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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
THE NEW ARMY CAMP
FeaNANDINA, FOR WHICH TAMPA AND
KEY WEST MAY BE DESERTED.

IL IL n Quaint Old Florida Seaport, with
Fine Camp Site, Plenty Of Good Wa
ter and Ample Accommodations For
Loading Transports.
Fernandina, which has been selected for
lhe new army camp, is an old Florida sea-
port 8S miles northeast of Jacksonville.
The principal points of advantage which
Fcrnandina has over Key West, Tampa
and other Florida ports, from a military
Wow, are the pure and abundant water,
the deep water of the harbor, furnishing
good facilities for loading troops; the ease
of access of the camp site for loading and
embarkiDg troops, the magnificent sea
bathing for the men, the cool breezes from
the ocean and the excellent drainage facil-
ities All these combine to make 1t one Of
the best points for q large camp in the
south.
The land is furnished free, and the wa
ter is served to the camps ut no cost to the
government or men. Both these consid-
erations, so utterly different from tho con-
ditions prevailing at Tampa, somewhat
astonished the officers sent to inspect the
sites offered.
The city is located on fine landlocked
bay, the st. Mary's river, a large fresh
water stream emptying into its upper end.
The bay is possibly four or five miles long
by mile or two miles wide. 1t has deep
water along the water front and in the
parts adjacent so that ample room could
| be had for a fleet of 20 or more large trans
ports Mt time On the bar at present
| there Is 21 feet at high tide The opera
| tions now going on at the south jetties,
according TO Colonel Benyaurd, United
States officer In charge of the coastwise
work, is likely to give 23 feet soon. This
will give ample room on the bar for the
largest transports to go out fully laden.
The dookage facilities are excellent
For years past tho phosphate and lumber
| interests have been increasing and the
| piers have been arranged and rebuilt with
| o view to the quick loading of n number
| of vessels at once. Several transports car
| lie alongside the wharfs at time and the
supplies and troops be put ON board with
out loss of time and with ease.
The town lies on rolling land and Il
! about two miles from the seacoast. TIL,
land between the town and coast Is higi
rolling pine land, wooded with gian
dwarf and water oaks. The soil Is hard
there being o noticeable absence Of tn,
shifting sand found at the other camps.
Northeast of the city and beginning nea
old Fort Clinch there is a tract of ~
acres that has been selected as the cam
site. 1t is beautiful location. The Liant
is high, some distance above the sea level
and it can be easily drained. The tree
give abundant shade, while not too thicl
to prevent the free passage of the winds e
cool the air among the tents. To one sid
there is large tract free of underbrush o
trees which can be used for drilling larg
bodies Of troops. At low tide the SAM
beach, hard and dry, affords a magni1icen
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

correspondent. Wounded as he was, his
muscles convulsed with pain, he called for
q cigarette, and then, his head and shoul-
ders supported by comrade, he coolly
dictated story Of the fight to be sent to
his paper The work was interrupted by
occasional periods of Inconsistencies, and
only when it was done did the nervy cor
respondent consent to be taken in litter
to the rear.
Mr.. Marshall is barely 81 years Of age,
but he has already held some of the most
important and responsible positions which
the New York newspapers have to offer.
He was born in Enfield Center, n. Y, and
was christened Davis Edward Marshall.
Early in his newspaper career he dropped
the Davis and for at least n dozen years
has signed himself simply Edward Mar
shall.
His first newspaper work was done in
Rochester, but when barely out of his
teens he went to New York city and Joined
the staff of the American Press Assocla-
ton. After several years of creditable
work there he became Sunday editor Of
the New York Press.
In 1893, while editor Of Tho Sunday
Press, he became secretary of tho New
| York tenement house commission and per-
tions with ease and success and yet found
| time to write plays and stories, to make
considerable money in the real estate busi-
ness and to prepare notable series of in
| terviews with men Of mark in America.
| He then went abroad in the interests of a
syndicate, and his brilliant interviews
with many of the greatest living French
men and Englishmen were published in
the leading newspapers of the United
| States.
When William r. Hearst bought the
| New York Journal, he engaged Mr.. Mar
shall and soon advanced him to the very
important position Of Sunday editor at @
large salary. The New York World next
secured his services as London correspond
ent, and while in the British metropolis
he covered tho queens jubilee, procured
an interview with tho governor Of the
Bank of England on gold exports to the
United States and did a vast quantity Of
very creditable work. He returned tC
America to become managing editor o.
The Sunday World, but when war was de
clared he went to the front as chief of the
New York Journals staff of war writer's
His brother, /. ID. Marshall, is a wei
known New York journalist.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

parade or drill ground The beach Is over
IS miles long and is one of the finest on
the south Atlantic coast. The bathing is
superb.
The water supply is abundant, and from
analysis 1t has been found to be wholesome
and good. 1t is secured from several ar
tesian wells, the same as at Jacksonville
good water being found ut depth OF 500
to 1,200 feet. The water is being piped to
the camp site now. Eight inch mains are
used to carry the water to the camp site
and inch pipes to carry 1t through the
company streets, giving each company as
many plugs or hydrants as may be needed.
This will prove of great advantage to the
troops, giving them an ample supply of
water at their tent doors. The tents will
be from quarter to half q mile from the
shore of the bay.
There arc ample facilities for securing
good and large warehouses for storehouses
for the commissary and quartermaster' S
departments. On the piers there are sew
eral where the trains can be unloaded di-
rectly. Near by in the town are several
others that can be secured SO that the ia
cilities in this line are oil that could be
desired.
The health Of the place is beyond all
QueSUlOu' lue repOruS VI tno ClIy n6lilJu
officers prove that the health of Fernan-
dina summer or winter Is phenomenal. 1t
has low death rate, and the utter absence
of malaria makes 1t a great summer resort
for people from the interior. In this re-
speot 1t has no equal in the state, except
perhaps Jacksonville.
Fernandina is ar old town with many
marks Of antiquity about her. The one
main street runs east and west leading
out from the station direct to the beach.
From this radiate many smaller thorough
fares, many Of them lined with cozy homes
and handsome mansions. 1t has history
and in wartimes was an important point.
1t has large shipping trade now, and it
Is lively place in that line. 1t Is quiet,
moral town, and tle soldiers will not have
the bad influences ID contend with that
they have had at Chattanooga and other
larger cities. 1t win tend to make the
camps much easier to control and aid In
establishing a better morale for the sol
diers
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
STEPHENS REVENGE.
& College Professor who Teaches Ethics
and Practices Arson.

George II. Stephens, formerly profess
or of ethics at Lafayette college, con
fesses that he is guilty of arson. Ste
phens is young man Of fine appearance
and graduate Of Princeton. He went
to Lafayette well recommended, but his
work was not satisfactory and he was
told by President Warfield that he must
retire after the agreement which he had
signed on coming had expired. This led
to conflict between the president and
Stephens. The latter's friends advised
him to go quietly, but he refused, start
ed newspaper controversy, and made
a sensation. The trustees gave him an
hours hearing by the full board, and
then, without asking DR.. Warfield q
single question, sustained his course.
Professor Stephens left only to brood
over his troubles and finally to begin a
series of depredations which he hoped
would break down the college and de-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

DR.. Pellet--All you need is 25 cents
worth of soda bicarbonate, dissolved in
water. You'll get it at the drug store
Mt the drug store, remember, not at the
grocery.
Patient-But what difference does il
make, doctor?
DIR. Pellet-It will make a heap Of
difference TO you. If you go to the gro
cery, they'll give you SO much that the
dose'll kill you.-Boston Transcript
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y. dc 3.
we're getting
results

in this Reconstruction and Shell
Emptying Sale, such as prove it to
be an extraordinary event. 1t goes
on this week with still greater de-
termination such price power be-
ing used as leaves nothing to be
imagined as to how earnest we are
its not sale promoted by big
talk nor big type, but with such
surprises in the way of choice goods
sacrificed as people in their own in
terest can't help but take advantage
of. A. sale that's store-wide in it's
scope-none Of the Sc departments
exempt.
Ten dollar White P. X. Suits and
linen color crash suits, $3.50.
$3.50 White P. X. Suits, So. so.
$500 Crash Suits, $3.50
and 80 on.
Choice 81 25 Percale and Madras
Shirt Waists, soc.
Fine $3.50 and s275 "Star''
Waists, $1.50.
Little girls wash dresses-75C
fine percales.
Misses -reassortments Ol
newest things less priced
Crash skirts, 50c
White Duck skirts, SOC.
White P. X. skirts, 75c.
Navy Blue Duck skirts, with
white or red bands around bottom
85c and $1.00.
Silks, Dress Goods, Wash Goods
with new sale prices on that NEAR
business.
If you can't come, our mail ordel
department will fill orders to YOUE
best interest.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
First Excursion to Niagara Falls.

On Wednesday, July 20, the Cleveland
Akron q Columbus Ry., viii run an ex-
cursion from Columbus, GAINESVILLE and
intermediate stations to Niagara Falls,
via Cleveland and the elegant steamer
City Of Erie or City OF Buffalo of the
Cleveland Il Buffalo Transit 90. The
round trip rate to Niagara Falls will be
So from Columbus and GAINESVILLE, %
frop Mt. Vernon, "a from Millersburg,
IS from Akron and proportionately low
rates from intermediate stations.
Trains will leave Columbus 1880 q. m.
and zanesviIle 1900, noon, Of that day,
making fast time.
For full information as 10 limits OF
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
NO GROWN FOR CARLOS.
The Pretender Prefers That Somebody
Else Should Rule Spain just Now.

The Pretender Prefers That Somebody
Else Should Rule Spain just Now.
Senior r. d. Cortina, the accredited
agent in the United States of Don Car
los, pretender to the throne of Spain,
states that his chief has been rendered
the crown and has refused it.
"Don Carlos refused to take the
throne at present." Senor Cortina con-
tinued, ''as any sensible man would
have DONE The people in control now
have committed a colossal blunder in
engaging in this war, and he will not
be involved in it. They must settle il
themselves, and when Spain is beaten
and humiliated Don Carlos will step in
and lead the work of reconstruction.
"The management of the war has
been pitiful. The Cadiz fleet goes out,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

comes in again and once more starts,
No one knows where it is going and I
do not believe the naval authorities
themselves do. Montijo is abandoned
to his fate in the Philippines and Ger
vera left without aid in Santiago
There is no sign of adequate prepara-
tion for war, and Spain's brave soldiers
and sailors are sent to their death by
incompetent rulers at home
"When it is known that Don Carlos
will not return at present, the people
will turn to republicanism, for they
must get rid of the present dynasty,
But the republic will not last. The re-
publicans are divided into seven or
eight factions. "
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
To michigan via Ft. wayne

Under new schedule, Train No, 8 over
the Fort Wayne Route has daily ex.
cept Sunday connection at Fort Wayne
with through trains over the Grand
Rapids q Indiana Railway for Michigan
points. The arriving time OF train No
0 at Fort Wayne IL 4;25 p. m. The con
Meeting train departs from the same
station at 1856 p. m, and reaches Ken
dallyille b.36 p. m, Sturgis $3.50 p m.
kalamazoo sos p. m, Grand Rapids
9:46 p. m, Petoskey $50 a. m, Macki'
nav City 7;l5 q. M. Steamer connection
from Mackinaw City arrives at Macki,
mac Island at 500 q. m. For particu-
lars about low rate tourist tickets q
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
Maux-P.opIe cannot.Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their. sleep,
You can drink Grain.0 when you please
and sleep like a top, For Grain-O does
not stimulate; IL nourishes, cheers and
feeds. Yet II looks and tastes like the
best coffee. For nervous persons, young
people and children. Grain-0 Is the per
feet drink. Made from pure grains. GET
q package from your grocer today. Try
1t In place Of coffee. 10 and 26o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
While the War lasts.

All who march, walk or stand, should
shake into their shoe Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder, 1t cures Gching, tired, sore.
swollen feet, and makes tight or new
shoes easy. II absorbs moisture, and
prevents chahng, hot, smsrtlng, blister
ed sweating feet All the regular army
trooI and navy men use II. Volunteers
In hot climates can't exist in comfort
without II. Aliens Foot Ease Is sold by
all drugglsts and shoe stores, 26c, Sam
pie sent free. Address. Allen 3. Ohm
sted, 10 Roy. MY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
Taking Him ser,ous,y.

"Are you actively engaged in politiosf"
asked the man who had just gone into the
insurance business.
"Yes; but don't sec what that has to
do with taking out a policy"
swell, guess I'd better report the fact
to the company anyhow. There seems to
be something about politics that breaks a
mans health down, SO that he's always
thinking of retiring to private life, and Of
course there's no telling how far the NAL.
ady may 20. ."--Washington Star
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

student of Sanskrit, Canning college,
Lucknow, India, 1884; professor In Rust
university, Mississippi; principal McCor-
mick school, De Funiak, Fla, 1886; grad
uate student and fellow of Johns Hopkins
university, 1897-90; student universities
of Bonn and Munich, 1890; professor Of
German language and literature In North
western university, 1891, From juno /,
1895, to the autumn Of 1897 he attended
lectures In the universities of Berlin, Got
tingen, Leipsic, Jena, Gelssen, Tubingen
and Oxford.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

$50 far as know" said the doctor
In answer to a question, "the shortest
word of four syllables is 'Ohioan.'"
"Well, observed the professor, re-
moving his cigar from his mouth mo-
ment, "it's the same way as regards the
offices. The Ohioan always gets there
with fewer letters than anybody else -
Chicago Tribune.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
A LEARNED JACKIE.
Professor Hatfield Now One of the Gre,
of the Cruiaer Yale.

of the Cruiser Yale.
In the forecastle of the auxiliary cruiser
Yale is college professor. He is James
Taft Hatfield. At present he is just a
common bluejacket, scrubbing decks,
heaving coal bags, polishing brass work,
learning gun drills and messing with men
many of whom can barely read and write.
When the war Is over, he will return to
the Northwest university, Chicago, and
resume the chair Of professor of the Ger
man language and literature, post from
which he was recently given leave Of alb
sence In order that he might enter the
navy.
The academic history of Professor Hat
field is remarkable one, especially when
1t is borne in mind that he has not yet
reached his thirty-ninth year. 1t is as fol-
lows:
A. B., Northwestern university, 1888;
A. NJ, Northwestern university, 1886;
Phi. D., Johns Hopkins university, 1890;
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

1t is strange to notice how many old
classical expressions still survive in
Tuscany, The people still swear "By
Bacchusl" and "By Diana" just as we
do "By Jover' but when they talk of
"Tom, Dick and Harry" they say Ell
tus. Caius and Sempronius.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

General Miles declares he does not 20
to Santiago TO take the command out Of
General Skaters hands, though he will
be the ranking commander. General
Miles talks like a man Of sense at all
events.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
Hard Requirement.

Helm about to get good position
under the city; nothing to do practi-
cally but sit still and look wise
She-Oh, do hope you'll be able to
fill the place el--Oincinnat Enquirer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

Michigan resorts over this route, apply
I o nearest ticket sgent Of the Pennsyl-
vania Lines or address 0. L. Kimbali,
A. g. z. AIT Cleveland. o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

For forty years DIR. Fowley's Fxtrrci
OF Wild Strawberry has been curina
summer complaint, dysentery, diar-
fhoea, bloody fiux, pain ip Che stomach,
and II has never yet failed 10 do every.
hing claimed for II.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

~ owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Bitters. ScIofulous sores covered
my body. ] seemed beyond cure. b,
b. b, has made me perfectly well
woman" Mrs. Charles Hutton, Ber'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14
A HEROIC WAR WRITER.
Seriously Wounded. He Dictated Story
on the Battlefield.

Along with Russell and Forbes, tho
noted war correspondents of tho Crimoa,
will hereafter be recalled the name Of Ed
ward Marshall Mr.. Marshall Is the dar-
ing New York journalist who accompanied
the rough riders in their dash upon the
Spanish forces before Santiago and who
was SO seriously injured in that engage
ment.
Mr.. Marshall has added new and pic
turesque anecdote to the annals of the war
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

Years Of suffering relieved in night
Itching piles yield at once 10 the cura
tive properties of Doan's Ointment
Never fails. At any drug store, 80 cents
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

~ think Dewitt's Hazel salve is the
finest preparation on the market for
piles.n 30 writes John O. Dunn, Of
Wheeling, W. v, Try 1t and ycu will
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

think the same. IL also cures eczema
and all skin diseases. e. O. Miller,
East End Phar., y. p. shtnafelt & Co.,
and Fishers drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-14

tickets, trips beyond Niagara Falls and
all details, apply to any agent of this
company, or q. F. Daily, General Passen-
ger Agent.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-02-18

appeals for information as to the safety
of some unfortunate on the Maine that
came from all parts of the country
The naval constructors, in the light
of the dispatches thus far received, say
that it is by no means certain that the
Maine can not be raised and again
carry the flag. They say that while
she is big ship, others as large have
been raised, and at Havana the new
floating dry dock would receive her if
she could once be gotten above the
water.
Capt. Sigsbee eviden tly is taking an
interest in the future of the ship. for
he sent a telegram to Commander For
syth at Key West that was promptly
transmitted to Secretary Long, suggest
ing that a lighthouse vessel or some
such small craft be stationed in
Havana harbOr to watch over the
wreck. The latter, even if beyond res
direction, contains valuable ordnance
and other property that doubtless can
be secured by divers.
Late Wednesday night the following
dispatch from Capt. Sigsbee, at Ha-
vana, addressed to Secretary Long was
received:
"AlI men whose names have not been
sent as saved probably are lost Have
given up Jenkins and Merrett as lost.
Bodies are still floating ashore We'd
nesday afternoon. keep nine officers,
one private and gunner's mate, Bull
lock, here with me-
! JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Feb. IA
special to the Times Union and Citizen
from Key West, Fla. says: The steam
| ship Olivette arrived here Wednesday
night with a large number of the
wounded and many other survivors of
the Maine. The officers were. as a rule,
reticent and followed in line with their
chief, Sigsbee, in saying that the
cause of the explosion could only be
ascertained by divers, but many of the
sailors were Outspoken in their decla-
ration of belief that that explosion
was deep laid plot of the Spaniards.
They are greatly incensed at the Ha-
vana people, who have shown them
small courtesy, who looked upon their
presence as a national affront, and who
have published anonymous circulars,
captioned Down With Americans. .
They believe that the author of such
expressed and cowardly hatred would
not stop at an a0t of such terrible ven
geance as the blowing up of the Maine.
These sailors. acquainted with the
drills, discipline and ensemble of a
man OF war, pooh boob the idea of an
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-02-18
THE BOURBON NEWS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY H. 1898.

internal explosion as the last thing to
be thought Of
MADRID, Feb. 1.-THE following
semi-official note has been issued:
rThe news of the disaster of the
Maine has caused painful impression
in Madrid. 1t was at first feared that
there had been some act of imprudence
to which the catastrophe was attribut-
able. Afterwards as the details ar
rived the fears diSpelled took the form
of feelings of sympathy and sorrow
for the misfortune which has occurred. :"
An admiral in full uniform, in the
name of the minister of marine and
the entire Spanish cabinet, called on
Gen. WoOdford Wednesday, and in
formed him that the government had
telegraphed to the authorities in Cuba
to do their utmost to relieve the dis
tress of the injured and to furnish the
officers and crew of the Maine with
everything which they may need.
New YORK, Feb. IA special copy
right cable to the Evening World from
Havana says the officers of the Maine
state the explosion was in the central
dLAHCs d1O Cl1dJ CIIC NCSSGl WIS
raised out of the water and then went
partially to pieces. The dispatch con-
tinueS:
"All but the surgeon were in the
ward room at the moment of the eX-
plosiOn. Then came the stupendous
shock. All the officers below rushed
on deck, but could get no further for
ward than the middle superstructure
on deck. Only a very pitiable few of
the $50 Jackies ever got from below
The water rushed over them and
many were stunned and drowned, but
not mangled. 1t is not likely that
more than 40 sailors were saved. The
officers on deck narrowly escaped. In
the junior officers mess all had to
clambor out through water and wreck
age waist deep. One ladder from the
after torpedo compartment was jammed
with men struggling up for life. All
agree that a double explosion occurred
from the natural result of an under
water explosion of the magazines"
The dispatch says that the account of
the passengers on the Ward line steam
er City of Washington, which was ly-
ing 800 yards from the Maine, bears
out the foregoing statement Continu-
ing, the cable says:
Brass pipe, angle iron, ETC., fell in
a shower on the decks of the City of