Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 362, 12 February 1907 — Page 1

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RIC MOOT ABUJM y n ID A Single Copy, One Cent. VOL. XXXI. SO. 362. Richmond, Indiana, Tuesday Morning, February 12,1907.

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BLIND TIGER BILL PASSEDjy HOUSE The Stringent Measure Went Through by the Overwhelming Vote of 73 to 19.

RATLIFF WAS AGAINST IT SENATE PASSES THE COX SIXTYCENT GAS BILL AFTER FIGHTEFFORTS TO THE MEASURE FAIL. A HARD AMEND (By Demas S. Coe.) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 11. The house knocked the props from under the opposition to the Ganiard "blind tiger" bill this afternoon, passing the uifasurtr uv a uic ui 10 iu ij. ijuns were no speeches, w ere needed. The None apparently bie druggists' lobich has been said. If V . Ul TV il 1 it DJ 1UUVU 11 (1 d tr., 11 COJU, failed to show its hand and the gener- . , , , .u. . j gists had no cause to feel offended by the enactment of a law that could not affect them or others of their business unless violations of the law were reBorted to. The house was crowded with spectators and the Anti-saloon league members were overjoyed. Representative Ratliff was one of the 19 who voted against it, believing its provisions too stringent. It will be many days before the senate is the scene of such a hot fight as that which took place today over the it If 1(11 i !. iL.l inmanapoiis uiii io proviuu mat mime gas contracts shall be regulated so that the minimum rate must not be in excess of 60 cents. The attempt was made to extend its provisions to other cities, but failure met the efforts of Senators Carl E. Wood and Will R. Wood, who introduced tho amendments. The former sought to fix the maximum rate at 73 cents in cities outside of Indianapolis; the latter 80 cents. Both amendments were lost by close votes. When it came to passing the bill, however, both the Senators Wood stood for the bill. The Farber-Babcock Insurance bill, which proposes to establish a department of insurance, will be a special or- - Heir oV business iBVthe senate tourerrow afternoon, and If one is to judge by the size of the bill, how long ifc ' will require the senate to digest its provisions, the session will be strenu ous to say the least. , The bill is an administration measure. In the house it was Introduced by Mr. Babcock, and Senator Farber fathers precisely the same bill in the upper branch. The insurance committees in both branches have recommended it for passage, after making a total of twenty-five amendments AH classes of insur-; ance companies are affected, but the most stringent provisions are in re- i Iation to. life insurance companies, The senate may attempt to amend and it may succeed. The Insurance lobby cf which much has been said, is hoping for a "tie-up" in the senate tomorrow. - The judgment of Dr. S. E. Smith,

medical superintendent of Easthaven, ! Richmond could legally aid what was Is pretty well reflected in the report of j one of the most magnificent charitable the legislative committee submitted to- j institutions in the west. Representaday. Dr. Smith's estimate of expens-; tlve Furnas, of Randolph county, also rs for the next biennial period, and his spoke for the bill. Governor Hanly estimate of specific needs, were both wm receive the measure for his apKtven the O. K. mark of the commit-1 proval or veto by Wednesday or tee. Dr. Smith's estimates in every ; Thursday, and it is certain that he will particular were recommended and will ' giVe It his endorsement. .There is an be granted unless the general assem- j emergency clause attached to the bill bly should cut them down, a contin-j and this means that it will become efgency not at all likely. Here are Dr. ! fective as soon as the Governor at-

srmtn s estimates: Regular Appropriations. Maintenance, annually for 190$ and 1909 $121,000 00 Repairs, annually .. 7,500 00 Clothing, annually 5.000 00 Total $133,300 00 Specific Appropriations. Two cottages and appurtenances $ 60.000 00 Tile floors and plumbing .. 2,000 00 Crossing over railroad .... 2.000 00 Steam heating system .... 5,000 00 Farm Buildings 2.000 00 Workshop and lathe ..... 2.000 00 Attics in two buildings ... 1.S0O 00 Water supply 2,500 00 Total $ 77.S00 00 The $1,000 license bill is evidently worrying legislators nuitc as much as it is the temperance forces and the Hqnor Interests. It was said this afternoon that one or two of the house leader. had proposed that the bill should be amended so that the license fee shall be $300 instead of $1,Q00. If the house should do this, as likely will be attempted, the seuate might refuse to concur In the amendment. Senator Mattinsly. the author of the bill, said to the Palladium representative this evening: "Of course it is hard to tell what the senate would do to this bill if the house were to cut down the li-cens-'' foe. However, I feel just now that I would favor killing it entirely. It. was my idea to have a license of $1,000 and if I can t get that. I think the best thing would be to slaughter It. This action would be asrreeablu ' many legislators who hae been on the "fence." Gone East Shopping. Mr. Chria Hasemeier of the Boston Ftore, iert last evening ror the East. Mr. Hasemeier will visit tho Xcw . York markets and purchase his Irc and Easter, offerings.

NEARLY THIRTY THOUSAND

Y. M. C. A. FUND IS GROWING Renewed Interest Shown in the Can- , vass and Young Men Express Themselves as Willing to Put Forth Still Greater Efforts. The young men of the city who are interested in prosecuting the Y. M. C. : A. movement, held a meeting with Secretary Brown last evening, that show- j e& that interest in the project was as ; mucn a live as at tne siarc 01 mo ! movement. The sum raised by the popular subscription now totals nearly thirty thousand dollars. It was decided last evening to go ahead with the raising of the popular subscrintion as heretofore. The young men are going to put more zeal than ever into their efforts if the spii - it shown at this meeting was indica uve 01 anjuuus- x iiuo tea o nave .nu have been doing ... tret together." On Wed - uu" 1U " nes(lay afternoon at 4 o'clock, a meetle?f '"nS men'8 Sl"! r . 1 ... V" .TIin Tn plans and on the same evening at i . JO : the business men's committee wiU hold a meeting for a similar purpose. HOSPITAL RILL IS READY TOR HANLY ' AM WqW NeCCSSarV tO . Make Richmond Measure a Law is Governor's Name. WAS PASSED BY HOUSE PRACTICALLY CERTAIN THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE REID MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MONEY, HEREAFTER. (By Demas S. Coe.) Sft Indianapolis.; mond's hospital bill to provide that the city council of that city shall have the power to vote funds toward the i maintenance of Reid Memorial hospit-j al, passed the house this afternoon by ; m in a - a voie oi 6u too. Representative "Dick" Elliott, who had charge of the measure was awake to his duly and before the bill was i called up "no had taken a poll and ! found there was no formidable opposi-j tlon. He made a rattling good speech,' saying that the measure was simply to j benefit Richmond, where the adminis-; tration had declined to sanction an ordinance passed by council giving rener ; to the hospital, on the ground that such a procedure might be declared illegal. Representative Elliott said that the "bill should be enacted Into law so that taches his signature. Funds which the city council may vote will thereafter be legal. INEBRIATE ON A RAMPAGE THREATENED HIS WIFE To Show that He Was In III Temper, Hubert Burden Killed Small Dog Snatched Baby Away from Wife, Who then Called Police. According to the statements of his wife in the city court yesterday morning, Hubert Burden created a reign of terror at his home Saturday night He . , . , i ., i ' had indulslns beavily ln iatox1-1 cants and on hls arrival at his domi-j cile at a late hour, he became ivolv-l ed in an argument with Mrs. Burden, a fim- i. that h intd t do some "rough work," and commenced proceedings Along that line by beating a small dog to death. Mrs. Burden said that he then threatened the life of her self and a boarder by the name of Hattie Wallingford. She became frightened and took the baby intrk the room of th boarder, but Burden broke in the door, and took the j infant back to his bed. She followed him, fearing that he might kill the j n oi.i i - i i hi. .1 i i 1 1 w iiuiiii i nr, nT1fi iPft. v-0 sooner had he departed than the trouble; started again, and she had her husband arrested. In court Burden laid all of the trouble at the door of Mrs. Wallingford, Baying that she was constantly making mischief, and that he wanted to get rid of her. Xevertheless Judse Converse lined him $10 and costs.

, SAYS CAMBRIDGE IS

OPEII TO GAMBLERS William Doney Has a Talk with Prosecutor Jessup About the Matter. OFFICIALS SAY LID'S ON "WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME" JESSUP REFUSES TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION. William Doney of Cambridge City j was in Richmond yesterday, and although he did not come over on a reiform mission whon he met Prosecut- . ,ng Aly fae , s "uiucji vimu jsuii im1 parted a few observations to him i about gambling that he thought was I goins on In Cambridge City just now. According to what Mr. Doiey told the ; I prosecutor yesterday f;eraoon. tie town is wide open. But last night, when a Palladium representative talked with Mr. Doney about the matter over the telephone he asked that what he told Air. Jessup not to be made public. Mr. Doney said that it was not through a desire to "hedge" on what he had told the prosecutor that he asked that nothing be made public about the matter but rathei because his conversation vrs suop jvd : i. re been of a n. :vate nature. M Doney raid that ta-:.- might be sue a a thing as his bei:g r.w .iiforrtd about tlie u!ed gamlin ;. He si A last night thai he in- .('.oc to investigate tho r:imors todaj. It was suggested to him that an investigation on his part might cause the places, if they were open, to close. Doney to get Information. "Oh, I would not go into the places myself " replied Mr. Doney, "in fact I could not get in. I am regarded as a reformer, and those who conduct such resorts here, will not allow me i about their places. I have a way to get Information, however.' Attorney Jessup was asked if any ! action would be taken as a result ot ! of what Mr. Doney had told him. Hfon't know anything -about-.Mr-Doney" Mr. Jessup replied, f "Yes but you do," the Palladium representative told the prosecutor, "We have Information on the subject " " ""L e pl v,t'X moi. fe V lilt, IUC aUtUUWUCS LilC right to a statement." "I know nothing," said the prosecutor with the Jerome like air that . 1 . ... nas lately nung aoout his office, esPe,ciUy , whe ther s ,a PieC ; of i , of a h th, f or'a t w a( But d . t b d savin- vou know nothin-'" asked nothing, was ..Sav rallA- mtk nn nnr T . - no statement to make about the mat- j ter," the prosecutor said. Seats of Less Mighty. The Palladium then proceeded to approach the seats of the less mighty In the hope of gathering Information for the public. The Palladium was told yesterday that Marshal Drlschel was reported to have said that he would take no action in closing gambling joints until he was instructed to do so by the town board. In order to give Mr. Drischel the benefit of a statement he was called up over the telephone last evening. He said that he had made no such remark. "You can say," said Mr. Drischel, "that there Is no gambling in Camu" mtiC vuv n i in j huuwifuse. II nitre is gambling here I have never seen ! it. As for enforcing the law only when the town board tells me, that Is all rot. I do not have to be told to enforce the law. The office I hold gives me that jurisdiction." Suggests a Reform League. It is known that Prosecutor Jessup yesterday suggested to Mr. Doney that a law and order league be formed at Cambridge City to ferret out evasions of the law and see that they were properly punished. County Treasurer Mosbaugh, a member of the Cambridge town board said yesterday that the lid was on tighter at Cambridge than it had been in ten years and te di(1 not believe any stories concerning gambling. He scouted the idea that the town board W"W. th the Intent of permitting gambling, fall to instruct Marshal Drischel to enforce the law in this respect, UtUKUL UUKI S S DEAD Former Richmond Young Man Died at Elwood Remains Taken to Utica N. Y. m George Curtis, son of Fred M. Curtis !

lormeny oi menmona died Saturday have caused t destructlon. It at Elwood, after a short illness of,was hurriejJ to the prefecture of po-

pneumonia. The remains wpro tnfcn - - for burial. j ! To Buy in the East. Mr Lee B. Xusbaum. accomnanied ; by Mr. Charles Igleman, vffll leave for . Xew York city today. While away Mr. Xusbanm will visit the eastern dry cooda markets to mirphasp his snrin"? line cf iroodd.

THE WEATHER PROPHET.;pf,ilTnni I m MhUrO

INDIANA Fair; colder Tuesday; Wednesday fair; warmer. OHIO Fair and cold Tuesday; Wednesday fair; not so cold; light north to northwest winds. RICHMOND POLICE AFTER KIDNAPPER Seven Year Old Lad Was Stolen from School House at Selma Yesterday. FATHER THE KIDNAPPER YOUTH WAS TAKEN FROM HIM WHEN THREE YEARS OLD AND HE HAD MADE MANY ATTEMPTS TO SECURE CHILD. The Richmond police were yesterday. afternoon instructed' by the police at Muncie to keep ? careful lookout for Henry Weed, a Virginian who yesterday kidnapped his son from a school house at Selma, six miles east of Muncie. The lad and his father are thought to be coming this way. They are in a buggy with one horse, unless they have left it some place and taken the train. The locaj authorities were asked to watch both the C, C. & L. and Panhandle trains. Charles Weed, the son is now seven

years old. He was taken away from j of public works for an increase of 66 his father at the age of three years, i 2"3 Per cent in tne capacity of the , j. . . . . ,. I plant and although the work has been His mother died at taat time and it as id, as possibet it will was alleged that the father was not , v h not be fully completed bethe proper person to have charge of the little fellow. He was legally, ad- meantime the capaclty of the opted by an uncle the Rev R 1,. . ,g gQ inad te that it has

Jones and since his mother's death has been living with his adopted lath er. ' On several occasions "the boy's j rightful father hflb made an effort to get possession of; the r1d but he had never succeeded-' uutll " yesterday. He ; drove i?i to the school' house the lad ; at which his presence was needed. The youngster did not want to go with his lather but the teacher told him he should. They drove off together, taking a road leading from Selma to Winchester. As soon as the Rev. Mr. Jones was notified of what had happened he instructed the Muncie police A. L X 1 J io spare no enon in securing me lau t return- . ' At an early hour this morning, too late to revise the above story, a telegram was received by the Palladium from Greenville, O., saying that the fathefr and son had been arrested there. HFERIIAL MACHINE IE OP WITTE Queer Ear of His Valet is All that Saved Russian Statesman from Death. SET OVER HIS BED ROOM CAREFULLY LODGED IN THE CHIMNEY TERRIBLE CONTRIV ANCE WAS TIMED TOGO OFF WHILE WITTE SLEPT. rPuM!sTirs-Tre99l 7

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St. Petersburg, Feb. 12.-M. Zerge' acK OUDl e annua, increase in tne ., , , , i taxable property within the city, it apWitte, former premier and plenipoten-, pears reasonable to assume an avertiary of Russia in the negotiation of ! age addition to the sinking fund of $6,the treaty of Portsmouth, had a hair's ', 500.00 annually during the next ten breadth escape from assassination by "ears. providing the levy of five cents . , . i c : on each $100.00 taxable property is not an infernal machine at his home In St. j ch&ngeL Such a levy m pay off Petersburg, late last night. f City bonds as they become due, exceptOnly the quick ear of his valet sav-Mng the light plant bonds, which are ed the Russian statesman from de-; not due until 1927, and will leave monstruction. An infernal machine, op-1 ey in the sinking fund, erated by clock work, and timed to ex- Economy is Cautioned, plode within two hours after the time . I have herein attempted to place belt was discovered, was found in the fore you a statement of all the ac

j chimney of the bed room in which. M Witte was about to retire. The machine was of the most finished construction, and the clock work was of a kind that made only the slightest ticking. This sound was sufficient, however, to catch the ear of M. Witte's servant, who started a search, which unearthed the deadly contrivance in the chimney. A hasty examination showed that the machine. had it eroded, would ,r 1 lie uuto uuw JCii.ct; lUdb xxio servants were implicated in the plot. Some details of the affair have been given only to the police. It is believed that the machine was lowered from the roof. M. Witte lias never been popular with the terrorists and all radicals have looked on him as an enemy since Jbia Drtmiership,

uunmuLLtn ivihmio HIS AllliUAL REPORT

Account Given of City's Receipts and Expenditures for the Past Year.. ECONOMY RECOMMENDED FAVORABLE SHOWING MADE BY MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT, THE PATRONAGE HAVING INCREASED 30 PER CENT IN YEAR. City Controller Parry last night submitted to council his report for the past year. The report is quite voluminous but every point touched on is vital and nothing Is left out of import to the city fathers. Lack of composition facilities prevents the Palladium from giving the report in full. The most salient point3 follow: Financial Recapitulation. Total ; receipts. January 1, 1907, $27G,73S.2S; expenditures during 1906, department of finance, $S1.959.90; board of public works, $161,064. S2; health department, $2,411.59; police department. $14.3S0.2S; city court $1,407.00; balance on hand January 1," 1907, $12,514.69, as shown by books of city controller. Municipal Light Plant. Much attention is given to the light plant from which but extracts are taken. It may be well, however, to state that during the past year plans, estimates'' and contracts were made by authority of council and the board beeQ Q f(jr furQ proper light for street lighting for about an , hour of each evening, to say nothing of soliciting new busi j, Qa Ja;uary 2 1906 there were.1(. ness. 323 private ' consumers and on Jannary 1. 1907 the number had been gain has practically come to the plant without solicitation during the past year. With the completion of the increased capacity of the plant and the work and energy necessary to solicit new business and care for such increase, and the continued loyalty to the city and its light plant heretofore shown by our citizens, the debt to the city, aside from its bonds, will not only be paid but the cost to the city for all its lights will be practically nothing whatever in the. course of a very few years. On January 190G the light plant was indebted to the city in the amount of $200,282.95, of which the amount covered by bonds on which the city pays 4 per cent Interest is $144,000.00, leaving balance due on the cash advanced from the general fund.$3G.2S2.95. Since then the city has paid out for the light plant i including betterments, $33,670.84, making a total of $109,953.79, from which the year's receipts should be deducted $63,1SS.7S, showing a balance due the city January 1, 1907, $40,763.01. Special Chautauqua Fund. The directors of the Richmond Chautauqua association paid to the city a portion of their net profits in 1903 to be used as a nucleus to which other sums would bei added ftom time to time until the amount should become sufficient to be used in permanent improvements for the Chautauqua assembly. This sum was at the beginning of the past year, deposited as a special sinking fund with the Dickinson Trust company of this city and at this time the total is $1,23.09. Additional Bonds Issued. During the past year the bonded indebtedness of the city was Increased $20,000, by an issue of ZYZ per cent. counts of the city and of each of the funds under your care so fully and plainly that all who care to do so may understand them. It will readily be seen that strict economy is necessary that the city's credit be not impaired. Hence any extraordinary expenditures should only be authorized and made when they are for improvements of a permanent nature. The additions to the electric light plant, authorized in the spring of 1906, are so nearly completed that large payments on the work and machinery will be necessary very soon, and as but little revenue will be received until May of this year, it will be necessary to anticipate this by temporary loans. I must further urge upon you, as did my predecessor, the changing of some of the city ordinances so that they may better conform to the present conditions. Respectfuilr submitted. WEBSTER PARRY, City Controller.

THE VAULTS ARE SINKING

HOTEL IS IN DANGER Excavation Made by Pennsylvania Railroad Company in New York, a Menace to the Waldorf Astoria Front. " (PuMfshers Press.l New York, Feb. 11. That the vaults under the sidewalk in front of the Waldorf had sunk an inch or more, duo to the excavations of the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel in 33rd street, was brought out today at a meeting of the plan and contract committee, of the Rapid Transit commission. Tho statement was made by George E. Low, a civil engineer, who said that he represented William Waldorf Astor. the hotel. Mr. Low told the committee that the sidewalk in front of the Waldorf ,was in danger of caving in and he demanded that the contractors who are doing the tunnel work, reinforce the vaults. Mr. Low explained that the hotel itself was in no danger as it rested on a rock foundation. - CITY'S ORATORICAL BODY III SESSION Council Did Little Outside Authorizing Controller to Borrow $25,000. POLE ORDINANCE TO PASS REPORT OF THE MAJORITY COMMITTEE FAVORING REMOVAL OF POLES FROM MAIN STREET WAS ADOPTED. Members of the city council evinced a decided disposition to display their oratorical powers at the meeting of that body last night, but this was probably due to the fact that they had not been in session for three f eekKtr; JJartefe started. JhdalasO j of oratory by offering a motion that j the indiscriminate circulation of handj bills on lawns and porches be proj hibited. . He said that he was under j the Impression that there was an ordinance which covered this matter. and City Clerk Taggart informed him j that such was the case. .Mr. Engelbert called attention to the fact that the ordinance in question was being violated by persons ( who were in the habit of throwing rubbish of all kinds in alleys, and said that the police were probably a little reluctant to enforce this provision for fear of making enemies. Mr. Ogborn declared that a great many of the residents of Richmond seemed to think that the gutters and streets were the property repository for the carcases of deceased chickens and dogs, as he had seen a great many of them laying about the thoroughfares of the city. The motion of Mr. Bartel that the police department be instructed to enforce the provisions of the ordinance was finally adopted. Request of Postal Company. Mr. Deuker introduced an ordinance to the effect that the Postal Telegraph i company be permitted to remove their ! poles and wires from various streets, beginning at the corner of Sixteenth and South E, thence north to North . A, thence west on North A to the alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth, ', thence north to North E. Thi3 ordinance set forth that the company wanted to rebuild the line in the alley be- . tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets from South E to South A where they will connect their underground wires, I which are to be placed in the 5ucts of the Home Telephone company. The matter wa3 finally referred to the committee on ordinances. Mr. McMahan introduced an ordinance that the city comptroller be authorized to negotiate a temporary loan ' to meet the expenses of the municipality for the current year. The ordinance provided for, the payment of 5 per cent interest, the loan to run three months. The space where the amount of the loan should have been named was left blank and City Comptroller Parry was asked Just what sum he thought it would be necessary for the city to borrow. He suggested the sum of $25,000, and urged the immediate passage of the ord'nance, saying that there was not sufficient funds to pay the city employes oa the 13th. His suggestion was acted upon, and the ordinance passed under a suspension of the rules. The Richmond City Mill works was granted permission to lay a twelveinch galvenized iron pipe from its building on the south side of North F street to the north side of the same thoroughfare. Gofs After Trespassers. Mr. Engelbert offered a motion, which was adopted instructing the police department to give attention to persons who are trespassing upon the grass at the Seventh street park. Mr. Engelbert took occasion to remark that he had. not observed a policeman in that neighborhood in three months. In answer to a Query from a mem ber of the council as to the per cent of rnocey received from taxes, which was required to keep the streets and Continued oa Pge Two.

THAW WAS PLUNGER ' III BRIDGE WHIST

His Method of Playing that Game Gave Rise to Idea that He was Insane. . WIFE'S' NOTE ,IN EVIDENCE MOST OF JUDGE'S RULINGS ON DISPUTED POINTS, IN ' FAVOR OF THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PROSECUTION. y tPublishers' Frcaal New York, Feb. 11. At . a conference of Thaw lawyers to consider the further plan of defens it was determined to tat 1st oa the adznissab:l ity of Thaw's will and that Harry K. Thaw should not be called on to testify except in some emergency now unforeseen. It Is possible that a xnanla that Thaw . had for bridge whist playlns may be brought to the attention of the jurr to substantiate the claim that Thaw was insane at the time of the shooting. Thaw, it is said, played the same wildly and lost thousands of dollars. , Persons who "prayed1 with him. ln commenting on his play, are credited with Baying that his style was that of "a crasy man." Delphln M. Del mas, chief council for Thaw, !s cuoted as saying In an irterrie'" that he is much encourage J with the outlook of the case and that the story told by Mrs. Tbaw ln court Is not half as tragic as itwas when she told it to him during the preparation of the case. . 1 The opening of the fourth week of the trial brought on a new order of things in the court room and all women other than the half-doien active newspaper writers who have followed the case since the beginning were barred by order of Justice Fitzgerald. During the two days last week when Mrs. Harry Thaw was on the witness stand women crowded the court room, having ln some manner solved the problem of getting past the bailiff at the door. Monday women stormed the portals in vain. In the belief that Mrs. Harry Thnw wsaara1sM W the cen tral figure In the trial, women were anxious to hear the final details of thu narrative of the prisoner's wife. Thaw's Will Identified. J. D. Lyon, a Pittsburg banker, was the first witness galled. District Attorney Jerome objected to the substitution of a new witness for Mrs. Thaw until her testimony is finished and an argument ensued. Mr. Jerome said he thought the defense should offer some explanation of its purpose Jn Interrupting the testimony of Mrs. Thaw to Introduce Mr. Lyon sa a witness. Mr. Delmas stated that when court adjourned Friday the will of defendant was under discussion and was ruled out because of insufficiency of proof of the document. It was proposed, he said, to proceed with Identification of the will. Mr. Delmas askd that Mr. Lyon, who was called from his business In Pittsburg to testify at this time, be allowed merely to Identify an envelope and the packag, (the will) it contained. Then, he declared, if the district attorney objected further he would defer for the timo being "to offer the will ln evidence. Mr. Jerome, in argument that his objection should be sustained, went into discussion v the rules of evidence, which prevented him from controverting the truth of Mrs. Thaw's testimony as to the story she told hr husband. Judicially, Mr. Jerome said, the court could not say as to whether or not the story Mrs. Thaw told her husband had an effect on his mind. "I must object to this line of argument by the district attorney," Interrupted Mr. Delmas. "He is addressing himself to facts not In evidence." Justice Fitzgerald stated that all tb statements by Mrs. Thaw are on the record practically by consent, but now the Judgment of the court was Invoked. Tho objection to the Introduction of the documents Friday was technical, but sound. There was a witness on the stand when court adjourned, whose testimony was not finished, "ft seems to me," said the court, "that witness should be finished with, or consent should be given to proceed with this witness." Mr. Jerome, after a short whispered conference with Mr. Delmas, withdrew his objection, and Mr. Lyon was permitted to give his testimony. Ht testified to having Thaw's will in his custody in a sealed envelope from April, 1905. until November, then gave It to his stenographer. In croacxamlnatlon Mr. Lyon was asKea to produce othr letters of Thaw. Mr. Del ma 3 objected. , "What's the matter?" asked Jerome. "Don't you want those letters produced?" "I haven't the slightest objection to the introduction of any letter this defeadafnt ever wrote," was the reply. Mr. Delmas objected t: the letters being, turned over to the district attorney. It was finally agresd that the letters should be turned over to the clerk cf the court. Mr. Lyon was excused and John B. Gleason, one of Thaw's attorneys, was called. Gleason ha 3 had possession of most of defendant's papars since tha tragedy. He said the envelope containing the will was in his possession since Dec. 11. 1&06, when be received it bjmail from Pitteburg. Absolutely