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Show CAS EXPLOSION JUSTICE III hi Terrible ml Accident at Small 1 mil BIKE Dims TIE Crime of Larceny Was Committed When Contributions Were Made to the Campaign Fund. Mining Town in West If the grand jury New York. Virginia. which Is Investigating some of the conditions developed by the recent legislative investigation reaches the Ten Bodies Have Been Recovered conclusions that contributions of inand It i Believed That Between surance company funds to political Have Fifty and Seventy-fiv- e campaign committees were made with Lost Their Lives as Result intent to deprive or defraud the true of the Accident owners of this property, it must find that larceny was committed. This opinion wag expressed SaturFairmont, W. Va. Ten men are day by Justice OSnllivan in the court known to be dead, twenty-fivInjured i f general sessions In answer to a to seventy-fiv- e and from twenty-fivpresentment on he subject to him missing and believed to be dead as by the grand Jnry. Judge O'Sullivan the result of an explosion of gas tn auded that it id not within the provthe shaft of the Century Coal com- ince of the tou it to say whether or pany at Century, a small mining town. not there was Intent. That is a quesThe explosion took place at 4:30 In tion which the jurors must determine the afternoon, but owing to the tele- for themselves from all the facts ind phone wires being put ont of commisHe In circumslances the case. sion by the high wlndB, details are charged Ibe Jury to make a thorough lacking and the names of the victims, investigation into all the facts and to Six of wuom are known to be foreignI lace the responsibility for such ers, have not been secured. crimes, if they find that crimes were The Century lplne, which Is owned committed. by Shaw Brothers of Baltlihore, Is one This opinion Is in efTect directly opof the largest independent operations to one upon the same subject posite In northern West Virginia. Over 250 which wns given by District Attorney men are employed dally In the shaft, several days ago. Mr. Jerome and had the explosion been an hour Jerome l.i his brief, which was submitted to earlier the loss of life would have Justice O'Sullivan, held that there was been appajllng. As It was, there were no ground for prosecution of any inbut a few remainlug in the shaft, the surance with official in connection main body of the miners having quit th taking work for the day. The giant fan Ibe campaign contributions, ground that no intention to dewhich furnishes air for the shaft was had been shown.fraud partially wrecked by the force of the immeexplosion, but was repaired AWFUL RECORD OF LOSS. diately and within an hour after the accident Superintendent James Ward Lives Lost and Ships Wrecked Off had a relief gang In the mine. The first trip out brought ten men New England Coast in Five five dead and five badly burned. Months. They were found in the main heading Eighty-fivlives were lost Boston. near the bottom of the shaft. The ships were wrecked living could give no details of the ex- and fifty-fou- r plosion, saying they were on their along the const tit New England and way to the surface when the explosion the maiitime during the provinces took place behind them. past winter. While the season up to MEAN TO ENTER POLITICS. the present month was comparatively mild on shore, at sea it was one Labor Leaders Favor Use of Ballot to of extrhme severity, in particularly Secure Their Rights. waters off the provinces. Of the veswere sailsels wrecked, thirty-sevecounWashington. The executive cil of the American Federation of La- ing craft. Nine steamships and eight bor spent some time discussing the barges complete the list. Ships flying the British flag lead replies of President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon to the bill of griev- those of other nations With a loss of ances presented to them and to Pres- twenty-sevecraft, against fifteen of ident Pro Tern. Frye of the penpte American register. There 1? also a regarding legislation affecting' labor sprinkling of Norwegian, German and Interests. Mr. Gompers said that the Swedish vessels. The worst disaster was the foundering of the steamer concluding paragraph in the memorial meant exactly what it said. That British King, off Sable island, on the March 11, when It Is estimated thftt , Is, if congress falls to remedy grievance, the organization will ap- at least eighteen and possibly twenty-si- x lost their lives. The correct figures peal direct to the people. In other words, he said, the Federaprobably wljl never be known ts sevtion of lifeor will enter the field In eral men enrolled as members of the politics and urge organized labor to crew are said to have deserted before elect men of their own choosing and the ship sailed. thus have a personal voice In the WHITE MEN MOB JAPS. government. e e e n n Conference Regarding Adverse Decision of Court Washington,. President Roosevelt held an extended conference with Attorney General Moody, Secretary Taft and James E. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, concerning the adverse decision rendered in Chicago by Judge Humphreys in the beef packers' case. No details of the conference were obtainable at the White House, but It Is certain that Attorney General Moody proposes to look carefully into the law bearing upon the matter, with a view of ascertaining whether an appeal from the decision of Judge Humphrey by the govern- ment will lie. Life Work is Ended. New York. Professor R. Doremus, the noted chemist, died at his home here Thursday, aged 82 years. He was a well Known expert on the effects of poison. Professor Doremus had been connected with the New Y'ork college and the college of the city' of New York' as instructor in chemistry for nearly sixty years, and for more than forty-fivyears he had occupied the chair of chemistry in the Bellevue hospital medical .college. e Attorney Protected Joints. Kansas City. John F. Steele, fot two years agent in Kansas City, Kan., of a brewing company, testified in the Gibson ouster hearing in that city that for many months he paid Janies S. Gibson, county attorney, three dollars a month for each joint or illicit saloon owned by the brewery in Kansas City as a guaranty of immunity from prosecution. Steele also testified that Gibson demanded $5 a month, but on a compromise reduced the amount to $3. Tired and Wanted Rest, So Took Poison. To the coroner: I am Dayton, 0. tired and want to rest. There is no one to notify." After writing this pote O. A. Robinson, aged 50, took a quantity of morphine and was found dead in his room at the Enterprise bote on Thursday. Robinson was brought here from the Pacific coast by a local distilling company a year ago, but recently lost his position. He leaves a family in the west. Little Brown Men Driven From Their Work In California. Bakersfield, Cal. A special to the Californian from Kernville, sixty miles from this city in the Sierras, relates that nine Japanese, employes of the Edison Electric company, werb run out of the town by a mob of transient laborers under threat of being dynamited. A part of the camp utensils were destroyed, the tent was carried away and thei Japanese were ordered to leave at once. They started for the railroad, forty miles distant, and are now awaiting instructions from the company.. Love Tragedy in Ohio Town. Mansfield, 0. Miss Grace Zellner, aged 28, was shot and killed early Friday by Roy Shanks, who then committed suicide. Miss Zelner was well known in society here, and was a leader in church work. She and Shanks had been sweethearts. It is thought the girl had decided to heed her parents protest and not marry Shanks, and that she went to his room, where the tragedy occurred, to tell him so. V Wife the Only Witness. ' Oakland, Cal. A1 Charles MacDonald, a horse trainer at Pleasanton, this county, shot and killed Joseph Mello. one of the best known and most business men of the town, the only witness to the crime besides the perpetrator was the wife of MacDonald. MacDonald says he had suspected improper relations were existing between his wife and Mello, and claims to have secured evidence, when he shot Melo for having destroyed his happiness. Sultan Hunting Trouble. . London. Turkey having declined to withdraw her troops from Tabah, on the Anglo-Egyptia- n frontier of tfcie Senei peninsula, which is claimed to be Egyptian territory on the ground that it is part of the Turkish empire. Great Britain has replied that she is unable to accept that view, and has expressed the. hope that the sultan will be influeheed to modify his con tention. Nothing is known here of the report that Great Britain proposes to make a naval demonstration. BEEF ENTER A PLEA PACKERS ESCAPE EUROPE IS ; CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF HOT GUILTY Men Charged With Murder of BESUUSTOMER While the Individuals Are to Go Free, the Indictments Found Against the Corporations Will Stand. Steunenberg Arraigned Chicago. All of the packers who were Indicted by the federal grand jury last summer upon charges of being In conspiracy in restraint of trade Date of Trial Fixed for May 15, and and commerce were on Wednesday Priaonera Removed to Separate granted immunity from criminal prosJail United States District ecution under the indictment. While Court Quashes Writ of he individuals are to go free, the inHabeas Corpus. dictments found against the corporations, of which some of the indicted individuals are members and others Boise, Ida. Charles H. Moyer, Wil- are employes, are to stand. liam D. Haywood and George A. The decision to the above effect was charged with the murder of handed down Wednesday by Judge J. formeT Governor Frank Steunenberg, Otis Humphrey in the United States ) pleaded not guilty when arraigned be- district court. fore District Judge Frank Smith at .During the rendition of the decision Caldwell, on Tuesday. The cases were the court was crowded by the defendEdcontinued over the term and the date ants and numerous spectators. Morris ward were and Edward Swift of their trial was indefinitely fixed at in court, and both smiled happily when about May 15. the decision was announced. J. OgWhen the cases were called, Judge den Armour was not present, but some Smith overruled the demurrer to the of the men prominent in the employ of Armour & Co., who were among the indictments and denied the application Indicted, were there, and their joy was to adlnlt the prisoners to ball. Jud)ge great. Smith stated that in holding the inPEOPLE GAIN BUT LITTLE. dictment to be good he had followed the rulings of the California supreme Manifesto Providing for Russian Nacourt. The constitutions and crimtional Assembly Proves Disinal statutes of California and Idaho ' are practically the same. appointing. After the three prisoners had been St. Petersburg. The imperial maniarraigned another application to admit them to bail was made and was festo and the ukases of March 8, which promptly denied. incorporate in the fundamental law of Judge Smith then aiiounced that the, empire the provisions for a nathe Canyon county Jail was an unfit tional assembly in Russia, promised and unsafe place for the detention of these prisoners. He Issued an order In the manifesto last fall, are disapfor the removal of Moyer to the county pointing in many respects. They conJail at Boise, and it was stated that stitute neither a constitution nor a he will send Havwood to the county bill of rightk for the Russian peojail at Welser. Pettlbone will remain ple. They do create a popular assemin the jail at Caldwell. bly, but the promises granted to it are so hedged about with restrictions and WRIT DENIED BY JUDGE BEATTY. conditions that it will be rather a presentment in name than in fact NeverUnited States District Court Affords theless, by the terms of the manifesto, the emperor himself is powerless to No Relief for Accused Men. revoke what he has now given. This . Boise, Ida. Judge J. H. Beatty in constitutes the great victory which the United States court on Tuesday the people have won. They at last quashed the writs of habeas corpus in have an authoritative medium through which they can make their voice heard the cases of Charles H. Moyer, Wil- and it is in this assembly probably D. liam Haywood and George A. Pet- that the great historical struggle tlbone. , against prerogative and privilege will Judge Beatty took up the points be fought out. raised by the defendants thnt they . INSURANCE NOT COMMERCE. should be discharged because they had - " ' been brought to Idaho under fraudulent means, and that they were not ex- Committee Concludes There is No Autradited from Colorado because they thority for Control by Government. were not fugitives from justice from ''Washington. That there is no con- -' Idaho. Judge Beatty decided that his court had no jurisdiction to inquire stitutional authority for federal control of insurance or other state corpointo the methods whereby the prisoners were brought into this state in the rations other than railroads is to be the conclusion reported to the house proceeding at bar. There is no provision that I haVe by Jhe judiciary fcomniittee. been able to find in law," said Judge The report has been' drafted by Chairman Jenkins of the committee, Beatty, whereby J have jurisdiction to remand the prisoners to a sister and is now in the hands of membeis state after they have been brought of the committee for their perusal. An into the demanding state, as in the unofficial poll of the members indipresent instance. Now that the pris- cates that with practically no excei-tlon- s oners are in Idaho, I cannot make anv they concur in the correctness order to prevent their detention and of this conclusion. trial here. ST. JOHN HELD. I PENSION BILL PASSES SENATE. Chargsd With Killing Man During LaSenators Vote Expenditure of bor Riots. of the Public Funds. Colo. Vincent St. John, Telluride, Washington. In less than twenty president of the miners union at minutes time the senate voted away Burke, Ida., who was brought to Colo8140,000,000 of the public funds on rado from Boise on requisition to anTuesday. The sum is carried by the swer to the charge of being implicated Bur-nan-v pension appropriation bill, which brief in a conspiracy to murder Ben over on bound was Wednesday document was made the subject of without bail to the district court. The railroad very little discussion. Burnam was killed in the labor riots rate bill was laid aside for the day, at the Smuggler-Uniomine on July 3, and the major portion of the time was 1901. At that time SL John was presidevoted to the consideration of the dent of the local miners union, which fortifications bill. Is nfiliated with the Western Federation of Miners. COMING INTO THEIR OWN. RUMOR WAS UNFOUNDED. People of Philadelphia Will Recover No Mutiny Among the Russian Sailors Street Car Franchises. at Sebastopol. The city of PhiladelPhiladelphia. The sensational St. Petersburg. phia, through Mayor Weaver, has reached an agreement with the Phila- reports current to the effect that the former of Lieutenant Transit company execution delphia Rapid whereby local transportation facilities Schmidt, the leader of the naval muwill be practically revised. The agree- tiny at Sebastopol In November last, ment calls for rapid transit by subway has been followed by an extensive muand elevated lines inside of three tiny of sailors at Sebastopol, turns out years; an assurance of competition to be unfounded. The correspondent and recovery to the city of millions of of the Associated Press at Sebastopol dollars worth of franchises. that all is quiet there. at Caldwell. Pet-tlbon- e, j $140,-000,00- 0 n 9 telegraphs BOLD BANK ROBBERY. Russian Bandits Make Rich Haul In Moscow Bank. Moscow. As the officials were closing the Mutual Credit Societies bank Tuesday afternoon, twenty armed men surrounded the building, which is near the Bourse, and, covering the employes of the bank with pistols, they pillaged the place, getting away with $425,000 and made their escape, in spite of the efforts of the bank guards to arrest them. Ship Smashed and Crew Went to $he Bottom. Mass. Wreckage of Marblehead, the Booth Bay, Maine, schooner Lady Antrim was washed up at Marblehead Neck on Tuesday. Later two bodies of seamen came ashore. The Lady Antrim carried a crew of five men, and she was literally smashed to pieces. It is feared all were lost. The vessel was so completely smashed up that It was some hours after the wreckage had been discovered that her identity was learned. oi Gale on North Atlantic. St. Johns, N. F. An equinoxial gale raged Tuesday night and Wednesday over the whole coast, causing widespread Shipping reports damage. from various centers show that several vessels have been wrecked and wharves and other water front property destroyed. Two vessels, the Scintilla and the Rover, are missing, and it is feared that both have foundered with their crews. A11 fishing craft on the south coast are compelled to remain in the harbor. Charges Made by Hearst. New York The federal grand jury has resumen ts investigation of the alleged rebating between the American Sugar Refining company and the westbound trunk lines running out of New Yorkf City, as complained of by William R. Hearst. Among the who weie examined were R. M. Parker and T. P. Ripley, who are said to be connected with the traffic department of the sugar company, and T. A. Meunch and W. J. Whittaker. As usual the examinations were made secretly. -- witnesses The Lond Distance Record. SCOTTY THE of Our Exports and Supplies 'Half Takes SPECIAL. ' ' a- Two-third- s the Imports. Europe Takes More Than a Billion Dollars Worth of the Exports From the United States, While All Other Ports of the World Take Less Than Half a Billion. Over ' Mountain And 2,265 Miles In 45 hours, demonless than Plaint Fe track, equipSanta that strating ment and employees are of the kind. g ( Probably YOU wouldnt care to ride so fast You prefer the luxury of 3 Regular Trains from Utah and 'Colo, rado to Everywhere East and South- west f Ask me Ticket Rates and Literature. takes Washington. Europe of the exports of the United C. F. WARREN, f States and supplies practically General Agent of the Imports. This statement summarizes in a single sentence the The ' Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo general facts which have beet deRailway Company. veloped by a series of discussion! Of 411 Dooly Block. the trade of the United States with Salt Lake City, Utah the countries of Europe recently precomsented by the department of 1 merce and labor through its bureau NOTHING IS CONCEALED. of statistics. These discussions have presented an analysis of the trade two-thir- one-hal- e I1 with each country of Europe by principal articles, and when summarized show that Europe takes more than a billion dollars worth of the exports from the United States, while all other parts of the world take a flttle less than a half billion dollars worth. In no year since 1899 has the value of exports to Europe fallen below one billion dollars, while that to all other countries has never touched the five hundred million dollar mark. Trior to 1900 the exports to Europe had never been as much as one billion dollars in value; in that year they crossed the billion dollar line, being $1,040,000,000, and have since that time averaged about $1,050,000,00 per annum. In 1900 the exports to all sections of the world other than Europe were $354,000,000 in value, but have grown year by year until in 1905 they were $498,000,000, the growth since in 1900 in exports to the countries having been proportionately greater than that to Europe. COMPLAINT AGAINST KURDS. Plundered and Schools Burned by Fanatics. Boston. A complaint from the officials of the American school at Van, eastern Turkey, against the treatment by the Turkish officials and the Kurds, has been received . by the American board of commissioners for foreign missions. The school officials state that notwithstanding the ostensible friendship of a governor general, a man of unusual strength, the school has been plundered and burned by the Kurds in the presence of Turkish officials and soldiers. Fruit trees have been cut , down and breadstuffs purchased for the by American missionaries American orphanage have been held by the Turkish gervernment for more than four months. 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SHOWS NO MERCY. General Crushing Revolution With Iron Hand. The 'Sukhum, . manner in which General Alikanhoff has crushed the revolution in the razing government in Kuais by towns, executing ring leaders of the movement and driving sympathizers with it to the mountains has produced such resentment that acts 6f terror, and the throwing of bombs at the troops are frequent.. General Alikanhoff has proclaimed and Is enforcing martial law with terrible vigor and other persona or revolutionaries caught with arms are immediately shot. Russian -- 1 I I THIS l I I BEAUTIFUL H-H- ORGAN Trans-Caucasi- Workmen All Voted. The workmen In St. Petersburg. the St. Petersburg factories and mills on Sunday elected delegates to the assembly which will choose representatives to the municipal congress. This congress will be composed of representatives of all classes and will elect members to the national assembly. The election passed off quietly, even those at Putiloff. where the men are regarded as among the most radical, and practically all the workmen participated. Tragedy at Dinner. Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Ida Doniel-son- , while entertaining a party of friends at dinner, became enraged at a remark of E. C. Harrish, a painter, one of the guests, and shot and killed him. Harris had made a remark which C. R. about Mrs. Donielson-tRiggins, the woman's n&phew, took exception. The men quarreled. Riggins and his wife finally went for a policeman and while they were gone Mrs. Donielson killed Harris. No one witnessed the shooting. Grover Cleveland is 69. Princeton, N. J. Former President Grover Cleveland spent his birthday away from home Sunday for tbe first time since he moved to Princeton. This was his sixty-nintbirthday. Mr. Cleveland is now in Florida with Professor Howard McClenahan, where the two have been for ten days. He will likely remain south a month longer on account of poor health. 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