Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1906 — Page 1

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WESTON JURY MAY DISAGREE

fjo Verdict at Three O’clock and None

JURY RE-CHARGED I Called at One O’clock Without Agreement I JadAt Branyon Tells Them to Retire p Again and Return a Verdict Mrs. Uolthouse Fainted In Court Room Huntington. Maich SO, 3 o'clock ■ —At !bi« boor it reem" that tbe ■ ary in [lheJWeston sane will fail t > tgrrr The jury retired at *3O last evening and worked until tire tb.» miming when they rested a <e« hour*, then resumrd. At 1 o clock thia afternoon they were ‘r ugbt into court end sske-1 if there was any chance for t n egreerrent. They replied, “No,” • hereupon Judge Brsnyan said You will retire to your room again and fur Heaven's taka try and agree u; n a vetdict of »on.e kind ” Ba «i probably keep them there uo hi tomorrow unless they agree It i. r- [girted that the jury stands ten to two for con victton. but Ibis, of course, is a guess to a certain ex tent Judge Branyan has express Man opinion that the jurv will disagree. Tun arguments ta the Beuon Weston case closed, last evening at 6.30. The jury was sent ont to supper and were instruct sd after ward being sent to their ooun-<d Win at 8:30. The arguments by tbt sforaeye were intensely earn Ml pleaa for the respietive aides, thi | iwyers for the state, Messrs. F-'ighinei, Hauers and France, making an e»pjcial effort. Mr France, who had known Boman H>lihou-e all his life wes greatly affvoted and Suuld hardly apeak of th? sad event which caused his ivath without u tremble in his roloe. Mr. Bailors in his argument oom pared Boston Weston and Ko man Hulthouse, saying, “You piiu Wtjatons, twelve abreast, ar high m a mountain and they would not "ofi* to weigh with a man like Hilly." John Branyan, the brother tlk of Mr. Holthouse, who felt duty bound tv defend \leston, made a bitter speech, calling the Deoatur gentlemen hoodlums and otter vile name*, firing the heat of his uncalled for attack upon Roman, Mrs H Ithouse, wh> was worn out from th-3 week's strain, fainted n-ad ths court ordered Branyan to •lop his tirade, which he did 'D* .JH iltbouse soon re ived ard Wis Ulen to the hotel and lattr aktn to her home at Decatur.

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light vo T E Thr Weather Cut Down the Volt In Union Towathfp. The exo*»»ive rato ‘ill means a light vol i tn the Cm n t wnship macadam res.. eleoifcja today At an ear . -> » .fternoon but a light t" had tsren p.-llid. an t the outlook was nut good for the usual vote. Const lerable interim* is manifest and Irth th favorable and unfavorable are working hard Th* vote will not be known until • >me time this evening COAL STRIKE Mitchel Sends Message to President In Answer te Ont Sent by Operators Last Nifhl—Several Operators Will Sitn New Scale. Indianapolis. March 30 -Events are moving thick an i fast tn coal ■trike matters Mitchell and Rob bins have sent a message to Presi dent Roosevelt, answering in a way th>- message of the operators who last night telegraphed the i president Today s message said ‘ “Responding to your suggestion we fulfilled our highest duty a citizen, advocating a compromise in coal sc»le«. We understand a | telrgram has been sent you saying that eighty percent of the liitumi nous operators want an investiga tion That telegram does not rep rtownt the true facta. At least ; one half cf the total teenage of Indiana. Ohio and liltrots is pro-1 duce i by operators who are willing to pay a compromise scale Mil ohell thia morning received a tele I gram from George F Ba.irr asking him if it is true as r ported tha? he has ordered the workers in the an thrsoite mines to quit work next Monday. The miners will work* fur any operators who pay their, scales Robbins •£ one of these and others are with him COURT NOTES Rtpirl Filed In Ditch Use Administratrix. A preliminary report was filed in the petition for drain recently filtd by Henry coheery. jr.. and others Judge Erwin returned to Fort Wayne this morning where he in engaged in hearing an important law suit which will require until tomorrow evening. The cane of the state on relation r f Noah Mangold vs Daniel P. B Ids, to collect money doe the county, begins next Monday at Portland. Atquda Kickman bas been ep pointed administrator of the estate of her deceased husband, Frederick Kltokman, and tiled bund or 1800.

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1900.

STILL IN JAIL Cryant Aha Meld hr Murder of Moniptlltr Man. Green Street, the slajer of Ed, Vogbt, takes his tmpri«>inment in the county jail philosophically He > still Insist* that he has n thing to fear from the fullest InvesMga lion of everv detail of the aafftr that led up to Ito tragniy S A D. Whipple, an attorns* of Pert land, accompanied by Harry Hunt and R A Bon* of Briant, relatives of Street. were here Wednesday I consulting Street and Attorney Hindman Mr Whipple and Mr 1 Hindman have b th Ita-n r-l«in< d Iby Street The > < roner • inqtirM !&t Montpelier Wednesday brought 'ont sums testimony that convinces the State that the killing of V gbt ■ «•< not s case ! seif defense The grand army meets on April • and it is likely that H will also ttvasti gate the tragedy. The story told by Street and Dragoo differ" in some important details as does the jsviienoe given in by other wit J nesaes Coroner Hollis will prob ably render ,his verdict Saturday Joe Van Cleve took down all the evidwce in shorthand and h» is now preparing a typewritten man uncrlpt of the case Street'" attar neys do not prop-** te see th«tr client lie in jail long without mak ing a fight far bls release They hold that a week is a reasonable ' time m which io give him a pre : Itminaary hearing They believe * that II ie unreasonable to bold him | longer without a preliminary Irial. —Hartford Cilv New* A CLEVER SHOW Given by the LaDel'es Last Evening Ofutur'i Fimout NaikiM Prsrtt Hh Ability ind It Appreciated Even at Home. That Frail C U Dalle and bi» handsome wife, ar* clever magi clans, is not duntr.d by the irany Decatur people who saw their per ‘ formanoe at Burse » opera houta Thursday evening For two hours I they kept the audter.ee gu« ssing | ! the turns including ail the modern I illusions andltt'ks Piot L.Ltel’.e, ,is a wonderful performer, doing his turns nut in a flowing Japanese robe which snabtea him to bide i about |nis per»on the innmerable i articles he produces*, but appear* , always tn • full dress suit, with j his arms bsred to the elbows fits teat cf cutting the Jsppla upon the hand, neck and thr<«t of his wife with a raa >r edged sword is a wen ; derful one, requiring skill, nerve and a good eye. Among his most' puaaling and amusing turns is his| pa Imi ug of four btlhard bait* hl* egg trick, card manipulations and many others. In the last twenty minutes turn by Prof, and Mrs LnDell*, the acts in modern magic came so rapidly the audi ence ent »p-li boutuf The per | formers produced doves, guinea j pig* and chickens of various sizes apparently from the air. Every handkerchief they turned over pro du-i?u from its fold a live bird. It was a wonderful performance and Decatur may well feel proud of the LsDelleS. whese names are known now in nearly every big theatre of the country and who recently contracted silh the famous Enigm-~rellf Company, A son of the L»D riles. Master CUB ord, as listed them on the stage.

IN UNIQUE WAY Miss Vera Patterson Announces Wedding Day Her Durett Girl Frlendt Firtl Lesrn the Newt st » Mi O'Clsek Dtaser Utt Eveulaf. M isa Vera Patters* n entertained the Black Bag Stub last evning a« ner Uome on North Hersoad str set at 16 o’clock dinner and during the ‘coarse of thia svvnt furmsHy a» , noutteed h*r coming wedding to Mr fti-d Hell, ths dale fur which la April 26 The Patterson home ha>! ‘ beer. lieautifully decorated fur the • vent with cut ft >w<r« and fsrns and piesented a pleasing apjetar snoe The guest" inr »<.,-! Miwhss; Decsie Brcry. fanny Hite Mart*i Patt«r*on, Carrie Thomas M»y i Niblick. Mate* Erwin Agnes * Schrock, Ber’lia H«- r Mhlgsi Smith, and B anch* Dibble arrived at 6 o cio* k (the guest* being ion mediately uaheresi ini > the (Coing room which, by the way, waa • •cena of beauty, tbe decoration bring "lit|y exquisite In the oec ter of the 'lining table ••" a large baakrlof cut flu were while at th* : end* • f the table swat beautiful car dis stick artttatcally decorated with [link rtbbun Al each plate was a card which was the moat unique feature of the rni r» proceeding, it bring a large piece of cardboard witban advertlwoiu nt paat-ed oU and with the picture of the parttc I nlar member of the crowd who } waa to be aeated al that re*i>ective * place attached, thia fsalurs alone !cau*ing much merriment among ' tbe guests Al the aide of each j plate waa a beautiful mt carnation which VM a souvenir of ‘he event I The guests after finding their plan ■st. were Mated and a six courea ’dinner was sarved. On the ari val of the last comae came the an : nouncement, this also twlng unique feature A plate waa paa*ed ty i one of the waiters bearing ten piroea u( teack rags, each •'■« c? the p*rty being presented with a piece of thlt rag and when the a same was untied a "mail card cam* t i gbt bearing lb:* ln» riji' n j V ••ra and Fred. Ajir VMS. I thus making the ann 'uncemer t' complete The guests were then I entertained for several hoars in aj •cctal manner, after which they' dej'strte’’ nut forgetting to advat »• congratulation" f r Vers and Frsd

CLOCK SYSTEM — To be Lwd la khscl Baildlsf st Hartford City. 1. 0. Corell of Chicago, is tn stalling an electrical clock sy«t?ns at the north schcol btild'.Bgs, which wheu completed will afford much help to Ibe teachers and simplify, tbe system of recitation A large master clock will be placed in the office of Superintendent H U. Drvbread and ti will control the smaller on«*e placed in each room of the two building" Each clock is provided with a bell which will ring al tbe o[*nit>g and dos ing of each recitation By tbe new system each roetiation will be held ♦he time specified in tbe program of the day snd close at the appoint ed time There will be little delay in the clacsev being seated in the dflerent reoitstion room" There willprobabl? be no class day at the high school building this year at commencement week, but the essays will be given at the Van Cl*ve theatre on graduation day — Hartford City News.

THE COURT HOUSE The Bolds Case to be Called it Portland Mondav The wrk of ay not linoleum n the floor of the auditor « office l" under way, and is an improvement well worth the price Toe Bu i* esse »gin« in the Jay f'ircutt coart next M nday, and aevarai of thg chanty -d;w be nailed there Io testify on behalf of Adams county C'.-nnty Assessor Crist Waa an able to attend th. di«lrtet meeting of asww r* at F rl Warne. Wed neaday Hi" rep«-rl showed that th* Adams coanty aawooaore were cloeely following the lines laid down b* the state board of tax comtata •tone r a

AN OPERATION To be Performed on William Laßue Hm Apptndklili-Getsvs Methodists Is Held Rtualsfi - Wtatbrr A/fccttd the Disters. Geneva. Ind March 30.— Win lam Issßnoof Cejtoe. ««• of the best known men aruatxd here, waa taken to Hi bmond tb:«Jni rnisg by t>r Swarts where be will und<-rg ■*» operation tor sppendtetMa. The operation will be prrf >rmM at the City hospital Mr Laßu* Is • tig bolUter and ooMHMtor in the oil fields here and bis many friends are hoping that the operation may bw «n<xw»»iul and hi* r<- overy rapid Ocre week from Bunday Rev Well*, pastor of the M E church will he in attendance al oosf*r*n<'e 'in Alexandria and on that day. m steed of having *<m« other min later here to occupy toe pnlpil It <• the intention of the board to have what mav be called a Mslhodiat Hcunwn invitation Will be aent to every person whoae name i* OW j the church roil anti the meeting at 10 30 that hiunday morning will | be a splendid one D "|> ti the inclemency of the I weather and the "toady ram Tbur« <tay evening, there were q t* a few people who braved the "V rm and attended the dance Miller and i Kr: ft were on the musi ’itn" stand land made good but "Ornettew the • weather had soul depressing * fleet ■on the dancers lor they did not , ’ »een> to snj >y th»m"elv*" as they i have «>n f >rm-r u -<-x«i >n« RESOLUTIONS The Ri’dsiph twalv Drsxrtß Fsvtr Jod<e Ere la. Am ing others equally s" good tsJ the following resolution of thf Randolph county democrats up m > the candidacy of Judge Richard ( K. Erwin • Whereas SVe are pleased t know that the name of Judge Richard K Erwin of Adams' county, will he presented to the next demuoratie state convention as a cand'date for nomination as su preme judge from tbi* judicial dis trlct. Therefore be it ‘ Resolved That deeming Judge Erwin both bv nature and acquire meats well fitted for a position on the supreme bench of this state. > tre hereby endorse tn said candtdacy and instruct rur t ) the state convention to oast the solid ■ vote of this count* for hiiu as long as hts name shall be before the convention, or until nominate I.’

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WITH WELLMAN To North Pole a Bluffton Man May Go Or. Ftwlcr. < Tesaf Phyiklsa lavtted to Milt the fioteat Air /1 Ship Trip. Dr W N F.w *r of klluffion, has been -ireited by Waller Weiman of ths < hicag > Reoord fiscal I, to join him on hie sir "hip trip to vh* north pule »nd will g tni'h • in • few dav* to ta k the melter ver with Mr We >)»■. Hr F * :-r -»y» be will v«ry likely ac:ep* th* prop "itian Dr F >wier ha* lived at Hinfft >n »tx years and *• known a* a splendid physician He ie a partner of Dr Mpriogatead The Bluff tun Hanner earn of the way Dr Fowler tiapprned to be tn v ta! The war Dr. towisr came to receive the off «r is vwy eingttbr. He wee In the city *of ('hioagu at. -'.•*l wr.-k* •» tak ng < week . a! vanned work in surgical wo»k Whlla be «m in the Windy City be was th* gueet of Dr A N Flynr, tbe president of ibe Vienna Mrdteal I lo"t>lute, one of the most renowned physician in tbe nty Otte day th» ; two went tu {tha Herntagn rests a. ' rant. Dr FowUr wa« tbe guest of I Dr. Flynn Tbe latter bel nged to •wt cf ab< :t fitret - m neat men wbc dined al one table tn one ggy ner i f the rem tbepa’e b*»-. ng kept eepetiaUv f vt them, th'y eaV lo< themes! vee ‘ba Knights cf the Round Tabla Waiter Wellman is a memter of Ibe crowd and al th-- A . lima was hum* for a few days vist. nf'bicigi. bis reg slar po*t being ; Washington i'll r sod was pritast 4 <rl the dinner st which Dr Fowler eaa pr•••*•»I Tbs two were intro I 1 uc»«i! and during tbe dinner dis. cuaeed ibe trip to be made by Mr Wedman thi* summer The g.»*at ! oorraepoodenl saw thta Dr Fowler was intereated in the teip and wart into detail* Dq-lng tbe dinrn r several oi the men were juktrg a lib Mr Wellman about hie trip aud making r.ii ite him Dr Fowler spoke up and sughing v told him that if he wsntel a pbyei<nan and surgeon for lb* *rtp be would be mere than wiping to go. All al the lime las ,'b>d and joked over tbe matter and the doctor tbong >l nothing w<re nf It snttl he received lb'.- <u r above ibis

EARNINGS INCREASE Clover Leaf Con'iami to do a Prafdtble Bulmss. The C'ovsr Ue» is reporting an I moreaAs m the l arulngs as well as ta the gfusth. the last two reports i having been "utr-tantisl nr* At I tbe end o' October there was a Uiecrease of fl? i?' By the end of I J-tnoarr tin* deereatei had hem rsrassfarsssed into an increase of f?e ?«?. Mpec:si intreeat • ven !to tbe oporutii n of the Clover Ime* j because it under the direction of i tbe head of the Panama canal iDirectoia of the road while deny ing any direct information from I President Sbonts, are a-nttdent that he will give up the canal 'rather than the railroad position ' Plans f <r the improvement of th* Clover Leaf terminals a* Toledo '(have been "übmitted to the board |ef directors, and if favorable action iis takdU the company will pro -eai. with the work tbe o?mirg I summer. Tbe plans involve the construction of » large building designed not only for tbe oflisee of I the local reight department of tbs IC over Leaf and the D'tr i‘ and Taled'i Shore Line, but the gener al offices of the company a* well.