THA JURY FINALLY CHOSEN Eight Days Consumed, and Over Yslesmen Called. ACCUSED MAN Take the Stand in His Defense and Expects to be Acquitted. Names of Jurors. 1S CONFIDENT Will After eight days work, during which nearly 600 talesmen were ex- amined, and five jurors had been ex- cused after being sworn and taking their seats, these 12 men. have been selected to try Harry K. Thaw, ac- cused of the murder of Standford White: Deming B. Smith, aged 50, 2 One Hundred and Elevent retired manufacturer. George Pfaff, aged 45, 122 street; dealer in machinists plies. Charles II. Fecke One Hundred and street; manager second partment, Cunard line. Oscar. A. Pink, aged; 46, married; grain. and hay salesman; 447 West One Hundred and Forty-fitth street. Henry C. Harney, ‘aged avenue and East One Thirty-sescond. street; er. Harry C. Brearley, tising, 19 East Sixteenth street; business address, 17 State street. Malcolm S. Fraser, aged 40, 142 West One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street; underwear salesman at 350 Broadway. Charles D. Newton, : aged West One Hundred and fourth street; married; manufacturer. Wilbur F. Steele, aged manufacturer of gas West One Hundred strect. John S. Dennee, aged 45, Thirty-third street; Joseph B. Bolten, aged ton road, clerk. Bernard Gerstman, Eighty-eighth str The jury was completed and the court adjourned day. Harry chief counsel, is said to have statement: «<] expect to go free. 1 fectly satisfied with the jury I believe that I shall receive a trial, and I know that I shall be ac- quitted. “[ shall certainly take stand in my own defense.’ WANT T0 FIND BOTH POLES WwW est treet; 52 Da S th Centre 3. sup- aged 40, 601 West Thirty-fitth cabin de- 60, Brook Hundred and piano . deal- ced 24, adver- 60, © 267 Thirty- retired G0, plants, Fifty-first 529 and 217 Rast 53, 118% 30,49 East manager. on Friday till Mbmn- aged eet; Kendall Thaw, through his Clifford W. Hartridge, made the am per- the Two Polar Exploration Trips Planned in :France. France does not intend to be be- hind other nations in polar tion. It has already been announced that Dr. Charcot proposes to lead an expedition to the A tic regions. Now there talk of an » pedition being fitted out mer. This expedition presidency of the ministers of marine Instryetion, and -Vice A sum of L060 v been promised. A special ves in ot struction, will be ready expedition will be under of M. Bernard, a former cer, and will explore portion is : next sum- will be Prince under the of Monaco, and | Admir: francs : the yublic he) con- T the command naval offi- southern of May. sel, rs the of Barent Are Asphyxiated. Newark, N. J. Three of Fam Jacob K his dauvgh larvaril. and his in result of three the me was not adjoining unz of and ~ Jennie, age dition as Kunz aslee dc vears, is the his and p in who in ai i In unz, affected, asleep ron. was married, | | demonstrating to the world how hetween | railroad agent. | cor- | Bos- | {in following | | Will be Head of Association of Life] selected. | fair | I have witness | i of the United States, as F. | Equitable | which explora- | HERO GIVES LIFE IN VAIN Boy Drowns Trying to Save Compan- ion From Dezth at: a revealed a youth- in a ‘deep od more, on of Carl up his of his had b skating. to the A drowning suburb of Bal ful hero in the 14 vears old. an effort to save that Albert Schmidt, who through thin ice wi Noweck made his w where Schmidt was strug water, but in his friend to safety gave way and ed. The Hers life in chum, rolken who gave place in the to drag his the ice under him both boys w drown- we recover effort ere bodies Rails road Hero: Kill ed. A southbound Southern Pacific ti was pars wrecked, rt of Dun- ninggan, Col. ybably by .a broken rail. Eton MESSE Charlies F. Farles was killed. Several ps gers were bruised. Farles was hero of two boldups and three wrecks. He disting®shed recently in a holdup in Oregon. the robbers dynamited the car, by sticking to his post and hold- ing the robbers off with a shotgun. pre when Refused to See Carrie. Carric Nation, ttended by friends, called at the executive offic- es of the White House January 239. She was denied admission, and then began to harrangue the crowd which had gathered re Zar ding the treatment offered her sftor speaking about a minute she voluntarily retired. two A reduction of from 15 cent in passenger fares went effect on the Boston & Maine rail road Fepruary 1.- :On the Fitchburg divigion the rate is now lwo cents a mile o= <9 to per into Nowecek, | land | Manitoba. himself | ona thizers. express | i Baltimore & “j under i from | | { through the opening the prisoners eid —— ob OUR INTERNAL COMMERCE tee hited Report of Commerce and Labor De- partment Shows it Exceeds Pre- vious Years. The movement of internal com- merce during the last year exceeded that for any preceding one in the his- tory of the country, according to a statement issued by the bureau of statistics of the department of comni- merce and labor. Live stock receipts at the seven primary markets aggregated 40,727,- 658 head, exceeding those for the previous yeay by more than 150,000. Shipments of packing house products from Chicago except canned meats and dressed hogs show gains as compar- ed with those of either cof the two im- mediately preceding years. The total grain receipts at 15 in- terior primary markets were 798.521,- 585 bushels, an increase of 250,900 bushels over 1905 The receipts of grain at six Atlan- tic and gulf ports aggregated 214,- £46,998 bushels, an ‘increase of 14,000,060 bushels. Shipments of anthracite coal from Eastern producing districts azzre- gated 55,647,296 tons a perceptible de- crease. The total freight shipments from ail! ports on the Great Lakes, exclusive of | 73,1 exports to Canada, - aggregate 610,690 net tons, an increase of almost S,000,009 tons. SEES NO CAUSE FOR WAR the United Views. Baron Kaneko Who Visited States Expresses His Baron Kantaro Kaneko, a ial ambassador detailed by the Japanese government, to visit America study economic and political tions there, the San Francisco school question. said: «Before this injustice Japan resets peaceful and quiet. Not a single soul has ever thought that the San Fran- cicco affair would endangel the friendship of both nations. The af- fair. disagreeable and regretable as it has served the unique purpose deep- spec He is, is the friendship ahd America. The latest diality Japan entertains for her tutor is shown by the fact that, suifering under the severest strain, Japan does not rorget what she owes to America her modern progress, but unflinch- ingly trusts in support of her rights to the instice which sentiments.’ CLEVELAND GETS FiNE JOB. rooted Japan Insurance Presidents. The recently Life Insurance an exalted head, Cleveland, former and at the pres- ent time one of the trustees of Thom- Ryan's “majority stock’ of Life Insurance Society, that financier acquired by from James Hazen Hyde, the insurance revelations. Cleveland also ‘to be chief counsel of the recently organized gociation and for this'latier werk he will receive one-half of the salary he drew while President of the United St: $2500 a year. Town Casino and of Bareges hear Lourdes des by an persons organized Presidents is nore other than of Grover chase fol- lowing My. is LE wes by hou Lr well-known France i avalanche bolieve Detirayed Snow. 20 ses in troyed eral arg han in a new them have + After entering to six counts ar a fatally. nolo content? ging I hati resnltc by IF Toledo, of 20. cars of Penns being rushed wi train schedule break the fuel A train coai assenger Nev. ing there. The India Bland bill,. which provi cent faie, with no, ¢ lowed for failure The is to to pur Sena on te bill fixing railroads in half House goes to it. rate and a lower now will sign » Holland, in the Distric adelphia, fined Wor 3 Company 000 for accepting of iron pipe to The pipe was shipped delphia & Reading and Ohio railroads. cer two the cents of the a mile the legisl: gZovernol fron F.. 83 shipment NC liiyae iy Vi int . over +o the Phila MEXICAN JAIL DYNAX MIT Imprisoned Revoh utionis Through the Evaden, Twenty-three Mexican revo sentence cof imprisonme five to eight years were Iu ed from jail at Menterey, Mexico, by dynamited, part of the at wall, jail was away a The tearing and €s- capcd. MINE EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE Four Others Are Seriously Whnen Powder Blews Up. of powder in the Big Mu 1 City, 1B=; 11 hurt. By Johnson mine at were killed and The dead are Romeo Forh epbaker, Francis Mayher,. Jesse M. Davis Felix Toney ahd Bert Lowry The most seriously Thom Mitchell, Oscar Sine, Fs tterson and Albert Swift. an explosion City Johnsot and coal five George | others amount sued for. i void and | condi- has been interviewed on | i the ! done on of | ! the firm, guides American | | money | by | the Association | to | President | be ESIEENE | ate Senator Alger | tate except $20,000, the | pur | den Chicago, on, 1 Ladies, $1,000. leas- | night, | men | i » about five CONTRACTS DECLARED VOID City of Philadelphia Gets Deacis- ion in Filtration Case. MILLIONS INVOLVED IN CASE Several Contracts Are Upheld—>Mc Nichols Have Brought Suits to Recover Money on Nullified Contracts. Judge Beitler handed down a len- gthy decision in the suits of the city of Philadelphia against the firm of D. J. MeNichol & Co., to recover $5,000,- 000 which it was alleged had been fraudulently received by: the firm on contracts for the construction of the city’s filtration plant. The members of the firm at the time the original contracts were warded were Mrs. McNichol, wife of State i Senator James P. McNichol, who at that time was a member of select i councils; Israel W.. Durham, John M. { Mack and D. J. McNichol. Sixteen confracts were involved in the suits, amounting to about $10,000,000. It | was alleged by the city that members | > | of the contracting firm conspired with | directors of to defraud the city former Judge Beitler declares null and five contracts aggregating $2- 745,462. which were awarded at the | time Senator McNichol was a member | | of ‘Gouncils, which bodies ratified the | were | contra®ts: He decides that they obtained illegally, sustaining the con- tenticn of the city that Mrs. Nichol and D. J. McNichol were er more than figureheads in the The court instructs the contractors to make an accounting to the actual cost of the five contracts and to fund to the city any profit. tractors have declared that they no profit on them. Five other contracts, $1,200,000 were sustained, and were not ruled on, having been already nullified by the city. The court says that these contracts which awarded to the McNichols after tor McNichols succeeded his wife have not been shown to have illegally obtained. MecNichols have instituted s against the. city to recover they are alleged to have lost Sena- been The ceeding pro- contracts. ALGER FORTUNE INTACT. Will Gives All but $20,000 to Widow and Children. Detroit, Mich., the will of the leaves all of his es- to his widow and A. Alger, Jr., Cap- A. PF. Alger, Mrs. Caroline A. Shel- of Detroit, Mrs. Fay A. Bailey of and Mrs. Francis A. Pike of His At five children, R. “hicago. To the three local institutions are left $5,400—the Home for the Friend- less, $2,000; Woman's Hospital, $2.- Thompson lowe for Aged To. James C. Mec: asseeciated for many years with enator in Alger Smith & Ce, the exceutors of the will] 35,060, while $10,000 is left senator’s brother, Charles M. Hannibal, Mo. Mrs. Alger is one-third of ali the real and personal rty and the residue equally di among the children. aid ~ TENHAM STEPS CUT Jamaican Governor Resin sor to Be Named Soon. to believe that the Alexander-Swetten- of a has been the i of the tion ns; Succes- S reason ion of Sir vernor though oles buted ange- Oil attri the ¢ the post sire ito compiete sSReeessor. to Swettenhamy’s re- the lat- 107 Q announcing ment. It is expected thai Ww in island soon as compleied for ‘affairs of his office. nes a5 lie 1% over the AUTRAILIAN CCAL USING Railroads Im- Fuel. railroads are buying coal in Australia and shipping it to the United States for use in the ymotives of the lines of the system. The shortage of freight cars and lo- comntives on the Harriman stem is such that the railroad saves money Dy ting Australian Out in Wyomi 1g the great coal camps cof the Union Pacific are almost a stand- still. { ‘Several sieamers are en from Australia now with bituminous coal | for the Harriman system, and the im- portation will continue until the ccal | famine over. Young Hhomibsen renaltted. IS murder Emery, Harriman System of pgerting Their The Harriman Sy at Toute is old, Judge Seattle, found ’” Chester Thompson, years on trial for the George Meade | Wash., on July 7, 1906, was “not guilty by reason of insanity. The defendant is a nephew of the late Maurice Thompson, the novelist, and son of Will H. Thompson, the poet. Mining Fatalities. The consolidated annual returns the State department of mines for the vear 1906 show that 557 mine workers were killed in the anthracite {and 464 in the bituminous regions of { Pennsylvania during iat period. of in Earth Shocks i in i Word from Highland f ville, 1ll.,, reports severe earthquake | shocks. The vibrations seemed to he from east to west and continued seconds. In many homes were shaken from shelves. Illinois. and Green- dishes public works and | out of the! WILL CLOSE GLASS Window Glass Producers Production. Independent window glass manufac turers in session at the Hotel Schen- ley Pittsburgh, agreed tb close down their plants until September as soon PLANTS Will Curtail as they have completed contracts now | on hand. About 85 per cent of the in- dependent. manufacturers in the country, about 1,500 pots, were rep- resented at the meeting, and the con- clusion reached was practically unan- | imous. The meeting was called at the stance of the National Brokerage Company, the selling agency United States Window facturers’ association. age company does the selling for the entire association and distributes orders in proportion to the number of pots operated by each plant. Scme of the plants will be in po- sition to close down on February 15, while others will continue in tion until the latter part to fiiil contracts. Customarily the plants do not close down for the'sum- mer until June. ‘The position facturers was due to and the fact that a large amount glass is boing held in storage. RAILROADS ACCEPT CUT. taken by | Waive Hearing When Compromise on Mec-| nev- | firm. | city of | material and work | re- | The con- | made | | than amounting to | six | were | in | reason of the city having nullified | to | Alger | given 10- | { accomplished the aminers by to | region | go i dividend of one-half of Prices for Mails is Offered. A compromise of the duction in railway mail pay was agreed upon between representatives of various railroads which have mail contracts anl the House committtee on postoffices and postroads. The postoffice will provide five per cent reduction an all tracts over routes averaging pounds per day: a 10 per cent re tion on all routes tveraging from 483,- 000 to $0,000 pounds per day and a flat rate of $18 per ton per mile per vear on all routes averaging 80.000 pounds per day. Through Congressman Hedge railroad men agreed to accept cut, provided that the flat rate routes over 80,000 pounds a 4 increased to $20 a ton. The mittee agreed to increase the rate from $18 to $19, and this was accept- ed by the railroad men, who, upon waived their right to a heari At least $3,000,000 will be save the cut. propesed re- for a con- the this on be by STEEL TRUST'S BIG EARNING Report Shows Largest Business Since panies I panltes Company Was Formed. The in- | of the | Glass Manu- | The broker- | opera- | of Mareh, | the manu- | overproduction of | | ent | to | and companies 48.000 | duc- | I with more | 45°ht, i paid for [nary i this | becoming there- | | still independent I the directors of the United States | Steel Corporation declared a quarterly | one per and quarterly stock cent the common one per on three-fourths the preferred. unchanged from the quarter The preferred pavable February 28, the ing February 6 and re- opening 20, the books closing March reopening April 16. The net earnings for the ended December 31, 1906, were 744,964. an increase of 36,5 over the earnings cf thé correspo ing quarter in 1905. net _earn- ings for the vear 1906 were $156,519,- 111 as compared with $1195,850.2 1905. The earnings for the g and for the year exceed ail records of the corporation. These last previous dividend is books clos- March 15 and quarter 341 28, The SIX KILLED IN WRECK ght Crashes: Into Rear End of Stationary Express. rainmen’ dead the Six ger injured on the Fitchburg divisi ton and Maine Railrecad s of a mile west of 1d, Mass. lead: onductor; Eroy, NN. TA Evry bale) itzpatrick, and is resul ture or Wes fie : George Buss Geors N.Y: Mechanicaville, 1 Rial: NN. Denni chaniesville N.Y conductor; NEWS NOTES. General John succeed Major General mand of the forces in th on July I. Western Pennsylvania have abandoned the idea for further appropriations Ohio river in the house. Representative introduced a bill prohibitin from requiring empl to more than eight hours in 24 excep in emergencies, when the time be extended to 12 hours. Federal Marsi S Deputy Collector Ww. Special Deputy H. T . “Parrots SAE of abont meonshiners who were at work among their stills in the mountains of Breathitt county, Ky. Representative ‘Graham of Alje- gheny, introduced a blil changing the method of paying examiners. Now they get fees for -each examination runninz from $20 up into the hund- reds. The bill proposes to pay ex- the day. CAPITAL C. West Wood in Ph Major on I Murray o Lon is] oyves may MRS. SAGE GIVES A MILLION Fund Will Provide New Department . for Troy Polytechnic Institute. At the annual meeting of the Alum- ni association of the Rensselaer Pol; technic institute, at Troy, held St. Regis hotel, New York Ci an- nouncement was made of the gift by Mrs. Russell Sage of $1,000,000 to that institution. Mr. Sage was a trustee of the institution for more than years, and his nephew, tao late Rus- sel Sage 11., was wduated from school in 1859. 10 | the cent | and | on | dividends are | | Standard {was the | {| overcome {burned to | 1 | | | ACCUSED OF MANY CRIMES Standard Oil Company Arraigned by Commerce Commission. = REPORT MADE TO CONGRESS Every Conceivable Form of Crooked- ness is Charged Against the Giant Corporation. of by The most terrific arraignment the,. . Standard Oil Co. vet made either private or public investigator was that filed with Congress January 28 by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. Every from tenses conceivable corporate crime, discrimination and false pre- ta bribery, corruption press and debauchery ials, is contained in the charges. Some of these lined by the commission The Standard has sold grades of oil at different the same barrel. It has paid employes oil companies for information the business of these competitors, has paid employes of 10 secure the oil in preference to competitors. It has fcllowed every dependent oil to destination. agents are ‘instructed. to secure tomers at any sacrifice. It has tampered with the spectecrs in different states. laws of several states concerning spection of oil are singularly fective and this has been turned profit by the Standard. The Standard buys space in many newspapers, not with advertisements, reading matter prepared agents kept for that purpose methods are out- as follows: as is that of Its oil in- The the de- te which by is that of the benefits hy the news. The assumption literature furnishes many ideas touching the great conferred upon the public com- | Standard Oil Co. | The Standard has repeatedly, the owner a continued to operate it old name, carrying the idea that the company was and competing with of company, under the to the public Standard. It dependently organized Kill cff competitors by reducing prices. [hie operation of such fake pendent concerns has been one its most effective means of ing competition. The Standard has habitually re- duced the price against its competi- tors in a particular locality, maintaining its prices at nlaces. When competition stroyved it restored or former prices. The commission’s of the competitive Qi". €o.% obtained from under oath. ENTY-NINE LIVE ibes Rock Snow Storm. Clavering companies such other was .de- knowledge of only methods says the evidence 5. L.OST in a Blinding which land panese North duvring deamship from Middlesborough, Eng ckohama and other Ja on the mouth SHOWS front ent at the blinding he DOoaLs oN rocks in the bay of Tees I"). Fartlenon] Capt. ho cwnership Company, ‘cement. to paj Son Ma rries, Pte Senator Knox's vd knox, son the and = Hiss the lt hurch, Ale which Ge and. of by Rev. It was a nse that {ake any orze Washingio: which he was a Villiam Marion. runaway mar- the young peo- members into their confidence, alcompanied to Alexan- and Mrs. Frank Schulz shineton, ‘their friends. in worsnived, 3 nan, e's of re Ye Yi. Expanding Her the year 1907 the 1ips will be launched at At Kuri the battleship tons, the armored cruiser of 14,000 tons, and the second- Megami, of 3,400 tons. at Yokosuka there launched the armored cruiser 14,000 tons, at Sasebo cruisers Tone and Obo, of 2.040 tons each, and at Uraga the tor pedo-destroyer Kirusuki, of 380 tons. Life Saving Valuables. Re-entering his save a deed and other Robert - Fletcher, aged station master for the Pennsylvania raiircad at Northumberland, Pa., by smoke and his a crisp A widow survive. an Navy. following Japanese OKi, of cruiser From the yard will be Kurama, K the Kobe Loses to 1p- burning’s home valuable p ors, 50 yea body children Vheeler-S several The imon bill to capital cenate and now goes to the his signature. governor of the} of public offic- | catalogue of | Fw. different | eid . > | SC¢ prices from | CC ii : i was then turned to building brattices of independ- industrial | adoption of | its >| Bill barrel of in- | CUus- i ftribut fF by | modeled after in { scandals advertising ! it | but | s5int-stock al and | ness in this at advertising rates as ordi-| (;... | indirectly. I property | party after | competing | | the 1 one has used such purchased or in- to | com- | while | | tional | try. advanced | the! report, | taken | | these and | I'S, | | was | and | B i the day the primaries were held. He punishment passed the Kansas | {and he Democratic votes. MANY MINERS wid fpearn! . ER Volunteers Quickly Organize Rescue Work While Women and Chil= dren Ctamor Around Pit. Nearly 100 men were entombed by an explosion which wrecked the Stews art Colliery Company's mine, seven miles from Thurmond, W. Va. 4 i There were about S0 men worki in the 2 mine when the explosion - curred and there no hope what- ever of taking any out alive. SO great is the heat and smoke from the fire raging in the mine that it has been impossible to reach the bottom of the shaft in the mine cage. From the best count obtainable, 113 men went into the mine in the morning and during the day 33 came out, leaving S0-in the mine. The explosion according to reports received was caused by dust in the mine. TTvery effort is being made to get to the men-who are entombed in the mine, but there is little hope that any of them are alive. A heroic attempt to enter the mine as made during the evening by three men and when they started down in the bucket found it impossible to de= more than 60 feet. Attention is order The in to allow majority rescuers to descend. of the miners are I Americans. | TO STOP CONTRIBUTIONS Introduced Would Prevent Cor- porations Aiding Political Parties. A to prevent corporations con- to political campaigns was ‘ed in the Pennsylvania House ‘presentative Sipes, Democrat,. iulton county. The bill is after the law in New York expdgsure of the insurance and is very stringent in its provisions. The bill bill int: Re from the directs that no corporation or limited partnership or associations doing busi- state, except a corpora- or association organized for po- litical purposes only, shall directly or pay or offer any money or for or in aid. of any political or candidate for political office. Any officer, director, stockholder, attorney or agent of any corporation who violates any of the provisions of act shall be guilty of a misde- meanor punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than vear and a fine not exceeding $1,000. companies WILL STOP BIG LOTTERY. mdc | Government Takes Steps to End Op- of | destroy- erations of the ‘‘Honduras’ Concern. As a result of a conference at the department of justice it was decided fo take steps designed to put an end to the operations of the Honduras Na- Lottery Company in this coun- Assistant Attorney General Cooley announced that indictments would at cnee be returned against agents and employes of the company in Boston, Mass.; Mobile, Ala.; and Wilmington, De as a result of recent raids in tliree cities in which a large of the lottery tickets were and agents of the company ar- nber P. R. R. Will ~2dditional tracks v ¥York to . Pit be built: by Have Six Tracks. all the way sbhurgh «will the -Pennsyl- according exccutive will give rack main tonnage ast. Pre- for additional wie and property various points is work will be three or to rally Railroad Com ement made IMpPEnD any, This 1x- £1 center surveys ng Ni the E CURRENT NEWS ITEMS. (California against Japanese Baldom- 0 1 Cuban rebel given positicns at Washing- from the at New that the that pro- consent the Afch ison, Topeka > any, voted =f 398,000, in honds to secure money for im provements and the extension of cer- tain lines. TN Former - Gov. Davis was elected United itor by the } legislature, receiving 118 < Former Congressman Brack- idee received one vote, and John Worthington, late Republican candidate for governor, five votes. ‘ican Consul General Rodgers, at ty relative to the Chinese famine: “Strongly advised that money contributions be sent in- stcad of food, as at present. Provis- ions can be purchased at Shanghai at favorable prices. Time saved is a& great object.” Nominated Dead Man. count of the:votes cast rimaries the county Washingtoh coun- ty, Pa., found the Democrais™--o Plaine township had. necminated a road supervisor. W. dead man for . Crothers died just one week before rn s5Uanece 00U ‘son sen Ame In making a at the commissioners recent pr of was one of the wealthiest landowners in the county, but it seems many of the voters did not learn of his death reccived a majority of the