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Holds Audience open.Mouthed.

Boise, Idaho, July 26.-The career OF
Frank Steunenberg, the murdered gov
ernor of Idaho, was discussed at some
length yesterday afternoon by Clar-
ence Darrow in his plea in behalf Of
William d. Haywood. Justifying the
articles published in the Miners Mag
azine, the Official organ of the West
ern Federation, Mr.. Darrow said the
action OF Steunenberg in asking for
United States troops to quell riot and
the establishment of martial law in
1899 was unjustifable and had proper
ly stirred up intense feeling in labor
circles against the governor.
An Appeal for Labor.
Mr.. Darrow's argument, unfinished
last night, developed into an appeal
for labor as against capital and a de-
annexation of all opposition to unions.
He held an audience startled and open
mouthed as one after another of the
sentiments poured from his lips. His
attack on Orchard was expected. and
in this respect he fulfilled and sur
passed the limit of sensation.
Assails the Constitution.
The State of Idaho came in for a
large share of Mr.. Darrow's denuncia-
ton for the part it has played in the
prosecution. Culture, education and
wealth each in turn were described as
constituting a combination againstithe
workingman; the u~neducated and the
poor must ever be protected.
Reaching the climax of his ~denuncia-
ton. Of sympathy for the working
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General News Items.

Gov. Conner of Alabama has signed
the anti-shipping bill, which prevents
shipments of liquor into prohibition
territory.
Former Chief Sanitary Inspector
Perry l.. Hedrick was found not guilty
of accepting brides while in Office in
a Chicago court.
Peter Sullivan, the Fall River light
weight got the decision over Cyclone
Thompson of Sycamore, H., In twenty
rounds at Ogden, Utah.
With the strongest directorate of
any financial institution in the South.
the Merchants Bank aid Trust COM
pany was formally organized at Knox
vile, Tenn, with a paid-in capital of
$500, 900.
Magistrate Walsh, in the Harlem
court In New York, has laid down the
dictum that a man and his wife have
a constitutional right to fight in their
W home, provided they 10 not dis
turg their neighbors.
Reports that the American Thread
company intend to advance the retail
price of thread to 10 cents a spool
were denied by an Official OF the COM
pany In New York.
Fire, attributed to a c~arelessly
thrown cigarette stump, destroyed
stable DID and partially destroyed sta
bic E at Crosse Point race track. near
Detroit. The loss is about $1,000.
After selling his wife to Jesus As
tura for SIS, Juan Aguilar. a Mexican
Of Pueblo. Colo, has returned sll Of
the money on the ground that Astur6
had got the wort Of the bargain.
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A PETTus DEAD.
Oldest Man in Public Life at Wash.
ington Passes Away.

Hot Springs, N. c., July Ex-senator
Edmund w. Pettus of Alabama died
here last night at 10 o'clock. He was
eighty-six years old July 6.
Senator Pettus was not only the old
est member of the senate, but also the
oldest man in public life in the United
States.
The senator, without apparently be.
ms seriously, succumbed to old
age. He lapsed into Inconsistencies
while at breakfast yesterday morning.
Senator Morgan, three years Pettus'
Junior, but his senior in service in the
senate, died two months age.
Birmingham, Ala. July 29.--The sue.
cessor to Senator E. w. Pettus will be
Former Governor Joseph F. Johnson
Of Birmingham.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
IN PULPIT.

Prophetic Words During Sermon or
Uncertainty Of Life.
Knoxville, Iowa, July 30.-Henry d.
F. Smith was stricken with apoplexy
in the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church at Madisonville yesterday. Hs
had been dwelling on the uncertainty
of life in his sermon and had just vi
tered these words: 1T may be tbs
last time ] will ever speak to you
when he began to totter. Friends
rushed to the pulpit and caught him
He died last night. g
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
strono Plea for Life of Haywood.

Boise, Idaho, July "a. - For four
,ours and a half yesterday E. F. Rich
ardson pleaded with the jury for the
ife Of William ID. Haywood. Under
order of the court the hours for the
lays sessions were changed and court
net at 6 o'clock last evening.
MI. Richardson plunged directly into
The death of Gov. Steunenberg in his
opening sentence.
when the death Of Gov. Steunen-
berg was flashed to the world there
vas the immediate conclusion In near
" all quarters that there was some
connection between the Occur d'Alene
troubles and the bomb which was
placed at his gate"
Reviews Events.
Mr.. Richardson then reviewed the
events following the death of Former
Governor ~Steunenberg, saying Harry
Orchard was caught almost red-hand-
ID In the act. A Pinkerton detective
zane to Idaho and soon had a confess
lion from a man who, to save his own
worthless neck was ready to place the
blame upon others. The matter was
taken up by that portion Of the press
which depends upon the prosperous
md capitalistic classes, and the lead
.rs of the Western Federation of Min
srs were adjudged guilty without a
Nearing.
The attorney begged the jurors to
ay aside any impression they may
lave formed from reading the news
papers during the last year and to
start with him at the beginning OF the
Ease and go through the various events
one by one, without feeling or preju-
lice.
Not Connected With Orchard.
The contention of the defense, Mr.
Richardson declared, was that no con
nection has been shown between Or
chard and the defendant.
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End Arguments for State.

Boise, Idaho, July 2S.-Evidence and
argument is at an end in the Haywood
case. Senator Borah, special counsel
for the state, spoke the last word last
night. Judge Fremont Wood will
charge the jury today.
Senator Borah laid the foundation
for his argument Thursday night. Yes
terday morning he began an analysts
of the evidence, but he confined him
self to the murder of S~teunenberg and
the conspiracy. He linked Orchard to
HAYWOOD, Haywood to Simpkins,
Simpkins to Meyer and Meyer to Pet
tibone.
Drops Orchards Confession.
Then, selecting only the evidence of
witnesses for the defense and leaving
Orchards confession out, he wove the
lives and movements of the five men
together. Without departing from
the records, incidentally clearing up a
number Of situations left somewhat
clouded, he brought these officers and
members of the Western Federation
Of Miners together. Then he took
Orchard away from Denver and back
again to Denver, to the headquarters
of the Western Federation of Miners.
This was done carefully and almost
monotonously, the quiet before the
storm, and then Borah's voice and
manner changed.
Borah is Dramatic.
He sprang into action. His voice
quivered. and hand appraised, fingers
outstretched, he shouted:
Watch them now! Watch the FIVE
conspirators! ~Steunenberg is to die
in thirty days and they are moving on
the scene"
For the space of ten seconds there
was silence. Then, relaxing, Borah
continued with his merciless logic. He
brought Davis, Copley, Adams and
Easterly, all officers or members Of
the Western Federation of Miners,
into touch with Orchard. without a
pause he drew picture after picture of
the men. associating together at vari.
Gus points.
Orchards cominss and Goings.
From each place and fresh from
every crime. he brought Orchard back
home to Denver" and then, smiling,
leaned toward the jury to ask "Why?'
why always back to Denver unless
it was to find there the protection and
tho ov 10 hic amployarc o.,
All those things denounced or sheer
ed at by counsel for the defense found
o bold and brilliant paragraph of de
Tense In Senator Borah's i~nterludes
The State of Idaho, it's people and the
chief executive, each in turn, were
given a brilliant eulogy.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPHOMf
DIGEST or THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
People Talked About.

Mai. Gen. George w. Minded, who
earned the rank Of colonel OF New
Jersey regiments during the Civil war.
died of heart disease at his home in
New York.
After a brief illness, due to exces-
sive heat, Capt. Bart e. Linehan of
Dubuque, Iowa, died at Memphis. Mr..
Linehan was president of the Dubuque
Light and Gas company.
James F. English, pair clerk of the
Democratic caucus OF the house of rep
resentatives, died in Washington of
liver complications. He has been con-
nected with the house for twenty-five
years.
Mrs. Emma Marius, aged sixty
three, of Winsted, Conn, and Corne.
Illus Andrius, aged thirty-six, employed
as a hired man by Mrs. Marius, have
surprised their friends by getting
married.
Francis Patrick Clements, brother
OF the earl OF Letrim, who recently
crossed the ocean serving as a stoker,
is on his way to Denver to become a
real cowboy. He writes that he wants
no tomfoolery, hut expects to begin at
the bottom and learn the business.
While the majority of the world has
been snarling, scratching and getting
things tangled In the divorce courts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel H. Pick of Den.
yer have been living in beautiful
peace. For sixty years not a word Of
contention has passed between them.
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=. Is reported that King Victor En-
manuel intends to visit England, ac-
companied by an Italian fleet.
Fifty workmen are reported to have
been suffocated as the result of a fire
In e sulphur mine in Girgenti. Sicily.
The governor general OF Moscow
has fined eight Liberal newspapers
$500 each. The Liberal press in the
province is almost extinct.
There was a fatal explosion In a
colliery at Toyooka, in Bunge prov.
ince. Japan. II is reported that nearly
all of the 470 miners in the pit at the
time were killed.
Yaqai Indians raided the camp OF
the Richfield Copper Mining company,
just north of Querobabi, Mex, and
stripped 1t clean Of everything OF
value, but the Indians refrained from
murder.
A military dirigible balloon made a
most successful fight over Berlin. The
trip lasted for three houN, and this
length of time In the air has been at.
tanned only once. by the Lebaudys in
France.
The water has been entirely pump,
ed out Of the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
H., that listed Saturday at Bremen.
haven. The steamer sustained no in.
1uries and win be ready for service in
five days.
Advices from the Congo state that
an officer and nine native. militiamen
have been killed by the natives, and
that In French Congo q missionary
had been slain In the interior. where
the native soldiers are rising against
the whites.
A dispatch to the London Globe
from Brussels brings q report that ne
xotiations are In progress between
the Netherlands and Japan looking a
the purchase by the latter OF an islent
In the Dutch East Indies for 4 coalins
station. The island IL said to be clos,
70 the Philippines.
#ttH MM --A
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Casualty.

In a head.on collision between two
traction cars at Elyria, Ohio, three
persons were seriously injured.
Muriel Hall of Coggon, Iowa. was
killed in an explosion of In acetylene
gas plant. Her sister was frightfully
burned trying to save her.
Hudson Maxim, the inventor, OF
Brooklyn, plunged into Lake Hopati-
long at Morristown, n. j., and brought
two drowning young women ashore.
The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train
was ditched near Twin Lakes, Mich,
by a broken iange. No IN was in
jured. but ten horses and one camel
were killed.
Mrs. Herbert Stranahan is dead and
her mother-in.law, Mrs. Charles
Stranahan is fatally injured by jump
ing from the carriage when the horses
ran away at Romeo, Mich.
A brick building, n of a row of
six-story structures that are being
torn down in New York, collapsed,
burying twenty workmen. Two men
were seriously injured.
Eugene Howe, aged t~wenty-eight, of
New York announced to his wife that
he was going to fly out In the night
air like a bird. Clad in his night
shirt, he leaped from a third.story
window and was killed.
AS the result OF an insignificant in
fury to a finger, Miss Evelyn Bengry,
one of the most popular young women
of Marquette, Mich, is dead at her
home. Blood poisoning caused her de-
mise at the age of twenty years.
A burning cigarette stump tossed
out Of a window on the second story
and accidentally lighting on the hat OF
Miss Grace Endon of Fort Dodge, re-
suited in injuries to her from burns
which may prove fatal.
A bullet from a gun in the hands of
Private Gillette, a soldier, intended
for a deserter who was escaping at
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, instantly
killed Miss Elizabeth Cadenhead of
Ferguson, Ont. officials are investi-
eating.
Eric Peterson, a young man, was
drowned in Portage lake, nea the
ship canal at Houghton, Mich. He,
with three companions, was in a small
boat which capsized, Peterson losing
his life. The other three were rescued.
The party was all intoxicated at the
time.
While prospecting near Clear creek,
in Montana, John Ducie fell and rolled
down the mountain side, sustaining
serious injuries. Ducie broke one arm
and dislocated his shoulder blade.
Ducie managed to crawl home, -four
miles away. the painful journey occu-
plying six hours. He is In a critical
condition, but it is hoped that he will
survive.
Allen Wilson, twenty-five years of
age, widely known as Tug Wilson in
football circles, was crushed to death
under an electric car at Oberlin, Ohio.
He was famous as a quarterback.
Wilson played for two years on the
Oberlin college team. He had been a
student at Williams college for a year
and would have been eligible to the
team this fall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
crimes and Criminals.

Andrew Trice, a negro, accused OF
the murder Of his mistress, was lynch
ed at Olive Branch, Miss, by thirty
members of his W race.
The partially ~decomposed body OF
Charles Huskey was found in a corn
crib at his home, two miles south of
West Side, Iowa. 1t Is thought that he
committed suicide by taking poison.
Sitting on the edge of the bed at the
home of her parents at Burlington,
Iowa, Carrie Dobbleman fired two bull
lets In her head, dying instantly. The
unfaithfulness of a lover is said TO
have been the cause of the deed.
Mrs. Margaret J. King, t~hirty-one
years of age, a well known Pittsburg
musician, committed suicide by cut
ting her throat after playing Tschai-
kowsky's Sixth symphony On the
piano. Mrs. King had been despond'
ent for a long time.
Accused Of tearing down a United
States flag and then trampling on It,
James Grant was tried and convicted
in justice court at Birch, Mich, and
was sentenced to serve thirty days
in Jail, in addition TO which he was
fined $40. He is a subject of King
Edward.
Three masked men entered a noodle
parlor located on Twenty-sixth street
south, at Billings, Mont, and at the
point of six-shooters compelled the
proprietor, Wing Wong Chung, and a
number OF other Orientals in the place
to face the wall with their hands up
while they rifled the cash register and
took all the cash in sight.
Grief stricken by the receipt OF a no.
tiication that her services would not
be required after the end of this
month, Mrs. Nielsen, a h~ousekeeper
for a land owner named Ulljaer of Jut.
land, Denmark, hanged three of her
employers children as well as three of
her own and killed herself by hanging.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Senator Borah Is Sensational.

Senator Borah Is Sensational.
Boise, Idaho, July 27.-The case OF
the State of Idaho against William u.
HAYWOOD, charged with the murder OF
Frank d. Steunenberg, will rest with
the jury by night. Clarence barrow
after speaking for eleven hours, n
cluded the final plea for Haywcods
life at APO p. m, and at Z IN the
evening Senator Borah opened the
closing argument for the prosecution.
He will speak for three sessions, or
about seven hours. Judge Wood VIII
charge the jury Saturday morning.
At least 1000 people were unable to
find seats in the court room last night.
Governors Widow Present.
Aside from the unusually large
crowd in the court room and the large
number of women present, the
was much as il has been at each or
the sessions during the last eleven
weeks. Mrs. ~Steunenberg, the widow
of the murdered governor, was In the
court room for the first time. She &C.
cupied a seat inside the railing, beside
her youngest son
Senator Borah's speech was a SEN
sation. From time to time he turned
on counsel for the defense, fierce de-
nunciation pouring from his lips, and
at times he brought protests from
Richardson and Darrow, but with blaz-
ing eyes and hot words he silenced
every effort to break the rush OF
words.
No Immunity for Orchard.
The climax was, when in behalf Of
the State of Idaho, its people, its gov
ernor and himself, he disclaimed all
intention or desire to give immunity
to Orchard. Finally, his face pale
and voice ~quivering with emotion, the
senator raised his arm and said:
IF | should ever join in an attempt
to give immunity to this man hope
the great God may wither my right
arm in it's socket"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
YOUNG BOY KILLED IN RUNAWAY
Farmers Son 10 Caught In Mower
Near Meier's Grove.

Meier's Grove, Mimi, July 2S.-The
seven-year-old son Of John B. Kumler
was fatally hurt in a runaway accident
on the farm. The lad was working in
the bayfield, with a mower. The mower
struck a stone and threw the boy from
his seat. He fell In front Of the
knives and his arm was severed and
he was otherwise badly gashed and
bruised.
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Stella (Wash.) Burned.

Stella, Wash, July 30.-This town
was practically destroyed by fire.
Among the buildings burned were two
hotels, two saloons, wharves, mills,
warehouses and hospitals. The loss is
estimated at 5000, coo.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
BURNS HOUSE AND SHOOTS SELF
Family Of Fred MaiIery Barely Es-
capes From Blazing Residence.

Lake City, Mimi, July %. - Fred
Mallery of Pepin, Wis. set fire to his
house and then going into his corn
neld shot himself though the mouth.
Mrs. Mallery and father were awaken
ed In the night by the fire in the lower
part Of the house. They escaped from
the burning building by jumping from
= second story window. No motive is
given for Mallery's act.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
Launches Burned.

Houghton, Mich. July 30.-Leaking
gasoline in a boathouse of James Fry.
or & Sons here caused the destruction
by fire of two gasoline launches and
two lighthouses. The loss is about
$1,000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
PORK KILLS ONE; EIGHTY ILL.
Whole Population of Hamlei
Sick From EATING Bad Meat.

Okolona, Miss, July 30.-Mrs. MARY
Park is dead and eighty others, com
prising almost the entire population Of
vanvleet, a small station near here
are i'll as the result of eating porl
which had become poisoned.
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Attorney Flags the Pinkertons.

Boise, Idaho, July Is. - Forsaking
the theory of vengeance as Orchards
motive for the murder of Former Gov
srnor Steunenberg, E. F. Richardson
argued that Orchard was in the en-
ploy OF the Pinkerton Detective agen-
~ when he killed Steunenberg and
hat the murder was a part of a con-
spiracy to hang Haywood. This sud
len departure was followed by a ire
mendous denunciation of Capt. James
MCFARLAND and the p!nkertons and
passionate vituperation Of Orchard,
Gov. Gooding of Idaho, Senator Borah,
Gov. Peabody of Colorado and all who
lave acted on the side of the prosecu.
ton of Haywood came in for a share
Of the avalanche of Mr.. Richardson's
peroration.
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HAYWOOD WALKS
FORTH A FREE man
IS ACQUITTED OF THE MURDER
OF FORMER GOVERNOR sTEu-
NENBERG.
WILL PROSECUTE THE OTHERS
STATE ANNOUNCES THAT CASES
OF MoYER AND PETTIRoNE
WILL BE PUSHED.
WILL PROSECUTE THE OTHERS

Boise, Idaho, July 80. - lhto INC
bright sunlight of a beautiful Sabbath
morning, in the stiffness OF a city
drovsy with the lazy slumbers Of a
summer Sunday, William d. Haywood,
defendant in one of the most noted
trials involving conspiracy and muir
der that the country has ever known,
walked yesterday a free man, acquit-
ted of the murder of Former Governor
Frank Steunenberg.
The probability Of a verdict of ac-
uuittal in the case Of the secretary
treasurer and acknowledged leader of
the Western Federation Of Miners had
been
Freely Predicted
since Saturday, when Judge Fremont
Wood read his charge, which vas re-
garded as strongly favoring the de-
tense in It's Interpretation of the law
Of conspiracy, circumstantial evidence
alu IllS IoliOuOl allOA vi I'LL oSSohi
plice who confesses.
1t was also freely predicted that in
the event Of Haywood's acquittal the
state would abandon the prosecution
of his associates, Charles II. Meyer.
The president of the federation, and
George A. Pettibone of Denver. State
ments from counsel and from Gov.
Gooding issued yesterday dispel this
view of the situation.
Jury at LAST Agrees.
It was after being out for twenty
me hours that the jury, which first
had been divided at ten to two, finally
came to an agreement. Events moved
rapidly enough after this, and when at
last the principal actors in the trial
had been gathered into the court room
at a few moments before s o'clock the
white envelope handed by the foreman
to the judge was torn open and the
verdict read.
Haywood's attorneys were fairly lift
ed from their seats, and Judge Wood
made no effort to restrain them as
they surrounded Haywood to shout
aloud their congratulations.
First Thought of Mother.
Haywood's first thought after his re-
lease was of his aged mother, who
Saturday had suffered a complete
nervous breakdown after the jury had
retired. Haywood walked to st. L.uke's
hospital and unannounced rushed into
his mothers room. So great was the
effect of the news upon the elderly
lady that last night she wa sup and
about and happy.
Next Haywood went to the little cot.
tage where his wife and daughters
have been stopping. Once home, Hay
wood said: Il want to thank the
people of Boise for their kindness to
my wife, my mother, my family and
my friends"
Will Prosecute Others.
Senator Borah said:
Il have no comment to make other
than that twelve good men and true
men of the State of Idaho have passed
upon the case, and that disposes of it
SO far as the State of Idaho and Hay
wood are concerned. The prosecution
Of the other men indicted will be
pushed vigorously and without any
reference to the Haywood trial"
g.. F. Richardson, one of Haywood's
leading counsel, said.
'fNn hnua haA - rog- Il.
had an impartial trial and conscien.
tious jury and an impartial judge"
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Calls IL Pinkerton Plot.

Mr.. Richardson denounced and
charged the Pinkerton detective agen-
cy with a systematic plot to secure
the conviction of Haywood, Meyer and
Pettibone as a means to the desired
determination of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners. Clarence barrow will
commence his argument in Haywood's
behalf this morning. 1t is expected he
will require two days to close for the
defense.
Perjury Charge Does Not Hold.
DR.. !. l.. MCGEE, the witness for the
defense who was arrested, charged
with perjury, was discharged yester-
day by the magistrate before whom
the preliminary hearing was held.
The justice ruled that the evidence
was insufficient to hold MCGEE.
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|TRIALOFH HAYWOOD
For Murder OF Gov. Steunenberg.

class and hatred for the rich, he as
sailed the constitution of the ountry
and cried:
"The constitution! The constitu'
ton, It is here only to destroy the
laws made fol- the benefit of the poor
Mr.. Darrow's support OF labor
unions and of union men was passion
ate, and his eulogy of the Western
Federation eloquent.