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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
k.rikerl placed finder a rrest,

81 PETERSBURG Nov 26,-A strike is
going or al the La Ferme cigarette fac
tory the trouble growing oui OF the In
noductioE Of new machinery The
striker have smashed the new ma
ohines 4 thousand striReri were placed
undeI arrest
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

LoRAIN, o., Nov 25.-The appoint
ments made by Postmaster NJ J Alten
for free delivery have been declared
illegal by the civil service department
a. Washington. and new appointments
will have &c be made.
FlTz SIGNS ARTICLES.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
TO Abolish sprine Elections,

CLEVELAND, Nov. 25.-A movement
TO abolish spring municipal elections In
Ohio. and have them with the county
state and national elections in the fall.
has been sci on foot by President H. A.
Palmer of the Akron city council
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Actu,ea ., mis- NIre's Murder.

CHICAGO, Nov. 23,-To obtain $i5,
the life has been strangled out of Mrs.
Maggie Beckman, and her husband,
Hugo Beckman, is under arrest charged
with the commission of the crime.
The couple lived in fat l. at 2OO7 State
street
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
A warld.n, Murderer snIclde,

New YORK, Nov. 25.-Andrew Tinko
Hungarian, while Intoxicated at
tempted to murder his I5-year.old
daughter Fn THE city because she would
not submit to biz desires. and then com.
Initted suicide
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Lothaire Co he CourtmartiaIed.

BRUssELs, Nov. 23.--The authorities
of the Congo Free State have decided
that Captain Lothaire, who is charged
with the irregular execution OF the
English /, ader. Stokes, is TO be tried
bafore Belgian CONTINENTAL.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Rev. hyatt smith Declared Insane.

Boston, Nov. 23.--Rev. Frank Hyatt
Smith has been adjudged insane in the
United States court and will be COM
mitted to the Washington federal IN"
sane asylum.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Sap, VIII Retire Nov so

PEKIN, Nov. 25-It is stated in Of.
isl circles that the Japanese Will
eyaouats thu Ltao.Tuns peninsula CD
Nov 30
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

MENoMINEE, Mich, Nov 25-The
sawmill Of the Menominee River Lum.
bei company at East Marlnette has
been totally destroyed by fire. and also
about :, 900 900 feet of lumber, owned
by the Marinette Lumber company and
M5nominee Box company, Loss, $780,.
900. Insurance not known
Report ON Pensions.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Judge Rey-
nolds, assistant secretary of the in
terror, in his annual report, recon-
mends legislation which will define
with more certainty the pensionable
rights Of minor children, more uni
form rule for proof of marriage in pen.
sion cases, law which will secure to
wives and children of pensioners who
unlawfully abandon those dependent
upon them portion of the bounty paid
such pensioners and a remedy for the
evils arising from making quarterly
payments by checks at the agencies to
weak and incompetent persons, who
are subject to schemes Of the dissolute.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
Their Extension Will Give Bet
ter Postal Service.
MR.. WILSON MAKES HIS REPORT,

fevors Extension of Free Delivery Spy,
ing on Lettercarriers Improved the
eervice-He ReIserates the Necessity For
Legislation to Punish Trainwreakiug
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT,

DIES MONIES, April 8, 1861. c.
Sherburne, of Des Moines, claims to be
the first original inventor of the de,
vice described as follows: A hair
curling implement, consisting of
handle, mandrel upon which hair
may be wound rotatably mounted in
the handle, and means connected with
the mandrel whereby the mandrel may
be rotated by the hand which grasps
the handle. Sherburn's application
for patent has been placed in in,
reference with nine other claimants
as follows: A. Morley, j. j. Hardy, A.
Il. Graves, p. b. Limo and M. W.
Murphy and P. A. Domm, of Chicago,
c. w. Major of Ottumwa, Iowa, C. T.!
Snyder, of ST. Louis, and r. C. Bookser,
of Buffalo, N. Y. The invention has
gone into extensive use and if Mr.,
Sherburne establishes priority of in
vention royalty will be due him for
each hair curler heretofore sold and
covered by his generic claim and all
that may be made hereafter within
seventeen years from the date of the
patent that may be granted to him.
OThirteen United States patents were
issued to Iowa inventors this week.
THOMAS G. AND j. RALPH ORwIa,
Solicitors of Patents
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Big reception for silverites.

Denver, Colo, April 16.-On their ar
rival in Denver, ex-Congressman Sib-
ley, Senator Jones, and Gen. Warner
will be met by a reception committee,
at the head of which will be Gov. Nc
Intyre and Mayor McMurray. A re-
ception will be given to the visitors at
the Brown Palace hotel in the evening,
for which arrangements have been
made on an elaborate scale. Gov. Nc
Intyre will welcome the visitors to the
state and one of them will reply, but
the speeches will be brief. Tuesday
afternoon an open air meeting will be
held on the grounds of the state capitol.
Special trains will be run from all over
the state. Accommodations will be
provided for over 5000, but it is expect
ed that from 10000 to $4,000 people will
be present. The program for the re-
mainder of the week has not been COM
Dleted
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
NOTED MURDERER DEAD.

Dick Edwards, Slayer of Four Women
and One Man, Expires in Prison.
Denison, Texas, April 12.-Dick Ed
wards, alias Billy Leroy, convicted of
the murder of Mrs. Hattie Haynes,
committed here on the night of May
IL, 1882, and sentenced to life imprison-
ment, died Sunday night at Huntsville
prison.
1t was believed that Edwards had
killed three other women and wounded
the fourth on that eventful night He
maintained his innocence to the last,
and when approached for confession
replied that he had nothing to say and
died with the secret locked in his heart.
Consumption was the cause OF death,
after two months imprisonment.
In the west Edwards was known as
Coyote Dick" He was well known
in Salt Lake, where he was charged
with the murder of Callahan in 1891.
He was also credited with the murder
Of a women in Chicago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
FAMOUS HOTEL BURNS
PASADENA'S $1,000, STRUc-
TURE DESTROYED.
Guests of the House Escape, but Most
of Their Luggage Is Destroyed
Missouri Town Burns-Other Fires
Yesterday.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 16.-The
Hotel Raymond at Pasadena, ten miles
from Los Angeles, was destroyed by
fire at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Not stick of the famous resort is left.
The hotel was crowded with tourists,
but they all escaped with their lives,
although wardrobes and other possess
sions were consumed. The Raymond
was one Of the most famous health and
pleasure resorts in the United States.
1t was located on a hill commanding q
magnificent view of the San Grabriel
Valley.
There is mystery about the origin
OF the fire, though the accepted theory
is defective flue. The building was
lighted throughout with electricity
from plant in the basement.
In less than an hour from the time
the fire was discovered in the cupola at
the southwest corner of the building,
the huge wooden structure was level
with the ground, and the only thing left
standing to mark the spot was the tall
brick chimney of the furnace.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
items OF GENERAL news

Numerous earthquakes have recently
visited southern Austria.
A dispatch from Japan dated the
18th says peace convention has been
signed.
1t is said Nicaragua has replied to
Great Britain in such pacific terms
that the controversy will probably be
submitted to arbitration and no serious
trouble result.
Cuban advices say that in battle at
Palmarito Maceo, leader of the rebels,
was captured and Brigadier General
Crombet was killed. The rebels were
completely routed and the cause is
believed to be lost.
President Cleveland, in letter to a
committee of Chicago business men,
gives his views on the currency qucs-
ton. They are decidedly against the
free silver movement and he warns
farmers to beware of the arguments in
it's favor.
In Emanuel Baptist church at San
Francisco the bodies of two young
ladies, members of the church, were
found murdered and outraged. w. II.
T. Durant, medical student and
librarian of the church, is charged
with the crime.
Fire in the senate wing of Illinois
$4,000, 900 state house caused damage
to the extent of about $4,000. I'm
mense quantities of water did great
damage to documents, etc.
On the 14th the Japanese emperor
presented an ultimatum to China,
giving that government twenty-four
hours in which to accept the terms
offered. China declared she would not
accept, and appealed to Russia for aid.
1t is said that terms of peace have
been agreed upon by Japan and China
and that they will shortly be
announced.
At Covington, KY, Senator Goebel
shot and killed Cashier Sanford of the
Farmers and Traders bank as the re-
existed. Both were leaders offactions
in the democratic party.
1t is said that the Japanese armistice
will end on the Goth, and it is there
fore expected that the peace negotia-
tions will be concluded by that time.
w. Jennings Demorest, the we'll
known prohibitionist, and publisher of
the magazine which bears his name,
died from pneumonia on the 9th.
At Wheeling, W. Va, four-story
building fell, burying in the ruins
dozen men. Half of these were taken
alive, but the remainder were dead
and terribly mangled.
John G. Moore, of New York, who
brought the original suit contesting
the validity of the income tax law,
says he intends to continue the contest
against the law to finish.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
WYOMING OIL LANDS BOOM.
Rise in the Price OF the Product Causes
the Advance in Values.

Casper, Wyo., April 16.-The rise in
the Standard Oil company's product in
the east caused an advance of two cents
per gallon at the storage tanks here.
Wyoming oil men are jubilant over the
prospects of a rise in lubricating oil,
which is pumped directly from the
wells in these fields in a marketable
condition. All of these oils are finding
a ready market, and it is expected their
prices will go up with the Standards.
To-day sample run of Illuminating oil
was made, and it made a beautiful
water white, fully up to the standard
test There is considerable activity in
oil lands, and there are many inquiries
from eastern capitalists. The Salt
Creek producing wells now number five,
with No. 6 nearly finished, and the pip
ing and material now in transit to COM
plete six more.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Literary Notes.

The opening and leading article of
the North America Review for April
is "a Last Tribute by the Hon. I. B.
Reed. 1t is written in the ex-speaker's
trenchant style, and from a republican
standpoint throws the scarch-light of
criticism upon the labors of the re-
Gently ended Fiftythird congress. Mr..
Reeds articles are always interesting
and command sincere respect and ad-
miration from his political friends and
foes alike.
The Importance of the new German
Ship Canal is set forth in 1.-THE Pro-
gress of the World in the April Re-
view of Reviews The editor recalls
the fact that the Straits of Cattegat,
from which shipping will be diverted
by the new canal, once levied heavy
tolls on our merchant marine, and that
our government took the lead in secur-
ing freedom of navigation through
them.
The April number of The Art
Amateur would make a charming
Easter gift to an artistic friend. The
two color plates are ''Geraniums," by
Paul de Longpre, and Village
Children" d water-color sketch BY
Rhoda Holmes Nichols. There are
the usual eight large pages of working
designs for china painting, embroidery,
wood-carvlng etc.
Leading articles in the Cosmopolitan
for April are China and Japan" by
George Frederick Seward, and
English Country House PARTIES" by
Lady Colin Campbell The Cos
mopolitan is fast gaining in popularity
because of it's general excellence and
low price. Its illustrations are always
good.
Harper's Bazaar includes in it's several
departments everything interesting to
women and valuable in the domestic
circle. The wisest economy dictates
subscription to this brilliant weekly
paper, as in fashion alone it's readers
save during a single year many times
its price. The woman who takes
Harper's Bazaar is prepared for every
occasion, ceremonious or informal
The thirtieth anniversary of Lincoln's
assassination, falling in April, will be
commemorated by the publication in
Harpers Weekly of two noteworthy
articles, of which the first will discuss
the sources of Lincoln's eloquence, and
the second will be devoted to the
Lincoln genealogy-tracing the line
back to New England stock. The
second article will be contributed by
Lucius E. Chittenden, register of the
United States treasury during the
period of the civil war, and an intimate
friend of the president himself, as well
as of many of the leading men con-
nected with that administration.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Locomotive Causes n Fire.

Elkhorn, Neb., April 16.-A fire start
ed by a spark from a Union Pacific
engine consumed ten buildings and for
time threatened to wipe out the en-
tire town. The loss was $2S, 900, the
principal buildings destroyed being the
Cornish-King elevator, the Marsh
livery stable, and the Commercial
hotel. There was practically no in
surance, as the rate charged by the
companies was prohibitive. At one
time, when the wind veered, aid was
asked of the Omaha fire department,
but before it reached the scene the fire
had burned itself out.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Rattleship and Gunboat Plans.

Washington, April 16.-The designs
prepared by the construction bureau of
the navy department for the new gun
boats authorized by the last congress
have been submitted to Secretary Her.
bert, and have been referred by him to
the board Of bureau chiefs, which will
suggest any needed alterations before
the advertisements for proposals are
prepared. The plans for the two great
battleships are now in the secretary's
hands. 1t is expected they will give
rise to some controversy among the de.
signing officers, owing to the novel feat
ure of double-story turrets proposed
and the thirteen-inch guns which the
ordinance bureau wishes to place on
them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Supreme Court to Pass on Pensions.

Washington. April 13.-James Tanner,
national commander of the Union Vet
eran legion, has issued a circular re-
questing the contribution of $40 from
each of the encampments to pay the ex-
pense of carrying to the supreme court
a test case involving a sutficiency of the
thirty-day notice required to be given
in pension cases under the act of De-
cember q, 1898. The circular stated
that ninety-nine out of every 100 no.
tees sent out by the commissioner of
pensions since the passage of the act,
and which notices have been the basis
of reductions or dropping, have not
been in compliance with the terms Of
the statute.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
FLOODS IN NEW ENGLAND,
Bridges Washed Away, Logs Lost and
Travel INTERRUPTED.


Montpelier VT, April 16.-The rains
of the last forty-eight hours have
caused all the rivers and streams of
this state and New Hampshire to rise
to flood stages. The highway between
this city and and Green Mountain GEM
etery is eight feet under water and all
the houses in the lower end of the city
are uninhabitable. At Bethel the boom
Of the Fall Mountain Paper company
went out this afternoon and 1000, 900
feet of logs are on their way to Long
Island sound. The Mascoma river at
Lebanon, N. H, is the highest known in
twenty-five Yeas and six bridges have
been carried away. The river at Plym-
outh, N. H, is nineteen feet above the
danger mark and the entire valley sys-
tenn of railroads has been washed away.
Travel in all directions is suspended
and the rain is still falling in torrents
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
OIL at sI.50 For May Options.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 12.-The oil OK
element here begins to resemble the
halcyon days of the Pittsburg oil ex-
change. The Standard yesterday adj
vanced it's price cents to Sl.S5, this
making an advance of 20 cents in the
last three days. The May option opened
on the exchange at s1.45 bid, and adj
vanced to $1.4714 on the first sale. The
monthly statement issued by the
Standard Pipe lines shows the daily
consumption to be $500 barrels in ex-
cess of the daily production. The specu-
lative market ran up to Sl.5OR and
closed at 81 so,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Rain Helps Crops in the West.

Yankton, S. D., April 9.-Rain has
fallen here constantly for thirty-six
hours, and the ground has not received
such a soaking for three years.
Terre Haute, Ind, April 9.-There
has been a heavy rainfall in this part
of the Wabash valley from Saturday
noon until last night.
Arcola, ILL.,, April 9.-For two days
there has been almost incessant rain.
Oats, wheat, and alfalfa crops were suf-
fering.
Detroit, Mich. April 9.-Copious rains
fell throughout Michigan yesterday
and last night various sections of the
state report the fall still in progress.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Would-Be Strikers Locked Out.

Providence, r. l., April 13.-When the
500 intending strikers at the Atlantic
mills, in Olneyville, went to the works
yesterday they were surprised to find
themselves locked out. The doors were
fastened, and notices posted on them
impaired the information that the mills
would be closed until further notice. At
a meeting Wednesday night the opera
tives voted to go yesterday morning
and strike after working fifteen min
utes. The closing of the mills throws
out of employment $500 people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Colorado Cattle Wintered Well

Denver, April 15.-Reports all show
that Colorado cattle are doing finely
and have gone through the winter in
better shape than for five years. But
for the unfortunate sandstone of a
week ago the loss in Colorado would
have been practically nothing. Re
turns from the northeast show from 10
to 20 per cent loss. The average is put
in Denver for the northwest portion of
the state at less than 10 per cent, while
in the Arkansas valley the loss will
not exceed 8 per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
William O'Rrien Is Found Killed,

Little Rock, Ark, April 16-The body
of man about so years of age was
found under bridge on the Iron
Mountain railroad three miles south Of
this city yesterday afternoon. He was
horribly mangled and had evidently
been dead several days. Papers on his
person disclosed the fact that his name
was William O'Brien and that he was
in good circumstances. His home was
in Chicago. 1t is believed he fell from a
train
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
FROM THE CHICORA.
Message in a Bottle Sent When All
Hope Was Abandoned.

Message in Bottle Sent When All
Hope Was Abandoned.
Benton Harbor, Mich, April 16.-J.
II. Graham Of the Graham and Morton
Transportation company received tel
egram from Mrs. w. J. Hancock, wife
of Clerk Hancock Of the Chicora, stat
ing that bottle picked up at Glenn
Tier yesterday morning was in her pos
session. 1t contained o message writ
ten by Engineer Mcclure. The message
is given as follows:
Are lost; Shines and Clark washed
overheard yesterday; engine broke
down; could see land but for snow.
MCCLURE"
The date was not given. This Mr..
Graham believes to be genuine, judg
ing from the style Of construction of
the message, and leads to the belief that
other messages written earlier and some
later are still afioat and will be found
before many days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Union Pacific Reducing Wages.

Omaha, April 15.-Complaint is made
by Union Pacific shopmen that the COM
pany is now violating the order of
Judge Caldwell prohibiting reduction
in wages. Many men were let out dur
ing the last few months and then re-
employed. When they were discharged
on account Of slack work" they were
working eight hours per day, and now
when they are hired again they are
put to work ten hours per day at the
same wages they were getting for eight
hourS' work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
PAYS THE PENALTY.
Charles Hart Hanged at Columbus for
Double Murder.

Double Murder.
Columbus, O., April 13.--Charles Har-
rison was hanged in the annex of the
Ohio penitentiary at II o'clock this
morning for the murder of little Ash
ley and Elsie Good in Paulding county,
November 4, 1894. Hart was an ignor-
ant lad of IS years, and was nervy to
the last. Although he made a confess
sion after his arrest, he made the state
ment on the gallows: II am not guilty
of this charge" He was baptized in
the Methodist faith before his execu-
ton. He died without a struggle, and
death was pronounced in thirteen min
death was pronounced in thirteen and
one-haf minutes. Hart, after killing
Ashley Good, assaulted little Elsie and
then cut her throat. He then mutilated
both bodies with a corn-cutter and tried
to burn them on q pile of brush.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18

During dense fog a train on the
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg road
ran into washout near Sykes, Pa,
wrecking the engine and eighteen cars,
Engines Taylor, Fireman Shea, and
Conductor Bruce lost their lives.
An explosion of fire damp in shaft No.
of the Susquehanna company at Nan
ticoke, Pa, fatally burned six Polish
miners, and badly damaged the colliery.
By the collapse of five story build
ing at Wheeling, w. Va, six persons
were killed Among the dead Is Rev.
Father w. F. Parke. vicar general OF
the Catholic diocese.
Twenty-three miners lost their lives
by the explosion in the Blue Canon
mine, near Whatcom, Wash.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
SPANIARDS TWICE DEFEATED
Successes by Cuban Revolutionists Re-
ported by Way of Tampa.


Tampa, Fla, April 13.-The Plant
steamship Mascotte brings news that
the Cuban taxes are to be increased
100000 to provide was expenses.
At La Mocha, a village near Aqua
tate, sixty miles from Havana, Vicent
Garcia, with 200 men, ambushed Cen
eral Pratt's forces, who three times rail-
lied, but We're finally routed with heavy
losses. Jiguani, place of 10000 inhab-
itants, was captured by the Cubans
under Raba about March 25. April 8
the Spaniards attempted to regain pos
session, but were repulsed after a spir-
tied encounter. They were under San
tocildes, and left forty-five dead for the
Cubans to bury. Should the formation
of a republic be attempted the consti-
tuition adopted April 10, 1862 will be
used.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
Four Story Structure Burns,

Grand Rapids, Mich, April 16.-The
Standard Folding Bed company's fas-
tory, a four-story brick structure on
the west side canal, was burned yester-
day with a loss of $15,OOO mainly on
machinery and stock. 1t was insured
for $1,000 in five different companies,
the names of which can not be given
until the safe is taken out of the ruins