m m m During Cross - Examina tion a Shrewd Woman Is Revealed. SIMPLE AIR VANISHES. Ftor Hours the Wife of Stanford White s Slayer Engages In Skill i fill Verbal Combat With Jerome Dodging Questions Adroitly and Emitting Sparks of Anger. N-w York, Jan. 23. Under the first onslaught in one of the most se vere croBs-exn ruinations to which a woman was ever subjected In court Id this city, Evelyn Nesblt Thaw Qroppec the mask of girlish Inno cence she had worn when sailing on the smooth waters of direct exam! nation. She revealed herself as a shrewd woman of the world, at times more than a match for her question r. . At the Criminal Branch of the Su preme Court warre her husband i on trial for the killing of Stanford White, Evelyn Thaw had repeated tho story of her downfall In tho studio of the architect. Her voice was tremulous as she told the degardtn,? details of her association with Whita, but she did not weep. She told her story with almost childish simplicity and candor, and it was evident she was trying hard to make the Jurors Bee her as an unsophisticated girl who barely understood the position tu which she was placed. Within less than Ave minutes after eronie began his cross-examination of her, a remarkable transformation took place in Evelyn Thaw. Tho counterfeit simplicity disappeared and in its place there were seen men tal acuteness, anger, skillful verbal fencing and adroit dodging that j abled her to avoid most of the trnps that the prosecutor had laid for her. DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME. Several times In her cross-examination, Evelyn Thaw looked helplessly ut Justice Dowllng, as if she would .eek protection from the prosecutor, justice Dowllng, however, dlrectad her to answer the questions Jeromo sked. She did so in a way that left i.p doubt she realized fully their bear lag on her husband's case. Under the skillful guidance of Mar tin W. Littleton the Witness had pic ured herself as a wronged girl, who -ad been led into vice before she V new what vice was. Wh..n Thaw, ;a Paris in 1908, asked her to become ila wife, she told him the story of or downfall. She said that at th I'.me she recited the story to him she l ad only a vague conception of hav ing;; committed wrong. She was lt ers and 6 months old at the time, and naively she said she believed all vtrls did as she had done. She haJ refused to ebcome Thaw's wife, how ver,r because she felt unworthy to occupy that position. Plata An to Murder. Vienna, Jan. 22. An attempt wan luuaie on Monday near Bucharest by ('iftcrGhlka's' Italian chauffeur, to Murder the Prince and Princess ind o kill himself by running the motor . ox which he was driving over a precipice. But for the almost superhuman ef forts of the Prince, the attempt of "ie chauffeur would have been sue caasful. As It turned out, the chauf :eur succeeded In accomplishing his t'wn death and In causing painful in jury to the Princess, ... E. H. Sothern Cuts Rates. , 1 . Boston, Jan. 23. E. H. . Sothern opened a rival bos office In the lobby itl the .Majestic Theatre on Tuesday, - otering into oompetltlon with the r.oase In which he Is playing. The sothern box office carried - only .-rns line of goods, however, second ..i&leony tickets for the Thursday and Vriday "Lord Dundreary" matinees. The i; regular box office, which charged 75 cents for them, was ."all aid out," while the Sothern box of tce was selling them like hot cakes t "your choice for (0 cents." n r- p-l r . Cwury Cook's Poison Kills Five Austin. Texas. Jan. 2 l.rVThe fam fy of C. Bauer, a. German farmer Ut. "of thirty miles from here, partook of '.-od at supper on Sunday evening V- which .arsenic had, been placed. , Mr. and Mrs.. Bauer and. three of ioir children died la agony:, and two her children, are .In a critical con Ucn. The poison- Is said to have en put In the food by a cook who vont suddenly Insane. WOMEN MIST NOT SMOKE. In Public So New York Aldermen Deere. New York, Jan. 23. After this It will be against the law for a hotel or restaurant proprietor, or anyone olse managing or owning a "public place" to allow women to smoke In public After a brief hearing on Monday th Committee on Laws of the Board of Aldermen unanimously approved the bulllvan anti-smoke ordinance. The Sullivan ordinance does not mr.ke It an offence for a woman to smoke, but It Joes make it an f fence for tho manager or proprietor of a public place to allow her to smoke therein, and for doing so he may suffer the revocation of his li cense and also bo fined. The ordi nance was suggeatod by the an nouncement made Just before New Year's Eve that in certain restaurants smoking by women would bo permit ted. CHARLES KMOKY SMITH DEAD. Ills Wife. Returning From Church Flmln Him Llfclcsn In lied. Philadelphia, Jan. 21. Charles Emo. Smith diplomat and editor, ex Mlnlstor to Russia, nnd roBtniafer General under McKlnlcy, for many years editor lu fhiof of the Philadel phia Press, died suddenly of heart disease Sunday at his home. Mr. Smith had bien 111 of grip for many wecku, but his condition s never regarded as dangerous. Ho wa' recovering rapidly and had been convalescing for the latt week. San day Mrs. Smith, upon her return from church shortly after 10 o'clock, found him dead In bed. Little Egypt Left $100,000. New York, Jan. 22. A petition will be filed In the Supreme Court 111 this county asking for the appolot meent of Frank Hamlin of th banlt infi firm of Hamlin & Co. of East Bloomfield, N. Y., as administrator of the estate of Katherine Devlne, who was known as the original Little Egypt and who was found dead 'n bed from gas asphyxiation on Jan uary 5 at L'2C West Thirty-seventh street. LitUo Egypt is said to have mar ried a Yale student after the famous Seeley dinner. She left property val ued at J100.000. Tetruzzini'g Debut. New York, Jan. 23. Mine Louisa Tetrazzlnl, whose name has been in cessantly sounded by tho megaphone of contemporary fame within the last two months, appeared for the first time in New York oa Wednesday evening in a performance of ''La Traviata" at the Manhattan Opera House. There was an immense amount of enthusiasm for the sln?er that was liberated in long-continued and frenetic applause, rapturous re calls without number after the acts, flowers thrown upon the stage. It was the most emphatic demonstra tion of a "first night" audience, so far as this sort of a demonstrat'en goes. Earth Swallowing u Town. Mlnas De Rio Tinto, Spain, Jan. 17. This town is threatened with complete destruction, owing to tiie subsidence of the ground. Large gaps are visible In the prlnclr.al streets, and 400 houses nave been hastily evacuated. The sinking of the ground is believed to be due to the caving m of a portion of the cop per mines. Killing Heat In Australia. Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 21. There is much Buffering because of the unusual heat wave throughout Victoria. The people are obliged to sleep out of doors and there have been many cases of sunstroke. Thirty-two deaths have been recorded from this cause in the last few days. Alms Rlow at the Curious. Newport, Jan. 23. Mrs. Vander bllt, owner of The Breakers, hopes In the near future to obtain permission from the Board of Aldermen to cIjso Shepard and Ruggles Avenues, le spectlvely to the north and south of her estate. Both thoroughfares are short streets, but little used. "The Living Skeleton Is Dead. Ansonla, Conn., Jan. 23. Edward Ncidllng, who was known as "The Living Skeleton," died Tuesday on MusIj Hill. He was 35 years old aul had been exhibited In museums for years. He was more than 6 feet In height. Wreck on the Central. . Albany. Jan. 31. The Lake Shore Limited which left the Orand Central Station at 5.30 o'clock on Saturday, met with an accident ten miles south of Albany at 9 o'clock. One car, a sleeper,, left the track but no one was Injured. Druce Witness Arrested. London, Jan. 22. Miss May R) Incon, an American woman, the daughter of a southern planter, was arrestod Friday on. a warrant charg ing her with perjury In connection with the Druce case. A 9100 Ring in Pish. Belleville, N J., Jan. 23. William Pudney, tender of the White Bridge over the Passaic River, pulled a two- pound German carp from the stream on Tuesday .morning. Tks oarpn had. .swallowed the, hook and Pudney had to cut the fish open,:. In the stomach ba found a woman's dia mond ring, which later proved to bo worth 1 100. THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOAISBURO. PA. - . . ! . -. !.-.- rirrT HIu.ii A CAMHDATF. Il l k m in Hunt up wti Covering Minor Happen ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN Complied and Condensed for the Rosy Reader A Complete Record of European Despatches and Im portant Events from Everywhere Roiled Down for nasty Pemsal. President Roosevelt dented in Washington that ho was committed to the "central bank" rdon of cur rency reform. George Peabody Wet more was elected United States Senntor to uc ceed himself on the first ballot jf the Rhode Island Assembly. John Mitchell, retiring president of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, made his farewell address Bt tho annual convention at Indianapolis. Otto Kelsey, State Insurance Su perintendent, stated In his annual re port that the life Insurance investi gation of 1905 had cost tho comoa nles $69,000,000 in new business. Rio special cable advices gave nn Interview with Rear Admiral Evans stating that the navy would experi ment with airships as an aid in war at Magdalcna Bay. Ohio's Supreme Court held that tne Valentine Anti-Trust law, un l.r which more than thirty Toledo busi ness men were sentenced. Is consti tutional, and ruled that the defend ants should go to the county Jail. In the Senato at Albany, the Wain wrlght National Guard bill was pass ed unanimously. Pollltcal situation gives coal min ers the advantage In their fight for a higher wage schedule. The Senate refused to confirm the nomination by President Roosevelt of Charles Fairbanks, of New Hamp shire, to be Tension Agent. Argument before the Court of Ap peals attacking the validity of :he law creating the State Board of Oas and Electricity is believed to threat en the public utilities law. Members of Congress said opposi tion of bankers generally will tend lo strengthen the Aldrlch Currency 1,111 In the rural districts. Washington -despatches stated that bankers and business men in the country are opposing the Aldrlch bill. John R. Walsh, Chicago banker, was found guilty of fraud and faoB a flv year sentence In prison. Senator Aldrlch in a Washington Interview explained his currency bill and said the scheme of bankers was unsafe. Prison population of New York State has slightly Increased, says the report of the State Commission of Prisons. Navy men disagreed over the uee of 1725,000 remaining of the Con gressional appropriation for subma rines. Fight over Capron bill, regulating pay of military officers, may prevent legislation by Congress. Three men rescued from a mining Bhaft at Ely, Nevada, after being en tombed seven weeks, were in good physical condition. D. D. Colcock of New Orleans, de clared In Washington that Secretary Taft's policy regarding the Philip pines, would Injure the Republican party In the Presidential campaign. Washington was Informed that Canada proposed temporarily to re strict the coming of all aliaens, thut shutting out Japanese coollles with out offending Japan. Friends of Secretary Taft In Wasn lngton urged President Roosevelt to come out mare openly In his support of the War Department head for the Presidency. Washington despatches reported New Hampshire's Bcnators planning to attack the President's appoint ments In their State as made In Secre tary Taft's Interest. Colonel Gosthals opposed the bull ing of the Panama Canal by contract before a Senate committee. George B. Cortelyou answering the suit of G. W. Austin against delivery of Panama bonds to lower bidJers said the complainant was not finan cially responsible. Secretary Taft's candidacy may be opposed by the faction which loses In Goldfleld labor controversy. Bulletin Issued by Bureau of Labor says Russian Jews are overcomljg adverse conditions. Albany despatches say Governor Hughes may launch his Presidential boom in a speec hat Boston early In February. Mr. Scott Introduced In the Sen ate at Washington, a bill providing 13,600,000 for the construction of the new Jost office at the Pennsyl vania Railroad terminal In New York. .... ... Six bidders submitted proposals for constructing dirigible balloons for obs In the United States army, . . FORKiaX. .... ; , ., Vhe 1 Russian Christmas holidays being ended, the Duma has resumed its sessions. .... , ,(.. . rw; Attempts- on the part of the police to 1 disperse a, procession of unem ployed worklngmen led to a riot 'n Berlin. ........ The expulsion of the Augusttnlan Slaters of Charity from the famous municipal hospital In Paris lad to an .... 1. v.. .VI.. .. niAT Tfv ni mil 1111 111 11 1 . The Cabinet crisis In Japan almost led to a political panic. Another of ficial resigned and the outlook was uncertain. According to a special Manchester despatch a serious lockout of cotton mill employes Is about to be Inau gurated. Captain "Ben" Parker, famous yacht skipper, who twice came to America with Sir Thomas Lip ton, died in Southampton. A special Madrid despatch says that King Alfonso and Queen Victo ria, before leaving Madrid for Seville, are giving a series of official and pri vate entertainments. New York State prisons cost $9, 000 less for maintenance In 1907 than the previous year, Mr. Collins states In his annual report. ' The Haytlan government has cap tured the city of St. Marc and It Is believed that the rebellion practically Is at an end. Governor Lopes of the Province of Panay, In the Philippines, was mur dered by a disappointed politician, said a special cable despatch. Lord Curzon, formerly viceroy of India, received a majority of votes to fill the vacancy among the repre sentative Peers of Ireland caused by the death of Lord Kllmalne. In a special despatch a prominent financier is quoted as saying that there Is no truth In the report that French financial men are encourag ing a war between the United States and Japan. Several houses were destroyed In Haytl by a severe earthquake shock which was followed by a tidal wave. Brazilian officials continued their welcome of the American fleet's offi cers and men. Thirteen of the bat tle ships finished coaling. The eightieth birthday of George Meredith, novelist,, Is to be appro priately celebrated In Februrary, says a special London despatch. A cable despatch from Paris gives details of the case of Lemolne, "the "diamond maker." The British navy will In all prob ability be greatly Increased, accord ing to a special cable despatch. A London special dispatch avs that the liberal crusade against the House of Lords Is doomed to failure because of the divided opinions In the ranks of the more radical faction of the party. British naval circles are deeply stirred by the report that Germany will spend millions In fortifying Hel goland, according to a special Lon don despatch. A special cable said that Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambassador to Tmerlca, might be compromised through the Tsar's approval of Ad miral Dykoff's action in ordering an naval atta he to interview President Roosevelt against the Baron's advice. The Vienna ran ashore off the Hook of Holland in a dense fog, but none were injured, Bald a special cable. Apprehension over the Japanese situation was reflected In advices re ceived by officlala of corporations In Manila, who were warned to prepare for emergencies. Special cable despatches from Rio Janeiro said a twenty-four hour fam ine had been cause in the market by the enormous purchases for the American fleet. A special cable despatch from Lon don gives extracts from evidence tak en by the royal commission on con gestion In Ireland, showing causes of constant drain on population. Argentina is disturbed by the anar chist propaganda, according to a de spatch frm Beunos Ayres, and the Foreign Minister has ben In consul tation with the Supreme Court on the question. Mme. Tlnayre, the noted novelist, now regrets that she scoffed at ber proposed enrollment In the Legion of Honor. .M. Andre Tardleu, a noted Paris ian polltloal writer, has been engaged to deliver the Hyde series of lectures at Harvard. General Stoessel sent a protest di rect to the Tsar, complaining that his witnesses are benlg excluded from the court martial. The King of Slam an dmany member- of royalty attended the stats funeral of Henry Strobel, advisor to tne Siamese government. Special cable despatches stated that the American torpedo flotilla has arrived at Rio Janeiro, ' A special cable says that a big German cruiser ran aground off Kiel and her bottom was smashed. . ' M. Farman broke his own record in aeroplane flight and sailed the longest distance ever covered by a machine heavier than air, says a special despatch. , A serious spirit of revolt hat spread In the Chinese provinces of Che-Klang and Klang-Su, and ' ten thousand men are being mobilized for purposes of repression,' according to a special Shanhal despatch. . German naval circles are not alarmed at England's threat to build two battleships for every one con tracted for In Berlin, says a sped! despatch. The Intimation that toe Toklo gov ernment Is ready to 1 permit the ex tensloa of. the Hslnmlntun railroad , with Japanese capital has aroused re newed opposition on tho part of tho Chinese government. , Hope that Gen, Stoessel would not be pronounced .guilty was given up by his own counsel. - 1 Four anarchists arrested by the Brazilian authorities. DETAINED IN PRISON After Depnrtnrc from HW Janeiro Tliey Will He Rolensed Eorolirn Minister Roys the Matter in not Se rious Crowds Yell "Viva Ameri ennos!" Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 23. The Chief of Police has announced that four anarchists have been arrested three at Sao Paulo and one at Nlch theroy. They will be held until tlio departure of tho American fleet anl then released. The arrest is simply as a matter cf precaution and nobody appears to bo alarmed. Senor Rio Branco fho Foreign Minister telegraphed that the matter is not serious ami he has no fear. Crowds were In the rtreets headM by Jackles on Sunday marching and yelling "Viva Americanos!" and theie are other friendly lemonstratlona. Dr. Eulydes Cunha, a member of ti e Brazilian Academy, publishes an ar ticle in the Journal Commercio sav ing the fleet may not be going to force war in tho Pacific, but Is making a daring and frank military move which Is the first Btep towards an inevitable content. Capt. Dlatchkoff Is here making ob servations for the Russian govern ment. It Is denlel that he will go with tho fleet. Ho Is now away tem porarily. , Five thousand men had liberty on Sunday and thousands of Brazilians visited the fleet. Lynched Negro Survived. Dothen, Ala., Jan. 22. The ne?ro Grover Franklin, who last night was taken from Sheriff nmler and his deputies and hanged to a tree. Is again in the hands of the law and stands a chance of recovery. The mob last night was so clo.iy followed by the officers and law abid ing citizens, determined If possible, to avert the lynching, that they did not have time to get their victim out side the corporate limits, and, hur riedly hanging him to the first tree and thinking th?y had riddled him with bullets, fled. On the arrival of tho officers t.i negro was Immediately cut down and placed In the county jail. It is thought he will recover. Drowns Willi Fiancee. Worcester, Mass., Jan. 21. Peter Caplett, 22 yenrs old, Rnd Miss Annlo Marrler, 19, went skating on Sat.ir day night on Webster Pond. Miss Marrler's sister accompanied tham, but lost them In the crowd. She re turned home at midnight and learnsd that Annie had not put in an appear ance. It was learned on Junday that they were last seen skating toward open water on the pond, and a search be gan at daybreak. Late Sunday after noon the bodies of both were dragged up. They were drowned clasped tight ly in each other's arms. They were to have been married In a fortnight. Capitol Fraud Indictment. Harrisburg, Jan. 20. The Dau phin County Grand Jury on Friday night, returned true bills on five in formations, charging Congressman H. Purd Cassel of Marietta and Ar chitect Joseph M. Huston and Con tractor John H. Sanderson of Phila delphia with defrauding the State of 150,160 by falsifying the the meas urements of marble mantles and me tallic furniture supplied fcr the new Capitol. Baby Rescners. Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 23. Lll lle. Sammy, and Badle Rubrensky. all under eight years old, rescued their Infant sister from burning to death In a room of their home here on Wednesday. While their parents were away, the house took fire from an cverheated stove. The children formed a chain tu the smoke and dragged out ,-ht baby In her coach to a place of safety. Hacera Severely Hurt Roy. Walllngford, Conn., Jan. 21. John Gardner, a fourteen-year-old scooul boy, Is la a serious condition at the home of his father, B. L. Gardner, at North Farms. The lad was verely hazed on Friday afternoon by several members of Walllngford nigh school, where he Is a member of the freshmen class, a party f boys took him Into the basement snd placed him In the sink, administering the "water euro." Murder for Revenge. Kraano-Unumsk, Russia, Jan. II. M. Cvlrtdolf, President of the local Zerrstvo, was shot to death nn u., urday by a brother of Mile. Ragjz Innlkova, who murdered General Maxlmoffsky, Director of the Depart. meni 01 rnsons of the Ministry of the Interior, October 18, last. Mrs. Bradley Destitute. Salt Lake. Utah. Jan. 9 a u Annie Bradley,, who shot and kllUd ex-unuea tes Senator , Arthur nrown r Utah at the Raleigh Hotel iu nasmngion, u. C.,.Dec, 8. 10 and who was freed hv inv i ur.i. Ington, l penniless, and has appealed ... i L"ai med to help tor. 1 1 In Content to Abide -by Decision of Ills Party. Albany, Jn- 23. Formal nn nouncen.ent that ho Is a candidate Uir tho Republican nomination for Pr. v Ident was made on Tuesday night bv Lov. Charles E. Hughes. Gov., Hugher will attend a reception at the Republican Club In New York city on the evening of January 21 and will then announce his posltba more elaborately than he hna. The occasion for Gov. Hughes's n n.uncoment now was the necessity X6 y'i ,stf VV CHARLES E. HUGHES, of replying to a communication from James S. Lehnialer, the chairman of the committee of twenty-five of Hie Republican Club appointed to aid Mr. Hughes's nomination for President. Maniar Sought (Jovernor. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 23. Th ;ri was great excitement In the girls dormitory of tho W'Imlngton con ference Academy, at Dover on Tues day, when Henry I. Singer of Wil mington, armed with a revolver. rushed Into the place snr.rchlng for Gov. Lea. Singer who Is demented, shouted at the top of his vol.-: "Where Is Gov. Lea? . have im portant business with him. I nvist see him." Fifty girl Btud Its locked them selves In their rooms nnd from be hind the doors yelled 'or help. Kills Eagle Bearing Itaby. Goldsborough, N. C Jan 20. Wil liam Woods who lives on the Pels River In Richmond County, shot And killed an eagle as It was flying aw;y with an Infant child that belonr.'. to Mr. and Mrs. Woods. The eagle swooped down and pick ed up the child In Us talons and laboriously began flopping off. Woods ra.i and got his rifle and at the risk of shooting the child fired, injuring the wing of the bird. It descen.IeJ eiowly, and the child waa saved. After the bird had come to earth Woods fired another shot and killed the eagle. Ashokan Dnin Plant Seized. White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 20. Sheriff Charles M. Lane of Westches ter County has seized the entire plant of the Thomas McNulty Company, Pennsylvania contractors, who are at work near Peeksklll on a section of the New York City watershed, in connection with ;he Askokan Dam. The seizure was mae on writs of at tachment In favor of the Blaine Coal Company for $4,500, and Charles B. Acheson of PeekBklll for $5,765. Rich Man Dies of Hunger. Webster, N. H., Jan. 23. David N. Couch, one of the wealthiest resi dents of this place, died at bis home on Wednesday, of starvation and lack of proper care. For some months Mr. Couch had lived alone, and although to be the owner of more than $20,000 wortih of property and presumed to be worth much money, he had denied himself proper food. Rar Chinese from Schools. Ottawa, Jan. 23. The Dominion Comptroller of Chinese Immigration h: j received a complaint that twelve Chinese boys will not be allowed to attenl the Vancouver puNlc schools. They came to Canada between May and August of last year, paying the head tax of $500 each. HKW TORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Prodwee Quoted for the Week. Whbat No. 3 Red. 1.07a ll.7. No. 1 Northern Daluth, 1.S4. Coatf No.fl5a7Bo. . Oats. Mixed. Me. White, M82Xo Milk. 4c. per quart. Butmb. WsBtera, extra, SOaJlo. First. 37al0s. State dairy, tnesi 7al8s. Cnaea. State, fall ereaas, Iflallo. Kooo. Nearby, Vaaey, OTaMo. ' State. Oosd te kok, 83asos. Waster. firsts atts. j Basvw Clry dress, TiKo. Oaltbs Oily vosssd, OalAs. Ooan- try Arssswd, per la, OallK. 8nw Per 10 l6..8.M.a60. o Li, pr 10 .,4.10a4S M. HaT.-Printe, 1M Iks., ft?. fAW, Lsasj iya, THo. . Urm iwltbt. PwU, aw IV lsV' Oklskens, Syria pm lo-.li Dmska, fm lk., lso., Tmrksys, lie. Das ss so roctVBT. Tnrkoyc. V Ik. llalTs.' Fowls, fu lb. ftslV Okisksas, PhUaT. per Ik., StaMo. ' Vmbvaslm. Fotatoss, L.I.,yrwbL Jl.TftaS. 10. Onions, Wklte, pm kbL, M0.a4.d0.
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