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San Franciscan Whose House
Orchard Testified He Dyv
namited to Kill Occupant
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mony for Defense
Boise, July 8.— When the HaYwood
trial was resumed this morning depo
sitions made by Fred Bradley of San
Francisco were called up In evidence
and read. Bradley swears the explo
sion at his residence in 1906 was oaus
ed by accumulated gas and not by a
dynamite bomb as Orchard testified.
Orchard on direct examination swore
hie blew up the home in an attempt to
kill Bradley, Who had been marked
for death, by the federation.
Haywood Testimony Important.
The attorneys for William D. Hay
wood have completed the details of
their plans for the final week of the
defense, which began with the open
ing of court today at 10 o'clock. Inter
est in the trial this time centers in
the forthcoming appearance upon the
stand of Haywood, who, it is an
TMincad. when he takes the stand will
be prepared to lay bare his entire
jife's history.
|, His testimony as to his connection
%ith, the Western Federation of Min
ers Will be Interspersed with documen
tary evidence, and the introduction of
this and reading it to the Jury will
take up much time.
u-W.Z The defense exprestfss
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willing-
ness that the cross-Sxamination of
I^aywood, by Senator Borah. shall take
(i 'the widest possible range. The de-
II Vf^ndant, it 16 said, will not only dony
sin totoall that Orchard has said as
bis connection with any'.Of tho
^^wltneos'vjpiffltes btit will' off sir a. .per
fectly plaustble- vexpianafon of the' In
stances where the Btate has assoclat
jed- Orchard and Haywood, notably the
instance
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Haywood's part In the de­
ception of the second Mrs. Orchard
»as to the whereabouts Of her husband
in the late summer of 1905.
»-j| To Explain Payments* to 81mpkln».
••^5' Haywood will also be called upon
to explain the sending of several
''drafts to Jack Simpklns. a member of
jthe executive board, and an organizer
?or the Western Federation whose
^presence In Caldwell with Orchard
.Uust prior to the assassination of form
jt-er Gov. Steunenberg has not been de
~#iied by the defense.
»'J The sending of seventy-five dollars
.-^to Steve Adams in Ogden, Utah, will
4taIso be a subject of inquiry. The
^fourth Incident to which the state at
$£ -taches Importance as tending to con
r^vrjieot Haywood with the alleged con
^Nspiracy as revealed by Harry Orchard
upon the witness stand was the send
^-"ing of a message by Haywood to Sliver
L^&City, Idaho, instructing the federation
officers there to see that attorneys
were engaged for Orchard and to pro
*wtect the interests of the miners' union.
"P% State May Prolong Trial.
The state may indefinitely prolong
Jthe trial by going into the Colorado
||Jabor troubles on rebuttal. The defense
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{claims that the calling out of the mill
£|itia at Cripple Creek was unwarrant
S#ed and that the deportations from
^Cripple Creek and the Telluride coun
try were nothing less than lawless out
rages upon the persons and property
of the union- miners. The state un
doubtedly will introduce testimony
showing the conditions which prevail
ed in these mining districts at the
time Governor Peabody proclaimed
martial law.
•.CROPS SHOW IMPROVEMENTS.
'It Is Believed Corn In Southern Iowa
,£oaWill Give the Usual Good Yield—
Charlton Drainage Canal.
Moulton. July 8.—Crops are doing as
IWell as the effects of the past few
•weeks of unusual moisture will per
mit. On rolling ground the corn is
looking fairly good, and with favor
able weather from now on, will make
the usual good crop In most places,
y-ftay has more than come up to expec-
j^qtatlons as outlined iii the earlier part
of the season.
The great drainage canal of the
_. Chariton river, just west of town, has
already proven itself worth all it has
Vcost. There are yet some things to be
done to make it all it was claimed to
be, but the benefit already derived
®cost already accumulated. Perhaps
/'jwhen the management of the financial
end of the enterprise has reached the
4 place where graft does not figure, and
^where the people work together for
-''^the general good, the Christian valley
shall blossom as the rest. No better
gland lies anywhere under the sun in
Iowa, than along the fertile valley that
skirts the Chariton.
Bisley Rifle Meeting.
London. July 8.—Seldom if ever be
fore in the history of the National
Rifle Assoc'aMon's competitions has
so much public Interest been mani
fested as is displayed in the meeting
this year. The best teams, from Can
ada, India. Uganda are to take part in
the competitions, which will extend
over a period- of twelve days
Rockefeller Has
Birthday Today
How Old? Guess!
Cleveland, July 8.—John D.
Rockefeller cllebrated his sixty
eighth birthday by watohing the
play for the Olympic cup on the
Euclid club links. Shedding his
coat, rolling up his trousers and
Jamming a soft straw hat firmly
on the back of his head, he
trudged along In the midst of the
crowd of golf enthusiasts watch
ing the play of Walter J. Travis
and W.fl C. Fownes.
New York, July 8.—John D. Rocke
feller, whose whereabouts recently
were a cause for speculation among
process-servers axid others who want
ed to me6t him, nas a birthday anni
versary today. It seemti to be about
as difficult to fix the oil magnate's
exaot age as it usually is to light upon
his exact whereabouts. Some author
ities have it that Mr. Rockefeller was
born July 8, 1888, while others declare
that it was in 1S39 that he first saw
the light of day and began to dream
of oil combines and millions.
However this may be.lt Is certain
that Mr. Rockefeller finds hItn«-U on
Ma p-p«ent birthday, whether it bo
his sixty-eighth or sixty-ninth, the
pou«ei or of more money thai any
otfujr known individual in this or any
oii.er country. And it Is a preUv safo
guess, that the more otrthdays he haa
tae more money he will poBse?-s, de
spite the fact that he scatters quite
few m' /iotis yearly among American
colleges and charities.
Tbrt-e or tour years ago, when Mr.
Rockefeller did not have very much
more than half a billion dollars to
his name, his lnoome was two ..ollars
and a few ren*s ove- every seoohtl of
the day. The average man iarn.i»-g.
|2 a day car. appreciate the dlft-rencc
thnre is t-MY.-e.fp $2 a day for six dav&
a week and $- a second lor seven ln.vs
a week. It Is impossible for the human
mind to comprehend the vastness' of
Mr Rorkfetellei's wealth, should 1hu
oil nsiitpiece live to reach his on a hun
dredth jilrthday and should for
f.'.mo eoiumuc to Increase at th'* pres
tate.
Railroad Head
Pleads Guilty to
'^^^piving a Bribe
Pittflbnrg July 8.~Charles S. Cam
eron, president of the Pittsburg &
Tube City Railroad company, who was
charged with conspiracy in connec
tion with the alleged attempt to brlbO
Councilman Martin to secure the pads
age of a franchise Ordinance caused a
surprise in the criminal court today by
pleading no defense. The idea was
accepted by Judge Frazler who said
sentence would be Imposed after the
final disposition of the other cases to
which this one related.
Foreigners in
Riot Police Get
Rough Treatment
Michigan City, July 8.—Following a
drunken carouse more than fifty
Syrians and Turks engaged in a riot
last night among themselves in a su
burb known as the Syrian settlement.
They used knives, clubs and stones
and several of the rioters were wound
ed. Two policemen were overpower
ed and Officer William Warner was
beaten and stabbed seriously. The
entire police force ana fire department
raided the settlement and fifteen or
twenty rioters were arrested.
Actress and Two
Companions Hurt
in Auto Accident
New York, July 8.—Dr. 'julian P.
Thomas, Florence Haas, the actress
and Grace Rogers, occupants of an au
tomobile, were seriously injured last
night when the machine struck a trol
ley pole while traveling at a high rate
of speed. Thomas and Miss Haas are
lp. a critical condition. Miss Rogers,
although seriously hurt, will probably
recover.
S a a W
Know Size of Its
Fine on August3
Chicago, July 8.—Attorneys for the
Standard Oil Co. today declined to
submit any further evidence on the
investigation held on Saturday by
Judge Landls. Landis then announced
that sentence will be passed on the
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, which
was convicted of using illegal railroad
rates, on August. 3.
ALLEGED BAMBLING HIT.
Wa^i'lnstm, Ju!y S.-—By :.)»! revo
cat'on of the passenger certifle:iies to
the st'\imbo-it. C'ty of Traverse. ..he
government today dealt a heavy blow
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Mayor M'Clellan
Removes Ellison
From Good Berth
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Njw Ywk, July 8.-—May®r Mo»
Clellan retvioved William BEIIi
eon, corporation counsel, from
office today, giving as a rfcasOn
that he did not have the full con
fidence Ift counsel which the in
terests of the city demand. Dlf
•ferences of a political character
haxe existed between McClellan
and Ellison for some time.
DES MOINES
FIERY SOUTHERN SENATOR SAY8
NEGRO EQUALITY IS "DAMNA­
BLE LIE" IN8ULTS \OLD 80L
DIERS IN AUDIENCE
Des Moines, July 8.—"Tell me that
the negro is the social and political
equal of the white race? I dare to
stand here In this heart of the north
and the hot bed of republicanism and
say that it is a damnable lie." Thus
spoke Benjamin R. Tillman at the
chautauqua grounds yesterday and
at the end of a speech of three hours'
length during which he was contin
ually interrupted by persons in the
audience whom the management sev
eral times threatened to have remov
ed by the police. The southerner ask
ed his audience how many agreed with
him almost every hand in the au
dience went up."
Veterans Are Insulted.
"Wasn't it the negro vote that elect
ed you governor of South Carolina?"
asked a, voice in the audience. "No,
shouted the speaker, "I never received
any favors at the hands of the negroes
and I never will." This and several
other similar exchanges of hot shot
passed between Leonard Brown and
others wearers of the little brass G. A.
R. button, for some of Tillman's re
marks were uncomplimentary and
some even Insulting. "The white man
has left a trail of mulatto offspring
wherever the white and black races
have intermingled," said he,- "but the
greater number of mulatto children
the south has ever known came 1u
the wake of Sherman's army." Sever
al old soldiers left tne hall at this
point in the address.
It's a Damnable Lie.
"You are republicans," he shouted,
"dyed in the wool, saturated with the
doctrines of such men as Charles Sum
ner and Wendell Pntlhps. I tell you
rap1a]
eqUallty
ls a
to the SKogotl jjamh.ing syndicate northerners loosened the shackles
the' city of ,hicago. The steamer fTOn, the negro slave and said, 'You
leaves Chicatro each day and anclir-rs
In Lake Michigan near the int?Vsoc
tion lines of the states of Illinois,
Indiana and Michigan'and. it is said
ars free now.'
was as goQd as
you said, 'You
man in.South
damnable lie. You
You did not say he
any lowa man, but
.re as good as anv
Carolina* BOW get
APHLLO CJOtTNTV, IOWA, TtJUSDAY, JULY 9, 1007
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Wftth such a protection It takes a long time for the Arm of Justice to reach the rloh offender.
PURE FOOD BOARD DI8COVERS
THAT SULPHUR FUMES U8ED
IN PRESERVING PRODUCT8 ARE
BAD FOR DIGE8TION
ANALINE AND BENZOATE
USERS SECURE HEARING
GROWER8 AND MANUFACTURERS
PREPARING FOR FIGHT AGAINST
THE REVOLUTIONIZING OF
FOOD INDUSTRY
Washington Bureau of
The Ottumwa. Courier,
Washington, July 8.
Do you want sulphur funles and sul
phur dioxide in your dried peaches,
apples and prunes? J*
It seems that in the evaporation
and preservation of all sorts of citrus
fruits, they are subjected to pretty
much the same process that constitutes
the orthodox treatment of the sinner
hereafter. Fumes of burning sulphur
kill the germs of decay that may have
been implanted in the fruit and inci
dentally leave a deposit of sulphur
dioxide. This sulphur dioxide has fall
en under the grave suspicion of the
pure food board, and among the sur
veyors of dried fruits there is a horrid
suspicion that the board has placed it
under the ban.
California's fruit industry ls deeply
concerned because the prohibition of
sulphur-burning as a preservative proi
cess would involve a great loss to that
Interest. It has just got to the ears
of the California people that the pure
mnri hoard—Dr. Wiley, Dr. Dunlap and
Solicitor McCabe of the department of
agriculture—have decided that sulphur
fumes are bad for the digestion, and
that this preserving process will have
to be stopped. There has been no
announcement of the decision in fact
it is tied up with the general decision
on the use of preservatives and color
ing matters. But the Californlans
have got the distinct impression that
the decision is going to be against
them.
Californlans On Way.
Governor Pardeex and Senator Flint
were promptly enlisted by the -fruit
people, and telegraphed to the food law
authorities asking that no rulings re
garding the sulphurous process of
preservation be promulgated un
til a delegation from
can reach Washington. The delega
tion is now somewhere between Los
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Mayor Schmitz
Gets 5 Years in
Pen for Grafting
Sin Ffenolaoo, JiHy 8.—iMayor
Eubfene Schmitz, who virgin oon
vlctid of extortion recently, was
today sentenood to five /ear in
the penitentiary. When
tence was pronounced there waa
a. remarkable outburst of ap
plause from the hundreds of per
sons who orowded Judge
Dunne's court room,
LAKE LASHED
MR8. CLARENCE STALLARD OF
COUNCIL BLUFFS DROWNED
WHEN BOAT OVERTURN8,—TOR­
NADO AT TABOR.
Council
Bluffs, July 8.—Death and
destruction followed in the wake of a
terrific storm which swept this sec
tion of the country Saturday night
and early Sunday morning. At Lake
Manawa the water was covered with
crafts, many being in row boats. The
water was lashed into furious waves
and among the boats that capsized
was one containing a party of five peo
ple. They were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Stallard of Council Bluffs, C. C. Wolfe
of Panora, and the Misses Vera Sny
der and Edith Stallard of this olty.
All were precipitated Into the water,
and just as they were about to suc
cumb from weakness having supported
themselves by holding to a floating log
all were rescued but Mrs. Sallard, who
was drowned.
The body has not yet been recover
ed. Conditions on the lake until an
early hour yesterday morning when all
boats were accounted for were inde
scribable. The storm, which was one
of the worst electrical disturbances ex
perienced here in years, caused the de
struction by fire of a portion of the
Children* Sons' Manufacturing plant
Loss, $20,000 insured.
Cyclone Wrecks Church.
Tabor, July 8.—A cyclone here, yes
terday unroofed the brick Congrega
tional church and burled the pipe or
gan and grand piano tinder debris.
The loss is $6,000 no insurance. Hall
ruined all the crops west to the Mis
souri river in the path of the storm.
Many barns and windmills were wreck
ed but no one was hurt.
The town ls a forest of fallen trees.
A large tree waB driven through the
west wall of the Charles Ellis home,
barely missing a boy who was asleep
on the floor. ScoreB of windmills in a
stretch of six miles west of town were
blown down. The heavy hail and tre-
California meindous downpour of water swept the
country bare of vegetation over a large
territory. Many bridges were washed
away and telegraph and telephone
wires are down in all directions.
ADMIRAL GSORGE DEWEY.
OLD SEA DOG
OF THE CIVIL WAR DAYS
I S E I E
COMMAWDER BROWHSOK,
Admiral Geo. Brownaon, Pop/
ular Officer and a Hero of
Many Adventures, Has
Left Active Service
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Washington, D. C„ July 8.—After be
ing in active. service since civil war
days, Rear Admiral Wlllard H. Brown
son, at present in charge of the bur
eau of navigation at the navy depart
ment, reached the age for statutory
retirement today. Admiral Brownson
Is one of the most popular officers of
the navy and In his long career he has
been the central figure in a number
of stirring adventures. One of these
ocourred In 1898, when Rear Admiral
de Mello, of Brazil, with a small fleet,
consisting of one ironclad cruiser, two
torpedo boats and several merchant
vessels, seized the harbor of Rio Jan
eiro. No vessels could pass into or
reach the piers in the harbor, and
much distress was occasioned. A
small fleet of American warships was
in the neighborhood among .them the
Detroit in command of Admiral Brown
son, then a commandur.' An Amerl
can merchantman was also there with
a cargo to discharge, but was pre
vented from landing by Mello's fleet.
Her captain appealed to the commo
dore In command of the American
warships, with the result that the De
trolt was detailed to act as an escort
to the American vessel and to see that
the captain had an opportunity to dis
charge her oargo.
Clearing decks for aotion and with
every man at his post, Commander
Brownson sent word to Admiral de
Mello of what he intended to do, and
then gave the command that sent the
Detroit and the smaller vessel on their
perilous way. Through a lane formed
by the 'Mello navy they sailed. Some
gunners of the Brazallan fleet flred a
Shot at
the merchantman, and before
the smoke had cleared away one of the
big guns of the Detroit belched forth.
Brownson shouted from the bridge to
the Brazallan admiral that if another
shot was flred he would deliver a
broadside. This had the effect of
alarming the Brazilians and the vessel
discharged her cargo in peace and re
tired in good order.
Chamberlain Celebrates Birthday
Birmingham, England, July 8.—
Joseph Chamberlain today celebrated
his'seventy-first birthday "with his fam
ily. at Highbury. The health of the
veteran statesman is slowly improv
ing.
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WAR UNLIKELY BUT_
WE MUST BE READY
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Battles Sees Wisdom in
Sending Fleet of Waiv
ships to Pacific
WARNING TO JAPS in
IN NAVAL SCHEMEf
Massing of Fighting Fleet
tended to Emphasize Amer»
ica's Fighting Power—
Europe Expeets War
Rlchfleld" Springs, N. Y* July g.—]'
Admiral Dewey, who ls sojourning]
here for the summer, Is quoted to an
interview as saying in regard to tb«
transfer of the battleship fleet to tha
Pacific:
"It is a pity we have not shtD»
enough to keep powerful fleets in both
t»! wCe
we httve
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seems
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peace it ls bests'
at this time that our fleet should bai
rn the Pacific.
War Unlikely Says Dewey.
"This cruiser transfer is a mission
of peace. I do not think it likely that
this country will be seriously Involved*
with any power. But if trouble should
come by any chance it ls well to be'
fully prepared for It.
"It
ls neoessary for us to hold th#'
balance of sea power on the Pacific.
The defences on that coast are not up
to the standard of attalnanoe. That
the nation that has this power con
trols the situation was proven In our
war with Spain."
Urges Bigger Fleet.
Dewey said there should be no tron
ble in taking the fleet around the Horn
Into the PftsSiflO. The battleships
should have no more difficulty there
thkn a ferry Has in crossing to Ho
boken, he said, that it was merely *a
question of coal and dollars.
Admiral Dewey intimated that he
saw two possible effects of Importance
in the transfer of the fleet. Ha
believes It will urge the construction
of another Atlantic fleet with the shlpa
now building as a neclues and ne
hopes It will stimulate and hasten the
completion of the Panama canal
—:o:—
Toklo, July 8, 10 a. m.-^-The Hochl
this morning prints an interview with*
Admiral Sakamoto In which the ad**
mlral is quoted as follows!
"Should hostilities break out be«i
tween Japan and America the result'
would be indecisive, owing to want(
of proper bases of operations. Sdchi
bases as exist are too distant for prac-1
tical purposes. Even the nearest bases,:
namely—The Pescadores, Cavile an®
Manila, are at a dlBtance of 600 mileaj
from one another.
"Even if the Washington government^
should decide on war it Is doubtful If:
the Americans Borvlng in the navy are
sufficiently patriotic to fight.
"American naval officers are brlU,
liant figures at balls and social gath
erings, but they are deficient In pro
fessional training and practice.
"It is too much to expect a burning,
patriotism in the American naval ser
vice in case of war with Japan. It lg.
likely that most of the crews would
desert and leave the ships."
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Washington, D. O. July 8.—Behind
President Roosevelt's action authoriz
ing concentration of practically the en
tire navy on the Pacific slope ls his'
earnest desire to prevent trouble with
Japan by showing this country ls pre
pared for it
The fact can no longer be conceal*
ed that the armlnlstratlon has been re
ceiving advices from Tokio of the most
disquieting character. Silly as seems
thetalk of war it nevertheless ia
true that foreign nations emphatical
ly believe It will come. Indeed, official
Information has reached the embassies
in Washington that two great powers
.recently Instructed their representa
tives at Toklo to report, upon Japan's
attitude especially concerning the
preparations she ls making. The opin
ion of these representatives may be
all wrong, but at the same time it is
worth chronicling. They agreed that
Japan is getting ready for conflict
with the United States. ..
Japs to Reject Treaty.
Washington, July 8.—Additional sig
nificance was given to the sending ot
the battleship fleet to the Pacific to
day, when word was received here that
Japan is preparing to "insist" that her
citizens, whether cooltesr or nobles, be
admitted to the United States when-'
ever they wish to come.
The news that Japan, flushed with
her victory over Russia, was deter
mined to force the United States to
accede to her demands when it comes
time to renew the present treaty,
which expires in 1911. came from Oto
taki Yamaoka, personal representative
of Count Okuma, leader of the pro
gressive party. The statement pur-
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