The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-31
OHIO STATE NEWS.
STATE SCHOOLS AND LAWS.
Unusual Interest in the Report OF Com.
missioner Cnrson.


Hon. o. r. Carson, state school com.
missioner, has filed his annual report
with the governor. 1t contains an exc
haustive review of the school laws OF
the state since 1906 down to tile enact
ment of the Workman law of last win
ter, which goes into effect in April
next, and the commissioner expresses
the opinion that it will prove highly
beneficial TO The schools. This con-
clusion is reached after a thorough in
vestigation of the subject of organiza-
tion and supervision in other states. At
the examination for high school certifi-
Gates in the several counties under the
BoXwell law there were 2, 151 applicants,
of which ,Os2 were boysand 1909 girls;
6S7 boys and 654 girls were awarded
diplomas
Attention is called to the amendment
to the compulsory education law which
provides that all youth between eight
and sixteen years of age, not engaged
| in some regular employment, shall at
| tend school for the full term the schools
are continued in the school year, ETC."
! and to the recent opinion of the attor-
! ney general regarding this matter.
| Reference is also made to the text book
| law of 1891 and to the satisfactory re-
| suits secured by its provisions In this
connection Commissioner Corson makes
| the following statement: ut might
also be well to extend the powers of the
! boards of education under this law by
authorizing them to furnish text books
free Of charge to the pupils attending
the schools under their control when
! IL, +b.i,. g1,an
wise. 1t will thus leave it to each COM
munity to dispose of the question of
! free text books in such manner as it
may deem best"
| The report shows that since April 16,
| 1892, when he entered upon his official
| duties, Commissioner Corson has visited
| teachers institutes in thirty-nine diff
| ferent counties and taken part in their
exercises also, the national educational
association, the state teachers associa-
ton, four different sectional associa-
| tions Of the state and similar meetings
in ten different countless also, that he
was present at the closing exercises Of
about thirty different schools and coll
leges. In making these visits over H..
600 miles were Travelled and nearly 100
talks were made.
AN unknown man was found dead
along the tracks of the Valley railroad
near North Industry. II is supposed
that he was run down by train.
WILLIAM GWEN hanged himself in
Jail at Canton. He had been incarcer-
ated on the charge Of stealing his room
mates watch.
SEVERAL saloonists were arrested at
Newark for violating the midnight law.
One is councilman.
THE Star laundry and adjoining frame
buildings, at GAINESVILLE, were burned
at midnight with loss Of S5 OOO par
TALLY covered by insurance. The origin
was probably inceudiary.
Mrs. JANE PORTER prevented her
aged fathers marriage to a Miss Miller,
a clerk at Steubenville by making APP
plication for guardian for him. He is
John Garret, sr., a wealthy river engi-
neer A bachelor brother lately left
him quarter of million.
JAMES MORROW, an employe of the
Lima Steel Casting works, was hurled
under ton Of iron the other day, which
fell from the crane. He was rendered
unconscious and will die.
A SPECIAL census of the city, taken
by order of council, shows Canton to
have population Of 80, 167, an increase
over 1890 Of nearly 5000.
DURING a fox hunt near Newton
Falls, gun in the hands of Flenry
King, wealthy farmer was accident
ally discharged. The ball struck DaN-
iel Techlitner, a tenant of Kings, who
was Leading the hounds a few steps In
advance of the hunters. below the
shoulderblade passing clean through
his body, inhicting fatal wound.
King is crazed with grief over the
accident TeehHtner is forty years of
age and has wife and family of four
children.
SOME weeks ago Joseph Byers, clerk
of the board Of state charities, forward
ed to the chiefs Of police or marshals Of
400 cities and towns in Ohio blanks to
! be filled ont with prison statistics OF
, that number sent out there were but
100 returns. These reports show the
, following items: Cost of erection of
city prisons in 1870 cities and towns, in
+ cludnR in some places the city halls,
S2OS, IA; number of cells, 51s; majority
OF prisons heated by stoves, but some
not at all; number of prisoners that can
be accommodated, 9ss; total number of
inmates for the year ending September
l. 1892 were 80, $50. OF this number 81
were insane, and 2,146 were under the
age Of 16 years.
4 EDWARD MAULEY had several fingers
J taken off in machine at the Deuber
g watch case works, Canton.
: john FREYHoFE, jealous gardener
}. near UrbanN, fatally kicked his wife
a and then shot himself.
DIpHTHERIA is causing a frightful
| mortality among the children Of Pal
: myra, a mining village twelve miles
north of Alliance.
e BURGLARS got sos from John Whites
i house, Delaware.
n WM. LYAN, while out coon hunting,
e fell over the rocks at Cedar Falls, dis
h tancc of one hundred and sixty feet, and
, was killed.
e CAPT AMOS CLARK, of Dayton, died a
Is few days ago He was formerly chief
of police,
THE police commissioners of Column
bus have Instructed the chief of police
u to close saloons at midnight and keep
u gamblers under cover al all times, and
ID require both TO observe responsibility
J. on Sunday