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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

aside by Mr.. Cleveland as one Of the special
friends Of the administration. When the ex-
governor and Senator Brice found themselves
on opposite sides Of the fence in regard to a
political nomination, has not the president,
almost without exception, favored the ex'
governor An affirmative response must be
made to all these questions.
Bot there may be a simple explanation TO
the ex.governor's seemingly inexphcable
action. Since he has become national figure
1t may be perhaps that he does not care to lie
known longer as "tooter," to quote a political
phrase, for the administration. He may want
to be known as his own man, and not MIR.
Clevelands. Or II may be that Mr. Campbell
does not consider himself in opposition to the
administration simply because he has some
opinions of his own on national questions that
he chooses to give utterance to without first
consulting the views OF the president. This is
freeman's privilege and certainly is the privi
lege of a man who stands as high in the
national democratic councils as Ex-Governor
Campbell.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Time to Take in Sail on Electric


January /, 1883, does not seem very long
ago. In that year in the whole United
States there were but 4st miles of electric rail,
road. In January 1880, the number of lines
mot miles, had increased to 1862. In 1891
there were 2sl while in 1894 there were over
500. According to the Street Railway Journal
there were in July last 978 electric lines with
1858 miles of track employing about 81, ,0O0,,
100000 of capital. The total number Of miles
of street railroads in the land was 1855
thus about tenthirtetnths being operated by
electricity.
In the opinion of the Street Railway Journal
the round 1O,3 1863 miles of electric railway in
this country have cost about 5000 mile OF
track. In fact, it is altogether probable that
the S43O 600, 600 of bonds, or say $40, 900 mile
of track, represent all the real cost. The
capital, however, has been put at nearly $780,
600 mile so as to discount the future, In a
very large number Of these electric lines the
stock has been distributed as bonus and really
represented no value received, only a value
and earning power expected
In Philadelphia, the great trOlley.ridden
city, the UnionT Traction Co., a trolley combine
IL capitalized at $3.50, 900 per mile and Pitts
burg's record runs higher still. The joint
population Of the two cities is l,650,0O0 and
this furnishes some basis for such an enormous
capitalization. But the rural communities oi
Pennsylvania support 800 miles, largely If moi
entirely built by the sale Of bonds, which will
be better eomprehended II they are called
mortgages On these roads the operating ex'
penses have proved larger than was expected
when they were built, as experiments, and the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Do Literary Women Make Poor
Wives.

Wives
The Florida Citizen moralizes over the ten.
dency of literary women to leave their fam
lilies. 1t cites a recent case of an authoress
who was only happy in the love Of her hus
band and children as long as she was poor
But with fame came desire for larger life,
which led her to take up her residence in
London, leaving the family behind. The
Citizen then says:
Occurrences Of this kind are very common,
Authors, after they become famous, seldom
live happy with their marital companions.
The former are no longer dependent on the
latter for smiles or pleasant words. Their
company is much sought and many hattering
things are said of them. Every mail brings
congratulatory letters. Presents come from
strangers. Their pictures are in the papers
and are displayed in shop windows. Now va
rieties of roses and sometimes new brands OF
cigars are Damed for them. Their names are
spoken only to praise. They feel their superb
ority to their former companions. The time
is not long, generally, before the old family
tie once strong, becomes weak, and is finally
broken. The head of an author is easily
turned.
While there is some truth in the Citizens
observation it is much too broad. The au.
thoress referred to is probably Mrs Frances
Hodgson Burnett. But DR.. Burnett, the hus-
band, has very recently asserted that all re-
ports alleging the desertiOn of the husband by
the wife are false. Ifthe Citizen had asserted
that authorship is generally developer of in
compatibility it would have had a stronger
case. The latest illustration is furnished by
the divorce secured by the author Of 'The
Quick or the Dead"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
New Franklin.

New Franklin, November 20.
Mrs Jackson Unkafer, north Of town,
and little daughter, are very sick with
tphoid fever. A daughter died with the
same disease few weeks ago They are
under the care of DR.. Zininger, Of Paris
Mrs. Jasper Shaw, has been quite sick
for the past three weeks, but is better al
this writing
Protraoted meeting commences at the
Lutheran church tonight
Mary Gallagher is at home at present
Quarterly meeting commences at the
NJ e. church Friday, and continues ovel
Sunday.
r. Hamen is meeting with good sue
cess in his school here this winter.
Helen Shaw was home over Sunday.
Mrs. Angeline Folks has been enter
tanning company this week.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

Those Canton people who are beginning to
agitate for the municipal ownership of street
railroads will be glad to note that Manchester,
England, is about to follow the example OF
Glas gov as to street railways. Manchester S
tracks already belong to the city but have been
leased to a private company. As this lease is
about to expire thecity council is about to
apply to parliament for authority to operate
her own street railway. This is to be tried in
large cities throughout the world.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Revival of the Panama Canal Project

=
The news from France in regard to the re-
vival of the collosal Panama canal project is
astonishing. This enterprise has been
aptly determined the biggest swindle
of the age. The developments in the
matter of the applications Of the company's
funds affected adversely so many public men
that or at popular excitement ensued Now
we are to understand that the French are not
a bit scared over the prospects OF American
capital putting through the Nicaraguan canal.
A new organization has been completed to
which the machinery, plant, and good will OF
the bankrupt company are to be turned over.
Through a surprising concession from the
Columbian government, in return for the pay.
ment Of 81, 900, 900, the new concern Is sup.
posed to stand on its own merits. The value
of its assets, however, is largely hypothetical,
and it has been suggested that perhaps, after
all, it is only a convenient device for winding
up the liquidation of the old company. The
capital of the new concern is TO be $4,000, 600
an insignificant sum when the magnitude of
the enterprise is considered, for the very low
est estimate made by French engineers of the
cost of finishing the canal was 100000 900.
It is interesting to know that according to
figures published in the Outlook, that about
S265, ZOO, 900 has already been sunk in the
works at the Isthmus, in the waste there and
in the corruption at Paris. Probably not a
third of this sum represents actual invest
mcnts in plant and in work accomplished.
The Societe Nouvelle du Panama will hardly
be able to raise the capital required especially
in view of what has already transpired and the
impossibility of earning anything for many
years; it simply shows that some investors in
the always generous but impulsive France are
unwilling to let a dead project rest.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

fact that the General Electric Company holds
large blocks Of such mortgages among its as
sets is the reason its stock, which one would
think ought to be prime, is selling in the 3Os
today.
A billion of capital drawn into electric roads
in six years and the period of expansion not
ended yet! What will the end be when liqui.
dation sets IMP
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

French newspaper sent correspondent
into AlsaCe Lorraine to find out whether the
province is reConciled to German rule. All
the people interviewed said they were not
only reCOncied but liked it. This is not as
tOuishing since no man in Alsace-Lorraine
would dare to say anything for publication.
The Kaiser is willing that every one Of his
subjects should be perfectly free to express ap-
prOval of German rule.-BOstOn Transcript.
But what objection would there be to a man
keeping his mouth shut? 1t is not very likely
that malcontent would go out of his way to
praise people he hated, We guess Alsace and
Lorraine, in going back to the fatherland from
which they were originally sliced got in
mighty good company.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

Great Britain.has at last decided to build
the long discussed railroad from the coast of
Mombasa, in Africa, to Uganda, a distance of
$50 miles. There are from 10000, 900 to 60,
100000 natives who are born traders in the
great area pierced by this route and the import
anoe of the move in the development of Brit
ish commerce can bG:seen at a glance. This
is one of the most important undertakings of
this modern era of great things. The esti-
mated expenditure will be ten million dollars.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
MlssInr For tha ThIrd TIme.

BALTIMORE, Nov, 28.-Miss Kate
Hunger, a yonng woman about 30
years of age, has been missing six
weeks, and though her relatives. as
sisted by the local police. have made q
thorough search, her whereabouts is AZ
much Of mystery as ever, This IL
the third time she has disappe cared.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
His Third Crop of Berrles.

CAPE MAY, N. j.. Nov. 26.-S. B.
Taylor, a farmer living near Cold
Spring, says that he had commenced
to pick his third crop of strawberries
this season when the frost ended the
growth. The warm weather of this
autumn has raised second crops fol
many farmers in this vicinity.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Wants Grants Made Outright.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. - Secretary
Hoke Smith, in his annual report, will
recommend that the Carey law, grant
ing 1000, 900 acres of arid lands to each
state in which such lands are situated,
be amended SO that the grant be made
to the state outright, and it be made
responsible for the irrigation of the
lands
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

All lovers of good government would hail
with delight general laws for the control of all
Ohio cities. Such a plan would work
against the politicians and it is doubtful if the
legislature has the stamina to enact such a
measure,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
ThanksgiVing Day.

There are plenty of things to be thankful for
Hunt 'em up!
And there are plenty ofpeople to be thankful to
And plenty you can make thankful to you
And plenty ofkindnesses you can do
Hunt 'em up.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
hLsnANveK DUMAS VERY Low

The Noted Author In a ComatOse Condi-
tion From Cerebral Abseess.
PARIS, Nov. 26.-Alexander Dumas,
the distinguished author and play.
wright, is seriously i'll. The physicians
in attendance upon him at first thought
he was suffering from a violent attack
of neuralgia, but later they recognized
graver symptoms.
The Petit Parislene says that Dumas
has been seized with cerebral conges'
tion and that DIR. Pozzi diagnosed it az
cerebral abscess. The patient, it is ad
ded, is in comotose condition.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

Senator Sherman is still talking about him
self and his book. Begins to look as if the
senator.was getting a little childish on the
question Of bis defeatedsaspirations
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

Gov. McKinleys name was wildly cheered
at the meeting Of Indiana republicans. Ben
Harrison likely.took another tug at grandpas
hat when herheardof the incident.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

General Alger says that Senator Sherman
committed an Injustice" when he said the
General bought votes. This is rather mild for
a genuine general
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

A $4,000 market house would look nice
So would agate curbstones. However the peo
pie are hardly ready at this time to sanction
such an expenditure.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

Reach our young men. Interest them in
innocent pleasures. The work Of the y. NJ. G.
A. aims in the right direction.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-The state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $l7S,
7S7 7,562; gold reserve, $S2. 2.OS3, ,7S2.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

1t may be that God makes some things
purely for ornament, but Christian does not
ome under that head.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

is because they do not want to get enough TO
spoil them for the world,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

Don't think because you have never been
in the gutter that you must be saint There
are other sins deep as the gutter
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

This is the week the poor turkey suffers
The rooster got it in the neck couple of week,
ago.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

The republicans will soon have congress on
their hands.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-11-28

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The state herald., 1895-06-14
A VILLAGE BURNED.
Cameron. West Virginia, Almost Totally
Destroyed.

Wheeling. W. Va, Juno 1O-The
town of Cameron, West Virginia a place
of 1,500 people on the baltimore 4 Ohio
railroad, tWenty-eight miles east of
Wheeling, was almost destroyed by fire
last night, and the homeless people ard
camping on the hills that surround thu,
ruins.
The fire broke out about 10 O'Clock in
fitagnrald's livery stable and spread
rapidly,
A special ut o'clock In the morning
says the entire town north of the Bal
timore 4 Ohio railroad hns been
burned. This Includes, NIL the BUSINESS
section Of, the place. The only building
left Standing is that Of the railroad
company. The fire fighters are working
hard to keep 1t from burning, Several
buildings IRE burned on the street run
ming north. from the Crawford house,
which Mad 10 succumb.
The town was without fire apparatus,
and help was asked from Wheeling. An
engine was placed on special md
started for Cameron Mt onct, M
Tho, specln, Baltimore & OhldeSrqin
carrying the Wheeling fire ehgilG AID
reel to the relief OF the burning town 81
Cameron jumped the track hear hos
bys Rock Mt LAO this morning and
went town n tifty-foot embankment.
Engineer Pat Duffy, OF Wheeling, Is In
the fire under the wreck and Is un-
doubleday dead. Dick Donobur, IT.,
OF Wheeling, Is MISC reported killed.
The brakeman was badly hurt.
The special contained besides the
Wheeling iiremcp several Wheeling per-
sons. All OF them escaped with slight
injuries. w. S Paris, city editor Of, the
Wheeling 1n'elligenccr, was slightly
hurt. about The arms. The fire engine
and hose fccl were ruined.
The state herald., 1895-06-14
PROPOSED PACIFIC CABLE.
Hawaiinn Officials Consult With s:egnrd
N Ii.

l,waiinn Officials Consult With s:egnrd
to II.
San Francisco, Cal. June 1.-THE
steamer Australia arrived from Homo.
lulu, bringing the following advices,
dated June 3:
Audley COote. an Australian, who Is
Interested in different cables, arrived on
the LIST inst. to confer with the Hawaiian
government regarding the proposed Pa
ciiic cable. lie has made proposition
which will he considered by President
Dole and his Cabinet. Mr.. Cootc will
be In Washington on the seventh of
October.
He represents French company that
is willing to build from Sydney to San
Francisco. taking In Auckland, Samoa
and Honolulu. lie wants the Hawaiian
government TO pay an annual subsidy In
return for which no charge will be
made for official messages
lie will make n similar proposition to
the United States. Mr.. Coote feels con-
ildcnt that both governments will assls.
his company. lie declares that the cablo
Will he laid within eighteen months.
W. y. Armstrong has gone TO Japan.
II Is believed that he has been sent TO
Japan by the Dole government to make
u new treaty In place OF the present one,
which allows Japanese to come In I'M
hindcred.
William II. Castle. the new minister
To Washington. will leave this country,
accompanied by his family. early In
August. and expects 10 reach Washing
ton about the first OF September.
The state herald., 1895-06-14
THE BALTIC SHIP CANAL.
Cos. s37, 900. 00o--wii he Of Great vaiu,
In Ti,nos Of 70 ,ce and In War.

Cost s37 900, 000--WiIi 10 Of Great value
In Timos Of Po,ce and In War.
On June 20, the Baltic ship canal, 9iic
Of the, greatest enterprises ever Under
taken by modern nation, will be open.
ed to commerce with imposing naval
ceremonies
1t Is, significant psperlnllS Mlieh. toh-
sldaftu III SSnneftioh With SIMILAR I'M
lertaIings In other countries, as mark
ing an incoming epoch of great ship
canals. The, railroads supplnnted the
old-fashioned, shallow, narrow canal
with Its mule.towed boats of small bur-
den, MS. now they In turn are being su;
perseded to n certain extent By the new
class of Inland waterways.
Work on the Baltic canal was begun
eight years ago and Its total cost has
been about 37,OOO,OOO. 1t Is worthy Of
note MS characteristic IL German con-
sefvatism that II was completed within
the estimated time and for the estl-
mated amount of money, although the
obstacles In many instances were much
greater than the engineers had sup
posed
The canal makes Denmark an island
1t starts at the mouth of the River Elbe
uhu ANoItu Stii SlAts WV
miles across the peninsula In d north
easterly direction TO Kiel, on the Bal
tic sen. Being intended us much for
naval Use M for merchant service; 1t
was built Wide and deep er1ougli-draw-
Ing thirty feet of water In the center OF
Its cliannel-to accommodate the great
est vessels. II Is wide enough for all
but the very largest ships to pass each
nj N, Ia, II tltn
work has been done thoroughly. Spleen
did bridges, some OF them high enough
to allow the tallest masts to pass under
them. have been constructed wherever
necessary, and two enormous locks, one
of which will be used only In case OF
emergency, have been built.
The new course will be OF inestimable
value to commerce. and in case of war
Germany can use 1t most effectually ms
n base Of operations. 1t shortcns the
distance to Hamburg from Baltic points
by 42i miles. including the course
around the rocky peninsula of Denmark,
one of the most dangerous ship passages
in the world. II also opens to ready
access during the stormlcst seasons Of
the year all the ports of northern Ger
many. Sweden, Denmark and Russia;
but 1t seriously threatens the CONNER
cial Importance of Copenhagen, that
city being now left out of the main
track of travel. For the same reason
the shipping interests of Hamburg will
doubtless be immensely increased.
Much Of the credit for the enterprise
is due TO Bismarck. who saw In 1t an
opportunity for greatly enlarging Ger
many's naval strength. lie was sup
ported by the old Emperor William 1.
and opposed for some time by Won
Moltkc,
The state herald., 1895-06-14
LOUISIANA FOR SILVER.
leading Democrats of That state Joii
the Movement.

Leading Democrats of That state join
the Movement.
New Orleans, La. June 1.-THE first
gun In the free silver campaign In
Louisiana was fired yesterday when the
bimetallIc convention was opened. The
result was the formation OF the Loulsi-
ana timetable league, which has under
taken to organize the silver forces of the
state for work. Some 900 persons were
present and NIL were recognized as dele
gates since there was no credentials or
appointments. One feature OF the meet.
Ing was the request OF Mayor John Fitz-
patrick and leading members OF the city
government that they be allowed to take
part In the convention. No special invi-
tatlon to attend the meeting had been
extended 10 the governor or the mayor.
those who issued the call saying that 1t
was broad enough TO include all who be-
llcvci In free silver.
AT the las, moment Mayor Fitzpatrick
who had held aloof. declared allegiance
TO the principles OF free silver coinage,
and he and Attorney O'Sulllyan. Police
Commissioner Gauche AMI other Ollie
ials. We're made Vice presidents OF the
meeting. Mayor Fitzpatrick Is not only
the chief magistrate OF New Orleans,
but also the head OF the Democratic fac
tion. which controls the city, and his
dcsertion with his entire following TO the
silver men, quite unsolicited. showed the
city politicians are convinced this cause
Will win In Louisiana.
The state herald., 1895-06-14
SHORT LINE RECEIVERS.
Judge Merritt 1T Salt Lake Appoints Two
Men to Handle tho Road


Denver, June 1O-Word was received
In Denver this morning that Judge Mer-
rltt had, on opening court to-day In
Salt Lake City, announced that he
would appoint two receivers for TINT
portion of the Oregon Short Lime oper-
ating In Utah. The announcement had
been foreshadowed and the attorneys OF
the American Loan and Trust company
are quoted as saying that the company
would not accept such condition Of af-
iairs, and what the next movement
VIII be cannot be ascertained.
Nearly one-half of the system lies In
Utah territory and, rs headquarters
would be naturally at Salt Lake, such "
position would be exceedingly ,embar-
RAISING to the receiver representing the
loan company, as 1t is likely the two re-
ceNcrs could not come together on any
proposition.
The court appointed w. II. Bancroft,
superintendent of that division Of the
Union Pacific, and John NJ Egan. II
the court Insists upon his action, the
matter Will probably be dropped by the
loan company, for the plan was to get
control Of tho entire system and with
out 1t the company would be powerless
to carry out Its plans.
The action of the court Is very much
OF surprise to Denver railway men,
While others who are Id sympathy with
the Union Pacific commend the hard
fight that has been made to retain the
snort Line. The court orders that the
loan company shall pay all Interest due
by July l, or forfeit the line to the I'm
ion Pacific receivers.