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mmnwkA& PWPfPII?IP i'IH? W'p4'111 5JJPV' " AKRON DAILY DEMOCRAT. f yiooa -. VOLUME lO-N UMBER 210 AKRON, OIHO. THURSDAY GVEN1NO JANUARY PRICE ONE CENT. twmmmmw wwww -w , wwvw iw"wi u pimfi jwpnwif jj ihjviipj -j . $ I l&. ' PsV m Is--- i h FIGHTING --- Grows More Bitter and Hanna May Be Doomed. Cox Is on the Ground the V (Special Correspondence.) Columbus, O., .Tnn. 2. As the hour for tlio organization o the Sennto and House drnws nenrer, the contest between the Hanna nnd Foraker forces grows more bitter. The Hanna men hnvo practically given up hope of lauding their candidates In the Senate and are concentrating their ,ef fprts on tho House. Uoth factions claim to have sufficient votes to win out, but the Foraker men are giving reasons why tliey will bo successful, while tho Hannaltes nre simply mak ing broad claims and not backing thein up. Tho fact thnt the Hnnua men have called oiv Gen. Dick to come here nnd take personal charge of the campaign Is evidence that they consider the situation perilous. Dick is expected here this afternoon. Geo. B. Cos and tho Hamilton county dele gation arrived at noon and lined up with tho Foraker forces. Cox says ho is in the tight to win, and he generally does make good. Many Legislators , arrived today. The excitement is In tense. K. J. MURDOCH. A "White Lie" Was The King's Remedy. People ofEngland Arc , Clever and Tactful. . . Mrs. George Keppel. London, Jan. 2. English bocicty is again tnking occasion to acclaim the King not only us tho tlrst gentleman, but tho cleverest man In Europe. It Is said here that the Queen wns not 111, as oiliclnlly reported, but wns on gryrnnd it wns tho Queen's nnger and !tft Illness that caused tho King's abandonment of tho Sundrlnghnm Christmas party. x Tho. Queen, It is said, learned that Mrs. Georgo Keppel had been Invited to Sandrlngham for Chrlstmns and sought the King nt Marlborough House tq Inform him thnt she could not go if Mrs. Keppel went, Tliu King was un able to go without tho Queen, as tho court circular had published tho pTunof the Sundrlughnm party. and Foraker Forces Have Leacl. Columbus, O., Jan. 2. There is noth ing more plainly, evident today thau that this in a ught to n finish between tho Hanna and Foraker men In Ohio. While the latter liavc'ull along declar ed that there was nothing factional In the pending contest, tho mask is diopped now. They no longer mako any secret of thoir,lntcntlon to defeat Senator M. A. Hauna, if it is possible, In this struggle with the presumable purpose in view of retiring him from tho United States Scuote and from Ohio politics In 1003. Senator Hauna's political sagacity was not at fault when, early In the complication, ho resolved to force tho light. Tho blindest in politics can now plainly see that this struggle is not for the mere control of the Legis lature nnd the possession of a few unimportant offices, but to end Marcus A. Hanna's Influence nnd prominence In Republican affairs in Ohio. It is stated heic thnt to members of the Legislature who call upon hlui hi Cin cinnati, Senator Foraker says that If they want to end Hanna's domination in tho State now Is the time to strike the blow. Calling Their Sovereign of tho King nnd Queen to spend their Chrlstmns at Snndringlinm. A plaus ible public explanation of tho abandon inent of tho Baudi'lughnui visit on Christmas ove. was necessary, and flio King, equal to tho emergency, cnused tho announcement that the Queen was Indisposed. But tho only person 111 nt Marlbor ough House was Mies Charlotto Knot lys, (laughter of tho King's secretary, and herself tho secretary ami friend oi the Queen. Thc Roynl Physician, Sir Francis Lnklng, visited Marlborough, not to seo tho Queen, but to nttenfj Miss Knollys. Last Clirlstmus Mrs, Keppel and her husband were members GROVER CLEVELAND MAY REPRESENT US AT KING EDWARD'S CORONATION. Chicago,, Jnn. 2. A Washington dis patch to tho "Inter Ocean" says: "Ex-Presldont drover Cleveland may be tho representative- of tho United Stntos at tho coronation of King Ed ward VII, if ho will acept the appoint, lucnt. President Hoosevclt has had several names suggested for tills honor, anions them those of Whitelaw Rcid, who was tho representative of tills govern ment at the Jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria, and ex-Senator Wo! cott, of Colorado, who Is popularly I SHE IS NOW MRS. HERZOG, And Courts May Decide the Ex tent of Her Wealth. Now York, Jan. 2. Fannie ltnync McComb has risked tho loss df mil lions for love's sake by marrying Lewis Herzog. The ceremony- wns performed by Itev. Dr. Henry Van dyke at the Brick Presbyterian church, In the presence of a few of the young people's friends. The bride is a daughter of the millionaire, James J. McComb, who died on March 111, nt Dobbs Ferry. Mr. MeConib objected to Mr. Herzog as a prospective son-in-law, and n few days before his dentil ho added a codicil to his will, which has deferred the wedding until the present. McComb's fortune wns estimated nt upward of $20,000,000. By his will, which has been in exist ence for years, his daughter, Fannie, would have received upward of $!, 000,000. By the codicil, it was piovid ed that If she man led Mr. Herzog she should bo cut off with an income of ."515,000 a year during her life, $3110, 000 to go on her death to each of her children. Soon after her father's death Miss McComb brought suit against the Title Guaranty nnd Trust com pany, executor of tho will, seeking to have the courts declare tho codicil void. Tho courts refused to consider the question prior to (he uinrriuge of Miss McComb. CONTEST Over Barberton Post office. Two Candidates Working Hard For Appointment. Thorc is u lively contest over the post office nt Bnibrrtou. The term of Geo. Shnw, as postmaster, expires in the spring, nnd lie Is a candidate for re-nppolntment. Thos. E. Davis is also a leading candidate. Botl) hnvo applied to Congressman Dick, nnd are putting up a strong light. Others are talking of going nfter the appointment. FATAL ERROR. Society Woman Took Wrong Medicine and Died. Detroit, Jan. 2. Miss Bouhla Wheel, cr, n society woman, died early today, at her homo from arsenic poisoning. Last ovenlng she retired tp her room to rest before, shirting for tho theater. Soon afterwards, Miss Wheeler enjled to her mother for aid, "nnd snld 'she had taken tho wrong medicine. Thc physicians were Immediately summon ed nnd they workea over MlbS Wheeler nil night. Sho died just before day light. She was 22 years of age. "DEAR AOTHER" May Never Receive the Letter Her Boy Wrote. Chicago, Jan. 2. Georgo F. Dono vnn attempted highway robbery Ins! night on Calumet uve. and was shot and killed by his intendend victim, Eu gene Heater, llnanclal editor of n Glu cngo newspaper. Ho Is thought to be tlio son of respected parents living In Springfield, Mass. In his pocket was found n letter addressed "Dear Moth er," nnd signed "Will." dated Manila, Jan. 30, 1001, and ho referred to dq mestlc affairs in Springfield. It indi cated tho wr.ter to bo n stenographer in the employe of tho United Stafes Commission nt Manila. Joint Installation. Akron nnd Adonlram lodges F, nnd A. M., will hold n Joint Installation of officers Monday evening. A bouquet will close the exeiclsea, , ANNUAL Banquet of Four F It Was Held In Gen. Dick's Home. Ten Members of the Club Were Present. Members of the Four F's club wero entertained New Year's day by Gener al and Mrs. Chns. Dick, at their homo on West Market st. An elaborate dinner was served, nnd scleral hours spent In ii very pleasant manner. This club, whose nntue the Four F's has no particular significance, wns organized by Akron school boys, among w'liom was Chds. Dick, 27 years ago Ever since thnt time tho mem bers have met annually, on New Year's day, and participated In a ban quet. During the past 27 years only one death hns occurred within the circle, that of Chas. M. Henry, in Akron, lust spring. ''Some of thc mem bers nre not living in Akron now, and tho guests at General Dick's, .Wednes day, were all of' Akron. With -Gen. Dick there weic 19 membcrs'';of tho club present, tho other nine being W. C. Flnlcy, Frank A. Selberllng, Jnmcs Christy, jr., John M. Rowley, Fred W. 'Butler, - C. Miles, Harry B. Houghton, Samuel Miller and Fred E. Smith. After dinner the "boys" sang their old school day songs, nnd iccalled inci dents of-tho past. It was decided to increase the scope of hospitality so that friends of tho uiQinbois of tho club, both old and young, may be Invited. Next year tho. banquet will be served In u large nail. ALIVE AND WELL. The Only Information Concerning Miss Stone. Washington, Jan. 2. The last advice of - tho State department respecting Mis? Stono and her companion, said both were alive and well, though still In captivit,y. Further Information as to their case Is not obtainable. PRESIDENT Promised to Read Declaration of Independence. Washington, Jan. 2. Representative Richardson, of Tennessee, tiie minority leader In tho House, today personally presented tho President n set of his compilations of the messages and pa pers of the residents of tho United States. In making thc presentation Mr. Richardson personally asked the Pros. Jdcnt to read caiefully the Constitu tion nnd Declaration of Independence. Tlio President took tho joko good nn turcdly nnd replied thnt ho would. HORRIBLE Accident Caused Death of Pcnn sylvaniaBoy. Huntington, Pa., Jan. 2. Frederick Rupert' nged 18 years, had his head brown off today by the accidental dis charge of his gun. Young Rupert hod tried to shoot n hawk, but the un failed to discharge. He attempted to locate tho trouble by blowing Into tho muzzle of tlio gun, when the weapon cNpIodcd. Tho entire charge entering Rupert's mouth, known in England. Hold's friends say that President McKluley promised to send him to the coronation. Wolcott, on the other hand, is one of the close friends of President Roosevelt. To ap point either of these gentlemen would disappoint the other more than if a third mnn is selected. "President Roosevelt knows that he could not lliid a man better quulllled to represent th( American people at the coronation of King Kdward. Mrs. Clou-land would nlso be n good repro- bciitntlvc of American wnianhood. The question Is whether Mr. Cleveland will accept this commission." NICE CAR NEARLY READY. Mr. Everett and Mr. Moore Will Greatly Enjdy It. Cleveland, O., Jan. 2. Tho splendid new tiolley car which is being con structed in Philadelphia for Henry Everett, and other membeis of his syndicate will soon be completed. It Is said to bo tho finest electric car ever built, mid will be used by the officials of the Everett-Moore syndi cate in making inspections of the lino in this system. Thc car Is CO feet long, provided with n bullet, four berths, bath room and observation apartment and will be magnificently furnished. MISSOURIAN Is Spending Holidays With Akron Brothers. Mr. E. R. Clough of Lebanon Mo., has been spending the holidays with his brothers, Messrs Charles and Wal ter Clough, of this city. Mr. Clough was an Akron mari before the war, having enlisted here. He served in Company H, 103th O. V. I. At Leban on Mr. Clough has a very tine fruit farm and Akron friends who have been fnvored with apples therefrom testify to tho excellence of the farm's products. " -v. SPANISH' Teacher For the South End Club. Has Organized Classes For Pri vate Instruction. Mr. Miguel Ensenat, the young Porto Ricnn who wns brought to Akron re cently by Mr. H. C. Corson, for the purpose of teaching Spanish ut the South End club has opened classes nnd will tench the Spanish language prl vatcly, for some time. Mr. E nsenat Is of pleasing address, and has been In the .United States for more than a year, and was a resident of Guayanin, Porto Rco, during thc Spanish-American war. Ho believes thnt there is as much room for de velopment nnd betterment for Porto ltlcnns in the United States, as oppor tunities for Americans in tho new pos sessions of the United States.. "Spaniards, goncrajly, are greatly (lis. satisfied with tho order, of things that has come with the result of the Spanish-American war," said Mr. jijs'jiat to n reporter for the Democrat, Thurs day morning, "but Portjo Rlcans nre very hopeful of better things to come for them." GOLD WATCH Presented by Street Car Men to Supt. Dalton. Mr. Harry E. Dalton, who resigned his position as superintendent of the X. O. T. Co., was very popular with tlio street ear "icn. On Xew Year's evening, 53 of them called on Mr. Dalton nt his home, and presented him a fine gold watch, ns n token of their esteem. Play Will bo Repeated. " "Tho Sleeping Beauty" will bo given in K. O. T. M, hall tomorrow evening for the beucllt of thc Cty hospital, by substantially tho. sn'rjp cast at put on the play for the benefit of St. Pnul's Episcopal church building fund a ir.w weeks ago. The entertnlument de serves 11 generous patronnge. The-Weather: PARTLY, OI,OUDY AND COLDER TONIGHT; RAIN AND SNQW IN NORTHEAST PORTION; FRIDAY, FAIR OR SNOW. TRUSTEES ii f i. - i m Hold the Everett-Moore Syndicate Properties. No Akron Interests Affected by This Action- Statement by Trustees' Committee. Cleveland, Jan. 2. A eomratitcc of Cleveland bankers has taken charge of the various properties controlled by the Everett-Moore Sndlcate. The Everett-Moore syndicate owns and controls many trolley and tele phone Hues throughout Ohio and Mich igan . Following arc the more Im portant street car companies: The Cleveland Electric Railway Co., the Detroit United Railway Co., the Cleveland, Patuesvlllc nnd Eastern Railway Co., the Detroit nud Toledo Shore Line Railroad Co., and the Lake Shore Electric Railway Co., and the Xorthern Ohio Traction Co. The committee says that nil these proper ties were found hardly without ex ception In good condition, perfectly solvent and in no wise embarrassed. Among the telephone systems are the United States Long Distance Tele phone Co., the Cuyahoga Telephone Co., of Cleveland; The Stark County (Ohio) Telephone Co., the People's Telephone Co., of Detroit,' n.nd others. Expert accountants have been em ployed to examine and report upon thc condition of all the various compan ies. The committee organized by elect ing H. It. Xewcomb us chairman; Mr. E. Tilottson, secretary. A statement Issued by the committee late this afternoon, says In part: It became apparent some time ago to sonic of the members of1 the Ever ett-Moore syndicate, so called, that on account of the tight money situation in the different centers where they wero financing some of their enter prises, that, although in" their opinion they owned scvcinl million dollars worth of pioperty over nnd nbove their liabilities, that they would be unable without temporary assistance to mee. their obligations which were about to become due, nnd the obligations of some of tlfe corporations which were controlled by them. , Many of these obligations arose from the fact that the syndicate Is engage. In the construction of a number of en terprises which were not yet fully com pleted, refilling largo amounts of money to pay for labor and material in tha construction. Tho syndicate was also recently dis appointed in being unable to complete the negotiations for the raising of a large sum of money upon certain bonds nnd stocks belonging to them 'which would hnvo furnished them with ready funds and which negotiations they had reason to believe, ten days ago, kyould rosult favorably. Some of thc members of the syndi cate, when it became apparent to them that 'ninny of their liabilities which wero coming due about the first of Janunry could not bo met, called to gether some of their personal advis ers to advise with them as to what was best to be done. These gentlemen exnudncd very fully iuto all of the nffairs of those, compos ing the syndicate and were furnished BONDSMEN Of Mrs. Fulmcjr Secured From Loss. Hearing of the application for release of tho bondsmen of Mrs. Melvlna Fill mcr, of Brittnin, guardian of her hus band, who Is in an Insane asylum, has again been continued in Probate court. However, tho bondsmen linvc been secured fiom any loss that might result from their being on 'Mrs, Ful mer's bond, us she has some property of her own, nud has given tho bonds men n 11101 tgnge against it. The bonds men became frightened when Mts. Fuliner wns swindled out of $L500. ADMINISTRATOR. W. R. Kepler has been appolnted'nd mlnlstrntor of tho estate of Heury A. Strole, in Tnllmadge. , Mr. W. J. McMlnn, formerly of the Emplro hotel, Is visiting Akron friends. Mr McMlnn Is now manager of 11 large Chicago restaurant. Ho said Thurs day that the holiday business in Chi cago this season was by far tho great est In the Windy City's hisfiiry. r with very full and complete informa tion. They found further from their investigations that in the telephone sit uation, while among its different ele ments It had many companies that had fully completed their equipment and wero on a paying basis, that there were others that needed material. They also found that so far as the pergonal affairs of the syndicate were concerned that their equities were, iu their opinion, largely in excess of their liabilities that In their Judgment ah of the personal creditors could be paid without doubt from the assets nnd several hundred thousand dollars put in for the completing of the proper ties. They found there were in Cleveland upwards of 30 banks that were their creditors and that three banks held the choicest of the securities and the most equities. Messrs. Everett and Moore stated that they were perfectly willing to turn all of -leir matters nnd proper ties over to n committee that should be appointed to handle them In connection with themselves to preserve tho most equity among all creditors in the be lief that when their properties were developed and creditors paid, there would be .1 substantial amount to re turn to them. The personnel of the commlttee Is as follows: R. R. New comb, Myron T. Herrick, J. J. Sullivan, Calvary Morris, Kaufman Hays, E. G, Tillotson and W. G. Mather. These gentlemen were selected, not espc-, daily on account of any interest di rectly involved but because of their well known ability and integrity. At a meeting held at which Messrs. Everett and Moore were present, more than 50 of all the indebtedness wns represented. The parties attending the meeting expressed themselves unanimously and In favor of the plan and recommended to their Institutions that they should extend the indebt edness of the Everett-Moore syndicate for n period of not exceeding 18 months conditioned upon the commit tee named having entire charge of all" of the nffairs connected with the syn dicate and their various interests. Papers have been drawn looking toward such extension and the empow ering of the , committee to act, and they have been executed by the mem bers of the Everett-Moore syndicate nnd aro now being executed by tho Cleveland banks, as rapidly as ppssl ble. All other creditors nre to be urged to unite with the Cleveland creditors in granting the extension. AKRON INTERESTS SAFE. " Vice President Will Christy, of tho X. O. T. Co., said that no local con cerns were affected by the Everett Moore property's being placed In the hands of trustees. "It will not retard progress or change plans of the N. O. T. Co.," he said. Moore's being presi dent of the N. O. T. Co. does not sfg rlfy a great deal." DR. GUNNISON. Prominent Man Will Open Lecture Course. President Aimon Gunnison, D. D., who is to open the College Lecture Course Jan. 3, nt tho Universalis! church, with his illustrated lecture on "The Cathedrals of England," baa Kiwiiuu mi envuiDio reputation as n writer and speaker. Through his most readable book, "Rambles Overland," and his topical writings for periodical! ho takes rank ns one of tho finest de scriptive writers In the United States. During tho 28 years of his ministry hs was tho popular pastor and preachei of tho First churches in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Worcester, Mass. About five years ago ho wns called to tho presi dency of St. Lawrence University, Can ton, X. Y., which position ho most ef ficlently and popularly holds to th present time. Death of Mrs. Pontii us. rONTIUS-Mrs. Catherine S. Pom tlus, nged 09 years, died Wednesday at her homo In Springfield township. 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