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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07

Keep in the middle of the road"
says the Galveston News. That's
right, IL you want to be run over by
an automobile.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07
"Pcace Hath Her Nictories.''

New lorw World.
Bsttlcships bombsrding with good Offices
the strongholds Of distress and starvation
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving city tenn
pOPaFily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address Will be
changed as often a. requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07

Count Boni and Prince Helie are
o listed among the French people
who saved 81, 900, 900 in the last year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07

New Reporter-No, sir.
City Editor that account for Il. II
you'd been robbed you wouldn't describe
the loss of a hundred dollars as a relief
New York Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07

Nat total. .l,le2, gas
~ GEORGE B. TzsCHUcK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn 70
before me this 3lst day of December, 1905,
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07

Remember" said the statesman. 'I con-
slider myself a servant of the people"
"Aebbe you do" replied Farmer Corn
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07

Downtown New York offices are being
simply ripped wide open by a bunch of
Syrian fortune tellers, The seeresses are all
good looking girls, dressed in the gaudiest
of colors, hung with jewels and rustling
with silk. SO unlike the usual p~anhandler
do they seen that they get by the Cerberus
on the door without difficulty. Then. II
the man in charge will let them read
his palm, trouble begins. II sees somesing,"
will say the seeress. II no can tell whezzer
good-a luck or much-a trouble, Let-a me
nave ten doll. wat you hold in you hand.
Zen ! cana read re future"
OF course the city bred zap falls for 1t.
He digs into his kick and the lady gets
a nice buy-ful ten-dollar bill. She plants
it in her cdpacious bosom, and goes on with
the Juggling. By and by she finds his fate
in his palm tells him and begins to bow
herself out.
"Here-hold on the victim will yell
Gimme back that ten-spot."
The pretty fortune teller shakes her head
"a slow, knowing shake "Nossir,' she will
declare. "You give-a Eat ten-a doll to me.
You try TO take 1t f'om me, and 1 scream"
Ten chances to one the man won't make
a kick, for he hates TO let the public know
that he has been credulous. He'd get the
money back IL he had her arrested-maybe
but all the papers in town would take one
rejoicing wallop at him through their funny
columns. And it's cheaper TO go I'M
heralded and unsung than. 1t is to get the
money back and win a staff of Ministries
at the same time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07

John O'Sullivan, who has been with II.
b. Cnflin for nearly forty years, takes a
very optimistic view Of the business out
look for 1909.
THE 9s in American history have al
ways been characterized by prosperity"
he says. land If the tradition holds out
and surface indications are correct, 1909
will be a corker. Running over history
you will find the panic Of 81 was sue
ceeded by the great boom of 'S9. In 40
gold was found in California. Pixies Peak
was discovered in 80, and the mines of
Colorado opened. In SO the era OF recon-
struction set in and the prosperity that
followed has never been equaled. In 70
came another readjustment OF industrial
conditions, particularly in the south, and
great prosperity followed. In SO came the
boom that collapsed in 93. In SO the
opening up of the Klondik and the revival
of trade after the Spanish war brought
another boom. 1t looks as If history Will
repeat itself in 1909. I wonder what great
discovery beneficial to the OF
the country will be made?'
Il don't know" said James Butler. who
owns more grocery stores than any man in
America; perhaps the government will
discover a way to insure the business in
terests Of the country. an era OF peace.
That would be a blessing"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current Of Life In tn,
MetropoIia.

"NNNNNVAAAs
A pathetic scene was witnessed on board
the immigrant ship Italia. inward bound, in
New York harbor, last Saturday morning.
Among its steerage passengers were $50
Sicilians, most Of whom embarked at Mes.
sna several days before the earthquake.
The disaster which had overtaken their
home city was unknown to them: in fact,
no one on the ship heard OF It until the
harbor pilot brought the newspapers on
board. An effort was made to keep the
awful news from the Sicilians until the
ship had been docked, but IL was useless.
Some of the papers with pictures OF the
ruins reached the steerage. A crowd in
stantly gathered. A middleaged man worked
his way to the center and his eyes lit on
the picture Of the Church Of the Souls,
In Purgatory, and above the picture he
saw the figures that told in English that
100000 were dead. The man could not
make out what 1t all meant, for all the
pictures were Of buildings that we're ap-
parently still standing, but when he saw
one of the pictures taken at the time of
the earthquake in 1906. he knew what il
all meant.
Mother of God" he shouted in his native
tongue in his frenzy OF grief, "Messina is
no more" and the others In the steerage
from Messina and the towns in and near
the stricken zone took up the cry.
Read to u.s. See what the paper says"
Let us hear the news the Sicilians cried.
and a sailor from north OF Italy, who could
read English went forward and took the
newspaper out Of the hands OF the men
and women who were struggling to get
the next view Of this or that picture. He
read the details aloud, and when he had
finished the Sicilians were in tears and
most Of them bewailing the loss of friends
and kin at home. It was said that one man
had left a wife and six children in Mes
sina. Another young man had left his
father and mother and eight sisters and
brothers. Another, a woman who came to
join her husband. left two children that
she and her husband were to send for as
soon as they had saved up enough money.
Nearly every passenger from Messina had
a similar story to tell, and among them all,
there was not one who is able to get back
to Sicily, or even cable in order to learn
the fate of their relations. The Italia
sailed from Messina, December II.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07

Entered al Omaha pos,oifics as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-07
Tn OMAHA DAILY BEL

VICTOR RosEwATEs, EDITOR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13
ELOPING PAIR WEEDS
WITH NEW CEREMONY

Demopolis. Aug. 12-(Special.)- AN
elopement OF some interest eliminated
In a quiet marriage at the Demopolis
Inn, in this city, Wednesday morning.
Armed with a marriage license,
James McSpeed drove to the city early
In the morning from Jefferson and
brought Miss Lou Holden. who was to
he made his bride.
Securing the services of Acting Judge
G. G. Grimm, of the City Court Of De-
mopolis, who summoned Mayor ". @.
VIM, and Messrs. Il. B. McCarty, A.
Ortman and c. 3. Warren as witnesses,
Mr.. McSpeed and Miss Holden were
made man and wife by the Judge in the
parlor of the Demopolis Inn.
OF his own compositionandconstr
the marriage ceremony used by Judge
Grimm was very impressive. His charge
to the young couple to live after Gods
ordinances and to properly observe the
relationship of man and wife, as ex-
perience has fought mankind was for
the best way to be happy, ETC.. the
Judge pronounced the young couple
man and wife.
1t seems that this popular young
couple met with opposition from near
relatives. and so they eloped. Mr.. Nc
Speed Is prosperous merchant and
planter residing near Jefferson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13
Land. Speech OF Thomas.
THINK COUNCILMAN HAS
ONE TOO MANY OFFICES

Demopolis. Aug. 12.-(Special. y
The Mayor and City Council of De-
mopolis held a meeting at the City
Hall Wednesday evening. As soon as
the session opened Councilman Tucker
arose and informed the Mayor that 1t
was circulated on the streets and being
freely talked that the United States
Government had demanded the resig-
nation of Councilman Wilson from
either the Council or postoffce, and
that the Mayor had his resignation.
Councilman Tucker further stated that
the matter should be settled. Mayor
Winn stated that as Mr.. Wilson was
not present and as he thought It was
not the proper time to discuss the
matter. that it would come up later.
An ordinance was passed that the
City Clerk refer all accounts against
the city to the Finance Committee. and
after their disposition they would be
submitted to the City Council and then
returned to the City Clerk who would
Issue warrants for the same. Pend
Ing final disposition of the rehearing
of the quo warranto proceedings by
the Supreme Court, George J. Michael
was recognized as City Treasurer. and
r. W. Smith, collector of water rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13
NEGRO HAD A BRAIN
STORM AND WELDED KNIFE

Gus Norman, negro, charged with
assault and battery upon another ne
gro, Silas Holson. was acquitted by the
jury yesterday In the Montgomery City
Court, although he did not have any
lawyer present to plead his cause.
Norman was on the docket charged
with cutting Hoison with q knife and
the latter still showed the effects Of
the carving. The ARRAY took place a
few weeks ago about sixteen miles
southwest of town in the country.
The testimony given in this case
proved the only real excitement In the
court all day. Norman claimed that
Holson struck him over the head with
a stick and that the effect Of the blow
produced q brain storm. He stated
further that he didn't know what he
did afterwards and that he didn't re-
member cutting Holson.
Holson. however, denied having
struck Norman and he declared that
Norman's, attack was unprovoked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13
ROAD CERTAIN


Pensacola. Fla. Aug. 12-tspeciai)--
With half . million dollars either In
hand or pledged. President w. x.
Hyer, of the First National Bank OF
this city. last night informed the City
Council that nothing now stands in the
way OF constructing . railroad line to
Anda1usia. Ala. but an acceptable fran
chise. and he asked, on behalf OF asso-
ciatss and himself. that favorable con-
sideration be given the franchise as
proposed.
The franchise acceptable to the com
pany was introduced by Alderman Will
Jams and read the frst time. II was
then referred to the General Ordinance
Committee Of the City Council. In the
usual routine of matters. It will he
q month before the ordinance reaches
the vote status. but there has thus tar
developed no strenuous opposition.
Richard Tillis. OF Montgomery, who
subscribed half the amount on condi-
ton that the citizens Of this place raise
an equal amount. attended the Council
meeting. While here he was the guest
OF Collector of Port J. z. Stiilman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13
SEEK HORSE OWNER
O. g. Adams Alias w. Il. Campbell,
Young Man From Kentucky
u Held On Suspicion By
The Police.

c. q. Adams. alias W. e. Campbell.
q young white man. who claimed Ken
lucky as his native state. was arrest
ed yesterday noon on Bib Street by
Sergeant Oscar McDaie. after he had
attempted to sell q very beautiful sor-
rel horse to Mr.. Wilke at his livery
barn on Lee Street.
Adams rode in Mr.. wilkes stable
yesterday shortly before noon on
horse back and tried to sell his animal
to Mr.. wilke for $3.50. Mr.. Wilke of
fered him 500 cash for the horse. but
the price was refused. Mr.. Wilke be-
came suspicious and called UP police
headquarters, with the result that Ser
geant McDade put In his appearance
upon the scene.
Adams. noticing the officer. mounted
his horse ami rode rapidly away. Ser
geant McDade was suspicious. SO he
followed the horseman in his buggy
and overtaking him on Bibb Street.
placed him under arrest.
He was locked in at headquarters
and q charge Of suspicious character
dockefed against him. Although he
gave his name as Adams, papers AMI
letters on his person indicated that
his name was w. z. Campbell.
When at police headquarters Adams
could not give any reasonable account
said that he was o farmer down near
Whitehall, Ala, a little town between
here and Selma, and that he had two
mules and another horse down there
he wanted to sell. When asked the
names of some of the people living in
that vicinity, he couldn't tell. nor did
he know what county Whitehall was
in.
He stated that he came south from
Kentucky last year and that he had
a farm at whitehall. He said that he
planted his cotton last January. When
asked IL he could tell cotton from
okra he said he might IL they were
placed on the table. When placed be-
hind the bars he made the pretence of
being crazy.
The horse is now in the city pound
pen. It Is a beautiful sorrel animal
about fifteen hands high. with
reddish name and tail. A quilted
spring seat saddle was also on the
horse.
Sergeant McDade is of the opinion
that Adams stole the horse ami rode
him into town to sell 1t and that he
has made q valuable catch. The own
err of the horse has not as yet been
heard from.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13

iievsd them In their entirety, but he
deduoed from them conclusions as to
the practices Of White far beyond what
such belief In q normal mind would
warrant. From the charges subse-
quentiy made by these few admittedly
immoral women, he concluded that
White maintained several places in
New York City. where he accomplish
ed, by force or drugs. the ruin OF re-
spectacle young American girls as 1t
were by the wholesale. Such belief,
to such extreme extent was plainly
u delusion.
Thaw Had Decisions.
His delusions as to tho practices Of
White were not shaken by the failure
Of the Investigations made by the de-
tectives and public authorities. and his
delusive belief in his special mission
continued to possess his mind. In that
mental condition. at the roof garden.
he came into the presence Of White.
doubtless unexpectedly. ana publicly
shot him TO death in q spectacular and
theatrical manner. In so doing he
believed that he was acting as the
agent of Providence and performing a
pratseworthy act. like that Of David
in staying Goliath. or St. George in
killing the dragon"
conspiracy against him by his early
counsel, the court says:
Such belief. that Is as to the pur-
pose. was utterly without the least
foundation and q clear dsiusion."
"A1l this" continued Justice Mills,
according to the weight OF expert tes-
timony, is plainly the history of a
paranoiac. This court concludes. there
fore. that ThaU's insanity at the COM
mission OF the homicios was OF the
kind known as paranoia, and not all
Of the brain-storm' sa ne half a min
ute-after-variety. II any such variety
really exists.
THE verdict Of the Jury was plain
ly warranted by the evidence, not
merely as an expression of reasonable
doubt, but even as an Affirmative flfd
ing of the fact Of insanity.
Touches On New Testimony.
at is true that the new testimony
upon tine trial introduced in behalf OF
the prisoner intends to materially vary
the history Of his early life as above
stated. I am convinced, however, that
In such variance 1t Is very largely mis-
taken; and that the testimony upon
that point given at the second murder
trial by mother, nurse, family ply
stefan. respectable and creditable wit
the prisoners part in the Tombs, at
Matteawan, and in the Duchess and
Westchester county jails, IL not Of
commanding force.
Fourth ground: The testimony of
the a1ienists car1ed for the defendant
as to the present condition, seems to
me. upon the whole more convincing
than that of those called for the pris-
oner.
Fifth ground: Upon my own per-
sonal observation of the conduct of
Thaw. his actions and his speech in
the court room those on and of the
witness stand, / have been impressed
that he Is now of unsound mind He
was exceedingly nervous and very fire.
quently interrupted his counsel with
suggestions. Upon his examination Il
became evident, even by his own ad-
mission, that no holds mis- former be-
liefs as to the evil practices OF White
lust as extremely and Just ms strong
ly TODAY as ever. II u. one beliefs con-
stitutcd delusione II his mind when he
committed the homicide. they are the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13

came now. while he has no more cv-
idence against White than he had then.
II 10 all Of the same character and
neither alone nor with what he pre-
viously had. warrants his extreme con-
victions. In the latter part OF his
examine ton. when he was striving
nightly to defend his deiusive be-
liefs his facial Appearance seemed 20
me not to be that OF a sane person.
Third conclusion: The enlargement
OF Harry X Thaw now would be dan
gerous to the public peace and safety
and. therefore. cannot be permitted"
Thaw Receives News.
Harry X. Thaw received the news
today of the failure of his second at
tempt to obtain discharge from Mat
teawan with slight display of emotion.
His manner indicated that he had ex-
pected an adverse decision. The infor-
nation was brought to him first in his
cell In the local jail by the Associated
Press representative.
Have you heard Justice Mills's de-
cision?" he was asked.
NO." said Thaw without moving
from his chair.
handed to him. He read 1t rapidly and
without comment until he came to the
following sentence:
If those beliefs constituted delusions
IN his mind when he committed the
homicide, they are the same now"
That's not so.' he said, and marked
the lines with his pencil.
Thaw was smoking a pipe when he
got the news and as he read he pulled
faster and faster until the air about
him was cloud OF smoke. In no 9TH
er way did he show any perturbation.
He referred questioners as to his fu
ture plans to his attorney.
Jail Physician Talks.
This afternoon a statement from
Thaw came Indirectly from the jail
physician, DR.. William j. Meyers. who
testified at the hearing that Thaw was
perfectly sane.
Thaw told him. DR.. Meyers said, that
while he was disappointed by Justice
Mills's decision, he had no intention of
giving up the fight.
u am determined to make my Anal
effort to secure a trial by jury" said
Thaw. Many things have been done
in this case that should not have been
done and much has been left undone.
But / have been in the hands of my
counsel throughout"
IT am more sorry for my mother than
for anybody else" Thaw continued.
When I first got the news of Justice
Mills's decision I called my sister Alice
on the telephone and asked her to give
my mother the news, but to soften the
shock of II as much as possible.
my fight Is now conferred upon the
appeal to the Court of Appeals through
which hope to secure q hearing be-
fore jury"
DR.. Meyers said Thaw was taking the
decision calmly and was in no danger
Of a breakdown. Charles Morschauser,
Thaw's attorney, refrained from COM
menting at length upon the decision
until he had read It through.
II am stunned" he said, II do not
know just what action / shall take I'M
til / familiarize myself with every de-
tail OF Justice Mills's conclusions and
consult with Mrs. Mary C. Thaw."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13
WILLARD Again Files.

Mineola, L. l., Aug. 12.-Charles Fos-
ter willard, the amateur aeronaut,
made two successful flights here this
morning in the Herring Curtiss aero
plane recently purchased by the Ae.
ronautical Society. In the first flight
he made a complete circuit Of about
two miles in circumference and landed
within fifty feet of the starting place.
In the second fight he described figure
"s" travelling about four miles and
landed ten feet from the starting
point. During the last flight Willard
attained a height of eighty feet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13

Amsterdam, Ca. Aug, I2--Ella Free
man and Rebecca womack. 1e and II
year old girls. were mysteriously
drowned while bathing in q mill pond
here yesterday. The finding OF the
body OF one of the girls led to the
discovery of the double drowning. No
one saw the girls 60 down and there
was nothing about the pond to indi-
cate any cause for the tragedy. It 10
believed the girls waded beyond their
depth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13
MINISTER BROWNS
AGED PASTOR PLUNGEs FROM
DECK OF YACHT.
WIFE. HeIpIess to Aid, Sees Accident
winch Dashes Husband Into Wa
terry Grave-Weu Known
Rautsst Worker.


Baptist Worker.
Pensacola, Fla. Aug. 12.-(speciail
Rev. 6. W. Woodruff. IS years OF
age, and having charge Of the Baptist
church at Camp Walton, across the
bay from Pensacola was drowned this
morning while his aged wife looked on
Rev woodruff started to- leave his
small yacht, which had come up to
the front Of his home from trip six
miles down the sound. He was seen to
have fastened q bowiins and then
started to walk to the stern. In do
ing so his foot must have slipped. for
his wife. standing on the shore. some
yards away. saw him plunge into the
water. striking on the railing of the
boat.
It was nearly twenty minutes before
assistance could be summoned and
boat procured. The body. however.
was recovered and the interment will
follow the funeral to be held at Mary
Esther, Fla. tomorrow.
The old gentleman was highly es-
teenied by all in the settlement and
soon won friends Of all new Corners. he
accepted the charge only because 1t
was not trying one. for his great age
would permit of no great activity. He
left DeFuniak Springs. Fla. to go to
Camp Walton. resigning a charge there
that he had held for years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13

Pekin. Aug. 12.-China has agreed to
the Japanese proposal to reopen the ne
gotiations regarding the Antung Muk-
den railroad at Mukden, at such time
as Japan selects.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13

Berlin, Aug. 12.-Gen. Won Herin-
gen. commander of the second army
corps. was today appointed by Empe-
ror William to the position Of Prus-
sian Minister of War in succession to
Beneral Won Einem, retired.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13

New York, Aug. 12.-It was pointed
out by attorneys in the city that Jus
tice Mills's decision that Harry K.
Thaw is insane apparently provides
grounds for proceedings by Mrs. Eve
lyn Thaw for the annulment of her
marriage. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13

said today, when informed OF the de-
cision. that she would make no state
ment In regard to probable divorce pro-
csedings until she had conferred with
her counsel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13

Nursing Mothers and Malaria.
The OLD Standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. drives out malaria and
builds up the system. For grown people and
children soc. "a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-13
HUNT GOES TO JAIL
SERGEANT, COURT MARTfALED,
GETS STIFF SENTENCE.
Cannot Account For Disappearance Oh
$500 Given Him To Pay Commits
sary Bfns-Discuss Harbor
Improvement.

Mobile. Aug. l2.-(Special.,- News
has been received here that sergeant
Rudolphus Hunt. who was court mar.
tailed about three weeks ago at Fort
Morgan on the charge Of desertion ana
embezzlement, having left Fort MOT
gan several months ago with $500 be-
longing to soldiers at the fort. mas
been found guilty by the board AT
Washington and sentenced to three
years Imprisonment and dishonorabie
discharge from the United States army.
He will. according to the information
given, serve his time at the federal
prison at Fort Worth, Texas. His wife
IL native Of Georgia and taught
school there for some years prior to
her marriage to Hunt.
Sergeant Hunt came to Mobile early
in May with about 5000 on his person
TO pay commissary bills. He disap-
peared suddenly and after a search
through Alabama, Mississippi and Lou
isiana the man turned UP at Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Texas.
Hunt claimed that shortly after his
arrival In Mobile from Fort Morgan,
he met stranger, accepting a drink
with him. From the time he took this
drink until he came to his senses at
Houston. Texas, several days later his
mind was blank. Sergeant Hunt de-
cIared that he was administered drugs
in the drinks given him. The money
was never found.
Lands Speech OF Thomas.
President John Craft, of the Com
mercial Club. returned home today from
Montgomery, where he attended the
sessions of the Legislature for two
days. The address of Senator Thomas
against the constitutional amendment
was the grandest talk he ever heard
made, and even the opposition had to
applaud the oratory that was display
ed. Captain Craft spoke before the
committee on commission form of gov
eminent. and according TO reports re-
ceived here he made q good impress
sion on that body. Captain Craft Is
opposed TO commission form.