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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-12-04
BOY SHOT

youngstown, o., Nov. 30--Carl Err
skine, aged twelve. the son of DR.. and
Mrs, Robert Erskine Of Loweilville,
Mahoning county, was nortally
wounded yesterday by rife shot from
the hands OF man named Murray
The man was hunting ON the farm OF
nr. srskine and a crowd of hoys were
watching bim. The rife was accidcp-
tally discharged.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-12-04
INDICTMENTS QUASHED

Glens Falls, N. y, Dec. Fourteen
indictments for riot in connection with
the trolley strike in Clean Falls in
1902 were ,Quashed this afternoon by
this county court a1a AZ
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-12-04
MAYOR DEAD

Munich, Dec. 1.-The Mayor Of Ober-
ammergau. who has taken the part of
Z Jsus Christ at all OF the performances
Of the Passion play there. Is dead.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-12-04
A JAPANESE
Will Teach the Chinese Idea How tc
Shot Gun The Instruction Is
Badly Needed.

Shot Gun he Instruction Is
Badly Needed.
Peking. Dec. 1.-Seven thousand
men of the army of Peking have been
equipped with modern rifles and a
large quantity Of ammunition ana
placed under Japanese drill master
for instruction in the art of war. This
action has been taken at the instance
of the Empress Dowager, and was
very needful, as the troops for the
most part had never seen modern arms
and many of them were unfamiliar
with the smell of powder, having new
er even discharged a gun.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
WITH NEW EVIDENCE
The Prosecution Is Assailing Jett
and White.

Cynthiana, KY, July 3O.-The com
monwealth, in the second trial OF Cur
It's Jet and Thomas White for the
murder of Marcum, to-day not only
produced new witnesses, but also Sc
cured additional evidence from those
who testified at the trial of the men
at Jackson.
S. S. Taulbee. clerk of Breathitt
county, testified to standing at Hargis
Bros. store, across the street from
the Jackson Court House, and seeing
Marcum fall and Even running away.
He did not see Jett in the street, where
the prisoner claims to have been at
the time of the shooting.
William Coombs testified to holding
county offices at Jackson for thirty
seven years. He was in Judge Blacks
office when he heard the shooting.
Looking out, he saw Marcum fall
and Jett afterward emerging from the
Court House.
Hezekiah Coombs, a new witness,
testified to seeing John Noble, Cur
It's Jett and Thomas White together
just before the ShOotng. mite peCh-
oned Jett to the side door of the
Court House, where both entered. He
talked with Noble then and soon he
heard shooting and saw Even run
ming away.
]. w. Back, ]. L. Patrick, and DR..
Hogg all corroborated Ewen and
others, who testified that Jett wPs not
outside of the Court House whAn the
shot was fired, that he entered the
Court House before the shooting and
came outside after the shooting.
Barney Schiff testified during the
afternoon session that he had seen Cur
It's Jett go into the Court House a
few minutes before the killing of Mar
cum and come out Immediately at the
firing of the two shots. He was Wig
orously cross examined.
Court then adjourned until to-mor-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
DIET SESSION ENDED.
ObstructfOnists withdrew and the
Majority Passed Measure.

ObstructfOnists Withdrew and the
Majority Passed Measure.
Buda Pest, July 30.-The third SEES
sion of the lower House of the Hun
garian Diet yesterday (after two sus-
pensions due to disorder in the Housed
lasted until the early hours this morn
ing. At midnight the obstructionists
withdrew singing the national anthem
and declaring that any further sitting
would be illegal. as Wednesdays ses-
sion ended at midnight, and Thurs
days had not been called in form.
The majority, after having cheered
the departing members, adopted Pre-
mier Hedervary's motion, providing for
the reading of the indemnity bill. The
House subsequently adjourned until
Friday.
1t is reported that the public prose-
cutor has instituted proceedings
against former Deputy Dienes. who
WAS charged by Deputy Zollman
Papp, in the House yesterday, with at
tempting to bride him with 10000 kro-
men in cash to desert his fellow OBJ
structionists and leave Buda Pest.
1t is announced that Count Ladislaus
Szapary, governor of Fiume, has re-
signed and will appear before the par
liamentary commission. which is to in
quire into the bribery charges. 1t is
reported that he furnished the money
for the attempt to bride Deputy Zoll-
man Papp. Count Szapary is a rich
Hungarian magnate, and it is said he
endeavored to step the tactics of the
obstructionists upon his own response
bility. He declares his readiness to in
form the commission that Premier
Hedervary had not the slightest cogni-
zancc of the affair and that he alone,
was responsible for the attempt at
bribery, having been led astray by po-
litical adventurous
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
ARMED MALC0NTENTS
CAUSE CUBANS TROUBLE
Band of Sixty Men Sought to Pro-
claim Revolution.

claim n Revolution.
Havana. July 3O.--In spite of the as
sertion which has been made that the
killing of three men and the capture
of a fourth man, their leader. who
had attempted to cause an. uprising in
the vicinity of Baryamo, Province of
Santiago, effectually ended the only
semblance of an uprising in Cuba, the
rumors of uprisings in Eastern Cuba
were fully confirmed to-day in the gov
ernment's reports received from the
governor and other officials at Santi-
ago.
These are to the effect that since
the night of Sunday last, sixty armed
and mounted men have appeared out
side villages in. the Cauto river district,
proclaiming a revolution and demand
ing the payment of the former mem
bers of the revolutionary army. No
acts of violence have been reported,
but the inhabitants of the Cauto re-
gion are excited. The leader of the
revolutionary party is named Pupo. He
is brother of one of the bandits kill
ed by the rural guard on Tuesday.
Gen. Rodriguez, commander-in-chief
of the rural guard, on Tuesday order
ed the mobilization of all the rural
guards in Eastern Cuba, and the gov
ernor of Santiago province has been
instructed TO enlist as many volunteers
as may be deemed necessary to CO.
operate with the mounted troops
Secretary of the Interior zero says
there is no doubt that the authorities
viii be able to cope successfully with
the situation.
Up to 10 o'clock tonight the report
ed uprising in the province of Santiago
has not been confirmed, either by gov
eminent or other reports. Senior Yeo,
Secretary of the Interior, and other
government officials now are inclined
to believe that the Santiago authori-
ties were misled by persistent rumors.
Gen. Lora telegraphed at 1880
o'clock tonight from Bayamo that it
had been dennitely determined that
the reports of an uprising originated
with the bandits, who were shot on
Monday, and who had circulated stories
before that date that their band num-
bered seventy. The government is sat
isfied that the incident is closed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
THE KING OF PORTUGAL
JOINS WITH OTHERS.
Told the Naval Officers Nice Things
About the President.

About the President.
Lisbon, Portugal, July 3O.-Favored
by superb weather, the American off,
GERS to-day continued their excursions
in the country.
The band of the Brooklyn played on
the public square here to-day, and was
loudly applauded by an enormous
crowd of people.
On Saturday afternoon, when King
Charles and the royal princes will visit
the American warships, Admiral Cot
ton will entertain the King and his
party at luncheon on board the Brook
Ign.
The Portuguese newspapers are re-
ferring approvingly to the speech made
by King Charles when he received Ad-
m1ral Cotton. and the other American
officers, and entertained them at the
royal castle at Cintra Oh Monday last.
His majesty expressed himself in such
sympathetic terms in regard to Pres
ldent Roosevelt, and the people of the
United States that Minister Bryan, Ad-
miral Cotton and the other Americans
present were really affected by the
Kings remarks.
The papers also are mentioning CRATE
fully the speech delivered by Admiral
Cotton at the banquet Tuesday night,
given in honor of the American naval
officers by the ministry of marine, at
which all the cabinet ministers were
present. His eulogies referring to Por-
tugal are much appreciated by the pa
pers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
.RAZORS IN BOSTON
FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN A RE-
VERSION TO TYPE.
NEGRO CULTURE AT THE HUB
DESCENDED TO THE LEVEL OF A
FIGHT OVER WASHINGTON.

Booker Was the Principal Speaker
at IA GntherinE-SOme of Those i'm
His Audience Were Opposed to
Him-POIicemen Called in to Quell
"a Disturbance - One Policeman
Was Stabbed with a Hat Pin-One
of WnshingtOn's Opponents Carved
Up.
Boston, Mass. July 3O-An attempt
on the part of half a dozen negroes
opposed to Booker T. Washington,
president of Tuskegee Institute, to ask
questions at a meeting which he was
addressing tonight. at the Zion
Church, almost resulted in riot, and
twenty-five policemen were called in
to quell the disturbance
Several arrests were made, one po-
liceman received a deep stab from a
hat pin while a man said to be one
of those opposed to Washington, re-
ceived several razor outs and is now
in the hospital.
After the arrests, Washington was
allowed to proceed, and spoke for near
ly two hours.
Both factions at the close of the
meeting issued statements. Washing
ton said in his statement that the COL
ored people of Boston should not be
held responsible for a few riotous In
dividuals, while William Monroe Trot-
ter. one of those who was arrested.
stated that the cause of the
rioting was the absurd rul-
ing of the chairman, Lewis
in ordering the arrest and ejectment
of any person who Kissed or manifest
ed any objection to the speaker of the
evening
1t is said that the disturbance was
prearranged and after the meeting
Trotter and his friends admitted that
they went there with the idea of ask
ing Washington number of ques-
tions and to resent any attack that
might be made on the New England
representatives to the recent Afro
American council at Louisville.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Colored Business Mems
Association of this city and William
H. Lewis, one of the United States
assistant district attorneys, presided:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
VICTIM OF A MOB.
Vengeance Was Wrought Upon a
Negro HacISman at Tampa.

NeBEO nACAHAAh ut
Tampa. Fla. July SO.-George Hous-
ton, a negro hackman, who was dis
covered by two policemen this MORN
ing improperly familiar with Annie
Grower. white, fourteen years old, was
the victim of mob in this city to-
night.
Houston was being taken in a car
riage by City Detective Bell from the
police station to the county Jail by a
roundabout route, when the carriage
was surrounded by a mob Of 100 men,
masked and armed. The officer was
seized and held, while the mob took
the negro from the carriage and thrust
a gag into his mouth and a black cap
over his head.
Houston was put into another car
riage and, followed by the mob, was
driven to the gun club grounds, lone
ly spot just outside the city limits.
Here the negro was bound and mu-
tilated, the knife being welded by
a leading member of the mob, said to
be a physician.
The mob left the negro there, and
some one reported his whereabouts to
the police. who conveyed him to the
colored hospital where he was given
surgical attention to prevent his bleed
ing to death.
The police have evidence that Hous-
ton had been enticing the girl to his
room for several months. She is a
half-witted child and yielded to his
persuasions The police had been
watching the pair for two weeks.
The negroes are considerably worked
up over the affair and are congregat-
ing in their section of the city tonight.
but no serious trouble from them is
apprehended.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
lRELAND'S WILD REGIONS
TOURED BY EDWARD.
He and the Queen Pleased With the
Welcome Given Them.

AAC hhu Ahe queen I1eaSeu WIN tne
Welcome Given Them.
Galway, July 30.-King Edward and
Queen Alexandra continued by motor
to-day their inspection of some of the
widest and most picturesque regions of
Ireland. The King, in replying to an
address presented at Leenane, said he
had already inspected some of the cot
tage industries, and he wished to as
sure the inhabitants that he was equal
ly pleased with the spirit of industrial
activity and the welcome of the peo~
pie, which he and the Queen would
both long remember.
The hearty tone of his majesty's
speech was received with every evil
dence of appreciation.
The motor journey ended at Recess,
where the party had luncheon. Their
majeStieS then took a train for Galway.
and arrived here late in the afternoon.
The King was presented with ad-
dresses by the district council and 9TH
er bodies. to which he replied briefly.
Their majesties then boarded the royal
yacht, which was lying in Galway bay.
Tomorrow they will take a train
for Kenmare, near which place they
will be the guests of Lord Lansdowne,
secIeldIy OF STATE Tor foreign affairs,
at his county seat "Derreen," County
Kerry.
At recess, where their majesties stop
ped for luncheon, an extraordinary in
cident occurred. A poor old woman
approached the Queen with a petition
for the remission of the remainder of
a sentence of six months passed upon
her husband. Inquiries proved that
the mans character justified clemency
nfInnY1 Nxrifh hA
mission, RENTED the sentence on the
spot.
The surrounding crowd, learning
what had occurred, cheered wildly.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
LEADER OF .C0NvICIS
AN ARMY RENEGADE.
Fellow Prisoners Said Woods Had
Led FiIipfnOs.

Led FiIipfnOs.
Sacramento, Cal, July SO.-J. w.
Woods, the leader of the escaped con-
victs is said by the prisoners here to
nave been soldier with the United
States regulars in the Philippines.
According to their story he deserted
from the Federal troops and joined
he Filipinos. He was regarded as a
nero among the convicts, who say he
was once surrounded by detachment
VI troops and managed to break
through their lines at night, and
gathering a force of Filipinos, cap
tured the United States soldiers and
nuu them shot to death. Later Woods
was captured and tried by court-mar-
ia tIo' on charge of desertion and aid
.uLs tne enemy. He was convicted, but
~. tIe Secretary of War disapproved of
h Siie hnding for the reason that Woods,
ls regular, could not be held by
ueclslon of a mixed court.
~ =. Is said he led the Filipinos in
fny encounters and is thoroughly
Villa ,,l.liar with the tactics of guerilla
a special from the Folsom state pris-
cs,, says that THE latest reports re-
abs',. snow that the militia have had
~ utely no trace of the escaped con-
rs since Monday night.
bl;,e tugitives are thought to be dou-
10 't e pack from the vicinity of Lotus
Ra. e helghborhood of Rattlesnake
Ia lar and the Zentgraff mine. The coun-
nos. IN which the fugitives are sup
raL51u TO be has a number of deserted
ans and several orchards which will
GU, them food and shelter.
in lara Cochrane, who was stabbed
reoo ne prison fight, is worse, and his
'eVoVery is still doubtful.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
DIPLOMATS PROTEST.

Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad,
July 3O.-Passengers who have Just
arrived from Caracas say that in con-
sequence of the incident which occur
red last Monday at La Guayra, where
as a result of friction between the
Spanish consul and the local authori-
ties, the exequatur of the consul was
withdrawn, the diplomatic corps at
Caracas met and decided to send a
joint note of protest. They took this
action, it is said not for the purpose
Of assisting the Spanish claims before
the mixed tribunal. but because of the
precedent which would be established
thereby
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
MRS. HOWARD OF AUGUSTA
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.
Her Neck Broken by a Fall from n
Buggy.

Her Neck Broken by a Fall from n
Buggy.
Augusta, July 30k-The community
was shocked this afternoon by the
tragic death of Mrsl Charles H. How
ard in a runaway accident.
Mrs. Howard had spent the day with
her daughter, Mrs. Frank NJ Butt, and
at o'clock Mrs. Butt had driven to
the ball game in her buggy and sent
the driver back to take her mother
for drive. Mrs. Howard stopped by
her own home to leave "a message, and
the driver went to the front door to
ring the bell, leaving Mrs. Howard
alone in the buggy. The horse took
fright at something and started off in
run. He turned into Greene street
and ran as far as the Court House,
when a bicyclist, seeing the runaway.
Jumped from his wheel and tried to
stop the horse, but he dashed by.
Up to this time Mrs. Howard had
been clinging to the buggy and calling
to the horse to stop, but when the
runaway dashed past the man who
tried to stop him, she seemed to lose
hope of rescue and jumped out. She
fell under the wheels, and passers-by
ran to pick her up as the horse DASH
ed on.
She was unconscious and one arm
was broken. Two doctors, who were
passing and witnessed the accident,
gave immediate assistance and sent a
call for the hospital ambulance. Elk
animation showed that Mrs. Towards
neck had also been broken, and death
had been immediate
Mrs. Howard was a most estimable
lady and of one of the best known
families in the city. She leaves her
husband Charles H. Howard, for years
one of the most prominent cotton fac
tors of Augusta; three grown daugh-
ters, Mrs. F. NJ. Butt, Misses Ruth and
Louise, and one son, George. The
tragedy has cast a gloom over a large
circle of friends.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
BY ALIGHTNING BOLT
uvREE PERSONS WE'RE KILLED IN
APPOMATTOx COUNTY.
MORE THAN A SCORE INJURED.
rorR OF THESE SUFFER FROM
SERIOUS HURTS.

pisaster Befen a Gathering of Bap-
ttsts-When a storm Came Up "A
Large Number of Men Took shell
ter beneath an Awning-Light-
ming struck a Tree in Front of
the Awning-Great Crowd ON the
Grounds Thrown Into a Panic by
the Catastrophe.
Iynchburg, Va, July So.-At 2
o'clock this afternoon three persons
vere killed and more than score in
1ured by lightning at New Hope
church, Appomattox county. The dead
are
Paul Gowen.
Charles Austin.
Aubrey Wingfield.
Among the more seriously injured
are Eugene Turner, Nathaniel Morris,
Tom Coleman and Napoleon Patter-
son.
A meeting of the James River Bap-
fist Association was in progress, and
a large number of men took refuge
under an awning near the building
when the storm came up. lightning
struck a tree in front of the awning.
causing the disaster and throwing the
great crowd on the grounds into a
raOic
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
BACKING UP HEATING.
CIan-Nn-GaeI support the Speech
That He Made.

That He Made.
New York, July SO.-John T. Heating
of Chicago, formerly national president
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
was given a reception by the GAMMA
Gael tonight at Cooper Union.
Mr.. Heating, who arrived to-day
from Ireland on the White Star steam
ship Teutonic delivered the address at
the annual pilgrimage to the grave of
the leader of the United Irishmen of
1893, Theobald Wolfe Tone, at Bodens-
town, Ireland, on June 81. upon the in
vitation of the Nationalist of Ireland,
and was attacked for the speech by
the organs of the parliamentary party,
which declared that Mr.. Heating did
not speak as the representative of any
one in America.
To-night's meeting was intended as
an answer to that charge, which was
formally denied by the adoption of res
olutions that contained also decla-
ration of policy for the organized
Nationalists of the United States.
The resolutions in part declared that
Mr.. Heating spoke for us and our
brethren throughout the world and
we assure our countrymen at home
that the few men who attacked him
for his utterances represent no organ
lied force or large body of opinion in
the United States"
The resolutions also declared that
Ireland's true interest will best be
served by steady, resolute and pro-
gressive policy of organization and the
cultivation of alliances with Englands
enemies and that las citizens of the
United States. we will oppose by every
means in our power any and all forms
of alliance or understanding between
this country and England and every
use of the power and influence of the
American government in support of
British policy or British interests in
any part OF the world
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
IN A STIFF BREEZE

Third Shamrock Sailed Away from
the First of Her Name.
Atlantic Highlands. N. j., July 3d.
In a sea rougher than any she had
ever raced in before and with wind
knots an hour. Shamrock III expert
enced her most severe racing trial to-
day and acquitted herself as became
a candidate for the Americas cup.
Her performance in eight miles of
windward work, in which it was es-
timated that she beat her sister by six
minutes, was a surprise, even to some
who have watched her for weeks.
Hitherto Shamrock I has always given
to the challenger a rather close rub
whenever the wind has been high, but
she could not do it to-day.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
GEN. A. P. STEWART is
NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 30.-Gen.
A. P. Stewart. one of the surviving
lieutenant generals of the Confederate
Army. and member of the Chicka-
manga Park Commission, is not expect
ed to live. He is suffering from paral-
ysis. Gen. Stewart was second in
command at the battle of Missionary
Ridge
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
GENERAL POLICY BOARD
Met and Elected Admiral Dewey as
Its President.


Washington, July 30.-The first
meeting of the General Policy Board
was held to-day. There were present
Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral Taylor,
Capt. Pillsbury, Commander Barnett,
Maj. Gen. Corbin, Brig. Gen. Randolph
and Brig. Gen. Bliss, Maj Gen. Young.
the other member of the board not be-
ing M town.
The purpose of the meeting was to
organize, which was done by the cleo
ton of Admiral Dewey as president
and Commander Barnett as secretary.
There was a general discussion of the
subject of coaling and naval stations
in Cuba, with a view of determining
whether they should be garrisoned by
the army or by marines.
The board adjourned, subject to the
call of the chairman and probably will
not reassemble until fall. When the
members come together they are ex-
pected to take up some very weighty
questions relating to the cooperation
of the army and the navy in the de-
Tense of the country in time of war
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
THE BIGGER YOU ARE
THE MORE YOU MUST PAY.

Chicago, July 3O.-At the meeting of
the Union made Garment Makers As
sociation last night, it was decided to
adjust prices to accord with the gar
ment. Thus. a man weighing 100
hounds might be able to buy his suit
for $40, while the man whose weight
would measure $50 pounds might be
charged SIS
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
WOMAN WAS BLOWN
rs MILES OUT TO SEA.

NocKland. Ne. July SO.-After being
NJ NJ IN dory forty-eight hours and
1'own seventy-hve miles out to sea
lev a gale last Monday, Mrs. Car
vasta,s Monroe's Island was rescued
dsbin.ay afternoon by a Gloucester
from schooner. She was almost dead
Iueneh her thirst. ' "
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-31
FLY WHEEL BURST

Causing an Explosion and the Death
of Two Men.
Baltimore, July 30.-The explosion,
which killed two men and partially
destroyed the plant of the Rockdale
Powder Company at Hoffmanville.
Baltimore county, last night, was
caused by the bursting of fly wheel.
The dead are:
Elmer Tracey and Benjamin Kalb.
The terrific defamation Of the explo-
sion was heard for miles around.