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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20
THE STAR ROUTE TRIALS,
A Mixed and Unsatisfactory Ver-
dict.
Foreman Dicks0n's Disclosures Rcgartl-
ing Attempts 10 Bribe the JuIy.
waiting for the verdict.


The jury came into court twice on satur-
day, the 9th, but reported no agreement, and
asked for further instructions These were
s,ren by Judge wyiie at considerable length,
and their general tendency was strongly
against the defendants. The Judge sahl:
IF you believe that these defenduke or
any of them, are guilty OF this Gems! facy
that is one step settled When you reach
that conclusion sink a post there, and, that
question being settled. the next one is as to
uhe overt acts, and there are forty or fifty
pages OF this indictment employed IN setting
out distinct overt acts. If any one of those
overt acts Is correctly set out and such an
act corresponds with the Indictment il is
enough, though all the others may be incor-
rectly set out"
Ingersoii--"l would like the court further
to instruct the jury that il is impossible to
make any one defendant responsihl for the
act of any other, unless the fact of con-
spiracy has been established beyond reason
able doubt And further"
Il am not going, exclaimed his Honor de-
cidedly. "to have this question argued any
more. This is talk between the Jury and
myself, The time for argument has passed
In regard to the overt acts on the Verruillion
and Siou Falls route If there be paper in
the case requiring Interpretation, that inter
probation belongs to the court and there is
no question between the court and jury on
such proposition as that, and it is absolute
ly the business of the court to interpret writ
ten instruments; and read in the Indictment
the description of an overt act in regard to a
certain route, and read on jackets produced
here description of an overt act done by
one of the defendants; and that description
corresponded TO the last and minutest partie-
ular, with the description in the indictment
1t became the duty of the court TO say 10
you, gentlemen, that il you believed that
Jacket Is a genuine paper, and the order,
signed Do it, Brady was written by Brady,
there is no escape-that the overt act is
proved"
Counsel for defense excepted to almost
every word the Judge uttered, and Judge
Wylie remarked:
"Of course you don't like the law. Every
word say is Objectionable TO you. II make
mistakes, however, you have an appeal"
On Sunday morning, the 10th, the court
was again called to order, and in q short
time the jury filed in and reported they had
not agreed upon verdict, whereupon the
court informed them ne would apply in their
case the rules of common law. and send them
to Che regular Jury room IN the Court House
II 5e kept without light, fire or any of the
comforts of civilized society" until they
agreed upon a verdict
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

persons, prominent among them a man
under Indictment for robbery and n self
confessed participant in three-card monte
cases lately punished in our court by the
conviction OF the men against whom this
party turned States evidence The Jurors
were followed, and decoys of various kinds
adopted to insnare them into the commits
sion of wrong act Efforts were frequently
made to draw them into conversation upon
the merits of the case. I have received
gumber of anonymous letters, and marked
papers were daily sent me, all containing
matter intended to influence the mind
Malicious lies were circulated and pub
lished about the Jury being seen lunchiag
with defendants and drinking at their ex-
pense, all of which wer. false. Intimda-
tions of every character were resorted to,
and systematic attempts made 10 tsTToTize
the jury by threatening them. Some of
them were charged with drunkenness. One
OF them, Holmead, informed me early In the
proceedings that lawyer named Falls had
interviewed him. telling him he was an OH
Ger of the Department of Justice and had
desired him To ascertain by watching my
notes, as jotted down the salient points of
testimony, and report to him their import
He told Holmead he was authorized to act by
Che Attorney General, and was assigned to
look after him; that il was a question wheth-
er Judge Freeman or Falls should be dele
gated to take care of Holmead, and finally H.
was decided 90 appoint Falls He urged Hoi-
mead to act with him and aid him with in
formation, and said it would result in his
Falls0 advancement, and that Holmead
would lose nothing by ii. / cautioned Hol-
mead when he told me- in June, to pay no
attention to Falls, or any one who attempted
TO mislead him. Fails repeated his visit to
Holmead at intervals and renewed his efforts
to inveigle him until Holmead threatened
to kick him out of his store Our places Of
business were invaded by 'spotters;' our
employees were solicited TO tell who we con-
versed with, and what our sentiments were
on the subject of the trial; and our wives
were not safe from interviewers and over
Jealous agents. The first personal knowledge
/ had of the presence of jury -fixer' was
when Henry A. Bowen made proposition to
me 10 convict the defendants, and promised
me s25000 His cool audacity was charming,
and he unhesitatingly exhibited TO me his
letters of appointment as Special Agent of
the Department of Justice"
A Washington telegram states that Attor-
ney General Brewster has directed the Gov
ernment counsel, by q telegram from New
port, to make preparations for a speedy
retrial of the defendants, upon whom the
Jury failed to agree He also authorized the
recall of Mr.. Brewster Cameron from San
Francisco if it was found necessary to clear
UP the alleged bribery of Foreman Dickson
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20
POLITICAL.
Gatherings of the Party Clans,
Nominations, Platforms, Etc.
COLORADO anEExpAcKEns.

COLORADO GREENDAcKERs.
A Denver dispatch says that at the State
Greenback Convention George W. Way was
nc.uinated for Governor, +. o. Saunders for
Lieutenant Governor, and l. j. Herzinger
for Secretary of State. The convention was
somewhat stormy, the question of ineorpor-
ating prohibition clause in the platform
dividing the delegates into bitter factions
for time. In the night session, and when
the business of the convention was nearly mt
an end, AN anti prohibition delegate created
a sensation by introducing resolution con-
demning tho deliberations of the body. The
for while and nearly caused an open re-
volt in the convention, but the Chairman, by
dispassionate rulings and interference, sue
ceeded In patching up the difficulty
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBIIcANs
A Philadelphia dispatch reports an I'm
portant meeting Of leading Republicans at
the Office of John WEIGH, for the purpose of
taking steps to secure the withdrawal Of
both Beaver and Stewart and the selection
of q candidate for Governor who would be
ecceptable To both factions There were
pressnt John WEIGH, Thomas Cochran, Amos
L. Little, Joseph Wharton and Edwin
N BENSON The meeting was con-
Quoted with the utmost secrecy.
ing broke up without any conclusion being
reached
NEBRASKA AANTI-PRoHBIIIoSIsrs.
The nti-Prohibitionists of Nebraska held
q convention at f,oyd's Opera House, In
Omaha, on the ilth inst There was large
attendance from all parts of the State Hes
olut.ons were adopted pledging the mem
hers OF the convention to do their utmost "a
prevent the election this fail of Prohibition
candidates, and requiring those who should
receive their support TO pledge themseive'
to work against prohibition.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS
The Republicans of New Hampshire met
In State Convention st Concord, and on tn,
fourth ballot nominated Samuel W. Hall, ol
Keene. for Governor The Committee on
Resolutions reported reafiirming the faith ol
New Hampshire Republicans In thoss
principles which have given liberty, peacs
and prosperity TO the whole country; lament
ting the death Of President Garfield. and ex
pressing confidence In his successor Thl
tariff plank is ms follows. we reaffirm am
indorse the principles OF q protective tarif
as the safeguard Of American Industries. bJ
which our great manufacturing Interest,"
have been foStered and maintained. ans
American labor protected against ruinou
! competition and scantily paid labor OF foreig'
uattone'
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20
THE HARVEST.
Five Hundred and Twenty Million
Bushels of Wheat Raised
This Year.
The Putato-HllIs Look as Though They
Would Yield $50, 100000
Bushels.

The wheat crop report of the National De
partment of Agriculture for September SAYS:
The result of the spring wheat harvest is
i'm close accordance with the indications OF
the August report The quality is good and
the Weld above the average. The genera!
condition of winter and spring wheat when
harvested is represented by lpo, an aver ge
rarely attained Since harvest in parts of
the winter-wheat region, especially Mlchl-
gan and Indiana, some millions OF bushels
have been lost by sprouting in the stack.
There has also been some loss OF spring
wheat from the same cause IN Wisconsin
and other states The Ohio valley has nearly
as large product as in lsio Ohio, Indiana
AMI Illinois have apparently secured about
I42 600 400 bushels. The South has Increased
botn hcr acreage and tine yield per acre. Inc
aggregate winter wheat, as Indicated Dy the
Sei,tember returns, is about 3Sl, l,oDOUvo bush
els. of spring wheat about Nv, ,Vnoo, or o9,-
ODO.OOO in all The thrashing test may
slightly modify these figures The first
thrashino generally exceeded the expecta-
tions. Later thrashng has In many sections
been disappointing. IL IL quite certain that,
per capita, the supply of wheat will not he
quite so large as in 1879 or loSn
cable message from our statistical agent
In London, dated Sept IL, Is as follows:
-The reported Improvement in European
crops In confirmed The wheat crop of Ger
many is better than was expected France
is full average The price OF wheat IL con
stantiy failing everywhere Vienna CLAIMS
the world wheat supply is above average"
The average condition OF potatoes in August
was IOl. 1t has fallen in September TO W.
Last wear the decline during August
was from % to ~, and continued IN o
greater ratio till harvest The prospect Is
now favorable for crop Of not less than
$50 oOO. OO0 bushels from the present outlook
The decline has been the heaviest In New
England and New York. The prospects have
improved In Maryland and Virginia, were
well maintained in the Ohio valley and lake
region. and have not materially changed
west OF the Mississippi Only Wisconsin and
Kansas OF the Western States fail 70 show
averages of 100 or higher. Maine stands the
lowest--at G5,
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

At convention of the Republicans Of
South Carolina, held at Columbia, and pre-
sided over by & J. Lee (colored), it was de-
cided TO make no nominations for state ON
GERS. The following resolution, offered by
Congressman MacSay, was adopted:
Res0lrpd, That the Convention OF the Union
Republican party OF South Carolina, while re-
pudiating the financial principles advocated by
the Grecn'ack party, and feetiirming the prin-
cipies OF the Unlrs Republican party. do recon-
mend that at the aext general election the voters
OF the state In the interest OF free ballot and
fam count, cast their ballots. as Republicans for
the State %cket nominated by the Greenback-
Labor Convention ON the 9Th inst.
resolution was adopted recommending
that ''ie Republicans support B s. Cash, the
independent candidate for Congress in the
FIFTH district
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS.
The Democratic State Convention of New
Hampshire, held ut Concord, was presided
over by stilson Hutchins, late of Dubuque,
St. Louis and Washington, but now resi-
dent Of Lacouia, n H. Martin Van Buren,
Edgerly was placed in nomination for Gov
ernor on the first ballot Thomas G. GRAY,
Alden u. Smith and Henry A. Emerson were
nominated for Railroad Commissioners The
resolutions demand radical reform in State
expenditures; equal taxation OF property,
individual and corporate; the passage Of the
Anti -Bribing bill; the abolition of monopo-
lies; puritcation of the civil service, State
and national, and a strict enforcement of the
Prohibition law.
SRw HAMPSHIRE agEgsEacggss
The National Greenback Labor party Of
New Hampshire, in State Convention at Man
chester, declared against fusion with either
of the present parties. and favored n general
railroad law John r. woodbury. was nomi-
mated tor Governor and Lafayette Moore,
wendall p. Ella and John T. Norwood as
Railroad Commissioners Lafayette Chesley
was nominated for Congress for the First
district, and George Carpenter for the Sec
<,ud fliafriolk
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

An Ohio wo,len mill which was not
running to suit the ideas of certain
stockholders called meeting of AL on
o certain day to see what could be done.
One stockholder Sid bis mind was firm
ly made up TO petition the court to APP
point receiver, and the President at
once arose and replied: "Yes, that's one
way. We haze $4,000 in cash on hand.
and are earning profit Of $4,000 per
month. One way is to put receiver in
here, and at the end Of six months have
nothing but mill-race and an empty
mill to show for our money; and the
other way is 70 DIVIDE up wnat VIC nave
on hand and sell out TO new company.
My idea is that, il there is to he any
stealing done, we'd better do it our-
selves and from our own money The
meeting decided 10 steal.--WaH Street
Neirs.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20
anE LOVES ME-LovKs ME yor~

twinkle in the soft brown eyes,
And on her lips a smile:
And rippling through the red gold hair
The sunbeams play the while
She plucks the daisies leaf bv leaf.
And TO the ground forgot
The petals shower, while she brcsthes.
He loves me, loves me not"
She fingers at the garden gate,
But smiles have died away;
she watches, h';t re comes MOI, t;ioagh
The twilight shades fall gray.
The dcws drop on the bended head.
The moon is rising now;
There're longing eyes that watch beneath
The hand that shades her brow
Oh! fairest maid, watch not, but let
The tears thy pale check blot
Thy lover lieth meath the stream,
Tie loved but cOmcth mott
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20
Alleged Attempts tn Bribe the Jury-sensa-
tional Disclosures by Foreman Dickson.

tionai Disclosures by Foreman Dickson.
Foreman Dickson's attention having been
called 10 published interview with Mer-
rick, in which he made remarks rejecting
upon his integrity, Dickson replied: We'll,
Il may suit Merrick TO FIRE. and fumc and
say unkind and unjust things about men who
were sworn TO perform their duty and per-
formed that trust I'm n fearless and couscien-
tious manner according to their honest coa-
viction OF law and evidence. But IL hc will
turn his attention to the Department of JUS
tice, OF which he Is now an officer, and purify
the atmosphere Of that institution and
aid in exposing attempted bribery charge
and the corrupt practices Of his suboTSiinates,
he will do the Government good service. No
one has higher appreciation of Menick
than | have. and | have ever priced his
friendship, and doubt II he Is aware of the
damnabio transactions which have occurred
since the commencement of the star-route
cases A system Of espionage was established
by the Department OF Justice, and In
that employ were q number Of dirrcputable
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

EVERY person in Canada over 0 yoarr
of age has the right to receive personal
" letters addressed to him OF hc-. 5
husband receiving his wife's corresponds
ence, or father taking letters for la.
child, is guilty of misdemeanor.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20
TN DREAMING.
TO MT COUSIN JOE.

him dreaming, sadly dreaming,
OF the days OF Auld Lang syne,
|ot the loved ones dead and hopes that fed
Beyond this earthly CLINE.
|ot the long bright days Of my childhood's youth.
when free as bhd strayed
Meath magnolias shade mid fairy bowers,
While the shadows around me played.
|rhe castles in air built those days
Have crumbled about mine ears,
md nothing now is left TO me
Save the memory Of those years
n Axe summer clouds or mornings dew,
our youths bright visions fade,
|Whpe one by one our dearest dreams
All in the grave are laid.
.We love 10 muse on those bright days;
They light with radiant beam.
|NbiIe memory brings them back 10 MS
Like music In dream.
|ys dream of the loved on the farther shore
Away DER the silent river,
hlnd almost wish that the time was near
To embark on the Stygi1n river,
when we, trusting, shall wait at Heavens gate.
Like the Peri In olden story,
And hope that our gift may be like he1s-
The key 10 immortal glory
RVhen all the loves of our youth are dead,
. And naught but ashes remain,
Ne shall treasure the dust as a sacred trust,
TIL in heaven we meet again
-Kaasas CiiU Times.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

Run not into debt. either for wares
sold or money borrowed; be contont TO
want things that are not Of ebsolute
necessity, rather than TO ruin up the
x..,,.,. Sir A. Hat.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

IT is said that the debt Of the world
Is over $4,000 0o0, 600. bat so long as i
is not in shape Of contested will the
lawyers may gnasA their teeth ] rain
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

ARKANSAS has man who asks the
people to look up to kim because a Gov
ernor of that State once called him q
liar.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-20

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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-14

them. They won in 1879 without the
least encouragement from the Republican
party in or out Of Virginia. They made
the negroes their friends and had their
votes. What has been done may be
done again. We do not say that
in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, or
Texas an Independent party could at the
outset accomplish what was done in Vir.
ginia But we do say that theanti-Bour-
bon Democrats in those States can show
their hands. Let them stand up and be
counted in the congressional elections
this year. Let them burn the bridges
behind them.
Let them be so denounced by the Bour-
bons that no Republican need doubt the
safety of going to the rescue of their in
dependent campaign, Above all, let
them not wait to be. appointed to Office.
What we want is bold recruits, not camp
followers Win your spurs. Despise
favors until you are known as
anti-Bourbons by your works. If
the failure to get places can dampen your
ardor you had better remain where you
are. The Bourbon party must be broken
by men who think it ought to be de-
stroycd. 1t will never yield to the slow
disintegration caused by desertions of
place-hunters. The way to break Bour-
bonism in the South is for progressive
men to leave it and defy it. And it will
be broken.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-14

White Point, down the Potomac, will be Tue OBJ.
iectve point for excursiOnNts from this city dur
ing the summer II Count Eugene Mitkewicz con-
summaries the arrangements now in progress. lie
is the gentleman who successfully
opened and conducted the Lower Cedar
Point excursion grounds last summer. He also
discovered and opened up tho wonderful oyster
,I nrcnios bivnIrns Iaet Scasnn ma rr"ct n
brought to light the hidden resources OF the PO-
tomuc and put ndw lite and zeal into
II class of people who never knew what energy
meant until the Count made his appearance
among them. Employment was given by the
Count last summer to hundreds Of poor COOred
men in Maryland aud Virginia, thus amCliOratng
their condition. After leaving Cedar Point Nit.
kiewicz opened number of hidden oyster bed,
in the Wicomico River and at Lancastcr's Landing
Fifteen hundred men are employed there at pres.
cnt in shipping oysters North. The probabilities are
that the lower Potomac will present busy scene
ofactlylty In II few weeks time.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-14
Texas.


Texas probably is the most liberal of
all the Southern States in its tolerance of
difference in political opinion. Certainly
it leads all of the Gulf States in that re-
spect. When il is remembered that un-
der the lead of Sam Houston in 1859
Texas gave ten thousand majority against
the extreme Southern Democracy, and
for the time checked the wild ideas of
Wigfall, the cause of its liberal feeling
will be apparent. Thousands of men who
fought in the confederate ranks never
had any admiration for those who madly
plunged their State into an unnecessary
war Many of those who have voted the
Democratic ticket have been making
notes Of the fact that the leaders who
opposed the Bourbons have been ignored.
1t need not surprise any one if u Ma.
hone arises in Texas, and, with plat
form broad enough to let Independent
Democrats, Greenbackers, and Republi-
cans stand upon, succeeds in redceming
the Empire State of the Southwest. II
those who rallied under Houston ban
ners will proclaim the Union, the Constitu-
ton, and the enforcement of the laws, as
they stand written there will be music in
the air, But yesterday " Gath published
Governor Robertss criticisms of Houston.
If leader whom that old hero trusted
lifts the banner OF revolt and unites In
dependents and the friends of progress
in that State the utterances of Roberts
against the memory of Houston will do
much to drive him and his Bourbon crew
from power. Win all elements unite?
There are enough dissatisfied to carry
Texas by rousiug majority for liberal
| 1.-Two man
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-14
How to Rreak pourbonism.

The men who are to break up Bour-
bonism in the South must be men Of
heroic mould, They must have earnest
opinions and must have the courage Of
their convictions, They must be indf-
fcrent TO the SCOTS Of the devotees Of tho
Past They must expect some disagree.
able experiences. When Malone and
his followers broke from the Bourbon
ranks in Virginia they were not allured
by Federal spoils, They encountered
the earnest opposition Of President
Hsyes's administration and of every Re-
publican in Yirginia,Iwho either misun-
derstood, distrusted, or was jealous OF
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-14

On motion of Mr.. Ellis, the Senate bill
was passed providing for one appraiser and
two assistant appraisers at the port New Orleans
instead of two appraisers and one assistant ap-
praiser, as at present.
On motion of Mr. Petigrew, bill wns
passed to accept and raufy an agreement with
the shoshones and Bannock Indians for the sale
ofa portion of their reservation in Idaho Territory
required for the Use OF the Utah and Northern
Railroad Company. The morning hour having
been dispensed with, the House at l2aOl went into
Committee OF the Whole (Mr Robinson, of Mas.n-
chnsctts, in the chair on the tariff commission bill
Mr.. UpdCgraf Of Ohio, concluded his speech in
favor of protective as opposed to q frec.trHde
tariff or u tariff for revenue Ouly,
The committee then rose.
Mr.. Davis, OF Illinois, from the Committee on
Mil nry Affairs, reported bill granting the
right OF way for railroad purposes through land
Of the United States near Dover, N, j. House
calendar.
on motion Of Mr. Geddes the Senate bill was
passed nppr0prilting $4,000 for the erection of
a monument over the grave Of Thomas Jefferson.
Mr.. Ketchaln. from the Committee ON Appro.
prlations reported back the District OF Columbia
appropriation bill. Referred to the Committee of
the Whole
The House then lat 5:3Ol adjourned