a ‘ HER ORDEAL ENDED DELMAS AT OUTSET BARS HUMMEL Witness Upon Whom Hoof Gardes Tragedy Centered Finally Released From Stand With Stery Un- eonireoveried by Niate. NEW YORK, Feb. 27 —District Attor ney Jerome finished his long cross ex. amination of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw at the trial of ber husband on the charge of haying wunlered Stanford White. Mrs. Thaw had been under the court days. His concluding questions had to do with what the witness ob served as to Thaw's manner when he fit said she had seen cats. Mrs. Thaw sald ber husband would remember the meetings and talk of them. From Christmas 18, until he shot White he believed the architect had set the Monk Eastman gang upon him. He coustantly feared White and sald he was beiug persecuted by him. examination was even more self pos sessed than at its beginning. Mr. Jerome called Abe Hummel to the stand to question him regarding the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is alleged to have made agalost Thaw in his office. i i ABE HUMMEL the lawyer's office and that he dictated to a stenographer while she was there the district attorney was powerless to Justice Fitzgerald upheld the objec tions on the ground that collateral tes- the witneas Mr. Hummel was excused fempora- rily. Abrabam Snydecker, who was a clerk In Hommel's office. next was bit. “Did you on Oct. 28 1003, see her sign a paper?” asked Mr. Jerome. Mr. Delmas objected to the question, and the court ruled with him, and Mr. Snydecker was excused for the time being. Mr. Delmas having successfully blocked all testimony regarding the al- leged affidavit for the time being, Dis trict Attorney Jerome asked that Mrs. Evelyn Thaw be recalled. When she had taken the stand, Mr. Jerome hand- ed her a paper and asked If from first to last it was In her handwriting. Mrs. Thaw spent some time In an examina. tion of the paper, smiling from time to time as she read. “Is it not a diary which you kept in r the diary and begun to read It to him- self from end to end. minutes. He then offered no objection, extracts from the dlary. One was as follows: “Mrs. de Mille sald to come right in, and I jumped with the agility of a soubrette and began to get shy.” Another read, “She has a son, but | must say be is a ple face mutt.” Then Mr. Jerome read this 9 "My room here Is neither large nor small. There 1s a white virtuous bed. I took & nap, and the last thing I remember was I wondered how far [ am from Rector's. Rector's is really not a prop- er place for an Innocent young person, but I always had a weakness for it." The district attorney turned to an- other page and read: “I hereby swear never to read an. other. But the one nice thing about Janice Meredith Is that she Is not real ly an angel—oue of those persons too good for this world, “When one comes to think It over it Is good to have lived. A girl who has always been good and never had any scandal about her Is fortunate in more ways than one. On the other hand, not one of them will ever be nuything By anything I mean just that, They will perhaps be good wives and moth- ers; but, whether It Is ambition or fool- Ishness, I want to be a Rol netress first, time, and I can't forget all the old peo ple. They do not know what they are doing here, hut give them us chance to get away and see what they would do, If I stay here long T'1 get just lke the rest. I am very susceptible, and I'l 8000 be a ~~ Mr. Jerome sald that here appeared three exclamation points and a pen Sketch of a nun, 1906, did you ever see anything In his conduct that was irrational?” asked Mr. Jerome. “Yeu Mrs. Thaw then detailed several In- stances. She said that one night while on Broadway In a cab they saw White. Thaw became much excited “lI don’t know what you would call IL" she sald, “but 1 would call ita fit He cried and sobbed and bit his nails and talked rapidly.” “Did you ever see a man in an epllep- tic Ht¥ asked Mr Jerome. “I've seen cata” There was considerable laughter, “Well, did Thaw act like that?’ Prompted by Mr. Jerome, she sald his body trembled, he clasped and un- clasped his hands, and his eyes rolled. The next time they saw White was when he entered a box oppbsite them in a theater. At this time Thaw again became excited, his eyes rolled. and he stared. Whenever-they saw White Thaw's conduct was the same “At this time did he carry a plstol™™ asked the district attorney “Yes, he always carried one after Christmas, 1%g" “Why 3 “He told we that the Monk Eastman pang was following him.” “Did he tell you who had set this gang after him’ “Stanford White." “At That thee did you think Thaw wis of unsound mind?’ “Yes, on the subject of Stanford ! White” “So, as early as 1G you thought he Was crazy on that subject” “Yes “Did he ever complain that White was persecuting him? “Yes” “In what way ?¥' “He sald stories were being circu lated about us by White, and he found jout that Mr. White had had things ‘about us put in the papers” | “Were there others beside White con. i nected with this persecution ™ “Yes. . The nafies were whispered in the Faistrict attorney's ear. | “Did he complain that White kept [him from being elected to the Knick- lerbocker club?” ¢ “It was some club, 1 don't remember | which.” “He attributed the circulation of a | number of stories to White?" Yeu" | “He said he probably would be at | tacked by thugs employed by White?" i "He =ald Mr. White had employed | the Monk Eastman gang to kill him.” | “And he kept this up from 103 to the time of the killing?" “Yes The witness here was asked by con- | sent to Identify sixteen letters received { from Mr. Lyou president of a Pitts burg trust company Mr. Jerome's next question proved to be the last of his cross examination. It was, “Did Thaw recollect having geen White after these outbursts? ‘Yes." “That 1s all,” concluded Mr. Jerome, | "except that I may at some future time nsk the witness to explain phrases in Thaw's letters which we have just re- celved ” After Mr. Jerome had finished his cross examination, which had lasted through nearly five court days, the re direct and recross exnminations began, but were of the briefest character, and just prior to adjournment it was an nounced that the defendant's wife had finally been excused, The district attorney will next begin his cross examination Qf Dr. Hritton D Evans, one of the allenists for the de {fense. He wilt Immediately follow {this up by crofs examining Dr. Cliarles |G. Wagner, and then Drs Deemar nnd | Blugaman will be called In rapid or- {der. The trial at last seems to be en | tering upon its final stages — - LARCHMONT INQUIRY, Bridgeton Man Testifies That Thirty- Sve Were Left to Periai, PROVIDENCE, R. I, Feb, 27. — There were thirty-five panic stricken people on the deck of the steamer Larchmont when she sank. although {the lfeboats had Leen put off and Captain McVey was nowhere to be seen, according to stories told by four survivors of the Joy liner to the in- vestigating board of United States | steamboat Inspectors of Providence { All the survivors exsmined were prop- ped up on cots a® the Rhode Island hospital, David Fox of Bridgeton, N. J. who Was rescued from a plece of the hurr cane deck by a lishing schooner, sald “There were at least thirty five panic stricken people rushing about on the hurricane deck I beand a man say that a boat had Just left and that there were no other boats to le got off. The captain was not in sight, In n few moments the steamer sank and the hurricane deck broke nw ay." § § Tried to Blow Lp Nicholnfeviteoh., { ST. PETERSBURG, Veh, 27 -Aunoth ter plot upon the life of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaleviteh president of the council of nation! defense nil second consin of Emperor Nicholas, his been foiled. This plot wns discuverel shortly before the time sclislulad fo the arelval of the Wmperial train bring Ing the grand duke from Trirskoe Selos A guard patrolling the trie K near the station saw a man dressed as n workman in the act of placing a wool fen box In the middie of the track at o [point 200 yands from the Imperial pi ivilion. Aided by the darkness the { plotter escaped. The box on the trae k {was found to contain an infernnl ma | chine of enormotis power, Water Famine In Montreal. MONTREAL, Feb. 27. This city Ix in the midst of a water famine, caused by the pumping engines breaking Byer portions of the e Ligh bulklings, THE OUSTING OF FISH ACCUSED OF FEATHERING OWY NEST — Interstate Commerce Inguiry at New York Brings Great Financier's Se- ereis Before Public—Serious Charges Made. NEW YORK, Feb 27 Edward H. Harriman in testifylng before the in tersiate fommeree commission made a bitter attack upon Stuyvesant Fish io explaining the ousting of Mr Fish from the presklency of the Illinols Central raliroad. Mr. Harriman said that the fact of Mr. Fish's retirement having come after the purchase by the Uniou Pacific of a large block of 11} nols Central stock was only a colncl dence, In 1903, Mr. Harriman said, be had been approached by members of the Iilinols Central directorate, who told him that Mr. Fish was using his offi clal position as the Illinois Central's head solely to serve his on Interests “Aft the time,” sald Mr, Harrlinan, “1 smoothed the matter, but Mr. Fish per sisted In his course, and his retirement became necessary. At one time Mr. Fish deposited In the Trust Company of the Republic, of which be was trus tee, the sum of $300,000 of the llinols Central funds and then went to Eu rope. An effort was made by the al rectors to withdraw the funds that had been deposited, and they were frankly told that If the sum was withdrawn In a lump the trust company would go into bankruptcy. “Mr. Fish also loaned to himself without the knowledge of his board of directors $1,200,000 belonging to the Ilinols Central raliroad. I myself loan. ed to Mr. Fish a similar sum in order that he might take up the Illinois Cen- tral loan. “Mr. Fish later loaned money of the Illinols Central to the Commonwealth Trust company, which was a successor to the Trust Company of the Republic, in order to patch up the floancial state ment which the trust company was to issue, It was evident that Mr. Fish looked upon the Illinois Central as his personal property. He committed the railroad to the building of the Indian apolis and St. Louls rallway without the consent of his board of directors.” The attack made by Mr. Harriman upon Stnyvesant Fish was wholly gra tuitous, : F. B. Kellogg of counsel for the com mission sald that he had no desire to elicit the details of the Illinois Centra! squabble, but Mr. Harriman, backed up Ly his attorney, John G. Milburn, insisted upon giving a complete ac count of the Incklent. After he had concluded the recital Mr. Harriman was asked by Commissioner Prouty If be did not think it right in view of the charges that he had wade against Mr. Fish to give to the commission a full account of all the private financial deals In which he bad been interested in order that the commission might de termine that be had not been follow- ing In the footsteps of Mr. Fish and been using his official authority in his own personal interest. Previous to this Mr. Harriman had again declined tn answer when an attempt was made to find out from him bow much of the Atchison and [llinols Central stocks which the Union Pacific purchased had been owned by him or by H. C Frick, H. H. Rogers or James Still man “1 bave made no charges against Mr. Fish" was Mr. Harrhinan's reply. “I have only stated facts. There Is potbing simlar about the two cases. No director of the Union Pacific bas ever used the funds of that company for hix own gain. Iu refusing to an- swer | stand upou a question of prin- ciple” Grand Trunk Traln Derailed. TORONTO, Feb. 27 Grand Trunk tralu No. 5, which left Toronto at 1 p.m, was derailed at a sharp curve near Truluors Cut. Charles Rankin ef Stratford, John O'Douochue, former mayor of Stratford, Out, and the two year-old son of H. CC. Walker of Peter boro, Ont, were killed and sixteen in Jura, The traln was running at the rate of forty willes an hour when the accident vecurred. The englue kept on the ralls, but every car on the train took the plunge down a thirty foot em bankient, rolling over and over and pling up In the swawp beside the road bed. Gordon In Hunter's 'lnce, ALBANY, N, Y, Feb. 27. Daniel F Gordou of Albany, one of the examin ers of the state insurance department, has been detailed by the superintend ent to take charge temporarily of the New York city office and its examining force until a chief examiner ean be appolnted Mr. Gordon will be In charge from eb 25 on which date Deputy Superintendent Robert 1H Hunter retires sm —————— Victory For Perkins. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb, 27 By a di- vided court voting 4 to 8 the conrt of appeals has sustained the dgments of the court below to the effect that George W. Perkins, as a vice president of the New York Life Insurance com- pany, was not guilty of larceny In the use of funds of the conipany for con- tributions to the Republican campaign fund In 1404 Says Jap May Wed His Daughter. HONOLULU, Feb, 27.~Nothing that has happened for a long tine in Ha- wall bas created the same widespread interest as Governor Carter's an- Interview that be wT { i. DIED TO SAVE LITTLE ONES. Miss Maxwell and Sixteen Perfah Is Hoehelnga School Biase. MONTREAL. Feb 27. — Principal Maxwell and sixtesn children perished io a fire which broke out at the Hoche lags school of the Protestant school cominission here. The school is one of the smaller un der the loard’s control and was Jocat ed In a brick two story building In the east end of the city and attended by about 200 children, whose parents ary mechanics living in the nelghborhood The fire started from the furnace and was first noticed by some men work. | Ing across the street. The tea herst were notified, and the work of getting! the children out of the building began Contrary to custom, the kindergarten! department was located on the second floor, and it was here that the loss of life occurred. The children were start. | &d out, but on reaching the fanding found the. lower hall full of smoke | Into this they refused to des end, | though the way at this time was quite] safe. Huddled together on the stair! Way at first, they retreated back tol the rooms from which they had come. | When the firemen arrived an exten. sion ladder was placed In position, and! a large number of children were res | cued in this way Assisting In the work was Miss Maxwell The fire by! this time was making its way upward | and the smoke was growing so dense! that even the experfenced firemen’ could not stand it. Captain Carson] endeavored to get Miss Maxwell to go down the ladder, but she refused and. | evading the attempt to detain ber, | ruslied back Into the back part of the) building In search of other,of the little} ones, | When the firemen were finally able] to make their way to the back portion! of the bullding she was found lying on! thé floor, with a little one beside her | All those who perished died from as | phyxiation. There Is much indignation over the fact that the building was dnprovided with fire escapes LADY CAROLINE 11, Israelite Proke His Leg In Third Event at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27 —Israclite broke his leg while running in the third race In the presence of thousands of Epectators at the Fair grounds. The) accident occurred as the field passed | the sixteenth pole Atempt= to move the Injured horse failed. and he was shiot and Killed as Le lay on the track Lady Caroline 11, at 8 to 1 furnished a4 sensation in the first race when sho passed the favorite and won by a nose It was her first victory. Summaries First Race.~Lady Caroline II tirst;] Grewse, second: Balolee, thind Second Race Excitement, first; Kleinwood, second; Murvel I. thind Third Race —Sir Toldinzston first: Western, second; Gentian, thind Fourth Race—Granada, iirst: High Note, second: Pasadena third Fifth Race. — St. Valentine, first Tinker, second: Lady Ellison thind Sixth Race. —Ganze, first; Mafalda, second; Tichimingo. third Seventh Race. — By-Bye 11, first; Schroeder's Midway, second; Paragon, third, Frawley's Boxing RIL. ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb 27 Senator Frawley, chief exponent in the legisla ture of manly sports sud pastimes, bas introduced a boxing Lill amending the antl-prize tight law The section of the law prohibiting prize fights is sub | jooted to the following change: “Pro-| vided that sparring exhibitions with gloves of not less than eight ounces each ju weight may be hekl by the Metropolitan Association of the Awa teur Athletic Union of the United States or any domestic athletic union of the United States” Revenue Was a Surprise. HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb 27 Ral bert aud Shenandoah were the only favorites tu win at Oaklawn, Reve nue, the winner of the feature race on the card, was the surprise of the day, as he was practically neglected in the betting Off in front, he was never headed and won as his rider pleased The victory of Chieftain over Dan Md Kenna was due to Cherry's superior ride Yam Ness at Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 27 he weather was fine and the atten Tanne woml at Oakland he Hatusoo hadl cap over the futurity course was won Iu a hand drive by Van Ness, adinien bly hahdlal by I. Williams Philadelphia Cricketers Won. HAMILTON, Bermuds, Feb 27. The first of the series of orlcket matehs between a Philndelplia team amd lo onl teams was playest bere. The Phil adelphia team won by a score of 111 fo NS Alb] For Adame’ Defense WALLACE, Ida, Feb 27 Attor neys for Steve Adams charged with the munler of Fred Tyler, are laving the foundation for thelr theory that the defendant wax in Spokane when Tyler was Killed on Marble creek, amd ther was constdernble testimony from some of the carly settlers ln that region They told of the coming of the “claim fumipers’ and described the topography of the country Fatal Explosion at Nanticoke WILRKESBARRE, I'a, Fey 27.—-In an explosion of gas in the Anchincloss colliery at Nautkoke, William Evans was lostantly killed and seven other workmen were severely burned, Thom as F. Evans and Moses Griffith two of the Injured, are not expected to re Over, - Aldrich BILL Passed. _ WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—The sen- STEVENS (QUITS JoB Panama Canal to Be Built by Government. ALL CONTRACT BIDS TURNED DOW) —— President Roosevelt Has Accepted Resignation of Chief Engineer, but Is Unaware of His Reasons For Leaving the Work. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The ques tion of constructing the Panama ca nal by private outract has been det} nitely settled in the negative. accond ing to an announcement made by Pres Ident Koosevelt, Official circles received quite a shock whet anvouncements were made al most simultaneously that all the bids for digging the Panama canal had been rejected and that Jolin F Ste vens, chief engineer of the canal com mission, had resigned Neither of these developments had been looked for, as it was confidently expected] that the rovised bid of the Panama Construction company. with which Mr. Oliver and John BM. Don ald are identified, would be accepted It was reported some time ago that Mr. Btevens threatensd to resign if itself, but In view of the refe tion of the bids his resignation came as a great Surprise, President Roosevelt has accepted the resignation of Mr. Stevens The president is unaware of the ape cific reasons which have Leen influen ton. It surprised him very much, for as late as the middle of December, when he was here, Mr, Stevens made ho mention of his wish to retire in the near future. It has been known, how. ever, that Mr. Stevens has been stung very much by criticisms aimed at him In connection with canal work The salary question also Is understood to bave had an important bearing on hig retirement. It Is understood that Mr. Stevens is leaving the government Service to accept a position in connec. tion with a great engineering enter prise In this country at an anuual sal ary more than double that he now re ceives from the government. It has been decldal to give up the private contract plan entirely. and the terway across the isthmus There have been many deliberations upon the bids made for the construc tion of the canal. Once it was an nounced that the firm of Oliver & est. Objection was made to Bangs, however. Then it was announced that Mr. Oliver would get other partners, and perbaps his bid would be acoept- ed. Mr. Ollver associated with him. self a number of prominent persons Ihe president held a consultation with Secretaries Root and Taft. and after it was over it was announced that no bids would be accepted for ca nal construction, but that the govern ment would construct the canal itself The nominations of the (sthmian ca nal’ commissioners sent to the senate recently by the president to remwsdy a mistake may pot be confirmed, after all, The senate committee on Interoceanie canals wag to have met Yesterday to report the nominations. It was te have been the last meeting before the adjournment of congress. But only four members appeared Senators Kit treedge, Millan, Ankeny aud Drrvden less than a quorum No action was taken on the uomina tious, amd congress will probably ad Journ without acting on thew “Unwritten Law” Their Defense. CULPEPER, Va, Feb 27. —Cowtnon- wealth Attorney J A CO Kelth has coucluded the case of the state against James and Philip Strother charged with the murder of Willlam F. Bywa ters, their brotherin law, and the de fense began tly presentation of the evidence which they clad will estals lsh a8 complete justification under the plea of the “unwritten law.” The de fense will beglu Ly puttiug Mrs Viola Bywaters, sister of the defendants, on the staud to tell the story of Ler rela tions with Bywaters leading up to the tragedy on the night of Dee, 15 last her wedding uight, wheu her brothers shot aud Killed hit at the family howe Rotherwosd, four wiles from Culpeper Typhold Epidemic on Warship WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 ~The secre tary of the navy received a dispatch from Rear Admiral Evans, command Ing the Atlantic feet, stating that the mediately from Guantanamo for the north with a typhold epidemic aboard there being sixty-five cases It has been deckded to have the Connecticut Ko to the New York navy yard, and the patients will be placed In the naval hospital In Brooklyn Pennsylvania Bars Steel Ties. 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