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Show FULL advertise in the DISPATCHES PRESS ASSOCIATED UTAH WEATHER EXAMINER FORECAST it is for the price it charges. medium advertising the bestCITY. THE EXAMINER IN t. REACHES THE COUNTY AS WELL OUR SUBSCRIPCITY. AS TION BOOKS ARE OPEN TO ADVERTISERS. WILL BE SHOWERS the VOL IV HAWLEY OF OGDEN FEDERATIONS WEDNESDAY UTAH. CITY, O O o OLD Boise, Idaho, June Harry Orchard, the murderer of former (iovemor Weuueuberg, and who will go .n the stand probably tomorrow afternoon .to testify in tbe cime .against H'm 1). Haywood, was brought into Boise this afternoon from the Idaho jieuiteutiary. lor some hours he was closeted with the attorneys for the prosecution and it is probable tonight he will Ik locked up in a cell In the county jail. This is the first time Orchard has been out of the penitentiary sinee he was brought from ('aldwell immediately after the assassination of t he fornud governor. On his trip into t lie . city tonight he was accompanied by Wtmleu Whitney. the reort of possible violence to Orchard Notwithstanding on the part of friends of Hay woor, the prisoner wus surrounded wit li but little precaution during his drive into-thcity, lie was dressed in the same suit of grey that he wore when vn by uewspaiKr men who visited him recently in the peuiteutiary. Orchard is looking well and shows little apprehension on account of the ordeal he will be called upon to fare while on the stand. of On-iarfor It is understood tlrnt the the defense will be conducted by E. i Richardson, the Denver attorney identified with the defense, it was supposed that Clarence Harrow' would undertake the of the inos important witness and the present arrangement may be changed before the dinct examination is concluded. self-confens- e eross-exnfuinntio- n cross-examinatio- 4.' Frank-tttmnmbcr- and then began the presentation of the testimony by which it hopes- to prove the Indictment laafd gainst him. The opening statement was a broad, arraignment of the leaders mptng of the Western Federation Miners, who are charged with plotting wholesale murder and hiring assassins, all in giant conspiracy of vengeance upon those who obstructed their sway, to destroy opposition by terrorism, to eoutml the political destinies of the communities covered by their organisation and to perpetuate their own power within the organisation. it is charged a widespread conspiracy dating In Inception from the North Idaho disturbance 15 years ago, reach-- , lng down to the murder of Fran whose ' murdered victims, by bnllet and bomb, numbered seflres. Hawley declared that wherever in the mining section of the coast states the federation has been in control, there has been left a trail of blood to mark its operations. Of the hired assassin be cried : To them murder became s trade and assassination a mean of living.". Ths General Conspiracy. As (o the general conspiracy, Mr. aM: Hawley bare said, gentlemen, it has been part of their object' and policy to control the politics of the varluus section where they have lived, where they have existed, where their organl-tiotheir subordinate lodges have had control. This conspiracy, this collusion. these crimes, this understanding between the leaders of this organ-untl'itogether with some that were 1111 them in a subordinate role, together at other times, with others that upon the outside played into their hands, who were necessarily brought into their confidence, has, as I have mated before, caused the death, and n the real cause of the death of "vernor Htuenenberg. It Is well then us to inquire as to the object of 'hi collusion and this understanding fnd ibis conspiracy. It Is well to go "to the objects of these leadera In mw'inlance with the principles that actuated them In effecting this organisation. so far at least as Is necessary order to enlighten us as to this par-cu!crime that la charged on thia PWlemsn. I will say that we ex-?to prove, and I have been exact this matter and will call It to four attention with words that I have 'W'Mcred, that this was not the only of this organisation, that e persona composing the nscmive committee, so far as their wasa concerned, bvp 7rvnnallty lanced at various times their objects Ides of the leaders for tbe body v. never changed. Object of Inner Circle. By mutual agreement and under-aimin- g of these leaders at the very feiithm of this organisation certain '.em were aimed at, and it has the object of the Inner ruV? inis organisation to , tllPra- - la fact, we will prove to ini.,'.rwlenien ,be Jury, that at the 'Hi organisation a coh-- 'i fnir.' ,on formked bv the members Inner Circle, 'the object of -t0 Perpetuate their own T1!, !v Influence and control both in In, ,rr;ion itself and in the govem-Tkm- .' "fera of the different se& "the mining country, wherein .i, rontT,, bT employing, I' j ?BfMrte criminals to commit "r L. ,nd othr atrocious crimes b.v Wld alarming methods against ' ,n ofilclal p o--i Mon refused t l:,flui.nc'd hr their wishes and I n, n, er al-th- Jr gen-7ni.- L' i H n TO O . O o O O Washington. June O hundred armed Confederate. .0 carO veteraus from O O ry ing rhe stars and bars, were O O today dmiei admission to the O O United States cepltol until af- - O O ter they had lewered their flog O O and disarmed. The old eol- - O O dlers came to Washington O 4 O from the Richmond reuuluu, O O and after vLliiug the white O O house marched down Penn- - O O syli-niavenue to the capitol. O O the capitol police informed O O Ihem that they would be allow- - O O Pil aduiissioa to tne capitol O O only as private cltlxeus and not O His O as 'an organised body. Oon- - O O gressman John Wesley Gaines, O O of Tennessee, who arcompan- - O O led the leteraniL entered pro- - O O O test. of the state had not unexpectedly run O The police infLted, however, O out, enforcing an adjournment anon O that the veterans must break O after S o'clock. The witnesses today O rank and disarm before enter- - O were all from Caldsell and those who O lng the building. Finally this O did not tell of the crime itself were O was dune and tbe old veterans O called to locate Harry Orchard, who O were shown through the capt- - O went to the town as Thomas Hogmn. O toi. The delegation was com- - O at various local hotels and around O posed of Company A. of Mem- - 0 the Steunenberg home, and to show O phis and Company B. and O that two months before the crluis O Cavalry Troops B. uf Nashville. O O John 1,. Simpkins, a member of the O . PRICE FIVE CENTS 1907 ATTITUDE OF ITALY AT THE Tenute. Haywood and Companions Arc Severly Arraigned by State's Attorney Accused of Plotting Wholesale Murder and Hiring Assassins 4. HAD SOLDIERS DISARM. INNER CIRCLE Young Steunenberg Weeps While Telling of JUNE MORNING, 0000000000000080 O O TELLS OF THE CONSPIRACY June Through Botf, Idaho, James H. Haaler. senior of the group uf prosecutors, the elate of Idaho today made the opening statement again it William D. Haaywood, whom it charge with the murder of WED- NESDAY AND THURSDAY. 16 NO. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THE s Father's Death executive board of the Western Federation of Miners, had Joined Orchard1 and had lived with him for several days in the same room. , C. F. Wayne, who passed outward through the gate twenty minutes before 8tunenberg was blown up, told of the explosion, and the shocking condition of the victim when he, responding to Mrs Bteunenberg's calls, had run to him. J. W. Gue, the surgeon, described tbe body. He found the leg boues broken to fragments by the great force of the explosion, while the skin that covered them was unmarked. John C. Rice, X. 8. Mills and A. of Caldwell, traced Orchard about the town at various times before and after the crime and then came Julian Steunenberg, son of the dead statesman, to tell how Orchard had three days before the murder inquired of him about hie fathers move- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Steunenberg Weepe While Testifying. Julian Bteunenberg is a strong, well set up youth with light hair. He took the stand very bravely, but when Senator Borah began questioning hint a cloud of pain passed over his face and he shielded his eyes exldently to keep back the tears. He told of meeting Orchard, then known aa Hogan, at the local railroad depot in Caldwell three days before the crime and telling him In answer to his inquiry that his father would be home the following Friday. He sold that he wee on his way home with his uneie and was two blocks behind hie father when the those who In private life ran counter to tiioir interests. Left a Trail of Blood, We will go further, geutlemen of the Jury, and prove ms part of our case, and as Showing who is responsible for the murder of Frank flteuuea. berg, showing circumstances surrounding the murder and who caused it to be committed, that the leaders of this explosion occurred. L. J. Bowman, James Russell end federation, the men who compose the Tnner Circle have for more than eight Steve Dempsy, proprietor of the Paciyears past made a record of deeds of fic hotel at Caldwell, traced the moveviolence and that their chosen meth- ments of Orchard and Simpkins. The ods and course nnd custom has left bitter ea identified by a photograph, a trail of blood in tbe mining sections which will be tbe first exhibit offered of this entire coast wherein they have In evidence by the state, and was had control. We will show that the known to all the witnesses as "SimDempsy Identified the hotel leaders who comprise this Inner. Cir- mons. cle have traded in blood, employed register where Orchard, as Hogan, and hired assassins to take life and de- Simpkins, as Simmons, had algncd names on November 2, 1905, and stroy property as their Interests seem- their ingly required, and as part of their It was markeu for Identification. Defsnat Objects to Testimony. general practice levied upon the members of their order a large amount of The defense objected to practically an as and from fund money emergency all of testimony, except that it not only squandered large sums relatingtbetoday's the death of Steunenberg, for their own personal purposes and on the that It was immaterial In criminal methods, but .have also and In ground no way connected with the from it retained the best legal talent defendant. The several conversations to defend those of their number charg- , of Orchard were objected to on the ed with crime. were In no way bindthat After retelling the story ofthe Cald- ground thethey defendant. Judge Wood, well crime, the arrest and confession ing upon permitted ail of the testiof Orchard and part of the history however, mony to stand, on the undertaking of D'Alene Coeur the Mr. trouble, qf the prosecution to later show the conHawley said: nection. , Power of the Federation. When court sits at 9 o'clock tomorrow there will lie further testiTbs original proposition and theory that the power of this federal lm, mony as to the events at Caldwell of the Tnner Circle at least of the and then Harry Orchard wBl take the federation could best be perpetuated stand. Orchard Is to be brought in by the murder of those who in official from the penitentiary In the forenoon life, or in private situation ran counter and turned over to sheriff Hodgtn unto their interests, became Intensified til be has been examined end to the satisfaction of both seemingly after these gentlemen assumed the entire control. The Tnner sides. He will be close cell neighbors Circle composed at it was of this de- In ths county Jail to the men whose to a i, lives he may swear away, hut it la fendant and his great extent, brought around them a likely that they will not get eyen a few choice spirits and to them murder glimpse of him during his stay there. i becamae a trade and assassination means of living. We will show, gen- ' TRYING TO COLLECT INSURANCE. tlemen, that a scale of wages was even devised, fixing the amount to be St. Paul, June .Arguments were paid for different crimes by this Tn- gun in the United States circuit court ner Circle to parties who committed of appeals In the case Involving the those crimes, and chief among those disappearance of George A. Kimim-I- , who were doing the actual work that the missing banker of Arkansas City, was planned by the Tnner Circle' and Kansas, whose sister, Edna Klmmel. paid for out of the funds of the federa- asserts be is dead, while the New tion by tbe members of the Tnner York Life Insurance company claims Circle. was this man to whom 1 have Klmmel le in Mattewan, Insane asyreferred, Harry Orchard, and one lum in New York. Klmmel disapStephen Adams." peared from Kansas City, in 18X8. The sister Is trying to collect InsurDefense Protects Against Charges. ance which Klmmel held At the time Hawley spoke Air nearly an hour of his disappearance. and a half to a court room crowded, but silent, to a Jury, which sitting bolt CALVARY FOR FORT SNELLING. upright watched lor every word, to a prisoner, who with his family around St. Paul. June 4. Senator Clapp him, was several times moved to deep received a telegram from Secretoday the emotion as prosecutor pronouncof War Taft, saying that as soon tary defor Caunacl the ed the charges. of the Fourth Cavalfense opened fire before the statement as the squadron from the Philippines It had proceeded ten minutes aqd the ry returned would be established at Fort Duelling. repetition of objrdloon from them led The secretary stated that the absence to three or four sharp exchanges. of troops In 'Cuba necessitated the reThey protected against the charge from Fort that the federation was guilty of moval of the cavalry "scores of murders, and the assertion that the conspiracy extended back to CADETS GO TO JAMESTOWN. the first trouble In north Idaho, which was years before the accused was a West Point, N. Y., June 4. Tbe enmember of the organisation, and they accused Mr. Hawley of arguing the tire strength of the military academy in an opening statement They cadet in charge of Colonel Robert L. dotted the records with exceptions of Howse. the commander and the six overruled objections and finally got an tactual officers started today for the the agreement whereby they could protect Jamestown exposition aboard their rights as to the entire opening army transport Sumner. Thd cadet statement. Judge Wood permitted the will be quartered a week upon the wide scope In the opening statement exposition grannies. on tbe assurance of Mr. Hawley that STRIKE DECLARED OFF. the state could show the existence laI ter of the conspiracy which it chargBirmingham, June 4. The president ed and make the necessary legal conof the Trades Council this afternoon nections. off the genEight witnesses were examined and issued an order declaring there would have been time for three eral strike in sympathy with the lockor four more if the available supply ed out street car employes. cross-examine- d Rome, June 4. conference, and ion of Italy at the second Hague iiet-iaUher attitude in connection With the limitation of adiuaiucntK, baa a jeculiar imjMrtance because no other country is so directly affected by the struggle for Mujtreniacy which is going on among the leading Kurojiean JR) wer (iennany and Auwlria- exact the support of Italy beeantte she is their ally under the triple ulliuuce, Kugluud because of the affinity of their views on traditional friendship, and Frauce ltccuuKe of the coin m menial and economic interests binding them. The jieople and government hen have always followed with interest and approval every move tending to abolish or at l armed conflicts. least render more The Italian minister of foreign affairs, Signor Tlttoui, was strongly influenced at the outset lay his previous service as ltuHau ambassador at Ijoudon. While there he had heard the , statement of the British premier, Sir lleury in favor of the reduction of armaments, and later the official announcement of Sir Hdwanl Urey favoring R When a few week later Tittoni fin diminution of exjK-nserecalled to bcecouie minister of foreign affairs lie announced to the chamber of deputies that as foreign minister lie adhered to the humanitarian llritish ideas which as ambussador he had previously approved in Ismdou. He added: The government will give its repivnentutivcM to The Hague the mission to supMrt and second the Huglish initiative. The Kit nut statistics and the report of the bnrean of census on cotton product ion, find that the production to June 14th, 1908, of the acreage planted to cotton In 19u6, wae tie low. and In order to bring the figures aa near aa possible to . the actual fBcta the board bas n:do crrtsla adjustments affh rerle-ton- a in the report of June 1906, which ahow that the area planted In 19t'6 was about 12.049.000 acres. From reports of the correspondents and agent, the crop reporting board finds the total area planted and tp be planted to cotton in the Unites 8ta tea thia year, 1107, to be about the came ae the area planted last year. The average condition af the growing crop on May 25th, was 70.5 an compared with 84.6 and 77.2 at the corresponding dales In 1906 and 1908 r respectively, and a average of 13.6. . 4, - difficult-internationa- ten-yea- . TRANGE Panel is Composed of San Francisco Merchants Saa Francisco, June 4. The Jury wag completed this afternoon for the trial of Mayor Eugene E. BchniiU, m the first of the five indictments returned against him by the Oliver grand Jury, by which he Is accused. Jointly, with Abraham Ruef. of having Sulolde Aftsr Running Away With Brothers Wife. extorted from Joseph Malfaatl, $1,75, as the Installment $5,000 annual bribe te eerure the French restaurant keepers of 8an Francisco their licenses to Bell liquor. Sheriff ONeil Disqualified. ' Judge Dunne, upon motion of the prosecution, and over the determine.) and spirited objections of thte defense. formally disqualified Sheriff ONeil and Coroner Wm. Walsh as unfitted by personal bias to perform any court functions In connection wltth the trail, and appointed Wm. J. Biggy as elisor to have charge of tbe Jury until a verdict has been rendered, or a disagreement reached. Shortly after adjournment of court Mr. Biggy who for some months past has been Ahe Hurts Jailer marched the Jury to the 8t. Francis hotel, where the Twelve tried men and true will be kept' under lock and key during all tbe time that they are now Bitting hi the trial. Judge Dunne has decided that the Jurors shall have no newspapers to read until ell articles relating to the case have been censored ; they may receive no general mall, nor may they be communicated with by their 'families, except un'der the ecranlty of the elisor. coal dealer, Royal W. Cudworth, the last talesman of the venire, was accepted at the afternoon session after a brief examination. Personnel of the Jury. The personnel of the trial panel Is ' as follow c: L. Welt, department store buyer. Paul Bancroft, reel estate broker. Chmariea H. Gish, contractor. James Feltelberg, furniture dealer. George De Urlosie, commission merchant. ' John O.'Mara, blacksmith. retired banker. Theodore Dellwlg, Cuaries S. Capp. real estate broker. James E. P. Benson, pressman. Thomas Elrick, haberdasher. Hugh Burns, retired coal merchant. Royal W. Cudworth, coal dealer. The state hepes to put In ail of its witntMfs thia week. Former Police Commissioners Hutton, Reagan, Drink-housHowell and Pohelm will likely be the first witnesses called. , e, BELL 'PHONE STOCK DROPS. The directors of Boston, June the American Telephone and Telegraph. company at a meeting today voted en issue of $21,000,000 of new stock at par. Following the announcement, Bell Telephone stock dropped tbe lowest point touched 109 since 1900. -- 1-- CROP DAMAGE EXAGGERATED. New York, June 4. John W. Gstes, who has Just returned to this city from the Southwest, where he bad been Inspecting his properties, esvs the reports of crop damage have been exaggerated. The damage to wheat, according to Mr. Gate, will probably range between 4 and I per cent. He says, however, that the cotton crop has been damaged as a result of the unusually heavy rains POPE HONORS EDWARD BOK. Rome, June 4. The Pope has directed, on behalf of the order of Augustine fathers, that tbe honorary degree of doctor of law be conferred upon Edward Bok. editor of the Ladies' Home .Journal, of Philadelphia, for "signal' services in Journalism and moral ethics." by the college of ''ilia Nova, Just outside of Philadelphia. Fhorniv, Aria., Juna 4. John M, Ferguson, also known as John Wright, yesterday committed suicide by taking morphine la a Mean City hotel, while a woman supposed to be bin wife was adjoining room suffering lying ia from a fractured skull, sustained by failing down a well two weclla ago. After Ferguson'a death the woman acknowledged that he wae a brother of near her husband, who reside Thatcher, Arisons. Bhs Stated that her msiden name waa Eva Wright and that her relatives lived la Keaton The womans incounty, Kentucky. juries are bettered to be fatal limiting armaments, but with Italy declaring herself In sympathy with the principle of limitation. When It was decided to estend the luvltgiioa to the second Hqgus conference also to those countries which did not participate in the first invitation (accepted by all with the exception of the Republic of Panama) the question came ap again whether the Pope should be included. M. Mura-rlefthe Kueelau ambassador, and M. Van Weeds, the Dutch minister, approached fllgnor Tittoni, who, however. said that if they bad not been at tbe conference of IkSii when hie p re-desMor Admiral tauevro, strongly opposed any direct or indirect participation of the Vatican, he might discuss the matter, but given that precedent, any change would be Ira possible; Indeed, it would produce na storm Besides throughout the oountry. Frnce this time objected to any Interference of tbe Holy See Just ae much as Italy did in 1899. With regard to the Russian program communicated to the powers, Italy la disposed to widen ae much aa possible the function and competence of the arbitration tribunal and further limit the question! effecting the honor and vital Interests no much discussed In 1899, which have to be excluded from arbitration. Count Tornlelll, Italian ambassador to Parle and one of the pientiiotsntiaries at tbe present conference is competent on the question of establishing the rights and duties of neutral countries In time of war he having made special reports on the enhject since the time war. of the Hispano-AinertcaRules of Naval Warfare. The most Important discussion outside of the limitation of armaments, will be on the rules and usage la naval warfare, which will bring forth quite a number of protdems, arisen war. esduring the pecially with regard to the bombardments of ports, laying of torpedocn, transformation of steamers into wartreatment of private property ship. of belligerents, of merchantmen in neutral or belligerent porta, a oontra-band- , etc. Italy, which la chiefly a naval power, will take a prominent part In the diitruaslon of all these subjects which will be dealt with by the Italian delegates only from a technical, military and humanitarian point of view, being convinced that an understanding on these point is oj the Interest which will be much great easier reached if politics are exclud- This declaration awakened considerable apprehension at Berlin, where It wae pointed out that Italy, although a nmnlMr of the triple alliance, wee pursuing a policy which the other 'member of the triple alliance. and Austria, opposed. The situation suddenly changed as a eon sequence .of a meeting, between Signor Tittoni hnd the German chancellor, Prince Von Buelow, at Rapalln. The two statesmen were together nearly three hours, entirely alone and without notes being taken of their conversation, so that there Is no evidence a to the arguments dealt with. From what has leaked out from different quarters It seems, however, that Prince Von Buelow, although acknowledging that the situation of Italy was delicate and difficult, and that Signor Tittoni was very able In steering between the shoals, complained that the Italian government, whenever a question of International character erase, did not think it necessary to allow a united front with the other two members of the triple alliance. Several instance were cited to enp-pothis contention, beginning wlih the Cretan question, In which Itily Joined Russia, France and England, while Germany and Austria refused to enter the group of the protectors of that Island, and ending with the etlll sore subject of the Algeclraa conference, where, according to Germanay, Marquis Viscount Yenusta and Henry White, with the greatest diplomatic tact, ended by isolating Berlin and Vienna. White's M lesion te Faria. At the time of the Rapallo infecting it was reported that Mr. While, who had Just gone ae American ambassador to Paris a few weeks before, bad the mission to bring France around to the views of Americh and England, with regard to tbe limitation of armaments which meant against the Isolation of Germany and Auotria. The arguments of Prince Von Bue-lowere not without weight from the point of view of an ally, so that Tittoni had Um Idea of a middle course, which would save the euscopll-bllitle- e of all powers concerned, by proposing such s procedure in the discussion of the limitation of armaments as to lie acceptable to all. Prince Von Buelow agreed, so immediately after his return to Tittoni made tbe great powers the proposition he thought would settle tbe matter, but unfortunately it was not accepted, not only by England and the United States (the answer of Secretary Root being couched in very courteous terms) but by Germany herself. It appears bad misunthat Prince Von Due-loderstood the proposition when laid before him at Rapallo. to England. Italy's Friendly Attitude The struggle which has been going on to secure Italys support finally led to Signor Tittoni statement in the chamber of deputies on May 15. This mar be taken as Italy's final stand, and' In substance It reflects a conservative middle course by which Italy maintains her friendly attitude to the British peace proposals, and at the same time renews her loyalty to Germany and Austria by sharing their reservations on the Impracticability of the immediate realisation of the British plan. While I todsv reaffirm," said Signor Tittoni, the statement that the Italian government is in sympathy with the most noble objects suggested by the broad minded British representatives, yet we agree with the Austrian-German reservation on the possibility of Immediately Bndlng a practicable and acceptable solution of the problem." Thus tbe jjiree members of the triple alliance enter The Hague conference united in theirs reservation against the present proctlcaUility of Gee-man- JEWELER RUINED rt BY B0ECK. New York. June 4. O aeooont of .the disappearance of J. Edward Boeck, the Jewelry broker and salesman, the stuck of Jewelry nnd ornament of . W. Day tea, dealer In diamonds and Jewelry at No. 4 West Twenty-nintstreet, ia advertised for sale at a three days auction, beginning tomor- f. . MIX-U- Cemmittnd Cumpbell-jlan-nerman- e, ments. Yeung Germany and Austria Will Exact the Italian Support on Account of the Triple Alliance The Country Is Peculiarly Affected in Relation to Question of Limitation of Armaments row. Mr. Dayton, who In reported to have lost $50,000 through Boeck, baa been under an extension from his creditors since January last, paying 10 per cent monthly to the creditors. It bad been generally expected by thene creditors that he would pay them In full, but the sudden disappearance of Boeck has mad inroads Into his assets and has caused the nale. , MEAT l ADVANCING. FoOr Feople In Chloage Cannot Buy It. Chicago, June I. Meat of all kinds, with the exception of the poorest cute of beef, have been rkdng steadily In Chicago for throe weeks and dealers ear that the advanre will continue. In some of the poorer sections of the city retail dealers have not handled1 a piece of meat except beef, for tbe last throe weeks. Lamb, pork and other meet are beyond the reach of their customer. has advanced three cento a pound in the last three weeks and the say that they cannot big whok-mleget enough at any price to supply the big down town hotels, cafes and resn taurants. BRYAN TALKS T0 2,000. Russo-Japanes- Richmond, Vs., June 4. William J. Bryan last night delivered a two bourn address on The Old World and Its Ways,'' to an audience of 2.000 persons la the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. He waa Introduced by former Governor Montague of Virginia. Mr. Bryan said that President Roosevelt had been using Bryan's speeches and ideas so rxtenslvely of late that he would not touch on politics, but would give bis auditors a story nf his trip around ths world. He paid s glowing tribute to the made by the United Btatee, which was leading the world in drill-catkieducation and religion. Today for Mr. Bryan will leave Richmond Annapolis el strides n, ed. BIG BANKING MERGER. Leslie M. Shaw te Organize a Trust. New York, June 4. Former Secretary of the Treasury Ledle M. Shaw may head a 'i0,fe0n.o00 banking merger. Reports are currept in the financial district, according to the Times today, that the newly organised Carnegie Trust company, of which Mr. Shaw Is the head, will be tbe nucleus of combination of three trust companies whose total resources aggregate tbe figures given. Officers of the company declined to discuss tbe proposition at present, but it Is stated that tentative negotiations have progressed to a point where the question is receiving serious consider ation from tbe three concerns involv- . ed. ELECTION IN OKLAHOMA. Proclamation Will Be Issued June 5, Lsw or No Law. Tulsa, I. T.. Juna 4. Late last night President Murray made the unqualified statement that he would Issue an elec-M.proclamation on June 5th. "I will do this in a pits of any court in Oklahoma," he said. "If I am thrown Into jail over there I wilt appeal to the supreme court of thfe. United States for my liberty on a writ of habeas corpus and believe I will get It." m I GUATEMALAN MAILS CENSORED. New Orleans, June 4. Passengers arriving today on the steamer Aaaelm COTTON CROP REPORT. from Central American porta datin' that what amounts to censorship cm I Acreage Reported In 1906 Now Found the malls has been put into effect In to Have Boon Too Lew. Guatemala. Under the new rule they claim that all mall must pass through Washington, Juno 4. The crop re- Guatemala City before being distribut. port of tbe bureau of stadstied of the ed. Tbe passengers also claim that j department of agriculture, after careful consideration of the replies to newspaper reading in public Is now J supplementary inquiries, reports from curtailed nnd that, foreign newspapers I are frequently smuggled ashore from sixty investigations of the corresponJ dents and ages is of the bureau of Incoming vessel!. I |