Daily Tribune, Volume 17, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 January 1903 — Page 3
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HAS IDEAS OF HIS OWN
BELIEVES PROSECUTING ATTORNEY MUST EARN HIS FEE.
THE PROSECUTO'R PROTESTS
.Justice Says That When an Offendi Pleads Guilty No Prosecuting Attorney Is Required.
The prosecuting attorney up in Vermillion county and M. J. Iluby, a justice of the peape, recently elected at Clinton, are having trouble, and all because (lie iiewly-electedi justice has ideas of his own ...and believes that in cases where the ^prosecutor renders no service he is entitled to no pay.
For a long time Clinton has been without a deputy prosecutor and it was the custom when an offender was arrested and pleaded guilty to add a prosecutor's fee to the costs and then when the fine was collected the fee would be turned over to the prosecutor at the county seat, who never knew the offender had been arrested until the fee was turned o$er to him by the justice who collected! the fine. Since the election a deputy prosecutor has been appointed for Clinton city and township, and he was expecting ricli picking, as there are many arrests in the little city and surrounding mining camps. But the new justice has poured cold water on the prospects of the new official.
A few days ago a man was arrested for intoxication and the justice himself prepared the complaint. The man pleaded' guilty and was fined. in estimating the cost the prosecuting attorney's fee of $5 was not included. When the attorney called for his money after the man had been released, the justice told him that he was not entitled to any fee, as he had rendered no service to the city or state in the case. The attorney protested, but Uie justice said that he would not be allowed any fee in state cases in which he did not appear, as lie did not believe that the position of deputy prosecutor gave him a license to collect a royalty from evildoers. He told the lawyers that as long as he was 1 justice he would allow no fees in state cases where the prosecutor did not appear, and that further that he would not allow the prosecutor a fee in cases where the accused pletlded guilty He said! that where the services of the prosecutor were necessary to convict any person accused of an offense, he would notify him, otherwise the offender would be permi tted to plead guilty and save the prosecuting attorney fee. The decision of the justice that the prosecutor lie paid- for. services actually rendered has created quite a sensation in Clinton. and the lawyers threaten to boycott his court. A majority believe, however, tnat the justice is right, and that if it isn't law, it's equity. The justice, however, js determined and says that he will resign his office before he will allow the prosecutor to come into his court and claim fees for services that were, never rendered. He says that further when complnints are filed in his court and the accused signify a willingness to confess, die state needs no attorney, and he will not force the unfortunate offender to pay for service that is not required and which is not rendered. If a prosecutor gets a fee through him he must wait until called and/ then come into court and earn it.
There is likely to be an exciting controversy and perhaps some litigation over the stand taken by the new 'squire.
Officers Installed.
Thursday evening the officers of Amici lodge. No. 707, T. O. O. F.. were installed by District Deputy Grand Master A. h. Miller, assisted by the installing officers, 3. L. Hance and others, as follows:.
W. A. Whitmer— Noble Grand. ... "iji Henry M. Kramer—Vice Grand. Bruce I*. Slemon?—Recording Secretary. John N. White—Financial Secretary. Win E. Easterday—Treasurer. This lodge is the tenth largest lodge In the state with 323 members. Tt is truly a lodge of young men. growing gradually. Is now eight and one-half years old. Their hal! is the. largest of any lodge of the order In the city and all visitors will be weicome at all meetings.
Contagious Diseases.
Scarlet Fever—Herbert Griggs, age 10, j§. No. 207 South Second street. Margaret Stimpson, age 5, No. S2S South Seventh If street. Iva Griggs, age 6, No. 207 South S Second street. »".
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MA. KERSEY IS AFRAID
SWORE OUT PEACE WARRANT AGAINST BROTHER-IN-LAW.
MRS. KERSEY IS VERY MAD
Says When She Tells Her Side of the Story Public will Know More— Remains Silent Now.
The Kersey-Harkncss sensation is not at an end, and it is more than likely that the matter will come up in the courts. A start was made in •m.iis direction, yesterday evening, when Mr. Kersey appeared at Justice Church's court and caused a warant to be issued for the arrest of Frank McGlone, brother ot his discarded wife, charging him with threatening to do him bodily harm and asking that lie be placed under bond to keep the peace. McGlone is a mot^'iiian for the street railway company, and denies that lie ever threatened, or had any intention of harming Kersey. He said that he does take his sister's part, as
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that he believes Kersey's ill treatment of his
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trouble. When Constable Anthony called at the McGlonc home this morning, to serve the warrant, the young man was not at home, but his mother said that she would inform him as soon as lie came in off his run and that he woukl report at the justice's office. The mother says tnat the young man nor none of the family have made any threats but that they will defend the woman as far as is reasonable, and possible. She says that none of them are blood-thirsty and that Kersey need have no fears.
Mrs. Kersey, who is still at the home of her mother ,still shows the marks of ner husband's assault and says that, she has suffered great pain. She says there is no likelihood of a reconciliation as she would not go back to' her husband under any consideration. She is much incensed at the newspapers for the unenviable notoriety given her, and is bitter in her denunciation of her husband for giving the facts to the reporters. She says that life with her husband has not been a happy one, and that when she tells her side of the story, tne affair will assume an entirely different hue. She has not j'et decided on her plans for the future, and will not talk much of the sensational escapade until she has.
McGlone appeared in court later and plead guilty to charge of assault and battery. lie was fined
RESUME SEWER WORK.
Car Tracks will Soon be Restored cn North Eighth street to Maple venue.
Work on the North Eighth street sewer which has been suspended: for a week on account of the ground being frozen, will be resumed tomorrow morning, and unless the weather again interferes Contractor Robertson expects to have, the pipe all laid within fifteen days.
The sewer was begun at Scott street and has now been completed as far north as Ash. The street car tracks, which had to Le torn up in order to dig the sewer, have been relaid between Scott and Beach streets, and line gangs will be put to work at once completing relaying the tracks. Cars will be run through to Maple avenue soon after the sewer is completed. v.
Goethe Lodge Installed Officers. Goethe Lodge, I. O. O. F. held its Tesular meeting last night and installed the fallowing officers for the ensuing year: N". G., Walter Taylor Y. G., C. T. Gennecke recording secretary, Henry Schwin dy permanent secretary, A. -B. Rosenthal: treasurer, Peter Mueller Trustee, T. H. Sellgage. The lodge has grown at an encouraging rate during the past year.
Socialist Speakers Here. Frederick G. Strickland and O. P. Jones will arrive Monday and begin a socialistic campaign in this city. They will speak five nights at the socialists' headquarters on Ohio street.
When you want a swell rain coat made to your order or ready made you can get the PROPER coat at .FOULKES BROS.,
Hatters and Furnishers.
TRADE UNIONIST ORGANIZER TQ WORK IN THIS FIEL.D.
INAUGURATE WORK SUNDAY
Brewery Workers and Painters Said to be Preparing New Wage Scale to be Presented Soon.
E. H. Evinger, of the Central Labor Cnion, received a letter this morning fonn Oliver P. Smith of Logansport, the A. F. L. organizer, stating that lie would arrive''in Tei. Haute tomorrow afternoon and prepaie for his work in the local labor lield.
Mr. Smith will make his introductoiy bow to labor leaders Sunday afternoon at a mass meeting to bo held at the 0. L. U. hall. The meeting will be a general discussion of labor issues to which all trade unionists are invited.
He will be at the C. L. U. every night next week and in (his way get in touch with the men of the local unions. He expects. to begin organizing and re organizing, the locals the latter part ot next week.
The committee in charge of the fail will hold a meeting some time soon to talk over plans of organization. All ot the unions have apopinted committees to have charge of special exhibits and the general C\ T.. U. committee will have charge of the exhibition as a whole.
Want More Wages.
ft is understood that two local unions affiliated with the Central Labor Union arc working on new scales of wages which arc soon to be submitted to their employers. The unions said to be seeking more pay are the brewery workers and the painters. How much of an increase will be asked is not known. It is probable that the .demand for .move wages will be met by some opposition on the part of the employers.
LOCAL BANKS HEALTHY
DIVIDENDS WILL BE DECLARED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.
VIGO HAS ALREADY VOTED
State National Declares Four Percent —Depositors of Other Banks are Similarly Compensated. I
The j'ear just closed has been a most successful one with the Tene Haute banks and clearing houses, all having done a business far in excess of any con* ducted in previous years.
The directors of the Vigo County National bank met last week and declared a dividend of three percent on capital for the past six months. The stockholders will hold a meeting on January 13 to elect directors and prepaie for the coming year.. •The State National Bank stockholders on January 20 for the election of directors for 1903. The directors will be called to meet soon after they are chosen in order that the annual divideud may be declared. The dividend will be four percent.
The stockholders of the First National will elect directors within a few days, but no dividends will be declared at this time. The dividends of this bank are given out the 1st of May and the 1st of November.
The jerre Haute Trust company is now granting' interest on deposits, but the annual meeting of stockholders and the declaring of dividends does not take place until next June.
Two Roman coins, one a silver token of Domitian, A. D. 81-90, and the other a brass piece of Srajan, A. D. 08, have been unearthed in Dowgate Hill, London.
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So highly does the late Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang think of American educational methods that Hefls arranging to have his' littfe'soV.Chad Cho'w continue at the Atlantic'^City" High school where he now is an^Aerwards take a course at one of Otyf, bjg universities. tjtq in
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The furnaces at the sixth district and the fifteenth district of the city schools and the gymnasium heating appliances at the Poly have been overhauled during vacation. Especial attention was given the manheads of the sixth district furnace, as it was at this building that the explosion occurred several days ago.
Many of the teachers of the different schools have spent their vacations attending teachers' meetings or conducting institute work. Prof. Wiley completed the new course of study for the city schools this morning. It will be printed in a booklet of 40 pages.
Students at the Poly and St. Marys are beginning to return from their homes and get ready to begin work. The attendance at Rose will be decreased considerably on account of the failures in examination. The young ladies of St. Marys are expected to report to the institute by Sunday morning, although class work d'oes not oegin until Tuesday.
MISS OSBORNE NAMED.
Becomes Clerk of Board of Health to Succeed Mr. Will McHale—Latter an Officer. a
Miss Gertrude G. Osborne of North Fifth street has been appointed clerk of the city board of health, succeeding Officer Will McHale, who has held the position temporarily since Dr. S. M. Rice was appointed secretary of the board of health. Mr. McHale will resume his regular duties as health .officer. Miss Osborne was formerly employed at' A. Here's bazar.
Veteran Engineer Dead. Nieh Robson, one of the older of the, Big Four engineers, who had the fast runs on the Knickerbocker and Exposition fliers, died suddenly of heart failure at his home in Mattoon yesterday afternoon.
Marriage Licenses.
Robert Webster and W. Elizabeth Hoke.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2
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Judge Alton B. Parker of New York is the latest prominent Democrat to be spoken of as a presidential possibility for 1904. His boom is growing. All over the country the selection of Judge Parker is being discussed. As the Democratic leaders class New York among the doubtful states, they regard of supreme importance the fact that Judge Parker is very popular throughout the Empire state.
STUDENTS RETURNING
CITY SCHOOL BELLS WILL RING MONDAY MORNING.
COLLEGES RESUME TUESDAY
St. Mary's, the NormaJ and the Polytechnic will Open on That DayNews olthe Teachers.
All 'is in readiness for the opening of the Terre Halite schools next week. The city schools will commence on January .1 and St. Marys and the State Normal and the Polytechnic on Tuesday, Jan. 0.
Two city school teachers have been granted leave of absence for the remainder of the year in order that they may complete their course at the normal. They arc Miss Julia Duenweg of the twentieth district and Miss Cora Plannett of the seventeenth. Both will be able to graduate at the normal next spring.
STEAKS NOT SO HIGH
DROP IN MEAT PRICES ALREADY FELT HERE.
BACK TO REASONABLE PLACE
Feed is Plentiful and This Fact Has Affected the Meat MarketFarmers Do Welk
The price of good beef is cheaper than it has been for the past six to eight months," said Charles Ehrmann, the wholesale and retail meat dealer, this morning. '"Pork is a little higher on account of the scarcity of hogs, but good beef is not bringing as high a. price as it has brought. Steaks retail at between 15 and 20 cents a pound, ivhile sonle time ago they brought 2o cents easily. Mutton and veal follow in the path of beef. "I expect the price of beef to go higher as the summer days draws near," con tinned Mr. Ehrmann. "Beef generally is high in the spring, while on the other hand pork will not be as expensive. Pork will be cheaper on account of the good and comparatively cheap corn. The prices of meats are now about the same as they were this time last year. "The farmers that I have talked to say they are making more money and have more money than ever before and this is plainly told by the size of their bank deposits. A prominent banker told me that the farmers were laying away much money. Generally the fanners are obliged to borrow money in the fall of the year in order to feed their cattle and hogs, but for the past two years they have been independent. This is a good sign of the prosperity of the eoun trv."
MANY MARRIAGES.
Justice Brown Has Fairly Won the Title of the "Marrying 'Squire" .115 Last Year.
The justices of the peace have performed more marriages during the past year than the ministers, and in the struggle for the glory of making people happy and the incident fee, Justice Bazif Brown has won the race and is now recognized as the "Marrying Squire" of Vigo county. His Gretna Green is just across the street from the court house, and people on marriage bent have to pass it before they can get to anybody else with authority, to say the words which make two hearts beat as .one. Duriiig the past year Justice Brown has performed 115 marriages. The two largest months were November and December, the former being eighteen and the latter sixteen. Since Justice Brown was inducted into office, a little over eight years ago, he has performed .080 marriages. af.5
Recent Births.
A son'to James and Anna Reynolds, Dec.
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Grand Opera House
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WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 AND 8.
"A THOROUGHBRED TRAMP."
Prices—15 to 50 cents.
K. of C. Installation.
The local council of the Knights of Columbus installed officers last evening. The new'officers are as follows: J." 13. Walsh, D. iv.: Dr. L. J. Willien, D. D. John F. Murphy, C. J. J. Frisz, W. 1'. J. Avfird. lecturer: John Cleary, F. S. J. S.:.Klug,illf S. D. P. Dtovns advocate John :JvTh6 triistefr Frank Hoerman, treasurer: Lee J. Jackson, I.
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-1 Merely an Overdose. Frank Marcus, the colored man who came^so near dying las*" Saturday, from the effects'of laudanum, self-administer-ed. says that he did not attempt to end* his life, but accidentally took an overdose of the drug. He also says that the report he was the discarded lover of Amanda Milikin, is also a mistake. He says that he was' only slightly acquainted with the woman, having roomed at her house only about three weeks.
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