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HAYWOOD JURY PART OF ORCHARD’S CONFEBBION CORROBORATED, BAYB PROSECUTION. ISp WITNESSES TO TESTIFY Belief Expressed That Jury Cannot Be Found in Idaho That Will Agree—What Ten? Haywood Jury Completed. Boise, Idaho. —The jury to try Wil liam D. Haywood on a charge of mur dering ex-Governor Steunenburg, has been completed and sworn in. The last man chosen was O. V. Sebern, a farmer, living near Boise. The defense exhausted its last per emptory challenge by excusing Alfred Eoff, a retired banker, who admitted that he would go into the box with an opinion, but who was nevertheless passed by Judge Wood. The Jury. Thomas B. Gess, real estate; Finley Mcßean, rancher; Samuel D. Gilman, farmer; Daniel Clark, farmer; George Powell, rancher; O. V. Sebern, farmer; H. F. Messecar, farmer; Scriv ener, farmer; J. A. Robertson, farmer; Levi Smith, carpenter; A. P. Burns, retired rancher; Samuel F. Russell, farmer. Boise, Idaho. —After a good night’s rest, William D. Haywood, the secre tary and treasurer of the Western Fed eration of Miners, was apparently com pletely restored Monday morning and SKETCHES OF DEFENDANT IN GREAT CONSPIRACY CASE TAKEN IN COURT. expressed himself as feeling “first rate.” Haywood was out for his regu lar exercise on the lawn around the jail. His trial on a charge of murdering former Governor Steunenburg was recommenced Monday morning, after an intermission caused by his illness. The opening of court was delayed un til 11 o’clock in order to allow Judge Fremont Wood to attend to some im portant mutters pending in the Dis trict Court and to give the talesmen in attendance an opportunity to re turn from their homes. The state has had fifteen months to collect evidence. Detective McParland, the mine own ers* sleuth, has given his whole time to this case. The end of the coming week will bring forth the crux of the state’s case. Two or three days are to be used for the usual preliminary proof. Then Or chard is to be brought from the peni tentiary to tell his tale of murder and repentance. When he shows in court there will be a crowd on hand and the lawyers will be ready for a technical debate on the admissibility of his tes timony. Whether the defense objects or not to lifting the gates and review ing all the strike history of the mining regions, it is a practical certainty that Judge Wood will follow the anarchist cases and let in everything that has transpired in the Coeur d’Alene and Colorado for the last fif teen years. The defense is teady to meet the sit uation whenever it comes. Haywood’s defenders in and out of the Western Federation of Miners have been unre mitting in their efforts to prove his innocence since the day he was taken from Colorado. When Bulkeley Wells, representing the Mine Owners’ Association of Colo rado, and Detective McParland, the mine owners’ employe, produce evi dence to prove that every crime com mitted at Cripple Creek and Telluride was inspired by Haywood. Moyer and Pettibone, the defense will, when its time comes, produce witnesses to prove that many of these crimes were committed by Pinkerton agents In the employ of the mine owners. Neither side will attempt to prove that crimes were not committed. Twelve Iduho farmers are to decide the fate of the secretary-treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners and their verdict will also be for or against the Western Federation of Miners. Boise, Idaho. —Senator Borah, lead ing counsel for the prosecution in the Haywood case, said that the state would be able positively to corrob orate one Important feature of Or chard’s confession. Orchard, in the version of his confession that has been circulated over the country with the tacit approval of Detective McParland. claims to have attempted to assas sinate "Jim” Bradley, who was super Lightning Kills Two, Byers, Colo.—Wlhle herding a small bunch of ewoa and lnmbs Mark Allen was struck by lightning and In stantly killed. He was working for O. A. Snow, a wealthy ranchman whose ranch Is three miles south of Byers. When the rain began Mr. Snow started out to help him in with the sheep. When he got within 300 yards of Al len he saw the lightning strike him down. The boy was thirteen years old and son of George W. Allen, a ranch man living one mile from Byers. intendent of the Bunker Hill mine dur ing the Coeur d’Alene troubles in 1899. Bradley quit the Coeur d’Alene3 when, the bull pens were abolished and took up his residence in San Francisco One morning about two years ago, an explosion occurred as he opened the front door of his home. * He was se verely injured and the house was dam aged. Orchard told McParland that he had been delegated by the inner circle of the Western Federation of Miners to kill Bradley and that he had placed a bomb in such a position that Bradley would explode It when he opened the front door of his house. The state is gathering its array of witnesses, squads of them being as signed to the care of Pinkerton detec tives. It is estimated that there are now in Boise fifty of the 150 witnesses summoned by the state. Even w’lth this excess of care which the state is bestowing on the witnesses, reports are circulated which indicate that they are causing considerable trouble and no little annoyance to the sleuths. One of the state’s most important wit nesses is Lottie Day, a keeper of a re sort at Cripple Creek. She escaped the sleuths, and, it is understood, took the afternoon train back to Colorado She was subpoenaed to tell of a con versation with Orchard in relation to the acts of violence committed In the Cripple Creek district. Counsel for the defense was in creased by the arrival of Attorney Pe ter Breen of Butte, a former member of the Western Federation and a sur vivor of the Coeur d’Alene bull pen. Breen was an active participant in the clashes in northern Idaho and is well acquainted with the conditions and the persons arrayed on the other side. He exchanged greetings with Attorney Hawley, who fifteen years ago was counsel for the federation and ap peared for him in the several trials fol lowing the early troubles. In the person of one Lloyd, a Pink erton agent, Breen recognized Harry Allison, who joined the Miners’ union at Gem, Idaho, during the strike, and became secretary of that union. An other of Allison's aliases is Seringo. His pccupation here is to act as a body, guard for the manager of the Pinker ton sleuths. Some fears are expressed as to the chances of the jury withstanding the long strain of the trial. Among the twelve men in the box more than half are more than sixty yeais of age, three have passed the seventy mark, and the average is about fifty-eight. With the exception of one, the Jury is composed of farmers, who are used to outdoor life, and the confinement is already be ginning to tell on some who have sat for more than two weeks. Boise, Idaho. —It seems almost be yond the range of possibility at this time that the Haywood jury will agree. Then what? Will the accused be released, rear rested and turned over to Colorado authorities for trial on conspiracy charges in that state, or will an at tempt be made to secure another jury for a rehearing of the Steunenburg murder charge in Boise? These are the questions that are up permost in the minds of those most vitally Interested in the result of the trial now in progress. The situation is remarkable in many w'ays. Three men are indicted. Three men are to be tried. They are charged with conspiracy and complicity in the mur der of a former chief executive of a state, the entire population of which does not exceed that of Denver. The history of the labor troubles leading to the death of this one-time governor is known by heart to nearly every man, woman and child in Idaho. A majority of those eligible for jury duty have a firmly rooted conviction that the federation officials are either Innocent or guilty. Three weeks have gone by and a jury has not yet been secured in the most populous county In the state. They will be compelled to base their verdict largely upon circumstantial evidence. They will hear the testi mony of Harry Orchard, the nature of which, it is promised, will be startling In the extreme. All the 200,000 Inhabitants of Idaho will read the disclosures Orchard will make. They will Imse opinions on what he tells the court and Jury. In the’very nature of things, > these read ers will be disqualified for Jury duty. How, then, can a Jury be obtained In any county of the state either to retry Haywood, in case the present Jury disagrees, as predicted, or to sit in Judgment upon Moyer or Pettibone? “It Pays to Advertise.” Newark, Del.—Through a little "wart ad.” placed in a Philadelphia paper, Charles W. White, a farmer who lives near here, has won a bride and a fortune. The bride's name was Smith and she was a relative of the late James H. (Silent) Smith. Inheriting $60,000 from his estnte. Miss Smith noticed White's advertisement for n wife end liking the tone of It roplled. They met. and It was a case of love at first sight. The White farm Is now being Im proved and brlghtsned up while the couple are on their honeymoon. A LIVELY TILT GOV. HAGERMAN’B SHARP RE TORT FOR ROOSEVELT. SAYS LETTER WAS STOLEN New Mexico’s Former Governor Takes Exceptions to President’s At .tack on His Father. Albuquerque, N. M. —Tlyj publication of a letter from President Roosevelt, in which former Governor llagerman is severely arraigned, has revealed the fact that it was procured by theft. The former governor has met this last trick of his political enemies by publishing the full correspondence between him self and the President regarding his resignation. In this connection the former governor shows that a direct in sult was offered by the President to his father. Governor Hagerman was accused of deeding public lands to the Pennsylva nia Development Company and influ encing the territorial Senate by public appointments over which he had con trol. When Governor Hagerman’s res ignation • was requested, his father wrote to Secretary of State Root de nying the charges in behalf of his son and pleading with the secretary to in tercede with the President. The first onnouncement concerning President Roosevelt's letter requesting Governor Hagerman’s resignation ap peared exclusively in the Denver Post yesterday. In the letter the adminis tration of Mr. Hagerman is referred to as unsatisfactory and his conduct in the Pennsylvania Development Com pany transaction is characterized as “illegal and blameworthy.” The Pres ident says but for the former gov ernor's previous good record he would have been removed instead of being allowed to resign. The letter goes at length into the Pennsylvania Develop ment Company questions and quotes an opinion of Assistant Attorney Gen eral Cooley, which severely criticizes Hagerman’* delivery of the deed to the land in question. In conclusion the President sa* s; “If I permit such an act by the high est officer in the territory to go unpun ished, I cannot hold to account any subordinate official for any infraction of his duty. It was a grave question in my mind w’hether I ought not to re move you instead of merely asking your resignation. I resolved the doubt in your favor and requested your resig nation. Under no circumstances would I reconsider this action. “Secretary Root has handed me a long telegram from your father, in which he states that he w’ishes me to delay my action on your resignation until you have had time to answer the charges made against you. which he further states are w’ell known to be unfounded, and made by party free booters to restore themselves to power. Apparently your father does not know, or disregards, the fact that these charges are contained in the statement above referred to from the Department of Justice and in the rec ords of the Interior Department; that there is not the slightest question as to the facts which were admitted by you in your interview with me as well as in your interview with Secretary Garfield, and that you had a full hear ing before Secretary Garfield and be fore me. “Under these circumstances what your father means by saying that the charges are unfounded I am unable to imagine. If any party freebooter or any one else is guilty of conduct such as yours I wdll treat him just as I have treated you. “With the gossip that your father re peats and the inferences that he draw’s therefrom I have no concern. As to the charges he by inference makes against others, I ran only say that any facts that he will give me against anyone I will consider if I have power to do so. Charges of a very gave character w f ere made to me against your father him self In connection with his land trans actions in the past. Whether they were true or not I cannot say. be cause a preliminary investigation showed that action on them would be barred by the statute of limitations. “No one suggested to me the ap pointment of Captain Curry as your L. H. PERKINS FALLS TO DEATH. Insures His Life for $450,000 and Falls From Housetop. J .a» rence, Kan.—Under circum stances that Indicate suicide and n i carefully laid plan to make hls death , appear an accident, Luteins H. Per kins, prominent In legal and Masonic circles, who hud Ills life insured for | nearly half a million dollars, fell from i the roof of hls residence and received 1 Injuries from which he died a few hours later without regaining con sciousness. Penrklns went up to the roof at 6 o'clock, nnd nobody knows what he went up for. He ventured out on the east end so far that it would have been a wonder If some accident had not befnllen him. A man working on the place saw him topple over nnd gave the alarm. This man thinks that Per kins partly caught himself when he passed u trough on the wall, but does not know. He hit the ground In a sit ting posture and then fell forward. He was picked up nnd medical aid sum moned, but nothing could be done for him. Perkins carried life insurance amounting to about $450,000. The fam lly docs not know the exact amount. Most of this Insurance was written In the pnßt six months. A year ago Per kins built a house costing $50,000. When nearly finished It caught fire one night and was nearly destroyed. The origin of the fire wns never learned. This loss was adjusted and the house rebuilt. It was named Ufton Court, and Perkins entertained extensively. Perkins was secretary of the state examining board for lawyers nnd Inst year wns president of the Stato Bar Association. He had arranged hls busi ness preparatory to leaving for Can ada for the summer. He was promi nent in Masonic circles nnd was sup pon :d to be quite wealthy. successor. The idea was my own, be cause I wished under the extraordinary circumstances in New Mexico to find some man whom 1 personally knew and in whose uprightness, strength of character and knowledge of the people and the circumstances 1 could have en tire confidence. Captain Curry was one of the best men in my regiment. He has been away from New Mexico for eight years, so that he is in no shape or way identified with any fac tional trouble therein. 1 do not even know his politics. During these eight years he has done distinguished mili tary and civil service in the Philip pines, not only having shown great gallantry in action, but marked admin istrative ability when in charge of the Manila police force and afterwards in various other positions, including a governor in the provinces. As far as 1 knew there has been universal ap proval in New Mexico of L\s choice; and the approval of the choice of Cap tain Curry as governor is incompati ble with the existence on the part of those approving it of either the hope or the desire to see crooked methods obtain in the New Mexican govern ment. Very truly yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” In replying to the above leter Gov ernor Hagerman wrote the President, giving a comprehensive review of the Pennsylvania Development Company transaction from Hagerman’s stand point. The leter says in part: “Mr. President: I have to acknowl edge the receipt of your letter of May Ist. I had been / previously informed that the matetr of my removal, through the form of resignation, from the gov ernorship of New Mexico, was by you considered as a ‘closed incident,’ and could not admit of further discussion or consideration whatever. Your letter appears inconsistent with this view. It is at once a challenge and an invita tion which it «vould be both discour teous and cowardly to decline, al though it offers the unpleasant alter natice of a controversy with you, or submission to the impeachment of my integrity at your hands without an ef fort to defend myself.” Mr. Hagerman then says that he did not intend to convey the impression drawn by the President that he con sidered his removal a calamity to the territory, and that so far as the gov ernorship is concerned it “is a thing of the past.” “I cannot rest quietly under the stigma,” he continues, “which you would put upon me. 1 have the right, however, to expect to ask of you as a matter of common fairness and jus tice, that you make public acknowledg ment of the fact when convinced of it, and that you will be convinced I must not doubt, if you can take the time to give the matter as I present it a calm and careful examination, that I have been unjustly treated and that my ac tion as to the Pennsylvania Develop ment Company deeds for which I was removed by you was commendable and not blameworthy. And now’, Mr. President, permit me to say in conclusion, that but for your gratuitous and irrelevant assault upon my father, I should probably have been able to restrain myself from mak ing any reply to your letter notwith standing it is easy to refute every sug gestion of fraudulent or improper con duct you make against me, but con struing as I do your reference to my father as a threat to blast his reputa tion, unless I remain silent, silence is impossible. “My father is advanced in years and in feeble health. He has had a long and honorable career and has spent much of his life and fortune in the de velopment of the resources of the West. He has never to my knowledge been accused of improper or fraudulent conduct. I, therefore, ask you as a square man to give him an opportunity to meet any charges which can be made against him while he still has a chance to meet him. Make your alle gations specific and in such away that they are susceptible of proof or dis proof and I will undertake for him that he will not plead the statute of limita tions, and that he wdll demonstrate to you and the world that those in whom you place confidence had consciously sought to poison your mind against me. I submit that every principle of fairness requires that you withdraw that which you have said about my father or that you say more. “I have the honor to be your obe dient servant, “H. J. HAGERMAN.” What Do You Think of That. Boston. Mass.—Matrimonial Secre tary Field of the mayor’s office re ceived a letter from a Trinidad (Colo rado) woman asking the mayor to find her a good Yankee husband. She dots not care If he is old so long as he Is kind. Her name is withheld for ob vious reasons, but any matrimonially inclined man, young or old. who gives evidence of meaning business should send hls name to Mr. Field. The letter follows: "Nevada Avenue, Trinidad, Colo. "Honored Gentlemen: Not that I think you are conducting a matrimo nial bureau, but would like to know If there are any marriageable men in your city or surrounding country worth while looking after for a husband. “I will not deceive anyone. Am a grass widow, age twenty-nine. I have three children, all pretty, bright and healthy. The western men arc rough, as a rule, or nt least I think so. and not affectionate. I was reared in the South, bat my life wns sad there, and I do not wish to go buck. I have been In the West for a long time, but am tired of It. What I want Is a whole-hearted, good-natured old Yankee. I do not cure If he Is a farmer or fisherman, for I can live on milk, fish and pota toes, and am a good cook.” Lost Fortune —Made Another. William Sullivan of Denver and SII - ex-sheriff of Ouray county, in speaking of the rich strike recently made by O. P. Lyon In Red mountain between Sllverton and Ouray, says that the people of the whole district rejoice at Mr. Lyon's good fortune In "striking It rich.” He hnd made money In mining in Red mountain, but lost It In outside Investments in real estate and returned to mining, hav ing to do almost all the work single handed and alone, but always with the strong conviction that he would strike It rich. He would work In hls tunnel COAL DEALER RUNS AMUCK Beats Court Judge With Seal But Has His “Form Pied” When He Encounters Old Pressmen. Breckenridge, Colo. —County Judge J. W. Swisher was the victim of a vic ious assault in his chamber by Thomas B. Thompson, distributor for the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, who used the official seal of the court to beat the judge over the head. He struck him repeatedly with the wea pon, and Judge Swisher, besides se vere bruises, has a gash over the left temple that bled so profusely as to cover the floor with blood. After disabling the judge Thompson locked horns with white haired Col onel J. R. Oliver, who many years ago was a pressman in Denver when the papers came out on hand presses. In those days Oliver was called the strongest man in the territory and was nicknamed “Sampson. Thompson is a very burly and active iflan in the prime of life, but he was glad to have someone hold him after Oliver seized him. Thompson rushed to the police judge and pleaded guilty to assault and bat tery, possibly thinking to get off eas ily, but was fined SIOO and costs. He paid tho fine and then wanted to ap peal the case, but was told there was no appeal when the defendant volun tairly pleaded guilty to a charge made by hlrhsslf. He then swore out a war rant for Judge Swisher, Colonel Oliver, Sam Swisher and A. L. Wood, who was not present at the fracas, charging them with insulting him. Owing to the absence of District Judge Hogan, the police judge ordered the case set for hearing June 10th. A warrant has been sworn out by Judge Swisher charging Thompson with assaulting him with a deadly weapon , and Thompson has been placed under a bond of SSOO for his appearance. The disturbance arose over a column article in the Breckenridge Bulletin, owned by Swisher, which excoriated the local coal dealers, who are T. B. Thompson and C. A. Finding. Finding is the man who for weeks dodged H. C. Clay whose wife he was charged with leading astray. He had Denver detectives protecting him, as Clav was supposed to be hunting him with a gun. For many weeks the coal trust here has had no ccal to supply customers, even at the exorbitant rate of $0.75 and $7 a ton. Coal was formerly $5.50 a ton here in car lots, and the Bulletin has written up the trust every chance it has had for its predatory methods of business. THE REWARD OF PATIENCE. High Line Ditch to Finally to Be Improved. Denver.—After more than a quarter of a century the and owners who pinned their faith to the High Line ditch for a water supply are to be re warded, and w’ithin a year, instead of receiving a full supply of water for two months and a scant supply during the rest of the year, they will have an aosolute supply the year round. Fifteen years ago Bradford Du Bois and C. G. Richardson, tramped through the mountains along the Platte river and tributaries, locating a reservoir site on Goose creek, just above the great Cheesman dam. and another site known as the Antero site, thirty-five miles north of the Cheesman dam. Al most immediately thereafter Mr. Richardson, who was the controlling owner in the ditch enterprise, died; his estate was taken into the courts — where it still is, incidentally—and the entire enterprise received what was for sometime thought to be a death blow. It had no sooner been started on the road to recovery when the panic of 1893 nearly finished it; since that time it has been struggling along, be hind it a few faithful ones who refused to give up. Among these faithful ones, none worked harder for final success than Bradford Dr. Bois, and it was he that gave out the information yesterday that enough money had been subscribed to insure the building of the two reser voirs, sites for which he and Mr. Rich ardson located so many years ago. Mr. Dußois said: “The High Line ditch enterprise is now being rejuven ated — in tact, it is rejuvenated, and the work of bulding our two reservoirs will be started very soon and carried to an early completion . There are 450 users, owning 24.000 acres; we will now be in a posistion to take on 5,000 more acres, and will do it at S2O an acre; and It will not cost present pa trons more than $5 an acre for addi tional rights—perhaps it will not cost more than $2.00. “Our Antero reservoir will have a capacity of 5,000,000,000 cubic feet of water aud our Goose Creek Creek reservoir will have a capacity of 1,- 500.000,000 cubic feet. “Our reservoir rights have presce dence over the Cheesman dam water rights. The High Line ditch is east of the city; it was begun in 1877 and completed In 1879. “With the completion of our new’ reservoir we will have practically un limited water supply, and where our present users are getting all the water they w*ant for only two months of the year, they will have all the water they want twelve months In the year. We will have one of the best water propo sitions in the state —and the most val uable.” Weather Kills Many. Chicago.—The weather has been the undertakers' greatest friend for the first five months of the present year, according to the statement of mortality for that period, Issued by W. A. Evans, M. D., commissioner of health for Chi cago. People have been dying In Chicago during the period named at the alarm ing average of übout 105 a duy. All told, there were 16,103 deaths to. ' ported to the bureau of vital statistics. , This means an annual mortality rate of 17.32 a thousand of the estimated population. This la one-sixth, or 16.7 per cent., higher than the rate for the corresponding period of last year, and 13.4 per cent, higher than the average of the previous decade. m, » - * i WAR IN CHINA THREE PROVINCES ARE NOW IN ACTIVE REVOLT. 1,000 FALL IN ONE BATTLE Revolutionary Movement Designs to Overthrow the Manchu Dy nasty in China. Revolt broke out on May 22d, when when rejels killed the military and civil authorities at Wong Kong, but the news did not reach the world until this week. Three provinces are now in active re volt. Battle raging between the rebels and imperial troops near Swatow. Chang Chow, one of the important cities of China, is also threatened with attack. Estimates place total number of reb els at from 50,000 to 100,000. The rebels aim to overthrow the Manchu dynasty, which is said to be seriously threatened. Rebels are killing every official cap tured. Amoy, China.—A great battle be tween the imperial troop 3 and rebels is reported in progress near Swatow. Thousands of men are engaged. No word has been received here as to which side has the best of the fighting. While the movements of the rebel and imperial armies are not definitely known, it is believed the soldiers were able to overhaul the revolutionists Id the race for Swatow. It is hoped the troops will be able to prevent the reb els from capturing the seaport, but it is admitted by the authorities that the issue is in doubt. Fighting in the recent battle, while not long continued, was of the fiercest character. In a very short engage ment nearly 1,000 men fell. The rebels were heaviest losers in the fight and quickly retired. It is believed only their advance guard was engaged and that with the arrival of reinforcements the struggle for the possession of Swatow was resumed. That the rebels in the neighborhood of Swatow far outnumber the troops la well known. Reports are that as many as 30,000 armed men are in the rebel army. It is doubtful if the im perial forces number over 4.000 men. The soldiers, of course, have the ad vantages of training and discipline and superior arms, but it is known that many former army officers are with the rebels, and they have been able to bring the rebel forces to a higher state of efficiency than usually obtains among revolutionists. Throughout China the situation is much worse, and every dispatch says the revolt Is spreading. Another rebel army was reported near Chang Chow; threatening to attack that city, one of the largest in Fokien province. Three provinces are now affected by the rw volt, and agitators have been die patched into other provinces to arouse the natives. If Swatow falls into the hands of the revolutionists it will give great impetus to the revolutionary movement dtsigned to overthrow the Manchu dynasty. Serious Wreck in Texas. San Antonio, Tex.—One man was I» stantly killed and a score of persons Injured, some of them fatally, by the wrecking of eastbound passenger train No. 8 on the morning of June 2nd. two miles west of Lozier, a small station on the Southern Pacific. The derailment was the result either of train wreckers or defective steel, though the positive cause had not been discovered. The train was dashing along at n speed of thirty-five to forty miles an hour when the derailment occurred. Every car on the train was derailed, two of them turning over. The dead and wounded were in the chair car, this being one of the cars to turn over. The dead: \V. B. Jacks. Sanderson, Texas. The injured include: Chester Aldrich, Big Springs. Texas; deep scalp cut on back of head; in jured internally; will die. Mrs. F. C. Ball. El Paso, Texas; wounds on wrists and head. Infant of Mrs. Ball; contusions on head; will die. C. A. Lewis, El Paso, back injured. Mrs. Maud Lewis; bruised rod cut in left side. N. E. Carter, El Paso; cut and bruised about arms aud hands. S. H. Sherod, El Paso; bruises on body. Mrs. Sarah Haukeraan, El Paso; bruises on body. Cut Out Middlemen. Omaha, Neb. —The fight between the packers and the stock commission men over the purchases of “she stuff” sub ject to post mortem examination, took a new turn when Armour ft Co. pur chased 320 cowß direct from the cattle raisers, subject to the new rule of the packers governing this class of live stock. Commission men at all yards are ad vising shippers and raisers not to ship stock until the new order is rescinded. This is the first break In the cattle growers’ line. Armours’ manager said the “she stuff’’ was purchased at “nor mal flugreß,” but refused to state the actual price. Commission dealers upon the live stock exchange are wrought up over the direct purchase by packers from the shippers Instead of having the sale pass through their hands. Overdose of Medicine Kills Girl. Fort Collins, Colo. Miss Glva Kauffman, secretary of the North Poudre Irrigation Company, died as a result of takln an overdose of medicine which her physician had left as a remedy for toothache. Miss Kauffman during the past week has been suffering severely from toothache in connection with her wisdom tooth, which she had had pulled. Her den tist, It Is said, used cocaine In order to render hls work painless, and the co caine, together with the medicine taken which had been left for her by a phy sician, caused her death from heart failure.