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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

CHICAGO, Oct. 19-Another night of
u,pepse Is ahead OF the defendant in the
sustgsrt case. Al o'clock tonight the
tpry had gone to bed on cuts which were
,I.c,d in the court room, and It was an
rounced by Judge Tuthill that even
though by one chance IN a million the
Ipry might wake up and agree upon a
verdict, there would be no announce
n,Dt and the court room would undernn
circumstances be opened before 10 o'clck
Tomorrow morning.
over IN the jail Luetgert was during
tbe evening anxIously awaiting word
fron the fury room. He tried as usual
10 keep up an appearance OF indifference
and as usual made failure Of II.
IN they don't agree" he said, II get
mil and will be out Of this. l can give
blIl for million II they want that much.
My wife Is living somewhere, but ad-
nit she Is having a lot OF fun with me
a, prasent. There Is one thing sure,
tbe prisoner said with great positlveness,
",bera will be no conviction In this case.
II wilt be either an acquittal or a dis
agreement"
Asked where he obtained his informa-
ton. he smiled and said:
"Oh, know. you so long. won't be
convicted though, you can bet on that"
AT 10 o'clock the criminal court build
inc was as dark as n pocket. The
crowd which had hung around Its en-
hn an vi
evening had disappeared. A solitary
ba.lf sat at the foot of the stairs lead
Ing to the second story. Another sat at
The uppar end OF the flight, two more
Uars at the door OF the court room and
three more were inside keeping watch
over the sleeping jurymen.
The opinion around the criminal court
tonight was that all chance of verdict
has disappeared and that the result 10
practically certain to be a disagreement.
It Is considered possible and even prob
able that the state will have nine or ten
0, the Jury and the defense the remain
der. The chances tonight, however
seem 10 favor a disagreement OF eight
i1r conviction and four for acqulttal
Just before retiring for the night, the
fury took another ballot, the vote stand
Ing nine for conviction and three for ac-
Quittal. The four Jurors who have been
standing out for ncQuittH are Behmil-
ler Barber, Holablrd and Harley. The
two latter are stlll for acquittal, but
either Behmiller or Barber has gone
over to the state. There Is much feeling
against Harley among the Jurors who
favor the death penalty. They say he
will not argue the case in any way but
sticks sOlldly for LuetEert.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
PROBABLY A HOAX
Letters to the Jury Offering Bribeh Inter
cepted by the Court.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-two letters Of
sarlng brlbes to the foreman Of the
jury In the LuetEert case have been re-
celved by Judge TuthIll and are now
In the possession Of the states attor-
ney. The amount offered 10 $1,000, and
both letters are signed George Artrlll.
states Attorney Dene6n Is not disposed
20 regard the attempted bribery seri-
ously, but Inspector Setback and AS
sIstant States Attorney McIIwen look
upon the matter with suspicion, The
first letter was received last Monday
morning. II was dated October 10. the
day upon which It was originally be-
ileved the case would 90 to the jury, It
reads.
"Mr. Foreman:
Dear SRA powerful influence Is at
work to save Adolph l.. Luetgert.
Money Ia carcc aud In these times q
500 or so comes In handy / have
$1,000 to divide among you twelve mch
II Sou want H. have two good men,
smooth faced that nrc discreet, nc the
southeast corner Of Randolph and Dear
born streets, tomorrow at I o'clock y,
m Let them wonr white linen neck
ties, or II they prefer II red bow tlos.
Everything will be MI right The
money " secure IN a Clark street blnk.
(slgncd) "GEORuE ARTRiLL."
The second glter Is under date Of
October 18th, aud IN also addressed to
the foreman Of the Luetgcrt jury. 1t In
az followH
4. a..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

WASHINGTON, ocvt l9-The cabi-
net to-day devoted considerable time to
the discussion OF the civil service ana
how to obtain the best results from the
recent order promulgated by the Prcsl-
dent A decision was reached that each
department should prepare and adopt
regulations 10 meet the requirements
OF the order While each department
viii formulate ils own regulations,
there was a general sentiment that II
would cbc well 60 have them along the
general lines OF the regulations Issued
by the treasury department, to carry
out the Presidents order Secretary
Gage, II win be- remembered permitted
persons Gguln1t whom charges were
made 10 have hearing aud an oppor-
mnlly to answer them. Routine mat.
tcrs ot the departments occupied all the
remainder of the cabinet meeting, which
lasted about two hours
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

with nothing to relieve its mono. ly
save the requests of the jury for the
map OF Luetgert's factory and the sur
roundings, which has hung In the court
room since the trial began. II was ne-
lieved at first that some point In refer
ence to the vicinity was under discuss
sion, but later Information developed
the fact that the jury In order TO CIR
cumvent the efforts or crowd OF re-
porters who, from the roof OF an ad-
joining building were surveying them
with telescopes, had placed the map
across the window, shutting out all
Views Of their room.
TO FORCE AN AGREEMENT.
Judge Tuthill did not put in an ap-
pearance at o'clock. but sent word
that he would not come to the court
room again to-day or tonight unless a
verdict is arrived at. The court Is en-
deayorlng to force an agreement ana
will not come down tonight to hear a
disagreement. 1t Is optional with him
as to the time for disagreement, and
he is giving the jury every chance to
agree before permitting them to report
that they are unable TO reach de-
cision.
At 8 o'clock the twelve men had been
out twenty-four hours.
Late in the afternoon the jury sent IN
for the contract which Matron kurth
gave Gottlieba Schimpke ut the time
she took her into her home as do
mestlc.
When the police learned two months
ago that GottlIeba, whose age Is II
years, had stated that she saw Luetgert
and his wife walking toward the Luet-
CERT factory on the night of May ], they
took her to the Sheffield avenue police
station and later placed her in the home
of Matron Kurth. A contract was
signed by Mrs. Kurth agreeing to pay
the girl 81 per week. During the collec-
ton OF the documents to send to the
Jury room 1t was left out. One OF the
Jurors wanted to see II and not finding
it sent for the paper Attorney Phalen
was inclined to the opinion that the
contract had been omitted purposeiy.
States Attorney Deneen emphatically
denied this and said he had no objec-
ton to 1t going to the Jury. 1t was ac-
cordIngly sent In.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
sp.elal pl.pateh o tho Intelllrenosr.

ppeClul DlhphbCn 70 huo 1ubclllkcucor.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. Oct. lS.-west
Virginia day at the Tennessee eenten-
NAL exposition will be celebrated to-
morrow. Governor Atkinson and party
arrived at $50 o'clock this morning and
were met by reception committee ana
placed in carriages and carried to the
Tulane hotel, where breakfast was
served. The names OF the party follows:
Governor and Mrs George W. Atkln-
son, Miss Bessie Atkinson, General J.
w. Appleton and wife, Lieutenant D.
Settle, Assistant Adiutant General D.
T. Il, Casteel, John c. Miehaelson, Sec
retary OF State William n. o. Dawson
and ]. NJ. Brown and wife, OF Charles
ton; Colonel Forrest w. Brown, of
CharIestown; Colonel F. J. Hearne and
wife, Hon. Randolph stalnaker, Colonel
and Mrs. FIorkhelmer, Mrs. NJ. E.
Smith, General w. ]. W. Cowden and
wife, Miss AlcLure and C. N. Lee, OF
Wheeling: Il. II. Ferguson, Hiilie Heis-
kell and Ada Heisken. of Boreman;
Hon. Thomas z. Davis, OF Grafton;
Forrest Nixon. Of Centerville; Colonel
]. C. McDermott, OF MorganteWn; John
D. Hewett, OF Bramwell; Colonel and
Mrs. ]. L. Buery and Miss D. q. Buery,
OF Echo; Mr.. and Mrs. I. Armstrong, OF
Arbuciile; @. H. Russell, Mrs r. A. Rus
sell and Mrs. Lou Ishnm, OF Sistersyille:
Captain Eugene Boxer and Major W.
II. Lewis, OF Charlestown; ]. Garland
Hurst. OF HarpeTs Perry; Misses Annie
and Nettie Angltn. OF Phihppi; General
-
burg, and August C. Meyers, OF Wheel
ing.
After breakfast Governor Atkinson
and Governor Gnout, OF Vermont. spent
u short while in conversation. after
which Governor Atkinson and party
went to the centennial. where an In
formal reception was given at tho Par
thenon In their honor,
In the afternoon Major ]. W. Thomas,
president Of the exposition, entertained
In their honor.
The governor is well pleased with the
exposition, and both no and Mrs. At
kinson are In the best of spirits. The
exercises at the centennial tomorrow
will consist Of n welcome address by
Hon. John Thompson. speaker OF the
Tennessee state senate, which will be
responded to by Governor Atkinson.
Five-minute talks will be made by the
following Representative West Virginia
men: Colonel Forrest Brown. Congress-
man A. G. Dayton, Colonel r. ].
Hearne, Colonel z. II. vtnson. Hon. W.
II. Travers. Ex-Governor W. A. McCor-
kle, Judge E. Boyd Faulkner and Hon.
Elliott Horthcott; lunch at the womau's
building. at l o'clock; review OF cav
airy from the New York building at .
o'clock; review Of V. NJ. l. cadets i'm
mediRtely following.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

PHILADELPHIA, oct ia special
to the Evening Tocgrnph from Harris.
burg anys' Deputy Attorney General
Hccdor to-day applied to the court for
Il receiver for the Iron city Fire In
aurnnco Company OF Pittsburgh The
application was Ut once granted and
illmor w. Moore, Of Pittsburgh, was ap-
pointed receiver Judgments to th,
amount NJ $4,000 have been entered
against the company and u number of
executions against u have been rc.
turned marked mo fund7" Timothy
O'Lcnry, jr, W thc president OF The
company
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
CHARLESTON SHAKEN UP
Byt Findings oftho Recent Grand Jury.
city officials Indicted for bribery and
NH. T.In,...Ny.r p NJ Encttoua

Byt Findings ofthe Recent Grand Jury.
city officials Indicted for bribery and
Other CrImes--WAr OF Factions.
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. Oct. l9-The
grand jury that was impaneled by
Judge Guthrie to investigate the al
legged corruption of the city and county
officials, made a report to-day and re-
turned seventeen indictments as fol-
lows: City Councilman p. A. Botkin,
for attempting to bTibe Councilman l..
L. Price; Joseph l.. Cook, who was
Juror in the late Mcdonald trial, for
false swearing; John II. Burdett, q
school trustee, for soliciting and ac-
ceptlng bribe; Marion Con, a school
trustee, for soliciting and accepting q
brlbe; Henry Fry Young, a school
trustee, for soliciting and accepting q
bribe; John Davis, three indictments
for assault with intent TO kill: John w.
Jarrett, city sergeant In 1895 and '96,
for embezzllng sl,J0O OF the city funds;
Councilman G. o. Chiffon, brother Of
ex-secretary OF State w. u. Chiffon,
and Thomas Hall, brother Of Criminal
Judge c. w. Hail, for attempting to
brIbe another councilman, L. L. Price:
G. o. Chiffon, Tom Hall, Z. A. Botkin
and John Hail. another brother of
Judge Hail, for attempting to cheat the
city and state out Of It's revenues; A.
C. Blair, representing attorney. two
indictments for misfeasance In office.
Judge Mcdonald was not indicted as
was expected The Mcdonald faction
who seemed to fare badly at the hands
of the Jury are swearing vengeance and
say they will continue the fight until
they land some OF those who have per-
secuted them In the penltentiary. This
la only the beginning and 1t is expected
that the warfare will be waged without
fear Of any consequences.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
A HOT CAMPAIGN.
The Many Cornered Fight Being
Waged in Greater New York.
CLAIM EVERYTHING" POLICY

That Has Bssn Adopted by some Political
Lsadsrs-Tammany Playing the Old
Game OF Blufr-Grsat ConndSnee Dis
played at the RspubllCan headquarters
Women Taking a Hand In the Contest,
Croker Delivers an Opinion ON Tam
many KIcksrs = Henry George In
Reminiscent MOOa-TraCy stock Co
ing Up.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

LOUISVILLE, OeL lO,--K. T., Speedy
the high diver, loapcd from the Loula-
vlllc ana Jerfemonvllc bridge into the
ohio river thla morning. \ distance OF
iOg feet IIc made the Jump at the 40
quest nf n number Of frrnda llo was
not injured IN thc least urd when
pulled into boat TINT was waiting
T1ld that he would lean from the tnll.
ont tower on the brldrc Saturday lle
did not SO under water moro than three
feet
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

Special Dispatch to tho IntollIEonccr
HUNTINGTON. w. Va, oct, i0-The
deed for the thirty noros of ground to
be donated to the state for the location
of tho home for incurabeR has boon
secured from the Central Land Conn
pnny
This dlsslpntcs all doubts about this
county getting the institution, tho coun-
cll having resolved 10 make other pro-
visions IN Huntlngton'a oner good to the
rtntn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
WEST VIRGINIA DAY
At Tennessee Centennial Rxposi.
tion viii be a Success.
GOVERNOR ATKINSON ARRIVES

Accompanied by POr,iSa Of His stan
and Party OF DlstinEuishSd oitizsa..
An hhOrmHI Reception TsRAosSd ths
Governor aud Party at tho ErpOSl'isa
Grounds-Ths Programme for To-day
oOnSlStI of an Address OF wslSo@s and
Reply by soV'SnOV Atkinson, and Five
Minute sPssshsS by other wsHt vlr-
EiniAns.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

WASHINGTON, oct, 19.-Actlng con-
sui Prcssly, at MarsclIce. France in a
report to the state department says that
the importation OF American cottonsced
oil has greatly increased nt that port in
the past two years. on manufacturers
have protested against tho low duties
but 80 far nothing has been done by the
government.
Mr.. Prcsely also refers to the shortage
of the wheat crop In Francr and the In
crease In the price OF bread as a result
Popular demonstrations have been made
demanding the suppression Of the duty
on wheat. Steamers are leaving weekly
In ballast to return with American
wheat
In another part OF the report Mr..
Prcssly Gays that he doubts whether
there arc 100 rocking chairs IN France
outhie of Paris. and suRgeste that fur
niturc dealers. In America might try 10
Introduce them, American bicycles are
Increasing In number IN France, Last
yonr the French government received
S5ji, 900 from the tax ON tho wheels
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

For West virginia, local showers, fol-
lowed by fair weather; southwcstcrly
winds,
For Western PENNSYLVANIA and OHIO,
partly cloudy weather. probably llght
local showers. Hight 20 frcph aouthcast'
rrly winds, shifting 70 BouthwcslerlN
M0yomcnu " Steamships
NEW YORK, oct. iQ,-ArrIyed' Mls-
flfaIppl, from London
QUEENSTOWN oct l0.-Arrlved'
Toulonlc, from New York
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

CHICAGO. Oct. 19.-The 500 prisoners
in the county jail evinced much of the
same spirit of restlessness this morning
that ls noticeable on the morning Of
the days when executions occur in the
Jail. They were nervous and demon
stratIve. Crowds of morbidly curious
people, who assembled on Dearborn ave-
nue. as early as o'clock and gazed up
at the grated windows Of the jail,
seemed to excite the inmates. Yells and
boots greeted the crowd and the jail
corridors rang with shouts, among
which was easily distinguishable the
words, Hang up Setback" This out
break referred to Inspector Setback,
who had charge of the police end OF the
prosecution OF Luetgert. Jaller Whit
man finally sent word to the corridor
guards TO inform the prisoners that If
the demonstration did not cease all pris-
oners would be punished by being kept
in their cells the entire day-with no OPP
portunIty for the accustomed exercise.
The threat did not have much effect,
and It was some time before the prls-
oners were quieted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

5pocInT DIEUHVuW 10 VTIv I''E1"'bV"VVl'
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Oct. 19.-The
West vlrglnian, n daily paper started
here last January by John l., Fehr, and
which subsequently passed into differ
ent hands, has suspended publication
after months of struggle for exist
encc. Il. u. Hood was its last propri-
etor. The competition was too great
fnr thp field
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

PIEDMONT, w. Va, oct 19,-The
Jury Of inquest on the death of James
Blssctt, killed at Bloomington on Sat
urday night, has rendered n verdict
that the deceased came TO his death By
a pistol shot fred by party unknown
20 the fury.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

The tcmpCaturp yesterday la observer
pnl MARKET streets. was Hs tulluWHi
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20
CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOPS

Consider Questions OF Policy AAd Admin
istratioD OFT Church and University.
Not Probable That Prof schroeder Will
he Removed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-03
News Service Extended.

The ST. LoGis Republic recently
made arrangements with the cable
companies, whereby direct news from
all eoiions Of Tic civil zei world arc
received. II now prints more aulhcI.
tic foreign news than any other paper
ana continues to keep up its record
for publishing all The home news
The outlook for the year is one Of big
news events, fast succeeding each
other AID they will he highly inter.
csting TO everyone The price of the
lfepubhc daily is So q year, or $40
fer three months. The Fwicc-a- Week
Republic will remain The sam --one
dollar year, by msil, twice u week
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-03

1t cannot be denied that for several
days before the Deerneld 5re,k oc-
| Cured the situation Of the city OF
Greenvllle was one of peril. The i'm.
mense volume Of wafer was damned
up absolutely overhead, the city lying
directly in front of, or almost under a
sea which would have submerged it
to the tops Of the houses if let loose
upon it, If break bad occurred in
the walls Of earth in front the descend
ing cataract would uuquesnonobIy
have swept the Trailer houses from
their foundations, aud it il impossible
to suppose that such catastrophe
would not have been accompanied by
very serious loss Of human life. To q
person standing in the streets of
GreenvilIe, seeing only The busy streets
the green lawns aud blooming gar
dcns and MI the comfort and peace
that surrounded him, it was lmpossi-
bic 10 realize that it might be changed
in an instant to scene OF confusion
and death, yet such was certainly the
case. People actually went to bed
aud slept peacefully under these az
Falllng circumstances, aud nothing but
tie most happy result of tho day and
night battle of the forces that lLbored
on the leyee prevented Groeuville
from beisg te-day a scene of wreck
and ruin. The danger became most
apparent when viewed from The rivel'
Seated IN boat aud looking dowL a
The helpless city from the swelling tide
Of waters the feeling was one of amaze
menl that tho danger could net be re-
allied by the people so seriously men
aced. Almost as far as the eve could |
reach TO the west, North and south. |
stretched waste Of mighty roaring |
water. Along the east bauk Of the |
river ran a narrow psrapet of earth |
and sacks, its top just appearing above
the waves Far below, at the bottom
Of sheer descent, lay the city with |
Its ten thousand people. Should that
narrow wall give wsy-aud it seemed
consequence could
only he imagined, Happily for c reen-
vile, its safety from destruction 1,
now reasonably assured by Tho geHer-
Al disaster which has overtaken the
'est Of The country. Improbable
hat there will be another break in
he line Of leYees protecting The city
t'etf, since the great relief following
he breaks which have occurred al
eSdy, aud feeling of indispensable
hnnkfulness that the distressing sus-
euse is over is experienced by those {
rho wers 80 lately IN condition of I
erIl which they scarcely dared 10 &C /
nowlcdge even 10 themselves. /
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-03
THE FUTURE.

The TIMFs cannot indulge IN any
sardoulc laughter over the situation
The trouble comes too close. When
we reflect on tho brightness OF the
prospects so suddenly wiped out aud
changed to gloom thorc is small room
for chSsriulness just vt present But
1t will come, If the water will only
run of In a reasonable time. Ii is
well known that there 10 no fertilizer
equal TO the river deposit and that
crops planted early enough after an
overflow will grow aud yield as they
| do under no Other conditions. Let
the now submerged Delta have an OPP
portunity 20 replaIt even by the 10Th
Of Nav, and by the first OF October
this visitation Will be almost forgotten.
The land is all ready for planting as
soon as the overflow goes of. The
seed can be sown in the mud of the
reccding water, and no time need be
I lost in preparing ground, as would
have been the case if the laud had
been submerged before 1t was plowcd
and put in proper order. The over
flow was expected by the planters and
prepared for. The loss of stock has
been comparatively light, nearly every
plantation had its mound, or high
ridge, Vr at least its elevated poLs
where mules, cattle and hogs were
safely secured before the walcrs came
over. Tho expense of feeding and
caring for them will be heavy, aud Of
course there has been considerable
loss, but however bad the situation is,
it might have been much worse, and
al evil prepared for is half avertcd.
On some of the plantations now over.
flowed tie water will be positive
q advantage, for they have not been
submerged for many years, and being
constantly worked, without artificial
fertilizer, were showing signs of ex.
haustion. These places will now have
a heavy deposit of rich fertihzing ma
terisl which will Offset the wear OF
many years of constant production.
The loss to the mercantile interest OF
the city of Greenyile, which had as
snmed such proportions as to surprise
its business men, will be, for time at
least, very heavy. In the full tide OF
its activity and prosperity it has been |
suddenly stopped aud its wheels
brought almost TO a stand8ill, It de-
ponds, however, almost entirely upon
the surrounding country, aud its in.
activity, like that of the planting in
Ierest will be Only temporary.