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Netos and Vie to s 'From All Around
The Case Against Haywood.
A jury of twelve men to try William
D. Haywood on the charge of plotting
the murder of former Governor Steu
nenberg of Idaho was completed at
Boise, and the indictment was read.
The defense had used all of its chal
lenges, and in a formal statement to
the press Messrs. Darrow and Rich
ardson called attention to the fact that
the jury was made up of seven Repub
licans, four Democrats and one Prohi
bitionist, that all but one had been
farmers and that none of the jury had
ever belonged to a labor organization,
except one, or who now works for
wages. They say, further, that the
jury is made up of a class to which
none of the defendants has ever be
longed and that they are drawn from
Harry Orchard,
for the state said they were satisfied.
James H. Hawley made the opening
address for the state, the keynote of
which was that the inner circle of the
Western Federation of Miners made a
business of murder and assassination
through employed agents and that the
defendants had been for years active
members of this inner circle. Whan
the defense objected to Hawley’s ref
erence to various other crimes charged
against the federation as being not
germane to the present case Judge
Wood sustained the state’s attorney,
holding that whatever the state ex
pected to prove could be referred to in
the address. This did not mean that
the matters referred to would not be
passed upon when offered in evidence.
The first day’s evidence came from
witnesses who had personal knowledge
of the killing of Steunenberg. Among
them was the son of the slain man,
who told how Orchard, passing under
the name of Hogan, had approached
him shortly before the assassination
and asked him the whereabouts of his
father.
The state led out with its trump
card next day by calling to the stand
Harry Orchard, who says his re:?l
name is Albert Horsley, but who
passed under many aliases and who
confesses that he laid the bomb that
killed Steunenberg. With some lead
ing questions, he was led to tell in de
tail a long story of various murders
and attempted murders, which nefari
ous work he says he performed at the
Instigation and in the pay of the offi
cers of the Federation of Miners who
are now under indictment in connec
tion with the Steunenberg murder. He
said he was a Canadian by birth and
after moving into the mining region of
the northwest became a member of the
miners’ union and achieved a reputa
tion by executing sentence of death
and destruction upon those who op
posed _the purposes of the union. lie
Suits Against Coal Roads.
The president lias ordered the de
partment of justice to prepare suits
against the so called anthracite coal
railroads, and these will be filed in
the federal court at Philadelphia. The
cases grow out of the investigation
conducted by the interstate commerce
commission.
an agricultural
county in which
each for a year
and a half has
read about the
case in the local
daily papers
known to be hos
tile to the de
fendants. Near
ly all of the
jurymen had ad
mitted that they
had formed opin
ion s. Counsel
Public Utilities Bill a Law.
The public utilities bill, which is con
sidered one of the most important re
form measures passed by the present
session of the New York legislature,
has been signed by Governor Hughes
and will go into effect on July 1. The
bill places under direct state control
every public service corporation, great
or small, in the state, with the excep
tion of the telephone and telegraph
linos.
Bryan Is Puzzled.
William J. Bryan, who has recently
made several public addresses in the
east, in discussing the policies of
President Roosevelt, stated that he
was not consistently Democratic nor
consistently Republican. He said the
president had espoused many Demo
cratic principles, such as the income tax,
the regulation of railroads, the prose
cution of the trusts and the arbitra
tion of labor’ difficulties. On the other
hand, he was un-Democratic in his
advocacy of a ship subsidy, an asset
currency, a large navy and the respec
tive spheres of the state and federal
governments, but, he declared, “his im
pulses are good and his sympathies
seem to be with the masses on several
questions. I am always glad to com
mend him when I can, for public ques
tions ought to be considered on their
merits and not from a partisan stand
point.”
Olive Branch For Foraker.
The appointment of General William
V. McMacken as collector of internal
revenue at Toledo, 0., which was an
nounced at the White House June 6,
was somewhat of a surprise to all the
Ohio factions, Inasmuch as McMacken
had been indorsed by both Senators
Foraker and Dick, while his opponent
had been favored by Representative
Burton and other administration men.
In some quarters this appointment was
looked upon as an effort on the part
of the president to bring about har
mony between the Foraker and Taft
factions, although the official announce
ment simply states that McMacken
was more generally supported than
any other candidate and was recom
mended by both senators.
Beef Trust Boosts Price.
Retail butchers in eastern cities were
notified that the price of beeves would
be advanced 8 or 9 cents a pound,
which means about 2 cents a pound
more at retail. Scarcity of cattle is
given as the reason for the Increase.
'The big packers say that the new In
spection law is largely responsible.
Knox In the Field.
Philander C. Knox, United States
senator from Pennsylvania, has been
Indorsed by the Republican state con
vention of that commonwealth for the
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Senator Knox.
candidacy at this time. It Is under
stood at Washington that, while Presi
dent Roosevelt’s first choice for his
successor in office is Secretary Taft,
the nomination of Senator Knox would
be entirely satisfactory to him.
WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN.
pres idential
nomination next
year, and in an
interview given
the newspaper
reporters the
senator Las ex
pressed his
willingness to
accept the nom
ination if ten
dered to him by
the national con
vention. He de
clined, however,
to enter Into
any further dis
cussion of his
American Horse Derby Winner.
Richard Croker, the one time master
of New York city as the leader of
Tammany Hall, who has been living in
England and Ireland for several years
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MB in 4
Richard Croker.
have won SIOO,OOO additional in bets
at the prevailing odds of 10 to 1. The
event Was especially gratifying to Cro
ker and his American friends because
of the unfriendly action of the New
market racing stewards in barring his
horse from their course.
Douma Passes Reform Laws.
Three obnoxious laws have been re
pealed by the Russlon douma, as fol
lows: Providing for the punishment of
persons expressing approval of po
litical crimes, excluding from military
service persons accused of political
crimes or under suspicion and penaliz
ing private instruction in Poland. The
douma voted for the abolition of the
re-establishment of field courts martial
for the punishment of civilians im
plicated in spreading revolutionary
ideas in the army.
French Seamen’s Strike Off.
For several days following the 31st
of May not a ship was able to leave the
ports of France, owing to a general
strike of sailors and others belonging
to the naval reserve. The crews of
many transatlantic ships joined in the
movement and deserted their stations.
The strike was declared by the Na
tional Seamen’s union because of the
bill increasing pensions from S4O to
$72 for seamen and from $156 to S2OO
for captains, this being held to be in
adequate. Even the fishermen at some
places took part in the strike. After
an interview with the minister of ma
rine at Paris on June 4 the seamen’s
leaders telegraphed to all ports calling
off the strike. It was said that the
minister had given assurance that the
deserters would not be prosecuted and
that the pension law would be im
proved.
Demands of Telegraphers.
Each director of the Western Union
Telegraph company has received a
copy of the formal statement of griev
ances prepared by the Telegraphers’
union. It cites six cases of discrimina
tion and arbitrary dismissal of em
ployees on account of their union con
nections and demands their reinstate
ment. They ask that eight hours con
stitute a day’s work and seven and
one-half hours a night’s work, and they
want a fixed scale of wages based on
the promised 10 per cent increase,
which they say the company has evad
ed in various ways.
Investigating Japanese Riots.
In response to the inquiry of Secre
tary Root, Governor Gillette of Califor
nia has submitted a report concerning
the recent attack upon Japanese res
taurants in San Francisco. This and
other official reports confirm the im
pression that the riots were the out
come of labor troubles and had little
to do with the racial feeling, except in
some details. This subject is still
causing considerable agitation on the
part of the progressive party in Japan.
and devoting him
self to the breeding
of race horses,
achieved the great
est distinction of
the English turf
when his three-year
old colt Orby, rid
den by the Ameri
can jockey Reiff,
won the Derby race
at Epsom Downs.
The stakes amount
to $32,500, and Mr.
Croker is said to
Practical Training For Girls.
The Boston school committee has ap
proved the recommendation of the su
perintendents to establish with the
next school year a girls’ high school of
practical arts with a four year course,
conditions for admission to which will
be equivalent to those of the regular
high schools. The theory of this school
is to give opportunity to those pupils
whose talents lie in the direction of
doing and expressing rather than in
acquisition. On the academic side
courses will be created in English, his
tory, art, modern languages, mathe
matics and science, but these will be
treated in their relation to some prac
tical line of work. On the industrial
side the school will be divided into two
classes, one for those seeking to be
come home makers, and the other for
those who aim, at least for a time, to
be self supporting. For the first class
emphasis -will be given to all phases
of domestic science and arts, and for
the second a foundation will be laid
in some distinct taste, so that the pu
pil may be able to enter upon the
higher forms of the various women’s
industries.
Long Scores Roosevelt Books.
Dr. William J. Long of Stamford,
Conn., has contributed another chapter
to his controversy with President
Roosevelt by making public a lengthy
and scathing reply to the president’s
attacks on his books on the subject of
natural history. He begins by quoting
Mr. Roosevelt’s remark, “I don’t be-
Dr. W. J. Long.
to stuff and hang oa your wall. From
his own records I have reckoned a
full thousand hearts he has known
intimately.” After referring to several
Incidents narrated in the Roosevelt
books, he concludes: “You are not a
sportsman, though you have slain your
thousands; you are not a naturalist,
though you have measured hides and
horns; you do not and you cannot un
derstand the ‘hearts of the wild things.’
It needs no eye witness nor any affi
davit to support this statement. You
have vourself furnished all the proof.”
Railroads Fighting Two Cent Law.
In a statement the Pennsylvania rail
road frankly avowed its purpose to
“get square” for the new two cent fare
law by abolishing all commutation
rates and selling only tickets nt the
uniform rate of 2 cents a mile. Even
ten trip and workman tickets will be
dropped, and no excursion tickets will
be sold after Sept. 30 unless the courts
shall have ruled against the law, as
the Pennsylvania officials confidently
expect.
The Reading, which had begun to
make some concessions in response to
the rising tide of public Indignation,
stopped short as if encouraged by the
action of the Pennsylvania, and Baer
said nothing further would be done.
Baer’s company also filed a bill in
equity to upset the law on the ground
that the loss involved would be con
trary to charter rights.
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lieve for a min
ute that some of
these nature
writers know the
heart of the wild
things.” He then
proceeds to say
that after care
fully reading two
of the president’s
big books i‘l find
that every time
he is near the
heart of a wild
thing he invari
ably puts a bul
let through it
Hearts are good
to eat and heads