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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
HEROES OF KLONDIKE
JACK M'oUEsTEN, FATHER OF THE
YUKON, ONE OF THEM.

How Clarence Berry Made n Zig Fortune
In One MISUNDERSTANDING Stories Of
Suddenly Acquired Wealth which Came
From the New GoIdHeIds.
Fascinating stories are those which are
told about the heroes of the Yukon, stories
of sudden transitions from poverty to afflu-
ence stories which thrill the patient plod-
der in civilizations well worn ruts.
As goldfleld the Klondike region seems
to be out of the ordinary in many ways.
In the first place, the old miners who
looked over the ground soon after the first
strike had been made declared that no gold
would be found there. The discoverer,
they argued, had simply run across a
chance pocket and had found all there was
to find. The formation of the locality and
the character Of the ground, they main
tained, were both unfavorable, so they
turned their backs on the new camp.
But the inexperienced men who went
rushing in upon their heels could not be
made to understand it. They did not see
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

rived there. He is past 60 now, but
evidently has enough vigor left to engi-
neer gigantic gamble with success.
There used to hang on the south wall
Of Jay Gould's parlor painting by
Rosa Bonheur. Gould was never known
to exhibit any decided artistic tastes,
but it is probable that this picture gave
him more satisfaction than any of the
many costly works of art which he pos
sessed. He used to point it out to his
friends and remark grimly, "There
hangs the scalp of James r. Keene. -
To those who knew the history of
1.-THE street" this at once recalled the
early career of Keene. He had been
school teacher on the Pacific coast, had
put his savings into mining stocks, and
had accumulated few thousand dol
lars. One day he had an opportunity to
make big deal. He put all his own
money and all he could borrow into
Bonanza stocks and came out 3,000,-
900 winner. He staid ON the coast until
he had nearly doubled his capital, and
then, flushed with success, he started
east. He had heard Of Jay Gould's
mastership of Wall street and gave out
that he was going after Gould's scalp.
Well, he didn't get it, He started to
engineer wheat deal of immense pro-
portions, but when he had got in over
his ears Gould knocked the bottom out
of the wheat market, and Keene went
to the wall. The Bonheur came from
his mansion and was sold when he
tried to settle up after the crash.
This was in 1884. Keene long ago
got on his feet again. He has made one
or two big coups since, but none SO big
as the recent one.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

fuence him to spend his shore leave So
berly and decently, in spite of time
honored traditions which would lead
him to pursue al opposite course.
But the best results Of Miss Weston's
work are to be seen on the ships of the
navy. On nearly every one is to be
found temperance society which she
has organized, and in every ships IL
brary her monthly magazine, Ashore
and Afioat, is one of the most thumbed
publications. So greatly has the good
influence Of this publication been ap-
preciated that the United States authori-
ties have made arrangements to have it
circulated on our warships. Thus Miss
Weston may come in time to be known
not only as "mother Of the British blue
jackets" but "aunt to the American
tars
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
LINCOLN PARK CHURCH AS IT Is AND As II
WILL APPEAR.

LINCOLN PARK CHURCH AS IT Is AND As 1T
WILL APPEAR
supplies the lack of ivy covered ruins
and other evidences of respectable an
tiquity In good time the fiat roofs will
give place to lofty spires, the bare brick
walls TO mulliOned windows and naves
and swelling domes.
One of the most striking examples of
this pieCemeal architecture is the Lin
coin Park Congregational church. In
its present shape it gives absolutely no
idea of what il will be like when it is
completed. Thus far only the rear of
the building has been erected, and the
windows alone suggest that some day
that inConspicuous building will be-
come one of the finest church edifiCes
in the city. Yet the part which has
been erected serves all the present pur.
poses of the congregation admirably,
and when the church treasury will al
low the front lot will be covered by the
remainder of a graceful temple.
Then there is the Hull Memorial
'chapel of the First Unitarian society Of
Chicago, Although the existing struc-
only portion of a fine specimen Of
Gothic architecture it is really only q
small part Of the contemplated edifice.
1t stands at some distance from the
sidewalk, and when it is completed the
main auditorium will cover what is
now pretty lawn. What looks like a
finished porch will be run up into
lofty spire, and the other walls will
be extended so as to carry out the
cloister effect.
Probably one Of the oldest church
structures now in use in Chicago is that
occupied by the congregation of the
Catholic Church of the Immaculate
Conception. 1t is located ON CONNER.
cial avenue and was begun in 1894. The
foundations for the entire structure
were then put in, and the walls carried
up to about the level of the windows on
the main floor. At this junctnre the
funds ran out and fiat roof was put
over the whole while the interior was
finished just as if the building had been
complete Then the street level was
raised SO that now, were it not for the
cross which has been raised on the front
of the fat roof, few would ever guess
what the strange looking structure was
intended for. Yet in few more years
the walls will rise and form one of the
most imposing churches in that SEQ.
tion Of the city. In the meantime serv-
ices are regularly held in the basement
below the street level
In speaking of this curious feature Of
Chicago churches DR.. J. @. Armstrong,
a Congregational divine, sums up the
situation as follows: "It is character
istic of hopeful, pushing, ambitious
metropolis which has made start in
the right line and is hound to be mag
nificent in the end"
ANDREW DOWNS
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
JACK TAR'S FRIEND.
Miss Weston, Known as Mother OF the
British Bluejackets.

Miss Weston, Known as Mother OF the
British Bluejackets.
Thirty years of earnest and conscien-
tious endeavor have gained for Miss Ag-
nes Weston her title of mother of Brit
ish blueJackets. During that time she
has tried to make the British sailor a
more temperate tar and a better man all
round.
Miss Weston is the daughter of a Lon
don lawyer, and early in life she decid-
ed to devote her time and energy to the
uplifting of Jack Tar. Her success has
been most notable. She did not go about
her work by singing hymns, preaching
or distributing tracts, At Portsmouth
and Devonport, two of England's great
shipping Centers, she established what
she calls sailors rests. These places
are the brightest, cleanest and best ven
tilated restaurants in England, and
thousands of British sailors have come
to regard them as sunshiny spots on an
otherwise dismal waste of shore There
are no gospel notices on the walls to
make him feel out of place, and the
services which are conducted in the ad-
joining halls are of such a cheerful,
simple nature that Jack usually enjoys
the daily meetings, while they often in
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12


peoially satisfied with it. New York
society people criticised the manner in
which Commander Davis guarded the
infanta from the intrusion of aristocrats
and plebeians alike, and the newspa-
pers of the day had considerable fun
with Mr. Davis who seemed to take
himself with much seriousness. His
duties were discharged with all faith.
fulness, however, and probably with
much good taste, for it was rather a
difficult position for democratic
American to fill He was selected for
the place because he had travelled much
in Spain, spoke the language fuently
and was familiar with Spanish politics,
Commander Davis is a native Of
Massachusetts and was appointed to the
Naval academy as cadet from that
state in 1861. He has been gradually
promoted and reached his present rank
in 1885. II he is as successful in run
ming the naval observatory as he was in
plotting a princess about the country,
he will undoubtedly win still higher
honors
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
Who has been in, Canton the past Five
Months, and has Perma-
nently Located
In Rooms No. 4, 3 an d 6
IN THE
Central Savings Bank Building.
Where he has handsomely fitted Of
fees, which are splendidly equip
ped for the treatment of
~ h.
ChronieDiseases
S. Per Month.

The great question with vital
his remedies minister humanity Kindness
in of
But
than
and esucha ailments
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

ty constantly, she and the prince met
many times. For months past he has
paid most assiduous court to the profess
sional beauty. Even Fred Gebhard in
the days Of his deepest infatuation was
not more devoted, and now, in spite of
the indignant protests of his family, he
seems determined TO make her princess.
1t is curious circumstance that the
mother of the prince was a daughter of
the fifth Earl of Jersey, the island of
which Mrs, Langtry is justly considered
the lily. Mrs. Langtry is said to be
quite pleased with the prince, and her
recent divorce leaves her free to become
a princess if she has the chance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

1t is not a remedy put up by any Tom,
Dick or Harry; il is compounded by ex'
pert pharmacists. Ely Bros. offer lC
cent trial size. Ask your druggist. Full
size Cream Balm 90 cents. We mail it,
ELY BROS, So Warren St, N. Y. City
Since 1851 have been great sufferer
from catarrh, tried Ely's Cream Balm
and to all appearances am cured. Terri
BILE headaches from which / had long
suffered are gone. j. Hitchcock, late
Major U. 8. Vol. and A. A. Gen., Buffalo
N, Y
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

reached Forty Mile on June 4, 1896. Then
came the news from Klondike, and Mrs
Berry urged him to go and leave her until
she could follow. He did and picked out
what Is probably the best claim on the
Klondlke. When he and his wife reached
Seattle, not long ago, they brought with
them $134, 900 in gold dust and nuggets,
and Berry has interests in five paying
claims
Frank Keller, formerly employed as a
railroad brakeman at Los Angeles, is an
other lucky man. He has come out with
$50, 900 In gold and owns besides claim
which he val les at $3.50, 900.
CHARLES WARNER
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

John Griffin, Of Zanesville, o., says;
~ never lived day for thirty years
without suffering agony, until box OF
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured my
piles" For piles and rectal troubles,
cuts, bruises spraines, eczema and all
skin troubles De Wits Witch Hazel
salye is unequalled. F. r. Shanafelt q
Ca. q. N. Nye, Fishers Drug Store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
JIM Keshe,s BIG COUP.
The Veteran speoulator Again on Top In
Wall street.

The veteran Speculator Again on Top IN
Wall street.
Once more the seesaw Of Wall street
has tipped in favor of James r. Keene,
and today the veteran speculator is on
top. He has been manipulating sugar
stocks of late, and it is reported that he
closed out the other day when sugar
reached high water mark more than
81, 900, 900 ahead of the game.
For man who has burned the candle
at both ends so long, Jim Keene is a
vigorous sort of a patriarch. Men age
fast in Wall street, and Keene had
reached his meridian when he first ar
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
A Remarkable cnre of Chronic Diar
rhoea.

In 1862, when served my country as
a private in Company A, 18TH Penn
sylvaDia Volunteers, contracted chron.
ic diarrhoea. 1t has given me great
deal Of trouble ever since. have tried
a dozen different medicines and several
prominent doctors without any perma-
nent relief. Not long ago a friend sent
me sample bottle OF Chamberlain 4
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
after that | bought and took 80 cent
bottle; and now can say that am en-
tirely cured. cannot be THANKFUL
enough ID you for this great remedy, and
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

recommend 1t to all suffering veterans.
If in doubt write me. Yours gatefully.
HENRY STEINBERdER, Allentown, Pa. For
sale by Q. N. Nye, Corner Barnett House;
Schlabach's Drug Store, 225 N. Market
St.; +. l.. Janson, 200 w. Tuscarawas st.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy always affords
prompt relief" For sale by o. N. Nye,
Cor. Barnett House; schlabach's Drug
Store, 226 N. Market; x. L. Janson, 200
w. Tuscarawas st.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
Evolution of English Children.

A modern father has evolved the fol-
lowing excellent definition of modern
children; Until S they are pleas.
ure, from to IA they are interesting
and from IA upward they are disagree
able acquaintanoes with claim upon
one. "-London Truth.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

Burning, itching skin diseases instantly >
relieved by De Wits Witch Hazel Salve
unequalled for cuts, bruises, burns. II
heals without leaving scar. II. r. 6hana-
felt 4 Co., O. N. Nye, Fishers Drug Store
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

JACK M'oUEsTRN. FATHER OF THE YUKON.
| why, II some gold had been found, more
should not be there. 1t was useless to argue
with them. The tenderfeet were already
frantically stalking out claims and making
the gravel fly, and In few days they were
taking out dirt that fairly reeked with
| gold So IL was the tenderfeet, in the Ian
guage of the mining camp, who made the
| big fortunes, merely because they would
not take advice.
One of the veterans who have recently
come out sf the Klondike region with only
a small stake is Jack MoQuesten, who Is
known as the "father of the Yukon. +"
| For 26 years McQuesten has been in Alaska
| trading, prospecting and roaming from
one place to another. For more than u
quarter of century he has been outside
| the pale of civilization, and for part of that
time he has been mourned as dead by his
relatives.
MoQuesten first went up into the north
western wilderness as an employee of the
Hudson Bay company, but later found
employment with the Alaska Commercial
and Trading company When the first
rumors Of gold came, I've turned prospector.
That was years ago, and for months he has
tramped over the uninhabited wastes look
the pioneers at Forty Mile two winters ago,
and when that place was succeeded In
popularity by Circle City he went there.
Then when the rush for the Klondike be-
gan Jack MoQuesten pulled up stakes
again. but, although he was in good season,
he made an unfortunate selection Of
claim. He happened to stake out just be-
yond where pay dirt ended, but he put in
weeks of hard work before he discovered
this
The father of the Yukon does not come
back to civilization quite pauper, though.
He has few thousand dollars and an in
terest in good claim which ought to be
worth a snug little fortune, so there is
prospect that he will end his days comforta-
bly,. Two years ago he organized a society
known as the Pioneers of the Yukon. To
be eligible for membership one must have
lived for seven consecutive years in Alaska.
One of the most fortunate Of the Klon-
dixie kings is Clarence j. Berry. Three
years ago he was a farmer in Fresno, Cal
with nothing before him but hard work
and poor prospects, but he was young and
energetic, and when he heard of gold in
Alaska he quit farming and started north
He did not know any more about mining
than the average farmer does. The first
winter he passed in the gold region was
hard one. He had to borrow money to buy
his outfit In juneau. His brother and an
other man went with him, but they lost
most of their outfit before they We're half
way to Forty Mile. They went back and
got another and finally reached tha Yukon
goldflelds. They worked hard and made O
small stake that winter, but it was by no
means fortune, and the next spring Clar-
l,..a
Miss Ethel Bush of Selma.
From that time on the tide of fortune
turned in his favor. With his bride he
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
Chess Taught In the schools.

Everybody in Storbech, Austria, over
3 years of age is chess player. The
game is taught in the schools.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

Shiloh's Consumption Cure cures
where others fail. IL Is the leading
Cough Cure, and no home should be
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12

without It. Pleasant to take and goes
right 20 the spot. Sold by Fred p.
Shanaielt & Co.. Il. l.. Ortt, Market and
Sth st.; K. o. Miller, East End.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Aged Bridegroom suicides

new YoNK, Dee. G-On Thantsgiy-
ing evening Samuel G.. Parkhili, "a
years of age. of Brooklyn married
Miss Annie Kirkland of Brooklyn, who
was fifty years his junior. To-day
Parkhill committed suicide at his
home in Brooklyn by shooting him
self through the bran with a revolver.
When the couple we're married the
families Of both parties objected
strongly to tho tie on account of the
disparity in their ages. The couple
were forced TO separate, and since
that time Parkhill had appeared soms-
what depressed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Germany's Army I'm China.

BERLIN, Dec. 6.-When tho German
reinforcements, consisting of four
companies of marines, numbering
twenty-three officers and 1000 men,
and q company Of naval artillery ar
rive at Kiao.Chau bay, for which
point they will soon set ont, they will
bring the total German force there up
to 4,566 men. the largest body Ger
many has ever sent beyond European
waters. 1t is understood that the
reserves had to be drawn upon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
A Race with Death.

CHICAGO. Dec. 6.-Twelye men COM
posing the crow OF the steamer George
w. Morley had n race with death on
Lake Michigan this evening. Fire
broke out in the hold of the vessel
seven miles off Evanston. All steam
was crowded on, the safety valves
were tied down and with men work.
ing like t%rojans in the binding smoke,
the u for shore commenced. As the
flames burst through the cabin. land
was reached and the crew saved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
i.OUs steerace Passengers

New YORK, Dec. 6.-The Prince line
steamer, Trojan Prince. which arrived
to-day from Leghorn, Genoa and Nap.
les, brought from the latter port zoos
steerage passengers, the greater pOr-
ton of them being women and child
rem. This is the largest number OF
Italian immigrants brought by any
steamer to this port in many montha
The state of health on board was ex.
cellcnt
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

WOMAN'S TRAGIC ACT
Mrs. Howell Ends aer So altering with
n Bullet.

KANSAS CRY, Mo, Dec. q. Mira
Lillian Howell, So years, a student at
the Kansas City Homeopathic college.
ended her life with a bullet ut ii:,s
o'clock Saturday night in "a room at
7O3 East Eleventh street. She had
been confined to her bed for three
weeks with lung trouble and IL Is be-
lievcd her act was prompted by the
thought that she would never regain
her health. She had sent her hus-
band to telephone for u doctor and
while he was gone she secured n
revolver. muficd with bed clothes and
shot herself.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Only Collecting Her SALARY.

ARDMoRE, /. T., Dec. 6-"Sanl Of
Posen," by M. B. Curtis company,
was presented ut the opera house hero
last night. At the close Of tho per-
formance tho lady cashier, Miss Nellie
X. Fillmore, disappeared with the
evenings receipts. She was found
and placed under arrest. She gave
bond. She claims Curtis owed her,
and that she took the only means at
her command for paying herself.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
WEEDS 10 Waitress.

New York, Dec. CT came out to-.
day that the man who was married
last Sunday in THE Little Church
Around the Corner" TO Juliet.e Maier.
a waitress, is William Copeland
R~hinelander, the eldest son Of Will
lam Rhinelander, head of a family that
has been prominent in New York for
nearly a century.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Place for Mgr. Schroeder.

BERLIN. Dec. bright Rev. Mgr.
Joseph Schroeder, late professor OF
dogmatic theology at the Catholic uni.
versity at Washington, has been ap.
pointed by the Prussian minister Of
education and ecclesiastical affairs to
the faculty Of tho Catholic academ my Al
Mucnster, capital Of Westphalia
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. q The verbal
arrangement between the managers
for Peter Jackson and jim Jeffries for
u twenty round contest In this city
has been declared of. In it's stead a
match has been consummated between
Jeffrics and Tom Sharkey, TO take
place between December 80 and Jan.
nary :. In Mechanics pavilion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
MormOnism In PoiltIas.

SALT LAKE. Utah, Dec. 6.-Jamcs
Charles Bowen. a member OF one of
the teachers quorums OF the Mormon
church, has been disfellowshipped be-
u at the recent election he worked
for T. b. ~Critchlow, a nom Mormon.
ana against Charles w. Symons, o
Mormon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Italian Ministry Quits.

ROME, Dec. 6-The cabinet has re.
signed. General Pellieux's action IL
regarded rs n political move to mako
it possible for the Marquis di Rudini
to secure a unanimous ministry. The
ministers OF finance, justice and pub
tic works in the retiring cabinet will
not appear in its successor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
BRITONS IN NICARAGUA.
Got q Concession which IL In Apparsp,
Conflict with.the Canal schema

"'"" 0"""' S0He"a
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. G-L
Wichmann, representing the English
corporation known as the Atlas Steam
ship Company, has deposited with the
treasurer of Nicaragua $1,000 In
gold as the c~onpany's guaran-
tee under its contract with
the Nicaraguan government, by
the terms of which the re.
ceives the exclusive right OF steam
navigation for tb irty years on tho
silico lagoon, Lake Nicaragua aud the
river San Juan del Norte. with the ex
elusive right also for the same time of
constructing tramways and railroads
along the lines and at the best places
to avoid the obstacles in the river San
Juan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-10
Ives Challenged SIo,aoa.

NEW York, Dec d--Frank C ives.
smarting under his defeat by Gaorgs
= oiosson' has issued n challenge to
oiosson Tor d match game of billiards
according to championship rules.