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| | %a MAY PICK” SENATORS HOUSE BILL WOULD LET THE PEOPLE CHOOSE THE UNITED STATES SENATORS. NOVEL METHOD OF EVADING THE PROVISIONS OF THE FED- ERAL CONSTITUTION. 8t. Paul, Feb. 7.—The nomination of Unlted States senators by a direct party primary is the plan which John Saugstad of Climax proposes as a means of getting around the pro- visions of the Federal Constitution that they shall be elected by the legis- lature. Should the bill which Mr. Saugstad introduced in the house pass, the legislature would still have the power and duty of electing the sena- tors and probably would have the power to disregard the nominations made by the people, but for practical purposes the result would be pretty much the same as if the senators were elected by the people, for there Is not much probability that the pre- vailing party in the house would dis- regard the voice of its own party as expressed in the party nomination of r candldate for the position. The bill makes other sweeping changes in the present election law. It fixes the date of the party primarles at the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June, at which time nomi- nations are to be made for United States senator and for all elective of- fices, except such local and city offi- cers as are now exempt from the pri- mary law, but including state, con- gressional, leglslative and county offi- cers. A bill making application to con- gress for a convention to propose an emendment to the Federal Constitu- tion by which United States senators shall be elected by direct vote was in- troduced in the house by G. W. Hig- gins of Minneapolis. Clerks and Attorneys Made Elective. Under a bill introduced in the house by Swan Nelson of Minneapolis, the eity clerks, corporation or city attor- neys, city assessors and the clerks of the municipal courts in cities of 50,- 000 or over are to be made elective. The bill provides a salary of $3,500 for the city clerk, $4,500 for the city attorney, $3,600 for the city assessor and $3,000 for the clerk of the munici- pal court. A county welghmaster is provided for in a bill introduced in the house by J. F. Spencer of Rochester. The county commissioners may appoint such o person if they deem it neces- sary for the protection of trade in the county and must make the appoint- ment upon the application of twenty- five property owners. It s made the duty of the county weighmaster to inspect scales and measures used in weighing commodi- ties offered for sale or exchange in the county and he must visit and in- spect places where grain, hay, hogs, cattle, fruit. groceries and other com- modities are bought from producers. A resolution urging haste in the plans for the new state prison was in- troduced In the house by C. E. John- son of Lake Elizabeth. The resolu- tion calls upon the state board of con- trol to take immediate steps looking to the building of a new prison. A resolution providing for the ap- pointment of a joint committee of the senate and the house to reapportion the judicial districts of the state was presented by Senator George P. Wil gon of Minneapolis and adopted by the senate. The appointment of a com- mission is asked to consist of three members of the senate and five of the house to prepare and present a bill reapportioning the districts, and if necessary fixing the terms of court in the districts. County Boards of Education. A blll providing for the establish- ment of county boards of education was presented by Senator S. A. Nel- son of Lanesboro. This measure wag recommended by J. W. Olson, state su- perintendent of public instruction, in his annual report, as well as by the Minnesota Educational association at its recent annual meeting. The bill provides for the establishment of five districts in each county, from each of which one member of the board is to be elected for a term of four years. The board shall exercise all of the powers heretofore exercised by the county boards relating to education, schools and school districts. The senate In committee of the whole, decided to recommend the pas- mage of S. F. 202, providing for in- creased salaries for the judges of the supreme and district courts of the state. The vote stood 38 ayes and 21 nays. Before the bill was passed, however, Senator Laybourn secured unanimous consent to an amendment which makes provision for an additional $1,000 for the judges of the district court, to be pald by the counties, in- clude St. Louis county. The bill in- creases the salaries of the supreme court judges from $5,000 to $7,000, and the district court judges from $8,500 to $6,000 to be paid by the state. Senator Manley L. Fosseen of Min- neapolis introduced his bill providing for municipal ownership of public utilities. Senator J. T. McGowan of Minnedpolis also introduced the same bill. James D. Denegre has withdrawn his contest against J. D. O’Brien as representative of the Fourth ward of Bt. Paul in the present legislature, Church Nobleman Expires at Omaha After Long llin Omaha, Feb. 8—Count John A. Creighton is dead at his home here. Count Creighton, who was seventy- five years of age, was stricken early in December last with double pneumontia, from which he never fully recovered. Later kidney and nervous complica- tions arose and for several days his death has been almost momentarily looked for. John A. Creighton was born in Lick- ing county, O. He was a.civil en- pineer by profession and in 1866 came JOHN A. CREIGHTON. West. He was engaged in rallroad building and mining. In 1879 he founded Creighton university and later established and endowed Creighton hospital. Both these institutions were presented to the church and in 1895 Pope Leo XIIL conferred the title of count upon him. His estate is esti- mated at from $8,000,000 to $10,000,- 000. EXTRA SESSION MAY RESULT DEMOCRATIC S8ENATORS AGREE TO OPPOSE SANTO DO- MINGO TREATY. Washington, Feb. 8.—Democratic senate leaders have reached the. de- cisfon that Republican senators must take the entire responsibility if & treaty with Santo"Domingo continuing the present financial relations- is-rati- fled. This means that as long as:the minority is strong enough to prevent ratification it will stand -together, which would necessitate the calling of a speclal sesslon of the senate after March 4, when the Republicans will have the necessary two-thirds of the body. The Democratic opposition, ac- cording to the decision reached, will not attempt to prolong the, special ses- sion if one is called, but would per- mit an immediate vote. ENGINEER DEAD AT 'POST." Train Runs Through Philadelphla at Terrific Speed. Philadelphia, Feb. 8.—The Congres- slonal limited train on the Pennsyl- vania railroad ran through here at terrific speed with the engineer, Joseph Toms, dead at the throttle. The fireman climbed over the boiler into the cab. The engineer’s head war hanging out of the cab window and had been crushed by striking some object along the road. The train was finally’ stopped at North Philadelphia, where a new engi- neer was secured and the train pro- ceeded to New York. Toms, the dead engineer, was forty-eight years old and lived at Newark. THREE PERSONS KILLED. Great Western Passenger Train Is Wrecked in.1llinols. Chicago, Feb. 8.—Passenger train No. 5 on the Great Western railroad was wrecked early in the day at Ger- man Valley, near Freeport. Engineer Martin Cline was killed and two mafl clerks are missing. The wreck was caused by the passenger train rum- ning into a car which had been left standing on a siding too near the main track. The force of the collision threw the engine from the rails and caused 1t to strike an elevator which was partly filled with grain., The en- gine and mail car were nearly sub- merged in grain. SHERIFF ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Deputy Mortally Wounded In Attempt- ing to 8ave Chlef. Winona, Miss.,, Feb. 8.—While at- tempting to save his chief from sui- cide Deputy Sheriff Binaford was shot and probably mortally wounded by Sherift T. J.-Whitehead.. The deputy wrenched the revolver away from ‘Whitehead, getting the bullet just be- low the heart as_he did so. White- head’s daughter held her father while the wounded deputy ran from the house. Sheriff Whitehead then at- tempted to cut his throat with his pocketknife. 1l1 health ‘18 sald to have unbalanced his mind. - - VISCOUNT: .-GOSCHEN . DEAD.- Held Several Prominent Positions In British Service. London, Feb. 8.—Right Hon. George Joachim Goschen (Viscount Goschen) died suddenly during the morning-at hig residence, Seacox Heath, Hawk- hurst, of heart failure. His death was quite unexpected. Viscount Goschen, who was born in 1831, had a dist{nguished public career. He was chancellor of the exchequer in Lord Salisbury’s second administra- tion dnd afterwards was first lord of the admiralty, serving in this positiom for five years. | COUNT cns'l_é_r_{'rou DEAD, HUSTILITIES PUSSIBlE?lesHMAN WEARY OF DE BALVADOR AND HONDURAS ON VERGE OF WAR, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL NEWS. AMERICAN WARSHIPS SAIL SOUTHWARD ADMINISTRATION TAKES STEPS TO GUARD INTERESTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—There is dan- ger of an outbreak of war in Central America, according to advices which Jave reached Washington, although efforts at arbitration are being made in the city of San Salvador in the hope of preventing - hostilities. To guard against any danger to Amer- fcan interests the state department has suggested to the navy department that one or more naval vessels be sent to Central America. The Chicago has gone southward from San Francisco and the Yorktown, after receiving the necessary repairs in drydock, which will occupy a week or ten days, will follow the Chicago, stopping at either one of the Salvadorean ‘ports on the Pacific or at a convenient Nicaraguan port. Senor Cordova, who occupies the peculiar position of representative of Salvador and Honduras at this capital, called at the state department during the day to have a talk with Secretary Root in regard to the situation. It ap- pears there is complaint that the Nic- araguans are continuing warlike prep- arations and Increasing their military forces on the border of Honduras. As Mr. Merry, the American minister to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Salvador, had’a great deal to do with bringing about the agreement to submit the dis- pute to arbitration and as the Mex- ican government was a powerful influ- ence In the first Instance it is believed that their good offices will be again in- voked to relieve the present tension. ENDORSE HILL'S REMARKS. Rallroad Officials Declare Rates Must Be Advanced. New York, Feb. 8—Railroad offi- clals who make their headquarters here seem generally disposed to echo the remark last Monday of President James J. Hill of the Great Northern that the rallroads of the country will find themselves: obliged before long to advance freight rates instead of re- ducing them. The consensus of opin- fon of these officlals is that increase in cost of labor and material is so far outstripping the rate of increase in net earnings that only a moderate re- versal of business activity will bring the railroad companies face to face with a pretty difficult problem as to rates, especially in view of the pop- ular sentiment toward rallroads now prevailing. In an interview on the question Ros- well Miller, chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road, sald that instead of being able to think of raising rates the roads are actually confronted by a movement for reduction of rates. This movement, Mr. Miller said, they must, of course, oppose, owing to the conditions under which they are op- erating. ‘W. C. Brown, senior vice president of the New York Central, agreed with Mr. Miller as regards the needs of an increase. “It will have to come,”' he sald. CREW SUPPOSED TO BE LOST. Unknown Schooner Goes to Pieces Oft Cape Hatteras. Baltimore, Feb. 8.—A dispatch from Cape Hatteras to the Maritime Ex- change says the schooner which went ashore on Diamond shoals Tuesday went to pleces during the night. No trace of the vessel can be seen and the crew have iIn all probability per- ished. The vessel is believed to have car- ried a crew of from eight to ten men | and possibly more and those who were not washed overboard and drowned are belleved to have been frozen to death while lashed to the masts and rigging before the vessel went to pleces. GOVERNOR OF TWO STATES. Preston H.: Leslle Dies at Helena, Mont., at Advanced Age. Helena, Mont., Feb. 8. —Former Gov- ernor Preston H. Leslle died at his home in this city during the morning, aged eighty-eight years. Mr.- Leslie had the distinction of having been governor of Kentucky and of the territory of Montana. Eight Men Seriously Burned. Cincinnati, Feb. 8—Unable to es- cape the shower of molten iron which followed-a peculiar gas’ explosion eight employes - of the Insurance Stove, Range and Foundry company in Cov- ington were terribly burned and two of them may die. Neighboring build- ings were shaken by the explosion. Only two of the ten men in the depart- ment escaped. Cannon’s lliness Not Serious. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—Speaker Can- non is still confined to his home and probably- will not be at the capitol for two or three days. He is able to be about the house, but his physician has | advised him to remain at bome for several days. | | 1 Northern, 83%c; Get Your Office Supplies at the Bem: Amerioan Ambassador to Turkey Stire Up Officlals. i Constantinople, Feb. 8-—Wearied with the delays so oharacteristic of Turkish officialdom the American am:' bassador, Mr. Leishman, has suddenly raised into prominence the question of the recognition of the Amerioan schools by communicating directly with the sultan, urging th® necessity | of a prompt settlement of the ques- tion. The ministers, thus ignored, have been stirred into unwcuted activ- ity and the departments concerned, acting, it is understood, under orders from the sultan, have entered into ne- gotlations with the embassy. The em- bassy is. pressing matters hard with the hope of a final adjustment and the frequent exchange of written commu- nications as well as visits between ofticials of the porte and the embassy are expected soon to lead to satisfac- tory results. The question was set- tled In principle nearly three years ago, but the obstructiveness and dila- toriness both at the palace and on the part of the porte delayed the official ratification of the agreement ar- rived at. RAIL - CASUALTIES INCREASE. Nearly 20,000 Killed and Injured in Three Months. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—There was a large increase in the number of rail- road accidents in the United States! for the three months ending Sept. 30 last, as shown by a bulletin issued by the interstate commerce commission. The total number of casualties was 19,850, as against 16,937 in the pre- ceding three months. The number of killed in train acci- dents was 267, as against 194 reported the preceding three months. The total number of collisions and derallments in the quarter was 3,672. The damage to cars, engines and road- | ways by these accidents amounted to $2,932,760. IN BATTLE AT KETTLE HILL. Spaniard Who Took a Shot at Roose- velt to Call on Latter. New York, Feb. 8—On the steamer Mexico, which has arrived from Ha: vana, was Emanuel Gonzales, forty years old, who served as corporal un: der' Weyler in the Spanish-American war. As he was in the fight at Kettle Hill it is the desire of the veteran to go to Washington and see President Roogevelt before he sails for his home in Madrid, as he believes he shot at the'president in that battle. Gonzaleg says He is sure of a welcome at the ‘White House from his old enemy, ‘whom he now admires. French Income Tax: Bill. Parls, Feb. 8.—The new income tax measure was introduced in the cham- ber of deputies during the day. It is a combination of the system of direct taxation upon incomes from whatever source, supplemented by a progressive general tax 1anging from 3 to 4 per cent upon general total incomes in excess of $1,000. Overdue Steamers Are Safe. Clicago, Feb. 8.—After battling for thirty-six hours with ice and wind six miles off the mouth of the Chicago harbor the steamers City of Racine and Iowa reached port during the i night with a combined list of fifty pas- sengers. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The president has signed the gen- eral service pension bill recently passed by congress. T The intensely cold weather which has prevailed In Spain recently has destroyed the winter- crops in several provinces. Former Congressman Benjamin W, Harris is dead at Bridgewater, Mass,, at the age of eighty-three years. Judge Harris was a prominent Republican and had served ten years in congress, ‘where he was known as the “father of the new navy.” MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Mirneapolis, Feb. 7.—Wheat—May, 81%4c; July, 81%c; Sept, T9%@ 79%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 87¢; No. 1 Northern, 85c; No. 2 Northern, 83c; No. 3 Northern, 80@81c. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. SL.. Paul, Feb. 7.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $4.60@ 6.00. Hogs—$6.70@6.80. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.76@6.25; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax, Duluth, Feb. 7.—Wheat—To arrive end on track—No. 1 hard, 84%¢c; No. No. 2 Northern, 811tc; May, 82%c; July, 823%c; Sept., 80c. 'Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.23%; May, $1.24%; July,! $1.23%; Oct., $1. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Feb. 7.—Wheat—May, 80 @80%c; July, 79%c. Corn—May, 47% @47%c; . July, 47c. Oats—May, 4lc; July, 37%ec. Pork—May, $17.76; July, $17.82%. Butter—Creameries, 21@ 31lgc; dairies, 20@29c. Eggs—26Q@ 28¢. Poultry—Turkeys, 12¢; chickens, 11%e; springs, 1lc. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb. 7.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.25; stockers and feeders, $2.50 @4.70; Texans, $8.60@4.50; calves, $6.00@7.75. Hogs—Mixed and butch- ers, $8.70@7.06; good heavy, $6.90Q@ 7.05; rough heavy, $6.70@86.85; light, 36.70@6.97%; pigs, $6.10@86.70. Sheep, $8.530@6.70; lambs, $4.85@7.65. TELLS STORY OF LIFE EVELYN NESBIT THAW ON THE STAND IN DEFENSE OF HER ACCUSED HUSBAND. WITH STANFORD WHITE SELATIONS ACCUSES MURDERED MAN OF ACCOMPLISHING HER RUIN WHEN MERE GIRL. BREAKS DOWN IN MIDST OF NARRATIVE DEFENDANT ALSO OVERCOME BY GRIEF AS WIFE DETAILS HER EXPERIENCE. New York, Feb. 8.—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the wife of the man charged with the murder of Stanford White, took the witness stand in defense of her husband and told the story of her relations with Stanford White, the famous architect, who was killed by | Harry Thaw. The story was a simple narrative, told in a girlish way, and in its midst the young woman broke down and cried and conld proceed only with difficulty. Her husband sat brave faced for a while; then he, too, burst into tears and buried his face in a handkerchief. He sat tbus for some time. When he again looked up his eyes were red from weeping. “It was in September, 1901,” said Mrs. Thaw, who appeared but a slip of a girl in the big witness chair, with her hair caught low on her neck and tied with a big black ribbon, “when Mr. White invited me to another of the parties T had attended with him. I had been left in his care by my mother, whom he had sent to Pitts- burg. 1 was just past sixteen years old. “This night, when I got to Mr. ‘White’s studio in Twenty-fourth street, there was not anybody there. Mr. ‘White said: ‘Well, well, they all seem to have turned me down.’ He sald, ‘Never mind, we would eat alone.”’ Later I said I must go home. He said he wanted to show me an- otker part of the house and we went into a bedroom with mirrors all round. “He gave me more champagne. Then everything became whirly and black. ‘When I came to my clothes were all off. I screamed and screamed, but he kept telling me to stop, saying, ‘Its over, its all right.’” Told Same Story to Thaw. The girl told the story to the twelve men in the jurybox, she declared, just as she related the incident to Harry Thaw one night in Paris late in 1903, when he had asked her to become his wife, and she had told him she could not. He pressed for a reason and it was then that she told him all. When she had concluded she said he knelt beside her, picked up the hem of her skirt and kissed it. She had been sent to school in New Jersey in 1902 by Stanford White, became {ll there and had to be sub- mitted to an operation, the nature of which the doctors did not tell her. Thaw came to see her at the hospital and sald she could be taken abroad to recuperate. She went to Parls with her mother and Thaw and it was in Paris that Thaw made his first pro- posal of marriage. Going back to her earliest girlhood the prisoner’s wife told the entire story of her life—how she was brought to New York by her mother and posed for famous artists to earn money for the family support. She also took a place in the chorus of a musical show and it was while there she met White. Mrs. Thaw was on the stand two hours and her direct examination had not been concluded when the luncheon adjournment was taken. As she ‘walked from the witness chair along the passageway back of the jurybox she felt along the wall with the finger tips of her left hand as if about to faint. From scarlet her face had paled to the whiteness of a sheet. Bxcept when she broke down when going into the details of her experi- ence with Stanford White the girl spoke In a clear, soft voice. On the witness stand she appeared for the first time in court unveiled and her beauty was remarked on all sides. Answers in Clear Volce. Mrs. Thaw took her place in the witness chair calmly. She looked steadily ahead at Mr. Delmas and gave her answers to his first ques- tions in a clear and firm voice, which was soft in quality. Harry Thaw smiled at his wife as . she walked to the witness stand, but | she apparently did not see him at the moment. After she was seated, how- | ever, she smiled faintly at the pris- oner. g In answer to Mr. Delmas’ first ques- 'fion Mrs. Thaw said she was born Dec. 25, 1884, and married Thaw in | Pittsburg on April 4, 1906. She told of golng to the Cafe Martin to dinner | the evening of June 26 with her.hus- band, Thomas McCaleb and Truxton Beale. In recounting the events of the tragedy Mrs. Thaw gave evidence cor- ' roborating that of other witnesses as homestead proofs mo credit is to be Baudette. %‘“fii&; given for the period of actusl absence. l ¥ = v lm details of the shooting of wmu; % Paper Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & Answering further questions she sald she refused to marry Thaw in Paris in 1903 because of an incident in her life connected with Stanford White. She declared she told Thaw of what had occurred at the time of his pro- posal and that the effect of her story on him was terrible. He sobbed and walked the floor and remained all night sitting in the room and talking it over. Describing her relations with White Mrs. Thaw told of being introduced to the architect and of visiting him in dis studio at his invitation. She tes- dfied that White sent her mother to Pitisburg and then took her to one of | his studios, where she dined alone with him. Mrs. Thaw then told of an experience with White in a mirrored bedroom. She screamed and screamed, but he said “It is all over.” 4ji Pioneer Office - Most Complete Stock West of Duluth Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Eto. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Eialanoe Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, Township Plais in book form, Fine quality colored Patrolman John Cline Dismissed. John Cline, who bas been a member of the Bemidji police force for some time, was dis- missed by Mayor Carter, on Wednesday. The written order dismissing Mr. Cline was filed with the city clerk and reads as follows: Bemidji, Minn., Feb. 6, 1907: Jobn A, Cline, City. Dear Sir: — Confirming my varbal removal of you this morn- !ing, you are hereby removed from your position as police ;pa.trolman, for the reason that :you were absent from duty all Unable to Sleep All Night. She sat up all night after he had taken her home. White matle Mrs. Thaw promise she must never tell her 'nother. He said it was all right— ' that there was “nothing so nice as Yyoung girls and nothing so loathsome as fat ones. You must never get fat.” Mrs. 1%aw broke down and cried and could hardly proceed as she re- | lated her experience with White. | Thaw sat with his face buried in a handkerchief. Mrs. Thaw testified that she became 111 at school early in 1903 and that an ‘ operation was performed. Its nature was not gone into, The doctors did | not tell her what was the matter. | When she recovered Thaw took her ; and her mother to Paris. Mrs. Thaw recovered her composure after she had got over the most sen- | s sational part of her story. Many of the women in the courtroom were cry- ing and the most intense silence pre- vailed in the room. Mrs. Thaw said that she had also told Thaw about her early life with her mother and of her financial diffi- culties. The money she earned as an artist’s model she gave to her mother. That was their only means of support. Later she applied for a position on the stage and accepted it, in spite of Thaw’s objection. The lat- ter, she said, had offered to send her and her brother to school. At the afternoon session a letter written by Harry Thaw was intro- duced by Mr. Delmas tending to show the state of mind of the defendant on the White incident. The letter, ad- dressed to Attorney Longfellow, was as follows: Ruined by Blackguard. “Mrs. N. insisted sailing New York when her daughter left. I kept Mrs. N. in London three months, cost over $1,000. Mrs. Nesbit sails tomorrow for New York. She thinks I kid- napped her seventeen and three-quar- ter-year-old daughter. Before she lands she will know that T have al- ways done the best I could. The child cannot be with her mother because when she was fifteen and two-thirds years old she was ruined by a black- guard. Don’'t worry, but find out her address. Telephone Mrs. N., but not in your name. Ask her if she saw Mr. Thaw aboard. As soon as she answers hang up the ’phone.” An attempt by Thaw’s attorney to introduce several other letters written by ‘the defendant brought out strong objections from Mr. Jerome and a long argument as to their admissibil- ity followed. The letters were finally withdrawn for the present. Resuming her story Mrs. Thaw, fn reply to questions by Mr. Delmas, tes- tified that when Thaw returned from Europe she refused to marry him be- cause she had heard that he had put a girl in a bathtub and poured scald- ing water on her. Mrs. Thaw also told Thaw that White and Abe Hum- mel had shown her an affidavit charg- ing him with these things which they had drawn up. Thaw, she said, de- nied the charge and declared White and Hummel “had been making a fool of her.” Mrs. Thaw said she finally told Mr. Thaw that she could find nothing in the stories that had been told her about him. The persons who told her had contradicted themselves and she found they were not men of good character. The witness was then tem- porarily excused and Fred W. Long- fellow, an attorney, was called to identify letters written to him by Thaw. i JURY TOLD TO VOTE FOR THAW. Act of New Yorker Not Taken Seri- ously by Officials. New York, Feb. 8.—While the Thaw Jury was on its way to court a man on the street called out “Vote for Thaw.” Captain Lynch of the court police immediately ordered the man’s arrest and he was brought to court to be arraigned before Justice Fitzgerald. Captain Tsynch attached no importance to the incident, saying the man spoke simply “as a smart aleck.” The cap- tain did not believe any of the jurors heard the remark. DR. SIMPSON ACQUITTED. Declared Not Guilty of the Murder of . His Father-in-Law. Riverhead, L. I, Feb. 8.—The jury in’ the case of Dr. J. W. Simpson, charged with the murder of his fiher- in-law, returned a verdict of not guilty. Glven Leave of Absence. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—The senate has passed a bill providing that no homestead entry on the public lands shall be cancelled because of the fail- ure of the entrymen thereon to here- after reside on the land during the months of December, January, Feb- ruary and March. In computing the day Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1907, with- out any excuse or permission. { This removal takes effect on this date. - Respectfully, —A. A. Carter, Mayor.” Relative to the removal of Mr, Cline, Mayor Carter said te the Ploneer: “I will retain no man on the police force whom I do nct think is working for the best in- terests of the entire city.” The Parent's Meeting. This afternoon, the ‘‘parents’ meeting’’ was held at the central chool building. A number of !the parents of the scholafs at- lmnding the schools of the city 'assembled at the school house 'and after spending an hour-in | mutually getting accquainted, jmuch that was of interest to ' parenss, teachers and pupils were discussed. At the conclusion ef ! these talks, an adjournment was taken to the high school room, where the following program was | rendered: Instrumental Duet—Selected... A ---- Misses Nellic Harding and Nellie Shaw | Remarks—"Object of Meeting”. Supt. Ritchie | “First Days in School”... Miss Maud Hayden Vocal Solo. 5 “School, Fror *'Our Boys and s’ a0 eees . Miss Mary Vocal Duet—"0h, Tell Us, Merry Birds".. ---+-- Misses Della Milier and Eva Graling “Youth” Mrs. W. E. Neil Vocal Sol r. E. R. Turner General Discussion—"How Can We Better General Conditions. Funeral Tomorrow. The funeral of Fred Collard, who died early yesterday morn- ing from consumption, will be held tomorrow afternoon, at 2 o’clock, at the Presbyterian church, Rev. S. E. P. White officiating, and the body will be interred in Greenwood cemetery. John Collard, a brother of Fred Collard, arrived last night from his home at Cummings, N. D, to be present at the funeral. “Pa, M Itzl:nn'l' :fil‘“"'- , Methuselah lived to be ve ! Bidn’t he?” el “Yes, my son, about 969 years, I be- lieve; but, then, as far as I can learn, there was just about as much doing per year in those days as there is In five minutes now.”—Watson's Maga- wine. In the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota, Sixth Division. In'the Matter of Thomas Brown, Bankrupt. —In Bnnkr:a)wy. To the creditors of Thomas Brown of Be- midji in the county of Beltrami, in said dis- "rl“?tlv,lBMllk;“Dtb 2 otice Is hereby given that on the 5th da; of February, 1907, the said Thomas Browg was duly adjudicated a bankrupt. and that | the first mee*ing of his creditors wiil be held at the office of the undersigned referce in bankruptey, at the clty of Crookston, in the county of Polk, in said district. on the 2ist day of February, 1907, at>10 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time the creditors of sald bankrupt may attend. prove claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt and trans- act such other business as may properly come before said meeting. Dated February 5th, 1807, OLE J. VAULE, Referee in Bankruptey. -_— Wagon Bridge to Be Constructed Acros ‘Beaudette Kiv. AR of February, 1907, at the’ village of Baudette, | Beltrami county. Minnesota, the village coun- cil of said village. at a special meeting there- of tobe held at eight o'clock in the evening of said day, Will receive and open sealed bids | ashereinafter specified, for the constructicn of a wagon bridge across the Beaudetie river, between the villages of Baudette and | Spoorier. in said county and state: as follows. wit: First. For the construction and comple- tion of the super-structure of sald bridge apon piling already driven, including the | turnishing of all labor and’ material n.ces- sary to complete the bridge. Second. For the timber necessary. in the construction of the bridge. = Third. - For all tabor necessary and re- auired fo construct and complete the bridge. he bridge will be 620 feet long, and 16:feet wide, and is to be constructed In accordance !5}":: a0l T]pxeclfic‘nuflns' now on file in o of the villago clork of the village Bt i llage of ac! must be accompanied with a b araft, or cortified oheck for Bre bor cont ok the amount of the bid, to be returned if the Did 1S not accepted, or to the successtul ‘bid- der, as soon as he has completed the bridge , 3cgording (o the sald plans and specifications. ' The village council reserves the right 1o modify OF ulter the said plans or specific: tlong after the work of construction has co megiced, the reasonable value of any materl and labor involved in such. modification or alteration, to_be added to, or deducted from" the contract ‘price, as the case may be. The '5?1“.',’&“ Teserves the right to reject any and All bids shall be addressed to'Wm. Roge: village clerk, Baudette. Minnesota, and Gpog the face of the envelope shall b indorsed, the words “Bid on Beudette bridge.” : he village clerk has a few copies and specifications, that will be ataioLen Tor tnspection on appilcs lon. o i . TA M President, Village Counclof th Fiiace of M. RS, * Village Clerk. Notice is hereby given, that ou the 20th day - | [ g