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MR !' AKRON DAIM DEMOCRAT. S i . VOLUME 10-N UMBER 220. AKKON. OHIO. MOKDAY EVENING JANUARY 13, 1002 PRICE ONE CENT. h NASH TAKES THE HELM For Another two Years as the Pilot of Ohio. A Fine Attendance anjl In the Inaugural (Special Correspondence.) Columbus, O., .Tun. 13. Kor the sec ond time la tlio history of tho great Statu of Ohio have the reigns of gov ernment been placed in the hands of George K. Nash, of Krunklln county, and Hamilton county once more Is lion- red by being the homo of the man ! who will preside over the Senate. The formal inauguration, widen took place at high noon, was probably the most impressive, that has occurred ,h till tho long years that Ohio has been u State. The weather was cold, but biacing, and fully 20,000 people besides the residents of Columbus, turned out to watch the splendid civic and military 'tllsplny. The lotuuda of the State House, wlftVro the oath of ofllcc was admin- lstcicd, was 'tastefully docorated for the occasion. Fiom the top of tho douic to the corridors 'below, the stuis s " ' I l GOVERNOR GEORGE KILBON NASH. His Second Term Began Today. and stripes, festoons of sinllax and evergreen, the emblems of State, por traits of tho former goernors, and clusters of lncaudescont globes were to arranged as to form a bower of beauty. Promptly at 10:30 o'clock the Gov ernor's escort, composed of a G. A. It. drill corps, the new cavalry tioop B, the "Governor's guard," and tho In augural committee of tho Legislature, proceeded to tho Governor's homo on Jefferson nve and escorted tho Chief Kxceutlve to the, Stnto capltol. As soon as the Governor reached his post in tho votunda, the Fourth Itegl--ment baud struck up "America?" Sec retary Bassell, of the Columbus Board of Trade, mado a brief Introductory address, ltev. J. P. Slagel, of "Wav crly, offered prnjor; tho Columbus Bepubllcnn Glee club sung Keller's "American Hymn," and Secretary of State Lowls C. I.ayliu, presented the otllclai commission to tho Governor. Tho oath of otlico was administered SUED FOR $10,000. Akron Contractors Asked to Pay For an Injury. Calvin Terrlll, whoso hand was caught In an excavating machine and seriously injured seveinl weeks ago, nt Flndlay, has sued Messrs. Ohas. II. Isbcll and Dim McGarry, of Akron, ivlio liavo tho contract for tho sower, or $10,000 damages. Teirlll Is tho man whoso Injury was foretold to lames McGownu, foreman of tho sew :r constriction, in a drctuu- Much Interest Shown Ceremonies. by .Tustlco "Marshall J. Williams, of the Ohio SJupremp comt, and the Governor then turned to the au dience,' giving a brief buf very couclso address. The ceremonies were concluded with n song by the Glee club. The Senators immediately adjourned to tho Sou- ate chamber, and Lieutenant Gov ernor Carl V. Nlppcrt "wan formally inaugurated, after which" the Senate adjourned until 1Q a.m. Tuesday. As soon as the Innugilrul ceremonies were over the grand niarshnl of tho parade, Gen." H. A. Axllne, gave the signal and the parade started. First came a. squad of police; then Gen. Axllne and his staff, all mounted; Troop B, First Ohio cavalry; carriage, containing Governor Nnslt, Chaplain Slagel, Secretary Bussell nnd Senator I'ntterson, di awn by fom' white horses; eturiages containing Lieutenant Gov- ernor Nlppeit, the Joint legislative eomniIttee,and State ofliclnlsjband; U1. S. troops; Ohio Nnttounl Guard, Gen, John 0. Sparks, commanding; Inde pendent military organizations, Uni cerslty cadets, etc., rrcsldent W. O. Thompson, of tho State Uulvcrslty, commanding; BJalne club and band, of Cincinnati; Itullsplltters and Lin coln cluli nnd baiuls of Toledo, Col umbus, Dayton and other ltcpubllean clubs. Col. Jamoi Kilbouriie, tlio de feated Democratic candidate for gov ernor, brought up tho rear with, tho employes of his big factory. Company V, of Akron, commanded by Capt. Herman Werner, wns con spicuous among the National Guard. Tho ceremonies will close, with n public leception at tho state liousu this evening. 1'iccedlng the public recep tion, will bo a reception for the judges of tho Supremo Coiut, members of tho legislature, state oltlclals, army and military otllcers, presidents and mem bers of tlio faculty of colleges. K. .1. MUHDOQH. Called on tho President. Washington, Jan. ja. Amb.ibsndor Ohoato called on tho President today. Ho wilt sail for Englnml on Wcdnes day. He wild that his visit to tho Whlto House was meiely to pay his icspqcta to thcl'resldent, Will Take Charge Wednesday. Wnshlngton, Jan.' 13. Henry 0. l'.iyne, the newly appointed Postmas ter General, will tnko tho oath of of fice Wednesday muiiilng, and imme diately nssuinu charge qf the department. Marconi Will Transmit Commercial Messages Across the Atlantic by Wireless Telegraphy. New York, .Inn. 10. Slgnor .Marconi inventor of wireless telegraphy, arriv ed here from Canada wheio ho litis been the guest of honor at the annual banquet of the American Institute of Kleetrlcnl lliiglncors. On Wednesday he avHi nail for L'urope. Marconi de scribed his recent experiments In wire lets telegraphy between New Found laud and Cornwall, Kngland, nnd said STOCKHOLDERS In the Painesville Bank Which Failed, .Arc Disagreeing. l'alncsvllle, 0 .Ian. in. The affalra of .thc People's Bank are becoming more complicated. 'ili action in tho appointment of County Clerk B. F. Crofoor, a receiver, docs not rcmii (o meet the approval of the mnjoiity of the stockholders of tho bank. A petition wns being circulated nnd signed by a majority of tho stock holders, protesting against the action' of Judge XT. S. Melejlf, ns the stock holders sodmed to prefer the orlzlnnl agreement with Hnrley Barnes an assignee. Crofoot'wns a largo deposi tor. BARLEY BURNED. Destructive Fire In a Chicago Elevator. Chicago, Jan. 13. A loss estimated at $27.-,O0O, was caused by a Are that, broke out early today in the plant of the J. F. Well biaueh of the American Malting Co. The property is situated on Wild st. The tire started In the ele vator, a great structure 150 feet high, covering an area 800 by 200 foot and Irving' a capacity of IMW.OOO bushels of grain. It was tilled with galley, almost to lis capacity. The. building was destroyed and the contents arc almost a total loss. , OVERCOATS . r f Were Desirable Property Fojt Thieves, Sunday. ' The sudden' turn In thd weather Is responsible, inoi'o or less, formthc dis appearance df two overcoats, Sunday. A gray coat aud soft lint, belonging to Wm. Worralls, was taken fiom the Claieudon hotel otllce at about' lioon. Sunday, and a coat belonging to It. O. Wclmer, valued at $15,was taken from au Knbt Market st., Invirdlng .house, tlio same day. The iwlke have, been notllicd of the dlappeartncc of both Coals. SCHWAB WON GREAT STAKES AT MONTE CARLO. na Single Day His Winnings Amounted to Americans Are Playing With Interior of Casino Monte Cirlo, Jan. l.l.-Chnrl'en M Schwab )s hero aild the lion pf tho day. His play nt the Casino hus eclipsed that of tho Karl of Bosslyu and hl famous system. Mr, Schwab's 'table (s constantly surrounded by a erovid watching tiro steel millionaire gumblo. Ho litis had extraordinary lucjc and lias repeatedly suiKeti wo maximum. What Mr. Sehwnb's luck is like can. bo gathered from the, fact tlnit the, croupier pushed over to him $110,000 a his winnings of one day's play. As Mr. Schwab sauntered from tablo to table playing tho maximums, he was followed by a crowd: At roul; ette en plain he won on No. 8 thp max--. Imum, $10,800, and on the nejft turn he played tho mnsimum on No. o aud also won. j The Karl of Itosslyn is playjng his. system with good success and ,1s now winning about ?."00 dally, Mr, Schwab Is. tho most staged at that the test letters were lccelvcd ex actly according to prearranged plans, both is to number n'nd speed. "As soon as I reach the other side," ho said, "I shall start to wuik to get stations In readiness for the trans mission of messages, commercial and otherwise, across tlfo Atlantic. Thero will be two stations' on each side, (hove In Kuropo being located at Coin- SNOW Made Inroads In IV Business. s Merchants and Railroads Affected. Snovy Plows on, Street Car Lines Kept Busy. The stiects Saturday evening were almost deserted on - account of the snow storm, and meichauts complain ed that Saturday's business was con slitciably below the usual record. Schedules' on the street car lines were knocked galley west, and snow plows weiu k,ept nt work from Saturday af ternoon till Sunday morning, and ai most till day Sunday The lines aro in fairly good shapejnow, but many peoplo wens obliged t6 walk Saturday night. Traffic on the steam roads, wns ex ceptlpnnjly free from serious trouble. 'BtillroBii- men say that while it was iicecssury, to Keep ' large gangs tit work keeping switches free of snow, there, huyc been no actual blockade);. ' Many , blelghs Merc in use Sunday nnd.Mondn'y, and the , sleighing is ic portcd5,' (is, being fair in tlio country. Con tlifuoiV cold wcatnVrijB iiredlcled. - . JO OUR READERS. ,TJio tempornry breaking down of the lJomocrnt's linotype machines Is the cause of whatever sluutcoinlngs nuiy.be apparent to our readers In to day's paper. I'.uts to replace the broken ones weie received this after noon, ami repairs hae been made so that, there will he no deficiency In to morrow's paper. at Monte Carlo. mnn visiting the Cinlno, all Kumpe hnvli)g learned tlint ho Is the highest salaried man lu the woild, and all Kutope being lepresentcd Iiqre. Monto Carlo is alive with Ameri ca ns, and the Ciihlno is tilled with thein-fim morning until late (it night. ', Several American juichtti nro lu the hat'iioV, anil the hotel registers nie filled' with' naums familiar lu the United States, titlier Americans aro shnrlnir hick with r. Schwab at tho tables'. Mm. Heiiow'H wlnnlnurt icceutly appear to hhVn started the liik of American lUck, for her example- has bifen follow ed by many others. Madame Melbn, who Is also lieie, has been playing oc casionally and winning regularly. She Is' playing at the hermitage, the Duch ess pf Miiilborough'H cozy little place, aud.tnuW In the CiMuo dally, playing 2.1 front: stakes. - Slfq is. olio of tlx'NO who have, been tyloK'l'l& I-01'11 J''J"'" Byslcm, autl wall nnd Belgium. Thosexin the other side will be at Nova Scotlu and Cape Cod." At the banquet tonight Slguor Mar coni Is expected to speak regarding his recent achievements. Others on the list of speakers are Meat. General Ncl miii A. Miles, Hear Admiral Bradford and I'rof. Puhln, of Columbia University. CARNEGIE Will Also Give Columbus a brary Building. Li. Columbus O., Jan. ia. Andrew Carnegie has offered this city $150, 000 for a public library building, with the stipulation that the city piocuio nsite and expend not less than ?1S, 000 upon Its nia Intent nee. President J nines J. Thomas, of council, sajs that body will unanimously accept Mr. Carnegie's offer. Mr. Carnegie in his letter favois branch libraries and In timites that when the city's growth wnrrants them another large gift may be expected. GHOST DRILL Was a Novel Feature of an En tertainment. The entertainment gicu In St. Ber nard's school hall, Sunday evening, wns well attended and heartily enjoy ed. It Is due to the hard work of Mrs. M. A. Gcrmann, assisted by Miss Mtiry G. Wnldvpgel aud Mr. F. J. Wanderer, that the affair was gotten up and pushed to a successful termin ation. , Tlio piogrnm consisted of n Mother Goove frolic, music and a ghost drill by tho youug ladles of the church. Clevolnnd, O., Jan. 1.1. One of the most shocking eases of self-destruction which has oier been known In tho city occurred nt No. U2 Franklin alley at an eally hour Sunday. Emory Szoc-s.-arHungaflnn, employ-' ed by TheodorRuffdlzPa hewing' ma chine cabinet manufacturer, after hav ing locked himself In 'a room deliber ately saturated his clothing with kero sene oil nnd set flro to It. Ho died nt St. John's Hospital at 0:30 o'clock In the morning. Pioneer Will Speak. Major Baiuett, n pioneer in Kalxn tlon army work in South America, and Adjutant Boyd, of Cleveland, will speak tonight In Salvation Aiuiy lrall. a Small Fortune Other Success. Charles M. Schwab. lias been e.tinoidnary hticceijsful, I.ory Hosslyn's descent upon the Ciihlno, Is ithe'talk pf the place, and ev erywhere, timl coiervatlnii concerns Itself with his system. Time after time men have1 descended upon Monte Carlo with systems mid hae been wel coined., with op?u anus, as was Lord Itosslyn; only to leave nt the end of varying perlqds -plucked anil penniless, I.onl Itosslyn. however, has passed the danger period pf four days set by him self and is now ou tho highway of riches. Siinouuded by members of tlio "syn. dlcato" formed by him In Hondon to break the bank, he plays dally, and, though the $r00 he has been averag ing for the Inst few days Is not tlio amount ho set jnt to win dally, ho has coutlned himself to tlmt as being a ante dividend maker and Is always pulled away from tlio tnbles by the otticlnls of tln syndicate when he be gins to bet In the high tlgures. i TAXATION Bills Are Coming Before the Legislature. Liquor Men Will Have a Local Option Bill of Their Own. (Special Corrcsiwndenco.) Columbus, O., Jim. 1.').t-T1ic inau guration Interfered with the session of tho House of Itepresentntlvcs and the Senate. While they met Monday, the meeting wns merely perfunctory. Little business was transacted, as the members w ere to take part in the exer cises. Many of the Jtcprescntntlvcs and Senators arrhed Sunday, so as to be hue In time for the exercises. The Tom Johnson bills will' be the, tlrst to be dumped Into the hopper beginning Tuesday. It is said that a member of the Cleveland delegation has them hi his grip now, and hut they will be offered as soon as ho can get the car of the Speaker. A two cent fare bill Is to be offered and a bill making it a special crime to throw vitriol will be among the early ones to go In. Tho taxation question will be likely to divide the majority, for there Is a difference of opinion as to how the question ought to be met.- Some mem bers are of the opinion that if assess- C0L4JAS. One of the Chief Workers For OFFER For Entire Telephone System. r Bell People and John R.. McLean Wish to Buy, ' Cleveland, Jan. lit. A large,, majority In the 'amount of theMTedltdrs-uf 'the Ketleinl Telephone compuny, owneil and controlled by the Kvere;tt,-Moore syiiuiciire, nviu in session new jtsilt- day. A huge part of the conference was taken up lu discussing various proposals for the purchase. f the eji tire piopertles. ' Creditors have expressed a desire to stand by tho syndicate, and if possible insist them In keeping tho property under their control. They favor tho depositing of nil the sfo'elis nnd' bonds of the constituent companies owrird by the Federal Telephone eompiny, in some big trust company, to le ued nrf collateral security for .a new JVnc .of, bondK these bonds to lie accepted ns payment for the claims beld 'by Jlip creditors, and thus enable tija syndi cate to go on with 'tho operutiDn of tlie company, and keei It lindeWjIfe' Mif trol. If the ilnn goes tliro'ugli it'wlll furnish ready money Ho unWi.MUiiTim pleted plants, principally . f Detroit and Unytoii. . .,.,...,,. The bankers' committee, has hud one bona lido offer for the sale. of ifhe en tire 1'cdernl system, the offer connug, It is said, from the Hell Te)enuono company. An offer froni'.Iohn-H.'Mc-Lain has also been received, The Weather,: KAIK AND CONTINUKD COLD TONIGHT AND TUK$DAV. ors and County Auditors did their duty and were backed up In that duty by Bonids of Equalization, there would be no occasion for a great deal of tax ation legislation. It Is said that as sessors am largely to blame for tho Inequality of taxation, and an enforce ment of existing laws would reach the case and correct the evil, without additional laws. Governor Narti's no tions on the question of abolishing tho State lax will be embodied in a bill early this week. The liquor intcicsfs have come to tho conclusion that they aro oip against a very strong proposition. There Is a disposition on tho sldo of tho majority to settle tho liquor ques tion definitely, and the brewers and dealers generally have como to know this. So ihey are making preparations to merit it. One way they think of meeting It is to offer a bill of their own They would make tho ward op tlon bill Icf-s obnoxious by making it apply only to residence districts. GKO. T. BLAK& KILBOURNE, the Success of the Inauguration. BAND CONCERTS WILL BE GIVEN. Manager Albaugh's Plan Will be Carried Out Manager T. K. Albaugh.of tho Grand Opera house, nnd the different band leaders, did not meet Sunday, as had been arranged, regarding Sunday con certs, but Manager Alhaugb said to day that everything in thla matter was going along nicely, and tho plan would undoubtedly be a success Tho first concert will, in nil probability ba given Sunday night. It Is not known a't pres ent which band will open tlio concert scries. , GRABBED ' Burning Umbrella and Saved the Restaurant .Mr. X. L. Griner, of tho Arm Grlner & lU'itt-cb, by great presence of mind saved the Delicatessen restaurant from what might have resulted lu a disas trous tire, Saturday een!ng. An umbrella In somo way fell fiom the rack on which overcoats and urn. brelhis aie hung, and lauded ou top of a gas stove. It immediately caught tlio and threatened tho whole rack. Mr. Griner, howccr, grasping tho sit uation, seized tho burning umbrella, and throw it out n back window. A humorous fe-ituro of tho occasion Is, that so far, no ono hus been ablo to And out to whom tho umbrella be longed. "Whose uinbralla was It? Grlner's?" aro tho questions which are puzzling the uiluds of Delicatessen diners. - i . h H ! 'J I ii I i -a ft I c k m i I ! i l I If I & "it " "v,S?