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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-19
Notice Of Appointment.

The undersigned has been duly. appointed
Stark, late of Stark county, Ohio, deceased.
Dated the 14th day of Sept, 1895.
JOSEPH A. PIERS0N,
sepl9dw Executor.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-19
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-19

yesTsRDAV's LEAGUE GAMES.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
Subway Work Progressing.

Great progress is being made on
Bostous $1,000, 900 rapid transit
scheme. Work has commenced on
the fremont street mall. About 300
feet of the trench on fremont street
will be opened this time, which will
be about midway between West and
Mason streets. BY the original plan
of the subway, the line of the wall was
seven feet nearer the third row OF
trees on the fremont street mall of
the common, but when the cry was
raised against the destruction of the
trees the engineers were instructed to
change their plans sufficiently to pro-
tect the third row of trees. The other
two rows superintendent Doogue was
willing should go, as the outer
row near the street was all
young trees easily transplanted, and
those in the second row were, as a
rule. so ugly i'll appearance that he
considered 1t an improvement If they
were to be removed. The pushing of
the subway out seven feet brings the
wall very near the big 24-inch gas
main, and the contractors will have to
be very careful in digging their found
alton for the wall. Now that the iron
fence along fremont street is down
the question is often asked, "Will it
ever go up again? Many think the
street commissioners ought to widen
fremont street along the mall, and
also widen Boylston street to the line
of the old graveyard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
A HUGE DEAL
Said to be 10000 Western
Farmers in the Bargain.
An Oath-Bound Plot tn Force Wheat
Prices Up by Great Trust.

Evidence OF a secret conspiracy OF the most
compromising character 10 corner the wheat
market and artillcially force prices way be-
yond the legitimate values has come TO light
In South Dakota. The following circu a
has been found at WatertowD. 5. d.. which
under date OF July 3 gives the details of the
scheme and the method, of operations -
(COnfidentiaO
Triple Alliance eadquarteTs-Circular g.
Minneapolis, July q. 1895.
Dear Sir: All that was outlined in circu-
lar Number Two has been accomplished.
The triple alliance OF the farmers of the two
Dakotas and Minnesota is now "A fixed fact.
But the utmost secrecy must be main
tanned II is desired that the importance
Of this be impressed upon you and all the
friends. II a majority. or even a respectable
minority Of the farmers Of these three 81 ring
wheat states will pledge themselves and keep
1t to them selves to hold their wheat for : Il
bushel they will get a :. a busheL. But
II the fact Of an alliance leaks out and the
wheat gamblers get hold oft, prices will be
depressed.
There are 34j, 900 farmers in the three
states. Over 10000 of them have already
taken the pledge. and more are taking it
daily as rapidly as 1870 agents can administer
oaths to them. The work is being done Satis-
lactOrily, and much more rapidly than il was
done in the winter wheat states. The move
ment was inaugurated there in January, and
with an ultimate number of agents amounting
to over 300. only 100000 pledges had been
taken up to May l.
The general agent for your section is Glenn
Stanton but we want half dozen sub-agents.
No one can become an agent till lie takes the
oath. Call on the general agent and assist
him all you possibly can. Our time is getting
short. Not much work has yet been done
north of the forty-seventh parallel. Talk 10
all of your acquaintances whom you can
safely talk with and urge upon them to en-
list. Urge hem to borrow money to pay
machinery bills. twine bills grocery bills
mortgages and everything they owe 1t will
pay them in the end They can pay five per
cent month aud still come out ahead.
Anything Of Importance pertaining to the
cause that you may learn We beg Of you to
communicate with us. But do not write to
headquarters. Tell it by word Of mouth to a
general agent. who will attend to it.
c. 4. Pilisbury believes that there will be
a scarcity OF milling wheat and he thinks
prices will soar. He said. "A consid r.
able portion of the winter wheat crop has
already been 50 much injured by the wet
harvest as to make it unfit for mill
ing and it is being and will be used
for animal food. The fact that farm
ers have no reserves at al of wheat
is also universally admitted, will it is true
as well that stocks OF -four are unusually
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
May Issue S5OO,OOO in Stock.

The Railroad Commissioners and
the Harbor and Land Commissioners,
who Jointly heard the petition of the
Massachusetts, Ship Canal Company
for authority to issue S1,500,00 of
stock and similar amount of bonds,
authorized an issue of $500, 600 stock
only, the proceeds to be used for pre-
liminary work. The Commissioners
say in their report: THAT before
beginning to construct said canal it is
necessary for said company to make
certain payments and to incur pre-
liminary expenses for meeting which
a present issue of capital stock is neces-
sary, and it being deemed by the said
joint board that an issue of
capital stock to the amount
TO 100000 is reasonably requisite
for the purposes of providing for said
preliminary payments and expenses, as
hereafter specified, it is ordered
that the said joint board approve an
issue of not to exceed 5000 shares of
its capital stock amounting at the par
value thereof to 10000. The board
specifies that of this issue $3.50, 600 is
to provide means for making with the
treasurer of the Commonwealth the
deposit required by the act of incor.
porstion and the remaining $50, 600 to
defray necessary and actual cost and
expenses incurred in parliamentary
work, payment of compensation to
engineers, etc. The petition for ap'
proval of $15, ,000,0 still lies oper
and the company can come in next fal
and ask for further issue wher
naeded
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
AFTER DESPERATE MORRIS.
Maine Officers Bound to Take lin,
Dead or Alive,

The officers are now on the trail of the
desperate. Morris, who shot Game Warden
E. 0. Collins of Presque Isle, Me.
Fish and Game Commissioner Wentworth
of Bangor has selected four fearless and
active men to capture the outlaw. The men
are Game Warden McCau leland of Guilford.
Deputy Sheriff C. C. Nichols OF Foxcroft,
Deputy Sheriff Hartwell Lancaster of Old
town and Constable James L. Maloney of
Bangor. They are well armed and deter
mined not to return without the poacher,
dead or alive.
Morris has camp at Chesuncook, where,
it is said by an old trapper. he has so ar
ranged the approaches that the only means
of getting at his stronghold, except by tre-
mendous amount of work In blasting out
stumps, rocks and logs. which he has labo-
riously placed about his camp. is by path
which leads directly up to the front door,
and he has arranged that path so that it is
very narrow at one point, obligng any in
vaders to go single file, which would give
him an opportunity of picking off his foes
one by one. 1t will thus be seen that STRAIT
egy will probably be necessary to affect his
capture, providing Morris is in his fort.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
BOSTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
New Commonwealth.

II is probable that ground will be
broken and building operations begun
on the new Commonwealth Hotel this
fall. The plans show one of the most
magnificent structures of the kind
ever erected in this or any other coun-
try. Its magnitude is another special
feature, the front having length of
about 500 feet, with depth of 2Sj
feet, while the height will he elevensto
ries. The lot ON which it will stand
contains over $50, 900 square feet, or
double that covered by the new court
house on Pemberton square. 1t will
be situated between Ashby and Chill
mark streets, on the so-called River
bank lands, having a frontage both on
the Charles river and Commonwealth
avenue, location unsurpassed III this
city for a structure of this kind. II
is estimated that the cost will not eN-
ceed 50, 500. 600. The modern steel,
fire-proof construction is likely to be
the method used for the building
The building will consist OF three
payilions, separated by court yards
seventy feet wide each, and connected
on the river side by one-story struct-
ures containing the dining rooms.
There will be 1850 guest rooms.
The architectural treatment of the
structure will be such as to produce
rich effect. The materials proposed
are dark red terra Gotta enrichments
on body of buff or warm gray brick
for the facades, and darker buff for
the Easements and first story The
style and coloring have been suggested
by the beautiful palace of the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin in
northern Germany. There will be
twenty-one elevators, SO placed that
each suite shall be served by one, and
in case two suites are united to form
single large suite, then one of the
elevators forms front, aud the other
, rear or service elevator. Every
feature known to hotel science will he
adopted i'll the Commonwealth.
When completed, the great hotels of
Chicago and New York will sink into
comparative insigniticance beside this
one.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

The Spokane WASH Spok esman
says that the warfare on the destruc-
tive little squirrel has created an un-
precedented demand for strychnine.
The squirrels have never been so
troublesome as they have been this
spring. With the outlay of consider
able expense and time and the exer-
else of eternal vigilance, the farmers
have been able to save part of their
crop. but the loss is enormous.
Strychnine has so far proved the most
destructive agent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

A curious feature of New York City s
latest census is that it shows more
males than females, says the West.
minister Gazette Most of the Great
Eastern cities in the United States,
like our own citses at home, show an
excess in female over male population,
and this is conspicuously the case in
Boston, where the women outnumber
the men by about $4,000. In New
York, on the contrary, there appears
to be about 1000 more men than wo-
men. Have the matrimonial aggres-
sions from this side anything to do
with the fact2
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
FRIENDS SAVE EDGEW00D.
Funds Furnished Mrs. Kate Chase
Sprague to Restore the Mansion.

SpftSut To Restore tnt mansion.
The rumor that rich friends had come TO
the assistance OF Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague,
and that they would enable her to recuperats
her lost fortunes. was Il pleasant surprise TO
her acquaintance in Washington. d. c.. and
all are glad to know that a woman whose
fame is worldwide for her beauty and whose
youth was passed amid every luxury will not
ne reduced to actual want 4 great deal of
interes. centres about the oil homestead at
which she now lives and which was the sub
ject Of the litigation.
The estate is known as "Edgewood and
lies out from the city ON the electric line
which runs from town to the Catholic Uni
versity. When Secretary Chase made it mis-
home ii was about two miles out i'll the real
country, but now is might almost be ella sed
as a suburb, for along the line OF the car
track Is an almost continuous line OF houses
and il is nearly impossible to tell where the
city ends and The rural districts begin.
1t is now said, and the information comes
from one to whom Mrs. Sprague made the re-
mark, that if the recent efforts in behalf Of
Mrs. Sprague are consummated, the place will
be restored to its Olden grandeur, and that
the house aud grounds will be put again in
perfect order. Mrs. SDrague proposes toturn
her attention TO truck gardening, an employ
ment which wax once the work OF an occupant
Of the place and she no pes to thus recuperRte
her fallen fortunesl The mansion is of brick,
and the woodwork could be cheaply renewed,
and it would not take a large sum to get the
grounds in good order again. Years ago the
place was built by a mau named Berry, and
it then passed in.O the hands Of Mr. Thomas
c. Magruders. WHOSE son is the well known
merchant of Washington. The estate was
then known as Metropolis View and COM
prisel a farm Of about 275 acres. extending
from what is now Brookland TO lexington,
and from the corner of the Soldiers Home
lane at the University road. to Glenwood
Cemetery During he time Of the Civil War
tbs estate was frequently used as place OF
encampment by the soldiers.
In 1869 Chase bought the place, and his
purchase included the house and forty acres
about 1.-THE rest ofthe property had already
been divided into lots and sold off to promi-
nent Washington men. Since then the place
has been in the family and here it was that
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
Acres OF Trees Stripped.

According to accounts received at
the headquarters of the State Board
of Agriculture the gypsy moth has
committed fearful devastations in the
woods on the outskirts of Woburn, near
the Winchester line. Several acres of
wood and have been entirely stripped
by the pest and stand out as bare as
in midwinter The infested territory
comprises part of Woburn, Lexing-
ton and Winchester. So terrible are
the ravages in the section referred to,
that the Governor and council have
been invited to visit the places
and see just what the pest can &C.
complish,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
in NEW ENGLAND.
Interesting Items of News From
Maine to Connecticut Shores.


Mrs. Kebow, of New Haven, Ct, who
was burned by the explosion of an oil stove
died.
The Aged Peoples Home at Fall River,
Mass, has received bequest of SO, 900 from
a friend OF the institution whose name is not
given.
Ex-Mayor Brien of Boston, died sudden
ly at the house of his son, Father O'Brien of
Somervlle, Mass. He was elected mayor in
'S5, SO, 81, and SS.
Augustus Rutherford Of Ipswich, Mass,
was thrown from moving machine In front
OF the knives and run over He was terribly
cut, and will probably die.
In the district court at Ba"nstable, Mass.
George Russell was held for the grand Jury
In the sum OF 8 900 for breaking, entering
and larceny at Buzzards Bay.
The money drawer in the Fairview House
at North Woodstock, n. H., was robbed OF
about $50 and the key to the railroad ticket
case was taken. The money drawer was
found under the depot
At a meeting of the Portsmouth, IN. HI
board OF mayor and aldermen steps were
taken to issue bonds of $3.50, ,000 the pro-
ceeds to be used in the construction of new
sewerage system
| new brick building for the Manual
Training School to be established at Law
renee, Mass, under the state law, is to be
erected at cost not exceeding So, 600 A
site on Oak street has been selected.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
200 Illegal Divorces.

Following the decision that probate judges
have no right to grant divorces in Oklahoma
since Aug. 1S, 1893, the supreme court de-
cided that even before that time their juris-
diction was confined to persons who had been
residents of the territory two years or more,
and that all divorces granted by them to
persons on 80 days residence are null and
void, and subsequent marriages bigamous
As all outsiders coming here for divorces
took advantage of the 80 days residence
clause, this decision invaidates between 800
and 400 divorces granted to Eastern people
In addition to the 700 or 800 rendered invalid
by the last decision.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

France is still troubled about the
strangers within her gates. OF these
there are more than 1900, 900, and
only about 175, 900 of them are nat
uralized. They throng all parts. in
both city and country, and are en-
gagged in all professions, businesses
and trades. In many cases they are
crowding out native Frenchmen. In
more, perhaps, they are supplying the
lack OF native labor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
NEW YORK LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. |

What position will Tammany take
on the Sunday question in the coming
campaign? There Is, IL appears, some
difference of opinion on the subject
among the leaders of the Wigwam, the
more conservative of whom for, see
very great peril 10 the Organization"
If radical declaration is made IN
favor of Sunday opening. On the
other hand, the majority of the braves
believe that "Tnmmany should come
out bold and strong for Il more liberal
Sunday law which would permit all
classes TO enjoy the day as they deem
best. " In other words, they are con-
WINGED that the Tammauy candidates
for the local Offices to be filed and
for senator's and members in the As
sembly will be triumphantly elected
If the issue of the Continental Sun
day" is against the American Sun-
day" is squarely and distinctly made.
This is the situation in the Wigwam,
and the solution of it is one of the
most puzzling problems winch it has
been called on to work ont in many a
year. If, on one side, Tammany does
not come out boldly in favor OF open
saloons on Sunday that is, the re-
peal of the law in 1896 which demo.
cratic senate, assembly ana Governor
did not dare to repeal in 1892, and
which, in fact, in the revision of the
Excise laws it re-enacted-it will be
charged with abiect cownrdice by a
large body of it's followers. If it
should declare. on the other hand, for
the continental Sunday" as it is
called, Tammany will find itself cross
ing swords with religious and moral
forces that must in self-defence put
forth all their strength to defeat 1t.
That is the battle Tammany cannot
afford to wage To do so woald lead
to defeat in the city and oyerwhelm-
ing disaster in the state.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

Lavoisier, the chemist, is to have a
statue in Paris, the Institute of France
having started an international sub
scription for the purpose. 1t WAS
hundred years ago last year, recalls
the Scientific American, that the Re-
volutionary Tribunal sent him to the
scaffold, refusing his request for a
delay until he had completed his ex-
periments. Fouquier Tinville then
declared that the republic had no need
of learned men.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
HUMAN CHERRY TREE.
Little Girls Fate ~ Pit Had Not
Been Cut out OF Her Nose.

Some time ago Gertrude Smith, a 2year-
old child. OF Grand Rapids. Mich,
snapped pit from cherry into the left
nOstril Of her nose. She was unable 10 tell
about IT, and the family did not understand
her illness that followed. but DIR. Prentis.
who was called when the child was seized
with convulsions, located the trouble. lie
could feel the hard p,t. but 10 dislodge it was
forced to perform an operation.
When he had cHt open the little ones
no,trils he found the cherry pit. He says he
believes it must have been in the nose at least
two weeks. When IL had been removed the
she'll Of the pit was cracked and tiny shoot
was seeking daylight toward the lower end
OF the nose.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
WILL PAY UP.
Spanish Government will Settle the
Mora Claims

The Spanish republican and Carlist SEN
ators and deputies have protested to the
government against the payment of the Mora
claims without the sanction OF the cortes
They declare that it was unfriendy on the
part OF the United States to press the matter
when there was q rebellion in Cuba. The
cabine: has agreed to pay the amount of the
claim in three instaments. Afterwards an
attempt will be made to induce the United
States to recognize the claims of the Span
iards arising from losses sustained by them
in Florida during the American rebellion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

One of the few things that is worse
than habitual drunkenness is habitual
spying. The morals of community
in which everybody would volunteer
to spy on everybody else would Ger.
tainly be lower than that of a place
where all drank as freely and as often
as they pleased. But nevertheless it
} is likely that such members of New
York vigilance committees as find
pleasure in spying will 60 on doing it
10 long as they please,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

Mrs. Sprague, after her mistortunes had begun
to crowd upon her, sought refuge. and tried
to make a living for her children by supply
ing the city hotels with vegetables butter and
eggs. But forced to borrow money the in
terest accumulated so rapidly that she soon
saw ruin staring her in the face. Ii however
the negotiations for reclaiming the property
and paying of the old debt are safely con-
cluded it is likely that Edgdwood may be-
come as beautiful place as it was in olden
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

During storm great hot ball fell into a
meadow near Orange lake, Newburg, N. Y.
1t struck the ground with terrific force
almost Embedding itself in the dirt. The
ball, or aerolite, as scientists pronounce it,
fell near a drove OF sheep, and wool ON
ia the vicinity 1t will weigh, probably 500
pounds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08
Morrill, in South America.

A deed for the conveyance of property in
the city of Manchester, N. H., which has been
forwarded to the register Of deeds office
locates the absconding cashier of the state
Commonwealth bank OF that CITY in Buenos
Ayrss, Argentine Republic. The deed bears
khs> signature Of Charles F. Morrill, In plain
bold haRd, and was made out May IA, 1884.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

The Cleveland Steel Canal Boat
Company has launched the first OF II
fleet Of steel boats which promise to
reyolutionize traffic on the Erie canal.
These boats are built with all the i'm
prOyements that modern invention
has furnished. They are equally
fit for lake and canal navigation.
This is the beginning of an advance
that ought to have been begun long
ago. 1t marks the beginning of the
end of the mule and wooden boat age
i'll canal traffic. 1t euds also the costly
system of reshipments which the un-
sesworthiness of the old canal boats
rendered obligatory. 1t means cheaper
freights and quicker transportation.
The only wonder is that tue change
has been delayed so long, and that
other changes. such as the deepening
of the canal sud the employment Of
electric power, are still delayed. When
the people of New York, led by De
Witt Clinton, constructed the ca
mails, they were well up to their oppor-
tunities. They used the best means
they had with foresight, courage and
determination. They made geogra-
ply and they compelled it to pay trib-
ute to this city and this state. They
created the greatness of New York,
and they made the development of the
great Northwest possible.
But their conditions have passed
away. If we are worthy of them We
shall adapt ourselves to our condi-
tions as they did to theirs We shall
use modern appliances in aid of our
commercial supremacy as courageous
ly as they used the appliances they
knew, We shall deepen the Erie
canal and fit it for such navigation as
this enterprising Cleveland company
proposes. There are no very marked
signs of interest in this matter, in
New York, and yet it involves the
most vital questions of our city's flu
ture, and 1t is a question to be voted
upon by the people this autumn. If
Chicago's future were half SO vitally
concerned in any question as New
York s future is in this, every citizen
of that town would now be actively
bestirring himself TO secure a favor
bic result.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-08-08

Some idea of the immense volume
of immigration which has been pour
ing into the Northwest, the New York
Mail and Express thinks, may be had
from the fact that in North Dakota
the foreigners and their children con-
stitute over four-fifths of the entire
population,