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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
SELECTING JURORS
TO TRY HAYWOOD
Panel is Exhausted. Not One AC.
cepted, Special Venire for
Hundred Men Issued.
COURT ADJ0URNS TO MONDAY.
Jury May be Secured by End of Next
NcelS--C ounscl VIII he Given Wide
Latitude in Examinations.

Boise Ida. May civilian u. Hay
wood, first Of the alleged participants
In the avonging conspiracy by which
IL is averred the assassination OF Frank
Stwlnenberg was plotted and cxecut-
ed. was placed upon trial for his life
today. Counsel FOR state and prisoner
entered at once, IN business-likc way
upon the examination of prospective
Jurors, and kept steadily at the task
for five hours. No juror was finally
accepted, but substantial progress was
made, and the indications at the close
Of the session were that q jury would
be obtained by the end Of next week.
The opening day Of the trial went
through TO It's conclusion In quiet har-
Inony, unmarked by unusual incident
II was earnest and business-like. It's
striking feature was the entire absence
Of crowds or demonstration IN any
form. At no time, morning or after
noon, was the courtroom more than
half filled. and the streets forming the
courthouse square contained not sim
gle loiterer.
The case was halted shortly before
s O'Clock by the exhaustion OF the jury
panel. and an adjournment was taken
until Monday morning. Meantime. the
sheriff VIII summon q special venire
OF 100 men. The If men under exam
ination, but not yet finally accepted
or rejected, We're locked up and viii be
closely guarded.
Haywood was brought to the court
room sharp at 10 o'clock In the morn
ing. He found his family In line of
chairs to the right of his seat, and in
front We're all Of his counsel He
devoted more attention to his young
est daughter than to any one else, ana
throughout the day took practically no
part in the selection of Jurors. Many
men in similar jeopardy as n rule.
make close study of their prospective
jurors, and frequently express their
personal preferences. but Haywood
seems content TO leave the matter en-
tirely in the hands of his lawyers,
Haywood gave no sign of any feeling
pr emotion. but sat quietly throughout
the dav. Mrs. Haywood and the older
daughter stood the ordeal of appear
ance In court very we'll, hut the young
er child cried after the examination of
tnlesmen began Mrs. Haywood and
her children did not attend the after
noon session.
The questioning of the defense took
much wider range than that OF the
state, and it's most striking feature
dealt with the possible effect upon the
minds and attitudes OF jurors of tho
letter OF President Roosevelt in calling
Haywood and his associates ''undeslr-
able citizens the speeches in Idaho of
secy. Taft. the message OF Gov. Good
ing TO the legislature OF Idaho the
speech in Boise of Senator Hepburn.
and the actio~ OF the Idaho legisla-
ture In passing a resolution and APP
I1opriating money for the prosecn-
tinn of the three prisoners.
MI Richardson, who conducted the
examination OF the talesmen. was also
particular 10 ascertain their attitude
toward Socialists and members OF la
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
QUARANTINE AGAINST SHEEP.

Salem, Or, May 9.--After mature
consideration Gov. Chamberlain this
afternoon issued Il proclamation de-
claring quarantine against the sheep OF
the states of Washington, Nevads and
California, based upon the sworn state
ment of State Sheep Inspector Lyle.
and the statements Of the United States
sheep inspectors that the sheep from
those states are infected with scabbies
and fixed a penalty of a fine from $3.50
to $1,000 for the violation of the proc
lamation.
The quarantine proclamation is par.
ticularly effective against the sheep of
southeastern Washington, and was Wig
orously protested against by the We
naha Woolgrowers' association of
Washington, on the ground that their
flocks were free from disease and that
st is n discriminatory move 10 exclude
the Washington sheep from the range
of the Wenaha Indian reservation. II
is expected a lawsuit viii be instituted
by the Wenaha association 10 enioin
the enforcement OF the quarantine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
DOUGLAS PLEADS GUILTY.

New York, May o.-W. o. Douglas
company of America, pleaded gully IN
court today 10 the larceny FROM the
trust company OF stock certihc ties OF
the Rock Island Railroad company.
valued at Sll2,000 He was remanded
10 Tho Tombs prison TO await sentence.
II was reported he win be used as IA
Witness against u. NJ. Dennett. tho
broker who IL under arrest. charged
with completely In the theft.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10

rowed $4,000 from a national official
during the last gubcrnatorial campaign
ir Pennsylvania after he had made
threats to expose how he was cheated
out Of the S2.000.000 contract foi the
lighting fixtures OF The new capitol,
He admitted borrowing the money
on an unindorsed note when he was
insolvent, and refused to deny that it
had been give 10 him by Congressman
IL. Burd Cassel, of Marietta. Pa, pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Construc-
tion company. which supplied $1,000. coo
worth of metallic. furniture for the
capital.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10

ner, The association. which includes so
per cent of the employing photographers
of the country. was formed last year
when the employers declared for an
open shop.
Tthcse officers were elected:
President Claude Fl. Chandler De-
troit vice president. Walter Clothier
of the Ketterlinus company, Philadel-
phia, Horace Reed of Buffalo. treasur-
er, and Z. d. Oviatt of Rochester see
rotary
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
DIR. BILLINGS PRESIDENT.

Washington, May 9.-The National
Association for the Study and Preven-
ton OF Tuberculosis has elected the
following officers:
President, DR.. Frank Billings of Chi
cago; vice presidents DR.. NJ. p. Raw
enel OF Philadelphia and DR.. j. c. Fos-
ter of New Haven; secretary, DR.. Hem
ry Baron Davis; treasurer, Gen. George
NJ. Sternberg.
Many of the delegates left today for
Norfolk to visit the Jamestown exposi-
ton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
PUGILIST PALMER.
When He Heard Verdict of Guilty OF
Murder, Fell Down in a Faint.

London. May "a verdict Of murder
was returned in the Croydon police
court today against Pedlar Palmer, the
English pugilist. who killed Robert
Choate April "a, by beating him while
they were returning from the races in
Il railroad car.
When Palmer heard the decision he
shrieked and fell down in a faint in the
dock. His wife and sister were present
in court and also created a scene. They
were borne screaming from the room
After the testimony had been taken
the prisoner was formally committed
for trial
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
YUKON EXPOSITION.
President Can't Break Ground for it
But Wishes IL Success.

Washington, May 9.-The president
was asked today by Commissioner
Ballinger of the general land office. on
behalf of the officers of the Yukon
Seattle exposition, to be present and
break ground for the exposition build
ings on June /, The exposition Off
Gals in a despatch to Mr. Ballinger
not come. that he send Secy. Taft as
his representative. Neither the presiv
dent nor Mr.. Taft viii be able to go,
but telegram expressing the best
wishes of the chief executive will be
read at the ceremonies.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
THE BALTIC is FLoATED.

New York, May 9.-The steamship
Baltic Of the White Star line, which
grounded on mud bank five miles
northeast of Sandy Hook in Gedney
channel last evening. while outward
bound for Europe, was successfully
noated at high tide late today, unin-
iurcd. and proceeded.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
GIFT FOR PRINCETON.

Princeton. N. j., May 9.--John Grlor
Hibben, IN communication from the
Princeton alumni committee OF So am
nounces the sltt OF Sl,200,OO0 10 Prince
ton university, The money was donat-
ed by a private family, whose name is
not made public.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10
PENNSYLVANl CAPITOL.
Further Light on the Story of Graft
ANA Swindlc.

Harrisburg, Pa. May o-S Mar
shall Williams of Plttshurg, today re-
signed as secretary Of the Pennsylva-
mia board Of trade Williams testified
before the capitol Investigation COM
mission Two weeks ago that he bor-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
TO AVERT BLOODSHED
FOUR GOVERNMENTS ACTING IN
UNISON TO SETTLE CENTRAL
AMERICAN TROUBLE.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Costa RIGA
and Salvador have joined their efforts
to those of the United States and
Mexico to prevent war in Central
America as the result Of the present
friction between Honduras and Mic
aragua. Senior Calvo, the minister to
Washington from Costa RIGA, had a
conference with state department off,
cials relative to the subject and was
able to assure them that his govern
ment, after communicating with that
Of Salvador, had undertaken to inter
vene to the extent Of making repre-
sensations to the opposing govern
ments calculated to induce them to re-
frain from hostilities.
It appears that the question OF ma
tional pride is a large factor in the
problem. Each side feels that in view
OF the bloodshed that has taken place
on the borders only war can satisfy
the demands Of honor. It is the pur'
pose of the four governments that are
now acting in conjunction in the in
terest of peace to convince the would
be belligerents that their honor would
not be aspersed by submitting their
differences to peaceful adjudication
Honduras has accepted this view and
it now remains only for Nicaragua to
yield to this influence.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
OIL KINGS IMMENSE GIFT.
Donates 1000, 900 to General Educa.
ton Board.

Donates a32 1000, 900 to General Educa.
ton Board.
New York, Feb. 8.-The immense
sum of $32,0O0,000 is the browning gift
of John D. Rockefeller for the purpose
Of promoting the general cause of edu-
cation. This stupendous gift was made
to the general education board, the
body specially created by congress
four years ago to administer the
Rockefeller charities in the cause of
education.
Added to the 100000 which the
head Of the Standard Oil trust already
had placed at the disposal of that body
it makes a grand total Of $43, 100000.
Ultimately, it is said, the fund Of the
general education board is to be raised
to $50,0O0,0O0 through donations by
other rich men, friends of the Rookie
fellers who are interested with him In
his charitable enterprises.
OF the $32,000,000 one-third Is to go
into the permanent endowment fund
of the general education board and
two-thirds is to be applied to certain
specific purposes by the direction Of
John D. Rockefeller or his son, John
D., JT.
Just what these specific purposes
are was not made public, but in gen.
eral way it was stated that the inter.
est on the fund is to be used In help
ing colleges and schools, not only IN
the South but in all parts Of the coun-
try.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
MRS. ThAW STEPS ASIDE.
Insanity Expert on the Stand In Muir
der Trial.

insanity Expert on the Stand In MUIR
der Trial.
New York, Feb. 11.-After an inter-
est1ng but not sensational morning
session of less than two hours dura-
ZION 1t was agreed by counsel engaged
In the trial OF Harry K. Thaw that
MRS. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the wife Of
the defendant, should definitely step
aside for the time being to permit of
the introduction of competent testi-
mony tending to show the alleged un-
sound condition of the prisoners
mind.
Mrs. Thaw was permitted to tell but
little because of objections of Mr..
Jerome. She did, however, declare
that Thaw only carried a revolver
while in New York city. One of the
few bits of testimony Mrs. Thaw was
allowed to give was regarding the
note she passed to her husband at
dinner in the Cafe Martin the night of
the tragedy. Mr.. Jerome agreed to
produce the slip of paper, which has
been held by him. It was identified
ny MRS. ThaW and read by MI. Del
mas as follows:
"The D. was here minute ago,
but went out again.
The "b" meant the "blackguard,' y
Mrs. Thaw said, and referred to Stan.
ford White
DR.. Charles Wagner, superintendent
OF the state hospital for the insane at
Binghampton, N. Y, followed Mrs
Thaw on the stand. DR.. Wagner said
when he first examined Thaw in the
Tombs the latter was suspicious and
feared he would be declared insane.
Answering a hypothetical question
asked by Mr.. Delmas DR.. Wagner said
that Thaw did not know his act was
wrong.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
CONTINUES HER STORY.
mrs. 7haw Brings Narrative Down 20
Date Of Woddina.

hsro. 7haW Brings Narrative Down 70
Date Of Wedding.
New York, Feb. s.-Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw continued on the witness
stand during the day at the trial Of
Harry K. Thaw, her husband. carry
ing forward the narrative of her life
from the point where she had left it
of the previous afternoon.
The story began with the period I'm
mediately following her return from
Europe in October, 1903, and was
brought down to the return of the girl
and her husband to New York after
their ho,. ymoon trip in 1905. when,
she said, Stanford White had called to
her on the street and attempted to
apeak 70 her.
Il After her marriage with Thaw, the
witness said, they took a trip through
the West. While in PittsbuYs. she
said, she had lived At the home OF her
husbands mother. She related how
she had persistently refused to marry
Thaw before she finally did so. Her
refusal. she said, was because Of her
reputation.
At the opening Of the afternoon ses-
sion Mrs. Thaw testified that one day
In Whites studio Jack Barrymore,
the actor, asked her If she would
marry him. She replied she did not
know. Mr.. Delmas then asked Mrs.
Th8W If ThaW had told her thu fate
OF other girls lat the hands of this
man White"
District Attorney Jerome immediate
" objected to any further "defa-
nation being thrown upon the
dead, who have no chance to answer"
Justice Fitzgerald ruled that further
competent evidence as to Thaw's in
sanity should be introduced before
continuing the present line Of testi-
mony and Mr.. Delmas declared he
was ready to submit the proof.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
KILLED BY INTERNAL MACHINE
Justice Of the Peace at Paterson, N
j., the Victim.

Justice Of the Peace at Paterson, N.
j., the Victim.
Paterson, N. j., Feb. 9.-Robert
Cortese, justice of the peace, was so
shockingly wounded in his Office by a
bomb sent to him by express that he
died.
His son Robert, aged seventeen,
who was standing beside him when he
opened the deadly machine, was in
jured seriously.
The explosion tore hole i've feet
deep and ten feet In circumference
through the floor of Cortese's Office.
The room was shattered and build
ings for two blocks were shaken as
by an earthquake.
Not long ago a gang of his country
men robbed Cortese's father of $500.
He went after them with such relent-
lessness that one of the criminals is
now in the state prison under a five
year sentence.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
WANAMAkER HOME BURNED.
loss on Building and Contents About
$1,500OO0.

koss on Building and Contents About
$1,500,Ooo.
Philadelphia, Feb. "a fire, entail
ing a loss of $1,60o,0o0, destroyed
Lyndhurst, the handsome country
home of former Postmaster General
John Wanamaker at Shelton Hills.
near Jenkfnstown.
The estate consists Of thirty acres
Of ground. The house, which in the
main was Of English style OF architec-
ture, stood on a hill about $50 yards
back from the famous old York road.
The Wanamaker art gallery contained
some of the rarest prints and most
valuable paintings in existence. Mr..
Wanamaker and his family have been
at their winter home in this city and
the country place was in charge Of a
caretaker.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
ASKS coRTELYou TO ACT.

President Would Close Mails TO Papers
Printing Details Of Thaw Case.
Washington, Feb. 12.-The follow
ing statement was given out At the
White House during the day:
1.-The president has communicated
with Postmaster General Cortelyou to
know whether Il Il feasible to bar
from tho mails the papers that give
the full disgusting particulars Of the
Thaw case. He does not know whether
1t IL feasible, but IL It is he wishes it
done"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
Professional Card

EEPHEN c. VASALY. Consel or.at-Iav
Jspecislty: 1st Mortgage Loaas.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
EVELYN NESBIT tHAW ON The
STAND IN DEFENSE OF HER
ACCUSED HUSBAND.
RELATIONS WITH STANFORD WHITE
ACCUSES MURDERED MAN OF
ACCOMPLISHING HER RUIN
WHEN MERE GIRL

New York, Feb. 7.-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, the wife of the man charged
with the murder of Stanford White,
.ook the witness stand in defense OF
her husband and told the story Of her
relations with Stanford White, the
famous architect, who was killed by
Harry Thaw.
The story was a simple narrative,
told in a girlish way, and in its midst
the young woman broke down and
cried and could proceed only with
difficulty.
1T was in September. 1901" said
Mrs. Thaw, who appeared but slip
Of a girl in the big witness chair, with
her hair caught low on her neck and
tied with big black ribbon, when
Mr.. White invited me to another OF
the parties I had attended with him.
I had been left in his care by my
mother, whom he had sent to Pitts
burg. was just past sixteen years
old.
This night, when l got to Mr..
Whites studio in Twenty-fourth street,
there was not anybody there. Mr..
White said: We'll, well, they all
seem to have turned me down. He
said, Never mind, we would eat
alone Later I said must go home.
He said he wanted to show me an
other part OF the house and We went
into a bedroom with mirrors all round.
He gave me more champagne. Then
everything became whirly and black.
When I came to my clothes were all
of. screamed and screamed, but he
kept telling me to stop, saying, Its
over, its all right"
Told Same Story to Thaw.
The garl told the story to the twelve
men in the turybox, she declared, just
as she related the incident to Harry
Thaw one night In Paris late in 1903.
when be had asked her to become his
wife, and she had told him she could
not. He pressed for a reason and 1t
was then that she told him all. When
she had concluded she said he knelt
beside her, picked up the hem Of her
skirt and kissed it.
She haG been sent to school in New
Jersey in 1902 by Stanford White,
became i'll there and had to be sub
mitted to an operation, the nature of
which the doctors did not tell her.
Thaw came to see her at the hospital
aud said she could be taken abroad
to recuperate. She went to Paris
| with her mother and Thaw and it was
in Paris that Thaw made his first pro.
posal Of marriage.
Going back to her earliest girlhood
| the prisoners wife told the entire
! story Of her life-how she was brought
| to New York by her mother and posed
for famous artists to earn money for
the family support. She also took a
place in the chorus of musical show
and it was while there she met White.
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand
her direct examination uncompleted
when the day was done. Once during
tho afternoon she was excused for an
hour while Lawyer Frederick Long
fellow was sworn to fix the date OF
certain letters written to him by Har
| ~ Thaw subsequent to the revelations
Miss Nesbit had made to him in Paris
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
Opposition Parties Well In the Lead In
Russia.

Russia.
St. Petersburg, Feb. THE oppo-
sition parties are we'll in the lead in
the elections in European Russia, hav-
ing, on the basis of the returns up to
noon, tWenty-fcur seats in parliament
assured and seventy-six practically
certain. The Conservatives have five
assured and thirty-nine probable. The
returns from the Caucasus and ST.
IBERIA, which are only beginning to AZ
rive, indicate that the Social Demo
Gratis and perhaps the SocialRevolu-
tiouists dominate the Populations. In
Poland, everywhere outside Of the cit
les. the Nationalists have been VI.
torlouS.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
CHIEF ENGINEER STEVENS OF.
POSES CONSTRUCTION OF
CANAL BY CONTRACT,
Determined to Sever His Connection
With the Work II Any Of the Bids
Now Under Consideration Are Ac.
cepted-His Position Causes Delay
In Deciding the Question Of Accept
Ina One Of the Offers Made.

Ing One Of the Offers Made.
Washington, Feb. 8.-The admins
tration has been brought face to face
with the alternative of rejecting all
bids for the construction of the Pan
ANA canal by contract or losing the
services of Chief Engineer John F.
Stevens This is the reason for the
delay of President Roosevelt, Secre-
tary Taft and Chairman Shonts Of
the canal commission in acting on the
Oliver bid. An effort has been made
to get Mr.. Stevens to change his mind,
but he has continued obdurate and
the indications are that the admins
tration will accede to his request and
the construction will be continued by
the government.
This information in regard to the
position taken by Mr.. Stevens comes
from q source that cannot be doubt
ed, but it has created some surprise
on account of testimony given by Mr.
Stevens before the senate committee
on interoceanic canals year ago. He
then said that he favored
Building the Canal by Contract.
He was of the opinion that contrac-
tors would be in a better position to
deal with the question of laborers.
Since then he has gone over the canal
plans carefully and he now expresses
the belief that the canal can be con-
structed by the government within a
period of ten years. His friends have
advised him that if contract is let
for construction he will be robbed of
the credit of building this great water
way. Frequent exchanges of cable
grams between Washington and the
isthmus have resulted in a demand
by Mr.. Stevens for the acceptance Of
his resignation IL the contract is
awarded.
It is asserted by certain senators
who have taken an unusual interest in
all matters relating to the canal that
II one of the bids for canal construc-
ton is accepted it will mean that the
administration has determined to dis.
pose of Mr.. Stevens as the director
Of the canal construction.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15

". VASALY. Attorney At Law. Oh
-vS over old Herald building.
1913. Little Falls, MINI.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
DR.. SIMPSON ACQUITTED.

Declared Not Guilty of the Murder Of
His Father-in-laW.
Riverhead, l.. l., Feb. 1.-THE jury
In the case Of DR.. J. w. Simpson,
charged with the murder Of his father
in-law, returned q verdict Of not
guilty.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-15
CALLS FATHER AEARTLESS.
Princess Louise Of Belgium Complains
Of Leopold's Treatment.

Paris, Feb. 11.-Princess Louise Of
Belgium, the divorced wife of Prince
Philip OF Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, in an
open letter published in the Matin,
complains bitterly of the heartless
fashion in which her father, King Leo
pold, has abandoned her, even allow
ing the heritage which she derived
from the late queen mother to be
seized for debt.