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mmmlMtn I torn mie of ha de-fen. Mlrlsm, on. or rminiwi or en pert alienist. d- ler-- thai Thaw ta now in. sane.

Hut aside from that there must sufficient evidence of lnanity to convince the trial Judge, who aleave haa the power In appoint rommlaaion. that the defendant I (riane It happena In this partlcuiar ease (bat no phyaxtan haa mil an lamination of I ha defendant eicept tbe ipni a ho have been called In hi behalf. Ana none of them haa titminH him for a pa I'wi of two montha. They tr titat wbiia waa Insane at tha time ha shot While ha haa since recovered hla reason. It- waa pointed out tiijay that In tha Klilnelander law, wnirli rsir-ie before tha Courts In 1 tha relatives -f Khlneland'rt.

who had shot a woman. joined with tha I1aTTct Attorney In wn for a ommiaaion In lunacy, which thai trial Jada-a cranfH Former i1ic how vr. took-the matter lie-Tore lihe Court Anpeaia. where It decided that, the defendant being, then ililc to consult ra tionally with hla roiinsci upon hla defenaat rouimlaalon waa necesaary. Counsel lor Thaw drtlara that there ara also other precedents sgatnat a commteaion.

It Html rlaar. that unless Je- roma succeeds In trapping on. of tha -erts for d. fense Inio a declaration that Thaw la now Insane, there ran be no rmnitalon. Certainly Jeromes own expert rannot tm reluM upon to secura a mmmlMlon through t-ieir statemente.

alma none r.f hen haa ever been ahla to nsrnlne Thaw at a k.ar distance than feet at roes tha courtroom. Not one of them haa ever torn hed Thaw or eschanged a with him. All lh talk about I'lntt oriimlaalon hi resulted from tha manner in which Jerome haa met tha at- im pta of tha dtfenre to ret Into tha evl-er-re lha conversations that Thaw had wltli tha esperts who eaamlried hlrn. Ha -TV pen ted I offered admit the conversations If tha defense 'nJ1 admit that Thaw waa Insane at It- time tha experts talked with Mm Pel mas Trapped Jerome. Mr lielrnaa.

after -khatieMng vr triaana of r.g th- conversations bef-ire tha J.r. at In at nvi1e llxi r.mreaalon demanded I'V Jerome, hu' In a manner whlh entirely ii.et tr i alculatton of ttia 1'roa-a-utor ll dm from Ir. Kv.ma. flrit. a 'alt-mot.

i.it at tha tlma of h. ftrat hr vlalta to Tuaw. or until (:toi.r of laat yr. tha prlaotn-r Iraane; but that tha flva vlalta ahowxl a rrturn to aanlty. Thn Mr.

Iclniaa flid tha lltiio of tha ronveraatl aa dur-liK lha tlrat tnra vlalta. Tha mora will iiahl him. to Bt hefnra tha Jury nil of ha. ronvaraatflitia and grue-lv trrfiaihn hla caaa. It will ha mu rjairr for a Jury to tn-lh-va that Thaw waa rtaty ha ahot Whlta.

and contlnuad In an Inaana canidltlon for thraa or four ni'tith tlirraaftrr. Mi irnn lal.r. than tiuit auddnly f-ior-l hla ran aft-r havlns flrd thr-ca ahotn friin a revolver. Mraira. ttlartrhlxn arid I'rah'Kly.

i well ii a Maara "ji It'-lllv and Italniaa. all their rut Ira aatiafiK'tlon to-dy wlih Urn r-ondltlou In whl' tha raaa rt anit thr.r ronndtir-. in tha ultimata rcault the Iriiil. Mia Willllain. Thaw apent foiw hmira in Mr 1 1 i ili 1 4 ofTWo proparin for hr orldl on the wl'neaa at a lid nail week.

Mk ll.nrv Thaw, attttad In a nr.it brown Kim ii. tatted tha Tomha and apent mora it. an an hour with bar htjahand. Mha da- lareii to una of tha kt-efiera that alio waa faelliiK very well. Valentines For Thaw.

Thaw, hlrna. If. waa In k'hI aplrlla to-day. rte.plte the dly In hii trial. Ila.r"" elvad a bundle of lluied aientlne.

and once mora eiprrd hla avnipathy with Juror Koltnn In hla bereavement. Iifiath. by tha wav. one nmr. tuvailed ttia Thaw Ir.

I- lo-duy. when Ml. l. It. Ikrwnay, lietter known aa "Mia Puff." who fr aavaml in.mtl.a waa Tfiaw'a nlht ke ar In tha TonUia, aw.ty In Oouver-naur lloaplt.il.

Tlmw aatit aonie muney to U'ardi-n Klvnn. of tha Tnmln. for a wreath to ha plare.l on "Hla; Imff'a" t-akt. A rnnfereiii -a of 1 haw a rounael will be )iald to-morrow for tha ltirpoa cf arranit-Ing their plana for the amnptioii of the trial tin Mnnduy Ho fur Uia proKritm baa bean arrahRd now. In- Kvnna will flrat ha recalled for th.

purKa. of detail-Ins tha rotiveraatlori ho had with Tbaw in tha Trunin. UN roaa xumuiatlon will ba poatponad aa will ba tha rrns-rsamlnatlnn all cif the eiperta. until thev nava made anawer to tha Una) hypothetical quantum which will ha put to tht aftrr all tha evidence of tha dfrtia haa Iveen put In. With Kvana temporarily atoorl axlde.

I'ra lllnaaman and I mr will tm called to taatlfy to the m.iitiil ttnte varloua mamhare of the Thaw family, after whlrh tha will will ba offered In evidence. It la exported that Jerome will make a flot avalnat' Ita admlaalon. but It la believed that all of theae multera run be dlepoaej tif before tha noon recee. If thla belief la reallaed Mra Evelyn Thaw will ba rerallud Immediately upon the reconvening; of fourt In the afternoon and aha will tderetipon reaume her Interrupted atoty and continue until her direct examination baa been concluded and aha haa taen liand'Ml ver to Jerome for croa-e-amlnatlon. The Central Figuie.

Thaw la villi the central haura In the trial. iter tot I still that upon which the conviction or acquittal of her linaliaml will be hntiK. and her croas-exam-Itiatlon rtmalna tha one arent ohntacle that lliuat be aurniounted If Thaw la to walk Out of the courtroom a free inati. Mra. llllHm Thaw will follow her dauah-ter-ln law on Inratand and ahe will be am -i ceded by AnlhitVj.

Cotuatin k. hla aaenla, Mlaa M.v Mi ettale Thud several other Incidental wltneaeee who will finally alve way to the exeita with whom the detenae will brina Ita i-aae to a t'toaa. A novel aide 11b Ii on the Thaw caae came to light' to. day in the receipt of a i able meen.iRe from lnidon that the famous l.loyd'a Inaurnnce haa acepled a heavy risk on tha life of Thaw at Ii arulneaa per ttiouaand. Tina ia practically a not of l.mK) to that Thaw will he acquitted, and It lnjltatoa the fe'ltna of public opinion In Hull nearer home there waa a almllar Indication of the drift An Kaaton tPenn.l new-atiaicr aelected a Jury of IJ well known and representative tttixcna and aaked them to raaa upon the iik.

Kvvry one of the 12. voted for ac-i ill I tat. It la to be borne In mln.l. however, that thla verdict was based on the case ao fur as It haa- In-en heard. Or.

Frank the oftlclal Tomtit I'flaon phjal.lan. will be ralle.t by Dlatr'ct Attorney Jerome na one of the chief for the slate In the Thaw trial. Tb rroaocutor xiecla -ltr. Molulre a teafl mony to lay tha foundation for the opinion of alienists that Thaw waa sane on the nlaht of June -J. when ba killed Stanford White lr.

MiMluIre haa repeatedly been railed aa an expert In homicide trie la. ami has exhibited original methoda In reaching con-rlualona aa to tha vanity of defendant. He will not be called as an expert In the rne. but merely as a general medical practitioner. The Tomba phjslolan Is of the opinion that Thaw, when he killed White, knew the duality of tha action and knew the distinction between right aMl wroner.

but Ma value to the atitte aa a witness Ilea in the long observation he haa had of Thaw and the data he haa given the 1'lstrlct Attorney, which will be recorded In the trial' on hla evidence. Mrears. Flint. McDonald and Mabln. the elletileta representing the District At tor-hay a office, have been prohibited -frora making persona! examination of Tbaw.

They have, however, been able see tha prisoner through tha sharp eyea and acute hearing- of Ir. AlcOulre. and tt la aaid they are In a good position to paaa apjn hla mental atate. tHirlnar the eight months Thaw haa been In the Tosnha McOuIre baa sewn him more than 1 times and alwaya with a view of maklr.g an observation of bis mentat state. The physician has.

kept a careful record of Thaw appearance. words, actlona and niocxti and la prepared to five every day's details si ace June ItV. Hi Eye) oa Thaw. IT. -Mctlulre ha watched Thaw In- his flatly chata with his anotber and wife, hla other relatives and hla lawyers, and.

It Is aid. will testify to a domineering spirit on t.ie part of the prisoner aa shown by his-words and acta and a determination to have his own way. While treating Thaw for various slight a il menta the doctor has bad long- talks with him and ia prepared to state that he spoke Intelligently and logically upon every topic and rave no suggestion of confusion of Ideas or delusions. Dr. McOulres observations particularly emphasise Thaw's idea of his own Importance) and hla inclination to look down upon vea hla lawyers at ttmea.

but to the Tomba rhyalcian this exhibition weaa not In the ture of the exaggerated ego' referred to by Dr. Kvana, He looks upon It rather aa a demonstration of an overpowering- self-conceit which had never been hampered by environment. During! the boure of night. While Thaw haa been asleep. Dr.

McGnlre haa watched him trees the cell door. Tha Bleep of the prisoner waa mm quiet aa that of a well-fed. healthy child, the If tor wi.l teat fv ii'irr naa any tiaxninvarea or oi.h. of sleep, such es a re n-jti'-ed 1n rases of Insanity. Hormal Record.

According to the record -f t. a ar-Vallooa. Thaw a stomach and ot it .1 organs were rw.ge.ted wl.en l. ft'" altered tha Tombs Dr. MctJutre et a watch on the prisoner for rymptorna aug-ST'stlng a drug habit of afiv sort, but fc did not find the change ln ThaWa I f' and environment productive of any marked physical diaturoanre Thaw haa alwaya had a -vl iilll.

and ha gxined I pounda since his Imprlno'iment. Tha doctor liss recorded ae' arai aevare Outbursta of from tr. fling ra iaa. but all prnere give way to tneir feallnae at timea In tt.e Tomoa. when over tneir foaltinn.

Tlte rtisry of Ir. M'-uiee rovers a wide range of topu a. and ni'rii of It. It Is aaid. Is competent evidence and will be repeated In the trial.

The picture, as outlined dutry. la that of a man with a brain ll'iw the nor mal ln strength, an active hut. unstable reasoning process, an ungoverr. sole temper an Inclination to suspicion, a r.a'ure marked by In his artlors sid and a reasoning; faculty not all it not sufficiently-unsound to be uhahle to distinguish right from wrong. Supports Evelyn's The only corroboration th'is far tirought out of tha statement of Kvelyn NWi Thaw that ahe told her atory of Stanford Whlte'e treatment of her to her huaband many montha before the architect waa killed rma to Hrht to-day when In- Strong aild that Ttiaw had tild him Tha story mure than two years sgo.

Tha Dor-tor has been known In puhllo movement" for many years. lis Is now tha President of the American Institute for Social Service. the work of which Governor Hughs has indorsed. Dr. Btrong Is rot certain of the tlma of Thaw's appeal to Jilro.

He figures It as sliotit IS months prior to tbe tragedy, but he recolle -'a tha sula.iiic. of the converst-tlon with tne man now on trial for his life 'Ha told me surti a alory of horror and nutraa-a that It mmlo by- Mood boll." Mid he mentioned no names, but ha undoubtedly referred to Stanford White ar.d Kvelyn Xeebit. He charged that a ganar of Incarnate devils had a den of vice ln this city "Where they ruined younpr lrl. and he wanted ma to tell him how he should pro ceed to break It up Dr Rtroug did riot st that tlma know young Thaw. Rut he had had a slight ac quaintance some years before with the father.

William Thaw, and Mra Thaw. H. alao had met rs. Thompson, atep- slater of the prisoner. lr.

Strong- advlned him to aee Anthony fofnstock, who w.is far mora familiar witn tha proper tnetliida of proceeding In such matter. Ma llai.red to tha whole story. In ordT to to Judge how the yotinK man miouM priM d. The Astounding Feature. "What struck me as one of tha natound- Inx" featiina of tha recital." s.iid l'r.

"wiia the iieralstenc. and p.itienye with whli Thaw sstd these men pursued thMir victlma. Thaw desired to break up this den. but all effort had thwarted by the Influence of the wealthy man at the head of It. "In his rtcltal young Thaw not Indicate to ma that he waa personally Inter-eated In the girl whose experience, he related.

He told her story aa an llluatration of the methoda pursued by" these men. lie did not, even say that he had tol the facts bv the woman herself. Uut li knowledge of her experiences waa ao Intuniite that hi mtlat liiva been told her. At Iraat ao It seemed to me st tne time. 'I liava read a small pnrt of the atory told by Kvelyn Thaw on the witness stand the most c-seentlal part -and it waa entiri-ly consl.xu-nt with that Thaw told nij two or more years sko, "Though the story shorked ma.

I hrd no particular nccaalon to rememher the affair In detail. Many person consult tne In th mural of a year or ao. ami It would be Impnaalble for me to remember the details of the conversations with them "However. I recollect he eald this wealthy man had finally succeeded ln the youni; woman to hla rooms In the il where he had ruined her. "When ha got through I told him that Anthony t'omatork waa the man ahould that Mr.

Comstock wn a lawyer who knew Just how tu get evidence In such a rase. I have not seen htm since. Krotn what I have heard I auppate that he did go to Mr. Comstock. and that an attempt I get evidence against the men In the den waa made." ABRUPT CLOSE Of tha Trial May Coma Next Week Jerome's Strange Move, ar aaaoriirsD rasas.

New York, February i5. 'loae observers of the Thaw trial, which haa been p- at-poned for several djys hcv.iuao of the death of a Juror'a lf, believe; tne present trend of the trial aa shown In the laat two d.iya Is toward a commlaaion 1 ri lunacy to determine officially Harry Thaw's condition of mind. Thjs hvlief I sucKcstcd by District Attorney Jerome's apparent wilHngneas 1o admit part of tlie will, by his rcadtneas to withhold technical eb-Jccllona to the testimony of Thaw's phyaiciana tending to throw Uc-lit on the defendant's mental status and by his policy of yrsterday In admitting without opposition the conversation between Thaw and Dr. Kvaus when the latter was examining the prisoner In flie Tombs. Counsel for Thaw have reached the opinion that the trial may be terminated abruptly any day next week from this cause.

8o fullv convinced are they that Jerome will make this move that they arc planning to fight him on this line. Thaw himself is credited with having declared that he would not face the aaylum In preference to Hlng Sing and the death chamber, so It tan be aeen with what feeling this expected move of Mr. Jerome Is re-gnrded lit the camp of the defense. One of Thaw's lawyers. In spenklng of the probable plan for a lunacy rommlaaion.

said: "As the case hns progressed from day to day we have become, more and more convinced by. the conduct of the DlmrJ-ct Attorney and hla experts, who are obaervlng the defendant for htm. that It haa boon and Is his purpose to lead the rase tip to the imlnt where he can apply properly for a commission ln lunacy. don't want the boy declared insane. Ave want him acquitted." he added.

The following atatement aa to District Attorney Jerome's poailioa-sei th regard to the aanlty or Insanity of Harry K. Thaw waa made to-day: Jerome does not know whether or not Thaw la insane. Nona of his aaaistanta know. None of the experta retained for the prosecution know. These experts have not had an opportunity to examine Thaw, either as to his physical condition or hi mental caliber.

They are at preaent In Court at the trial with an open mind. They would like tiVknow. "If any experts retained for the defense, some of whom have already testified, will say authoritatively that in their opinion Thaw Is now Insane, the DistrU Attorney will Join with them in le reuueat th. Court for an appointment of a commission In lunacy to decide on the question of the defendant's sanity." THAWS VALET Come Prepared To Tall a Weird Story of Influence) By Hypnotism. atruL axararca to ram ssqetas.

Boaton. February 15. That Harry K. Thaw had been In the habit of using deadly weapema when ln a paroxyioi of rage, long before the MaJlaon Square Roof Harden tragedy, la the atartllng statement made to-day by Jamea Mor'ey, for more than flva years valet to the young mllNon- Morley arrived here to-day on the a team -ahlp Sagonia, from Ltondon. on bia way to New York to offer himsalf aa a witness for the defense.

Mr. Morley exhibits a knife wound on the right wrfT about four Inches long and a bullet wound In the leg. Inflicted by Thaw In (Its of passion to whicn he was stirred, the former valet declares, by Imagined wrongs. That Thaw'a Incentive to the alaylng of Stanford White waa due not alone by hut Inaana jealousy the architect, but to the machinations of a man named Marrtette. who held the young millionaire in the grip of a strange personal Influence.

the statement which Morley says he la prepared to prove. Vrhe former valet did not leave the employ of Thaw until soma time after the latter a marriage to Kvelyn Nesblt. He said. Harry waa vory generous and kindly when ha waa himself. But ha was of a sort a JekyU-Hyde nature ever atnoa a fall Into the ul he.

of a French hypnotist four er five years aao la Ptttakurg "Thaw acted more and more peculiarly as Marnette a ln flue nr. a-raw npoa bin. Some times he would fly Into a rage and smash tcture and furniture In hia apartment. Thaw uae.J to tell me over and over again that White caused all bis worrlen. The r'r- hman waa working his power over Mm ill the im.

and Ml spells became more frequent. He raged against White." JZT.fjH J'lgEPIt if- BOLTON. WTioa Absence on Accrunt of the Death of His Wife. Occasioned a Pos-tponsrnent of the TVal. EVELYJTS GEAJTDMA Ia Found in Spokane, But Will Not Oo To New Tork.

avsriAi. Dfara-rcxt to tssi s-tiqcibss. Bpokxne. February 15 Mrs. Elixa Jane MHonkr Nesblt, a red PI.

grand mother of Evelyn N'eablt Thaw, lives In Room 103 of the Oeraiond Block. 8pra-ue avenue and Lincoln street. In this city. The aged woman la living- here alone. Her daughter.

Mrs. Isaao J. Oalbralth, resides at 1317 Fifteenth a venue. Mra. Nesblfa son.

Wlnfleld Nesblt. is the father of Evelyn Thaw. Orest efforts have been made to keep her identity secret since tha Tbaw trial began. Mra. Nesblt says she would under no consideration go to New York and testify against the character of Evelyn's mother for the reanon tht she believes a trip overland would end in her death.

She rays she believes they have hei e.in hlng the country for her. and she has done beat to keep her location a secret. She said her aon Winfieid was a prominent lawyer before his whlcn lasted a long while. she has a life-siacd photograph of him hangintc on the wall, which shows him with full beard Mra. Nesblt last saw Kvelyn when she was lo years old.

That wan after her fathers death. Kvelyn was living In llttahurK witn her raothor, but soon afterward they moved to New York. When aaked ml. at she thought of the case, the grandmother said at once: "No Jury of icood men would convict my grandchild's husband. From all 1 henr he was a liood man.

and I believe he did right when he put an end to White, who, I guess, was a very bail man." Isaac lulbrait h. hr son-in-law, drew the flans for one of the World's Fair buildings ln Chicago. It was due to his efforts that the Kranumothers whereabouts have been kept secret. EVELYN'S MOTHER Was Offered To Favor Thaw's Suit, Says tho Milliner, winii. piaraTca to tub svynixa.

New York. February 15. It Is the plan of the defense In the Thaw murder trial to use Mrs. J. J.

Calne. the ltoston milliner ami Intlmata friend of Kvelyn Nesblt Thaw, to combat the testimony favorable to Stanford Wilte, which It Is anticipated Howard N'eablt will give If sworn as a witness fur the- stale. Mrs. spent to-day at a consultation wttit air. Delmaa and other counsel for Thaw Tn a reporter Mrs.

Calne declared ahe had heard Harry Thaw ask Kvelyn Nea-bit's mother for her hand at the time the girl was at school at 1'oinpton. N. and accompanying the proposal of marriage with a promise that If Kvelyn became hla wife lie would, on the wedding day. settle on Mrs. llolman.

then Mrs. Nesblt. jlOO.OuO or more. The mother's answer to this, she anld. was that she would try her best to persuade Evelyn to accept Thaw.

"I have come to New York." aaid Mrs. Calne, "to do all that It Is possible for me to do to help Florence. "After Florence went on the stage and White became Interested In her Mra. Hol-rnan did not question what the motive of that Interest might be. I know that she believed White was simply Infatuated with the child's beauty." SIGNS PUT UP In the Stores Prohibit Discussion of tha Thaw Case.

ersciAi. BisPATew to tits vsQriasm. Memphis. February 111 Additional signs were ordered from painting firms ln this city to-day with the wording. "No discussion of the Thaw case will be permitted In this store." Many merchants have such tlcni, already displayed In their places of buslneas.

A fight which atmost led to mur der Monday last between men who had ar gued the Thaw case Is believed to have been responsible for efforts of local merchants to bar such discussions. NAME 'Astoa Madeira" Is That of Her Soldier Brother, and Mrs- Stephenson Wants It As the reauit of the recent trouble ln the Aslon Madeira Chapter, V. D. C. of Covington, eeveral charter members of the lodge have threatened to withdraw their membership and have also asked that the name of the chapter be changed.

Mrs. IashUl Stephenson, the flrat Presi dent of the lodge and Its organizer, has protested againat the controversy, which arose several months ago among the mem bers after the annual election. One fac tion claimed that there had been an error In the telling of the ballots and that Mra. Mattle Uruce Reynolds had beeen elected President Instead of -Mra. Benjamin Ash- brook, ho has been ao recognized by the state board.

In her protest Mrs. Stephen son asks that the name Aston Madeira be changed, because when the chapter i flrat organised the name adopted waa that of her brother, who waa a Confederate aol dier. A number of the charter members of tha lodge recently tried to secure concessions from thw opposing factions' ln the trouble, it ia said, but could do nothing. Mrs. Roy Mc Kinney.

Stat President of the order, waa also appealed tot but stated that owing to -an amendment recently adopted to the constitution she waa unable to settle the trouble. The active members of the chapter do not seem to be able to arrange the situation to the satisfaction of all concerned, and it la aaid that as a result there will In all probability be formed an entirely new chapter In Covington. Every original member of the lodge. Mrs. Stephenson raid last night, will withdraw her membership if the matter la notT brought to aa adjustment ln the nesr fu- ure.

MARINES FOR CUBA. Newport News. February li The army ran port Sumner sailed to-day for Cuba, taking Ita marines. I L1CS ClUD IX TO li OATS. PAZO OINTMENT la s-waraaea1 te ears aa? eaaa lteaOag.

BUa4. BiamgjtrFotrwdiaa; fluHHiiifiiimi f' I 'I' i awlwa ii THE ENQUIRER. CINCINNATI. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1G.

1907. TROUBLE Seen in a Petition Circnlated By Determined To Pass The Olive Insurance Bill Over Babcock's Plan. Underwriters Are Backing the Proposed Move. Senators Lined Dp Solidly Against Giving Indiana's Governor Appointive Power He Seeks. WECliL Mir.TTB TO TSB BXfClBS.

Indianapolis. Ind February The indi cations are tnat another crinia may be reached ln the In- sursnre legislation. A movement was started this afternoon by llous Repub licans to offer a resolution to-morrow calling on (Speaker Branch to hand down the Babcock bill, and to offer a motion to strike out all of It but tho enacting clause, substituting the Olive -bill, said to be the prod uct of the Indiana life insurance companies. A petition was circulated among the House Republicans and many signed It. It waa said, however; that It was not another anil Hanly movement, as Representative Edwards and other Insurgents were not Identified with It.

The supposition was that the life Insurance lobby thinks that, owing to the row In the Senate over the Babcock- Farber bill, the time Is ripe to deal It a death blow ln the House by having. the Olive bill substituted. The Republican leaders who heard of the movement ex pressed great alarm. Several of them ul mltted that such action would result suit id an ana they Irreparable injury to the party- are hustling around to keep It from being carried out. A majority of the Republican Senators la still lined up solidly against provision ln the Babcock-Farber bill giving the Governor power to appoint the commission.

Hoadhoosea Are Saved. House Bill No. 1. the first one at the opening of the session, waa killed today. It provided that County Commissioners should not Issue licenses for snloons to be located outside of the city corporate if was lntroducvd by Representative Hays, fif Worthington, and would have put out of busints many rondhoufes.

Representative Sweeney, of Tell City, hastened its death by moving that lis enacting clause be stricken out. The motion prevailed by a vote of 47 to Many members refused to vote. Representative Schreeder, of Evansvllle. led the opposition to the bill. For Betterment of Jails.

Representative Wood All's bill giving the State Board of Charities jurisdiction over the County Jails waa passed to-day by a vole of 61 to The bill provides for examination of the Jails by. the Board of Charities, and authorizes it to notify the Circuit Court to order an investigation henever desired. If the Court does not act the board may appeal to th" t.overnnr. Pending the, cleaning of tha Jail, prisoners must be removed to an adjoining county. Contributions Disapproved.

A bill introduced by Representative Joyce to prohibit insurance companies contributing to campaign funds waa paased by a vote of 8a to i. A fine of l.ai and Imprisonment for one year may ba the penalty for violation of this law. Th Cox game bill was amended to-day so that rabbits may be killed the year round, but the closed season for quail hereafter shall be from November 10 to January 1. Wood's Bill Vetoed. The Governor vetoed Senate Bill So.

110, Introduced by Senator Will R. Wood, his former law partner. It provided that a Court might Inflict a prison sentence ln cases where there was a conviction for gambling. I'nder the present law the Court must ad'd a Jail sentence to a fine for The Governor's objections were of a technical nature. Express Companies 'Win.

The Senate to-dar killed Senator Carl Wood's bill to compel express companies to deliver packages In any city. The enacting clause waa stricken out on motion of Senator Kittinger. There Is a law now compelling express companies tb deliver packages in cities of 2.0ta3 and over. A bill presented by Senator Carl Wool, on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Indiana, to prevent the killing of an eagle, was passed to-day. It aroused considerable amusement.

Inasmuch as Senator Wood Is the Democratic leader. He said the Ora'er of Eagles is trying to prevent the extermination of the birds In Indiana. Senator Ranke's bill providing for the creation of a state armory board and appropriating for It waa passed. Senator Goodwine's bill, providing an appropriation to buy the Wm. Henry Harrison homestead at Vincennea and preserve It as a relic, was pasad to engrossment after It is amended so that the slate will appropriate to.

Out if the citizens of Vlnrennes will raise a like amount to carry out the deal. Knocking' of Hanly Continues. In the consideration of tlie bill to clothe the Railroad Commission with authority to enforce its decisions, the bad feellnffx-Isting In the Senate toward Governor Hanly cropped out ln an amendment offered by Senator Kittinger. of Anderson, to provide that the members of the commission shalt ba. appointed by the Governor, but their appointment must be confirmed by the Senate.

His action created a stir and tt was apparent that there would te a hard fight over It. Senator Kittinger, however, said he would withdraw It for the present. He proposes to Introduce it later. Defeated, of Course. The bill was amended to provide that the commission must begin proceedings ln the lower Court when attempting to forcwr a readjustment of rates.

The bill provided that such proceedings should be Instituted In the Appellate Court, which was given original jurisdiction ln such matters. The amendment waa offered by Senator Carl Wood, who Introduced another to provide that railroads should issue passes to members of the commission. The latter amendment, however, waa defeated. The bill was approved by representatives of the railroads and traction companies before It waa submitted to-day. Tucker Has the Floor.

Harry St. George Tucker. President of the Jamestown Exposition, was given an hour to-day by the Senate and House to explain what is being done to make tiut big show a success. He asked the Legislature for an appropriation for a display of the resources of Indiana. He said that the exposition would be a birthday party of the English people ln America.

'Watching' For Lobbyista. Speaker Branch, at the opening of tbe i session of the House this afternoon. Issued an order barring all visitors from the floor unless tliey are sent for by some member. He said that information had reached blm that the visitors had been lobbying for iwi i various measures. He aaked the members to in tor mm wnenever a loooyist ap- peered on the that he may have' him removed.

Attacks Hawkins ProTisioru Aseerting that the measure was drawn haras tbe amatt factory owners and to allow the big trusts, such as the Standard Oil Company, to escape unpunished. Senator Kittinger attacked the Uawkins antitrust bill on the floor of the Senate this afternoon, lie declared the measure waa "dishonest and conceived in am and born in Iniquity." An amendment, which cut eut one of the moat Important features of the bill, waa adopted. The House settled the fate ef lis two woman suffrage bills this afternoon by snaking tfaesn special e-eder of business for the laat day of the session. Refuse! the Health. Board.

The Se-nat this afternoon refused to give the State Board of Health authority to revoke the license of a physician who had iSt three times to report births, deaths cases of Infectious dlseaae. and to dis charge health officers who did not make their reports properly. It also amended the WIl so tharihe penalty for failure of phy- slclan or sehold-rs to report lnf-tious will be 1 lr.stead of Sl'. The bill, pesak-d. hewexer.

will aid the In collection of health and vital THEY HAVE EECESSED, Bat the Tennessee Legislators Have Enough To Keep Them Busy. aif ul Msrir a ro tai uciin. Nsa.iv.lie. February 15. After rea-l ition giving pretty nearly ail the meraVt some sort of committee work at the rearular per diem, duririsr the rea.

the General Assembly adjourned today until March li The feature of the last day was the struggle over the Memphis charter bill in the House. Some of the speech were very Mr. Shea, of Memphis, aeverely the present Mayor of Memphis. The bill received 44 votes. less than a constitutional.

majority, but a motion to-reconsider having be entered on the Journal It wiil come up again after the reces. The fight ever this bill has been ln progress ever since the Iefrlslature assembled, cioth sdea maintaining big lobbies here. Governor Patterson and the speaker of both Houses have been on the side of the charter repealers. WELL. WELL! im, Ore February IS.

The State Legislature has passed a compulsory pass bill which makes It oblisra'ory on toe rart of the railroads to furnish free transportation to state and dlerrict officers and to County Judges and Sheriffs. "BILL" CLUB Just Organized in Missouri Includes Bryan and Stone. Jefferson City. February 15 The "Bill Club. No.

of the World." has filed srtlcles of association with the Secretary of State, and. on a pro-forma decree of the Circuit Court of Clay County, haa been granted a charter as a socl.vl organization. The headquarters of this club 'Is at Excelsior SpriiiRS and Us membership is restricted to men who answer to the name of "Bill." William J. Bryan. I'nlted States Senator Stone and ex-Congressman Cowherd, of Kansas C4ty.

are on the member? ship roll. The officers are: President. Bill Sisk: Vice President. Bill Wear; Bisi Hyder, and Treasurer. Bill Flack.

HARD-LUCK Storj Related To Polics By Operators Who Planned To Tap a Poolroom Wire- Frank Robinson and Harry F. Meyers, telegraph operators, who were arrested Thursday night by Iwteetlve Jackson e.nd Callahan after they had everything planned to tap the wires leading to Huber's poolroom and "clean up the bookies." talked freely to Chief of Detectives Crawford yesterday. "There's nothing to It," said Robinson. "I toss up the sponge. You can't get away with the bookies.

We had everything lined up to sting them good and hard across the river, and here you go and spill the beans. Why didn't you let tis go through with It? A fellow oucht to have a medal if he's able to mace a poolroom. They get the people'a money. Look at the odds they post on races. It's Juet like getting money from home for tham.

Anybody who goes up against It baa) g-4l bout as much of a chance as a. rabbet. "I have been stung by them so often I'd like a chance to get back at them. The police are talking about breaking up poolrooms. Why don't you let ua fellows loose and we will put a crimp In them for you? Just hand a few wire-taps Into them and they will holler for mercy.

I am ready to" put them out of the business any old Robinson also told of another chapter ln their hard-luck story which came off ln Windsor, Canada, a few months ago. He said he and Meyers had pulled off a wiretapping job that was a "pippin." The tap worked fine and everything was lovely. They walked back into town with their fingers Itching for their part of the f4.GuO they-knew their "stall" had cleaned up at the poolroom. When they got there they found that their confederate had disappeared with the money and that the poolroom men had notified the police, who were waiting to take them to the Windsor Jail. Robinson and Meyers were fined t'0 and costs each.

They never found the man who was in on the job with them and got the money: In addition to having their plans for a "killing" across the river spoiled the two wire-tappers are bewailing the fact that they put up S140 to buy a complete outfit of Instruments necessary for the Job, and these the police have confiscated. The men were being held on suspicion yesterday and will probably be charged with loitering today. WELL KNOWN To the Police of Detroit and Windsor Ar the Two Prisoners. ariciAt. Diari-rcB to tn ainrnii.

Detroit, February 15. Harry Meyers and Frank Robinson, wire tappers under arrest in Cincinnati, are well known to the police of Detroit and Windsor, especial ly Robinson, who was at tbe head of a. gang that had plana all made to make a killing near Windsor, last summer. They were followed by Provincial Detectives Mahoney and Campau to the country last summer, and while the officers were hiding behind trees they tapped tbe wires, but before the killing wss made the officers swooped down upon them and placed the gang under arrest. All escaped last fall With a fine of fjO.

Robinson's home is In St. Thomas. Ont. INSTITUTE founded By Pratt Gets the Bulk of His Widow's Fortune Amounting To MiliioDs. arxciAi.

marim to tsts ssonars. New Tork. February 15. By the will of Mrs. Mary H.

Pratt, widow of Charles Pratt, who was a prominent official in the Standard Oil Company, filed to-day. in the Surrogate's office, the greater portion of of the estate Is bequeathe to Pratt Institute, which was founded by Charles Pratt. There are also a number of other charitable bequests. While the amount of the estate ia not given, it is known that the old Pratt estate amounted to several millions. To Charles M.

and Frtderkk B. Pratt, sons of Mrs. Pratt, ia given ail her int-rest ,0 the fund lrtt by busband. amounting to about Other bequests to relatives amount to fLS.OMO. and some be quests to servants.

Alter tnee had Keen named a' unm. i th. t- e.t, the atate a-ii-ea in Pnit Institute. MADDEJTS STATEMXUT. Washington.

February 15 Mr. Madden, neu shewn the St. Paul dispatch, aid: "1 uprx that the advocates of the resolution want my official bead. Just why. I do not know, unless it be because 1 have advocated placing all printed matter in one class and charging- a specific rate for Its transmission through the mails.

My own belief Is that would be much better simply to classify all such matter as printei and let the fact that it is printed determine its clasai treat iun and the rate bt which it may be transmitted." I HANDFUL Of Survivors Is Reduced pr f)pth anil I 1st ftf I rch. D. 3 aHU 01 LarCB- moat Victims Grows. Two Passengers Make Direct Charges Against Captain asd Crew. Who Protest Their Innocence.

Providence, R. February 15. James Vann, of FayettevlIIa. N. a colored steward of the Larchmont.

died to-night of pi.eumoma at East Si-le Hospital, where he was taken witn several other survivors of the wreck Wednesday night. This leaves IT survivors from the wreck. There ware seven additional Identifica-tlona this afternoon ln the Laribmont horror, as follows: Arthur S. McKay. Brighton.

Mass. Robert Blggar. Worcester, Mass. Isaac Flnkel. New York.

Benjamin Cohen. Providence. W'mdom Waasington. Gloucester County. Virginia.

-j William D. HeadlyT waiter. Koxbury, Massachusetts. Thomas Stevens, address ur. known.

makes the number of identified dead Eighty-seven neople who are known to have been on the steamer are still missing. It is believed at least 100 persons perished. With returning strength the survivors are able to recall more clearly what happened ln tho -terrible confusion of the accident Stories reflecting on the conduct of some of the officers and crew are related. Miss Sadie Oolub. of one of the two women survivors, and Kred lliergseil.

of Brooklyn, X. maintain direct charges of cowardice against some of the officers and crew. From the time young Fred Miergell was pulled ashore through the breakers early-Tuesday morning until tho dead and llvina were removed to Providence, members of both the New fehoreham and Sandy Point Stations were on duty continuously for nearly 48 hours without sleep. Waist deep ln the water that had chilled the l-arch-mont victims to death before they could drown, these men labored without Intermission hauling bodies weighted with thick coatings of h-e through the surf and up the beach to the stations. Their quarters were so crowded by the dead and llvina: that they were literally turned out of doors, but with unflinching devotion they kept up Uielr labtrs.

and today performed their regular round of duties, although each man was so lame and sore from frost bites and overexertion that he scarcely was fit for the task. The inquiry Into the collision between the Joy Line steamer Larohment and the schooner Harry Knowlton. off Block I -'land. Monday night, which opened ln New London. yesterday.

and at which Captain Haley and three members of the crew of the schooner made sworn statements, will be continued here and ln New Tork. The nlteJ States Inspectors In oharge of the Investigation, however, declared that If the stories of passengers are borne out arrests will be made. The Federal investigation Is at a complete standstill because physicians say Captain MeVay Is not yet in condition to answer the official questions. The identification of the 7rt bodies that have been recovered has so far progressed that only eight remained unclaimed. Mr.

and Mrs. A. A. Potter, of Andover. N.

were added to the list of missing this afternoon. A meeting of the official of the Joy Line was held to-day, and at its conclusion the company gave out. a statnerit denying the chargea of cowardice made against Captain McVay and the crew of the iarchmunt STOKIES OF DESERTION And Mistreatment of Passengers on the Larchmont Are Denied. New Tork. February 15.

Stories of mls; treatment and desertion of passengers on the Ill-fated steamer Larctimont by the La'rchmont officers and crew were vigorously denied by the officers of the steamer Kentucky, which arrived here to-day. The Kentucky Is the steamer which was sent to Block Island by the Joy Line Immediately after the first news of the disaster had been received. Purser Kdward Bod-mer, of the Kentucky, declared that several of the rescued pasengers were loud In praise of Captain McVey's conduct at the time of the. disaster and that one of the two women passengers who survived said the Captain did everything possible under the circumstances. Superintendent Noble, of the Joy Line, issued a statement to-day strongly defending Captain McVey.

LEADS TO NEW LAW. Boston. February 15. An outcome of the Larchmont disaster waa the filing of a bill In the Legislature to-day requiring tnat lists of passengers on the steam vessels shall be kept ln the office of the steamship companies. In the case of the Larchmont disaster the only list of passengers was held by the ship's purser.

TO PROBE DISASTER. Washington, February 15. Representative Granger. Of Rhode IsUnd. Introduced a resolution in the House to-day providing that the Secretary of Commerce and I.abor shall report to the House the results of the Investigation of the sinking of the steamer Larchmont oft Block Island.

OHIO. Bellefontalne, Ohio. February 15. Samuel Adama, a retired business man of East Liberty, waa found wandering aimlessly on the streets at 3 o'clock this morning. He was nearly frozen and his condition la serious.

Wapakoneta. Ohio. February 15. The contract for a complete sewer system at St. Mary's was awarded to-day to 8 Mitchell, of Bellefontalne.

the lowest bidder, for tbe sum of (75.745. Hamilton. Ohio. February 15. George B.

Cox. a brakeman on the H. and Railroad, when switching cars at the Champion Coated Paper Works to-day. was caught between the bumpers and probably fatally crushed. Li ma, Ohio, February 15.

Two unknown nien to-night assaulted Mrs. Rachel Bryant, a highly respected resident, and robbed her of her purse and Jewelry. The assault was committed within three blocks of the Central Police Station. Millersburg. Ohio.

February 15. The post-office tlajht here has been ended by the appointment of Charles R. White, of the Millersburg Republican, as Postmaster to succeed J. W. HulL INDIANA.

Gohen, February 15. Earl Osbo-n. aged 10. son of A. O.

Osborn, of Brimfield. haa mysteriously disappeared from bere. where he has been attending college for thre years. Bedford. February 15.

Owlrig to the condition of Irs road. Lawrence County may lope several rural mail delivery serv- Ices. A Government Inspector has Just com-I pletcd his Inspection. Hamnifnd. February 15.

Police of South Chicago and this city to-day exhumed the body of Joseph Rapke. finding that death was due to a blow on the h'ad instead of Jaundice, as the burial certifl- cate showed. Arrests will be made. Ft. Wayne, February IS John Kennedy, was to-night acquitted of the murder of Samnel Augsberser on Sentem- the same crime, will be tried April 30.

GADSKI RETURNS. New Tork. February 15. Kmc. Johanna Gadski made her reappearance at the Metropolitan Opera House to-nignt in "Tr.stin and Isolde." It was the first production the Wagnerian opera this season and there was an unusually large and enthusiastic audience.

Oaay Oava -BKOMO Ql IXISE' That it LAXATIVE BROsfO Quinlaa (Similarly aaiwed reroadle soxnertmea deceive. Te first aJid ortclnal Cold Tablet la a WHITE PACK.AOE with black and red etttartag. aed bears taat sigsatare ef K. W. OROVK.

tfe- JUNE GAYLE Secures Contract To Bedry Pooled Tobacco in Owen County. spsciaf. Auvavcsi To rss nqrissa wanton. February 15. The Burley Tobacco Association of Oatn County has contracted with June W.

Gayle to re-dry and pack 4.00O.'iO kbs the tobacco pooled to the association. Mr. Uaq'le receives 11 per hundred for the tobacco delivered In summer order and II for the tobacco delivered in winter or ler. They also contracted with him te erect three association warehouses, one at Owenton. one at New Liberty and one at East Eagle, to cost from ta $10,000 each.

His entire contract will aaV-irregale from to 70.oa and he begins receiving the pooled tobacco at once. Of the I'M crop, estimated at ft.OuO.000 pounds. 90 per cent haa been pooled to the asaciciation. Of the crop to ba grown ln 1M7 more than BO per cent has been pooled. Messrs.

Gayle A Minor pooled tin) acres, the largest amount pooled by one firm In this part of the district. Trie local banks of Owen County have agreed to finance the Tobaoco Association of this county to the amount of fluO.OOO. I IN ENGLEWOOD William Wallace Backman. Formerly ef This City. Passed Away.

Word was received here yesterday of the death on Thursday of William Wailace Backman at hia borne. In EnglewooJ. a suburb of Chicago, ill. 11 had been living in Englewood for the past 15 years, during which time he waa engaged ln tbe Iron busineas. Prior to itiar he was associated with Cobb.

Armel Sk In the -pork business ln this city. He was a son of the late J. J. Backman. of Aurora.

who was a member of the liquor firm of T. and J. W. Gaff Co. The deceased waa married to Miss Mary Shotweil.

of this city, and she and four daughters survive him. He was alao a brother of Miss V. L. Backman. who has apartments tn ths Courtland Flats.

The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon from Ms late home. PNEUMONIA Threatens To End the of Anthony Comstock, His Wife and Her Sister. rt'-IlL DfirATCB TO TBS BHQtmiaaV New Tork. February 15. Anthony Comstock Is seriously 111 ln his home at Summit.

N. with an attack of grip that may develop into pneumonia. His condition Is aggravated by the fact that his wife Is close to death with tbe same disease, while In an adjoining room Mrs. Comstock'a sister. Miss Hamilton.

Is also suffering from pneumonia In a serious form. A servant In the family's employ haa Just passed a crisis. Three nurses are ln the house and Dr. John Burling, a lifelong friend of tha family, la in constant at tendance. Mr.

Comstock contracted a severe cold during a recent snowstorm. Insisting on coming to New York to attend to his business against the wishes of his friends. Worry over the Illness of Mrs. ComsiocK, which developed rapidly into pneumonia soon after stie caught cold, and debility due to overwork, had the effect of weakening Mr. Comstock and his condition Is regarded as serious.

He will reach his sixty-third birthday earlj- next month and great care Is being taken to prevent a. relapse that seems likely If his wife's condition does not Improve. She was very low to-night and It Is believed the crisis was at hand. Mr. Comenock's condition, then, will depend greatly upon the outcome of this.

ON THE HEAD 4 Cornelius Was Hit With a Pool Ball in a CoviDgton Saloon and Probably Fatally Injured. Walter Cornelius, aged 'J, employed as a porter and at times as a bartender ln Cash McNaye aaloon, on Pike street, Covington, was struck on the head with a pool ball and probably fatally Injured night. According to the story told to the police by witnesses, Cornelius waa playing a game of pool in the aaloon with a young roan named Claude Oder. There was some dis pute over tbe game, and Oder. It is alleged.

stepped behind Cornelius and bit him on the back of the head with a pool ball. Cor nelius dropped to the floor unconscious, and Oder made hla escape. Cornelius was taken to Bt. Elisabeth's Hospital, and It was stated early thla morn ing that he was dying. The police are looking for Oder.

Cornelius resides on Russell avenue, Covington. MAIL CARS Wanted By Postmaster Monfort, Who Will Meet President Schoepf. Postmaster Monfort la making anotber effort to have street cars for the conveyance of mall to and from the depots and the general postoffice and the stations again placed In commission. He was in confer ence yesterday with Assistant Superintendent of Ma.ll Hickman, of Washington. D.

who came here for the purpose of look ing Into tbe request of Captain Monfort, The latter wants at least two cars measuring 20 feet Inside, properly fitted up. to be used In tbe collection and distribution of mail matter in tbe city. Cars of thla character were In use for several years up to July, 1I04, when the Postoffice Department abolished them because the. traction com pany demanded an Increase In the cost of transportation. The amount demanded by President K.

Schoepf. of the traction com pany, waa considered exeesstve and unjust and the system wss abolished. Postmaater Monfort. Assistsnt Superintendent Hickman. Superintendent of Malls S.

G. Sullivan Superintendent of Free Iellvery Clyde R. Mc-Grew. Superintendent of the Money Or der Division W. Baker and Superintendent of the Registry Division George Reiter held a conference esterdsy morning and afternoon to map out a proposition to be made to President Bchoepf, with whom a confer er.ee will be baid tills morning.

FIRES. Loss $30,000. arsciai. DiaraTcts to tbs BXQCiasa. Glaagow.

February l.V Fire d'e stroyed the retail department the Ttrry Hughes loomer company r.ere this morn ir.g. and the wholesale section was greatly damaged by water. Tbe loss Is estimated at Sawmill Destroyed. Evansvllle, February 15 A Are of Incendiary origin destroyed tbe aa ami 1 of John A- Reltz Sons. The loss Is gjO.OOe.

-4 Lumber Plant Burns. Claire. Wl, February 15. The Eau C.alre Box and Lumber Company's plant burned to-day. Loss S.v).00.

Flounnlll Lost. PIoo-T-er. February 15. The flour-mill and elevator here burned last night. Loss t00.OO.

BY POPULAR VOTE, Wyandot Farm era Want the Salaries of Public Officials Piled. weliil iiimttis to ttf ntiiii' t'pper Sandusky. Ohio. February 15. "We denounce the action of Congress laat month In nearly doubling the salaries of Senators.

Representatives snd Cabinet members, and we recommend that tbe salaries of all officials be governed by th vuace of the people st large." This is a parajr-eph of a resolution adopted by VI yanoV County farmers today. A state law was Jemanded compelling telephone ex.3. pan ea to give connected service. Free distribution of seeds waa also denounced, snd election of Senators by tbe people was dsmsnded WORK Was Done in OhioValley, Bat the Great Lakes Get Balk Appropriations. Strong Sentiment Is Expressed By Friends of the Ohio, Who Rsto Not Abtidaied Hop For Koro Don.

Metiig at Basintff Glib. There wss no ralnoiog ef words at tbe membership moating at the Business Men's Club last night over tbe disappointment which Is felt because of the small appro. ne4.iiin allotted the Ohio River In the pending rivers snd harbors appropriation bill. The topic of the evening waa the Improvement of tbe Ohio, and a number of speakers were present. John L.

Vsnce. of Columbus. President of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association, was the first one called upon. He told of the steady work and uneeaslng efforts which are being mde by the association to Impress upon Congress the urgency "of the Improvement of the Ohio River. He said that In a talk alth his office, over the phone.

Just before the moet-itig. he found thst thsre were several letters awaiting him. These oontalned the Information that tbe Senate committee added Lock No. T. which la near ntuburg.

to the bill, also Lock No. 18. making three locks In all. if the amendments are concurred ln. Albert Bettlnger, former Preetdent of the assoclstlon.

and who has been one of the stoutest advocates of the Improvement of the river, followed In a stirring recital of the needs of the river and Its bracing and developing effect upon commerce and the prosperity of tbe Ohio basin. He referred to tha stingy appropriation In tha pree-nt bill 3.3ao.isi0 out of an tsS.iwO.UW appropriation bill, and said: "We were told by Mr. Burton that if we could' awaken a public demand for waterwaya which would force Congress to cease Its niggardly policy of making small appropriations, that the Rivera and Harbors Committee would Changs its policy, and Instesd of sppro-prlatlng small dabs for Improvements ta a pets, would appropriate for the whole schsme. i OKIO OBTS (MALL "We did this, and what did I we get? Why, we got leaa than ever before! And of all the sentiment whlh was worked up In this country the Ohio Valley did" the nvet and the Great Lakes the least. Tet.

In the pending bill, the Great Lakes get every-thlng." and we. who made the sentiment and backed up the committees, get practically nothing." The guest of the evening was Rev. John VeCsrthy. of Huntington. W.

who is an enthusiastic advooate of river improvement. He aaid ln part: "In 20 years. 1H80-1W00. Cincinnati's population grew from 2AB.0OO to 8a6.0iO. 2J per cent.

Cleveland's population in the same years grew from lm to 8X1.UU0. or 138 per o-nt This disparity of growth Is In spite of that stroke of civic genius, ths building of the Cincinnstl Southern Railroad. The explanation of this Is that Cincinnati, has land routes, and this Includes the Ohio River, five months of the year; If tbare la any cloud on Its title ss a land route It le thst It Is impassable and no route at all. ln Its present condition the Ohio Is a hindrance to commerce, for the coat of bridges and ferriage Is a great embargo upon the commerce of the valley. Cleveland, on the oth er hand.

Is on a water route. She Is In the psth of the water borne commerce between Pittsburg and the Iron ranges of the North. Cincinnati does not wish Cleveland smaller; she wants Cleveland to have hers. If tt makes Cleveland a Chicago, and for Cincinnati, we want ours. "Kurope.

outside of Rossis, haa an area of l.Too.uiO square miles. The United States on this continent, excluding Alaska, hns 8.000.000. nearly twice the area of all Kurope. except Russia. Since 1M4, aocord-Ing to Congressman Uavldson, of Wisconsin, and of the Rivers snd Harbors Committee of the Lower House st Wsshlngton, Austria hss spent 130.000,000 for deep, water projects.

Belgium, W.iXSi.OHO; France, ifW.otjo.OHO; Germany not less than France. The Manchaater-aanal cost the Sues Canal, the Kiel Canal. s.4O.000,0OQ-. the Clyde River, 70.0o.(; fne Port of Hamburg, Liverpool. Antwerp, Newcastle, 27.00O.0OO, and Marseilles.

2.0J,00O, and America, to get what her European competitors have, will have to cover every dollar of Europe's expenditure with a dollar and a half. RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED. "What good Is this expenditure dome We are accustomed to measure tha pace of a country's progress by population and growth of commerce and cities. Germsny: Population 171 lOoo TA.Mt.W, Import and export trade lfl(5 10O3 t2.G3.00u,0OO; of cities of over 2U0.u" Germany had In 1871 8. In lOOtt IS; from 200.000 to 100.000 In 1171 5, ln 1KO 20; from 150,000 to Bo.Ot'O she had ln UKX) 41; of cities from 60,000 to ao.000 she had In 1K00 48; of cities between 3o.O0 and 2O.0U0 she hsd In lflOO so." One of tbe pleasant features of the even ing wss the Initial appearance of the new Glee Club, which has been organised from among the club membership.

The various songs were etrthnslastlcally encored. The members of the club are P. Paul B4ias, leader; Otto P. Oeler. A.

R- Kennedy. T. B. Cisnmlncs, Wm. A.

Lammra, Fred A Oeler. Harry O. Plod gated 8. P. Kills George Newstedt.

Horace Gray, Llndol R. Meyer; Paul Hesser, Fred F. Knapper, Walter T. Murray, Theodorte W. Klerrhell and Charles W.

Tomlinaoo. KENTUCKY. Richmond iC Fabruar IS lor. a farmer, waa to-day sent to tbe ssy-lum at Lexington. Several weeks sgo he was arrested for attempting to kill his little year-old baby.

While In jail a malt Ing trial he became 1 isane. SJteva RrMiMua anil WwwrA A farmers, from Paint Lick, tried to-day on tne charge or malicious cutting of E. 11. ox iMcnoiasvuie. wars cleared.

Versailles. February 15. Chief of Police Edward Bunton haa been asked to resign, a meeting of the Council was called, and the Chief aaked for time to prove that he could resist the use of whisky, but by a rote of 4 to 2 It was agreed that he should resign March 1. Padacah. February 16.

Thos, Chambers, lnaa ne hu wir 1 Then, In the presence of his infant son, be sjiieo nimself with a rasor. Louisville. If ftkniara 1. T-h in the Coroner's ln veetlgs tlon of the death of Ferdinand Boss, of Jeffersontown, whose wn. uirew gasoline npoa his bead and Ignited It- kllHnw him mlttal verdict ts-iLav rv -r -vn neignnors was to tha ma agea couple bad quarreled WEST VIRGINIA.

Klklns. W. Va r. tint s'! and Ray Smith, electricians, last night anouaiy injured by tbe giving away s-e v- sa a ijarsws. Wi hard floor.

35 feet. ParxsrSbre tar tr- a-viariiarT 19. 11- Uam. ths twelve-year-old son of Mr. and Mra.

HAnvr RnmvaeieU wu run aowri and almost Instantly killed by a team of i tern i vl' fl'e -broke eut In the store Chin. Company, on Market rwfL tBd flaiM sFSk aVsw a Wo a a. Ott was done. uuunl WhU. FOBBED DT C0TJBT.

auira mmm aetnylng la br ATV Court tha ease brought fLonellV'1 nd Schelben J-t Henry tcbuh. his TaT ftrOU)y aT.peared and he hom bareheaded. Tbe lao thl -WM riTB "'diet for ausai W-21JT. tormt custodian. vb refsees ta glrs p.

at a Business Booster try i "aniea. a corr.n..... nee9 man-, a nd h'ustliss: Ohio, whncar. inmbetextraorri.i.;! fectly-aafe of "lanuiacttir Plant t.J. s.

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