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The Jewish outlook., 1907-04-05
The Weasel and the Well
Translated from Tamud Taanith for the Jew
iSh Outlook by M. Epstein.


ish Outlook by M. Epstein.
A beautiful maiden magnifcently at
tired returning from a visit to her
parents home, lost her way and wan
dered aimlessly in a deserted neighbor-
hood. About midday she was seized with
intense thirst, and while looking about
where she could find water, she deserted
well. Letting herself down by the sus-
pended rope attached to the bucket she
satisfied her thirst, but she could not
manage to get out Of the well. Fright
ened at the periious condition she was in
she began to weep and cry for help and
attracted the attention of a man who
Travelled that way. He came to the well,
and in looking down was surprised and
charmed by the fascinating beauty i'm
prisoned there. His conscience however
troubled him. he could not believe that
this transcendcnt beauty belonged to the
human race She may be one of the
seductive fairies in the disguise of a
human form to mislead poor mortals.
He began to question her Are you
one of us. or Of the neither world, or a
spirit of the air?' She replied in con-
vincing, earnest tone, that she was not
the one nor the other, but human as him
self TO which statement he made her
swear Being convinced of the truth by
the sincerity Of her utterance, he asked
her how she came to be in the we'll to
which she recounted her story The
charm and melody Of her voice, her
beauty and her entire bearing had such
an overpowering influence over him that
he wanted to be sure to make her his
companion and helpmate for life.
When he brought her up from the
we'll they embraced each other. she ex-
pressing deep gratitude to him who
saved her from a slow and cruel death,
and he triumphantly exulting in his
brilliant trophy. He was, however. too
fervent and intense in his lovemaking.
In order to sober him she asked him to
what people he belonged. TO which he
replied that he was an Israelite Of Ger
tain city and of the priestly family. She
also said, ''I come Of a family of distin-
glished reputation' Then she eX-
claimed, 'sIt is not becoming of you, OF
such sacred lineage, whom God had
chosen to be servitors in His holy temple,
to do otherwise than to come
to my parents home and there
we shall be united with the Or
dinances prescribed by our holy
religion - He assented, and they pledged
their troth to each other. Then he asked
"Who will be witness thereto?'' At this
instant weasel ran by and she said,
"Heaven. this weasel and the well will
ho uy;tnecSes to orr solemn Dledpe -
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PROMINENT ALiENlsTs APPEAR
BEFORE LuNAcv COMMISSION
IN THE THAw CASE.
fouBs OFFICIALS ALSO on THE STAND
PRISONERS ATTENDANTS SAY
HE ALWAYS ACTED IN A
RATIONAL MANNER.

New York, April 3.-The commits.
sion in lunacy which is inquiring into
the present state of mind of Harry x.
Thaw allowed DR.. Allan McLane Ham
iltor to testify as to what he knows Of
Thaw's mental condition. This action
was taken yer the continued protest
of the defendants attorneys.
DR.. Hamilton declared it to be his
belief that Thaw is suffering from a
progressive form of paranoia or de-
1usional insanity and declared the
opinion that the defendant is not capa-
BILE of realizing the nature of the
charges against him.
Many attaches of the Tombs testi-
fed that they had never seen Thaw
do anything irrational.
At the afternoon session. DR.. Austin
Flint expressed the opinion that Thaw
was incapable of understanding the
charge against him or Of advising
counsel and that he was suffering
from paranoia, with original decisions
of persecution now passing into delu-
sions of grandeur. Twenty or more
pages of memoranda prepared by
Thaw as suggestions to counsel were
submitted to DR.. Flint, they including
newspaper clippings and a speech by
President Roosevelt denouncing 1.-The
heinous crime Of rape" and this latter
Thaw recommended be used in the
summing up. After examining these
memoranda DR.. Flint said they had
an important bearing upon his opinion
that Thaw is insane.
DR.. William Mabon, another of the
states experts, said Thaw was incapa-
BILE of understanding the charge
against him or of nationally advising
his counsel. DR.. Mabon admitted he
had never examined the prisoner and
would not commit 10 an asylum any
one whom he had not examined as to
his sanity. He conceded with DR..
Flint as to Thaw's insanity from the
medical standpoint and sanity in the
meaning of the law.
DR.. William Hirsch declared his
opinion that Thaw was suffering from
an incurable form of paranoia.
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GRIM NEWS.

Indictments charging manslaughter
in the second degree have been re-
turned against the New York Central
| railroad, Ira A. Mccormick, general
superintendent of the company, and
| Alfred H. Smith, one of the vice pres
| idents of the road, in connection with
the wreck of the Brewster express on
the Harlem division Of the railroad
last month when more than a score Of
persons were killed.
Thomas Harris, a young white man,
formerly a Baptist preacher, was
hanged in the jailyard at Gaffney, S.
c., for the murder of Mrs. Hortense
Morgan, an aged white woman, last
| November. Before the black cap was
| adjusted Harris preached his own fu-
| neral sermon.
Judge Wood, at Caldwell, Ida, has
| o%verruled the motion for a change of
venue in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
case. He gave the defense their op.
ton for a trial at Boise or in Canyon
county. Boise was agreed upon after
consultation Of counsel.
AS a result Of a fight at Muskegee,
I. T., between members of an organ
ization of negroes known al the Unit
| ed Socialists on one side and city and
| government officers on the other three
negroes were killed and two white Off.
| GERS MORALLY wounded.
Joseph d. Havel of Minneapolis shot
and killed his wife, seriously wounded
his nineteen-year-old daughter and
then committed suicide. Family trou-
bles of long standing eliminated in
the tragedy.
Having fastened their garments Sc
curely to her own Mrs. Otto Drifting
Of Mill Brook, N. j., carried her two
children into Shongum lake, where all
three were drowned.
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LABOR NEWS.

Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the
interstate commerce commission, and
Charles p. Neill, commissioner of Ia
Dor, who are in Chicago to try to effect
a solution of the controversy between
the conductors and trainmen's organ
izations and the railroad managers,
held a series of conferences first with
one side and then with the other and
at their conclusion Mr.. Knapp said
that they were progressing, but moth
ing definite had been accomplished.
Because the American Shipbuilding
company employed strikebreakers and
private detectives in the LOrain (O.)
yards all the men remaining at work
have walked out. Six hundred were
out before. making 1000 men now on
strike. The plant is completely tied
up.
In an effort to enforce demands for
Increased wages made by members of
the United Brewery Workers. union
about 300 brewery workers walked
out of the twenty-three breweries in
LIST. Louis.
Having adjusted all differences with
the labor unions the newspapers of
Butte and Anaconda, Mont, have re-
sumed publication after a suspension
of more than a month.
All the union men afiliated with the
iron trades in San Francisco have
voted to strike May !, Over 5000
men are involved. They demand an
eight-hour day. 4SS
The. strike. OF Seattle builders,
which for more than o week has put
the quietus on construction work, has
ended. s2 "
Striking garment workers OF Boston
have won their strike for recognition
or the union.
The street car system Of Montgom.
cry, Ala, lib tied up byfa strike.
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OF THE WEEK
TRIAL OF HARRY THAw.

A commission has been appointed
by Justice Fitzgerald of the New York
supreme court to decide the question
Us to whether Harry X. Thaw is now
sane. The commission is composed of
Morgan ]. O'Brien, a former justice of
the supreme court; Peter B. Olney, a
lawyer, and DR.. Leopold Putzel. Thaw's
trial before a jury for the murder of
Stanford White will be interrupted
pending the report of this commits
sion. II the commission reports that
he Is sane and therefore capable Of
advising with counsel and of under.
standing the proceedings against him
the trial will be resumed, but If it
should be found that he is not sane
nor capable, in a legal sense, a petit.
ton will be made for his commitment
to an asylum, probably that at Mattea-
wan, for the criminal insane. Justice
O'Brien has since declined to serve on
the commission and Justice Fitzgerald
has appointed David Mcclure, a we'll
known attorney Of New York city, to
fill the vacancy.
Harry K. Thaw for two hours Thurs
day submitted himself to a running
fire of questions from the three men
appointed by Justice Fitzgerald as a
commission in lunacy to determine his
present state of mind. The examina-
tion was conducted behind closed
doors and when an adjournment was
taken no one connected with the hear
ing before the commissioners would
discuss the details Of the inquiry.
Thaw went willingly and confidently
before his judges and when the two
hours secret session was concluded
his attorneys appeared with smiling
faces and declared they were more
than satisfied with the course of the
proceedings.
Harry K. Thaw was under exam
ination for over three hours Saturday
by the commission in lunacy appoint
ed to inquire into his present state of
mind and at the conclusion of the
commissions inquiry District Attorney
Jerome was allowed to cross-examine
him. This cross-examination lasted
three-quarters of an hour, after which
the executive session vas dissolved
and the door of the courtroom thrown
open and a number of prison officials
examined, all of whom declared ThaW
acted nationally at all times since his
confinement in the Tombs.
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PRESIDENT IN SYNDICATE.
Connected With Eastern Men in BIacL
Hills Mine.

keystone, S. D., April "a. R.
Roosevelt of New York. a cousin of
the president, has secured an option
on the Bullion gold mine of this city
and will send out an expert to report
on the property at nee. Mr.. Roose-
welt is said to represent a syndicate
of Eastern men, one of whom is the
president. The Bullion mine is situ-
ated near the famous Holy Terror and
is well thought of by mining men
throughout the Hills.
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Must Remain in Jail.

Baton Rouge, La, April 3.-Con-
gresham George X. Favrot, after sew.
eral months in Jail under indictment
for murder, which Indictment was
quashed by the supreme court. must
now remain in prison for several
months more until another grand Jury
can be summoned and act upon the
whole matter again.
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Indicted Official Shoots Self.

St. Peter, MIMI, April Sc. a.
Blomberg, Jr., former clerk of the
court Of Nicollet county, is dying at
his home in this city from a self-in-
ficted wound. Fearing the outcome OF
his approaching trial for the alleged
misuse Of public funds he fired q re.
volver bullet into his head. 1t entered
the right ear and 1t is a miracle that
death was not instantaneous. The
ball lodged in his brain and the wound
will prove fatal. . 81
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BUT PRESIDENT BRANDS HARRI-
MAN LETTER A DELIBERATE
AND WILLFUL UNTRUTH.
RAILROAD NAN SPRINGS SENSATION
DECLARES HE RAISED BIG SUM
FOR REPUBLICANS At RE.
QUEST OF ROOSEVELT.

washington, April S.-PreSlQenL
Roosevelt emphatically denies the
statement contained in a letter pub
lished in New York purporting to
have been written by E. H. Hartman
to Sidney Webster Of New York in
the latter part of December, 1905. In
Mr.. Harriman's letter the statement is
made that at the request of President
Roosevelt he, Hartman, assisted in
raising a fund of 100000 to be used
in carrying New York for the Repub-
lican party at the election which was
then approaching. This statement the
president characterizes as "a deliber-
ate and willful untruth-by right it
should be characterized by an even
shorter and more ugly word. l
requested Mr.. Hartman to raise a
dollar for the presidential campaign of
1904"
The presidents denial was con-
tanned in a brief statement and i'll
copies Of letters he had written to
Representative Sherman of New York.
The letters are dated Oct. 8 and Oct.
IL, 1905, respectively. The president,
after furnishing the letters to the
press, dictated the following state
ment:
"After writing these letters to Con-
gresham Sherman the president was
assured that Mr.. Hartman had not
made the statements which Mr.. Sher-
mar credited him with making. mas
much as the same statements appear
in the major part in the letter of Mr..
Hartman now published the president
deems it proper that the letters he
sent to Congressman Sherman last
October shall now themselves be made
public"
Hartman Dislikes Roosevelt.
In the first letter reference is made
to a conversation between MI. Harri-
man and Mr.. Sherman, which was re-
! peated to the president, in which Mr..
Hartman is said to have given as a
reason for his personal dislike of the
president partly the latter's deter
mination to have the railroads super
vised and partly the alleged fact that
after promising Mr.. Hartman to APP
point Senator Depew ambassador to
France he, the president, failed to do
it, ''and." continues the president, Il
understood you to say that he alleged
that ] made this promise at a time
when he had come down to see me in
| Washington when I requested him to
raise 100000 for the Republican pres
idential campaign which was then on
Some correspondence between the
president and Mr.. Hartman is then
quoted, the intention being to show
that Hartman favored Hyde as we'll
as Depew for ambassador to France
and that the president did not request
Hartman to come to Washington in
the interest of his WI campaign, and
that he, did not make any request of
any kind for financial help. Hartman
is further accused of saying he ia
vored "Hearstism and the like, be-
cause those people r crooks and we
can buy them" This, the president
says, wa doubtless partly in boastful
cynicism and partly in a burst of bad
temper, but it showed, in the pres
ident's opinion, a cynicism and deep
seated corruption which he denounces
in strong words.
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RUFF APPoINTEE LET OUT.

San Francisco Supervisors Remove
Their Secretary.
San Francisco, April 3.-The board
of supervisors has removed it's secre-
tary, Senator George B. Kean, a Ruef
appointee. Supervisor Gallagher Of
fered the resolution dropping Kean as
secretary to the board. 1t was voted
for by all the supervisors present ex'
cept Tvietmoe and O'Neill, the latter
two members of the board appointed
by Mayor Schmitz and who have not
been implicated in the charges of al
legged corruption. After the resolution
was adopted Gallagher announced the
board would have nothing more to do
with Ruef and that Kean was a Ruei
man.
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Omaha Commission Man Suicides.

Omaha, April "a. B. Jaquith, a
prominent grain commission man of
Omaha and one of the original pro-
moters of the Omaha Grain Exchange,
shot and killed himself at his home
here. His suicide is attributed to
Encouragement over recent adverse
transactions. He was forty-six years
old.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-04-05
STEEL PLANT FOR DULUTH.
Big Mills to Be Erected at Head Of
the Lakes.

New York, April 3.-The United
States Steel corporation has decided
to establish an iron and steel plant at
Duluth. The plans are not fully de
veloped, but they will probably include
a blast furnace, six open hearth fur
naces, blooming mill, rail and shape
mill, two bar mills, by-product coke
e coal shops, cement plant, ETC.,
and will invest something like $4,000
900 or $4,000, 900.
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WILL BE ISSUED At ONCE.
Great Northern's Stock Increase o.
$6o,oo0,o0o.

New York, April 3.-The Great
Northern railroad has issVed a circular
to stockholders saying that since the
courts of Minnesota have awarded the
case to the company in the suit to
restrain the issue of its $6O,O00,00
new stock it will be issued at once.
The dates will be as follows: Assign
ments of rights will be received up to
the close of business April s.; the first
four installments of 10 per cent each
will be due April 8; the further twelve
installments of 5 per cent each will
be due monthly from May, 1907, to
April, 1908.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-04-05
ORDERS TRIAL TO PROCEED
Judge Lands Refuses to Dismiss
Standard Oil Case.

Chicago, April 3.-Judge Lands. in
the United States court, has overruled
the motion of the Standard OIL COM
pany that the case brought against
them charging the illegal taking Of
rebates be dismissed.
The dismissal of the case was asked
on the ground that the government
had failed to make out the case out
lined in the indictments. The court
refused to accept this view of the evil
dence submitted by the government
and ordered the trial to proceed.
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At RoosEvELT's REQUEST.
Hartman Says He Raised 100000 fol
Republicans.

New York, April "a sensation has
been created here by the publication
Of a letter written in December, 1905,
and addressed to Mr.. Sidney Webster
of New York and signed "E. H. Harri-
man" Following is the letter:
II am glad to see that you are in
town and hope soon to have an OPP
p~ortunity of talking matters over with
you.
81 had printed copies of the testi-
mony sent you in hopes that you
would, after reading them, give me
some idea of where I stand, for / con-
fess that l feel somewhat at sea in
the whole insurance matter. The
trouble originated in my allowing my
self to be drawn into other peoples
affairs and partly from a desire to
help them and at their request.
GAS to my political instincts. to
which you refer in your letter OF Dec.
10, l am quite sure l have none and
INV being made at all prominent in
the political situation is entirely Ii
to President Roosevelt and because OF
my taking an active part, in the au-
tumn of 1904, at his request and his
taking advantage of conditions then
created to further his own interests.
II it had been a premeditated plot 1t
could not have been better started or
carried out.
Summoned to Washington.
"About a week before the election
in the autumn Of 1904, when it looked
certain that the state ticket would go
Democratic and was doubtful as to
Roosevelt himself. he, the president.
sent me a request to go to Washing
ton to confer upon the political condi.
lions in New York state. ! complied
and he told me he, understood the
fEntLE N-AhNEL4Et .AE. Hhf&f AfELa kENTtnlH
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A NEW RACE IN ALASKA.

strange train of thought when read of
the new Of men and discovered by Dr. Geo B.
Gordon, of the University of Pennsylvania living along
one of the icy rivers of wild Alaska.
They have civilization. understand civiliza-
ton They live in Adamic simplicity. They had never
white They had never heard Of the white
man. world with its books its learning its arts its
sciences and it religion.
But these wild people live clean lives. They know
nothing of the white mans vice. They have code Of
laws because is necessary. They know nothing of
degeneracy money divorce nfdelty crime.
Their tall and rugged; their graceful
and beautiful
There only 400 of them left.
Would civilization help them hurt them?
Would it make them happier sadder? Would they
gain would they lose to know what know feel what
we feel live as we live?
SIT is to be hoped says DR.. Gordon for their sakes,
that they die out before the te traders get to them Then
they die clearly and happily as they live
Is it not strange that he should have to say this?
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WONDERS! TRUTHFUL
K. K. MAN FOUND ATLAST


Special Correspondent to The Press.
BUFFALO, Nov S.-The frank
and truthful and altogether honest
srailroad superintendent has been
found at last. 1t was generally
supposed that kind of a man was
ON earth, but he never was discov-
cred until the New ork public
service commission accidentally
found him. He is L. H. Van Allen
and he is the general superintend-
ent of the New York Central.
The commission was investigat-
ing Buffalo shippers complaints to
the effect that they could not oh.
tain cars and that there was con-
tinual congestion and delay in the
East Buffalo yards. Railroad Of
ficial after official was on the stand,
denying. lodging, ducking and
equivocating and the commission
was in despair of learning the
truth, until Van Allen was called
to the stand.
What do you think of condi-
tions?" he was asked.
!, They are very unsatisfactory.
both to the railroad and to ship
pers," Van Allen answered. Cars
have been held as long as 80 days
in the East Buffalo yards and that
is bad, very bad. Nobody is able
to get car when he wants it. That
is bad for both the railroad and
the shipper"
What is the reason for this
trouble?" the commission asked.
"The reason is that we have not
enough cars to take care of the
Business. We are behind. We have
bought $4,000 cars and 686 locomo-
tives in the past three years, but
Still we are behind"
How long has this car shortage
existed?"
For 20 years" replied Van AL
len. and everybody gasped at the
outburst of truth.
Then Van Allen told what the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-08
FOUND DEAD IN CABIN

BUTTE, Nov. S.-M. H. Kilroy,
an old man who has followed the
trade of brick mason in Butte for
a number of years, was found dead
in his cabin. The cid man had APP
parently been dead several days
and the body was in q state of de-
composition.
The cabin occupied by Kilroy
stands in an alley in the rear of
406 Hopkins St He rented the ca
bin from William Lauser.
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HEPBURN DRAGGED IN
r ATHDRUM. Idaho. Nov

RATHDRUM. Idaho, Nov. s.
United States Senator Hepburn. of
this state, has been dragged into
the Steve Adams trial, A letter
from A. Phillips, a witness for the
state in the first trial of Adams,
was introduced as evidence yester-
day and in 1t Phillips severely cen
sures the august senator for failing
to get him appointed as an esti-
mator on the Occur d'Alene reser-
walton. The trial Is proceeding
rather slowly.
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MADDENED STEERS RAN WILD

TOLEDO, o., Nov. Shutting
into an Oak st. car. attempting to
anNhlate Patrolman Behrendt,
chasing a woman along a railroad
track, and tearing down fences, are
few of the antics performed by
drove of maddened steers in Tol
ledo.
Philip Brinker, of Perrysburg
was driving seven Of the animals
to West Toledo when they became
maddened by the noises of great
city and started on gid stampede.
The steers were finally rounded up
without any serious damage re-
sulting.
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PRICES OF LOGS TUMBLE

ABERDEEN, Nov. S.-There has
lately been quite a drop in the
prices Of logs. Fir has fallen from
$12 to $40 and spruce from SO to
81. From the large number Of
logs ON the market and the eager
ness of the loggers to dispose of
them, it is gathered that they fear
a further decline.
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GIRuLESS PHONE RECEPTION

BUTTE, Nov. 8.-The Indepen-
dent Telephone Co, the girlless
phone system, opened its exchange
here with reception to friends and
the general public. There were
5 1000 visitors.
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NOTIFIED OF ROBBERY

Chief of Police Rice has received
a description OF $4,000 in currency
stolen from an express company in
St Paul. Mimi. Oct. %.