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. I ( YS THAW IS INSANE ; 'BACK TO MATTEAWAN Justice Mills Rules Against tho Slayer , but in Strongest Dc- ' cision Yet Made. \ * . . . , CALLS HIM A CHRONIC LUNATIC r'haw ! , His Mother and His Sister All in a Collapsed Condition on Hearing News. Harry K. Thaw was Thursday ad- Judged insane by Justice Mills in a- decision handed down in the Supreme at White Plains , N. Y . , and or- dered to be sent back to the Mattea wan State Asylum for the Criminal Insane immediately. The order of Justice Mills was turn- ed over to the Westchester County au- thorities by the Clerk of the Supreme Court and Thaw himself , in the jail at White Plains , was informed of the de- cision. Arrangements were mads to take him back to Matteawan Friday. Decides Tliaiv Is In ! a.nc. / Justice Mills' , decision was the ctrongest against Thaw that has been handed down by any Judge since the two trials of the prisoner. His decis- ion can be summed up as follows : That the insanity that Harry K. Thaw was afflicted with in June , 1906 , the date of the shooting of Stanford White , was a chronic , delusive insan ity , generally known as paranoia. That Harry K. Thaw has not recov ered. ered.That That in paranoia recovery is very doubtful. That the release of Harry K. Thaw , now would be a danger to the public peace and safety. Justice Mills in his decision finds that Thaw is now insane and unable to'pvpperly care for himself. The de- ci , on contained 3,000 words and thor- /mghly covered the insanity hearing that had been held before Justice Mills. Thaw awaited the decision in his r cell in the jail at White Plains. " He was plainly nervous and paced up and r - I. . . 5 / I ) ' F r I rf 1 11 r ' . ' 1' ' , ' * P , I ' 7 Q aI . . . t. l a f1\ , f1I' ' - - I' , t t - t7 Ili . . . - . " . . ti HAIUJY K. THAW. , r down almost unnerved. Arrangements I had been made to let him know the t decision as soon as it was made public I by the clerk of the court. When he learned his fate , Thaw stoppea in his I nervous walk up and down the cell and stood still. He did not seem tc I comprehend what had been told him. r Then , when he realized that he must go back to Matteawan , he staggered backward and fell upon the cell cot. covered his face with his handa and for a time could not be aroused. Mrs. : Mary : Copley Thaw , the prison- er's mother , and his sister , the former L 4 Countess of Yarmouth , were almost . ti . overcome at the news. Alice Thaw tried to comfort her mother , but the aged woman , who has battled so long and so untiringly for her son , showed plainly that the decision was a terrible blow to her and she is near a collapse. CHRONOLOGY OF THAW CASE. June 25 , 1906 - Thaw shot and killed Stanford White in the thea- ter on the roof of Madison Square Garden. I Jan. 3 , 2907 Trial began. Feb. 1 - - Jury completed. ' Feb. 7 - "Evelyn Xesbit Thaw , wife of defendant told the story I of how she was attacked by White. March 20 - Lunacy commission appointed. April 4-Commission pronounced Thaw sane. " April 10 - Case given to jury. April 12 - Jury reported disagree- ment and was discharged after bavin been out forty-seven : hours j and eight minutes. \ Jan. 6 , 19OS - Second trial began with. , Martin W. Littleton as chief l counsel. Insanity principal ground 'of defense in second trial. ! ' < ! , Jan. 10 - Jury completed. 1 ; Jan. 13 - Opening pleas made. i Jan. 31-Case given to the jury. : I Feb. 1 - Jury returns verdict of not guilty on ground defendant was "r' insane at time he shot White. Jus- tice Dowling committed Thaw to Matteawan asylum and the defend- ( ant was taken to the asylum : on the same day. . t Aug. 12. . 1909 - Justice Mills held Thaw still insane and ordered him i returned Matteatvan. . . 1S S , i , . . "WET , OF COURSE , era PASTOE CAN TAKE A VACATION. Nk I . ? \ , ORNI CK SQOIV FRoN , -L _ - 5T. M P' R . , ; n : . ; II : ik. - - n:1 : : WCiI/ \ ) * - : - - - . - U'1IWA ! \ # . ' jJ. ' . - Des Moines News. " . - - - , " ' - - . ' . - JUDGE CLARKSON FOUND. I sawyer Discovered Making Buttons at Sabula , Iowa. Former Judge Joseph B. Clarkson , Jr. , of Kenosha , Wis. , who strangely disappeared from his home on the night of July 14 last , was found Fri- day at Sab "la , - la. , working in a but ton factory , under the name of John Paul. He returned to his home with Detective John J. Burns of Kenosha. The finding of the man , while clear- ing the question ! : of his whereabouts , has deepened the mystery of the men- tal process that caused him to forget his identity , forsake his home and wander nfrout the country in search of work as a common laborer. Perhaps the most puzzling feature of the case is that Judge Clarkson visited the same places that he vis ited eighteen years ago , after he had disappeared from his home in Omaha , Neb. , and worked his way through the farms and towns of Iowa , under the assumed name of Doolittle. He , had even applied for work at the very farm where he had been given em- ployment as a straggler almost two . decades ago. When found , Judge Clarkson was busily engaged in cutting buttons , and he had been so employed since July " , O. He suddenly came to his senses when informed that he was Judge Clarkson , and said that he was happy that he had been found. .FIGHT POB THE PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Principal Basi Ball Leagues. KATIOXAl LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Pittsburg .71 27 Philadel'a .45 53 Chicago . . .67 31 St. Louis . .40 56 New York .57 37 Brooklyn . .36 62 Cincinnati .48 50 Boston . . . .26 74 AHEBICAN LEAGUE. W. L- W. L. Detroit . . . .62 41 New York .49 53 Philadel'a .62 41 Chicago . . .48 54 Boston - 62 44 St. Louis . . .45 55 Cleveland .53 51 Wash'gton .31 73 - - AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L. Minn'polis .66 50 St. Paul . . .56 58 Milw'kee . .64 51 Kan. City. .52 60 Louisville .60 55 Toledo , . . . .53 62 Columbus .58 58 Ind'polis . . .51 66 QDD8 fNDS . .3fNDS ' Toboggan , Pat Ornus and Arvid Ladd were killed and a score of crack horses were injured by a fire which de- stroyed fifty-five stalls at the driving park at Tursa , Okla. Not one of the American horses that were among the starters in the events at Sandoun Park , England , were win- ners. H. P. Whitney , J. R. Keene and Richard Croker were represented in the entries. At the Canadian , Athletic champion ship meet Winnipeg - , George I-I. Goulding , of Toronto , clipped nearly a second off the world's best mark. His record for the mile \vallc is C minutes and 25 1-5 seconds. There is a scarcity of. good steeple chase horses throughout the country , and it is the exception to find new. promising steeds. The races are filled with old "has-beens , " and others on the verge of breaking down. The fields are of goodly size , as a rule in Cana. . da , but there are no new horses , and tbe same old names which have been familiar for years are still doing du y. DROWN IN ACCIDENT TO LAUNCH. Craft Carrying1 Passengers at Sun- day School Picnic Strlkfes .Piling. Two bodies are lying at the Canton police station in Baltimore , and two others at the bottom of the Patapsco river , while sixteen persons who were their companions are alive and thankful that they were not also drowned , when a gasoline launch car- rying them was wrecked. Mrs. Kath- erine E. Brown , aged 60 years ; Frank Pryor , aged 19 years , and twq chil- dren lost their lives. Pryor was act- ing as engineer of the launch. The others were attending the annual pic- nic of the Huntington Avenue Baptist Church Sunday School. Twenty per- sons had entered the launch for a short trip on the river. The craft had reached a point about a hundred yards from shore , when it struck some piling , the top of which was un der water. The occupants were thrown into the water , which at that point is only about four feet deep. Rescue parties at once put out from ; shore and saved sixteen occupants of the launch. MURDER IN SOLDIERS' HOME. Captain Oscar En.stmoml Slain by , Another Veteran nt Dayton , O. Captain Oscar Eastmond , of the Na- tional Soldiers' Home in Dayton , 0. , was shot and killed by Edward Leonard , another veteran. The murdered man was Colonel of the First North Carolina Infan- try in the Civil War. He had been superintendent of the home hotel and was 69 years old. He leaves a widow , who resides in New York City. He also leaves an adopted son , who is employed in the Cash Register Works. Leonard , who is" said to have been crazed with jealousy because of recent appointments and promotions , also shot Sergt. George W. Arnold , not fa tally , and wounded Warren Wright , a private. SALMON CATCH PROVES IMMENSE Fish So Many That Wa.shinsrton Can ; neries Cannot Handle Them. Countless thousands of salmon are being permitted to ascend to their . spawning grounds without hindrance from fish traps , which have been lift- ed , says : a dispatch from Bellingham , Wash. While the canneries are glutted with fish , dozens of scows are along- I . side loaded with salmon and tows are coming in with long strings of fish- . I laden barges. It is proving an impos sibility to handle the catch. The price of sockeyes has fallen to 10 cents each. CROWD SEES LAND DRAWING. Conr d'Alene Lottery for Homesteads Operated llY U. S. at Spokane. Although the crowds of land seekers were not so large as during the filing of applications for registration on the Coeur d'Alene , Spokane and Flathead reservations , several thousand people were present Monday when the draw ing began. Each of the 105,000 per- sons who applied for Coeur d'Alene lands has one chance in 333 ; of the 100,000 applicants for Spokane lands , one in 400' may win , and of the 87,000 I for Flathead land one in fifteen , has a I chance. Mere Man In'ot a Dish-washer. Dishwashing is not a part of the duties of a husband , Police Judge Mc- Gannon ruled in , Cleveland. Harry Cohen was in court charged with beat ing his wife. Cohen said his wife started the fight when he refused to wash the dishes and clean up the house. He said he did not beat her , ' but only defended himself. Judge Mc- j Gannon discharged Cohen . \ LOST MILLIONS BY ONE SPREE , Death of Robert Womack , Gold Dis- coverer , Recalls His Career. With the death Tuesday of Robert Womack , discoverer of gold in the Cripple Creek district , the career of a man who lost millions by one spree \ was ended. In 1891 Womack dug a prospect hole in what is now known as the El Paso lode of the Gold King property. A few days later he struck the bo nanza lode. He could not stand pros- perity. Coming to Colorado Springs he went on a spree and sold his bo- nanza for SoOO. Then , crazed with drink and success , Womack jumpe'd on his broncho and rode tnrough the streets \ , brandishing his six-shooter and proclaiming his sec ; : et. The next few days saw one of the greatest rushes to the scene of his discovery that the West has ever known. When Womack sobered up , two or three days later , he returned to the district , only to find that the . best mining property had been located by others. He staked out a few claims , and soon he was compelled to go to work for day wages. FIRE LOSS AT SUMMER RESORT. Thirt ' -six Bnildin .s , Including ; ; Three HoteiV ; Are Destroyed. A loss estimated at $1,000,000 was caused by the fire which swept thirty- six buildings from the main street of the summer resort town of Monticello N. Y. . Three hotels filled with summer guests , mainly from New York City , were destroyed. They were the Rock- well House , the largest hotel in Sulli- van County ; the Palatine Hotel -and the Bolsum House. All the guests es caped with most of their personal ef fects. The Monticello House was not burned. The Union National Bank , two newspaper offices and every store but one in the town were destroyed. The further spread of the flame was prevented by the use of dynamite. yiP . y ' - - , JJ . , r/ . 4 51 , { t t 6U _ _ - , United States Senator G. H. Clay , of Georgia , has been re-elected by the Georgia Legislature. His term will ex- pire in 1915. President Taft's faith in the corpora- tion tax measure is unshaken. He will accept no substitute for the measure and will not modify it. The women suffragists of Colorado are to make an effort to send one of their own sex to Congress two years hence. They are agreed that Mrs. Sa rah Platt Decker is to be the candi- date. The Democratic congressional com- mittee , one year in advance of the us- ual time for such action , has elected officers and mapped out the course for capturing the House in the next con- gressional elections. Speaker Cannon has decided that if he threw down all the insurgents in the matter of committee assignments it would have the effect of reviving the opposition to pannonism : and the House rules. For that reason : the heads of two or three of the insurgent leaders will be laid on the blocks , while the others vill be permitted to retain the I assignments they held in the former , Congress. . ' > - . . \ 4 _ . - SALT LAKE OCCUPIED BY G. A. R. Veterans Rule City xand Tourists Augment Large Crowds. Occupation of the city of Salt Lake by the Grand Army of the Republic was complete Monday. Coming from > . . 4 ' , , vD . , . : : : . , 1 K. all directions , the I veterans won ev- ery strategic point I and commanded I all com m u nica- tions. Their col I ors were every- I where. On the pro- gram it was the first day of the forty - third en- campment. Edgar : ; commander- coMM.vxi > KuLiLS. : : . Allen , in-chief of the Sons of Veterans , was one of the early arrivals. He was ten- dered a reception by his organization Monday evening. The first formal gathering was that of the Union ex- prisoners of war , who met in the Fed- eration of Labor hall at 10 o'clock. The railroads carried a heavy pas- senger traffic into Salt Lake with few mishaps. The veterans and members of affiliated organizations were out- numbered by the tourists and sight- seers. Arrivals Sunday were esti- mated at 6,000. All who came : were accommodated without difficulty , and there was still a large number of rooms upon which to draw. Two camp fires , one at Assembly Hall in Temple square and the other at the armory , were attended by the Grand Army members Monday night. A local celebration , the entrance of the wizard of the Wasatch and his satellites , was a brilliant outdoor spec- tacle at 9 o'clocland : throughout the evening. Commander Nevius of the Grand Army of the Republic , his staff and officers of allied organizations met the visitors at a reception under the auspices of the women's committee in the Commercial Club parlors. ' WOMAN FOR PRESIDENCY. Chicago Settlement Leader Wanted as Chief Executive. "Jane Addams of Chicago , future President of the United States , " will be the slogan before many months have passed , according to the advo- cates of equal suffrage. Boston has been chosen as the starting point of the startling and novel campaign by which the women hope to gain pres- tige , if not actually a president. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell says . that no better candidate could be found than the Chicago woman , and her 'l\- ! , ' . - . . t' ; . , " . > . _ - _ . . . . - 1. . ' . . . 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Fenton , who conduct- ed the Hotel Elberton , left his hotel about 2 o'clock. He was followed by a stranger , who tapped him on the shoulder and made a remark. Fenton looked at the stranger , turned and fied. The stranger fired a revolver from his pocket , but missed the fleeing man. He then took up the pursuit and fired two more shots. Fenton fell to the sidewalk and the stranger , after look ing at Fenton closely , fired a bullet through his own brain. The stranger did not regain consciousness. On the way to the hospital Fenton said : "It was McSorley. I sat upon a jury that sent him to prison for a long term. " Fenton has conducted hotels in San Francisco and Chicago. Skirt as Bank Burns tvitli ? GOO. Mrs. Charles Hart , wife of a retired contractor , concealed $600 in $10 bills in a skirt hanging in a closet of her home in New York. In closing the door she ignited a parlor match on the sill that set fire to the skirt and < I tonsumed the $600. , . " 'to y ; yd ' . TAFT TEI 0 ? : : 13,000 MES. . President Outlines Itinerary for Fo3 Visit to West and South. President Taft has made public a tentative outline of the trip he wilt . ; . take through the South and West this * fall. The big trip will be a swing : around practically the entire United ' . States , embracing a journey approx imating 13.00Q miles-as long as the \ cruise of the battleship fleet from Hampton roads , through the Straits ot Magellan to San Francisco Bay. The President , accompanied by Sec retary Fred W. Carpenter , Captain Archibald ] W. Butt , his military aid ; several White Hoiicc : attaches , aid rer- haps a guest or two for various parts of the trip , will travel in a private- car attached for the greater part of the time to regular trains , but run- ning "special" frequently. It will be a "White House on wheels. " The President will start from Boston on Sept. 15 , his fifty-second birthday. Following is the itinerary as out. lined : Sept. 15 - Boston. _ . Sept. 16-Chicago. , : . Sept. 17 - Madison and Portage , Wis. ; Winona , Minn. Sept. Minneapolis , Minn. . Sept. 20 - DCS Moines : , Iowa ; Omaha Sept. 21-Denver , Colo. . Sept. 22 - Colorado Springs and Pueb- lo , Colo. Sept. 23-Glenwood Springs and Mon- trose , Colo. . Sept. 24-Salt Lake City Utah. Sept. 27-Butte and Helena Mont. Sept. 2S - Spokane , Wash. . , Sept. 29 - North Yakima and Seattle ; " Wash. ; Alaska-Yukon exposition. Oct. Portland , Ore. . ' . Oct. 4-Sacramento , Cal. . Oct. Oakland. . Berkeley , and Sao. Francisco , Cal. Oc. 7 , 8 , 9-Yosemite valley. ' , . , . * ' . " Oct. 10-Fresno , Cal. > . I.J j ; ' \ Oct. 11 - Los Angeles , Cal. " ' Oct. 14-Grand canyon , Ariz. . Oct. Albuquerque , N. M. : . " ' Oct. 16 - El Paso , Texas ; meeting witlS President Diaz. I Oct. 17-San Antonio , Texas. Oct. IS - Corpus Christi , Texas. . ' Oct. 23-Houston and Dallas , Texas. r Oct. 25-St. Louis , Mo. , and East . St Louis , Ill. . Oct. 26-Cairo , Ill. ; Hickman , Ky. Oct. 27 - Memphis , Tenn. , and Helenn . Ark. Oct. 2S-Vicksburg , Miss. ( , Qct. 29-New Orleans , waterways con vention. Nov. 1-Jackson , Miss. : Nov. 2-Columbus , Miss. : , and EIrming- ham , Ala. Nov. 4 - Macon and Savannah , Ga. . Nov. 5-Charleston , S. C. . , - . Nov. 6-Augusta , Ga. : ? : : . ' ' Nov. 8-Columbia , S. C. . % Nov. 9-Wilmington , N. C. ; - t-- : Nov. 10-Richmond , Va. ' f Nov. 10-Washington , D. C.'f ' . ' " . - 1.-- . Nov. Middletown , Conn. . " 1. , ; Nov. 19-Norfolk , Va. l ' . 'i\ " : Nov. 20-Hampton , Va. I Nov. 21-Washington , D. C. a The final return to Washington. com . ' pletes the President's 13,000 mile tour. . " Then he will start putting the finish- ing touches on his annual message. SLAYERS OF PETROSINO TRACED' . Two Men Now Under Arrest at Co- . - lumbus in Italy at Time. . Inspector Oldfield in his report to- , t the Postmaster General states that An- . : " ' : " tonio Marrfesi and Cologero Vicarlo both of Dennison , 0. , who are in jail . - ' . at Columbus awaiting action by tha grand jury , were in Sicily at the time . : R of the murder of Lieut. Petrosino , the ! ' New York detective. He says they re-- turned to the United States after the/ , assassination and furnished the theory " . I that if the New York police should co , . . operate with the postal inspectors It Is possible that connection can be traced between them and the society of the- , . .t- "Blackhanders" who are believed to- have murdered the New York police ' . , lieutenant. * - . - ' Nineteen money orders , each for $1- . : , 000 , and one for $ SO have been traced' . " ' ! to Italy for the fund to protect from i ; justice the slayers of Petrosino. Tho- ; J" ' . money was sent by Camilla Nunzleog- Lima , who is supposed to be either the- . . ' . J sister or wife of Salvatore , the head of the organized society at Marion , O. REISDEB100 FAMILIES HOMELESS . - Plames Cause Heavy Damage in. . South Chicago , HI. More : than 100 families were made--v homeless , scores of remarkable rescues. of panic-stricken women and children in imminent danger of being burned to death or suffocated were made by policemen and firemen and property valued at $50,000 was destroyed by- flames that swept through a score of . , frame dwellings in Superior and Buf ; falo avenues , near 86th street , South Chicago , Ill. , Tuesday. : Reports that . . six persons were killed were pro- . ' nounced unfounded. The fire , starting , from an unknown cause on a rear ' porch of a building in Superior ave . , : tr 'I nue , spread so rapidly that many of I the residents only had time to flee ? I to the street in night clothing. ' - ' q. . < . . - . Uo pr ; Cholera : Cure Is Found. ' J. H. Mercer , government live stock _ sanitary inspector , is proving the effi- ciency of serum treatment of hogs for cholera prevention. : He is making tests at the Kansas City stock yards and has given the serum and anti- cholera treatment to animals which " " . are alive and well ; , notwithstanding they were kept in the same pen with t hogs that were given cholera vinia and afterward died. , - , ; AYiricr Famine Endangers Crop . The drought throughout eastern. " Pennsylvania is becoming so severe- . . . that unless rain comes soon the crops : will be ruined. Springs and wells are drying up. Water may be hauled to operate the ' collieries. f : ' / - . . . ' . .
