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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11

New York, April 10.---Harry Ken.
dali Thaw's fate is in the hands OF
the jury. The trial. which has been
in progress since January 23d, came
TO an end at 5:17 O'Clock this after
when The twelve men who are to pass
upon Stanford Whites slayer retired
to deliberate upon verdict Six
hours later they had failed to reach
an agreement and shortly after II D,
III. they were locked up for the night
in the jury room of the Criminal
Courts building Justice Fitzgerald,
who had been waiting for some word
from the jury room, became con-
Vinced at that hour that the chances
of receiving a verdict tonight were
too remote to warrant his remaining
up any later. Justice Fitzgerald had
earlier in the evening gone to his
club up town, and had held an auto
mobile in readiness to make a quick
trip to court should he be needed.
His instructions regarding locking
mp the jury were telephoned.
I w;.s said that when Justice ritz
gerald message was received at the
court mouse the officer on duty there
put the matter up to the jurors thclu-
selves. asking if there was any pos
sibilily OF verdict within the next
lew hours. The reply was strongly
negative. The jury was said to- be
almost hopclrssly divided ana no.
body connected with the case to-
night would venture the hope of any
thing better than IL disagreement as
hc climax OF the long-drawn-onr
trial
Harry Jhaw sal in the prisoners S
pen adjoining the deserted court
room during the long hours of the
iury' S deliberations By his side was
his wife and his counsel who re-
nained with him until all hope of a
verdict tonight was abandoned.
Dnline the early evening all or the
Thaw family we're with the prisoner.
hut before 0 o'clock they made their
way Zip town to their hotel.
T;law Regains His Nerve.
Thaw. who was much depressed
al Ihe close of the district attorneys
impassioneed attack as "cowardly,
brutal murderer rich illit@rdte
who had his own way until he fell
into The clutches OF the law, revived
in spirits as the evening wore on. and
the chances Of an unfaVorable ver-
dict seemed TO him TO become more
and more remote. He was reluctant
to wenl his way back over the dimly
lighted Bdige of Sighs to his cell in
the Tombs 10 say goodnight to his
wife.
The disagreement of the jury is
the most unfavorable outcome that
Thaw had at any time anticipated
during the progress of the trial His
family and counsel were much
alarmed this afternoon, however, the
jury, under Justice Fitzgerald s
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11
MUST CLEAN UP
SAYS DR.. WALLACE
County Physician Takes Active
Steps.tO Put Ely In Sanitary
Condition

Dr.. +. l.. II. Wallace is taking Wig
or Gus steps, as county physician. to
compel property owners to clean NJ
their premises and put them in a
sanitary condition so as to protect
public health.
He has called the attention of Dis
lrict Attorney Eddy and Sheriff
House to the conditions that he has
discovered, and through the united
efforts of the county officials mucn
has been accomplished in the matter
OF sanitation
There is much yet to be done to
nut Ely in a thoroughly good condi-
ZION, and if The orders OF the board
of health are disregarded there will
be prosecutions.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11
FATE OF HARRY TF1AW
IN HANDS OF TWELVE MEN
jury Failing to Agree Was Locked Up Until Morning Attorney Jerome
In Closing Argument Calls Tragedy Vulgar TendeOn Homicide
Justice Fhgerads Instructions to Jury Cause Uneaness to Thaw
aarfF

| there. And there was nothing IRA.
tional about anything he did thai
night. When he got to the station
house he gave fictitious name
That was not the insane mantle
agent of Providence. the one mar
chosen of God TO avengc a woman
that was not man glorying in 3
righteous act.
As To Dcmcntia Americana.
MIR. Dclmas said he would not ap.
peal to such a shadowy thing as the
'unwritten law But he ended by an
appeal to dementia Americana
which, he said, afflicted the whole
nation. He might have better adj
hered to his original purpose, be-
cause if this man were insane You
might acquit him.
But when this defendant is pre-
Sented To YOU as the supposed
avenger of American womanhood -
Of American virtue-a champion
who has lain dormant for three
years until he became in some way
exalted, he does not come within n
classification of 'dementia Ameri-
cana. He killed for motive, and
when You are asked to acquit such n
man yon are asked to give of some
thing which you have not the power
to bestow.
The real question here is whether
New York City is To become mining
camp. If this sort of thing can go
on, II the only thing between "A citi-
zen and his enemy is branstorm
then every man had better pack 4
gun.
Mr.. Delmas appealed TO The scrip
lures. Let me- too, direct your at
tention to them; to what the Lord
said:
= Vengeance is mine. shall re-
pay.
great fundamental law sounded
down the ages. the commandment Of
God, Thou shalt not kill.
Mr.. Jerome then sat down.
Justice Fitzgerald ordered a twen-
ty-five minute recess before begin
ming his charge TO the jury.
The judges charge, lasting about
an hour. was concise outline of the
the law, and gave to the jury the al
tentative of rendering any one of
the following four yerdicts murder
in the first degree, murder in the sec-
ond degree, manslaughter in the
first degree. or not guilty on the
ground of insanity.
The statute governing the plea of
insanity was defined clearly, much
stress being laid on the fact that an
irresistible impulse to kill had no
place in law.
altogether the charge, while con-
sisting principally of complete eX-
planation of the law, was considered
by those who have followed the trial
IS adverse to the defendant.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11

No one. Did his mother say he
was ever irrational? No. She sim
ply said he was nervous and de-
pressed, and after we hear of what
happened before he left New York, ]
don't wonder.
Experts as So Much Junk.
Nov. for the witnesses. First,
Dr. Wiley. see Mr. Delmas doesn' I
place him among his experts. lie
seems to treat these experts as SO
much junk. II he puts seven in one
basket against six in the other. he
seems TO think the seven will win.
had the delusion that quality count
ed for something, and that it was not
merely matter of quantity"
Taking up the testimony of the
defense's medical witnesses one by
one, Mr.. Jerome spoke ,contemptu-
ously of nearly all of them.
DIR Evans told you that Thaw
suffered from exaggerated ego he
said That is merely another name
for vanity. DR.. Bingham, when
asked about it said Thaw nearly al
ways had a great opinion of himself.
Something About Hrainstorms.
DIR. Evans also told you Thaw
had a brainstorm; better term
would be paronia of a millionaire
No one ever heard of brainstorm
before, and Evans may have wanted
To make OF 1t a classic phrase. Well,
he has at least succeeded in making
il known the world over For two
days You will recall we tried To find 4
definition for "A brainstorm, but could
find none.
We were told that Thaw was like
a rudderless ship which had lost its
balance. was east off its moorings,
and the nearest we get to a defni-
lion was mental definition. a
psychic explosion.
when Dr. Wagner took the
stand he said DR.. Evans explanation
of Thaw's state of mind when he
killed White was a good one. When
asked him if he knew of similar
case recorded in medical literature,
out of the many cases he said he
knew. he cited only one.
Now, let us come back to the kill
ing. There is not in any of the acts
of that night one thing that shows a
lack of appreciation of what he was
doing. You remember the conyer-
sation with Mr. Smith? Was there
anything irrational there? And after
the killing, did he say that he was
the agent of the Almighty God. who
had been directed to make away with
this ravisher of American woman
mood? No. he said: He ruined my
wife. There was nothing said about
Providence until after his consulta-
ton with my friend, DR.. Evans. In
the words. He ruined my wife, he
expressed motive for his crime.
But there was nothing irrational
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11
Died On Eve of Fortune,

Edward Leahy, miner. 80 years
old, died Saturday night at Lane
City in the Miners hospital, where
he hal been taken for treatment
tator having been i'll for some time.
Leahy was a property owner in this
district with Chris Fahl, and was
about 10 close = deal when he died
by which he was to have sold his
interests for 10000 He has 4
brother living at Grand Rapids
Iowa. who is on his way here to take
charge of the body
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11

charge, might find a verdict OF SOME
dc gree. The prisoner did not share
this gloomy outlook, and laughed
and joked to dispel the serious looks
on the faces of his mother and wife
Justice Fitzgerald is not expected
at the court house tomorrow unit
1890 o'clock. the usual court
hour. If the jury should earlier no
notify him of an agreement he might
consent to come down at an earlier
hour, hut this is not considered al
all likely.
After the case had been given tc
the jury. Mr.. Jerome's attention was
called TO the nervous state of The
defendant
Discussing the subject with a mum
Der of friends, the district ATTORNEY
said. referring TO Thaw:
Prosecutions Pity. For Thaw.
The poor fellow thought the
judge would simply tell the jury to
let this St George or this Sir Gala
heed this st. George or this Sir Gala
would be to it. | now understand he
is sitting in his cell, all in a mess
his head bowed, worrying about the
outcome. I'm really sorry for him
but more SO for his mother"
In his closing address to the jury
Dislricr Attorney Jerome said:
Vulgar Tenderloin Crime.
Men of this jury, there is in this
case every element of the simple. .Vul-
gar, everyday tenderloin homicide
II the defendant were any person bui
the rich Harry X Thaw of PittaDrre;
If he were the son of padrnne IN
i llzaneth street; if Stanford White
wee hot d leading architect, hut 2
Chinaman In Mott street; if this girl
were Il chorus girl in Il Bowery thea
lrr, how long would the brainstorm
or the laronia theory be listened to ?
'1,nere We're Two Ordinary men II
this ,dse, 1nd between tn was !.
tl9aess drSiHg them on. With rhaW
,la Was .luceG by White; VII h
White she was the victim of Thaw 'a
perversion Why, men, there are the
same old elements here that have
made criminal history ever since the
world began.
''Thaw loved his wife all right,
loved her in his own brute way.
There is the scene in the church
when the music moved him and he
shed tears Where was the delusion
there? He was not violent and wor-
ried on the day of his marriage.
Why. Evelyn was not 21, and he was
afraid her mother would not give her
consent. Did Thaw show a delu-
sion? Didn't it rather show sense
of the requirements of the laws?
What one of the many people who
who must have known him during
his life had been called here to show
that he was ever irrational?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11
CIROUX NEEDS
MUCH LUMBER
All Available Teams Kept at Work
Hauling Material to the
Mines at Kimberly.

Tho !roux Consolidated is using
seven gour-horse teams 10 haul lam
her being used in improvements
TO the nt'Le and bulldogs, &nd would
add ten cher teams : they coul I hh
procured IN the camp.
The company is placing da!', II
ders fo lumber averaging 9nooo
feet pc week. when /: being Gsl'*-
cred pr mptly The material Is te
ine used for the hoist, the 1'der
grounl frames and other wo'I OF
similar character. and on tie big
concentration at Kimhe:ly
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11
Thinks of Opening stable.

D. W. Chase of st Anthony, Idaho,
is in Ely looking over the camp With
a view of establishing a large livery
and transfer business here. He has
100 head of fine heavy draft horses
which he purposes TO bring to the
camp tor the purpose of haLdl.r 6
large Contracts for moving mining
machinery and other bulky All!
veiehty alticles OF freight.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11
Xrt. Ely Merchant

Charles Tan Horn, formerly 'neF-
chant Al Ouray Colo. has taken a
lease on the store room IN the III!
hotel building in lower Aultman
street. and will move his stock oil
General merehandise from ouray TO
Ely. lie Will open the store for busi-
ness about May 1st.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11
PIPE HERE FOR
WATER SYSTEM
Shipment Valued at $4,000 Is Re
ceived for Complete Service
Throughout Ely.

The ely Water company has re-
ceived IA large shipment of water
mains for use in the business and
residence districts of Ely The value
OF this shipment is more than $35.
900. The largest main is twelve
inches in diameter, ranging To
smaller sizes. \ warehouse 50xI50
feet in size is being built to accom-
modate the pipe. The warehouse
is at track c.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11

Austin. Texas, April 10. Both
branches of the Texas Legislature yes.
tcrday passed a bill prohibiting the
operation OF bucket shops, cotton ex
changes or any dealings in futures in
Texas
The penalties provided for vioaa.
lion are from 500 TO 1000 fine and
from SIX months TO two years i'm
prisonment
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-11
New Furniture Marehnnse

The Ely Furniture company has
erected a warehouse on the =, near
the Ely Townaite oompanys ware
housea at Ely City in which it will
store its surplus stock The ware
house is 25x100 feet in size, and the
work Of filling it was begun yester-
day,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08

notes of the calamity hOWler that are heard now in a few places in the south are like the dismal cries Of this brG of night. Dwelling in darkness it shuns the glorious sun light and while surrounded by beau- ty ina thousand forms, it secs nothing save it's groelling prey and it's misera ble tones make one wisl. for ghosts and goblins as a relief from their soul terrifying echoes.
 There never has been penned a curse more expressive of direful fate than that which is given in the Fire Worshippers, in that mas terpiece of Moore-Lalla-ROOk which begins with these lines: "Oh, for tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason like a deadly blight Goes over the councils of the bray And blasts them in their hour of
 might"
 We commend the remainder of of this sentence to the calamity howler in the south for if any de- serve to be condemned to where they would always be seeing heaven, but feeling hell" it is cer- tainly those who are preaching ca lamity in southern communities when they are just ready for the enjoyment of these blessings richly won and which are lying before and around them in glorious 2bun- dance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08

the most effective weapon in the merchants arsenal-Advertisi Summer and winter it's publisher is always in action, going after busi- ness with every thing from rapid fire batteries of small ads to sixteen inch uns which cost a small for tune every time they are discharged
 No business man burns up s5O,- 900 Tor the sake of the resulting noise and hot air, but because there is bushes in sight. The pub fisher of the Saturday Evening Post sees bushes ahead and is aiming at it. Competition was, Advertising IS, the life of trade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08
CASH AND CONFIDENCE.

The Saturday Evening Post has been preaching Confidence all drought the recent furry. Now it has stepped down from the pulpit long enough to practice It's pub fisher, Cyrus Curtis, has just spent S5O,0OO in advertising a single is- sue of the magazine-the Christ mas number
 The Saturday Evening Post be- lieves that this will be a bad year for imitation, but a good year for business. It believes that, with speculation checked, and the weak spots in our currency system barred, business is already started toward a sounder, safer position than it held six months ago. And it knows through thousands of clear-cut in- teliigent reports from bankers, merchants, farmers and manufac- lures that the country shares these beliefs. They are solidly founded on good crops, empty warehouses. an unsatisAed demand and a pub lie with money in the banks.
 :, These conditions mean business. and the Saturday Evening Post has started out for it's share of 1t with
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08
HE Is \ NUISANCE.

Of all the pests which inhabit the earth in the garb of man, inflictin@ discomfort and annoyance on society where they exist, the calamity howl CT is the worst and most to be guarded against by all well-dis- posed communities.
 Like the mosquito at night when one is court Ing much needed repose it's spiteful song around the ear brings instant wakefulness and wig orous slaps in order to secure it's speedy eXtermination; so it is with the calamity howler in any commit nifty that is settling down to steady work for it's upbuilding, his banev ful song brings quick unrest and where there was peaceful progress only discontent and demoralization is found instead.
 This venomous species of the ee. nus homo has long been absent from the south and it was hoped that the war made lon it some several years ago had proved as successful as that made against the stegoma and that it would never again appear to curse any locality in this section, but it has recently n 06 4N -A1s portions of Alabama. says the Tradesman, and in these states is getting in it's poisonous work. There is heard the howl Of this
 prophet of evil' and his deadly aim seems directed towards blight ing these fair states of the south by his predictions of calamity for them. :,
 Now as we wish to make it just as clear as language can express that that there is no room for the ca lamity howler anywhere in the south, under any kind of a plea.- " NIidCcNSI. AuSIt Was never time when there was less excuse or occasion for the vail of the calami- ty, howler in the south than now. There is just ground for hopefulness everywhere. for on every hand there. is evidence of a beautiful ProY idene with "peace and plenty" liter ally abounding throughout the south, If any people on Gods green earth merit more than others the fruits of their hard earned achievements, it is certainly the peo- pie of the south, and dark indeed must be the minds of those who wond take. up the dismal .,hooting of calamity for this people. As the most lonely, and hair raising sounds that,ever fell on human in the midst of { swampsat nsght are those Df' the owl. 6oo these 'd1scrdant'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08

The Charlotte Observer says: The south is enjoying a period of abounding prosperity due largely to the fact that it has been able to borrow in the great centers money with which to prosecute it's enter prises, but when it's credit is gone its development will end. That no man liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself, is a fact which rests upon seriptural authority, and it is equally true of state and sec tions of the United States. The south is a borrower, and it's con tinued prosperity is contingent up- on it's continued ability to borrow This will cease with the continued dominance of the demagogug whose ideas begin and end with office and it is high time for the people who are not after office to refuse to be played upon longer by those who are after nothing else" To th's reasonable utterance tn Macon Tel. egraph adds: 50 1t is in Georgia. We are similarly afflicted. The preachments of these agitators be- get want of confidence. as they are extremists, who want nothing but office, and they drive away the cap ital needed for further develop ment."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08
CORN CROP MOST IMPORTANT

! .
 speaking of the chief crops Sec retary Wilson says that corn ranks nrst in importance. Besides. its large use human food, as a live stock feed. "the starch of; corn be- comes the fat of the hog and the finish of the steer," thus becoming, a great factor in the production of meats and met products for export. While not as large as that of 1906, the value of the corn crop of 1907 is greater and is 26 per cent above the average value of the crop of the preceding five years. H adds that eight such crops as that of 1907 would pay for duplicating every mile of steam railroad in the United States, with terminals, rolling stock, and all property.
 The wheat crop of 1907 is 625,- 576,0O0 bushels, per cent. less than the average quantity for the five preceding years. But the val ue about $5OO,OO0,00O or 5 and l-2 per cent. more than the average although the crops of 1901, 1902, and 1905 had each a slightly high CT value than that of this year "9
 Tobacco declined to e45.e1a, 900 poands. II per cent. below the av- craze Tn quantity. with a value of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08

William Scuil, an enploye of the Cotton Belt shops, suffered 8 paralytic stroke Friday morning at his home at No. 319 East Third av- 'enue, but was reportsd better yes. terday. He remained in his room several hours, suffering. before his frienqs found him and summon ed medical aid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08
advertising Rates Made, Known sn
 Application.
The Largest Bona Eide Circulation of any Pine Bluff Newspaper. q,

The czar questioned Secretary Taft about his journey over the Trans Siberian Railroad. Possibly the em- peror wantea to know whether the trains are keeping to their sched- n1es.-Nttls' Rock Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08
SECRETARY TAFT
 SAILED SATURDAY

Coxhaven, Dec. 7.-The steamer, President Grant, with Secretary Taft and members of his party on board left here at noon today for New York via Bolougne and Ply. mouth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08

S67, 100000 or 6 per cent. above the average. The crop is smaller than for many years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-08

s. A. Kernes. of Rockville, Ark. a guest of the Hotel Jefferson yes terday:
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-06-15
n'GRATH'S
Center Counter Bargains.

VIII be continued Throughout the month of June and
It will pay you to keep In touch with the big depart
ment store. With immense stock on hand at al
times It Is easy matter for McGrath to make bar
gain spread and have center counter offering Of
attractive drives.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-06-15
Gov. Vardaman's Views Accepted.

Coy. Vardaman lately received
letter from prominent Penn
sylvania lawyer congratulating
him upon the stand he has taken
for the repeal of the obnoxious
negro suffrage amendments to the
Federal constitution. In this let
ter the writer informs Gov. Var
daman that he had been invited
to address meeting of the Broth
erhood of the First Presbyterian
church on the race question, and
continuing says: "You would
have been surprised, / feel sure,
if you could have seen how gen.
orally your views were accepted
by those present, and think there
was not a man in the meeting
whose father had not been strict
Republican, while some of them
were sons of genuine abolition
lists. /"
The writer then stated that he
thought men sharing the views Of
Gov. Vardaman should be inform
ed Of the fact that the difference
of opinion oD the race question, as
it has heretofore been understood,
is becoming more and more slight.
The writer referred to the speech
delivered by Senator Tillman on
this question at Pittsburg, and
that the senator was convinced in
that CITY that the rising genera
tion is acquiring very sincere
sense of the shame that It feels to
be merited by the whole of the
North for the vast extent of the
humiliation and destruction
brought on innocent Southern
people as a result Of our awful
war. "
In conclusion the author of this
letter informed Governor Varda-
man that a movement was begin
ming in the North to form a
party whose platform shall con-
tain as principal plank: The
repeal of the IN endments. 4
But 10 the meantime, said the
writer, we believe yon should
be assured that your labors are
not really wasted, bnt that some
thing is really being accomplish
ed. " a clipping from the Pitts
burg Dispatch was inclosed show
ing the surprise created By the