Mattoon Daily Journal from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

i -LJ tJ 1.. iri 45Wjiii i' i -bin Ta r- -f, -TVT A FTTV Single Copy 9 cents Weekly Established If 65 MATTOON, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY EYENINO; OCT9ER 30 1903 10 cents per tek, delivered Dally Established Hi' 1 1 1 1 ii I W'li'l'l ii. 'V ''I I.H il.i ll i EECEPTI0N ER0I6 Ml ENTENCE Clitt6rd Gilbert; Crime ot Murder An Cell or JOHN HENNIGAX SATES GHIL'S UFE. ANOTHER VICTIM Added to the Deadly Gasoline Stovo Miss Mngglo Watson Seriously Burned. jury syowsrMERcy Noi Condemning Him What came dangerously near jlng a fatal mishap occurred at the hune of Mrs.

Margaret Hill, 231T Cham- palgn nvenue, thla morning. .5 Mrs. who Is an aged lady and whose husband died but a few weks ago, resides with her sixteen year old granddaughter, Mlas Maggie Watson. at the above number. Mrs.

Hill was Verdict Reached After Deliberation Last Ing for Some TimeScene In and About Court RoomDefense Claims Victory. -eonflned te-her-bed by Illness and -tv this morning Miss. Watson was lighting the gasoline stove for the purpose of preinring breakfast. In soma tViA ItntiM ami tail It n4 ill the explosion which followed the burning oil whs cast upon Mlsa Wat- fn. settlfiir Are to her clothing.

The frightened girl, not knowing what else to do, rushed Into her grandmother's bed room aqd thre'V ther arms around that lady while he t. 1 a W. itiv Tn npn. tiviu jll Given In Honor of Bride and Groom, Mr. sad BDrs.

Hagedorn. Efflngham Dotnooratt A Iarg nmaber of the schoolmates and friends of the newly married coupto, Mr, and Mrs. August Hagedorn, were in attendance at the reoeptton given Tuesday evening; by the parents of the bride, Mrs. Con T. Bona.

The guests gathered promptly at o'clock and for two hours the young couple were kept busy receiving the well wishes "and cohgratuIatlnsf of their numerous friends. Later on a delicious lunch was and the services of the fair miss who presided at the punch bowl were In great demand. Mr. and Mra. Hagedorn left at' 2 o'clock In the morning for Chicago, where they will spend their honeymoon, but notwithstanding the lata-nees of the hour the majority" of tho guests remained" to accompany them to ihe depot and give them the customary shower of rice and old shoes.

Mr. and Mrs. Hagedorn will return to this city for a short visit with'h-ir parents before going to Mattoon, where they will make theif future home. During the course of the evening Heeman string orchestra discoursed aiwet music LINEN SHOWER Miss May Bitter Kentrrtatned For Mtaa Mary Howe Miss May Rltter entertained a number of her lady friends Thursday afternoon at her home on Western avenue at a linen shower and card party In honor of Miss Mary Rowe, who Is to be married to Sullh-cn of Dixon, Wednesday, November 4, at the Cathollo church In this hour was and about twenty, guests Cinque was the chief diversion of the afternoon, it lire conclwsfhw of which three-oduree luncheon was served, Mlas Bowe waa the recipient of many fine pieces of linen. Miss Lottie Coakley of Cincinnati and Miss Helen Ryan of Petersburg, I1L, were out of town guests.

4 In the evening a like number of the men friends of the guests ealiej add the. light fantastic was indulged In until a late hour, when the gathering all aciiiowledgliig the hostess having passed an enjoya ble period. 1 hi n. TROLLEY LINE 9 'A' fcrtt: tti Roll-4 An Ofdor or Some of all the while. ff John HetnUgd-n.

who happened tc be pasningk. ruehed, into the" and picking up a quilt from the bd wrartned- It around the burning wli'l-i The heroic ftct was jione too soon, at the clothing on the front part of he body was completely burned away, t. Jt. i ana ner looonwn, ubhu mn arms were badly buraed. The bed clothing on the bed 01 which Mrs.

Hill was lying was als set on fire, and before any injurj -was done that lady Mr. Hennjgan ha4 also smothered out the flaines in.th same manner that he followed In res-, oulng Miss Watson. 3 A telephone message was sent tf'-l pr, Williams, who hastened, to scenfe', fpon examlnaHoii thehyirti ciait found eeverfU "bad pUriti 3i 5.1 the Tiger An Alternative in NewYdrk to a Journal reporter this mornlnf -he said that he could not tell-hi J' Irerlout the injuries wlere e4 JWs. time. The bump were what he term ed "dry ones e-nd required a cr- 41 ak 4a egkt APfnlnA -AriA 1 DEPI6ATI0N a Aanf tfisk harm flnnfk Mf.

Hennlan, who rUlnlr -d hmva -serves xreiB jijiuw which subdued the did I- Will Explatp the to the Hangman No ose brought them to hie way of thinking and thus saved the life of CUff.it Gilbert. The Jury, Immediately after lta re tirement, elected I Hart, foreman and Will Plank, secretary or clerk. then the balloting began. first ballot placed Clifford bert near to the hangman's noose? Jt stood eleven "for Conviction with the punishment -placed at death with 'one galnatthat and for life 'Imprisonment. 'The" Jurors then heated argument, g0tng over the eae time and time again, the question dls- cusaed being that of the mehtai re aponalblllty of Clifford Gilbert.

That thla discussion worked to the beneSt of the prisoner the second ballot showed. It seemed to ralaa a doubt to the policy of enforcing the extreme penalty; evidently the of the mental responslbllty of the defendant coming into the mtnds of some, for -the second bal.ot showed, only eight vptlqg for capttut punishment, hile the. one had bee'i) JeAsafcfhjpitharii And roar wt-. ed for life Imprisonment. The third; Bfth and sixth ballots stood the aame way.

One Mora CaUned. On the seventh ballot one mor joined the sturdy minority, nghting to aave Gilbert from the hangman the vote atandlng seven for hanging and five for life Imprisonment. Then Lbegan a steady gain for life imp. to onment, and on theeihth ballot the I vote was a tie, alx voting for hanging and sir for life Imprisonment. came ten or twelve ballots without change and it began to look aS It the jury would not agree.

There was more argument and those In vor orJlteTitlirtsWn mMe AM 9 strew that kioA taMfwas case gatnea ana tne minority became a majority along about the twentieth baJlQt, flY jjnjypyifor harijring while seven stood for life imprison-ment. End Was In Sight. The gaining of the majority was the beginning of the end. On the next ballot the vote stood only two for hanging while ten Voted for the penitentiary lor, life. The next ballot stood one for hanging and eleven for life Imprisonment.

The Filial Vote. Finally at o'clock thla morning the final vote waa taken and the Jury which had by degrees gone from one poaitlon to the other, the one. for life Imprisonment gaining ten others to his sldei -then had-, the eaUafuctlniY of seeing the eleventh man come over and the Anal ballot showed afl twelve votee for finding" Clifford Gilbert guilty of murder and fixing his punishment at a life term In the penitentiary. The real belief of the jurora Is thus They- believed Gllber tr-1- degree, not responsible for his doings but they considered that while he should not be hanged, he waa a menace to society and should be removed from Ita walks. SATISFIED.

Gilbert Family and the Attorneys Do Not Object to Verdict. At the first report It was mentioned thjardUbsrt'attor'neyOl'Cnein, made the usual motions. That was Incorrectr--Mri-Chesem -merely argued to have the solitary confinement part of the sentence cut from five to. ons fla In eaph year. When asked further by the court If he had any-thing to say, Mr.

Chesem said: "I have jio motions to make." He then thRnked the Jury for Its action, In conversation Mr. Chesem uld he considered the" verdict s. victory for the defenae, and that he was satisfied that he and Mr. Tivnen had saved their client from hanging. Will Gilbert SntlsAod.

Will Qllberf, a and E'am Barney, a brother-in-law of Cllffrod Gilbert, were In the court room. They were asked as to how the verdict satisfied themv They both stated that they, were atlsfled and that they could find no fault with the work of the Jury. They felt satisfied that Clifford had escaped the hangmHn's A Soon to the ren. Sheriff Balrd was aaked by a rep-resentatlve of The 'Journal: VW1U yoii exectt the sentenca of the court and Gilbert to prison litnmedlaUly? "httvt not thought of thrmnttw Sheriff Balrd, "byt I will say tlmt It won't be long," In, Stock-Six tooichesi'" 'Charleston." Oct. 10.

In the rlMmv trails of the Illlnola ittd penitentiary at Chetr Clifford Gilbert will expiate hla act of that rtte-ful Sundar oil Auruet t. When he, mletaklng Thomae' Wooda, i tortoua Elmer Flelda, flred the irilfi hlm'ahd Thomaa Wooda fell ltn; hole torn through hta Jioafi 'nrta his Maker In the twinkling "of eye' jaan. "in'Iflght, The verdict waa reached In the night time and It found Gilbert gut'- ty of murder charged In, the In- Hctraent and eenUnced him to the etate penitentiary for life. When Judge Craig, ordered Sheriff $alrd to call the court order thla morning at 9 o'clock there waa a half dosen people In the cjnrl rtm. In Roberta, -h Had "CRM ot Jury, aUppd Into the court room a-nd i in a low voice told Judge Craig that thcrdeclaJon had been reached In the Gilbert The Feople Bwaurmed.

I By'aome atrange, telepathlo raeann, the 4nformtalon apread over the 1ty that a verdict the murder trial bud beua reached and waa about to be gut Into the court room la a myatery the jurymen filed 4n end took their ,1 placea before the judge the co-ar', room wAa packed and Jammed with a maaa of had hur- run tn th tomnln of luatlc to ee the outcome of the caw. "Have you reached a verdict, gen ttemenT" aaked Judge Craig, wlien the ahuffllng 4)f feet had eubaldeO. "We have," replied the foreman. A life Trrm. The fateful bit of paper carrn In Ita enfolded receeeea the life or death' of Clifford Gilbert waa hanil to Judge Craig by Bailiff C.

W. Tlof erti." Judge Craig alowly unfolded the paper, adjusted hie claasea and read: "We, the jury, find Clifford Gilbert guilty as charged In the Indictment and find that he ahbuld be conhned In the penitentiary for the remainder of hla natural "Po any you all, gentlemen 7" quer- er.the court. JL 'i Sentence la Paeaed. The In the affirmative Craig "Clifford Gilbert atand up for aen- tcnce." The priaoner, ahowlhg Ihe tndllfeis eiice that haa characterised him all through the hearing In court, roee to Ma feet and directed hla gaae at the "Tou will "be taken," aald the coi rl "t(y the aheriff of thla county or tv nme lawfully constituted deputy to Me atate prlaon, where you' ahall re- ii i alto the rest of your natural life. Five daya of each year ahall be apuit tn solitary confinement, the remnln- der Cherawnt Wanted Time.

Cheaem apokejo the urt the aubject of solitary confinement jprior in in? wini i Kmvnn, evidently wanting that part the anntenc eut from flvt1 to sne'day tn each year. The. court made no reply 4 to Mr. Chesem but proceeded to pass en fence, Gilbor Wm Alone. Gilbert was alone In the court room when the verdict, was brought In 'and i ywilicuvc MffH iui wis biwa rey, Mr.

Chesem, neither hla father nor mother being Ths passing of the sentenoo seem-' ed to have no particular effect on him -'hi attitude "of Indifference oont'nu-: lug after as well as. before the ept- Immediately after' the passing of the septence Sheriff Trout-' man took Clifford, Gilbert back to the 'county '-Jail. f. NKAB TO JDEATJI. 1 Siory of IIoW tlie Jury Iteaolied Con vluslon I'lrst Bui low The story of the deliberations of the Jury in th-eortooni la-almuak nramauo us aeiaiis.

una sirong mind was pitted agetnat all others, and In the weary hours of the night The Lady or "SMTSEIV SCHOOL. Report of Smyeer school for tho month ending October 14, 10J: Mumotr or uugru. -iivum ber of pupils enrolled, S9; numbe ot days attenaedr7l3 average dally tendance, 84. Those present- were Bessie Waggoner. Ralph Boyd, Martin Edwards.

Edna Fleshner. Lelnh FJeshnfr, Mary Fleshner. Mahj YbungrFforync Young: E. A. CROWU Teaeher.1 tm ca 1 Col.

Cneckley Is in Wayne county buying upland cornering the broom-corn crop 'of that section. SOCIALIST Meeting at the Armory Hall Last Night Waa Well Attended. John Collins, organiser' in the slate Of Jlllnois for the socialist party, miirta an address Armory hall last night and (WaSjiltenod Jowlth Intere'st "by a large crowd. Mr. Collins ia 'alM a member 4of mdchtrilsta' union, and oia iaiK waa mainiy ior tne onjeci of organising the1 worklngmen Into socialist clubs.

lie is a good talker. and handles his subject in a way to make many converts to his cause. Mr. Collins will make two more talks in this city, appearing at Ar mory hall tonight and tomorrow night. Everyone Is invited to him speak on the labor questions of the day.

MISTAKE Was the Telegram Telling Alva bright IIIs-M6thcr War Pond. -7 A telegram-was received -Wdnes day by Alya Sebright, a fireman on the Illinois Central, stating that mother had died at her home In'New-ton, Mn Sebright hastened to Nw ton, but found that the telegram wi a mistake, and that his mother was not dead, but waa critically 111. She Is an aged lady, and very littltt hopes are entertained for her recov MEETING SCNDAY. The German Evangelical congroRa- tlon will hold, services next Sunday in the Baptist church on Twenty-first The "congregation has been rganlaed with good membership, and in tne near miure sieps win oi taken for the erection of a church edifice. '1 TAKING EVIDENCE.

Attorney Ed C. Craig was in Tole do yesterdsytak lg some evidence-in case 'before Master in Chancery Busnard, H. F. Kendall Installation Servioe. 7:10 p.

m. Monday, November Organ Prelude H. Kendall Doxology Choir Invocation. Rev. B.

W. Ty'er Anthem "How Lovely the Measen gers" Choir Scripture. a M. Morton, J. D.

Hymn Congregation Prayer i Wm. J. Merrill. jD. Te Deum-Dudley Sermon Mex)tgLD.

jt. Charge, to-. the Pastor. Rev. Edward Baech Charge to the People', tlTtl Trier Hymn Congregation Benediction.

Rev. W. P. Merrill, D. Poatlude.

WANT SOME INK Contemporaries Can Get a Bargain at The Journal Office. Newspapers using -flat bed presses throughout this section of the slate can get a bargain in news Ink by'callr tngjon The "When we pur-chafed our Gos8 press we' had a barrel of Ink, almo8ti five, hundred pounds on hand. It waa excellent Ink for a flat bed press, but la somewhat heavy for a web press. The Ink cost us six cents a poun. We are willing ta retail.

It out to those furnishing their own rece for three cents a pound, rather than take the time and trouble of thinning It down. Now is a good time to save some money on printer's Ink. dw-C WILL QUIT Onrver Kane Decide to Close l'i Tlit'lr Saloon In This City. Tomorrow, will be the last day that the Garver A Kane saloon on Wo'. Broadway will be run, and at the closing hour the place will be locked up for keeps.

It Is stated that Herman. Haskell, who owns the fixtures, will move the outfit to Te'rre Hute and open up a saloon-In that city. C. W. Haskell, who owns the building, will move' part of his livery barn into it, hla present quarters being inadequate for his business.

MARRIED AT PAN Miss Edna Beehelmer of Pane and Prank Padgett ot this city were married at Pana Thursday at the home of the bride. The groom Is an employe 'on the Big Four, They will make their home In this city. SUPERINTENDENT HERE. V. i "State Superintendent ot Public Instruction Alfred Bayliaa was In the city from Springfield yesterday en rauielattRoblnsonr-Wherehehjto address the Crawford oeantr farmer.V InaUUte on the aubjeet 3 "Seheolav" OE SEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH I Next?" Snndoy, Noveiubep 1 Many Frmulnrnt Mtalstm WU1 Bo.

Present nod Take Part. The beautiful new church at the corner of Western avenue and Twenty-second street will be dedlcsted under -aasplclous conditions next Sunday. The services will lr.st alt day, and an excellent program has been arranged. A number of promlnept ministers from abroad will be present to take part in the services, among them being Rev. D.

D. 1. of Chicago; Rev. Cum-mfrigs Smith of Indianapolis, T.ev. W.

a M. Morton. Rev. William P. Merrill of Chicago and Rev.

Edward Baech of Areola, ram arranged for the occasion Is as Morning Service 6:11 a. Sunrise Christian Endeavor leader, Rev. W. W. 9:80 a.

Informal meeting. 10 a. m. Morning services. Organ Preludo.

H. F. Kendall Doxology. Invocation. Response Gloria.

Choir Hymn Congregation Scripture Reading, psalm 24. Anthem Fpstlval Te Deum In flat Dudley Buck Prayer Rev. W. D. Parr, D.

D. Response Choir Sermon Rev. W. D. Parr, p.

D. Anthem "tlft trp Your Heads, Oh Ye Gates" -Hopkins. Choir Benediction. Postlude. Afternoon Sorvlocj 3 L.

M. MoNalr, Dtrectresa Prayer. -f Anthem the Lord Built the House" Gilchrist. Choir Responsive Reading, Led by H. P.

Anthem'There la a River" Psalm 46 Solo and Chorus 'Dudley Buck i.C.olr Address W. D. Parr, D. Z. Solo "TheMercy" Bear Leo Harry Crawford Hymn Congregation Evening Servioe.

p. tn. -Evening: service. Organ Prelude. H.

F. Kendall Lord's Prayer. Congregation Stand'ng Solo-V'Hear Ye Iarael" Elijah Mra Irma Miller Scripture Lesson, psalm 14. Solo Dedicatory Sermon J. Cum'ming Smith, D.

D. Anthem Hallelujah Chorus, "Mes slah" Handel. Choir A vSWZ: D.P arr Song Coronation! Congregation Benedlotlon tioi come bur of the airalt -without his share of trouble His hands and wrists were severely buened and his. eyebrows were singed, off. jrffjCWe Dikk riilCi statei.thUi rmorning thai, had it fcotf' been tfox arff, anlgan a air ronantrna.roMf :s.wj,wuii.

bkv 'beettftburnedto. death. houM alaswaeatreye aa.Ai wno naa his way to a drug store for seme med- lclne. While the injuries to Mr. Hennlgon are severely painful but not serious, yet It can not at thla tiros be deter, mined What the'outooms- of Mlsa Watson's injuries wljl be.

At noon today the young lady was resUng easy, and with careful nurslnff It thought she will recover, (wlth no lasting marks or scars to bear evidence of her to death. 7 1 'a 4 1 i C0NT0RTI0II K' ii t. Ml ACT- PERFORMED, jBY.UVEKV-j MAN -TATE'S TEAM. Utorally Kh ked Buggy to Ptccttl by Way of JRecrcsAloav No bne Hurt. i Charles Tate, the Westeru avenue liveryman, had little experience thle morntng not down on the regulas program.

While driving a frisky team fvon his barn early thlls morning one of the animals cut a caper that dls- pleased Mr. Tate, and in "the way of a reprimand he cut the' wYp. His horseshlp whs decidedly oppjso to such treatment, and te show hi displeasure began to" kick the dash boardf rom -the- beggyv About --tul time his mate decided te enter the game and have some of the fun, and in an Incredibly short apace of tlmA the dashboard and the entire front of the vehicle had been literally kicked Upon first be(5innlng to show their playful' tactics the animals began la thought to demonstrate tav their piaster the superior way In which they did the business, and te also show bow srtlsoaliy Such a fa, could be performed. --Vpoa going past. the tntersectlon off Twentieth slreet, some one who ha seen the arfair ran from jVagan's) drug store and another from MlO Knlghfs saloon and each grabbed The horeea continued to ruSi and kick until they reached Kroadwaj when they ware brought to a stunA stUL 1 The animals did an extra One Jv3 in the demolition'ot the bugsry, a wa Uteritfly kleked to plwa.

nWe alinost forgot to mention Mr. Tate considered, a lu th 1 buggy most too a place fa him shortly after his favorite eiul" beeitn their contortion act. a.ni ed ftoni tliu in j' of safety, An order has been placed by the Central Illinois Traction company for six coaches te be used on Its line between thla city and Charleston. The order Is to be filled and the cars delivered by the first of January, and the probabilities now are that the road will be In operation before the time set. The roadbed west of Loxa la now ready for the laying of the rails, and ihat task; will be begun' in the very near, future, while work on'' the line within the otty limits of Mattoon is being rapidly ((pushed forward.

ILL A NKAKEE. W. J. Burke, a switchman In the employ of the Illinois; Central in the Peoria-division yards at this -point was called to Kankakee Thursday on the receipt of a telegram announcing the serious Illness of his wife, who Is undergoing treatment in a hospital at that place. Mrs.

Burke has been In poor health for several weeks, and It Is feared by her friends that she may not recover. THE MARKETS Chicago Cash Msrkef Reports as Fur- nlsned by White Commission. Co. SO. Wheat No.

-8 red No, a p1 No. H-W 7 8 80 14: No. H-W 78(880: No, 1 No. J-H-W 284; No. spring 78SJ.

Corn No, 2 4 4 fr I No. 2 a Itite 440: No, yellow 4445: No. No. yellow Onta No. 2 No.

2 white 374 S84; No. 8 84i No, 3 white 8J7; No. 4 white 84 standard ft Chicago live "Stork." Hoge "yesterday estimated tomorrow 'loft, over, quality market slow and easier; generally 10q lower, Light. i Rough, t4.S304.75. Seavy.

84.80 8.40. eavy, I4.80O8.8B," Cattle market slow and weak, "i i Sheep "The ladles of the Congregational church gave an enjoyable tea Thurs-day aftrneoit- at -th home ot- Mraxt. I Matthews. ATnlce" Utile "aum" w'tii realised. -7 TKA.