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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
JUDGE KILLED BY ENEMIES BOMB
Patterson Justice Receives Internal
Machine nv Exnress

Patterson Justice Receives Internal
Machine by Express.
Paterson, N. j., Feb 1O.-Justice of
the Peace Cortese was fearfully in
jured in his office by the explosion of
an Internal machine sent him by ex-
press. He died shortly after being
taken to hospital. The Office was
wrecked and the detonation could be
heard for blocks.
The judge has actively aided the 20
lice in the capture of Italian lawbreak.
ers recently.
Justice Cortese had been home to
supper last evening. While there his
son Robert was in charge of the office
1T was the younger man who received
the Internal machine, which came
from Newark and was delivered by an
American express wagon.
Machine ExpIodes.
When Judge Cortese reached the Of
fee Robert handed the package to
him. The outside wrapper was OF
paper, tied with strong twine Judge
Cortese removed this paper. Inside
was another wrapping of paper made
fast with strap. Robert says he was
watching curiously to see what the
little box contained.
His father rested the package on
the desk and pulled the end of the
strap toward him, so as to loosen the
tongue of the buckle. The moment
he did so there was an explosion. A
hole six feet square was torn in the
floor and the desk was driven down
into the cellar and torn to pieces. The
boy was hurled into corner and seri
ously bruised ap9 burned.
Judge FearfuIly MangIed.
Judge Cortese was found lying be
tween the doorway and the hole in the
flooring. Both his legs and both arms
were broken, his face and body were
torn and lacerated and his back appar
emily broken. Some of the flesh was
torn from the bones
Judge Cortese was shortly to be ap
pointed a sergeant of detectives il
recognition of his active work as a de
tective in aiding the police in running
Italian and other criminals down.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
While suffering from a temporary

While suffering from a temporary
at Of insanity Hamilton Wright, a
prominent citizen of Sharon, Pa, shot
and killed his wife.
The boiler Of a Lehigh Valley loco
motive exploded at Easton, Pa, caus-
ing the death of William Mosher and
the injury of two others.
The steamer Parker was blown up
on the Tennessee river near Chatta-
nooga. The captain was seriously in
jured and negro is missing.
A Rock Island passenger train was
derailed near Weatherford, Okla. One
man was killed and another fatally in
jured. Both were stealing a ride.
]. A. Chandler, president Of the
Greenville Industrial college, an insti-
tuition for the colored at Greenville,
Tenn, was accidentally killed while
handling a pistol.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Foreign.

The Irish parliamentary party has
unanimously reelected John Dillon as
chairman of the party
A fire involving damage estimated
Mt $500.000 occurred in the most dan
gerous fire zone of London
Lazy Grenfell. eldest daughter of
Lord and Lady Grey, died at the gov
eminent house at Ottawa, Ont
Officials Of the Congo administration
announce that the uprising in the
Manyanza district has been suppress
ed.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, son of the
late Prince Pierre, has been elected a
member of the French Academy OF
Sciences.
The Prussian state railways are
about to begin the use Of electric pas
senger cars on three lines running out
of Mayence.
DR.. Donald McAllister, fellow and d.
rector of medical studies of st. Johns
college, Cambridge, England, has been
appointed principal OF the Glasgow uni
versity.
Owing to acts of terrorism on the
part of an anarchist in Barcelona, the
Spanish government has suspended
trial by jury in the captaincy- general
of Catalonia
The London Times announces the
sensational discovery by Theodore Da-
Wis at the Thebes or Luxor, in Egypt,
of the tomb and mummy of the famous
Egyptian queen, Teie.
Gen. Barahon, the Salvadorean revo-
lutionary leader, has been captured by
the government forces, and the two
rebel bands which have been making
trouble have been destroyed.
The trunks of Princess Louise, the
divorced wife of Prince Philip of Sake
Coburg-Gotha and eldest daughter OF
King Leopold Of Belgium, have been
attached in Paris for a $4,000 jewel
er's bill.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington Notes.

Appropriations aggregating $780,
180.561 are carried in the postoffice
bill The postoff1ce appropriations for
the current year were $191, 670,562.
A bill was introduced in the house
making Sept. % Paul Jones day. in
the navy, and providing that all Amer
lean naval vessels in United States
ports shall dress ship on that day.
Senator Hansbrough introduced the
bill recently favorably acted upon by
the house committee on ways and
means which permits small distilleries
to manufacture denatured alcohol.
The omnibus lighthouse bill, carry.
ing an appropriation of $1,59S,500 for
the lighthouse establishment and an
additional sum of $4,000 for addi-
tional lighthouse keepers dwellings,
has been p>~.ed by the house.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14

roborative of Mrs Thaw's testimony,
They also were offered as tending tc
show the state Of mind of the de
PENDANT just after he had heard from
her own lips the story of the girl he
loved and her relations with the man
1t Is claimed he killed as result OF
insanity inherited in part and induced
by stress of circumstances.
Fridays Proceedings.
New York, Feb. 10. = Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw again yesterday was the central
figure at her husbands trial.
Picking up the threads of her life's
story where she had dropped them the
evening before, she, brought the nara.
tive down to her wedding in Pittsbure
on April 4. 1905, and their return tc
New York following honeymoon trir
In the West. She declared she had
heard White call to her on the stree,
once after this, and that on another
occasion he had followed her in a cab.
White Tried to Kiss Her.
Mrs. Thaw declared yesterday that
stanford White, during the year which
followed her experience in the room OF
the mirrored walls, repeatedly sough,
10 have her visit him alone, and on
one occasion had attempted to kiss
her
Il told Harry she said, that Mr..
White had begged me, had pleaded and
cried and scolded and done everything
ne could to make me come to see him
alone. refused and told Mr.. White
did not care to trust him"
After her return from Europe and
during the months she would not see
Harry Thaw, because of the dreadful
things Mr. White and his friends told
about him. she declared Thaw &C.
cused her Of improper relations with
the architect
told him it was lie and that ]
had not" she testified.
The defense had Mrs. Thaw tell O,
another incident which has been cited
in her life-her acquaintance with
Jack Barrymore, the actor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
York.

sane: that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw passed
note to her husband during dinner at
the Cafe Martin on the evening of the
tragedy; that District Attorney Je-
rome has this note, and refused, on
the demand of the defense, to intro
duce it in evidence.
Threatened Thaws Life.
The threat against Thaw's life was
made two years and half before the
tragedy occurred. District Attorney
Jerome objected to the Introduction of
the evidence, declaring the defense
was not understood by him to be one
of self-defense.
Mr.. Delmas replied that the defense
intended to take advantage of every
legal defense allowed in the State OF
New York, be it insanity, self-defense
or any other legitimate justification of
the taking of human life.
thursdays Proceedings.
New York, Feb. 9. = Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw told her story yesterday. To
save the life of her husband, charged
WALL A1Oi DIG pd1Cu W Tic WOlAu
the innermost secrets of her soul. 1t
was the same story she told Harry
Thaw in Paris in 1903, when he had
asked her to become his wife-the con
fession of one who fell. There was an
insurmountable barrier to her ever
becoming the bride of the man she
loved
In the big witness chair she appear
ed but slip of girl, and she told the
pitiful story of her eventful young life
in frank, girlish way.
Sad Story Of Her Life.
AS the young wife unfolded the mar
rative of her girlhood and told the ear
ly struggles Of herself and her mother
to keep body and soul together; OF
how she finally was able to earn
livelihood by posing for photographers
and artists, she won the murmured
sympathy of the throng which filed
every available space in the big court
room.
Then came the relation of the wreck
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
TO SAVE HER HUSBAND SHE
LAYS BARE INNERMosT Sc
cRETs OF HER SOUL.
BLACK TRfACHERY Of WHITE
TELLS STORY OF HOW DEAD MAN
PLANNED TO WRECK HER
YOUNG LIFE.

New York, Feb. 8-The defense of
Harry K. Thaw under the direction of
Attorney Dolphin M. Delmas of Cali
forn,a began to assume definite shape
yesterday, and when an adjournment
was taken testimony had been placed
before the jury to the effect that Stan
lord White had been heard to make a
threat to kill the notwithstanding
the threat with the display of re
volver; that Thaw's actions following
the killing of White on the roof of
Madison Square Garden was consider
ed by several eye-witnesses
To Have Been "lrrationaI;"
that an uncle Of the defendant was in
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
. congress.
~ Resume of the Week,
Proceedings.

Washington, Feb. 4. - Two hours
were spent Saturday by the house in
further consideration of the river and
harbor appropriation bill, speeches
against the bill being made by Mr.
Hepburn Of Iowa, Mr.. Clark of Nilsson.
ri and Mr.. Keller of Ohio.
The senate devoted most of the day
to the reading of the Indian appropri.
alton bill for the adoption of commit,
tee amendments. Several bills au
thorizing the construction of bridges
and one extending the terms of leases
in the Yellowstone National Park were
passed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Crimes and Criminals.

E. w. Emmons is under arrest in
Chicago. charged with swindling a
number Of people through the sales OF
mining stock.
A fine of $4,000 has been imposed
upon the Camden Iron Works compa.
ny of Camden. Nj, which was recent.
ly convicted of accepting rebates on a
shipment to Winnipeg.
Charles McGill. late manager Of the
defunct Ontario bank at Toronto, has
pleaded guilty to making false re-
turns and has been sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary
Advised by his father, William Weis.
miller, aged nineteen, pleaded guilty
at st, Louis to second degree murder
and was sentenced to ninety-nine
years in the penitentiary.
The grand jury which has been con.
Quoting an investigation into the liquor
question at Elkader, Iowa, has re-
turned forty-nine indictments against
saloonkeepers in Clayton county for.
willfully maintaining nuisances and
conducting liquor traffic in open viola.
ton of the law.
Frank Frink shot and killed Miss
Bessie Newton, daughter Of promi.
nent citizen of Ponca, Neb., at her
home, and then sent bullet into his
own body. He is not expected to re-
cover. Miss Newton was to have been
married the following day to Edward
O'Donnell. Frink was rejected
sutton.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Domestic,

Frank Gotch, champion wrestler, de.
feated Farmer Burns in a bout at Biz
mingham, Ala
The Tennessee house has passed a
bill making it a felony to keep place
where betting on horse races is allow
ed.
Gen. Booth, head of the Salvation
army has accepted an invitation to ad-
dress the Canadian club at Ottawa in
March.
The Russian orthodox church has
decided to create new bishopric in
the United States. 1t will be located
in Chicago.
All conductors, trainmen and yard
men Of the Southern railroad are to
receive an increase in wages aggregat-
ing 100000 year.
The Speer anti-pass bill was defeat
ed by the Missouri house. 1t was de-
clared by the members that the bill
was not drastic enough.
Three governors. graduates OF
Brown university. have promised to
address the Brown club of New York
at its annual dinner, Feb. II.
The Nebraska house of representa-
tives has passed a bill forbidding ho-
boes to ride on trains and authorizing
the conductor to arrest them.
German exDorts to the United States
show remarkable growth. The total
value in 1906 was $3O,0o0.oOO, against
25,O0O,ooO in the preceding year.
For the first time in the history OF
the New Orleans United States mint
Mexican money is being coined there.
Five million pieces have been con-
tracted for.
Senator La Toilette denies the an
nouncement of the engagement of his
daughter, Miss Fola La Toilette, late.
ly made from Madison, Wis, and wide
ly circulated.
BY a vote of GO to 6, the Cincinnati
Congregation of Zion, founded by
Dowie and nurtured by Voliva, has de-
termined to est loose from the parent
church in Zion City
Henry Bradley, an aged negro. died
in Nashville, Tenn. Bradley claimed
to have at one time belonged to Dave
Crockett, the famous hunter and
statesman.
Clear Lake, Iowa, claims to hold the
record for the greatest number of oc-
togenarians. Out of total population
of less than 1900 there are, by actual
count, lis people who are eighty years
or over.
President Diaz Of Mexico has ex-
pressed q desire to visit Los Angeles
during the imperial council Of the
Mystic Shriners in May. Local Shrin-
ers are preparing for the expected Wis
It OF the executive of the Southern re-
public
A curious thing happened at the
Swift poultry plant at Leon, Iowa, be-
cause OF the sudden change in the
weather. One hundred and sixty-five
geese and sixty-f1ve turkeys died In one
day. Coroner Bowman examined
some Of the dead and pronounced the
cause Of death to be pneumonia.
J Ae
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
POPE REJECTS LEASES.
Vatican Not Satisfied With Either OF
French Forms.

Rome, Feb. 1o.-The Vatican has re
jected both forms of church leases
submitted by M. BRAND, the French
minister of public education.
The first form is rejected because ii
permits mayors of French towns to re-
fuse to renew leases of churches On a
change of parish priests. The other
form is rejected because it already had
been condemned by the pope.
The Vatican is now convinced that
France is determined to continue the
church war.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Wins Suit for Rich Mines.

San Francisco, Feb. 7. Title to
mines in the Ferguson district of Ne.
vada, said to be worth many millions
of dollars, was won yesterday by 10
seph de Lamar, through a decision
rendered by Superior Judge Seawell.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Explosion Kills Nine Men

Lorient, France, Feb. 10-As a re.
suit OF an explosion on board Torpedo
Boat No. 33s of the French navy yes.
terday nine men are dead and two
men are injured.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Barrymore Proposed Twice.

7 thought him very nice,' she said,
"and one day at Mr.. Whites studio
he said. Evelyn, will you marry me?'
l said, I don't know. He asked me a
second time, and again said, l don't
know. Mr.. White told me l would be
very foolish to marry Mr.. Barrymore,
and my mother said SO. too, and we all
eua rrelea and the upshet Of the whole
thing was that Mr.. White said i ought
to besent away to school, and was
sent to New Jersey 0
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Dies at Ace of 116.

Hamilton, Ohio, Feb. 8. - "Aunty"
Jane Lewis, whose age is automatically
estimated to have been 116 years, died
here yesterday. She was born in Pc
tersburg, Va, and lived for many years
with the family of Gen. Zachary Tay.
lOr,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Seven Miners En+ombed.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 10. - Seven
miners are entombed in No. 10 colliery
OF the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal
company at Wanamje, and there is
little hope of rescuing them. Fire
broke out on the fourth lift and is
burning fiercely.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14

Washington, Feb. 5. - The house
passed a number of important bills
yesterday, including the McCumber
service pension bill, the omnibus light
house bill and the omnibus revenue
cutter bill. Members sought to get
through with as much legislation as
possible under suspension of the rules.
The house by vote of 10 to IS
concurred in the senate amendments
to the urgent deficiency bill, loaning the
Jamestown exposition $1,000,00O and
safeguarding the loan by lien on the
gross receipts.
The senate occupied the first two
hours of it's session yesterday in per-
fecting the house bill permitting the
government to take an appeal on
points of law in certain criminal cases.
The bill is intended to reach cases
similar to that against the meat pack
ers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
HOT BREAD. TO WARM FEET.

Milwaukee Baker Is Fined Because OF
Filthy Condition of Bakery.
Milwaukee, Feb. 10-Freshly baked
loaves of bread are used by Milwau.
kee baker to warm his feet while he
sleeps and then sold to customers, &C.
cording to charges made in court yes.
terday. Baker William Buchholz was
fined $50.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Doc Upsets Woman.

Sioux Falls, s. D.. Feb. 8.-By being
run into by dog while walking over
a slippery sidewalk, Mrs. s. Herbert, a
well-known pioneer resident of the
city. fell and received serious injuries.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Knocked out by Tommy Ryan

Hot Springs, Ark, Feb. Tommy
Ryan knocked out Dave Barry in the
fifth round of a scheduled twenty
round fight before the Wilmington
Athletic club. Barry was outclassed at
ali STAGES.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
WAR IN C[NTRA!
AMERICA FEARED
HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA ARE
READY TO FLY AT EACH
OTHERS THRoATs.
WARSH|PS SENT TO SCENE
PORTS THAT WAR is iNEVl-
TABLE.

Washington, Feb 10.-Carrying out
the wishes of the state department
that couple of American naval YES
sells be kept in Central American wa
ters,. the navy department has dis
patched the gunboat Marietta from
Guantanamo to Greytown, on the gulf
coast Of Nicaragua, in addition to the
cruiser Chicago, which has been sent
down to the west coast to Avajulta,
Honduras. SO that within day or two
there will be an American warship on
each side of the scene of the threat
ened trouble.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
War Inevitable.

Consul William E. Alger, at Tegu-
cigalpa, Honduras, communicated yes
terday with American Minister
Combes in Guatemala City Che being
also accredited to Honduras, that the
opinion at Tegucigalpa was that war
between Honduras and Nicaragua
was almost inevitable The officials
mere, however. do not take any such
pessimistic view and believe that the
combined efforts of Mexico and Amer
lea. without offending the pride of
Central American republics, will result
in convincing them that their differ
ences can be settled without recourse
to arms
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
of that girlhood at sixteen years c
Ruined by White,

Ruined by White.
1t was the story of her meeting Will
Stanford White, the story of tn
sumptuous studio apartment, to which
she had been enticed by the CAREFUL!
planned strategem Of her betrayer-
the story of a glass Of champagne, o
black, whirling sensations and of mir
rored bedroom walls. In short, she
told all the story of how her ruin wa'
accomplished.
Don't scream; it is all over; it i,
all right"
"And this was Stanford White?"
The question came from Dolphin M
Delmas, now conducting the defense o
Harry Thaw.
Eyes, sir"
Harry Thaw Weeps.
The stiffness of the great crowd wa!
its tribute to the effect of the girl'i
story. Into the narrative there entered
nothing Of the woman of the world
Thaw, with his head buried in hi:
hands, handkerchief covering the
eyes, bent over the table as he sobbed
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand
her direct examination uncomDletet
when the day was done.
Letters Introduced.
Once during the afternoon she wa:
excused for an hour while Lawyer
Frederick Longfellow was sworn t.
fix the date of certain letters writer
to him by Harry Thaw subsequent tt
the revelations Miss Nesbit had made
to him in Paris.
The letters which eventually were
offered in evidence after much object
ing by Mr.. Jerome are regarded as cor
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14

Washington, Feb. 8. - The senate
yesterday passed the Indian approprl-
alton bill, which has been the subject
of consideration throughout the week
Senator Frazier made an address on
the subject of states rights, after
which the army appropriation bill, car
rying a total of $S1, 100000, was taken
up. Senator Nelson said he would
move Saturday for the consideration OF
the bill granting the government the
right of appeal in criminal cases.
A new high record in the way of the
passage of private pension bills was
made by the house yesterday, when
725 bills we're passed in an hour and
a half.
The naval appropriation bill, carry
ing sos, 426,0 00 was taken up.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Instruction in Venezuela.

New York, Feb. 10-The long plan
ned insurrection of Gen. Antonio Pa
redes against President Castro OF
Venezuela has begun.
Nicaner Bolet, the local representa-
tive of Gen. Paroles, received a cable
dispatch yesterday from the revolu-
t!onary agent at Port of Spain, TRIM
dad, which contained this one word,
"Asigne,' which in cipher code ar
ranged between the two points means
Antonio has landed at Pedernales"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
Personal.

Daniel Osiris. the philanthropist
who in 1890 presented Malmaison to
the French nation. is dead at Paris.
g. j. Grammer, vice president of the
New York Central, died in Chicago aft
er an illness lasting several weeks.
Mrs. Drusilla Morrell, whose hus.
band fought in the War Of 1912, is
dead in Brooklyn at the age Of 1902
N. Diment, the we'll known race
horse owner and millionaire lumber
man, died at Barrie, Ont, after a
short illness.
d Patrick Crane. the Oldest railroad
man in Maryland. died in Cumberland.
4 He never used eyeglasses and could
see to thread the finest needle up to
three months ago.
Former Governor Preston H. Leslie
died at Helena. Mont, aged eighty
eight. He had the distinction of hav-
Ing been governor of Kentucky and OF
the territory o; Montana.
Brig. Gen. S. B. Holabird, retired,
!. one of the Oldest and best known army
officers in the country and former
auartermaster general. died in Wash
1 lngton after brief illness.
Rev. Seymour A. Baker one Of the
founders of the Republican party, pro-
slavery agitator, Presbyterian minis
ter and editor Of note. died in his
home in Kansas City of pneumonia
( d :. = = =
NJ Prof. William G. Pickett, one of the
best known medical authorities in the
United States on nervous diseases and
member of the faculty of the Medico-
Chirurgical college of Philadelphia, is
dead.
John ]. H. Kelly. late of the Fifth
infantry and veteran Of the Sitting
Bull and Chief Joseph Indian wars,
died at the breakfast table at Spring
field. Ill. He won medal of honor for
consp icuous bravery in action.
Accidental Happenings.
Fire destroyed ten store buildings at
Mound Valley, Kan, causing loss Of
$50 900.
The Imperial porcelain works at
I Trenton, n. j., burned. The loss is es-
timated at $100, 900.
An engine exploded at Lexington,
KY. killing g switchman and fatally
injnring two trainmen.
Antoine Felix Carrie, United States
consular agent at Bena, Algeria, was
killed by falling from bridge.
The wood working plant OF the Wits
Veneer company at Plymouth. N. G.,
Nas DESTROYED BY fre. Loss, $3.50, 900.
dozen holesalers and commission
merchants were burned out IN New
orr The total loss was about $780,.
900
Z six-story building Ia Chicago, &C.
upied by several manufacturing con.
PRACTICAL was sdetroysd by ARE
laat ntght. Tho damage Vas estimat,
ase Mt 3150.A0