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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-19
JUMPED FOR CAR
But Slipped and Was Dragged
a Whole Block Along the
Paved Street.

A peculiar accident occurred Saturday
night in East Tuscarawas street. About
8 o'clock, just as an electric car pulling
trailer was pulling across Cherry at
Tuscarawas street, a man was seen run
ming toward the end Of the trailer to
grasp 1t. 1t appears he made no outcry
to the conductor in order to have the car
stopped. The man secured only hold
with his hands and then slipped forwSrl
and lay with his legs dangling over the
street paving while the cars went rapid
ly up the street. The conductor on the
cars saw the man hanging on 10 the
handles ahd quickly ran Dack to catch
hold of him and pull him into the car
and at the same time whistled to the
motorman to stop the cars. Apparently
on account Of noise the motorman did
not hear the signal and kept running
ahead. The conductor was unable to
assist the man into the car. and when
Rex street was reached the fellow let go
Of his hold and rolled along the track
several feet. He finally arose and gazed
at the forward moving car. Then pick
ing up his hat and a small package he
started over to the sidewalk and went
up street. Apparently he was unin-
jured although his clothes were covered
with dirt and dust. Several women who
witnessed the accident nearly tainted
when they saw the man being dragged
along by the car. believing that he
would be killed. Witnesses state that
the conductor was not to blame. as the
fellow did not signal the car to stop.
but simply jumped on 1t as 1t passed him
and slipped.
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Continued from last Saturday,

At the time of the erection Of this
school building the Trinity Lutheran
church was without house of worship
and for a consideration that 1 am not
able to give, they were to use the lower
room in the main building permanently
as their place of worship. This was
continued for some years, when the
congregation of said church felt that
they needed a larger and independent
house of worship, and the school board
began to feel the need of said room, so
that they had no trouble to make an
amicable adjustment and have the
whole building for school purposes. At
the time they worshipped in the union
school building, old Father Abraham
Lichtenwalter was one of the faithful
members of said church, and never fail
ed to meet with them unless detained by
sickness or other providential him
derances.
In the fall of 1851, at the time of
holding our first agricultural fair, the
room that had been used for church
purposes was used for the display of
furniture and fancy articles, also part
of the Presbyterian property across the
street was utilized that year to ac-
ommodate the fair. AT that time there
was no permanent place for such fairs.
The Lutheran church then bought the
lot where their present fine stone edifice
stands, and erected very comfortable
brick church thereupon, which they oc-
cupied till the time arrived to tear
down and build greater. So that their
present house of worship is the second
they have built on said lot. Rev. w.
p Ruthrauff was their pastor at the
time of their building the first house of
worship where they are now located.
What makes me think this was the
case, know that when they built they
had no place to worship, and our church
(the Baptist) offered them the use of
our house of worship to be used jointly,
the two congregations to meet as one,
and the pastors to divide the time
equally, and this proposition was accep-
ted. Rev. w. p. Ruthhauff was their
pastor and Rev. p. NJ. Weddell ours.
We all enjoyed it. We met as Christian
brethren and parted as such. Our
church was then the little brick build
ing that stood on the southeast corner
of Tenth and Market streets,now known
as the Harter property. The house was
only SO by so feet in size.
About the time that the Lutherans
gave up their interest in the first high |
school building. there was felt the ne
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There was flash of knife, an ex-
cAmation from DR.. Harrowden, and
then, as he dropped, stabbed in the
shoulder, a dozen hands were on the
count, and, although he fought with the
limitless strength of a madman, he was
overpowered at last by numbers, and
carried off the stage, bound and help
less
DIR. Harroway, whose faintness was
only temporary, had risen already. and,
disregarding the help offered him, hur-
ried to the couch and raised the
cushions.
Eva lay there insensible with the
marks on her white neck where the
counts fingers had gone near to suffo-
eating her.
DIR. Harrowden bent and laid his ear
to her lips and heart.
"She is not dead" he said briefly.
Garry her to her room. 1 will attend
to her.
Wondering EXPLANATIONS broke out on
all sides. What had happened? Had
the count really attempted Eva's life?
How had the doctor been aware of her
danger? And thousand other ques-
tions and surmises. Later, when Eva,
very weak and i'll, had recovered con-
seriousness, she told the story of the
counts strange, wild love for her, an
infatuation which had seized him when
they first met in the opera house at
Milan, of her inability to shake off the
influence which he exercised over her,
in spite of her dread and dislike Of him,
Of his appearance at the castle when
she was arranging the cast of "Othello"
and imperious demand to be allowed to
remain there and to play the title role.
How can ever thank you enough?"
she said to DIR. Harrowden, when, after
many days of suffering from the counts
stiletto wound, he came, at her request,
| to see her. TT was miracle that you
| should have saved me as you did. A
moment longer and 1t would have been
| too late. How did you guess that his
acting was reality?"
THE thanks are due really to your
SELF" he said gently. your kindness
in singing to that poor little child was
the cause Of your preservation. I went
to see her that evening and found her
| just awakened from a strange dream
of you, which had left the impression
on her mind that you were in danger.
The beautiful lady with the angel
| voice. she called you. She would not
be comforted until I promised to go up
to the castle and assure myself that no
harm threatened you. Her persistence
gave me a touch of anxiety and 1t came
to me with sort of tuition, as watch
ed the count, that he was mad. felt
sure he meant mischief. 1t seems al
most as IL the child had second sight,
but these condolences do occur some
times.'
"And STILL" said Eva, ut is to you !
owe my life. You risked yours for mine.
Oh! tell me how to thank you" t.
II dare ask nothing" he said, "since
dare not ask too much"
And they were both silent.
But in their silence a hope and II
promise lay. And there are some who
say that the most beautiful singer of
the day will exercise the prerogative
that her preeminence gives to her and
will make a romantic marriage.-Penny
Pictorial Magazine.
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left II when about 13 years old, and
never went to school after that.
The above hasty history of the first
two brick school housesbuilt upon the
public school lot will be revelation to
some of our younger citizens, but Is
quite familiar to the few older citizens.
We now introduce our third and pres
ent up-to-date High school building.
and a full description of this magnifi-
cent building can better be told by
younger people than I could possibly do
and If any such care to enlarge upon It,
l shall be glad to have them do so.
Changes and advances are continually
manifest and are likely thus. to con-
tinue. And to those who have a well
grounded hope in the precious promises
Of Gods word and accept the profered
blessings, new displays of Gods love
will be manifest not only in this brief
life, but throughout eternity.
JOHN DANNER.
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the sick child, propped up by pillows to
hear the desire of her heart, cried out
that 1t was an angel who had come in
In answer to her prayers.
1t was midnight, twelve. hours since
death from the village home and she
was holding a great assembly hushed
and spellbound. while her voice, no lon
ger softened and subdued, rang with all
Its glorious power through the large
opera hall which she had lately added
to her castle.
1t was the moment Of her crowning
triumph, the moment when Desdemona,
realizing to the full of her danger, and
the infiexible purpose Of Othello, trans
formed by jealousy into a murderer,
ceased to plead for her life, and instead.
proudly and passionately declared her
innocence.
Count Devas. the Italian singer, who
had already won universal applause for
his wonderful rendering of Othello, fac
ed her, the madness Of rage that was
consuming him portrayed vividly in
every feature Of his face. in every
movement Of his tense. nervous fin-
gers.
There was silence, intense, dead
silence, for an instance, and Eva's last
note died away. and then, as she cover
ed her eyes with her hands, the count,
with one swift step, was at her side,
pressing with ruthless hands the cush-
ion on her upturned face. and the cur
tain began slowly to descend on the
death scene.
An electric thrill ran through the
audience; the horror and despair of the
tragedy before them seemed suddenly
real and tangible; the scream, strangled
in it's birth, that came from the beau.
tiful singer seemed an appeal to then
for help; and then an amazing thing
occurred.
In the excitement Of the scene no one
had noticed the sudden arrival in thu
hall of DIR. Harrowden. who, pale ant
breathless. stood watching the descen
Of the curtain, until, apparently ever
powered by impulse. he ran up the hall
! leaped up to the stage and springinl
across the footlights threw himself up
i on the count.
In the desperate struggle that ensuet
momentary az II was. before the para
lyxed onlookers rushed to separate tn,
combatants. no one noticed that Evs
herself had not moved ana lay still un
der the cushions.
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SAVED BY HER VOICE.

1t was springtime and MONDAY in
England, and the soft breath of the
year seemed laden with fragrant prom
ises of bloom and color, while over the
woods was stealing a fairy like mantle
Of green.
On such day, and on such a scene
as this, ,Evangeline Rohan felt as though
the world should hold nothing of strife
or pain or ugliness; indeed, she moved
and breathed and had her being held
little but the surface knowledge that
such things existed, for fate had favor
ed Evangeline, and not content with
bestowing on her beauty Of person and
mind. had lowered her with the great
gift of song In its divine perfection.
Now she sauntered down the winding
pathway that led from her castle ter
race to the copse beneath.
A man followed her with hesitating
steps, as though he feared repulse II
he presented himself too suddenly, took
courage to approach when the trees
veiled them from the castle windows,
and. though she made him welcome by
neither word nor sign, walked at her
side until the whim seized her to seat
herself on a bank and search for the
desultory flowers that were beginning
to peep here and there.
1t was at this moment that visitor
who had driven up to the castle in a
dog cart descended and asked for Mile.
Rohan.
lam afraid she Is unable to see any
one this morning" said the butler;
"she is resting for tonight"
DR.. Harrowden knit his brows In per-
plexity. He remembered that the sin
ger had generously offered to throw
open her castle to the public on that
night and to give her first entertain
ment in her new theatre for the ben
eft Of fund for wounded soldiers.
All the country were clam oring for
tickets. Fabulous prices had been paid
even for standing room. and report said
the diva, having spared no pains or ex-
pense to make the occasion success,
was about to eclipse herself in new
part specially written and composed for
her, in an operate adaptation Of
"Othell0fN sH'tl ~ er 49,,
1.-THE matter 10 q very urgent one,"
said DR.. Harrowden. after . pause. II
have . request to make Of Mile. Rahan
that can only IN msde psTsQnslly, II
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you will risk her displeasure and allow
me to make my way to her will take
all the blame. 1t may be II is a ques-
tion almost of life or DEATH"
The man, who knew DR.. Harrowden
as one whose reputation, even in viii
lage practice, gave weight to his words,
yielded and telling him that mademoi-
selle had taken the path toward the
copseled him to the shortest way.
He came so suddenly upon the little
clearing where Evangeline was that
neither she nor her companion perceiv-
ed him. She was standing up, a singu-
lar look on her beautiful face, which
was bereft of its usual color, and both
her hands were stretched out before her
as though to ward off something that
she dreaded and yet fascinated her.
His face. dark eyed, brown skinned
one, with something in it's southern in
tensity that marred it's handsomeness,
must have worn a threatening express
sion, for she recoiled with little cry
of alarm, and, turning, saw DR.. Har-
rowden as he stepped toward her.
"Ah. doctor, 'she said, shaken still, but
smiling, 'it is long time since have
seen you, which speaks well for my
But you are coming tonight. I hope?"
You have asked me to the castle
most kindly" he answered quietly. but
am busy man, as you know. Made
moiselle. and have to deny myself many
pleasures. I have ventured to intrude
on you. for which you must please lay
the blame solely on me, because I have
little patient down there in the village
whose recovery seems to depend en-
tirely on you"
ION me?'
my patient is little child who has
been at deaths door through fever and
whose one desire, night and day, has
been to hear you. sing. We thought 1t a
delirious fancy that would pass, but II
seems that, had she been well, she was
to have come up to the castle one day
when you sang to the villagers, and
that she lost her chance through this ILL
ness. She raves and weeps alternately
and will not sleep, begging always to
be takep to yop 10 that she might ask
you to sing one little song to hsF."
"Where. is she? Tske pe to her,
doctor, and I win sing TO hsy, II once"
/ fHalf an hour later, with all her soul
III her exquisite voice, she was standing
| III the cottage singing song Of life and
'loSs II the bswildered Villagers, while
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Rendered Unconscious.

Ora Troup. a boiler maker. residing
at LOOP South Cherry street. narrowly
escaped asphyxiation from gas at the
Novelty Iron works Saturday afternoon.
The sulphurous fumes from q cupola
escaped and he was rendered uncon-
scious for short time. DR.. Kelly was
called and Troup was restored to con-
seriousness and taken to his home.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13

thought even that extradition papers
might be superiucus.
He admitted, however, that both Neely
and his counsel preferred 10 have the case
tried here, when II would come before
the federal courts of the Southern dis
trict of New York.
Everybody knows the condition OF the
courts in Cuba" explained Mr.. Lindsay.
"AlI manner of irregularities exist there,
made worse, If anything, by the passage
of war over the island. From time to
time Gen. Wood issues an imperallstc
edict, stating that SO and so will obtain
in the courts hereafter, or gives out a
statement from Washington to the effect
that henceforth such and such a section
of the penal code will be changed"
Mr. Lindsay went on TO intimate that
the state of affairs in the Cuban courts
was so uncertain on account of the ca
priciousness of Mr.. McKinleys policy
that Neely much preferred, if possible.
to stay under the jurisdiction of the plain
United States law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13
CUBAN PoST0FFICE SCANDAL.
MEEINLEJO WILL PROSECUTE
THE INQUIRY.

Conference Held in Roots Ofice TO
Determine Upon the Plan to he
Pursued-Even RathbOne May BE
Suspended Along with Auditor
Reeves-Efort to De Made to Elk
tradite NeeIy-Administrati WIN
Go to the Bottom of 1t.
Washington, May 12.-Assistant Secre-
tary Me.klejohn has apparently been
charged with the direction of the prose-
cuticn of the inquiry into the alleged Gu
ban postal frauds.
At noon to-day, the assistant secretary
retired into Secretary Roots private Of
flce for a secret conference with Deputy
Auditor Lawshe and the postofiice in
spsctors who have been detailed by Post
master General Smith to invest gate these
Cuban postal frauds. Col. Edwards, the
army officer in charge of the division of
customs and insular affairs, also was call
ed into the conference
At the conclusion of the conference at
the war department this afternoon it was
announced that Acting Secretary Mekle-
john had appointed Abraham L. Lawshe,
deputy auditor for the postoffice depart
ment, to be assistant auditor for auditing
the accounts of the department of the
postoffces in Cuba in place of W. H.
Reeves, who has been suspended pending
the result of the investigation of the al
legged frauds. Mr.. Lawshe will leave for
Havana MonGay.
a Prompt Investigation.
To-days conference lasted for several
hours, and it is believed that the offici Is
concerned have progressed as far with the
inquiry at this end as the mate-ial in hand
permits. The papers, under the close scru-
tiny of the experts have sufficed to estao-
lish a state of things in the Cuban postal
service demanding prompt and strict inves-
tlgaton into the relations of other cm-
ployes than Neely at the earliest moment.
1t was rumored that Mr. Rathbone the
director of the Cuban pests, had b1en sus-
pended in order TO clear the way for the
inquiry. This rumor, however, appeared
to be at least premature; thee were no
suspensions ordered in the ca-e bayon0
that of Auditor Reeves. But Gen. Wool
has been cabled full authority to make sus-
pensions of officials IL the inquiry he is
making at his end tends to connect Mr..
Rathbone or anyone else with the frauds
in the slightest degree. In view of the
activity with which Gen. Wood is proceed
ing with his investigation immediate de-
Velopments may be locked for in Havana.
Acting Secretary N eiklejohn received
an express package to-day from Gen.
Wood at Havana, containing an appn-
cation for the extradt<ion of Neely. Mr..
Meil1lejohn Immediately sent the docu-
ment to the department of Justice for
the action of the Attorney General, who
undoubtedly will cause lbs presentation
to the Governor of New York without
delay.
1t is declared to be the purpose of the
administration to leave nothing undone
to ascertain the true situation of affairs
in Cuba and to bring a speedy justice
every person who may be found to have
been connected in any manner whatso-
ever with frauds upon the postal reve-
nues.
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EXTENT OF POSTAL FRAUDS.
Reeves and Reynolds Are Now I'm
der Close Surveillance.

der Close SurVeiIlance.
Havana, May 12.-Messrs. Reeves and
Reynolds, the auditors of the postal de-
partment, who have been under surveil-
lance have not been sent to Jail but are
detained in their own rooms under the
charge of a detective.
They will not he allowed to communi-
cate further with any employees Of the
postoffice until after the investigations of
the postal frauds have been completed.
Since their suspension Messrs. Reeves
and Reynolds have been communicating
freely with various suspected men and
the division felt THAI it would be better
to prevent any further communication of
this kind.
Carrydon Rich was the man who con-
fessed to a knowledge of many of the
transactions which in the opinion of law
yers tends to implicate Others beside
Nicely Rich was Neely's partner in a
number Of business ent terDrises in Cuba,
and also holds power of attorney for him.
lt was through Rich that 5000 of new
issue stamps were recovered and he has
not been arrested on account of the val
liable assistance he is now giving in un-
ravelling che plot. Further, he has agreed
to give evidence when Nicely is arraigned.
The amount of the defalcation, so far
as discovered at present. is $4,000 dur
ing the year 1900 and $4,000 during the
year 1899.
OF this amount 5000 has been recov-
cred, $1,000 deposited in a bank here in
Neey's name has been attached and $500
ne had in his possession when arrested.
A brick yard and cocoa groves, the value
of which is yet undecided. the property
of Neely, has been attached. Neely's
bond with the Fidelity Deposit Company
amounts 70 $4,000 and the estimated bonds
of others against whom evidence is ac-
cumuating will amount to from $4,000
to $4,000 The probability Is that the gov
ernment win lose In the neighborhood of
$4,000 or more. II is reported that
the local Postofice is short some thous-
andE of dollars.