Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1894 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE' SENTINEL. . WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 189TWELYE PAGES.

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t?recklnrldse had not, at the. Outsets üenled that he wrote those letters, and that he had fenced adroitly against the Questions until he had secured JH i jnlssion that they were dtroyed and could rise to confront him. Thea he flenied It absolutely. Then, türnlrig to another point of the testimony as showing: the credibility of the defendant. Judge Wilson incited an angry. passage tf words: "This was not the first time he had een eeduced," he said, leveling that bony forefinger of his at the colonel from Kentucky, "for he tells you that .he knew the house of Sarah Guess, he liad been there before with some other teiren before my client had seduced him." Col. Hrecklnrldff Interposes. Col. Breckinridge interposed a re-" monstrance. "Now. your honor." he paid, leaning forward, "there la not th slightest evidence of that. I merely ald that I had been there before." "I believe you are correct." said Judge Bradle3", "that is all you said." "You had better denied it on the stand llf you wanted to." said Mr. Wilson to he defendant. "I was asked to," replied Col. Breckinidgo. "Well, you cannot testify now. "This is the last chance, and I want "he testimony quoted correctly. I want "to set your errors right." "I am merely arguing on the probabilities of the case," declared Mr. Wilson, drawing the natural deductions from evidence, if i had asked who went with you to Sarah Guess before there Vould have b?en a half dozen lawyers Vn their feet." ; "But you did not ask it," retorted the colonel. ; "But he knew Mrs. Rose in Louisville," Faid Mr. Wilacm. . Attorney Ftcll "There is no evidence 'that she kept an improper house thn." Mr. Wilson "Ah. but he met her on tho street. She rave him her card, indicating her business. II? knew her go well thit know how to take the client thre. Gentlemen, there were written nn "6tone ton commandments." said Mr. W'iU 6'n. picking up the thread of his argument, "one of which was, 'Thou shalt not romrnit adultery." This defendant admits over and over aein that he has violated that one. On the same stone is written. 'Thm shalt not bear false wltne.' and if a man shall violate one of thes commandments and be caught in the- toils of tiie law, is It not possible that tinder u.h straits he may violate the other?" The Contract In Mnrry. .very other point of the defense havlg V-n disposed of. Mr. Wilson said there remained but the statement of the cWnrlant that there was a mutual understanding that the contract to . marry should rnt be carried out, and that he characterized picturcsqu-Iy as "a cleanshaven. bald-h-adefl. obese falsehood." manufactured to fit the exipencis of the cae. He discussed the probability of a woman about to give birth to a child, consenting V fikJi an arrangement and reviewed the testimony of Mrs. Blackburn to show that Col. Breckinridge had taken the asrsressive in proclaiming to Mrs. Blackburn the engagement and declaring that he never intended to marry anyone but Madeline Pollard and that fcer Jealousy of Mrs. Wing was absurd. Th? attorney asked, "Where is my client," and called upon the jury to wittiess that the defense had not spared denunciations of her. The defendant himself had told Mrs. Blackburn that she Was of humble but respectable oripin and of natural talent. He pictured the desolation of her home when her father had left the family penniless, three of the children going to the Odd Fellows' home, her mother going to the house cf or.e relative and she to an aunt in Pittsburg. Mr. Butterworth had toi.j of her ambition, her talents and also paid a tribute to Mary Anderson. In her own waj-, if her life had been permitted to t?ke its natural course the plaintiff might have attained as great distinction as Mary Anderson, and this made the ci im of the defendant in per-ertlnp her life all the blacker. In her childhood she had been like a bird in a cage, beating against the bars of environment. Tbe Letter n I-'orjeery. Discussing the circumstances of her childhood he referred to the disputed letter, declaring it to be of no consequence, but he would brand it as a forgery, manufactured for the purposes of the third plea, adding: "And this Is not the only piece of rascality manufactured for thU defense. It was a common thing for papers to be forged for the purposes of the case. Expert evidence was balderdash, sham and pretense, and it was most remarkable that cf all the years of correspondence this Was the only letter produced." Hereupon -Mr. AVilson wanted to read to the judge, as he said, an opinion of the courts on the value of expert testimony. "If it is proper for me to read this how," he said, "I will do so. If not. I Will pass it up to your honor." "Is there any objection?" asked Judtre Iiradley, and Mr. Stoll said: "I think he had better hand It up. If we had time we could produce a dozen authorities on the other side." Mr. Wilson, having made hl3 point to the jury, passed up the book to the Judge and proceeded to declare that experts were paid according to the strain lipon their consciences. There would be a scandal from expert testimony until legislators stipulated that unbiased experts should be appointed by the courts. Jle cited the Morril letter as an evidence cf the fallibility of the expert testimony, end then stirred up the fiercest passage cf the trial by statin? that the Wessie I'rown letter, from which this had been forged, had been procured by the defense and carried in Mr. Stall's pocket. The Air Was Illae. "Mr. Wilson." demanded Attorney J?toll, "do yu mean to insinuate that I Committed that rrrery?" "I do not." replied Mr. Wilson, "I say pome skilled penman committed that forgery." "Do you mean to pay that I was a party to it?" "I say you had the Wessie Brown letter. Did not you?" demanded Judge Wilson, fiercely: "Did not you?" "I did." replied Mr. Stoll. belligerently. uid for a moment the air was surcharged with belligerency. "I do not propose," thundered Jud?e Wilson, "that you Khali stand here arid traduce my client by the hour and intimidate me from a discharge of my Cuty." Then he rumbled in a knowing way: 'I know some things." The Wessie Brown letter and the alJKfd forgery- were submitted to the Jurors for comparison, while Mr. Wilson rested in the chair of the witness box and the Breckinridge forces conferred. Attorney Stoil dashed off a note and Jianded It to the official stenographer, who began to look over his notes. There was intense silence In the room, and when the jury finished Its examination Mr. Wilson leaning against the witness box resumed his argument In his usual deliberate tones. One of the Jurors askf d to be shown another of Miss Pollard's otters. Meantime MaJ. Butterworth entered and Col. Breckinridge said to him In an undertone laughing: "Wilson says that Charlie Stoll forged that letter." "He will har from that again," re- !

marked Mr. Stoll in a louder tone. The remark reached Judge Wilson, and he .stepped forward from his chair. "What was it?" he asked. "There Is another court than this one." answered the tall, thin, emooth-faced, Bpectacled Kentuckian. "What do you mean?" asked the tall, cadaverous grayhaired Indianlan?" "I mean." responded Stoil most deliberately, "that you täte that I forged a letter which I denounce as vile and infamous." "What do you mean by another court?" demanded Mr. Wilson fiercely, "what do you mean by tha ether court?" Oil on the Troubled Waters. "Here," Judge Bradley Interposed. Now. gentlemen," he eald. "I think you had better not proceed with this." There wan a moment' pause, no one j iad more to say, and ilr. .Wilsen pro-. ,

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Co. only, whose name z printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Fig, and being well informed, you will not Cccept anv substitute if offered. oeeded coolly with his argument. He handed to the Jury a tin type of Madeline Pollard taken with Wessie Brown in the summer of 1SS4. "There is a girl he met that day," he said. "Now look on this picture and then on that," and for the second picture he raised his arm toward Col. Breckinridg-e. "What an opportunity," ha said, "that carriage offered for seduction. Col. Breckinridg-e seemed to think that to seduce a sirl it was not necessary to stand under a window with a lute and sing low songs to her. Did not his selection of a closed carriage for that warm August night indicate a purpose beyond the ordinary punoses of a drive?" Storm clouds seemed to hover over the court room. Judge Bradley evidently wanted the atmosphere to cool for the usual time for the recess was past by several minutes, and did not adjourn the court until Mr. Wilson called his attention to the time. The stenographer brought to Mr. Stoll a. transcript of Mr. Wilson's remarks. Mr. Stoll sat in his chair surrounded by his colleagues and gave the report cf Mr. Wilson's remarks to Mr. Butterworth to read. TALK OF A DUEL. MaJ. UDttrmordi'i Pacific Attltud Dispels (he Cloud. There was much talk of a duel during the noon recess. Mr. Stoll went out of court during the noon recess on the arm of MaJ. Butterworth, who seemed to be giving him pacific counsel. Afterward Mr. Stoll said to an Associated Press reporter: Maj. Butterworth is senior counsel for the case and has control of it until it is finished. Under his advice I shall do nothing. After the case I am my own master. Then I will have my innings. I do not care to say what I shall do." As the officers of the court entered by the rear door for the afternoon session they saw Mr. Wilson and the portly Maj. Butterworth seated together in the vestibule. Maj. Butterworth had in his hand the stenographer's report of Mr. Wilson's remarks concerning Mr. Stoll, and was talking earnestly. It had been reported that Desha Breckinridge, son of the defendant, had carred a challenge from Mr. Stoll to Mr. Wilson, but Mr. Ereckinrdge, when asked about it, said: "The code provides that a gentleman may carry a challenge from one gentleman to another, but I can not do that, for Mr. Wilson is no gentleman." Every one who knew Mr. Butterworth knew that he could not be the bearer of a challenge for a duel, and the natural Inference was that he was acting as peacemaker. Perhaps the utterance from Mr. Wilson which followed as soon as court had opened was the result of the inference. The cadaverous attorney rose beside the witness stand, and In his usual calm tones began to speak. "In the heat of this discussion, in the presentation of facts," he said, "counsel may have conveyed impressions that they did not intend. I had not thought of insinuating that Mr. Stoll had forged that letter or had procured lt. I had no intention to charge it upon him or to convey such an insinuation. I wished merely to show him how easy It is for euch things to appear. In the part of the case I now cor.ie to I shall have occasion to mention Mr. Stoll's name again. I shall mention it because it is a part of the case. When we become connected with a case we can not be very well disassociated from it in argument. What more can I do as a lawyer and what less would Mr. Stoll, as a lawyer, have me do?" 5Ir. Wilson Resume. Thereupon Mr. Wilson dropped into his argument. He did not mention the name of his opponent at once,- but discussed the part played by the volumes of Washington Irving in the case and the probabilities that Miss Pollard had given birth to a child at the Norwood convent near Cincinnati in 1SS3. Soon Mr. Stoll had occasion to correct him regarding a minor point In the testimony and from the tone of the Ker.tucklan's voice it was apparent that th white dove of peace had returned. i It was learned that during the noon recess Mr. Wilson had said to Butterworth that II it appeared from anything he had said that he intended to impute any improper conduct to Mr. Stoll he would correct and retract it. Mr. Stoll expressed himself to the Associated Press as being satisfied with Mr. Wilson's explanation, saying that it was no doubt intended to be full and complete. When Mr. Wilson, resuming his argument, came to the matter of the Christmas card, he tald that he did not believe Mr. Stoll. with all his sensitiveness, could object to what he was about to pay. When the sisters at the convent had been questioned Mr. Stoll said there had been questions put and answers given which left no other inference but that Attorney Carlisle or Attorney Johnson had put It there. "Judge Wilson," Inquired Mr. Stoll. "have not the counsel for the defendant purposely denied any such intention?" "I know," responded Mr. Wilson, "but I pay that there was such an inference to be drawn from It." He proceeded to state that under such circumstances when their honor was assailed It was but Just and proper that Attorneys Carlisle and Johnson should have taken the witness stand to deny, as they did, that there had been any chicanery in the matter of the Christmas card. The defense had harshly criticized Dr. Mary Parsons for suppressing the record of the birth of Mls Pollard's second child, he contlnutd. while th defendant had admitted that he had persuaded the Re. Dr. Paxton to .suppress the record of the secret marriage, a record which the law demanded should be mad public and was of equal importance with the record of a b4rth. and regarding that marrlag certificate th defendant had testified that he filled out th boay of it whlls Dr. Pax ton signed

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his (the minister's) name. He (Mr. Wilson) would accept that explanation and yet so much alike was the signature and the handwriting of the body of the let- j

ier mat a. nozen experts couia e iuuhu. who, at JO a day, would swear that on hand penned the whole document. Mr. Wilson came next to the time of the contract of marriage and told how much was at stake for Madeline Pollard In such a union. He argued that the woman had been less a sinner than the man. Was there anything to kill the love of a woman for a man? The 6tory of the "Scarlet Letter" was recalled by Judge Wilson. Rector Dlmmesdale had not put away the woman who wore the scarlet letter, he said. He had a conscience. "But." he went on, "this defendant comes before a Jury to vllllfy, traduce and blacken the character of a woman he had destroyed. Gentlemen, what are you to do? We cannot have any more of those reparations of Absolam to Ammon. Those days it would have been simple. In these days the lawhas provided a Javelin, not the Javelin of the servants of Absolam. but your verdict. By that this wrong is to be repaired, and in no other way now. Before you the woman comes as the law says she shall, and what will you do? I invite vou. as my last words, to impale him. hold him aloft, that the world may be warned and justice will cry amen and amen." Jl D(;n HRADLKY'S CHARGE. The Case as Presented to the Jury by the Court. Following is a summary of Judge Bradley's charge to the jury: Judge Bradley spoke first of the pollution of the case, said it contained few Interesting legal points and that if the parties had been obscure. It would have attracted but little attention. But, because one of the parties had been of national prominece, and because, he feared, of the character of the detail?, it had attracted a large and sometimes a vulgar crowd. The court, and even some of the jurors, had been deluged with letters conveying suggestions, to which the writers had not the decency to sign their names. He believed the jury had followed the injunction to di?cu?s the C3se with no one. It was inaccurate to say that the community at large was a third party to the case. Except to see that justice was done between the parties, the world at large had no interest in the case. Public opinion should not weigh a feather weight, abstract principles were not to be vindicated, nor the country girl, the home and the family. Personal opinions or wishes based on the relations between the parties or other facts were not to be considered. It was only a question whether contract to marry existed, and whether, if broken, there was an excuse for breaking it. The verdict Was not to vindicate the character of either party. Although much of the testimony was unfit to be reviewed it was to be said, to the credit of the parties, that they had handled it in delicate details, as carefully and decently as possible. Nearly all of the counsel had observed the same restraint, and he regretted that this could not be said of all the counsel. (Here all eyes were turned to Col. rhil Thompson.) Any revolting standards of manhood which had been set up were not to be weighed as evidence, nor were collateral details to be allowed to obscure the main issue. What credit should placed on the testimony of plaintiff and defendant where they differed was to be judged in the light of the character and lives of the two as shown, and of other circumstances affecting their credibility. After reviewing the contentions of the two parties briefly he read the legal Instruction granted which, have alreafly been printed. Col. Breckinridge sat between MaJ. Butterworth and his son, Desha, with his chin resting on his hand while the instructions were being rerl. The whole charge was in manuscript and Judge Bradley read it in rather a monetonous tone. In explaining one of the instructions the judge said that if the defendant had any Knowledge of improper conduct on the part of the plaintiff when he promised to marry her, if he did, his action condoned those offenses. Explaining another point he s;:ld that the defendant, quoting a Massachusetts opinion, could not be excused from failure to perform a marriage contract by legal inability to fulfill it, because his legal inability did not lessen the damage to the plaintiff from his failure to marry her. There must be grosser impropriety than that by Julian regarding a mock marriage to form an excuse for failure to fulfill a marriage contract, the judge said, and he quoted Julian's testimony. Lewd and lascivious conduct meant more than Julian has testified to, or Rossell. who told only of such acts as were common between people engaged to be married. To sum it all up. if a contrar-t was not made, or it was agreed to with the understanding that it was not to be carried out. the verdict should be for the defendant. If a contract had been made and broken they were to lind for the plaintiff, awarding such damages as they saw fit. Their verdict must be formed upon the preponderance of evidence. The jury retired at 3:07 o'clock. Took Fifteen llnllots. The jury took fifteen ballots before reaching their conclusion. The difference was mainly over the amount of damages to be granted, and there was but one man on the jury who favored the defendant. On the first ballot one juror voted for the defense and hung out for a time, but his colleagues thought he did it more for the sake of argument than because he was strongly in favor of Col. Breckinridge. A number of ballots were required to reach a compromise on the amount of damages to be awarded. Two or three Jurors wanted to give the full amount of J50.000, while the others thought that merely nominal damages would serve to express their 'opinion that the congressman had treated Miss Pollard shabbily. Formal notice of a motion for a new trial was given by the defense. Col. Breckinridge was very cool after the verdict had been rendered. He walked away with his counsel talking with him, but declined to speak at that time for publication, as did his attorneys. Miss Pollard was somewhat excited, but not hysterical, while awaiting the result, and as a woman always does, broke Into tears when she heard it. She declined to be interviewed and her attorneys said that she was anxious to efface herself from the public sight as far as possible, now that the case had ended. The Defendant Score "Wilson. Shortly before midnight Col. Breckinridge, in an interview with an Associated Tress reporter, said he did not Intend to let the litigation end here. If the motion for a new trial be denied he will prosecute an appeal and exhaust every possible legal remedy. He attributes the verdict to the power of public opinion, which Influenced the jury. Said he: "The plaintiff and I will each live our respective lives, the public will become more familiar with the facts and the final judgment I will not fear to meet." He characterized Judge Wilson's speech a an utterly unscrupulous and dishonorable argument, full of false statements and slanderous charges. tirrnt Interest In Kentucky. LOUISVILLE. April 14. A special from Frankfort, Ky., says: "The people of this section watched with interest unsurpassed In Its intensity for the verdict in the Pollard-Breckinrldge trial. The Dally Capitol appeared In an extra Issue a few minutes after the news was received from Washington. In half an hour every man and nearly every woman In the city had heard of and were discussing the verdict. But one person in the whole town has been beard to say that the plaintiff should not have received anything. Breckinridge's friends are doing very littla taikins. Tha consensus of

opinion among the many who openly express any Is that the verdict Is a just one and that it will be folly for him to even think of appearing la this district as a candidate.

The Colonel Will Be Dropped. CHICAGO. April 11. Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge of Kentucky will be dropped from the roll of honorary membership in the Union league club of this city after the verdict Is rendered In the suit now pending In Washington. The announcement was made by an official of the club today after an informal conference of the president and directors. NEW YORK. April 11. The resolution offered in the New York conference last week condemning "Boss" McKane and Col. Breckinridge has been smothered by the "Judicious committee of five," to which it was referred by Bishop Vincent. More Trouble for Brerklnrtriflre. NEW YORK. April 13. A Washington dispatch to a morning paper says It is rvmored that a suit for divorce will be brought by the present Mrs. Breekinrdge Immediately upon the expiration of the present suit. It is said Mrs. Breckinridge turned over a large portion of her fortune to defray the cost3 of the trial, and that she waa nearly prostrated when her husband, on the witness stand frankly confessed, the nature and relatively recent date of his relations with Miss Tollard.' DEATH OF SENATOR VANCE. HIS 51DDBV AXD IXEXPECTED DEMISE AT WAMIIXGTOV. Sufferer from Paralynis and Otlier Afflict tonn Vet III Condition Wan Xot Considered Serious as Hp Had Been Iniprovlug-Skelch of Ills Life. WASHINGTON". D. C. April 11. Senator Vance of North Carolina died at his home, 1728 Massachusetts-ave., this city, at 11:20 o'clock tonight. He had a stroke of apoplexy this morning. He had been suffering for some time from paralysis and a complication! of diseases, but the end was sudden and unexpected. sVThis health, and it was Uhousrht was on the 2KiW;Vroad to recovery. He the winter to leave the senate and go to Florida There he grew somewhat better, and. in view of the struggle over the tariff he 'returned to "Washington. He was a member of the committee on finance, but took little or no part in framing the present tariff bill. Vance. Zebulon T?., fnited States senator from North Carolina, was born in Buncombe county, that state. May 13. Is30: educated at the stale university, and admitted to the bar In He was a member of the leglslatur?, also of congress, previous to the war; a colonel in the confederate army; governor of North Carolina in 1SG2, also In 1S14 and 1S76: and was elected United States senator, first in 1S72, when he was refused admission, aeain in 1S7S. for the third time in 14 and for the fourth time in 1392. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD DEAD. The DintliiKuittbed Jurist Passes Away ot w York. NEW YORK, April 13. David Dudley Field died today at 2 Grammercy-place. Mr. Field arrived from Italy only last Wednesday on the Columbia. He had gone abroad to take Christmas dinner with hl3 only child. Lady Musgrave, and to attend the twenty-first birthday celebration of her eldest son, Dudley Field Musgrave. His daughter is the widow of Sir Anthony Musgrave, who was governor of Queensland. Australia, when he died. She is living at East Grinstead in Sussex, about twenty miles from London. He then traveled about on the continent and took the steamer from Genoa for home. He has been at his home, 22 Grammercy park, since his return and was thought to be In good health for a r-wn of his ape. eighty-nine years. He was taken with pneumonia Wednesday night. He had expected to spend the summer among- the Berkshire hills where he was born. He was engaged in writing his autobiography. Only last Wednesday he remarked: "My one great ambition is to have my codes adopted all over the world. They are written and published. It is only a question of time when they will be accepted." David Dudley Field was born in Hadiam, Conn.. Feb. 3, IXC. He graduated? at Williams, Conn., In 1S25. He was admitted to the bar in 1S2S and began practice In NewYork City. He attained special prominence in connection with his labors in the cause of law reform. As early as he wrote a letter on the reform of the judiciary system and afterward addressed" a commit (ee of the New York legislature on the same subject. He prepared codes which were afterward enacted into laws. The radical design cf his system of civil procedure was to obliterate the distinction between the forms of action and between legal ami equitable suits, so that all tha rights cf the parties in relation to the subjects of litigation can be determined In one action without dividing1 them between different suits. The 6ystem has been adopted In twenty-four states. An eminent English lawyer said that "Mr. Field had done more for the reform of laws than any other man." Although an original democrat, he went over to the republicans in 1S56 and staid with them until 1S78. when he returned to his first love. For eight weeks he filled the unexpired term in congress of Smith Ely, who had1 been made mayor of New York. He supported Mr. Tilden strenuously through the desperate struggle for the presidency. John T. Davis, the Millionaire. ST. LOUIS. April 13. John T. Davis, rated the richest man in Missouri, died at his home here today of kidney disease. He was fifty-two years old and was the son of Samuel C. Davis, who came hero from Boston and was the pioneer wholesale dry poods dealer of this city. The firm established by him has. since his death, been controlled by the son who died today. John T. Davis's wealth has been estimated at J25.OO0.0OO. He leaves a widow and three children, two of them giown. Gm. Slncnni Dead. NEW YORK. April 14. Gen. Henry W. Sloeum died at his residence in Brooklyn today after about a week's illness of pneumonia. The funeral arrangements were partially completed this evening. They will be of a military nature, and every respect will b paid to the dfad soldier and veteran. The services will be held at the church of the Messiah at 2 o'clock on Tuesday. Other Deaths. At Chicago W. I Buchanan, an old and weaJthy resident. He leaves an estate of $GO0.Oti. At Ann Arbor, Mich. Dr. C. Ford of th university faculty. He was eighty years old and has served the university since 1854. THREE CHILDREN CREMATED. Farm Honse Consumed Dne io a Defective Chimney. JANESVILLE. Minn.. April 15.-At 6 o'clock this morning the residenc of August Krlnke, thre miles west of here, was burned and three children, Martha, Augusta and Edith, aired respectively ten. eijrht and six. perished In the fire. Their charred bones were found In the ruins of the house this afternoon. The fire originated from a defective chimney. The father was away and the fire half consumed the building before It was discovered. In her efforts to rescue th children the mother wij b&diy burned.

FARWELL IS RATTLED.

PROFESSIONAL PIETY CASXOT COXTltOL HIS TEMPER And la His Anger He Confesses in Transactions Wiiieh Some People, Who Are ot So Pions, Wonld Call Bather Shady An Interesting Disclosure. CHICAGO, April 13. There were lively times today in Judge Tuley's court room, where the case of Sturges vs. Farwell is on trial. Sturges engineered the great deal by which Farwell and his associates got 5,000,000 acres of Texas land for founding the state house. Farwell is a leading figure In all religious movements. Sturges claims 1 1,27)0,000 commLssons for raising the money in England to carry out the contract. J. V. Farwell was on the stand today and the fun began when he testified that $10,000 was ample remuneration for all Sturges's efforts. Mr. Farwell's statement greatly surprised the plaintiff's attorney, who asked for a repetition, and the capitalist calmly repealed: "I think $10.000 a veryliberal estimate for Mr. Sturges's services." Several times during the day Mr. Farwell lost his temper and shouted his answers to the attorney's cross-examination in a voice that caused judge and spectators much amusement. During the last half hour the court proceedings grew very interesting. Mr. McCarthy, Sturges's attorney, asked about the Kensington contracts, which were nade. one with the company and tne other with the syndicate. The company contract called for 2" per cent, commssion for Kensington on all debentures sold. "Under the contract with the syndicate what bonus was Kensington to receive?" asked the attorney. "Fifty per cent, in capital stock," replied Mr. Farwell. "As a fact, how much was Kensington to receive?" "Twenty-five per cent." "Why, then, was it given as 50 per cent. In the contract, when the real bonu3 was only 25 per cent?" "Because 25 per cent, was to come back in rebates." McCarthy leaned over the bar in his earnestness and thundered out, giving the railing a resounding blow: "Rebates coming back to whom?" "To . me," thundered back Farwell, with a corresponding- thump. "TJien you did not mean that the company should know you were getting that 25 per cent.?" came from the attorney ln the same loud tone. "No, we did not," was the equally vigorous answer. "Whose scheme was that?" "That was Mr. Sturges's echeme." "Poor, wicked Bill," ejaculated Mr. McCarthy. "Yes, pxr, wicked Bill," repeated Mr. Farwell, mockingly. "What of the 25 per cent?" "I have said I took that out for my syndicate." "Then, although you were acting for the company in the name of Kensington, by that rebate contract you were takinar 25 per cent, of the sales and swagging and putting it in your pocket?" "You've got is exactly, Mr. McCarthy. I could not have done It better myself," exclaimed Mr. Farwell. There was a greneral laugh at this, despite the gravity of the situation, in which court, attorneys and defendant joined. "And that Is what you call an honest contract, Is It?" demanded Mr. McCarthy. "That is what 'Bill Sturges called an honest contract." "And poor. Innocent John V. was inveigled into It?" The attorney used his most, sarcastic tone. "i'es, poor, innocent John V. was inveigled into it," mocked Mr. Farwell. The attorney picked up a letter fom Mr. Farwell to Mr. Stevens, stating that he had done enough to ruin his reputation, if not his character, the revelation of which would be sufficient to drive him out of England. "What had you been doiner, Mr. Farwell?" he asked. "Was there any other act of roguery than the taking of the 25 per cent.?" "Oh. the devil." burst out the defendant: "that has nothing to do with it." When McCarthy recovered from his merriment he said: "Don't be profane in court, Mr. Farwell. You are bad enouRh outside." After some more lively sparring the hearing was adjourned until Monday. COMMITTEE MEETS AGAIN. Differences Settled with the Driving Club Other Matters. The executive committee of the state board of agriculture continued in session a part of Thursday. The questions at issue between the state boaid and the Indianapolis driving club were finally disposed of to the satisfaction of both parties. It Is the intention of the board to make the fair grounds a public resort and to rent them out for picnics and other gatherings. The co-opratlon of the driving club to this end was considered worth a division of the receipts from this source, and an agreement to that effect was reached. The committee at its last meeting re ferred the matter of reduced railroad rates for exhibitors to a special committee which reported yesterday that, while no definite agreement had been reached with the railroad companies, the latter had assured them that a better rate than ever before given would be made this year. Messrs. San key, Officer and Kennedy were appointed as a committee on tickets and admissions. During the day the committee made a trip to the fair grounds. A site for the proposed merchants' building was selected and will tie offered to the special committee from the board of trade which has the matter in hand for the merchants. It is proposed to build a hall 240 by forty feet, giving a floor space of nearly 10,000 square feet. Stock in the building will be taken by merchants, who will be entitled to that part of the space which the amount of their stock bears to the whole amount of the stock. The committee also decided to have a reception room fitted up in the administration building for the use of the president of the board and the driving club. A number of other improvements were ordered, sueb. as additional water pipes for the tracks, painting of buildings and small repairing. COWARDLY DEED. Rival for a tllrl's Hand Accused of . Mörder. GALLATIN, Tenn., vApril 14. Lou Lyons has been assassinated here In a cowardly manner. While walking from Howard female college with Miss Callie Screen toward the lattr's home he was shot and instantly killed. A. rival for the attention of Miss Screen is suspected, having been seen loafing about the scene of th murder with a gun under hi vat. He will be lynched if captured I Cnre Nervousness and Constipation. Dr. Shoop's Restorative Nerve Tills aent free with Medical book to prove merit, for 2c stamp. Druggists, 25c. Dr. SLoop. Box X. Raciua, Wis.

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DEMOCRATIC EDITORS. Exrrnlkc Committee of the I'.dl torlitl Association In Sealou. The executive committee of the Indiana democratic editorial association met Friday afternoon at the office cf tate Auditor Henderson. There were present as members of the committee: A. Chapman of tho Madison Herald, Loute Hultman of Uie Brazil Democrat, J. M. Keeney of the Crawfordsv'.ll ftar and B. A. Eaton of this city. There were also present, Mr. C. A. Welman of the Sullivan Democrat, F. D. Haiinbaugh of the Muncie Herald and J. O. Henderson of the Kokomo Dispatch. program was arranged for the summer meeting of the association, which is to be held at West Baden on the Sih and öth of June. The main feature of the program -will consist of five fhort addresses on practical newspaper eubjects and the discussion thereof. J. O. Henderson was appointed a committee to arrange for railroad and hotel accommodations, etc. After considerable discussion the following resolution was adopted by a vote of 3 to 1: "Whereas, The democratic party, through its representatives in thd congress of the United States, is now engaged In a struggle to emancipate the people from the infamous system of tariff taxation and favoritism, of which the McKinley law, now in force, is the culmination; be it "Resolved, That we, the executive committee of the democratic editorial association of Indiana, have watched with pleasure and approval the course of both the senators and all the democratic members of congress from our state, in their heroic efforts to redeem the pledges of the democratic party on the subject of tariff reform, and we hereby piedg-e thern our loyal support in the contest now being waged in the interest of the laboring and producing masses of the people, under the leadership of our honored senators, D. W. Voorhees and David Turpie." The gentlemen present all reported the democracy In their respective localities active and becoming more and more aggressive and united every day. The feeling was that before the campaign is fairly on the party throughout the state will be in good fighting condition with an excellent chance for success at the November election. COLLEGE ATHLETICS. President Pntton of Princeton Thinks Changes "Will He Made. ST. LOUIS, April 15.-J. M. Patton. D. D., LL. D., president of rrinccton college, who is visiting in St. Louis, believes that many changes will take place in the methods of the eastern universities. In an interview he said today; "The athletic craze has gone far enough. While the fäct that athletics tend to improve the morals of the college wnen property conducted is recognized by the faculties of the eastern universities. It is also a fact that in the fierce inter-collegiate contests there is required a deiree of proficiency that cannot be attained without constant practice; consequently It Is lmpos'.ble to excel in studies and at the same time le a member of tho foot ball or base ball teams. It is a difficult problem for educators to solve. A thousand men cannot be controlled like schoolboys, but we are limiting the number of excuses which we accept for absence from classes. Yet we believe that inter-colleglate contests are profitable. It is Impossible to secure the spirit of emulation so necessary to the life of athletic undertakings without inter-colle-giate contests, but they should be conducted so that they would not require so much time as they do now." .Replying to a question concerning coeducation Ir. Patton said: "I am opposed to it. It Is not necessary for me tf state why I am opposed to it. There will never be such a thinx as coeducation at Princeton. I cannot Imagine what would result if a thousand young women were grouped upon our campus. Our facilities are inadequate and we do not favor tne theory-" THRUST FROM THE PULPIT At the Fnuions Strike Order of Judge Jenki ns. . MILWAUKEE,- April 15. United States Judga Jenkins's strike-restraining order was tonight made the object of an attack from the pulpit of Plymouth congregational church by the Rev. Judson Titsworth. He took up Judge Jenkins's assertion that it was not his purpose to take part in the strife between capital and labor and de. clared that this was Just what the court did in the decision. He Intimated that Judge Jenkins was biased ami assumed too much when lie declared violence would follow a strike of Northern Pacific employes. The decision was characterized as too sweeping, as Interfering with the rierhts of individuals. Sir. Titsworth criticised the statement in the decision that a strike was a conspiracy and declared that corporations formed greater conspiracies than workmen dared to attempt. If you decide to take Hood's Rarsaparilla do not be induced to buy any substitute article. Take Hood's and only Hood's. The old saying goes "You may lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." As a general proposition this is true, but we should hesitate to assert that Prof. Magner couldn't make a horse drink If he wished to. The way in which Mr. Magner handles horses seems little short of miraculous, and the. best of It is he is Villlng and has the ability to transmit a great deal of his wonderful power to others. In the Standard Horseand Stock Rook, which The Sentinel is offering its readers in parts at ten cents each. Is clearly explained how vicious colts 'rr stallions may in a few minutes be mde gentle and safe to drive, how to cure balking, halter pulling, shying:, etc. In fact, this book gives all the directions necessary for the handling of any kind of a horse, sick or well. In all circumstances. You ouch t to have It see our offer In advertising Columns.

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