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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20
GJOUCESTER,S LESSON,

It is hundred years since pr. Jennen performed the first operation of vac cination on child in England. Wher- ever vaccination has been enforced smallpox has almost entirely disap- peared, and what was formerly a most repulsive and deadly scourge, involving a great mortality in the communities that were periodically afflicted with it, is now chiefly sporadic and of a com paratively mild form. Wherever it has assumed the proportions of an epidemic of late years it has been the fault of poor vaccination laws or the lax ad- ministration of them. A conspicuous example of the effect of neglect of vac cination has been furnished in Glouces- ter, England The latest returns gave total of 1,600 cases of smallpox in the city during this epidemic, the height of which seems to have been reached in \ the middle of April, when in one week there were no fewer than 211 new cases The weekly return of deaths shows that the mortality has been exceptionally high. Nor is it disputed that among the victims there have been a large number of children. The energetic measures that are now being taken to reach the children who are still unvac- cinated, 1t is hoped, will lessen the ex- tent of the plague. Smallpox has pre- vailed in England for the past five or six years, and Gloucester, like many other towns, has not been free from sporadic cases introduced by the tramp class. But Gloucester, like some other places, was peculiarly exposed by the prevalent neglect of vaccination.
 Gloucester has paid a heavy price for indifference and theories. It will be a long time before she will grow indif- ferent and theoretical concerning small pox again.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20
------------ --------------------- DYING LIKE HIS FATHER.

Frederick Bells Broken Skull Recalls a Story Famous California Case = Mill lions Involved and Scandal That Made Great Deal of Talk-Life of the Elder Bell-Strange Succession of Acci- dents.
 {From the San Francisco Call)
 A weaver of romances might look fur ther and not get such good plot as is furnished by the true history of the house of silence" at Octavia and Bush streets. The latest weird development is the disappearance of young Freder- ick Bell, whose father, Thomas Bell the banker, met with most tragic death on the night of October 15 1892
 Young Bell, vigorous lad, just turn ing his twenty-first birthday, whose virile physique and manner, whose good nature and liberality had made him lion in his set, suddenly dropped out of the family circle about ten days ago. He had not told even his most in- .timate companions that he intended breaking away from their convivial so-
 
 became too fast and he needed few days rest on his ranch in Sonoma county. On all sides inquiries as to "F'red's" whereabouts were heard, and even Gordon" the colored boy who, as a valet attended to his masters wants, could not say what had become of him. Had the young man been swallowed up by the earth the mystery of his where abouts, excepting to very few, could not have been greater
 This is quite in keeping with all that has preceded in the story of the Bell family; but the discovery made yester- day by a Call representative that Fred Bell is lying at the point of death at No. 1,107 Bush street emphasizes it's tragic features more than can be ap- preciated at a cursory glance. Fred Bells death is awaited at any moment from an accident similar to the one that befell his father in 1892 The i'm mediate family and the physician in at tendance have done their utmost, as they did when Thomas Bells death startled the financial and social world, to keep the details away from the pub lie.
 Ten days ago Fred Bell left a jovial crowd in a Sutter-street resort and made his way home, where he arrived shortly after midnight. He was unac- companied, and was not seen in a con- scious condition after that. At two o'clock in the morning a great noise
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20
WHY POLICEMEN ARE TAT.
Reason for the Ponderous Proportions of the Guardians of the Peace.
 (From Harper's Weekly.)

Reason for the Ponderous Proportions
 of the Guardians of the Peace.
 (From Harper's Weekly.)
 A police surgeon has recently given voice to some opinions on the. case of a fat policeman, very fat policeman, in- deed, and hence with Machiavellian art has proceeded to formulate an essay on the fatness of policemen in general. The policeman weighed three hundred and eighty pounds when the surgeon first began to observe him. but in the course of fourth months illness he dwindled to two hundred and forty pounds, and still the surgeon believed him to be too fat, We are prepared to believe it. In the course of his general remarks he makes one startling state ment, namely: "The life of a police man is at best very inactive one" It is surprising that this should be fact. True, observation of our individual po- licemen is mostly associated with see- ing them leaning against lamp posts, chatting easily with acquaintances or
 
 with each other, or else standing before some building which they are set to guard. The peculiarly imperceptible way in which they manage to get from point to point does not quite convey the idea of motion, yet when the compla cent citizen thinks of the force" as guardians of the peace" the idea of suppleness, alertness, swiftness, arises embodied before his minds eye in an ideal body of police. This ideal is plainly what Darwinians would call a survival" The modern policeman in the United States has put an envelope of fat about it.
 Proceeding with his general remarks, the surgeon says: Any one can mo- tice that as soon as a man is appointed on the force he begins to increase in weight and belt measurement, his mus cles become fiabby, and as result of all this he moves more slowly than was
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20
DOCS OF srAMBoUL.
They Band Themselves Together for
 Purposes of Plunder.

They Band Themselves Together for
 Purposes of Plunder.
 (From the London Spectator.)
 The wars of the Constantinople street dogs are eminently satisfactory from the point of view of the inquirer into animal politics. Theoretically they are complete examples of what the rational warfare of animals ought to be, but usually is not. It has for its object either defense or conquest of territory, not the mere plundering instinct or that primitive desire for making a meat dinner off an enemy which occa- sionally suggests an attack on weaker neighbors to the cannibals of the Con- go. This civilized and rational warfare of the Constantinople dogs is due to their territorial instinct. Certain streets and quarters belong to the par ticular dog communities, which again subdivide their territory among indi- viduals. Tn some streets each heap of refuse, on to which the common rub- bish of a group of houses is thrown. be- longs to one dog, who lies on 1t, brings up its puppies on it and looks on it as a home.
 There were three sweet families in one street" according to the account of a lady who recently visited Constahti- nople and thought it's dogs the most in teresting native inhabitants. If food becomes scarce in the next dog par ish," an invasion is planned into rich CT neighborhood, where the rubbish heaps-the Turkish equivalent for dust bins-of a wealthier class of inhabi- tants promise to yield better results.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20
Adyertisin. Rates.

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 Display Advertisements-Pe inch, one tn- sertion, Sl.20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, S3.20; one month, SlO; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals. 30 cents each. Local notices, 10 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immedite business Gall matter to be unob- jectionable), and their contracts do not ln- clude Wants. To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more one month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches or more, ono month and over. l6 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

It Is now all right to wear adjustable collars of natural color linen, no matter what the color of the skirt, It is even correct to wear white linen shirt with such a collar, Indeed, taste Is governed entirely by freak and fad in the matter, The spectacle of girl with a white shirt on, topped with linen color stiff collar and finished off with a bright
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

This is a world of change. Some years ago the sect of Abstainers, or Bi- ble Christians, who eat no meat and re- gard the killing of animals as sinful built somewhat pretentious church in ing is now occupied by a firm of pork packers and sausage makers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

Good Springfield people are threaten ing to boycott their baseball club be- cause it is scheduled to play with out side clubs on Sundays. A baseball club that plays ball on week days does well enough.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

"Scorching" isn't as popular in Bos- ton as 1t was. So far this year no less than forty arrests have been made for this offence, and the resulting fine of ten dollars does much to dampen en- thusiasm for record making.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

madras silk tie must not move you to imagine that her things got mixed in the wash-not bit of it! The stranger the contrasts the more self possessed is her sense of fashion. The secret of the adjustable collar that will adjust is long collar button It is imperative that you either steal your fathers, hus- bands or brothers or that you pur- chase at a mans counter, Don't risk the usual affair in the way of stud and button sold flor ladies"
 FLORETTF.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN rHE CITy, lo CENTS A WEEK, b0CENTs A MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20
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 Notice.

Wecannot accept anonymous or return re- jected communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required. not for publication, but as guarantee of good faith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

From comparison of tables it is learned that in the past two decades the mortality from tuberculosis in Vii enna, Berlin and Hamburg has decreas- ed In Munich there has been de- crease of eighteen per 10000 Formerly one-third of all post-mortem examina- tions were of subjects who had died of some form of tuberculosis, while now the number has diminished one-fourth
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

THECARRINGToN PUBLISHING CO.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis a few days ago Judge Thayer rendered decision of great interest to members of benev- olent orders that pay death benefits in the nature of life insurance The ques- ton at issue was the liability of Econ omy Council, No. 215, National Union
 for the payment of a $5,OOO policy when the holder of the policy had committed suicide. The case had been taken to the United States Circuit court of the Western District of Missouri and judg- ment rendered in favor of plaintiff, Mrs. Arcadia L. Marlow, widow of George w. Marlow, deceased. The National Union then appealed the case. On November 16, 1893, Marlow, who held a benefit certificate in the National Union, committed suicide. The com pany refused to pay the amount of the policy and Mrs Marlow instituted the suit. The defense entered by the com pany was that it was fraternal bene- ficial organization, and as such came under the statutes governing the pay ment of policies in similar instances. When the case was appealed Judge Thayer ruled that the company was not in reality a fraternal beneficial or ganization, but an insurance company, and as such liable for the full amount of the policy. The judgment of the lower court was therefore affirmed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

Last year was the 900th anniversary western Europe, according to the Ma tional zeitung. In 995 son of the Ven- etian Doge Pietro Orseolo married the wedding breakfast brought out a silver fork and gold spoon. She was copied by the great Venetian families, though the church opposed the fashion as an insult to Providence. It took 36O years for the fork to reach Florence; in 1879 it is found in France, but it was not till 1908 that 'the traveller Corgate brought it direct from Venice to Eng land"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

The late Colonel North was called a very lucky man, but he is on record as saying: There is no such thing as luck. Everybody in this world has chances. Yes, everybody from the working col Her who strikes a seam of coal which was never thought of by the mining engineer to the colliery proprietor who gets information regarding that seam and resolves to work it. What people call Tuck" simply means that a man sees his chance, holds on to it, and at the right moment works it for him. self. Luck" nonsense! Luck is simply the faculty of seizing passing opportunities.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-20

Italy has new magazine rifle, which holds only six cartridges, but can be filled and discharged in fifteen seconds. The bullet has an outside covering of German silver with a case of lead, har- dened by antimony, and will go through brick wall three feet thick at a range of a quarter of mile. The bore is 0.25s inches and the trajectory is so fiat that the rifle can be fired up to range of 650 yards without using the folding sight, which is set for as long a range as 2,200 yards.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-30
UNIONS STUDENTS NOT BARRED
New York Presbytery Dcnes Injunction
of General Assembly.

New York Presbytery Dcnes injunction
of General Assembly.
New YoRK. April 2S.-Thc meeting
of the New York presbytery, for the
purpose of voting on the report of the
committee on the minutes of the gem
eral assembly, proved to be the livliest
session that that body has held in a
long time. The committee consists of
Rev. DIR. John @. Bliss. DIR. w. w.
Atterbury and Geo. II. Hyde.
A year ago the presbytcry asked the
general assembly for advice in the mat
ser of receiving candidates for the min.
istry. The general assembly instructed
and enjoined the presbytery from re-
ceiving under its care for hcensure stu
dents who are pursuing, or purpose to
pursue, their studies in theological sem
inaries respecting whose teaching the
general assembly disavows responsible
ity. This was aimed at Union Theo'
logical seminary.
The report of the committee says that
"it seems TO us that the general assem-
bly, exceeds its constitutional powers
and infringes upon the inherent rights
of the presbytery, which are specially
reserved to it by our constitution" IN
the matter.
After a hot debate the statement OF
Rev. DIR. John Hall was adopted as
substitute, in which he says that the
presbytery desires to report respectfully
to the general assembly that it receive:
ministers from other presbyteries salts.
fed of their acceptance of the stand
ards of the church 'and that 1t IS the
presbytery's intention to apply the same
principles in the preservation of scrip
tural doctrines to all applicants fol
license" and will mot exclude from
application for license students who
give evident assurance of their loyalty
to the standards of the church."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-30
sMgLL C-lc HAPPENINGS.
Urper sAnesssy Is &c have q Few court

CrpeI SAncGsEy Is &c have Few ccC-t
house
The Thompson on Company strueA c.l
OF tie Riley farm, neal Cutter
Ariel lodge, Independent Order Odd
Fellows. dedicated their lew S25, 900 TEN
Ile and opera house al Gallipolis
Peter Eyandoll Of Marietta was fa,ally
injured at Portsmouth by premature ex.
pIosion Of dynamite al TIE Few baseball
park
Prot FraEk Kimmel, principal Of the
rested On IA charge of criminal intimacy
with one Of his pupils. Bessie Moore, aged
10 years. kimmeI Is married and church
Jaen Der.
Jacob Smell Of Wooster has FLED suit for
divorce from his wife, alleging wllltul alb
sence This is his second suit The first
was followed by IA series ot crimes and an
almost successful attempt was made Ia
assassinatG Smell.
Mrs Mary Mintl Of kenton, who was
sent to the pebitentiaTy for ten years IA
January as accessory TO The lnurdeT Cl
| William Rumbaugh. was remanded there
| for new tiiAl, pleaded guilty 10 assault
and was sentenced &c three months "a
tar county jail
John c, Lewis. Jacob Cooper and Win
lam sly ot Portsmouth who were arrested
Rnd imprisoned by Deputy uniteo states
Marshals Heller and kuckeI fol refrs.l 5
&c surrender sawlogs caught floating ~
the r;veI WI each sue TIE deputies anf
tEe.I b0nGsEec for t2o, ,OoQ damages. aIeR
| lnG false .ulrr, sO~ trant
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-30
ORDERED TO PASSAGE.
Spirited Talk In the House over Brini
ing Up tho Pension Bill.

Spirited Talk In the House over Bring
ing Up the Pension Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The house
debated the Picklcr general pension
bill. 1t was engrossed and ordered to
passage.
The debate on the adoption Of rule
brought in by the rules committee in
the house for a vote on the bill was
rather sensational. Mr.. Crisp charged
that the LEADERS" of the majority had
thrown over the committee on pensions
and framed this bill. and now proposed
to pass this bill or none without amend.
ment.
Mr.. Henderson taunted Mr. Crisp "as
the head of the star chamber rules com.
mittee Of the past" without being dis.
ingenious. He frankly Acknowledged
that the purpose of the rule was to
bring the bill to vote.
Mr.. Hepburn, (Rep., lowa) protested
vigorously against the interference OF
the committee on rules. declaring that
if there was any question in which the
Republican house could be trusted 1t
was that of pensions. The rule was
adopted on a rising vote-70 to GG.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-30

acre tract of land to secure two promissOry
notes of said date, each for the payment OF
three hundred and twenty-five dollars [S325l
on the 10th of November, 1875, and the other
on the 10th of November, 1876, which mort
gage was recorded in the mortgage records of
said county, in Vol. 123, p. l66, and which
was assigned in the month Of April, 1873 by
said David SuOner by written assignment on
the margin of said record Of said mortgage
subscribed by him to the defendant, Jacob
lands.
Said petition alleges that said notes and
mortgage were fully paid by said SheaTer to
said Jacob lands, but that said mortgage was
never cancelled on the margin Of the record
thereof.
The petition also alleges that said defendants
formerly had or claimed some interest in and
TO leases, drain and coal rights in the above
described premises or some portions thereof.
The prayer of said petition is that the title
of the plaintiff to said real estate be quieted as
against said mortgages, and all other claims,
title, lien, mortgages and interests of the said
defendants or any or either of them il any, in,
10, or against said premises. and every portion
thereof, and that all Of the same be declared
void and cancelled.
said defendants are required TO answer said
petition on or before the Goth day of June,
| 1896, or the allegations thereof will be taken
as true, and proceedings will be had accord.
/ ingly.
FREASE & FREASE, and
JOHN II. sPONSELLER,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-30
PIIH OF TIE NEWS.

The fhbustering steamship Bermuda
slipped into Jacksonville and loaded big
cargo 81 arms for Cuba.
Josegh Cooking was charged by the ooTo.
neT's juay at La Plata, Md with muIoeT.
ing his wife and her sisteI Miss Daisy Mil
Ter.
Al a conference with Thomas e, Platt in
New York Republican leaders decided u
adjourn the legislature on April 10
Captain General WCyler will take tho
field himself and concentrate his forces in
Eastern Cuba
Stanley McDermott, year Old,was shot
through the heart by Arthur HagOTmaD
at Asbury Park, while the latteT was fool
ing with "a revolver.
Conductor Roe was killed on the Cam
den and Woodbury. IN. j. electric road al
Woodbury. as he was making his first tTiI
alone
Republican citizens of New Orleans Is
sued call for massmeeting 10 consider
means for seating the Republican oandi
date for governor claimed TO be elected
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-30
THE MARKETS.
PlTTsBURo. April a.

PlTTsBURo. April a.
wBEAT-No ! red. i7G7sc. No .red. 76C9
77c; spring wheat. Fjl5c.
CORN-No ( yellow ear. 5sIS'd39c; To. 2
shelled. 3OG3Bl4c: high mixed shelled, ,365S oslo
mixed car. sc.
oATS-No ] white, 26d264o; No. z do. s5lz
@aGo; extra No. 3 white. 23lEG2Ic. light mixed.
22H@2ic.
BAY-No ! timothy, SI7 251li.JOs No tim.
othy, sl6 25llG 81. mixed clover, SIS OOal525;
packing. So $4,000, No feeding prairie.
SlI JOGl2OO; wagon lay, Sls,OOG Glg " ioI timo.
thy.
BUTTER-Elgin creamery, I7@lso; Ohio
fancy creamery, lIgl6c; fancy country, roll
1l@l2c; low grade and cooking, 7dsc.
CHEESE = Fancy New York. full cream
large size. 9lsdlOc: New York Oats, lOCglO,ko
fancy ohios, slSG9c; Wisconsin Swiss, in tubs
lIGIIHo; limburger, lzI4glJc: OHIO Swiss, in
tubs, l3Ikglic; Swiss, in square blocks. lSIsa
lsc.
EGGS-Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and
Ohio. in cases, lOdllc: seconds, 90 lOe: goose
| EGGS. 250t3Oc.
POULTRY-Large live chickens, 65G7Oc PEI
pair: live chickens, small, 50g55c: dressed
| chickens, I2@lJc per pound; live ducks, 55l
Csc pei pair; dressed, l5sl6c; 1--we Turkeys. II
@I2C pei pound; dressed. ljGl6e; live geese
oUgibc pei Pair.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-30
FarmerSand Gardeners
TAKE NOTICE.
The best and cheapest Fer
tiliZer on the market.
NATURAL PLANT FOOD
Can now be bought at a
price to suit the times.
WHAT WE CLAIM FOR 1T:

1t permanently improves the soil. 1t is a
natural fertilizer. Ii contains no sulphuric
acid. Being a natural fertilizer it is good for
all crops, 1t protects crops during drouths, as
it attracts more moisture than any other fer
tilizer. 1t natures large and better crops
and as a quick germinatOr and vigorous crop
foroer. 1t is far superior to all chemical
fertilizers known. To any user Of fertilizer
who will make a trial test on wheat and corn
etc. in competition with some well-knOwn
chemical fertilizer, according TO our instruc-
tons, and report the results to US, we will
furnish free all the Natural Plant Food neces'
sary TO make the tests. Farmers should not
fail to use it on corn, as it works with good
success being great corn producer. Gardener,
will find this fertilizer especially adapted to
their wants for growing nice celery plants and
vegetables ofal kinds.
Will name prices ON this celebrated fertili-
zer as follows: sl9.OO PEI ton or S1.9O per
sack Of zoo lbs. Terms cash upon delivering
AT elevator and warehouse at Middle Branch q.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-30
ARMoR PLATE DISCUSSED.


Cause OF Hot Discussion.
WAsHINGToN. April 2S.-The naval
appropriation bill caused animated de.
bate before the senate. an amendment
offered by Mr.. Chandler making it I'M
lawful for retired naval officers to en-
ter the service Of contractors furnish.
ing armor, etc, to the government being
the subject, which gradually broadened
into a discussion of the entire subject
of armOr plate.
Mr.. Tillman, as among the most active
in support of the amendment, speaking
Of the efforts to cheat and rob the gov.
crnment and the tendency of million
aire contractors TO thrust their hands
into the pocket of Uncle Sam"
Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. Hale supported
the amendment and Mr. Gray and Cor
man oppose it. The amendment was
not disposed Of when the senate ad.
lOurned,