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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
LOUISVILLE NEWS

Louisville, Dec. 22.-Born, to Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Metzgar, daughter.
Six new, we may saw raw, Rouman-
ians right from Baltimore landed in
town this evening.
Mrs. Dinesmors of Beaver Falls Pa,
is visiting with, her daughter, Mrs. E..
e. Rhodes. ,1p-
Lawrence Bishop moved his family
and household goods from Warner, o.,
They will reside on the Jacob Conrad
farm until next spring.
George Hisey has rented Mrs. Lydia
Shaffer's farm and will take posses
sion of the place April 1st next.
Miss Mamie Dwyer of Canton, Wis
tied her parents Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Dwyer today.
Mrs. II. S. Preston and children of
Tsrra Haute, Ind, is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Warstler. MI.
Preston will arrive this evening or to-
morrow with q car load Of stock which
will be offered at the stock sale next
week.
Monroe Brady, known as "Browny,'
from McGinty, was arrested rev
DAYS ago on a charge Of drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, to which
charge he pleaded guilty and vas as
sesscd a fine and costs amounting t.
$500
Ed. Menegay is a business caller at
Canton this evening.
Conductor Cox and Auditor Scranton
of the Stark Electric were call;rs in
town today.
The pipe organ of the Reformed
church has been completed and is GER
tainly a nice piece of Workmanship.
The instrument was manufactured by
the Moller company of Hagerstown,
Md.
The business men of Louisville say
that the present year was a record
breaker as it excels any previous year
in trade.
M. o. Sherer was called to Canton
last evening on. account of the serious
I illness OF his mother.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

The county auditor has just COM
pleted an abstract showing the tax
value of all the property of Stark
county and also of the Indebtedness of
the various interpretations and school
districts. The increase in the tax
duplicate during the two years that
Mr.. Oberlin has been in office has been
about six million dollars. The in
crease last year was over one million
and that of the year previous between
four and five million. The greater
part of the first years gain was due to
the value added to the railroads that
run through the county.
The total valuation of real and per-
sonal property is s47671,S20 The to-
tai number of acres of land is given as
353,719, valued at $14,904,030. The to.
tai of the realty in the cities is greater
being s16,073,530. Personal property
in the entire county of all kinds is
valued for taxation at $16,694,260
THE CITIES.
Canton's tax value is $14 $50, OF
more than one-third of the entire coun.
ty. Massillon has $5,11S,S00 and AL
lance $3,765,39O.
The funded and unfunded indebted
ness of the various cities is in proper
ton to their duplicate, Canton lead
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
ON5TRIAL.
FOR ROBBERY AND MURDER.
TWO WHITES AND TWO NE
GROES INVOLVED.

+ Dallas, Texas. Dec. 22.-Burrel Oates,
one of the indicted men charged with
the robbery and murder of Solomon
Aronoff in the latter's store in Dallas
on November 20 was put on trial this
evening, jury having been secured.
Frank McCue. also indicted for the
same case, turned states evidence and
was the first witness placed on the
stand by the state. McCue told the
part he, Holly Vann and Oates took in
the crime.
Van was yesterday given the death
penalty by jury and similar ver-
dict is expected in the Oates case.
McCue will probably go free for turn
ing states evidence. Vann and Nc
Cue are white men; Oates is negro.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
CONVICTED MURDERER
Struggled Turpentine Into Jal--Had
Planned Suicide.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Dec. 22.-The
keepers at the Towanda Jail today dis
covered bottle of turpentine which
Charles Johnson, convicted of the dou-
BILE murder of his sister-in-law and
his neice, had smuggled into his cell
They believe that rather than hang he
was planning to make an attempt at
suicide. He will now be closely watch.
ed His attorneys are trying to OBJ
tain a new trial for him.
The other four members of the fam
lily, accused of being accomplices in
the murder will be tried with the Jan
uary term.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

herself She also had a small bottle
of soothing syrup in her possession
and, according to her story told on the
witness stand she mixed the bottles
and gave the child the poison she had
intended for herself. When she saw
what she done she tried to end her
own life but her companion took the
poison from her and called police
man.
After the jury had been discharged
Mrs. Bella Komross, the probation Of
ficer of the New York section of the
council of Jewish women, who has
taken a great interest in the Adler
girl, thanked each individual member
for his generosity. She said that the
council had made adequate arrange
ments for the girls future and would
rather that she did not receive any
other assistance until she absolutely
needed it, The jurymen acqulesced
in this.
Mrs. Komross took off her coat and
furs and put them on the girl She
also sent out and got a hat for her
When the girl was arrested four
months ago she wore only summer
clothing and had neither hat nor coat.
She has been in the Tombs ever since.
At the announcement of the verdict
the Adler girl became hysterlcal, but
was finally pacified and taken away.
She will be sent to some quiet retreat
for few days and then position
away from all her former associations
will be secured for her.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
TOGO REPORTS
THAT THE RUSSIAN WARsHIP Sc
vAsToPoL is PUT OUT OF
BUSINESS.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The following
dispatch. from Toxic was received to-
night at the Japanese legation here:
ION the, 21st of December Togo re-
ports that the Sevastopol was seen
busily engaged in pumping water from
breach caused by our torpedo attack
but was listing at least ten degrees
with her bow sunk. 1t is believed to
be hopeless to recover her navigability
under the present circumstances in
Port Arthur. According to the reliable
statement of Russian prisoners her
netting was torpedoed eight times and
hull once at least and eight feet aft
part port"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
creatore at the Auditorium.

Arrangements have been completed
for concert by Creatore and his Ital-
ian band on January 12. A most inter-
'esting and noteworthy musical event
will occur at the auditorium on the
evening of January 12, when Creatore
and his famous Italian band of GO
musicians, with Nine Barili as soprano
soloist, will be heard in Canton for the
first time. The organization has ere,
ated furore in all the large cities
during the past two years and the an
nouncement of its appearance here
will doubtless prove a most agreeable
surprise to the lovers of music in Can
ton, as the management intends to
present this splendid attraction at a
scale of popular prices. Success should
attend the enterprise. Special an
nouncement, with full particulars of
the event will be made next week.
when all the details have been COM
pleted.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
For. University OF virginia.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 22-The French
ambassador, NJ. Jesserod, who was re,
emily guest at the University Of
Virginia. has advised President Alder
man that he is instructed to present
to the university en- behalf Of the
French Republic, the bust of General
Lafayette, modelled By Houdon, and re-
produced by Sevres, "to recall" the
ambassadors letters address, The
days when Americans and Frenchmen
fought on the sacred soil of Virginia
for the cause OF pendsnce"
the university.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
WOMAN KILLED
BY CARTRIDGE.
THAT ACCIDENTALLY EXPLODED
IN HER HAND.
Her Body Was Badly MangIed, Hei
Right Arm Being Torn
Off

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 22.-Mrs. Thorn.
as Il. Barnes, 21 years old, was blowr
to pieces today at her home, No. 25;
Pine street by a cartridge that had
been sent her by her brother, a sailor
in the United States navy.
The cartridge which is said to have
been one and one-half inches in diam
eter and three to four inches long. was
sent as souvenir.
1t is supposed that the woman was
walking from the sitting room into
her parlor with the cartridge in her
hands and that in passing coal stove
that stood in the archway between the
rooms struck 1t against the stove in
such manner that it exploded.
Mrs. Barnes's body was badly man
gled by the exploion, her right arm
being torn off.
The explosion damaged the stove
and started a smouldering fire in the
room. Smoke from this attracted
neighbors and Fireman Cain. who lives
next to the Barnes home rushed into
the house and carried out Mrs
Barnes's body.
Her two children, aged one and three
years were found uninjured in the.
kitchen. Neighbors heard the explo-
sion some time before the smoke in
the Barnes home attracted them.
Mrs. Barnes was a native of New
York and had lived in this city only a
short time.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
JURY ACQUITTED GIRL
OF KILLING HER CHILD
Then They Took Up a Collection For Her-She
Will Be Cared For.

New York, Dec. 22.-It took jury
in the criminal court this afternoon
just 25 minutes to return a verdict of
acquittal in the case of Clara Adler,
the young girl who has been on trial
for a week charged with the murder
of her infant child. After they had an
nouncsd their verdict the jury through
their foreman, Clement p Moore, ask
ed the court for permission to present
purse of money to the girl. How
much this purse amounted to Mr.
Moore did not say, and the permission
was readily given but at the request OF
an agent of a Jewish society the mon
ey was retained by Mr.. Moore until
later.
The young woman had touched the
hearts of all who had heard her sad
story. A laborer In an east side sweat
shop, she earned but a miserable pit
tance and she sent most of her money
from time to time to her parents in
the old country. She lived on bread
and water for weeks at time and
proved an easy victim when one of her
male acquaintances betrayed her un-
der a promise of marriage, Just dis
charged from the hospital, weak and
with her child on her arm, she was
walking through Central Park with a
girl companion wondering where she
could go. She purchased what she
thought was carbolic acid with her
last Ave cents and intended to kill
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Died At the Inflrmary.

Peter Vernon former resident OF
North Industry and for the last three
weeks an inmate of the infirmary, died
at the latter place yesterday OF drop
BY and heart trouble. His condition
was serious at the time he was taken
to the institution but he has been all
Ing more or less for the last year.
The deceased was a bachelor, As years
OF age. The body will be inferred In
The Melshimer cemetery. The funeral
arrangements will be made later.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
NO DISCRIMINATION
In Freight Rates in Nebraska, Says
Supreme Court.

Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 22.-According to
the state supreme court railroads in
Nebraska cannot discriminate In
freight rates between long and short
hauls. Legislation in such cases is
entirely within the province Of the
state according to decision made
public here A shipper named An
derson. complained that he had paid
four cents hundred pounds for haul
ing ice while competitor had had ice
hauled 10 miles farther for cents a
hundred. The supreme court directed
that the difference must be refunded
to Anderson and affirmed the consti-
t,itionality of the state law passed in
1881.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
THOUSANDS STARVING.
son.

Lindon, Dec. 22-Fully one-sixth OF
the 100000 people of Westham, sub
urb of London, are on the verge of
starvation and bread riots are threat
ened. The inhabitants are mostly dock
workers and other unskilled laborers
who have but occasional work and who
ara now unemployed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

Grand Jury Unearths Scandal.

New York, Dec ga serious scan
dal has been unearthed by the grand
jury of New York county, which body,
in presentment handed up today, de-
clares liquor dealers of New York
county have used large sums of money
for the purpose of influencing legis-
latiCn.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27

The grand mullets is mass of gran
ite on Mount Blanc rising up like an
island in tremendous billowy ocean
of ice and snow" In the face of the
rock a rough shielding of stone and
boards has been built where bed and
refreshments can be had. 1t is in
charge Of woman who ascends in the
beginning of the season and remains
there three months. +e4i
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Charged With Stealing Coal.

Benjamin Franklin a negro was pIac.
ed under the custody OF the law last
night at about 80 o'clock by Rail-
road Detective L. l.. Van Voorhis.
The negro is accused of stealing coal
from the w. & L. E. r. r. sr.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Gees to New Position.

Fremont, Dec. 22.-R. r. Strehlau.
superintendent of the Lake Shore Elec-
trio railroad goes to Springfield as
general manager of the Springfield &
Xenia line. S. X. Burgo succeeds
Strehlau.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
An Ohio Gold Mine.

Marysville, Dec. 22.-Work was re-
sumed today at the gold mine on the
Edward Lucas farm In Allen township.
A new shaft and well will be sunk to
bed rock for satisfactory analysis.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Memorial Services.

WapalSoneta, Dec. 22.--Memorial
services In honor of Judge Money are
being held in the court house here to-
night. Prominent members of the bar
are in attendance. Judge Moneys
former law partner delivered the eul-
ogy. ~
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-27
Judue's Position Endorsed.

Toledo, Dec 22.-The common pleas
Judges endorse Judge Kinkaid who has
refused nine-tenths of the divorce
pleas bsfore him and will appoint hin
10 hear them for another term.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-24
Fear Battle 1T the Tombs.
(By the Associated Press

st. Petersburg, Sept. 23.-(6:20 p.
m.)-A brief telegram was received
to-day from Lieutenant General SAX
haroff, announcing the advance of the
Japanese from BentsiaputZe on the
village near FD Pass, east of Mukden
and the site oe the imperial tombs,
which is likely TO revive the fears eX-
pressed at Pekin that an engagement
may be fought at the burial place of
the Manchu dynasty. No mention is
made of resistance 30 the advance,
but il is not believed this indicates
that the Russians do not intend to
further oppose the march of the
japanese on Mukden 1t probably
signifies that the Japanese force is
using the small! road to Flu Pass, be-
tween the highways leading to
Mukden and Fushun. with the inten-
ton Of isolating the Russian columns
guarding Fushun.
The Japanese are still trying to
turn General Kuropatkin's left flank,
but there is no indication of their
moving west of the Hun River.
Simintin is still held by the Cossacks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-24
MEN BLOWN TO PIECES
Among the Killed is Henry c. Fowler
Superintendent of the Mill. A Fifth
Man is SO Terribly ScaIded by the
Escaping Steam That He Will Die.
Dukes the Scene of the Disaster.
Especial to News and Observer )

Especial to News and Observer)
Dukes, N. c., Sept. 23.-At 7:15
o'clock this morning the boiler in the
gin department of the mammoth cot
ton mill, Erwin No. 2, at Dukes, on the
Cape Fear and Northern Railroad,
about twenty-five miles from Raleigh.
exploded with terrific violence wrecks
ing the engine room, instantly killing
three white men, one of whom was
the superintendent of the mill, ana
one negro Another negro was
scalded so badly that he will die. Sew
eral persons were thrown down by the
shock of the explosion, but their in
juries are not serious.
The dead:
Henry c. Fowler. of Burlington, gem
cral superintendent of the mills
Zee Hirish, foreman.
II. G. Braswell.
Geo. Mclean (colored).
Fatally scalded: Henry Wall (col)&
Both the latter We're employees ct
the mill
From the best information obtain
able it seems that the old fireman of
the mill having just been discharged,
! the new man, not thoroughly under
standing the engine,--had gotten ur.
too much steam. The engine refused
to work, and the fireman went after
the superintendent. AS they entered
the engine room together, there wa
rending roar, and the men were
blown to pieces.
Though horribly mangled the body
of superintendent Fowler was stih
recognizable, and this afternoon it was
| borne to his home in Burlington, ac-
| companied by his wife and two chill
dren.
will be buried at Dukes.
| When running at its full capacity
/ the mill there employees 1000 people,
1t is not yet fully equipped, and the
present force is about 200.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-24
Republicans Reject Challenge.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Durham, M. c.. Sept 23.-At a
meeting Of the Democratic county
executive committee held a few days
ago the Republicans We're challenged
for joint canvass of the county. A
reply TO this challenge has been re-
ceived, and it was rejected. In re-
fusing a ioint canvas the Republican
committee say that if wiz be impos-
sible, because Mr.. B. l.. Duke. the
Republican nominee for the legisla-
ture. viii be out of the city most of
the time from now until election.
The Republican committee, how
ever. is sending out literature in
which they announce speakers for
the campaign and say that they are
going to expose incompetency and
other things against the Democrats
1t is learned that the Democrats will
reply in kind and from the outlook
now 1T may be reasonably inferred
that there viii be more or less dirt in
the campaign in this county before
the end is reached A warm time is
the outlook now.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-24
His Van Moves Toward
Fushan and Flu Pass.
THE OTHER ARMIES
Two Japanese Columns are Reported
as Occupying With Their Advance
the villages of Zentai and
Sandenu. Trying TO Flank
KurOpatkin.
{ Blythe Assoc ted Press.)

st. Petersburg, s.. t. ga dis
patch received here from Mukden
gives details of the Japanese positions
as follows:
General Kuroki has concentrated
one army with Bentsiapetze and Ben
sihu as it's radius and his advance is
pushing forward along the road lead
ing to Fushun and Flu Pass.
The advance forces of two other
armies occupy the Tentai mines. the
village of Yentai and Sandenu. The
front of these three armies is pro-
tected by an outpost serene. which
Chinese are not allowed to pass. a
small Japanese detachment is moving
along the left bank Of the Lao River
in order to protect iunkS.
The same dispatch reports that
Chinese bandits are openly siding with
the Japanese.
The weather at Mukden is rainy
and windy and cold has prematurely
set in.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-24
Two People Killed and
Nine Injured.
DASHED INTO WAGON
This Being Loaded With Dynamite
Explosion Followed. Engine Strip
ped, Cars Torn Up and Rails
Broken Like Pipe
Stems.
(By the Associated Press.)

Cumberland Md, Sept. 23.-Fast
freight Number "a on the Baltimore
and Ohio struck a wagon loaded with
$50 pounds of dynamite at the crossing
at North Branch, w. Va, four miles
east of here this afternoon. Two per-
sons were killed and nine were In
jured. Three of them seriously.
The dead are:
C. Walter Wilitehair, front brake
man, Brunswick.
Nelson Pike, Martinsburg, veteran
engineer, scalded all over and inter-
nalIy, lived two hours.
The injured are:
A. B. Sanders, fireman, North
Mountain, w. Va, arm broken, scalded
on face, body and hands; Charles
Hamilton, Baltimore and Ohio opera
tor and postmaster at North Branch,
cuts on face and body; Scott Hamil-
ton, of Little Orleans, Md, cuts in
face and body at least fifty in mum
Der; James Ashkettle, Little Orleans,
cut in face; Mary Twigg, OLD Town,
cut in face; Raymond Hamilton, cut
in face; Maud Seibert, cut in face;
James Laing, aged 21, who was dr1v-
ing the dynamite wogan, cut on leg
and ear drum fractured.
The Baltimore and Ohio tower was
wrecked, as We're also several resi-
dences nearby. The commissary OF
Mike Elmore, Wabash sub-contractor
and the Wabash temporary hospital
with other small buildings, were de-
molished The windows of the schoo
house and of the residence of G. A
Zimmerly on the mountain. half il mile
away, were all broken out. No house
escaped damage.
James Laing, who drove the wagon
escaped with only trivial injury, as die
the two horses, although the latter was
blown fifty yards intosa field. Accord
ing to aye witnesses, Laing, hearins
the train, became terrified and stopped
on the track The wagon was three
feet of clearing it when the engine
struck the rear end, carrying it fit!
feet before the explosion.
Laing deserted the wagon and rar
down from the track and into a ditch
He was knocked down and rendered
unconscious for a TIME, but the force
of the explosion passed over him.
The engine was overturned anC
stripped and seven cars following
loaded with high grade merchandise
were broken, several being demolish-
ed. The tracks were thrown out OF
the bed and twisted serpentine, while
rails were snapped like pipestems
The wires were torn down an dreliei
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-24
Leads all North Carolina Dailies i'm News and circulation
GU|LFORD AROUSED
Ex-Governor Johnson of
Alabama and Hon. Frank
SpruiII Speak.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News ana ODSeENeI')
Greensboro, n. c., Sept. 23.-A large
audience in the court house here to-
night witnessed the opening of the
campaign of the Democratic party in
GuiIford county. Amid a whirlWind of
applause, General Cullen A, Battle,
formerly of Alabama, introduced ex-
Governor Joseph F. Johnson, of Ala
bama who made a short and forceful
speech He referred to the fact that
his grandfather was one of the MEM
hers of the Hillsboro convention who
refused to sign the Constitution with
out guarantees of State sovereignty,
and of local self government, and said
he was proud to be able to say that
ever since that day North Carolina had
proven true to the teaching. the faith
and the sacrifices of the fathers, and
to- day stood by the Constitution, and
resented any effort by rough riders,
whether on the battlefield or in the
executive chair, to destroy it, He
challenged North Carolina to match
Alabama in November with a majority
Of 60. 900 for Parker and Davis.
Mr.. Frank s. Spruill, Democratic
candidate for elector for the State at
large, followed in a magnificent speech
of an hours length, which greatly
pleased his hearers, and evoked con-
tinued and enthusiastic applause.