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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-08
FROM NEW YORK.
A STARVED PAUPER WITH $500 IN
HER PoCKETS-SUICIDE.

n b1AGNEO fAUTEH With SOUO IN
HER PoCKETS-SUICIDE.
New York, January 5.-Margaret
Fitzsimmons, aged 60 years, died in
the Bellevue Hospital, yesterday,
from want and exposure, The
filthy dress which she wore contain
ed nineteen pockets, and in these was
found $500.
Robert R. Johnson Jr., partner
IN the shipping house Of Croker,
Wood g. Co., No. 81 South street,
IN this city, committed suicide at
his rssIdsncs in Brooklyn yesterday.
De had been very unwell Tor faw
days previously.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-08
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

NEGRO DEMoCRATs.-The following tele'
gram from leading colored Democrats OF
Camden, Arkansas, was sent to Governor
CASTOR of Massachusetts,, on the 9th
inst:
"As colored members Of the Demo-
cratic party we congratulate you and
your State upon its emancipation from
Radicalism. We rect you.
j. SIMMONS, ALBERT DAILY,
JAMES THOMPSON, PETER NowLIN
VIM. ROBINSON.
William A. CASTOR, Boston, Mass.
The New Orleans Bulletin pays the col
ored people of Louisiana a graceful COM
pliment for voting the Democratic ticket
and closes with this paragraph:
This schism in the ranks of the Radi-
cal party in this State has broken its
backbone, and it will never again hold
up its head in such bold defiance of the
rights of the people Of Louisiana.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
ONE or THE BOLDEST ROBBERIES
OP THIS B4REFA CED AGE.

The robbery of the American Express
Company's Office in Cincinnati, on last
Sunday, was bold enough for yellow
covered fiction. 1t was on Sunday after
noon, when few persons would be in the
office and but few on the street.
A porter, or watchman, named Moody
was on duty. Abe Monroe, a lame ex-
messenger enters, and his familiarity
with the office enabled him to know
about the money packages. He pro-
posed to Moody to "mark" for the
cigars. A horse and wagon drove up,
and two men lifted from the wagon a
large empty trunk, though the men pre-
tended to tug as if it were heavy. The
wagon was then driven off. Moody lost
the cigars and went out for them. While
gone it is supposed Monroe selected the
messengers safe that had $4,000 in it,
and with the aid of some one lifted the
safe into the big trunk. Moody return
ed with the cigars and he and Monroe
proceeded to smoke. While smoking
the wagon and horse returned. The
two men re-entered and very coolly said
they had made a mistake in the office
and should have taken the trunk to the
Adams Express Office, and lifting the
trunk into the wagon, drove off. Mon
roe then left.
The safe has not yet been found. 1t
was evening before the discovery of the
robbery was made, when the Chicago
manager looked for his safe in prepara-
ton for starting with it.
Monroe was arrested in indianapolis
and brought back to Cincinnati. A son
of lawyer of that city was one of the
men who carried out the big trunk, and
has been arrested.
The Times of MonOay evening says
there was $3.50 found on Monroe's per-
son when arrested, while he did not
have dollar when in Cincinnati. A
man named Mclaughlin, who drove the
horse, has been arrested. The owner of
the wagon has been discovered, and who
was paid for the use of his wagon. Young
Black, son of a lawyer, was identified as
one of the men who carried off the
trunk When arrested he was very
drunk, but not so drunk but that he de-
MED all connection with the robbery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
POLITICAL ITEMS.

Thirty negroes voted the Democratic
ticket at Bosqueville, Texas.
In the late election, Marion county,
East Tennessee, went Democratic for the
first time in forty-three years.
Nevada gave its new Democratic Gov
ernor 5000 majority; Adams, Dem, for
Lieutenant Governor, 800 majority,
"The other Butler" Frederick r., OF
Tennessee) is beaten by 1900 in the dis
trict that formerly elected by thousands
Even Florida elects a Democratic Leg
islature, which insures the return of a
Democrat to the United States Senate, in
place of Gilbert, whose term expires next
year.
The Germans of Fond du Lac, Wis.
are preparing for public reception Ol
Senator Schurz, who lectures before the
Encosmian society Of that city on the
18th inst.
The cOlored members OF the next
House, so far elected, are Lee Demo.
crat,) and Smalls (Republican), o. South
Carolina; HARRISON (R.l, of Alabama
Nash, (Rl, of louisiana and Hyman r.,
of North Carolina,--all new members
The reelection of Walls, in Florida, is
claimed and in doubt,
Mr.. Tilden's majority for Governor o.
New York Ia As, SOS; Governor Dix's ma
jority two years ago was $4,000. Another
evidence Of the "tidal wave"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

IT seems the Emperor OF Turkey IS IN
trouble again about Robmania, the two
provinces of which are Wallachia and
Moldasia.Y The cause of the trouble Is
that the Christian people cannot live al
peace; and the weak Turkish Govern
ment cannot preserve order. The Treaty
of Paris in 1856 abolished the Russian
urotectorate and secured these provinces
to Turkey. According to the Rouma-
nian papers the population of the country
win soon arrive at a very formidable
figure. In lS41 it numbered S,749,OOO, II
1S4O, 100000; it is now over o'OOOOOV
The sexes are nearly eqqalin number
The Jews are estimated at 247,OOO and
strangers at $1,000. These include TO-,
Greeks and 10000 Armenians. In the
hands of the residents of these two ma
tionalities the rceOf the country
mainly lies
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The plain meaning, then, of this reyo-
luton is that the people on broad and
general scale hsve become dissatisfied
with the policy and the management OF
the Republican party, as represented by
its leaders, including the President him
self. There is no other explanation to be
giyen.-[The Independent
The elections teach a significant lesson
which politicians would do well to lay TO
heart they teach that it is the independ-
ent Christian men who really hold the
control. II was these men who voted
the Democratic tickets in over twenty
States, not because they were Democrats
themselves, or that they cared a straw
for the party, but because they were
wearied and sick of the disturbance and
corruption and imbecility and oppression
of the past ten years.-lChristian at
Work.
The cause that was championed by HOr-
ace Greeley as candidate for the Presi-
dency, and in which the hopes of the
South went darkly down in November
~, is the same cause the splendid sue
cess OF which gave rise TO the relolclngs
of last week, whose echoes have not yet
died away in the land. The Liberia
movement two years ago, though too fal
in advance of the prevailing popular SEN
timent for success, was not premature
preparation for future good.-[ Richmond
Whig (Dem.)
The greatest curse that to-day rest
upon this country comes from active in
reference with the elections, through
that network of political power, the Fed
eral Offices 1t is the greatest evil which
afilicts us here at the North, and we have
no doubt that it is one of the creates
causes of trouble in the elections at thu
South. If the new dispensation, by what
ever party name it is known, can anC
will set on foot any line of policy tina
will eventually result in the breaking NJ
of such political rings as are practically
maintained at the public cost, it will ac
complish the greatest civil service reform
possible.-[Salem Mass Gazette rep.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
LOUISIANA.
The Committee Of Seueniys address 10 he
President-Hs Is Requested 10 Withdraw
the Federal Troops from he State.

New ORLEANS, November 8.-The fol-
lowing was telegraphed to the President
yesterday:
"To His Excellency, U. s. Grant, Presi-
dent of the United States, Washington,
ID. c.:
"The Committee of Seventy have the
honor to inform your Excellency that on
the second day of this month, at a gem
eral election holden in this State, under
the auspices o. the acting Governor, VIM.
P. Kellogg, the Conservative party was
entirely successful, and will have in the
next Legislature q clear majority upon a
joint ballot. 1t is a well ascertained fact
that thousands of our colored fellow-citi-
zens voted the Conservative ticket. We
address you'nOW to make solemn but
respectful protest against the further Oc-
cupation of the State by military forces,
and to request their withdrawal. With
the return Of our peopleto power we can
assure you that the civil law will become
supreme, that its sacred obligations will
be recognized both by the ruler and the
ruled, and that there will be ample pro-
lection guaranteed to life and liberty
within our borders At present and for
some weeks past the State House has
been garrisoned by United States sol
diers, and our city has presented more
the appearance ofa military post than
that of a great commercial metropolis
while the agricultural interests of the
State have been greatly hindered by the
operations of part of the army in the
country parishes. The Returning Board
is to meet on the llth of this month foi
the purpose of canvassing and compiling
the election returns, and will be assem-
bled at the State House. We can mo-
but consider it extremely improper that
the important civil work should be exc
cnted in the midst of the bayonets of the
Federal Government. Inter drma siLen
leges.
| At the commencement of the new era
which seems dawning upon our people
we wish to assure you and the people o
the United States of our devotion to the
principles of the Constitution, and of oul
steadfast purpose to uphold the cause o
public liberty and good government.
-. J. d. BURNs,s
II. N. OGDEN,
b. +. JONAS,
A. j. LEWIS,
f. G. ZACHARIE,
Committee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

THE Democratic Executive Committee
Of Alabama has issued an address, in
which it says:
"The party we represent is firmly
pledged by all that is sacred among men
to use its utmost endeavors to bring the
blessings of good government to all the
people of this State and under the provi-
dence of God il tremains TO be seen wheth-
er our party is equal to the responsible
and arduous duties it has undertaken to
perform. These duties require of us that
Justice must be fairly administered ac-
cording to the laws of the land that the
rights of all the people Of Alabama, both
of person and of property, must be pre-
served inviolate that there must be no
oppression of any race or class Of men
that the credit and good name OF the
State must be restored that harmonious
relations of mutual confidence and good
will must be cultivated and adjusted,
among all the conflicting interests repre-
sented among the people Of this State
that yielding cheerful obedience to the
laws of the United States, and promptly
bearing our share of the burdens OF the
General Government whether in war or
in peace, we must cultivate such other re-
lations that the citizens of every State
composing our great Union whoma from
time to time have business with US, OF
come into our midst, shall receive that
Justice and hearty welcome at our hands
due to brethren Of the same great house
hold, without regard to difference OF po-
litical opinion. If we fail to accomplish
substantially these results, just 80 far will
we disappoint the hopes and expectations
of large majority of the people of Ala,
bama. A bright future is before us, and
we feel that, with proper exertions on
our part, there can be no reasonable doubt
it will speedily result in prosperity to all
the people of our beloved State"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
TRIAL OF DIR. PARKER, THE AL
LEGGED SWINDLER Oh FOREIGN
ERS.

A hearing was held yesterday (l1thI
afternoon before United States Commits.
sioner McCandless, in the case of DR.
VIM. Parker, of COnnellsville, who is
charged with using the United States
mail for the purpose of swindling certain
parties out of various sums of money
Mr.. Isaac Myers, special agent of the
Post Office Department who has been
engaged working up the case against the
doctor, appeared against him with a
batch Of letters he had secured, which
makes the case look almost hopeless
against the doctor. The assistant Post
master at Connellsville, w. H. Crillum
also testified to his knowledge Of cores
pondence that had passed through his
hands, and identified the writing as that
of DIR. Parker. "A.
Among the letters were the following
One addressed to the Superintendent Of
Police of Washington, Pennsylvania, re-
ceiyed at that place a good while ago,
was opened by the borough constable.
II was from Maria Boddard Whetham,
of London, and was in reply to n couple
of letters sent to her from this country,
and which were enclosed.
One of these letters, purported to have
been written at Canal Fulton, Stark
county, Ohio, under date of February Is,
and stated that a young Englishman
named Edward Whetham had died at
his house, leaving Mrs. Whetham two
thousand acres Of land in Texas. The
papers had all been fxed. and he re-
quested Mrs. Whetham to send out an
agent. Healso added that his bill against
the young man for medical attendance,
boarding, &e., amounted to 5000, or E40,
and stated that If this sum was forward
ed, the will would be mailed to her. The
letter was signed Winter Hamilton, MD.
Another was dated May 18th, and ap-
pears to have been written at Washing
ton, Pa. He tells Mrs, Whetham that a
foreign letter had been sent to the dead
letter Office. He requested her to be par
ticular about his address, and as he had
no other foreign correspondence, the let
ter was for him. He also said there were
several DIR. Winter Ilamiltohs in the
place.
Mrs. Wnetham, on July Sd, wrote to
the Police Superintendent at Washing
ton, enclosing the letters and stating that
she has no distant relative named Whet-
ham in this country, and that the writer
OF the letters is a swindler She wrote
to inform the police, that others may be
protected from the swindler.
Another letter examined is dated at
Uniontown, and requests the postmaster
to forward to that place all letters ad-
dressed to Winter Hamilton, and is
signed VIM. Parker, NJ. ID.
At the conclusion of the hearing the
doctor was committed in default Of
$1,000 bail for trial at court next May
He processes to feel confident that he
will be able to clear the matter up stthe
trial.--ARegheny Aal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
GRANTS CAPACITY.

The N. Y. Tribune, speaking of the
present position of Grant, says;
We have no heart to accuse the Fresi-
dent of inconsistency He does not know
enough of law or politics to see the lolly
and sin of treason to principles, But II
T. time for the men Of conscience and
honor nor, still left in the Republican party
to icon Consider seriously whether they can
snv longer give even a tacit support 70
srcb S an Administration. The President
;magines that the late elections have ab-
soIyed ,S him from any, allegiance to the
Psnnbliean party, and set him free to
aook M his fortune in other quarters. Just
y SsVN nresent s he thinks that rag-money and
orpos;tion To the Civil Rights bill are the
most available capital to his hand. Who
ean foresee what will be the next vagary
ofthis narrow, selfish and nndisclplined
nind3 Ifhe is let alone, he WILDE com,
1aratiyely harmless for the two yearsand
Z half which still remain Of his admins
ration But he is capable Of great dam
ssS If the timidity Of Republicans gives
tctbe audacity Of his retainers any power
Thafsyer In this Congress and the next
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

WlLKEsBARRE, Pa, Nov 1.-THE reign
of lawlessness among the miners is ter
rible. At Carbondale, Saturday night,
two men were murdered and three
severely wounded, one of whom will die.
Patrick Padden was found on Dundof
street, on Saturday morning, with two
bullet holes in his head and his body
badly bruised. Michael McNally was
found dead the same morning near the
railroad bridge. At the Carbondale
mines man, whose name is unknown,
was found nailed securely to beam in a
secluded place, where he had been left
to die. 4 Scranton, on Sunday morn
ing, newspoy found the dead body Of
Michael KeSrney lying at the foot of a
steep Cmbankment, where it had been
thrown. No arrests have yetbeen made.
An extensive cave occurred at the Sem
eca mines at Pittston to day. Five or
six men were at work, when the roof
gave way with q terrible crash. killing
Elias Davis aud Henry Jenkins, end
dangerously injuring John T, William
son. sD ftr ar
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

The Presbyterian Banner has also
found it out. 1t explains the recent del
uge as follows;
"The seizure of all the great political
centres by rings composed of men by
no means representing the people, became
a tyranny so irksome that revolt could
no longer be restrained. In our own city
and county the Republican party num-
bering majority Of 10000, has been @ aD-
solutely controlled by handful OF men men
for wears, who have inflicted one indig-
nity after another upon the great mass OF
the people, and who, in manner at least
replied to all remonstr9nces, as dld the
Statesman, now doing duty on Black
wells Island. What are you going to dc
about il p"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

KENroN DEnoCRAT.-Our old prentice
boy, foreman, and true and worthy
friend, David s. Fisher, who a short
time since sold the Allen county DEM
ocrat, has bought the Kenton Democrat OF
Mr.. Flanagan. The office was valued
at $4,000, and Mr.. Fisher takes possession
about January lst We doubt not David
will keep up the reputation the paper
had under the energetic management OF
Mr.. Flanagan.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

UNITED STATES TREASURER SPINNERs
Annual Report shows, as was expected,
a great falling off of revenue both from
taxes and customs. 1t IS largely occu-
MED with statement of the workings
of the Redemption Bureau, and with
suggestions FOR Improvement in the laws
which regulate the operations of the
Treasury. Gen. Spinner, as usual, earns
the gratitude iof his employees, and es-
pecially of the women, by urging an in
crease of salaries for his force, andpoint-
ing out the needs of poor widowb that
sweeb and clean the Treasury halls.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

Lieut.. Governor Smith has set up as
Governor Of Arkansas and has appealed
to the President to sustain his Claims
with bayonets There is no denial that
Garland was elected by nearly seventy
five thousand majority, and the Consti-
tuition under which the election took
place, was adopted by nearly one hun
dred thousand majority. But Smith has
discovered technicality, and proposes
to upset the people and establish a
a smithy usurpation. The fellowcannot
be found by the Sheriff at Little Rock.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
Gelegqaphir.
NEW YORK

New YORK, Nov. 16.-The strike Of
'longshoremen begun to-day. The men
are gathered in groups along the docks
of East and North rivers, but are not in
terfering with the laborers who have
taken their places. The entire police
force of this city is on duty; also Of
Brooklyn and Jersey City, where the
'longshoremen are likewise on a strike
This evening the strikers became
riotous and attacked the agent of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company with
stones, injuring him quite severely. A
body of Italians proceeding to work
were dispersed by the rioters with stones
bludgeons, etc. The police finally drove
the strikers away.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

The financial article in this weeks In
dependent is on "The Financial Policy OF
the Democracy" The article opens with
a conundrum, thus
"Can anybody tell what the financial
policy of the Democracy is, or what it
would be if the Government were in the
hands of the DemOcratsW Nt
We can't tell but what We want to
know is whether Jay Cooke or some 9th
er patriot who is gouging the public with
a great enterprise of Improvement, has a
contract at this time for the use of the
money columns of the Indepeideta. II
we would tell about that, we night be
able TO form an intelligent Judgment
about some other matters of Importance.
-Gncinnah Commercial.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

The United Presbyterian refers to the
Ring defeat and says
"Our local politics have been in a COM
plete muddle. This was chiefly because
the people, tired of the party manager managerS
and their way OF doing things, deter1lln- U
ad T 70 think and act for themselves. Con
science and spirit of personal choice
hove rnled the campaign, and the conse-
nnence is that unworthy and objecticna-
he candidates are set aside in favor OF
others That Allegheny county should
be found voting u majority to the Demo
Gratis was as strange as to hear that Mas
sachusetts had gone Democratic. Here,
AZ in other places plain contempt Is
shown for such INSCRIPTIONS manage
ment as looks more to selfish and paru-
san ends than to the good OF the country
and its institutions"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
AN exchange saws;

"Can Committees of Investigation in
yestipate? That will be the question
for the House of the next Congress to
say ives" to. Hitherto they have
either been whitewashing committees,
or have investigated as little as possible;
The War, Navy, Interior, Post Office and
Treasury Departments must be upturned
from the bottom, their corruptlons
dragged to the light, and prevented for
the future"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
COLUMBUS.
Meeting Of the State AuditOrS association.

CoLUMBus, November l2.-At a meet
inc of the State Auditors Association
this morning the following officers were
elected. A. P. Stultz, of Muskingum,
President; John P. Forsyt tn, of Shelby,
Secretary John NJ. Ewalt, of Knox,
Treasurer. The special committee ap-
pointed last year to memOrializethe Gen
eral Assembly relative to the fees of Au-
ditors in school business, reported that
nothing had been done as yet. This
committee also reported that they had
referred the entire subject of listing for
taxation the Pullman Palace cars within
this State TO Attorney General Little. A
resolution was adopted recommending
such amendment to the law as will make
the term oftownship clerks and township
treasurers three years instead of one year,
as at present.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19

FLEEING FROM STARvATIoN.-The New
ton (Iowa) Headlight says "Long lines
of wagons, loaded with families and few
household goods, pass through our streets
eastward almost daily, fugitiyes fleeing
from starvation and devastation caused
by drouth and grssshoppers in Kan
sas and Nebraska. Many ofthem present
pitiable sight and tell doleful stories.--
With half-starvedteams and in depressed
spirits, it is sad to look upon. In Iowa
our people do not fully appreciate the
blessings Of the plenty and abundance
that surround Us. These two States have
received terrible scourging, ftom which
1t win require yeATB toreooVer" 81