Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1906 — Page 1

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WESTON GOES TO PRISON Branyan Overruled Motion for New Trial

states reasons Say Jury found the blow was unlawful WIBTON HAD NOTHING TO SAY Irwyan will Ask Pardon Board to Parole Weston as Soon as Mini num Sentence s* Served. Speeud to Daily D*nw*rat. Jhmiington, li»d„ April IL—AI o'elorit thi« morning. Judge Wsiaah overrule! the motion for a ar* (nil in the Ekxton Vtcwton caw. h. ,l«u g »<» he Mated that he <h<i not I u <v<- that Weatoti intended to kill ! H-4O when he irtniek the blow. ■ fill! the general opintoll of the |»‘o | ale »! HiintiiiKtoii county «»« that ‘ r » hi •« w lawful or unlawful and ; > i). jury had decided it unlawful I- t>> . provided what should I*- done. U„w, .er, he elated, that hr should . id a }*titi«n with the prisoner. ■&> .■ ihe pardon board to rrienw [ at the expiration of two : uMistMU. si-ntiuur that «»«ld I* tmpo*ed. He naked Wanton it !>«■ ,»d aiiy-unig to ray why wut I Mould not be rni|MA*ed. to which th* I- Miner replied •‘Not a word.” He sa» then sentenced to u term >»( fr -two to twenty-one years in the it rliigan (itv prison. Th attorney* for the defendant in.ti., • tely prayed an apis-al to tin •apron,.- court bf»<ikmg of the argument in the fie n.-tion for a new trial in th«- Ho»i<. ; W. .t<»n case the Huntington Newaft»ai<* >at said last evening. The attetwu f<»r Weston carefully reviewed the entire manacript containing the reasons set out and nrg.u-.l each ,*>int wjmately. The reasons included »>>■' . imrtruetuma t« the jury, the 14tns»*ii>n of improper evidence, the •trUn.g out ol certain evideiier, the statinu-nt that two jurors were brou.ht to agree on 3 verdict of con♦iction by undue iiitiiirms' when they •cro are not of tin- opinion that ! Weston was guilty, and he presence Mrs. Ilolthuiise in the court rootn, i» alleged to have been for effect nj»>n the jury and not for the purple ..f statement of fnrts One ot the potato nt the nrgiinu-nt * ■ M o ther or rot HollhmiM- and fit* e<.ni]Kiniunw made any gesture* I* tore Weston struck the blow the night th" allair hup|a-iie<L The atloriu-j* iw th* pro-.* i-ution argue that no •vi dn-<-e was given in the trial that dn.v,.| that any demonstration nude by lloltllollsv to make Weston Mine he wa* alsmt to he assaulted •pd the counsel for the defendant claimed that siwh evidence had been riven. T ( , nettle this point. Judge Branyan called Court llejiorter John Etrnld and he read tniich of the evidence from the short hand notes taken al the time of the trial. Another point of the argument wa* whether or not Weston tis>k off hi* and walked to the cab anil then luck again to strike Holthouse or whether he stnu-k quickly without removing his coat. Both points have I tnut-h to do with the self-defense ] theory and I(rv important evidence. RoMoti Weston, the defendant. wapresent in the court room all day. il<*een>s tnuch concerned in the result ot I r, ‘ tin- rase anil more than ever aecm* 1“ realize the seriousness of the verdiet of the jury. Hi- was accompanied io court today by his father and a fiittiher of other friends.

The Daily Democrai

BAIN MEAT MARKET 18 SOLD Will Butler, the New Proprietor. Be gins Monday. A deal wa» made yesterday afternoon, whereby William Buller, the will known stock man. Is-carm- tlw sole owner and proprietor of the meal market formerly owned by I James Hain, on Mouns- street, ami! 011 Monday, when be take* pmairssiiHi I he would l»- pl».w<l to wait U|a> | your want* and keep you well «uf> [died in meat. Mr. Buller, for years I lias followed the stork business ami is well ier»«-d in tlx- business, and will be fully i-otiqs-tciit to handle any and all tiadc that may eon e his way. The deal made doe. not ineluda the building, but only the trade and fur niturv and fixtures. Mr. Bain, the retiring merchant, ha. eared for the want, of hi« patrons in a faithful manner for a number of years, and during that time »»• a successful hu.ii.c*. man. He will, for the [•rvent, take a mtirh needed rvM. after « hi.-!. !.<■ a ill gt> into 1h« lump of buying and shipping live stock. FOUND A SLEEPER Kinks in the Republican Stale Platform AFRAID OF THEIR SHADOWS The Power of the State Committee h Strengthened U the Matter of Party Nominations. Tlie Stilwell folio*er* in Uu» ronarr n<»* ap|>n*ht*n»i«»ii over the di*ei»vei*%’ of 4ti ii>ni*rt*nl looku>M **sh*e , |»t , r found repuMiig ib thr rfj»td»hri*!i Mate plat* t«»rtn. The barmh*-** k*>lcinsr rrrahirr read* a* follows: U r fikvor th* •*«;*< tm*nt ot m ta* that will auaratUe*’ rlea-flows 6”’ party nomination* an»l until i»iit h n la* is «m.». !•*«! w«* - and dir** I our Mlat** central < otnmiltr* to adopt suc h FUiaa «!»•» ratfulaUona as in its Ju4«m« i I will jfuarantr** tb* abaohtia ratrfWfS of all lh<» nomffWitt«‘n» < ounty. dla* Irh’l and atats ■** This power that has m> freely Ix-en [dared in tiu* hand* ol the Mate committee. 1. cniistruol by .■•me to mean that Jama* I*, (huwlnrh will in,a «h<-» hi* hut d .-imi id-<> h’ [- - r to raise hade- with every rule that iHlih io K iH Ilih ”f th*' - aionnt <•!*>. tht* ol h It is prolinblc that a «igoioiis stietch of iinagniatimi. but ueverthelews. it hat aueet cded in filling wtih appcelwtision, many of the skeptical tollowers of Mr. Sidwell. another contract closed Elzey A Vance Arrange for a Year's Advertising. Elzey & Vance, the up-to-date clothiers in the Stone bI.H-k, have just closetl a contract with u* for a good size<l chunk of advertising I space to b<- used in the column* of ithe Daily Democrat this year. The jbov* are, hustler* ami their steadily {increasing trade proves their ability land the fart that they handle the gfHtd* that [ample want. Head their Buster Brown advertisements, which ap|*-iir ea<‘h week and which tell their story in a new. novel ai d attractive way.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING,APRIL 11. 1906.

ARE MAKING GOOD IN IOWA M and Mr Fred LaDelle Mystify Fort Dodge Theatre Goera. A featiin- < f this week’s [wrformaiiee al th.- I.vric, :* the work of th. ImDell.. couple, tm.gir.an. Th.the..- two A hd.i ~1 .dk rloth i. that then- is nothing in H. then pig imi.s, rhiekrtis, a l«.ii. t uet of flower* and other object* are pulled from among it* folds to the utter aatoniabment of the nudlvnr.. Artel- - t---~-d in th. air an made to di«a)>p -ai ; animals, bird* and all i««»rt* of article* are brought from nowhen ; fokb of . loth and large Hags are pulled out of a .mail cylinder, a Isutlr, from th*enter ol an apple awl from other small apae.-s. Aliogvther their work is the most mystifying act of the kind .-ver [.r.sluced here Fort Ih.lgr I flow a I. Me--.-i. L-. r. COURT NEWS Mrs. Mary Rice granted a divorce AIJBO JENNIE BRANDYBERRY Custody of Rue Child Given to Grand Pareata Change of Judge tn Hall Case Ti.. dOon. r.« of Mary l{..r Its. tlrnin J B hoc was l.esrd tin. I trotiiii.L- The defendant filed am - tion lor an anawrr dvHyin* n-i. ai Icba*:- -. Aft. . .icartli, tlw- f-* i .-urr th. court granted the div..rec. gate the plautiff judgment for ahIniofiy and gaw- the eii.t.slt ot tl>< ■ ml to Jam.. H Rice ami w.fr, Ml. at pro!.-/ titmrn ami places. The dr f«h'iaut ur- b» pay th« Miilnn thirty «layn. Thi* raw* «a* hl«*d two a wk* atf«> William Hall v.. John H fGiff and Henry Alberwm. .mt on mue. ♦ I.'ut. affhlatit for chang.- of judge, Rourke, judge of tlw Allen < irriut Court. D. W Beery v*. Grand Rapid* 4 Indiana Railroad < damage. sl.iHI; demurrer fib-fl by defenadnt*. Elizabeth H. K<**< et al, v». Quinry H K.*-*. et al., partition; proof «»f notice of sale of real estate filed nnd dcs-d a|.p<ot«-.l Jennie Rnuulyherry vs. Emer*«m Brandy-berry, divorce granted, plain tiff given the citstfsly of the child under the usual rest net ion. and until further otdf-i ol the courtMairng. bee. ha»c lieen |.*n<d to Adolph Dittmer ami Martha Seheitaaiin mid to (ini thlli.-m ami Elizabeth V Gerber Both weddings , will occur E.i.ter Sunday. DICKERSON GUILTY OF MURDER s< rtpp* M> Ha.- <[.• • lai , <'o.h.M-ton, (».. April II Hen Dick f-raon ha* Ism found guilty in the celebrated murder case, in w hich hr was charged with strangling Mr*. Katherine Hiighe* to death between the fork* of a sapling. M<>nt|>elier has ojwned a market for large ami husky rats. Not exactly Mont|H*lier, but a Montpelier saloon kee[.er ha-. At the pr.-wnt time he ha* A'rO of the little rodent* and every .mall boy in that town who own* a sky terrier is tearing up the barn tl.mr looking for marketable rat*. It is the intentiotl of the sal.M>nkee|HW to [mil off a rat killing contest and of course the finrt thing to do is to m-cui-<- a sup|>ly of the little rodent*. The date for the rat-killing contest is lot *et but if it is not pulled off pretty soon the market price for well fed ruts will be forced down to the very lowest by an over product ion. - If |**S, I . - • m, —m

EARLY DAYS ON CLOVER LEAF Bill Kilter, the Firtt Conductor. Tell* Some Incident*. “Hill” Krite. the fir*’, cmlurtor „> Leet. «a- a v<.-.t,.r in I'ommeirial imtel. Wl.. . ti>. Nat t her. Then wen no lekgraph wur. I !L • dr* ijriutf a n»u-LrtH-rn! aud tram du-! rxptr-. nn-..« t>ger and everything vi«he wanted to be. S.nwtm,.-. ht* train] but if it didn't it came th. jwxt day (hi one trip hr catm- aenwe a jdarc in Ohio where tlie track had l*vn torn Iss-i, ).<»..! for his ngtu of way T» get hi* tram through Knt«* ba<i t>> ! the lartner to slmw where be had hul I hud it* lit Hr |dr««urw I hut ar* *adK miM.nff Mab% of th* <dd*r rr*r will fWMPtnINFf Rrlfr* of th* neer Holgate Ohio Btaffom New. GENEVA NEWS Farewell entertainment in I. 0. 0. F. hall A JUMP IN THE PRICE OF OIL Please* Geneva People Easter Day to be Approprately Observed tn Churches Geneva. Ind, April II Folowing the big. fdd faGmmrd r which was serVOd by ll» H. lwksi. l<Mg<- last evetiiftg. came this pr.«ramme, a sort I t» O E bmlding ' pra, , .T*’'’* f it** Well* History of .ienn* M J Otter* ir-c.r. of |,wl« Jsnhir Itynes.sffc, ' M„na viriaa >t«i* lx.'s P.sst ftw |.rogramm«' »»• a 'cry pleasing .me and evrrybmiy enjoyed it letter the Ctrl. t‘.C (M.l lodge meting ami .me candidate wa* j.iit through the . I Again ••• im.y -ing in hartimny with our Easter »<mg* that ph .i.it.g littie bit ttf song-—Praise John from wmuo ’ oil blcmg. flow.” for hasn't the price of oil made a jump of two cent* ? The raise in |»ncr came yv.lenlay ■ For mwiitli. and uamili. it remaim-d ' at H! 1 cents, but now .tie’s 91. and , maybe will go higher. Oh. John, i John, if you wish aomr .lay to go higher, put the price of oil higher. I so the o|«-rator. can lure men nn-t thus make their bank urc.imt. high- ’ er. — 1 r Appropriate Easter wrviccs will Im held at Imth the I’ruted Brethren and Methodist ehurcln-s Sunday nml the .acred holiday will la- generally observed. At the ehiirrhe* s,**eial ■ music will be rendered and everything done on that day will be in eommemoralion of tlu- risen A Birthdzy Party Mis* Agt-e* Eady entertained a numlier of her young school friend* at a twelfth birthday party Friday evening. I

BEFORE IMPOSING ALDIENCE President Roosevelt Delivers a Stirring Address

CONGRESS ATTENDS Corner stone of Government Building Placed THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS I "Th* Mm With a Mock Rak« kt I Topic of Adrtrv** Which u Print ed Complete la Thu Imo* UA.im.gnr D '<*’ Aprd H- The * the Mono- »f K*|w*»«‘i4at»raw. b»-»t-| I .-.i ««-'»th-e**i from the ( »n»to:, i I ! • II ' ' -J Ifnir tb* nnd MWSMrr I [ nhtfr by < *»b.'.n4MA-; rwKiifsia:;-.i f K» l«ut* Tfcr them <ir»nd Wab j term dirtily -»rr th* j tab* | l« h» lw» tehi ißrfuf’r *. f »-M» *!•»• % I • •* * F. it; All Ft< tUr *■ MT* Uh* ■'■ FlriiW ’ 4«»nl tn WA«h!n<? j« • Um* «*»»«< . H !• a . rul ••fH* Os th*** that *n*Hun**a> Pu’«-im . Proarew row I ma»- r»-all the d»»- r‘ptm« nt the Msn [wit* .is M.-k rahe- tt\- i>.*n wl |c »uM l*M>k n«» «rat but downward, with th* mvrk*rak» tn hi* h*n4*. who w<» oltefmt * r*le*U3t »wn for hl* h but who would neither |.M»h up ti.»r regard the rrnwn he wa* offered, but continued tn rake to hlm**lf tha tilth of th* n >or In Ptlertm a Pruffte** the Man with the Muck-rate t* **t forth a* th* ample of Mtn who«« vision I* fixed on rurnal |n*t*« 1 of ott apirltual tPvlnff* ret he alao txplrtes the man who tn this nfr constatently refuaes Co eer auirhl that la lofty, and hl* eye* with i‘>lt*mn tntenme** only on that whi<*h Is vile an«l «trb**lnff Now. It la very . n«M-e«Mirv that we ihould not flinch | from seeing what I* % lie and <lehrtaln< I ’’‘here la filth on the floor, and it must I be it* raped up with the mu«k rake I and there are time* and pla«’»** I thi* *er\ l< e la th< * •» the ••W'l « ** that een *»<• performed. | Rut the man who never doee anythin* etae who ff* 4 er think* or speak* or I V. rites. Os hl* frrtt* with the I mu-’a -rak- spoedih' be« ome* not a I help to s«H-lety. not an ln< Itement to | rood, but one of the moat potent forces | k for evil. I There are. In the holy polltlot »- *

NUMBEK 10l

| •« i led I I-t* f f > .(* (VA® !♦ t fee W I ll*** in Ha* truth of the a«i-a-» k-, *m*s s‘G ><; •- i--.' t ,‘j -41 the ISi-S (*• w*m* a» * |is *eod And what is tab! i* welt-tu<t» Thr eta nXth a m«-r» dUtrwTng American*, thon the hard, arottn’ff splrH whirl, treats the allegation of dishon •atv in a publb man a* a <aos* for laughter ru« h laughter is worse than the rrarklinff «*f thorn* under a p«»t for it denutra not merely the % scant mind, hut the heart in which hi*h etiu'Uune ha % v l«wr< « h«»ked b**f»*rr the * could ffrow to fruition. There is any amount of good in th* world and there net er was a tin** when loftier and more disinterested work for the t»e'terment of mankind wa* t*eln< done than now The for* ee that tend fur *v|| are <rr*»i and terrlbl* but th- f.> <. -of t / » .4. and < aura*e and honesty and arnero* Ity and sympathy are also atrnnifer | than ever before It Is a footiah and I timid, no lea* than a wi« ked thing. t«* (blink the fart that the forces of evil I are stronr. but It I* even worse to fall 11«.» take into a< « ount the strength of I the for< e* that tell for Baud HvsteriIral sensationalism is the very poorest | weapon wherewith to flrht for lastlnjt [ righteousness The men who with I stern sobriety anti truth assail th** | many et Ils of our time, whether I Ithe public press or in ma<a»ho*« nr In books are the leader* nd «»lb •»< Irnriired in the work f•• olil a:J I trontlnued pace tv> • ’r