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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-16
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: An effort
has been made in the Connecticut legisla-
ture TO repeal 4 law prohibiting the kill
ing of eagles, and one representative de-
Glazed in debate that eagles get their
teeth into everything they can lay their
hands on. No wonder our national bird
is 9 Hibernian .favorite.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-16

Anaconda Standards: Although the Nc
Kinley administration is well under way,
the cases of total blindness resulting from
the sudden and dazzling glare of pros
Derity have not yet filled the hospitals
and asylums to overlooking.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-16

Muldoon doesn't like the look in Fitz-
simmons eye. Few have fancicd it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-16
Chicago Times-Herald: 1

Chicago Times-Herald: A Brooklyn
girl, 20 years old, testified in court the
other day that although she was born
and raised in the city of churches she
had never been elsewhere than to Coney
York. There is nothing very remarkable
in that statement. A large proportion of
the Gothamites believe that the United
St2tes is bounded on the north by Har-
lem. on the east by Brooklyn, on the
south by the Battery and on the west by
Jersey City and Hoboken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-16
The Misses Webbing

In their Delightful Entertainments
Friday. March 10. Auspices of the Young
Ladies Aid Societ.-.
Prices-25, 50 and IS cents.
Seats ready Wednesday. March II.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
when he organ

bank. Being the organizer, of course he
was elected president, and the people
intrusted their savings to his care to the
extent of several hundred thousand dol
lars. Among other deposits were the en-
tire funds of the University Of Illinois.
To all outward appearances President
Spalding's bank was in a highly pros
porous condition, but short time ago it
was discovered that the money which
should be there was missing. President
Spalding was accused Of misappropriat-
ing the same, and he has used the live
liest kind of efforts to keep out of Jail.
The investigation Of the accused bank
er's past record has brought to light the
fact that Miss Louise Erwin, prepos-
sessing young woman of 28, has for ten
years enjoyed Mr.. Spalding's friendship.
When their acquaintance began, she was
typewriter in the employ Of q whole
sale coal firm Of which Mr.. Spalding
was a member. Her father was car
penter in humble circumstances. Miss
Erwin s financial condition began to i'm
prove. She gave up typewriting and
went east for q term at boarding
school, When she returned, she settled
with her family in a suburb of Chicago.
The Ervins moved into a house as fine
as that occupied by the banker himself
and exactly opposite. Miss Erwin wore
furs and diamonds. Mrs. Spalding, a
niece of the late Oliver Optic, objected
to the intimacy, and there was a separa-
tion. These are few incidents in the
career of the president of the wrecked
Chicago bank.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06

tion of a quiet joke as did Ii Hung Chang,
whom he greatly admires. One of the first
questions which he asked the group of San
Francisco newspaper reporters when they
went to interview him on his arrival was,
(Which of your papers has the largest cir.
culation" And then he chuckled merrily
at the various answers he received.
For five years after his return to China
from England he practiced law in the Eng
lish courts at Hongkong, but since then
he has held various positions in the gov
ernment service and has blossomed out as
skilled diplomat. This however, is his
first mission abroad. He has been in
America BEFORE but his previous visit,
made about 20 years ago, was in private
capacity. While in China he has been in
trusted with plenipotentiary powers for
the negotiation of treaties and has been
otherwise distinguished by the emperor.
Minister Wo is man of high birth and
great wealth and was received by the Chi
nese residents of San Francisco with the
most profound and back breaking kow-
towing which has ever been accorded to
any similar official. In spite of his long
residence in England and his familiarity
with European customs he still clings to
his native dress and arrays himself in silk
garments of brilliant hues. His wife is a
Cantonese lady of high rank and is ex-
tremely good looking.
The belle of the party, however, is the
wife of Ii Ching Hsui, nephew of Ii
Hung Chang and a member of the new
ministers extensive suit. She is said to
be the most beautiful Chinese woman
ever seen in this country and she will
doubtless create social sensation in Wash
ington
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06

were no morris dancers underneath It,
no Maid Marian, no queen of the May.
And their descendants do not seem to
have had the courage to have carried the
revival farther
But nowadays in New England par
ties of young men and women frequent
ly go a-Maying and have jolly times.
They start out in teams from the cities
or towns and drive until they reach the
woods Then they put ON rubbers and
wading boots and search for the unob.
trusive arbutus. 1t takes keen and
practiced eye to find the little flowers,
but they seem to be everywhere in the
New England woods, and it is seldom
that the Mayors come back empty hand.
ed.
Sometimes the party takes dinner at
country hotel and INDUCES in a dance
afterward, riding home by the light of
the May moon. These affairs are some
times very enjoyable, but they differ but
little from an ordinary picnic excursion
held at an unusually early date, and they
are not to be compared with the hilarious
Joy with which the Kentish young folks
brought back the May.
Another May day custom which was
very popular dozen years or so ago in
New England was that of hanging May
baskets. A May basket was as elaborate
as the giver chose to make it, 1t was
gay with bright colored ribbons aud fill
ed with such flowers as could be secured.
The original custom was for the donor
to stealthily hang the ba' :et on the
doorknob, pull the bell or bang the
knooker and then run away as fast as
possible, leaving the wondering maiden
to guess the identity of her admirer.
Later, however, the May basket was not
given in any such romantic way, but
was ordered at the florists and delivered
by express. OF course this took much Of
the sentiment out Of it. The once pretty
custom became unpopular and today has
been almost wholly abandoned
But in New York city May day has
regained something of its old time pop
ularity. True, it is only among the chill
dren, but there are enough Of them to
make big showing. The one day has
not been found sufficient for the metro
politan youngsters; so, by what author
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06

REV. CHARLES s. TARKwEATHER.
occupy he emerged attired in silk hat
and clothes of fashionable cut. Then he
would go back into the woods again for
another period of retirement.
This spring West Superior was busily
engaged in booming various candidates
for mayor when the Rev. Mr. Stark
weather appeared on the scene. 1t was
but four days before the election, and
the nominations had all been made. Mr..
Starkweather promptly pulled off his
coat, SHE'D his dicer into the political
arena and announced himself as an in
dependent candidate for mayor
There was not politician, an infu-
ential man or newspaper dared or
wanted to support him. But this did
not bother the reverend campaigner. He
showed the people new brand of poll
tics, just as he had introduced variety
into their religion. Instead of "setting
up the beer" he distributed bags of can
dy and told the voters to take them
home to the children. He opened bar
rel of popcorn and quoted Scripture free
ly. He defended himself against the old
charges which led to his impeachment
i'll an eloquent manner, and he drew big
crowds to hear him. Well, the ex-
preacher was elected by big majority,
and West Superior has not yet recovered
from it's astonishment.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
A FRENCH QUEEN OF THE MAY.

ity l do not know, they have appropri-
ated the Saturdays of the whole month.
On these days you will see groups of
children, numbering anywhere from a
dozen to 200 or 800, capering merrily
along toward the various city parks.
The children range in age from babies
in arms to youngsters of l2 and 10
years. The little girls are often dressed
in white, and the one who has been Sc
lected as queen wears veil of white
sprinkled with flowers. The boys carry
along little fir tree which has been
decorated gorgeously with bits of color
ed paper and gay ribbons,
Generally these little parties are made
up of the primary classes from the mis-
sion and Sunday schools and are in
charge of teachers, but sometimes the
boys and girls of row of tiathouses
will organize for May party. Organi-
zation is necessary, for permit has to
be obtained from the park authorities
and a location assigned where the chill.
dren are at liberty to tramp on the grass
at will The little folks set up their May
pole and dance around it, singing songs
and shouting their gladness.
Occasionally party Of adults engage
space in the parks for Saturday even.
ing revel which they call a May festival,
but they do not bother with May
pole, paying more attention to supply
ing sufficient refreshments for all hands.
New York has doubtless borrowed
these relics of May day from France,
where the children celebrate in much
the same way. In that country the sea-
son is suitable for picnicking, and this
is virtually about all their festival
amounts to. They choose May queen
and furnish her with bower Of flowers,
in which she sits inthroned and watches
with regal hauteur the games which the
other children play. The young miss
has rather dull time of it, one would
think, but probably her pride at being
selected queen compensates for all she
misses in the way of livelier sport.
Some day, when we have grown older
and have time to cultivate pretty senti-
ments, we may revive May day, with
its May poles, Maids Marian, morris
dancers and all, but there is little pros
pect that for the next century at least
it will be marked by anything more po-
etioal than the rattle of the moving van
and the thump of the carpet beater.
JENNIE MooREs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06

consider its extreme antiquity you Won
der that anything at all is left Of it.
Why, even the ancient Egyptians had
their feast of flowers in the spring, 4, 900
years ago. The old Greeks paid tribute
to Flora, so did the Romans, and the
Anglo-Saxon lads and lassies of the mid.
die ages observed the season Of bursting
bud and bloom with such fervor that the
event left its impress deeply on the poe
try Of the day.
Even the Jealous bigotry Of the Puri-
tans of Cromwell's time could not en-
tirely crush the sentiment. They did
suppress the exercises, cut down the
May poles and make it crime to imper-
senate Robin Hood or any Of his merry
men. But with the restoration in came
the May poles again, and for while the
morris dancers danced more madly than
ever before. There was time when a
May pole was q village institution. 1t
was great mast erected either in front
of a church or on the village green, and
on May day it was gayly decorated with
flowers and garlands. From its top
ropes Of ribbon were suspended, and,
with these in their hands, the merry
young folks danced the gay morris
dances.
Then there was the custom of "bring-
ing back the May" At midnight on the
last day of April the young men and
women Of the town set out with torches
for the neighboring woods and fields
and gathered great masses of hawthorn
rated the May pole, but the windows
and doors of their homes. Even the
shopkeepers observed the custom, and
when the sun rose on May day morning
the transformation was complete.
. 1t was pretty custom and deserved
TO live, but in common with other SEN
timental observances it has become neg.
lected and forgotten in this more mod
ern and more sordid age. Almost every
country has known it. Germany, France
and Japan, as we'll as England, have all
had their May day festivals, and in each
country there is just enough left Of
them to remind us that they once exist.
ed, The revolution swept away the May
cole in France. Some were left, it is
OTutg Hug NutJ MNAO ANliSu lllp AABCl W
poles, and instead Of the wreath of flow
Ners they were topped with liberty cap,
more patriotic but less poetic.
In certain parts of the United States
there have been made attempts to revive
the May day of old, and occasionally
the effort has been partly successful.
That is because our ancestors came from
all over the world and brought customs
of all lands with them. 1t is a curious
fact that in New England, where settled
the Puritans, who were the most active
enemies Of May day frivolities, the re-
vival was first made and survives with
the most vigor. In old New Amsterdam,
too, the sons and daughters of the hon
est burghers erected their May pole on
what is now Battery park.
May day in New England is not to
be depended upon as to weather and
dancing on the green would be an inVi-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
ARCHBISHOP RYAN.

received a thorough ecclesiastical training
He earned high reputation for scholar
ship and was graduated with honors
At the age of 81 he was ordained a sub
deacon and determined to enter upon mis-
sionary work in America. In 1859 he
sailed for the United States and entered
upon the career in which he has gained
such distinction. He went at once to St.
Louis, where he became professor of Eng
lish literature in the Carondelet Theolog-
ical seminary. In 1868, as soon as he had
attained the age required by the church
canons, he was ordained priest and began
preaching in the cathedral. Three years
later he was made rector and remained In
that position until 1860 when he was
placed in charge of the Church of the An
nunCiation of St. Louis AS a permanent
memorial of his hbors In that field there
stand the costly ch arch and parochial schoo
which he erected.
In 1865 he was appointed rector Of St
Johns church In St. Louis and later h'
was made vicar general and acted as ad
ministrator Of the diocese while Archbish
op Kenrick was attending the Vatican
council In 1872 he was consecrated bishop
and IL Is that event which has Just beer
celebrated with such impressive services II
Philadelphia, TO which city he was sent al
archbishop little over 13 years aRo.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
DIR. LANES b. ANGELL.

and in 1865 he was appointed president
of the University of Vermont. Five
years later he went to Ann Arbor as
president of the University of Michigan,
and he has held that post ever since,
with the exception of the two or three
years which he spent in diplomatic serv-
ice. BY his work at Ann Arbor he has
gained fd' himself high place among
educators.
James Burrill Angel was born in
Scituate, r. l., in 1929. He is Con-
gregationalist and has been quite prom
inent in church affairs The members of
this denomination were his warmest
supporters for the appointment. and il
is expected that he will use his best ef-
forts at the court of the sultan to obtain
protection for the American missionaries
in Turkev,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06

Goldbug Democrats are much dis
turbed and disarranged since the Wat,
terson dynamite bomp exploded, com
ing too from an organ of their own. II
knocks the wind right out of them. A
goldbug Democrat is misnomer, as
much so as a white blackbird. A Dem
ocrat stands by the constitution and by
the doctrines of Jefferson and Jackson,
and these, so far as currency is concern
ed, are and were gold and silver. The
new doctrine OF single gold standard is g
British invention, emanating from the
artful and scheming money magnates
They are the rulers of the world.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06

How the Impesohed Mayor of West 81

How the Impesched Mayor of West su-
perior Was Reelected to Omoe.
Nothing more unique in local politics
has recently come 70 the surface than
the campaigning Of the Rev. Charles s.
Starkweather, the recently elected may
or of West Superior, Wis. Less than
three years ago he was the pastor of the
most fashionable church in that city
He had original ideas concerning Chris
tian life, and he has been known to
TO take some of the young men of his
congregation on fishing trip. He also
favored the erection of clubhouse with
cardrooms and billiard tables in con-
nection with the rectory.
In the spring of 1895 he resigned his
pulpit to enter the race for the mayor
atty. He was elected, and West Supe-
rior people thought it a great joke until
three months later, when he was i'm
peached by the city co Gil for receiv-
ing money from policemen and firemen
who were anxious to retain their places.
He took the case to the supreme court,
but judgment was rendered against him.
Then, with reputation destroyed and oo-
cupation gone, he retired to the wilds
of northern Wisconsin and began burn
ing brush and clearing up his farm
land. Occasionally he drove into town
attired like poverty stricken rustic,
but after a few hours in the $50, 900
residence which his wife continued to
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
ARCHBISHOP RYAN.
Distinguished Career of the Prelate Re-
Gently Honored at Philadelphia.

Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, in
whose honor jubilee services were recently
held in that city on the completion of the
twenty fifth year since he was created a
bishop, is one of the most eloquent ecclesi-
astics of the Catholic church in America.
On many occasions his oratorical talents
have been honored and recognized at i'm
portant ceremonies Probably the first oc-
casion on which his gift brought him into
local prominence was when as a schoolboy
IN Ireland he was selected by his classmates
to prepare and read an address of sympa-
thy to O'Connell, the patriot, who was
imprisoned in Richmond bridewell. Moth
ing in his whole life more gratihed the
archbishop than the impromptu speech
which O'Connell made In return.
In the little Irish village of Cloneyharp,
County Tpperary, on Feb. 20, 1881, Pat
rick John Ryan was born. AS boy he
was studious, open hearted, genial and
earnest At the Christian Brothers school
in Thurles he was an assiduous student,
and even then expressed strong desire to
enter the priesthood With this purpose In
view he entered Carlow college, where he
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06

AMAYNG PARTY BOUND FOR CENTRAL PARK.
tation to pneumonia. There are few
flowers, too. which the woodland of
those states furnishes at this early date,
but there is one which is we'll worth the
seeking.
In southern England the hawthorn
was so long the flower of May day that
it was commonly known as the May
flower, and when the homesick pilgrims
want out into the Indian haunted woods
wlssn May came in they found the BUSH
es still bare. In sheltered spots, how
ever, underneath the moss and in some
cases pushing bravely up through the
late snow they found sweetly scented
little bloom of pale, modest pink This
they substituted for the hawthorn bloom
and called the May flower. That is what
it has been commonly called ever since,
although more learned folks have desig-
mated it the trailing arbutus.
80, in their sedate and prim way the
pilgrim fathers made May festival.
There was ncre Of the rollicking fun
which Cromwell and his followers had
denounced about their May day cere-
monials. II they had May pole. there
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
SOME MAY DAY FROLlCS
Merry Routs Which Once Mark
ed the Coming of Spring.
THE PASSING OF THE MAY POLE.

A Few May Iay Customs still Survive, but
the Morris Dancers and Maids Marian
Are Gone Foreyer-How the Arbutus
Took the Place of the Hawthorn.
What's not voured by time deyouring hands
where's Troy, and where's the May pole in the
Strand2
Alackaday, but the Strand is not the
only place from which the May pole has
been missing these many yearsl The
Kentish villages which knew it once
know it no more, and only the ghost of
the former day of jollity still survives
In occasional odd hooks of the world.
The May day festival, however, has
been hard one to down, and when you
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
GLOBE BANK WREckER.
The Checkered Career of Financier Charlie
w. Spalding.

W. SpaiuinR.
Some 30 years ago there were attend
ing the Mount Pleasant school in Nash
ua, N. H., two boys, each of whom has
grown up to furnish the business world
with sensational episode. They were
close friends, these two boys, and were
counted among the best scholars in the
school. One of them was Frank A. Nc
Kean. He became mayor Of Nashua in
time, and as ex-mayor and cashier of
the Indian Head National bank abscond.
ed with large amount of money. There
were other sensational features of the
case which newspaper readers will re-
call
The other boy was Charles Warren
Spalding. He went west and became q
banker too. He had done quite little
financiering in Chicago before 1890,
when he organized the Globe Savings
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06

from Harvard and entered the Union
army in 1881 as captain of volunteers.
He served throughout the war with
some distinction, being brevetted several
times, and when he was finally muster
cd out he had attained the rank of briga-
dier general. He led brigade at the
siege of Port Hudson and later served
under General Butler at the attack on
Fort Fisher
AS a lawyer General Paine stands
high in his profession, and he holds
many important official positions in
large CORPORATIONS
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
TO WORK FOR BlMETALLlSM
General Paine Better Known as n Yachts
man Than a Politician.

General Paine Better Known as Yachts
man Than Politician.
Both Senator Wolcott and ex-Vice
President Stevenson, who are soon to go
to Europe as monetary commissioners in
the interests of international bimetal-
lism, are very well known, but General
Charles j. Paine of Boston has never
been before the public in an official po-
sition before.
General Paine is probably better
known as the leading member Of the
syndicate which built the cup defending
yacht Puritan. He also fitted out the
Mayfower and Volunteer, which defeat
ed English cup hunters Yacht racing,
however, is merely one Of his diversions.
He is one of the most prominent bust
ness men in Massachusetts and is deep
student of financial questions.
General Paine was born in Boston
about Ga years ago. He was graduated
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-06
SCHOLAR AND DIPLOMAT.
Career of DIR. James Il. Angel, the New
Minister to Turkey.


Minister to Turkey.
In view of the present disturbed con-
dition of affairs in the east it is fortu-
nate that the United States is to be rep
resented at Constantinople by such a
mature and discreet diplomat as DR.,
James B. Angel, who has been appoint
ed minister to Turkey. This is the third
occasion on which DR.. Angel has sus-
pended his work as an educator to enter
the diplomatic service. In 1879 Presi-
dent Hayes appointed him minister to
China for the special purpose of negotf-
ating treaty which would allow us to
restrict Chinese immigration, and in
1887 President Cleveland chose him for
one Of the commissioners to settle the
fisheries dispute with Great Britain.
DR.. Angell's life work, however, has
been in the educational field, Two years
after he was graduated from Brown uni
versity he took the chair of modern Ian
guages in that institution. Then for a
period Of six years during the war he
was editor of the Providence journal,