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Show - in advertise examiner FULL ASSOCIATED the PRESS DISPATCHES UTAH WEATHER FORECAST it is pkick it charges. MEDIUM best advertising THE EXAMINER THf INDICATIONS CITY. 7y IV VOL NO. FAIR THUSDAY OGDEN CITY. UTAH. THURSDAY ho s abroad nd reaid se for five years shall be presumed to hare aban- ADAMS ON doned hia Amerada eitiaenadiip. gi-e- JEROME STILL PLANS ON House Summary. Washington, Feb. 27. The conference report was agreed to by the house today on the river and harbor appropriation Mil. The house concurred in the senate amendments to the army bill providing for the retirement of certain generals who served in the civil war. with the rank of major general- - The president returned to the house without his approval a MU for the relief of J. W. Bauer and others, growing out of their failure to make return for special tax aa retail duties on oleomargarine. The ship subsidy bill waa debated throughout the day and at the night session, a still Anther extension of one hour having been agreed to fur debate, the extra time to be taken the aeaslon tomorrow. At $ oclock at accounts, and the error can not be took a recess until S p. m. aceouiUed for through any mistake in the houaediscussion continued untH 11 and the the buokkeepiug. Teller FKxgereld baa been given an oclock. indefinite kve of absence. It is said STELLA GOOD RELEASED. that he worried so much sinew the shortage came to light that It waa She Had Na Knewladga of Wright's considered best to relieve him from Intention to Murder. work until he had recovered from the nrrvoua strain. Denver, Feb. 27. Stella Good, who waa arrested in Colorado Springs yesterday on suspicion of having been I'SED MAILS TO Implicated in a plot to murder Mra. Cora Wright and daughter, waa releas-e- d DEFRAUD PEOPLE last night after she had convinced the police autnorltles of thla city that ehe had no knowledge of Wrights inPromoters of a Last Spanish Mina Are tention to poison hia wife and child. Arrested by U. 8. Marshal in Admitting that fee alone la responsible for tlie deaths of his wife and Denvar. child. Wright claims not to remember what potion ho gave them or any the murders. Denver. FSb. 27. C. I. Blackman, details of fiscal agent, and Arthur I Van, trustee of the boat Bullion Spanish Mines CONFERENCE ON company, with offices in the Temple Court building in tide city, were arTOE CANAL WOKE rested today by Deputy United Stales Marshal I. L fVank on charge of having used the mails to defraud hy adand Sscratariaa Root and vertising and selling worthless stork. PresidentDiscuss tha Reorganisation Taft The charges were made by Foatnfflce Scheme. Inspectors M acorn tc and Biddeford, who have investigated complaints made against the company. The comthe panys hooka, inspectors aa , show Washington, Feb. 27. The Presithat $60, OHO has been secured in the dent conferred at the White Houae tolast four months from the sale of day with Secretaries Taft and Boot stock at forty cent a share. The regarding tha details of tha reorganipromoters were taken before United sation schema of tha Panama canal Btatee Commissioner Hinsdale and work. furnished $6,000 bond each for apIt is understood that Col. Halnee pearance at 10 o'clock Friday morn- and Benjamin Harrod. civil engtn-- 1 earn, both mem Here of the present ing for a preliminary bearing. The company's property is located commission, shall retire. Admiral the only remaining member of eight miles northwest of Silver City, N. M. The company waa incorporated the old commission, will be retained, last . November, , with . tan, , million as the law require that one naval shares at the' par value' ut $1 each.' civil Migineei1 rhalj" be Included in its The original Incorporators were R. C. membership. Hunt of Denver and Wm. E. Willson Majors Goethala, Galllard and Seiaa Of Boulder. . bert, who yesterday wen named enThe original board of directors con- members of the commission and sisted of R. C. Hunt, W. B. Cameron. gineers to conduct canal construction, Arthur Levin, Wm. R. Wlllaln and will receive salaries considerably la Charles Dubois. Hunt waa elected excess of thorn they now receive; In- Cameron vice president, namely. M.IMM a year. It la the president; Levan secretary and treasurer and tentlon to divide among them the salaries now paid to Messrs. Shoot and Du hot Lae Dubois superintendent. is the son of the man from whom the Stevens, aggregating $60,000 per an-in num. aa long a they ore engaged property waa purobaaed. . The company represented in its ad- canal work. It is stated that Chief Engineer vertising that the entrance to the old with the statement workings of the mine was inade- Stevena resigned remain in charge on quate for modern methods of mining that he wouldnail! hie successors arand that money wsa needed to drive the isthmua was thoroughly initiated Ina shaft and tunnels to tap the veins. rived and tc take The Inspectors claim to have found to the new duties and prepared It Is probable the trana-fe-' r that the eocslled "old workings. themcanover. be effected early in April wuich were said to be miles in length, It will be necessary for the army are only a natural cave of Irregular to make a personal inspecshape and the pilea of ora said to be engineer tion of part of the canal conevery not be found. very valuable could before any determinawork struction One of the circulars mailed by the to the method reached can be tion company to prospective purchasers of of in the future. work the conducting stock purported to be aa Associated The President if letter yesterday IndiPress dispatch telling of the alleged cated that then might be a recurof the loet mine which rence of the contract plan, but even If bad been originally found by a Span- that should be the case the officer ish grandee who was killed ten years will find themselves able to manage later by Indians after he had taken the work in a supervisory capacity. much gold out of the mine. Just aa they bow do several of the Officer of the company hare declarriver and harbr projects in exlarge ed in affidavits furnished by them to ecution in this country. the inspectors that an error wan made Telegrama were received at the by the printer who set up thin article White House today from the south for a mining company and that they king the President to name W. J. did not intend to represent that it waa Oliver, whose bid for the oonitnictlon an Associated Press dispatch. of the canal waa rejected, aa a member of the Tathmidn Canal commission. Secretary Taft said tonight that he did SENATE AND HOUSE not believe the President wag considering the appointement of Mr. Oliver SUMMARY FOR FEB. 27 as a memlier of the commleahia. Mr. Oliver said he would not accept the ' place if it were tendered him. When he has been officially notified that the Protests Made Against the Reduction bid of the Panama canal construction of the Bill to Improve the Mia company has been rejected. Ur. Oliver will give out a statement for publicasiboippi River. tion. Only last Thursday, he said tothe President assured my night, 27. Feb. listenAfter Washington, 1 would be that friend given the coning to an argument by Senator Patter tract, and went ao lar aa to say that on of Colorado In favor of government be would be down in Panama next owenrahlp of railroads the senate to- November tad that he wu confident day agreed to the conference report that by then he would have the work on the river and harbor apprlpriation well under way. bill. Protests were made against the Ion owned by Mr. OliThe reduction from $650,000 to $250,000 ver willcorporal be dl solved at once. Mr. of the amount for Improvement in the Oliver says ha has $40,000 prespent and between Cairo river Mississippi paring bids and organising his comEL Louis by Senators Hopkins, pany. The Overman. Allison nnd Stone, John B. McDonald, of New York, smaller amount prevailed. of the Panama Canal Conpresident bill Daniel the The senate paired struction company, will, arrive in for the establishing "The fonndatlon tomorrow aad will assist It Washington promotion of Indnatrial peace. Mr. Oliver In preparing a statement, reauthorises a board of trustees to including all the official correspondceive from President Roosevelt the ence between Mr. Oliver aad hia aao-clate- a "Nobel Peace Prlae" aa the nacleue of and the President, secretary of a fond to bring together at Washingwar and the Isthmian Canal commiston representatives of capital and la- sion regarding the canal contracts, bor to discuss labor problem. which will be given to the press. The expatriation MU also waa passof Issuance passthe authorise ed. It PRISONERS PLACED IN CHAINS. ports to person who have declared cltlaena of becoming their intention St. Petersburg, Feb. 27, Disorders of the United States and who have have broken out among tha convicts at and three years lived in this country the Akutul silver mines la Southern who want to visit countries other than Siberia, on account of the strict distha one thev are native. cipline. One hundred nnd fifty high The bill fixes the status of Ameri- political offenders have been placed Incas women who marry foreigners and chain and many. Including Mile. Maforeign women who marry American. rla Splridonovo and other women, have In the latter case the citlxenahip of been removed to prisons used for the the wife is retained during overture confinement of common criminals. and aa long aa she continues to live SEVENTEEN RIOTERS SHOT. la the United 8itei. An American woman can regain her citiaenahlp to a terforeigner after her marriage Riga, Russia, Feb. 27. Seventeen minates and she makes the printer person condemned by court martial application. Tle hiil ofprovides that a for participating la the recent rising cltiren this country at Tukura were shot today. I naturalised District Attorew Jerome, further indication wbrt Horned the Mir futnre o in purpose hli of contmlsaioa In luneny to apply Sir report on ihe rresout condition of tie of defendant's mind. TE- - wit nee Mend for the greatsr mm occupied by Dr. pail of the day Hrition D. Event, director of the hos-pj,-ii Air the inenno at Morris Plains, jf j and alllenlat for the defense, who was up for Hr Jerome aeemod to direct hie efInfort at letting from Dr. Evan exact recognised form at Ion to the exf rai of Insanity from which the suffThaw was declared Harry pert ering at the tlmo of the "brain storm." which resulted In the hilling Dr. Evans had unified of White. that la bin will Thaw displayed evidence of a melancholic state of mind. The district Attorney dwelt for an hoar or more on the subject of melancholia there la a recurrence of the of all affllctioi la at leant csms. Dr. Evans said there was. Sir. Jrrcme aakl he intended calling a witness In rebuttal Dr. Allan a Hamilton, the alienist, who was first employed by tha Thaw defense, but who ha not heretofore figured Dr. Hamilton recently in the trial. mined from Europe and in n published Interview just after he landed, was reported to have said that he came to the conclusion that Waw waa inaaoe it the time of the tragedy, and one-thir- Me-Un- that he la Insane now. also stated Tha district attorney that he weald eall Dr. Cberiee F, pf pittaburg. the Thaw family phyddan, In rebuttal. Dr. Binganwa wu on the atand for a abort while today, but Mr. Delmas objected when e Mr. Jarame started in to the physician a U Insanity in the Thaw family, on the ground that the witnesa bad not qualified aa an ex-- ' pfkff' Dr. Blnganier. told today of visiting Thaw last August, when the prisoner seemed much depressed and suffered frem the delusion that a conspiracy had been formed against him, comwaa not allowed to plaining that put paper In he grating of hia cell diinr because they wauled the cold air to blow in and give him pneu-mo10 he would die and hia case never come to trial. By recalling Evelyn Thaw to the stand for a few questions which he had omitted on hia long Mr. Jerome early today Indicated that he would call Howard Neabit, her bmther, io contradict her in a matter of credibility. He asked Mrs. Thaw if she had not told her brother that Thaw had treated her cruelly while abroad hi cause she refuged to Bin-ym- m ' enaa-exeata- e nl a, tell Ilea about Stanford White and say he had drugged and maltreated her. He also wanted to know If the brother had not bought her a pistol with which she might defend herself inlnat Thow. The defendants wife that there was any denial absolutely truth any of these statements. Delmas announced that the In Mr. tail de- conclude Its case this week. This, however, waa on the assumption that the district attorney would conclude his croaeexamlnntlona of Drs. Evans end Wagner today. Mr. Jeron e did' not even finish with Dr. Evans, who will be recalled tomorrow mnrnlng. John T. Deemar, the physician to Mrs. Wm. Thaws family, will follow Dr. Evans,1 and Pa then win come Dr. Wagner. After have testified Mrs. Wm. Thaw herself will take the stand, according to present plans. The defense may. iherefnri-- . conclude by Monday or wmild ihi-s- TneMy of next week. If Mr. Jernuii- moves for a lunScy remission it t expected he will do during the taking of the rebuttal teaMmony next week. T; was expected that Dr. Evani and Mr. Jerome would have a lively dui-of during the . - l the witness but there were only one or two dashes in which the honors Plrd to be about evenly dividej. ''hi' examination dragged.- at times, ad Mr. Jerome seldom raised his above ihe low, placid tone he so frequently assume!. During the of Dr. R'n-- . Thaw Legan to write rapidly id told the reporters he was prepariJ'5loe n ng tn s statement. His action attracted of the lawyers, wfeoap-rarrmi- y wished to dlaauaJe the from making a formal state-nin- t attention da-tarta- public. However, the following. written upon a scrap of paper, nns'ly reached the press table: This is the -- econd statement Mr. niadi since August Hr Whh chances of a million to one 'gams her. It In wonderful that. Mra. Tnsw, testimony prevailed against dlurlct attorney and his . hlack-icg.- " 1 Continued on Page Three.) m,Hing money was stolen. at Chicago Come This Concluaitn at LaaL M Dhicjan. a aurer Fek 27. ainweefe announced today that PU'y Assistant. Treasurer Bants had h cxamlnaikm of the ks of TeiLtr Fitzgerald and hadh beyond s doubt, that the $172.-olrIs missing, waa atolen. no mistake In ntxgerald'a Sub-Tre- Hd - . Cul-lot- FEBRUARY j8. :v Nor horn Pacilir THE STAND Tells to of the Methods of Ostsctivas in Placing Him Under Arrest and Hia Incarceration. FRI- aoiiI.I now be wbt-ri- - at the time ii mi. Northern iV years it It.. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1007 Pacific of ahrsd ( j .1 Hill laughed when lus was called u this statement, and mill: "Mr. Harriman has got control of luii1, too, has lie?" ATTACHED HARRIMAN . "LAND FRAUD KING. Wallace. Idaho. Feb. 27. -- The court huukt- was packed to the d,.,i (hi afternoon when Steve Adam, defendant in Die murder trial wuich linolve-ih- e approaching trial of Moyer. and Petti bone for ihe murder uf Bteuuenberg. wem on the witness stand in his own behalf. Adam examined with the greatest details regarding hi life. Witnesa testified that he hid Joined the Altman mluersn union No. IS. branch ut the Western Federation, while at Independence. Colorado, in 1$U1. He had married Mrs. Adauu at Tellurlde and immediately after th marriage went bark to independ ence. wliere he waa arrested tor dynamiting the shaft of ihs Vindicator mine. He aa thrown into Jail for $3 days, hut bo charge we preferred and be waa released. Adania dewcrlb-rthe means by which he to Denver and changed hia ' namegota Mieve Dixon, aud cams to Idaho from Den ver, fearing to be thrown back Into jail, and went to rite Marble Creek district for the purpose of hiding. While in Denver he met Jack Simpkins who was a member of the executive board of the Western Pndemtlon. While on the way to Marble creed he met Vincent Bt. John and Griffin In Burke and met Simpkins at Wardner. When he went Into the Marble Creek district he was armed with an old pluck powder Winchester and sn automatic revolver. He shot quite a lot - Attorney's Maneuvers Clashes With Dr. Evans Thaw's Statement to the Press. Tht AND Jann-- Interest Centered in the District the MORNING. IN HIS OWN BEHALF COMMISSION IN LUNACY Feb- - JT. Isterewl In triM today, csotorsd in the THAT WILL BE DAY. SQ N. tor. WEATHER THE as well Caches the county SUBBCRIP-ifoS' city.ARE OUR the OPEN TO A SOOKS ARE Hay-woo- d pi Portland, Or.. 27. A. D. Puter. as ih- Fraud King." who is serving a two tears' term in Ihe Multnomah e unity Jail for to deft i ud the fe.li-rs- l govern- mem of part uf the public oiiiiiain. naa been suhpi.t'iiacd to the in the , aH- - of KcirvM-!t:atlvHihger HerntuiiTi of which ia uow being tried at Washington, and left for that cil today in charge of a deputy United States marshal. Puter wu the guiding spirit in praet-.eallall the ininii-nsland fraud cunsplrace in Oregon and his iwt-Uiiw on the ijichk stand were in securing materially or the conviction the late I'ntieJ States Penal or John H. Mitchell and Representative tu Congress John T. Williamson of Oregon. K,-h- . !.u-'w- g ! iir.-gon- , and Alton Stock. j d in the district, but denied the lucident of the ahuoting over Tylers cabin while Tyler and Phillips tat In front. Adams corroborated the attendance at Masons birthday party and his leaving than on Aug. I Jor the head of navigation, aocompanted by Glover. He confirmed the testimony of Ell regarding hia riding in the pilot houae on the boat aad other witnesses regarding hia visit to Spokane and slaying with hia uncle there. He denied that ha waa at Prices hotel at Mica Meadows on Aug. 24. . Had Glover, Simpkins and yourself anything to do witk the killing f Tyler of Boule?" No, ha answered. He dearrlbed the manner of hli art ratal on Feh. 20, 190$, at hia uncles ranch near Baker City by Detective Thiel and Sheriff Brown on a fugitive warrant aharglng complicity ia tha Stenaenberg aseaast nation. He was thrown Into Jail over nlghrat Baker City and demanded ihat Beowa get him aa attorney. Brown refused, but next morning be demanded again and ' Brown went out and the witnesa saw Attorney Moore. Adams feared being : taken to Colorado. While at the depot waiting for the train Brown told him j that he waa on the - inside and if Adame would do what waa wanted he would coma out all right Thiel reiterated thla statement a number of limes on the way to Boise. At Boise he waa taken straight to the penitentiary and thrown Into a solid cell on the second tier with Harry Orchard aad confined six er seven dav. While in the cell Orchard told Adams that he had made a confession implicating of the Western Federation and Adama; that he (Orchard) waa to get off without prosecution and that he waa to get a piece of money and he intended- to put. a pond between himself and members of the Western Federation. Orchard warned Adama that tba beat thing he could do waa to help convict the o (Beers of the Western Federation and corroborate Orchard' confession and save himself and think of hit fomily, and if Adams failed to do thla he would be taken back to Colorado and either mobbed or hanged. Adama' testimony will be resumed tomrorrow. Immediately before Adama testified, Mrs. Adama was on the wltnem stand rod stated that on March 2, 196G, she had been taken from Baker City to flotae by Thiel. On the way to Boise Thiel told her Store had made a confession and had been promised and would he back on the ranch. Mr Part land came to nee her the second day after her arrival in Bcdse and reiterated Thiel's statement. At the penitentiary Warden Whitnev lold her to cheer up Steve, that he had gone through a terrible ordeal and fell very badly. She waa locked In tha woman's ward in the penltertlary along with women prisoner and while there Gv. Gooding had once called on her and kissed her baby two or i of-fie- rt three times. Mra. Adam denied that Sieve ever referred to a cartridge that had killed Boule. JAPANESE SQUADRON SAILS. Will Represent Japan at Jamaatown Exposition. SENATOR BAILEY IS EXONERATED By a Vota of 70 to 40 tha Lower House of Taxaa Legislature Declares Him Not Guilty. 2 Austin, Texh. Feb. 27- .- By a vole of 70 to 4i Beu ai or Joseph W. Uailey wse exonerates! by the lower house of the Texas legislature tonight of any charges of Irregular art in pub- lic life, aa alleged by Representative Pucke on January 14. This action conclude! six weeks of investigation that has caused Senator Bailey's con- staut presence in thla city. Ou Monday, by a vote of 15 to 11. Ihe senate exonerated Mr. Hailey without waiting to hear Ihe report of the Investigating committee. The house tonight re ted on the recommendation of lbs majority of the committee for a complete exoneration without aubmisalpn of the evidence. Bailey's opponents pleaded hi have the evidence submitted before being asked to vote, hut the Bailey forces, In the majority, furred a slightly vota. Senator BalW appeared before ihe after his esoneraUno. He strongly criticised the element starting the invearigstton, and expressed In emphatic language his ojrinton of The commission wanted to know the whole proceeding. Beaetor Dailey will leave at once for what the books showed had beea Washington On be sworn ia aa senator expended la coauection with tne on March 4th, handling of (be property, but- while the Senator Bailey, while bitterly criti- wltneea waa searching for the records cising bis opponents, declared he was the seeslon waa adjourned until tomor-- ' Stales tow, Mr. Hlllaird wUl bn recalled togoing to continue as United senator from Tvsas for at least ihree morrow morning. terms. Edward H. Harriman concluded hia The conspirators have been given testimony at the morning session, and a wholesome leestm, he said. Never his examination brought forth nothing gala will they attempt It within this of apodal importance. He was sucNever again will they ceeded on the atand by Otto H. Kahn, generation. wear the honors of Texas democracy one of the leading member of the In their life. Such men would be- firm of Kuhu, Lueb A Co., which has tray a republic if Hessians were for financed many of the important deals hire. of the Harriman party, and a former The leader of the contest was a director of the Unkui Partite. Kahn with man who has gamhled negroes, remained on the atand until and If he altotnpta to deny It, I will and under examination of C. A. prove If to him. One of them was Reverence, of counsel for the governconvicted of enihexilemeDt and yet he ment, lold of the recMganlzation of the la here drawing hia cloak about hint Union waa Pacific. a There aaylng that he cannot keep the DemoInquiry aa to the commissions pedal cratic commandments. paid to Kuhn, I neb A 'o. and Hie They have lied about me. Their of the firm, the witness martyr la Heam, who led his light and Jamb Schlff with the Union against Texas. The leader In thla The witnesa said the firm had fight la the man who has this telegram received a commission equal to S per on the published, laying legislature, rent on the putvhase of the Southern claiming that it. was corrupted by Pacific, a commission of 6 per rent has divided with other underwriter on the Hearat women and song. wine, his emissaries and agent In the Tcx-- 1 issue of Union Pacific ronvanahla legislature talay. This Ilearst bonds at a reduction of 5 per rent. Tha campaign mesne that they want to witness spiritedly defended the acta of eliminate men like me and John his firm, and cited Instances where it Pharp Williams and piece mrn like has sold storks to Ihe Union Partflo John Duncan. below the current market. at a "How many of three men were like Mr. figure Kahn made an extended defense Hawkins, who risked his office n hia of the Alton transection, baaed on the conviction nnd Inet It? If theae oihers methods and cimdltiona of the time. had- the convict ion and ctiage of Mr. Harriman during hia testimony Hawkina there would not have been Invoked the question of private a single vote against my vindication again bnsineas as anlnat Interstate comhere today. merce, and refused to answer Inter"They seek to destroy my uaeful-neshia Individual slock but think God I nra ton far rogations asMr.to Kxhn refused to diabove them for them to hurt. Not n deals, and aa to the sentence in the whole record reflects vulge anything rpecifle undertaken transactions by bis inor political against my personal firm In behalf of client in or nutaide tegrity. Union Pacific directorate. He "Out of the forty men who voted of the hia counsel, Paul D. Cravath, urgagainst mv exoneration not more than and AttorNot ed the same objection made by Harrl-tnafour will be here next of them will be In Ihe Demo- ney G. Milburn in behalf of Mr. and added Vie special plea uf cratic ranks at that time. They will return to the populist party, where the confidential privileges between a and hli clients. they belong. I will never rest until banker The commission ruled all objections I nee the election laws so fixed that no man can have hia name put on 1 he and the record waa in each instance ticket aa a candidal for the legisla- properly completed for reference to ture unless he records n solemn oath the court a. Wm. II. Moore and Daniel G. Reid, the people's that he will directors of the Rock laland. testified Horrl-maThis legislature ought not to ad- as to the coin not with Mr. confor his Joint d and a mend. 124 so is associates, section until journ that no man shall hold the people's trol of the Alton orand that there was no verbal agreement. office unless they shall support the other written Mr. Moore said that while the conpeople'! peminee." tract was still being fully observed, its effect was nominal. He and his assoSALE OF VAN DYKES. ciates had exported benefits from the Italians Are Angered Over Morgan's arrangemen that had not moterlalixod and their earlier plans in connection Purchases. with the project had not been carried Genoa, Feh. 27.- -It now appears that. out tli. statement published that the fam-- j PLOT WAS DISCOVERED. lly of the Marquis of (sttano. had sold seven paintings by Van Dyke to J. P. i Morgan for $50i.ii00 Is erroneous In so Attempt Made to Blow Up a Grand for M the number of canvases is conDuke, cerned; Mr. Morgan seemingly ha acPublic quired only four Van Dyke. St. Petersburg,' Feb. 27. The Nome opinion la demanding slrongly thaf for these Vremya this morning publishes a senthe persons responsible sational account of tlie foiling of ansales be prosecuted and that the sale be declared Told for the reason that other plot on the life of Grand Duke Nicholas Nlcholalevltch, president of Ihe present head of the Cttann famthe council of national defense and ily are all. under age. second cousin of Emperor Nicholas. The plot is said to hare been discoverSCHOOL &UPT8. MEETING. ed shortly before 6 o'clock last night, ' Chicago, Feb. 27. - The speakevs at the time' scheduled for the arrival train bringing the today's session uf ihe department of here of the Imperial Tearakne-8elo. A superintendent of the National Edu- grand duke from cational association Included A. M. guard patrolling the track near the station at the St. Petersburg end of Chamherleia of Pasadena. Cnl. the line caught n man dressed as a F. B. Cooper of Seattle, was el.iMi-workman in th act. of placing a wood-ipresident. The next annu.il U. U. box In uie uiiuille uf il.e uses at will La held a i house -- Pa-rifl- e. - s, bus-Ire- se-io- n. JAMES J. HILL LAUGHS. When Told What Harriman Said of Northern Paclfle. New York. Mr. Herd-nian'- a attack on Stuyvesant Fish who recently from the presidency of the Illinois Central railroad waa a striking feature of his testimony yesterday. Fieh has as yet made no Stuyve-istatement in reply and It la ronid-ere- d possible that if he does make one he will make It on the witnesa atand before the commission. One f Mr. Flab's friends -- aid that the reamake son ilnulitleaa that an immediate reply w that hr first to . a vertietim report of the testimony. Mr. Harriman. in the course of hia testimony yro'erday. said that if the Union Pacific had xalned control of waa oqted a point SOrt pavilion. yards from the imperial, A idtd by the darkness, the plotter and escaped to the cab of aa who was waiting nearby, and drove away. The box on the track was found to conisiu an infernal, uta-- . chine of enormous power. The auistii was designed to cauae an explo--' slim from the vibration of tlie train saflud ,acd. lt The guard mnimunlrateil with tna railroad officials who signaled the train and anrceedcd in stopping it before t reached the machine. The entire neighborhood of the rail--- . road Marlon was at once surrounded bv police. A statement that the or--' dots for the grand dukes Journey Into-81Petersburg were countermanded nmuu-ni- , st the has. according to' tue Novou Viciujs. been confirmed by lliu police. . ls-t- t BALLOONS FOR. THE ARMY. , Experiment to b Mada With Bomba and Heavy Explosive. New was nude Announcement the United Flairs government which has recently shown much Interest in aerial navto a igation, has given an order local aeronaut for a bugs balloon which will cost in the nelghboihood uf fl2,n00. The balloon la to be labeled Nri. lu, aa the war department already has nine other hal hams, it will weigh 1.7110 ihiii nils and have a lifting capacity pf a ton. Hitch an lifting rapacity I said to have been required because of tha war department s Intention to ' experiment with bombs and heavy explosives. With the announcement cam the ewa that an aerial station had been established at Fort Omaha, Neb. Several balloons will lie shipped there shortly and oHera f:r mors- - will follow. A hydrogen gas'snpply tank ban already lieen constructed and as soon is the big ban arrive at their destination experiments will be started under the direction 'of General James P. Allen, oonmiiin.ler-ln-rhle- f of tha signal corps of the army, lie has been io supervise the new depart-meuf Ihe war servlre. Fell. ;7. Y-- rk, thut lod-i- al m BUTCHERED BY BANDITS. Bis Ruralea'Put to Death Whlls Thsy Slept. ' Ban Antonio. Texas, Feb. 27. A despatch to the Express from Masatlan, Mexico, Hava: Hlx ruraiea aa they lay asleep In the shelter of rurks in the vicinity of were butchered by the notorious bandit, Enrique Chavea nnd his band yesterday. Ranchmen and farmers in the Teplc diet rid. are in a condition bordering on panic, as It la rumored that Chaves has gathered around him other men aa bloody and cruel as himself. Many efforts have in tfir past few months been trade to capture Chavex. lint his lurk, nerve and knowledge of (he country hate alwaya saved him. Ti-il- c ENGINEERS RECEIVE INCREASE. El Paso, Texas. Fob. The result of the negotiations (hat has been going on for Hsue time between G; K. Hudson and a committee representing the engineers of the Mexican .Central railroad, ia an agreement by which the engineers receive an Inrraaee of about twelve per rent In waives. This places the Mexican Central engineer on tb same srale as those of the other linen in Mexico. 27. Vice-Preside-nt CURZON HAS A "POLITICAL BEE. n one-hal- f liondon. Feb. 27. Replying to a correspondent. Lord Curzon say it la his desire to public life next autumn, and. If a suitable opportunity presents itself, to obtain a seat ia parliament d ' GARRETT SUCCEEDS WALTER. re-pe- ct . 27. New York. Fob. 27. Counsel for the government renewed their attack ou the financial methods of the lUrrintHu group in the Chicago 41 Alton railroad tiefore the iuiersiaie commerce mission this aiicnionn. when the, called Charles W. Hillaiid. controller of the road, as a witnesa. HHlaird said that hs liecame cum roller In October lust when, under Ihe Joint arrangement for the uiauagemetu of the property, the Ruck island lok its torn. Hlllaird said his first task was to find money lo carry on the Improve-incuts under way. There waa immey in the treasury for current expense, but not enough to carry ou toe imof prove! s, which included a cut-of- f ::4 miles of road from a point near Miirrayvllle to Bprlugllehl. There waa not enough money to complete the building of this Hue. sa'd the w lines. I looked into the question of raising be continued, money by mortgage, "and I discovered that It already had been mortgaged." Do 1 understand Ihat this road had been mortgaged before it was built?'' asked Commissioner Lane. told that It was covered by "Yes, the mortgage of twin, and that nothing could lie done except tu put a second mortgage on H, which would' have been poor security, said Hlllaird. Mr. Kellogg then read the mortgage to show the line had been covered by All the li, and tho witness said: bonds were gone. 1 found from the hook that the thirteen million dollars had never been paid to Rtsnton for tha stock; three million dollars had nnver been paht to Blanton for tlie road; twenty two million dollar in bonds had been turned over to the aymllrate who delivered the alork and the rued through tlie Intermediary, Mr. Bun-ton- . n Tokio, pel). 27. Ambaaeador Luke E. Wright gave a luncheon today in honor of Admiral Ijuin In command of the naval squadron 'which will start tomorrow for Jamestown, Va. Vice Admiral Togo was also invited, and the most cordial feeling prevailed. Those present were most enthusiastic In wishing the admiral a pleasant trip. Feb. Government's Counsel Renewed the Fight on the Great Financier's Dealings in Chicago New York. Feb. 27. W. A. Garrett was today elected president ' of the Seaboard Air IJne to succeed Alfred Walter, who died recently at hit horns In this city. oooooooooooooooo . O O O O 1,000 MEN IDLE, Butte. Mont.. Feh. 27. Al- fO though three thousand miners O and top mm are idle, owing to O the action of the Miners union O In demanding so increased O scale of wages May 1st, no ap-O prehension ia felt that any of O the mines a 111 close down. One O thousand men in addition to O the two thousand layed off yes- O terday were discharged today. O It is understood thxt it will lie O the policy of the operating O companies in the future to pay O the srale. hut to employ only O about half as many men ss at O present. On'y the most urgent- O ly development nccess.iry O work will be carried on. 8uf-een O flcienl ore bodies have O blocked out In the larger prop- O erties to keep a good force of O skilled miner at work for the O next fifteen years. 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