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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
AT HIS DESK.

The President Finds II Large Amount Of
Accumulated Business-Cabinet Meeting
WAsHINGroN, Sept 2.-Mr. Cleve-
lands first day at the white house,
after his absence at the seashore, was
spent in the hardest kind of work. AT
ter breakfast the president went to his
Office, and from $3.50 until 11:3O he and
Private Secretary, Thurber disposed of a
very large amount of accumulated pub
lie business.
At 1880 the cabinet meeting began
and lasted until 1 o'clock. The cabinet
officers We're present except Secretary
Smith. The silver question was dis
cussed with reference to the chances
for repeal in the senate, and the presi.
dent expressed himself as satisfied that
his recommendations would be carried
out.
Another most important question con.
sidcred was the condition of the treas.
ury.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

WASHINGTON, Sept 2.--Owing to the
opposition of many people to the pay
ment Of gold by the treasury depart
ment for sals vies and other purposes,
the gihd paym ,nts were stopped Friday,
and once more green money WIS paid
out tv all who asked for it. Currency
will not be paid out for gold ut the
treasury, and much difficulty has been
experienced by employees of the govern.
ment in getting change for their gold
eagles and double eagles. The treasury
is now using the currency redemption
funds for making payments In paper,
and has been 80 using this fund foJ
some time past
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

conditional repeal thoy would suffer with
out a word in the interest Of mistaken policy
for the public good but there was no section u
the country that was not likewise being d.
voted to disaster and impoverishment
II the contest for the people was 10 be won 10
must be because against the selfish demands Of
the east was arrayed the united votes Of he
south and the west They we're standing
together ION this great question to save the
common country from greater suffering
| and impoverishment than even the horrors o.
war could infiict, and by their united votes y
maintaininot alone the standard OF both goA
and silver, contemplated by the constitution ana
| consecrated by centuries of usage, but TO maiD-
tain rs well q standard OF American indepenr
dence and American manhood.
| Mr.. Caiery dem, La) delivered his maiden
| speech and advocated the unconditional repesl
| CT the purchasing clauses OF the Sherman act
| He warned the senator from Colorado (Mr. Vol.
cott that II he expected to smile away
| the serious money troubles OF the country
as Cervantes had laughed away chivalry
and romance from Spain he was doomed
| to signal failure. The whole country, Mr..
| Caffery said, was face to face with a financial
| situation unprecedented in any age or in any
| country With s63O0o 100000 OF wealth; with
| factory and farm overfowing the country with
| fabric and food with banks entirely solvent
| and firms entirely prosperous; with people
| blessed by Providence beyond the measure Of
| blessings bestowed on other lands and other
| people, they were suddenly arrested in the
| pursuit of wealth and paralyzed in the
| midst of activity. Deposits were drawn from
| the banks; investors abstaincd from new en-
terprses and discontinued old ones; banks
were closed with safes fun of assets and
| business men suspended with stores full OF
goods. The time for tho moving of crops was
near Mt hand and the farmer found con-
gested money market The laborcr was paid
| with promises 10 pay, and the employer with
a Sufficient bank account could not pay his
| baker or his butcher. Men were thrown out
| OF employment by thousands, and already WAS
| heard In the distance the tramp of the army Of
unemployed turning toward the capital, ami
mated by vague hope of relief Cotton would
be sold abroad for gold prices and paid for in
exchange calculated in silver with the large
discount for tuctuation The United States
would sell in gold market and buy in silver
market Beside, the embarras ssments and diff
hculties OF domestic exchange would be intol.
ii
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

DENVER, Col, Sept. 4.-The famous
murder case of DIR. l. Thatcher Graves,
formerly of Providence, r. L., has at
last been settled. The doctor was
found dead in his cell at the county Jail
about 8 o'clock Sunday morning, where
he was awaiting a rehearing on the
charge of having poisoned Mrs. Jose-
phine Barnaby, a wealthy widow, also
of Providence. The poisoning is said to
have been done to cover up DR.. Gray's
alleged defalcatiops as manager of Mrs.
Barnaby's estate. Although no autop-
sy has yet been held on his body it is
known that the doctor took his own
life, using morphine to effect his end.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
WILLIAM MAWHOR ON TRIAL.
An Alleged Wife Murderer Arraigned in
an Iowa Court-A Strange Case.

An Alleged Wife Murderer Arraigned in
an Iowa Court-A Strange Case.
AvOCA, Ia, Aug 31.-When Judge
Smith convened the Pottawattamie
county circuit court here Tuesday and
running down the docket called:
estate VS.. Mowhor," tall, fine
looking old man, apparently about
~ years of age, came from an out
room accompanied by the deputy sher-
if and occupied the prisoners dock,
and the trial of William Mawhor, one
of the wealthiest farmers of Fremont
county, Ia, for wife-murder last
spring was commenced 1t will un-
doubtedly be one of the most hotly con-
tested cases ever tried in Iowa.
1.-THE case is one Of the most peculiar in Grim
inal history, and according to the belief OF
many who know him Mawhor Is veritable
"Bluebeard," The woman for whose alleged
murder he is on trial was his fifth wife.
Since the present case occurred develop
ments indicate that all his previous
wives have died under mysterious cir
cumstances and are believed to have
| been murdered. The theory of the
prosecution is that the woman was killed to Sc.
cure IS 0)0 life insurance The defense will be
general denial and the presence OF stryohnino
found in the woman's stomach explained on
the theory that she committed suicide or took
the poison through mistake. Mrs. Mawhor, the
fifth wife, was divorced woman, Mrs. Fannie
Erbeck, of Alton H. whom he met through
the medium of Il matrimonial journal A month
previous to her death Mawhor induced her to
take out an insurance policy for 5000. 1t
is understood the company will not settle this
claim until the termination of the trial, When
Mawhor was searched by the sheriff the morn
| ing OF his wifes death a bottle of strychnine
was found IN his tobacco pouch. The circum
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

CoLUMBUs, o., Sept. 2.-The Ohio
Pension agency is making detailed
preparations for the prompt payment
next week of the quarterly allowance
due the veteran soldiers. Notice was
Friday received from the pension bureau
at Washington that $500, 600 had been
placed to the credit of the Columbus
department with the assistant
United States treasurer at New Yorl,
city for the quarterly payment, which
begins next Monday.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
OHIO STATE NEWS.
MAMMOTH STEEL PLANT.
Pittsburgh Capitalists WIN Establish 1t at

Pittsburgh Capitalists WIN Establish 1t at
Ashtabula, q.
CLEVELAND, o., Sept. "A syndicate
Of Pittsburgh iron and steel men have
secured options on 5000 acres of land
between the Nickel Plate and Lake
Shore railroads at Ashtabula, and have
decided to erect mammoth steel plant
there. using the new Adams-Blair pro-
cess and employing 1000 men. This
will give the greatest iron ore receiving
port on Lake Erie a great impetus, and
promises to soon make 1t rival of
Youngstown or any centers in the Ma
honing or Shenango valleys The Iron
Age this week publishes particulars
of what the new process hopes to ac-
complish.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

MAsslLLoN, O., Sept. 2.-Fires were
lighted in Reed e Co.'S bottle works.
next Tuesday, but the proprietors noti-
fed the blowers of a proposed reduc-
ton from twenty to fifteen dollars in
the weekly allowance for market
money, and the blowers will not go to
work until the allowance is allowed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

PoMERoY, o., Sept.2. Friday morning
the large double boiler of j. C. Probst
& Sons two-story brick furniture fac
tory exploded, wrecking the building
and machinery and fatally injuring
Jas. Starkley, the engineer. The 100
employees escaped, not having begun
work. Loss heavy. Pieces of boiler
were picked up half mile away.
Several residences were damaged.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Ohio Convlct Pardoned.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 2.--Gev. McKin-
ley issued communication Friday after
noon to c. e. Spring, sentenced to Ave
years imprisonment at the September,
1890, term of the Franklin county
courts for horse stealing. Spring pur-
chased horse which afterward proved
to have been stolen, and there has
always been doubt whether he knew
II was stolen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
THE PENSION GUT.
Decrease of Four Million Dollars In tn
Month of August. ''p

A Decrease of Four Million Dollars In the
Month of August. ''pN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The official
comparative statement of the receipts
and expenditures of the United States,
issued in detail from the treasury de-
partment Friday, shows that the re-
ceipts for August were $1,000, 900 less
than for July, while the expenditures
were $4,000, 600 less.
The expenditures for the two months
of the present fiscal year exceeded the
receipts sl7,OOO,OOO. This excess had to
be drawn from the treasury available
cash, which was reduced, of course,
just that amount, or at the rate of IS,
100000 per month. The statement
shows one significant decrease in the
item of pensions, which were s4,0OO,0O
less than were the payments under this
head in July. ....
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

SPRINGFIELD, O., Sept. 2.-Henry
Fisher, an Eagle CITY farmer, brought
Charles Ransom here Friday morning
at the point of shotgun and turned
him over to the police. Ransom stayed
at his house Thursday night, ransacked
it while the family slept and skipped.
The stolen goods were found on him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Injured by an Electric Car

SPRINGFIELD, o., Sept. 2.-Lawrence
Sullivan, 14-year-old lad, jumped off
an electric car the other night at High
and Limestone streets and fell in front
of one going in the opposite direction.
Both of his jaws were broken, his
right ear was cut almost off and he re-
ceived a scalp wound on the side Of his
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Bold Robbery at Wauseo,

WAUsEoN, o., Aug. SO.-The Peoples
bank was entered Tuesday between
1880 a. m. and 1890 p. m. and robbed
of s7O0. An entrance was effected by
prying rear window open with a
chisel. A door on the inside was brok-
en- down while the cashier and officers
were at dinner
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

BUDA PEsTH, Sept "A terrible trag-
edy occurred in a village near here A
young man alta ball, exasperated because
his attentions to young lady had
been sighted, imagined that if he in
herited his fathers large estates he
would be an acceptable suitor. Ac-
,ordingly he returned to his fathers s
house and killed his parents, who were
in bed asleep. With a Ratchet he murder
ed his six young brothers and sisters
danced the remainder of the night
The next day he was arrested upon
suspicion. He confessed the crime ~
ter two days.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Ohio Man Reinstated.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The postmas-
ter-general has reinstated Abraham r.
Holmes, of New Philadelphia, o., to the
position of post Office inspector Mr..
Holmes was appointed by Postmaster
Villas and dropped by the Harrison ad-
ministration, He is an ex-soldier, and
consequently did not have to undergo a
civil service examination
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

SHAWNEE, o., Sept. g 2-Williard She'd
ard, a young man of 90, residing in
MaXahala, was run over and killed by
Columbus, Shawnee and Hooking coal
train about o'clock Friday morning at
Congo.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. So.-The indica-
tions are that the Labor day demon
stration in this city Monday next will
be the greatest yet held. 1t is estimated
that from 5000 to 10000 will march in
the parade which will move in the
morning through the central portion of
the CITY.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Boomers Fight.

DELPHos, Kan, Sept. "A wagon
train of strip boomers camped here Sat-
urday night and cleaned out the supply
of liquor. A free fight ensued in which
Is were engaged Not many escaped
uninjured. Frank Ferron is thought
to have received Il fatal shot. He was
taken along with his company Sunday
morning
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Mosgrovs Nominated.

SPRINGFIELD, o., Sept. 1.-The repub-
licans Of the eleventh district held
their senatorial convention in the City
hall here, Thursday morning. DR..
Samuel NJ. Mosgrove, Of Urbana, was
nominated by scclamation, there being
no opposition,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
ARednction as a Loan.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Sept. "A large
number of Pittsburgh & Western rail-
way employees, conductors, fremen,
bralSemen and telegraph operators,
held meeting and decided they would
accept the proposed reduction in wages
as a loan. The loan is to bear interest
at per cent. if accepted by the COM
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
A Family's Fight With Flame.

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. s.-The wife of
John Calvin, conductor on the Hook
ing Valley railroad, was badly burned
by the ignition of gasoline placed in a
wash boiler with some soapsuds and
soiled linen. Mr.. Calvin threw the
flaming fluid into the yard and in doing
SO was himself burned and also burned
his child, n babe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
HUGHES FOUND GUILTY.
The Kansas Republicans Hot Over the
Unexpected Verdict.

The Kahshs Republicans Hot Over the
Unexpected Verdict.
TOPEKA, Kas., Aug 81.--The verdict
of the court-martial which tried Col,
Hughes is now in the hands of Gov
Lewelling, and it is Guilty as charged ("
Punishment was fixed at thirty days in
Jail and 5000 fine. Gov. Lewelling is in
southern Kansas and will not make
public the finding until next week.
The belief that Hughes will be ordered
to Jail haS greatly excited the repuh-
licans all over the state, and they dc.
clare there is not 4 bastile in Kansas
strong enough to hold him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
DIR. Fullerton Honored.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 2.-Dr. e. b.
Fullerton, of Columbus, has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Mckinley as one OF
Ohio's representatives at the Pan-Amer-
lean Medical congress to be- held at
Washington, ID. c., September s.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Leg Ground to a Pulp.

CLARKsvILLE, Tenn, Sept 4.-While
working steam thrcsher at the farm
of Cornelius Wilson, in Dickson county,
Wilson'S grandson, young man named
Holt, was climbing from the top of the
machine upon grain stack, when he
slipped his right leg into the cylinder
grinding it into pulp to the knee.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Good News for Pensioners.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Lit is reported
that the order suspending the pensions
of certain benefciaries under the dis
ability act pending the examination Of
their claims is to be shortly revoked.
A member of congress- had long talk
with Commissioner Lochren on the sub
jeet, and afterward said that he did not
believe the order would remain in op
Grafton q week longer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

SPRINGFIELD, O., Sept 2.-Abram
Van Grundy, of South Solon, while at
work in saw mill. fell against run.
ming saw, cutting his right arm off.
The saw had reached his side and he
would have been cut Q moment lstey
had not two men pulled him away
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
Three Slain by Thieves.

CADDo, j. r., Sept News reached
here late Wednesday evening that Mira
Lor Cochnauer had been killed and
robbed of her lease money at her home
IL miles east of here Investigation
was made and it was learned that not
only the woman, but her husband and
another woman had been murdered
and several hundred dollars stolen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

CINCINNATI, Sept. 1.-Nellie Burns,
aged ten years, fell from second
story window at Pearl and Elm streets
Wednesday afternoon and was killed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

NEWARK, o., Sept. Hog cholera
supposed to have been brought from
Kentucky, is playing havoc among the
hogs in this vicinity.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
JUDGE eoeeIN
Ii Sick of the Bench and VIII Retire as
Soon as Possible.

CHICAGO, Sept 2.-In defense of his
stand Clingman Worlds fair Sunday
closing case Judge Goggin declares that
he is sick of the bench and will resign
as soon as he can do SO decently. He
declared Friday that the responsibility
for Thursdays scene rests with Judge
Brentano He says the judge had
agreed to sustain the Clingman injunc-
tion and did not change his mind until
the fact had leaked out through the
press. ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
No Freight Trains Running.

LITCHFIELD, III, Sept 1.-The con.
ductors and brakeinen or the jackson,
vile Southeastern railway, who went
out on strike Wednesday because they
have not received pay for the last four
months, are still off duty. No freight
trains are running.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09
SIX Yonng Men Drowned.

PORT HENRY, N. Y, Aug. ga sad
calamity befell this village Monday
morning in the death by drowning OF
six young men in Lake Champlain. All
but one of them were residents of Port
Henry. The disaster was caused by
the capsizing OF their yacht during .
squall.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-09-09

in complete accord in financial matters
Free coinage by separate act, he said, was
impossible as tho president would un-
doubtedly veto such measure. Any
man who vouched for Mr. Cleveland as
bimetallist would vouch for the man
| IN the moon Why not act now on the whole
financial question: II this should pass and sill
yer be, as IL must absolutely dethroned and de.
graded, he knew of no reason why any senator
who believed in free coinage should ever cast
another vote in favor of protection in any form.
| He had demonstrated few days ago the folly
| of the statement that the repeal of the Sher-
| man act would restore confidence. This was a
| bankers panic, and II you asked banker
| to-day how the repeal was to restore conf.
dence he could not tell you 1t seemed un-
| accountable that in panic times banks should
| not desire an increased volume of the money.
| Their plan was, however, after repeal to ask
fos the issue OF $lO0, 900 OF gold bonds, and
they had good reason to believe that com.
| placont finance committee would authorize
such bill
The people Of the far northwest favored ths
resumption OF free silver coinage because they
| believed In bimetallism. They were not infa,
| tionists; they did not advocate HAT money. They
believed that, as Senator Jones had happily put
| II, the rude obstacles which nature had inter
posed oner better safeguard for the people than
| tho wisdom or unwisdom OF their rulers They
| opposed the single standard because there was
| not enough gold TO do the business OF the worlt
| and furnish its inhabitants with the currency
they needed. Twenty years experience hac
| emphasized the experience of centuries. Sill
Yer had not deprecated, but gold had appreci
| ated.
| The question as to whether silver shoult
| be demonetized by this bill was nationa
and not local II he represented any othel
section, with his knowledge OF the posi-
bilities Of the great west he would b,
equally tenacious for the preservation o
the white metal as standard Of value. NJ
man removed from the money centers and real
izing the illimitable resources OF this republic
and its constantly increasing needs would eve
stand for the contraction OF currency alread
insufficient
There could be no stronger bulwark Of cour
ry's safety than that she produce her owl
coin for her own people and Is no
dependent for II on foreign nations
the mining states alone were te suffer BY W
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-01-07
THE UMBRIA Is SAFE.
Proceeding Toward New York with Di

Proceeding Toward New York with Dis
abled Machinery.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29-The fears that
have been entertained for the safety of
the Cunard Line steamship Umbria,
five days overdue at this port, were in
a great measure dispelled to-day by
news thst the vessel was safe g few days
ago, although disabled, and that her
position at that time and her rate of
speed would not permit her to reach
here before tonight or tomorrow. The
vessel was first seen by tie Moravia on
December q, lat. 40 n, long.
$50 W., or about 600 miles
from New York. On the 25th,
Christmas Day, she was sighted and
signalcd by the steamship Calico, from
Hull, December II, which arrived here
to-day. At that time the Umbria was
III lat. A.. % n, long. $500 w. or $50
miles from New York. Between Thurs
day and Sunday the Umbria had made
200 miles day, or about threefifths of
continued disabled, and only the
same rate of speed was maintained,
fully four days would be re-
CURED fer the steamer to reach
this port, making her due to-day.
'nlavOrablc weather has pre- vailed,
which might, in the partly dlsa bled con
ditlon of the steamer, delay the I'm
brla's arrival another day
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-01-07
MASTODONS IN ALASKA.
The Possibility of These nIammotEs FIX
listing in the Far North.

listing in tn. Far North.
TheStrickeen indians positively assert
that within the last five years they have
frequently seen animals, which, from
the descriptions given, must be mas
todons. Last spring, while out hunting,
one of these Indians came across a
series OF large tracks, each the size of
the bottom of salt barrel. sunk deep
in the moss. He followed the curl
Gus trail for come miles, finally coming
out IN full view of his game. As class
these Indians are the bTayest of hunt
ere, but the proportions OF this new
species of game filled the hunter with
terror, and he took TO swift and i'm
mediate flight. He describes the Great
ure as being as large as post trader :
store, with great, shining, yellOwlsh
white tusk8 and q mouth large enough
to swallow man at a single gutp. He
further says that the animal was I'M
doubtedIy of the same species AS those
whose bones and tusEs lie all over that
section of the country.
The tact that other hunters nave tod
OF seeing these monsters browsing on
the herbs up along the river gives Il
certain probability to the story. over
on Forty Creek bones OF mNstO-
dOns are quite plentiful. One ivory
tusk 3 feet long projects from one Of
the sand dunes on that Creek, and SIM
gle teeth have tecn found that were so
large that they would be good load for
one man TO carry. | believe hat the
mule-footed hog still exists; also that
live mastOdOns play tag with the aurora
every night over on tOrty-mIle Creek
in Alaska.-JuntIu Free Press.