Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23

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w WASHINGTON, March 2S. Unusual
interest attached to the Occur d 'Alene
Investigation as the prosecution, after
presenting testimony almost uninter-
ruptedly for five weeks, closed its case
@ and gave way to the defense. Governor
Steunenberg Of Idaho was the first wit
ness called to rebut the charges which
be have been made. Z He is a type Of the
sturdy far West, Of massive build, and
his indifference to conyentio tionalities is
shown by refusal to wear necktie.
AsE As ne took d the stand he spread before him
several. a. hundred II telegraph dispatches.
Ihe examination IN was conducted by j.
~ IS Cheney one Of the counsel for the
defense. Governor Steunenbnrg said
le ne was elected governor Of Idaho in
1870, on the Peoples-Democratic ticket,
having accepted the nomination Of the
=, democratic % convention. He read a
n number q telegrams dated several days
prior or.& TO .@ti the blowing up OF the Bunker
I'LL mi mine ne on April 29, aud leading hp
20 that Ellit event. !s3 ssS
why He Asked for Aid.
On April 2e. Fred eriel, R1,rhr;dqa II
the Bunker Hill nine telep1,,a, n,l,esd tbat
an armed mob had stopned tba7 R1,n l1ga,
Hill men from work King and callina 7for
protection to the property r is nterests .Ha
also read MANY telegranas ia and from
the sheriff and Others showiinla tle Stems
taken to mai iin tain order. g Tbe poyarrpr
suggested arbitration of differences ] h,,f
in answer Mr. Burbridge stated there
was nothing to arbitrate and again
called u Tor protection. On April 29, the
day OF the blowing up of the mill, Gov
e ernor p. Steunenberg said he received at
)$l0:57s q. M. a dispatch from Mr.. Bur
bridge stating that all the miners Of
& = Canyon Greek had laid off and were
coming to Wardner to menace the
u unker s hill men. This was ac-
.ccom1pamnled 9 l1 AM by another request for pro.
lection At the same time dispatches
We're received from i4A 4. Z. .Mohler of the
y. Is. q N first stating that an armed
sIorce had taken possession of the rail
road tracks at Wardner, and then at 4
P. "a. stating that the rioters had set
flre to !. the Bunker Hill, that they had
placed q dynalnlte Llaln under the mill and
that 1t would be blown up. Sheriff
1t'u Young g also telegraph led him from Ward
ner that the mill was blown up and Civ
ING the gravity OF the situation. At 6
p. N. the governor said he sent dis
patch to the president calling for fed
.eral ald as the Idaho troops were absent
IN ~ the philippines. 4 4,
Governor Had Been III.
Il The governor said ba had hsa,, ;,1
priier L, the Cnenr j, lana sSa, a,,t -
and being unable to 90 in person. heI
sent sen represent ntatiye, Bartlett Sinclair,
to the seat of disorder On April 80,
Sinclair telegraphed urging that the
president be asked to rush troops from
the nearest available post. He also tele-I
graphed that, he had thoroughly inyesti-
gated the need of martial law; that nine
tenths of the citizens favored martial
law; that the local administration of I
the law was a farce and amounted to
NAL admins istration; that people were
afraid to testify and that masked men