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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
frveSOAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1907.
He Stops Her Now;
Why Not at First?
Did Jerome Slip in Suffering
Her to Testify Before In
sanity Was Shown?
JfKW YORK, F>b. ».—Doubt mJ
•peculation exists tnnight os to }»st
B'hU courar the defense will take In
the case of Harry K. Thaw when tho
trial la resumed before Justice Fitz
gerald In the criminal branch of the
nprarae rmirt on Uonday jnuanioK.
Wtoon eonrt adjourned Friday It was
the Intention of Mr. Dolmas. who now
U In absolute command of the defense,
again to play Mra. Jpvelyn »ablt The »
on *h© stand to continue the narration
of the story upon which the prisoner’s
life depends.
District Attorney Jerome had drama -
tlcaHv proteated against any further
“defamation of the dead’ Juet before
the Friday adjournment waa token, and
had been upheld by Judge Fitzgerald
In hie contention that a "broader foun
dation” of Insanity ahonld be laid be
fore "the loose tattle of the tender
loin” should be spread upon the rec
ords. The District Attorney’s refer
ence was to the question Mr. Delmas
had put to Mrs. Thaw as to whether
•he and her husband had dtecufiaed
together "the fate of oRser girl* at the
Mends of Stanford White.”
Change of Testimony.
Tha court's ruling that the Insanity
of the de fondant has not yet been suf
ficiently established to admit of the
bringing In of further details of his
wife's testimony, may result In a tem
porary change In the line of evidence.
The course to be pursued Monday de
pends greatly upon the attitude of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, who declared he
could have offered legitimate objection
to Mrs. Thaw’s testimony at the very
outset on the ground that the alleged
Insanity of the defendant had not
been established, but had refrained
from so doing because of the fact that
to* knew the testimony as to her reve
JaMons to Harry Thaw must come out
•ome thne.
The District Attorney yesterday, with
a deoided display of feeling, protested
* that "these aspersions of the dead have
gone far enough,” until competent evi
dence be adduced to show the mental
unsoundness of the prisoner and the
effect his wife's story, together with
what he heard from other sources,
had upon his mind, which the defense
has claimed was already weak and
further affected by the stress of real
•r supposed wrongs.
If Mr. Jerome persists on Monday
morning In his objections to the line
of examination Indicated by Mr. Del-
mss’ question as to stories concerning
young women other than the wife of
the defendant the prosecuting officer
will be asked temporarily to excuse
Mrs. Thaw to permit of the Introduc
tion of evidence In accord With Justice
FUsgeraJd's ruling. As Mr. Jerome
probably will he glad of the delay be
fore he takes up the difficult task of
cross-examining the young wife, he Is
expected to consent to th# plan.
Was Harry’s Will Doctored ?
Tn that event Mr. Dolmas will first
attempt to get In evidence Harry
Thaw's will, which was ruled Qut oil
Friday because the many interlinea
tions In question in this somewhat
cumbersome document, as Mr. Jerome
referred to It, had not been sufficient
ly proved.
This will constat of about sixty
pages, some closely typewritten and
others In the large handwriting of the
defendant. Justice FltsgeraJd held that
the will must be shown to have been
In Its present condition when It was
signed. One of the witnesses to the
Instrument, a Miss Fierce, who was
put upon the stand for a few moments
yesterday, declared she had not read
the artfi at the time of witnessing Har
ry Thaw's signature to It. and could
not swear that the Interlineations and
erasures were the same as at the time
of the wedding. April 4, 1905, when
the will was finally approved by the
testator and signed. Harry Thaw him
self suggested that the witness be
asked if some of the writing in the
will had not been done In her pres
ence. She replied that there was con
siderable writing being done, but she
cot>id not remember what It was.
Provided for White’s Vietims.
'Mr. Delmas Is very anxious to have
this will go in evidence, believing It
will go further than any other docu
mentary proof he can produce, to show
the effect Evelyn Nesbft’s story of her
treatment at the hands of Stanford
White had upon the mind of the de
fendant. Although counsel deny that
the Information is altogether accurate.
It leaked out today that one of the
provisions in Harry Thaw's will Is the
setting aside of a sum of 160,000 for
the prosecution of a,l persons who
night be concerned In case of the death
of testator by violence. The probable
Instigator of the anticipated set of
violence Is said to be revealed In the
provision.
Another paragraph In the will. It Is
•aid. made provision of a fund for the
benefit of young women, who the will
declared suffered treatment at the
bands of the dead man similar to that
of his wife.
The reports concerning the will even
go so far as to say that the names
•f Mr. White's alleged victims are In
cluded 1n the olause cf the will relat
ing to this subject.
Mr. Delmse It Is said, may call to
the stand on Monday, an attorney from
Pittsburg who win be asked as to the
interline*tfons made In the will and
Is expected to prove that they were
put there at the time the testament
was signed. Faflng to show that each
one of the Interlieneattons oan be re
membered by the witness. Mr. Delmas
will offer the codicil to the will, which
1s In the defendant's own handwrit
ing. without Interlineations. It Is not
definitely known whether all the alle
gations as to Stanford White are in
the codicil, but It is said that some
of them are.
Made Provision for Brother.
Thaw's will made provisions for
Howard Nosblt. Evelyn’s brother, who
It has been reported will take the
stand In opposition to Mi sister. Young
WestoH has been In constant attend
ance at the trial In company with the
late Stanford White’s secretary, but
never has gone near tbs group of
Thaw*# relatives. Ttoe rest of Thaw’s
property wee to go to his wife.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw also signed
a wfil on the night of ttoe wedding
and it^ls beReved that In It she car
ried out her husband s stipulation that
non© of her relatives, save her broth
er, should have any of his money. Sev
ers! of Thaw's unusual and discon
nected letter* introduced in evidence
have frequently nObrred to his deter
mination that EhrehmJe mother should
not ha l*_“* T B ' haro *n his property
whatsoever. In ttoe event of his wife’s
death the property ehonld revert to
the William Thaw estate.
If the Will Is finally admitted in evi
dence Mr. Delmas may then ask to re
call Mrs. Thaw to finish her narrative.
Thaw's counsel do not like the Idea
of Interruption to her story continuing
over any considerable duration of time
Should Mr. Jerome again protest the
several alienists employed by the de
fense, other than Dr. Wilev, will be
placed on the stand. They will be
shown Harry Thaw s letters to his
lawyer and to his wife and then will
be confronted by a hypothetical ques
tion embracing the wife's story of her
experience with Stanford White the
other details surrounding the case and
ultimately the shooting of White on
the Madison Square roof garden.
To Have Broader Foundation.
The defense will have a broader
foundation for the hypothetical ques
tion when ita next alienist 1- put on
the stand and so anticipate the disas
ter of the first day. It was said to
night that District Attorney Jerome's
cross-examination of Mrs. Thaw will
be brief. The District Attorney, being
barred by rules of evidence from at
tempting to controvert any of the
things Mrs. Thaw says she told her
husband, will confine himself to finding
cut if she told Harry Thaw ail the
story she repeated on the witness
stead. If he can trip the witness into
an admission that she might not have
related some particular detail to the
defendant before the killing of Stan
ford White, Mr. Jerome may ask that
all of her testimony from first to last,
be stricken out. In that event, how
ever. she might again be called and go
over the ground again. It Is thought
to be certain that no attempt will ba
made to offset any of her testimony by
calling chorus girls or others who
might he expected to know something
about the events related.
Mrs. Thaw visited her husband to
day In the Tombs. She seemed pale
and nervous when waiting In line to be
admitted to the prison, but after a
long conversation with him she ap
peared much brighter.
OTTAWA, Feb. 9.—The Postmaster
General has been asked to deny the use
of the mails to a. local paper which
printed the details of Thursday's evi
dence In the Thaw trial In New York.
The Postmaster Genera! said that he
had not read the report in the news
paper mentioned, but the law was clear
on the point and he would see that it
was enforced. Any newspaper publish
ing filthy evidence of a trial in court,
said he. would be guilty of a misde
meanor under the Canadian iaw.
Tells How White
Pursued Her
NEW TORK, Feb. 8.—Evelyn Nes
blt Thaw again today was the central
figure at her husband’s trial. She was
still on the stand—her direct exami
nation unfinished—when the usual
week-end adjournment until Monday
morning was taken. Picking up the
threads of her life’s story where she
had dropped them the evening before,
the girl wife of the defendant—al
ways, she declared, telling her story
Juet as she had related It to Harry
Thaw from time to time—brought the
narrative down to her wedding in
Pittsburg on April 4. 1905. and their
return to New York, following a honey
moon trip In the West. She declared
she had heard White call to her on
the street once after this and that on
another occasion when she passed him
In a cab she noticed his cab turn
around and follow her In the direction
of a doctor’* office, where she was go
ing to have her throat treated.
Evelyn Still on Standi
Mrs. Thaw had taken up the story
at ths time of her return from Europe
In October, 1903, following her refusal
of Thaw’s offer of marriage on the
ground which she related yesterday.
On Monday she may be called upon
to finish the relation of the events
which. It Is claimed by the defense,
brought on tho explosive impulse In
the diseased brain of the defendant
and caused the killing of Stanford
White. White today's testimony was
racking in the personal quality which
made yesterday’s recital so dramatic,
so impelling, enthralling and pathetic,
it served to clear away some of the
doubts and inferences which remained
from the Incomplete details as to the
full extent of the revelations she claims
to have made to her husband.
There were repetitions, too, at the
suggestion of counsel, and Incidents
which had not been gone over by Mrs.
Thaw, as to her acquaintance with
Stanford White were brought out In
completion of the life story.
“Defamation of the Dead.”
District Attorney Jerome, who had
throughout silently listened to the
young wife’s statements, sent a thrill
of excitement through the court room
late in the day by jumping to his feet
and vigorously protesting againist "this
defamation of the dead.” "Is there no
limit,” he exclaimed, "to the aspers
ions that are to be cast upon this man?
Your honor well knows I cannot, un
der the law, controvert any statement
this witness must make against the
memory of Stanford White.”
In tones bitterly sarcastic. Mr. Je
rome spoko of "this tattle of the Ten
derloin." and declared that the court
had the right to limit such testimony
on the uncomplete evidence that has
been introduced here to show that this
man Is or was of unsound mind. We
don’t know whether this defendant
ever was insane,” he concluded. The
question which called out the vehement
protest from the district attorney was
addressed to Mrs. Thaw by Mr. Del-
mas. and Its purport was whether or
not Harry Thaw had at any time told
her about "other girls who had raet *
f*te similar to yours at the hands of
this man.”
"What man?” snapped Mr. Jerome.
"Stanford White,” replied Mr. Delmas
with the coolness of voice and manner
characteristic of him; and then added
still In the same low tone: “Who
else?”
Good Suggestion.
Justice Fitzgerald held that the Dis
trict Attorney's suggestion was a good
one and he thought the defense should
chronological order cf the Incidents
nf her wedding with Thaw In Pittsburg
Mr. Del:na.“ asked her if she hail
Stanford White after her return
New York from the honeymoon trip.
“I passed Stanford White one dr
Fifth avenue. I wa- in a cab mi he
saw me and I heard him say ’Evelyn.
Just like that.” and Mrs. Thaw raised
her voice as If to call some one.
Harry Bit His Nails.
“I went back to our hotel and told
Harry, and he said ‘the dirty black
guard. he had no right to speak to you.’
The next time I saw him I was driving
to Dr. Delfvan’s office to have my
throat treated. Stanford White was
also in a cab. He just stared at me
this time and stroked his moustach
turned Into Trlrty-third street off Fifth
avenue, and as I alighted at the doc
tor's door I saw Stanford White com
ing. I rang the bell and the maid
came to the door and then I got so ner
vous and flustered I toi-d her I would
come back again, and I ran down the
teps. got into the cab and drove to
the hotel, where I told Harry what had
happened. He got very excited and bit
his nails.”
These were the only two instances.
Mrs. Thaw said, she told her husband
that Stanford White had appeared or
attempted to speak to her.
There was another great crowd in
the court room today, every available
bit of space being occupied by persons
sitting in the regular court benches and
others who were fortunate enough to
have chairs brought for their use. The
dramatic thrills of the day before.wore
not there, however, and the crowd did
not seem loath to leave when adjourn
ment was taken more than an hour
earlier than usual.
Harry Thaw’s Letters.
The day began with a continuance of
th“ reading of the letters (mm Harry
Thaw to Mr. Longfellow, written after
Evelyn Nesbit's revelations to her
suitor In Paris. There were others too,
which Thaw had sent the attorney to
deliver to Miss Nesblt, who at the time
would not see him. Mrs. Thaw follow
ed these with a relation of her experi
ences with Stanford White and Abra
ham Hummell. concerning the alleged
affidavit which she made, charging
Harry Thaw with having taken her
from her mother against her will, and
with gross cruelty.
'Mrs. Thaw told how she had been
Induced to answer some questions about
herself and Mr. Thaw at the time, and
had been told the stories about his
“cruelties to girls.”
Warned by White.
Stanford While had told her, she de
clared, that it was necessary to take
some drastic measures to protect her
from such a person, and that Harry
Thaw must be kept out of New York.
She denied that she had ever signed
any papers In Mr. Hummell’s office,
but said she remembered having signed
some papers for Mr. White in ‘his of
fice,’ the contents of which she did
not know. When she got frightened
about the papers and demanded to see
them, she said Mr. White took her to
Hummell’s office and there they burned
a paper which had her name at the
bottom of it. She was not allowed to
see what the paper contained before
It was destroyed.
This feature of Mrs. Thaw’s story
was made amusing at times bv her in
terjections of the names which Harrv
IKE FIRST FUG
THAT WAVED m m m
;a
SEATTLE, Feb. 3—When the Amer
ican flag is hoisted to the topmost
tower of the Alaska building at tho
completed Alaska-Yukon-Pacific expo-
ition at Seattle on opening day, June
1, 1909. and the great ten million dol
lar wor.d's fair is declared open by
the President of the United States no
ordinary banner will be used. In fact
the flag whose stars .and stripes first
cast a shadow over the massive and
beautiful buildings by Lake Washing
ton will be the original American flag
that was hoisted first over the dis
trict of Alaska when that empire was
purchased by the United States.
Recently the discovery was made
that the original flag with thirty-six
stars was reposing in a vault at the
offices of Dexter Horton & Co., of Se
attle. It is the property of Edward
Leudecke. of’ Wrange..
The history of this flag is most in
teresting. and .is connected intimately
with the history of Alaska, which
country it is the purpose of the ex
position to exploit. The treaty ceding
Alaska to the United States was
signed by Russia on March 30, 1867,
and was ratified by the Senate May
the same year. Owing to the op--
position in the country to the pur
chase, the House refused to pass the
bill appropriating $7,200,000 for its pay
ment and the matter hung over till
July 14. 1868, when a compromise was
reached whereby the appropriation
was passed. However the United
States in the meantime had gone
ahead and ordered possession taken
of the country and a body, of American
troops on a warship left San Francisco
in the fall of 1867 for Sitka. They
proceeded by the inside channel first
to Wrange.. At that point there were
living a few Americans engaged In
pioneer work. . One of these was Ed
ward Leudecke. who after forty years
is still a resident.of Wrangel. Leu
decke, when the troops touched at
that point, heard for the first time <T
the American purchase. Although the
country was not ten formally taken
over by the United States he ran ti
the flagpole there and hoisted the
American flag, and there it flew for
many months. In the meantime the
troops proceeded to Sitka, then the
capital, and on October 18. 1867, the
Russian flag was pulled down and the
American flag raised before the bar
racks and in the presence of a de
tachment of both Russian and Ameri
can trops.
The flag of Leudecke floated till
1868 when the news of the admission
of Nebraska to the Union was an
nounced and then the flag with thir-
. ■ „ . . , . P , ty-six stars was pu.led down and an-
app !l ed 1° the law l' Pr - ar >d other one with ,thjrty-seven stars, was
Mr. White 6 agitated questioning as to raised in its place. Leudecke, how-
what she had told Hummell about him. ever, clung carefully to his flag and
in 19Q5 turned. the banner over to G.
E. Rodman, an attorney of Wrangel,
who sent it on .to its present destina-
ti6n for safe keeping.
. Leudecke is now seventy-two years
of age and is strong and hearty.’ He
remembers perfectly the first, arrival-,of
American troops, in the north and the
amazement and joy.of the few Ameri
can there on being told that-Alaska
had been purchased from the Russians.
The flag will be- used at the opeh-
ing day ceremonies at the AlaskA-Yu
kon-Pacific exposition and after that
will bo exhibited in the Alaska build
ing. .O'.
lay a broad6r foundation to show in
sanity before proceeding along the lines
suggested by Mr. Delmas' question.
’’We will proceed to do this as soon
as possible.” answered the attorney.
Mrs. Thaw declared today that Stan
ford White, during the year which fol
lowed her experience in the room of
the mirrored walls, repeatedly sought
to have her visit him alone.
‘T told Harry." she said, “that Mr.
■White had begged me, had pleaded,
coaxed and scolded, and done every
thing he could to make me come to
see him alone. I refused and he told
me I was cruel, and that I was as cold
as a fish and not a human being. I
told Mr. White I did not care to trust
him.”
After her return from Europe and
during the months she would not see
Harry Thaw, "because of the dreadful
things Mr. White and his friends told
me about him.” she declared. Thaw
accused her of having improper rela
tion* with the architect.
"I told him it was a lie and that T
had not.” she testified with an emphatic
show of feel'r.g.
Barrymore Romance.
The defense had Mrs. Thaw tell of
another incident which has been cited
in her life—her acquaintance with
Jack Barrymore, the actor. Mr. Bar
rymore was in the court room one day
in the early part of the trial, at the in
stance of the District Attorney, it was
.aid. Mr. Delmas asked Mrs. Thaw
‘ n his property J today to tell what she had told Harry
Thaw of her acquaintance with the
actor. She said she had first met
Barrymore at a party given by Stan
ford White the rear followlng’her in
troduction to the architect.
“I thought him very nice.” she frank
ly said today, "and one day at Mr. ]
White's studio he said. ‘Evelyn, will 1
you marry me*' I said: ‘I don't know.’ ]
He asked me a second time, and again
I said ‘I don’t know.’ and everybody
laughed. Mr. White told me I would
be very foolish to marry Mr. Barry
more and my mother said so. too. and
we all quarreled, and the upshot of
the whole thing was that Mr. White
said I ought to be sent away to school,
and I was sent to New Jersey.”
After leading the witness to tell In
She declared she had told the lawver
nothing.
"Well. Mr. White said to me.” she went
on. ’there is something wrong some
where. He has Just squeezed a thou
sand dollars out of me. and the Lord
only knows how soon he will squeeze
another.’ I then remembered having
told Mr. Hummell when he threatened
things about Mr. Thaw that he had
better be careful, for Mr. Thaw knew
a lot of terrible things about Stan
ford White.”
The defense endeavored to get into
evidence today the wills of Harrv
Thaw and Evelyn Nesblt Thaw exe
cuted, the night, of their wedding at
Pittsburg. There were so many in-
terlineations, Additions and erasures
that Justice Fitzgerald held the docu
ments were not admissible until the
changes were proved.
Mr. Delmas said he would later en
deavor to do this, as the wills and the
interlineations and a codicil by Har
ry Thaw had to do with the proof
tending to show the insanity. of tKe
defendant. It came out in the discus
sion of the wills that the name of
Stanford White occurred in Thaw's
testament. Mr. Hartridge. of Thaw’s
counsel, said after court adjourned to-
daj, that Mrs. Thaw would go on with
her direct examination Monday morn
ing.
Just what will be the nature of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome’s cross-examina
tion when he takes the witness Is mere
conjecture. It Is said he mav try in
some way to attack her credibility,
probably as to her ability to remember
other things as well as she has the
stories she has declared she told Har
ry Thaw from time to time.
sift nun snug
NEW YORK. Feb. S.—Bradstreets
tomorrow will say:
”Tfie first effects of the past week’s
widespread winter weather have been
a dull trade at most markets, to quiet
the spring demand, retard collections,
and in sections accentuate the already
congested railway situation. Some sec
tions. particularly the South, report
benefit to trade in winter goods and
footwear.
"Taken as a whole, the business
booked by wholesalers for January and
the elapsed portion.of February is fully
equal to. and in some markets and sta
ples. notably cotton dry goods, far in
excess of last year's large business.
Building activity has been checked by
weather conditions.- Pig Iron is easier
on business for future delivery, the In
dications in this respect being most
marked at Eastern centers, yet there
is a good deal of Inquiry in the West.
The market for steel Is easier in East
ern territory. Orders for steel rails
are moderate, trolley lines figuring as
the largest purchasers.
"The bull movement in wheat and
other grains strengthened further this
week, and prices are up an average of
two cents a bushel at all markets. The
car shortage is being keenly felt at
Western milling centers, and Minnea
polis flour production Is down to a low
point, owing to light supplies. Euro
pean advices have been more bullish.
Russian dealers are reported to be
buying wheat here and in Canada.
Congestion in manufacture and mar
keting of Cuban sugar is reflected, in
further easing of raw prices, which are
off 8 points, while refined Is fourteen
points lower in sympathy. Coffee is
steadier and spot coffee is back to
cents. Statistics of shoe shipments
from Eastern centers bear out past re
ports of conseravtive buying of shoes
from manufacturers for spring delivery.
Leather markets are quiet, as a whole,
but firm."
Weekly Bank Clearings.
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—The bank clear-
ings for the week aggregated SS.327.5S9.-
255; 12,8 per cent over last week, but 4
per cent below last year. Excluding New
York City, the total is $1,157,264,687. "
per. cent, above last week, and 7'5 l
cent over last year. Inc. D
Richmond $7,143.000 4 -
Savannah 4.806,000.... 3.7 —
Atlanta 5.863.000... .18.5 —
Norfolk 2.582.000....10.8 -
Augusta 1,812,000... .14.9 -
Charleston 1.410.000.... 31.1
Knoxville 1.CT000... .11.8
Jacksonville 1,490.000... .15.8
Macon 74'i,000... .32.6
Weekly Bank Statement.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9.—The statement
of the clearing-house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $3,345,875 more
than tho legal reserve requirements. This
is a decrease of $9,288,225 as compared
with last week. The statement follows:
Decrease
Deposits $1,065,562,500 $11,157,500
Loans 1,099.356.400 *1,518,900
Circulation 53.334.800 *149.400
T.egnl tenders 79.354.400 4,459,500
Specie 190,382.000 7.418.200
Reserve 269,736,500 12,077,600
Reserve required.. 266,390,625 2.789,375
Surplus 3,345,875 9.288,285
Ex-U. S. deposits. 7,215,450 9,514,725
“When Shall We
Get Out of Cuba?
99
HESTER’S WEEKLY
cotton mmm
NEW
OOi^an
year V
For
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—The army
appropriation bill and memorial exer
cises for the late Representative Marsh,
of Illinois, occupied practically the en
tire day in the Senate today. Discus
sion of the army appropriation bill was
unusually interesting for the reason
that it branched off on American oc
cupation of Cuba, the plans for the
equipment of State militia with regu
lation arms and the proposed authori
zation to the War Department to ac
cept reduced fare or free transporta-1 against _ivt.uv. nates ior uw s«...w «=jru
i Uon for troops and supplies. The lat- ; yea* and »•-**« ^ ar be ‘
ter was an echo of the debate on the ! 1 Tho ' movement since September 1 shows
railroad rate bill at the last session : ror cipts at alt United States ports to be
of Congress. I 7.615,202 against 5.948.589 last year; over-
Whiie the army appropriation bill j land, across the Mississippi. Ohio and
"•as under consideration pertinent .Potomac rivera to Northerdn mills and
—— 4 — ^ tucon IS «
= » tUe close of the commercial year 47>.-
‘ Southern
ORLEANS. Feb 8.—Secretary
veekiy cotton statement, issued
shows for the eight days of Feb-
a:t increase over last year of 172,-
i an increase over the same period
if ore 1 ist of 219.000
;Uo 101 days of the season that have
• elapsed the aggregate is .’.head of the
i same days of Inst year 2.013.000. and
ahead of the-same days year before last
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 334.162 baits
•Increase.
CARRIE NATION LIKES
CHARLOTTE. N. C., Feb. 9.—At tho
annual meeting of the Soft Yarn Spin
ners Association, held in this city this
afternoon. Col. L. D. Tyson, of Knoxville
Tenn., was re-elected president, and Mr!
L. T. Leonhardt will continue as secre-
tary and treasurer. The principal topics
of discussion were the cancellation of or
ders tiie general conditions and outlook
or the yarn trade, the waste Question the
labor and immigration problems and sev-
PJS 4 *® 1 of legislation. The Bever
idge bill, was condemned la no uncertain
terms. Tho association went on record
as favoring anything that offered relief
to present labor conditions. jThe sclcc-
tion of the next meeting place, which
NOKOLK, Va., Feb. 9.—The fears
expressed by a number of Episcopal
bishops that the. proposed 1 naval and
military features of the Jamestown
Exposition- are bfcing. given too much
prominence, Is flat well founded, ac
cording to an official statement issued
today by the exposition authoijties in
reply to the protests of the churchmen
of last Wednesday.
. Barton Meyers, governor of . ways
and means, who issued the statement,
and who is himself ft leading Episcopal
layman, declares that this apprehension
is not shared by the majority of the
church people. The statement says
that while the military and naval dem
onstrations which are under the con
trol and management of the President
of the United States and his cabinet,
who compose the ter-centennial com
mittee, will be prominent, those of a
religious, educational and historical
character also are being given promi
nence. It is declared that the peace
ful assemblage of the finest specimens
of soldiery of the world at the exposi
tion is calculated to promote good feel
ing of the world and reciprocal courte
sies.
MESSENGER WITH $2,900 IN CUR
RENCY KNOCKED DOWN ON
CROWDED NEW YORK
STREET.
NEW TORK. Feb. 9.—A reckless at
tempt at highway robbery was made
on a crowded Harlem street tdday when
a man who later described himself as
Wolf Parker, a clerk, twenty-four
»*mvfi J' ears of age, knocked down u bafll?
wa9 held sometime in the summer,™ was i messenger and secured possession of
left to the advisor}- board. This will be ja satchel containing $2,900 in currency.
ATLANTA, Feb. 8.—Carry A. Nation
and Hon. Hoke Smith, the next Gov
ernor of Georgia, have met. The col
lision occurred today in the office of
Mr. Smith, when the woman who is
doing her part to advertise Kansas,
butted into his office uninvited'and un
announced. All doors look alike to
Carry when she wants to enter a place,
and her face' and name is her -card of
introduction. Mrs. Nation had an au
dience of nearly an hour with Mr.
Smith and in that time did a full day’s
talking. Of course she talked upon the
question of the sale of liquor in any
shape. Siie said that she thought
Georgia’s next Governor would be
pretty nice man if he didn’t smoke.
Mr!-Smith told Mrs. Nation how the
whisky element fought him in his race,
but he didn’t express himself on the
question to suit Mrs. Nation. Neither
did she like it because Mr. Smith used
tobacco.
She was glad, though, when the next
Governor told her he had no use for
whisky, but she was disappointed be
cause he didn’t take as strong a stand
£§ ghg ttikfis
Mr. Smith told Mrs. Nation she was
mistaken when she thought,she would
find him in the Capital City Club and
he said he had -seldom been there in
the last two years. He further told
Mrs. Nation that only about twenty
per cent of the club members voted
for him.
But the Governor declared that in
spite of the opposition of the whisky
element he won out and had forty
thousand votes to spare. A1I of which
seemed to please the famous saloon
smasher.
questions were asked by Mr. Bacon
concerning the amount the appropria
tions for the army have been swelled
by reason of the present occupation of
Cuba, and Mr. Warren said there
had been no estimate from the depart
ment for additional expenses on ac
count of Cuban occupation as the bill
under consideration -provided appro
priations for 1908.
The inquiry led to a general discus
sion of the status of Cuban affairs, in
which Senator Cullom. chairman of the
Senate committee on foreign relations,
was called upon for a statement as to
how long the United States intended to
remain in Cuba. The Senator said he
had no information on the subject.
In discussing Cuban affairs, Senatdr
Bacon said that he had not been satis
fied with the part Congress had been
playing in shaping the government's
policy in that republic. Ho expressed
the opinion that it was for the law
making and not the executive depart
ment to say what the course of the
United States should be in Cuba, but
that he had a delicacy in raising the
issue. He said he could not let the
session of Congress close without say
ing that he was not unmindful of the
fact that Congress was not exercising
the role it should exercise. He thought
It would have been a fatal'error, for
the session to end without some ex
pression raising the question of the
executive’s power to set up govern
ments on foreign soil, to dismiss par
liaments or to set up parliaments, to
dismiss or raise foreign armies, and
said further that any acts of this
character should be performed by Con
gress and not'by the President. He
added that under the present conditions
he should not pursue the subject.
Senator Tillman said that as it
seemed that the chairman of the com
mittee on military affairs was not in
the confidence of the War Depart
ment concerning the Cuban occupa
tion. he wanted to address a question
to the chairman of the committee on
foreign relations. “Has the chairman
of that committee any information as
to when we are going to get out of
Cuba?” he asked.
“None, whatever,” replied Mr. Cul
lom.
Can the chairman give us any infor
mation concerning the present status
of our affairs in Cuba?”
Pursued, Mr. Tillman and Mr. Cullom
replied that he had been given “None
whatever.’’
“It seems a little odd that the com
mittee on foreign relations does not
take steps to get information of the
anomalous, condition of affairs there
said Mr. Tillman. He then gave a de
scription of the situation there as ho
understood it from published reports.
He told of one man, an American', hav
ing a stallion stolen by a negro patriot
or rebel, and of -an act of Secretary
Taft confirming the" title of the. animal
to the negro. He said the owner of the
horse could see the ne^ro riding it
every day. but could not recover it.
“Now since Secretary' Taft ran Pal
ma’s Government up a tree and licensed
134 against 53S.73S lait year: Southern
mill takings 1.302,000 against 1,235,633 last
year.
These make the total movement since
September 1 19.221,516 against 8,2d6.SS6
last year. , ,
Foreign exports for the week have
been 229.766 against 117.143 last year,
making the total thus far for the sea
son 5.729,520 against 4.240.534 last year.
The total takings of • American mills.
North. South and Canada thus far for the
season have been 3,075,858 against 2,820.-
674 last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 lead
ing Southern Interior centers_have in
creased during the week 39,713 bales
against an increase during the corre
sponding period last season of 20.766.
Including stocks left over at the ports
and interior towns front the last crop,
ami the number of hales brought into
sight thus far from the new crop, the
sueply to date is 10.519.286 against 8-.651,-
419 for the same period last year-
world's Visible Supply.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 8.—Secretary
Hester's statement of the worid'k visi
ble simply of cotton, issued today, shows
the total visible tp -be R.493.1S1 against
5.501.812 last week and 5.355.579 last yean.
O' this, the total of American coton Ms
4.320.181 against 4.356.812 last week and
3.826.579 last year: and of all other kinds.
Including Egypt. Brazil. India, etc.. 1,173.-
090 against 1.145.000 last week and 1,529,-
000 last year.
Of the world's visible supply of cotton
there is now afloat and helji in Great Brit
ain and continental Europe. 3,016.000
against 2.667,000 last year; In ■ Egynt
236.000 against 196.000 last year: ifl India
505.000 against 895.000 Inst year, and in
the United States 1.736,000 against 1.59S,-
000 last year. . •
Weekly Interior: Cotton Towns. .. .
NEW YORK. Feb. S.—The following f
Is the movement of .spot cotton at the
weekly interior cotton towns for the week
ending Friday.-February'S: -
tii
03
c
TOWNS—
c
*3
a
6
E
a
G
a
o -
X
si
w
a
Albany . . . .
Athens . . . .
Atlanta . . . .
Brenham . . .
Charlotte. . .
Columbia . . .
Columbus. Ga.
Colum., Miss..
Dallas . . . .
Eufaula . . . .
Greenville .
Greenwood .
Helena . . .
Little' Rock.
Macon ...
Meridian . .
Montgomery
Nashville .
Natchez . .
'Newberry . „
Rflieigh . . .
Rome . . .
Selma . . .
Shreveport .
Vicksburg
Yazoo City...)..
I 7571 2851. .. .1 3561
752'lSSll 21! 15865
10% |2781129291.... i3643
.1 209! 126).... 2582
10% ! 871 87!....I
.......12129 16291 17000
10% I 508|2695;2695 19549
.. J>13!20l5j.... 8004
..I1045U085:.... 3568
..I 4! S3!.... 3123
1748143721.... 6623
.1 182! 104) 7S1 42000
J 114.9512158! 4 15944
..110% I5369I6493!.... 45211
.110% i 1011 364!.... 5970
244712981 ...: 16212
..110% |2164|28B7]$8B57| 22.919
..110% ! 183 179!....' . 612
-.If. — ;.ll41Si2652!-574l' 10190
.J... ..:.l . 921 92).... I 1640
.110% 1130! 2.9IP....I I860
.! I118211292'.... | 4596
.1 1 3331 4171.-.. . j 4059
.19 15-161355114111123341 19492
' .1103812913)....) 24631
764il651l
11776
Comparative Cotton Statement.
, NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—The following
horse stealing, and has army engineers is the comparative sthtonpjnt-,of cotton
surveying the islands, it seems that, we ’— * u “ —— J1 — ’ "
for the week ending Friday. Februa'rj-
1907. 1906.
Net port receipts 253.988 133.541
Rects. since Sept. -....7.615.202 5,86.8,436
Exports for week 219.157 P1042
Ex. since Sept. 1 5.686.897 4.220.357
Stock all T T . S. ports... .1.126.797 895.680
Stock at interior towns. 595.837 6.89.796
— ‘ ‘ 1.216,000
149,000
might have a little information about
what is going on, persisted Mr. Till
man.. It seems a little odcl that Con
gress, and no body sees fit to inquire
into the extraordinary transactions
that are being carried on.”
Senator Cullom replied that at the I :1 i Liverpool.....
beginning of the session, President | Amn - afloat tor p. R-....
Roosevelt had sent to Congress a mes
sage telling Just what the conditions
were in Cuba and expressed the
opinion that probably there- has been
little* change. “I am sorry that the
things do not seem to have quieted New Orleans
down in any way,” he said. j Mobile -■••••
“I have seen nothing about any re- j Charleston "
cent outbreak, or any bloodshed, or i Wilmington ’
anything," said Mr. Tillman. “What I ' -- •
want to know is when an election is
going to be held and when we are go
ing to get out.”
“Well, I guess the Senator will find
out in due time.” said Senator Cul
lom.
“Yes when the noble lord at the
White House chooses to tell me, or
some one else may tell me instead, that
it is none -of my business,” replied Mr.
Tillman. He laughingly added: “Well
if I can’t get any information as to
why the negro stole the horse, I sup
pose I will have to subside.”
He joined in a general laugh from the
Republicans at his expense. The dis
cussion then proceeded on other lines.
Cotton Receipts.
NEW YORK. Feb 8.—The following are
the total n<q receipts of cotton at ail
Bales.
.2.96S.814
•J,758.559
. 215.587
.1.228.066
. 126.80:1
. 285.883
441.558
. 37,016
. 12.117
. 42.318
. 23.711
5.357
49.S11
Norfolk
Baltimore
New? York
Boston
Newport News
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Brunswick ! 170125
Port Townsend 66! ms
Pensacola * I0S 915
Port Arthur and Sabine Pass 107!.T«4
Jacksonville. Fla 6 292
Laredo, Texas ’494
Minor ports 13 696
Total .7,615,202
I lir D °ara. Till* will be a satcaei containing $z.9UU m currency.
ine« 1 ao«irJ? atU 'rr,,? r a l " s ,°i5 iaI tf L aJ i a b ’ IS ' : Th e robber was captured by a crowd
. Southern Soft Yarn after a chase of two blocks.
Tho messenger, Pietro Bennio, a
Spinners’ Association was organized
Charlotte February 4, 1905.
Bought Unsalable
Liquors Galore
COLUMBIA, S. C.. Feb. 9.—Governor
Ar.se. today removed from office L. M.
Rawlinson. John Black and Joe B. Wife
directors of the State dispensary who
were charged with misconduct, neglect of
duty and incompetence tho specific
charges being that these officers disre
garded the law. did not buy on sealed
bids and approved large purchases in
Cincinnati and Peoria, at pricos in tx.
cess of the regular bids. It is also chnrg-i
that they disregarded the wishes of the
commissioner and the county dispensers
and stored up hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of unsalable liquors.
Attorney-General Lyon will prosecute
ahe directors in the criminal courts. The
Legislature unanimously endorsed the
Governor’s action.
youth of twenty years, was felled by
repeated blows on the head with a
piece of a bil.-iard cue. Bennio still
clung to the satchel, the handle of
which was torn out and left In his
grasp.
GOVERNOR ON SENATOR BACON’S
RIGHTS TO APPOINTMENT
ATLANTA, Ga.. Feb. 8.—Governor
i errell. when asked for an expression of
bis opinion as to the question raised in
Washington relative to the legality of his
appointment of Senator Bacon "for the
interim from March 3d to June ’id
said:
"T am inclined to the idea that if anv
question should be raised as to Senator
Bacon's legal right to the interim ap
pointment. that technically the Wash
ington view of the mitter is correc.. But
the matter will be up in the United States
Senate. As I have stated before. I will
name him for the intervening time, and
if the issue comes up with an extra ses
sion. why the Senate must settle it.
"I am in hopes that no question will be
raised that will deprive Georgia of one
of her Senators for oven that brief time
But it Is aa Interesting situation.’’
Before the War Bank Bills.
ATLANTA, Feb. 9.—State Treasurer
R. E. Park continues to get letters of
inquiry from all parts of the country
with regard to the redeemable value of
State banks just prior' to the war. Of
course these bids are of no value as
the institutions which issued them
have all gone into liquidation, but a
ood many of them are still extant
and they are frequently used for pur
poses of defrauding somebody.
There seems to be a regular scheme
laid out in Indian Territory and Okla
homa, to get the best of somebody by
the use of these old time worthless
notes. Three of the letters received by
Treasure" Park yesterday were from
that section. One was from R. E.
Blanks, a reaJ estate man of Ada,
Okla.. another was from C. C. Arm
strong. of Talequah, Indian Territory,
the third was from the City Nationaj
Bank, of Madill, Indian .Territory, and
the fourth was from a party in Flor
ida.
Two of the bills contained in the
letters received yesterday from Indian
Teritorv were $io notes on the Mer
chants’ and Planters' Bank, of Savan
nah. Thi= note seems to be a favorite
with those who are working the game
out West as more inquiries are re
ceived regarding it than any other of
the old State bank notes. Of course
there is nothing to do but to reply to
them that he notes are worthless and 1
are not worth the paper they are |
printed on.
STATE INSURANCE PLANNED.
MADISON. Wis., Feb. 9.—The long-
looked-for measure providing for a
system of State Insurance in Wiscon
sin have been introduced. The bill
was presented by Carl D. Thompson in
the Assembly, and by Senator Jacob
E. Rummell In the Senate.
The bills provide for the appointment
of a commission of two Senators and
two Assemblymen, which may enlist
the services of two or more experts,
and shall work out a system of State
insurance to he recommended to the
next' Legislature. The recommenda
tion of the system shall include: First,
a system of life insurance based on
the recognized principles of modern
insurance. Second, a system of old
age and invalidity insurance for people
who have been residents of Wisconsin
for ten years and have led sober and
industrious lives for five years past,
and shall have never been found guilty
of a civil or criminal misdemeanor.
Third, a system of sickness and acci
dent insurance with proper restric
tions.
Guns Would Shoot
Clean Through House
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Walker
New York Cotton Exchange Statistics.
NEW YORK. Feb. Sr—The Allowing
statistics on the movement of eblfrm
for the week ending Friday. February S
were complied by the New York Cotton
Exchange: ...
Weekly Movement.
This Last
Port receipts ..256.783 138*314
To mills and Canada 49.305 - - 20 414
60. r, 0 . 53>Ort
19,338 . 12.974
Jk
Sou. mill takings, est...
Interor stock- lost ...
CUBANS PROTEST AGAINST GOV.
MAGOON’S DECREE INCREAS
ING RURAL GUARDS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Secretary
Taft, after a consultation with the
President, has cabled Governor Ma-
goon at Havana to suspend for the
time being the eexcution of the decree
recently prepared, providing for an in
crease from 6.000 to 12,000 of the rural
guards of Cuba. This action has been
taken in view of the representations
from all of the Cuban parties that tho
decree is inexpedient and before de
termining whether or not it shall be
enforced, Secretary Taft will await the
receipt of the written protest which
Governor Magoon has received.
McCurdy, formerly quartermaster- i Into sight for v, --ek........347,200 "198.754
sergeant of Co. B. of the battalion of : —
negro soldiers discharged for the ! „ T°, tal Crop Movement,
alleged "shooting up” ■ of Brownsville ! ' %' •••••-7.617.066 5:901,211
Tex., who had charge of the issuance Sou. mill takteg?. mu'.'.I SSl'oooljl III'0N> •
of ammunition, and former Sergeant ! Int. strk ex. Sept. 1.... 465’498' 5l5<i‘*
George Jackson of the same company. 1 iA_- 7 ' ’’ "'
who had charge of the quarters and j Int0 s *Sht for season. .10.263.456 3.219.259
the keys to the gun racks on the night '
of the affray, were witnesses todav be- 1 T T -<"cfen^!!S? 0I T- c 2 tt r n St ? t,st! cs.
fore the Senate committee on military ! weekk F ° ° WlnS a n iT 1 ®
a ffairs. Both men gave clear accounts j Total'sales of nil kinds',
of their duties on that night and the j Total sales of American.,
sharpest kind of cross-examination j English 8-ninners' takings,
failed to trap them in any way. Both ^ f port
Senators Warner and Foster, who con- | l kin ?'••••--
ducted the cross examination, remarked i Stook% °n viUai 10 "’
at the conclusion that they believed I Stock of American.'!!!!!!.'".T!I""sol'noo
the witnesses were honest men and Quantity afloat of all kinds.... '498'oot-!
frank on the stand. | Quantity afloat of American .C'44JO(to
“You are not satfsfled with the char- ! X ota ! saIes on speculationT.sna
acter of the discharge you received?” I rotal sa,r>s ^exporters............ kobo
asked Mr. Hemenway of McCurdy.
62 990
49,009
'..’.-.ilB.ooo
....11,000
.1. .-149.900
....;.ins nno
HAANA, Feb. 9.—Governor Magoon
received a cablegram from Secretary
Taft today directing the postponement
of decree providing for art Increase
from 6,000 to 12,000 men of the rural
guard of Cuba, pending the pre
sentation of protests by the liberals.
NEW ORLEANS EXPORTS
INCREASE $6,000,000 FOR MONTH.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Feb. 9.—Ex
ports from this . port for January of
this year, show an increase of $6,000,000
ver last year, the tota. amount for
the month reaching $26,385,334, which
is tbs record for the past tea years.
“No sir. I am not.” he replied. "I N0TiC3 TO SUBSCRIBERS.
had done nothing to be punished for. I, V.YRminR lo’nol nn nnm. -no
have never been punished before.” 1 JliAall.-IiS Oil yCUT p?l-
During the examination of the wit- . psr. It tells IlOW VOU Stand Oil
ness as to the power of penetration of ; f, , , / . ,
the service ammunition used in the the ijOOKS. Due 110321 date OH
Springfield rifles, Senator Foraker flip TpIioI ^Sonrl in fLioc onH
said: "It would shoot clear through a lne laoel ’ &encl 111 a U.eS ana
house, would it not?” i also renew for the year 1907.
The witness replied affirmatively. |
The question coming from Senator! gfneraLS in rOMFFnFRtTF
Foraker created some little surprise as ! GENERALS ‘^ CONFEDERATE
that is what the War Department offi- I army s.ill living.
cials have claimed was done—that
arm,- huiipf<= v ' I ATLANTA., Feb. 9.—An article was
house b The witness ,vaa nnt ™“. 0 5. a ! furnished for publication here today
by Te.amon Smith Cuyler, formerly
Telamon Cuyler Smith, but whom the
superior court allowed to change his
name because there are so many
■ Smiths, showing that there are still
living- sixty-four men who were gen
erals In the Confederate army. Of
house. The witness was not cross ex
amined concerning the remark.
George Jackson, a sergeant of Co.
B. was examined concerning the man
ner in which he had kept the
racks, for which he had keys, on 4he
night of the shooting." On cross ex
amination he admitted he had heard
that Government ammunition had been
found to have been used In the shoot
ing. but said that the story surprised
him very much and if any was used
he could not understand how it couid
have been secured without detection.
these three were lieutenant generals,
nine were major generals, and the oth
ers were brigadier generals.
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE
KILLS DISPENSARY
COLUMBIA. S. C., Feb. 9.—The Senate
today, bv a vote of 21 to 15. passed with
amendments to the House bill, killing the
State dispensary.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your pa
per. It tells how you staucf on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.