The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-04
EVERY DAY TOPICS
Recent News Items Caught in
Our Literary Net.
A Condensed Record Of Accidents, Crimes,
Politics and Information of GEN.
eraI and Miscellaneous Kind.

Earthquake shocks were felt In Cali
fornia, Friday.
There were 1872 busin6sc failures dur
ing the past week, against 1856 for the
previous week.
1t has been decided to extend the
Hannibal s. st. Joe Railroad from
Quincy to Chicago.
The Minuta newspaper at st. Peters,
burg has been suspended on account of
alleged seditiOus articles.
At Des MOines, Ia, Stewards kerosene
oil warehouse was destroyed by fire;
loss $1,000; fully insured.
Car shops of Rock Island and Peoria
railroad burnt; with one passenger and
six freight cars; loss $4,000.
Two Cuban refugees liberated at Mad
rid. MacO will also be released If he
promises not to return to Cuba.
Attorney General Brewster denies
that he had any wish to prevent the in
dictment Of ex-senator Kellogg.
Billy Gore and Jimmie Chambers,
Birmingham lads, had prize fight for
$3.50, Chambers having his jaw broken.
Nihilist rendezvous surprised by st.
Petersburg police. Numerous arrests.
The quarters were filled with explosives.
A banker named Gillis, of Clifton
Springs, N. Y, has fed, leaving behind
him, it is claimed, $4,000 Of forged
paper.
There has been received from the q. s.
Consul at st. Gale, Switzerland, 1O,35O
francs for the benefit of the Ohio river
flood sufferers.
The New York Herald Flood Commits
siOner has reached ShawneetOwn, and
finds that no more aid is needed th3re.
He has thus far dispensed $20,800.
A conductor on the New Haven and
Northampton Railroad has been found
guilty of manslaughter for causing a
collision by disObeying orders, by which
three lives were lost
1t has been discovered that Louis
Laurent, of ArcOla, Ind, was murdered
a few days ago. His body had been ly-
ing in hut. Samuel Mcdonald, neigh
Dor, has been arrested.
VIENNA, April Edwin Booth appear
ed as Hamlet, and received great ap-
plause. The Press expresses disappOint-
ment, and says his acting was much be-
low what was expected of Booth.
VIM. ChadOwin, arrested by mistake
in Stanford, KY, was found, before his
release, to be the murderer Of Confed-
crate surgeon in 1862, and the old in
dictment was accordingly redocketed,
and he will be brought to trial.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-COx's friends
consider his chances for speakership as
very good. They say he holds the balance
of power already and that IL votes have
been pledged from New York; that he
will get the vote of the Irish members
and also the Illinois vote with possibly
one or two exceptions.
Thirty-seven barges loaded with coal
broke loose in the MOnOngahela Satur-
day afternoon near Pittsburg. They ran
against the steamer Abe Hays and sunk
her and carried off six of her barges.
They next sunk six barges from the
steamer Dick Fulton, which was also
damaged. The whole harbOr fleet Of
steamers were sent after the runaWays.
The loss was $350,OO0.
G. G. Markle, the fugitive junior mem
Der of the embarrassed Pittsburgh pa
per house, was arrested in Cincinnati,
and $28.400 in cash and Government
bonds were found upon his person.
When he left Pittsburgh he had between
$4,000 and 100000. He was given re-
ceipt for the money found upon him and
allowed to return to his hotel.
BRAIDwooD, ILL.,, April 2.-The frag-
ments of seven bodies found in the Dia-
mOnd mine last evening were this morn
ing placed in sacks and removed to the
foot of the shaft. An effort is being
made to induce the women that sur
round the top to return to their homes
in order to prevent the scenes which
would ensue If they insisted on endeavor-
ing to identify the fragments. A third
party Of searchers went down at 8 a. m,
making three parties now under ground.
The Friday night express from Chat
10 fhn ninafnnnti GAnfhnrn
road, met with an accident one mile
north of Mason City, at 5 h. M, by which
62 people were injured. The smoker,
ladies' coach and two sleepeTs went over
a high embankment. The ladies' coach
was burned, and the other cars wrecked
beyond repair. The was no one killed,
but at least two. and possibly dozen,
fatally injured. Whether the train jum-
ped the track or was thrown off by a
broken rail is in dispute. The most ser
iously injured passengers were left at
WilliamstOwn, and those able to travel
were brought to Cincinnati. A list Of
the injured is published.
The bill abolishing convict labor was
discussed last week in the Ohio House,
and first action postponed until We'd
nesday. Locke of Madison, is principal
ly in the way of its passage. A motion
was made to reconsider the Cochran To-
bacco Bill, but 1t was lost. A careful
examination of the bill shows that 1t is
crudely drawn. RObinsOn's bill prOVi-
ding for the payment of the state debt,
has passed the Senate. The House Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections rec,
ommend the indefinite postpOnement of
the HOllingswOrth ameAdment to the
Seitz Election law. The passage of the
Highlands Trunk-sewer Bill has been
recommended by the committee.
BERLIN, April 1.-The celebration OF
the ninth anniversary of the birth OF
Bismarck was an occasion of much brill
liancy. Military bands performed ma.
tional aud operatie selections before his
residence. Visits were made in person
by Emperor william, many ladies oi
distinguished households, officers Oi
| high rank, foreign Ministers, and othel
nOtables. who congratulated theChancel
lOr. Many kilograms were also receiV
ed, felicitating the prince upon the Oc
currence of his sixty-eighth birthday
Numerous floral offerings were display
ed. Or account Of the poor health o
Bismarck. HIS doctors refused to allow
him to exercise In the park today, as b