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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

Coxey must look to his laurels else he
will lose them. A Butler county man
named Sam X. Hughes, afflicted like
Coxey, has evoked new democratic
platform. He has "brand new'' ideas On
the financial question; and something en-
tirely "new" on the tariff. What the
Eewness consists of is not fully explained
but his great, grand and glorious scheme
is to extend the boundaries of the United
States to the farthest point north of the
North American continent and as far
south as Cape Horn. In other words he
wants the United States to swallow up all
North and South America Such ideas,
this man wants in a platform, and he is
willing to stand on the platform as CUB
ernatorial candidate. Gen. Coxey and
Carl Browne had better stir themselves
or Hughes will be taking some of their
hard earned notoriety.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

comfort All those who served in
the army have the large and flnely-maln-
tained soldiers home open to them. Old
sailors have the sailors homes. Many
exist in almshouses Those with taste
for horticulture can always find congonial
occupations as gardeners and in the lighter
work of the farms. Others retain sine
cures in the shape of watchmen, bridge
tenders and helpers in various walks OF
life But what opening is there for indi.
gent women who have by death lost their
friends and are too old to go out to SER
viceY Think of utter blankness, hopeless.
ness Indebtedness of such an existence,
Is there any heathcn in foreign lands who
is more entitled to the word of sympathy
or the help Of the Good Samaritan II
we are to do unto others as we would be
done by i'm what field could we labor
where the results would he larger or the
reward surory Would not such labor OF
love appeal to every man and woman who
has atender memory of departed mother
or who was taught in youth the good old
pltOtpb NibN Nllt dBtu oiiouiu bC liOllpINu'
Herbert Spencer says that filial devotion
is the last feeling to be developed in the
race by evolution. If this be so we are
yet in state of semi-barbarism when we
allow our old people to die of neglect,
while such races as the Japanese devote
their best care to the comforts of the gen.
Grafton passing Off the stage
Such home would not be hard tC
maintain. 1t could produce something
in the shape Of sewing, would probably
receive assistance from the tax duplicate,
if a proper sentiment be worked up, and
would attract much assistance from people
who now are not as charitable rs they
would otherwise be for the reason that
there are few places where they can read.
lily lend a hand We know number OF
such institutions. One in particular was
established by wealthy gentleman in
memory of a beloved daughter and called
the Louise Home for Decayed Gcntewo-
men" Was there ever better considered
example of munfcenceg
Our compliments to Mr.. Shcrricl. His
suggetion is a good one, bespeaks tender
sympathy and does him great credit.
But he must not stop with suggestion.
Let him start the ball rolling and he will
soon find himself in company with many
other benevolent people.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

As Representative Coombs puts 1t,
doubtless the advocates Of free silver
coinage really don't expect the silver coin
to go into circulation, but TO be deposited
with the government and have silver GER
tiacatcs issued in its stead The question
naturally arises why, then, resort to this
enormous expense and complicate the
problem by the accumulation of such an
immense body Of silverS Their answer
to this would be that there would be q
security for the silver certificates. In ro-
ply we mighv ask them another question.
Is it reasonable to suppose that in case
government should desire to retire the
certificates from what it could realize
upon the silver thus coined 1t would ever
be able to do it2 1t is generally con.
cedcd by those qualified to judge that we
could not dispose of the bullion now in
the treasury within three years at a price
exceeding 40 cents per ounce If 1t should
be thrown upon the market
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

Col Conger, of Akron, is opposed to
Gov. Mckinney for the presidency Every
public utterance of Conger's makes this
more clear. He is for Harrison at present
but woud switch to Reed If necessary.
The famous editorial attacking Gov. Nc
Klnley in the Akron Beacon is not forgot
paper wrote to the governor and said 1t
shouldn't happen again, but Conger had
his say all the same. 1t looks very much
as If Ohio was going to have n repetition
of the past; as soon as man becomes
prominent jealous rivals in his own party
lay plans to kill him off; but for this pol
icy Ohio would have had more honors to
her credit.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

trance examination to the colleges from
which they graduated ten or twenty years
ago. But they have not forgotten the
principles and could readily regain their
old time proficiency II occasion should re-
quiro 1t. Nor have they lost the training
they received while engaged in their
school studies, the habit Of attention and
of observation developed in their youth,
the ability to reason out a proposition and
thus to develop their capacity TO think.
II is this discipline of the mind that con-
stitutes the valuable thing in education,
not the mere examining of the memory.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

If there are books in the running brooks
and sermons in stones there is lesson as
to what incarceration in the penitentiary
means in this item from the Ohio Peni.
tentiary News: "Lets see-when does
spring sowing BeginS We have been here
so long that we have forgotten. Besides
we don't SOW here; we reap, and all the
time too, reap what we have sown-our
wild oats. But it is an awfully long
harvest. Yet some day we will bind up
the last sheaf, place it on the wagon OF
tho past, and go home"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

tion of women and children is small The
average family of the Southern States, al
though diminishing In size, Is still much
larger than In other parts Of the country.
This Is due In no small degree to the large
proportion Of the colored IN these States,
among which the birth rate Is exceptionally
great. The families Of the whites In the
South are also larger than the average Of the
country, indeed quite as large az In the North
Central States, where the large proportion of
Germans, Norwegiens and Swedes with their
large families, increase the average Of this
group of States
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

Chicago is to have democratic paper.
The purchase OF the Herald and the
converting of the same into republican
organ left the second city in America
without democratic paper. OF course
such condition could not long exist; the
field was open and only awaited men and
money. The new paper is to be called
the Chronicle" and Its staff comprises
several brilliant newspaper men. The
policy of the paper will be for tarff reform
and against free silver coinage.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
FELL FROM A STREET CAR.

Miss Nora DeVore, of AZ Dunbar street,
attended Sells Bros show last night and
after the performance started to walk
home When the Valley railway was
reached she went to get on a street car.
Tie ear was moving and Miss Cora De.
Wore hurriedly jumped on the rear step.
She then turned to call to her sister,
lost her grip on the car handles and was
pushed off the car. She fell squarely
backwards on the street pavement and
was knocked unconscious. She was i'm
mediately carried into Shanafelt's drug
store and DR.. Fleck was summoned. Az
examination showed that her left side was
considerably injured. The bone behind
the left ear was badly bruised and she
was hurt internally. She rested easily
during the night, Int this morning wa;
suffering great deal of pain in her head
and shoulders. 1t is thought, howevel
that the accident will not prove fatal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

The political economist of the Waco
(Texas) Daily News hayinge Exhausted the
currency and revenue reform has now
taken up legislative topic. He obser-
yes
Each branch of the state legislature is
allowed a chaplain who gets $5 per diem
for opening the daily sessions with
prayer. That makes $40 day which
the taxpayer puts up for the good of the
Legislative soul-with cotton at cents
and half million dollar hole In the
treasury that must he plugged by hif
pocketbook. The average length of thoss
inyOcatiOns is two minutes. That is th'
rate Of $1,000 day for ten hours work
What great state Texasmust be.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

The Canton News knows of free sill
yer advocate in Stark county man of
considerable means who deposits his
money in one of our national banks and
demands that his certificate of deposite
read payable in gold COIN" Who can
it be2 Is it Allen Cook the tireless talker
of the Nimishillen, or Kintz the philoso-
pher who shares with Coxey the distinc-
tion of knowing it allS-Massillon Inde-
pendent
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

President Taylor, of Wooster Univer-
sity, when he was in charge of that insti-
tuition, liked to observe that he would
send his boy to college as much for the
benefit the boy would derive from his as
sociation with cultured people as for any
other reason; that the outside polish and
information that came from such contact
was nearly as valuable as the knowledge
acquired by book study. The president
of another western college, addressing a
graduating class, said TO the graduates
that they might forget all they had
learned from books during their course
and yet carry away from college the ohiel
fruits OF their study, This declaration,
though somewhat exaggerated, contains a
germ of truth that neither pupil noI
teachers fully appreciate. Few Of the
learned men Of the day outside Of the
teaching profession could pass the en-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, who is lead
ing free silverite, owns sixteen story
building in Chicago on Dearborn street
called the Unity, and his lease blanks all
contain the words Payable In standard
gold coin of the United States" The
governor is evidently free silyerite for
political purposes only. - Columbus
Journal.
Yes, and Altgeld is not alone One of
the free silver advocates in Stark county,
man Of considerable means, deposits his
money in one of our national banks and
demands that bis certificate of deposite
read payable in gold coin"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

The only nations on the globe that have
free coinage of silver are Japan, Mexico
Bolivia, Chilli, Ecuador and Peru. Most
Of these countries which, it Is proposed,
Uncle Sam shall copy after are little
South American republics, and in all of
them small farmer is little better than
a serf. The debased currency Of these
countries bear with most crushing weight
upon the dependent classes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

Such is life. Charles f. Gunckel, of
Middletown, contributed $4,000 to the
erection of handsome Methodist church
edifce. Now he has withdrawn from the
church to save himself being fred out
bodily. He probably wishes he had that
$12, 600 in his inside pocket.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

We hear great deal about the South
being "ablaze" for free coinage of silver.
If the newspapers of Alabama are any
index of this "blaze" free coinage is not
so popular as the radicals are wont to
make believe. OF n newspapers ir the
state 56 are for sound money.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

If the unreasonable weather of the past
degree the larvae of many insect pests
like the house fly we will not be without
compensation in our misfortunes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

The overthrow of the income tax law
leaves the government seventy-f five mil
ion dollar condition to look after. Run
up the tax on whisky beer, wines and
tobacco. This will help out.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
WHERE WE STAND ON THE CUR
RENCY QUESTION

From the National Democratic Plat
form of 1880, Plank 3.
Honest money, consisting of gold and
silver, and paper convertible into coin on
demand; the strict maintainance of the
public faith, state and national.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
Persons
Par Eamiiv

The family has diminished In average size,
from 500 persons In 1850 10 0S persons In
1880, diminution Of over eleven per cent in
lhe past forty years.
In 1890 the smallest families were found In
northern New England, where the number of
children has steadily diminished, and In the
States and territoies Of the Far West, where,
owing 10 the unsettled conditiong, the propoK-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
BOVinine

will build up strength quicker and
more permanent than, amy food
known. Preferable to all cod liver
oil or iron preparations. as it is a
pure, raw food extract palatable,
and easily assimilated. Ask any
musician.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

The Chicago Times Herald observes
need not waste their time in nominat-
ing Vest for the presidency, as he is sure
to be pulled down.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
Hamilton. O.. \
PROPERTY CHANGES.

The following transfers of real estate
were filed with the auditor Monday:
Isaac Mades has sold to Dudley Reed
23-100 in the first ward for $50
Edw. Carlow has sold to w. +. Cook lot
No. 2193 in the second ward for SO, 900. ~
Anton Hammerly has sold to J. b. and
Mary Slater lot No. 156 in the Fifth ward
for So, 500.
IN THE COUNTY.
Elizabeth Shanafelt's executor has sold
to Hiram W. Hickman lot No. 10 in
Uniontown, Lake township for $510
VIM. F. Kicks has sold to George H.
Spangler lot No. 81 of Columbian
Heights, Perry township, for 5000.
Il. A. and G. Gougwer have sold to VIM.
Yager and p. Sohembechler 23 acres in
Lawrence township for 1920.
Anna Webb's executor has sold to J. Il.
Russell lot No. 12 in Lexington township
for $3.50.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

Michener may be for free silver but he
surely is not a gold standard man. His
gold "coin" was not anyways near stand
ard.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23

The republicans of Stark county in
mass convention endorsed Gov. Mckinley
but not word was said about "Fire
Alarm" Foraker. Why this slight in Nc
Kinley's homeY
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
CURRENT COMMENTS.
OUR SECURITIES ABROAD.
Total shipments since Feb. A....$66 900, 900
Mr.. CLEVELAND MEANS TO BE SAFE.

Mr.. CLEVELAND MEANS TO BE SAFE
lCincinndt Commercial Gazette.
Exceeding precautions are taken to guart
the Presidents country residence at Woodley
Four policemen are detailed there with in
structions not to leave ii unguarded for
second. mounted officer stands guard from
s in the morning until a in the afternoon
After that there are two watches on duty
thereafter until the next morning
The house is connected with the Whit,
House and nearest police station, two mile
away, and with Police Headquarters, by tele
phone, so that any force necessary 10 protec
the President would beimmediately available
At the White House itself there are tw,
sergeants and twentyrfour officers ON duty
The officers at Woodley are expected to keel
themselves quiet, and are not allowed to ente
he house unless summoned.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
THE SIZE OF FAMILIES.

IE7"7'1ES7FV H7VF1'f11IE VT 4FuN1VIIs
The average size Of families has diminished
continuously since 1850, when statistics on
this point were first obtained by the census
The following little table shows the average
nunaber Of persons per family at each census
since that date:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
AN ENGAGEMENT SOFA.
furniture Workers.

An inventor has jpst come 10 the front with
an engagement sofa, and there may be millions
in it. 1t is only available when the parlor Is
lighted by electricity, and in such cases, by
the arrangement of a switch, the lights go out
directly two people sit together ON the sofa
As long as the people sit close together the
lights stay out, but directly they separate, as
come up again Nothing could be more CON
venient, according to the claims Of the invent
or. He declares that the sofa is not only
valuable In producing engagements, but
after the engagement Is established and the
young man can be lot into the secret, the
piece of furniture Is of the greatest utility
all through the engagement. The inventor
expects to make great deal Of money selling
the device to parents with marriageabls
| dauphteYa and IN vonng xyidowa
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
Weakly
* Mothers

should remember that more than
twenty-five thousand physicians
have positively declared that Bo-
WINNIE is their greatest friend. 1t
contains no medication whatever.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-04-24
FIVE STRUNG UP.
Alabama Negroes Lynched
For the Murder of a Pop
ular White.
THREE WOMEN AND TWO MEN.
Their Victim a Nephew of the
Late Governor Watts of
Alabama.

ST. LOUIS, April ga special to
The Republic from Greenville, Ala. +,
says: Two men and three women
were lynched near here during the
morning. The five were arrested near
Butler Springs. charged with the muir
der of Watts Murphy, a young man Of
prominence and nephew of ex-Gov-
ernor Tom Watts. They We're John
Rather, Zed Galley, Martha Greene,
Alice Greene and Mary Deane. An
other negro man, who was also impli-
Gated, made his escape. The murder Of
young Murphy was most brutal After
he had been killed the body was placed
IN brush heap and cremated.
One Negro Confessed
and an examination of the place re-
vealed the teeth, liver and heart,
which, the report says, for some reason
failed TO burn. The confession was
made BY Rather. who implicated the
others. Butler Springs is IL miles from
here. A posse who had charge of the
five prisoners left here about II o'clock
at night to bring them to Jail for safe
keeping. The route was lonely and the
trip necessarily slow. About o'clock
in the morning, at lonely part of the
road, the party was suddenly sur
rounded by an armed body of men who
seemed to spring from both sides of the
road. The posse was
Covered With Winchesters
and under pain Of instant death was
halted. The report says that there
were about 100 men in the attacking
party, all heavily armed, cool and
brave. They made short work of it,
taking the five negroes, tied their
hands and then they We're taken, one
at a time, and hanged to trees that
lined the road The five bodies We're
found hanging there by the church
goers.
The affair has created great excite
ment and it is claimed that there was
no doubt whatever of the guilt of all
the victims of lynch law.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-04-24
AND IT DID RAIN.
Prayer of Evangelist Moody at
Fort Worth Promptly
Answered.
FLOOD GATES WERE OPENED.
Roof Of the Tabernacle Falls
and Scores of Persons
Wounded.

FORT WORTH, Tex. April 22.-All of
Texas has needed rain, so the great
evangelist, Dwight Moody, called upon
his audience of 5000 Christians to pray
fervently that the floodgates might be
opened. This was at 3 p. IN. Sunday.
Sunday night when the tabernacle was
crowded by 10000 people from Fort
Worth and surrounding cities Mr..
Moody announced that word had come
from several points that rain had fallen
A few minutes later the storm burst on
Fort Worth and torrents of rain fell.
Then Mr.. Moody gave thanks to God
and called upon the congregation to
join in singing. The song surged forth
from 10000 voices when a
Cracking Noise Was Heard,
and then the roof sank and the rafters
gave way, and the heavy timbers and
boards, covered with tar and gravel,
came down on a portion Of the congre-
CATION. There was panic. Scores
upon scores of women tainted, some
men lost their heads and piled pell nell
over those near them.
Mr.. Moody grasped the situation,
and, moving to the middle of the plat
form, lifted both hands to heaven, NOV
ing his arms to and fro. His attitude
and GOODNESS stopped the panic and men
began to go to work to rescue those in
danger. A drenching rain was falling,
but they worked hard and the wounded
were soon taken out and carried to
their homes or to the houses near by
A dozen persons We're seriously injured,
several fatally. Forty others were
slightly hurt.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-04-24
SPANISH TROOPS.
Their Condition Is Wretched
owing to Yellow Fever
and Fatigue.
THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL.
insurgents Reported to Have a
Following of Ten Thou
sand Men.

NEW YORK, April 22.-The Ward
line steamer Niagara has arrived from
Cieufugos and Santiago, Cuba. 1t was
learned from one of the passengers that
a very lively state of things existed at
the seat of war. The insurgents had a
following of 10000 men, 5000 of whom
we're well armed. Many encounters
have already taken place in which the
government troops had been worsted.
The Tn officials made very light of these
engagements, the passenger said, and
claimed a victory wherever they had
the slightest encounter with the in
surgents. The Spanish troops lately
arrived from Spain were said to be in a
wretched state, having suffered greatly
from yellow fever and from fatigue in
pursuing small bodies of the insurgent
troops over the mountains.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-04-24

-, LONDON April 22.-Nothing is known
r.ie T oi the report in circulation in the
iI oa,'ea States, that the Prince of Wales
wa. WI Sisit the United States in the au-
W. samn In order to be present at the races
Saa ,@ the Americas cup. Inquiry has
te e.h .l made among those who are close
S' " sne prince, and all those who have
an" am Questioned on the subject disclaim
ny, knowledge 4, of any such intention
3p0n The part of heir apparent.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-04-24
BOY AT FIFTY.
Reeds Moral Responsibility That Of q
Dime Novel Kid.

Dime Novel Kid.
PORTLAND, Or. April 22.-The reports
of Dr. A. F. johnson, Harry Lane and
A G. Panton, the commission appointed
by Judge Stevens of the state circuit
court, to inquire into the mental condi-
ton of Rev. J. G. Reed, the Baptist
minister who was found not guilty of
holding up an East Portland bank on the
grounds of insanity, was made public.
The report, after stating the reverend
gentleman was addicted to the habit of
reading dime novel literature. says:
He is man of 49 years of age, with
the impulses and Judgment of boy Of
l3 to 15 years, who, with his head
stuffed full of the garish fiction of dime
novels, emulates the conduct Of the
heroic Seven Toed Pete, and sallies
forth armed with sharpened case knife
to lift the scalp of imaginary red
skins, in the person of inoffensive
small children, and the degree of his
criminality at the time of the robbery
is to be measured by that of the boy.
He occupies the border line of mental
soundness and conceding the commits
sion of the robbery, the proper punish
ment, or rather treatment, would be a
long term in the reform school