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LEADING NEWSPAPER AND BEST AL ' RTISINC MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY.
NO. 15.
:vol. nr.
MARSHALL, MADISON CWNTYN. CM THURSDAY, AD.GUST 19, 1909.
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TAR HEEL CHRQNICLES
Happenings And Doings Gleaned From All Parts
4' Of The Old North State.
-Lrires Upon Wife's Lover. .
. 4 . . Statesville, Special. The arrest in
Statesvillo- Wednesday afternoon of
- Mr, .Robert Miller, of Shrloh town
ship;' op .& '.warrant ,eiKgmg : him
, .with shooting-at Mr. Raymond 'Wil-
son of Shiloh township, resulted in
; ,, bringing to the ears of the officers a
storjj of a. rather sensational shooting
- affray in' Shiloh Monday. On beinj?'
- takefo before Justice J. A. Kins. Mil-1
W,at -first. propped to Rive bond for
...... his appearance at a preliminary hear
ing at a future -date, but decided to
r; . waive examination and. give bond for
liia uppearance at Superior Court.
, . ,pond in the sum of $100 was requir
- ed. Both Miller and Wilson live in
. the same neighborhood in Shiloh and
each of thera has a wife and four
- " children The shooting, affray took
.. place near their homes Monday and
. : ; war the "result of alleged misconduct
bet ween-Wilson and Miller 'g. Wife.
, . Aecording to Miller's story the first
shots 'were, fired" at -Wilson with a
; shotgun in a field whererMHler found
v.. Wilson in company with his wife, but
- the distance between the two men
. was.suclj that the shot from the gun
failed to reach Wilson.. Wilson left
;-.thMeld in' great haste and went to
: hia- home where,, it is alleged by Wil
ton, Miller shot at, him with a pistol
a tune or two, but the halls went wild
of their mark. Miller admits that he
fired at Wilson five or sir times in
v . all. It is.-aUeged Unit . when Miller
,: i came- upon, his wia and Wilson in
4. the' field that he not only fired at Wil
, son Jrtit assaulted his wife and slap,
pad Jier down." Tile woman awore out
-. a warrant for her -husband before
. -. Justice Fulbright, of Shiloh, charg-r-yimr
bim" with - striking her, but with-
drew the-warrant before it was serv
: j ed. '.The warrant nn , wliieb. Miller
-.- was arrested was sworn out by Wit
j 86a.1- It is understood that Miller bat
employed counsel i with, -a.view- to
.-: bringing suit for divorce" from bis
. wife..- ' '.-'-.-
Teachers In the Front. .-
- Wineton-Salem," SpeeiaL Frof. M.
.C. 8. Noble, of the University, who is
- conducting the Forsyth. Teachers' In
. ' . stitute,-in his opening address Mon-
u;iy stirred his hearers with . then-
-. Bcnumonts: '.'Our profession -HW-Ret--'
. ting hold of the world. .There was a
j" time when .people putiea to teach
ing who could not dc? .anything "else.
' .. Ifthey could - not practice lawi'jdr
.''.; medicine, they" were put to teaching,
; The leaehei u5w is the represtntativa
man of the Soath.,- They are becom-
. .lneta.-t)a an effotlne force- in.; an;
i community. .Thrre'wus a Jimt when
; -it was thought any building was good
.;.. . .enough for a sellout, but - now " the
; nicest -building in any community. is
. the school buildm. : Pcoplearo eliJ
;.. ting it into theur heads that children
-.-f -Rhniild Tie welt taticht hv crood teaeli-
7 era and -well paid -teachers tn good
1 buildings. This ia a Jtood aiga North
,"'" Carolina is waking up and forging to-
the frqnt. The.movcnioiit is coming
year." - , EVJ-
'Bttrglart at Fayette-iHa.l
-. ravetteville. . SneciaU-Wedneid'ay
. night bnrctlars entered the store of
.Ernest Sikea.. in CampbeUton.bie-
ooen the safe and rot S360 cash, some
- "deeds: and xtBer papers. Nitro-glyeer
-. .- lno-was inserted in. two holes driiled
-.- in the safe -door, one at- the top, the
- v jther;near tbe'eombinationanf the
r-tf - door- was blown off Us .ainees. . The
v- .papers wore found scattered about in
. gthe grass some distance . irom..-,tne
: -i : ptore.;- The noife ot the ctplosion was
' rulaadencrt.bysncKS . ci. nour ; puea
.against the. safe. - ;No clue, has y?t
- t' '; been found, but the potlco some
'dight '-threads which tlieynope moy
"" load op to something.
Y
(..-.-,.. ixuuiwu .tinta nniu.
EaWigh, flpelal-A8 Jiht V South-
', .fern .wistAautd f)ii3ai fawiajr the
, -grounds of the Ststs Hospital for the
- .Insane- here AVetfnesaay fcfternbon,
v one o" a' group of patient near the
f ' tailroa threw an egg at a- passenger
"t coach, .which struck -a young woman
' student of the Kinrt Business College
-joft- Jireast; -iThe egsr broke and
(spattred in, every directionj." J
"ForHttg Epilting.xja Dnxham PiTbi-
Durham,- Special. The boards": of
liealth has placed ibe. ban upon, eare
' less spitting- and after the 1st of Sepi
tpniter there will " be a', fine, against
nfiy 'man who does the caliva aet tip
t en any paved street; The regulations
;( f tlte - commission provide further
pf-ainst spit t-ui? in any pnbhc.build
" l ' or pon ..any- pavement adjacent
' ,j tiiat DuiM.iiyf. jnis sweeping or-
. (V'n lins not be
Jy1 Ttifts'. It
r.l T 'vliATTl
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Making Beady For the Tar Heel
-".-v. Yets. .
Charlotte, Special. The formal
program for the State- Reunion of
Confederate Veterans- has been .re
ceived from Adjutant General H. A.
London by the local committee who
sent the tentative document to Major
London lor his approval. "T.'.t"
In the program are announced ad'
dresses by several of the State' most
distinguished men, including Chief
Justice Clark and General Julian S.
Carr. . The program covers two days.
At the flrst meeting Wednesday
morning, after addresses by Mayor
Hawkins, Col. E. A. Osborne and a
response by General J. S. Carr, of
Durham, there will be an address by
Chief Justice Walter Clark and an,
other by ex-Covernor ; Jarvis and
other speakers. t '
i The Program. ' '"
in tne atternoon there will be a
special program presented ' by ' lire
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and the Children of the Confederacy,
after' which the Veterans will' elect
officers and transact . other . routme
business of the annual business ses
sion while, the day will close with an
entertainment- by tho United Daugh
ters Of the Confederacy in honor 'of
the visiting .veterans, - on Wednesday
tne.25tn.-v ''
The detailed program follows:
ld:30 a. Bh-"!Opening meeting.
-.: Prayer 4y Chaplain A." D. Bctts.;r
- Addresses of welcome ; by Mayor
Hawinks and Col. E. A. Osborne.
- Response by General J. S. Carr.
- Addresses by Chief Justice Walter
Clark, 'ex-Governor' Jarvis, andother
v ; Recess..- y, i,; -r---
- Afternoon Session,
: Recitation : by Mecklenburg Camp
maseot. Miss Ruth .Taber . Porter,
-'Recitation, "Lee to the Rear,"1y
Miss Uessia-Burkheimer,
i . Introduction of Mrs. ' Burkheimer
by General Carr,-.. '". ' ''--i
Election of division and brigade
commanders.-, ey; ::. . ! . .-
- Miscellaneoos business. ' : .- ';' .
Evening 8, p. m;'-;"
Eentertainment, W the itTnited '
Daughters of the-" ConfeueraeS.W-ii zy
: , . Tnnr?day, Angnst 86. 'i ?.'
; flO a. nv Parade of veterans, i t
li ll-ao to. 10 t&tXi 4laptian-tafiteis
ans by- Mrs. Burkheimer. K . '
1:30 'm. Barbecue. - - ;,
ffA-QMHi. f FiraiScjie;
-. Baleigh, Special.-The Mayor' of a
progressive ;, Western .Carolina -. town
ha taken up: with the State Depart
ment of Insurance s the question of
wljeliher orUot he ahould require the
county commismoners'who have just
completed a fine jiew' jail, in the townJ
to put np n re-escapes, in a movement
be has under way to see to it thai
the requirement ;-of 1 the new t flre
escape law ' are f uity complied, with
in"" hia- town; -'-.
:It7aa to; .Deputy' Commissionei
Scott that the question was put, and
he advised the Mayor tbat the fire
escapes would hardly be of any aer.
vice, since, the, inmates of the jail
were supposed to be locked in their
cells, and the windows to be securely
barred, so that no ane could pass out
that way.- j - . v- ,v
"-" r ' Oapttrfed Burglar.
ayetteville,'- Special. Jordan
Leavy, living in the outskirts, of this
city, on returning home from church
Siinday afternoon surprised a burg
lar m hia honsa and ; captured ; him.
The prisoner, who gave hia-name a
John Johnsonr of South Carolina,, of.
ferod -Levy a pocketbook which "'. he
had taken from a trunk if he would
free him.- Levy accepted "the purse
but delivered; the burglar to Sheriff
Watson. He was bound over.to court
being aent to jail in default lof bond.
Bit By VTnmoM'SpldeT. r 5
High - Point, 8peeiaL-i-Dr.. 5'V7lf J.
JfcAaally, of thi city," lier quite ill
on aceonnt of a bite from a poisonom
spider "in a Very partieularjlaee, Drs.
Turner and Jones of thia eity.and
Dr. McGhee, of Reidsville, are attend
ing liint " .Thq,' wison.- wrecked hit
nervous systemand b .cannot atantl
tbe jeas't noise : The danger point
has ot passed,' bnt physicians think
ha will get throngh aU tigUf nOw.v ;
V?h,T"T Ti-lwP-'i'"-";';
Durham Tobacco Season Open.
..- Duriiam, SpeciaL-iNotirt yot 'i 4h
bnenina1 of thev tobacco season .. has
up. r 7"wr"
been eent lhe leaf honse? .her. and
somenf, the weed is, on . the way lor
the factories of the American To
bacco Company," 4be Imperial Unnd
Walker 's-Durham ;.The primings of
a few days ago-were the first to be
sold "from the native fields; but there
is no. real Durham tohaccq ready.: Re
ports' from the' farmer Indicate"' a
rood cfop, -;Th8 building-- of a toad
from Durham to Roxboro brought 2,
r 1000 rounds here that had never
e bcuore and it averaged 14 eenta. i
rsstroyed if ,
Tews- rench-
y of the bnrnins
snw.mi'.l belong- j
CIioo-
C - i C 7; Cla '
Tire.7
V.V -K f ecial
e;l t'.is - i
of i'ie com. hi gin c -1
' ii -. i i i. c, on.
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aotQ'
The 'United States will not inter
vene in the political crisis, between
Japan and China over the reconstruc
tion of the- Antung-Mukden Railroad
which : reached a serious stage, last
week, when the Japanese government
sent an ultimatum to China announc
ing that" the' work of reconstruction
would be immediately begun without
China's consent. The State Depart
ment is not a party to the -controversy
and has only a passive . interest in
the dispute.
' " Speaker -Joseph G. Cannon : left
Washington Saturday afternoon for
his home in Illinois. There is reason
to believe that Mr. Cannon' may -not
again be a candidate for Congress,
lie lias been in the game a long time,
and, although apparently, as vigtor-
ous. as ever, is understood . to have
grown tired of the rough and tumble
life in the House of Representatives.
If the Speaker decides to retire the
fact will be made public some time
this fall. "Uncle Joe is optimistic
about the future of the country, and
though, the new tariff bill does not
satisfy him in its entirety lie is of
the opinion that under its operation
the United Slates will prosper a3
never before. Mr. Cannon bag been
urged to deliver a number of addresses
on the Chautauqua circuit. He spurn
ed the invitation when first present
ed, but it will not surprise his friends
if his Voice is heard on a number of
public occasions before Congress
meets in December. - ; .
.. The' Appropriations Committee of
the House, of Representatives will
leave. New York on November 0 for
an inspection tour of , the- Panama
Canal. .This announcement was made
Saturday by Chairman Tawftey, of
the Appropriation Committee, and
he regards the trip as one of the most
important, to "be taken during ; the
Sixty-first Congress. The members
of the committee will spend some
time in the Canal Zoue and go over
every foot of ground where work is
to be done under the next appropria
tion, i Mr. Tawney says that by the
inspection tour two years ago, 'the
committee was able to save $2,000,030
and he hopes the visit this year will
give similar results. - . . , ' ' .
Since the; beginning of his admin
istration, the President has adovcat-
ed keeping the heads of departments
and Congress in close touch with- the
interests or tne nation outside tne
United States.' . , ":
illuiii conference Friday
nLi with Secretary Naset 'of the
Department of Commerce and Labor ;
Pastmaster General Hitchcock: and L.
Dana. Durand, Director of tbe 'Censfls,
President 'Taft - at Beverly,, approved
the appointment' of 330 . supervisors
of- the thirteenth .census. J ' he list
had been prepared here for the. Pres
ident and the qualifications 7of every
man inquired into. v - V;?? j-.
There has been marked discontent
among some - fjoutnem itepumicans
over the decision of the' President to
divide the ' census patronage in the
States of the "solid South.?' ;
, Col. ".Cecil Lyon, 3 Republican ? na
tional committeeman from Texas,
who cama to Beverly Friday, told the
President that he would i-ather bave
the State put in charge of One super
visor a good .Jtepublieanrr-than to
hava jfi. divide the congressional dis
tricts with' the Democrats.." Colonel
Lyon laid the declaration of this pol
icy on hia part held good,.for all of
the States. Oklahoma, he declared,
hadi been included with Tennessee,
Kentucky, North Carolina and Mia
louri in the list of .nearly doubtful
States that had been set apart from
the other Southern States for a full
list' of -Republican supervisors.
- Oklahoma ia a ..Northern
State,'J declared Colonel Lyon,: 4 ' I
am in ' favot f moving - Masont and
Dixon's ..line still, further South to
let Texas - in. 'f'i s. - i'
Each census supervisor will have a
tremendous field force of enumera
tor under him. a The. supervisors will
receive a salary o $2,000 and their
work will extend over eight, or ten
months'. .The Statea where the super
visors are divided equally', bet ween
the Pemocrats and Republicani are
Virginia, South Carolina, - Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, -Mhwissippf, i-Ar-.
kansas7Louisiana aact Taxaa. Ih.most
of the States supervisors, are appointed.-
in'- each:.' .congressional, district
President". TaftV it i Miu. laid down
the rules especially in states where
a'division has; been', made.; between
Democrats and Republicans, thatvsu
pervirs, shall not be active parti
sans ana tnat mx auempi , gnumu uc
maden build ;up political machines
f th, Vtrona 7t.
aue ITeeiaent appomieu vo
Overlock, of Douglas, Arix as Unitr
ed States marshal for. that Territory.
He also signed the commissions of
some sixty-odd, supervisors in differ
ent sections' of the country ahd the
names of these, appointees were made
public by Mr. Durand at the conclu
sion of the .conference.; ., j,,:'- ,r
The list includes t-. '
"Florida: First district, Henry W.
Bishop (Republican) second district",
L. Lesueur Cauldea (Republican) ;
third district, Thomas David White,
(Democrat). - -
Alabama.: First dinfrict-lawrence
W. Locklin (Pcmocrrtl; toorth ai
e VV. Vr
,-t. Win,. 1
s- (Democrat) ;
1 Cul l) (Dcm-
', t..,.-n T.
A);
t (
i.
755,341 Acres!flril3wfully Fenced
- Restored to United States.
$430,096 TRESPASS AND FINES
-, ?
3181 Unpatented if.ntries, ITaviug
404,000 Acriv Cancilid For
Fraud ' and Igality .15,000
-,, , Cases AwaitlnxfInve5ti3:itioii.
" Washington,- JD. C Thcro are
120,000,000 Involve in-pe'ni'ing suits
tq recover land .tonhe Government
and 141 special ag.,ts last year and
332 now are VlnvtH-IgaUiig alleged
land frauds, says -tha annual report
of the. General -La i1 Oflico in. re
ferring to field work for the last fiscal
year. vThere--were.'55, 341 acres of
unlawfully!, fenced, nds restored to
the Government.'r" 1 ncle Sam netted
$430,096 in cash: f ir coal and tim
ber land trespassed ncT fines in crim
inal proceedings regarding hinds. On
July 1 there remai.ied 35,000 cases
awaiting field iavesi'is.-aUon.
There were cauceltd for fraud and
Illegality 31S4 niuHtented entries
having about 494,00a acres, and fifty
six Alaska coal entries were allowed
to rapBe in face of t' special asents'
investigations. One hundred patents
were vacated'and .25,79 acres addi
tional restored to'tle public domain
by proceedings InCfui', or in settle
ment thereof.. '.. ':-ri v
In timber trespass suits 101 ver
dicts were obtained i nil $77,677 paid
upon such judgments, in the crim
inal cases there were twenty-four con
victions for trespaa?, thirty-nine for
conspiracy, five for; perjury, thiny
four for unlawful Irjlosure and thir
teen miscellaneous-:. Decrees were se
cured in removing forty unlawful iu
closures. The lines collected were
$32,896, and twenty-six prison sen
tences were imposed.
Of the suspended coal cases re
maining for action j-bout 700 are lu
Alaska. There remained, in the De
partment of Justice .for suit July 1,
127 trespass cases,' 016 suits-to re
cover lands, 177 fAcing cases and
425 criminal cases. The value of
some of the land. Vxoveries is indi
cated by one-case wherein coal lands
were returned by a railroad .company.
The company and Its -alleged grantees
Aad paid about S70.W0 for the lands,
since recovering the . lands the
Geological Survey -tAtirrmvthe Bell
vu tun uusi vi a
ton . -for- the
,on(y8 coller
ill. ime-uiiu
-fifths
StOBEKEEPEirV KI
; BURGLAR.
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Surprises Hobber Packing tTp Goods
Viv-comPaBio,rsc,,Pei' '
v.. Woodbury, " N. J. Isaac Haines,
who, has' a 'general store, at Clarks
boro, killed a burglar who bad bro
ken into the place t .night. A "Com
panion of the, men. made bis escape.
Haines', store has been; robbed sev
eral times, and tie had armed himself
so as to be prepared ror any visits by
thieves.. .'."v
-.. He heard a susplclotta noise In the
etore, and -taking hie, revolver went
quietly down to the first floor.: In
the, dim. light In the store he saw a
man busUy , engaged5: In packing up
BOOflS.: --'.. ;.'4.--.--.' ' -
. "What are you doing ihenT" de
manded Haines. ' ;-r.Uv.,;i':;:-.--V-.--..'.
The intruder made no replyy but
tint his hand bark, to his hip pocket
as if to draw a weapon, . Before the
man could reach his pocket Haines
leveled his revolver- and fired,: and
with a groan the burglar dropped to
the ilOOr. :,.-:; --f .j-i..,
' - Atlantic crryroB a. A. n.
Xext Ehcampmcnt to B Held on New
.'V' Jersey casbore. ::
. Salt Lake City.! TJtab.- Th6 forty
third - national encampment of- the
Grand Army of the Republic ended
witk a fireworks display, on Ensign
Peak, a mountain' rising at the edgo
of the city. -, . -- .
- By a tote of 207tOr 293 Atlantlo
City was chosen over St. .Louis as the
place for the nexi encampmsntafter
a- spirited fight, jkv- ;- "-- i- -jf ;.'
:.' After the flnsl details of the con
vention were disposed of Commander.
In-Chief Van f ant ex-Governor ot
Minnesota, "-and his fellow-officers,
elective and tppointlve, ( were , in-stalled."-'-;
L - . . "- ; -r
- The Woman's Relief Corps elected
Mrs. Fannie W. XX Harden, ot Den
ver, senior vice-president, and Mrs,
Jennie L.-Jones, of Salt Lake' City,
Junior vlca-prisident. . j". y j ". i a
Pi . v .
PBATER KEVfATS PROWKIxd.
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LitllC Shaver Too Scared to Tell, Uo-.;-.',-
bosoms Himself on High, r ?:(;
- Cleveland, Ohio. Listening to her
little boy's ' prayers, an Ashtabula
mother was- startled by. overbearing
him whisper in earnest tonesf t
s?Dear God. begotul to Sammy; for-
tglve him, God, because ho fell in the
river., we was oniy a mue noy, ana
couldnt help it; Ami please forgive
me, 1k,'; God, for being with him
when he drowned." . '
The mother .fi
while .her son. 4: I
plrying with el!
Webster on a ra.
my fell Into the v
home without te'.'
ers recovered the ;
learhed that
r boys were
-o d Sammy
" r.vr, Sam
'1 he boys ran
' e. Search.
nest day,
; riXED.
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tSESDSTHAW
BACK TO MATTEAWAS
Holds That tie is Still Insane
and a Paranoiac.
MRS. THAW TO CONTINUE FIGHT
Justice Isaac X. Mills Says: "The He
lcase of tho l'ctJtionrr Would lie
. Paagerous to tho Public l'caco
and Safety."
White Plains, N. Y. Under the
decision" of Supreme .Cour Justice
Isaac N. Mills, Harry It. Tfiaw- must
go back to Matteawan Asylum. Jus
tice Mills dismisses the writ of
habeas corpus and remands Thaw to
the State. Institution for the criminal
Insane.
The decision of Justice Mills maltcs
the'way to the divorce court easy for
Evelyn Kespit Thaw. It enables her
to bring proceeding? thst" would as
sure her Immediate freedom.
There is but. one crumb of comfort
for Thaw in the 7000-word opinion
hauded down by Justice Mills. This
is a suggestion, amounting to an
order; that Thaw be treated more
kindly by the authnrill-'s at Mattea
wan, and that his privileges be some
what enlarged.
Otherwisa the decision was wholly
against Thaw, and declared tbat "the
release of tho petitioner would be
dangerous to tho public pence and
safety." All the contentions of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome a;:e supported,
and It Is declared that Thaw is still
insane, still suffering from persistent
delusions, and still a3 much a para
noiac as-oa the day he shot Stanford
White.
Justice 'Mills' opinion reviews the
Thaw case at great length, and, after
telling of his commitment as an In
sane person at the close of his second j
trial for murder, says mere is now
Hpon the prisoner "the burden of
proving tbat since the commission of
the homicide he has become sane to
the degree that It is reasonably cer
tain that his enlargement will now be
without menace to the public peace
or safety. Where Insanity has gone
so far as actually to take human life,
no sensible person will be satisfied
with evidence to recover which does
not attain to the degree of reasonable
certainty."
From, the evidence Justice Mills
draws the following conclusions:
"The insanity With which Harry
i W four cWW fcJ 1908, at the time he committed the
P lot the total hhomlcide. was ot the kind known as
"!-.- 11 1Ui.4li , 1 I... .. ......
2Qromc. aeivJWTW' uun.jr, ut yi
"Wn-C,",, oncnii'inn. r"i unonthe
ioiiowing iacts, wiuca BV'm u "lu"
to be clearly nroven
"There was in hls-ancestral stock
a substantial but not - very strong
trace of insanity. By 'not verjt strong'
is meant the fact that no one of his
direct ancestors was ever insane. - As
a young child he was physically weak
and puny, exceedingly nervous and
abnormally wakeful. While at
school, especially in his earllor years,
he had frequent outbreaks' of uncon
trollable excitement, in which his
facial appearance was ld and star
ing." Further along, reviewing the his
tory of Thaw's life, the Judge says:
"About 1901 he became enamored
of a young woman. Miss rJesblt, whom
he afterward married. . 8he was then
by common report and reputation,
well known to him, the mistress or a
mistress of Stanford White. She soon
BBsumed that relation to Thaw, and,
obviously to account to hl:i for her
former position with White, told him
various wild and grossly Improbable
stories ot the inception of that rela
tion. Although he Thaw) evidently
was himself far from a moral man,
he gave absolute credence to the tales
told him by Mtas Nesblt about White.
.-. "Such belief to such extreme ex
tent was plainly a delusion. . With it
there came to his mind the convic
tion, also delusive in character, that
he had a special mission to destroy
White's practices. These ' delusions
had become -established, t fixed and
systematized in bis mind prior to his
marriage, April 4,sl.905, and so-continued
at least until af terthe homi
cide.'. : . - . . V .- ' .
"Second 's conclusion si- ' Harry K.
Thaw has not yet recovered from nisi
insanity abote stated and defined.
"All the experts agre3 that in a .
7 p rano1 recovery 18 very
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k:.(ui rUK u-?aw now won id.
be dangerous to the' public peace and
safety, and therefore cannot be per
mitted." - -V : L.-:.
:. An- unusual paragraph in Justice
Mills' opinion wait devoted to Mrs.
Mary 'Copley -Thaw, the prisoner's
mother; tor whom sysfpathy and gen
tle consideration was expressed. --
The declslojif of.Jiistlce Mill j fell
heavily upon ..(Thaw's mother, ho
was 60 overcome that she was unable
to leave her suite In the- Carlyton
Anna.; But after a conference with
Mr. Morchauser Mrs Thaw issued
a statement,-in which she aseailed
District Attorney Jerome, '
" Mrs. Thaw Raises $100,000.
Pittsburg, Pa. Proof -that Mrs.
William Thaw Is not yet done fight
ing for her son was, given when she
disposed ot a. portion-of the front
lawn ct famous Lyndhurst to W. W.
Wlllock, the- consideration; being
esU and 'Jn the neighborhood of
$100,000. - It was but recently that
Mrs. Thaw borrowed 1100,000 on
Lyndhurst. " . v ' a. t v.
VICtOBY FOB IXJCAL OPTIO JT. .
South Carolina Snpreme" Court 4Sus
' ' -tnias New Law. ..'"s .
Columbus, S. C. The -State Su
preme Court refused to declare in
valid the local option liquor law
passed at the last session of the Legislature.-.
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" The test of the law was made on a
petition brought ty T!;! J Hier,
of Cbailr -ton, for s-i i .. nr' n r--
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HOTELS RAZED BY FIRE
Business Section fcf Nov; York
Village in Ruins.
FLAMES STAYED BY DYNAMITE
Summer Resort In Sullivan County
Mountains Filled With Visitors
Almost Destroyed I'lst of Build
ings Burned and the Victims.
Middletown, N. T. A fire which
started In the electric light plant of
the village of Montlcello, Sullivan
County, destroyed the entire business
section of the village, and caused a
los3 of between $700,000 and $1,
000,000. The residence section of the
village was saved only by the use of
dynamlt?, a number of buildings in
the path of the flames having been
destroyed by the explosives.
Thirty-six buildings in all were
burned, including every store in the
village except a furniture store; all
of thS large hotels, two newspaper
offices, the Sullivan County Jail, tho
Court House, Town Hall of Monti
cello and the National bank. The riro
spread from the electric light plant to
the Palatine Hotel and Palatine
Music Hall, thence up and down both
Bides of Main street. The three ttre
companies of the village fought hard
until they were put out of business by
the burning of their lines of hose.
Then the city of Port Jervis and the
village of Liberty were called upon
for help.
Hundreds , ot fireman from both
places with large quantities of hose,
were rushed to Monticello by special
trains. At 2 o'clock in the, morning,
when the entire business section was
ablaze and it was feared that the resi
dential section would be destroyed,
dynamite was resorted to and a num
ber of buildings in the path of the
fire were blown up. This checked the
flames, and at daylight the Are was
under control.
Among the buildings buraed were:
Rockwell House, Bolsum House,
Palatino Hotel, the eleetrio light
plant, Murray's Music Hall, Union
National Bank, Masonic Templer W.
W. John's hardware store, Montlcello
Republican office, Montlcello Watch
man office, John F. Tymeson resi
dence, Dr. J. F. Curlette's residence,
Hudson River Telephone offices, Kel
ley's candy kitchen, Thornton ft Mil
ler's drug store, Hammond- ft Cook'a
department stores, Burns ft Taylor's
department store, Loderhose'a bakery.
F. L. Strong's grooery etore, John
Heath'e stationery store, - Wilbur
Strong's " stationery tore,' Thomas
I ti'irirhprtT'ii jindertaVlr lthuk.
Kt-TiT, law oiEifcs of JoBJr D. L:
.von manir.ZiP"
George Cook.'' Dr. J.- Q.i Osborne's
aentist office, George Haadley's cafe,
Pel ton 'a .millinery tor, 8. O. Car
penter's - shoo store, Craln ft ' Run
die's drdg store, office of Dr. William
McWiliiams,' Eli Bundle's laundry,
Reuben Swarts's Jewelry store, War
ren Smith's hardware store and Fred
Carlisle's groceuy store. ; The centre
of the village was a heap of smolder
ing ruins. -i-
The only method of communication
between Monticello and the outside
world next morning was established
on top of a telephone pole by a line
man, who opened communication with
Middletown. ' ; . . j
Not a house left standing In the
town, the hundreds of New Yorkers
who have been stopping in Monticello
have taken refuge in barns and farm
houses in the outlying district, but
there are too many to be accommo
dated even in these quarters. Most
of the summer residents lost all their
clothing and money in the ore and
cannot leave the town until they re
ceive aid from their friends. Farnu
ers from the surrounding country
bave brought in wagon loads ot food
to the refugees. -
JOHN C. FEGRAM DEAD.
Shock Kills Prominent Rhode Island
Man.
Providence, R. I. John C. Pe
gram, a noted lawyer, president of
the Rhode Island branch of the Amer
ican National Red Cross, trustee of
the Rhode Island Hospital and identl-
e "nnla i?811!
""J" " lu,s cltjr .awa "
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a graduate ot the United States Naval
Academy, class 6t 1868, and from the
Harvard Hw school in 1868. . He
served on the itaff of Rear-Admiral
Dablgren from 1863 to 1866. -
-NAVYv TTJO TURNS TURTLE. '
Fire Lives Were Lost Before Rcnera
. i r-. Arrived From Shore. ' 1 .
... 'Gloucester, - Mass.' The Govern
ment tugboat Nezinscntt, in charge of
Chief Boatswain Bitter,, which left
the Portsmouth Navy Yard for Boa-
ton, tn-.-ned turtle off Cape Ann. . - ,
All the'occuDants were thrown info
-the water. Those who succeeded In
grasping life preservers and getting
togetherWreckage from which a life
raft" - was constructed ' were Chief
Boatswain. Bitter, Past Chief Machin
ist Pratt, Firemen Killigan and Un
derdown. Seaman Fitzgerald, Mrs,
Thomas Evans and her fourteen-year
old son. The drowned are Pilot i'uti.
Evans, formerly of the Boston Tow
boat - Company; - Steward ".. Charles
White, Ordinary Seamen Charles Tay
lor and Charles Edwards and . Dr.
Trotter. ' r - . :, . . .. - ,v . .-, j
Burglar Bertchey nectrocnted,
'Adolph Bertchey, burglai'.'Was e!co
trocuted at Trenton, N. J., for the
murder cf a porter at the j.ke-ood
Hotel. The first two shocks 'failed
to kill him, bo powerful was his l y-Bique.
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RELEASED CONVICT KILLS
JUROR 1 REVENGE
Hotel Proprietor of Middletown,
N. Y, Shot cs Ke Ran. ,
SLAYER THEN COMMITS SUICIDE"
The Victim, Fifty Years Old, Had F.n.
tcrtaiiied Tnrty of Iriends, to
Whom Ho Rccullcd McSorley'B
Threat.
Middletown, N. Y. John McSor
ley, a former hotelkeeper in Coney
Island, and who was released from
Eing Sing prison recently, shot and
killed Daniel A. Fenton, proprietor
of the Hotel Elberton, this city, and
then, turning his pistol on himself,
sent a bullet into his brain. Twelve
years ago Fenton was on a jury which
sent McSorley to prison. The men
had been neighbors and friends, and
McSorley swore that when he finishd
his term be would t:ike up Fenton'3
trail and kill him. The police said
that as coon as McSorley was released
he went to Phoenixville.Pa., in search
of Fenton, but there found that tho
man had moved two years ago to this
city. McSorley then came here, and,
finding Fenton, carried out his threat.
"It was McSorley," said Fenton
with difficulty. "I was on a Jury that
sent him to Sing Sing for a long term,
and he said then he would get me."
The shooting took placo after a
chase of 100 yards in a crowded
street. The moment Fenton saw Mc
Sorley he turned and ran. McSorley
laughed and was slow in taking up
the pursuit. He seemed to be play
ing with Fenton, whom he quickly
overtook after giving him a start of
thirty feet. McSorley did not speak
from the moment when he touched
Fenton on the shoulder. When Fen--ton
found he could not escape by run
ning he shouted, "Give me a chance.'
McSorley stepped up behind him and
fired the moment the man turned to
face him.
McSorley was six feet four inches
in height and weighed 290 pounds.
He was a man of powerful strength
and, with shoulders of unusual width,
was a splendid physical specimen.
He blamed Fenton for his conviction.
Fenton was fifty years old and he en
tertained a large party of friends in
bis hotel on his birthday. He told of
many experiences, and among them
ot -McJbrley't threat. ' He said ha
thought McSorley was in earnest st
the time, but that bis many years In .
prison probably had robbed him of
any desire tor.vengeanee. -'
" Fenton went to Coney Island In
1892 He was employed, by Arthur
Iieownd eeveral Coney Inland L
and in 1896 ha supplied tne c. i
for Fenton 's fb-t : experience as a ho(
tel proprietor. -. -?
. Aocordinft to old residents cf Co
ney Island the case for which McSor
ley was convicted - was- a robbery
which he committed while in the em
ploy of Fenton. Tbe latter dlscoT-s
red .the robbery and caused Mcsor
ley's arrest -'. , ..- -
COLONEL A. A. POPE DEAD.
Pioneer Bicycle Manufacturer's Health' .
: Failed After Embarrassments.
Boston." Mass. Colonel Albert A. ,
Pope, the pioneer bicycle manufac
turer of. the United States, who was '
also Interested in the manufacturing
of automobiles, and .well known as
one of the first advocates of the exi
lsting good roads system, died at hit .
summer home at Cohasset. - Colonel '
rope naa oeen in m-neann tor . -months,
due to the breaking down ot -his
nervous system, which- followed '
the financial embarrassment of hia .
bicycle company, the largest concern, r
ot the kind In the country, which had
its headquarters at Hartford, Conn. ' ,
Since' July 9 he had been seriously
ill and his death had been expected. -Colonel
Albert Augustus Pope was ..
born in Boston on. May 20, 1848. ,.
Whan the war broke: out Mr. Pope
joined Sallgnac's Zouaves and was
chosen Captain "of the home guards
of Brookllne. He successively filled
the offices of First Lieutenant, Cap
tain. Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, ,,
STOPS TEACHER'S LOVE-JLVKIXQ,
Father Snea Out an Injunction to Pro
tect Son, Who is Only Seventeen.
Detroit, Mlchi Ernest D. Shore, a
Brownstone township farmer, has ob
tained an injunction from the Circuit
Court restraining "Lily" Burden, thlr.
ty-three years old and a school teach
er at Flat Rock last year, from mak
ing love to his son, who is seventeen
years old. '- -"-&'-'--"' '
In his-petition the parent-says the
teacher had last year told him hie son
was dull. - He believes now it was a
subterfuge to gain access, to his com-,
pany, for in order to assist him In hi.:
school work the instructor taught the
boy after, hours, it is alleged she
made progress in' gaining his aftec
tlons. ? :- :
Ecuador Celebrates Independence
"V The lOQth anniversary of the Urn
movement cn the part of the pooi ' i
ot Ecuador to secure their independ
ence from Spain was obs :
throughout the repulVs with muca
enthusiasm.
' - Gold Discoverer a ran:-.-.Robert
Woraarlt, vho r
gold at Cripple Creti, t i a
rty.
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