Hi HI Stood Seven for Murder In First Degree, Five for Acquittal. NEW TRIAL NEXT FALL In tho Eight nitllot Taken Four Jurors Steadily Favor Verdict f Not Guilty on Ground of Insanity- Jerome Asserts Tlinw Will Not He Admitted To Hail. New York City. April 16. After deliberating for forty-seven hours without being able to come to an Agreement, the Jurors who had been Kitting In Judgment upon Harry K. Thaw, on trial for murder of Stan ford White, were discharged by Jus tice Fitzgerald in the Crl miaul Branch of the Supreme Court. On the loHt ballot taken. JuRt bo tore the Jurors returned to the court joom, they stood seven for "guilty DELPHIN M. DELMAS. if murder In the first decree," the penalty for which Is denth in the tlectrlc chair, nnd five for "not juilty on the ground of Insanity." Chronology of Thaw-White Case, From Shooting to Date. These are the chief events In the Thaw-White tragedy: 1906 Juno 25 Thaw shoots and nstantly kills Standford White on :ho Madison Square Hoof Garden. 1907 Jan. 23 Thaw arraigned or trial before Justice Fitzgerald In ..he Criminal branch of the Supreme 2ourt; drawing of jury commences. Feb. 4 Morning Takln ; of testi mony begins; prosecution puts In Its ase during the forenooa. Afternoon Defence opens. Feb. 7 and 8 Evelyn Nesblt Thaw wife of the prisoner testifies to tho .jtory of her ruin by Stanford White, vnhich she told her husband, Harry itaw. Feb 12 "Brainstorm" theory ad vanced by alienist for the defense. Feb. 14 Death of Juror's wife .tops the trial until Feb. 18, 19,20,21, 25, 26 Jerome roes-examines Evelyn and attacks ler story of her downfall. March 8 Thaw's defense closed; MKMiecutlon opens In rebuttal. March 18 Abraham H. Hummel ut8 In photograph of last page of Evelyns alleged retraction of charges gainst White. March 20 Jerome halts trial to 'mand a commission to test Thaw's resent sanity. March 26 Commission appointed iy Justice Fitzgerald to decide on efendant's mental condition. April 4 Commlssionn after hav ig examined Thaw reports him ane; trial ordered resumed. April 8 Lawyer DelmaB, all evi .ence for both sides being In, begins '.anal appeal to the jury. April 10 District-Attorney Jer me made his argument; Justice Itzgerald charged the Jury. April 12 Jury disagree, 5 for .icqultal, 7 for murder In first degree. Mrs. William Thaw on Verge of Collapse. Mrs. Wm. Thaw, his mother, and Ms wife, Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, emed to feel th awful dlsap olntment more than the prisoner vid. The aped, gray-haired mother vas on the verge of collapse as she jralked out of the courtroom and up rbe stairs to the prison pen to which ier son had been taken immediately . .ifter Justice Fitzgerald remanded Mm back to tho Tombs. Evelyn was uls white as a ghost. The Countess of Yarmouth and her sister, Mrs. Carn egie, were weeping. Thaw reassured them, telling them he had ahsolut !y no fear of the ultimate result. Thaw will be placed on trial again daring the October term of the crim inal part of the Supreme Court. The District-Attorney will oppose any attempt by counsel for Thaw to . have him released on ball, no matter how large the ball offered may be. Pope To Name Ainerlcun Cardinal: London, April 16. Positive assur ances have been given by the Vati can to Itlshop O'Gorman, of Soul Falls, S. D., that the next consistory held by Pope Plus will see tho ap pointment of one, and perhaps two, American Cardinals. This is the In formation which reaches here from che correspondent of the Evening Standard in Rome. Secretary of War Taft, reached Sun I jan, Puerto Rico, and was cordially welocmed by the Islanders. STANDARD OIL (HI LTV. Government Win Victory in Pro secution of Rljr Corporation. Chicago, 111., April 16. On a ver dict returned Saturday night by a Jury In the Federal Court, presided over by Judge Kenesaw, M. LandlM, tho Standard Oil Company may bo fined from 11,400,000 to $28,000, 000 for violations of the Elklns law. After a trial that has been long drawn out and bitterly contested by Government attorneys and counsel of the Standard Oil Company the case went to the jury late In the after noon, and at ten o'clock to-night a verdict was returned In which the corporation was found guilty on every one of 1,463 counts in the In dictment that had not been quashed by Judge Landls. As the matter now stands, It Is ono of the most sweeping victories jot scored by the federal government in Its campaign against corporations that violate laws. The end Is not yet, however. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial, and the ar guments on this motion will be heard probably arly next week. QUAKE LEVELS TWO CITIES. Ctiilpanciiigo nnd Chllapa Almost 1 lestroyt-d Other Cities Cut Off. Mexico City, April 17. A fright ful loss of life nnd property. It. is feared, was caused by the earthquake which threw this city Into panic Mon day night and lasted four nnd a half minutes. It Is known that the towns of Chll panclngo and Chilapa, In the State of Guerrero, 125 miles southwest of this city, were destroyed, and that eleven persons were killed and twenty-seven badly Injured in Chllpanclngo, Guer rero's capital. Five hundred lives were lost In the destruction of Chilpanclngo and Chl lapa, a telegram to the National Dank of Mexico here Btatos, adding that both towns were completely de stroyed. Government officials do not beliovo this report. It Is admitted that both cities were severely damaged, but It Is not thought that the deaths will even approximate 500. The houses there are low and massive, built of stone, to resist earthquake shocks. KII,I.KI AT TELEPHONE GUI Instantly Killed us She Picks I'p Receiver to Talk to u Friend. Marlboro, Mass., April 16. Elec trocuted as she picked up the re ceiver of a telephone, Miss Anna Greenwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Greenwood, was Instantly killed. Her father, alarmed by the sound of her falling, rushed to her and found her lifeless. The accident is believed to have been caused by some contact of the telephone wire and elctric wires when the young woman turned on the electric light. HEAT A YEAR-OLD HA BY, Father Get Six Months in Prison Mother Found Child I'lioonsious. Yonkers, N. Y., April 17. John Volk was tried and quickly sentenced to six months In the penitentiary and a fine of $50 for beatig in an un merciful manner a thirteen months- old child. The beating took place on Sunday, when Mrs. Volk was at church.. On her return she found the child on the floor uconslous, Its face a head covered with blood. She summoned Dr. Rohm and a police officer, and caused her husband's arrest. AMATEUR FINDS A COMET. University Telescope Vrllles a Back- Yard Discovery in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., April 17. While standing In his back yard looking through a telescope, J E. Melllsh, an amateur astronomer at Cottage Grove, Wis., discovered a new comot on the night of April 13. His find was verified last night by Prof. O. C. Comstock and A. S Flint of the Uni versity of Wlscosln Observatory. Vale In Henley Races. Philadelphia, April 17. Yale will enter an eight-oared crew In the Am erican Henley Regatta, to be held here on May 25. The entry of Yale adds Interest to the big race as Har vard, Georgetown, Cornell, Pennsyl vania and Syracuse will also send crews. In order to ensure the regatta be ing finished without nny confusion, the stewards will once more adopt the double referee system, which has proven so aucessful In previous years. Evry crew will have to be at the start on the minute of suffer tho consequences. President's Cousin Dead. Brussels, April 17. The death of George W. Roosevelt, the Amerlcuu Consul-General came very unexpect edly here. He had been under treat ment for Intestine trouble early In February, but had fully recovered on February 14. He was a eouiln of President Roosevelt. Cleveland Double Dead. Roxbury, Conn., April 17. Will iam D. Seward, proprietor of tho Seward House, is dead, of heart fail ure. He was born here. Ho was prominent in Democratic politics and bore a remarkable resemblance to former President Grover Clevelund, and was often mistaken for him. THE COLUMBIAN, WORLD NEWS OF THE WEEK Covering Minor Happen ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN Compiled and Condensed for the Busy Roadr A Complete Uncord f European Despatches nnd Im porteat RvenU from Everywhere Dolled Down for Haaty Perusal. Senator Gilchrist urged nn Investi gation of New York city's educational system, alleging fraud. Havana Is threatened by a milk famine, say cable advices from Cuba, John 8mlth confessod to having taken part In the murder of "Jim" Cockrlll at Jackson, Ky., tinder tho direction of Judge James Hargls. Twenty war shlpB tinder Rear Ad miral Evans have assembled off Oil Point Comfort and are preparing for the Jamestown Exposition. William T. Stead once more was the stormy petrel of the peace meet ing In New York, when In the after noon hisses and nngry shouts greeted his attempts to make a Bpeech. W. J. Bryan, speaking before tho National Publicity Bill Organization, In New York, championed such a lmasu re. Counsel for Harry . Thaw will aRk for ball for their client on tho ground that his health might bo Im perilled by another summer In the Tomba. William E. Corey nnd Mahelle Oil man, according to present plans aro to be married in New York city May 7. Governor Hughes signed the Bing ham, New York City police bill, which (polishes the detective bureau nnd terminates the offices of the nineteen im-pectors. Sale of Mrs. Lewis-Hill's magnifi cent collection of Jewels, says a des patch from London, made a new record for Christie's, the first day'ti total being $474,025. Secretary Taft, homo next week, will, It Is hllcvcd, be forced to declare himself either in or out of the race for tho Presidency. The United States Supreme Court upheld a $ 1,000 fln imposed by a court In Colorao on Senator Patter son for saylg the court was corrupt. Train wreckers are suspected of causing the derailment of a Great Northern limited train In North Da kota, which resulted in five deaths, Tho Cuban Electoral Law Comm ission may decide to drop the pro vision for foreigners' votes, as tho forelgers fear It would cause trouble j for them. Daughters of the Amercan Revo! ution, in annual congress In Wash ington, adopted resolutions favoring ! international peace. After a conference with President Roosevelt, Henry W. Taft declared Governor Hughes and the republican organization must work together or endanger tho State in the fall elec tions. William J. Bryan told Presby terian ministers that ho was main taining eight scholarships in colleges in Asia. John H. Adams. Chief of Police In Newark committed suicide. John Brlsben Wralker presented to the Peace Conference, In New York a plan for a Permanent Conference, composed of electors from all nations. Secretary Root and Governor Hughes were among the speakers at the National Arbitration and Peace Conference being held In New York. Otto KeUey, New York - State In surance Superintendent, was or lered to pay $4,100, which It was declared was due the stockholder? of the Manhattan Fire Insurance Company under his receivership. Honorary degrees were conferred upon many distinguished visitors at the closing re-dedlcatlon exercises of Carnegie Instiltute, In Pittsburg, Pa. Twenty-four prominent men were Indicted by tho Federal Grand Jury In Mobile, Ala., for violating the lot tery laws. Authoritative announcement has been made that railroads, fearlns; legislation, are ready to submit to action by Congress for their im medlato valuation by the Federal Government. Two hundred and ninety-five Jap anese laborers bound for British Co lumbia, but Intending, It Is said, to settle finally In the United States, were detained at San Francisco. It was reported that all the Thaw counsel, except Daniel O'Reilly, will be dropped before the next trial. Corporation Counsel Ellison will ask Governor Hughes to appoint a committee of legislators to Investi gate municipal affairs. He also 83 gato municipal affairs. Ho also planned to compel the New York Central to pay for seventeen acres of land owned by the city. E. H. Harrlmnn appeared in Po lice Court against Frank W. Hill, a former stenographer, accused of soil ing the "How do I stand" letter to a newspaper. FOREIGN NEWS. Mexico and the United States have agreed that there shall be no hislillty between Ouatemala and Sul- BLOOMSBUk. V vdor during the conference of Nlc aragunn and Salvadorean Presidents. Ten Russian students entered the University at St. Petersburg, fired revolvers at the officials, robbed tho cashier of $860 and escaped. A committee has been appointed to learn the attitude of the people of Germany toward the proposed Inter national exhibition at Berlin. Freedom of the city of London wan granted to tho visiting Colonial Pre miers, who were entertained at luncheon by the Lord Mayor. Evncuuatlon of Manchuria by Rus sian and Japanese troops is com pleted, according to the terms of the treaty of Portsmouth. All of tho Powers have rejected Italy's plan to nave the disarmament discussion in The Hague for future conferences. Constitutional democratic leaders in Ruussla promised a deputation of feminist legislation in favor of woman sufferagu. Sir Henry Cnmpell-Banerman, British Prime Minister, welcomed the colonial premiers In London and opened their coference. All the native members of the Alexandria Municipal Commission absented themselves from a meeting called to express regret at Lord Cro mer's resignation. Pope Pius X. appointed seven now cardinals. According to a despatch, the voice of the Colonies alone Is heard in tho British metropolis to-day, nnd their trend Is regarded as being In tho di rection of edcratlon. Annual depreciation In the value of warships Is shown, by the sale at auction of six British war vessel, among them tho Sans Paretl, which cost $3,597,210 and which brought $133,000. A despatch states that as tho re sult of n controversy It has been de cided that Sudbury, a small Suffolk town, Is the original of the famous Eatanswlll of "Pickwick." The meeting of the soverlgns of Great Britain and of Spain may ma terially Influence and of Spain may materially influence the balance of power In Europe, says a special Lon don cable despatch. Improvement In taste In art In America Is marked, says M. Jules Lowengard. The Russian government has triumphed over tho radicals In tho Duma and the estimates will be sub mitted to the Budget Commission. Tho first step toward peace has been taken In the Hamburg strike, by the dockers' union offering to ne gotiate with employers. According to a Hamburg despatch, Dr. Krleger has been arrested in con nection with the abduction of his son," Edward Krleger. At a banquet on board the Num ancia in the harbor of Cartagena King Alfonso and King Edward pled ged the lasting friendship of Eng land and Spain. SPOUTING NEWS. The New York A. C. fencing team won the Saltua Cup for duelling and sword team competition at the Fen cers' Club. Winners In the mixed doubles at the Indoor lawn tennis tournament on the St. Nicholas Rink courts were Miss Marlon Fenno and Georgo L. Wrenn, Jr., and Miss Eleanora Sears and W. A. Larned. Frederick HerreBhoff, of Garden City, defeated Walter B. Smith, of Chicago, by 3 up and 2 to play in the final for the chief cup of the golf tournament at Hot Springs, Va. In the shoot-off for the April cup of the New York A. C. at Travers Is land F. Hodgman defeated "Fred" Schaeffier by a single clay target. BASE HALL GOSSIP, War correspondents with the big league clubs are of one volco in gi ving the reasons for the listless play of several star clubs in the past few days the tragic death of Chick Stahl. There was probably never a ball player more popular with his fellows, and even the cold-scrappy "Husk" Chance has not gone out on the coaching line since the word re ached the camp of the Cubs. Most of the dopesters around the country figure that the race this year Is again between the Cubs and tho Giants, with the Pirates a sure third and in the hunt all the time. Mr. Donovan, of Brooklyn, Is not one of these, however . MAX SPITZNER LOSES AX ARM. Champion GymmiHt Injured In a Fac tory at New Haven. New Haven, Conn., April 18. Max Spitzner, who won the National gymnastic championship In several events In the contests at the Madison Souare Garden last year, lost his left arm. It was torn away by machinery in a camera factory in which he was em ployed. Spitzner was the champion gymnast of Connecticut. James H. Eckels. Controller of tho Currency under President Cleveland, died In Chicago of heart disease. After working great harm in the wheat fields of Texas and Oklahoma, the green bug has invaded Kansas. Important questions of war and peace will bo discussed at the first annual meeting of the American So'-lety of International Law lu Washington, D. C ii n in Evelyn's Mother Declares that Daughter Did Not Tell Her. MRS. H. THAW SILENT Mrs. Holman aaj" "he believed Ktnif ford White wm nn honorable mini Affirms that her love for her daughter Is as deep and intenio aa ever. Mrs. Charles J. Holman, -mother of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, In a 6,000 word statement printed in PlttsburR. gave what purported to be the his tory of her acquaintanceship with Stanford White, and the Interest the architect took In her daughter, and vehemently denied the assertlou mudo by I). M. Delmas In his summ ing up that she was an unnatursl mother, willing to barter her child for gold. Evelyn read the statement but offered no reply or explanation. Daniel O'Reilly, counsel for her and her husband, called on her at tho Lorraine, nnd they discussed the statement, but neither had anything to Hay afterward. Mrs. Holman, In her staUment, de nied that she was aware that her daughter had been wronged by Stanford While, nnd continued: "Had she told me what she told the Thaw Jury, it would not have been necccssary for Harry Thaw lo kill White, I would have done it my self." "i was told that Mr. While was a inn ri led man. 1 was worried about It and spoke to htm of it, but he passed It off with: " 'Mrs. Nesblt, my wife Is not In terested In my little charities. Kho has chnrltles of her own to nttend to. There is no reason why she should not know, but. she does not care; it would not Interest her.' " Mrs. Holman closes her statement wlih these words: "As solemnly as though theuo words were uttered with my last breath I wish here to affirm that my love for my daughter Is as deep and Intense as It was when I first held her In my arms a helpless babe. Resent ment I may have felt, but never hat red, or vengeful sentiments. My heart beats as responsive to her sorrows as though they were woes of my own. Regardless of all that has transpired, my uffeetlon is unaltered. A word from her would bring mo to her side. Th door of my home Is open to her. It will swing wide at her lightest tap, to-day, to-morrow and alwavs whilo I live." LYNCHERS KILL EACH OTHER. Were Firing After Negro Who Had Broken Away From Them. New Orleans, April 17. A scorj or more of white men were taking a negro, charged with assault on n whlto woman, from tho Jail at Bunkle, La., last night, with the In tention of lynching him, when tho man broke away from them and, tn the excitement, whllo tho would-bo lynchers were firing after tho fugi tive three of them were accidentally wounded, one fatally. The negro made his escape and another mob is hunting for him. ALTON CONVICTION UPHELD. Federal Appeals Court Decides on a Terminal Rebate Case. Chicago, April 18. The United States Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction In the District Court of the Chicago & Alton Railroad and John M. Falthorn and Fred A. Wann, former officials of the line, for grant ing rebates. The company and tho two officials were found guilty last jepr, and an aggregate fine of $60, 000 was Imposed, $40,000 on the rallioal and $10,000 each on the two officials. $10,000 GONE FROM MAIL. Package. Kent from Wilmington, N. C, to Chemical Hank is Missing. Raleigh, N. C, April 18. It wai learned here that a registered pack age containing $10,000 sent by the Atlantic National Bank of Wllmlng ton to the Chemical National Bank of New York In the last few day was not in the registered pouch when opened in the New York Post Office. No arrests have been made. BANDIT GOT $25,000. Holds Up the Northern Express Office in HI. Paul. St. Paul, Minn., AprlllS. A ban dit held up the Northern Exprest Company's Union depot office to night nnd compelled the clerk to open the safe and give him a packugo con taining $25,000. The robbers escaped. Teddy On Sport. Washington, ApriU7. Members, of the Harvard lacrosse team paid a visit to tho White House. Tho students were received by President Roosevelt, who made a .lltllo Bpeech in advocacy of clean sports. His Bulled $,iiOO Stolen. Kokoma, Ind, April 17. Alonso Picket, who did not believe In banks, burled $1,300 In gold on his farm. When he weut to get It, tho gold was not there. It had been taken by Home ono who had chanced to see hlo Mdo It. TRACKMAN SAVED FLYER. Another Attempt lo Wreck IR-IIour PciiiixylvniilA Train at Canton. Canton, O., April 17. A bold attempt to wreck the 18-hour flyer on tho Pennsylvania Railroad wai frustrated on Sunday night by a track wnlker. Tho train wreckers hal placed a number of bent rails upon the track near this city, sufficient lo rr.uso a terrible wreck. The track walker removed the obstruction a few minutes before the flyer thund ered by. He said he saw several men concealed In tho woods near by run nway whllo he was removing the bent rails. He was unable, to give a description of them. Tho I'ennnsylvnnla officials kept the news quiet expecting to ru down tho would-bo wreckers, but o far they hnvn failed to obtain evia the remotest clow. Tho news b cnmo known to-night through tha activity of railroad detectives. A fast Pennsylvania train was de railed by train-wreckers nonr Hudson west of here two weeks ago. No one was injured as tho train was miming slowly. SPOTTED FEVER IX COLLEGE. Mount llolyokc Tries to SupprcM 1'iicls of Young Woman's Death. South Hadley, Mass., AprlU8. Miss Ethel Swift, twenty years old, a Mi unt Holyoke College sophomore, died of cerehro meningitis, common); railed "spotted fever." The college authorities endeavored to suppres the newslind ordered th gil newspaper correspondents to make no reference to the cause of MioP Swift's death. They obeyed and adjourned to the soda counter at a drug store where they discussed II before an Interested audience of one li.'er.i. KICK FALLS IX TUNNEL One M.m Dead, One Dying, and An other Hurt in Jersey City. Jersey City, N. Y., April 17., One Polish laborer was killed, another ii dlng In the Jersey City Hospital, through the sudden fall of a large rock in the tunnel which the Lncka wanna Railroad Is constructing ad jacent to that In present use under Bergen Hill. Tho rock fell as tlio nl'.'lit shift entered tho tunnel uftuf a blast. City Order. Itnebelors to Wed. Guilford, Md., April 16. The City Council has passed an ordinance re quiring all unmarried male citizens between the ages of eighteen aud sixty years to wed. Should any stubborn-minded masculine believer in single life refuse he must either pay a lino of $10 or become an Inmate of the town calaboose for thirty day Kingston Shaken Again. Kingston, Jamacla, April 16. Tho worst shock of earthquake that has been felt since the disaster of January 14, has occured. There was a great panic, but no dauiaga was dono. FINANCIAL. There were violent declines In tho prices of stocks, which closed at about ho lowest quotations. Figures of tho bank statement showed a decrease In surplus reserve of $3,588,300, an Increase tn lounn of $36,968,000 and an increase la deposits of $44,948,800. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Produce Quoted for the Week. The Milk Exchange price for stan dard quality Is 3 V4 per qt. Butter. Creamery, extra 30 ft) 31 Firsts 28 tf'3 State dairy, faucy 28 23 Cheese. Fancy 14 tflS Small 14 H (ft IS Part Skims 7 Kcg. State and Penn 18 Q it Western Firsts 17H Live Poultry. Fowls, per lb IT Roosters, per lb 10 1J Turkeys, per lb 10 13 Ducks, per lb 10 1ft Dressed Poultry. Turkeys, per lb 10 1R Chickens, Phlla. It).... 11 IS Geese, spring, Tb 8 1 Ducklings, per Tb 8 4U Vegetables. Potatoes, L. I., bbl . . . $1 40$1 fl Onions, white, ' per bbl 2 25 3 15 Beets, per bbl 76 1 ti Spinach, per bbl 1 60 I 76 Watercress, per 100 bunches 2 00(g) 2 f.9 Kale, per bbl 65 fS Hay and Straw. Hav, prime, cwt. $1 20rj)$l 2 ' No. 1, per cwt. 1 10 (fj 1 15 No. 2, per cwt. 1 00 1 06 Straw, lang rye. 60 65 Grain, Etc. Flour. Win. pats.$3 60 3 85 Hiring pats... 4 10 4 95 Wheat, No. 1.. 89 No. 2, red. . . . 82 & 83 Corn, No. 1 white 55'i No. 2 yellow. . b2. Outs, mixed 47 Clipped white. 48 H 63 Live Stock. Beeves, city drs'd. T t Chivuo, city drs'd. 7 46 1 2 -fc Country drs'd. 6 10 Shoep, per 100 lb $ 4 St Lambs per 100 lb 71 lloi-'f, live, per KM) tb 6 20 7 2$ Ctuirstry clretsed ;er ID 8H 4