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folk - Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription PrtceTSLOO Per Year in Advance VOL All. JURORS IN THE THAW IE FAIL TO E They Are Discharged, Standing 7 For Death, 5 For Acquittal NEW TRIAL SET FOR NEXT FALL Insanity Plea Favored by Those Who Stand to End For Prisoner Jer ome Will Oppose Ball Family Disappointed. New York City. After forty-seven nours spent in fruitless discussion, the jury in the trial of Harry K. Thaw lor the killing of Stanford White was discharged by Justice Fitzgerald in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court. Contrary to the custom in discharging a jury, the court did not thank the twelve men for the trying work they had done. As they left the eourt house the jurors said they felt hurt by the cold manner in which they had been dismissed. The jurors on their last ballot, tak en three-quarters of an hour before their discharge, stood seven for mur der in the first degree and five for ac quittal on the ground of insanity. Soon after the twelve men retired they stood eight for murder in the first degree and four for acquittal on the ground of insanity, but after read ing Thaw's letters and the will and codicil the defendant had drawn up on the night of his marriage, John S. Dennee, Juror No. 10, said he had a reasonable doubt as to Thaw's sanity at the time of the shooting, and he weni over to those who voted for ac quittal. Dennee offered to compromise on a verdict of manslaughter in the first degree, but the four jurors who had voted for acquittal from the first would not accept the proposition. In all nine ballots were taken. Of the seven jurors who voted for conviction six were willing to compro mise on a verdict of manslaughter in the second degree, but the rest would not chanire their views. George Pfaff, Juror No. 2, voted from first to last tor conviction of murder in the first degree, contending that if the de fendant were sane at the time of the Iciiifiig lie should be sent to the elec trfe chair. At no time from the moment the jury retired until it was discharged did Thaw have a chance for freedom. The five jurors who voted for acquit tal did so on the ground of insanity. Had that verdict been brought In the ' ; ndant would have been committed to the Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal Insane, there to remain un til he should be pronounced cured. District Attorney Jerome told re porters that he would place Thaw on trial again, but not until the fourteen homicide cases now pending had been disposed of. This means that the sec ond trial cannot possibly take place until late fall or early winter. In the meantime Thaw must remain in the Tombs, because Mr. Jerome has said that he would oppose any motion to admit the defendant to bail, and it is scarcely likely that any judge would grant a motion in face of the District Attorney's decided Opposition. Mr. Jerome says there Is a possibil ity that a change of venue may be applied for. Jerome has his doubts about that, however, and believes that a jury can be found in New York County that will declare Thaw guilty. Gf course, in the event that Thaw should develop insanity to a marked degree in the meantime he would be sent to Matteawan without being compelled to undergo another trial. Thaw is in good spirits. It was ex pected that he would break down and shout to be liberated. He did nothing of the kind. As soon as the courtroom had been cleared the Thaw women went to the n above the courtroom under the escort of Lawyer O'Reilly, there to console Harry. They found that they needed more consolation than did the r.an they had hoped to take to their home with them. Mrs. William Thaw and her two daughters, Mrs. Carnegie and the Countess of Yarmouth, left the court building in one' automobile, Mrs. Eve lyn Thaw in another. Mr. Harfridge accompanied her. They declined to say anything for publication. They Were overcome by the blow and too agitated to speak. Estimates of the cost of the Thaw case are as follows: Expense to New York County Jury fees. $1,536 Jury expenses 5,200 Fees to waiting talesmen. . . . 5,000 Tees to experts 22,200 fudge's salary 4,375 District Attorney's salary... .3,000 Assistant District Attorney's salary . . . . i 1,875 Kxtra clerical work 2,000 County detectives 5,000 Kxtra detective service 3,000 Traveling and incidental. . . . 5,000 Court attaches 3,000 Stenographers' pay 4,500 '-xtra police S.uuu witness fees and expenses. . 5,000 Grand total $78,686 Expense to the Thaw family jWrts $45,000 Attorney fees (chief coun- . se-. 100,000 Assistant counsel. . 40,000 l ost of original lawyers 20,000 jwrpenses of detectives, etc. 15,000 Prisoner's meais 1,500 traveling penses 1,000 jMes, etc 2500 facing up testimony (esti- ttated) 10,000 $235,000 CAE AGHE CHRONOLC Y OF THAW-WHITE CASE. These are the chief events fc the Thaw-White tragedy: 1906 June 25 Thaw shour.. and instantly kills Stan ford White on the Mad ison Square Roof Gar den 1907 Jan. 23 Thaw arraigned for trial before Justice Fitzgerald in the Crim inal Branch of the Su preme Court; drawing of jury commences. Feb. 4 Morning Tak ing of testimony begins; prosecution puts in its case during the fore noon. Afternoon De fense onens. j Feb. 7 and 8 Evelyn rseshit Thaw, wife or the prisoner, testifies to the story of her ruin by Stanford White, which she told her husband, Harry Thaw. Feb. 12 " Brainstor' theory advanced alienist for the defense. Feb. 14 Death of juror's wife stops trial. Feb. 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 2 6 Jerome cross-examines Evelyn and attacks her story of her down fall. March 8 Thaw's defense closed ; prosecution opens in rebuttal. March 1 8 Abraham H. Hummel, puts in photo graph of last page of Evelyn's alleged retrac tion of charges against White. March 20 Jerome halts trial to demand a com mission to test Thaw's present sanity. March 26 Commission appointed by Justice Fitzgerald to decide on defendant's mental con dition. April 4 Commission after having examined Thaw reports him sane; trial ordered resumed. April 8 Lawyer Delmas, all evidence for both sides being in, begins final appeal to the jury. April 10 District Attor ney Jerome made his ar gument; Justice Fitz gerald charged the jury. April 11 Jury deliber ates. April 12 Jury disagrees and is discharged. BUSINESS SKY CLEARER. Country's Groat Trade Centres Re port Record Prosperity. New York City. Special dispatches to the Tribune from three of the country's great centres of trade Pittsburg, St. Louis and Chicago show no appreciable falling off in business. The opinions of financiers, manufacturers and business men in general are uniformly optimistic, and do not reflect the pessimism expressed by James J. Hill, Mr. Schiff and Mr. Belmont in recent interviews. Pittsburg eipects some slackening up, and will welcome it, but scouts any real business depression. Men high in the seel trade say there can be no depression there this year or next. St. Louis is enjoying the greatest business prosperity in its history, and prospects are for more business this year than last. One of the great rail road equipment companies reports or ders on its books for nearly 100,000 cars. Chicago reports business in every line booming and on the increase. FIFTEEN KILLED IN WRECK. Injured Passengers Burned to Death on the Canadian Pacific. Fort William, Ont. Fifteen per sons were killed and twenty injured in the wreck of a Canadian Pacific passenger train near Chapleau, 300 miles east of here. The train was thrown from the track by a broken rail and plunged down an embank ment into a small lake. Some of the injured passengers were pinned in the wreckage and slowly burned to death, while others met death in a more merciful form in the waters of the lake. When the train struck the broken rail five touri3t cars near the middle of the train broke loose and rolled down the embankment. One of the cars was entirely submerged. The other four stopped closer to the shore and were only partly covered by water. The latter caught fire and the passengers imprisoned in a mass of wreckage .were burned to death. NO ROCKEFELLER BOULEVARD. Cleveland Takes His Name From the Driveway He Gave. Cleveland, Ohio. John D. Rocke feller's name is no longer borne by the boulevard he gave to the city. The administration has changed the name of the upper driveway in Rocke feller Park from Rockefeller Boule vard to East Boulevard. Residents in houses and apartments along the driveway are indignant. The change was authorized some time ago, but those most affected knew nothing of it until signs bearing the new name were put up within the last few days. No explanation has been offered by the city authorities. COLUMBUb, N. CARNEGIE DEDICATES HIS $23,000,000 INSTITUTE i1? V-irns Pittsburg Institutions Over to the People. "ITS ALL LIKE A DREAM TO ME1 Denies That He is Entitled to Any Credit For Amassing Millions Distinguished Gathering at the Ceremonies Scope of Institute. Pittsburg, Pa. Surrounded by a brilliant assemblage of world-famous personages, Andrew Carnegie for mally turned over to Pittsburg the magnificent institute which bears his name and for which he has given f .3,900,000 in round figures, the I argest sum ever given by any man to any one institution. With 2 5,000 people lining the quarter-mile boulevard between the Hotel Schenley, the headquarters of the vis itors, and the Carnegie Institute, Mr. Carnegie and his guests marched to the dedication. The line was led by Director Ar thur Hammer8chlag, of the Carnegie Tech Schools, followed by the mem bers of the faculty. Then, came Mr. Carnegie on the arm of W. N. Frew, chairman of the board of trustees, and behind them the guests, with Lieutenant-General Alfred F. J. von Lowenfeld, General Adjutant to the German Emperc and Lieutenant DiekhuUx, of the German army, in the lead. Following the German officers came statesman and educator, artist and famous manufacturer, church man and politician. The Catholic Bishop of Pittsburg walked with the Episcopal Bishop. With Booker T. Washington marched two educators of another complexion. The proceedings began at 9.45 a. m., when Chairman Frew received the guests in the Founders' room. At 10.30 a. m. came the municipal reception to visiting guests by Mayor and Mrs. Guthrie, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie. At 11.30 came the academic procession from the Hotel Schenley to the institute, under escort from the Faculty and students of the Carnegie Technical Schools. At 2 o'clock the dedication exercises began in the music hall, and at 3 o'clock the rest of the buildings were thrown open to the general public. At night there was a concert of the Pittsburg Orchestra. The ceremonies, while elaborate, were marked with extreme simplicity. When Mr. Carnegie arose to make his address the applause was long renewed. He had been introduced by Chairman W. M. Frew of the Board of Trustees as a man who had long been absent from Pittsburg, but who still needed no introduction. This expression seemed to furnish Mr. Carnegie his inspiration. He put his manuscript down, his eyes flashed, he stepped far to the front beyond the speaker's table, and rais ing his arms, cried out: "I have been in a dream ever since I arrived here, and I am still in a dream. As I look upon this build ing, I can hardly realize what has been done in my absence by the men who have made it. I have tried to make myself realize that I have any thing to do with it, and have failed to do so. My banker tells me that I have so many bonds; I never even saw them. Did I earn them? Well, I started the machinery going and they came to me. When the insti tute project was first mentioned I wrote my name to a little slip of paper. That completed my task. 1 do not even know how many bonds they took, because I don't know how many I have. And still I am given the credit. It doesn't belong to me. "I cannot feel that I own a moun tain. I don't think any man can really feel he owns a stretch of land. Let him "walk over mountains or heather and say to himself, 'These mountains are mine,' and he will not be able, to make himself understand the meaning of the words. So 'it is impossible to make one's self under stand that he owns a great fortune. "I don't miss the money I gave. So far as I know there are as many bonds in the safe deposit vault as there were before. I told my wife last night, after I had viewed this wonderful place, that I felt that Alad din's Lamp had been working, and she replied, 'Yes, and you did not even have to rub the lamp.' That sizes up my position exactly." Mr. Carnegie delivered this re markable speech in the most impas sioned way with his eye glasses thrust back over his head, and his arms gesticulating. At times in it he was vigorously applauded, but for the most part the audience sat silent, not unsympathetically, but rather as if unable to take it in. Having said this, he walked back to the speaker's table, picked up his manuscript, pulled down his glasses over his eyes and delivered his prepared speech. The institute is of marble, and stands in Schenley Park, one of the most beautiful in the city. The build ing faces the south, and with its wings and extensions covers an area of four acres, while with the three floors there is a space for the various departments of sixteen acres, exclus ive of two basements and the power house. The total cost of the insti tute, which occupied thirty months in construction, was $6,000,000. The bookstacks have a capacity of 1,500, 000 Volumes. The art galleries coveT 44,700 square feet and the museum covers 104,000 square feet. C... THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1907. W MTAimnn m...... .. i ! vvviwan irijfii CUME TO AMERICA! By MEAT AND DAIRY EXPORTS. -4 Total Value $250,000,000 Last Year, a Growth of Forty-five Per Cent, in Decade Washington, D.? C. The total ex portation of meats, dairy products and food animals from the United States last year aggregated over 0,00 0,0 00 in value, according to a statement issned by the Bureau of Statiglics of the Department of Com merce and Labor; Thif represents an increase of $70000,000, or forty five per cent, during the decade 1896 to 1906. More tn sixty per cent, of last year's exports went to the United Kingdom. Even this large percentage, however, is less than that of a decadeago, when Great Britain took over seventy tier cent, of Amer ican exports. Of the $250,000,000 worth of meats, dairy products and food ani mals passing out of the United Stales last year, 40,000,000 was in live "animals, $58;,000.000 in lard, $36,000,000 in bacon, $25,000,000 in fresh beef, $21,000,000 in hams, $18,000,000 in oleomargarine, $14, 000,000 in pork other than bacon and hams, $4,500,000 in butter and $2, 500,000 in cheese. The farmers of America are en Joying their full share of the general prosperity of the country. The re port of the Government recently made public announces that the value of farms increased thirty-three per cent, in five years, from 1900 to 1906. This increase extends to every State in the Union in greater or less de gree. Oklahoma shows the largest increase, forty-three per cent., but even New England; which does not lay claim to much of a farming coun try, shows a gain of eighteen per cent. This great increase in our farm wealth is, of course, due to the re markable advance in the value of farm products, which is estimated to be about forty per cent. Increased earnings have come with better knowledge of conditions and better methods of farming, and as these methods are constantly improving, our continued prosperity seems as sured. COST OF LIVING LESS. Commodity Prices Fall, Partly Because the Hen Is Busy. v New York City. If- A decline of nearly two per cen. in commodity prices is attributed 1 by Dun's Index Number in large measure to the spring activities of the American hen and the consequent decline in the price of eggs of ten and a half cents a dozen, which resulted in a heavy increase in the per capita consump tion, vlj It is usual at thfstime ot year for the prices of dairy and garden pro ducts to recede, but4 last month the decline was exceptional. Comment ing on the causes of he decline, out side df the influence of the break in eggs, Dun's mentions the relief to railway freight blockades, that made it possible to move grain and many other products more freely to mar ket, and the feeling of conservatism in some industries, which restricted purchases of raw materials. A BILLION PAID FOR AUTOS. - French Statistician Says That America Now Leads the World. Washington, D. C M. Faroux, a French statistician, according to a report received by the Bureau of Manufactures, estimates that about 550,000 motor cars have been manu factured in the nine years since the experiment of self-propelled road ve hicles first succeeded. These ma chines sold for morel than a bullion dollars. Until a year ago France, the pio neer, led the world in the production of the motor vehicle. Now the United States has takent the lead. Accord ing to M Faroux, the United States built 60,000 automobiles in 1906, France 55,000, England 2S,000, Ger many 22,000, Italy 19,000 and Bel gium 12,000. In 19D1 the United States built only 314 cars, and that same year France built 23,711. "Scar," in the New York Globe. OUR GROWING FOREIGN TRADE. Increase of $223,629,301 During the Past Eight Months. Washington, D. C. The foreign trade of the United States increased $223,629,301 during the eight months ended February 28, not withstanding a falling off of $23, 000,000 in the exports of foodstuffs. The increase was made up of $132, 779,306 in the volume of imports and $90,84S,995 in the value of ex ports the most notable in any one class being the exports of crude me terials to be used in manufactures, which reached a total of $447,073, 527, against $372,054,901 in the same period of the previous year. The imports of like materials also 1 showed a large increase $44,821.- 164. The totals for the several classes and the comparative increases are: IMPORTS. Foodstuffs $195,361 ,888 Inc $11,699,965 Crnde materials 307,897,965 Inc 44,821,164 Partly manufactured. 179,222,065 Inc 38,709,670 Finished man'factures 243.103,883 Inc 36,672,585 Miscellaneous 7,651,227 Inc 975,922 Totals $932,736,826 Inc $132,779,306 EXPORTS. Foodstuffs $343,488,501 Dec $23,254,125 Crude materials 447,073,527 Inc 75,018,626 Partly manufactured. 168,398,442 Inc 25,587,043 Finished man'factures 309.978,384 Inc 14,100.575 Miscellaneous 20,303,524 Inc 396,876 Totals $1,298,240,378 Inc $90,848,995 In exports 1906 gave us compared' with 1905 $21,000,000 more for less cotton, $32,000,000 more for wheat, $9,000,000 more for wheat flour, $1, 800,000 more for automobiles, $2, 400,000 more for railroad cars, near ly $2,000,000 more for chemicals, $4,000,000 more for copper, $2,600, 000 more for hops, $4,000,000 more for scientific instruments and an- ; paratus, $1,200,000 more for steel sheets, $1,700,000 more for wire, $1,800,000 more for builders hardware, $2,300,000 more for metal working machinery, $1,400,000 more for sewing machines, $2,000,000 more for locomotives, $5,000,000 more for uper leathers, $1,000,000 more for boots and shoes, $1,900,000 more for tallow, $7,600,000 more for bacon, $2,000,000 more for pork, $3, 000,000 more for lard, $2, 300, 000 more for oleo, $1,700,000 more for butter, $1,700,000 more for cheese, $2, 100,000 more for naval stores, $2, 600,000 more for oil cake and meal, $1,700,000 more for crude oil, $4, I 500,000 more for refined oil, $1,600, 000 more for paper and manufac tures thereof, $11,000,000 more for seeds, $5,300,000 more for leaf to bacco, $5,600,000 more for timber, $9,000,000 more for lumber and pla ning mill products, besides a host of minor increases, with very few de creases. EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES. Etfceed $700,000,000 a Year Have Doubled in Value In Ten Years. Washington, D. C. The United States now ranks third among the world's exporters of manufactures, according to a monograph on "exports of manufactures from the United States and their distribution," issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the De partment of Commerce and Labor. It is shown that not only do the exports of manufactures now exceed $700,000,000 per annum, and have doubled in value in a single decade, but the share which products of the factory form of the total exports is steadily increasing. A. comparison shows that in 1880 manufactures formed only fifteen per cent, of the total exports of domestic products, while in 1906 they formed forty per cent. In the decade ending with 1905 Ptnnrts nf mannfnptiipoa inproacod j 198 per cent., while those from Ger j many increased seventy-five per ' cent.; from the United Kingdom, ! forty per cent., and from France, twenty-five per cent. Customs Receipts Heavier. New York City. Customs re- ) ceipts are running $70,605 a day heavier than last year. So far this fiscal year they have averaged $749,579 a day, as against $678,973 during the fiscal year 1905-6. Treas ury officials predict the highest an nual record the country has ever known on July 1. NO. 51. WHISKY'S STATUS DEFINED President Declares That Liquors Must Be Labeled Truly. Blends and Compounds Are Substan. tially Alike and Both Are For - bidden by Pure Food Law. Washington, D. C. The long-expected opinion of Attorney-General Bonaparte concerning the proper labeling of whisky under the Pure Pood law, approved June 30, 1906, was made public at the White House. Its purport is briefly told in the fol lowing letter addressed by the Presi dent to the Secretary of Agriculture: . My Dear Mr. Secretary In accord ance with your suggestion, I have submitted the matter concerning the proper labeling of whisky under the Pure Food law to the Department of Justice. I inclose the Attorney-General's opinion. I agree with this opinion, and direct that action be taken in accordance with it. Straight whisky will be labeled as such. A mixture of two or more straight whiskies will be labeled Mended whisky or whiskies. A mixture of straight whisky and ethyle alcohol, provided that there is a sufficient amount of straight whisky to make it genuinely a "mixture," will be labeled as compound, or com pounded with pure grain distillate. Imitation whisky will be labeled as such. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Referring to sherry, port and Ma deira, whose flavors, the Attorney General says, are distinct from each other, he points out there is an evi dent distinction to be drawn between them and champagne, and adds: "In the view of a chemist or physicist, champagne would doubt less be described as a 'compound,' for it consists essentially of a wine, of sugar, and of an aerating gas, three substances obviously 'unlike.' The law, however, in my opinion, does not contemplate that an article should be marked as a 'blend,' 'com pound' or 'imitation' unless its desig nation would be otherwise 'false or misleading' to the consumer; and the name 'champagne' would indicate to any would-be purchaser who was or dinarily intelligent and well informed a wine artificially sweetened and aerated, or, in other words, a com posite substance." "Compound" and "blend" are sub statially synonymous, the Attorney General says, when applied to mix tures of liquids, in ordinary speech, but the Pure Food law establishes a distinction between them, based upon the character of the ingredients. The Attorney-General declares that according to the true intent of the Pure Food law, a mixture of whisky with a neutral spirit must be deemed a "compound" and not a "blend," although the spirit may bell distillate from the same substance used to furnish the whisky, and that such a mixture stands on the same footing as a mixture of whisky and brandy or of whisky and rum. FORAKER TAKES STUMP Has Differed With President on Only Three Points, He Says. Canton, Ohio. Senator Joseph B. Foraker opened his campaign against the friends of Secretary Taft for con trol of the State here when he deliv ered a speech at the Board of Trade dinner. His topic was "Our Civic Life," but he discussed his career in Con gress, explained his attitude toward President Roosevelt's policies, de clared that he would accept no criti cism except from his constituents, and held himself accountable to no one else. He said he had only thrice opposed legislation favored by Presi dent Roosevelt, and that he would abide by the judgment of the people of Ohio as to whether he had done right. His roferences to the Presi dent were received without demon stration. Mr. Foraker's reception upon his arrival and during the afternoon was perhaps not so warm as usual. ANNOUNCED HIS SUICIDE. Friend of Thaw Shoots Himself in Pittsburg Theatre. Pittsburg, Pa. Robert M. Crow, twenty-two years old, attempted sui cide by shooting himself in the abdo men in a box at the Grand Opera House during the performance in the afternoon. He was taken to the Homoeopathic Hospital, fatally wounded. Crow, who is a nephew of H. C. McEldowney, president of the Union Trust Company, i as been mentally unbalanced for some time and has spent all his time studying works on insanity since the beginning of the trial of his friend, Harry K. Thaw, in New York., W. C. McEldowney, an other uncle, declared that "Pittsburc paranoia, an insane impulse to do something sensational," caused Crow to attempt his life under such spec tacular circumstances. Crow bought t box seat .t the the atre and sent letters to his uncles telling them of h'- intended suicide. Miss Ethel Levy was singing "Un requited Love" when he arose, in the full sight of the audience, and fired a shot into his body. Miss Levy ran from the stage, wliile women in the audience screamed and fainted. Both uncles of the young man had received his Tetters and were on the way to the theatre. a