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TUE3DAY, JUNE 11, 1S07.
ASSASSINATION A TRADE
AND MURDER LIVELIHOOD
Orchard's Horrible Tale
Crime Spread Over
Eleven Years
of
Defense's Policy
to Break Him Down
BOISE. Idaho, June 8.—Cross-ex-
amlnaJon of Harry Orchard, by his
own confo««!on the slayer of 18 men
with bullet and bomb. If likely to
last through Monday and Tuesday of
next w. ■ k, ;md possibly longer. Or
chard has now been on the stand for
fnurteer hours. The Stato had him
in h ind for nearly 8 hours. In that
time he told a horrible tale of crime
that spread over the last 11 years of
Ills Ilf.-, fill' firs’ thirty y-ar« being
the commonplace story of a Canadian
farm hand. But beginning with 18S7.
he unfolded a career, in which to use
the language of the leading counsel
for the State "assassination was a
trndc and murder a means of liveli
hood.”
Orchard spared no Incident of his
more recent life under the question
ing of the State, that might prove to
the Jury h!s readiness to slaughter for
low wages, and how Indifferent he
had been ns to the number or condi
tion of the victims. Tbo story i
brought out by the State was, how- |
ever, a synopsis of the play whose
acts cover tho yea's since 1899. In
every act, the climax sent a shudder
through a crowded court room.
Under cross-examination by E. F.
Richardson. counsel for W. D. Hay
wood. Orchard has so far developed
this sqrlos of tragedies up to the
year 1904. Three more years and
many murders aro yet to be analysed.
For purposes of its own, not so far
revealed, the defense is determined
that Orchard shall retell his story
to the most diabolical or the
the most squalid di-ta.1l before
the men who aro to pass upon
the question whether W. D. Hay
wood Is guilty of hiring Orchard to
murder former Governor Frank Steu-
nenberg, at Caldwell, Idaho, on Dec.
SO. 1906.
Gives Chapter and Venae.
By his own admission. Orchard le a
bigamist, a thief, a liar, and an In
cendiary. He has played tho traitor
to hlq employers. He has deserted two
wives and his children. All of these
offenses he has been forced to confess,
but under a gruelling examination by
Richardson ho has stuck to Ills stoty
and given chapter and verse.
By questions the defense has plaftily
Indicated tho Intention to provo that
Orchard was the hired agent of tho
mine owners, who, harassed by the
Western Federation of Miners and de
termined to wipe union labor from the
rnlnon of Idaho and Colorado, planned
assassination, train wrecks and mlno
explosions that could be laid to the
door of the federation and keep mili
tia on the ground while non-union men
worked the mines.
It has been shown under the cross-
examination that Orchard trafficked
with railroad detectives In the mining
region of Cripple Creek during ftie
great strike there, w.hl'e almost at the
Kiijne time he was In the confidence of
the lenders of the Western Federation
of Miners. Led on by Mr. Richard
son, Orchard has stated that he Was
hired by Moyer, president of the Fed
eration, to act as his guard against
alleged thugs and said to have been
hired by the mine owners to attack and
terrorise Mover.
Will Impeach Orchard.
From half a dozen States, witnesses
will be called to deny Orchard’s as
sertions. Already two men, accused
by Orchard of complicity In the pfota
he says were hatched with the "Inner
Circle” of the Western Federation of
Miners, have been called !o the stand
in open court. Orchard has Identified
them as the men he named, and Wm.
Easterly and Ownrl tBarnes have open
ly sneered at the testimony.
During session after session since
Dr-hard went on the stand a crowd
has sought admission. The court room
is filled long before the Sheriff has
called the court to order and hundreds
nre sent away. Haywood has six law
yers. while the State has four. Hay
wood's wife, mother, sister and two
daughters sit closo behind him. The
prisoner watches every detail, consults
his counsel continually and is always
alert, seldom showing the slightest
sign of emotion.
Between counsel for the State and
the defense, feeling Is apparent. Every
session there comes a quick exchange
of sharp words. At times the situa
tion becomes Intense.
Pen Pictures of Principals.
J. H. Hawley, senior counsel for the
State. Is quick to anger and downright
in his challenges. United States Sen
ator Borah, his colleague, is keen,
quick of tongue and sarcastic. Rich
ardson. for the defense, has a resonant
voice that rises In anger, and impa
tient of Interruption he frequently
flings a sneer at Hawley or Borah, or
♦ hundors his objections when he
thinks an Interruption out of place.
Dlarence Harrow sits beside him as
watchful as a cat. Slow of action and
of speech, he seldom takes part in the
passages, and Is ever ready to smooth
the ruffled feelings of each side.
Judge Fremont Wood is perhaps the
most alert of the principals In the
rase. Not • a word or movement es
capes him. He Is prompt In decision
and permits no infringements of the
dignity of the court.
Coolest Man in Court.
Rut the coolest man 1n tho court Is
Orchard. Under Richardson's grilling
he has seldom changed the pitch of his ;
voice In which he told his awful story, I
His answers come without hesl'atlon. '
So far he has not made any material
contradiction. From time to time he 1
er part of which he sent to his wife.
The property aside from the locket and
chain, consisted of a fishing rod, a
gun ar.d a revolver, together wi’h .tome
other lltt> things. He said that th*>
warden had disposed of these for him
with the understanding that the person
buying hem could have them "after the
trial”
Orchard said that the warden told
him he had received part of this money
from Governor Gooding. It is possible
that the Governor may be called as a
witness to explain the transaction.
PEONAGE INDICTMENTS
BROUGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA
SEC. TAFT 6AVE FOUR
HOURS TO HIS BOOM
HE LEFT WASHINGTON ON AN
EXTENDED SPEECH-MAKING
TOUR IN NORTHWEST
LEE CRUCE WILL BE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
• OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. June
i Partial primary returns from six coun- j
• ties at 10 o'clock show a plurality for Lee I
Cruce as Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor. CoutiUns- of ballots is alow, al-
1 though only' a light vote was cast.
j GUTHRIE, Okla.. June S.—Reports from
I the State Democratic primaries, held in
Oklahoma and Indian Territory today,
indicate the nomination of Lee Cruce
of Ardmore, for Governor, over C. N.
Haskell, of Muskogee, and Thomas Doyle. I
of Perry. Returns are coming In slowly
In the Senatorial race. Hoffman, of
; Chandler, and, T. P. Gore, of Lawton, ap
pear to be In the lead on the Oklahoma
side, while In Indian Territory. R. L. Ow
WALL STREET EASIER ROOSEVELT USED GAVEL
FOR WHITE HOUSE TIP GEO. WASHINGTON HANDLED
HARRIMAN STOCKS AND OTHERS
ADVANCE ON NEWS OF HARRI-
MAN’S IMMUNITY.
CHARLESTOWN. W. Va., June 8.—The
grand Jury In the Federal Court of the
Southern District of West Virginia, to
day returned indictments for peonage
against W. M. Ritter Lumber Company,
Maben, Wyoming County; a. M. Wolfe,
superintendent of tho camp, at Maben;
Harvey Deme, superintendent or the
manufacturing department of the same
company; C. J. Carson, superintendent
of railroad construction at the camp:
Ellas Hatfield. William Tolliver, Lace
Stewart, guards.
These men were also indicted Jointly
on a charge of conspiracy, the penalty
of which i.« a fine of from il.000 to $10,000
and imprisonment not over two years.
Other peonage Indictments are expected.
The matter was first brought to the at
tention of the State officials by Secre
tary of State Root who was In conference r J|P| | ■ o>
^“Q^f*"*®** Vit.T'v&A , S? t I cuss the situation with the Secretary’s
winter, rao matter was taken before the ! n,,,,
Department of State by the Italian min- j brother. Uenrj tart,
inter at Washington. Gov. Dawson had t ° ne detail of the Ohio situation re-
an investigation made and presented a I celved some attention—the question of
special report to the State Legislature j calling this year a State convention
•tlVlInof Vmt »Vio« KnA.. Utah ' _ . . -
CAPTAIN JOHN WALKER
KILLED WIFE AND SELF
WASHINGTON, June S.—Secretary
Taft spent the four hours, preceding
his departure tonight on an extended
inspection and speech-making tour of
the Northwest, In reviewing his politi
cal prospects as a Presidential candi
date, his advisers being Representa
tive Theodore Burton and Arthur I. . - , ,, — v
-f nh'n v„ en-mni on ens, °* Muscogee, is ahead. Results from
\or>s both of OHIO. No fo.mal an- , the rural dlst ” lcta conceded to be Has
nouncement followed the conference, hell's stronghold, are meagre.
but no concealment was attempted as j
to the roseate reports which were
made. Ohio is regarded as safely un
der the control of the friends of the
Secretary of War. Of the forty-six ]
delegates to be elected to the next Re- ]
publican convention, all but two. to
come from Senator Foraker’s home
district, are regarded as certain to be j
Taft men. For the first time, the '
situation at large was reviewed. The
political friends of Mr. Taft outside
of Ohio are said to be numerous and
the uotlook was stated to be most en
couraging. although the situation Is
not as yet capable of detailed analysis.
In this connection It was announced
that Mr. Vorys will be Mr. Taft's na
tional political manager. He is now
on his way to New York to attend a
meeting of State insurance commis
sioners and will take occasion to do
some political sounding, as well as dis- j
BILOXI. Miss., June 8.—Capt. \john
Walker shot and killed h!s wife and then
killed himself shortly after luncheon to
day. Capt. Walker was an officer in ti*i
United States Navy with Perry on his
memorable trip to Japan, was a captain
in the Confederate navy with command
of the /Mississippi and Louisiana coast
fleet and at the time of his death was
president of the Bank of Biloxi. He was
one of the best known men In this sec
tion of the South. The tragedy occurred
during a dispute between nusband and
wife.
GERMANIA GOODRICH ALVORD
IS DEAD IN AUGUSTA, GA
on this subject, but that body took no
cognizance of it. It Is understood tb/*/
forclgn laborers are brought Into this
State and worked In the lumber eamns
under guard until their transportation
hns been repaid to the company.
VILLAGE OF YORK VISITED
BY DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 8.—
The meagre details from "West York,
Ills., tells of a destructive tornado,
which visited the village of York, lo
cated on the Wabash river, south
west of the city, last night.
The known dead are:
Henry Rook aged 50, found crushed
to death in his garden.
Mrs. Mallnda Pinkston, aged 45.
Members of the family of two vic
tims were all more or less Injured.
A dispatch from West York today
stated that owing to the wires being
down and he bridges washed away,
communlcaion was Impossible. It
was further stated that forty or fifty
houses had been demolished.
Reports from the points south of
here In Indiana say that the storm
and several Inches of rain followed,
doing big damage.
TORNADO SWEPT OVER TOWN
AND KILLED FOUR PERSONS
for the purpose of placing In nomina
tion the four delegates at large to the
national convention. The friends of
the Secretary are divided as to the
advisability of such a convention this
year. Besides making the nominations
if held, it would adopt strong resolu
tions of endorsement of the Secretary.
It Is believed that the weight of senti
ment Is against holding the convention
this year. The plan to hold the State
and district conventions at an early
date next year is regarded with con
siderable favor.
i AUGUSTA. Ga.. June 8.—Germania
Goodrich Alvord died here this afternoon
at G o'clock at the home of Dr. A. C.
Wade. For 43 years he was State Super
intendent of the Public School System in
Illinois, during which time he worked out
and instituted the present system of
graded schools now In general use all over
the United States. Alvord was an inti
mate associate of Henry Clay, John Cal
houn- and Jefferson Davis, and of Carl
Schurz. who has visited him in Augusta
at times during the past throe or four
years. His first visit to Augusta was
made 62 years ago. when he rode through
from Lexington. Ky., on horseback on a
visit to Alexander H. Stephens. Ho was
born in Cazenovla. N. Y., and graduated
nt ricn'Pffn nnH ♦cjvrnniiw. He WAS 84
Oswego and • Syracuse,
years old.
NASHVILLE. Ills., June 8—A tor
nado swept over New Minden. seven
miles north of this city last night,
killing four persons and severely in
juring several others. A score were
bruised by debris. A number of
houses were demolished.
The dead are:
Mrs. Henry Weihe and two chil
dren.
A child of Carl Steumeyer.
Tho storm struck the northern por
tion of the town and most of the
houses destroyed were cottages.
The tornado continued and levelled
about seven farm houses. The Weihe
house In which the four persons were
killed, was about the last.
DEATH OF PRESIDENT NEVILLE
OF PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
CLOUDBURST KILLED 21
AND LAID VILLAGE WASTE
Further Fatalities May Be
Reported From Snr-
• rounding Country
Creek Swept Town
Like Tidal Wave
COLUMBIA. S. C., June 8.—Dr. W.
G. Neville, president of the Presby
terian College of South Carolina, loca
ted at Clinton, died today after a short
Illness from heart disease. Ho will bo
burled at Greenwood on Monday. .
Dr. Neville was born in Oconee
County July 6, 1855. He graduated
from Adger College in 1S7S and from
Princeton Theological Seminary in
1881. He became pastor at Lexington,
Ky., in 1890, resigning In 1S93 to ac
cept a charge at Yorkville, this State,
which he served until he became pres
ident of the Presbyterian College of
South Carolina, In 1904. The college
has prospered under President Ne
ville’s administration and extensive
Improvements were under way at the
time of his death.
LO.UISVTLLE, Ky., June S.—Twen
ty-one persons dead, the village devas
tated and several thousand acres of
growing crops ruined, are the havoc
wrought by a cloudburst that caused
Big Creek to submerge Gradyville. Ky.,
and vicinity last night All the dead
are residents of Gradyville; and al
though reports are meager, it is be
lieved that no further fatalities will be
reported from the surrounding coun
try. The dead are:
Mrs. L. C. Nell, wife of State Sena
tor Nell and her four children.
Mrs. Lumhill and one child.
Mrs. Carl Wilmore, her daughter and
her granddaughter.
Paul Wilson.
Mrs. Hartfield Moss and her six
children.
Mrs. J. W. Keltner and one child.
Miss Mary Moss.
The disaster was due to the erratic
behavior of Big Creek, which was al
ready swollen by recent rains.
When the cloudburst precipitated
three inches of rain in an hour on
Gradyville and vicinity, the creek leap- J
ed from its bed and took a new course j
with the force of a tidal wave. In- j
habitants og Gradyville" were nearly all j
in bed when the foaming torrent 1
struck the town carrying away six
residences, a mill and a large number
of small houses. Nearly all the vic
tims were drowned, but four were
crushed by the collapse of a dwelling.
State Senator Nell, who Is a physi
cian, owes his escape from the fate
that overtook his family to the fact
that he was several miles away in the
hills sitting up with a patient. When
the news of the disaster reached Co
lumbia, the nearest town of any size
several hundred citizens departed for
the scene with wrecking appliances,
food and clothing. All the physicians
available went along. They found, the
residents of the devastated village
dazed and helpless, but by nightfall all
the relief possible had been afforded.
Several persons were injured but
none of these will die.
Gra'dyville is a village of 175 inhab
itants in Adair County, six miles from
Columbia and eighteen miles from the
nearest railroad station.
MANY SEVERE $>TORMS
OF TORNADO TYPE
CHICAGO, Ills., June 8.—Dis
patches from various places In South
ern Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky,
tell of severe storms of tornado se
verity, which have caused some loss
of life and destruction of much prop
erty. Early today the town of New
Minden. Ills., 25 miles southeast of
St. Louis, was visited by a tornado
which killed four persons and in
jured several others.
At Gradyville, Ky., ; a cloudburst
Is said to have cost the loss of from
ten to fifteen lives and washed away
eight residences.
At York, Ills., last night 25 or 30
houses were destroyed and a number
of (people a repaid to have been kill
ed. Because of the ioss of telegraph
wires, exast details are not availa
ble.
The storm is said to have been es
pecially severe in Southe-n Indiana
and at Farmersburg and Sillivan,
much damage has been done by wind
and rain.
Duquoin. Ill., was also visited last
night by the same storm that caused
the destruction at York. A number
of houses were blown down but no
lives -were lost.
NEW YORK. June S—The decision of
the Federal authorities not to institute
criminal proceedings afainst E. H. Har-
riman in connection with his railroad
operations was the principle subject of
discussion on Wall street today. Mr.
Harriman Is spending the day at his coun
try home and his associates, while show
ing thelrB« M I
MESSAGE OF “MOTHER CHURCH" [ WASHINGTON. June S.— ; President
TO MARY RAKPR G rnny : a member of the Blue lodge
TO '-ARY BAKER G. EDDY .... ... . ,. ;, a:orri:y . r ,, r ::rt P a:e,l
BOSTON, June 8.—The executive j 5n tl5e work and made an address at
members of the First Church of Chris- i the 'laying of the cornerstone today of
tlan Scientists beter known as "The '
Mother Ohurch." at their annua) meet- j
Ing here today, framed a message to j
Mr3. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the founder i
of their faith. The message, which
new Masonic temple, which is to be
erected In this city at the corner of
Thirteenth street and New York ave
nue. A large crowd was present in-
, was in the form of a congratulatory ! eluding prominent Masons from other
'V^hincton at dM ! epls0e ’ contalnad but one allusion to jurisdictions. Interesting facts in con
i'*5 nln ¥ M>n * did not care to discuss the th „ immMnn at nrosont snrrnnndins- . .. .
matter for nubltcation.
Interests friendly to Mr. Harriman see
In the latest turn of affairs a disposition
on the part of the Government to aban
don its case against the so-called Harri
man lines, - *and Wall street professes to
believe that the entire matter will cease
to be a stock market afetor.
The idea that Mr. Harriman would be
criminally prosecuted was never very se
riously entertained in financial circles.
In the first place. Mr. Harrlman's friend's
say that there has never been any basis
for such action. It is also pointed out
that most of the alleged illegal acts im
puted by Mr. Harriman and his asso
ciates are barred by the statute of limi
tations.
The stock market’s response to the
news was a substantial rise In the Har
riman issues, with corresponding ad
vances elsewhere in the list.
1 the litigation at present surrounding
the aged leader of the church, and this
was as follows:
“Your holy example In this hour of
extreme test of your faith, under
standing. long-suffering patience and
Christly love strengthens our faith in
nection with the occasion were that
the gravel and trowel used were the
same as those used by President Wash
ington in laying the cornestone of the
United Staes capltol building Septem
ber IS, 1793. and the Bible that was
used by Fredericksburg lodge. No. 4.
the West Point grounds?” ho was
asked.
"That seems to have been ex parte
military proceeding, and whatever
action I shall take shall be through
tho civil courts.
“However ’’ Mr. Trice added, "I
may go to Washington and enlighten
the Secretary of War on a few mat
ters.”
The suits Mrs. Ayres has ordered
filed will be based, it Is said, upon a
letter of Captain Oliver to the ad
jutant general, upon which Colonel
Howze wrote a lengthy endorsement,
and a letter which Colonel Scott sent
the department, accompanying the
Oliver communication.
Captain Oliver’s letter dated in
April, addressed to the adjutant gen
eral at Washington, is substantially
as follows:
Sir:—I have the honor to report
that on the morning of the ISth in
stant, while on duty as officer in
charge of the United States Corps of
Cadets, I was stopped in the Cadet
guardhouse by Mrs. C. G. Ayres,
wife of Maj. C. G. Ayres, Eighth
U. S. Cavalry, who the-eupon sub
jected me to a most Insulting and
humiliating attack.
A large part of Mrs. Ayres’ speech
referred entirely to personal matters,
but I repeatedly had to request her
to refrain Com saying anything fur
ther regarding the commandant of the
cadets, to whom she referred in an in
sulting manner.
Cade's Refused to Listen.
Among other things Mrs. Ayres stat
ed that my conduct had been dishon
orable. and that it was common talk
that I was the officer whom the com
mandant of Cadets always employed to
do his dirty work.
(Continued on page 3.)
SYLPH TAKES YOUNG
ROOSEVELTS ABOARD.
God and brings more forcibly to mind i 0 f Virginia, when President Washing-
our indebtedness to you our beloved ( ton became a member of the fraternity,
teacher. We are inspired w.th in- The President spread some cement un
creased energy and courage to follow
you as you follow in the footsteps of
the Master.”
TEXAS ASKS FOR RECEIVER
FOR WATERS-PIERCE OIL CO.
AUSTIN. Texas. June 8.—After the
District Clerk had refused this afternoon
to accept the supersedeas bond for three
and three-quarters million of dollars,
pending the apneal of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Companv from tho judgment of the
The President spread some cement un
der the corner of the stone with the
trowel, afterwards shaking the hands
of the mechanics superintending tho
work and later was handed the gavel
and also the Bible which he examined
closely as he turned the pages of tho
sacred book. The President was ac
companied by Secretary Loeb. who also
is a Mason. They were handed aprons
of lamb skin.which they fastened to ther
waists. In his address the President
asked each Mason to always remember
Oil Company from tho judgment of the that there Is upon him a peculiar ob-
Twenty-sixth District Court, because of ij~,tion to show himsAlf in oven- M
doubt as to the sufficiency of the bond, j ^ood cTtUen ^nd potnted oTt
ifficiency
Judce Brooks heard arguments on the
application of the State for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the company, tak
ing the question under advisement. He
will announce bis ruling Monday.
CADET BATTALION OF V. M. I.
LEFT FOR THE EXPOSITION
that it Is well not to wait for times of
unusual crisis before they became
such.
Deposited in the corner stone were
steel portraits, of Presidents Washing
ton and Roosevelt, fae simile copies of
the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution of the United States,
TFXINGTON Va. June o _ The ! Jamestown Exposition medals and a
Sj-TlSiSt Military j gfgW.-S!!”' <* *»<» «
Institute, commanded by Ol. Mine urn ; j H . p mal |, j r .,’ the ttre.ldcnt ot the
Masonic Temple Association made the
commandant, left today for tho
Jamestown Exposition, where they will
remain in camp for a week. They
were accompanied by a full military
staff. Gen. Shipp, the superintendent,
i preceded them. They will take a
• prominent part In all military exer
cises during their stay.
FALL RIVER MILL MEN
REFUSE TO CLOSE FOR WEEK
Introductory address, Francis J.- Wood
man, grand master of the grand lodge,
had charge of the ceremony of the lay
ing of the corner stone and remarks
were made by Matthew Tremble and
Henry L. West, one of the district com
missioners. Music was furnished by
the marine band.
FALL RIVER, Mass.. June S._The
Manufacturers’ Association of this cit.v
declined today to grant the request of
the Textile Council for a week’s shut
down of the mills in August, in order
that the operatives inirht have a brief
vacation. The manufacturers gave as the
reason for their refusal, the inability to
arrange for the delivery of contracts.
HERSELF
FOUR LABORER UNDER TREE
WERE KILLED BY LIGHTNING
SAN LUIS, Potosl. Mexico, June S.—
Four laborers were struck by lightning
and instantly killed near here this aft-
KARLSRUHE Germany, June S
Karl Hau. professor of Roman law at
the George Washington University.
Washington. D. C., who is in prison
here charged with the murder of his
mother-in-law. • Frau Mollter, was
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June S.-
President’s yacht Sylph was in
-The
this
er.noon while sheltering :hemwlvei un- j V the governor of the, prison
der a tree dur!n~ a violent storm. Four | today and informed that his wife had
of their companions were struck and are
in a serious condition. Two of them may
die.
$33,000 FIRE REPORTED
AT MONTGOMERY, ALA.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., June S.—A ware
house of the Virginia-Caroltna Chemical
harbor overnight and during the morn- ffifWSb here ^sinn.
ing Masters Quentin and Kermit and 1 late today. The loss of $25 000 on the!
Miss 'Ethel Roosevelt, with a governess, > building and $G0.0C0 on the contents, is j
came here from Farmington, and were j reported to be covered by insurance.
committed suicide by drowning in
lake near Paeffikon, Switzerland. Tho
governor had quite a lengthy conver
sation with the professor, which led
to a report that he had confessed that
he had murdered hfs wife's mother,
which he has strenuously denied. The
State's attorney subsequently denied
the report that Hau had made a con-
taken aboard. Tho Glyph then sailed }
for Oyster Bay. The chi' dren had been j Savannah Delegation for Jamestown,
on a visit to Mrs. Cowles, their aunt, j
SAVANNAH. Ga., June 8.—The Sa-
1 vannah delegation that goes to the
.Jamestown Exposition for Georgia
Skunks. __
The trade of the skunk hunter is one | Day?‘which ls“ Monday? and* Savannah
the few occupations of the present Day. which ls Tuesday, left tonight.
u,? 4 . n °2 OV m£l C o°^y£ e 1'»-* Nor * There wer ® about one hundred promi - — -—.,
likely to be. The animal bears a bad j nent Savannahians aboard tho special observed that she was no longer mov-
nnmo a n el I a cnnnnAri tvion fnK ' . . 1 , , - , . . ,
Ing. A boatman rowed out to the
Mrs. Hau came to Karlsruhe two
days ago and had a Jong talk with her
husband. She left the prison In a
state of the utmost depression and
went back to the village of Pfaeffikon.
On arriving there Mrs Hau went di
rect to a bathing establishment on the
small lake and requested to be given
a separate dressing room. The at
tendants later saw her swimming out
in the lake, but soon afterwards tiTey
name, and is shunned among men for j train ^ left over the Seaboard Air
EH 0 "*?™* e , r . ° n tb ® supernal- Lj ne , under personal conduct of As-
ural. No fire-breathing d-agon 'Y as slstant General Passenger Agent
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SOCIAL WAR HAS BROKEN
OUT AT WEST POINT SCHOOL
Tempest in Teapot Precipi
tated by a High Spirited
Lady
Army Methods May
Be Aired in Court
WEST*POINT, N. Y.. June 8.—Warn
ings that his; friendship for General
Leonard Wood would cost him his
commission in the United States Army
have been received repeatedly by Lieut. I turned from the Philippines Saturday.
Academy, comes the retaliation of Mrs.
Ayres.
It is in the shape of damage suits
aggregating $109 000 which she has in
structed her attorney to file immedi
ately against these men, whom she
holds responsible for the order:
Colonel H. L. Scott, superintendent
of the Academy.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert L. Howze,
commandant of Cadets.
Captain L. W. Oliver, assistant in
structor of tactics.
Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen C. MiKs,
Inspector-General.
In the matter of the suits, which are
to bo pressed with great vigor, Mr.s
'Ayres Is seconded by Colonel Ayres,
known in army circles as “the war
chief of the Twelfth Cavalry,” who re-
from those officers, Lieut. Cot. Ayres
has actually corrected the record it- aa j d ^ a d been tried on many
self, when his answers of tho day be- charges and that he has been told
have boon read and the transcrip- j man y times that part of the animosity
At tlmes^his re- | toward him was caused by his friend
ship for General Wood. That officer,
i himself, Lieut. Col. Ayres says, has for
Col Chas G.' Ayres, according to a | The War Department Issued its order
statement which he made public today, i upon the recommendation of Lieuten-
In defending his wire, Mrs. Elizabeth ! ant-Colone: Mills, Inspector-General.
F Avres from criticism bv officers of j He was detailed to Investigate the
the military academy and' supporting . charges made against the officials of
her suit to recover 1100.000 in damages i the Military Academy by Mrs. Aj’res
fore ha
lion shows an error,
ply to an assertion made by Richard
son Is positive in the extreme.
"I made no such statement.” or “I j year- warned him to be careful. The
t^t -* 1 Lieutenant Colonel said that he —
said nothin* of the kind,” is a freqm^nt
answer: and. when he find.- some state-
gnrded General Wood as one
-.nent not to his satisfaction, he -will ablest men In the country. Ayres was
change It. always pr.-ceeding the
change with: "I beg your pardon, sir,
;>ut I would like to change that an
swer.”
At the close of Orchard's cross-ex
amination. the State wl 1 take him in
hand for re-direct questioning. Then
one of the officers on General Wood's
firing line at Santiago.
The controversy at West Point first
attracted public attention at the Easter
parade of the cadets when Lieut. Coi.
j Robt. Howse. commandant of the ca
dets, sent a sergeant to take away the
will come the renewed cross-examina- i cadets overcoats which they had loan-
rion. It seems hardly possible that he
will be dismissed before the ond of
next week. He may be recalled after
ward s. as the case develops. The war*
d-n at the penitentiary says that Or
chard shows r.o sign of nervousness or
s-rraln. He eats well and speaks with-
u: particular emotion of the events of
t ie day.
He Aids First Wife.
One of the Interesting features of
today's examination was the deve'op- I
men; of the fact that Orchard aid* his ; Washing?
first wife, whom he deserted In Cs.nada
in 1S95. to run away with another
man's wife. He testified that he sold a
locket and chain and some of the prop
erty for something like 811” the ereuc-
ed to girls who were spectators during
a shower. Officers of the academy
blamed Mrs. Ayres for come of the
criticism of the commandant's action
and for some of the public notice taken
of it. Mrs. Ayrea. -who then lived on
the Government reservation, resented
this, and she left West Point to reside
In Highland Fells, nearby.
NEW YORK. June S.—Swiftly fol-
w.n* the published report from
in a personal letter to President Roose
velt and also the counter-charges made
by the officers involved against Mrs.
Ayres, filed with the department direct
Jealousies the eRal Cause,
The genera: impression at West
Point is that the department order, and
the damage suits are the ou(come of
the "tempest In a teapot" disturbance
on the grounds of the Academy on
Easter Sunday, when Colonel Howze
unexpectedly ordered that the visiting
young women remove the overcoats of
the cadets, which some of them were
wearing, and instantly return them to
their owners.
However, one acmiainted with all
parties concerned, intimates that the
hverooat Incident served only ns the
Inst straw to rupture already strained
relations between the parties.
It ls stated that the differences be
tween the Ayres and those opposed to
them are the outcome of personal
Jealousies Incident to army life, and
the trial of Mr.s. Ayres' suits promise
most interesting revelations.
“Jealousy on the rart of some ‘tin
soldiers' against a fighter, and on the
jinrt of *waU flowers’ against 'social
favorites.’ That’s the whole thing In a
present a cadet in the academy. The
mother and daughter reside at High
land FalI5> adjoining the academy.
They are daily visitors to young Ayres
and friends on the grounds. The War
Department order if carried Into ef
feet, will prevent Mrs. Ayres going on
to the Government reservation at any
time and for any purpose whatever.
The order did not include Miss Ayres,
nor Col. Ayres, who has Just returned
from three year's duty in the Orient.
“Oh. the outrage.” said Mrs. Ayres,
when informed of the order, "the out
rage!”
Striking at Another Through Me.
"To think that men wearing the uni
form of the United States Army, and
who are supposed to be officers and
gentlemen should stoop to such a
thing, and through me attempt to
strike at another!” And her eyes
blazed as she" spoke.
"I know what they bave said and
what they have charged, and they
must prove their assertions in court. I
have instructed suits to be brought
against every one of them and we will
see whether defamation of a woman,
such as thelr3. is upheld by the courts
of this State!”
Col. Ayres, whose record as a fight
ing soldier for the thirty-three years
he has been a reguiar officer is second
to none in the army. said, scornfully:
“A fine condition, isn't it, for an offi
cer on duty ten thousand miles away
from home to find on returning?
“Perhaps there’s more to it than ap
pears on the surface, and that’s what
I'm to find out.
"I am in thorough accord with Mrs.
Ayres in the bringing of the suits to
punish such conduct on the part of
any man. be he an officer or a pri
vate citizen, and I shall stay here until
the suits are. fought to a finish.”
"Won’t you tell us what you mean
when you sav that perhaps there’s
more in It than appears on the sur
face?”
"No. I am not in the habit of do
ing my fighting through publicity,”
he replied.
M s. Ayres has retained as her at
torney. Mann Trice, of No. 277
Broadway. Mr. Trice was formerly
the assisant attorney general of j
ith more terror-inspiring powers of
defense than this little pariah of the
wilderness. Indeed, with due rega-d
to the fitness of the appellation one
may term the skunk the Mephisto-
pheles of the four-legged world. And
devil-chasers are as scarce nowadays,
as they were in the days of legend.
The average farmer will drive miles
out of his way. to avoid a close en
counter with the "varmint.” not only
because he fea/s its effective means
of defense, hut more because tradition
has endowed the animal with powers
of almost preternatural magnitude,
and. in the absence of proof to the
contrary, tradition keeps the whip-
hand over common sense. Superstition
was ever hard to overturn.—William
H. Kitchell, in The Outing Magazine
for June.
Tiedeman was in the party.
Edward I. Drewry Dead.
GRIFFIN, Ga., June 8.—Mr. Edward
I. Drewry died at .bis home on Solomon
street in this city at the age of 50
years. He had been ill with consump
tion for several years and his death,
though regretted was not unexpected.
The deceased leaves a wife and one
small son, besides numerous other rel
atives.
spot and brought the body ashore,
where a physician, who was hurriedly
sent for. tried in vain to resuscitate,
the unfortunate woman. A lone fare
well letter wan found in her clothing
in which she declared It was Impossi
ble for her to any longer bear the sor
row of living apart from her husband,
notwithstnndins the charge brought
against him. She said death was bit
ter for her owing to her child. A con
siderable sum of money also was
found among Mrs. Hau’s clothing.
Politics and Politicians
Cyclone Did $6.000 000 Damage.
BOMBAY, June 8.—It is estimated
that damage to the amount of from
$3,000,000 to $6,000,000 was caused by
the cyclone which swept over Kurrachl
June 6. The lighting system of the
city was completely wrecked.
CUT IN R. R. FARES TOO
SWEEPING, SAYS JOE BROWN
Dissenting Commissioner
Says Farmers Will Not
Get S500 Benefit
taken not to grasp too much for fear
that we may lose all. Mr. Brown says
he does not believe the two ceht rate
Tt is renorte.-l that Senator Proctor,
of Vermont, will shortly resign his seat
in favor of h's son. who is now Gov
ernor of the Green Mountain State, and
who bids fair to become as nrsminept
In public life as his distinguished
father. a
Indications are that the earning fight
for the Republican nomination for
Governor in Kansas will be between
W. R. Stubbs and W, J. Fitzgerald,
with possibly one or two others trail-
insr.
Former Governor Frank Brown, Con
gressman Talbott and former Con
gressman Miles are to fight It out for
the choice of the Democrats of Mary
land for United States Senator to suc
ceed William P. Whyte, whose term
w i'< <N--q- e in
Charles A. Walsh, of Iowa, former
secretary of the Democratic national
will stand the test of the courts. On committee, has been conferrng ri«
the other hand he shows that under the i cently with the erstwhile Populist
zone system which he proposed a I leaders in Arkansas and other South-
number of rates, especially-on long dis
tances would be lower than the rates
which the commission actually adopt
ed. On all other features of the order
he says he and the commission were In
thorough accord.
dissenting opinion in the passenger
rate reduction case. Never before, he
says, has the commission ordered a
sweeping cut of 33 1-3 per cent in the
rates previously fixed for either of the
two great departments of railroad traf
fic. He declares that under Supremo
Court decisions it is unlawful to fix
rates of intra-state traffic on the basis
of earnings from inter-state traffic,
and vet that has been done, he asserts
in the case of the passenger rate on
tho Western and Atlantic railroad. He
contends that the reduction to two
cents a mile for the Western and At
lantic will reduce its net earnings be
low an amount sufficient to pay rea
sonable and Just returns on the value
of the property.
While his argument is based upon
the Western and ACantic railroad he
staes that his reasoning applies to all
of the railroads which the commission
has put In classes A and B at 2 and
2\i cents per mile. Commissioner
(Brown says he Is still firm in his opin
ion that the zone system is the key to
the. passenger rate situation.
He asserts emphatically that he has
Texas, where Colonel Ayres was sta- j proved the truth of the assertion that
tioned for seventeen years. He said j the great masses of the people re-
to an .American representative last ceive no benefit from the large reduc-
Batch of Current
Gate City News
ATLANTA, June 8.—Railroad Com- ^
mlssioner Jos. M. Brown today filed his ! fused the pedmanent injunction asked
Injunction Refused.
ATLANTA, June 8.—Judge Pendle
ton in the Superior Court today re-
for by the Temple Baptist Church to
prevent certain excavations on Man-
gum street adjacent to the church
property now being made by the Gate
City Terminal Company, which is
building the terminals to be used by
the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic
RaJlroad Company.
Company Changes Its Name.
ATLANTA. June 8.—By an amend
ment to Its charter the Farmers Union
Fire Insurance Co., of Decatur, was
changed to the Farmers’ Protective
Fire Insurance Co., of LIthornia. Its
name being changed and its principal
office moved to the last named place.
It is a mutual co-operative company.
(Continued on Page 3.)
I ern States with the purpose. It Is re
ported. of organizing indenendence
leagues in the interest of William R.
Hearst.
Seven names are now mentioned as
possible Democratic Presidential can
didates, not counting the dark hors-v
suggested by Henry Watterson. The
list comprises William J. Bryan, of
Nebraska: Governor-elect Hoke Smith,
of Georgia: Senator Culberson, of
Texas: Governor Johnson, of Minne
sota: Judge Gray, of Delaware: Gov
ernor Campbell, of Texas and Gover
nor Comer, of Alabama. The list might
he lengthened by addinsr the name of
Senator Daniel Whom Virginians be
lieve would make a ideal Democratic
standard bearer.
Petition for Gulf Line Railroad.
BAINBRIDGE Ga., June 8.—This
week’s issues of the Bainbridge pa- _
pers carry a petition for a charter for Smltherg, but broke down on the way.
Mere .Nature Stories. ~ r ’ t:
From the Charleston Cizetto.
Following close upon the killing of a
ninety pound rat at Glen Jean by an
enterprising citizen of that town
comes th° news of a 200-pound mouse
seen by Hallowell Dabney at Smithers
du-ing the night
The mouse, as described by Mr.
Dabney, was a pale gray color with
mauve trimmings, its eves of skv blue
with borders of Vermillion anditsears
a sunburnt yellow, striped with fid
dler’s green*
Yesterday a wagon left the local
wholesale house with a quantity of
rhiskey and beer for a saloon
a new railroad company to be known | pnd -,f r . Dabney vas left to witch
as tho Gulf Line Railroad Company, j the ]oad unt n a r, w wagen carr? this
The petition is signed by a number of j morning. Mr. Dabney says he first
that War Department j nut shell.” sny those conversant with
had ordered that Mrs. Elizabeth Fair
fax Ayres, wife of Lieutenant Colonel j
Charles G. Ayres, a hero of Santiago,
be denied further entrance to the
grounds ■<{ the West Point Military 1
the real facts in the case.
Col. and Mrs. Ayres have a charm
ing daughter. Miss Emily Ayres, who
1? hy all acknowledged the belle of the
Point, and & son. Fairfax Ayres, at
night:
"I Irave nothing to say fu'ther than
that after several conferences with
Colonel and Mrs. Ayres I have ad
vised them that certain letters they
submitted to me were actionable, and
advise suits for damage.”
j tions made in .freight rates In 1905.
He continues:
"If the freight rates in Georgia he
reduced $2,000,000 more the farmers
and Other laboring people will not get
$500 out of the total sum. It will slm-
i ply be another dividend for the raanu-
promlnent men of Hawklnsville, Sa
vannah, Atlanta and Macon. Amon
saw the eno'mous mouse shortly after
9 o'clock coming down ra mnlbe
the petitioners ls W. A. Wirnblsh. pf tree backward. The enormous size o'f
Lawver May See Seoratary of War. : facturers and some tf the jobbers.’
"When will the suits be filed!
He then goes on to show that the
“Just as soon as I can perpare the j masses of the people do get the benefit
necessary pape-s.’’ renited Mr. Trice. . of the reductions made in passenger
"What are you going to do about j rates, but in endeavoring to secure this
the order debarring Mrs. Ayres from , benefit for them he says care must be
Atlanta., and James H. Taylor, of Ma
con. The general direction of the pro
posed road will be southwest from
Hawklnsville. through Bainbridge to
some point on the Florida line and
the rodent frightened him. and he re
mained quiet while It consumed a
quantity of the whiskey and beer. In
the midst of its feast it became fright
ened at a passing K. and M. trajn
thence In a southerly or southwestern | and ran back toward the creek, step-
direction through Florida to the Gulf
of Mexico.
The principal offices of the corpora
tion will be In Atlanta. The petition
ers Intend, as soon as a charter is
granted, to begin without delay to se
cure subscriptions to the capital stock.
ping on Mr. Dabney and rendering
him ■unconscious.
Mr. Dabney’s remarkable story is
borne out by'the fact that a quantity
of the intoxicants had disaprea-ed and
Mr. Dabney was unconscious when
found this morning.