The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-26

CORNWALL, N. Y July 2O.-lSpeclal.
e. p. Roe, the noted novelist, died
here suddenly last night.
LONDON, July 19.-The English team
were first at WIMBLEDON Canadian
team second. There is no news today.
CHICAGO, July 20. Special. l. Col
den, one of the Burlington eonspiratofs,
was released this morning and rear
rested Immediately on a similar charge.
CINCINNATI, O., July 2O.-[Special,E
George Ward, the manager of the Com
mercial Gable Co., says the report that
Mackay has sold his cable is absolutely
false.
JEFFERsoNvILLE, Ind, July 20
Especial. THE steam tow boat Couryit,
exploded her boiler here this morning,
killing seven of the crew. The boat is
a wreck,
VANCOUVER, B. c., July 20. -[Spe-
cial. Iron, a Pacific cable di-
rector, arrived this morning. He says
a cable will be laid to Australia in a
few months.
CARSON CITY, New, July 20.-[Spec-
ial.l-The Carson Appeal authori-
lively confirms the report of the sale
of Mackays Atlantic cable to Jay
Gould for $11,0O0,OO0.
NEWARK, N. J., July 20.-Special. T.
The patent leather manufacturers OF
the United States, of whom 80 per cent.
are located here, have formed a COM
bine or pool to maintain prices.
THREE RIVERS, Quebec, July 20
Especial. IA party Of fifty log r%afters,
who were drunk, attempted to make
the shoot fthe Manhattan Rapids, and
fourteen of them were drowned.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 20.-[Special. IA
falling wall of a new building in cree
ton on North side this morning, fell
and killed Charles Winkler, a rich con-
tractor and a common labOrer, name
unknown.
CINCINNATI, July 2O.1[Special. The
beer brewers in this city, who were de-
feated in the late strike, have created
quite a sensation in political circles
here by declaring for Prohibition. They
| control over a thousand votes direct.
DUBLIN, Ire, July 20.-Dr. Ridley,
Tullamore prison physician, who was
held responsible by the c%orOner's jury
| for the i'll treatment that resulted i'll
the death of Vaudeville, committed
suicide this morning.
New YORK, July 19.-Three to two
in thousands OIL Cleveland were the
terms Of a bet made in the Ollagawalla
Cafe today, according to X. A. Gun
ningham. That gentleman did a little
beLGlng himself in the evening at the
Hoffman House.
RAvENNA, o., July 19.-Last night
about 10 o'clock the dead body OF Mis-.
Harley Parsons was found at her resi-
dence on East street by some neighbors.
| She had committed suicide by taking a
large dose Of strychnine. she was 10
years old. Insanity is given as the
cause.
P1TTsBuRG, July 2O.-TSpecial. 1.-THE
rain storm OF last night has done strl-
GUS damage in this vicinity. FIVE OF
the Baltimore 81 Ohio bridges between
here and Wheeling are down. Two
through passenger trains are caught
somewhere between here and Wheel
ing, and there may be more loss OF life
reported. No news from Wheeling.
LEEToNIA, O., July 19.-While en-
gagged in raising the Catholic school to-
DAY by means Of jacks the foundation
gave way. The building in dropping
| caught John Mcguire and James Nc,
Kenna, killing the former instantly atd
fatally injuring McKenna, whose death
is momentarily expected: Ihere were
in all eighteen men working under the
| building at the time, but fortunately
the rest escaped uninjured.
SALEM o, July 19,-[Special IA swell
wedding in progress here this after
noon, Miss Carrie Hampson, the lovely
| daughter of R. B. Hampson, OF this
city, is to be married to j. r. Carey,
| solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railway
Miss Hampson is a blonde belle, quite
remarkable for her luxurious red hair
The couple will leave on the limited eX'
press west for a two weeks tour.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, July 20.-[Spe.
cial. 1.-The detection Of ex-Mayor Low
from the Republican party is causing q
great furry here in politics. Severa-
hundred. many quite prominent citi
zens, of Mayor Lows Republican
friends are following him into the Dem
ocratic camp on the taritflssue. Ihere
is now forming here an organlzatlol
to be composed entirely of Republicans
who agree to vote for Cleveland anC
Thurman.
WHEELING, July 20.ISpecial. There
was a great cloud burst here at 6o'clocB
last evening, and rain in torrents fel
for V e an hour. Four houses vert
swept away on Galdwell Iu u
and four lives lost. Whtel
ing creek, running through the
heart of the city, rose 10 feet IN al
hour. AT $50 the Baltimore and ONO
wooden Bridge, on the Pittsburg dlVl
sion, gave way with about 20 people or
it, several prominent business mel
among the number, and only three OF
four Of these have been heard from
The natural gas supply cut off, ant
property damaged to the amount 81
100000. Some twenty lives were lost
In many places the water in tin,
streams was 10 or II feet over tht
BRIDGES. Benwood, four miles down
the river, waa flooded. 1t was by fa
the worst storm ever known.
NEW York, July 20.-[Special.E
Wednesday night the police were asket
to find two daughters of Chas. GerkiI
of First avenue, one aged . the other |
years. They were last seen walking i
Central Park. The youngest was foun
drugged in the Park. The eldest wa
. found last night in a colored house Q
ill-fame on Thompson street, in a stat
of s%tupefaction, and was with grea
difficulty aroused. She said two me
gave her little sister some candy. Sh
! noticed the men remained In the ylcir
! ity but gave the matter no though
, After a time she thoughtlessly ate SON