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Show ' i HST I f Si UMDE9 I FOB 1- - FOS US NEJS8LY 4 A M SOTY TEARS ns nun ENTIRE MD Bf CHANGED VOLCANIC ERUPTION CONTROL OF CUBA Statement Made by Accused Mac Soon After His Arrest is Introduced Despite Objections. Convention. Rathdrum, Idaho. Just before the closing of Tuesdays session of court, the confession of Steve Adams, 8 member of the Western Federation ol Miners on trial for his life for the al leged murder of Fred Tyler in the Marble Creek district of Shoshone county, Idaho, in August, 1904, war read to the Jury. It was the confession made to Janies McFarland, a Pinkerton detective, booh after Adams was arrested In February, 190G, and put in the Iloise penitentiary. In the trail of blood delineated In the confession of the defendant In the present action, he weaves an almost romantic tale. It required a little short of an hour in the reading. It was .admitted by Judge Wood during McFarland's direct examination. Harrow objected on the ground that It had not beet) made voluntarily and t.nit inducements and promises of leniency had prompted it. The confession of Steve Adams was made In the office of the warden of the Idaho penitentiary, February 27, 1906, In the presence of James McPnr-land- , a Pinkerton detective of Mollle McGuire fame, and W. U. Hopkins. The defense claims that Adams was Induced to sign the document under Jopion, Mo Three hundred delegates from thirty stales wore present hero at the first business session of the American Minin? congress, which began its annual convention on the 11th. Men of high authority on matters pertaining to mining. and metallurgy were on the program for addresses on various kindred subjects. A committee of fhe was named to draft a measure that will prevent mining engineers from aiding in the perpetration of mining frauds. A resolution asking the federal government to issue separate patents to lands suitable for Doth mining and agricultural purposes, and classifying rnlneial lands as "mineral lauds only, was submitted, but action .w'as- deferred. A resolution declaring for ad valorem tax on Imported zinc ores of $30 a ton was adopted, and each member pledged himself to work for the enforcement of such by addressing a letter to his congressman urging It. In an interview here, President Richards stated that President Roosevelt a few days ago told him he would recommend to the national congress the establishment of a bureau of mining similar to the department of agriculture. An address by Dr. Erasmus Haworth of the state university of Kansas, on prospecting for gas and petroleum, was of especial Interest to the delegates. The night session was devoted to the address of President J. H. Richards of Boise, Idaho, and a public reception and social session at the Elks club. threats. WILL FIGHT FOR SHORTER DAY. Concession Was Made to a Pinkertor Detective, and Adams' Lawyers Contended hat it Had Not Been Made Voluntarily. . on Matters Men of High Authority Metalto and Mining Pertaining lurgy Meet in Annual In the confession Adams declared that he was intimately acquainted with Moyer,' Haywood and Pettlbono, and - Federation of Labor to Battle With the Manufacturers Association. deals with preliminary talk about the Norfolk, Va. The American Federaof Governot proposed assassination annual 2t7h of Labor, in tion had occurred This talk Steunenberg. took agshortly after the dynamiting of the de- convention here on Tuesday, establishpot at Independence In 1904. It wa t gressive steps toward the working about a month after that Adantf ment of a universal eight-hou- r started for Idaho. Tbo talk had taken day in America, and began action lookmeans for the raisplace In Pettlhones back room, anf ing to ways and besides Adams there had been presem ing of a sufficient fund to fight the counsel Haywood and Pottlbone. Quoting front present war that its executive the confession: "They Just tell me t( reported has been begun through the an go tip and see Simpkins, as he wantec Manufacturers association, with to see me, and he would probably tel available fund of $1,500,000 on hand wage battle against me about the Steunenberg matter, at by the latter to with labor, particular aim organized they wanted to get Steunenberg." association Manufacturers the by Adams confession of the murder ol against the efforts of the American Tyler was as follows: Federation for the amelioration of tho "We went In one night. Newt conditions of the working class. Glover, Alvah Mason and myself, tc Simpkins cabin, made some coffee FIVE THOUSAND VICTIMS. and had breakfast, and in the mornto to we over went catch Tyler Bulletin Issued Showing Accidents on try ing In his cabin on Jack Simpkins cmlm. Railroads In United States. He was gone, so we laid there untf He never returned, and sundown. Washington. The Interstate comwe started up to a spring, and while merce commission bulletin on acciwe were drinking, we heard some one dents on railroads of the United coming. I said: All right. I am glad States during the year ended last of It.1 I got my Winchester, and, stand June shows total casualties 81,286, or ing by the side of the trail, nevet in7C.28G moved. I saw It was Tyler efmlng; 5,000 persons killed and 2 of an increase shows This jured, he had a big gun buckled on him. and killed or 775 in the casualties, stepped out on the trail and told hire to throw up his hands. We then dls 9,77 injured, as compared with the armed him, took him to Simpkins previous year. The bulletin says: cabin and stopped there until morning "There have been heavy increases when we took him three miles out lr in all of the items, except accidents in the timber and I killed him. and from striking against The number overhead obstructions. PORTLAND BANK CLOSED. of passengers killed and injured in collisions and derailments has inInstitution Said to bo Solvent, But creased to an alarming degree. In this item the very large total reported in Short of Cash. . 1905 is now exceeded by 17 per cent. Na Ore. The Merchants Portland, tlonal bank of this city did not open UNLOCKING STRONG BOXES. Its doors for business Tuesday morn lug. The following notice was posted: High Rates for Currency Brings Cash "Having been unable to realize on From Hiding Places. our securities rapidly enough to meet York. The magnet of high New the heavy demands lately made upor rates for currency is attractus, we have been compelled to tem premium hoarded by depositors the money porarlly suspend payment. Since the ing and strong boxes, and vaults steel in we commencement of the holidays last two days over $3,000,-00- 0 have liquidated about $1,600,000 of out within the been enticed front its hiding has deposits without aid other than that to sold for a premium and places granted by the clearing house assocla money 'brokers. The placing of these tc association us loaned tion. The up the limit permitted by the national large amounts ofIs hoarded currency performing its Imbanking act. .The bank Is solvent. We into circulation the monetary have sought the advice of the comp portant part in lessening brokers are t roller of the currency and confidently stringency and money will soon more that confident currency a to resume business within expect find Its way Into circulation from safe short time." deposit vaults, the owners of which, finanGood News! Money Does Not Trans now being reassured as to the are anxious to take adcial future, mit Disease. vantage of the large premium rates. New York. A. H. Doty, health officer of this port, who for years has Willing to Succeed Foraker. made a study of Infectious diseases O. Former Governor Columbus, and especially the medium of their James E. Campbell declares that he is transmission, does not agree with the a receptive candidate for United States theorists who contend that money Is senator to succeed Senator J. B. Fora transmitter of disease. Dr. Doty aker. He believes the Democratic says that while bacteriological exama better chance to elect a inations were presented to show that party has a governor of Ohio. He than senator different forms of bacteria were found on money, practical and careful obser- would not be averse, he said, to makvation has proved that Infection was ing a campaign against Mr. Foraker caused and epidemics spread In New or any other candidate whom the ReYork in all instances by personal con- publican party may nominate. He detact, and most especially with ambu- sires it to he understood that his oplance cases, rather than through the position to Foraker is not personal, as they are warm friends. handling of money or clothing. 10.-35- 1 g New Story of Thaw Tragedy. Steamer Runs Down Launch and Two Men Are Drowned. Miss Ida Veronica Pittsburg. whose name was frequently Seattle, Wash. The steamship Inmentioned during the first trial ol dianapolis, on the Seattle-Tacom- a line, Harry K. Thaw, has returned, after ran down a cutter from the United spending a year and a half in the States survey boat Explorer, at 9 jungles of Africa, Concerning the sec- oclock Tuesday morning. Two men, ond Thaw trial. Miss Simonton said: on the "I will go to New York and will tes- Joseph Van Leuwert, engineer Geoi-gA. steward and Moyer, launch, the in I case. Thaw have not tify been subpoenaed, but will answer a from the survey ship, were drowned. summons from either side. My testi- Two other men on the launch were mony will change the whole complex- saved by the Indianapolis. Tne acciion of the case. The story told by dent occurred shortly after the InMrs. Charles J. Holman of her being dianapolis left her pier. A heavy fog was responsible for the accidenL deserted in London is true. Sim-onto- Woman Adopted Mens Clothing in Or- Secretary Taft Yants Appropriation of Five and a Half Million for Coast Artillery Service. der to Find Employment Married a Woman to Protect Her. Former President Estrada Palma Expresses His Views Regarding Colo. Miss Trinidad, Katherine American Intervention. Vosbaugh, who for nearly sixty years passed as a man, died at a hospital In this city on Monday. Miss was born in France Increase In Coast Artillery Will Neces- eighty-thre- e Vosbaugh ago. When a young years sitate the Expenditure of Enormous woman she found It difficult to make Sums by the Government in her way on account of her sex and, Providing Quarters For adopting mens clothing, she obtained tne Men. employment as a bookkeeper in Joplin, Mo. This position she held for nine years, and then accepted a posiThe annual report of tion in a St. Joseph, Mo., bank. While Washington. oecrejary Taft, to be submitted to in St. Joseph she married a woman congress at Its convening In Decem- with whom she lived for over thirty ber, will contain estimates aggregat- years. Tue woman was in trouble and Vosbaugh married her to ing $5,525,920 for construction and Charles other work In the coast artillery ser- protect her. The two women, still masquerading vice during the fiscal year 19Q9. This niiin and wife, came to Trinidad construction work 3 to provide lu part as two years ago. After the death of her for shelter for the coast artillery wife, Miss Vosbaugh worked here In troops authoiized by the act of Janu- various cipul'ins untilwasshe became ary 25 last, for which It Is necessary feeble, end last year taken to to erect thirty company barracks, six the hospitn. . band barracks. 178 set of officers quarIt was t en that her sex was discovered for til 2 first time in many ters and 218 sets of staff officers quarters. By the legis- years, but even after hoi- recovery she lation of the last congress 'the coast refused to chaue her clothing, and continued to wear her masculine haartillery received an increase of forty-fou- r biliments to . the end. companies, with a corresponding number of officers. In accordance with TRYING TO ESCAPE PENALTY. the decision of Secretary Taft last November, a concentration scheme is be- Great Northern Trying to Beat the ing worked out In the coast artillery Fine In Rebats-Cace- . sendee by which some of the seventy-eight- Washington Attorney A. B. Browne separate forts where modern ar- of this city on Monday presented a petillery coast defenses are Installed or tition to the supreme court of the In progress of installation are to be completely manned and the remainder United States for a writ of certiorari bringing to that court for review the placed in the hands of caretakers. The posts at which work is to be case of the Great Northern Railway done and for which appropriations will company vs. the United States. This be Include the following case is a prosecution against the railasked amounts asked for, being given In road company on the charge of grantround numbers: Baker, California, ing rebates, on which chaige it was $185,000; Stevens, Oregon, $107,000; in found the court of federal guilty Winfield Scott, California,$392,000, Minnesota and' the verdict was apand Ward, Washington, $334,000. proved by the United States circuit court of appeals. BIRTHDAY OF KING EDWARD. The case presents many interesting Ruler of England Presented With phases, the most important of which is the companys assertion that the $750, 000 Diamond by People of Elkins law, under which a fine was Transvaal. imposed, was repealed by the Hepburn EdLondon. The birthday of King railroad rate law which imposed a ward, who was born on November 9, penalty of imprisonment for the of1841, was observed throughout the fense. If the court grants the motion British empire on Saturday with the to bring the case before it for considcustomary military and naval salutes eration, this question will be develHis majesty observed oped at length. and displays. event at the Sandringham, where the CONNECTICUT HOTEL HORROR. king and queen of Spain and the queen of Norway, in addition to many jiera-ber- s Five Employes Burned to Death and of the royal family, are staying. One Killed by Failing From Rope. The morning was occupied In receivNew Haven, Conn. At least six ing an Immense number of congratulatory telegrams, letters and presents "lives were lost in a fire that badly from all parts of the world, one of the damaged the Hotel Garde early Monmost notable events being the presenday. The dead were employes of the tation to the king of the Culliana hotel. It Is believed jhat all the guests the largest known, estimated to be worth $750,000, and donated to escaped. The fire followed an explohis majesty by the executive assembly sion on the fifth floor In the north of the Transvaal as a token of loy- wing of the building. The entire fire alty of the people of that colony. In department was called to the scene the afternoon the king and queen were before the flames were controlled. The entertained by the tenantry of Sand- bodies of the dead were burned beThe Garde is one ringham at dinner. yond recognition. of the largest hotels in the city. One AGUINALDO AGAIN HEARD FROM. man was killed by falling from a rope. His name Isaac Levine, a day porThinks Tafts Philippine Visit Will ter. Result in Benefit to People. Miner Dying of Starvation 800 Feet Manila. A feature of the visit of Below the Surface. Secretary of War Taft to Manila was Mahoney City, Pa. Alive and unthe presence of Aguinaldo at several in darkness that will never hurt, hiit for first time the the of functions since his capture. Discussing the be lifted, Michael McCabe, a miner, is certain death by starvation probable results of the visit of Mr. awaiting 800 feet below the surface of the earth Taft to Manila, he said: "It Is my belief that the benefits to In the Draper colliery, near here. follow the visit to the people of the While McCabe was at work he fired Philippines will he greater than they a blast that blew away one of the mine can recognize at the present time. I pillars. He fled In the wrong direction and got Into a blind shaft. The am at present unable to form an opinof the possible future officials say it will be a year before ion, advantages, but am confident that It It will be possible to reach the place where the man is shut up. has done good. , , - - dfa-mon- s Two Thousand People Are Homeless and Property Loss of $1,000,000. Iquique, Chile. This port has been visited by a fire, the biggest since has entailed losses 1S82, which amounting to over $1,000,000. It broke out Saturday, and seven and a half blocks were burned over before It was under control. The property destroyed was mostly dwellings of the poor, and no less than 2.000 people are homeless today. The fire was about one mile distant from the commercial quarter of the city. Oakland Bank Closes. Oakland. The Union National bank, one of the oldest banking institutions in Oakland, placed a sign on Its doors Monday reading as follows: The Legal holiday bank closed. following statement was issued by President Palmer: "It has been deemed advisable to close the doors of this bank pending the continuance of legal holidays declared by the governor. This action, it is thought, will best conserve the interest of the bank and Its depositors. The bank is solvent, and the depositors are fully protected. Court Has Charge of Incubator Baby. Topeka, Kan. The United States circuit court here on Sunday took incubator charge of the famous baby, the possession of which has been bitterly fought in many courts of the country during the past two years. On application of James and Stella Barclay, the foster parents of the baby, a writ of habeas corpus was Issued, and after a long search, the officers found the child In Topeka, near Washburn college. The court's order is that the child be produced hi court on November I8th. Peanuts. scientists have reported that peanuts contained all the elements necessary to sustain life, A. Venuto, a Fremont man, attempted to live by eating nothing but peanuts, with the result that he died Monday morning, after three wefks of the diet At the end of four days Venuto went completely crazy, and was He absolutely placed in a hospital. refused to eat anything but peanuts thereafter, and to drink nothing but , water. Financial Condition Improving. New York. The financial1 condition made further progress on Saturday toward the resumption of normal conditions. Gold was engaged to bring the total for this movement up to more than $50,000,000, an unprecedented acquisition of the yellow metal In the the history of New York finances; oank statement was more favorable than had been expected, showing a loss of but $4,313,000 in the bank cash holdings, and the stock market was firm, most of the active shares showing advances on the days trading. Drowned in Water Barrel. His feet sticking out Philadelphia. of the fop of a barrel placed over a spring of water, John M. Shannon was found dead on his farm near N. J. His head was under the water, showing that he had met Shannon had death by drowning. driven the cows to a field and probably tried to drink from the spring by leaning into the barrel. It is believed his hands slipped from the top of the barrel, permitting his body to fall so as to pinion both arms to his sides. BIG FIRE IN CHILE. Couldnt Live Fremont. Neb. on Because Had-donfiel- tv Convinced hat 8aved His Beloved Anarchy and Its sult of Plunder United States Country From Natural Reand Ruin. Havana. Estrada Palma, , formerly president of Cuba, has authorized the publication of his view's regarding American intervention. He declares publicly in favor of American control in Cuba. "It is enough to satisfy my conscience, he said, this conviction of having saved my beloved country from anarchy and Its natural results of plunder and ruin. He continued, describing what he considers the criminal acts on the part of the revolutionists, and the necessity to call on the Americans to prevent a protracted and sanguinary contest. If I did right or wrong, time will say. That my attitude was Immediately justified is proven by the sudden of peace through the moral and material Influence of the Americans. I do not hesitate to declare that It Is a thousand times better for our Cuba to be a dependent political nation where liberty is prevailing than a republic Independent of a sovereign, but discredited and ruined by blasting periodical civil strifes. Tons of Lava Have Been Deposited Over Bogoslav Island, and One Peak Has Entirety Dis' appeared. Washington The remarkable transformation that has occurred in the topography of Bogoslav island, Alaska,, as the result of volcanic disturbances, is told in a report received at the treasury department from Lieutenant B. H. Camden, commanding the revenue cutter McCulloch. Regarding the subsidence of McCulloch peak, the report says that the peak had entirely and that astonishing disappeared, changes occurred in the profiles of the neighboring peaks, whose outlines had been softened to a general symmetry by a padding of lava dust that almost disguised them beyond recognition, while the sandpit connecting the peaks had attained a height varying from twenty to one hundred feet. Incalculable tons of lava, hundreds of feet in depth, had been deposited over the entire island. Firr island Perry peak now lowered in the air with a gentle incline,' rising from the beach several yards, distant, to the summit. Lieutenant Camden says McCulloch peak blew up within a few hours before the fall of lava dust at Unalaska. September 1 last, about whose origin there has been much discussion. AFTER MILLING COMPANIES. Attorney General of Texas Files Suits Against Alleged Trust. suit has Austin, Tex. An anti-trubeen filer!, by the attorney general In the Twenty-sixt- h district court against 120 Texas milling companies alleged to be In conspiracy in restraint of SANTA FE FINED FOR REBATING. trade. The state alleges that the defendant companies have violated1 both Assessed $5,000 on Each Count, Mak- the 1899 and 1903 acts, and asks for penalties against each defendant in ing a Total of $330,000. Los Angeles, Cal. Judge Olln Well- the sum of $75,000 for the alleged vioborn, In the United States district lation of the act of 1899; and $56,250' court, on Thursday fined the Atchison, for violations of the act of 1903. The state also asks for judgment of forfeiTopeka & Santa Fe Railroad com- ture of charter and franchises pany $330,000 for rebating. The fine of each domestic rights corporation and canwas what the court denominated "an celling the permit to each foreign corintermediate penalty, the maximum poration, and or an injunction perpetwhich might have been assessed be- ually enjoining the defendants from ing $1,320,000, and the minimum transacting any further business in The court reviewed the case in the state. written opinion of some length, in PREPARING FOR PACIFIC TRIP. which it stated that there were sufficient doubtful and extenuating circumstances to preclude the possibility Warships Will be Ready to Start From, Hampton Roads on December 16. of a maximum sentence and yet sufficient intention of wrongdoing shown Washington. Every detail of the to make impossible a minimum penpreparations for the sailing of the alty. The Santa Fe Company was battleship fleet to the Pacific ocean is convicted on October 11 last by a jury now well in hand, and iby December In the federal court of granting re16, the datlf on which the vessels wiiVir bates to the Grand Canyon Lime & pass out of Hampton Roads in review Cement company of Arizona. It was before President Roosevelt, members found guilty on all of the sixty-siof the cabinet and high officials of the counts charged in the indictment after navy, arrangements for the comfort but an hours deliberation. The re- uf the men en route will have been , bates which were given on shipments attended to. At all of the navy yards of lime and cement from Nelson, the work of making necessary repairs Ariz., to Los Angeles, ranged In is being pushed and these will be comamounts from 35 cents to $15. The pleted by December 1. Provisions are company claimed that these amounts being stored aboard the vessels, and were not rebates on the regulaf their coal hunkers are being filled to freight rate, but were In the form of their capacity. damages to goods shipped, which were alowed after such claims had Fiiipinos Give Taft" Great Send-Off- . been regularly presented and proved Manila. The departure of Secretary i in each .instance. of War Taft from this city on the cruiser Rainbow for Vladivostok on Jeweler Turns was attended by a remarkV. L. Nev. Goldfield, Kline, pro- Saturday oh the part of the demonstration able prietor of one of the largest jewelry stores in Goldfield, was shot and fa- Filipinos. The horses were withdrawn from the carriage in which were seattally wounded at 11:30 oclock Wed- ed Mr. and Mrs. Taft and it was' nesday night while in the act of steal- pulled by Manila school boys from the ing amalgam from the plates at the Luneta to the dock through cheering Nevada-Goldflelreduction works. crowds of citizens. Mr. Taft and Amalgam has been stolen on several party expect to arrive at Vladivostok November 18, and to leave there on occasions lately, and the management of the reduction works set a trap for their journey November the thief. Kline was caught in the act 19. All of the party were in the best and was shot four times In the head of health. as he was trying to escape. Wyoming Miners Will Make Mitchell Will Strengthen the Steel Industry. a Handsome Present Pittsburg. Predictions are made Rock Springs, Wyo. The members that the delay of the railroads in plac- of District No. 22 of the United Mine ing orders for steel rails will be end- Workers of America are arranging to ed within thirty days, when It is said tender their John Mitchell, there will be upwards of from 2,000,-00- 0 a testimonial president, of their upon his regard to 3,000,000 tons of new orders retirement from office. No. 22, the placed. Should the vast .tonnage, amounting to at least $56,000,000, ma- district in which the Wyoming mines terialize, it will place the trade here are located, expects to give the largest In Its normal condition and strengthen and best testimonial that can be of every other 'branch of the steel In- fered, as their district has between dustry. Under the old arrangements 7,000 and 8,000 members. '. Each memrails sold for $28 a ton, which price, ber will probably give $1 toward the it Is said, will advance to $31 a ton testimonial. under the new arrangement Chinese Pupil is Worrying School Bold Bandits Rob Banks. Board of Pennsylvania Town. Canova, S. D. Seven armed bandits Oil City, Pa.The Oil City school held up this town at an early hour board is peiplexed over the presence Thursday. They blew the safe In the of a Chinese student in the public Interstate bank, secured $6,500 and schools. The question at issue is While the two bandits whether the escaped. Mongolian is 18 or 28 worked In the bank, the others guardold. Members of the board years ed the alleys and streets. The occuwith China, and are pants of a hotel across the street were aroused by the explosion, but the rob- awaiting the arrival In Washington of bers opened fire and drove them back. Embassador Wu Ting Fang. Friends The hotel was riddled with bullets. of the pupil say he is only 18 years Where lights were burning in homes old and is entitled to the privileges the bandits, at the point of the gun, of the schools. Others object to his forced the owners to extinguish them. presence, claiming he Is over 25. $G6,-00- 0. x High-Grade- d trans-Siberia- Carriage Fell Into Canal. Amsterdam. Minister of State Van Panhuys, his son, Mayorlok, and their wives, were drowned Wednesday night while out driving, their carriage falling Into the canal Hogkerk during a dense fog. Johnkerr Van Panhuys was a favorite of the queen. After retiring from the post of vice president of the council of state he was given the honorary rank of minister of state,, a title bestowed on several Hollanders of His son wa mayor oi prominence. a .small place called De Leek. n Officer of Italy Likely to Cause Sensation. Milan, Italy. A local newspaper known as the organ of the law courts has published a sensational statement concerning the defense to be made by Nunsio Nasi, former minister of public Instruction, who is being tried before the senate on the charge of falsifying documents and defrauding tha state treasury. According to this paper, Nasi is ready to produce letters from the late Premier Zamerdelli asking him for funds for the purpose of subsidizing the press. s |