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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16

Seated in Justice Fulmer's court
room carly this morning was a man of
medium heighth with a black mustache,
and closely cropped burnsides extend.
ing almost to tile dividing line between
his closely compressed Jaws aud his
neck. On his head was a straw hat
Slightly out of shape, and his well pro-
portioned frame was clad in a brown
suit with black bars running through
it. 1t was slightly the worse for wear.
The man sat facing Justice Fulmer
and his sunburned face had partaken
of a rpdder hue by reason of a cOnver-
sation that had been in progress when
a DEMOCRAT reporter entered the
door. Inc man appeared to be labor
ing under some great mental strain
and his restless movements upon the
chair indicated plainly the state of his
mind.
The man was James Carnes, the
farmer residing on a well stocked farm
near Sparta with his wife and family,
and who has been charged by his ward,
Eta Jones, with being the father Of
her unborn babe, and the person whom
Constable Schlegel had gone after sat
urday night but was unable to find, his
wife stating that lie had been absent
since the preceding Wednesday on a
business trip. He arrived in the city
Wednesday evening and fingered about
FuImer's court this morning until the
arrival of His Highness.
The reporter requested an interview
with Mr.. Cames, but he did not feel
much inclined to grant the request.
He was shown clippings from newspa-
pers on the charge against him,
when he changed his mind and
unboSomed himself. at is false
that | knew of this affair and had left
Sparta to avoid arrest" said Mr.. Carnes.
"0n Wednesday | started out to pur-
chase some stock, and Wednesday at
ternOOn of this week returned, after
having made a trip through Coshocton,
Holmes and TuscuraWas counties, and
was in entire ignorance of the affair
until my wife told me of it while l vas
stabling my horse. The news was a
shock to me. My wife and | knew that
the girl was in a delicate condition,
and upon her request three weeks ago
she was allowed to go to Cleveland. My
wife had asked her who the author Of
this trouble was, but could get no an
swer, only that she needn't be afraid, as
it was not her husband. When my la
bors about the place were finished |
started for Canton and here lam.
an regard to the charge, | can say
with a clear conscience that | am inno-
cent. | charge that it is nothing less
than an attempt to extort money from
me. and whether the attempt will be
successful only the result can tell. The
suit was instigated by a near relative
and with that end in view. don't see
what | can do. l am innocent, but
can't prove it. The young lady has
kept company with a number of young
men in the vicinity of Sparta. Their
names l prefer not to give. | have
been placed under $500 bond for my
appearance on the 31st of August, and
at that time l can better tell what will
he done"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16

At 3 o'clock this afternoon a child of
Mrs. Henry Fessler, residing a few doors
south of the South Greek, ran against
her mothers form, which was suspend
ed on the stairway from a rope attach
ed to an upper banister. An alarm was
sounded, and the clothes line by which
she was suspended cut, and the form
laid upon a bed. An examination
showed the form warm, but life to be
extinct. In the absence of Coroner
Cock at Uniontown, to investigate a
case If alleged infanticide, Constable
Weber was called and is attending to
the remains until his return.
Mrs. Fessler leaves a husband and
five children, and vas go years of age.
The suicide was the result of Temporal
rary tits of insanity. A sister of the
deceased committed suicide in Indiana
in the early part of the year. A
few moments before the suicide
the mother chatted freely and pleasant
ly with one Of her sons and none ex-
pected the tragic act which soon after
occurred.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
FELL FROM A TRAIN.

A Cantonian Falls From the o. & @. Ex-
cursion Train Saturday Night, and is
Found the Next Morning in an Uncon-
scious Condition.
A young man by the name of Ham
ilton, son of MI. Jacob Hamilton, q
foreman in the yard at the Bolton Steel
Works, went with the G. & G. excur-
sion to Cleveland on Saturday. On
the road coming home, in some way or
other he fell off the train at Twinsburg,
Summit county, about 40 miles north
of Canton. He was found lying by the
side of the track on Sunday morning
in an unconscious condition by some
train men on the milk train going
north. Mr.. Hamilton was lying in that
condition for about eight hours, for the
excursion train had passed that sta
ton soon after midnight. He was ia
ken to the depot, and after he became
conscious enough to tell where he be-
longed he was brought to Canton on a
special. His head is pretty badly cut
and he is considerably bruised about
the body.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
The Verdiot Unanimoup.

W. D. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Indiana,
testif1es: II can recommend Electric
Bitters.as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case.
One man took six bottles, and was cur
ed of rheumatism Of six years stand.
ing" Abraham Hare, Bellevue, Ohio,
says: "The best selling medicine 1 ever
handled in my 80 years experience, is
Electric Bitters." Thousands Of others
testimony have been added, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bit
tiers cures all diseased of the liver,
kidneys or blood. Only half a dollar a,
bottle, at Durbin, Wright 81 Co.'S drug
store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
A RIOT NEAR oARRo11ToN

And a Number of Arrestsfor Participating
in it Have Been Made--A Burglar
Gagged.
Matters have been very lively at Car
rollton recently. On Saturday Detec-
tive James Stockhouse arrested and
placed in Jail James Kelly, charged with
burglariziug the house Of Squire Ram
sey, seven miles east of that place. A
riot at Wattsville has resulted in the
arrest of several persons. George,
Joseph and Stephen Ferguson, three
brothers, are charged with having incit-
ed the riot and they have been place.
in Jail waiting a hearing. Levi Carroll
and Levi Wilson were charged with
taking an active part in the affair r.
pointing firearms and attempting t.
shoot two citizens. They are held for
trial
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
IT TOOK s7oo oksH.


The Seduction Case of Elite N. Jones
Settled in Justice Fulmer's Court h
Morning.
That sensational case which created
so much excitement in Pike township
a few days ago came to a settlement
this morning. James Carnes was ar
rested last week Oh a charge of seduc-
ing Elite N. Jones, his ward, and also
a cousin to him by marriage. This
morning Carnes was to have his prelimi
nary trial before Justice Fulmer, but
the case was settled by Carnes forking
over 500 to the plaintiff. The money
was deposited in the bank until Satur-
day, when a new guardian will be ap-
pointed for the girl by the Probate
court. To a NEws-DEMOCRAT reporter
the other day CarDes proclaimed his in
nocence, and said the whole thing was
a black-mail. This morning he seemed
very anxious to settle, and he paid the
above amount without a murmur.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
CORONER COCK RETURNS

And Finds the News-Democrat Article on
the Excitement at Uniontown Correct,
But an Investigation Shows That the
Child Was Not Killed.
Coroner George B. Cock returned at
9 o'clock Friday evening from Union
town, where he had been called to in
vestigate rumors of infanticide. He
found the case as given in the NEWS
DEMOCRAT of Friday correct in every
detail and says that the rumors of the
alleged crime had spread so that the
entire populace of Uniontown was in.
an intense state of excitement. Upon
an investigation he found that infanti-
eide had not been committed but that
the infant child had died from strangu-
latiOn caused by a gathering of mucous
in the throat. This had occurred dur.
ing the absence of the wife's mother
from the room and was unknown to
the wife until discovered by
her mother upon her return.
The mother states that the infant was
buried in the garden without notice of
the fact having been made to the neigh
bors or a physician. This she now sees
was not the proper thing to do but she
thought nothing wrong of it at the
time. The wife's husband resides in
Cuyahoga Falls, at which place she was,
until a recent sickness took her to her
mothers home.
The mother is a widow woman well
advanced in years and is well respected
in that vicinity. She is well known in
Canton and this suspicion of aiding in
a crime of such nature falls heavily
upon her silvered head. The people are
entirely exhonerated of all blame in
this death of the child, and the gossip
ers at Uniontown will have to hunt
other topics for discussion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
LAKE PARK
Sold at Public Sale to DR.. Charles Dough
erty This Afternoon, for $2o,1oo.

Sold at Public Sale to DR.. Charles Dough-
erty This Afternoon, for s2o,1oo.
Lake Park, Meyers Lake, was sold
at 100 o'clock this afternoon to DR..
Charles Dougherty, FOR $20,1 100, this
being about one-third of what the
property is worth. The sale had long
been announced through the news
papers. 1t was a public sale from the
steps of the court house, and at l
o'clock a large crowd Of interested
spectators was present. The bidding
started out fair, but grew very slow
toward the last. 1t was rumored that
Mr.. Dougherty had bid in the interest
of the land syndicate which owns the
Union dam bottom, and in which he is
connected. Other rumors had it that
he made the purchase for A. Reymann,
the Wheeling brewer, who had pur-
chased some time ago the south side of
the Lake for $4,000. DR.. Dougherty
was seer by a NEWS DEMOCRAT report
er and denied that he bid for any one
beside himself.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
Crop Prospects in the Northwest.

Sr. PAUL, MINI. August 13.-Crop re-
ports agree that the cold, wet weather pre-
vailing in the northwest during the past
week has retarded the growth oil wheat and
will delay harvesting, already a fortnight
late. While some wheat has been cut in
Minnesota and Dakota the general harvest
along the Manitoba and Northern Pacific
roads will not be Under way before the 10Th
or 25th and in places a week later.
In the Devils Lake region, wheat will not
be harvested before September l. Reports
Of frost in this region have been much
exaggerated, and any damage yet done is
trifing. Damage by wind, rain and hail
has been local, and limited in area. The
crop in GoodhUe county, Minnesota, has
been quite ruined by chinch bugs, and
these pests have done slight damage in a
few other places,
While it is yet early to estimate the crop,
it is thought it will at least be an average
me-. Hay has suffered from beating rains,
jut all correspondents report corn in fine
'ondition. A chilling rain has been falling
mere all day, but the Signal Service reports
air and warmer weather north and west.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
nrrp prom HnARq p1srAsr.

A Probable Error in the Location Places
the Death of a Philadelphian at Canton.
In a short news note the Philadelphia
Times gives publication to the state
ment that j. @. Avery, of that place,
died suddenly at Canton. Diligent in
quiries were made at the postofice and
about the city today but it could not be
learned that any one by that name had
been stopping in this city. The article
was received from Canton, Ohio, yes
terday announcing the death in that
city Of John G. Avery, o fthis city. Mr..
Avery was spending the summer IN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
Chattanooga guarantees Against the
Plague,

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, August 13.-The
City Council held a special meeting Satur.
day evening, and decided that it would
not only support the Board of Health in
their action in declaring quarantine against
Jacksonville, but advised similar action
against all other infected districts and
cities where Jacksonville refugees are al
lowed to congregate.
The county authorities were called on to
join the city officers in enforcing the order
of the Board of Health. A quarantine
station has been established four miles
from the city and no trains will be allowed
to enter from the South without having
first been thoroughly inspected by the
health officers.
A carload Of Jacksonville refugees, who
were Ell route to Chattanooga, were met at
the depot by the Mayor and Board Of
Health and not permitted to remain over
They went north.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16

Collins parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w.
Carr, corner Of Broadway and Liberty
streets.
The bottling works of this city have
given notice that they will supply no
more beer to private house, but will
continue to supply their retail dealers
outside Of this city.
Miss Lizzie Marshall, of Pittsburg, is
visiting Misses Maggie and Jessie At
well on Mt, Union street.
Miss Cora Bryson, of Youngstown, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Daisy Allen.
Miss Matte Astray, of Harlan, Ind,
is visiting the family of w. II. Stouffer.
Vincent Foster, of Warsaw, Ind, is
visiting his brother George.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
A LABORING MANS VIEWS.
Wages in Protected and Unpro-
tected Institutions.
Some Figures That Speak Very Loud on
This Subject.

EDITOR DEMOCRAT. In the census
of 1880, Vol. ii, page II, is a table Of
thirty seven manufacturing industries.
Some of these industries are highly
protected, others unprotected because
they are not capable of being protected,
and others which in some branches are
protected but in the main are unpro-
tected or incapable of being protected.
In the following list the wages paid in
several of the most representative and
highly protected industries are com
pared with the wages paid in represen-
Tative industries of the other two
classes. In computing the average
wages the total amount paid in wages
is divided by the average number of
hands employed:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
HARRISON TO BLAINE.

oh, jim, why did you stay
SO long upon the seal
And land home on Friday
To start the boom for me?
That vacuum pump gave way
And caused this sad deIayl
And then you came Friday
oh, most unlucky day.
Oh why did fateful fate
Decree this splurge for theel
While I'm the candidate,
And champion Of whisky free.
oh, Jim, big Jim, agog!
Don't let the country see
That you're the jumping frogl
While 1 am but a flea!
That hops around the hogl
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
Washee. Washee.

A Wilkesbarre Chinaman, ugly and brown;
Stood polishing shirts in his den dow town,
With dangling plgtail and palnstaking smirk,
And here is the song he sang at his work:
Hallsonee Motion,
Glen algalee,
Chinee nance good man,
Whisky flee.
Eatee muche rat soup,
Nice puppee,
Velly cheapee llvee,
We Chlnee.
Halisonee Motion,
Hip, Hipeel
Chinee nance good man.
Victolyl
Whence battle donee,
We Chinee,
Olee blodee shirtee
Quick washee.
-[wilkesbarre Leader.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
ThA Great Raft Makes Port.

New York, August 13.-JameS D. Leary's
raft, which started from Joggins, N. s., on
August LIST, In tow of the Boston tugs, I'm
derwriter and Ocean King, passed under
the East river bridge at 1;15 p. m. There
was q large crowd OF the bridge at the time.
The people cheered Justify as the cigar
shaped raft passed. Several thousand peo-
Die were also standing on the docks on both
Ssdss Of the river aud gave cheer after cheer
ior Shs pluoky commanders. Her probable
doAtinAtion Is Erie Basin.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
A Pickpocket Jailed.

Steve Holland, a notorious character,
who has lately been harboring about
Alliance was brought to Canton this
morning by Constable Coffee, Clicking
ton township, and lodged in the county
jail. He is accused of picking the pock-
ct Of Kennedy Mcdonald, and taking
therefrom the sum of 800. He was
bound over to Common Pleas court by
Justice Stillwell, and failing to furnish
the necessary bond he was committed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
Taken to Toledo.

John Custer, of Bethlehem township,
who has been laboring under mental
alteration Tor some time past, was
brought to Canton yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff Mckinney and Turnkey Lotha-
mer. He was adjudged insane by the
probate court and was taken today to
the Toledo asylum by Deputy Sheriff
Wielandt.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
HIGHLY PROTECTED INDUSTRIES.
UNpRorEcTED OR SLIGHTLY PROTECTED

The highly protected men, who saw
the highly protected lumber with high
ly protected machinery, it will be seen,
get $215 a year fer so doing.
That the average rate of wages is
lower in the protected than in the I'M
protected industries, is undeniable.
This is due mainly to the character of
these industries and to the fact that
employers in them are the largest i'm
porters and users of "foreign pauper
labor" but it nevertheless disposes of
the argument that protection raises
wages. STANDARD.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
Three Of tbe FamiIy Taiied to EsCapo.

GRAFTON, oNT., August ia house &C.
supied by a French family named Tous,
sind, consisting of father, mother and eight
children, was discovered to be envelopedin
DANES. Two OF the children, aged four
and six years, were burned to death, and
another, aged eight, was so badly burned
Tat Il n D ecoyer. The rest OF the
family barely escaped with their lives. The
house and its contents we're entirely con
Sumod. The cause Of the fire is unknown.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
Especial COrrespondence.l


Personal Notes.
Especial Correspondence
ALLIANCE, August 8.
Tuesday night at nine O'clock Isaac
Teeters died aged 81 years. Mr.. Teet-
ers was one of the earliest settlers of
Lexington township, and was formany
years employed by the p. Fl. w. & 9.
r. r. at this place. In 1916 he met
with an accident by which he lost an
arm, while he and Peter Chance, a citi-
zen of Canton, were loading a cannon.
A premature discharge occurred by
which each lost an arm. The funeral
will be held at 2 p. n. today, and will
be conducted By the Odd Fellows, of
which order he was a member.
The seventeenth annual reunion of
the 10Th Independent Battery, will be
held at Meyers Lake on the 10th inst.
This is the battery which was captured
from the rebels at Champion Hills by
the gallent 32nd Ohio veterans, Nav 16.
1853. But few members of the battery
yet remain in this vicinity, among
which are Capt. T. d. YOst, of Minerva.
James G.. Hogue, l.. H. Miner, Ross
Rue and Richard Tombaugh, Of this
city.
John j. Kernohan will serve the last
meal at the Chase House atsupper time
next Friday evening. The hotel will be
closed to guests, and the furniture will
be sold at auction on Saturday. Mr..
Kernohan expects to leave with his
family, for Crestline, on Sunday, and
will formally open the Grand Central
Hotel there on Tuesday.
There will be a Sabbath School gath
ering, children's day and basket meet
ing in U. r. Oswalts grove one and a
half miles north of Strawsburg on Sab
bath, Aug. 10. The order of the day
will be singing declarations, select
readings, essays and addresses. AT 3
o'clock, p. M, there will be public
preaching.
The trustees Of the Paramount Chill.
dren's Home held their monthly meet
ing at that place yesterday. They were
accompanied by several Of the county
officials and Canton bellies.
Prof. A. d. Collins, who graduated
at Mt. Union college, in the close Of 80
and who since has been engaged in
teaching at Williamsville, N. Y, with
bis wife, Is In the city visiting Mn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
CONNECTICUT TRAGEDIES.
Rejected Lover Kills a Young Woman
wife Murder and Suicide.


HARTFORD, Conn, August 13.-At Plain
Vile, George Bradley, aged %, shot and
killed Miss Lille Potter, aged %, and then
shot himself, and will die. Bradley had
kept company with Miss Potter for some
time, but she had shown indifference to
him. The shooting occurred in front of
the girls home, and is supposed to have
followed an unsuccessful appeal on Brad
ley's part to Miss Potter's affections.
Branley did general work around Edwin
Hills store, and Miss Potter was house
keeper for her father: She was highly re-
spected and the tragedy produces a painful
impression in the community, especially as
1t follows close upon another terrible affair
at Bristol, three miles west of Plainville,
Deacon Brown having chopped off his
Wife's head with an axe, and then nearly
severed his own head from his body with a
rAznP ."..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
Alliance Notes.
Especial Correspondence
ALLIANCE, Aug. II.

ALLIANCE, Aug. II.
The Alliance Leaders played the Mt.
Unions at Alliance grounds yesterday.
Score: Alliance 8, Mt. Union 5. Bat
terry for Alliance, Kynett and Geltz;
for Mt. Union, Brush and Goss.
Word was received here yesterday
that Mr.. G. b. Hoover, of Cleveland,
formerly of Alliance, was presented
with a nine pound boy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
NIilItin Desert En nIna.a.

PENSACOLA, FLA, August 13.-0n Thurs
day night the three Jacksonville companies
encampsd with the State militia at Magno-
ia Bluff, became alarmed by the stories OF
camp without orders from their superior
officers. Trouble may follow.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
a R OF l%NFANTICIDE
Made Against a Bride Of a Few
Months

At Uniontown, Twelve Miles North Of
This City---Rev. Novinger, of That
Place, Takes the Coroner There To-day
to Investigate---The Peaceful Hamlet
Greatly Aroused and Excitement In
tense.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16

Canton. On Thursday he drove to the
neighboring village Of Winona. In the
evening the horse and buggy returned
to Canton, with Mr.. Avery's dead bod. y
on the buggy seat. Heart disease is
supposed to have caused he death"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16

PEOPLE DESERVING THE PLAGUE
STRICKEN CITY.

New York State Guaranteed Against
Jacksonvile-Latest Reports Of New
Cases and Deaths-A Militia EncamP-
ment Broken up by Fear Of the Fever
Southern Cities Guarding Against the
Plague.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
R|EMORSELESS CANCER
Carries an Old Canton Pioneer to
the Great Beyond.

Intense Pain the Portion Which Fell to
Mr.. William Barber Until the Last
History of His Life 'FRONT.' His Infancy
to the Present Day--Ex-Infirmary Di-
tector and a Founder of the Fairmount
Home.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
AN AGED MOTHER
Hangs Herself on the Stairway of
Hell House

At 8 O'Clock This Afternoon, and Is Dis
covered BY Her Child cunning Into
Her Lifeless Form-The Tragedy the
Result of Temporary Fits of Insanity
Leaves Five Grown Children and a
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
gers on the New York followed this

gers on the New York toIIoWed TINS
speech.
An immense crowd thronged the
wharf where the landing was made,
but a strong force Of police kept the
way clear. Blaine was driven rapidly
to the Fifth Avenue Hotel The throng
packed the streets for two blocks on
both sides Of Broadway. There is to
be another big demonstration tonight
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16
He MAY COMPROMISE.
In Great Excitement Over the Ser
ious Charge Against Him,

James Carnes Appears in Justice Court
From His Farm Near Sparta and Pro-
claims That He Is Innoeent---Charges
Blaokmail--Can Ofer no Proof Of it and
May Compromise-He ralks
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16

John w. Mckee, Company E, 10Th
o. V. l., this city, has been granted q
pension through the agency Of 9. T..
Callahan, Of Youngstown, q.