige
in the party greater than whether
Joe Daniels shall be retired as Nat
ional Committeeman, as was publish
ed in that paper as a purpose of the
conservatives greater than whether
certain distinguished gentlemen
named in that . paper oppose me
greater than the personal ability, am
bitious and fortunes of aspirants.
In my judgment among the matters
involved in this contest is whether the
Democratic- party shall persist and
advance in its detremination as shown
by its last platform and the last Leg
islature to fully protect the people
from private monopolies and from
the extortions, discriminations and
unnecessary delays " and - dangers of
railroads, or whether it will call i
halt, desist in that determination, and
leave the people at the mercy of those
who ever desire to keep all advant
ages they have and constantly seek
new ones. Should the railroads and
trusts defeat me, they know that who
ever is nominated must feel under ob
ligations to them, and they have con
fide ce in the gratitude of men.
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SAYS ORCHARD LIED
Haywood Testifies in His Own
Behalf in Idaho Murder Case
IMPEACHES MUCH OF EVIDENCE
Laber Leader Charged With Murder
of Former Governor Stuenenberg
Approaches Stand Pale and Trem
bling, But Gains Composure and
Relates in Strong Tones the Story
of His Life.
Boise, Idaho, Special. William D.
Haywood, took oath as a witnesss in
his own defense, and in a lengthy
narrative of his life and work as a
leader of his fellow , miners denied
guilt of the murder of Frank Stuen
enberg and the manifold crimes
charged him by Harry Orchard.
Haywood was pale and trembled
nervously when he walked around ti
the elevated witness stand where he
faced the judge and the jury. When
he began to respond to Clarence Dar
row's questions his voice was low and
somewhat uncertain, but within 10
minutes he had regained his compos
ure and for the rest of the after
noon Haywood was master of his
feelings. As he told of his boyhood
that began with toil at the age of 9
and gave the history of his f amity,
his invalid wife, who sat just to the
left of the witness stand began sob
bing. His mother-in-law soon com
forted the wife, however, and there
after she and the rest of Haywood's
kinfolk remained quiet, but deeply
concerned auditors.
Haywood's testimony was chiefly
characterized by positive denials of
allegations made against him by the
prosecution. He denied that he met
Orchard until some time after the
Vindicator explosion, denied that ho
sent Orchard back to Cripple Creek to
blow up the Independence station. Ho
denied participation in the Lyte Breg
ory murder, and denied suggesting or
discussing the Stuenenberg murder.
He swore that he never gave Or
chard money at any time or any place
for any purpose He declared that he
never made a threat against Steuen
enberg, whom he regarded only as he
did any politician swayed by capital
istic influences . He told of occasions
when he met Orchard in Denver .
the ordinary course of his relations
with the federation and George A.
Pettibone, and said he saw Orchard
for the last time in August, 1905,
when Orchard told him he was going
to Alaska. Haywood said he then
chided Orchard for deserting his
wife at Cripple Creek.
The direct examination had not
reached the connection of Jack Simp
kins and the action of the federation
after Stuenenberg was murdered when
adjournment came.
: The State completed the cross-examination
of Charles H. Moyer at
noon and in dealing with his testi
mony directed its strongest attack
against the circumstances under which
the federation at the suggestion of
Jack Simpkins came to the relief of
Orchard when arrested for killing
Stuenenberg.
Senator Borah, who conducted the
examination, emphasized the connec
tion of Jack Simpkins and the federa
tion and the fact that the federation
without inquiry as to the guilt or in
nocence of Orchard, gave $1,500
from its treasury to provide for his
defense. He also developed the fact
that the fedration is providing for
the defense of Steve Adams, who is
charged with killing two claim jump
ers at the instigation of Jack Simp
kins. Moyer denied knowing any
thing about the $100 that Haywood
sent to Jack Simpkins a few days be
fore Stuenenberg was assassinated
and which is traced to Orchard by an
unsigned note he got at Caldwell jail
and a coincident of data.
Much Wanted Prisoner Escapes.
. Denver, Col., Special. John T.
Thompson, a prisoner in custody of
Detective Joseph Jay, of the Port
land, Ore., police department, leaped
from a car window while the train Avas
running 40 miles an hour near this
city and escaped. Thompson is want
ed at Portland, Ore., to answer a
charge' of 'stealing $3,000, and was
captured- in London, Eng., after a
chase around the world.
The 2-Cent Passenger Rate Effective
Des Moines, Iowa, Special. Judge
McPherson, of the Federal Court, de
nied the application of two stockhold
ers of the Iowa Central and the Min
neapolis & St. Louis for an order re
straining the directors of the roads
from putting into effect the 2-cent
passenger rate enacted by the Iowa
Legislature. The judge based his ac
tion on the ground that no injury to
the roads was shown, that the com
plaint that the new rate would cut
down dividends was not proven, that
increased passenger travel might in
crease receipts.
Leach Director of Mint.
Oyster Bay, Special. President
Roosevelt has appointed Frank A.
Leach, of Oakland, Cal., director of
the Mint, to-succeed George E. Rob
erts, who resigend to accept the pres
idency of the , Commerical National
Bank of Chicago, made vacant by the
death of James H. Eckles. Mr. Leach
is at present superintendent of the
San Francisco mint.