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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
pEAr4roE agN. GEORGE Il. GORDON
Heart Disease Ends the Life of Noted
General and LAWYER

General and Lawyer.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass, Sept Mai Gen
George H. Gordon, died suddenly of heart di-
sease last might, aged sixty-one. Gen. Cor
don was born in Charlestown, Mass, July l.,
1S2b. He graduated at West Point; was bre-
veted second lieutenant of mounted rifles,
United States army, July l, 1916; was pro-
NOTED to first lieutenantey August &, 1853
and resigned from the army October 81, 1854
On the opening of the civil war he offered his
servieesto Governor Andrew, and was COM
missioned, colonel of the Second Massachu-
sets infantry Maya, 1861. On July Z, 1912;
he was made brigadisr general United States
volunteers, and in that capacity he served
until August "a, 1865, when he was mustered
out n r.u ,q!., ... NJ
Most of the time he had an independent
command, and it always rendered good ac-
count of itself when in action. April 8, 1855,
he was made brevet major, general United
States volunteers, for msritorious and distin-
guished services After the war Gen. Cor
don engaged ip the practice of law He was
devoted to his family and found his chief
! pleasure in books. He published three inter-
esting, volumes giving his war experience
He was noted for his answering loyalty to
Gen. Fitz John Porter whose cause he un-
ceasingiy ,champoped He will, always be
remembered here as gallant soldier, low
, ing husband and upright citizen, .ip4
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suicided by Hanging.

BALTIMORE, Aug 3l.-Jonathan W. Scott,
manager Of Price Current, committed sui
eide sometime last night by hanging himself
in the engine room of the job printing office
The bedyowas discovered i'm the morning. by
the engineer, when the latter went to tho ,es-
tablishment, No. 5 South Calvert street, to
light;up the fires in the engine room, Seotts
body, was hanging from the shaft which con7
meets the betting with the machinery He
had elimbed ladder to reach place from
which to drop, apparently with the hope Of
breaking his neck, The body must have been
dead for some hours when discovered, as the
face was rigid, d,,.rII a
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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
THE PLANS ALL READY FOR THE FIVE
rr NEW CRUISERS. 60 . s e..-

Secretary whitney to Advertise for Their
Construction, and Foreign shipbuilderS
Invited Across the Ocean to Submit
Plans-Other National Affairs.
WAsHINGToS, Sept. -L-7Secretary Whit
ney will soon publish the advertisement for
the construction of the five new cruisers, the
plans for which are now ready He will also
publish in foreign papers an invitation to
ship builders across the ocean to submit plans
for the two six thousand ton armored cruis-
ers provided for in the naval increase act.
American ship builders will, of course, be al
lowed to compete with the foreigners Navy
officers think that the plans will be pur-
chased abroad as well as those for the aBal.
tinlnrA ~ .. .
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RgsuIf oF lie ExstosIoN.a
One of the victims stil Unoonsoions.
Grsat Dalnags.to Plate Glass, .l..isssai - - !


CHICAGO, Sept. Mrs iGuhl apd her
husband, two Of the victims Of theI dynanlite
and gun powder explosion, at -Ranl Gz--Laf=.
Inns powder magazine, were removed from
1885 CoTneha street, to the Emergency hosni1
tai, on'Supepior street, near LaSaIle avenue.
They were taken there in an express wagon
on stretchers. Mrs. Guhlis still nnconscipus,'
but little hourishmeht has been given herr
Her chances Of recovery, however, are not
improbable. Guhl is conscious and able to
talk. There is slight chance now that he
will survive theishock and his injuries The
other victims who are at the county hospital
are in fair way to get well. s.g :
Justice Tearney's house was in worse con-
dition yesterday than Immediately after the
explosion, but carpenters were Immediately
set to work to tear down the dilapidated
structure, while Others were busy moving. the
Justices furniture to house at Forty third
street and Archer avenue. A new building
will at once be erected on the sits of the old
one The Justice figures his loss at about
5000. The remains of the Guhl residence
were besieged all day by the hunters for
relics, and chinaware, wall paper, stones and
brickbats were carried off by the crowd.
The plate glass insurance companies sus-
tanned the heaviest loss that they have had
since they began to do business in Chicago,
1t is estimated that plate glass which cost
$4,000 was broken by the explosion. So far
twenty claims have been made to the insur-
ance companies, whose agents think their
losses will be- Metropolitan, $1,000; Llpyd's,
$780,, Fidelity and Casualty, $500 The
board Of trade carricd a policy OF sB1 1ollast
year. but, t,dia NOT renew it, SO $500 70 tepair
the damage done will have to come out of
the treasury. The glass atpthe Grand Pacific
was also uninsured One of the ravages of
the explosion which eahH3t be. readily re-
paired are theieracks in the Joseph Armour
memorial window of Plymouth aCongrega7
0ional church The crash did not send down
any,of theglass, but two large breaks In the
work run clear across the entire window.
The upper one passes through at about the
breast line of the full length figures, IWhile
the lower cuts through at the knees
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oil ProductIOu ofrthe Lima Field.

LIMA o., Sept. 1.-Cowles 81 Hazards
we'll, ON tho Shockey farm, drilled seventeen
feet in the sand and made fifty barrels in
rthe FIRST flow. -taYeyls- Ballead is-iar- and is
gusher Shade No, 8 is in the sand, and
shows big The Mcdonnell No. hfsin, and is
big well. Barretts 'Ditzler No Q touched
the sand, and shut down until the pipe line Is
connected. 1t Is estimated that there are
10000 barrels Of oil standing in the tanks in
the field outside. Of tnat in the big tanks of
the Standard company, Of which there are
nearly 100, 600 barrels, there being two $4,000
and one 2s, ,00O-barrel tanks, one $4,000 and
the IS, 600 tank being full, and the other
SO, 900 tank nearly SO. 9duHl9 COO lf'
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:, ! KENT uclKYp PoLLrIclIANs.,
A Hot cOpEtessi iOnaI 'cSDhhttsst ana a ChHb
Ed.G.lenge to Fight a DueI. a. :

zd.Glenge to Fight Duels a.. i >!
LoYFsEIBhEy- -l.-Jehh s., Rhea, q
lawyerTqt Russehville, isa candidgtP fg1 con-
gress ID the third district now, REPRESENTED
b Johh q Haisep! The-latterj Is al eandi-
date for reelection, and-a-hot contest for the
DemOmaticnumination is innprogrsssh iAtDA'
recent public msetfhg at Eth ton, Rbsa, in a
speech, charged one T0BmHiteaOVith certain
electioneeripg statements in Behalf OF ID HSd-
sell. "a I,naaniuU w: HaGs
tesent Rhea note asking for rstrac-
ton which was refused. Hite then sent q
challenge toa duel Upon receipt of this
Mr.. Rhsa wrotela reply. He declinSd to
Aght.a duel for several reasons One was; be-
cause.-The had no sort fof sympathy foruthe
code, that with deliberate intent sought the
Sheddinguofy ones owR or an6ther's bloodls
Another was thSt the laws OFF, God and man
forbid H. and the I1inal reasonGwas that he
had one dependent upon him for support and
owed protection to her, and that an accep-,
tance wdfld disbar him from the practice of
the profession he had adopted as q livelihood
and would leave him without means of sup
mort sf1fI glnlhlt llitniL . ts.'m . ~ 8.n
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, Twelve lives Lost.

ST. JoHN, NlF, Sept l. -rAnether trag-.
edy on the Banksis reported, twelve Victims
this time probably losing, tAeiHrlives1 The
fishing schooner .Metaor,. lust arrived at Bay
Bulls from the Grand banks, brings the sad
news chat, iwhile fishing on the )lsthoinsts, Ia
sudden gale 6f wind spsaifg up! An inipene-
trAblS fog shut down on the scene, and six
dories, with twelve imein On BOARD nwere an-
able to reach the schooner; Thereis a bare
chance that -ssme- them may have been
picked up, but the, gale blew with such fury
that nit is, thought the boats copld not live
long In the fearful sea that was running a
short time after the storm burst WE -
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cRANKS AT NIAGARA.
The City Full of People Who Want to do
Something Wonderful ..i, q

NIAGARA FALLS, Aug. 3l.-Sunday was a
field day for tho cranks, and large crowd
of excursionists came with the expectation Of
seeing somebody swim the rapids Samuel
Smith, of Lewiston, went to the suspension
bridge and told some persons that he was going
to swim through the current. Scott, he said,
was drunk, or he would have got through as
well as Kendall. ~ don't get drunk and rll
show you how to swim, he said. Sometime
later Smith got drunk and was arrested by
Policeman Miller. He was in the station all
night The prisoner cried like child and
denied having intended to swim the rapids.
He was afraid he would be charged with at
tempted suicide. Smith is an expert SWIM
mer and daring man, and Lewiston people
think that he was in earnest. f1t
Joseph Hewitt son of a wealthy farmer
near Lewiston, was in town, and talked
about making the trip. So did ORGY Meilley,
a one armed swimmer at the suspension
bridge, and it was reported that Capt Robin
son, Pennsylvania, was going through.
There were other cranks whose names were
not learned. The police on the American
side will not interfere with any OF the SWIM
mers as long as they behave themselves.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
IRVING to Cheat the Hangman.

New York, Aug. S1.-The Anarchist,
John KyIean, who is under arrest for being a
prompter and moving spirit in the Kahout
incendiary murder case for which the Ka-
hout brc hers were sent to state prison for
life, tried to cheat the hangman at police
headquarters. Detectives found concealed in
his cell strip torn from a blanket and
twisted into rope with slip knot. Ky
lean had evidently been examining the win
dow bars with view of attaching the loose
end to one, when interrupted by the officers.
watch was then set upon him until he was
taken TO court and committed to the tombss
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Caused by a Defective Brake.

New YORK, Aug 91,-7The City Hall shut
tie train made of two cars that reached the
bridge station at lO:lO, ran with great force
into the bumbers, slightly injuring about
twenty passengers and Filling upon each
other those nearest the platform. Several Of
the lady passengers suffering from shock and
fight, were led to the ticket office where they
soon recovered. The accident is said was
caused by defective brake ,ss,a- ..ts 4
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02

OSHKOSH, Wis, Aug. 81 e, L. Hughes,
one Of the leading dry goods mer chants Of
this place, and his four -year-old daughter
were drowned in Lake ,Winnebago by the,
upsetting of a boat In which they were out
for sail. Another daug lighter Of Mr. Hughes
and a little boy named Bray, who were also
in the boat, were rescued in an exhausted
..a..; II 30. IN ,a D.. 5- 1
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Three Mon instantly Killed.

wILMoRE, Pa, Aug 3l.-William Ashs,,
aged sixteen; G. George, a brother-in-law to
Ashe, and father of five dependent children,
and Joseph Horner, employees of the Penn
sylvania railroad, were struck by an engine,
hurled beneath a passing gravel train and
instantly killed. Their bodies We're horribly
mlttilated -i .
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
Crossing the Dead Line.

ATLANTA Ga, Aug 31.-In the section Of
Atlanta known as Brooklyn Th omas Smith
and Herman Guck were testing their
strength, when quarrel arose which resulted
in trip to the back yard, where Gluck
marked Off a dead line and chall 'nged Smith
to pass it As Smith did so Gluck retreated. !
Then Smith marked off a dead line and chalJ'
lenged Gluck to pass it. The latter no sooner
did so than he was set upon by Smith and
given five mortal stabs Smith is in Jail.
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Demanding His Removal.

NEW YORK, Sept IA special from the
City of Me&ico to the Herald says: A meet
ling of Americans has just bsen hAla, at
which Consul General Porch asked approval
iof the following ttefegraA he had sentto!Sso-
.retary Bayardi w. ,-,,o v7,qo
1 "The envoy has disgraoed himself. De-
Imand his immHdfhte RECALLS wv q feel humil-
lated and bowed down with shame, Demand
further particulars land they viii be furn-
iished. Suffice il to say that he was found
udead drunk in house of prostitution and
ssnow is the laughing stoOls>of theO Mexicans. y
I The meeting when only.a few were present
Endorsed the telegram, but when more people
scame in everything was postponed until
later. Mr. Porch made strong effort to
thave his telegram sent, but his motion was
voted down by al large majority At the
end Of the meeting the feeling decidedly fa-
vored Mr.. Sed dgwick The charges made
against him could not be sustained, as they
were based on runer entirely, while on the
aother, hand, gsntlenien : who were with Mr.,
-SedgwicI declared he did nothing ungentle-
manly. The entire proceedings at the com
mencement we're farce People who, wished
: the charges substantiated were declared out
of order.h More fairness prevailed toward
the end, and an amendment by Consul Gem
eral Porch, declaring that Mr. Sedgwick
was aided ahdaDettsd Sby' Msxicans, wSs1de1
clared out Of order. ------ -...-,..-..,
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cHlEE egRoNIMos
He Dssirs{ an JnteH Aow WIZ GeHeraiif
MiisAE andlt WiIG BE Granted. ,i1 1e15ig

ToMBsr&sE, ASiz., Sept, ~ Milss'
has rsceivddsa notification that -Geronimo5 dee
sires an ins&viewS with him az: san. Bera
nardine raMch OF the. frontier, Thirty FIVE
miles soutBSf Tphbstone; rne. sarng plaSe.
where Geronimo, mat Gen, Crook, and. Gen,
Miles will 81 theft lin two or thrve days This
is the CrookSnatser over again, With the. oxs,
ception thai Gem FILES is nOO hampered BY
any Restrictions, az BROOK. Haift iftaasardihg the.
forces. .thats.ihay ba taksn aoress the line.5o
Geronimo, &ithI twenty zone Sa6ks ,ahdlsik5.
teen squaws, ISL at presont close on the
neighborh3 3ph Of LAwton; but the latter could,
lot hold hfn il ha wanted to leave. 49,. ,!sg
Geronimpds att present under a flag gSo6ff
truce. A igentsnsn Who passed through
tombstone has spent two days in the chtef's-
camp, and says that the ,rdports that Geron.-
siIho is badly wounded Is false He is in. first
class condition, physically and mentally.
This informAR5-stys-tha that--all -all--shat--tPoHbles-
the chief is tn 1T he is 04ts of ammunition. ,Hs
was seated on d rock ina mountain He saNg
saw Forsyth hunting fUF hin,''u ut. Cuchutai
Ranch. THeelfsct of EorsytAa. march was
to prevent'the VSS& on ,AArzoso, which iGsoi !,
ouimo admits .hy Was abput W. thakei.u. u.trhSa
foregoing Is the dtSua SITUATION. ..T hs report:
lot Geroni,nus Unconditional surrender III, III,
Lawton is .unfouhded. be ,....a,.., ourh
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
The Dethronement Conspirators.

WLoNpoN Sept LA dispath from Sofia
says three Of the leaders Of the recent con-
spiracy, resulting in the dethronement Of
Prince Alexander, including the former
treasurera of the principAlity, HaSs taken
refuge in Bucharest. The Roumanian gov
ernment decided to.expsl the refugees from
that place, but tho latter appealed to the
Russian legation there for protection. Tele-
grams with regard to neJiropossd expulsion
Of the conspifators h&Sss BEEN Vpassinga be
tween the legation and st. Petersburg all
night. Prince Alexander will arrive al 71.l-
lpopolis tomorrow
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The comptroller
or the currency reports that the amount Of
National bank notes outstanding have de-
creased S12, ,205, 1858 since September l, 1895.
The amount outstanding at present is SSO4,-
369,745. He also reports an increase of $22,-
997, ,92l in the deposit of legal tender notes
since September L. 1895.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
rwo Moro National Ranks,

WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-The comptroller
of the currency has authorized the Deadwood
National bank, Of Deadwood, OAK, and the
Brooklme National bank, of Brookline, Mass,
to begin business, each with capital OF
S1OO OOO
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
Preparing for tile Race.

LONDON, Sept, LIN the trial heats which
were continued for the, purpose of deciding
who shalt be the contestants in the Inter-
national sculling sweepstakes William Beach,
the Australian, defeated George Bubear, the
English oarsinan. II, ,s5oi. 10. .ils /, DI Ia
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
an,rs..sAi,,S,j,s.srffEnsaH1Yei..g an,rs..sAi !, ~

SHELDON SPRINGsl W. Sept bur
glars entered the Congress Hall hotel during
the night One guest W., l.. Lincoln, of
Chicago, lost 81, $40 in money aud jewelryg
There is no clue to the thieves,
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OaioiaI Paperg Reoeived,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The commission
of Public Printer Benedict, signed by the
president in the Adirondacks, has been re
ceiyed at the Executive mansion. -''
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Working on the IcIoSfrIccai stbway4,

New YoRE, Sept. e1,TWork on the cleo
trical spbyays began at 8 o'clock. The point
selected for the beginning of the work was
lSjxth avenue and Twenty4fuTt thSstreet i phe
erst stone vas removed by c0lhhiAslpS'nsfr. p'f
Moss
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
.IEpNafI .lasafrsN0N Ndte, ,slls.Iak.

BosEoEP Psspt 'lf -arhOpepo,t that Robert
RenffsE Mas missing n ISesS5ltq be taseL Hs
las BEEN atdiis,bihery since Friday Nobody
seems to,Ra9T '~asrs itHa aAtSft 9f bis aaisaapS
pearance originated.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
/ sNniLoAh oFi iReB, ,OOOl {

BAI.TIsIoRE,, Sept. ma n fire in the toart
story h,ticb furnihire factory Of George Beck !
at HAfrisopS VIA ;FFaysstte streets, caused, A
loss ef fdS2kooOi. Insuraneei$ 81 900 in out-ofz
towA companies Mu"17'ol oa i,., '5.1 ,S,T y
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Observing the. .Eolipse.

ASaHHhsF,- Mass Sept, - Professor
Todd, Of the College observatory here, oHs
tanned gdod observations OF tue partial solar
eclipse
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.--W. Kreager has
been appointed postmaster at Licking Val
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Seining q Mile and n Half From Shore.
-. =. BosToN, Sept. l.+=Af Halifax special TO
to the Advertiser says the Charlottetown,
p. e. l., correspondent telegraphs: "On Sat
urdayl there were sixty American vessels
at Priest. Pond, at Fairfield, some seining a
mile and a half from shore. No cruisers
were there to prevent them. 1t is under
stood that the Houlett was at Malpegne.
One day last week an American schooner
made haul within half alnile from the
shore, while the Houlett was safely anchored
in the harbor.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02

HUNTSVILLE, O.. Sept. About 8 O'clock
while stars were shining brightly, black
cloud appeared in the west, accompanied by
severe hghtning 1t approached rapidly,
and gave out quite roaring sound, similar
to that of a heavy freight train in motion.
In few minutes the entire sky was overcast
with the cloud, the roaring passed over high
up, and then Came the Strange part Of It,
The atmosphere was flled with a smell re.
sembling that Of the air in the vicinity of a
large stone quarry being worked, and It per.
vapsd to all parts of dwellings, lasting about
thirty minutes 1t was about the same SOW
eral miles in country. AS soon as the heavy
rain began to fell the peculiar atmosphere
scent disappeared. Could it have come from
the explosion near Chicago.
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The Envoy is Interviewed, hId Gives His
ar q tIfu !'HMit1 u glI
Side of the Story--A Summary. Dems3d
r.,. uin I,.....-.--..l a.. ~ IL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Freight business.


The train records for the week ending Oct. 16
make gratifying exhibit and show traffic in all
directions to be heavier than had been antici-
pated. It will be noticed that the movement Of
loaded cars fell but two below that of the week
ending Oct 9. in which larger number of load
ed cars were handled at Indianapolis than in any
week of this year 1t will also be noticed that
the number exceeded that of the corresponding
week of 1885, in which were handled 10. GO cars.
With this handsome increase in the movement
of loaded cars and the better rates that freights
are carried at the earnings of the
second week of October with Indianapo-
lis roads will certainly be highly satisfactory
The train sheets show a heavier movement east
ward with four of the roads. The improvement
seems to come from increased shipments of grain
to interior points. heavier shipments of lumber,
and an improvement in livestock traffic West
bound the tonnage continues to be heavy be-
yond parallel as tor some weeks past, over In
diauapolis lines, and an unusually large per
cent is merchandise carried on first-cass rates.
The tonnage of anthracite coal coming West
continues to be surprisingly light for a fall
month. North and south roads are carrying
about the usual amount of through business,
while their local traffic. as with all indianapolis
lines, is seldom heavier. Below is given the
number of cars received and forwarded at this
point last week, as compared with that of the
preceding week and the corresponding week,
1885:
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A NOVEL SIEGE.
A Brother of Mckee Rankin Refuses to Per-
mia Himself To BE Arrested.

DETROIT, Mich. Oct 16--George Rankin, a
brother of Mckee Rankin, the actor, living at
Sandwich. Ontario, across from Detroit had a
quarrel with Thomas Mckee Rankin, an uncle,
last Tuesday, and the two came to blows.
George knocked Thomas down and then retreat
ing to his home. secured ak. and successfully
kept Thomas at bay until he could barricade the
doors and windows Thomas then swore out a
warrant against George, charging him with as
sault, and four policemen were detailed to bring
him to Windsor for trial George refused to leave
the house and kept the officers off as he had
Thomas. He has stock of provisions, and
since Tuesday he has not left the house. and as
a Canadians 'house is his CASTLE" the officers
have not ventured to break in. A reporter,
waving flag of truce, succeeded in getting
near enough to interview George last night He
declared that he would come out and pay fine
for simple assault when the officers should be
withdrawn but not before. For the last three
days hundreds of inquisitive people have visited
the place to four officers marching at regular
intervals around a house from which no sign of
life is manifested. The novel siege bids fair to
end in the starvation of Rankin or the exhaus-
ton of the policemen.