Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 5, 1907, Page 4

' i i li._. T | | é i i G | (NSANITY THE DEFENSE! THAW ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN OUT OF HIS MIND WHEN HE KILLED WHITE. PROSECUTION'S CASE VERY BRIEF LESS THAN TWO HOURS OCCU- PIED IN LAYING EVIDENCE BEFORE THE JURY. New York, Feb. 5.—Insanity is the defense in the trial of Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White. In his opening address to the jury Attorney Gleason, for the defense, said Thaw was suffering from insanity, hereditary in nature, when he shot White. Mr. Gleason stated the defense would be one of insanity. He declared that Thaw believed be was acting up- on the word of Providence when he killed Stanford White; that he acted without malice and did not know the nature or quality of his act. Mr. Gleason declared further that it would be shown that Thaw acted in self-defense and without malice, be- lieving threats had been made against him by Stanford White. Heredity and stress, the attorney said, are the two great causes of in- sanity. The defendant suffered from great stress of mind. Certain things kept revolviug over and over again in his mind until his brain was in a whirl of madness and he felt impelled by Providence to act in the way he did. “An insane man,” continued Mr. Gleason, “may express the utmost ab- horrence af all crime and admit that murder Is wrong, yet when the insane impulse comes It separates the act contemplated from the general idea of qrime and the general consciousness that muvder is wrong does not enter into the act at all. “Our law declares that a killing is murder when the man who commits the act is of sound mind—of sound mind, remember—and when there is malice aforethought, either expressed or implied.” Mr. Gleason asserted that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, when first asked by Harry Thaw to be his wife, refused because of “an experience in her life connected with Stanford White.” PROSECUTION Presents State’s Side of Thaw Case in Two Hours. New York, Feb. 5—The case of the people against Harry K. Thaw, charged with the murder of Stanford White, was presented to the jury in less than two hours of the morning session of the trial and at the afternoon session Attorney John B. Gleason made the opening address for the defense. Assistant District Attorney Garvan outlined the case for the prosecution, occupying less than ten minutes in narrating in a conversational tone the events on the night of the tragedy. He did not go beyond the immediate events preceding the shooting on the Madison Square Roof Garden. The prosecution decided to let the evidence of actual facts prove the motive. Mr. Garvan declared in his opening address that Thaw's act was delib- erate, premeditated and intentional murder. He walked up to the archi- tect when he had determined to kill, wheeled and faced him and then fired a bullet into his brain. Before the prosecution began the introduction of its evidence District Attorney Jerome secured from the court and with consent of Thaw’s counsel an order that all witnesses except experts should be excluded from the room. It became known then for the first time that Mrs. William Thaw, the prisoner’s mother, will take the stand in his behalf and will probably tell some of the escapades of his youth. Mother and Wife Excluded. The woman hesitated for a moment, then arose and left. She was followed by Mrs. Harry K. Thaw and May MacKenzie. Thaw seemed depressed as his mother and wife walked by. His wife is expected to be his most important witness. The prisoner thought an exception might be made in the case of his me v oand wife, but his lawyers advised (aem to leave with the rest. Thaw flushed a vivid red as Mr. Garvan, in a loud voice, called the name of the first witness. He was Lawrence White, the nineteen-year-old son of the dead architect. As the youth stepped to the witness chair Thaw cast his eyes upon the table before him and did not lift them once during the briel examination of the young man. White's testimony was unimportant. He was with his father at dinner the night of the tragedy, but left him before he went to the Madison Square Roof Garden. The other witnesses for the prose- cution were called in rapid order. They were the eyewitnesses to the tragedy and added nothing new to what has long been familiar reading to the public. They testified that fol- lowing the shooting Thaw declared of ‘White: “He ruined my wife.” When his wife sald to him: “See what a fix you are in,” it is testified that Thaw replled: “Dearle, 1 have probably saved your lite.” The fireman who was on duty at th, roof garden and who arrested Thavs IS BRIEF. declared that the defendamt looked at White with a stare In his eyes. % IN MYSTERY. Dead Body of a Young Woman Found in a Room. ‘Washington, Pa., Feb. 5.—The body of Miss Francis Martin, elghteen years old, was found in & room In the Forest building in North Main street, early in the morning. Whether she was murdered has not yet been de- termined. A young man named John Innes, with whom Miss Martin attended the Lyric theater Saturday night, has been arrested and is being held t. await the action of the coroner. The body was discovered by John V. Cook, stage manager of the Lyric theater, which is across an alley from the Forest bullding, in which Coo. lives. There are indications that the girl died in the Lyric theater building, and that her® body was then taken across a little bridge which connects the theater and Forest building. Cook and his wife say they cannot account for the presence of the body in their room, as they did not kmow Miss Martin nor had they ever seen her before. ENVELOPED THREE ASPHYXIATED: Father and Two Daughters Victims of Gas. Newarlk, N. J,, Feb. 5.—Jacob Kunz and his daughters, Caroline, aged six years, and Barbara, aged twenty months, are dead and his daughter Jennie, aged nine years, is in a pre- carious condition as the result of asphyxiation. Kunz and his three daughters were asleep . in the same bed, while Mrs. Kunz, who was not af- fected, was asleep in an adjoining room. Rains Soften the Levees. Jackson, Miss, Feb. 5.—Reports from points along the Mississippi river state that continual rains during the past eighteen hours have softened the levees and great apprehension is felt. The rainfall has been over two inches in twenty-four hours. Wild animals are fleeing from the swamps. Two grown deer passed through the main street of Yazoo City during the day. General Holabird Dead. ‘Washington, Feb. 5.—Brigadier Gen- eral Samuel Beckley Holabfrd, tétired, one of the oldest and best known United States army officérs’ in’ the conntry and former duartermaster general, is dead In this city after a briof illness in his- elghtieth year. General Holabird graduated fro; ‘West Point in 1849. 3 Forty Below at Superior. Superior, Wis., Feb. B.—~Thermom: eters for the first time this winter saw 40 below zero during the morn- ing. Trains from all 'directions are delayed, some of them as far as eight or nine hours behind schedule. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The epidemic of scarlet fever at Chicago is declared by the health de- partment to be under control and rap- idly diminishing. Vice President and General Man- ager Mohler of the Union Pacific 1s il with pneumonia at the Auditorium Annex, Chicago. The coldest weather experfenced in a generation s prevailing in Spain. Railroad communication s every- ‘where interrupted. . ) A negro national fair will be held in Mobile, Ala,, in November, 1907. A feature will be the exhibit of inven- tions and craftsmanship of negroes. Hugh Owen -Pentecost, minister, lawyer and editor, Socialist in poli- ties and free thinker in religion, is dead in New York city at the age of sixty. General Mark D. Flower, postmaster of St. Paul, is dead. He was stricken with an acute complaint of the stom. ach four days ago and sank gradyally despite the efforts of several physi- clans. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolls. Wheat. Minneapolis, Feb. 4.—Wheat—May, 80%c; July, 80%@80%¢; Sept., 78@ 78%ec. On track—No. 1 hard, 84%e¢; No. 1 Northern, 82%¢;.No. 2 Northern, 80%c; No. 3 Northern, 78%@79%ec. St. Paul Unlon Stock Yards. St. Paul, Feb. 4.<:Cattle—Good -to choice steers, $5.56@6.25; common to good, $4.00@5.00;-good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.75;. veals, $4.50@ 6.00. Hogs—$6.75@6.85: Sheep—Weth! ers, $1.75@5.25; ‘good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.25. Duluth Wheat:and Flax. .Duluth, Feh. 4—Wheat-=To arrive and on track—No. 1hard; 823c; No. 1 Northern, 81%¢; No:*'2* Northern, 79%c; May, 80% @80%c; July, 80%¢c; Sept., 79%c."- Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.21%; May, $1.- 28%; July, $1.23%. i Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicagy, - Feb, 4. — Wheat—May, 71%@78¢c; July,” 777%@78c.” Corn— May, 46% @36%c; July, 46%%c. Oats —May, 39%@39%c; July, 36%@ 36%ec. Pork—May, $17.60; July, $17.- 76. Butter—Creameries, . 21@31%c¢; dairies, 20@28c. Eggs—23@26¢. Poul- try—Turkeys, 12c; chickens, -11c; springs, 9%ec. ,' Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb. 4.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.00; cows and helfers, $1.50@ 5.15; stockers and feeders, $2.50Q@ 4.70; Texans, $3.60@4.50; calves, $5.26 77.76. Hogs—Mixed and hutchers, $6.80@7.05; good heayy, 7.07%; rough heavy, $6.80@86. ight, $6.80@7.02%; pigs, $6.10@6.85. Sheep, 13.26@5.70; lambe, $480G7.70. - Most Complete Stock T0 CONSTRUCT GANAL COMPANY 'INCORPORATED AT AL- BANY, N. Y, WITH FIVE MILLYONS CAPITAL. WELL KNOWN MEN ARE INTERESTED JOHN B. M'DONALD, THE NEW YORK CITY CONTRACTOR, IS A DIRECTOR. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 5—The Pan- ama Construction company, incor- porated to finance the Panama con- tract bid for by William J. Oliver of Kuoxville, Tenn., has filed articles of Incorporation with the secretary of state. The capital authorized is $5, 000,000. The company will begin business with $1,500,000. The company’s principal office will be in New York city. The directors named are John B. McDonald, John Peirce, Robert A. C. Smith, William H. Sayre, George F. Harriman, all of New York city; Willlam J. Oliver of Knoxville, Tenn,; Charles H. Ackert, Robert A. Chester, Patrick J. Brennan of Washington; George Peirce of Frankfort, Me.; Patrick T. Walsh of Davenport, la., and Robert Russell of Lynchburg, Va. Each of the directors subscribes for $5,000 of the capital stock. DRYDEN OUT OF CONTEST. Withdraws From Fight for New Jer- sey Senatorship. ‘Washington, Feb. 5.—United States Senator John F. Dryden of New Jer- sey has authorized the Associated Press to.announce that he has with- drawn as a candidate for re-election to the United States senate. This action was taken on the advice of the senator’'s physiclans, who warned him of the danger to his health if'he persisted in attending the public ‘meeting arranged at his re- quest to be held in Trenton. It was Senator Dryden’s intention to address the Republican-members of the legis- lature and set forth the reasons why he should be re-elected to the senate. “WITHDRAW FROM ARKANSAS. Chicago Packers Recently Convicted Under Anti-Trust Law. Little Rock, ' Ark., Feb. 5.—Certifi- cates have been filed with the secre- -tary of state showing the withdrawal from Arkansas of the Hammond Pack- ing company and Morris & Co. of Chicago. Judgment was recently en- tered against the Hammond Packing company for $10,000 because of an alleged violation of the Arkansas anti- trust law and suits are now pending against Morris & Co. and four other firms on the same charge. TENDERLOIN Chicago Grand Jury Returns One Hun- dred Indictments. Chicago, Feb. 5.—A hundred indict- ments have been returned against gawblers, keepers of gambling: houses, saloons, disorderly resorts and denizens of the Tenderloin in general. The jury recommends the mayor at once to close permanently 100 sa- loons. This fs considered a victory by the ministers fighting for Sunday closing of saloons. Z IS HIT. WHILE FIGHTING BLAZE. Three Volunteer Firemen Killed and Four Injured. ‘White Plains, N. Y., Feb. 5.—Three volunteer firemen were killed and four injured, one of them probably fatally, early in the day, while work- {ng on the ruins of the Mead building, which was destroyed by fire during the night. The dead are: John Ches- ter Cromwell, assistant cashier of the First -Natlonal hank;. Charles E. Coo- ley, a real estate agent; Caleb Under- hill, a liveryman, JUDGE ESCAPES DEATH. Attempt to Assassinate R Jurist. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 5.—An attempt was made to assassinate Judge David Martin and his son,"Milton Martin, as they rode along the highway in Knott county, by men concealed in the un- -dorbrush. - ‘Milton Martin was shot twice and seriously wounded, whils Judge Martin was injured by heavy stones which were thrown on him. There 1s rio clue to their assailants. Kentucky Wealthy Woman Perishes. Chicago, Feb. 6.—Mrs. A. Haskell, | who is said to have been a wealthy widow of Michigan City, Ind., was burned to death in a fire which par- tiolly destroyed a two-slory frame bullding at 1131 Dunning street. Her body was taken from the bullding while the fire was still burning. Mrs. Haskell owned the building and was asleep when the fire broke out. Helped Form Republican Party. Kansas City, Feb. 5.—Rev. Seymoutr A. Baker, one of the founders of the Rupublican party, a pro-slavery agi-: tator and a Presbyterian minister and efiltor of note, died at his home here ot pneumonia, aged ninety-one years. He was one of the oldest ministers in age and point of service in the United SENATE HEARING BEGINS, Discharged Negro Soldiers on Hand to Testify. ‘Washington, Feb. 5.—The investiga- tion by the senate committee on mili- tary affairs of the Brownsville (Tex.) aifray was begun durng the day. A score of negro soldiers of the Twenty- Aifth infantry, discharged from the army without honor because of their alleged participation in the shooting up of the Texas town, were in attend- ance when the commiltee began its fivst sitting. They were not Invited into the committee room as a whole, but were assigned to an unused end of a corridor near the room and only a limited number were permitted to sit in the room during the proceed- ings. There was only one white man in the group of witne: The attendance of members of the committee at the hearlng was large. It is expected that after the investiga- tion is well under way it will be nec- essary for the chairman to appoint a sub-commiitee to take testimony. At- torneys were barred from the ¢ommit- tee room, the negro soldiers under in- vestigation having no representative at the hearing other than members of the committee. It is understood that Senator Foraker, author of the reso- lutfon of inquiry, will look after the interests of the men. CLOSED BY BANK EXAMINER. Institution at Scotland, S. D, Out of Business. ‘Washingten, Feb. 5.—National Bank Examiner George A. Silsby has ad- vised the comptroller of the currency that he has closed the First National bank of Scotland, S. D. The bank held deposits of $106,459, according to its report to the comp- troller c¢f the currency on Nov. 12. 1806. Examiner George A. Silsby has been appointed receiver. DECISION AGAINST THE GITY BUPREME COURT PASSES ON CASE AFFECTING PRICE OF GAS AT CHICAGO. Washington, Feb. 5.—Justice Day of the supreme court of the TUnited States has announced the opinion of that co in the case of the city of Chicago vs. Darius O. Mills, which was adverse to the city’s contentions. The case involved the Chicago city ordinance fixing the price of gas at 75 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. Mills is a slockholder of the Peop! Gas com- pany of that ci He resides in Cali- fornla and advantage was taken of that circumstance to bring the suit in the federal coar He began proceed- ings in the district court for the Northern district of Illinois asking for an injunction to prohibit the enforce- ment of the ordinance and the prayer was granted, the city immediately ap- pealing to the supreme court. The principal question at issue was the lack of jurisdiction on the part of the federal courts and the city charged that the suit by Mills had. been insti- tuted in coliusion with the company, the local citizenship of the company admittedly depriving the national courts of jurisdiction. The district court failed to find evidence of such coilusicn, and on the merits of the case granted the injunction. The su- preme court sustainéd the course by affirming the decision. It was made to appear from the city's pleading in the case that since 1900, when the ordinance was enacted, the company had collected at the rate of $1 per 1,000 feet, thus securing an aggregate of $12,000,000 in excess of the total that would have been obtained under the rates of the ordinance. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan dissented from opinion. TWO WOMEN WILL DIE. Number of Persons Injured in New York City Fire. New York, Feb. 5.—Seven persons were injured, some of them probably fatally, while penned in the tenements over a burning rag shop in Cherry street. All the occupants of the build- ing were asleep when the fire was discovered. The interfor was filled with suffocating smoke when the fire- men reached the scene and none of the dozen occupants of the building couid leave by the stairway. Two wo- men and several men jumped from a second story window. After much delay the firemen reached the upper story and found Daniel Cahill, his wife and Mary Hem- lock unconscious from suffocation and so badly Lurned that it is expected the two women will not recover. Government May Intervene. Washington, Feb. 5.—The supreme court of the United States has grant: ed a motion made by Attorney Gen- ercl Bonaparte permitting the govern- meunt to intervene in the case of Dem- selle Howard against the Illinois Cen- tral Railroad company and, advancing the hearing in the case, set it for April & The case involved the consti- tutionality of the railroad employers’ labiiity act passed at the last session of congres Farmer Frozen to Death. Marinette, Wis., Feb. 5.—William Able, a farmer living in Lower Sugar- bush, in this county, was found frozen to death within a half mile of his home. He had been working in a lumber camp, was iaken sick and had started home. It is believed that he sat down and was frozen to death ) The thermometer was 23 degrees be | W sero. West of Duluth Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Coj Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads. Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balance Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Ribber Squares, Towaship Fiats in hook form, Fine qual INTO ONE BIG FLEET SECRETARY METCALF WILL CON- SOLIDATE ASIATIC AND PA- CIFIC SQUADRONS. FIGHTING STRENGTH TO BE INCREASED EIGHT LARGE BATTLESHIPS WILL BE SENT TO THESE WATERS AT.EARLY DATE. ‘Washington, Feb. 5.—Secretary Met- calf will issue this week a most im- -ortant order designed to increase the strategic effectlveness of the Amer- ican navy. He will consolidate the squadrons now on the Pacific coast and in Asiatic waters into one fleet under the supreme command of Rear Admiral William H. Brownson. This fleet will engage in compreliensive maneuvers, the object of which will be the protection of the Pacific slope and our Pacific dependencies in case of war. It is stated authoritatively there is no connection whatever between the reorganization of the navy in the Pa- cific oecean and the controversy with Japan over ‘the San Francisco school question and the exclusion of the Jap- anese laborers from this country. It is apparent to any one who ex- amines the situation that scattered as are the men-of-war today it would be an easy watter for them to be beaten in detail. On the Pacific coast there is a squadron consisting of four pro- tected cruisers, two of which are heavily armored, two gunboats and five torpedo boat destroyers. In Asi- atic waters there are four armored cruisers, two monitors, five protected cruisers, a number of guaboats, a division of five torpedo boat destroy- ers and four collfers. United these squadrons would not be a match for any of the great pow- ers having possession of the Pacific, but they at least would prove a force which would have to be looked after by one even more formidable and thus would be constituted a serious ob- stacle in the execution of any plan of campaign which might be determined upon. Secretary Metcalf and the general| bosard do not propose, however, to per- mit the American fleet in the Pacific to be weaker than a possible enemy and there is reason to believe that be- fore many months have passed two dlvisions of battleships numbering eight of the most modern vessels of this type flying the Stars and Stripes wili be stationed in the Pacific. WAR OUT OF THE QUESTION. Japan Considers the United States a Benefactor. Tokio, Feb. 5.—Baron Kaneko, for- merly special envoy to the United States, in another statement made here, says that war with the United States is unthinkable. “The Japanese understand Amer- ica better than the Americans under- stand Japan,” he said. “A great ma- jority of the men holding public posi- ilons here were educated by Amer- lean instructors and have long studied American institutions. Now, through ihe press and otherwise, they are helping the people to appreciate the difliculty the federal government lies under in controlling the action of the individual states. Hence, after the first phase of the segregation guestion the people gained confidence In the sympathy which a great majority of the Americans stlll have toward Ja- pan. “Japan's moral system insists that a finger shall never be raised against a benefactor. Japan owes her posi- tion among the powers to America. The American government and peo- ple, with England, are Japan’s best friends. War is unthinkable.” . PRESIDENT CRITICISED. Japanese Exclusion League Reiterates Its Position. San Francisco, Feb. 5.—At the con- vention of the Japanese and Korean Exclusion league resolutions adopted by the executive board of the league, demanding that the United States and the state of Californla maintain the vight to exclude Japanese from public schools used by white children, were unanimously adopted after much spirited discussion by men prominent in the movement ta exclude Asiaties from this country. The pith of the resolutions, which declared that the vielding of the United States to the Japanese on the school question was tantamount to taking vassalage, was dwelt upon by several of the speakers. President Roosevelt was severely criticised, ‘Two-Cent Fare Bill Passed. Jefferson City, Mo, Feb, 5.—The house, by a vote of 92 to 1, passed the bill reducing passenger rates to 2 ‘cents a mile on all main line railroads in Missouri and 8 cents a mile on inde- pendent lines less than forty miles in length. It is considered practically certain that the bill will pass the sen- ate, Daughter of Lord Grey Dead. Ottawa, Ont, Feb, 5.—Lady Gren- fell, eldest danghter of Lord and Lady Crey, died at the Government house during the morning, suffering from typhold fever, but was {d to be recovering, when she had a Telaps - py Books, Paper Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Fiies, Invoi ity colered Biotters, Letier Copy Presscs, Wasie Paper Baskels, Rub She had been ! % CARRY OUT SUICIDE PACT Minneapolis Men End Life by Inhal- ing Gas. 2 % Minnespolis, Feb, A suicide pa between Sant Valentine and Geor Kirkmyer, laborers, was carried out in -their room In the Randall hotel in this Both were young men, out of work and disconraged. Valentine was in all health, Kirkmyer's wife is at Rochester undergoing treatment. From appearances it would seem that both men arose despondent. They made their death paci and decliber: Iy turned on the gas. Neither made a struggle for life, but slowly inhaled the fumes and died. The bodies were warm when fonnd, indicating recent death. The windows and transom of the room had been tightly closed and the gas jets turned on. INTERRUPTS WEDDING. Uninvited Guest Kills Himself in Door- way of Apartment. New York, Feb. f.—Standing in the @oorway of an apartment where gues(s had assembled to witness a wedding SUICIDE Hugron of Waterbury, Conn., blew out his brains. Death was instantaneous and the body tnmbled backward down a flight of stairs. The bride' and many women guests became hysterical following the trag- edy and the marriage ceremony was delayed while the coroner held an im- promptu inquest. The guests viewed the body, each declaring ignorance of the suicide’s identity. An hour later the wedding was solemnized. Mrs. Longworth Has the Grip. | Washington, Feb. B5.—Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, wife of Repre- sentative Longworth of Ohio and home in this city with what is stated to be a slight attack of grip. MORE THAN A SCORE DEAD ANOTHER DISASTROUS EXPLO- SION OCCURS IN A WEST VIR- GINIA COLLIERY. Elking, W. Va, Feb. 5—Twenty- five or thirty miners, the majority of them foreigners, are supposed to be dead in the mine explosion at mine No. 25 of the Davis Coal and Coke company at Thomas, near here. Five miners who were just entering the mine when the explosion cceurred have been taken out, so it is helieved all the miners already in the mine have been killed. Elkins, W. Va., Feb. §-—Three min- era are dead and four terribly hurned as the result of an explosion in mine No. 25 of the Davis Coal and Coke company at Thomas, near here. It is not known how large the list of cas- ualties may grow until further investi- gation, as there Is no way of deter- mining how many men were in the mine at the time of the explosion. The explosion occurred before all the men had entered the mine. A number standing at the entrance of the shaft were hurled in every direc- tlon by the force of the explosion and seriously injured. BLIZZARD ON THE COAST. Virginia, Maryland and the Carolinas Suffering. Norfolk, Va., Feh. 5—A February Blizzard is sweeping the Virgl Carolina and Maryland coasts, accom- panied by a heavy sleet on this imme- diate coast. A telegram recelved at Norfolk from Ocean City, Md., states that a coast- ing schooner had been driven ashore near that point. Immediate assistance for the schooner was asked. No re- port was made as to the name or crew of the stranded vessel. The wind at Cape Henry is blowing from the north at the rate of thirty- six miles an hour. With the falling sleet a dense fog hung over the water. ESCAPE AND SURRENDER. Youths Break Out of Jail Just to Show They Could. Wooster, O., Feb. 5—Simply to show that they could Allen Meller, Harry White and Willlam Eberhardt, youths in jall here under indictments for murder in the first degree, made their escepe from jail by cutting off .the bars. The three got out of the steel cage and went down into an- otber part of the building and gave themselves up. The three escaped from the jail a month ago-and were recaptured in a few hours, NONE OF CREW INJURED. Bridge. Omaha, Ieb. §—The engine and five cars of Burlington freight train No. 4b, westbound, went through a burning bridge near Edgemont, S. D. The cars, with their contents, were totally destroyed and the engine wrecked, but none of the crew was injured. King Edward at Versailles. Farls, Feb. 5—King Edward and Queen Alexandra during the day ex- changed visits with President Fal-! lieres and Mme, Fallleres, but did not make any public appearance. Later | they rode in en -automobile to Ver- sallles, where Dotaille, the battle painter, was theilr guest at luncheon. Afterwards they visited the gallerfes and museum of the palace of Ver- ailles. a stranger, supposed to be Ulderic ' daughter of the president, is ill at her | Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, pe Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & 'OVER ILLINOIS CENTRAL HARRIMAN EXTENDING THE JU- RISDICTION OF OFFICERS OF HIS SYSTEM. FIRST MOVE IS MADE ON THE QUIET LIRCULAR ANNOUNCING APPOINT- MENT NOT GIVEN OUT FOR PUBLICATION. Chicago, Feb .*—Edward H. Harri- man has begun io extend the jurisdie- tiion of Harriman sysiem officers over the Minois Central railroad. An official circular has Leen issued | announcing the appointment of H. P. Thrall to be superintendent of mails j for the Illinois Central. Mr. Thrall has been superiniendent of mailg for the Southern- Pacific, Union Pacifle, Oregon Railroad and Navigation com- pany -and Oregon Short Line ahbout two years, His appointment as an Tllinois Cen- tral official was made quietly and the i efrcular announcing-the fact has mot | been given out for publication. It is impossible to ascertain whether there Is a plan to extend the juris- dietion of other Harriman officers to include the Illinois Central.. There is, however, an unconfirmed rumor that | ere long J. C. Stubbs and Julius Krutt- schnitt may have authority over the trafic and the operation and main- Lenance, respectively, of that road. POLL OVER 3,000,000 VOTES. Socialists the Most Powerful Numer. ically in Germany. v Berlin, Fek. ©-—Complete returns of the reichstag elections show thai ell fhe pelitical parties ineremsed their vote. The Clerjcals made the larger gain, 298,005; the National TLikersls 245,481, the Socialis 40,288, the Con- servatives 210,664 and the Moderate Radicals 200,060. The Socialists re- main the most powerful party numer- ically, having polled 3.251.000 voles ont of a total of 11,109,7! The mext highest parties are the Cl als, with 2,274,097 votes, and the Conservatives, with 1,124,923, Cwing the fact that there has | been no change of the houndaries of (he election districts since the found- ing of the empire and the shifting of the population of the couniry to the cities the Soclalists, with more than a quarter of the total number of votes, will probably have scarcely more than an eighth of the number of seats in the reichstag, while the Clericals, with one-fifth of the total vote, will have about one-quarter of ihe seats. EIGHT BUILDINGS BURNED. Fire al Harrisburg, Pa, Causes Less of $1,000,000. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. . —Wight buildings in the center of the husiness district of Hairisburg were either de- stroved or hadly damaged by a fire early in the day. involving a loss esti- mated at $1,000,000. The Graad Op- era House block at Third and Walant streets, In which there were five stor was destroyed and nothing is standing but the walls. The Dunean huilding, on the opposite side of Fhira street, occnpied by three stores and a poolroom, was also destroyetl. The Park hotel and the Columbus kotel were badly damaged by fire and wa- ter: The United Telephone eompany bufldiug, the Seourity Trust building the Bijou theater, Roshon's phato- zraph studio, the College bloek, the Harrisburg Gas company building aad the bulldings occupied by the Harrgs- burg Cycle and Typewriter eompany, the Philadelphie and Albany Dentists and E. G. Hoover, jeweler, were also dumaged. ‘War to the Knife. -\ Gladys—Shall you marry Jack g¢ fefuse him? Maud—Yes, And R yof accept kim! Wagon Bridge to Be Construct ‘sgon Bridge to structed Across the Notice is hereby wiven, that on the 20th da; of February, 1807, at the' village of Baudette, Beltrami county. Minnesota, the village coun cil of said village. at a special meeting there~ of to be held at eight o'clock in the evening of said day, will receive and open sealed bids as hereinafter specified, for the construction of a wagon bridge across the Beai dotte river. between the villages of Baudette and Spootier. in said county and state: as follows, First, For the construction and comple- tlon of the super-structure of sald bridge upon piling already driven, ineluding the furnishing of all labor and’ materiul neces- sary to complete the bridge. Second. For the timber necessars in the Engine and Five Cars Go Through'Cflnsrruchlonolzhehrldxc. Third. For all labor necessary and r «auired to construct and complete the bridge. The bridge will be 620 teet long, and 16 feet wide, and is to be constructed in accordance with plans and specifications now on file in the office of the village clerk of the village of Bandette, o Pach bid must be accompanied with a hank draft, or certified check for five per cent of the amount of the bid, to be returned if the o, 28 Sosi B5 he. e commmSussSaeral bia- xS as he has completed the bri according to the sald plans and specifications, The village council reserves the right to modify or alter the said plans or specifica tions atter the work of construction has com- menced, the reasonable valueof any material and labor involved in such modification or alteration, to be added to, or deducted from the contract price, as the case may be. The council reserves the right to reject any and all bids.. the words “Bid on Baudette bridge.” i and ApeoliERtONE Ut Wi e T re 21e inspection on application, . o8 i T o s, Attost: et =