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VOLUME lONUMBER 120
AKRON, OniO. SATURDAY fDVEJttNtt, SEPTEMBER 7, 1001.
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Buffalo. Sept C (Spl.) 3:50 p. m. President McKinley was shot twice
at the Pan-American grounds this afternoon by an Insane man. One bul
let took effect In tbu shoulder and the other in th e breast. .
He has been removed to Service Building Hospital at the grounds.
Latet It Is now said that one bullet struck tho president In th"o cheek
and the second shot !u t be groin. Both wounds ore serious.
Latest report is that the
Amalgamated 'Will Hot
Accept Schwab's Terms.
Morning Hopes For Peaceful Settle,
ment Were Destroyed.
PITTSBURG, PA., SEPT. 6.-(SPL.)
THE STEEL TRUST PROPOSI
TION HAS BEEN TURNED DOWN
BY THE AMALGAMATED ASSO
CIATION. THE TRUST AN
Morning's Prospects Were Bright.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 6. (Spl.) Hope
that the great steel strike may at last
be settled h warranted by the hur
ried assembly of tho Amalgamated
Association Executive Board this
morning to consider the more recent
peace proposition submitted by Presi
dent Schwnb of tho U. S. Stool cor
poration. The members of the Board arrived
eurly and Immediately went Into sec
ret session. Nearly every momber of
tho Board was present Members of
the Board freely oxpressed tho hope
that peace will be reached as a result
of today's meeting. They are moro
:ound in an Augur Hole
. Fat Roil Brought to Light.
Norwalk, O., Sept. 6.-(Spl.)-Thco-doro
Saunders, of IJron&ou, whllo tear
ing down an old log barn, found a roll
of bank notes tucked away in an au
gur hole, with a face value of $120.
One bill was a one hundred dollar noto
on tho New York bank, dated 1830,
a ten dollar noto on a Philadelphia
band dated 1835, 31 ten dollar notes
Because She Was
Now York, Sept (J.-(Spl.)-Chlded
by her husband because sho took too
much wlno, Martha Peters, n bride of
but three Tnonths, killed herself at a
merry dinner party at her home Wed
nesday night Peters found It neces
sary during tho dinner to mildly re
prove his wife for drinking moro wlno
than she should. Leaving the table,
Mrs. Peters ycnt to a sldo board and
filling a glass full of carbolic acid, sho
dramatically turned to her guests and
lets Took
to be Serious. Re
to Hospital.
President cannot recover.
NOUNCER THAT NO FURTHER
NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE HAD
AND SEVERS DEALINGS WITH
THE AMALGAMATED. THE
TRUST WILL TRY TO START Ai-S
ITS MILLS AT ONCE.
cheerful In spirit and unanimous in
tho expression that any honorable
terms of settlement will be accepted.
The proposal of Mr. Schwab was not
disclosed to tie Board until this
morning's session opened behind bar
red doors and guarded bull ways. Pres
ident Shaffer and other executive of
ttcers refused absolutely to bo seen by
reporters or to discuss tho proposi
tion President Shaffer had to lay
before the executive officers of the
Amalgamated Association.
It is felt, however, that the now
plans carry certain concessions not
contained In the previous proposal.
on the Chemung Canal bank, Elmlra,
N. Y dated Feb. 1, 1844.
Snunders took tho bills to tho Huron
Couuty bank In this city where it was
learned that the ono hundred dollar
and teu dollar Philadelphia notes weio
worthless, but the Elmlra bank still
existed and It has sent Sauuders a
draft for $310.
Scolded
Bride Killed Herself.
said: "Well, I am tired of this." With
that she swallowed the deadly poison
and died shortly after. Her husband
said today liquor was tho cause for
bis wifo's tragic end. "Time and
again sho promised me she would
stop drinking," Poters said, "but the
desire overcame her and tho old habit
would break out again." Mrs. Peters
was only 20 years old, She was a
Miss Martha Donnelly, of Perth Am-
boy, N. J.
Effect-
READY
For the Inquiry
Court.
:!2ST
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Nearly All Preliminaries
Over.
Schley Will Challenge
Howison's Right.
Inquiry Will Cost Uncle Sam
Nearly $100,000.
.Washington, Sept. 6. (Spl.) The
Navy department has summoned the
witnesses desired by AdmlralSchley
and c' asel, and the latter will, with
in a Jew days have the desired oppor
tunity of examining these In advance
of the sessions of the court. With the
exception of this preliminary examin
ation, Schley s counsel have practi
cally completed all the work which can
be done befoiehand and today's con
ference will bo practically the last
before tho 12th.
Delay is expected directly after the
first meeting of the court because
it has now definitely been decided that
Schley will challenge Real Admiral
Howlson on the ground that the opin
ions he has expressed In the contro
versy disqualify him from sitting as
a Judge in the case. Tho other two
members of the court will have to de
termine this Issue in advanco of all
others.
One of the mders bearing upon the
ceremonial side of the proceeding was
Issued last night. It prescribes full
dress uuiform for oflicers In attend
ance on the first day and service unl
foim thereafter.
It is now estimated tho cost of tho
Inquiry x will bo within tho $100,000
mnrk.
BELGIANS
Agree to an American
Trust.
Their Glass interests Will
Them Two Thirds.
Give
London, Sept. 0. (Spl.) Thu Bins
sels correspondent of the Financial
Nows, says that a majority of tho
Belgian glass works, have consented
the prluclple, to the formation of o
trust under American contiol, receiv
ing for their plants, one third tmb
and two thirds In shares of tho trust.
WU'S WORRY.
Company Coming and Money
Running Low.
Washington, Sept 0. (Spl.) Minis
ter Wu has Just received word that
Prince Chun who Is now In Berlin will
soon visit him. As tho Prince has a
suite of 57 and Wu's salary checks
havo not been coming regularly, he
fears ho 'may have to pawn some of jis
beat Chlueso brlcabrao to expend the
proper hospitality. ,.,.. - ,. ,
LONE WOMAN
May Cause a Strike of Uncle
Sam's Printers.
Washington, Sept. 6. (Spl.) A
strike may be caused In Uncle Sam's
big printing ofllce by one lone womnn.
Mis. Mary Callaghan, a piessCccder In
the government printing office, refuses
to join a new union, and ns the mem
bers of the organization arc pledged
to handle nothing but union material,
her refusal to join may lead to Inter
esting developments. As Mrs. Cal
laghan Is protected by the civil ser
vice rules, public printers will be
obliged to defend her against tho un
ion. FAMOUS LAWYER.
ustice Murphy, of Irish Supreme
Court, Is Dead.
London, Sept. 0. (Spl.) Justice
Murphy, of tho Irish Supremo court,
Is dead. Justice Muiphy obtained a
world-wide reputation In the early
eighties when ho was Crown prosecu
tor at famous Phoenix park murder
trial.
TO CLEVELAND
Self Confessed Murderer
Returned.
Denies All Knowleege of the
Killing ofoyes.
Chicago, Sept. 0. (Spl.) Detective
Parker returned to Cleveland without
Alfred Curry, alias Kearney, the self
confessed poisoner of Bill Kearney at
Delaware. Curry now denies any
knowledge of the Noyes muider, in
Cleveland. The law provides that n
confession cannot be used to conwet
without corrobointlvo testimony, so It
may bo some t me before Cuny is
brought back to Ohio.
Colombia Badly
Beset
Venezuela Attacks From
Three Sides.
Expeditions by Water
and by Land.
General Uribc Making Plans For
Big Campaign.
Washington, Sept. 0.-(Spl.) The
uows of tho invasion of Colombia by
an expedition coming from Ecuador,
with vesnolb and supplies, will, It Is
expected, bo folowed by the announce
ment of a land attack on the Colom
bian fiontier, tiora the neighborhood
of Maracnlbo, in Venezuela, where
General Uilbe-Uilhe, tho i evolution
ary loader, was collecting his forces,
when last hcaid from.
' At tho same timo tho Insurgents on
thft Istlimub of l'anainn will probably
inalto themsches unpleasantly promi
nont, and the Colombian goerumcut
will then Und itself attacked from
three sides. This Is In accordance with
tho plans nnuoituced by General Uilbe
Urlbe, a couple of months ago, when
he was In New York.
The Weather:
FAIR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
ALL SIDES.
ACTRESS HURT.
Fell Forty Feet During a Play's
Rehearsal.
New York, Sept. fl.-(Spl.j Laura
Burt, the actress, whll? rehearsing the
rldo of Dolores In a burlesque on "U.n
dor Two Flags" at the New York
theater yesterday afternoon was
thrown against a flimsy support at the
top of a 40-foot runway, and fell to
the bottom. She was seriously hurt
GOODRICH SHOP.
Scene of a Small Fire Friday
Morning.
An alarm from the B. F. Goodrich
J Oo. at 7:30 Friday morning drew a
larger crowd than any similar alarm
has done for weeks. A small blaze
in the cement room caused tho alarm,
but the fire was extinguished befoie
the department arrived.
Like McKinley's
Speech Well.
They Think His Policy
Good For Europe.
"Sounded the Death
Knell of McKinleyism."
London Editors View of His
Buffalo Statements.
London, Sept. 0. (Spl.) The Star,
commenting editorially on tho speech
of President McKinley at tho Pan-
American Exposition at Buffalo yester
day, speaks particular of the tariff
clause In the speech". The paper
fcays:
"President McKinley has sounded
the knell of McKluIeylsra. The aboli
tion of tariffs which are no longer
needed for revenue or the protection
of home industries means the leveling
the outworks of the protectionist
citadel, and a great victory for free
trade. If Mr. McKinley can carry
his iflpws It will be a capital thing
for Europe, but a still more magnifi
cent thing for the States themselves."
A COMMANDO
Captured Lock, Stock and Barrel
by British,
Mlddleburg, Capo Colony, Sept 0.
(Spl.) Col. Pcoboll's column has cap
tuied the whole of Lottor's commando,
near Peteisburg. The Boers lost 12
killed, -10 wounded and 103 takeu
prihoners. Two hundred horses wore
also capluied.
BIG CHIEF
Arrives In Cleveland For G. A.
R. Encampment.
Cleveland, Sept. 6. (Spl.) Com-mandei-iu-Chlef
Lee Rasslour, of St.
Louis, head of tho G. A. It, urrhed
In the city today. He will look after
G. A. R. matters preliminary to the
Grand Army festival to bo held here
next week.
CONVENT.
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Reports
Were Exaggerated.
Batesvllle, Ind., Sept G.-(Spl.)-Dr.
X. Sitka, physician to tho Immaculate
Conception convent, nt Ogdensburg,
says reports of an epidemic of typhoid
fover In the convent havo been exag
gerated. There arc now seven seilous
cases and several light ones. Tho
opening of the young ladles' seminary
has been postponed,
Now York, Sept 0. Opl.) A mes
senger hoy from Butrlll & Stltt,
stock brokers, lost a certified check
for $100,003.10 yesterday. No trace of
the lost check has yet been found.
BRITISH
Market Overflowed by
Supply of Peaches.
AH Are Grown In
of Last Year
It has been conservatively estimated
that during the week ending Friday
evening, SOOO bushels of peaches have
been sold In Akron. Of course, this
means that the sales next week will
not be so large, as the harvest Is now
In Its fulness, and nearly every fam
ily has canned laige quantities
While It is thought the later varieties
will be better the Hi" earlier ones,
it Is safe to say the canning season
is pretty well advanced. An aggre
gate of 5,000 bushels Is anticipated
for next week.
UGLY TEACHER WANTED-
OTHERS ALL GOT MARRIED,
Good Looking Young Women Need Not Apply
For Position.
Fredericktown, O.. Sept 6. (Spl.)
The school board of Butler has offer
ed a bonus for the homeliest teacher
in Ohio to take charge of the primary
department there for one year. Ugli
ness of person must be the successful
applicant's first qualification. Ability
as a tencher enters into the matter
later If at all. The lady to whom the po-
sltlon Is tendered must bign a. contract
not to get married until the end of the
Admitted That He Kissed Her,
But Didn't Like to Hear It Said.
Portsmouth, O., Sept. 6. (Spl.) A
pecullnr criminal libel case was heard
In 'Squire Searles' court at South
Webster, Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Sarah Wlnkhouse told some of her
neighbors that she saw Garfield Cole
grove kiss Miss Adelia Lair. Miss
Takes Himself Out of Her Way
Husband Wants a Divorce.
Detroit, Mich., Sept 6.-(Spl.)-Stanley
Johns, stage managor and a
member of "Tho Gamekeeper" com
pany, now playing here, has filed an
application for divorce from his wife,
whose stage name Is Marguerite Ne
Fond of the Excitement
Incendiary Fireman Caught.
New Philadelphia, O., Sept 6. (Spl.)
Robert W. Ditto, a former member
of the Now Philadelphia Fire depart
ment, was arrested hero and confessed
to having been the perpetrator of a
largo number of incendiary Arcs that
CAUCUSES.
Places
Where They'll
be Held.
Democrats Should Not Fail to
Attend.
The Democratic county convention
will bo held tomorrow and the cau
cuses tonight should bo well attended.
Tho hours are from 7 to 8 o'clock and
the places of the caucuses as follows:
First ward Central euglne house.
Second waid No. 2 eugfne house.
Third ward Barnett's livery stable.
Fourth ward Booth, at cor. Howard
and Bench sts.
Fifth ward, No. 3 englno house.
Sixth warrt-No. 0 engine house.
Seventh tvaid No, 4 engine house,
Eighth ward Booth at Intersection
Pearl, Wheeler and Grant sts.
Ohio, and Prices
Cut In Two.
Nearly all the peaches sold here ara
grown In Ohio, many of them in Sum
mit county. The crop on O. W. Hale's
fruit farm, along Merrlman st Is estW
mated at LGOO bushels.
As a rule, the friut Is of good quaU
ity, and prices are much cheaper than
during this time last year. Then tho
liest varieties sold at $2.25 a husbelj
now the best varieties are selling at
$1.30 per bushel, and the market is
overflowed by the supply.
It Is estimated that 1,300 bushels ot
peaches wll be sold In this city Satur
day.
school term. Recently the board em
gaged Miss Ada Long to teach the prl.
ruary room, but shortly after her elec
tion as teacher, bhe was married and
offered her resignation. Then anothec
beautiful young lady. Miss Myrtla
Stewart, received tho favorable con
sideration of the board. Her marriago
closed a little romance a week later.
Next Jennie Hall got the Job and a
husband at the end of the week.
Lair caused Mrs. Winkhouse to bo
arrested. Colegrove admitted to an
inquisitive attorney that he had kissed
Miss Lair many times, but swore that
he had not done so at the time and
place mentioned. Accordingly Mrs,
Winkhouse was bound over to thg
grand Jury.
ville. Johns says he applies for tho
divorce so he will not he a bar to hist
wife's progress In her profession.
He avers ho loves her with all hia
heart and that her affection for him
has been turned by a woman well
wnown in vaudovllle.
have occurred here during tho last
six months.
He gave no reason for his Incendiary
work except that ho liked to see tha
people get excited and run to the fires,
Ditto was held under $10,000 bond, i
VERY NICELY.
Kaiser Is Going to be Good to
Chun.
Berlin, Sept C Spl.) The Kalsefl
has invited Prince Chun, tho head o9
the Chinese expiratory mission to Ger
many to attend the naval manoeuvres
at Dantzlg. . , j
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Grands vs Peerless.
The Grands and Peerless bowling
teams will meet tonight on tho Grand
Alleys in a return game, after tho ona
played this week on the Howard et
alIeys- .x4
Akron Police Invited.
Chief Durkln and as many of tha
police as can attend havo received an!
invitation to participate in the fes
tivities of tho Republican campaign
opening at Delaware, 0., September
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