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No. 17,062. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1907-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS.
THE EVENING uTAR
WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION.
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BOAT WAS CANVAS 1
PRISON AND SAILORS .
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Canopied Launch Prevented the
Ocupants From Doing Any- . >
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thing Toward Saving j
Their Lives. "
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HAD BEEN TO A BALL J
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Party Was Returning From James- .<=
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town When Run Down by a Tug
and Coal Barge. ^
PRESIDENT WIRES CONDOLENCE a
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Both He and Mrs. Roosevelt Join in a [
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Tolarrvam e\t Pltrm r?!l t"Vl V "M0 T)Olll)t ('
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That Members of the Party tf.
Were Drowned. *
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BALTIMORE, June 12.?A tele- V
gram expressing the shock and ti
grief of President and Mrs. Roosevelt
at the news of the disaster in
Hampton roads yesterday was f
written by the President on the n
train and sent from Baltimore, as 1
follows: p
"Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, Care *
Navy Department, Washington, >D.
C.: "
"We are inexpressibly shocked s:
and grieved by the news of the dis- "
aster. a
"Theodore and Edith Roosevelt." E
NORFOLK, Va., June 12.?It was re- ^
ported today that the disaster in Hampton e,
roads Monday night which resulted in the r<
sinking of a launch from the I'nited States u
h'itf lttuliin \l inn oen # Q uml ilrntvuino" i">f
eleven men, including fix midshipmen, who
were returning from the army and navy n<
ball at the Jamestown exposition that be
lo
night, and five seamen who made up the "*
crew of the launch, resulted from the
Minnesota's launch being run down by a n
tug and coal barge which the former was ct
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towing. s
The report which, it was stated, had ^
been made officially on board the battle- ti
ship Minnesota did not give the name of c
a
the tug or the barge. It was said, how- f,
ever, that the tug stopped in the roads
immediately following the accident, but j<
finding no trace of the object which had "
been struck or any sign of life or any- f;
thing In the water, resumed its cours*
r<
with the coal barge in tow. H
Sank in the Darkness. g
The presumption is that the launch, a u
small craft, sank immediately in the dark- v
ness of the stormy night, the eleven oc- 11
cupants being caught in their canvas-covered
craft with no possible way of escape, "
and carried to the bottom, drowning like j
rats in a trap. 1!
It was raining and Ihe choppy sras were
sending spray to such an extent that it became
necessary for those In the launch to ?
have* tli#? ranv;is ntvi r:n*r h:i!r,.n?..l tlirhtlv n.
to the sides of the little vessel. There was I >
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an opening on each side of tl.e canvas for j
the passengers to enter and leave the j ,
launch, but both of these, It is believed.
fcad bet n buttoned down Immediately upon | ''
the launch leaving Discovery Landing at a
the Jamestown exposition pier shortly after |
midnight. and the little launch was making : (
rapidly througii the h. :.vy seas for the bat- j
tU Milp Mlnnesot i when she was suddenly
htruck and sent to tiie bottom in several J.
fathoms of water. "
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In a Prison of Canvas.
The only opening in the canvas canopy 1
which covered I he launch is supposed to ?
have bt-ni In the front, just e.lough for the t
coxswain, who was steering the craft, to S
see ahead. *'
The crash is supposed to have been so '
sudden that nut even the coxswain had (
time to jump through the opening.
Tor judo boats have been continually n
searching Hampton roads for some trace of f
the bodies of the missing < 1< ven, or objects v
of some kind from the lost launch, but the I J
only things reported ?ou:id so far are one }
? ap. supposed to have belonged to one of i ]
tiie lost men. and a fireman's ditty box, 0
supposed to be from the Minnesota's
launch. These were found by the fleet tug
1'otomac.
Weather Very Stormy. 1
The weather continues stormy in the
roads and f hr wn?? ? ? ~ ~?
? V IUU 10 aitempt
to drag fur the missing launch as yut,
but this will be coinmi need as soon as ttie
?li minis will permit. No information Is yei :
obtainable' in Norfolk as to the identity of ;
the tug and coal barge wlil< h are said to |
have struck the Minnesota's launch and
caused the accident. It Is not ye*, positively
known whether the tug and barge .were
outward or Inward bound, or that the tug |
knew she had struck. It is bel'eved that I
wkti the branch is found the bodies of all 1
?>f the eleven in? n will "re found In It, as It
would be almost impossible for anj of the i
bodies to Ket out of the canvas- overed
craft even through the small opening in the
front, though siiialler objects might float
but.
It may lie days before the sunken launch
is lova:ed and rn Md and "hi bofltl of the 1
drowncii recovered. It is possible that a
strong undercurrent may move the sunken
launch from where it went down and carryit
seaward through the waters of the lower
Chesapeake bay. Lieut. Randall of the Marine
Corps, who came ashore with the midshipmen,
missed the launch on the return
trip ami remained in Norfolk overnight.
From the Jamestown expos.t'.on grounds
R was announced that officers coming
ashore from the fleet reported that an excursion
steamer with passengers out to w!t
ess the illumination of tlie warships In
Hampton roads Monday night had, on retiming
from Norfolk, struck an unknown
tvject in the roads, the object having no
ght of any kind upon it.
May Have Been Launch.
It is believed that it was the Minnesota's
lunch that was cut down and sunk. The
redging for the missing launch and bodies
fill begin from the Discovery landing, and
course will be followed similar to that
upposed to have been taken by the Minneota's
launch Monday night.
Th#? Iim tflfshin Minnesota will not sail to
lorrow with most of the fleet, which is
cheduled to leave then, but remain In
[ampton roads for some little time yet.
Can't Find the Barge.
A special to the Ledger-Dispatch from
Newport News says that after a searching
ivestigation in the marine district there
: had been ascertained that the only barges
hat reached Newport News Monday night
fter having passed through Hampton
oads were the Annie and Gwennie, which
rrivtd in tow of the tug Eureka. The
ftlcers and crew of the Eureka say posiively
that their boat was not the one that
truck the Minnesota launch, and that they
new absolutely nothing about the affair.
The Norfolk navy yard is without any
ffieial report as to the cause of the aceient.
and no report has been made to the
iipervising inspector of steam vessels of a
ollision.
Fifteen May Be Score.
A special to the Ledger-Dispatch from
Newport News Fays that search is being
lade for two men from the torpedoboat-detroyer
Worden. who. leaving that vessel
t s a.m. yesterday in a small launch, proDeded
to Newport News. There they had
ome trouble with their engine, and repafrtig
It as best they could started on the reurn
for the Worden, lying off l'ine Beach,
iear the expositon grounds. Tills, the speial
says, is the last that was seen of the
len. and it is feared that they met with
!?rh#>r tmnhlp and nossibiv were lost. If
Itcse nu n prove to have been drowned it
ill make fifteen lives that have been lost
ince the fleet first assembled in Hampton
oads in April.
At the exposition grounds it was said
liat Hear Admiral Harrington and his aid,
,ieut. Woodward, both announced that
liey had no official information concerning
iie cause of the Minnesota launch disaster.
Admiral Evans Removes Doubt.
Several dispatches from Rear Admiral
Ivans regarding the recent catastrophe
> the launch of the Minnesota in
larapton roads, received at the Navy
>epartment late last evening, were made |
ublic this morning. They were mainly I
onflrmatory of the press accounts of the
ccident. -In one dispatch Admiral Kvans
aid that Lieut. I>. M. Randall of the
larine Corps was not a passenger in the
lissing launch, as was at first supposed,
nd that he is now safe in Norfolk.
In another dispatch Admiral E.vans
lid that the launch of the Minneapolis
as still missing and that "grave fears
re entertained that she was run down
nd sunk."
Another belated dispatch from Admiral
Ivans says:
"Request that bureau inform next of
in that six officers and five enlisted
ifii previously reported were undoubttlly
drowned last night at Hampton
iads. The uniform caps of Midshipmen
tevenson and Ulrich have been Kicked
p afloat this afternoon." j
Holcomb Formerly Lived Here.
Midshipman Holcomb. who was drowned
sar Norfolk Monday night, was a District
>y. He was a son of Thomas Holcomb, a
w clerk of the office of the controller of
ie treasury. Mr. Holcomb was auditor for .
le State Department during the last ad- I
linistration of President Cleveland, having
nme here from Delaware. He had lived In
Washington many years. Although Mldhipmau
Holcomb was appointed from Del- J
ware, his home had been in Washington
jr many years. His father had lived, un1
rpppntlv at li!1K I street, but Mrs. Hoi
omb some time ago went to Delaware on
visit to relatives, and Mr. Hclcomb went
ar the summer to the suburbs. He went ,
a Norfolk at once upon receipt of a tele- '
ram announcing the death of his son.
'riends of Mr. Holcomb in the treasury
nd elsewhere were deeply grieved to know
riat death had taken his favorite child J
rom him.
Franklin P. Holcomb, the midshipman,
[sided in Washington a number of years.
Ie was twenty-two years old last Decemer.
He graduated from the Western High
ihool in llMili. and shortly afterward v/as
dmitted to the Naval Academy. He gradated
from Annapolis in September of last
ear, and was detailed for duty on the Conpctlcut.
to which shin he has been at
iched ever since.
He was the youngest member of the fain- 1
ly and has an older brother living in Piiildelphia.
First 1-Ieut. Thomas Holcomb,
r.. stationed at Camp Harrington. Wlllamsburg.
Va.. and who is the crack rifle
hot of tile Marine Corps, is also a brother
f young Holcomb.
The young man was said to have been
n expert swimmer, and it is therefore beeved
that if the launch met with a dis?ter
it was other than the capsizing of
he boat. The distressed father left for
lorfolk this morning.
The relatives of Midshipman Franklin P.
loicomb, who is believed to have been lost
-1 Hampton roads with the others who were
board the steam launch of the Minnesota,
ave received a telegram from Capt. Hugo
(sterhaus. commanding the I'nited States
attloship Connecticut. The message states
hat it is feared the young man has lost his
fe with the others on the launch and that
lie search is still bt-ing carried on.
Thomas Holcomb. father of the missing
nidshipman, is employed in the controller's
ffice of the 1'nitoj States Treasury. His
om > is at 1T4D 18th street, but he Is living .
emporarily at 1* < Wisconsin avenue.
Irs. Holcomb, the boy's mother, and her
aughter are visiting in Newcastle, Del.,
he old iioma of the family.
'Die nn ssage the father received from
?apt. Osterhaus is as follows:
"Your son. Midshipman Holcomb. did
lot return aboard this morning. It is
eared that lie was in a party of officers
i'ho returned from a ball given at the
anifstown exposition last night in the
Minnesota's steam launch, which is inissng.
and for which search is now go'.ng
n."
mmr irr TJTC TTT> TTrwns
ttidshipman Arnsden Tells of the
Missing Men.
HAI.TIMORE. June 12 ?Midshipman Wlliam
AmsJen, who was visiTHig at lt>17 St.
*au! street, last night, has just graduated
rom tlie Naval Academy. He said that he
[new well Midshipmen Field, I.'irieh, Sie enson.
Holden and Holcomb. They were
til his friends, and. owing to this fact, he
lad made application for a place as midshipman
on the Minnesota. Four or five
ither young men in his class had done the
Fame, hoping to be with the midshipmen
viio were uruwntu.
Mr. AmsdeT\ said that he couldn't understand
how the men were drowned, as all
were good swimmers. .Midshipman Field,
he said, was one of his closest friends. He
was one of the most athletic young men In
his class and was known as a crack boxer
r>f the middleweight class.
Midshipman fi ich of I-n Crosse, Wis.,
was also an athlete, weighing about 1D0
pounds and standing s'x feet two inches.
Midshipman Holcomb of New Castle, Del.,
also was graduated last September. While
ut the academy he was a prominent member
of the track team.
Midshipman Stevenson and Midshipman
Holden were also well-known as athletic
m*.ti -it tho opa/lo nv Th? former u."ic crvjrl.
uattd in June, l'.HMl, anil the latter last September.
Midshipman Amsden was deeply distressed
over the fate oI his companions
OF!
SUIT AGIST THE
GREATJM ROADS
Jncle Sam After the Big An
thracite Companies.
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LONG FIGHT IS EXPECTED
Save Until First Monday in August
to Appear.
SUBPOENAS TO BE SERVED TODAY
Proceedings Are the Besult of an Investigation
Started by the Department
of Justice.
PIHI.ADKI.PHIA, June 12.?The suit of
I
[lie I'nited States government against the
anthracite coal-carrying railroads, which
are alleged to be carry/ng oil a monopoly
In the carrying and sale of coal, was filed
In the United States circuit court in this
city today. The defendants are the Reading
Company, Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company, the I^ehlgh Vailey Ra'Iroad
Company, Delaware, I*a<kawanna and
Western Railroad Company, Central Railroad
Company of New Jersey, Erie Railroad
Company, New York, Susquehanna
and Western Ra'lroad Company, Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company.
Lehigh Valley Coal Company, Lehigh and
WilkPSharre Pnnl fnmnanv nil e ?1
?... u*i.niuc v,uai
and Iron Company, New York, Susquehanna
and Western Coal Company and the
Temple Iron Company. -They have until
the first Monday In August to make an appearance
In the suit, and until the first
Monday in September to file a.i answer or
demurrer to the proceedings.
A Great Contest.
The opening move of what is expe ted to
be a gr? at contest between the government
and the coal roads took but a fe.v minutes.
Prior to the filing of the pap rs in
the ease, I'nlted States District Attorney
J. Whitaker Thompson of this city held a
conterenie with Alexander Simpson, jr., !
of Philadelphia, who, with G. Carroll Todd,
former attorney general of New York, carried
on the Investigation of the coal road;>
for the government. Mr. Simpson left with
Mr. Thompson the papers in the ease. Following
this the district attorney appeared
before Judge James B. Holland in the circuit
court and secured an order to serve
subpoenas on those defendant corporations
whose principal offices are outside the Jurisdiction
of the United Statts courts for the
eastern district of Pennsylvania. These
corporations are the Delaware, I^ackawanna
and Western railroad at Scranton, Jersey
Central at Jersey City, Erie at New York,
New York. Susquehanna and Western railroml
at Jersey Citv. Pennsylvania C!o?l
Company at Dunmore, Pa.; Hillside Coal
and Iron Company at Scranton, New York,
Susquehanna and Western Coal Company
at XVilkcsbarre.
Subpoenas to Be Served.
United States deputy marshals In this
district will serve the subpoenas upon President
Baer of the Reading companies anil
on the officers of the ethers corporations In
this district today. The subpoenas for the
non-resident corporations will be served by
the marshals of the districts In which they
are located.
The bill of complaint was filed with Henry
B. Robb, clerk of the circuit court, after
Mr. Thcmpscn had sworn to it, and Clerk
Rubb Immediately set the machinery in mo(Continued
on Second Page.)
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FOR THE REPUBLICAN CI
nrninTn rnn nunrrn niu I
UtrAHI& run UTdltii DA!
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LEAVES
FOR HIS SUMMER HOME.
The Chief Executive Is Accompanied
by Stenographers and Clerks and
White House Corps of Ssrvants.
President Rocsevelt left Washington for
Ills summer home, at Oyster Bay, I^ong Island,
at 8:50 a.m. today, by way of the.
Pennsylvania railroad. He and his party
occupied the private car Magnet, which
was attached to the rear of a regular train.
The party included Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs.
Cowles, the wife of Admiral Cowles, Secretary
and Mrs. Loeb and Mr. M. C. Latta,
one of the assistant secretaries. They will
reach Oyster Bay about 5 o'clock. The
President hopes to pass a very quiet sum
mer at Oyster Bay, and, according to present
plans, with probably not more than one
exeepiion he will remain there continuously
until he leaves for Canton, Ohio, for the
unveiling of the McKinley memorial monument
en September
Mr. Roosevelt appeared In good spirits,
and chatted with those who had gone to
tlie station to say good-bye to him. The
latter were Secretaries Root, Garfield.
Straus and Corttlyou, Rear Admiral
Cowles, Assistant Secretary Bacon and Dr.
Rlxey. Representative lJwigiit of New
aiso was at the station and talked with thj |
President a moment before the train left I
A force of clerks and stenographers connected
with the executive offices and servants
attached to the White House accompanied
the President. 'J"he Roosevelt children
are no?; at Oyster Cay, awaiting the
arrival of their parents.
PHILADELPHIA. Juns 1L\?Presidant
Roosevelt passed through this city at
o'clock this afternoon on his way from
Washington to Oyster Bay.
FISHERMAN PICKED UP AT SEA.
Was Adrift for Fourteen Days.
Purse From Ocean Liner Pasengers.
Special Dispatch to Hie Star.
NEW YORK. June 12.?The Cunard line
steamship Carmania, which arrived today
from Liverpool and Queenstown, brought
Into port a fisherman who was picked up at
sea.
The official report reads: "Yesterday
morning at o'clock, in latitude 41
longitude ." + :5S. we sighted a fishing dory
with one man in It (two noints hifnro
port beam). We born clown, slopped and
rescued the man, who was found to be in
an exhausted condition. He was immediately
placed in the ship's hospital under
the care of the surgeon. The man gave
his name as Louis C. Voilet, thirty-three
years old, one of the crew of the French
three-masted fishing schooner Mimosa of
St. Malo, France.
"Voilet states that at 4 o'clock one morning
he and another fisherman leu tneir
vessel in a dory, for the purpose of taking
In the lines. While engaged In doing this
ii miuw siurm set in ana me wind and sea I
rose raplilly. In endeavoring to maneuver
the bOHl a sea brokn aboard and washed
both men out. Vollet, however, managed
to get in again, but his companion was
lost. Only one oar was left and with this
he could make no headway. He was adrift
! for fourteen days
"He hud provisions for only six days. He
kept count of the says by making a notch
for each day on the^^Alwork of the boat
with his knife. Great interest was manifested
by the passengers, hundreds of whom
witnessed the rfscue.
"By subscription a substantial sum of
money was raised for the poor fellow."
$100,000 Fire in Girard, Ohio.
GIRAUD, Ohio, June 12.?Fire early today
destroyed ten business houses, two
dwellings' and an apartment house here.
The loss is estimated at $100,0(X?, partially
covered by insurance. Five engines from
Youngstown were sent here by special
train and arrived in time to prevent the
j entire town from being wiped out.
Admitted to Naval Academy.
Special Dispatch to Tlie Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md? Juno 12,-The following
candidates were admitted as midshipmen
this morning, having passed all required
examinations for admittance: James
W. Beard of Troy, Ala.; John H. Taylor,
Brookfleid, Mo., and Newton Davis, New
York city. I
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JP.
MFTI1RV MFTPAIF
uLuiiLinm niLiunLi
WIRBTHIS CITY
No Anxiety Is Felt About the
Cabinet Offiecr.
VET TUCDC IC kin IMriAfC
ILI I II E_ 11 L_ I O IVU IV L. TV W
Supposition Is That He Is Stuck in
the James River.
FOGGY IN THE CHESAPEAKE
Dolphin Is Anchored Off Newport
Vpwc AwflHintr tT?p Avriml
of the Maple.
A dispatch was received at the
Navy Department at 2:15 o'clock
this afternoon from Secretary Metcalf.
It was dated at Fortress Monroe,
and made some inquiry about
a departmental matter. The officials
here are now satisfied that the
Secretary is all right.
The Dolphin, at Old Point Com?
1 i. _ P ^ a x t r r
iui i, iepuns oecreiary .ueicail :ogbound
up James river. NORFOLK.
Va.. June 12.?Up to a late
hour this afternoon no word had . een received
here from the United States buoy
tender Maple, aboard of which Seere'-'.ry of
the Navy Metcalf went up the James river
yesterday for a trip to Jamestown, and
which has been reported either fog-bound or
sf inded up the James, with the dispatch
boa*. Dolphin waiting at the mouth of the
James river for the return of Secretary
Metcalf to carry liirn back to Washington.
The United States buoy yard at Portsmouth
reports no word from the Maple. It
is said from the yard that the Maple is not
equipped with wireless and that she could
not be heard from in that way if she was
in any trouble, but it is not believed that
the buoy tender has met with any great
mishap. She may have been fogbound and
awaited until early mis morning to start
down the James, or it is possible that she
may have gone ashore, but even in this
event Secretary Metcalf would be in no
danger. i
No Sign of the Dolphin.
The United States weather observer at
Cape Henry says that it was foggy in the
lower Chesapeake bay all of last night and
tills morning up to 8 o'clock. He says that
nothing whatever has been seen of the dispatch
boat Dolphin.
Another Dispatch From Newport News
A special to the Ledger-Dispatch from
Newport News at 12:30 o'clock this after
avuii cciiu kllO.1 IJ1C UUpal'JU UUcl L uoipnill
was still anchored off there, apparently
awaiting the arrival of Secretary Metcalf
from up the James river on the buoy tender
Maple. Nothing had been heard at Newport
News of the Maple, and she 15 not
believed to have passed down from Jamestown
as yet. One. report was that the
Maple hud passed down and was anchored
off the Jamestown exposition grounds at
noon. From the grounds it was said that
nothing was known of the arrival of the
Maple and that no information could be
gl \en concerning the movements of Secretary
Metcalf or his present whereabouts.
No News Yet.
Heavy firing heard oft tlie exposition
grounds this afternoon and first reported
to announce the approach of Secretary Metcalf,
proved to be firing from Camp Jo!:n
Smith in connection with the visit of an
admiral to Gen. Grant on the camp grounds
Nothing is yet Reported from Secretary Motcalf
aboard the Maple.
Made Trip to Westover.
Assistant Secretary Newberry received a
dispatch at 2:15 this afternoon from Sectetary
Metcalf at Fort Monroe relative to
departmental matters, thus quieting all apprehensions
regarding the Secretary's
safety.
Postmaster General Meyer, who went to
Hampton roads on the Dolphin with Secretary
Metcalf, returned to this city last
evening. He said that the Secretary and
his party left the Dolphin In Hampton roads
yesterday morning about 8 o'clock for a
trip up the James river on the lighthouse
tender Maple, a much smaller boat.
A stop was made at Jamestown Island,
after which the Maple made a trip to Westover,
a point about thirty miles farther tip
the James, for the purpose of landing
Postmaster General Meyer, who desired to
rot urn tn \V*o ?...* '
. v .... I. t.i >1 u^itiugtuii iii'iii Liiti t I'vr.in uy
ra-i).
'J'he Postmaster General said lit- left
the party at Westover about .{ u clock
yesterday afternoon, and that all were
In good health and spirits. Westover is
about seventy miles from the mouth ot
the James.
Mrs. Metcalf and Mr. and Mr.?. George
Vanderbilt were with the Secretary on
the Maple. j
HELD THE TRAIN FOR MR. HIL^,.
Great Northern Head Drops a Few
Trite Remarks in Chicago.
v-iin..i\uu, June 12.?Tne Kecord-Hei aI3
today says: "James J. Hill U cultivating a
shrinking disposition.
"He arrived in Chicago from St. Paul yesterday,
had his private car switched over
to the Erie and departed for New York
shortly afterward. When asked to give
his views on the condition of the country
generally he shied like a green filly at a
piece of payer in the road.
" 'No, no.' he said hastily, 'I want to ke >p
out of the papers entirely. 1 do not want
to be in the limelight :iny more."
" 'This is so sudden,' was suggested.
"Mr. Hill shot a suspicious glance at the
reporter and retorted 'The fool newspapers
are to blame.'
" 'What have they been doing now?' was
asked.
" 'They* go and print something which
they know to be true and in favor of the
railroads and then aime darn fool editorial
writer puts a piece in the paper poking fun
at the railroad men who said It. 1 suppose
they think that smart.'
" "What do you think of the threatened
crop shortage?'
" 'Didn't know there was one. It's a long
time between wheat two Inches out of the
ground and the half-bushel measure.'
" "Are we going to have a panic?"
" 'Don't know, but I do know of rai'.r-jals
which are paying U per cent dividends ani
are earning only 5 per cent."
" 'What do you think of the President's
plan for railway regulation?'
" "Haven't read it. Haven't read anything.
Been too busy trying to get enough
business to offset all the government's
plans."
"It was ten minutes of trairt time when
Mr. Hill left the Burlington general offices.
He is democratic and wanted to walk to
the Polk street station.
'" "Haven't got time,' suggested Vice Piesident
Miller.
'" "We'll take time." was the rejoinder.
"Second Vice President Willaid telephoned
the Erie superintendent and in
structed lum to hold the train until Mr.
Hill could take his morning constitutional."
NO WITNESSES HEARD.
Senate Committee Postpones Session
Owing to Senetor Morgan's Death.
AVhen the Senate committee on military
affairs assembled this morning there was
an apparent gloom over the entire membership
at the announcement that the death
of Senator Morgan had occurred during the
night. When the committee was called to
order Senator Lodge arose and. referring
to Senator Morgan's death, said in view of
the fact that the committee on military
affairs was the only Senate body In seslon.
he thought it proper that they should ad
Journ. He spoke of Senator Morgan as one
of the oldest members of the Senate, both
In age and In length of service, and referred
to h!s honorable career In that body.
The motion to adjourn until tomorrow was
then adopted.
fhe committee has decided that it will
not go to Brownsville until next November,
If at all. There is a good deal of difference
of opinion about the propriety of
visiting the scene of the shootlng-up. Some
of the members believe sufficient evidence
has been taken to establish t*ie facts, while
others think it- would throw more light on
the subject If they should make the trip.
It 1? now expected that the committee
will be able to dispose of all the witnesses
now summoned by next Tuesday. I^ater
some additional witnesses may be called,
but the committee cannot fully determine
I the course It will take until it has concluded
with witnesses that have been summoned to
j affairs was the only Senate body in session,
CHIEF CLERK IRELAN RESIGNS.
Retires After Nearly Thirty Years'
Service in the Patent Office.
Mr. Charles M. Ireian, chief clerk of the
patent office. has tendered his resignation,
to take effect July 1. Mr. Ireian entered
the patent office in 1870 as a c'trk In a
minor grade and received various promo
lions until l'.Mil. when he was appointed
chief clerk of that office by Frederick I.
Allen, who recently resigned as commissioner
of patents. During the time he has
held the olflei of chief clerk Mr. Ireian has
inaugurated numerous changes in the conduct
of the business of the office which
have resulted in the satisfactory performance
of the work, notably in the printing
of the patents and weekly Official Gazette,
and which have at the same time resulted
in great economy in the amount expended
therefor. The business methods of the office
under Mr. Ireian's direction received
the commendation of the business exp-rts
who recently examined the affairs <>f the
patent office at the direction of Secretary
Garfield.
OfViTATi TTTLTrtV TT r>T?TH
OCillAlUXV U11UA nLnii.
Making Preparations to Spend the
Summer at Valley Forge.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania was a
caller at the Department of Justice, his old
official quarters, today. He said that he
was closing up some business and getting
ready to leave Washington J-.is afternoon
for his home at Valley Forge. Pa., wiiere he
will spend the summer. He does not expect
to accept any Invitations for speeches, unless
something should arise in bis own state
in remilrn a talk for the benefit of his eon
stituents.
The Pennsylvania senator was asked
about his presidential prospects, but he
smilingly said that he hid nothing to say
on that subject, and vug not l.k'iy to have
anything to say. Just now he is thinking
of snendinff as nlcashn. a summer n?
1 sible at his Valley Forge place. j
*
Weather.
Cloudy and unsettled tonight
and tomorrow.
ORCHARD GOES ON
WITH HIS WEIRD
STORYJDF CRIME
Witness Discusses the Bomb
That Was Meant for the
Ex-Governor.
(BAD MONEY FOR FARMERS
_____
Remarkable Scheme Which Was
j Worked Successfully on the Countrymen
of the West.
| INSURANCE AGAINST STORMS
j No Dates Could Be Had ? Attorney
Richardson Again Becomes Much
Excited ? Another Question
of Veracity?Talks With
?iaywooa.
The cross-examination of Harry
Orchard today is being carried over
the attempt on the life of Governor
Peabody at Canon City and the
events immediately succeeding, including
the Goddard and Gabbert
dynamite plots, and follows the usual
methods designed to confuse and
discredit the witness.
Still another crime came home to
Orchard today. Under examination
he confessed that he swindled
farmers in southern Colorado with a
fake hail insurance game while
there trying to kill Governor 1'eabodv.
BOISE, Idaho, June 12.?Harry Orchard,
calm find self-possessed, begun today the
seventh day of his examination ax to hU
crimes that run the gamut of evil-doing
until murder has become commonplace and
wholesale assays nation barely enough to
cause sensation In the crowded courtroom.
So far no trap laid by counsel has caught
Orchard In material contradiction of his
original narrative.
He Is willing to tell everything he has
dune; to give the closest detail?detail so
minute that some difference seems Inevitable
when it Is retold, but not orice has tills
difference been material. Counsel for the
defense themselves pronounce Orchard the
most remarkable witness they have ever
seen, and even say that he is possibly the
most peculiar psychological study ever offered
for the dissection of a cross-examiner.
May Have Been Coached.
The suggestion has been made that the
man has been coached for the ordeal. Warden
Whitney of the Idaho penitentiary
laughs at the Idea. He, loo. after watching
Orchard for more than twelve months, pro
nounces mm as iar beyond iile ken, notwithstanding
his intimate knowledge of the
character of criminals. Orchard, he says,
has not talked for fifteen minutes about his
examination with any one sinse lie llrst
went on the sland. He spends his time
alone when not asleep or eu'.ing, thinking
or reading.
A remarkable ft-ature of the cross-examination
has been the freedom allowed by the
prosecution to counsel for the defense.
Objections are seldom made, and these are
more frequently overruled than sustained.
Judge Wood has evidently determined to
give every latitude In the examination oI
Orchard and to allow every detail of the
story to go before the jury. Whether he
will later rule out any portion of the evidence
depends upon the argument to be presented
when the defense renews its objections
to Orchard's testimony on the ground
that it does not sufficiently connect their
client with the conspiracy alkg?^l by the
t
aiaic.
May Wear Him Down.
The cross-examination of Orchard lias
been carried out in such extraordinary detail
and so much time has been consumed
by thrashing tile same straw over and over
again that there is reason to believe Richardson
hopes to wear the witness dowrt
The whole of yesterday afternoon's testimony
was confined practically to u few
months of the time Orchard spent iu Denver
alter returning from his trip to California,
where, he asserts, he tried to kill
FVed Bradley. When court adjourned
Orchard was starting for Canon City, Col.,
for the purpose of assassinating former
Gov. Piabcdy. During his narration
Orchard continually mentions the narr.es of
people who are in the court room as spectators
or as witnesses. Mrs. Steve Adams
and Mrs. Pettibone are always present;
"Bill" Easterly, who ha^ formally been
charged by Oi chard with participating in
his plans, is constantly an attendance, and
James Klrwan, the acting secretary of the
Western Fedeiation of Miners, and whosi
name has been brought in by Orchard from
time to time, but who has not been charged
by the witness with having taken part in
any of the conferences, is generally an Interested
listener.
Came on a Summons.
Klrwan came to IJoise on a summons
from the state. The Western Federation is
now holding its annu.il session at Denver,
and a substitute for Kirwati was selected
in order to allow him to attend the trial.
Haywood while In the court room has received
several telegrams from tlie members
of the federation. He always seems
gratified to receive tiiem and shows them
to members of his counsel.
A tfnrntt' Rlnliari1c/?n hoirni of Anno ?
question Orchard this mi rninft r.'fcardins
his conference with Charlm H. Mover at
the latter's home in Denver about April,
11?5. Orchard testified yesterday t tut t
(.Cc .tinued on Eleventh I'age.)