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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
THAw APPEARS TO BE WORRIED
Does Not Want 60 Have Lunacy
COmmission Appointed
Now.

NEW YORK. Feb. 24-Ciifford W. Hart
ridge, personal counsel to Harry X. Thaw,
visited the prisoner at the Tombs today
and for an hour the two discussed various
matters, among them. It was said the pos
sibility that the prosecution might seek to
interrupt the cross-examination OF the de-
fendant's wife when Thaw's trial was re-
sumed tomorrow morning. 1t had been re-
ported, though without apparent authority
that District Attorney Jerome would shift
his attack on the defense and insist that
the direct examination of Drs. Dsemar
and Bingaman. alienists for the defense, be
concluded before the state continued its
cross-examination of Mrs. Thaw. This
move would be construed I'm the direction
of an application for a lunacy commission
to examine Thaw. This report is said TO
have reached the prisoner and caused him
no little uneasness today. Mr.. Hartridge,
however was able to assure him that Mrs.
Thaw's examination would be completed
before the defense called other witnesses.
Stipulation TO this effect had been given, the
lawyer said.
Attorney John b. Gleason, associated
with the defense, spent twenty minutes
with Thaw earlier in the day. In spite
of these talks with his counsel the pris-
oner was reported as having spent a rest
less unhappy day. 1t is well known that
he desires nothing less than to undergo a
mental examination. That Thaw's fears
have some basis in fact was evinced to-
day in statement credited to a court
! official. According to this man. Mrs. Will
/ liam Thaw. mother of Harry, ten days ago
approached the district attorney through
| friends and expressed her willingness that
commission in lunscy be appointed. The
mothers state Of mind, II is said. was the
result OF having read the narrowing story
told on the witness stand by her daughter
in-law and the merciless cross-examination
by jerome. combined with the natural
shrinking she felt from taking the witness
| stand herself.
1t is understood that Mr.. Jerome on his
part wishes to avoid at this time such
/ dramatic action as asking for a lunacy
| commission He has declared in court,
however. that II he could be convinced that
! the slayer OF Stanford White was insane
he would drop the prosecution.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
GREAT PRAISE FOR REscUER
Captain Sperling of DOrdecht the
Hero of the Hour in
Europe.

LONDON. Feb A-The newspapers here
and on the continent are ringing with
praises of the heroism of Captain Sperling
OF Dordecht. to whose initiative and cour-
age it was entirely due that the last three
survivors OF the steamer Berlin, which
was wrecked of the Hook OF Holland, were
rescued
All the survivors of the Berlin are pro-
gressing favorably. They tell affecting
stories of their terrible experiences aboard
the wreck which. according TO the sal
vagers. presented an awful spectacle Of
destruction.
Sad scenes were Witnessed at Harwich
yesterday on the arrival for burial OF the
first consignment OF bodies OF those who
met death in the disaster. Many bodies
are still missing and a number of those
that have been found have not yet been
identified.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
ENGINE NOT CAUSE OF WRECK
PennsyIvania OmciaIs Also CONFIDENT
Track Was I'm Perfect
Condition.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2L-The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company today issued a
statement In explanation of the accident
on Friday night near Johnstown. Pa. in
which many passengers on the Chicago spe-
cial were injured The statement says:
The investigating committee was Informed
by the superintendent OF motive power at
Altoona that the engine on train No 29
the Chicago special, was carefully in
spected before IL left the rOundhouse and
was In perfect condition. The gauge OF
the wheels was measured by the COMMITTEES
after the accident and found to be exact.
The committee has reason TO believe that
the entire length OF track equipped with
steel ties was In excellent condition before
the accident occurred.
The condition OF the passengers injured
In the wreck is reported tonight from the
Altoona (Pa-) hospital and the Allegheny
General hospital in this city as being ex-
cellent. All are expected TO recover
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
ELKINS FILES IHIS REPORT
Gets Into Record eajsctions to Rate
Law Passed EarIier In
sesston.

WASHINGTON, Fen Ex-senator Eikins
Of West Virginia has just completed and
filed IN the senate his minority repert on
the railroad rate law. 1t presents a history
of the development Of American railroads,
together with exhaustive tables which tend
to show a constantly decreasing freight and
passenger rate. and the relation between
such rates and the price OF commodities
and cost of labor.
"Tho average passenger rate" says the
report. advanced slightly from 1870 to 1880
During the next twcnty-four years there
was a decline amounting to 17.S per cent
Of the average for 1880. the net decline from
1870 to 1904 being 1914 per cent. The decline
in the average rate per mile per ton OF
freight was ssh per cent during the years
from 1S7O to 1904, the rate for the earlier
year being about two and a half times that
of the latter and the net saving to the
shippers averaging 11Os mills per ton mile"
The report says that the cost of trans
portation in 1904 was nearly 5000, CO., 900 less
than IL would have been had the rates for
1870 still prevailed.
The passenger business of 1904 exceeded
that Of 1900 by more than 25 per cent, while
the freight increase was 1876 per cent.
In comparison with the increase in wages
of railroad employees ftm an average wage
of s557.25 in 1900 to $s11sO in 1904, the report
says that the service th lsOI was so much
more eficienclty orgstized that the labor
contributed by the average ernploye ac-
complshed q per cent more in the move
ment Of passengers and "A per cent more in
the movement OF freight than in 1880
| The report gives the total railway capt.
talization June 80. 1904 as slo,711. 7s407S, and
! says this amount is 4H per cent less than
the commercial value OF the railways as
/ estimated by the census bureau.
| "In the face of the great Improvement
| in railway property since 1890" the report
says, 1.-The relatively Insignificant increase
of 5.s1 per cent in capitalization shows a de-
cided tendency towards more careful meth
ods of financing these properties
Compared with railroad rates abroad. the
report says:
doubtedly significant They show that
| American railways carry freight for rates
that average but WA per cent Of the av-
erage charged in France, 62SO per cent OF
/ that in Germany. 6O.s2 per cent OF that in
! Austria, 51.29 per cent Of that in Hungary,
about 80 per cent of that in italy and about
80 per cent of that in European Russia
Since 1890 American rates have declined
1915 per cent, French rates 1884 per cent
German rates S.96 per cent. Austrian rates
! 9.35 per cent and Hungarian rates 1O14 pei
cent"
| AS TO the increase in equipment. the re-
port says that during the last fourteen
years the increase in the number of cars
and locomotives has been relatively greater
than the mileage increase. besides both carr
and locomotives are now much larger thar
formerly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
NEBRASKA MAN is MISSING
October when He Disappeared
from Tacoma.

TACOMA. Wash. Feb. A.-(special Tele-
gram -)-GeOrge Burgess, aged a. whose
parents live at Nebraska City. disappeared
from Tacoma last October. He formerly
owned a grain elevator in Nebraska. but
sold out and went to New York. where he
created a sensation by scattering money on
the street until the police took him into
custody.
father 20 be treated by DIR. c. w. Harris,
who had helped him In Council Bluffs
Once before Burgess disappeared and was
unheand Of for months. until he wrote a
letter home from Athens. Greece. Mrs.
Burgess has just wired DIR. Harris TO ad-
yertise for him. stating that clairvoyant
recently consulted says he was drowned
IN the Columbia river.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
ALL OF THE PASSENGERS SAVED
Crew of Wrecked AustriAR-LlOyd ship
Perish on the Island of

CANEA. Island of Crete, Feb. A-All
the passengers on board the Austrian
Lloyd steamer Imperatrix. which ran on a
rock Friday evening near Elaphonisi were
saved. Forty members OF the crew, Of
whom thirty-two were Austrians and eight
indians. perished.
Among those rescued are the captain,
the doctor and the first engineer OF the
Imperatrix. Foreign warships brought
sixty-three survivors here and others were
transferred 70 the Austrian Lloyd steamer
Castore. which was sent from Trieste 10
assist In the work OF rescue. Several per-
sons injured at the time OF the disaster
are being attended here.
II has been learned that the first boat
launched was swaInped at once. The vessel
had valuable cargo Of lumber and mer-
chandise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
Emperor Pleased win Election

BERLIN. Feb. 2L-Emperor william to-
day gave an audience OF an hour to Count
Udo Won stolberg-Wernigerode. president OF
the Reichstag. 70 whom he expressed HE
great satisfaction at the result OF the re-
cent elections, which. he said. had shown
that the social democracy had been over
come. He hoped this spirit among the
people would continue. Regarding the
colonies Emperor William expressed the
wish that a large number OF the mem
bers OF the Reiehstag would convince them
selves as 10 their value By travelling there.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
Levee Freak Under Control.

NEW OFI-EANs, Feb. 2A-Control vas
secured today over the dangerous erevasse
near Jesuits Bend. the state engineers
succeeding in tying in" the ends OF the
broken levee so that the breach ala NOT
widen II was announced at the state en-
gineer's once that should the situation
become threatening the crevasse can be
closed. although at great cost. II was de-
cided 10 let the break flood the surrounding
country for few days at least.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
STEEL MAN CRITICALLY ILL
Frank J. Hearne, Head of Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. Likely
to Dte.

DENVER Colo, Feb. A-Frank J..
Hearne. chairman OF the board of directors
and president OF the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company, is critically III at his home
here Of peritonitis.
Mr.. Hearne is one Of the best known rail-
road and steel men in the country He
came TO Denver from Pittsburg to assume
the head Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company several years ago when the Gould
interests secured control.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
FIRE RECORD.


ST. LOUIS. Mo, Feb. A.-The nve-story
building at the northwest corner Of Frank
lin avenue and Seventh street. occupied by
the Globe Cipth!aS eompG.'y WIS dansged
$4,000 by hre this afternoon and three fire.
men were hurt, but none seriously. Fred
Hitler fell from a ladder and Jonn Clearv
and Com O'Donnell were struck by falling
debris. The loss is covered by insurance
The cause OF the fire has not been de-
termIned
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25

Ell PASO. Tex. Feb. A-Complalnt has
como from the rich cotton ginning IAguns
district OF the state Of coahuila Mexico
that the planters can find no market Tor
the large crop OF cotton raised last year
Governor Cardes OF that state. himself a
cotton manufacturer on a large scale Il
working on a plan TO interest the prfncipai
ginners In the establishment OF cotton mills
- rsork IN the aurDluA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
Peaeemaker Is KiIIed.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. A.-Mrs ]. Oscar
Richardson, wife OF a stationary engineer.
rushed between her son and husband IN
Rosedale. Kan. near here. today and was
stabbed 20 death by Richardson. The
couple had been quarreling when the son
interfered taking the mothers part. Rich
srdBon then attacked the son with a knife.
when the mother interfered
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
wAsHIHoToE.


Prominent republican predicts Roosevelt
will not accept nomination in 1908, but
will take a tour around the world and
may be a candidate for presidency in
1912. Page /
Senator Elkins files his long-delayed
minority report on the rate bill, giving
his reasons why the law should not have
cen passed. Page 1
asst week OF congress TO be devoted
< 'ly to appropriation bills, with little
x. for the ship subsidy measure get
{, cough Page 1
-: Roosevelt spends Sunday at
Gro Aere his son. Kermit, attends
schoo and delivers a short address to
the students in which he stands up for
the game OF foot ball. Page
Victor b. Dolliver. brother of the sena-
tor, found dead in bed in his apartments
at Fort Dodge. Page ]
LEGrsLATIvE.
Some talk among Nebraska Legislators
OF investigating charges against the State
Board of Purchase and Supplies Action
OF Omaha Commercial club in repudiating
action OF it's executive committee on the
2-cent fare bill is having a good effect on
the legislature. Page
FOREIGN.
French clerical organs say clergy will
not sign the proposed leases and Premier
CIemenceau asserts he never expected
they would. Page
Austrian students who were imprisoned
refuse to eat or drink unless liberated and
authorities finally yield and set chem free
Page ]
LOCAL.
Interstate Commerce commission orders
Northwestern road TO withdraw order re-
quirlng the Gamble Robinson Commission
company to prepay all freight charges
the order having originated over previous
! trouble over some consignments. Page
Rev II. c. Herring. who goes soon tE
New York to become secretary of hom'
| missions of the Congregational church
breaches his last sermon in Omaha
Page {
The Careful Observer expands on hii
IDEAS OF the value Of quiet enthusiasm !,
Page {
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
reception 10 Japanese Omcer..

HONOLULU. Feb. Ma reception was
held az the japanese consulate today
I'm honor Of Admiral Tomioki and ofacers
OF the japanese training squadron now in
this port The AFFAIR Was a brilliant one
ana many leadiAg citisens OF Hawaii were
present
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
OF THE BEE
Mosaay, Fesruary ss, 1eOs.
TEE WEArHER.

FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA-Partly
cloudy Monday and Tuesday.
FORECAST FOR IOWA-Fair Monday,
colder in east portion; Tuesday. fair.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
ROOSEVELT MEANT IT

Prominent RspubIOan Sure Roosevelt VIII
Hot Be Candidate Eext Year
LIKELY TO TAKE TRIP AROUND WORLD
Prominent Republican Figures Out Return
in 1919.
TIME THEN TO Be CANDIDATE AGAIN
Grant Prsgram May Be Repeated, Possibly
with Better Success.
NUMeER Of NEwsBoYS IN CONGRESS
wiIIiann Alden smith, the New Senator
from Michigan, one of the News
venaers who Has Attained
Promtnence.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
OFFICIAL HUNTER To
S[AY Wild BEASTS
Government Will Thus Afford
Protection for Dixie Forest
Reserve.
Special to The Tribune.

special TO Ihe Irlbune
WASHINGTON. June 25.-The forestry
bureau today announced the appointment
OF j. NJ. Moody, as hunter the Dixie
national forest In Utah. II Is announced
that this is in rulHIlment of the promise
of the chief forester to do something
TO help settlers all over the West TO les
predatory animals.
The object is TO bring about the eX
termination OF wolves and cougars. Hunt
ers have been appointed In three States
Utah. It is reported that the official hunt
er killed more than thirty old and young
wolves besides number OF COYOTES In
the Yellowstone reserve last spring.
The appointment Of the hunter on Dixie
forest was the result of petitions from
citizens OF Pine Valley. Conditions there
were SO bad that farmers were afraid
to allow their children 10 go after mllch
cows In The evening. and the losses from
stock killed We're heavy. The supervisor
Of the Dixie national forest reports that
IN 1889 and 1890. seveDty-two head OF
cattle were killed In radius Of twenty
miles. near the towns OF Pine Valley.
Pinto and New Harmony. The cattle
belonged to the people OF these three
towns Since that date there have been
from eight TO twenty-five killed annually.
During April and May of this year eight
were killed near Pine Valley. some OF
Many accounts have been received
OF the depredaJIons Of cougars In this To-
cality, In one case some ranchers were
only one and a half miles from Pine Val
ley in canyon, getting out poles when
a cougar came 10 their wagon and at
tackled a colt. They drove 1t off With
clubs. but In the night n returned and
killed the colt. In another case the ta-
seed by John M. Pulslpher end dragged
TO death
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
Passing of Mrs. Jane l., Mandel Recalls
Early-Day History.
,ecial TO The Tribune,

Special 10 The Tribune,
LARAMIE, Wyo,, June 25.-Mrs.
Jane Lee Mandel Of this city, who died
at Denver today, was one of the pio-
neer women of Laramie plain, coming
here in 1869, and becoming the wife Of
Philip Mandel the next year. She was
the granddaughter Of Dean of Durham,
England, and a relative of General Rob
ert r. Lee, serving the whole of the
Civil war as an army nurse in the Con
federate army.
Mr. Mandel came to the Laramie
plain when there was not land mark
on the plain, and being caught in a
storm in the fall while crossing the
plain with an OK team, he turned the
oxen loose and left them to die In the
spring he found them again fat and
sleek, the open range IN winter fur
nishing them abundant feed, that. be-
ing the beginning of the cattle business
here.
Mrs. Mandel leaves two daughters,
Mrs. William Lasher and Mrs, Charles
Hopkins. both Of this city.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
PRICE OF COAL MAY
Be RAISED JULY |.
Dealers Now Taking Orders Sub
ject to Price at Time of
Delivery.

By July l. In all probability. the price
OF coal Will be raised TO the retailers by
all the coal companies 80 cents per ton.
making the price &c. Immediately this is
done by the wholesaler, the retailer Will
raise the price TO the consumer. While
this statement is not authoritative il Is
derived from absolutely reliable sources
All orders for coel taken by retail
dealers at present are subject to the pre-
vailng price at the time Of delivery. This
indicates that an increase in the price
is expected In the near future: IL cannot
be long delayed.
II. G. Williams. manager of the Utah
Fuel company. Is at present at the mines
In Carbon county and may have some
Information TO impart on mis- return. e,
II. o Brien secretary of the Citizens
Coal company. left for the mines al Dia-
mondville. Wyo.. Tuesday night. and may
make an announcement on his return.
The managers OF other concerns have left
for the point of production. so that by
the time stated-July Ian official an
nouncement Of the Increased price may be
expected.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
KILLED INSTANTLY.
George Bills Meets Death During Ter
rife Electrical Storm
70 The Tribune.

NDeElHl TO 1 Hs IlpuHSs
VERNAL, June 25.-George Bills
was killed by stroke of lightning
Friday afternoon last. In company
with Edward Cotton, he had gone into
the cedars after load of posts. Short
" afterwards 8. wicked fash Of light
ming dazed Cation and knocked one of
his horses down on its knees When
Mr.. Cslton gathered himself and
caught the horse, which started to run,
be called to his companion, who was
only about three rods away, but got
no response. He noticed cedar tree
on fire between them. and making a
closer iuspec tion, found Mr.. Bills lying
with his head on the post he had just
chopped, bis Ak in his hand and life
extinct. There was no wound or burn
on the body. He had been killed by
the shock, which set the tree on FIRE.
Mr.. Bills was 30 years old.
He leaves a young wife to mourn his
loss, daughter Of George d. Merkley.
His mother also lives here. while his
father and brothers are in Meeker,
Colo, The funeral will be held as soon
as his father can arrive here.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
SAVES GIRLS LIFE
Montana Rarchnan Sucks Poison OF
Rattlesnake From Wound

HELENA. Mont, June 25.-When he
found Indian remedies would prove un-
available in the case of a young girl
who had been bitten by huge rattle
snake, most simple and effective cure
was that resorted TO by John Ander-
son. ranchman who sucked the poi
son from the wound in the ankle of
Alma, the daughter Of Milton Tow
neighbor, When the S-year.old child
announced her misfortune, ar Indian
woman applied a potion which she
said was a sure cure, but Anderson was
not satisfied. brushed il aside and ap-
piled his lips. drawing the poison from
the wound, which he next cauterized
was taken forty miles TO a doctor,
who announced there was nothing fur
ther to be done. and she has been re-
turned TO her home in Choteau county
none the worse for her experience.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
NOW CONTEMPLATE
Directors Of State Fair AssOcia-
ton Will Erect Some New
Buildings. s

Many important improvements on tie
pation, and If present plans do not
miscarry these will be made in time
for the fair next fall. AT q meeting
Of the board of directors, held at the
Commercial club Tuesday afternoon, an
appropria ton was made for the erec-
tion Of two new buildings. One of
these will be known as the - Merchants
building and the other will he ken
mel building--tbe finest and most ca
paclous in tho intermountair country.
The plans for the structures are now
being prepared by resident architect,
and the contracts FOR their construction
will he awarded as soon as the speclti-
cations are ready The superintendent
Of the Utah State Fair association will
personally supervise the work of con
struction
At the beginning of the association $
campaign of Improvement civil en-
gineer was engaged TO prepare working
plans of the grounds. for hitherto
everything that has been done al this
place was considered as unit and
but little consideration was gwen to
general effect. The present year has
brought about a change and hereafter
every improvement Will he made in
accordance with the engineers plans
What is perhaps the main feature
Of these plans is the provision which
they make for the construction of n
new road which will traverse the
grounds It Will extend from the east
boundary to the sheds, and will he
parked as soon as some of the abutting
buildings are constructed. 1t is the in
tention of the board to erect all flu
ture buildings along the new street,
and the two proposed structures man
toned above viii be included in the
group IT is probable, also, that the
poultry building will be moved TO this
street before the end of the summer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
MINING MAN OF ZION
READY FOR ARREST
Charged With Sale Under COndi-
tons of Fraud, But Will
Fight the Case.
Specia1 to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
DENVER, Colo, June 25.-"I un-
derstand that I was to be arrested and
I have come here for this purpose,
said T. Butterwood, prominent min
ing man of Salt Lake, who arrived TO-
night Shortly before he came, an in
formation charging him with obtaining
money under false preteuses was pre-
pared by the district attorney and
filed in Justice court. r. c. Walker,
the complainant, alleges that Butter
wood fraudulently sold Walker and
other local parties $50 shares of stock
in the Wilson Mesa Mining company,
Utah gold property, for something
over $4,000. Butterwood is alleged
TO have known that at the time of the
sale the stock was practically worth
less, as the deed for the property had
been lost. Butterwood stated tonight
that the parties who purchased the
property from him knew the deed was
missing, and be therefore would put up
a strenuous defense.
Butterwood has not been arrested
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-27
FELL ILL SUDDEN
Eleven ear-O1d Boy Cared !
County JAIL

Ross Rawling, IN 11-year-oi'
lives on Depot avenue, peca'
the street in front Of the cs !
Tuesday night ard was taken ls
iail and cared for untll ne
5 Sufficiently to be taken 70
An affection in the nature o.
trouble caused his illness. ~
wood. the county physician,. y
and attended the lad:
The boys father is WorAln
yada.