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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08

New York-The state laid its case
against Harry X. Thaw-a plain, un-
emotional story of the shooting on the,
Madison Square roof garden. Mr..
Caravans outline of the states testi-
mony told how White went to the roof
on Madison Square garden to see the
initial production of a summer musi-
cal comedy, and then related in simple,
language the incident of the killing.
The people claim" he concluded,
that 1t was a cruel, deliberate, mali
cious, premeditated taking of a hu.
man life. After proving that fact to
you. we will ask you to find the de-
PENDANT guilty Of the crime of murder
in the first degree"
The Plea Of the Defense.
The defense replied with a plea OF
hereditary insanity. 1t was asserted
that Thaw, in Staying Stanford White,
believed he was acting as an agent OF
Providence; that real or fancied
wrongs committed against him by the
architect and former friend OF his wife
had caused the impulse to kill. When
the deed was done, Thaw made no
move to escape its consequences, but
holding the fatal revolver aloft, he
stood as If mutely proclaiming to tho.
world:
THE deed is done; 1t was right: it
was not wrong"
Thus, Thaw's counsel outlined his
case to the jury. after the prosecution
had occupied less than two hours. in
relating. through eye-witnesses. the
narrative of the tragedy.
The Story OF This Mans Insanity.
You will hear the story of this
mans insanity" Attorney John B.
Gleason, for the defense, promised the,
jury, from his mother, from his wife,.
from his relatives. and from his ply.
stefan. You will judge him by his aots,
by hereditary and stress which en-.
tered into his madness, and when you
come to Judge him you will say to-
yourself that his act may have been
one of insanity, but it was o one
of crime"
His Love for Evelyn Nesbit.
Thaw's counsel told the story of the.
prisoners love for the girl he was
to make his wife. He met Evelyn Mes
bit in 1901, and there then began in
him an honorable love and regard for
the girl. He told her mother of his.
love. The girl was in a precarious.
condition following a serious opera.
ton in a sanitarium, and Thaw sug-
gested to the mother that she take
Evelyn abroad to recuperate. 1t was
arranged that Thaw should accom-
pany the two al the open and avowed
sutton of the daughter. In 1903 he.
asked her to marry him and she re-
fused.
"The reason for this refusal you viii
hear from her lips" announced Mr..
Gleason. Suffice 1t to say the reason.
had to do with an incident in her life
with reference to Stanford White"
The Insanity Plea.
Thus laying the ground for the plea
of insanity, Mr.. Gleason declared brain
disease had laid hold of Thaw three
or four years ago. 1t was claimed
there have been many cases where
a person had been pronounced insane
upon M subject only.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
RUSSIA NEEDS OUR WHEAT.
The Crop In That Country 'ls a
Failure.

st. Petersburg-On account Of the
failure of the local wheat crop, Russia
this year will be a purchaser Of Amer
lean wheat. and the first shipload will
arrive soon at Riga, from London, on
it's way to Rybinsk. The price on the
Russian market probably will be $1.15
a bushel, which is &c under the local
price. Other cargoes have been or
dered.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
AReRoxED sY THE PRESIDENT.
IAdmlrsl@ Davis Entire Action a
IS. Kingston, Jamaica.

WashingtOn-In unequivocal terms.
PAeladentsRooseveit has approved Ad-
mirai Davis entire action in connec'
ton with his visit in Kingston, ia
Hiifs6xsaSand requested the secretary OF
the navy to express to Admiral Davis
~fiSashsartiest recommendation of all that
ne did. Admiral Evans. commander
Of ths Atlantic feet. commends Davis
work.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
kocH's THEORY WRONG.
Royal English Commission on Tuber
vt .asa cutosis Makes Report.

London-The royal commission on
tuberculosis has just issued a lengthy
report ron tubercular diseases. The
report sets forth that man Is liable
to infection by bovine tuberculosis.
and that. cows milk containing tuber.
cular bacilli is responsible for a ma
jority ofethe cases of such infection
the report fefutes the theory Of DR..
Koch. ~ofvBerlin.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN.
Census Office Clerk Charged with
Terrible Crime.

Washington-AThe police have ar
rested M. Il. Copeley, q clerk in the
census office, on suspicion Of having
murdered his wife, Amanda M. Cope
ley, and his two children, Raymond, 2
years old, and Ruth, 8 months old.
The Copeleys had Q quarrel before re
firing and shortly after midnight Cope
ley called in a physician, saying his
wife had committed suicide.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
DEFENSE OUTLINES IT'S PLEA IN
RESPONSE TO CHARGE OF
MURDER IN THAW CASE.
INSANITY WILL Be DEFENSE
Labored Under Delusion That His Life
Was In Danger, and obeyed,
He Believed, Command
Of Providence.


II was announced that Thaw la
bored under the d%eiusion that his
life was always In danger whom
he was In New York. This ac-
counted for the fact that since
January, 1904, he had carried a
pistol. He had placed II In his
overcoat pocket the night he went
to the Madison Square roof gar
den. There he turned suddenly
and saw what he thought was a
demon glowering at him. The i'm.
pulse came. He felt that to kill
White would be an act of Provi-
dence, and so believing, he set
deliberately about his task.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
DESPERATE IN NORTH DAKOTA.
People Nil Burn Railroad Property
for Fuel.

Washington-A telegram to the in
terstate commerce commission from
New Rockford, N. D., says the coal
situation there is sc desperate that
the people will soon burn railroad
property.
From points along the 500, Great
Northern and Northern Pacific rail-
road comes information about stalled
trains and deserted engines.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
A ALeER's WILL.
With Exception Of $4,000, All Goes
to Widow and Children.

Detroit, Mich.-The will of the late
Senator r. A. Alger, filed in the pro-
bate court, leaves all of his estate, es-
timated to be worth several millions,
except $40, 900. to his widow and five
children. The senator's brother,
Charles M. Alger, Hannibal, Mo-. is
left 5000, and any debts owed by
Charles M. Alger to the estate are
Cancelled.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
POST office APPROXIMATION

Washington-The post office appro-
priaticn bill will carry $2S0,1s0,561
This is the largest amount ever car
ried for the annual expenditures Of
the postal service.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
L. .. Worden Dead.

Lawrence, Kas.-L. j. Worden, one
of the first political bosses in Kansas,
died here, aged rs. He came to Kan
sas in 1857. served in the senate, for
IL years was in the national eyenue
service and for 20 years was the die
tator of Douglas county politics.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
z LIVES LOST.
An Avalanche Of Snow Covers Houses
at Monarch, Col.

Pueblo, Cola special to the CHIEF
tain from Salida, Col, says: At least
a dozen lives are believed to have
been lost in a terrific snow slide that
came down at Monach Mountain about
8 o'clock at night, completely over
whelming three business houses in
Monarch and burying their occupants
under fully so feet of snow and
dirt,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
1T THE SACRED eRoTro.
franciscan, Armenian and Greek
Monks Battle There.

Rome-The Jerusalem correspond.
emit of the Corriere DItalia says in a
dispatch that the sacred grotto at
Bethlehem has been the scene of q
conflict between Franciscan, Armen-
ian and Greek monks, In which two
of the first mentioned were wounded.
The locIl authorities and the French
and Italian consuls are investigat-
Ing.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-08
MRS. SAGE GIVES A MILLION.
The Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute
.~.y-.s,y the Recipient.

New .York-Mrs. Russell Sage has
given a million dollars to the Rens-
selaer* Polytechnic institute. An
nouncement of the gift was made at
a meeting of the institute alumni as
s~ociation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27
New Orleans Cities Of the Dead.

New Orleans has several miniature
cities within its boundaries, and they
are the cities Of the dead" said Louis
w. LIE Blanc of the Crescent City.
II mean" he explained, that every
cemetery in New Orleans is minia-
ture city. They are built above the
ground and laid out in streets, just
as in the larger city. Every house is
of marble and some of the tombs are
miniature cathedrals, temples and cl8s-
sic structures. In them are buried
many men who won fame under the
dominion of Spain and France, In
them, too, are to be found inscriptions
that tell of sweet Creole romances,
such as that of Jeanne Laclede, the
popular singer of nearly a century ago,
who died of a broken heart.
Certain days are set apart accord
ing to the old French Catholic custom
for visiting these miniature cities, and
on these days they are crowded all day
long. AS they were built so long ago
they are now in the centre Of the city,
and at night look weird indeed. Long
ago it was found necessary to build
the cemeteries above the ground, be-
cause of the fact that the city itself
is below the level Of the Mississippi
river Washington Post.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27
Junk Blown into His Leo.

With the aid Of surgeons knife
Henry Anderson Of Centennial, was
relieved of a weird assortment of
Junk that for two years has been
unccasciously carried in his left leg
Anderson, who is a rancher, was
building a ditch when he met with a
premature explosion. For some time
he has been suffering, and his leg be-
came so painful he finally had to have
1t examined by the X-ray When the
surgeons opened it at st. Joseph's
hospital they took out a chisel, sew
eral nails, a screw, three good-sized
chunks of wood, and a piece of tin
They now say AndersOn's leg will be
as good as new.-Deadwood (South Da-
kota) Dispatch to Cincinnati EnQuir-
eT-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27
LOVE LED THE WAY WITH ROSES.

RI
wayg to wander
sunshine IA le +
LED way with and
we
And herch
And the
led the hrosesa Inc
The tookt ne
ma left her vitft the whittier
the way with roses
witho ones on h breast.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27
Onions Make Mirth.

If people would eat more onions the
population would be a great deal
healthier. You never saw a dyspeptic
man eating onions He thinks thew
are poison, but in fact, they are the
medicine that he most needs.
Whenever you see an onion eater
you see a whole-souled, open-hearted
jolly good fellow, who knows what he
ought to eat to keep him good hum
ored. Talk about the staff of life
why, bread is only crutch. There is
more nourishment in an onion than
there is in roll.-New York Journal
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27
.SGss-~~1N~S
II Tribute to-
=Br0iEed Bacon
BY Dr. Henry Oan Dyke.
..sss4ssts.sss.sss.s.sa.s's

4~5~~eSsN& about roast Pig
How he falls into ecstacy of audauon spelling the very
. with small capitals breaking from the
cheap encomiums hail it IN sono
2 - 2 Latin "princeps obsonorum!'
There compliments doubt; put
9 they wastefu1 impudent For if all this
pg
what adjectves shall find to do justice to that ripper
richer, more subtle and sustaining Wand "boled bacon?
On he
taken of 1t mmoderatey brings safety
strengthens
e salt as the breeze that blows the family pungnt as the
De smoke waited woofre; aromatic appeng
noushng muant the It's the matred
bloom and contamination foresight
no fate than juvenile roasting brought mans device
perfection
his
bacon that the physical qnessenal comfort of his
life still untouched
What could have been better than cooked the air and
eaten by freight? True had patetey forgotenbu
mourned We
tin and of kete these paters
viceabe
boiled
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27

Two hundred and fifty million dol
lars a year would be saved if cleo
tricity were to supplant steam entire
".
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27
ElO~~.-~AA-.s S~~s.~s~~0rr3
5 Why City Life is Killing 5
q BY Or. Thomas Darlington.
e~AvAs~@NI~u2CE3
BY Dr. Thomas Darlington.


Brghts disease In the CUES
!. ! =.
York and Chicago has nearly douDeu -
- the general DEAN i@'0
II has
o factors of TINS aiarulns IL
y naturally suggests played by the many %
called features life and of the most mpoiV"
n OF the producuon
" Of the heart ana 9u
sequenty the kidneys The high activity OF w
business social Wrl OF e w
woman the confusion noise anu
striking business anu
chd life apu ~
elevators mental strain all essen
nave characteristic naona
YET they are SO deadly individual life that tkey furnish US WI" w
for deep and
AS people money geIhe
individually suicidal The spirit "h
prompts II editions of the daily be sale at il ~
clearly indicative appalling increase in deaths from
The vice of drinking the days gone
by We cannot blame Bdght and hperopeu
Drunkenness IS less
common, but stimulation the
The quiet and within few u.s. Dut
rational right living physical and mental
doctrines order to cope
with
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-27
~,,~->e,~Gr-O~ LUhdt ~o-.>r~,~-.>,
The People Demand
Of the Corporations
By Senator John c. Tpooner
pSssS~ApNp~S sS0Es of WISCONSIN vQea~S rASAssAAU

HE people, without demand a greater
III publicity details
larger exercise of supervisory
II dishonest administration and
l-@l public. There a widespread
III II reform wherever are
~ united without affiliations n
the eXtrpaion of graft No
graters. The he of tus
relousy
shall absolutely permanently
created BY the benefit
between the terminals
inevitable to the ruin
Of especially establish other bust
undesmated They They
prosperity
latter realize that they
pef for THERE as well prosperity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-23
loWa'S GOOD EXAMPLE.
Has Made . Law Providing For Uni
formity In hvnieipsi Accounts


forni,y In hSnisipsi Accounts
Iowa Is setting an example 60 her
sister states which they would h. wise
90 follow ~ expcditiously as possible
She has Recently put into effect a Law
providing for a uniform system Of mu.
nicipal accounting which. n properly
executed. viii make Il easy 60 sec
whether municipal plants are paying
their way. n such a law had hccn IN
general operation fifteen years ago. Il
Il probable that by this time the agi
tation for municipal ownership would
have entirely ceascd. IN view % the
damaging facts that such reports
would inevitably have brought out
Under the provisions o. this Iowa
law the state auditor Il required 20
formulate and prescribe n system Of
municipal accounts. In preparing which
be- shall - assisted by an advisory
committee % municipal accountants
So far ~ practicable the latest AMI
most improved methods % accounting
are 90 b. adopted. and all cities aud
towns are required 10 report annually
10 the state auditor on the forms pre-
scribed by him.
The auditor shall appoint one or
more examiners % municipal accounts
who shall at least once In two year,
report upon the financial conditions
aud transactions Of all cities Of 5.0oo
population OF more and of smaller
cities or towns upon request
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-23
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of In,eres, From Fourteen cOun.
ties Of State.

items oI lNtNFNaA FNNW wv wv NNeN
ties Of State.
The Oyillc Marble company has
Iuft refused an Offer OF 100000 for ~
property be- West Rutland
The prisoners of Washington county
au have earned $500 above all cNpUu.
sDs since March which Or consider.
"a % good showing ior ih" new law.
Niddlrhury college vas opened for
40. lu,th year Thursday morning with
lhp largest entering class in its his.
tory There are 800 men and 20 wom.
en-.
Friday evening. oct :. Mount Yer.
non lodge o. and a. NJ MurriHtillr.
will observe the nni'th Masonic birth
day anniversary of u. ~. Powers Who
haa fur half "a century been % member
of that lodge.
y. ~. Davenport Of Chelsea has "a
cane which has been in The family over
Iun year. o. first owner vas his
great uncle. iiuEil'ai Davenport who
obtained the cane on the Mount Of OF.
ives iu Palestine.
Edith Marion Mcdonald. aged n
Years the eldest daughter Of a. =. Mc
Donald who committed suicide Wed.
n,fday nlght at her home iu science
tady hy swallowing clrhulic acid. fur
merry resided in burlington.
Al the present term there are iOa
divorces cases ON the docket OF Wash
iurtuu county court and one has been
ldltUupd uf this term. The docket al
an show three alienation 81 affections
leases. tWu petitions fur support one
seduction and three hlatardl eases.
% BE- now learned that Harry =
I smith uf MorrisyiIl" whua" dead body
was found boz the iAmuillo river o.
I Gently was not drowned bat died Of
heart disease. There was no water
I Iu the lungs 70 Do thought probable
that De- was stricken az b. was rcitinf
into bic boat
The condition ~ Charles bailey who
was so badly injured NO the state hos
plial for the insane at Waterbury last
| Monday o. very hopeful llc shows ut
signs uf internal injuries u has been
found that the elbow and shoulder
we're not as badly injured aa was al
first feared
ln the election of officers by IN,
state convention Of the international
order of Kings Daughters aud Son.
no Richmond Thursday. Mrs g.. %
Lord of darlington and MrH Lucy J 10
Burt uf Bennington we're elected dele
gates to the International convention
and Mrs Kat" Towers and the Rev
| Frances Kimball Of Richmond alter
Mates
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-23
cHoATg IS OPTIMISTIC.
Does Not share GENERAL Opinion THAT
Hague tanfrreRr. o. % TRiIurr.

Does Not share GENERAL Opinion THAT
Hague tonfrreBr. o. % Eaiiar~.
THE HAGUE. Sept - After biv.
Ing hcru in srssiou over three months
aud with adjournment probably n
month in the distance u ~ recognized
generally md even by the most o.
tlmistlc IN the peace movement that
the second international peace confer
cncr has been and viii be- at H. con.
clusipn h.gFru of results that will lead
10 permanent measures ~ benefit to
the peace ~ the world
Mr. Choatc Of the American delcgn.
ton. however Il still optimistic r..
gnrding the results. even on the great
questions aud especially that Of n per.
mancnt court ~ arbitration, being sat.
isned that the principle II admitted.
lie thinks that once the conference has
concluded ~ session II will De nn easy
matter 10 overcome the prciudlces con.
corning the allotment Of judges and
that thereafter the establishment Of
the court will be an easy tnsk The
general opinion among the other dele
gates. however. differs from that ~
Mr. Choate. they believing that the
adoption Of Sir Edward Fry's pro-
posal lntrustlng the governments with
the task Of finding q system by which
20 elect the judges was n masked meth
Cd for burying the whole AMIR. ns,
they declare. once the conference Is
ended the governments will not study
the question Of judges TO a greater OK.
tent thnn other questions at issue. such
ns limitation OF ornaments.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-23
FRANK Z. HOWE. Editor and Publisher
Fayors Proetor,s Re election.

Dr. W. T.. Putnam. who was surgeon
general ON Governor Bells stan
writes 20 the Banner as follows:
In your issue Of Sept Goth YOU
quote from the Barre Times In part
as follows. II was claimed by some
two years ago. that Governor Bell
would have made a try'for a second
term against the field u Mr. Proctor
had not been candidate. ! simply
wish 10 state here In Justice to Cover.
nor Bell. that he not only did not seek
"a denomination. but had no desire for
H.
when this matter was being agltat'
ed n little by his friends. he told me
that under no circumstances would he
accept such an honor, even " rendered
him (which he had no idea would be-
donci as for personal reasons he
could not serve again. On the other
hand. " Governor Proctor would be
willing tu accept n denomination the
Republican party would be- showing
sound Judgment IN paying him this
compliment. AZ II ~ generally conccd'
ed I think. that the last two executive
administrations have been among the
cst the state has had In many years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-23
MUNICIPA LUNACY.
By JOHN KnNDaIcK Bangs.


The municipality owned electric light
plant OF Charlottesville, Ind, having
shown a 80 called profit last year OF
t1721, the trustees have just made n
10 per cent advance In the charge for
street lighting. The probable reason
for this Il a desire on the trustees
part TO lncreaSa this years profits TO
an even $4,000. round figures being 80
much more satisfactory than angular
ones.
One OF the pleasing features Of mu.
nlcipal ownership. as shown In New
Zealand and Australia, Is the luscious.
juicy fairness II gives 20 the public
debt That OF the United sometimes
called the Benighted States Is less
than Si2 per capita. but In New Zea.
land Il Is SSS5. in New South Wales
S207. and In Australians six states II
averages t29i per capita. II takes
genuine prosperity 20 increase ma.
tons creditor deblt-all the way
from 2.20o TO $500 per cent.
\
In the bright lexicon OF municipal
ownership there Ii no such word as
deterioration. All city owned plants
are regarded as hardy perennials which
wax stronger with the passage Of the
yean-a beautiful floral dream II only
waking were impOssiblel
The following advertisement was re-.
celyed too late to be- printed Ia our reg.
ular advertising columns:
FOR SALE.
hne line % public utility plants. a.
follows.
l Electric Light Plant. Valley city. n. y
Thoroughly Broken. Can BE Driven ~
a Lady Terms Reasonable.
1 Electric Power Plant. souderton. PA.
Great Bargain. A child Can Run IL
No Reasonable oner Refused
l city Lighting Plant Peru. Indiana tib.-
0o VIII Make A. Good A. New Easy
Terms
Municipal Light and Water Works. MI.
ford Center. Ohio owner II Going out
Ecnta Trading Stamps Accepted In Pay.
menI
For Further Information Apply Direct
10 Above Mentioned ownera
The reports Of the electric lighting
plant Of lincoln. Neb.. are Illuminating
whether the product Is or not They
show the cost per lamp 90 be SI3.Gs
5000. 1851. This indicates that the
city authorities are kind enough TO give
the taxpayers a chOicc % nguncs. usu
ally We And cost figures arbitrarily
reduced 10 one invincible sum. but In
Lincoln you pays your money and
takes your choice"
TIE citizens OF Pottervlllc. Mich. hAv-
ing voted against the establishment Of
a municipal bakery. the downtrOdden
people Of that burg will continue 10 Ne
prostrate beneath the Iron sbOd dough.
nuts Of the privileged CLASSES. II real
" looks rs though some % our deceas-
I'd forefathers who fought against dies.
potic power had died In vain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-23
indigestion

Stomach trouble Is but q symptom Of. and no,
In itseli a true disease. wo think Of Dyspepsia.
Heartburn. and Indigestion as real diseases yet
they arc symptoms only OF q certain specific
Nerve demonstrating else.
was this fact that irst correctly led DIT. shoop
In tho creation Of that now very popular stomach
Remedy-Dr. Shops Restorative Going direct
10 the stomach nerves, alone brought that success
and favor 10 Dr. ehoop and his Restorative. With.
out that original and highly vital principle, no
such lasting Accomplishments were ever ~ be had.
For stomach distress, bloating. billoumess bad
breath and allow complexion. try Dr. Shops
Rosiontiyc-hblcts or Liquid-and sec for your
self what Il can and win do We sell and chooE
fully recommend