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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
THE THAW DEFENSE
TO Be THE SAME
Insanity Plea Based on His Wfs's
Story.
SECOND TRIAL OF WHITES SLAYER.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw VIII RetelI Her
Story to Jury in an Effort to Free
Husband-Claim Will Be Made That
Thaw Is Not Now Insane, but Was
Temporarily So at Time of Shooting.

New York Especially Harry X.
Thaw will be called a second time
before a jury, January 6, to make
his defense to the charge of having
murdered Stanford White. There
have been several postponements of
the date Of the second hearing of
this noted case, but it Is said now
there will be no further delay.
1t is announced that Mrs. Thaw,
mother of the defendant, is expected
in the city by Saturday. Mrs. Thaw
has been in poor health, it is said, but
believes she will be able to come on
to be with her son during the OPEN
ing hours Of his second fight for life
and freedom. Other members of the
family circle, including Mrs George
Carnegie, Harry Thaw's sister, and
Josiah and Edward Thaw, his broth
ers, are also expected to reach the
city during the week and will remain
throughout the trial. The Countess
of Yarmouth. the defendants sister,
is at present in England and is not
expected to attend the second trial.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who has
been daily visitor at the Tombs ever
since the first Thaw jury disagreed
rivals In the courtroom on Monday
next.
There have been many rumors as
to the plans of the defense for the
second hearing of the case. and It
has been predicted that an entirely
new line of action might be followed.
1t can be authoritatively stated, how
ever, that the defense will again be
the same, that Evlyn Nesbit Thaw
Will again relate her story to the
jury and that an imposing array of
expert alienists will again undertake
TO establish the theory that Thaw was
insane at the time he killed Stanford
White In the Madison Square Roof
Garden, but has so far recovered his
mental balance since that time as
TO be no longer a menace to the
community, and, therefore, is entitled
to freedom.
This theory was expounded at
length during the first trial, but after
the taking of much expert testimony,
and after a lunacy commission had
declared Thaw sane at the present
time, the plea of temporary insan-
ity was practically abandoned in the
summing up speech of Dolphin NJ.
Delmas, the California attorney. who
made an almost direct appeal to the
so-called "unwritten law"
In the coming trial. it is declared
there will be no mention made of a
higher or unwritten law, but the de-
Tense will adhere strictly to a plea
of legal insanity at the time the act
was committed. There were mistakes
made at the first trial which it will
be the attempt Of Thaw's attorneys
studiously to avoid during his second
hearing.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
AID FOR EX-pRESIDENFS
Grover Cleveland Says Country
Should Pension Them.

New York Especially .-Reherring
to the poverty OF jefferson after he
left the Presidency as a blow to ne.
tional pride, Grover Cleveland, writ.
ing in the Youths Companion OF
January 2 under the title "Our Peo-
pie and Their Ex-Presidents," de-
clares definite and generous provis-
ion should be made for the main
tenance OF Chief Magistrates at the
expiration Of their terms. He deals
with the subject at length and ex-.
plains that he feels he can do so
without his sincerity being question
ed, since he is beyond the need of aid
from the public treasury.
The condition is by no means
met" Mr.. Cleveland writes, ''by the
meager and spasmodic relief occa-
sionally furnished under the guise
OF a military pension or some other
pretext, nor would II be best met by
making compensation dependent up
on the discharge Of Senatorial or
other official duty. Our people ought
to make a definite and generous pro-
vision for all cases alike, based on
motives OF justice and fairness and
adequate to the situation"
Mr.. Cleveland describes the limi-
tationS that his former high office
place on a retired President in his
choice of occupation and means Of
livelihood and how popular conoep-
ton of him as a repository Of nation
al dignity enforces a scale of living
that may not be within his private
means.
There is a sort of vague, but none
the less imperative, feeling abroad
in the land" says Mr.. Cleveland, J.,
that one who has occupied the
great Office of President holds in
trust for his fellow-citizens a certain
dignity, which in his conduct and
manner of life he is bound to pro-
tect against loss or deterioration.
Obedience to this obligation pre-
scribes for him only such work as
in popular judgment is not undigni-
fed. This suggets without argument
a reciprocal connection between the
curtailment of opportunities and a
reasonable obligation of indemnifica-
tion on the other"
''It is most gratifying to note how
the lives of our eX-Presidents are
made grateful and bright by the gen
erous attachment and spontaneous
kindness manifested toward them by
their fellow-countrymen."
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Foreign

The Transatlantic Fire Insurance
Company of Hamburg, Germany, has
voted to liquidate on account of the
fact that more than half of its capt.
tai was lost by the San Francisco fire
and earthquake.
Mgr. Thomas F. Kennedy, rector
of the American College, Rome. was
consecrated as titular Bishop of Ad-
rianapolis. He received many val
liable presents from friends in the
United States.
The opening of the grave of Thom-
as Charles Druce in High Gate Gene
terry, London, to determine whether
the coffin contains the body Of a man
or roll OF lead, has been begun.
The battleship fleet sailed from
Port of Spain for Rio Janeiro on the
second longest stage OF the voyage to
San Francisco. Arrival at Rio is
scheduled for January IL.
A number of prominent Americans
Mayor Busse, of Chicago; Mark
Twain and ex-Mayor Low, of New
York-have petitioned Premier Stoly-
pin of Russia for leniency In the
cases of Nicholas Tchaikovsky and
Nine. Catherine Breshkovskaya, ar
rested for alleged completely in the
revolutionary movement
The Chinese government is taking
steps to check the conflict of Chinese
and British interests.
Governor Jackson, of Trinidad, en-
tertained at dinner the rear admirals
and other officers of the battleship
feet -
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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
PARROT GIVES FIRE ALARM.
Seeing Woman's Apron Ablaze Tt
Screams A Warning.

York Especially Warned by cries
of fire uttered by big parrot, q pet
for a number of years, Miss Sallie
Fickle, of this city, was able to save
her property and probably her life.
The bird seemed to possess almost
human intelligence and while Miss
Fickle was preparing breakfast it
noticed that her apron had caught
fire and that a tablecloth which she
had brushed against was also ignited.
BY uttering screams of fire. fire."
the bird attracted Miss Pickles at
tention and she was able to extin-
guish the flames before they gained
much headWay.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Steamer Stopped For Oneration.

New York (SpeciaD. - When
Christmas Eve festivities were at
their height on board the steamer
Pannonia, in today from Mediterran-
can ports, the. Cunard liner was
brought to stop, in order that the
ships surgeon might have the most
favorable conditions under which to
perform an operation for appendi-
citis. The steamer lay-to for one
hour. while the delicate cutting and
stitching was done. The patient, a
man passenger, Is recovering.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Was Eight Feet High.

Gladstone, Mich. (SpeciaD Isaac
Haring, who served throughout the
Civil War and who was conspicuous
mark for the bullets of sharpshoot-
ers because of his great height. died
here. He was eight feet high-the
tallest man in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Change OF Naval Attaches.

Berlin (By Cable) The Emperor
gave a farewell audience to Lieuten-
ant Commander William L. Howard,
former naval attache at the American
Embassy here. Lieutenant Comman-
der Howard presented Lieutenant
Commander Reginald r. Belknap, his
successor, to the Emperor. Lieuten-
ant Commander Howard and Mrs.
Howard sail for New York on Jan
uary z.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
DespOndent Hero Ends Life.

Akron, Ohio (opeciaD. - Anton
Garsch, honorably discharged from
the Fifty-fifth United States artillery
at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, a
month ago, committed suicide here
by drinking carbolic acid. He was
out Of work and respondent. a year
ago near Fort Hancock, Garsch was
stabbed while capturing an Italian
murderer of a policeman For this
act he received reward.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
THRILLING RESCUEs.
Blind Man And Aged Invalid Saved
From Burning Apartment.

Chicago (Special) Tho rescue of
a blind man by Captain Peter ]. Wis
ser, formerly of the Boer army, and
another thrilling rescue-that of a
70-year-old invalid by Policeman
Michael McGrath-were witnessed in
an apartment building at 1907 Indi-
ana Avenue. They had been left be-
hind in the rush from the building
when the fire was discovered.
Wiser and McGrath we're both
singed in making their way through
the flames. The property loss is
$4,000.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
JEWELS CAST INTO FURNACE.
Woman Hid $4,000 In Old Corset,
Which Was Thrown Away.

St. Louis Especially Mrs. Edith
Hendricks, living at the Buckingham
Club, asked the police to aid her in
recovering $4,000 worth OF diamonds
which she said were thrown into the
furnace of the hotel in q discard
ed corset. Mrs. Hendricks said she
carried the jewelry in a chamois
bag and secreted it in her corset.
Saturday she threw the corset away
and forgot to remove the jewelry.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Douma Lader Coming Here.

st. Petersburg (By Cable) Prof.
Paul Nj. Milukoff, leader of the con-
stitutional democrats in the Douma,
left here for the United States He
plans to take the steamer Carmania
from Liverpool. While in America
he will speak on political matters.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Girls Fatally Burned.

Winamac, Ind. (SpeciaD The Ro-
man Catholic School at Monterey
caught fire during the rehearsal of a
play by the children. y gasoline
lamp exploded, fatally burning Clara
Kammes and Margaret Fox, aged Is
years, and both pupils of the school.
They lived by a few minutes. The
sisters and several Of the other chill
dren were burned while assisting in
putting out the flames.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Hanged Princess Unawares.

st. Petersburg (By Cable) News
papers report that the unknown
woman who was hanged at Moscow,
a few days ago, for throwing a bomb
at Gov. Herschelman on December
IA. was Princess Meschtsherski. She
was wife Of an impoverished scion
of an ancient noble house, whom she
deserted because the marriage was
unhappy
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
"York River Line"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER
''ATLANTA"
For WI 81 pOINrp o,,l Dion

Hh ~UAN FASS ENEER STEAMER
ATLANTA"
For WI S T. POINT and RICH
MOND W.
teamerS lc ,vc BAL imorc Tu siay.
IEurs 'ay aud aturday at . p. NJ, and
arrive west Point 45 A y. and Rich
mo I'd at 20 A. NJ
steamers call at Gloucester Point. C!e
ments, Clay Bank and Almonds
weather aud ic. permitting.
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE
FROM PIERS is AND 10
LIGHT STREET WHARF.
Through Tickets 10 all points may
be secured. baggage checked and
staterooms reserved from the City
Ticket Offices. 119 e. Baltimore
Street, ARTHUR w. ROBSON. Agent,
127 E. Baltimore Street, or the Gen
eral Offices, Light and Lee Streets,
Baltimore, Md.
REUBEN FOSTER,
General Manager.
r. ]. CHISM,
General Passenger Agent.
T. II. MCDANIEL,
Asst Gen1 Passenger Agent.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
DROPPED rHE JOB THEN.

Mistress" Bridget, have you ce-
mented the handle on to the VIZ er
Jug which you dropped yesterday"
Bridget started to, mum, but
most unfortunately dropped the
cement pottle. Punch.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

indeed It. well known
epepuc symptoms the
are to be ranked the
might be extended Of
exhibiting
ty These the be
mere physical incident
ing and control OF their are a
II is dlneren
tura changes in the brain cells
tai and functional collapse fans ~
s1dered by the alenst and
Ihe is form of epilepsy which French pet<
opposition the well to
lesser variety OF the ament
will for sentence give s,rhf X
will
sentence where he broke II walk
could be entertained here
suffers from the &C his aeixbbo<
the oranstom in Its evelopnen fess Il <e,,
esting as we'll curious
such provided hee TO get eptahsed il ia t,~b
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
STEAMSHIP CON-
PANY
chesapeake Line"

chesapeake Line"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
COLUMBIA" AND AUGUSTA"
For OLD POINT COMFORT and
NORFOLK, VA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily
Except Sunday at 100 p. NJ, and
arrive Old Point Comfort at A. NJ.
and Norfolk at 7.30 A M. where
connection is made with the Rail
Lines for all points South and South
west
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

HERE is doubt that it is around epilepsy as cent
the brain-storm idea is to be considered its m0sE
cal development The ailment, in its every nature s
the nerve-exposon its most significant feature;
other phases of insanity at least of dsordered bra
storm" may be represented.
Let us be clear regarding one point which is oftes
petely missed misconstrued. Epilepsy per Sc Is
self MANY 3
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
BY Kate Thorn.

have just received letter young In Of our
southern cities, and give it verbatim
Madam: am young man of tweptyseven; am Wen
wei educated and of good family but have no business
How can earn money? 1 do not wish to work hard \
want something nice and easy-work a gentleman
have thought of authorshippoery, preferhut frie
tells me that publishers class, stonyheart
and find their chief delight crushing aspiring genius
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Censorship Of the Press.

The Democrats of the senate and
house will do we'll to watch the bill
introduced by Senator Penrose on the
9th of December. 1t amends section
1898 of the revised statutes and pur-
ports to be measure for the enforce
ment Of the law against obscene liter.
ature, but reading Of the bill arouses
the suspicion that it has another pur-
pose. The amendment is SO broad that
it is question If 1t does not establish
a censorship of the press and vest in
the postoffice department the right to
arbitrarily exclude papers from the
second class mailing privileges.
The bill should be SO amended as to
make it impossible for the postofilce
department to exercise censorship
over political papers. We can not af-
ford to subject political arguments to
censorship.
The dangers involved in such law
far outweigh any good that could
come from 1t. Freedom Of press is es-
sential to free government, and in ex-
Guiding obscene matter care must be
taken not to lodge in the postoflce de-
partment a discretion which will cover
other matters.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27

license before it shall be permitted to
control as much as % per cent. of the
product in which 1t deals, the license
to protect the public prom watered
stock and to prohibit the control by
such corporation of more than SO per
cent. of the total amount OF any
product consumed In the United
States; and, third, a law compelling
such licensed corporations to sell to
all purchasers in all parts of the coun-
try on the same terms, making due al
lowance for cost of transportation.
The Commoner Is mailing copy Of
the Nebraska platform to the editor OF
the Post, and asks the Post to COM
pare it with the Ohio platform. 1t
will be seen at glance that while
the Democratic platform is clear, en-
phatic and specific on each point, the
Republican platform is general am
biguous and evasive. No matter what
subject is dealt with, the Nebraska
platform stands for something that
can be understood, while the Repub-
lican platform stands for something or
nothing, according to the construc-
ton placed upon 1t, and anyone can
place upon 1t the construction he likes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
ABRuz1 WORRIES CAPITAL
RUMoRED ENGAGEMENT TO MISS
ELkINs A MYSTERY.
italian Duke Prepares to Sail for
Italy, Perhaps for Conference
with King Victor.

Rome, Mar. 21.-King Victor En-.
manuel was in conversation Friday
with a member of his encourage re.
garding the reported engagement Of
the duke OF the Abruzzi, his cousin, to
Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter OF
Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West
Virginia. He neither confirmed nor
denied the rumor. The duke of the
Abruzzi is at the present time ex,
changing cipher cablegrams with the
king
A significant fact has just come to
light here through some personal cor
rsspondence. The Italian ambassador
at Washington, Baron Mayor DIES
Planches, writing from Florida in the
beginning of March to friend in
Italy, said:
am here on special mission"
Shortly after this the baroness
wrote to a friend here and made use
of this phrase:
Willy nilly, have. had to come to
Florida"
AS there is no political reason why
the Italian ambassador and the am
bassador's wife should go to Florida,
tits argued that. they were there in the
matter of the dukes engagement.
Washington, Mar. 21.-Duke Abruz.
q sails from New York Saturday on
the Lusitania Of the Cunard line. 1t
was said at the Italian embassy that
plans had not been finally settled Fri
day. The duke of the Abruzzi left the
Italian embassy Friday. Where he had
gone or what his future plans are none
OF the under officials OF the embassy
would say. They declared they knew
nothing about the matter. The duke
left some time before 1880, and the
only information obtainable was that
he took friendly leave of the ambassa-
dor and his wife before he departed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
FLOOD DANGER is PASSED.
Waters About Pittsburo Reach Crest
and Then Start to Recede.

Rittsburg. Pa, Mar, 21,-The crest
81 the flood in this city was reached
Friday when 27.3 feet were registered.
The rivers remained stationary four
hours and then the water began to
recede three-tenths of foot an hour.
Cold weather, which has frozen UP
many Of the small streams, prevented
food Of greater proportions. The
damage here and throughout western
PENNSYLVANIA is widespread and
heavy. Preparations are already under
way to clear up the food traces when
the water falls below the danger mark
Of % feet.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
REvlvALIsTs CAPTURE CITY
CROWDS ATTEND SERVICES At.
PHILADELPHIA.
Chapman and Alexander by Their
Eioquence Draw Thousands to
the Mourners' Bench.

Philadelphia, Mar. 23.-The chief
topic in Philadelphia Is the Chapman
Alexander revival movement, which Is
rousing the whole city to new religious
feryor. Simultaneous meetings are
held nightly in 81 churches in addi-
ton to almost daily services in the
aters, factories and saloons. There
are now about SO evangelists and COS.
pei singers assisting DR.. Wilbur Chap
man and Charles NJ. Alexander in q
concerted attack on the city, while be-
fore the effort is concluded the num-
Der of helpers will reach IS. There
are 800 churches cooperating in the
movement, with 5000 personal work
ers, 5000 singers in the district choirs,
1000 ushers, 1000 doorbell ringers to
invite people to the meetings and $50
district leaders.
During the first week over 1000 con-
verts were recorded, and Dr. Chapman
and Mr.. Alexander are enthusiastic
over the results and the outlook. DR..
Chapman says:
Every report given out SO far indi-
s Gates a sweeping victory. ThlS Is the
sixty-ninth city we have visited in the
simultaneous evangelistic meetings,
and in nc city have we found the prep
aration more satisfactory, the expecta-
ton greater and the general condition
of things SO hopeful as in this city"
DR.. Alexander is equally optim-
istic.
DID. Chapman and Mr.. Alexander, as
sisted by Raul Gilbert, soloist, and
Robert Harkhess, pianist, are conduct
ing meetings in Bethany church, of
which John Wanamaker is an elder.
Last Sunday night 5000 people crowd
ed into the double building to hear
the evangelists, while hundreds more
We're turned away. 1t is estimated
that the attendance at the simulta-
neous meetings daily is not less than
$4,000.
One of the special speakers of the
campaign is Rev. Charles w. Gordon,
who is better known as Ralph Con-
nor the author of widely read novels
of the camp and the trail. He
has come from Winnipeg to assist
in the crusade.