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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
NAN PATTERSON'S
RELEASE ASKED
PETITION BEING CIRCULATED IN
OHIO CITIES.
Was Drawn Up by Woman Who Start.
ed Petition For Mrs. May
bricks Release.

Cleveland. o., Dec. pa petition
praying for the release of Nan Patter-
son, charged with the murder OF
Caesar Young in New York city, has
been put in circulation in this city
and Columbus. Mrs. G.. M. jones, for
nlerly of Halifax, N. s., has become
Interested in the girl and she is the
woman who has placed the petition in
motion. 1t is addressed then to the
Judge hsfore whom Nan Patterson may
have to appear the second time, and
reads as follow:
I'VE, the undersigned thoroughly
believe in the innocence of Nan Pat
terson, charged with the murder of
Caesar Young. June in New York
and do respectfully request you to
quash the indictment against her"
Mrs. Jones put in circulation the
petition PRAYING for judicial clemency
in the case of Mrs. Maybrick Mrs.
Jones will. through her friends, oh
tain signatures to the present docu'
ment throughout Canada and the
United States
Il am thoroughly convinced she
said. that Miss Patterson does no'
deserve punishment and that she
should have her liberty. The petition
have started will be hurried around
as much as possible. Man and women
will be asked to sign it, There Is nc
other way in which those in authority
can learn the wish of the public senti
ment better than in this manner. This
fact was proven by the Maybrick ps'
tition which | started.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
DELUGE OF GRAIN
SHORTAGE CARS CAUSES CON-
GESTlON OF CEREALS
IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, Dec. 26.-Never before has
Chicago experienced the deluge OF
grain that is now pouring upon the
city. Between 100000 and 100000
bushels Of wheat, corn and oats from
the west are waiting for cars for trans
portatlon east.
The railroads are swamped with or
ders for cars that they are unable to
supply. Big commission men and
other dealers in grain are beseeching
the traffic officials for cars but they
can only throw up their hands and say
they do not possess the equipment
that is demanded.
Fully 5000 cars could be utilized.
1t will take many days to move the i'm
mense amount of grain even when the
cars are available.
The demand for cars is caused by a
number of big deals in which Chicago
firms have sold to the east. and it hap
pens that deliveries are all to be made
at one time, producing a famine in
cars.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30

New York. Dec 2G-Sheriff Barry
of Cleveland, detailed by the courts
of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, to arrest
DR.. Chadwick husband of the famous
woman financier, upon his arrival in
this city next Wednesday arrived in
New York from Albany this afternoon.
The sheriff said Governor Odell re.
fused him requisition papers for Dt.
Chadwick following out a precedent
he set last winter I'm the case of w,
liam Ziegler, whom he refused to eX-
tradite to the Missouri state authori-
ties on the grounds that the famous
alum baking powder bill bribery to
which he was said to be q party had
not been committed while Ieigler was
in that state.
Pending the arrival of Dr.. Chadwic
Sheriff Barry will remain at the Ho
man house where he engaged q room
Immediately upon his arrival He eE
poets the necessary papers to reluls
ition from Prosecuting Attorney Kes
er of Cuyahoga county but in the
meantime, lacking advices from the
home authorities will not say whethc
he will arrest Dr. Chadwick upon his
arrival or not He said tonight, how
ever, that he fesls certain Governor
Odell will not stand in the way o,
Chadwick's eXtradition when all tn
phases of the case are known.
MORE AFFIDAVITS PREPARED.
Cleveland, o., Dec. 2G.-Prosecutor
Kesler was informed today that the
papers presented to Governor Odell Of
New York state, requesting the extra
cree in Bankruptcy Remington.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
POLICEMEN KILLED
IN CRAP GAME WITH NEGROES
AFTER WINNING THEIR
MONEY.

Plttsburg, Dec 26.-In a crap game
dispute. in Ardary street this after
noon, Policeman Alonzo Furguson was
struck on the temple with rock and
almost instantly killed. Edward Ross
colored, who threw the missile, es-
capped and has not yet been captured.
Henry Baker, another participant in
the game is at the West Penn hos
pital also having been struck by a
stone.
The men were engaged in shooting
crap and the. policeman won all the
money over which a dispute arose
Ross picked up a stone and hurled IT
at Furguson but 1t struck Baker on the
head causing serious injury. Furgu-
son then drew his revolver but it
failed to work. Ross picked up an
other stone and hurled 1t at the po-
liceman. striking him in the temple
and killing him almost instantly. Ross
then disappeared and has not yet been
captured.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
CHANGES
IN DIPLOMATIC POSTS WERE DIS.
CUSSED BY PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT.

Washington, Dec. 26.-The president
tonight is enjoying his Christmas din
ner, surrounded by his wife and chill
dren and half dozen close friends.
He spent the greater part of the day in
his rooms at the executive building
where he conferred at great length
with Secretary of State Hay and AS
sistant Secretary Loomis. 1t is under
stood that he went over Hist of dip
lomatic posts in which changes are to
be made and considered names of
those who. IL is thought are to fill the
vacancies, Ambassador Choate at the
court of st, James has expressed de-
sire to return and Whitelaw Reid of
New York will succeed him. General
Clayton Powell, ambassador to Mexico
desires to retire. II is understood that
Minister Conger at Pekin will be given
that post. w. w. Rockhill, head of
the Bureau of American Republics may
succeed Conger in China.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
WEDDING OF A WELL
KNOWN ALLIANCE
GENTLEMAN
AND ONE OF MlNERvA'S FAlREsT
DAUGHTERS.
NuptiaIs of S. r. Tombaugh and Miss
Agnes Starkey-WelI Advertised
BY Their Friends.

Alliance, O., Dec. 26.-S. F. Tom
baugh, of Alliance, and Miss Agnes
Stalkey of Minerva were married at
the home of the brides parents, Mir.
and Mrs. John Starkey at Minerva at
about II o'clock Monday morning.
The ceremony was performed by Rev
Church of Alliance. the ring ceremony
being used. The house was decorated
with potted plants and cut flowers and
after the nuptial knot was tied a we'd
ding dinner was served to the imme-
diate friends and relatives who were
present.
The groom has lived in Alliance all
his life. He attended Mt. Union college,
was member of the Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity, the local lodge of
Odd Fellows and was well known in
the insurance business here For the
past two years he has been doing spe-
cial agency work for one of the large
eastern companies. The bride formerly
attended Mt. Union college where she
was a member of the Delta Gamma
sororiety and is an accomplished and
popular young lady.
Those present at the wedding were:
Mr.. and Mrs John Starkey, Elmer
Starkey, Lena Worley, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Foltz, Edna Foltz, Arthur Folt2
and Grace Hart of Minerva and Mr.
and Mrs, e. j. G. Loyett of Willough.
by.
A numbeyeof friends of the couple
got wind of the wedding in Alliance
and decided to give Frank and his
bride a good send off. Consequently @
crowd composed of Messrs. Guy Allott
Thad Bailey, r. d. Reeder, Ed. Lor.
entz Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Bottomley
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cow went tC
Minerva Monday morning and posted
the town with bills before the cere,
mony. When the couple started tC
drive to Alliance they were followed
and also met by others at the depot
and their car was decorated will
posters and filled with rice. They EN-,
barked safely, however, and will spen(
short time in Titusyie, Pa.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
FATAL FIGHT
AS RESULT OF CHRISTMAS DRINK
ING BOUT AT SCRAN-

Scranton, Pa, Dec. ga shooting,
which will result fatally was the result
of fight on Robinson street this af-
ternoon. Michael Davidge was spend
ing Christmas as the guest of his
friend Louis Wascha. During the af-
ternoon they became intoxicated and
started fight in the street in front
of the house. Without warning, Was
cha pulled a revolver and shot Dav-
idge through the eye, the bullet lodg-
ing in. the back of the skull Keeping
the crowd from capturing him by
fiourishing the gun, the Italian escap-
ed to Clark's Summit, where he was
arrested at 7 o'clock, His victim will
die.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
CHRISTMAS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Festivities in Baptist Church Stopped By Gun Play
in Which One Man Was Killed and Two
Fatally Wounded,
A SUNDAY NIGHT TRAGEDY IN HUNTINGTON

part of by-standers.
William Adkins, who did the killing,
is a well-to-do farmer living near
Midlkin, a hamlet on the Guyandotte
Valley railroad. Ira Lucas had paid
attentions to his daughter, Martha for
a time but as her parents opposed
Lucas suit the matter had been ter
minated. Ira Lucas, with his brother
Lucian. Octave Adkins and a Miss,
and were returning home along the
railroad tracks AS they were passing
the Adkins farm, octave suggested
that the party call on Miss Martha Ad-
kins and they started for the house.
They knocked and William Adkins
opened the door When he saw that
Ira Lucas was there he became enrag-
ed and ordered him off his farm. Then
ii Is claimed by Adkins, Ira drew re-
volver and fired shot at him which
struck Martha Adkins, seriously
woundng her. Adkins is then said 20
dropping the two Lucas boys dead in
their tracks. Another of his bullets
struck his nephew Octave, fatally
wounding him.
Miss Williams, who was with the
party on the outside ran from the
scene giving the alarm.
William Adkins surrendered on the
arrival of the officers and the bodies
of the Lucas boys were removed TO
their home.
octave Adkins, the nephew of Will
liam Adkins was taken into the lat
ters home and given medical atten-
tion. He will die, but Miss Adkins
may possibly recover 1t is the bloody
lest tragedy enacted in Lincoln county
in years and one which will no doubt
cause further blooshed as relatives
on both sides are numerous and the
feeling is most bitter.
Adkins has not been placed in jail
but is at his home under guard.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30

Nolan, w. Va, Dec. ga distress
ing tragedy took place in the Baptist
church here at the Christmas tree cele-
bration, one person being killed and
two others probably fatally wounded.
Emmett Thompson and his father
Nimrod were talking rather loud and
Michael Duncan, friend, asked them
to keep quiet. Emmett Thompson at
into his side, Duncan drew a revolver
and sent a bullet through his assail-
ants heart. A second bullet struck
Nimrod Thompson who was trying to
separate them and he fell badly
wounded in the riGht breast.
Before the knife and gun play was
over, men, women and children were
running frantieally from the church
many of them leaping through the
windows. The festivities of the eve
ming were dropped off and the little
tree standing in the interior OF the
church is still filed with presents.
Emmett Thompsons body. is az the
local under takers while his father,
Nimrod and Michael Duncan are be-
lieyed to be dying in the parsonage
which is a few doors away.
A FAMILY FIGHT.
Huntington, w. Va, Dec. 26.-It de-
yeloped today that in last nights SEN
sational tragedy, one mile south of the
little town of Midkff, Lincoln county,
two persons were killed and two so
badly wounded they are not expected
to recover
The dead are: Lucian and Ira Luz
cas-.
The injured: Octave Adkins and
Miss Martha Adkins, the former be-
ing brothers and the latter cousins.
The tragedy was the result of bat
tie royal between Will Adkins, an en-
ragged father, on one side and the Lu-
cas- boys on the other, with Octave
Adkins and Miss Adkins enacting the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
big STICK
OF UNCLE SAM HAS NOW COST
. OVER A BILLION DOL
LARS.

Washington, Dec 26.-When New
Years day dawns Uncle Sans "big
stick" for the policing of his oceans,
will have cost over billion~dollars
The senate committee on naval affairs
has completed record of 20 years of
naval experience. The amounts car
ried in the regular annual appropria-
lion bills since 1883 aggregated $751;
127,123,S4 The total amount appro-
priated by deficiencies, sundry civil and
other appropriation bills for the naval
service was $19S. 12,OO4.3O during the
same period. Those totals added to
$104, ,436, ,i4s.34, the sum recommended
this year. for the naval establishment
will bring the cost of the navy In ~
years up to $1,O29. .465. .276.48.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
LAWSON INDICTED
YEARS AGO IN NEW YORK CHARG-
ED WITH CIRCULATING FALSE
STATEMENTS.

New York, Dec 26.-While looking
general sessions Chief Clerk Welsh
dug up an old indictment against
Thomas W. Lawson. which was found
by the grand jury of New York county
on April %, 1890
The indictment charges criminal
libel under section 435, subdivision g.
penal code, which sets forth that it is
a crime knowingly TO circulate false
statements, rumors, or intelligence
with intent to affect the market price
of stocks, bonds, or other evidence of
debts of corporation. ''H'.
The indictment sets forth that on
March 5, 1890, Thomas W. Lawson and
others issued a circular with intent to
affect the market price of stocks, bonds
and other evidence of debt of the Law
son Consolidated Store Service com
pany of Boston.
The circular stated that owing to
the unbusinesslike management of the
officers of the corporation the affairs
of said corporation then were in a
critical condition. that the officers and
directors were wholly inefficient and
dishonest, and that little of its stock
then had any value.
Lawson was not arrested. The in
dictment against him was dismissed
by Judge MARITIME on March "a. 1891,
on the recommendation of Delaney
Nicol, who then was district attorney.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
Bank Cashier Arrested.

Bellefontaine, Dec. 26.-The latest
developments in the failed Rushsyl-
vania bank is that today Cashier Doug
las Kenyon was arrested on a charge
Of false pretenses and larceny prefer
red by William Stevenson, school
treasurer, who alleges that Kenyon as
sured him that the bank was safe 4S
hours before the closing and induced
him to transfer over $1,40O of school
funds, Kenyon furnished bond for his
appearance Thursday.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
FOR SLUGG|NG
FIELD MARSHAL
GENERAL kODAMA
HAS BEEN RECALLED.
He Was Oyama's Chief of staff and
Is One of Japan's Greatest
Generals.

Paris, Dec 27.--The Toxic cores
Lieut. General Kodama, Field Marsha!
Marquis Oyama's chief of staff, has
been recalled from the front for strik-
ing the field marshal
Lieut.. General Kodama is without q
greatest of Japan's generals and at the
time of the outbreak of the war 1t was
generally believed that he would be
appointed commander-in-c of the
Manchurian army. The announcement
of his appointment to be chief of staff
as the preparedness of the japanese
army was generally credited to his
foresight and wonderful executive abil-
ity. For years prior to the outbreak
of the war General Kodama was en-
gagged in perfecting both the home de-
fense and the means of mobilizing the
army at short notice. The scope of the
work was a revelation even to the
government for General Kodama has
worked out many details, the great i'm
portance of which became only appar-
ent when the task of mobilization was
taken in hand.
There is no doubt that many of the
brilliant strokes executed by the Man.
churian army were the creation of
General Kodama's brain. During the
war with China Kodama was vice
minister of war and later was appoint
ed to the commnd of the third division.
After having served from which posi-
tion he retired to assume the Office of
Field Marshal Oyama's chief of staff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
WAR VETERAN
AND PERSONAL FRIEND OF PRES.
IDENT MCKINLEY Is
DEAD.

. Chicago, Dec. 2G.--General William
II. Powell, for years a warm personal
friend of President Mckinley and at
one time commander of the Illinois
department of the G. A. r., died today
in Belleville, Ill.
At the time of his death, General
Powell was president of the Western
Nail Co., of East st. Louis and held
the position Of internal revenue collect
or for the 18th district,
At the close of the war he was in
commapd of the Second Cavalry divi-
sion under General Sheridan. He was
70 years of age.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
Boy Killed His Brother.

Kansas City. No. Dec 26-Clar-
ence Hunter, IA years old, was shot
and killed by his brother Ray, one year
older, this afternoon. The boys were
given a 32-calibre rifle for Christmas,
With several other children they
started Wild West performance. At
the hold-up scene Clarence was acci.
dentally shot in the LETT breast He
died ten minutes later,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
Child,s Arm Broken.

Margaret, an eighteen month old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Clark,
residing on Connotton alley, fell and
broke her left arm on Sunday after
noon while Mrs. Clark WAS visiting
her father. Squire Sponseller of New
Berlin. The fracture was reduced
by Dr. Dougherty OF New Berlin.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
NltroaIycerine Exploded.

Findlay, Dec. 26-One hundred
quarts of nitro glycerine on the Frank
farm ten miles north of here exploded
today, Torn clothing found leads to
the belief that some tramp met death,
Tress were torn up by the roots. Gas
mains were bursted and twisted and
the gas ignited One building was
razed to the ground, No cause can be
assigned This is the second explo-
sion in two weeks.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
UNITED STATES COURTS
viii Hear Case Of Ohio Man Who Was
kidnapped by Officers.

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 26.-Frank
l.. Murphy, attorney for George e. Let
cher, who was taken into custody by
Ohio Fire Marshal Garret Fox and who
is now being rushed east to answer
an old charge of arson today declared
that the case would be taken to the
United States courts. Fox took Let
char to the water front Saturday aft
ernoon where he had launch waiting
and took the prisoner to Port Costa,
whore he was placed on an overland
train and taken east. The case will
come up In the federal court Tuesday.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
Cross Blessed at JerusaIem.

ST. Petersburg, Dec. 26.--In accord
ance with the dying wish of her father,
the daughter OF the late Bishop Orn-
atslSy has sent to General Kuropatkin
a cross blessed at Jerusalem. Shortly
before his death the bishop dreamed
that the cross would bring luck to the
Russian arms.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
MIetaken for rurkey and Killed.

Asheyille, N. O., Dec, 26,-In tur-
key blind, in Sand Hill township, w.
Il. Street shot and killed John Dough-
erty. The shooting was done through
the former mistaking Dougherty for
turkey and firing at him from a
distance of % yards
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-30
Fatal Hunting Accident.

Portsmouth, Dec. 26.-Bertie Cooper,
aged 10, while hunting today was
killed by Everett Burton. Burton was
removing shell when the gun was
discharged, filing Cooper with shot.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-02-12
An Ancient Blacksmith.

4 remarkable statue of the Gallo
Roman period Of blacksmith has
been eXcavated in Paris in a small
cemetery on the Rue Cassini, near
Observatoire. The figure wears a
striped cap, The face 5 .oad and
beardlesS and the features are most
expressive. This is the only real
statue OF blacksmith in Paris Of
the ancient times all others are
mere figures Of Vulcan. Under the
statue was found the skeleton OF a
powerful man, probably the black
smith represented. Coins discover
ed in the same grave 5 -0w he was
busted in the year 9S, during the
reign OF Trajan.. The statue has
been transferred to the MuSee Car
navalet, where ii now is exhibited.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-02-12
THE USE OF APPLES.
Dietctic Value Of This Common and
Best eff All Fruit.


One medical writer says: "rhc
more mellow apples one eats the
better, provided they be taken at
mealtime. Ii is best of all to eat
fruit before meals, and freely as
you like
This will prevent loading the sys-
TEN with heavy weight of less d.
gestible foods. The no breakfast
fad tells us that we must not only
go without the morning meal, but
that we must live much more largely
upon fruit. Some of its disciples
insist that the apple may be taken
in the place of the ordinary break
fast. John Wesley once referred to
apple dumplings as an illustration
of the alarming advance of luxuries
in England. Charles Lamb quotes
a friend who says that "a man can
not have a pure mind who refuses
apple dumplings," and DR.. Johnson
speaks of clergyman of his ac-
Quaintance who brought his family
up almost altogether on this Anglo
Saxon combination. We have rec
objections of dumplings which might
accord with the opinion of Lamb.
and then we have recollections Of
other dumplings which might have
been the origin of Calvinism. 1t
must be borne in mind that the
ideal apple is one that is fit to be
eaten raw, yet the glorious old
Spitzenburg is only fit for the cook,
in whose hands it becomes the very
perfection OF pie apples. The nine
tenth century went out with a mar
Vicious evolution of new sorts of
fruits of all kinds, but there was
nothing in the list to exceed the de-
licious juices of the Northern Spy,
the Macintosh Red, the Shannon or
the Stuart's Golden.
There is nothing in the world to
exceed the beauty of the apple bios
som. while the air is laden with an
exquisite perfume that has charmed
a hundred generations, has added to
the poesy, the love and the comfort
of Greek, of Roman and of Briton.
But if there be anything more beau
tiful than the apple in blossom it
is the same tree loaded down with
crimson and golden fruit. Then it
is that the apple touches human ma
ture and wakens in the housekeeper
the highest conceptions of the sci
ence and the fine art of dietetics.-
Independent.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-02-12
Animals and Fire.

Most animals are afraid Of fire
and will fly from it in terror. To
Others there is fascination about
a fame, and they will walk into it
even though tortured by the heat,
A horse in a burning stable goes
mad with fear, but dog is as cool
in fire as at any time. He keeps
his nose down to the floor, where
the air is purest, and sets himself
calmly to finding his way out. Cats
in fires howl piteously. They hide
their faces from the light and
crouch in corners. When their res
cuer lifts them they are, as a rule,
quite docile and subducd, never bit
ing or scratching. Birds seem to be
hypnotized by fire and keep perfect
ly still. Even the loquacious parrot
in a fire has nothing to say. Cows,
like dogs, do not show alarm. They
are easy to lead forth and often
find their way out themselves.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-02-12
Aids to Mer1orY.

"When ! was out west few weeks
ago ! ran across a couple Of fellows
that used to live here. Do you re-
member Billoyer, who had a lunch
counter around the corner here
some time in 1872"
''Yes, | remember Billover. lent
him IS once, and he never paid it."
That's the same man. He never
paid anybody. Well, he's in partner
ship now with Skimbridge, who used
to keep a hardware store in the next
block. Remember Skimbridge"
NO; I've forgotten him. | guess
he never borrowed any money of
me. Chicago Record-lierald.