The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-04-04

to decide Whether Harry ~ iidW II
now sane or insane was sworn in, and
the jury dismissed until decision be
rendered by the gentlemen composing
that body. The commission as original
" made up consisted of Morgan j.
O'Brien, formerly Justice of the APP
pellate Division of the Supreme Court;
Peter B. Olney, the well-known lawyer
and brother of Richard Olney, and DR..
Putzel, a graduate of Bellevue Hospital
and expert alienist- Mr.. Morgan, VINO
was made chairman of the commission,
resigned from it the next day, however.
pleading poor health and the press OF
professional engagem ents as the cause,
and Justice Fitzgerald Immediately ap-
pointed Attorney David Mcclure to I'LL
mis- place. There was some comment on
the fact that instead OF following the
usual rule of appointing two doctors
and one lawyer in the forming OF such
commissions, Justice Fitzgerald had
chosen two lawyers and one doctor Inc
commission was entirely satisfactory to
the lawyers for the defense and to the
Thaw family. the prisoner himself ex-
pressing entire readiness to have the
examination begin, confident as to its
result AS soon as the jury were dis
missed the commission got to work, ana
after arranging the preliminaries in
open session the court room was cleared
and the examination was begun behind
closed doors. The commission is to con-
fine itself solely to the question as to
whether Thaw has intelligently taken in
the proceedings of his trial, and been
able consequently to advise his counsel.
For two hours on Thursday Thaw sat
facing these three men, no one else be-
ing present in the big court room except
the Justice and the lawyers on both
sides. Dr. Putzel, who sat nearest the
prisoner, fixed his black eyes on him
and never took them off, asking only a
few questions The two lawyers, Mr..
Mcclure and Mr. Olney, did the ques-
tioning. No one else said word. Thaw
was perfectly cool and seemed in eX-
cellent spirits. He was questioned pr1n-
cipally with regard to certain letters he
had written Mr.. Delmas, asked what ne
meant by them, and what his Idea was
Of the decisions of the court, whether
he understood the objections made by
his lawyers, and what he thought of
them. His answers were all entirely
rational. and his counsel eXprest them
selves as delighted with the result of
the examination. While the District At
torney himself was obliged to admit
this. Thaw's manner his actions and
expressions in making his answers We're
declared not to be those of man in full
possession of his mental faculties Mr..
Jerome, when asked if he would fight
for conviction of murder in the first
degree should the commission declare
Thaw now sane, replied that he certain
~ should.
A Door shoemaker of Altoona, one
John Fillmore, has invented solution
which he claims if mixed with cold
ashes will make them burn more fierce
~, and give out more heat than they
did at first. A prominent steel COM
pany of Pittsburg has invited him to
make test of this at their works, and
the world will soon be made acquainted
with the result. At the Edison labora-
tories in New Jersey the production of
the greatest heat at the least cost has
been studied and experimental upon for
many years. Mr.. Frank L. Dyer, the
brilliant young lawyer and scientist and
one of the abIest of Mr.. Edison's corps
of assistants, when questioned on the
subject of this recent invention, said
that while he would not venture to give
an opinion without having seen any
test made by Mr.. Gilmore, it was well
known that the gases of oxygen and
hydrogen when brought into combus-
ton developed a heat of great intensity,
and that ii might be that this cobbler
had discovered compound which
brings about disassociation of the water
in the moistened ashes and creates a
gas which gives the fire its added in
tensity and life. Prof. Parker, of Co
lumbia, Is not inclined to believe in this
invention. He says most of the coal
ashes taken from furnaces is only half
burned, anyway. and if thrown back
onto the fire will blaze up again.
Mrs. Russell Sage has given in all
$4,000 for the erection of a Y. N. c..
A. Headquarters building in New York.
Mrs. William Dodge donated the
ground, which cost $4,000. The build
ing. which is intended as the headquar-
tiers of the Y. NJ. c. A. for the whole
country, will be eight stories in hight,
and ready for occupancy in May. Eff
forts are now being made to secure an
endowment fund of 100000 to run the
building.
A certain Mrs. Robinson, of Lowell,
Mass, was doing a little light shopping
in Boston the other day, and carelessly
dropt roll of bills amounting to $3.50
in street car. Charles Martin, the
conductor, saw the wad kicking about
On the floor of his car and picked 1t up.
Being an honest, self-respecting Ameri-
can, he immediately took steps to dis
cover its owner. Mrs. Robinson proved
her claim to the money, and when Mar
tin, In his shabby clothes, presented it
to her she seemed to think he was most
generously rewarded by the sweet smile
OF thanks she bestowed upon him. and
by the remark she made to the SUPER
intendent, Wasn't it too sweet of the
conductor to bring it back to me?''
Comment is unnecessary.
Everybody knows that John d.
Rockefeller's head is as innocent of hair
as a billiard ball and that he wears a
wig. Mr.. Rockefeller is very vain
man, and these wigs have been a con-
slant thorn in the flesh to him, because
no matter where he got them made nor
what price he paid for them, they never
looked right However, his troubles In
this respect are now happily over, fol-
he has found a wigmaker who is rea
artist and whose wigs made the oil king
look fully Is years younger. So pleased
and so grateful was he to the wigmakel
for so enhancing his manly beauty
that he bought the property where the
latter carried or his modest business
fitted it up gorgeously as beauty par.
Tors, with his friend as head of the
establishment, and has thus started the
wigmaker on the high road TO fortune
There is no surer way of arousing deep
neyer-dying gratitude than by contrib
uting TO the increased personal attrac
tivenesS of man or woman. To be mad,
better looking-that is indeed a deb
which can never be repaid.
Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller took tn,
choir of his church at Lakewood off oil
Q spree the other day. They starte,
in two automobiles for the seashore
every one in high spirits, the tenor be
ing the only ma 10 tiya nf RI,