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The Forces For and Against Haywood Working
Feverishly in Secret.
Defence Will Try to Have Orchard's Evidence
Ruled Out by the Court.
Boise, Idaho, June 24.—This was one
of the hardest days William D. Hay-
wood Ms had in his trial for the mur-
der of former Governor Frank Steunen-
berg, so far as the evidence brought out
le concerned!. The prosecution sue-
•eeeded: in introducing four letters show-
. ing an arrangement betweeen Haywood
and Orchard in the summer of 1905, by
which the Cripple Creek wife of Orehard
wars to be deceived as to his where-
abouts. One o fthe letters was from
Haywood himself, on the official sta-
tionery of the Western Federation of
Miners. It was dated November lith,
: 1905, and told Mrs. Orchard that the
r last he had heard of her husband he
was in Alaska. Orchard, in fact, was
at that time in Caldwell with Jack
' Simpkins, arranging the murder of
Steunenberg.
Orchard identified the lecher which
Haywood wrote to Mrs .Orchard. and
that was admitted in evidence and band
ed to the jury. It was as follows:
"Denver, Nov. 18, 1905.
"Mrs. H. Orchard: Dear Madam and
Sister,—I have not heard a word since
I saw you. The last information I got
was from Alaska. I think Fairfield
was the name of the place. I see that
awful conditions prevail among the law
and order element.
"Yours very truly,
"William D. Haywood."
The letter was in complete accord With
the story of Orchard which he told on
the witness stand, (regarding the :ar-
rangement to fool his wife, and links
Haywood up with him at the time when
he was preparing to carry out what he
declares to have been Haywood's order
to kill Steufnenberg.
The introduction of these letters made
e, decided impression on the jurors. They
sat up and took more notice than they
have for several clays, and when the let-
ters were passed around among them
each . man scrutinized them closely.
Harry Orchard occupied the stand most
of the day on :redirect and recess-exam-
eination. He was preceded by Jasper
Nichols, Sheriff of Canyon county, who
•i laid the foundation for the introduction
of another letter, the unsigned. one, to
which Mr. Hawley referred in his open-
ing statement, Nichols was in charge
of the jail where Orchard was held on
,his arrest at Caldwell immediately after
the Steunenberg murder. He received
the letter for Orchard, opened and read
it, and made a copy of it before deliver-
ing the original to the prisoner.
Oreharxd destroyed the original as
soon as he had read it. This morn-
ing Nichols identified the copy he had
made, and then Orchard testified that
he remembered very els ;r1y the con-
tents of the letter he Lad. receivd, and
, that this was an ea crate copy of it.
He also swore that tee letter was from
Pettibone, although it was unsigned.
He said that he sr:a- farniliar with Pet-
tibone's handwriting. had seen it
often, and was sure of it in this case.
On that showing it was admitted. It
merely acknowledged the receipt of a
Ietter and proceeded with these sign-
, fioant sentences: "That was sent to
Jack December 21st for you. He should
' send it to you, so that you ought to
have it by this time."
The questions asked by Mr. Richard-
son showed that the defence proposed
i to prove that Orehard: for years had
' hated Steunenberg, The name of Max
Medich, of Denver, was used in this con-
neatien, Orchard being asked if he had
, ever threatened to kill Steunenberg be-
fore Malich. He denied this, where-
on Richardson said he would produeea
alioh in court. Orchard denied he
had anade a similar remark to Lomie
Day in Denver, `.`Kid" Waters, of
Cripple Creek, and others, and further
denied telling Dr. S. J. McGee, for-
merly of Wallace, that he was a spy
and would "get even" with Steunen-
berg.
teunenberg.
Boise, Idaho, June 24.—Seerecy is the
watehword of the men who are conduct-
ing the prosecution of W. D. Haywood,
Charged with compassing the death by
assassination of a former Chief Execu-
• tive of the State, and mystery surrounds
every move made by counsel retained by
. the Western Federation of Miners to
defend their Secretary. The case has
'reached the stage where every move on
the part of the State's attorneys is
more closely watched and reported on
by a score of eleuths emlpoyed by the
defence in order that counteracting evi-
dence may be secured in the poi its in
the four or five western States where
the alleged conspiracy, culminating ac
cording to allgations of the prosecutors
in half a hundred murders, playe.l its
part, and from which the S`.nte is pro-
ducing witnesses. While the elude has
its day in court, another score of detee-
tines watch the employees Of the defence
in the hope of uncovering thine new
move by which counsel for Haywood
leape to clear their elient. in these Inst
few days, during which the State hopes
clinch and corroborate beyond a
doubt the story told by Harry Orehnrd,
the self-oonsed oo-conspirator with
Haywood, a *tremendous activity is op -
parent. Witnesses for the State are con-
stantly arriving. The witnesses for the
defence, -numbering 150 or 200, will be
Here by the end of the week. Colorado
supplies the larger number of these,
but California, Idaho and Washington
will send others.
The witness on the stand at the open-
ing of the court this morning -is Ed.
Boyce, new a wealthy man and one of
the gwners of the llercules mine, in'the
Coeur d'Alene, of which Orchard owned
at one time a sixteenth share. Boyce
was for several years" the President of
the Wesetrn federation of Miners. Ile
has identified the Miners' Magazine as
the official organ of tho Federation. It
was 'in fact started under his direction
while President. With the opening of
court this morning the fight turns on
the introduction of copies of the maga-
zine. Those which have been offered in
evidence contain a number of articles
commenting ou former Governor Steu-
nenberg. Some of these articles are over
the signature of W. 1). Haywood, and
the State hopes to get them in as proof
of the animus that existed in Haywood's
mind against the Governor :rho had
driven the Federation out of the State
and whose example bad been followed
by the Governor of Colorado.
The state now expects to close its case
indirect by Friday night, and when it is
probable that the court will adjourn
ever until Monday.
The opening of the defence will probe
ably take one clay and then will begin
the attack on the story told by Orchard.
Counsel for the defence will, at the close
of the state's case, however, move to
strike out Orchard's entire story, on the
ground that the state has failed to link
Haywood with the murder of Steunen-
berg, with which be is charged. This, un-
der ordniary circumstances, it is said by
counsel for Haywood, might he a some-
what perfunctory matter, but in the pre-
sent ease they hold that the state has
not so far grade good its case, and they
expect the Orchard story to be stricken,
out, in which case, they say, the case
against their client Will fall be. the
ground.
Counsel for the staid= sa til
not . eompl eted, n.nel
no means of knowing the amount or t,e
quality of the corroborative testimor y„
yet to come.
$z,00 Assessment.
Denver, June 24. --Among a number of
resolutions introduced yesterday at the
Western Federation of Miners was ane
for a general assessment of $2 on each
member of the organization for the de-
fence fund for*_Moyer, Maywood and Pet-
tibone.
Another resolution amends the ritual
by providing that there shall be nothing
in the obligations which shall be eon-
trary to any member's "duty to his G-od,
his country and his fellow men."
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FOREST FIRES,
GEORGIAN BAY AND ALGOMA DIS-
TRICTS LOSING HEAVILY.
Destruction of Standing Timber Has
Already Caused Serious Loss—Light
Rains on Monday Night Did Little
to Check the Flames.
Sault
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., June 24.—
More serious reports come from the
woods to -day regarding forest fires. Al-
though rain fell last night, the fires were
not checked. It is reported from Webb -
wood that three men were burned ;fro
death near there. Many miles of forest
along the Algoma Central have been
burned, and the flanges seem to be in-
creasing in spite of light rains. Thotm
sands of dollars' worth of timber has
been destroyed in the Georgian Bay
district also, and many operators have
lost all of their supplies and equipments
Destructive fires are burning on the
Michigan side, too. Unless heavy"rain
falls at once the fires may burn for days.
Fort 1Villiarn, June 18.—Forest fires;
which seem to be raging all over the dis-
trict, are especially severe along the route
of the G. T. P., and Foley Bros., contrac-
tors, have suffered immense losses by
the destruction of camps and supplies,
Three powder houses, containing large
quantities of powder, have been blown
up by this cause, the houses having
caught fire and the powder soon complet-
ing the work of destruction. The powder
.hooses which were destroyed were located
at Sheba and I3oden lake, Two camps
were also destroyed by these fires. Both
contained an immense amount' of sup -
pies. The camps were at Finmark and
"Bay of English. The district around
Kenora is also being swept by bush fires,
W. T. Parson, who has the G. T. P. con-
tract in this district, lost his storehouse
in the fire. Itis loss will be over $2,000.
A special from O'Connor township,
twenty-five miles from here, says: The
ear.`ancl the eastern part of Paipoonge.
received the full brunt of the disaster.
The losses were numerous and severe.
Many squall " buildings, settlers' houses
and effects, and large quantities of'coret
snood, ties and fencing, besides thousands.
of dollars' worth of standing timber were
wiped oift, a and the scenes during the
Height of the fire were of the most ex-
citing and depressing character. In some
rases the settlers,; after • sending their
families away, were obligedto set ba> c?t
fires in order to save there homes, The
fire at its height was a terrifying sight,
the flames in places` rushing in a wave
a mile wide and a hundred feet high. •
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C9k FENCE
Minister Attacks the Methods of Rev.
Di. Chown.
General Secretary of Moral Reform'
Supported by Vote.
Toronto despatch: :This is the first
time in my life that 1 have ever been
celled on in this way to defend myself,"
said Rev. br. Chown, General Secretary.
of Temperance and Moral Reform for
the Methodist Church, as he went quiet,
ly to the platform of the Elm Street
Church yesterday afternoon, where the,
Toronto Methodist Conference was in.
session.
7`liis expression had reference to the
remarks made by ;Rev. Thomas Camp-
bell, and which created one of the out;
standing incidents of all the sessions.
When the report Of the Committee on
Temperance and Reform was read by
1tey. J. 8. I. Wilson; it made reference
to `•`the sane and .statesmanlike leader-
ship, of Dr. Chown," and suggested that
the appointment of , Field becretary to
assist the General Secretary was neces-
sary.
"1 want to take exception to both.
these clauses," said Rev. Mr. Camp-
bell. This department of the Church, he
said,, was costing now. $4,000 a year, and
with a Field Secretary would run up to
$0,000. He did not think the ministers
present would sanction such additional
expenditure or the appointment. A vast:.
expenditure was creeping upon the"•
church in the matter of superintendency,
which was, :he decloriad simply appalling.
He read from a repot in The Globe of
a sermon delivered act` the Bay of Quints
Conference by Dr. Chown, in which the
:General Secretary had told of a certain
deal by stockbrokers in Toronto with
Lake Superior Consolidated stock. Dr.
Chown had declared this transaction of
ese broker's tw' b tieereditable..
"The Toronto Stock Exchange has as
high a standard of integrity as the To-
ronto Conference," said .the speaker with
emphasis. "And it is a great mistake
for the head of any movement to of-
fend such interests as members of the
Toronto Exchange, somite of whom are
members of the Methodist Church."
This last statement wait met with laugh-
ter from many of tilos; present.
Rev. Mr. Campbell ontinued to ats
tack the leadershop cif the General Sec-
retary. He said other ministers
thought the same as he himself, but
did not like to come out and say sea
Dr. Orr, Manager of the Industrial Err-
hibition, had been displeased, he said,
with Drown a en erance move-
Cl the ip v -
oe
. g.
nment had proved unsuccessful under the
latter, and in other ways Dr. Chown
had failed to reach, the speaker thought,
the :place on which the committee would
place him.
A; spirited discussion at once followed,
and after lasting for some time Dr.
Chown, in a quiet, diplomatic way,'.
stated that in regard to `the char es
made against him, he believed Rev. Mr,
Campbell was not possessed of all the
facts; The incident about the stocks
had occurred some years ago. He was
on the very best relations with Dr. Orr,.
and he was obliged, because of most im-
portant negotiations, to be out of this
city a great deal during the time . of,
the campaign here for a reduction of
licenses. The reference of Mr. Camp
bell, to his speeeh about the Woodbine
and, the Governor-General did not prove`
him disloyal, he thought.',
"It doesn't matter to me if it 'were
theeKing upon the throne. I would de
nounee what I thought was wrong," said:
Dr. ;Chown with vigor.
The debate lasted for .some time
longer. Several took part in it, 4 and
eventually en a vote the report com-
mending the Goneral Secretary was al`
most unanimously adopted. • '
Discuss Orangeville Case.
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MUTINY OF RUSSIAN SAPPERS;
SIX ILLWW , D SIXTY `n'. MUD.
Were Put to Flight After a Short Fight—To be
Tried by Court Martial.
St. Petersburg, June 24. ---Details of
the mutiny of sapers at Kiev shows
that it was only suppressed after a
bloody engageemnt at midnight of June
.17 between the mutineers and loyal
troops, '.About 70 men were killed or
wounded.
Details of the Trouble.
'St. Petersburg, June 24.—The mutiny
W'as planned to coincide with a political
strike as a reply to the dissolution of
parliament involving the railroads, tele-
graphs and mails. The decision of the re-
volutionary staff here to refrain from
demonstrations was disobeyed by the hot
headed' sappers. At midnight, June 17,
five hundred men at a given signal left
their beds, disarmed the sentries:, ' hur-
riedly dressed, obtained possession af.
their rifles, brokeinto an armory, secur-
ed a number of loaded cartridges and
then marched to the camp square and
fired a volley in the air. The officer on
duty, Captain Akuloff, ran out "and
addressed the mutineers, persuading
them to disperse. He then called out an-
other battalion, drew the men up and
led a charge on the mutineers ordering
them to surrender. Upon their refusal
to do so Captain Akuloff ordered the
troops to fire and fell dead himself at
the first volley.
The fighting continued for several min-
utes. Half a dozen soldiers were killed
and sixty were wounded. Finally the mu-
tineers, who had no officers, no leaders
and no plans, wavered and fled. Two
hundred and fifty were captured, but one
hundred and ninety-three eluded pursuit
and hid in the city.
The mutiny at Kiev was arranged by-
Shefohenko, a revolutionist of 'good fam-
ily, who ordered' the array as a volunteer'
for the purpose of undermining discip-
line and won overtrnany of his •comrades,..
but when he raised the standard of re-
volt they wore frightened and the little -
band of ringleaders was overpowered.
Three bombs were found in Shefo-
heriko's tent. All the mutineers will be
tried by court-martial.
The workmen employed in a big fac-
tory at Kiev elraek after the mutiny,
but they shave not yet been joined by -
employees of other factor:es.
Gen. ,Sekhomlinoff, the comniandee of
Kiev, 'is taking the most energetic mea-
sures to arrest the fugitives a yyr the
leaders of the movement. Hui—Weds of
houses have been searched, and 93 citi-
zens have been arrested, among them
being officials of the railway and tele-
graph service and the editors of news-
papers.
Numerous other arrests have been
made in Kiev, and a number of bombs
were found, but order is now restored.
The city is in the hands of the military.
Military troubles also have broken out
among the troops of the Third Infantry
Division stationed at ICalaga.
The workmen of Moscow are also be-
coming restless, and the commandant of
that city has brought- twenty-two com-
panies of infantry into the place to
overawe the men. 'Severalbig meetings-
of workmen in the Moscow suburbs have
broken up.
Wholesale arrests and prosecutions•
continuo in St. Petersburg.
shpuld be rigidly enforced, and that
those who neglected to enforce them
should be punished."
o.m
Another discussion took place over
a clause which stated that an outrage-
ous;,;•miscarriage of. justice had occurred'
at,Orangeville recently, . and that the
Conference should express its strong die -
approval of such circumstances ars were
repotted to have existed there.
Tera A. D. Watson, in speaking to the,
subject, said that in his: opinion ther'
was far too much of the Immoral .in
practice and conversation being allow-
ed to go on without being interrupted.
The Orangeville ease was an instance
of what, he thought, was occurring else-,
where, and every marl who was mn any
way';, associated with Christian .work.
should endeavor to suppress such in-
terference with the laws of life.
One speaker characterized the case as
one of the most dastardly and outrage-
aus.evidenecs of injustice to a commun-
ity ';that had ever been known. in the
history of Ontario.
The recommendation was finally am-
ended by striking out the line i•efering
valley is enjoying a temporary respite to 'Orangeville, and the clause was then
from the series of disastrous forest fires carried unanimously, "that laws deslgsi=
which recently swept the country. O'Con- ed for the protectioe of prenatal life
SUMMER SCHOOLS.
ONE TO BE HELD 1N HAMILTON
NEXT MONTH.
Outgrowth of Litigation in Case of Chris-
tian Brothers and Recent Legislation
` —Places Where Schools Will Be
Established—Details of Curriculum.
Ta 4e.0.o June 28.—The Department of
u,ueed . the - location
of si nutter schools, which were pro-
vided for at the last session of the Leg-
islature for the training of unqualified
separate school teachers. This was ren-
dered necessary because of the decision
of the courts respecting the Christian
Brothers, and the act provides that the
summer schools -shall be the medium
throughwhich the standard of qualifica-
tions may be obtained. Separate school
teachers and members of the Roman Co-
tholie educational and religious commun-
ities are eligible for attendance. The fol-
lowing places have been chosen:
Ottawaa aFor English -nand) teach-
ers,
eachers, in the d'Youville Separate School;
for other teachers in the Normal School.
Peterboro'—In the St. Peter's Separ-
ate School.
Toronto—For male teachers, in De La
Salle Separate School; for female teach-
ers, in the University of Toronto.
Hamilton In the St Ann's Separ-
ate School.
Berlin—In the St. Mary's Separate
School.
London—In the Sacred Heart Separ-
ate School.
The schools open at 2 p. m. on July
3rd and continue until August 3rd, the
hours of study being from 8 to 11 a.m.
and from 2 to 4 p. m. The curriculum
will include art, lsunguage, methodology,
administration, nature study, and all
the standard courses, such as grammar,
arithmetic, etc. Five hundred teachers,
it has been intimated, will attend these
classes.
A T ORO W ROMANCE.
SHIT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF
A HOUSE.
M. McAndrews Bought the Property as
Present for His Intended Bride,
"""and Then Changed His Mind Re-
garding the Marriage.
Cetliarines despatch: A romance
in which two respected residents of
Theroak were the principals found its
culmination in the non -jury High Court
Here to -day, when his Lordship Sir 'Wm.
Mulock .was called upon to decide on
what seemed an exceedingly "difficult
matter. Mrs. Mary J. Royal, the widow
of a playwright, who was well-known in
his day, has lived in Thorold for some
time in her little home west of the old
Welland Canal, raising sufficient money
to maintain herself by selling her hus-
band's manuscripts of plays, etc.
In time she became acquainted with
Patrick McAndrews, a well-known Thor-
old man, who lost his wife some time
since, and about a year ago, it seems,
they became engaged, the marriage day
being set for the coming autumn. There
was a mortgage on Mrs. Royals house,
and McAndrews, wishing to present his
bride with a fitting wedding present,
agreed that if the home were put up et
mortgage sale he would buy it in and
fit it up and deed it back to her in its
improved state as a marriage gift.
When news of the engagement leaked
out "McAndrews' relatives raised a storm
of protest, and they used every persua-
sion to prevent the old gentleman carry-
ing out his intentions. Their protests,
met with no result at first, however.
The pair continued to be as deeply in
love as ever. The Royal house was pur-
chased and Mr. McAndrews spent a con-
siderable amount of money on it in the -
way of improvements, paying back
taxes, etc.
The wedding day came, but there was
no wedding. Something had gone wrong,.
it was whispered among the townspeo-
ple. • It Was known that Mr. McAn-
drews' health had broken down, Soon
there were clear evidences of estrange-
ment between the couple. Airs. Royal..
asked McAndrews to fulfill his agree-
ment with her to hand over the deed of
her' home. Ile refused, it appears, and
instead gave the property to his half-
brother, Thomas Freel.
Thomas Free] brought suit against
Mrs. Royal to recover the property, and'
the ease was set for trial at the Sprites -
Assizes at Welland. The case was en-
larged and transferred to St. Cathar-
ines in order that McAndrews could be•
made a party in the suit.
Mrs. Royal in her evidence declared
that the wedding had been broken off
through no act or fault of hers. She -
was quite willing to abide by every con-
dition of the contract. The home would
still be hers, she claimed, had not Mc-
Andrews appeared with his promises of
marriage, as the mortgagees were not
pressing for payment of the principal,
and so far as they were concerned she
might have remained in possession to -
the end of her days, paying the interest
on the mortgage merely. Through the
actions of McAndrews she now has noth-
ing.
Mr. Justice Muloek reserved judg-
ment.
"Why not bring an action for breach.'
of promise against McAndrews?" his '
Lordship suggested,
Mr. A. C. Kingstone, counsel for Mrs..
Royal, replied that this would hardly•
be possible, in view of McAndrews'
weakened mental and physical condition.
The present' action seemed to be their.
only recourse.
The Judge promised to decide shortly..
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CHLOROFORM WAS FATAL.
Clara Ellett, a Young Toronto Girl, Died'
From It,
Toronto despatch: With a handlera
chief over her mouth and a piece of
cotton, both having the odor of chloro-
form, Clara Ellett, eighteen years old,.
the daughter of Mr. Charles H. Ellett,
16 Ivy avenue, was found dead last night
on the floor of Dr. A E. Snell's surgery -
at 496 Spadina ,avenue. For over three -
years the girl had been in the employ
of Mrs. Mary Close at that address„
where Dr. Snell also had his surgery,.
Toward 6 o'clock last night • she com-
plained to her employer that she was not.
feeling well, and it was thought she had
gone to her room.
Two hours afterward Mrs. Close found.
Miss Ellett dead on the floor close to -
the physician's medicine chest. Dr.
Snell being absent at Niagara camp, Dr..
Webster was called in and an examina-
tion of the body indicated that the girl
had been dead about an hoer. All the
circumstances were reported to Chief
Coroner Johnson, and after art investiga-
tion by Coroner W. A Young a certifi-
cate of death from accidental asphyxia-
tion was given.
It is thought deceased took the an-
aesthetic with the object of relieving
pain, as she had `Once before remarked
that she had used it with good result",
The body was taken to Mr. Harry rllis'"
undertaking rooms.