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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-12
DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION !
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ;
I,oLUNBUS. o., April q, 1892,


By Order of the Democratic State Central Com
miltee:
The Democrats of Ohio are requested to meet In
delegate convention in the city Of Columbus on
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 14th and 10th, 1892,
10 place In nomination candidates for the follow
ing Offices viz: One Secretary of State, two
Judges of Supreme Court, one Clerk OF Supreme
Court one Member of Board of Public Works, and
two Presidential Electors to represent the State at
large on the National Democratic ticket. the
convention will also choose four delegates and
four alternate delegates to represent the STA to at
large at the National Democratic Convention to be
held at Chicago H., on June 81 and %, 1892.
The basis of representation to the State Con-
yention Is one delegate for each 500 fraction Of
over $50 votes cast tor Hon. James E. Campbell
for Governor in 1889.
An delegates to the State Convention shall be n-
diyidually selected In the several counties of the
State before coming to said convention, as mass
delegates will not be recognized.
Each county in the Fifth District is entitled to
the following representation:
Ienance..
Henry...... .....'...,.....,.".......
FAuiuinS.''.'...'.
PutnAm ......'..... ..'.''.... ......
SanWert.....
Williams ....,,,,,....,.,...., 49,,
The State Committee adopted the following
resolutions, which shall be followed In the calling
Of Congressional District Conventions.
RESOLVED, That the Congressional Committee
men, md where there Is no Congressional Com
mittee, then the Democratic County, Committee
selected from each county of the C0ngressiona
District, as existing in the Fiftysccond Congress
be, and are hereby advised to act as the temporar
Congressional Committee from sud county, in tn
new districts, in which such county may be ID
Ciuded under the act of Legislature passed in 1S9!
RESOLVED, That the Congressional COMMITTEES
man from the most populous county in said nev
district shall be advised to act ss Chairman o
eaid Congressional Committee, with power to cal
o meeting Of said committee for the purpose of Sc
iectiny the time and place of holding Its Congress
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Today, under the beneficient work.
ings Of that bill, corn is worth in Om-
aha 30c, like this:
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FosroR1A has a potato -four factory

THE republicans OF Fulton county
will meet in convention on July 25th.
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Probate Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Musson Over
lN hulse, as Executor Of Jesse Overhuse, has
filed second account OF his administration, which
vii! be for hearing and settlement June 9th, 1892.
n. DoNNELLY Probate Judge.
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May 8, 1892.
WALTERS METALLIC
SHINGLES

painted or not. Our Galvanized shingles are rain
uur painted Tin Shingles are more durable and
ornamental than II 10 possible to mako tin roof
put on In the old fashion style. Write for price
List n N
may ia6m sCn6 Street, New York.
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NOV. I'd.
Is the Day on Which Judge
Handy Has Said
Van Loon The Columbus
Grove Murderer
Will
STRETCH HEMP
Motion for a New Trial
Overruled
And the Verdict of the Jury
Followed by the Death
Sentence.

At the announcement of Van Looms
guilt of murder in the first degree, by
the jury, his attorneys made a motion
for q new trial. This was overruled
by Judge Handy.
The Judges opinion is somewhat
lengthy but complete review of the
evidence. 1t will be found below.
After delivering his opinion and rea-
CONS for overruling, the Judge asked
the prisoner if he had anything to say
why sentence should not be passed up
on him.
Van Loon was unmoved. He sat
for a moment as if collecting himself,
and then arose and said:
II have. I am an innocent man,
and witnesses have sworn falsely
against me.
81 would be willing to swear on the
Bible, knowing l was in the presence
of the Almighty God, and / would be
liable to eternal punishment if in
any way failed to tell the truth.
II will say with uplifted hands"
here the prisoner raised both hands
above his head, "that I am an inno-
cent man. The jury that convicted
me is in danger of hell's fire unless the
Court will set aside their verdict and
release them from the awful response
bility.
"I pity them. / am willing to die
if the law demands my life for the
murder of Mr.. Van Denmark. I did
not 90 on the witness stand in my
own behalf nor did my wife, The
Lord knows that I would not swear
falsely to save my life. l hope the
Lord will have mercy on the court, the
Jury which wrongfully found me gull
ty, and the witnesses who swore my
life away. That is ali have to say"
Van Loon spoke in rambling sort
of way and some sentences were inau-
dibIe. He was not unnerved by the
trying ordeal, and outside of death
like pallor on his face, nothing unus'
ual was noticed in his appearance.
The Judge then followed the man
date of the law in conformity with the
iury's verdict by pronouncing the
death sentence, fixing November %
the day for the execution.
After receiving his doom, the priso'
ner was escorted to the Jail to await
transportation to the annex.
Senator Sutton will in all probable
ity appeal the case to the Circuit
Court.
The OverruliDg and Sentence.
No easel sinlohio has attracted SO much attention
as that of Van Loon, the convicted bank roooe
and m urdcrer. The question of the identlhcatloi
of the prisoner has been the chief cause OF unrest
and Judge Hsndys remarks in overruling the mo
ton for new trial, and the sentence OF DEATH ar
| well worthy lH't'i !'ANl'"kep' tue run
the trial In their heads'
On the mo tion for new trial Judge Hands saia
'The most important question presented ny lni
motion for a new trial in this case the state
Ohio Frank Van Loon, is the question presenie
by that paragraph of the motion which asserts ina
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No New Trial for Elliott.
special Announcement.

COLUMBUS, O., May 9.-Pat Elliott
has been refused a new trial.
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ART OF ROAD MAKING.
Something About the Proper
Drainage of Common
Dirt Ways.
Problem ofPrime Importance to the
Farmers of Henry County.

An articlein the Century for May has
the following interesting information:
The most important thing necessary
for maintenance ofa dirt road may be
stated In single word--drainage. 1t
Is the one thing that can neither be
dispensed with nor neglected. Most
dirt is soluble, and Is easily displaced
under the softening influence of rain,
and this process is hastened in the
dirt road by the passing of heavy wag-
Ons over the wet surface. On every
mile of roadway within the United
States there falls each year an average
of 81 900 tons of water-a heavy, link
i'd fluid, always directing itself to the
nearest outlet and seeking the nearest
level. Water is hard to confine and
easy to release, and yet, through sheer
neglect of the simplest principles of
drainage, water is the most active de-
stroyer Of our country roads.
Center Drainage
In providing for the drainage of a
dirt road we should first consider the
material of which the roadway is COM
posed. Ifa heavy, vicious clay pre-
dominates, the ordinary side bitches
should be of good depth, and will
even then in mary cases be made
quate for thorough drainage unless
with the addition of Il center drain.
The center drain should be filled
with loose, irregular boulders, cobbe.
stones, broken bricks,or similar filling,
covering line of tile at the bottom,
and should be connected with the
same bitches by cross drains carrying
the water outward from the center
drain at proper intervals along the
length of the roadway.
Center drains, though often greatly
needed for the improvement of coun-
try roads, are not in common use.
| They add somewhat to the cost of
the roadway but, in most cases, con-
siderahly more to its value, and should
be employed in all situations where
sand and gravel cannot be had to re-
lieve the heaviness aud water holding
properties of the clay. If gravel, sand
or other porous material can be con-
veniently or cheaply obtained, the
center or cross drains may often be
dispensed with by mixing the gravel
or sand in plentiful quantities with
the clay roadway, so as to insure as
nearly as possible porous and self
draining surface layer, which should
not be less than ~ inches in depth,
and should be laid on the rounded or
sloping sub-soil so as 20 insure easy
drainage into the side bitches.
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arc made from the
best brands of roofing
Tia plate, and steel
e b eets galvanized I
Ynu can hnY them
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convinces me that one actor in the whirlwind of
wrath, murder and robbery is the man that arrived
at midnight on the 9th of August at his cousins,
Frank Van Loon. This would be enough If there
were nothing else to convince me that that jury
hav been wronged when it was stated that the
verdict was against the evidence.
"Where is the evidence that before the 9Th day of
August FIR ank Van Loon had any such thing as g
revolver? How does 1t come that on the 9th, at
midnight, with that peculiar cap on his head that
he is found in possession OF one? II there is moth
ing suspicious in that how does 1t come that when
he gave 1t 10 his brother nlaw he made that pecul
lar request that his brother in-law should not tell
any one where he gotit
"a peculiar request, that this thing, which he
knew II he was guilty. must be one of the links to
connect him with the crime. That peculiar request
the source from which 1t was obtained by the man
to whom he gave 1t should never be disclosed. But
this is not all.
John Bailey and Mr.. Crawford testified that
Loon was the man who committed the murder, to
Franklin county for the porpose of seeing him
Crawford testihes that he recognized him. that is
Van Loon, on the road, some 30 feet away.
cyan Loon came along according to the testimo
n.y. by the carriage of Bailey and Crawford and was
stopped by Mr.. Bailey; thinks he stopped him. ant
when they stopped him the simple inquiry wal
made of him as to who lived in such place. o.
where such man lived. Now is 1t strange If thi
man was innocent upon such an innocent inquirint
as that made by two strangcrsthat he should turr
pale and trembla ard to conceal his agitation wall
up aud attempt to stroke the horses neck
'It would look to me that Crawford, having seeI
the man who conversed with him while loading tn
revolvers, or instruments Of death, the one from
whom he got the revolvers, thst he feared that .
glimpse Of him might cause him to recognize tn
man,whe murdered Wm. Van Denmark. Thi
dileoIorasieh. this tremblins and aitssspting I
cQhessIhtz ffeqes, AL these thfnss II strie = zne
| are ysry rsfxinenf etrcumstaness II this eass.
.sxhsks = aaothsF tnins; there wss 3 wheis ~ .
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.sg-oFFIoIAL PAPER OF CITY AND 90
NAPOLEON, o.. : MAY 12, 1902
DEMOCRATIC

The Democratic National Committee, at meet
ing held in the City OF Washington, on January
qlnd, 1892, designated
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NOTICE.

Commissioners of Henry County, Ohio.
J. H. REsH, Auditor of Henry County, Ohio. 81
The record-union., 1892-03-04
Bad Busfness for women.

a concern trying to introduce a new
baking powder has adopted methods to
bring it before the public that are liable
to getits mem bers, as well as its employees,
into trouble. One of their schemes is to
send women from house to house TO
defame other brands and falsely charge
that they are aduterated. This charge
being untrue, the women are performing
an illegal act for which they are liable to
arrest and imprisonment. The character
Of baking powder that would be sold by
men who, for mercenary purposes, will
employ women to do such dishonorable
and dangerous work as this, can be inn
agined.
There is q more serious difficulty, how
ever, in view. These agents personally
and in advertisements assure the public
that all the ingredients of this new pow
der are printed upon the label of each
| can, and sell it upon this guarantee.
Some purchasers have learned from the
Government reports that this powder has
in its composition other things, notably
lime and sulphuric acid. 1t is not pure
powder, and being sold by means Of false
statements and misrepresentation, its
agents are already IN trouble. a false
label upon any package makes the sale of
it illicit by the retailer and wholesaler
alike
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NE Arb NOW SHOWING
An Elegant Line of
LADIES'
BLACK
SATEEN
SKIRTS.

These goods have superseded all
others for general use We carry
them in many different grades:
The first style to speak of is a
Ladies Black Sateen Skirt, with six
inch flounce, five rows of tucks on
bottom. An excellent value for ST.
The next in price is a Black Sateen
Skirt with a four-inch founce, three
rows of tucks, finished with four
inch black lace. Extra good at
81 As.
The next price (S1 90 Skirt has
"a six-inch founce, three rows of
tuckss trimmed with six-inch lace.
And sill a finer Skirt at 81 * has
"a six-inch founce, three rows of
tucs1s, trimmed in either handsome
embro derry or lace.
At s. IS we show a Fine French
Beetled Sateen Skirt, with eight inch
Hounce and hemstitched at bottom of
floIrce.
Next comes the gem of the line in
a Fine French Beetled Sateen Skirt,
eight-inch flounce, hemstitched, with
a row of hand-Work silk embroidery
above giving a very dressy appear
ance, at s. As.
Our best grade is an Elegant Black
Beetled French Sateen Skirt, with a
six-inch Aounce, three rows of tucks,
trimmed with ive-inch embroidery.
A superior value at 81 IS.
The record-union., 1892-03-04
HUMANE SOCIETY WORK.

rhe Clergymen of the City Taking an
Interest Therein.
The Humane Society is asking the
clergy of the city to deliver addresses to
he people upon kindness to domestic
animals and its influence upon civiliza-
ion. The clergy is responding with
gratifying promptness.
The first address will be delivered by
Rev. J. i. Levy this evening at the Syn
agogue, on Sixth street, at $50 exactly,
md the public is invited to attend.
Members of the Humane Society are
requested to notify the people of the APP
1ointment, and to secure to Mr.. Levy a
iarqe audience. His subject will be
Kindness to Animals from Jewish
rsfandDoint.
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Petty Offenders.

Dan Dixon forfeited S. cash deposit at
the Police Station, which he had made as
security for his attendance at court yes
terday morning to answer to a charge OF
being drunk.
in the Police Court of having stolen q
bundle of clothing from wagon stand
ing in an alley in the lower part of town.
He admitted having the articles. bat
claimed to have found them. He viii be
sentenced tomorrow.
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Using Them for fifty years.
Mrs. Fayette Dixon, writes

Mrs. Fayette Dixon, writes
"ARKANsAw, Pepin Co., Wis, Dec. 2, 1885.
"For upwards Of fifty years have used
BRANDRETH's Pills. am now nearly
eighty years old and in good health. That
my faculties are still intact is due to this
fact, and this only, that have almost re-
lied on BRANDRETH'S Pills to the ex-
clusion of stronger medicines to restore
me to health whenever either seriously
indisposed or in great suffering from
colds, backache, ETC., and am deeply
grateful, next to my Maker, to the blessed
man who originated and placed within
reach of his fellow beings so simple and
effieacious a remedy. For bilious de-
engagements and kidney disturbances,
their usefulness, in my experience, is
particularly noticeable"
The record-union., 1892-03-04
Zeal Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers have
been recorded since our last report:
Estate of Eleanor Fassler to George p.
Hartman-Lot 5, Oand 7, Twenty second
and Twenty-third Streets; s., $50
T. G. and +. D. Myers to James d.
Boyer-Lot 3 and west 10 feet of lot 4, O
and p, Fourth and Fifth streets.
II. NJ. Erohman to James Graham
Tract in town of Elk Grove; 5000
b. q. Steinman to L. ID. Windmiller-
Lot IA in block ~ of Oak Park and South
SacramentO: grant
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ularly authorized agents, and at the follow
ing long established prices:
Golden Medical Discovery for Liver, Blood
and Lung Diseases, :. s1.00
Fayorite Prescription for woman's weak
nesses and ailments, -. S100
Pleasant Pellets for the liver, 25c
But at these prices, which must be paid for
the genuine, DIR. Pieree's medicines are not
only the best. but they're the cheapest, for
they're guaranteed in every case TO benefit
or cure, or the money is refunded.
The manufacturers take all the risk by sell
ing them on trial. Us an insult to rour
Intelligence for any dealer 70 attempt to sub
stitute other medicines for these, by recon-
mendiag them to be 'sjust as good, only
that he may make Q larger profit.
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Citizen Shields Eases His Mind.


EDS. RECORD UNION: At time when
she subject of Strengthening the Sacra-
nento River and deepening its channel is
under consideration by such varied classes
of men and interests, if you will allow
me space will give expression to a few
thoughts that have for some time past
borne with much weight upon my mind.
l am convinced that the junction of the
Sacramento and American Rivers would
be a very suitable place for the gun
factory of the United States, now in con-
temptation for this coast.
Benicia seems to be in great favor, but
its location is not greatly more favorable
lhan this city. Benicia is nearly half
way from San Francisco. The increased
distance is offset by a greater degree of
safety from the attacks of an enemy. The
difference in cost of transportation would
be very small, since it would be summed
ZIP in few hours of increased time, and
with increased facilities in depth of chan
mel is not worthy of consideration
But in the manufacture of projectlles
his city would have one advantage that
could not be equaled in any other place.
within easy reach of Mare Island and
3enicia, if the latter should be given the
preference in the location of the gun
factory.
From the last report of the Secretary of
Var, and from other statements of men
of high standing in our councils, it il
known that electric welding plays an
important, not to say an indispensable,
part in the manufacture OF projectiles for
penetrating armor of ships and forts.
Electricity can be brought to this city
not only from Folsom, but from other
eligible points easily, economically and
scarcely so far removed as TO bring into
play the grand and recent discovery of
long-distance transmission of electric
power.
The forging may probably be done by
the same power of electricity, and with
single heatings, instead of by three or
Jour, as is the same work done by the
heat of a coal forge. The evidence of
experiment shows that the work is su-
Derior when completed, from the fact
that electricity heats forgings from within
outwards instead of from without in
wards as in coal work.
Just how far this superiority can be
Embodied in the metal of very large guns
IS not, probably, adequately demon
Strated, but If capable of importation it
must be of great force in deciding whether
The superiority should be given to our
marine ornaments and land defenseS.
Allow me to say that If these ideas are
little in advance of what has been fully
published, they are not at all ahead of
what has been Swallowed forth in the
crucible of experiment.
f. NJ. SHIELDS.
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Barwick,s Weather Notes.

The Weather Bureaus report for yes
terday shows a rainfall Of .02 of an inch
for the late storm, making SOS inches for
the season, against 12.S4 inches for last
season 10 an equal date.
The highest and lowest temperatures
We're 81 and 42o, with fog during the
early morning and clear in the afternoon.
The barometrical readings at A. NJ.
and P. NJ. were 1891 and %. 81 inches.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were IL and 490,
and no rainfall, and one year ago to-day
550 and 45o, with IA OF an inch Of rainfall.
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and P. L. Nash Of San Benito County as
Fair Directors of the Twenty third Agri-
cultural District, to succeed themselves,
and to J. w. Thompson of Plumas
County as director for the Eleventh Dis
trict
X. r Robertson was appointed Notary
Public at Los Gatos, Santa Clara County.
and o. S. Clarke at Irvington, Alameda
Comfy
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Berlin Couch cnra

For coughs and colds, and all lung and
throat affections, this article has superior
merit. 1t is perfectly harmless, gives imme-
date relief and cures the worst cases in from
two to three days. Endorsed by our best ply
sicans Try a bottle and you will always
keep it, Price, 90 cents a bottle. The w. IL
Zone Company, San Francisco, sole proprie-
tors. Kirk, Geary tE Co., sole agents.. Try c.
Z. Liniment for aches and pains.
IF you want anything in the musical
line write to Cooper's, the leading music
store, 63l J street Mathushek, Steck,
Sohmer and Decker Pianos.
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Roiler1nasers, Election.

At the last meeting of the Boilermallers'
Union these officers were elected: Presi-
ident, John Brown; Vice President, c. II.
Bessey; Recording Secretary, w. Stocker;
Financial Secretary. John Schofeld;
Treasurer, j. g. Soule; Marshal, George
Gibson; Inside Guard, p. Wager; Board
of Trustees, John Dun, P. King and
James Lindsay.
The boilermakers have decided to
affiliate with the National Brotherhood of
Boilermakers of the United States, and
will receive a charter from that organiza-
ton next week.
The record-union., 1892-03-04
A Pleasant Winter in Truckee.

The Republican, says: "The weather in
Truckee this winter has been unusually
pleasant, and to find an enjoyable climate
it has not been necessary to seek lower
attitudes, where the orange buds and the
roses blossom. There has been very lit
tie snow and the days have been warm,
sunshiney and pleasant, On the last day
Of February the plaza was bare and no
snow was on the railroad track"
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Needs Explanation.

"a few fish are being caught in the
be contrary to law to catch them now,''
remarks the Truckee RepuJifcttp, ''we
will not turn informer, especially when a
fish or two is left on the EDITORS desk.
The law making a close season at this
time of the year is a foolish one and can
be better honored by the breech than by
the observance"
Apparently the editor is in favor of
having the law sat upon.
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Articles of Incorporat1on,

Articles of incorporation were filed
with the Secretary of State yesterday as
follows:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Santa Cruz. orporators-Junius Will
hanson, G. NJ. Collins, William Short, L.
S. Sherman, e. II. Garrett, S. F. Grover,
Philip HyneS
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CAN'T PAY THEIR DEBTS.
Galganf Brothers and Dennis Meehs
Go Into INSOLVENCY..

Galganf Brothers and Dennis Meehan
Go Into Insolvency.
p. A. Galgani and c.. Galgani, doing
a grocery business on X street. filed a
petition in insolvency yesterday in the
Superior Court. Their liabilities do not
exceed their assets to amount to anything
Dennis Meehan. a laborer. also fled a
petition in insolvency. His debts aggre-
gate $3.50 o. almost ali OF which amount
is owed in this city and Truckee. Most of
his bills appear to be for liquors, as the
following will show: w. 0'Neil, Truckee
Sl3, liquor. ETC.; NJ. Lanahan d Co.,
Truckee, Sl20, liquor. etc.; Fogarty "
Dixon, TruclSee, Sl20, liquors, ETC.; Frank
F'riel, Sacramento, 81 20, liquor. He has
no assets
The record-union., 1892-03-04

SUBsTITUTIoNs of well-known adver-
tised articles seems to be the order of the
day. We deem it only justice to our
patrons to warn our readers against this
form of piracy. When you want an
article ask your merchant or druggist for
it and don't accept a substitute.