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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16

served notce on the clerk Of the
supreme court not to deliver any
81 exhibits in the Thaw case to- an u
Gne claiming to be Thaw's counsel
until the question of wno is to be
counsel Of record is settled.
New York, April 15.-It was an
nounced today that Dolphin M. Delmas
senior counsel for Harry K ThawS in
his recent trial for the murder of Stan.
ford White, has voluntarily and ire
vocably severed his connection with
this famous case.
Harry K. Thaw was the ruling
spirit of his own defense from the very
hour he shot White until the jury was
finally discharged, and at all stages
vehemently asserted his rights as the
defendant on trial to dictate to his
counsel the course to be pursued. He
commanded them to follow his orders
and brool1ed no interference or. sug-
gestion from even his own distracted
family
Thaw's determination, his wilful-
ness and his unexpected battlefield
orders flung at his lawyers often jeo-
pardized his life, and strained almost
to the breaking point the ill-conceived
personal animosities and jealousies
existing among counsel.
HUnwritten Law" Thaws Theory.
1t is likely true that Thaw himself
caused his case to be fought out on
the thin-ice defense of justification un-
der the so-called "unwritten law and
firmly believed that he would be trium-
phantly acquitted without the jury re.
tiring from the box. He was firmly
convinced that his defense of justifica-
tion, presented principally through the
awful story told by his girl-wife on
the stand, would secure his instant ac-
quittal.
the citizens of New York would be
SO enraged at any jury which would
convict him that the jurors would be
mobbed before they could leave the
court house.
Perhaps the most astounding revela-
tion made was the following:
When the trial was resumed after
the report of the lunacy commission
Mr.. Delmas, with the Judgment of the
commsS sion that Thaw was sane be-
hind him, prepared to introduce DR.
Hamilton and the other experts whom
Jerome had called before the com
mission to prove T.-aw insane
This, in the judgment of several
able lawyers, would in all probability
have resulted in an acquittal for Thaw.
Mr.. Delmas called DIR. Hamilton 70
the stand and as he prepared to ques-
ton him he was surprised to receive
from Thaw a note on which was writ
ten the words: You are no longer in
charge of my case" Delinas naturally
was thunderstruck and he asked per-
mission Of the court to confer with
his client, which, being granted, ae
went back to where Thaw was sitting
and asked him what the note meant.
1T means Just what it says" Thaw
replied. You are going to make those
men testify that / am insane. / am
not insane and you know it, You are
no longer IN charge of my case"
SURE OF F$Acao.TTAL,
THAWS PLANNED A TOUR.
Pittsburg, Pa. April During the
weeks automobile show which closed
here Saturday an agent of Mrs. Will
ham Thaw purchased three large auto
mobiles from the represtatiye e q
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
PROMINENT Ploneer Dead.

Cedar Rapids, April 15 (Special) -
James Yuill, highly respected citizen
Of this city and a prominent pioneeris
dead at the age of 81 years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
Bank Robber is Sentenced.

Dubuque, April 15.-( (SpeciaI Bar
ney Hanson, the Masonyille bank rob-
Der, who confessed To his deeds and
told where the money was hidden, was
sentenced today to tnree years and
four months imprisonment
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
sutton Leaves PARIS.

Paris, April 15. George Sutton, the
American billiard player who recently
conducted a school for billiards in the
city and against whom the police is
sued an expulsion order under the law
for the prevention Of gambling left
Paris this morning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
wREckERs' WORK DEADLY.
Three Killed, One Hurt When Train on
Texas &, Pacific is Thrown
Into Open Switch,

Alexandria, La, April 15. Three
men killed and one probably fatally in
jured is the result of what is believed
to be the work of train wreckers at
Cheneyville, thirty miles southeast of
here on the Texas & Pacific railroad,
when westbound passenger train
plunged into an open switch. The
dead are:
Engineer John ]. Covington, New
Orleans.
Fireman Michael Kass, New Orleans.
Unidentified man, whose charred
body was found in the wreckage.
An investigation showed that the
switch locks had been broken, the
switch turned and the signal lantern
thrown away.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
PATTERSON MUST PAY.
Colorado Publisher and. Former sena-
tor Held for Contempt Of Court
Fine OF $1,000,

Washington, April 15.The supreme
court today dismissed a writ of error,
for lack Of jurisd diction, in the case of
former United StRtes senator, Thomas
M. Patterson, of Colorado, in which
the senator was fined $1,000 by the
Colorado supreme court on the charge
of contempt for publishing in his pap
ers articles reflecting on the judges.
The action has the practical effect OF
affirming the decision of the Colorado
courts. .i
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
Tax Law Constitutional.

Washington April 15.-New York's
transfer tax law was today declared
constitutional by the supreme court Of
the United States
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16

KILLS HIMSELF
FROM HUNTING AND
PUTS CHARGE THROUGH HIS
HEART-loWA SPECIALS

Marshalltown, April 15. (SpeciaD -
George McLane, a well known farmer
of Bangor, shot himself last night and
died Instantly He spent the day wolf
limiting with hounds, returned home in
the evening and put the cEarge of a
shotgun through his heart. The shoot
ing occurred at 8 o'clock Sunday even
ing. 1t is believed he was demented
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
PUBLISHING HOUSE
$4,000 Printing Plant To Be Erected
There Discussion Lasts Hours

Lamont, April 15-After discus
sion lasting three hours. it was unan-
imously voted to rebuild the Herald
publishing house at Lamont. This
means Lamont will have a $4,000
printing plant on the ruins of the one
which burned January 5.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
TABLES TURNED
ON LYNCHERS
WHILE TAKING NEGRO PRISONER
FROM LOUISIANA JAIL MOB is
FIRED UPoN-MAN ESCAPES.

81
New Orleans, La, April 15.-While a
score or more of white men were talk
ing negro charged with criminal as
sault on white woman from the jail
at Bunkie. La. last night with the in
tention Of lynching MIN, they were
fired on by a crowd of negroes who had
hidden near the jail. Three white men
were wounded and one probably will
die. After the shooting the negroes
got away, carrying the negro prisoner
with them.
Lynchers Wounded Each Other.
Later dispatches from Bunkie are to
the effect that the story of the mob of
whites being fired on by negroes is
secuted at and that it is, now the gen
eral belief that when the negro prison
er got away from his would-be lynchers
after being taken from the jail, many
shots were fired by members of the
lynching party who wounded each
other.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16

The way to influence man is to get
it into his head that he thought of it
himself
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16

Former Railroad Commissioner Dies.
Des Moines, April 15.- (Special)-
Welcome Momery, a former railroad
commissioner. passed away this morn
ing at Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
WADE RETIREs;eRANT SUCCEEDS
Commander Of Division Of Atlantic
Leaves Army After 46 Years
Service,

Service.
New York, April 15.-Major General
James F. Wade, u. s. A. for several
years past in command of the division
of the Atlantic with headquarters on
Governors island, retired from active
service yesterday after forty-six years
Iof service. . Major General Frederick
ID. Grant SUE seeds him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-16
DEL N |. A S 0 u | |
BEFORE TRIAL
WAS OVER
Thaw Discharged Chief
Counsel and Lost Chance
OF Acquittal by
Orders

New York, April 15.-Daniel
Q'Reily Of Thaw's counsel, today
served notice on the clerk Of the,
supreme court not to deliver any
exhibits in the Thaws case to ar " y3
sne claiming to be Thaw's counsel
until the question Of w1o is to be
coun sci Of record is settled.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
ENGLISH ErcHlNss.

In the reign OF Henry III. judges
salary was $50 y year.
The average marriage rate In Great
Britain is sixteen in thousand.
1t is calculated that 10 fewer than
$4,000 people spend their lives OH the
canal boats and barges OF Great Brit
ain.
The use OF tobacco In England ia
almost universal among males above
the age OF sixteen. The pipe is aeen
everywhere-In the home, ON the street
and the sporting held.
A Catholic settlements association is
being tried in the Koxton district OF
London TO keep track of tho Stun boys
after they leave school. and so far the
results have been good.
In London the other day pair of
riding boots worn by Oliver Cromwell
were sold for $40. They wero discov-
cred thirty years ugo during some ex-
cavations at Canonbury tower, Isling.
ton.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
A Wife In Rondaas.

He Is that rare and greatly to be
admired person, real live duke, aud
he holds sway over many workers.
10 give him his due. he IL a good mas
ter, and for the most part his Kindness
is greatly appreciated by his retainers
But Bob Willet Is n laborer with
democratic procllvltIes AMI marked
dlstaste for work, and recently his
ducal master determined that the ono
thing TO do with Bob was TO dismiss
him. whereupon he. did so. and Bob
came TO the conclusion that the time
had now arrived when the pride OF tho
peerage shouai be humbled. The Diff
hculty was to think OF something suf.
ficienty biting. for the duke was q
good master, as has been remarked.
Then an inspiration flashed on Bob.
The dukes duchess had been appoint.
ed lady in waiting to the queen, and
this was Bob's opportunity
"All right. yer grace" he said. "I'll
go. but I'll take heart TO say this:
Though I'm poor man I've never
had TO send my missus out to service.
and that's more'n some people eau
say."-London Chronicle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24

10 Invention since 1896 How MANY
OF the recent inventions would 1t take
TO offset the electric railway systems
OF the United States? Since when
was there created an industry of the
extent of the automobile When has
there been devised two inventions
which have given so much pleasure
and created so much annoyance MS
the monograph and the automatic
piano? What inventor IN the last ten
years has done as much for the lny.
mess man rs did the perfection of
the typewriter? Who has contributed
10 the newspaper owner or publisher
an invention as valuable as the tyne
setting machine? What would han
pen 10 the world tomorrow IL its stor.
age batteries lost their etrciencyc
When will some inventor do as much
FOR business architecture as did the
genius who designed a building with
steel frame and multiplied the
practical height and efficiency OF a
structure by six or eight?
1t will he urged that the principles
of snch inventions as the telephone
electric light tynewriter. and other
epochmoking devices were known in
advance Of 1876. Admitted. hut what
OF 1T? We now know the pr,nciple
or eXtrncfing l,nai and mower directs.
from coal without combustion and
tho CONSEQUENT waste hut this foc.
VIII NOT ac'ract from the credit of
the man who solves the problem
II 1t ever IL solved None of the
things have enumerated was In
practical operations in 1876.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
SHORT STORIES.

The New York Stock Exchange has
thlrty-three of Its original members.
In Clinton county. Mo-. there are 100
mon who own farms Of 1000 acres
each.
At the ago OF forty a man usually
attains Ills highest weight; woman
at lfty.
The Sue2 canal on and after January
next Will be available for vessels
drawing twcnty-cight feet.
In recent years st. Louis and Kan.
sas City have supplied nearly all the
mules bought for the United States
army. Recent bids for eaddle mules
were as high as S174,1o each.
The toligntes on the Monticello and
Wurtsboro and White Lake roads in
sullivan county, N. Y, have been
thrown open TO the public for the first
time In more than 100 yoars, ana til,
roads will be free hereafter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
The Passing Of The Age of Invention

This Is the startling title of an ar.
ticle by Frederick Uphnm Adams in
Appleton's Magazine. in the course
Of Which he says.
A careful study of the history of
? the mechanical progress convinces
mat the inventive age attained the
primo of lis splendid career In the
Years Inclusive of 1876 and 1896, and
mat IN that wonderful period the
world Witnessed the conception and
practical development Of larger
number of valuable devices than any
preceding era, also that II Is decided.
y " improbable that any future gener-
alton win approach It's record. BE.
lorc our optimistic friends scott at
this rather dismal prediction | will
ASK them to name some really great
invention or discovery which has
Deen announced since 1896, He may
name scores OF little devices. but IL
he VIII look into the facts he will
likely find that MI of them are based
on the superb series OF fundamental
inventions and discoveries which
marked 1886
suppose that those years We're
stricken out of mechanical and sci
entiilc ndvancement-wha would tho
world be denied? The telephone.
electric lights. both arc and mean.
descent: gns lights of hglh Intensity
anu economy. electric railroads wire.
Tess telesraphy, duplex and multiple
biography, the typewriter. electric
heating, all the innumedable forms of
electric bells and signaling, automo.
Dies. bicycles, motor cycles motor
hoats. typesetting machines, the pho.
npgraph, highspeod elevators, scien.
the cold storage and refrigeration
steel Elildinss which have reyolu.
lionized our cities-the list is far
idom complete, but thos who are not
properly impressed with this list may
reflect that 1S76.9G also added such
lesser Inventions and systems as ca.
Die railroads (now diacarded). cam.
: eras and all sorts of photocraphic
spaieriai suitable for popular. use, all
5pfaHes safety couplings. safety raz.
: OTIS, smoke consumers, pneumatic
TIDES. electric photography. moving
picture machines, the wonders OF
modern dentistry, and the bewilder
me- assortment of breakfast foods.
All these and many more were
esowdea into the twenty-year period
have in mind. and again I as,, .hose
5 VINO think we are keeping mn the
Race then set to name lew inven
lions which deserve TO he classed
VIVID me thirty which have bee,,
enumerated. Would 1t be advisable
70 discard the telephone or electric
ights for 80 that has been added
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
votinia Terms.

Ballot as generally used. has wan
dered far from its original meaning
Of little ball.' Even "blackbnlling"
is no longer necessarily literal Ian
gunge has several fossil relics OF priln-
itive methods of voting. Most famous
is "oslracism." which perpatuates the
memory OF the ''ostrakon," the pot
sherd or shell upon which the Athenian
citizen voted for the punishment of n
too prominent parsonage. Another in
stance Is ''spoDdulicks,' the slang
word for money. \ "spondulos," prop
crly vertebra OF the spine. came TO
mean any round thing aud In purticu-
lar the voting pebble or its metal
equivalent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
THEY WON'T SHUT DOORS.
And They will Eide Backward, Re-
Ports . Traveller of EnaIishmen.


Ports Traveller of Enalshmen.
Travellers returning from England
tell of two habits of the people of that
country which impressed them. One
Is the average Englishmans aversion
to shutting the door behind him.
II don't know how II is In the Eng
lash houses remarked one who has
toured England. FOR was not in one
of them, Bnt stayed In hotel in
London where there were good many
English people, and dozen times
daily had 10 get up and shut door
TO keep the draft away.
ut didn't make any difference
whether 1t was servant or n guest
who went through, the door was left
open. This was in the spring OF the
year. too. when the weather was chilly.
noticed the same thing In railway
coaches and hotels OF smaller towns"
The other English popularity is a
preference for riding backward on
trains. The Engishman will make for
the seat with its back To the engine
every time. plant himself down In 1t
with every. evidence OF comfort and
look wonderlngly at anybody who
picks out n seat facing the direction
the train Is going. Not once did one
American travelling in England see n
native choose seat facing the front
or the train unless there were no other
seats.-New York Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
FRIENDSHIP.

A really good friend is so rare that
to lose ono IL tragedy.
There are plenty OF good friends for
those who deserve them.
The greatest pity In the world is
when two friends who have been use.
ful and agreeable to each other quar-
rel.
When an unmarried man loses q
friend by death he goes TO the fu-
asrai- After he is married he sends
bis wife.
Have you one friend In the whole
world whom YOU would be willing to
hear everything you have said about
him behind his bsck?--A.chisou Globe.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
THE WATERMELON.
Not What 1t used to ae. at Least In
the Eating Thereof.

Not What IL used to ae. at Least In
the Eating Thereof.
In The old days when the world was
much better than it is now, there were
good watermelons.
As we remember them, the water
melons OF twenty-five or thirty or thir-
1--we years ago were huge affairs.
They were none OF your overgrown
cucumber effects OF today, but we're
great big round fellows, and the out
Side was u dark green. 1t was the
same shade OF green rs the reflection
OF the trees in II swimming hole.
Aud whea you sunk the knlfe into it
the rind ripped and cracked for two
inches ahead OF the blade, and the
melon just laughed itself open
Hold on. You didn't use knife.
You lifted the melon above your head
and dropped 1t 10 The ground, and 1t
burst open, as red NJ rose and a
hundred times us sweet. And you ate
nothing but the hcart--Just the chunky
red heart
Nowadays the marketman shows you
an oblong affair done In pale green
and grconery-ynllery stripes, with n
white hlotch ON the underside. that he
calls watermelon. And you cut 1t
into slices like bologna sausage AMI
eat ii with fork. like pie.
And YOU have forgotten whether a
watermelon goes pink pink or PUNK.
PUNK when it IL ripe, because 1t
doesn't make any difference now
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
kkSSrevities
The HALL OF FAME.

General &. NJ. B. Young retired, has
been appointed superintendent OF Vel
lowstonc park by the president.
James Niece has been appointed rat
Inspector at Seattle. His business Is
TO prevent rats from getting ashore
from ships.
DIR. Peter Fraser, one OF the medical
officers OF England, with salary of
$4,000. has given up his work TO Join
the Methodist foreign mission in In.
dia.
}. II. Forman OF Parker. Wash. re-
ceiyed Si.4U2.50 for pears grown on
half an acre of land. He got $50 boxes
of FIRST class aud 100 boxes OF second
class fruit.
Dr. George Archbold. who was chief
chemist Of the war department half a
dozen years ago and who recently died,
was the inventor of the process for
making snlphide paper pulp.
W. II. Scott OF tho Salt River valley
or Arizona has bought In New Mexico
23'ooo sheep and will drive them to
the southern part OF his state, which
VIII be reached next February.
State Senator L. G. Barrier OF Shreye-
port. La, owns sword which was
carried In the Texas war OF independ.
ence by General Thomas j. Rusk, aft.
erward vice president OF the republic
OF Texas.
Walter Scott. the late inventor and
builder Of printing presses, was one of
the thirty-nine inventors who were
mentioned by the commissioner OF pat
ents as having been granted patents
each year In twenty-slx years.
Emperor Nicholas has given Pre-.
mier Stolypln permission to wear the
Japanese order of the Sun OF Paulow.
MA. bestowed upon him by the EN-.
peror of japan. This is the first time
since the late war that the emperor
has granted such request.
George Abetz OF Southlngton. Conn.
has launched the janitor trust. He
VIII have tho care OF the South Cen
Ter. Bceeher Street and Plantsyille
schoolhouses, and lie Will also have
the sextonshlp OF the First Baptist.
Methodist Episcopal and st. Paurs
Episcopal churches.
Aianton Marble. who was a leading
journalist In New York forty years
ago and more, is living in retirement
la Bedford. n. Y. He IL now seventy
TWO years OF age. He realized e com:
Portable fortune from the. sale of the
New York World to Jay Gould over
twenty-five years ago.
Lieutenant Colonel David Legge
Bralnard has assumed Ills duties at
San Francisco OF chief commissary Of
the department OF California. BESIDES
his excellent military record, he was a
member OF the Lockwood exploring
expedition In 1882 TO the northwesa
coast OF Greenland and also figured Ia
the Greedy expedition in 1891.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
Custard.

Concerning custard. or "custad," as
1t was formerly called, 1t was Il COM
mon joke at civic fcasts In the olden
time to place an enormous custard in
the middle Of the table. into which at
come stage OF the proceedings the
clown unexpectedly jumped Ben Jon
son uses the term "cusiard leap jack"
OF one who in tail of n sheriff's dinner
took his almain leap into II cus.ard'
to make my lady mayoress and her
sisters lnugh all their hoods over their
shoulders. - iackwood's Magazine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
Auto Crazy.

Bill--lt is said that Spanish col.
lege has chair of automobiling.
Jill--It must look funny to see the
professor sitting in it with his cog.
giles, rubber nose and mouthguard to
prevent the smell OF the gasoline
from tickling his palate.--Atlanta
Constitution.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
Nc Answer.

Tommy-Pop. mans wife Is his
better half. isn't she?
Tommy's pop-so we are told. my
soy.
Then II man marries twice there
Isn't anything left OF him. Is thereT'--
!.OndSn Telegraph.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24
In Its Mature.

Il teach my parrot only short
words
DO y1i? Now. should think that
parrots were better adapted to ie m
ing polysyllables. baltimore Amer,.
can.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-24

Ayaries says II wlll Cypress the
weak aud ,levour tie fruits OF his Ia ;
bprs, am! Will say That II is fate that
has SO ordained. voiney.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-26
THE SALVATION ARMY

Meetings every night, EXCEPT We'd
nesday. in the hall. corner of King
street and Nnuanu avenue. commcnc-
ing at 8 O'Clock
Sunday services: knee drill at ..
m; holiness meeting at II: JUROR
meeting and Bible classes at 3 y. m.
Young peoples meeting at s y. M. hal
lclujah windup. with enrolment Of re.
cruits NJ s y. m.
Meetings In the japanese outpost
hall. I5S n. Berctania avenue. Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday. for Jap
anese. commencing at y. m. Wednes.
day and Friday evenings, school and
Bible study. commencing at 7 y. m. Sun
day school at 9:30 "A. m.
Sunday school on School street neal
Liliha, every Sunday afternoon at 2:JO
Everybody Is cordially invited to PIT.
tend the meetings and to send the
children to the Sunday schools.
Adjutant and Mrs. Bambcrry IL
charge, assisted by Captain Armstrong
and Lieut.. Long.