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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08

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tains the following:
w. IL. Wells, secretary OF the Homer
Laughlin China company, has address.
ed an open letter to the Hon. j. p
! Fawcett, chairman of the congress
ional executive committee of the
Eighteenth district, in which he ad-
yocates the adoption of the Crawford
county system of nominating the can
didate for congress from this district.
The basis OF his argument for the
change from the present method is the
fact that under the system now in
vogue the selection of the candidate
virtually lies in the hands of coterie
of politicians, the use of whose self
delegated power often works to the
detriment of, not only the party, but
also the people and business of the
district. The text of the letter fol-
lows:
Hon. J. p. Fawcett, Chairman Con-
gressional Executive Committee
Eighteenth District Of Ohio, Can
ton, o.:
"It has occurred to me that your
committee should, at its first meeting.
take some action to prevent dead
lock In the next congressional con-
vention of this district, that every one
who has taken an interest In the ST
uation now appears to regard as in
evitable
''If the former procedure is followed,
your commiClee will delegate to the
three county committees OF the dis
trict the authority to arrange as they
may see fit. the manner and method of
holding the congressional primary
election in their respective counties.
In view of the present situation. this
method must result in a deadlock at
the convention, which can not be brok-
en- unless considerable number of
delegates should abandon the candi-
dates for whom they were chosen,
desert them under circumstances cal
culated to engender i'll feeling and
bitterness In our party ranks,
"CUlumb ana county has adopted |
what is known as the unit rule; that |
Is, should any one candidate receive 81 !
per cent or more of the votes at the
primary, that candidate
will have the right to select the entire
delega,lon from that county. AS Co
lumbiana usually holes its primary in
advance of the other counties, ii is al
together probable that the same sys
tenn will be adopted by Mahoning
county in order to protect is candi-
late, ard 1t is reasonable to anticipate
ike action on the part of Stark. The
'esult would doubtless be that three
candidates would go into the conven-
ion, each with the solid delegation of
lis county at his back, with the result
IS above stated.
under such plan the popular wish
will have no chance for eXpression;
he Individual voter will have been
1T is with this thought in mind that
make bold to suggest to your COM
nittee. that at this time, when there
a popular clamor all over the coun-
ry that we shall return to first prin-
iples In the conduct OF elections and
hat the rule of bosses and cliques
hall be destroyed, it will be opportune {
Dr. the congressional committee of {
he old Eighteenth district to take {
ome action to get back close to the
ecple and render 1t hereafter impos-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08
TO THE PEN
NIXON AND Di cENzo GET FIVE
AND SEVEN YEARS, RE-
SPEcTivELY
Criminal Case Before Judge Am3ier's
Cout-Sui.s for Divorce and
to Forcloss Mortgage Filed.
Probate Court Opens
Today.

Judge Amber sentenced William
Nixon and Daniel DtCenzo. who both
>ieaded guilty To the charge OF man
slaughter, Monday. The former was
aentenced to five years at hard labor.
without solitary confinement, in the
Oh.o peniteat.ary, and the latter to
seven years, also without solitary con-
finemeIt. Nixon was recently found
guilty Of killing Edward Henderson as
4 result Of a saloon brawL DiCenzo
was found guilty Of killing Arnento
Amazzalorto.
BURGLARY CASE.
Judge Amber and jury started the
case of James Mcdonald, who is
charged with burglarizing the saloon
Of Fanny Moore of Alliance, on Mon
day afternoon at one O'Clock. Nc
Donald is alleged to have been the
partner of Oliver Hazard Perry, who
was recently sentenced to the Ohio
reformatory on similar charge. He
is represented by Attorneys John 4.
Blake and Ed J., Smith. Perry was
brought from the reformatory Sunday
and testified in the case yesterday.
DIVORCE SUIT.
Mrs. M. Edwards. through her at
torney. N. A. Ernst has filed petit
ton In common pleas court asking for
divorce md reasonable slimony from
her husband. James Edwards. She
charges him with non-support, neglect
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08
Give the Hens Beef scrana.

If the hens are given free range. buy
a bag of beef scraps and place them
where they can help themselves. The
hens will not eat very much of the
scraps. but they will aid egg production
immensely. II will then be necessary
to give them but one small feed Of
grain at night. and this only until veg
citation gets a good start.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08
Conrad pleads Guilty.

Frank Conrad, the man supposed to
be from this city, who killed Patrol
man Davis at Columbus several
months ago, on Monday pleaded guilty
to murder lie made no formal con-
fession.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08
Knocked Out In Flrst Round

Pittsbnrg. Pa. Dec. 4.--Frank Nor.
gan OF Pittsburg knocked out CurIe,
Supplies OF Buffalo in the first round
OF what was scheduled TO he ten
round bout tonight. The knockout
came in the first two minutes OF fight
ing
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Ihe understgned has been duly appointed
snorp, iate Of stark county, Ohio, deceased.
Lated this 9th day OF oy., 1901
~. PAUL ID. RIDER,
Admtnistraior
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08

wiz tomorrow resume It's considera-
ton Of the railroad rate question.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08
PROBATE COURT.

The December term or probate Grim
inai court commences this morning
with the case of Ohio against Vick-
stein. Several important cases appear
on the docket Attorney Luther Day
Will act as counsel for the state. as
County Prosecutor r. H. Day lis busy
with criminal court In common pleas.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08
and unfaithfulness. The couple wer
married on December 28, 1903.
TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE u

IU FURECLUSE MORTGAGE. /
Attorney Julius Whiting, Jr, in be-
half Of the Savings and Loan com
pany. has filed a suit In common pleas
court against Emma Y. McAlpine and
w. w. McAlpine. to foreclose a mort
gage on property A judgment OF
$1,5OO is asked against the principal
defendant,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08

Rate Question Comes Up Today.
Washington, Dec, 4.--The senate
committee on Interstate commepce
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
WILL QUIT HIS PLACE.
Luke E. Wright Said to Have Decided
to Give Up High Position
in Philippines.

Washington. Oct. Is. - BY reason of
what appears to be dissatisfaction with
the situation in the Philippines. Luke E.
Wright. governor general of the Phil
ippines and president of the Philippine
commission. will retire from that posi-
ton about the first of December. Gen.
Wright is expected to arrive in the
United States during that month and is
entitled to six months leave of absence
prior to the formal REIMBURSEMENT of
his labors as governor, general. 1t is
understood that he expects to return to
Nashville. Tenn. to resume the practice
of law. President Roosevelt and Sec
rotary Taft, it is believed, practically
have decided upon the successor to Gen.
Wright, but no intimation has been
permitted to become public as to his
identity. 1t can be stated reasonably
definitely that Gen. Wright's successor
will not be a man now connected with
the commission.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
SIR HENRY IRVING.

and 1.-The Bells and seemed to be in
excellent health, taking the exhausting
part of Matthias in the latter play with
all the vigor of youth. Friday night,
before an enthusiastic audience, he por-
trayed one of his most characteristical-
ly intellectual parts, the title role in
his own stage adaptation of Lord Ten
nyson's Beckett" with marked sue
cess.
After the performance Sir Henry re-
turned to his hotel, reaching his rooms
at 1880 O'Clock. when it was observed
that he was in great pain. Physicians
were Immediately summoned. but be-
fore they could arrive. Sir Henry was
seized with an attack OF syncope and
expired without a word.
London, Oct. 1.-THE dean of West
minister. Very Rev Joseph Armitage
Robinson, announced Monday evening
that. having received request signed
by leading members OF the dramatic pro-
fession and other persons of distinction
he had consented to the interment OF the
body of SirHenry Irving in Westminster
abbey.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
TRAIN IS WRECKED.
Cow on Track Causes Disaster in Hi
nois-Five Men Lose Their
Lives.

Oskaloosa, Ia. Oct. 17.-Five train
men were killed Sunday at
Seaton, ILL.,, when a heavy, dou-
ble-header freight train, east
bound, on the Iowa Central railroad
ran into COW on the track at a
speed of 90 miles an hour. Both locomo-
tives and II freight cars loaded with
grain and lumber were piled in a heap
beside the track. The dead are: George
A. Caffal, engineer; Harry Summers,
engineer; Harry Barr, fireman, L. H.
Briley. fireman; P. T. Morgan brake
man. All the men killed lived in Oska-
loosa except Briley. whose home was in
Monmouth. Ill. Brakeman Morgan was
driven into the earth beneath the end of
box car. Fireman Briley was found
dead, but apparently unwounded beside
the tangled steel of the locomotives.
Engineer Summers was caught in the
cab of his locomotive and cooked by
steam and water from the boiler. He
lived several hours although large
pieces of cooked flesh fell from the bone.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Bank Robbed.

Grand Forks-The safe of the state
bank of Hensel, at Hensel. Pemoina
county, capitalized for $4,000 with =.
A. Halliday, president and J. .. Mills
cashier, was blown open and the en-
tire funds, over So, 200 was appropri-
ated.
Checks and notes were blown all
over the vault. but nothing but cash
was taken, $3.50 in silver and the re-
mainder in currency. The only clue
left by the robbers was revolver box
and several shotgun shells, all OF Ca
madam manufacture. The work is
similar in every way to that OF the
men who robbed the Clifford bank last
fall, the same kind of soap being used
to hold the glyceriue in place. hense'
like all North Dakota towns, has been
crowded with strangers, mostly thresh'
ers, and for that reason there will be
some difficulty in tracing the robbers
from the very lneager clues they have
left.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
TAGGART GIVEN DIVORCE.
Judge at Wooster, o., Renders De-
cision in Case Which Attracted
Much Attention.

Wooster, o.. Oct l6.-Judge Eason
Saturday decided that "Tiddles," the
youngest child of the Taggarts, should
be left in the care of his mother at
Wooster. The elder boy may go with
his father. who is now located at the
Columbus barracks. Judge Eason
added that both children would. how
ever, remain under the jurisdiction
of the court, and that the above ar
rangement might be changed later.
In the decision of Judge Eason, rem
dered Friday, Maj. Taggart was grant
ed a divorce. The trial lasted seven
weeks. The case went to the court
a month ago. The suit was first
started in July. 1904. by Maj. Tag
CART, who filed petition for d.
vorce, charging his wife with conduct
unbecoming a wife and alleging the
excessive use of intoxicants. Mrs. Tag
CART heard of the proceedings in San
Francisco several weeks later and i'm
mediately started for Wooster. the
home of the Taggarts. where she filed
a counter petition for divorce against
Maj. Taggart on the grounds of cruelty
and neglect. The case has been of ex-
ceptional interest because of state
ments during the trial by Maj. Tag
CART that the use of intoxicants in the
army officers were named in Maj Tag
the custom. A number of prominent
army officers were named in Capt. Tag
CARTS petition as having been more or
less the cause of the domestic troubles
between Maj. and Mrs. Taggart.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
BOTH SIGN PEACE TREATY
Gear and Mikado Attach Signatures to
Portsmouth Document and War
Is Officially Ended.

Washington, Oct. 16.-The emperor
of Russia and the emperor of Japan Sat-
urday morning signed their respective
copies of the peace treaty. thus officially
ending the war. Baron Rosen. the Rus
sian ambassador. called at the state de-
partment Saturday to tell Secretary
Root that the emperor of Russia had ear
ly in the day affixed his signature to the
copy of the treaty drawn at Portsmouth.
A few minutes after noon Minister TAX
ahira appeared at the state department
with message stating that the emperor
of Japan had signed the treaty at Toxic.
So both copies of the treaty having been
duly signed. the Russo-Japanese war.
which began February 8, 1904. with the
attack by Togo's feet upon the Russian
ships at Port Arthur, terminated official
ly October IA. Little remains to be done
to meet the official requirements. At q
later date. probably in the course Of a
month or two. copies of the treaties will
be actually exchanged. probably in
Washington. by the Russian ambassa-
dor and the japanese minister.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
VESSEL GOES DOWN.
Schooner Beaten to Pieces off Coast of
South Carolina-Six Lives
Are Lost.

Boston, Oct IA story of a North
Atlantic shipwreck, in which eight
seamen suffered so fearfully from. ex
posture. hunger and thirst that six of
them either died outright. were washed
away, or, crazed by their fearful ex-
perience. threw themselves into the
sea, was told Monday by the two sur
vivors of the coasting schooner Van.
Name and King, of New Haven, which
was beaten to pieces by gale OF the
South Carolina coast on October :,
The two men who lived through the
five days and were rescued by the
schooner Stillman f. Kelly, which ar
rived here late Monday. are William
Thomas and William &. Warnock, both
about 20 years old, six feet. three
inches tall, and hail from Antigua
British West Indies. The six who.
one by one, succumbed were: Capt
William A. Maxwell, of New Jersey;
Mate E. A. Chase home unknown; en-
gineer. German, name unknown; col
ored steward, name unknown: colored
seamen, William Grizcll and Alfred
Arthur both of Jamaica.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
SEVERELY PUNISHED.
Congressman Williamson, of Oregon,
Convicted of Land Frauds,
Sent to Prison.

Portland, Ore, Oct. 16.-Convicted of
conspiracy to suborn perjury. and to &C.
quire government lands fraudulently,
Congressman j. N. Williamson was de-
MED new trial by Federal Judge Hunt.
sentenced to Imprisonment for ten
months and fined $500. Marion r. Biggs,
Pineville. was sentenced to ten months
and fined $500. DIR. Vangesner. Will
liamson's partner in the sheep business.
was given a five-month Imprisonment
and assessed $1,000 fine. Execution was
stayed until the defendants can perfect
an appeal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26

A lake 20 miles long and from three
to five miles wide has suddenly sprung
into existence in the sand hills of Cen
trail Nebraska. Where six months ago
there were wastes of mud is now a
body of water 10 to so feet deep and
constantly rising. The overflow has
found an outlet and started down the
valley toward the Missouri river, form.
ing stream the length of which no
one can imagine. 1t has been known
for years that almost the whole of the
central, II not the entire western,
part Of the state had an underflow of
water
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
News Notes.

Osuabrock-An unoccupied building
burned aud incendiarism is suspected.
Grand Forks-It is said the Great
Northern will build a loop from Paler-
mo to Crosby. then across to Mohall.
Bottineau-An Enforcement league
spotter is said to have been unable to
66 a booze vender.
B,smarck-Some Of the hackmen re-
fuse to pay their licenses on the ground
that the hack ordinance is no good.
The case will be tested in the courts
1t will be watched with a good deal Of
interest. as other cities are affected.
Fargo-The North Dakota Agriculu-
raj college is attracting hundreds of
boys and girls this fall.
Bowbells-More room is needed in
the schools here.
Fessenden-The Waldorf hotel has
been closed.
Fargo-Many farmers have been
raising the same kind of corn for
years until they have developed a
growth that natures to an advantage
Uu1S St6IOs
Willow City-A. gasoline lamp be-
came obstreperous during an enter
tainment at the opcrahouse but James
Burris carried it out before any dam
age was done. Many people in the
audience were frightened.
Dickinson-Mayor Manning discov.
cred his we'll water was becoming
very bitter and investigation showed
that the roots of a cottonwood tree had
matted IN the we'll.
FargorThc Fargo street railway
will inaugurate new schedule in thil
city and Moorhcad, and give an in
creased service, running three car
where two are operated at present
Fargo-Somc of the editors note
that leading hotels frequently don't
advertise, but arc usually first to re-
quest the slaughter of any item aris-
ing from the action of guests in the
non-advertising hostelries.
jamestown -Jnst why investors
| don't establish c"aning industries in
this state, where all kinds of veseta-
bles can be grown SO cheaply and in
profusion, causes lot of comment
Jamestown.-The infant child of
James Hardy, died from the effects Of
burns received from its night dresl
catching fire while the chi!d "a,
playing with mAteheA
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26

Are the Japanese the lost ten tribes
Of Israel? The Jewish World revives
this old theory, remarking that it was
probably inevitable that they should
be sought in the Japanese in view of
the fact that the museums of japan
contain numerous engravings purport.
ing TO show the landing of Jews in
Nippon. One of the pictures cited is
said to show a procession in which the
ark is discernible and in which the
priests wear hats Of Biblical pattern
Another depicts Solomon in the act OF
receiving gifts from the queen OF
Sheba,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26

A halt is to be called in the mar
rage procession in Nebraska, if the
Nebraska Homeopathic association
has its way, and all applicants for
marriage licenses, either man or wom-
an, must undergo thorough physical
examination before they will be per.
mitted to wed. A bill to this effect
will be introduced into the next state
legislature. and the homeopaths of the
state will use every effort to have it
passed. The homeopaths believe that
the spread of disease is due, more
than to any other cause, to diseased
persons who marry.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Indictments.

Fargo. SO far reported
by the United States grand jury are
against Frand Reed, charged with
counterfei,iny at Minot; Bruce Dun
can, charged with embezzlement In
the Grand Forks postoffice. and James
Baker, charged with smuggling.
There were two other indictments re-
turned, but no publicity was given
them till the arrests are made.
The indictment against Duncan is
the one attracting most attention. He
was a carrier at Grand Forks for
many years, and later clerk in the
postoffice. 1t is not known how much
his shortage is, but the estimate is
about $500. He secured funds by riff
ling registered packages.
New indictments are to be found
against Joseph Plante, whose Florida
water proved fatal to nine Indians
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
.MALFEASAMCE IS CHARGED
LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE
PEORIA SCANDAL.
o. ]. Bailey, Bank President and
School Official Is
Indicted.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct 1.-THE grand
jury returned a final report Friday
with a true bill against Oliver j.
Bailey, chairman of the finance COM
mittee of the Peoria school board and
holding him on the charge of malfea-
sance of Office.
Failing and neglecting to perform
his duties as such public officer and
suffering and permitting one Newton
c. Dougherty to inappropriate and
unlawfully convert to his own use
the school moneys to large amount,
and neglecting and failing to perform
his duties as such public officer by
permitting the payment of school
moneys and funds for school purposes
to Newton C. Dougherty, the said
Dougherty being person not legally
authorized to receive the same"
This is the way the indictment reads
and the returning of the document
has caused a big sensation in Peoria.
The fact that Bailey is president of
the Dime Savings and Trust bank and
director and heavy stakeholder in
the Central bank has caused more un-
easiness in the banking world, and
fears that the public may be aroused
are entertained.
In addition to the Bailey indictment
the jury censured the entire board
for criminal negligence in admins
tering the affairs of the city schools"
Forty-three additional indictments
were also returned against Dougherty
for embezzlement and forgery. The
jury was discharged formally.
MIR. Bailey has been prominent fig
ure in Peoria for more than 25 years.
He has been connected with many
large business interests in this city.
Nelson G. Burnham. a stakeholder in
the defunct Peoria national bank and
one of the most prominent and wealthy
citizens of Peoria. died Friday night as
the result OF shock brought ON by the
news of the defalcations of Newton c.
Dougherty, president of the bank.
Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. II. - To investigate
charges of corruption i'll the Peoria ma
tional bank. Judge Bethea, of the Unit
ed States district court, and Assistant:
District Attorney Robert Childs came
to Peoria from Chicago Monday. N. c.
Dougherty. who stole 100000 from the
Peoria school fund, was president of the
bank
A special grand jury is planned to
probe charges affecting officials of the
bank. These allegations have been
turnod ovar IN tho federal authorities nv
States Attorney Robert Scholes, who be-
lieves that the national banking laws
have been violated.
Rumors that several prominent men
hitherto untouched by scandal would be
involved in charges connected with ir-
Irregularities in the bank were circulated.
The approach of the federal investiga-
ton caused the city to tremble to it's
financial foundations.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Missouri Building Burned.

Portland. Ore, Oct. 14.-The Missouri
state building at the Lewis and Clark
exposition was completely destroyed by
fire Friday night. Practically nothing
of the magnificent exhibit gathered by
the Missouri state commission was
saved, and the beautiful collection Of
art and statuary, which was one of the
features of the Missouri display, will
prove almost a complete loss.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Exposition Ended.

Portland, Ore. Oct. 16.-The Lewis
and Clark Centennial exposition came
to close Saturday with Officers and
Stockholders day. The work of wreck
ing the immense exhibit palaces and
state buildings will commence and in a
few months all that will remain of the
exposition will be a memory of its sue
cess-success as expositions go, for
President 'Goode has made public an
nouncement that stockholders will re-
ceive dividend OF from 80 to 40 per
cent. on their stock, a record said to ex.
eel any exposition of like character ever
held in the world