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The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03
STRIKERS TRIAL
NEARING A CLOSE
Prosecution Has Put in
All Evidence.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MOSCOW, Idaho, Nov. I'm the trial
of the Occur d'Alene miners, for interfer-
ing with the mails, the prosecution closed
its case at noon yesterday. During the
proceedings the defense made motion
to strike out all the testimony by wit
nesses who had testified before the Coro-,
ner's Jury on the death of Smith and
Cheyne, the men who were killed on April
20. the day of the alleged obstruction OF
the mails The ground taken was that
the defense had been refused access to
the records of this proceeding, and there
fore the defendants were deprived of the
opportunity to use evidence given prior to
the present testimony for purposes OF i'm.
peachment. 1t was maintained that II
the records were on hand they anticipated
no trouble In showing that some of the
witnesses were false or mistaken In the
statements made in the court. The de-
fense introduced ten witnesses who at
tempted to prove albis for me prisoners.
To-day many witnesses were introduced
by the defense and the testimony was pre-
sented to show that all the prisoners ex-
cept one were engaged in other business
and were not present when the mill was
blown up, and that they were not part
of the mob that delayed the mail train.
The defense will put three more, wit
nesses on the stand tomorrow and this
will finish the evidence.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03
WILL NOT GIVE
Up A MURDERER
Costa RiCa Refuses Wish
of England.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 2.-The
Government of Costa Rica has definitely
refused to surrender Rutherford, the man
charged with the murder of the American
citizen named Archer unless the British
Government guarantees not to infiict cap
ital punishment, TO which the Govern
ment cannot accede, thus closing the case
so far as Jamaica is concerned.
Early in 1897 an American named Post
Harding Archer arrived in Jamaica for
the purpose of taking up land and engag-
ing in fruit cultivation. 10 all appearances
he possessed considerable means both in
ready money and personal effects. Archer
secured a property known as Elervale, in
the parish of Portland, most valuable
place for his purpose, situated on the very
outskirts of civilization and reached by
a road that led no farther. AS compan-
ion and partner in his venture Archer Sc
cured the services of a jamaican named
on October %, 1897, the body of Archer
was found in an unfrequented spot in a
pool of blood. The body showed two pis-
tol shot wounds, one through the brain
and one through the heart. There was no
weapon found, and the flannel undershirt,
shirt and coat were buttoned up and
found to be unperforated by the bullet
that entered the heart.
The body also lay face downward on a
pile of broken stones, yet the face was not
bruised The effects of the deceased were
found to have been stolen,
In spite of these facts the police of the
district, AFTER ucldy u q wen, SOI op q
theory of suicide. with which they went
before the Coroner's jury. The Coroner.
who was the resident magistrate, refused
TO allow such a verdict on the evidence
and the recorded verdict was that the
deceased came to his death from the ef-
fects of two pistol shots, but by whom
discharged does not appear from the evil
dence The circumstances surrounding
the death of the deceased are so suspi-
cious we should suggest that the police
be Instructed to institute further vigilant
investigation.
mally notified the United States Consul
that Archer had committed suicide. Mean
while Mr. Elworthy had kept up a lively
correspondence with the Colonial Secre-
tary, pointing out the criminal negligence
and incapacity of the people, but his rep
resentations had no effect
Early in the present year there was a
shutting of police, and one result was the
transfer to Portland of one of the shrewd-
est and most active inspectors on the
force, Inspector Mcleod.
In the interim Mr. Elworthy, a Justice
of the Peace and friend of Archer, had
quietly been carrying on a private inves-
tigation with a view to the ultimate clear
ing of the memory of his friend from the
stain of suicide and to bring the murderer
to Justice. He placed the results in the
hands of Mcleod, and after considering
them that officer united with Mr. FL
worthy in urging the Government to order
a reopening of the inquiry.
This was done. Rutherford, who imme-
disappeared from the island, was located
In Costa Rica, where he was arrested on
an extradtion warrant from the Jamaican
Government.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03
Commission Submits a Preliminary
Stating That No Promises Were
and Praising the Work Of

WASHINGTON, Nov. I'm ac-
A cordance with the understand
AA ing reached at the conference
VI VI at the White House yesterday
Il the Philippine Commission sub
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03
Ex-Congressman Burns Dead.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Nov. 2.-Formsr Con-
gresham Daniel d. Burns died at his
home in this city at 1:30 o'clock this morn
ing He was a son of the late Congress-
man James n. Burns succeeding to his
fathers seat in the House Of Representa-
tives in 1891.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03
Militia on Guard.

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. "A dispatch from
Wardner to the Statesman says Company
II, Idaho National Guard, went on guard
at the prison last night. Adjutant Cen
eral Weaver has a dispatch from General
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03
Russell-Armstrong Wedding.

WOODLAND, Nov Felix Joseph
Russell of Winters and Miss Pearl Arm
strong of Capay Valley were married on
Wednesday. They are spending their
honeymoon in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03

Tourists supplied with California SOU
venirs, books, photographs, Indian and
Chinese pictures of every description and
Mexican carved leather goods. Sanborn,
Vail & Co.. TAI Market st.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
HOTEL ROLLS INTO THE SEA.
People Buried In The Ruins
Four Vessels Go to The Bottom.
NOT A MOMENTS WARNING.

Rome, Dec. ga Terrible disaster
took place at Ama1f, the popular tourist
resort on the Gulf of Salerno. An
enormous, rock upon which stood the
Cappuccini hotel, slid bodily into the
sea, with deafening roar and without
l.moment's warming, carrying with it
she hotel, the old Capuchin monastery
below, the Hotel Santa Calerina and
several villas.
Many people were buried in the de-
bris, which crushed four vessels to the
bottom of the sea, destroying their
crews. The mass of earth which
slipped was about 1000 cubic yards.
The population IS in state of terror,
fearing fresh calamities. Troops have
arrived upon the scene and begun res
cue work.
It is believed that the loss of life is
heavy, including a number of monks
and the occupants of the hotel. Asyet
it is impossible to ascertain the exact
number.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
1t Is Puerto Rico.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The govern
ment has finally adopted puerto
Rico" as the official spelling of the
name of that island, and hereafter all
official documents will adhere to that
form. The board on geographic names
decided in favor of this some years
ago, but the usage has not been uni
form. The board requested from Pres
ident Mckinley an expression of his
views, and in making the decision he
says the name should be Puerto Rico, in
accordance with the custom of the peo-
ple of the island
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Forty School Chlldred Drowned.

Brussels, Dec. 26.-Upwards of forty
school children We're drowned in. an
ice accident at Frelighein, near the
French frontier. The children of the
district had been given a holiday, with
permission to play on the frozen river
Lys. When the merriment was at its
full height the ice broke suddenly and
the children disappeared. A few were
rescued half-dead, but the majority
were drowned. Thirty-six bodies have
been recovered, but others are still
missing.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Seized American Flour.

Washington, Dec. 22.-In the absence
of a formal complaint, the state depart
ment officials do not care to express a
specific opinion in the case of the re-
ported seizures of American flour by
the British cruisers off the South Afri-
can coast, under suspicion that it was
intended for the Transvaal. But I'M
der the general rule adopted by cur
government and adhered to by most of
the other civilized governments, mer-
chandise of this description sent by one
case of the United States and Portugal
is absolutely exempt from seizure.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
VICTIMS OF PRECEDENT.
But Not an Excuse For Dishonest,
Though Old Tricks.
BRIBERY THE FIXED CUSTOM.

New York, Dec 23.-According to
the Havana manager Of tobacco i'm
porting firm now in this city at the
home Office, the Cuban customs APP
praisers who were arrested in Havana
are only the victims OF precedent.
Said he:
1t is not an unusual move. The won
der is that it has not been done before.
Under Spanish rule the changing OF
classifcations on goods, with the cons
nivance of the officials, was very coms
mon. The officials had an idea that
they held office for the single purpose
of getting rich They accepted brides
as a matter of course. Now they have
come in contact with another adminis<
trative idea which takes into consider
alton the interests of government and
are surprised as well as disappointed
at not being able to go on in the same
course.
This is not the first instance since
the Americans have been in charge
where frauds of the same kind have
been let off with the rebuke Of the ofis
GERS.
Business men who have shipped
goods into Cuba have been taught by
experience that it is cheaper to bride
the officials than to remain honest and
be kicked out of the country. Spanish
officials did not care to deal with hons
est merchants and would seek pretexts
for getting them out of the country.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Testing Taxation of Franchises.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 23.-City Tax Col
lector Penthouse has attached the pro-
perty of every corporation holding a
franchise from the city of Dallas to en-
force payment of the franchise tax
under the provisions of the new city
charter. The attachmentsin included the
properties of three electric street rail-
way companies and three electric light
and power companies, the Southern
Telephone company and numerous cor
porations. A suit to test the constitu.
tionality of the power of the tax fran.
chises was agreed upon.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
State Board of Agriculture

Topeka, Dec. 23.-The twentysninth
annual meeting of the Kansas board of
agriculture will be held in representa-
tive hall, Topeka, January 10, IL and
II. A strong program is being pre-
pared and rate of fare and a third
has been made for that week on tickets
to Topeka on all Kansas railroads.
DR.. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bureau
of animal industry at Washington,
Prof. S. J. Hunter of Kansas Univer.
sity General J. Z. Hudson, Colonel
Richard J. Hinton, Prof. Minnie A.
Stone, of Kansas Agricultural college,
and Mrs. Mary T. Gray, of Kansas City
are the leading speakers expected.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
SAOGGIE MUNITIONS Z MEN.
DelagOa Bay Ports Better for Beers
Than if Theirs.
MUNITIONS AND RECRUITS.

London, Dec. 26.-The principal port
of Dalogoa Bay is of more real service
to the Beers than it could be if owned
by them; as in that case it would be
blockaded. Food, munitions and re-
cruits are brought in almost openly.
Arms are concealed in the lower parts
OF the ship and covered over with tons
of stuff. Examine such ships out at
sea. 1t would take three weeks to ex-
anime them properly. The bills OF
lading, Of course, are all cooked. As
for the recruits, they come in the same
ships, as passengers, walters or sailors,
it does not matter how. They are
landed and received with ovations and
enthusiasm. After this open armed
reception they are expeditiously for
warded to Pretoria, arms and all.
They come as civilians, they leave as
soldiers. All Europe is a recruiting
ground for the Boers-Germany, Bel
giuA, Russia, Sweden, Holland and
Ireland all contributing. In the light
of what we know, there is nothing to
do but for England to remember that
she has feet, and to use it TO occupy
Lourenzo Marques. If England acts
thus with regard to Delagoa Bay the
war will be over in three months. II
she leaves things as they are now the
war will last for at least a year.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Canada Sells Tim ber Lands.

Chicago Dec. 23.-The Ontario gov
eminent has sold 39s square miles of
timber limits in the districts of Algmoa
Nipissing and Rainy river here. twas
attended by all the leading American
lumbermen in Michigan, who bought
freely, Notwithstanding the fact that
the terms of sale prohibited export of
saw logs, and the expectation being
that the scarcity of lumber and in
creased demand in the United States
would necessitate large demand of
manufactured stuff from Canada. The
price of the limits showed a good adj
vance
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Ladysmith Provisioned.

London, Dec. 23.-The Daily Mail
says: 1--WE understand that news has
arrived from General White to the
effect that Ladysnith is well supplied
with food and ammunition and can
hold out much longer than has been
estimated. The troops are described
as in good spirits and anxious to fight. "
There is still no definite news regard
ing the military operations in South
Africa. Probably this is because the
only cable that is now working is
.hoked with official dispatches.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Dwight l. Moody is Dead.

East Mortified, Mass, Dec. ed
=. Moody, the famous evangelist is
lead.
It was not expected by the members
If Mr.. Moody's family and immediate
circle of friends, that death would be
;he result of his illness. The cause of
Heath was a general breaking down,
iue to overwork. Mr.. Moody's heart
las been weak for a long time and ex-
.rtions put forth in connection with
meetings in the west last month,
brought on a collapse from which he
failed to rally
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
New Quarantine Order.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The Secretary
of Agriculture issued the annual order
effective January 5 next, establishing
federal quarantine against splenetic
or southern fever among cattle. The
order prohibits the transportation Oh
cattle except under certain regulation:
into other territory from the quaran
tine district which is substantially the
same as last year. The most impor
tant change is withdrawing from the
quarantine area, that portion of Cali
fornia, north of line drawn easterlJ
from San Francisco.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Bell OF Colorado.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Mr. Bell Coli
submitted some remarks in criticism of
the statement in the presidents mes
sage about the prosperous condition of
the country. He charged that large
proportion of the alleged prosperity
was fictitious and instanced the case
of the numerous industrial trusts,
which, he said, had been inflated with
wind and foated. Many of these bub-
bles had been pricked within the last
few days and today the newspapers
were filed with the stories of distrust
in Wall street.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
AMERICAN FEDERATION.
President Gompers Reelected With AL
the Old Ohacers.

Detroit, Dec. 26.-The American
of Labor unanimously re elected all of
its old officers. The only contests OCT
CURED in selections of fraternal dele
gates to the foreign trades congresses.
During the nine days that the dele
gates were in session, declarationswer
adopted concerning a great variety of
questions of more or less public import,
but for the first time in many years no
proposition was made or action taken
even remotely connected with the
money question or other pending po-
litical issue Among the closing items
of business transacted were the adop-
ton of resolutions appealing to con-
gress to submit to state legislatures a
sixteenth constitutional amendment
to prohibit Acknowledgement of citizens
on account of their sex and directing
President Gompers to correspond with
the trades union of the continental
European countries with view OF
bringing about fraternal relations.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Corruption In Havana.

Havana, Dec. 22.-An immense SEN
sation was caused in Havana by the
arrest of nine appraisers of the Gus
toms house staff, on charge of being
in collision with many Havana mer-
chants to swindle the government out
fraud has been practiced for two weeks
at least, and probably for longer
period, and it is believed that thou
sands of dollars have been corruptly
diverted. The swindle was accom-
plished by a classification of articles
under which valuable goods went into
clean classes
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Appreciates their MANLY Course.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 22.-At the re-
quest of Senator NJ. A. Hanna, the Lit
tie Consolidated Street Railway COM
pany of which he is president, will
distribute $4,000 among employees as a
Christmas gift. The Senator in tele-
gram to the directors says he wants to
show the company's appreciation of
the manly course taken by its en-
ployes during the late strike" on the
Big Consolidated lines when they re-
fused to go out.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Plenty of ProHisions.

San Francisco, Dec. ga large re-
frigerator plant is soon to be erected
in Manila by the United States under
the direction of Major L. S. Pudiez of
the quartermaster's department. It
will occupy building 24O feet square
and 25 feet high, to be located on the
left bank of the Pasig river. The cool
ing room will be large enough to con-
tain at once 5000 beeves, $500 sheep
and 100 tons each of salt meats, butter
and eggs and vegetables enough to
supply the American army in the Phil
ippines for some time. In addition to
this the plant will produce fifty tons Of
ice and six thousand gallons of distilled
water every day.
With this plant in operation it win
be possible to supply the hospitals with
pure water and ice, wholesome food
and even delicacies. With the railroads
in operation the troops at the front
can be supplied daily with fresh meat
and vegetables.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Wireless TeIerraphy.

Washington, Dee. 23.-Rear Admiral
Bradford has asked authority from the
navy department to establish bureau
at the naval training station at New
port for the development of a naval
system of wireless telegraphy. 1t is
proposed to detail several officers hav-
ing high electrical knowledge at thi
station, and to furnish facilities for
study and experiment
In all probability the experiments
Rear Admiral Bradford desires will be
ordered.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Another National Ticket.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The American
Political League whatever that is) has
Issued a call for national convention
for the nomination of candidates for
president and vice president OF the
United States, to be held in Boston,
July 4, 1900. The councils of each
state are directed to appoint two dele
gates at large.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
steel ship binding Plant.

North Sydney, Cape Breton, Dec. 30
The largest coal mine transaction in thu
history of the industry in this island
has been completed in the sale of the
coal property of the General Mining
association to syndicate of American
and Canadian capitalists. The new
owners will establish steel ship build
ing plant there and the coal mines vii
be operated in connection therewitf,
These mines are the oldest in Nova
Scotia
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
decision ON EXPRESS Rates.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec 22.-The supreme
court handed down a decision in the
ease of the Pacific Express company
against the state board of Transports
ton. The court sustains the board,
holding that it has the power to regu-
late express rates The company in
its appeal from a ruling of the board,
denied this right on the ground that
the board was an unconstitutional or
ganization. The point of unconstitu,
tionality was not touched upon in the
decision.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
FORTY ARE DEAD.
Details of the Bra.nen Coal Nine Kxplo-
siOn-Was an Awful Deathtrap.


si0n-VFas an Awful Deathtrzp.
Pittsburg, Pa, Dee. 26.-The mine
is that OF the Stockade Coal company
and lies four miles from Brownsville
and fourteen miles from Uniontown.
It is known as the Braznen mine and
lies near station of that name on the
Redstone creek branch of the Penn
slyvania railroad Fire Boss Radcliffe
went through the mine as usual and
found gas, or fire damp, in two places.
He detected about four inches Of gas
in the main entry about 100 yards from
the main shaft and about an equal
quantity in a room on the side entry
short distance away. The fire boys
reported the presence of the gas but
informed the superintendentent that
it was all right for the men to enter.
The men were lowered into the mine
in a cage, descending the main shaft,
which is vertical. From forty to fifty
men had entered the mine and dis
persed through it when the gas was
ignitea in some manner not yet ascer-
CURED. Its force must have reached
every man in the mine. The cage in
the main, shaft, which was at the bot
tom, was blown into splinters and the
hosting machinery wrecked. The
dead taken from the mine so far are:
Henry Hagar, Peter Orosory, William
Thomas, Michael RotheIl, Samuel
Meese, Albert Meese, Michael Mahio,
George Kovitz, Joseph Postsky, Joseph
Magyar, William Molok, Paul Proloc,
Among the men missing and known
to be dead in the mine are the follow.
ing Hungarians:
Michael and Andrew Parahek, Paul
Laundis, Thomas Keulak and Andrew
Toursizslki.
At least twelve other bodies are in
sight, but cannot be reached on account
of the debris.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
Same STANDARD of AEoraIItx.

New York, Dec. 22.-The good name
of woman has ever been both in Law
and fact her most precious possession
Equal protection in law has now fol
the first time in this country beer
thrown around mans GOO name by
a decision rendered in Brooklyn In
effect this decision is that both men
and women are to be judged by sin
gle standard OF morality, and that a
charge which is libelous against q
woman is equally libelous against q
man
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
England Must Raise Money.

London, Dec 22.-The Chronicle
says: 1.-The fear of large new issue of
conso1s hangs the market. Already
the price at which the government
could place them is being discussed.
Some leading fnanciers thought the
issue might be made at 95. Now 90
seems more like the figure at which
SO, 200, 900 could be sold but the gov
eminent could not put out a large
amount just now at any figure 1t is
said that Russia has made a large loan
TO England
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
30 tIore Show Indiaus.

Washington, Dec. 26.-A new depart
re in the department of the interior
is emphasized by unequivoca1 refusals
which have met all recent requests for
loans of Indians for exhibition purposes
and Secretary Hitchcock and Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs Jones have de-
bermined to stop the abuses Of the priv
ueges. Mr.. Jones said that there will
De no more Indians permstted to leave
heir reservations for wild west exhibi.
ion purposes.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-12-30
This Is The Voice OF All.

Ithica, n. Y, Dec. 23.-PresidentJ J. G.
Schurman of Cornell, the head of the
Philippine commission, said relative tc
the death of Major General Lawton.
General Lawton's death is great
public calamity. At the front and in
the very eye of danger, the post he al
ways sought for himself, our prince of
fighters has fallen. In him the army
loses mighty inspiration, the public a
sure Bu1wark of confidence. Fearless,
impetuous and always successful, so
that his very name was in itself the
strength of legions."