Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1896 — Page 6

TEMPERANCE SALOON Ladies of Alexandria Hurting a Saloon by Competition. SELL SOFT DRINKS AND LUNCH. 4' r *. . Northern Indiana Deinoerals Favor Shively l or Governor— New Pest Appears In the Fields of Wabash County—School Enumeration Falls Oil' End.nl His Sut-ferings--Indiana News Notes. Alexandria, fhd., May 19.—The Woman's. Christian Temperance union of this city is engagedin a novel combat with the liguor traffic and the eyes of other branches of the union are being turned upon the tight. The great Union Steel Works company will not allow their employes to drink intoxicants while on duty, and several mouths ago a saloon was opened up immediately outside lite yards of the great plant, which employes 1,6 >0 mm. and is a perfect hotbed of industry. This saloon depeiim d f. r its patronage upon the factory ■•mpi yes, ana it was in order to I drive tins s.;..h>n out of existence that j riie XV. (’•. T. U. devised, their now ] i • famous scheme to steal away its trade i :.n.; 'an-, nto leave. At a me'ting of I rhe XV. C. T. J. tiie plan was disen-sed I anti a-cc:;ini it too appointed to wait upon tiie stoe! ( o npany, an I that eprpor.irion nt. one. i >ok hold of the matter, and has l-m: its assistance to make the - f> . . NinvcuiuiU ■. uir ir now suut uss. Tiie ladies op ■ r d a temperance saloon and the employes can get > it drt.iki and lunches. The ladies say the reason they have nr-ny vust mers i-simply by making tl ■ ir ioou-aiiii it rink as gpod . as they kiiov, how and by treating their customers courteously. AIHHIteN IL (.HAIN VEST. Wabash (?i»:::i'y Wheat an.d-R.ve Have a Xcu Enemy. Lagro, Ind., May UL—ln addition to i -the rust and tie Hii-'-ian fly. which have I been- destroying the Wh- nt and rye in Wabash county, tiie farift-ers of tills locality have a jiew em tny to contend with. Comm >sinr>er. Starbuck has found thousands of woolly 'worms about an Ifieli amF~a halt in length and to;..Uy 'unlike any othd.r pest he has ever seen destroying _his corn crop They a> yearto come from a strip of wood- mid, invmiing t tine field, of corn, are folir acres of the grain off just alovo riie ground Mi Sarbtwk say- thra in evid’nc: _ m countless numbi is on Ids mac-■~ . t farms <idjac>'iit and his m-ighlx, s are mu- n alarmed by tin ir appearance. . FAVOR SlilVl I.Y ion GOVERNOR Democrat* lii the XurduTn Part of the state ’ • His Xoaihiat’pn. Ligonier, Ind., May-ill. — Northern! ■ Indi.ilia will pi -ent rim name of D. F. i Shively for rim DeiiiOera'tic nom.nation ■ lor govern'."-. -Tim positive withdrawal i of Mayor rt of Inuianap.Jis has j re.-;.l —1 in .1 n.bve!:i-ar to nominate' Mr. Shively, wiio is one of the best known D.-m .-rd?.' leaders in rhe state, lie-fepresenrciTthe, Thirteenth district in congres-four terms, declining a re- , nomination for a fifth terin. Heis now practicing law. Tiie movemea tto bring Mr. Shively into the ontest has met with the- indorse:m:;.i of the party managers in nil section- of the state, and his candidacy will be vigorously puslu’d. Shields Indicted For Murder. Fi-iNi-.ri. , li.. 1.. M v. 11. — Frank Shield,-, win -hot ami kid-d John Wade, a saloonkeeper, Here s.:vi-ral ita v.s ago, has been indicted at Franklin for murder. Since his iinprisonnmiit Shields has had very little ro say, and maintains a cool and careless immia-r. apparently nor realizing the gravity of his po-.sitii.-n. „ I inn iiwrat ion Falls Oft’. IndiaN apoi.-, May lit. ,-wThe state • superintendent .of public ir-tr.a t ion has completed the eianpilatibn of the enumeration of persons f school age by’ ,I'hool cori -rmioiis. ui: - tiie law of INA- Tht.i' A a total faih: . off in the Slate from : !.m l iiilim-i :■’ s.m off i '<)s of lib.non. sart* im-avy Josses in nearly all c<iunt it - i.iui- His ’ Pi:vi>’.H"iV„ lmi,,.’May .J',). — Flow'd I WileV. is young -i-nan, was killed Uy.a freight trail . .-t. rday. Me had been sick for nine months,-and he escaped t from his liome,. and on the approach of tin- train he threw hiniself in front of the engine and was cut in two. 1 - ’ ■ INDIANA NE)VS NOTES. An ftli.-ctr’c railway wi44- wwti-~ewmict~ .New Haven and i'ort. Wayne. Tom De Yarmen has purchased the . ( Richmond Sunday News and will consolidate it'with The Sunday Register. The niut!i annual commencement exercises of the Northern Indiana law school will be held at, Valparaiso, Wednesday, Juue*3, -r 37. graduates. Mr. and Mi -. Thoma- Dunean of Cambridge City are tinder arrest at Newcastle charged wit h .t.■i.kmg Ssd u-.nn ,\I rs. Fisher, Mrs. Duncan s adopted moflier. Professor Eiwood. P. Cublferly, ex president of X’ineeiiries L'niveisity. has gone to ‘ - San Diego, C.'.d.. having been eleet.ed super- J intWiUeiit ot telie public schools of th'at i ' city. •• (ireat preparatiems .are being made jiy the Hiver-ide Cycling club at Logansport-, to hold a racing meet Decoration day, re-'-i gapiless-of the protests of the G. A. It. mifmbers. ' . " " - Frank Shadley. of Atherton, who was Hurt by having a Imr-e 1,.11 in upon bim l while lie was digging a well Sat unlay, is. I ■ in.a precarim.t-. ■ indition and hisjecovery - is doubtful.:* Twenty--cottages isav.e been complets'd-or '■ are under wav on the ground- of the Sbl- 1 '• _ diets’ Home at L ilavel te, .and there is : every Indii ioh that •-ntl eottages'will be I completed before next winter. Catherine Keine.-y, formerly matron of ' the Boys’ Home al Tmiuliiapolis. died in that eitv y.-stniday ■>!',, lilpod poisoning. In her early dtp i- rhe whs a Mm>e in th’e'famjly of General Hardee (author of Hardee’S military ta< l b -.).

DUPONT NOT SEATED. Senate Proclaims Him Not Elected to a Seat In That Body. Washington, May Iff. —By ;l veto of 31 to 30 the senate determined yesterday that Henry A. Dupont was not entitled to a seat in the senate from the state ot Delaware, This closed a long and animated coiftroversy which had become one of the most notable contests of its kind in the history of the senate. The result was in doubt up to the last moment and this lent added interest to the final vote. There had been some question as to the direction of Mr. Stewart’s vote, but it went with those of the Democrats and Populists and was the decisive vote in declaring that Mr. Dupont was not entitled to a seat. Before taking the vote Mr. Platt spoke for Mr. Dupont and Mr. Vilas against. Earlier in the day Mr. Bacon (Deni., Ga.) spoke against the issue of bonds without authority of congress. A reso- ' lution was agreed to for an -inquiry by the finiuice eommittip relative to the competition of oriental products with those of this country. Resolutions were I proposed by -Mr. Morgan of Alabai a I for an inquiry ;.s to our treaty rights 1 with Spain, miu Ly Mr. Galliuger re- ! luting to the need of additional lariif I enactments. M1L,... HOW ARD S DENI . U ■-— . ■ Alabama Populist Coat railiets a Story cf Hi- Being Intoxicated. Washingi’on. May Ki. — The house yesterday occupied itself in passing tire private pension bills which were favorably acted upon during the two special days gix’en to their consideration. Mr. Erdman (Dem., Pa.) and Mr. fullert (Dem., 8. C.) threw such obsnieles m the way of th- bill as they con'd. Thir-ty-four were held up because they were j not ) engwssed, but 100 xvere passed, leaving ab. ut (10 yet undisposed of. At the opening of* the session Mr. Howard (Pop., ..la.) rose to a question <»f privilege to denounce the fabrication some newspaper report- printed live months ago to the effect that he had entered Du- house in an int< xieatod condition amlTiad t > be carried out by two colored porters. The Hoge-Ot.ey eleerion cast- from the Sixth Virginia.distr.et Wa- tina r.iui*in.-iy decided in favor of Mr. Oley (Dein.j, the sitting member. Death of Rear Admiral Stevens. f Washim.TON. May Hi.—Rear Admiral Thomas H. steveii.-. United States navy, retired, died un.-xpt et: illy at the resideneemr iris srrti-iii-LrWv Robert Bradley, in RiH-lAflle. Md., yesterday. He was a son of Captain Thomas Holdup Stevens, one of tlie~ heroes of the battle of Lake .Erie, and htuf a brilliant war record. He was born in Middietown; Conn., in 181!). , BAR TO AMERICAN CATTLE. Canadians Object to-Their Being Slipped Into That < nuntr.v. .-Toronto, May Hi. —Catttle exporters here are making ti vigorous tfight 1 against the attempt now b.-ing made to ship American cattie to European ports byway of Montreal. It is claimed that this would seriously injure the Canadianexport trade in France, where Canadianlive cattle are now permitted to be landed. Since Canadian cattle have been shut out of England, exporters have built T.p a large trade witli France and this they say -.vill bo entirely ruined if American cattle are shipped together with Canadian stock The Canadian Cattle Feeders' association met in secret s’esterday and decided to send a deputation to Ottawa to lay before the government an emphatic protest against the admission of American cuttie to Canadain ports

HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT. Board of Public Works and Railway Employes <ome Toy< , llu , r at Detroit. Detroit, May 14,—Members of the Detroit beard of public works’ and employes of rhe Detroit railway had a liaml-to-hand fight yesterday over the question of allowing the tearing up of a portion of Gass avenue to remove and relay a track, which the company had been ordered to do by the supreme court. The board was finally victorious, by aid .of the police, out President Gaitbard of tile board was rouehlv naTidieu aim ijommissioner uic Victor was bat Uy and had had his clothes, torn open by a blow in the back from a pickax. Weather. <0 Indiana—Fair; followed by threatening weather. 7 Illinois—Partiv cloudy; local showers; sliglitlyd'ooicr. ’ TELEGRAPH TICKS. 1 — o . Charles Haney, I a jnwil while in the employ of a lumber company at Jeffers, Wis., has begun suit for .SIO,OOO. The gamblers and women of ill-repute have been ordered to leave Bloomington, Ills., by Mayor Poster. Harvard defeated Princeton lit the annual intercollegiate gun shoot by a score of 112 to W 5 out of a possible 150. Spring meeti ng of the ('incinnidi- Jockey club begins next ‘ Thursday (derby day) with 17 probable starters in tiie. $12,500 derby. Fire at Mercer, Pa ...destroyed the large 4-story gristmill of William Iloitstin and the 2-story gri.-tniill of Calvin & Young;*' adjoining. Loss, $50,000. William Schofield has been arrested at NewWwrk ciiargetf with the murder of bis Wife, whose body was found in the jtrilok at Mosholu park Wednesday, The German reichstag by a vote of 144 to 124 adopted tin sugar bill with various modifications at,d a,, resolution in favor of the early removal of-expurt .borintres. American line steamer St. Paul, which arrived at. ,\-w York last night brok* her record from - it Hampton. The trip-was made in fi i< tirs and 5-minute*. At Clemson college; the South Carolina Stute agwcnltural inst itute, I*. N. Lindsli;.,. a convict guard, shot \\ . I), .lames, fore-. ■ man of the college farm. Jantef will die. ' The Chicago, Kalamazoo, and Saginaw Railroad company has applied to the circuit coyrt lor permission to condemn prop-_ t‘Vty heeded lor "Tight of way to extend their lineto connect with the Grand Trunk railroad; „ • „ . •• -

CARNIVAL of music Northwestern Indiana Band Association Holds a Meeting, RELIGIOUS DEBATE ARRANGED. Friend ami Clii'l-thin Nlininters to Discuss the Theme of Baptism — Putting a Steel Plant In Readiness — Barn Struck by Lightning—Grief Led to Suicide —Indiana Notes, , Lowet.l, Ind., May 10.—The second semi-annually convention of the Nortliwestern Indiana Band association occurred yesterday. Including the two Lowell bauds, there were 10 bands here, from Brook. Medaryville, Monticello, Rennselaer, Walcot, Chalmers and the Momence, (Ills.) band, and the town was literally alive with music. A concert was given in the public park in tiie afternoon, each band playing a seltc-; tion, ami Mervin Havden and Guy Taylor of this city, whose ages are (land 1. years, were proiiouneed the two young- , est snare drummers in the state. At tin*, meeting the association's territory was enlarged, taking in Logansport, Kokomo, South Berni and several’ other ■towns. Tin- next nu ting will be held at Monticello, Oct. (>, 1596. BAl'ilsM li<E THEME. Debate Arranged l»vtu<‘eii a F* ieud and ( hri-diaii >1 mister. PI.AiNEIELi). Iml., May 16.—The religious debate between Rev. A. J. Fran!; of the Christian church of Lebanon and ' Rev. Cyrus XV. Harvey of the Friends’ j church of Galena. K '.'u, will tai<e place , in this city, ami not at Monrovia, as i heretofore annonm-ed. beginning on j May 19. . The subject for discussion ! will be 'Arc the Teachings and Prm--.| tiees of the Friends as to Baptism >n ' Harmony With the New Testament,” | Rev. Harvey taking the affirmative and. I and Rev. Frank the negative.

.Missing Men Ae nseil ol Forgery. XVi.NAMAi , Ind.. May I'M— John F. Malia and David XV. Lincoln have left this place tor parts, unknown. They were both engaged in the saloon business, but have. .been losing money ev r since the Nicholson temperance bill became a law. At the present term of. court a 1 umber of complaints were file.l against th m upon jn-omissi ry notis they had given 11.1 settlement of theirbil;-, and Michiiel Maha, James MaJ;,i, Henry W. Lincoln mid Lydia Malia, whose names apfieared upon rhe no'.ps sued upon, appeared and filed answer, ’alleging that their names had been forged to the notes. Winonn Assembly Meeting; Warsaw. Ind., May 16.—The directors’ meeting of the Winona asseilibiy, which was have b; -n held here y.-s---tefday, WHS pqstpom-d until Monday. The new hbtel on..the grounds, to cou.tain 100 giii st r oms. wifi be ready for occupancy July 1. Cincinnati business men have bought 50 lilts and that portion of the park will be called Cincinnati. * I’utting Steel riant In Kratliness. Indianapolis, May 16. —C. P. Garvey of the American Wirenail company and Master Mechanic M. L. Darragh came from Anderson vesterdav to besrin the work of flatting the Premier steel works ill op ration. Tiie former gentlemair will remove to this city. Deranged Religious Exeiteinent. Elkhart, Ind., May 16. — Solomon Rinehold, 23 years old, residing (fight mill's south of here, has become hopelessly insane. His derangement was brought on by attending a religious revival in tin leighborhood. Barn Struck by Lightning. XVarsaw, Ind., May 16.—Lightning 'yesterday struck the barn of MarionBell, northeast of here, destroying the structure and its contents, comprised of grain and agricultural implements. Loss, $3,800; insurance, S9OO.

<»h ! Accused of Forgery. Richmond, Ind., May 16.—Ella Armstrong, alias Ella Gibson, alias Stella Dare, who ’ said to have worked Ne'vcastl:', Muiicie and tins p!a< e. is under . arre.-t at Fort Way neon the charge of forgery committed here. Grief Led Io Suicide. Laporte, Inti., M;iy 16. — Christian Snoke committed suicide at Mishawaka - yesterday by shooting .hiniself twice in the region, of the heart,. Grief over the recent death of his wife was the motive for-the deed'. Long Tramp of a Little Girl. Ligonier, lud.,”.Xlay, Sarah .Gilbert. aged 13, r< ached the home of sister at Seybert, a small place near here, after walking from Kansas City to this pitice. INDIANA NEWS NOTES. Grasshoppers are lining much damage in 1 the neighborhood of Elkhart. ! The-Burnet t will case of Columbus will j ' be, appealed to the supreme court. J William Thompson, S-years-old, while' bathin'gat X'alparaiso, was drowned. Elias House, one of t lie oldest refidenfs i of Ijegntur comity, is deail at the age of M - years. James Petrie of Perth has been bound [ over to the grand jury for an alleged at ' tempt to assault the young daughter of John Cardley. XVhile some children were playing on a coal fleet at, Port Fulton, the 6 year-old son of Andrew Thornton fell into the river and was drowned Brightwood BaidiPts are arranging fora temperance revival lul.egin lonu iiow and continue for -ever,il days. Good speajytrs haveTieen secund. The removal of the police board by the new city council of Kokomo and the creation of a new board that meets the ap proval of the liberal element, is looked up -on witli fear by the law and order element. The Slater OU ami Gas company of Indianapolis, -capital $5,000; the Harrison Brick comp.>ny of New Albany, capital ! $20,000, and the Montpelier Street and Suburban Railway company, capital $lO-, 000, were incorporated yesterday. 4

I INDIANA NEWS NOTES. Patrick Mehiun, near Noblesville, lost $3,000 by. the burning of Ids barn. William Lowther of Noblesville, who - has lien a justice of the peace forever 10 year-, is dead. The third annual convention of the N'ortliern Indiana Ministerial association is in session ut Gosheti. The controversy between stockholders of the Wabash School Furniture company has been compromised. Only two out of the 55 counties that have reported the school enumeration have made gains in the last year. The liquor men of Kokonm are already making a determined effort to defeat Dr. Nicholson tor the legislature this fall. It is now believed that Edward Barnhill, who was supposed to have accidentally killed himself while shooting fish near Shelbyville, was assassinated. A petition is in circulation asking the president of the United States to pardon I Francis A. Coffin, the convicted aider and 1 abetter in the wrecking of the IndianI apolis National bank. Patrick mid Richard Huncheoii, exten sive owners of Kankakee marsh lands in ‘ Laporte county, have ,sold 7,200 acres to I John Ross of Lafayette for $200,000. Before the great drainage 11.e land was | worthless. IN BEHALF OF CUBA Butler University Students Show Sympathy For the Insurgents. - SUFFICIENTLY WELL TO ESCAPE. (itoi-yv Lee, the (’hieHi*<» Diamond Kohber, (iaiiiG His Liberty — Attempt to AsNaMsinatr a <iirl at Elkhart —Wealthy ('•>nt riK'to Ends Ills 1/fe at South Bend Indiana New* Votes 1 . j Irvington! Ind., May 14. —The stu1 dents ot Butler college exhibited their I sympathy for the Cuban insurgents yes- ! terday by converting the regular chapt 1 ! li 'iir into an enthusiastic demonstration for tin- cause of Cuba lilire. It was caused by President Scot Butler's rei marks favorable to rhe Cubans. After chajiel the halls resounded with cheat's for Cuba, cries < f "Down with Spain,” “Cuba Libre,” ‘'Gomez.” President Butler had received a communication from Navarro, at the Cuban headqnar- | tors in New York.,containing a number i of envelopes, in Which it was requested that 21).cents in stamps be placed amt -ciil u>:lie '.N’en York hv.i :-.\crs lYr the aid of the sick and wounded insurgents. All of the envelopes w< 'e promptly taken. A later ettort will be , made for bach class to contribut •, when I tiie c< ntributious will be forwarded as I the coll -geot’eriug. The high spirit led to talk of reorganizing tiie Butlera'adets.

BANKER MAY BE 1A it DON ED. Earnest EftbrH I’oing Made For thu. Keh usv t>l' Thomson zlriiobL Soi'Di W.uit.EV. Iml.. May 14.—Attorneys have for several day . been laboring earnestly to secure the pardon of Thomson Arnold, the ban leer of this place, whose concern weii.C'down in the panic of 1593, causing, heavy loss to depositors, who hail $130,000 in the institution. Mr Arnold was convicted of receiving dejiosits when the bank was in an insolvent condition, and given one year i i the penitentiary, when the minimum penalty imposed by law was two years. On this error an uppealAvas made to the supreme court which recently held against Arnold, and the governor was their.asked to interfere on the ground that Mr. Arnold was not the principal in wrecking tile bang. The governor asked 15 days’ stay of proceedings after sentence was pronounced, and as the time is up today, Mr. Arnold's friends are working energetically to secure a pardon. BECAME DESPONDENT. . South Bi nd Contractor Suicides l>y Tilting a Bullet In His Brain. Crown Point, Ind.. May 14.—Henry Ellwanger, a well known and wealthy contractor of this city, committed suicide yesterday by shooting hiniself in the right temple,, at his office. A year ago last April his son, jkirney, killed Itis wife and ' self at Codur Lake, since which tHpc Mr. Ellwanger’ has otften been de m- indent. Another cause given is his failure to secure the contract for the new Methodist Episcopal church of this city, which was lot to another man Tuesday night. He leaves a wifi' and two sons, .oni'of whom is superintendent of till.' Chicago Telephone company.

OLD MAN INJURED. <'irctis Billboard’ Falls Vpon Him ami CriHhes His Hip. Fi{AXKi'oßT,.j“ Ind., May 14.- Janies ( i- illumining, an old and respected citizen of tb.is county, was probably fatally injured here yesterday. While walking airing the street, one of Forepaugh' & Sells Bros', circus billboards fell on him. An examination developed that one of his hips Was badly crushed, aiulllr.it he was otherwise injured.. Mr., Clemlemning is 75 years old; and is just, recovering from serious injuries he sustained several weeks ago by being trampled ,m by a horse. SUFFICIENTLY WELL TO ESCAPE. (.'hi.<*Hgo Diamond Robber ICscaprH From Ounl.v Farm aF Logansport. .Log'.nsport, Ind., May 14..—George Lee, Hm-si'i'fl thief, wfio it few week's igfo"confessed io complicity in the Eggeni; W-lieeler diamond roltbery at Chicago dijring' the world’s lair, has cscapiiii fi'oni the county -arm. where he was takcnffroni tin-jail ill t'lis city sick some, time in March. A special watch will be kept near Pyrmont. Ind., where Jjetrsaid the dia-monds were buried. • Attempt to Assassinate a Girl. Elkhart, f Ind., May LI. —/While Carrie Harris, daughter of Conductor ..Charles C. Harris, was standing in tl(w rear of her lrbrne, •an attempt to assassinate her was made, the assassin firing at her from short range wit-h a pistol, the bull litrikingJier in the fleshy portion of her right arm. 'The .young lady had recently received anonymous letters tlireating her life. - \ ”?!" •/;

GUILTY OF MURDER Jurymen Say Scott Jackson Killed Pearl Bryan, PRISONER TURNS ASHEN GRAY. 4 * 1 J „ Crowd I)> tUe Courtroom Clap Their Hands mid Cheer AHer Cheer Goes Up From People on the Street.—Conclusion Quickly Arrived At—New. Received ut | Greencastle. Newport, Ky., May 15.—Crowds of num with solemn faces, gathered on the street corners and talked in low tones yesterday morning awaiting the hour for opening of court. It was an awful day—a day of misery, sorrow, justice and perhaps death; a human life full of misdeeds, full of mistakes, wrongdoings and sin, hung in the balance. The 12 men “good and true,” who held this life in their hiimls. spent a restless night, thinking of the awfnl duty which they liml to perform, while the prisonev. Scott Jiielyson, sb*;.; soundly in his narrow prison cell neither dr, .lining cf his awiul fate nor worrying of Hie gr- a; shadow o' Lm galiows. At a;;.) o’clock, th. time s-: io’-the -opening of court, tile si .< talers' seals w.-re only s.-mitily occuj ed, and f vv more cmne in wln'ii court was finally called to order at !):.'>!) o'cloik. .lmi:;e Helm ('liter <1 tiie court room nt this time and Sheriff Plummer at once called court tn eider. Judge Helm then ordered the jiit’.v and the. prisoner brought in and. when they had taken their sea’s, Judge Helm said, addressing the jurymen: “Gentlemen of the jury, yon have heard the in this case, yon have heard my instructions amt the arguments of the counsel, and you now will retire and consider in your room this case,” Judge Helm then banded the jury a typewritten copy of the •court's instructions, and miner the car.' of Sheriff Plummer the jury solemnly filed on; of the courtroom at just 9:54 o’clock. Jaeltson, flushed with Jsiippres: ed excitement, watched them, closely as they made their way to tiie jnryrooin. He kept h’s eye on them until the last man' disappeared, iff the hallway, tin n he settled down in -Lis seat with Colonel Cl'awford and relaps'd into silence. Court at tins juncture took a recess until the jury was i-raYly io’bring tn a verdict. Jackson, now th<-voiigiily outwardly nervous, renminod in his seat m thi-cnuriraom to itwaij the de. isio.n of the jnyy, while few if any persons in the atidiene ■ left the eouronom. Prison, r Was Atone. Scott Jackson was brought into the courtt'i >i.i a few minutes before the jury.came in. None oi his friends was with iTilSi to help him hear the verdict, xvhaU'v.er it might be. ills mother was unable to vnduri the strain longer, and she and Mt’, tttid 'Jrs. P>.'st Greencastle. They arranged with friends hereto have a t< legram sent to them as soon as tin jury hail agreed upon tin- verdict, and a number of dispatches wwe seat to them during the inor ling, keeping them informed of the., progress of events. Jackcoti was nervous and ill at ease for a time,.but shortly after the jury retired he was surrounded by a number of v newspaper men, with whom lie laughed and joked. A cigar was given to him by one of the reixnters, and a sort of..smoking social was held during the morning. There were not many women in the courtroom, but the place was iilled with men. Judge Helm, after he.had dismissed the jury, got into a conversation with a group of newspaper men, and in the course of his remarks said he thought the .jury >yould not be out more than an hour.

Jury Agrees. It was 11:39 o’clock when a stir among the j eqpie in tiie courtroom ami unusual lytjvity on the part of the officers proclidmed that tiie jury had agreed and ■wanted to come into court. The word I spread to the street in an incredibly short space of time, and dozens of people ran toward the courtrooiii from every direction. Inside the courtroom tlu'i'e was an ominous hush after the people had settled back in their seats,’ . waiting, almost breathless, for the judge ■ and jury. Sheriff Plummer looked i around tiie crowd of men, and he Seemed to tv.ru color. Jackson’s nerve was as I evident as ever, for he rather smiled as . he looked around on rhe s -a of faces. In his hand he held tin.; stump of a hall- ! smoked cigar. Just before 12 O'clock Judge Helm came into the courtroom. He called.the sheriff to him and the two held a whispered conversation. Then the sheriff spoke to some of yie detectives and deputy sheriffs and they started to the different quarters of the courtroom. Roll of ry (Palled. Sheriff Plumiiier wrapped for order, ■ and said: “When this verdict is read, ; gentlemen, I wanfz to say that every-7 ! body must keep quiet. They must keep 'their seats until courtis i As he ceased Colonel Crawford came in. I He was smiling, and he, stepped up to the prisoner and shook hands with him. I Mr. Lockhart came it(«i minute iifteT- , wiij'd, and he .shook hands with tiie . sheriff, and did not even gltince at the I prisoner. The silence was broken bv .Trirhrt* Helm, who said: rt Mi. Sheriff bring in the jury.” They came slowly and ! impressively. Murty Shea, foreman of the jury, was in the lead, lie held in his hand a copy of the verdict and a, copy of the typewritten instructions or 1 the judge. The juj'ors started to s:t down, 'mt Juitgi' Helm said: ."Fftco riie, gentlemen, ami stand" up. ' Th6 roll of the jury was then called, aiid i-w ry mail answered’ in a ('lear and distinel voice. " Then. Judge Helm said: ‘-‘Before this .verdicta is read,"! want to say. to the spectatbrs in this court room that whatever it-may be, no ('xpression, either of approval or disapproval, will.be allowed. I There are a. number of officers.scattered e'aniortg the people, and they have orders ■ to arrest any one making any noise at j* Reading <>f the X'Lilii't. ■_______ I Then turning to Mr. Shea, the judge ( asked him to hand, up the verdicjt. A white paper, folded lengthways, wis

’ handed so Clerk Tony Rosecher, who read it in u loud voice: “We the jury find the defendant guilty of the murder of Pearl Bryan, and tlx his puinshnimit at death.” . „ , Regardless of previous wuriniiga the iiudienco could not- be retrained, uh handclaps and other denionstratioiw were heard. Colonel Craw lord s i.k o was flushed as he heard the v< rdict. I’rlHoner Turned Fide* Scott Jackson’s face'turned to an, ashen gray. His lips tremble)}, anT half smoked cigar fell from between his fingers. He kept his eyes on the ground before him and was us motionless a* the dead. The news spread to the people outside almost ns soon as it was known in the courtroom, and there the people could not be restrained. As si.ou as the verdict became known, n great shout went up—a shout that was full of exultation, and which must have struck terror to the heart of the prisoner. JiuiK,' Thioiku tiie Jiuy. The jury was then polled by the court, and each juror answered firmly that the verdict as read was what he hud found. Judge Helm then said: "While I intend to express no opinion in regard to your verdict,'either as to approve or disapprove it, 1 want to tender you here ami now the thanks of this court for the honest, upright ami conscientious manner in which you have performed your duty. You deserve the thanks of this community. You will now retire with tiie sheriff, ami will reci'ive the coinpens.ition tor your labor that the law allows.” Colonel Crawford here spoke . up. “Your honor.'' he said, “the law says * that the j'liy may be interrogated as Io (lie in.inin r iu which tin y reached rhe verdict, with a view of finding our if they reached it by lot or in any other legal way.’ He read the law on rhe subji'i-t ami Judge Helm asked the jury how they had reached the verdict. They all answered that it had been by ballot. Strongly Giumled. Colonel Crawford then wished to present a motion for new trial, but Judge Helm said that he would not hear it until May 23. Sheriff Plummer then adjoitrned court and rhe people tiled out.. Astliey passed tiiQ prisoner he never looked up, but kept his eye.- ti’-mly fixed Uixm the ground, am! - miet dug that looked like a tear fell up m the carpet. A strong guard of oflii ers surroumie I Scott Jiieksun under tiie leadership of Sheriff Plummer ami he was escorted to jail and back to tiie cell in which has lived tor the past two months, time hoe,' did not bear him*company. How tin* Nfws Kereivvd* The popular exi'res-ion in regard to the ,ver.net is one of unqualified ap- - jToA'.d, and-.tiler" ;• Lt'l - doubt that had it, been otin r than guilty the citizens of this mm mfjoiiiiug counties would have . Hiail-- sl:o 'T work ot the prisoner. It.is Oeli'-ved now that there is go deal >f of ,th> - ,eon vic, ion of XVullihg, and both in-',i will probably die ou the sitnie scaffold. Aged I'arcnt saj-s “Thank God.” Mr. B»yaa ami his son Fred were in the <ourt loom when rhe verdict was brought in. Mrs. Byran would not come, as she thought the strain would be too mill'll for her. “Thank God,” said old mail Bryan as the verdict- was read, and unostentatiously his hand slipped over his chpir and found that of his son, anil the two men sat with clasped hands, looking intently at the prisoner, .afterward Mr. Bryan said: “I have nothing to say about the verdict, except that no one who heard the evident e but must be convinced that tire verdict is a just one. I must go and tell niy wife.” Mrs. Bryan laid :dready heard it. The news had been carried to her by a hundred voices, and when Mr. Bryan got to the house al which he has been stopping, ho found her weeping. Signs of Brt ttking Down. Jackson was seen in jail shortly after the verdict by a reporter and there ho showed the first signs of wejikening. His face-was blanched and pinched and his voice husky, lie talked with a lump in his throat. Asked what ho thought of the verdict he said that he was very much disappointed and surprised and said it was a very unjust verdict amL mit borne out by the facts and the evidence. He claimed tliaMio had established a complete alibi and there was not any single reason why he should be eonvided. As he talked he could Scarcely rgpre.-s the tears. It was’ the first sign of a real weakening shown since his arrest. NEWS AT GREENCASTLE. Rejoicing at I lie Brvnn's Home—T’risoner's t—- Agjp<l .Mother Prostrated. Gin-iENCASTLE, Ind., May 15.—Scott Jackson s mother. Professor and Mrs. Post and other relatives arrived here Wednesday night after the close of tjie trial at Newport. They received a telegram yestvrdrty at noon that Scott was convicted and sentenced to be hung. Mrs Jackson, the mother of the condemned man, is prostrated and everyone here sy inpathizes vvith her, although there is general rejoicing at the home of the Bryans over the verdict. Later it was leiirned tliat Judge Helm would hear arguments at Newport Saturday, May 23, on motion for anew trial,-when it is expected that tiie Bryans and their friends will again go to Newßirt. ('hm>g<‘ <>f Venue For Walling. Newport. Ky., May 15. —A change of venue has been decided Vase of Alonzo M, XValling, whose' trial is set for next Tuesday. It jurist be in an adjoining county. As Kenton county, with Covington as the county seat, and Pendleton county, whose shire town is Falmouth, are the only counties adjoining Campbell, the change of venue will almost certainly be to Falmouth, the more remote town from th, scene of the murder. Donal ion to a I nivei-ist v. Chicago, May 15.—-William Deering, the vyell Kiera n reaper manufacturer, has made a tlonation to Northwestern University at Evanston amounting to $215,000. The gift i$ in real estate and bonds. Spanish Vessel For Field .Miiseum. Ciu<'.-\.G‘b 'May 15 - The Spanish caravel which came over during the world’s _fa,ir hh-ve been given to thij Field mus« - cum. and will hereafter flout in the la--goon directly in. fronts of the inviseum ■blinding. -.“"7---