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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-12-25

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Yours respectfully,
SOLOMON WISE.
THos. J. MORGAN.
Filed Dec Is, 1856.
l.. G. LYONS, Clerk.
10 the Hon. President and members of the
Police Jury.
Abbeville, Dec. 49, 1886.
Gents-There remains as cash in treas
ury at this date 5 10 Sc
the only money received by me since last
report was as follows:
Nov. 80 By Lastie Broussard,
for fines S 10 45
Dec. 4, r. C. Smedes licenses, 2 SO
Total S IL 95
Very respectfully,
L'y
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
almost a Holocaust in St. Louis.

ST. Louis, Oct. 13.-Early this morning
Ere broke out in the lower part Of H Rom
feidts picture frame store, at S2l Franklin
avenua. The upper rooms of the building
were occupied by a number of families, the
members of which were asleep, while the
flames, were burning 6ercely below them.
When the blaze was discovered the fire had
burne&4trcugh into. the rooms 3sbove5and
their occupants, barely escaped with tbeh
lives. Women and children rushed frantic
ally about, but. every exit was barred by the
flames, aud great loss OF life seemed inevi
table. The FIRE department, however, ar
rived just il tme and all but one were
taken by the fireman from the windows
Henry Rosei5in was overcome by the smoke
and flames and was unable to make his way to
aIwindow, His absence was noticed by his
rescued friends, and the flremen went to his
relief He was found lying unconscious in
one of the inner rooms, and terribly burned,
He WAS taken to the hospital. The building
was destroyed. Loss, S2,5O0; insured.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
TlLpENlS WIFI.
A Rumor That the VIII will Fail aud That
the Fstnte VIII BE Divided

A Rumor That the VIII will Fall aud That
the Estate viii BE Divided.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13-The Sun says that
there is now no reason to believe that any
objection will be made to the probate Of the
will of the late S. ]. Tiden, but there prom
ises to be serious trouble Immediately after
ward and the trustees may have a hard
fight on their hands. There is reason to be-
lieve that the validity Of the trust will be
questioned, and thata claim will be put in for
payment Of the debts,of the New Lebanon drug
factory. The attaching parties in these suits
will be the creditors of the drug irm, and it
is pretended that they are not assisted by
those who would be benefited by the failure
of the will. George A. and Samuel j. Til
den, Jr. claim that on Mr.. Tilden's advice
they assumed some $270,00O worth of debts
of the old concern when they took hold of it,
and that he promised to see them through but
never did.
The creditors now propose to get their
money by breaking the will They will sue
the boys for their debts. The property Of
the boys being insufficient the creditors will
levy on whatever right Of action the boys
have to contest their uncle's will They will
take this right of action and bring suit on it.
The ground will be that the clause in the
will allowing the executors to do as they
think best with the property in case the
library plan is not carried through, is too
general and therefore invalidates the will
They claim the decisions in the court of ap-
peals since the will was drawn have practi-
cally changed the law so that particularly
is now required in making bequests. In
this case the will falls and the estate will be
divided according to law, the creditors get
ting enough to satisfy their claims and the
Tilden relatives getting fortunes
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
THE WIN0oWGLAss INDUSTRY.
An Adjustment Reached in the Long Con
Ain,.nd NNn,.n sLru....In

An Adjustment Reached in the Long Con-
tinued Wage Struggle.
PITTsBURG, Oct 1S-After wage strug-
gle of unusual length, and marked by great
pernacity Oh the part Of both manufacturers
and workmen, an adjustment was reached
late on Saturday night in the northern dis
trict of the windowglass industry by joint
committee from the manufacturers and the
workmen, and President Cline, of the Win
dowglass Workers association The eastern
district is already running. The result Of
the joint conference, as it was stated by Mr..
Cline to-day, is that the wage scale of the
northern district, as now amended, gives the
workmen about eight per cent. below the
western scale, which is really a slight ad-
vance on last seasons wages.
Certain restrictions heretofore imposed on
the manufacturers have been changed to
make the arrangement amicable The scale
was signed on Saturday and telegraphic Or
ders to light the fires in the eighteen Naw
York state winiow-gI3ss factories were is
sued Immediately. On Thursday and Friday
OF this week the entire northern district will
resume operation. The entire industry Of
the country will then be in active operation
at full capacity, excepting the factory at
Bridgeport, n. j., where only two Of the
four furnaces are running
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
Tbe Anarchists Intarvievad

CHICAGO Oct. ia reporter visited the
condemned Anarchists. Neebe expressed
his hope that the supreme court would grant
a stay of proceedings. Spies was more COM
posed than when in the court room. He
spent yesterday over "Childe Harold,n and
IN the evening in reading a prose work of
Heine He thinks that if the Illinois su-
preme court decided against him the case
might be taken to the United States supreme
court on a constitutional questionable right
of trial by an impartial jury. Schwab,
Lingg and Engel were engaged, and paid no
attention to things going on outside their
cells Fielden appeared resigned to his fate,
and did not exhibit any signs of despair.
Parsons was voluble. He had received some
intimation from the outside that the hope of
a rehearing was not in vain, and it had re-
newed his courage. No one of the prisoners
seemed to have entirely given up hope of a
reversal of the Judgment
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14

BUFFALO, N Y, Oct 13 The Anarchists
of Buffalo are getting rather bold lately.
Reports of their meetings, held to raise
funds for their Chicago brethren, have ap-
peared in the papers, and the police have
watched them SC closely that they find it
bard to get place in which they felt free to
air their sentiments Last night they pro.
posed to holt a meeting in the rear of John
Roeder's house. He objected, whereat Her.
mann Fuelle, "No. H." and Fred Graunder
"No 49," assaulted him and his wife with a
hammer. They were both badly hurt, and it
is thought Roeder's skull is fractured The
Anarchists were examined in the police court
to-day, and escaped for lack Of positive
proof. The Buffalo groups of Anarchists
were organized chiefly by August Spies.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
KNITTING Mile to oloss.

CoRoEs n. Y. Oct. 3-Tho operatives
in the Amsterdam knitting mills, having re-
fused to return 10 work before October 9, as
recommended by the executive committee
Of the National Knit Goods manufacturers,
the various local associations in the National
association ara voting on the question of
shutting down on October 49, in sympathy
with Amsterdam. The vote, which is being
kept secret, will be canvassed here on We'd
nesday by the national executive committee.
II is understood that Hudson and Schenectady
have voted to close. Last night the Cohoes
and Waterford associations representing
twenty eight mills, and employing 1000
operatives, secretly voted almost unani-
mously to close.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
A Fire at Ashland. Ohio.

ASHLAND, o., Oct 12.-Fire broke out this
morning about 4:30 in the NOW of Mason &
Wilbecks livery and feed stable The stable
was burned to the ground. About twenty
tons of hay, and harness and sleighs were
burned. The horses and carriages were saved
The stable was insured in the Ohio Mutual,
of Salem, O., for $500. The Sampsel house
caught fire from the burning barn and was
totally destroyed. The greater part of the
contents were saved. The hotel was insured
in the Knox Mutual, of Mt Vernon, o., for
$4,000 The contents were insured in the
Wayne County Mutual for $1,000. DR.. Kin
naman's stable was also totally destroyed.
No insurance. Several other buildings were
slightly damaged.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14

BRIDGEPORT, Ala, Oct. lS,-Allen Hally,
Q business man of this city, has been missing
from his home for five weeks This morning
party of boys hunting in the woods near
here were attracted by flock of buzzards in
the top of high tree. Approaching closer,
the boys discovered the body of man hang
ing in the topmost branches, and partially
concealed from view by the foliage An
alarm was given, and party secured to
ascend the tree and cut down the body. By
the clothes it was identified as the remains of
Rally The body was horribly decomposed,
and half eaten by the buzzards. The remains
were hanging to limb by rope around
the neck, and by actual measurement were
seventy-fve feet from the ground. There is
no known cause for the suicide.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
LIEUT.. GEN. cH lRLEs P. STONE.

New YORK, Oct. 20. Gen. Charles P
Stone, chief engineer in charge of the con
struction of the Statue Of Liberty pedestal,
has been chosen by Maj. Gen. Schoaeid, who
will represent the president of the United
States at the ceremonies on October 28, TO
act as grand marshal of the military and
civic parade. Gen. Stone yesterday issued
a general order for the direction of the
bodies who may desire to participate.
All organizations desiring to take part in
the parade are invited to apply without de-
lay to the American committee at No. 33
Mercer street. this city, or to Gen. Stone
himself, at his Office in the Washington
building, No. Broadway, for space in the
columns stating distinctly the name and To-
cation of the organization, its nature,
whether national, state, municipal, military,
civic, religious, Masonic, etc, also state the
number of men the organization expects to
turn out
The applications should be made as early
as possible, so that proper space in the col
ums may be assigned to each corps, and the
appropriate number of marshals and aides
selected to insure order and convenience in
the formations and movements. 1t is desired
that each state and territory of the United
States be presented in the columns of this in
ternational parade. Military and civil or
ganizations of other nations, and especially Of
Canada, Mexico, British Columbia and the
West Indies are invited to an honorable posi-
tion in the columns.
General Stone said yesterday that Lieut..
Willis, of the engineer corps was preparing
The necessary steam mower and that the cleo
trical apparatus will be finished and thor
oughly tested on Monday next. The first
Illumination will be at the moment of the
grand salute, which will be fired at the
conclusion of the Inauguration ceremonies
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
Killed BY a go Devil"

CLEVELAND, Oct 13.-Charles O'Donnell,
the well known nitroglycerine manufacturer
of Find ay, O., was fatally injured while at.
tempting to shoot the water well at the re-
hnery works in that city. The well is only
swenty-eight feet deep, and Mr. O'Donnell
intended to let "the go devil" or weight drop
by means Of cutting wire. While adjust.
ing the weight at the mouth Of the casing it
slipped and deceased had barely time to turn
his head and attempt to run, when he was
hurled dfty feet in the air, alighting on his
Lead and shoulders, fracturing both jaw
Zones and receiving other injuries, from
which he died three hours afterward.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14

New YORK, Oct l3.-At a Tammany hall
meeting last night, as which conference
committee of Irving hall men were present,
Abram S, Hewitt was nominated for mayor
amid enthusiastic howls. 1t is openly
claimed that the county Democracy will
support the nomination. The joint confer
ence committee will report on union or dis
union next Saturday. A request from the
Business Mems association asking the endorse
ment Of j. Edward Simpson, their candidate,
was ignored
Mr. Hewitt has for number Of past years
taken an active interest in politics, and was
elected to the Forty-fourth, Forty-ffth, For
ty-seventh and Forty-eighth congress, not
being a candidate for the Forty-sixth
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
nsstructIve Pralrin Fires.

FARGO, Oak, Oct. t3.--Prairie fires during
the past few days have swept over the greater
part of Mcintosh county in the Missouri
valley, destroying hay, grain, houses and
barns, and leaving scores of settlers destitute,
with nothing to carry them through the long
winter 1t is estimated that Sl50,0O0 worth
of property has been destroyed in three or
four river counties, generally on large farms.
In the high winds the ordinary fire breaks
here have not been effective. The draught
Is without precedent since the settlement Of
the country, and many of the streams, in.
Guiding the Red and the James, are so low
that it is feared they will freeze to tbs bot.
tom this winter, and cause great trouble
through scarcity Of water. ,f3
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
MoRRlNG A WITNESS.
Swiss Laborers' Attack Upon a Witness in
the Anarchist Trial.

Swiss LabOrers' Attack Upon a Witness in
the Anarchist Trial.
CHICAGO, Oct. l2.-During the late Anar-
chist troubles Gottfried Waller was quite a
leader among the men, and when the trial
came on appeared as a witness for the state,
and gave evidence which did much toward
causing the conviction of the prisoners
Many threats were made against him. Last
night accompanied by friend, he entered a
saloon at 105 North Wells street, favorite
gathering place of the Swiss element of the
laborers. Some one said: "There is the
traitor" Waller attempted to leave the
room, but the crowd followed him with
cries of "Hang the dog" "choke him." "kill
him" etc.
Soma seized him by the throat but
Waller shook the man off, and drawing a
revolver shot several times into the crowd.
For moment they fell back, but soon came
up again and attempted to hang him. Again
Waller freed himself and fired into the mass
of people By this time he was nearly to
Chicago avenue, and he ran for the police
station. Capt. Schaack placed Waller in
cell for safety, and sent a squad of men to
disperse the crowd and capture the leaders if
possible 1t could not be learned whether he
had shot anybody or not.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
Fatal Railroad Accident.

EAST LIVERPOOL, o., Oct. I3,-At 1915
o'clock this morning, an eastbound freight
train on the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad
ran through an open switch and into shift,
ing engine, standing on the siding at this
station. William Walker, brakeman, vas
instantly killed, and Fireman Peck was fa'
tally injured, Several other members Of
both crews were seriously injured. The en-
gines and a number of cars were demolished,
causing loss to the railroad of over $4,000.
The killed and injured are residents Of Wells
villa q
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
The Situation Unchanged-Waiter Girl
BOycotting PinkertOn Men.

Boycotting PinkertOn Men.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12-Tne situation at the
stock yards is absolutely unchanged The beef
packers in Swift's and Morris houses went to J
work, while the other places were shut down.
The report that District Assembly 81 had or.
dered the men to report for work this morn
ing failed to be substantiated by facts There
were at least as many men out to-day as there
were Saturday, and In addition to these are
the few men from the other houses, who have
cleaned up the benches and have now Joined
those on the outside. The men themselves
scarcely knew what they would do to-day,
and many gathered in the vicinity Of the
houses with their dinner pals on their arms,
prepared for work if the main body Of
strikers should go back, but this was NOT
done, and the men took their dinner pals
home again.
Almost all the strikers seem contented to
remain in their homes, and only the younger
crowd hang around the houses. All are Or
derly and quiet, the men having been
cautioned by their leaders to save their
money for long and protracted struggle.
The quiet condition of affairs is doubtless
due to the fact that the knights are waiting
the arrival of Messrs Barry and Butler from
the national convention at Richmond and
great hopes of their ability to settle the
difficulties are entertained. At.9 o'clock this
morning all the beef men at Fowler's quit
work, and soon after the beef leaders at Ar
mour's house, as well as about fifty Of the
beef killers, refused to go on. 1t was
thought that all the beef men in the yards
would be out At 20 o'clock there was an
immense crowd in the vicinity of the pack
ing house, but Capt. Markey and his men
kept splendid order.
Last Saturday night the girls at the Tran
sit house absolutely refused to serve the Pink
erton men, and crompromise was effected
by the head walters, by hitting on the expe-
dent of putting the provisions on the tables
before the men entered and allowing them
to help themselves. The girls agreed to fill
the platters and take away the soiled dishes.
To-day, the girls declare, is the last that they
will submit to doing even this, and a strike
among the water girls seems to be impend'
ing
Messrs. Barry & Butler arrived in the city
this morning. and in company with John
Foley went to the stockyards to hold con-
ference with the packers
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
The Anchoria ArrIv.,.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Oct H. The Anchoria
arrived at o'clock this morning. The steam
ship Maranda, which went out to tow her In,
missed her, and she arrived within five miles
Of this port under sail, when tug took her
in tow and brought her in. The passengers
and crow are we'll The cause Of the vessels
delay was broken shaft. The intelligence
Of her proximity to this port was received
Yesterday, when one of the Anchorias life
boats and her second officer arrived and
asked assistance
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
LABOR TROUBLES.
The Strike at the Chicago stOckyards
observation-disclosures Out.

CHICAGO, Oct. 13,-The strike at the yards
has spread, the latest men to go out, being ITO
men of the Union Stockyards Transit COM
pany OF these, sixty-six are section hands,
and the balance work in the blacksmith shop.
The shop has been closed. The company no.
titled the men that they would have to work
ten hours per day, and they refused.
This has not as yet interfered with the
business of the company, Everything was
very quiet at the stockyards this morning.
There was no excitement, and the situation
Is unchanged. Delegate Barry was seen
early and declared that the discovery Of
himself and Master Workman Butler that
Messrs Hately and Potsford did not repre-
sent any association of packers, and that
there was in fact no association with which
they could treat threw them on TO the only
alternative OF negotiation with the packers
Individually and this would be the program
for to-day he added.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
ESCAPING FROM SIBERIA.
M. DE GAlEFF, ALIAS JA8LoNsKI, THE
NlHlLlsT, NO LoNGERA PRISONER.

The Conspirator Who Planned the Muir
der of Lieutenant Colonel sudeilSIn,
Traced to Geneva, Whore He is Safe
From Extradiction-Foreign News.
LONDON Oct. 13-A st. Petersburg cores
pondent telegraphs that he learns, despite Of
ficial secrecy, that the police have received
@ full confirmation from Siberia Of the re-
ported escape of M. De GaiefP, the famous Nj
hilist conspirator, who planned and assisted
in the murder Of Lieut.. Col Sudeikin, the
chief of police, and one Of his staff, nearly
three years ago. The police have traced M.
De GaiefR to Geneva, and have vainly endeav.
ored to wheedle the Swiss government into
extraditing him. Since June at least twenty
Siberian prisoners have escaped, including
two cavalry officers and several studen is,
some Of them escaping by way Of Cambodia.
The precautions which are observed
throughout Siberia are so stringent that the
government is persuaded that the escapes
could not have been efPecte without conniv-
ance with the prison officials So great =
commotion has been caused by these repeated
Jail deliveries that special commission has
been sent to Siberia to inquire into their
causes and reoganize the entire system OF
prison government A number of high oti-
cials, under whose charge the escaped pris-
oners were, have been suspended and some
officials who were either criminally negligent
or else assisted in releasing the prisoners,
have been arrested and thrown into prison
M. De Gaieff, alias Jablonski, the Nihi-
list whose escape is related above, has had an
eventful and checkered career. He had been
identified with Nihilism for many years, but
did not come prominently into notice until
the murder of Gen. Strelorikof, at Odessa.
For his connection with this crime he was
transported to Siberia, but escaped and re.
turned to st. Petersburg There he professed
to have renouuced Nihilism and offered his
services to Lieut.. Col. Sudeikin, the chief Of
police for the district of st. Petersburg, and
soon became his confidential spy. On the
night Of December 2S, 1885, De GaieR was
seated in room with Col. Sudeikin and his
nephew, an assistant detective, when at q
signal from De Gaietf, the door was suddenly
thrown open and shot fired at Col. Sudei-
kin, which was Immediately followed by q
blow on the head With crowbar.
Sudeikin seized too heavy candlesticks and
managed to severely wound one of his assail-
ants before he was finally overcome by the
superiority of numbers and stabbed to death.
Meanwhile his nephew was, struck down and
left on the floor, mortally wounded. De
Gaieff, with the assistance Of the other Nj
hilists, removed their wounded accomplice,
and all made their escape. De Gaieff made
his way to Geneva and afterward to London,
where he intended to embark for America.
He was detained for some reason, and when
next heard of lad been captured on Russian
soil and sentenced to Siberia for life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13-Public Printer
Benedict has made another discharge of
twenty three employees. In speaking of the
matter be said he had found it absolutely
necessary to make removals. He found that
with the discharge of about 500 people the
office was turning out more work even than
when he first took charge In every depart
ment there were before too many employees,
and half of the time there was nothing for
them to do, He says it will be necessary to
yet reduce the force, though not to any
great extent He can, he believes reduce
the expenses without injury to the public
business to the extent of $4,000 or $4,000
per month
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
Trying to Kill an Anarchist Juror.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1S.-Maj, Cole, one of the
Anarchist jurors, who has been frequently
threatened since the trial, was shot at by
concealed persons as he was entering his
yard at Lawndale, suburb of this city,
Friday night. Saturday night, while return
ing from the city, he was stopped near blu
house by a masked man. who pointed re-
volver at him and said he was going to kill
him for voting to hang the Anarchists Cole
jumped upon the man and seized the re-
volver, which was harmlessly discharged 10
the struggle. The man then broke away and
fed. The police are searching for the guilty
parsons
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
General Grant,s Book.

New York, Oct. lS.--Mrs, General Grant
has received from Charles L. Webster & Co.
the publishers of the Generals Memoirs, 4
check for sl50,OOO, being the second payment
on account Of the profits Of the work. Th'
former payment was for 5000, 900 Mr.. Web
ster said that probably within the next few
months Mrs, Grant would receive 800, ,00t
more. The check paid in represents the col
lsctlons on the book up to date. Mr.. Web
ster, thinks Mrs. Grant will realize $500 OOI
rrl kha work