The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-02

cular.
We learn upon investigation that the
yesterday special to the NEws-DEMO-
Graf from Muncie, Ind, announcing
the flop of Rudy Sprankle and son to
Cleveland is a mistake. The facts are
they have Hoped the other way.
NEW YORK, July s1.,-[Special. j
The Democratic National Executive
Committee, and the various local Dem
ocratic Committees are in session here
this afternoon to arrange a program
for the campaign. There is a full at
tendance.
RICHMOND, Va, July 31.-[Special.l
There are rumors of frightful acci-
dent on the Virginia Midland
railroad, a short distance south of here,
with heavy loss of life, but there are no
particulars. The railroad officials deny
any loss of life.
DENVER, July 31.HSpecial.1 Tue
son dispatches announce state of
great unrest in San Carlos, California,
a large number of Indians have left the
reservation and taken to the noun
tains. Prospectors have killed several
Indian escorts. A general outbreak is
feared.
YoUNasTowN, July 30.-Last even
ng Alban Dietel, aged 10, wet the front
of his waist with cologne and set it on
fire to see if it would burn off without
hurting the waist. He discovered what
he wanted to know, and by careful
nursing may recover. He is very badly
burned.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Major Nc
Kinley today decided to accept the in
vitatiOn of the CEautauqua, Society of
Atlanta to address them during the
present meeting. Senator Brown pre-
sented the formal invitation to Mr.. Nc
Kinley yesterday, and added his own
urgent request that he accept it.
r INDIANAPOLIS, July 30.-A bust of
William Henry Harrison adorns the
mantlepiece in the Estate Central Com
mittee rooms; and General Harrison
happened in Saturday, eyed the bust
whose is was. "Why, that's President
Harrison" said the Secretary. Don't
you know your own grandfatherW
INDIANAPOLIS, July 31.-[Special.l-
Gen. Alger, of Michigan, arrived today
to have a conference with Gen. Harri-
son on the campaign. 1t is rumored
that Gen. Alger is anxious to be Secre-
tary of War in case of Harrison's cleo
ton, and that his contribution of $780,
900 to the campaign fund, was intended
to make him solid with the Republican
nominee.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-[Special. +
The House investigation in New York
on the pauper immigration question is
creating considerable comment here.
The Republicans think the Senate
should also take action, and this morn
ing Senator Blair, of New Hampshire,
introduced a bill TO restrict pauper i'm
migration. 1t was referred to COM
mittee. ,.I
OMAHA, July 3O.-[Special. THE
meeting of western railroad men to be
held here Tuesday will be waited upon,
by a committee from Kansas City ask
ing that present freight rates be ad-
justed as their is now discrimination
against that place, and if continued
will practically destroy the grain ship
ping business at that point. A plan toS
entirely move the trouble was proposed
at recent meeting at Chicago and
would have been adopted but for the
opposition of one railroad.
ST. LOUIS, July 3O.-[Special. Is. M.
Williams, of Winfield, Kas Director in
the Promentora Mining Company, is
here enroute for Boston. The company
have just obtained the Powers mines,
in the Sierra Madre mountains, near
Sonora, Mexico. The mine was discov-
cred by Jack Redding, who acted as
scout for Gen. Miles, in the recent
Apache campaign. After Germimo's
surrender, Redding and three friends
worked it for several months, but final
ly sold it to syndicate. The pay streak
is 500 feet long, 4 fleet inches wide at
the bottom and eight inches at the top,
and is valued at $15,000,O00.
CINCINNATI, July 31.-[Special. lie
gal proceedings are threatened this
morning. There is exposed disgust
ing financial scandal. For nearly three
years a fine Garfield Statue has stood
in dusty corridor i'll the Custom House
Last spring seventeen hundred dollars
were raised by popular Subscription to
erect pedestal and move the statue to
a prominent spot. The event was cele-
brated with procession, music and
Oratory. Now, the company furnish
ing the granite for the pedestal and the
contractor who built the statue an
nounce that they have never been
paid They propose to begin legal pro-
ceedings today and attach the statue
for debt. The seventeen hundred dol
lars, it is said, went for carriages and
campaign expenses.
TRENTON, N. j., July 30ISpecial.1
There is great interest here over the
consideration of what the Court of Ap-
peals will do Tuesday with the high
license, local option law. Sunday even
ing mass meetings were held in all the
churches and special prayer was Of
fered that the court would decide the
law constitutional. The saloon men
also held meetings and although they
offered no prayers they transacted i'm
portant business connected with the af-
fair. What it was they will not say.
The law also holds that the saloons IN
the city are Illegally licensed because
the saloonkeeDers failed to pay the re-
quired fee when applying. This morn
ing thousands of saloonkeepers with
their friends are parading the streets.
The feeling here is the most intense
since the civil war.
New YORK, August 1.-[Special l.
While all the ground gone over at yes
terday's meeting of the National Dem
ocratic Executive and Campaign Com
mittee and all the information picked
Up is not made public, gentleman,
whose opportunities for knowing are
OF the very best, says that it was unan-
imously agreed that the campaign is
far more promising than at this period.