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THE WASHINGTON POST: WEDNESDAY, JAJNUAUT 30, 1907. Counsel Excuse Two Without Any Explanation. TWO NAMED; NINE IN BOX Prisoner's Hotter ana Sisters Greet Evelyn Affably. Jerome Arouses Comment Asking Talesmen if 'They Have Been Approached Regarding the Trial, and if -They Know Thaw's Detective OTHeara. Defendant in Better Health--One of the Dismissed Jurors Dumfoanded.

Xew York, Jan first big sur- -piise of the trial of Harry K. Thaw came to-day, when Justice Fitzgerald, on the motion of District Attorney Jerome and with the consent of the attorneys for the man accused of the murder of Stanford White, announced that two of the Jurcfs selected in the tarly days of the pfcceedinga would be excused from further service. Two new jurors were sworn in today, off-setting the loss of the two, so that there are now nine in the box. The new jurors are: John 3 Dennee traveling freight agent, thirty-eight years of age and unmarried, a native of New Orleans, La. David Walker, real estate broker, thirty-four years of ape and unmarried, a son of John Brlsben Walker.

He was thosen during the afternoon session. Delays Taking Evidence. It Is now believed that taking of testimony will be delayed until Thursday afternoon or Friday morning When Justice Fitzgerald took his District Attorney Jerome sprung the surprise "Your horror," he said, "after a conference with counsel for the defense, counsel for the people have come to the tonfduslon that we should ask that Mr. Campbt and Mr Faire be excused from on the jury. This action asts no reflection whatever on these two gentlemen, either as Jurors or as men Your honor knows that similar at tton has been taken in another case, and we ask that these jurors be ex- tim-d Justice- Fitzgerald had evidently been informed that the request was to be made and of the grounds on which it as based soon as counsel for the defense (low the court addressed Mr.

Campbell and Mr Fairc. and Informed that they were forthwith excused, i (-pealing the assurance of the district attorney that the action was not to be onstrucO as in anv way reflecting upon them. Reason Not Divulged. agreement," said District Attor- ritj Jerome, "the reasons foi this action will not be made public, but they art of a business nature. Counsel rep- the people and the defendant i a onferred with the court In re- to the, matter, and a unanimous U' I.S.DII arrihetl at" Mi it v.ti leained was ext largely ON Ing to the state of his benltli He had passed an uncomfortable at the Broadway Central Hotel, and it fl ns probably feared that there was i possibility of his tying the jury up bi bnrg ill after the taking of evi- tltnct begun To an inciuirv, he declared "had too much respect for tin- court to she an interview." Mr Fairo's case Is different.

He was vastly swroristd at being excused, and iid so questioned He stated he had truthfi'lly answered al! questions addressed to him when he was examined bv counsel "I I was in tho VTlnttng business nt 56 Wall street, and -o arr though the business really be- lonss to my sister. But I am running It," asserted Mr. Faire Heard of Attorneys' Plans. "I VkfiS f6rmerl a member of the firm if i Co dealers in unlisted securities at 56 Wall street. My sister my paitner in this business and we it up to start in the printing business "The announcement In court was the first knowledge I had of the intended action.

In passing through the courthouse 1 corridors this morning I heard man remark that two of the Thaw ere to be excused to-day. I had no Uea that the remark could ln- mde me About three years' ago, I wa; connected with a brokerage con- fern, two detectives from the district oifice, who said they visited fie place 1 which sell unlisted dropped in on me, asked some impertinent o.ue^iions. and wanted to know if I would be to go up to the dia- Mct rttornev'q office any time I mlcht be wanted. I said 'YeV but that was th" last time I ever heard of the matter," Counsel on both sides determined upon action in the cases of the two jurors at a conference held in the district attorney's offlce in the noon recess- Be- --Idcs Mr. Jerome and Mr.

Gar-van, there were present Mr, Hartridge. Mr Peabody, and Mr Gleason, of Thaw's counsel, and Detective Sergt. McConvIlle, who has a wide acquaintance and experience in tho Wall street district. No one present at this conference would say why the two Jurors were excused Unusual Questions Asked. Questions propounded to several of the talesmen examined to-day by Mr.

Jerome Mr Garvan made the spectators sit up and tiko notice. One of the inquiries usually made of talesmen Is whether anybody has to them about the caas Mnce they drawn on the paneL Almost ataavs the reply has been an one. pnd the statement has fen made tr-at tho persons spoke 1o thfm on the subject have done so In a cnmiaf wav But to-day several talesmen, perhaps a majority of those examined, were asked if they were acquainted in Cincinnati, if they knew a Mr. Baker of that city, and whether Mr. Baker had approached them regarding the Thaw case since they were drawn on the panel None of the tales- men had aver heard of Mr.

Baker of Cincinnati. Several of them were also asked If Mr. O'Mara, of Pittsburgh, had said anything to them about the case. had not. they replied.

Mr. O'Mara la NfcWSPAPLR Roger O'Mara, Plttsburg's former police chief, who has been engaged by the defense to round up certain witnesses who will testify In behalf of Thaw. Once, when Mr. asked a tales- man whether he had been approached on the case, the talesman said he had. "What sort of a looking man was It who approached you?" Inquired Mr.

Garvan, with a sudden access of interest. "Oh, he didn't say anything special," replied the talesman. "We talked about the case only the most general And the expected sensation passed oft without a flutter. Mr. Dennee, the only juror accepted In the forenoon, was one of the most intelligent of the talesmen yet examined, and answpred all the questions put to him satisfactorily, promptly, and clearly.

When It was apparent that neither side bad any objection to him, and he was about to be sworn, he leaned over to the judge and made what was evidently an earnest plea to be excused. It was of no avail. Judge Fitzgerald shook his head and said to Clerk Penny: "Swear In the juror." Walker Is Sworn In. Late In the afternoon both sides got together on David Strother Walker, and he was sworn in. Mr.

Walker is a. rotund young man, about thirty-nve years pld. He is unmarried, lives at 156 West Ninety- fifth street, and is In the real estate business at 25 Broad; street. He is a. son of John Brlsben Walker, formerly the proprietor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Mr. Walker's brother, Wilfred D. Walker, in June, 1804, married a chorus girl named Beatrice Frances Dlllworth, who was at that time in the chorus of a company presenting a comic opera called "A Chinese Honeymoon" at the Casino Theater. The marriage was not approved by the young man's father, young Walker being at that time only about eighteen years of age, and a suit for divorce is now pending. Another brother of the juror, John Brlsben Walker, married Miss Isabel B.

Brendt, of Hasti.igs. Their marriage did not turn out well, and after she had obtained a divorce she went on the stage for two or three years. Mr. Walker, who is a member of the Ardsley, New York, and the New York Athletic clubs, and the Automobile Club of America, Is a graduate. He told Mr.

Jerome, on examination, that he knew Stanford White slightly--had met him a number of times on social occasions--but that he did not believe his acquaintance with the slain architect would embarrass him in any way in an effort to reach a fair verdict. Also Knew Defendant. Later on, he said that he knew the defendant and several members of his family, too, but he still maintained that he could render a perfectly unbiased verdict. He knew the Thaws no better than he had known Mr. White, he said.

Mr. Jerome questioned the talesmen today as to the extent they have been reading the papers since the trial began, and if they had Influenced in any way thereby. None of the men put under examination in the early part of the would admit that they had attached importance to anything outside of the actual proceedings In court. The first talesman called to-day was Theodore V. Boynton, an Intimate friend of.

District Attorney Jerome. He was excused District Attorney Jerome peremptorily challenged the second talesman called, Daniel Martin, a clerk in a slaughterhouse. Sidney H. Salomon, a young business man, loomed up as a possible juror until he str'ick that part of the district attorney's examination which has to do with the difference between a reasonable and a possible doubt. Salomon was not sure as to -where the distinction should be drawn, and he was excused by consent.

First Without Opinion. Samuel Popper, a manufacturing jeweler, went through the regular examination by both the prosecution and defense, but he finally came to grief against a peremptory challenge exercised by Thaw's lawyers. Popper was the first man of all In the big panel originally summoned to declare that he had neither formed an opinion nor heard one expressed Mr. Hartridge, for the defense, again Indicated by his questioning of this tales- man that there may be more than one excuse offered by Thaw for his killing of Stanford White. "Would you object to two or moie defenses?" Inquired the prisoner's counsel.

"No," replied the talesman. After a consultation among the defendants' attorneys, the peremptory challenge was entered James S. Smoot, of 1864 Seventh avenue, had served in a capital case, and the defense challeneed him peremptorily. C. Tiffany Richardson knew Stanford White well and was excused.

Two or three others had doctors' certificates stating thit to be shut uo Indefinitely might prejudice their health. Aftei jurors Campbell and Faire had been excused, at the opening of the afternoon session, the examination went on. David May' was excused promptly after he had whispered to Justice Fitzgerald. Mr. May was on the jury In the last Nan Patterson trial.

Joseph Wolff, a tiry sooda dealer, of 950 Union avenue, flashed his little note on the judge with an eagerness that made even Thaw smile. He got off. Henry Peacock, a naturalized Englishman, of 305 West Twenty-fourth street, was one of the few talesmen who had not formed a Eirone opinion. He suited Mr. Jerome all right, but the defense challenged him Various Pleas Are Made.

Then they started in on the second panel. Francis Schmalz. an artist, pf 233 West Twentv-second street, who looked Hko the late Gen. Wallace, had made up his mind about the case, and no evidence would shake him, he said. Willlam W.

St. John, a retail cigar dealer, of 372 Lexington avenue, thought his business an airs would so worry him that could not give' the testimony his undivided consideration. Then there succeeded a string of talcs- men, all cf whom had made up their minds as to whether Harry Thaw was guilty or innocent. They could not lay as'de ttvse opinions, they Insisted, and that attitude of mind got them all off. When Albert T.

Wilkinson, a paper salesman, of 550 West 184th street, was brtng pxnminod there was a small commotion 'n the courtroom. A talesman was objectirs to the window being left onen so that the draught would blow unon his head "If anfybody Interrupts the proceedings for any purpose whatever," said Justice Fitzgerald, sternlv, "he Is liable to get into trouble." The offending talesman subsided, with a muttered protest, but the window was closed. Art Discussed in Court. William H. Moeller.

a decorator and painter was examined by John B. Gleason for the defense "Do you mean by decorator that you OPPONENTS IN THE THAW TRIAL- NO REMORSE (N THAW District Attorner Jerome, who Is striving to convict Harry Tbaw of murder, and the prisoner's wife, who her story will cave him from the electric chair Always the Same Tharp's Pure Berkeley Rye SUFSt. N.W. 'Phono Mala SpeciU Deliva.y, do queh work as that on these walls?" asked the attorney, pointing to the picture of The Three Fates." that a cause for challenge?" Interposed District Attorney Jerome, laughingly. "It may be," replied Mr.

Gleason, In a jocular vein. Mr. Moehler had a decided opinion, however, and this let him off without further discussion as to the artistic quality of the courtroom decorations. Apparently Mr. Gleason was unaware that the principal decorations of the courtroom are by Edward Simmons, and are regarded by artists as works of a high order.

Moses Rittenhouse had an opinion and also James A. Roberts William F. Miller, another decorator, was excused for bias and was not questioned as to Ins art. Fred H. Brooks, a broker, knew MV.

Jerome, and got no further than that. The afternoon session was adjourned at 4:52 o'clock. Mrs. Caine May Testify. Mrs.

J. J. Calne, formerly a buyer for a Boston wholesale millinery house, may be one of the principal witnesses In the trial. Whether she will appear as a witness for the prosecution or the 1 defense, however, Is not known. According to the story which is told, Mrs.

Caine knew Thaw's wife when, as a child, she lived with her mother and brother in a single room in a West Twenty-second street lodging house In this city. She took a deep Interest In the child then, and subsequently followed her movements closely--so closely that when the young woman and Harry Thajw were temporarily separated after their return from Europe in 1904 It was to Mrs. Calne that Evelyn turned for comfort and protection. Mrs. Caine Is said to have an Intimate knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the first meeting of Evelyn Nesblt and Stanford White and their subsequent friendship.

After the marriage of Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit, Mrs. Calne continued on friendly terms with them. Harry Thaw seems to be steadily Improving In health and spirits He appears more and more at ease as the days of his trial go by and to-day he frequently consulted with his counsel while the tales- man were being examined. The selection of Mr. Dennee seems to please him especially and he was obviously urging Mr Gleason and Mr.

Hartridge to accept the railroad man. The fact that the actual hearing of the case had been put back a full day or more by the court's action in excusing two of the sworn jurors did not seem to have the least effect upon Thaw. Thaw Dreamed All Night When Thaw arose early the day he told his keepers in the Tombs that he had rested badly. He said lie attributed It to something he had eaten for dinner last night that had disagreed witfi-hlm. He complained of having dreamed all the night through.

This gave the too- enthusiatic Journalists their chance, and though Thaw did not say what he had dreamed they readily supplied it. One ingenious story was that a "dim shape" had appeared to him, and in a sepulchral voice announced: "Harry, you'll go free on Washington's Birthday." Ther2 were other varieties, but this was the kingpin of all. Thaw took his usual cold shower bath, and a brisk run around the oval, before hp sat down to breakfast. He ate sparingly, cut asked for a second cup df black coffee. He did not complete dressing for the comtroorr.

until he had finished his meal and than his toilet was quickly accomplished His inttrest In his trial causes him to read all the newspaper accounts of the case, and this took up most of his time before the arrival of A. Russell Peabody, one of his lawyers, for the usual morning chat. Thaw told Mr. Peabody that he felt fit, despite his disturbed sleep, and he asked him many questions about the progress of his case. Family Harmony Restored.

Greetings exchanged between Mrs. William Thaw and the Countess of Yarmouth on the one side and. Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw and Miss May MacKenzle on the other side were Hie visible signs to-day of the restoration of at least surface peace in the family of the prisoner. The flrat public indication that the breach had been healed was the arrival at court In tne same cab of Mr.

and Mrs. Gooree L. Carnegie, with Evelyn and Miss MacKenzle. They were chatting amiably as they arrived, and together went into the courtroom, where Mr. Carnegie assisted Evelyn and May, as well as his wife, to remove their wraps.

Six minutes later Mrs. Thaw, the elder, with the countess and Joslah and Edward Thaw, took their places. For the first time since the trial began, the In public, spoke to and smiled upon Evelyn. Her smiles were returned In a wan, joyless smile. The mother, too.

greeted her daughter- in-law and nodded to Miss MacKenzle Mrs Carnesrie moved to a seat in thp front row, giving her chair to her mother who sat he-side Eveij'n. Another development and the one that caused the most comment, and gave stionee indication that the family had been finally persuaded by the array of counsel 'or the defense that the eravity of the plight of the son and brother necessitated presenting before the world a united and unruffled' front--thev lunched together at recess--Evelyn Nesblt Thaw May MacKenzle, and all the rest--In the. judge's chamber adjoining the courtroom. The countess had relented so far as to preside, and she personally passed around the sandwiches and coffee. May Mac- Kenzle sat beside young Mrs Thaw, near the window looking out over Center street, and they were the first to be served bv Lady Yarmouth.

When the actual examining of the talcs- men Is being carried on the women sit In silence, a pale, negative, 'silent miserable llltle group. It does not require the trenchant pen of one of the ablest mem- of the sympathy squad to make it clear that "rich Mrs. Thaw is Just a poor old mother." SELECTION OF DENNEE. Unwritten taw Popular in Juror's Native State, New Orleans, Jan. selection of John S.

Dennee, a native of this city, as a Thaw Juror, has aroused comment here because of the extent to which the unwritten law Is believed In by people of this State. Mr. Dennee was chairman of the New Orleans Republican Club here in 1896. He was in Hawaii and enlisted as a soldier on the revolutionary side In the revolution verthrew Queen LIHuokalanl. DEFENDS HIS MOTHER Howard ResMt Explains His in ThaW'Case.

LOYAL TO WHITE'S MEMOEY Brother of Evelyn Thaw Declares that His Mother Has Been Wrongfully Accused and that It Is His Duty to Clear Her Name--Feels Bound to Defend Architect's Character Also. Pittsburg, Jan. the words "By Howard Nesbit, brother of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw," the Pittsburg Leader prints a telegraphic statement from New York. Its most important part is as follows: "In order that any one may understand position with regard to the Thaw case--and by "our" I mean my mother and myself--It Is necessary for him to place himself in a similar position. Without implying what may be the degree of importance my testimony may possess, the matter will put Itself squarely up to me in this form: Either to lay myself open to the charge of aiding to convict Mr.

Thaw, possibly out of revenge, or to stay away from the trial, remain silent, and allow my mother to suffer under the Implications cast upon her. His Duty to White's Memory. "It has also seemed to me that the question of what might be my duty to the mfemory of Mr. White would enter into tie case. Mr.

White, as my and the sincere and honest friend Of my Smother, so earned my deep gratitude that I would do what little I could to defend his name, and not stay silent and ndt attempt to lift the charges that have ijeen hurled at him. I have no hesitation In declaring that so deeply do I respect and honor the memory of Mr. White that, should It be proved to me that my faith In him was misplaced, it would nearly break My faith in him is open to challenge, and I have no fear of the result. I do not know what may be asked of me on the stand, either by the district attorney or by Mr! Thaw's lawyers, but whatever they ask or whatever my answers may indicate, I shall tell nothing but the truth. Whit the effect I do not know, and I am not worried.

Not Seeking Revenge. "There are two things which I wish thoroughly understood. My feelings toward Thaw are Indifferent, as far as they can be. By that I mean that I am not bitter, that -I am not seeking revenge on him If vengeance is to come It will not come through me, only in so far as my truthful, unbiased statement on the stand may be weighed for or against him. 4 Mr.

Thaw Is my sister's husband, and because of that I could not help but regret It If the trial terminated In the worst way possible to him. "The other thing I wish understood is that my one object above all other is to defend my mother. It is not necessary to go over the charges that have been brought against her. Some of them have openly been published, while others have only been hinted at. If there is a son worthy of the name in this country who would refrain from clearing the name of a mother who has been assailed as mine has, even he were accused of trying to revenge himself upon the man who placed her in such a false position, his conscience and sense of duty must be less sensitive than mine.

Mother Falsely Accused. mother has been charged with selling her daughter. That is a lie, absolutely and without qualification. Th.it will be proved I do not care wno this charge, or from what source It may come. It is unqualifiedly false.

Good sense and discretion, not self-interest, have Induced my mother to remain absolutely silent from the night of the murder until to-day. Her aim and unselfish object has been to refrain from doing or saying anything that might prejudice tl.e case of the defendant, and even now, if she Is defended at the trial, It will be in consequence of assertions which some the -witnesses for the defense may be expected to make. Even now she is ill from the falrain and worry to which she has been subjected. We could not prevent her from hearing some of -those dreadf i stories, although we have tried to keep them away from her reading or hearing tnern. Blames Sister for Breach.

"Some newspapers have gone so far as to intimate that she and my fatner have been holding back, hoping to receive money from Thaw for not taking side's. If all the Thaws have should he placed before either my father or my mother, they would not be swerved from tho course they know Is right. They would do Just as they have been doing and as they are now doing. Reference was made to my sister being abandoned In her hour ot trial by her family, and being deserted and ignored by her mother. My sister has neither been abandoned, ignored, and deserted by her mother nor any ojjher member of her family.

It was Mrs. Thaw who deserted her own mother. It was Mrs Thaw who deserted, abandoned, and Ignored her mother. This can be proved If any breach exists between Mrs. Thaw and my mother, it is ot Mrs.

Thaw's making." His Conscience Justifies Killing of White. AGUE, BUT SOT A BAD PACE Alfred Henry lewis Says that an Infinite Sorrow Envelops Slayer Like an Atmosphere, but He Shows No Wish to Undo What He Has Done--His Great Passion Is Wide, Measureless Jealousy. RHEUMATISM PRICE, 25c. In lew daya It does not put the dlaeasa to sleep, but drives It from the system If TOU have catarrh or ace afflicted wifh deaf- use Miuiyon'a Improved Inbaler. New York.

Jan. 29--Alfred Henry Lewis, writing in the American, on the Thaw case. says: "Recently a gentleman with an ambition to shine Inkishly, wrote, and, after ronfldlng his anxiety to become a second Macaulay, asked what rules could be laid down as a guide to good writing. I tolfl him that he must cither write old thinss in a new way, new things In an old way, or new things in a new way. To write old things in an old way was to fail as surely as though he had attempted to build a fire with ashes.

"After an unprejudiced rfiview of this counsel, I still pronounce It sound. And yet its application In any of its three angles Is almost Impossible If one be called upon to add to the literature of the Thaw case. "The story, from a day antedating by months the shooting down of Stanford White, has been beaten like ai carpet. Nothing has been left unsaid, nothir.s has been left unguesaed. The story has been made threadbare by much handling.

Millions Cause All Interest. "The case is a big case, but it is only big because of the millions possessed by those involved. If Stanford White had Seen Bully Jones, of Avenue if Harry Thaw were a member in good, that is to say bad, standing in the Paul Kelly gang, and Evelyn Thaw the half- paid seamstress of some Hester street sweatshop, little would be said and less be thought of the pending litigation. It would Jiold no one's interest, no one save a handful of half-world obscurities; it would take but an hour to select the jury and a day to hear the cause. The defendant wc-uld go unnoticed to the chair; or, being made free, relapse Into those dingy East Side surroundings from which the hand of the law had for the moment dragged him.

In the present instance, however, the background is filled heavily in wiffli the Thaw millions; therefore, and of course, a democratic public interest begins to sparkle spontaneously. A rich man has been killed, a rich man did the killing. and so a world sks up to hear the tale In every red and dripping particular. "At the request of the American, I abode through the afternoon in Justice Fitzgerald's courtroom. Being over- sat there perhaps fifteen minutes before that black-rqbed jurist climbed to the bench.

I was neither lonesome nor alone. Scores of other newspaper people were there. Also, in a whispering way. they were free ana frank in giving their opinions The sympathy seemed to be with Thaw. Not only the hope, but the belief, was current that he would go acquitted Killing, Not Murder, Common Verdict.

"No one bases this Thaw optimism on any specific ground. No one said 'unwritten None claimed that Thaw was insane. Among the ringside commentators on the battle being fought It was plain, however, that the conviction was not only general, but gaining ground, that--as one expressed lt with more point than elegance--'at the time of the game law was out on Stanford He. by his own black manner of life, had placed himself beyond the pale; he was a moral outlaw a social wolf's head, and, considering all the circumstances, his slaughter by Thaw was at the most unpunishable. It was a killing, not a murder.

This by the common voice outside the rail. "Thaw's mother came in, sad-evecl, somber. Her daughters, the Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. Carnegie, were there It was clear that the blight of this wretched business had fallen across them as deeply as across the mother. Thaw's brother appeared.

Being of a ruder and more material sort than either his mothj-r or sisters, he the better defended himself against any story-telling treachery on the part of his face. His cold expression was one, so to phrase it, of a mute stolidity. "Jerome was walking restlessly to and fro within the rail. The lawyers for the defense had gathered--all save that Cioero of the Slope, Delmas, kept away by sickness. The eight jurors so far gathered i i January Clearing Sale Odds and Ends of Children's Winter Underwear.

1 Lamb's Wool i a and Drawers, in white and wool; Combination Suits, Boys' Heavy Fleece-lined Wright's Health Underwear and Chil- Sleeping Garments. 1 Goods that sold originally at SOc to $1.00, to go at 25c Each. Women's Underwear. Natural Wool Shirts and i Drawers, White Lamb's Wool Shirts and Drawers, Richelieu i Wool Vests, in white and gray; Combination Suits in white I or gray. Goods sold origi- nally at $1.00 to $1.75, to go at 39c Each.

LansburghBro. 420-426 Seventh were in their seats. official and unofficial, The spectator, had taken their places. Only the judge and the defendant were wanting to complete the setting of me staRe. "The door opened and Thaw was brougnt tmuc tt, noise of many feet, as every one stood up and Justice Fitzgerald appeared.

Future Frightens Thaw. "Naturally my eye.s went at once to Thaw. His appearance has been described and redescribed. Scores of his pictures, or what were called such, have been printed I had seen the pictures, read the descriptions. Although I had never before been face to face with him, I knew how he looked What I did not know, however, and what no story told or picture shown has yet expressed, was the impression of fmite sorrow which envelopes the mm llkfr an atmosphere.

Here is a soul thr1 was stirred to the depths But no remorse. Whether or not the law JustiB-s the killing of White, the Thaw conscience justifies It. Thaw is on the rack; the present tortures, the future frightens him And yet I could see no trace, could gain no glint of any wish that he might undo what he has done. "Thaw's is not a face of clean and forceful interest. It IB vague uncertain fretfuWhe spolled-chfld The nts of no high aspiration light It up.

For all that, it is not a bad face-not the face of either a maniac or a brute. Those who read in his look are doubtless assisted by Ills killing of White these wise folk encountered Thaw on a day when his hands were free of bloodstains he would have been the lait one they selected or picked upon as a coming man-killer. Little Iron in His Composition. "There is little of the iron In Thaw's composition. I should not call him either ste.rn or dangerous in any virile sense.

His manhood is not broad-shouldered, not deep-chested; his nature does not rest on bedplates of stark courage. He has no innate feropitles, no Immortal hatreds For these he lacks heart and fiber; to tell It briefly, his Is too weak a soil to rear such towering, strong emotions. "There is one emotion, however, which he can feel with all the poison that goes with a serpent's tooth, and that Is jealousy. Whether he love wisely or love well. Thaw can love.

And, loving, he can harbor jealousy, wide and measureless and utter, Dangerous When Jealous. "Also that jealousy would carry him farther toward revenge than mere courage and resolution might carry stronger men. Taken all in all. Thaw would prove a dangerous personage to pne who cast law- ess looks at the woman he loved; the more dangerous by vice or virtue of his weakness. "To leave Thaw for what is presently proceeding In court: They as all the world knows, picking a jury to try this question of life or death.

Nothing coulc graver than the business at bay. Twelve men will never find themselves more solemnly engaged than when it ii for them to say "a fellow man shall live or die. "It is clear, that when such Is the case the jury timber pitched upon should'be of the best. Mora'lly and mentally it should Ue exceeding sound and hale. With this the premise, I could not avoid thinking that every step taken yesterday--and they were each and all tho bteps prescribed by best calculated for its defeat System Weeds Out Good Jurors.

"It is unnecessary to go over, step by step, the route pursued by attorneys for both tho State and the defendant in arriving at a man's fitness or.unfitness for duty as a juror. It was the path prescribed by law, and court and counsel were compelled to walk therein, tiolng to general effects, however, the, system is calculated to produce a panel of incompetents. The ignorance which the law m- slsta upon before it will accept one as a juror in a murder case Is something bordering the sublime. Has a man knowledge? Drive him hence! Has a man convictions' Turn him out! Is he dull. Inane, inert, blind, deaf, and void of letters? Why, then, let him be sworn as a jurcr.

Thus, in effect, says the law. That in the present case the several so far selected are better than the above description is due to luck, not law, and both the State and the defense are to be congratulated thereon as upon a miracle done in their favor At that, scores of men of a clear wisdom and an apparent honesty without a flaw were refused by the law. One does not overstate when one says that the law as presently made for jury building is calculated to fill the panel with the worst, not the best, of the community COTJKTESS LOVUS THAW. But Devotion of Girl Wife, Evelyn, Is Perhaps Deepest of AH. Special to The Washington Post.

New York, Jan 29--A -writer in Lhe Evening: World says: "An unusual bond of love is said to wcist between Harry Thaw and the younger sister who lias come over seas to be with him at his trial. Some years ago when, the Berkeley Lyceum was pretentiously rechrlstened Mrs. Osborn's PtayhOuse, three of the charac- the present drama were for a time nightly ornaments' of the little theater. One of these was Evelyn Nesb.t, then acting a small part Inv'Tommyrot' TM the CREDIT FOR ALL WASHINGTON A Brilliant Ending to the January Sale. Don't miss your chance to secure the reduced prices that we are offering during this sale.

The time is very short now and the bargains mean a very substantial saving-. Everything is reduced--furniture, floor coverings, stoves, china, draperies, many small lots and odd pieces are offered for almost nothing. We are offering our usual liberal terms of 1 credit, even at sale prices, so there is no reason why you should not benefit by it. PETER GROGAN, 817-819-821-823 Seventh Bet and I Streets. SPECIAL NOTICES, OFFICE OF THE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of tne District ol Columbia, Washington, January 19 ISOT The annual mooting of tha MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 1 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA will ho He'd on the FIRST MONDAY In February (the 4th prox- imo) at the offlce ot the No, 902 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, commencing at 9 o'clock m.

By the charter of the company the election ot seven managers to conduct the affairs of the company IB required to ba held at the above meet- Ing. By the sixth article of the by-laws of the company It Is provided the annual meeting of tho company the first business in order shall be the appointment ot a chairman. conduct the meeting and election In accordance with the act of incorporation, between tho hours ot 9 o'clock, a. m- and 6 Amount of premium $2,656,326 (n Amount of cash on hand 13,62711 Securities 290.52S 00 Real estate 8,500 OD Office furniture and fixtures 50000 Losses by adjusted, and paid 9,78525 The annual statement be ready for distribution at the office of the company about February 2, 1907 By order of the Bsard of Managers. L.

PIERCE BOTELER. Ja20-16t Secretary Washington City. Jan 16, OFFICE OF THE 'WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY Notice of Annual Mjatlngr of Stockholders The annual meeting of the stocltholders of the Washington Gas Light Company for the election of directors and for such other OR mar ill be held properly come before said meeting trill be held at the offlce of Company. Tenth street northweet, on MONDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1907.

at 12 o'cloclc o'clock uoon to i o'clock Tha -will be open trom ORME. Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE STOCKHOLD- ere of the Jloselyn Brick Company will he held at the New Rammel Hotel. North Royal st, Alexandria, at 12 o'clock noon February 4 1907 HAIGHT, Secretary VEWTItATION "WITHOTTT DRATTGHf. The most essential to retain health Equip your churches, schoolhoasea, office roonw, sleeping apartments, with AUTOMATIC VENTILATORS I Economical aad everlasting H.

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Miller's is brand that's absolutely looks and tastes like buckwheat Your gra- cer has It Order a package B. B. Earnshaw WHOLESALE GROCER3, llth and sts WEATHER CONDITIONS. The others TV ere Harry Thaw and Earl of Yarmouth, whom later Introduced to his sister Alice, the pietty woman who has now left the Earl ia England and crossed the ocean alone to be near her brother. "I met Yarmouth up there one evening, He was quite poor in those days and always more than anxious to do any writing for newspapers that would pay him.

tt was upon some such matter that I talked with him at Mrs. Osborn's. I saw him a second time when he sat In court pending: the trial of a libel suit he had brought against a morning newspaper with -Mr 0 Hetty Green and her daughter Sylvia, tb whom the earl was at that time very attentive, and later Mrs. Green took the titled Englishman and her daughter Sylvia to luncheon at Chlids', just below the Chemical Bank, signalized her approval of the young man's attentions oy 60 cents on the repast. "I did not think very much of Yarmouth oy either of these occasions, although lie is an exceptionally well-mannered young man.

I think, less ofi him now. The Thaw millions have regilded his coronet, restored his estate, and when trouble came to the Thaw family he might very well have crossed the ocean witfc his pretty young wife and given her the suppoi of his presence and encouragement. "That she came by herself and is willing to sit through the long hours of Harry Thaw's trial, bored and stared at. is the strongest proof of affection she could have artven her brother. The countess shares, evidently, in the strong clan feeling that unites th Thaw family, and the ounginan now on trial for his life Is at least blessed in having inspired affection so unusual as thai: felt for him by his mother and his tw.p sisters.

"Yet probably none of these three women knows Harry Thaw as he With them he must always have worn something of a majric Only with the pale Evelyn, who Bits unnoticed, coldly toier- ated beside them, has he dared to be him- I self. And that doubtless Is the secret of the bond between the two, the reckless, dissipated, gold-maddened boy and the girl who smiled at him yesterday when he came into court and continued smiling at the back of his head with such a show of genuine tenderness in her eyes that I said to myself wonderlngly: 'Perhaps, after all, she does love "That smile was the first joyful expression I had seen on Evelyn Thpw's face, and with It, for a revealing moment, all Southeastern Iowa, Western Tennessee, and her Daunted beauty flowered again She treme Western Kentucky seemed a transfigured child, and then as she is, worn and weary and heart sick as she must be, a photograph of her at that moment would have equaled any of the glorified portraits of her studio days "When I first saw this girl I said she but seeing tier day after been, comoelled to revise my judgment. She has compelled from at least, a gradual cumulative attention. You write a paragraph about the Countess of Yarmouth. You say she is pretty, sweet, fond of her brother-that's all.

You write similarly at similar length of Mrs. Carnegie--that's alt 'You make a certain number of words in telling of the statellness and fineness and devotion of Thaw's mother--that's all. then, unconsciously, yaur pen S. Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Washington Tuesday, Jan 29--8 M- Special River Bulletin.

Tho Ohio Hher at Cairo this morning stood at 1 feet a fall Of 0 0 foot since Monday morning Tt will continue to fall slowly for a day or two. end then more The Mississippi at Msmphis stood feet to-night, a rlss of 0 9 foot since Monday night. A stage abo-ve 40 feet Is indicated within a week If the leiees remain Intact- Stages Tuesday morning at places lower down were as follows Helena 46 2 feet, a riie of 0 9 foot )n twenty-four hours; Arkansas City, 49 3, and Greenville, 43 8, a rise of 0 5 foot at each place, Vicbsburg, 46 4, a rise of 0 4 foot, Natchez, 45 2, a rise of 0 3 foot Baton Rouge. 33 1 a rise of 0 5 foot, and New Orleans, 18. a rise of 0 2 foot Stages follows are now indicated below Vlc'is- burg within ten days Natchez, 48, Baton 35, and New Orleans, 19 feet.

Weather Conditions and General Forecast. A trough of relatively low pressure extending Texas northeastward has caused snow in Upper M'Eslsaippi Valley, the Lake reg on. and th3 Middle Atlantic States, and Is drawing down behind It another extensive high area, accompanied by much loner temperature over the Eastern Slope tho eastern half of (he country there has general nee in temperature especially in Ohio nd. Middle Mississippi valleys and the Gull States West of the Rocky Mountains pressure IB rising, but looal snows and raias continue over the northern districts, extending eastward over the moun- Into the Slope region pre will be snow Wednesday in the Missouri and Middle Mississippi valleys, followed by clear- Ing and much colder weather, with cold wave by right, snow in the Eastern and Southern Upper Lake region followed by clearing and somewhat colder weather, and snow in the Lower Lake region probably continuing Thursday, with falling temperature There wljl also be rain or snow in the Ohio and Lower Arkansas -valleys with much loner temperatures Wednesday night, and snow In New England and the Middle Atlantic States, probably followed by clearing anl colder Thursday In the Interior of the country the weather will be generally fair Thursday, with low temperatures In the South Atlantic. States the weather will be generally fair Wednesday and Thursday without marked temperature changes.

The winds along the New England and Middle Atlantic coasts -will be light to fresh southerly, becoming variable by Thursday on the South Atlantic coast light to fresh northeast to east on the Gulf roast light to fresh and mostly and on Lake Michigan fresh to brisk northeast to north Steamers departing Wednesdav for European ports will have light i3 fresh and mostly southerly winds, with to the Grand Banks Special Forecast. Cold wave warnings have been Issued tor crn and Southern Wyoming, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, 1 Local Weather Report. Temperature--Midnight, 18, 2 a. 17, 4 a 1C, 6 a 16; 8 a 17; 10 a 26, 12 noon, 31, 2 p. 33; 4 p.

33; 6 32, 8 32 10 29 Maximum, 33, minimum. 16. back to Evelyn Thaw, the pale, Chicago j- nrl-Ml A An ClIlCIBDall. OlllO TM. shrinking girl In the commonplace blu ll Per CAnt possible sunshine.

0 Temperature same date last year--Maximum, 49, minimum, 35 Temperatures In Other JTcmperalures yesterday in othtr cities, with rainfall for twelve hcurs ended at 8 p- Max. Asheville, Atlanta. Ga Atlantic City, N. 30 Bismarck, --6 Boston, Mass 30 Buffalo. N.

18 28 35 48 30 IS Cincinnati. Cheyenne, Min 20 28 IS --14 12 10 IS Wyo suit, Just as yonr eyes do, and you begin to wonder all over again what mystery Colo wlll'be revealed, what stone of misunder- ra 2 standing will be rolled away, when she Helena, lifts the white veil that makes her look Indianapolis, Inff. 30- like a bride--or, because of her littleness and even more like a first comtnu- TM" nlcant, and tells her Btory." Tax on Imported Bay Rum. Representative Payne, chairman of the Committee on 'Ways and Means, yesterday Introduced a bill to impose a tax of H-10 per proof gallon on the spirits contained in bay rum imported from Porto Rico. KanaasTlly.

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