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VOL. XII. NO. l?7
NINE DEAD A!
EXPLOSIO
T-i
And II is Feared Two and Per?
haps Three More Will be
Added to List.
CHIEF Y0E&W5 ACT OF HEROISM
Saved the Life of Midshipman Kim
b.ill by Knocking Him Down and
Then Throwing His Dody Across
I
The Form of Prostrate Olficer.
Y.imamato's Kindly Acts.
(By Associated Press.)
riOSTON, mass., July id.?Ed?
mund J. Walsh, a seaman died at the
Naval hospital at Chelsea this after-1
noon. This Is tin- ninth fatality re?
sulting from the accident On hoard'
the battleship Georgia in Cap" Cod
Hay yesterday, Twelve injured re?
main hi the hospital of whom Midship?
man James ?. Cruse, of Nebraska,!
ami Seaman James P. Thomas, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.. nro not expected tot
recover. The other men's condition
has not changed since they wore
brought to the hospital.
Seaman Walsh's mother ami broth-j
cr arrived early this morning at the
hospital. Walsh showed that be
recognized bis mother, stretching out
one hand toward her, but he could
not speak.
Hear Admiral Goodrich returned
to New York today. He was With
bis son an hour before he died, but
the young man was unconscious. Mrs.
Goodrich bore up bravely under her
grief.
The body of Lieutenant Good rich
will bo sent today to Stone Church.
N. J., that of Midshipman Geldtb
wnlte to llopklnsvllle. Ky.. that of
Seaman Thomas to Newport. It. I.Vl
nn-i that of Seaman Uurko lo QuIncyJ
Mass. I
Two great boxes, one addressed to
Midshipman Cruse and the other to
"The sailors of the Georgia" wen?
received at the naval hospital today.
They contained flowers, and Inside
of each box was the,card of Admiral
Yamamoto. the Japanese naval Offi?
cer who visited Boston yesterday.
Story of a Survivor.
The official Board of Inquiry will
be hampered by the fact that all
those nearest the bag of powder
when it took lire are dead. Scarcely
one of the men hi tho turret will ~o
In condition to give evidence for sev?
eral days, and those who can testify
probably can give no definite account
of what happened.
The only one not seriously injured
Is Midshipman Linien Krank Kim
hall, who was burned on the b-ft
band so slightly that Iiis name is not
Included in the official list of wound?
ed. Klmball owes his life probably
to the fact ihat Chief Yeoman oily
Tngland, who saw the powder bag
smouldering just before 'the contents
hurst into flumes, threw himself up?
on the young man, bearing him to the
floor nn<| sheltering him with bis
body while the turret was tilled with
blinding, searing flame. Tngland es?
caped w'ith burns that will malm him
for life, but will probably live.
A Puff and a Blast.
Midshipman Klmbnll'S theory Is
that the bag of powder which was bo-j
big passed from the carriage to the
electric rammer ignited troni Sparks!
from the funnel which came through!
I he Opening at Hie top of the lurret.j
Tho most general belief is that thoi
powder was tired by a spark, but
whether It came from the funnel out?
side or from a partially consumedI
plcco of gun wadding Inside the tur-j
ret, may never be definitely decided,
Midshipman Kimbnlr tells the '<d
lowing: !
"There were just twenty-two of us
in the turret wlu-n h happened. Lieu?
tenant Goodrich was in command oi
the aft turret, and 1 was bis sub?
ordinate in (harge of the superim?
posed turret, wnere Hie accident oc?
curred.
The projectile had just been ram?
med inlo the port olgnt-lnch gun and
the charge of powder had come up
from the magazine in the carriage. H
was Contained in two bags, holding
fifty-two pounds each.
"Seaman Thomas had lifted one
bag from the carriage and was about
to pass H under the electric ram to
the loader. The oilier charge lay on
tile carriage. At that moment I was
facing aft, close to the wall of the
turret.
"There was a sudden hissing, a
puff and a draft of air aaglnsl my
back. Instinctively I held my breath,
ducking, and drew my cap over my
face.
''Though 1 suppose It was hill II
few seconds, H RCcmcd an age thai
the names hisset! around me, and I
fell the bent blistering my body.
"It was awful. 1 c^iitld bear tho
men screaming and gasping for
breath hi the suffocating gases' re
leased by the burning powder. Then
1 turned ami tried to put out the Hie
OTHER EXPLOSIONS.
January 18, 1903.
Charge of powder bxpioded
in eiij it inch gun on the Mnss.i
chusctts, killing nine enlisted
men.
April 9, 1903.
Twelve-inch gun on town ex?
ploded during target practice)
kdliny three enlisted men and
wounding four others.
April 13, 1901.
A terrible accident occurred
on the Missouri, when by a
"flare back" an explosion was
caused which resulted in the
death of five officers and twen?
ty-six enlisted men.
April 13. 1905.
An explosion In one of the
six-inch turrets of the Kcar
sarge severely wounded three
men.
in tin- clothes ut llie men plied around
luv in heaps. They lay around lour
or llvo on top of one another. It was ,
mulling to do: anyone would have
dono the kiime. oh, my Injuries
doil'l amount to much; just a few I
burns on my hand.
"Midshipman Coldthwalte Blood'
just aft oi the ordnance carriage, and
thill is probably why lie was killed, j
Midshipman Cruse was by the other
Kim, and eseti|icd with serious burns."!
Naval Ollicers Puzrlcd.
WASHINGTON, l>. ('.. Jill) 16.?
Naval ofllcera here are not only
shocked, bill bewildered by the lcr-j
illd" disaster on the battleship Gcor
gltll Which BO for has resulted in
nine deaths, ami the serious injury |
of twelve more. I'hey are utterly
pll/./Jcd as to how the accident could
have occurred. They thought Hint,I
prohibit; by previous terrible lessons
of the kind, they bad taken every pOB :
slide precaution lo prevent such dis?
asters In the future.
After the accident on the Missouri
in liio 1. lyhen, through a ' llai"back.
five officers and twenty-six enlisted
linen lest their lives, there was a
' particularly severe investigation. |
I Captain Clowlcs, brother-la-law Of
I President Itooaevelt, was hi command
of Hie ship nt the time. It was then
discovered Ilia I the cause of the ac-j
' ebb-in was the injection of a now
' charge In the breech of one of the
big illlrteeil-llich guns before the
burning gases left by a previous
I charge had fully escaped from llie
gun. Experiments made later re?
sulted in Hie application of an Inven?
tion which prevents such "dare
backs. '* i
C.T-e of the Kearsarge.
In the case of the accident on too
Kearsarge in 1905, in which three
(Continued <>n page two.)
GREEKS REOPEN PLACES
All But One Doing Business as
Usual In Roanoke.
GRAND JURY IS INVESTIGATING
Mayor Cutchin Recommends That a
Committee he Named to Take Up
Quc-.tion with Full Power to Act.
Wants City's Honor Saved.
(liy Associated Press.)
ItOANOK K, VA., July 10.?The
special grand jury to investigate the
i lots of last Saturday night, when a
mob wrecked nil the Creek restaur?
ants In town, today heard thirty wit
nesM's and will continue its work to
morrow;. All Iho .-mashed restaur?
ants but one reopem-d today. The
Heimeilt restaurant, where the trou?
ble started, is still closed und its pro?
prietor has left town. Two men ar?
rested oil iho Streets last night for
offering to wager there would be
mote trouble before daylight wore
lined hi police court today.
A priest from the Creek church in
Washington arrived today lo make a
personal Investigation of tin- trouble.
He is not present in any official ca?
pacity but ' the rop?rl be will make
will be made to tie- representatives
of Hie Creek government nt Washing?
ton.
In bis message to the city council
tonight Mayor Joel riolmnii Cutchin
recommended thai a committee bo
appointed with full power lo take up
the question of mintages and make
such reparation as is just ami settle
the same without delay and in Ibis
way, "convince the government, both
stale ami national, that Itonnoko call
and will settle Hie matter according
to justice and rigid, not taking ad?
vantage of any technicality and In this
way redeem (lie good name of tin
city as tauch as possible."
N KW PO KT NE
ELK'S GRAND LODGE
HAVE HOT ELECTION
Ssventson Hundred Voles Cast and
the Result Will In Hot Known
Till ?y.
JOHN K. TENNER EXALTEO B?LE?
Stiff Right! For Grand Esteemed
Leading Kniijlit, Grand Treasurer
and Grand Secretary?Judge Melvln
Appoints the Forum, a New Fea?
ture of Elkdotn.
fltv Associated Press.)
IM It I. VI >i;t .I'l IIA. I'A., July 10.
Tim (irand Lodge <>f llonevoleul and
Protective Order <>f iciks, alter two
strenuous business sessions lodaj ltd
|otirued without ammuuceiueul as fo
tlie restilt of Its election. It is gen
eraly conceded, Im?ever, that John
K. T?nner, of Charierlo l?tt . has I.u
chosen cirand lOxiilted Ituler of the
nrdor, I'alias. Texas, was chosen for
the next Convention and grand lodge
reunion und Judge Henry A. Melvln
appointed tin- rohiwtug to const lute
tin- grand forum: Charles V. Pick
eti. of Waterloo, la., for one year.
Mare Holum-, Detroit. t\\.. years; Wil?
liam H. Moore, Seattle, three years;
Thomas J, Cogan, Cincinnati, four
years .ami Hoheit W. tlrown, Louis?
ville, five years.
The new body, which is really a
court, will .decide all mailers within
the nrgniiVution, came Into life with
the adoption of the new constitution
which went Im,, effect today. Under
the system of appointment ndopted
tin- forum will lie infused with now
Idnoii each year, the term of one mcm
\>;r of the body expiring annually.
MomUOrs of the order ray there
Wore several unexpected ami close
fights in Dm election.
Grand Secretary Robinson staled
there were 1.700 hallots lo count and
that there would he no official all
nouncomcnt until lo|ni>rrow.
Reynolds on Deck Again
John W. Wll-gnor ,of Kansas City,
was opposed for grand treasurer by
K. W. Luch. of N. w York. Kreil C.
Robinson, wlm it was expected would
be unanimously reflected grand doc
rcary also found opposition in George
11. jicynohis. of Snglmiw, Mich;, a for
KC candidates lor thlee |i|; ( , (III
lh?K|ioard of trustees an- limijrnnlii
1-';WkiNllll) pi Sin Antonio-. TlimntlH
M.fflfii ??? ?>!' llnltlmore; Johii M. Keh
lerXD Kenoshn, WIb., 'I'. It. Mills, Sn
perwr. Wls Mayor ?luirl?s Se.hm'dl,
Wtilning, W. Vn. and Colonel A. T.
Holm of Itaekonsnck, N. J? Hole it
P. (?Cell, of Itrooklyn, Mass., was
phtcuv in nomination in opposition to
.lohnen. Slua. of Hartford, who was
Ihouglit to he sure winner for gram)
csteeracd lending knight. The fen lure
of loinjorrow's celebration will he the
pnrndaMof brass bands through the
courts'?of honor.
CASTELLANES ARE NOW
FULLY DIVORCED COUPLE
Madame Gould Will Settle With Count
Boni's Creditors in Full
Out of Court.
PARIS, July 16.?Tho uppcal of
Count Itoni lie Custcltnue from tic.
decision of the court on Nbyt mher
I I last granting n divorce lo the
Countess H?hl Do Cnstollnne (former?
ly Miss Anna Gould, of New York.)
was dismissed this afternoon and a
final decree of divorce dnlj entered.
Attorneys lor the count made prao
ticaly no contest. Although the count,
under Die law. has still sixty days in
which to appeal to the court of ens
sation upon legal grounds, tin- Judg?
ment of today is regarded as fluni, in
sinnlich as negotiations have been
practically concluded l.?y wh'ch .Ma?
dame GOIlltl is to settle the eases of
the creditors both against herself ami
the count out of court.
NO ORDER )ET HAS ISSUED
FOR MOBILIZING THE FLEET
Navy Officials Resent Failure of Set
retary Metcalf to Not fy Tbcm.
Suggest That He Forgot It
- ?
WASHINGTON', D. C? luly IC.
No order, verbal or written, referring
to the movement bl a fleet of war
ships .great or small, to tho l^iclfio,
has in en received by any official of
the Navy Department now in tin- city,
The records of the dopurmoill do not
show (bat such an order has hecil is
sued lo any official of the department
now absent.
Navy Department off lein Is ami nn
val officers, it Is until, know only by
Hu public announcements of tie- Pros
blent and Secretary of I ho Navy thai
the greatest fleet of American war?
ships ever before assembled, Is to
mobolllZC in Hie fall for a journey (o
WS, VA., WJSDNESDj
diu Parltlc ??iast, Inn ihcy itre "got
Ulli; llicir houses III order,'' l? rein
ply with direct-uns which they dXpecl
will roach them hoforo th? l?oblllxn
Ihm of Iho flCOl.
Naval officers arc wondering wlioth
i r President Itoosovcll expressed t<>
Seeretiiry MotcnM personally hl? ih'
silos for Blich a naval movement, and
the latter tot got to Inform Abling Hoe
rotary New berry of the fuel bbfore he
left for San Francisco to make his
slatting anuounci meal on .Inly Ith.
or whether there was an Intentional
sight ndmlnlsftcrcd. Although offl
clnls of the department decline to ,|b
euss the siihjeet for publication, for
obvious reasons, Ihej make no al
ieni|>t to conceal their surprise at re
cent melhods of ndllltlllBIOl-ilg d<
imrtmont |k?1|cIob, They predtel a
split in the department shortly.
Secretary Molcalt's triemls. on the
other hand, scoff at the Suggestion
that he co.uld bo guilty, of any dis
courtesies to his Immediate Btibordl
mite.
Frisco's New Mayor.
Illy Associated Tress.)
SAN FHANCISCO. CAL. Jill) 1(5.
Dr. Kit ward It. Taylor, phys'elan and
lawyer, dean of the Hasting Law Coll?
ege ami of the University of Cnllror
nla ,was eh eti d mayor of San Fran
cisco tonight by the I-lard of-wiper
visors and by the open itvowal of the
bribery graft prosecution, the so
called "rolgll of the tilget 1(1; ' CUIIle to
an cud.
Two-Cent Rate for Wisconsin.
MADISON. Wis. .Inly l.; Cover
nor Davidson today signed the two
cent railroad fate ball. The how law
will Iahe effect on August I... I'm,
The law applies to all lllCH pot BOSI
lag a gross earning of $n.f>Otl a mile
per annum. Tills will affect all of lite
larger linos of the state and some ot
the smiitur on? s.
New Manager of Cofcrton.M
Mr. A. A. l.-iiighorae, who has as
siimci tin- management of 'lie Cofor
ton. Is making special pri paralions for
tulkiig care of iho trade of local pen
pic and he has invited an Inspection
of the hotel L?J Hie people of Hie city.
Exposition Program for
Today;,
Orphans* Day.
CONVENTION'S M KETI N? 1.
Hille and dray Association. Cop
V< n i..ii Hall, 'a a. in. to I p. m.. 3
I p. in. lo 7 p. in.
Kappa Alpha Fraternity,
7::tn ii, in.- Uiiurd mount, Twen
; ty.third I n fan try.
8 a. in. Hales open.
H lo ti a., in. Drill. Twen!x,tbird
Infantry.
in a. in.-- And hourly thor
Kxhlhltlon of weather bureau
cartllipuikc recorder, (ioveritnii ul
building A.
in .a. in. Special exhibition by
the Kjsjk Jubilee Singers at the
Negro building.
10:30 a. in. to 12:30 p. in.?Mex?
ican Hand coiicort, Itbviowhig
Stand. -
ii a. in.?Preparation of large
weather map from reports from
all sections of Hie country. Gov
eti'inent building A.
11 a, in.?"Tubercfllosls Is Pro
rentable,'' Btereoptlcon, K. G.
Itoulzshli, Social Economy Hall.
11 Hi in. -Arrival of the orphans
at the grounds in automobiles.
11:30 a. in.- Parade.
12 in.- Luncheon at the Mothers
ami . Children's building. after
which they will he shown through
the Exposition. A program of
games and other ainust-nonis have
heep arranged h> the manager Oi
Hu Mothers and Children's build?
ing, including a May pole dance
Iii the orphans.
1 p. m.?lliogrnplilc ami Btereop?
tlcon exhibition, Sei lies on Indian
reservation with lecture. Interior
department, Govurnincnt Hullilliig
A.
1:30 to 2:30 p. in.?Piano re?
cital. Joseph Matins, Auditorium .
2 p in.- Kiographlc exhibition,
scenes In Yoscmito Valley, Gov
ornmonl building A.
2 p. ni Lecture on aerial nav?
igation, Mr. Ludlnw ami Captain
LovbTnCO, Aeronautic building.
2:.'!0 to t::*,n p. in.? Ihnes band
concert. Auditorium.
2:20 p. ni.- United States Life
Saving service ill ill at slut ion
" p. in. Illustrated lecture. "He
Claiming the Desert," by .1. ('.
j Watts. I*. S. It. S . Interior Depart
tu?nt. Government building a.
i " p. m. "Consumption i? Cura?
ble," storcoptlcon, Soebii Econo?
my hall.
:: p. in. Special exhibition bj
the Flsk Jubilee Singers at the
Negro building.
t p. in. - Illustrated h eitre,
"Yellowstone National Park." In?
terior department, Government
building A.
?1:30 to S:30 p. in.?Organ re
dial. Kniest II. Crosby. Audi?
torium.
."? p. in.- incss parade. Twenty
thud Infantry.
f? p. in. - Lecture on aerial nav?
igation. Mr. Lad low ami Captain
Lc-velaeo, Aeronautic building,
r.:"u to 0:30 p. m.? Mexican Na?
tional band concert. Ilovlowlng
Stand.
Q p, in- Parade Twelfth If, S.
Cavalry.
s p. in.? Innes' Hand concert,
A in I it ?>? lulu. .
\Y, JULY 17, 1907.
THREE MEN INFORM
ON FELLOW LYNGHEHS
1 heg Give Names of Many Per
sons Who Hanged J. V. John?
son al Wadesbopo, IC.
FATHER ANO SON BOTH INFORM
Sheriff and His Daughter Positively
Identified Some of the Membora of
the Muh Who Took the Man Out
of the Jail and Later 8trung Hi n
to n Tree.
f Itv Associated Proaa i
OIIAULOTTK, N. (?., .nil v It! The
trial of 'jo ril /.i ns hi An mi roiinty,
Ulla Hinte, charged with lynching J.
V. Johnson, which ?Iis begun ycator
till) al Monroe, cllllllulieil today M hH
Allee I toga h, daughter oi the iihei'lfr,
wln> was on the stand yesterday, re
sinned her testimony, detailing how
the iiioh broke Into the jail on lie
pi' a ut having a prisoner in eoniiu'l
and bow llloy Hel/,ed and hehl In r lath
er, tool, the keys in Johnson's cell
away from him, released Johnson und
after lying lilui with ropes drugged
him oil down He load III Hie point
where lie wtis lynched, She positive
ly Identified several id the Indicted
men at being members of the mob
The cross examination til Siicrlll
I logon, who was recalled, tailed to
shake bis testimony in any particular.
He reeogiil/.cd many of the members
of the inoli and called I In I r names.
John Jones, against whom Hut pn s
out test ease In directed, was recog
II I zed as one of Hie leaders.
Informer on the Stand.
Henry |>. Kendall. Sr., W.llii tinned
state's ev'denro al die pi elliniuary
j hearing, ami gave testimony muilmt
Ids fellows of the lynching mop and
one of the slnte's strongest reliances,
today lestlflcil as to the mooting ut
the house of Tom Johnson In Anaou
I COIlhty on the SutUrdnV lllglll pieced
I big Hie lynching/, when the plans in
I ride lo Waih sl'iro ami lynch .1. V.
I Johnson, were |H!l'fcelod, The wit
, lies:, knew all the IllChlhcrS of | III'
i n ' . and cave their names
While the nthl rs rude IpWitr I
W'adcshoro and met another crowd
from Itiohmtmd county and all pro
ceeded to Wndoshnro Jull, took the
prisoner nut and lynched ll'.III Tin
witness's son was one of the mob
Kemlnl's story of the lynching Win
dramatic in the extreme. lie told
bow tbev look the prisoner, strug?
gling and praying for mercy tied him
with ropes and dragged ii in along the
road a mile to a point in the wools
where, more dead (ban alive, he was
drawn up to a limb ami then riddled
with bullets.
Other Informers Also Testify.
HJs identification of the leaders of
tllOMnob nml many of its members
was complete and cross exutnlnal on
failed to shake his testimony. WllliUlll
Mocks ami Ii. D. Kendall, Jr., mom
hers of the mob. also turned states
evidence lodnv lltld corrohoiated lit"
evidence of the elder Kendall. At
the conclusion of this testimony (In?
stall- rested.
Lightning Hits Oil Tanks.
illy Associated Press.)
lima. OHIO, July Hi, -In a tei rifle
electrical storm which swept this
county at noon today, lightning lind
one of tin- tinge tanks of the Stand?
ard Oil Company. a quarter of a
million barrels of petroleum word ig?
nited
General Alikh.moff Blown to Pieces.
(Ily Associated Press.i
ALICXAN'UUOPL, HUSSIA, July IU.
tieii'-rai Alikhunorr, forijier govorn
or general of Tlllls, Madame Gliohoff,
wile of General Gliohoff and the
coachman who was driving their car?
riage, were blown lo pieces by
bombs thrown at their conveyance al
ball past two o'clock this morning.
Robbers Hold Up Freight Train.
Cl I Kill! V VILLI-:. KAN'S., ..lily 10.?
Two robbers hold up a St. Louis &
San I'Ynhctsco freight liain live miles
east of Cln rryvHIo curl) today and
shal ami killed < >. .1. Ittowii and seri?
ously injured Oiia Taylor, u harvest
hand. Brown and Taylor wore beat
in,! their way home to western Kan?
sas.
Maccabees in Session.
DKTItOIT. MICH.. July li;.--Witb
100 delegates present from all see
lions of the United States and Can
.-uia. representing 800,000 members,
the eleventh triennial reunion ol the
Sliprelllo Tent Knights Maccabees of
th. World, opened here lodny. lie
ports of ollicers show the order to be
in a llourishliig condition.
Grade Crossing Fatality.
WllKKi.lxt;. W. VA., .Inly 10.?Tho
Kciiovn Kxpress on the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad ran down a buggy on
a grade crossing ut dlnyavlllc. Pa .
today, killing Bay Blanoy, aged 1/
yetiri ii IK i i > tii.111 mill ('nun.in (illtll
lie, aged Unco years. Mis. M. (!.
Uuthi'lc, dl WnynoHbnrg, I'll., liliilhor
? ?I Hie clillil, was serious!) Injured
Cheaper Rate? in Middle West.
CIIICAOO, ILLS., ,lnI) Hi I'm
long talked nf reduction In Interstate
piiHHi niter rates of Western railways
win .i.i11> ii.- made next Friday.
(lenei'iill) speaking all rnlcH ons| nf
ili,< mi..umi river wilt he mi a basts
of "J cms per mill'.
MA NY richmonders to
stop in this city
Party of Twenty five Mas Engaged
Quarters, and Others arc
Com low.
A number nf Richmond people who
will an.ml Dm Richmond I my eele
hrnllnn ai the Jamestown KxpoH'tlntiI
tomorruw will make tlielr hciidquiti
tors lu Newport News, A party ?i
ahiiiit IWeilt) tui' has already hr
rouged im neeOmmodiitloii at Hotel
Warwick, Mr. Holier) Lecky, chairman
nf he committee nf the Richmond
C|iaiuher of Coiilnierce whleh hau
citri run of ilia urningemeiitit for llleh'
moiiii hay, heiur. one of that party.
Mi. I.?'i l\\ |{ .i prolllilioitl hie lte ' .'
mau ef the Stale Capitol ami has
worked (yicrgoClcnlly ami faithfully
In mal.i' the Richmond e< lei-,athill a|
Slieeess.
The hiriiHloii of Tidewater by Itleh
mniiderH will commence this lifter
nun and tonight, hundred, nf lheui|
com I ii)1 in lhl? till) over the OIiomii
pohke a ohie railroad. Some of the
? ni I) ai ri\ als will pen I Innl'thl u
this city and in i" tiie exposition in
(incrrow while otherH will crofts
Hampton Heads Inlllght.
The regular river steamers ami sev I
oral Bpeelully chartered steamers win ]
bring ihoiisiuidH of people down the
Ja in e? river onrl.\ tomorrow moriilur,
while tin Chesapeake \- oh ti railroad]
will run several special Malus Thun
?lav morning for the accommodation]
I Ol t lie Hlclun.lers,
oi/tZf? Million die from
plague in six MONTHS
Returns uf Death from India Show]
"TTiat llie Prevailing Conditions
Arc Horrible.
LONDON, July 10.?Returns of
deaths llolil Hie plague ill India show
Illii appalling total or 1,(1(1(1,1107 for Hie]
! six IIIOIltllH Olldlllg .lime !I0, The
iiioii i lily lotai is nt present decreas?
ing, however, lite dcalll l'ol for Julie
' lit lllg |d.teed al lill.Olil.
I The total for llie Ural Six months]
of I:m7 already surpasses thai for the
I entire twelve months Of 1001, when]
1,022.000 |i< i sons died. This total Ik
Hie hlgbeiil ever recorded previous lo|
the present year.
Commit for Cargo.
The Norwegian steamer Drot win|
arrive in port from Philadelphia
toluol row lo load nboill 3,500 tons of|
. coal for pot Is in I lie West Indies.
B'G THEATRTCAL TRUSTi
One Hundred Wil?on Dol'ar Com
bina'iofi to CoRtrnl All Play Houses.
II IS REAMING OVER TO EU30PEI
International Theatrical Trust Formed
Because New York Courts Have De- |
cided Theatres and Amusements
Arc Not "Trade and Commerce.
CIIICAOO, ILLS. July lit. The
Dully News says thill plans lor llie
formation o( a $100,000,000 Inet hi
world's theatres iiecuiiio known today.
A lawyer representing Klaw ."C Kr
Iniiger, it is said, sailed from New
York today for London lo puss, upon
the legal features of the plans before
I ho. acceptance |.<y tin syndicate for
which the', wore prepared, The Hi?
lt motional theatre trust win. accord
I lug to report, not only control the
I best theatres in Kumpo, hut have un?
der contract the highest liilent in j
legitimate and vaudcvllh fields.
Tltc attempted formation of this
new theatrical iiiidertiik'iig is said tu
grow frbUl the recent decision of the
New York courts that theatres ami
amusements lire not "trade and com
im reo" and therefore their coinblnn
j lion are not a violation of the law. A
t L. Krittliger is tpiotcd as saying:
I will Sli.V that it is line that We ate
about to make our interests co-ex?'ii
' slve with Kurupe and America. I can
see no reason why a llOliiogeillty of
management ami owncrsh'p will not
he highly beneficial to the public, llie
players, the producers ami the own
era. Whether some of llie principal
amusements b( RiifOiio and America
? can he wchle.l into olio necessarily
' requires sort of thought and action
part of those who tin- the leader?
abroad tiiul here in that Hue. Our
i'Ollllsel tailed i Hi.- i.Illllg on the
Krnii Prinz W Ihotm to Invesllgati
ami discuss and determine legal
? plans."
Weather ? Partly cloudy
Wednesday; Thursday fair,
light to frc.-!i South to South
wc; t winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
?1110 SHAKE
STPRY OF ORCHARD
Was Today the Leading Witness
in Hearing of C. W. Aller
Charged With Periiry.
CAN T CHANGE HIS FIRST TALE
Slate In the Haywood Cibc Devoted
Its Time to Rebutting, the Evidence
Offered by tue Defense?Sheriff
Testifies That No Arrests Were
Made When Miners Were Abused.
(ltv Associated Press.)
BOISIO, IDAHO, July 10.- In the
lust Staues of Ilm easo ngn'nsl Wil?
liam D. I lav wood," the prosecution put
i\ witnesses oil the stand today to
robut Ilm evidence of rtho dofenuo.
Three lostiried lo conditions in Ilm
Cour D'Alclto in L8U? und throe lo lilt!
slluutbiii in Colorado during the strike
period ni I1MKI ami 100-1, Tin- Itnpott
unt wIIiichhos of tho day were called
io contrudlcl the showing made by
witnesses of the defense that there
was no reason for the colling out of
tin- militia of t'olorado other than a
desire on the part of the mine own
i i to drive members or tho Wostorn
Ideiaiinn ol Miners from the mining
district, due witness flatly contra?
dicted Die evidence Introduced by the
dl fe. to show- that the explosion
ill the Vindicator mine was dim to an
accident,
. Kin riff Itoutnn, of Sun Miguel coun?
ty, lest I fled as to strike conditions
Dinier a si-arching examination by
K I-'. Richardson, Itoulan admitted
that the union Illinois were deported
und driven by force from the county
while he was sheriff and that no ut
tempt wus made to prevent or punish
those who attacked tho union men.
lie said that the deportations worn
made by the lending citizens of Tel
litrlde.
While the big trial was going on
In Hie district court before bulge l-'re
limn l Wood, mi Interesting uffshot
of I he ease was being heard In the
small loom used Us u court by Jus
llee I-'. Peace Savage. C. W. Aller,
Ihn depol agent, who was nrrestoti
charged with perjury, was brought
before the magistrate for u prelimi?
nary hearing. The state was repre?
sented by Prosecuting Attorney Kocl
seh ami the prisoner by Pen r Urcon;
nil attorney of Unite, who has I veil
associated wilb I lay wood's counsel.
Kreil Miller, who wns Orchard's coun?
sel nt bis preliminary bearing In
Coldweii. immediately after the mur?
der of Sleiinonborg, assisted Mr.
ltre.-n.
The principal witness lu the per?
jury hearing was Orchard himself.
The prisoner was brought In from tlm
penitentiary in charge of Warden
Whitney and a penitentiary guard.
No inure than a half dozen persona
outside of the principals in tlm easo
ami toe other witnesses were present,
when Orchard went over his test I
lluiouy as lo ids connection with D.
C. Scott, the railroad UgOIlt, who Al
ler swore interviewed Orchard In
Cripple Creek two or three weeks be?
fore the explosion at the Independ?
ence depot on June 0. 1004,
diehard was closely cross examined
by linen but no amount of question?
ing brought out nhy material change
in the original story, a number of
oilier witnesses wore examined, tho
j case taking up most of the day. A
motion to dismiss will be argued to?
morrow. Aller wns released ou de?
posit of |2,fi00 bond.
SAID HE WAS THE DEVIL AND
WANTED TO SEE ROOSEVELT
Pllgrlmmago of Cranks to Oyster Day
To Sec President Has Begun
In Earnest.
OY STUB DAY N. Y., July 1C?The
I usual summer visitation of cranks to
Oyster Day in tho hope .of reaching
the President began today with tho
advent of a woman of mature years,
who wandered to Sagamore Hill to
prohenl a claim of $lI,O0n,U0().
The secret service guards Inter
rupted and placed her ou board an
outgoing train. They wen- unable to
discover on what she based her claim.
Just ;is she wus leaving town an
old man appeared at tho village post
? ills,, and announced In a loud (one:
I am (be devil and am going to see
i President Booscvclt." He has not
(vet been apprehended by the Presi?
dent s guards.
I Upton's Jamcctown Cup In Chicago.
i My Associated Press.I f
i CinCAHO. .Inly if,.?The sliver cup
I iff er? d by Sir Thomas Llpton for the
l.u.icstown yacht races, to be held
?n Hampton Bonds from September
?i io September 110 has just boon ro
e. Bed lore, and bn.s. been r,ut on ox-.'
hihll'oii in the rooms or the Chicago
[Athletic club, where It Is attracting
I considerable attention.