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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13

though accompanied by all the formal
ity usual on such occasions, lost much
Of the dramatic quality it would other
wise have possessed for the reason
that Thaw and all the members of the
family were aware that no agreement
had been reached by the jury, counsel
for each side having been told Of this
by Justice Fitzgerald before they en-
tered the court room.
Thaw was at once taken back TO the
Tombs. Application that he be re
leased on bail will undoubtedly be
made soon: but it is regarded as IL
most certain that this application viii
be denied District Attorney jerome
announced Immediately after TIC
jurys discharge that Thaw would oe
tried again. though not for several
months, Later he added that ic
TWOGTd vigorously oppose any applica
tion for bail or for a change of venue
in the case.
DispIcaSed With Lawyers.
One of the first reports that fO.
lowed the announcement of the jury
disagreement was to the effect tA1t
Lawyer Delmas and every other mem
Der of Thaw's staff of counsel. with
the exception of Daniel O'Reilly
would be discharged, and a fresh batch
Of lawyers hired for the new trial.
1t was stated that everybody col
nected with the case regretted Del
mas "dementia Americana" plea
L., a.,
homes declared Delmas had made lit
tie impression on them. Neither the
oratory of the Californian nor the ter-
rible story told by Thaw's wife infiu-
enceG their deliberation. Not one of
| them, it was asserted. thought of the
''unwTitten law in the case. The sole
question with which they concernn3
themselves was whether Thaw was
sane or insane when he shot and
killed Stanford White.
Some of the jurymen also admitted
that the last few hours of their dellb.
erations had been quarrelsome ones
and that on two occasions two of the;r
number almost came to blows
story of Fight in Jury Room.
The story of the two day effort made
| by the Thaw jury to arrive at some
| agreement regarding the guilt or thi
innocence of Harry X Thaw on the
charge of numbering Stanford Whit,
is story Of constant strife betwe 3l
| the two parties into which the ju~s
| was divided from the first. When tht
jury went out on Wednesday a ball)
was taken 15 minutes after they re
tired from the court room. There wa.
some general talk among the II be
fore this ballot was taken, in the
course of which Juror Harney flatl.
announced that he was irrevocably ,
the opinion that Thaw was insane
when he killed the architect.
When the votes cast on the fir :
ballot were counted it proved thl
, eight of the jurors voted to convic
: Thaw of murder in the first degree
the other four voting so acquit upJ
, the ground of insanity. The origina
four who stood for acGuittal wer'
Jurors Pink, Harvey, Fraser, al
Steele.
r. Two Factions IrrecOnciIabIe.
From this time on the contest wa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
Ancient Order of United
Workmen Compelled to
Leave the State.
CANNOT MEET CLAIMS
UnwllIIngness of Members to
Raise Rates Given as
Cause.

Cincinnati, April 13-Thc Ohio de-
partrnent of the Ancient Order OF Uni
ted Workman is to be abandoned, ac-
cording to- q statement made by O. o
Grand Recorder Roever today Suit
has been fled to appoint a receiver for
the business and to wind up its affairs.
Roever said it is exceedingly difficult
to convince members of Il fraternal or
ganization the wisdom of increased as
SessmCnts.
Loses in Court.
Columbus, Ohio, April 13.-Coinci-
dent with the filing yesterday in the
circuit court of a suit in quo warrantO
to oust the grand lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen of Ohio from
doing business il the state. the lodge
filed an answer admitting the truth OF
the charges made and consenting to
the prayer of the petition.
Two Grounds Given.
The petition, which was filed by the
attorney general. says the action is
brought on complaint of Insurance Com
missioner A. l. Norys Two grounds
for custer aee stated-that the lodge
has failed to &1y with the laws by
filing reports, Eand that ii is not carry
ing out itsscontracts in good faith, be
cause wholly unable to do so.
1t is said the lodge has death claim,
against it amounting to $15Q,000 ans
its funds are only $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
HOWARD NESBIT SORRY He
UPHELD STANFORD WHITE
THE TRIAL OF
HARRY THAW.
FEATURES OF CASE.

Charce-Murder in the first degree.
Length of triaI-Sixty-five court days,
extending, with postponements, from
Jan. 25 to April IL.
Length of jury's deliberations-Forty
seven hours and five minutes.
Number of ballots taken-Eight.
Present status of case-Prisoner is
remanded TO the Tcnlbs without bail to
await new trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
DAvENPORTER ONE OF few SENDING
AID TO THE STARVING RUSSIANS

st. Petersburg, April 13.-Ambassa-
dor Riddle transmitted to Baron De
Meyendorf, head of the Russian Red
Cross, $4,000 collected through the
American Red Cross for the relief of
famine sufferers in Russia. The only
other American contribution received
by the embassy is $3.50 sent by Mr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
HELD FOR DODGsNG
ANTi-L0TTERY LAW
New Orleans Bankers and Capitalists
Indicted by, Federal Grand
Jury.

New Orleans. April 13.-'The federal
grand jury today indicted for alleged
conspiracy in violation of the anti
lottery law. Albert Baldwin Sr. pres
ident of the New Orleans National
bank; Chapman Hyams. capitalist;
Frank 7. Howard, receiver of the New
Orleans water works and capitalist;
David Henncn and. Alfred Henncl
Morris
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
Beloisn Cabinet is Dissolved.

Brussels. April 13.-The chamber of
deputies by 81 votes to 80 yesterday
adopted a measure fixing the hours of
labor in mines, after which NJ De Smet
de Mayer, the premier, announced that
the cabinet, being unable to command
majority in the house, has decided to
resign
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
Yerkes Leaves Office.

Washington, April 1.-THE resigna-
ton of John w. Yerkes, commissioner
of internal revenue has been accepted
by the president. He leaves the serv-
ice of the government to enter the.
practice of law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
KEROSENE ON FIRE;
EIGHT ARE DEAD

Dennison, Tex, April Eight per
sons, members of the family of j. =
Price, were burned TO death early to-
day near Gunter, Tex. Price attempted
to start fire with kerosene when an
explosion followed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
WOMAN TO SUCCEED oLCoTl
Mrs. Annie Besant of India Nominated
as Head of TheosophicaI Society.

Kansas City, April 13-An official
announcement was received today by
members of the local branch of the So
ciety of the nomination of Mrs. Annie
Besant, of Alyar. India, as world pres-
dent of the Theosophical society, to
succeed the late Colonel Henry Steele
Olcott. president and founder of the or
ganizatiOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
812 MILES IN AERIAL VOYAGE
Balloon Makes Remarkable Trip From
Berlin to EnuIand

London. April 13.-The remarkable
balloon record OF S12 miles in 19 hours
was made by two German aeronauts,
DR. Wegcner and Adolf Koch. who de
scended yesterday at Enderby. near
Leicester They had covered the dis
tance from Berlin within that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
Lincoln "Lid" cIamped Tioht.

Lincoln, Neb., April 13.-Every sa-
loon in Lincoln was closed yesterday
and the city in all probability will re-
main dry until May 13. the begin
ming of the new municipal year under
the existing charter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
GENERAL BOIHA IN LONDON
Head of TransvaaI Government Well
Received on His Arrival.

London. April 13.-General Botha
premier of the Transvaal colony ar
rived here today to attend confer
ence of the colonial premiers. The re-
ception accorded General Botha at
South Hampton and London was re-
markably hearty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
H0NORS FOR NOTED VISITORS
Impressive Ceremony at Rededication
OF the Carnegie institute.

Pittsburg. April 13.-One of the inn
pressive ceremonies in connection with
the rededication of the Carnegie insti-
tute was held this forenoon, when hon-
oTary degrees were conferred on dis
tinguished foreign and American guests
by the Western University of Pennsyl-
yania.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
GIVE MONEY TO PARK BOARD
The Misses Davenport Turn Over Cash
for Long View Fountain.

Major H. c. Connolly, attorney for
the Misses Davenport, handed TO Hon.
William Jackson. president of the park
S2,00G TO be used in providing a foun-
tain in Long View park, TO be known
as the Davenport memorial fountain.
cut of which was recently published in
The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
Hartman Not Allowed to
Answer Question
in Court.
CALLED As A WITNESS
important Light on EpistIe At
tacking Roosevelt Is
Withheld.

New York, April 10 f. H. Harri-
man appeared in the Tombs police
court today as a witness against Frank
w Hill. his former stenographer, who
is charged with having sold for publi-
cation the famous Sidney Webster let
Ter written by Hartman. The publica-
ton of the letter led to an exchange of
statements between Roosevelt and Har-
riman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
GENERAL WADE TO RETIRE
Officer Next in Rank to MacArthrr
Reaches the Ace Limit

washington, April 15.-MajOr Gen-
eral James E. Wade. next in rank TO
Lieutenant General Macarthur termin-
ates his active connection with the
military establishment today by the
operation of law on account of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
H OF Davenport, Iowa.
Parliament Urged to Act.

Premier Stolypin today submitted a
bill to parliament providing for an ap-
preparation of s11,50O,OOO as a supple
mentary credit for the famine relief,
and asked for the earliest discussion of
the measure on account of the urgency
Of the situation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
FOR PLACE AGAIN
Mrs. c. n. Deere of Moline Will
Be a Candidate for ReeIec-
ton at D. A. r. Congress
AS STATE VICE president
Nearly All Chapters in Illinois Have
United in Request That She Ac-
cept the Position.

The continental congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
will convene in Washington, d. c,
next Monday morning, and it is anil
cipated that LOO delegates will pa
ticipate in the councils, the large;t
number on record Mrs. Dorothy Nc
Lean is president general and she is
slated for reelection.
Mrs. Deere is Candidate.
Mrs. Charles H. Deere of Moline
will also be a candidate for reelection
as vice president general for Illinois.
having letters from nearly every chap
ter in the state requesting that she
run again for office. Mrs. Deere will
have practically no opposition. Mrs.
F. MiXter will attend the congress as
regent of the Fort Armstrong chapter
of this city and Mrs. Frederic Wells
of New York, nonresident member,
will represent the chapter as delegate.
Mrs MiXter will leave for Washington
Monday. Mrs. William ButterworJh
and Mrs. George Walker of Moline
will represent the Moline chapter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
MAY PLY VOCATION
Proposition for Licensing of
Mental and Magnetic
HealerS is Killed.
THROWN OUT OF THE BILL
Illinois Lawmakers, However, Pass Law
to Increase Power of Board
of Health.

Springfield, Ill, April 13.-Charles Al
len of Vcrmillion county, Lee Onil
Browne of La Sale county, and Lantz
of Cook county have succeeded in kill
ing the state board of health bill pro-
hibiting the practice of mental and mag
netic healers and providing for the is
suance of certificates by the state
board to physicians holding certificates
from other states and countries and for
supervision of state board of health
over the standard to be maintained III
colleges.
Amend After Conference.
After the bill had been killed yesteT-
day, Secretary Egan of the state board
of health had a conference with Speak
er ShuTtleff, by which it was agreed
that the Objectionable clause I, prOhib-
iting mental and magnetic healers,
should be eliminated from the bill and
Lantz allowed to introduce a bill per-
mitting magnetic ana mental healers
to practice without supervision and IL
censing by the state board of health.
At the afternoon session section was
stricken out and the bill as amended
advanced to third reading. The Lantz
bill was also introduced at this session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13

Hartman identified the Webster let
ter. and said as published in the news
papers the letter was substantially cor
rect. He had never authorized its
publication or given his permission to
let the letter 80 out of his Office. Har
riman said he had not communicated
the contents Of the letter outside of his
Office except TO Webster.
Not Permitted to Dswcr.
He was not permitted to answer the
question whether he had read the let
ter TO former Governor Odell, J. II.
Hyde, Senator Depew. or others. Action
was adjourned until the 18th.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13
WEBSTERIANS WIN
Victorious Over Gladstone So
ciety in Annual Debating
Contest at Augustana.
IMMIGRATION is THE SUBJECT
Winning Team Represented Affirmative
Holding That Further Restriction
is Undesirable.

J. r Heline. Alex Jacobson and Otto
E. Peterson. representatives of the
Webster Debating society. won the an
nual debate last evening at AuguStana
over their opponents. A. r. Funkelrud
J. +. Lindberg. and Jesper HOlmquiSt,
representatives of the Gladstone. The
question discussed last evening was.
Resolved. That further restriction If
immigration is undesirable" The
Webster debaters. representing the AZ
ffrmative side, defined the question
as national one. and as the present
policy of the government had shown
itself to be successful and with the
present laws with which to restrict i'm
migration further restriction would be
| undesirable. provided the present laws
are enforced as they should be. The
numerous laws were shown as impra >
/ ticable and ineffective. The affirma-
| tive side also put forth numerous re-
| medies for distribution and assimila-
ton which would do away with the
| present immigration problem without
any further restriction
/ Need OF Regulation
| The negative side held that owing
to the influx of immigrants of all class
es many of whom are of the most uu-
| desirable kind. further restriction
should be made They showed that
hordes of Italians. Greeks, sickly fee,
BILE minded and illiterate immigrants
from all classes were coming in Goa
tinually and proving a great detrimeH:
to the country and the only remedy IS
further restriction.
Wcbstcrians i'm Demonstrnt tion.
| The judges of the evening, DR. +. +
Bartholomew, Dr. Magnuson, and Pro
fessor Esbjorn, handed their decision;
to the chairman of the evening, Pro
fessor /. NJ Anderson. With almos
breathless suspense the audienu'
awaited the result. As soon as th'
announcement was received proclaim
| ing the Webster representatives tn,
victors, the Websterians in a bod!
: rushed TO the rostrum and after a Sc
ries of club yelis seized their repre-
: sentatiyes, and hosting them upor
their shoulders formed a triumpha
procession.
The result was unexpected by tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-13

Mrs. Evelyn Thaw broke down COM
pletely while she was taking leave of
her husband. They were standing be-
fore Thaw's cell door talking when the
young woman buried her face in her
hands and began to sob. Thaw tried to
comfort her, but she could not control
her emotion
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
HOME TRADE CLUBS
They Should Be Organized
and Active in Every
Community.
'PATRONIZE HOME MERCHANTS
he Great Danger to Local Interests
That Are Found in the Mail
Order Systems-Educate
the Public.

Copyrighted. 1906. by Alfred c. Clark
Why should we trade at home?
Why should we consider home in any
way more than any other place unless
1t pays us financially? First, because
1t is our home. The pride we should
take in the prosperity of our home
town and our neighbors should be suf-
hcient inducement to give them the
preference. Second, because beyond
all doubt or question, it pays from a
money point.
The greatest menace to the country
merchant to-day Is the mail order
business, and with the decline of the
country merchant comes inevitable
loss to the citizens of both town and
country. What at first was considered
a great convenience and an exhibition
or commendable enterprise has grown
to be one of the crying commercial
evils. The success of the mail order
house is the result of constant. ex-
tensive and intelligent advertising. 1t
% not by persistent swindling as some
tell US, for no business was ever built
up In that way. The home merchant
can do no better than to adopt the
same method, the judicious use OF
printers ink.
While the merchants are the heav
Sest immediate losers. and could dc
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quainting the community with whas
he has to sell and with the fac
that people could obtain at home
where they could personally examine
them and return them IL defective II
any way, goods at as low . price a.
any catalogue house can sell them
every man and woman L. to blame
who sends away for goods; and every
one who fails to raise his voice In
favor of home trade. The editor holds
the most responsible position ant
should be the leader In this move
ment.
The remedy has been outlined in
general way. We will suggest the frs
steps. Let merchants buy at home
they cannot consistently ask others Il
trade with them when they do mo-
patronize their brothers in trade. The
editors should patronize homo, ant
even at considerable personal sacrifice
refuse foreign advertising for lines q.
goods in competition with the homt
merchant. The editor deserves NOR
credit than he receives. Many q web
TODD farmer or city man would thinl
himself perfectly justified in sendini
away for all his groceries and cloth
ing if he thought he could save ter
dollars thereby on years purchases
but most editors forfeit many time,
that much every year by refusing ad
vertising from distant firms in the
same lines of business as his home
merchants; and sometimes the home
merchant even then declines to a6
vertise.
Trade-at-home clubs might be OF
gained. with mottos something like
| Club" or Il Patronize the Home Mer
chants" or 81 Buy Nothing from Mai
Order Houses" for members to dis
play. The acceptance and displaying
of such card might constitute q pes
so nor member.
Much of the trading away from
home is due to thoughtlessness ant
ignorance of business principles
Many persons consider only the frs
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13

cost; II they save % cents on Q ten
dollar order by buying from . mai
order house they consider that cleG
gain. They should be shown that Z
merchant and his family living II
their midst, keeps up a house, pay
taxes, adds to the social features, COZ
tributes generously towards public en-
terprises, etc. If by buying at home
their town gives support to severa
more local merchants, creating Q bet
ter home market, they get back q lib
eral percentage. Every man and WON
an takes more or less pride in loca
affairs and Is willing to contribut
something toward homo improve
ments. If the matter Is fairly pre-
sented. That Is why I say the rem
edy lies In education.
Most mail order houses claim tho
are enabled to sell cheaper than coup
try dealers because they buy in large
quantities and get especially Low
prices. This is often q base mis
statement Of facts; let me cite an In
stance: A stock man from easter,
Washington was visiting In Kansa,
City. One morning, walking with hi
nephew. who was a clerk in q lead
ing wholesale hardware house, b,
asked where Bland & Co.'S store wa
located. Don't think I ever heard q
Them" replied the young man. 20
yes, 1 do remember tho firm; the,
have no store, they have an ONCE II
(giving the name of the building)
but don't see how they can sell hard
ware as low as your home merchants
for while we sell them goods at les
than retail price, we don't give then
as low prices as regular dealers, be
cause they buy in such small quaint
ties. just as they get orders" Tn.
stockman was greatly surprised, h
supposed he had been dealing witt
one of the largest firms In the city.
The mail order business has devea
oped so slowly. and works so quietl,
that few persons realize the magn3
| tude it has assumed nor to what e1
tent it Is now sapping the hfe-blood q
many small cities and towns. Even
now we hear the excuse given fo
sending away for goods, that the mes
chants carry such poor stocks. Ths
wonder is that they carry any.
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much toward checking and correcting
ing and publishing prices, they should
not be expected to do 1t all. Every
newspaper should preach home trade,
every teacher should instil it into his
pupils in the school room, every min
lister should preach it from the pull
pit The debating societies and po-
litical conventions should discuss 1t.
The interests Of town and country
and newspaper and church, and so
ciety generally, are so interviewer and
so identical that whatever Injuries one
will eventually injure all. When the
merchants are compelled to bring on
smaller stocks, and employ less help,
and pay cheaper rent, they are not
alone the sufferers; the whole COM
munity feels the loss. The price of
real estate Is largely dependent on its
proximity to a good town. Rents are
dependent on the amount OF business.
The merchant can move to some other
town and establish himself again more
readily than can the professional man
and many others who have built up
business through years of acquaint-
anceship and establishment of char
acter. If the farmer, or property own
er in town, want to sell out they are
the greatest sufferers-they can't
move their property to some place
where people are booming their town
and country by patronizing home.
The remedy lies in education and
publicity. In many places that edu-
cation will come through bitter ex-
nerience, but, in other communities.
where they are quicker to detect the
anproaching evil and heed more read
sly the warnings of the press and
friends of home, they may correct the
evil more readily.
Wealth and power are corrupting
Influences and the mail order houses
are probably not sending out as hon.
est goods as they once did. They have
learned the tricks of imitation and
substitution and how easy it is to
deceive the public. But, If the mail
order man is honest, and his methods
of advertising legitimate in every way.
his success is of no interest to us
and will never benefit our community
in the slightest degree. If crops should
fail or sickness render US short OF
money we could not expect him to
trust us for a dollar-we must always
look to the home merchant for credit
in times of adversely.
Who is to blame? The mail order
house? Not In the least. We alone
are to blame. The near-sighted mer-
chant who has lost trade by not &C
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Into New Court House. - Imme-
diately following the completion Of
the new county court house at Man.
haitian the county officials moved in
and are now located in their per-
manent quarters. Since the history
OF Riley county began there has
been a question as to the location
Of the county seat, owing to the
geographical location of Manhattan
and the manner In which the vote
Of the county was divided on this
question Consequently up to this
time the county was without = court
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
The Real Power.

A 17-year-old boy at worcestes
Mass, has a lung capacity Of 30t
cubic inches. When he grows up and
goes to congress- he win perhap,
learn that 1t is not the orator but the
speaker who affects the course Of n
tional legislation.