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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

Every pair of shoes is cut in price
at The Akron Shoe Co.'s receivers
sale, l32 South Main st,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

Best ST oes for the least money at
The Akron Shoe Co.'S receivers
sale.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

You are your own wcIst enemy" she
said
''Why do you keep reminding me of the
fact that deliberately asked you to mar
ry me-" he returned.-Chicago Post.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

IOST-A pair of gold riding-bow spectac-
les. bi-focal lenses, in J. B. Storer & Co.
cas- Reward If left at ll6 S. Howard st.
l79-1Sl~
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

WANTED-A good girl for general house
work. in family of two. German preferred.
i25 Perkins st. lS0-lS2
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-One furnished room, furnace
heat: five minutes walk from Howard st.
Apply to E. J. Hoskin, Democrat office.
l7Q-lSJ
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

WANTED-s500. What have you to sell
whole or part. here or Barberton? Give ma
ture and particulars. Confidential. B. c.
Truman, ST., general delivery, Akron. Ohio.
l7NlSl*
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

WANTED-One or two first-class asles
men in each state to sell saloon and ciga
store specialty-an article of merit and
hot seller. Straight salary to good men
Write quick. Send stamp for reply. Chicago
Mfg. Co.. Congress Park, Ills. lSO-206
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

81 80 Misses button shoes now Toe,
at The Akron Shoe Co.'s receivers
sale.
AN AGED BRIDE-Ignatius
Dossman, aged As, and Mrs. Katie
OFT, aged 81, both of Akron, were
united in marriage Thursday morn
ing by Justice Hard.
BUCHTEL IS IMPRISONED
Special Policeman McAllister today
brought Chas. Buchtel to the city
prison at noon. Buchtel is charged
with assault and battery by his wife
a few days ago. He didn't furnish
bond for his appearance at hearing
Friday morning, hence his re-arrest.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06
Written for The Prison Mirror.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.

Twas midnight in the dollhouse. Not
sound disturbed the quite sereneness
and salty of this unholy place. The
occasional moan of sleeper seemed
but a part of the great silence. But
Death was brooding over it all. Grim
and grizzly he stalked the silent cor
ridors.
Out of the lurking shadows, as the
night wore on, stole the forms of two,
who, though they knew it not, would
be lying cold in death e'er another
dawn. 1t was not their hope of final
escape that caused them to steal out of
their cramped quarters; for in all the
prison there were no two more resigned
to their fate. 1t was rather that they
might indulge for short time in all in
born friskiness, or exc out their scant
allowance of food from the stray scraps
of "pate de fol gras,' left from the
nightguards supper.
Silently, cautiously, forth they steal!
A furtive glance to the right and the
left along the deserted corridors, and
away they run.
But what is that lurking form at the
next turn of the corridor? Weapon
uplifted, murder in his eye, and Death
enthroned upon his brow, he awaits his
victims.
0 Degan will nothing stay your hand :?
Will not some small voice warn these
two harmless ones of the terrible death
awaiting them? On they rush. Nearer
now, and nearer! The murderous
weapon is swung aloft. There is a
moments pause, a shrek of agony, and
the two are weltering in their gore be-
meath O Degan's No. 9. And all the
other mice told the horrid tale as a
warning to their children.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06
Written for The Prison Mirror.
THIRTY DAYS IN
THE HAVANA JAIL.
BY NEGROS Y BLANCO.

Not long after this the captain and
myself were seated in the shade of a
great banana tree that grew in the
court, drinking Chateau la Rose to the
health of Alfonso XIII. and George
Washington. OF all our great men, the
Spaniards seem to have heard of none
other but Washington. At this time
Grover Cleveland was at the height of
his popularity, but the mention of his
name brought no recognition from my
dandy Spanish Captain. AS we became
better acquainted l was given, practi.
cally, the freedom of the place. The
Captains private office l made my
headquarters, until such time as l felt
that l must have some Sleep.
In the guard rooms and about the
corridors 1 found many things to re.
mind me that Spain was far behind in
the race Of Civilization. In one of the
corridors was placed set of stocks,
two huge timbers, between which the
feet of offenders were placed, and the
poor culprits left thus for days at a
time. The sight of these brought an
instructive shudder, and | thought of
all the horrors of the Spanish Inqui-
sition, of the thumb screws, of the rack
and the stake. If crimes have been
committed in the name OF Liberty,
what awful cruelties have been com.
mitted in the name of Christ. But
again the sight of these ancient instru.
ments of torture brought to mind the
fact that we, after all, are not so far re-
moved from the savage; for witness
how that only few years ago our en-
lightened (?) forefathers meted out
punishment and death to those suspec-
ted of witchcraft. It is not such far
journey from New England to the
Siberian" peninsula.
But to resume my tale. Each day,
for the first week, 1 had to make the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06
Written for The Prison Mirror.
NARROW ESCAPE,

Last week when the State Legislat-
Ors were visiting this institution, a
SWede wOOdsman with his mackinaw
trousers and sheepskin coat got mixed
up in the crowd and drfted into the
prison with them. He followed along
to the chapel where dinner was served,
and in all probability enjoyed it more
than any other person there, though l
must say they all appeared rather
hungry. 1t was here that he first at
tracted the attention of some of the
solons, and understanding just how the
thing must have happened they re-
solved to have some sport at his ex
pense. So one of their number went
to the turnkey and prompted him.
Then when they left the diniEg-room,
Representative Schultz took the fellow
to one side and cOnfidentialIy told him
that there was scheme on foot to
keep him locked within the walls. He
Immediately started for the gates fol-
lowed by about dozen legislators.
Some of the visitors were passing out
and the Swede seeing the "Gates
Ajar,'' made rush for them. Some
one yelled "Look out! there's prison.
er trying to escaped" The locks clicked
and the Swede was still inside.
"a skall go OUT" said he.
"No you DON'T" said the Turnkey,
until you get someone to identify
you. You are not a senator, are you ?"
"a been one free American citizen.
A vote for John Lind and Charley
Baldwin, an don't been fraid for you
wort a d-n."
"That story won't go. think you
are a convict in disguise trying to es.
CAPE"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06

The crowd around him increased
rapidly and they guyed him most un-
mercifully for ten minutes. Three
times the gates were opened to admit
some one. Three times he failed to
connect At last he was allowed to
depart, and as soon as he found him
self in the open air he fairly flew,
merely touching the high places along
the road. r. E. d.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06
,s. ! Shopper year, in advaI CO
Six Months so cents,

acquaintance of new Captain and his
guard, and not always was 1 fortunate
in having the limit of freedom given
me, but on the whole l Jared very
we'll. Many an evenings 1 spent with
the Captain, smoking and telling
stories, by the aid of an interpreter.
Many weird tales did they tell me in
return, some of which l yet remember
very we'll.
AS we sat in the evening by the low
window that opened on the street from
the private office, the calls of the
sentries, who patroled the walls of
MORO, just over the bay, could be
plainly heard
During my stay, awaiting requisition
papers from the States, very impor-
tant arrest was made by the Havana
police. One Eyrand, Partisan, who,
with his mistress, Nine. Bompard, had
strangled Justice by the name of
Gruffe, in Paris, and who had been
chased over the whole world, was
finally captured here. He was placed
in the cell adjoining the one occupied.
Some time during the first night after
his arrest, he, by means of his eye glas-
ses, severed many of the veins in his
arms and legs, and before discovered,
had almost bled to death. l shall not
forget his appearance as he lay upon his
cot the next morning, all bespattered
with blood. He, however, was not so
badly hurt as his appearance would
seem to indicate, for he soon recovered.
He was sentenced to be heheaded, but
eventually his sentence was commuted
to life imprisonment.
When off duty many of the guards
would collect in the guard room to play
cards and drink rum. 1t was source
OF wonder to me to see those guards
drink rum as we might drink beer. In
deed they rushed the can" in about
the same way and about as frequently
as is done in this country. But rum
and Cuba rum. at that! Did you ever
try it? did, and even now as | write
this, feel myself getting drunk. Yes,
they gave me drink out of the can,
and its effects on me were instantane-
Gus. | Immediately went to bed for
twenty-four hours.
My meals were brought to me from
near by hotel, and were only limited to
the size of my purse. The regulation
food, however, was fearful to behold
and smelled abominably. What it was
composed of, have no idea, and as it
was a species of hash, it must remain a
mystery.
Several of the negroes here confined
had been sentenced to deportation and
were to be shipped to Mexico. The day
previous to their sailing they began to
slick up. They had no razor, but by
means of piece of ordinary window
glass, they shaved each other, the man
undergoing the operation applying
spittle to his face in lieu of lather
ITO he confirmed NEXT week.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06
Vol. XII.-No. 81.
>@sPoEFRxam
SSs7eSZz3s1gG@sS~ f.
My Easter Saint.

In the arched and domed cathedral have made
my tender tryst
On the morn that marks the waking of the slain
and slumbring Christ;
But to subjects solemn, sacred, rebel thoughts
can scare incline,
And my saint is wholly human while appearing
half divine;
So my willful mind will wander from the hOliest
of themes
To the vaulted, vague sacellum of my sacerdOtal
dreams.
/ am waiting for her coming and watch a-down
the aisle
That my heart may catch the rapture of her
sOul-entrancing smile,
Holy chalice, cross and chancel vanish from my
truant sight,
While my dazed soul staggers blindly through a
maze of mad delight:
She kneels on the mosaic where windows
glories stream,
Her bowed head catching tragic tints upon its
golden dream.
Unto hearts of leaning lilies then she bends her
faultless face,
But her bosom claims their whiteness and her
beauty shames their grace.
Now the chant-nOtes rise triumphant and the
organs thunders roll,
But my heart beats to the music of her singing,
soaring soul;
ClOud-burdens of sweet incense the slOw-swing-
ing cenSers raise,
While the stars of candelabra in the dim air
burn and blaze
Then the melody grows softer and the perfume
falls more faint
While cross my heart in reverence and bow
before my saint
All, claim the sweet Christ's pardon as kneel
at alien shrine,
And, God. forgive the worship af an altar else
than Thine!
WALTER HURT, in Gatling Gun
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06

Sinbad desires to say to the
world through our columns, that a
too light estimate was put upon
his skill, when, in last weeks issue
it was made to appear that he had
spent the winter in caring for 22O
plants. It should have read 22OO.
This is a relief, for Sinbad was
certainly loosing "draught" with
us.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06
Written for The Prison Mirror.
THE MAYOR OF
THE ST. CROIX RIVER,
r. Z. FROZE.

When John Degan was elected Mayor
of "The st. Croix River" one of the
duties of the office was that of dlspens.
ing justice. AS magistrate the Mayor
is in class all by himself, depending
upon instinct rather than on precedents
and law books. Having a supreme
contempt for lawyers and law books,
he renders all decisions without
their aid.
One of the Mayors first cases was an
action, brought against friend of his
named Finnigan, for cruelty to animals.
Finnigan had been troubled by vicious
goat, owned by neighbor, and had
shot at it. The bullet struck the goat
on one of his horns, breaking it off, but
inf1icting no other damage.
The trial of Finnigan drew large
crowd, and like all troubles of the Irish,
a great amount of conflicting evidence
was adduced. Some of the witnesses
maintaining that the goat was gentle
animal, and others declared that the
goat was very vicious. After he had
heard the testimony, and seeing no way
to let his friend Finnigan down easy,
the Mayor said: "'Tis up to me now,
an ol will waite foive days befure OF tell
yee's what me decisshun is.'
The Mayor, far from satisfied with
the evidence produced, made inquiries
from residents of the neighborhood
and found that the animal was indeed
very vicious one But the manning
of the goat was beyond doubt a cruel
act, and the Mayor saw no way around
it, even to obige friend.
The day for the Mayor to render his
decision brought great crowd to his
office. Calling the defendant Finnigan
before the judgment table, he said to
him:
"'Tis ye, Finnigan, thot gives in, thot
ye shot tn baste?"
"Oi do thot. tn goat was"
"That will do ye, Finnigan, sit down."
"Calling the owner of the goat before
him he said to him: "Ye'er goat is a
domed vicious baste."
"No, he is not, Mayor" said the owner
of the goat, "why he's just as gentle''-
"ThOt will do ye, sit down." said tn
Mayor.
"Oi have me molnd made up, OF fine
ye, Finnigan, one dollar and costs, for
cruelty to animals, an give ye two more
shots at tn goat"
A "Board of Control" had been elec-
ted to help the Mayor run the river.
The first meeting of the "BOard" found
John presiding; after much of the
routine business had been disposed of,
little "tad" named McGuckin caught
the Mayors eye, and being recognized,
said:
"Ye'er honor an gintlemen, tits
pleasure f'r me to place befure We tn
motion OF am about t'r make, knowing
as OF do, that it will have tn support av
tn gintleman who presides over our
meetings, f'r sure, was he not elected
on a platform promising to beautify
tn river, an now, gintlemen, OF move
ye, thot we buy one Italian GondoIa, to
be placed upon tn waters of our beauty.
full river"
When McGuckin sat down, up jumps
the Mayor. "Right ye are, Mac, an oi
go ye wan better, fir oi move, as an
amlndment, thot we buy two Gondolas,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06
ITO be continued next week..

All perhaps have heard of
virol- ol-throwing and bomb-throw-
ing, but the fellow that tried to
fire a volley of coal oil into the
boys through the medium of
bread" was certainly after a vital
SPOT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-06

Mondays business in the shoe
factory was the best for several
months.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10

where President Heureaux was as
sasinated.
Salisbury and Chamberlain an
nounced that Britain is bound to make
the Transvaal yield.
The peace conference adjourned.
Sixteen states have already signed the
arbitration treaty.
King Oscar left Christiania for
Marstrand, Sweden, to spend the re-
mainder of the summer.
EsterhaZy refuses to return to
France from his exile in England to
testify in the Dreyfus trial.
1t is now believed in London, that
President Kruger did not actually re-
sign, but threatened to do so.
Canada may accept free port on
the Lynn canal as basis for settling
the Alaska boundary dispute.
The Leicester board of guardians re-
fuses to execute the vaccination law,
defying the English courts.
The Paris Politique Coloniale states
that Russia and Japan are arming with
view to possible conflict in Corea.
Premier Laurler in an interview at
Ottawa, said war between Canada and
the United States would be criminal.
General Weyler, speaking in the
Spanish senate, said the present sit
uation in Spain made revolution
highly probable.
The commission sent to Samoa made
its report, recommending the aboli-
tion of the kingship and other govern
mental reforms.
Gen. de Negrier has been degraded
by the French minister of war for
censuring the government as result
of the Dreyfus case.
1t is stated that the Swedish gov
eminent has decided to proclaim a law
introducing a purely Norwegian flag
for Consulates.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10
TO COMBAT COMBINES.
Attitude of Drummers Towards the
Multiplying Trusts.

If the letters received by the chair
man of the committee of travelling
men which recently sent out request
to the residents of the northwest,
asking their cooperation for a fight
against the trusts, that are discharging
travelling men by the wholesale, are
any indication there are but few bust
ness men who are not on the side of
the "angels of commerce." as the
travelling men are sometimes called.
Nearly every letter thus far re-
ceived breathes forth spirit of
hostility to trusts and combines, and
without exception the writer's say
they are willing to enlist in any move
having for it's object the wiping out
of the combines. while we shall
not resort to a boycott" said a travel
ing man, discussing the fight against
the trusts, I'VE can do much to educate
the people along the line of giving
the preference to goods made and
handled outside the trusts. II the
people would revive a little Of that old
American spirit which influenced the
patriots of &c when they refused to
use British goods, and apply it to the
trusts, it would do much towards en-
couraging those dealers and manufact-
urers who are making a fight against
the combines"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10
DOMESTIC.

Alfred Vanderbilt and friends start
ed on trip around the world.
Robert q. lngorlosss body was
cremaled at Fresh Pond, l.. |.
Vice President Hobart Is one Of the
organizers Of great ear trust.
Elihu Root was introduced to the
cabinet and Secretary Algcr said good
by.
Gideon j. Tucker once secretary OF
state Of Now York, died at the age Of
73
Gomez said our gift OF $4,000, 900 is
Cuba.
Oliver H. Z. Belmont has been
5lackhalled by an Odd Fellows lodge
at Newport.
The Wholesale liquor dealers Of the
country propose to do battle with the
whisky trust.
The funeral of Col. Robert G.
lngersoll took place ut his late home,
Dobbs Ferry. N. Y.
Clcveland's big street railway strike
seems to be practically over, law and
order having prevailed,
Reports of famine in Russia have
led to the appointment OF n relief com
mlttee In New York.
In Cleveland the strikers devoted
most Of their energies to boycotting
merchants and soldiers.
Gov. Gambler of Georgia would solve
the race problem by restricted negro
suffrage and moral education.
Al Port Jeryis. N, V. in a wreck on
the Erie, caused by landslide, two
We're killed and twenty injured.
Judge W. II, Day, who Is so
journing In Jackson. n c., is re-
gaining health and strength.
In New York William WIehhusch,
aged q years, died from blood poison
Ing caused by mosquito bite.
Senator Hanna Is said to be dlspos-
Ing of his business interests In order
to devote himself to politics.
Il. Bennett, n commercial traveller
from Chicago, dropped dead In pass
enger train at Escanaba, Mich.
Thirty well-developed cases OF yellow
fever are reported at the soldiers
home near Newport News. Va.
Carl Schurz Is convalescent at New
York from grave attack Of ptomnine
poisoning after he had eaten fish
Franklin Trusdell, Philadelphia. died
aged 45. He was newspaper man well
known in this country and England
The Hartman Alaska scientific ey.
petition returned having made in.
teresting and important discoveries.
Canada's course as to the Alaskan
boundary may force the two nations
into war of commercial reprisals,
President and Mrs. Mckinley lef
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
THE PHILIPPINES, ETC.


Mr.. Mckinley decided not to recall
OTIS
Returning volunteers continue to de-
nounce Otis.
A cable Is to be laid between
Manila and Calamba.
A London paper printed a war cor
RESPONDENTS letter crltlcislng Otis's
censorship.
President Mckinley will give a re-
ception to Dewey at the white house.
For the IL months ended June 30
last, the cost OF feeding the army OF
the United States was in excess OF
$25,000,000.
At a meeting of Cuban veterans in
Havana 1t was decided to demand a
declaration OF American Intentions as
to the island
Admiral Dewey denied sensation
al anti-German interview printed In
d New York paper.
Gen. Otis was authorized to raise
another regiment In tho Philippines,
making four altogether
Latest advIces from Manila Indicate
that the troops are stu inactive there
on account OF heavy rains
The government paid $G93,269 for
four vessels, appraised them at $2l5,-
900, and sold them for $339,529.
Archbishop Ireland said European
Catholics wanted America to give the
Philippines n stable government.
The organization of Cuban clubs
which seek to agltate for the complete
independence OF the island continues.
General Otis cables that Calamba,
which General Hall captured occupies
an important strategic position In
LuZon.
M. Jean Hess, French explorer,
who has been ut Manila, says that In
order to conquer the Filpinos the
Americans must destroy them.
Gen. Davis at San Juan, Porto Rico,
notified the war department OF the
death at Lares OF Private George w.
Wintz, Co. l., eleventh infantry, from
typhoid.
General Wilson has agreed to permit
Spanish flags to be displayed in the
Cuban provinces under his command
provided such display Is not likely
to cause rlotlng.
General Eagan is visiting his son In
Hawaiian Islands. lie expects to
have his sentence OF suspension re-
voked by the president within the
next few weeks.
A dispatch from Manila says that
the rebels attempted to recapturo
Calamba, but were easily repulsed
One American was killed and six
others wounded. The Filipino loss
was heavy
Captain bradley OF the steamship
KInshu Maru arrived from China. He
states the Fillplnos are not armed with
Mausers, but with the deadly Murata
rifle. provided by Japanese firm and
having longer range than the
American weapon,
A mass meeting was held In Havana
OF the branch of the Cuban National
Society OF Independence A process
sion paraded the streets for two hours,
headed by band and bearing banners
with the inscription Cuba Ii and by
right ought to be free" and Peace
work"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10
FOREIGN.

War with the Transvaal is deemed
inevitable by British statesmen.
Seventy witnesses have been sum
moned to testify in the Dreyfus court
martial.
The Dreyfus matter is responsible
for another riot in France. this time
al Rennes,
Centenarian Alice Mcmahon arrived
in Ireland after an absence of sixty
nine years.
nreyfus will only ask France for 20
cents indemnity for his five years OF
torture.
Dominican rebels attacked Moca
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10
THE VIOLIN.

Violet, Mary, Dick, come in!
Daddy's taken the violin;
And he's going to play for you and me
The tune OF the Bonnets OF Bonnie
Dundee!
He's tucked the fiddle under his chin,
He says he's ready to begin;
And when Dundee's ridden away
He'll fiddle us over the Emerald Bay!
He'll trip us into County Clare,
And dance us over the Bridge OF the
Air.
Violet, Mary, Dick, come in!
Daddy's taken the violin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10

"our baby was sick for month with
severe cough and catarrhal fever. Al
though we tried many remedies she
kept getting worse until We used One
Minute Cough Cure,-it relieved al
once and cured her in few days. B.
L. Nance, Prin. High School, Bluffdale.
Texas. Menges' pharmacy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-10

The Mccormick Harvester company
will build an immense Irvine plant.