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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
FIRST TO LEAVE SHIP
eERlOUS CHARGE MADE AGAINST
CAPTAIN AND CREW OF
WRECKED VESSEL.

Providence, R. l., Feb. 14.-A new
element was injected into the horror
attending the loss of the steamer
Larchmont in Block Island sound
Monday night through a collision with
the schooner Harry Knowlton when
Captain MoVey of the steamer admit
ted that his lifeboat was one Of the
first. if not the first, to leave the sink
ing ship. This statement was made
in reply to charges by Fred Hiergsell,
an eighteenryeaY-old lad of Brooklyn,
one Of the survivors, that the passen-
gers were left to shift for themselves;
that the ships crew crowded the boats
without attempting to provide for the
passengers and that Captain McVey
was the FIST to desert the ship. The
statement of young Hiergsell created a
sensation, In view Of the fact that ten
Of the nineteen survivors were en-.
ployes On the ship, or, in other words,
that while approximately 20 per cent
of the vessels crew was saved only
8 per cent of the passengers survived.
Captain McVey explained that while
his boat may have been the first in
the water 1t was because he had a
good crew and that he remained by
his ship until she went down. He said
that he made no move to get into his
boat until he had given orders to his
men to lower all boats and clear away
the rats.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
liver HALF a MILLION DOLLARS.
value Of Securities Taken by Missing
Bank Treasurer.

Value Of Securities Taken by Missing
Bank Treasurer.
New Britain, Conn.,, Feb. 14.-Securi.
ties valued at $565,000 were taken
from the vaults of the savings bank of
New Britain by the missing treasurer,
William F. Walker, according to a
statement issued by the board Of d.
rectors following an examination by
the state bank commissioners. There
Is left surplus of about $4,000 over
and above the amount due to deposit
tors. The directors believe the great.
er part of the securities will be re-
covered.
AS the bank commissioners were
preparing their statement, Mayor
George NJ. Landers sent a letter to
Governor Woodruff asking that Com
missioner Kendall be removed from
office for neglect Of duty and incom'
potency. He pointed out that when
Mr.. Kendall began an examination Of
the bank last Thursday, Treasurer
Walker on q plea Of illness left the
bank and Commissioner Kendall did
lot continue his work but returned
home to await Walkers convenience.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
ACT OF PROVIDENCE
HARRY THAW'S STORY OF STAN.
FORD WHITES DEATH As
TOLD TO ALIENIST.

Declared He Had No Desire or
Thought Of Killing the Architect,
but Providence Stepped in and Took
Charge-WiI Of the Defendant Fl.
naIIy Admitted in Evidence and
Read to the Jury.
New York, Feb. 1s.-The trial Of
Harry X. Thaw was resumed during
the day before Justice Fitzgerald
Juror Bolton, whose wife died last
Thursday, was again in his place and
the indications now are that the trial
:7ill 60 ahead as rapidly as both de-
Tense and prosecution can push it.
The jury will not again be kept to-
gether until it begins the considera-
ton of a verdict.
Doctors B. D. Evans and Charles F.
Wagner, two Of the alienists repre-
senting the defense, were on the wit
ness stand and continued to give the
reasons on which they based their
conclusions that Thaw at the time he
killed Stanford White and for several
months subsequent to the homicide
was of unsound mind.
It was testified that Thaw told the
doctors he had not intended to kill
Stanford White, but had sought to
have him brought to justice in court
of law. He accused White of seeking
to destroy tie virtue of every woman
with whom he came in contact, de-
claring he had poisoned and drugged
many innocent young girls.
IF you had no desire or thought of
killing White, why did you do it,"
| DR.. Evans said he put this question
to Thaw in the Tombs and the pris.
oner replied:
providence stepped in and took
charge; it was an act of Providence. u
DR.. Wagner said Thaw had told him
that it was his (Thaw's) province to
protect young girls and lead them in
moral paths.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
SIXTY WOMEN ARRESTED.

Women Suffragists Storm the British
Parliament.
London, Feb. 14.-The women SUI
fragists, whose leaders have sworn
not to desist in their violent agitation
until parliament has granted their de-
mands, made a more determined and
better organized demonstration than
ever. Before it was suppressed more
than sixty women were arrested.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
THAW'S WILL ADMITTED.
Document Finally Received In Evil
dence and Read to Jury.

SSs~S 0uN ssS0N ~ WIZ
New York, Feb. 19.-At the after
noon session Of the Thaw trial Mr..
Delmas offered the will of Harry Thaw
in evidence, but District Attorney Je-
rome objected. DR.. Evans was then
further questioned regarding his opin-
ion Of the sanity Of the defendant at
the time the document was drawn and
Mr.. Jerome finally withdrew his objec-
tions to the will and it was read to
the Jury by sections. One of the para
graphs of the will provided for setting
aside $4,000 for the prosecution Of
any person who might be suspected of
having caused his (Thaw's) death by
violence. The codicil to the will be-
queathed $500 for obtaining legal re-
dress against Stanford White and an
other sum for four young women men,
toned as victims of the architect.
Fifty thousand dollars is left in trust
for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and an an
nuity of $500 to Howard Nesbit,
brother of Mrs. Thaw.
The separate circumstances of the
alleged degrading assaults" upon the
four young women were mentioned in
the codicil One of the young women
was declared to be acting at Lew
Fields theater at the time.
The codicil also left to Rev. Dr.
Charles H. Parkhurst, Frederick W
Longfellow and Anthony Comstock
sums of $4,000 each for the purpose
of securing evidence Of any assaults
by Stanford White and obtaining re-
dress for the victims.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
AFTER EXTENDED HEARING.
Wisconsin Railroad Commission Or
ders Reduced Fares.

Wisconsin Railroad Commission Or
ders Reduced Fares.
Madison Wis, Feb. 18.-The state
railway commission has handed down
q decision in the 2-cent railroad rate
question. 1t is ordered by the COM
mission that the railways in the state
give a fat 2%-cent passenger fare and
It Is recommended that family mile
age books of 500 miles be issued for
SO.
The last legislature enacted a law
creating the state railway commits
sion with power to fix rates and regu-
late service. The decision just hand
ed down is the result Of an extended
hearing before the state railway com
mission, during which time representa-
tives of the various railways operat'
ing in Wisconsin have appeared be-
fore the commission, when the ques'
lions of rates and service were thor
oughly reviewed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22

Washington, Feb. 19.-Under sus.
pension of the rules the house adopt
cd the conference report on the immi-
grafton bill, although the Democrats
generally made party issue against
the passport provision as we'll as to
that requiring increased air space in
vessels.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
BARS JAP LABORERS
AGREEMENT By WHICH SCHOOL
QUESTION AT SAN FRANCIS
co WAS SETTLED.

washington, req. lS.TJdpdueSe
children are to be admitted to the
white schools of San Francisco under
certain restrictions, skilled and I'M
skilled laborers coming from Japan
are to be barred from the mainland
Of the United States and American
laborers, skilled and unskilled, are to
be excluded from Japan. This is the
basis of the agreement between Presi-
dent Roosevelt Secretary Root, Mayor
schmitz and the San Francisco school
board as an adjustment of the anti
Japanese agitation brought about by
the segregation of Japanese children
in the schools Of San Francisco. The
agreement means that the schools Of
San Francisco will be conducted in the
same manner as they were before the
board of education adopted the resolu-
ton last October providing for the
segregation of the Japanese except
that adult Japanese who are in pri-
mary grades must continue to attend
the Oriental schools and that Japanese
children under sixteen years of age
will be admitted to classes with white
children of their own ages. While
the resolution of the school board as
amended reads "children of alien
BIRTH" it is freely admitted by Mayor
Schmitz and his associates that the
resolution will apply only to the Japa'
nese children and that the change in
the wording was to make it plain to
the Toxic government that no dis
: elimination was intended against
Japanese children.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
POLICE RAID UNIVERSITY.

eeventy-one RevoIutionists Arrested
at Public Meeting.
ST. Petersburg, Feb. 18.-The Social
Revolutionists have been holding
meetings in the university building
here under the cover Of university
autonomy. The police, however, de-
termined to put an end to these gath
erings and, surrounding tho univer'
sity, arrested seventy-one revolution
lists and seized 1900 pounds Of incen-
diary proclamations.
The project of police has ordered
the arrest of all persons distributing
election literature in behalf of the
Radical party and closed two printing
establishments where Radical ballots
were being prepared.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
Four Men Blown to Atoms.

London, KY, Feb. 18.-Foreman
Sutton and three of his crew were
killed by a dynamite explosion near
Halle Patch, in this county, while
working on the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad. The bodies were blown
to atoms. ~.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
BARS JAP LAB0RERS
SENATE APPROVES CONFERENCE
REPORT ON THE lMMI.
GRAFTON BILL.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The admins
tYation plan to settle the California
Japanese situation was approved by
the senate today in the adoption of
the conference report on the immigra-
ton bill. This report contains pro-
vision which authorizes the president
to exclude Japanese laborers from
the United States at his discretion.
The report now will 60 to the house
for it's approval, which. it has been
stated, Is assured.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
Professional Card

STEPHEN c. VASALY. Consel or-at-Law
sSpecialty: 1st Mortgage Loans,
saly Block.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN MISSOURI

Oatoonkeeper Kills Two Men and Ie
Himself Shot Dead.
Maiden. Mo-, Feb. 19.-"Doctor" A..
L. Brannon, a saloonheeper, who at
night shot and killed Attorney D. B.
Cox and Dr.. J. w. Beall In the latter's
Office, was shot and killed himself a
few hours later while being removed
from the Jail at Maiden to Kennett
Tor safe keeping. The killing of Bran
non was by an unidentified person
standing in the shadow of a building
hear the Maiden JAIL
The trouble leading up to the kill
ing OF Cox and Beall is said to have
been over the liquor question.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
TWENTY ARE KILLED
MORE THAN A HUNDRED OTHERS
INJURED IN ELECTRIC RAIL-
ROAD ,D'sAsTER.

Is Deraiied in the Outskirts Of New
York City, the Coaches Being Torn
to Pieces and the Occupants strewn
Along the Tracks for Distance OF
One Hundred Yards.
New York, Feb. 1S.-Twenty dead,
two fatally hurt and 145 more or less
seriously injured is the result OF
wreck of an electric express train on
tho New York Central railroad at Two
Hundred and Fifth street and Web
ster avenue. Of the large number OF
injured fifty are seriously hurt.
The train, filed with matinee
crowds and commuters, was made up
Of five coaches.
The train was rounding q sharp
curve when the three rear coaches
were derailed and, tumbling on their
sides, were dragged 100 yards before
the couplings gave way and the four
ears piled together In ruins at the foot
Of a low embankment.
A sheet of electric fame that sig
nailed the disaster enveloped the rear
car and for a moment threatened to
roast alive the victims pinioned in
the debris.
There was death for many, while
practically every one In the four
coaches received injuries Of some sort
The speed was so great that the
overturned coaches were dragged 100
yards.
Uninjured Dragged to Death.
While this distance was being
traversed men, women and children
who had escaped injury in the over
turning of the coaches were dragged
to death.
Finally the coaches plowed VI
enough dirt and snow in front Of then
to bring the engine to halt. The
dead and dying were strewn along the
tracks. The victims were utterly I'm
recognizable.
It was with difficulty that the res
cuers could tell whether the victims
were white or black. Many OF then
had their clothing torn of and wer'
almost nude when found.
Scattered over the tracks were tn
mutilated remains Of the passengers
In gathering them up the rescuer
made no attempt to place them to
gether, but separate piles were mad
of each part of the human anatom!
found.
Police reserves from half a doze1
or more stations were ordered imme
diately to the scene of the disaster.
The spreading of the rails is said t.
have caused the wreck. The trail
was going at a seventy-mile an hou
rate
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22

". VASALY. Attorney at Law, ono
over old Herald building,
1913. Little Falls, MINI,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
INDIANA Triple TRAGEDY.

Woman Kills Her Two Young Daugh'
tiers and Herself.
Connersville, Ind, Feb. 18.-Mrs. J..
8. Mundelle, aged thirty.f1ve years,
killed her two daughters, aged four
years and seven months respectively,
and then committed suicide. She was
alone in the house with the children
and when Mr.. Mundelle returned home
for luncheon he found the house
locked and the blinds drawn. In
down stairs bedroom lying side by
side on a bed with their threats cut
were the woman and two children.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22
SLABS HIMSELF IN BREAST.
Condemned Man Attempts to Commit
Suicide,

C0hdemhed Wan HttenPtS % Con6tN
Suicide.
Kansas City, Feb. 18.-Frank Hot
man, under sentence Of death with
Mrs. Aggie Myers for killing Clarence
Myers, the woman's husband, attempt
ed to commit suicide in his cell in
the county Jail here, stabbing himself
In the breast. He may die. During
the night Hoffman had soaked matches
In water and drank the liquid. but
without effect.
Hoffman had recently been granted
a respite to April. Mrs. Myers is in
Jail at Liberty, Mo. Her case has
been appealed to the United States
supreme court.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-19
LOTTERY OUTFIT
 SOLD AT AUCTION
FEDERAL COURT HAS SALE OF PRESSES AND OTHER BELONG INGS OF LOUISIANA LOTTERY COMPANY.

Mobile, July .-(Special)-All that is left of the old Louisiana state lot terv paraphanalia was sold yesterday under the hammer at 261 St. Mlchael street. The whole outfit of the print ing plant, which struck off monthly lists of drawings aggregating millions brought $1246. It's estimated value was s25.OOO. Four presses costing in the neighb orh ood of $4OoO piece were sold for s25O. Thousands of lists of the last drawing of the Honduras Lottery company are piled up at one side of the room on the second floor of the Dullu- ing, but they belong to the United States government and will probably be destroyed.
 As a result of the test made today of the steel bars in the condemned cell and other parts of the new county iail made by W. N. Bowman, repre- sentative of the Stewart Jail works or Cincinnati, which is furnishing the steel he ordered that all the bars be taken down and returned to the fac- tory. He said that the material en- tering into the composition of the bars was according to the specifications, put through some oversight at tie factory the bars had not been properly tenn pered. As proof of his assertion parts of the bars which were cut out by Inspector Murray were retemperea at the three local foundries, when efforts to saw through them were unavailtng, several saws being ruined in the teY-. The county commissioners will hdd their investigation tomorrow.
 Vice President w. D. Stratton of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City rail- road announced today the appointment of W. F. owen of New Orleans as gen eral manager and assistant to the
 president of the Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City railroad. The new ap- pointee is now holding responsible
 position with the New Orleans, Crowley
 and Western railroad. President Berg
 who was in the city, left this afternoon | for New Orleans, where he will con
 fer with the new general manager Who
 will shortly come to Mobile to assume l h Jttff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-19
"GUM SHOE" MUST
 NOT BE TIPPED OFF
POSTMASTER GENERAL SENDS OUT WARNING TO POSTMAS- TIERS TO LET INSPECTORS PASS ON WITHOUT WARNING.

Washington, July 1S.-(Special) )-General warning has been sent to all postmasters that they are not to ''giye the tip to other postmasters that postoffice inspec- tors are in the vicinity. This took the form of a general order and was the re- suit of the discovery that many post masters were in the habit of giving the tip" to each other The same thing that aas been practiced in police departments of many cities where patrolmen on their beats notify officers on other beats that the gum shoe man is around"
 As soon as the matter was reported to Postmaster General Meyer, he today is sued the following order:
 ''It has been brought to the attention of the department that in some instances postmasters have notified neighboring postmasters of the presence of postoff1ce inspector. This is prejudicial to the best interests of the service and contrary to the purposes of the postmaster general. All postmasters and postal employees are hereby directed not to inform other post masters of the presence or of the con- templated visit of postoffice inspector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-19
TRIAL OF TICKET
 AGENT PROCEEDS
JUDGE LONG SECURES JURY TO TRY GREENS CASE-TWO OF SOUTHERN RY. MEN ARE CON- VICED OF VIOLATING LAW.

Raleigh, N. C., July 1S.-The trial of the Southern railway for allegal violation of the rate law and of E. T. Green, Southern ticket agent, charged with a msdemeauor in selling tickets in excess of the rate of 2A cents, ordered by the state, started before Judge Long in the state court to- day. The jury was soon secured
 Judge Pritchard of the federal court, who issued tine injunction under which the Southern railway claims to be allowed to sell at rates above the state rates, ar rived here from Asheville today but as yet has made no move for an injunc tion or to interfere with the case in the state court.
 The trial of Ticket Agent Green pro- ceeded in the state court without interrup ton. Judge Pritchard of the federal court, who arrived from Ashevile this morning, left for Asheville this afternoon, having done nothing here though pre- sumably coming to try a writ of habeas corpus. His immediate return to Asheville is said to be to issue habeas corpus pa- pers in the cases of Wood and Wilson, the Southern railway agents there, sent to the chain gang for thirty days for selling tick cts above the state rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-19
STANDIFER OUT
 KENNEMER IS TN
GuntersvIle Man Will Become Assist ant District Attorney After
 October i.

W. Ii. Standifer. assistant United States distrie; attorney for the Northern dis trlct of Alabama tendered his resigna ton to the attorney general on the 12th inst, to go Into effect on October l, 1907. MT. Standfer has held this position for the past seven years, and is well known throughout the district. He will engage In the general practice of law after the date his resignation goes into effect
 Charles D. Kennamer of Guntersville, has been appointed by District Attorney o. D. Streit to succeed MT, Standifer, and will assume his duties on October 1.
 MT. Standifer in stating his reason for resigning said
 My resignation was caused by friction that would arise In the office by my fur ther retention In the same. After October l will open a law office for the general practice of law in Birmingham
 MT. Kennamer is well known through out the republican ranks in Alabama and has practced law for a number of years at Guntersville, although still compara- lively young man. He Is graduate of the Georgetown Law school and stands well as a member of the bar. He at one time ran for Congress from the Seventh district polling something like 5000 votes. He has host of friends throughout the state who are predicting a brilliant fu- ture for him in his new position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-19
ALABAMA RIVER IMPROVEMENTS Captain Cavanaugh Submits
 His Report for Year MUCH WORK TO BE DONE Engineer Recommends Continuation of snageing Operations and Dredg-
 ing of Channels-Large Money
 Balance Yet Available.
MUCH WORK TO BE DONE

Washington. July S.-(Special)- Capt J. B. cavanaugh, engineer III charge of the Alabama river, has SUD o- mitted his annual report to the war department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. He states that the rlVer ] was uniformly high throughout the year. Of Instructions removed, z9o were trees, 52 stumps and logs. Due to high water the dipper dredge was able to work very little during the season. A jetty 24O feet long was con strueted at Upper Causes bar to hold the channel, the channel in the dredged cut and a jetty partially constructed at Lower Causes bar for the same puf- poses
 In his recommendations Captain Cav anaugh says: Smuggling operations should be continued. Channels should be dredged across these shoals which obstruct navigation, and these channels should be secured by works of regula- tion These old works of regulation found to be properly located should De repaired or rebuilt as may be required. As far as practicable work should be carried on from the mouth of the river up stream. The most troublesome ob- structions at present are Jewetts bar. Silver Creek sh oals, Harrie's Island Stems Island. Hobbs Island, Evans lower bar, McGuire's bar, First bar above Selma and Gardner's Island, and it is expected that some work will be done upon all of these during the com ing season.
 Money statement: July 1, 1906, bal ance unexpended, $51, ,635 50 amount appropriated by Congress March ,. last, s200,000; amount expended during last fiscal year, $31 ,2S5 b6; balance avail able July l, 1907, over outstanding lia- bllities, $211,3S6 91. Amount required to complete project and which Captain Cavanaugh thinks could be protitably expended In year ending June 30, 1909, $100,000: $70.000 for improvement and S25,000 for maintenance of improve ment. Since 1878 total appropriations for the Alabama foot up $719,000, that of last March being the largest and that of 1905 ($100,000) was second larg- est Before that the appropriations ranged from $10,000 to $50 000 only.