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THE 9W WWWW THC WORLl) BY TBbBGBAPH OP TUB DAY IN THIS AND PORCIGN SHE BREAKS THE ORDEAL ON THE WITNESS STAND HAS TOLD ON "THE HUMAN SACRIFICE." THAW TO WIFE'S AID Him That She Ha. Suffered, and the Defense May Not Call Her Again Until Tuesday. New YorU, Feb. strain of last few days, in which she has been made to live again the hours when, according to the confession she has sworn that she made to Harry K. Thaw she was the victim of the arch- Itect's caprice, has told severely on Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, and last night it was stated that the prisoner had come to her rescue and demanded a respite for his wife.

Told Him She Had Suffered. On her visit to the Tombs Saturday, Mrs Thaw told her husband that she had suffered greatly during Tie ordeal, when her association with White was bare, and Thaw communicated society of "Young -were arrested on a charge of impeding liberty and worship. TT Archbishop Vilatte, head-of the Independent Catholic movement Jn America, announced 'that hsreafer the priest, would be reidy 1 6 1 ATTHTlifnOUSE "Wealth need not be a corrupts of morals," he said. "It is the vulgarity of it that fht worm recoils 'rom ThU country IB reading of the tragic scenes in the court of justice In New York with intense Interest. "Plttsburg is deeply, interested.

Here on the Allegheny the unfortunate wife of "the chief actor played when she was.a.girl. Across the river the husband, now on trial for the murder of a man in New York, the revealments of whoseJife makes you shudder with horror, spe boyhood days. They both came -rom respectable -families. knew what Tioverty for other, whe.n a mere lad, spent enough money in a year to keep a dozen fam- "They both go seemingly by the cruel hand of fate, the other through love that was blinded. All our hearts bleed for them.

All the ratners and mothers ol this and other cities take warning! We sing 'Where Is my wandering boy But where is your girl? At the place oL amusement, then decoyed into some gilded sorrow and a me worse than hell, higher virtue should be demanded of woman than nt-Vtirna of man. The same code of ethics should apply to both. "A lecherous scoundrel of -a man, poor or rich, should have -the same treatment as, the abandoned woman. Poor Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is not the only girl that has been ruined as she laid Utire, auu. --the Tact to the attorneys.

He told them that his wife was In bad shape, and requested that she be given an opportunity to recover herself. Attorney Delmas then set about to so rearrange the plans of the defense that Mrs. Thaw's presence in court as a- witness would not be required until Tuesday. If these plans do not miscarry, Mrs. Thaw will not be recalled until Tuesday, and her cross-examination by District Attorney Jerome will begin Wednesday.

A Juror with a Cold. Another development Sunday that utartled those directly concerned In the case was the reported illness of a juror. Visions of a mistrial were soon dispelled, however, for It was ascertained that the Juror's illness was not 'such as threatened to incapacitate him Wilbur F. Steele, 60 years of age, a manufacturer of gas appliances, contracted a levere cold. to the Pri.

0 Yesterday was Thaw's best Sunday In the Tombs. He rose after what he declared had been a re.tful night, in good spirits, and with a hearty appetite. He did not attend service in the chapel, hut spent the morning with the newspapers, and In reading the inany messages brought him. Of these, one read: "Be brave." The Croii-Ejkamlnation. District Attorney Jerome has teen making the most minute preparation for his cross-examination of Mrs.

Thaw and was In conferenca Sunday with several persons who, it IB saifl, will be called as witnesses. Thaw's Will. When the trial Is resumed today, it as -said last night, there is likely to be liveliest tilt between the lawyers that has yet marked tne trial. Th? defense call to the stand F. Perkins, of PHttDurg, drew up iv.wry Thaw's will.

Mr. Perkins arrived t-We last night. Mr Delmas his associate conn- gel have been flaring out a which they can have the will introduced, and they are confident be successful. On the other hand. Mr.

Jerome will strive to keep ft out. and a battle will be the result. To Exclude Women from Courtroom. Last Tight Capt. Rlcketts, who Is Wc-w in charge of the jurors, today no women will be allowed fi the" courtroom except those have been summoned as witnesses.

He aid that this would be done because. of the testimony, and added that he have an extra detail of court of. fleers on hand to enforce this rule. Wants the Ordeal Over. New York, Feb.

this morning it was said that Mrs. Thaw was anxious to have the ordeal over 3 soon as possible, and ha 8 asked that he be permitted to resume the stand today. This, was not promised, though It was said that possibly Mrs. Thaw might be called. FOR SERMON.

"In the outcome of the trial of Harry Thaw the reckless and unfortunate boy -of one of our most respected homes, millions are interested. What of the outcome of the lads and lasses not grown to manhood and womanhood? Hearts are still to be broken. and homes made desolate, and some of them may be yours. "No state can rise higher than the THE CALIFORNIA'NS WILU SEE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. JAPS AND FRISCO SCHOOLS Hundreds of-Telegrami Urge the Delegation to Stand Firm for Exclusion of Coolies.

Feb. Schmitz and members of the San Francisco school board were in conference twice Sunday, and formally agreed on the policy they will pursue in connection with the question the Japanese and the San Francisco schools. The mayor and the' members of the board have refused to make any statement'as to what position they will take when they will call at the White House today to. confer with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root. In a telegram, however, to the California Exclusion league, Sunday, Mayor Schmitz declares the delegation has "not made any arrangements up to date of More than three hundred telegrams were received by Mayor Schmiu and the members of the board Sunday, urging them to stand firm for the exclusion of the Japanese coolie from theJUn'ited States.

At today's conference. the Callforni- ans will present their views to President Roosevelt in writing, and a final ut will nnt TOLD IN ROME LETTERS SAID TO HAVE WRITTEN CARDINAL HOHENUOHE. ADDRESSED TO IEI Secretary of the Premier Crl.pt' of Italy Adds to of the Late Hohenlohe. VN STRAINED FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS HAVE CAUSED COMPLICATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS OF HAYTI AND GERMANY home, and no church can be fluentlal than the firesides from which its members come. The warning voice that comes to us over the clicking wires and the cold type of is- "Have a jealous care of your boys and Restriction is far better unlicensed liberty, and a with purity better than wealth with infamy." CHATTANOOGA WOMEN PROTEST.

Object to Detailed AccpunU In of Thaw Trial. Chattanooga, TeFeb. this city have protested against the printing of details of the Thaw murder case and similar criminal court The protest, It was stated, was made the interest bf the'sanctity of-our homes and the purity of and to protest against the minute and detailed accounts'given in the dally papers of the sensational and scandalous proceedings of the criminal court. Mayor Frlerson, in an address, declared the reports of the Thaw trial were disgusting and disgraceful in their detail. He said some of the newspapers had gone too far in their accounts.

aent definite agreement probably will not be reached until Tuesday. What President Will Offer. Secretary Root spent two hours at the White House Sunday night discussing the school question with president, and it can be authoritatively stated that the president today will as- sure'Mayor Schmita and the, school board that-if they will agree to the agitation by abolishing the oriental schools, the president will in turn use his influence to secure a treaty with that will exclude the coolie labor this country. "It can be stated, positively, said Mayor Schmitz, "that President Roosevelt has made no definite proposition to us." Comment of a Tokio Newspaper. Toldo, Feb-.

Jiji, in a leading editorial anent the San Francisco incident, expresses disbelief in the possibility of the adoption of a new treaty mutually restricting labor Immigration a solution of the public school con- YJ-1I flnnlci-rOC it. IS An American Citizen Expelled and the Demand by the American Win- liter for the Withdrawal of the Order Refuted. against Fehmi Pasha, chief of the secret police of the palace, who, it was; alleged by the German embassy, caused the seizure ol a ship's carso destined for Hamburg, has concluded its work. The German embassy at the sultan's request, waived a public trial, but insisted that Fehml Pasha be banished, which, it is understood, will be done, as the sultan is convinced that Emperor William Is strongly backing up the demand for the punishment ot the official. MAOETNEWlCORD Jiji Port-au-Prince, Hayti, Feb.

relations between the governments of Hayti and Germany are strained owing to the refusal-of the German bankers, Hermann. by direction of the court at Port-au-Prince, to return to the Haytian government large sums of money alleged to have been fraudulently obtained. Among the alleged transactions of Hermann Co. with the Haytian government was one which is said to have proved favorable to the government. This was concluded by the Haytian minister of finance, the German legation and Hermann at "Co.

Hayti Refused to Retract. The German minister demanded this transaction, as well as others, be annulled, but the Haytian government, in terms that, the German minister deemed offensive, refused to aquieece. The German minister at tho FIGURES FROM DEPARTMENT'OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. IRON AND STEEL EXPORTS MAN SHOUTED "SACRILEGE." Only One Interruption the French Apostolic Church Sunday. Paris, Feb.

Church of the Holy Apostles, where the French Apostolic Catholic church was Inaugurated Feb 3 was again packed to the doors Sunday, but there was no repetition of Ae previous Sunday's disgraceful scenes. Police in plain clothes were stationed at the doors, and only once was the service interrupted. This was when a young man shouted sacr les and 18 companions, belonging to the CASE -The Blessing and' Curse, of Wealth Home." Pittsburg, Pa-bll- his topic "The Blessings and Curses of Wealth and Home," Rev. C.W. Elodgett.

at th. North Avenue Meth- odlii Episcopal church. SundayjDiado the Thaw case the topic of an traordinary seraioa. A Tailored Skirt or Suit. We have a sample line of'the Gem Mfg.

Go's. tailor made skirts' and suits at the store Tuesday Feb. 12. If you want a fit of the latest designs call and see them. J.

A. PEAK! larga, number of Jap. anese are going to San Francisco from Hawaii, and that this immigration Is causing jealousy on the part of the white laborers; but it contends that is due to the imperfect Provision of the existing law, which might be remedied by an agreement on the part of both governments, but which should constitute an entirely separate subject of 'discussion as not concerning the present San Francisco dispute, which latter.Japan stands on her treaty rights. The Jiji, judging'by statements attributed to officials of both governments, draws the conclusion Ha satisfactory adjustment of difficulty- be reached, the credit will be solely due to the admirable efforts put forth by President Roosevelt IDENTIFIED "HER ASSAILANT. City Cash Girl Brutally Assaulted by a Negro.

Kansas City, Feb. Jefferson 19 years old, has been arrested and identified by Flora May Clark as the negro who BO brutally assaulted her at night as she was going home from work. Jefferson lives within a half block of the girl's home. She had seen him often before, and the police consider her Identification conclusive. The girl's condition Is serious.

She Is 15 years old and worked as cash girl at a downtown dry goods store. Texas Girl" a Man. Beaumont, Feb. Williams 16 years old, shot and WlleB George Williams, the stepfather of her mother. Williams had seized his stepdaughter, Ella Turner, by the throat and was dragging her into room where ne kept a girl picked up a revolver and fired several shots, all of which took The coroner's jury has returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.

Monday and Tues- Tlinols and Monday and Tuesday, diminishing northwest winds." oo c- aquewe. that it is game demanded the game 'iimc of the phrase objected to, also was refused. Fears are entertained here of grave complications ensuing. An American The official monitor recently published notice of the expulsion of Mr. Mansour, an American citizen, but Mr.

Furniss, the American minister, believing the call for the man's- expulsion unjustified, asked for the withdrawal of the order; This, however was refused, and. Mansour has leit for New York. The seal of the American legation has been placed on his Ship. BONILUA BROKE TREATY. President of Honduras Precipitated War with Nicaragua.

Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. have been received here to the effect that it was President Bonilla of Honduras who broke the treaty of Corlnto (which provides for the arbitration of questions In dispute be- the- Central American repub- TT for 1906 A 8 gregated $172,. AOOO, an Increase of $30,000,000 Over 1905. Washington, Feb. exportation iron and steel manufactures reached their highest record during the last year, according to figures compiled by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor.

The total for 1906 aggregate $172,000,000, an increase of Hie preceding year. Every Important Article Gained. Practically every one of the important articles or groups of articles share in this gain. Pig iron shows an increase-of bar iron an increase of steel rails, steel sheets and plates, $1,250 000; structural iron and steel, nearly wire, builders' hardware, nearly locomotives, nearly sewing nearly $1,500,000. Machinery arrd Tin.

Metal working machinery, more than mining machinery, more than typewriters, printing presses, more than OOO' and bar iron an Increase of more than $1,000,000. Tin plate has "passed the $1,000,000 mark in tbe value of Its e.xportatlons; the value of tin and terne plates and tagger's tin exported aggregating in quantity 27,054,477 pounds, valued at $1,001,688. RIOT IN SAN FRANCISCO. Police Reserves Called Out and Their Clubi. Rome, Feb.

was secretary to the late Pr CriEpi, adds to the memoirs oft late Prince Hohenlohe by publistine. letter written by Cardinal a brother of the chancellor, in Rome. From those letters it neara that Cardinal Hohenlohe pected the Jesuits had tried to poison him, because he was too liberal deavoring, through his Intimacy wttto leading statesman, chief among Crispi, to bring about an ing between the vatican and the cardi- Cardinal Hohenlohe to th. Cardinal Hohenlohe, on 24, 1SS9U, wrote Pope Leo, saying: has arranged things so- thatr. the church can not retake Oxe- tern--.

porary power. The salvation of demands that we submit ana remato tranquil in the ecclesiastic sphere. The pope's departure from Italy spoken of owing to friction over monument to Giordano Brow, philosopher, who was burned at stake in the Campo del Fiori, at Rome. as a heretic. Cardinal Hohenlohe wrote to Pope "Crispi has asked me to inform that if you wish to leave he will' not: oppose it, and will have you accompanied with all honors, but that your Holiness will never be allowed to- return to Rome," The Defeat of Ramponav Cardinal Hohenlohe also discussed! with Crispi and Foreign Minister- Blanc the best way, in case of clave to prevent the election of Cardinal Rampolla as pope.

Italy, it wait- contended, in this discussion, could not. act without appearing, to minimize the- spiritual sovereignty and independence- of the church, neither could because it was a- Protestant and Austria alone was in a position act Blanc drew up a memorial which Cardinal Hohenlohe sent to brother, wbo then was the chancellor, and this memorial probably was tie origin of the Austrian veto Cardinal Rampolla at the conclave. BEST DESCRIPTION OF Five Prizes Awarded by the Club. Denver, Feb. The contest: for the best descriptive article on Colorado, inaugurated by the Denver- Press club last summer for of the delegates to the conventions of the International League of Press-Clubs held in Denver in August, if- closed, and the prizes were awarded- The.

prize winners are: Guy galls, Free Press, Detroit, Opie Read, Inter Ocean, Chicago, $250r Merton Keys. Star-Chronicle, St. Louis $200; R. M. Brinkerhoff, Toledo, $175; Lewis Times, Reading, $125.

Use Explosion In an Iowa Mine. Boone, Feb. the Eclipse mine killed P. A. TurndL-: Six other men were imprisoned hours, but were rescued uninjured: SPECIAL tween Lween lics) and that as a result the tribunal, which was- sitting at San Salvador, In an endeavor to settle the differences between Nicaragua and Honduras, was dissolved.

GOVERNMENT SENDS ASSISTANCE Tld.1 Wave ln an Italian Fishing Village. Naples, Feb. government hw sent troops and assistance to farina dl Catanzaro. the fishing yll- laee on the Calabrlan coast, where a tidal wave destroyed 122 houses and rendered the population homeless and de The condltions there are made more severe because of incessant rains. The storm also did serious damage In the province of Cozenza, numerous villages being flooded.

EMPEROR SCARES SULTAN. Chief of Secret Police of Palace Will Be Banished. Constantinople, Feb. special commission of inquiry, ordered by the sultan to examine'into'- the. ctor es San Francisco, Feb.

re- nerves were called out to quell a street car riot The motorman stopped his car because four Italians persisted in hanging onto the running board on the locked side of the car. They finally were induced by angry passengers to come' Inside, when one of the Italians knocked the motorman senseless The car was stopped, and the passengers, about 100 in number administered a severe beating, to Italians. 'The police reserves had, to use their clubs to restore order. Woman Suffrage Convention. Chicago, Feb.

National Woman's Suffrage' convention meets hers tomorrow. It will be the and most important in the history the movement. Eulogies on Hjar and Lester. Washington, Feb. house llBtened -to aulogies on the life and character and public services "of the late Representative Eockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts, and Representative Rufus E.

Lester, of Georgia, bott or whom- died during the last summer. Mr. LoTering, of pre elded during the eulogies on Mr TUESDAY ONLY 9-4 Bleached 1 7c a yard 10-4 Bleached Sheeting: 1 9c a yard Every item in the slore cut in during our February Clear Sale..

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