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w1scoNs1N's FIRST CHILD.
Death Of Charlotte ouisconsin Van
Cleve at Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Correspondent Milwaukee Sentinel.
Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, the old
est pioneer of Wisconsin and one Of the
Oldest residents of Minneapolis. is dead at
the age of lightweight years.
Mrs. Van Cleve. daughter of Nathan
Stark, was the first white child of pure
blood born in what is now the state of Wis
consin She was born at Prairie du Chen,
July 1, 1919, while the regiment of which
her father was officer. was on Its way
to found a fort at the mouth of the st.
Peter river. the fort that Is now known as
Fort Smelling. Minnesota. Six weeks later
the regiment finished it's journey up the
Mississippi on hatboats and landed at its
destination. The baby of the party was
Ouisconsin Clark, the first white baby to
visit Minnesota.
There her father lived until Charlotte
was eight years old, Lieut.. Clark was then
transferred to Fort Winnebago. at Portage.
wis. and Charlotte was shortly afterward
sent to New Haven. Conn.,. to school. When
she returned to the then wilderness she met
the man who afterward became her hus-
band Lieut.. Horatio Phillips Van Cieve.
u. 8. A. Mr.. Van Cleve was then young
man just out of West Point. The couple
were married March %. 1895, at what was
then Fort winnebago, Michigan territory.
now Portage. Wis.
Lieut.. Van Cleve soon afterward resigned
his commission in the army and he and his
young WIFE went 10 i've III CINCINNATI, OUT
in 1855 they were back in Minnesota. where
they have lived ever since; the greater part
of the time in Minneapolis.
In 1861 Mr.. Van Cleve enlisted in the vol
unteers as colonel of the I'd Minnesota In
fantry. When the war ended he was Brig.
Gen. Van Cleve. He died April "a, 1901.
Mrs. Van Cleve has seen Minneapolis
grow from nothing. She watched the first
railroad train come into st. Anthony. Her
father. who was then commissary officer in
Col Snelling's regiment. directed the build
ing of the first grist mill at the Falls of ST.
Anthony. She had been a member OF ST.
Andrew Presbyterian Church since 1862.
She was one Of the organizers of the Sister
hood of Bethany. She was its first presf-
dent and continued for many years In that
capacity. She was a member of the State
Historical Society and the State Horticul-
tural Society. She was prominent in the
foreign mission work Of her church. devot-
ing much of her time to public speaking in
behalf of the work.
She came of a long line of military an
cestry Her grandfather was Col. Thomas
Seymour of revolutionary fame.
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CHAPTER ".
A Delicate Mission.

Aynesworth was back in less than an
hour. He carried under his arm a brown
paper parcel. the strings Of which he COM
menced at once to unite. Wingrave. who
had been engrossed in the contents OF his
deed box. watched him with immovable
face.
"The tailor will be here at two-thirty,"
he announced. land the other fellows will
follow on at half an hours interval The
manicurist and the barber are coming at
oclock."
Wingrave nodded. ..
what have you Thereof he asked. point
ing to the parcel. 49,
Cigars and cigarettes, and jolly good
ones. too" Aynesworth answered, opening a
nat tin box and smelling the contents APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-05
CHAPTER III.
A Student Of Character.

Left alone. Wingrave walked for several
minutes up and down the room, his hands
behind him, his head bent. He walked, not
restlessly. but viii measured footsteps.
His mind was fixed steadfastly upon the
one immediate problem Of his own future.
His interview with Rookie had unsettled-to
a certain extent unnerved-him Was this
freedom for which he had longed SO pas
sionately, this return into civilized life. to
mean-simply the exchange OF an iron-bar-
red cell for a palace whose outer gates
were as hopelessly locked, even though
the key was of gold? Freedoml Was 1t
after all an Illusion? Was his to be the
hogs paradise of empty delights: were
the outer worlds indeed forbidden? He
moved abruptly to the window and threw
it open. Below was Piccadilly, brilliant
with May sunshine. surging with life. Mo-
tors and carriages. omnibuses and hansoms
were all jostled together In a block: the
pavements were thronged with a motley
and ever-hurrying crowd. It seemed to
him. accustomed to the calious and hope
less appearance Of less happy tribe. that
the faces Of these people were all afiame
with the joy of the springtime. The per-
fume from the great clusters Of yellow DAT
fodils and violets hoated up from the flow
ersellers' baskets below; the fresh warm
air seemed to bring him poignant memories
of crocus-starred lawns, Of trim beds of
hyacinths. Of the song Of birds. OF the per-
fume of dropping lilac. Grim and motion
less, al q figure Of fate. Wingrave looked
down from his window, with cold, yet dis
corning eyes. He was still an alien, q
denisen in another world from that which
flowed 80 smoothly and pleasantly below
It MAS something to which he did not be-
long, which he doubted. indeed, IL ever
again he could enter. He had no part in It
no share in that vigorous life. whose throb-
bings he could dimiy feel though his own
different tune. They were his fellows In
the Judgment of-Rocke!
It was while his thoughts travelled In this
fashion that the electric landaulette Of
Lady Ruth harrington glided round the
corner from st. James street, and Joined
In the throng Of vehicles slowly making
their way down Piccadilly His attention
was attracted first by. the white and spot
less iiyefies of the servants-the form of
locomotion itself was almost new to him
Then he saw the woman who leaned back
among the cushions. She was elegantly
dressed; she wore no veil; she did not look
q day more than thirty. She, was attractive
from the tips of her patent shoes to the
white bow which noated on the top OF her
lace parasol; perfectly dressed, perfectly
turned cut woman She had. too the lazy
confident air Of woman sure Of herself
and her friends. She knew nothing of the
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Yield of One White Oak.
From the Philadelphia Record.

Oscar Manifold OF Stewartstown, York
county. cut down big white oak tree that
for years stood In front of hts house
From 1t he sawed ga feet of lumber.
thirty-seven railroad ties and cut five cords
Of wood, 12S feet to the cord. The whole
amount of lumber from the tree. including
the ties, amounted to 2,976 Ieet.
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when she looked at him that Aynesworth
began to understand.
She carried his card In her hand and
glanced at it as he bowed
you are the Daily Scribbler,' she said.
you want me to tell you about my bazaar,
I suppose"
II am attached to the Daily scribbler.
Lady Ruth Darlington, Aynesworth an
has nothing to do with the paper. I have
called with message from-an old friend
of yours
She raised her eyebrows ever so slightly.
The graciousness Of her manner was per-
ceptibly abated.
Indeed. I scarcely understand you. Mr..
my message" Aynesworth said, 'is from
The look Of inquiry. half impatient. half
faded slowly from her face.
She stood quite still; her impassive features
seemed like a plaster cast. from which all
life and feeling were drawn out. Her eyes
began slowly to dilate and she shivered as
though with cold. Then the man who was
watching her and wandering knew that
this was fear-fear undiluted and naked.
for her. She felt for the back of 1t with
trembling fingers and sat down.
"Is-Sir Wingrave Seton-out OF prison?"
she asked in strange dry tone. One would
"Since yesterday" Aynesworth answered.
"But his timeis not up yet"
There Is always reduction, Aynes-
worth reminded her, Tor what Is called
good conduct" --...-+
She was silent for several moments. Then
she raised. her head. She was a brave wom-
an, and she was rapidly recovering her
eif-possessioh.
: sWell," she asked. what does he want %
ITO see you," Aynesworth answered. to-
morrow afternoon, either here or at his
apartments In the Clarence Hotel. He would
prefer not to come here!'
Are you his friend?' she asked
81 am his secretary" Aynesworth an
swered.
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and introduced us without delay.
This is Mr. Ware" he said. the at.
torney Of the Carney estate, and / am
his friend, DR.. MacArdel."
The widow bobbed up and down like
duck in puddle and invited US into
the house with great show of cere
mony.
NO, thank you" said MacArdel
I'VE won't come In. We've just been
taking a morning stroll over ,the hills
and we stopped to ask II you could do
some washing for US. You know we've
been stopping over at the house for q
couple of days and the sheets and
things are SO musty that we thought
We had better have some Of them
washed and aired out. We can get
along tonight again, but If you could
get some Of the things back to US to.
morrow we wish you would"
Mrs. Bruce was quite willing to do
US this favor, and MacArdel told her
to call for the things at six that
evening. explaining that we would
not return to the house until that
hour
AS We left the cottage and wan.
dered on down the hill, MacArdel
said:
She don't look half bad, after all.
confess | expected to see q very
different sort Of woman"
A moment later he muttered as n to
himself: We'll get the story out
Of her, though, or I'll miss my guess, "
beyond which sage remark he became
absolutely uncommunicative on the
entire subject.
We kept our word about returning
to the place before evening, and, after
lunching at Hoskins and taking a row
on the river in the afternoon, we ar.
rived at the house a little after FIVE
to await the appearance of Mrs.
Bruce. MacArdel had been far from
talkative for some time, when sudden
ly he said:
Ware, go back to the village right
away Send two or three meaningless
kilograms to your ONCE within an hour
or so. Tell it around that unless you
receive reply before ten o'clock we
will both have to return to town on
the midnight train. I'll stay here and
attend to the widow when she
comes"
"Of course l won't get any reply II
my messages are meaningless" l ex
claimed, in amazement. What on
earth are you driving att"
Never mind about that" said Mac
Ardel. Just do as l tell you and BE-
mighty careful to so word your mes
sage that no one can make any sense
out OF them, but be sure to send then
to your own Office. Then they'll look
like cipher dispatches. Now, when ter
o'clock comes and no answer, get hold
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Of this fellow jerks and make him
drive up here along with you to get
our things. He may pretend he's
afraid, but he'll come willingly
enough, especially if you offer to pay
him we'll"
| did as | was told, and shortly after
ten o'clock, jerks and | drove up TO
the house and found MacArdel wait
ing for us on the veranda
Hello, Ware," he called out, cheer.
lily. Didn't you get that message from
town."
NO" responded shortly. 81 wired
them three times myself, but / could
MT get any reply"
"Spose we'll have to get started to-
night, then" said MacArdel. The
trunk is all ready. Will your horse
stand, Jenks?"
Will eff some one holds him." said
jerks, sullenly.
All right" said MacArdel. ignoring
the fellows surly manner Get hold
of his head, Ware, and jerks and ]
will fetch the trunk"
The man clambered down from bis
seat, slowly and unwillingly, and as
he did so the moonlight fell on his in.
jured hand and Illuminated the crude
ly applied bandage.
why, what's this, man." exclaimed
MacArdel, with interest. Have YOU
hurt yourself?-
"Nothin' but a scratch" replied
jerks, grufiy. Got dragged agin q
nail in tn barn last night"
Let me look at It," said MacArdel
I'm a doctor, you know" and h
reached for the injured member and
grasDed it firmly at the wrist An in
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CHAPTER XII.
A Second Note.

Half leading and half carrying the
unfortunate jerks and followed by
Mrs. Bruce who walked as one in a
dream, We returned to the house.
Once on the veranda, MacArdel I'M
bound the fellows arms and, noticing
bloodstains on his face and shirt front.
examined him closely TO see If he had
sustained any severe injury in his
helpless fall. Nothing more serious
than badly cut lip was discovered,
and we took the pair into the library,
where light was burning dimly.
Turning up the lamp so that he could
see distinctly, MacArdel sent me for
a basin Of water and a towel and
stitched up the wound with material
from his pocket instrument case.
jerks submitted to this procedure
IN a stupidity dazed condition and as
soon as the little operation was com.
,, pleted and an improvised dressing ap.
piled, he again fell forward in q
swoon.
Get him drink, Ware" said Mac
Ardel. There's whisky in my bag,
you know"
jerks coughed and sputtered over
the stuff in a manner nowise complt.
mentary to the quality Of liquor affect.
ed by MacArdel, and then, bursting
into a cold perspiration, he began to
tremble violently and beg piteously to
be allowed to 60 home; while Mrs
Bruce, with pale, CHASTITY face, pre-
served the silence that she had main,
tanned from the first
You may both 60 on one condj
tion.. said MacArdel. sternly. and on
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exists around, hess against the Car
neys, jury Of these farmers would
give US the limit Of the law. II isn't
a matter OF fine, either, Mac. It's a
felony that we've been committing 10
night, and that means a term in pris-
on. ] want you to understand"
Don't worry. old man said Mac.
Ardel, with a'satisHed smile which,
however was far from reassuring.
They'll never tell. You may be GER
tain OF that jerks is so afraid Of me
that, with the ghosts and the blood.
curdling oath made him take, he's
shut up as tight as a clam. AS far as
the widow is concerned, she isn't the
sort to appeal to the law In a case like
this, and, II she does. we can very soon
tangle her up in a mass of evidence
that will justify US in everything we
have done. don't believe she'd fancy
the idea Of having her house thorough.
ly searched"
Closing up the house we retired To
our room and, a. we were making
ready for the night, / said:
Why didn't you make them sign
some kind Of paper that would have
exonerated US? II would have been
Just as easy as swearing them to II and
1t would be hard for them to overthrow
1t in court might have thought Of IL
myself, ! suppose, but as | have been
following you blindly all the evening
without any definite idea Of what
you've been driving at, my brain
wasn't working as quickly as 1t should
have been. l tell you, Mac. | wish
we had some sort Of documentary
evidence to show that we wouldn't be
clapped into jail within the next day
or So"
Little good II would do to YOU"
said MacArdel, II you treated It as
carelessly as those things you have in
your pocket You'll lose 'em out In
another minute"
/ extracted from the side pocket Ct
my coat, as 1t hung upon a chair. q
folded paper which was on the poIn,
Of falling to the floor, and as / did
not remember having seen It before,
opened 1t and read with interest and
amazement On It was written In q
bold flowing hand:
III you persuade Miss Carney to re
main away from CarneyCroft and
leave the house closed as in the past
the ghosts will make no further ap
pearance, and neither jerks nor Mrs
Bruce will disclose the affairs OF to
night. Otherwise BEWAREl"
/ handed 1t without comment Il
MacArdel who read 1t attentively and
then exclaimed in triumph:
What did l tell you, Ware? til
Just as ! said. The widow knew what
to expect when / locked her in the
house and she wrote this note so az
TO have II ready In case she needed
It Then she watched her opportu
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(To BE CONTINUED

A fine ten POUND bov was horn
Tuesday of last week to Mrs.
Shelby Archibald of Hqviland.
Mrs. Archibald has been visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wilshusen. Mother and child
are doing Tell.-Stadord Courier.
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The. Nimocks School Of Music as.
sisted by the Connect School Of ex.:
preston will give its annual. Com
mencement..Reci on Monday and
Tuesday nights 'JulyIfrst and second
at the First M. E. Church. All in
terested in the study Of music are
cordially invited to attend these re!
citsls.
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"How Did the Note Get on the Bed7"
nifty and slipped 1t into your pocket
as she stood by your side. told
you | was on the right track, old
man"
Maybe you are, and maybe you're
not" ! grumbled, as I curled up in
bed and reached TO see IL my pistol
was handy before | closed my eyes.
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one condition only. You must swear
that you will never reveal a word Of
The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
WHAT THE PRINCIPALS HAD TO SAY

This the first the disagreement and the second and
last to-day
q believe that in the jury average intelligence
weight OF evidence and bal
loted for aequal All family bade goodby with courage
i trust d V, may all keep well 1000 .., M. "a,
There nothing that with proprey about the trial From
and the the Jurors stood appears
there should be trial As the date OF that trial. there
S telling
There fifteen prisoners Topb awaiting trial on the charge
the degree their cases will have to be disposed OF III
Of before Iaw again 1t certainly
win notb e before fall.
application WILL Of course be made but shall vigorously
who TO defendant murder the first degree think
extremely unlikely that judge would allow the application
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME
Myself and four other Jurors are Of the honest opinion that evidence
that the defendant Let inugn my motives
WILBUR F STEELE
Gentlemen Of jury kept you together for this long time for
deemed long there any possible
hope Of being verdict have arrived at the conclusion
expected and consulted with counsel rep
ng the people defense and the learned
district going discharge further consideration
with the OF the and the public prosecutor ana e
for the defense conserving to such discharge
JUSTICE FITZGERALD.
On the evidence in the case thought the jury
would certainly bring verdict OF acqrta -r ~ mn ~,
The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
THE THAW JURY.

DEMING B. SMITH, retired
manufacturer of umbrellas. who
lives at 253 West nth street He
has served in criminal cases be
fore, but not in "a capital case.
He is married. and about fifty
years old.
GEORGE PFAFF, hardware
dealer, ~ Center street He lives
at 6i7 West 13Sth street is married,
and is about forty years old.
CHARLES II FECKE, manager
OF a department of the Cunard
Line He lives AZ G0l West 135th
street, is about fOrty-fve years
old, and has served on juries be-
fore. but not in q capital case.
OSCAR A. PINK, about fifty
years old, a salesman for a hay
and grain house, and lives at AZ
West 10th street lie is married.
and once served as a juror In a
capital case.
HENRY c. HARVEY, manager
Of a piano warehouse; lives at
Brook avenue and 1920 street He
Is vel toward sixty years old, and
once served in q capital case.
HARRY c. BREARLEY, about
thifty-flg5 years old. an advertis-
ing agent, with an Office at Il
State street and a residence at 10
East Sixteenth street, He is mar
ried.
MALCOLM 2. FRASER. a cloth
ing salesman, Of 142 West l2Sth
street. He Is about thirty eight
years old. and is married.
CHARLES ID. NEWTON. a re-
tired raiway employe In "a clerical
department He is about sixty
years old, lives at 266 West 134th
street. is married, and is ii brother
of Gen Newton, the United States
engineer who superintended the
blasting out Of the Hell Gate pas
sage in the East River.
WILBUR Z. STEELE. d manu-
facturer of gas fixtures. He is
about fifty years old, lives at 529
West 131st street, and is married.
JOHN s. DENNEE, travelling
agent for the Southern Railway.
Mr. Dennee has an office at Zl
Broadway. lives at 2l7 East
Thirty-third street, and Is married
JOSEPH II. BOLTON, about
fifty years old. Of 1lS7 Boston road.
He is married. and is employed as
a clerk Ia a dyeing and bleaching
establishment,
BERNARD GERSTMAN. mana
ger for the Girard Company. at 346
Broadway. He IS married, is about
thirty-two years OLD, and lives at
49 East Thirty-eighth-street.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
EveIyn's story Relieved.

hand on the Lords Prayer and dishes out
murder ia the first degree with the
other"
EveIyn's story Believed.
Mr.. Steele went on to discuss the evi-
dence in the ease at some length. He
said that he was much impressed by the
fact that after Evelyn Thaw had been
kept from the stand four or five days
after her direct testimony, she was re-
called, and under the sharpest cross
examination that the district attorney
could devise she told the same story
without a flaw. This said BIT. Steele,
convinced him that she was telling the
TRUTH and he thought il had the same
effect on the other Jurors who voted for
acquittaI He was also disposed TO lay
special weight on the testimony Of Drs.
Evans and Wagner because they had ex-
amined Thaw physically in the Tombs
not very long after the murder.
Another juror said that AIr. Jerome s
address had made a much greater impress
sion upon the jury than that Of Mr. Del
mas but he believed that both pleas
might just as well have been omitted so
| far as any practical result went. This
Z
affidavit did not affect the result in the
I slightest, and that they had strictly
obeyed the Instructions OF the court TO
disregard the question of the character
/ of Stanford White or that OF Evelyn
/ rhaw except in so far as it affected her
! cTedibility. This juror said he only got
/ four hours sleep during the two days the
/ jury was out.
SteeIe's Description Corroborated.
] Mr.. Staele's description OF the storm
/ scenes In the jury room were more or less
/ borne out by the statement Of still an
other juror. When asked If the jury
! parted amicably, he replied:
II am sorry to say We did not There
/ was considerable hard feeling during the
/ last few hours of our session and / re
/ gret 10 say that some of Us went away
i feeling pretty sore. I hope when We hav,
4 been thoroughly rested and have haC
/ plenty Of sleep that these feelings Of ami
mostly will wear off.
This same juror said that in the inter
( ests of peace # had been agreed that th'
! jury should meet next Saturday night fOl
a dinner at the Broadway Central Hotel
/ This is the hotel where the jurors have
taken their meals. which they took a.
a body outside of the jury room.