The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-12
TROUBLE AT MT. UNION.
Rumored that President Elect
Taylor Has Declined.
A Foot Caught in a Frog Loses a Switch
man His Decentralization Town
ship Voting on Local Option
boy Burglars.

ALLIANCE, July Especial. lit ha:
leaked out here that Rev. DR.. James T
Edwards, President of Chambers Insti'
tute, at Randolph, n. Y, who was, on
April 13, elected President ofMt. Union
College, has written a letter to the Sec
rotary of the Board of Trustees, declin.
ing to accept the place. Shortly after
his election, DR.. Edwards visited the
college and appeared to be well salts
fed with his new location. Later his
wife came to Mt. Union and looked
over the ground. 1t is said that she
was anything but pleased with the out
look. While her dissatisfaction is said
to be the chief reason for d.. Edwards
declination, it is said that he found a
certain element in the Board of Trus-
tees prepared to make things I'M
pleasant for him. There is great regret
in the school at the result. 1t is now
less than three weeks till commence
ment. Some of the seniors do not de-
sire to receive diplomas which are not
signed by a president. The Trustees
are corresponding with Rev. DR.. j. D..
w. Hamilton, of Boston, and express
hope that he will accept the office. He
graduated about 1872 and is remem.
bered as one of the most brilliant
young men of his time. He has estab-
lished a high reputation as a Methodist
preacher III Boston, and was a prOmi-
nent member of the recent general
conference III New York.
The three child burglars, John Lacey.
Lew Davis and Geo. Perry, who stole
$50 from Mrs. Hyde's store on the
Fourth, was arraigned before Mayor
Chapman yesterday afternoon. Davis
was found to Ue eleven yeavs old, and
therefore a fit subject for the Reform
school. He was sent to Canton TO he
dealt with by Judge Fawcett. The
otl,er boys are only nine years old.
They were each fined $40 and costs,
and as their parents do not show anXi-
ETY. to pay their fines, the Boys are still
in the city jail. This a second offenSe
of this kind for Davis, who is a bad
urchin.
Another fatal accident occurred in
the Fl. Wayne yard here last evening
about $50 O'clock. George Weber, a
switchman, vas making a coupling
when his foot caught in IA railway frog.
Before he could get loose the wheels
passed over his legs and right arm,
crashing him so that he lived in great
agory for only five hours. Until last
December he belonged to freight crew
of which John Mossholder and William
Queer were the other members. Moss
holder was killed at State Line March
%, and Queer was killed in the yards
here April q. Weber leaves a wife.
A lively elections going on in Wash
township today on the local OPP
ton issue. If the result is against the
saloons it is said that the election will
be contested on the ground that the
citizens of that part of Mt. Union
which lies in Washington township had
no right to vote. They belong to ALI.
ance and can have no voice in the
township election. 1t is thought that
the result in Freeburg will be about
even, and the "drys" expect thirty votes
in Strawsburg.
Rev. d. D. Waugh has accepted a
,all from the Westminster Presbyterian
Church of this city. He has lived here,
without regular ministerial location,
'or fifteen years, and ranks high as a
speaker and worker.
Harry Grub an unmarried young
nan, a member of the Sons of Veter-
ms, died this morning Of consumption.
E. w, H.