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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1907. THE TWICE-A -WEEK TELEGEAPH gr MINNESOTA’S STEAM LAUNCH LOST WITH SIX MIDSHIPMEN AND SIX ORDINARY SEAMEN NORFOLK. Va DImotmt Landing liter ill on bo Hamp'c •e Mid.-h 12—Eleven 'ing sis mld- R Pi Gr n Phiiln H. Stevenson. Franklin P. ’ Holden, Henry Clay } ter Carl Ulrich; Sea- j on, Jesse Conn, Frank j rlev L. Vandorne and I W. to the fireman of the liiunv was found floating near h»re today and ns the lart seen of the launch was when It pulled out from the exposition pier, officers of the fleet give up all hope of ever seeing the men. Lieutenant David Randall, came ashore last night In the launch of the Mtnnaeota and It was at first thought he had accompanied the party on their retam trip, but It was learned tonight that he was safe In Norfolk. He dld i not take pas*age on the Minnesota’s launch as had been supposed. While the launch carried a good sized party, no one has been found who can say exactly how many occupants the launch contained. The men In the launch appeared *o be In high spirits after an evening of dancing. How the launch, buoyed up by so many air tight compartments, could have been lost Is jvt a matter of spei | Mir.pe'i-ra's rr.lssir.g launch. He was ■ verr.be of the second class, and was i appointed to the naval academy from I Newcastle. Delaware. His father Thomas Holcombe, is employed as a clerk In the comptroller's office at the I treasury department In this city, and j resides' nt 1619 Nineteenth street. Northwest. j Naval officers at the department re- I r ••lied many perilous passages between ; ship and shore In these little steam [ launches. But the general opinion as that, with careful management, e launches would weather almost any j kind of a storm. The conclusion was ! reached at the navy department that ' 'ither on account, of the lateness of the hour of the return trip, the Minne- sota’a launch In her haste had been driven hard into the heavy sea that prevailed In Hampton Roads last night, cr that the little boat had been run down by some of the giant tramp steamers that use the roads as a ref uge In time of storm. Breaking the News. Acting Secretary of Navy Newberry tonight sent telegrams to the rela tives of the victims of the accident, notifying them of the disappearance of the Minnesota's launch. The follow ing are the facts regarding the next of kin and other details so far as known at the Navy Department. The midshipmen; Philip Henry Field was born In Al bemarle County Virginia, on Jan- , uary 5, 1885, and Is the son of Wm. C. | Field, of Denver, Colo. He graduated I: - b . W* - HARRY ORCHARD SHOWED EMOTION WHEN REMINDED OF ABANDONED WIFE’S FATE illation. One theory Is that It was run j from the navay academy In 1906, and Wlto and cut In two by a passing vos- j was appointed to that Institution from sel. whleh^may have passed complete- I Colorado on the recommendation of ly over tile unfortunac occuoans of <he (Senator Patterson. launch, and another is that he boiler j william Hollister Stevenson. of In the launch exploded, tearing up the Newberne. N. C„ Is the son of 3t B. Steamship City of Savannah Evidence Believed - to Justify Action launch, and killing the occupants. Those In the launch must have met with sudden death, as It Is likely that some of them would have swam ashore had the launch merely foundered. The commanding officer of the Min nesota tonight refused to take any no tice of wireless messages from pre-e representatives asking for Information. The coast on all sides of Hampton Roads Is being patrolled tonight ofr bodies that may porslbly wash ashore. Tho police of the surrounding cities and towns and tho Powhattan guards al the Jamestown Exposition have been naked to assist In the search for those known to be missing. Naval officers are tonight using every effort to ascertain who was In the launch. A large number of men are reported missing from the various ships. Men have been detailed to •search Norfolk. Portsmouth, Newport News and vicinity. The vessels of the fleet are keeping in constant Inter communication hy wireless telegraph. Capes of two midshipmen were float ing In the harbor tonight. The opin ion Is that tho launch was run down hy a steamer. WASHINGTON, June 11—A tele gram received at the Navy Department todav from Rear Admiral Evans, at Norfolk, says: "Minnesota’s steam launch after going to exposition last night Is still missing and grave fears are entertain ed that she was run down and sunk. Bhe had a crew of five men. and as passengers Midshipmen • Field, Stev enson. Holden. Ulrich, Martin. Hol comb and Second Lieutenant Randall. Search has been made but without success.” The Navy Department tonight re ceived a dispatch from Rear Admiral Evans. In command of the United States fleet in Hampton Roads, which says: "A ditty-box belonging to fireman of the Minnesota’s missing launch inns been picked up nft afloat near Berth 27 and I am forced to conclude that launch with all on board Is lost. Have ordered board of investigation. Steam er last seen at exposition pier about midnight last night ” Tonight Admiral Evans telegraphed that the five missing seamen are: R. H. Dodson, seaman: H. L. Vandern. ordinary seaman: F. R. Plumber, ordi nary seaman: G. W. Wesrphal, fire man, fjrst class: Jesse Conn, coal passer. First News of Calamity. The loss at one time of six bright young midshipmen fresh from the academy at Annapolis, a young marine officer very recently appointed, and a coxswain and four other enlisted men. attached to the big battleship Minnesota—twelve men altogether—as reported briefly to the Navy Depart ment todny, was one of the most severe blows that has fallen upon the personnel of the navy since the Span ish war. in the estimation of the offi cials. The first news of the calamity rearhed the department through the Associated Press dispatches from Nor folk Acting Secretary Newberry and t!6n bureau and the seasoned naval of ficer? who make tip the staff, hoped that there hail been a mistake, because they had received no word from Ad miral Evans the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic flee:, who was present In Hampton Roads. A wireless mes sage was dispatched from the station at the Washington navy yard directed to the fleet lying In the roads, inquir ing Into the accuracy of the report. Within half an hour the answer given above came from Admiral Evans, and It dissipated the last hope that- had been cherished. Evans Delayed Sad Message. In the opinion of the officials of the department Admiral Evans had de’/iy- ed sending this sad message until he had exhausted every means of finding a trace of the missing men. for the sailors nt the navy department said that there was always a chance that the launch had merely broken her machinery, and going adrift without control In the very strong ebb tides that sweep by the roads had perhaps gone out to sea where crew and pas sengers were still safe. There was also the chance, that having been run down by some big steamer, the men had been hauled aboard, while the launch had gone down. In either event, however, it was thought news would have been received before 4 ev; vk t’rts afu-rn'or. when Admiral Evans made his report. Because of their youth ar.d very re cent ent- y into the naval service, the young officers who were lost were nor widely known outside of the ne.val academy. Midshipman Henry C. Mar- fin. Jr., was a native of Ohio and a member of the second cinss nt th na- Admiral Browson, chief of the naiga- val academy. Like the ohters, he had bt-r-n sent aboard the battleship Minne sota for a summer course of instruc tion to afford the practical education necessary to supplement the theoret- ical work of the naval academy. Philip H. Field was a midshipman from Colorado, who belonged to the first class of the academy. Midshipman Walter C. Ulrich, of the second class was from Wisconsin. Midshipman W. H. Stevenson, of Nn r ’h Carolina, was a member of the se.'ond class ar.d Henry H. Holden, of sir. was a member of the same Stevenson, of Newberne. He was ap pointed to the nnval academy by Rep resentative Thomas, of North Carolina, and graduated in 1906. Franklin Porteous Holcomb was born at Newcastle. Del., is the son of Thomas Holcomb, a clerk In tho Comptroller’s office at the Treasury Department, and a hrother of Lieuten ant Thomas Holcomb, of the United State Marine Corps. He was appoint ed to the naval academy as a cadet at large from Delaware, on the recom mendation of Representative Houston. He graduated in February. 1907. Herbert Leander Holden, son of Su san A. Holden, of Portage, Wis., was born In Chicago March 6. 1885, and was appointed from Wisconsin on the recommendation of Representative Adams. He graduated in February, 1907. Henry Clay Murfln, Jr., son of Henry Clay Murfln, of Jackson. O., was born In that city January 1. 1885. He was appointed to the academy from Ohio at tho instance of Representative Morgan. He graduated in February, 1907. Walter Carl Ulrich, the son of Carl Ulrich, of Milwaukee was born at La- Crosse. Wis., April 10. 1SS4. He was appointed to the academy at the in stance of Representative Otjen, and graduated in February, 1907. Sailors—all attached to the Minne sota: Robert K. Dodson, next of kin, father. E. F. Dodson, 15S West Eighty- fourth street. New York city. Jesse Conn, next of kin, father. J. C. Conn, 2324 Cleveland avenue, Louis ville, Ky. Frank R. Plumber, next of kin. mother, Eada Kitchen, of Mabtown, Wash. Harley L. Vandorne, next of kin, father. C. L. Vandorne. 31S Sixth ave nue. West Cedar Rapids, la. George W. Westphal. next of kin, sister, Mrs. C. B. Harding, of Meenah, Wis. NORFOLK, Va., June 12.—It was stated authoritatively here tonight that the naval officials have absolute Identity of the steamship which ran down the launch of the battleship Minnesota In Hampton Ronds last night; and that the arrest of the crew of the steamer is expected to follow. Action Was Not Duly Considered ALBANY. N. Y„ June 11.—Governor Hughes today vetoed the bill institu ting a flat passenger rate of two cents a mile on every railroad system In the State more than 150 miles long. The Governor points out that tho “passage of the bill was not preceded by the executive Investigation of suitable in quiry under the authority of the State. "Nor is the fixing of this rate pre dicated on reports or statistics official ly collated which would permit a fair conclusion as to the Justice of Its oper ation with reference with the railroads within "its purview.” The Governor says also in part: "Injustice on the part of the rail road corporations toward the public does not Justify injustice on the part of the State toward the railroad cor porations. The action of Government should be fair and impartial, and upon this every citizen, whatever his inter est. is entitled to Insist. The fact that those In control of railroad corpora tions have been guilty -f grossly im proper financiering and of illegal and injurious discriminations in charges, points clearly to the necessity of effec tive State action, but dees not require or warrant arbitrary reprisals. In deal ing with these questions democracy must demonstrate its capacity to act upon deliberation and to deal justly.” When the message had been read in the Assembly. Mr. Baldwin, who intro duced the bill, moved that it be passed notwithstanding the objection of the Governor, and the motion He on the ta ble. This was carried. It requires a two-thirds vote of each house to re pass a bill over the Governor's veto. FIRST OF CASES AGAINST STANDARD OIL TAKEN WASHINGTON, June 11.—Develop ments since the conference at the White House last Friday evening in which the President. Attorney-General Bonaparte. Secretaries Root, Taft, Cor- telyou and Garfield, and Interstate Commerce Commissioners Knapp and Lane, and United States Attorney Kel logg. of St. Paul, 'participated, make it probable that the Government will be gin proceedings under the anti-trust act against E. H. Harriman, and his associates, for violation of the law In connection with the so-called Chicago and Alton railroad deal, the Union and Southern Pacific transaction, and per haps In connection with the Southern Pacific and the San Pedro traffic agreement. As there are some im portant questions that are-common to both cases, suits against the bitumi nous coal roads will not be brought until the courts have rendered Judg ment in the Harriman cases. In the event of an adverse decision as to these common points and the Govern ment decides that the law, as it stands. Is inadequate to fully cover the case, it is more than probable that congress at its coming December session will be asked to amend the law so as to meet the present situation. As the report of the interstate commerce commission on the Harriman investigation has not been made, the action of the depart ment of justice in filinfi its bill or bills will necessarily be somewhat delayed. At the White House conference last Friday evening. Commissioners Knapp and Lane, who are underestood to hold opposite views on this question, ex plained their respective positions at some length. The President and At torney-General Bonaparte, however, have kept well informed on every phase of the disclosures that have been made at the hearings of the in terstate commerce commission. It is believed that both the President and the attorney general has reported the same conclusion, namely that the evi dence submitted justifies action to re store the original status. In the meantime, however, an action will al most certainly be begun to compel Mr. Harriman to answer certain questions deemed Important which he declined to answer at the hearing of the com mission held in New York city and in the west some months ago. To. Ply Between N. Y. and Savannah CHESTER, Pa.. June 11.—The steamship City of Savannah, built for the Ocean SteamshiD Company by the Delaware River Iron Ship and Engine Company, was launched here today. The‘vessel’s sponsor was Miss Susie Cole Winburn, a * daughter of Vice- President Wlnburn, of the Central of Georgia Railway Company. The new steamer, which was built to carry both !E SORE NEGROES INNOCENT WASHINGTON. June 11.—The ex- aminaation of Major Penrose, in com mand of the negro troops stationed at Brownsville, Texas, on August 13. when the town was "shot up," and Captain Macklin, of Co. C. 25tii Infan try, consumed nearly the entire time of the Senate committee on military-af- passengers and freight, has a length of j we £ e botl J recalled 403 feet and 3% inches. It will ply be- J °*L S ® 1n * tor f 01 ^' tween New York and Savannah. ZtZ i f testl_ As It gracefully glided off the ways I wle -l have re- it was christened the "City of Savan- j ,l he n committee, nah’’ by Miss Wlnburn, of Savannah. ! denied several important state- Ga„ who was presented by President ; the Hanson on behalf of the company with ( *k®shootin„up wit^damon^s'^awwxwdatelv^engraw^ rose* reasserted 5 his “b^lef that^ the^sol- With L: diers did not do the shooting. s3nn h n»h h ” latest" addition S^+he i Senator Hemenway questioned Ha- h f! oPnr rice^n 1 ' ;ior Penro:3e concerning the efforts ?ineT n S n imn^ 1 made b - v the military authorities to fix ^ the responsibility for the Brownsville tant event in the history of this nowned company has been reached. The arrangement for the handling and storage of cargo Is similar to that shooting. The witness reasserted his opinion that the negro troops were in nocent and that citizens had done the the shooting. He believed the shells ot Springfield cartridges had been ELEVEN MEN HURT BY FALL OF ELEVATOR ■PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. June 11.— Eleven men were Injured, two of them seriously, this afternoon, by the falling of an elevator in the big coal chute of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company at Post Richmond, used for coaling vessels. The seriously injured are Louis Oftman. aged 42 years, and Stephen Rockford, 30 years of age. They will recover. RECEIVERS APPOINTED FOR MILLIKEN BROTHERS. NEW YORK, June 11.—Judge Geo. C. Holt, In the United States District Court today, appointed temporary re ceivers for 30 days for Milliken Broth ers. a large steel manufacturing con cern. The failure of Milliken Brothers is said by counsel for the corporation, to be due to under-estimating the cost of completing the company’s plant at Mariners Harbor. Staten Island, and the depletion of the working capital of the company. The manufacture of steel will be continued by the receivers. The liabilities of the company are about 86 500,000. The assets Including ths plant and real estate is valued at $7,- 500,000. Atlanta. City of Columbus, etc. The passenger accommodations, however, as to capacity, arrangement of rooms, etc., differ very materially, there being fifty-eight cabin state rooms, some of which are en-suite. with private baths, accommodating 116 first cabin pas sengers: twelve intermediate rooms, threo berths each, accommodating thirty-six passengers and accommoda tions" for sixty steerage passengers. Two of the" cabin state rooms con tain large double brass beds, sofas, comfortable chairs and writing desk: the private baths'-are furnished with hot and cold, fresh and salt water, an innovation to be found only on this line. The hull of the city of Savannah is constructed under the cellular or double water bottom system, channel steel construction. with channel frames, beams, stringers and ties, and is constructed in the highest class un der the United States. Standard Steamship Owners and Builders Un- ! derwriter's rules, and especial survey j hy their representative to Class Al ! for twenty years. scattered in the streets in order to place the blame upon the soldiers. He was satisfied that the report of the experts 1 of the Springfield armory, by which the firing of many of the shells had been traced to rifles in possession of the batallion was trustworthy, but he believed that those shells had been fired at Fort Niobrara. Nebraska, at target practice just before the battal ion went to Brownsville, where the shells were taken in a box to Browns ville and placed on the rear porch of FB" barracks. He supposed some of them were purloined by citizens and later scat tered in the streets to incriminate sol diers. When he was last before the committee, he did not believe his men wa> guilty and today that belief was more positively expressed. Captain Macklin. of Co. C, denied having made statements at Browns ville before the affray, to the effect that if the people did not look out, the negroes would jump the barracks wd|! some night and shoot the town up. He said he never made any such state ment. He was questioned by Senator The dimensions^ of the new steamer ' Foraker as to the possibility of seeing * * at a considerable distance on the night of August 13. He declared he could not have told that a man had on a uniform at a distance greater than 10 or 15 feet. He was substantially in accord with the testimony of Major Penrose who said he could not recog nize his officers ten feet away that night. Major Penrose discredited the testimony of witnesses who stated that they recognized negro soldiers, because he did not believe any one could see well enough that night to do so. He acknoledged that artificial lights' might have altered conditions. Captain Mack- Hn was stationed on the barracks road after day-light on the 14th. and denied that any one had gone down that road. Mrs. Leahy recently testified that she went down the road at about 5:30. o’clock, and saw five or six soldiers cleaning guns on the upper porch of ‘IB”, barracks. JH MASKED IS TO MSS. EDDY'S MIND UP NONE OF THE MEMBERS OE MOB I are as follows: Lenth on twelve-foot water line, 376 feet: length over all. 403 feet: breadth of beam molded, 49 feet, depth, molded. 27 feet. The spar and middle decks are of steel, the hur ricane and promenade decks are of steel covered with asbestos and then planked and covered with canvas, making the passenger deck apart from the freight accommodations and fire proof. Water ballast capacity 916 tons, bunker capacity 428 tons, cubic freight capacity 352,500 feet, dead weight capacity of cargo and coal on mean draught 18 feet 6 inches. 3.500 tons: speed when loaded 13 knots. The gross tonnage of the City of Savan nah will be about 5,900 tons, or 350 tons larger than her sister ships the City of Atlanta and City of Columbus. There are four decks extending all fore and aft, accommodations for 92 first cabin passengers are furnished on the hurricane deck, 24 first cabin passengers on the promenade deck. The dining saloon, which is located forward, is elaborately decorated, while the smoking room, sun parlor, officer’s quarters and pilot house are located on the promenade deck. The ship is electric lighted throughout, with a perfect system of electric bell3. The vessel will be equipped with one triple expansion engine. Diameter of cylinders, high pressure, 28 inches, intermediate. 46 inches, low pressure. BOISE. Idaho, June 11.—The attack of the Haywood defense on the testi mony of Harry Orchard goes on unre mittingly, and the witness will proba bly be continued on the stand two full days more. Orchard withstands the strain with remarkable fortitude and at the end of six days shows no in dication of mental or physical flagging. Today began'with the dynamiting of Fred Bradley In San Francisco. The defense made a long and determined effort to expose several features of it to doubt and Improbability and to vitiate it all by revealing the hand of the Pinkertons: Then the play went back to Denver, winter of 1904-03. and the prlng that followed, and there was an extended effort to show that Orchard had prac tically no communication with the leaders of the Federation; that he re ceived no pay for the iBradley crime or anything else, and that with Steve Adams, in a condition of Extreme pov erty. extending over a period of several months, he was reduced to the neces sity of stealing a sheep from the Globe- ville stock yards, that he might have food. Orchard Confessed the Sheep. Orchard, to a laughing court room, confessed that he stole the sheep, but stoutly denied that it was because of want. He insisted all through that sup posedly hard winter and spring, he continued to draw money from Petti bone through Adams, and explained that if he did not see Federation offi cials often it was beceause he was “ly ing low” to aviod capture. This Globeville inquiry developed another shocking crime. At this Den ver suburb, there was a diabolical plot —‘Orchard swore it was inspired by Max Malich, the defense claimed that Orchard was its author—a plot to dy namite a boarding house wherein 150 non-union men lived, and in prepara tion Orchard, Adams and a man named Joe Mahalich broke into two magazines and stole 600 pounds of dynamite which they lugged home at night and buried in their cellar. The crime was abandoned. Orchard said, in one of those flashes that make his testimony remarkable, because Haywood inter vened and forbade him to have any thing to do with it. Drew Strike Relief Supplies. Carrying out the lines of testimony tending to show that Orchard, regard less of the great hold which it is pre sumed he had on the federation lead ers, was frequently without funds, the defense showed that from late In 1903 until the middle of 1904 Orchard continually drew strike relief supplies at Cripple Creek and then dramatical ly invited Orchard to explain the in consistency to the jury. Orchard re plied that Haywood. Moyer, Parker and Davis all advised him to draw the supplies, because if he displayed mon ey he would excite suspicion. The examination next reviewed the earlier attempt on .Governor Peabody and the making of bombs to kill him and the plots against Judges Gabert and Goddard, with an effort every where to lighten and cast doubt upon the testimony. Orchard told a dramatic story of the first attempt to assassi nate Peabody—an early morning drive through the snow to place the bomb and await for the victim, who was spared by the unexpected appearance of two coal wagons, which, coming from an alley way were driven across the trigger string at the moment that Peabody was crossing the mine. Orch ard brought Mrs. Steve Adams into the play today. He said that while he and Adams were watching Judge God dard’s house. Mrs. Adams went with them a couple of times as a blind to divert suspicion from them. Mrs. Adams, who • had a seat among tho witnesses, laughed when Orchard told the incident. Called Himself Coward. Orchard, who confesses that he hes itated at no crime and took desperate chances in those he committed, made an interesting contribution to ,the psycological study of his personality when he called himself a coward. He said he was too cowardly to openly kill Judge Gabbert; that he regarded all His acts as cowardly. In five minutes today Orchard showed more emotion than at any time since he began his testimony. It he went to the corner grocery for a few days after the explosion, to learn Bradley’s condition. Orchard said it was while he was living in Denver with Steve Adams that he was de tailed by Haywood to help Adams assassinate Judge Gabbert. In Denver. Idea to Get Ranch, “Haywood said he wanted us to shoot Gabbert because he felt the use of dynamite would get everybody Into trouble.” said Orchard. His idea in continuing to kill was to got the ranch Haywood, Moyer and Fettibono had promised him. “And you were ready to kill every body in Colorado for a JS00 ranch?” suggested Richardson. “I don’t know about that.” Orchard said he lurked about Judge Gabbert’s house several nights hoping for a chance to shoot him. “Why didn’t you go up and ring the door bell and pump Into him?” asked Richardson. “Because I was too cowardly,” said Orchard without a moment’s hesita tion. “You considered yourself a very brave man. didn’t you?” “I call all the things I’ve done very cowardly," said Orchard In a low even voice. At the afternoon session, Richardson asked Orchard if he had not tried to get Max Malich. a man of good repu tation In Denver, Into a plan to blow up a hoarding house full of "scabs” in Globeville. “No. sir.'* replied Orchard. “Max Malich tried to get me Into it. He suggested it.” “And what, did you say?” “I snid I’d try to help him do it" He did not ask Malich for any money whatever. Malich, according to Or chard. said the “scabs" were driving him out of business and he wanted them done away with. Haywood Forbade It. . Orchard said he had talked to Hay wood about the proposed dynamiting and was told not to do it. That ended the matter. Mr. Richardson next devoted -himself to the proposed assassination of Frink Hearn of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Attorney Richardson next asked Or chard if he had not heard and read of a debate between Haywood and Hearn before a State Senate commit tee. The attorney in response to an objection from the prosecution, said the question was Intended to show that it was entirely possible for Orchard to have learned what Haywood had said of Hearn to the latter’s rather than to have heard it from Haywood him self. The question was allowed and Orchard said he knew that Haywood was at the Capitol frequently, but he did. not know what he was doing there. Richardson brought a new figure to the case by asking Orchard in regard to his acquaintance with Lottie Day. ■ The witness said he met the woman after going to live at the Hotel Bel mont. following his break with Adams. ■Before 'he could “get” Gabbert. Or chard said that Moyer.. Haywood and Pettibone ail three told him to go down to Canon City to continue his at tempts on Peabody. The arrangement was made at Moyer’s home in the Aberdeen flats. This was the first time Orchard, had brought Mover into the case for a long while. Orchard was about to go into the details of the conversation with Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone. when court adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. T TO. CONCORD, N. H.. June 11.—A mo tion asking for a trial before a jury 75 inches, stroke of pistol 48 inches: of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy’s compe- steam from four single end boilers. 14 feet 9 inches diameter: length 10 feet 6 Inches; pressure of steam 180 pounds. Blake pump feed water heater and filter will he used: steam steering engine-of the most approved style, hyde capstan and windlass,- also Baldt pattern stockless anchors. The City of Savannah will be placed in commission in the regular freight and passenger service of the Savannah line on or about September 1. FINDLAY. O.. June 11.—The first of the 932 cases against the Standard Oil Company brought by the State, on charges of violating the Valentine anti-trust' law, was taken up this morning in • Common Pleas Court. Thirty witnesses have been summon ed by the State, but there is no indi cation that the Standard company has asked a person to testify in its behalf. Wisconsin. was Pnvid M Randall, second lieutenant of marines, was barn in New Ta k and appointed from Kansas, entering after a competitive examination. March 10. 1905. Midshipman F. F. Holcombe was at- laehed to the Connecticut! and is sup posed to have taken passage on the QUARREL AND DOUBLE TRAGEDY OVER LEGACY CINCINNATI. O., June 11.—The bod ies of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baumgart ner were found in their apartment to dav. Both had bullet wounds in the head. "Whether the husband or wife did the shooting is unknown. From his father. Baumgartner recently in herited $4,000. since which time he and his wife had quarreled repeatedly over the disposition of the money. NEW HOME OF WASHINGTON LODGE OF ELKS DEDICATED. WASHINGTON. June 11.—Several hundred persons today witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of the Wash ington lodge of Elks' new $175,000 home cn H. street, between Ninth and Tenth streets N. W. Former United States Senator Geo. L. Wellington, of Cumberland, Mr., de livered the oration. • CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 11.— There was but one session of the sec ond day’s hearing of the contempt case against Sheriff J. F. Shipp. While none of the members of the alleged mob that hanged Ed Johnson were positively identified. A. J. Ware, a former Justice of the peace, testi fied that he thought he recognized sev eral of them at the time. Luther Williams, Nick Nolan and “Sheenie” Warner, were the three de fendants that he thought he saw. He also thought he recognized a painter by the name of Paul Poole. Mr. Ware testified that he had been told in the afternoon hy Harry Haver- camp, who was a city detective at that time and who has since died, that there was to he a lynching that night. He was at the jail when the crowd came out with the negro. He then went to the bridge where the lynching occurred. After the examination of several negro witnesses, an adjournment until tomorrow was taken. MOTHER AND CHILDREN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE STEAMER’S BOILER BLEW UP; FEARED ALL HANDS LOST. BREST. .Tune 12.—A steamer whos? identity has not been conclusively es tablished went ashore today in the Strait of Bertheaume. The boiler blew up and it is feared that all hands were lost. Further details are lacking. The steamer Is though to be the Yews, a fruit boat from Plymouth for Brest. CORDELE. Ga., June 12.—Mrs. John Bridgers and children made a very narrow escape yesterday after noon from an accident. Her horse be came badly frightened by an automo bile. The horse ran on the sidewalk, turning the buggy over. Several gen tleman ran to give assistance ar.d Mrs. Bridgers and her children were saved any injury. Miss Annie Tamenfaum who has been the guest of Miss Annie James returned last night to her home in At lanta. Yesterday, the members of the Pres byterian Sabbath school enjoyed a pic nic at Ray’s Mill, a few miles from the city. Two tallvhos were filled wirn parents and children. A big dinner was served on the grounds and the day was .delightfully, epent by all.. Roanoke College Commencement ROANOKE. Va.,June 11.—At Roan oke College, Salem, A r a.. this evening, the address before the literary socie ties was delivered by Hon. Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the interstate commerce commission. A large audi ence heard the address. The com mencement exercises close tomorrow, when the largest class in the history of the college will be graduated. tency to manage her affairs, was filed in the Merrimac County Superior Court today by counsel for the plain tiffs in the suit to secure an account ing of the property of Mrs. Eddy. The court is asked to give a heaMng on this motion. It was in court that Judge Robt. N. Chamberlain yesterday' announced his intention of appointing a master to determine Mrs. Eddy’s competency. was when the defense in a rough shod manner asked if he had not deserted his Cripple Creek wife and left her in poverty, that compelled the sale of her wash tub to buy bread. Orchard's lips quivered and with tears near he fal- terlngly denied that he had done so and said that the federation leaders had promised to care for her in his ab sence. .WASHINGTON. June 11.—Secretary Root today positively declined to make a statement respecting the Japanese sit uation. The Secretary’s refusal was based solely upon his unwillingness to ac cord the war rumors official notice, and not upon any belief on nts part that there is the least danger of war, or even of a breacli of the friendly relations that now exist between America and Japan. Tho fact is. that in the official mind the pres ent agitation is nothing more than the working of internal Japanese politics—a strenuous opposition party In Japan is seeking for weapons to attack the parts in power, is appealing to the populace and to the pride of the Japanese to affront the United States. FRENCH MINISTRY TO SUPPRESS WINE FRAUD CARMACK HELD HIS CAROLINA AUDIENCE COLUMBIA, S. C.. June 11.—Former Senator E. W. Carmack, of Tennessee, delivered a magnificent address here today at the commencement exercises of the University of South Carolina. His address may be summed up as a series of sermons and every one left the theater feeling better for having heard the distinguished Tennesseean. This was th first time commence ment exercises have been held outklde the university chapel and they were witnessed hy a large crowd. Tis year’s graduates number more than fifty, the largest in the institu tion’s history of more than a hundred years. BOISE, Idaho. June 12.—Yesterday reverting to his attmepts on the life of Fred Bradley in San Francisco, P.UIIS. June 11.—The cabinet coun- Orchard said it was after he had seen ; n apeclaIIy , U mmoned this morning the milk delivered to the Bradley back. ’ - , ” door several mornings in succession. | dl ' cus ? tb<i SI Ration in S0l } tb of that he conceived the idea of poisoning |.T ra ."? e ’ did n ° t 1,nd I . TI ' loa dlff ‘ ,n his victim rather than to use a bomb, deciding on tlio minister.ai statement "With the failur.; of the milk plot, he be BP de °! 1 subject in the cha.ni- went ahead and manufactured the b f- ^ as n \ ade b >' bomb, first buving a piece of five-inch " Flnanc ® ^. Iln ‘ t? er CaiII "U-' - ho an- iead nine 14 inches lonv nounced the Government’s determlna- Orchard said he bought the pipe in a au h pp ^ a tb ® xv ‘"° plumbing shop on Tavlor street, some- , f raud. In so dbing. he • neld out the where In the 200 Mock Richardson theX^eram^t traTprapareT^ wanted to know if Detective McPart- an inducement for lhem ' to abandon grape growing in favor of other crops, to remit the land taxes in sucu coses- for five years. The minister counsel ed the organization of growers to rug- A HAPPY HOME Is one where health abounds. With impure blood there can* not be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. STEVE ADAMS WILL NOT TESTIFY SAYS JAMES KIRWiN revivify the torpid LIVER and restore Its natural action. A healthy LIVER means pure blood ^ Pure blood means health. Health means happiness. Take no Substitute* All Druggists. DENVER, Co].. June 12.—“Steve Adams will not testify for Ihe prosecu tion In the Haywood case.” I This was the declaration of Acting j Secretary James Kirwin, of the Wes- ; tern Federation of Miners, to the min ers’ convention today. I Haywood’s lawyers, he says, have j the assurance from Adams that he will I repudiate his “confession” if he is placed on the stand by the prosecu tion. Mr. Kirwin also read the follow- ! ing message to from W. D. Haywood: [ “Harry Orchard is the greatest liar ! of th? twentieth century, as every man j he has implicated stands ready to tes- I tlfy. There will be nothing to my case but acquittal.” ALLEGED THAT CASHIER MISAPPROPRIATED MONEV ATLANTA. Ga.. June 11.—Alleging that its cashier. D. E. Moorefield. misappro priated over $4,090 of its funds, the Fidel ity Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, today brought suit agajnsf M. L. Thrower and Nathaniel F. Jack- son, his sureties, to the extent of $1,500. land had attempted to trace the San Francisco locations for the witness. “Ail I know is that he investigated the powder or dynamite purchase. He brought me a list of the sales of. the Judson Powder Company, and asked me if I could pick out the name I had given. I picked out A. Debs as the one I thought I remembered.” “Don’t you know there was but one 10-pound "sale of dynamite that whole year?” “Mr. McPartland showed me sev eral.” “But all the others were In the name of a well-known customer of the firm ?’’ “There were several names.” Placing Bradley Bomb. Orchard said the morning he placed the bomb at the front door of the Bradley house people were passing on their wav to work. The lead bomb was inside a wooden box. Orchard took a down-town car and was out of ear shot before the explosion occurred. “From the examination of the place after the explosion don't you know that the walls were blown out in stead of in?’ asked Mr. Richardson. “They were all shattered.” Orchard said that as Bradley open ed the door he would be sideways to the bombs, and the explosion would be more likely to blow him out than in. The witness with the same calmness that has marked his demeanor throughout, drew a diagram for the attorneys showing just where he had placed the bomb, and where Bradley would be with the opening of the door. At the suggestion of Judge Wood. Orchard left the witness chair and walked over to the jury box. where he explained the diagram to the twelve men. He did not hesitate in supply ing any detail demanded by Richard son. Orchard said that it was from the newspapers that he learned Bradley had been blown into the street. “Then you don't know positively that he was blown into the street?” asked Richardson. “I did not see him go,” said Orchard. In reply to questions. Orchard said uiate the output and discontinue the 'manufacture of wine, and urged tho "growers to assist the Government to 'suppress outside frauds by themselves exposing wholesale buyers who refuse to purchase their products unless adulterated to suit their marksL Tha ‘city councils of a number of sina'i places resigned today, but there were no disorders. VARDAMAN GRANTED MRS. BIRDSONG RESPITE JACKSON. Miss., June 12.—The Su preme court today delivered its decis ion in the case of Mrs. Angie Bird song, convicted of the killing of Dr. Thos. Butler, at Monticello, on Decem ber 23, 1906. and sentenced to five years in the State penitentiary, affirm ing the decision of the lower court. Immediately after the decision of the court was made Governor Vardaman granted Mrs. Birdsong a respite, whic^ will act as a stay of execution for 30 days, in which time she can arrange and have published her petition for pardon as the law requires. TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE ” BEGUN IN SCHMITZ CASS SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.—The at torneys for Mayor Schmitz opened the defense today by calling to the stand M. P. Scott, former business agent of the Cooks' and Waiters' Union. Scott testi fied that he had Reagan "put up a job” to have the license of Tortoni's restaurant revoke!, because the proprietor had re fused to unionize his employes. Under cross-examination by Attorney Heney. Scott denied that he had told Reagan (as Reagan himself testified) that the French restaurant keepers had "raised a sack" of $2S.000 to buy protection Of their licenses.