The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-08-05
MAssILLON MATTERS.
West End News Notes and Personal and
General Items of Interest

Miss P6n Bean, OF AKrOn, IL FiSltiuR
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bean, and her
sister, Mrs. Kline, on South street.
Smoke the &c. q H." cigar, new
brand manufactured by BlumeDschein,
and sold at Hotel Conrad cigar store.
inst received fifty novelty trunks Of
latest designs, with patent revolving
roller attached, at SpangleT q Wade's.
Robert Mckinney was before the May
or this morning charged with drunken
ness and, pleading gull y, was sentenced
to four days hard labor on the streets.
The Democratic primary to elect dele
gates to congressional, Judicial and
county conventions will be held at the
off OF TaylOr's mill Saturday between
and 6 2. m
The case Of Geo. SQuires, arrested by
the Humane Society for abusing his
adopted girl, thirteen years old, was
before the Mayor yesterday. Otto e.
YounR prosecuted, and John o. Garrett
defended. After hearing the witnesses
for the prosecution the defendant was
discharged for want Of evidence.
While Mr.. Charles Traphagen, accom-
panied by Vim. Lape, was driving his
pony In an open buggy yesterday he at
tempted to turn around near the G. L. &
w railroad depot the buggy upset, throw
ing them out and dragging Traphagen
some distance, cutting and bruising
him, and smashing the buggy to pieces.
Qnite lively time took place yester-
day In which woman figured very con-
spicuously. While two men were stand
ing in front of the Opera House lady
came up to the younger of the two and
commenced beating him about the head
with a hand satcheI, giving for her
reason that he had enticed her husband
from home. The young man took the
beating very quietly without doing or
saying anything.
Saturday evening, about dusk, Clark
Geddes, of West BrOOkfield, accompanied
by two of his friends, started south on
the G, L, & T. railroad track. When
half Way between MassillOn and Groves
coal mine they met a freight train 60
ING north and Gpddes, not getting off
The track In time, was struck b. the en-
OIne and knocked off. The train was
stopped and the injured man picked up
and brought to MassillOn and taken to
DR.. Rogers offiee, where he was exam
ined. Besides being badly cut and
bruised two ribs were broken. He is
not seriously hurt. Geddes was taken
home In buggy and report from there
Sunday Is that he Is not resting as we'll
as was expected.
The Republicans held caucus In the
Cfice Of Justice Rogers Saturday even
ing. Mr.. Horace Brown was elected
chairman and A. Pierce secretary. The
uflIfovN,, hnI
lenberger and William NJ. Millin a
committee to select delegates to the
different conventions. Following is
the committees report, which was ac-
cepted: Delegates to State convention
John q. Williams, James R. Dunn, John
Smith. Alternates-C. Russell, j. W.
McClymonds, David Lever, Junior.
ngrassiOnsl-Jonas Lu e Joseph Cole
man, G. L. Russell F. q. Snyder, James
Peacock, G. D. Albright, Henry 0ehler,
z. T. Baltzly, John VOgt. &. Bayliss, f.
Shellenbsrger, Adam Metzger. Alter
nates-L. A. Rooms, ]. G. Herring, Hen
ry Huber, VIM. Firkins, f. W. Wart-
horst, j. R, White, H. H. Williams, &. P.
Leighley, Fred Hose, j G.. Wertz
bscIer, s. B. Stern, George Leeper.
Judiclal-C. Russell, John O. Garrett,
W. F. Ricks, s. M. Knapp, Ed, Uphsm,
Daniel Hemperly, s. G. Bowman, G. M.
Russell, G. E. Jarvis, W. j. 0berlin, ].
Corns, Henry Heinsen. Alfernstes-
VIM. Mcmillan, P. G.. Albright, Thomas
Brown, Joseph Grsbill, R. Il. Folger, F.
C Henry, Robert Reay, @ ". Reeves,
Fred Forster, Henry Kahl, Wm. Castle
man, Ben Ayers.
Following is letter Of +, M. Mar
shall, the student who was hazed at Mt.
Union College some weeks ago, In reply
to an article In the DEMOCRAT last week: {:
Now let us see what punishment the
faculty deemed just In their opinion.
Well, In the first place, after learning Of
the outrage, the President quietly In
formed the participants that they could
be prosecuted for obtaining money un-
der false pretenses, go they all 'chipped
In" and handed the money to the Presi-
dent to return to me the dollar that
they took as the initiation fee, thus
showing pretty clearly that the Presi
dent must have known who the particl
pants were; vet no steps we're taken to
reprimand them, probably because that
was not sufficient data or because the
data obtained probably showed the
Presidents son one of the leaders Of the
gang. And what more did the President
do to deal olt. the punishment they de-
served? Why he told me that, II un-
dertotk k to have the boys arrested, they
could sue me for malicious prosecution,
and spent all his time in trying 70 in
timidate me and get me 10 desist from
commencing any prosecution. And
furthermore, when the eight who were
arrested wsre taken before the Mayor at
Massillon aud the charge was read to
them, they severally plead guilty In the
presence and hearing Of the President,
and 1t seems that he does not consider
that sufficient data to even censure or
reprimand them. Now the only conclu-
sion that can be drawn from the Presl.
dents conduct In the premises Is that
he does not consider 1t an affair that
needs any punishment, as he has not
done the least thing to punish them, as
he promised, and has acted In the whole
matter as though he heartily approved
of the outrage. | would have been per
fectly satisfied had the President done
as he promised and reprlmanded the
boys for their conduct, but he wholly re-
fused 10 do anything in the matter, and
now he wants your paper to sOftsOap the
readers with such stuff to make 1t sp-
pear that the faculty did deal out some
punishment when there Is no truth In
1t. It shows that the President has been
acting In very bad faith In trying to
prevent any investigation or pr0secu
tion of the nArnAtFAtOTg of the OQtTapp