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WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. WEDNESDA Y. FEBRUARY 13. 1907.
SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 68.
ONE CENT
DELMAS WEAVING NETWORK THAT WILL
FREE HARRY THAW FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR
PULLMAN AGAIN
SUFFERS BY FIRE
Tin Time Big Plant is Dam
aged to Extent of
§3000
THE FIREMEN WORKED WELL
For a time today the Pullman Palace
Car Company's p ant beyond Eleventh
street bridge, was again threatened
with distraction. On January 19, a bis
fire destroyed sixteen of thirty-seven
sections of the works and also twelve
cars In course of repairs, and for a
while this morning It looked as If the
remainder of the plant would bo wiped
out. The excellent work of the fire
men. however, prevented this, and
where there was nearly a loss of a
quarter million three weeks ago, the
loss today will reach on y $3,000.
Originated in Benzine Laundry.
The blaze originated In the benzine
laundry and was confined to that build
ing, which was practically destroyed
before the fire was gotten under con
trol. More than 700 blankets were also
consumed.
A defective machine Is supposed to
have caused the trouble, and the in
flammable material In the structure
was soon a mass of flames. James Dob
ble. an emp'oye, struc kthe alarm from
box No. 64. and Immediately after the
arrival of First Assistant Engineer
Maloney, he turned In a second alarm.
This attracted a large corwd of people
but the firemen worked so diligently,
that there was little fire to be seen.
Stocked With Oils.
The building In which the benzine
laundry was located, is set apart from
the main shops, because of the naptha
and benzine stored in the structure.
These iquids are used in cleaning
blankets and other furnishings of Pull
man cars, and the flames quickly lick
ed up the contents of the structure. A
fire wall separates It from the main
shops, and to this and the excellent
work of the firemen is due the fact
that the blaze was confined to the de
stroyed building.
EUREKA COUNCIL
TAKES FIRST STEP
Members of Eureka Council. No. 1,
ir. O. U. A. M„ at a meeting last night
look the initiative step toward the
erection of a hall building wherein all
cojuiicils In the city will hold their
meetings.
Some time ago a hall committee was
named, composed of members of The
Various lodges In Wi'mlngton, whose
duty It was to look after the details
Incident to the proposed building of a
Mechanics' Hall. The committee, how
ever. falling to moke any apparent
headway, made no report, and Eureka
Council determined to lake the mat
ter Up. At the meeting last night there
W ere present 115 members out of a total
membership of 440, and 575 shares of
slock for the proposed building were
Subscribed by members as individuals.
Eureka Council does not intend, how
•ver, to hold a monopoly upon the con
struction of the ha'I. as all members of
councils In the city, and there are six
of such, are Invited to participate In the
-movement.
j The funeral of Mr*. Nora. Hartmann,
who died yesterday, will be held from
her late home. No. lO Franklin street, to-I
Morrow Services will be conduced ». ih.
WILL BE BURIED
IN NEW YORK
.ta omlü bv he tv gr!.!
fcHek Dosrr and on Frldav mnrnimr u
hoi k o^k tholiodv Will he shmiea
IL40 o clock the bod> wm be Shipped to
New Tort city for interment there In the
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-^The pallbearers will be Frederick
Mammele, John Men Rome ij . Charles
Simmons. Albert Bucher, Frank Murpny
and Frank M. Sevier.
ll/ll I EYFFKin IN m MARCH
WILL lAICWII IlllU IflAKLIl
From present indications the Febru
ary term of County Court will extend
U, and possibly through the middle of
March, as there are ye a number of
civil cases to be heard.
According to the calendar the civil
business before Supremo Court wl'l be
gin to-morrow and will ontlnue until
Kfebrukry 27, there being 54 cases for
argument. Following this 23 special
' Jury eases will be tried. On Monday
Sfxt the case of the State vs. Abram
L. Tyre will be brought up and will
C nsume probably several days. Tyral
Mprcsoated by. J, iTaak Bob,
Twenty-Three Special Jury Cases Are
Yet to Be Tried.
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This picture shows admiralty ij** particularly youthful manner of drc" haractehstic of the beautiful wife of Harry Thaw on tr,e witness stand. Her hat and her
(own are of a style usually worn by a girl of iomutc, Dr even twelve, years old.
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Juror Bolton Back in Court-Defense
Continues Examination of Dr.
Evans to Prove Murderer Was In
sane at Time He Killed White
Weeping and Heart-Broken Evelyn
Thaw Gives Encouragement to
Her Husband
By Our Own Wire. Publisher»' Pres».
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Juror Bolton
returned to the Criminal Court prior to
the hour set for the reconvening of
court—2 o'clock. Upon reaching his
home he learned that his wife was suf
Central Oust as tho other jurors, hav
Ing completed their 'unch. were start
Ing for .he court. He joined the others
and without waiting to secure any
lunch himself, accompanied the party
l 'tmk to the Jury room.
Mi»tri.l May Com. Yet.
There 1. much speculation this af
"' rn00 " taah. probability of a mistrial
!|n ,he p ^P*- of ,ho r °ntlnued serious
Illness or death of Juror Bolton's wife.
{( w(| , h „ ( . ons ,. nitUH of oplnlon thnt
yen shou , d tblngB take the wor , t pos .
H,b,e courue, the present Jury will not
fering from pleuro-pneumonla, but was
told by the doctor that he could do no
good and there was no,occasion for his
staying away fro mthe court. Accom
panied by tho court officers he re
turned to the Criminal Courts building
to find that the other jurors had re
turned to their hotel. With his guards
Juror Bolton arrived at the Broadway
dismissed, but that Juror Bolton wll
^ kept under guard until such a time
ap j fl ab j e to n ^ urn * 0 duty at tho
trial.
There was a much larger crowd In
waiting for the afternoon session to
open than there had been In the morn
Ing. Jerome's young men brought in
a few cublcc yards of his law library!
and Dolmas' bodyguard followed with
their documents in a dress suit case
and a valise.
Juror Bolton filed in with the others
and took his seat. Ho is a small man
with gray hair and ho low cheeks, and
looked as if he had passed a sleepless
night. All twelve answered to roll call
nnd Dr. Evans was called to the witness
stand.
Evans Again On Stand.
D«|iiiiib opened with n carefully
framed question as to when the "brnlii
:"torm" or "braln-cxp'osIoiV' described
in his previous test In iotij, Ux>k place.
Jerome objected.
"Th* witness ftu described Mb Xe«-^
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Judge bnzg^ald rules that Dr. tv
ans should first tell the result of the
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have not the slightest objection,"
tlmony, but he has not told what the
results were."
sa d Delmatc
We will then begin doctor, with the
Thaws body when
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ansn^rVd theTwItness ""* *° od ''
"And what was the condition of the
skinOther
•'That was good.".-*
"And the shape of the head."
"It was not unusual," said Dr. Ev
ans, except in one particular,"
"What was that?" queried the Na
poleon of the Pacific bar.
"An unusual depression at the base
of the heda at tho back. Just below
this depression was a similarly abnor
mat projection."
"CouM you account for this?"
"l could not. I then tested his re
fl „ XPS , ' »„swerod Dr Evans.
Askpd t0 cxplttin what hc lrioant . , hp
witneM swung one leg over the other
land said Thaws "Pattlli. or knee re-j
flex, was exaggerated; that Is. there •
was an unusual sensitiveness In co- l
ordination of mind and muscle.'" |
-What did this Indicate? " (
'.'Nothing In particular -+n this ease. ;
It Is sometimes a test for nerve de
rangement for spinal disease."
Dr. Evans said he also tickled Thaw's :
feet and found their reflexes also
slightly exaggerated. The ankle r e- I
flexes, however, were normal. He also *
applied tests to Thaw's eyes and found
the optic nerves In normal condition,
Women Leave Court Room.
Dr. Evans then reached a 'ine of
medical testimony which brought a re
quest from Judge Fitzgerald that all
ladles should leave the court room.
Even the women reporters left the
room TJii» I* the first time they
have done ho during the trial.
"In examining the heart and the elr
» ulatery system,** said Dr. Evans. "1
found a condition of extraordinary ner
^Continued pa ßoeoad P»«e.)
WANTS TO RETURN
TROLLEY MONEY
That is. Forfeits on Work]
That Has Not Been
Done
Special to The Evening , journal.
DOVER, Fob. 13—While the great
bulk of bills being considered are. In
the main, of small Import to the public
at large, some surprise was occasioned
In the uHouse by tlie notification from
Mrs. Richardson that ho would Intro
duco a bill in relation to the distribu
tion of moneys deposited with the
State treasurer by electric railway cor
porations about To construct and oper
ate trolley or other rapid transit roals.
and forfeited by them for non-compll
anoe. It is understood that this bill
will refund to the railways that have
failed to construct proposed lines their
guaranty money deposited by them
with tho State before they began to
tear up public roads.
Just here reappears, silently but dra
matically, John Edward Addioks.
■Addlcks financed two companies
known as the Delaware General EIco
lrlc . and Df , a „ vare E i,*., r |.. T rac
, lon Companys, which, consecutively.
failed to build a proposed line from
Dover to Mllford after depositing. In
two Installments, $35.000.
have Wn made by other elll , r .
ises reachlng ,52.000 In all. This was
^posed to have been forfeited to the
State and has been, accordingly, used
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new legislation came In late
lh i? Gening, as follows;
^* r ' ' i,r * ° p J t>v . 0 n f "
cov r > r ot 4am.igr rom elephone com
Mr.
Other de
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sanies where shade or other trees are
*"*•*»» BU, h ' , , r
. Mr Bennu.n miulrlng manufae
,ur * rs , ' lbels " n * helr goods
^. rored art ""e^ «u< h
nianufa tured articles.
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Î|* C ai " hp ls 11 ' ''
Klv v '' r .. <hat bree4,n * m "F
Ul-h 'hereto.
Mr. Harvey requ.r tig the sealer of
to all roilk ctne.
**r. H.ron., taxing the oars of Pull
ma h s P-*luce Car Company.
Hiron*. taxing: Philadelphia
merchants and other business firms nr
corporations outside the State who
maJntatn and run delivery wagons m
Delaware.
House killed, by a tie vole, the
ant l-!obby bill, providing for the régis
trat,on ot lobbyists. "Pass It," s*id
Professor Comveli of the House "that
vvc roay know whether it is money that
talking or the weals and welfare of
">• P-ple."
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Install Telephone Exchange.
A regular telephone exchange is
being established by the Delaware and
Atlantic Company in the new French
street station. A switch board nnd
four booth» with an operator wBl he
located in the telephone room.
Mrs. Arthur C. Price ha* returned
from a »tail to her parents In Silenv
JN. J.
MISS MELSON
BURIED TO-DAY
J. R. Kilmer Insists on ^
mediate investigation of '
Girl's Death
NO WORD VET
FROM ANALYSIS
Awaiting Analyst's Report.
s roce led ho will immediately hold an
Ä ."a . T° °„ m*.l
death Is due to any poison It will then
_ ° s
Evidence of An Operation.
j n addition to admitting that the
ywm * wo,nan wa * ln « delicate con
dltloil at the time of her death. Coro
ner's Physician Bastian now makes the
further admission that the post-omrtem
examination revealed evidence of an
uttempte4 operation. He advanced the
theory, however, that It might have
been attempted by the girl herself, and
added that it certainly was not the
work of a professional.
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Good Ice Crops.
J At Hibernia. Pa., on the Ico fields.
| the harvesters have rtored away n
crop frozen to a depth of 13 1-2 Inches.
Cuttings made yesterday on the aec-jof
ond crop showed depth of 7 1-2 Inches
and If the present weather continue?
the ice will be 16 Inches thick by the
lce are ready to
harvest II.
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"Sketer." The Maecot Dead.
'Skeeter, a valuable and intelligent
Yox-terrie. owned by Andrew H^lak. is
having suocamber to the ravages of
° ,d a «» "Skeete." was well known to,
.many local athletes having for a number
. ° r f— r » beo the ilisscot of the old War
( rcn Athletic c'.ub and was noted for the:
• number of tricks he could perform. The
canine was fourteen yeaxe old,
With simple ceremony, tho remain»
of Miss Nellie E. Melson. the pretty 19
year-old girl, who was found dead In
bed at the home of Dr. C. ,R. Jefferia
on Saturday lust, were laid In the Wi'
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the home of J. R. Kilmer, at Ninth
and French streets. Mrs Kilmer being ,
a second cousin of the dcad glrt Her- ,
vlces werc conductcod by the Rev.
W Kellogg, pastor of Orae M. E. j
Church. The only mourners were a,
few Hunday school friends of the un
fortunatf nirl.
Wants Investigation Made.
Mr. Kilmer said to-day that he would
insist on the State's attorney making
i an Immediate Investigation of the girl's
'death. He thinks tho case is a strange
one and shou.'d be thoroughly looked
Into. «
mlngton and Brandywine cemetery this
afternoon. The funeral was held from
Coroner Callaway does not expect a
report from tho Slate analysts of their i
examination of the girl's stomach for
two or three days, and until he does his
hands are lied. As soon as the report
COASTERS IN
BAD MIX-UP
One Bov Lose» Portion of
Nose and Another Has Leg
Broken
Eleventh street, from King to Kirk
wood streets, has bwomc one of the
most dangerous coaming hills in the
city, and numerous accidents occur
there every day. The street Is one
sheet of Ice and big sleds attain a
^ of , hlrty ml|e , s ,, n h „ ur> La)!t
n| ht one lboy h ,. ld hlK arm broken> an .
r had , frat . t uied. and a third
H.j^ 4 tlon of h i„ nORe t or a off, and
Bma „ b towed Mv eral feet
o(hr a|r b M ^ by p
.. dcrker ••
Hundreds of people stand on the
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s ' 1 ' 1 ' e ' vlUkM to watch the coaetcin.
INCREASE F03 OPERATORS
Bv Our Owe Wire. Publishers' Press
NEW YORK. Feo. 13.-A 10 per cent. In
ckmsc In salaries of operators "at the
•' rlnc ' p " 1 ° rncf ; ' J" «» n »^e«f/j *£?**
d ' nt ( lowry of ,he ' V< ' t . „ . .e"
K, ">' h ° om '* nv ,n " totter to d " y io J * h ®
District Superintend.'.,!« at New York
Chicago. San Franci»o and Atlanta. The
Increase will lake effect from March 1.
MOTHER CARRIES BABE IN ARMS
TO THEIR LAST RESTING PLACE
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Letters Granted
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Register of \\ 11s Francis M '
, ba * Krantfd the following 1 ^
administration. Upon the
penjamtn McIntyre to .mhn J. Mein
.tyre: upon lb cMrt'e °f h" "
e '^ y'° Rosanna. Doughe ly,
of \ H. Llveimorr o . > •
Kdward H. Livermore; upon the esta «
Elizabeth JeandeB to Frink Jtan
T ® T l*} m ** n 11 U y y *
Jane n ÎI P L * . u *' ' / ' * '
J, nd Ch-ir.esB. Evans, upn « ^ r '
In ® ^ iaie w IBaa
Thomas . Gales.
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j Company Gets Big Bui mg.
• The Wilmington Candy Company,^*
j^g purchased the building at the
southeast corner ot Second and French
streets and it 1» understood, will locate
their Candy manufacturing plant there,
The rt ore and amriler n!«m will be
retained In the company'» former
jJUnUdws a* »on «11« rebuiiu
|MR. ROMMEL
LOSES BOTH LEGS
Former Wilmington Man Per
haps Fatally Injured in
Western Wreck
PARENTS GET NEWS TO-DAY
George nominell. 8r„ master meohanla
tor the Philadelphia and Heading Hail
roiul her and living ait No. M Broom«
street, has received
ford from I'hleaga
that hla son, Charles, had both logs cut
oft in a railroad wreck outside of Chi
serlou* that
11 In condition whn
he wan not expected to live.
Charles Bommel! wu.« a boiler Inspect. r>
and hud been In Chleago for several
months. Ho Is married and his home is
In Baltimore. He Is a brother to Georg.,
Hommell. Jr., formerly ehlef engineer
of the Street and Hewer Department, what
Is now chief engineer of Pensacola. Flor*
»da.
COLD STOPS
STATION WORK
New French Street Depot Far
From Completion Ow.ng to
Severe Weather
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Ow ing to the cold weather which hag
prevailed during the last few weeks,
work on the French street station has
been greatly Interfered with, making
It extremely likely that weeks. If not
months, may elapae before the north
bound side is placed In service.
Before trains ran b« run on thn
overhead structure, bound for Phila
delphia or northern points. It will bn
necessary to construct a large section
of granite wir I and a large section of
structural Iron work, all of which will
require much time to accomplish. Un
til these details are completed and the
present northbound track Is removed.
It will be impossibly to moke any fur
ther progreas with the station, os far
as Its enargement or the construction
of additional waiting rooms Is con
cerned.
Large forces of men gre now engage.»
In palming the Iron work at the new
station, and also setting the hundreds
of glass panels In the side of the plat
form sheds so far completed. Even In
its unfinished state tho present struc
ture fur surpasses the old ramshackle
shod formerly used, while the danger
I which used to attend those crossing
I the tracks has been practlcacliy ellm
II Milted.
ICE PACKS ARE
GETTING SERI0U i
If present weather conditions con- •
Mnue this city will .be a Hosed port
to all but the most powerful vessel;,
for the river Is full ot lee Hoes that
are rapidly freezing together, and by
tonight will be strong enough to pre
vent the passage of any craft.
Captain Denny, of duPont's tug
Emllly, said today the ke at Carney's
I*o lut was so thick that he could not
get his boat within a half mile of th»
shore. The company employes who g t
over every day have, to walk out on
the Ice packs to reach the tug.
« • and Wynerna CouncH. Ladles of
PoiohunUS - wtl * * ve a social
'»-night. In the lodge rooms. No.
610 1-2 Market street. All tribes of
Red Men and palefaces are Invited to
attend.
Red Men Social To-night.
Osage Tribe. No. 39, Improved O. It.
I 'rhe sad sr^ctaole of the departure of
the bodlc of the K,wn family, Moh.v !
by . nn . b | N wife and four-months*ol<l
daughter from th s city to Salem, N. J .
I v „*witn>os«d by s number of idlers and
^ p B . «nd W. ra lroad
itt n "to day The b<vlle were ac o -
| bv , b ,other of the dead man, and
ir.trrmant will b r.ia le in the Ry.m f Tnvly
^ mhipn*d in tw >
u .^ r »»id hrr babe :n
» v , v n . t « hua ind Yn<l father in tha
th v undi taker in Stl.m will fur
nl ü^a^. n^ prepare the JZ.
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»««lyxlated by illuminai mg g»* -<aja
h«'e escaped from a leak n the pipe ex
tending trom a let to a ga- -to"
( **be wluiMjes a the caiu were^ ibsmi
Bouisrt, Order vtilllam Beck and Mrs,
1 Gertrude Shaw.
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