Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-08-03
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Corbett's athletic exhibition on the Md
way Piaisance, worlds fair, will be closed
by order Of the fair officials.
The man drowned In Missouri supposed
10 be the Immortal" j. N. Free, turns out
to have been J. W. Harris. Free Is now In
| Ohio.
Twenty thousand men are out Of work
| In Pittsburg on account Of a disagreement
between the AmalgamAted association and
| the iron manufacturers.
Professor Goods of the Smithsonian In
Btitution, Washington, says It Is not i'm.
probable that a sealing vessel took 6,00o
seals IN the Antarctic ocean as was 70
| ported Of late.
California silver men want favorabls
silver Legislation and free coinage, II posi-
BILE.
Polygamists will vote in Utah for the
first time in l2 year,. This is the result Of
President Harrison's proclamation Of am
nesty.
The Confederate reunion at Birmingham,
Ala, has been postponed until September
In response to q general request, based on
the financial situation as well as the fact
that 1t Is harvest time in many sections Of
the south
| Ahc hulcTlCdu OlASSWOTkefS
union has adopted the bounty plan Of
| fighting nonunionisn. 1t Is less expensive
than strike, and the money which has
heretofore gone to support strikes will now
be used in making up the difference to men
employed in nonunion factories between
union and nonunion wages.
A dam has been built by Canadians
across the st. Lawrence river, opposite
Frazier's Landing N. Y, which has caused
an overflow Of many farms on the Ameri-
can side. The farmers have appealed to
the state department at Washington, but
as yet no action has been taken in the mat
ter. They say they will resort to force un.
| less the government comes to their assist
ance.
Maryland Steel company shut down at
Baltimore. Three hundred men thrown
out of work.
A thousand men are made idle by the
closing of iron founderies in and around
Plattsburg, N. Y.
Many of the large cotton mills are clos
| ing down on account of the stringency Of
the money market.
The worlds fair is beginning to feel the
effects Of the war in railroad rates. The
attendance is perceptibly increasing.
The grand total of subscriptions to the
relief funds for the families Of the cold
storage warehouse fire victims now reaches
e102, COS, and donations are still COM
ing in.
Sweeping changes are likely to soon be
made regarding worlds fair passes.
The miners of Aspen, Colo, have appeal
ed to Grand Master Workman Powderly
Of the Knights Of Labor to unite the labor
ing men of the country with them in their
present struggle.
After 10 months continuous pumping
Lake Argentine, near Ishpeming, Mich,
has been emptied of its water by COM
panies who desire to mine the rich iron
ores under its bottom. The lake covered
100 acres, and was 10 feet deep in the mid
die. Owing to springs it will be several
months before the prospecting can be COM
menced as intended
The Lake Shore railroad Is curtailing ex-
penses by discharging many firemen and
| engineers. About 100 men have been laid
off in the Elkhardt Qnd.) shops.
Omaha is flooded with spurious IS gold
| pieces.
Nearly 200 national banks have failed
since Jan. l.
Speaker Crisp ridicules the idea that he
has promised any chairmanships.
Cincinnati now has hotel exclusively
for colered people-the Sumner House.
Tennessee troops are to be relieved after
menacing the miners for more than year.
The Boston typographical union COM
mended Governor Altgeld for pardoning
| the Chicago anarchists.
Boomers all along the border are getting
ready to rush into the Cherokee strip the
moment the signal is given.
Jack Dempsey, the ex-middle weight
champion OF America, has issued chal-
lenge to fight any man in the world.
Up to the present time nearly 5000, 900
people have attended the worlds fair.
This is considerable below expectations.
The remains of stone buildings with
curious carving resembling Egyptian
sculpture has been laid bare by the shift
ing of sand In the Colorado desert.
Charles w. DePauw of New Albany,
Ind, assigned. the failure of the Premier
steel works, of Indianapolis, precipitating
1t. He says the DePauw estatewill not be
affected.
Ex-President Harrison says the Sherman
act is not alone responsible for the bad
the present administration will do concern
ing tariff.
The Citizens bank at Connorsville, Ind,
owned by ex- United States Treasurer j. N.
Huston, did not open Monday morning, ON
account of the stringency of the money
market. AL depositors will be paid in
full.
The Kentucky National bank of Louis
vile suspended payment Saturday. Its
capital is 81, 100000. The bank was the
United States depository. It is believed
the bank will ultimately be able to pay in
full.
Senator Sherman does not favor goloid
coin consisting of 90 cents worth of silver
and 40 cents worth of gold He says it has
been tried and that the coins can not be
told from silver, owing to the small
amount Of gold used.
The United Labor league of Philadel-
phia adopted resolutions endorsing the ac-
ton OF Governor Altgeld in releasing the
Chicago anarchists. and accepting the
reason he assigns therefore as in line with
the true facts in the case"
President Cleveland's advice to the COM
ing special session of congress will be for
the repeal Of the Sherman silver law. He
believes that any complications will be det-
rimental to the repeating act, which is for
the purpose of restoring business confidence
throughout the land.
The Clan-nn-Gael now claims to have
caused the sinking of the British war ves-
sells Victoria by the Camperdown. They
slaim to have sworn men on almost every
war vessel, in almost every British regi-
ment and wherever the British flag floats,
o position never before attained.
Grimes and Casualties.
In Dayton, o., Charles Duerr, Al, a stone
mason, was knocked down and stabbed to
death in the presence Of his wife as they
were returning from party late at night.
John Bills, 10, was arrested at Dayton,
o., on suspicion of having stabbed Charles
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