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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
DEN MARK.
Copenhagen


A Swedish machinist named Lun-
din was suddenly killed a few days
ago by being run ove by a runaway
team. He was found In an uncon-
scious condition and was brought to
the city hospital, where he died be-
fore his physicians could reach his
bedside. Mr.. Lundin was a native Of
Stockholm.
The Schleswig-H olstein muddle,
which for years has been q bone Of
contention between Denmark and Ger
many, has now been amIcably settled
through an amendment to the so-called
articles Of 1854" 1t concerns direct
~ the Danes and Prussians who reside
IN Denmark.
King Frederick and Queen Louise
will visit Christiania and Stockholm
early NEXT summer. They will, when
In Christiania, be the guests Of their
son, King Hcakon. On this occasion
King George Of Greece will also be
one Of the guests.
Agricultural products to the amount
Of 353 millions were exported from
Denmark last year. This is the larg-
est on record for Denmark.
MARION 8. NORELIUS.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
CHILLED RY o
Expert Witness in Thaw Case Makes
Very Poor Showing.

Very Poor Showing. .
New York, Feb. G.-The task of
proving to a jury that Harry Thaw
was imsane-through heredity and
mental stress-when he shot and
killed Stanford White, was taken up
by the defense In this famous case,
but when adjournment was announced
later in the afternoon it was the gen.
erai opinion in the courtroom that but
little progress had been made.
The defense, however, got before
the twelve men in the box the testi-
mony of an expert that In his opinion
Harry Thaw was suffering from in
sanity the night of the tragedy. Mr..
Jerome undertook to break down the
evidence of the ~alienist, DR.. G. G..
Wiley of Pittsburg, and for three
hours put him through a cross-ex-
animation as severe as was ever
heard In any court. The prosecutor
was relentless In his attack and before
he had finished DR.. Wiley protestingly
declared: II didn't come here as an
expert. came as q witness to q fact
4nu l nave DSen converter intO an ox-
pert without being prepared for It..
The district attorney -astonished
everybody by his intimate knowledge
Of medicine and its technical phrase
plogy, demonstrating the care with
which he had prepared himself to
meet the very defense which Thaw's
counsel have entered In his behalf.
Mr.. Jerome ~searchingly injured into
Mr.. Wiley's record as a physician and
a. an expert on insanity. He hurled
volleys Of technical questions at the
witness who at times sat mute and at
other times gave evasive replies. or
ten he brought upon himself sharp
warning from the district attorney to
make a reply and not an argument.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
PROSECUTION is BRIEF.
Presents States Side of Thaw Case In
Two Hours.

New York, Feb. 4.-The case of the
people against Harry K. Thaw, charged
with the murder of Stanford White,
was presented to the jury In less than
two hours of the morning session OF
the trial and at the afternoon session
Attorney John b. Gleason made the
opening address for the defense.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan
outlined the case for the prosecution,
narrating In a conversations ton the
events on the night of the tragedy.
He did not go beyond the immediate
events preceding the shooting on the
Madison Square Roof Garden. The
prosecution decided to let the evidence
of actual facts prove the motive.
Before the prosecution began the
introduction Of its evidence District
Attorney Jerome secured from the
court and with consent of Thaw's
counsel an order that all witnesses
except experts should be excluded
from the room.
Thaw flushed a vivid red as Mr..
IdVNdu, III q lOuu NOlCc, SdIitu tuO
name Of the first witness. He was
Lawrence White. the nineteen-year-old
son of the dead architect.
As the youth stepped to the witness
chair Thaw cast his eyes upon the
table before him and did not lift them
once during the brief examination of
the young man. Whites testimony
was unimportant. He was with his
father at dinner the night of the
tragedy, but left him before he went
to the Madison Square Roof Garden.
The other witnesses for the prose
cution were called in rapid order.
They were the ey~ewitnesses to the
tragedy and added nothing new to
what has long Deen familiar reading
to the public. They testified that fol
lowing the shooting Thaw declared of
White: "He ruined my wife"
When his wife said TO him: See
what a fix you are in" it is testified
that 1haw replied. "Dearie, ! have
probably saved your life"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
WORK OF AVALANCHE
AT LEAST EIGHT PERSONS ARE
KILLED BY A SNOWSLlDE
IN COLORADO.

Salida, Colo, Feb. Slight per-
sons were killed and fourteen in
jured, two OF whom are expected to
die, In the snowslide that came down
Monarch mountain and wiped out a
portion or the town of Monarch. The
slide wrecked three buildings and
partly demolished a fourth. The dead
bodies of the following have been re-
covered from beneath the great
masses of snow and broken timbers:
Fred Mason, owner Of boarding
house; Mrs. Fred Mason; Baby Ma
son; Joseph Doyle, miner, Denver;
John Emerson, miner, Denver; John
Gillert, miner, Monarch; Stephen
Skinner, saloonkeeper. Monarch. One
miner, name unknown, is missing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
SIX FROZEN TO DEATH
WOMAN AND FIVE CHILDREN
PERISH FROM THE COLD IN
NORTH DAKOTA.

Bismarck, N. d., Feb. 5-Goodrich,
a town on the Darlington branch Of
the Northern Pacific, reports by tele-
phone that an unknown woman and
five children have been frozen to
death.
Rev. George, pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Dawson, was killed by
a snow pillow on the Northern Pacific.
He was driving to Steele to take part
in religious meetings and in crossing
the track near Steele was struck, liv-
ing but an hour after the accident.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07

head of the Swedish Covenant church,
deuprted for China, Jan. 10 con
panied by his wife and a missionary
named Nilsson. The Waldenstroms
expect to reach Shanghai i'm about five
weeks and it is their intention to be
Christian missions in Shanghai next
April.
The site chosen for the new Nobel
building to be erected by the Nobel
committee will be directly opposite
Diurgarden. 1t will be beautifully To-
Gated and when completed will. from
an architectural standpoint, be one of
the finest public building in Stock
holm.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
SAVES s5,ooo,ooo ANNUALLY.
Provision Incorporated In Postoffice
Appropriation Bill.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The house
committee on postofices and post
roads has Incorporated a provision in
the postofice appropriation bill, which,
it is said, will a v the government
s5,000,0 900 a year in the amount paid
to the railways for hauling mail mat
ter. The action was taken after an
explanation by Representative MUIR
dock of Kansas, who said that the
department. was using a false "di-
visor" In that 1t weighed the mail for
seven days and divided the amount
by six to ascertain the amount on
which to base the compensation Of
the roads. The provision agreed On
requires that Weighing shall be done
for seven days and the amount d.
vfded by seven.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
DAVIS is COMMENDED
kDMIRAI'S ACTION AT KINGSTON
APPROVED BY PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT.

Report Of the American Naval officer
Is Received at Washington, but In
asmuch as the Diplomatic Phase Of
the Case Is a Closed Incident It
viii Not Be Made Public-Praise
From Admiral Evans.
Washington, Feb. Pin uneguivocal
terms President Roosevelt has ap-
proved Admiral Davis entire action
in connection with his visit to Kings
ton, Jamaica, to render aid to the
stricken city, and in addition request
ed the secretary of the navy to ex-
press to Admiral Davis his heartiest
commentator of all that he did.
The long expected report Of Ad-
miral Davis of the circumstances
leading up to the withdrawal of the
fleet from Kingston reached the navy
department and was at once laid be-
fore the president. Inasmuch as the
president already has announced that
the diplomatic phase is a closed incl
dent, the report itself will not be made
public, but Secretary Metcalf gave
out the letter of Admiral Evans, COM
mander-in-chief of the Atlantic feet,
warmly commencing Admiral Davis
for his conduct Of a situation which
was, to say the least, somewhat en-
barrassing." The admiral remarks
further that 1t was particularly for
tunate that there was at hand an off,
Ger such as Admiral Davis to deal
with the problem which arose.
The correspondence is supplement-
ed by q strong letter Of commentator
of Admiral Davis by the president and
by Secretary Metcalf, who adds his
approval and commentator OF Ad-
miral Davis distinguished service to
humanity"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
AGREED ON BY REPUBLICANS
Frank o. Briggs Will BE Senator From
New Jersey.

Trenton, N. J., Feb. 5.-The Repab-
lican caucus has nominated Frank o.
Briggs for United States senator to
succeed John F. Dryden by q vote OF
20 to Is. The vote was subsequently
made unanimous.
The nomination Of Mr.. Briggs was
largely brought about by Governor
Stokes. who enlisted actively in his
behalf.
The election Of Briggs II assured.
az he will have "a votes, or one more
than the number necessary to elect,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-07
DEFENSE is INSANITY
THAW ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN
OUT OF HIS MIND WHEN
HE KILLED WHITE.

Prosecution in Noted Case Occupies
Less Than Two Hours in Laying Its
Evidence Before the Jury and Coun-
sci for the Prisoner Then Outlines
the Plea on Which the Defendant
Justifies His Act.
New York, Feb. 4-Insanity is the
defense in the trial of Harry X. Thaw,
slayer of Stanford White. In his
opening address to the jury Attorney
Gleason, for the defense, said Thaw
was suffering from insanity, hereditary
in nature, when he shot White,
Mr.. Gleason stated the defense
would be one of insanity. He declared
that Thaw believed he was acting up
on the word of Providence when he
killed Stanford White; that he acted
without malice and did not know the
nature or quality of his act.
MIR. Gleason declared further that it
would be shown that Thaw acted in
Belf-defense and without malice, be
lieving threats had been made against
him by Stanford White.
Heredity and stress, the attorney
said, are the two great causes of in
sanity. The defendant suffered from
great stress of mind. Certain things
kept revolving over and over again In
his mind until his brain was in a whirl
OF madness and he felt impelled by
Providence to act In the way he did.
Mr.. Gleason asserted that Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw, when first asked by
Harry Thaw to be his wife, refused
because OF IAN experience In her life
connected with Stanford White"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02
MISLEADING STATEMENTS.

As one evidence of the little depend- ence to be placed on statements re- garding the canal work 1t is shown that early last year Mir. shonts, in a report to the Secretary of War, an- nounced that from and after July the excavation would go forward at the rate of 100000 cubic yards per month. It is shown, however, that the highest figure yet reached for one month was s25,0o0 cubic yards. That is less than one-third of what Mir Shonts prom ised, and even that was an exceptional months work. Did Mr. shonts know ingly misIead the Secretary and the public or was this but one more item in the long list of Ignorant guesses? it is one more illustration of the almost total lack of certainty in whatever is said or promised in connection with this great work. It has reached a point where no one can feel under ob- ligation to believe anything he reads or hears on the subject.
 The whole business is fast approach ing farcical stage, with nothing sure or reliable about 1t What with the adninistration's continual shifting, backing and filling. going up and com ing down. and the numerous untrust- worthy reports and assertions from those in power it need surprise no one to learn that a feeling of disgusted in- credulitv Ia fast taking possession of the country with regard to the work. And discouraging feature of the matter is that we have no reason to hope or look for any improvement; at least as long as Roosevelt has any thing to do with 1t. And, as The New York Commercial sums 1t up, ITO call the United States government the contractor for the Panama Canal, and the constructor of 1t is something very wide of the mark" It Is. for a fact
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02
REPUPLIcAN CoaIMENT.

There are some measures and schemes fathered by Republicans. and some doctrines and theories held by them that some of their strongest newspapers cannot stomach. We take this from The Portland Oregonian as a fair sample.
 Washington dispatches announce that at a conference between the President Speaker Cannon and Representative Watson it was decided to make an ef- fort to pass ship subsidy bill at the present session of Congress. Last fall, when the President damned the ship subsidy bill with the faint praise that it was "as near unobjectionabIe as any can be-" a prominent New York paper. in commenting on the graft, said that this is the foulest kind of pitch, and the President had better keep his hand out of it." There has been no purlfca- tion or bleaching of the pitch" since that time despite the efforts of Secre- tary Root and other influential men who should know better to place the graft on a legitimate plane. The basis of all argument used by the subsidy hunters is that other countries pay subsidies which enable their ships to carry freight at lower rates than our ships will accept IL has been repeat edlv shown that Great Britain and Ger many, which handle more than two- thirds of the oyer-sea commerce of the world. do not pay subsidies to their vessels. But admitting that they are engaged in the unbusinesslike practice does that warrant the United States in Ievying a tax to increase the profits of q few millionaire shipowners?
 Those who are at work for this shameless graft will never be content until they get it. They may not get all they want, but may get more than this government should give 10 any set of men or to any corporation. If the term graft is not strictly appropriate in this instance we can't see where 1t would be.
 Another somewhat surprising bit of protesting comment comes from The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name Day simplicius. Sun rises at
 1776.-The Americans cannonaded Boston from CoDole Hill and Lechmere
 17e3.-sam Houston born.
 l193.-Congress passed @ law mak- lots of ground with buildings and other materials and necessaries for mint, $1,29S7S and for the salaries of it's ooffise6erso from July to December. 1792,
 O4.-The new government of the island Of s san Domingo decided to call
 1895 The. first Trappist monks ar- rived at Lexington, Ky.
 1920. .1Missouri Compromise bill
 IS29 .-one of the first successful silk mills in this country began opera tions iR Wilmington, Si Del s,, officer of the Revolution, and for many years a eohspicuous member of the Virginia Legislature. At his death he Der, charging his estate with the ex- pense of transporting them to Liberia
 ls4l First daily newspaper in
 1S54.-The population of the United States fixed officially at 21,S22,700.
 1S61.-Revenue cutter Dodge surren- dered to the Confederates at Galveston, Texas.
 1864. Provost Marshal General ss- sued order 10 all state Draft CommiS- sioners to be prepared to begin work on March 10 in every subdistrict that had not raised its quota of men by that date
 1867. Congress adopts national bankruptcy bill, and establishes a de- pertinent of education; Henry Barnard, LL.! D., president of St. Johns Col lege, Annapolis. Md O.. appointed and confirmed Commissioner of Education
 1S94.-Stril6ing miners in West Vir- ginia charged with setting fire to Cabin Creek bridge on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
 IS95.-The House voted a s5,25O, Ooo appropriation to pay bounty on sugar produced in the United States.
 1903 -Aldrich currency bill killed In the Senate.
 1904 Russell W. Davenport one of the leading metallurgists of the country, died at his. home in Philadel- phia from pneumonia.
 1905 Ministers friendly to Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia checked plan to have great crowd go to Philadelphia city hall in demonstration against him 1906.-Sugar and tobacco trusts aid cd bv anti Roosevelt Senators, killed Philippines tariff bill. Service by American Press News 1 Washington, D. co
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02
HOLDING THEM DOWN.

The fad for regulating and limiting by law has taken new turn in Mas sachusetts. where bill is now before the Legislature to limit the height of buildings in that State. Tn brief, 1t provides that no building hereafter. to be erected, outside of Boston shall ex- ceed in height one and a half times the width of the street on which 1t Is built. and in no case shall one be more than 100 feet high. We do not know why the exception Is made in favor of Boston. unles@sit is because some of that city.s streets are so narrow that the rule fixed in the bill would not al- low a house of more than four or five stories built near them.
 We do not exactly see the wisdom or good policy of such legislation as this. The New Bedford Standard ar Eues that 1t "would be pleasant if such matters as these could be regulated by the good sense of the people, but so long as they can't, and sonong as a few men mistake greediness for enterprise. 1t is probable that law making of this nature will be necessary. There are no cities in Massachusetts where high CT buildings than such as are allowed for in this bill are necessary. In many respects they are fatal to the beauty of a city and from a hygienic point of view, many of them together are posi- lively harmful We do not see that anybody will be injured by the passage of such bill, and the communities would certainly be better off if its ideas were carried out"
 Well, why not leave it to the good sense of the people?" It may be true that an exceedingly tall building reach ing up into the atmosphere here and there has a tendency to mar the line of beauty, whatever that may be, but if lawmakers undertake to hold the tops of all buildings down to level line they have hard proposition be- fore them. As to these tall buildings being menace to health, as The stand ard intimates, we must confess that we fall to see the correctness of it's view. We rather think that the furth- CT people get from the earth in some cities the healthier they will be. but possibly it isn't that way in Massa- chusetts. outside of Boston. The Leg islature plainly intends to allow the people of that town to get as far above ground as they wish, which may be a wise and humane consideration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02
Roosevelt in the saddle.

Mobile Item.
 Exit citizenship from the Panama Canal Zone. Enter Theodore Roosevelt at the head of the army and navy. The new regime is to Mir. Roosevelt's' lik- Ing. The attempt to dc a great engi- neering work with mixed body of citizens and army officials has not worked to suit the taste of the Ruler of the Armie and Nayie." There has been too much trouble to get men emin- ent In their profession to stick. Wal lace resigned and aroused the Presi- dent and Secretary of War Taft to high pitch of indignation. He found 1t better to work under less hamper ing conditions at better pay. Shonts stood 1t for awhile, but he saw more comfort and less subservience else- where. Stevens, one of the original suggestors of the contract plan, saw his chance to retire gracefully when 1t looked as if the contract plan had been decided upon, so he goes out. The ol- tver people, who had spent thousands of dollars in the preparation of plans and specifications. and in necessary pre- liminary work preparatory to taking over construction operations, were tum- bled over. The Oliver bid had shaken up the administration. It was too low to be favorably considered, and the in with the powers that be at Wash fngton. Administration favorites failed to get the greatest plum ever handed out. Hence, there was an official kick.
 
 had reason to believe that he had the contract in hand, Mir. Roosevelt, in tha resignation of Shonts and then Stevens. the latter, the third of the three picked favorites, saw his golden opportunity. The Oliver people go to the junk pile with their contract, and Mir. Roosevelt, at the head of the Engineering Depart ment, steps in. At last he has chief engineers under him at his beck and call who can be ordered to do this, that or the other, to suit imperia1 pleas- ure. If 1t should not please them to take their families to the Isthmus. or should they entertain any objection, they have the choice of fesigning their commission or of being dismissed from the service. Hereafter. there Is to be no talking for the public. As officers of the army they will be expected to do what they are told to do, and to keep their mouths shut. The situation is one that is not to be viewed by the public favorably, and with politics as the blossom no one will expect any thing but rotten fruit. No matter how this may be, the colonel of San Juan is in the saddle, and he may ride as he pleases without having to explain to anybody, and his subordinates must have a. care of they will be ridden down n9rough-shod.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02
JANNEY 6 CO,
PROBATE NOTICE.

State of Alabama, Montgomery County.
 Probate Court,
 To Gilbert Follansbee. Pittsburg. Pa 1; Elizabeth Harrison, Bloomfield, N. J., John Follansbee, New York, N; f'' Irene Delap and May Follansbee' Lon don. England; Jesse F. Bacon west field, N. r.; Lizzie Follansbee, BlneIta Follansbee, Charles Follansbee, John Follansbee, Julia Follansbee, CIeYe- land Ohio; Horace Whitebead, Dra- ton, Ohio; Alfred Whitehead, Trenton, N. J., Agnes whitehead, Moulme m Burmah, India Lewis Whitehead' Ralpn Follansbee and Hannah Foliansbee' Braddock, Pa, and John Whlteheao' New Brighton. Pas; , You will take notice that on the 18th day of February, 1907, Horace. string fellow filed his application In this court for the probate of an. instrument of writing. purportlng to be the last will of sarah G. Follansbee decessedi and that the 9th day of March, 19Oft was set to hear said application.
 Given under my hand this 18th day J. B. GAsToN.
 sat st Judge of Probate.