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THE EVENING TIMES
The Brightest, Newaieat and Best
Evening Newspaper In North Dakota.
VOL. 2, NO. 49.
EVELYN THAW
RECALLED
TODAY
By Request of Jerome the Lit
tle Actress Was Placed on
JfeUftbtorieaiiSodttj
TO 1ELL ABOUT CONVERSATIONS
WITH HE^mTHER HOWARD
"Mo," She Had Not Given Money to
Howard Nesblt With Which to Bay
a Revolver, Neither Had She Fixed
Up -a Story By Which to Accuse
White of the Crime of Seduction.
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to Tke Brnlif Ttatea.
New York, Feb. 27.—There were'
important developments today in the
Thaw trial as affecting District Attor
ney Jerome's future conduct of the
case. By recalling Mrs. Evelyn Nes
blt Thaw to the stand to questions her
about the conversation with her broth
er, he indicated that he intends to put
Howard Nesblt on the stand to contra
dict his sister as to material fact.
Jerome said he would call Dr. Blnga
man, the Thaw family physician as a
witness tyr the state. He was pre
vented from cross-questioning Dr.
Blngaman today as to heriditary in
sanity in the Thaw family, by the ob
jections from Del mas.
Delmas Objected.
Delmas objected to Dr. Bingaman
being cross-examined as an expert
and was sustained. Jerome then said
that he would call Dr. Blngaman as a
witness for the state in the rebuttal
next week. Delmas said the defense
would conclude its case this week.
Dr. B. D. Evans was next called for
cross-examination.
Tuesday Afternoon.
New York, Feb. 27.—Mrs. Thaw said
that Mr. Garland told her mother that
if they had anything to do with White
he (Garland) would have nothing to
do with them. She said that her
friendship with Mr. Garland ceased
when she met Stanford White. She
said that she consulted the stage man
ager as to whether she ought to re
turn a $50 bill which Thaw sent to her
in a bunch of flowers, and that he
told 'her to send it back. The conduct
of George Lederer toward her, she
said, was always that of respect and
honor. There was nothing improper
In the attentions of several young
men whose names she had mentioned
as paying attention to her. Mr.
Jerome objected to a question about
the second operation performed on
Mrs. Thaw, and said neither of the
operations were of a criminal char
acter. This Objection was sustained
and this ended the re-direct examina
tion.
On re-cross-examination by Mi*.
Jerome, Mrs. Thaw said that she did
not know whether Stanford White
continued to pay for Howard Nesbit's
schooling up to the time of his death.
She said Stanford White's letter of
credit was returned to him and that
he gave it to Mrs. Nesbit
"Did you ever (receive any money
from Stanford White except that
which was receipted for?" asked Mr.
Delmas.
"No," was the reply.
"You will please enumerate all the
presents Mr. White gave you."
"Well," he gave me a red feather
boa
"Never mind all that," said Mr.
Jerome, "we will admit that there was
nothing but articles of wearing ap
parel of small values."
"No, tell the jury all about the in
cident of the York hotel."
"Well, one day I met a girl on the
street and she told me that Mr. Thaw
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was paying attentions to her. I went
back to the Grand hotel and packed
up a few things, took my maid and
got in a carriage. As we started out
we met Mr. Thaw, and he asked where
I was going, but I would not tell him.
I drove straight to the York hotel.
As I was going into the restaurant I
met a young man I knew, and he
went Into the restaurant and sat down
with me. Afterwards we went to the
theatre together. After the theatre we
walked back to the hotel and 1
asked the young man, who lived there,
Jf he could get a room for me without
registering. He did so, and I said
good night and that was all there was
to it. The next day 1 met Maizie Fol
lette on the street and told her what
the other girl told me, but Maizie told
me she was a bad woman and 1
should not believe her. And then I
thought it wasn't true and I went back
to the Grand hotel."
"State to the jury all you know
about the so-called cablegram to Stan
ford White from London," said Mr.
Delmas.
"That is objected to," interposed
Mr. Jerome. "I was stopped by Mr.
Delmas yesterday from pursuing this
subject on the ground that I had ex
hausted the witness' recollection on
the subject It is possible, -however,
that her memory has been refreshed—"
"That is an insinuation," interrupted
Mr. Delmas.
"It is not an insuation at all," re
plied Mr. Jerome.
"A witness' memory may be re
freshed with perfect propriety."'
"Then," said Mr. Delmas, "I with
draw the remark."
"And I withdraw the objection,"
concluded Mr. Jerome.
Mrs. Thaw said she remembered
nothing further about the cablegram
than that it had to do with her moth
er and the attache of the American
embassy in London, who "sneaked up
to her bedroom."
Here a twenty-minute recess was
taken.
Mr. Delmas continued to question
Mrs. Thaw after the recess, asking
her particularly about the yachting
trips with James A. Garland. She
said she was always accompanied by
her mother and there was never the
slightest impropriety.
"Did you ever hear that you had
been mentioned in any way in connec
tion with the Garland divorce case
until Mr. Jerome asked you if you had
been named as a co-respondent?'
"Never," replied Mrs. Thaw. "I was
THE FORMER "NEWSIES" ARE KM
WEIL KNOWN UNITED STATES SENATORS
(By B. C. Sayler.)
Washington, D. C., Feb. 27.—Wil
liam Alden Smith of Michigan began
life as a newsboy. Today he is a
United States Senator, and he is not
ashamed of the fact that he began
his business career as a "newsie."
Another boy who worked himself
up from the ranks of the lowly to a
place in the halls of congress was
Dennis Flynn, late delegate and future
senator from Okahoma. Flynn sold
newspapers on the streets of Buffalo
twenty years ago and Is proud of the
fact Now comes a third of the craft
of newsvenders to the front. He is
Charles C. Carlin, of Alexandria, Va.,
the historic city which points with
pride to every visitor the Masonic
lodge in which George Washington
acted as Master and the church in
which the Nation's paternal ancestor
worshipped and in whose churchyard
this nation was born.
A few weeks ago the representative
in congress for the district in which
Alexandria is situated died. Natural
ly there are several candidates for
the aeat made vacant for next to In
diana Virginia produces more states­
-iU^'H
men than any other state in the Union.
But Mr. Carlin comes from Alexandria
the most historic city in the state,,
which has had no congressman for
many years. Mr. Carlin has some
thing more than the mere fact that he
once sold newspapers. He comes from
a first class Virginia family. His
father gave up his life for the cause
which Robert E. Lee led. He has de
veloped as few young men with like
advantages have developed. He has.
won for himself a place second to
none among the bar of Virginia and
he is recognized In the old common
wealth as one of the very best lawy
ers in the state. It Is because of the
fact that he is young, vigorous, clean
and progressive that the voters of the
8th Virginia will send him to con
gress, and thoBe who know him best
predict for him a career equal to that
of John Randolph Tucker and the
other illustratrious sons of the old
dominion who have done so much to
make the commonwealth, which proud
ly boasts that she is "the mother of
presidents" the important factor
which she has always been in the
council of the nation.
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EVELYN NESBIT THAW AS THE "MISTLETOE MAID."
One of the most striking photographs of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw shows
the young woman In a Christmas pose that is quite original and attractive.
She Is posed holding between her teeth a sprig of mistletoe, covered with the
little berries which in so much liked by the mlstle thrush.
not connected with the case in any
waV
"When did your friendship with Mr.
Garland cease?"
"When I met Stanford White. Mr.
Garland went to mamma and said if
we had anything to do with Mr. White
he would have nothing to do with us.''
"Mr. Garland is dead, isn't he?" in
terrupted Mr. Jerome.
"Yes, sir."
Mrs. Thaw repeated the story of the
return of the $50 which Thaw sent her
in a bunch of flowers.
"Did you return this money of your
own accord?"
"I put it up to the stage manager,"
she replied. "I told him about it and
he told me I should send it back at
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The relations of Mrs. Thaw and
George Lederer were inquired into.
Mrs. Thaw said that his conduct was
"always that of respect and honor."
"You mentioned several young men
whom you said were paying atten
tions to you. Did these young men
belong to families of high social posi
tion?"
Mr. Jerome objected.
"Then I must bring out the names,"
said Mr. Delmas.
"Oh, you can't scare me that way,''
said Mr. Jerome.
Mr. Delmas did not press the point,
but asked: "Were their attentions al
ways respectful and honorable?"
"Well, all they did was to ask me
to parties and send me flowers."
"Was there anything improper in
their attentions?"
"Nothing."
"Was the second operation per
formed on you in 1904 necessary as
the result of the first?" asked Mr.
Delmas.
Mr. Jerome objected. He said these
operations were not of a criminal
character. He had tried to bring out
their true character on cross-exam
ination, but Mr. Delmas had objected.
Justice Fitzgerald sustained the ob
jection.
"That is all," said Mr. Delmas, and
the re-direct examination was closed.
Mr. Jerome began his re-cross ex
amination immediately by asking:
"Did Stanford White continue to pay
for Howard Nesbit's schooling up to
the time he was killed?"
"Till who was killed?" asked Mrs.
Thaw innocently.
"Till White was Willed," replied the
district attorney.
"I don't know."
"He continued at school until White
was killed, didnt he?"
"I think so."
Mrs. Thaw was here permitted to
clear up the transfer of the famous
letter of credit to her mother. She
said it had bi|en given back to Stan
ford White and he gave it to Mrs. Nes
bit. She said she had not endorsed
the letter when she gave it to Thaw
in Paris.
Mr. Delmas objected to any ques
tion being asked the witness about
letters written by Thaw to Mr. Lyon
in Pittsburg. Mr. Delmas based his
objection on the ground that the ques
tion was not proper cross-examination
and that the witness was the wife of
the defendant and could not be com
pelled to testify against him without
consent. Justice Fitzgerald over-
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Associated Prcaa ta The Bvealag Tinea.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 27.—The 16,
000-ton battleship Minnesota becomes
a part of the active strength of the
American navy at Norfolk today, when
she will be formally delivered to the
government by her builders. The Min
nesota is of the largest class of Am
erican battleships so far put in ser
vice. Two of this same class—the
Connecticut, built at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard by the. United States gov
ernment, and the Louisiana, built at
Newport News, are already in active
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SOUARB DEAL FOM ALL
GRAND FORKS, N. D. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 27, 1907.
CONKJEREILED
Disorder Among Russian Crim
inals Serving in Siberian
Silver Mines.
A MO
elated Preaa Cable to The Evealaa
Timed.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.—Disorders
have broken out among the convicts
at the Akatui Sliver mines in Southern
Siberia, on account of the strict dis
cipline. One hundred and fifty high
political offenders have -been placed
in chains and many, including Mile.
Maria Spiridonovo, who shot and kill
ed Chief of the Secret Police Luz
henoffsky, at Tambov, and other wo
men' have been removed to the pris
ons used for the confinement of com
mon criminals. Among the prisoners
at the Akatui mines are Sasoneff, as
sassin of Minister of Interior Von
Plehve, Sikorifsky, his accomplice and
Karpovich who killld the minister of
public instruction, Bogoliepoff Feb.
27, 1901 and leaders of many military
uprisings.
CASTOllITER
Venezuelan Legation at Wash
ington Hears From Home
—Gen. Paredes Dead.
AfttcMci Prcaa The Bvealas Time*.
Washington, February 27.—Accord
ing to a letter received at the Vene
zuelan legation today from Dr. Paul,
secretary of state, dated February 16,
the surgeons had made a complete
examination of President Castro and
found that he was making progress,
the wound caused* by an operation
healing in a satisfactory 'manner. This
information is confirmatory of cable
advices received at the legation sev
eral days ago.
The same letter gave details of the
killing of General Paredes, the revo
lutionary leader, and his followers,
the statement being made that after
they were captured on February 12,
At a point near the Orinoco river,
not very far from where they landed,
they were taken to an old fortress
called the Castle. Tjwo days later
Parades endeavored to bribe his
guards to permit them to escape, and
this the guards intrepreted as mutiny.
"With terrible results, for the life of
General Paredes and his men, and
ended unhappily for the latter for
thefir mutiny."
OLD CHUM
Returning From Alaska Miner
Saves Boyhood Crony's
Body From Morgue.
New York, Feb. 27.—Seth Parker,
7.9 years old, who had lived in New
York fifty years, was found dead in
his room in the American hotel, Thir
teenth street and Fourth avenue.
Physicians said the aged man's death
was due to natural causes.
When the body was alxiut to be re
moved from the hotel to the morgue,
Colonel Williams, a patron of the St.
Denis hotel, a wealthy Alaska miner,
happened along and said he would
be responsible for the proper care
and burial of the body.- Colonel Wil
liams then told something of Parker's
history.
He said Parker came to New York
from New England fifty years ago,
a scion of a wealthy New England
family, determined to make his own
way in the world. He began as a
salesman for a clothing firm and be
came such a successful saleman that
his income jumped to high figures.
Mr. Parker took a suite of apart
ments in the St. Denis, where Col
onel Williams lived, and the two be
came fast friends and continued so
until some ten years ago, when Park
er, because of his age, found his earn
ings lowered to such a figure he was
unable to longer live at the St. Denis
and had to seek humbler quarters.
Colonel Williams went to the Klon
dike and made a fortune. He sent
to his friend a regular allowance,
which supplemented by money which
Mr. Parker- regularly received from
a brother In New England, enabled
the aged man to live in comfort.
Colonel Williams came back to New
York only a few days ago and was
deeply affected wh^n he heard of his
old chum's death.
One isn't necessarily crooked be
cause he follows his natural bent.
The Battleship Minnesota Completed
service.* A third vessel of the same
class is the Vermont, built at For*
River, and now ready to be comniia*
sioned at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Two other battleships of the same type
and dimensions are the Kansas and
the New Hampshire.
When the commission whip is brok
en out at the mainmast peak of the
Minnesota it will mean that another
.formidable fighting machine has been
added to Uncle Sam's navy. Sit Is
3500 tons larger than battleships of
the Maine class, and has 1,053 tons
TIMES
OBSERVED III
STYLE
100th Anniversary of Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow
Celebrated Today.
THE MEMORY OF MEM'S
GREATEST POET REVERED
Colleges, Historical Societies, Men
and Women of Letters, All Joined
In Celebrating the Longfellow Cen
tenary—Maine Lead Other States
With the Creation of a Holiday.
taaedatet Preaa ta Tke Bvealas Tinea.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 27—This city
and vicinity, in which Henry Wads
worth Longfellow spent most of his
long and useful life, today fittingly
commemorated the one hundredth an
niversary of the great poet. The cele
bration was of unusual magnitude, as
all the public schools, many churches,
societies and institutions united in ob
serving Longfellow's natal day.
In Cambridge, where the poet lived
for many years, interesting exercises
were held under the auspices of the
Cambridge Historical society. The pub
lic exercises were held in Sander's the
atre. The program included an origi
nal poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
and addresses "by President Eliot of
Harvard, Prof. Charles Eliot Norton
and Col. Thomas Wentworth Higgin
son.
At the Hotel Brunswick in this city
tonight the Bowdoin Alumni associa
tion will give a dinner in commemora
tion of the poet, who was one of the
most famous graduates of the Maine
college. President Hyde of Bowdoin
is to be present and speak, and among
the other speakers will be Prof. Bar
rett Wendell of Harvard, Prof. Henry
L. Chapman of Bowdoin, and Hon.
Charles T. Libby of Portland.
Augusta, Me., Feb. 27.—In accord
ance with a resolution passed by the
Miaine legislature the leading cities of
the state united today in celebrating
the one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Henry W. Longfellow, who
was born in Portland, Feb. 27, 1807.
From every pnblic schoof building and
many private residences flags were dis
played in Longfellow's honor. In col
leges and high schools addresses were
made on the life of Longfellow, and in
the lower grades gentleness, patriot
ism and love of nature, as typified by
the "Children's Poet" and his writings,
were the lessons drawn by principals
and teachers. In every school through
out the state his poems were recited
and stories were told of the poet's boy
hood and school days, his life at Bow
doin, his work at Cambridge and his
tours and studies abroad.
Elaborate as they were, however, to
day's exercises were only preliminary
to the celebration to be held in the Au
gusta city hall tonight, when addresses
will be delivered by eminent writers,
educators and public men from Maine
and other states
REPORTEDALKY BILL
Senator Hansbrough Confident
That He Will Get Free Al
cohol Measure Passed.
(By E. C. siyler.)
Washington, Feb. 27. Senator
Hansbrough reported the free alcohol
bill from the committee on finance
this morning. He gave notice that
he would call it up at the first oppor
tunity. The bill is amended so as
to provide for a store keeper at the
government's expense at each distill
ery established, following the rule
with respect to small distilleries al
ready established.
The senator opposed this amend
ment in the committee on the ground
that it was unnecessary and an extra
expense to the government but he
was outvoted in the committee. Strong
interests are lighting the bill, but the
senator has great confidence that he
will be able to get it through.
It is easier to write silly letters
than it is not to mail them.
Some run-down reputations could
n't be uplifted with dynamite.
greater displacement than the New
Jersey and her sister ships.
The Minnesota will carry four 12
inch and eight 8-inch breech-loading
rifles, mounted in turrets, and twelve
7-lnch breech-loading rifles in broad
sides In her main battery, and twenty
3-pounder rapid-fire, twelve 3-pounder
semi-automatic, eight 1-ounder, two
3-inch field guns, six 30-caIibre au
tomatic and two Maxim guns in the
secondary battery. She will be equip
ped also with four 21-inch submerged
torpedo tubes.
"TOM THUMB" DEM
Richard Garnsey, the English
Midget, Passes Away at
Age of 74.
taaoelated Preaa Cable to Tke Erealu
Tinea.
London, Feb. 27.—Richard Garnsey,
known as "Field Marshal Tom
Thumb," and who created a great
sensation at the Egyptian Hall, Lon
don, fifty years ago, by his diminutive
stature, is dead at his home in Som
erset, at the age of seventy-four years.
When he appeared in London half
a century ago he followed close on the
much-boomed appearance of the Am
erican Tom Thumb, causing an even
greater sensation than that midget
had caused. Afterwards, Garnsey
traveled all over Europe, his perfect
ly formed figure being examined by
doctors everywhere. After giving up
exhibiting himself in public he com
menced farming, enjoying splendid
health until a short time before his
death. He had smoked nearly all his
life. He was just three feet in height.
Said He Knew $22,000,000 of
New Stock Proceeds Had
Been Spent on C. & A.
Xew York, Feb. 27.—Harriman took
the witness chair at a little after ten
o'clock today to resume his testimony
in the inter-state commerce hearing.
Harriman in answer to Kellogg, testi
fied that the Union Pacific had pur
chased the St. Joe and Grand Island
since last year. The price paid was
$2,022,000, and the witness had owned
property and sold it to the Union Pa
cific.
Objections was made to questions
as to whom he bought the stock of
St. Joe and Grand Island and what
he paid for it, and the witness de
clined to answer. Kellogg asked if it
was not a fact that of 122,000,000 said
to have been spent on the Chicago &.
Alton, $2,740,000 was made up of car
trust certificates and $1,000,000 a loan
from the Kuhn, Loeb & company, so
that the expenditures on the line out
of new securities sold were only about
$18,000,000. Harriman said that pos
sibly the figures were correct. He
simply knew that $22,000,000 had been
spent on 'the line.
The witness was then excused and
Otto Kuhn of Kuhn, Loeb & company,
took the stand.
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FIREMEN KILLED
Ammonia Fumes Proved Fatal
in New York Conflagration
Today.
Aaaoelated Preaa to The Breilac Tinea.
New York, Feb. 27.—Two firemen
were killed and eleven others rend
ered unconscious by fumes at a fire
today in the basement of a building
on Eighth avenue. The condition of
two others is serious. The dead are:
ADAM DAMM,
HARRY F. BAKER.
Damrn and Baker had carried a pipe
through the basement and into an
opening leading to the subcellar, when
they called for water pressure. How*
ever, when the other firemen reached
them to assist in directing the hose
upon the blaze, Damm and Baker were
not to be seen. Ammonia fumes
poured up through the hole and filled
the basement. The fire had melted
the coupling of one of the ammonia
pipes connecting with the cold stor
age plant of the market.
You would never realize how
empty some men's heads are if it
wasn't for their tongues.
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20,900 PRIVATE PENSION MEASURES
DURING S9TR
(By K. C. Sajrater.)
Washington, D. C., Feb. 27.—Care
less critics in or out of the Grand
Army of the Republic who assert that
congress is not treating the men who
have borne arms in the defense of the
United States war—Spanish-Ameri
can—should read the following array
of figures regarding private pension
bills introduced and thousands passed
dnring the present or "short" session
of the 59th congress.
In round numbers during the 59th
congress 20,000 private pension bills
of all classes were introduced, of
which number 6,800 have become laws
and possibly several hundred will be
added to the final enactment class be
fore the session closes one week
hence.
The total amount carried by reason
of the enactment of these private pen
sion bills will cost the government
one million dollars annualy.
It should be understood that a pri
vate pension bill involves always
some technicality of existing law
which'cannot be adjudicated through
the usual Pension Bureau channels
and nothing Is left for the applicant
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THE EVENING TIMES
Stands for North Dakota at All Time*
and Under All Circumstances.
BE EX-
Resolution of Inquiry Into a
New Mexico Deal Passed By
House of Reps.
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
UNITED TO EXPUUM
Why it Was Sante Fe Railway Was
Permitted to Drive Off Settlers and
Wrongfully Script Certain Sew
Mexico Lands Claimed to Be Rich
in Mineral.
(By B. C. Sartor.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 27.—Anoth
er possible mineral land scandal is
Involved in the passage of a resolu
tion of inquiry by the house of repre
sentatives. It calls upon the secre
tary of the interior to inform the house
what disposition, if any, had been
made of the lands in two townships
in New Mexico, comprising 46,000
acres of land, located in the old At
lantic and Pacifc railroad grant, now
controlled by the Santa Fe. Between
the railroad company and a number of
prospectors a controversy has been
raging for some years over the ter
ritory desclbed,
(and
the latte asserts
that patents have been wrongfully is
sued to the corporation for the lands.
A petition presented 'by delegate An
drews, of New Mexico, sets up that for
many years these lands have been
known to contain large deposits of
copper ore, and that the terms of the
act conveying the grant, excluded all
mineral lands, should any be found to
exist, save those containing coal and
Iron. About 15 years ago the rail
road company sold a large tract of
land in New Mexico and upon an ex
amination a Mr. Spaulding, father-in
law of the one of the Mitchells re
fused to advise his son-in-law to com
plete the purchase of these two town
ships for the reasons that they con
tained copper in such quantities that
they could i^ be held under the
grant.. At that time no patent had
been issued to the company, and abaut
the year 1900 a number of mining
claims were located upon tite two
townships and mining has 'been going
on ever since. Despite this it is
alleged patent were issued to the rail
road company in 1902 for the odd
number sections of the townshtps, and
in the past year two agents of the
Santa Fe have located forest lien
scrip upon a number of the even
numbered sections. It is further al
leged that the railroad agents deceiv
ed miners and prospectors as to their
real mission, saying they were going
to locate timber land In another sec
tion.
The secretary of the Interior is re
quested to state whether or not other
minerals than coal and iron are found
in the said two townships whether
any mining or prospecting had been
done there or locations filed prior to
1902 and whether or not lien forest
reserve land scrip has been filed on
said land by the Santa Fe company, its
agents or assignees, and if so when
and by whom.
Delegate Andrews says the lands in
question are situated abont 75 miles
west of Alberuerque and are com
monly reported to be rich In copper.
It has been reported to him that the
railroad company officials have driv
en settlers miners off the ground.
You may have noticed that a lot of
men are always on the ragged edge of
doing something wonderful—and that's
as far as they ever get
to obtain justice except by special con
gressional action. Each case possibly
presents a new phase not contemplat
ed by the general pension laws, by
which of course the officials of the
Pension Bureau must be guided and
an applicant being thus thrown out
of that court so to speak has recourse
only through congress. Hence the
great flood of so-called private pen
sion bills.
Of the total number of pension bills
of all classes and conditions introduc
ed 4,2S6 originated in the senate, all
except 159 being measures to benefit
veterans of the civil war, the excep
tions being for soldiers having had
service in Mexican, Indian wars or
the Spanish-American war.
In the house 13,440 pension bills
were introduced where the claimant
had served during the civil war and
3,160 special bills were introduced for
soldiers wither of the regular army or
Mexican, Indian, Spanish-American
or other services.
The spinster has a strenuous time
trying to make herself believe that
she is a man hater.