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4 I ll?l HI? AN ALLIGATOR I - EXPERIENCE kv-*: rv-.SiJ , St E. S. Traymore. To read of being "treed" by eithe a bear or an angry bull is common To read of being treed by alligator is not common. Then, too, the vie tim in the first instance is a man almost without exception, while ii the instance to be related the victin was a woman, and the writer of thii account. It happened a number of years ago when alligators were more plentifu in Florida than they are. to-day. had seen so many of these creature: that they did not frighten me. al though it must be admitted that this "seeing" had been always from i safe point, and one that could b< left at any moment. Following ray annual custom, as * soon as the snow began to fly I be / took myself with my camera to the sunny South, and made straight foi a certain small town in Middle Florida, where I had passed several win lers. iae n&spiuiuiv gicetwgs 1 soon settled down to work, and wandered daily hither and thither through hummock and pine-land for both bordered the neighborhood of my winter home. One lovely day I started out about 2 o'clock, unaccompanied, as was generally my choice, except by a small dog which belonged to the house, and which had taken a great fancy to me?why, I do not know, for as I was not very fond of dogs, he had not been encouraged, although his meek devotion had to a certain extent gained my good-will. His persistence now won his cause. So by my side he trotted, his brown eyea cViinino- with enfh invnnsnoss that at last, ashamed to do otherwise, I was , forced to make him welcome. My uncomfortable experience later on was due primarily to the presence of Dandy. On the other hand, had I taken warning from his instinctive uneasiness, the probability is that this story would never have been written. My destination was the swampland which lay in a certain section of the hummock; my object, the photographing of cypress-trces just as they grew out of the black mud in the dankness of a region not unlike that of "The Great Dismal Swamp." The way I pursued was lonely enough, but I was not afraid. The few natives and negroes that passed tne as I walked leisurely along gave rae a pleasant greeting, for all knew me ana my camera. I plunged into the forest, and forced my way along a faintly marked trail, dodging several rattlesnakes which resented my intrusion, and at about 4 o'clock found myself Dn the border of as desolate a region as the most ardent swamp-seeker could wish. It was a dreary stretch . of shadowy, ghost-like trees, their branches woven into an almost jungle-like impenetrability by a tangle of parasitic vines, many of which were several inches in diameter, and which hung in fantastic contortions from the tops, often of the highest trees. # The faint light that filtered through the matted growth of leaves and festooned Southern moss was brown and misty, and a fog rose from the adjacent dank and decaying vegetation. The water of the swamp was black, and its glassy surface shimmered at the jar of my footstep ,as I crept carefully over a quantity Af fallen canc-brake, so molded as to afford a precarious foothold. The only living creatures in sight were two lonely boars, no doubt originally razorbacks. but now entirely wild. Their tusks rattled like castanets as they stood with chattering jaws, at challenge; but their warlike bravado changed into cowardice as thoy espied us. and turning away, they disappeared in the jungle. "Quite the place for a whole army of alligators," I said, half-aloud, as I picked my way along a narrow strip of land that reached out into the water. "However, it is no time for thinking about that, for the sun is getting low and I must make haste." It so happened that out of this strip there grew several straggling trees. One of these had been broken off. probably by some storm, and its top lay oent down so tnat its orancnes interfered with my tripod as I endeavored to pass beyond. I grumbled a bit at the inconvenience, not dreaming how important a part this broken tree was to play in my day's experience. The tree passed at last, only a few moments were needed to set up the camera, to focus and to take the picture; yet even those moments I begrudged, especially the twenty seconds required for the exposure ol the plate, for the glocm seemed tc increase so rapidiy that a most uncomfortable apprehension seized me. I noticed, too, that Dandy was odl.v affected, for he barked and whined with great uneasiness. My nervous? ness increased. This was indeed ? hideously lonely spot to be in especially for a woman, and nigh; was coming. There was that lono walk home, and only a faintly outlined trail to follow! Truly, nevei before had I bei;n so foolhardy. Overpowered by a rush of emotions, I snapped together my camera threw the long carrying-strap round my neck, snatched up the tripod, and turned sharply to retrace my footsteps. I nearly fell headlong. Pcoi Dandy, in his terror, had hidden beneath my skirt, and his little shivering body was the cause of my stumble. I tried vainly to make him get up; but he only shrieked with feat and crouched at my feet. Tnct- thr>n nnt fivr> riisfrml from where I stood, a great brutisl head protruded from that ink) water?a sight never to be forgotten! That black and moss-grown skull those evil eyes, with their blood-chill dng stare?so near that I could have touched the creature! Appalled, I drew back shuddering and crying out to Dandy, who agair * nearly overthrew me in his haste, i clambered over the branches of th< fallen tree, leaving my tripod behinc in my flight, wilh the intention 01 running back to the mainland. I was too late. Already attractef by the cries of the dog?alligatorj ,WN r\f rlrn?_flc*c]"l?til VOP nl . J rtl C VC1 J LU LIU. U L UUo-HV^ii these great brutes had crawled out from their near-by hiding-places in the swamp, and now lay stretched upon the bit of land over which we must pass in order to reach the shore. Yes, even as I paused, ber wildered, and with my heart in my throat, I saw that four more of these 5 hideous creatures were swimming rapidly toward the spot. Ah, Dandy, Dandy! You tried so hard in your 1 doggish way to warn me that danger 1 was near, but your cries only made 5 matters worse! Alligators in front, alligators be. hind. Whither were we to fly? i I stumbled against the prostrate treeI top?happy thought! In less time s than it takes to write the words both - Dandy and I had scrambled up the > straggling branches like two nimble i cats. Here was safety, such as it was, for we were some eight feet above the surface of the swamp. s Partly from pity and partly to - check his ear-piercing cries, I snug; gied Dandy in my arms; but when at last I ventured to look down, the sight made me grow sick. I dared not try to count the alligators, but , there seemed to be twenty or more i T tr fr\**nr? c? pvoonino* L 5iaJ auu ov-aij wi ?uo vi shuffling about on that narrow strip , of half-driecl mud, hissing, blowing [ and sniffing the air angrily for the scent of the canine prey which they ; could not reach. The sun was really sinking, as the 1 increasing glcom portended. I col, lected my scattered wits, and tried to plan the best way to pass the ; inevitable night. Fortunately I had brought with ; me a jacket, which I had slipped on . when the chill of the swamp had . struck me. This would in a measure protect me from the night cold; then, : too. Dandy would hcip to keep mo . v/arm. So I propped myself as com; fortably as possible in the crotch where the tree trunk had spanned off, fastened myself to a strong upi right branch by passing the strap round it and then about my waist. i This would at least keep me from falling should I chance to faint or . lose myself in sleep. The long vigil began. Dusk deepened into darkness, and darkness turned into blackness, for no starlight could penetrate that overhead ; growth. The silent swamp turned into a world of noise. Tho peeping, croak?n n n rl V-\ r\ /-? * ?-? r-w <-??-??* n J-1 n ?**/-. r-r r~. ILLS UUU UVJVJ an 115 \J L tUUiiUCOO HUgd, the strange cries 0? night animals and birds, the tapping fall of acorns and dying leaves, the constant dripping from a thousand trees which reeked with the dank steam of nightfall, and the restless movements of those ungainly monsters beneath us were all sounds never to be forgotten. Naturally of a nervous temperament, I felt myself grow old in years, as. bound to my place of refuge, the moments crept by like hours. If I could hold out until daybreak the alligators would probably retire, and I might then be able to make a wild rush for the shore. Iiow many of those long, weary hours passed I had no way of judging, but at last, worn out with fatigue, I felt a deadly chill creeping over me. Suddenly the little dog moved in my arms, and licked my hand softly. He seemed uneasy, and stretched up his head, as if begging to look beyond me. I humored his wish. For a moment he stood motionless, with his paws upon my shoulder. Then, to my amazement, he whined?not a whine of distress, but one of pleasure. Yes, he was even then wagging slowly his stump of a t{iil. while his whole body quivered with excitement. Loosening the safety-strap with my benumbed fingers. I twisted about in the tree saat, and saw?a light! As I live, a light, dim though it was, gliuimcd through the mist. Fear bore heavily upon my heart. Perhaps it was only an uncanny phosphorescence. Yet it moved almost j too steadily. The real ignis fatuus I dances from place to place. ;| Fascinated, I watched the glow, i which grew brighter. I tried to cry out. To my dismay I found myself speechless! The chill and nervous shock had in a way stiffened my throat and tongue. I straiuc-d and fought to overcome the temporary paralysis which was like a dreadful nightmare, for shout I must. That light meant rescue if I could only make myself heard. Some " 'gator men" were out hunting. and I knew that the light was from their jack-lantern, which was fastened at the bow of the boat. The "jack" serves to attract the creatures, or at least to fascinate them so that they remain motionless until lilt! iiuufsis tunic wuu:i: siiuutiiijj instance. The boat came near, then turned to go off in another direction. Now or not at all must I cry out, or it would pass out oi' sight and hearing. Beating at my throat with my hands. I linally threw off that dread? t'ul cramp, and a shriek for hel;| that could have been hoard a mile?* it seemed to me?came mercifully to my lips; and as it echoed through the swamp, the boat stopped. I heard a negro's frightened voice: "Who da? Who da?" Again I could not speak, but Dandy's yapping bark rang sharply. Then a white man's voice cried: "Who is there? Where are you* Why don't you answer?" I unce inure my iuii&ui; luuseui'u. I The voice was tha.t of Jim Eronson, a professional hunter, and a man well known by everybody iu the little town. "This way! This way! Oh, make - haste!" - Then I fainted. I did not see the boat as it cams | swiftly toward me; nor did I sec the gleam from the lantern as it illunii: nated my feeble stronghold: nor did i I hear the fusilade of shots which r drove away the brutes; nor did I know that I was taken carefully . from among the branches and laid - upon a hastily improvised bed, made i of coats, in the uottom 01 tne uoat of my rescuers. Yet all this hap. pened. and Dandy crept to my side i and licked my unconscious hands, as [ they told me afterward, while we ; were borne rapidly away from that I: gruesome spot.?Youth's Companion* CLOAK MODEL STEPS INTO VEN FINDS A PEI Miss Katherine M. Berger, the Cloak Be a Perfect Specimen of Skirt Guard. : One of the nuisances in connection with propelling a baby carriage or go-cart, as every mother knows, 1 is the impossibility of preventing the Bkirts coming in contact with the ! dirty wheels; consequently, in time | ruining it. How easily this can be j I ^ v' l wm avoided is shown by a Michigan man J who has invented a skirt guard for . the purpose. The guard is very | simple in construction, consisting of { a pair of wheel fenders in the form i of a quarter-circle. These fenders j are supported on brackets which ex- j tend from the body of the baby car-; riage and from the axle. They are 1 positioned just back of the rear j wheels. Instead of the skirt brush- ' ing against the wheel, it strikes the fender or guard, being thus protected from the dirt which naturally adheres to the tires of the wheel.? Washington Star. Russian Parallel to the Dnice Case. The Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovitch has lately issued in St. Petersburg a little work entitled "The Legend Of Alexander I. in Siberia." One finds in it curious parallels to the sensational mystery which Mr. Plowden is endeavoring to unravel. Thus, like the fifth Duke of Portland, the Czar Alexander I. is alleged to have lea a aounie ui? anu aiso 10 nave arranged a bogus funeral of himself. Machinery That B ft It Is interesting to contrast this which Robert Fulton successfully ran with the present-day engines of our from Technical Literature. Concrete Gutter and Curb. !| From Norfolk to the grounds of the exposition held in commemoration of the settlement of Jamestown there runs a wide street, six or eight miles in length. In its construction some new ideas have been tried. In a letter to Engineering News V. W. Dow, who has had some experience in S'&I'C.\ 'a-:o? fa I a'S ? -.*{ ?&&&*?St<S>C^ ttssS I such matters, describes them. Very 1 often the pavement of a modern street Is arranged so that the material covering the surface reaches from ' | the centre to the curbstone in a regu- ] I1SS' SHOtS, BODICE, ETC, AND RFECT FIT. YIMio. Unn T3oon T1o(>lflre(1 tn riuuui, yr uu nao ? ! Physical Womanhood. The story has long been firmly credited by the middle and lower classee in Russia, and it has even received a measure of countenance from the best of Alexander's biographers, General Schilders. Of this legend the Grand Duke has made a carefu? study, with the result that he shows conclusively by documentary and other evidence that it is a legend and nothing more.?Daily Graphic. Adjustable Handle. Woodworkers will be interested in a folding drawing knife recently in> vented by two Ohio men. The drawing knife, as shown in the illustration, has folding handles, capable ol adjustment to a number of different positions. The knife can be folded inwardly to a position entirely out ol the way, directly over the cutting edge of the knife blade, so that th6 knife can be handled in perfect safety nrlioTi nnt- 1 r> uao Tf r?r-rMinips hilt little space when placed in a tool chest, and there is no danger of injuring the cutting edge. The construction I I also admits of the handles being set at right angles, and at other angles, giving the workman a wide range of adjustment, and making it possible to set the handles in positions best suited for special kinds of work. The means for locking the several adjustments assures rigidity, it being impossible for the handles to slip. :an the Clermont. picture of the crude machinery with i the Clermont a hundred years ago transatlantic liners. The picture is lar curve. Whether that material be asphalt or wood, it often lacks any special depression for a gutter. What has been done along the Jamestown Boulevard, as this avenue is called; is to make a true cutter and also to combine it with the curbstone. They are made of concrete, a material the use of which is steadily finding new applications. His drawing tells tho story so well that little comment :? necessary. Sells Scat in Heavev. Rodnoa Dielo, a Russian newspaper, reproduces from the original a curious deed of transfer. The doo ument runs: "I, the undersigned. Nicolai Nicephorovitch, peasant, thirty-eight years of age, of tha Dogmarovskl district of Melitopol, have t alien into evu uays. i am ai. me end of all my resources, and hereby certify that I have sold for the sum of fifty rubles my eternal salvation and place in the kingdom of heaven to Makar Selenky." The signature is attested by one elder of the village council.?Detroit News. KING OF PORTiAL M I KILLED BV Men Armed With Carbines Inl Lisbon and Send Hail < the Monarch and OUEEN AMEL1E TRIES TO SHI Prince Manuel, the Second Son, Nineteen King, Wounded?Guards Kill ' Lisbon, Portugal.?Ivlng Carlos and an the Crown Prince Luiz Philippe wero *e<: assassinated here at 5 o'clock in the ^ afternoon as the King with the other m? members of the royal family had ar- ins rived from Villaviciosa, where they ke had attended the fair in accordance th] with annual custom. pr Just at the moment when the open wi carriage with the royal party left the jj*1 Praca do Commercio for Arsenal f j street a group of men armed with bo; carbines rushed forward and fired on> King Carlos and the Crown Prince. w The Queen arose from her seat and foi flung herself across the bodies of her qu husband and son to shield them, but ba her action was too late. an The royal victims were hurried to mi the Marine Hospital, where they both ma died soon after their arrival. kil The Queen and the Infante Manuel thi were also in the carriage. The Queen 1 arose and endeavored to cover the an King and her eldest son. wo The King and Crown Prince re- iy ceived three bullets each. . Ma The Infante Manuel escaped with slight wounds. * ful The Queen was not harmed by the chi assassins' bullets. int The men who lurked in small pr groups near the scene of the attack, die awaiting the royal carriage, concealed pei their weapons, which were cut oC Wi1 Ghort, under their coats. wa Both the King and the Prince were i hit with bullets at the first discharge, ha: It is supposed that men were told off a s beforehand to aim at each. The a King made no motion when hit, but pq the Prince arose and then slipped jn back into his seat. ye; After the tragedy there was a reign 1 of terror in the streets of Lisbon. gto Thousands flocked to the palace and Co other crowds gathered as near the 1 scene of the assassination as the po- re? lice and troops, who speedily took wh possessipn of the streets in thousands, cia would permit. cat .Prince Manuei jviane i-imippe cei Charles Amelio, second son of the doi murdered King Carlos and heir to the sm throne through the assassination of his older brother, Luiz, was next day ca! proclaimed King of Portugal under a j the title of Manuel the Second. The 1 King is in his nineteenth year. COi Having announced to the people jn King Manuel's accession to the throne fat Premier Fanco led the highest digni- as taries of State and church and the chiefs of the army and navy to the ou, royal palace, where they swore alle- sa? giance to the new sovereign. The whole army and navy, in all bu the garrisons, campa and naval sta- pu tions in the kingdom, have sworn al- be legiance, too. < Most significant of all. King Man- pr uel immediately confirmed the dicta- ijP 1.1-1- . lunai POWBIB WLLIUli 11CIYD UtCil Tdlwlt QJ In the Premier, so Franco, dictator and real leader of the country's destinies, whom the might of all parties has not sucoeded in destroying, re- ca] mains the triumphant, unfrightened an, leader, retained in power by the new jjn King, and determined at all hazards tU{ to prevent further violence and to preserve the monarchy. The King, the youngest reigning monarch, addressed a solemn procla.mation to his people. He promises a r to uphold the constitution and preserve the integrity of tbe kingdom. ^ The Government issued this brief official account of the tragedy: Government Story of Murders. att "The King, Quean and Crown a 1 Prince were riding in the first car- an riage to their villa outside of Lisbon. he Prince Manuel, with officers from the P?' royal palace, was in the second car- tra riage. In front of the Praca do Com- a?' mercio a man armed with a carbine J-h< suddenly broke through the front row Th of the crowd and shot at the King, tor The distracted Queen tried to shield an' the Crown Prince, who was defending himself courageously with his Co oralVintr ntfrlr ncainst t.WO Other men. tiO Suddenly more shots were heard and aS the Prince fell wounded. The Queen un shouted for help, bent over the body aft of the Crown Prince and received his last kiss. The Prince immediately th< expired. All three perpetrators of tio the crime were killed by the mob and die the police." an So much the Government chooses in to make public. Some facts remain sti to be added. The royal family was th< returning from a shooting expedition str at Villavicosa. They entered an open trc landau, the two princes being seated wo with their back3 to the coachman's ley box, of course, and facing their par- vie ents. noi The weather was beautiful, the of streets were crowded. There was no in? indication of danger, no sign of an the ambush. Of a sudden persons, of ma whom there were six at least, who iss wore civilian dress and who were sus draped in cloaks, opened Are on the royal carriage from both sides. At coi e?< rononting rfflps leD Ill at LUCJ 111CU TVAl.ll <V1/vM..ua tvhicli they liad hidden under their yie rloaks; then, getting to closer quar- to ters, with revolvers. coi And, the police state, both rifles his James Estate to Be Settled. A As the result of a compromise effected with the contesting heirs, the tac estate of E. W. James, of Norfolk, St. V'a., who left 5250,000 to the Uui- slij versity of Virginia, will be settled at Dnce. The will contest was decided idversely to the heirs. < for Seven Burned to Death. the The home of Anthony Franklin, a pai negro, of Bedford City, Va., collapsed Rnd was burned. His entire family, i V< consisting of himself, his wife aud I Qve children, was burned to death. vol Moroccan Policy Sustained. The Chamber of Deputies, at Paris, by a vote of 428 to 92, sustained the jie French Government's policy in Morocco. ele S6\ Bryan Favors Roosevelt Policies. era W. J. Bryan, while in Washington, ] told the Democratic Senators that the mo party platform should be framed to die embody the Roosevelt policies. ne< Money Easy, Mills Start. (jej More manufacturing plant9 have sta resumed and money is abundant at be< fisy terms. _ to . . v. ;tr " .o-T" CROWN PRINCE BAND OF ASSASSIN rArr*ATit 'Rrwnrf I ,wivvr "VJW VU1HU5U * of Bullets Against His Family. ELD THE CROWN PR1NC Years Oil, Who Has Nov; Be cor Iliree of tlie Regicides. d revolvers v/ere made in the Ur 1 States. King Carlos first understood tl nger and arose. His stout figu ide an easy target for the assac i, so many bullets struck him ai fell heavily to the carriage floor. The Queen sprang to her fe< :ew an arm around the Crov ince and beat at their assailan th a boquet. which a young v/oms d presented t.o her only a few mi 3s Deiore. rne aying i-rince e.u 1 in his mother's lap and his weig re her down. The King's cscort and the polic 10 lined the route to the palac re taken by surprise. They rushi ward only when they saw V een arise and try to shield her hu nd. But the police rallied quick d, led by one officer who killed tl irderer who seemed to bo in coi md, they fought the assassir led two more and wounded two ee others. The royal coachman kept his wi d, carrying a dead King and unded Crown Prince, drove quic through the splendid gates of t] irine Arsenal near by. The Queen, suffering from a frig'f conflict of emotions, walked m mically behind her husband's bo< o the Arsenal, aud held the Cro? Ince in her arms until quickly ] id in intense agony. Then she w rsuaded to enter a closed carria; th the wounded Prince Manuel ai ,s driven to the palace. One of the regicides who was kill s been identified as Manuel Bulc ergeant in the Seventh Cavalry ai teacher in an elementary schoi r eight years he was a private tut this city. He was about thir irs old. The other two dead regicides we re clerks, one being named Alfrei sta. The Republicans vow they are n iponsible for the assassinatior ich thev lav to anarchists, but ol Is eagerly assert that the indenti ;ion of an assassin as a cavalry ol is proof that the murders we ae by the revolutionaries, who hi uggled in arms and bombs, ai lo, headed by prominent Repub is, plotted to proclaim a republ 'ortnight ago. The new King's surgeons say t idition is satisfactory. His woui the right arm, received when t her and brother were killed, is n severe as was feared. Indeed, I not prevent him from whippii t a revolver and firing at the a tsins. He carries his right arm in a slin t says he has no pain. If no coi cations follow, which is unlikel will soon be well. The bodies of King Carlos ai ince Luiz were embalmed and w in state, according to the custo tho rniirf. History of Portugal's Troubles. Murdered in the streets of tl )ital in broad daylight, King Carl d the Crown Prince were the vl is of the turbulent politics of Pc ;al. Almost by chance the rulli nasty escaped extinction, for t een and the young Prince Manui 0 succeeds to the throne, were 1 path of the assassins' bullets, evolution was planned it has fail :ause the loyalty of the troops h; 3n assured in advance by the Kin* icessions to the army. King Carlos had many person ractions. He was well educate poet, a musician, a fine sportsm; d a man of proved courage. B was an indifferent ruler and or politician. He was grossly e ivagant, his court was frivolo d the Government corrupt, whi } people were poor and restlei e ferment of republicanism hi lg been at work in the universiti d among the masses when a crif ,s precipitated last spring by t rtes refusing to pass the appropri ns. Factions which could n ree upon any definite policy h ited in turning out one Mlnist ;er another. Early in May the King dismiss 3 Cortes, suspended the Constit n and proclaimed Premier Fran :tator. From that time republica d monarchists made common cau demanding the restoration of co tutional government. Late in Ju: d mob threw up barricans in t eets in Lisbon and fought t! tops for hours. Scores of men ai men fell before the soldiers' vc s. The Government won a blooi tory, but the spirit of revolt w t quelled. Plots against the liv the dictator and the King were b ; constantly uncovered. Many } republican leaders were sui .rily thrown into jail. Decrees we ued expelling from the country t jpected persons. No government could live in su< iditions except by force, and vi .ce invites violence. King Carl Ided to the temptation of tryii conquer his subjects instead iciliating them. He has paid f. mistake with his life. Victory For Haitian Government. Haitian Government forces a :ked and recaptured the town Marc, the insurgents offerii 5ht resistance. Trust Publicity Wins. Claus A. Spreckels v/on his fig: greater publicity in the affairs i American Sugar Refining Cor ay. >te Confidence in Japan's Cabinpi Japan's House of Renresentativ ;ed confidence in the Cabinet. Prominent People. Morris K. Jesup, philanthropis id at the age of seventy-eight year Dr. Edward R. Taylor, recent cted Mayor of San Francisco; hi reral volumes of poems to his li iry credit. E. A. MacDowell, regarded as for St <1111U11 g /llIICl itau i/UUi|;uoc>i id in New York City after an i, ss of two years. Dr. Herman V. Hilprecht, of Phil phia, noted Assyriologlst, who; nding as a scholar and author h; 3n questioned, says he will refu reODen the controversy. I HM THAW WE; 8 IN fflEffl&'afjlg n FGund Not Guilty of Murdering Whits Because Hs Was Crazy. ;+! SENT AT ONCE TO ASYLUM ^ .E Jury Deliberated Twenty-five Hour* and at First Stood Eight to Fou^ For Acquittal?No Writ For Re# a? lease Yet. New YoA City.?After dellber-* ating twenty-flve hours the jury jj. which tried Harry Kendall Thaw for the second time for the murder ol1 . tic Stanford White on Madison Square ^ Roof Garden on the night of June 25, 3d 1906, returned to the courtroom with . a verdict acquitting the prisoner of it. the crime on the ground that he was insane when he shot White. in This was the verdict: n- "We, the jury, find the defendant tiz not guilty of the charge in the indict111 meat on the ground that he was inRan a at the tima nf the nnrrimiiision of Y. ;e; the act." Bd Supreme Court Justice Dowjing at :, once ordered the prisoner to the State 1S. Asylum for the Criminal Insane at iy Matteawan, and Thaw was' taken tie there, leaving the Tombs four hours n. after the verdict in charge of Deputy lSt Sheriff Bell. He was taken to Grand 0I' Central Station in Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's electric brougham, his wife t3 accompanying him. Lawyers Daniel a O'Reilly and Peabody followed an1c. other vehicle. Mrs. Thaw said goodbte bye to her husband ,at the station, and saw him, accompanied by the ttfo Lt- lawyers and the guard, depart for e- the asylum. iy Just before he boarded the train (tii Thaw dictated this statement: be "I am perfectly sane now, but I am , as going to Matteawan on the.advice of ge tny counsel, who thought it unwise to id sue for a writ of habeas corpus at . this time. Counsel will proceed in ed the matter of my release as soon as :a, ?hey can get together the proofs they id Mil present that I am at present sane. ;'V :'i d1. t am coniident that my stay at Mat- ^ or teawan will be for a short period of, . ty time only." He arrived at the asylum at 1ft re o'clock that night and was put in the 3a observation ward for the present. ' - '>~ His number is 719. In the asylum he ot *rill not be required to weat any uni is, farm. 1 / . ft- Justice Dowllng had allowed coun- r'S 11- sel for the* defense until 3 o'clock p. B- pi. to confer with Thaw pending the . Vr/ffj re beginning of his journey to Mattea- , ..' V? ad uran. In that time It was decided that i; id po fight should be made for the presli ent to keep Thaw out of the asylum. . -V" lie Justice Dowling's formal order of commitment said: lie ad 'To the Sheriff of the County of New i lig York: ot "The defendant on his trial on said jt Indictment having been acquitted by, ag Ihe jury on the-gft>und? of insanity, LS_ and the court being certified of the . tact, and the defendant being in cus- ' g tody, and the court deeming his dls^ sharge at this time detrimental to ly the public safety, it is ordered that ' Baid Harry K. Thaw be detained in 1(j safe custody and be sent to Matteami wan State Hospital, and to be kept m there in said hospital till then discharged in due course of law. It la further ordered that the Sheriff of New York . forthwith convey said up Harry K. Thaw to said hospital. "VICTOR J. DOWLING, ff "Justice." { ?r- Both Mr. Littleton and District Atag torney Jerome declined to make any, he statement as to how they felt about? \ . " el. the verdict. Of course Mr. Llttietonj < in was pleased and satisfied that the If tourse he had pursued In the trial had ed been vindicated. The friends of Mr. *d Jerome said that the verdict was realm's |y a vindication for him, for at the first trial he had announced in open court that he believed that Thaw was id,- Insane at the time of the shooting, an before that time and after that time ut and if the facts were known Thaw a would not then have been on trial. >x- Although Mr. Jeroihe had Beven exus perts to testify before the lunacy comile mission that Thaw was incurably in3s. sane, the commission decided that he ad was able to advise with his counsel, es and there was nothing that Mr. 'is Jerome could do but to prosecute be him. , ' 3$ ia- ________________ ot ad MONTANA'S GOVERNOR QUITS. ry ' ed Gov. Toole Says Ill-Health Prevents u_ Him Finishing Term. co | Helena, Mont.?Governor josepn ns K. Toole, thrice elected Governor of s? Montana, resigned. He gave illn* health as the reason for his action, ne His term expires in January next, so v he Lieutenant-Governor Edwin Norris, he who is also a Democrat, will serve 3d Qine months as Montana's Executive. >1- In his statement to Secretary of 3y State Yoder Governor Toole calls atas tention to a provision In the Constitues tion prohibiting elective officials bee ing absent from the State for more of than sixty days, and, as his health is n- somewhat impaired, he said he felt re that permanent improvement could ill not be effected within so short a time, hence his resignation. :h About three years ago Governor o- Toole suffered from an attack of the os grip, and has been unable to eradiig cate it from his system. With his adof vancing years and long public service 3r he feels entitled to a long reprieve from all.cares. ? Mrs. Toole, who is a daughter of the late General Rosecrans, will not accompany her husband to California lt" unless there be a decided change for 0 the worse in his condition. IS Socialist's Husband Arrested. John A. Jones, husband of Elizaht beth Flyun, the girl Socialist agitator, of was arrested at Aurora, Minn., on a u- charge of incendiarism. i Archbishop Invested. !:. Archbishop O'Connell was invested es with the sacred pallium by Cardinal Gibbons at Boston. Feminine Notes. itt Philadelphia schoolgirls have been s' warned not to annoy people by ly giggling in the trolleys. as Lady Showing Ichijo, mother of the t. Empress, died at Tokio, Japan. She was eighty years old. e- Mrs. McKenna, the wife of Colonel s, McKenna and daughter of R. C. Ker? [I- ens, of St. Louis, died in Paris, France. a- Marjorie Conley, a hello girl, ol se New York City, was married to D. na Pf>rrv Wilson, of Lock Haven, Pa., 3e; who saved her from drowning at At-? lantic City two years ajw.