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February 1st, 1907,
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Army OF Newspaper Men.
The court officers are overcome by the
problem of what to do with all the legiti-
mate newspaper men who want to write
about the trial. Monday they cut the Cor
dian knot by keeping all the newspaper
men out That was all very we'll for the
preliminary session, but cannot hold good
during the actual progress Of the hearing.
The immense jury panel more than fills the
seating capacity of the court ROOM which
is known technically as Supreme Court,
Trial Term, Part 1. Criminal Cases" There
are fully 200 newspaper representatives
clamoring for admission. This indicates
that the general public will not be admitted
at any time, except in individual instances
through the favor of the district attorney
or some officer of the court
Opinions vary as to the time the selection
Of a jury will require. Few are willing to
hazard a guess Of less than two weeks AT
and half was occupied In filling the jury
box. The Thaw case has attracted far
greater interest, there is more of romance
in it. and the vital issue is not one of facts.
Everybody knows that Thaw shot and killed
Stanford White The prisoner himself pro-
claimed that fact to the world when he
chose a crowded roof garden as the setting
for the tragedy.
not there was anything in the acts of White
toward Evelyn Nesbit, the wife, to justify
the terrible punishment inflicted by Harry
Thaw. 1t is difficult at this stage of the
case to see just what bearing the acts OF
White and the Nesbit girl. before her mar
rage to. Thaw, will have Can Thaw be
considered the privileged avenger of any
wrong that may have been done the girl
before he even knew her? Especially when
whatever the relations may have been be-
tween Evelyn Nesbit and Stanford White
they must have been known to Thaw during
the year or more preceding his marriage
to the pretty model.
Close students of criminal law think
Thaw's plight Is a serious one If he and his
witnesses cannot show that White ruthless.
ly sought out and pursued the girl after hei
marriage.
There are SO many. many elements to ths
case that the task of selecting fair-mind.
ed, intelligent and yet unprejudiced Jury
will be a most difficult one. 1t Is ever
feared that the panel of 200 talesmen may
not provide sufficient material for the jury
dozen.
No Architects on Jury.
Certain 1t Is there will be no architects
among the twelve men who will be Harry
Thaw's judges. Stanford Whites standing
in the architectural world was SO high, and
the influence Of his art was so widely felt
that the defendants counsel would not be
satisfied to rest their clients case in the
hands of Whites fellow craftsmen.
! No onss even remotely connected with
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was to marry Jack" Barrymore, son of
Maurice, and an actor himself The culmi-
nation of 1t all was that Mrs. Nesbit ana
her daughter went to Paris, and 1t is said
that White paid the way.
The Nesbits had not been in Paris long
when Thaw followed them. His influence
was finally such that, II is said he induced
the girl to leave her mother. The mother.
stranded on the other side. had to cable
to White for money, and II was with this
that she came home.
Came Home Alone.
Thaw and the girl Travelled through Bu-
rope for a while, but the story is that his
treatment was such that she was forced to
come home alone. When she reached this
side she first sought out Stanford White
and then prepared an affidavit in which she
told OF Thaw's treatment in detail. In
this document she is said to have set forth
that Thaw besides being cruel to her, took
away all her Jewelry
Thaw followed Evelyn Nesbit home on
the next steamship and, the district attor-
ney has been told. began the very day he
landed to get the girl away from White.
He found where she and her mother were
living and sent vanload Of furniture to
the house. This Mrs. Nesbit sent back.
Thaw gave orders that fresh lot of flowers
should be sent to the house every day, and
he made the girl presents Of the most ex-
pensive jewelry. He met her in spite OF
her mothers influence and the influence OF
White and he finally won out
The Return to Europe.
In December, 1904. Evelyn disappeared,
and her mother learned that she had sailed
for Europe with Thaw. Once Thaw and the
girl got abroad there were renewals OF the
reports Of alleged cruelty to her 1t was
when the pair went to Europe for the SEQ
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man Of Pfttsburg. AZ child Evelyn Mes
bit, who was sometimes called Florence,
was considered to have remarkable beauty.
and her picture was soon seen in photograph
galleries. Later she became sought for by
artists, who wished her to pose for them
In their pictures Of child life. Mrs. Nesbit
moved to Philadelphia, and Evelyn Nesbit
became known to the artists Of the Quaker
city. According to one report, Thaw first
saw her in Philadelphia, but from best ac-
counts he did not meet her until later,
when she had already become the protege
of Stanford White.
came model and was described as the
most beautiful artists model in America.
She was Of the brunette type. although her
eyes were a distinct blue. Her figure was
petite. Her skin was described as having
the rare ivory and rose tint" and she
had small and regular features that gave
her distinct appearance. Her mouth was
we'll rounded, though not small. The art
fectly modelled foot since Venus and the
rounded chin of the goddess as well. AL
ready she had been chosen as the repre-
sentative of Pennsylvania at an interna-
ttonal beauty contest in Buffalo.
Threads Become Entangled.
Thaw first began paying close attention
to the girl, it is said. when White was
called out Of the city. She was then play
ing IN a musical comedy at the Madison
Square Theater. He spent his money with
a prodigal hand. On Whites return, how
had been the first to be generous to her, and
Thaw's wrath knew no bounds.
Thaw, from all accounts. did not find
favor with Mrs. Nesbit, but the young Pitts
valuable gifts to the girl at her apart
ments-one of them grand piano-and
sought her on every occasion. About this
time, too, there was report that Evelyn
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the stage, either in the past or the present:
will be acceptable as a juror. conflict OF
sentiment might be encountered IN stage
circles. White was popular among the
stage people with whom he so constantly
associated. Evelyn Nesbit spent part OF
her brief career on the stage, and has many
friends among its people.
EVELYN Nesbit Thaw is but twenty-three
wears of age. while Harry Thaw is said to
be in his thirty-seventh year When he
was arrested the night of June 25 last ne
told the police he was eighteen years OF
age This was afterward changed 70
twentv-eipht The best Information is,
however, that Harry was born in 1870 in
Pittsburg.
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HOPE RESTS IN WIFE
DEPENDS ON MRS. THAW FOR
LIFE AND LIBERTY.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. January 23.-Will Harry
Thaw be sent to the electric chair for kill
iLg Stanford White?
The consensus of opinion here in New
York. where every detail of the case and
every move OF the prosecution and the de-
tense has been watched. weighed and COM
mented upon. is that the young heir to the
famous Thaw millions will never see the
Interior of the death chamber at Sing Sing.
1t has been common phrase: "Thaw's
money will save him. but that In not the
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CASE OF GREAT INTEREST.
Institution Of Lunacy Proceedings
Had Been Looked For.

distinguishing feature of Thaw's case
has been the uncertainty of the plea that
his LAWYERS would make for him before
the court. For months the institution Of
lunacy proceedings has been looked for,
and members of the Thaw family have
tried to persuade the prisoner to agree to
them, but in vain. He has declared that
he would go to trial pleading justification
for his act
It has been the conclusion Of experts
who have seen Thaw that he was insane
when he shot White and that he is insane
now But he will have none Of this.
No Tombs prisoner facing trial for muir
der has ever had behind him the money
that has been and will be used to keep
Thaw from the electric chair According
to report, the members of his family ex-
pected $4,000 would have been spent by
now, without counting the actual expenses
of conducting the defense during the trial.
Stanford White-Victim, Or
OF the three principals in the tragedy
Stanford White stood first because Of the
great ability as an architect that brought
him international fame. The other two,
Thaw and his wife, who was Evelyn Mes
bit, artists model and chorus girl, had
also been heard from on two continents,
but theirs was a fame-or notoriety-of the
order that comes with the lavish spending
of money and gay doings in ''tenderloins, !"
local or foreign
White at the time of his death was in
the zenith Of his career. He was fifty-thfee
years old and in the structural growth that
transformed New York's sky line in the
past twenty years his handiwork was seen.
His friends declared after his death that
nearly every block Of New York's great
est thoroughfare was full Of monuments
to his taste and genius. Madison Square
Garden, on whose roof he met his death,
was perhaps the greatest OF his achieve
mentS.
In appearance White looked much more
the heavyweight athlete than the artist. He
was six feet tall and Of heavy build. He
had rugged face, heavy mustache and
massive head His shaggy auburn hair
which he wore In pompadour fashion, had
no streak Of gray in it. His figure was q
familiar one along Broadway. at the thea.
tiers ana the restaurants. he came to be
known as the friend of the chorus girl, anl
was known to many women of the stage
Everywhere he was known for his gener.
stage folk who sought him in their hnan.
cial difficulties.
Then Came the Stories.
The manner Of Whites living resulted In
the digging up after the shooting Of sensa
tional stories. He had studio in the Mad
Ison Square tower, and stories were bull
up Of the orgies that had gone ON there
The architect was represented as having
had studios in at least three other places
where the same kind of performances were
witnessed by the architect and his friends
The nature OF the charges made them sucl
that the mans friends could give them ne
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basis Of the belief that he WIN never pay
the penalty Of frst-deeree murderer. 50
freely expressed at the very beginning of
his trial. Poorer men than Thaw have had
more famous counsel to represent them.
There is no evidence that huge sums have
been spent by the defendants relatives in
preparing his case. The state has spent
much more In bulwarlcing the prosecution.
Evelyn Nesbdt'e testimony viii cost Thaw
nothing In mere dollars and cents. The
work Of refuting what she may have to say
has caused the district attorneys Office no
end Of worry and has entailed the expendi-
ture of many thousands Of the peoples dol
1arn
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
SPOONER LEAVES
HIS SENATE SEAT
SENATOR SENDS LET
TER TO GOVERNOR SAYING
He WILL RESIGN MAY I TO
RESUME LAW PRACTICE.

Washington March John C.
SpoOaer. of Wisconsin. has re-leeed
his .cat in ibe United States senate.
% take effect May !. NJ Spooner.
in a lette. go Governor Davidson. says
he wishes t. resume the practice IF
law
The letter was d1,sI YESTERDAY iu.
The fact hat -uch letter had o. on
written sr bat Mir Spoluer cautcm-
plated ra~izning did mot become
Known ia the So ale until iats today
when it created great surprise and
the senator found himself ,ho s1b5ect
IF many anxious iuqnirics. TO al D.
replied THAI Dis mind was fuu. msle
mp. Tie has found he said thar 20
ontinue in his press ut position v9rl
'eqnire a sacrifice on his part that boz
could cot Justify himself in making
he said he would resume r1n practice
81 law htt declined .u say Wheeler 8r
NOT he would De- located iu Wi-c1nsiu
He did say. howers. th8r hu wau-i
continue Ia Zoe riH1eu Of that state
as long as b. livr-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
Dor't starve Your Bird.

It is common mistake TO think that
pets can only be taught when hun
CRY. and 10 commence a birds training
BY depriving il OF breakfast. dinner or
supper is a most unhappy beginning.
In reality. says Mary Dawson. in St.
Nicholas. the feathercd folk are lust
As apt and full Of FUN after a comforta-
bic meal as before it. and to starve.
scold or otheruisc ilitreat The little
creature viii usually render it too IN
happy to learn quickly. If ar an Birds
are extremely nervous beings. Ther
love low. quiet voice. and gentle
moycmcnts-ioyet 10 be talked "a. coax
Cd and made much Of II thc pet is a
new one and seems specially excitsble
or timid. vo1 VIII have to teach IL
first Of al not 10 fear YOU. A7y little
games he is 10 learn must be acquired
afterwards.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
ODD CASE or COMBUSTION.
Rose Bushes Shipped in Wet Moss Al
most Burned Up.

peculiar case OF spontaneous com.
busuon, or something like it, is de,
scribed by a writer in Casters Mag.
azine
On February II, 1906, two large re.
frigerator cars of young rosebushes
We're received al Hannibal Mo. from
nursery in California They we're
shipped in wooden cases containing
numerous anger holes for ventilation
and were carefully packed with wet
sphagnum, or California swamp moss,
to prevent chatting and to support
their vitality
No ice was put in the cooling tanks,
and the covers of these, as well as all
other openings in the cars, were
closed as tightly as possible The
cars were ten days in transit. The ont,
side temperature was so degrees
Fahrenheit at the start and Is de-
grees at the end OF the trip
Upon arrival steam was issuing
from every crevice of the cars. Upon
removing The tank covers it rushed
out in large volume. The doors were
opened and ice was put in the tanks;
the free circulation of cold air soon
cooled the contents Of the cars.
In unloading it was discovered that
some Of the upper layers Of boxes
were badly damaged by heat, which
naturally was most intense near the
top of the cars. No signs of actual
combustion were found but this
would probably have occurred in a
short time had not the cars been
quickly cooled
The temperature must have been
nearly up to the burning point, as
many of the green stems Of these
plants were black and brittle
Wet sawdust In large quantities fire.
quently becomes very warm in the in
terror even when exposed to winter
weather. in fact the lower the tenn
perature Of the atmosphere the hotter
usually the sawdust.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
CA|RO|TES CO
TO SPR|NCF|tL
CAIRO & THE5ES RAILROAD OF
FIcIALS TO ATTEND HEAR.
ING BEFORE RAILROAD
COMM SSlONERS.
CROSSING AT SANTA FE
Crossing at Santa Re Point of Contest
Between the New Road, c. &
G. l., and Illinois Central
Railroad.

Several officials Of the Cairo and
Thebcs railroad lef, last night for
Springfield and others viii leave to
day to attend a hearing to be held be.
fore the state railroad and warehouse
commission ers Tuesday conce Mug
the matter of the Cairo & Thebas
railroad crossing the Chicago 4
Eastern Illinois railroad at Santa Fe.
As known the c. < E L. and the
Illinois Central the latter having a
tenant-right over The formers tracks,
have demanded that the new railroad
place its tracks overhead at the oss.
ing al Santa Fe. The Cairo & Thebes
railroad objects TO the great expense
of eleyating heir tracks at this point
and will contend for a grade crossing
at that point
II win be remembered that the of
fjcials Of the other two roads We're
here recently looking over the sjtua-
tiCn and agreed that fos he sake Of
safety they would demand overhead
tracks.
The Cairo.tcs, officials Of the Cairo
& Thebes railroad and attaches of the
railroad office who viii attend The
hearing are President Eabert A.
smith, vice president T. Bruce Nagee
treasurer Edwad G. Pink and Judge
w :. Dewey. torney for the road.
auditor William PomerJy. civil eugi-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
BISHOP OSBORNE
PREACHED HERE
AT CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER
YESTERDAY MORNING-REV.
n. W. JEFFERSON CON.
QUOTING EVENING
SERVICES.

The Right Rev Edward w Osborne
bishop OF the Springfield dioces o.
preached y sterday morning at the
Church of the Redeemer before Il
large congregation.
Bishop Osborne's sermon was good
spiritual food for the parish that has
been SO long without a rector and an
who heard him re benefited by the
plain. simple lessen he taught a, he
might have told it to children Of 4
smaller growth.
Bishop Osborne made an appeal -
the parish for contrib tons 10 the
memorial 10 The late Bi hop Seymour
OF below memory II is proposed as
has been told iu The Bulletin. 90 raise
am endowment fund for the diocese a.
a memorial On Bishop seymour 4
committee 81 thc local parish will ba
appointed soon to- solicit -ubs-fi1.
lions iu Cairo
Last yening Rev Henry % JoGnr
son. of the diocese of Georgia. preach.
ed before congregation at the
ch of the Eedeemer
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
WABASH WILL
TAP COAL FIELDS
AFTER YEAR OF EFFORT Ar
RANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED
WILL REACH THEBES
And use Cotton Belt To South And
Southwest-Trains will Be
Run From Chicago
To The South,

Traffic arrangements have been
cmpleted whereby the Wabash will
be able to make connections with the
south and also to tap the coal fields
Of Southern Illinois. This arrange,
nent has been under way for a year
Or more, and has only just been com
pie ed The tracks on the Chicago 4
Eastern Illinois will be used from Al.
amount teEenton and from Benton to
Bush. the Wabash and Southern. a
new road nearing completion.
From Bush the Iron Mountain viii
30 used into Murphy sboso and on 10
Thebes where the Cotton Belt to the
outh and southwest will be utiliz O..
For several years the Wabash has
striven 10 enter this COMPETITIVE field.
wher PRACTICAL every road Of the cen
al west has erdeavored 10 enter and
Dnly now has succeeded
The Wabash has already line
rom Altamount into Chicago, and eX
1ects to have trains running in The
near future from Chicago to tn south.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04

with the same end, which hold between
your finger and thum.
Now let go the end tC) and take
hold of the end tAl which you must
have left, about six or eight inches
long, and you make a spectator fancy
you pass 1t through the loop, and take
hold of it again when so passed
through, in the twinkling Of an eye.
To increase the surprise, suggests
Peoples Home Journal, you may make
the loop as small as possible. This
apparent piece of manual dexterity is
performed by passing that end of the
string marked A as quickly as posi-
bic around the top of the thumb, so as
to come between the forefinger and the
thumb; it will thus get into the loop,
and you will seem to have passed the
end through IT, much to the wonder
ment of the audience at the seeming
impossiblity OF such q thing
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
.LECTURED BEFORE
LARGE AUDIENCE
JAMES w, DUNN OF BOSTON GAVE
INTERESTING ADDRESS Be
FORE CAIRO COUNCIL.
KNIGHTS OF CO
LUMBUS.

Mr.. James W Dunn, of Boston
Mass. a member Of Franklin Council
Knights Of Columbus, gave lecture
last evening at St Patrick's Hall be
fore the Cairo Council OF that society
and a large audience of 9th
His subject appertained to the order
and the sc5pe of It's work over tht
country. L was a most interesting
lecture and the delivery Of til speaker
was especially good.
Mr.. Dunn has had foriy-twO wears
experience as a lecturer and although
past middle age is remarkably strong
active and alegt. His long Experience
has fitted him all the better for the
platform and his lectures have repre-
sen ed variety of subjects. He com
pleted his car er as a lecturer las
night. giving his last address and viii
retire now, expecting to enjoy hi
home.life Mr. Dunn has Travelled
extensively abroad and is an interest
ing conversationalist along all lines
His Lecture he was greatly apprc
ciated by the Cairo Council, Knights
Of Columbus
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
CITY JAIL BREAKER
Caught in ST. Louis-Left Cairo
Bastile April "a Last Year
Win Several Others.

chief Egau received word several
days ago THAT the ST. Louis police had
arrested Two men who were believed
to- Dee wanted here. One OF them
gave his name a- Lawrence r Rob.
eu-. alias Reed The chief did not
az the time uad-cs and who they
could De. out whol the photographs
arrived BEE recognized them a. mem
be.s OF d party of six young rogues
vdo weee arrested here last year as
ya2rau-a AMI $40 or th.ee II whom
Ur0.. jail Robert, or Reed was one
of ihr jail breakers and the chief
wants him Dacs with a view of seaJ-
ing him cove. tbe road Toe par y
uels toml fellows who seemed TO b.
travelling over tfe country making q
living Iy Co.. wits. and bold enough
to hesitate at n.th'ug snort Of muir
dri-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-04
S2fs~ss~~s<1 f~sa-rsss fs-ss~ssf sess-s-'ss
FLAG SWINGING
A Description of This Picturesque
and Ancient Spot.

Flag swinging, as a national athletic
sport comes down from the Middle
Ages and far suIpasses the swinging
o. flags for wigwagging, or signalling,
as practiced by armies and navies all
over the world 1t had, as far as is
known. its origin in the neghborhood
of Krempe. Schleswig- Holstein, and It
still hourishes there as a national
sport and pastime.
Since 1871. the year Of its establish"
ment. it has played a prominent part
on the programme of the annual tour
naments OF the different Turner So
cieties. Two championships are held,
and they are jealousy guarded, and
jealously fought for by the holders
and the claimants Of the honor, and
the competitions take place in the
presence OF the highest officials OF
krempe. and almost its entire popula.
ton, says the New York Herald.
Clad in the same quaint costumes
as were worn by their predecessors
300 years ago, the "swingers' parade
the streets, followed by the athletic
societies, and greet the public By lift
ing and dropping their flags, up over
their heads and then almost trailing
them on the ground.
The swinging takes place in the
open market place opposite the Rath-
aus and consists Of many curious and
complicated movements The flags