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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

of Jingoes, but by the results 1t has
achieved, which have advanced the
cause Of peace, and given an interna-
tional recognition to the principles OF
the Monroe Doctrine. 1t was a check
mate to the game of grab that has been
going on for years among the principal
powers of Europe, ard which, after alb
sorbing most of Africa and Asia, stood
ready to lay its hands upon the West
ern hemisphere. 1t Is not improbable
that secondary e.'"ct of this remark
able chapter in diplomacy will be q
concert of European powers to give up
their petty jealousies regarding Turkey
and to put an end to the spectacle
of Ottoman savagery which has existed
for centuries as a cynical commentary
on the Christian quality of the states
manship of Europe.
The Cuban question in the Senate has
resulted as expected. There is fiery
eloquence on one side and diplomatic
reserve on the other Just what Is in
the wind cannot be predicted but there
is certainly d prVrr7ct OF pn eu,iy 30 40
justment favorable 10 the Cuban cause
Whether this Is TO be q recognition Of
free Cuba or settlement on the basis
of autonomy cannot as yet be predict
ed, IL spite OF the enl erprise OF certain
correspondents. There is many quiet
| conference going on among the people s
representatives in Congress, but the
| general disposition Ia to let the diplo-
mats handle the matter, at least during
| the term OF this Administration
1t Is evident enough that Cuba is des-
tined to be free of Spain in time. A
measure of colonial autonomy such as
would prove possible of acceptance
would simply put Ia the hands of the
Cubans the weanons of certain inde'
pendence. Military men are much In
spired by the wariike resources OF the
Cubans even after century OF re-
preston and despoil"1ent. What the,
would be after few years Of colonia
independence II Is easy to foresee
Spain could not hold her colony excep
by its own consent, and there Is M
natural political or commercial ALI
ance between Spain and Cuba. Th
Cubans naturally fraternize with tn
spirit of the Latin republics of Centra
and South America, and II Is her evi
dent destiny to join the fam
minor republics. The island is rio
, IN resources, and, after ALL 1t is ma uri
wealth that breeds the spirit OF major
: al Independence. Free Cuba woui
! really be an ornament to the SPANS
race and character, II the Dons ha
the wit to see It, 1t should be TO u
credit of the spanish character TN
IL is too independent for colonial su
serviency. All OF Spain's once Dros
! possessions in the new world seem de
4 tined to come under free institution
n and In time the Spanish republic ms
} prove the leaders in the newer ciyiliz
y ton that will do away with domina
}, and imperial powers. and leave the b
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From tns Journal. Detroit. Mscn.

A very grateful mother is Mrs. A. L. Hart
ness, of 676 Grandy Avenue, Detroit, for the
wonderful cure which her daughter has re.
ceived by the use of DIR. Williams Pink
Pills. Said Mrs. Hartness: "Yes, my daugh-
ter's life has been saved by using Pink Pills,
thanks to kind friend who recommended
them to me.
"Blanche was sick for over three years.
She had the care Of the best physicians pro-
durable, and no expense or trouble was
spared to give her relief She was so thin
that she was fairly skin and bones, her diges-
tion was out of order and she had the most
her recovery. Her long, thin, listless face
made me nearly crazy, and we did everything
In our power to. give her strength and induce
her to take an interest in anything.
One day friend told me about Pink
Pills, and Mr.. Hartness went down town and
got three boxes. She had taken about one
box when to my amazement, one morning /
heard her playing on the piano. could
hardly believe II, for II had been over q year
since the piano had been opened.
Soon she began to take short rides on her
bicycle, and soon she went singing around the
house, our own happy, hearty, little daughter
once more.
"Sne thinks nothing Of spin on her wheel
over to Mt. Clemens or Pontiac, and is as well
rs she ever was.
:" had girl living at our house who was
Il great utierer from impoverished blood, and
who received instant and permanent relief
from the use Of one box of the pills.
III this information can be of any use TO
help some poor, sick one, it is given with the
greatest Of pleasure"
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and it will be held at Omaha during the
summer months of1S9S, opening June |
and continuing until Nov. /.
The enterprise has already been put
on sound financial footing, for an ap-
preparation of $3.50, 900 has been secured
from the United States government,
while more than $500, 900 has been sub
Borib bed in Nebraska alone. A further
appropriation of $500, 900 is practically
nssurcd from congress, and the stock
contributions are expected to increase
the capital Of the exposition to 81 ,000,-
900 long before it will be necessary to
begin the actual work.
What the Worlds fair was to the
Union, what the Atlanta exposition was
TO the south, the Transmississippi expo.
siton will be to the west. 1t is big
territory, and one which has not as yet
shown what it could do in this direo-
tion. The transmississippi region en-
braces 20 states and territories, which
have an area Of more than 2,500, 900
square miles and population Of nearly
$4,000, 600. Within this territory is un-
told wealth. Here are the great gram
aries of America; its immense mineral
deposits Of incalculable wealth, both Of
precious and useful metal, discovered
and undiscovered; vast forests of tim
ber; monster farms and grazing fields
from where comes beef not only to feed
all America, but part of Europe; extern
sive cotton and sugar fields, and many
more products which go to make up the
wealth Of the nation.
just what will be the exact nature Of
the exposition has not yet been definitely
fixed upon. At first tha originators be-
gan to model their plans after those Of
the Atlanta exposition; but, becoming
more ambitious, they enlarged them and
are now building more on the lines of
the Worlds fair, In the latter the ex-
hibits Of the Mississippi states were
oversh allowed by those from foreign
countries which had the advantage OF
novelty Of appearance. Brsides, the
west did not have elbow room
At the coming exposition, however,
each state and territory will have q
chance to show something Of its won
derful resources and the manner in
which they are being developed. Many
of the states will have separate build
ings, il not all Of them. In these they
will exhibit products and industries pc
culiarly their own. Alaska will show
examples of her fish and fur industries
and advertise her gold mines, besides
limiting at the unknown quantities of
copper, sulphur, amber and other min
erals to be found in her undeveloped
mines. California will make known the
riches of her mines, her vineyards and
her matcbless fruit farms. Each state
will put forward its best foot, and the
visitor to the exposition will go away
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Special washington Letter.

Special Washington Letter
The signing of the general treaty OF
arbitration between Great Britain and
the United States Is something OF Q
blow to the pessimists in both national
and international politics. AS a mere
event in diplomacy, it ranks with any
in the history of the intercourse OF ma
tions. 1t is q step of prime Importance
in the progress OF civilization, and lie
80 recognized and welcomed by the
leaders in politics and thought all over
the world.
The text Of the treaty provides for a
very simple procedure, in the care oil
disputes now pending or that may oc-
cur during the next five years with our
cousins across the water. Should dip
lomacy fail to adjust such disputes,
they are to be submitted to arbitration,
each party to name an arbitrator who
must be first-class jurist These two
arbitrators are to choose an umpire,
and, in case Of their failure to agree,
the umpire is to be appointed by
agreement between the members of the
Supreme Court of the United States and
the members of the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council of Great Britain.
II this method Of selecting an umpire
fails, then the umpire is to be ap-
pointed by the Kirg of Sweden. All
disputes involving territorial claims
will be submitted to a tribunal, COM
posed of three Justices of the Supreme
Court or of the Circuit Courts of the
United States and three members Of the
British Supreme Court, the President
and Queen to appoint the respective
members.
The treaty, Of course, must receive
the approval of the United States Sen.
ate before 1t is fully ratified. But there
is no good ground to fear its acceptance
and rumors to that effect are rather
sensational than probable. The Senate
has always been disposed to broad and
patriotic views In the matter of for
eign relations, and arbitration is un-
doubtedly a principle that had its or
igin in the international policy of the
United States. 1t was included in a
limited way in the treaty of Washing
ton, at the instance of our represen.
tatives, when that famous treaty with
Great Britain was negotiated over a
quarter of century ago. The general
principle of arbitration was indorsed
years ago by joint resolution of Con-
gress, and the President instructed to
negotiate an arbitration treaty with
Great Britain. 1t is hardly likely the
Senate will now go back on Its long
and honorable record in favor of the
principle of arbitration as a substitute
for war, particularly when presented
under circumstances of such peculiar
glory to the diplomacy and power of
the Unitel States.
There is no question that to President
Cleveland and his Secretary of State
are due the credit of wringing from a
reluctant Tory regime in England full
recognition of the Monroe Doctrine and
an arbitration treaty which is the pre-
cursor of a new order of things in the
world of diplomacy. 1t is now seen
that the Venezuela message of Presi-
dent Cleveland, had arbitration for its
real object and end. 1t was bold and
masterful stroke, which is to be judg-
ed not by the rapid fears of peace ad-
vocates nor by the mistaken rejoicings
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EInnsirlons OF 1871,

Preparations are being made for no
fewer than five international exhibitions In
different countries In 1897. In February
an international electrical and engineering
exhibition will be held at Newcastle-on-
Tyne, to commemorate the sixtieth year oil
the queens reign. A similar exhibition,
illustrating the queens record reign, will
be held al Blackpool from April till
October. The third is an engineering ex'
position to be held at Stockholm, where
machinery hall with an area of 100, OOC
square feet has just been completed. From
July | to Oct 81 an exhibition of agricul
tural and industrial machines Is to be hold
at Heiff, and the most Important OF th'
hvs will be the international (generaD ex
position to be held at Brussols
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FACTS IN FEW Wn

Corn is now used for fuel in some
OF the farming sections of Nebraska.
Roasted peanuts are sold by the
pound at Sacramento, Cal, the price
now being 10 cents.
A few days ago Jeffersonville, Ind,
convict who for five years had fe gnei
to be a deaf mute confessed his impos-
ture.
Tracheotomy was performed on 0
calf in Johnson county, KY, which had
swallowed one end of pair OF pot
hooks,
It is said to be the intention of tho
Transvaal to establish State schools,
where the medium of instruction will
be in English.
Within the last fifty years the rate OF
speed of ocean steamers has trebled,
and the usual horsepower increased
from 700 to 10000.
AS a result of the recent football
game in the City of Mexico, the MeXl-
can papers condemn the game as far
more brutal than bull-fghting.
Bread as a daily article Of food is
used by only about one-third of the l.
SOC, 100000 people that constitute the
present population of the earth.
It is said that only two miles OF
steam railroad were built in New Eng
land In 1896, and these were evenly d.
vided between Maine and Vermont.
There was a mixture Of feeling in
the household of Pete Berry, of the
Colorado Grand Canyon, when the cat
had littler of balf-breed pole-cats.
On the basis of assertion made by
apothecaries, 1t is estimated that there
are in Paris at least $4,000 victims OF
the morphine habit, among them 10000
women.
Up to 1893 grapes were raised In
China for the table only. Since ther
experiments have been made in max
ing wine, which resulted very success
fully.
Rubbers were the means OF saving
| life in Maine, when a West Sullivan
| boatman who wore them used them Il
bail out his boat, which had sprung
aleak.
In a smelt weir in South Bay, of
Eastport, Me-, lobster weighing 1871
| pounds was caught. 1t was forty
/ incnes long and seventeen inches
| around.
There was ground for amusing spec
ulation In the contribution OF Ban
gor, Me-, firm to fair for The benefit Q
an hospital The donation consisted o
$500 cigarettes.
The railroad station at Frankfor'
Germany, one of the finest in the "orl'
excites the wonder and admiration G
all who see it; so too, does the ne'
one at Cologne.
At Hartshorne, I. T., an Italian VIII
had sued Tor divorce, urge
&4aste upon his attorney, saying that b
wanted to marry a Choctaw squaw b'
fore the land allotment.
Russian thistles, patch OF whic
have hourished for some time nei
Whipple, Ariz., have overgrown vel
trodden paths there and made the
impossible either for men or animals
The Czar of Russia is very fond OF
, pipe. Like President Faure OF Franc
! the Emperor is never so happy as whit
} smoking a briar-wood, which he In
, nitely prefers to the cigarettes that
| usually smokes in public.
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Of Goulds who got in makes no difference
to him. He has no children and Is making
the fight on his own behalf. This time he
10 not dealing in futures
Chicago people are fond of saying that
Yerkes could gain no foothold In society
there and that the exclusive set closed
their doors against him. There was an
apparent basis for this statement, too, for
although Mr.. Yerkes lived In fine man
sion, gave magnificent entertainments CO.
casionally aud became leader among
philanthropists he and bis wife were not
in what was known as the best society.
There Is no mistaking his Intentions on
New York society, however. He has gone
about the task of gratifying his social am.
bition In a shrewd and businesslike man.
ner. Calmly and deliberately he has map
ped ont his programme. Three years or
more ago he began building a home on
Fifth avenue Selecting house In the
same block with the one occupied by George
| Gould he had 1t remodeled to suit his
tastes regardless of expense.
Mr.. Yerkes, too, has an accurate appre-
citation Of the value Of judicious newspa-
per advertising No detail relating to the
magniflcence Of his new home has been
kept from the public. Every New Yorker
who reads his Sunday papers thoroughly
knows that the 12 stones leading up to
Mr.. Yerkes' front door cost sl 900 apiece;
that behind the massive, wrought iron
doors Is Florentine court of pure white
marble extending TO the roof; that the
Yerkes art gallery contains the largest and
| finest private collection of pictures In this
country, and that they are worth together
more than $4,000, 900; that Mrs. Yerkes
sleeps in $40, 900 bed.
/ If any one is in ignorance of these mat
ters, It Is not the fault of Mr.. Yerkes, fol
the society reporters seem to have unlimit-
ed opportunities to ascertain these details.
And yet so far Mr.. Yerkes has made nc
impression at all on New York society.
Although he has occupied mis- Fifth avenue
mansion for several months, you do not
observe that Mr.. and Mrs. Yerkes attend
cd the Patriarohs' ball or took part In any
of the exclusive high jinks which most OF
the residents of that avenue participate In
Although the Yerkes mansion Is prob
ably furnished even more magnificently
than the new palace of Cornelius Wander
bilt, there Is but one outward mark by
which 1t may be readily distinguished from
the other abodes of New York millionaires
That Is the color of the curtains. At th'
windows of almost every other house oil
Fifth avenue are heavy, expensive but sim
pie white shades. The curtains of tn
Yerkes house are Of beautiful but vivi'
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man race everywhere Tree to work out

man race everywhere free to work out
It's own political and social destiny.
The tariff hearings have closed. and
Mr.. Dingley's Committee will now take
up the serious work of framing new
tariff bill. There are many reasons
to believe that a radical measures is
not contemplated. The Wilson bill.
with all its defects, has had the merit
Of promoting foreign trade, and this
trade has been largely in our favor, In
word, we have been exporting more
than we have been importing. and the
growth has been in the line of the ex-
port of our manufactured products.
Many lines of manufacture are not now
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with a better and more comprehensive
idea of the great empire which lies west
of the Father of Waters.
There will be a great hall for manu-
features, as there was at the Columbian
exposition, fisheries exhibit and other
regular exposition features. Besides
these, there will be many new and novel
features such as the west alone can sup
My. What they will be is yet TO be de-
termined, but they will be well worth
seeing if the opportunities for making o
novel display of some of the interesting
things TO be found only in the transmits
sissippi region are not neglected.
There will undoubtedly be mining
camp in full blast and display com
pairing the old methods Of mining with
those Of today. The rocker in which the
prospeotor panned out his few shovels
Of placer dirt in the brook will be con-
trasted with the cyanide process and the
huge stump mills by which every ounce
OF precious metal is wrung from the
jealous rock.
There will be Indian villages, perhaps
cowboy camp and stock round up
and maybe lumbeSing scene. The pos
sibilities arr lig. aud the trsnsmissis-
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VICE PRESIDENT ALVIN SAUNDERS.
ments. The medals and emblems Of ex-
cellence are to be coined at the govern
ment mints, and all exhibits are to be
admitted to the country free Of duty
from foreign shores,
The organization is complete and has
been well done. The government is vest.
ed in board of directors, so in number,
from which has been elected an execu
tive committee of II. This committee
has in turn elected a full quota of exec
utive officers. Each Of the transmissis-
sippi states and territories is represented
in the governing body by a vice presi-
dent appointed by the governor Of the
respective state or territory. These rep.
resentatives are as follows:
Iowa, Hon. George f. Wright; South
Dakota, Hon. Thomas Fl, Wells; Ne
braska, Hon. William Neville; Mis-
souri,, Hon. John Doniphan; Kansas,
Hon. G. A. Fellows; Arizona, Hon.
Charles r. Drake; California, Hon.
George W. Parsons; Oklahoma, Hon.
Eugene Wallace; Idaho. Hon. B. p.
Shawhan: Nevada, Hon. William j.
Westerfield; Utah, Hon. Lewis w.
Shurtliff; Colorado, Hon. Henry p.
Steele; New Mexico, Hon. l.. Bradford
Prince; Oregon, Hon. B. s. Cook
Texas, Hon. Gus Reymershoffer.
At the head Of the executive machin'
cry of the exposition is Gurdon w. Wat
ties, who from the beginning has been
one of the most active promoters of the
enterprise. Mr.. Wattles is singularly
we'll equipped for the important position
which he occupies. Although he has
lived in the west for only four years, ht
has become prominently identified with
the financial and commercial interests
of the transmississippi region. He IL
vice president of the Union Nationa
bank of Omaha and is a representative
type of pushing western business men.
John A. Wakefield, the secretary, Il
a well known Omaha business man, ant
Vice President Alvin Saunders is mar
of wide experience. He has been gov
ernor of the state and United States
senator. The other officials are all rep
resentative men who are bound to make
the exposition success.
Q. II. BAXTER.
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WESTERN EXPOSITION.
Omaha Preparing = or the Great
Show of1@ 90.
ITS SUCCESS Is N0ar ASSURED

ssnnoieut Money Is Fortbeo> ,ing, and the
TransmississippI States aual Territories
Are Tboroughiy Interested In the
Scheme.
Sunset land is to have q big exposi-
hon. The states west Of the n Mississippi
have combined in the project, and all
the vast energy and enterpris which
have mnde this great section of the
Onion famous arc being concentr ated on
making the affair successful fr ON the
itart. 1t III to bo known as the Trans
mississippi and International expo sition,
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Persons who are troubled with indiRes-
ii will be interested iD the experience OF
william n. Penn, chief clerk In the rail
way mail eeryioe at Dfs Moinfs, lows,
who writes: "It gives me pleasure :
'esiify TO the merits Of Chamberlain
Colo, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
For two years have suffered from inoi
nsiion, and am subject TO friqueI : a.
gtks ( pain In the stoma"h and bowels
Ore or two doses OF d is remedy Dev.i
lis TO give PEE feot relief. Price 2b anf
0 cents. Sold by O. N. Nyf, corne
arnett Houses SohIa abseh's drug store
!2b N. Ms,het; E. l.. Janson, 200 Ius
arawas street.
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Los-A dear little child who made
home happy by its smiles. And to think,
il might have been taved had the parents
only kept in the horse One Minute
Cough Cure, the infallible remedy for
Group. +. p. Shanafelt & Co., Q. N.
Nye, Fishers Drug Store.
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Soothing for burns, .scalds, chapped
hands and lips, Healing for cuts and
sores. Instant relief for piles, stops pain
at once These are the virtues OF De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. +. p. Shana'
felt a. Co., @. N.Nye, Fishei s Drug Store
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yellow silk. At the opera the other night
a Gotham woman was heard to ask another
"Who do you suppose lives In that house
on the corner OF Sixty-eigbth street and
Fifth ayenue-the one with the yellow
curtains at the windowsp" :.
"why, these Chicago people live there, y
was the reply; "the Yerkeses, you know. .
And such Is fame But the very peoplu
who now look coldly on the Yerkeses may
two years hence be glad to crowd In behind
those same yellow curtains and share the
lavish hospitality shich Is sure to bs DIS
naraoI vithin. CHARLES WARNER.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
rnE GREATEST WORK OF TnE PRES
ENr ADMINISTRATION.

International Arbitration as an American
Policy-Treaty with Great Britain In
the senate-Cuban Policy Drsgs-sher-
man for the Cabinet.