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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
THAW USED WHIP
ON YOUNG GIRLS WHOM HE DE-
CEIVED BASELY.
Testimony That Stamps Him as a
Vile Wretch, Who Should be Kept

testimony 1HlG otStHlp9 "iih e'9 's
Vile Wretch, Who Should be Kept
Locked Up.
Harry Thaw sat in the Supreme
Court at White Plains, N. Y, on
Tuesday and heard a woman's tes-
timony that made his palled face
flush. He saw a pearl-handled dog
whip exhibited. and he heard the
witness swear that she had seen him
WELD it on the bare flesh Of young
girls.
The witness, Mrs. Susan Merrill,
a buxom, pink-cheeked woman Of
about thirty-five years, opened a new
chaper in the life Of Stanford
Whites slayer. She told of alleged
acts OF his between 1902 and 1905,
when he was young bachelor about
New York, before the tragedy on the
Madison Square Roof Garden that
resulted in his being placed in the
State Asylum for the Criminal In
sane, from which he is now trying
to escape by proving himself sane.
Summarized, her testimony was
that during the three years named,
she kept in succession two New
York lodging houses, where Thaw
rented rooms under assumed names,
and to which he brought at various
times more than two hundred girls.
After Thaw's Imprisonment, she said,
she paid these women at least $685.
900 as the price Of their silence,
and to "keep them from bothering
Thaw's wife or mother"
Tho woman told of finding Thaw
on several occasions lashing the
girls on their bare arms and bodies.
Thatw, she said, had posed as a
theatrical agent and had lured the
girls to his rooms with promises Of
engagements. She testified further
that Thaw had frequently behaved
in violent manner in her pres
enee, and that she considered his
acts Irrational.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
Accident or Suicide.

Louis. the 1G-yearold son of Mr..
Ashmore VanderDord. prominent
citizen of the Mt. Tabor section or
Union County killed himself Monday
morning about S o'clock in patch
of woods about $50 yards from his
home. Whether the shooting was
done accidentally or intentially Is
not definitely known.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
Farmer Kills Himself.

Mr.. Solomon Hall, a farmer whose
farm and home is two miles from
Hartsville. committed suicide Tues
day about II o'clock in the yard at
his home by shooting himself in the
stomach with a shotgun. He lived
only a short time after committing
the rash act. Worrying over the
sad fact that two of his daughters
are insane, both of whom are now
in the asylum, probably unbalanced
his mind.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
Strikes Shown Storm.

A balloon that ascended at ST.
Louis Sunday night landed Monday
morning at Savanna, H., after beng
in the air eleven and one-half hours.
is about PSI miles from St
Louis a brief message announced
that the balloonists drifted into a
snow storm and had to descend.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED
In the Wrecked Town of Bastrop
BAY, Texas.

That fifteen persons were Killed
and the town Of Bastrop. Texas. de-
vastatcd, and the survivors barely
existing on scanty supply oi sea-
food. i the report brought to tious-
ton Tuesday by Captain Pat benson
when he returned from Il toHr Of
the coast swept by the storm oi last
week. Captain Benson declares 'hat
iive members OF the Wolf families
and three negroes wee buried by
members OF his party. on the beach
and the few survivors who remain
say they buried seven others. The
inhahiranrS are in ritahl" conHl-
tion for want OF food water and
clothing. and for mile. The beach Is
Uttered With wreckag" Of fishing
craft.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
YOUNG LAD POISONED.
itc Morphine and Soon Died From
Its Effects.


The young son of Dr.. James, \
prominent physician OF Greer, died
early Monday morning in most eX-
srucia;ins agony. The father hurried
IL leaving home Sunday afternoon
accidentally dropped bottle of NOR
phinc on the porth floor and the lit
Il" fellow picked it up and, when
discovered by his mother. had eaten
the greater part OF the contents OF
the bottle. a physician was quickly
Summoned ard a stomach pump ap-
pied. The poisoning had advanced
too far TO be overcome. The sad ac-
ciG"nt has cast gloom over the
whole town.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
MAN SHOT DOWN
IN COURT BEFORE THE JUDGE
AND OTHER OFFICERS.
The Husband of Divorced Woman
Kills Her Former Husband About
Their Child.

Their Chlid.
A terrible tragedy was enacted
at Little Rock, Ark, on Tuesday.
Shooting over the head of United
States Senator Jeffries Davis, w. Y.
Ellis, resident of Pine Bluff, fired
q bullet into the heart of Nathan
iel Parker Willis, owner Of a liquor
cure at Indianapolis, Ind, in the
Circuit Court room at Little Rock
Tuesday afternoon. The shooting
was the tragic ending of lawsuit
brought by Willis against his di-
yorced wife, who had subsequently
married Ellis for the possession OF
his child. Willis died almost in
stantly after he was shot in the arms
of his mother, who was waiting
across the room, and rushed towards
him as he fell in the hallway out
side of the court room.
Willis secured his divorce a num-
Der of years ago, and recently start
ed the litigation for the possession
of the child. Monday he secured
an order from Circuit Judge Fulk
to take possession Of the child, VINO
has been for the past ten days IN
the custody of an uncle at Pine Bluir
and Tuesday the parties to the suit
met in the court room to decide
where the child was to be delivered.
Ellis appeared for his wife, the for
mer Mrs. Willis, and Senator Davis
represented Willis.
While Judge Fulk was seated at
a table in the court room, discus
sing with Senator Davis the condi-
tions of the transfer of the child,
Ellis pulled a revolver from his
pocket and fired point blank at Ellis'
who was seated across the table. A
court attache knocked up his arm
lust as the weapon was discharged
and the bullet was embedded in the
wall.
Willis ran round the table, with
Ellis close at his heels. The latter
rested his pistol against the door
lamb just as Willis ran out and
fired a second time. Willis fell to
the floor, dying, clasped in his moth
er's arms. Sheriff Roberts seized
Ellis, pulling him into an ante room
to prevent any further" shooting.
He. surrendered his pistol to Judge
Fulk and was at once taken to jail.
Relatives of the man killed nave
been summoned to Little Rock. Fol-
lowing the shooting those in an ad-
Joining room scrambled for an out
let, and in the subsequent excite
ment serious injury to several was
narrowly averted.
Two attempted to leap from a
window but were restrained. That
Senator Davis had a close call IS
declared by those in the room at
the time. Several assert that the
first bullet passed through his coat.
Explaining rent in his garment
however, Senator Davis declares that
it was torn by catching on an edge
of the table as he hastily arose.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
Voted Them Out.

The Georgia Legislature has voted
trading stamps out of that State.
The bill passed the Senate by un-
animous vote on Monday and will
become a law when the Governor
signs it. All the retail merchants in
the State favor the bill.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
CHOkED TO DEATH

Il Fence.

At Milwaukee, Wis, his neck
wedged between the pickets Of 4
fence, the body OF William Lenz,
aged 45 years, for thirty years a
coachman for August +. Gallun, a
rich tanner. was found i'll front of
his employers residence Monday.
Lenz evidently had been strangled.
The head projected between the
pickcts and the arms were resting
upon the fence. The knees had
crumbled from under him, leaving
the body suspended by the neck. The
police say he probably leaned over
the fence to rest while, fell asleep
and as his throat caught between
the pickets, slowly strangled.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
Entirely Too Sensitive.

Laurel Laidlcy. II years Old, com
mitted suicide Monday by hanging
himself to rafter in his fathers
barn near Guthrie Center, Iowa. Tie
boy had been reprimaned by his
mother.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-29
Long Canoe TriD.

Padding n distance of 2.0O3 miles
in an 1S-foOt canoe in twenty-nine
days. II. G.. Frasch and l.. +. Bailey,
of Harrisonhurg, Pa. reached New
Orleans Monday from Pittsburs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
RETIRES SATURDAY
Secretary of Iowa Pharmacy Commits
sion Sends in Resignation.
HENDERSON TRIAL CONTINUED
Charges of Drunkenness and Neglect
of Duty Against EX-MayOr of
MarenEO to BE Heard
August II.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. Especial Tel
egram.)-C. w. Larson, secretary of the
Pharmacy commission today authorized the
statement that he had resigned to lake
effect August Z. In a written statement,
given to the press, he criticizes what he
terms the dilatory tactics of the new
members of the commission and gives this
as the reason for his resigning. He will
return to Red Oak TO look after his drug
store there, which is one of the largest in
the city.
Members Of the commission today ac-
knowledRed they had received the resig-
nation, but have not acted upon it. Mr..
Eaton, chairman Of the commission, said
the board would likely select for secretary
as Larson's successor, L. ]. Moore
Of Eldon, who is state representative from
Wappello county.
By dilatory tactics 1t is understood Mr.
Larson means that the members have not
been as vigilant in getting after violators
of the law as he thinks they should.
In authorizing the announcement OF his
resignation Mr.. Larson said today that his
resignation was due to the 'dilatory tao
tics" of the new members OF the board.
He gave out a written statement in which
he said:
l was a candidate for member OF the
board, but circumstances prevented me
from being appointed and l was elected
secretary, which place l have filled under
protest, as ! did not want the office at
the time. However, | wish to state to the
druggists of the state that l have filled
the office to the best OF my ability and
for the best interests of the majority of
our profession. l nave had the courage
and conviction at all times for a square
deal to everybody as the records in the
office will show. l have at all times taken
the initiative in suggestions TO the board
for the betterment of the conditions Of the
drug trade of Iowa and | find that to take
this stand is apt 10 create friction. 1t Is
my opinion that some Of the new members
of the board have adoptcd d|ilatory tao
tics and for this reason l am rendering l..
resignation.
Mr.. Larson is one of the most prominent
druggists of the state of Iowa. When he
took the state examination in 1894 he stood
the highest I'm the class Of eighty. Only
twenty of the class successfully passed the
examination. Mr.. Larson worked as a
drug clerk for many years studying phar-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
DAVIS, drugs.

Ia via drurA ~ -
CORRIGANS. underwriters. Phone las.
Woodring Undertaking company. Tel. S39.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. Phone 81.
FAUST BEER AT ROGERS BUFFET.
When you want reliable want ad adver-
Usirg Use Th' Bee.
Deering tinueIs and mowers. Spearling
X Triplelt 81 Broadway.
Wan,ed a boy to- carry a Bee route.
Apply 10 Scott street, Omaha Bee.
BAIRD LONGENECKER & ROLAND,
UndCTtakers. Phone E2, n, Main 81.
DIR. w. w Magarell, optometrist, moved
90 2Oj--0S City National bank building.
Don Beno left last evening for COlfaN
Springs for a sojourn in the hope of re
Operating his health.
Bluff city Masonic lodge will hold a spe-
Cial meeting this evening at Z o'clock fou
work In the second degree.
The choir of st. Johns English Lutheran
church will meet Friday evening for re-
hearsal instead of tonight.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union will be held
this afternoon In the club rooms at the
public library building.
The Helping Hand society OF st. Johns
English Lutheran church will meet this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. w. II,
Baker, 2Il4 Third avenue.
Louis Zurmuehlen, president of the Board
Of Fire and Police commissioners, accom-
panied by Fred l.. Johnson, chief clerk In
the postoffice, went to Davenport last
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Town Dry Through Brror.

ABERDEEN, S. D., Aug. 3-(Special)-
Through a misinterpretation of the law on
the part of the town board of Java, S. D..
that town will be without saloons for a
time. The South Dakota law prohibits
more than two saloons in towns OF under
1000 inhabitants. Java has about 800 peo-
pie, but the board granted licenses to three
saloons. Later the error was discovered
and the board, to get or a legal basis.
revoked all three licenses. r~efunding the
money advanced. Two saloon men ac-
quiesced in the action Of the board, but
the third, Carl Doerr, refused to close his
saloon. claiming the board had no right to
revoke the license. He was accordingly ar
rested and fined $50 and costs for selling
liquor without a permit, The board will
let the saloon applicants try again, and
will grant but two licenses, in accordance
with the aw.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
RECEPTION ron WALTER 1. SMITH
Congressman TO BE rendered Ban
quet on His Return.

COnEressmnn to BE Ban
quet on His Return,
Congressman Walter I. Smith is to be
rendered a popular reception and a banquet
will be given in his honor on his return
from Washington. Preliminary steps to
thus honor the congressman from the ninth
Iowa district were taken at the weekly
meeting OF the executive committee of the
commercial club yesterday.
Another meeting OF the committee will be
held today noon at the Grand hotel to or
ganlze and take up the work Of planning
for the reception and the banquet. No
formal invitations will be issued except to
the speakers and prominent guests from
outside the state. Announcements, how
ever, Of the event will be sent to all parts
Of the district, inviting ell who may desire
to participate in the welcome home to
the distinguished congressman.
Although this matter was not decided at
yesterdays meeting a dollar a plate ban
quet appeared to be most favored. should
the number Of those desiring to participate
in the affair warrant It, the reception and
banquet will probably be held in the Audi
torium, otherwise It will be at the Grand
hotel.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04

evening to attend the state firemen's tour
nament.
Mayor Maloney yesterday was sporting
a handsome diamond-studded ElkS' EN-
blem, presented TO him Monday evening
by the members of the police department.
Mrs. W. L. Meyers, 23 South Main street,
received word yesterday of the death of
her mother, Mrs. Thomas Gilmore, In san
Diego, Cal, Monday. Mrs, Gilmore had
many friends-in Council BLUFFS and Omaha.
The hearing in the case of Charles NJ.
Sanford, charged with being insane, was
commenced before the commissioners yes
terday. After the testimony of nine wit
nesses had been heard an adjournment
was taken until today.
John Quinn, aged IS years, died at a late
hour Monday night at st. Demands hos
pital. The body was removed to Corri-
cams undertaking rooms and today Will
be sent TO the former home of the de-
ceased at Papillion, Neb.
In the court of Justice Gardiner yester-
day Il. Il. King was placed under bonds in
the sum of $lOO TO keep the peace towards
Hattie Gallup, whom 1t was charged he
had threatened to shoot. The Information
upon which King was arrested was filed
by sherman Humphrey, ~janitor of the
county court house.
The cash slot machines seized Monday
afternoon at the confectionery store of
w. NJ. Ward, SOS Sixteenth avenue. were
yesterday ordered by Justice Cooper de-
stroyed. Constable Baker will place the
machines hors de combat today with ms
trusty axe. Ward has been released, it
being shown that the machines were the
property of an Omaha man.
The receipts in the general fund of the
Christian Home last week were S4.O59. so,
being S3,S59.SO above the current needs OF
the week and reducing the amount needed
in the contingent and improvement fund
for 1903 to S7,Ol0.ll. In the managers fund
the receipts were Sl0i. IS, being $69.7 above
the needs Of the week and decreasing the
! deficiency in this fund to date to S52S.O9.
Attorney John NJ. Calvin, DR.. Charles
F.. Woodbury. and Judge Horace +. Deemer
of Red Oak left last evening for a months
fishing trip in the Big Horn mountains
DR., Woodbury. took his camera along,
while Attorney Calvin provided himself
Is that Judge Deemer was taken aIuug
by the Bluffs men so that affidavits as
to the size of the fish caught might be
filed before him.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. go. Night, F-I7O2.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Pardon for Woman
Who Tried Arson
Mrs. Anna Meyers, Who Tried to
Burn Family of Stepdaugh-
ter Freed.

MT. PLEASANT, Ia, Aug. a-CSpecial)
Mrs. Anna Meyers, an aged woman who
has been under life sentence for arson, in
the attempted burning Of the home of her
step-daughter, Mrs. Levesey, near Win
field, with the intent to kill the members
Of the family, has been granted a pardon
by Governor Carroll. and will be released
into the care of her family. The pardon pro-
vides that Mrs. Meyers shall leave the
state, and this she is preparing to do.
The alleged crime was committed a year
ago. and efforts were made to secure the
woman's acquittal on the ground of in.
sanity. She had not been imprisoned pend
ing an appeal of her case to the supreme
court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Council Bluffs
MRS. BUTLER ASKS DIVORCE
Wife of Old Man Sues for
Legal Separation.
MARRIED NINE MONTHS AGO
Woman Charges CrueI and InhumRn
Treatment and Petitions for
$4,000 Permanent
Alimony.

The inadvisability Of December and NAV
mating is once more made evident in the
suit brought in the district court yester-
day by Mrs. Rhoda Butler for divorce from
W. II. Butler, to whom she was married
but nine months.
Mrs. Butler not only asks for the judi
cial severance of the marital knot, but
would have the court decree her $4,000 Of
her husbands wealth as permanent all
mony. She also asks temporary alimony
in the sum OF 5000 and a fee Of 1850
for her attorneys, Reed & Robertson Of
this city.
Mrs. Butler is 30 years Of age, while
the defendant is Is years old. Prior 10
embarking on the present marital venture
Butler had been married once before, and
Mrs. Butler twice. W. II Butler is a
wealthy land owner and stock raiser and
one of the pioneer residents of Nicola, Pot
tawattamle county.
Mrs. Butler, by her previous marriage,
had seven children, while Butler was with
out offspring. The advent of his second
wife's seven children into his home life,
1t is said, was deemed by Butler as too
much OF a burden and hence the trouble
which eliminated in Mrs. Butler yesterday
filing suit for divorce.
Mrs. Butler charges her aged husband
with treating her in a cruel and nhuman
manner and alleges that on July 81 Of
this year. when she was sick and weak,
he struck her several times with a heavy
club and drove her and five Of her seven
children, who happened to be at home.
from the house. Mrs. Butler and her chill
dren went to live on a little homestead
left her by one of her previous husbands.
Upon petition of Mrs. Butler, Judge
Wheeler yesterday ordered a writ Of at
achment upon Buffers property to the
amount of SIS, DOG and an injunction re.
strained the defendant from disposing of
any of his property, pending the determine
ton of the divorce suit and from annoying
the plaintiff or going upon her homestead.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04

PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 3-(SpcCiaID-State
Engineer Lea, who has Just returned from
an inspection Of drainage conditions in the
eastern portion Of the state, reports sew
eral drainage projects Of considerable mag
nitude under way. In Clark county a
drainage ditch is projected which will be
fifty-five feet deep at the dospest point.
and will involve nearly a mile Of cutting
which will average twenty feet In depth.
While this is an expensive project, the
land to be reclaimed by the project are
very fertile and the work viii be Of great
value 10 that portion Of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Tears scnIn In Mnchincrr.

SIOUX FALLS, 5. D., Aug. 3.-CSpecial.)
Mrs. Clarence Lille, a well known resi-
dent OF Biiou Hills, a small town in the
southern part Of Brule county. was the
victim Of a distressing accident. Her hus-
band operates a ferry boat on the Mis-
souri, river at Bijou HIS. While aiding ler
husband her hair caught in the niScrrlery
Of the boat, and before her husband or any
OF the boats crew could go to her assist
ance a great deal OF her hair was torn
out by the roots and her jaw and arm
were broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Monthly Report OF Police.

With only l75 arrests during July and OF
these over half being plain DRINKS" as
shown BY the monthly report Of Major G.
Il Richmond, chief Of police, Council
Bluff continues to enjoy an immunity
from crime Of a serious character,
Mrs. Brooks, the city Jail caterer did
not entirely lack patronage as she fur
nished during the month S7 meals TO pris-
oners and dodgers at the expense Of the
-ugiC pslity.
During the month eighteen lost children
were found and returned TO their parents
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Mayor Has Bundins Destroyed.

MASON CITY, Ia, Aug. 3.-(Special.)-
Under the supervision OF Mayor Kirsch-
man, firemen and policemen, watched by
hundreds of citizens, tore down a large
livery barn. This barn was recently par
TALLY destroyed by fire, and the mayor
had several times stopped the work OF re-
building the frame structure, which was
within the fire limits. The tenant persisted
that his lease gave him the privilege
Of rebuilding and during the night hours
the repairs were made. The mayors action
followed and the liveryman has been com
PEELED to seek quarters elsewhere,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
ExpIosion in Lnboratory,

IOWA CITY, Ia, Aug. 3-CSpecial)-
The heal caused a liquid carbon gas tank
in the state meteorological laboratory to
explode yesterday with a disastrous effect
upon many of the specimens in alcohol in
the room. The tank is in effect an Ice
machine and fortunately was provided with
a safety valve for just such emergencies.
Joseph Anderson, the laboratory assistant,
happened to have left the room Just pre-
viously or the flying glass blown from the
shelves Of the room would almost surely
have lone him great harm.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Light Guards Ready for Camp.

The Dodge Light Guards, forming Com
pany L, Fifty-fifth regiment, Iowa Ma
tlonal Guard. will leavo THURSDAY for
Charlton, where the regiment will hold its
annual "encampment this year. Captain
sam Greene, commanding the Dodge Light
Guards has received orders for the COM
pan TO cave Council Bluffs on the Bur
Iington at Gas a. n. This train. which vii,
pick up other companies enroute, win
arrive at Charlton at 1880. The cncamp.
ment will close August Il and the Bluffs
company will reach home about midnight
on that date. General J. r. Lincoln will
be in command Of the camp.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Mig Yield of Whrnt.

ABERDEEN, s, D., Aug. 3-CSpeciaI)-
Wheat harvest is now well under way in
northern South Dakota, n the reports
from the harvest fields indicate an excep-
tional yield, both in quantity and quality.
Hail near Bowdle and hail and wind al
Selby yesterday afternoon did some dam
age over a limited area.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04
Council Bluffs

or guardians BY the police. Fifteen run
away horses were overtaken through the
sprintlng abilities Of the members OF the
department, four stray teams we're cor
rallied and cared for while no less than
thirty-seven stray horses. many Of which
had been turned loose by their owners to
pick up their s%ustenane on the "
parking were taken In charge.