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ENWIN CLOSES.
End of the Long Speech of the Attorney
for the Defense.

End of the Long Speech of the Attorney
for the Defense.
Nh Erwin closed his speech at 10
o'clock
Nh Erwin touched lightly upon the
relationship existing between the mur-
dercd girl and the defendant. The lat
ter had the greatest confidence in her
and was willing to assist her in busi-
ness way. He pointed out that Harry
expected return of the So, 500 preyi-
ously given, and looked for it at that
time. Harry's own testimony, he
claimed. was the best evidence of this.
He had acted i'll a most natural manner
i'll not at first pushing his claim. His
suspicious, too, We're natural, when he
discovered that she was out on secret
drives with other people.
e Erwin then touched briefly on the
testimony of some of the other wit
nesseS and closed as follows:
II have endeavored to analyze the
testimony, believing that you would do
st before passing upon the case. I have
kept my ambitions back in order to
assist yol have done the best I could:
have given you the analysis as far as 1
could. Icannot help being impressed
that this case is the most monstrous
prosecution ever made That this is
true is due to no one man. | am here
to protest against this coming breaker
of iconoclasnl. If you, III obedience to
the tremendous pressure brought upon
you to tear down all rules of common
sense and to become blind creatures,
then is the only bulwark of civilization
washed out from its foundation
IF this union between the highway
robber and murderer is to move you,
then tell Your artisans to take down
from your court houses the angel of
Justice. Tell them to put in her place
the figure of diseased terrible
wanton, the hag Of hell Take down
your flag. the flag Of your republic, the
red, the white and the blue, and bid
your officers lift up in the heaven that
polished, black fiend Of hellish perjury,
human tiger. Tear down the monu-
ments Of your martyrs Your honor, !
am done leave my client in this
jury's hand. And you, gentlemen, are
in the hands of God No power can
harm, OF mar, on hold, on control yonr
verdict You are the conscience of this
nation, and beware You do not be-
tray il.
Mr. Erwin finished his matchless plea
at exactly 10 o'clock.
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HAYWARD WAS COOL.

Nothing More sublime That His Nerve
Ever Witnessed.
Under similar circumstances Il cooler
man than Harry Hayward when he
entered the courtroom to hear the ver-
diet of the jury never lived.
His dress was immaculate, as usual,
and lie walked with the same cultivated
stride that is one Of his characteristics,
to the chair he has occupied for so omany
weeks past. That he anticipated what
the verdict was to be seemed apparent
i'll the angry manner with which he
threw his hat on the attorneys table
The force was SO great that a rent was
made i'll the crown of the derby.
Slrmaker turned to his client and
bcsought him to keep cool, whatever the
verdict
Don t show amy temper, Harry he
said. This is not the time to dc
thai.
Tic injunction had the des red ef,
fecr. Hayward strA ghterd out the
sleeves Of his wsilft5 ~ go it, sat down,
crossed his legs and faced the Jurors.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-03-15

He was breathing so heavily that every
brea h was almost gasp, but the pass
age from the Jail to the court room was
through Il hostile and desperate crowd
and it was hurriedly made. He sat
there amid the solemn silence of the big
room. scanning the faces of his II
co,1ntrymen, one by one, as if to learn
in advance whether any ray Of hope
lurlSed behind their impassiveness. The
iurymen looked stern and sad. The
story they had to tell could be read in
their faces, and Hayward knew his fate
before a word had been spoken. No
spectators We're admitted. The only
persons present when the verdict was
handed i'll were police officers, sheriff S
Deputies and reporters, besides the judge
and clerks Outside 4 bowling, anxious
| mob awaited the news, and awaited it
with ghoulish impatience.
When Judge Smith arrived, he issued
strict orders to admit no one, and the
Injunction was religiously observed.
Kcblet. the deputy clerk asked i'll ?
trenulous voice whether the jury had
agreed upon verdict, and Neil Nc
Neil, the foreman, stood up. His face
was CHASTITY in it's color, and there was
not a man on the jury unaffected by
the intense gravity Of the situation.
Timberlake' S dark eyes shone like sloes
from his ashen visage, and even the
farmer members We're visibly Mortified
with the stern duty devolving upon
them
They Had Agreed.
"We have agreed, said Mcneil, III a
voice that was scarcely audible, and the
folded piece Of paper that meant life OF
death to the accused was handed to the
clerk. Judge Smith looked over the
document first and returned it to Deputy
Clerk Kobler
I'VE, the jury, find the prisoner
guilty" he read. Every eye was turned
toward the condemned man. Ihere
was nothing in his face to indicate tha'
he had heard word of it, he threw
his head back as the word ''guilty was
pronounced but it was only to adJus
his collar band He did not change
co,or by a single shade. Twice NJ
; coughed-that strange hard, metalll
) cough that has been heard so often II
; the last few weeks. Then lookln:
around at the crowd he raised his eye
brows inquirngly as though to ask
, What next"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-03-15
MONOPOLY DOWNED.
The Montana Legislature Cuts Loose from
the American Book Concern.

The Montana Legislature Cuts Loose from
the American Book Concern.
HELENA, Mon, March 9.-The legis-
lature adjourned at midnight For the
past fonr OF five days nothing was done
but to act on appropriation bills and bills
for amending the new codes to conform
to the present laws. Late in the night
the house passed the senate bill making
an entire new law for the government
os the schools of the state. Very few
members, and those all opponents
Of the American Book company.
knew that this law wiped out from
the codes the law continuing the pres
ent school book contract in force in case
the legislature failed to make new
contract. When the present contract
expires in July every district can select
its own books. 1t is openly charged
that various book companies have spent
thousands of dollars only to have the
| field thrown ODen
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-03-15
READY TO SETTLE.
Reported That Bond Fovgcr Pierce Has
offered to Compromise.

YANKToN, s. D., March 9-It is al
most certain that j. +. M. Pierce, Of
school bond notoriety, has been in COM
munication with parties i'll Yanlkton re-
Gently, and events have come to light,
also, that indicate that one of Pierce's
principal creditors, and the man who
first began attachment proceedings
against Mr.. Fierces property, was thor
oughly conversant with Nh. Pierce's
acts, and protited by them, it is said, to
a considerable extent Now he plays
the injured creditor. One very peculiar
phase OF the Pierce frauds is the indif-
ference on the part of his victims to
prosecute hini, or even to make search
for him That he has had his agents at
work to effect a compromise, is plainly
apparent, and it is believed that during
the past week he has made overtures
tending to 4 settlement.
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as serious us II was tnougn1 II wOulu ue.
On the advice Of his physicians, how
ever, he will be compelled to remain in
bed for at least Il month
No Relatives Present.
At the request of the attorneys for the
defense, none of the relatives of the
prisoner We're i'll the room when the YER
dict was read. Mr.. and Mrs w. w
Hayward. the prisoners parents, We're
both prostrated at the end Of the morn
ing Sc sion. All through the progress
of the cas- they have stood the strain
well, bur the nealncSS of the end was
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-03-15

During the polling of the jury, he lis
tened with evident interest to the an
swers, though what they might be
could signify nothing to him. The en-
preston in his face was one of indigna-
tion rather than any other sentiment.
Judge Smith then voiced his thanks to
the jury for their labors i'll connection
with the case
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Jefferson City Scared.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March S.-The
capital is experiencing smallpox scare.
1t is asserted that the disease exists in
several towns within a few miles of
jefferson City. The state board OF
health met with Governor Stone and
issued proclamation, prohibiting
sheritfs Of all the counties in Missouri
from bringing prisoners to the state
penitentiary while the smallpox exists
in so many towns i'll the state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-03-15

Dul ullt vi tilS Jul iiO lio0
tened with evident interest to the an
swers, though what they might be
could signify nothing to him. The en-
preston in his face was one of indigna-
tion rather than any other sentiment.
Judge Smith then voiced his thanks to
the jury for their labors i'll connection
with the case.
Thought 1t an Outrage.
When the court announced that SEN
tence would be deferred until Monday
morning, Hayward was evidently
pleased. He expressed the opinion,
while being removed from the court
room, that the verdict was an outrage,
and that he was long way from the
hangman yet.
Albeit Hail. the assistant county at
torney, received the verdict in a man.
ner that said as plainly as words 81
knew it, When he rose to move an
immediate sentence, Hayward half
smiled and then glowered at the
states lawyer in an enraged manner.
He feels keen dislike for Hall on ac-
count of certain early incidents in the
case, and has lost no opportunity to
make this plain.
Had Strong Guard.
At 2:45 Hayward was taken down
down stairs and led back to Jail under a
police guard.
In the belief that trouble might occur
if the verdict exonerated Hayward, a
force Of determined officers had been de
tailed to duty in the courtroom and
vicinity. An immense crowd awaited
the prisoners coming. He grinned at
the mob as it pushed forward over the
pavement toward him, and it is doubt
full whether Harry Harvard would have
regretted an opportunity to mix matters
with some of the noisiest. He was
taken across the street on dog trot,
with the yelling multitude at his heels.
Good bye Harry, old boy" cried one
man at the top of his voice
You're dead duck y
mot yet, said Hayward, loud enough
to be heard i'll a radius of 20 feet mot
quite dead duck yet.
Matters looked threatening for Il time
The officers massed around their pris.
oner detcrminedly, and there would
have been serious trouble had any effort
been made of attack. The entrance OF
the jail was at last reached and a side
dodge sent a dozen members of the
crowd flying in different direc.
tions. Whatever the demonstration
may have meant it resulted in nothing
Hayward was safely lodged III his cell
Reached II Verdict on First Ballot.
In the courtroom after the Jurors
We're discharged dozens of friends
crowded around them and there was ar
old fashioned reunion. No restriction
remained on the jury and they WERE
willing to tell all about their delibera
tions from the MON mt of retiring. 1t
was learned that on the first vote takel
unanimous verdict Of guilty wa
reached This vote was not taken rn
til after dinner. There was not thu
shadow of dispute as to what the yer
dict should he. 1t took but a nonen
to clear the courtroom. After announc
ing that sentence would be deferred til
Monday morning Judge Smith at one
left tle bench.
The iurymeu were conducted to tn
clerli' Off where they We're paid thei
: seven weeks work, and then returned t
their homes Samuel II. Dyer, tn
Juror w@o;e illness came 50 near CON
p9l.ing :, HeW tr.ul of this case will nc
| be taErr iu until mosn!ng. Durin
+ the ,st few days he has taken a tnr
for the better and his condition is nC
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read, John Day Smith and Shuma1er
counsel for the defense, expressed the
greatest confidence i'll acGuittal Hall,
the assistant county attorney, moved
for immediate sentence, but owing to
the absence Of Mr.. Erwin, the leader of
the defense, passage of sentence was
postponed until Monday morning at 10
o'clock
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too much for them to contemplate.
Adry Hayward has not been in court for
the last week He has been seen at va.
rious rlu es i'll the city, still in the com.
pany of Il deputy sheriff, but he has
avoided the vicinity Of the courtroom.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-01-16
SEISMIC SHOCKS.
Many Indiana Towns Feel the Peeulia
Vibrations of Earthoualsos.

Many Indiana Towns Feel the Peculiar
Vibrations of Earthquakes.
PRINCETON, Ind, Jan. I5.-Two dis
tinct earthquake shocks were felt here
Sunday night at and at / o'clock.
Further reports show that the earth
quake was felt at OwensvilIe, Patoka.
Hazelton, Oakland City and other points
in the county.
AT Patcka the shock was severe,
shaking dishes and other articles from
shelves and damaging plastering on
walls. Report comes in that at Union,
small town 10 miles north Of this
city, the shock was severe and did much
damage to houses, especially brick ones.
The shocks were preceded BY ru1n-
bling noises, lasting several seconds
followed by vibrations from. southwest
to northeast. The FIRST shock was light
and OF short duration. The second last
ed some seconds. She Jerking motion
was followed by deep rumbling.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-01-16
NEwFouNDLeNp AEeAIRs

Government in Correspondence with
Canada About Confederation.
ST. JOHN, N. F., Jan. 15.--The share.
holders of the suspended Union bank
will meet when full report of the con-
dition of the institution viii be laid be-
fore them. 1t is feared that this report
will not make as good showing as was
at first hoped. A number of the repre-
sentatives of the Bank of Quebec ar
rived here, intending to open here a
branch of their bank.
1t is reported that the government
here is in correspondence with the
Canadian government regarding terms
for Newfoundland's admission into the
Canadian confederation The whole
question, it is understood, will be pre-.
sented to the colonial legislature next
week.
Nothing appears to have been done
by the authorities as yet in the matter
of government provision for relief of the
prevalent restitution and distress. The
governor, however, is in constant cable
communication with the imperial au-
thorities.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-01-16
From CharIeston.

CHARLESTON, January Is, 1895.
The Legislature is now in full
working order as all the Committees
of the two Houses have been named
by the presiding officers.
Nearly every memberof the Leg
islature is loaded down with bills
and consequently the journals of the
two Houses is encumbered with
many bills and resolutions that will
never see the lighto of day, after they
reach the Committees to which they
are referred.
The Virginia debt, or rather the
"West Virginia certificates" are
causing a good deal of trouble, and
what is the most surprising, there
are many members who profess to
believe that West Virginia should
pay many millions of this debt. A
strong lobby with plenty of money,
representing the syndicate, that
hold these certificates, are here, and
if they do not get in their work for
their masters, at this session, it will
be no fault of the lobbyists.
The most important bills to be
considered at this session, now
ready to be referred to the COM
mittees, are these Reducing the
levy for State purposes from twenty
five cents to twenty cents on the
500 valuation increasing the levy
for school purposes from ten to
fifteen cents the distribution of the
permanent school fund providing
for the compensation, by salary and
fees, for the Auditor and Secretary
of State.
There is likely to be a very
strong fight for an appropriation
for the Insane Hospital at Spencer.
In his message, Governor Mac
Corkle says he does not deem it
wise to expend any more of the
States money in the erection of
buildings for the Institution, until
it is clearly demonstrated that a
sufficient supply of water can be OBJ
tanned for the use of that Institution.
This is taken as a recommendation
of the Governor to the Legislature
not to make any appropriation at
this session for the Institution.
Senator Hardman is decidedly of
the opinion that an appropriation
should be made. He says there
will be no difficulty il obtaining an
abundance of waterfor the supply
of the hospital, and he will nontend
for this appropriation.
The Republican caucus nominal
ton of Hon. Stephen B. Elkins, for
United States Senate to succeed
Hon. Johnson n Camden, was a
happy solution diculty, that
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-01-16
To the Public.

Our would-be competitors
who feel bad because we have
captured the Clothing and
Shoe trade by our LOW
PRICES, are spreading the
report that we would shortly
leave here, which report is
false in every particular.
We have come to stay, and
stay we will.
We will say furthermore, as
soon as we can get a suitable
room we will open a 6rst-class
Dry Goods and Notion Store
in connection with our present
store, where we will sell Dry
Goods at CUT PRICES that
will startle the people.
Respectfully,
JORDAN BROS.
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looked at one time, - would
ruin tho party HIS ination
seems to be generally ptable to
the Republicans And Mr..
Elkin's politics, be win make a
popular Senator, and will 8 credit
to the State
The Legislature IS 70 be subjected
to an onslaught BY an army Of lob
byists the like Of which nas never
been seen in West Yirg "a Just
why this particular sature is
picked out as a victim only a
matter OF conjecture. though there
are some people mean enough to
say that because it is Republican
body the value of money q legis-
la'ive lubricator is more ighly ap-
preciated than if Demo ats were
running things
An important matter which is ex-
pected to come before tho Isegisla-
ture is the establishmento 4 reform
school for females. 1t took persist
ent hammering to getoar LegiaIa-
ture to provide for the establish-
ment of the reform schcoi for boys,
but at last they yielded and who
among the taxpayers Of est Vim
ginia regrets the act2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-01-16
HASTINGS iNa0e6sz 9sp.

The Capital Of the Keystone statn Crowd
cd ys'nh Clubs ana Societies.
HARRISBURG, Jan, I5.-Daniel Hart
man Hastings. the humble schoolteach-
err Of 20 years ago, was Tuesday formal
ly installed in the highest Office IN the
second greatest state in the Union.
With the introduction of Governor
Hastings into office all the departments
of the state government again passed
into the control Of the Republicans,
after four years of partial loss of politi-
cal power.
The new governor and his family
were installed in the executive mansion
Monday afternoon through the courtesy
OF Governor Pattison, the retiring ex-
ecutiye. From , to 4 o'clock Governor
and Mrs. Hastings dined with Governor
Pattison at the mansion. On account
of severe attack of illness Mrs. Patti
son. much to her regret, was unable TO
leave her home at Overlook to attend
the dinner.
The inauguration was in many re-
spects the most attractive ever seen at
the state capital. The city is crowded
with political clubs. national guards
men aud civic societies, who com
menced coming in Monday at the break
of day.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-01-16
NE Citizen,s DutT 81 the Polls.

1t is with pride that an Ameri-
can, when travelling in a foreign
land, points to America as his home
and says, 81 am an American citi-
zen." Foreigners respect him more
after he has made this declaration,
because they have heard SO much of
the political and religious liberty
which we, as American citizens, en-
joy. They have heard that we
have right to cast a free and in
telligent ballot. So we do have that
right, but do we always cast an in
telIigent voter Are not some of us
slaves to party-a bondage which
we delight in, because it releases us
from the responsibility of thinking
for ourselves. We go around with
an ignorant pride, informing people
that we are "dyed-in-the-wool" for
our party, and that we are going to
vote the ticket straight, and then
expect our fellow ignoramuses to
applaud US by saying "He's a solid
man." Intelligent voters see us in
our true light. How often do we
hear people at the polls say 81 al
ways vote as 1 shot," when really
not knowing how they did shoot,
they 60 and cast their ballot directly
against their own interests.
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The assertion {" always vote the
ticket straight. my father always
voted that way, and SO shall ], is
ever hailed By the intelligent, pa
triotic voter, as proceeding from the
ignorant, fanatical party machine,
who has his party more than the
welfare of bis country At heart.
How often have we seen voter
in this intelligent country march up
to thebaliot box and with one stroke
of the pen, mark out a whole ticket
without considering whom he is 70
ting against and without consider
ing whom he voting for, just so he
is on athe ticket" To me, that man
is not using his intellect in casting
bis ballot and therefore ought to be
denied the right Of franchise, for an
idiot. who is denied the right,
could cast just as intelligent bal
lot. A machine could do the same
work and do it as well. I could
have wire from my home to the
polling place, and by touching a
button, produce a current, which
in turn would cause a machine to
strike out the opposed ticket In
this manner I should vote as intelli.
gently as the dyed wool.
And again how often have we
heard the terms atnrn-coat, . amiIk-
and,cider-man. TRAITOR" and snug
wump," applied to a man who, after
intelligently debating with himself
the advisability of voting for cor
rupt man on his ticket, decides to
vote against him. These terms are
applied by this same class of ignora
muees, who always vote the ticket
"straight as their fathers did"
The object of their derision ought
to count himself vindicated in his
course, by their treatment. as a man
who has his country's welfare at
heart, and therefore, patriot of the
same type with our forefathers.
How often have we heard the yo-
ter say 81 would vote for the devil
if he were on my ticket" That
voter would vote for himself If
nominated for some Office.
If ever this country is cleansed OF
her pollution-if she is ever deliv-
cred from the evils that beset her,
it must be by her citizens and at the
polls-by citizens who love their
country dearer than their party
by citizens who are as willing to
fight corruption at the polls as on
the battle feld-by voters who have
convictions of right and wrong and
are not afraid to act on those con-
victions.
Let our teachers keep ever before
them the one prime object of free
schools, viz: to make intelligent
citizens. Let them see to it that the
history of our country and its gov
eminent is the study of all studies,
not to be neglected, and finally let
the motto of every patriotic voter,
in all things, especially at the polls,
be the motto of the famous Henry
Clay, 81 would rather be right than
President" VOTER.