The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-31

WASHINGTON, May 26.-[Special.l +
At General Sheridan'S home this morn
ing he is reported better.
MARSHALL. Mo, May 26.-[Special.
Jacob Boatright, colored, was sold at
public auction yesterday for $3.50.
He had been convicted of vagrancy.
Chicago, May 26.-[Special THE
vote of the Burlington strikers as to
their future course is practically COM
| plete. Up to last evening 66l engin-
GERS, 421 t1remen and 1874 switchmen
voted for continuing the strike, and 10
engineers, 10 firemen and IL swltchmen
voted against it.
MONTREAL, May 26.-ISpecial. THE
new gasometer at the gas works at
Hochelaga exploded between s and
$3.50 o'clock this morning. 1t is sup
posed that from twelve to twenty men
were in the building at the time. Five
bodies have now been taken out. The
remainder are buried in the ruins.
CLEVELAND, May % Especial. r.
Mrs Mcfarland, who was shot three
times by her husband, late Wednesday
evening, is still alive and the chances
for her recovery are better ina at any
time since the tragedy. Mcfarland,
who also shot himself, is able to sit up
and has been out of bed once or twice.
He will not be removed from the o
pital for some although he is under
arrest.
New York. May 26.-[Special. DIR.
| c.. II. Moore, president of Denver Uni
versity, got into n discussion with one
| of the ushers at the Methodist confer
ence Yesterday. The cause OF the
wrangle was not apparent but every
! body near the divine was electrified
hv the usher suddenly charactnrizing
| DR.. Moore as a "dirty loafer." The
delegate from Denver argued no
further. but Immediately slapped the
usher across the face. Then he passed
on to his seat.
BRUNSWICK, Mo, May 26.-[Special.
William Miller, a respectable citizen,
saw his wife and John Morgan sitting
together in the depot yesterday. Miller
has reason to suspect his wife or lntl'
macy with Morgan, ana drawing ms
| revolver he began firing. The first shot
| strck his wife in the arm, and the sec
| Ond pierced her breast. She fell to the
floor mortally wounded. Miller next
turned the weapon on Morgan, and
with one shot brought him to the floor,
dead, with a bullet hole through his
head, Miller at first fled and attempted
to escape. but. later he returned II
surrendered.
Chicago, May 26. Especial + The
much sought after murderer OF Million
aire Smell, w. b. Tascott, has been
heard from again. Yesterday afternoon
some men fishing in the lake near Wau-
kegan picked up a bottle sealed care
fully, and on breaking it was found in
side O % of the $4,000 reward circu-
lr and aletter dated Milwaukee, March
p, and signed William B. Tascott. The
writer acknowledges having killed MI.
Smell, but says it was done in self de-
tense, and hopes Heaven Will forgive
him the crime for which men would
hang him. He processes to be unable
to live longer as a fugitive from justice,
and says his body will be found under
the ice neal Milwaukee.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-[Speciai.E
A friend of Senator Sherman is author
ity for the statement that there is no
truth in the rumor that Ben. Butter
worth will present the Ohio candate's
name to the Chicago convention. This
duty, it is said will be performed by
Senator Hoar, WHO'S now preparing his
speech. Should public business pre-
vent him from leaving Washington at
the time Of the convention, a contln.
gency not likely to occur, his task will
be delegated to Governor Long, who is
a forciOle speaker, although not n
calculated to remove the chilling at
mOSphere that surrounds the Ohio Sen
atOr and his boom.
New YORK, May 26.-[Special. IA
case came up in the Supreme Court
Chambers yesterday involving certain
transactions in the stock of Standard
Oil Trust. The suit is by George Rice
against John D. Rockefeller and others
for recovery of stock. The STANDARD
Oil Trust recently issued some stock to
l.. b. Mallahy and this stock it is
claimed belongs to Rice, and his demand
that a new certificate be issued in his
name has met with a refusal. Rocka-
Teller and his cO-defendants say
that Rice is a competitor; that
he is endeavoring to learn
the private affairs of the trust, and that
he has been instrumental in litigation
for revocation of the charters of the
companiesin the trust. They also allege
that Rice has given them to understand
that if they would purchase his refinery
for $5OO.00O he would drop all litigation.
They claim Rice did not purchase the
stock in good faith. Motion was for a
bill of particulars of these accusations
of the defendants and the decision was
reserved.