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I iVOL XXVI NO 150 GAINESVILLE FLORIDA SATURDAY JULY 31 1909 TEN CENTS A WE
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itHARRY THAW PLEASED
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Jerome Has Finished Inquisition In Supreme Court
Will Take Stand in Own BehalfIWHITE PLANS N Y July 30
William Travers Jerome district at-
torney of New York prosecutor atboth Thaw murder trials finished i l
Inquisition of Harry K Thaw in thesupreme court at 525 oclock
evening This ends perhaps themost surprising chapter of the longcourt procedure In which the youngPittsburger tins figured certainly themost surprising In this latest phaseof the Thaws fight to provehimself sane and obtain his releasefrom the Matteaxvun asylum for thecriminal Insane
All told Wednesday and ThursdayHarry Thaw faced Mr Jeromeslightning thrusts for ten hours Inwhich ho held his oMi at all tints
Today he IK In the hands of friendsHi attorney Charles Monichurwrexpects to call hum his mormniThis examination may K an long a-
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Notwithstanding the ineiitnl htriiuhe was under Wednesday and Thurs-day Thaw labored far Into the nightwith his attorney in Juptlco Millanteroom going over the multitudeof records used yesterday by Mr Jerome in his rapid fire of crossques-tioning
Thaw Well Satisfied
On the whole Thaw and hisare well satisfied with the
days work Thaw showed even moreconfidence than he exhibited duringthe first encounter In faN his nolf
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Bristols Wet and Dry Fight
In Courts Becomes UniqueBRISTOL Tenn July
situation arose yesterday in theVa local option election contest
Bud Dctheridge who was active Inthe campaign for the wets andI believed to possess all the secretstouching how and where moneyspent to influence the election declin-ed to cross the State line Into Vir-ginia in order that summons mighthe served on him Counsel for thedrys adjourned the sitting at the Vir-ginia court house and came to the
house in Tennessee havingOetberidge summoned there Hy thisturn they toped to catch Dothorldgo Intheir dragnet Counsel for the wetsnrned the trick by citing a Tonnes
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Father Rescues His Child
From Most Horrible DeathNEW ORLEANS July 20 A spe-
cial from Vicksburg Miss saysNews was received here last night ofthe serious Injury of several personsand a narrow escape of others as tinresult of a fire on the houseboat ofC A Fuller near Ducksport La lateTuesday-
A child of the owneithrew a lighted match Into a pile ofoakum and in a few minutes the en
boat WM enveloped In flamesThe women and children la the partyvrn H rrirdly placed In small boat
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I consciousness at one time almost costhim dear when he ventured into aheated passing at arms with the district attorney But he checked himself when he realized that he hadnothing to gain and everything tolose by a show of temper Exceptfor this squall the exchange of ques-
tions and answers with here and therean occasional sally of wit progressedsmoothly from 115 until adjournmentWednesday Mr Jerome devoted mostof his time to the prisoners past life
Yesterday he based his questionschiefly on various letters and memoranda which he produced in reportsIn numbers The one he found mostuseful was n tablet containing twentysix sheets of foolscap paper on whichwere pasted n strange variety of news-paper clippings nnd scraps of manu-script Thaw identified It as
ho had prepared and sent to-
DelpliIn M Delmas his chief counselduring the first trial for use in proparing his closing speech to the JurySome of Its contents was strangeenough to muse suspicions of tinauthors sanity but those bits ThawInvariably explained by saying theywere letters written to him and hisfamily by persons whose kind Inten-tions probably were better than theirmental balances
Man of Many TastesThaws part of the compilation
showed him as a man of many tastesand Interests In It he quoted pass-ages of Scripture regarding sinsagainst the young and referred to the
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to adjourn the taking of depositionsfrom the Virginia to the Tennesseeside of the State line a special com-mission from the Virginia courtwould be necessary Since the newJudge of the corporation court ofBristol Va has not yet qualifiedthere was no one to matte applica-tion to for a commission and Magis-trate Pile dismissed the proceedingsupon the grounds that under the cir-cumstances he had no jurisdictionCounsel then adjourned resumethe taking of depositions on the Vlrr-glnla side today but without any assurnnce that the muchwanted witnesswould appear Every possible effortwill bo made to entrap Detherldge Ifhe persists In remaining out of Vir-ginia
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and then it was discovered that theearold daughter of Mr Fuller
had been left aboard Groping hisway through a mass of flames andblinding smoke the father reached thesleeping child and bore her to a place-of safety on a towed flat boat Thechild was only slightly burned but thetongue and the lips of the man wereblistered and his face and hands andbody burned It is believed he willrecover Several members of the crewworn painfully tbough not fatallyburned
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ROOSEVELTS DAUGHTER
TO GO UP IN A BALOON
WASHINGTON July M Mrs Nich-
olas Lougworth daughter of formerProvident Roosevelt has become anenthusiast about aeronautics Her
upon the trials of theWrights nwroplnne Is almost constantand now it is said she Is determinedto make u flight herself not in theaeroplane though It Is said she evenexpressed her willingness for thatbut in a baloon-
A Holland Forbes of New York act-Ing president of the Aero Club ofAmerica is In Washington and haspromised Mrs Longworth to take herup Mr Longworth is said to have accorded his permission Mr Forbeshaving made the promise contingentupon her husbands consent that sheundergo the risk that baloon travelInvolves
FOUGHT FIVE HOURS
WITH HUGE SNAKE
P1TTSBURG Pa July 30 Threewomen who went out early to pickberries on a farm about three milesIroUl LatroLe were rescued Wednes-day by farm hands after having boon
uiitd In ati abandoned coal mine forlive hours during which tune thufought continually with a nest 01
huge enaKes Two of the women IK
came hysterical on their relcate andare In a serious condition
The women are Mi Maggie MaleMrs Mary Sarfano told MM Floronce Lacoy As they invaded an In-
viting field of berries the earth sud-denly swallowed them All throe fenabout HO foot through n break in Unroot of nn abandoned mine into upool ot shallow water
KILLED WIFES FRIENDAND WOUNDED WIFE
ELIZADETHTCmX Ky July 30One load from the shotgun of Colliellubtln a tenant farmer living sixmiles from this city ended the life ofJames Talbott Wednesday and se-
riously wounded Hustins wife inwhose company Talbott was Hustlnaccording to his story to officers towhom he Immediately surrenderedreturned from a hunting trip to meethis wife and Talbott emerging fromin adjacent wheat field Words pass-ed between the men both of whomtire middleaged and the shooting followed
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dragon tales In Percys Kcllques forstriking similes regarding StanfordWhite
While Thaw was of course thecentral figure at the hearing yester-day there were two other witnessesSusan Merrill the former New Yorklodging house keeper and Clifford WHnrtrldge Thaws former attorneyMrs Merrill went further into
regarding Thaws alleged abuseof young women at her house She
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Hartrldge testified to the truth ofparts of her story He said that themoney he turned over to the womanwhich she said was used to prevent
girls Thnw whipped from nukingrouble did not come from Thaw
himself Ho said that he had re-
ceived 103000 from Sirs WilliamThaw hut had used n large port ofit for various purposes connectedwith his employment by the family
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bvclyn Thaw was an Interestedauditor in court again yesterday buther husband on the stand ignored herpresence Indications are that thehearing will last at least a weeklonger
Mayors Court Friday-In the mayors court Friday morn
Ing Dennis Green and Nancy Dobyforfeited a 15 bond for disorder-
ly conductSam Daughtrey who was charged
with a plain drunk forfeited tola cashbond of 13 i
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Spanish Troops Kill Subjects at How Write
Abroad Tray Her Flag in Dust
REVOLUTIONI
DIES IN BLOODY BATTi
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MADRID July 30 Jt was officiallyannounced hm night that the cavalryengaged at Barcelona succeeded
in driving into St MerlinSquare the principal bands of revolu-tionists against whom the artillery
tire causing great losses Thesurvivors surrendered
The official statement further saysthat It now remains only to mastermall groups oi revolutionists in thevillages in tue vicinity of Barcelona
Official dispatches received hereyesterday admit that the battlo be-
tween I2oUiU tribesmen and theSpanish forces outside of Melllla July27 was a disastrous defeat TheMoors cut off the communicationswith the Spanish outposts nnd themain force of the Spaniards wasdriven back under the walls ofcity where fighting continued dospcrrely
The Spanish killed and woundednumber about 1000 which takes noaccount of the men nt the advanceposts who evidently were cut off nndabandoned to their fate Melllla Isfull of wounded men
Believe Revolt Is GeneralHFXDAYE France Spanish Fron-
tier July 30 Advices received herefrom a conservative and exceptionallywellinformed source In Madrid depict
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Virginia Republicans to
Run Kent for GovernNEWPORT NEWS Va July 30
Placing themselves squarely on recordas having local option with countiesand clues as the unit Instead ofmagisterial districts as under thepresent law the Virginia Republicansyesterday accepted the liquor ques-tion as an Issue In the approachinggubernatorial campaign Then afteradopting a platform of which theliquor plank was the principal fea-ture and electing a State ticket headed by William P Kent of Wythepresent American consul general toGuatemala they adjourned their Stateconvention sine die
The discussion of prohibition wasprecipitated soon after tho convention-met by the reading of the followingplank as drafted by the resolutioncommittee v
We favor the general principle oflocal option high license rigid police
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Death of Aged Negro Whose
Famous Ride Saved Ron
GADSDE Ala July 30 John IIwho died near here today at
the age of 87 years won fame InISCu by a daring allnight ride fromGadsden to Rome Ga a distance ofsixtyseven miles which resulted Inthe capture by the Confederate cavairy leader Gen K B Forest of GenAbel D Straight and the saving tothe Confederates of tho foundries andstores at Rome
Wisdom started from the east shoroof else Cooaa river shortly after night
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the situation both exterior andtenor as being more critical thanany time since tho Cuban war
Although the Spanish governs
seeks to give out the Impressionthe movement In Catalonia Is aaastir and simply a protest against-war In Morocco and the policy
Premier Maura there are reasonsbelieve It Is a great and spreading rlutionary movement which a
of Republicans and Social rlutionnrles have bees secretly ancfectlvely preparing for a long Urn
Rumors arc even current that avlnclal government has been procled at Barcelona but this evidentpremature
The desperate Moors drunktheir success believe they can dthe Spanish forces Into the seaMarianas men are worn out byllnunl nfeht and day duty andGeneral has asked for 75030 relnfcmenus
Don Jaime May Issue ManlfesLONDON July special
patch from Madrid says therepersistent report In Carllst quathat Don Jaime the pretendsabout to Issue an address to theera nnd a manifesto to tho Sppeople maintaining his claimthrone
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protection and a strict Enforceof the law
Objection to this castantly and emphatically from j
west Virginia Tho plank aswas declared to be meanlngleaIndicative pf acquiescence In 1
sting law JitVvAs a substitute State Senat
T Lincoln offered the followingfavor tho general prlnclp
local option and that the countlecities bo a unit In all elections oiliquor question with rigid enforceof law
Mr Lincoln led the fight faadoption nnd was so consplcsensational In urging his causenftertho substitute had beenrated In the platform by a vol700 to 110 ho wasforward as a candidate for Lie
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fall on his perilous trip covertdistance In less than seven houusing on the trip seven horsesarrived at Rome six hoursGen Straight and tho city waspared for tho latters comingStraight and many of his raldelug taken prisoners
The city of Rome presenteddom with a costly silver serric
400 In cash besides giving apurse ot 9400 to the womanfurnished Wisdom v bono f rhart leg of his Journey
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