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ARGUMENTS TO BEGIN
IN BOISE CASE TODAY
Verdict Is Expected to Be
Returned by Middle of
Next Week
HAWLEY WILL OPEN
Senior Counsel for State to
- Make Initial Plea for
Conviction
Oscar King Davis
BOISE, Idaho, July IS.— The final ar
gument to the jury In the Haywood
case trill begin tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock. Senior Counsel Hawley will
open. tor toe prosecution. He will be
followed by Attorney Richardson. Then
Darrow will speak and Senator Borah
will close for the state. It now seems
probable that the case will get to the
Jury on Tuesday and that by Wednes
day the verdict will be In.
It Is already evident that whatever
the verdict may be It will be con
clusive as far as the partisans of tb;e
two sides Involved are concerned. There
can be no question that the trial has
been perfectly fair and free from out
side Influence on the part of the state, .
but from the numerous declarations of
the Hajrwood sympathizers, who have
filled the courtroom from the begin
ning, regarding the weakness and In
sufficiency of the prosecution's case. It
appears that a verdict of conviction
will carry no weight with them and
will be received only with a clamor of
indignation and protest.
The entire time today was taken up
In technical arguments regarding the
submission to the jury of certain parts
of the testimony. Darrow occupied the
entire morning session endeavoring to
convince the court that the evidence
I adduced by the defense regarding the
labor troubles in the Cripple Creek dis
trict and In Telluride was competent
< to prove the existence of the counter
conspiracy alleged by Haywood. At
the afternoon session Borah argued
against that contention and then Rich
: arc! son closed. Darrow . confined iiim
; self almost entirely to discussion of
the spike pulling case and the Inde
\u25a0 pendence depot explosion. He de
[ clared that it was shown conclusively
that the spike pulling was a job put
tip by the mine owners' detectives in
order to'lmpllcate the western federa
tion* and In the hope of driving It out
of the district. He described Orchard
as "the most perjured villain who ever
came into a courtroom." s
• " ACCUSES THE DETECTIVES
Discussing the Independence explo
sion Darrow declared specifically that
It had been paocured by Sterling for the
same purpose as that which actuated
the attempt at train wrecking. "On
the record of this case it stands 'con
fessed that the mine owners were re
sponsible for that explosion," he de
clared. "If anything has been- proved
here It Is that Sterling was responsible
for It. Sterling came a thousand miles
to be here. He was in this* courtroom
day after day. He was called yester
day in a weak, bluffing way when be
was not here, and after that he was
not called again."
. "What evidence' Is there against
Sterling, Mr. Darrow T' asked the
judge.
"There Is evidence that he held re
peated conferences with , Orchard," , re
plied Darrow. Three 'witnesses who
hare not yet been arrested for perjury
bay» t«atlned to seeing Ocbard with
him repeatedly. At least 15 or 20
times Orchard was tracked to Sterl
ing's room. Scott admits that he had
six or seven conferences with Orchard.
The dear Inference Is that Orchard
was In almost dally conference with
detectives of the Mine Owners* asso
ciation. Orchard says that he blew up
the <depot- Who asked him to do it?
He had been in conference with Scott
and Sterling infinitely more frequently
than with these defendants."
Darrow -went on to discuss the al
leged tracking of Orchard by dogs -and
the calling off of the dogs by Sterling,
when after two false alarms they were
at last 'on what he declared was the
right tra.iL The witness'Vho testified
to this said that Sterling had told him.
"We knew who did it; it was Steve
Adams."
"There isn't a syllable ' of evidence
here,** cried Darrow, # to show that any
: mortal man knew that Steve Adams
did It. if he did. except the friend, con
fidant and agent of Sterling. Harry
Orchard.- There was just one place
where Sterling could have found out
that Adams did it, and that from the
lip» of Harry Orchard."
CITATION THICK EXPOSED
Darrow declared vehemently that
there was ample evidence to hang
Sterling for the Independence explo
sion. On the purely tecanlcal side of
his argument Darrow read from sev
eral authorities, including Wlgmore
on evidence. Judge Wood Interrupted
to ask if -he was reading from the
text or from the cases cited by*Wlg
more* and Darrow replied that he was
reading the text. Borah also took up
Wlgmore. in the afternoon and showed
that of the 14 cases cited by Darrow
two supported his theory and 12 op
posed It. He read some of the cita
tions which Darrow had not read.
Borah discussed more particularly
the conspiracy features of the case.
He eald that he would. admit, for the
sake of the argument, that the de
fense had ehown the existence of a
conspiracy between .the mine ' owners
and the .detectives, but he contended
that there had not been any proof that
any crime was committed as a result
of this conspiracy. He agreed with
Darrow that where A Is accused of
killing B It is competent for A*" to
show In defense that C had a motive
for the killing ; and . might have " done
It But he contended that such proof
must be by first evidence and that it
was not ; competent to show merely
that C had told. a third party that he
Intended to do or had done the killing,
which was the nearest that the defense
in this case had come to bringing home
any crime to the conspiracy which it
alleged.
Richardson, in closing, covered much
of the ground already traversed by
Darrow. He wound up by contending
that either all of the testimony re- !
rardlnjr the eventa in controversy
should be admitted or all stricken out.
Either born of the dilemma' would suit
him, he" said. " Judge Wood said that
he would probably.' be' ready with his
decisions this morning.
APPOINTED MAIL . CLERKS
WASHINGTON. July<lß.— V. V. Custi
of Raymond, . Russell Ryan ' of , Prospect
Park. J. A. Oagen of San " Bernardino,
F. K. Huff of Los Angeles and R.:' A.
Satlewaite of Berkeley » have. been - ap
pointed railway mail; clerks. \u25a0
STARR'S : SUCCESS
LOS ANGELES, July 18. 1907^—The
Los Angeles Wave Power and Elec
tric Co. closed contract today, with" the
/Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific „ Construction
company to build a pier Into, the ocean
at Redondo for the : first commercial
plant of the Starr .Wave Motor. - ". .
Much enthusiasm. Is expressed over
L#os Angeles getting the first" commer
cial wave motor of the world. - The San
Francisco office of -'the : Los Angeles
Wave Power \u25a0 and Electric" company ~ is
In the Chronicle building, room 1102. *
OMAHA MAGNATE IS TO
WED SPANISH COUNTESS
Ceremony May Take Place
at the Home of Mrs.
Phebe Hearst
OMAHA, Nely., July IS.— People of
this city .were surprised greatly today
by the announcement of the engage
ment of Frank T. Hamilton, vice-pres
ident of the Merchants' national bank
and president of the -Omaha gas Icom
pany and supposed to be a confirmed
bachelor, to - Miss Louise' de Cistue,' a
Spanish countess. It is understood that
the wedding will be celebrated at the
home of Mrs. Phebe- Hearst in Cali
fornia In the. near future.
Something: of a romance surrounds
the affair, as Hamilton met Miss de
Cistue while visiting in Rome last
winter.; His sister, Miss Mac Hamil
ton, had first met her In Paris and
introduced her brother upon his arrival
in Europe. Six weeks ago Miss Ham
ilton brought Miss de Cistue to
Omaha as her guest, and she has been
the guest of honor at numerous, social
functions since that time Miss de
Cistue is a Castillian oountess In her
own right.
Details About l.orr Fares East
And through passenger service from
Chicago and St. Louis over Pennsyl
vania Short Lines furnished free on re
quest to H.A . Buck, 40 Powell street,
San Francisco. : :\u25a0:\u25a0< •
/ "- '^M'^ :^^^w have drawn from the warehouse fresh, snappy $15 suits and \
1 k ' fmiM^^^^^ K v .. place them on sale at. 57. 85. .The ones we opened yesterday are among I
I* P' 'WmU -^ t he prettiest yet shown. Twenty beautiful summery patterns — one I
!f I^P^ I—:^^1 — :^^ prettier than the other— full of dash 9 style and character — you'll not j
./ \u25a0 I§ J' find" their equal elsewhere for $20— our regular price $15— sale I
\o^W'^ *W^f% •" The overwhelming crowds, the enthusiastic buying, has reduced our stocks to I
I^^^^^ l^^ffl s }: lc^ an extent that this sale is, now drawing to its close and may be withdrawn |
• W^f^l- \u25a0 any day without notice. For v today and: tomorrow, however, we have made n
Id^^«pd^H»^^'r : - y ample prepar^ionsto meet all invite you to partake of these [;
' ! most phenomenal bargains which will be on sale at either of our three stores. I
[ M- Outing Trousers;^ $ 12— Summer $£.00 ;j.
» single pair of these trousers left on our hands. This is what we . * i |
5 -$4 trousers in very pretty light Scotches and Cheviots, made /^^O^fe^^^w n^i + • v -u^. o i. -v W ,\a *
J with side buckles, bfelt straps aid turn-scuffs. All sizes at $1.85. >^^^^^ . * trousers-m light summery Scotches, French flan- | |
S . — ======================x = ==»=^ — \u25a0 } nels and soft, fleecy cashmeres — coats are quarter lined with im- 5
I^^y Cfl T% 9f* • d*>^ <\r- '>' -/ 1 l^^^^^^^^^B^ ported alpaca— trousers made with side buckles, belt straps and I
4 - OOyS OUItS *P Jr mZf%I MjS^MP^fer \u25a0 ' turn-up cuffs. | I
I Sailors and Russians :~: ~ \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0/.. Every ° nC ° f our $12 ' 5 ° and $15 *°° Sllits wiU be Sold for $s*oa5 * 0a 1
Beautiful light summery colorings — handsomely trimmed They include single and double breasted styles— all possible |
— splendidly made — not one of them worth less than $7 and many sizes— absolutely no restrictions or reservations — choose among I
I $8 values. Sizes 2 Vz to 8 years. This is positively the greatest \^^^^/// them and select any" $12.50 or $15.00 outing suit— all necessary |
I boys' clothing value ever offered in the city. f v alterations positively free — for today and tomorrow $5.00. ! |
Oxfords and high shoes n fcrf Another five hundred $4, $5 and $6 val- $1.65 1
o j^^^T j • We place on sale for today and tomor- 3ozen of these splendid ues, all at one price \ i 1
I^^^fe^^^^' row only a limited number of our regu- four ply all linen brands Here are shirts that until today • "J^^fe^fcv * $F'X ' ( f**\ \
-''-- a VH^9^. k? sP° en 's shoesjat $2.15. V :^-; f ollar s;go on sale at just • /wcrc;ouVbf,the4^cli:-of''a-'m^ |
' They include both Oxfords and high : half price. ( /\u25a0 purse-shirts that are worn only by I \
1° ffilSß^ snoes in Vici kid,>wax calf, patent They' include . all the the rich arid favored few. Our. gen- J
•^fc^^lk " leather and Russian \ tan calf. This new and desirable shapes eral clean-up: demands that they be r , 5 'P^^R^^^ ! %
x& "^% ' P ri ce will positively hold good only un- —sizes 14 to YlVi— limit . so^ at once, and we put a price on '^WM&fflri '
& til(closmgtime:SatuHay^ • $^^^ S ; » ' ! I
I for sale -at our San Francisco stores positively; none sold to these'fine^lanhattan shirts'are-not V ! I
only— price up to that tpne $2.-15. dealers. 'V; .another word is necessary. : "V-. ; ;^' \u25a0 ?s P^^^fl I %
Tfe SAS^rMc^^
PHYSICIAN IS BLAMED
FOR DEATH OF WOMAN
Oakland Coroner Requests
Police to Search for v
_the Suspect
OAKLAND, July ,18.^— Coroner Tisdale
has requested District i Attorney Lang
don and the San Francisco to
take charge of the search : after a phy
sician who ; ; is \u25a0 suspected ; of "; having ; per
formed a criminal ; operation Vupon sMrs.'
Ida F. Del* Monte,l..wife \of j Francisco
Del ; Monte, "! a v well \ to -do \u25a0 Coititra ? Costa'
rancher.^ Mrs. ;; Del Montejdied 1. in Ithls
city Sunday, Ia ; week ' or . so \u25a0 after.- the
operation was performed* in San Fran
cisco. \u25a0 .-\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0--.-:;.\u25a0\u25a0 • .. ' . vj^^^a3^jsyMfffifi^gfff
. An Inquest' was -held .today by Cor
oner : and- "evidence showing
that malpractice had caused 'death \was
given. The ? coroner * sent \aV statement
of : the facts to ; the - San % Francisco > &\i- s
thorltiea. • ..?. He ; said that "there :was Va.
possible clew \u25a0 to»* the ' identity '-. of the
surgeon who 1 was ; suspected.
IVATIOXAIi . BANK FOR CHICO
WASHINGTON, i Jul^ Wi^The-- comp
troller :of % the currency" Issued \u25a0 today a
certificate .authorizing -Hhe ; First> na
tional bank of Chico* to >begln;business
with : a : capital ,'of J50.000. i^B.'» S. r Kerns
is president, C \ F. - Reynolds (and'^W.f J. 1
Miller ' vice , presidents ? and; A. i H.: Smith
cashler.7";/- v X'V--'/:X 'V--'/: .\u25a0; ; ' ' y."'' '/
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
SAFE BLOWERS TRACED
Deputy Sheriff -^Discovers
\u25a0/ : Identity/- of •vTwo^of ;
': the Robbers / \u25a0
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO ; THE : OALU
; SOUTH? "SAN FRANCISCO,;;. July; lS/
With $ 600 ; reward offered rfor;theiricap
ture by; the government and : the ' pros
pect of an additional reward ~r[. being
placed on- their : heads, " "coupled 'with
the "assertion 'vof -.Deputy- Sheriff •Emil
Daneri that) he \ learned /the i names
of ;two 'of . the 'trio ' : of >_ yeggmen who
looted the local \u25a0''\u25a0: poatofflce recently^
confldence"M3 .'expressed 'here that i the
daring- burglars will soon, be . behind
the -bars.t;: ,v , <\u25a0'.:,'. '•-\u25a0-" '-;' .•'.. " '\,-.'O '. >.> \u25a0\u25a0 ' \u25a0
-, Alfred Saunders, the ! aged man- who
figured as* the^only resident '.who^"dis
covered 'the men/ indignantly.^denled
published reports that he. faced "death
three times. -J . \u0084:v :~f-.'::;\u25a0 \u25a0„!?.'.'?:?;'».:.. '."\u25a0':;
\u25a0'. Inspector W.; I.- Marelra , of the-,post
offlce; department > reported \u25a0• "A that . the
government'B.:losses-;includedi?l,224.42
ln ; stamps,r > ?462.77. In; cash imoney/ or
der : : receipts,'^ together : with " box ? rents
ahd^smaller - Items, itotaling: $1,767.98/
Th c 'loss i i sustained - by; Postmaster,, Cun
ningham.'A'asiide.L from j the \u25a0 damage to
his v saf e;/"and j office,"/ was / $79.85.' \u25a0..;;< The
local?; lumber^ company/ lost \ $174.69 ! and
a resident :na'med Dagott $45. , , ..
KILLED IN FALL FROM
PORCH 8 INCHES HIGH
T.J;; Stewart Meets Death
V W^ile>Engaged in Fu
\vrjj'- rious;Fight:
RPECIAL DISPATCH TO* THE CAIX
VALLEJO, . July 18.— T. J. Stewart,
who .was "employed 'on^the ranch of,.
Robert Donald, near. Birds landing,. was 1
killed : Wednesday ;in a . fight with
John ; McMasters, \ a well known resl-'
dent of ' this county .^Stewart and SIo- : .
Masters -wera Btfuggllng; on- the -porch
of , the •{ ranch , ; house : and fell to the
ground. > Stewart struck on'hls head
and died^ almost \u25a0 Instantly.
', The -men - had - ? - Quarreled - yesterday
over.; some" trivial? matter .* arid \u25a0 resumed
the^wrangle, this afternoon. Blows fol-'
lowed.^.* (They \u25a0 i clinohisd^; fighting, „ furi
ously,'; and': fell /;on -thefporch* floor,": from
which they lboth* rolled? and"= fell a dis
tance of notmore than eight-inches.
;. , McMasters by . Deputy
Sheriff \u25a0 Lanahan^ ,',--; '
HEAT KILLS AX AD3IIRAL
\ NIAGARA'; : FALLS,' . b'nt.; July. 18^-
Admiralk Joh'nKPearse - f McLear,- ' retired.
of ;the ? Britishi navy," dropped on
the iverarida ; of the | Clifton J today.
Death ;wai 'caused ' by; heart • failure in
duced; by. 1 excessive ;heat.
JAPANESE HOLD SECRET
DRILLS NEAR PORTLAND
Little , Brown Men in This
Gountry Are-Trained
V- for Army \ »
SPECIAL -DISPATCH ;TO THE CAXX'
' PORTLAND,** Ore.. July" 18.~Ona' : hun
dredr Japanese .were Been^goli^ througrh
military j'^tactlcs last> Sunday/. In , the
hillslfalong vthe 'Clackamas Jrlver, :.two
miles -of. Currlnsytlle.V a ;; dag i ata.
tlon* pn t jthe"r electric *llneS2o: miles .'east
of « Portland. 7"-Th'ei company / •_ appeared
to >be ,w^ll drilled^ and! was 'in command
of: an?offlcer:Tirho;gavethl3 brdersjlike
a"..vjsteranr?2 Some of .the" Japanese were
armed .with :\u25a0 regular -weapons. , while
othersjcarried:/wooden.guns.': -" - - :
- The drilling" was seen by I.' J. Helms
and wife : of Portland. ..who 1 were Ton -a
fishing. trip. The place ia'in" the woods
and \ seldom ..visited. J Others I have ''seen
Japanese with gruns going to -the place,
on-; the! cars and the report appears to
be authentic.
DISMISSES LIQUOR CASES
• BERKELEY;, ; July IS.— Justice TL \u25a0 S.
Edgar dismissed ; to day 'the ", charges of
participatingr-Jn' illegal /liquor, sales
against'_ Charles "O'Brien and six other
men; whoiwere arrested when Thomas
Clarke's : resort -at 1827 \ University ave
nue".was raided a' month V ago. J '-- The
court-held; that. tfae< evidence was in
sufficient. • .•"' . •;
VIGILANTES ORGANIZE
TO HUNT FOR FIREBUG
City of Hollywood in South
in State of Terror as
*' Result of Fires S|
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
LOS- ANGELES, July 13.— A state of
terror exists in the city of Hollywood
by \u25a0; reason of the. presence there of a
firebug who has burned eight fine
residences, ln less than a month. There
Is not the slightest clew to the Identity
of the -criminal nor is his motive
known.
At a secret meeting of wealthy
property owners of that suburb 'to
night an organization was perfected of
what is practically a vigilance commit
tee. ; Rewards of more than $1,000 have
been offered for the "Capture of the In
cendiary and members of the commit
tee will", patrol the streets at night In
the : hope of catching the firebug. If
he is : captured in the act of firing a
building he will be shot on sight.
MR5 V FISKE LEASES RE3IDEXCS
SAUSALJTO, July IS. — Minnie Ma<!
dern Flske. the actress, who recently
closed her Pacific coast tour, will make
her summer home here. She~ : h*9
leased the H. B. Campbell house in
Bulkeley avenue. Mrs. Fis'ke will have
a house party with ; her. 1 - including a
relative. Miss Emily Stevens.
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