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LAND TIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 124. MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1907. PRICE TWO CENTS. THE. I IOC AR J ROME UNABLE TO BRING If! MRS. THAW'S AFFIDAVIT Delmas Balks Efforts to Pave Way for its Introduction. POLICEMEN ON STAND Officers Who Arrested Prison er Say He Appeared -Rational. New York. March 11. Lining up his forces in rebuttal in the case of Harry K. Thaw, District Attorney Jerome to day began to endeavor to lay a foun dation for the introduction of an atH davit said to have been made by Eve lyn Nesbit in the otlice of Abraham 11 I i uniim-!. Hlorked at Kilt-It Turn. He was blocked at every turn, how ever, by objections from Delmas. lea 1 ing counsel for the defense, and soon switched to the testimony of the po licemen who saw Thaw the night of his arrest, and who declared his ac tions seemed those of a rational man. Delmas asked one of the officers if ?ie had not overheard Thaw in his ced say lie had heard the voices of women crying out. The officer said there had been r.o such stateir.ent in his hearing. l.wuKfrllow tailed by Jfruinc New York, March 11. Frederick V Lougfellow was the first witness called by District Attorney Jerome when the Thaw trial was resumed this morn ing. Longfellow was formerly Thaw's attorney. Wan On for Defeue. Longfellow was called by the defense some time ago to identify certain let ters which Harry K. Thaw Wrote to him in 1903. Jerome wanted liim to identify a letter handed him by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw upon her arrival from Europe late in 190.1. Longfellow met Mrs. Thaw at tne ship Oct. 24. Mrs. Thaw on the witness stand said she could not fix the date or name of the steamer. Attorney Several Yearn. Ijongfel'.ow said he acted as Thaw's attorney for some years prior to June 25, 190C. "Did you represent this defendant in a suit of Ethel Thomas against Thaw?" asked Jerome. "My firm handled the case." "Were papers served on this defend ant?" Delmas objected. Jerome began to argue the point. He said the conten tion is Thaw's ntind was unseated by his wife's revelations of what White had done to her and to other young women. "It has been," he,said. "alleg ed the acts of White added to the fury tif his mental unbalance. We want to show he knew about such things that they were set forth in a complaint in this suit by Ethel Thomas, the papers of which were served upon him." COST $9,000,000 TO FURNISH CAPITOL Legislative Inquiry Into Charges Con nectad With Pennsylvania State House Begun., Harrisburg, Pa., March 11. The leg islative inquiry into alleged gross ex travagance, overcharges, etc.. in the ornamentation and equipment of the new state capitol began here today. The capitol was built at a cost of $4, 000,000. Nine million was spent in its f uinU.hnient and equipment. CRUSHED BY WOMAN IN RINK President of Vandergrift, Pa., Coun-.il Dying as Result of Accident. Vandergrift, Pa., March 11. Aimer McGary, a wealthy merchant, the retir ing president of the Vandergrift coiri cil, is dying at home as a result of an accident at the Apollo roller skating rink Saturday night. McGary tripped and fell, and a woman weighing more than 200 pounds fell on him. His pel vic bone was crushed and he sustained other internal injuries. FREIGHT ENGINE BLOWS UP Threatens Metuchen. N. J., With Nur.v ber of Fires Three Killed. Metuchen, N. J., March 11. Three trainmen were killed and a, number of others slightly hurt, Metuchen was shaken and threatened with many fires today when the boiler of an en gine on the Pennsylvania railroad ex ploded while drawing a freight train through town. ARRANGEMENTS CH PLETED FOR FUNERAL Chicago, March 11. A touch of the ostentation that marked the rule of John Alexander Dowie in the Christian Catholic church which he founded will be observed during the funeral services of the deiosed leader. The white rob ed choir, which was shorn of its vest ments when Overseer W.iva assumed control in Zion City, will take an active part in the ceremonies, which will oc cur Thursday afternoon in Zion taber nacle. . Judge V. V. Barnes, one of the com mittee of elders of the church, who re mained faithful to Dowie, will conduct the services and deliver the funeral sermon. Tuesday and Wednesday the body will lie in state in the reception hall or Shilon House, the Dowie :e 1- dence. ' SWEDISH VOTERS FOR A THIRD TERM State League of Clubs Indorses Roost velt and Gives Praise of Fred Busse. Rockford, 111.. March 11. Preside it Roosevelt was urged to be a can.li date for another term by the Illinois league of Swedish-American republi can clubs, which met here Saturday. A resolution indorsing the candidacy of Fred Busse for mayor of Chicago was read with - a storm of applause fiom the 400 delegates. Resolutions ilso were adopted indorsing Governor eneen s administration. The expect- t.i contest over the election of the league's officers did not appear. Just us L. Johnson of Aurora being elected president without opposition. Aurora will be the next meeting place. IOWA TO HAVE LOWER RATES ON LIVE STOCK Action of Meat Producers Prods Up Rail Commissioners Advantage Over Illinois. Des Moines, Iowa, Marcli 11. By unanimous vote the slate board of rail road commissioners Satin day after noon decided to order a gent ral reducv tion in Iowa freight rates on cattle, horses, mules and sheep, amounting to about IS per cent. The decision came as a result of the action of the Iowa Corn Belt Meat Producers' association, which with the railroads was given an extended hearing on the question of rates at several different times. Ur gent reasons were advanced by the commission also for the establishment by the railroads for a feeding in tran sit date for Iowa such as that enjoyed by the Nebraska cattle feeders. As to hogs, it is said the Iowa rate is now lower than that in Illinois. The new rate as to other live stock will give Illinois a differential not exceeding fi per cent, whereas heretofore it has e-i-joyed a differential of more than 23 per cent. The rates now in force in Iowa have been effective more than 17 years, no changes having been made in that time. JAMES L. PUGH IS DEAD Former U. S. Senator from Alabama tind Predecessor of Pettus. Washington, March 11. After an ill ness of pneumonia of a little over a week, James L. Pugh, former United States senator from Alabama, died in his city Saturday night, aged S7 years. In 1SC1 he was elected to the eonfed- rate congress and reelected in 18G3. He was for 10 years United States sen- itor, being succeeded in that body in 1897 by Edmund Winston Pettus. PLANS TO START BRYAN BOOM Massachusetts Democratic State Com mittee Will Give Reception. Boston, March 11. William Jen nings Bryan js to be the guest of the democratic state committee next Fri day, and George Fred Williams, who is chairman of committee on arranges- ments. is making preparations to give Mr. Bryan a reception which will re regarded as the beginning of the big t, ,. ... , .... Bryan boom in New England for 1908. Jurors Drink; In Contempt. Terre Ilau'e, Ind., March 11. Judge Thomas of the circuit court at Paris, 111., has ordered Jack Williams and Burns Connery to report in contempt proceedings because they slipped ,out of the jury room Friday night anj made a njght of it drinking. The jury had gone to its room to deliberate on a case when the two men climbed through a window and did not report until Saturday morning just in time to sign a verdict for the defendant. QFALEXANDERDOWiE IN WAR ON VICE Galesburg Mass Meeting Held to Declare for Enforcement , of the Laws. WOULD PLEDGECITY OFFICERS Present Administration Criticised by Prominent Speakers for Be ing Lax. Galesburg, 111., March 11. A mass meeting attended by hundreds of voters was held in the circuit court room yes terday afternoon to arouse tentiment favorable to the election of city officers pledged to enforce the law strictly and impartially. Charles W. Williams, a well known horseman, whose racetrack jperations a few years ago were the sensation in sporting circles, presided. lauy Are Heard. Addresses were made by President Fisher of Lombard college. President McClelland of Knox college, John M. Vivion, Attorney Roy Arnold. ex-State Treasurer M. O. Williamson. Alderman H. H. Griffith, Dr. Bower, Rev. C. A. Vincent, and others, all favoring better law enforced. ... - The city administration was criticis ed for its alleged permitting of gam bling and violation of law by saloons. PARIS STRIKE IS ENDED Trouble Terminates as Suddenly as It Began, Employes Winning. Paris, March 11. The strike of the electric ''us of Paris, which threw the city intj obscurity for tiie best part of two nights, ended as abruptly as it be gan. Through the intermediary of M. De Selves, prefect of the Seine, the electrical companies have conceded the principal demands of the men in the matter of pensions, and agree they shall be placed on the footing of men employed by the city as regards to hours and wages. The strikers went back to work yesterday. RAILWAY DROPS TRAINS Union Pacific Los Angeles Limited - Service to Chicago Annulled. Omaha. Neb., March 11. Pursuant with the prophecy made by Vice Pres ident Moliler of the Union Pacific some time ago. that the expense of the pas senger dep"a"rlment "of that road would be cut to the 2-cent railroad fare basis, the famous ixis Angeles Limited trains, running between Chicago'and Los" An geles, was annulled today. The Los Angeles Limited, east and west, were the fastest and finest trains on the overland system. FIRE ENDS CHURCH REVIVAL Presence of Mind of Evangelist and Choir Scatters Audience -of 2.000. Aberdeen, S. D.. March 11. While revival services were in progress ia the auditorium last night fire started below a platform on' which 300 me n- bers of the choir and the preache-s were sitting. The place was packed with people, fully 2.0(10 being present. The choir began singing and minister went among the congregation advising them to leave quietly. Some of the more excitable people made their exit through windows, but. in 10 minutes the immense hall was empty. The fire was soon extinguished. NORTH SEA GETS 34 LIVES Steamer and Trawler Collide During a Heavy Gale, Berlin, March 11. A dispatch from Cuxhaven reports the loss of 34 lives by the foundering of two vessels a German cargo steamer, the George Wottcrn, and a trawler during a heavy gale in the North sea. It is believed those drowned comprised a:l aboard both vessels. . GO AGROUND IN SNOWSTORM Two Vessels Said to Be in Danger on Shores of Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore, March 11. The German steamer Pisa and British steamship Queen Aledaide are today reported aground in Chesapeake bay, both ves sels having missed the channel in the heavy snowstorm yesterday. They are not believed to be in danger. PROTEST WHOLE DELEGATION Trouble Threatened in Examination' of Credentials in Russian Douma. St. Petersburg, March 11. The low er hoiisp of narlinmenl renseomlilod . : .i juiis uiviuiiig in eeiiuiis ior me exam- ination of credentials of members. Pro tests were submitted against the elec tion of several entire deputations. Raisuli Makes His Escape. Tangir, March 11. The news that Raisuli has again escaped his pursuers is confirmed. Kaid Mehalla, the repre sentative of the minister of war, has dislodged Ben Iarou's tribesmen from their positions, and driven them a con siderable distance. ' Condition Continues Favorable. Washington, March 11. Archie Roosevelt's condition continues favor able. . - ' BULLET FOR BULGARIAN Premier Petkoff Killed by Assassin at Nation's Capital. WALKING IN GARDEN Another Member of Cabinet Wounded Similar Assault in Russia Fails. i Sofia, Bulgaria, March 11. M. Pet koff, premier and minister of the in terior, was assassinated here today Petkoff, with other ministers, was walking in the Boris garden when -attacked by an unknown man who fired a revolver. The premier was wounded by three bullets and died instantly. M. Geumadieff, minister of com merce and agriculture, who was one of the ministers accompanying Petkoif. was wounded, i MlMMeM the Mark. Yalta, Crimea, March 11. Colonel Dumbadz. commandant of the garrison here, was slightly wounded and his ad jutant and coachman seriously injured today by a bomb Ihro.vu at the colo nel's carriage from an upper window in a house on the street through which he was driving. The man who threw the bomb committed suicide in order to avoid capture. TEST 2-CENT FARE LAW Fight Nebraska Roads Prepared to Case Through Courts. Omaha, Neb., March 11. It is a l- thoritatively announced in a private report from Chicago that the railroads of Nebraska will contest the 2-cent fare law which the legislature enacted a week ago and the governor signed last Wednesday at midnight, placing t in ettect at rjnee. I he roads ire now preparing to carry the case to the courts and there make a vigorous con test to determine the validity of the new law. Bridge Swept Away. Chamberlain, S. IX. March 11. The big bridge of the Milwaukee railroad across (he Missouri river at this point is being swept away by water and ice. MASSACHUSETTS PHYSICIANS CLAIM TO HAVE LEARNED SOUL HAS WEIGHT Boston, Mass., March 11. Five Mas sachusetts physicians of the highest professional standing have just attain ed what they believe to be decisive re sults in a scientific investigation to determine the existence or nonexist ence of a soul in the human body, and to determine also whether flight of life is attended by any manifestation of a nature that can be made evident to material senses. The investigations, which extended over a period of about six years, we're conducted in a sanitarium. The results obtained, according to Dr. Duncan Mc- Dougal of Haverhill, one-of the physi cians who undertook the investigation, show that when the soul flits from the body it diminishes the weight of" the body by a certain measurable amount. This weight has been found to vary between one-half ounce and one ounce, after all known scientific deductions, such as loss of respiratory air, of mois ure, and of all excretions and secre tions of the body nad been taken into consideration. Startled by Itmnlln, In telling of his experiments, Dr. Me- Dougal said: 1 "Four other physicians under my direction made the first test upon a patient dying with tuberculosis. This man was one ef the ordinary type of usual American .temperament. We placed him a few hours preceding death upon the scale platform, which I had construct and which was accurately balanced. Four hours later with live doctors in attendance he died. "The instant life ceased the opposite scale pan fell with a suddenness that was astonishing as if something had been suddenly lifted from uis body. Immediately all usual deductions were made for physical loss of weight and it was discovered there was still a full ounce of weight unaccounted for. "My fellow physicians were mystified and only half convinced I myself had grave doubts that our calculations, were correct. Otherwise, how. was It possi ble to account for the strange Joss MAY FILE A BILL Effort to be Made in Court to Prevent Placing Annexation Measure on Ballot BY MEANS OF INJUNCTION Opposition in South Rock Island Claims Petition was Insufficient and Proceeding Irregular. Residents of South Rock Island who are opposed to the annexation of the tract between Twenty-fourth street and the Watch Tower car line have, it is understood, determined not to allow the proposition to be placed on the bal lot of the spring election in the city of Rock Island, if it' can be prevented by an injunction bill in the circuit court. At a meeting held Saturday by those opposing the projiosition in South Rock Island, it "was decided to have an injunction bill brought to restrain the city clerk from having the matter plac ed on the ballot. The bill will proba bly be brought on the ground of irregu larities in the proceedings and the al leged insufficiency of the petition on which the city council acted. Attorney Itctnined. The residents who have been work ing for the annexation have had the assistance of Hon. William Jackson and those opposing the proposition some time ago retained J. T. Kenwor Ihy, when a protest was made to the city council against placing the meas ure on the ballot. It is expected that a bill for an injunction will be filed within a few days. The tract which it is proposed to annex is bounded by the street car tracks on the west, Aik en street on the south to Seventet-nth street. Seventeenth street south to a section line, and by this line to Twenty-fourth street, and by Twenty-fourth street on the east within a block of Eighteenth avenue, where a division is made to include a tract, of about a square block. EDITOR NOT SORRY HE SHOT A. H. Sniff of Missouri Valley Says He Had to Kill M. S. Brundrige. Missouri Valley. Iowa, March 11. M. S. Brundrige, who was shot last Monday by A. H. Sniff, editor of the Harrison County News, following -i n.rri ,., n ct,iro- .ihi;uhn,i i papcr ,lie(1 yesterday. Sniff in a late issue of his paper said he regretted the necessity for shooting, but that no editor with self-respect could have done otherwise. Machinists' Strike Settled. Toledo, OJiio. March 11. The Pope Motor strike of machinists, involving over a thousand men, has been settled. There was no known scientific manner of doing so. Tried Again. "As a result of tnis doubt I submit ted another subject, afflicted with the same disease and Hearing death, to the same experiment. He was a man of much the same temperament as the preceding patient and about the same physical type. The same result hap pened at the passing of his life. The instant his heart ceased to bet there was the sudden and almost uncanny diminishment of weight. As experi menters, each physician in attendance made figures of his own concerning the loss, and at a consultation these fig ures were compared. The unaccount able loss continued to be shown. IMileicuiatie Soul Slow to Flit. "More remarkable still was what took place in the third case. The sub ject was that of a man of larger physi cal build, with a pronounced sluggis temperament. When life ceased there appeared to be no change in weight. The physicians waiting in the room looked into each other's faces silently, shaking their heads in the conviction that our test had failed. Then sudden ly the same thing happened that hail occurred in other cases. There was a sudden diminishment in weight, which was soon found to be the same as that of preceding experiments. "I believe that in this case, that of a phlegmatic man, slow of thought and action, the body held the soul after death during the minute that tdapsed before it came to consciousness of its freedom. There is no other way of accounting for it. Tried Tbr Other. hree other cases were tried, in cluding that of a woman, and in each it was established that a weight. of from one-half to a full ounce departed from the body at the moment of ex p! ration. "Thus it appears that the soul must be some space-occupying body, either of gravitated or some other form of matter which has "weight. If this strange loss is not due to the weight ttio rlcttartiniy ctuf If i i ti n f , .r . ... & .,.....o some one to offer a lietter Solution me uiy hierj . STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS TIE UP LOUISVILLE FAILURE TO VOTE AT PRIMARIES MAY COST YOU 3 PLUNKS A YEAR Springfield, 111., March 11. Citizens of the .state who consider their time too valuable to be wasted by voting at the primaries of their respective parties or who do not believe in "mix ing in politics" to the extent of cast ing their votes at such ejections, may find themselves assessed $3 yearly is a penalty for non-action if a bill intro duced by Representative Krape .f Freeport today becomes a law. REPORT FREDERICK WEYERHAEUSER LOST Los Angeles Dispatch Tells of Mystery of His Movements Accompan ied by P.W.Strickland. Ixjs Angedes, March 11. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the lumber king, who is said to tower away above Rockefel ler in wealth, is lost somewhere be tween Santa Barbara and Is Angeles. He passed through San Francisco incog and is known to have passed through Santa Barbara bound for Los Angeles about, noon r-nday. Since then In movements have been an impenetrable mystery. He is not at any of the lead ing hotels of Ios Angeles or Pasadena and his lieutenants are mystified. The Southern Pacific officials have been appealed to, every trainman has been notified to look out, and every operator lias been given instructions to no-ify headquarters of any trace of the missing man. The billionaire is 73 years old and his disappearance may be a purposeful one at any rate, he has caused much alarm here. Robert L. McCormick, hU right-hand man, is not with him on thi.-i trip, which makes the case more re markable. When Weyerhaeuser left Minneapolis some weeks ago it wa? with the intention ef inspecting hi forests in the west. The information in the above dis- atch from Ios Angeles is of interest lere, not only because of Mr. Weyer haeuser's connections in the city, but because of the fact that P. W. Striek- and. superintendent of the Rock Island Sash & Door works, recently joined Mr. Weyerhaeuser at Minneaptdis. to make he western trip with him. SEASON'S SNOWFALL AT NEW YORK 44 INCHES Thirteenth Big Storm of Winter Leaves Ground Covered to Depth of Six Inches. New York, March 11. Leaden skies and the ominous east wind, to which New Yorkers awoke yesterday, dashed any hopes they may have entertained that the backbone of winter, loeallv speaking, had beeii broken. For sev eral days the sun had shone promising ly, but the city's 13th big snowstorm came yesterday. Throughout the forenoon there were intermittent flurries, and at noon the storm proper came, and it came fast and furious, while a stiff wind kicked up formidable drifts, unpleasant re minders of the great blizzard of SS, the anniversary of which is but. two days distant. Toward night, however. the wind died away, and early in the evening the snowfall ceased. In eight hours nearly six inches had fallen, bringing the total snowfall of the win ter up to 44 inches. TREASURER HAS THE BOOKS F. Cox Begins Collecting Taxes for City .of Rock Island. The collection of the taxes for the city of Rock Island was commenced today by the county treasurer. Mr. C)x requests- that last year's receipts be presented by those who wish to pay theMr taxes in order to facilitate the work. The taxes are already delin quent, but no additional charge will be made until the advertising lists are made up in April. Hatlec3 Cure For Baldness. Dr. Thomas L. Shearer of Baltimore, who for a year has been gnin about In nil kinds of weather without a haL re-e-ently declared that by It he has cured incipient baldness. Dr. Shearer saya when he sought a remedy a year ago he observed the fact that Indians. E kimos, Japanese and East Indians gen erally go without hats and that they were never known to lie baldhended. From careful observation Dr. Shearer says the elerby hat 13 the most destruc tive tyie of hair destroyer, while the soft hat is not so baeL Since he began tiw ctTnarlmonta r f m-An rr ... I -Ji A v. . . . mr. shearers uair has grown material- of,y. Vurins rain nnJ snow Btomg he i carries an umbrella. STREET CARS Riotous Scenes Attend Attempt to Open Lines. MISSILES ARE THROWN Orders to Stop Work at Lake Shipbuilding Plants Obeyed. . Iuisville, March 11. The first at tempts of the Louisville Railway com pany, whose employes struck yester day, to run its street cars by nonunion men this morning were accompanied by demonstrations in many parts of the city. The entire police force is on duty. There were numerous calls for their as sistance in widely separated sections' of the city. Crowd Throw Stone. Crowds hooted and jeered the non- unionists and in some cases pelted them with stones. Teamsters aided the strike sympathizers in blockading the tracks. One inotorman was seriously hurt. Two conductors were forced to return fares to passengers, reverse the trolleys and take the cars back to the barns. School Ik l)iminel. The excitement incidental to the holding up of cars and throwing stones in the vicinity of Fourth and Hill be came so intense during the morning it was found necessary to dismiss pupils of the girls' high school. The teamsters' union has indicated its willingness to order a sympathetic strike at once. Demand by Men. The demands on which the strike is based are: A 10-hour work day, with 22 cents an hour pay. Forty-five minutes for meals. Pay for extra work to begin when reiMirt for duty is made. Time and a half for overtime. Subsequent employes to be allowed to join the- union. A board of arbitration. A mass meeting for the Louisville Federation of Labor was held at which all the unions affiliated with that body pledged moral and financial support. The leaders of the strike pledged rigid abstinemce from violence and coercion. 4.0 Out at Cleveland. Cleveland, March 11. In obedience to a strike order issued Saturday by officials of the International Boiler makers' and Iron Shipbuilders' union. about 45" men employed in the yards of the American Shipbuilding company declined to go to work this morning. The strikers included riveters, caulkers and fitters. Shipbuilder Out at Detroit. Detroit, March 11. Union shipbuild ers in the Ecorse and St. Clair plants of the Great I.akes Engineering works walked out today. The men at the Wyandotte yards went to work as us ual. Dispatches from Bay City say the men at the yards there probably will not strike. Klvetern fio Out. Superior, March 11. About seventy riveters at the Superior Shipbuilding company's plant struck today. The re mainder of the 1,j00 men are still at work. No Trouble at Iluffalo. Buffalo, March 11. There is no strike here today in the yards of the American Shipbuilding company. TWO CITIES MAY BE UNITED Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules on Pittsburg-Allegheny City Case. Philadelphia, March 11. The state supreme court today affirmed the judg ment of the superior court permitting the consolidation of Pittsburg and Al legheny City. Lemon Club Is Latest. Lemons are to be the ammunition or Atlantic City's newest bachelor club to forward its antlconnublal principles. Organized among young attorneys and. business men, the society ia known aa the Atlantic City Order of Lemons. The most drastic bylaws require any member who so far forgets bis obliga tions as to even become engaged to a young lady "shall give a lemon dinner nt bis own expense to fellow members, providing lemon pie, lemonade, lemon water Ice and for dessert one lemon apiece, with a stick of lemon candy. With each other course selected lemon must be served In some form." Jap Colony In Canada. A scheme la on foot for creating Japanese agricultural culony In th heart of Alberta, Canada V v- V... J i