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THE NEW ERA WALDEN, .... COLORADO. < How can a woman be chairman of anything. New York produces more hops than «ny other American state. While the airship races are in prog ress the wise spectator will stand from under. Striking bell boys in New York are kicking on their meals, an infringe ment on the prerogative of the pa trons. Does anyone still imagine that wealth guarantees the happiness of laomes? If so, let him read the news a few years. It will soon be time for Uncle Mark Twain to exchange that winter white nult for a summer fur overcoat. It pays to advertise. Henry James says he never heard an American woman say "thank you.” Then, doubtless, Henry never earned that little reward. According to a physician, an ugly raose indicates a large brain. Not necessarily. It may indicate lack of skill behind the bat. Probably that Wabash minister who has dedicated his seven hundredth church has not had time to notice the alleged decline in religion. We don’t know whether it is true or not that the robins are beginning to worry for fear the cherries this year won’t be ripe as soon as usual. The next king of Spain will be for tunate in taking hold of a government that has begun to think about the future instead of dwelling in the jpast. What a sad waste of money the sub marine boats would have represented If it had been discovered at this late date that their crews could not live In them! Having tried the whipping post, Baltimore does not like it. There are very few cities in the country whose social conditions are so desperate as to demand such a remedy. Sure enough, there are strained rela tions among the little republics of Cen tral America. If one of them speaks above a whisper all the rest of them jingle the burglar alarm. Farmers who were mad because they could not get cars to haul their wheat to market are glad now that they were compelled to keep it till the price went sky-rocketing. In 1897 the Greek emigrants to the United States numbered only 57. For the three years 1903-4-5 the total was 86,000, and for the fiscal year 1906 the number had risen to 23,000. The British barmaids will next pro ceed to storm the house of commons for their preservation. The chances •re that they will be less fervently re sisted than were the suffragettes. Mauser rifles have been made by their inventor much more deadly than before. Possibly he has been grieving over what they didn’t do to the Amer icans during the war with Spatn. St. Paul doubtless requires the wom en to keep silent in the churches so that there might be one spot where the man might keep his vocal powers from being eliminated through dis guise. If Editor Stead can secure peace oy persuading American young men to raise 11.000,000, his method must be credited with being less expensive by far than the old-fashioned method of fighting for it. One of our cities is cleaner than it used to be. On the waste-barrels which stand on the streets is painted, Instead of the bald injunction, "Throw rubbish here,” a winning request, “Please help us to keep the city clean.” Citizens have been seen to read that sign and walk back half a block to pick up a banana skin. Most people are not familiar with the sight of a woman smoking a cigar, but the eld Indiana woman whose amoking offended the guardians of the flt. Louis Union railway station was probably not far wrong in saying that • woman looks better with a cigar in her mouth than when she is chewing gum. Certainly she could not look much worse. The American government has been keeping house for Cuba while the mis tress of the house was sick. Now that the temporary caretaker is pre paring to leave, it has been decided that Cuba will' have to pay the ex penses of the American occupation. Since Cuba is poor, however, there will be no unneighborly haste in col lecting the bill, which will amount to $2,000,000 or $3,000,000. Wonder, Nev., wants a sky pilot who is handy with a gun. Where is the ministerial gent of this communi ty who used to preach, shave, cut hair, Shampoo, guarantee to raise a crop on bald heads, talk from both sides of his mouth at one and the same time and occasionally bound into the squar ed circle, Jabbing, punching, upper cutting, side-stepping and saying worldly—yea, carnal —things under his breath until roughly jolted into dreamland? He should take his pro fessional kit and hike for Wonder, be cause the call is for just that sort ef a fighting parson. ORCHARD WEEPS FIRST TIME IN TRYING ORDEAL WITNESS BREAKS DOWN. GLAD DIDN’T KILL PEABODY Haywood's Counsel Gives Inkling of Their Plans for Defense Against Orchard's Confession. Boise, Idaho. —After withstanding with marvelous strength of nerve and muscle a week’s examination that was one prolonged confession of crime. Harry Orchard broke down and for a few momenta wept like a child. His unnerving came with a story of his conversion and confession and the mention of King David, murderer, the Biblical figure which is supposed to be Orchard’s later guide. The defense had given solemn tone to the scene preceding the meeting be tween Orchard and Detective McPar land, to whom he confessed, by show ing that Orchard was first illegally brought to the penitentiary and thrust into almost solitary confinement. His only cell neighbor was Bob Wetter, a condemned murderer. Then came the first McParland interview and the story of David and Uriah. Orchard faltered and tried to hold back his tears, but he lost in the strug gle. The tears streamed from his eyes and, reaching for his handkerchief, he buried his face in his hands. The questions went on mercilessly as be fore, but. it was a full three minutes before the answers were coming in the old sure tones. The defense, carrying the confession forward, tried tt> show that McParland had played a disreputable part iu the Molly Maguires and that he had prom ised Orchard immunity. The earlier part of tlie examination as to the Steunenberg crime was largely devoted to an efTort to show that Orchard purposely been pub lic In his act ion® at Caldwell and had sought to draw attention to himself and his crimes. Orchard, just before the noon ad journment, in low and shaken tones, told of his conversion. How, when In the penitentiary he thought over his past life he thought of putting him self out of the way and that he ought to make a clean breast of it all. He said he had come to feel that the grave did not end it all. The story was told to a hushed courtroom, the silence only being broken by the drone of Orchard’s voice. Orchard also testified that he was a Mason when he lived in Canada and a member of the Colborn lodge. Has Not Been Spared. .Boise. —The defense has not spared Orchard. His character as a criminal has developed until almost every crime in the calendar, big and little, has been brought home to him. The most re markable thing about the man is the absolute nonchalance with which h? admits to the commission of these crimes. "You committed burglary?” said Mr. Richardson. "I do not know just what you mean by burglary,” replied Orchard. "I mean that you broke open a rail road depot and stole a trunk,” replied the cross examiner. "Oh, yes, I did that,” Orchard said, without the slightest hesitation or change of tone. The plot to kidnap the children oi Orchard’s former partner iu the Her cules mine prospect is looked upon by the defense as a strong proof of the du plicity of the man. The claim of th'i defense is that Simpkins discov ered the plot and warned August Paul son Paulson has been subpoenaed by the state. It was shown, however, by the defense in cross-examination that Paulson loaned Orchard S3OO just be fore he left Wallace for Caldwell, shortly before the murder of Steunen berg. The case for th<? defense, in contra diction of the connection of Haywood with the actual murder or arrange ments for the murder of Steunenberg is shown by the questions put so as to bring out the evidence to show tha! Orchard reached Wallace planning to kidnap Paulson’s children. Failing in that, he became poverty stricken and committed the burglary. Cutting nc proceeds from this, he robbed a cash register. These funds running out, lie borrowed S3OO from the man who had been his partner and who had become rich from the proceeds of the mine, a sixteenth share of which Orchard had sold for a song, and then, envious oi the ricn man, and angered at the thought that Steunenberg had driven him, in common with other union men, from the state, he planned the enter prise of vengeance. The defense as serts that Simpkins was at Wallace at the time, in line with his duties as a member of the executive board of the Western Federation, and that neither there nor at Caldwell had he any direct connection with Orchard’s plans. The state will begin the corrobora tive testimony next week. About 160 witnesses will be there to give evidence in support of Orchard’s testimony. It is understood also that certain docu mentary evidence will be produced, but the nature of this has been kept a com plete secret. Former Governor Peabody, who reached Boise, takes the position that he can not talk about the case until after he has been oil the stand. Ac cording to Orchard he was in danger of assassination for a long time and was hunted with bomb and pump-gun in Denver and at his home in Canon City, Colorado. The former governor of Colorado is a big man, showing no evi dence that he stands in fear of any body. He admits that threatening let ters are not an unusual thing with him, but he laughingly turns off any direct answer to questions as to his opin ions of the many narrow escapes re lated by Orchard. The case for the defense will be con ducted by Clarence Darrow of Chicago. It was agreed between counsel for the defense that Mr. Richardson should have the star witness for cross-examin ation, and Mr. Darrow says that Mr. Richardson will cross-examine some of the other witnesses. The direct exam ination of the witnesses for the de fense will be by Darrow, who will havd the closing argument. A COMRADE TURNED OUT. Decorates Graves of Old Soldiers and Is Expelled From Home. Monte Vista., Colo. —James H. Mad den, an inmate of the Old Soldiers’ and Sailors’ home at Morrte Vista and commander of the local G. A. R. post there, was expelled from the home for decorating the graves of deceased comrades with American flags. Commandant Aldrich acted as prosecutor, judge and jury. Comrade Madden knew he was doomed to expulsion before the hearing began and for that reason, after pleading guilty to the two minor charges of the five made against him, hr declined to be examined by Commandant Aldrich. The inmates of the home are in full sympathy with Madden and his expul sion may disrupt the institution, unless the board of commissioners removes Aldrich, who has been unpopular with the veterans for many months on ac count of the martinet methods lie has adopted for the conduct of the home. The home, so the old soldiers declare, is under rules and regulations such as obtain in the army camps during act ual war time. If all the charges they make against the management are true, the homo is nothing more or less than a military prison, and anyone who violates any rule —and there are hundreds of them —ir. the slightest degree, intentionally or unintentionally, practically stands subject to expulsion at the hands of Commandant Aldrich, who acts a3 pros ecutor, judge and jury. Commandant Aldrich, in a statement after expelling Madden, said it was no r a question of patriotism but of author Ity. These men can’t violate the rules or question my authority in any way without being subject to suspension or expulsion. I am boss of the home, and as long as I am in charge I propose to run it as I see fit.” fl had been Commandant Aldrich's intention to expel at least a score tf veterans from the home for placing the Stars and Stripes over the graves of comrades buried in the cemetery hero Cheap cotton flags had been placed over the graves on Decoration Day, but ordered removed the next day by Al drich, who thought it was a waste of money to allow God’s sunshine to bleach the flags, or to allow them to fly to the breezes in memory of the de parted heroes. The action of the commandant aroused the inmates of the home to great indignation, and they promptly raised money and sent to Denver for more flags. Aldrich heard of this move and ordered that the new flags should not be. placed in the cemetery. The old soldiers ignored his order, and when he tried to keep them from enter ing the cemetery by force, they brushed him aside as if he had been a fly. This aroused Aldrich’s ire, and he threatened to have every man who took part in placing the flags expelled from the home. Only hostile criticism and the fear of a walkout at the home kept him from carrying out his full threat. Comrade Madden was then se lected as the "fall guy,” and expelled after a trial that was nothing more than a farce. MAY FIGHT IT OUT. Uncle Sam Will Stand Aside and Watch Central America Fur Fly. Mexico City.—A cable dispatch says the Salvadorean army has defeated the invading force which cap tured Acajutla and has driven it back to the coast. One of the soldiers of the invading army was John Moisani, a former resident of San Francisco, an American citizen. He is reported to have been captured by the forces of President Figueroa. The message follows: “Revolutionary forces under Rivas defeated in an attack on Son Sonata today and driven back to Acatjutla. John Moisani reported among the cap tured. FIGUEROA.” It is reported on good authority that troops are ready to invade Salvador from three aides. This information says Generals Toledo and Alfara are on the Honduran border ready to strike and General Corea will enter the country by way of Ampala. Washington.—War between Nicara l gun and San Salvador seems inuninem, notwithstanding the recent agreement ! of peace between these two Central American republics. Acting on cable news that President Zolaya has sent forces into San Salva dor for the purpose of inciting rebellion and war, this government has ordered the Yorktown and some small, r ves sels to proceed to the south again and look after American and other national interests. The State Department seems to h°ve no doubt that war will be commenced, a3 Minister Merry at San Salvador has telegraphed that a Nicaraguau vessel has actually landed troops at Acajutla for “general revolutionary purposes.“ The Nicaraguan government, has been asked by the State Department for the facts. There Is an undercurrent, of feeling in the State Department now that it will perhaps be the better plan to let the Nicaraguans and San Salvadoreans fight it out, the department taking care all the time of American and foreign interests where European nations are not represented by a warship. Boom in Colorado Lands. A Chicago syndicate headed by Dr. E. W. Lucas is going in heavily for lands in eastern Colorado, especially the state lands, which are being chased in large areas in the region about Cheyenne Wells, where dry farming flourishes. Dr. Lucas is buying up several thousand acres of land in the best dry farming region and a Chicago syndi cate, heavily capitalized, is backing him. The region about Cheyenne Wells, almost deserted since the build ing of the Union Pacific put an end to freighting across the plains, practi cally valueless even for grazing lands, has suddenly come to be in great de mand since Campbell made practical the dry farming process. The Chicago syndicate, foreseeing a rush of farm ers to that region, which yields such large returns for labor, is preparing to meet it by having the most desirable of tire state lands in a syndicate. SWINDLER TOO ORCHARD’S CONFESSION GROW?? AND VARIES DAY BY DAY. BECOMES SLIGHTY TANGLED Makes Bomb With Which to Kill the Entire Peabody Family But Plans Miscarry. Boise, Idaho. —The cross-examina tion of Harry Orchard is being carried over the attempt on the life of Gov ernor Peabody at Canon City and the events immediately succeeding, includ ing the Goddard and Gabbert dynamite plots, and follows the usual methods designed to confuse and discredit the witness. Attorney Richardson again suggested that Orchard was being coached by Detective McParland and counsel for the prosecution and pro voked the sharpest wrangle that the attorney and witness have had in theii long contest. Orchard spiritedly denied that he was being coached and as sorted that he was telling the truth. Orchard said that he and Pettibone discussed the project of killing Judge Gabbert, but that he alone had started out to murder Judge Goddard with a bomb’ without any suggestion from Haywood, Moyer or Pettibone excepl the general one made some months be fore. Still another crime came home to Orchard. Under examination he confessed that he swindled farmers in southern Colorado with a fake hail in surance game while there trying to kill Governor Peabody. He stated that he made a large bomb with which to kill governor Pea body, and at that time did not care il he exterminated the entire Peabodj family. Just before the noon recess the mo notony of the examination was broken by Orchard’s description of his attempts to kill Sherman Bell in Den ver. For some twelve nights he was at Bell’s residence waiting an oppor tunlty to shoot him. More than one* Bell’s life was saved by the barkin§ fef small dogs. Attorney Richardson began at once to question Orchard regarding his con ference with Charles H. Moyer at the latter’s home in Denver about April 1905, when the chief witness for the state resumed the stand. Orchard tes tified that Moyer. Pettibone and Hay wood told him at this Lime to go tc Canon City, Colorado, to "get Governoi Peabody.” Moyer’s home was In the Aberdeen flats. Orchard said he went there on his own volition. He had not seen Moyer for a year or more before this. The witness was not sure hos the Peabody matter came up or whe spoke of it first. Moyer said he wanted to get rid of Peabody, so no one els* would follow in his footsteps. Peabody had gone out of office at this time. Would Kill the Peabody Family. The casing of the PealA>dy bomb pro pared at Canon City has been placed in evidence., Richardson wanted U know why' the would-be assassin of the ex-governor had made such a large bomb. Orchard said hs had planned to place the bomb outside the house and beneath the window where Pea body often sat in the evening. The fact that the bomb might also kill Mrs. Peabody and the children made no impression upon him at the time. Orchard declared. The witness said he made a fire tense of insurance solicitation while in Canon City and vicinity. He did not succeed in writing any insurance poll cies, so he went into the hail insur ance business with a man from Kan sas City named Vaughan. This insurance of farmers againsl hailstorms was a fake, wasn’t it?’ asked Richardson. “It was a fake, vcs. sir.” “You just gave the farmers a piece of worthless paper and took theii money?” “Yes, sir.” Orchard said lie made a great deal of money out of the scheme. The plan to blow up Peabody with a bomb had been abandoned In the meantime. "Why?” he was asked. "Because Peabody had stopped sit ting by the windok.” "Richardson tried to get the exact dates of Orchard’s travels while ic the hail insurance business, and being unsuccessful he turned impatiently upon the witness and demanded for the third time in the long cross-exam ination: “Who told you not to let me nin you down to any place or date?” "Nobody!” shouted Orchard in re turn. Attorneys Hawley and Borah for the state laughed heartily at Richard son’s seeming discomfiture. “Who told you to always tell me you are telling the truth?” next demanded the irate attorney. “Mr. McParland, Mr. Hawley and Mr. Borah all told me to tell nothing but. the truth ” “Ha! ha!” cried Richardson. “They told you to tell me you are telling the truth?” Roosevelt Goes on Vacation. Washington.—President Rooseveli has left Washington for his Bummer home at Oyster Bay. He and his party occupied the private car Magnet, which was attached to the rear of a regular train. The party included Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Cowles, the wife of Rear Admiral Cowles; Secretary and Mrs. Loeb and Mrs. M. C. Latta, one of the assistant secretaries. The President hopes to pass a very quiet summer at Oyster Bay and ac cording j,o present plans, with prob ably not more than one exception, he will remain there continuously until he leaves for Canton, Ohio, for the unveil ing of the McKinley memorial monu ment September 30th. He Sues, But Wife Gets Dlvoree. Colorado Springs.—The wife of Roland Hull obtained a divorce from him in the District Court five minutes after he had filed a complaint alleging cruelty. Mrs. Hull came In with a croßs complaint, alleging cruelty and desertion, Hull formerly owned an In terest with his brothers in the famous South Cheyenne canon and Seven Falls. He obtained a divorce from his • first wife seven years ago. ORCHARD OFF THE STAND. Attorney Richardson Does Not Believe Jury Will Convict Haywood. Boise, Idaho. —Harry Orchard is off the witness-stand, and a sigh of relief went up from those in the court room ! when he was released. Both sides say they are satisfied with his testimony. Senator Borah gave out a statement in which he sums up the results of Orchard’s tes timony: “It must be conceded,” said he, “that I Orchard’s testimony has close enough resemblance to the truth toijustify the 1 apprehension of the defendants and their extradition to Idaho. It is my i belief that Orchard Is the most rnar i velous witness that has ever appeared —considered from any point of vievrr i "When he stepped down he was, if anything, in better form physically I than the minute he assumed the wit ness chair, notwithstanding he had 1 been submitted to a week of gruelling investigation that would fatigue an or -1 dlnary person to the point of collapse. Whether he is telling the truth or ly ing it must be conceded that he has told a remarkable story and has ex hibited powers of endurance and vigor of mentality that is astonishing. "There are some phases of the wit ness which I do not care to discuss. I To me he is still the murderer of my friend Frank Steunenberg. I am un able to reconcile in my mind any change in the man whom I first sus pected on the night of December 30th.” Attorney Richardson gave out a statement of his views on the results of the cross-examination: “When Orchard finished his direct examination,” he said, "the popular feeling was one of outrage and re venge against the persons whom he accused. I think this feeling is alto gether modified and changed. Whereas Orchard, in his direct examination, made himself out to be a monster, we have shown him to be infinitely worse than he portrayed himself under the lead of the state’s attorney, but with this condition, that the crimes to which he has confessed it is shown he himself is responsible for. "The cross-examination has shown that Orchard has a most remarkable memory for the details of all the crimes he mentions, but when it comes to connect the defendants with his acts his memory is treacherous and will not permit him to fix time, place or number of persons present at any ot the conferences he alleges took place. He could not tell us within two or* three weeks or a month of the date of these conversations, nor would he tell us the places where they took place. It was impossible to break him down because he had nothing to conceal. At no stage of the examination was he trying to save himself. “We are well satisfied with the re sults of the cross-examination and I believe the jury will hesitate a long time before convicting anyone on such a story as he tells.” Richardson entered a vigorous pro test against a report to the effect that the state was contemplating prosecu tions against a number of the witnesses for the defense on the charge of per jury. “The publication of such an article, even before one of our witnesses has been called,” he said, "is a palpable attempt to scare them away, the pur pose being to injure the defense." It is possible that Judge Wood may be called on to take some action with reference to the offending paragraph. Lands Restored to Entry. Washington.—By order of the secre tary of the interior there will become subject to settlement on September 30th and subject to entry October 30, 1907, about 2,980,000 acres of land in Alaska. The land restored was with drawn June 30, 1903, for the proposed Northern Bay national forest, and is situated* immediately on the north shore of the North sound south of St. Michael and about, fifty or sixty miles south of the Arctic circle. In the Ju neau land district. Other restorations have been made as follows: About 250,240 acres temporarily with drawn for the proposed Deer Lodge and Ruby Mountains national forest and for an addition to the Helena na tional forest, Montana. About 220,000 acres withdrawn for an addition to the Madison forest, Mon tana. About 39,640 acres withdrawn for for estry purposes near the Snowy Moun tains national forest, Montana. About 69,680 acres withdrawn near the Las Animas national forest, Colo rado. About 224,000 acres near Fruita, La Sal and national forests. Colorado. About 35,200 acres near the Pike’s Peak forest, Colorado. About 24,960 acres near the Holy Cross forest, Colorado. About 50,880 acres adjoining Crazy- Mountain forest, Montana. About 20,320 acres near Bitter Root forest, Montana. He Wants Vindication. Colorado Springs.—General L. C. Dana, past commander of the Grand Army, Department of Colorado and Wyoming, and prominent Republican politician, filed suit In the District Court against E. N. Maxwell for $5,000 damages. The suit is the outgrowth of a controversy of the recent depart ment encampment. Maxwell published a letter that Dana declares was defamatory to his character. The latter Intimated that post funds were used to boost Dana for office, and that Immunity from the payment of dues was promised to members of the post if they would vote for Dana for post commander. The letter also attacked Dana’s mili tary record, alleging that he rose "step by step from a short-time pri vate, (100 days), spent at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, over men that had worked their way, step by step, or rather, chair by chair, and were enti tled to the commander’s chair ” Maxwell Is reyuted to be a man of considerable means, but Dana declares that all he wants is “vindication.” Maxwell, it is said, was given an op portunity to retract hifl article In the newspaper, but ignored the demand made upon him by Dana’s attorneys, and the matter is now In the courts. JAPS WANT WAR UNCLE SAM MAY BECALLEDUPON TO ADMINISTER SPANKING. PACIFIC FLEET INADEQUATE Naval Department Admits War With Japan Would Mean Loss of Hawaii, Alaska and Guam. St. Louis. —“Japan intends bringing about war with the United States at tho earliest possible moment,” is the exact phrase used by Richmond P. Hobson in an interview here. Mr. Hobson is en route to southwestern cities to deliver a series of lectures. "Japanese officers are teaching mili tary science in important schools in China, and under their guidance China is founding arsenals and raising armies in ecah of her provinces,” he said. "It is natural for the Asiatic people, now that they are on the theater of the world, to believe tho. white and yellow races .arc to have a Titanic struggle for supremacy. The contest naturally will Include a struggle for commerce, and Japan wishes to control the great market of China and have the races control tho commerce of CT?* Pacific. “Because of our having neglected to •fortify our Pacific possessions, and failed to build an adequate navy. Japan could take our possessions east ward without material resistance. Therefore, it is important for the peo ple to realize that the Japanese gov ernment intends to bring about war with the United States at the earliest possible moment. "Not wishing to fly in tho face of the world’s opinion, Japan must create a plausible pretext for war, and no mat ter how trifling it will be seized upon for this purpose.” Hobson believes the United States should station its entire naval force near Hawaii and the Philippines. He says permanent peace can be estab lished with Japan only by building a greater navy. Washington. The administration) is in a sad state of perplexity regard ing the naval situation on the Pacific coast and in the Far East. Tho strate gists of the Navy Department are di vided on the important question of whether or not additional warships should bo ordered to Pacific waters. It is conceded that some battleships are badly needed in that quarter and * the only reason they • are not dis patched at once is the fear that such action will have a disastrous influence on the Japanese question. While there is nothing in the present relations be tween the two nations that threatens to become a casus belli, there is al ways the possibility of a crisis being precipitated by a hasty or imprudent act inflaming the people of one coun ttry or the other. Army and navy officers have figured on the possibility of what would hap pen in the event of war. Practically all of them concede that at the fto L blow the Phillipines would fall iLo the hands of the Japanese, which would be followed by the losing of Guam, Hawaii and Alaska. At the same time the Pacific coast of this country would be at the mercy of the Japanese fleet, provided the Mikado decided to risk sending it across the seas to bombard and lay siege to the coast, towns of the slope. All the Washington strategists have resigned themselves to these losses within a brief period after the com mencement of hostilities. Conse quently the desirability of increasing the naval strength on the Pacific coast and in the East is admitted by every one. From what, officials say it Is believed that steps in this direction would be taken at once but for fear of the effect of such action. It would stimulate war talk and arouse the sus picions of the Japanese government. The weakness of the American navy in the Pacific will bo realized when it is stated that not a single battleship Hying the Stars and Stripes is to he found between San Francisco and Ma nila. Three squadrons are maintained, one in Chinese waters, one in the Phil ippines and one along the Pacific coast, but the most powerful craft in the combined fleet is an armored cruiser of less than 15,000 tons. Glad He Didn’t Kill Peabody. Boise. Idaho. —Former Governor Peabody and Harry Orchard met face to face in the office of J. H. Haw ley a few minutes after the recess was taken at noon. Orchard, while nervous from the strain of the ing’s examination, had recovered his equanimity and was speaking to one of the men who had accompanied him from the court house, when tho gov ernor entered. Orchard recognized him at once. His face changed, and. as Mr. Peabody approached the man who had hunted him for a year seeking an opportunity to kill. Orchard’s face changed. He shrank back and trem bled. The former governor smilingly held out his hand, saying: "How are you, Orchard?” Orchard broke down completely. He said: "I am ashamed to look at you, sir— I am ashamed to speak to you.” The governor reassured him in a few words, and Orchard replied: "I am thankful that I didn’t kill you. and am spared the thought of that crime.” Former Queen is Dying. Newport, R. I. —That Mrs. William Astor, former queen of society, has but a short time to live, was the opinion expressed today by Col. John Jacob As tor in announcing that his mother would not visit Beachwood, her villa in Bellevue avenue, an/, the Cliffs th!s season. The breakdown was foreshadowed when Mrs. Astor went to Paris at tho beginning of last summer. She visited the fashionable shops of the city, buy ing lavishly beautiful garments suit able for a girl of twenty, and conspicu ous because of their brilliant colors and radiant materials. Upon her arrival in Boston, Mrs. As tor became alarmingly ill. She planned expensive dinners, receptions, halls and supper parlies, prepjflP'i hundreds of invitations, which wer* burned by the physicians in attend' ance.