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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29

he thought it was apparent that the jury
could not agree. Not once, however. did
the jurors ask to be discharged. They
We're a determined set of fighters and
they looked for no interference on the
part of the judge, i'll whose discretion they
might have been released at any time.
In the interviews given by members of
the jury they said they paid little atten-
ton to the bones. Although the battle
of the PSYCHOLOGISTS was the great feature
of the trial, the sesamoid, femur and
other bones which We're introduced in evil
dencc as portions of Mrs. Luetgert, and
over which the battle was fought, We're
not considered by the jurors. They We're
cast aside as having III weight in prov
ing guilt. To the way of thinking en-
ployed by several of the jurors. the work
of Impending the Schimpkc girls and
Nick Fabcr was Ruthless. There were
those in the jury who gave crciencc to
their testimony that they saw Mrs. Luct-
| CERT with her husband going toward the
engine room of the factory that night.
Greater. however, than all of the evil
dcnce was that of the rings. The alb
scncc from the smaller ring of any Mill
ing was the point that did most To keep
the three jurors strong i'll their assertion
that Luetgert was innocent. Nearly all
of the witnesses said the small ring had
a millcd edge when they saw it with Mrs.
Luetgert, while the one in evidence had
Il smooth outer surface. And when it was
all ended an encomium of Inspector
Schaack's methods issued from the jury
room. With the exception of Foreman
Ueichhold. who wrote this peculiar dOcu-
mcnt in which Schaack's manner of secur-
ing evidence WAS commended. most of the
jurors denied any knowledge of signing
such Il document. They admitted hav-
ing signed resolutions of thanks to Judge
Tuthill and the court officers, hut exhibit
cl no knowledge of the last paragraph
which sounded approval of the north side
police inspector.
Were it not for Juror Harley, it is as
serted by many of the other jurors, a YER
diet of guilty would have been rendered.
Harley was convinced of Luctgert's i'll
noccncc and he voted for ac1uittal III
every ballot. His positivcness was Il prop
and support to Holabird and Barber. who
voted with him on every ballot. When
he left the court building he WAS chcercd
by the crowds in the street, who distin-
guishcd him as the one who was immova-
Bile in his belief of the prisoners inno-
cencc.
After nearl! TWO Ihohths OF ieGal con-
tcntion the case goes upon the records
to be cited as another of the historic mur-
der trials of the century. The celebrity
of this sensational case has been partly
due to the extraordinary character of the
alleged crime as described by the State
and partly to the unusual developments
of the trial itself. The State had before it
the difficult task of evoking the image of
Mrs. Luctgcrt from a-few bones and two
gold rings. To connect the dead woman
with the accused it then had to present to
the jurors a story which naturally would
seem hard to believe, and in proof of
which it had only circumstantial evidence
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
Sr,orks fro,n tine w;re..

Wcyler. it seems, drew u blank and
Spain Il Blanco.
The Central railroad buildings ut Ma
con, GA, were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$4,000.
a. c. Deuel., aged IS, for forty years
superintendent Of the public schools of
Urbana, Ohio, was killed by a freight
train.
President Gompers has issued a call for
the seventeenth annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor at Nash
vile. Tenn, to begin Dec. ID.
The auxiliary yacht Utowana has been
sold to Allison V. Armour of Chicago, a
member of the New York Yacht Club.
who has for years owned the steam yacht
1tuna.
The coroncr's jury in the inqueset upon
the death of Cashier Struble of Shepherd,
Mich. rendered Il verdict of suicide. The
verdict was reached after eighteen hours
elaboration.
Forest fires near Austin, Pa, are under
control after burning 100000 worth of
timber. The northern part of Cayuga
County, n. ". is ablaze, and great dam
age has been done.
The complaint Of Mortimer Hendricks
of New York City against the Manhat-
tan Railway Company, alleging that its
directors had unlawfully paid out $1,000
GOO, has been dismissed.
United States Commissioner Tunison
decided to hold Karl A. Karlschn, who
shipped as carpenter on the British ship
Favonius to Rio Janeiro from Pensacola,
Fla, charged with the burning of the shin
at sea.
John Harris shot and killed George
Kcbo, an escaped convict, ut Keokuk,
Iowa. Kebo is Harris son-in-law, but
was not living with his wife. Kebo broke
into the house and fred ut Harris, who
killed him.
The Cleveland express on the Cleveland
and Pittsburg Railroad ran into a shift
ing engine in the West Park, Allegheny,
Pa. Ross Griffin, fireman, was fatally
hurt and a humble. Of passengers were
cut and bruised.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
grave case Il subject of jocular mention
throughout the country.

grave case Il subject of %jocular mention
throughout the country.
AS Il result of all this the jury when it
retired for Il consideration of the law
and the evidence found it impossible to
unite on any verdict satisfactory to all
of the twelve G After spending sixty
six hours in heated discussion a majority
numbering nine men gave up the attempt
to persuade the other three that Luctgert
should be convicted and Judge Tuthill
let them all 20 home.
While the majority of the public may
believe that Luetgert was guilty Of the
terrible crime laid to his charge, there
has always been room for n lingering
doubt in many minds that would operate
powerfully OF Il jurors mind to prevent
conviction. But for this lurking fear of
doing an %irrcparable injustice to an inno-
cent man the circumstance of this case
would have placed Luetgcrt beyond the
pale of human sympathy. The trial with
its disagreement has blasted his life for
ever-a wrong beyond repair if he is in
noccnt, a righteous %retribution if the cir
cumstantial testimony of the deserted fac
tory and its hideous evidences of crime
told the truth.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29

ging on the spot. At lasr accounts the:
son had become Disguised and quit, but
the dreamer was still, with his friend,
in quest of the gold mine.
n curious drawing by Thackeray,
made some thirty-tive years since, has
been sod in London. 1t was executed
for Lady Knighton. 1t appears that
the great novelist owed her IL shilling
for some tritiing bet. and he paid her
with the drawing. The picture consists
of portraits of Queen Victoria, Prince
Albert and the rest of the royal family
taking Il walk Mt Windsor. All the
heads are made of old red postage
stamps, carefully cut out and stuck on
the paper. The variety of portraiture
is cleverly achieved by small dashes
and dots most c,evcrly introduced on
each stamp, and Il description of the
procession is added in the artists mi
mute and Gear writing. The unique
little picture realized over $50.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
MINT
The Years Coinage and Precious
Metal Production.

The report of the director of the mint
for the fiscal year 1897, submitted TO the
Secretary of the Treasury, contains some
interesting figures. The report covers
the operations of the mints and assay
offices, together with the statistics Of for
cign countries relative to production,
coinage and the monetary condition of
such.
The coin executed during the year j.:
Gold, S11.G4G, 1O5: silver dollars, 21.22O3.-
701: subsidiary silver, S3.124,0SG: minor
coin. S9S4.5 Silver dollars were COIN
cd from the silver bullion OH hand. Bal
ance of silver bullion on hand: Purcllas-
ed under the act of July II, 1890. 49,
f3S.461 fine ounces, cost S104 3.3bG.312 for
subsidiary coinage, 1,34S.353 fine ounces,
cost. $1,641, 900; including balance on
hand July !, 1897, net signoriage on tho
coinage of silver from that date to June
30. 1897, of SS4,S..2,s21.
AT the average price of silver for the
GEAR the commercial ratio between gold
and silver is 1 to 31.94.
Net imports of gold were S44 ,G09,S41,
against $~7S.904,G12 net exports for the
previous fiscal year. The net exports of
silver We're 3 2,G36,Sa36. against $$333',22622,-
25S for the fiscal year 1896.
The product of gold in the United States
for the calendar year 1896 was Sj3,OSS,-
600 and silver Of a coming value of &c.,
0G9.2236. The stock in the United States
of gold is $G96, 1882; of silver, SG334,-
800. 7S1.
The total metallic stock and uncov-
cred paper of the world is estimated for
Jan. 1, 1897: Gold. SS4.359. 100000: full
legal tender silver. S33,G15. 5000 limited
tender silver, S652, 100000; uncovered pa
per, $2,560,20O.
The worlds product for the calendar
ycar 1896 was: Gold. S204. 396, GOO; silver
commercial valuc). S1O9.4 O6, 500.
The director of the mint reviews the
decline of silver since 1873 and attributes
ii 10 the great increase in production.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
FAMOUS LuETeERT MURDER
CASE ENDS IN A MlsTRiAL.
Jury Was Out s~ixty-six Hours and
Stood on Last Ballot Nine to Three
for Conviction - New Trial Will BE
Necessary.
End of thc LONG Siege.

T.. Tho great Luetgert trial in Chicago. the
most absorbing criminal prosecution of
the century, ended in Il disagreement of
the jury. For siNty-siX hours the jury
tried in vain to reach Il verdict. For thir-
ty-eight hours the vote was o to 3 for
conviction and at 1910 o'clock Thursday
forenoon the twelve men announced an
irreconcilable disagreement, and Judge
Iuthliil, being convinced that it was use
less and inhuman to attempt to force a
verdict, reluctantly ordered it's discharge.
The twenty-second and last ballot stood
nine for conviction and three for acquit-
>tal. This was irrespective of IN ques-
tion of the penalty which had to wait on
the jury's decision rs to the guilt or inno-
cencc of the prisoner. The big sausage
maker, the center of Il series of the most
dramatic episodes in the annals of GRIM
inal procedure, will have to go through
this experience Il second time, for he will
lbe put on trial again for the murder of
his wife.
The closing events of the famous trial
made mp Il scene of not more than eleven
minutes duration. But IL tense. fcvcrish
emotion was packed into every one of
these minutes and even Luetgcrt, with his
iron nerve, felt the strain. His face was
bloodless as he entered the court room and
a tangle of deep burrows extended across
his brow. n keen, swift look shot from
beneath his shaggy gray eyebrows and
ms glance seemed to take i'll ut Il flash that
the supreme moment in his fate had arriv-
ed. AS he came in from the Jail u battery
of eyes threw at him looks whose signiti-
canoe expressed all degrees of curiosity.
In his walk, his manner. his mien, con-
straint was there and the anxiety that
sent the blood from his cheek and put a
purple tinge on his lips was visibly shared
in by his counsel.
Count was opened and the jurors mott
fled to appear. Nearly three days of
wrangling. loss of sleep, and the close con-
finemcnt had worked IL wonderful trans
formation OH them. They entered the
room with tagging steps and sank into
their chairs Il woe-begonc looking crowd.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
WILL NOT AID v
British Government Nos Ready to nc.
open the Indian hints

open the Indian Minte.
Lord Salisbury sent tn Ambassador
Hay the reply of the British, Government
to the proposals of the American Bimctal-
lie Commission. headed by Senator VOL
colt. 1t is Il automatically wordcd note.
His lordship says that the Government
of Great Britain is not able 10 reopen the
India mints at present. He regrets his
inability to acccdc 80 the proposals of the
American commission, Great Britain hav-
ing as great an interest as the United
States and France in securing a stable par
exchange for gold and silver and an en-.
larged use of silver.
In these circumstances. continues Lord
Salisbury, the British Government does
not see the desirability of an international
monetary conference, hut will be pleased
to consider amy other practical suggcs.
lions from the United States. Lord Sniis-
bury incloses with the note IL copy of the
statement of Sir j. Westland. head of the
financial department OF India. which was
under discussion at the meeting of the
cabinet council last Saturday. and which
takes strong grounds against the reopen
ing of the India mintS.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29

to offer. Experts were called in to iden-
tify bones and debris, and then these gen.
tlemen were promptly met by experts for
the defense who were able to deny the
possibility of such IN identification. This
feature of the case. more even than the
length of time consumed and the endless
technical discussions, will call attention
again to the marked inferiority of Amer
lean criminal procedure as compared with
that abroad. There was a waste Of time
and money and there was an unconscion-
able waste Of words. There were times
during the testimony Of the experts when
the reconcile Investigations into science
became almost farcical and made this
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
He Moved On.


The Chicago Times-IIerald quotes Il
Colonel Richardson as telling IL war
story which all readers will be glad to
believe true.
There was an odd fellow. IL pennsyl-
vanian. on IL floor in Libby Prison.
lie was tail. angular, stoop-shOulderel,
and had somehow acquired the regular
North Carolina dialect. Nearly every
body liked him, and all talked with
him. He had been Il prisoner some
time; Ills suit of blue had become Il
bunch of rags. BY some means he man
aged to get Il new suit of butter-nut col
ored clothes, and after that we called
him odd North Carolina" One of the
prisoners asked him when he was 60
ing to join his 'tar-hecl' regiment.
You just wait and watch"
In those days it was a common thing
for citizens to accompany Major Turn
err, who had charge of the prison, OH
visits to the prisoners. One afternoon
half II dozen citizens of Richmond
were with him, and when they march,
ed out our old "tar-heel' soldier fell in
iIllu Mcul Mllll lllcll. 11c wills stunning
by the door in Major Turner's room
when that officer, noticing him, asked:
well, sir; what do you want herew
"Oh, nothin' in particular; jest
thought I'd look around the prison q
little"
Well, you can't look around the pris-
OH a little, and you had better move
on"
But Cupps-that was his name-stood
there looking as innocent as a boy on
| his first visit to town. Then Turner
lost his patience. and said: Come.
move on! Get out of here" and gave
him Il push into the street.
AS Cupps passed ont into the road
! where we could see him from our Win
! dows lie took off his hat, made a low
| bow and started on Il gentle shamble
| out of town. He made his escape. AZ
ter that there was Il great demand for
buttcrnut suits, but no more could be
Struggled into the prison.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29

until 10 years of age. and after getting
mn academic education read law with ex-
Governor Moses Wisncr and was admit
ted to the bar in 1864. He served in the
Forty-tirst,~ Forty-sixth. Fiftieth and Eff
ty-tirst Congresses. He was consul gen
eral at Berlin during Arthur's admins
tration. aud last year was one of the Nc
Kinley MISUNDERSTANDING to the st. Louis
convention,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
THE M'KINLEY MEDAL.

limited and the demand is large. Some
collectors have complete collections of
these medals, from that showing the pro-
file of Washington to that showing the
profile of Cleveland. Several of the med
ais already struck off have been sent to
the President for himself and the mem
bers of his cabinet. The profile of the
President is an excellent likeness. On
the reverse side is the date of the inau-
guration. Large orders for the medals are
expected, and the receipts arc for the ben.
eft of the mint earnings.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
A NEW VOICE IN THE HOUSE.
Pleasantly at Variance with the Old
l.stnblislicA Customs.

Established Customs.
What household is there in which Il
domestic comedy like the following is
not sometimes enacted?
Susan. the daughter of the house.
brings her friend Eva home on Il visit.
She does it with slight misgivings, for,
Eva is very unlike herself; has been
brought up in Il different school of hab-
its and manners, and she fears will not
be wholly approved by her parents, her
sisters. or even by 1.-THE boys"
To her alnazemcnt the stranger takes
the house by storm. Her gay laugh and
bright eyes conquer everybody. Sues,
brothers follow her from room to room,
pouring IL stories of football and,
school; her sister becomes her intimate
friend in the first half-hour; her father
says, smiling, when she goes out, lit is
SO pleasant to see Il bright, cheerful.
face about the house, and even her
mother drops her darning to listen to
Eva's merry chatter. That hurts Sue
most of all.
lit is silly chatter" she thinks bitter
ly. when l talk even of important
things. nobody seems to have the time.
to listen. 1 work day in and day out
the year round to make home pleasant
What has Eva done for them? Yet they
neglect me to crowd about her with de-
lighted eyes"
The little comedy has Il note of trag-
edy i'll it. 1t is apt to become all trag-
edy when Sue happens to be. not Il Sis
ter and daughter, but Il wife and
mother.
And yet the family, watching the
stranger with delight, are not disloyal
to Sues solid merits and love. 1t is
the novelty that has pleased them. Sol
id virtues will tire the best man OF
woman if they always wear the sans
face. If one has listened to organ
notes all day, the tang of a jew's-harp
will sometimes seem n welcome change,
The very sense of duty often drives
II good woman into set habits of talk
and action that grow Very monotonous
to others.
Francis of Assist, most human Of
saints. refused to shut his followers
into any prescribed mode of life. The
city, the fields, the trees. the birds, his
violin-he called OH them all in turn to
aid him to serve God and to help his
brother.
The minds as we'll as the stomachs of
men reject the san dish ii tasted too
often. Add the spice of variety TO your
daily offering of love and servicc.-
Youths Companion.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
SETS A NEW PLAGUE RECORD.
Sixty New Cases and Six Deaths mt
New Orleans.

All previous records were broken Mt
New Orleans Wednesday. Sixty new
cases were entered in the books of the
board. There were six deaths. Tho most
important death of the day was that of
Ira L. Britton. manager of the General
Electric Company. Owing to the preva-
lcnce of yellow fever in Montgomery, Ala,
and the fact that all of the towns and
cities of the State have quarantined
against that place. the State Government
has temporarily been removed to Birming-
ham. The Governor and all the State off,
Gers have located there and are transact.
ing business from that point.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29

The request Of the VIEWERS Mt the Ma
tional Wooden Mills ut Olncyville, r. l..
for a restoration of the scale of a
prior to the reduction Of 1893 has been
granted, to so into effect Dec. I. The in.
crease will be 20 Der cent.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
He Had His Proofs.

"Who says the rich are getting richer
and the poor pooerY he exclaimed.
LET him step forward. 1 say 1t isn't
so. Not one MAJ in this community ia
getting richer, and l have figures to
prove it,"
But nobody challenged him to pro-
duce them. Every n knew that he
could do it. He was the tax assessor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
kansas Sheriff is slnin.

Sheriff s. b. Lard of Manhattan. Ka,..
was shot and instantly killed mt Lconards-
vile by Ike Warren, a "boot-leggcr," up
on whom he was %cndeavoring to serve a
warrant. Warren was captured.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29

Col. Peter G. Haines of the engineer
corps of the army has been appointed to
be engineer commissioner on the Nicara-
guam canal commission and has accepted.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
M'klNLeY's IMAGE in BRONZE

MedaI Now fscinE STRUCK OFF by tho
Philadelphia Mint.
Bronze medals bearing the likeness of
President Mckinley are being rapidly
struck off by the mint, and soon the whole
issue will have been finished. This work
is being done in accordance with an nm
cient custom that has prevailed cvcr since
the time of Washington. The medals are
Very valuable. innsmuch as the sunnlv is
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29
BREWER is

Michigan EA-CoMgrcss:,ar Urged for
Governor of Hawaii.
III is said that cN-Consrcss.Gan Mark
S. Brewer of Michigan has been urged
for The eovelMorslip of Hawaii in case
the islands become IL part of The United
States this winter. Brewers name was
presented 10 the President by Senator
Burrows of Michigan. Brewer worked
oil his fathers farm near Addison, Mich,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29

The Government armor plate board Wis
tied plants in Birmingham, Ala, and q
banquet was rendered them.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-29

The trade returns for September
show a large increase in Canada oven
those for the same month Of 1895.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-25
SUBSoILING.

Our ordinary prairie and bluff soil,
as plowed year after year to a depth
of four Or five inches, becomes impacted
just below the shallow, mellow surface
by the treading of the horses in the
furrow and the pressure Of the plow in
rolling the burrows until it becomes
almost as impervious as hardpan,
writes Prof. ]. L. Budd. Sudsoiling to
depth of from twelve to fifteen inches
gives a deep bed, that holds moisture
even during trying season. During
the past 25 years we have practiced a
method Of subsoiling in garden, potato
field nursery which has given remark
able results with little increased cost.
We subsoil deeply under the rows only,
just prior to planting. With this plar,
the summer rains run under the rows,
and, if the fall is considerable, it per.
colates from the softened trenches un,
der the intervening spaces and eoftens
the whole surface. As an instance, in
planting potatoes in garden or field, we
mark out the rows with the subsoil
litter, running it under each row to a
depth Of from - to Is inches. On this
deep, mellow seed bed the seed is
dropped, and pressed down by stepping
on the pieces. The pressure of the foot
sinks the seed down in the mellow fur
row four or five inches, permitting per
feet covering with a harrow. Over
these trenches we have grown 800
bushels per scre, when on untrenched
soil the yield was less than 100 bushels.