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THAW TRIAL
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stefan who made the post-mortem will
follow. The state does not expect TO
consume more than two hours in their
examination.
Triai In Full Swing Tuesday.
Then the defense will open. Mr..
Littleton will make the opening adj
dress in the afternoon and 1t Is likely
that a witness will be called before
the close of the days session. Then
on the following day the trial Will
be In full swing.
Mrs. VIM. Thaw, mother OF the
prisoner, who Is III at her home In
Pittsburg, Is improved today, but
there is no possible chance for her
to appear as a witness for her son. A
letter he has just received made this
fact. plain.
ffe matter has been presented tn
Justice Bowling and he announced
that on Monday he would entertain a
motion TO have her testimony taken
In Pittsburg. II the prosecution does
not seriously oppose this motion IL is
expected that Justice Bowling will alp
point New York lawyer TO take the
testimony and certify 1t TO the court.
With his mother Ill and his sister,
the Countess Yarmouth, busy In Eng
land getting her marriage TO the titled
person annulled, Thaw will not get
the same comfort by the presence OF
his family he got during the first trial.
Another sister. Mrs George Lauder
Carnegie. Josiah Thaw and Evelyn
rpt1 Ha M ep1f %
tives OF the prisoners family In the
court room.
Many New Witnesses.
Mr.. Littleton has already declared
TO the court that his client will plead
not guilty and offer the defense that
he was insane when he killed White
and did not know the nature and pen
atty OF the act he was committing.
He has gathered all the witnesses had
at the first trial and added many new
ones.
Then the effort TO prove that Thaw.
after committing an irresponsible act,
became sane and is now mentally com
petent, will begin.
In spite OF efforts 10 keep Evelyn
Thaw of the stand on the part OF
the prosecution, IL Is said today she
surely will be a witness and will tell
practically the same narrowing story
OF alleged abuse and attack by White
that she related at the first trial.
Some OF the disgusting details will be
eliminated. however.
Edna Goodrich, the actress. who Is
said to have introduced Evelyn Mes
bit to Stanford White. was subpened
at the Grand opera house yesterday
and has accepted service to testify
for the defense
The prosecution also wants Miss
Goodrich for a witness. Another wit
ness for the prosecution IL expected
10 be Ida Vera Simonton, writer.
who is now in Pittsburg, and who It
is reported today. will come 10 New
York, to tell story about Thaw's
abuse of his wife abroad that will
do much to weaken the defense.
This young woman was wanted at
the last trial. but she got out OF the
country and evaded service from the
court.
The prosecution has also obtained
much additional evidence in Paris
and other cities abroad which Thaw
visited with Evelyn Nesbit before she
became his wife.
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WIN BE MInnesota's Choice.

This unusual activity and thorough
lereanizAtien= saaynet necessarily mean
that Ia Toilette will have Minnesota.
but the ia Toilette men here are con
fdent that the fight In Minnesota ls as
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Large Newspaper Support.

AS In Nebraska, the La Toilette
campaign in Minnesota has plenty OK
newspaper support. Exclusive OF the
big dailies In ST. Paul and Minneapolis
there are 1879 newspapers throughout
the state supporting the Wisconsin
mans candidacy. In the Twin Cities
none OF the big dailies was enthusias-
tic for La Toilette at the opening OF
the campaign, but now that the work
of organizing has been effective
through the Minneapolis Journal,
which at first did not consider the la
Toilette movement as Formidable
one. Is now giving both editorial and
news space to the discussion of the
Wisconsin mans campaign: and since
the return from California OF George
Thompson, proprietor OF the st. Paul
Dispatch. this paper, which for two
years has been friendly to La Toilette,
has renewed the friendship for the
~ rFv1a
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]. II. BERRY'S DEATH
HELD UP BIG DEAL

A rum0r is current In real estate
fiFeles that q most sensational deal
( in downtown realty was held up by
the death of Joseph Berry. AT the
time OF his death IT is said Mr.. Berry
Was negotiating for the purchase OF
the southwest corner OF Woodward
aid Grand River-aves. at about $4,000
per front foot. The property has q
frontage OF go feet on Woodward-ave.
Curry q Co. have sold in their Cot.
tage Grove subdivision eight lots on
the north side Of Cottage Grove-ave.
TO Frank Bentley. for $4,000. They also
sold In their Curry's Woodward sub
divisi0n No. l, one lot on the north
side Of Currystone-ave. and liz lots
On The north side OF Windemere-aye.
10 William p. Dunn, for sl,400; two
lois on the south side OF Currystone-
ayes. TO William Lake. for $500. The
{o1lowing sales were made in Curry's
Bright Spot subdivision: 46-foot LOT
Oh the northwest corner OF Buena Wis
IA aud Woodward-aves.. to william
Rohlnson for $3.50; house and lot ON
~ south side OF Fairview-ave.. tc
Frank Bentley for $4,000; lot on the
south side OF Tyler-aye., to Earl c
How ard for 800. The above property
>,sas al sold since Jan. 1.
The Observation-Disclosures Co
h; ade the following sales:
Bella Hubbard subdivision--Lot on
west side Of West Grand Boulevard
between Hancock and Warren, sS72t
lot on southeast corner of Buchanan
and IaSalle. $50; lot on west side Of
Kinewood-ave.. between visgar and
Hoil. t575.
Doulevard Park subdivision--Lo OF
~est side OF Baldwin-ave., between
Goethe and Mack, 30x-0o, s775.
Water Works Park--Lot on wes
side OF Bewick-ave., between Ker
cfevAl and Mack. $500.
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east side OF Beals-ave., between
Charlevoix and Waterloo, s1.275.
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Additions.

s0s-5 Bellevue-ave., 1880.
Fred. zitz. add TO geo 1Iumboldt,
John coez. add. to IT'S Chene. $500.
John Ellis, add. to los Napoleon, 1900.
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For peIeqates-at-Laree.

The men selected to stand for cleo
ton as delegates-at-large are:
SENATOR b. Z. SUNDBERG, OF
Kennedy. vice president OF the Swed'
ish-American bank at Minneapolis and
proprietor or the Bank OF Kennedy.
G. A. SMITH. OF Minneapolis, a well,
known lumberman.
J. II. BLOCK. former state treas
urer, and George F.. LOTUS. cornmit
sioner OF the Shipper & Receivers
association.
The men who are TO stand for cleo
ton as La Toilette delegates from
each of the ii congressional districts
have also been selected.
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LA TOILETTE HAS
MINNESOTA WELL
ORGANIZED
SENATOR .cLAPP's MOVEMENT IN
THE STATE ACCEPTED AS AD-
MISSION THAT WISCONSIN
MAN ALARMS ROOSEVELT.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Jan. 1l.-Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette, OF Wisconsin,
has the only presidential campaign
organization OF which anything Is
known in the state OF Minnesota Aud
this organization extends To every
nook and corner OF the state, and
includes q working force IN every
county from the Canadian border 10
the Iowa state line.
While Taft's managers at Columbus,
O.. and Washington, ID. c.. have been
depending upon the old federal ma
chine and. on the strength OF its rep
reservations, have been claiming Min
nesota for the secretary OF war. tie
La Toilette men, headed by the Min
uesDtH Shippers & Receivers asso'
citation, have quietly organized me
state BY voting precincts and now
have full set of delegates in the
aeld.
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stefan who made the post-mortem will
follow. The state does not expect 10
consume more than two hours in their
az In firnr
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to diamonds shirt buttons is considered bad taste
Simplicity extreme neane and cleanliness constitute the whole Of
masculine elegance
Women the other hand still love to pierce their ears to hapg
from them certain stones surround their neck with beads or small
pieces OF metal IN the isles of the Pacific DAYS prehistoric
man. Every they seek rendering their garments
more inconycnent and costly.
How shall we set about curing this nfrmiy this relic of primitive
barbasm Stewart Nel tells his on the condition of woman
Give her such instruction will work in the matters Of mind
ad like the modern she will find pleasure in feathers and
1n cfmera do say? Feminine vanity an ncurae evil?
Go not believe word of it, Christianity wrought this miracle among
the akcs and the inconsistencies why should it not be wrought TODAY
by the sense of justice allied to the culture of reason?
II The black dress coat has taken the place the sken garments and
trimmings OF lace why should similar change wrought in the
tune OF women? Throughout the whole period of classical antiquity
were they not content with the linen and the cm fine woo
AS luxury in this instance has its vanity we need to
change the current OF opinion If public opinion sufficiently en-
ghened understand that luxury thing bararou nann i'm
moral and above ALL wrong the who to-day dresses herself in
costly clothes IN order to please and be imposing content herse
with being beautiful pretty slight cost which certainly the most
charming fashion of so being
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| geniture and entail. These English
laws, however, could not be followed
in this country, as the statutes are
against such procedure. With us,
however, it has become a sort of fam
lily understanding.
| THE Jones estate or property has
passed directly through five genera
tons in unbroken descent to it's pres
ent holders. On my mothers side |
am descended from Lion Gardiner, the
| first proprietor of GARDENERS Island.
John Lyon Gardiner, the twelfth pro.
prietor, married Elizabeth Coralie
Jones. My maiden name was Jones, so
when married Dr. Oliver Livingston
Jones l didn't have to change my
name"
The visitor being somewhat of a
connoisseur in colonial furniture could
not help commenting on some of the
splendid pieces Of old mahogany in
the room where he was sitting. This
lCu hi .. VouOo W tdhC ulLu llUlu Uut
room to another on the ground floor.
'All this old furniture has been in
the family for generations. Of course
we have some that is new, but the old
is too beautiful and too well built to be
put aside. l see no reason why it
should not be beautiful and serviceable
still hundred years from now" Mrs.
Jones remarked. Il am fond of good
pictures, too," she went on. "A good
many Of these paintings are inheri-
tances from my father and those be-
fore him who had some taste in art,
and some l have bought because
liked them rather than because they
were done by famous artists"
Mrs. Jones was disinclined to talk
specifically about the details of the
various holdings which make up her
own vast possessions in New York and
throughout the United States. She &C.
knowledged that her husband and her
self were interested In almost every
branch Of industry to a greater or less
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down from the eldest of one family r.
the eldest Of the next through five
generations, until now the bulk of tbe
vast accumulations rests with Mrs
Mary Elizabeth Jones,
Mrs Jones is the daughter of
CHARLES Hewlett Jones and of Eliza.
Deth Oracle Gardiner. She was horn
July 5, 1854, and was married to Dr.
oh'er Livingston Jones, her cousin
"hen she was 10. They have six chill.
dren, two daughters and four sons.
IN summer, and in fact at intervals
curing the winter, the family live in
the old Jones manor house, at Cold
Spring Harbor, L. l. There is nothing
ornate or especially striking about
this country home of the woman who
IS perhaps the richest of her sex in
America. 1t is simply large, well.
oullt mansion Of the later colonial
style of architecture, of which it is one
OF the best examples in this country
The rather battered surrey, driven
by the son of the owner Of the 'hackin'
business" at Cold Spring Harbor
stopped In front of the main entrance
to the mansion and remained there
during the hour and more that the re-
porter was talking to Mrs. Jones.
The richest woman in America was
gowned quite simply in something
light blue, comfortable and we'll worn.
A diamond ring or so, with the stones
set in the fashion of generation ago,
sparkled on her fingers. Her almost
white hair was combed straight back
from her forehead, with just a slight
puff to relieve its severity. In her girl
hood Mrs. Jones must have been very
beautiful; she is handsome in her mid
die age. But her chief charm and at
traction now is her quick, clear.cut
manner of speaking, and her large,
dark eyes, which look straight at one
while she talks. She is woman of ex
traordinary strength of mind and char
acter, and it takes but a moments
acquaintance to understand why the
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granted Maj Jones, in 1890, as a com.
pensation for services rendered, a.
commission to cruise against Spanish
property. At any rate, the privateer.
ing business did not last long, but was
immensely profitable while it did. It
was considered legitimate business
in those days.
Among the many wellknown and
famous families who are related to the
richest woman in America and her hus.
band are the Willetts of Flushing; the
Van Wycks of Flatlands (prominent in
the colonial wars); DR.. Valentine Mott,
the great surgeon; the Underhills, ia
nous mariners; the Remsens, who in
termarried with the De Peysters and
the Livingstons; the Tangier Smiths
(Whose ancestor was governor Of Tan
gier, Africa, under Charles H.; the
Cornells, the Weekses the Living
stons (who were among the aristoc-
racy when New Amsterdam was a vii.
lage); the GARDENERS, who were and are
the lords Of Gardeners Island; the
Scudders, the Hewletts and scores be-
side. They are also related to the Fol.
som family, of which Mrs. Grover
Cleveland is a member.
Such is the woman, her family past
and present
No international Marriages.
About the last words that closed the
reporters interview with Mrs. Jones
was his query whether any of her fam
lily had made or were likely to make
any international marriages, and thus
transfer some of the Jones millions
to bolster up decayed nobility.
1--WE certainly have not, and l don't |
think we are likely to-" she answered |
emphatically. 1--WE are Americans,
and are proud of it. Our wealth lies
here. and here 1t will stay so long as |
God Wills to keep 1t In our hands. / /
had rather be plain American WON.
an. as am, than the queen of any
country under the SUM-"
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extent. But when the conversation
would approach anything that related
particularly to her personal business
affairs or those of the great Jones es
tate, Of which she is sharer, she in
varlably shifted the conversation to
matters genealogical or to generalities
Ancestor a Pirate?
The most interesting of the many
famous ancestors of DR.. and Mrs
Jones is the founder of the line in
America. Some of the ruder historians
say he was pirate, and intimate tina.
1t was by scuttling ships and maraud.
ing on the high seas generally that he
accumulated his many barrels of
pieces Of eight" which he is alleged
to have brought to Oyster Bay when
he settled there At any rate, he him.
self was markedly reticent about his
earlier history, except that he fought
for James II. in the Battle of the
Boyne. He even wrote his own chi
taph:
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He died in 1913 and was buried a
short distance south Of the old Brick
House, on the east bank of the Massa-
pequa river. The ancient burial place.
about 80 feet square, was threatened
! by lnroads of the tides, and in 1898 his
remains were removed. His headstone.
bearing the inscription quoted above,
Is still well preserved. In the early
! days his was known as the "Pirates
Grave and for many years after his
death it was the common belief (says
John II. Jones in his history of the
family that some of Maj. Jones
wealth was buried with him, and so
deeply rooted had this become that his
grave was opened by vandals in the
quest Of relics, and the ancient bones
left streWn on the ground. His re.
mains now rest In the burying ground
adjoining Grace church, at South Oys-
ter Bay.
Record of History.
About Maj. Jones being a pirate lit
tie is known. There is extant letter
from Lieut.. Gov. Golden to his son.
written in 1859, in which he says:
While Col. Fletcher was governor the
inhabitants of New York carried on a
trade to Madagascar while that island
was frequented by pirates, and many
OF the pirates came and dispersed on
Long Island and around Delaware Bay.
1t has often been remarked that none
of the pirates made any use of their
money to any real advantage excepting
one Jones, who settled on Long Island,
and whose son made a remarkable fig
ure as speaker of the assembly while
Mr. Clinton was governor"
1t is also known that James II.
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The brck1ayer, building his brick wall, looks
without bitterness on the man bound to his Office
In an automobile motor car. Wealth alone cannot
create classes in this country where nobody has pos
sessed it long, where many lose it after once getting
it, and where, most especially, everybody hopes to &C.
quire it some day. 1t never occurs to an American
that insurmountablc barriers can exist between in
dlviduals, and that miner who became rich vester-
day is not the equal of miner who became rich 80
years age as long as both Of them wear the same
equally valuable pearl buttons on their shirt fronts
and know enough to take off their hats when they
are in an elevator with ladies'
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great Jones fortune has grown with
such rapidity under her management.
Property in Many States.
us 1t true that you own property
everywhere in the United States?'
was asked.
Eyes, almost everywhere" she an
swered. q pay taxes in every school
district on Long Island, in every or al
most every county in New York state,
and in every state in the union. ~,
that last isn't so. forgot about Texas.
used to own some property in Texas,
but | was down there a while ago and
concluded to sell it. No, don't care
to say what the reasons were.
THAT Is the only property / have
ever sold, except an acre of land that
| sold to a very dear friend while
ago. My rule is to always buy and
never to sell. In fact, that is the rule
that has been handed down to us from
generation to generation, and was
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a WEW YORK.-The richest WON
an in AmeriCa-Or in the
world-may not be Mrs. Hetty
" Green. The greatest land-own.
% :" er in America may not be one
of the Astors. These are the
conclusions that probably would be
reached if the Green and the Astor
possessions could be valued correctly
and the figures compared with those
which would represent the vast wealth
Of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones of New
York and of Cold Spring Harbor, L. L.
Further than that, the social crown
OiAmerica, long held by the Astors by
reason Of their wealth, would belong to
Mrs, Jones if she chose to claim it, for
Der fortune is doubtless greater and
her lineage in this country runs a CEN
tHry further back. She is related also,
far and near, to nearly every one of
the great families in New York and
New England whose names are written
large on the pages Of American history
from the days Of the Colonial wars TO
low.
Probably no one, not even Mrs.
Jones herself, could say accurately
AoW great is her fortune. 1t is mostly
in land. She acknowledges that she
owns and pays taxes on land in every
school district on Long Island. in
nearly every county in New York
state and in every state in the union
except Texas. The property immedi.
aley surrounding the old manor house
at Cold Spring Harbor, where she
ives In summer, is worth millions of
dollars.
Her husband, DR.. Oliver Living
sion Jones, is also great landowner,
out his possessions fall far short of his
Etes. Then there is the Jones estate.
Fnlch is owned by some Is heirs
winch also runs up into scores of mil
aons In value. Three or more thea.
leS in New York city are owned bv
aef, and 1t is said to be her ambition
own property in every city in the
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By honoring the holy law of work
more than any other people, America keeps
its strength and moral health.
The dissatisfaction which at times
amuses foreigners is not, in an American,
charlatanism or Boosting; it is the convinced
optimism of man who believes in success
through trying. Pastcur used to say that
''to make the maximum of effort in this
world is to attain the object of life" That,
without the formula-the American cares
naught for formulas-is the ideal Of the
citizen of the United States.
What saves the American proletarlt
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Country merchants do not fully appre-
ciate what an important part good roads
pay in their business. Let any town i'm
prove its roads out five or six miles and it
will draw trade that hitherto had gone to
neighboring towns. People move along the
line of least resistance. A farmer. will
travel five miles over good roads rather
than three miles over bad ones; he can 90
quicker and haul twice the load.
The following quotation from the Val
ley City, North Dakota, Record, of June
rs, is significant:
Cone of the towns in the northern
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lMAME-rlAIN Hall

=, - :, states !. She owns property in
hs,.s 'nem now and each year gets
NJ :. y a realization of her ambition.
M suef day she had a controversy
s's : ne city of New York about the
BIN. up OF the sunken meadows up
M east river. They are estimated
u sOfth 100000. The grant to
le,s saes family goes back to Queen
ls,s y II is likely Mrs. Jones will
Vunder of the Family.
ma /. .,vuadations of her vast fortune
Ia y. oy Maj. Thomas Jones, who
hb,ss0 n strabane in the kingdom of
a.. sn0 settled with his young
a what is now called oyster
in 1893. He brought with
alortable fortune, won on the
eelsa asn privateering privileges
asss ala by James H., whose cause
Ah, :, .oF In the battle OF the
'a'S fortune has been handed
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Good
Roads
a Factor
in,Trade
BY HOWARD n. GROSS,
Secretary Farmers Good Roads League

part of the state few years discovered that trade leaving and
the farmers marketing their grain another town. making their
deposits the banks of the other town and largely buying their supplies
there The people of the losing began investigation the
and found the merchants of the which securing the
trade not able to offer bargains equal the other price
better the banks the distance against
the successful When these conditions found people began
look elsewhere for the Inquiry among farmers disclosed the fact
that because of the bad condition the leading the unsupported
town the farmers could haul only hreeurths much load
as to the other town, consequently it lost its trade"
There established business certain than
that good roads help trade They shorten distances market promote
business and enhance values
and make life better worth II
living Good roads in /Z~HN 81
dcaton of the intelligence, M VII Wv
prosperity and industry Of - II
any community. Il