The Berkshire Eagle from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 1

oclock City EDITION Todays yv Today I I rc Evening OF TUB BERKS III BE HILLS crv (f) Wh4 ti sf JUte P1TTSFIKIJD. IX TIIE HEART om nwn tfd piu-sr- nvs rkkvtcf iiik oni.y mint nmnit rmrrtvFn rm rorm YOLXJMK JO XO. 17G lb I'AiHffn PITTSFIELD, FKtDAY, JANUARY 17, 3 90S. 1 ti PAtii PIIICB TWO CENTS. TTri If lx ran TEMPLE ft PREY TO FLUMES WERE WAITING TO COHT ROBCERV TTTT'nrr Bk lkS 77771 TrTTi rri AklS) ii ir--i ii'ME SU.C1DE0 BY JlPifIG FROM HOTEL W.

If 1 (Bn the Attor tot'd Prrtt BALTIMORE, MD.rt JAN. 17 The Masonic Temple on North Charles Etrtet between Lexington and Saratoga street waa bally damaged by fire early today. All of the structure above the onj jjoor hoSJjw eh-II For a tlm Wife of Retired 'Broker Ends Her Life by Jumping from Room on 13tVt Floor of Hotel St. Reg While Temporarily Insane Body Terribly Crashed. f'i rt Iatlis IT.tCMilit fchurch was threatened The bull ling wh'ch is ow-neiJ bv the Grand To lire of Mavn, was ineurod for $30,000 and the omtents toi i it- l'rl flaur of the p'roctare as occupifd by several all of which werg damaced ly war Tae s', ns are: Maurice J.

I. Iteedr, Episcopal (By the A oHatr.l prett) BOSTON, JAN, 17: Arthur B. Smith, -who, uniF-r th name iff William Foley was arroaled la- night after fatally shooting Patrolman "MpntnTtr street according to the polige made a eoafeM-i'vt- today nv- t' at, with a conir-anisn, he waiting in d.xirway km mimr sreft with the- idea of holding up tied ro'-hing tonic to rht i en Uy wav 1j the Snuth station. Ui etc r-d -is and t-j 1 IVpi in heir b-an 's. Wien 'Tine into th1 doorwaj an 1 bitouv ltd nnd f-iiel tbnn, Koi-t laiit tl.ai lu.

Orel In what he con-pidrr t- he 8'if-d ns- a 1 -o 1 he 1 that the off! -er was in ttai-form. today ootnned the '4 Smiths vontitnicti and ex-jt 10 him A iu rant charging Smith with nor hr ia the first gr was issued durli the forenoon by Judin Holster in tho Mjni'ipal court end later the mag w-; hei 1 wlH.out bad for a further hearing. WILL INVESTIGATE MB TROUBLE (By tie Aentalfl Brett) WASH IXOTOX, JAN. 17. ArpU-efttions fr a cnxrnlnnal of th Gobliivi mining troublj nre betr.g rcce.ved by tb tiona.

irimmittee on labor arco-dlng to Chairman miner of tt-ot committee who onfeirel with preaident Itoosevfit tdiy. Pre ident Roosevelt today Informed Governor Sparks tft N-v by telegram that he would permit the troops to remain in Neva la for su reasonable leng-h of time 8 would g've the legislature opportunity to orgm-! force to perform the police functions of the state This Information was In response to a comm uni a- tlon from the governor to the envet ihxt the JcglsUuire was perfecting Ii rl lation to the end stated. Tie house committee on labor vot-ttd today to report favorably the resolution calling on the president for He full data of the report of Goldfield labor troubles rrwde to him br the snetDI eommiselo.j of tnveaiig-i-tion. NEW LOAN FULLY. wif.j hewy i- Ll vk.

rMt. been widely heralded that Senator Crane was going to New York to meet Governor Hughes, and some reports have had it that Mr. Crane would undertake the management of the Hughes presidential boom. News from Albany yesterday to the effect that the govei nor would reach New York today seemed to add vei lairrUls-tude to those reports. It may be stated authoritatively that Senator Crane will not under euke the marEigementnf the Hughe loom.1 anT th.T.eratodW itir VJhrm Ity wncrc Mother of Defendant Goes on Witness Stand and Gives Testimony Closely Following That of the Last Trial Tells of Story Told Her By Son.

1 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Called but Did Not Testify Counsel Changes Plans Defense Continues to Build Up Its Ever Tightening Net of Irrationality. I 1 (By the AitnHated Trent.) The defense at the Thaw trial continued today to build up its ever tightening net irrationability around the man accused of the murder of Stanford White. Two Important witnesses at the, morning Eessin were Miss Alice C. Fletcher of the archaeological bureau of the (Smithsonian institution at Washington, a long time friend of the Thaw's and a frequent visitor at their home; and Miss Catherine O'Neill, who nnrsed Thaw during tlx years of his childhood. They both declared he was an Irrational youth and detailed the many Incidents of his life which had led them to the conclusion.

Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw unexpectedly was called to the enni Just before noon, but was withdrawn moment later to make waj for the otn-er witnesses, add what set. Mrs. William Thaw saw her son for the first time in months during the noon recess. Tae meeting was most! affectionate.

Evelyn Thaw came in during the Interview and it is said sffn was quite cordially greeted by elder woman. Nervous and Moody. Miss Alice C. Fletcher of Washington, D. who said she had been, a frequent visitor at the Thaw household in Pittsburg and had known Harry K.

Thaw for 20 -t-am was the first witness to-day. She Thaw ns an unusual child nervous and moody with wild and staring eyes, lie seldom talked coherently and was unable to carry on a sustained conversation. "Throughout the period you knew Harry Thaw, did hip acts and appearance impress you as rational or irrational?" asked Mr. Littleton. Irrational' declared the witness.

'Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the defendant, who retidhM the city last night at 7 oclock from Pittsburg, oclock was at the court house early today ready to take the stand when called. She plainly showed 'the evidences of I er recent Illness. Mbs Fletcher told of seeing Thaw at nis mother's home in 1903. Thaw said he had an awful experiem that he believed he had a terrible disease of the eyes, and thought he was goirg to die- in fact he wanted to die.

He mentioned Evelyn Nesbit's name frequently bnt his talk usually was too incoherent to follow. His eyes looked without seeing, apparently. On Miss Fletcher said that although a frequent guest at the Thaw's, she had never known Harry to be placed Hinder restraint In any way. Mr. wanted to know if the' witness impression of Thaw was onto of an eccentric man, or a person of unsound n.md.

die impressed me always as a person who was not rational," declafi ed Miss Fletcher; i "Did you observe that his sense of perception differed, from the normal person?" 1 lad no way of determining that. Then you did not notice any difference? Fletcher was not willing to adnit to's. Mr.Jrrome wras most considerate in Ms quevtjming of the witness, who dressed in turi; and with gray hair did rot appear at first glance unlike the ps isoners rcotoer. Dili jo i er counsel wdth bis mother as to Thaw's mental at--wd the prosecutor. I re-jemt ro bis mothers anxiety and her Mg to me about It." Mr Jerome asked-Hid jo-i ever hetore observed a J'Vn nan be told jouiof a beautiful- woman who had teen great-ly wrot-f'd No insisted that Thaw taik ty was Incoherent.

Nurse Testifies. Cai VH -e ON'-ill. an el ierly uhian, whi res a in tty' Thaw family for s-x Htoh ha-ge of Harry T'm t-n was between throe an 1 tour jktj of at M-ss tv er md to'd of the ehjt ef the do', ndant She descrio eci hi. troy turcis and nirod. lie Live nrvotis outbreal ending in ceui.itoie collapse.

11, Continued on Eighth Page. Night School tor men 17 subjects practk al I in hers. titer term begins this week. Y. M.

C. 140 Nortli St. Ttitors Two nivbts a wtok. ArtUimeta. Vg-hra.

teoin-trv, 'i i ig-cuanueir Me- haeb-iU and Antt'ec-tural Dianlug. 31 C. A. giit School. New students now he taken.

Nrw York State Governor Starts for the Bi'f He Will Meet Senator Crane (By the Attaciated1 Frest.) NEW HAVEN, JAN. 17. At the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad office today it is stated that jthc new loan of six per cent convertible debentures has been fully subscribed for. practically all of the stockholders and old three and a half convertf1- -mure holders been reached by the cir of the ate about 000 sockholder of the corporation be-al 13 several thousand deVmture holders entitled to subscribe.

The results show that between $20,000 000 and $25,000,00 of the total loan of has been paid in, a very large part of the subscribers thus having paid in full. Besides the receipts from the new bonds receive the final pajment of 23 per cent on the oil three and a half convertible deben- fiVr; Liras II. r.ery; Geneva Ir- waer company; J. her! voods; James ii. Downs, station-.

The uppr fioors wore devoted to px-ni, all o' whch were sump-, Iln'phed in -n-iroie an I hard vtolvs, while the wals w're oxgu'siie- b.ri cl i colors. Taere were in tne buEding many rare and fine od paining-s. The rerordt an! archives-or the Grand to'ge are br-1 evfl to be ntac1 as thy are all hpt in a huge vault in cdar. The less on building and Masonic, equipment was pi wM at IJCA.MO. The Masonic tempi" is a four etory ed fie" with a width of aoout 100 feet on Chares street and a deph of abosi 200 fet 'o an alley In ta roar of Old St.

Pauls church. The marble front was. Bourred and chipped bv the flames but tb four -walls, owng to their tbickni-ss, stand pract irtact. This is the second time that the Maoni-c temple has been a prey to fames. haring been destroyed on Cht's'inas day, DM.

At that time. however. It was used Jarzeiv as a thca- tre and the Masons occupied but str.al! pehioa of It. When the birid- lug was restored the Masons decided to ue Jt ia its entirety reserving only the first floor for renting out as stores. HOLLER SLUTERS 111 BIG CONTEST (Tty Ine dforvr Ft ten.) I PITTSBURG.

JAN. Siusnc marked the third xspht of thf tournament being hell the expos! rink here for the jftvorlis roller skating championship, i The two preliminaries of one mi.e each and the final df one ml.e ast 'nSgbtj, r-sultod as fotiows: Pre 1ml- Ktrrt best. Jack Potch. Canon. OhioNflrst, Joe Ueikson, St.

Louis, second, Kid Emanuel Pittsburg, third. TistfT :10. Second heat Chares SmittoNor. Istown, first; W. IL Merritt Canadian champion, second.

Ctreter D. mith, ttcraoiton. Pa. third. Time 3:02.

Final Fmanuel first; Merritt, second; Benton. third. Time. 3.03. Charles Smith finished second in the final but was disqualified on account of an alleged fouh GRAVES BY LIGHT OF MOON (By the Aftociated Tret BOYERTOWX, JAN.

17 The sight of a gang cf Ital an Laborers dixgng graves by the light of the moon for burial of the dead of the Rhoades opera disaster Was ftpessed Un'on and Fairy. ew cnvtffi ptoQ: last night.So many funerals aro held today, tomorrow and that the boro igb authorities found necessary to keep the men at work ail night. The coroner today placed the nuta her of dead at 173 It is probable ta inquest wil not be hell imri: 'soma next week after Coroner Stra-se-jgtts through with the idenGflcaiion of the victims. CONDITION OF (By the Atorutrd Prett HOLYOKE, JAN. 17 A report Of the condition of the Barow Manufac turing company of which John Judd sv appointed 'emporary receiver several weeks ago was made by filr Judd today.

The liabilities are estimated at $134,434 of wh'ch Is securevi bv mortgage on the factory unsecured an 1 dispute. The assfts. Inelul'ng real machinery, la Hoycke, sa.ro-room prop-rty In New Yrrk and Poston and bills receivable amount to $143J13S. IS (By the Atf-iitrd Prett) NEW YORK. JAN.

17. Deairia to R. G. Dun Company In i nto a gradual improvement in 1 is ai 5a response to the better finnmta! uatioa and increroed icre. Fro ton reports the of bu lar ger.

al hough there Is no prsrotmcel activity ia any department, liutvii raea of wlner mere hand's are 1. rga an i buvers are appearing la th shoe n'drktt. Bank exchanges this week at all leading cities ia the United States ure $2,183,207,325 a loss of 218 pvr cent compared wFh a ear ago. Woman Had Been Reading A Great Secret Had Suffered from Melancholia and Was Under Physicians Care Left Letter to Her Husband. (By the A ttor-iat'i Prett NEAP TORN.

JAN. 17. Mrs. Herbert Sears, wife of ft retired broker of Boston and mem per of one of toe b-est known famll es of that city, corcfTdtted euicide by Jumpirg from her rooms on the thirteenth floor of the hotel St. Regia, this morning hike temporarily in vane.

Her body of a four story building adjoining the hotel and was fU1 lh rof terribly crushed. Mrs. Sears was 37 eas and priir to tne oeginnlrg of the mental trouble whl.h resulted in her suielda otcurid a position of con-ddcrable prominence tn the social circles of Boston, her home being oa Commonwealth a enue In the inrot fashionabla residential district. For nine ears she had been suLTerlr from ft nervous disorder and at Intervals during that time came to New York for treatment by Dr. Joseph Coil, ns.

The tatter said today that in October, Mrs ars to, have recovered her neaith and in April, 1 907, bv his advice lock a trip to Eurore. she returned wkh nextith apparently fully re. tore I A bo at two weeks l)v. Co.tir.s sa ho tai v-i ed both Mr. and 31rs.

Scan that te snoull come to this city and remain for two weeks for treatment intended to prevent a recurren.e her old trouble. Mrs. Sears tame New York tune days agj and nceii-I led a suite of rooms in the ct. Ite-gis. being accompanied only by her nraid.

Lcder the physicians dire -lions the treatment was resumed. Lr Coi.ms last saw her aoovlt 7 33 o'cL'k evening when iie culled at the hotel. When he left parent fc-the night she said that a masrouro was to give her a i.ifet evening Tne doctor SL.d br seemed to be In a normal conditijn no indication of any desper ate resolve. HAr d.soiuer had previously taken the fir of cielauichclia and Dr. said today that he supposed suffered a recurrence of one of tcero attacis during last -light -and Jumped from the' while in a fit of tf-rnpor ary Insanity.

Heard Body Fall. Mrs. Stars' maid had a room that of her mistress last night end knew nothing of her ac'ion until told of it cy hotel employes after her death. About 2 30 oclock this morning occupants of a build'ag adjoining the hotel heard the body fall upon the roof of that building and on investigating found lying there, loiJ feet below the windows of her apartment. Left Letter to Husband.

As there was an Iron balcony railing abojt three feet he.giit in front of the window from which Mrs. Sears jumped, mu-st have teen trying to climb over this and there appears no doubt that her suicide was deliberate. A letter to her husband was found in her room and given to the coroner whq did not open it. He said it would be given to Mr. Sears when ha reaches this citv.

The body of Mrs. Sears was dressed in her n.ght clothing and hu aj paranve of her roam indicated that had been Iving In bed reading a book entitled Great rnroret." The door leading to the ids room was bolted. There was coniuerable difficulty in removing the body from the roof as the point where it fell was not earily and the occupants of the house objected to its passage through their hoiice. The body lay upon tha roof un.il vtfer 10 oclock while plans were made to remove it. It ws Continued on Eighth Page.

i.ocal conditions. fine merturv 1 Vo 1C above z- lu-t gi.t tind this morning tho si c'uu that oversprad the skv irduv afternoon had entirely dia, a. fi'id and a line winter day wLh a b. ight uinhine saci ceded the snovv From oclock j-ester- dav utiernoon to o'clock this morn-lr the niaxi-nam temperature reded was 34 wti I the minimum was At a. 'the mercury stood at is end the w-1 xvw wet.

At p. Thertuometer 30, barometer 29. GOVIfiNMUNT FOR DC AST. Goverrm forecA-st for Weatarn r.L ett 11 -in ro.ow a-d warmer tonight; Aitaiday or sr.ow. warmer in the iVt vo'tl wt-iJa becoming am fies.i to I NOTICh! The III te soan after one ocijctv torn rrow.

not ask for a meeting with the gov ernor. It is a sife predi-tion that had pot such wide publicity ben given to their pi in, the governor and the enasor wouli have met quiet chat, and while ft d'ubile-os true tbtit the senator wilt not undertake the pollti- 1 inaterm nt of any ones presidential boom, tbere is no known ground on hl to b'lfce the aserti that they wi.l not seek to combine their influence against Sec- rotary Taft. In own sMale Mr 1 Crane ia eredled with being a most (Be the Attoetated Prett.) rolUh'ni who never les gp. PETERSBURG T4V i7The of hChen reputation, and bta asistrfnce Is ai ln Manchuria and the annexa-wava earne tlv sought bv the senaia thereof by Korea is attracting leaders when any impomnt legisia- atontlon here on account of the measure hang-E. in the balance trdiy rf the d.strie to Russian terrl-People and politicians here win awsjt tory and Ps strategic importatoe in a with interest the out-rome of ilie p0 aib'e campaign' against 1 TRACT SILVER MIKES ALL mmi to BE DRIVEN IT the Prrsi TANGIER, JAN.

17 Despatches received here from Morocco City state that Mulal Hafld left. that ne'ghboi-hood on -Sunday last for the purposa of engaging the French forces ia bat-; tie. A from Mulai Hafil which was read in the Mosques in Morocco City, Jav'ed the inhabitants to join in a holy war So that no Christiana will reman in thft country anl that hj0 future wd.1T bring IT1 possibility i 0f living tranquilly under our sacred law. it is reported that Hafids soldiers are desert ng him beeauae they have not received their Wages. pope suspeh: Ml (By ipe talitt Brett.) ROME, JAN.

17. 0ing to an attack of gout, the pe has been reluctantly obliged to bu pend his audi ences. He was visited, yesterday by his pria-te physician. Dr. Petacci, who irs rted that the ponMff go to bed and to this the palent consented.

The- gout causes 'acute pains and a swer.ing of the knee. On hearing of his illness, the pope's sisters came to see him and expressed their desire to nuroe him. 1 FRANCES llvlPQBIS SHOW IHCPiEUSE (Ru the tnfrtf pra rUilS, AN. 17 During the year It. 7.

rrorev's Imjorts auourtej 'o 0, a-i inc-'a-'e over the I jtar of l.iOO. Her xport-i an 1- ') $1,19, It, cfi(l of American cors pac- iri i- ti i rl-f consMli 3 ret it 17. HI 'or 1907, an "cr over the prev var of 4 2.J lit. ns to at -pilsBeBY 1 N. iln ii ury re'ry or ai eh'tf of the lun.ui o.

ravi rafi.n in 8-lon tf ar Adt-drul I'rcaasoa entor ou the dis chart-ro of his du'its Jto las the raj (and r1 of rear a '-iJrai. He wi 1 bTlo cor hue to be a nr tuber og general board of the na-y. DERBY MAN RE ELECTED. (by the AtOftat 1 Irtvt I 1 BRIDGE FCTT. JAN.

t7 Charles J. roahue, of i)rb was re elected president of the Connecticut Federation of labor for the ghth coasecu-Uve terra. I 1 a 7 next Omountinfe fO H00000 and add! 'ok. p- 0 papers call upon! y-e foreign office to support Chtoi the pretensions of Japan, whch iv-y d-rolire affect 'he secur-i cf tie Vladivostok refulat'oa. The xpu'td tract contains valuable lver mints.

mo GIRLS LOSE LIFE III FIRE (By the Astortetril Prett ALBANY, N. JAN. 17. Certificate of incorporailon of the Hughes League of the United States was filed with the secretary of state today. The papers state its purpose to be To aid in crystallzing public sentiment and public opinion sod foster the same for the purpose of securing the nomination of Charles Evans Hughes of New York city as the republican candidate 'or president of the Uo ted States of America in the year 1908 and to a-sl3t In his election The papers have been expected for some time.

The principal office of the leaeue will be in New York city. Governor Hughes today declined to comment uoon the action 'of the New York county republican comm.tiee lact night in aimin deferring diitosl-tion of the resolution endorsing him for the republican presidential nomination. He left ths afi crpocii for New York Where he will make several addresses. HUGHES AND CRANE. I Gov, rnor and Senator May Meet New York Today, WA'''VCTn JN 17 Win-thron Burray Crane, junior senator fion iiuns, left ivhiiigton fr New York on the Congres-i inn rnftii venter-lav afternoon.

Jt has ORYAH IMSED IllbwlIuU nn Hi ipp" ILL, (By the Brett Tf'riKV, KAS, JAN. 17. The -atic sute central committee acted Ha hmson. Fibru- tdare ard date of the concert to the i tton I.ian was non sed for president. CUHERS SEARCH.

FCR SURVIVORS (Bti the Aetycuttcd Prett) SEATTLE, JAN. 17 The revenue cutters Pi rry and Theta left Seattle last nEght to seek fn-r pis-gble Burvhors of tint BrltHh ship Hart field, b( lleved 'to be lo-d. ff the Wed coast of Vancouver Uda nL meeting between Governor Hug'ies and Senator Crto. or between the Hughes lieutenants and the ro ior. When Mr.

Oran left W-shlngton be expected to return to Washington rn Monday morning. PASTOR STANDS BY THE POSTMASTER r(By the iQriatr4 Pre CONCORD, N. 3.N., 17: Leon Faurpson. the tUeyel ileiulting of IX. mover, was tro-gbt to this city today Deputy United States Marshal, Fre I S.

Johnson, and arraigned betore Unitel States com-miarion Bums P. II. Goodman, charged with the embezzlement of $230 from the United States government. Sampson pleaded not guilty, waived examination and was held In $1000 bonds for the United States dmtriejt court at Portsmouth, the third Tuesday in March, Rev. L.

Janeway, pastor of the Portsmouth college church at Hanover, who accompanied to this city, wild, that the latters friends expected to furnish bunds later in the day. (By the AtiaHat'd Prett SAN'TN, 17: The r-vp Unic-wrov factory, employ-, wore than lbo iris wasin flames! Hospital ambulances were! and a general alarm I 'uundtd. The fa riory which was Tire story building was in a largely built up btrinchs section of the city. A number of gills leaped from the windows and some were reported caught in the huilling. It was found later that only two lives were lost.

Miss Watrous was caught in the huiiiing and burned to ilestn and Miss Buckleja neck was broken in leaping from a file escape. Seven other girls sustained injury either fiom burns or by leaping from the windows. The lifas layabout $75 000. i You cji get Clmmut or mi; Ur lue at any time at OmmirU'w.