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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
BACK TO EXPERTS.
The Thaw Defense Is Nearly Ready TO
Close Its Case.

New York. March 19.-Continuing
his testimony in the Thaw trial Mon
day afternoon Policeman Barrett said
he was sure Thaw could hear no
voices from upstairs in his cell.
When Mr. Jerome took the witness
he asked if a statement he had made
the day after the tragedy to Assistant
District Attorney Garvin was true
yes sir said the witness.
Barrett admitted making state
ment to Mr.. Garvan in which he said
Thaw had refused to talk to any one
but himself (BarretD; that he had
asked for cigars and when they were
given him said they were not all of
the same brand; that some were bet
ter than others; that 'he seemed to be
all right at this time except that he
had apparently been drinking a va
riety of stuff or using dope"
There were a lot of women up
stairs that night were there not?" ask
ed the district attorney.
Yes"
And one of them cursed and swore
and said she would not sleep there or
let anyone else sleep. did she not?"
II don't know anything about the
women replied the witness.
well. did not you tell Mr. Garvan
that you were with Thaw and you
heard that?"
NO. I did not said I heard it
when I was upstairs
Returning to his question regarding
Thaw's appearance Mr.. Jerome asked:
We'll. did not he look as if he had
been drinking hard?'
Yes
Mr.. Jerome said he would defer any
further cross examination he might de-
sire to make of the witness.
Policeman Thomas F. Lynch followed
Rarrott He had Thaw in charge the
morning after the tragedy. In his Opin-
ion Thaw at that time was iratioral
Thaw had also complained to him about
hearing the voices of little girls in the
station.
Il told him there were no little girls
IN the station. He said he heard them
crying and they sounded as If they
were not more than II years of age !
walked over to the air shaft and listen
ed. l heard nothing. But 1 said to him,
DO you hear them now? He said,
Yes And then I said, We'll, you must
be dopey.'"
Onicer Lynch said on cross examina-
ton he did not think his memory was
any better now than it was immediate
~ after the tragedy. but he might have
remembered some things that he did not
remember the next day.
did you say to Mr.. Hamilton, the
stenographer in my office, the day after
the homicide. I have seen many dope
fends and I think he is one?' asked
c-r. jerome.
Yes"
Did you say he had the appearance
of having been drinking?'"
Yes"
Did you say the matron had her
usual number of tenderloin women and
perhaps he heard them'?"
Yes"
Lynch was then excused.
Dr. Hammond. for the defense. then
testified. He declared that Thaw did
not know the act was wrong when he
shot and killed White. Neither did he
know the nature or quality of the act.
Mr. Jerome took up the cross examl-
nation.
What sort of defect was H. K. tt
suffering from" he asked.
"A form Of mental unsounGness.
What form2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
NEW ELECTION LAW.
French Parliament Proposes Complete
Change in System of Voting.

Paris, March 19.-The text of a new
bill. which if passed will introduce a
complete change in the French parlia-
mentary electoral system has just been
adopted by the = universal suffrage
committee of the chamber of deputies
and will shortly be brought up for dis
cussion. The bill is based on the prin-
clples of proportional representation
and ticket voting whilst the commit
tee carrying out what it believes to be
the general desire has increased the
period of the deputies mandate to six
years instead of four as it present. At
the same time the number of repre-
sentatives is to be reduced from SCI
to about 400.
BY the new system each depart
ment is to be regarded as a distinct
ELECTORAL department entitled to
return one deputy for every
$4,000 voters. and one in addi-
ton in case the division of the total
number of voters into fractions of 25,-
600 leaves a surplus figure of over
5000. Should any department by
more than ten deputies it will be sub
divided into two or. more constituent
cies, each to be treated as a separate
department for electoral purposes
and entitled to elect as many deputies
as it contains multiples of 5000 cleo
tors.
An innovation as far as France is
concerned is to be introduced into the
method of voting. Each voter is to be
given as many votes as there are de-
puties to be elected in his department
or constituency and he may either dis
tribute them among the candidates or
cast them all for one.
In order to avoid the recurrence of
bye-elecuons, by reason of the resig-
nation or death of deputy it is pro-
posed that vacancies in the chamber
shall be filled by candidates unsuc-
cessful at the general election in the
department represented by the retir-
ing or deceased deputy, the highest on
the list. according to the number of
votes cast for him. having the right to
claim the seat provided he has not
in the meantime been deprived of his
civic rights for any reason and so on
until the list is exhausted
The only reason for a bye-election,
according to the bill, is in case a va
cancy should occur more than six
months before a fresh general cleo
ton is due and no unsuccessful can
didates should be eligible or DESTROYS
of filling the seat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
WRECKS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
Lackawanna Road Has New Block
System Almost Perfect

Exhaustive tests of the efficiency OF
automatic block signals for the opera
ton of trains have Just been compile
ted by the Delaware, Iackawanna &
Western, and have beer pronounced 70
be a great success. While the tests
have extended over period of fVe
years. these upon which particular I'M
portance is placed are so which have
just been completed on the Buffalo d.
vision of the road under the Superir-
tendency of c. J. Phillips, division sup
erirtende1t of the system.
The tests were made, wholly un-
known to the men under investigation,
by Mr.. Phillips himself and one of his
aSsi5tan While they were in progress
not an error of any kind was discover
ed ON the Pert of any engineer or train
served and promptly obeyed. and this
in a way to inspire the greatest conf
dence on the part of those using this
as their favorite route for travel.
1t Is worthy of note that the Lacka-
wanna's block signal system is a pure
ly automatic one. 1t is operated by
electricity. Every Is miles over the en-
tire system is located little power
and electric dynamos which furnish tn
current for the operation of the eight
blocks of IL cir respective circuits Elec
tricianS are placed at each of these
power houses, which are, connected py
telegraph and by telephones. These
electricians, therefore. are IN constant
touch with one another, and each Wis
its end inspects daily every signal III
his circuit. This r.recaution IS taken
to see that every block sigma is kept
in rerfect working order. In add
ton to this precaution, should any wire
break, or any accident occur to pre-
vent the proper operation of the clocks.
they are so arranged as instantly to
drop their signals into the position OF
danger" and every train in the circuit
would be brought to a standstiH-
Another feature of the system is that
lights are kept burning in the signals
"a hours in the day. so as to enable
the engineers to notice them prospect
i've of weather conditions. Should any
engineer detect a light out in any tow
err, he would at once stop and not pro-
coed until the cause had been discover
ed and the matter rectifed. These tow
ers are set 5000 feet to one mile apart
They are operated in pairs, each pair
containing a cautionary and positive
block.
1t is such a system as this that every
road in the country is making strenuous
efforts to install over their entire sys-
TENS, and which will be supplied just
as fast as the means can be found TO
do the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19

Il can't say exactly what FORM
| Was ii brain storms?''
| 1t may have been"
| Did you ever hear of a brain storm
before DR.. Evans sprung it upon us
here?''
Yes
"where?"
In two medical dictionaries"
d. Hammond gave Mr.. Jerome
names of the dictionaries
The district attorney asked for a
synonym for brain storm.
'Maniacal furer," said DR.. Ham
mond.
Did you say what form of insanity
| H K. T.. was suffering from?''
Il said 1 did not know"
Was it Oppressive mania?'
Il don't know"
WAS it dementia praecox?"
Il don't know"
Was it paranoia?"
Il don't know"
Was it transitory mania?'
"Transitoiy mania is not a form of
insanity-it is a phase
Was H. K. T. sane just before he
shot and killed S. w.
Il don't believe he was
Was he sane right after he shot
IS. VIZ"
Il don't believe he was"
Would he ever recover"
Il don't know
What is your opinion?''
Il have none''
How long did you say you had made
study of mental diseases?"
Twenty years"
How many cases have you seen?''
Il do not know
To Mr.. Delmas on redirect examina-
ton, DR.. Hammond said there was
among scientific men no generally &C
cepted forms of classification of insani-
ty. He was then excused. and DR.. w.
White a superintendent of the govern
ment hospital for the insane at Wash
ington, and professor of mental diseases
at Georgetown university. was called
Dr. Whites opinion was that Thaw
when he shot and killed Stanford White
did not know the nature or quality of
his act and did not know the act was
wrong.
On cross examination Mr.. Jerome
asked if he thought Thaw had any
knowledge at all of his acts on the
Madison Square garden
Il think he had a certain knowledge
yes. sir
HE knew he was walking toward
Stanford White with a loaded pistol?'
"A certain knowledge-yes."
What sort of insanity was he suffer-
ing from?"
Il am not prepared to say"
That is all"
DR.. Smith Ely Jelline. professor at
the Columbia university medical
school. and an author on medical top
les. followed DR.. White He did not
believe 1naW knew the nature OF
quality of his act or that the act was
wrong
What kind of insanity did he
have?" asked Mr.. Jerome.
II don't know" answered the doc
tor.
did he know he had a revolver in
his hand when he walked toward
Stanford White?'
He was insane and knowledge had
was insane knowledge"
What kind of insane knowledge?"
81 don't know"
did he have any insane knowledge
at that time?''
II think So
And when he put that revolver I'M
der Stanford Whites nose and fired
three shots into Stanford White. did
he have any insane knowledge of what
he was doing?"
II think he did"
Have you ever examined the de-
PENDANT? ?" asked Mr.. Jerome.
NO"
isn't it customary?''
Yes, 1 made a request, but"
Here Mr.. Delmas interrupted and
the questions and answers were strick-
en- out as not proper cross examina-
ton.
Adjournment was then taken.
Mr.. Delmes said four more experts
would be called. That will conclude
the evidence, it is said. and the argu-
ments should begin Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
AFTER MAYOR kIRKwooD.
Attorney General jackson Will Take
Testimony in His Case Saturday.

Attorney General F. S. Jackson went
to Fittsburg today for the purpose of
taking testimony in the case of the
state against Mayor A. B. Kirkwood,
who is in serious danger of being GUST
ed from office for his failure to enforce
the prohibitory liquor laws
Il do not anticipate much difficulty
in getting sufficient evidence against
Mayor Kirkwood,' said General Jack
son today Instead of coafessing
judgment as some of these mayors have
done, Mayor Kirkwood preferred to
fight the case" .e.5-
1t is likely that the taking Of the tes-
timony in the case will continue nearly
all the rest of the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
NJ Mole Burglaries.

Buffalo. n. Y. March 1s.-F'rank Gill
roy chief engineer at the New York
CentraTs Exchange street station. has
perfected an automatic lock hinge for
freight cars that promises to be the
solution of the car burglary problem
when the door closes, the hinge locks
automatically and the door cannot be
opened until air from the train line
passes into the barrel Of the hinge and
forces up a piston In that way. an
engine backing a string of cars down
into a yard. pumps up the air into the
cars and they are opened As soon as
the doors are closed the hinge locks
automatically and cannot b, opened
again without the air
1t would be impossible for man II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
CHANGES ON FRISCO.
System VIII Be Operated in Twelve
Divisions

General Manager Nixon of the Frisco
issued a circular yesterday announcing
that, effective April 1. the operating
divisions of the system will be as fol-
lows:
First Observation-Disclosures Spring
field, ST. Louis terminals-St. Louis to
southeastern junction; headquarters,
Tower Grove. Eastern division-South-
eastern Junction est Louis) to Monet;
Kansas City to Springfield, via Clinton;
Salem, Chadwick and Aurora branches:
headquarters, Springfield, Central divis-
Smith; Fayetteville. Ark, to Okmulgee,
l. T.; Bentonville, st. Paul and Mans
field branches; headquarters. Fort
Smith. Ark. Southwestern division
Monett to the Red river. via Lawton;
headquarters. Sapulpa, I. T. Red River
division-Sapulpa, 1. T., to the Red
river, via Francis; Hope, Ark, to Ard
Platter cutoff; headquarters. Francis,
Indian Territory.
Second district-Headquarte Spring
field Northern division-Kansas City
to Springfield, via Fort Scott, Kan: Ed
ward. Kan. to Alton, l. T.; Arcadia.
KAN to Cherryvale, Kan: Girard, Coal,
Rich Hill branches and Mackie cutoff
headquarters, Fort Scott, Kan. Ozark
division-Springheld to Memphis. Tena..
including Memphis terminals; Current
River Evadale, Tyronza Central and
Bonneville and Southwestern branches;
headquarters. Memphis. Tenn, to Bir-
mingham Ala; Aberdeen and Besse-
ham, Ala. Kansas division-Pierce City
to Ellsworth, Kan; Joplin, Galena, Car
terville and Tuckahoe branches; head
quarters Neodesha, Kan. Western di-
Kan, to the Red
river. via Frederick. and A " and w
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
PLUME BOOK STORE SOLD.
One of the Pioneer Business Firms
Changes Hands.

Emporia Kan, March 19-One of the
three Oldest business concerns in town
changed hands today when the City
Book store was bought by John Ora
ham. D. D. Williams is buying the
building which was owned by Miss e.
len Plumb.
The City Book store was started by
Miss Plumb in 1870. in building where
the Kopke grocery now stands. OF all
the firms on Commercial street, only
G. w. Newman and ]. S. Kenyon were
in business when the Plumb store was
started. In 1872 the store was moved
to its present site. and has been there
ever since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
BLUFF MADE GOOD.
Work on Onaga Cutoff Is Actually
Abandoned.

Onaga. KAN, March 19.-Laborers
employed on the construction work of
the Topeka & Northern railroad, gen.
orally known as the Union Pacific cut
off, left here last night. Word reached
grading was to be discontinued, but it
was hardly believed by the men on the
work In the morning the contractors
from Omaha came out to the work,
went over, the line and settled with the
subcontractors as fast as possible. In
the ma terial yard here are many thou
sand ties, telegraph poles, wire for
telegraph and fencing, large quantities
of building material and iron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19

carry a pump to unlock the doors, as all
the air that can be put into the hinge
by pump that a man could handle
escapes without unlocking the hinge.
Mr.. Gilroy has perfected two models
one for sliding doors and the other for
swinging doors.
The railroads of the United States
suffered a loss of $6,000,000 from car
burglary during 1906 The New York
Central alone employs 40 men to pre-
vent car burglary and still suffers Sc
verely. Officials who have looked at the
Gilroy hinge pronounce it very prornis-
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
BACK TO THE STAGE.
MabeIle Gilman's Millionaire Marriage
Fails to AIaterialize.

Chicago, March LIT is announced
here today that Mabelle Gilman will re-
turn to the stage within short time
under the professional guidance OF
Richard earle and Charles Marks. She
Will probab make her first reappear-
ance in this country in Boston in the
new musical play of Mr.. earle called
THE HurGy Gurdy Girl"
Miss Gilman's widely advertised COM
ing marriage with Millionaire w. E.
Corey, of the steel trust whose divorce
was caused by his intimacy with the
actress, has not materialized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
NEW BOARD ELECTED.
ID. r.. Francis, Chairman Missouri &
North Arkansas Directorate.

Eureka Springs. Ark. March 19.-At
the stockholders meeting in the general
ofrices of the Missouri and North Ar
kansas railway here today the Following
hoard vas elected: Chairman, D. r.
Francis: secretary, w. S. Roberts; di-
rectors, John Scullin, Powell Clayton
George l.. Sands, G. ]. fCrump and J.
". Freeman. w. S. Roberts was
chosen a director, vice Harry Scullln,
who moved from the state. Gov. Fran
els succeeds Charles Gilbert, resigned
The office of chairman was created at
this meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
To Wed a Roer War Hero.

Kansas City. Mo-. March 19.-The
engagement is announced of Miss
Flora Wallace. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. Wallace of this city. and
Captain r. d. Shipley, youngest
brother of Sir William Shipley of
England. The wedding has been set
for April 16 in Kansas City. They
first met in London just after Captain
Shipley had returned from the Boer
war The Shipleys formerly lived at
Rartlesville l. t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
FIopement Ends i'm Tragedy.

Ashland, KY, March ia tragedy
has resulted at Hollter. KY, from the
elopement of Frank Dutton and Aliene
Rose from Virginia Sam Rose,
brother of the girl. followed them to
Hollier, where in a pistol duel he kill
ed Dutton and almost Immediately
after was himself shot by Elias Dut-
ton brother of Frank. dying beside
his sisters doorstep Duttcn escaped
to the mountains and posse is in
pursuit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19

junction, 1. T., to Award, Okla; head
quarters, Enid, Oklahoma.
Third Observation-Disclosures Chaffee.
Mo. River Observation-Disclosures juno
ton est. Louis) to Big Creek, Ark. i;
headquarters. Chaffee Mo. Cape divis-
ion-Cape Girardeau. Mo-, to Leachville,
Ark; Nash. Mo-, to Hoxie, Ark; Camp
bell. Charlottesville, Bloomfield, Hunter.
Maiden and Deering branches; head
quarters, Chaffee, Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
WOMAN TAKES THE LEAD.
was Allotted Farm No. in the Big
Pasture.

Lawton, o. T., March 1s.-Monday
was the opening day for filing on the
claims in the Big Pasture Miss Olive
Jones' of Walter, drew tract No. 1, and
was at the land office this morning
when the officials arrived, ready to fills
upon the land.
The first fifty homesteaders permitted
to file on the first day completed their
filing by o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
ANOTHER RAISE ANNOUNCED.
Mexican Central Dispatches Have Pay
Advanced Again.

City of Mexico. March 19.-The
train dispatches on the Mexican Cen
trail railway have been granted an in
crease of $40 per month by that road
This is the second time the wages of
the men have been advanced within
comparatively short period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
New Church for Lecompton.

Lecompton, Kan, March 1s.-WorlE
has begun on the new Methodist church
at LIE compto n. The building when COM
pleted, will have cost $500, and will
consist Of large chapel room on the
main floor and a kitchen and large
dining room in the basement, which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
BAD WRECK I'm Nfanchuria.

Hardin. March 19.-As the result of
a collision today between a passenger
train and a freight train at Turushiche
station. seventeen persons were killed
and thirty-five were injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE.
Stuyvesant Fish, Recently With Mis-
souri, Pacific, Is Promoted.

Stuyvesant Fish, former president of
the illinois Central road, recently
a director of the Missouri Pacific, was
yesterday elected a member of the ex-
ecutive committee of that company at
a meeting of the board of directors in
New York CITY. All the officers of the
company were reelected at the same
meeting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19

will be finished off in good style. The
Methodist organization al Leconpton
has been holding meetings In the Odd
Fellows hall ever since the church was
ORGANIZED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-19
Count Lamsdorff Is Dying.

Rome, March 1.-the illness OF
Count Lamsdorff, former Russian for
eign minister. who is dying at San
Reno, according to a dispatch received
here was caused by an attempt to
poison him before he left Russia.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-08-15

Among the curioaltlea Of nature must
be reckoned the pouch Of the pelican,
which serves equally wen as a net with
which to scoop up lsh and as a bag to
convey food 10 lis young. When not In
use the bird can contract It's pouch 30
that II Is barely disceFnible. but when
q II fully dlstenaed Il win hold two
galaona Of water When the pelican Is
hunting Tor food II dies slowly about
twenty feet above the surface OF thu
water. scanning ita depths for any sign
Of III prey. As soon as 6 fish IL seen
there Is q sudden folding Of a pair Of
wings. q downward plunge with the
speed Of an arrow head Arst into the
sea. the unerring marksman reappear'
ing In q moment aud floating on the
waves long enough to reveal glimpse
Of a ash gliding down It's capacious
outlet and TO shake the water from ii
dlsheveled plumaRe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-08-15
ahark Mornhln ln Hawaii.

The shark has been perhaps the
most universally worshiped OF all the
Hawaiian animal gods. Strange as 1t
may seem. the islanders formerly re-
gmrded the shark as being the friend
and protector Of all those who pay him
deyout attention. Each locality along
the coast Of the main islands Of the
Hawaiian group formerly had Its pa
tron shark. whose name, place Of
abode. history. etc. were all well
known 10 his superstltious worshipers.
The biggest and most celebrated Of
these shark divlnitiea was male.
WHOSE mouth was 30 large that he
could easily swallow any other shark
known 90 frequent those waters. Ac-
cording 10 the Hawaiian folklore sto-
ries. the bulk Of this god OF the sea-
was 30 great that he could not pass
through the narrowest channels which
separate the different islands, but
spent his time swimming around the
whole group and looking after the wei
fare of the people.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-08-15
Limited Command.

John Pury ear OF Richmond was enc
OF Mosby's men In the eventful days
when the woods and hills OF northern
Virginia made the picturesque back
ground for some of the hottest encoun-
tiers OF the civil war. Puryear was a
mere STRIPPING when the war began and
put on his first long trousers as wear
or Of the Confederate gray. Neverthe-
less. he fought like a veteran. He lack
ed a veterans balance, for, although
fearless, he had not the slightest Judg'
ment, fact which. says Mr.. MunsOn
the author OF "MOsby's Men," Mosby
once recognized with considerable hui
NOR All that Puryear knew about wal
was what he gathered In each mad
rush through the ranks Of the enemy
with bis long black hair flying In th'
wind and his revolver hot with action
He rode like centaur. and no enem!
ever existed that he would not engage
hand to hand. hip and thigh. After on
Of the most daring rushes Mcsby salt
60 him:
"Puryear. am going to make you
lieutenant for gallantry."
Puryear swept his plumed hat In
bow that was royal In Its grace.
But" continued Colonel Mosby, .
don't went you ever to command an
OF my men!"