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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
A PERlLous SPORT THAT HAS MANY
voTARlES.

Lessons Of the Recent Disaster on Mount
Taooma-The Ascent of Mont Blanc Is
Tame Compared to Scaling Some Amer
lean Peaks.
It is quite probable that the recent
accidents to mountain climbers will put
something Of a damper on that kind Of
sport There is one mountain at least
which is likely to be let severely alone
for this season if not for many succeed
ing ones. This is Mount Tacoma. It
was last assailed by large party of
Mazamas who constitute one of the
most famous mountain climbing clubs
in the world They have named their
association for the mountain goat, that
wild creature of the crags and peaks
about which so much of romance and of
mystery has been thrown. The Mazamas
came back from Tacoma in awed solem-
nifty, for one of their number, Professor
Mcclure, had met a fearful death and
two others had become unconscious from
sheer terror at their narrow escapes from
slipping over awful precipices.
1t was not so long ago that mountain
climbers thought America could offer
nothing in the way of hazardous ad-
venture to equal Switzerland, but since
then it has been found that on this con-
tinent are peaks which can defy the
efforts of the most expert Alpinists
Mount Tacoma, for example, is report
ed to be growing worse instead Of bet
ter, and those who made the trip to the
summit this summer say that the only
accessible route around one of the most
dangerous shoulders of the mountain
has been made impossible by an ava
lanche which thundered down from the
| summit only few seconds after they
had passed on their return and which
had it occurred moment earlier would
have wiped out their whole party.
But Tacoma is not the only formidable
peak which we have to offer. In Colo.
RADIO alone there are over $50 peaks
which tower more than 10, 900 feet
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
RAYMOND,s RAPID Rise.
At the Age of Twenty nine He Is tn,
Youngest University President.

At the Age of Twenty nine He Is the
Youngest University President.
Nothing in educational history equals
the remarkable career of Jerome II.
Raymond, the newly elected president
of the West Virginia university. He be-
gan life As a newsboy on the streets Of
Chicago, and now, at the age of 30, he
has captured one of the few prizes in an
honored profession and is the youngest
university president in the country. The
rapidity with which he acquired an ex-
tensive stock of learning is phenomenal.
He simply galloped through college,
rose from one position to another and
left behind him in the race men who
began it before he was born.
At the age Of 9 young Raymond was
left fatherless, and he began selling pa
pers that he might help support his
widowed mother. He was successful,
but left the streets to become an office
boy for George NJ. Pullman. Evenings
he studied stenography, becoming an
expert in short time Then he was
made personal stenographer to Mr..
Pullman. Although he was being rapid
ly advanced in the service of the palace
car magnate he wanted an education
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
AN INDIAN REPUBLIC.
THE JEWELLERS ON ANNETTE ISLAND
HAVE SELF GOVERNMENT.

How One Man Brought Civilization TO q
Tribe Of Red Men--The Former Canni-
balls Have Built Town with Electric
Lights, schools and Churches.
Annette island, off the coast of which
the Alaska steamer Mexico was recently
wrecked, is the home of one of the most
inter sting Indian tribes in the great
northwest The Indians are known as
the Tsimsheans, and, while most of the
natives of Alaska and British Columbia
are still in state of woeful degrada-
tion and ignorance, this little band Of
about 500 are highly civilized. They
not only own the whole island but gov
ern it themselves, have developed its
resources and have built neat little
town which compares most favorably
with any other place Of its size in the
eerritory.
Metlakhatla is the name Of the cani.
tai of this unique little Indian republ g,
and people who visit it today can hari-
ly realize that 40 years ago the tribe
which built it was one Of the most saw
age and barbarous in all that region.
At that time the Tsimsheans were
bloodthirsty tribe of cannibals who
practiced the most horrible heather
rites. They were feared by the whites,
loathed by the other natives and reveled
in all sorts of murderous orgies. Today
the Tsimsheans are probably the most
industrious and intelligent natives in
Alaska, and it is safe to say that their
morals are much better than those of
many of the whites who are now
gwarming into the new territory.
This wonderful change has been
brought about entirely through the
agency Of one man, the Rev. William
Duncan. His success has no parallel in
the whole history of missionary work.
A little over 90 years ago the British
Missionary society Of the Established
Church of England received word from
q naval officer that ON the shores Of the
far northwest corner of North America
there was a tribe of Indians which was
sorely in need of some Christianizing
influence. William Duncan, q young
theological student who had applied for
missionary work, was selected for the
task of carrying the gospel into those
unexplored wilds.
After an extremely long journey Mr.,
Duncan reached fort which constitut-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

and at l9 he entered the Northwestern
University academy. By constant appli-
cation and special examinations he COM
pleted the four years course in one year,
meanwhile supporting himself and his
mother by working as stenographer. In
1888 he entered college and completed
the freshman and sophomore years.
Then he became private secretary to
Bishop Thoburn and accompanied him
on two year trip around the world,
keeping up his university studies and
returning in time to graduate with the
rest Of his class He was given the de-
gree Of Ph. ID. by the University Of Chi
oago. Next he became editor Of The
University Extension Magazine and lee
tured on the subject. He was employed
by the University of Chicago as lecturer,
and mis- work made him famous through
out tive northwest. In 1895 he accepted
the chair of sociology at the University
Of Wisconsin,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
Sold by Fred P. Shsnafelt 4 Co., E. L
Ortt, Market St.; T.. o. Miller, East End
HELPS MISS WILLARD.
miss Gordon's Valuable Services to the
woman's Christian Temperance Union,

Miss Gordon's Valuable Services to the
woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Frances Il Willard, president of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
has been for many years, as every one
at all familiar with her great work
knows, a most busy woman. She could
never have accomplished half as much
as she has had it not been for the help
Of modest, sweet faced woman who
for over 90 years has been her constant
companion and coworker This assist
ant is Miss Anna Gordon, and her posi-
tion is that of private secretary to Miss
Willard and assistant secretary of the
Worlds W. G. 7. U.
81 met her first in Boston in 1877,
where l was conducting a woman's
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
Try AIIsn,s Foot.Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes
At this season your feet feel swollen anC
hot, and get tired easily. If you hav,
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen
Foot-Esse. 1t cools the feet and make
walking easy. Cures and prevents swol
len feet, blisters and callous spots. Re
lieves corns and bunions of all pain anC
gives rest and comfort. Try it today
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores TO
25c. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen 8. Olmstead, lie Roy, N Y. 2
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
Elizabetb. Nj Oct 10 10,

ch1dDCbui ~. J'I OCt' lVI loOJ
Ely Bros, Dear Sirs:-Please except
my thanks for your favor in the gift Of
bottle OF Cream Balm. Let me say /
have used ii for years and can thorough.
ly recommend it for what it claims, if
directions are followed. Yours truly,
Rev. II. w. Hathaway,
No clergyman should be without It,
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists.
Fuli size soc. Trial size l0c. We mail It,
ELY BROS, SO Warren st., N. Y, City.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

Be Not Deceived. A Cough, Hoarse
ness or Group, are not to be trihed with.
A dose in time Of Shiloh's Cure will save
you much trouble. Sold by Fred p.
Shanafelt & Co., T.. L. Ortt, Market st.;
X. @. Miller, East End.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

Certainly you don't want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, sick head
ache, sallow skin and loss OF appetite.
You have. never tried DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for these complaints or you
would have been cured. They are small
pills but great regulators. f. p. Shana-
felt & Co., q. N. Nye, Fischer drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

Travellers are frequently troubled
with dysentery, diarrhoea or other bowel
complaints, brought on by change Of
water and diet. One dose ofDr. Fowler's
Ext. Of Wild Strawberry will bring re-
lief.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

Incontinence OF water during sleep
stopped Immediately by DR.. E. Det-
chon's Anti Diuretic. Cures children
and adults alike. Price $l.00 Sold by
Durbin, Wright & Co.. druggists, Can.
ton a
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
: -aa~-~..u..~~a
SaNs2ksHIA
great kidney and liver remedy. Sold by
Fred p. Shanafelt 4 Co., f.. l.. Ortt,
Market ST.; e. o. Miller, East End.
AFTER THE SOUTH POLE.
The Quest of Captain de Gerlache and His
Company of Belgians.

A Belgian pole hunting expedition com
manded by Captain Adren dc Gerlache Is
now Oh its way toward the antarctic re.
gions In the good ship Belgioa, which
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
chiIdren's Fayorite Color.

Children under years of age are dis
covered almost invariably to prefer vel.
low before all other colors.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

Karl's Glover Root Tea is pleasant
laxative. Regulates the bowels, purifies
he blood, Clears the complexion. Easy
40 make and pleasant to take. rs cts
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
Life and Health.

1t is claimed that tall persons live lon
ger than short ones, and that those born In
the spring have sounder constitutions than
those born at anv other season.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

Dyspepsia Cured. Shiloh's Vitalizer
Immediately relieves Sour Stomach,
Coming up Of Food Distress, and is the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
AN OCTAGONAL HOUSE.

Professor Fowler's Strange Concrete Struc-
ture Recently Destroyed.
When Professor O. S. Fowler began
nearly so years ago, to build an eccentric
looking house at Fishkill Landing, N. Y,
on the Hudson, he declared that he was
going to have home which would neither
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
HYDE AND HIS GRAFT
what Utah Man Tried to do I'm Order to
Raise the Wind.

W. S. Hicks, alias S. ". Hyde, alias
w. S. Sylvester, had a hearing yesterday
before United States Commissioner
Frank Sherman and was committed to
the designated federal prison at the coun-
~ jail to await trial in the United States
court
Some time ago Mr.. E. l. Spencer Of this
city received a letter from Hyde, who
represented an alleged loan company,
from Ogden, Utah, and from New York.
y. Y, inviting him to become their
agent in Wichita. In this letter ne stat
ed the kind OF property they desired 10
make loans on. the kind Of terms they
would make and such other details as
are usually mentioned IT, a transaction
Of this kind. When anybody desired TO
borrow from this fake company all they
had to do was to send an abstract OF
title TO the property and a s. bill TO show
good faith. OF course When the money
was sent that would end everything. Mr..
Spencer became suspicious. and he TURF
ed the letter over 10 the postal authori-
ties. who put their detectives on the trail
OF Mr.. Hyde.
A few days ago Postmaster Fitch re-
ceived telegram from Utah asking If
". 5. Hyde was getting any mail here
ahd sure enough he had been for three
or four days The fo.ice were then ask
ed 70 arrest him. Detectives Sutton and
Wood took seats in the front door Of
Taylor's livery barn and watched the
postofice. Il was rot long until they got
his mall. and they promptly arrested
him. He denied that he is Hyde although
receiving his letters. and pretends or at
least alleges. thai he is man who is in
the employment Of Hyde He viii be
taken TO Utah. where there is an ind.ct- |
ment against him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
ALUMNI BANQUET
High School Aiumnai Association Give
Eighth Annual BANQUET at Carey

High School Aiumnai Association Give
Eighth Annual Banquet at Carey.
The banquet given last night at the
| Carey hotel to the Alumni association of
the Wichita High school was a very ele-
CANT and swell affair. Something like
$50 young ladies and gentlemen were
present, representing the cream OF the
intelligence and mental culture of Wich-
ita.
The banquet was under the direction
of Mr.. George Edwards, who had the
large and spacious dining room decorat-
ed beautifully for the occasion. 1t being
late when the program began, no details
of the brilliant affair, with the exception
of the following menu and program Of
toasts, can be giveE in this issue:
MENU.
Bouiilon in Cups.
Radishes Olives.
Chicken Patties, la RENE.
Saratoga Chips
Roast Turkey. Cold Ham. Cold Tongue.
Lobster Mayonaise.
German Potato Salad.
Strawberries with whipped cream
Brick Ice Cream Assorted Cake
Coffee.
On themes alternate now the SWANS recite,
The muses. in alternate themes delight
Virgil.
Toast Master Paul Brown 50
TOASTS.
The New Members. William D. Hatton, '95
Open the door for the children,
Gather them into the fold
The Association. George Davidson, 80
Standing with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet
-Longfellow.
The Teacher...............L Lulu Sheppard, ~
How empty learning and how vain is art
But as ii mends the life and guides the
heart.
Young
The Wichita Fake Artist...D. D. Leahy, 90
The fakir's eye in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from
earth to heaven.
Shakespeare.
The Future High School. Prof. F. ". Dyer
a yearning Ike the yearning OF the wave.
That sees the shore stretch beautifully
before it.
Anna Green.
The Lords of Creation. Clara Gehring. "a
Presume not God to scan
The proper study of mankind Il man.
Pope.
The New Science. .Claud Larimer sc
The gods love him
Whose perfect body holds perfect mind
Plato.
The Absent. Mabel Aiilison, 'aS
There is no freside howso'er defended,
But has its vacant chair.
-Lorgfellow.
The Beauties of Nature Leroy Kramer. 'as
With the smile from partial beauty
won
Oh what were man! A world with
out SUM-
Campbell.
Auf Wiedersden.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
an OPEN LETTER
HRS LEASE DENIES OWING A aUTH-
BE BOARD BILL

She Explains How the Thing Was aud 1t
Seems That the Bill Is Owing to Her-If
the Charge Against Her Can be Proven
She will Donate One Hundred Dollars
to the Flood su1erers-In the Meantime
She Hits the Oklahoma Fake Artists =
Terrible Blow for Exaggeratcd State
ments
MRS LEASE LETTER-B H
Last night Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease
OF this city sent the following TO the
Eagle for publication:
Wichita, May 7th.
IAN OPEN LETTER TO THE GUTH-
RTE LEADER.
Dear SRA paragraph in the even
ing paper Of this city accredited 10 you,
leaves the impression with its readers
that 1 left a board bill unpaid in your
city, (Guthrie). I am unwilling to be-
lieve that you would deliberately utter
an unqualified untruth: hence, / make
this proposition: will donate one hun
dred dollars Cs100) TO the destitute OF
your city if you will produce the proof
that ever left board bill, or any bill
which was due from me. unpaid in your
city or elsewhere On the occasion OF my
visiting Perkins the Fair association at
that pleasant little town offered me q
stipulated sum and all actual expenses
in transit. On my return trip their dri-
yer and team did not get me into Guth-
rie in time to catch the north-bound
train, which necessitated a nights delay
in Guthrie. The expxense should have
been met by the fair managers, as per
contract, and no doubt would have been
HAD their attention been called TO il, but
1 settled for them at the Hotel Royal and
the amount is still due me- Perhaps this
readers when you called attention to the
matter. 1 have read within the past two
days the press dispatches from Oklaho-
ma, and IL they are true the hand OF
affliction rests heavily upon your land.
These specials also report the people Of
Oklahoma as lawless, systematic thieves
who are holding property, railroad ties,
hogs, cattle, and household furniture
washed away by the flood, at the muz-
out by your newspaper men are not
true. then indeed the representatives OF
The press are lost to truth, and honor,
and the citizens OF Oklahoma should
combine TO drive from their land these
letamers Of their young and promising |
;iviliza ton, these slanderers Of their |
good name I have endured 50 often |
newspaper screed, and malicious false |
rood, that as general thing the attack |
directed against me receives only pity |
or the fabricators. In the statement at |
ributed to me l spoke only of Gods |
blessing, never OF His curse. Let me re-
,eat the statement: Injustice, greed, !
md wrong-doing will be recompensed by |
Injustice. greed and wrong-doing. That |
Which We sow, We shall reap |
Every sincerely,
MARY ELIZABETH LEASE"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
PHAEroN DEMOLISHED
Mrs. Geo. Locks Prevents Serious Results
by Presence OF Mind.

Yesterday afternoon about half past
five O'Clock Mrs. George Locke was on.
driving near the corner OF Oak and
Main, when her horse became frightened
at the street car and dashed into a run.
In minute the back wheels Of the
phaeton were crushed and the vehicle
dragging upon the ground.
Owing 20 the presence Of mind and
bravery Of Mrs. Locke TO serious results
occurred more than the destruction OF
the phaeton. Mrs. Lockes wrist was
badly 'sprained but she was not other
wise hurt. She stayed in the carriage
and held taut lines until the horse stop
ned
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
LEON HIGH SCHOOL
Excercise< In the Neigh
boring Burg OF Leon.

The tenth annual commencement o.
the Leon High school was rendered a:
the opera house May with grea. sue
cess Deeds. not Dreams" was the
motto The class roll was as follows.
Susie NJ Holt. c. Ma pei Taylor. Sara La
Vene Renoyer, Anna B. Morgan, Nellie
NJ. Rutedge, Olive L Benninghof. J.
Lindsey Hamon. Isabel ". Waldorf.
Emily VI. Morgan. Cora z. Dobbins. Myr
tie B. kistier. Olive Kate Brakeman and
Clara E. ksnnei-
yalediciory-Eleanor E. Kiser.
Music by Home chorus.
Mandolin and guitar music by Mss
Rose Shields. assisted by Prof Gordon
OF Winfield. Virgil Hill Of Augusta, and
local talent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08

Hon. Dennis Flynn and his family
consisting Of wife, daughter and two
sons. were on the Santa Fe south-bound
train last night, returning TO their home
In Guthrie. from Washington.
1t was expected by a great many that
when Mr. Flynn would return from
Washington TO Oklahoma he would have
in his inside pocket a commission from
Hon. William Mckinley making him
governor over a people who undoubted-
ly wanted him in that capacity. Mr..
Barnes rabbit's-foot, however. had
greater power than that Of Mr.. Flynn's,
and he was the lucky man.
Mr.. Flynn hoped out of his car at the
Union depot with an elastic step and a
smile that could never be interpreted %
mean. that he had grieved over defeat.
He can give fellow as glad a hand as
he ever did in his life. To be brief, Den
mis- is strictly himself, notwithstanding
that he has been run twice through the
crusher Of political defeat during the
last SIX months.
wanted an interview. Mr.. Flynn said:
Il don't know that i have anything 10
say. The public, usually, do not care
much what man says who has lost
the smiles of fortune. l am going back
home to Oklahoma 10 reside among my
friends and neighbors, and fellow eth
zens. assure you that will try and en-
joy life and make myself as useful as
if l was governor of the territory or del
egata to congress. Political preferment
is not always the sole and exclusive aim
OF a mans ambition. here is something
in this world more sweet than success,
and that is the enjoyment of friendships
that are true. 1 am prouder OF my
friends and their friendship than 1 can
tell you. 1 believe now, and always did,
that no success is. permanent when one
loses sight of his friends and the obligia-
tons he owes them / love the men who
have alweys so nanfully stood by me
and 1 shall never forget their loyalty. L
stand now, as 1 think l always have
done, for Oklahoma first, last and all
the time. We have a country that will be
the garden spot Of this continent some
day. Its people are made up from the
most enterpris:ng and progressive ele-
ments in this country. No people on
earth would have borne up under the |
hardships incident to the settlement of
Oklahoma as our people have done. They |
have never lost hope and these virtues |
will bring their own reward some day. |
While 1 was not the choice of the people |
of Oklahoma last fall, yet love them"
Mr.. Flynn started in with an interest |
Ing conversation relative 10 the future of
the territory but his train started and his
were cut short.
Mr.. Flynn goes back to his people
with clean hands and the satisfaction
IF knowing that he honestly and fairly
their interests. The people of
Oklahoma, regardless of poliics, know
that, but they forgot it in the heat of
whose issues really did not
concern their local interests at all. Den
his Flynn is not dead politically. He is
90 near the hearts of the masses of he
people to be forgotten, and he has that
special ability. 10 work in their interests
Which they Will not or cannot ignore.
lie returns 10 Oklahoma comparatively
poor man. He would have more money
I he never had gone 10 congress.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
BURT CHALLENGES WINNER
Says It's Time to Explain Away all Tbs
Talk.

Wichita. Kan, May Z, 1897.
I, the undersigned, do hereby chal-
lenge the winner Of the Mussleman-
Grioi race tia: is to be run May 18th
OF any other rider in this state-for a
one-quarter. one-half or one mile race TO
be run some time mutually agreed upon
by both parties. The winner of two out
of the three races 10 be declared the
champion. VI. H. BURT.
AS a word Of explanation, will say
that l retired from racing some time
ago. but there has been so much talk
and SO May insinuations, that deemed
it sufficient time that the question was
settled. NJ. H. BURT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08
JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES
They Have Their Outing ia Linwood and
GrtSwold Parks

Yesterday was red letter day for the
High school juniors and sophomores. The
juniors under The care OF Mss He.en
Carpenter went 10 Linwood park where
they spent most delightful afternoon
boating and fishing and having a gem
eral gay time
The sophomores jolliei around in Girls
void park and az the close Of the after
noon all came in wishing there were
more closing days and outing picnics and
not such long in1errsgnur2s.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08

Rudolph Hatfield is in Syracuse. Kan.
on lega, business connected With an issue
OF the city bonds OF that city. issuel for
Internal improvements.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-08

o. T. Nash is in town from Cheney
He reports matters as looking prosper
Gus in western Sedgwick. The wheat Is
promising and the fruit crap promises 4
large and abundant yield.