Willmar tribune., 1908-01-22

direct case against Thaw, and Assist
ant Attorney Garvin had characterized
the killing Of Stanford White 40 pre-.
meditated. deliberate and cowardly
murder" Martin w. Littleton, for the
defense. made the opening plea for the
! prisoner. He promised new evidence
to prove that Thaw had been insane
from his boyhood.
The two principal witnesses in the
Thaw trial were Prof. Charles H.
Koehler Of Winona, Minn., who acted
as instructor to Thaw In the Wooster
co., university in 1886, and Mrs. ANY
Crosette Of San Maeto, Cal, who at
tended Thaw as a trained nurse at
Monte Carlo in 1897. They both told
| Of the young mans eccentricities and
declared that his manner always was
irrational.
Some of Thaw's alleged eccentrici.
ties, revealed for the first time, were
related at his trial by Christopher
Baggan, steward of the New York
Whist club; by Miss Matilda Stein, q
telephone operator, and by Per August
Weber, former butler in the Thaw
household. ~
The high court of Monaco has re-
fused the appeal of the Goold couple.
who were convicted December last
of the murder of the Swedish woman,
Emma Levin.
Hypno-suggestion treatment is said
to have determined the sex of q baby
boy born to Mrs. H. A. F0lgen, New
! York. g.
The trial of Rocco Quinto was
brought to a sudden end at Long
Island City, L. l., by order of the
Judge because juror fell in fit after
the verdict had been agreed on but
| which had not been returned into
court.
Senators Foraker and Dick OBJ
tanned in the senate the rejection of
four Ohio postmastership nominations.
alleging they were given as political
bargains.
]. J. Fitzmaurice, blind man, is ac-
cused at Butte, Mont, of beating
cripple and leaving him to freeze to
death on the prairie.
Suffering from insomnia a woman
brother of Viscount Kitchener of
Khartoum, committed suicide in the
port of Colon by drowning.
James Randall, famous as war
poet, died in Augusta, Ga. He was
born in Baltimore in 1S43. Among
other products Of his pen was Mary
land, My Maryland" r..
Elias Matson of Chisholm, Minn.,
was murdered as he lay asleep beside
his wife, who was not awakened.
A general inquiry into the conduct
of all state charitable institutions was
ordered by the legislature of Illinois.
| 1t was reported that Secretary of
the Treasury Cortelyou had resigned
and would become president of the
Knickerbocker Trust company of New
York.
G. Washington Smith, a prominent
mark, Tenn, in a pistol duel with NJ
w. Yarbrough.
The convention Of the Northwestern
Lumbermen's association met in
Minneapolis, and the feature of the
first session was defense of the or
ganized lumber trade against the
charge Of being trust by w. G. Hol-
lis, secretary Of the association.
BENJAMIN Emmons, former clerk In
the post Office at st. Charles, Mo-. was
adjudged guilty of having embezzled
$98S.01 in ONCE funds by jury In the
United States district court.
/ President Roosevelt's declaration
that the turning over of the govern
ment to the new Cuban president and
congress must occur not later than
February 1. 1909. was given out at the
palace in Havana and was received
everywhere with expressions of the
keenest satisfaction.
]. T. Melchers, noted sculptor,
died in Detroit as the result of a
stroke Of paralysis. He was the fa-
ther of Carl Melchers, the wellknown
| painter.
Mayor Gerber of Reading, Pa, re-
ceived "black hand" letter in which
not only his life but the lives of the
entire police force of Reading are
threatened II any harm comes to the
two Italians under arrest charged
with the murder of State Trooper
| Kelleher.
| After strenuous and exciting cam
paign Shreveport, La, was carried in
favor of prohibition.
The supreme court of Ohio SEN
fenced former Supreme Court Clerk
Lawson w. Emerson to ten days in
| Jail and State Senator Austin of To-
ledo to ten days in jail and 500 fine
in connection with the charge of sc.
curing the latter's certificate to prac-
tice law without proper examination.
| Misses Annie and Maggie Wade,
sisters, Of Oak Park, ILL.,, went insane
at Ocean park, near Los Angeles,
CAL, as result of the financial de-
preston.
The British steamer Tolesby was
wrecked on Cape Race, the crew be.
ing saved.
Two members of the japanese
cabinet resigned and the resignation
of all was narrowly averted, the
trouble being over the budget.
Vandals have stolen and ruined
$4,000 worth Of pictures, furniture
and bric-a.brac in the home of F. p.
Earle in New York. Mr.. Earle is in
Italy.
The Venezuelan government IN.