The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

At Huntsville, Texas, on Friday, English Car
ter, alias L. B. Jones, was hanged for the murder
Of W. K. spauldiDg in July last, near the town
Of Dodge. He met his fate firmly, The town was
crowded with people.
Galveston, July 2-A News special from Cedar
Mills says X. Frank Northcote, who shot. Con-
stable Crabtree, was arrested and placed under
guard at Crabtree's house. During the night he
was taken from the guard by mob Of masked
men, who crossed Red River into Indian Terri
tory, where they rlddled him with bullets. North.
cote's relations, having clue to the perpetrators
will prosecute
The largest elevator In the world has been made
for the Washington monument 1t will carry ten
tons to height Of FIVE hundred feet, 1t is con-
structed to deliver material twenty feet above the
top Of the masonry during the construction oft
monument, .and after the completion will be
transformed into a'passenger elevator. The mon
ument is to be finished in four years, II the ap-
propriRtlons continue.
Scott Bell, cOlored, was hanged Friday at Stark.
vile, Miss, for the Murder Of Jim Henry, Colored
on the 10th Of May last. The colored man rode
from the jail 10 the gallows in wagon which
contained his coffin. He made speech from the
gallows, saying he was going home to heaven
and wanted all his friends to meet him there,
The trap was sprung at O'clock and after 2S
minutes the body was cut down and delivered to
his relatives. Bell murdered Henry while in q
Jealous mood, thinking he was the cause of his
wife leaving him. The crowd at the hanging is
estimated at 5000.
An undertaken at Grand Rapids, Mich, who
was directed by the Superintendent Of the Poor
to give deceased pauper burial, sold the re-
mains to doctor, and, going through mock fu.
neral ceremony, received in addition the usual,
sum from the county.
The census Of California indicates an increase
Of 2O 900 in the aggregate population Of the State
The population of San Francisco will be brought
far below the estimates Of the directories. The
Chinese in that city have also been greatly over.
estimated. Some Of the interior towns, such as
Stockton, have receded In population during the
decade.
The Chicago police discovered the remains o
an unknown man lying In the gutter on promi.
nent thoroughfare, the other morning, who had
evidently been murdered during the night
The semi.annual report Of the Registrar Gen.
erRl Of Vital Statistics shows that during the half
year ending July l, there were 1929 deaths in
New York, an increase Of 1,131 over the same pc.
riod in 1879, and representing an annual deatd
rate Of q ,26 in every 6OO
The other afternoon large barn on o country
farm at Lancaster, Pa, was destroyed by fire. A
number Of adjoining buildings were badly burned.
Loss fully $4,000. Insurance 5000. The fire was
the work Of an incendiary, as 1t broke out in
three places OF once.
On the sixth anniversary Of the abduction OF
Charley Ross a few days ago his father remarked;
l have now absolutely no clue. l was not aided
in my search by any detective, public or private.
Every clue that proved Of service l worked out
myself When the combined detective talent
found itself at fault, It turned its skill toward
proving the father the author Of the abduction"
The population Of New Orleans is l52S9-an
increase of1792S In ten years.
The ferryboat Argananta ran down rowboat
on the Delaware and drowned Mrs. Kate Maher
aged %, Robert Orr, aged 49, Lizzie Orr, aged Q,
and Katie Orr, aged years,
At Pensacola, Fla, Monday, a fire broke out in
the Cheap John clothing house and burned the
block Of Plaza, excepting the buildings at each
corner, The estimated loss is S75,OOO Insurance
$50, 900.
A Winchester, Ind, dispatch says; "Word
comes here that oliver II, Smith, Of this place
stabbed negro barber named Oakley, in Union
City, this county, yesterday while in fight 1t is
thought he will die Smith was arrested
A telegram from Dallas Texas says that lead.
ing Democrats are making up what is to be called
the Texas campaign fund.- by subscribing $50
each, the money to be subject to the drafts Of the
Democratic State executive committee, and used
to defTay the expenses Of ex Cows, Hubbard and
Throckmorton, the Hons. John Hancock Dave
Culberso1, John Ireland, Thomas N. Jack DIN
Welborn, L. Crawford, and other speakers to
stump the States Of New York, Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania for Hancock and English.
sslt Lake, June 80 The stage from Challs,
Idaho, was robbed on Saturday night by six
cOnvicts who escaped from the Idaho penitenti.
ary. Some passengers in the coach hve men and
two women, were robbed Of all their valuables,
amounting to a few hundred dollars, and strip
ped Of all their clothing, being left absolutely
naked, Ia that condition they travelled several
miles to the next station where sheets and blan.
cts were obtained for covering until they reached
the Htah Northern railroad on Saturday evening
Some Of the party arrived here this morning, A
New York clothing merchant named Levy one
Of the victims, lost $50, a gold watch and other
jewelTy besides clothing, I'll his first visit here,
and he says he will never come again.