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THE EVENING TIMES
The Brightest, Newsiest and Beat
Droning Newspaper In North Dakota.
VOL. 2, NO. 31,
Witness in Thaw Trial Says
White Threatened Once to
Shoot Him.
BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T TELL
JIM WHERE MS. THAW WIS
Jerome Objected to Question but the
Court Allowed it—Attorney Dalmas
Will Supersede Gleason as Conduc
tor of Defense's Case—Tuesday Was
a Bad Day for the Defendant.
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Associated Pnu to The
UtoiIic
Times.
New York, Feb. 6.—Interest in the
opening of the Thaw case centered in
the maneuvers of Thaw's counsel
who at the end of yesterday's pro
ceedings held- a lengthy conference
as to the future conduct of the case
and this morning before court opened
they consulted with Thaw in the pris
oner's pen. When the session began
Jerome stated that on adjournment
yesterday, the point was pending as
to the admission of certain testimony
by the witness who was about to state
a conversation held with Thaw in
January, 1904. The court had sus
tained the objection of Jerome but
had invited a citation of authorities
and Jerome was reading from a case
when Attorney Delamas arose and
suggested the witness be placed on
the stand before the continuing of the
proceedings. This showed that Del
amas was to have charge of the de
fense instead of Gleason. It was said
Delamas had threatened to withdraw
from the case unless given a free
hand, as yesterday's proceedings were
anything but satisfactory.
Delamas withdrew the question
asked the witness and Jerome with
drew the objection and Benjamin Bo
man, doorkeeper of the garden thea
tre was called to the stand. He was
asked if he had ever heard White make
threats against the life of any person
and the witness answered yes.
Jerome objected, saying he was not
assured self-defense was to be a part
of the defense and Delamas said all
defenses allowed by law were to be a
part of the defense and Jerome with
drew the objection.
Boman then said that a few nights
after Christmas White came to him
and asked if Evelyn Nesbit had gone
home.
"I told him she had," said the wit
ness, "and he replied 'you are a liar.'
I told him to go on the stage and see
tor himself. When he returned he
passed me, pulled out a revolver and
said:
"'I'll find and kill that
before morning.'"
Before the cross-examination began
the court told the women witnesses
that if they felt their sense of pro
priety offended by the testimony of
the witnesses, they could leave the
room and Thaw's sisters went out.
They returned during the rather
tedious cross-examination, having
been reassured by George Carnegie.
Jerome took the witness over the de
tails of Boman's employment, cov
ering a period, of the last five years,
also as to his place of residence.
Martin Green, a newspaper man,
testified to being within twenty feet
of White on the night of the shooting.
Delmas asked him as to Thaw's man
ner, and Jerome objected but spoke
so low Delmas could not hear. Del
mas suggested to the "learned dis
trict attorney," he speak so he could
be heard. Delmas made the question
specific and Green said: "Thaw was
very pale—his eyes seemed about to
pop out of his head.
Delmas asked Green if Thaw's man­
GEORGIA MAY JOIN LIST
OF ANTI-LIQUOR STATES
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 6.—Foes of the
liquor traffic gathered here In force
today to perfect the organization of
the Georgia Anti-Saloon League and
to discuss plans for getting an anti
liquor measure through the present
legislature. The temperance element
is of the opinion that Georgia Is on
the verge of demoralization and will
go to the bad entirely unless the de
mon Rum Is set upon good and hard.
The call for the present gathering
sets forth: a condition of affairs rather
startling to those who have lived in
blissful Ignorance of the facts. The
THE
Will Find and Kill That-—
Before Morning"—Stanford White
ner was rational or irrational and
Jerome shouted an objection, saying
the question should be, "was he sane
or Insane," if the witness was a com
petent expert.
Delmas and Jerome got into an
""ument on legal points and court
Ml 2 o'clock.
Assodatea^Kss to The Evening Time*.
New York, Feb. 6.—In the fierce
glare wjtlch has been radiating from
the now famous Thaw trial two other
cases, either one of .which under dif
erent circumstances would be almost
equally famous, have been lost almost
entirely to sight. The New Yorker
seems to care for only one thing at a
time in the sensation ljne and he is
prepared to give that matter his un
divided attention: The newspapers,
printed for his benefit, his enjoyment
and his enlightenment, perforce must
take the same view if they hope to
earn their measure of success, and as
a result it has been nothing but
Thaw, Thaw, Thaw. The entirely
preliminary work of choosing a jury of
twelve men to pass upon the guilt or
innocence of the accused furnished
material for dozens of pages every day
for two weeks. Almost the full life
history of every one of the three hun
dred men considered in connection
with the penal were investigated by
the newspapers and many of the his
tories were printed. Every day there
were columns about the prisoner's
wife, his mother, his sisters, his brother,
his mother-in-law and all his other
relatives-in-law, and his wife's rela
tives-in-law. Bulletins were flashed
almost hourly on the condition of the
prisoner's health, how much sleep he
had the night before, what he had' for
Continued on Page 4.)
Omaha Liquor Interests Ac
cused of Trying to Bribe
Nebraska Legislature.
Auoclated Prom to The Vvenlng Times.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 6.—In a sensa
tional speech before the state senate
committee, Senator Patrick, a,fusion
ist of Sarby county, yesterday ac
cused the brewery and distillery in
terests of trying to corrupt the legis
lature and prevent the passage of "un
friendly" bills. Senator Patrick
charged that $50,000 had been raised
in Omaha for the purpose of defeat
ing the county option and other legis
lation.
MANITOBA GRAIN GROWERS.
Brandon, Man., Feb. 6.—There was
a good attendance today at the open
ing of the annual meeting of the Mani
toba Grain Growers' association.
Numerous matters are scheduled for
discussion during the three days of
the convention, but iftost attention will
probably be given to the alleged illegal
combination of prominent dealers and
elevator men in restrain of trade.
BANQUET FOR BRYCE.
London, Feb. 6.—Owing to the re
cent Jamaica incident the farewell
banquet to be given by the London
Pilgrims at the Hotel Savoy in honor
of James Bryce, the new Ambassador
to the United States,,promises to de
velop Into an exceptional demonstra
tion of Anglo-American amity. How
ever this may be it is certain that the
gathering will be a most distinguished
one. Field Marshal Earl Roberts is
to preside. Several members of the
cabinet, foreign diplomats and many
other notable persons will be present.
Ambassador Reld will propose the
health of Mr. Bryce, and the speeches
of the two Ambassadors will sound
the keynote of the friendly relations
between their respective countries.
call states, among other things, that
"There are 120 dry counties in Geor
gia, and 26 wet counties, and every
dry county in the state is a common
dumping ground for the heartless wet
counties. And vain are the protests
and pitiful are the cries for mercy, but
the jug train runs right on, and every
year the people of our beloved state,
from the mountains to the seaboard,
are being debauched by these few wet
counties. The time has come to call
a halt The people have been out
raged and sinned against long enough.
Relief must come."
GRAND FORKS,"NORTH
Or Why Was it the Governor
Forgot to Advise the
Adviser
IN RE THE APPOIHTMENT OF
SPUG IS SUPREME JIM
Representative Piper's Freak Legis
lation—His Antl*Hotel Scheme and
Ills Bill to Prohibit All County Offi
cials From Holding Office Over Two
Terms—Both May be Killed,
(By George Davis.)
Bismarck, Feb. 6—A great deal of
amusement is being had about ttfe
capital because of the way the politi
cal monomaniac from Valley City got
flunked on the news of the appoint
ment of Judge Spalding to the supreme
bench. Ever since the opening of the
session of the legislature this stuffed
toad has taken himself seriously and
has arrogated to himself the idea that
he was the spokesman of Governor
Burke as well as the other insurgents.
He condescendingly disclosed the in
formation that he was the personal
confidante of the governor and was in
a measure consulted on many of the
Important moves made by that official.
On the day Judge Spalding was ap
pointed this egotist stated that he had
spent two hours of the morning in
the office of the governor and in a
confidential talk with the chief execu
tive. The other correspondents knew
of the appointment before noon and
at 1 o'clock every one had his message
announcing the fact filed with the
telegraph operator. It was supposed
that from the bombastic stories which
Packard had been telling about, his
confidential relations with Governor,
Burke that he had known of the ap
pointment the first one. Late in the
afternoon, during a lull in the pro
ceedings of the senate, one of the
other correspondents asked Packard
what he thought of the appointment,
and he appeared dumbfounded when
he realized that every other news
paper man at the capital had him
scooped on a thing in which he
claimed to have inside information.
He rushed to the telegraph office and
got a message out barely in time to
reach his papers. Had the corres
pondent not have asked him concern
ing the matter, he would have lived
in blissful ignorance of the appoint
ment until the next day. Whether lie
spent the two hours in the governor's
office in the morning after the com
mission had been actually signed or
whether this was merely one of the
egotistical stories he is in the habit
of dealing out to people who do not
know him no one knows except him
self and the governor. One thing is
certain. If he is the close friend of
the governor he claims to be, he. cer
tainly got some shabby treatment
when he was not informed of the ap
pointment as were the other corres
pondents. When he is indulging in
some of his egotistical splurges about
the lobbies of the hotels and giving
out the impression that he is actually
running the state, It will be gently
whispered on the "aside" that he is
the man who got scooped on informa
tion given out from the governor's
office where he wap at the time being
consulted.
Piper Anti-Hotel Scheme.
Among the measures introduced in
the house which deserve to be badly
defeated is one by Representative
Piper of Cass county which repeals
the law giving hotels a special privi
lege in the collection of bills con-
Continued on Page 4.).
Associated Press to The Evening Times.
New York, Feb. 6.—About 100 people
gathered in St. Thomas' church this
afternoon to witness one of the
mokt
fashionable and at the same time one
of the most unostentatious weddings
of the season.
The bride was Miss Florence Flow
er, the eldest daughter of Mrs. James
de Laval Flower, formerly of New
Orleans, now of New York, and the
bridegroom was Mr. Pierre Lorillard
Barbey, a well-known clubman.
Owing «to the recent death of the
bridegroom's father no attempt was
made at an elaborate wedding. The
guests were confined to the relatives
of the families and a few Intimate
friends from New Orleans, Boston and
this city. Miss Estella Flower was
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SQUAKB DEAL FOB ALL
EPIDEMIC OF
Seven Persons Bitten by Al
leged Mad Dogs in That
City on Tuesday.
VICTIMS TIKE FIRST TRIMS
FOR CHICAGO PASTEUR INSTITUTE
Common Council Last Xigfat Author
ized Police to Shoot on Sight After
Three Days All Unmuzzled Dogs
Running at Large—Dr. E. L. Penny
One of Tuesday's Rable Victims.
Amoclated Prm to The Evening Times.
St. Paul, Feb. 6.—Seven persons
were bitten by rabid dogs in St.
Paul yesterday. Two of the .dogs
were killed by the police. Dr. E. L.
Penny of 143 West Fifth street was
so badly wounded that he left last
night for Chicago to take the Pasteur
treatment and Adam Robertson of 783
York street will go as soon as he is
definitely assured that the dog which
bit him had rabies.
The common council last night
passed an ordinance authorizing the
P9lice to shoot on sight, after three
days, all unmuzzled dogs running
loose. This ordinance was passed at
the urgent request of Health Officer
O'Hage.
016 FIRE BOSTON
One Dead, Thirteen Injured,
and $100,000 Worth of
Property Destroyed.
Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 6.—Jacob Gold
was killed and'at least thirteen other
people were injured in a fire that de
stroyed the block occupied by Hunt
Bros.' department store and several
tenements in Tremont street, in the
Roxburg Crossing district, today. The
monetary loss is estimated at $100,
000.
ALABAMA FRUIT GROWERS.
Associated Preas to The Evening Timet,
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 6.—The Ala
bama Horticultural society began its
fourth annual meeting in this city to
day and will remain in session over
tomorrow. Fruit growers from many
counties are in attendance.'
COLUMBUS BENCH SHOW.
Amoclated Press to The Evening Time*.
Columbus, O., Feb. 6.—A bench
show under the auspices of the Col
umbus Kennel club opened in this city
today. Several hundred dogs of all
classes are on exhibition, including
some of the most valuable canines in
the country. Judging began soon af
ter the opening today and will be con
tinued until the show closes Satur
day.
WORLD 0£ FASHION.
Associated Pre** to The Evening Times.
Xew York, Feb. 6.—The world of
fashion turned out in full force this
afternoon to witness the wedding of
Miss Louise Vanderhoef, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman B. Vanderhoef,
and Mr. Gustave Mayrlce Heckaclier,
which took place in St. Bartholomew's
church. Both bride and bridegroom
are well known in the younger set
of fashionable society.
PROMINENT SOCIETY FOLK WED
her sister's only attendant. Mr.
Henry G. Barbey, brother of the bride
groom, acted as best man. An inform
al reception followed at the Flower
home in Bast Sixty-first street.
The bride, who is of the blonde type
of beauty, was introduced to society
with several of the popular young wo
men of today, including Miss Janet
Fish and Miss Sybil Kane. She re
ceived her education through private
tutors. Her knowledge of French,
German, Spanish and Russian is al
most faultless. She is also accom
plished in music and rides exception
ally well.
Last summer she spent several
months in Europe wlth her mother and
sister. Her mother Is a descendant
of the old Llvermore family, of New
DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1907.
TIMES
Pembina Chieftain Most Un
assuming Man in Senate
Says Correspondent.
HAS NEITHER HORNS NOR
CLOVEN FEET IS REPORTED
But on the Other Hand Keeps Counsel
With Himself and Devotes His Time
and Energies to the Advancement
of Such Legislation as His Consti
tuents May Have Demanded.
(By Ueorge Davis.)
Bismarck, Feb. 6.—The man who hai
a good word to say for Senator La
Moure will no doubt be assigned to the
same list as those who believe In sense
as against sensations in the estimate
of certain egotistical spokesmen of the
present powers that be in this state.
But during the last few weeks I have
been studying the senator from Pem
bina at close range. It is true that
from the published reports of the sen
sational politicians of the state, the
stranger would be led to believe that
he possesses horns and the cloven foot
and that his customary g»rb is scariet.
When he spoke it would have been sup
posed that sulphuric fumes issued from
his nostrils and that when his edict
went forth all that portion of the king
dom enclosed within the border lines
of North Dakota trembled and shook.
But on the contrary the man who
meets Senator LaMoure finds a quiet
and unassuming man with a voice so
low that it is not audible for even a
few feet, and with a manner so unas
suming that he would never be select
ed as a man of even ordinary promin
ence in a crowd. I overheard a story
one day in the early part of the ses
sion which well illustrates the opinion
of the men who know him best. A
gentleman who has been in many bat
tles with LaMqure and who would be
justified in holding malice against him
if anyone would was discussing the
string of slanderous stories which were
sent from Pembina county by the pres
ent adviser—according to his own
opinion —of Governor Burke while he
(the adviser) was doing the muck
rake stunt for the morning democratic
daily of Grand Forks. The gentleman
said that if that correspondent had
Jud LaMoure's brains with the cor
respondent's egotism and gall it would
take at least two capitol buildings 10
hold him.
It may be true that he has played
the game of politics and has often won.
But ho has always played according
to the rules, and if defeated has nevei
sulked. But while playing the game ot
politics he has done much for the state
in the way of encouraging its develop
ment. He is today recognized as the
sponsor of the state institutions and it.
Is doubtful if any man in the state has
a more intimate knowledge of their
needs and conditions than he. He has
been a member of the senate since the
first legislature under statehood con
venced in 1SS9 and in 1S77 and again
in 1SS5 he was a member of the ter
ritorial council, while in 1873 he serv
ed in the house, this in all probability
being his debut in political life. He
served again in this body In 18S5. He
has thus with the exception of four
sessions served in the law making
body of the territory and state since
1S73, a period of more than a third of
a century. It is a remarkable public
career when viewed from the stand
point of a novice and is one of which
any man might well be proud.
But with all his experience and fam
iliarity with the affairs of the state
.which he hns helped a larpe measure
to create, he makes his influence felt
York and Connecticut. Robert Stuart
Howard, her grandfather, is a direct
descent of the Dukes of Norfolk, and
her paternal grandfather, the late
Richard Flower, is related to the old
est and most prominent families in
Louisana.
Mr. Barbey received his early edu
cation in England, and was graduated
from Harvard in 1904. He has never
engaged actively in business, but Is In
terested in mines in Colorado and
elsewhere. His mother was Miss Lor
illard, a sister of the late Pierre Lor
illard and of the late Mrs. Lawrence
Kip and of Mrs. James P. Kernochan.
His sisters are the Countess de Pour
tales and the Countess de Neuflize and
Miss Rita Barbey.
Why the Present Legislature Will
Not Pass Unchanged 2c Rate Bill
on legislation because of his presnt
ability. I have heard so much said
about the manner in which he led men
to the trough and figurativel^madfc
them drink that I have gi,v&n some
study to the reason why he is able to
direct legislation. I do not believe
there is a member of the senate who
could be dictated to as to tne manner
in which he should cast his vote by
Senator LaMoure or by any other man.
The stories which are sent out to that
effect, I am convinced, are the results
of diseased imaginations in the au
thors. I do admit that Senator LaMoure
influences legislation, but it is the
same way that any one would do so,
except the small fry fellow who sub
stitutes abuse for brains. When he
presents a matter for the considera
tion of the body of which he is a mem
ber, he is fortified with facts and fig
ures to prove that what he wants is
right and in the interests of the public
and he is usually able to count a maj
ority to his way of thinking.. It is the
same methods employed by every man
who attempts to direct legislation. It
is different from some I have witness
ed at Bismarck where the author of a
measure as it appears on record is
merely the figurehead whose name is
attached to the same so that it may be
introduced, and who when the time to
fight the objections made to it comes
proves his inability to handle the mat
ter and often fails because he knows
nothing about what the merits of the
bill are. It is very much lifte an un
licensed pettifogger going into a court
to do battle with a lawyer who knows
the law and the facts in his case.
Senator LaMoure is always prepared,
it is by such means that he is able to
influence and direct legislation.
He is an intense student of passing
affairs. He can be found at the capitol
almost any hour of the day delving In
to records and looking up facts and
figures. He gives the closest attention
to matters in *which he is especially
interested, and when it leaves his
hands it is not often lacking in the es
sentials which make It advantageous
to the people.
Stranger Attempted Last Night
to Kill Heir to the Servian
Throne.
AKncwiitted Pre** Cable to The Evening
Times.
Constantinople, Feb. 6.—George
Christich, son of the late King Milan
of Servia and Mine. Christich, had a
narrow escape from assassination last
night. An unknown man suddenly
attacked Christich and attempted to
plunge a dagger intq his chest. The
weapon, however, struck a thick
pocket book and only inflicted a
scratch. Christich, who is IS years
old, lives here. His mother's life was
been threatened on previous occasions.
Christich was mentioned as a possible
successor to the throne of Servia at
the time of the murder of King Alex
ander and Queen Draga.
COLLIE SHOW OPENS.
Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 6.—Today and
tomorrow the annual show of the
Collie Club of America will be held in
this city. The show opened with a
long string of prize collies entered
from the most noted kennels of the
United States and Canada.
CATTLE- RAISERS MEET.
Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Enid, Okla., Feb. 6.—The Oklahoma
Cattlemen's association began its ses
sions here today with a large attend
ance from Oklahoma, Indian Territory
and Texas. Many commission men
and buyers are also on hand from
other states. There is a fat-stock
show open, with hundreds of fine cat
tle on exhibition. A series of cattle
roping contests have been arranged
for the entertainment of the visitors.
The attendance of cattlemen is expect
ed to be largely increased before the
end of the work.
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CURED HIMSELF OF LIQUOR
HABIT BY SCIENCE FAITH
Associated Press to Tk* Evening Times.
Omaha, Feb. 6.—One actor who
feels that he has been saved to the
stage by the power of Mary Baker
Eddy's faith, Christian Science, is
Henry Jewett, leading man in a road
company presenting "The Squaw
Man." It was liquor that the belief
vanquished.
In fifteen years on the American
stage Jewett has been leading man for
Julia Marlowe, Viola Allen and other
stars. Hie real commencement of a
successful stage career Jewett dates
from the hour that he was handed a
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THE EVENING TIMES
Stands for North Dakota at all Time*
and Under all Circumstances.
EIGHT PAGES—PRICE FIVE CENTS
One Reason is Courts Would
Declare Law as Being
Unconstitutional.
MHOS COOLD PULL OFF
SOME OIMNCH LINE HINS
And Run Combination Freights and
Passengers to Cut Operating Ex
penscs—People' Arc Expected to
Take Sane View of Situation—No
Comparison Here With the East
(By George Davis.)
Bismarck, Feb. 6.—Since the pass
age by the house of the White anti
pass and two cent passenger rates bill
the correspondent of the Evening
Timse has received more than half a
hundred letters from interested per
sons throughout the state inquiring
as to the probable results of the en
forcement of the law shouldd it be
come operative, and its influence upon
the development and prosperity of the
state. Rather than attempt to ans
wer all these letters personally, I
have decided to give in a short article
some of the leading matters inquired
about. It is evident from this string
of inquiries that the people of the
state are awake on the matter and
that while they may be for so-called
reform, they are not willing to have
reform at the sacrifice of their own
interests and the prosperity of the
state. I am aware that a sensi
ble discussion of the results of the
enforcement of the bill, should it be
come a law, will subject the person
doing so to the dirtiest filth that can
be turned on him by such reform
monomaniacs as the Valley City muck
raker who has been denounced on the
floor of the house repeatedly as a falsi
fier, and the charge will be made by
the few of his caliber that anything
other than their own selfish and nar
row view of the matter Is in tlip in
terests of the railroads. They remind
me of a half starved hound who howls
at the moon because his stomach is
empty, and who as soon as fed lies
down to sleep.
Possibly half a dozen of those who
have written this correspondent have
asked to have motives which prompt
ed the passage of the measure explain
ed. I do not impugn the motives or
the sincerity of any one who voted for
the measure. I am not the keeper of
their consciences, and can not there
fore determine the motives which lay
hidden in the recesses of the souls.
I can only judge from the outward
acts and draw conclusions from these
acts measured by the rule of common
sense. I am convinced, and have al
ways been of that opinion since the.
introduction of the bill that its au
thor believed he was doing the people
of the state a service which would
write his name high on the scroll of
fame when he prepared the measure
which finally passed the house. He
probably knew nothing more of the
actual working of a system of rail
roads than the average newspaper cor
respondent knows of theology. He
probable knew nothing of the great
organizations, more intricate and com
plicated and systematic than that of
the army of a world conquering gen
eral, which is necessary to operate and
keep in running condition one of the
system of railways which he was leg
islating for, in a few minutes in the
house. But I believe he thought he
knew and understood every detail of
the matter and that on the few pages
(Continued on page 2.)
The return of Detroit to the grand
circuit means that D. J. Campau is
to retain control of the circuit.
book on Christian Science. Previous
to that time, although possessed of
undisputed talent, he was unreliable
owing to his liking for liquor.
The more he Indulged In the new
religion, the less use he had for his
old friend, the bottle.
Jewett began to give more atten
tion to his art and the help of a truly
temperate life began to tell. He ad
vanced rapidly in his profession and
is now practically a star, under the
management of one of the largest
theatrical firms in America.