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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
GreenviIle Journal.
The Two West Points.

The sensations of the new cadet
when. after the climb from the boat
landing, he finally reaches the plain
those first sensations linger a long
while There are two West Points
the actual West Point and the over
arching, spiritual one, of which the
cadet only becomes conscious about
the time he graduates, writes Gen.
Norris Schaff in Atlantic Monthly.
The determinate West Point that is
to be his master for four years, and
the shaper of his destiny, meets him
at the top of the slope with Ominous
silence. He hears no voice, he sees
no portentous figure; but there is COM
municated in some way, through some
medium, the presence of an invisible
authority. cold, memorable and re-
lentless. Time never wears away this
first feeling; it comes back to every
graduate on returning to West Point,
let his years and his honors be what
they may. And perhaps it is just as
well that it be so; that there is one
place left in our country where van
ity of asserted ancestry and the too
frequent arrogance of speculative and
fortuitous commercial leadership find
a chill.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
DELAY IN THE THG;N TRIAL
WITNESSES FROM EUROPE ARE
UNABLE TO REACH LAND.
Jerome Fails to Learn Their Identity
Case May End by Next
Saturday.

New York. - The binding snow
storm which swept New York Fri
day caused the first serious inter-
ruption of the second Thaw trial. 1t
put an embargo on practically all the
shipping in the lower bay and pre-
vented the big steamer Adriatic from
reaching her dock.
On board the liner are four physi-
clans and a trained nurse from Eu-
rope, who, Mr.. Littleton declared in
court, are important witnesses for the
defense and whose testimony he de-
sires TO place upon the record before
propounding hypothetical questions to
the three experts who will swear that
when Harry X. Thaw shot and killed
Stanford White he was so mentally
deficient that he did not know the ma
ture or quality of his act or that the
act was wrong. The request for an
adjournment until Monday, made
upon the opening of court, was granted
by Justice Bowling.
Mr.. Littleton promised to have the
long hypothetical question ready i'm
mediately after his few remaining wit
nesses of fact have testified on Mon
day, and unless Mr.. Jerome's cross
examination of the experts is uneX-
pectedly long, the defense will rest
by Monday night. The prosecution
will proceed on Tuesday with it's re-
buttal case and should not occupy
more than day and half. The sur
rebuttal by the defense will be brief
and the case should end by Friday or
Saturday of next week.
The witnesses who are to land from
the Adriatic are expected to tell of
alleged irrational outbreaks by Thaw
in Europe long before Evelyn Nesbit
came into his life. The district attor-
ney tried to secure the names of the
witnesses from Mr.. Littleton Friday,
and there was a lively exchange of
words for a few minutes, ending with
the identity of the newcomers as much
of mystery as ever.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
GRAF TING ON A
GIGANTIC SCALE.
CHARGED AGAINST FORMER OF
FIcIALs WHO BUILT STATE
CAPITOL.
TRIAL OF FIVE OF THE
DEPENDENTS BEGIN
Experts in Metallic and Wooden Fur
niture, Marble and Other Furnish
ines Will Be Called as Witnesses BY
Each Side.

Harrisburg. Pa, Jan. 27.-The first
OF the 81 criminal suits against former
state officers, contractors and others
connected with the furnishing OF
the new capitol of Pennsylvania
will be brought to trial in the Dauphin
county court Monday before Judge
kunkeL The defendants in the suits
listed for trial first are Architect Jo-
seph NJ. Huston and Contractor John
Sandersol, of Philadelphia; former
Auditor General William P. Snyder
Spring City; former State Treasurer
William l.. Mathues, of Media, and
James M. Shumaker, of Johnstown,
former superintendent of public
grounds and buildings.
The defendants are charged with
conspiracy to cheat and defraud the
state out of $135,OOO by falsifying the
weight and measurements of certain
furnishings supplied by Sanderson un-
der his per foot" and per pound"
contract with the board of grounds
and buildings. The prosecution has
selected five cases against these de-
PENDANTS to be tried first.
The suits against Congressman H.
Burd Cassel, of the Pennsylvania Con-
struction Co., who supplied the metal.
lie furniture for the capitol, and who
is under indictment on charge of con-
spiracy and false pretense, and the
remaining eight defendants in these
prosecutions will be tried later.
The total cost Of the capitol was
$1S,000.000, of which $4,000000 was
expended by the building commission
for construction and $9,000.000 by the
board of grounds and buildings for
furnishings. Sanderson's contract
amounted to $5,4S7, ,S99 and his profit
in some instances is alleged to have
been as much as 1000 per cent. Hus-
ton designed the capitol and the fur
nishings and received in commissions
more than 100000. Shumaker is ac.
cused of having failed to audit the
bills of SandersOn and other contrac-
tors and with having accepted Hus-
tons certificatiOns that the work was
according to specifications. Mathucs
is alleged to have paid the bills and
Snyder is said to have passed the bills
without them having been audited in
either case.
Many of the furnishings supplied by
and other contractors will
be produced by the commonwealth
before the jury and experts will be
called to show that they are not up to
the specifications and that the prices
were excessive and not according to
cOntrnnf
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
JURY FREES DETSCH
STORY THAT HE THOUGHT FER.
REE A BURGLAR ACCEPTED.
WIFE's NAME PROTECTED
Defendant Denied Police Claim That
He Was Actuated by Her Mis-
conduct with Man He
Killed.

Philadelphia.-After trial OF three
days Andrew jackson Detsch, who was
charged with numbering Harry Ferree
in a boarding house in this city last
November, was acquitted late Friday
afternoon.
The jury was out nearly three hours.
The announcement of the verdict
caused an enthusiastic demonstration
in the courtroom. The killing of Fer
rec was sensational and, owing to the
peculiar circumstances, the case Gre
ated great interest. Detsch claimed
he killed Ferree in mistake for a
burglar and the jury took this view
of the case.
Detsch, who is % years Of age, lived
with his young wife and child in an
uptown boarding house. On the night
of November 5 policemen heard shots
and traced them to the house. They
forced an entrance and on the third
floor hallway, in front of the door of
the Detsch apartments, they found
Ferree dead with three bullets in the
body. He was in his stocking feet.
Ferree was about so years of age
and had occupied room on the Sec
ond floor. Detsch told the policemen
that he heard some one trying to get
in the room and, thinking it was a
burglar, shot four times through the
door.
The police were inclined to accept
this explanation, but in searching the
effects of Ferree they found many let
ters that had passed between Ferree
and Mrs. Detsch and a number of sug-
gestive photographs. The police then
charged Detsch with having delib-
erately killed Ferree. They contended
that Detsch learned of alleged mis-
conduct between his wife and Ferree,
that Detsch caused his wife to lure
Ferree to her room, and that Detsch
fired the shots when he heard Ferree
place his hand on the door knob.
Detsch maintained during the trial
that he did not know that the man
outside the door was Ferree and that
he thought he was shooting at a
burglar.
He fatty denied that at the time he
suspected his wife's chastity, and re.
fused the opportunity to plead the
"unwritten law" preferring to pro-
tect his wife's reputation at the risk
of his neck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

Japan is said to have contracted for
the construction of a new type of
submarine vessels which can be read
lily transported to any desired field of
operation. The ships will be stored
in a sort of tunnel or subway in the
holds OF war vessels, ready to be
quietly and secretly released when it
is desired to have them get in their
work. 1t is evident that the submarine
is to play an important part in naval
actions hereafter. However, if the
fancy flights of some of the fiction
writer's are turned into actual fact
science will make naval warfare i'm
possible. But for the present nations
which think it well to be prepared for
emergencies keep right on turning
out the best warships they know how
to build
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
AID ASKED FROM BOSTON
For Blaze That Threatens Business
Portion of Portland, Maine.

Portland, Me-, Jan. 27.--The whole
sale dry goods establishments of Milli-
ken, Cousins & Co. was destroyed by
fire Sunday night, with loss of $500.
900.
After the fire was apparently under
control it broke out again in the roof
of the A. F. Cox & Sons shoe estab-
lishment Before additional lines of
hose could be run up the entire roof
was ablaZe, and at 2 a. m. it seemed
as if part Of the block, with its whole
sale stock of shoes said to be worth
S25O0O0. would be burned.
Despite the work of the firemen the
flames ate their way through the
fourth and third floors of the Cox
building, cutting them completely.
Aid has been asked from Boston,
Dover, n. H., Portsmouth and a num-
Der Of Maine cities, as it was feared
the blaze would get beyond control.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
cUTIcURA CURED FOUR
Southern Woman Suffered with Itch
ing, Burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles.

"My baby had a running sore on his
neck and nothing that l did for it took
effect until used Cuticura My face
was nearly full of letter or some sim
liar skin disease. 1t would itch and
burn so that l could hardly stand it.
Two cakes of Cuticura Soap and box
of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Two
years after it broke out on my hands
and wrist. Sometimes l would go
nearly crazy for it itched so badly. l
went back to my old standby, that
had never failed me-one set of Cuti-
cura Remedies did the work One
set also cured my uncle's baby whose
head was cake of sores, and another
baby who was in the same fix. Mrs.
Lille Wilcher, no Eleventh St., Chat.
tanooga, Tenn, Feb. 16, 1907"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
USE CLUBS ON JoBLEss.
Police Break Up a Parade in Streets
of Chicago.

Chicago. - Several hundred men
were dubbed by the police and num-
ber were more or less seriously hurt
in the loop district shortly after two
p. m. Thursday when 200 uniformed
patrolmen and detectives, under per-
sonal command of Chief Shippy
charged an army of the unem-
ployed" In efforts to disperse them.
The army" was marching toward
the city hall to demand work. 1t was
finally disrupted effectually by the po
lice.
Two attacks on the mob were made
and thousands of persons were at
tracted to the scene by the shouts
of the men and the bluecoats as they
struggled in the streets
DR.. Ben L. Reitman, self-appointed
leader and friend of the "jobless," was
arrested and taken to Chief Shippy's
office. He was charged with melting
a riot.
During the disorder a number of
women were knocked down, They
were given immediate attention by the
police.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
w. 1. RocKEMoHLE KILLS SELF.
Cashier of Defunct Kansas Bank Com
nits Suicide.

Great Bend, Kan.-W. Leo Bocke.
mobile, cashier of the suspended Bank
Of Ellinwood at Ellinwood Kan, under
arrest for making a false statement Of
the banks condition in December,
shot and killed himself Friday night.
The suicide took place at Bocke-
mobiles home in Ellinwood. He had
given bond several days ago to appear
in court Saturday. His bondsmen had
surrendered him and were leaving the
house after notifying him of their de-
cision. AS they reached the gate he
called out: Wait a minute" They
turned and saw Bockemohle shoot
himself in the head with a pistol and
fall dead on the porch.
The Bank of Ellinwood was founded
% years ago by Bockemohle's father,
now dead, and until lately was con-
sidered strong institution.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.
Severe Shocks Do Much Damage in
CaIabran Villages.

Reggie Gi Calabria.-A strong earth
quake shook this province Thursday.
No report of loss of life has been re-
ceived. The shocks were particular,
ly severe at the villages Of Blanco.
Brancaloone, Bruzzano and Ferruz.
zano. Terrified, the people rushed
from their houses to the open fields OF
took refuge in the nearby subterran,
can grottos.
Later in the day another shock was
experienced considerably more severe
than the first. Many buildings were
damaged, large number of houses
being rendered uninhabitable. The
municipal building at Blanco Nuevc
collapsed
Notwithstanding the intense cold,
the people are camping in the open
The municipal authorities have set
up tents in the fields, which to some
extent will alleviate the sufferings.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
The stuyvesants in America.

American families may not be of
long duration measured by the stand
ard which can be applied to some old
world houses. Still, the death of a
ineal descendant of Peter Stuyvesant,
and one of the few who lived to see
the twentieth century, recalls some
stirring and swiftly-made history.
Robert Stuyvesant, who has been
gathered to his Dutch ancestors, his
bones to be laid away In a family
vault where many of the kindred dust
repose was a link between present
and past and one whose life suggests
a marvellous contrast between the past
and present Of the city that was his
home. Peter Stuyvesant, the last
Dutch governor of New Amsterdam,
was strong and vigorous character,
with a peppery disposition that kept
him in hot water with many of his
contemporaries, including the sturdy
Dutch PATRONS who then controlled
good part of this section of the
country. But unquestionably he left
an impress on his times, and the name
to the present day carries with it dis
tinction and honor.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
Leslie M. Shaw RESIGNS.

New York. - Leslie NJ. Shaw has
resigned the presidency of the Car
negie Trust company, which he as.
sumed early last March on his retire
ment from the treasury portfolio at
Washington.
In explaining his resignation Tues.
day Mr.. Shaw said that he had small
differences" with Charles c. Dickin-
son, the organizer and chief owner of
the trust company. OF his future
plans he would say nothing beyond
this statement. 81 may shy my castor
into the political ring"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

Striking evidence of belief in the
present and future of the United
States is furnished from France,
where persons of means are withdraw
ing money they had invested else
where and arc purchasing first-class
American securities, such as railroad
bonds and other gilt-edge obligations.
The truth is that the field for legiti-
mate investment in the United States
was never better, and those who look
over the market with scrutinizing
gaze and without wildly speculative
purpose find plenty of good things
at moderate prices fairly certain to
make satisfactory returns.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

Carson, Nev-The Nevada police
bill passed the senate Friday without
a dissenting vote and went to the as,
sembly. In the assembly there was a
test vote on the union strength. A res.
olution was introduced by Mr..
Vaughan, one of the union men, ask.
ing that members of the contesting
factions at Goldfield be heard upon
the floor of the house. After lively
debate the resolution was lost by a
vote of 81 to Z. This majority is even
heavier than had been relied upon by
the supporters of the measure.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
Bomb Wrecks italian Bank.

New York-An exploding bomb
Thursday night wrecked the front of
an Italian bank building on Eliza
beth street, briefly exposing $4,000
in silver and gold which the bankers,
Pasquale A. Patti & Son, had piled in
the windows as ocular proof Of their
ability to pay depositors on demand.
1t is supposed robbery was the mo-
tive, but that the robbers lost cour-
age and fed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
PoIsoNs HER LITTLE SON.
Woman in Burlington, Wis.,, Then At
tempts Her Own Life.

Burlington, Wis.-After administer
ing huge dose of laudacum to her
young son Kenneth, Mrs. George Stet.
son drank the remainder of the vial in
an attempt at suicide Friday. The boy,
aged nine, is dead, and the woman
probably will not survive.
Since the departure of her husband,
who went to Little Rock, Ark, in an
attempt to regain his health, Mrs.
Stetson has made her home at the
residence Of her father, Richard Ball.
Dependency over her financial condi.
tion and the continued illness of her
husband is thought to have induced
the woman to commit the act.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
Kewanee Man Burned to Death

Kewanee, Ill.-While Gilman Milton,
aged IS years, was putting corn cobs
in basket in his woodshed Friday,
his lantern exploded, setting fire to
his clothes. Milton ran out in the
yard, where he was rolled in snow by
neighbor, but death resulted from
the burns in few hours.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
Former Marine Must nj.

Norfolk, Va.-Leo c. Thurman, the
West Point (Ky) boy, convicted of
the murder, February /, 1906, of Wal,
ter P. Dolsen of Michigan, was denied
a new trial Thursday by the supreme
court of Virginia, and will be resen.
fenced Tor execution. Thurman and
Dolsen were in the United States ma.
rine corps, from which both had been
discharged here, They roomed to.
gether Dolsen's body. robbed Of
$4O0, was found dismembsred and
packed In a trunk. Thurman. who
tied. was captured ID Vancouver. 3. q.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
PLOT IN PORTUGAL FolLED.
Conspiracy to Proclaim a Republic Is
Failure.

Lisbon.-An abortive attempt to
overthrow the monarchy and proclaim
Portugal a republic was nipped in
the bud Wednesday night by the
prompt action of the government. The
plot was organized by a small group
of advanced republicans, the leaders
of whom were arrested.
AS near as can be ascertained the
plan was to assassinate Premier
Franco and then depend for success
upon street risings, supported by Sc
cret, republican and labor organiza-
tions, armed with bombs and revolvers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
Afraid to Test Fire Hose.

New York-Startling testimony to
the effect that the hose used by the
New York fire department had never
been tested for fear it would burst
was had Wednesday from Fire Com.
missioner Lantry, who was a witness
in the inquiry concerning defective
hose used in fighting the fire in the
Parker building, in which three fire.
men lost their lives. Commissioner
Lantry declared that Al lengths burst
at the Parker building fire.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

Norwich Ct, Jan. pa general
fire alarm has been sent in. calling out
all the fire apparatus in the city TO
fight fire which is raging in the build
Ing at Nos. 8 and II Water street, &c
cupiCd by the L. A. Gallup Co., whole
sale grocers; the Norwich Belt Manu-
featuring Co., and the William H..
Davenport Arms Co. At 1920 a. m. the
fire was thought to be under control
and confined to the block where it
started. The loss, it is estimated, will
be under $4,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

Natchez, Miss.-Emily Yznaga,
mother of the dowager duchess of
Manchester and Of Lady Lister-Kaye
of England, died here while on her
way to her estate, Lake st. John, Con.
cordia parish, Louisiana, Friday. She
was the widow Of Fernando YEnaga,
a native of Cuba.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

Another author has been discovered
for Shakespeare's works. Bacon has
had his day. The new author of
Shakespeare will probably enjoy his
hour OF prominence and then give way
to the discovery of the next new the
orist. In the meantime, the public
continue to take Shakespeare himself
at his face value, and give him the
credit of writing his own plays.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
MITCHELL REFUSES MONEY.
President of Miners Union Declines
Gift of $2,7o0.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Perhaps the most
eloquent speech President John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
ever made in his life was Tuesday
afternoon, when he declined to accept
a personal gift of $2,700 rendered him
by the miners of Montana and Wyo-
ming as token of their appreciation
of his efforts to make their condition
better.
AS he spoke, trying to check his
emotion, tears came to his eyes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

An Iowa woman has just won $4,000
in a breach of promise suit against a
man who courted her for II years and
then married another" Eight thou
sand dollars is little enough recon-
pense for having so slow man around
for that length of time.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

Harry Thaw has cost the city of
New York 100000 already, and an.
other trial with attendant expense is
ahead This is a lot of money for
man who wouldn't bring ten cents if
he were put up at auction.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

A Tennessee young woman dis
guised herself in male attire, enlisted
in cavalry troop, became a sergeant,
and prevented any suspicion of her
real sex by her skill in the use of in
toxicants and profane language. This
ought to be an answer to those critics
who object that women are limited
in the fields of activity they may oc.
cupy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
American Elect Leaxes Rio.

Rio de Janeiro.-To the booming Of
guns and the cheers of thousands on
the accompanying pleasure craft, the
American waships sailed from Rio
Janeiro Wednesday afternoon, bound
for Punta Arenas.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

According to story from the west,
a Miss Money has recently married
Mr.. Spender. If she values a reputa-
ticn as a careful housewife, it is safe
to predict that she will not follow the
ultra fashion of hypenating her for
mer and present names.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

Give it to Mrs. Mitchell and the chill.
dren," he said, trembling with emo,
tion. Big, hardy miners shed tears
with him.
Thomas Gibson, president of the
Montana miners, had come to the
platform carrying a draft for $4,000.
He said the draft was backed by a
smaller amount which would bring
the total up to $2,700.
The draft will be sent to Mrs
Mitchell.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
Rich is Mlohlaan,s Treasurer.

Lansing, Mich. Gov. Warner
Wednesday night announced that
former Gov. John T. Rich had ac-
cepted an appointment as state treas
urer to succeed Frank P. Gla2ier, who
has resigned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30
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Thousands of American women
In our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat.
and pretty, the children we'll dressed
and tidy, women ovcrdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
broughto and they suffer in silence
drifting along from bad to worse.
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
1t is to these faithful women that
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-30

NOIIIESSVS 70 W.T. S1S' S' w S''S0''
South Bethlehem, Pa.-Believing g
that his Hines would result fatally.
John Fetter, aged 73 years, Thursday
confessed that he murdered his daugh-
ter, Ella Fetter, aged 80 years, in No.
vemher. 1894.