The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-12-14
THURSDAY. DEC. IA. 1889.
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FOSTER says Marshal Henry is in
nocent. That settles it.
A TIN MINE has been discovered near |
Steubenville.
THE Garfield Monument Fair at
Washington netted $500.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR says: "Tl e
present tariff system is in many re
spects unjust" True; and the De-
mocracy have been OF that opinion for
a long time,
THE State Canvassing Board award
ed the certificate of election to Nc
Kinley, in the 18th District, Hart in
the 18th District, and Morey in the 7fh
District. But the next Congress will
have something to say in the matter.
TIE motion to postpone the trial of
Dorsey, the head of the Star Route
gang, on account of the illness of the
defendant, was overruled by Judge
Wiley, and the trial has has been COM
menced.
THE President thinks Congress wi l
not need to pass another River and
Harbor bill this Winter, that there is
enough of last years steal left to last
through the year.
BY the explosion of boiler in the
saw mill of J. Vincent & Son, at Shaw
neetown, ILL.,, at noon on Monday last,
eight men were instantly killed and
three others seriously wounded. The
mill was completely wrecked.
THE River and Harbor jobbers are
angry at Arthur for the criticisms and
suggestions in his message on the river
and harbor appropriations, and some
of them declare that they will propose
bill this session, regardless of the
recommendations of the President.
GOVERNOR FOSTER has issued a
proclamation for Especial election to
be held on the I'd of January to elect
Congressman to fill the vacancy occa'
stoned by the death of DR.. J. Il. Upde
graft, in the 18th District.
SECRETARY of the Navy, Chandler
wants the appropriations for his de
partment increased about $4,000, 900
ostensibly for new vessels, but really
to carry out some of Robeson's ole
Jobs, but in view of the verdict of the
people against the jobbers, it is doubt
full whether Congress will grant hi
wishes.
SIX prisoners made their escape from
the Canton Jail last Thursday night b.
cutting off the bars of the door, ant
then cutting hole through the wall
from which they made their exit
Three of the number were awaitin!
sentence to the penitentiary. A re
ward of one hundred dollars each i
offered for their recapture.
THE long Litigation oyer the title t
the Arlington estate has heen final.
settled by decision of the Suprem
Court in favor Of the Lee heirs. A
the government is in possession of tn
property, and using it as a nationa
cemetery where thousands of Fedora
soldiers lie buried, M easures must b
taken to satisfy the claims of the heirs
aud secure the property to the govern
ment.
In his letter to the public, Dorsey
the Secretary to the Republican Ma
tional Com mittee, makes the followin
pointed and significant thrust at tn
men who are prosecuting the star rout
rascsIs: "Slill the work of defama
ton will go on to glorify the men il
power by crushing those who place
them there"
THE Secretary of the Navy in hi
report to Congress, makes the follow
ing humiliating confession "Presen
evils must be removed, or America
shipping will be entirely wiped out.
1t should not be forgotten that this
department has been under the exclr
sive control of the Republican part
for over twenty years past. And that
what's the matter.
THE report of the Tariff Commissio
took the whole country by surpris
The protectionists who expected r.
port sustaining the present high rate
if not an increase, are sadly disappoin
ed, while the revenue reformers al
disposed to regard the work of tt
Commission with much favor. III
report recommends very large redu
tion of duties on imports, averagin
over twenty per cent.
BRADY, the star reuter-, now int
mates that "if the trial terminal,
unfavorably to him, he will make di
closures which will implicate me
whose connection with the star route
has never been suspected" OF cour:
there is nothing wrong about this st;
route business, but if Brady is convic
ed he will let the cat out of the ba
and tell tale that will cause 10th
hearts to ache"