‘The department of savings 15 8 apecial feature of this Bank, and all deposits, wheth- er large or small, draw the sme rate of Interest MN. H. SAWTELLE, Cashier. The Valley Record H. MURRELLE, Publisher. W. T. CAREY, Editor ~ Published every afternoon except Sundays at 203 West Lockhart street, rates reasonable, and made known on application. Entered as second-class matter May 18, 1906, at tha postofiice at Sayre, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY. 9, 1507 WAVERLY Frank BE. Wood, Representative News and advertising matter may left at Gregg's Racket Store, Wav- erly. 12 o'clock noon call the main at Sayre, both phones. Valentines at Strong's. A premium coin catalogue is given AWAY at Bacon's newsroom 39a 9% a Strong tinsels name on post cards Mrs. W. C. Farley and daughter went to Corning this morning Try Strong's cough syrup Harvey B. Lowry of Wilawana, was in Waverly this morning. ~ Valentine post cards at Strong's. . — ies Edward E Fredenberg, Esq. of Owego, was in Waverly on business this morning. Valentines—our usual line Greggs Racket store. Mrs Fred Sawyer entertained a ‘pumber of her friends at her home large Mr. Mansfield of the Powers-Mans- field Co. Is again In Waverly after having been ill for some time past. Mrs. Harry Youngs, who has been visiting Mrs. W. D. Wald on Orchard street, has returned to her home In ~ There was a town board meeting this morning The board iz now en- gaged in settling accounts for the past year with the officers of the town A party of young people went from “Waverly to Lockwood last evening on Ek sleigh ride. This Is the first snow } this winter that would admit of such pleasueres and advantages was taken of it. TICKETS MADE UP FOR TOWN ELECTION. Democratic Ticket Has Two Vacan. “eles, But is Otherwise Full—Vot- ers to Decide on Purchase of Crusher and Engine. Waverly—The ticket has been male up for the town election, that will be ‘held on Tuesday next. The Republi £80 ticket stands the same as it was ‘made by the town primary, none of the candidates refusing to run the Democratic ticket, however, is no nominee for supervisor there is no candidate for Over- of the Poor, All Lhe other places have been filled the ticket Is full with these two Two propositions will be decided sole at that time: 1st, Shall the n Board and Highway Commis be authorized to purchase a crusher, the cost of which shall exceed $700. 24. Shall the same : be authorized to purchase o ing or traction engine for use the highways, the cost not Ww $1,800. Exposure Brings os Rheumatism. Palaful in its mildest form, quickly y an agony or torture if neg- When you feel the first pain Waverly—This morning at about 10.45 o'clock the house belonging to Edward Duniey located on Howard street to the east of Spalding street caught fire The alarm was sent lo from bos Ne. 43 at the corner of How- ard and Spaulding streets and in al- most no time the various companies jihad the apparatus out of the hose house and were hurrying toward the scene of the blaze The hook and lad der company arrived first, while the Tioga were sceond and got first wa ter The Spanidings were close be- hind, however, and soon both the hose icompani :s had streams playing on the [fire The house had caught from the kitchen and when the firemen arrived which was less than five min after the alram first sounded the fire was coming out through the roof of the kitchen and speadinz rap idly They soon had It out, however nd it was less than three guarter jof an hour after the fire was discov ered that the companies were all back to their rooms pe The back part of the house very badly burned, and the entire bullding was water soaked while the furniture was badly damaged The sum of 3500 will hardlly cover the OSS slove, | utes wa SCRANTON PAPER COMMENDS WAVERLY. Speaks in Terths of Approval of the Action of the Village in Taking Steps te Prohibit the Cutting of Ice on the Reservoir. Waseriy—That action of the village in taking s{éps to prevent the cutting of ice on the is being no ticed in other parts of the country is evidenced by the following editor al that appeared in a recent issue of Republican Seraniob has for some Ume past been suffering epidemic of typhoid fever which is supposed to be due in some measure the that the water supply of the Is not as pure a t should Aggressive Work for Pure Water. The town of N. ¥Y to take chances reservoir the Scranton from an to fact city he doe any It has therefore gone to the court of ap- peals of the state, to restrain the wa Waverly not propose ter company from cutting ice on the reservoir, on the ground that the wa be polluted battle has been going on for time, and the result has Uecu awaited with feverish interest by the residents of the place. If as mucl care had been taken in every city and town as is being observed In Waverly regarding the purity of the water sup there would be no such grim rec ord as that which is counted up against the city of Scranton, and oth er places throughout the state today When the demands that much precaution be exercised In the ter may This some ply publie ar care of a big reservoir as is observed in the home with fastidious cleaning of glasses and cup used for drinking typhoid will be eliminated from the heavy bill of expenses.” APPLICATION FOR FRANCHISE WAS OEDERED YESTERDAY. New Inter Urban Asks for Franchise to Pass Through the Streets of Chemung Village, afterncon the Elmira Yesterday application of the Waverly, and Corning R. R. for a franchise the right to pass through the streets of the village of Chemung was taken under consideration by the highway commissioner. Coneglderable evidence was taken, and there was a large crowd of spectators present, as the whole Is taking a deep interest in the proposed new line The company was represented by F. C. Hawkes of Waverly and Freder ick Collins and Judge McCann of El- mira. F. LL. Howard of Waverly was the attorney for the highway commis- ioners 8 Waverly granting village GROUND HOG PROGNOSTICATES ON FER. 14, NOT FEB. 2 Waverly—George Campbell informs 18 that the theory that the second of the which the groundhog makes his annual weather the shadow casts he decides whether the weather is day recent Fehruary is day on examination, and Ly he wild be mild or stormy all Hn that the hanged by some hange wrong Savs has been calender and that fourteenth of February is the day the sald woodchuch mind whether he will for the rest comfortably the 42 have or popular notion the which makes his in eRsSOn or until on ip come of the in his rolled the open sleep burrow around Free! Free! Mrs. A. C. Trainor, Colchester, Conn., writes that a free sample bot- tle of Bloodine helped her when she was all run down. Bloodine is a body builder and system tonic of won- derful merit, and if you have not tried it, you should h system opera 11. was taken for the young Duke of Wellington while sitting in 8 box at the Albert Hall, last spring. duriag the progress of the Charity ball, and & 1 ' A Fz nay ZAR ar ama Boston again mistaken for a certain Harvard In speaking of the Incl dents the genial comedian sald that he nether belongs to the faculty of a grat university nor to the nobility of in one day recently he was professor England dian whose mission in life is to try and make people happy that be is but a plain come- Bowers says lucky In having been mistaken for two such and that If he for some criminal un- he considers himself very {lustrous personages ever “sized up forced a tag on himself bearing the I am Edward Bowers, Come- Arrival of Kitty” Company important person he will be to put legion dian LEHIGH CONDUCTOR INJURED IN WRECK. Charles Shivman Was in Charge of the irain That Was Derailed at North Spencer Yesterday. Waveriy—Charles Shipman, the well Known conductor, who painfully injured in the wreck at North yesterday, Is reported 5 bing no better this morning. Mr in charge of the train. When the derall- was harled nearly length car, receiving a of bruises He was brought to his home in Waverly and Lehigh was Si encer Shipman was that was wrecked he of the severe ment occurred the HASS is under the care of Dr. Gamble SIMPSON GOES FREE Riverhead Murder Trial Ends DID NOT KNOW GUN WAS LOADED. Jury Decides Horner nat Death of Bartley 7 Northport, XN. Y., at Hands of Dentist Son-ln-law Was Accidental, RIVERHEAD, N. Y., jury in the of Dr. James W Simpson, was on trial for the wurder of father-in-law, Bartley T. Horner, at Northport, N. Y_, on De 27, 145, brought in a verdict of not guilty, and Judge Willam F. Kelly discharged the prisoner from custody The verdict was received without surprise, and the defendant himself up on hearing it acted as though nothing else could possibly have been expect ed. It was apparent duriug the lat. ter part of the trial that things were going iu the dentist's favor Ihe defense was that Dr. Simpson did not know the gun by which Hor ner was killed was loaded and that Is going off was purely an accident When the foreman announced, “We find a verdict of not guilty” there was an hysterical exclamation of Mrs Bowman She then embraced Dr fRimpson, and the brother apd sister kissed each other affectionately Mrs. Bowman was sobbing =o that she could be heard all over the court room, but Dr who did not give way to any emotion, merely keep ing his arm around Mrs. Bowman's neck. Feh, ~The cise who his Simpson ENGINE HIT ELEVATOR. Wreck on Chleago Great Causes Three Deaths, FREEPORT, III, Feb. '‘—A tive switch caused the wreok of a Chl cago Great Western passenger train at German Valley in the early morn- Ing, the engine dashing into a grain elevator Martin Cline, engineer, Chicago; Paul F. Jacobson, railway mall clerk, Chi- and Nels, rullway mall clerk, Minneapolis, are dead R. F. Brumble, fireman, Dubuque, Ia; James Hurlock, Staples, Mion; G. H. Jamison, Chicago, express messen ger, and Mrs. I. N. Koontz, Fort Dodge, Ia, were injured Thousands of persons have been at the wrack all day assisting In search Ing for the dead. A relief train con- veying the woundegl to Chicago crash: ed into a horse and buggy driven by Mrs. Anna Zeigler at North Glen El lyn. Mrs. Zeigler was taken aboard the train, her injuries proving serious Western CRED Louis rani Jones Day In Navy, WASHINGTON, Feb Represent: ative Waunger of Pennsylvania lotro duced a LUI making Sept. 28 “Panl Jones day” in the navy and providiog that all American naval vessels in United States ports shall dress ship on that day. French Theater Burned. MACON, France, Feb, 0 -The Mu- nictpal theater here has been destroy. el by fire. The damage is placed at White's §13 3 ABE BUMMEL ACCUSED OF EVIL PLOTS 2 : —————— Defense Scored When Girl Related Maw Slain Aschitect Had Dogged ler Footsteps After Marriage te Young Pittaburger, NEW YORK, Feb f- Evelyn Neshit Thaw sgalu was the central figure at . her husband's trial. She was still op the stafd, her direct examination un- finished, when the usual week end ad- Journment until Monday moming was taken Picking up the threads of her life's story where she had dropped them, the girl wife of the defendant always she declared, telling ber story just as she had related It to Harry Thaw from time to tilme- brought the narrative down to her wedding in Pittsburg nn April 4, 185, and their return to New York following a honeymoon trip in the west Khe declared she had heard White call to ber on the street once after this and that on another occasion when she passed him io a cab she ne THAW LISTENING TO EVIDENCE ticed hi= cab turn around her lu the direction of a Jo where she was odug to have treated. Mrs Thaw had taken up the time of hor return from | October, 1380, [oll of Thaw's grounds Monday id fini=h the relation of the events it i= claimed. br impulse in the defendant and Stanford White While the testimony lacking lu the vital personal quality which the first recital so dramati lng, enthralling and x to clear away sowie of the doubts and inferences which remained from the Incomplete detalls as to the full extent of the revelations she clalms to have made to her hushand There repetitions, too the suggestion of counsel, and Incidents which had pot been gone over in the first Mrs. Thaw's acquaintance with Stan- ford White were brought ont in com pletion of the life stor District Attorney Jerome, who had throughout silently lUstened to the young wife's statements, sent a thrill of excitement through the courtroom late in the day by jumping to his feet and vigorously protesting against “this defamation of the dead” “Is there no limit” he exclaimed, “to the aspersions that are to be cast upon this man® Your honor well kiowse | annot, under the law, co statement this witness against the White.” In and follow furs ofhive, ber throat the =tory at reps in refusal tlie i ing her offer of uarthage on which she had 1 ilend On she may Ix pon to which aught on the explosive diseased caused the LEE inde so lpel TEE it served were at years of itirovert might make of Stanford uny memory bitterly Mr rome spoke of “this tattle of the derioln” and declared that the court had the right to limit such testimony ‘until competent evidence adduced here to show that this aan Is or was of unsound mind. We don't know whether this defendant ever was insane” he concluded The question the vehement protest from the distrit at {tormey was addressed to Mrs Thaw by Mr. Delisas, and its purport was whether or not Harry Thaw had at any time told her about girls who had met a fate similar to yours at the hands of this man.” “What man?’ snapped Mr “Stanford White,” replied Mr Del | mas, with the calmness of vole and |manuer characteristic of him, amd then he added still In the same low “Who else?” Justice Fitzgerald Lield that the dis {trict attorney's a good {ome, and he thought the defense shountd {lay a broader foundation to show in [sanity before the {lines suggested by (ques tion “We will proceed to do so as soon ay {possible xunounced the attorney Mrs. Thaw that White during the her experience In the rootsnf {le rored walls repeatedly sought to have her visit him aloue 3 “1 told Harry sald, “that My White Lad had pleaded and. cried and scolded nnd done every {thing he could to make me come to {him alone. refused, and he told uy | f was cruel and thut I was as cold an {fish and not @ human being, 1 told Me | White I &1u't care to 1g hin After Ler return from Europe {during the months she would uo! | Harry Thaw “beacause of Mie dreadful { thiugs Mr. White and his friends told me about him.~ «he Jeo len tones sArciasti been has which called out et Jerouie Yolue igae=tion wns procecding along Mr, wld’ fared Stanford year which folk Hi ' whe besgod me, und declan] Thaw accused her of improper relations with the architect “I told him It wins » thad not’ abe testified, { plintie show of feeling Toe defense had Mrs. Thaw tell of her scqualutanee with Jack Barry. more, an actor: > She sald abe had frst met Barry. ard that 1 alt em- He with me 8 second time, and azaln don’t know, and everybody langhed. Mr. White told me | would be very foolish to marry Mr. Barrymore, and my mother sald so, too, and we all quarreled, and the upshot of the whole thing was that Mr. White sald I ought fo be sent away to school, and I was, te New Yorsey ™ After leading the witness to tell in chronological onder of the incidents of her wedding with Thaw iu Phtsburg, Mr. Delmas asked her If she had seen Stanford White after her return to New York from the honeymoon trip. “1 passed Stauford White eue day on Fifth avenue 1 was in a cab, and he saw me, and | heard him say, ‘Eve. fy’ just lke that” And Mrs. Thaw ralsed hor volee as if to call some one “1 went hack te eur hotel and told Harry, and he sald: "The dirty black guard. He had no right to speak to You The next time | saw hia | was Iriving to Dr Delevan's office to have my throat treated Stanford White was also in the cab. He just starad at this time and stroked his mus I turned inte Thirty thin! street +f Fifth avenoe, and as | aliclited at the doctor's door | saw Stanford White I rang the beil, and the maid ame to the door, and then | got so aervous and flustered 1 told her 1 would come back again, and 1 ran flown the steps got iuto the cab and Irove to the hotel, where 1 told Harry what had bappeued. He got very ex- “ited and bit his uails’ These were the twe instances Mrs [haw sald, that she told her husband Lat Stanford White “Lad approached ir altemipted to speak’ to Lier The day began with a continuance of the reading of the letters from Harry, Thaw to Mr Longfellow, writ {en after Evelyn Nesbit's revelations to her suitor in Paris There were thers, tob, which Thaw had sent the iftoiney to to Neshit who at the time would not see him Mrs. Thaw followed these with a re tation of her experiences with Stanford White and Abrabawm Hummel concern ig the alleged” affidavit which she sade charging Harry Thaw with hay UR taken ber from ber mother against rer will and with gross cruelty. Mrs Maw told how she bad been Induced 0 answer some questions about herself ind Mr. Thaw at the time and had een told the stories about his “cruel ies to girls" Stanford White had told qer, she declared, that it was ary to tuke drastie wensures to pro ect her from such a person and that tarry Thaw must be Kept out of New Tork She denied that shie Lad eve: igued any papers in Mr Howell's tice, but sald rememibersd Lay ng signed sone pagers for Mr White 6 ‘his offices the contents of which did kKtuow When rightened the papers uabded to then sald Mr Ahite took her to Hummels office wid there they burhed a paper which ind her name at the bottom of it. She vas not allowed to see what the paper ontiined before it was destroyed [his feature of Mrs. Thaw's story vas made amusing at times Ly her in erjections of the names which Harry haw had applied to the Inwyer and Ir. White's agitated questioning as to that ale had told Hummel about him shie declared she had told the Inwyer withing Well veut on, osmewhere ne oming delivers Miss neces she hie uot about she got aud de see she Mr. White said to me.” she ‘there ig something wrong He has just squeezed a hou